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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30
FOR CONSULTATION WITH
PEOPLE OF ALLIED NATIONS
Well-knoWn Trades Unionists Will Discuss Ques-
tions Of Labor Policy During and After the
War-Labor News From the CAPITAL.

WASHINGTON, March 2s-Eght representatives of organized
labor met here last Monday discuss with government officials
mission to the allied
1t understood that this mission
OF the Committee Public Information
between the people of the United States people England
France Italy, Belgium and Portugal during the Teachers
and pubcsts will make the rest Of the party, which will
about thirty in all
John Frey of the Mode will according reports
the labor Presidents Johnston
Printing Pmen and Wilson of the Pattern Makers
OF the Washington State Federation of Labor Agnes
of the Glove Makers and Miss Melinda
Union league are also mentioned being in the party
Their business abroad will be talk
ve the questions of labor policy during and after
that there be established better understanding
service will be employment creating
confusion industry will be the fundamental
Womens place industry and the question duon skilled
labor and the restoration of trade rules the shops
all Of these things will be taken different times and places
While the American delegates will abroad the
the fact that they going address meetings
British and French and Italian workers makes likely
constantly be asked their position the foreign policies
of England of France Italy, The question
the scarcely pass them BY !
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30

Arizona Il o! ''!!!! Supreme! J!
Court 'lil D|ecIa res
"=P'ieketiinl!|g|' Legal
Also Rules Unionists Have Right
to Advertise Unfair Work.
ing Conditions.

PHOENIX, Ariz., March 2s.-
Picketing in Arizona is legal and
unionists have the right to adver-
tise unfair conditions
These rulings have been made
in a unanimous opinion by the
state supreme court in the case
Of Bisbee Cooks and Walters
union versus a restaurant employer
in that city.
When. the workers struck to
enforce living conditions, the en-
ployer asked a lower court to is
sue an injunction against the strik-
ers to stop picketing and advertise
ing his establishment. The lower
court refused this request, and the
employer appealed to the state su-
preme court.
The supreme court sustains Ari-
zona law, which permits picketing.
In referring to the unions method
Of advertising, the court said:
mo right OF the plaintiff is vio-
lated by publishing the, facts. Ger
tainly if a dispute between plain
tiff and the labor union exists,
plaintiff has no legal right to en-
force the union to keep the facts
secret" /
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30
WILL |NDORSE.
CAND|DAT TESF0R
. LEGISLATURE !! |: A
Organized Labor Decides to
Enter Political Filed; Loyalty
Prime Requisite.

Action which presages new line
Of activity for the organized labor
movement Of this city was taken
Wednesday night, when the Federated
Trades Assembly, at a special meet
ing at Owls hall, adopted a resolu-
ton providing for its entrance into
the political field, in so far as legis-
lative officers are concerned.
It was pointed out by several
delegates that labor's inability to OBJ
tain remedial and beneficial legisla-
ton in the past has been because of
the lack of concerted action at the
ballot box, and consequently the
failure to elect lawmakers who are
in sympathy with the aspirations and
welfare of the working people. 1t
was the consensus of opinion that
whereas local committee composed
Of representative of business organ
izations have undertaken to indorse
candidates for the state legislature,
labor was justified in doing likewise.
The resolution provides for the
naming of a committee of ten, whose
duties it shall be to investigate pos
sible candidates and concentrate up
on those entitled to 1abor's support
Candidates for the. senate and house
from the Fifty eighth and Fifty-ninth
legislative DISTRICTS. and also possibly
candidate for congress from the
Eighth Minnesota district, will be in
dorsed.
The committee which will have
charge of this work is headed by Juls.
J. Anderson of the Typographical
union. Other members are Joel
Lichten, C. A. Peterson, Robert Atkin-
son, Fred Anderson, H. J. Bouchard,
J. A. Johnson and A. G.. Catlin.
The resolution, which was adopted
after. thorough discussion by the large
attendance of delegates, is as follows:
Resolution Adopted.
"Whereas, There is a statewide
movement on foot to elect members OF
the forthcoming Minnesota legislature
who will be friendlysto the interests
of the farmers and wage workers. and
whereas, The business men of the
city Of Duluth have already launched
a campaign for the election of men
who will be friendly to, their inter-
ests, and
Whereas, Experience has taught
us, Sl1lCG the LOCKOUT VI -1VVts IAdI
we have nothing. to hope for from
candidates picked by the representa-
tives of big business in this city, there
fore, be it r. .,,.. =.
"Resolved, BY the Duluth Federated
Trades Assembly, in special meeting
assembled this 9th day. Of March,
1913, that we elect committee Of ten
whose duties shall be to select candi-
dates for the legislature in the Fifty
eighth senatorial district, and in. the
Fifty ninth district; and, If possible, a
candidate for congress to defeat the
present incum bent, Clarence 3. Miller,
whose official acts have demonstrated
his utter .unfitness to represent the
common people Of this district"
II Loyalty Predominates. -.
The predominant note of all the
speeches was that those selected to
carry labor'sT standard shall be funda-
mentally loyal and ardent supp porters
Of the government In the prosecution
Of the war;
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30
PICKET ::
ES1|AB||:|IL.|SAE|::1D'|jI.'..I|lNI|..:. B:|IL||..| I III [:
CAPT. ! Al OF U, S,
Striking Cigar Workers Get Ben
efits Of Fight Made
by Smtragists.

WASHINGTON, Mrach 2S.-Eighty-
eight workers in a cigar factory here
have formed a union and gone out
on strike-the first of the sort in the
national capital in more than a. score
of years.
The two men who formed the union
were dismissed by the employer, and
the strike was called when he refused
to reinstate them.
There are women pickets, with
sashes announcing their errand, walk
ing back and forth in front of the
struck shop. Two big policemen walk
along the curb, asking the public to
move along" but making no attempt
to disturb the work of the pickets.
Pickets Not Arrested.
The pickets are not arrested be-
cause the right of peaceful picketing
in the District Of Columbia has with
in the past month been upheld by the
court of appeals of the district, in
the famous case of the suffrage pick
cts at the white house gates.
Here is local demonstration of the
value of the all-summer struggle. of
the suffrage pickets to keep their ban
ners flying in front of the residence
of the president. Nearly 200 of them
went to jail, many were beaten and
manhandled, many VENT on hunger
strike until their health was perma-
nently injured. But they stayed in
the fight until the white house offered
to make terms with them by having
the. suffrage amendment put through
one branch of congress. Then all the
pickets in the Jail and workhouse were
''pardoned" and sent home.
Right Clearly Established.
/, Justice Van Orsdel Of the court of
appeals, in deciding that the arrests
were illegal, declared that the right
to picket was clearly established in
the federal district, and that the evil
dence showed no intention to cause
riot or otherwise create disorder.
When this strike began, the organ
izers at once inquired of the district
chief of police as to whether peace
full picketing of the cigar factory
would be allowed. They were told
that under the court decision the po-
lice could have no excuse for prevent
ing it.
Local trade unions and the Socialist
party branches are Raising funds to
assist the strikers, nine-tenths of
whom are women and girls. The
union is an independent local, and
includes everyone from the negro in
the basement who m moistens the leaves
t, the quickest workers at the bench.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30

nited States Labor Bureau Shows shrinkage Of
Purchasing Power in the Last Ten Years.
All Living Commodities Soar sSkyward.

WASHINGTON March 2sThe amazing hrnhage in the
dollar has been felt of during the last
purchasing
Id clothes But the real of the collapse of the dollar
allied by the average person.
Did know that when buying flour
18 dollar exactly the the 1907 so piece
Do realize that dollar bill today will purchase just
e-ha would have purchased
And did know that when buying lard the dollar bill
Hay is worth what 40 cents in 1907?
The shrnage of the dollar
fse three items; it goes indefinitely.
There's years ago would buy the
Aount which 81 purchase Less than half much
purchased for dollar today then and less than onehid
much lamb.
Under the title of what Dollar Will Buy, the Washington bur-
of labor compiled table comparing the prices with
of the last the most foodsuffs The
BILE could be sadly entitled What Dollar Won't Buy the
onshng eenng the of the dollar written
In compiling the table, which is built upon Washington market
labor reaches the conclusion that while
any responsible for big proportion of the increased living
ring the last few months it not entirely responsible for the advance
lis by the fact that since 1907 the Of food has steadily
reased thereby diminishing power of has
nplv increased the of the shrnkage in the dollar
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30
UNREST IN SHIP
YARDS IS TRACED.
TO EMPLOYERS

NEW ORLEANS, March 28.-"If
capitalists had considered the inter-
ests of working men in times of peace
and had fairly met their demands,
this factor in our ship building pro-
gram would not be a problem" said
Mrs. T. Marshall Miller, in a talk. be-
fore the Southern Woman's Economic
and Political Science association
In charging that some Of America 8
captains of industry have failed to
retain the morale of their men, the
speaker said:
"Labor's right to combine, nominal
ly conceded by capitalists after CEN
turies of bitter opposition, is even now
nullified with one hand, where grant
ed with the other. Hence the worker
is found loyal and obedient, not to his
employer, but to his union-which has
won for him better wages, shorter
hours, safer working conditions, and
protection from oppression. " 90 ;. 2sz
"No more heroic form Of altruism
than the sympathetic strike can be
found" Mrs. Miller declared. Gap
italists can afford to wait adjustment
of disputes But labor is. the most
perishable of all products-a day lost
is lost forever, and It is all the work.
ing man has to sel1-his days work.
1--WE hear much of strikes foment-
ed by walking. delegates she con-
tinued, '"'but nothing Of. the hundreds
of strikes prevented bysthese same Of
ficials when investigation by the elab-
crate machinery of the various local
and general unions shows that they
are not justified. ~
Collective bargaining Mrs. Miller
described as "a device to prevent hard
bargains between the hungry and the
well-fed.' rs She showed by statistics
on infant mortality that life depends
upon wages. = r.:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30
GENERAL: ORDERS
WEED|t|Nc=."oU|15:()F: J /
OFFICE PATRIOTS s
Acting Chief Of Staff Says 'Desk
Warriors" Hold Minor Jobs
Anyway.

WASHINGTON, March 28.-Acting
Chief of Staff March ordered a gen.
eral wedding out Of 'swivel chair war
riors" who are wearing uniforms and
holding clerical positions under the
general staff, he told the house mill
tary committee late Friday.
March informed the committee a.
preliminary investigation he already
had made disclosed that Of the $4,000
.officersin the United
States army $4,000 or more than one
half, have never been in training even
for day. They all have received
their commissions since the United
States entered the war. .c-.:-.~
Hold Minor Jobs.
March told the committee, most of
the positions they fill are of small i'm
p,ortance and could be filled by civilian
clerks. j.: ~.
Hundreds Of able-bodied young
men of draft age, commissioned by
the war department, are mere swivel
chair patriots, parading around in
fighting clothes and doing no work
that could not be done by crippled
old men," declared a. member of the
oAkC1 IA0 :SV1AAAAAIlcS 4Adu
considered an Investigation of whole
sale commissioning OF :.'draft dodg-
ers." ~
Members of the committee have
figured out staff officers of, the army
are costing the government $3.50, ,O0O,-
900 year, and that the staff officers
exceed the number Of fighting officers
of the. line. They have notified AS
sistant Secretary of War Crowell there
is an outbreak brewing in the house
on the subject just as soon as the
army appropriation bill comes up for
consideration. - -:
Senate Will Inquire:
The senate military affairs commit
tee also has the subject under advise
ment, and it is said an inquiry will be
made soon. In fact, some members
of the committee propose to ask
Maj. Gen. Wood, who has Just re-
turned from France. regarding re-
ports that staff officers exceed the
number of line officers In the army.
;. A start in wedding out slackers
from the ordnance department,
which was filled up with young Off
GERS Of draft age during Gen: Gro
zier's regime, has been made byrMaj-
Gen. Charles B. Wheeler, acting chief
of that bureau. ... ...&
A number Of commissions have
been Cancelled in Gen. sWheeler's de-
partment. ~.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30
SAY WOMEN REPLACED
men IN METAL TRADES

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, March as
That during the summer of 1917,
shortly after Americas entrance into
the war, there were 257 women re-
placing men in the metal trades in
Milwaukee, was the assertion Of Miss
Tracy Copp, Wisconsin industrial COM
mission, speaking on the effect of the
war on women and children, Thurs
day, to the class in volunteer social
service work in the University Exten-
sion building. She explained the sys-
tenn of the commission in looking after
women in industry. &
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30

Take the case of pork chops. In
huary, 1917, 6.3 pounds could be
released for 81. In 1912 only 5.4
hnds could be purchased for the
he amount In 1915 the number
pounds had decreased to 4.3; in
IT it had diminished to 3.6 pounds,
b in January, 1918, only 2.6 pounds
lid be had for 81 in Washington.
Price of Clothes Climbs.
Milk is another table necessity that
5 crept steadily upward in price
ring the last 10 years. The table
,ws that in 1907 little over IL
-arts could be purchased for 81. In
Is this amount was lessened to 10
arts, and after the declaration Of
the price went steadily up until
.ay only seven quarts are to be had
81. n
Il a table was compiled on what
dollar will buy in clothes the de-
ase in the value received for the
-ney given would show the same
rning diminishing scale.
would show, for instance, that 81
st be given today for gloves that
re purchased for 81 two years ago.
oes have skyrocketed to such an
ent that it requires exactly two and
half as many dollars to buy the
res of two years ago; dress goods
~, doubled in price, and suits have
lowed suit.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30
GENERAL STRIKE. IN .. ......
FORCE At KANSAS CITY

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. March Is. :
kansas City Wednesday was In
the midst Of a general strike,
xact extent Of which Il yet un-
.nown. he reports Indicated that
everal hundred union men, fh-.
luding brewers, bartenders, bar
'ers and members of certain
'uilii1ng trades unions had quit
york. Men from other crafts
we're walking out Wednesday aft
rnOOn, h0wvere, it was said. No
isOrders had been reported to
he police. he strike was called
o support the walkOut Of laun-
~ workers and drivers.
Employees Of the Proctor: &
;amble and Peet Bros. compan-
es, soap manufactufers, work.,
nE upon government contracts
Oined the ranks of the strikers.
'hese were the only reports. Of
trikes i'm plants engaged upon,
government work.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30
100000 WILL Be SAVED BY
STATE.OWNED 1W|NE PLANT

SALTWATER, Mimi, March 2s.-
, state-owned twine plant here will
Minnesota farmers 100000 on
ne bills this year, it is estimated.
twine factory is at the state pris-
The plant will manufacture 49,
900 pounds of twine this year.
vately-owned manufactured twine
Minnesota this year will sell for
= cents a pound higher than the
manufactured product. The pri-
e1y-owned plants will sell their
duct at the maximum set by the
d administration.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30
DENIES VOTE TO WOMEN.

ANAPOLIS, Nd, March 28.-By a
of AZ to 80 the house Of dele
'es defeated the bill giving women
right to vote at presidential elec-
IS. Opponents of the measure Gre
d such a parliamentary situation
the bill cannot be reconsidered
this session,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30
RAISE WAGES 20 PER CENT

AUGUSTA, Ga, March 2s.-The
Augusta-Aikens Railway and Electric
corporation hasr aised wages Of its
motormen and conductors 20 per cent
as q result Of negotiations with Street
Car Mems union No. 50
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30
CARPENTERS RAISE WAGES:

HOUSTON, Tex, March 2S.-Car-
.penters' union No. 21s has secured a
new wage agreement which raises
gates from IS to- $6sa day
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30
Railroad wage Award Soon.

Administration newspaper men pre-
dict that the railroad wage board will
hand down an award of about. $780,
100000 year wage increases for the
railroad employees. Official estimates
of, the number Of the employees vary
from 100000 to 1,940,ooo.- The
award is due by April 1.
w. S. Carter, president of the
Locomotive F'iremen, and J. w.
Franklin, president Of the Boiler
makers, who are in charge of the
labor end Of the railroad administra-
ton, are arranging for series of
mediation committees to handle all
industrial complaints in the service,
when this award is put into .effect
There seems to be no question that
the best of relations exist today be-
tween the railroad administration and
all classes of, railroad workers., and
that these workers are out for public
ownership,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30
WIRE MEN WANT MORE.

EATTLE, March 28.-Electrical
rkers' union No. 46 is asking that
tract-shop wages be increased
n Sc to 81 a day. q
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-30

So far, as is known, none Of the
American labor mission favors an in
ternational conference Johnston, the
only Socialist among them, is opposed
to the holding Of any conference at
which American and German or
Austrian trade aunionists would meet
face to face to discuss the war issues
during the war; ,.-,...
Minimum Wage Bill in Capital,
Representative Keating Of Colorado
is preparing for hearing on his
minimum wage bill for working
women in the District of Columbia.
This measure will probably attract
attention throughout the country, as
it is the result of study of the best
minimum wage legislation of the
various states. One big merchant from
Boston, who employs q thousand
women and pays none below $40 a.
week, is to be among: the witnesses at
the hearing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-17
MIDDLETOWN
SHOE WORKERS
TO GET BONUS
Employees of Shoe Factory
Will Receive Ten Per Cent.
Bonus For Services

Starting Monday morning the local
shoe factory will pay a ten cent
bonus to employees who work on
piece work, but must get to work al
Z o'clock and work till $50. If they
are five minutes overtime in the
morning they lose. the bonus.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. e. Ulmer. of East
Water street. received word that
their son, Carl Ulmer, had arrived
somewhere in France.
John H. Brandt, woh was injured
at the coal yard of Carson Long, on
Tuesday, and taken to the Harris
burg hospital, returned home Thurs
day.
A special meeting of the School
Board was held Thursday evening for
the purpose of electing a teacher for
English and history in the High
school. Miss Catherine Sickle. OF
Palmyra, was elected to fill the place
of Miss Elizabeth Eyster, who re-
signed. The schools will open the
first Monday in September. All OF
the buildings are being cleaned
school supplies have arrived and are
being distributed to the various
buildings by superintendent H. ].
Wickey.
n. c. Fuhrman visited his nephew
Theodore Fuhrman, at the Harris
burg Hospital yesterday. He is the
young man who was seriously in
jured last Sunday evening at Dau-
phin when he fell off a motorcycle.
Mrs. T. E. Mayes and daughter,
Margaret Mayes. of Philadelphia, are
the guests of Mrs. Name Emminger
and daughter. Margaret Emminger,
North Union street, for several days.
A dance was held in the Liberty
Band hall last evening by the colored
folks of town. Steelton and Harris
burg.
Twenty members of the Red Cross
met in the rooms yesterday afternoon
and they have the present month al
lotment completed, consisting of
refugee garments, hospital garments
and bandages. The allotments of
June and July are still in the rooms
awaiting orders from Philadelphia
for shipments.
George Stipe and Kenneth Gra-
ham, two young men from town,
left Yesterday for Philadelphia where
they have secured work in the ship
yards.
James Castiglia and Rodney Mss
lev. who were assigned to the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh. and Tony
Fumo and Vogle Dupes to Lafayette
College, Easton, left yesterday after
reporting to the Steelton draft board.
They will take a six weeks course
of special training.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-17
St. Frisco, Driven by ''Pop''
Geers, Breaks World Mark

Driven by Pop" Geers, nestor of
the trotting turf, a bay stallion
named st. Frisco, son of San Fran
cisco, stepped the three fastest heats
ever recorded anywhere by stallion
yesterday at the Grand Circuit race
at Belmont and broke a worlds rec
ord. The skillful handling of Pop"
Geers is credited with being respon-
sible in great measure.
Not only did ST. Frisco trot the
fastest three heats ever covered by a
stallion, but he also equaled his own
worlds mile record for a stallion
in the first heat of the race when he
stepped around the distance in the
remarkable time of 2.01&. Incl
dentally, his feat in this heat low
cred the record of the Belmont track.
made by Mabel Trask last year when
she covered the mile in 2.051a.
Just how fast the wonderful horse
travelled may be gagged when it is
considered that the Belmont track
is one of the slowest of the Grand
Circuit tracks and yet he came
within one-half second of the worlds
trotting race record, made by Ham
burg Belle, over the Poughkeepsie
track, when she covered the mile in
2.01A. The previous stallion race
record for three heats was held
by Etahwah and averaged nearly a
second slower than st. Frisco's
marks yesterday.
st. Frisco led to the quarter pole
in the opening heat, with Heir Reap
er second, Miss Bertha Dillon, third
and Lu Princeton, fourth. Heir Reap
er broke badly during the second
quarter and Joe Serrill, driving Miss
Bertha Dillon, made a great effort to
cut out lead in the third quarter,
when he sent her up after st. Frisco
and made her take the lead with an
uphill pull in the third quarter. This
effort cost the mare too much and
st. Frisco nosed her out on the
stretch, equaling the worlds stallion
race mark of 2.01 "a.
In the second, the slowest, St
Frisco surged ahead of Lu Princeton
only ten feet from the wire, winning
by a couple of inches in 2.04 ga.
The final heat was almost the same
as the second, with st. Frisco going
to the fore right at the start and
making the pace all the way, while
Lu Princeton stuck at his side and
made the fight with Miss Bertha Dill
lon trailing. Again Lu Princeton tried
hard in the stretch, but Geers un-
wound st. Frisco to win in 2.03.