The Unionist from Fort Scott, Kansas • 4

est lot In' life, and who should 'be the1 East Kansas Labor Day The Fort Scott Unionist Is designat the unionist. rfBiMfrJMt. IMfMTrLfMlTg. IWhWes rftUiJ IMfJWMf fMmlfMfMi QlfJEnJMJrE jMfgj Organ of the Central Labor Union JAMES BURTON, Publisher. 14 South Main Street, Fort Scott, Kas.

published every friday. Subscription rates: Lambert have Duffy bought THE MODEL Wateh this Space A Big Surprise Coming! frl) irPffpaa ITjrlJlfMfrlflplf lilsAiMralilsGj ed as the official organ of the Asso ciation These by-laws may be amended at yearly meeting of this association a majority vote. The committee on by-laws and con stitution was discharged and a vote thanks was tendered them. The matter of the salary of the secretary treasurer was left to the discre of the executive board. A vote of thanks was tendered to the delegates Fort Scott for their courteous treat ment rendered to the delegates of the association.

Adjourned to meet at Chanute on Monday, September 1904. Bro. Pratt1 a carpenter lola, and one of the oldest organiz of union labor In the state, was a leading flgure in the proceedings. Grant Hume of Parsons was a whole team in himself. Bro.

Harney, the Parsons heavyweight, did not say as much as some, but ho had the faculty hitting the mark when he did speak. Bro. Wight had the distinction always being on the right side of everything, and It was largely through his business-like Suggestions that the work was carried through promptly. Chanute sent up a group of hustlers headed by Bros. Edmunds and White, and If they are' a fair sample of the Chanute uriionists.

'we shall look for a celebration at that place that shall pass anything yet seen, Ed S. Abdill of lola was one of the best posted men in the convention and made his influence felt by all. ORGANIZED LABOR DIRECTORY. CENTRAL LABOR UNION. A.

H. Fette, President S. M. Stallard, Secretary. F.

E. Scott, District Organizer, 30 Holbrook street. Meets lstand 3rd Tuesdays of each month at Socialist Hall. MARMATON LODCE No. 202, I.

A. M. John Schnaible, President. Fred Fisher, Financial Secretary, T. H.

Pennle, Ree. Secretary. J. D. Cumminers, Treasurer.

Meets first and third Wednesdays in 3. A. K. Hall. MILL WORKERS No.

62. J. W. May, President. Ward Shadley, Vice President.

W. T. Yeakel, Cor. Sec. Meets 1st Thursday of each month.

RETAIL CLERKS INTERNATIONAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION, LOCAL No. 110. Cllnt Beal Presldent Emmet McDonald, Financial Sec. Meets Second and Fourth Thursdays In each month in Union hall. FORT SCOTT 7 TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No.

343. J. R. Walker, President N. B.

Manning, Secretary. BROTHERHOOD RAILWAY CAR MEN OF AMERICA. Sunflower Lodge No, 54. H. T.

Wilcox, Chief Carman. Wm. Antrim Secretary. Meet Second and Fourth Mondays in G. A.

R. hall. BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS, DECORATORS AND PAPER. HANGERS OF AMERICA. Local No.

593. E. A. Henne, President Gus Carlson, Rec. Sec.

Meets every Monday night at Union Labor hall on Market street FEDERAL LABOR UNION, No, H. Beck, President C. W. McMillan, Secretary. 9221.

Meets second and fourth Wednes days at Socialist hall. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CAR PENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, No. 942. E. A.

Hagan, President. N. Boatright Recording Secretary. Meets every Monday in Itedmen's Hail. JOURNEYMAN BARBERS INTER NATIONAL UNION OF AMERICA.

Local No. 171. W. C. Grimes, President.

Gu4 DeLoDU, Fin. Secretary. John Vail, Recording Secretary. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, Local No. 152.

C. E. White president J. E. White Financial Secretary.

O. M. Chinn, Recording Secretary. Meets every Wednesday night Drake block Id TEAM DRIVERS UNION. Local No.

255. A. J. Pitcher, President S. J.

Brown, Secretary-Treasurer. G. W. Starne, Rec. Sec.

Meets 2nd and 4th Saturday each month. of LAUNDRY WORKERS. Meets each 2nd and 4th Tuesday at Socialist Hall. TEAM DRiyERS' No. 255.

Local No. 11. J. C. Garrett, President B.

Y. Wiggins. Secretary-Treasurer. Meets First and Third Saturdays at Redmen's Hall. most anxious to secure better condi tions.

Is there no value they place upon their franchise except that measured in dollars and cents? No princi ple seems to be at stake with them. The "Honest Dans" may loot the treasury, hog the offices and hold up the state to contempt, what matters it to the laboring man? This much: in the final settlement labor pays it all. Again, the man who sells his vote is robber. He robs himself, his child ren, aud welds shackles on his neighbors that may take years to unloose. The following clipping from an lola paper closes a nicely written account of the labor meeting held here Mon day: "As there has been an 111 feeling between the two towns, lola and Fort Scott for some time, Fort Scott con ceded the next celebration to lola without a struggle and in numerous other ways showed that unison and good fellowship of the organization circles was what they wanted, regard less of the strife kept up between the two towns by the press.

The lola dele gates wish to extend to the Fort Scott unionists through your paper our thanks for the courteous way we were treated during the operation- of buryig the hatchet. The Fort Scott Unionist was selected as the official paper of the organization." The Parryites are very much exer cised because the union laborer has lost his liberty to rise on account of superior merit. They gay the union men aro all put on one plane above which none need aspire. This is a fake, pure and simple. There is no such tenet in ail unionism.

The doc trine of equality of talent has no place there. Exact equality exists nowhere in nature. 'There is a minimum es-eablished; for instance, if tho car penters fix upon 30 cents an hour as the wagi scale, every man qualified to be called a carpenter is expected to be -worth that amount, but men mere highly qualified, capable of lay ing out work, and conversant with the many different departments of the craft, can demand more and receive it. The union desires to establish a minimum standard, it will never be a drawback to talent or industry. At the meeting of the A.

F. L. 9221 Wednesday night quite a number were present who have not been regular attendants. It was ordered that all members in arrears shall be suspended after next regular meeting. The matter cf fixing a new scale was discussed- and the following committee was appointed to report upon the question next meeting: Sparks, House and Lyon.

The committee on sick reported upon the condition- of Presi dent Beck and also of the illness of Mrs. Hill and Mrs. McMillan. It was voted to temporarily reduce the initia tion fee to fifty cents to all candidates coming in oetore May 1st. We hope the mothers of Fort Scott need no more lessons about the dan ger of letting their girls gad -the streets.

These lessons have been fre quent enough, God knows. Some of them get into the papers and do not make nice reading but the majority are hinted at and whispered around until a climax is reached, and then the community is properly shocked at the possibility-of such nastiness. A few months a nice and pretty jrirl they are all pretty working at. the telephone office, was led astray by a hu man whelp, and shortly afterward committed suicide. Scarcely a week passes that the probate judge is not called upon to assist Cupid in catching up with the Stork.

If some of the mothers knew what kind of vermin their daughters flirted with there would be some good, old-fashioned spanking going on in half the homes in this town. The trouble comes from two causes, Idleness and over-dress ing. Mothers ruin the best part of their own lives working like slaves hoping that their daughters may never have to work, and thinking they are fitting them to be queens of society. when they are really sending them to hell. A girl brought up to do housework is doubly armed against tempta tion.

Memories of a happy home are never hallowed by idleness but work Gadding and good clothes are the devil's main instruments to increase the population of Hades. The war between Japan and Russia may prove one of the greatest sur prises of history. There have been other surprises. China, with half billion population spoken- of for ages as the Yellow Terror, had its innate weakness exposed by little Japan in a short but decisive war. The secret of its weakness was the lack of pa triotism.

The South African republic, no larger and no more populous than Kansas, held the whole British em pire, "Arbiter of the World," at bay for two years, and in battle after bat tle won victories that proved that patriotism is more powerful than armament in modern warfare. And now little Japan has taken the Herculean, task of teaching a lesson to the Northern Bear. Will the internal discontent of the Russian people, the sole symptom of civilization that shows after ages of subjection to despotism, seize the opportunity to gain freedom as the price for ccming to the rescue of the Czar, their lord and master? History abounds in anomalies. "Out of the mouths of babes, thou art confounded." Little Japan may be the instrument of the Almighty for the enfranchisement of a nation that covers the globe. The civilization that brings benefit everj- one except the producing classes r.

not a complete success. ize Delegates from Parsons, lola, Cha- nute, and Fort Scott mot in G. A. R. hall Monday and proceeded to organ an association to celebrate Labor! by Day.

Much interest was manifested and the discussions were at times quite spirited over the controverted points in the proposed by-la ws.But the results reached were harmoniously accepted by all. Following are the official proceedings: Morning Session. Met as per call of Pres. J. H.

Ed munds of Chanute. Mr. Edmund3 was elected as president and in the ab sence of the secretary, Mr. E. M.

Hamlet was elected secretary pro tem. Moved and seconded the con vention proceed to regular busi ness of the convention. Motion by Abbott, carried, that a committee of three be 'appointed cn credentials President appointed Morrison, May and Abdill, Committee on credentials reported favorably on all present and the report "was accepted. Moved, and carried that a committee cf three be appointed to meet Chanute delega tion at the 'train. The president ap pointed May, Morrison, and Wight Mction by Hume and ampnded by Wight, carried that all the courtesies be extended the lola delegation and that they be allowed to cast the full vote of the delegation, and that we now go into committee of the whole to consider such things as pertain to the convention.

Moved by May that we have photograph of the delegates, if is can be taken in hall. Motion car ried. Moved and carried that minutes of the business meeting at Parsons be read. Moved by Hume that a committee of five on constitution and bylaws be appointed and that they report at the afternoon session. The president appointed on that committee Hume, Williamson, Graves, Mlr- riscn and Burton.

Adjourned until the afternoon Afternoon Session. Meeting was called to order by ihe president, J. H. Edmunds, and John M. White took the.

place of secretary, Discussir in regard to the member ship of the convention ensued and con tinued until the committee on consti tution brought in their report. The committee on constitution reported the result of their deliberations, and after being read section by section, and being amended, it was as follows: Constitution of the South East Kansas Labor Day Association. This organization shall be known as the Scuth-Eastern Kansas Labor Day association. Its object shall be to secure a fit ting observance of Labor Day. The members of the organization shall be Fort Scott, Parsons, Chanute, lola and such other towns as may in the future affiliate with the Labor Day association, provided they pay the per capita tax, at the time herein specified.

The officers shall be a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and a business committee of five to be elected by the Central body of the city chosen for the next succeeding celebration, and a vice-president and a committee of five to be elected by each of the other cities represented. These, officers shall be chosen within one month after each Labor Day and their names and addresses shall be sent under seal to the Central body of each cf the other cities. A per capita tax of twenty-five cents shall be levied upon each member of all local unions in good standing on the first day of May to create a cele bration fund, which shall be sent to the secretary by the first of July each year. Ail unions failing to pay their assessment, will be debarred from participating in the celebration. All unions outside of the cities named are invited to participate.

The order of annual celebration shall be as follows: Chanute, lola, Fort Scott, Parsons. The expense of the celebrations shall be controlled by the local com mittee but the expenditure shall be as economical and reasonable as possible to secure a creditable celebration. Each city is expected to furnish a union band for the occasion, if possible. The association shall be at no expense for bands except in the way of prizes for contests. Tho officers of the association shall constitute a business committee and shall meet at 8 p.

m. at the place of celebration to transact such business as may come before it. At the meeting of the business committee the following order of business shall be observed: 1. Reports of secretary and treas 2. Boundary lines of jurisdiction and applications for membership.

3. Good of organization. 4. General business. Hie secretary shall give bond at the expense of the association for five hundred dollars, and the treasurer fo? one thousand dollars.

These bonds shall be deposited In some bank designated by the Central Labor union in the city where the celebration is to be heid and funds shall be subject to an order drawn by the secretary, signed by the president, as ordered by executive board, and checked cut by the treasurer. The auditing committee shall consist cf the chairman of the business committee from each cf the visiting cities, and shall meet immediately after the business meeting and audit the borks and accounts and shall publish tiieir reiwirt in the official paper. They shall be paid the sura of 2.5C per day, railroad fare and. hotel bill for each day necessarily employed, out of the association treasury. any of and tion of of ers of of Per jrr, in advance Six menthi in advance, 30 at Post Office, Fort Scott, Kansas, July 21st, 1902, as second matter, Act of Congress, March 8rd.l879.

All matter should be handed In by Wednesday noon to Insure publica tion. LABO The A. F. L- 'Plattorm. 1.

Compulsory education. 8. Direct legislation through the Initiative and referendum. I. A lesal work day of not more than eight hours.

4. Sanitary inspection of workshop mine and home. Liability of employers for injury to health, body and life. ,6. The abolition of the contract sys tem on all public work.

7. abolishment of the sweat- ahoD system. Tli mimloinal ownership of tfimt ears, water works, gas and luptrta Heht nlanta for public dis trlbutlon of light, heat and power. 9. The nationalization of telegraph telephone, railroads and mines.

10. The i adolition of the monopoly yste mof land holding, and substitut ing therefor a titla of occupancy and use only 11. Repeal all conspiracy and penal laws affecting seamen and other workmen incorporated in the federal laws of the United States. The abolition of the monopoly privilege of Issuing money and substi tuting therefor a system direct suance to and by the people. Union men take notice that the shop card, of Mqudy Sims on Market Square has been taken away on ac countof non-union labor.

Mrs. Haines failed to get a new trial In the district court in her case against, the Goodlander estate and the case will go to the supreme court. next meeting of A. F. L.

9221 Will be Important to every laboring man in the city. The committee on scale is to report and all should hear The, affidavit stage of local politics is and, gone. Some got their fingers burned, and a few reputations got smutted, worse than before Was deemed possible. The dailies had nothing whatever to say about the labor meeting at Tope- over three hundred-, delegates, were in attendance and. its work, will have an effect on the fortunes of every taxpayer in the state.

The" case of Mrs. "Andrews against has been continued. It is thought by next term, if the streets and" bridges keep going down, there will be enough city cases to warrant the' revival pf the old and odorous city toiirt especially to try these damage cases. Mj. parry, and his sycophants prate about hk, dangers that threaten the nation from theorganization of the trades unions.

Perhaps they do not see the danger in the organization of capital to plunder the people, evade taxes, dictate Jaws, and lubricate the course of justice. The unions of America haye given us the Australian bal lot, whicit enables the people to select their servants without the aid of slush funds vote mongers. If union prin cipleg were adopted, the professional politician would find, like Othello, his occupation gone. Herein doubtless, Hep the "danger" that Parryites are so fearful of. The union man turns In vain to the great daily papers for full and truthful accounts of what is happen ing in the Industrial world.

The press Is owned and controlled by the cap italist class, Its object is two-fold; to make money and to create a sent! ment against the workingman as a factor In our body politic. The capi talists own the means of dissemina tion of news, the syndicate, telegraph Hnesfand correspondents. Having all the machinery for giving the news of the world at nominal cost, the labor world Is Its audience, and poison is interjected at intervals, until the very workingmen themselves begin to look upon the hateful doc trine of the classes as a sort of divene ljr appointed arrangement Th5Unionist is enough interested in politics to hope that the present disgraceful conditicn of affairs in the county and state, may be improved, and that the reign, of boodie and outlawry will end. In this city there no doubt that votes are pur-chased, like cordwood, so much per. Worse ret, these purchased votes are mostly from laboring men, those who have been doing the work while other? loafed, thof 9 who have had the hard- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MU- SICIANS, Local 209.

V. G. Kieyer, President. F. H.

Hewitt, Secretary. STATIONARY ENGINEERS. Meets each Saturday ot Socialist Hall. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF LEATHER WORKERS ON H. G.

Local Branch No. 90. J. B. Shepherd, President.

R. Graves, Financial Secretary. Meets every Tuesday in Painters hall DIRECTORY OF SECRETARIES. Mill Yorkers W. T.

Yeakel, 506 Hill. Painters and. Decorators Gus Carl son, 515 Heylman. Typographical Union N. B.

Manning, 524 South Clark. Barbers George DaLong Carpenters N. Boatright, 1224 Scott avenue. Team Drivers 255 B. V.

Wiggins, 24 Dillard. Machinists T. H. Pennie. Electrical Workers J.

E. White, 529 N. National Avenue. Leather Workers Frank Bloomer, 117 Market. Retail Clerks Emmet McDonald, 205 Margrave.

Federal Labor Union 10,674 A. M. Shaw. a Federal Labor Union 9822 T. W.

Deloy South Barbee. Mustcians F. H. Hewitt, 608 Couch Stationary Engineers Wm Shad ley, 611 National Ave. Boiler Makers Joe Bonesteel, 702 Holbrook.

Order Railway Conductors L. M. Allen, South Hill. B. R.

C. of No. 54 Wm. Antrim, Sheet and Metal Workers D. C.

Noonan, Jr. B. of L. W. B.

Lane. B. of L. F. Robert East 2nd.

Street. O. R. C. of A.

G. R. Cox, Mo. Pac. Depot.

Laundry Workers O. W. West, Huntington House. Sheet Metal Workers D. C.

Noonan, Jr. Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters and Steam Fitters Helpers A. F. Wallen, 818 Heylman. Federal Labor Union 9221 C.

McMillan, 418 Broadway. Parsons Directory of Secretaries. Central Labor Union J. A. Harney.

Painters Omer Wells. 1301 N. 21 Bt street. Machinists Edward Wicks. Barbers W.

R. Pierce. Carpenters Jno. Bero. A.

F. J. C. West Plasterers N. Ransom.

Moulders J. W. Galvln. Retail Clerks E. S.

Walker. Teamsters Ed Beaver. Machinists Helper Norman Pratt Tailors Archy Brewster. Typographical W. F.

Gillett Laundry Workers Sina Ames. Boiler Makers H. A. Miller. Los Angeles, Cal $25.00 San Francisco, Cal 25.00 Portland, Oregon 26.00 Seattle, Wash 26.00 Tacoma, Wash 26.00 Vancouver, B.

26.00 Spokane, Wash 23.50 Mullan, Idaho 23 50 Helena, Mont 21-00 Butte, Mont 2100 Billings, Mont 18.00 DIX, Gen At. Professional Cards. J. I. SIIEPPARD, Attorney at Law? FORT SCOTT.

KANSAS. A. H. L. STREET Attorney at -Law, Practices in all Courts.

REDFIELD BLOCK. H-HHr VV. F. JACKSON, Attorney at Law. Room 10 Harbison Block, FORT SCOTT, KANSAS.

JAMES BURTON, Notary Public. Over Atkins' Drug Store. Roodhouse fi Son, LIVERY STABLE. Finest Turnouts In the City. Marmaton opposite Plaza Labor Day.

Labor Day is a sentiment. It celebrates no victasies and therefore cannot be appropriately observed by shooting off fire crackers. It marks no great event and thereby stands unique among the holidays. It is given to the workingmen for a peaceful and Impressive showing of their latent power. It is a voice, a warning, a note of patriotism, a plea for sympathy, a cry for consideration.

It means so much of momentous interest to those who can draw lesson from the signs that they may well be apprehensive, but the message is peaceful so far. These men who take part are the driving-forces of the industrial world. From their ranks came the armies that have twice saved the nation. The bankers havo their annual meetings, their banquets and junkets, and choose committees to distort or shape laws in their favor. The editors also have their annual meetings, and of late years the implement dealers and other commercial Interests have been organizing for the purpose of annual exchange of views and of getting acquainted with each other.

But none of these have had a day set apart by law on which to marshal their hosts. Labor Day Is the holiday of the great common people, the makers of the Great Republic. UNFAIR LIST. The following named firms do cot recognized organized labor and union men do not patronize them. Huston, Elacksmith.

Frank Baker, Carpenter. Riley, arber. C. A. Stewart, Carpenter.

Cook Son, Blacksmith. John Gump, Carpenter. Harry Lyons, Carpenter. Wallace's arber Shop, PARSONS UNFAIR LIST Jackson, Plasterer, Stone Mason Carpenter. C.

C. Reed, Groceries. T. L. Trotler, Groceries.

Chas. Carpenter, Painter. H. O. Wiicrx, Hackman.

Woody Grimes, Baggage Transfer. J. F. Van Meter. Marble Cutter.

D. W. Ritter, Pailer. H. Walkr.

Leaders in Everything. Bi Store with Little Prices. fMm MerGantibCou I Oruber SHOEMAKER Union Shop. Repairing, Haif Soling, at fair prices. Comer Wall and Main.

os City Bakery GEO. QAUGQELL, Prop. Bread, Pies and Cakes 8 N. National Avenue. 4 FRANK AUSMAN Manufacturers of Leading Brands are Jj, Gen Crook, Arab, Superior, Select, 116 East Wall Street.

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