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Vol. 2
Nome, Alaska, Friday, May I. 1908.
No. 44
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The working class and the
employing class have
nothing in . common.
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Labor produces all wealth.
Wealth belongs to the
producer thereof.
RAMPART MASS MEETING
NOMINATES DELICATE
Rampart Alaska, April 27,—At a
mass meeting of citizens held here
George W. Ledger was unanamusly
nominated aa delegate to congress on
the Independent Miners Ticket. In
vite support.
Frank Woods.
Raining. Committee.
The above telegram was received by
the Industrial Worrker last Monday.
[ It it not known at this time whether
Ledger hae the indorsement of the
Western Federation of Miners at
Fairbanks. At anj rate it seems that
the W. F. M.at Fairbanks has not en
dorsed either Cale or Corson; undoubt
edly the union boys there will take
some action in the near future on the
question of the delegate to congress.
*
There is no reason why the W.F. M.
in Alaska should not name the next
delegate to congress. As Fairbanks
has the strongest loaal of the Federa
tion in Alaska, it is hoped that some
action will be taken there soon, look
ing to the election of a man who will
represent the miners and other wage
workers of the territory.
THE MINER’S LIFE IS
A ROUND OF DANCER.
The ordinary and unavoidable dan
gers of.mining operations are many.
With every provision for his safety
which experience and forethought can
suggest, the miner encounters more
risks in hi s hours of toil beneath the
surface, than do the average working
man at his occupation. The miners
* life is in the hands of all his compan
ions, decending the shaft, driving .the
drift, or stoping the ore, he is liable
to come to the Last Pass with awful
suddenness. He is subject to the
vagaries of dynamite, a substance
which neither chemist nor manufact
uer nor miner undestands, his health
is nndemined by foul air,powder gas,
swift change of temperatue from
freezing cold to buning heat, and by
the frequent necessity for working in
wet places.
WILL INDICT
DELINQUENTS
Special to the Nome Industrial Worker.
Fort Worth, Texas, April, 30.—The
grand jury is now considering thej
legality of Indicting those who fall to
pay their poll-tax this week. If in
dictments are legal, whether the
county will throw a man in jail for
not paying his taxes remains with the
sheriff. Persons in other counties
of the state are being arrested and
fined for not paying their poll-taxes
and the officils say the same action
will be instituted here.
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MEN MUST
GO-OPERATE
Unless men were disposed to co
operate, to lend each ether mutual
assistance ,tbe talent and the time
necessary to his own convenient
nmintnance would be wanting to every
one ;fer all are not alike fit for every
kind of work, and no one suffices to
provide everything most indispensable
even to himself. The strength and
’ the time 1 say would be wanting to him
who, alone and single handed, should
propose to plough, sow, reap, grind,
bake, brew, weave, stitch, etc., too
many things to mention but which
am all most necesBary to the support
of life; and 1 have said nothing of the
arts and sciences, which are all indis
pensable for the improvment of man
kind, and for their comfort and well
being.
We see those who live in a state of
barbarism and who pass miserable lives
little raised in condition above the
beasts of the field. Even they could
not procure the things they have
without some kind of assistance and
co-operation. —Ex
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About a ton and a half of mail,
most-ly second class name in during
the week.
The jury in the Antone Clausen
ease returned a verdict of guilty re
commending the life imprisonment
sentence.
CARL LINO
IS DEAD
Carl Lind, a member of the union,
died in the hospital Sunday from in
tersuseeption of the intestines. He
Had been in the hspital but a few
days. The funeral was held Wednes
day afternoon from the Methodist
ohurch. A large gathering of friends
attended.
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GOSPIL
AND
BULLETS
J The latest triumph of our Christian
civilizaton is thie new Bullet,guarante
ed to do twice as much mischief as the
old bullet,and the battle airship,
ingeniously constructed to fly high
over a fellow Christian’s country, and
rain down brimstone and fire upon
him. How ardently we all contribute
to the society for the Propagation of
the Gospel that kills at Five Thousand
yards!—Ex.
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SENTENCED TO
FIFTY YEARS
Special to the Nome Industrial Worker.
San Francisco, April, 30.—Wm.
Hogan,Thomas Conwell, Wm. McLau
ghlin and James Purcell were each
sentenced to 50 years imprsonment'in
the state peniteniarty this morning
by Judge Cook.
These four men were all former con
victs, who were eonvicted yesterday
of highway robbery. Two months ago
they held up and robbed George
Felphes, a waiter, whom they met in
the burned district and who asked
them to escort him to a hotel.
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MUSTARD
HAS
QUIT
The following communication,
which is self explanitory was sent to
the city last Monday council by
Dr. Mustard.
The communication was placed on
file.
Nome, Alaska, April 27,1908. To
the Mayor and Members of the Com
mou Council, Nome, Alaska: Gentle
men : When the first council of Nome
met for the first time, it selected as
its president and ex-official mayor of
the city, the member who had receiv
ed the largest popular vote at the mu
nicipal election
Since that time this precedent, so
wisely established has been followed
by each succeeding oouncil until the
present In this way, the highest
honor within the gift of the people of
Nome was placed above the sphere of
party politics beyond the range of pol
itical manipulation and devious wire
pulling, far from the market of bar
ter and trade.
As for the first time since the organ
izaton of the municipalty this un
written law has been violated by the
present common council, it is impos
sible to escape the conclusion that
the lack of harmony between the hom
ogeneous controling majority of the
council and myself is fundamental.
In order, therefore, to promote that
perfect eoncord which should exist in
your honorable body I hereby respect
fully tender my resignation as a mem
ber of;the Nome common council This
resignation is to take effect at once.
Wishing you every success in your
efforts to promote the welfare of the
city of Nome, 1 am, gentlemen,
Very truly yours,
JOHN H. MUSTARD
A. T. WARREN IS
RITTEN RY MALAMUTES
Early Sunday morning A. T. War
ren , a member of the miners union,
was attacked by a savage band of dogs
on Dry Creek just west of town. War
ren was going out to the third beach
line to get work when the dogs over
took him and encircinlg him coalmen
sed to snap at his legs, He had no
thing except a pocket knife with
which to protect himself. There were
seven of the dogs and they finally got
Warren down and would probably
have killed him had it net been for
the arrival of Adolph Krnzner, and
a man by the name of Lane, who
fought the dogs away. Lane himself
was snapped in the arm by one of the
brutes.
Warren is a big powerful fellow and
this fact alone perhaps saved his life,
as it enabled him to drive the dogs of
until the arrival of assistance.
Warren is in the hospital suffering
from about thirty bites inflicted by
the hungry malamutes; his wounds
were dressed by Dr. Weyerhorat, the
union physician, who says that so far
there are no symptoms of blood poi
soning.
Warren asked Kruzner to bring him
back to town; but he did not do so,
and is said to have replied that to do
so would make him late to work.
SOME
SIDE
LIGHT
This paper has stood out for the
greatest good for the majority of citi
zens ; and has not entered into any al
liance with the powers which live by
infractions of the moral law and the
statute law of the land.
Have you as miners and wage work
ers ('topped to think how the enemies
of the miners paper can circulate
libelous cartoons and libelous articles
against the management of a union
paper without being prosecuted for
their wrong deeds?
“ Have you noticed how on the least
pretext the whole machinery of law is
turned loose to land an officer or rep
resentitive of the union behind prison
bars?
Have you in your daily rounds ob
served infractions of the law and of
morality going on unpunihsed?
Did you as a miner and a wage
worker observe in the recent trial of
the editor of this paper on the
“charge” of libel that Geo. B .Grig
sby U. S. Distiict Att’y. honored the
editor of this paper by prosecuting
the case personally and with all the
vigor he possessed, and did net even
trust the case to an assistant?
Did it ever occur to you that such
conditions as we observe locally ars a
part of the great class struggle going
on between the producers of wealth
and the nonproducers or parasites?
If the capitlist cobwebs have been
sufficiently brushed away from your
eyes so that you can perceive the sig
nificance of these conditions, then
you will also perceive the truth of the
clause in our preamble which says
that the concerted economic
and political action of the
workers is the only method of at
taining justice for the workers.
NOTICE TO ALL
MENDERS W. F. M.
A a special meeting held Wednesday
April 29,t>h. it was decided by a ref
erendum vote that the summer scale
of wages of 95.00 per day and Board
goes into effect on May 10th.
Philip Corrigan.
Seay. Treas.
UNWRITTEN LAW AGAIN.
Chicago, April, 30.—The unwritten
law was upheld in the second trial of
Mrs. Anellna Ansolone for the murder
of Philip Ferreo, who, it is alleged,
panned her with his attentions after
he had sncceded in turnig her husb
and against her.
You have the right to kill any man
or woman who comes into your fam
ily to break it up,” said attorney
Bauas.
“She wee not a champagne imbiber,
not a chorus girl, nobod’js mistress,
bat a mother whose honor was at|
stake.
This wrecker of homes, after poison
ing the mind of her husband against
her, believed he had her In his power
and became so psrsistent in bis ad
vances that she was forced to kill
him.”
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EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE UNION
ARE IN THE HOSPITAL
Billy Delamotte is recovering from
the operation undergone by him.
Jack Kemball is about to leave the
hospital, recovered.
Tom Phelan ig doing nicely; his
former strength is rapidly returning.
Andy Beck is gaining his strength
again.
David Haura is now able to walk
around the hospital with the aid of
crutches.
C. Lamb will leave the hospital in
a few days, havug practically re
co' ered.
Chas. A.Peteson is rapidly recovering.
John Humr'hes who was in the hos
pital a short while this week, but has
reeovered,and is again out.
A. T.Warren, whose injuries are more
fully described in another part of
this paper, is receiving treatment afc
the hospital.
TO BORE
FOR
OIL
Special to the Nome Industrial Worker.
Odessa, Idaho, April, 30.— A cor
poration with a capital of $1,000,000
haa been organized by Odessa capital
ists to bore for oil in a section a few
miles north of this city where oil ex
prets have declared the geological
formation indicates there is petrol
eum in paying quantities. Machinery
for boring has been ordered at cost
of $6,000. The corportation is
known as the Waukesha Oil Company.
CAN NOT
USE ORE
Special to the Nome Industrial Worker.
Sandpoint, Idaho, April 30.-—The
Panhandle smelter at Ponderay will
evidently remain closed for a long
time,for yesterday ten cars of concen
trates from British Columbia were
shipped back to Trail, B. C., via the
Spokane International.
The ten cars of concentrates were
shipped from British Columbia laBt
July and have been on the sidetrack
at Ponderay ever since.
FUNERAL
SERVICE
The funeral services over the re
mains of Mrs. Horn, who died Sun
day afternoon, were held Thursday
afternoon. They were unde the
auspicies of the Ladies Aid Sociey of
the Congregational chuch ;a large cir
cle of relatives and friends were
in attendance.
Object to Wages
Spokane, April, 30.—A strike of non
union men in the Great Norhern
stockade at Hillyard is said to have
taken place Tuesday evening. The
trenble started over the misunder
standing between the strikebreakers
and the company as to the amount of
pay the workmen were to receive.
The strikebreakers claimed that they
COUNCIL
MEETING
At last Monday’s meeting of the
city council the following committees
were appointed Finanoe, Earns*,
Mustard, Lehmann; law, ordinance
and printing, Mustard, Rice, Craig;
fire, Chilberg, Ernst, Rice; streets,
alleys and lights, Craig, Lehmann,
Chilberg; health and relief, Rice,.
Mustard, Craig; police. Lehmann,
Ernst, and Chilberg.
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were to receive 43 % cents per hour
and board, it is said, and intead they
were paid off at the rate of from 37
to 41 cents per hoar. Board at the
rate of 84.50 per day was deducted.
This fact is said to have caused twen
ty strikebreakers to walk out of the en
closure , refusing to work longer for
the company. The men leaving are
said to be the most competent of the
force the company had.
The union boilermakem striking again
st the company claim that their strike
is stronger than ever.
As evidence of this they refer to a
communicaion from Geo. T. Dunn,
the president of their international
organization, who claims that all of
the roads implicated in the strike,
with the exception of the £oo line and
the Great Northern are ready to con
cede the demands of the union men
and call the strike off.
It is also claimed that the managers
of the roads are now ready at any
time to give audiences to represent
atives of the union men and that
the two sides are coming closer to
gether. The boilermakers are work
ing at diffrnt occupations and seem
to be getting along nearly as well, it
is claimed, without the company’s
employment as they were while work
ing forjthat concern.
For these reasons the union men sajr
that they are firm in the belief that
they will yet win their fight against
the company. Referring to the state
ment of the Great Northern'and other
prominent railway officials to the ef
fect that the srike was over the men
declare the same officals made the
statements [within one week after the
srike had begun.
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