NOME INDUSTRIAL WORKER
TRI-WEEKLY
Published Tuesday. Thursday,
and Saturday.
By Nome Mine Workers’ Union, No. 240, International Union of Mine
Mill and Smelter Workers.
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“To secure to each laborer th» whole product of his labor, or a:
nearly as possible is a worthy object of any good government.”—ATira
ham Lincoln.
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on day of publication to insure insersion in same issue.
Advertising rates made known on application.
Address all communications to Tn -Weekly Nome Industrial Worker.
Box 210, Nome, Alaska. Phone, Black 134.
Entered as second class matter March 1, 1911, at the post office a
Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ^
NOME, ALASKA TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1918
ORGANIZE
•‘IF CONDITIONS ARK TO BK BET
TKRK1), IT MUST BE DONE P.V
THE WORKERS THEMSELVES”
The eight hour law will prevail
in dredging and other camps, not
less than $5.00 and board will be
paid, also recognition of the Union
will be enforced if the miners in
sist upon it.
Many labor papers slather around
all kinds of compliments on the
struggle for industrial freedom
when in point of fact there arc mans
bone-headed working-men who don't
giv- a whoop for all industrial free
dom in the world and would bs
nature rather slobber around the
bo:;s for twenty-four hours out o
twenty-four than join a labor organ
jzr.tion, and fawn on their kae s foi
a job than subject their backbone t<
such unwonted u ; • as standing < rt-c
as a human being as God meant ?
man should stand when lie ma'’i
man, even if he botched the worl
building scabs.
It has been, it is, and it's th.
same everywhere, a small majority
of tireless self sacrificing warker;
who k'ep up labor conditions. It’:
’ not li men witht he long l .tgu -:
cud sharp pons either. It's tin
men who want good wages and nr
hack talk that makes a camp worti
working in and worth living in, oftei
enough for a lot of usi loss scab:
by name and nature. Th u- liavi
been and there are many men win
have put in the best part of theii
lives without any recompens what
ever making conditions better foi
every man that works here, excep
themsclvi s who ar made to i ■ th
goat of all the labor Improvements
and there are other ni -n, lots o
I hem., who come h r ■ to live ye;n
after year without doing a hand';
turn to mainta’u f ■ '-ion
which have been n,., i foi
them.
It is foolish for the work f
p iddlo to themselves any way. I
Is foolish to blame the employer:
only. It Is foolish to imagine lie.
conditions will better th. m.alv
automatically and (he workir.gmai
with such a nut would lead a s!i •-]
to destruction, he thinks lie 1
going to poke h!s person nrouiu
some, of th.-ce days a proambulatinf
millionaire. There is only one wa>
.o better conditions ami tliat is fcj
organization- and more organization
Thor.' is no royal road to it. Noi
a bit of it. There is no nice roui<
which is sunny from the smiles ol
Ih" boss that gave tile grip ol
brotherhood in the ANCIENT OR
DER OK EASY MARKS. It's by
organization and action by agita
tion and an education.
Now the. employers attend te
their business. They mind the inter
ests of th ir class. They are not
concerned with employees visions
except as they effect their employ
ing status..
There are many workers even in
this camp who never give a thought
to the Interests of the working class
and stay awake nights wondering
how they can make the boss smile
upon them. They will walk a city
"block to bid an employer the time
of day; if they can only ho seen
drinking coffee-and or smoking a
cigar in company with one of the
riain bosses they are happy for a
month after It, and if any one
should take them for a friend of
an employer, the chanc-s arc they
would drop dead of delight.
Now there is only one way where
by conditions pertaining to labor
chi be improved and only one way
whereby the workers can reach :i>
dustrial freedom and Uiat way i
< 11><> AN' IZATION.
There is somethu>e infinitely row
Sidiy in leaving a few men to ligh
'e'or’s battles and to make al
the sacrifices. It’s cowardly ant
it’s rotten.
The general indifference of somi
ofthe workers to organization there
fore is the real reason why thing!
are as they are.
Suppose for example thatColoradt
had been properly organized fron
top to bottom in the labor work
with every worker imbued witl
the notion that an injury to om
would be the concern of all, cai
anyone imagine any such thing as i
Ludlow massacre? We guess not
For that reason we miss the poin
i when we blame conditions on tin
| other fellow. The blame lies witl
\VK, IS AM) <’<>., who are indif
ferent. Not the employers. The;
mind their business. Nothing cai
exceed the tragic force of the Unioi
cartoons in the radical papers am
the staggering venom of his Rock
eft Her caricatures are deadly in thei:
penetrating ability But that i
only evading the main lssu >, shirk
, ing tli real question and saddlini
til- wrong horse withthe responsi
bility that does not belong to it
Let us put the blame where i
belongs. It should be placed upoi
i the shoulders of the working das
because they are dis-organized am
. b cause where organized they ar
quibbling over tactics and squab
b'.ing like a lot of old women or :
bunch of sky-pilots over dogmati
rules and regulations. It’s no
the Rokcf Her: ; it's *.h<> 1IHXB1
m BUS and t’i MU BLOCKS as
slated by the sp'ncless workers tha
■ ‘ :;r • to. I)- blamed for present tiim
, co’vlit .■ n.i that ar ■ complained of.
STALE MONEY
(By Covington Hail)
The following is th closing s:n
tine from a a ' nrticlc. “The Brie,
of a Dollar,” by Will Payne ii
"Tin Saturday Evening Post” o
February, 2, 191S.
“in Dec, mb r, 1917, it took i
dollar and thirty cents to buy wha
c ■ dollar bought in December
1916, and it look two dollars ant
five cents to buy what one dollai
bought in July, 1914. We don.’
need any mor, of that.”
This is what the editor of tin
Post so w H and truly styled “stag*
.nee; y” in a recent editorial, yei
ti. rotten capitalist press has the
nerve to shriek' amout the “out
rag' ous demands of labor” and tc
howl about the workers getting
the “highest” wages ev.r paid, when
as a matter of fact, all they art
getting is—“stage money.” \
If this war is doing no othei
good, it is forcing the American
people, and especially the Ameri
can workers to think as they have
not thought in a generation, and
a thinking working class means the
end of a "stage money” system o!
society, of tlie gentle art of getting
something for nothing.
Value for value for services ren
dered—that is the essence of In
dustrial Deinonvcy, and Industrial
Democracy s the great fundamental
dca oil w!:i -ii working-class or
grliization r sts. LONG LIVE |\.
P1STRIAL DEMOCRACY.
The society women, in an effort
I to make both ends meet, are using
I leescloth at ho top and at Die bet
j tom of their dresses. Along with
- many other things this displays tlieir
I patriotism.
A IjESSION FROM THE I. XV. XV.
The Reverend Sydney Strong of
Seattle, while on a Visit in Colum
bus, Ohio, preached a sermon on
industrial justice in which he stated
that the I. W. W. v/as a much mis
represented organization. The
dr.y-lie prers garbled and altered
the report and the liberty-loving
members of the Scr.ttlo Municipal
League expelled Dr Strong during his
absence from the city Without even
, the courtosy of a notification.
The papers in Seattle took up the
garbled version of the sermon and
tried to influenco the Ministerial
( Federation to expoll Strong from
their body. In his church recently
Dr Strong read the same sermon he
■ had delivered in Columbus. The
following two paragraphs are taken
1 from an account of the meeting as
published in the Daily Call.
At one point, as Dr Strong read:
"I believe in trying to under,
the I. W. W. and giving them a fair
deal because I am pro-human,” he
paused and remarked: “Its a wonder
they didn’t get that pro-German.”
Smiles spread among the audience.
One or two measures for defending
. Dr. Strong before the community
were suggested, but a trustee ros^
and remarked with a smile: “In
this matter lets learn a lesson from j
the I. W. W. ’Fold your arms’ what
can they do to hurt you?” His
suggestion carried the day.
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| The 1910 census shows that there
are 311,000,000 acres of ground
, under cultivation in the U. S., this
being less than 27 per cent of the
tillable area. Private ownership
withholds the rest from cultivation,
to gain industrial freedom we must
also fight for land and liberty.
When in search of a good warm
. room go to Modini's Building (form
: erly Schneider). Rooms by the day
week or month.
CEO. MODONI, Prop.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
. In the Probate Court for Cape I
! Nome Precinct, Territory of Alaska: |
Second Division.
In the matter of the Estate of
Garibaldi, Fillipo, deceased.
■ Notice is hereby given by the
i undersigned, administrator of the
■ Estate of Garibaldi Fillipo, deceased,
• ; to the creditors of, and all persons
' ! having claims against, the said
11 deceased, to exhibit them, with the
I necessary vouchers, veril'i d as re1
■: quired by law, within rix months
■ I from the date of this notice, to the
undersigned, administrator, at the
-, office of J. F. Hobbes, at Nome,
; j Alaska.
-J Dated, May 14th, 1918.
. j Joseph Firenze, I
Administrator.
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United States Food
Administration
REMEMBER THE DAYS
SUNDAY—One meal Wheatless;
one meal Meatless.
MONDAY—All meals Wheatless;
one meal Meatless.'”
TUESDAY—All meals Meatless;
one meal Wheatlcss.
WEDNESDAY—All meals Wheat- .
less; one meal Meatless.
THURSDAY—One meal Wheat
less; one meal Meatless.
FRIDAY—One meal Wheatlcss;
one meal Meatless.
SATURDAY—All meals Porklccs;
one meal Wheatless; one meal ’
Meatless.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 253
In the Probate Court for Cape
Nam' Precinct, Territory of Alarka:
Second Division.
In the matter of the Estate of
W. F. Parker, decear .d.
Notice Is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the
Estate of W. F. Parker, deceased,
to the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against, the said
deceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, verified as re
quired by law, within six months
from the date of this notice, to the
undersigned, administrator, at the
office of J. F. Hobbes, at Nome,
Alaska.
Dated, May 14th, 1918.
Frank Warsing
Administrator.
An entrance 'o Modlni’s Lunch
Counter from the street is one of
the latest improvements of that
well known cafe.
1 ELITE 1
I BATH HOUSE |
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OPEN DAY AND
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I Steam heat and only |
Steam Baths in town
BILLY ANDERSON, Prop.
PHONE, BLACK 171.
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Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen’s Accounts Solicited.
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Roofing paper, Building paper, Builders
hardware, Boat spikes and Bolts. Tents and
Flume hose Mining supplies.
CARLETON HARDWARE CO.
BIO Front It.
Phoaa Mala 11.
This space reserved by
C. W. Lewis
■Formerly Delbar’s store—
The place where you can
reasonably buy anything
from a needle to an .
anchor
Charles L. Ross
Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING & TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF W. STEIGEL MAIER AND OF LEO KENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WILL RE
CEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
3RD AND B STREET. PHONE BLACK 162.
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Nome Baker
Victory
BREAD |
Conforming to orders of Food Administrator; on sale at all timesS
WE RECOMMEND OUR SPECIAL HEALTH BREAD FORJfi
FAMILY USE ^
Vi e guarantee the best cup of coffee in town j|j
rt'e serve Hot Cake, Ham and Eggs etc. frovv 7 \. M. to 1 P. M.ffi
Lunches from 12 Noon to 7 P. M. Evcbj Day. yj
We are in business to satisfy our Customers. S
JUUL & NELSON, Propritors.tfi
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expression: Oh! I fool like “a two-year-old!” J
Y’know a two-ycar-old i3 chuck full of pep, he can rear.J
and jump and can make the energy of Ajax look like a pink *■
tea dude suseumbing to a cigarette. ★
Akoala has all the pep that makes you throw out
chest and say: Geo Whiz—but I feci like atwo -year-old.
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WE CARRY ALSO
COCO COLA, GINGER ALA, ROOT BEER,
BAGLEYS APPLE CIDER, UNFERMENTED, DELIC
IOUS AND REFRESHING.
The Nome Bottling Co.
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Help maintain fail working
f hours for everybody
P. A. PETERSON SHOE CO.
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Pole
BREAD
Anvil
Bakery