Itoily Nmttr Jnhitstrial Worker.
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Jiy Nome 'line Worker'*' Union, No. 210. International Union of Mine,
Mill and Sm otter Workers.
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aoranam Lincoln
Address all Communications to Dally Nome Industrial Worker,
Box 210 Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 114.
'I'll K< !t> AM) r!SA( tk i:.
Tli question of former subjects
of Austria, Germany. Bulgaria and
Turkey b iiig conscripted to fight
sJ30.se sani nations now agitating
.some cirri s. And in th * discussion
one discovers nicely the difference
between theory and actual tact.
In the tirst pU.ee there can be no
•question but that all who become
Citizens of the United States.cast off.
thereby, theoretically all bonds that
hold them to the old countries where
Ui *y were born
Now this war has shown that it
lias done no such thing, and even
in quarters which assumed to be
completely denationalized, we find
them at an effort to conceal thee
old tim > allegiance under all kinds
of specious pr deuces, if so it be
that they tan support their native
la ml
This is astonishing to the Amer
ican born. But the American born
himself. Mi" foreign born knows very
w 11 who has adopted the country
where he pursued liis living, always
maintained America in his heart as
the place of places, and first in
peace and first in war.
Ovi r and over again evidence of
this truth was shown even in the
"Transvaal republic where quite a
number of Americans became na
tionalized Transvaalers, there was
a whole colony of them in Barber
ton district. There were numbers
who became British subjects in
Kimberly i including the General
Manager of De Beers Consolidated
Diamond Mining Co -the trust —
Gardner Williams, himself 1 yet all
of these celebrated religiously July
4 and were proud to wear the Am
erican flag in their coat, even in the
piping times of peace.
Moreover. numerous Americans
found it advantageous to become
British subjects in Dawson as well
as other sections of Canada, but
they were to all intents and pur
poses such nominally, and they al
ways r tained the primal devotion
intact to the country of their birth.
Apparently there are no excep
tions to this rule as far as the gen
erality of the n.it1, c rued:
ih T" ar * individual e : p:;■•].: . thee
ire Americans who become subjects
>r citizens of foreign powers and
remain loyal thereto. There have
Vic-on some such cited even recently
in Mexiio; there have been Knglisit
men who positively disliked the land
of their birth, Germans who repu
vlmted with all their hearts Germany
and all its ways—hut those have
been the exceptions.
Among all of these, the workers
who come from these countries
manifest less allegiance than any
tochers, mainly because of the fact
that their life of toil and little plea
:soto has not contributed to the erec
tion of a devotion to any particular
spot.
Where a man is successful, it was
a saying of the ancients, there is his
native land. But we see that this
requires considerable qualification,
in the light of modern events.
Furthermore the status of a ci
tizen who was horn in one of the
Central Powers is facing a totally
different situation than the native
born American. The latter surely
t'urJ ts or believes he fights for "the
ashes of his fathers and the Temp
les of his gods”. The foreign horn
of the Central Powers is doing no
srnh thing. He is taking up arms
against his blood kin, against itis
Svitne folk, against the ashes of his
fathers and the temples of Hs gods.
Jt requires for him a much finer
&ense of duty and much mote
-strained conception of loyalty to
do as the American born is doing.
That much will of course he giant
«a.
Moreover, this condition is not
■overcome when citizenship is given.
It is in theory, hut very seldom In
fact. Although there may fie no
| reservation and the foreign • born
i may be prideful iu the fad of his
citizenship, he himself does not
^ know w hat is dormant in his seal
and tiares up when roused by the
! strenuous events such as have re
cently taken place in the world.
The practical thing Is to realize
this. It is easy enough to preach
j that it should be otherwise, it is
I easy to denounce that such a cop.di
; tion exists; it is easy to deplore that
men should have such a frame of
mind and such a feeling of heart.
! But it is quite possible it is only
just in these latter days that those
; who manifest such sentiments have
, begun to realize that they did enter
: tain them and to be not a little sur
I prised at he strength and force of
such emotions.
.Vor is it hard to direct attention
( to a similar phase of this war where
j this question refuses adjustment
I even among American citizens.
In France when the war broke
(out numerous Americans joined the
French army; some of them became
very conspicuous in the aviation
corps. They had to become French
citizens and when they signed their
attestation papers they declared
their allegiance to France, first, last
and all the time.
But they never did become
Frenchmen in the correct and liter
al cense, even it they did become
French in the legal sense, and their
standing as American citizens had
ceased.
Yet when the" I'nited States of
America declares war upon Ger
many, these men as one man return
to their original allegiance and
paint the American Hag upon their
French machines.
As to the matters of international
law involved in this we are not
concerned. But as the incident
shows that (lie American, like the
lest, still holds first place for his
nationality. notwithstanding his
former protestations of loyalty to
the country which he served or
which served him. allowance ought
(reasonably to be made for others
! who entertain a similar sentiment
for theirs. It may not be legal,
but it is supromelv natural. It is
so natural that people of all nations
ipl ear to ac t with singular uniform
i itv in the premises.
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msisi:i:.
When Hie minors and their sym
pathizers were deported from Bis
beo by the lawless action of the cop
per companies and the state and
county officials who obeyed their
orders. the country was informed
that it was because the German in
terests had deliberately fomented
the struggle.
Hut it was no such thing. It was
a little slip of paper which reads as
follows:
Bisbee, Ariz., June 26, 1917.
The Undersigned Committee has
been appointed by the Metal Mine
Workers Industrial Union, No. S00,
Bisbee Branch, to present to the
Mining Companies of Warren Dis
trict the following demands:
First: The abolition of the phy
sical examination.
Second: Two men to work on
machines.
Third Two men to work to
gel her on all raises.
Fourth: To discontinue ell blast
ing during the shift.
Fifth: The abolition ot all bonus
and contra* t work.
Sixth: To abolish the sliding
scale. All men underground a mini
mum flat rate of $6.00 a shift. Top
men $5.f>0 per shift.
Seventh: No discrimination to
be shown against members of any
organization.
Ben Webb. Chairman
W. H. Davis, M. C. Sullivan, John
Payne. A. S. Embree, Committee
Those were the anarchistic, ttn
teasonable. obstructhe demands of
the miners, not one of which in al!
fairness car. be opposed.
The abolition of the physical exa
mination was objected to because o',
the fact that the company doctors
simply used it, under orders, for
enforcing the black list. It was a
farce in an\ event, but when a man
had been blacklisted the doctor was
the man who refused to pas3 him
for employment. Apart altogether
from this, the natural objection to
have every quack that comes along
paw a 4ian all over in an alleged
examination was naturally distaste
ful It was the apraisement slave
dealers were wont to make of their
chattel stock in the olden days when
the chattel slave system prevailed.
It was contended that the pre
sent machines, the one man drills,
are much heavier than those where
on two men previously worked, but
the speeding up and efficiency
system these days of high priced
copper naturally added to the com
pany's desire to get everything poss
ible out of the hide of the slaves.
To discontinue all blasting dur
ing shift. Shots in one section have
caused premature blasts in another,
falls of rock and filled the mine
with powder smoke, dangerous to
health and interfering with the min
ers.
Two men to work 'ogether on a
raise: who in the name o! good
ness can imagine a man working
alone in a raise. Klcmentary pre
caution for safety of life and limb
would indicate the supreme neces
sity of this clause. Is it any
wonder that the copper mines show
a greater fatality list than any
other form of under ground work
ing?
The abolition of the sliding
scale was prefaced by tlie remark
that the workers needed first of all
enough to live on, and that the
scale paid should lie in proportion
to the living costs and not in pro
portion to tlie costs of the commod
ity produced. The experience lias
been with the sliding scale
in vogue that the scale slid
slowly ahead to meet the increase,
while it went down a greased tob
began to accommodate the fall in
copper, that there was not estab
lished a true relative increase in
wages and the price of copper. The
mere fact that this demand is in
serted with the rest is prima faciei
evidence of the correctness of this ;
j contention.
i That there should be no discrimi
j nation against members of any or
ganization was reasonable enough.
They did not ask for the closed
I shop. They did ask tlie companies
j to hire anyone regardless of his
| union affiliations. That ought to tie j
commendable even to the compa
nies. But it wasn't. It was anar
I e lastic. It was pro-German, al
though there doesn’t appear to be a
German name in the whole commit
tee list; it was un-American, it was
not the suggestion of good citizen
ship. It was this, that, and the
other tiling, but especially it was
vicious in that it invited the copper
companies to come through with
some of their excess war profits.
That's what! It is a revelation of
! how autocratic can be some of the
interests in this democracy.
CALL for bids.
Bids are hereby called for laying
1760 sq. ft. flooring in School House
Lumber to be furnished, disks re
moved and replaced by contractor.
Specifications may be seen at the
City Clerks Office.
The School Board reserves the
right to rejetc any and all bids.
E. GRIMM.
Clerk of School Board.
SOMETHING NEW.
Just arrived on the last boat over
500 of this season’s latests styles and
patterns, the most beautiful line of
woolens ever arrived in Nome. We
invite you to see these samples
whether you buy or not. If you
wish to take advantage of this offer
order before the 14th of August, in
order to have order arrive on last
boat.
We also make alterations, and
wo do cleaning, pressing and repair
ing. We appreciate your patronage
Yours to please.
NOME TAILORING CO.
Next door to Segerstrom & Hagen.
RELIABLE TAILOR SHOP.
Front St. 8 doors west of Alaska
Bank.
We do the best
CLEANING
PRESSING
ALTERING A
REPAIRING
Ladles and Gentlemens Clothes.
NOTICE OE FORFEITURE.
To J. J. Wachenheimer, your heirs,ex
ecutors. assigns, successors or per
onal representatives:
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned has expended in labor
and improvements the sum of one
hundred dollars each year for the
years of 1912, 191.9, 1914, 1915
and 1914 on the January Associa
tion, a placer mining claim, situat
| ed upon Cripple river and more
| fully recorded at page 37 0 in Yol.
190 in the Records ol the Cape
[ Nome Mining District, in the Second
Division. Territoiv of Alaska.
The above amount has been ex
pended under the provisions of the
laws concerning annual labor upon
| mining claims being the amount re
quired to hold said claim.
And your are further notified
I that if within ninety days after the
■ last publication of this notice you
I fail to contribute your proportion of
| said expenditure your interest in
j said claim will become the property
i of the undersigned your co-owner
| under section 2324 Revised Statutes
of the United States.
WILLIAM SHEEHAN,
Co-Owner.
Date of first publ.. July 9, 1917.
Date of last publ., Oct. 8, 1917. ..
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STEAM LAUNDRY
•141 Front St. Phone Main oil
INDEPENDENT
MEAT MARKET
W. H. Webb prop. Phone M.lft
BOARDOFTRADE
Restaurant
and
LUNCH ROOM
George Modini,
_Proprietor
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. VICTORIA
LEAVE SEATTLE: LEAVE NOME:
Via Seward, Valdez and Cordova
AUG. 1. AUG. 13.
SEPTEMBER 3 SEPTEMBER 14.
SAILING SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
R. A. Carroll, Agent, Nome
From Nome
AugustSlth.
From Seattle
August 18th.
SEPTEMBER 28.
OCTOBER 25.
SEPTEMBER 15.
OCTOBER 13.
RIGHT RESERVED TO CHANGE THIS SCHEDULE.
""pacific steam sh !pc6.
ALASKA L. & C. CO. F. J. O’CONNOR,
AGENTS Commercial Agent.
At Dock. Front St. and Steadman Ave.
Charles L. Ross
Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING & TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF W. STEIGEL MAIER AND OF LEO KENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WILL RE
CEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
3RD AND B STREET. PHONE BLACK 162.
The Rose Candy Store And
Arctic Bakery
Agency for Augustine & Kyer Chocolates and Bonbons.
The Quality of our Home-Made Candies and Nome Dairy Ice
Cream speaks for itself. Bread, Pastry and good Lunches.
SUNDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS FRESH WHIPPED CREAM
PUFFS.
CHAXCJK IN COAL PRICKS.
On Vug. 10th, Wellington Coal will he $22.00 per ton in yard.
On mid after September 25th, Wellington Coal will he ,$25.00 pr
toil in yard. Briquets will eontinue at $18.00 per ton in yard.
We aie experiencing great dillieulty in securing anthracite
coal for winter use and cannot guarantee having any qunntity
on hand.
Alaska Lighterage Comercial Co.
THE- NOME INDUSTRIAL WORKER"
is prepared to handle
all kinds of
JOB PRINTING
Let us figure on your
work. Call up Black
134 or call at
THE INDUSTRIAL WORKER OFFICE