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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-24
Motorcycjist Dies From Injuries.

Egg Harbor n ] July 24.-Albert
Flath. nineteen wears old. died fror'
injuries received Sat"rda'- "i''"'
wher his motorcycle collided with a
farm wagon. The vehicle is said TO
have carried no light The farmer
rapidly drove away after the accident
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-24

Makes III Will.
Why is the letter W like busy
body? Because it makes Ill will.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-24
The Weather.

Forecast for til section: Partly
Winds
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-24

negroes, available for general mill
tary service.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
REFUSE TO LET PAPER SUSPEND
Citizens Of Southern California Give
Financial Assistance to Publisher.

Ii is rather an unique experience
for publisher to announce the sus-
pension of his newspaper, and then
have the citizens of the community
demand that he continue publication.
Out in California, at Ell Centre,
along the border of Mexico, there is a
live weekly newspaper published by
+. +. Howe. The newspaper is the
Zanjero. A zanjero is the man who
guards an irrigating canal. Mr.. Howe
has been guarding the interests of the
farmers and other substantial citizens
of that section in regard to their
water rights and other rights. Re-
Gently the publisher announced that
for various reasons he would suspend
publication of the Zanjero, and that
all paid-in-a advance subscriptions, the
only kind he has, by the way, would
be refunded.
Judge his surprise. therefore. when
scores Of farmers and business men
signed petition imploring him to
continue the publication Of the Fan
jero. Not only that, but committee
Of influential men came forward and
pledged their financial support, and
MS result the Zanjero is to blossom
out ms daily on August l, with new
equipment and competent staff. it
being the intention to make the Zan-
jcro first class evening paper. And
here's prophecy that the fondest ex-
pectations of the promoters will be
fulfilled.
The weekly issue of the Zanjero will
be continued until the date set for the
issue Of the daily, and the people Of
FL Centre, Cal, are happy that they
have succeeded in inducing Editor
Howe to remain with them and un-
doubtedly he is feeling pretty good
over the fact that his work has been
recognized by the substantial citizens
Of that section.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
FUTURE BLISS.

CHANGED to meet on the rear platform
of a street car, and they were soon
talking shop. After they had dis
cussed designs and inscriptions for
several blocks, one of the dealers hap
pened to notice that negro passen-
ger was listening to the conversation
with apparent interest
Turning to the negro, the dealer
asked: you seem to be interested
in tombstones, what do you want ON
your gravel"
Say, boss" replied the negro, Il
don't want none of them stone-mark-
ers. When / die l want 'em to plant
watermelon vine on my grave and
then let the glorious juice soak thru"
indianapolis News.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
LABOR IS LOYAL
BY FRANK J. McNULTY,
Ex-President International Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers.

There is much misunderstanding as
to the standing of the organized labor
movement toward the government.
Labor was at first opposed to war.
1t does everything to maintain peace
1t is always struggling to maintain its
rights.
While labor has met many defeats,
it never met defeat that meant more
than a temporary loss, for it would re-
organize, strengthen its forces and go
into battle again
% Labor showed it was willing to do
as much and more to win the war
than those opposed to it 1t first
asked that the employer respect the
standards it had created. Because of
this fact it had been attacked for dis
loyalty.
President Wilson has come out and
said: Labor is loyal; it must have
its rights, and i am going to see that
it gets its rights"
Labor is first consulted nowadays.
There is not a nation on the face of
the earth that has given labor the
recognition we have now.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
PASSING OF THE OLD NEWSPAPER
WHERE MARK TWAIN "DEVILED'

in to mop up the floor with the editor,
but, seeing only an innocent-looking
boy there, contented themselves with
saying things in high-keyed voices.
But the farmers liked it. 1t was
the townfolk getting the roasts. When
Orion got back and found the uproar
his little brother had created, he
started to have fit, but when Sam
led him over to the corner of the Office
and showed him the big pile of pota-
toes, cabbage and turnips the farmers
had brought in on subscriptions, and
some real money for horse and sale
bills Orion decided it might be for the
good of the Office for him to make an
other trip.
But of course Hannibal did not
know that it had real humorist in
its midst" A little encouragement
might have kept Clemens ''in town"
and robbed him of his fame and the
world of its enjoyment. But Hannibal
only thought of "Sam" Clemens as a
practical joker who needed watching.
The Star says:
everything, from roller boy to sub
editor in the Journal Office, writing his
little local hits and having fun with
everything and everybody, and while
no one ever supposed the lad ever
took time for a serious thought, he
was gathering mentally the material
for Tom Sawyer" "Huckleberry
Finn" and working out the great
character of Colonel Sellers" so
forcefully drawn in "Gilded Age"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29

Another link with the past in which
Mark Twain moved has been snapped
by the passing of the Hannibal Morn
ing Journal, which, after enjoying an
existence of nearly three-quarters of
a century, has quietly sunk its iden-
tity in The Courier-Post, an afternoon
contemporary. Telling the story of
the passing of the old Missouri news
paper. the Kansas City Star says:
For a great many years the Hanni-
bal Morning Journal was one of the
best known papers in Missouri for
two reasons. 1t kept standing in a
line over the first page the statement
that Mark Twain Worked as an Ap-
prentice in This Office" The other
was that Colonel John A. Knott was
its editor and manager. Colonel Knott
enjoyed a wide acquaintance in the
state politically, and was recognized
everywhere as one of the Democratic
wheel horses" He died about a year
ago.
With Colonel Knots passing not
even the prestige of Mark Twain's
early day work in the shop could tide
the Journal over the hard situation
created for newspapers by the war.
The Journal was originally pub
lished on second floor of three
SUR. ouiluiilR Oil sldlI street. Inc
printing machine was a hand press,
with the speed of about three hun
dred copies an hour. Orion Clemens
was editor and publisher and his
younger brother, Sam, was handy
man'-roller boy, typesetter, mailing
clerk and carrier. Alex Lacey, who
worked in the Office for while, said
the thing he remembered most about
Sam was that ''he could get more ink
and grease on him for the amount of
work he did than any boy l ever saw"
Hannibal didn't realize it at the
time, but the ink-spattered boy was
often getting in the little hand press
weekly gems of humor that would
have made hit in New York or Lon
don Once Orion had TO go off on a
business trip somewhere, and with
some misgivings he left Sam in
overtime in getting out his idea of
newspaper. A love-stricken local
poet sent in some verse dedicated to
Mary in H. OF course ne meant
Mary in Hannibal, and Sam knew he
did But he put this in brackets IN
der the poem: We'll let this thing
go this time. but the next time Mr.
- wishes to communicate with his
friends IN H he'll have to select
some other medium than this paper"
rumor swept about town that
certain physician had tried to drown
himself in Bear Creek. but made
fizzle of it. Sam sharpened his jack
knife and worked late at night whit
ting out a sketch of the would-be
suicide on the back of a big wooden
letter. The sketch showed the doc
tor hunting easy water" with cane
The local cemetery committee was
ripped up the back in an ingenious
way. An old inhabitant, recently
buried, came back to life and as he
pottered around the weed-grown
graves and lottery tombstones he told
what he thought about such neglect.
About everybody worth mentioning
got in the paper while Sam was at the
throttle, and crowds stood around the
doors on publication days waiting for
the paper to come out. Several fell
lows with blood in their eyes rushed
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
STATE ORGANIZATIONS.


Bricklayers' and Masons' state Association
M. T. Leonard, pres. Colorado Springs,
William Ryan, sec. 1872 Downing ST..
Denver.
Carpenters State Council-F. II. Knollman.
pres. 1875 W. Alameda. Denver: W C..
Daley, sec'y treas, s2f +. Platte St. Colo
rado Springs.
Colorado state Federation of Labor-Wm.
IL Young. pres. Labor Temple. Pueblo !;
Ed. Anderson. sec'y treas. box 1905. RIM.
30i American Bank and Trust bldg.
Denver. Phone Main fo5I.
Federation of Railway Employees I'd. n.
q. sy.tem)-Harvey a Hanks, sec. 2Iso
W. Irvington pl- Meetings called.
Intermountain typographical Conference
J Charles Deus. sec. "22 Lake ave,
Pueblo.
International Association of Msehinists.
District Lodge Ne. 20 I'd. X. @. sys-
temD-Thomas Walsh. sec, f6i 5. Clark
son st. Denver.
State Conference of P.inters-Paul N.
Hoyt i629 Ormnn st. Pueblo. president.
A. @ Potts. slp Delaware St. Denver.
sec.
State Journey men BARRIERS Asseeiation-
Ed. Anderson. rec.. RIM aDl American
Bank and Trust bldg. Denver.
System Federation Railway Carmen No. Z.
u. A T. LII. II. Conway, sec., 2H.w.
Irvington pl. Meetings called.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
LOCAL CENTRAL BODIES.

Alliance for Labor asd Dsmccr.ey-Earl
n Hoage, pres. e6sl w. 3tth ave, phone
i5ss 81 Paul It. phone York 3aD4 J
Meets second and fourth Tuesday nights.
state Federation headquarters. 3oi Amer.
lean Bank and Trust hidg 18th and Law
renee sts.
AIli.d Printing Trades Csanor w. G
Thornton. pres Thomas r. Rodgers.
sr.' -trrnA Run. -. $40 California 81
Phone Champa s2f Meets "a "Wednesday
Trndes Union ball canrles BLDG
Amusement Council o, Denver and vicinity
Meets ist SUNDAY each mouth, II a. m.
r 81 A hall. i11h California -
Carpenter Disnriet Ceapeil Waller L
Fowler, SEQ. l6f5 stout u. Meets lsi aud
- Wednesday. carpeu'erT ball. 1877
Stout -
Denver Building Trade. Council 2
Boyd see, n r. g. Painters hail. i7f7 .
Arspahoe - Peter Johns. bus, rep.
II. +. e. lT1l Arapahcc Meets Carpen-
ters hall. 1871 stout At. Friday nights
Trade. ceuneii Meets every day except
SATURDAY.. II n m r. z. g. Club bldg
Phone champa 2spi bet. II and y a m
Denver Trade. and Labor A..~mbiy-H- s
rcregtine. pres. 80 $, Marion 81 Thes
J. O. nor ioid Meets Let and ~ Tues
days. ! 80 .. M. isss Arapahce st.
Iorsi Joint Executive board Hotel and
H-.,sur.ns Empiey~.-E. J. Lott So,
at p. m. iT5i Arspahoe at
Metal Trade. Ceuseii-w c. Bunt. pres
80 Club bldg T.. q. Brapfon. rc-.. 80
inca =, Meets I'd and 9Th Tuesdays. S'
club bldg.
r.,e. I.s-, L..ss. No. ct Ds.,s.- .
isey.,rsA.' = o. RoI Iisi. Meet, Isl
aud I'd Fridays. .. IN. Hall No. !.
n T. g. Club bldg.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29

Retail CIerks No. "A. Soldier. sec. 1910
welton st. Meets LIST and Sd "Wednesday
nights. 20 Charles bldg.
Retail Drug CLERKS Asseei.sien No. ELL
X. Il. Mccoy. sec. 443 Cherokee st. Meets
list and Sd Friday evenings. Charles bldg.
Soft Drink Workers No. A-Meets LIST and
Sd Fridays. Club bldg.
Stage Employs No. 5-E. II. shaner. sec.
and bus. agt-. +. o. Box 103. Meets I'd
and 9Th Wednesday, o a. m, T. NJ A.
hall. 1715 California 1T.
Steam Filters No. s0s-Chester ]. Common.
sec. b. T.. C., 1871 Arapahoe ST. Meets
every Monday night. 1873 Charles bldg.
stenoErapher~. Beokkeepers. Typists and
once Assistants Union No lsfsl-Thos
y. spaeey. Sec IS .s,n ST p Meets "a
Trust bldg.
stereotyper. and Eleetrotyper. No. 81
Charles Carson. sec. 42l9 Bryant St
Meets LIST Wednesday, Charles bldg
Structural Bridge Iron Workers No. a.
NJ. H. Ryan. sec. and bus. agt-. b T.. C..
Club bldg; Meets LIST and Sd Wednesday.
stone Cutter~-L. II. Fitzgerald. sec. 1863
St Paul st Meets LIST Monday. 1871
Arapahoe st.
s~itehmen's Union of North Ameriea-G.
ist and Sd Monday. isss California st.
Ladies' Auxiliary to swtic.imen's Union Of
North America-Mrs- Daisy Maskow. sec
1eo W. ssth ave- Meets ist and 30
T.iIors No. s-Robert Davis, sec. 63l
Charles bldg. Meets Sd Monday. 200
Charles bldg.
Tailor. No. .os-Henry Rudolph. sec. 2ssl
Humboldt st Meets LIST Monday. 2o'
Charles bldg.
T--mster-. Chauffeur. and Helpers Union
No. SIS. @. Bonnell. sec. ls31 Arapa-
hoe ST Meets Friday nights. b T. C
club bldg. 1871 Arapahoe ST
Tile Layer. No. ss-Guy Halieck, sec. 100
= Washington. Meets LIST and I'd Mon
days. II. r. c. Club bldg
Tobacco strippers No. iosRe-Heien oletsk.
SEC 1850 Penn 81 Meets 81 Tuesday,
70 p. m, 1TfT Arapnhce st
TypoKraphfcai No. ss-F c. Birdsall. sec.
.ati Bank blk. Seventeenth and Arupahoe.
BOX Gsi Meets lat Sunday In month.
p. m. Horau's hall 1921 Cleveland pl-
Uphsi.ter-r- No. ss-winiam Eggs, sec,
To = seventh ave Meets 2d and 4th
Monday nights. aoi Club bldg
Nulrani4rr-. Repairnen and Helper Union
No. tGoeo l.. A Hall, scc-- 1875 irving
ton ri Meet ist Wednesday In Cook
hall Al. club bldg.
waifer- No. IL NJ Osborn. sec y tres =,
1871 Curtis 1t Meets nj Walters Club
rooms. 1928 Curtis. 1st and Sd Mondays
At ? 20 .. m ID and ith Mondays at
80 y
window and House Cleaners Union No.
Nests I'd aud 18th Tuesdays. Hail No. 3
II. T G. Club bldg.
Workers Cooperative As.oeiAtion-M Mil
stone. sec. 1877 Z. I'D ave Meets Fri.
day evenings. room az. Club bldg
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
RAILROAD ORGANIZATIONS.
M-ul.~

Monday.
q. ". c. No. A-Meets odd Fellows TEN
pie. is5i Champs st. 30 p IN.
u. L. y. n No. sso-Mccts Liberty hall.
ias. Platte st. p m
H. l. " No. ssI-Meets wocdman hall
sixth ave and Santa fe. 10 p. m.
Tuesday.
h. ". t. No. eso-Meets club bldg. i5sI
ArHpahoe st. D. m
Wednesday.
H. l. r. Ne. .s.-Meets woodmau hall
Thirty frst and Clay. p. IN
u. l.. y. No. ise-Meets Masonic Temple
sixteenth aud weiton. DO p m
n. X. r. No. se-Meets odd Fellows hall
i5s5 Champs st. y. m
I.di~.' Auxiliary u. l. X No. ss-Mects
Odd Fellows Temple. 1851 Champa st. LIST
and Id Wednesdays. ? .. m
wcodman hall sixth ave. and Santa Fe
I'd and 9TH Wednesdays. 80 p m.
Thursday.
n. l.. y. n. No. ..-Mects Masonic Temple
SixtecDth aud Wclton SITS, p. m.
I-.dI~~' Auxiliary H. L. y. X. No. ss-Meets
Thirty eighth and Franklin. LIST aud I'd
Thursday afternoons.
Ladies' Auxiliary H. L. y. n. No. sia-
Meets I'd and 4th Thursdays. y. IN
X. of L. hall. Evans blk. at loop.
LsdI~.' Auxiliary ". ". T. No. ss-Mccts
odd Fellows Temple, lssi champa ST.
I'd and 18th Thursdays, p. m.
Friday.
Laai-. Auxiliary n. l. =. n. No, ss.Meets
Goody hall, Eighth and Santa fe. list
and Ri Friday afternoons.
Odd Fellows Temple. 1851 champa st.
y. IN.
Ladies. Auxiliary Il. l.. X. No. sos-Mcets
woodman hall Ross CT. and Dunkeld.
LIST and I'd Fridays. ? p. IN.
n L, ?. X; No. s;s-Meets Gocdy hall.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
GET VOLUNTARY WAGE RAISE.

Boss paperhangers of New Orleans
voluntarily gave the wages of the
members of the Paperhangers Union
No 437 substantial boost of about
80 per cent The new rates will en-
able the men to earn from 81 to IS a
day, as they are paid on piece basis.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
DECREASE IN PUBLICATIONS.

Nearly loo publications in the
United States and Canada were dis
continued during the year 1917. There
have been approximately 926 suspen-
sions and $50 consultations, each of
which of course eliminated ut least
one publication. The new publica-
tons started made the net decrease
for the year GIG, of which sixty-two
were daily newspapers.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
LOCAL UNIONS.

AmsiEam.ted shot Nstsi wsrher. Ne; -
Monday evenings. RIM. >. II. T. C.. i15i
Arapahoe at
An,.is.mss~d sheet Metal Workers No. %
$50 Humboldt ct. Meets % aud 9Th
Monday nights. H. T. C.. Club bldg
A.h-.,.. wesk~r.-J; A Ahlstrem: sc.
night, room soi. American Hank bldg.
All IssI~r. uniea No. ess. Meets every
Friday night. 4ssi Logan at. Globeviiie.
Auto Mechanics No. low. g. Mohiand.
r Thu p nish, zoo zoo club S bldg. ~
bakery and Confectionery worker. No. "a
Ray Lowderbaek. sec. and bus nst-.
i7i5 California IT. Meets % and 9Th SAT-
nrdnyr. y. m. l'lo CALIFORNIA 81
p.y..r. No. sos-John Y. Connolly. sec.
800 club bldg. Phone Main Sao Meets
bldg. 1871 Arapahoc Il.
Joe Tsssrt. See. ia5D California - Meets
LIST and I'd Sundays. 10 n. M. T. NJ A.
hall. iTi5 California ~.
ui,a.r, womep No. 5s-MiSs Matte Hon
man. sec, 2ei $. Broadway. Meets ist
Monday. s:i5 p. m. u. T. C.. Club bldg.
Bell.r Maker. No. i's.H. shsaroth Sc;
T rsar. %iyae's rs q Charles ' BIDS. anu "
Beelsinder. No. es-Georgc 8 Warren.
sec. 40 $. ogden. Meets I'd Tuesday.
Charles bldg.
Root and shoe Repsirsr. No. ,ec-s
OpIinrer soc. I6l5 Champa. Meets I'd
and In Wednesdays. 1s2s Lincoln.
Br,cA,.y~r. No. lotto Jorgenscn. sec. T.
o. Rex lT0. Meets Mondays, II. Il. C..
1s3i Arapnboc-
see, aI1p Williams 81. Meets every I'd
Friday s0t Club bldg.
BlacL.mith. No. ss.-Miehael W. Upton;
sec pfs Ltpnn st Meets lat ana 10
Fridays. 1924 Charles bldg.
Broom and whi.k Makers No. to-J II:
wclch sec 1887 wyandot vt. Meets I'd
wedresday I Eiecsg'c nis workers n''' sec
"" s.c :. o. Hos "a Meets io25 Larimcr
It. every Monday night.
Bu.heimen's Union No. ass-Iohn W Green,
sec. So broadway. Meets list Monuny
blight. 3c5 Charles bldg.
c.rp-uters No. hs-Robert Currie. sec. fat,
stout. Meets Monday. Carpenters hall.
1917 stout vt.
Carpenters No. itai-Max Radetsky. soc,
night. Bank bldg. W. Collar.
Carpenter. U. n. No; Is1s-J, 7. cispp,
r ,ss M' sai. eY iSss s.oa, i, '''"' "
Carriage, Wagon and Autsmoblle Workers
No. if-John l.. Daley. sec. lIt1 Arapa-
hoe. Meets Tuesday night. 1747 Arnpa-
Cemrn. fiai.bers--Dan vandermeulcn. sec,
i0Si Fox at Meets every Wednesday y,
il. #. g. club bldg.
c'sn'% sci Ts,Iro.d bldg. Meets "a and iii
racsdays Hall No. 3. Club bldg
Ciesnsvs, Dyers and rresssss No; sew
i. smith, sec. 1915 kninmeth. Meets LIST
and I'd Fridays. 200 Charles bldg.
Coots No. Charles Packer. sec. and bus.
ngt.. Club bldg. Meets LIST and 81 Mon
dnys $50 u. M, I'd and 9Th Mondays,
s.ao .. M, II. r. C.. Club bldg.
r,or.r. uu,eu No. isS-w. r. Bank. 1915
Lawrence Meets lat Wednesday, Club
bldg.
p,.inlnyevs unIen No. III. ]. Ross, sec,
Ioo5 california IT. Meets every Tuesday,
IL r. G., 1881 Arnpnhoc ut.
Electrical workers No. - unside msn)-
E. =. Hawkins. se:.' Railr9sd olaS' Msss'
18th and Larimcr sts.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29

Beats them all. La Belle sc cigar;
union made in Denver.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
Directory of Labor Organizations

o place. meet
nanda o
p the nst
then reiv all ohci uncatons
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
INTERNATIONAL OFFICES.

international Union of Mine. MIL and smell
ter Workers-Ernest Mills sec'y treas ,
5ii Denham bldg. Denver.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29

Try Principe de Lees cigar for an
after-dinner smoke. Union made.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-28
PRICE OF LABOR MUST NOT LOWER;
FACTS CITED BY SECRETARY WILSON
Committee of the House OF KEEP
resentatives Show That Standard of
Living Workers Must Be
Maintained

shall not be
No wants to tight
ov
Wilson, the of labor before the
of of
labor departments
the
of
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-28
TRIBUTE TO LABOR
SECRETARY OF NAVY LAUDS
.LABOR'S PART IN WAR.
Skilled Mechanics and WOrkmen in
Navy Yards Remained Loyal to
the Department.

In the annual report of the secre-
tary of the navy for the present year,
the following tribute to the patriotic
part that labor has played in the win
ming of the war finds prominent place:
1.-THE relations between labor and
the navy department have been highly
satisfactory during the past year.
I'm spite of the general bidding for
skilled mechanics, the workmen in our
navy yards, with surprisingly few ex-
ceptions, have remained loyal to the
department and have refused to leave
their yitally necessary work in the
yards for more lucrative positions else
where. In addition, on several occa-
sions when the general relations be-
tween capital and labor appeared, un-
der the extraordinary conditions ere
ated by the war, to have reached a
critical stage, the various trades in
our navy yards addressed resolutions
to the secretary of the navy so clear
ly defining their belief that the duty
of all loyal American workmen lay in
securing the maximum production of
war materials by combined individual
efforts, without regard to selfish con-
siderations of personal betterment, as
to have no slight effect in bringing
both sides in controversies going on
outside the yards to realization of
the need of forgetting their disputes
and devoting their energies toward
winning the war.
Much of this satisfactory condition
is due to the loyal cooperation of the
heads of the American Federation of
Labor, with whom the department has
maintained the friendliest relations
and whose wise and patriotic councils
have done much 10 keep such yard
workmen as were members of labor
organizations keenly alive TO a sense
of their duty as American citizens"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-28
OPEN OPPOSITION
PERSECUTION OF UNIONS RE-
SUMED BY STEEL TRUST.
Freedom of Assembly Does Not Exist
Around Pittsburgh and Organizers
Warned Not 10 Hold Meetings.

The triumphant end of the war for
democracy has not phased the steel
trust, which has resumed its lawless
methods in opposition to trade union
ism.
The work of organizing the steel
industry is being directed by the ma
tional committee for organizing iron
and steel workers, President Gompcrs,
chairman. Cooperating with the
committee are twenty-four interna-
tional unions affiliated with the A. F.
of L.
At the committees headquarters in
Pittsburgh, Pa, it is stated that law
lessness exists in Western Penrsylva-
MIA and that the right of assembly is
denied in many localities dominated
by steel trust interests.
The committee has issued state
ment in which it is declared that in
the various towns along the Monon-
gahela river, the heart of Americas
steel industry, there prevails not a
whit more freedom of assembly than
existed in Russia before the revolu-
ton. Despite its indispensable serv-
ices to the government in the great
war, the A. f. of l.. is treated as an
outlaw organization in this Prussian-
lied district
ITO suppress the right of assem-
bly," says the committee, "the steel
interests have bag of tricks to be
employed as occasion demands. In
Braddock and Homestead, where halls
for mass meetings had been secured
and paid for, the local city officials
terrorized the owners of the halls into
calling off the meetings and rcfunding
the rent money. In Rankin, where
the hall proprietor had more courage
than usual, and refused to submit to
such outrageous dictation. the local
board of health was made to take him
quickly in hand and close his place.
But in McKeesport they came
straight out into broad daylight and
positively forbade the A. F. of L. to
hold meetings in that city.
I'm McKeesport the un-American
and unconstitutional regulation pre-
walls that the sanction of the mayor
must be had before public meetings
can be held. 1t is impossible to hire
hall until this regulation is com
piled with. A. F. of l.. organizers,
therefore, proceeded to Mayor Lysle
to secure the necessary permit for
their meetings. They were refused
point blank and told that the A. +.
of l.. is a bunch of /. w. w. anarch-
lists, Bolsheviki and agitators and
would not be allowed to hold any meet
ings in that city,"