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OINTEREST TO ORGA2,IZ - oooo SSee this Page Mr. Advertiser I - I - ______________________ ion of the Ill cli Irn 7s~ he point it to our sll)bc Igih-o Ie e\'elinIg. 1tson it is 'us to get or less, il Oll' il (ad s as earl'y LLETIN CK 00 Per Share :SSABLE m ;a = -* m res SP M -lr "PI STEEL TRUST KAISERS CHELLENSED BY LADBOG Atlantic City, N. J., July 10.- A challenge to the United States steel corpio' tionrtion was ltteLred by John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, in an address before the A. F. of L. convention. He urged that congress be asked to in vestigate tile denial of constitutional rights of free assemblage and free speech by municipal officers in west ern Pennsylvania towns. "The steel trust," he said, "has employed thugs to terrorize their employes 'roin attending organizastion meetings. Halls h:a e been denied us. who are trying to organize the workers in the steel industry, and in severall towns, including McKeesport, tile local police and municipal offi cials have ordered that street meet ings shall not he hleldl. I have in imy hand a letter from the chief of police of MclKeesport notifying me that no more street meetings will he allowed in that city, and any attempt to dis obey the order will be met with the arrest of any person attempling to speAnk. "Our answer is that if we cannot obtain halls to hold meetings we will speak in the streets, regardless of the conseqlleneos." The speaker, who is vice chairmnn of the committee now organizing tile steel industry, raid that 10,000 steel and iron employes were organized during the last four months, and A00,000 more" want to be organized, but "the steel trust is fighting the idea tooth and nail." CANADA'S IUNREST NOT BOLSHEVISM London. (By Maii.)--The Man chester Guardian, in discussing the Canadian labor troubles, remarks that labor in Canada has until re cently been weaker ipolitically than in any other part of tne elnpire. "The plresellt upheaval cannot be conveniently accoun-e.: for bly the familiar bogeys of bolshevism and German machlinations," says this pa por. "Profiteering on a scale unknown in this country has been rife. At the same t inme the scarcity of labor and the vimal imlportance of the end to which it has been directed have made ile worknnon realize that now for the first time the reumedy for abuses is ill thieir Onll hands. The demiands of the striker.i s lparllcently ar'e llino more tidratic tllanl t1hose1 whic:h liave already Ibcon conceded or prom:iised in this country." UMBE VOTINF SISTEM IN NEW SOUTH WALES Sydney, Au stralia.-The old nalc 01nal systmn of straight-out voting in New South \Vales has been submiti tuited by the adopltion of prolortional reprmesentation. Instead of the old system of 90 separate seats in the state pIirlilamienlt there are to be. un der the new schelmel, nine divisions returning five mnembers each and 15 mdivisions returning three inenlmbers (Itc.h, lal king, of coutrse, the totall of !: ilmembers. Though prinlmarily Instituted to defeat labor at lthe next election, it i-; now lataed that .in new scheme rather favors the chaitnces of the la Shor party wheni the time conies for facing the electors next Iartch. LABOR OFFICIAL DIES Now York.--Williann V. H. Bright, for over three years secretary-treas urer of the Ihrotherhood of Railway Clerks, died inl a sanitarium at Loom is, this state, after a long illness caused by tuberculosis. CIGAR MAKERS GAIN. WVindsor, Canada.---After a, four weeks' strike, cigar makers eimi ploycd by thlie lheaner Cigar cominpany have secured a ull:on-slttlo agrlee nient which raises wages $1 and $2 a thousand. CARPENTERS GAIN Colorado Springs, Colo., July 10. Carpenters in this city have raised wages from 75 cents to 871 /2 cents an hour for outside workers, and from 58 1-8 to 75 cents for mill men. Engineers Raise Wages. Fredericton, Nova Scotia.-Hoist ing and portable engineers have es tablished a new minimum of $42 a week. "('IEA XING" ESTABLISHMENT Des Moines, Ia.--"What kind of a joint is this?" asked a discharged soldier. discovering that while he was bathing someone tooni his B. V. D.'s, $410 in cash and his girl. NOTICE TO GREAT FALLS READERS. Where tile Bulletin is sold: Oscar Prescott, 18 Second street South. Ed Landgren, 408 First avenue South. The World's News company. Corner First National bank building. Corner Fourth and Central, two regular newsmen. SAM[ OLD STANDAORD OIL Washington, July 10.--Unit' d States depart mental of labor concilia tors are investigati:.- -narges of Al ton, Ill., trade unionists that the Standard Oil plant in that city is vic timizing them. In their letter to the department, the uilioisoits say: "There are 710 or 8100 workers eligible to lhe Intelrnatlionlal Associa tion of Oil Workers in this place, and they are eaIger to organize but the comp)any has threatened to dis charge-any andit all Cmen wlh jOil or even attend meetings. They tell the men that men who affiliate with an organization affiliated with the A. F'. of L. caiin coime to no good enlld. 'lThe bosses and their delteitiv es stand oni the street corner near our meeting plcnc and try to ilnimidate those who woould attendl. There ;s quite a for eign element of wolrkers and all were going to join bult their fo)remlllan told them that all who joined would 1h discharged.' LAND OWN[PS MUST SELL Ottawa, Canada, July I .--A bill before the dominion parliament would force land owners to sell lanld for the benefit of the government's soldier land settlement plan. The soldier settlement board would he sole judge of what lands are retarding agricultural develop ment and it would have the power to go uplon these lands and resort to the necessary processes of law to make them available for soldier set tlement. The board could enter upon any land for the purpose of making surveys and tests. The pending legislation is inl line with a, government order; issued on tebrlary 11 last, empowering the board to acquire land for soldiers and to loani sumis of money, aggregat ing $7,500. to a soldier for land purchase, equipment and the erection of permanent improvements. "SETTLE" UNION IUESTION Nashville, Tenn., Jury 1 0.-On the theory that two and two are five and can't be changed, laundry employers in this city annou:,ce that a trade union in the laundry industry won't work and all unionists are out. A short time ago these employers organized and the bosses posted this notice in their plants: "lt has been proved all over the country that unions are not appli cable to the laundry business and to save confusion both to the employer anld emlploy we will not ellmploy any I one hlonlging to the union, and her'e by notify all who are Inoiw mllemblrsl of the union to eithller withdraw or turn in their resignat ion,~." LABORER DIES IN LANDSLIDE reanttl, July 9.---Frank McLaugh lin, laborer, aged 0C, was: killed in an earth slide at the Puget Sound Brick & Tile company's Detroit avenue plant at i p. im. Saturday. McLaughl lin, who lived in a. housebloat no'5ir the brickyard, left. no trace of his relatives. lie was a membler of the Eagles. BOOKBINDERS GAIN. Rock Ibland, Ill.--- Aftir a thre t' years' fight the Tri-City Bookhinld i.rs' union has ;ecurlle'td n agrl . intent, with ia now wvage scale anild wor:king conditiolns. The''( union inclldes book binders in this city and in Moline, ill., and )Davenport, Iowa. CO-OPS. SAVE MONEY. Bloomington, Ill.--The local Co olperative society made a profit of $1.20-4.94 during the last quarter. Part of this money has hb:n iplalcrd in the reserve fund and the ialalea has been returnled to lllmemberl;h as dividoends. ADOPT 48-HOUR WEEK. Lynn, Mass.--'The (loneral I;lte tric company has installed the 48S hour week in place of 50 hours. \Wages of iemployes paid by the d(lay will net be reduced, but the pitcei workers must work hardier if .hliy are to secure the same rates. Injunction Judge Busy. Chicago.-A score of strikirg cigai makers have been sentenced to jail from 15 to 50 days for violating an injunction. They. insisted on thIie right to picket, contrary to the orders of Judge Denis E. Sullivan of the Cook county superior court. SHEET METAL WOiIKERS GAIN. Chicago.---Severa: hundred sheet metal workers employed by the Coin tinental Can company have won a four days' strike. The agreemlent calls for recognition of the union. a 21 per cent wage increase, shorter hours and improved working condi tions. LESS MINE FATALTIES. Washington.-The bureau of minec reports that 149 :ien were killed during March, 1919, in and about mines in the states reporting, as compared with 186 fatalties in March 1918. The states taat made no ro port were Kansas, Kentucky, Niw Mexico and North Dakota. CARPENTERS ADVANCE. Marysville, Cal.-Carpenters' have secured an advance in wages to $7 a day as a result of an agreement b, tween employers and employed that if living costs were maintained the $6 a day rate would be abandoned. Kentucky "Flag Wavers" Would Intimidate Workers Co ivington, Ky., .July 7. - Denio racy like the l,.ai.mcr led :cto have and patrioti.:lin of the Ifog Island brand are oil the war-path here )ow as r olidl rity of the workers tlhreat enis to as:si~: i thei overtlhrow of plofiteeritig as the fight the boys wore colllpl.ted to eniigage ill iln Fratilc goeis mlerily onl. Sceinlig the rule't or the Amieriian Imoneiy hill; on the idecline a;s the Se!mlt of a .sugglesl ioln lndle· soime Itonlis ago that the od i e wold b ad tlie for demt ocracy, the ('ovinigtoll kaisers ::re endeavoaing to litilonl a frlee lprler.o, fiire spleech, free tho glllt. IPlaurd:s bearing in large tyelie a wainilng to "radicals" Ito cease a:c tivities ill oviigtol n i 'e t! Ilai'cd on Itelepihonie poles anid t feices ini varit oui parti's o tle city, as a notice that "bo litvisnl'' Inits not lie tielt ted by perTon living in (:rnolg ti.i. The plosters bore at theo bottlloai lhe initials "C'. P. L,." iind called at toention toi activitiie; of radtictlw both here andli ill other l;eclitins of lhe country. Thie plinclirds were piosltd trouigh out Covington, several being placed oti a pole near t ie hmei of tIhe Illlal accllused of circulating bolshevist Ipropaganda, ad ione being tacked till ill (the doorway of al dowll-ltown sultore,' said to lie (Ihe meeting placr of social ists. Those near the alleged soci:alist' hollme were said to have bwen torn down. They will be replaced, it was reported, and a close watch kept on persons suspected of destroying the posters. Tile posters bore no ulion lable' and uponl investigation by union of ficials it has been found that the purpose of the posters is to intiitni date and frighten the workers of the city to the extent that tile threatened overthrow of illegal profiteering may be checked. Following is the text of the poster: NOTICE. An organized anarchist plot of nation--wide extent, including a twell defined plan to burni and mlulrder. to overturn organized society and sub t.itulte in its stead anarchisml ailit boli:hevisnl has recently been uncov- ered. This is no surprise to those who have watched the progress of pro-G(ermanislm, socialism, and otltel kindred disorderly movements. We tolerate none of this in Cov ington. Socialists, .olshevists, an aircists and pro-Germans arie etuallyll unwixelcome in this coinilliliiity anti their departure is invited. Frank J. Lavanincr, of No. 17 We-rt Tenllth street, now IengageII in the plunibing business in this city l:Hs been sending throulgh the lail a coipy of lthe constitruttion of the tlolshevitki-lRussian Replublic. H-le also has distributed in Covington "The Ohio Socialist," published in Cleveland, 0., the official organ of the socialist party in this vicinity. This paper prints ii ftiamling head lines on the first page the words of Debs : "I enter the prison door a flam OPEN FORUM NOTfE-People are invited to use these columns aA a medium ,of publicity upon the questions of the day---anything that is for ihe good of humanity. Your copy must be legible and upon one side of the paper only; also be as brief as possible. Articles appearing undtr .his head will not necessarily carry our editorial endorsement, arid the right is reserved to accept or reject any communicationl which may be submitted. Your correct name and address must accollmpa;ny your communication, but will not be used if you request.-Editor. Editor Daily IBulletin: For some timle past the paid prevýs of the country have devoted a good (ldeal of space to the foreign element of this country, and the tihrme of their attack places the Iblamle on thla elemenllt of society for lost of the unrest and disturbed conditions. In I justice to those who entered to better their conditions. it is but right that. we chould do all in our power to give them a chance to properly eqluip themselves with the knowledge of right. A system of abuse and sup pression is not an educator. We have a brilliant example io those conditions in our own city which ought to be corrected before one of our best institutions falls int: a state of decay. I refer to the Butt( public library. A person who ha: not been in the habit of going then very steadily, when entering to gain some real knowledge which would b, beneficial, wanders around like : lost sheep. And this condition is not brought on by any of the attaches of the library, as their duty ends when they secure for the patron that which lie calls for if it happens to be there. A good exaNmple of this is the fact ithat some time in the past the law books were remloved and there are ;overal different versions as to the rr.noval. Now, I claim that theose books are the very foundation of the library and no matter who was re pionsible for this act, it is a mistake :hat can and should he rectified. It flay he a fact that those books are oire sought after by foreign born than others, but that is to thoir irtdit, as the best citizens in the: • olintry or any country are Ithose lwho Inow the laws of the land iii which Ithey are living. Now, many claim that those people are illiterate anu ".r;minal to a large degree. But imi ,.agration reports disprove those ,laims, as figures show that about per cent are dlebarred ftom entry -tud it is known that the iminigra tion rules are well carried out. 'T'ihere Is one more reform that can easily blc remedied and that is the news iug i'evoIutioIIist, my he.al uui'tiit, conflquerable." The paper de landtis Iti i ':ii!i from prison of all se.dilionli. t: nntl I. WV. W. It say:: "Shall we go to the pre.id, n t un1' ay, l' ro. '-, r. ilson, is ue a aninlety dteclarllation an lt iths1(' men and womnll(ll g04 l'rn ,i': Shill we ringe' and crawl and biig t hat tHi )u1 tra4;1 1 . ga' - i.tlnt "I 1,, 1 men i:il(d \o11li on be wiped oult :o i44 a' ; it F' l Ie n wiped 1 ou.?" An d an;.\e;': "The time for' 'pi:e . Ir. Wihlson u11d i l' 1 gg1ing n1 lld ti ti l nill i Iover" and call: o the worior ito "' peni thle prisonl dLoor, not Ihroln;h begging and 4i olit hioniig nlit t 11n ihi worlfers of It ly, I a d it FranoI lt mn lld 42!te glainl :1 e opti'ningt1 ' thme prison doors--- throulgh the threat of their The p]iler f· l i' ilo r COlalaillS an i'gm'ii nt fo'1 r i, he bolshevili f1'or1 (of itovernltent, unll notes that Lenine hans (offered ito exchage pr'isonr' to •eltcr, r the 'rele:f~se u: d olebs. Notice iti (Iiven of he 'coming4 so 'in list coil ventii n in ('il uci lli. The inc inniati lo al of s 'iinlistl liltpropos :1 ll i tn(hid lli t It i 'in ' 1ctuilist cHnlitI Illtion as follow.": '"Sh c. 3. -New .',rlil ii'. To fliir' thor 1his effort to ovet'hrow the, i'(preen capitalist y.t.i lotd t le so-e :'lur'iig of ho ihe uncondititonal t-urrel't der of the capitallist system, and the lunconditional s 'rreto .r'1 of tlhe capi talist class, we obligate ourselves to the soviet form of government." Si taking of tile r4oc'ialistic ce1e bration I) Yoliungs11 town,. we 1are loit that 11e "mnagemient has engIlaged two le tdlls 14to titrnish rievolt tiolt ar'y m1ic ifor the ent1er4 ti llnellt o1f th11 cr'owd." Anid Seakhing of the inter flrence, orl' ill temptn td interferelnce, that "some fine day ori'kerls; will re ionti such int l'erece and a. lot of blood will flow, ai.llli it won't all he from theo worlkers' veins." We find ill the papier that "If"' that hath no Colt automatie, let him sell his Liberly bon' d and buy on(1." We are told that the story of' "r volt, and revolutions oeverywhe're" is to the r'evolutionists "A:; sootlhiing strains of sweet miisic." Wre are told that if theoe pulnishinlint of the )persons like I)tel.s is not stopped, the number of such p.'crso "will 1e large (lough to) tolr titeir aiin jtails down. tIastiles; have fallen before, and lthey will f1 l •4again." \'o are told 1 that "The 1ld ''Terror'' is a terror n4 the 41 o1 ' rg1eoi; of thle world, buti to the robel there are fewv joy4' so grealt (as wv;iltcing the spread of the In.d." ,Vo are 1,ol1d of (It( tsoccialist mrtovemlntl ll Ithat "The (co ing gr''at hl15inge" will hi mll"1, "A\s bloodless as it ('c11 plnOsibily h1, made" without tile "needless spill ing of blood." St-1 ialists, bolshevists, anarchistIs and pro-Gernmans are notified to hold 1no meetings it n Kenton county, Ki(O tcl.y. It is flurther sllggesteld thu lpersonsl engaged in those lactivilhies seek other fields. C. P. L. been able to illda s iilgle one 111 i: independent. The last one I saw \was the ('htii.iartn Science blo l.nio. which is the greatest and best in Ihority on world's events publl::h11 in the United States today. The cong ress of the tInited States accepts it ias anl Am ienicanl aliuthority, but tl. , big interests t colldemnll it. for haVii!i: the lllcitl coullrage to ex iose [thl criminal profitelrinlg. W\Vhi n il !a tpapers as tllt arell' kept; ron , public it is done1 for only on0,e purp)lose and that is to tlucate thll popIle along tie lilies l;iid down by an or ganized gang by criminal potllil cia s. But seemningly the foreigner is Imllctll qullicker to illltrpret their Illetlhds n11d 11as consequetlnce he Ii ust bow to the abuse which is stirred up against him in thle junker r10.-s. I have tried to figurl out for iliy OWll benefit tile trials and troublS;l of a good mnany of those people and I will say that if it was not so serious it would be laughable. IHe con-s to lihis country with good it(enlltionll: and tries to fit inlo Almlerican life. His goal is to betcomne a citizen. 11 is not anll easy alffalilr and it r'equirets considerable study. lie ihals. s h1 thinks, gained his goal. But lunreist strikes his locality and prllhalips lhe feels that he is etltitled to express ,;onm- of the knowluledge that hle had] to it:ain before he could obtain tilh' tight to call hilself an Alllericalli citizen. Itiglit here is where he is told that he knows nothing, that he has no rights, th11 he ought to bet delprtetd, and his faith is badly' shattcered. This system will nev\(r (-lducate and thoseo that practice it only do it for political purpose:; to divide thie pleolpl s gains;t thil sI lv's. And I lltay say witloIllt fear tha t ;I:, long as Americaln-born people re strain themsel.es from giving the foreign born a helping hand, just so long will we be" fighting alollng oulr selves to see which crook we can put in office. Iloping this may lead to a better feeling and a little discus sion. A \VELL-.3l -iNING MUCKEIi. MOUNTED POLICE ZUSY IN WINNIPEG f..;r: F · ·r---: ·.· i:· 'd-i-a ,3 Welr Newpuper VnIOn n` \1fIcoheIs o the ' urin 31w t iouiiultc police dl'. wius a1' riotous crowd dot 1ng- tli" 'great sitrike in %\ 'tutitieg. One Ulan in the mob was ktIld antd severali 1vououd __ __ Unionism "Fotched 'Em." T ,nver. Public : henll , l.h' re, i\inyl Wilg , l m.lid,' no |O!T:rT ,,H, wilh ll , hl.rld of , l l ion 1.ii, l . l l O l 1.- l . lI9lV ii. *HEEEWEEEEEEEEEEaEEEEEEgEEgEgEEEEEEEEEENggggEggEggg LDEMAND THE UNION LABEL and be assured it was not made in a sweat shop UNION MADE GOODS AND WHERE SOLD Heavy Cents Canvas Per Gloves Pair YOF WILL I'IN) IhUN 1)it.E1,s O1F O(THIER SI'('i[ I'iIt :AINS. A ' 11'1' E BIG SA lE, N(,)\ G;OIN(; ON CANNON'S SHIRT SHOP B . I/FO iI,I)G. CHICAGO SHOEISTORE 7 S. MAIN ST. Union adeShoes FOR WORK AND DRESS BRANCH 43 E. PARK ST. O. K. STORE 24 E. PARK ST. Union Made Clolhing, Shoes, hlats, ()Overalls, J.i)anpers, (;lovcs iSuspl)enders, etc. 'W'e r' (' .i/.) the f1'cl tUrI Il si way of Ihle worker is hI' righlil way. Union Made Shoes for the Entire Family. Golden Rule Shoe Store 39 E. PARK ST. Alway. l het pi-L sihble she-i :o Ithe lohwe. t Los siblJe priie. ASK FOR HOLSOM BREAD For sale by all dealers Made by HOME BAKING CO. Inih ha iiainiois, Iiil.- ()Oficiers of tlie Au'stiii, Alijun.; Farigo, N. I)., and A I3Bulletin rcuader, a Bhulletin mutose r. We can outfit you from head to foot at the 34 I,. Park St. UNION LABOR AT THIS TIME IS REQUESTED TO UPHOLD YOUR BROTHER AND SISTER IN THE FACTORY BY REFUSING TO BUY GOODS THAT ARE NOT MADE UNDER UNION CONDITIONS SEND YOUR' JOB WORK TO THE I BULLETIN MANY KILLED IN STRIKES AT HANOVER (Special United Press Wire.) Berlin, July 10. ---- Several per sons were killed and many wounded at IIanover, in the clash between strikers and government forces. The latter succeeded in nreaking the strike after issuing an ultimnatlnl, threatening drastic action. WIN 44-HOUR WEEK. New York.---Fur Cap Makers unllion No. 20 has redtuced the work week from'()1 -48 to 441 hours and in creo-teld wages, although an agree loent with eminlloyers runs until next July. SWITCHMEN UNITE. ,tilffalo, N. Y.----'The Switchmen's Unlion of North Amellriitica Ihas chart ered locals in Auburn, Wash.; To ledo, O., andl Meaderville, Pa. DALLAS STRIKE OFF. Dallas. Tex.--The building trades strike in this city has been called off, following conferences between th, interested partie.s. FIREMAN IS IBURNED. Soattlo.,---l.iaimes backfiring from a fluriinac at. the Post. street station of the i'uget Sound Traction, Light & Power compallnyll last Sunday seared the hands and face of D. R. Steele, aged 31, steam fireman. He is in the Seattle general hospital. ENGINEEI1S WANT MORE. St. Paul, Minn.--Steam engineers union No. 36 wants wages raised from 56,4' to 70 cents an hour. Palace Clothing and Shoe Store 53-55 E. PARK STREET Clbthing, Shoes and Fur niisliings of all kinds with the Union Label MEN'S HATS NICKERSON THE HATTER 112 W. PARK STREET BIG 4 17 W. PARK STREET UNION MADE Hats, Caps, Ties, Work or Dress Shirts, Suspenders, Overalls, Tailoring, and Clothing. WALK-OVER SHOES UNION MADE 46 West Park St. SHIRLEY CLOTHES SHOP 14 N. MAIN ST. Union Made Suits and Hats