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Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17
Tribute to Labor Unions

The following tribute to labor unions,
paid by w. d. Mahon, ought to be pub
lished in many forms and innumerable
quantities and circulated everywhere:
The American trade union was born
with a sympathetic soul.
Her ear is tuned to hear the whisper
ing walls of oppression.
Her tongue has always denounced the
wrong and upheld the right.
Her hands have always been liftin'
men to higher and better life by short
ening their hours OF toll, increasing their
pay and improving their environment in
general.
If she erred, it has been on the side
of mercy and humanity, for as an organ
ization she has always marched forward.
only demanding the God given and con-
stitutional rights OF American workmen,
seeking to arouse them to sense OF
their rights as citizens of great repub-
lie and thru organization establish their
liberty.
She has never thrown down the gaunt
let to anyone and only stood by demand
ing the rights OF free men under free
flag.
If this is un-American, / pause for
someone to show me where and why.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17
Figures Don't Lie, Pat

An Irishman was working for a Dutch
man and wanted a raise in wages. The
Dutchman said: Pat if you are worth
it 1 will give it to you, but listen, Pat.
"You know there are 1855 days in the
year" Pat said Yep" "Now you sleep
eight hours each day, that equals l22
days you sleep. Figures don't lie, Pat.
Take that off of 365 days and you have
left 243 days.
"Now. Pat, you have eight hours for
vacation and devotion" Yep" said Pat.
THAT equals l22 days. Now take that
off of 243 days, and you have l2l days
LETT. Then there are 52 Sundays in the
wear. You must take that off, for you
don't work on Sunday, and that leaves
you sixty y-nine days.
"You know l always give you four
teen days vacation each year" Yep,
said Pat. "That leaves fifty-five days.
Now. Pat, there are fifty-two Saturday
half holidays in the year. You know
YOU don't work Saturday afternoon"
'.Yep," said Pat. That makes twenty-six
days. Now take that off. that leaves
twenty-nine days. Now, Pat, you have
one hour and half for meals each day"
'Yep," said Pat. "That equals twenty
eight days. Now you must take that off.
That leaves one day. And figures don't
lie, Pat.
Now, Pat. you know / always give
you every year st. Patrick's day OFF.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17
STEEL TRUST IS "AMERICANIzINC"
FOREIGNERS IN THE PITTSBURG COURTS
Terrible Perversion of Justice in Cases Growing Out of Work
ers Demands for Better Conditions Policemen In
dicted for Refusing Guard Strikebreakers

resting and prosecuting any and every
person at all prominent or influential in
strike leadership. For nearly four weeks
after the slaughter and wounding of their
associates by the guards, men stayed in
the Pittsburg Jail who were SO absolutely
innocent of any connection with the
fighting that their names were not even
mentioned in that connection in the first
trial. When the case went to the jury
at that first trial, the jury had to be
reminded that these men had been on
trial and that they could not be "turned
loose" from Jail until the jury had form
ally acquitted them. And just as soon
as they and few others were acquitted
in that first trial they were indicted by
the grand jury (which had been kept in
continuous SESSION. without shred Of
new evidence-possibly to protect the
sheriff, who had thrown them in jail
and who presumably was liable in dam
ages on his bond for depriving them oi
liberty.
Liberty Fallacy in Pittsburg.
Libertyl Liberty in Pittsburg fol
workers who wish their families to b'
fed and who demand decent working ant
living conditionsl
Anna Bell, young working woman
who had been a strike leader, took th'
liberty of stepping from the sidewalk t.
/ the street to get better view of th'
marching workers. She was put in jai
for that on the rioting and melting tt
riot charge and on the charge of beint
accessory to the murder of her friends
altho acquitted at the first trial.
About 5000 to 5000 working men as
serted and exercised the liberty of march
ing from Westinghouse plant in East
Pittsburg to a Steel Trust plant in Nortl
Braddock and there to call to the othel
workers to come and join the strike
But that was the "crime," in the Pitts
burg criminal process, for which the &C
tive men who were feared by the Stee
Trust and the other employers, were ar
rested and jailed and prosecuted and con
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17

other sort of political trick and intel
lectual fraud to cover both the methods
of their persecution and the animating
motives Of their practices.
Out of this mess of legalized injustice
one good ra-legal thing is coming.
That good thing is the perception by all
groups land hitherto factions of the
workers of their mutual interests, their
mutual necessities of standing together.
Representatives of organized and unor-
ganized workers in the Pittsburg district
have been victims together and have re-
sented the injustices together. As union
and non-union, Socialist and other work
ers, have been prosecuted and tried to-
gether, 80 lawyers for the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, for the Socialist party,
and for the local small federation called
the American Industrial Union, and law
yers individually employed or volunteer
ing their services have worked together
in court, throwing the fortunes of all the
defendants into common pot.
Labor Attorneys in the Field.
The American Federation of labor Tor
its affiliated international Association of
Machnists, has sent from Toledo its reg
ular attorney, Frank l.. Mulholland. The
Socialist party has sent from Chicago its
attorney, Seymour Stedman. The local
attorney of the A. F. of L., John w.
Gloeckner, and William J. Brennan, also
a Pittsburg labor lawyer, have worked
with the first two national lawyers and
with William II. Pratt for the American
Industrial Union.
The defense work of the trial lawyers
reflects the union for defense that all
workers are beginning to feel the vital
need Of, against such private ownership
of public law and Justice as this Pitts
burg persecution of workers has exam
Dled
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17
BY DANTE BARTON.

From the Committee on Industrial Re-
lations.
The judicial criminal process against
workers in the Pittsburg industrial dis.
trict is SO terribly a perversion of justice
that it is almost incredible. 1t saves 1t
self from determination by being SO bad
that people can hardly believe thes true
stories told of it. Some day the people
generally are going to believe and know
the facts concerning the Politico- Judicial
process as directed by the Steel Trust
against the workers in the district, and
then
On June jury in the Quarter Ses'
sions Criminal Court of Pittsburg con
victed eleven men. of "rioting and incit,
ing to riot" on the day MAY ~ before
the fight at the Edgar Thomson plant
of the Steel Trust when thei guards be.
hind a board fence fired into the crowd
of strikers and lookers-on and killed
three of them outright, fatally wounded
two or three others, and seriously
wounded three score more.
Using Courts to Crush Strikers.
Right now second trial of some oi
these same convicted men and ten Of
twelve other men and women is in prog
ress on the same charge of "rioting ant
melting to riot" on the fatal day o
NAV 2. When this second trial is con
cluded a third trial of practically. th'
same group will be pushhd, the charg'
then being one of murder and OF acces
sorry to murder" in addition to the riot
ing and melting to riot" The sentence
to which they are already liable is two
years in the pcnitentiary and s5O'
fine.
The terrible perversion of justice II
this proceeding is that the men ant
women convicted and put on trial ant
thrown into Jail to await trial are sim
ply the victims of the Pittsburg dragne'
process of breaking up any movement To-
the betterment Of the workers by ar
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17

Seventy eight per cent Of the freight
mileage in the Western territory is now
operated o nthe l2Ha miles per hour speed
basis according to the railroads own fig
ures. II the shorter work day becomes
operative on all the roads it will make
no more difference to any Of them than
it has to the roads that have already
adopted it by agreement and operation.
There are no regular hours for freight
train crews They work when they are
needed. They must remain within cali
ing distance even when off duty, and
just when they will be called to go out
it is difficult to determine.
Three and fifty thousand men, railroad
engineers, firemen, conductors, brakemeni
yardmen and engine hostlers, with ap-
proximately one million three hundred
thousand women and children to sup
port, ask for an eight t-hour day. Com
PEELED to work long hours under n ter
rifle strain, their lives are shortened,
their health shattered. Give this great
army of industry square deal-eight
hours work eight hours sleep-eight
hours relaxation. 1t will make better
citizens of them.
| ID. WlulS VI OIlo ys
"The man who tolls will do more work
and better work in eight hours than in
fourteen; IL will mean greater ability
greater energy and greater enthusiasm
for his work. Let us not forget the men
whose hands are on the throttle, and
those who have actual charge of the
trims hurrying thru the night to their
several destinations"
ALL THE EARNINGS OF RAILWAY
EMPLOYEES IN THE UNITED STATES
GO TO THE FARMER AND THE MER-
CHANT INSTEAD OF WALL STREET
Twelve and one-half miles per houi
would get freight over n l00-mile di-
vision in eight hours, and even that, in
comparison with transportation such ms
automobiles and auto trucks, is not very
fast service.
The physical and mental strain on
train service employees compelled to
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17

work long hours is beyond comprehension
of the average mind. Virtually all the
accident and old line insurance companies
classify railroading as extra hazardous,
many Of them refusing to insure rnilroad
train employees.
Freight cars have grown in length
from % to 40 and so feet in the past
twenty years, and where formerly IL took
"a loads to make trnin, II now requires
from 80 TO 100. One crew is now doing
the work that formerly was done by
three or four crews, and this one crew
does not receive pay commensurate with
tho increased work.
Mr.. Farmer and Mr.. Merchant: Do
you realize that from so to 90 per cent
OF the engincmen and trainmcn employed
on the railroads of the United States are
sons Of farmers, and that they arc de-
pendent upon the producers for their sus-
tenancef These same employees, engine.
men, fircmen, conductors, brakcmen and
yardmen, are citizens Of your cities, own
homes, pay taxes, and in all other ways
help TO support the communities in which
they live.
Railway train service employees are
paid n monthly wage, but are paid by the
mile-they are piece workers. and their
earning capacity is based upon the num-
bcr Of miles they are able to make. For
the time they are required to lay away
from home at the other end OF their runs
they receive nothing. Completing 100
mile run away from home, they are re-
quired to wait for a train to make tho
return trip, sometimes from IL to %
hours. which costs them money for meals
and living, while the upkccp of the home
goes on just the same.
Hon. William G.. Redficld, secretary of
commerce, says: ""Thc cry for shorter
hours of labor is a normal protest against
tho fatigue that destroys"
We do not hesitate to say, that houf{
that overstrain the nerves and muscles
of our people, injurc us ,nll, and that
sufficient rest Ia us much n reasonable
right MS Is n living wagc.-Thc New In
dustrial Day.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17

victed and made subject now to peniten-
tiary sentence.
Dragnet Extends Everywhere.
Bridget Kenney, a strike heroine OF
1914, took the liberay of riding in
friends automobile to see the ending OF
the parade to North Braddock. She was
arrested and tried but acquitted The
two working men who rode with her
went on the stand as witnesses to prove
that Bridget Kenney was not in the
crowd that day, but was in the motor
car-and they were indicted and must
stand trial as "rioters" and "inciters to
riot" They had simply disclosed their
identity as strike sympathizers, and that
was enough for the dragnet.
The ten policemen, constituting the
entire police force of North Braddock,
exercised their liberty to refuse to
guard" the Steel Trust plant against
their neighbor workmen who were strik-
ing. Those ten policemen were indicted
and will be tried, and, if possible, branded
as felons for refusing to perform their
duty"
Machine to Pervert Justice.
The Pittsburg politico-legal criminal
process is perfectly devised machine for
, the perversion of justice. The jury in
Pittsburg is hand. picked thing-the
pickers being the two politicians who
happen to be hihgest in the Democratic
and Republican votes for jury commits
sioners, the politician who happens to be
elected sheriff, and the Judge who
CHANGED to be delegated from the Com
mon Pleas Court to sit and act with the
jury commissioners. PROMINENT men,
bankers, lawyers, politicians and others
are asked by these jury controllers "a
suggest names for the jury wheel. II
can be imagined what fat chance men
of real labor sympathies have of getting
their names in the jury wheel. The com
missioners and their associates can re-
iect any names submitted. They pick
where to go for suggestions. From 5000
to 5000 names get into the wheel eacr
year, out of the 100000 or so of men
who live in Allegheny county.
Steel Trust Has Devious Ways.
The political machine which directs the
legal administration of injustice in the
Pittsburg industrial district is directed
owned and controlled by the Steel Trust
and its associated financial interestS
The office holders in this political ma.
chine, whose family trees grew in Lon
don. Limerick, Bethlehem, Paris and
Berlin, foster and play upon a prejudice
against Foreigners" whose family trees
grew in Croatia, Lthuania, Sicily and
Poland. They resort to this and every
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17
GomperS Suggests Conference
Continued From Page One.)

Dor. Matters for the mutual welfare Of
the sister republics could then be dis
cussed and future cooperative policy
outlined.
With you. I agree that the future peace
of the world rests in the hands Of the
wageearners, and this is most cogently
expressed by the organized labor move.
ment of each and all countries.
] hope to hear from you as soon as
possible as to the actual conditions Of
the Mexican labor movement ut the pres.
ent time, and reply to the suggestions
have made herein. Fraternally yours,
tSignedD SAMUEL GOMPERS,
President A. +. of l..
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17

Now. Pat I want to ask you, do you
think you are worth a raisef"
Pat said: What the hell have been
doing all this timer"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17
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OF
the Huajatola, old
there which bring the rains"
all living things earth mankind
them the clouds
there
no and we perish all"
entered the by wonderfully rich vegetation that
base and the mighty double
Fifty Iueano Walbug first settled
establish fields and meadows And
sailing
of
the
a
will find
in
of
will
of weathu undrea o
in
423 the United Mine Workers OF which Richards
SIG United brotherhood
and Jones Of Charles p Hutchinson, secretary.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17

The physical and mental strain on
train service employees compelled to
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17
Walsenbmg, in Shadowof Spanish Peaks

is the capital of Huefano county, in the center of
infringing 1t city 1000 inhab-
ant the shipping center of nearly the entire districts
that part and fast becoming obbng point
selling goods all thru suthen Colorado the San Luis valley
San Juan country 1t lies in landscape
picturesque beauty The great double mountain, known
the prosaic of Spanish Peaks" Is
the and landmark of this vicinity
its shadow hundred miles into the plains and
by globe that the Peak when
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17
WHY The EICHT-HOUR DAY?

Given the
Upon Corporations
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17

Hon. William G. Redficld, secretary OF
commerce, says: "rhc cry for shorter
hours of labor is normal protest against
tho fatigue that destroys"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-17

victed and made subject now to peniten-
tiary sentence.
Dragnet Extends Everywhere.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-15
JIMMIE HODGES WINS FIGHT
FOR TEXAS GRAND ON SUNDAY

The dove of peace Is again esla -
lished at the Texas Grand while the
sagIe of victory perches on the banners
or Jimmie Hodges. Snowman and come
dian The strife that has existed LOT
several DAYS between Hodges, JOe
Glass. manager Of the Audra AlueH
stock company. and L. n Crawford,
a. to whether a Night on a New YORK
Roof Garden or Fine Feathers ~ouIa
hold forth at the theater SUNDAY SLleL
noon and night is no more. Nlshl
on New York Roof Garden in IT'S
new dress Will be the attraction
Hodges has contended so all along
Mr.. Crawford admits il and Glass does
not deny it, Cd.
said Hodges to a Herald man TO-DAY:
Not only would the elimination OF
our date have been quite financial
los 10 us. but so many Of our friends
in Fl Paso have requested repetition
Of "A Night on New York Roof Gar
den that we hated TO disappoint them
We have gone to the time, trouble ana
expense OF introducing number OF
new features IN this bill and We are
glad we will be able to show them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-15
MINING ENGINEERS COMING SUNDAY
WILDE GIVENA MEXICAN DINNER
Special Train Carrying Delegates to American Institute OF
Mining Convention in Arizona To Be Here Eight
Hours-Arizona and Colorado Delegations
to Join the Party Here.

Hanover Jet sos a m. leave Hanover
Jet. $40 a. M Arrive Santa Rita 500
a. m. leave santa Rita ZOO D. m Ar
rive Hurley --45 p m leave Hurley
1915 %. m Arrive Hanover jet. lo-5v
.. M leave Hanover Jet 1880 D. m
Arrive Whitewater 1870 D. m, leave
Whitewater 1l-45 D. m
September 19-Arrive Deming l2-45
a. M leave Deming 1890 a M. F. p
q : ". Arrive Hermanas zoo a m.
leave Hermanas 2-l0 a IN. Arrive Doug
las ZOO a. m leave Douglas HOO D. m
September 20-Arrive Bisbee 1900 a
M leave Bisbee 1900 p- m Arrive
Douglas 11-20 2. m, leave Douglas
1850 p. m
m. leave Keltun 1-20 a m. Arizona
Eastern Arrive Cochise $50 a m,
leave Cochise 500 a M. southern Pa
cific- Arrive Bowie SOS a. m. leave
Bowie 5-15 n M, Arizona Eastern Ar
rive Globe 600 a. m
September 23-Leave Globe 500 a m
Arrive Bowie 1880 a. M. leave Bowie
I1-40 a. M Southern Pacific Arrive
Maricopa 40 p. m leave Marieopa
500 o. m, Arizona Eastern Arrive
Phoenix 600 D. M, leave Phoenix 500
D. m. A. T. & :. F.
September 2s-Arrive Grand Canyon
SEQ a. m. leave Grand Canyon 4-4o
T. u A. T & : F No. l.
September 25-Leave Albuquerque
200 p m, No 4
September e6.-Leave La Jaunta at
40 a. m Leave Kansas city HOO
september e7-Arrive Chicago. 11-15
a. m leave Chicago 1910 p- m y y
- No %.
September 2S-Arrive New York $40
d. M. y. y c. No. 20
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-15
BEATS ANY THING
SAYS OLD OFFICER
Called Daily For Free
Drinks And Convinced
Himself About Vitalitas.

1T beats anything I ever saw for
kidneys" said Mr.. W F. Sheffield. who
until recently was for many years
deruty sheriff at the Fl Paso Smelter-
Il convinced myself II was good oy
calling daily and having my dose AT
Kelly & Pollard's." he said For
long time my kidneys have troubled
me. had to get up at nights many
times and even during the day they
worried me. 1 have been a user OF this
new medicine a few days and il beats
anything / ever saw: have not been
bothered since a bit and sleep good all
night now. am going 10 give IL to my
children too and / know II Will help
them: they need a medicine that IS
harmless. not fun Of dope and that IS
pleasant 10 take
FL Paso is now filled with people
who can endorse Nitalitas Just as
strongly as Mr.. Sheffield Large num-
hers OF people are finding unexpected
relief in its use from chronic lndiges-
ton. rheumatism. debility, kidney,
liver and blood ills. Wherever gen
eraI corrective is needed Nitalitas
should be employed II Is all good
You can sample IL freely at the demon
stration now in progress at Kelly q
PoIlard-s Drug store Also sold oy
Taiber's Drug store. Las Cruces; Co
Iunbus Drug Store, Columbus; Doug
las Drug Store, Douglas Bisbee Drug
Company. Bisbee.-Advertisem
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-15
To
BEET SUGAR DAY
W. G.. Roe and Workers for
Sugar Factory to Go to
Las Cruces Wednesday.

A delegation from Fl Paso and the
Fl Paso valley VIII go TO Las Cruces.
y. NJ. Wednesday to attend the beet
sugar day and free barbecue which is
being arranged by the people Of the
valley metropolis TO boost the beet
sugar project
The FL Paso delegation viii be
headed 10y W. G. Roe. director of the
chamber OF commerce. who is leading
the movement in FL Paso and the Fl
Paso valley for the realization Of the
beet sugar project in the Rio Grande
valleys " A. Fraser. secretary Of the
chamber of commerce, George H
Clements. publicity director; A g
Graham. farm demonstration and one o.
the leading movers in the project ana
others from the city and valley are
planning 10 make the trip 10 Las Cruces
bv automobile.
The posters announcing the peet
sugar celebration announce trat ten
fat steers. mutton. shoats and all the
trimmings viii be served free and
that there will he speeches by experts
on beet sugar The Las Cruces stores
will close at noon "Wednesday and all
Las Cruces and the Mesilla valley peo-
pie are working together to make the
lay a big success
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-15
To Help Nature Shed
A Bad Complexion

Beauty devotees are enthusiastic over
rh= beautifyius qualities OF mer-oIized
wax Nothing discovered within recent
years accomplish so much. So quickly
without harm. az such small expense The
principal reason for fits wonderful merit -
that 10 works in harmony with uhvslo-
logical laws Instead Of hiding courIeNioa
defects. IL removes them. To actually
takes of the aged. faded. sailow fr=ckl-I
or blotchy surface skin. gently. gradually.
causing no Inconvenience T. is Nature s
way Of renewing compilations When the
natural process is retarded because of
deficient circulation or nerve tone merco-
lized wax comes 20 the rescue and hasteus
the skin shedding The new c0npleEi01
which appears IS natural one youthful.
healthy. exquisiteIy beautiful. II vou'vs
never tried mercoiized wax get an ounea
Of ir At the drugstore. use ~ night like
cold cream. washing IL or in che morn
irg-
Another natural heautifyin- treatment
for wrinkle6 SKINS % ha-he the face
in a lotion made by dissoivin- an ounce
Of powdered saNolite IN a half-pinr witch
hazel This is remarkably and instan-
taueously effective--Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-15
A Sure Way To
End Dandruff

There is one sure way that has never
failed to remove dandruff at once. and
that is 10 dissolve it. then you destroy
# entirely. To do this. Just get about
four ounces Of plain, common liquid
srvon from any drug store Cthis Is all
you will need, apply it at night when
retiring: use enough TO moiEten the
scalp and rub it in gently with the
finger tips
By morning. most if not ALL OF your
dandruff will be gone, and three OF four
more applications will completely dis
solve and entirely destroy every single
sign and trace OF IL. no matter how
much dandruff you may have
You ia fine all itching and digging
OF the scalp Will stop instantly. and
your hair will be fluffy. lustrous.
glossy, silky and soft, and look and
feel a hundred times better--Adv-