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"To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or at
•early as possible, Is a worthy object of any good government-"—
anraham Lincoln
Address all Communications to Daily Nome Industrial Worker.
Boz 210 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 134
All changes In standing advertisements must reach this office at slz
• clock each evening to insure insertion in the following issue.
Advertising rates made known on application.
Entered as second class matter March 1, 1311, al the poat office at
Home, Alaska, under the Act of March S, 1371.
THE \VHON<; ADDRESS?
The Industrial Worker received a
very interesting and high!}' appreci
ated communication fiom the salt
styled Slavic Mining Co. wherein a
very fine dump and the pumping ]
station at the Bessie i3 depicted and
al3o an enlarged photographic re
production of the following new3
note that appeared in the Industrial
Worker:
“Ho for the tawr.ty L-eur day!
Becks tad, Springstein, Cordovado
and eleven Slavic partners of the
Billy Moore contract variety, are
taking out pry dirt n.t the race of
twenty hours per any, of tv/enty
four hours. The otlmr four hours
are passed In admiring the partner
ship agreements. This thing is gett
ing interesting”.
When this was -.calved, ti>e In
dui/c.-i- ’. Worker thought tliat it was
real kind and thoughtful of tier?
Slavic Mining Co.., and Us since rest
compliments were truly appreciated,!
but there has occur; d a.i after
thought to the tff ct chat t ic com
munication reached, another than
tliat fer wlum it was intone ;d.
it nppe; r I _’.'.e Industrial
Worker tint lr"■ dh vie Mining Co.,
to use their ow. identification,
meant tiirt iV : should reach not
thin office but the District Attorney,
in order that that official niiant re
alise how successfully under .1
partnership m-ic street tho eight
hour law in thin is reduced to a
nullity.
It is with pleasure- therefore that
the attention of that official is
drawn by the Industrial Worker to
these most soccer iful mining opera
tions whore there Is no such thing
as the eight hour dry under ground
1 xeopt by accident.
la doing sc, may r hope lie ex
pressed that no untoward accident
may occur to nny-of the "partners'
so that a suit for damages may not
result in any unseemly uncloaking
of the real conditions of working
in that mine. It is finite unneces
sary to point out either to the
Slavic Mining Co. or the District
Attorney how embnrassing it must
have been to officials who fail to
take cognizance of such operations,
when such at one time threatened
to have an airing in the courts and
the bona or mala fides of such
partnership agreement was to be
determined upon under the law-.
And it is of course fuly understood
that that embarrassment would not
have been lessened by the fa*t that
such a partnership agreement by
those who intended to use it for
tho set purpose of law evasion,
should have at one time received
official sanction.
The prosperous operation of the
mining company which misdirected
its communication to this office is
understood. The successful evasion
of the eight hour law is not blamed
upon them. If they successfully
get away with it, to use a popular
and successful official expression
“that’s their business”. They are
interested in getting as much as
they possibly can out of their em
ployees—we means partnors—and
that an eight hour law should not
be allowed to stand in the way
thereof Is to be understood as In
telligible and reasonable from the
employer’s point of view.
No employer need mistake the
position of this paper. The Indus
trial Worker fully realizes that the
employers will not enforce volun
tarily any labor law where they can
evade it. They would be foolish as
employers if they did. They are
not in business for their health,
even if some officials are in offlea
for fthe purpose of ornamenting
such positions. The enforcement
of this law lies with tho workers
who ought to see that the men
sworn to enforce the laws do their
duty in this regard.
That there are discretionary pow
ers in the matter with officials in
this respect, the Industrial Worker
' refuses to believe. It is not discre
! tionary, it is not optional and when
any law is not enforced it is be
cause the breach i3 tacitly under
stood and tacitly therefore approv
j ed. There are numbers of smaller
infractions of the laws that are not
noticed; but not one of these but
it is the duty of the officials to ne
force and of the people to see that
they are enforced or repealed.
THEN AND NOW.
The Nome Mine Workers Union
began in 1908 to send outside cir
culars warning workers to the ef
fect that the cam]) could not afford
work to the many who yearly came
in on the first boats, and that the
arrival of such not only worked a
hardship on most of the chechaco
help, but upon the sourdoughs re
sident in this community as well
Since then the work has been year
ly pursued and although its effect
lias been not very perceptible as far
as the number arriving here is con
cerned, it had surely some result,
and it did save many a prospective
arrival the trouble of scouring the
creeks and hills as he might other
wise have done by coming to Nome.
Nevertheless for doing this the
I Miners I'nion was .vigorously -cot'
jdemited end especially by the busi
1 ness as well as mining interests
which seemed to understand for
: some mason or another that dood
ling a country with men looking fo •
J work would add to the prosperity of
die camp, which by the way it
m-ver did and never will.
Hut times have changed. Tim
camp is getting down to cases. It is
!,< tting down to eases good arc
plenty. Dreams of amassing wealth
from tlie arrival here of forlorn
workers are not very reassuring
and the business men have come to
the conclusion that this camp’s
■ rosperlty is best founded upon n
Community of workers and not a
population .spending most of its
time looking in vain for employ
ment. Common sense might have
told that long ago: but the horse
has got to be stolen before people
jwtil think of locu.ne the barn.
Labor conditions in Nome have
bien far from Ideal. The man with
11 he fraudulent time check where
with to* pay oif smployees has for
some seasons put in a blossoming
appearance; labor laws such as the
eight hour day are by a piece ot
.trickery cleverly evaded; the major
ity of the larger mining companies
(take in 85 per cent of their men
from the outside; most make siren
. nous efforts to conceal tho cheap
I wages which they are paying, ana
I when companies, such as have been
j many dredging companies in Nome,
have a quantity of useless expense
to settle for, their tendency to em
ploy, the cheapest labor possible
is not to be overcome with resolut
lng.
The main trouble with Nome ope
rations and Indeed with Nome gen
erally Is that there are too many
trying to live off the backs of the
workers. Some dredging compa
nies have white collared staffs that
produce no money which would
bankrupt Morgan and Co. If rela
tively carried out by that firm.
Those seek refuge in cheap labor;
it’s what they beliove in, and it Is
what they will believe in until the
last chapter. We would like to
see the eight hour law enforced foi
the “old timers” in this camp as
well as for the chechacoes, and
some time that will be brought
about, but It will be brought
about by labor.
Nome Is well supplied with bus
iness houses. More are supposed
to be coming. That Nome can sup
port any more, any more than that
Nome can support any increase in
its working population, is highly
improbable.
MZOHRAX. AmiMSKW HO.
U. S. Land Office, Nome, Alaska,
April 18th, 1916.
Notice Is hereby given that the
FlumQ Dredge Company, a corpora
tion organized under the laws ol
the State of California, with its
principal place of business and post
office address, Mills Building, San;
Francisco, California, has through
JAs. M. Streeten, its authorized
agent, whose post office address is
Nome, Alaska, made application for
a United States patent for No. 14
Above Discovery placer mining
claim, situated on Melsing Creek, i
in the Council City Recording Di
strict, Territory of Alaska, and de
signated as Mineral Survey No.
1172, which said placer mining claim
is described according to the plat
and field notes now on file in the
U. S. Land Office at Nome, Alaska,
with a magnetic variation of 21
deg. 38 min. E. as follows:
Beginning at Corner No. 1, a
spruce post 4 ft. long, 6 ins. dia
meter, in earth mound, scribed 14
Ab 1 1172 on N. face, whet ce U. S.
L. M. No. 1172 bears S 69 deg.
34 min. W. 380.3 ft. Thonce N. 35
deg. 35 min. W. 544.4 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 56 deg. 27 min.
E. 1376.6 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
S. 37 deg. 56 min. E. 526.4 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence S. 55 deg. 37
min. W. 1397.6 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
| place of beginning, containing an
area of 17.025 acres.
This claim is situated on Melsing
Creek about four miles north of
Council City, Council City Re
cording Precinct, Alaska. Lo
cation monur.ent No. 1172 is
a schist stone 37x20x5 ins.
18 ins. in the ground, with mound
of earth 4 ft. high, 6 ft. base, situa
ted about 30 ft. above the bed H
Melsing Creek, on the south side
thereof, in latitude 64 deg. 55 min.
N., longitude 163 deg. 39 min. W.
The location notice is recorded in
Vol. 10, page 132, of the records
Council City Recording District, Al
aska.
The adjoining claims are as fol
lows: On the northeast No. 1 >
Above Discovery on Melsing Creek;
on the southwest. No. 1 3 Above Dis
covery on Melsing Creek; claimants
unknown; on the northwest ana
southeast, claims unknown; all un
surveyed.
G. A. ADAMS.
Register.
| Date of fir-1. publ., April 20, 1916.
Date of last publ., June 21, 1916.
< AllUIl’K’S lJEN,
NOTICE OF SALK.
! Notice is lieroby given that the
j Pacific Coast Steamship Company, a
■ corporation, having a common car
; rier’s lien on tlie personal property
hereinafter described, in the sum of
One Hundred Twelve and 40;T00
($1 12.40) the amount of the just and
reasonable charges for carriage
thereof from Seattle, Washington,
to Nome, Alaska, will on the 29tn.
day of May 1916, at the hour of
twelve o’clock noon, at the Alaska
Lighterage & Commercial Company’s
Dock, Front Street, in the City of
Nome, District of Alaska, sell at
public auction to the highest and
host bidder for cash in hand the fol
lowing described personal property,
to-wit:
1 36 X 6 ft. Air Receiver
54 c. f.
1 Crtd. Gas Engine 143 c. f.
1 C. L. Fly Wheel.
1 Galv. Iron A. Tank 6 c. f.
I Bx. Eng. Parts.
II Steel Post Caps 1255 lbs.
1 Bx. Iron Riffle Bars.
1 C. I. Friction 275 lbs.
1 Pc. Shafting 135 lbs!
1 Sk. Shaft Collars 1 c. f.
now located at Alaska Lighterage &
Commercial Company’s Dock, From
Street, in said City of Nome, or
such part thereof as may be suffici
ent to pay such lien, and costs of
keeping and selling said property.
The name of the consignee of
said property is Kougarok Dredging
Company: the name of the owner
or reputed owner is Kougarok
Dredging Company.
Dated, Nome, Alaska, May 3rd,
1916.
ALASKA LIGHTERAGE ft COM
MERCIAL COMPANY.
By R. S. POLLISTER, Agent.
Agents for Pacific Coast Steamship
Company.
Date of first publ., May 4, 1916.
Date of last publ., May 26, 1916.
CARRIER'S LIEN.
NOTICE OP SALE.
Notice Is hereby given that the
Alaska Steamship Company, a cor
poration, having a carrier’s lien on
the personal property hereinafter
described, in the sum of Fifty Six
and 05| 100 Dollars ($56.05) the
amount of the just and reasonable
charges for carriage theroof from
Seattle, Washington to Nome, Alas
ka, will on the 29th day of May,
1916, at the hour of 12 o’clock
noon, at tho Alaska Lighterage &
Commercial Company’s dock, Front
Street, in the City of Nome, District
of Alaska, sell at public auction to
the highest and best bidder for cash
in hand, the following, described
personal property, to-wit:
1 Crt. Engine, *77 c. f.
1 Fly Wheel, Elect. Supplies 10 c.h
1 Fly Wheel, 10 c. f.
1 Bx. Elect. Supplies 10 c. f.
2 Bx. Inc. Lamps, 12 c. (.
1 Crt. Dynamo, 14 o. f.
1 Pump, 2045 lbs.
now located at Alaska Lighterage ft
Commercial Company'* Dock, Frost
Street, In said City of Nome, or *n«b
part thereof a* may be sufficient to
pay such lien, and costs of keeping
and of selling said property.
The name of the consignee of said
property is the Kougarok Dredging
Company; the name of the owner or
reputed owner is Kougarok Dredg
ing Co.
Dated, Nome, Alaska, May 3rd,
1916.
ALASKA LIGHTERAGE & COM
MERCIAL COMPANY.
By R. S. POLLISTER, Agent.
Agents for Alaska Steamship Qo.
Date of first publ., May 4, 1916.
Date of last publ., May 26, 1916.
WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN
NOTICE OE SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the
Alaska Lighterage & Commercial
Company, Agents for the Maine
Northwestern Development Compa
ny, a corporation, having a ware
houseman’s lien on the personal pro
perty hereinafter den ribed, in the
sum of ten hundred seventy seven
and 40j 100 Dollars ($1,077.40) the
amount of the Just and reasonable
charges for safely keeping and stor
ing the same at the request of the
owner or lawful possessor thereof,
will, on the 29th day of May, 1916,
at the hour of twolve thirty o clock
in the afternoon, at the railroad
yard of the Maine Northwestern De
velopment Co., north of First Street
and East of Steadman Avenue, in
the City of Nome, District of Al
aska, sell at public auction to the
highest and best bidder for cash in
hand, the following described per
sonal property, to-wlt:
1.—Lot Lumber caid to contain
65,000 feet, amount of feet un
known.
1.—:Lot of iron, shafting, castings,
etc.,- articles and quantity un
known.
now located in the yard of the Maine
Northwestern Development Co.,
North of First Street and East of
Steadman Avenue, in the said City
of Nome, or such part thereof aa
may be sufficient to pay such lien
and costs of keeping and of selling
said property.
The Name of the owner or re
puted owner is Kougp.roit Dredging
Company.
Dated, Nome, Alaska, May 3rd,
1916.
ALASKA LIGHTERAGE & COM
MERCIAL COMPANY.
By It. S.POLLISTER, Agent.
Agents for Maine Northwestern
Development Co.
Date of first publ., May 4, 1916.
Date of last publ.. May 26, 1916.
WAREHOUSEMAN'S HEN.
NOTICE OK SALE.
Notice is hereby giver, tlut the
Alaska Light* .go & Commercial
i Company, a corporation, having a
| warehouseman's lien on the personal
property hereinafter described, in
the sum of Eight Hundred Thirty
One and 12 100 Dollars (.$ S:i ^. 12 >
j the aiffount of the just ana reason
able charges for safely keeping and
| storing the same at the request of
the owner or lawful pcssessor the'e
! of, will, on tho 29th day of May,
! 1!) 1G, at the hour of twelve o’clock
| noon, at the Alaska Lighterage &
Commercial Company’s Dock, Front
Street, in the City of Nome, District
of Alaska, soil at public auction to
| the highest and best bidder for
[cash in hand, the following describ
ed personal property, to-wit:
Eat. Est.
Wts. Meas.
1 Upright Gas Engine 4.10
1 Lot Washers & Paint 225
1 Lot Castings, Grease &
Washers 130 1
1 Vice and Anvil i 280
1 K. D. Wheelbarrow
1 Lot Ore Sacks & Matting
Lot Paint & Oakum
Bdl (5) Plates 100
Coil Rope
Wheels & Sk. Washers 625
Bbll Pitch
20 Sx. B. S. Coal 2000
1 Bdl. (2; Brooms & 1
coll hose
1 Handle & 1 Tcrch
1 Ctr. press & 1 Cs. Bolts 200
1 Cs. Bolts
12 Pc. Gal. Sheet Iron
130 Pc. Bolts
8
11
57
3
2
12
960
14i>v
1 Bbl. Oil
2 Bdl. (6) Plates
2 Bdl. Washors
74 Pc. Shafting
1 Pc. Shackel
14 Wheels
1 Coupling
3 Clutch Levers
6 Pullys
1 Gas Eng. Whoel
1 Ro. Belting
(90 Bdln Lumber
18 Pc. Lumber
Approx. 3500 BM)
50
100
7000
50
2800
100
120
240
400
12
50
2
3000
800
40
54
Ply
675
143
6
4
1
87
22
14
1 Pc. Shaftings
1 Bdl. (2) Tongs
5 Bx. Bolts, etc.
17 Pc. Ir m pipe, etc.
1 1-2 Keg Nalls
1 Air Receiver
1 Crtd. G. Eng. & 1
Wheel
1 Galv. Iron Air Tank
I Bx. Engine Parts
II Steel Castings 1255
1 Bx. Irons & 1 Friction 275
1 Pc. Shafting & 1 cack
collars 135
1 Crt. Eng.&Fly Wheel
3 Bx. Elct. Supplies
1 Crt. Dynamo & 1
Pump 2045
now located at Alaska Lighterage &
Commercial Company’s Dock, Front
Street, in said City of Nome, or such
part thereof as may be sufficient to
pay such lien, and corts of keeping
and of selling said property.
The namo of the consignee of
said property is ivougarok Dredg
ing Co.; the name of the owner or
reputed ownor is Kougarok Dredg
ing Co.
Dated, Nome, Alaska, May 3rd,
1916.
ALASKA LIGHTERAGE & COM
MERCIAL COMPANY.
By R. S. POLLISTER, Agent.
Date of first publ., May 4, 1916.
Date of last publ., May 26, 1916.
WE WILL PURCHASE
I Empty Coal Sax
IN GOOD CONDITION
1 5 Cents Each
ALASKA LIGHTERAGE 8 COME GO.
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HIPRESS
I White Boots
I $8.00
Cheap John Store
Kent Transfer Oo.
General Transfer & Freighting
Coal * O'L
Phone Main 139.
MURPHY HAS THE GOODS
Summit Shirts, Stetson Hats,
and Connelly Shoes
llltl-HAK CLOTHING. A Suit of this will answer any miners
requirements, and has proven flic best goods of the kind on the
market to date.
I PHIL MUBPHY
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Always at your Service.
Prompt delivery— Blizzard or
Shine at nsnal Rates 10
Backets 01.00. 50c. a Barrel.
A. D. POTEET.
Phone Red 120.
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Ham, Bacon Poultry and Fish
Game In Season. All fresh
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