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ABE REVIEWED
NEWSPAPER DECLARES THAT
INTERIOR CAMP IS NOT IN
DYING CONDITION.
EVIDENCE OF PROSPERITY
Citizens Have Utmost Confidence in
Camp and Manifest It By Building
New Residences and Business Places
at Northern Terminus of Railroad.
Although by some persons Fair
banks is called a dying camp during
these days of acknowledged dullness,
caused by the fact that the war has
made it impossible to work low grade
mining properties, there is abundant
evidence on every hand to show that
numerous of the residents of the city
are placing great confidence in its fu
ture, says the Fairbanks Citizen.
Most of them are not placing their
confidence with talk alone, the greater
majority preferring to show their
faith by their works in putting their
money into residences and business
structures, second to none north of
Seattle.
W. F. Thompson and A. J. Williams
are ercting homes each costing in ex
cess of $10,000. The Thompson resi
dence property on Eighth avenue is
now practically completed, while that
of Mr. Williams, on Cowles street, is
nearing completion as rapidly as a big
corps of carptenters and other work
men can build it.
George M. Smith’s New Home.
George M. Smith is another resident
who is putting several thousand dol
lars into a home, as he is greatly en
larging his residence property on
Fourth and Lacy streets.
Considerable money is also being
put into business property. The Fair
view hotel, owned by George M.
and Joe Smith, is a good example of;
what is being done along that line. The
hotel burned early last spring, but im
mediately after insurance adjustments .
were perfected, work on the rebuild
ing of the structure was commenced,1
and it was completed to such an ex
tent as to make it habitable by the
Fourth of July.
Since that time, however, the re
maining details of many improve
ments have been perfected, the entire
outlay in that one instance being in
the neighborhood of $8,000
Another man who is showing great
confidence in the future of Fairbanks
is R. L. Vining. Mr. Vining is outside
most of the year, but he annually
makes trips north with produce and,
although he already has extensive real
estate holdings in Fairbanks he re
cently made the purchase of the pro
perty at the corner of First avenue
and Barnette street known as the Cali
fornia block. This property Mr. Vin
ing is now improving to the extent of
having the old burned structure re
built, although on a smaller scale than
formerly, at an expense of about
$5,000.
The best expression of confidence in
Fairbanks’ future, however, comes
from not individuals alone but from a
group of residents of the town and of
the camp. They are the members of
Tanana lodge No. 162, F. & A. M. Not
as individuals, but as members of the
lodge, they, more than a year ago,!
authorized the expenditure of about l
$5,000 in improvements on the Ma
sonic Temple on lower First avenue.
Between $10,000 and $15,000.
They quickly realized, however, that
that amount would not do the work
they had planned, therefore they re
solved to follow out their original in
tention of reconstructing the temple,
and the result is that, completed as it
was this summer and as it now stands,
their outlay for the work was between
$10,000 and $15,000.
These are the chief expenditures in
improvements lately made and being
made in Fairbanks. And there are
many others. ' These expenditures are
proof positive that Fairbanks is not
the dying camp that many suppose her
to he, by any means.
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MILL WORKERS WIN IN COURT BATTLE
WITH SEATTLE MEMBER LUMBER TRUST
One of the most important trials ir
the courts of the northwest, involving
the differences between labor and cap
ital, occurred at Seattle two weeks
ago and resulted in a victory for or
ganized workers. The plaintiff was
the Stimson Mill Co., one of the mosf
prominent members of the lumber
trust and conspicuous as one of the
“sawdust twins” which, cooperating
with tKe Stone & Webster electrical
corporations, secured passage by the
Washington legislature of several
made-to-order laws intended to give
corporations a stronger strangle-hold
on the public.
The strike of shingleweavers and
lumberjacks, followed by the general
boycott on ten-hour lumber, having
crippled this Ballard company severe
ly ,it commenced suit against the lo
cal union of shingleweavers for dam
ages amounting to $50,000 attempting
to hold each member of the union per
sonally responsible under the law in
tended to prevent picketing. The com
plaint stated that when the company
reopened the mill Sept. 4, only about
30 men out of a crew of about 350 re
turned and that these had to go out
past lines of strikers drawn up to in
timidate them; that its loss aggregat
ed $500 a day and that it would be im
TERRITORIAL INSPECTOR WIL
LIAM MALONEY REPORTS ON
INTERIOR CONDITIONS.
Territorial Mine Inspector William
Maloney has filed a report in the of
fice of the governor at Juneau, re
viewing the mining situation in the
interior.
Inspector Maloney has been exam
ining conditions in the interior and
reports that the Tanana camps were
somewhat handicapped in output
mainly on account of the shortage of
men. He says that this shortage was
quite striking last summer, many
men preferring to work for the gov
ernment railroad although employed
for less pay. Probably the harder
work underground may account for
this.
“Time Check” Not Feared.
Inspector Maloney did not think
that the fact that men working for
the government were sure of their pay
while working for the Tanana opera
tors they feared for ‘time check”
payments had anything seriously to
do with this condition. He said that
some of the operators who were ad
vertising for men had plenty of mon
ey available for wage payments and
all contingent mining expenses, be
ing fully responsible parties in every
way. It may have affected some of
the employers.
The Tolovana would be a consider
able producer, possibly close to a
million would be the figure. At that
the cost of operations and the heavy
contingent expenses involved made it
unlikely that a very great amount of
this would remain in the operators’
pockets.
Output at Ruby.
The output for Ruby would about
equal that of last year. The fact
that on Long, production might not be
as great was counterbalanced by the
fact that on Poorman and other
creeks it would be much larger. The
pay was picked up on the lower chan
nels of Willow creek in the Marshall
section and in consequence a spirit of
optimism prevailed.
Speaking generally Mr. Maloney
said that gold mining was by no
means booming. The purchasing
power of gold has decreased while
contingent operating expenses had
possible to keep the business going if
the eight-hour day was granted. Aft
er an injunction against picketing was
issued Sept. 12 the force was increased
to 140 men.
The testimony published in a local
labor paper indicates the company had
a very weak case, although supported
by a vicious law under a close inter
pretation of which a person may be de
clared a picket—criminal subject to
arrest and imprisonment if seen on the
same street with a scab. Neither of
the three “big” newspapers of the city
had a reporter present at the trial.
The only instance of violence refer
red to was when a scab assaulted a
union man who was passing. A police
man arrested both and a discriminat
ing police judge fined the union man
and let the scab go free,
j The defense proved that two of the
former shingleweavers accused of
picketing were employed at a ship
yard when the “crime” was committed.
It proved further that expert shingle
mill operators cannot be obtained be
cause they are employed in eight-hour
j mills or elsewhere at better wages and
| working short hours; also that the
1 union had not authorized picketing
! and that the alleged pickets were
merely people of different callings who
had occasion to pass the mill.
'SEATTLE ELECTRIC CO.
RECEIVES ANOTHER JOLT
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The Seattle Electric Co. has receiv
! ed another jolt in its arrogant at
I tempt to put opposition jitney busses
out of business. This corporation
. sued 25 bus drivers for $10 a day
| each for the time they were carry
1 ing passengers free while the street
I car lines were idle because of the
| strike, this amount being “lost prof
its.” Judge Dykeman decided against
j the company.
One embarrassing feature of the
case for the Seattle Electric Co. is
that these jitneys helped carry a
grateful public to work in the two
weeks when no street cars ran. Judge
Dykeman mentioned this fact. When
Attorney Howe argued that the jit
neys were a public nuisance, the
judge calmly remarked:
“This is a perplexing case. I must
take official cognizance of the fact
that the jitneys were running for
the two weeks when the Seattle Elec
tric cars were not. How can they
have been a nuisance during the per
iod when the people were entirely de
pendent upon them, and how can they
have deprived you of your lawful
j profits during the two weeks suspen
sion of your service.”
Pupils of the Bernal Heights school
in San Francisco, led by Jim Pardel
la, aged 13, went on a “sympathetic
strike” one day last week because the
teachers committed the heinous of
fense of riding on cars of the United
Railroads, which corporation is re
sponsible for persecution of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Mooney and other strike
leaders. A truce committee of seven
were later appointed to negotiate
terms of peace with the police, who
declined to arbitrate and placed every
one of the 100 rebellious kids under
arrest and took them to the deten
tion home.
At the recent joint meeting of post
al clerks and carriers it was decided
to petition congress for an increase
in pay. If the petition is not grant
ed Uncle Sam will undoubtedly have
to contend with a walkout and de
mands, instead of a petition.
increased in the meantime. But cop
per and other metals were booming
and there was a pronounced activity
in all such lines. The Treadwell com
pany is still operating the Ready
Bullion mine which was unaffected by
the flooding when the waters broke in
on the Treadwell. Whether the com
pany would take steps to pump the
flooded mines and to devise a plan
to keep out the water there he did
not know. *
STRIKE ENDS
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IN SEATTLE
MEN RETURN TO WORK, LEAV
ING DEMANDS IN HANDS OF
FEDERAL WAGE BOARD.
.SEATTLE, Oct. 22.—The strike in
the shipbuilding yards in Seattle
came to an end today. The men re
turned to work this morning. They
agreed to leave their demands for
increased wages in the hands of the
federal wage board.
The strike in the shipbuilding
plants at Portland, Or., will be tenta
tively settled on the same basis to
morrow, and then all labor troubles
in shipyards on the Pacific coast will
have been brought to an end. The
strike in the San Francisco yards was
settled some time ago.
Shipbuilding plants in all Pacific
coast cities will now rush work on
government contracts.
STRIKES MAYflE
UP PHONE SYSTEM
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OPERATORS IN SEATTLE DE- b
MAND HIGHER WAGES AND f
RECOGNITION OF UNION v
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SEATTLE, Oct. 20.—Two thou
sand organized telephone operators j C
employed by the Pacific Telephone (j
and Telegraph company, in the state o
of Washington plan to strike at mid- o
night tonight for higher wages and Q
the recognition of their union. Q
A coast-wide strike for higher C
wages by telephone linemen and elec- £
tricians employed by the Pacific Tel- 0
ephone and Telegraph company is 0
threatened for Monday. Such a strike <j
would paralyze service from Vancou- §
zer, B. C., to San Diego, Calif. y
10,000 MINERS IDLE.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 20.—The \
Illinois Coal Operators’ association acl- i <
mitted today that approximately 10,- |
000 Central Illinois coal miners, are <
idle because their demanded wage in- [
crease did not become effective yester- (
day. (
It is reported that coal miners in <
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and
Kansas plan to strike tomorrow in
protest against a penalty clause in the •
agreements recently reached with res- j
pect to their fields which would auth
orize fines for unauthorized strikes.
The first continental general strike
in the world’s history ended in a com
plete victory to the workers of Aus
tralia recently. It began August 2
under the leadership of the I. W. W.
and soon embraced the whole working
class and secured the support of the
soldiers. Railways, docks, mines,
packing plants, and marine transpor
tation were among the industries in
volved.
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Immediate increases of 20 to 70 per
cent in wages have been demanded by
coal miners of the states and the de
mands have been refused by operat
ors for the alleged reasons that “they
are too high” and that coal prices re
cently fixed by the president will not
permit of increases. These “fixed”
prices are for coal “at the mine,” the
patriotic operators not being pre
vented from entering into collusion
with wholesale and retail dealers and
with the railroads to fix prices “at
the home” as high as their avarice
will permit. In other words, govern
ment control of prices in case of coal
is a farce.
Four white men, “believed to be I.
W. W. agents,” were taken from the
county jail at Stuttgart, Ark., re
cently by a mob of 150 rice farmers,
who administered a whipping and ap
plied tar and feathers to each of the
men and drove them from town. The
men had been arrested on a charge of
inciting laborers to cease work.
The state labor commission of Ore
gon is investigating employment bu
reaus charged with misrepresenting
labor conditions at Astoria.
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KNIK, ALASKA
A General Merchandise Store
for all the People
Carrying Complete Line of
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Lumber and Shingles
Boots and Shoes
Kerosene and Gasoline
Paints and Oils
Pumps and Tarpaulins
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E. P. Marsh, president of the
Washington State Federation of La
or, has been tendered a place on the
;deral commission to investigate
western labor disputes and will re
ign from the state organization. Mr.
Marsh worked his way up from a po
sition as shingleweaver, through the
editorial chair of a labor paper at Ev
erett, and has been a powerful factor
for the good of organized labor in the
northwest.
MEET ME AT THE BANK
All Your Friends Will be There
The Bank Pool Rooms
RALPH REED, PROP.
) Most of the boys have their mail addressed to The Bank.
Call and get yours—It may be at The Bank.
YOU KNOW THE PLACE
320 4th Street
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