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Nome Mine Workers’ Union. No. *40, Weeiern InirrMloo of Miners.
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“To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
tearly as possible, Is a worthy object of any good government."—
atiraham Lincoln
Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 134
All cbangeB In standing advertisements must reach this office at six
•.clock each evening to Insure Insertion in the following issue.
Advertising rates made known on application.
Entered as second class matter March 1, 1011, at the post office at
korue, Alaska, una'er the Act of March 8, 187».
Nome, Alaska, May 2:5, Ml HI.
THE EIGHT HOI K L.\W.
The Alaska legislature passed an
eight hour law. This law includes
all underground workings, placer»
or otherwise. Every member of the
legislature elected from this sec- j
tion of the territory was committed J
to the support of the measure and !
it was a prominent plank in all
their platforms.
Anything that may give a law o
moral force in the way of its being
the will of the voting population
was attendant upon the passage op
this act. Yet from the first we have
seen efforts made to defeat its eri
forcemeat, and that its enforcement
is being defeated through a m03t
ridiculous subterfuge in this camp
is now too well known.
It is stated on what the Industrial
Worker regards as fairly reliable
authority that the partnership
agreement drawn up by one notart
was submitted to a prominent gov
ernment official with a view ot
ascertaining its: legality or not.
If this stor. is correct it is cer
tainly most suggestive. The Indus
trial Worker or any other opinion
cannot deck re against the right to
make partnership agreements, but a
so-called partnership agreement
that has to be . ubmitted to a feii
oral official before it is approval! in
order that those connected with it
may work a ten instead of an eight
hour day, confers upon such an
agreement
suspicion.
immediate and evident
If two miners bent upon a bona
fide partnership draw up an agree
ment they will not feoi any advis
ability to consult government offici
als as to its legality. There mu t
be something radically wrong with
the intention of the parties acces
sory to such an agreement when
the desirability of its being submit
ted to any authority suggests itself '
to them.
And obviously when such an agree- j
ment is submitted, the least 'liat we
could expect is a strict neutrality
upon the part of the authorities lest
they themselves he contributing di
rectly or indirectly to an ovasion
of the law.
The Industrial Worker is further
informed that under tha> same
agreement, men employed were dis
charged, that one of them received
d-mages for injuries sustained an 1
for this reason it is ciuite clear that j
only the official approval obtained
and the federal sanction extended
such a trumpery partnership is all
that could
i t '.riding.
possibly give it any
Tho extension of this obviously
and notoriously and viciously fraua
ul.'it partnership agreement to
other claims throughout the camp
is becoming scandalous. And the
only thing that this paper can do in
the event is to draw public atten
tion to this scandalous condition.
Here’s a law passed in direct
response to the popular demand.
Supported by the chosen represen
tatives of the people, placed upon
the territorial statutes and not be
ing enforced to the smallest extent.
We can readily undcrstrnd that
the federal officials to whose lot
l'all3 the responsibility for law en
forcement in this community, feei
towards the community no respons
ibility. They are appointive and
have to give the people of Alaska
no accounting of their failure to
discharge their duties in any re
spect whatever.
Their concern is only with the
federal authorities in Washington
and for all they care, the labor laws
passed by the territory or Alaska
may become a joke among employ
ers without their turning a hair.
That’s one of the groat drawbacks
of the government system in Alaska.
There is no responsibility to the
people of Aaska, and hence the
will of the people and especially!
the will of the Alaska workers, !
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finds no response in their offices.
The only thing thr.t remains It.
that event is to subject these ac
tions or lack of action to the fullesi
criticism and extend them all the
publicity that they deserve. Especi
ally in a matter of this kind, the
Industrial Worker would be failing
in its manifest duty did it main
tain a silence when this rotten cor
dition obtains without any publicity
being given it.
The right of minors among them
selves to enter into partnership
agreement is unquestioned. But it
ought to be bona fide. It ought not
to be for the purpose of enabling a
sot of employers to evade the eight
hour law. It ought to be such that
it could be given every publicity
and those who sign it understand
fully what it is all about. That is
not the case with the agreement un
der consideration. It is quite th
reverse. The notary if he draws ii
up may understand it, the employer I
if he used it, may understand it, j
Saxton the District Attorney may I
understand it, if submitted him—
but it is certain that none of the
Russians who append their signa
ture to it have anything but the
moat confused idea concerning it.
Therefore ft is manifestly unfair
it is obviously to defeat the eight
hour law. Sec who arc selected as
partm : They are not chosen be
cause they are experienced miners,
but strong and able bodied wage j
workers. Some of them have been J
discharged because they worked noi j
hard enough, and they all work ten !
and more hours a day.
With such obvious conditions hov;
in the world can anything 'bo said
to approve such a document? How In ;
the world can any official lie four..I
to extend it his imprimatur am 1
how in doing so can such a orn
pretend that he is unaware that ii |
would be used as it is being used
to defeat the enforcement of the
eight hour law
Conditions in Nome arc particu
larly rotten. The interpretation of
the Sunday closing law has been
directly refused the mining opera
tions. The steamers can come and
go and load and unload on Sundays
without any interference with
their activities whether within the
three mile limit or not. The eight
hour day which should take in this
camp's underground mines is allow
ed to be evaded in hollow fashion.
We say that every law, good, bad
or indifferent that is on the sta
tutes should be enforced whether
it is a Sunday closing, an eight hour
day or an anti-gambling law. It
the people want to get rid of an ob
jectionable law let them repeal It,
but in the meanwhile and until it is
done, let it not be. evaded. And
above all let it not be evaded under
such a contemptible, notorious, vici
ous and hypocritical even though
approved manner as this bogus
partnership agreement.
We would like to see any man go
through with the law enforcement
whether that law is or Is not un>
popular. But we certainly have no
praise for a person will sweat blood
to enforce a useless section of the
code, and stir not at all to enforce
what has been for years a painful
necessity In this camp.
NOW IS THE TIME.
As the bright sunny days are com
ing on, have your clothes cleaned,
pressed and repaired.
We make them look like new.
. kau lint3.
We make alterations.
We make suits to order.
We guarantee first class workman
ship.
Wo guarantee modern methods.
We guarantee prompt service.
We appreciate your patronage.
Come in and see us.
NOME TAIliOHINO CO.
Between Segerstrom & Ilagen and
Zehners Jewelry Stores.
MINHRAL AFPUOU1W NO.
U. 8. Land Office, Nome, Alaska,
April 18th, 1916.
Notice Is hereby given that the
Flume Dredge Company, a corpora
tion organized under the laws of
the State of California, with it3
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 Alasxa, and de
signated as Mineral Survey No.
J.1J2, 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 59 deg.
34 min. W. 380.3 ft. Thence N. 35
deg. 35 min. W. 544.4 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 56 deg. 27 min.
E. 1376.6 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
S. 37 deg. 56 min. E. 526.4 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 17.025 acres.
This claim is situated on Melsing
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 it
Melsing Creek, on the south side
thereof, in latitude 64 deg. 55 min.
N., longitude 163 deg. 39 min. W.
The location notice is recorded in
I Vol. 10, page 132, of the records
I Council City Recording District, Al
aska.
; The adjoining claims are as fol
I lows: On the northeast No. 15
I Above Discovery on Melsing Creek:
Ion the southwest, No. 13 Above Dis
jeovery on Melsing Creek; claimants
| unknown; on the northwest ana
southeast, claims unknown; all un
surveyed.
G. A. ADAMS.
Register.
Date cf first publ., April 20, 191G. |
Date of last publ., Juno 2t, 1916.
CARRIER'S LIEN.
NOTICE OK SALE.
Notice is hereby given Hint the ,
I’aciiic Coast Steamship Comiir.ny, a
!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 Seattle, Washington,
to Nome, Alaska, will on the 29tn
day of May 1916, at the hour of j
twelve o'clock noon, at tho Alaska
Lighterage & Commercial Company’s
Dock, Front Street, In the City of
Nome, District of Alaska, sell at
public auction to tho 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 lien on
the personal property hereinafter
described, in tho 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 tho 2 9th day of May,
1916, at the hour of 12 o’clock
noon, at tho Alaska Lighterage A.
Commercial Company’s dock, Front
Street, in the City of Nome, District
of Alaska, sell at public auction to ,
the highest and best bidder for cash
in hand, the following described
personal property, to-wit: j
1 Crt. Engine, 7 7 c. f.
1 Fly Wheol, Elect. Supplies 10 c.h
1 Fly Wheel, 10 c. f.
1 Bx. 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's Dock, Front
Street, In said City of Nome, or each
part thereof as may be sufficient to
pay such lion, and costs of keeping
and of selling said proporty.
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,
1916.
ALASKA LIGHTERAGE & COM
MERCIAL COMPANY.
By R. S. POLLISTER, 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 seven
and 40J100 Dollars ($1,077.40) the
! amount of the just and reasonable
' charges for safely keeping and stor
I ing the same at the request of the
owner or lawful possessor thereof,
will, on the 29th day of May, 1916,
at the hour of twelve thirty o clock
| in the afternoon, at the railroad
yard of the Maine Northwestern De
j velopment Co., north of First Street
jand East of Steadman Avenue, in
the City of Nome, District of Al
| aska, sell at public auction to the
! highest and best bidder for cash in
i hand, the following described per
sonal property, to-wit:
1.—Lot Lumber said to contain
65,000 feet, amount cf feet un
known.
1.—Lot of iron, shafting, castings,
etc., articles and quantity un
known:
now located in the yard of the Maine
[Northwestern Development Co.,
! North of First Street and East of
I Steadman Avenue, in the said City
! of Nome, or such part thereof as
may be sufficient to pay such lien
[and costs of keeping and of selling
said property.
i The Name of the owner or re
i puted owner is Kougaroa Dredging
| Company.
Dated, Nome, Alaska, May 3rd,
! 1916.
I ALASKA LIGH" jsRAGE & COM
MERCIAL COMPANY.
By It. S.POLLISTER, Agent,
i Agents for Maine Northwestern
Development Co.
■ Date of first publ., May 4, 1916.
i Date of last publ., May 26, 1916.
WAREHOUSEMAN'S LlEX.
.NOTICE OE SALE.
Notice is hereby given thct the
Alaska Light*5.' vgo & Commercial
Company, a corporation, having a
warehouseman’s lien on the personal
property hereinafter described, in
the sum of Eight Hundred Thirty
'ono and 12)100 Hollars ($S3i.l2)
the amount of the just ana rcuson
j able charges for safely keeping and
storing the same at the request of
the owner or lawful possessor the-e
of, will, on the 29th day of May,
i 1916, at the hour of twelve o’clock
noon, at the Alaska Lighterage &
j Commercial Company's Hock, From
| Street, in the City of Nome, Histrict
of Alaska, sell at public auction to
the highest and best bidder for
cash in hand, the following describ
ed personal property, to-wit:
Ect. Est.
Wts. Meas.
1 Upright Gas Engine 450
1 Lot Washers & Paint 225
1 Lot Castings, Grease &
Washers 130
1 Vice and Anvil 280
1 K. D. Wheelbarrow
1 Lot Ore Sacks & Matting
1 Lot Paint & Oakum
2 Bdl. (5) Plates 100
1 Coil Rope
3 Wheels & Sk. Washers 625
1 Bbll Pitch
20 Sx. B. S. Coal 2000
1 Bdl. (2> Brooms & 1
coil Lose
1 Handle & 1 Tcrch
1 Ctr. press & 1 Cs. Bolts 200
1 Cs. Bolts
12 Pc. Gal. Sheet Iron 960
130 Pc. Bolts 14a>,
1 Bbl. Oil
2 Bdl. (6) Plates 50
2 Bdl. Washers 100
74 Pc. Shafting 7000
1 Pc. Shackel 50
14 Wheels 2800
1 Coupling 100
3 Clutch Levers 120
6 Pullys 240
1 Gas Eng. Wheel 400
1 Ro. Belting
(90 Bdlp. Lumber
18 Pc. Lumber
1
8
11
57
4
6
3
2
12
12
Approx. 3uUU UM|
1 Pc. Shaftings 50
1 Bdl. (2) Tongs 2
5 Bx. Bolts, etc. 3000
17 Pc. Ir in pipe, etc. 800
1 1-2 Keg Nails 40
1 Air Receiver 54
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 sack
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 thereof as may be sufficient to
pay such lien, and coats of keeping
and of selling said property.
The nanio of the consignee ot i
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. POLLISTER, Agent.
Date of first publ., May 4, 1916.
Date of last >'ubl., May 26, 1916.
I WE WILL PURCHASE
I Empty Coal Sax
I IN GOOD CONDITION
I 8 Cents Each
\ ALASKA LIGHTERAGE & COM! GO.
KWTO?jMinnnnrnw3rinir<nnianocp^p^
HIPRESS
WNte Boots
| $8.00
| Cheap John Store
Kent Transfer Oo.
General Transfer & Freighting
(sQoal & 0W
Phone Main 1.19.
I MURPHY HAS THE GOODS
Summit Shirts, Stetson Hats,
and Connelly Shoes
]>Itl-BAK CLOTHING. A Suit of this will answer any miners
requirements, and lias proven the best goods of the kind on the
market to date.
I PHIL MIIBPHY
ARTIO SPRING
WATER
Always at your Service.
Prompt delivery— Blizzard or
Shine at usual Rates Id
Buckets $1.00. 60c. a Barrel.
A. D. POTEET.
Phone Red 120.
INDEPENDENT
NEAT MARKET
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
In Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal,
Ham, Bacon Poultry and Fish
Game In Season. All fresh
Stock. Nd old or damaged.
W. H. Webb prop. Pbone H1B
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world alongside of OMAR and
you will find that OMARS are
the most “comfortable” and
“sensible”