NOME INDUSTRIAL WORKER
TRI-WEEKLY
Published Tuesday. Thursday, j
and Saturday.
By Nome Mine Workers’ Union, No. 240, International Union of Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers.
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"To secure to each laborer th» whole product of his labor, or as
nearly a3 possible is a worthy object of any good government."—Abra
ham Lincoln.
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Address all communications to Tri -Weekly Nome Industrial Worker.
Box 210, Nome, Alaska. Thone, Black 134.
Entered as second class matter March 1, 1911, at the post office at
Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
By Judge Lindsey
and George Creel
"This scries by Judge Lindsey and
George Creel constitutes the first
treatment of the child tragedy In
its true and overwhelming entirety.
At the outset they told of the evils
as it exists ir. the United State? to
day. They made you see millions
and more little wageslaves who grow
old and weak so soon in mill and
mine, in shop and factory, and squal
id tenement. The second article was]
a masterly study of the fundamental
and interlocked causes of the infam
ous system. Thethlrd gavo the re-j
suit of child labor in grim figures of
vice, crime and disease. In the fourth
chapter they put the individual to
one side and deal withthe body and
soul of the race and the effects of
child slavery upon the future of our
democratic institutions. It is a grim
picture, but grim truth will help us in
the plight to which criminal greed
and ruthless ingnoranee have brought
us.
This is a Christian nation. If proof
is needed, count the churches. From
coast to coast their spires bristle
thick as wheat in the field, and in
every community they constitute one
of the large single ivestiments ot
capital. As a people, we aro quite
proud of thi showing, and out of this
pride and a certain great zeal, we
spare neither time, pains, nor ex
pense to carry this Christianity ofours
to those other nations who “dwell in
darkness.”
Nothing is quite so familiar to
the Sunday-school pupils as collen
tions for foreign missions. Each year
sees a vast sum ga.thered by all
denominations in these United States
for distribution in such parts of the
world as are peopled by “heathens", ]
the purpose being to shower upon
them the happiness, illumitv tic n. and
well being that flows from a know
ledge of Christ and a belief in his
teachings.
And all tho while, more uian a
million little Americans aro sinking
deeper and deeper into the dull
helplessness am; liopelssnss that is
stupidity and savagely anti-Christian.
Robbed of proper schooling, cheat
ed of a chance to grow in body and
in soul, made to l'orgi t laughter am1
play, this great array of toiling chil
dren tramps the industrial treadmill
t'o routrageous hours, and snatches
its brief sleep in a housing er.vlor
ment. of almost incredible squalor.
To most of these Christ la no mor.
than a "cuss word”, and as far as
the slums In which they live are
concerned, the Savior died in vain.
Even did they Have the time to I
listen to Christianity—even did their
s.-nso of revolt against the injustice
of it all leave them with inclina
tion to heed Christ's message—-what
may it he asked, is their opportun
ity?
BODY AND SOUL
S Of late years wo have fallen
into a journalese habit of asking
what Christ would have thought
of this or that, or what he would
have done in such and such a place.
For instance, writers and preachers
have surmised at to the Nazoc >n ;'s
feelings ana actions wero ho s-t
town in Chicago, or put in charge
jf a newspaper, or given control of
i department store, e^c , etc., all of
vhich has boon interesting rather
ban important.
No one, how. v. r, has yet written
i book or preached a sermon on
'What Christ Would Have Thought
if Child Labor.” Yet it is an ob
ious title for the slightest consul r
lioil Of the gospels will sliow that
oi it.; wsu- me. ssantiy and pan-nonat.
ly interested in the welfare and j
happiness of children, as well as
in the eecurcmcnt of industrial and
economic justice for those whe per
form the world’s toil.
Christ, in the last analysis, was an
agitator, a rebel, an insurgent He
swept this barren, wretched land
like a flame, crying out against
burdens to grevious to bo borne, |
striking terrible blows at ancient
evils and established injustices.!
He preached and lived love and ser
vice, and the brotherhood' of man
was as much on his lips as tliej
fatherhood of God. In no sense is
that wonderful carreer at a!' in
telligible save when considered as
an heroic attempt to substitute a
more wholesome and expansive cn
viormont for cruel industrial ar.d
"conomic conditions.
We may have to guess what
Jesus would do if he came to Chi
cago or if be edited adailv paper
but we can tell authoritatively what
he would do if brought face to face
with the present child labor problem
of the United Mates. He would
sweep through the cotton mills of
the Union with a whip in his hand
and the owners of the jj’ass-fac
tories. Woolen-mills, and coal-mines,
and the operators of the sweat-shops
and all those other agencies for the
exploitation of little childrern would
sliivver under He passion of his de
nunciation.
Imagine him in a Gulf Coast
shed of a raw, cold morning before
the dawn holding in his lap a
whimpering, chilled, sleep-sick tad of
eight or nine and looking at the
little lingers with holes eaten into
1 them by the acid that exudes from
the head of a shrimp.,
(To be continued)
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PATRIOTIC’ MEETING.
(Continued from Page
Swing. L. A.
Sauvain, Mrs.
Sharkey. Thos .
Sommers. Lieut.
Swing. Carolyn .
Stipek, Miss Ethel .
Stevenson, Carl .
Stevenson, Ingibor .
Sheridan, Patrick.
Sykes, Geo.
Smith, Alec ...
Stevenson, Mrs L .
Seidenverg, Leo .
Seidenverg, Laury .
Seidenverg, Sanford .
I Seidenverg, Mrs, Leo.
Stipek, Helen .
Thompson, 11. S.
Thompson, C. J.
Tiffany, Mother .
Thompson, Miss (H. S. . .
Thomas, Chas .
Tiffany, Mother .
Van Sickle. Mrs O. B. . .
White, W. J. . . .
Wesley, Dr.
Wittenberg, Sam .
Wolthol, I. V.
Warren, Sol.
Walsh, J. J.
Weaver, Ellen .
Walker, Geo. S.
Wilson, John A .
Webb, Mrs W. H.
Webb, W. H.
Zollinger, Geo .
Unknuown Party.
Neuman, Elizabeth .
Fitzgerald. M.
Nome Total 4
ST MICHAEL
Lysell. Gus .?
Smith, Jom.es .
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250.00 J
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350.00 '
1,000.00
200.00
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30.000 I
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300.00
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200.00
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100.00
200.00
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250.00
100.00
2,500.00
50.00
100.00
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1,000.00 |
I Williams, F. P. 200.00
j Williams, Mrs. I. B. 250.00
Stevens, Alex . . ...'. 300.00
l Buttle, P, .-. 400.00
[Johnson, W. H. 100.00
' Koen, Chas J . 100.00
Little, John . 100.00
Andorson, James H. 400.00
i.Henderson, Jas. 100.00
Loyal Order of Moose .... 50.00
Johnson, A. E. 200.00
Browner Mrs. Geo. H .... 250.00
Baeheldcr, W. H. 250.00
Carlson, Chas W. 300.00
St Michael total 5,000.00
FORTUNA LEDGE .! _
Edwards, Albert .$1,000.00
Patton, Nelson . 500.00
Benninger, Oscar. 200.00
Betsch and Delbar. 100^)0
Jenkins, J. C. 100.00
Blanker, W. C. 5000
Plein, M. C. 50.00
Fortuna Ledge Total $2,000.00
COUNCIL
Council Total $2,150,00
CANDLE
Candle Total $5,150.00
(Conditional .... 1,000.00
Candle (possible total) ..$6,150.00
SUMMARY
Nome .$41,850.00
St Michael . . . 5,000.00
Fartuna Ledge . 2,000.00
Council . 2,150.00
Candle ...-.. 6,150.00
Grand Total .$57,150.00
$62,150.00 including about $5,
000 subsequent to drive.
Total $107,,900, over-subscribed
$6, 900.
Nome also subscribed to the
Second Liberty Bond Loan, through
i the two local banks, the sum of
! $75,000.
The last, but not the least of the
speakers was District Attorney G.
B. Mundy. He sailed right into the
pro-Germanism question, and con
'cluded by saying as long as he was
holding the position of the U. S.
District Attorney, he intended to do |
his utmost to supptess it entirely in
the Second Division,. During the
course of his able remarks ho said
he noticed some who had been avow
ed pro-Germans, prior to the en
trance of the U. S. into the war, had
bought Liberty k Bonds during the
evening to the extreme satisfaction
of the speaker. He said he was sat
isfied such a meeting as last night's
clearly demonstrated that pro-Ger
manism would soon be eliminated
from this section of the territory.
On a couple of occasions the speaker
really received more applause than
any other speaker did during the
evening.
I The school children gave an il
J lustration of the “Flag Salute” after
. which three rousing cheers and a
| tiger wi re given rer President
Wilson.
The meeting was a great success
in every way. The hall was very
artistically decorated for the occa
sion. The Star Spangled Banner and
those of her Allies were displayed.
The entire Division will share
equally in the credit of securing the
"Honor Flag".
NOTICE OF EXECUTOR'S SALE
OF REAL ESTATE
In the U. S. Commissioners Court
for the Territory of Alaska, Second
Judicial Division, Capo Nome Pre
cinct.
IN PROBATE
In the matter of the estate of
John Schlapfer, deceased.
WHEREAS, under an ~rd~r ofsale
made and entered in said cou.-t on
the 25th day of April, 1918, I was
directed to sell the following de
scribed real estate situate, lying and
being in the.Cape .Nome Recording
District, Territory of Alaska, to-wit:
The TOBEL placer mining claim,
situate an Honey Creek, a tributary
of Penny River;
% of the GOLDEN STAR Assoc
iation placer claim on Barron Creek,
a tributary of Penny River;
Vs of the Mancha:da place.- min
ing claim on Penny River;
% of the Pheonix placer claim on
Quartz Creak, a tributary if Penny
River.
An undivided {hree-clg'. ths inter
est ii. the Holyday Association plac
er claim situate oi. the Let. Limit
of Penny River, and Right Lt.iitof
of Rabbit Crock;
An undivided one-half interest in
the Horse Heiven Association placei 11
claim, situate on Quartz Creek, a
tributary of Penny River;
An undivided 13]16ths interest in
- hj9 Clcnbroke Association placer
claim, situate on Honey Creek, a
trbutary of Penny River;
An undivided one-lialf interest in
lire Victoria Association placer claim
situate on Pa-iny River;
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that on the 12th day of June, 1918,
at 2 e’clock r- m. cf said day at
the front door of the office of the
Uivted States Commissioner of said
precinct in Nome, Alaska, I will sell
the above described premises at
public auction to the highest and
best bidder therefor for cash.
Dated at Ncrce, Alaska, this 29th
[day of April, 1918.
HENRY GUMM
Executor.
Please leave your order at the
I Nome Tailoring Co. (next door Seg
j erstt-oni and Hagen), for coal etc.,
1 to be delivered' by Keen’s express.
| Orders promptly attended to.
Phone Black 28.
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and repaired at the Nome Tailoring
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