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“To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or at
• early us possible, la a worthy object of any rood government.”—
Abraham Lincoln
Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 134
All changes In standing advertisements must reach this office at six
o'clock each evening to lusure insertion In the following Issue.
Advertising rates made known on application.
Kntered as second class matter March 1, 1911, ml the post office at
Korae, Aiassa, under the Act of March 8, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, May “li, 101(1.
HOW AliOlT IT?
Every law that is directly or In
directly violated, without any re
sultant action being taken to see
that it is lived up to, is so ignored
by the tacit assent of the authori
ties or by an understanding that no
action will be taken Tn any event.
That is the rule; that is the rule,
surely, v/ith such common regula
tions a,s we face with regard to pet
ty measures in connection with
civil life. r
Thus when the people in this
community ignored the existence of
a Sunday closing law, it was be
cause the officials were willing that
such should be the case.
The eight hour day :s being dell
borately violated by a partnership
pretense in this community. One ot
these firms which hired men by
ouch a partnc ship, Taring the is
sue of a -damage suit settled out ot
court. The Industrial Worker is in
formed the consideration was in the
neighborhood cf $.">rt0. The authori
ties locally are not ignorant ot
that. They must know it. They
must I ov . we presume, that other
linns an t ■ toying into these part
nership deals with a view cf mak
ing this eight hour day a joke.
it is sub lilted to he District At
torney that this enforcement of tlife
c-igiit hour day is really more im- J
portant than comic opera, ana ,
while no doubt come firms may be
providing ns with ti plot for such in
the official estimation, it is certain
ly a scandalous situation that it can
be broken without any effort made j
to c.ompi I its enforcement and 11 n
tier such an iinmcral^and wholly vi
cious method us an alleged partner- ,
ship.
To our niin<1 the violation of the
eight hour clay law, just because it
is a labor law, and without any effort
made to prevent such constant viol
ation, is a much more anti-social
condition than a game of pangingi
or selling a can of tobacco on Sun
days. From the working class point
of view there is no comparison.
But we doubt not the District At
torney would spend thousands ot
government money to enforce his
Sabbatarian views against an ordi
nary business man (we are not
mentioning in this class such more
powerful firms as lighterage ot
steamship companies) while this
eight hour law is honored in the
breach.
We dont pretend to know what
views the courts will take of such
an obvious subterfuge as these
partnership agreements really are
to enable employees to work ten
hours a day, but when this is com
ing into use generally throughout
the camp, what we would like to
know is whether or not there is any
tacit understanding between opera
tor and the district atorney, or the
government officials generally an i
the lawyers of the operators, that
the pretended agreement will be
recognized as giving the right suffi
cient to violate the eight hour day
law.
As stated at the outset of these
remarks, when wo see any commu
nity tolerating a violation of the
law, as many laws are violated in
this community, it is because it Is
understood that no official action
will he taken against its violators.
There is we say in this regard a
tacit understanding that no prose
cution will follow such violation,
and we would be considerable en
lightened did we know that in the
eight hour law violation, a similar
conditions exists.
The second division elected mem- '
hers to the territorial legislature j
on expressly this issue. They went
to Jureau and passed the law that
in underground working should be
au eight hour day. That’s the law. ft
that law can be broken in this in- :
stance, and its violation can be ig-1
nored by tho entire officialdom, hov; j
are the workers, who find that such '
legislation as is supposed to by
passed to improve conditions in thc
labor world, wholly ignored, to be
expected to respect any other laws
We certainly would like some ex
planation on this head on the high
er plane of social morality and free
from any pharasaical hypocrisy that
thinks a man's soul worth sending
a man to the penitentiary to save
while his body isn't worth the li
bretto of a fool opera.
The Nome Miners Union In facing
this proposition has determined
upon one thing . That is that this
law shall be enforced or the fault
of its non-enforcement placed upon
the official shoulders where it be
longs.
We have surely had enough bun
combe about lawn being violated in
this community and it’s about time
we all understood that they are
violated surely when and whore la
bor is concerned.
There are several outfits working
nun <)■• r the eight hour day. There
are ;ev ,-ral of these allege that
their men are partners. They have
signed a partnership agreemem
drawn up by a notary for the ex
press purpose of getting around the
eight hour day law. One such case
resulted in a man being injured
when at work. A damage suit fol
lowed. That suit was settled out
I of court. Why? Why, if not because
, the parnership agreement didn’t
amount to a row of beans and tin
defendants faced the alternative oi
a prosecution for a violation of tic
law?
Ihese are facts known on tin-!
street. They are facts that the 1 >is I
trict Attorney can learn just as well j
as can the Industrial Worker or the'
Miners Union. We dont believe j
that these things occur without the I
full knowledge of the officials.
That's what the Miners Union
would like to get at so that we
could take steps accordingly.
The Industrial Worker is fully
aware that labor laws arc violated
and evaded ail over the country.
They are in, many cases enforced
only when it is so easy to enforce
them that they almost enforce
themselves. This rotten state of af
fairs is due to the lack of more
perfect • organization among the
workers. That is known. If tne
workers were more fully organized
then assuredly they could compel
these men who lay awake nights to
enforce some little two by four re
form also devote some time to the
enforcement of labor legislation.
It makes one sick ot the pre
tenses of these social up-lifters any
where and everywhere that they
just follow the same line of least
resistance when it comes to doing
their duty that will not crown them
with the laurel wreathe of a social
reformist. But wo are down t^
cases in this matter. We stand upon
the bed rock fact that the labor law
is there. If it amounts to a whoop
in Hades let it be enforced; if it is
not to be enforced just let the reai
reason be known without any circu
locutlon or periphrastic bunk of any
kind.
We say that if a law concerning
the property rights of any power
ful interests were violated undei
the hollow and obvious and notori
ous pretense is this partnership
agreement, the offenders would be
yanked up before the courts before
they had time to frame either an
apology or explanation. Why? I low
about it?
ARE YOU SEEKING A PATENT?
If so it will pay you to investigate
rates of the Industrial Worker on
publication, of application therefor.
Bring your forfeiture notices to the
Industrial Worker.
Get iu cellmate on your Job Work
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Munnuii APriKunoN so. am
L*. 9. Land Office, Nome, Alaska,
April 18th, 1916.
i _
Notice is hereby given that the
Flume Dredge Company, a corpora
tion organized under the laws of
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,
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 11
Ab 1 1172 on N. face, whei ce U. S.
L. M. No. 1172 bears S 09 deg.
34 min. \V. 380.3 ft. Thonce N. 30
deg. 35 min. W. 044.4 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 56 deg. 27 min.
E. 1376.6 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
S. 37 deg. 06 min. E. 026.4 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 17.020 acres.
This claim is situated on Mclsius
Creek about four miles north of
Council City, Council City Re
cording Precinct, Alaska. Lo
cation monument 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 or
Melsing Creek, on the south side
thereof, in latitude 64 deg. 05 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. 15
Above Discovery on Melsing Creek:
on the southwest, No. 13 Above Dis
covery on Melsing Creek; claimants
unknown; on the northwest anu
southeast, claims unknown; all un
surveyed.
G. A. ADAMS.
Register.
Date c£ first publ., April 20, 1916.
Date of last publ., Juno 21, 191G.
CARRIER'S MEN.
NOTICE OF SALE.
Notice is hereby given that tlie
! Pacific Coast Steamship Company, a
I corporation, having a .common car
rier's lien on the personal property
hereinafter described, in the sum of
One Hundred Twelve and 40,100
($112.40) the amount of the just and
reasonable charges for carriage
thereof from Soattlo, 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, «ell at
public auction to the highest and
best 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, Front
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 & 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 OK SALE.
Notice Is hereby given that the
Alaska Steamship Company, a cor
poration, having a carrier’s lion on
tlie 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 thereof from
Seattle, Washington to Nome, Alas
ka, will on the 2 9th day of May,
1916, at the hour of 12 o'clock
noon, at the Alaska Lighterage &
Commercial Company's dock, Front
Street, in the City of Nome, Dlst^ct
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, 7 7 c. f.
I Fly Wheel, Elect. Supplies 10 c.h
l Fly Wheel, 10 c. f.
1 Ux. Elect. Supplies 10 c. f.
2 Hx." Inc. Lamps, 12 c. f.
1 Crt. Dynamo, 14 c. f.
1 Pump, 2045 lbs.
now located at Alaska Lighterage &
Commercial Company’ll Dock, Front
Street, in a&id City of Nome, or suck
part thereof aa may be sufficient to
pay such lion, 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,
11916.
ALASKA LIGHTERAGE & COM
MERCIAL COMPANY.
By R. S. POLLSTER, Agent.
Agents for Alaska Steamship Co.
Date of first publ., May 4, 1916.
Date of last publ., May 26, 1916.
WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN
NOTICE OF 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 des ribed, in the
sum of ten hundred seventy sov-rn
and 40| 100 "Dollars ($1,077.40) the
amount of the just and reasonable
i charges for safely keeping and stor
| ing the same at the request of the
owner or lawful possessor thereof,
i will, on the 29th day of May, 1916,
! at the hour of twelve 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-wit:
1.—Lot Lumber said 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 fpf First Street and East of
Steadman Avenue, in the said City
of Nome, or such part thereof as
may be sufficient to pay such lien
and costs of keeping and of selling
■ said property'.
I The Name of the owner or re
futed owner is KougaroK Dredging
Company.
Dated, Nome, Alaska, May 3rd,
1916.
ALASKA LIGH” H.RAGE & 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 2 6, 1916.
WAREHOUSEMAN'S HEX.
NOTICE OF SALE.
Notice is hereby given th:t the
Alaska Lights.-.go & Commercial
Company, a corporation, having a
warehouseman’s lien on the personal
property hereinafter described, in
the sum of Eight Hundred Thirty
Ono and 12 100 hollars ($83i.l2)
tlie amount of the just ana reason
able'charges for safely keeping and
storing the same at the request of
the owner or lawful possessor the ’e
of, will, on the 2Dth day of May,
1916, at the hour of twelve o’clock
noon, at the Alaska Lighterage <fc
Commercial Company's hock, Front
Street, in the City of Nome, District
of Alaska, sell at public auction to
the highest and best bidder for
casli in lianfl, the following describ
ed personal property, to-wit:
ESt. ESI.
Wts. Meas.
1 Upright Gas Engine 450
1 Lot Washers & Paint 225
1 Lot Castings, Grease &
Washers 130 1
1 Vice and Anvil 280
1 K. D. Wheelbarrow 8k
1 Lot Ore Sacks & Matting 11
1 Lot Paint & Oakum 5Y
2 Bdl. (5) Plates 100
1 Coil Rope 4
3 Wheels & Sk. Washers 625
1 Bbil Pitch 6
20 Sx. B. S. Coal 2000
1 Bdl. (2; Brooms & 1
coil hose 3
1 Handle & 1 Torch 2
1 Ctr. press & 1 Cs. Bolts 200 12
1 Cs. Bolts
12 Pc. Gal. Sheet Iron 960
130 Pc. Bolts 14u«
1 Bbl. Oil 12
2 Bdl. (6) Plate3 50
2 Bdl. Washors 100
74 Pc. Shafting 7000
1 Pc. Shackel 50
14 Wheeis 2800
1 Coupling 100
3 Clubch Levers 120
6 Pullys 240
1 Gas Eng. Wheel 400
1 Ro. Belting 2
(90 Bdls Lumber
18 Pc. Lumber
Approx. 3500 BM)
1 Pc. Shaftings 50
1 Bdl. (2) Tongs 2
5 Bx. Bolts, etc. 3000
17 Pc. Ir >n pipe, etc. 800
1 1-2 Keg Nails 40.
1 Air Receiver 64
1 Crtd. G. Eng. & 1 Fly
Wheel 575 143
1 Galv. Iron Air Tank 6
I Bx. Engine Parts 4
II Steel Castings 1255
1 Bx. Irons & 1 Friction 275 1
1 Pc. Shafting & 1 cack
collars 135 1
1 Crt. Eng.&Fly Wheel 87
3 Bx. Elct. Supplies 22
1 Crt. Dynamo & 1
Pump 2045 14
now located at Alaska Lighterage &
Commercial Company’s Dock, Front
Street, in said City of Nome, or such
part therepf cs may be sufficient to
pay such, lien, and corts of keeping
and of selling said property.
The name of the consignee ot!
said property is ivougarok Dredg
ing Co.; 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. POLL1STER, Agent.
Date of first publ., May 4, 1916.
Date,of last publ., May 26, 1916.
HIPRESS
White Boots
I $8.00
I Cheap John Store \
Kent Transfer Co,
General Transfer & Freighting
C°*L& OIL
Phone Main 139.
MURPHY HAS THE GOODS
Summit Shirts, Stetson Hats,
and COnneily Shoes
I>I»I-1JAK CLOTHING. A Suit of this will answer any miners
requirements, and lias proven the best goods of the kind on the
market to date.
phuTmurphy
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