davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
L0NGSH0REMEN n
SIGN UP new
LABOR TREATY
Great Lakes Remain Outlaw
Territory in Pact With
Government.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-During the
past week the International Long,
shoreman's association, through r. "
OConnor of Buffalo, it's president,
signed a separate labor treaty. with
the United States Shipping Board and
the War Department, Navy Depart
ment and owners Of Atlantic, Pacific
and Gulf steamship lines This
agreement is better than the one
signed recently by thee RATS in the
shipyards with the shipping board,
since it specifies that "union wages,
hours and conditions in the several
ports shall be recognized.
A special national commission and
local commissions representing the
various parties to the agreement will
decide all industrial disputes as to the
loading and unloading of ships. The
central board will act only when local
adjustment is found impossible.
Refuses to Enter Agreement.
Although it is not found in the lam
guage of this agreement (it is a fact
that the Great Lakes are not brought
under the new plan. Longshoremen
there will continue to strike as before.
This is because the Steel trust,
through its control of the Lake Car
riers' Association of steamship lines,
refused to enter into any agreement
with the longshoremen. The same
course was taken by the Steel trust
in the case of the recent agreement of
the International Seamen's Union and
the associations of licensed officers
with the owners Of steam and sailing
vessels on the Atlantic, the Pacific
and the Gulf. The Great Lakes re-
main outlaw territory.
It is possible that at the meeting of
the Lake Carriers Association next
week more concilatory policy will
be adopted. If 50, the longshoremen
and even more, the seamen, will gain
a fine triumph. Andrew Furuseth is
authority for the statement that the
secretary of commerce, by merely en-
forcing the plain provisions of the
Seaman's Act, now ignored by his in
spectors on the lakes, could at any
time whip the Steel trust into line as
to its labor policy in the lake trade.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08

bulletin on LABOR
LAWS IS PUBLISHED
BY Federal BUREAU

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-The
federal bureau of labor statistics
has published its annual volume of
labor laws as bulletin No. 213. The
two leading pieces of legislation
passed last year were the ADAM
son eight-hOur law for Interstate
train service employees, and the
federal law excluding from inter-
state trafflce the products Of labor
of children employed I'm mines
under 18, or I'm mills, etc., under ii
years.
The largest group Of laws re-
corded are those affecting women
and children. in addition to these
statutes passed by various states.
are important orders of Industrial
and welfare commissions fixing
wages and hours for women and
children and regulating the condi-
tiOns of employment generally. OF
special interest is the order Of the
Oregon Industrial welfare comis-
sion fixing the hours of labor,
minimum wages and learning per-
1Ods of women and miners, includ-
Ing males to IS years, in a wide
range of emplOyments.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
NO San FRANCISCO STREET
CARS OPERATE LABOR DAY

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. g.
No cars of the United railroads here,
part Of whose employees are on strike
for higher wages, recognition of their
union and an eight-hour day, were
operated on Labor day, at the request
of the police, who, it was said, feared
wholesale rioting would result if cars
were run.
The strike has entered upon the
fourth week with an assault upon a
,carman and the stoning of several cars.
There are menacing gatherings Of
strike sympathizers which jeer the sub
stitute carmen.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
BY Chester NJ. Wright.

It is a fact that there are people
America who say they do not know
~ America is at war.
.; is a fact that there are people in
erica who say they want an i'm
'liate peace on any terms.
rlt is fact that there are people in
AA erica who say this is a "capital-
w" war and that working people
,'lve no interest in it.
}. This seems very strange to those
j S''rsons who follow history closely as
is made and have ordinary ability to
nderstanG things. But it is the fact.
There are many reasons why this is
he fact.
It must be admitted that there are
ONE people in the United States who
make limited use of the means of OBJ
aiming information. They read news
'apers seldom: books never. For
hese people there is an obvious cause
II failure to understand, though that
nay not constitute an excuse.
Emotions Dominate.
There are others whose reason. is
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
SIXTY men, UN0RGAN|zED,
STRIKE At IRON WORKS

ASHLAND, Wis, Sept. 6.-Sixty
employees Of the Bretting Iron works
of this city are out on strike, follow
ing a refusal by the company to raise
wages.
Workmen have been receiving 40
cents per hour for a ten-hour day.
They demanded the same pay, 81 per
day, with a nine-hour day, or more
than 10 per cent wage increase.
Although they are not organized, the
men quit work virtually in a body
when their demands were refused. A
committee selected from among them
conferred with Mr.. Bretting Saturday
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
Powers Address.

Powers Address.
"The pages of history are not
written with the names of the gilded
son of pageantry. but with the names
of those who had to labor in the hope
and expectation of building a nation.
So today one is safe in saying that
capital has less to do with this war
than labor. Labor planted the seed
from which sprung the foundation Of
this union; labor stood by the flag
and preserved it, and now it is labor's
duty to rally to the cause again. The
brave men who signed their names to
the Declaration of Independence wove
into the foundations Of the govern
ment the hopes and desires of their
hearts and souls. Their spirit brought
that loyalty to the nation, upon which
the very existence of the country de-
pends. The success of the nation is
due to the structure upon which the
government was founded.
I'm the Revolutionary war the
Americans fought to throw off the
very yoke of oppression and autocracy
from which they sought to free them
selves by fleeing to this country Men
banded together and struck. They
defeated the menace. Now the same
situation has arisen and today we are
one Of the fighting allies, seeking not
aggrandizement of fortune or prop
erty, but for the purpose of preserving
that which we now possess-the result
of labor and its work. Today labor
is fighting to preserve freedom and
democracy. The United States is
fighting to preserve it's existence and
throw off the pressure of autocracy. I
take it as voluntary assumption that
every man who belongs to any union
|of respectabi will stand behind the
president and his immortal words,
that Democracy is the hand and the
mind of labor
"The classes in the state who are
not sufficiently loyal are the mo
works, not however found in the in
dustrial centers. We all must be
unionized and organized in our 10y
atty to America. It is impossible to
endanger a country completely or
ganized, and where that condition ex-
lists the world is safe for democracy"
Mr.. Power also urged that efforts be
made to get representatives of labor
on the state safety commission.
Praises "A. F.. of II.
POSTMASTER McEwen recounted the
Continued on Page ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08

y
During the past week Mr.. Gompers
mt a telegram to all of the paid or
nizers of the A. F. of L., instructing
EN- to devote their efforts to getting
presenative labor men and unions
send delegates to the convention
- the Alliance. At the same time,
forts were being made by local
okesmen Of both the Alliance and
e Peopes Council, in various cities,
get the same central bodies and
cal unions to send delegates to their
vn convention.
Conservatives and Radicals
AS the Peoples Couricil program is
te of Fastening the end of the war
generous terms of peace, and Of in
;tence Of a high labor standard dur
the war, and an early repeal of
e draft, while the Alliance takes the
'sition that the war must be fought
rough to finish in order that DEM
racy may survive in the world, the
.itish and French labor movements
repeated within the American Fed
alton of Labor. Roughly speaking,
conservative majority element in
A. F. of L. is with the Alliance;
e radical minority is with the Coun-
|. There are cross-currents of inter-
t, due to the place of nativity of
cups of workers in various crafts,
1t in general the "open forum" de-
lte now going forward as to whether
le A. F. of L. mem bership shall take
art in framing the foreign policy Of
le United States, and in what direc-
on and for what end, is but new ex-
rosion of the old cleavage in the
lbor movement everywhere-the
, eavage between 'left" and fright"
Mine Owners on Warpath.
The second great labor interest that
noticeable in Washington this Labor
'ay is the trouble centering in Arizo-
4, and reaching out through all the
.gion west of the Missouri river.
The metal mine owners have gone
n the warpath against all unions in
ne mining camps. Armed mobs
ave deported great numbers of peace
IL strikers. Federal troops at Globe
nd Miami, Arizona, have prevented
le deportation Of hundreds of other
rikers, but now they are reported
have forbidden picketing, and
have permitted the bringing of a.
rivate army of gunner into the
ltiami district. Labor organizers re-
,rt that mob violence and even
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
COPS REFUSE TO AID
STRIkEBREAKERS: fired

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 6.-Forty city
police officers who refused to ride as
guards on street cars manned by i'm
ported strikebreakers during the recent
street car. strike here have been dis
missed by the board of police commits
siOners.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08
MUCH UNREST
IN FAR. WEST
Many Strikes Are in Progress
in Vital Industries on
Labor Day.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. g..
Celebration of Labor day in the far
West was weighted with widespread
unrest among organized workmen. In
almost every state strikes are in pro-
gress and others are threatened.
Strikes Of copper miners in the
Northwest and Southwest are menac-
ing the production of material
greatly needed by the government for
the prosecution of the war.
Another industry of importance to
the government just now and in which
the labor situation is acute is ship
building. At Portland, Or, 1000
ship-builders have declared their in
tention to strike Sept. Z if demands
for higher wages are not met In
Seattle, WASH, $4,000 and in San
Francisco $4,000 men engaged in ship
building and iron work are awaiting
the outcome of the conferences with
regard to demands for more pay
In Washington a majority of the
sawmills and shingle mills have been
closed for several weeks by a. strike
for the eight-hour day and higher
wages, and building trades throughout
the state have refused to handle lum-
ber made in ten-hour mills. Lumber
men in several districts in Arizona are
also striking.
Conditions Serious in Arizona.
DENVER, Colo, Sept. 6.-Labor
day in the Rocky Mountain states
found serious labor conditions only
in Arizona, where several thousand
copper miners have been on strike for
two months and where a strike Of
lumber workers defeloped at Will
liams last Friday.
The situation in the big copper
camps at Globe and Miami and in the
Clifton-M -Morenci Districts of Arizona
apparently is at a.headlock. Seven
thousand men have;3been idle in the
Clifton-Morenci district since early in
July and more than 5000 are out in
the Globe-Miami district. In the
former the mines have been closed
ever since the strike was called but at
Globe and Miami two Of the largest
producers have resumed operations
on a reduced scale.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08

The Labor wbrld i. enaeavor,nr to
ender invaluable service to the work.
rs by keeping them informed as to
he vital probi bns affecting their well
are. "he laPr press must be sup
,orted by tho workers, so this IS an
'ppeal for su) )scr4ptions--$1 year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08

Continued on Page 3.)
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-08

Continued on Page 2.)
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21
COUNCIL WILL HOLD
 SPECIAL SESSION THURS.

the defendant had not been suspend ed before this time. The council de- cded, however that the case should be heard at a special meeting and des- ignated Thursday evening at s D. m.. as the time of hearing. O'Neill re- Qnested that the clerk be instructed to issue subpoenas in blank so that he O'NeilD could summon witnesses on behalf of the complainant. The request was allowed. The streets, all leys and lights committee was di- rected to secure a proposition from the power company relative to street lighting and report at the next meet ing. A considerable array of bills passed by the finance committee were ordered paid on motion of Councilman n
 Bu"gh. Mrs. M l.. Sauvain address ed the council. protesting against the dog kennels of Marshal Jordan. The kennels. located in the rear of the Jordan residence, and in close prox-
 imity to the front door of the com plainant. were odorous and noisesome and prevented the complainant from opening her front door without seri- ousy offending her sense of smell. Mrs. Sauvain's statement as to the nuisance was supported by a state ment from Dr. Chace. The matter was referred to the police committee for investigation. Dad" James addressed the council, stating that number of collins in the old city cemetery were exposed owing to the crumbling away of a bank of earth and expressed the view that the council should tako some action to have them removed. Afor some discussion, in which the financial condition Of the city was much to the fore, 1t was decided to start a subscription list for the pur- pose of raising funds to have the cof- fins reinterred. James volunteered to take charge of the circulation of the petition without compensation. Afte: approving the report of Councilman Rose relative 10 some lumber given to the school board, the council ad journed.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

region as they had fair prospects there this spring"
 As Shungnak is located at no great distance from the Walker lake reg ion, 1t would seem that if strike of any. proportions had been made in that section some definite informo- tion would have reached Sungnak bv the time the letter was written. espe- cially as 1t so happens that Shung- nak is the nearest point where sup plies could he obtained.
 Lloyd says that Jack Sackett left the store at Shungnak bound for the Big Fish lake region but makes no mention of others having gone up the river.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

The following n ames were added to the army draft registration lists at the city hall during the past few days. The Inst at present contains 8 total of one hundred, thirty nam"s: Christian l.. Jensen.
 Patrick Sheridan.
 August H. Bockmann.
 Peter Kasovia.
 Sigfrid r. De Rome.
 Emil Hill.
 Austin Gurley.
 Nick OkasOff.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

The Nome Common Council met hn regular session at the city hall last evening but nothing of special im- portance transpired, the proceedings being largely on the routine order.
 Councilman Poteet and McAllis- ter were not present when MayorI Lomen called the meeting to order The minutes were read and approved without alteration Telegrams relative to the Nome harbor agreement where by the city bound Itself to provide an annual appropriation for harbor main- tenance purposes, which had passed between the council and Engineer Dent, l.. <. A, were read by the clerk and the latter was later ordered to forward copy of the appropria- tion resolution passed by the council as requested in one of the Dent com munications. In his message of reply. the mayor also informed the engineer that certain surveying instruments about which he had inquired could be secured here for temporary use.
 A complaint and petition for the re- moVal of B. NJ. Nelly from the ser vice of the city filed by NJ. w. Grif- hths as read by the clerk wherein it was charged that the complainant had been assaulted and otherwise abused by the said Nelly. In conclusion, the document requested that the council set a date for the hearing of the case.
 The mayor ordered the document placcd' on file.
 l'nder the head of reports of com Councilman O'Farrel reported that the repairs 10 planking. etc, on Lanes way required about two thou sand feet of lumber and other ma terial Councilman Rose of the spe- cial committee appointed to look into the complaint of Mrs. Mcconnell rel ativc 10 the Rowe stables. reported that the committee had investigated and recommended the construction of a drain to remove seepage water from the stables. The mayor stated, how ever that Mrs. Mcconnell had called him up and ventured the opinion that | drain would not do any good. As < the installation of a drain was all ac- ton the council could undertake. the | matter would be allowed to rest until l Inc complainant signified her desire | to have the drain installed. Claims and accounts against the city were read and all bills not referring to labor were ordered referred to the finance committee. Labor bills were ordered paid on motion of Councilman Burgh
 Acquisitions from the various city departments were read and ordered granted on motion of Burgh. City Health Officer D:. Chace stated that it is impossible for him to make | acquisition for supplies in the usual l order as most of his requirements were for emergency cases and it was impossible to apply to the 1 council before taking action. He asked that a contingent credit of s25 be granted for such emergencies. The request was granted. Mayor Lomen stated the opinion that the Neilly- Grihiths case had best be taken up at a special session. Attorney Hugh entered a protest on behalf of the complainant, stating that he would like to have the case taken up at once and also insisted that Nelly should be suspended pending the hear ing He said he was surprised that
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

many will doubtless be glad of d chance to escape the strenuous life of St. Michael if boat is provided by local agencies.
 However as the owners of the Are tic announced this afternoon that it was the intention to send the boat to St. Michael this evening, the local movement will probably be dropped.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

The well known timer, Dick Me Cool, is enjoying better eyesight than for long time as a result of an eye operation performed by the surgeon of the coast guard cutter Bear when that vessel was in port. A drawing of the muscles holding the eye balls in place has long given McCool much bother and this has now been cor rected.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

hc Arctic win sail for St Mich ael this evening with freight and passengers. As it is reported ,ha: a considerable number of persons arc coming down the Yukon on the s:oan' . CT Susie, 1t is possible that the Are tic may bring a number to Nome. A report that the passengers are tourists cannot be authenticated.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

That the reported strike in the the Kobuk consists largely of prOs- poets is indicated in a letter written by Lewis Lloyd of Shungnak to a friend in this city. The missive, which is dated July 19, says that. from reports, there is likely to be something struck in the Big Fish lake
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

,nnt Billy Tht mps),, rraett" of the |. ,s;9n schooner Trader, is loading h., vessel preparatory e return lg to his trading station on the Siberian coast
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

The schooner Jewel Guard is load ing supplies preparatory to making [ small vessels are also preparing fol voyages to various coast points.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

The Flyer laid over here yesterday and departed for the (; st coast thi: morning with freight end number of passengers whose nam. could not be ascertaine1.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

The Silver Wave departed for Kot- ezbue sound and way ports last eve ming with freight. mail and passen- gers.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

Reports coming up from Bluff an- nounce that the new quartz mill in- stalled by the Meeghan brother on their quartz properties in that local ity is working in an excellent manner and handling large quantity of rock. The quartz is sand to be run ming much better than expected and the mine will develop into a good producer. The outlook is so good that the brothers have doubled the number of men employed and are working day and night.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

The Council and Solomon mail was dispatched today on the Flyer.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

The report that a number of tour ist are coming down the Yukon has led to some discussion on the part of local business interests as to the ad- visibility of attempting to bring them to Nome on one of the coasting ves- sels. A number of business men are reported to have Interested them selves in the matter. If is pointed out that considerable time will elopsc before the supposed tourists can come over on the large steamships and
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21
NEWS NOTES

The Sea Lion sailed for Dime creek last night.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-08-21

Read Today's News Today In the Nome Daily Nugget
 Price $2.0O per month.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-06
LYNCHBURG WOMEN ARE MORE
PATRIOTIC THAN MANY MEN

Lynchburg, Va. April 5.-That
Lynchburg women are manifesting
more interest than men in enlisting
in the United States navy Is the opin-
ion of Recruiting officer w. F. Fraiin.
who is in charge of the local sta
ton. Many inquiries are being re-
ceived by women who desire to enter
some department of the naval service.
Application for enlistment was
made at the local station this morn
ing by Miss Sallie Hammer and Miss
Winifred Rogers. both expressing Il
preference for the clerical branch OF
the service. They were directed by
the recruiting officer to the proper au-
thorit.es for further information. tho
duties of the local office being merely
to accept applicants for practical sea-
manship
Accepted a few days ago for enlist
meut. Clarence o. Brooks, Ashby Il,
Hodges and Vert r. Butler, all Lynch
burg boys. left this afternoon on Nor
folk and Western train No. for Rich
mond to take their final examination
before being sent to the training sta
ton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-06

nois; Charles NJ. Hamilton, of New
York; Calvin ID. Paige. OF Massachu-
setts; J. Kuhio Kalanianaole, of
Hawaii.
District of Columbia; Democrats
Ben johnson chairman. of Kentucky;
Robert Crosser, of Ohio: James A.
Hamill. of New Jersey: J. willard
Ragsdale, of South Carolina; Benja-
min c. Hilliard. OF Colorado; Andrew
K. Brodbeck. of Pennsylvania; Chris
topher ID. Sullivan, of New York; Mil
ton A Romjue. of Missourio Albert
+, Polk, of Delaware; J. j. Mansfield,
Of Texas. neutrality-suspicious. j.
Cary of Wisconsin, Carl Il Mapes,
of Michigan: Benjamin X. Focht. OF
Pennsylvania; Loren +, Wheeler, Of
Illinois; George f. barrow. OF Penn
sylvania; Norman ] Gould, OF New
York; George IL. Tinkham, of Massa-
chusetts.
Education: mocrats--William ].
Sears. chairman, of Florida. Benjamin
G. billiard. OF Colorado: Horatio {.
Claypool Of Ohio; Daniel c. Oliver.
or New York w y. Bankhead. Of
Alabama; c. H. Brand, Of Georgia;
Thomas l.. Blanton. of Texas. Repub-
lcans-Caleb Powers. of Kentucky
Horace NJ. Towner. of Iowa; Edmund
Plat. Of New York Simeon ID. Tess.
of Ohio: Frederick w. Wallinger OF
Massac husetts.