The Oklahoma Labor Unit (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 31, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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P ir^p-r A MT-M inmF^TF s RFOl IF.STED TO BE AT TRADES COUNCIL THURSDAY NIGHT. JANUARY 5.
Endorsed by Building Tf« -!©• CowcJ
and Allied Printing Tfi 1«* Cowd
Eniorwd by SitU Federation of Law*
Cant raJ Trade® and Labor Cou
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS O F ORGANIZED LABOR AND THE FARMERS' U N I O N C>F O K L A II 0M A
VOL. 3.
OKLAHOMA (1TY. OKLAHOMA. S.VITHWAV. DKCKMllKK '>1. 1
NO. 2H
HAMPTON'S DYNAMITE STORY
PROVEN TO BE fALSEHOOD
FINIS
DIRECTOR U. S. BUREAU OF MINES
GIVES EVIDENCE KILLING
PALMER'S TALE.
Says "I Have Never Known of a Mine
Explosion That Was Followed By a
Body of Flame Such As Is Described
in the Los Angeles Horror. Yes, a
Gas Explosion Would Have Ignited
That Ink."
(By Pan-American Press.)
Washington. D. C., Dec. 27. Testi-
mony, which destroys tho entire found-
ation of the fabric of charges printed
in the current number of Hampton s
Magazine, stating that the Los Ange-
i Good resolutions are coming •
I to the front. Next week and ®
i after the crop will assume for- •
i midable dimensions. Let one of •
i these resolutions be a determi- •
i nation to advance the interests •
i of the union label during the •
i coming year. And be sure to do •
i more than "resolute." Put the in- ®
I tentions into practice. Acquire •
I the habit of insisting upon the •
I products of those who are organ- •
> ized, and thereby do your duty •
by the labor movement.
"permissible explosives," names those
that have passed the test of the Bu-
reau and will not ignite gas or dust in
Magazine, aiuuut, mui >.■ reau and will
les Times newspaper plant wa>1>l0J.n , mines. Here he pointed to the Call
up by dynamite, has been given in this j
city by three of tlie best known Amer-
ClLj uy iuicc —
lean experts in the use of mining ex-
plosives. These men are I)r. J. A.
Holmes, Director of United States Bu-
reau of Mines, and Congressman Wil-
liam B. Wilson and T. D. Nicholls, or
fornia brands turned out by the Giant
Powder Co.—the source from which it
is charged the dynamiters procured
their supply—and then made the fol-
lowing statement:
These permissible explosives, in
(Copyright. laiOj
YICTOR L. BERGER VISITS CITY
m "The vices of government are
8 not accidental. It is not simply
• a question of a good man and a
bad man. It is not a question of
O promises made and not kept.
• There are some promises which
IB no party that stands for the
• present economic system can pos-
• sibly keep and those are just the
• promises which affect the wicked-
• ness of the system."—Victor L.
tt Beiger in address at auditorium
« Tuesday night.
•
• • • e
PRINTERS BANQUET BERGER
liam B. Wilson and T. I). Nicholls, of j opinion, would not have set lire
Pennsylvania, both practical miners ot (o jnjj8. or oils. No, nor gas either.
many years' experience, to whose ex- A tegt which would place an explosive
pert knowledge is largely due the es- j in (he permissjble list for mine gas
ablishment of the United States liu wou)(j stand as well for the ordinary
reau of Mines. I house gas."
Frederick Palmers article in Hamp- j Then Director Holmes was asked the
ton's, written tinder the caption "Otls_ j ,jjrecj qUestlon upon which the whole
town of the Open Shop.—The story ot j ten.ible charge against labor liangs,
Los Angeles, a city so influenced by the questjon Qf whether flames follow-
one man and his idea that her labor i uge of these explosives. Here
war culminated in the use of ,u'10" j js his frank answer:
glycerine," practically reiterates the . „j ]iave never known of a mine ex
charges made by Editor Otis, that dy- p)os|on that was followed by a body
camite in the hands of labor agitators o|, j|ame such as jg described " ~
caused the catastrophe. 1 he mass or ^ nnB ovr incinTi wnnid have ien
He Who Would Be Saved
Must Do The Swimming
The Russianizing of America is go-1 lor control
Ing steadily on before the open eye* B}™> =™tr°L
of our American toilers. The great
y any means that will
B.,„ The activity in the judi-
cial end is being worked night and
day, for you know capital never sleeps
trouble is that too many of us are | on any job they are oil. When one
c cither asleep or are politically blind j of the actors must of necessity take
to what is being enacted on the great | a rest, there is another to take his
stage of lire. The act on the sta„. place. Night and day the vigil is kept
V i of our American life may be fullly in-.up.
namite in tne nanos oi inuui "6" w- o( flame Buch as is described. Yes, a i term.ele(i by every one who toils it | 'I he new or latest act is tn,u oi, u.\
caused the catastrophe. The mass OI explosion would have ignited that;, jjj but ta){e ()ie time and trouble i legal enactment, making it a crim
suspicions voiced by members of the |nk „ >e „ut the real process that is punishable under the law for tho mem-
Times staff and private detectives j whi„ the rea] tria] Gf (his great , , before his open eyes. As bers of our Unions to strike or leave
hired by Otis, with which Frederick rons])lracy 0f the l0s Angeles million- ? h act ja closed. a new toll is added our places of employment for the bet-
l'almer has made a long and most sen-1 a)reg (o make a model open shop city , the iiands, feet and minds of I lie . tennent of < ur conditions.
sational article, are all dependent. for j final]y takes piace> the testimony of work(irs Alter each act another line Do you realize how far-reaching this
their existence upon the one question,, erts as i)jrector Holmes, and | . restriction lias been drawn, taking new plan ot our capitalists captains
namely, was the Times blown up by | Congressmen Wilson and Nicholls will . f..om lhe (oiler one more slice of his is? It means servitude of a worse
dynamite? If it was not, and gas,, 1)ard witji plotters. | freedom of speech and action, says an character than was practiced In the
in conjunction with^ j And Hampton's—Hampton's has | exchange. I slavery days before lhe freedom of the
in coiijuuuLiun - And Hampton's—Hampton's has
ribly destructive and inflammable ma- certain]y sunk itself deep in this at-
terial such as inks and oils, destroyed t"Q R(?t a public verdict before
the building, then it would seem that evidence was in.
Hampton's Magazine has written its
IlUUipiUll a
verdict before the evidence was in.
As a boy of seventeen, Representa-
tive Nicholls commenced work in a
coal mine and continued his under-
ground life until lie was thirty. After
these years of daily, practical expe-
rience with explosives, ho made an
exhaustive technical study of them as
well, and Ills conclusive statement, af-.
ter having read "Otistown of the Open <
Shop" in Hampton's is given as fol |
'°"f do not believe It possible that
dynamite or giant powder could have
caused the explosion, for it is the rule
in coal mines or parts of a coal mine
evolving inflammable gases to prohib- j
it the use of all explosives except dy-
namite or giant powder, or other ex-
plosives, the basis of which is nitro-
glycerin, for the reason that the ex-
plosives named will not ignite gases:
the action of these explosives being
instantaneous ard practically without
ONION JOURNAL
EDITOR JAILED
GRAND JURY FINDS NO
RESPONSIBLE FOR
PUBLIC LYNCHING.
The latest act in the play is now black slaves. If such a law should be
being prepared for the stage, and the enacted, it would embrace both black
staying machinery is working with re- and white, and with the refined meth-
lentless moiion to make the staying , mis of our times, with courts and
so nresent able to the public that it , legislatures, both State and National,
will receive the plaudits or those wit- in the control of the employing class
nessing the act. Kvery energy of our j where do you think the selfish s de
capitalist class is now being bent to | of human nature wolUd carry theni to.
carrv out a plan of action adopted | You Union men, and Non-Union men,
after the great Homestead strike some too, think, look, be alive to the sur-
vlnrVTh, ! foundings, wake up to the seriousness
I The movement to restrict, nullify of the conditions that now confront
and negative the sphere of influence I you, to the great net that is being wov-
| and activity of Labor organizations is en around you. He who would be
| being steadily and relentlessly pushed, saved must do the swimming, or be
ONE There is no point of contact or point engulfed. Vigilance Is the price of
of attack that has not been made a liberty, and according to the degree of
subject of investigation to sound lhe1 our vigilance, so will be the degree ot
strength of Organized Labor with a our freedom of speech, freedom of
view of lessening it, through subtle action and freedom^to live and breathe
methods. The political end of the j the pure air of God s lootstool and
(Dy Pan-American Press.) (question has the watchful eye of all man's heritage.
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 27.—Charged with
conspiring to prevent cigarmakers
from returning to work, J. M. Gill, the
editor of lil International, the official
labor paper of the union cigarmakers.
Members of the Oklahoma City Ty
pographical union tendered a banquet
to Victor L. Herger, socialist congress-
man of Milwaukee, Wis., Wednesday
evening at the Metropolitan cafe on
West Grand avenue, following bis ad-1
dress to the socialist party at the Audi- j
torium earlier In the evening. Proml- j
nent members of the typographical un- |
ion and newspaper men attended.
J. Luther Langston, secretary and
treasurer of the State Federation of
Labor, acted as tonsl master and short
talks were made by different members
of tho union. Congressman llerger,
who is a member of Typographical Un-
ion No. 23 of Milwaukee, was the prin-
cipal speaker. The most notable state-
ment of his talk was that the union la-
bor of Milwaukee elected him to con-
gress. although they did so individually
and not as organized unions.
A five-course dinner was served.
In addition to twenty-live members
of the local union, and Jack Foster, edi-
tor of the Daily News, a number of
prominent Socialists were guests of
honor, Including Howard Sharpe of
Bartlesville, George Owen, editor or
lhe Pioneer, Otto Ilranstetter, state
secretary, Oscar Ameringer, John
Hazel, lidw. Mansfeldt and others.
IKON HEEL 10
CRUSH CLERKS
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES PLAN
AFFILIATION AS PROTEST
AGAINST LONG HOURS.
question lias tne waicuiui eje -
Ti fsli'WofBiML
inaiuninnpoiia ard practically wituuui * , , • •
flame " have known of dynamite or has been arrested and placed in jail,,
ulant nowder being exploded In a sec- Cash bail was demanded by the coin j
flon of a mine wbire gas was on fire, in .lie sum of $5,000, and as this was
for the purpose of extinguishing the well known to be beyond the means of
Bme other efforts having prevlousb Hie striking cigarmakers, every penny
same "Other euons imviuB l lhat they could raise having gone to
Sisssfi
£€5 SSSS I SKtSAtt t da r 'w^l n es day s'to1 The^iossl b le ^ j
never known of a case where a great j«'ase ^Easteril'ngl death that;' Calendar Wednesday is supposed to knows wb. n he is whipped and backed
ments in Palmer's article was placed
before Director J. A. Holmes, in his
office in the Bureau oi Minis, Tor es-
pecial consideration, it reads as fol-
"With hellish foreknowledge and
precision the bomb was placed in the
a one jail to another, were lyncneu or -program is i*im. . ; in"iunciion amendment,
by a mob of Tampa's business men. fore upon Calendar Wednesday labor du< ed his an I Injunction amenum
It' is now openly charged that this members pin all their hopes or getting 1. wa g uVdnes<lav this labor
removal was planned with the Intent an opportunity to debate a id tor -I. j some ;l]^
or giving the mob a chance to hang a vote upon measures of Interest ™ or(]pr an(] wo„ld r(.celV(. ,he con-
........;r i %ss s.i'Z'.r.s s' s«s «srsrf «
MnnS hlir ^vorv naee loaded to ! be few, and numi-r Ms enemies, who
! will be many.
wis nlaced in the inability or the grand jurv 10 unearu Pee me pun. uc.....u ^ ...
Btereotvtiing room anv evidence connecting Flcarrota and the Moon bill, every page loaded t
ste," J ,..]; AlLnn with the kil'lng of Easterllng eat up Calendar Wednesdays, and h.
ELECTRICAL WORKERS ELECT
;iecuug raaiiuia inc —
Alba no with the kiring of Easterling eat up Calendar Wednesdays, ana ne i
as proof of their entire Innocence, and was on his feet with an objection
also showing that the real intent of "ir the chair cares to know anything
ill.- "business mens' mob" was to about my object in raising the ques j r,,,,uiar meeting ot the Klec
break the strike by methods of terror- tlon, it^Jhat^nder^the rule(VX..,rkers union No. ««. Tt,-,
The arrest of Editor C.lll is even now Wednesday between now and the end day even ik. o. u < is
alley between the
and the press room, where tons of ink
were stored. It was set for that busy
moment at one o'clock when the morn
ing edition Is going to press. Switt
ns light following the roar and chaoi
from the explosion, the ink sent its
'pray of flames '^u«b .he buUding J ne arresi 'f'."he Teflon.
Those who w-ere near the doon and c()P.headed bu6lnoss men who "I do not think the cl.alr cares to
windows escaped, nothing in prospect but more nn- hear me, so tar as enlightenment Is
down with the red blast in theii notoriety for their city. They concerned," continued Hughes with
lungs." tn Lav that nn attack upon the press, pointed sarcasm, and I am satisfied to
Before answering tho question asi to , s > hlbor ,.ss_ is KUr„ cause stand here and hold the floor while
whether . d,X Director Hotoes endless publicity, all of which will the chair is Informing himself trom
tu'rned to a Ust of what is tenned . Injure Tampa's business. I another source.
the ensuing
follows
President, J. K. Whaley.
Vice President, Hans .Johnson.
Financial Secretary, Ed Mead
Recording Secretary, Wm. Itc
Business Agent, K. H. Cross.
Executive Committee: I-'. 10. Cros
J. W. Murphy, and J. K. Whaley.
ed.
tlty Pan-American l'ress.)
Washington. 1). Dec 2ti. The do-
c-isioii oi i'resident I alt to h-ngiht'ii
the working hours of the clerks 30
minutes each day III every depait-
nicut where additional time is required
to complete the day's work, and lor
which no extra pay is to lie allowed,
has aroused these government em
plovcs to plan immediate organization
■ nd ; i.ply 'or a charter from the
American Federation of Labor.
Ki.n ih' Washington merchants
have been stirred to protest against
lengthening the clerks' ... irking d..>
bi caiiS", as they frankly stale, ii v.ill
prevent the clerks from making after-
noon purchases and cause longer night
work in the stores.
Convinced that the clerks were in
[earnest in their plans for organi/.a
; i ion, the full power of the I aft ...1
ministration prepared to crush them
and, using as a precedent the opinion
of former Postmaster-(leneral i.eorgi
ii Cortelyou, who declared that a un
loll of clerks aflllialed with the Amei
ican Federation of Labor would not
be sanctioned by the government, it
has been declared by members of l'res
ident Taft's cabinet that "the gov.-rn
inent knows no union" and the .lerk.
cannot join a labor organization.
To force an issue Ii will be n"
sary for the clerks' union to receive
a charter from the American Federa-
tion of Labor.
"I do not Bee wh> the government
. i, . ! 1 ■
a clerks' union." deelai'd Sooreiarv
Frank Morrison, "and I do in a believ.
that Ciflici .1 Interference "ill hinder
the consummation of the plan.
Labor leaders point to the long
ries of petty economies inaugui >.i. .1
bv President Taft, which have Invtni
i ablv curtailed the wages of the poor. '
paid and hardest worked government
employes. Even the charv.omen in
the government buildings had their
hours of toil lengthened without
I pay, all in the course ot Taft's
j play to make a record for ecor
upon which he hopes to cot tin
nomination for President in 191-
LARGE AUDIENCE AT AUDITOR-
IUM GIVES DISTINGUISTED
VISITOR AN OVATION.
"We See Clearly That Our So-called
Free Worker Is Actually Worse Off
Than the Blacks Were Under Slav-
ery Before the War—The Rich Are
Becoming Richer and the Poor
Poorer." Would Change System.
Famous because of the fact that he
is lhe tirst Socialist congressman ever
elected In the United States, Victor
L. llerger, member of Milwaukee Typo-
graphical Union, and resident of that
cily, addressed a mammoth audience
at the Auditorium Wednesday even-
ing. Mr. llerger Is not ail orator, but
his address is pleasing, and ho held
the vast assemblage with Ills matter
of-fact way of speaking and enthused
all present in giving un explanation
of the principles of Ids party and the
way the city of Milwaukee Is being
j managed under Socialist control.
I "Of course the socialist party is the
coming party." he said.
There waB nothing bombastic In this
declaration. It was evident that he
1 hadn't the slightest doubt In the
| world that the socialists would govern
lhe United States at some time In the
near future.
j "The republican and democratic
! parties are breaking up. That, any
1 one can see," he continued. "The
progressives or insurgents, headed by
La Follette, Murdock, iiristow, Cum-
1 mins, Beveridge, Poindexter and oth-
ers, will be the llrst new party to
! grow up from the ruins. Hut the in-
surgents cannot survive. They are a
compromise. They will fall before so-
cialism."
"What are we doing III Milwaukee?"
he repeated. "We-are giving the city
the llrst honest government Milwaukee
has ever known. Not only are the
masses with us, but the business men
are applauding, lly the masses I mean
not only lhe laborers and the union
men, but the clerks, the shop keepers
and the great middle class.
"it has been a long hard light. I
have been a member of four or live
different socialist parties In Milwaukee,
before, but they all Bplit and were
broken up. For twenty years I have
been preaching the doctrine. 1 am
the man who made Eugene Debs a
socialist."
Mr. llerger came direct from Mil-
waukee to attend the state convention
of the socialist party, which began
with Wednesday night's session al the
Auditorium. Me was met at the Fris-
co station by a score or more of "com
rades," headed by Otto F. Ilranstetter,
State Secretary.
The address Wednesday evening was
divided Into two parts, the first treat
Ing of socialism, as such, and the see
ond the party's work ill Milwaukee.
The address follows, In part:
"The vices of government are not
accidental. It Is not simply a ques
lion of a good man or bad man.
"At the bottom of all troubles all
ing our society is the present profit
system, the result of long develop-
ment, and Its crowning glory Is the
trust. The Introduction of steam,
clectriclly and of grand machinery,
litis brought about a change in our
entire mode if production. Formerly
our production was Individual and the
individual also enjoyed the fruits of
his labor. And not only our owner-
ship but our laws and constitution
are based on this Individual method
of production. But the method has
changed. The yarn, the clothes, etc.,
which now come out of the factory,
are the joint product of many people
through whose hands they now have
to go successively.
"No single person can say of thetn,
•This I have made; this Is my work.'
In spite of this, the social tools and
social product are treated In the samn
wav as when the tool was the indl
vidua! tool and the product was creat-
ed by the individual. So the present
new mode of product remains subject
lo the old form of appropriation; al-
though the new form of production
docs away with verv conditions on
,hich the old form
"In times of old
simple tool approp
Ills own use, liis o
now and it Is impo
this fact -the owm
the machine) appr
was based,
the owner
lated or to
vn product,
if tie
grasp
Is (of
i ll w
ublic
produce
lot ex pit
servitude.
see plainly that
of the lll< alls of
is formerly tho
• product for the
come the means
consequently of
(Continued on pa
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