THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as seoond class matter. Septem
ber 17th, 1918. at the I ost Office, at
McCarthy, Alaska, under the Act of
March 8. 1879.
0. P. M. COLE. Manager
M. M. COLE Editor
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Saturday August26th 1922.
GOMPERS PREDICTS BETTER
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
INDUSTRY and CAPITAL
[New York Times]
That adjustment of the strikes
of the railroad shopmen and the
coal miners will “bring a better
understanding between the em
ployer and the employee* ’ was
the opinion expressed here yes
terdey by Samuel Gompers, Pre
sident of the American Federa
tion of Labor.
Declaring he viewed with a
“great deal of pleasure the
news that the strikes seem to
be nearing what would seem to
be a mutually settlement” Mr.
Gompers said:
“If the men had not struck
they would not have received the
modicum of justice which I hope
will now be accorded them.
Furthermore, the whole coun
try would not have been appris
ed of the conditions under
which they have worked and
the objects for which they are
fighting.
“I believe an adjustment of
these strikes will bring a better
understanding between the em
ployer and employee. It is
like a family quarrel, you know.
Sometimes when you get mad
at your family you say a lot of
hard things and they talk back
but the affirmations of each side
even if overestimated, bring to
the light of day the things for
which each side is struggling &
the grievances which each is t
nursing.
,You have a rattling good row.
You know all about what your
sister is thinking regarding you
Then through the turmoil the
light of understanding is shed,
“ Prom my knowledge, I am
convinced that never in the his
tory of organized labor and cap
ital has there been such an ef
ort on both sides to view things
from a really human standpoint,
It is the few employers who
are driving bargains and propa
gating false information about
whom you hear. The great
mass of employers no longer
their men as mere machines.
They reolize that they are hum
an beings and the wise employ
er is interested in their prob
lems.
I have worked for labor ail
my life and you can understand
that it is a source of happiness
to me to know that these things
are coming to pass.
Every day I see a brighter and
better outlook before me. 1 am
most optimistic for the future.
Silver Strike near Keno Hill.
Gold Commissioner George
P. MacKenzie and Oswald S. Fin
ney, director of Yukon and the
Northwest Territory, on their
return to Dawson recently, con
firmed the report of a new sil*
ver strike on the Beaver River,
some fifty miles north of Keno
HilL
They state that a good show
ing of ore is in sight but that
some of the assays indicated
tha t the ore so far uncovered
is not of so high a grade as the
shipping ore of Keno Hill.
ONE DOCKET IN ANCHORAGE
Chauncey Peterson and Clin
ton Maelhorn were convicted in
the Commissioners Court at
Anchorage recently of violation
of the Alaska Bone Dry Law and
drew a sentence of nine months
in jail and a $900 fine.
George Gates was convicted
on two counts of violating the
Prohibition law and was sen
tenced to pay a fine of $500 &
to serve five months in the fed
eral jail.
Slim Neff and George Bringe
of Anchorage each drew a fine
of $500 and six months in jail for
violation of the Prohibition Law.
J. J. Mclsaacs was awarded
sentence of six months and as
sessed $500 for breaking the
Dry Law.
PORT OF MISSING MEN
Information is asked for
concerning the whereabouts of
Robert Alexander, who is be
lieved to have been in this part
of Alaska in the last years.
Communicate with the McCat
hy Weekly News, or direct to
Miss Florence Lange, Route 5
Columbus, Wisconsin.
MAKERS of WHITE MULE
MAY LOSE HOMESTEADS
(Anchorage Times)
Parties using homesteads as
a blind for the manufacture of
moonshine whiskey are liable
not only to land in jail, but to
have their entries cancelled, ac
cording to the plans incubating
where the homestead inspectors
and other officers of the law
will act in co operation.
In addition to this danger
hanging over the heads of the
nocturnal chemists is that of
being charged with murder,
where the evidence seows that
the liquor by which a patient’s
death was superinduced, came
from their hands,
Speaking of this phase of the
situation yesterday Assistant
District Attorney Julian A. Hur
ley said he had contemplated
filing a murder charge in con
nection with the recent death
of a man caused by drinking
moonshine whiskey, but was un
ble to form a complete link of
evidence. " Mr. Hurley says
that wherever it is possibld to
secure sufficient evidence to
warrant, he will add a murder
charge to that of moonshining,
Legitimate homesteaders are
complaining that many neigh
bours are using their home
steads as blinds and therefore
make it impossible for the bona
fide settler to secure road im
provemenst.
These homesteaders are de
termined to assist both the of
icers entrusted with the sup
pression of moonshining as well
as the homestead inspectors,
who will hold the settler to the.
strict letter of the law.