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Address all Communication* to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome,.Alaska. Phone, Black 194.
Entered a* second class matter March 1, 1911. at the port offlce at
’#ome, ■ Aiassa, una*er the Act of March I, 1979.
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Nome, Alaska, October IK, 1016.
SAMK ()U) STORY.
The fact that the winter comes
on and finds some men who worked
all summer without any pay for
their labor for some concerns is not
an unusual feature of the Nome
Fall. .On the contrary except that
this year there seem to be less men j
who failed to get their wages, it has
for some time been quite a charac
teristic of working conditions here.
There is no reason for this sort j
of thing. The fault lies primarily |
•with the men themselves who either
are afraid to ask for their money
when it is due or they generously
donate their wages for the employ
ers’ use so that they can hold their
jobs.
Constant exposure of this condi
tion upon the part of this paper has
had something to do with the tact
that there are now fewer dead heal
iirins operating or fewer who
Flame upon the hard set of circum
stances which they had to contend
against the fact that they failed to
nay their men.
It is stated as a fact that only in
Alaska will operators who are not
engaged in profitable ventures he
allowed . r ■dit. But in Nome many
-who have not a single thing to re
commend 'hem but their ability to
peddle the hull, appear to be able
to get what supplies they need.
Finally when the storekeeper gets
the worst of it he howls ubo.it his
own discomfiture.
Now under such circumstances
■who can have any sympathy witl:
a business man who has had such
lamentable lack of foresight ant
why ' : i.ould anyone have pity foi
the laborer who takes similai
,.;lan< - order to get a joo.
In point of fact, it has been J;
cjuite observable that workingmen ,
avlio have sought credit although ■
the < rtainty liiat they would repay |
TO, positive and secure have been
re[iised. while here and there a so- ;
va’le operator can get all the < re
it he wants for the asking.
However that does not help the,
•workingman any in this camp and ,
liis is our main concern. The main
fact is that the workers ought to
make sure of their pay before ever
they make sure of their job. But
it is because they betray an anxiety
to get the job and take all kinds of
chances in getting their pay. there
are some at the end of the season
find themselves with good hard
hands, a fine appetite, sound musc
les and no money.
Obviously there is only one reme
dy for this condition and that reme
dy is to acquired by the workers
themselves through themselves. It
each and every man will first make
sure of his wages and then take the
job, he will be in a much better con
dition at the end of the season.
But the trouble is that the indivi
dual is afraid of the other man; lie
figures out that if he hesitates to
go to work when he has a chance,
if he dickers about the pay and pro
ceeds to find out if it is all right,
tbs. other slave with labor power to
self grabs the job ahead of him and
lie loses the whole season. What
then* Is it not clear as daylight
that, the only thing for the worker i
in this emergency is to unite with
cue. another and being organ!-.ml
they can feel confident that the
scramble will not then exist. Thev
can then be sure that th-» otliei
Hi lew wll not lie in the same unor
ganized rush to get the ;,ob and
they can demand and they can re
ceive the money they earn just as
soon as it is due.
it is hard to have sympathy with
those workers who lose even a
whole summers wages. It is pri
marily their own fault. There is a
union here to which they should be
long and belonging to Which they
could protect others and themselves,
if all the workers in the mining in
dustry make up their minds to join
this organisation there will be no
such sorry stories of defaulted
wages at the end of the year.
It certainly is lamentable that
men will not have sufficient get-up
in them to demand their wages
when it is due. and fall victims to
the wily methods of some operators
who are preparing a homestake for
themselves. Such a one. in the Solo
mon district two years ago left the
country owing one man a thou
sand and others almost as much and
paid never a cent. Yet he bought
a ten thousand dollar ranch in Cali
fornia and is enjoying it to the full
because he was a'ble to employ non
union men who were afraid to call
their soul their own on or off the
job.
The job is worth nothing to a
man. it what a man gets on the
job that is worth while, yet to ob
serve the incredible haste and the
indecent scramble to get a job quite
regardless .of whether or not the
wages would be forthcoming one
would come to the conclusion that
God made a number of men to live
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to work.
Gasoline Lamps $8. See Crooks,
next Fire Department.
NOTICK OF ELECTION.
Notice of Election of Delegate to
I Congress, an Attorney-General for
Alaska, Members of the Legislature
'and Hoad Commissioner for Hoad!
District No. *2 and Providing for an
expression of tlie people of the Terri- |
lory of Alaska as to Whether or not ;
intoxeating Liquors shall he maim- |
factored or sold in the Territory ol
Alaska after the first day of j
January 1!MS, and for an Expres
sion by the Electors of the Terri-i
tory of Alaska whether they are in j
fat or of a General Eight Hour Day
far all wage and salary earners in
the Territory of Alaska.
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Notice is hereby given pursuant to j
lie provisions ol the Acts of Con* j
ress of May 7, 1906, and August!
4, 1912, that an election for a De-j
?gate to Congress for the United ;
tat< - from Alaska, an Alton.ey- !
ieneral for Alaska, one member ot |
he Senate and four members of the ;
louse of Representatives of the Le-1
;islature of the Territory of Alaska,
me Road Commissioner for Road
listrict No. 2, and providing for an
expression of the people of the Ter
•itory of Alaska as to whether or
lot intoxicating liquors shall be
Manufactured or sold in the Terri
er y of Alaska after the first day
jf January, 1918, and for an ex
pression by the electors of the Terri
tory of Alaska whether they are in
favor or are not in favor of a gen
eral eight hour day for all wage and
salary earners in the Territory' ot
Alaska, will be held in the election
district comprising the City ot
Nome, incorporated, in the Territory
of Alaska, on TUESDAY, the 7th
day of November, 191(1.
And pursuant to said Acts of Con
gress the Common Council of said
City of Nome has by resolution
adopted September 25th, 1916, pro
vided for three voting precincts
for said election within the election
district of said City of Nome, which
said voting precincts are bounded
and described, and the polling
places designated therein as follows,
to-wit:
Precinct No. 1.
All that part of the Town of Nome
lying west of the center of West B.
Street, the polling place to be at the
house owned by J. C. Brown and
situated on West D. Street on Lot
8, in Block 25 of the official plat ot
the Townsite of the City of Nome,
Alaska.
Precinct No. 2.
All that part of the City of Nome
lying east of the center line of West
1! Street and west of the center line
of Steadman Avenue and Lot 17 in
Block 6 of the official plat of said
city, also known as Mielke Way, the
polling place therein to be at the
City Hall Building at the corner ot
First Avenue and Hunter Way.
I’reol.net No. 3.
All that part of the City of Nome
east of the center line of Steadman
Avenue and of Lot 17 in Block 6 of
said city, also known as Mielke Way.
the polling place to be the Hoffman
House on the north side of Front
Street oposite the Green Tree Ho
tel.
The polls in each precfnct will be
open from eight (8) o’clock Ante
Meridian until seven (7) o’clock
Post Meridian on the day of elec
tlon.
E. GRIMM.
City Clerk of the City of Nome, Inc.
Territory of Alaska.
Political Cards. H
'OR DELEGATE TO CONGRESS 1
FROM ALASKA
Chas E. Sulzer
Election, November 7, 1916.
•X)R DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
FROM ALASKA
Lena Morrow
Lewis
Socialist Party Candidate.
Election, November 7, 1916.
FOR ATTORENY GENERAL
TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
George B. Grigsby
Election, November 7, 1916.
FOR SENATOR:
Thos. M’Gann
For Re-Election.
Election. November 7, 1010.
FOR SENATOR:
CAPTAIN
John Sundback
Republican Candidate
Election. November 7, 1910.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Victor A. Julien
Election, November 7, If) 10
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Charles D. Jones
Independent Candidate.
Election, November 7, lOlt
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
T. M. Reed.
Election, Novemlter 7, IDE
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Andy Anderson
Republican Candidate
Election, November 7, 191
i'OR REPRESENTATIVE:
Phil. Corrigan
Election, November 7, 1916,
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Mike Young
Election, November 7, 1010.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
A. A. Allan
(SCOTTY)
Election, November 7, 1010.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
James P. Daly
For Territorial Roads. No Poll Tax
Enforcement of Territorial Laws. !
Election, November 7, 1910.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Nate C. Coombs
For Re-Eliction.
Election,. November 7, 1910.
i FOR TERRITORIAL
I ROADCOMMISSIONER
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John A. Wilson
Election, November 7. 1910.
FOR TERRITORIAL
ROA1K OMMISSiONF.R
W. J. Rowe
Republican Candidate
Election, November 7, 1910.
FOR TERRITORIAL
ROADCOMMISSIONER
Barney Gibney
!■ Election, November 7, 1910.
GEORGE BITTER.
Information wanted regarding the
above who left New York in 1898
and believed to have gone to Alaska.
His dear Old mother is anxiously
waiting to hear news of him.
Address: CHRIS BITTEL.
Box 323 Albany, N. Y.
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57 Varieties have arrived at
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211 FRONT STREET
PHONE, MAIN 80
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SAILS FROM NOME
ON LAST VOYAGE SEASON l»16v
NOVEMBER 3 RD.
SCHEDULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NQT1CE.
I F. J. O’CONNOR, ALASKA LAO. OO.
Commercial Agent, - AGENTS
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
LAST SAILING FROM NOME
FOR SEASON 1916
S. S. VICTORIA
NOV.
R. A. Carroll, Agent, Nome
Attention
WE ARE RECEIVING ON EVERY STEAMER ONE OF THE
REST STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE, SELECTED DUR
ING OUR TRIP TO THE OUTSIDE. WE ARE HERE TO STAY
AND FOR A SQUARE DEAL CALL AT CHEAP JOHN’S STORE.
TEL. MAIN' 48.
ONE PRICE TO ALL
Cheap John Store
Kent Transfer Co.
General Transfer & Freighting
g*oal & QiJ_
Phone Main 139.
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MR. MINER
I HAVE PURCHASED WHILE OUTSIDE THE BEST LINE
OF FURNISHINGS AND WINTER SUPPLIES TO BE HAD,'AND
AM DETERMINED TO MARE THIS STORE THE BEST PLACE
IN ALASKA TO TRADE.
PHIL MURPHY
MURPHY HAS THE HOODS
GET THE NEWS RIGHT.
THE WORKER.
READ Anything In the line of job work
Satisfaction assured.
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