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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
WIN SHORT. STRIKE
FOR WAGE RAISE
Chicago. Painters Return. to
Work; Other Trades to Pre-
sent Scales May |.

CHICAGO, April pa strike of
1000 members of the Painters Dis
trict council, threatening a general
tieup of construction work engaging
the whole building trades council,
was settled last Friday and the men
returned to work on Monday. An in
crease ofspay from Ito IS cents
an hour was agreed on by the paint
ing and decorating contractors.
Agreements also were reached
whereby the union business agents
will appoint the job stewards, but
these must be men working on tho
Jobs in question. f.
BARRIERS in all shops in Chicago out
side the loop district will demand a
readjustment of wages and working
conditions on May /. Master BARRIERS
asserted that the new scale, if en-
forced, will mean an increase in the
price of shaves~ to rs cents and of
haircuts to so cents.
Demands on hotel and restaurant
keepers will be presented some time
next week by the cooks, walters, and
bartenders, according to Benjamin F.
Parker, president sof the joint council
of such employees. ~ # Isl. .si. -, 81 5
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
PROPOSED STRIKE
IS DENOUNCED
Mooney Protest Demonstration
May | Repudiated By Sen
ator Poindexter.

WASHINGTON. April 25.-A move
ment by Seattle labor leaders to call
a general strike Mayo1, as a protest
against alleged persecution of Thomas
Mooney and others convicted Of the
bomb conspiracy at San Francisco was
reported to the senate Monday by
Senator Poindexter of Washington,
who vehemently denounced 1t.
Senator Poindexter submitted let
ter from Secretary James A. Duncan
of the Seattle Central Labor union
saying a referendum on the strike was
being circulated
The movement, the senator declar-
ed, is in harmony with the Industrial
Workers of the World, BolshevtN and
other interhational unrest. .SRepudiat-
ing and denouncinge le3ders Of the
movement as not friends *of labor,
Senator Poindextef>said:' = : h5<TF 3.
THE writer's ofs this threat to hold
up the government, to cut off supplies
from these deathless heroes who stand
between us and the German horror,
should be visited not only with the
just indignation of an outraged public
but with the punishment prescribed
for. blackmail, disloyalty, sedition and
, '.The act Itself being worse than
death-.an unspeakable crime-is de-
serving of the extreme penalty of
DEATH. These men Nshould be arrest
ed and dealt with as dispoyal trait
ors.'' st. t. 5s.., e 80 .sz.s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
J !! |. WILL |! .
:uRGECoN' troll ( / OF
PACKING PLANTS
Recommendation Anticipated as
Result Of Commissions Re-
cent Investigation.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-Govern-
men control of all the chief stock
yards and slaughterhouses and meat
packing plants IN the United States, it
is understood here, will be the RECON-
mendation of the federal trade COM
mission, as the outcome of it's investi-
cation of the meat industry, just COM
pleted. Commissioner Victor MUIR
dock is preparing the report to Presi-
dent Wilson.
While two months ago the members
of the federal trade commission were
frightened at the words government
ownership" today they are virtually
convinced that there is no other way
out. Chairman Harris, who aspires to
run for the senate from Georgia, will
probably join Commissioner Fort, New
Jersey, in opposing anything so drastic
but Commissioners Murdock, Kansas,
Colver, Minnesota, and Davies, Wis
consin are understood to be satisfied
that public ownership is the only
means Of preventing a huge scandal
over the packers profteering during
the war.
OppOolCdOA W OANys.
The evidence secured during the in
quiry by Francis J. Heney, special
counsel for the commission, shows
that some of the most influential men
in office have been cOmplaisant to-
ward the packers. These officials,
presumably, will use every sort Of
political device to block the accept
ance by the president of any plan for
public ownership and operation Of
1.-the meat business :, -. r, ::
But the hearings in Omaha, St.
Heney completed his work, showed
that the stocAmen are determined to
be free of the feudal yoke of the big
packers, and that they are demanding
that the stockyards in the cities of the
west be taken out of the hands Of
these meat kings and given to the
American people to administer
through the government. The same
| is true of the packing plants.
Packers Fear Exposure.
One of the most amazing disclos-
ures of this whole investigation has
been the part played in the inner
Dana Durand of the University Of
Minnesota.
Durand was chosen by Joseph Cot
l. ton, Hoover aide, as his representative
in dealing with Chicago meat kings,
Durand was made dictator to the
packers on behalf of the government.
And now the packers. are in mortal
| terror lest their "piekings" during
this Durand regime be revealed.
The federal trade commission is 60
! ing to bring the facts to- the attention
| of the president. It is going to show
| that there is no ground for hope that
| the big packers will suddenly have a
| moral rebirth. If the country is to
conserve it's strength during the rest
| of the war these packers chance to
! do further mischief must be with
! drawn. The government must run the
| meat business.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
SA|PBU|LDERS. IN.
UNION :PLANT:SET:: ! ! n
C0uN!7|RY'S: PACE
Organized Workers Are Proving
Their Ability When Given
Opportunity,

NEW YORK, April 25.-The New
York World says that Seattle ship
builders are working wonders and
points to the record of the Skinner &
Eddy corporation of that city, which
has turned over to the government
twelve steel vessels, three of which
have been the only ones delivered on
an order of the United States emer-
gency fleet corporation. Rear Ad-
miral Bowles had this record in mind,
it is stated, when he declared that
this country can build ships in record
breaking time.
ago, the United States emergency
fleet corporation gave Skinner & Eddy
an order for six ships. each of $500
dead-weight tons. Three of these are
already at sea, and the fourth has
just been delivered to the govern
ment. On January Is, less than 80
days ago, the emergency fleet cor
poration gave an order for IA more
ships. The first of these will be de-
livered May Is, four months after
the contract was signed. It is stated
tNdl Work IN some or the eastern
yards is four months behind their
schedule.
The last vessel delivered by the
Skinner: & Eddy yard was COM
pleted from keel laying to sea duty in
90 working days. It was turned over
to the government 81 days earlier than
the company promised. Ship officials
figure that from the five ways at this
yard over 20 vessels will be turned
out this year.
These records are of especial inter-
est to trade unionists because the
Skinner & Eddy yard is strictly union.
At a. hearing before a government
board in Seattle recently, officers Of
this company declared they would not
employ any one but member of or
ganized labor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
INCRE, Z: {: ~ ~; :::!!s:;ACES y! OF men
in GREAT LAKES SHlPYARDS
Shipbulding Labor Adjustment Board Applies the
Ncrth Atlantic Scale and Conditions to Lake
Plants as Result of Recent Hearings.

For the of checking the shifting of labor from yard yard
and stimulate the construction Of Ships the Spbuldng Labor
Adjustment board has
of shpbuilders employed in the Great Lakes district
This award made April 49, of which received at the
Head of the Lakes the first Of this the result of hearing held
at Washington April and owhch attended by representa-
tives of both the employers and employees
In order to make conditions uniform the entire competitive
the scale of hours and other regulations effective the
North Atlantic yards applied to the plants located the Great
Lakes from Buffalo to Duluth and Superior The scale
troav April while the other conditions of the award will become
effective May
TO reduction the prevailing provided that
Hours weekly rates of being paid individual employees
by the establishment of these rates.
Regarding the hours of employment the following rules
scribed:
Eight hours shall constitute days work from Monday
day inclusive provided that during months of june July and Aug
u the working day on Saturdays shall be four hours
Wor ship construction of these periods week
day shall be
half time.
Wor ship construction Sundays and the following holidays
shall be paid the double me New Years Washing
tons birthday Decoration day. Fourth of July Labor day. Thanksgv
ing day and Christmas day and half holiday
election days.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
IS
lN:FEUD;ht. HANDS,, 5,
DECLARES JUDGE
Makes Claim That Big Interests
Control Newspapers Of
That Region.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, April rs.
Most of the southwest has no
press that expresses real public opin-
ion,' says Judge Bernard S. Rodey Of
this city, in discussing public opinion
and the Bisbee deportations. "Only
very few newspapers exist that are
not to a more or less extent the kept
press of the big interests. Especially
is this true of New Mexico.
Il deny that the people Of the
southwest, that is the overwhelming
majority of them, approved the de-
portation from Bisbee. on the con-
trary they regarded that. action as
wholly criminal and outrageous, but
there is no impartial, press in suffi-
cient number to give expression to
this opinion of the honest people.
THE morning after the deportation
occurred I personally wrote very Wig
orously against the outrage, and
called upon our government to take
action, but could only get the matter
published in two or three newspapers
in the whole southwest, although I
sent it to quite few.
In my articles l predlcted that the
president would order the investiga-
ton which he did, and I predict that
he will yet order the department Of
justice to institute proper prosecutions
against the parties guilty Of the out
rage against citizens of the United
States.
I'm my articles I ADVOCATED the
disbarment of the counsel for the big
operators who either aided, abetted,
or advised these high handed out
RACES, but so far nothing has come
Of it, because predatory wealth is
deeply intrenched in the southwest.
People in the east have little or no
knowledge of the extent to which the
big interests control in the southwest
or the. extent, Of their criminal ex-
ploitation of the region" ~.'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
ASHLAND LUMBER WORKERS
GRANTED WAGE. INCREASE

ASHLAND, wis, April 25.-The
lumber pliers Of the Schroeder Lun,-
Der conpanyvwent onza strike for an
increase in wages of 25c per day. They
lmade a demand on the company for
the higher wages, being an increase
from $3.50 per day to $3.75. The men
contended that that is the amount of
remuneration the lum ber pliers are re-
ceivins throughput this territory and
that they are entitled ito it. The de-
mand was 1rladeton Saturday afternoon
and the men remained a: work, but
Wednesday when they arrived on the
docks they went into session and de-
cided to strike. The. mill was forced
to shut down for a day on account of
the strike. The company, however.
granted the smenA their. increase, and
the mili Teauun I'd appsrat dps with the
men giusns thSSs s5hS GiSass demanded.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27

Virginia gii:l! Il llsAdIded !!
to 1lpen|sation n
Common l'l'l'l 81 / wi'eliaIths Il
Thrty.Eight States Now Have
This Legislation for Pro.
lection Of Workers.

NEW YORK, April 25.-ssThe
passage of a workmen's compensa-
ton law in Virginia marks another
wartime advance in protective laws
for labor" says a statement issued
this week by the American assOcfa-
ton for labor legislation.
''This new legislation brings the
total of workmen's COMPENSATION
states up to 38, covering four-fifths
of the map of the United States.
Porto Rico, Alas ka and Hawaii
have also adopted such laws and
the Federal government protects its
more than 100000 civilian employ
es with a. model compensation law.
Last year alone five additional
states were added to the list.
''Missouri, in shameful back
wardness, stands alone among the
great industrial states without a
compensation law to protect her
injured workers and heir families"
the statement continues. 'Several
state commissions in Missouri have
recommended this legislation, yet
the united efforts of employers and
employees are stin thwarted after
six years by hostile element in
the state senate"
The rapid spread of workmen's
compensation throughout the
United States within seven years,
according to the association, has
hoon oooo,,,rcuinI7 h., r.o,,on~1~ok1o
efforts for the prevention of in
dustrial accidents and further gains
for protective measures ito con-
serve the nations man and woman
power in the. industries, upon
whose fitness and efficiency as the
second line OF :dcfense' so much is
now at stake. North Dakota is the
only northern state still without
workmen's compensation :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
IS OPPOSED
B|LLFoR TRIAL. BY
:couR1:.6ART|AL
President Tells Senator 0yernnan
Proposed Act Would Be
Unconstitutional.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-Presi-
dent Wilson Monday expressed strong
opposition to Senator Chamherlain's
bill providing for court-martial trial
Of those arrested for reasonable ut
terances and acts. In a letter to SEN
ator Overman, the president declared
such legislation would be unconsitu-
tional and would put the United
States ION a level with the people
whom we are fighting."' -
Attorney General Gregory also is
preparing to make a bitter fight
against the Chamberlain bill, holding
it virtually places the nation under
military law.
Deeply resenting the charges that
the department of justice is failing to-
meet the situation, Gregory has
chosen a new assistant-H. LaRue
Brown, Boston, succeeding Charles
Warren, just resigned-and is speed
ing work against aliens, plotters,
spies and others.
Warren aroused the anger Of the
attorney general when he wrote a let
ter to- Cha mberlain approving a mill
tary court The attorney generals
department takes the position the bill
would create a milita1 istic situation in
America worse than anything in Ger
many.
Brown is a Democrat, regarded as
highly fitted, liberal minded man.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
PREDICTS ERA OF: GREATER
OPPORTUNITY FOR MASSES
Democracy's Leader Declares Men in Trenches Will
Return With New Conceptions and Demand
Real Thinking and Sincere Action.

WASHINGTON, April 25Wih each passing day, le.dehp
President Wilson of the democratic struggle
tween freedom and terrorism the world becomes He has
not been able do everything that he wished speeding
the arrival of munitions France monizig
ctng views sections of the people the Allied nations But he
has than other
political industrial could be accomplished And
gaining and moral authority his plans justified by
-:
Few of the and have paid attention the
letter he sent recently gathering of Democrats Newar Ne
This the latest of his the of
dealing with political issues this of terrible speaks
way, Lincoln spoke Gettysburg Here
Every of these terrible days and revolutionary change
economic and being released the world whose
effect political dare venture bids
hearts through pd through and make them ready the birth
we hope and believe of opportunity and
perty for the struggling and and
safety. and opportunity for children
The old party slogans have lost their significance and will
nothing the the
mind of Europe well the mind of America Men everywhere
searching democratic principles their hearts order determine
their soundnes their sincerity their adpby the real needs of
their % and with vision that the
justice and right presently before
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27

Five Per Cent More on Night Shift.
Men employed on the night shift
shall receive compensation five per
cent higher than is paid to those en-
ployed on the day shift.
1.-THE basis for compensation on
government work is the eight hour
day. The normal day is presumed to
begin at a. m. and to end at p. m.
Hours Of employment after 5 p. M
and before s a. m. shall be counted
as hours on the night shift and to the
extra compensation provided.
"WOrk in excess of IL hours a day
OF 60 hours q week for any employe
shall not be permitted, except when
ordered by the navy department or the
Emergency Fleet corporation or to
protect life or property from immi-
nent danger"
In explaining it's setting a maximum
daily and weekly working period, the
board says it wishes to discourage q
resort to excessive overtime, which
leads to lnefficiency and tends to re-
suit not only in Increased costs but
lessened production. The introduction
OF the two and three-shift systems is
also advocated
Machinery for Disputes.
The board directs shipyard owners
to cooperate with employees in maxim.
effective the following rules in refer
ence to machinery for the settlement
of industrial disputes:
1.-The employees of each craft or call
ing in shop or yard shall have the
flgnt TO select three as members of a
shop committee. Each member of this
committee shall be chosen by ma ior
lty vote through secret ballot, in such
manner as the employees may direct.
Inc chairman of each shop commit
tee snail be member of a Joint shon
committee.
when a grievance arises it shall
be taken up by the joint shop COM
n'lttee, first with the superintendent
and them failing a settlement, with
the higher officials of the company.
Ii the matter cannot be adjusted be-.
tween the joint shop committee and
these officials, the joint shop COM
m1ttee shall have the right to call.
into conference a representative
chosen by the committee. In case
such conference fails to result in
satisfactory adjustment, the grievan :;
shall be submitted to the examiner,
TO be appointed by the Shipbuilding
Labor Adjustment board.
Amy committeeman appointed
hereunder who shall be found to have
been discharged without just or suf-
ficlent cause after due investigation
in the manner herein provided for
the adjustment of grievances shall
CONTINUED ON Page 2.)
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
TOWNlEY DENIES CHARGES
MADE BEFORE SENATE BODY

ST. PAUL, April 25.-A. c.
Townley, St. Paul, president of the
National Nonpartisan league, Sum
day wired Senator George e.
Chamberlain at Washington, taking
issue with testimony which j. r.,
MCGEE of Minneapolis gave before
the senate military affairs commit-
tee. 49,. - - :.
Townley's- long dispatch contained
statistics Ito show the falsity OF
McGee's charges that disloyalty Is
rife In Minnesota" Townley de.
clared that stthe farmers Of Min
nesota have increased their wheat
acreage approximately 40 per cent,
although they could have made
moro money at present prices by
raising cox rye, or barley
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27

Will Have New Conception.
"The men in the trenches, who
have been freed from the, economic
serfdom to which some Of them have
been accustomed, will, it is likely, re-
turn to their homes with a new view
and new fnpatience OF all mere po-
litical phrases and will demand real
thinking and sincere action.
"The days or political and economic
reconstruction which are ahead of us
no man can now definitely assess, but
we know this, that every program
must be shot through and through
with utter disinterestedness; that no
party must try to serve itself, but
every party must try to serve human
ity, and that the task is very prac-
tical one, meaning that every pro-
gram, every measure in every pro-
gram, must be tested by this question
and this question only: Is it just; is
1T for the benefit of the average man,
without Influence or privilege; does
it embody in real fact the highest
right dealing without respect of per-
son or class or particular interest?
"This is a high test. It can be met
only by those who have genuine SYM
pathy with the mass of men and
real insight into their needs and op-
portunities, and a purpose which is
purged alike Of selfish and Of parti-
san Intention
Requisites of FuUre.
Nonpartisanship, and an .unselfish
devotion to the good of the mass Of
men Snd women and children, are the
foundations upon which the presi-
dent asks the American nation to
build new house for itself in the
new world, in "the days Of political
and economic reconstruction that are
ahead of U.S." And this new house
must be built on a plan which will
''embody in real fact the highest con-
ception Of social Justice"
President Wilson :. says that this
great new plan for our institutions
must be carried out, because the men
who are going to the trenches In
France will come back ';freed from
economic serfdom" to demand real
thinking and sincere action"
The Greed of Labor.
In that letter president Wilson has
echoed the creed of the 1iberators Of
more than the present age, but he
has brought it down to definite terms
that every trade unionist in this coun-
try understands. He has spoken Of
the things that make the whole labor
movement today eager to put down
and out forever the autocracies and
the military despots of the earth. He
has written a war creed for labor. 1t
will be worth an army.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
IRISH TRADE unions WILL
STRIKE AS DRAFT PROTEST

DUBLIN, April 25.-F'ifteen hum
dred delegates Of trades unions,
meeting at the Mansion house last
Saturday, pledged resistance $ to
conscription and fixed Thurs
day as the day for the stoppage of
all work as a sign of this resolve
and to enable all workers to sign
the eSpledge of resistance. .
The delegates included repre-
sentativcs from Belfast, Cork, Lon
donberry, and limerick. The
English labor party was condemned
for supporting Ir3h conscription
without Irish consent, '''although
they claimed in their own case that
English labor bodies should, be-
cOnsulted.' "-.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
CASE TESTING CHILD LABOR LAW
BEFORE THE SUPREME, COURT

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The
United States supreme court is hear
ing arguments in case that involves
the constitutionality of the federal
child labor law. which denies inter-
state shipment, to commodities made
in whole or in part by children under
IA years Of age. The case started in
North Carolina, where cotton mill
owners are objecting to this restric-
tion. The federal department Of Jus
tice is defending the law.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
TRANSFERS GET 8 HOURS.

SEATTLE, April 25.-A basic eight
hour day for teamsters Would be
laughed at few years ago, but Team
sters' union No 174 has Just, "put the
thing across" It must not be under
stood that. eight hours was handed
these workers. - Their union has q
membership of 3,0o0--which is quite
an argument in itself. =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
MINERS MAKE RECORD.

!, < INDIANAPOLIS; ~Ind.,:H April 25.-
The books of Secretary Green show
that for the month of March this year
the paid-up members of the United
Mine Workers were 459,52S. This is
the largest membership in the history
of that organization.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27

RAISE WAGES "a A WEEK. r.
E BALTIMORE, April se25.-Through
.lBookbinders' union No. 4
has raised wagess$4 week.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
BUY; THRIFT STAMPS

Although the third Liberty loan
campaign was a splendid success in
Duluth, there remains an untitled
quota of the city's allotment OF thrift
and war saving stamps. Learn to save
that loose change by investing In
these stamps. - ..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-04-27
SAVE AND BUY

Uncle Sam must have money to
finance the war. You can assist him
by investing small sums in thrift and
war saving stanps. These will ac-
cumulate rapidly, and in . few years
you will be the possessor of valuable
government securities.
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