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By Nome Mine Workers* Union, No. 240, International Union of Mine,
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nearly as possible, Is a worthy object of any eort government."—
ebraham Lincoln
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Entered as second class matter March 1, 1111, at the post offlee at
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Ndiue, Alaska, .January 28, 1018.
THE EIGHT HOUR LAW.
The enforcement of the eight hourj
law is the principal topic of discus
sion among the working class these
flays, that is as it should be, and
the anxiety of a few jobbites to cor
ral a few extra hours overtime
should at no time be allowed to
continue, either now or in the fu
ture, without the proper authorities
making a thorough investigation.
After the official ballots had been!
canvassed at the last Territorial
election, it was clearly demonstrat
ed beyond a shadow of a doubt that
the laboring class throughout the
Territory voted almost unanimous
lv in favor of a general eight hour
law.
The Alassa Legislature during
the session of 1917, very wisely
abided by the Mandate of the vot
ers and passed the following Bill:
CHAPTER 55.
AN ACT.
To regulate the hours of employ- l
ment for all wage and salary earn
ers in the Territory of Alaska, to
declare (he violation thereof a mis
demeanor and to prescribe the pun
ishment therefor.
Section 1.—That a period of ern
plomcnt l'or all wage and salary >
earners in the Territory of Alaska
shall not exceed eight hours within
one calendar day, except in cases
when life and property is in immi
nent danger. Employment as here
in used shall be construed as the
performance or iabor or services
for any individual, partnership, as
sociation or corporation, whether
the person performing such labor j
bo a member of such partnership I
or association or stockholder or of-!
ficer of such corporation or not.
Section 2.—Any person, persons,
association or corporation who
shall violate or causo to be violated
any of the provisions of this act,
shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor, and upon conviction
thereof r.hall be punished by a fine
of not less than One Hundred
t $100.00) Dollars nor more than
Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars,
or by imprisonment in the Federal
jail not less than sixty (60) days,
ncr more than six (6) months or
by both such fine and imprisonment
Every days violation of the provi
sions of this act, shall constitute
bqu.raie uucuac.
Section 3.—The Governor of the
Territory is hereby given the power
to suspend or modify restrictions
contained in this act when such
shell be ret|UC3ted by the Council
of National Defense or the Secre
tary of the Interior, and such modi
fication or suspension when made
shall continue for a specific period
and no*, longer than the duration
of the present war, during the
continuation of any future war
with a foreign powi r.
Section 4.—This ;^t shall take
effect and be in force from and
alt r January 1st, 1918.
Approved May 3, 1917.
Now comes tho wail from the
Corporations and their Satellites
that such a measure is almoxious
tespecially to them). They say it
ought to he set aside, simply giving
the “transparent” excuse that tho
enforcement of flic law at the pre
sent tmo has a tend or.ey to retard
the production of available neces
sities within tie Territory for car
rying on the war against Germany
Furthermore, they are also prepar
ing to present to Governor Strong
and to the Council of National De
fence oil Febraury 5th, other such
ridiculous subterfuges, as the rea
son why the eight hour law should
bo abrogated at Ibis time.
The Industrial Worker takes the
position that anything which is pro
duced in Alaska that may be con
sidered munitions of war, such as
fish copper, coal, gold etc. can be
produced much morn abundantly by
working one two or three eight
hour shifts within each calendar
<lav.
Of course • we realize that the
finrl victory of the eight hour ques
tion will not be accomplished by a
Moses, or a Political Levite who is
long on moral codes and short ou
practicibility, Its up to the Work
ers themselves to realize that it is
through the fundamental principle
of organization that the eight hour
law, or any other vital question
pertaining to their interest will I
eventually be solved, '
A BONE-DKY BALLAD.
A weary, bleary gentleman, with
fuzz upon his face,
Reposed before a barroom on an
empty whisky case;
He eyed the lock upon the door, he
eyed the cobwebs there,
And while he eyed he also sighed a
sigh of deep despair.
And when the sigh subsided, which
it did ere very long.
He lifted up a shaky voice and sang
this tragic song;
“I want to go home and beat
my wife
And put all her rings in
hock;
I w-ant to go home and start
a strife
You can hear all around the
block!
But they’ve taken ths poetry
out of life
I3y making the country dry,
For I dassn’t go home and
beat my wife
Unless I am full of rye.”
A tear drop started from his eye
and coursed along his cheek
And zig-zagged through his whisk
ers, where it left a laundried
streak.
He lifted up a trcmbilng hand and
brushed the drop aode.
“It feels like w'atar,” he observed,
“which same I can’t abide.
When Congress put the boots to
booze they made my life a curse!”
And then he sang the chorus which
succeeds the second verse:
'1 want to go out and rob a
bank
And make- a big haul to
night;
But how can I play this inno
cent prank
Unless I am lighted right?
There isn’t a chance to fill my
tank—
It gives a good man the
blues,
For I dason’t go out and rob
a bank
Unless I am oiled with
booze.”
A MUCKER.
Anything lu the line of job worn
The Elite Hotel and Baths
Now Open
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. REFITTED THROUGHOUT.
Rot and cold Baths.
Hteam Baths.
Fine large Tubs
Competent Attendance.
MASSAGE IF ORDERED. OPEN NIGHT AND DAT.
Electric! l ighted and oteam Heated Rooms at Reasonable rale-. <•>
Day, Week or Month.
EVERY MODERN ACCOM< RATION AND IMPROVEMENT.
W. R. ANDERSON Prop.
COR. FRONT AND B ST. PHONE BLACK 171.
DO YOU WANT TO ECONOMIZE?
Buy a Lang Range, or Coles Heater and save
1-3 your coal bill
CARLETON HARDWARE CO.
BIO Proftl It. PhoM M«l> 11.
COMMUNICATED.
Tellurium Mine Site, Kougarok,
Jan. 15, 1918. 4
Editor Industrial Worker.
Dear Sir.—Please publish the fol
lowing, that E. J. Fox writes these
few lines to the Worker from his
tellcriod mine site where he is at
present, to say the benefit of
the many people who are more
than casually interested in toiS work
there, for the re-finding, re-uncov
ering and exposing to view two
semi-united veins of a uniform
high grade tellcroid ere of excep
tional richness. He writes to say
that* upon his arrival upon the
claim he found that some of the
cribbing of the shaft had shifted
during the past summer, and had
allowed a large quantity of mud”,
silt, and gravel etc to slug down
th3 shaft and the consequence was,
that the shaft and tunnel filled
with water during the summer.
Therefore, it became a solid glacier
after the freeze-up, mixed with
frozen gravol etc., it makes the
clearing out cf the shaft and drift
a very slow and difficult job espe
cially sir.ca i am working all alone
and doing the ivork so faF without
the aid of a boiler. I have got the
shaft picked down and cleaned to
a depth of twenty feet. I will soon
be ready to e’ean out the ice glacier
in the tunnel, which will probably
lake a couple of weeks, when that
job is finished I am coming to
Nome to rustle up a goed hard
rock miner and bring him up here
with him to carry on the small rock
drift throug-n the diorite rock for
mation in a strong contact over to
the sylvanitc-tellurium veins of un
usual richness, which is a distance
to run the drift not more than
from five to twenty feet so as to
cross cut the veins of tellurium
ore, now flxidly located at last.
Yours truly,
EDWARD J. FOX.
The largest butterflies are found
in British New Guinea. The male
measures eight inches across the
wings, and the female not less than
eleven inches.
A bell which could be heard a
distance of from three to five miles
on land would, i.~ submerged in the
sea, be heard more than sixty
miles under the water.
It is estimated that in Russia
the farmers hold an average of
twenty-seven acres to each family.
Tarnished gold braid may be
freshened by rubbing with a little
fuller's earth.
DANCING SCHOOL.
At the Miners Home Club Hall,
Dancing Class every Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday, evening
from 8 P. M. to IIP. M. Admis
sion to class $1.00. Private lessons
$1.00 per hour.
MRS. GEO WALDHELM, Teacher.
Fur garments made and repaired
at the Nome Tailoring Company.
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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
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3RD AND B STREET. PHONE BLACK 162.
Nome Bakery
NOW OPEN FOR OOSINESS
BREAD 15c. A LOAF, 2 LOAVES FOR 25 CENTS.
The HOME of all kinds of First Class Bread, Cake, Cookies and
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WE GUARANTEE THE BEST CUP OF COFFEE IN TOWN.
We recommend as a Speciality our VIENNA BREAD,'for family
use, Fresh from the oven. at 5 o’clock every evening.
We serve Hot Cake, Ham and Eggs etc. from 7 A. M. to 1 P. M. j j
Lunches from 12 Noon to 7 P. M. Every Day.
We are in business to satisfy our Customers.
JUUL & NELSON, Propritors.
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