Mome- H UdUs .
This Paper is Controlled, Owned and Operated by Local 240 of the W. F. of M.
Vol. 2
Nome, Alaska, Friday, October 30, 1908.
No. 94
VICTOR CRISON IN
BLIZZARD
Union Man Has Trying Experience on
the Trail—Life Saved by
Faithful Leader.
Victor Crison, whom the daily papers
supposed lost in the blizzard that raged
around Cape Nome in the earlier part
of the week, arrived In Nome Wednes
day afternoon a little fatigued after one
of the most trying experience ever over
taken a musher. Crison left Solomon
Sunday morning at an early hour, hut
ascertaining that the channel at Safety
was impassable he proceeded round the ,
lagoon in the teeth of a storm that blew
every moment with increasing violence.
Crison is an experienced masher but
he acknowledges the fact that he never
tackled a tougher proposition than that
which confronted him on his recent
trip. He has a close knowledge of the
country and Was at no time lost. When
opposite the Cape Nome roadhouse ha
thought he would be able to cross over
LEMONS FOR
JOE GANNON
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 29—At a re
publican rally here, which was ad-1
dressed by Joe Cannon, the iadi'es took
a somewhat prominent part. As the j
speaker came on the - tage to address j
the meeting he was met by a fusllade'
of lemons from the hands of the fair
ones present to mark their resentment
of his action in opposing their de- !
mauds for suffrage. Cannon, who ■
prides himself on his almost feudal
■ ■ hi vs by was-much ok.'.grin -d at»ibis'
bitter sweet reception, and says he is
no longer to be considered a “ladies’ i
man.”
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Union Men — Advertisers in your
paper are entitled to your patronage. |
MULIIIUUt
UNEMPLOYED
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct.'23Andrew
Furuseth in an interview hero today
on his arrival from England where he
has been attending the Trades Union
Congress declares that conditions in
that country were never worse. ITe
estimates the number of unemployed
in England amounting to close on three
million adults and as the conditions of j
the working class in that country are I
such that unemployment means Imme
diate pauperisation some conception
can he formed of the desperate state of
society in Great Britain. The spirit of
revolt, naturally enough, is everywhere’
in evidence and the government is at
its wits end to cope with these dis
tressing economic conditions.
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4 Don't neglect the opportunity to 4
4 vote for president at the Board 4
4 of Trade on the third of Novem- 4
4 her. This is a good chance to 4
4 ascertain which political party is 4
4 in the ascendency in this district. 4
4 It will cost you nothing to record 4
4 your vote. 4
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WAR SHIPS
ASSEMBLE
8pecial to Nome Industrial Worker.
CARACAS, Oct. 29.—The Holland
government is assembling a fleet of j
warships in Venezuelan waters with the
intention of compelling that recalci
trant government to acknowledge the ,
Justice of the Dutch claims.
As usual the administration here is
preserving an unruffled front and are
in no way disturbed by tic* wnClk
demonstration of the Holland gove-n
ment. Castro as usual declines to n -
tier any advances made toward an,
»dju«tipent of the difficulties. j
to it as the water is always very shal
low in this vicinity. In doing so he
nearly lost his life; as ho broke through
twice and on the second occasion were
it not for the loader coining to his
assistance as he was caught In the ice
cakes he must have certainly perished.
After two hours struggle through the
treacherous ice and snow drifts he
went back to terra fimia where wrap
ped in his robes he passed the night.
He passed all Sunday without food and
did not break his fast until Monday
night' when he reached the roadhouse
with a dog team as completely done up
as himself. Upon resting he took his
way leisurely to Nome, but owing to
the fact that the wires were down he
was unable to inform his partner of
his safety.
MANILLA
STRICKEN
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
MANILA, Oct. 29.—Asiatic cholera
is increasing in violence in the Philip
pines and the ravages from the fell
disease are daily increasing. With the
cooler weather the authorities have
hopes of being able to cope_more suc
cessfully with the plague, but so f.Vr
they have' been powerless before its
dreaded advance.
On Tuesday a frightful storm rav
aged the islands' and a tidal wave ac
companied tlie typhoon entering the
harbor in this port and destroying
shipping in the port. An estimate of
the loss of life places the number of
unfortunates' drowned in the over
whelming maelstrom as about S00.
LOWER WAGES
ARE PREDICTED
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
NEW YORK, Oct, 29.—The various
market reports show a remarkable
unanimity in their prediction that there
will be a still further reduction in all
classes of wages. It is acknowledged
at the same time that there is a slow
ly increasing demand for labor, but the
destiutio nof the unemployed is in
creasing at an even greater rate and
the over anxiey to find jobs is justify
ing the employers in lessening the rate
of wages. Tile prices.of all necessaries
are daily increasing and there is no
hope that the conditions in the labor
market will improve before next sum
mer when general advances in wages
may bo confidently looked for. “Live
horse and you will get grass,” and the
working mule will walk up to the bal
lot shaking his ears in anxiety to vote
for the continuation of the system that
starves him periodically.
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f- NOTICE TO BARTENDERS. ♦
Nome, Alaska, Oct. 21, 190S. ♦
To whom it May Concern: ♦
♦- The wage scale for the winter ♦
f will be $"> for 8 hours and 75 cens -f
per hour overtime to ake effect ♦
♦ November 1, 190S. ♦
By order of Bartenders branch. ♦
f JULIUS JENSEN, Secy. ♦
Federal Labor Union No. 12.G31, ♦
f A, F. of L, ♦
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Granita Mining Candle* ara the beat.
ARE STARTING
IN BUSINESS
Stevenson & V'.Hiiitf "ill open up a
gT‘<«-fi*y st*.r*- in tin* Northwestern
t'P.'rt o)*l **fTit*e.«, fcStevenson has* heen
a policeman anil in well posted on the
tenets of the puro-foo<J act,
VICTORY
UNCERTAIN!
Granite Mining Candle* are the bee£
NEW YORK, Oct. C9.—As the pres
ent campaign Is drawing to a close
trte managers report as to their vari
ous districts are arriving at head
quarters, and while hath sides through*
! heir papers profess to feel confident,
it is acknowledged that neither side Iff
cry sure of Its position. One shrewd
'•cpubli'can politician is reported to
'iave said that both sides feel that the
issue I; in doubt, and the democrats
make no secret of the fact ttyat their
only fear is that the policy of the.
TTearst papers may cause a dangerous
defection from their side. They con-'
t tend, however, that the open hostility
of the Republican administration to
the unions more than offset this ad
vantage; and on the other hand the
wire pullers of the republfcan party
are considerably chagrined by the hos
tility of the masses of organized labor
to their candidates. They are satis
fied that the gain from this source will
not be to the democrats, but rattier to
the socialists, whom they expect to
poll from this source by a surprising
vote.
As one campaign manager has said
anyone's victory.
POLITTciANSAND
HIGH FINANGE
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
CHICAGO, Oet. 29.—The Chicago
Tournal threw a bomb into the repub
lican ranks when it accused Harrlman
and Charlie Taft, the brother of the
republican aspirant for presidential
honors of buying French canal bonds
on the ground floor.
The Journal declares that It Is in a
position to prove that "my friend Har
riman” and the Tafts made use of their
inside knowledge of the,.* government
policy to purchase much below their
actual Value tuese bonds heid by tne
Parisian stockholders who had no hope
of the United States ever paying the
amount subsequently appropriated for
the purchase, a goodly amount of which
has gone into the Taft family strong
box.
WILL ALL BE”
RAILROADERS
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 29.—B. F.
Yoakum', chairman of the executive,
committee of the Rock Island-Frisco
lines, saiil in an interview yesterday:
“With the increased business of the
railroads for tho next ten years, one
man out of every six of our entire
adult population will be a railroad em
ploye, or a total of one million em
ployes.”
“FRIENDS OF
LABOR” AGAIN
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
BROCKTON, Mass.. Oct, 29,—Be
cause the union shoe workers refuse to
lie hoodwinked by "friends” of labor
like W. B. Douglas of the W. L.
Douglas Shoe Company, that firm is
threatening to remove some of its shoe
factories from this city to Nashau, N.
H. The difficulty is over the terms of
a contract which the union claims has
been invalidated by the company. The
claim is to be arbitrated.
HARRIMAN SAID
TO BE ILL
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—That E. H.
Harriman is seriously ill from an in
fliction of the spine became known to
day. He has already made two visits
by special train to Boston, where he
Is being treated by a noted surgeon.
rackfrominnoko
Mr. ••gil'iy. mining expert for the {
Kuskokwlin Trailing and Transport*, j
tlun Co. arrived in Nome yesterday,
morning ojj the Teddy Bear,
TO JOIN
, TNE ARMY
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Special to Nome Induatrial Worker.
LONDON, England, Oct. 29.—Pow
erless before the poverty and destitu
tion of the masses in this country, the
liberal government proposes to compel
tho unemployed to join the army.
This proposal has been greeted with
a sonn of protest from the people that
bids fair to bury the government In its
fpry. The labor party have opposed
il»e proposals vehemently and as an al
ternative demand work for the starving
ftjlemployed.
r.That such action as tho government
Suggest will be carried into effect- ere
appealing to the country is not at ail
probable and It is an absolute certainty
that in the event of any minister go
ifig to the polls with such a project he
Would be inevitably seeking defeat.
ministers
ORGANIZE
Special to Nomo Induatrial Worker.
BOSTON, Oct. 29.- The evangelical
ministers of this city have formed a
union and appointed a walk.'ng dele
gate or business agent, who will see
to it that none but the union men will
be employed to expound their theol
ogy at so much per.
This action is said to have been
necessary by the unwarranted inter
ference of the congregatit ns In the
ministerial domains, a number of
preachers having bad theii wagea re
dueed and having lost their churchea
for not conforming their sermons ex
actly to the wishes at their congrega
tion.
A strike of the clergy will now he
in order to enforce their demands,
though how t%e Bostinlans are going
to subsist without their spiritual food
fn such an event Is enough to give us
all pause.
UTS. SAILORS
A MENAGE
8pectal to Nome Industrial Worker.
SEATTLE, Oct. 29.-“Neglected by
the United States government, with no
local protection, no commissioner to
punish, no justice of the peace to re
strain, the residents of Unalaska, tho
chief port of the Aleutian Islands, are
the prey of the United States sailors
who visit that section on revenue cut
ters and gunboats. They rob the- men,
invade homes, steal the wives of the
natives and commit unspeakable out
rages.”
These charges Miss Mabel Benedict,
superintendent of the Jesse Lee home,
a Methodist institution In the islands,
brought before the Methodist ministers
of Seattle at their bi-weekly meeting
this morning. Atfer Miss Benedict
made her speech a committee of Meth
odist ministers was appointed to make
representations to the United States
government.
EARLY CLOSING
AGREEMENT
We, the undersigned, hereby agree
each with the other, to keep our re
spective places of business open only
between the following hours, during the
winter season of 1908-1909, say until
May 1, 1909:
On week days from eight o’clock a.
m. to seven o’clock p. m.
On Sundays, to remain closed all day.
Signed J. F. Giese, Gus Brown, M.
E. Atkinson Co., J. C. Gaffney, G.
P. Goggln, M. D. Samuels, Darling
& Dean, Pacific Cold Storage Co., E.
W. Oarleton & Co., A. Polet, Conrad
•’reeding, W. B. Kirk, Northwestern
Commercial Co., F. Broomer, P. A.
Peterson, Moller & Ince, Surprise Store,
Leo Seldenverg, U. S. Mercantile Co..
P. H. Fitzgerald, Crowley & Porter.
H. Seldenverg. Lewis Bros., Carstens
Bros, & Dashley. G. H. Wintermantie
& Co.
TO WORK A LAY
Hurry and Huroid'Stokes, iHitr IAju
tiy and George Pomeroy have taken a
lay mu Center C|>oak and will move gn
outfit out today,
DEMAND ALL THEY
PRODDCE
Illinois Federation of Labor Denounces
Capitalist Politicians—-Gonipers
Chagrined But Silent.
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29.—The State Fed
eration of Labor now In convention
here has passed resolutions condemn
ing the action of their executive in
calling for the rank and file to support
W. J. Bryan for president.
The resolution denounces all the cap
italist politicians and declares that the
demands of labor can never be satisfied
until they receive the full product of
their toil.
REPUDIATE
HASKELL
Special to Nome Indus.rial Worker.
GUTHRIE, Oct. 29.—The State Fed
eration of Labor has repudiated Gov
ernor Haskell owing chiefly to the dis
closures made of his being the handy
tool of the Standard Oil Company, in
the Hearst papers. Every political in
Isaacs was brought to bear os the
menfberahlp to prevent this action on
the past oC the federation and It Is Mt
that his repudiation will afleet the
civile democratic vote in this state.
Sha socialists are Jubilant over this
iction and are confident of polling a
very large vote.
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UNIONS JOIN
FORCES
Special to Noma Industrial Worker.
SOFIA, Oct. 28.—The labor unions
of this country have hold a war con
gress in this city and have determined
to amalgamate with the socialists, Join
ing forces for the purposes of prevent
ing war. Czar Ferdinand has decided
to adopt a policy of repression against
thorn feeling that they are a menace to
his bellicose policies.
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The New City Bath House. Steam
heated rooms. Fresh water the year
round.
Laundry in connection.
Old Industrial Worker Building.
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F NOTICE TO PROHIBITIONISTS. 4
F A special invitation Is extended ♦
F to prohibitionists as well as to 4
F supporters of ail other political 4
F parties, to vote for their candi- 4
F date at the Board of Trade saloon 4
F on November 3rd. Everyone is 4
F welcome. 4
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TAILORS ARE
VICTORIOUS
Special to Nama Industrial Worker.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29.—The tail
ors of this city who have been locked
aut for over a year have been at last
completely victorious, winning; out all
their demands and obtaining; recogni
tion of their union.
This was one of the bitterest fights
that ever took place between employer
ind employed and the ease with which
the owners obtained orientals to fill the
places of the striking and locked out
tailors made it seem at one time as if
there should be little difficulty in de
feating the unions. The fact that dur
ng the plague scare, it was found that
:he orientals were contributing to the |
tpread of the disease was no little help j
n compelling the bosses to employ,
white labor and ultimately compel them ]
!o surrender to the demands of the
Jtiloti.
-er-r-■■'ej.
Larga sl*e El Principe de Gales, Op
timo, Inflnito, Vlor de Lovers and La
[nttfrlfed ClfMa, lift owt* Board i
tf Trad*. 1
While this action was not unex
pected in the federation, the leaders had
not expected that the resolutions would
be so explicitly socialistic and some
unions that heretofore were always
noted for their conservatism were
unanimous tn supporting them. Oom
pers declined to extend an Interview
and said that he had nothing to say
beyond attaching little Importance to
this opposition to his wishes.
PALACE WAS
DYNAMITED
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
OPORTO, Oct. 29.—At midnight last
night as the guards were being chang
ed the whole city was startled by the
tremendous roar of an explosion of dy
namite in the palace. Tumbling walla,
excited cries of the wounded and the
<*aah of shivering window glass added
No ohm to the |inHinwdttsMr.
bnt n is thonght to bo the rsontt of «e
ceaseless agitation of the nitalUlinns
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♦ IMPORTANT NOT'CC 4
♦ To AH Concerned: *
4 The winter wage scale will baln. fr
4 effect after November I. UOS. 4
4 By order Local 340 W. F. M. 4
4 PHILIP CORRIOAN, 4
4 Secretary. 4
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MAY GET
HIS DESERTS
Special to Noma Induatrial Worker.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 29.—
Broughton Brandenberg has been ar
rested for forging a letter purporting
to have been written by Grover Cleve
land and predicting a complete victory
for Taft. This is the same man who
was employed by the mine owners as
sociation at Goldfields to write and dis
seminate lies concerning the Western
Federation of Miners. He has been
noted as the willing hack of the capl- ;
taiists in promulgating falsehoods con
cerning their employes.
At the last convention of the Am
erican Federation of Labor he was
mainly Instrumental in electing Gom
pers by alleging that an effort had
been made to bribe him. This obtain
ed so much sympathy for the fakir who
presides over the A. F. of L. that
many vote to retain him who had
hitherto resolutely opposed him.
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airsIpT
SUCCESS
Special to Nome Industrial Worker.
BERLIN, Oct. 29.—Today Count
Zeppelin's new airship completed tts
first successful trial trip carrying eight
passengers amid the enthusiastic ap
plause of a large crowd assembled to
greet him. Despite adverse winds and
generally unfavorable weather the new
machine proved Itself a marvelous
success and the daring passengers woo
accompanied the inventor declare that
it no time was there any reason for
feeling any less secure in the airship
than on a passenger train. Congratu
lations are pouring in ou the peroerer
\ug Inventor who hSo* had tfO many
rnitfhtip.y Jit tins .
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