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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
FEDERAL employees
:UN|TEEVERYWHERE
Large Numbers On West Coast
Affiliate With Civil Service
Workers. -.

Federal employees throughout the
United States are coming to realize
the value of organization and are at
filiating with the local unions char
tered by the American Federation of
Labor.
At the last meeting of the Fedora
ton Of Federal Civil Service EN-
ployes of San Francisco, tnirty-five
candidates were initiated and an an
nouncement was made that at the
next meeting class of fifty candi-
dates would take the union obliga-
ton.
Sentiment favoring organization
has been growing rapidly ever since
Congressman John I. Nolan Of San
Francisco introduced in Congress the
now famous Nolan minimum wage Of
three dollars per day for all govern
ment employees.
This bill has already been favor
ably reported out of committee, due
largely to the Endorsement and active
support of the American Federation
Of Labor and it's affiliated unions For
years past federal employees, unorgan-
lied, tried in vain to secure remedial
legislation. Realizing at last the fu-
tility, of unorganized effort, the fed
eral employees began to enlist under
the banner. Of. the American Fedora
ton of Labor, with the result that
they have already secured, in the city
of Washington, an increase III wages
and have a good chance to secure a
minimum wage Of three dollars per
day all over the country.
AS a result, federal employees every
where are getting into the trade
union movement.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
RUPTURED WORKER WINS
UNDER COMPENSATION ACT

HARRISBURG. Pa, June 2s.-
The state workmen's compensation
board, in an opinion filed by Com
missioner Leech rules that hernia
constitutes an Injury by accident"
A coal company resisted payment on
the ground that while the worker sus-
tanned rupture his injury was SIM
ply due an aggravation of condition
that had previously existed: In this
connection Commissioner Leech said:
THE workers. compensation law
does not prescribe any standard of
health or physical condition to which
the workman must conform to
qualify for compensation, nor does it
imply a warranty on the employees
part that he is free from latent d.
sease or physical defect, which may
develop into serious injury"
The commissioner points out that
it has been a settled law in England
since 1903 that nothing more is re-
quired to constitute an injury by ac-
cident TIM that the harm which the
workman sustains is unexpected"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
JANE WHITAKER PAINTS PlTlFUL PICTURE:
OF THE SCAB AND THE PRICE HE PAYS

He wouldn't trust the traitor when
his need of him is gone.
"Scabs' they start what they do
they finish? You will get your an
swer in front of some of the shops
today where men who bear on their
faces the brand Of failure, and, more
the look of the traitor-are earning
a few dollars a day hired out to the
bosses to slug men and women cloth
ing strikers. Those sluggers are the
fotsam and jetsam of today. They
are the men who began as traitors
to their class and today have no class
to which to return.
They haven't the respect Of the
of the coppers, and they have the 1,a-
tired of the class in which they once
belonged.
If I were asked for definition of a
"scab" I would not give the one the
majority of the workers give. I would
say "scab" is a. creature over whom
men and angels must weep-a human
being without self-respect. - Jane
Whitaker in The Plasterer
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01

From 1865, the close of the Civil
war, to 1885 the Republicans were
in control of the government at
Washington.
In those 20 years congress appro-
priated $346,365,S52.52 for the navy.
When President Cleveland, the first
Democratic president elected since
the Civil war, took the oath of office
on March 4, 1885, the American navy
consisted of junk, wooden ships with
old guns, and broken down engines.
The American navy was joke.
When President Cleveland Went
out of office four years later the
United States had it's first squadron
of modern warships, the famous
white SQUADRON" that carried the
American flag to Europe and once
more inspired respect for American
seapower.
In a speech in the house only the
other day, Representative Talbot, of
Maryland, a member of the Naval
Affairs committee, recalled that Col
onel Roosevelt in his administration,
invited the Democratic members of
the committee to go the White House
that he might ask them personally
to vote for four battleships. On that
occasion, said Mr.. Talbot, Colonel
Roosevelt said:
Il am frank enough to admit that
we could not have carried on the war
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
AT THE LYCEUM

From New England drama to The
Yellow Ticket" will be the jump
taken by the Baldwin Players next
week at the Lyceun.
Opening with the Sunday matinee
1.-The Yellow Ticket" will be presented
all next week with the usual matinees
on Wednesday and Saturday.
1.-THE Yellow Ticket has never
been seen in Duluth, although it was
presented by Florence Reed for one
entire season at the Eltinge theater in
New York.
The play is based on a Russian GUS
tom which provides that every i'm
moral woman shall wear a yellow
ticket to show her vocation. The
heroine of the story IS young Rus
sian girl, who in order to escape per-
secution, takes a yellow ticket. She
uses this as ruse to escape from the
country and come to New York. In
America she meets and falls in love
with a young American, but she Is
followed BY Russian who tries to
use his knowledge of her past to force
her to marry him. How her problem
is finally solved makes a very stirring
dramatic story and the play was a
tremendous success in New York. Mr..
Baldwin has tried in former engage
ments here to secure the rights to the
play, but failed. 1t is expected to
prove one Of the best offerings of the
company to date. The scenes permit
of a lavish production, and Mr.. Bald
win is taking particular pains with
this department next Wee.
Miss Margaret William.9 will have
the part in which Florence Reed
achieved her greatest stage success:
It is strong, dramatic role, and one
which will give Miss Williams her
best opportunity for emotional work
since she has been in Duluth.
This weeks play. '"The Road to
Happiness" will continue until Sat-
urday night, with the usual Saturday
matinee. It is a comedy of optt-
mism'' and tells a story Of rural New
England life, which has an attractive
mixture of comedy and. pathos. It Is
a pretty little love story of an old
fashioned type, but Lyceum audi
ences have enjoyed it thorou. hly this
week, and it has proved one OF the
most popular plays the Baldwins
have presented this season.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
AIMS, PURPOSES AND DECLARATIONS
. -, OF AdERlCN FEDERATION OF LABOR

From the inception Of the .Ameri-
can Federation of Labor it has taken
the stand that while unions for the
various trades and callings must each
and all be left entirely free to gov
ern themselves within their own bor-
ders, yet between the members of
all these unions there should be a
bond as great as that between the
members Of the same organization,
and it is the aim of the A. F. of L.
to strengthen that bond by organiza-
ton, and by education and inculca-
ton Of the feeling and consciousness
Of unity of interest and solidarity to
place the labor movement upon a
higher and more effective plane. It
seeks to organize the yet unorgan-
lied workers, the skilled and the un-
skilled, the permanently located and
the migratory.
The A. F. Of L., holds that what
ever a man may be so long as he
works honestly and seeks to wrong
no other man or to advantage him.
self at the cost to another, and seeks
to maintain this standard regardless
Of how any toilers may happen to be
employed, he is man. Though the
A. F. of L. does not advocate strikes,
yet it encourages them when all
other means to obtain Justice for the
toilers have failed. It urges that
the workers when struck, strike back
as best they can. Though strikes
do not always win, even those alleged
to be lost at least induce employers
to forbear in the future and teach
them a lesson they do not readily for
get; namely, that labor is the most
important factor in production and
entitled to a voice in the question. of
wages, hours. and conditions under
which work shall be performed.
The A. F. OF L. stands as the most
potent factor in all our country in
defense Of the right Of free assem-
blage, free speech, and free press. It
endeavors to unite all classes Of wage
earners under one head through their
several organizations with the pur-
pose in view that class, race, creed,
political, and trade prejudices may be
abolished and that moral and finan-
cial support may be given to all. It
aims to allow in the light of ex-
periSssce the utmost liberty of each
organization in the conduct Of its own
affairs consistent with the generally
understood practice of the identity
and solidarity of labor.
The A. F. Of L. establishes inter-
communication; creates agitation and
educates not only the workers but the
educators. It is in direct corre-
spondence and conference with the
representative workers and thinkers
the world over. It urges tho inter-
ests of the toilers in Congress, state
legislatures, municipal legislative bo-
dies, administrative offices, and judi
cial agencies. 1t initiates measures
in the name of labor and liberty,
and decides upon acts according as
| they benefit or are calculated to in
jure the masses Of the people. It. has
secured vast relief from burden
some laws and governmental officials.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01

"Scab!" There is no word in the
English language so fraught with ha-
tired as this one word when it is used
by strikers against strike breakers.
Girls cry it with tears of rage in their
eyes and every primitive instinct
aroused against the man or. woman
who is jeopardizing their fight for
better working conditions. Men cry
their natures urging them to wage
cave warfare.
If you ask them just what is
"scab'' you always get an answer like
this: "A low-down gink who is TAX
ing our jobs" "A butter bum that's
scaling on the job and sucking in
with the boss" or even some imprint
able definition, but always from the
same angle-what the "scab does. to
the. worker.
The thing you never get and which
has always seemed to me to be of so
much more Importance is what the
"scab" is to herself or himself.
A few years ago I had occasion to
talk to the wife of man who re-
NAMED working with a few others
while the rest of his shop went on
strike for better conditions.
His two children, both Of them old
enough to realize the word that was
being called their father, sat in the
room with the mother as she talked,
and while her eyes were bright with
defiance, the boy looked down. at the
pattern of the carpet and the girl
looked out Of the window. ~
II told my man to work." the wo-
man said defiantly. II told him we
amt got no time for strikes. He'd
been out of work for months before
he got this job, and me and the chill
dren need the money. We got bills
to pay.
Her voice was hard. She talked
feverishly. She said too much. She
realized that she was the wife of a
man who was traitor to his class,
and though she urged him, though
she justified him then, she was tast-
ing the bitterness of loss of self-re-
spect. And the children were tasting
it with her. They would never be
wore the brand of traitor and they
"oNAu HUI Uc dUAc ~ 1OI6SI IT,
The loss of the respect of others
is, a terrible price to pay, but it IS lit
tie beside the loss Of ones self respect.
One may get away from the others;
one cannot get away from ones SELF
Judas, who betrayed his Master, hung
himself to escape his conscience.
There is always the still, small
voice" to taunt: there is always the
sense of shame that only the traitor
knows.
If the fight is lost. his is the con-
sciousness that he helped to defeat
the workers who fought, and the in
dustrial slavery that binds itself still
more tightly about the mass was
caused by the treachery Of one. e.,
If the fight is won he has no part in
the victory, for he did nothing to
make the fight a success.
He had not even the satisfaction of
receiving the gratitude OF the bosses
for whom he betrayed his class The
briber has naught but contenipt for.
the bribed. The capitalist despises
the. worker no will ssll Of l1is CHS.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01

It seeks and will achieve freedom
and justice for all. 1t ENCOURAGES
and has largely achieved. the inter-
change Of ideas, ideals, and methods.
1t seeks to cultivate mutual interest,
and to secure united action to an
nounce to the world the wrongs
and burdens which the toilers have
too longe edured. It voices the aims
and hopes Of the toiling masses. 1t
asks and demands the cooperation
of the organizations. Cooperation and
utilization Of all wageworkers who
believe in the principle of unity, and
that there is something better in
life than long hours, low wages, un-
employment and that these imply.
The A. F. Of L., endorses as basic
these economic principles: That no
trade or calling can long maintain
wages, hours, and conditions above
high wages all trades and callings
must be organized; that lack Of Or
ganization among the unskilled
vitality affects the skilled, whether or
ganized or unorganized: that gen.
orally organization of skilled and UNI
skilled workers can be accomplished
only by united decentralization
that the history of the labor move
ment demonstrates the necessity for
the union of. individuals and that
logic implies a union of unions-fed-
GRAFTON.
The A. F.. Of l. urges the concen-
tration of efforts to organize all the
workers within the ranks of the or
ganized, fair and open contest for the
different views which may be enter
tanned upon measures proposed to
move the grand army. of labor on
ward and forward. In no organiza-
ton on earth is there such liberation,
so great scope, and So free a.
forum as: within the ranks Of the A.
F. Of L. and nowhere'is there such a
fair opportunity afforded for. the adj
vocacy Of new or brighter thought.
The. A. F. of L., affirms as one Of the
cardinal principles Of the trade union
movement that the working people
must organize, unite, and federate, ir-
respective of creed, color, sex, nation:
lily or politics.. In the language of
the late William E. Gladstone, trade
unions are the bulwarks Of modern
democracy"
The A. F. Of L. stands unalterably
for the abolition of all forms of in
voluntary servitude and devotes it's
time and efforts to make every day
day of a better life.
+ The trade union movement fosters
education and uproots ignorance;
shortens hours and lengthens life;
raises wages and lowers usury; in
creases independence and decreases
dependence; develops. manhood and
balks tyranny; discourages .selfishness
and establishes fraternity; induces
liberality and reduces prejudice: Gre
ates rights and abolishes wrongs;
lightens toll and brightens man;
makes the workers workshop safe
and brighter; cheers the home and
fireside and makes the world bet
ter.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
EXPRESS COMPANIES GAIN.

WASHINGTON, >uJne 28.-The in
terstate commerce commission has
has made public reports from eight
express companies doing an inter-
state business operating over $4,000
miles of lines. The American Ex-
press company has changed q $41s,-
600 deficit into a. 32,069,000 balance.
The other companies made similar
gains. despite former fears that the
parcel post would destroy their busl-
ness"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
A CRITICISM

A farm hand had, worked in the
field from dawn till darkness, do
ing the chosers by lantern light. I'm
goin to quit" he said to the farmer
at the end of the month. you
promised me a steady job
"Well, haven't you got one p. was
the astonished AreplS.s ass 49, -.
mo-" said the man, there are
three or four hours every night that
I don't have thing to do, and fool
my time away observation-disclosures
Monthly.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
SAFETY BREAK LAW ENLARGED

SAFETY BREAK LAW ENLARGED.
WASHINGTON, June 20. - The
United States supreme court has
ruled that the federal safety ap-
pliance regulations relating to brakes
apply to electric as we'll as steam
railroads operating in the Interstate
commerce. The court affirmed a
judgement Of $500 in favor Of Ed
gar E. Campbell, motorman, who was
injured in collision between
Spokane, Wash, and Occur d'Alene,
Idaho, in which IS persons were
killed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
GAINS IN POUGHKEEPSIE.

PUUGHkEEPSIE, N. Y, June 2S.
Because of. thorough organization
painters and sheet metal workers Sc
cured betterment without resorting to
strike. The former raised wages
from So to- 1928 per day and the
sheet metal workers increased wages
rs cents a: day. Both crafts Sc
cured the Saturday half holiday, also.
After a tive weeks strike the
Plumbers, union has. established a
wage rate of 1928 a day and secured
the Saturday half holiday.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
INDUSTRIES TERRIBLE TOLL.

HARRISBURG. Pa. uJne 2s.-
From Jan. to June 1. Of this year
S62 men were killed in industrial es-
Establishments in this state. As a re-
suit of this slaughter. 537 women
were made widows, 1.109 children
were robbed OF q father and 81 de-
pendent parents lost q bread winner.
OF the s62 nen. killed, SIS were un-
married. The total &. com pSnsatton
awarded is $747,9 @. &
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
PAINTERS WIN STRIKE.

ROCK ISLAND, III, June "a
Painters union No. 5o2 has won its
strike, which started May I, last.
Employers have signed two years
contract at IS cents an hour, Satur-
day half holiday, time and ,one-half
for overtime, and double time for.
Sundays and holidays. u.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
TUESDAY, JUNE 9Th

A house being moved across the
track at Smithville at 6:35 A. NJ.
delayed 8 Morgan Park cars from
II to "a minutes.
Operation over single track on
East Superior street, where pave
ment is being laid, delayed cars
6 to IL minutes.
The uluth-Superior cars were
delayed 16 minutes from 6:36 A.
NJ. &and z minutes from 1885 P.
N. at the Interstate Bridge, which
was open.
A steam roller at 10th Ave. West
and: Superior Street delayed West
Duluth & Aerial Bridge car Z min
dtes from 6:46 P. NJ.
A. dump wagon at Goth Ave.
West and Third street delayed an
East 18th and 57th Ave. West car 9
minutes from 7:4O A. M.
Complaints and Suggestions Always
Receive Prompt, Courteous Attention.
Telephones: Melrose 26O;. Lincoln IS.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
POLISH BAKERS STRIKE.

DETROIT. Mich, June; 2s.-Nearly
200 Polish bakers, affiliated to the
international Union Of Bakery and
Confectionery Workers. struck to re-
sduce hours and raise wages. About O,
score of shops have settled with the
union
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01
FREIGHT HANDLERS QUIT WORK

BOSTON, June :2s.-Freight hand.
lers employed by the Eastern Steam
ship, corporation are on. strike to raise
wages from 80 to 40 CENTS an hour
for day work, from 40 to so cents an
hour for overtime, and from 40 to 80
cents an hour Tor Sundays and holi-
days. = 49,.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-07-01

J The Labor World in the workiiE-
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S1REETCAR DELAYS
MONDAY, JUNE 18th

Operation over single track on
East Superior street, where the
pavement is being laid, delayed S
cars 6 to 8 minutes.
A disabled car at Garfield ave-
nue. on the Interstate line delayed
the service Is minutes from 9:45
A. NJ.
The Interstate Bridge being open
delayed the Duluth-Superior cars
minutes from 7:14 A. NJ.
10 minutes from 6:17 P. NJ.
8 minutes from 1854 P. M.
A car off the track at 37th Ave-
nue. West and Superior street de-
layed 4 West bound cars % to 25
minutes from 1887 P. NJ. These
cars were switched at 32d Avenue
West and sent East.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-05

and formerly. of Woods school of New York, founded the Merchants and Bankers in 1913. From the first be cOntended the Gregg system of shorthand was the best for recording dictation, and so this system was adopted. To associate with teachers able to write shorthand at a, high rate of speed and operate the typewriter by the perfect touch method is a valuable inspiration to young people prepar- ing for business as well as to associate with an expert penman and a book keeping teacher that have seen actual accounting service. These are the in spiratiOns that the Merchants and Bankers offers.
 Both MT. and Mrs. Jarvis share the work of the schools class rooms and are at the school daily at this season of the year to advise with pupils re- garding their educational needs
New Britain herald., 1916-08-05
HUGHES OPPOSED ID
 SUFFRAGE IN 1915
Miss Drexel Warns Against
 Eleventh Hour Conversion

New York, Aug. 5.-Miss Constance Drexel of Philadelphia who until re- gently was a Red Cross nurse at the front in France, called at the demo- cratic national committee headquar- ters yesterday and gave out a state ment warning women not to take too seriously what she termed Judge Hughes eleventh hour advocacy Of the Susan B. Anthony amendment Miss DreXal was recently converted to woman suffrage, she said, by what sine had observed in War-ridden Europe.
 T am a member of the Congrega- tional Union for Womens suffrage and firm believer in the proposed fed eral amendment to the constitution she said. "I listened with rapt at tention to MT. Hughes statements on the subject, both in his notifiCa ton speech and in his remarks on Tues day at the Hotel Astor. When MT. Hughes was speaking as a leader of his party he gave absolutely no sup port for a federal amendment, but only gave his indorsement before Q group of women. It is also a fact that the records show that MT. Hughes did not vote on the suffrage issue when
 
 ''On the federal amendment MT. Hughes has absolutely no backing from his party, and if elected it is a question as to how much his personal influence could be relied upon. MT. Wilson made a special trip to New Jersey to vote for woman suffrage, and has repeatedly expressed himself In favor of the principle. There ap- parently is no hope that political OK pediency would cause him to change his mind before election, but MT. Wilson has several times indicated that he did change his mind when convinced by justice and by reason.
 "Regardless of any such expecta- tions, it would seem to me at the present time that there is little choice between the two candidates on that particular issue. To me, woman, the great consideration in this cam paign is as to who is best able to keep out of the war and to render the greatest service in the cause of peace.''
New Britain herald., 1916-08-05
City Items

A special meeting of Unity Re- bekah lodge No 54, will be held this evening at 7:3O o'clock in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall, to take action on the death of Adeline Zurich.
 One dollar closed crotch Union Suits 45c, at Besse-Leland's of course,- advt.
 During the month of July the police ambulance was called out to take forty-three private patients to the New Britain General hospital. At s2 per call, this work netted the depart ment $86 for the month.
 More for less at Besse- e-Leland's- advt.
 Miss Caroline Vessels of Winthrop street was operated on at the Hart ford hospital Thursday night for ap- pendicitis.
 Goodness of Aunt Delia's Bread.' -advt
 Day Patrol Driver Matthias Rival has returned to duty at police head quarters.
 More for less at Besse-Leland's.- advt.
 President Nathan M. Miller of the I. o. o. B. and Chairman Protass of the entertainment committee today sent out the prizes awarded at the athletic contests at the recent out