Nome Industrial Worker
Published Every Friday.
By Nome Mine Workers Union, No. 240
Western Federation of Miners.
PAUL TURNER
Editor and General Manager.
Subsetiption Price:
One Yaar.
Six Months - - 3.00
Entered as Second-Class matter July 16. 1907,
at the post-office at Nome. Alaska, under the
Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
Advertising Rates made known on
application.
Address all communications to The Nome
Industrial Worker. Box 36. Nome. Alaska.
Telephone No. Black 157.
Changes in standing advertisements must
reach this office by 5:00 p. m. Wednesdays, pre
ceding the date of publication.
The Dog Question
The dog question is again becoming
a serious one. A number of people
have been bitten recently, some of
tbern quite severely. What is more to
the point, summer is coming on and
as people have less use for their dogs,
they will feeu^them less and the dan
ger of injuries from savage matamutes
aad mongrels will increase.
Some action shold be taken by the
city authorities at once. The feelings
and whims of a few persons who
would be inconvenienced by the pas
sage and enforcement of a strict dog
ordinance should not be considered,
when the lives of children and even
grown people are at stake, as is the
case when dogs run loose in a country
like this.
We should by all means have a dog
ordinance and we should have it en
forced.
The Pestiferous Mosquito
Once more the Gold Digger breaks
forth with the old cry ot how much it
lores the miners union and how much
it deprecates anything which tends to
disrupt such a glorious organization.
It is the old story of the fox telling
the hen to come down out of the tree
so that he could admire its plumage.
The editor and manager ot the Gold
D igger is not intellectually far enough
advanced to stand before an audience
and explain the difference between
the I. W. W. and the A F of L.
Yet he calls the I. W. W. disrupters
and tells how mueh he loves the W.
F. M. Now as a matter of fact the
preambles of the two organizations
are practically identical. But why
discuss the question with Steve—as
we have said before it is like loading
a gatliug gun to kill a mosquito.
Steve will boost or knock anything,
according as it temporarily suits his
purpose.
Injustice of Courts.
Thaws’ defense the second time, was
that of “temporary insanity’’. If
Thaw was a poor man instead of a
piofligate scion of Pittsburg million
airedom, the law would make short
shift with him. But his money, ex
ploited from the labor of others, has
bought him the chance to escape from
the law’s clutches. So he still has hope
of escaping the penalty of the murder
he onmmitted after fate had taken
him from Pittsburg and grafted him
on the New Y'ork tenderloin. How
nicely this case reveals the hypocracy
that lies at the base of our capitalist
system of justice!
The courts are held up to us as the
pluces whe^ all men are equal before
the law, yet not one single individual
who makes such a oontentiou would
dream for a moment of denying that
to get justioe in the oourts one must
have money to go after it.
The vast sum spent to rescue the
little Pittsburg degenerate would be
sufficient to save the freedom or the
necks of a large number of small crim
inals, men at least charged with
crime, who must go to their terms in
prison or to officially administered
deaths beoause of their inability to
pay the best and most skillful law
yers.
The injustice of our system of jus
tice is one of those conventional
wrongs of aur capitalist civilization
that all people are aware of and yet
put aside as seemingly hopeless of
remedy and therefore oetter to ignore
o as to keep a placid mind. All
over the country Innocent men go to
prison, and to the gallows, even, be
oause unable to buy justice for them
selves. It is a fact as shametul as it
is undeniable.
NOTICE OF MEETING.
LOCAL No. 264,1-W.W., has its reg
ular meetings every Monday evening
at 8:30 p. m. in .the W. F. M. hall.
FRANK BRENNAN: PRES’T.
A.A. BANTA; FINANCIAL SEC
RETARY. |tf
Before and After War,
Says the Socialist Weekly of Japan :
“As we predicted at the eve of the
late war, workers iu Japan are suffer
ing severely. They prepared for the
war with heavy taxes and ever increas
ing difficulty of living on account of
the rise of food stuff and rent; for
the best of the national strength was
taken for unproductive labor. Once
the destructive war begun the work
ers were sent to the battle field to
fight and to be wounded or killed. At
one time theie were over one million
men in Korea and Manchuria engaged
iu the bloody work ; while the workers
at home were exerting their energies
to the utmost to support them Now
the war is ended peace has been de
dared to the satisfaction of rulers,
immediate officers have all received
rewards, houors and money! Those
who fought or worked heroically
and returned safe are only permitted
to work for their own living. They
must work still harder to pay the in
terest on the debt amounting to some
two hundred million. The workers
are suffering extremely from the rise
of daily necessities aud rent. Strikes
and riots are occuring throughout the
country, the workers are rapidly
awakening to the class consciousness.
Our workers have learned bitter les
sons from the war. And now they are
learning to be socialists.
The common man as a soldier
before and after a war presents two
altogether different pictures. Before
the war he is told he will be the savior
of his country aud he swells up with
the homage paid him. After the war,
if still alive, he sueake back aud won
ders where both the fovrner glory and
his former job have gone!
A Graduate on Fits.
The story is told of a Connecticut
Vaukee whose ocupation at home was
peddling wooden nutmegs, deciding
that the West was a fitter theatre for
his talents, and medicine a fitter ob
ject for his professional attention.
To the West he went—away beyond
the Mississippi. There he hung out
his shingle, auuoucing to the villagers
that he as a physician. That same
night he was awakened from sleep by
impatient rappiugs at his street door.
When he opened he saw before him
an excited man. The visitor inform
ed the doctor that his little boy was
taken ill, and he wanted the doctor to
come with him on the spot.
“What’s the matter with the boy?”
queried the doctor.
“He has small pox!” exclaimed the
father impatieutly. “Oh” ! replied the
doctor with a look of contempt. “1
don’t know auytbiing about small
pox. But you give the little cuss
this,” handing him a small vial—
“that will throw him into fits. Then
send for me. I’ve graduated on
fits”. Gen. Funstou, hurrying to
Goldield in order to quell the trouble
that he was justified in expecting,
seeing that the trouble was of his
own making, is a performance of a
piece with that Yankee physician who
held himself ready to hurry to the as
sistance of people that his own drugs
threw iuo fits.
There was no “trouble” in Goldfield
that a Federal secret service man em
ployed to corral issuer of falses money
could not handle siglehauded. He
would find no lack of evidence to swear
out a bench warrant against the mem
bers of the Goldfield Mine Owners
Association ; and he could easy muster
up the requisite posse to conduct the
deliuquiuts to the nearest Federal
District Court. Outside of that
“trouble”, there was none—none to
quel), none to prevent. But as in the
case of the boy, who did not have fits
and was first to be thrown into fits,
in older that the physician who had
graduated on fits could quell the
trouble, Goldfield, peaceful Goldfield
was to be thrown by Gen. Funstou into
fits of disorder and tumult ;and the
fit being on, the expert fittist, who
had graduated on just such sort of
things, was to “suppress the trouble”.
All tragedy has its humorous side.
Of such contradicting elements is
made up the drama of the social
struggle between the Capitalist Class
and the Working Class, the former
to uphold a social system that Civil
zatiou has pronounced aganst the lat
ter to establish the Reign of Peace,
where he who can, but won’t, shall be
free to die according to all variations
ofhis individualism.
Notice.
The regular meeting of the Nome
Mine Workers Union, Local No. 240,
of the W. F. of M., is held every Sat
urday evening at 8 p. m. at Miners
Hall. Secretary’s office hours: 7 a. m.
to 12 m.; 1 p. m. to 6 p. in.; 7 p. m. to
10 p. in. Phone Main 99. Postoffice
box No. 00.
Granite Mining candles are the best.
Take your clothes to the Union Hand
Laondy, basement of Nome Industial
Woker. Ip. tf.
THE BESSIE ROADHOUSE Is
now equipped to accomodate sleigh
and dancing parties; and will give the
best of service. W. H. BROWN. tf
working class.
UNCLE PAM. —Is that ridiculous?
B. J.—Why certainly. In view,of
the fact that the poverty of the work
ing people and their so-called misery—
U. S.— Socalled misery?
B. J.—Anyway in view of'the fact
that their poverty and their niisery
are due in a large measure to tbeir ex
travagances, their immorality and
their aversion to work.
U.S.—You are quite sure of that?
B.J. —Why certainly. A man, Jby
economy push and hard work can
place himself in a position of comfort.
U.S.—That’s all very beautiful. Now
what is it you waut?B.J.— I want you
to agree that to espouse the rights
of the working class is ridiculous.
U. S.—I want you to first agree with
me that you are a Heathen Chinee.
B. J. —But 1 am not.
U. S. — Certainly you are. In view of
the fact that your eyes slant down
ward, that you carry a pigtail and that
you wear your shirt outside of your
trousers, what else can you be but a
Heathenl Chinee?
B. J. —But my eyes don’t slant
downwards; I don’t carry a pigtail;
and as to my shirt, I don’t wear it
outisde of my trosers. You are off
your base.
U. P.—But you will agree that if my
premises were right my conclusion
that you are a Heathen Chinee would
be right too, won’t you?
B..J . — Yes it would ; but they aren’t.
U. P .—And so I would agree with
you that, if your premises about the
characteristics of the workingmen,and
about the capacity of “push, hard
work and economy ” to place a man
in comfort, were correct, I would
agree wtih you that it is ridiculous to
espouse the workingman’s cause’ But
these premises are as much “off’’ as
the prmeises from which the conclu
sion followed that you are a Heathen
Chinee.
B. J.—Well lets look into my prem
ises.
U. S.— Now you talk. When you
started you incurred the very ugly
error of starting with a debatable
proposition for your premises,and hen
trying to debate the conclusion. The
real point to settle is that which
you took for fact. I deny your prem
ises of “facts” in toto, Now prove
them.
B.J —Which fact do you deny?
U P.—Every one of them. It is not
true that the misery aud.tbe poverty
of the working class is. due in any
measure to their extravagance, im
morality or aversion to work. Each of
these allegations is false. Neither is
it true that economy push and work
are enough to put a mau in comfort.
Now trot out your proofs. Begin
with the “extravagauce”of the work
ing mau.
B. J.—Hem; hem well—
U. 8.— Stuck? Well, proceed ou his
“immorality. ”
B. J.—Hem; hem Well—
U. S. — Stuck again? Now take up
his aversion to work.
B. J.Hem; hem. Well—
U. 8.—Stuck third time. Now see
here, even the lying census reports
don’t allow the average workingman
over a dollar a day the year around.
What is there to economize on? If a
man has to hire himself to a capital
ist he can’t get more pay than his
market value, and that is determined
by the supply cf labor and the de
mand. If he gets a job, the price is
barely enough to get long .with. In
order to get along without hiring
himself he must have capital enough to
employ others. Where is he going to
uget that capital from? The poverty
of the workingman is not the result
of aversion to work or the like, but of
the private ownership of the machin
ery to work with ;he, not owning that,
must sell himself in wage slavery,
and wage slavery allows no margin
to rise from. If economy was a wealth
producer then the workers would be
millionaires and the millionaires
would be paupers. Just invest in
some Labor News Company and Soc
ialist Books; the reading of them will
have upon your head the effect of a
duster in a neglected house
Granite MiningCandles are the best
Large size El Prince de Galea, Op
timo, Infinite, Flor de Lovera, and La
Integridad Cigars, 12>£ cents. Board
of Trade.
Professional Cards.
J. H. Mustard, A. B„ M. D.
Office and residence:
Front Street, over Kelly & Co’s drug store
Hours:
1 to 4 and 7:30 to !). Telephone Main 93.
Dr. Joseph Weyerhorst
PHYSICIAN AND STURGEON
Consultation in all modern languages
Staples Block - - - Nome, Alaska
Dr. John W. Wilkins
Office and residence
over Samuels’ Store
OFFICE HOURS 1 to 3 and 7 to 9
Telephone Main 132.
Dr. A. E. Southward
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office Hours 11 to 12 a m 3 to 5 p m
Nome Bank and Trust Co’s Bldg.
G. W. Averill & Son
DENTISTS
Office, Annex Building, next Lacey,
The Primary
Need of the
Workers Is
Education.
From education will spring
the necessary forces for organ
ization.
Carry a copy of the Indus
, trial Worker in your pocket
and show it to your fellow
workers. It will be of great
aid in sweeping the capitalist
cobwebs from their brains.
»
Thousands of workers are
willing to help in the educa
tion aud emancipation of the
working class, if told how.
Intelligent, systematic and
persistent work is the
Keystone of
in the working class move
ment.^ Let us push the circu
lation of the Industrial Work
er and hasten the day when
the workers shall come into
possession of their OWN.
The capitalists have their
paid agents ever on the watch
to keep the literature of en
lightenment from the eyes of
the workers. We must meet
their plans with volunteers,
who shall strive to get this
literature before the workers.
There must be no let up in
the propaganda of progres
sive unionism, until the cit
adel of capitalism is captured
and the working class is
triumphant.
Nome
Industrial
Worker
One Year $5.00
Six Months $3.00
Bring your Notices of
Forfeiture to the In
dustrial Worker for
publication.
Union Men—Advertisers in your
paper are entitled to your patronage,
All the subscribers to the Nome In
dustrial Worker who have come to
town from the creeks please call at
the office and give us your change of
address at onoe. Your paper will be
sent to the regular creek address un
less you order the change.
Granite Mining Candles are the best
Notice!
Miners and Merchants Bank
Nome, Alaska.
Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen’s Accounts Solicited.
* •••••— »•••—• —• »••••••• •••••>•• MMMM »WMH MMWM HWHH1
j Nome Bank & Trust Company
Capital Fully Paid $135,000.00
50600000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
F. H. THATCHER
0 Cashier
it
1 i
u
ii
fi
CABEEL WHITEHEAD
President i
R. E. TRENGOVE, Assayer
EUGENE E. AILES
Vice-President
ALASKA BANKING & SAFE DEPOSIT GO.
Paid-up Capital, $125,000.00
Established June 1900.
Consolidated with Bank Cape Nome Sept. 1905.
{ [ Ore* Examined. Gold Dust Purchased and Assayed
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Remember we roast our own coffee and carry the finest line
of Teas and Delicatessen specialties in the city.
J. CHILBERG, Cor. B and First Ave.
t
GO TO THE
North Pole Bakery
For Fresh Bread and Pastry.
THE BEST COFFEE IN TOWN.
\SU9/ \4U9/ \<NU9/ \<H09/
Ka/M Xa/M #iAAifeXAA]ife#G\A§« KvSilvvSv Wv3f
The Store for the Miner.
The best goods at prices to meet your purse. Note the
following figures :
At $16.50, a good all wool or worsted Suit of Clothes. Regular
price, $22.50.
At $20.00. The best Suit or Overcoat in our store. Regular
price, $30.00.
At 25c. a pair. A heavy white wool Sock. Regular price, 50c.
A Suit of Men’s Heavv Underwear for $1.00. Never sold for
less than $1.50
At $2.00 a pair. Men's three and four-buckle Arctics.
ALASKA STORE
*
Moller & Ince
*
Dealers in Staple and
Fancy Groceries
GOODS DELIVERED PROMPTLY
Phone Main 86 ' Cor. Front and B Streets
THE
HUNTER
CAFE
GUS ALMGREN
Proprietor
The Workingman
Can get more for his
money here than anywhere
else.
The Epicure
Can get the/ choicest
and most palatabls dishes
the market affords
A