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Higli 'T'cilsion,:-;Had Made "Many. Speeches in Metal
J i gP,'ed6f a: GovernnTnV LJred - k
The following telegram sent. out by
yv: the Associated Pres3 on Wednwdayr
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which attempes to uphold the thuggery,
of alleged masked "yigilantest! in; the
coldblooded murder of .Praok Xiittle, is
a lair specimen of the"seatlmeni of that J
association toward organ ized labornd
- should be given little credence by fair-;
minded,: unprejudiced people, for ven
, though- LiWe were.a labor agitator and
the f great captains , of - industry had
marked him a Undesirable, M there is
' not j tb slightest foundation for such
; ' 4stuiT;V; Vas Jis :-r de
public in their story anent the murder:
"prank Little, member oftheexecu
tire board of the Industrial Workers t)f
. the World and
: troubles in Arizona, was taken from a
j lodging house early Wednesday .by
masked men and hanged to a railroad
trestle on the outskirts of Butte, Mon.
,llie body was cut down at .8 a.m. by
the chief of police, Jerry Murphy, who
ideptifiedit.' Little, in a recent speech
. V h States troops as.
l Uncle Sam's scabs in" uniform. 1
, . Sine His arrival in Butte recently
A )jtcmx$ NflSpfie A rizona, Tittle bad madea
.Ji. nnjmerpDt speeches ip striker iniwhiilt
. be attacked ' the 'government and urged
the men to shut down the mines of the
Butte district. His record- was under
investigation by the'Federal authorities.
"Little took W leading iPart in recent
."; .-. labor troubles tin' Arizona! IHe"Wr6te
Governor7 Campbell, of Arizona,' from
Salt Lake 'vCity protesting afiraibst the
deportation of I. W. W. members from
Bisbce,; Arizona Governor Campbell
replied, telling Little be reseoted. bis in
teiference and nis.threats. Little vas
r understoo to have -iheV oonfiidenee of
William D. Haywood secretary of the
I. -W. W. national: organization, and
I wV; H was regarded here as one ef Haywood's
A '-A:AiyA ' , "f-iittle was a cripple, but was active
and was a. forceful speaker. 1
. . VOn Little's bodytwas a card bearing
the; .words. Fi rst and last warning.
Oth'ers tak e '6tice;h Viguin&sil;' S
'Jill tie was taken out of the building
in . rwhich he lodged, by a ; party ' of
masked i men v who took him away ;in an
ijApAiA automobile He was not given time to
FIeHaliwb ich , is headquarters for the new ;
( 1 rs fiisfh tnelkv minew'orkerstunionvtw
;;,(r;;Little.,v
- :jThe found on Little's bodylwhen he
was cut do wn was pinned to tbe un
dlothing on his right thighV :
'A- The folio winjj," issued from the head
; quarters of the American JFe4erationl of
jt.".-." (r; 1 statement of iacts as to
i 'A AA AAS? tfa by the
, , ; : : f . officials?wb6 are controlled by the mln-
':::. ;: v:V-;'',vC ing. corporations: :;?,-: ' ' ;
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55 rftemmenVgh
-being deportea.
:xt wey violate ;ioe xaw: me courts are
should be tried In an
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-The above is' included In A. F. of L.
y)Cf?rcry :iilorTisoii?s protest to feovern-,
if meat - eflcials Jln' forwarding an appeal
:.. X&tezi . tb 3;;depiHbi,tion of workingmen
, frcm i:' Ari:cns, by so-called
"leading cittzensV. who are taking ad.
van,tage of w war .xcitement , to attack
every worklngman who opposes explol-
tation . v ' ' '
j - 'This thuggery .and violation of all
w is expiaiuea Dy u. jy, xracy, secre
tary of Phoenix, Arizona Typographi
cal Ualon, in a telegram to Secretary
orrison, which iays: 1 ;'.
.: Twelve hundred men, 30 per cent::
A. F. of LM deported Jfrom Bisbee by
farmed" Citizen's Alliance. .. No union
men fallowed to -enter town.' Many
women i t and children J; left destitute.
Members of alliance insulting women.
Don't be misled by Associated Press
dispatches. We demaud federal inyes-
In additional reports to A. P. of L.
headquarters unionists charge that the
Phipps-Dodge corporation dominates,
the Arizona copper district and public
officials in that section. It is stated
that men are put In jail and charged
with every sort of crime Jif they are in
any way interested in the labor ques-
tion.
' Che methods of this corporation are
8hown'in its refusal to permit telegrams
to be forwarded from Bisbee. during
the deportatiou. Later the corporation,
'through its New Yprk office, apologized
to th Associated Press and gave assur
ance that this "was contrery to their
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f? KaUsas City, Mo., August 2. In the
weekly . bulletin of the Brotherhood of
Blacksmiths international President
Franklin says protests have been made
txi federal officials against the Bisbee
deportation. - A' ' 'AArA-
ft are advised that the families of
many' '; men are in destitute ; circum
stances' he says, "while . their hus
bands; fathers and brothers are being
held in a detention camp , in Columbus,
and that .men in Miami, Globe and Mo
:renoi are bing arrested .on any trivialtor
protest charge and thrown In jail. A.
i "We'have no .sympathy with the I.
W. W. movement, but we must em
phatically protest against - the high
handed methods used by ,the mob who
deported all men who were in any way
obnoxious to the interest oi their bosses,
who evidently control the prosecutors'
office, the sheriff's office, and ! in iact all
other I county, and State officials, and
who will not only permit, but are the in
struments with which the high-banded
methods are perpetrated. ' '
El Paso, Texas, August.-7-In its last
issue, the Labor Advocate ' has this to
say 0" the Bisbee deportation:
"General Orgahizer Hayden, of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters, has j ust re
turaed firn Bisbee and reports that the
so-called Loyalty League of Bisbee is
simply a self-constituted body of men
who stated" to him that their avowed
purpose was to destroy i every labor un
ion in the city of Bisbee; that the I; W.
question is purely at blind so that these
merchants ; and , manufacturers' ' repre
sentaUyes inayi ibavev an excuse' for en
deavoring to disrupt Organized labor.
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favprablt Replies Fronv Virginia Candidates.
':) - Bichmon(Ly :,;Aug, 2. The State
federation ;of:Labor: has,recived many
lavbiubfe rep
measures which ithas submitted to '
candidates. The list includes: Work-,
men's compensation law, regulation of
injunctions in: labor disputes; ; eight
hour day on StaeLworkv Ste printing:
plant to print ; free text books,1 and
many'otacr important measures.' .
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Chattanooga, Tenn., August 2.--Or.
ganized laborers employed in the power
plant.of the Caster shop have suspended,
work to enforce a living wage.' . These
workers have been receiving the mu
niflcent sum oM2 1-2 Vents an hour., '
Mrs.; Reiia'. Mooiiey :
Found Riot Guilty
A.,
J San k Francisco; " August
Mrs. Rena Mboney " has been ac
quitted vby a jury of, the "murder
charge4 growing' ut; of a) bomb
explosion: here, last July, which
killed ten persons.. She was held
on ,the .specific ' charge of killing
Mrs, Myrtle Irene. Van Loo;? one
of the victims. . .
-Mrs. Mooney is under several
other indictments growing out of
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the explosion; but District Attor-
ney Fickert says ;.hek doesnot
know whether she would; be tried
again.-
ACCEPTS INVITATION.
Lieut-Govcrnor O Max A Gardner
to Make Labor Day Address.
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Lteutenant-Governbr O.. : Max Gard
ner, of Shelby? has accepted an invita
tion from Wilmington Trades Council
to make an address on Labor at what
ever place that- council may decide on
at the regular meeting- Monday night,
when arrangements wiirbe made.
Several other distinguished speakers
have been invited, among them Presi
dent Beery, of the International Press
men's and Assistants'. Unioh; President
Mahon, ' of thes Amalgamated Associa
tion of Street Xtailway Employes," who
have not been .beard from, and Secre
tary Morrisqnr the American' Federa
tion of Labor,' who cannot accept on ac
count of being booked for another city
o'n'-yLabor Day, ( t&'ve beeri ihvrCed5to
make addresses on Labor Day
Let every good citizen, especially the
merchantt and business men. interest
themselves and lend -all possible assist
ance to Wilmington Trades Council in
making the Labor day - celebration a
grand event.
. Let every enterprising merchant have
"an attractive float in the Labor Day pa
rade and swell the affair.!- .. ' .
Bern ember the date of the State Fed
eration of Labor Convention Aug 13.
Unorganized Strike. '
San Francisco, August l.-Unorgan
ized employes of the Pacific oil and
lead works have been forced to strike
because of a 12-hour day and unbeliev-'
able working conditions. . v ; K
These workers are Greeks; Italians
and Austrians ' aud ' know nothing f
trade unionism, but they asked for or
ganized labor's help : when several of
their number were arrested on . the
charge of violating the anti-picketing
ordinance,, although they were not in
the vicinity ' of the plant at the time.
The strikers say they are cumpelled to
punch a time clock: and ; hange their
clothes on,their own time It they for
get the clock or are at minute late, they
are docked an hourfs pay. They are
not allowed to wash their hands at the
factory, although they work in oil. The
water is shut off just before quitting
time. On one occasion they" Say the
engineer forgot to shut off the water
and. when some of the employes washed
their hands, they, were docked an hour's
pay.
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Approve Pension Plan :
Harris burg, Pa. August 2t Governor
' Brumbraugh has signed the senate bill'
establishing a State . teachers' retire
ment system ona basis of the teachers
paying one-half and the Stated and the"
local district each one-fourth. The law'
wiuvpecqme cperanvewnen organiza
tions arp effected', y. .
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IIASGOIIFIDEIICE IN HIMSELF
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Thinks Men He Has Selected to Advise
Him and Committeea and Commie
ions He Created ' Sufficient, and
Branch of Congress Would Prove Ob -r
ttacle-Submarine iBtories 1 n ' 8tofe.r
By ARTHUR W. DUNN..:k '
; Washington, Aug. l.::Spedai3--In
the opinion of the best judges the pres
ent War. canuot be run by commissions
or committees, although men ; connect
ed with commissions and committees
will be valuable in an ' adf isorV-ea
pacity and in rworking out Retails, for
those who are placed in controls - ;
The-president of the United States
must be the final arbiter and sole judge
in everything pertaining to the: war,
although he will work through a great
many subordinates. Neither a commit
tee of congress nor -a commission of,
business , men can conduct the war,
but it is likely that such bodies may
prove useful. - ' - " -
'Confidence In Himself. ,
President Wilson has absolute confi
dence in himself and has no doubt that
he can conduct the war to a successful
conclusion. While he is wiliing to hear
advice, he "proposes to take iU from
those whomj he has selected ' to advise
him-rhis cabinet officers and- the va-'
rious commissions and - committees
which he has created. ,
: No doubt he is willing to accept ad
vice from members of congress Indi
vidually, but he Is not anxious to have
a co-ordinate branch of the government
trying . to tell bim how: to , manage jfche 4
war, especially ir ir. is a legauy con
stituted commission, such ( as was pror
vided for in the Weeks amendment to
the food control bill. -
The president i heretofore r has ' been
strong enough with congress to have
his own way, and it is likely that he
will be able to continue: that policy, as
long as he is president. A'
Suggestions of Good Stories. .
There are hints of some (rather
thrilling stories to be told. when the
seal of secrecy Is removed and . officers
and men can talk r freely about their
participation in the attack which the
German submarines made upon the
convoy that accompanied the American
troop3 to Prance. ' ' . . :
One thing which ' no doubt proved
surprising to the submarines was the
fact that cruisers and destroyers dash
ed straight at them as soon as they ap
peared. Even the large cruisers rushed '
with full speed upon the undersea craft,
while the destroyers went for a peri-
scope wherever it ' was seeaT : If, the.
U boalt was submerged the destroyers
dropped . their sinking bombs and bad
the satisfaction of seeing the' effect : of
those bombs by the terrific explosion
which they caused, and it proved to
the navy officers that two or three suIk
marines bad been destroyed. . - ; .
"What aRule Can Do. "
There has i always been a great deal
of criticism of "gag rule'' in the .house
of representatives, but : It has been
demonstrated that the rule originated
by. Tom - - Reed is necessary f of . the
transaction of business. v ;
, (It took the house ten minutes to send
the food ! control bill to conference un
der a special rule Without the , rule it
would . haye .taken 5 at least ten days
and ."possibly longer, as the , debate
would have been extensive- ; ,1
'ft is almost certain , that the . house
could . not ,, get . along without I its gag
rules. : , -.t ;...y; . ;a;
, Stands by. His Friends. i, ,,; .
1 Among the criticisms that are, some-,
"times made of the .president one bat
of ten, attaches to men -in high position
Is not included. ; No one accuses 'tiim -of
failing to. stand by his' Mends that
is, as long as they stand by him. ; Par-:
ticular reference is made to. the men
he selects for public" positions of great
trust, such as cabinet officers: n.s long
"as they snpport him loyally, agree with
him and -support his policies the p'resi-.
dent, will stand 'by them. V
' Of course in the case Qt Bryan and
Garrison theywould not change :tlielr
. minds, and; it was iimpossible " f or tho
v president ko have them as his close ad-
visers. j t ' r j 't'' -
But he is very much inclined to stand
urmiy oy.men wno stond with nim ail
tea time.
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Membership of the Am:::.
FecJcration of Labor 225,2C?.
While the average membership c: t:
American vjp'eaeratiou " or JLabOr for.t
year ending , :SepWmber so," 1916, v.
2,072,702, I Wsuxe'y,6uwili be gl.:d
learn , that the4 average membership f.
the first nine months of this fiscal yc -ia
2,326,230,;a, substantial' increase c.
2.83,097 over , the same' months of lz- 'z
year. This increase includes the 70.CC 3
membership of the Briclayers. MascnG
Plasterers' lntehjaUonal'-Unlonwh'ich '
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; Was chartered on .October-12, 1916.
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, The Boyal Bakery has specials (in , ..Il
kinds of cakes. Call them up aud ord'ez
One of their deliciouscakes; . for w andajr
dinner. See (ad. In V 'Specials" Todays
and Monday . on the sixth" page,' 'J
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-for "today andMonday , at half fpiAz.
See ad 'on sixthTpag'e, Cl .A; -jiv AA
v Fuehs' Cash.Department Sto Serz
attractive bargains in" tbejr Saturday, v
and Monday specials 'on the sixth page
today. 'V - A'ltk:1 Y'' '
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Read the ad, of B.C. -Elliott ' - -red
doctor of Chiroprabtic, vC j-'ag c "d
is an expert in thescienc tu u 'l..
well and, keeps you well .Lr. inal
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Wil m ington Trades, Oou n oil; w tlf m eet
Monday night at 8 o'clock j in 'OddVol-
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The Label Products; Committee will
meet Tuesday, evening at 8 "o'clock in 1
OddFellows Hall'. :' 7 V"' " ' :
, . Brother R. W, Pridgen is-noV' hold
ing down a mill -at the Dispatch office.
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, Til express men 'a pnionmeets Mon-
day even Ing at 6 o'clooki" . ' ' ;
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The Brotherhood of BobkblnUersviA
meet Wednesdaj' at'6 p. m. - "ySxA
, Don't fail , to attend Wilmington '
Trades Council,; Mon day night Busl-;
,ness of importance. ' " ' ' , - . '
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, . Intimidate Coal mers, j. -Benham,r
Ky.r August 2. -Coal oper- , .
atrs at this place have; placed armed ,
guards around their' mines to prevent
employes from conferring with officials
Hf the United Mlrie Vbrkers.;J The mi
ners are determined, to organize de-
I spite these intimidating tactics. , v ,'
-jfarmi
t Baltimore ..ugust" 2.TJnited Gar- -ment
Workers unidirjiNo 15. have se-'
cured a uniou-shop agreement with the
Mann fat turers Association' Wges of, .
cutters aud trimmers are increased $2 a
week ana choppers and fitters advanced
$1.00 week, r v ; ;;V, A : s "'
; ,:.'".' It Suitedf Kenyoru
Senator. Sheppard of Texas always
an ardent adyocate of ivrohibition leg
4slation.mterrui)ted.the consideration-
of , the rivers, and . harbors bill' and',
askedthat a time'; be- fixed to vote on
the j constitutional amendment for na
tion';Wi(Te prohibition"..' - V' ; '
V4Conideving.. reniarlvedrH Senator
;Kehyrn of .lowur vigorous opponent
of tUV ii vcrs and.hu rbors bill, "fhe'eon
ditioUt)? .-pomp f r0iereeks and rivers
whicii are' proposed to le appropriated
for itt the i lending Mil l,"sIioiid tUmk
' that ivoiild l:o on appropriate coi:rse.V
C" ' An ' Uninformed Outsider. v
'A A man, tvom a ity as near as Ncv
Yorlc to Washington made' this inquir -about
iiveek ago:t'Wjn'.!ccongren i
main in session for two "weeks, ycu
think?4' . It was- evident that ' j I '
not -anght the drift in V -?apitaL
for. no one expert
idjeuru until tbelct cf " r.' ,
dayWnot then. 4
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