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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-12-19
COMMISSION TO ACT ON
MINE UNION CHARTERS

By international Labor News Service
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. a.
President John L. Lewis of the Unit
ed Mine Workers, revoked the chart
ers Of ten local unions in District No.
1, Pennsylvania, the members OF
which engaged in an illegal strike in
an effort to settle a number of griev-
ances with the Pennsylvania and Hill
dale Coal & Iron Company operating
in the Pittston district.
At the international headquarters
here President Lewis called in sew
eral members Of the international ex-
ecutive board and appointed a COM
mission to go to the district and take
charge of its affairs. The commit
tee is headed by Neal ]. Ferry, Hazle-
ton, Pa, executive board member in
District z. Associate members of the
commission are: John O'Leary of
Pittsburgh, District 5; John ]. Mates
Williamstown, Pa, District 3; Ed.
Dobbins, Belleville, ILL.,, District IL,
and John Ghizoni, Homer City, Pa.
District 2.
The commission was empowered to
act in adjusting the grievances.
The strike was called over the pro-
tests of the District officials by the
general grievance committee Decem-
Der 2. President Lewis, on being ad-
vised of the situation, ordered the
men to return to work pending set
tlement, on pain of having their char
ters revoked. The strikers refused
to heed the warning and the revoca-
tion was ordered.
The men say the company refused
to adjust grievances affecting rates
and working conditions in this field.
The company announced that it would
treat with the men after they re-
turned to work, but this offer was
rejected. Some 10000 men were af-
fected by the revocation decree.
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(By Clint c. Houatonl

Quest of an old-fashioned labor
story with a 1924-mOdel sequel
brought me to the seventh floor of the
American Federation of Labor build
ing where the door leading to the
private Office of Sam Gompers stood
wide open. / wanted to ask him about
his arrival in this country as an inn
migrant boy so years ago and of first
impressions gained in the 'land of
liberty"
AS l entered the ante-room United
States senator was leaving. Sam
grants interviews freely to all sorts
of persons, and when in Washington
works overtime without receiving the
customary price and one-half. No
card or conference by appointment"
is necessary when one visits the vet
eran chieftain of the American labor
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BIG PER CENT OF TOILERS IDLE
FROM ONE YEARS END TO OTHER

By International Labor News Service
New York City, Dec. 1S.-The
United States, most prosperous ma
tion on the face of the earth, con-
stantly tolerates one of the greatest
of human wastes-unemployment. In
times of prosperity, as well as in per-
iods of depression, millions of men
and women are out of work.
This is the conclusion of the Russell
Sage Foundation, which estimates
that, averaging good and bad years,
10 to IL per cent Of all workers in
the nation are idle all of the time.
The estimate was made in connection
with an investigation of employment
agencies which occupied representa-
tives of the Foundation for five years.
The report states that from 100000
to 100000 persons are out of work
TOR weeks and sometimes for months
at a time.
Many Workers Found Idle
The report says:
That, averaging good and bad
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years, 10 to 12 per cent of all the
workers in the United States are out
of work all the time.
That widespread unemployment is
now a constant phenomenon with far
reaching economic, social psychologist
cal and moral bearings.
That in seeking work through GER
tain types of commercial or fee
charging employment bureaus-par-
ticularly those dealing with unskiIled
and casual labor-thousands of men
and women are being exploited.
That public employment bureaus
and exchanges can make a material
contribution toward the solution Of
this and other phases of the ever-re-
curing problem of unemployment.
Resentment Follows Idleness -
Then the report says:
''There is something which we are
just beginning to recognize: A re-
sentiment on the part of the workers
against an industrial situation in
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Gompers is deadi No one can fit
tingly sound the depth of sorrow that
stunned millions of wage workers
last Saturday morning when the sor-
rowful news flashed over the wires
and was reproduced in the headlines
Of the newspapers. Sam Gompers
was no ordinary leader of men. He
was the idol of Americas wage work
ers and no man ever meritted more
than he the sincere affection bes-
towed upon him on every hand. Sam
knew the pains of poverty and de-
voted his life to its alienation. He
was born in abject poverty in the
slums of London. He came to New
York with his father and mother
while still boy and started working
at the bench as an apprentice cigar
maker, and as such joined the union
of his craft when fifteen years of age.
From that day until the end came
he devoted his entire energies, and
mental and physical, to the cause of
trades unionism. He, together with
few associates, founded the Amer
ican Federation of Labor as the sue
cessor to the old Knights of Labor,
which had then begun to disintegrate
Sam Gompers was the father of the
American Federation of Labor, and
the whole structure has been reared
under his expert guidance.
Mentally, he lowered head and
shoulders above every other man in
the labor movement of the world.
He possessed the courage of lion
and an irresistible personality that
made friends out of all who came in
contact with him. He was a most
resourceful fighter and keen diplo-
mat. His resourcefulness and dip
lomacy saved the American Fedora
tion of Labor from destruction on a
thousand occasions when those less
fortunately fitted could not have
saved it. His vision bordered on the
supernatural. Time and again he
found it necessary to stand alone
hewing straight to the line only his
vision saw, surrounded by doubling
friends and seofang enemies, only Il
| have tins and developing events
PINS EAe soundness Of his judgmen
and the cIearness of his vision. Tht
years ultimately brought him his
well earned position of unquestioneC
} leadership, but no power conferred
On him was ever abused. Neither
money, position, nor associations with
the great ever altered his fundament-
al democracy and his devotion to the
men at the bottom.
For example,: Sam counted among
his many personal friends the pres
ent King Of England, yet on his visits
to London, the greater portion Of his
time was devoted to visits in the
slums and associations with old
friends and acquaintances still located
there. On his last visit to Seattle,
he postponed several important en-
gagements at the New Richmond
Hotel while he walked down to chat
with his old friend Hans Evers, selling
newspapers at the corner of the L. c.
Smith Building. A large boquet Of
flowers, presented to him by admir-
ing friends were Immediately trans
ferred by Sam to an old lady friend
employed in the Hudson Bay Com
pany's Fur Store. Sam was surfeited
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OPERATORS WOULD TRY
TO SIARVE OUT Miners

international Labor News Ssruieq
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. H.
Freezing and starving the miners en-
ploved by the Bethlehem Mines Cor
poration Of Barracksville, w. Va, Is
the plan apparently now in force TO
compel the men to accept a reduction
in wages, according to adyices re-
ceived by the United Mine Workers
here.
After signing a contract with the
United Mine Workers, the Bethlehem
company worked 3 short period under
it and then closed down the workings.
A few months later a notice was post
ed to the effect that the mines would
resume work on the open shop plan
and at the 1917 wage scale. After
beating the bushes for scab worlmen
few reported. The concern built
gates at all the roads leading to the
camp and prohibited the locked-out
union men from leaving the camp or
allowing any one to enter, even rela-
tives of the. men. The non-uni0n
worlxmen were enclosed in a barri-
cade guarded by 40 armed guards.
Meanwhile the union miners are
sticking. The company refuses to sell
them coal OF permit any to be brought
in from the outside. They lack cloth
ing and many of the ordinary things
of life, but they declare they intend
to stick until the finish, freeze or
starve. The international Union is
giving what assistance it can and
such as is permitted by injunctions
and court rulings.
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GOMPERS' EARLY LIFE

movement. You simply enter the open
door and wait your turn-as demo-
cratic as barber shop.
Sam was partaking of his midday
luncheon-two lettuce sandwiches and
glass of milk-and during inter-
ludes dictated to a stenographer,
while in one corner of the room a
noted sculptor was busy modelling a
lifesize clay bust of Mr.. Gompers,
after which a bronze cast will be
made for a New York labor organ
ization. The artist said he preferred
to work when Mr.. Gompers was en-
gagged in conversation with a visitor,
because 1t afforded exceptional op-
portunity to catch his natural express
sion and put real life into the clay
figure.
First Impression
"You want to know my first i'm
preston upon coming to America as
lad Of 1S years. Well, came over
on a sailing vessel and it required
seven weeks to make the trip from
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GOMPERS' DEATH IS
MOURNED BVNATION,
LAST HOURS HEROIC

Death quietly closed the career Oh
Americas veteran labor leader, Sam
uel Gompers, at 4:05 o'clock the
morning Of Saturday, December 13.
All the world knows and followed
breathlessly his sturdy fight to reach
American soil after having been
stricken while attending the inaugu-
ration ceremonies of President Gales
IN Mexico City. So close was this
race with death, that had his stay in
Mexico City been prolonged but six
hours his wish to reach the United
States alive could not have been full
filled.
The following official statement was
issued by Frank Morrison, secretary
of the American Federation of Labor,
from San Antonio, Texas, on the day
of his death.
president Gompers died at 4:05
o'clock this morning after heroic ef-
forts to save his life. DIR. Lee Rice
and DIR. w. S. Hanson of San Antonio
were in attendance.
'Dr. Rice stated that Mr.. Gompers'
heart failed to respond to restora-
tives. There had been an acute con-
dition of the heart and kidneys for
fully a year and half past. It was
impossible to overcome the weakness
of the heart.
Every possible measure was taken
to prolong Mr.. Gompers' life but to
no avail. At 2:30 this morning he
uttered his last words. Nurse, this
is the end, he said, God bless our
American institutions. May they
grow better day by day.
"From that time until the end Mr..
Gompers was unconscious. His
breathing was heavy until just few
moments before the end. As death
approached his face became calm and
he sank peacefully and quietly into
his last slumber. In accordance with
a wish expressed in Mexico City
when he believed the end to be near,
Weep President James Duncan held
Mr.. Gompers' hand and he passed
away. -
''Mr. Gompers, during. his last
moments, was surrounds bya group
the members of which have for years
been his intimate associates and
cOworkers. They were DR.. Lee Rice
and DR.. w. S. Hanson Of San Anton-
10; Frank Morrison, Secretary OF the
American Federation of Labor; Vice
Presidents James Duncan, Matthew
Woll and Martin F. Ryan; w. D.
Mahon, President of the Amalgamat-
ed Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employees; John P. Frey,
Editor Of the Molders Journal and
President of the Ohio State Feder-
alton Of Labor; Florence C. ,.Thorne,
Member Of the A. f. Of L. Research
staff; William C. Roberts, Chairman
of the A. F. of L. Legislative Com
mittee; Chester M. Wright, Director
A. F. Of L. Information and Publicity
Service; ]. B. Giles and E. ]. Tracy,
Members of the A. F. Of L, office
force; T. J. McQuade, Plate. Printers
Union, Washington, d. c.; C$N. Idar,
A. F. of L. Organizer in San Antonio;
Joseph L. Lynch, Member of the
Amalgamated Association Of Street
and Railway Employees and A. L.
Bytal, U. S. immigration Officer. The
two nurses present were NJ. H. May,
r. N, of New York and Miss Marie
-Jameton, R. N, of San Antonio"
Physicians Statement
The following statement concern
ing Mr.. Gompers' death was furnish
ed to Secretary Frank Morrison Of
the American Federation of Labor by
Continued on Page Five)
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g The following interview reprinted
from the 1924 Labor Press Annual
shows how extremely democratic he
was and tells in his own words his
early history and impressions of this
country.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-12-19

Union printers in Boston accept
wage increase of per cent.
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Gompers Is Dead

A TRIBUTE BY W. SHORT PRESIDENT WASHINGTON
STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-12-19

Official Organ Of the Aber-
deen Central Labor Council,
H0quiam Trades and Labor
Council and the Washington
State Federation Of Labor.
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NOW GO on WITH THE STORY

- ET'S see the card again, Ma
will your" Mike asked Il
IL don't begrudge the poor girl
anything, but I'm curious about her
slipping away like that She was just
a girl, wasn't she? Didn't Use say
she was young?"
Ma Brennan nodded
She thought she was, from the
slimness of her even in the blanket
she was half runnin', as if she
couldn't get in quick enough out of
me horror of it all, an small won
.leri Nobody seen her go. The card
; up there on the shelf In my sew
ag box, Michael, an I can give her
ack her money. 'Twould be Sallie' S
wish. we'll I know"
Miss Bertha Hosmer.' " Mike
I'D This isn't a regular visiting
arc Ma; it is Just a cheap thing
t.nsed on one OF those little hand
rsssAs ike they have out at the
u.dseasent park You'd hardly think
girl who would carry that could
ford to throw a couple of fifty-dol-
bills around so easy. and why do
~ suppose she didn't TyvF-e a word
; explanation on it or ev~~ ~ adj
ress?"
What would she be writin' it with,
ne burnt end of a match?' Ma Bren-
IN demanded. ." Twas the only ex-
lanation she could make. Leavin'
ne card with the money showed that
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and she was limpin' worse than ever. ="
Guess you're right, George; She
must have come from the wreck, -
Mike added ESPECIALLY if she had
any handbags or anything with her.
Now 1 come to think OF it she did
have a bag-a black one, and real
handsome. though the brown suit she
was wearin' seemed to be kind Of
shabby. Gettin' off here, sergeant?
Amt, you goin' on to headquarters"
mo. COT to see Joe a minute. ;"
he waved a friendly hand as he swung
off the step. leaped in front Of a lone
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He was proud Of the fact that the
young sergeant considered him the
best chemist in town and helped him
out on more than one case, but now
Mike laughed rather forcedly as he
followed him into the musty little
back room and shutting the door,
drew fro mthe envelope the lock of
curling, golden hair
Nothing of much importance, Joe.
I'm just kind of suspicious about a
certain lady and I thought I'd Sc
what you thought ef her hair"
"Humphy' joe pushed his speota-
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q Ne& NeA s5aVIte "

somebody'd been here an paid for
sOmethin', so that when 1 found the
clothes gone I wouldn't think thief
had broke in"
It's hard to tell the ways of Provi-
dence, Ma" he remarked. There's
little I can say to you to comfort you
now. but you don't know what you
have done for me tonight, giving me
this lock of hair, How beautiful and
bright it was, wasn't it. Almost too
bright to be natural. If 1 hadn't
known Sallie since she was a little
girl would have wondered if maybe
she didn't touch it up"
Take shame to yourself, Michael
Curtis for the thought" Ma Bren-
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Jaw,IhArp
MARTIN

Not only that, but the curtis not
natural, either. Looks as if she'd
had one of those things they call Al
permanent wave put on 1t two orr
three months ago and it had DOM
menced to come in straight, but OF
course I couldn't tell how long agM
unless I knew how close this was CT e
off to her head. She's had it bleachdsf'
over again, though, since. GUS ST
that's all I can tell you about IL o.
less you care to leave It here-w
Mixer -
Continued In Our Maxs xssRes <
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I continued to take it for some time,
and now am doing all my own work,
even washing and ironing: and never
felt better IN my life. I tell all my
friends that the change in my health
Is due to but one thing and that is
LYDIA E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
round I cannot praise it enough. -
Mrs. Anne Young. 1s Amherst St..
charleston, s. G.
I The reason for such a letter from
AIRS. Young is apparent. She got well
and IS grateful. Recently a nation
Wide canvass OF women purchasers
OF Lydia z. Plnkham's Vegetable
Compound was made. and ninety
eight out OF 100 reported that they
rocsived benefit from taking 1t.
Because tbs Vegetable Compound
hax been hslping other women Is rea-
Aoat why Il should hslp you--Advsr-
sHSanSRE,
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oles far down on his nose and exam
ined the strand while Mike waited
with tense nerves and pounding heart
for the verdict Mighty pretty and
fine as silk, but 1t isn't natural.
Shouldn be surprised if it was light,
anyway, but it's been touched up a
mite; peroxide and then something to
take the glitter off.
you're sure Of it, Joe?" Mike 5
voice was suddenly husky, and his
eyes blurred, but the chemist, intent
upon his examination, did not look up.
Its been bleached2''
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jitney and entered the corner drug
store. Hurrying to the prescription
desk at the rear, he waited until the
bladheaded, bespectacled little man be-
hind 1t had wrapped up a small box
of powders for fussy old lady and
rung up the amount on the cash
register.
Hello Joer'
did you want to see me, Mixer"
the baldheaded little man beamed ex-
pectatnly upon him and lifted the leaf
in the counter. Come int the back
ROOM"
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BEGIN HERE TnnAY

Szllie Peck. empiOye of the Fair Deal
Five & Ten. quarreIs with her police
man sweetheart. Michael Curtis At
night Saliie goes into the back yard 10
take down 3 washing for Ma Brennan.
with whom Salie lives. A crash shakes
the earth and something strikes Salhe
a blow on the head
When she regalns consciousness the
SRI finds herself in strange surround
ings. handsomely furnished 4 French
maid named Therese calls her Ava
Copeland and Madame Copeland. a tail
richly gOwned woman, claims her as
her steD-daughter.
SaIIie meets Cousin Wheeler. who
makes love to her. She resolves to
solve the mystery and nstens at the
door of q room where a conference Is
taking place She learns that she is be-
ing substituted for the real Alva Cope
land. real victim of the wreck
Michael Curtis calls at Ma Brennan's
nome and asks M many Questions.
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just ragged my
self around and
did not have eE
ergy enough 20
get up when 1 sat
down. I read ad-
vertisements of
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound in your
books and learned
about It. L got
benefit from the
very first bottle.
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Fine for Lumbago

Musterole drives pain away and brings
u its place delicious. soothing comfort
lust rub it in gently.
It is a clean, white ointment, made
nth oil of mustard. 1t win not blister
ike the Old-fashioned mustard plaster.
To Mothers: Muste-oIe is also
made in milder form for babies
and small children. Ask for
Children's MusterOle-
= 8 &c in lars & tubes; hospital size. s.
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MOM'N Pop

well, maybe she was old" sug-
gested Mike tentatively.
mo. stree" the other retorted. "She
was young and mighty pretty what
YOU could see of her through that
heavy brown veil she had on. but she
oniy shook her head when 1 asked her
If shed been in the wreck and was
hurt. After a while, when we was
gettin' into Kingsville she asked If we
was goinf near any other railroad line
runnin' into New York, so I put her
down TO Kingsville station. though
she'd have a coupe of hours TO wait,
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was troubled with Pimples
and blackheads for about FIVE
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MRS, YOUNG
ENTHUSIASTIC
nOtPraise Lydia E.Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Enough. Sick
Women Read This Letter

II was completely rundown and
not able to do my housework- l
, 1924-09-20

London. Sept. l6th-R Federation by the
C4binet Of Northern Ireland, which met
today at StreatIy on Thames, the resi-
dence of Sir James Craig, the Ulster Pre-
mier, Of its previous decision not to APP
point a representative on the boundary
commission to settle the dispute b,tVeen
Ulster and the Irish STATE, undoubtedly
means precipitation of a rev Irish crIsl-,
in the opinion Of oficia! observers. u
less an entirely unexpected deyeIopm, t
takes place, Parliament viii re9sSemble t
Westminster on Septen Der th.rjieth, in
an atmosphere of utmos gravity TO pass
the legislation necessary to deal with the
boundary question.
, 1924-09-20
OFFICIAL NOTES
Sentemner Il, 1924.

September 13, 1924.
Pursuant to Recommendation One of
the,Jo adopted b. the Colon.
ial Councils of the Municipality Of ST
Thomas and St. John and tine Nunjci-
pality Of St Croix, on February Z, 1924
His Excellency the Governor has issued
an Executive Order establish ng a De.
partment OF Agriculture. Commerce and
Labor, under the Civil Government of
the Virgin Islands OF the United States.
On Monday, September Is, 1924,
Lieutenant Morris Nj. Leonard, Chap
lam Corps, United States Navy, will
under orders of His ExceiI9ncy, the
Governor. relieve Lieutenant Ernest L..
Ackiss, Chaplain Corps, United Stat s
NAVY. Of his present duties as Aide for
Public Welfare, Assis,au, FEDERAL Pro
, 1924-09-20

hibition Hir ctcr, and member Of the
Library Commission of st. Thomas. and
Lieutenant Ackiss will. on September 16,
1924, under appointment from the Gov
ernor, assume duiy as Director of the
newly created Department Of Agr'cul-
ture, Commerce and Labor.
, 1924-09-20

At 300 P. NJ. on Sunday, Septem-
Der II, 1924, the bedy OF the late Lieu
terant Colonel Thomas H. Brown, y. S.,
NJ. c., will be removed from the Naval
Hospital to the Kings Wharf for trans
fer to the U. S. S. Kjttery. The Pro
cession will be a m htary one Flags
Will be half, masted all day Sunday on
all Government buildings. At Kings
Wharf prayers will be said, the escort
firing three yolleys thereafter and the
bugIer sounding taps. Seven minute
guns will be fired by the s~aluting battery
as The boat leaves King Wharf.
T e final resting place Of The deceased
will be Arlington Cemetery outside
Washington. All plans for a military
funeral have been made by the Major
General Commandant Of the Marine
Corps.
Those who wish to send flowers are
requested to have them delivered to the
Naval Hospital at 2:30 on Sunday.