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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
SOCIALISTS ASK
FOR ARMY DEMOBILIZATION
Made to Involve Country
in War

Amsterdam.-The following mani
festo has been adopted at a recent
meeting of radical socialists in Hol
land:
Fellow Citizens: On March 81 the
government suddenly surprised the
people of Holland by a military
measure which plainly showed that
the danger of war, caused by inter
national imperialism and even by
our own imperialist business men,
threatens our country and will, no
doubt, become ever more imminent.
For this reason revolutionary so
cialists of all shades have united in a
committee for the purpose of pushing
the agitation against war to the ut
most and organizing demonstrations
against it.
"The committee holds that the army
should be Immediately demoblized,
and to this end will start a popular
movement for rehabilitation. The
committee further thinks that event
ually the danger of war should be
averted by a general strike. Labor
organizations everywhere should put
this question on their order of bust
ness, in order to move the members
to action.
hat q
most vigorous resistance is in order
against government that would
dare to deliver the people for any
reason whatever to the war furies.
When war abolishes law and order,
the people are justified to resort to
extra-legal means.
"In this war against war the com
mittee counts on the women, on the
men, on young people, on the old peo-
pie, on the soldiers and on all parts
of the labor movement.
"All shades of socialists and labor
unionists are represented in this COM
mittee For this reason we hope tha>
men and women from all socialist and
labor camps will join this movement
against war"
The signers of the manifesto also
point out that hard dimes have been
caused in Holland, not merely through
the war in other countries, but also
by spectators in Holland, who have
exported enormous quantities of food
stuffs to the warning countries and
raised the price to the Hollandish con-
sumers for the inferior goods retained
in the home market.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
BAD LIGHT CAUSES
MANY ACCIDENTS

Madison, Wis-In a service letter
to manufacturers in this state tn In
dustrial Commission of Wisconsin
says:
The investigations of the commits
sion reveal the fac that many acci-
dents which have been attributed TO
carelessness of workmen We're really
caused by the absence of proper light.
the workman could not see what he
was doing"
The commission quotes the findings
of a well-known insurance company
which made a study Of 10000 accidents
occurring in industries, and found tha
2S.S per cent. or nearly one-quarter
We're directly or indirectly caused by
inadequate light
apply this experience to Wiscon-
sim says the commission "and about
5000 accidents would be prevented
each year if adequate light were pro-
vided in factories. This would mean
a saving of 100000"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
NOT FOR THEM
OR THEIR SONS

The New York Call interviewed
John Franklin Crowell and other ex-
ecutive officers of the New York
Chamber of Commerce to learn
whether any of the members of that
body. who are among the leading
preparedness" shouters in the coun-
try, are identified with the state
militia. Not a single c. of c. member
had enlisted. and, so far as could be
learned. none of their sons or other
near relatives were in the national
guard. They want others to prepare
and go out and get slaughtered while
they remain ar home and fatten on
war profits.-The Tailor
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Stop! Look! Listen!

When the organized
league with the above whooped things with pub
YOU busy rolled
enough signatures all the bills the ballot had
not been counted by of state who apparently felt
his job the hands of the enemies Of the peoples
You fight like the devil when attacked with the usual
of lies and abuse dshed by privileged interests
The privileged learned hthey carefully
ond the of two and have decided to
profit by the lessons learned
THEY HAVE PROFITED!
Instead of spending thousands of dollars for the of
publicity nma four proposed by the Joint
Legislative Committee of the Washington State Federation OF Labor
the State Grange the Farmers Union and the Direct Legislation
Leaugue they have smpland quietly Oh quetysent
word the kept press of the to mention the initiative
best mention them only casually and often
What has been the result?
Instead of the magnificent fight put years
the face of what appeared be nsupeabe Obstacles this
letting the opportunity of lifetime slip by and mprng the
for four initiative you ordered your
officers to prepare and present to the people.
You thrown You have to
depend and organizations
IT IS UP TO ORGANIZED LABOR TO WIN THIS FIGHT and
what doing about it,
All petitions be the by first
Of July order that they be checked and turned
Olympia by July In this week 25OO0
They be of registered and they
finally checked by registration officers being
to Olympia
Registration officers in precincts refusing check
the petitions unless paid by the crcuaor of the petition THIS
IS CONTRARY TO THE LAW AND THESE OFFICERS ARE
SUBJECT TO ARREST FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE
SEND THEIR BILLS TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Failure the part of the registration officers to check the
petitions free of all the cculator felony punishable by
fine and Imprisonment in the pententary.
Let make this last week memorable for the of
Washington show the of the citizens Organized
Labor do! Let those signatures!
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
LOW WAGES IN TEXTILES

Washington a report on wages
and hours of labor in the cotton
wOolen and silk industries, the federal
bureau of labor statistics gives the
following average full-time weekly
earnings in 1914 for the principal oc-
cupations; Cotton goods Highest for
males, $1,000; highest for females.
1891. Average for eight occupations.
males, 1910; females, $S,45.
Woolen and worsted Highest
for males. $1722; highest for females.
Sl1.06. Average for eight occupations,
males, $13.27; females. $94915.
Silk goods-Highest for males,
$1792; highest for females. $1314.
Average for nine occupations. males,
$14.S5; females, $9SS.
These figures cover, approximately.
$4,000 employees in the cotton industry.
10000 in the woolen industry and
$4,000 in the silk industry.
1t is stated that employment in the
cotton industry did not vary greatly.
but that the silk industry showed
some variations at different seasons" ,"
and that the woOlen industry fell off
greatly in the summer months
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
PREPAREDNESS" MARSHAL
USES NEGROES TO
BREAK STRIKE

Buffalo. n. Y. June 3O-Here is
preparedness" to a frazzIe
John Dold, president Of the Dold
Packing Company, was a marshal in
the recent preparedness parade. He
was very proud of himself He was
a sure enough patriot
There is a strike on in his plant.
Workers in Dold plants are said not to
have averaged over IS a week for
seven or eight years
The Meat Cutters Union is oreaniz-
ing the strikers.
But Dold doesn't want any union
He is trying to breaE the strike,
Here's how he's dong it:
Three hundred ard fifty negroes
have been ordered to break the strike
Half that number are believed TO
be in the plant a1raady They are
housed and fed thera
That is how Johr Dold's patriotism
works out when he isn't on parade
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30

PRINCETON MEN TO WORK
AS PULLMAN CONDUCTORS

Princeton, n. J.-More than forty
Princeton men have applied to the
Pullman company in the past week for
positions as Pullman car conductors,
in response to the offer of the COM
pany to pay $77 per month and ex-
penses. The men who are accepted
are TO be used on daylight runs in
charge Of rarlor cars, and it is prob
a)le that most of them will be as
signed to summer resort runs.
When the representative of the COM
pany came to Princeton and an
nounced that he was looking for men,
there was a rush for the jobs, but
many were turned away when in
formed that the men must be 25 years
of age and look it, He also stated that
$19 of the first SIT would be required
to buy a uniform.
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Initiative Bill No.
TO-" First Aid"
BY E p MARSH President Federation of Labor

Initiative Measure No. 20. popularity
known as the First Aid Bill" I find
to be the subject of much inquiry, and
it is my purpose in this article to
make its salient features clear In
reality the term first aid" is not
proper in connection with this Iegis-
lation. First aid means immediate
aid rendered to the injured with such
appliances as are a hand until a sur.
geon can be secured and the workman
removed to an adequate place of treat
ment This bill goes far beyond that.
as the following excerpt from the bill
will show
Upon the occurrence Of any injury
to workman he shall receive proper
medical first aid and thereafter med
ical, surgical and hospital treatment
medical and surgical sup
plies and apparatus as are reasonably
required to accomplish the recovery" :"
The underlying principle of the
act to which the pro-
posed law is an amendment is that
industry shall take care of the human
cost of its accidents, just as it has
always borne the machinery cost The
cost of broken machinery is a recog-
nized part of industrial production:
the broken human cog in the in
dustrial machine is just as rightly a
burden upon industry which industry
should bear. That principle is carried
out in the proposed bill by placing
the cost of medical treatment upon
the industry.
Not Bearing Burden
But said a manufacturer to me
on the train the other evening. Eve
are bearing it now. We pay to the
state and when the workman gets
hurt the state compensates him for
his injury" In a measure, yes, but
only in a measure
On page "a of the commissions
fourth annual report I find a table
headed Wage Loss and Medical
Treatment VS.. Compensation" This
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table covers claims where definite in
formation was given by the injured
workmen concerning accident cost.
While totaliug but a small per cent
Of all claims, they are said to be
typical cases:
Number cases reporting medical trea.-
ment 1907
Total amount Of wages lost -Sl43. .695.72
Total cost of medical treat
ment - 22 sos on
Amount of immediate loss
to employe -------.-. $176.503.73
Awards for temporary dis
ability or immediate loss
borne by employer 63.32S.55
Net amount borne by EN-
ployer -------------- -$113,1751S
Percentage of loss borne by
employer -------------- 96q
Percentage of loss borne by
employee --------------- 64Gc
Present awards do not compensate
the workman in a monetary sense, nor
can any amount of money compensate
for the physical suffering and mental
anguish
Individual Employer Gains
The cost Of treatment under this
bill will not fall on the shoulders of
the individual employer in whose EN-
ploy an accident occurs, as it is paid
from the existing class fund to which
all employers in given classification
contribute
The claim will be made that this
bill will put an added financial burden
upon industry which it cannot meet.
Let us analyze that assumption When
the compensation law was passed and
the basic rates established, employers
quite generally agreed that if their
contributions could be kept under the
basic rates they would be satisfied
The law provides that the commission
may levy u annual assessments or
CONTINUED on page A.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
KANSAS UNIoNISTS ACTIVE

Hutchinson, Kan The trade union
movement in this city has recorded
several substantial gains. Plumbers
have secured their first agreement and
raised wages so cents day, electrical
workers have secured an agreement
with improved shop conditions, and
carpenters and painters have raised
wages. These gains have encouraged
workers in other industries and now
there are unions of garment workers,
meat cutters. journeymen tailors and
street railway men under way.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
MINNESOTA IS MENACED
BY MILITIA CONSCRIPTION

ST. Paul, Mimi, June 30.-Conscrip-
ton may be forced upon Minnesota
men capable of bearing arms, to re
cruit the Minnesota National Guard to
full war strength. The Minnesota
military code provides for enrolment
of eligible arms bearers with the TAX
ing of each census.
High military authorities today said
they considered this clause sufficient
ground for forcing Minnesota men to
enlistment. The matter may be brought
before the state supreme court for
test.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
MUST BE INSURED

San Francisco.-The Building Trades
Council has passed the following reso-
luton:
Resolved, That it is hereby ordered
that no member of any organization
affiliated with this council shall work
for any person, firm or corporation
who does not carry liability insurance
issued by the state or in an insurance
company whose financial standing is
approved by the insurance commits.
sioner of the State of California"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
BUTTE WORKERS
ARE LOCKED OUT

Butte, Mont.-The Employers Asso-
citation of this city has forced lock
out of the building trades, the cleo
trical workers. street car men, and
other employees. Unionists declare this
move was made in the hope that the
workers would retaliate by calling a
general strike and preciptating a
local civil war The Free Lance, or
gan of the unionists, says:
"The labor unions of this community
fully understand the importance and
significance of the fight. They under
stand what the outcome of it means to
the people of this community. They
know that current rumor has it thar
members of the Silver Bow Employers
Association have made the statement
that they were going to make a Bing-
ham, Utah (where the wages of the
members are $3.50 or $275 day., out
of Butte.
They are going to make Butte
cheap town, with the alien and others
of cheap and like calibre, predominant
ing as workingmen, while the Ameri-
can and other English-speaking people
must leave here because they had
American ideas of independence and
conception of American
standards of living"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
PENITENTIARY HARMONY

Trinidad, Colo.-At meetings of of
ticials of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company and delegates representing
the Rockefeller union" held at Rouse
and later at Sopris, it was reported
that there was not a single complaint
of any kind, and that "the men seemed
to be entirely satisfied with condi-
tons One newspaper gleefully an
nounced: The fact that the men
have nothing to object to and are in
clined to feel that things are working
out in good shape is a victory for the
Rockefeller plan in all its aspects"
This is the ironical comment of
Editor ONeill of the Trinidad Free
Press:
There is harmony behind the walls
of penitentiary, and there are few
complaints or protests in institutions
where men wear the stripes of the
convict
There was harmony at Rouse and
Sopris, but it was the harmony of the
slave who is powerless to rebel until
he and his associates come together
under the flag of real unionism and
into the sanctuary of the labor move
ment, where that democracy prevails
which clothes every member with the
right and authority to express his
honest convictions"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
BAGLEY TOBACCO COMPANY
UNFAIR
Detroit, Mich, June 8, 191

To All Central Bodies.
Dear Sir and Brother: The Detroit
Federation of Labor desires at this
time to draw your attention to the
fact that the stockholders and di-
rectors of the Bagley Tobacco Com
pany are erecting factory in this
city at this time with non-union labor
The Detroit Federation of Labor
and other labor organizations have
put forth every effort possible to
straighten this work out, but have
failed. Therefore at the last meeting
of the Detroit Federation of Labor,
held June Z, 1916, this firm was placed
on the 1--WE don't patronze list" and
we hope to show this concern that
organized labor is a power
We therefore trust that you will
give this matter all the publicity pos
sible, also request that your secretary
communicate with this I'm, inform
ing them that we cannot as trade
unionists consistently purchase their
product until such time as they treat
fairly with the organized workers.
This firms address is the John J.
Bagley Tobacco Company, Detroit,
Mich.
Tobaccos they manufacture are as
follows:
Fine Cut Chewing ng-Clam Bake,
Game, Message. Peach and Honey.
Long Cut Smoking Best Oronoko,
Broom, Dublin, Egg Nog, Hazel Nut,
Moon Face, Number One. Seal of De
troit, Strictly Union, Tin Pail, xxx
Oronoko.
Cube Cut Smokine Chimes, Old
Colony, Sweet Tips.
Granulated Smoking-Gold Spike,
Long Tom, Prime Mess.
Hash Cut Smoking Bagley's Seal,
Kleeko, Red Belt, Turkish Patrol
Cut Plug Smoking-Buckingha
Compass, Cut Cavendish, Gold Shore,
Honey Flake, Lime Kiln Club, Old
Club, Old Pal, Red Crest, Sun Cured,
Wild Fruit, Yoc-O-May
Scrap Tobacco-Broad Leaf, Butter
Scotch, Elephant, Old Nick Old Songs,
Red Band.
Plug Chewing Bagley's Navy, Gold
Band, Martini, Union Spike
Twist-H. & H.
We also wish to state that the D. &
C. Navigation Company has been
placed on the "We don't patronize
list" by the Detroit Federation Of
Labor on account of them refusing to
deal with organized labor.
Trusting that you will give us your
moral support in our fight against
those unfair concerns.
We would be very pleased if you
would appoint a committee to wait on
the tobacco dealers in your city and
have them also write this firm. We
beg to remain,
Fraternally yours,
CHAS. H. LEWIS,
Secretary.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
GAINS IN NEW ROCHELLE

New Rochelle. n. "a large num-
Der of contractors have signed the new
wage rate of painters and paper
hangers
Carpenters have increased wages
from $3.50 to $3.50 for an eight hour
day
Motormen and conductors employed
by the Westchester Street Railway
have secured the following schedule
for 10-hour day; First year $3.50
a day; second year, $27O; third year,
$3.50; fourth year, $3.50; fifth year,
S9 sixth year and over, $500 Over
time, cents an hour. regardless of
class
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GENERAL STRIKE
THREATENS NORWAY
The Workers Are Showing Great
Solidarity

The Workers Are Showing Great
Solidarity
A recent issue of the Washington
Posten contained an article on con
ditiOns in Norway, from which the
following extracts have been trans
lated:
Norway is in the throes of the worst
strike in her history
On the 18th of May, Norways Inde-
pendence Day, $4,000 miners struck,
and as yet have reached no agree
ment with their employers Since
then the labor unions have extended
the strike to include the lumber in
dustry, shoe and cellulod factories,
paper mills and chemical laboratories.
The building trades are also COM
pletely tied, Bringing the total to
about $4,000 men and completely ty-
ing up the industries of the nation.
The workers have taken the Of
fensive and as the employers refuse
to concede any of their demands, the
strike will be fought to a finish.
Four thousand five hundred men in
the various hydraulic industries of the
country passed a resolution to declare
sympathetic strike in case the en-
ployers refuse the demands of the
unions
nplrn in, hA 60
tories and match industries are very
apt to strike also. If they do, it will
mean $4,000 men involved.
Both sides refuse to arbitrate but
as present conditions spell financial
ruin to the country, something drastic
is sure to occur in the near future
The question foremost in the minds
of the people is: What will the gov
ernment do? They threaten com
pulsory arbitration, but as yet have
taken no definite stand.
In 1914 the Storthing, or Norwegian
diet, attempted to pass a bill COM
pelling arbitration, but the workers
threatened a general strike if the bill
was passed, so rather than tie up the
country when it was flooded with
tourists, celebrating the Tooth ami
versary of Norway's freedom, they
conceded to the demands of labor.
The government passed the bill a
few months ago and the workers are
now waiting to see what it will do.
An editorial by conservative paper
states that the passing of the bill at
this time is a calamity that threatens
the very foundations of government.
Telegram of June 9th from Chris.
tiana states that $4,000 men walked
out and 10000 men will walk out next
week
A considerable number of govern
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
THE BIGELOW PAPERS

(This poem. evidently never read by
Roosevelt or the editor of the Min
neapolis Tribune, was first published
IN the Atlantic Monthly in 1876. voic-
ing the bitter opposition Of New Eng
lard to the Mexican war g- a slave
holders enterprise.1
Thrash away. you'll hey TO rattle
On them kittle-drums o. youru-
'Taint a KNOWN kind O cattle
Thet is ketched with mouldv corn:
Put in stiff, you fifer Teller.
Let folks see how spry YOU be-
Guess youn toot till YOU are y Ter
Fore YOU git ahold o me.
FL fer war, I cal it murder
There you have it plain an slat:
I don't hev TO go no furder
Than my testament fer that:
God hez sed so plump an fairly,
It's ez long as If is broad
An you've gor to SIT Up a'r.y
Ef Won want N take I'm God
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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
ALL EVERETT LAUN-
DRIES NOT FAIR
TO UNION MEN

+ At the June 9th session of the +
+ Council a resolution was pre- +
+ sented and carried to the fact +
+ that all Everett Iaundries are not +
+ fair to organized labor and in J.
4 structng all union men and +
+ women to send their laundry to +
+ the Mutual Laundry of Seattle, +
j. which not only employs union +
+ help, but is owned by union peo- j.
j. Pile exclusively. Bundles of Iaun- +
j. dry may be left at the Labor /.
+ Temple, or phone Ind. 115 or j.
+ Sunset 148. j.
Z Z. q. &. q. 4. =.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-30
STREET CAR MEN ADVANCE

Rock Island, Ill-After conferences
that extended over three weeks the
Tri-City Railway Company has signed
three years agreement with the
Amalgamated Street Car Mems Union.
Wage increases average 10 per cent
for over 500 employees. Arbitration
provisions are included in the contract.
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Men who boost for unionism are
the men who love their wives and
families and believe in surrounding
them with the best possible condi-
tons, They are therefore our very
best citizens. Oklahoma Fedora
ZIONIST
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Employer would expect you to
enlist in time of war for the defense
of your country"
Employ can get slave wages
from any country. Labor Unionist.
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ment employees walked out in SYM
pathy with the workers, and when the
40 900 go out the country will be COM
pletely tied up