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The labor world., 1919-08-09
CARPENTERS HAVE GOOD
Time At PARAMOUNT PARK

One Of the finest picnics ever pulled
off at the Head OF the Lakes was
enjoyed by the members Of the Car
penters' union and their families at
Fairmount. park last Saturday after
noon. The outing proved q success
in every. respect: Athletic sports were
featured in the afternoon and dancing
took place in the evening.
The arrangements committee which
was composed Of Abe Jappe, o. H.
Tarun, M. Grimstead, Henry Stevens,
Albert skrove. p. T. Marandaw, 6.
P. Miller. M. Konecnzy, B. Myrold and
Enoch Berry is credited with the sue
cess of the entertainment. '-.>~.
Commissioner P. G. Phillips deliv-
cred an eloquent and inspiring ad-
dress on present day labor. problems.
Musical numbers, We're given by Hell
mer's orchestra. Among. the winners
Of events was Wilford G. Prudhome.
so2 Minneapolis avenue, who had the
! lsE1sst e il31lx s 81 !e4 4zeARd ias,la'
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E1ER;AN Member.
0F:.DuNl IA PAINTS
GLOOMY PICTURE
.Gregor A|exinsky, Social Demo-
crat, Tells Of frIghttu|
Conditions.

An article written by Gregor Alex
insky, former social democrat men,
Der of the Russian duma for Petro-
grad and printed in the Social Demo-
kraten Of Copenhagen, Denmark, de-
scribes conditions in Bolshevist Rus
sia as "miserable.'
Breckenridge Lang, Third Assist
ant Secretary Of State, issued a copy
Of the article yesterday. It reads as
folloWs:r
"The conditions of affairs in Boil
shevist Russia is very distressing. The
ma jority of the industrial enterprises
are not operating. In the Moscow
district So textile factories stopped
working last fall and the same picture
appears with respect to the textile in
dustry In the vicinity Of 1vano Voze-
sensk near. Petrograd. The chemical
industry the paper industry and many
others are likewise in a miserable
condition. The Bolshevist govern
nent has done everything to keep
work going in plants that produce am
munitton, but nevertheless many Of
them are shut down. Owing to the
lack Of rolling stock, transportation
is not good. Locomotives and cars
needing repairs are so numerous that
the workshops are unable to cope
with the repairs. In order to increase
production in Russia the Bolsheviki
already have reintroduced the forms
which existed prior to the socia1iza-
ton, .:uartfcularly payment Tor the
piece work, the premium system, etc.
exist.
"This lamentable picture of our in
dustry's decay has led to terrible CON-
plications for the workmen on account
Of the great shortage Of provisions
and an enormous increase in prices.
Bread, black Bread rye bread, be-
cause there is no wheat left, costs 35
to 40 rubles g. pound in Petrograd,
sugar 1S0 to 200 rubles a pound; !;
butter 140 to 1S0 rubles; tea 200
rubles; mems footwear 1900 to 1900
rubles a pair. etc. Horse meat costs
80 rubles a. pound. In Moscow prices
are about on the same scale. On the
big market In Moscow (Sucharew-
kaia), dog meat Is being sold openly
and iae Official Financial Gazette
publiehes statistics showing fluctua-
tions in the price of such meat 6 to
z rubles a pound). Even box of
matches costs between az and 4
rubles
The labor world., 1919-08-09
CARNEGIE POLICE MAKE RAID IL:
on UNION; ARREST SPEAKERS
Meeting Was Held on Private Lot In Pittsburgh Subub-
lean Federation Of Labor Organizers Thrown lno. Jail by
Police; Fight to Continue Mother Jones VIII Speak. ::

PITTSBURGH, Aug 7-when President Samuel Gompers and
others officers and the Atlantic
themselves jail unonize the and
steel workers the country they evidently fully of the
organizing.
Last Sunday the first arrests made North Caon sub
urb OF Pittsburgh Secretary Foster and several other
thrown into jail and meeting held private ot the
of which presided at the meeting, broken
Steel Men Swarm Into Unions.
struggle the rights of free speech and free assembly
this section of Penns has been unendng and
Yet the appointed Gompers organize
and steel workers has made spite Of the
that have been made and the hang tactics that have been
resorted to good being made For the first time
union meetings permitted in McKeespo Rankin Braddo and
Homestead In all of these places meetings have been held
swarming into the unions by the thousands
But surrounding Pittsburgh boroughs and borough Nearly
all steel and all bad
others The worst far discovered North Clarion
North Clarion typical steel town. 1t is place where
the steel has always had its unhapered
The casual visitor to the Pittsburgh section would not likely
of North Clarion Yet within its ty1annical bore
1000 steel workers live out their miserable exten working in
shifts with its crushing killing 24four shifts the weekly
could
aion the part of these cnslaved human beings.
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|. ". W.SELECTS
new SECRETARY
Bill Haywood, Released From
Leavenworth, Dismissed From
His Pet Office.

CHICAGO, Aug. THE I. w. W.,
membership has just elected a. new
head for the organization, for the first
time choosing successor to William
D. Haywood. The new general secre.
tary-treasurer is Thomas Whitehead,
who has been holding the office for
some months as an appointee. An en-
tirely new slate Of general executive
board members has also been elected,
the list including two men sent to
Leayenworth prison after the famous
Chicago trial, who have served their
short terms Of a year and" day.
The referendum on new officers was
completed and counted within day
or two after Haywood had returned
to general headquarters here. follow
ing his release from the Leavenworth
on bond. Haywood's name was NOT
on the. ballot. The recent I. W. w.
convention here practically put him
out Of the running by going on record
against any member holding office
who was in prison or under bond.
Whitehead is short. gray-haired
man Of English extraction whose spe-
cialty appears to be organization. The
membership voted back into office
the: old editor of the official weekly
paper at headquarters, The New Sol
idarity, 3. H. Williams, a Cleveland
(Ohio) man. Williams helped to
found the paper seven years or SO
back and edited it until it was moved
to Chicago three years ago. The
present editor of the One Big Union
Monthly, John Sandgren, a Swede
was elected to continue.
The labor world., 1919-08-09
COAL DOCK men +.
OUT ON STRIKE
Dock Companies and War Labor
Board Fail to Decide on
Their Demands.

Coal dock workers, including opera
tors, oilers. leaders and laborers on
all commercial docks at Duluth, Supe-
ior and Two Harbors, numbering
2,150 men, went out on strike We'd
the coal industry at the Head Of the
Lakes.
Demands which the men made
some months ago and which were re-
ferred by mutual agreement to the
war labor board, but which have not
been acted upon, caused the strike
About 1000 men are out in Duluth
and Superior and $50 at Two Har-
bors.
According to information given out
by Electrical Hosting Engineers the
men are for Is per cent increase in
wages retroactive to May /, 1919 and
an additional increase Of Is per cent
to be in effect at once.
The present scale for operators is
661z cents an hour. They asked for
7611 last spring. Their new demand
is for So q cents an hour. Oilers are
paid at the rate Of 55%cents an hour.
They asked for 81 X cents. Now they
demand 69H cents an hour. Car
leaders are receiving 81 cents an
hour. The war board has their de-
mand Of last spring at 66 cents. Now
they demand IS cents Laborers are
paid the lowest wage Of so cents al
hour. Last spring they asked for 81 Il
cents. Now they ask for IS cents:
The tic I'm ia eo cornnlefA- +1,a+ i, :,
dock operators do not know how to
meet the situation. There Is no doub:
but that the men have q just grieve-
ance against the companies. They
were promised relief in May. None
came and now they have q strike on
their hands.
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5000RAN 60 ,,;::: $,.'!4! ,S.'!4!0PMEN ON v
STRIKE IN DUljUjii,%,' ljUji ,,'' DISTRICT
Join with Men in Western Territory in Demand for Increased
Wages or Reduction in the Cost Of Living. Unions Refuse
toWat and Tire Of Dnatory Administration Tactics.

Railroad sopmen the Head of the Lakes impatient with the
dory followed the lead of the
district and strike Monday morning for increases
There than 5000 out this district with others
coming every day.
The strike unusual inf that called without the sanction of
the International whose officers negosng with the rail-
administration and countrywide strike VOTE Railroad
designate illegal ske but the labor world is
known unanctoned strike The only differences between
strike is that when out strike
international officers it's members
titled to strike benefits
Have Right to Strike.
Any labor has the right strike without the
officers doing not be
international union benefits Unanctioned strikes have fire.
called when local conditions warranted and they
which the members would
e given strike benefits.
This strike much protest against the present high cost Of
living demand for The shoPmn
mned the situation rather to wait several weeks
conditions would be favorable for them In all probability
shall have been taken shopman
in the country will be involved
railroad administration yields in its position the strike
employees The maintenance of
Clerks engineers remen conductors a'nmen and swtchmn
situation that would parayze the country
President down. including
The labor world., 1919-08-09
RUSSIA TRUSTS
UNITED STATES
American Womon Makes Report
at Brest After Work Among
Girl Workers.

NEW YORK, Aug 7.-That the
people of Russia regard America as
their best friend and that .bolshevism
to be defeated was the report brought
to the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation at Brest, France, by Miss Dick
erson, an American woman who ar
riced at that port from Archangel,
where she had managed canteen
and hostess house for men Of the
American expedit1onary force. Be-
fore that she worked with Russian
girls, most of whom held clerical po-
sitions in banks and business houses
and who were eager to study and get
some color into their lives. she said.
"Bolshevism cannot live. as it is the
worst kind Of tyranny. breaking down
every kind Of stable f{sfe,, said Miss
Dtckerson. THE Russians have known
the aristocratic life Of their Tzar's
regime, they have tasted the bitter
draught Of bolshevism when the pen
dulum swung completely back. Soon
there must be a happy medium struck
between the two extremes and the
Russian people.
The labor world., 1919-08-09
PAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS
FORM union At BRh|NERD

BRA1NERD, Aug. 7.-Officers OF
the Painters. Decorators and Paper
hangers of America local No. 1862,
newly organized were installed by
P. T. Brown, vice president of the
State Federation of Labor this week
at Trades and Labor hall. Nine
members were on the charter list
and others will soon file cards from
other locals, bringing the member
ship to IS.
The officers of the new local are:
President, G. A. Spies; vice president
Paul Wisotzki; recording secretary
Paul slipp; financial secretary
Claude Collins; treasurer, Frank Bid
we'll; conductor. Frank Norton; war
den, William Kruger; trustees, Paul
Wisotzki Frank Norton, Joe Norton;
business agent, Joe Norton; delegates
to Trades and Labor assembly, c.
W.. Collins, Frank Norton and Jot
Lyonais. 3; ~~ >s"s -
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to take lmm edlate steps 10 meet tHct
wage situation on the railroads or to-
cause prompt reduction in the cost or
living. The situation is one of the
most critical in the history Of the
country.
Men We'll Organized.
The shopmen at the Head Of the
Lakes are we'll organized and they
have little fear of the companies be-
ing able to obtain sufficient strike
breakers to take their places. The
inan will do no picketing; they will
~';main away from the property of the
railroad company, and no attempt
will me made to influence or intim1-
date single worker.
According to the best reports OBJ
tainable there are about 5000 shop
men and other railroad workers out
in Duluth, Proctor Superior and
Two Harbors. There are said to be
5000 men out in the Twin Cities.
There are probably more out there
than press reports state. Washburn
has 1900 men out and Brainerd 1900.
John P. Jensen is serving as chair
nan Of the local committee and he is
handling the situation admirably.
Bemidji and Virginia.
Reports from Bemidji, Virginia and
,ther neighboring cities indicate that
he shopmen employed there have re-
;ponded generally. The strike for the
present is directd fro;n Chicago. Com
mites from the railroad department
If the A. F. Of L., are still in confer
nee with Director Hines of the rail-
.---oad administration and unless con-
,essions are soon made it is believed
hat the strike will soon be country
ride.
There are said to be at this writing
1ore than 100000 railroad cars out
commission throughout the coun-
", and of course without shopmen
Keep railroad equipment in repair
r- will not long be kept in running
rder. The solidarity of the men, to-
ether with their determination, was
ever so manifest as during this
rike.
The labor world., 1919-08-09
NEWWACEC
GIRLS EARNINGS
Restaurant Mattresses. Lose /
They Accept Wage Fixed By
State Board,

Duluth mattresses are not faring 80
we'll as store workers under the new
minimum wage law. They, were re-
ceiving 50 a week: and board without
lodging. A notice was this week post
ed in all restaurants through the
minimum wage board giving the min
imum wage scale for women work
ers. This privided for $11 q week
without meals.
The mattresses had hoped to profit
from the new ruling of the wage
board. If they accept the new wage
restaurant owners will charge them
$3.50 a week for board, leaving them
but $3.50 a week net as against 50 paid
to them before the award was made.
Restaurant girls work 56 hours a
week. The new wage scale provides
for 48-hour week. They therefore
work hours g. week over 48 hours
and are entitled to overtime in the
amount Of 21 u cents an hour or $1.72
for the extra day. But at this they
will be 78 cents week short of their
old wage scale.
The situation leaves the girls in a
quandry. They do not know where
they are at. Their hopes for an in
crease of 50 week in wages have
been shattered and now they are de-
batting whethr or not thy will accept
the old conditions or organize a union
and make g. stand for $11 a week
| with meals.
An appeal was made to the Mini.
mum Wage Board for a decision In
the case and an answer is expected
soon.
The labor world., 1919-08-09
uLUTH BUTCHERS HELD
ANNUAL PICNIC THURSDAY

Every butcher shop in Duluth was
osed yesterday and the union butch
and their friends spent the day
Paramount park where there was
tie worry about the shortage of
gar, the high price of beef or any
ing else.
Among the prizes were hams,
con, lard, pork loins, spring chick
S, picked pigs feet, hats, shoes,
zors and other things which are
. ped to help discourage the H. c.
L.; and everybody was invited to
1e part. Those attending brought
,ir own lunches. In addition to the
sports program, there was a
-e given in the evening for the best
1tzers:
Iundred-yard dash for men, So
d dash for women, largest family
the grounds, race for boys under
fat mems race, stout women's
e, girls race, race for boys more
n IA and under 1S years of. age
EDWARDS race, married women's
e, young women's race, hand. and
t race, three-legged race, race fo1
:chers only, and a prize for the
t looking girl on the grounda.,
The labor world., 1919-08-09
JUST'L|kE They:
did! IN. GERMANY
Mckeesport Mayor Issues Per:
NIT in Prusslan Style for
Labor Meeting.

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA. F. of
L., Secretary Frank Morrison has re-
ceived from VIM. z. Foster, secretary
of the national committee for organ
izing iron and steel workers, a signed
permit" to hold a public meeting
in McKeesport, Pa. The permit" is
addressed to the chief Of police and
is issued by Mayor Lysle. 1t is as fol-
lows:
"This is to certify that the McKees-
port council Of labor has permission
to hold a meeting in Slovak hall on
White street, Tuesday evening. July
Is, 1919.
"Permission is granted subject to
the following conditions and Is also
subject to police regulation:
"(1st) That no speaker shall talk In
any other language except the Eng
lish language.
"(2nd) That list Of the speakers
names sbe submitted to the mayor be-
fore the meeting Is held"
Secretary Foster states that trade
unionists are paying no attention to
so-called police regulations that are
only intended to deny free speech
I'VE are holding our meetings.. he
writes, under the auspices of the
national committee. are using foreign
speaking organizers and are not sub
hitting lists of speakers to the may
or"
Trade 'unionists make the point that
Mayor Lysle is not issuing orders ia
the steel: trust that only English
speaking workers shall be employed
The labor world., 1919-08-09

Permit is Denied.
More than three weeks ago, an ap-
plication to the Burgess of North
Clarion for a permit to hold a meet
Ing was made: It was instantly and
insultingly. refused. Repeated. but
unsuccessful attempts were made to
rent hall. Hail owners in some
cases were sympathetic, but the ter
rfble reprisals against those who ig-
more the edicts Of the steel trust have
a. fearful memory behind, and they
did not dare.
P. H. Brogan owns lot in North
Clarion. He is local secretary for the
nationol committee in that place. He
is fighting man who fights. Hold
your meeting on my lot," re suggested.
So it was arranged for Sunday after
noon, Aug. 3. Secretary Brogan had
a sign which he had fastened over
his little office torn down and de-
stroyed. He suffered many other in
dignities. But the fights and all this
made him mad. He was arrested for
handing out bills advertising the meet
ing that he ~had-arranged for on his
lot. But the arrangements were COM
pleted, and just before the first speak
er was ready to tell the story to tho
workers, Constable White and Burg
.ess Williams came on"the lot, came
on the private property Of Secretary
Brogan, and forbade, the meeting.
1T is against the state law" said the
Burgess. Hold the meeting at your
peril" warned the constable.
Gunmen Appear.
The meeting was opened by Or
ganizer J.. G. Brown; but at the end
of a couple of minutes the constable,
accompanied by half-dozen Car
negie Steel Co., police clustered up
through the enormous crowd and ar
rested the speaker. Then, the con-
stable completely lost his head. But
there was another head there. Cap
tain Bowen. chief Of the. Carnegie
Steel Co.. police. was on hand. He was
one of the scabs@ of the great Home
The labor world., 1919-08-09
1900 new YORK
PAINTERS STRIKE
viii Go Out August IS for Five
Day Week and Minimum
Wage off So a Day.

NEW YORK, Aug: 7.-Twelve
thousand union painters in New
York city will strike on Aug. Is for
the flve-day .work-week and a flat
wage schedule Of $s a day. This
was decided upon at a meeting Of
District Council No. g., at a meet
ing held in the painters headquar-
ters.
District Council No. 9 embraces
the counties Of New York, Bronx and
Richmond. Council No. 20, in
Brooklyn; It is understood, will take
similar action. The council COM
prises 1S locals, IL Of them con-
sisting of painters, and the other
six allied trades, such as gilders,
paperhanger, glaciers, sign writer's,
etc. - .
All work on Saturday, Sunday and
holiday will be considered overtime
work and payable at the rate OF
double time.
Discussing the increased cost OF
living as a reason back Of the de-
mand one member of the Painters
union today said:
Look at this suit-overalls and
jumper. It used to cost 81. Now
it costs me S." - go. ."
The union expects little difficulty
in securing agreement to the de.
mands. It has issued its ultimatum
to the Independent master painter.
and to the Master Painters Asso.
citation Of the City and County o1
New York. which are a minority Of
the trade. Indications are that thu
independents will agree to the de-
mands before the strike date.
The labor world., 1919-08-09
ATLANTA BUILDING men
SETTLE WAGE QUESTION

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. 7.-The Build
ing Trades Council of Atlanta an
nounces the consummation Of an
agreement with the Atlanta building
contractors effectinfg 44-hour work
ing week for 1000 mechanics in these
trades, and by which it is agreed to
work in harmony until May l., 1920.
The wage scale for the ensuing year
gives bricklayers 30 cents an hour and
carpenters Is cents an hour begin
ming next fall 4s st.-.st z; -
The labor world., 1919-08-09

UNITED STATES TROOPS
: oRDERED::oU1'OF RUSSIA

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. T.
General Pershing reported yester-
day that Brig Gen. Wildrs p. Rich.
ardson, commanding the American
troops in North Russia, had been
ordered with his staff to return to
the United States as soon as prac-
ticable. The American troops have
all been withdrawn except q de-
tachment arranging for transfer OF
property and disposition Of Ameri-
can bodies.
The labor world., 1919-08-09
BRICKI4AYERS' OUTING.

Duluth Bricklayers and Masons'
union No: gave their annual picnic
at Fond du lac last Saturday. The
members Of the union and their FAM
ilies attended. The weather was ideal
and a good time was had. : "...@-: e.
The labor world., 1919-08-09
COPPERSAIITHS GAIN.

CINCINNATI, Aug. "copper"
smiths have secured union shop:
agreement and raised wages Is cents
q a, hseYz.
The labor world., 1919-08-09

The columns. of this paper afford
an excellent advertising medium for
all kinds Of merchants. Printers Ink
superior to that in any other publi-
says that space IN labor paper 10
cation, reaching the consuming class
and the rates arc much lower.
Evening star., 1919-12-29

down grade may be noted. as follows:
1915. 9S; 1916. 6S; 1917, 55: 1918, "a.
and 1919. %.
In the same time Cobb lost much
OF his value as a run-getter. In 1915
he scored IA runs. a figure he has
beaten only once In his career--in
1911. when he hit .420. In 1916 he
scored 11S runs and in 1917 he car
ried over 107. In 1918 he took part
in only III games and scored SO runs.
Last season in 124 games he scored
90 runs.
Cobb still looks so young and has
lost so little of his grace and dash
that few fans realize that he is the
oldest player in point of service in
the American League. OF the men
in active service in the ma ior leagues
in the fall of 1905, when Cobb "brok q
in" with the Tigers. on.y two are left,
and they are now in the National
League
These two are Hal Chase, now with
the Giants. and Leon Ames, then a
member of the Giants, but who fin
ished last season with the Phillies,
and. like Chase is very near the end
of his big league rope
There is no reason why Cobb should
not. remain around for some time to
come. He was SO young when he
broke in-only eighteen-that today
he is the same age as old Gabby
Cravath when he came up with the
Phillies in 1912 Cobb was thirty-
three on December IS He should be
quite card at the age Of forty years.
Evening star., 1919-12-29
Toledo WILL DUPLICATE
ALL BIG FIGHT OFFERS

TOLEDO. Ohio. December 29.-Toledo
ANTS the mpSey-Carpentier cham
ionship oUSiiistic encounter 1t was
nnounced officially today at the To-
do Athletic Club that Ad Q. Thach-
r. matchmaker for the Toledo boxing
)rnmission, has wired Jack Kearns.
'anager for Dempsey. that his club
Ill duplicate any offer made in
rance. London or the United States
hacher IS awaiting reply TO his tele-
ram, ii was said
Thacher was responsible for the
iatch here last July 4. in which
'empSey wrested the title from Jess
Willard when nearly $4,000 went into
ne boxing commissions charity fund
rom 10 per cent tax upon admission.
nd II is unders,o God that that is
'hacher's principal reason for wish
ng TO stage another contest of a
ike nature.
Thacher also is seeking to arrange
. championship match between Jim
ME Wilde. the British fiyweight cham
,ion. and frankie Mason of Fort
Wayne. Ind. American title claimant.
II successful. the bout would be held
n the Terminal Auditorium shortly
after the first of the year.
Evening star., 1919-12-29

rabbit" Maranville is coachin- n
Springfi eld, Mass, Industrial bask ct
hall team.