BEFORE THE FIRE AND
AFTER IN ST MICHAELS
ST. MICHAELS, Aug. 1.— (By
TWail). A short synopsis of labor
conditions in the past and during
the dominancy of the A. C., later
•with the other companies the N. C.
and N. A. T., now defunct may not
he amiss to a clear understanding
of the present labor agitation.
St. Michael3 is a military reserv
ation and the companies doing bus
iness here are doing it under re
vocable licenses and the military
authorities have the power at any
time to close them up it they do not
conduct their business in accord
with what their regulations de
mand. The companies are in no
way interfered with, but yet the
shadow of authority is always hov
ering over the island and as a result
few men. and these in the employ of
the company or the government
have made St Michaels their home.
In the spring when the Yukon
traffic opened up a large force of
men was necessary for the opera
tion of the boats and the handling
of cargo. These men wer? brought
in from the outside and were re
ferred to as contract men. The
wages of the longshoremen was two
dollars a day and board and fifty
cents an hour overtime. The sala
ries of the other men were accord
ing to their positions and judged by
the standards of the outside, good
Sometimes extra men were need
ed and they were fifty cents an hour
without board and soon as the rush
was over their services were dis
pensed with.
Several attempts in the past to
raise the wages of the longshore
men failed, owing to the readiness
with which men front the nearby
points could be secured. A couple
of years ago the plant changed
hands and the present company con
tinued the methods of employment
only in a lesser measure, as they
wanted to give employment to men
in the country and were willing it
they were sure of obtaining the ne
cessary labor in the country to dis
continue the importation of labor.
Along came tiie fire as fully re
MAY STOP ALL THE
EXPORT OF NEGROES
WASHINGTON. D. C'.. Aug. 5.—
It is apparent that the southern in
dustrial centers are going to use
the East St. Louis riots of a month
aco as an argument for the en
forcement of the prevention of the
movement north of negro labor
Several leading southern cities
and other centers are in the south
now taking steps to prevent the la
bor rustlers taking the negro work
ers from those sections.
Even the railroad companies
which have been getting men for
extra gang work have been foiled
by laws and ordinances which are
being enforced.
In several places the result lias
been that rustlers after securing
as many as a hundred men by pro
mises of better pay than prevailed
there were obliged to leave empty
handed when the authorities inter
fered.
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AS CUSTOMARY AT THIS TIME OK THE YEA It TO Oil Kit TO
COXTKACT GOODS I (Hi WINTElt OUTFITS.
After careful investigation we find*that it is impossible to
get a guaranteed price on any commodity carried by us, and we
cannot in justice to our trade and ourselves * attempt to offer a
price, therefore, we have con ■■lulled to accept all orders for
• winter outfits upon the following conditions:—■
1st. All orders to be invoiced upon arrival of goods at
Nome at warehouse cost prices plus a small percentage for buying
and handling.
2nd. A reasonable cash deposit to lie "made with each order. Bel
ance to he paid uefore the last heat leaves fcfr the outside.
2 3rd. Deliveries to be made as soon as practical: but if winter ‘
| storagi is roguired. a .small month y rental will be charged.
•1th. Should you visit to wait until our winter stock arrives, i
1 wo will be in the best of positions to make you a correspondingly 1
J lo w price which will include all • barges upon the same conditions {
as in the past.
Buying goods at the above terms will insure you the
LOWEST POSSIBLE COST for your winters outfit. Our experience
and knowledge of the business and purchasing power will more
than equal our little charge for handling your goods. You have
NO TROUBLE, NO RISK, NO NEW EXPERIMENT! !
OI K REPETITION I’OR I MR DEALING LIVED I P TO IN
THIS COMMUNITY SINCE THE BEGINNING OK NOME
SHOULD 1!E A HAKE GLIDE TO YOU OK WHERE TO PLACE
YOU? CON I THENCE.
Polefs Stores
ported in the Worker and the long
shoremen headed for the outside.
Yukon Indians came down the river
to fill their places under the old
working conditions and all things
went well until the heaving barges
and rails twinkling in the sunlight
made the Yukon Indians long for
the sunny hanks of their Yukon
home where no southerly gales hove
their birch bark between tumbling
wa\es and a steamer's steel clad
sides. So with the Indians and the
Eskimos it was fifty cents an hour
straight time and board or home.
The matter was taken under con
sideration and in the meantime the
Umatilla arrived with twenty long
horemen who hearing of the trouble
sent a committee ashore to investi
gate and report. Then the long
shoremen said "We too. No work
for us until their demands are
granted”.
A hasty conference, a recognition
of the justice of the Eskimos’ de
mands, now backed by the white
men and the demands were grace
fully conceded. But the Indians
dont seem to be able to do the
barge w-ork as their legs, hands and
heads do not seem to adjust them
selves to the trembling waves and
the heaving scows. So longshore
men, Eskimos and contract men,
all in accord, it is 50-50 and if the
Indians do not get the wages no
man works. Thus the matter stands
at five a. m., August first 1917.
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GERMAN REFORM TALK
ALL POPULAR PIFFLE
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LONDON. Aug. 5.— I is appar
ent that the German people them
selves since the re-construction of
the government staff, regards tin
announcements relative to the re
form; which were favored by the
government as so much piffle.
In any event according to dis
patches coming through Amsterdam
Geneva or Copenhagen, the fighting
in 1 lie west front and especially in
Flanders has caused a temporary
lack oi interest in domestic pro
blems, according to the evidence of
t lie press. Statements accrediting '
great victories to the Germans in
Planters occasion this change.
LUMBER MEN LOSING
FIGHT TO STRIKERS
SEATTLE,, Aug. —Although
they have over ha'.i a Million dol
lars to tight the strik* r- a the lura
FOI4 SALE CHI' \P.
Two 4 II. P. Boilers.
One 12 II. P. Boiler.
One 10 H. P. Boiler.
Two 0 H. P. Boiler.
DARLING & DEAN CO.
ber Industry, the lumber interests
are losing out. Many anils to till
contrast orders have been conceding
the eight hour day. Several camps
went back to this scale last week.
Almost all the more important
shingle mills rc-opened on the
eight hour schedule to take advant
age of the high prices. Only the 1
largest mills and biggest interests
ill the sawmill industry so far are
keeping up the light.
The men are holding out strongly.
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THE WORKER.
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