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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16

Dallas Electricians Had Wages
Reduced; They Struck, Won
and Got More Money.

There are two ways in which this
iwage-cutting stunt can be pulled.
II the workers are unorganized,
they can take whatever cut their boss
tells them they must. If they are thor
oughly organized they will be able to
do the same as the electricians in
Dallas, Texas, a city reputed' to be
strong for the open shop.
The electric :ans were getting So per
day and asked for a renewal of the
contract on that: basis. The bosses
answer was that wages would be cut
to 81 per day. The electricians went
on strickland that meant all the ell
sectricians in Dallas.
The strike continued for three
weeks, when the bosses sent word that
the men could return to work at So
per Gay. The latter replied that they
had decided. an increase was reces-
sary' and if. the employers wanted
them they would have to pay 50 per
day.
Then the fun began.
It was all right for the bosses to at
tempt to arbitrarily cut wages, but it
was all wrong for the men to ask an
increase. -.
Anyway, the Dallas electricians are
back at work and they are being paid
50 per day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16
STAND BY YOUR
AGREEMENT! J y! ! I SAY.
UNION PRINTERS
job Employers Promised Print.
I'M Trades Unions 44-Hour
Week; Now Back Up.

Printing trades unions are prepar-
ing to swing this industry into the A.
hour week column, and. May next is
the. date set for the Saturday half
holiday in the commercial and peri
odical branches of the North Ameri-
can printing industry.
- The unions involved are the print
ers, pressmen. bookbinders and stereo-
typers. These. together with a large
section Of employers formed an in
ternational joint conference council
In March last year. Strong ,declara-
tions in favor of conciliatory methods
and agreements were made by both
parties. In the following April. the
council recommended that both par
ties submit the, question of the A.
hour week. effective May 1, 1921, to
their respective bodies.
The 44-hour week was adopted by
the members of all affiliated organ
izations, and at a meeting of the joint
council and employers. and employees
held in Atlanta last December, it was
declared:
THAT. this joint conference council
considers all members OF it's constitu-
'ent bodies are morally bound to adopt
and put into effect the 44-hour week
on May l. 1921" ;.
Despite these repeated declarations
for the shorter work week, and har-
mony in the industry, some employers
are now attempting to evade their re-.
sponsibility and their pledged word.
= The Duluth printing trades unions
have held conferences with local COM
.nercial printing employers, all of
whom were bound by the Atlanta
:agreem ent, and an attempt is being
made to =evade it.. This is true: also
sek the *emplpying johs printe RS in CHI
cinatti. -GaiGa 10 enenXaEsss 81
points 80 -'%7' 's'S's >'"'-'''.
Every anti7unioa- elem ent III the
country is lending it's support to these
employers in an effort to-, check the
44-hour week in the printing trades.
The four printing trades unions are
united in their determination to en-
force the agreement.
: The, 44-hour movement means more
than a controvers rsy between a group
Of organized workers and their em-
ployers. Its stragetic importance is
appreciated by anti-union individuals
and organizations that we'll realize the
effect and inspiration that success in
the printing trades will have on work
ers in other industries.
In some of the cities~the employing
printers have aisnified their intention
Of keeping faith with the printing
trades unions and will agree to the
44-hcur work week. In Duluth the
question is still at issue. The inter-
national unions insist that all locals
shall go on strike May'1 if the agree
with.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16

Union Labor 'Asks VI. Va, Cover:
nor to Veto Packed ! Jury Law
Enacted by Legislature.

WASHINGTON, April 14:-Resolu-
tions asking. the. governor of West
Virginia to veto. a packed-jury bill re-
Gently passed by tho Legislature of
that state were adopted at a mass
meeting held at Washington, D. c.,
at which President Gompers,. of the
American Federation of Labor, and
Mother" Jones. nationally known and
loved by the workers, spoke.
The act providesfor the selection of
juries from any county in the state
without regard to that in which a
crime is committee. Its purpose, it is
claimed by labor leaders, Is to secure
conyicti6ns Of workers who are ac-
cus@d Of erime bY detectives of, the
coal eompaniesaVh hich are eSopposed to
aE their employees. Its
presentation totsthe legislature fol-
lowed the acquittal> of miners accused
of numbering Baldwh:Felts gunner
at Mattewan. y"
The constitutionality OF: the law is
questioned, but the resolutions ex-
pressed the hope that West Virginia
"would be, spared the shame and, hu-
initiation" involved in a law so mani
festly sinister in its concept and which
If permitted to stand will be brutal in
it's execution
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16
that makes steel.

that makes steel. 1'-'f<1 =
Hopeful as it is to see the; seven
day week and the long turn" faboI-
ished in the steel industry. and hope
full as we may be that the ~ hour day
may also disappear, the steel Industry
cannot protect and perpetuatet the
practice of 1autocratic control merely
by means OF these -alleviations. With
added time. to- think. and with added
time to come together and discuss
profile ms, the workers In the steel; in
'dustry are much more likely to de-
vote their thought to human welfare
and to the liberation Of human beings
than they are to:devote their thought
solelyeto the welfare and profit OF ri!
Gary. They are likely to see that the
democratic concept pervades the in
stitutions around them and to seek
ways and means Of introducing that
concept into the place where It Is most
vital TO them in their daily lives their
place Of employment. 80
For the sake OF immediate physical
we'll being sof- those involved, Z. benev-
,olsnt feudalism q undoubtedly more
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16
C:0SSACK SYSTEM
BURDENS PEOPLE
State Police Law Passed: In New
Jersey Adds 100000 10
Heavy Tax Budget,

TRENTON, N. J. April 14.-Tax-
payers will wake up when they are
called upon to finance the 100000
cossack system that has been estab-
lished by the state legislature over the
veto of Governor Edwards, declares
Arthur Quinn, president of the state
federation of labor.
The present legislature" the trade
unionist said. lis the most reactionayy
that New Jersey has had in many a
year. Big interests rule, and the well
fare Of the people Is given very little
consideration. Many # the members
are political accidents who have come
here with all sorts Of hobbies and who
are trying to inflict these hobbies on
the public. The state police bill means
a burden of at least 100000 on the
people of the state. and. nobody
knows how much greater the burden
will be as the. years roll on and the
usual efforts are made to increase the
useless force"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16

Judge Gary, who is chairman OF the
finance committee of the United
States Steel corporation, has an
'nounced that the corporation has dis
continued the seven-day week and the
long turn by which workers were
compelled to work 24-hour day at
each change of 12-hour shifts. 1t is
further declared that the. steel trust.
may discontinue the 12-hour: day in
the near future and: put it's entire
plant on the eight-hour basis
Thirty-nine per cent of the en-
ployes of the United States Steel cor
poration work II hours or more per
day. which means that part of that
time they wor!- II hours, per day
and part of the time Is hours per day
the difference depending upon
whether they are working day shift
or night shift. -.
The steps already taken by the
Steel, trust toward the elimination Of
brutal and. inhuman conditions are
highly significant and II it: goes a
step further and eliminates the 10
hour day. much will have been ac-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16
INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE IS THE :
HEART Of TROUBLE STRIKES
Story Of Activity Of Labor Spies in Starting Violence Reviewed.
All Big Agencies Involved Gen. Wood Blamed Street Railway
Riot in Denver TO Gunmen Could not Exist in England.


This is last series articles on rhe Labor
Spy prepared by Eqnd for Industrial Research
this story be at 1s1or Wed
That industrial espionage shou produce violence inevitable
The official records of the business records labor violence
Pnkeron provided the armed guards for the battle Of Homestead
Mills 1892 and provoked the only inquiry espionage
has faced From that this through every strike which
has known violent the detective the py the
teur and the all agents Of the industrial detective
their roles to play. -
Espionage the heart Of the labor Agents Baldwin
Felts the armord train West Virginia
mobile in Colorado.
Detectives Have Never Been Cleared of Charges. ''
Detectives have been cleared Of the charges guilt brought
by the investigators regard to the dynamng the
depot at Independence Colorado 1904 the attempted
in 1903 the murder of Governor Steuenbg Of Idaho
chard the train dynamed Calumet Michigan and the dynamite
plants at Waterbury in 1920. -.
Detectives obviously and directly responsible for much pro-
voked violence the steel strike the Cntraa affair." the shooting
Everett Washington and almost all the
recent railway strikes strange thing that direct action
employers OF these Gys and Woods willing stake their
regulations citizens the acts of such these spies
industry and their cousins the and the scabs
The following the conclusion Of Mr. Luke Grant
the Commission on Industrial Relations
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16
ISSUE |! ) 81 CALL FOR ::
ANNUAL Meet OF
!. AMERICAN LABOR:
Officials Urge Upon 0lgan!za.
tIons importance Of Sending
Delegates to Denver.

The call for the forty-first annual
convention of the American Fedora
'tion of Labor to be held at Denver
beginning June Is. has be en- issued by
President Samuel Gompers and Sec
retary Frank Morrison. 70
This is to be one of the most i'm.
portant conventions in the history of
the A. F. of L., being held at q time
itself mentions some of the most i'm:
when union labor is being attacked.
from all sides from it's natural ene-.
mics and their ;supine allies. The call
portant work to come before the COM
vention. -.
:: 1T is, of course" says the call, ZEN
tirely unnecessary here to enumerate
all the important subjects with which
our forthcoming convention will con-
Germ itself, but the reminder is not at
all 'amiss that every effort must be
made to broaden the field and means
for the organization of the yet unor-
ganized workers: to strive to bring
about more effectually than ever a
better day. in the lives and homes of
the toilers; to defend and maintain by
every honorable means in our power
the right to- organize for our common
defense and advancement, for the ex-
ercise of our normal and constitu-
tional activities to protect and pro-
mote the rights and interests Of the
workers.
I'VE must assert at any risk the
equal rights before the law of all
other citizens; to aid our fellow
workers against the effort to entangIe
the workers in the n1eshes Of litiga-
ton before the courts in the several
states; to restore ahd make, effective
in, our every day lives the principle
declared, in the law Of our republic
tthe Clayton law p tthat .tlAH1k khorsof.
a hurnan being is nota commodity or
article of commerce" -, =;
I'VE must arouse our fellow work
ers and fellow citizens to the danger
which threatens to curb: and take
away their guaranteed rights and
freedom; to meet and help solve the
vexatious problems Of peace and re-
constructions; to emphasize the: DOM
mating and determining economic
character of our movement and to
carry on such political action as the
interests Of labor will warrant and
the trade union movement has di-
rected.
I'VE must take steps to: Withstand
and overcome the bitter antagonish1
now sd rampant: to undermine and to
destroy the greatest constructive force
in our Republic, the American labor
movement, for indeed, now. more
than ever. this is the time that tries
mems: souls; these and other great
questions Of equal Importance will Of
occupy the attention of the
Denver convention"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16
TRADE UNION METHODS
BEST FOR PROTECTION

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April IT,
Restaurant managers. who employ
workers, are violating the
54-hour law Of this state In many
places hours have been heightened to
so and 20 hours week, and and av-
erage wage of $12 a week has been
cut to $3.50 and SO. Trade unionists
are aiding the, victimized women, and
are also calling attention to the value
Of trade union action rather than de-
pend on some official of the state to
guarantee them living: wages.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16
new BRUNSWICK LABOR
URGES REMEDIAL LAWS

ST. JOHNS, New Brunswick, April
14.-The New Brunswick federation
Of labor is urging the government to
adopt remedial legislation which in
cludes the creation of a department of
labor, the adoption of a minimum
wage act, abolition of private employ
ment agencies, mothers pensions,
mining act. eight-hour day. factories
act amendment, compensation amend
ments, pensions for old and needy,
election and educational acts AMI the
public ownership of all public utili-
ties.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16
ISSUE IS COLL LECTVE BARGAINING, not WAGES
womEN's UNION LEAGUE:
TO MEET 1t WAUkEGln
s....s.... :, 5. Z: ..,..;s.lss- z; -

Mrs: Raynoad ko1tns, president
Of the National .WSlnans'. Trade
Union league of AnericA, has an
siouncetl the date Of the annual
cohSention or that 8eganIzation to
be held at Waukegan, H., begin
ming Monday, june N,next. |:
Mrs. Robins says flse purpose OF
the league is to organize all work
ing women into: trade unions; to
make possible for women an equal
ity with men In Industrial and pro-
fessional opportunity; to make
equal pay for equal work regard
less of sex q fact and not n theory
and. to make citizenship mean act
ual equality of; liberty, status and
opportunity between men and
women. "a Il
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16
WHAT NON.UNIONISM MEANS.

BELMAR, N. j., April 14.-"Tree
and independent workers at this
place are less inclined to accept the
claims of anti-unionists since con-
tracing teamsters reduced wages.
The organized teamsters refused to
accept the cut, but the .unorSan,zed
were reduced from $27 for a week 81
A hours to $21 for 81 hours:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16
HAS NO INFORMATION.

CHICAGO, April 14.-H. Fl: Eoomis,
president of the Lehigh Valley rail-
road, has declined to appear before
the railway labor board /, discuss
differences with employees. The rail-
road executive informed: >the board
that he had no Information. .....
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16
REFUSE TO OPERATE.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa. April a.
Building. contractors in this city have
refused to afbitrate differences with
their employees. as suggested by Mayor
Short. These petty autocrats reply
that the arbitration plan is a "subter-
fuge." They want the right to run
their own business" just like Garyism.
.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16
CHECK RATE BOOST.

WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE in
terstate commerce commission has
checked the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railroad in its attempt to increase
loading charges for live stock,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-04-16
Mr.. MERCHANT

LAS It occurred 70 you that this paper goes
J into the homes Of the best paid working.
men in Duluth and surrounding territoryl
1t is carefully perused by every adult mem.
Der Of the household. There is no better I'd.
vertising medium anywhere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
Strachan Calls Kings
Convention for Sept. 8
Annual Brooklyn Conference
VIII Be Held in 23d
REGIMENT ArmOry

Chairman Donald c. Strachan, Of
Kings County has issued call for the
third annual convention Of the Legion
in Brooklyn. II will be held on Sep
TENDER and 9 IN the 23d Regiment
Armory. Bedford and Atlantic avenues
Delegates and alternatcs for the state
Legion convention at jamestown, on
September % and 81, viii be elected
al that time and there will DE several
amendments 10 the county constitution
so that it will conform to that of the
national body.
committee to propose resolutions
to express the VIII OF the county as
10 public questions was appointed by
Mr.. Strac nan, with John W Bennett. Of
Gilbert J. Doyle Post, as chairman.
Others on thus committee arc William
r. Lamb Gilbert J. Doyle Post; Rita
Tandy, Dolly Madison Post; Richmond
l.. Brown, George Washington Post;
Rose Ledwith. Dolly Madison Post;
Henry Lakcstream, + ". Person POST
James V. Harrington, Brooklyn Post;
George W. WEIGH, Grecnpoint Post:
u. Shiplcy, Fraternity Post; Thomas
J. Gallagher. Bill Brown Post; William
n. McMullen, lo6th Infantry Post;
Henry II. McSwlnney. Rcyoille Post;
Peter Scory, Brooklyn Post; Warren c.
Dubois, Stuyvesant Heights Post; NJ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
Failure to Equip Camp
Charged to L. s Board
Legion Gets Tentage From
State v hen Government De-
clines to Provide II

HL5A>f. AGg 13.-One Of the sub
-. - f"r discussion r. the convention
:. me american Legion IN jamestown
-. month "''l be tne failure Of the
sasfai Board for Vocational Education
=. pf0yioe ecp pment fer the summc r
y established on Fire Island. X
.'f otsaoieG veterans.
!. - 'ne camp y func,ionin2 at all
80 % me Efforts NJ Adjutant Cen
49, ~. =. - sic kinkaid. IL this state. ~ho
sr'.'hsd the fents and cooking utensils
-. "<rs necessary from the state sup
IL me American Lezion previously
- pNft'ffn - Major General Robert
'~'iafd, commander of The I'd Corps
ie,, ~sNn2 that such equipment be
y =. ~ tne government.
-. "s reply received by Hugh Robert
~ :. szslstart 70 tne state commando
~. Logon, MAR a. follows:
H. ~ nof tne policy of the War De
.aAFht % lesoe tents or other camp
f. .szs n >fganizssiona If any nature
rsn.s ienztn - time that would be
IN 'a.'sa 70 maintain a summer carnn.
srv ,~~HinS loans # tentaxe 10 veteran
lr.~''~a'iDns, including posts Of the
rz..s'ean Logon, the policy Of the de
h. 80 hss been - restrict such loans
tbns p"f'od approximately two weeks.
10 :. "%<inz IT possible far tnc tenfaye
The sst2feed without material lozg 10
49, ,,sefnmtrt and In condition 10 be
sSs ~4Dtasy purposes"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14

separate grave in St Michael's Gene
terry, Astoria, l.. l.
In the Cliff case. Mr. Mattuck says,
Skahill collected 500 for the funeral
while his bills for most Of the other
burias amounted to $50 for each in
terment In al cases, Mr. MattucA
said, the undertaken agreed to furnish
separate graves, but instead of doing
so he sometimes buried two, and in
some instances three, eX-service men
in single grave.
Prosecutor MattucA explained that
the discovery of the violation Of the
agreement by Skahill was made by
Miss Minnie O'Byrne, nurse at the
Sea View Hospital, at New Dorp. S. I.
Cliff had been one Of her patients.
After the funeral Miss O'Byrne visited
the Astoria cemetery 10 see that the
grave was properly cared for She was
about 10 erect headstone, when IN
formed by the cemetery authorities
that it was not a separate grave and
that two other soldiers had been buried
there.
An Investigation followed, and when
the grave was reopened and examined
il was ascertained It is said. that.
although charged FOR. no herm etically
sealed box had been furnished or used
in the interment by Shahill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
Important Issues Confront
Legion's State Convention
Civil Service Preferment. Care of Disabled and Elec.
ton of Capable Officers Among Them;
Deegan and " ard Are Favored

friends feel that ne should be reward
ed with me highest Office ne can hold
in the department.
Thomas ". Ward jr., commander Of
the 106th Infantry Post, of Brooklyn,
also is mucn favored for office by
eglonnaires in this part Of the state
He IS leader in Brooklyn veteran
affairs.
It may be that several candidates
viii be put forward b. the upstate
poats, but the probability is great that
none viii be CHOSEN as commander.
The commander now is Charles G.
Hla keslee. OF Binghamton, and it Is
felt among New ork City men that
the honor should come down to the
lower end Of the state this year.
mas announced his candidacy is P 3.
Oakley. OF Geneva vice-chairman Of
the state publicity committee. VINO
will make the fight for election as
third vice-comm ander. He IS chairman
Of the Ontario County Legion. and an
aggressive mem Dership campaign d.
rected by him greatly increased the
Legion's strength there
The proposal to remove the depart
ment headquarters from this city to a
more central location probably will
0e considered at the convention The
Leg ons officers are selected from dif-
ferent sections of the state and some
Of them find the trip to New York too
lar. A. last years convention the
proposition was made that the Ameri-
can Legion est,a permanent head
quarters in any city offering the best
building, and TINS may be taken up
month
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
Undertaken Is Indicted by L. S.
For alleged Soldier Burial Fraud

The American Leaions crusade
against INSCRIPTIONS undertakers who
are charged with having presented
false claims TO the government in con
necton Win the burial og veterans
has resulted in one Indictment and
leaders in the movement are contiden.
OF bringing about others.
The Federal grand jury on Friday
last returned an Indictment agans.
William A. Skahll Of 36S West Fiftieth
Street, who is accused OF fraud in con-
nection with the care of the body Of
Arthur Cliff, a veteran who was found
drowned at Staten Island last April.
Skahill, since Noyem Der, 1920, under
an agreement with the United States
Public Health authorities. has buried
between seventy-five and one hundred
eX-service men. The punishment, in
case OF conviction on the false claim
charge. is a fine Of not more than
$1,000 or five years imprisonment, or
both.
The charge on which the Indictment
against Skahill Is predicated IS failure
TO furnish herm eticallv sealed box
outside the coffin containing Cliffs
body. Prosecutor Mattuck SAYS the
government also viii prove that the
undertaken violated the agreement BY
failing to bury the soldiers body in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
Rate to Convention
Eight Railroads Announce Cut
for Delegates 10 Conference

Four more railroads have announced
a special rate Of one cent d mile for
members of the American Legion and
the Women's Auxiliary who attend the
Legion's annual national convention
at Kansas City, October 81 10 Novem-
Der 2. The additional lines granting
the special rate are the Chicago, Nil
waukec g. St Paul, the Wabash, tho
illinois Central and the Chicago and
Great Western.
Az the special rate Icgionnalres will
be enabled to travel from Seattle to
Kansas City for about $40 The roads
Offering the reduced tariff touch the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts and extend
from Minneapolis to southern points Of
Texas 1t is expected that several
Eastern roads VIII soon announce simi-
lar reductions.
The roads which up TO date have Of
fercd the special rate are, besides
those mentioned, the Frisco, the Kan
SAG City Southern, the Missouri Pacific
and the Rock Island.