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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
ABSENTEE MINE
own NERSh|P@ HIT
Major Subject to Be Investlga-
3 tIon by New Commission.

Absentee ownership in the mine
industry. is one Of the major SUBJ
jects that should be Investigated by
the coal fact-finding commission, is
the opinion of committee represent
ing the United Mine Workers in q
report to the coal fact-finding COM
mission, which invited the miners to
make comment and suggestions.
The miners say absentee owner
ship "is an evil that has much to
do with the strained relations and
unfortunate conditions, which exist
in the industry"
Other subjects that should be con-
sidered are profit-taking middlemen,
regulation of coal production, sur
vey Of transportation and coal stor-
ale facilities.
= I'VE believe that the commission
should ascertain why 1t is that the
price Of coal to the domestic con,
sumer Is always higher than the
price to railroads and other. large
purchasers. We believe this line
could be developed if the t:commis-
sion would inquire into railroad
coal contracts and the methods by
which such contracts saras anade.""
r The miners suggest that: the COM
mission investigate whethsr, ..capit-
+ alizatfon is water; upon whiel, the
coal consumer 40 re4uirsd to pay in
9sfsst and divtdends.: ...As wen as
wages.
THE commission should ascertain
the actual mine cost Of production
and then: compare that cost with the
price: which the consumer pays and
find out who gets the money rep
resented by those two figures"
In considering the wages Of miners
the commission is reminded that a
fair computation would be based on
annual earnings rather than on the
daily earnings.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
WAS Death FROM ANTHRAX
OR FROM SHAVING SELF?

T. Men who shave are likely to be
piling up difficulties for. their wi
dows IT. death be from anthrax. On
Nov. 16,. 1915, William Eldredge.z q.
tannery laborer for the Endicott-
johnson CORPORATION, =. developed a
swelling in his neck, That day he
shaved as usual: On Nov. 20, he died
Of anthrax. Did the death arise out
of his employment, - .', -
j The New York commission has
decided twice. in the negative and
once; In the affirmative. The appel
late division once granted a .con,-
pensation award and later denied it.
The court Of appeals, which earlier
reversed the appellate divisions ia
vorable award. now-seven. years aft
er the in1ury--is granting permission
for an appeal from their adverse de-
cision! "'rE =,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
MINERS BAT Tie.
AGAINST |. | ! !. STEEL |! | !: |.
- A Ush II
3 - Ca 2 =,
Big Corporation Il Sen Pace; ?
Small Owners Must Follow. ).

Here's a Dcture Of Somerset, KY;
where miners are still on striker :
Twelve hundred : miners :evicted;
their families set out on the public
road = "'a'
The .company-owned towns stand
half-empty. - -: 81. -: :: s;;.:> =,
4: Nearly 500 families in tents and
huts face the winter: The union has
begun building winter barracks. =:
Armed mine guards and "depu-
ties's surrounded the towns: L.:
sSubservient tax-gatherers are seiz-
ing miners goods for taxes not due
until next year. Now the water sup
ply Is being cut off from the tent
colonies. &, ~.,s... -
Many miners are still: in jail for
Nt'violating injunctions.' d. Is !. n
Three miners have been" kin3d.
Guards We're arrested for the Niins
of@two. = :S - = - z
After six months of strike, winter
appfoache In the mountains. Wo-
men: and children in tents begin to
chill and sicken.s ID IS a.. .@g. Z i, 81
And there Isl the short and simple
story Of whe own. the mines Of s,eln, ,
erset. 10. s &. y Il - 81. .
J laS ssmeras.sts NJ, ma 81 p.niea 4 daaaap.
inate: The BerWind -Whits Coal. 60,
IL Broadway, president Ell. Ber-
wind, a power in transportation In
terests, especially in New York City
transit; and the Constellation Coal
Co., 81 Wal street, president ex-
Senator G. w: Watson, (John IS.
Rockefeller, Jr.. is represented on
it's board: Of directors). Two other
larges companies are the Hillman Coal
& Coke; and the Quema honing Coal
Co., representing Pittsburgh finan-
ciers, including the bank Of Andrew
w. Mellon, secretary Of the treasury,
Some Of !, these companies have
signed the union agreement in fields
that have long since been union. I'VE
had to do it there" they say. In Som
erset they follow the lead of the Steel
CORPORATION. - ,l~ts.. =? :.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
GOVERNMENT BY Law IS 4
IGNORED BY: U. IS. JUDGE

Federal Judge Safer OF Columbus,
Ohio, Illustrated what organized la
Dor means when it demands govern
ment by: law when he sentenced two
men to. Jail for 80 days for making
sarcastic remarks about q group Of
strikebreakers in. a railroad coach.
The men were not accused Of Svio-
latins a law. and were denied q trial
by jury. The court considered the
men did wrong. 1t IS his personal
opinion. There is no law to sustain
him. - ~ { =, f:c-%t Z. y ~
I When trade unionists oppose gov-
ernment by injunction, tory-min1ed
persons accuse them Of '.demand-
ms license 10 violate law ].
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
NO SHORT TACE.OF:/ 7
LABOR REPORTED
=BY.LAB|'0|R / { BOARD ! ! ! |
Governments Statistical De-
paltilent Finds Many Workers.

The governments. authoritative
statistical department-the bureau
Of labor statistics-is not q party to
''labor- shortage claims made by
certain government officials and
business men! These claims are, al
ways associated with a demand for
free immigration. a.,
In a. statement just issued the
bureau presents reports on employ
ment in September: from 1858 rep
resentative. establishments in AZ
manufacturing industries, covering
1,345, 162 employees. Comparing the
September. figures with those for
identical establishments for. August,
the statement. says that 1T appears
that in 81 of the AZ industries there
were increases in the number of
employees while in IL there were de-
creases." :; ...
The greatest: increase is ! Is. per
cent in car building and arepairing.
This means there were an additional
158 employees in every 1000 over the
August figure. The next largest in
crease is textiles with 11.3 per cent.
or an additional s11s employees in
every 1000 over the August figures.
Foundry and machine shop employ
ment is third with 10.1 per cent: in
crease, or a gain Of 101 employees in
every 1000 over: the August figures.
The fourth increase is stoves, with
s.4 per cent: flour, with. 8.4 per
cent; tobacco, So per cent,
The gains reported in other in
dustries are in reality fiction. In the
important automobile Industry, the
employed increased one-half Of
per cent over August. This means
that there were five more workers
for every 1900 employed. In; boots
and shoes there were nine more
workers employed: inN electrical ma
chinery, 20.more workers for every
1000 employed in August; in furni-
ture, 10 more. e..workers per 1000: in
glass. seven more workers per 1,e00;
in hardware nine more workers. .in
leather, 20; in paper and pulp,
seven, and in meat packing, 20, more
workers for every*1 900 employed in
August, F,s5s -. 81, -, =. j..
The. greatestssdecEeases. appear An
agriculturai in1o olenaents. A. per Clint
or: ~ workeEs n 600 less than
August: lum bsr 1mil1 workG s:7per
cent, or 81 per 1000 less, and ho-
siery and knit goods, SO per cent,
Or 80 per 1000 less. +.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11

pot Dome oil was being drained. The
Midwestsinterests undertook to OBJ
tain leases in the Teapot Dome oil
field after they had secured the Salt
Lake field but even they did no,
have the temerity to present the
ridiculous and unsupportable excuse
offered as a defense by the secretary
OF the interior in justifying the lease
of the Teapot Dome field to Sinclair.
= As a matter oflfatt, after ten years
of exploration the Midwest interest.
actually abandoned property which
they had acquired lying in the sad
die" between the two fields, thu.
proving conclusively that they had
proved to their own satisfaction that
there was no drainage from the Tea
Pot Dome. field. :, a.. :.. .-.a.... !
+: 4 Can't Be Drained.
- Governm experts and oil com
pany experts have studied the struc.
ture for nearly twenty years and I'M:
variably it has been found that there
was well@defined saddle" between
the two fields making any drainage
from one to other a physical i'm
possibility ,~-s.l- 49, ~, -, : :.
, Every claim offered in justification
of the leasing of the Teapot Dome oil
fields to the Sinclair interests, which
means Standard Oil. has been ex-
ploded by evidence which it is the
purpose of the International Labor
News Service to lay: before tn peo.
pie Of the country through the labor
press, -
. So far as the claim of drainage
into privately-owned wells from the
Teapot Dome field is concerned, the
final Sclinching evidence that this Is
not possible is found in the, fact tha,
the Teapot Dome reserve covers not
only the whole of the Teapot Dome
structure but extends far enough
northward to also cover a portion OF
the. SALT Creek fstructurs sE1t IS sfac,
established by experts that II any
drainage from the Great Teapot
Dome naval reserve were possible
the drainage could not in any even,
amount to more than the loss ir
transportation by pipe line in the
Atlantic sea hoard
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
MlGHT DISCUS DANGERS
Of, CLASS II6ls ALTON

The Illinois Miner prints this .ad-
vertisement Of as possible lecture
Having within the past ysar
wiped out most pf the labor .yectiona
of the Clayton act deciarin3 picket
ing illegal. that 9 tax: on the prod.
ucts Of child labor Is 'unconstitu-
.tiona1. that the fund s1abSr
unions can be- seized for dSAshnnaE ].
that stock diyidends can not he
taxed under the income tax, aeyt. NJ ,sixl'
shall look forward with Joyous aIi-
ttcipatiq to q lecture BY Bin TAFT,
on The Dangers of Class IexssIa-
tion.'. ~ s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11

IL seems now. B. 1OFe8One C0nC1u-
sion,> according to information in
possession of ;, International Labor
News Service, that the entire ques-
ton will be threshed out on the floor
of congress and perhaps Z special
investigation ordered. -~.s' s fs>5 x.
! One Of the principal reasons for
leasing Teapot Dome to the sinclai1
Oil company given by the depart
ment of the interior, Of which Albert
B. Fail, former, New Mexico senator
is secretary, was that private Wells
adjoining the Teapot Dome field were
draining the Teapot Dome supply
and that eventually this great naval
oil reserve would be depleted by
this drainage to adjoining wells In
vestigations by. the United States
Geological Survey show this claim
to be utterly without founda ion and
information as to the findings of the
Geological Survey was Of course
available to- the department., Of the
interior when the lease%of the Tea
pot Dome field was made to the Sin
clair OH company, a Standard OIL
Subsidiary. -" - = 5 t.
Relation to Salt, Creek. ..*@
:. In Bulletin SO, of the U. S. Geo
logical Survey of 1915 prepared by
G. II. Wagemann, there appears the
following: paragraph. T. -
''Fhe Teapot or Saddle Rock Pool
is on the southern extension of the
Salt Creek anti-cline5 and is separ
ated from the main Salt Creek pool
by a structural depression that. lies
southeast OF F'reWen's" Castle. The
Teapot anti-cline is 1.self divided in
to two domes., the. crest OF one OF
which lies in Sec. and 10, T. 3s, N,
f. Is W., and the other in Secs. 2s
and SO, TAG n, r. 80: w. The north
ern dome. is therefore about four
miles southeast Of the south end OF
The Salt Creek OH pool = Sss@S~:
TT is perhaps of some Significance
that Mr.: ::vaEemann is now chief
geologiyt of the Midwest Refining
company. = = = =,
The, Midwest interests secured the
Salt Lake oil field into which it has
been claimed a portion OF the Tea
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
NO DEFLATION HERE.

There will be no deflation for
stockholders Of the American Smelt-
Ing and Refining company, which
announces that profits for the: last
six months are double the profits for
the same period last year. This
years profits amount. to $6,0s3,536,
as against 49, SIS, 776 a year ago. T.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
i r. s.. SAVINGS DROP.

There has been a, drop :of more
than ~ 900, 900 since 1919 in pos
tai savings deposits. Most Of the
decrease has taken place. within the
last few months. When it is recalled
that these deposits are always re-
.ferred to as barometer of employ
ment conditions, the songs Of labor
shortage and the need for more, i'm
migrants lose their force. :E..>:..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11

!. Wise F0ln1C1a Tactics.
Early in. the Champaign an effort
was made to induce either DR.. Ship
stead or Mrs. Olesen to withdraw
from the race to enable one. of them
/ to make the runs single handed
/, against Mr.. .KefltseN IT, was believed
J by the advocates,a af such a plan that
IT. was the only tWhy to defeat the
I Republican candidate. 49,,
however, when representative pro-
gressives in both groups from the
various sections 'o4 sthe state were
consulted 1t was dee) he'd sadvisable to
keep up the three.cornered fight.
Had Mrs. Olesen Withdrawn in the
interest Of DR.. smpstead, conserva-
tive Democrats and many women
voters would have supported Kellogg,
and such support would have in
sured his election
Had shipstcsd Withdrawn.
On the other hand had DR.. Ship
stead withdrawn, in faver of Mrs.
Olesen the stampede to kellogg, it
was believed, would have been great
er. Persons prejudiced against vot-
ing for a woman, for senator and
those who would not,yote for a DEM
ocrat under any circumstances COM
prised a very large element that was
supporting DR.. Shipstead.
7 The returns Of the election have
Justified the course that was taken.
DR.. shipstead and Mrs. Olesen met
thousands of voters and both ever
lastingly pegged away at Kellogg's 8
reactionary record. s,.without saying
anything unkind Of each other. The
indictments they brought against the
senator with telling. force produced
Just the effect that,Nas Intended.
H. Reactionariess Detented.
The election OF Dr.. Shipstead can
not be claimed wholly as a Farmer
Labor party victoEy,. hytsitSis q great
.victory' for the "a 49, - which farm
ers, workers and the great masses
Of the people sossv1tatI .c1ns
cerned. With the election 81 La FpE-
lette, Brookhart and probably Fra
zier insNorth Dakota, the defeat Of
, Beveridge, Pomerene;l Frr:eeylinShuy-
sen and Townsend and the close rub
Senator; Lodge got ln-:.Massachusetts,
reaction has been pretty successfully
pulled from the saddle on which II
was .madly riding At Washington.
The election was'a Revere rebuke
to the Harding administration. The
newspapers, mostly reactionary, will
not say much about that, feature <of
ii, but it is a fact nevertheless. 1t Is
a rebuke to Daughefty and his gov
ernment by Injunction. It Is a rebuke
to; the organized, enemies Of Labor
who have used the Harding admin
istration to assist tbkm in their at
tempt to weaken, II. not. destroy,
union labor. 1t is a. rebuke to the
privilege grabbers who were never
SO eager to tap public sand private
purses as during and since the, war.
= Il T. A Better col Coming.
+ The election means that the: work
ers. the farmers, the isalaried people
and the small business men are to
!. be given better deal, than they have
been getting. 1t means the end OF
= comp pulsory arbitration talk and leg
islation. 1t means the repeal Of the
vicious Esch-Cummins law. It means
death; to- ship subsidy, And finally it
means that Newberry will be un-
seated unless he resigns from the
senate. We have been to normalcy
and beyond. The people have had
enough of. it. A new era for the
enactment of progressive. legislation
is about to dawn
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
! Accessory to Murder.

- -, A"AsAASASAst
= Keeney had been. called to trial
on q charge OF accessory to a mur-
:der-the. charge growing out Of the
attempted march of union miners
Into Logan county several months
ago In protest of the feudaf con-
ditions in its coal fields. r..
: Efforts Of the prosecution to call
William Blizzard to trial sson the
same charge. after Keeney had been,
granted a change III venue, brought
a ruling from the court. that, fur
ther proceedings would be sus-
pended until after the Court Of Ap-
peals Of West Virginia has pessed
upon the action Of the1epurt here
In granting a. new change OF venue
in a case which. was originally res
moved here from Logan county:
This ruling is expected in about fif-
teen. days. While granting the,
change of venue, the court declined !
to issue an Injunction against the coal
interests of the state from partici-
pating In the prosecution and put
ting; up the money for conducting
1ne tr9ais. ys.o-;5E,.,s: : s-f7s
81 e. J First Defeat. = 80, .
Keeney's victory brings to the coal
interests their big defeat in the ef-s
fort to, oust the miners union from
the state. Incidentally, it exposes
In q court of record the activities of
the coal interests in using the prose-
cutting power of. the state to fight
the miners union. :, =. -. .,s -
.ktt0rney eys for the prosecution BIT
terly contested the motion of Keeney
for change in venue. It was
claimed that one change in venue
issallsthat the law allows. and that
Keepeg was enjoying that in having
his trleI reu1pved S to Jeffersou
eounit Y fsnnsf 14fah eountss It. was
Claimed that the court did not have
the power to grant a second change,
and ma laintained that the allegations
of prejudice In jefferson county
were nnfounde + sszg
About 100 affidavits were offered
from residents Of Jefferson county.
wi1eret-three convictions had already
taken place in the treason cases,
that no fixed prejudice exists in the
county, and that Keeney could ''get
a fair jury > n The court ruled these,
affidavits were too general in char
acter to be Of value, .S3'ss 49,;
Sought to Stop Flood OF Money.
-,saKeenev'ss motion for = change II,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
GT-FANCY. NAME,

The word "strikebreaker'' IS ta-
booed among our best citizens. The
term lacks refinement and it's use
tends to discourage. the art of
smashing strikes. "4>-
The new word is Replacement" }"
It is proper now to say Replacement
worker instead of 'strikebreaker.''
Among real men, however, the
old fashioned term will be retained
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11

Workers and Farmers BY Fine Strategy Retire Railroad Sen
atq' labots Enemies Generally Defeated at Elections.

The Of the people scored fine victory election
Tuesday they voted retire Frank Kellogg
Washngton the railroad life. His de-
Feat the result of fine political strategy played by
the abor and the progressive Democrats Wise
and knowing soens of the old school could Kel-
logs could be with two candidates against him. They
figured that the conservative would junior senator
while the liberia and radical vote would be divided
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
i: EXPRESS co. is LIABLE.

The Connecticut state compensa-
ton commissioner has ruled that the
American express company is,sliable
for injuries sustained by any: of its
employees, although the company has
refused to accept the terms OF the
Connecticut workmen's compensation
law. r. -. ID
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11
Mine OWNERS EIBAckN
West VIRGINIA TREASON CASES
Crushing Blow Dealt Goal bo Is en Coult Ordered Change
Of Venue From Pejdcsd Co unly III Trials Of ualon Men,
By nterns,,iiio,n.aI ia. l.ab,ofi, is, !, Ne1,, Service

Charles Town W. o-snashng defeat for West
Virginia: unholy and this
county criminal for c. Frank Keeney president Of
No. ~ Of the United Mine Workers Of America This
county with likelihood that further will
be ATTEMPTED
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-11-11

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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-11-23
PERSONALS

E. P. German transacted business
in Rhinelander on Friday.
Glenn Blakley has returned from
business trip to Chicago.
Col G. Pier spent a part of last
week in Chicago on business.
w. w. Albers departed for Madi-
son and Milwaukee Sunday evening.
F. W. Kickbusch, Jr, who came to
Wausau recently to attend the funer-
al OF his mother, has returned to Cal
ifornia.
DIR. Merritt L. Jones is visiting
IN Boston, Mass. His wife was al
ready there and the two will return
home next week
W. A. Koch, cashier of the Citi-
zen's State bank, was at Oshkosh the
latter part of last week attending a
conference of bankers.
/, II. II. Jacob and A. L. Marks spent
the past week in South Dakota hunt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-11-23

ing and returned home Friday loaded
down with ducks and pheasants.
Miss Margaret Clark who is teach
ing school at Tomahawk visited this
week end at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arson Arson H.
Clark
L. H. Cook and son, Russell, hunt
ed deer near Spirit Falls last week.
They were joined toward the latter
part OF their stay by George Cook, of
Unity.
Harry French returned to. Madi-
son Friday after stopping in the city
day after returning from the north
where he was fortunate enough to
get buck
Mrs. Ellington of Pittsville, Wis.
returned home Sunday after spending
week in the city. She came up to
attend the funeral of the late Mrs.
f. W. Kickbusch.
ID. McNaughton, Most Illustrious
Grand Master of the Grand Council,
r. & S. M, of Wisconsin, will attend
the session of the Warren council at
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-11-23
UNEMPLOYED GO TO LONDON
Hunger Marchers From All Parts of
England and Scotland Arrive in
British Capital.

London, Nov. 20.-Unemployed "hun-
ger marchers," who Travelled afoot to
London from all parts of England and
Scotland to lay their demand for state
maintenance before the prime min
lister, held vigorous demonstration In
Trafalgar square. The attitude OF AIR
Bonar Law in refusing to receive the
deputation last week was denounced
and they declared they would not
bulge from the capital until their rep
resentatives had had personal inter
view with the head of the govern
ment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-11-23

Green Bay on Wednesday evening,
November 29th when the super excel
lent degree of the order will be con-
ferred Invitations have been r,v.
ceiyed by other Wausau men to -
tend
w. B. Scholfield, NJ NJ Scholf1eld
and H. H. Scholfield returned Friday
night from Milwaukee where they
took the degrees of the Wisconsin.
Consistory last week.
w. R. Scholfeld returned Tues
day from Chicago where he spent
several days on business after taking
the degrees of the Wisconsin Con-
sistory at Milwaukee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-11-23
IRON RULE FOR GERMANY
British Will Back France to the Limit
on Preparations, Says
Dispatch.

Paris, Nov. 20.-Sir John Bradbury,
British member of the reparations
commission, received instructions
from London to support the French
reparations claims against Germany
to the utmost limit.
This was Great Britain's fulfillment
Of Lord Curzon's promise to Premier
Poincare Of British support for
France In making Germany buck up
and pay. The promise was given In
return for hearty French support Of
peace terms in the Near East salts
factory to the British empire.