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VOL. 11.
TOMB, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918.
NO. 2497.
8 HOUR LAW UP TO GOVERNOR
Pertaining To The
Eight Hour Law
We received the following: telegram at 8:25 P. M.
last evening. It is self explanatory.
Juneau, Alaska Feb. 21st, 1918
W orker
Nome, Alaska.
Hearing on eight hour adjourned strong protest pour
ing in from all parts of Alaska. Governor Strong wilt
file his report in a few days.
S. Mandley
HUTCHESON REFUSES
SIGN AGREEMENT,
NOW UP TO BOARD
■WASHINGTON, Feb. 21—President
Hutcheson, of the Carpenters and Join
ers Brotherhood, absolutely refuses to
sign the agreement submitted by the
Metal Trades Union. That leaves the
settlement of all disputes up to the
Wage Adjustment Board of the Ship
ping Board. Hutcheson submitted a
counter proposal to Manager Piez, of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation and
until this proposal is first considered
and signed by him, Hutcheson states
that he had no authority to proceed
■with any further negotiations. He says
that his counter proposal is that the
representatives of the Brotherhood o
Carpenters and Joiners shall be recog
nized by members of the Wage Adjust
memt Board and that a representatlvi
of the Brotherhood shall act as one o
the assistants in the Dept, of Labor
This, is no more than fair to thi
Brotherhood, says Ur. Hutcheson. W<
believe that we have a sufficient num
ber of men, working in the shippins
industry, to warrant us in, asking, tha
we have the naming of our own rep
resentatives, and not leave the choic,
entirely, to Mr. Gompers or any om
else outside our own organization
! Furthermore we believe that if our
proposition! is accepted, all shipcarpen
|ters and joiners should be hired thru
! j agreement with the Brotherhood and
' that they shall have the passing on
all such business. We will conceed
• anything in reason but will not be rob
■ bed of conditions, which we have been
fighting and starving for years to es
: tablish. The Shipping Board through
Manager Jiez told Mr. Hutcheson that
s his proposition would be considered
, and that he would receive an answer
. later on.
U. S. TO USE DUTCH VESSELS
CONVEY SUPPLIES EUROPE
AMSTERDAM, Ft!) . 21.—After
much bickering of Diplomats of
Holland and America, the former
were forced to yield to America’s
demands, and today signed the trea
ty whereby America is allowed to
utilze the Dutch tonnage in return
for American food-stuffs. Holland
has held out against allowing her
vessels to be used by America for
a long time, owing to fear, that the
sanctioning of any such usage would
embroil her in the war wth Ger
many. But she must have food
and America is the only place she
can secure it; hence she was forced
to make a choice of two evils and
chose the lessor.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 21.—Reports
coming in from Berlin say that the
Germans have made a separate peace
with Ukranai. Thtat Ukrania Is
now a separate Republic and will
be converted Into a Protectorate
under the Guardianship of Austria,
3ther reports ai30 coming from
Berlin, claim that the Germans and
Russians are in a death grapple for
the possession of Rovno, the second
fortification in the trangle, which
is situated almost in the center of
V’olhynia or Ukrania. The Russians
ire at present maintaning a ver;
stubborn resistance and fighting
with the utmost savagery.
TRAIN STRIKES AUTO-TANK
Edgewater Park, N. J. Fob. 21.—
In a collision here, today, between a
Per.nsylvannia train and ono ot the
Standard Oil Co’s tank auto-trucks,
5 persons were killed outright and
three so badly burned and other
•wise so.seriously injured that thej»
died shortly afterward. The driver
of the truck, Edward Scanlon, and
■a man riding with him, the fireman
on tho locomotive, Richard
Whitlock, and two mon standing at
the edge of the sidewalk were those
instantly killed. Tho three serious
ly injured and who died shortly
after were standing amidst a crowd
«of sixty or more people waiting for
the approaching train to pass. The
motor truck came around the corner
and had started down the grade
at a terrifc speed, toward tho rail
road crossing, bofore the driver saw
that the gates were closed. He
attempted to stop the mchine but it
was to late, it crashed through the
gate jjust ahead of . the on-coming
train, the engine of which struck
tho auto tank squarely in the mid
dle. A violent explosion followed
completely obliterating the motor
truck, pert of the locomotive also
derailing, causing tho train to stop
just far enough onto the busy cro3s
.ng to entirely block traffic for some
time. As the truck and engine
camo together, and when the tank
exploded a rain of liquid-fire was
thrown upon the bystanders and
many of them were badly burned,
and some of them quite seriously
injured by pieces of flying wreck
age.
notice;.
The Modini's B. of T. Restau
rant is closed for a few days in
order to make some remodelling sc
that the place can he run more eco
nomical and will also arrange tc
run furnished rooms in connection
SECRET SERVICE MEN
PINCH “PATRIOTIC”
GRAFTERS
NEW YORK, Feb21—Ten gallant
"patriotic’ business men of this city
have just been indicted by the Federal
grand jury, for wholesale robbery of
fhe government. All members of the
Chamber of Commerce and the Merch
ants and Manufacturer's Association,
they never thought for a moment that
even Uncle Sam, would have the au
dacity to arrest them. So secure did
they feel, that they openly carried their
low down sneaking thievery even into
ithe Army and Navy of the United
States. By their wholesale robbery, of
the government, through the manufac
turing of Army and Navy Uniforms,
they succeeded in mulcting Uncle Sam
of the sum of $5,000,000. The princi
pals in this outrage are Lauis P. Dav
idson, a cloth merchant, said to have
been cannected with the house of J.
P. Morgan and Co., at one time Her
man and Ben Herpltz, (mighty close
to Tirpitz of Germany of U boat fame
in both name and action) father and
son, constituting one of the largest
firms, manufacturing uniforms in the
United States; Ira J. Anowsky, one
of their men, employed in the Army
Quartermasters Department, who did
the doctoring of the clothing records;
are all charged with stealing clothing.
The names of the other six have
not been given out as yet. Humor
has it, tha% they are very prominent,
both politically and financially. Dav
idson has beeni under suspicion by the
Secret Service office for a long time,
and while they were positive, that he
was grafting on the government, yet
the war crisis kept the secret service
officers so busy, and Davidson had the
flag wrapped around him so tight,
through his connections with the Na
tional Security League and other so
called "patriotic” organizations, that it
was a mighty tough proposition to
land him; But land him they finally
did, and it is now hoped that through
him, the Dept, of Justice, may be able
to land, some of the prominent officials
of similar “Patriotic” organizations,
made up exclusively of business and
professional men. (They must be
mostly all "professional men.—Ed.)
Subscribe for the Worker.
FROM WASHINGTON,
LOS-ANGELES, &
NEW YORK
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 21.—
The adminstration forces in the Sen
ate today scored the first victory
in the struggle which is now on in
the Senate over the Railroad Bill.
When the vote on the bill was tak
en, after a sprited debate, by both
factions; it stood fifty-two to twen
ty; the Senate thereby reacting the
amendment designated to cut a total
of two hundred million dollars from
the bill as origrinally ntroducid,
which placed the (Stimated guar
antee returnable to the railroads at
the end of each yer at T955,00ii,000
\
Many of the railroad Senators '.ottd
in favor of eliminating such an ob
noxious amendment. It had been
expected that these Senators, would
vote n favor of the amendment and
thereby cause the bill to fail be
cause o fthe fact that $755,000,000
would not be considered sufficient
| remuneration to the ranruau com
panics for money invested.
—
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 21—After vain
ly trying-, for some time, to have the
■Southern California Edison Co., keep
its agreement made some time ago, the
Electrical Workers today went out on
strike and will refuse to return to
work until the Government Board of
Mediation shall settle their greivances.
This company when settling the last
strike agreed to work their men
straight hours without overtime, but
continues to violate this part of tho
agreement despite the protests of the
men. This virtually ties up the light
and power systems of Los Angeles,
and unless the men can be prevailed
upon to return to work pending a set
tlement this City and tfie surrounding
towns will he in darkness and all
shipyard work for the time being will
bo delayed as this company supplies
most of the power to the shipbuilding
concerns. The Southern California
Edison Co., power is most all supplied,
from long distance lines running across
the Mojave Desert and up into Owens
Valley a distance of about 250 miles.
NEW YORK, Fab. 21—The strike of
the Longshoremen, employed by the
Southern Pacific Railway Co., at their
Piers has been settled and the men to
day returned to work. They had been
out just one day. Nine Hundred men
are effected, in the new agreement
which calls for a wage scale of fifty
eight, eighty-five cents and a dollar
per hour for various kinds and grades
of work which formerly paid all the
way from forty-five to eighty-five cents
per hour. This is the first advance
granted the longhsoremen, from this
company for over six months.
LET THE NEWS RIGHT. READ
THE WORKER.
UNITED MINE WORKERS AT
ANNUAL CONVENTION
PEORIA, 111., Etb. 21—At the
State Convention, of the United
Mine Workers of America, here as
sembled today, President Hays, of
the National Orginazation, deliver
ed a lengthy address, during which,
he landed Ihe President to the skies
for the stand he had tak-n and
was still taking at the present time,
in trying to see that the workers re
ceded a square deal. Hays told' the
Convention that every miner and
every- workng man in the country
should «tand squarely behind the
president. During his remarks in
regards to resident rWilson he was
roundly cheered. The Convention
passed a resolution, endorsing the
stand taken by the President, with
regards to the war, and pledging
him undivided support during the
also asslriug him that they would
remain at work and aid the goyern
ment in the prosecuton of the war
in every possible way they can.
A lengthy telegram was sent to the
President embodying the resolu
tion as passed by the Convention..
The Convention will be in session
every day this week and probably
the better part of next before fin
ishing the business before it to
transact.
Please leave your order at the
Nome Tailoring Co.(next door Seg
erstroni and Hagen), for coal etc.,
to be delivered by the Pioneer Ex
press. Orders promptly attended to.