davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The labor world., 1920-10-02
WIDOWS OF -FOUR
DEAD union Men
DEMAND JUSTICE
Murderers Of Timber Workers,
Although KNOWN, Have Not
Been Arrested.

BOGALUSA, La, Sept. 80. -
Widows of four trade unIon1sts who
were murdered by mob last Novem-
ber have asked Governor Parker to
order the state attorney general to
prosecute the murderers.
The petition states that the men
were slain without just cause or
excuse by employees of the Great
Southern Lumber company,'' and that
two grand juries have considered the
killings without- taking action, and
that the district attorney has admitted
under oath that he did not summon
state witness but did suHanon wit
nesses for the defendants;$ including
the defendants themselves
The MURDERS were the "a ne of
attempts by tt lumber 8hy to
destroy trade nnionis21 4kftgr fail
ing to divide the .mdskers: on racial
lines a lynching paTty started for the
home of an estimpble negro who was
influential among his fellows. The
negro hid in the swa1hps and-escaped.
The mob then came to the headquar-
ters of the trade unionists and de-
manded the negro. They were told
that the man was not there, and they
! were invited to search the building.
The lynchers replied with volley
from shotguns and revolvers, killing
several workers.
The petition states that Robert Car
son, armed with a shotgun, was pres
ent at the killings. and that this per-
son is the same individual referred to
by the supreme court as having killed
two other citizens at Bogalusa, for
which the court held the Great South
ern Lumber company responsible,
1--WE further represent" continues
the petition, that a suit: has been
filed by the citizens of Washington
parish:to remove the sheriff. ebeeenee
Of bribery in the primary: election
laws with money furnished him to
perpetuate him in office for the pur-
pose of serving the defendants"
The labor world., 1920-10-02
BRING HOPE: TO
. ,.... CLQQ|Q|EI :! ! o.! LABOR
Executive o'tlcers otState Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor Stir Union
Workers There.

e. G Hall, president Of the Mime
sofa State Federation of Labor, George
w. Lawson. secretary-treasurer, and
c. N. Cullen, organizer for the United
Hatters' union, were the chief speak
ers at an open meeting Of the Trades
and Labor assembly at Cloquet last
Sunday afternoon. The Workers hall
was we'll filled with men and women.
Mr.. Hall gave a good, sensible talk
on union labor. He dwelt on labor's
activities in the Industrial and politi-
cal field. He urged Cloquet working
men to hold their unions intact, de-
claring that if they did they would
suffer mo reduction in wages when
prices came down.
Secretary-treasurer G. w. Lawson
spoke for more than an hour in which
he carefully and fully reviewed the
activities of organized labor. He
dwelt on the union shop, the abuse of
the Injunction power by the courts, on
labor legislation, the anti-union fight
and a number of other subjects of
interest to the workers.
Organizer Cullen brought a mes
sage from the east He discussed the
-"open shop" fight, profiteering and
the labor question in general. He made
q special plea for the union label.
Discussing prices and profile ering, Mr..
Cullen referred to the action Of Henry
Ford in. reducing the price on his
automobiles by 5000 without reduc-
ing wages. THAT shows" said Mr..
Cullen, that Mr.. Ford has been pro-
fiteering to the tune of 500 on each
machine. What have the others been
doing?" he asked. :
Congressman WI. Carss happened
to be motoring through Cloquet dur
ing the meeting and he was invited
to attend. He delivered the last
speech of the afternoon and ~dis-
cussed the labor issues in the political
campaign. That the workers of: Clo-
quet are supporting Mr.. Carss with
enthusiasm was evidenced by the
warm reception he was given when
he began and finished his speech.
The labor world., 1920-10-02

Next Monday will be Special Election day. On
that day will be decided whetheror not the voters
Of Duluth are in favor Of providing funds to paw
living wage to city employees. If the three mill
amendment is defeated fremen, policemen and
other city employees must continue to meet the
high cost Of living as they have in the past by
crimping and going without many important ne
cessities of life
The city will not have the funds with which to
pay it's employees more money than is now being
paid to them. It is grounding case. The city
is up against it. While Duluth will not go bank
rupt If the amendment is lost, it's government
will most assuredly 60 hay-wire
That is, we will have to limp along with a Grip
pied fire and police department; we will be able
only to keep up repairs on traffic burdened streets
and roads, leaving the others to be worn to bed
rock and to be rebuilt at some future date at an
unnecessary and enormous cost. We will simply
be hay-wiring our city jobs, just as money
short team owner is forced to dowlth his disabled
wagons, until such time as they get beyond repair
In the long run a hay-wire institution is the
most costly to operate. It has little efficiency
1t has no speed, and it's economic loss frequently
amounts to more than honest and sensible upkeep
would COST That is as true of city government
as it is of private institution.
Now the people Of Duluth do not want such
condition to long obtain here, not at time when
everything about us is so prosperous We can
afford to neglect necessary public works. We
can't afford to have it said of us that We refuse
to vote tosincrease our taxes topay living wage
to our city employees. We ask private employers
to be decent to their employees we should at least
be consistent and furnish the money to enable our
elected officials to treat our public employees ac-
cordingly. A government-city, state or national
should be model employer.
No person is as good citizen as he should be
if he leads himself to vote against the three-mill
amendment because Of prejudice, and yet there are
many people who will do it. They are against the
commission form Of government and they are will
ing to sacrifice every needed public Improvement: :
to compel city employees to work for less than =
living wage and to force their families to suffer for
the want Of essential comferts SO as to embarrass
the present government, in the hope that the peo-
The labor world., 1920-10-02
WILL PRESENT lRELkND'S
CAUSE HERE next TUESDAY

Charles Sprading, who has issued
a call for all loyal Irisnmen TO rally
for the cause, that Ireland may be
saved from English domination is to
be one of the speakers who will plead
Ireland's cause at a mass meeting in
the Shrine auditorium Tuesday eve
ming, Oct. S.
There is 10 better standard to
Judge a peoll lie, or nation, than by
their acceptance of the principle of
equal freedom" sprading says. "rhose
who believe in it are just; those who
do not, are unjust. Our citizenship is
not to be judged by the length Of
time our ancestors have resided in the
country but rather by our love for the
country and its ideals.''
DR.. Edward Adams. CantreH of Los
Angeles author lecturer, will: be
AN other speaker 9fte keynote of the
meeting has been announced as "The
Irish Question Discussed by All-Anieri-
can Speakers in an. All-American
Way" = -
The labor world., 1920-10-02
GOOD men SPEAK
ON UNION LABOR
~.
Trades Assembly Delegates
Hear -Four Fine Speeches i:
From Able Labor Men, I

/ The delegates to the Federated
Trades assembly last Friday evening
were treated to a flood Of oratory bv
eloquent speakers that was received
with deep interest and great enthusi-
asm. Following the reading Of COM
munications, President John E. Jen-
sen suspended the regular order Of
business and called upon George w.
Lawson, secretary-treasurer of the
Minnesota State Federation of Labor,
to address the meeting.
Mr.. Lawson reviewed the growth of
the labor movement in Minnesota dur
ing the past four-year period and said
that there were more union men and
| women in this state now than there
! had even been before. He told of the
open shop" movement Of the anti
union employers and the injunction
cases in Minneapolis, and pleaded
with the delegates to keep on organ
lzlng and lining up their forces. He
! declares it as his opinion that the
open shoppers would soon spend
themselves.
c. N. Cullen of Newark, N. J.. or
| AOA ]AAO OAAICu 11dlICES
| brought some interesting news from
the east He reviewed the progress Of
| 1aoor during and since the war and
| c1oseo with stirring appeal for the
| union label. He urged every union
member to be loyal to the union shop.
holalng they had it within their pur-
| cnaslng power to defeat the objects
oI the organized anti-union "open
shoppers"
FRANK Kennedy of Chicago, organ
lzer for the United Association of
Journeymen Plumbers was a visitor
and was invited by President Jensen
to address the delegates. Mr.. Kennedy
started out by stating that he was no
orator and then refuted the statement
py making one of the best speeches
ever heard In the assembly. He urged
union men to hold their heads. hang
on to what they had secured through
the war. keep their organizations in
tact and they would BIZ able to out
! general and defeat their enemies.
t Robert R. Jennings, organizer for
the Hotel and Restaurant Emploves
international alliance, who is in d.
luth and = Superior reviving local
unions Of his trade, captured his audi-
tors with d clean and forceful speech
He requested the assembly to assist
him in his work at the head of the
lakes.
After the speeches the business of
the evening was transacted with dis
patch. On account of the lateness of
the hour much of it was laid over
until the next meeting. -.--
! The Labor day committee turned In
$l5O.92 as net profits from the cele-
bration. The program committee re-
ported net earnings of $755,50 with
about $115 more to come. !.
The labor world., 1920-10-02

pie will the get tired and return to the old
form.
Then there are other people, too many Of them,
equally as poor citizens, who do not like the per-
sonnel OF the present commission. They have it in
for one or more of the commissioners, and they
would 60 to any lengths to prevent them from
doing their public work WELL Commissioner Far
rell cannot give AL service in the public works
division unless he has more money. Commissioner
Murnian will be blamed for the impaired efficiency
of the police, fire and health departments if he
has not the funds with which he can retain or
employ the right sort of men and women in his
division These men, like the other commission
ers, have made enemies who, to use old adage,
would cut off their noses to spite thier faces, and
would vote against the three-mill amendment to
embarrass the commissioners they have learned
TO dislike.
Then there are people who are against any and
every increase in taxes. They want everything
that is good in city life; they want parks, side
walks, Streets police and fire protection but they
in spirit, we have always with us, and they will
vote against the three-mill amendment.
But we have an abundance Of confidence in the
great majority of our loyal and patriotic people.
God made more of them than he did of all others.
They should and will vote for this three-mill tax
amendment because they believe and know that
it will be the only way to relieve the city of it's
present embarrassment. -" l..
To such we appeal to get out and vote next
Monday. AS we have repeatedly stated in this
column it will require three-ifths majority vote
to adopt the amendment. If there are $1,000
voters at least 5000 of them must vote in favor
Of the amendment, or it will be lost.
Women will have their first opportunity to vote
in Duluth next Monday. We believe they see
their duty and will do it as they have done in
other matters. The women can save the day for
the policemen and fremen and other city employees
and for the city. "@ ~%%1 ss2,
Any legal voter who has not registered may
qualify and vote at the same time before the
judges OF election without having to secure two
freeholders as in general elections See that every
person votes, and votes right.
The labor world., 1920-10-02
PLUhAR REPLIES TO HARDING ON Rail ROAD law
SOUTHERN GOVERNOR
CONDEMNS MOB RULE

JACKSON, Miss, Sept 30.-The
mobbing Of c. HsztFranck, trade
union organizer, and his compan-
ion when the two men attempted
to hold a trade union meeting at
Sumrall, has aroused Governor
Russell, who has called upon the
officers of that town to punish the
guilty.
In a stinging letter the governor
shows that he is an American,
through and through. and is against
mobbery regardless of who per-
petrates it..
Things have come to~a pretty
pass in this grand old state," he
writes, when citizens upon a per-
fectly lawful mission must be in
suited, assaulted and maltreated as
these gentlemen were.
1T is a piece Of gangsterism,
thuggery and outlawry that will
not be tolerated in this state and
1 am calling upon each of you
gentlemen, as citizens and officials,
to make prompt investigation of
this outrage against these citizens
and the laws of this state and make
report to me at this office.
''The law of this state must be
enforced and the rights of every
citizen protected"
The labor world., 1920-10-02
STANDARD OIL PROFITS -. =.
. GROW IN THREE MONTHS

NEW YORK, Sept. 3o.-The high
price Of gasoline is reflected in rec
ord breaking dividends just an.
nounced by Standard oil companies.
In the third quarter Of this year cash
dividends totaled $29.504,575, COM
pared with $27.273,ooo in the second
quarter and $23.s54,oo0 in the corre-
spending quarter Of -1s1s. The last
disbursement Is the largest ever made
by Standard oil companies in the third
quarter and with the exception Of the
$50, 100000, paid out in the second
quarter Of 1915, It Is the largest ever
made at any time since the United
States supreme court dissolved the
Standard OIL truDt.ss :
The labor world., 1920-10-02

EValuatlOn WNen ValuaLOn Do@fQ
finally determines valuation. When a
transportation board or other agency
has divided the country into regions
and estimated the value of the rail-
roads within the region and congress
has fixed the rate of return, say per
cent <tlfens=the transportation board
says to the comm1ssion,, You have
got to raise the level of rates in this
region to such d point as will develop
revenues enough to pay the per cent
minimum That is the form of guar:
anty now being suggested for consid-.
GRAFTON by one branch of congress. It.;
is form Of guaranty, notwithstand-::
ing the fact that its proponents deny,
it is a guaranty, because the govern
ment is not liable to suffer loss. True,
the government will not suffer less,
but it Us a guaranty just the same,
because your bondholder says, why,
I'm all right: am all secured, be-
cause the government has got to fix
such. a level of rates as to produce
such rate per cent It is certainly
in essence a guaranty and we cannot
camouflage the facts" .
Senator Cummins. joint author Of
the bill. discussing the conference re-
port in the senate, made this admis-
sion:. -
A Sure Guaranty.
1T is a direction to an administra-
tive tribunal that in so far as it may
be practicable the commission shall
make rates that will yield a net oper-
ating income Of 5 y per cent upon the
true value of the railway property
held for and used in the service Of
transportation considered as a whole"
-e.Senator Harding's construction Of
the bill is directly at variance with the
admissions of the two men who are
authorship. =
90 The only limitation upon earningst
or dividends which the bill imposes isl
the limitation that net earnings shall
be not less than s per cent yearly. =.
Senator Harding's next statement;
is: 1t (the Summins-Esch law pro-
vides for the maintenance of rates fori
a period of six months which would
guarantee a sufficient railway earn-l
ing to make possible the financing OF
necessary railway improvements un-
der the control of their owners
"This statement Is pure fiction,
Paragraph Co (Sec. 2O9 of the billy
is as follows:
There Is No Limit.
1.-THE United States, hereby guar.
antees-' that the net operating in
come of any carrier shall be not less
than half the amount named as its
actual compensation during govern
ment control. That isA the govern,
ment guarantees to, pay out Of the
treasury of the United States to each!
carrier whatever dividends it failed to:
earn under existing rates during the;
six months period so that it's net in,
come for six months would be equal,
to the compensation allowed it by the
government for the same period un-.
der government control. This was not
a fixing of rates which would guar
antee these earnings, but was a guar
antee of income to be paid out Of the
treasury of the United States to make
The labor world., 1920-10-02

IT,
l am not holding out because I want
to-, There is pressure brought on me
against you that you boys know little
about. l have always employed union
meat cutters. I want them again. I
don't object to the wages or the hours,
but your enemies threaten to- ruin me
II l make peace with your union"
S% Alliance "Butts'' In.
: That this proprietor is telling the
truth is revealed in the latest Special
Bulletin issued by L. C. Harris of the
Citizens Alliance in which he SAYS:
I'VE desire at this time to assure
the proprietors of the markets who
are engaged in this fight to run their
own business, that they will receive
the full sympathy and support of this
organization and its members, and the
support they shall receive shall not
only be moral support, but material
support as WELL"
Ihe members of the Meat Cutters
union and the officers of the Feder-
ated Trades assembly recognize what
tnat material support" offered by the
Cltlzens' Alliance means, and thew are
prepared to meet it. A committee is
now working on a plan to start q, big
cooperative meat market in tho
downtown district where most of the
non-unlon shops are located This
snop WILL furnish employment to every
man on strike. The members of the
union know something of the big pro-
tits that these shops are exacting for
meats and they declare that If a co.
operative shop is started they will
surprise the city with bargain prices
on every cut of meat. They will be
able to undersell every nonunion mar
ket IN the downtown district and at
the same time pay themselves the
union wages by working only union
hours. The time of year to get an
adequate supply of meat is at hand.
and one packing concern has agreed
10 give them all the meat and provi-
slohs they would require at fair
prices.
reaches Lessons to Labor.
Inc opposition of the Citizens. AL
nance 10 organized labor is teaching
the workers some valuable lessons.
Inc members of the Alliance have a
way OF bringing economic pressure on
J., employers who do not play the game
with them in their efforts to defeat
union labor: Contractors who employ
union men under union shop condi-
tions are being told to go to the "open
- shop or they will not be given any
jobs to do. An attempt is being made
L: TO extend ';Ia SUCH boycott all along the
But union labor can beat that sort
OF opposition. 1t is the purchaser
that has the last say. ALI that win be
necessary to do is to capitalize their
experience. Cooperative butcher
snops will go long ways to help win
the meat cutters strike and thew will
De blessed relief to the neon,e
: Among the meat cutters are men who
! nad long experience both as nro.
prletors and journeymen. Some OF
@tnem nave been in the wholesale end
OF the meat business. They know their
Joos and will make successful man.
ayers OF cooperative meat markets
IN any event the venture will be well
worth trying. that is if the strike is
prolonged. -~
The labor world., 1920-10-02
THEATER EMPLOYEES WIN

M6MFHlS' Tenn, Sept 80 - A
JOINT wage movement Of musicians,
! stage employees and movie operators
resulted in a minimum wage Of sax
a week. with extra pay for leaders
ana ,.1l'e heads Of departments. The movie
men secure q double shift, six-hour
The labor world., 1920-10-02
RATIFY WAGE. SCALE.

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Sept. 30;
Oil workers have ratified the new
wage agreement ne egotiated by the
Presidents meditation commission.
and representatives Of Oil owners and
oil workers. .a5
The labor world., 1920-10-02

In the volume If business handled
the ;automotive industry is the leading
industry in the United States. .szsSr
The labor world., 1920-10-02
final APPEAL TO DULUTH VOTERS TO- -.
SUPPORT THREf-MILL TAX AMENDNIE EN-

This our final n
ndwo
fr
The labor world., 1920-10-02
MIR. MERCHANT .

LAS it occurred to you that this paper goes
into the homes Of the best paid working.
men in Duluth and surrounding territory?
1t is carefully perused by every adult mem.
Der of the household. There Is no better ad.
vertising medium anywhere.
The labor world., 1920-10-02
Mr.. WORKINGMAN

THIS is your paper 1t publishes matter
pertaining to your life and welfare 1t
wants and needs your support. 1t cannot
exist without it. Your cause would be weak
..i1deed without labor paper to champion it.
Become a reader and subscriber.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-11
6AKE FOOTPRINTS
1 Of BABYS FEET
like Fingers, No Two
D'N' Feet Are Alike in
the World.
RECORDS INVALUABLE
|o,o Young Mother Did Not
Relieve Child was Hers
Until Convinced.

,.rv YORK. Jan. fO.--A system
,,,,,r footprints Of children has
~ .J,r,e1 in tho New York
pen snd Chlld's hospital 70 pre-
.NurSv, t,n,s horn there from going
feu, long mothers. Its adoption
II ,"S A." 10 the Tact that a soldier $
a. a. s.ho recently gave birth 10 a
N y, mat hospital at first denied
tp4pS ,no mild was hers. The young
~. -. VINO had been reading
.rnoI., q, accidental substitution OF
f.h1dren at hospitals ana Slih'Idl
Il, sblic Institutions, decilnen 10 NURSE
1he baby. A.. ,root, ,,o
I'D muster" explained the super =
',,cndsn,, but the mother persisted
ber hallucination. She became
b,rs,cr,cal with grief and fright
Sv5,aliy. brought her our RECORDS
..sich showed that only a ittle col
4 ,,d habv and her own had been
wv IN Inc hospital that day. That
x,yinccd her. but just think OF what
on,d have happened to that poor
-, " other white babies had
,,e,n horn hero on that day
H. order to avoid similar expert
nee the superintendent engaged a
ss'rrer. print expert to instruct the
nssd rursc In trying the system on
\, habies. we found we couldn'
\ cs, GOOD prints Of their hands said
In, official. Their feet, however,
VI. out beautifully and for greater
&rrurity tho mother is finger
rInted also"
4 yerv young badies. 1t was said,
k,ay look Just alike but their feet
re quite dissimilar. one child, the
4 4pperintendent declared, will have
nerfec,ly formed miniature pedal
a 1iremlty. another's will print mostly
k1gue criss.cross lines and still an
other will look like ian cgg and five
koo,hpicks."
Il. Under the present system. which
has been In operation nearly six
snonths the child's foot is linked and
fumped on the hospital chart OF
tho mother. Although he may not
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-11
TOILET WATER HAS KICK
Buckeye Man Arrested for Bcing
Drunk on MIXTURE of Materials.

PIQUA, ohio, Jan. lO.-W. Ward
was unable to ward Off arrest, 1t
seems
Ward, who is a local resident. was
taken into custody on a charge OF
intoNication. lie Is said To have ad.
mittcd drinking toilet water and hair
tonic and then using flavoring cX.
tract as a chaser"
In a condition OF almost comp,etc
collapse when arrested. it was fear
ed Ward would die. II is now be-
lieved he will recover
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-11
MUST SHUN RACE TRACK
Crandfathcr LcnVcs Estate 20 BOY,
with pro,iSu That lie Bc Thrifty.

CLEVELAND, ohio, Jan. IO.--Car.
roll Buehlcr Shilling. four. OF Peoria.
Ill, will not follow I'm his fathers
footsteps IL his grandfather can pre-
vent IL.
Herman Buehlcr, who loft "A $500
GOO estate. made a hequcst Of $4,000
to his grandson conditioned on his
keeping out Of the racing game.
The child's father Is one of the best
known Jockeys in the country and
fcw years ago was top-notCher
In the turf game.
IL am strongly opposed TO allow
ing my grandson To- hc put on a
racetrack or to be employed In any
manner in connection with horse
racing, Buchler's will declared.