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Name Industrial Manier ·
This Paper is controlled, owned and operated by Local 240 of the Western Federation of Miners
Vol. 2
Nome, Alaska, Friday, March 20, 1908.
No. 38
TELEGRAMS WERE FALSE
CALE NEVER DECLINED
\V. II. Holmes received a telegram
from Delegate Tom Calc Tuesday in
.which he denies having declined re
nomination. The telegram is as fol
lows:
“Washington, March IT.—\V. II.
Holmes, Nome: Reports false. Peo
ple must name candidate. Not me. ]
Thomas Cale. ’ ’
The above dispatch is in answer to a I
telegram sent to the delegate by j
Holmes asking if he had refust d to |
run. It now appears that the dis-j
patches published in the local papors
to the effect that Cale had declined'
to run again were false. Of course
we should not charge the local papers
with the misdeed of faking the tele
grams; however the false reports con
cerning Delegate Cale is an other
evidence that some of the news
dished up to the public of Nome is
fainted and painted.
it now conies to light that the pur
ported dispatches stating that ('ale
would not run for re-election, which
were published in the Nugget and the
Cold Digger were absolutely (also.
Many thot at the time they were Vic
ing published that they were iaked
up in Seattle. Whether they were or
not, people have learned from this
little experience that much news pub
lished in some of the local papers is I
very unreliable. The dear public has
been giving these aforesaid papers
good money for tainted and painted
news.
The miners of Nome district have
WORKERS ORGANIZING
ON PACIFIC COAST
Former Editor Industrial Worker Tells of Good
Work Done in Seattle and Bellingham- -
Shingle Weavers Awakening.
Believing that a few lines relative to
the organization work being carried
on in Seattle will be of interest to
others I will jot oft' a few paragraphs.
Nearly two years ago the movement
was progressing at a rapid pace, when
the rocks of political fanaticism of
“my brand!'’ or none were struck
upon and the economic ship came
nearly sinking. However, she was
saved by a gallant crew of
“ iets and at present appears to be tak
ing on the activity of a couple of
years ago.
1 arrived here two weeks ago. when
the members had under way the or
ganizing of a laborers’ local and also
an Italian branch. In the two weeks
we have liuished the work started,
Hud two more local unions have been
added to the list in Seattle. 'Ihe |
charter has already arrived lor the
Public Service Laborers, and in a few
days the work will be extended to a
point where the charter for the Ital
ian Branch will be applied for.
In the past two weeks we have held
IS meetings taken in lifts members,
organized two locals, and sold consul- i
erable literature and buttons. The.
receipts coming in to my hands have
been over SI". This is not counting
about 870 that has been sent direct to
^ headcpiartes by the locals during the
same time. Also during the two
weeks of propaganda work the mixed
local have taken in sufficient funds to
pay all running expenses and settle
their debt at headquarters, as well as
leave a small cash balance in their
treasury.
The Industrial Local Unions of this
city have a hall in the proletarian
part of the city, and just at this stage
of “prosperity” it is no trouble to fill
the same every night, and some times
afternoons, to tell, and re-tell to the
poor wage slave “how it all happen
ed.” Certainly he is in a mental con
dition to now accept Ihe inrst “radi
cal” talk, and has been so tamed in
the past few weeks that the mention
nf Socialism or revolution has no lior- i
rors to his mind.
The conditions on the coast at this
time are proof of the teachings of the
Industrial Workers, and the wage
dave is readily realizing the same.
I’he A. F. of L. worker is going up j
against the employers’ machine of j
“identical interests” in an amusing
style The “open shop” is being de
clared all ovei“the coast country The
rtf *'•- livteen-dol
lars a-day Gompers job trdst is begin
ning to wonder “what’s the trouble,"
and is among the closest listeners to
the speakers who are expounding the
principles of the I. W. W.
The Seattle membership is also to
be credited with the organization of,
Bellingham, as they took the initia
tive by supplying the men and funds
to go to that city and carry on a cam
paign to destroy a Sherman local, and
build up a bona fide labor organiza
tion. The I. W. W. at Bellingham
now has a line open headquarters,
free reading room, and is comirg
along nicely.
The future is promising for the I.
W. W., in this city at the present,
and it is also promising for the orgsu
iz.ation all along the coast country.
You may realize the change that is
coming, when 1 tell you that 1 ias
invited to deliver an address befire
the delegates of the Sitxh annual (in
vention of the Shingle Weaverl of
America, and that there was noti me
dissenting voice or vote to the Con
trary. 1 delivered several comparative
industrial packages tied securely,ivith
revolutionary cords, and they wae as
gladly received as they were dilver
ed. 1 would judge that half oil the
delegates would vote to go to t(.e 1.
W. W., at this time. They all jaliz.o
how they were thrown down by lire A.
F. of L. last year during theif tight
with the employers.
Yours for the I. W. W.,
,1. II. WALSH,
National Orga
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 0, 1008.
4
i/.er.
SCOTTY M CONOMY
CAUGHT IN BLIZZARD:
- I
Scotty McCouomy, better known as
one-eyed Scotty* while on his way to
Teller lust week was overtaken by a
blizzard and suffered a badly frozen
hand; his face was also frozen, but
not seriously.
Mrs. Shaugnessy of the Penny River
roadhouse got word by phone that
Scotty was caught in the storm and
needed help; she immediately dis
patched a dog team to bring him to
her house. In the meanwhile Scotty
was taken in at the Sinrock mission,
where Siurock Charley and others
treated him the best they could ; when
Mrs. Shaughuessy’s dog team arrived
Scotty was leturned to the Penny
Kiver roadhouse, where Mrs. Shaugh
uessy treated his frozen hand and
face, until the arrival of Christensen,
a member of the Miners Union, who
had been sent with a dog team from
the Miners Union to bring Scotty to
Nome.
Upon Scotty’s arrival at lome ha
was immediately treated by t. Weyer
horst, the uniou physician! who at
tended to his injuries and pen sent
him to the hospital, wher he will
continue to recei:e ttie bestof atten
tion from the union phyleian and
the sisters, as do all other lembers of
the W. F. of M. and the llW. W.
Under a strict ruling cotty was
not entitled to the medicaprotection
of the union, as he was kck in his
dues. Hut the union pbsieiau and
the union gladly pass i over the
j technicalities of the die and gave
I Scotty the full proteetie of hospital
'< and medical attention, '> which one
who has been so faithft to the cause
of unionism, is eutitlef
The four flushing mae by the city
physician alter Scotty ud already re
ceived the full care ad attention of
the union physieian was merely a
theatrical or political lay, as Scotty
was at the time quiet) resting in the
hospital.
taken uo act in looking to the support
of either of the candidates for the
position of delegate to congress.
Neither lias this paper, which is
owned, controlled and operated by
the local of the Western Federation
of Miners taken sides for or against
either of the candidates; yet it would
be a culpable neglect of duty if we
failed to protest against the dirty,
third rate political trickery of some
of the local politicians, who have
tried to pull the wool over the eyes
of the voters of Nome. Doc Hill, who
according to reliable reports has.been
retained as the campaign manager for
John W. Corson, it appears has been
fully supported in his efforts to do
eeive the voters by at least two of
the local capitalist papers.
ORCHARD
SENTENCED
Special to the Nome Industrial Worker.
Boise, March IS.—Judge Wood this
morning passed sentence upon Harry
Orchard, the self-confessed murderer
of ex-Goveruor Stueuenberg, setting
May 1.') as the date for his execution.
He made a recommendation, how
ever, for commutation by a board
appointed for the purpose, basing the
{ilan upon the legal decision of im
munity because of his confessions and
evidence against the men who were
accused.
The Judge stated that he believes
the other men were connected with
the conspiracy to murder the late
govi;enor are yet t,o lie brought to
justice.
Members of organized labor and its
friends claim that the whole persecu
tion of Orchard takes on the charac
ter of a “white wash’’ and the belief
is common that Orchard’s punish
ment will not be greater than a short
term in prison. It was practically
established in the Hawyood trial that
Orchard had been promised immunity
by the prosecutiou if he would assist
in convicting Haywood and breaking
up the Federation.
MINING NOTES.
Chas. Sandall, who has beeu pros
pecting east of Hastings creeks, has
quit for the w inter. He sank four
deep holes to bedrock and struck no
pay. He also sank a number of shal
low holes with like results. Sandall
says that he may try the ground again
next winter, but he rather thinks the
prospects to lind pay are poor.
Dave Colgate and partner, who have
a lay between Snake River and Little
creek, have sunk two holes to bed
rock. one 1)7 feet and one (!."> feet.
They failed to strike anything worth
working. They are now down1 (12 feet
in the third shaft and have struck
clay bedrock. They will now drift.
The lay they are working is on a lease
from Judge Watson.
Al. Braten, former secretary of the
Miners Union, was up from Solomon
during the week. llrateu with two
other members of the Miners Union
have beeu looking for the pay on
Braten’s claim near Solomon. They
are nearly to bedrock. Braten came
up for some supplies, intending to
return immediately, but he has l>een
so busy renewing acquaintances with
his many friends that he has not
returned as yet to his claim.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Mr. Blank, while working at a
windlass, gnt three lingers cut off
Tuesday. He is now in the hospital
receiving treatment.
tlus Kohler, who has been working
as a barber at the Lacey barber shop,
took sick with pneumonia during the
week. He is now at Holy Cross hos
pital ; the attack is a very sovere one.
Andrew Beck, Juo. Skain, Tom
Phelan, Dave Caura, xVlex Woodside,
Wm. Spence, John Olsen, and One
Eyed Scotty are still in the hospital.
The boys in spite of their afflictions
are a cheerful bunch, spending their
time reading or conversing. John
Olsen is the worst injured of all. He
however is doiug very well, and
stands , a good chance of complete
recovery.
FAIRBANKS MINERS
BATTLE BRAVELY
i The workers of tl»e Xanana organ
ized in the Western Federation of
| Miners are making a heroic fight for
j the rights of the workers who dig the
' gold and derelope the country. They
are on strike for fire dollars and
; eight hours, which is no more than
1 reasonable,considering that the whole
i wealth of the district is produced by
! them, namely the workers in and
around the mines.
On Monday last the operators made
a desperate effort to crush the spirit
of the brare miners of the Tanana,
j who are making the stand for the
I perpetuation of the union and to
end that the X. C. company
other corporate interest shall
the
and
not
completely
Fairbanks.
enslaro the workers of
In order to accomplish their ends
the operators, abetted by the United
States marshal and others, instigated
a riot in order that they might have
a pretext to seize the officers of the
union and the editor of the Miners
paper and throw them into jail,
thinking by such action that the rank
and file of the miners would be de
moralized and discouraged.
A bunch of scabs were paraded in
view of the union miners; some of
the union boys or their sympathizers
hooted the scabs, whereupon the
United States marshal acting in
accordance with the will of the oper
(ators commenced to club the union
| men and to otherwise abuse them. Of
I course some of the union men and
! sympathizers resisted the assault per
| petrated upon them. This was used
as a pretext for the United States
marshal and deputies to repair to the
union hall and seize the secretary of
the union, the organizer of the
W. !'. M. and the editor of the Min
ers paper. All three of these were
thrown into jail on the trumphed up
charge of harboring rioters.
The three olticials of the union were
then held in jail, bail in the sum of
three thousand dollars were offered
the union officials but as the court
has tiie say of whether the bail offered
is good and sufficient, the officials of
the union have so far not been re
leased.
From the best reports obtained,
however, it appears that the attempt
of the operators to disrupt the union
by having the officials thrown into
jail have failed in their purpose and
the union men seem more determined
than ever to resist the attempt to
disrupt and destroy their union.
A number of camps have granted
the demands of the union and are
employing union men; a number of
business men have also come to their
senses and can now see that for the
N. C. company and its supporters to
succeed in crushing the union means
NOTICE TO ALL
MEMBERS W.F.M.
Notice is hereby given to all mem
bers of Local 240 of the Western Fed
eration of Miners that a referendum
vote will be taken to decide a ques
tion of importance, Saturday March
21, 1908.
Polls will be open from 1 o’clock
p. m. until 10 o’clock p. m.
Members will please bring their
membership cards.
W. B. EATON, President.
PHILIP CORRIGAN, Sec-Treas.
WORKERS DOWN COAST
ENDORSE OUR PAPER
Editor Nome Industrial Worker:
Jturing the winter, 1 have had oeca
sioi to learn the sentiment of the
working men down the coast in re
gard to the policy of the Miners
papsr. I can readily say that the
None Industrial Worker, the Miners
papa-, is held in high esteem by all
the working men down that way, who
think for themselves and appreciate a
clear cut union paper.
Tie editorials are carefully read by
all, »nd it is the consensus of opinion
thallthey come lip to the standard of
trutuuionhm better than those of
any paper that has ever been pub
lished in Nome.
WHERE iS CAPT.
JAMES BRENNAN
o.
Lohan, Acting German Consul
at Hattie, inquires as to the where
aboi
form
schui
kuoning the whereabouts of Captain
Bren
Gera
lau should correspond with the
an Consul at Seattle.
Ml
of Captain James Brennan,
rly master of the American
uer “Bring Gold”. Any one
IlST SERVE
TEN YEARS
Special to the Nome Industrial Worker.
St.jPetersberg, March 18. —The Czar
has tfctly refused to commute the sen
teuC’jof Lieutenant General St essel,
the • fleer who was in commend of
Pori Arthur during its seige in the
Rusk: -Japanese war and who surren
dertl the fortress to the Japanese
army, Stoessel now seems doomed to
sern the sentence of ten years in the
miliftry prison.
Tty City Clerks’ office will be open
froiuT :80 p. m. to 9:30 p. m. on Sat
urday till further notice; this will be
douelu order to give voters who are
working on the creeks a chance to
regh&r. _
Gr
uite Mining Candles are the best
I I have talked to a number of miners
! and others, who say that they regard
: the news features of the Nome Miners
! paper to be better and more reliable
j than either of the other papers pub
! lished on Seward peninsula.
I am quite sure that the Miners
paper has a larger circulation around
Solomon, Muff, Council etc., than
any other paper has ever had. Many
working men, prospectors, miners
etc., have told me that as soon as
they come to Nome or as soon as
their financial conditions will allow,
they will subscribe and assist to in
crease the circulation of a paper
which stands always for the working
people. JACK KEMBALL.
WAS SEVERELY
SCALDED
Aodlph Kruzuer, who has been pro
specting near town, was severely
burned Wednesday morning by the
explosion of a boiler. His mustach,
eyebrows and hair were considerably
j scorched. The accident occured early
in the morning, and Kruzuer did not
wait to see a doctor but went to the
City Barber shop where he washed
himself and applied such lotions as
were at hand. He is not disfigured
by the injuries, as the heat did not
penetrate into the skin.
Notice to I. O. O. F.
I. O. O. F. meeting, Friday, March
20th at 8 p. m., Federal Labor hall.
The rolls of the club will be open to
Charter members until first meeting
in April.
I. A. BOYNTON, Pres. :i-20-2t
THE BESSIE ROADHOUSE is
now equipped to accomodate sleigh
and dancing parties; and will give the
best of service. W. H. BROWN. tf
Granite Mining Candles are the best
Large size El Principe de Gales, Op
timo, Infinito, Flor de Lovera and La
lntegridad Cigars, 12}., cents, Board
cf Trade.
THE 1. W. W. BARBER SHOP
THAT’S THE LACEY. tf
Granite Mining Candles are the best
the ruining of the camp for all except
those who hold stock in the aforesaid
corporation.
One merchant exemplified his email
cipatiou from the influence of tin,
operators by a letter sent to tic
editor of the union paper accom
panied with 8100.00 in good money as
a gift to the union. The letter fol
lows:
“Second and Lacy,
“Fairbanks, Alaska,
“Editor Miners Onion liulletiu :
“Mr. W. E. Priestley—Sir: In be
half oi the Miners Union I take this
opportunity to extend 1o you my
sympathy, and trust that I am not
the only merchant in this town who
will not endorse the sentiments of the
merchants of Fairbanks against the
men who, like ourselves, have beep
here for years, working and sinking
their wages into the ground, and
opening up the country to the pros
perity it now enjoys.
“1 am convinced that the end i.~
not yet. and that you will grasp the
many opportunities that a peaceful
calculation will opeu for you in the
near future. Vours sincerely,
“JOHN 11. RICHARDS.”
The above letter was accompanied
by $100 in real Uncle Sam's money,
said money to be used for any pur
pose the Union sees fit.
“MINERS
DAUGHTER”
“Only A Miners’ Daughter’’ which
is to be produced at the Eagle hall on
April 1th under the able management
of Mr. Art.huy J. lirooker, promises
to be a very enjoyable high enter
tainment.
The play in itself is a very forcible
on6 and all the parts are in capable
hands. “Only a Miners Daughter” is a
comedy-drama in two acts and is fulf
of go from the rise of the curtain
until the fall. The plot in which Air.
Arthur J. lirooker plays the lead is*
very strong. Daddy Fortune is a
true type of au old time Miner
(Honest and True) fast becoming
extinct who’s love for his erring
daughter Jessie, will bring tears to
many eyes.
All the other parts are in capable
hands although they are of the “Hard
and Horny” class, and although they
may not he all professionals they are
out working very hard to give the
workers of Nome a good night enter
tainment.
ST. PATRICK
REMEMBERED
The “Seventeenth of Ireland" was
duly and religiously observed and
celebrated by the Irish and others of
Nome. Most business houses, bar
rooms, restaurants etc., were dec
orated in evidence of the fact that
the day upon which the snakes got
their walking papers from Ireland is
not forgotten.
The Hunter salcon and cafe was
especially well decorated. Upon a
large blackboard was depicted the
Irish maid with the harp,the Emerald
Isle set in the silvery sea, enhanced
by the rising sun. The Aurora, The
Hub, The Northern, and the Olympia
saloons were also splendidly decorated
in honor of the anniversary of the
greatest day in Irish history.
The Knights of Robert Emmet gave
a banquet at the Holden Hate at four
in the afternoon. :\t the close of the
banquit, the guests repaired to Eagle
hall for the big dance, where all had
an enjoyable time until the wee small
hours of the night before.
THE SISTERS
THANK MINERS
The Sisters of the Holy Cross hospi
tal extend their heartfelt thanks to
the Miner Union for a donation of
#42H.00 the reeeipts of the ball given
•n March 2nd. The kindly interest
taken by all who contributed to the
success of the evening has been deep
ly appriciated, also.
EASTERN BEER ON DRAUGHT
at A. Cl. OLIVER’S, BARREL RAH