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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14
SENAfoR THOMAS ALARMED;
FEARS EFFECT of UNI0N|SNl

WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.-While
defending his conscription-of-labor
amendment to the draft law United
States Senator Thomas expressed the
fear ''that the heads Of organized
labor, or many of them, propose
to take advantage Of war conditions
to clinch the hold Of organized labor
upon the country
The senator, of course. did not in
clude all organized labor, which
permits Of future alibis.
Senator Thomas represents Colo
ado, wherein is located Mr. Rookie
felltr's Colorado Fuel & Iron COM
pany, corporation that strang,ed
every political and Industrial power
in that state four years ago, to de-
feat it's organized mine employees.
Strike guards were arrayed in the
uniform of the state militia and
their long record of killings culmin-
ated at Ludlow, when a tent colony
maintained by the strikers was
swept by a rain of bullets and near
~ two score OF men. women and
children killed. .a -,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14
DULUTH AND SUPERIOR, SEPTEMBER H. 1918.
PLEDGES U. S. LABOR TO
FIGHT UNTIL VICTORIOUS

LONDON: Sept. 12.-samuel
Gompers, president Of. the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, pledged
American labor to "a fight to a
finish in this war at a luncheon
given by the American club. Five
hundred guests attended. ''This
war must not be ended prema-
turely," said Gompers. IF it
should be it would only bring US so
much closer to another bloody lol-
,ocaust. Tn England, France, Italy
and America, it is not the military.
but the citizens in, uniform, who
are fighting this war in defense of
their rights" 80
'Some critics have said that it
took us a long time to come into
the war. I was one of those who
was impatient. But, with the
knowledge that now have, I can
not escape the conclusion that
President Wilson's wisdom far out
balanced the judgment of all others
and brought it about that a united
people entered, the great cause for
liberty and Justice.
"A united nation, including
American labor, stands behind him
loyalty.
II have appealed to my fellow
workers in Great Britain to do
their work here. 1t is our duty to
see that the war is not lost or en-
dangered."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14
CLASS WORKERS
VOW TOGO LIMIT
TO Win VICTORY
Clarke Says Death Is Sweet
Compared to German
/ nyasion.
Especial to the Labor World.)

TOLEDO, Ohio. Sept. 12.-Calling
the roll of the S66 members of his
union who are in the military and
naval service of the United States,
President William P. Clarke of the
American Flint Glass Workers union
greeted the delegates to the unions
convention here with a pledge of un-
swerving loyalty and fidelity to the
government.
President Clarke proposed the fol-
lowing declaration, which he asked
the convention to adopt, pledging the
aid of the organization in the waging
of a victorious war:
This war is not of our country's
making, but it has rather come on
us by force, being contrary to our
every national aspiration.
Americas noble sons are now en-
gagged in a struggle for the preser-
vation and extension of that freedom
to all mankind which we as a nation
prize SO highly.
To accomplish this they have been
asked to sacrifice all that life holds
dear-perhaps life itself. Man can
not give more.
If the young manhood of our coun-
try, now on the battlefields of France
or in training camps throughout our
land, can give or offer to give their
lives to defend our liberties, then the
least we should do is to pledge them
our support that we are with them
to the end; therefore be it
Resolved, That the delegates con-
stituting this convention unite in de-
claring. it to be the intention of the
American Flint Glass, Workers union
to support the government of the
United States of America and it's
allies in this war, and that we here
and now proclaim unflinching loyalty
to the cause for which they are
fighting, the freedom and democracy
of nations-a cause involving our
cherished liberties and for which we
know no limit we will not go to
defend and uphold.
The convention responded with the
| unanimous reply:
I'VE concur and are in hearty &C
cord with the sentiments expressed
by our national president"
In his opening address President
Clarke said:
''The last act performed by your
predecessors, the delegates who con-
stituted the New Bedford convention.
was to sing the national anthem
"Am erica and they did it with a
fervor that inspired and thrilled us
all, a fervor I might say that left in
me an inspiration that has cneered
me on to work an strive in keep
ing with the spirit of My Country
IT'S of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty
"And, in hearty accord with that
sentiment, which seems also to have
permeated our entire membership,
as indeed it has the whole country,
l have vowed that in every way pos
sible, both in an official and unof-
flcial capacity, I shall so govern my
conduct that my work for the organ
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14
U. S. OPERATION
OF RAILR0ADS|S
X BOON To LABOR
Director McAdoo Issues Sum.
mary Of Government Opera
-; tion Of Roads.
Especial to The Labor WORLDLY

\SpcC4dl ~ AAS AdOOI VOIIu.J
WASHINGTON, Sept 12.-Govern-
ment operations of railroads for the
seven months ending Aug. i are re-
viewed in the first report Of Director
General McAdoo to President Wilson.
In the report made public, reviewing
accomplishments Of the government
management Mr.. McAdoo laid stress
on the railroad administration effort
to move coal as fast as mines can pro-
duce it, and denied the production is
limited by lack of car supply.
Up to Aug. /, 100000 more tons
of coal had been hauled this year
than in the same period of last year,
Mr.. McAdoo reported.
The salaries paid railroad execu-
tives by the government are much
lower than received from companies
under private control, but they have
not been pruned to the compara-
lively small figures of other officers
in government service.
The seven regional directors of the
railroad administration get between
$4,000 and $4,000 "a year and fed
eral manager of individual roads or
systems varying amounts between
$1,000 and $4,000, although under
private control salaries ranged as high
as 100000 for railroad presidents
or chief executives.
The Wage Advances.
Acting upon the recommendation Of
the Railroad Wage commission above
referred to, an advance in the wages
of railroad. employees formerly earn
ing $3.50 a month or less has been
| ordered: :. The report O fthe commis-
sion Recommended various advances
calculated upon the wages paid as Of
Dec. 81, 1915. The advances ranged
from 43 per cent in the case of en-
ployes drawing the lowest monthly
wage, to nothing in the case of those
receiving as much as $3.50 a month,
and the report of the commission ad-
vised that no change in working hours
should be made during the continu-
/ ance of the war.
Feeling that justice demanded rec
ognition of the principle of the basic
eight-hour day in railroad service,
an order to this effect was issaed and
at the same time the recommended
tions of the wage commissions as to
increases in pay were generally
adopted:
A minimum advance of 21a cents
per hour in the pay of common labor
was ordered and this was also a devi-
alton from the report of the commis-
sion. :
Authorize Payment.
In the order authorizing the pay
ment of these advances board of
railroad wages and working conditions
was created: to take. up as presented
any phases of the general pronlem
relating to any clsss of employees or
any part of class of employees which
may justly call for further consider
alton.
Upon the recommendation of this
board of railroad wages and working
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14
LICE ARE CALLED IN
PORTO RICO LABOR CALL

WASHINGTON, Sept 12.-Depart-
Mt Of labor officials at Porto
20 report that the police had to
called out so great was the rush
workers when the government
led it's first call for native un-
lied labor to come to the United
tes.
Had transportation been avail
e $4,000 registered wage earn
the majority Of whom are COM
n laborers, could be Immediately
pped. It is stated that probably
1000 Porto Ricans will be avail
as soon as transportation can
secured.
)ne factor in causing the Porto
MS to leave their homes is their
atment by the sugar and tobacco
SITS and allied interests, who
nirate that isfnd.
+ the present migrtion contin-
these trusts may be compelled
increase their 6O-cent-a-day
e and shorten their long work
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14
NOTHING TO ARBITRATE
DAYS ARE NOW GONE

MADISON. Wis, Sept. 12.-The
good old days." when employers
had nothing to arbitrate, are gone,
but George Steinle Of this city is
still living in the time when Coal
Owner Baer announced that he and
his kind held their property as
a trust from the one above.
Mr.. Steinle is president of the
steinle Turret Lathe company, and
at a. wage hearing before govern
ment conciliators, it was developed
that wage increases were offered
employees if they would sign agree
ments not to join a trade union.
In defense of this attitude Mr..
Steile testified.
Il make the statement that before
I will let the union tell me how to
run my plant I will either tear or
burn it down. That is my inherent
right. just as it was my inherent
right to start the plant. I lose my
temper and I am proud of it. 1
never did anything in my life that
regret :.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14
MASKS ARE OFF THE GERMAN SOCIALISTS;
POSITION ON ALSACE LORRAINE UNCHANGED
Final Proof That Talking
in Conclusive Evidence Of Perfidy-Henderson Mised
Calls 1t "Unfortmae"- Asks Coal.
Especial Gable to The Labor WORLDLY

Especial Gable to The Labor Worldly
LONDON, Sept 12.4The controversy with
regard to the attitude of the German Social Dem
ocrats toward the allied war aims memorandum
has been settled by a declaration from Peter Tro-
elstra published in IHumante, in which he states
that the German Socialists have not altered their
position on the question of Alsace Lorraine, and
that they cannot accept the view that Belgium
should be compensated by Germany.
Arthur Henderson has had to admit that he
has been misled He describes the "misunder-
standing' as unfortunate and demands that the
German Social-Democrats make plain state
ment of their views on the memorandum which
they have had before them
Henderson also contends that they violated 2
principle of internationalism by voting for the
treaty of Bucharest. This disposes of his conten-
tion that they had accepted practically all the
general principles of the memorandum The
grounds, therefore, which the reviving idea
of conference with German Socialists was based
have disappeared
How Arthur Henderson was misled is matter
of little Importance, except as it justifies the
opinion of American labor and many labor rep
resentatives in that country that it is waste of
time to talk OF discussing peace terms with Ger
man Socialists until their faith in the invncibilitv
j.. of their country's military machine has been
broken by victory of the armed forces of de-
mocracy. "
The Troelstra episode will strengthen the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14

hands of Socialists and labor men here who have
steadily opposed the Stockholm conference pro-
posal and .the similar projects by which Arthur
Henderson appears to have been obsessed.
The demand for coal for military purposes,
both at home and abroad, is so great, and the de-
petion of the miners ranks caused by the exigen-
cies of military service has been so severe, that
shortage of fuel is threatened during the next
winter
The Miners Federation has issued manifesto
calling upon it's members to do all in their power
to increase the coal output There is little doubt
that the appeal will be responded to with the
same patriotic feeling which has hitherto actu-
ated the bulk of the miners in all matters con-
nected with the war.
The prospect of general election within the
next few months is causing considerable discus
sion throughout the country. The pacifist ele-
ments with few exceptions are strongly opposed
to testing the views of the new electorate with
regard to the They anticipate that the pa
cifist candidates will be wiped out if an election
takes place before the war is over.
However, it is difficult to see how an election
can be avoided since the new Franchise Act will
shortly come into operation. This act creates
new constituencies and the electors are now un-
represented in the parliament: They are sure to
demand that an opportunity be given for their
opinions to be tested, and such a demand cannot
very we'll be refused. y "a !.
.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14

Senators Smoot and Sherman and a.
lumber of reactionaries in the house
.ave Joined in the chorus with the
Chamber of Commerce Of the United
:tates The lines are drawn sharply.
IN the one side are the people who
ave been robbed by the packers-the
tockmen, dairymen and farmers, the
tockyards employees and the rank and
lie of retail consumers of meat or or
ubstitutes for meat. They want to
et rid of one of the most ruthless
xploiters in the whole world of COM
nerce. On the other side are lined
the commercial and manufacturing
lowers, with their press and their
lwyers and friends in influential po-
itions. Congress appears just now
, be in the hands of the packers
riends. But the farmer-labor side is
My now beginning to start the bat
To Follow Labor Award.
News from Bridgeport is that the
lection Of delegates to the industrial
onvention for the city has been held,
nd that the plan of industrial gov
le National War Labor board is to
E. carried through, regardless of the
efusal Of small body Of the men to
ay at work pending the establish
lent of this new organization. At
henectady, Pittsfield, Lynn, Waynes-
oro and at Bethlehem the same pro-
ass is going forward or is now COM
eted. Industrial government, based
equal and universal suffrage of all
le workers in the plants, is rising
2on the ruins of the old style open
top terrorism.
-" With the enactment of the man
5wer act there is more need than
ser before for the putting of the war
dustries under representative DEM
ratio Industrial control. Steps are
wv being taken to bring millions Of
lditional women into the industries,
release the men for military duty.
1ese women have no training in
-ade unionism. They would be help
IS to defend their industrial rights
:ainst the individual employer who
lose to- impose upon them, if they
d not come into a -self-governing Or
nization of the entire plant force,
ID If they did not learn at the out
t, from government spokesmen, that
was their duty to maintain the in
--strial acknowledgement pay for SIM
work, eight-hour day; the health
comfort minimum wage, and
feguards to health in the shop.
Women to Vote.
Hundreds of thousands Of these
men will be voting in the indus
al elections in the munitions plants
fore they are gathered into the
aerican Federation of Labor.
Basil NJ. Manly has joined the staff
the National War Labor board ana
assisting in the work of Joint
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14
OPPOSE PRIVATE YARDS.

LONDON, England, Sept, IA
Reynolds Newspaper: opposes the
plan for the government to abandon
its ship yards and turn this indus
try over to private management. In
support of this position, the editor
says:
There has not been one strike in
the royal dock yards during the
war;"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14

restoration to Self-SuStaining indus
trial pursuits. Following this lead
Massa chusetts has provided for SINH
! lar reha abilitation of crippled victims
of Industrial injuries. Likewise sig
nificant are the creation by execu-
tive order Of. the war labor board to
improve industrial relations, the war
labor policies board to- establish
proper standards of wages, hours and
working conditions as we'll as housing
of workers. and the expansion of the
federal employment service to meet
the urgent need Of intelligent place.
ment of labor" -: ==..'...
Social Insurance.
Emphasizing anew the inroads
made by workmen's compensation in
the "Solid South" with North Da-
kota the only northern state remain
ing without such protection;- a work
mems compensation law was enacted
this year in Virginia. In several Iad-.
ditional states existing Compensation
laws were amended, the changes
marking a continued tendency to ex-
tend the scope: shorten the waiting
period, and increase the benefits.
Kentucky extended her law to cover
all employees OF three or more per-
sons and cut the waiting period from
two weeks to seven days. Louisiana
found it necessary to penalize employ
ers for deducting the cost Of insur-
ance from employees wages and Gre
: ated a commission to report and plan
for other forms of social insurance
and state insurance for public build
ings! porto Rico, -with<'an exclusive
state insurance fund, and New York,
with a competitive state fund, have
found it possible to liberalize their
laws, while Massachusetts has slight
ly increased her minimum benefit.
The movement for universal work
mems health insurance; to protect
wage earners and their families
against the hazards of sickness as
workmen's compensation, now safe
guards them when injured, has con-
tinued to gain In impetus, with Of
ficial commissions in eight states at
work preparing the way for ~legisla-
ton. - = + - -
Safety and Health.
Three states passed bills further re-
stricting.- employment 9:of :. children.
New Jersey and Virginia strength
ened their child labor laws, extending
the scope. and nature Of eap9oyment
affected, modifying Working hours
and raising age limits. Maryland
raised from II to IA years the min
imum age at which children may be
employed during vacations or may
work in canning or packing estab-,
lishments. New York forbids females
under 21 from working in: telegraph
and messenger employments.. Rhode
Island has made unlawful the use Of
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14
No Effect . in Virginia.

: VIRGINIA, Sept. 13.-strike cir
culars were also scattered around
Virginia, but by whom has not de-
veloped They were found about the
Rainy Lake mill and mines and
other places, but appear to have been
ignored. Up to noon today every
thing employing labor was running
as usual and no strike is expected
in this section. the high wages being
paid giving apparent satisfaction.
What Circular Says.
The ''strike" circulars read: Call
for general strike.
"Organized laboring men Of Amer
lea demand. the liberation of Tom
Mooney and 100 workers convicted in
Chicago.
prepare for general strike.
THE strike starts in the west Tues
days, Sept. 10. Lumbermen and mill
men of the west also going out.
Justice will finally win.
What is your answer"
There is no signature,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14

The columns of this paper afford
an excellent advertising medium for
all kinds of merchants. Printers Ink
says that. space in a labor paper is
superior to that in any other publi-
cation, reaching the consuming class
and the rates are much lower.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-14
RANCE STRIKE
PROVES F|zzkE
Threatened Strike on Iron Range
Does Not Materia|ize
As Threatened.

CHISHOLM Sept. 12.-Handbills
calling for general strike by the lum-
ber working and miners of the west
as a retaliation against the govern
ment for the conviction and i'm mprison-
~ment Of the I. W. w. sediitonists at
Chicago and Mooney at San Francisco
were generally circulated here this
morning as we'll ats aa other range
points.
The strike" was called for Tuesday,
according to the wording of the bills,
but inquiry made at the various min
ing company offices this morning
shows that the usual forces are at
work and no excitement prevails
among the men.
Police Track Circulator.
Local police are actively engaged
on the case and have evidence which
will probably lead to establish the
identity Of the circulator of the bills
before night. Police and local min
ing officials are Of the opinion that
an effort to call a strike at the pres
ent time would meet with utter fail
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Some Circulated at Hibbing.

HIBBING, Sept. 12.-Compara
lively few strike circulars were circu-
lated around here last evening. The
local police refuse to comment, al
though mine police admit that some
districts on the outskirts of Hibbing
We're we'll placarded. The work is
said to be the plan Of the few re-
naming I. w. w. in cHibbing.
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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-05
DISTRICT COURT TO MEET
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9TH

The fall term Of the Lubbock Coun-
ty District Court will meet next
Monday, December ninth, and the
following list Of jurors have been
summoned to duty during the term.
( Grand Jurors for Dec. 9, 1918.
, d. n. Arnett, | f. Barr, A. NJ
Becton, A. c. Benton. Bledsoe r. L.,
Bryant A. j., Burrus C. H., Bivins
A. NJ, Carter 6 W. Doyle j. H.,
Davis f R., Vance J. F., Vaughn w
c., Watson J W, Ellison j. W, Mar.
tin l.. T.
Petit Jury for End Week. Dec. i6.
McElroy f., McCmng c. b., Nc
Coy P C.. Worthngton II F., Wright
A c., collars II. L., Wood J. D.,
Woodbridge j. T., Wilson S c., Will
son f. F.. Wilke. Louis. Williams
Lonnie. Wheelock F f., Whitehead
A. f., Royalty w W, Rush o. f
Russ R. G., Rouse Sid, Richardson r.
c., Richey j. W. Quick J d, Rad
ford o. f., Rankin l.. D.. O'Sullivan
Ed, Reed J r., Pruiett A. R, Posey
W S, Powell J l.. Phillips O. r.,
Pierce H. l., Pool s A, Penney K
T., Perkins Joe W. Patterson o. r.,
Owen NJ. O., Page, A. S
Petit Jury Bird Week, Dec. %.
Palmer S. T., Oates B. r.. Oliver
j. D., Myrick W A. Jr., Motley S F.,
Needles B. f.. Niblack T. A.. Nix F.
p, Noah j. L., Murray X. j.. Mullins
J H., Mitchell J B., Montgomery L.
c., Meyers Alfred, Medlock J. A..
Meek c., Maedgen C. r Mahoney II.
O, Malone b. T., Marcy NJ, Mar
tin Raleigh, Martin r II Martin T.
j., Lowrey d. C., Lindsey J ID. Linn
R f. Jr., Long J A.. Lewis Jno p,
Knox II j.. Kuykendall Joe. Kimmell
J. n, kincaid r X. Kerr J F.. ker-
ley J. w. Joiner W NJ, Jones ] o.
Petit Jury, 4th Week. Dec. 3oth.
lnman S W. Howertou A. e.
Hufstedler G.. Humble W R.,
Hunt A. G., Honey BAXTER. Hopes
r F. Hopkins y p. Hoffman a L
Hettler j NJ. Highland Geo. Haven
Gus. Henderson r X, Harral W A.
Hamilton D. r. Haney W D.. Har-
dy L., Goodnight J F., Gililland E.,
Furgeson W W. Carton VIII Flor
ence W p, Eubanks O. f.. Eubank
l. A., Evitt A c., Eddy p H.. Dvsart
T s., Earhart j. b. Davis W A.,
Darby S L.. Grim Ward, Conley 4.
B. Jr. Copp G. F., Carter X, Casey
b. W, Cater J. A.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-05

the town Of Alternately, in Lubbock
County, Texas. and known rs lots ]
20 10 both inclusive in block is2. as
shown by plat Of said town. recorded
IN Vol 20. pages la and 1905. Of the
Deed Records Of Lubbock County,
Texas. also lots | to rs inclusive in
block No. 1873. situated in the town
Of Alternately. in the Counties Of
Hale and Lubbock. State Of Texas.
as shown by plat Of said town record
ed in Vol 2l pages 81 and So Of
Deed Records Of Lubbock County.
Texas. and being the same
land described in trust deed execut-
ed by c. r. Burton. November 10.
1912. and recorded In Book page
266, deed Of trust records Of Hale
County, Texas, also IN the Deed Of
Trust Records VI Lubbock County.
IN Book Pure Sos. the same being
10 c y Storere. Trustee. IN the srd
day Of December A D. 1915. being
the fjfst Tuesday Of said month. be-
tween the hours OF 10 o'clock A. NJ.
and 4 o'clock . m. on said day. az
The Court HOUSE door u Lubbock
County. Texas. in the town Of Lub.
beck, ! Will offer for sale and sell at
public auction, for cash, all The right.
Ills and interest ~ the said G, T.
huFlan, IN and 10 asld property
Witness my hand, M. lhs 9th day
NJ NossmlseF, A u ipis
" A. FLYNN,
hhss'if u I,ahhask County, tssss