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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-28
Present
Opportunity

Those who are thinking that the on
ly important matter to engage the
august attention of congress during
the present session is the Democratic
administration militaristic and I'M
perialistic program of Pan-Amerlcan
preparedness" have another guess
coming.
Scarcely less important than the
ono mentioned. is the legislative pro-
gram which the Industrial Relations
Commission, under the leadership OF
AIR. Frank p. Walsh, will thrust upon
the attention of our national legisla-
tive body. This committee, which is
composed of the four members OF the
Federal Commission on Industrial Re-
lations who joined in the Manly re-
port. together with other noted ana
exnerienced workers in the labor
movement, has constituted itself INTO
a genuine lobby for the promotion OF
interests of organized labor,
II is improbable that the measures
proposed by this working-class lobby
and the congressional deliberations
thereon will be given the front page
prominence and space in the capltalls'
nress of the country that the pre-
naredness" hobbies Of the adminlstra
tion will receive, but they will be nc
loss important to the nation; to the
organized wage earners, they Will Ut
vastly more important. The fate OF
the Wilson administration will de
pend quite as much upon what Is
done or not done, with these lapoi
measures as with the others.
into the carefully contrived ma
chinerv of the Democratic politicians
at Washington to work up campaign
Of iingoistic patriotism, on the td'
of which they hope to be swept nI'
office again for another four years th'
Industrial Relations committee VII
throw political monkey wrench.
Pan-Americanism will come bump
against a proposition to enact law L
nrotect the right of workers to OF
sanize. Increase of the military an
naval forces of the nation will ia
with a Right to Strike proposltlo1
Universal and compulsory mllltar
service. however soft-soaped and ollie
to make it run smoothly through IN
congressional mill, will slip and spu
fer as it encounters a proposed 81
TO prevent the employment OF strlK'
braal,ing agencies. And so it will b
all along the route.
Against the measures that are oacl
cd bv the greedy capitalistic forces
i. eager to seize the opportunity preseh
cd bv the European war to eXten
their power to imperial dimension
will be opposed the measures OF a
alarmed but intelligent democracy, q
termined to guard the rights 1t no
has and to fortify and extend tines
to broader areas of right and flrmf
bases in law and justice.
= Yes. a most interesting and slgnn
4 cant session will be that of the pre-
| ent congress Workers eVeryWhel
should prepare to back promptly al
strongly the efforts to be made
these directions by the labor Todd
| Now is the opportune time to strengt
: en- and advance the labor moVemel
in this country. Let every man al
woman and every unionist be ale
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-28
First Bill of New
YorkAssemblyman
Aimed at Scabs

ALBANY, n. Y.-Abraham l. Ship.
lacoff, Socialist men, the Assem-.
bly,, introduced as his first bill one
requiring that an employer dur
ing a strike of his employees must in
clude in any advertisement or request
for help a statement that a strike or
other labor disturbance exists.
Assemblyman Shiplacoffs bill was
referred to the committee on la
Dor and industries. He is work.
ing to get it out of committee so that
it may have a public hearing. Work
ers who know what it means TO have
"scabs" steal the fruits of a bitterly
fought strike are requested by essen
blyman Shiplacoff to write their re
spective assemblyman urging support
of the bill. 1t reads:
IAN act to amend the penal law, in
relation to advertisements and solicit
tations for employees during strikes,
lockouts and Industrial disputes.
THE people of the state of New
York, represented in senate and as
sembly, do. enact as follows:
Section /, Article 10 of the Penal
Law is hereby amended by adding at
the end thereof a new section, to
be Section 1879, to read as follows:
Section 1879. Advertisements and
solicitations for employees during
strikes, lockouts and Industrial dis
putes. If an employer, during the con
tinuance of a strike among his EN-
ployes or during the continuance of q
lockout or other labor trouble among
his employees, publicly advertses il
newspapers, or by posters or other
wise, for employees, or by himself OF
his agents solicits persons to worl
for him, he shall plainly and explicitly
mention in such advertisements o.
oral or written solicitations that
strike. lockout or other labor disturb
ance exists, and shall state the true
nature thereof. If any person, mem
Der of a firm, association or corpora
ton violates any provision of thi
section. he or it shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, punishable by fin
of 81 900 for each offense.
Section ,. This act shall take et
feet Immediately"
Shiplacoff said today in reterenc
to why he submitted this kind of
bill as his first effort i'm the Iegisla
ture
"As secretary of the United HebreN
Trades of New York city it has bee
my experience to have scores c
stranded workmen come into my o
, flee and ask for money to get back
the home from which they had bee
lured by false advertisements ofte
ing work, which in reality were
forts to get strikebreakers. On arr
; val here they found a bitter strik
, and. being real men, they refused
? take the jobs. Then it was hard f(
T. them to get back nome and they can
= to us for relief.
t 1T would be very helpful to II
f union man if a law such as l nav
4 framed were enforced, and it Won
!, be fair to the jObless man as well
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-28

Patronlze YOUR Advertisers.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-28
Unfair List

Confectionery and Cafe-Low-
man-Stanley Candy Co., 1914
Hewitt.
Orchestra-Wood S Orchestra.
Barber Shops. II. Turner
1104 Hewitt; VIM. Whitaker,
Lowell; Barnhart Shop, Monroe;
Independent, 1107 Hewitt.
Harris Barber Shop, American Natl
Bank Bldg.
Iron Works - Sumner Iron
Works.
Hotels and Cafes-Mitchell Ho-
tel, Lord s Cafe.
Plumbers-C. r. Schweitzer, w.
j. Callahan, Otto Mertz and Globe
Wall Paper Co. s plumbing dept.
Ben Johnston and house,
1902 Colby Ave.
Building LaborergPeter Jack
son.
E. Cloke.
Electricians-E. F. Hare, Jack
Shields and John Thueson, Elec-
trical Contractors; Globe Wall
Paper Co. s electric dept; w E.
Bennett, F. A. Hare, Jack.
Bricklayers-Barney Grant
! DR.. Ida Mcintyre (by the Build
ing Trades Councl.)
Cal. Smiley an son; Fitz Ger
aid.
Plasterers-A. C. Wright, VIM,
Carter, A. L. Knapp, Both, Tom
Nygard, w. L. Porter.
Contractors j. Wintermute,
Amer Larson.
Mr Rathwell, contractor.
Morgan and Bancroft.
Globe Wall Paper Co.'S plumbing
department. Otto Mertz.
Observation-Disclosures & Steen,
William Ferguson, VIM. Christen-
son, NJ. Kokee, VIM. Gleason
Globe Wall Paper Co., G. McAlIis-
ter, J.. L. Swartz, II. E. Mann, II.
PIatzman, f. w. Phillips, r. D.
Garner. H. O. Johnson.
Olaf Nelson, painter.
O. A. Hagen, Sign Painter
Teamsters-C. J. Witt, stand
cor. Colby and Hewitt.
Cement Workers-Pettit, Sr.
Stores-Grocery Store, E. j
Long, 10Th and Virginia. j. c.
- Sovda. 3419 Everett Ave.
Tailors-Scatch Wooden Mills
1904 Hewitt.
| San Juan Fish Co., Seattle.
Buildings-1412 Grand, 1911
: Hewitt.
Central Apmts., 3114 Cakes.
c. A. Purcell, owner Hote
: Newland.
: American Packing Co., Everett
+ Placed by Everett Building
> Trades Council;
Carpenters-R. B. McAdams
Rudolph Hartman and his build
ing. Colby Ave. bet goth and DIST
Building-Monroe School.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-28

YOUNGSTOWN, Orion and steel
concerns in the Mahoning valley are
guarding against strikes by announc-
ing increases to take effect immedia'
tely. They are not waiting until next
month. when the increases announced
by the United States Steel corpora.
ton take effect.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-28
MINER KILLED AT RONALD

ROSLNN. Wash-EH Cox a miner,
was killed in mine No 3 of the North
western Improvement Company at
Ronald recently when he and w. b.
Scott were buried under coal loosened
by two explosions. Scott was rescued
alive but with broken leg after be
ing buried eight hours
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-28
STRIKE GUARDS START RIOT

YOUNGSTOWN, O.-Strike guards
fired the first shots in the riot at
East Youngstown. Three regiments
of state militia were ordered to that
place, two persons killed and over
score seriously injured and 100 receiV-
ed minor injuries. 1t is estimated
that over $1,000, 900 worth of property
was destroyed.
The strike started Dec. q, when
200 unorganized labOrers in the tube
mill of the Republic Iron and Steel
Company walked out because these
demands were refused: Wage IN
creases from 1872 to 25 cents an hour,
time end one-half for overtime ana
double time for Sundays. The strlk'
ers were Joined by others and the
plants of the Youngstown Sheet and
TUBE Company were quickly affect
ed Both plants employ approximate
- 1900 men.
The riot started when shot was
fired from the bridge leading to the
sheet and tube company's plant Al
most Instantly the populace was trans
formed into a frenzied and uncon-
trollable mob, and the events that
followed wildly illustrate the folly OF
herding thousands of non-Engllsh
speaking laborers in small areas
working them long hours for low
wages. and by maintaining spy sys-
tens deny them the right to organize
J. NJ. Volt, chief of the sheet and
t tube company's gun crew, acknoWl-
edges he fired the first shot lie was
terrified at the result of his attempt
, 10 handle these foreigners in the only
way known to strike guards. He SAID
he fired a blank shot" and only m
= tended to scare the pickets. The shot
however started a conflagration tha'
is inseparable with gunner rule, anc
4 trade unionists of this state have beer
n furnished another argument wher
n they again request the Ohio leglsla
/ ture to outlaw the practice of cor
5 porations maintaining private armies
: to menace peace, law and order.
|, Responsibility for this riot is placed
# at the door of the strike guards b!
e Mayor Cunningham, who made this
l. statement;
Had these guards been kept with
d in the limits of the mill property
g doubt If there would have been an,
r trouble. We did not have any trou
IS Bile with the workers before this tim
A. and their leaders told me they woul'
be amenable to our officers, Eye-wit
o nesses told me it was the guards OF
o the bridge who fired the first shol
n That aroused the fury of the mob an
is there was no holding it in check ono
IN lit started on it's wild rampage"
A. F. of L. Organizer Flynn said
k 1--WE did not call this strike, w
Sc couldn't for the men were not o.
~ ganized. Besides, we are not calm
Id any strikes. We are trying to organ
of ize the men who have walked on
I'd The men did not start the riot. Tn
I'd strike guards fired the first shots
YOUNGSTOWN, Orion and ste'
ty concerns in the Mahoning valley al
be guarding against strikes by announ
ed ing increases to take effect immedi
of tely. They are not waiting until me-
Dis month. when the increases announce
Sc by the United States Steel corpor
"a ton take effect
la
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-28
FOOTING THE BILL

MIR. Newman had just recovered
from an operation and was talking TO
a friend.
THE surgeon he remarked, said
he'd have me on my feet again in
three weeks"
We'll, he did it, didn't he?' asked
the friend,
He did, indeed responded Mr.
Newman Il had to sell my mOtor-car
TO pay his l'-Christian Register
Trust met Truth is still at war.
Just as in the hard old time,
With a thousand things that are
Births of woe and food for crime
Still to vindicate the right
Is rough and thankless game
Still the leader in the fight
Is the hindmost in the fame.
-Houghton.
Evening star., 1916-08-28
SAY THE TURKS ARE KIND
TO PRISONERS OF WAR
Declaration by Instructors In Ameri-
can College at Beirut, Just
Returned to o. S.

NEW YORK, August 2s.-The kind
ness Of the Turks toward their prison
ers Of war was one of the chief i'm
prsssions gathered by Clarence Butler
Of Grand Rapids, Mich. and william
Hoffman Of Columbus, Ohio, instructors
in tho American College at Beirut,
Syria, on their three-thousand-m mile
journey that took them to Damascus.
Jerusalem. Tarsus, Constantinople,
Sofia, Budapest, Vienna and Berlin.
Messrs. Butler and Hoffman have re-
turned from Rotterdam on the Holland
America line steamship Ryndam.
They told of meeting English officers
who were prisoners of the Turks
among them Capt Upton of the Brit
ish army aviation corps. captured at
Kut-el-Amara. Capt. Upton told
them. they said. that the Turks had
treated the captured officers well and
had given them all comforts they them
selves enjoyed. Even the private SOL
diefs. they were Informed. had received
the same rations as their captors, and
in many instances double portions Of
mutton had been served to the British
prisoners.
Mr.. Butler said import and export
trade with Beirut had stopped. as ships
had ceased calling there. In Jerusalem,
he said. there were no pilgrims and no
Jews. as far as they could discover.
most of them having been driven out
of Palestine when Turkey entered the
war The Journey from Coustantinople
customary forty-eight hours under
normal conditions
Evening star., 1916-08-28
SUBTLE DISUNION PERIL
TOLD OF BY PRESIDENT
Considers Situation More Difficult to
Meet Than Problem Which Re-
suited in Civil War.

NEW YORK; August 2s.-In a signed
article on Americas Opportunity"
published in the current number of the
General Federation Magazine. which
represents the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, President Wilson de-
clares:
"A new problem of disunion, more
subtle, more difficult to meet with di-
rect checkmate and correction than the
old problem which eliminated in the
civil war, has engaged and disturbed
our thought. We have realized that We
must devote a new energy and ardor to
binding together the forces which will
produce a new union, union of spirits
triumphant over every alien force and
sympathy"
The President predicts in his article
Evening star., 1916-08-28
EUROPE FOLLOWS J. S.
IN BUILDING SUBMARINES
Those of Steam PropelIing Type
Closely Resembled Abroad, Navy
Department Hears.

Information has reached the Navy De-
partment that steam submarines are un-
der construction in Europe closely re-
sembling the twenty -fve-knot boats de-
signed by the department a year ago.
The navy general board disapproved the
characteristics Of the steamboats, and
Congress was not asked to authorize any
experimental construction.
Navy designers turned to a steam pro-
pusion for submarines to meet the re-
quirements of the 1916 naval appropria-
ton bill. which specified that the three
fleet submersibles provided for have a
speed of at least twenty knots an hour
and, if possible. twenty-five knots. No
private builder would undertake the con-
struction of the craft when bids were ad-
vertsed, since they were unable to find
sufficient horsepower In oil engines to
give the boats the required speed. The
department experts had prepared the al
tentative design, in which steam turbines
supplied power for surface operations
They had no doubt that the boats would
make twenty five knots an hour. perhaps
more. insuring that they would be the
fastest boats of their kind afoat. Eight
cen knots is maximum speed for subma-
rines in the German and British navies.
Evening star., 1916-08-28
Not All Anxious to Return.

This does not mean that all militia
men are anxious to get home. There
are a lot who are perfectly content with
the role of soldier and will be good sol
diers as long as their organization Is in
the field, but who. nevertheless. would
like to know something about the prob
able length Of their stay.
Then there are those who insist that
they would not mind how long they
stayed in active service II there was
something doing" but would prefer
to get home If conditions are to be
otherwise. Many came to the border
with the expectation of seeing real
service. Monotony Of camp life Is be-
ginning to tell on them.
At some points along the border the
camps Of the regulars and militiamen
have grown to such an extent that the
question Of an adequate water supply
has become the chief consideration.
Such is not the case here in the War
rem district, where there is water to
Evening star., 1916-08-28
OUTLINES THE WORK DONE
FOR BETTERMENT O. NAVY
Secretary Daniels, in Letter to Rep
resentative in Congress, Gives Rec
ord of Wilson Administration.

A review of what the Wilson admin
istration has done for the navy Is given
in long letter from Secretary Daniels
to Representative William Eliza Will
liams, democrat. of Illinois.
In the matter of construction, the
letter carries a table showing 55 YES
sells (ss3,1s2.93s) appropriated for dur
ing the Roosevelt administration, 65
ts127.747,113) under Taft and 121
(s655, 2Se s06) during three years Of
Wilson'S administration.
The Secretary outlined what has been
accomplished toward increasing the
personnel, remedying the shortage of
officers. opening the way for promo
ton Of enlisted men, departmental re-
organization and the mobilization of
industries through the naval consult
ing board.
Particular attention is called to the
authorizations for government armor
plate and projectile factories, the max
ing of power at decreased cost in navy
plants. a four-fold increase in mines
manufactured at home instead of
abroad, an incrase of 433 per cent in
torpedo supply, the equipment of navy
yards to build capital ships and the in
crease of wages at navy yards.
Evening star., 1916-08-28

that the United States will be the chief
financial reliance of the world after the
war. Discussing the future of the coun-
try, he says:
I'm the first place her resources are
unimpaired. Not only has the war and
all it's attendant circumstances made no
hurtful drain upon her men or her ma
terials; it has enhanced her skill and
added to her resources because of the
very circumstances OF her situation cut
off from her usual trade with many
parts of the world and called upon to
supply what she never supplied be-
fore to the nations engaged in the
great struggle not only, but also to her
own people.
Her financiers will have 1t within
their choice to play a part they have
never played before in the economic
development of other nations and of
distant regions of the earth. 1t is to be
hoped that they will have the vision
to accept the opportunity with far
sighted courage and a quick adaptation
to the new conditions"
Evening star., 1916-08-28
Naco Water Supply Good.

The supply from the wells at Naco is
enormous. Demands made on 1t do not
begin to make themselves felt This To-
cality affords many desirable camp
sites. Transportation facilities are good
and no difficulty Is experienced in get
ting commissary supplies.
1t is known that some prominent
business men of this locality now are
making an effort to get more troops as
signed here, with a view of relieving
the congestion at other places and at
the same time giving this locality the
benefit Of the money spent by organiza-
tions and men
The men of the District National
Guard units have created a favorable
impression in this locality. Residents
hereabout Will welcome the arrival OF
others Men of the Signal Corps, Field
Hospital and of Battery B frequently
are stopped by residents and asked:
When are the rest of you boys COM
ing DOWN.
Members of the srd Regiment can
rest assured that their arrival here will
not go unheralded or unwelcome.
Evening star., 1916-08-28
All Had to Have Coffee.

When the time came to cook coffee 1t
was found that a number Of the men
were without water. having drunk all
that was in their canteens on the out
trip. Capt. Hudson. who had cautioned
them to save the water, said that any
man who failed to make his own cup of
coffee would have this failure chalked
up against him. This resulted in a wild
scramble for water. and those who had
been wise enough to conserve their sup
ply were deluged with requests for Just
half cupfur from their less thought
full comrades.
By "divvyiHg up" every man finally
managed to get enough of the precious
liquid to make his prescribed quantity
of coffee. What they made was not the
best coffee they had ever tasted by any
means. Most of 1t was grounds.
When the time came to start back to
camp foot inspection was ordered The
men sat down on the roadside and re-
moved their shoes and socks SO that
Capt. Hudson could inspect their feet
and ascertain how they had withstood
the journey.
Evening star., 1916-08-28

mouth when Mangum "came to" with
rush. jumped out of the chair and
bolted out of camp at top speed. 1t
was quite evident that he had heard
Hart's words. Hereafter his comrades
will carefully investigate his "faints.'
Master Signal Electrician Lansford, In
charge of the exchange at the Signal
Corps camp, has become dealer In
semi precious stones. He obtained an
assortment from a Bisbee jeweler the
other day. and has peddled number
to the men of the company. The stones
were found in the mountains here
abouts, and have been cut and polished
in readiness to be set in rings,
brooches and other jewelry.
weather vane has been set up be-
hind the tent of Capt. Dollman- at the
Field Hospital camp. 1t is the handi-
craft of Sergt. Barnes. Capt Dollman
has about all he can do to keep fellow
officers from throwing stones at 1t.
The master signal electrician has set up
a wireless aerial at the Signal Corps
camp 1t is suspended between a pole
erected on the top Of the mess hall and
a dwelling nearby. In a few days he
hopes to have his apparatus in readi-
ness to receive and send radio mes
sages.
Evening star., 1916-08-28
along, four mules being hitched to

along, four mules being hitched to
each of them.
The men carried their haversacks and
canteens. Food for the midday meal
was carried in one of the wagons. Off
GERS who went along were Maj. Bowker,
Capts. Hudson and Began and Lfeuts.
Sawtelle and Pelzman. All were
mounted. The enlisted men who rode
We're First Sergt. Hart. Sergt. Surles
and Sergt. ketner. wagonmaster of the
unit, and Privates Perron and Kline.
who served as mounted orderlies.
The hike was taken out the road
leading to Douglas. This carried the
men through a picturesque pass be-
tween the mountains and made the
march an enjoyable one. After 1eav
ing the mountains the course lay down
the Douglas road, the total distance
walked being about eight miles.
Evening star., 1916-08-28
CZAR REPLIES TO PRESIDENT.
Regrets That Enemies Will Not As
sent to Provisioning Poland.

PETRoGRAD. August 2s-Emperor
Nicholas has replied to the message
sent last month by President Wilson
to the heads of European governments,
urging their cooperation in measures
to make possible the forwarding of
food supplies to the starving people of
Poland.
The emperor expressed appreciation
of the efforts Of the American people
and said he regretted that nations at
war with Russia would not agree to a
plan for provisioning the Poles. He as
sured the President Of his willingness
to cooperate as far as possible in any
future efforts.