Name Indtisirial Morker
This Paper is “Controlled, Owned and Operated by Local 240 of the W. F. of M.
a
Vol. 2
Nome, Alaska, Friday, October 2, 1908.
No. 86
HEARST’S
EXPOSURE OF
FORAKER
The following are the- letters read by
Mr. Hearst at the Columbus, Ohio,
meeting at which he exposed Foraker's
connection with the Standard Oil com
pany. Mr. Hearst said:
“I am now going to read you letters
written by John D. Archbold, chiet
agent of tiie Standard Oil Company
and personal representative of Rocke
feller and Rogers. These letters have
been given to me by a gentleman who
had intimate associations with this
giant of corporations, the Standard
Oil, but whose name I may not divulge,
lest he be subjected to the persecution
of this monopoly.
"26 BOARDWAY, NEW YORK, Mar.
9, 1900.—My dear Senator: I have your
favor of last night, with enclosure-,
which latter, with letter from Mr. El
liott commenting on same, I beg to
send you herewith. Perhaps it would
be better to make a demonstration
against the whole bill, but certainly
the ninth clause to which Mr. Elliott
refers, should be stricken out, and the
same Is true ofhouse bill now pending
also introduced by Mr. Pierce in rela
tion to foreign corporations, in which
the same objectionable clause occurs.
“I am glad to hear that you think
that the situation is fairly well in hand.
Very truly, yours,
JOHN D. ARCHBOLD.”
"Hon. Joseph B. Eoraker, Washington.
D. C.”
Certificate of Deposit, $15,000.
“26 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, Mar.
26, 1900.—l,r.OO Sixteen Street, Wash
ington, D. C„ Dear Senator: In accord
ance with our understanding I now
beg to enclose you a certificate of de
posit to your favor for $15,000. Kindly
acknowledge the receipt and oblige-,
Yours very truly,
“JOHN D. ARCHBOLD.’
“‘26 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, Feb.
16, 1900.—My Dear Senator: Hero i*
still another very objectionable bill. It
is so outrageous as to be ridiculous,
hut it needs to be looked ater, and .1
hope there will be no difficulty in kill
ing it. Am anxious to hear from you
as to the situation as a whole. Yours
very truly.
JOHN D. ARCHBOLD.
“ ‘Hon. J. B. Foraker, 1500 Sixteenth
Street, Washington, D. C.’
With a $14,500 Enclosure.
“You will see from them that these
letters are not read at random, but
that they have a natural sequence.
Here is the next:
‘“26 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
April 17, 1900.—My Dear Senator: 1
enclose you certificate of deposit tc
your account of $14,500. We are greatly
at a loss in the matter, but I send this
and will be glad to have a frank talli
with you when opportunity offers, il
you so desire. I need scarcely agair
express our great gratification over the
favorable outcome of affairs. Very
truly yours,
•JOHN D. ARCHBOLD.”
strikFwas
QUICKLY
SETTLED
A short-livpd strike called by tlu
Federal Labor Union against Lewis
Whl'tehouse Oo. was the feature of Iasi
Wednesday. The longshoremen struct
because the company were employinf
men other than longshoremen on tlu
coal pile, where the cargo from tlu
Hazel Dollar is being placed.
At a second meeting of the unlor
the strike was called off and the wort
of unloading the vessel Is being con
tinued.
SOURDOUGH 4
REFLECTIONS
A copy of “Sourdough Reflections,'
for whfch Mr. C. E. Ryberg,. former!;
editor of this paper, is responsible
made its appearance at this office thi
other day. The book Is tastefully got
ten up and enlivened throughout b;
full page Illustrations. One of thi
Illustrations, suggesti've of one of thi
dlflteuttle’s the genuine prospector ha
to fgaa, appears on the third page o
this ls*ue,
SOCIALIST
MEMBERS
IMPRISONED
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 1—At tin
Conclusion of a court-martial of mem
bers of the St. Petersburg social dem
ocratic club today on tlie charge- o:
conspiring to overthrow the govern
ment, eight of the defendants won
sentenced to various terms of impris
onment at hard labor, eight to exile
four to imprisonment in the fortrest
and eleven were acquitted.
AIRSHIPS WILL
CROSS ATLANTIC
SAYS EDISON
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
CHICAGO, Kept. 30.—"Within fivt
years airships will be carrying: pas
sengers across the ocean in cighteer
hours, 200 miles an hour. An aeria
flight will be commercialized in thai
time.
“The north pole can and will b<
reached in a 48-hour trip. The per
fected heliocopter will be able to en
circle the globe in a week.’
These statements were made yester
day by Thomas A. Edison, the inven
tor, in the course of a talk on aeria
navigation.
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Our Job Department is com
plete, and we are prepared to
■r prove to you that we d > gjod
f.’- work. Our prices—well, call us
up by phone and find out what
- they rre. o'hry'U surpr’se j-ni.
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Granite Mining Candles are the best
CONDITIONS
WORST SINGE
EIGHTIES
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
NOTTINGHAM, Eng., Sept. 30
The committee appointed by the trade
union congress to report on labor con
ditions throughout the country hm
turned in a Teport showing that condi
tions are the worst as far as wage
workers are concerned that they liav<
been since the early eighties. Million!
of workers are out of employment an
on the verge of starvation. The poor
houses are overcrowded, and city au
thonties are at a loss to know wha
to do for the relief of the destitute.
INJURED BY
THE STRIKE
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—From time
to time the directors of the Western
Union Telegraph Company issue linan
dal statement which plainly echo the
'ostly strike of several months ago. It
is only now that the company is lamely
emerging from the effects of that dis
istrous conflict. Yesterday a quarterlj
dividend (the first really easli dividend
since the strike) of one-half of one
per cent was declared.
The net earnings'for the quarter
>nding Sept. 3.’ are giv< n as $1.7PO,000,
an increase over the preceding quarto.!
of $120,000, and compared with tiic
period of the strike a very large addi
tion to the company’s incj.i.e.
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Granite Mining Candles are the best.
PANICFELT
IN GERMANY
1 Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
BERLIX, Sept. 30—A report jusi
issued by the city authorities shows
1 that as a result of the chronic unem
• ployment of thousands of worklngmer
, the number of cases in which the cltj
i was called upon to furnish shelter foi
its citizens has increased remarkably
' During /he fiscal year of 1906-7 th<
s number of persons seeking a fret
> night’s lodging was 575,546, while foi
> 1907-8 It was 629,178. The number ol
t families requiring shelter from thi
city rose from 7*8 to *07,
PORTLAND
STRIKE IS
SETTLED
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
POUTI.AND, Oct. 1.—The long
shoremen here have returned to work,
'laving entered into a separate agree
ment with the employers covering a
term of two years. They agree to
maintain their own union separate
fiTmi the main organization, and fur
ther agree not to enter upon any strike
for that length of time, either on their
uvn account or in sympathy with
other unions of longshoremen at any
other port. The wage scale is to be
maintained as it was prior to the com
mencement of the present strike, and
tin' initiation fee is set at $50. The
employers agree to recognize the union
and to collect the initiation fee in
eases where any new men are put to
work.
UNCLE SAM IN
CAPITALIST ROLE
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. l.-There Is
a great deal of dissatisfaction among
the employes of the Frankford arsenal
here over what is regarded as a
breach of faith upon the part of Uncle
Sam. Machinists and tool makers are
hired for $3 a day, with the under
standing that they are to receive $3.25
after six months, and ultimately $3.75.
When tiie sfx months' period for some
if the men recently expired they re
ceived word from Washington to the
iffect that Uncle Sam, because of the
industrial depression, could have all
the men he wanted for less than $3 a
lay, and that, consequently, there
would be no increase to the machin
ists and tool makers. It was an eye
ipener to the men to learn that even
i government job was not safe therfrj
days, that even Uncle Sam is a grasp
ing capitalist.
MACHINISTS
STRIKE IS
ENDED
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
VANCOUVKIt, Oct. 1.—The strike
of tlie machinists on the Canadian
Pacific railway was settled yesterday
and the men resumed work this morn
ing. The terms of the settlement
have not been made public.
THIEVES MAY BE
TURNED LOOSE
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
TACOMA, Oct. 1.—About 100 profes
sional thieves and other habitual crim
inals in the state’s prison at Walla
Walla may claim their freedom if the
supreme court upholds the finding of
Judge Snell, of this county, yesterday,
when he dismissed a prisoner nccused
of being an habitual criminal on the
ground that the law, in so far as it
refers to misdemeanors, is invalid.
AUSTRALIAN
UNIONS GAIN
50,000
Special to Nome Industrial Worker,
SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 30.—The
report of the secretary of the Feder
ated Unions of Australia, just issued,
shows that the unions made a gain In
membership during the year of 50,000.
The report also deals with the advance
made politically by the labor unions,
and the prospects seem good for a
largely increased representation In
parliament after the next general
elections.
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE
BUSINESS OIRECTORY
We wish to say to the proprietors of this paper and to other
workers and sympathizers who are interested in its welfare, that
one of the best ways to aid in building up the paper is to patron^
ize exclusively the firms that advertise with us. When you make
a purchase give the proprietor to understand that you trade with
him because he intimates, through the advertising columns of the
Industrial Worker, that ho wants your trade.
The merchants who do not advertise with us evidently do not
care for the trade of the miners. Since they thus show that they
can easily get along without your trade, it would be better for you
to confine your patronage to the firms who make a bid for your
dollars by advertising in this paper.
We have posted up on the walls of the union hall a facsimile
of our Business Directory. We ask you to commit the list to mem
ory and give the firms that advertise in your paper the benefit of
your patronage. Do this today. Then every day hereafter do
| your share in making the Industrial Worker a success in every
sense of the word.
NEWS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
Yorkey's Store.
Monopole Cigar Store.
Maura & Co.
, PHOTOGRAPHER.
O. D. Ooetze.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J. Mustard, M. 1>., Physician and
Surgeon.
Dr. J. W. Wilkins, Physician and
Surgeon.
Dr. W. D’Arey Chace, Physician and
Surgeon.
Dr. O. F. Searl.
BANKS.
Miners’ & Merchants’ Bank.
Nome Bank & Trust Co.
Alaska Banking & Safe Deposit Co.
i LUBRICATORS, MACHINERY AND
SUPPLIE8.
Standard Oil Co.
Chas. W. Reed.
RESTAURANTS AND BAKERIE8.
1 Hunter Cafe.
’ North Pole Bakery & Coffee House.
Billy & Frank’s Kitchen.
1 Merchant’s Cafe.
American Bakery and Coffee House.
r Star Cafe.
’ HOTELS.
[ Gold Hill Hotel.
Rigley’s Roadhouse, Council.
j Gibson House, Teller, Alaska.
, TRAINED NURSE.
Frances D. Brans,
8ALOON8.
The Hub.
The Hunter.
The Montana.
The Board of Trade.
The Wharf.
The Ragle.
The Northern.
The Club.
The Bank.
The Headquarters.
The Aurora.
WHOLESALE A RETAIL LIQUORS.
A. G. Oliver & Co.
CLOTHING AND GENERAL ...ER
CHANDI8E.
J. C. Gaffney.
Krakower Bros.
Peterson’s Shoe Store.
M. D. Samuels.
Chicago Store.
GROCERIES.
Moller & Ince.
Snake River Grocery.
Tacoma Grocery.
Jos. Chliberg T Store.
Conrad Freedlng.
U. S. Mercantile Co.
BARBER8, BATHS, ETC.
Anna M. Keltog.
Elite Bath House.
Seattle Bath and Barber Shop.
City Bath House.
MEAT MARKETS.
Paclflo Cold Storage,
Carstens Bras, A Dash ley.
ROOSEVELT
PARDONS JAP
CONVICT
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—President
Roosevelt pardoned K. Yashida, a
Japanese ,wlio, with others, was con
victed in 1905 In Alaska, for murdering
'the Japanese foreman of a canning
factory in which they were employed,
for which he was sentenced to thirty
years in the penitentiary. He was
pardoned on the condition that he
would sail at once for Japan. tlwtMt
don taking effect upon his going on
shipboard. There are said to have
been mitigating circumstances con
nected with the homicide. Yashida
had homesickness which resulted In a
condition borderng on Insanity.
TELEPHONE
MERGER
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 1—The Sun
set and Independent Telephone com
panies are preparing to merge and to
conduct their systems as one hereafter,
according to information developed at
the meeting of the city council cor
poration committee late yesterday.
Edward E. Webster, manager of the
independent company, who attended
the meeting of the corporations com
mittee, called for the purpose of pre
paring findings of fact, in connection
with the charges of franchise viola
tions by the telephone companies, an
nounced that he would shortly leave
for San Francisco.
He made no statement concerning
the purpose of his visit, but the mem
bers of the committee believed that It
had to do with the negotiations for the
proposed merger.
UNIVERSAL
TREATY
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
THE HAGUE, Sept. 30.—At the re
quest of Germany and Italy, Holland
is to invite the powers represented at
the second Hague peace conference to
participate in a further conference at
The Hague, probably in 1909, for the
elaboration of a draft of a universal
treaty.
It i's suggested by the Netherlands
that the royal commission of Interna
tional law as affecting private persons
make the arrangements. r
SOCIALISM
GAINING
Special to Nome Induetrial Worker.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. Oct. 1.—The
official returns of the state elections
held on Sept. 14th have Just been made
public. The socialist vote Is given as
9,612, being six and a half per cent of
the total vote cast. The soclalfst vote
in 1904 was 1,364; in 1906, 2,169.
If the socialist vote of the nation
shows an Increase this fall in the same
proportion as the increase shown tn
the state electron Debs will receive
nearly two million votes.
threeThousand
AFTER ONE JOB
Special to Noma Induatrial Worker.
LONDON, Oct. 1.—The number of
unemployed in this city was strikingly
illustrated yesterday, When three
thousand men surrounded and at
tempted to make their way Into a hos
pital whfch had advertised for a por
ter at a wage of $4.SO a week and
meals,
An extra detail of police had to be
called out to keep order In the crowd,
which was struggling to get Into the
building.
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The New City Bath House. Steam
heated rooms. Fresh watsr the year
round.
Laundry in connection.
Old Industrial Worker Building.
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Large slse' El Principe de Gales, Op
timo, Inflntto, Flor de Lovers and La
Integrtdad Cigars, 1IH oents. Board
o| Trad*.
ANSWERS
GOMPERS’
CHALLENGE
Special to Nomo Industrial Worker.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.—The* weekly bul
letin Issued by J. M ah Ion Barnes, na
tional secretary of the socialist party,
says:
“President Gompers, of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, in the Sep
tember number of the Federationist
asks the question of Comrade Deba,
•‘Where does your party ret the
money?" This, notwithstanding the
fact that a copy of the published re
port of contributions up to, and includ
ing August. 15, was mailed to the of
fice of Mr. Gompers on August 32,
This question of Mr. Gompers ap
pearing in the official organ of the
American Federation of Labor raises
the issue in all affiliated bodies and
subdivisions or local unions ot the
same. The members of these organ
izations are entitled to a reply, and
the same will be issued from the na
tional office of the socialist party dur
ing the present week. A circular let
ter will be addressed to the local sec
retaries of every organization affiliat
ed with the American Federation of
Labor, and also to the secretaries of
other labor organizations. The same
will also be supplied to anyone upon
application who sends two cents to
cover postage.
The trade unionists without regard
to political affiliation, should see to
it that this document Is read In their
union meeting. Possibly without an
exception, every labor organization in
America contains some members who
have contributed financial support to
the socialist party, and it becomes
them to acquaint themselves with the
fact that tl eir contributions have been
properly credited, and they should also
be interested in having their fellow
workers informed on the same sub
ject. Trade unionists, you are again
reouested to «.->•« *o It that this ques
tion Is thoroughly discussed. Have
both sides presented and let the facta
be known.
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STRIKER
WOUNDED
DY SOAR
Special to Nomo Industrial Workar.
WINNIPEG, Man., Oct. 1.—Daniel
M. Hepner, employed fn the Canadian
Pacific railroad shops here, was ar
rested early today, charged with fa
tally shooting Robert Kirk, a striker
and picket. The shooting occurred
last night as Hepner was leaving the
barricaded yards of the railroad com
pany.
Several hundred strikers marched to
the Canadian Pacific railroad shops to
day with the object of terrorizing the
strikebreakers. They Went into the
yard, but reinforcements of police pre
vented a conflict.
Qranito Mining Candles are the beat
DANISH
MINISTER
DEFAULTER
Special to Name Industrial Werker.
COPENHAGEN. Sep. SO.—An inves
tigation of the records of the Danish
Minister of Justice, Alberti, brought
out the fact that he was a defaulter
for over five million dollars. The cab
met has put In Its resignation and a
new cabinet is being arranged for by
the government. Socialist members
of the parliament to whom cabinet po
sitions have been offered have refused
to accept, them.
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SU8PE0T
ARRESTED
A man giving his name as A. D.
Brown was arrested Wednesday night
by the marshal, on suspicion that he
was the lone robber who held up eight
mfhera on Skookum divide laat Mon
day, H« refused to aay anything re
garding his arrest. ^