Dailg N nmr Judugtrictl Morken
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By Nome Mine Workers* I'nion, No. 2t0. International Union of Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers.
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aearlv as possible, 1b a worthy object of any good government.”—
Abraham Lincoln
Address all Communication* to Dally Nome Industrial M orkec,
Bo.v 210 Nome, Alaska Phone, Black l*a.
Noiire, Alaska, August IN>, I!) 12.
thk \ssviT.T < vsi:.
Tli- Im! ust rial Worlc-r liail i n
tended to comtiK'iit and to comment
quite strong!.'' ui>on the decision of
the C• >-i:1 in the matter of Griffith
versus X- nicy r.s apparently condo
ning offi. :.I taking the law into
their own hands. But a - we have
been i: termed that future action
by tic .until ‘ivill l.e taken not
wholly lor-lgn to the incident, we
may r. guru is :-.s closed.
I! i regrettable that a clearer
and- more intelligent view of in
>.,!-.i •: i cions in:. : ■ . ■ by
ic,!: . nine.’.. in uarr .. > net at
t ait ■ ■ uch
as is i • . u- d in
thi • - ■ ' tratify
tUeii ov.i ■ vindictive
j . to- hurt the Ieel
iugs of ' i ■ k-iin tic ;• oi.ceive to
be r to take as ignorant a view
ot such ’• v - - as themselves.
Xow I o -retch of imagination
much intelligent consideration
ar-. su> h exi'1'es.-iot.s to be consid
ered as .. r-ffi ction upon one’s pro
genitors.
The idea is to hurt by appealing
to the ignorant passions of those to
whom such ate directed whereas
their us. is an unfailing sign of a
narrow. spiteful, ignorant and s-Iip.1
law mentality and the conception
that such narrow spiteful and vin
dictive mentalities as use them are
doing anything else but exposing
the malice of an evil and ignorant
mind is too ridiculous to be any
thing else than contemptible.
ixeauj
feels called upon to physically re
sent it is the ethical idea of the
caventan, still wonderfully popular
ami much in evidence when the re
version to type is aided by the sti
mulus of alcohol. And it is true
enough that it is the ignorance
of public opinion which sanctions a
resort to violence in such cases that
it required high degree of moral cour
age to refuse to falter in one's sell
control before such opinion. It b
easv enough to obey the impulse
which will be nothing more or less
than the faint h ■ rt -d obedl uie? to
the tyrannical main! <; ■ ■ >ul>
lic opinion, for it requires only a
certain degree of animal courage to
engage in any such a resentment.
It is no easy matter to obey the
dictates of one’s reason and inullig
( mco iii the face of public opinion
and to exe rcise • control through
a moral courage that is rare
enough. Hut it is for this very
reason that it should he insisted
upon in poiic * otl'u ers, regard!' ss oi
(lie degree of provocation to wit: it
they may conceive themselves to li
subjected, and any failure to do so
while it may not justify removal,
most certainly justifies official
censure.
These are generalizations appro
priately suggested by the case just
now closed. Granted that Mr. Noilly
was subjected to extreme provoca
tion even then, there was no justi
fication for a failure to exercise a
self control and that, too, if for no
other reason than to maintain the
peace as a police officer sworn to do
so. He should have taken into cus
tody the mr n who :.s he alleges of
fended him with abusive and insult
ing language and in doing so would
have performed a much more cour
ageous act than in attacking him nr
shown.
This is written with every allow
since for the feelings of both par
ties to the controversy. He,illy it 1
not Mr. Noilly nor Mr. Griffith who
come out of this investigation sev
erely to be condemned but the eitj
council which refused to censun
even while removal would have been
too severe. To y that they are
not condoning' the action of any
officer taking the law into his own
hards when failing to take eogniz
anr-i of the evidence that he did. is
only to suggest an alternative opln
ioii ruMi !i more seriously and much I
more gravely reflecting upon the
city aldermen
N(< HAlIi
.Mrs. .Mooney was tried and acquit
ted of i inplicity in tlie alleged
bomb plot which over a '.ear age!
caused the death of many peri-on:;]
in tip
becaus ■
in corn
which
pat in:
her to 1
Tli J
of ii
i reparedness parade. Vet |
th re are other indictments j
i-n with thr' occurence of;
v ns elu’.rg hi. as p ".ii i
i;..' court will not allow j
.!
is .satisfied of the guilt
inlant aiul deems Hie
cvn..
1
te !
1C
of
jud
of
i efore
otic r instance
is practically
. and an ins
i in v 1:itd
of tilt
to ma
>V( n il
r.s
when
('.judged
stale too
or ■ jin iced
psychology
her guilt
- disi lost d
bv
i le
tin
wa:
was anything well proved
cut trial of Mrs. Mooney
the fact that she had no
hand directly or indirectly in the
prepared ness parade explosion. Hut
they ; . determined to get her. and
to convict her and for that reason
al! iho important machinery calcu
lated to bring to being a conception
of her guili in the popular mind is
set in motion.
jurisprudence that a prisoner is in
nocent until he is proven guilty. But
! the method of procedure is to act
j towards the prisoner as if his guilt
was ascertained beyond voa or nay.
He is surrounded by an atmosphere
of guilt. The very fact that he is
charged leaves an indelible impres
sion upon the most unimpression
able mind and to observe them
1 brought in by men who are paid to
! guard malefactors and to protect
.society against malefactors is in it
j self to authorize an atmosphere of
j guilt around the accused which re
| nuircs a considerable effort to re
, move.
This decision to refuse Mrs.
| Mooney bail is an accentuated in
iiu-e ot legal authority deliberate
, ly lending itself to create this very
1 atmosphere. What inference can be
' concluded from the refusal- to admit
'tin- defendant to bail but that her
j case is desperate; and that in that
desperation she would not hesitate
to leave the country to escape pun
ishment The refusal to admit a
in r on to hail is in itself prime facie
evidence of that person’s guilt
whether the law says so or not. It
I
I
is intended by the judge who takes
that action and it has that result
uvn the popular mind whether we
will or no.
Not in the history of any crim
inal ease outside those wherein la
bor is involved can any such in
st c e as this disgraceful one in
Van Francisco lie cited. Never at
all against a wealthy malefactor,
and we are forced to the conclusion
th: t the method so pursued against
Mrs. Mooney is because of the fact
ihat she as well ns her husband
have been active in labor union
irs. It would be difficult to cou
pe a more disgraceful misinter
pr ■ration of Justice. It reduces
. " dity before the law to a mockery
positively proves that when
hor cases are involved in the
courts (he guilt Is taken for granted
until tlie innocence is proven beyond
; reasonable doubt, the very reverse
o; the whole theory of Anglo-Saxon
•: -istirudence. It s'-'-ms that San
Francisco authorities are deter
mined to make Ainreican democracy
I vome a mocking and a by-word,
no: only among the workers-and
among the people of the other states
hut among the workers of the other
nations who are watching Ibis ease
as closely as are Americans them
selves.
BUTTE.
The great industrial struggle in
Butte enters upon its final In;;* in
the belated decision of the men em
ployed iti the smelters to uuit work.
This will close down every copper
mine in that section. The town is
now due for a crisis such as was ex
cited in the Warren district in Aii
zona. Troops flood Butte however
even though gunmen are much in
evidence and for that reason the
agents of the company may bo over
awed by the militia.
P^or some reason the companies
have abandoned their patriotic ex
cuses in apology for their action to
wards the strikers and they are now
strictly on the defensive. The murd
er of Little, the refusal to permit
Congresswoman Rankin to speak,
' the whole attitude of vindictive ty
ranny within this copper barony
upon the part of the industrial over
lords is receiving publicity which de
fies the Amalgamated to make use
of the shallow pretense of devoted
patriotism.
The fight is now evidently to a
I finish and can be settled no wav
Imoie satisfactorily than by the gov
i ni'trnl rtf 1 li •.* 7■ r■ i
* r 11 m mit t o 1; i n p
perties- pm! administering them for
the national weal, especially during
the course of the war.
We take it that that will be the!
only way out. And it will be quite,
enough for the government to ex
press its intention to do so. to bring
the arrogant industrial barons to
their senses and to compel them to
watds some degree of decency In j
their attitude to tln ir employ, c ■
whom they have too long bean al-1
lowed to regard as their industr , 1
serfs.
SIMMONS ion PI 111.It ATIOX.
In the District Court for the District
of Alaska. Second Division.
AM KUI CAN' MANGANESE STEEL'
COMPANY, a corporation.
Plaintiff,
vs.
ALASKA MIXES CORPORATION, a
corporation. Nome Consolidate!
Dredging Company, a corporation.
Alaska Dre dging Company, a cor
poration. E. E. Powell, George it.
Schofield, J. M. Sloan, IS. L. \V< li
ster. M. \Y. Newton, Louis Eisen
lolir. F. H. Thatcher, Trustee, C.
F. Darling, Trustee and F. F.
Powell, Trustee,
Defendants.
The President of the United States
of America.
To F. F. Powell, E. L. Webster,
M. W. Newton, Louis Eisenlohr, ]•'.
H. Thatcher, Trustee, and E. E.
Powell. Trustee, defendants above
named,
Greeting:
You, and each of you, are hereby
summoned and required to appear
and answer the complaint of the
plaintiff on file in the office or the
- clerk of the above-entitled court at
the City of Nome, in 3aid district of
Alaska, Second Division, within
thirty (30) days from the service
of this summons upon you, to-wit:
from the 1st day of September.
1017, or judgment for want thereof
will be taken against you.
And you are hereby notified that
if you fail to answer the said com
plaint the plaintiff will take judg
ment against you, and each of you,
as prayed for in plaintiff’s com
plaint, to-wit: For a decree of the
above-entitled court cancelling and
setting aside that certain decree of
foreclosure heretofore made and en
tered on the first day of July, 1915,
in cause No. 260S entitled F. H.
Thatcher, trustee, et al, plaintiffs,
versus Nome Consolidated Dredging
Company, a corporation, et al, de
fendants, and for a decree setting
aside certain sales of real and per
sonal property made under and in
accordance with said decree and also
for the appointment of a receiver
to take possession of the assets of
the defendant Nome Consolidated
Dredging Company, real and per
sonal. mentioned, set forth and de
scribed in said decree, and for the
■•olo nt’ t-iul occoic niul tlio novr.iont
of a judgment obtained in cause No
26S0 entitled American Manganese
Steel Company, a corporation, plain
tiff. versus Nome Consolidated
Dredging Company, a corporation,
defendant, for the sum of Thirty
Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty
(Sn0.it20.00) Dollars and interests
and costs;
And you, and each of you, are
hereby further notified that if you
fail to answer the said complaint,
the plaintiff will take judgment
against you as officers and stockhoid
ers of tlie defendant Nome Consol
idated Dredging Company, a corpo
ration. for the full amount of said
judgment above described, to-wit:
tHe sum of Thirty Thousand Nine
Hundred Twenty ($30,9:20,00)
Dollars and legal interest, costs and
accruing costs.
The date of the order of publi
cation of tiris summons is July
20th. 1017.
The date of the first publication
of this summons is July 21st, 1917.
The date of last publication is
September 1. 1917.
WITNESS the Honorable J. It.
Tucker, Judge of the District Court
for the District of Alaska, Second
Division and the seal of said Court
hereunto affixed at Nome. Alaska,
ttiis 20th day of July, 1917.
(SEAL)
G. A. ADAMS.
Clerk of the District Court for the
District of Alaska, 2nd Division.
T. M. Heed and William A. Gilmore
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Nome, Alaska.
J. 21, 2S, A. 4. 11, IS, 25, S. 1.
Pioneer Igloo Hotel. Rooms .$2.00
& $3.00 per week and up. 50 cents
per night. Housekeeping Apart
ments.
Why worry
About wash day
THAT'S OUR RUSINKSS.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
BOSTON
STEAM LAUNDRY
4 14 Front St. Phone Main 5.'5
BOARD OF TRADE
Restaurant
and
imm soesa
George Modini,
Proprietor
Commencing Today,
AUGUST 11,
The Price of Bread will
he 10c. a loaf straight.
Other Goods raise in
price in proportion.
Signed:
North Pole Bakery
Anvil Bakery
Nome Bakery
Arctic Bakery
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. VICTORIA
LEAVE SEATTLE: LEAVE NOME:
Via Seward, Valdez and Cordova
Without Additional Charge.
SEPTEMBER 2 SEPTEMBER 14.
OCTOBER 0. OCTOBER 22.
SAILING SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
R. A. Carroll, Agent, Nome
From Nome
Sept. 3rd.
SEPTEMBER 2S.
OCTOBER S>5.
% From Seattle
)
Sept. 15th.
SEPTEMBER 15.
OCTOBER 13.
RIGHT RESERVED TO CHANGE THIS SCHEDULE.
nSciFio^fiiMsipcoT
ALASKA L. & C. CO. K. .7. O'CONNOR,
AGENTS Commercial Agent.
At Dock. Front St. and Steadman Ave. f|
Charles L. Ross
Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING & TRANSFER
HUSINESS OF W. STEIGELMAIER AND OF LEO KENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WILL RE
CEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
3RD AND 1$ STREET. PHONE BLACK 162.
S. S. Standard
Sails every SIX DAYS to
DIME AM) WAY POINTS
weather permitting
From Snake River.
CHAS WECKMAN.
INDEPENDENT
MEAT MARKET
W. H. Webb prop. I’bone M.1H
CHANGE IX COAL PRICES.
On Aug. JOth, Wellington Coal will l»e $23.00 per ton in yard.
On and alter September 25th, Wellington Coal will l>e $25.00 pr
ton in yard. Briquets will continue at $18.00 per ton in yard.
We aie experiencing great difficulty in securing anthracite
coal for winter use and cannot guarantee having any' quantity
on hand.
Alaska Lighterage Comercial Co.
THE NOiE INDUSTRIAL WORKER
is prepared to handle
all kinds of
Let us figure on your
work. Call up Black
134 or call at
THE INDUSTRIAL WORKER OFFICE
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