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pearly as possible Is a worthy object of any pood government"—Abra
ham Lincoln.
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> Entered as second class matter August 6, 1918, at the Post Office
•t Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
NOME, ALASXA SATURDAY JANUARY, 11, 1919.
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ONE MO
FOR ,
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< By W. FRANCIS AHFRN)
< From the Columbia Federationist of
October 10 1918.)
October 14 next has been fixed as
the date for launching the One Big
Union scheme in Australia. For over
a week the most momentuous trade
union congress has been sitting in
Sydney, Australia^ drawing up the
preamble, constitution and machin
ery of the One Big Union. It finished
its deliberations on August 12 last,
appointed a committee to enter upon
a campaign of propaganda with the
object of securing the adhesion of all
ifce anions in Australia.
The scheme as adopted ir. Sydney,
Australia, will be forwarded to the
other Australian State Labor execu
tives for ratification. After that an
inter-State Congress will take place,
and the complete scheme initiated.
The Preamble of the One Big
Union is as follows:
(1) We hold that there is a class
struggle in society, and that the
struggle is caused by the capitalist
class owning the means of produc
tion, to which the workers must have
access in order to live. The working
class produce all value. The greater
the share which the capitalist class
appropriates, the less remains for the
working class, therefore the interests
of the two classes are in constant con
flict.
(2) There can be no neaee as long
•as want and hunger are found among
millions of working people, and the
few who constitute the employing
class have all the good things of life.
(3) Between the two classes the
struggle must continue until capital
ism Is abolished. Capitalism can only
be abolished by the workers uniting
in one class-conscieus economic or
ganization to take and hold the
means ol production by revolutionary
industrial and political action. “Rev
olutionary action” means to secure a
complete change, namely, the aboli
tion of capitalistic class ownership—
of the means of production—whether
privately or through the State—and
the establisment in its place of social
ownersip by the whole community.
(4) The rapid accumulation of
wealth'and concentraUon of the own
ership of industries into fewer and
'fewer hands made the trades unions
unable to cope with the ever-growing
power of the employing class, be
cause craft-unionism fosters condi
tions which allow the employers to pit
one set of workers against another
set of workers in the same industry,
thereby defeating each in turn.
(5) These conditions can be
changed, and the interests of the
working class advanced, only by an
organization so constituted that* all ^
4ts members in any one industry or in
all industries shall take concerted'
action when deemed necessary, there
by making an injury to one the con
cern of all.
(6) Wo hold that as the working
class creates and operates the soc
ially operated machinery of produc
tion It should direct production and
determine working conditions.
It was resolved to send a copy of
the preamble to all industrial execu
tives in the Commonwealth.
Congress then dealt with several
matters that had been sent along to
| the gathering for consideration.
Among these were motions that the
j Public Health Act should be amended
to prohibit chidren under the age of
1 14 years from working in the milk
' and dairy industry; and that the cart
1 tanks and bulk-cans be sealed prior
1 to leaving the head depot from which
milk is forwarded to other centers
' for distribution. The motion also
called for the amendment of the
Early Closing Act. so that employees
in the industry should have not less
than two full days per month, other
than Sundays and public holidays as
| regular monthly holidays.
Other motions were for Congress
to go into the question of co-opera
tion, it being felt that the time had
arrived when the trades union move
ment should consider fully the ques
j tion of co-operation and devise ways
and means to bring about a general
I extension of co-operative enterprises
on sound lines, and in conformity
with union principles. Another pro
posal was that the unions should
subscribe to a fund to establish co
operative stores, and start a Trades
Union Bank. A committee was ap
pointed by the congress to investigate
and report.
It was unanimously decided that
thrf name of the One Big Union
should be ‘THE WORKERS INDUS
i TRIAL UNION OF AUSTRALIA,”
and that its object should be to bind
together in one organization all the
wage earners in every industry to
achieve the objective set forth in the
preamble. The organization shall
consist of an unlimited number of
wage earners, (including those en
gaged as union officials,) grouped to
gether in such manner as hereinafter
set forth. It was decided that the
union should be classified into de
partments, divisions, subdivisions,
sections and mixed sections. Each
department will consist of as many
divisions as may be necessary to meet
industrial requirements. Subdivi
sions shall consist of those engaged
in kindred or closely-allied occupa
tions; sections shall consist of per
| sons following the same occupation;
mixed sections of persons engaged in
various industries or occupations in
the same locality, where there are not
sufficient to form a division or sub
divisions of any one calling.
The Supreme governing body shall
be termed the Grand Council, to con
sist of a president general sgcretary,
and two delegates from each of the
six departments. The president and
secretary will be elected by a vote
of the whole membership, and the
delegates by a full vote of their own
departments. They will hold office
for three years, subject to being re
called under local conditions. In or
der to secure the fullest measure of
local autonomy consistent with effi
ciency. there will be a provisional
council in each state capital in Aus
tralia having a general control over
industry in their respective states,
providing that state boundaries will
he disregarded where a portion of
any bne state might be conveniently
controlled by an adjacent state. Such
council will consist of a president
genral secretary, and one member
from each of the six departments
within the states concerned. The
provincial president ud secretary
*€ electedsffiyofvttu&Ote of the
tabd «oncern«fc and .the - executive
s by the members of such de
ments concerned within the
tateu. They will- hold office for two
ears, unless mcUled according to
the rules of the union
j There will be six departmental
councils in'each state* embracing all
the oecupationsa, trades, callings,
grouped witbln their respective de
partments. Bach deparement will
consist of a president and secretary
elected by the whole membership of
bach department and not fewer than
Btx and not more than eight executive
members^—an equal number of Whom
shall be elected seperately by each
division comprised within such de
partment. They will hold office, for
two years subject to the recall.
There will be divisional councils
In each state of Australia comprised
of one representative from each trad
or calling, grouped together within
each subdivision. The officers of such
council will be termed divisional
president, divisional secretary, and
other officers as may be‘required,
Who will be elected annually by the
members of the whole division* Mem
bers of the council will be elected by
the members of their respective call
ings. - Each trade or calling may con
stitute a trade section in any locality,
or members of any number of call
ings may constitute such sections,
which shall elect an executive com
mittee, together with a chairman and
secretary, or such other officers as
may be required. They shall not be
elected for a longer period than 12
months, but shall be eligible for re
flection, and their services sri^itl be
honorary. *
Local branches will be established
where required, and will be gqmrned
by a chairman, secretary andWxecu
tlve committee, elected by thyvhole
membership, subject to the jurisdic
tion of the. provisional council.
The principal of the recafBfeilt be
applied to every grade of the union
as regards any officer or paid official.
Any person charged will hare the
right of appeal either to the mem
bership vofcftjar twt.fcuch consent ion
or court at appeab Office-bearers
wilt pledge themselves to abide by
the rules andt'vregulatloiw of the
union. Locafe-autonomy will be exer
cised only em the following condi
tons: No section mixed sections, di
vision, department or council shall
take any action involving any portion
of the union without having first con
sulted the supeme governing body of
1 the union, and receive approval
[thereof, , No section, divisionior de-.
partment or provisional council shall
jtake-.any action involving any menv
hers of the union without first con
sulting those affected or likely to be
affected, and receiving their assent
aid the approval .of the next higher
governine of the organization.
The membership contribution is to
be $5 per annum, payable in advance
for men; $2.50 per annum for women
until such time as they receive equal
pay for equal work with men; $2.50
per annum for apprentices and
youths under 18 years of age, and
$1.25 for girls under 18. The power
of levies will also be included.
In order to launch the scheme,
unions will be asked to contribute
$.250 per 100 members to form a
fund for the immediate launching of
the scheme. This fund will be held
by the trustees of the existing Labor
Councils until such time as the one
big union is ready to take over the
money. The organizing committee
will also make arrangements at once
(tor the transference of the Labor
newspapers in Australia to the One
Big Union in Oder to secure a com
plete functioning of Labor news in
the interests of the movement.
Other congresses are at the time of
writing sitting in Brisbane (Queens
land, )and Melbourne (Victoria),
taking up the discusson for their re
spective states. Other state con
y. (: er will be held as soon as possible
in order that the whole scheme can
be ratified prior to the date of
launching on October 14.
WORKERS HOLD THE
FORT-AUSTRALIA
T '
(By T. F. G. DOUGHKUTi) j
By reason of the fac^^hat tl^ecRp*
italist class dominates the means of
gathering and disseminating informa
tion. the news of revolutionary work
ing class activities in various parts
of the world seeps through slowly
and at long intervals. This is not
only true of the news of activities of
workers in different countries, but al
so of the doings of social revolution
ists in the same country. And when
working class “news” is published
by capitalist papers it is distorted and
J garbled.
It is many months since reliable
J working class news has come from
i Australia, the last information being
to the effect that the Industrial
! Workers of the World had been de
I dared an outlaw organization and
j was dead for “all time”, to use a
favorite expression of sap-headed
'capitalistic phrase mongers, other
wise known as editors.
But Revolutionary Industrial Un
I ionistn still lives, and the Red Flag
floats over the Labor Temple in Mel
| bourne!
In November, 1916, twelve meb
| bers of the Australian I. W. W. were
iried and convicted for the “crimes”
1 of conspiring to release Tom Baker
from jail by unlawful means; con
1 spiring to burn down buildings, and
| conspiring to incite sedition. Seven
j of the accused weref ound guilty on
I all three counts—Grant, Beaty,
Fagin. Hamilton, McPherson Glynn
and Teen—and were sentenced to
fifteen years imprisonment at hard
of the accused were found guilty on
two counts—Reeve. Peter Larkin,
Besant and Moore—and received sen
tences of ten years at hard labor.
One (King) was found guilty on the
third count only and was sentenced
to five years at hard labor. On ap
peal the sentences of Glynn and Mc
Pherson were reduced to ten years
each.
After the senenctng of these social
revolutionists and the defeat of the
conscription bill, the I. W. W. was
proscribed under the Unlawful As
sociation Act.
After the sentencing of these social
did not seek to bury itself In some
petit capitalstic organization seeking
to regain former power and standing
through politcal action, squealing
over the effects of capitalism but
with no intention of overthrowing
the wage-slave economic system and
merely using the workers as tools to
rehabilitate and perpetuate them
selves as labor skinners.
Outlawing the I. W. W. did not
stop revolutionary industrial union
propaganda and organisation, and
the social revolutionists did not let
up in their insistent demand for the
;.unconditional release of the twelve
TOpfisoned I. W. W.
The I. W. W. apparently went out
of existence and its paper, DIRECT
ACTION, was suppressed. Then was
born the Industrial Labor Part'
which is not a political organization,
but a revolutionary industrial union
propaganda league. A news paper
SOLIDARITY, published and edited
by Betsy H. Mathias, was started.
The I. L. P. constitution states
that no employer of labor is entitled
to membership, but any man or wo
man who is self-employed shall be
eligible for mebership. That mem
bers of any organization that is deem
ed detrimental to the working class
by the I. L. P. shall not be admitted
to membership. The objective of. the
. L. P. is to establish a “true indus
trial democracy.”
Jack Hill is president, Harry
Metheringham general secretary and
| Frank Farrinden treasurer.
| Then there is the Social Demo
] rratic League. The league is a purely
propaganda body, the second section
of its “Principles” stating; “In order
that the working class may further
its economic interests in the class
war against the capitalist class, and
in order that it may ultimately abol
ish the conditons which make the
class war inevitable, it is imperative
that the woAers organize on the
basis of industrial unionism, with the
aim of controlling industry in their
own interests, as distinct from craft
tor trades unionism, with is conser
vative motto of a fair day’s work for
a fair days pay, and its obsolete
methods which divide the workers
into small factions and render their
efforts futile against organized capi
tal.” The league publishes the “SOC
IAL DEMOCRAT” and issues and
circulates books and pamphlets advo
cating revolutionary industrial union
ism.
The International Socialist is the
organ of the Australian Socialist
Party and Workers’ International In
dustrial Union. The Weekly People
represents the Socialist Labor Party,
which, according to its manifesto, ad
vocates revolutionary industrial un
ionism under the shield or political
agitation!”
These papers are printed-In Sydney
and circulated throughout Australia
and the capitalists and their agents
certainly are having a hell of a merry
time putting the social revoutionist
out of business.
The Australian Worker, represent
ing the Australian Labor Party and
edited by H. E. Hoote, has taken up
the fight in behalf of a new trial for
the imprisoned I. W. W. Boote not
anly has used the columns of the
Worker in the interests of the
"twelve”, but is the author of two
pamphlets wWtofc:b*v» received wide
circulation. They ate "Ch»ttty or not
ullty,” and “The Oaae ot Grant, Fif
teen Years for. Fiftesn Words.i <is
The Sydney Truth, which-calla it
self “the people’s paper," gives much
fair publicity to the,4. W. W. and the
twelve class war prisoners., . ,w t;i
In the country of fch* Kangaroo,
trade unionists evidently have more
■working class instinct and courage
than their fellows in tifts United
States and are therefore not so back
ward in giving aid to the revolution^
airy section, of the working ctsss
This is shown by their attitude to
word the demand for a near trial, for
the twelve imprisoned I. W. W. and
the part these unonists have taken
in all free speech demonstrations.'.:
On July 16 a great meeting held
on the Domain in Sydney tras broken
up by hooligans, egged on by gov
ernment officials and ably assisted
by the police, who arrested a Socialist
speaker, charging him with attempt
to break up his own meeting and
assaulting himself. Judging from
this, the Australian bobby must-be
almost as intelligent as an American
cop.
Sunday, July 23, a combined meet
ing of I. W. W., Socialists and trade
unionists to the uumbejr of ten thous
and was held on the Sydney Domain.
The meeting passed resolutions de
manding the release of the twelve
I. W. W. and denouncing the anti
free speech attitude of constiuted au
thority (“constituted’* by reason of
economic night.)
The chairman of this great meet
ing was E. E>. Judd of be S. L. P.
who was one of he most prominent
organizers of the Australian Anti
Conscription League.
Just as in all other countries, the
workers of Australia do not as yet
realize the fact that hey are a sep
arate and distinct economic class in
the present social system, therefore
do not recognize their common work
ing class economic interest and as a
result are divided into all sorts of
organizations and factions.
The persistent campaign carried on
by the I. W. W| in the fact of great
persecution and its insistent demand
for the release of its twelve mem
bers railroaded to prison by bribery
and perjury, has resulted in unifying
all other workers’ organisations in
demanding a new trial and has im
pelled two labor members of parlia
ment to bring the matter before the
legislature. These two men are
Messrs. Brookfield and Mutch who re
cently asked the legislature to yrant
them the privilege to remove the ap
pointment of a Royal Commissioner
to investigate the case to the end that
a new trial be granteed. The request
was denied by a vote of 29 to 24 on
purely party lines, the Laborites for
and the Nationalists against.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner's
Court for the Precinct of Cape
Nome, Second Division, Territory
of Alaska, in Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
FRED LARSEN, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been appointed admin
istrator of the estate of Fred Larsen,
deceased, by the above entitled court.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to present
them, with the proper vouchers, with
in six months from the date of this
notice, to the undersigned administra
tor, at Nome, Alaska.
J. C. WIDSTEAD
Administrator of the estate of Fred
Larsen, deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner's
Court for the Precinct of Cape
Nome, Second Division, Territory
of Alaska. In probate.
In the matter of the estate of Christen
Anderson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been appointed*admin
istrator Of the esta'te of Christen An
deron, deceased, by the above named
court.
All persons having claims against
said estate are requested to present
them, with the proper vouchers, with
in six months from the date of this
notice, to the undersigned adminis
trator, at Nome, Alaska.
JOHN A. WILSON,
Administrator of the estate of Chris
ten Anderson, deceased.
PUB—Nov 30. Dec 7, 14, 21, 28.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
M. A. No. 0339
M. S. No. 1215
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OF
FICE AT NOME. ALASKA.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
Archie McDonald, a citizen of the
United States, residing at Nome,
Alaska, and whose post office address
is Nome, Alaska, has made applica
tion before the United States Land
Office at Nome, Alaska, for a United
Mo-ujui. ..sga=E=eaa
»*U» Patent J»r thePLUTUS JkO
ftffltJtTTWf-nP^-fiBliltliiinlTT'nW! *ln
&*m*m,p**tmm •» D^gMa*.
between the k«*4M( Paluk QMNkJim
fluaklia Gulch 0 * tfWfa *.*.
of the .Town
Nma* Muting and.fte*or4|ag*Dtat<0d:,
Alaska, jjfcpond Division, being JBe
»l8«cxerNo-Aai5; aaid clelm b«*|g
n««a parttouiurly described in the
fl*W notes ui plat of the official eur
vey thereof now on file in said Land
Office, at Nome. Alaska, as follow*;..
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. identical
With Co*. No. 3. Sur. No. .l209, M*ed
0W Asaociaton Placer, a fir mat Alas.
««-► * ft. above ground,; in earth
mound, eerlbed M.-3-1809 and 1-1216
P. whence U. S. L. M. Ne. 19 hpars
N. 78 deg. 34 min. E. 4822.4 ft;
thence S. 22 deg. 43 min. W. (Tar.
18 deg. 03 min. E.) 1473.60 ft. te Cor.
No. 2, a fir post 4 ft. long, 4 ins. aq.
in earth monnd scribed 2-1218 P;
thence N. 63 deg. 08 mi#. W. (Par.
18 deg. 10 min. E.) 1218.10 ft te
Cor. No. 3, Identical, with Cor. bto.2,
Sur. No. 1209, Osiris Placed; thence
N. 17 deg. 81 min. S. (Var.,18 dtog.
03 min. E.)12*6JA ft to Cor. No. A.
Identical with Cor. Ne. 1. Sur. No.
1209, Osiris Placer; thence S. 74 4eg.
16 min. E. (Var. 18 deg. 03 min. EL)
1329.30 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place «t
beginning; containing an area of 39
283-acres. Total area applied for be
ing 38.401 acres.
That said claim is in conflict with
and overlapped by Survey No. 1269.
Meadow Association Placer to the ex
tent of 0.689 acres, and by Survey No.
1209, Myrtle Claim Placer to the ex
tent of 0.263 acres, all as shown hr
the official plat and field notes of sur
vey thereof, but that said a reds so in
conflict with the Plutus Association
Placer are hereby excluded from this
application and patent for same is not
hereby or hereunder applied for. ,
That said claim is situated qn urn
surveyed ground on the left )imit of
Dry Creek, between the heads of
Peluk Creek and Franklin Onich.
about 2% miles N. E., of the Town
of Nome. U. S. L. M. No. 19, to which
this claim is tied, is a fir poet, painted
white. 6 ins. sq. 5 ft. above ground,
scribed U. S. L. M. No. 19. in earth
mound, situated on the right limit of
Otter Creek, about 50 ft. from the
railroad and 2 % miles North of Ber
ing Sea. in Latitude 64 deg. 32 min.
North, Longitude 165 deg. 17 mlu. W.
That the original notice of location
of said claim is recorded In Volume
190, page 5 of the records of the
Cape Nome Recording District
Alaska.
The adjoining claims are; On the
North, Survey No. 1209, Mrytle Claim
Placer and Meadow Association
Placer, Eskimo Gold Dredging Co.,
Claimant; on the East 40 Acre Truet
Association, unsurveyed; on the
; South claims unsurveyed and claim
[ ant unknown; on the West, Sur. Ne,
1209, Osiris Placer, * Eskimo Gold
Dredging Co., claimant.
THOS McOANN
Register.
NOTICK OP FORFRITURB
To J. N. Flack, Nome Kougarok Con
solidated Mines Company and Jacob
Zeman, your heirs, executors, admin
istrators and \assigns:
You and each of you. are hereby
notified that the undersigned has ex
pended in labor and improvement*
the sum of one hundred dollars der
ing each of the years «f 1914, 1916,
1916. and 1917, upon the following
described placer mining claim, situate,
lying and being in the Kougarok Re
cording District, Territory of Alaslia,
to-wit: The upper one half ( % ) ef
Creek Claim Number Three on Dahl
Creek In the Kougarok Mining Di*t
trict.
You are further notified that if
within ninety (90) day'j after the
publication of this notice you fail or
neglect to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure, your interest in,
said mining claim if any. will become
the property of the undersigned, your
co-owner, under section 2324 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States.
ALCAREY
Co-owner.
Published—Nov. 23, 30. Dec. 7, 14,
21, 28. Jan. 4, 11, 18. 25. Feb.l, 8, 16.
FIN AT, NOTICK
In the U. S. Commissioner’s Court
for the Cape Nome Precinct, Sec
ond Division, Territory of Alaska.
In probate.
In the matter of the Estate of
WILLIAM SCHROEDER, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that James
J. Stokes, Administrator of the Es
tate of William Schroeder, deceased,
has filed his final account as such
administrator and his petition for the
final distribution of said estate, and
that Fiiday, the 22nd day of Novem
ber, 1918, at 2 o'clock P. M. of said
day at the courtroom of the Probate
Court in Nome, Alaska, has been fix
ed as the time and place for the hear
ing of the said account and the ob
jections thereto, if any. and for tha
dictribution of the residue of the
■aid estate.
. JAMES J. STOKES,
F’\ Administrator. ■