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WEEKLY FORCE REPORT
There were 557 Commission em
ployees on the payrolls in this divis
ion on Saturday, July 7, distributed
as follows: Camp No. 1, general,91;
camp Xo. 1, construction, 130; camp
Xo. 1 corral. 2D; headquarters store,
GO; townsite, 5: hospital, 12; camp
Xo. 9, 11; camp Xo. 10, 25; camp
Xo. 11, 37; camp Xo. 12, 22; camp
Xo. 13-14, 14; camp Xo. 15, 35; res
idency Xo. 1, 4; residency Xo. 2
7; residency Xo. 3, IS; residency
Xo. 4, 7; location camp Xo. 1, 9;
Tanana Valley railroad, 46; Fair
banks office 4;—total, 557;
On that date also there were 202
stationmen and stationmen’s labor
ers at work in the division and the
live stock in use numbered 205 head.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. St George
and son, Harry Emmet, were in
coming passengers on the steamer
Tanana, enroute to their home in
Fairbanks after a hurried trip to
the States.
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'COMMISSIONER RIGGS
MAKES ISSUE CEEAR
In an informal address delivered
on Tuesday before the largest audi
ence ever assembled in the town of
Xenana, Tlios. Riggs, Jr., member
of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission, explained the attitude of
the commission on the existing labor
trouble and made it clear that it
would be impossible for him or the
other members of the commission to
grant the increase in wages demand
ed by the steel gang and those other
workers who have become affiliated
with ’the recently-organized labor
union.
Mr. Riggs had been invited to
address the union meeting, called
for that pui'itose on Tuesday, but
when he appeared at the hall the
members voted, on suggestion of the
chairman, that the invitation be
withdrawn. Those who desired to
hear the commission’s side of the
question then arranged a meeting
at the Coliseum, which was kindly
offered for that purpose by the own
ers, with the result that the theater
was packed to the doors within a
few minutes of the time of the an
nouncement.
| Mr. Riggs stated that he had no
| objection to the formation of a
j union among the local workers but
i he could not offer any encourage
iment to the belief, entertained by
! ceretain of the men, that organiza
! tion would enable them to secure
|an advance in wages. ‘'It is not
| within the power of the Alaskan
; Engineering commission,” said Mr.
Riggs, ”to alter the wage scale.
The schedule, generally, is five cents
per hour higher than that paid on
the coast end of the road, and the
charge for board is the same. The
coast schedule is one approved by a
!committee working with the approv
Jal of Mr. Samuel Gompcrs and the
| Secretary of Labor. The schedule
! is also approved by the Secretary
j of the Interior.”
i
Mr. Riggs read a telegram which
he had received from Mr. Edes.
chairman of the Commission, as
follows: “If strikers are interfering
with railroad work you will be pre
pared to stop all work within your
division.”
It is thus made clear that the
work would be abandoned on the
Interior end tin the event of serious
labor trouble, and rails laid from
the coast end. What effect such
action would have on the Interior
country it was not necessary for
the speaker to point out. And it was
equally apparent to those present
’ it further efforts on the part of
the men to secure an advance would
be without avail.
Mr. Riggs stated further that
he already had stopped the shipment
of a quantity of supplies and con
struction material, pending a set
tlement of the question. If the
work is suspended entirely, these
shipments will be diverted to Sew
ard and Anchorage, and all work
thenceforth will be done from the
coast end.
L’nited States Attorney R. F. Roth
also addressed the meeting, making
•it plain to those present that his
department is fully resolved to put
a stop to the pro-German agitation
which has been in evidence here
and elsewhere in the Interior dur
ing the past several months, and
which appears to have as its object
the embarrassment of government
enterprises. “Enemy aliens,” he
declared, “must keep their mouths
shut or suffer the consequences.’*
He was loudly cheered at this junc
tur, showing that the crowd stood
squarely behind him.
Dr. M. E. Smith and Rev. F. L.
Forbes were each called upon to ad
dress the audience and 'they both
responded with interesting talks on
the questions at issue and called
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THE
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upon all good citizens to give Mr.
Riggs their support in order that
he may continue to cany on the
work, thus insuring future employ
ment for those who stay with the
country and protecting the inter
ests of those who have invested till
of their earnings in Xenana prop
erty and business enterprises. Dr.
Forbes said that he ha’ come here
to help build up the country and
that he felt it to be the duty of
every citizen to do his or her part
toward keeping the railroad work
going, in view of the fact that upon
the early completion of the road
depends the future of the Interior
country and the future of every
resident, regardless of occupation.
Later in the week the News re
quested Mr. Riggs to make a further
statement of the situation and in
reply the following letter was re
ceived, setting forth fully the posi
tion of the Commission and the
status of the men involved.
Xenana, Alaska, July 14, 1!»17
Editor Xenana Xews,
Xenana, Alaska,
Dear Sir: —
In response to your request I am
making the following statement re
garding the recent strike situation:
1st.—It is absolutely impossible to
make a new wage schedule for the
Fairbanks district which is far in
excess of the schedule in force on
the Coast end of the Road. Owing
to more severe conditions obtaining
in the Interior of Alaska the Chair
man of the Alaskan Engineering
commision and the Secretary of the
Interior have approved a scale for
certain classes of employees of the
Fairbanks division approximating an
increase of 10 per cent. The charge
for subsistence at the mess house is
$1.25 per day both here and on the
(Continued on Page Three.)
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