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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
80 PER CENT. OF.
ASHLAND LABOR
NOW ORGANIZED
Few Cities in Country Are Better
Unionized Than Wiscon-
sin City.

ASHLAND, Wis, May 9.-There
are few cities, large or small, in the
whole country where labor is more
thoroughly organized in Ashland
Men in fully 80 trades are organized
and we'll Informed men in the unions
assert that the total union member
ships are over 1900, which is 80 per
cent or more of the labor element of
the city. The strength of the labor
organizations was recognized last
summer when the state federation
held its annual gathering at Ashland,
covering period of four days.
J. M. O'Brien, who is president of
the BARRIERS union, is an officer of
the Central Trades council and is also
a national organizer Of the American
Federation of Labor. Amos E. Bonne-
vile, who is president of the top dock
workers, the largest union in the city
with 265 members, is also president of
the Central Labor council and the
labor representative on the county
council of defense.
Most of the labor organizations of
Ashland use Eagles hall on West
Second street as a. meeting place, and
SAA>AS GA ~ AS" 4A46 "AO1 SOlu0 lOCdA
or some committee does not hold a
meeting there. During the winter sea-
son, the union men and their families
and friends, hold many social gather
ings in this large hall. On occasions
when it is appropriate to do so, the
various organizations turn out and
make big showing in parades, as for
instance on Labor day, paying respect
to the groups Of men going away to
war service, stimulating interest in
Liberty loans and such patriotic oc-
/ casions. Since Ashland- has many ore
and coal docks, naans.r Of the men
in the ranks Of labor are engaged in
work pertaining to railroading' and
water shipping.
For many years. labor has been rep
resented in many trades in Ashland
but the greatest increase in man pow
! er and in the number or organizations
has been during the last two years.
During this period these have organ
lied: The paper makers, the team
sters, the plumbers, the coal yard
workers, the painters the stage work
ers. The various organizations of rail-
road men are among those who have
had organizations for many years and
have big, memberships.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
RAIL WAGE BODY
URGES BOOST IN
PAY OF WORKERS d
M'Adoo Differs on Some Points
Of New Schedule, Which Ap-
plies to Pay Under $3.50.

WASHINGTON, May 9.-All rail-
road employees whose monthly pay in
December, 1915, was less than $3.50
a month have been recommended TO-.
wage increases by the railroad wage
commission.
The recommendations, If adopted by
Director General McAdoo, would give
the workers $100,000,000 in back pay
to Jan. 1, and would add $2S8,012,71S
to the payroll as of 1917, net in
crease Of 15.021 per cent.
Wage advances proposed do not
represent net increases over existing
pay, but are based on the month OF
December, 1915. In other words, any
increases which may have been al
lowed by individual roads since that
time must be deducted. In some cases
deductions will almost, if not alto
gether, cover the increases, according
to the report. The roads themselves
during 1915 and 1917 increased wages
an amount equivalent to $3.50, ,0O0, 900
if applied to the present number Of
their employees.
Some Flat Increases.
proposed for all employees except ap-
prentices receiving SAC or less, and all
others up to $239 would get advances
ranging from 43 per cent downward to
4.6 per cent, the smallest increase 60
ing to those with the highest wages.
Above $239 flat increases would be
given to make the wage $780, :s;sAp-
prentices from1s : to %21 years :: old
would receive only, three-fourths Of
the recommended increases, and those
below 1S Syears =0ne-half. .~.~ 49, - :@'2ze+
In the appHcatio1 Qfe the scale, the
wage runs with the place SO men
who have been promoted since De-
cember, 1915, shall receive Increases
applicablss tossthsS ss ssa 1t
to their wages in that month. Men dis
! charged since Jan. 1, shall receive
their share of the retroactive pay for
the time that they worked. "'
Mr.. McAdoo is. studying the report,
! which was made public wednesday
night, and will decide what increases
shall be allowed, probably within 10
days.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
DOCK TROUBLE ENDS At.
ASHLAND; Leave 1T TO u. 5.

ASHLAND, Wis, May e:-The top
dock workers went to work Monday:
morning at the schedule posted BY
the railroad companies and viii leave
their wage adjustments to the ai-
rector general of the railroads. The
following telegram was received by
President Amos Bonneville from
Washington: "All classes Of railroad,
men will be included in the railroad
commissioners recommendation. The
only qualification required is that the
men named are being paid: by the
railroads."
The strike of the coal dock workers
ended also Monday, when the; men
went back to work on the schedule
of wages. Delegates from the coal
dock workers and the coal dock Of
ficials failed to come to an agreement
Saturday at conference. President
Bonneville went into conference with
the officials later anad asked them to
leave it to the federal board of arbi-
tration and they agreed to do so after
wiring the heads of their companies.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
OUTLAWS THE use AND
ADVOCACY OF VIOLENCE
TO Bring About Governmental, Social, Industrial
Economic Observation-Disclosures of "Wabblies''
Opens Opportunities for Labor Unions.

WASHINGTON, May 9The bill declared frankly be aimed
against the W. W., outawng organizations which
violence bring about governmental social industrial economic
change during the passed Monday by the after brief
debate and to house.
The bill provides that association, organization
poration of whose profssed bring about
governmental social industrial change within the
United States by the without the authority violence
physical injury property threats of such injury
which teaches advocates defends advises the without
hory law of force violence physical injury
and which, during which the United States
gagged shall by poed
shall teach advocate advise Defend hereby de-
cared to be an unlawful association"
1t also makes felony punishable by and
$4,000 fne continue member
unlawful association" who shall defend it's acts
AS has been brought the
decide whether the W. w. does practice violence
physical injury hold that physical injury
praciced by the W. w: And then the w. w. will
become outlwed organization members
ship their
ganaton Otherwise they will be by the hundreds
rapidly possible and when convicted will be- federal
DrisOn
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
AIR CRAFT BOARD
PERM|TSL00TINC
OF U. S. TREASURY I: :
(
President Gusts Official Who
Was Rubber Stamp for Group
Of ProfiteerS.

NEW YORK, May 9.-With the
ousting of the air craft board by
President Wilson sensational disclos-
ures are being made on the manner in
which the government as been loot
ed of nearly a billion dollars. TO
date the air ship program has not
developed a single plane, while de-
mocracy is endangered on the west
ern front and the looters covering
their tracks with shouts of watch
the trade unions"
In an article published in the New
York Times, Gutzon Bergium, special
investigator appointed by the presi-
dent to study the causes of the fail
ure in air craft production, says
that Chief Signal Officer Squier was
''the official rubber stamp for a
group of American junkers necessary
to them to release nearly a billion
dollars which they placed precisely
as they, in their uninformed advisory
capacity, chose and distributed to
their own or affiliated interests, all
to serve common plan and pur-
pose, and all under contract sys-
tenn so ingenious that it could in
time absorb the entire appropriation
and not deliver a serviceable plane
and this in fact, it has largely ac-
complished."
It is declared that the conduct OF
the government aircraft board was
unfair, unjustif1ed, and, in the ma
tion's emergency, criminal"
These looters, their newspaper
hackers and others ARE paving less
attention to this squandering Of the
peoples money and an absence of air
planes in this woIld crisis than they
would to a group of workers who have
been forced on strike by an employ
ers refusal to arbitrate demands for
a living wage
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
ANY g.! CANDIDATES SEEKING
OFFICES; FICEE;;; Il; IL; s'.!3,EClSLATURE
usually Large List Includes Several Trade Union
Men-Lively Contests Are in Prospect for
Primary Election Oh June II.

With Wednesday the last day for filings Of candidates for the
stature the unusually large number Of those seeking offices ind
that there will lively fights the primary election, which
- be held June H.
Because of the fact that the fo of the legislature
c will January will be called upon important
legislation and also be confronted with vitay affecting
conditions in Minnesota it expected that there will be Bit
for the offices In past there has been little
petiton, in instances there being opposition This
there many eight pirans for offices, the
in the Fifty-eighth district for the house
remarkable feature about the filings the fact that there
ra labor candidates the field addition the Socialists who
candidates the Fftyeghth and Fiftynnth districts.
Among trade candidates the folowing Senate, Fifty
district Emil NJ Eckson member of the Locomo
Fremen and Engnmcn senatorial district, Henry
ohak r editor Of The Labor World and member of Typogaph
Union No. for the house in the district John
member of the Plumbers and steamfitters unon and Juls
member of the Typographical expected that
candidates will make unusually strong showing. g
Although additional filings have been made St. Paul.
hch will be received later the complete list of those seeking ega
office in the five St. Louis county districts follows
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
DISCOVER SCALES or COAL
Mine ROBBED MINERS

WASHINGTON, May 9.-The United
States bureau of standards has dis
covered that the mine scales at the
Consolidated coal. mine in Western
Maryland have been only $40 pounds
"off," for a long period of years. Now
the United Mine Workers general
executive board is preparing to sue
for recovery of something like. $780,
600 in short payment and accrued
interest, covering 20 years Of this
wrong against the miners Of the one
place. A great many Of those whose
small earnings were taken from them
by these crooked scales have died,
after years of pleading with the COM
pany for a square deal.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
crime Il CHARGED
-
...'I'0AIooNEY NAY
-~t.. u
BE=cERMAINWoR
Report Circulated That Parade
Plot Was Intended to Ter
rorize Americans.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.-The
San Francisco Daily News recently
printed the following story:
Government authorities at WASH
ington are investigating the following
report:
That a circumstantial confession has
been made in San Francisco impicat-
ing official agents of the German
government in the preparedness day
bomb explosion; that this confession
named a man now in South America
as the criminal who was engaged to
throw the bomb and Germans in high
position as those who hired him to
do it;
That this man also was hired to
carry out other explosions in and
about San Francisco for the Germans,
including one at Mare Island navy
yard;
That the preparedness day parade
plot was wholly a German govern
ment plan to terrorize Americans.
Harry Moffit, chief Of the secret
service department here, when asked
regarding his knowledge of the con-
fession, said:
"A story that a certain German
consular clerk made a confession
came to my attention about a month
ago. Shortly afterward I received q
message from Washington officials
saying they had heard of this con-
fesssion. I sent them back my records
for every day, showing that no such
matter had dome to my attention and
that had. received no such confess
sion from anyone. I also telegraphed
that there was no foundation to such
a report"
Counsel for the present defendants
in the bomb explosions are making
every endeavor to secure the reported
confession in full for immediate use
in the bomb trials.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
NIGHT WORK BY WOMEN
i ON STREET CARS BANNED

MADISON, May 9.-That women
shall not be employed on night runs
and for no more than e:ght hours on
street cars as conductors and motor
women, is the decision of the Wis
consin Industrial commission.
The decision is rendered in answer
to the complaint of the State Fedora
ton of Labor against employing
women on street cars because Of the
effect of such work on the health of
womeh and, consequently, on that of
the future race. Members of the Con-
sumers' league also protested against
night employment of women on cars.
The complaints were registered In
connection with the employment of
women on street cars in Kenosha.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11

Seamen's Unions Assert Only This
Will Avert:Pslpding Strike
on L L&es.

WASHINGTON, May 8.-Gov-
crnment operation of all Great
Lakes vessels has been asked by
seamen's unions lin an effort to
avert strike which union leaders
have told the : shipping labor
conference was Inevitable other
wise.
The seamen are ready to strike,
the leaders said, because of the re-
fusal of the Lake Carriers associa-
ti0n to join with the shipping
board and the union in the con-
ference to consider means of re-
cruiting new, men for the merchant
marine and because OF bitterness
growing out of the alleged repudi-
alton by the association of an
agreement made with the. union
last year.
"Nothing is left for us to do but
to go back and clash,'' said Thomas
Conway, representing the marine
fircmen. eve want it understood
that we have offered the govern
ment our cooperation in every
way and that we are not response
BILE for what will happen in the
near. future.''
Victor Olander of the Lake Sea-
mems union said the unions de-
manded that the Lake Carriers
association follow the example of
Atlantic shtpowners in permit
ting the training OF new men.
"Until that is done the lakes will
not develop their own men and
will continue to drain the Atlantic
coast" he said. ''The kaiser cap
lures some of the seamen going
cast, the Lake Curriers' associa-
ton gets them going west"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
STEEL Communicating
FOR WAR WORK IS BEGUN

WASHINGTON, May s.-Com.
Wandering of steel for war work
is now going on, Until the war
program, weeks behind in steel
production, catches up, non-war
work must wait for its steel. THIS
is the situation as outlined a. the
war industries board here. While
the pledge Of steel men made IN
New York last week eliminates
necessity Of sweeping government
requisitioning Of larger plants,
officials frankly admit some mills
are inclined to disregard the war
needs Of the government and have
supplied steel to lesser essential
needs while government contracts
wait. Communicating m such
cases Is actually under way.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
ICTION COMPANY SEEKS
TO utilize FAKE union

EW YORK, May 9.-In it's en-
or to secure increased fares, the
thorough Traction company or
d the officers of it's company-con-
ed "union" to appear before the
authorities and ask that fares be
-eased so that wages may be raised.
,e "unionists'' were told: IF you
k organized labor is in favor of a
at fare, why not ask organized
4: to petition the board of estimates
this fare increase?"
'esident Shonts Of the INTERIOR
J.. smashed the Street Car Mems
\ recently. Now Mr.. Shonts has a
-on'' of his own, and has written
mphlet on the necessity for unity
cen employer and employed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11

, What About Unskilled Labor.
There arises at once the problem Of
the casual and unskilled labor from
which the "wabblies' have drawn
their support. What will become Of
these men? The presidents mediation
commission, in its recent report, says:
.:The I. W. w. has exercised It's strong
est hold in those industries and COM
1nunities where employers have most
resisted the trade union movement,
and where some form of protest
against unjust treatment was newt
able.'
Can the trade union movement now
go in and organize the lumberjecks,
the copper miners, the 1ongshoren1en
at various points, and the farm labor
ers in the northwest and west?
Suppose they come into the regular
unions, by the thousands: will thev
prove an extremely radical element.
and will they control the local unions
and even central labor bodies at vari-
Gus points?
Whether legitimate strikes of Or
ganized labor would be penali1ed by
the bill was a question raised by Sena-
tor Reed Of Missouri, and Senator
Walsh said there is no purpose to pro-
hibit peaceful labor strikes.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
milwaukee y! AUX I! CAR. j.
::ME;N||eET.l0=;:::CENT N
AN !! HOUR INCREASE
Electric Company Announcement
Is Surprise; Sets Standard
for Entire West.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 9.-After
a threat by local street car employees
to strike unless their wage demands
were granted, the Electric company
has announced an increase of 10 cents
an hour, effective May 1. The an
nouncement was real surprise to
local labor officials.
Organizer J. C. Colgan, who is a
member of the executive board of the
national street railway mems union,
the amalgamated association, pro-
rounced it one of the biggest labor
surprises in his experience. The eight
hour day was not granted.
The charter for the new local street
car mems union has arrived and Col
gan said the work of organization
would go right along and that the
street car employees would have the
added incentive now Of organizing to
maintain and protect the gain that
had been secured.
Sets Wage Standard.
THE increase means moro than 81
a day for the men, SO you can under
stand that it comes as big surprise" I"
'SoAN NO16dus IL SctS VIC SIduuoFU
for wages so far as street car en-
ployes go, for the entire country east
of the Rockies It will have a big in
f1uence on the St. Louis situation,
where the men and the company are
now engaged in arbitration"
1.-The new wage scale provides for
an increase of 10 cents an hour" says
the statement given out of President
Mortimer of the Electric company.
"The scale starts at 35 cents for the
first year and increases 1 cent per
hour for each year up to the eighth
year of service, for which the rate is
AZ cents. 1t is stated that with the
earnings under the bonus plan, en-
ployes having a perfect score during
a month earn about 3k cents per
hour more than the scheduled rate"
1t is said the question Of hours will
be matter for future consideration.
The new schedule starts May l., and
runs for two years. with q proviso
that if during that time the cost of
living becomes oppressive there shall
be some further remedy.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
IAD TAX NOTHING BUT
LAND and NET PROFITS

OAKLAND, CAL, May "a
,vement has been started by the
amber of commerce in the form
a proposed constitutional
,endment, for putting into ef-
It 4 new system of taxation.
a,e present personal property
* is to be changed to an income
K. The theory underlying the
opposed change is that the sum.
taxes levied against an indivi-
al or corporation should be
sed upon ability to pay, rather
IN upon the amount of per-
nal property held. The one
portant exception is that land
" not be exempted from taxa
n. Under the plan proposed,
1es will be derived from net
otis only.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
ENGINEERS BROTHERHOOD
HOLDING TR|ENN|AL MEET

CLEVELAND, O., May 9.-Warren
B. Stone, grand chief of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, opened
the second triennial convention of the
engineers here Wednesday morning.
Approximately 500 delegates from the
United States and Canada are in at
tendance. The convention is expected
to last two weeks, but because Of the
war and in the interest Of economy,
efforts will be made to speed up the
work. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11

Senate.
fty-seventh District-Charles E.
MS, H. w. Chead]e, George F.
.llivan and Henry Dworschak, Jr.
fty-eighth District-John r. Ran
Edward r. Rihenack and o. E.
npson.
fty-ninth District-George M. Pc
N, r. c. Sermon and Emil NJ.
kson.
xtieth Distributed Bessette,
and ]. H. McNiven, Chisholm.
xty-first District-C. H. Griggs,
inia, and Michael Boylan, Vir-
fty-seventh District-Floyd L.
;heiser, John J. Lane and Marcus
'ullun.s, - So,
fty-eighth District-Hugh Faw-
John Bennett, Frank G. Scrib-
Chas. H. McKinnon, r. F. Berdie,
lam, r.: Marcus, William A. Pit
sr and Jules Anderson.
- -fty-ninth District-William L.
tard, Duluth; John Mustonen,
dwood; David J. Erickson, Du-
Niels Nissen, Duluth; John H.
n, Duluth, and William B. Get
|, Duluth.
xtieth District-R. w. Hitchcock,
)ing; A. r. Folsom, Bull; B. J.
'ows, Hibbing and T. S. Bean,
II.
xty-first District-Charles T. Muir
Aurora; John H. Gill, Virginia :
Schaefer, Ely and E. J. Larsen,
mia.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
COUNSEL FOR LABOR BUREAU.

WASHINGTON, May e.-secretary
of Labor William B. Wilson has an
nounced the appointment of Albert
5. Kerr. a well-known member of the
New York bar, as general counsel for
the new Bureau Of Industrial Housing
and Transportation. Mr.. Kerr is the
son of former Congressman. James
Kerr, OF Pennsylvania, for many
years clerk Of the house of represents
atives.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
'RovIDE PUBLIC SHELTER.

OSTON, May 9.-The Massachu-
house of representatives has
ed a bill authorizing cities and
to provide the common neces-
8 of life and shelter during the
of the war, public eXigency, emer-
or distress.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
WIN TWO-YEARS' STRIKE.

HANNIBAL, Mo-, May s.-Plumb-
ers' union No. 5S1 has shown the value
of sticktoitiveness by winning a two
years strike against plumbing con-
tractors. The agreement calls for the
union shop and wage increases Of
nearly 40 per cent.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11

METAL WORKERS UNITE.
HANNIBAL, Mo-, May 9.-Sheet
metal Workers employed in Hannibal
railroad shops have organized.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 9.-Typo-
graphical union No. 20 has raised
wages of its members employed in
commercial shops.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
BUY: THRIFT ~ STAMPS

Although the third Liberty Loan
smpaign was a splendid success In
uluth, there remains an untitled
lota of the city's allotment of thrift
I'd war saving stamps. kearn to save
at loose change by investing in
csc stamps.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-05-11
SAVE AND BUy

Uncle Sam must have money to
finance the war. You can assist him
by investing small sums in thrift aud
war saving stamps. These will nc
cunulate rapidly, and i'm few years
you will be the possess0r of valuable
government securities.