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Vol. 12. No. 28. THE EIEHT HOI DH FIR Willi PBIMTEBS They Are Steadily Winning in the Fight for the Shorter Workday. Another Reduction Has Been Made in the Assessment for Strike Purposes. That the International Typogra phical union is steadily gaining in its fight for the eight hour work day there is no doubt. The local officers of the Duluth Typographical union, No. 136. re ceived notice from the headquarters of the I. T. U. last Saturday even ing that the strike assessment bad been reduced to 5 per cent of all the moneys earned by th*j mem bers of the union. There is no better evidence wanted of the success of the print ers in their struggle for the short er workday. Ten per cent has been most cheerfully paid by all members of the I. T. U. for the past year to achieve the eight-hour day and that their demand is just and right is proyen by the fact that over 500 cities in the United States and Canada have acceded to it. Locally there has not been much change in the situation, but the proprietor of one of the strucK shops in a recent conversation said that the eight 'hour was right, apd that he believed it would come. He thought the time was a little too early yet for such a change. How ever, he said that the business con ditions would adjust themselves to the shorter workday. It is just the same with all big reforms. At first people look on them with some opposition. When they are accomplished very little is said, be cause everything adjusts itself. It will be the same in the struggle of the I. T. U. for the eight hour workday. There is no labor organization that would have stood the heavy assessment that the union printers have for the past twelve months. They have been loyal and true to the principles which they uphold, «ind their enemies admire them for their firm and steadfast adherence to those principles. In all the jurisdiction of the great I. T. U. it is a question whether there has been as faith ful and as true a band of work ers in the cause as the members of I To. 136. Night an.l day they have labored fcr tht, success of the eight, hour day.. which they were ordered to demand on Oct. 5, 1905, at the expiration of their contract with the employing book and job print ers of this city. Never can it be said that the union printers vio lated their contract with the em ployers. It will never be as long as the I. T. U. exists. The Duluth Typographical union has now been on strike for over one year and not one member has deserted the union standard and never will. Up to the last hour before the strike occurred, every member of the union employed in the book and job offices of this city performed his work just as faithfully as if no strike was to occur. This fact is attested to by tne employers themselves and was so stated on the afternoon of Oct. 4, 1905, to the secretary treasurer of No. 136 at a meeting of the employers on that day. It was the hope of the U. T. A., the employing printers association, that a great protest would have been raised at the convention of the International Typographical union last August against the 10 per cent. Instead every delegate present assured the conventijn that his union was ready and willing vo pay the 10 per cent, yes, and rven more, to win the eight hour day. Success mu^t be ours, said th-=* delegates, and we are there to win. This was the unanimous opinion of the hundreds of delegates. Where such a spirit of unity exists noth ing can subdue it. It can be said with honor to the International Typographical Union and the membership comprising the same, that they have conducted a great fight for the past twelve months that might well be emulat ed by other trade union organiza tions. It has been a most peace ful and successful one and the men at the head of the same, both na tional and local, deserve a great deal of credit for the able manner in which they have handled it. The International Typographical union is still fighting for the 8 hour day and all it asks of its friends is that they have all their printing done in a union office and that the same bear the union label —the emblem of fair workmanship under fair conditions. Walter R. Eastman, vice presi dent of the Duluth Typographical union, and delegate of that body to the Duluth Federated Trades' as sembly, left this week for the west. Mr. Eastman has been a most en thusiastic worker in the caus.3 of unionism, and has at all times be#»n a willing worker for the upbuilding of trades unionism. His many friends wish him every success in his new field of labor. John A. Barron has returned to the city after some months' ab sence. Mr. Barron is a member of the Duluth Typographical union and was its president at one time for a year. He also represented his craft In the Federated Trodes' as sembly and held the office of re cording secretary of that body. Peter Losklel, a member yt St. Saleswomen are Not Allowed to Sit Down in Big De partment Stores. Arrangement Between Owners of Big Stores Indicate Keeping of Blacklist. For ten years the bitterest enemy of organized labor in Chicago has been the State Btreet stores. Through their control of the press, it was these stores that led the fight against the teamsters, the most powerful labor organization in Chicago, in the strike of 1905. The greatest struggle in the strike of the building trades in this city was on a building owned by Marsh all Field. Every attempt of the department store clerks to oi^an ize has met with failure. Thomas Mahon has worked for Marshall Field twelve years. He began as a bundle boy at $3 per week and now is an inspector, earning $14. The incentive to work could be greater, yet at this rate he is still expecting to become part owner of the firm. Thomas Mahon has. learned several things. He knows that organization of la bor does not go in the big stores He can tell you of the time, not long ago, when the clerks resolved to organize. They discussed it quietly. They knew the attitude of the store management, so plan ned to meet some distance from the downtown stores. About 50 clerks from various stores took a North Clark street car, transferred to Chicago Avenue and south on Halsted to 63rd. An incipient or ganization was formed. Next morn ing every man and woman at the meeting was discharged. Fired for Union Activity. A woman, working in a restaur ant at The Fair was elected to an office in the Waitresses' union. She was immediately discharged. When a delegation attempted to put the case before Mrs. Lehman, owner of The Fair store, she refused to meet the delegation or to answer a letter addressed to her. The difficulties of organization are made greater by the method of graduation of labor that exists in the stores and that has been ef fected since the last attempt of the clerks to organize. Every man or woman works over and under somte one else. The distinction may be one almost purely in name with 50 cents or a dollar's difference in wages, yet it serves to destroy the growth of common interest among the clerks, since every man is push ing those under him while trying to pull up to the position above. Blacklist Works Overtime. In order to keep wages of clerks down and prevent them from an effort to better their condition by changing to a different store, Mandel Bros., Marshall Field, Stevens and Carson Pirie have entered into an agreement. They constitute what is known as the 'Big 4." Through the agreement be tween these firms, no store will hire an employe from any one of the other stores until the clerk has first given up his place—become dependent—and told his former wages. Letters of rec ommendation, required at the time of employment, are retained by the man agement, and all errors are entered and kept far future reference, so that they operate like the Lord, who said, "Lo, I will be with you always." Rules are fixed by the house and clerks may be discharged with or with out cause. A customer stepped up to a woman in the Boston Store, who had been fourteen years in the employ of the house. She made a purchase and asked to have a smaller package enclosed. The clerk, to oblige the cus tomer, did so, and a half hour later was discharged, the customer being a house detective. No rule against en closing packages can be found in the rules of the Boston Store nor was it ever announced to the employes. Fined Because She Might Have Made Mistake. Clerks are fined not only for all mis takes made but for all thev were like ly to make. Carrie Mann, at the Bos ton Store, sold four pairs of hose at 5 cents less than the price mark. The insjtctor stopped the bill so the store last nothing, but Carrie lost 20 cents. The store makes several hundred dol lars a week in this manncs. Discharge is the penalty, if the clerk fails to sign a "charge check." There is perfect "liberty of speech" so far as any person working under you is concerned. The writer has fre quently heard Rothschild's floor walk ers abuse and swear at women clerks and Mandel Bros.* receiving clerks vent their feelings on the office girls. In no case is there an appeal to a higher authority. So effectually have the big stores crushed out organization and so com pletely have they control of the situ ation, that men and women entering their employ bargain on exactly the same terms as the workers of the 18th century bargained with their employ ers. Mr. Union Man: Notify your baker that the Bell 'Phone Is Unfair. NOTICE ISSUED TO BANKS. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—The comp troller of currency today issued a call for a statement of the condition of na tional banks at the close of business on Monday, Nov. 12. Paul Typographical union. N«jg, 30, is in the city on business. Mr. Loskiel is one of the loyal members of the I. T. U. and on Oct. 1, 1905, laid down his stick in obedience to the call of his organization that work should cease unless the eight hour day was granted. He has been out for over a year and-!* willing to stay out for yoais for the triumph of the union cause. He believes in the eight hour day for all. Convention. DULUTH AND SUPERIOR, A. F. of L. Session Opens in Great Flour City Under Most Favor able Auspices—Legislative Body of Union Labor Opens Its Big President Gompers and Other Leaders Are There—Sessions May Last For Two Weeks. Great Enthusiasm Manifested by Del egates and Citizens. First Day's Session. Minneapolis, Nov. 13.—The mighty forces of the American Federation of Labor marched the streets of Minne apolis today. The parade was not a long one—not more han 400 men and women were in line. But they repre sent the 2,000,000 men and women of organized labor in the United States, these officers and delegates of the federation, and so It was a mighty, a distsinguished body. At their head marched Samuel Gompers, president of the federation and chief spokesman for the unions of America. With him was John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, who handled successfully the greatest anthracite coal strike which ever threatened the industrial life of the country. Every man in the marching body represented thousands of tollers who were seeking to obtain what they re gard as their fair share of the fruits of industry. Heading the procession was a band of 100 pieces, made up of the picked men of the Minneapolis Musicians' association. Some of the most in spiring marches of Sousa had been especially arranged for this band, and the music for melody and volume, was perhaps the most inspiring ever heard on the streets of Minneapolis. With one exception—the band or ganized for the McKinley memorial parade—it was the largest band which has ever marched in this city. Cheered Labor's Marchers. Along the streets of the business section the sidewalks were lined with laboring men who cheered their lead ers, and from the office blbcks wage workers and office men, employers and empleyed, waved their greetings to the representatives of labor. After a triumphal progress through the heart of the city, the procession turn ed down Third street and marched to Normanna hall, where the convention sessions will be held. Few of the many conventions held in Minneapolis have—been—fraught with more far-reaching possibilities for the future of the American people than this which is to decide whether the labor union shall become a factor in politics as a separate party. Few have had better-known men upon the platform, and few have had more earnest and intelligent men seated as delegates. With every delegate standing while the big band played the "Star Spangled Banner," the twenty-sixth annual convention of the Ameican Federation of Labor was formally opened. As the band started to play the stirring national air, President Gompers and every delegate and vis itor to the convention rose and re mained standing until the last note had died away, to be followed by a flood of hearty applause. The convention was called to order, and J. H. McNally of Minneapolis, as president of the Trades and Labor assembly, rose to welcome the vis itors in behalf of organized labor of the city. "I am proud of this opportunity to welcome to our city the officers And delegates to this magnificent gather ing of the American Federation of Labor," said Mr. McNally. "I esteem it an honor to the city that we have you with us, and shall always cherish the memory of this opportunity that is mine, that of welcoming you to the city. "We want you to make our city yours and we want you to feel at home. The entertaining of this gathering was a big undertaking for us and while our plans and prepar ations for your entertainment may be less lavish and less pretentious than in other cities I want to assure you that every dollar, every cent of the money raised for the entertainment of this convention was contributed by trades unionists of Minneapolis. It all came for,our own people, who con tributed gladly and willingly." Political Activity. Speaking of the recent political ac tivity of the federation Mr. McNally said: "I wish to say here and now that here in Minneapolis and in Min nesota we are glad that the American Federation of Labor went in to pol itics. For the first time in the history of the state, owing to the example and initiative of the parent body, we have accomplished something politically. For the first time the common people have favorable representation in our legislative bodies and for that we owe you much." Mr. McNally called the attention of the delegates to the magnificent showing made by the local mucisians! union, which turned out 110 strong to welcome the visitors and lead the parade. Calling President Felix Mc Ivor of the musicians' local to the paltform and introducing him, he presented him with a handsome bou quet of chrysanthemums as a token of appreciation. Mr. Mclvor assured the visitors that the musicians would have been glad to march them over the entire city. Inaugurating a feature new in na tional conventions, Rev. George P. Magill of Minneapolis, clerical repre^ sentative on the Trades and Labor DEVOTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL WELFARE OF THE HEAD OF THE LAKES. JlRVe faw nf thfl SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1906. ORGANIZED LABOR'S HOSTS WELCOMED TO MINNESOTA BY ITS LEADING MEN *wvwv^»n,n^,r»rwvwvA^wvvivvvv» assembly, offered prayer, asking di vine assistance and guidance in the deliberations of the convention. Chairman McNally then introduced Acting Mayor Merrill who welcomed the delegates in behalf of the city. As soon as the applause which fol lowed Alderman Merrill's speech ha| subsided, Chairman McNally rose to explalrf that owing to a delayed train Governor Johnson would not be pres ent. Cheers greeted the name of the state's chief executive. Then, on be half of the local arrangements com mittee, Mr. McNally presented Presi dent Gompers. Gompers and Johnson. Before the applause which greeted him and subsided it was drowned out by a fresh wave of cheers started at the rear of the room. When those in front turned their heads and saw that the occasion was the entrance of Governor Johnson with Labor Com missioner W. H. Williams, they, too, joined and the applause was wild and prolonged. President Gompers at once broke the thread of his speech and greeted Governor Johnson. In introducing him he said that the name of John son of Minnesota was a household word throughout the country and that though surprised at his appearance immediately after it had been an nounced that he would not come, he was proud to meet him! "I shall not presume to introduce Governor John son to you?" he said, "it is a suf ficient honor to present to you the governor of the state of Minnesota." The Governor Speaks. "When you realize that for seven or eight weeks it has been my pleasure, or misfortune, to go about continually making speeches, you will realize that it has become as un pleasant to me as it has been to any of those who have had to listen to them," said the governor. "But on this occasion I am proud and pleased to speak, even though the best I can do is to bid you welcome and god speed in your effort to bring the high est good to a class which is deserv ing above all others. "When we look about us at the widespread organisation of capital we cannot doubt the right and duty of labor to organize. It is the only class which, at present, has to sell its product in the open market against competition. You are entitled to a fair chance to secure for yourselves at least a fair share of the products of your labor. I wish you well in your labors. "Here, owing to our great natural resources, as yet hardly developed, we Jftbpr prfthlA-mci found in the congested east. But we are convinced that there is no real prosperity unless all share equally in the fruits of prosperity. That is what you are here to work for. "Gentlemen, in the name of the state of Minnesota I welcome you and wish that every success may crown your labors here." Gompers Resumes. Resuming his speech after Governor Johnson had finished, President Gompers said: "That we are ap perciative of and grateful for the words of welcome and encouragement to which we have just listened is evidenced by the applause you have just heard far better than it could be by any words which I might use. "It is true that in this country we have great opportunities for produc ing everything we need, and yet there is much poverty and suffering. When this body met in the Chicago court house thirteen years ago its delegates had to step over the bodies of men sleeping in the corridors, because they had no other place to go. Yet the engines of industry and prosperity existed in -the land. In the Indian and Irish famines it is a fact that great quantities of food for which a pare of the people were suffering were exported from the country. "All this shows that there is some thing wrong. This misery is not the outcome of any unknownable law, but of man's mismanagement, and it is for us to see that it does not happen again. At "the Austin convention of this body the policy which is to for ever eradicate poverty and misery was inaugurated. We have but to follow that policy. "Gentlemen, the twenty-sixth con vention of the American Federation of Labor is now In session." His Annual Report. After the report of the committe on Credentials, President Gompers delivered his annual report. It calls attention to the fact that the report completes a quarter of a century of the history of trades unionism in the United States, and he comments on the fact that each annual convention finds the cause of labor farther ad vanced, union men better educated and qualified in every w§y to give in telligent and efficient service, and to take their places as American citizens. The most interesting subject in the report is labor's political campaign against those congressmen who were branded by the federation leaders as legislators hostile to the interests of the laboring man. President Gom pers' report was written before the elections Nov. 6, and so is not con clusive as based upon the results of those elections. The report, however, asserts that if labor's efforts-may not have fulfilled its hopes,, still the mem bers of the federation will continue their efforts in behalf of labor's bet termen. The report declares that whatever the result, the endeavors were successful from many points of view in that the campaign opened late and was hampered by a lack of funds? The subject is to be covered more fully whent^e executive council of the federation reports The laborer m^kes bis gains by hard work, vjmd Mr. Gompers finds a Governor Johnson Is Given Great Ovation as He nEters the Hall —President Gompers Pays Him Glowing Tribute—Meetings are Enthusiastic. President Gompers' Annual Ad dress Is Feature of First Day's Session. His Political Course Will Be Warmly Supported by the Convention. that his advance along industrial lines has been beset with difficulties and opposition where there should have been co-operation. Growth of Unions. Charters have been issued within, the year to 6 International, 4 state, 53 city central, 167 local trade and 87 federal labor unions, a total of 317. There are now affiliated with the A. F. of L. 119 international, 36 state, 538 central labor, and 759 local trade and federal unions. Ideals of unionism, Mr. Gompers says, are not perfect, and all growth is made by adapting the principles, not always clearly defined, to the workmen .as they are, not as they should be. The work is one of patience, education, and fraternal as sociation. Emphasis is iaid on the city central bodies, of whatever name, as efficient courts in which local disturbances may be neutralized, and for their help in furthering the gen eral interests of labor. Mr. Gompers comments with satis faction on the growth of unionism in Canada and of the feeling of fraternity existing between the laboring men I of that land and this. Organizations among the working people of Porto I Rico are increasing, and in general conditions there are more satisfactory than heretofore. Eight-Hour Contest. The eight:Jhour contest of the Inter national Typographical union has been on the whole successful. Of the 200-odd unions involved In the eight-hour controversy, about hundred have been successful, ty-nine thousand printers are working under the eight-hour and 5,000 are still on strike. I Gompers can see no reason why the universal working day should not be eight hours, and argues that a day of that length has proved to be better for the material, moral and intellectu al advancement of all concerned. one Thir now rule, Mr. Labor is more generally employed now than a year ago. For 1905 the percentage of the unemployed was about 3, while for this year it will prob be 2.75. The "no wage reduc tion" policy is considered wise and humane, although there is at present no indication of a general decline in wages. Congressional legislation will be undertaken in the form of a perfected eight-hour labor bill, anti-injunction measures, Chinese exclusion, convict labor and employment on the Panama canal. Ship Subsidy. The protest against the ship sub sidy bill is reported, with stress an the contention of the federation that the bill contained provisions which practically made conscription of Seamen a condition precedent to their employment on privately owned ves sels. Touching.m the: defeat of an im migration*88jTin the national house of representatives, the report arraigns the course taken by Speaker Cannon. The passage of the denatured alcohol law is noted with satisfaction. Regret is expressed that little or no progress has been made toward the passage of the bill limiting railroad men's hours of labor, and the federation is urged to renewed efforts for the measure. The report counsels a conference of railroad organizations heads over the Erdman arbitration act which prohibits discrimination by railroads against members of labor organiz ations because of such membership. The conference is deemed necessary because a court has declared this provision of the act null and void. The employers' limited liability law is hailed as a basis for future action extending its provisions to all per sons employed in interstate com merce. The federation is urged to renew its efforts to secure the passage of a resolution in congress directing the department of commerce and labor to investigate the industrial, social, moral, educational and physical con ditions of women and child workers in the United States. Hearst in Congress. Reference Is made to Congressman W. R. Hearst's failure to secure the passage of a bill limiting the number of barges towed out to sea or off a coast by a single vessel. The San Francisco disaster is re ferred to with a partial report on the relief measures taken by the feder ation for trades unionists in San Francisco. Workmen are advised not to go to Frisco in hope of finding employment. Continued efforts to relieve human ity from the scourge of tuberculosis are recommended. Further move ments are urged to secure the use of schoolrooms as meeting places for labor unions. Arrest of Miners. The arrest and imprisonment of Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone, of the Western Federation of Miners, charg ed with complicity in the murder of former Governor Steunenberg of Idaho, are termed ah outrage and a travestry on the law. The organizers of the federation are complimented, and gratitude is ex pressed for the co-operation of the members of the, executive council. SWITCHMEN 10 STAY IT TO BE NO STRIKE Peace Agreement Monday at Chi cago—Railroads Grant In creases. walkout is Averted-—Much Credit Is Due to Switchmen from Minnesota Towns. Minneapolis, Nov. 11.—There Will be no switchmen's strike this year. Frank T. Hawley, president of the Switchmen's Union of North America, telephoned from Chicago last night to Robert J. Martin of Minneapolis, chair man of the adjusting committee, that he had reached a "satisfactory agree ment with the general managers of the roads involved. The wages of all the men involved will be advanced 4 cents an hour with the exception of the night yardmas ters, assistant yardmasters and switch tenders, whose claim will be adjusted Monday. This means that ,on the basis of a ten hour day, day helpers will get $3.20 a day, day foremen $3.50, night helpers $3.40 and night foremen $3.70. Overtime will be paid at the same rate. These are substantially what were asked by the switchmen in the first instance ,and the arrangement is said to be satisfactory to the union. Long Conferences. For three weeks a committee of sev enty-five, drawn from all parts of the country, with Robert J. Martin of Min neapolis for its chairman, has been sitting in St. Paul and attempting to adjust all difficulties without calling a strike. Last Wednesday a strike order was prepared but it was withheld at the request of the general managers of the roads involved. Yesterday Presi dent Hawley met the general managers in conference at Chicago and they drew up terms of peace. His telephone message to Mr. Martin was the first intimation received here that what threatened to be the most serious strike in the railroad history of the United States has been averted. "Credit for this victory belongs to President Hawley and to the twin cit ies," said Mr. Martin last night. "It was President Hawley's diplomacy which brought about a meeting be tween a sub-committee of the S. U. N. A. adjustment committee and a sub-committee of the general manag ers in Chicago last Tuesday, and it was from that nVpting that the agree ment reached yesterday arose. Min neapolis had the lion's share in this work, as it was represented on this committee of six by M. R. Carroll and myself. "This agreement means that all dan ger of a strike 4s at an end. By its terms it can be changed only by mu tual agreement .and cannot be term inated by either party without thirty days' notice. This notice clause means that in any case there must be a con ference ,and our experience shows that a conference is more likely to lead to an agreement than a strike. "Never before has an employes' or ganization been given tho attention by the railway oiclals of this country that has been given to the Switch men's union of North America. The doors of the general managers have been open to us at all hours and they have always been ready to listen carefully to our side of the case. This is- something new In the history of railroading. Strike Order W*s Ready. "For years the switchmen have been looked upon as the most' radical ele ment among railway employes, but I think that they have shown them selves In a different light this time. Though the boys In the yards were anxious to start something the middle of the week, and we had a strike or der ready Wednesday, we withheld it at the request of the gelieral manag ers, on their statement that they still hoped to offer terms satisfactory to us. The outcome has more than jus tified our action. "After this experience the general managers and the switchmen should know how to get along together. I do not think we will have any difficulty in talking things over with them next time. We certainly could not have asked for a more courteous and fair consideration of our claims than we received this time. The general man agers of the roads centering in the twin cities have always been ready and willing to talk matters over with their employes, and it is largely thru them that we got on so well with the others. That is another reason why the twin cities should be given a lot of credit for the conclusions of this difficulty without a strike. "Had there been a strike, it would have tied up every line of importance in the country. One of the general managers said to me in the Chicago conference last Tuesday: 'I tell you, Bob, if this comes to a strike it will make '94 look like a nine-spot.' He was right." This averts the threatened switch men's strike. President Hawley will return to Minneapolis Tuesday to at tend the meetings of the American Federation of Labor. Frank J. Caldwell, representing the switchmen's union of Spokane, is at St. Paul to attend the-meeting of dele gates from all the switchmen's unions on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific systems. Demands will be made for more pay and shorter hours. The present scale for switcthmen is: Day foreman, 31 cents an hour day helper, 28 cents an hour night fore man, 33 cents an hour, and night, help er, 30 cents an hour. The new scale of 38 cents flat to helpers and 42 cents to the foremen for both day and night shifts. A change from the present basis of 10 hours to eight hours as a working day will also be asked. Rmoke Puriulora Cirar. Clear Havana, Union Label and jaonie Mad*, ONLY LABOR PAPER IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. x5 FIVE CENTS. UNIOIILABIR H1TER T1STSJR BLOOD Cleveland Leader of Strike Break ers Makes Dangerous Threats on Unionists. Hurls Vilest and Most Unprintable Epithets at Unionists—Is Church Member. CLEVELAND, Nov. 15.—-Mr. John A. Penton, one of the notorious grand dukes of the local plutocracy, has started to run amuck. Like the late despised and hated Trepoff, Penton is thirsting for blood, and nothing short of human suffering appears to satisfy the man's craving. Penton has achieved more than a local reputation as an Implacable la bor-hater and an especial enemy of organized working people, and is in a fair way of standing second only to the ill-famed Parry or Post if he keeps up his present gait. For years Penton has made war up on the iron molders and machinists and sought to stir up the strife against the marine workers through his pub lications. And like the equally notorious Far ley, Penton has grown rich at his game of trouble breeding, and never overlooks an opportunity to add to his ill-gotten gains. Although Penton has repeatedly de clared that he does not own a dollar's worth of stock in any printing house, and that his publications are fully pro tected by contracts, yet he has deter mined to meddle in the eight hour fight between the printers and the unfair employers. The Penton publications are issued from the office of the Whitworth Bros., on Erie street, a concern that has had considerable difficulty in se curing and retaining competent print ers to work nine hours a day. One of the Whitworths has been particu larly abusive toward union men. Al though said to be a good church mem ber, he has hurled the vilest and most unprintable epithets at strikers, and has deliberately interfered In conver sations between pickets and strike breakers upon every occasion. Several times this bitter fanatic has assaulted union men who were strictly attend ing to their business, and last week Friday evening this series of unpro voked attacks culminated in a coward ly stabbing affair on Erie street, where Whitworth plunged a chisel into the back of a picket named Black, while the latter was peacefully walking homeward.. When the would-be as sassin was arrested the police found a slungshot and a revolver besides the chisel on his person. Criminal and civil proceedings have been begun against '".Whitworth and they will be fought to a finish. No sooner had WhltWorth commit ted his latest assault ,and probably in the hope of saving the latter from well-merited public condemnation, when up jumps the blustering Penton and starts a loud cry against the "law less" pickpocket who shouts "stop. thief!" to divert attention from his own criminal practices, Penton not only denounces the unionists with holy indignation, but this local Parryite de clares in so many words that the may or, the police and the courts are un able to preserve order and peace, and, therefore, he and his labor-hating ca bal intend to take the law into their own hands. "Shoot to kill!" is the edict that has gone forth from the Cleveland union smasher. "We have issued an injunction that's made to lead and can't be modified," said Penton to a Ne*ws reporter, show ing a big revolver that he carried in his coat pocket. "You can say that the strike is ended on Erie street. There'll be no more slugging by thugs hired or imported to intimidate our men. Our employes are instructed to shoot any man who even jostles them, to shoot at once and shoot right. The company will stand behind them. In junctions of the garden variety are all right .only they are sort of passe and they don't injunct. This one is going tn stand, all right." No doubt Mr. Penton is a very brave man, and doubly' so when he knows that the union men have been warned throughout the strike, and that the "thugs hired or imported" are on the Penton side. During the past year nearly every act of slugging has come from the employer's side, and Penton knows *t. "More Men." The call comes from railroad companies, railway construc tion concerns, mill-ownersr, the min ing and lumber camps in the Spokane district. Ten thousand competent workmen and skilled craftsmen can find Imediate employment in eastern, central and western Washington at better wages and shorter hours than ever prevailed In the history of the state. More than 900 miles of electric railway lines are under construction or projected in Washington, and in ad dition to this the Hill, Harriman, Earl ing and Northwestern interest^ are-" planning to build hundreds of miles of*™* steam lines in Washington, but the-^ work is being retarded because of lack4"'? of men. The general teamsters' union of^f* Spokane has fixed a. scale of $2.50 fori eight hours work, and it is reported that this scale.will,belaid by the gen-^?3$ eral teamsters'1 at onM. The new un ion sent back an application for a charter to the headquarters of the in- ternational union and a charter is ex pected to arrive in the city shortly./si The new union will take into mem-^J bership only general tsamsters."' Teamsters' union. 20.2, the old union of the teamsters, embraces truck drivers' and expressmen as well as _general teamsters. .„*» jgft Smoke Puradora-Cigar, Clear Havana Union Label and Home Made. #i|i