i; Western Meat & Fish Go j
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i-ranch of Frye Bruhn C©
, ; Packers and Jobber of
Fresh Meat, Provisions and Fish
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We Make a Specialty of
Ship and Camp Trade
KETCHIKAN - -- -- - - -- ALASKA,
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Alaska Steamship Co.
THREE DAY SERVICE
S :::r; frass Ke*chskaa Korthbonad. Southeastern Aiaske Serriw
JEFFERSON, April 15, 26, May 6. 17. 29.
DOLPHIN. April ®. », May 1, 12. 2L
RETURNIN'! THREE LATT*
~ lit ORTABLE SHIPS OX SOUTHEASTERN ROUTE
ALAMEDA. April 1, 27, May IT, Jaoe 7th.
NORTHWESTERN. April 13, May 2. 23. Jun* 13.
ALASKA, April22, May 12, Jane 1, 23.
MARIPOSA. May 7, 27, Jaae 17, July 7.
>-'li. Sijjriy aad Westward, Returning 10 Days
: I t.cert usd Fastest Ship? musics to Alaska
5 Subiset to Change Without Notice
T. >«? ! Sfaltli, Ttwut Vlet'rij! ud Yj»rairw, British Cohsmbi
C. M. TAN'LOR. Agent - - Phone 64
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STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, T acoma
VVoao, Vncjeg. Aa-toa, BrfffSf
Ew«S, Otrufk Pott Towueed, SaA
BrtS^faaa, Earths. S*=u BarKua, Metko
1 San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
H SHANDT, G A.P.D. c. D. DUNANN, P.T.K.
60S Second Ave, Seattle. 112 «ar*et, SanFranciaco
Risht reserved to Change Schedule
NEXT SAILINGS FHO*» KETCHIKAN
SPOKANE—May 9. ». 31- Jane II. 23- and July 5. 17 and 29.
CITY IF SEATTLE—May 14. 25- June 5. 17. 29. July 11, 2?
flETURNfNG THREE DAYS LATER
PHONE 77. ... - - F. H. BOLD, Agent.
Border Line Transportation Co.
EEDC2EI» RATES BETWEEN KET- First Class.$20.00
"ETHAN AND SEATTLE Second Class. 14 00
S. S. ALKI FASSEXGEB AND FREIGHT
SERVICE BETWEEN SEATTLE
AND S. E. ALAS Si UIRX' I
S. S. DESPATCH SERVICE TO WEST CO' T
OF PRINCE OF WAI-nS N5L
S. S. NORTHLAND “ P0Df~
Bight reserved ts change schedule wltkoat notice.
Fsr farther informal on apply to
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D. W. Hart, .-.gent Ntriblsrd Dock. Phaa. 60
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The Canadian Pacific Railway
THE PRINCESS LINE
Lve SEATTLE .AP^t **• Ma> s. 16. 26‘
Arr. KETCHlEAN .April 27. May 8, 19, 2S
Lve. KETCHIKAN ..May 1. May 12, 23. June 2.
Arr. SEATTLE .May 3. May 14, 25. Jane 4.
Ssbws* » aue vshfflK »»
Steamer- connect at Vaaceflver with train* for all Eastei> points.
We otter attractive rate* t* eastern rail destmatkms.
Tile T ine Quality. Oar Service is U a surpassed on Water or
BaiL Foil information fire b by
F. E. RYUS, Agent Phone 39
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| Save Time
| Use the New Short Route
To"aad From EASTERN CANADA, also EASTERN aad SOUTH
ERN UNITED STATES POINTS via
.PRINCE RUPERT
Transcontinental trains to Eastern destination*: including Bos
ton, Buffalo, Ch-eago, Detroit,Hamilton, New York, Niagara Falls,
Montreal. Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto and Winnepeg.
STEAMERS to southern points including Seattle, Vic
toria, Vancouver and Aryox. S. S. Prince John wiD ar
rive in Ketchikan every Monday night southbound.—
•Lowest fares. Electric Lighted trains. Observation cars. Un
excelled Dining and Sleeping Car Service, including both Stan
card and Tourist Sleepers. _ _
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC EAILWAY AND STEAMSHIPS.
J. J. Raliegb, Agent, Ketchikan. Phone 66.
J. D. McAULAY, Traveling Freight and Passenger Agt.
Juneau, Alaska.
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Royal Hotel
ENTIRELY BEMOBLEU
HANS APSCH, Prop.
Beds 50 Cents Per Night
BEST BRA2CD OF
Cries, L iquors. Cigars
FEONT STREET, KETCHIKAN
THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE STORY
fOVR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
j GIVES OUT DETAILS A BOLT
LATE DISTURBANCE.
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ANCHORAGE, May 4—The dis
I patches of the last few days no
■ | doubt hare told your readers of tho
I progress of negotiations and final
settlement of the strike which tied
op all operations on the govern*
1 ment railway project heir: but there
’ are many incidents connected frith
v this unique labor disturbance which
I hav* not been printed, yet arc of
, world-wide interest- It was not a
| fight between labor and the govern
ment, as some of those interested
would have the public believe On
the contrary the many incompetents
and a few crooks who misrepresent
the government here were lined up
j against the “roughnecks," which is
j Alaskpnese for common laborers
' and others w-ho toil, and the “high
? brows" were ignominiously defeated
■ It was a victory for justice and
. honesty as much as one for hibor
The lesson it taught will prove
beneficial not only to the parties
; directly interested, but also to em
ployers and employes everywhere,
as it established new precedents
of far-reaching importance
"You can’t fight the government
■ | and expect to win," said apologists j
| for the Alaskan Engineering Com- -
mission and the so-called Federal
Board of Arbitration and Concilia
tion. The answer of those who had i
i the audacity to protest against fur- j
. ther impositions and injustice was: I
e are not fighting the govern- j
ment. but those here who are niis
. representing it-" Even a federal
judge sent here to aid in bringing
order out of chaos, after the" strike
; went into effect automatically be
cause the arbitrators and coneilia
tors from Vfr ashington had been
"loafing on the job" for a month,
advised the union that the first
report and wage schedule submit-1
I ted by this commission “must be i
accepted in its entirety:” that “the!
only passible relief was by seek- j
ing a review before the Secretary j
of Labor,” which might require !
farther delay of weeks and per-'
; haps months- The judge was wrong, j
as subsequent events proved The I
grievance and strike committee be-1
lieved immediate action could be•
obtained. ,The first report of the j
labor commission, granting a raise 1
: of only 6 1-4 cents an hour to!
common laborers, who comprise at i
least 80 per cent of the force, was \
rejected by the union without an
opposing vote- In the revised scale
sent back to the commission, prac
tically the only differences between
; lhat body and the union was in the
items involving common laborers
i longshoremen- The commis
• «on, offered 43 3-4 and 46 7-8 cents
S for different classes of l^vorers and
■ 56 1-4 cents for longshoremen.
while the union asked 50 and 75
j c*nt*. IVhile real arbitration was
* in progress Thursday for the first
• time, the wires between here and
Washington were busy- Both sides
made concessions and late this af
ternoon the amended scale—which
i the judge and “neutrals" said
couldn't be amended, was accepted
by the union by the cast ornery vote
I of about 1000 to half a doaen, the
miro-ty being “stool pigeons” and
malcontents.
-The strike was so effective that
jj within three days after the hour
■{ **t the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission announced indefinite kus
: pension of all work and laid off the
few strike-breakers who had been
working in the yards and construct
I ion camps. Station gang con tractor'
and employes' of the city were not
affected or interfered with- The
steamship Aroline arriving from Se
attle Tuesday, was stopped fourteen
* miles down the arm and met by
| government tugs and lighters, with
< the expectation that steerage pas
l sengers and the crew could be in
j duced to act as strikebreakers- This
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} plan failed, the passengers reject -
: ing an alluring offer of $1-25 an
hour. When the steamship Fnrrn
gut arrived a few hours later, both
: came up to the port and so far as
1 concerned the unloading of freight
- the “nothing doing” sign was dis
i played until the office force of the
A- E. C and male nurses from the
j hospital were conscripted.
It was at this stage of the game
j that the A. E. G, began co-operat
i ing with the union and prodding
the so-called conciliators into life
j and activity. In reality the strike
; was one ruan against both the en
j gineering commission and the union.
! that one being Chairman Moffatt of
i the conciliators- Learning upon his
1 arrival that the Alaska Labor Union
| was an independent organisation in
[ tended especially for the benefit of
j Alaska, and not affiliated directly
j with the Anjgjican Federation of
Labor, vet ready at a!) times to co
operate with all organisations and
1 movements intended to aid toilers
everywhere, Mr- Moffett began to
sulk and kill time- He boasted that
he had aided in settling greater
s'.rikes within a week, yet at the
end of a month he and hts compan
ions were still inactive so far as
people of all classes here could
discover. He .was quoted as saying
the Alaska Labor Union was not
a real union and because not affil
iated directly with the A. F. of L
couldn’t be “recognised " Asked by
the committee, immediately before
the strike went into effect, when the
new schedule would be announced.
e replied: “It might be In a week,
a month or a year " The rapid fire
equipment and the wires to Wash
ington were then brought Into ac
tion- The few skilled workmen
whose organizations are affiliated
with the A. F. of L. and who, act
ing on the advise of Moffatt. either
refused to participate in the strike
or afterwards went back as strike
breakers, now admit that although
the Alaska Labor Union may not
be a “real” one. it is a mjfchty good
and effective imitation. The large
majority of these are Canadians and
Irish.
One of the prominent features of
the strike was the good order
which prevailed- Only two fights
occurred; the aggressors being un
ion men who came out “second
best.” One pair of these were ar
rested. but the justice dismissed
them with a few words of good ad
vice. Prominent members of the
L nion state that one of the principal
reasons for lack of good order was
the absence of saloons and the pres
ence of a large hall of their own
for the men to congregate ip
During the entire period from the
date of the walkout of the steel
gang early in February until the
strike ended, the union retained the
support and respect of every bus
inessman and firm in the city, with
three exceptions.
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CARELESSNESS.
I am more powerful than the com
bined armies of the world- I have
destroyed more men than all the
wars of the world. I am more dead
ly than bullets, and I have wrecked
more homes than the mightiest of
siege guns- I steal, in the United
States alone, over three hundred mil
lion dollars each year- I spare no
one, and I find my victims among
the rich and poor alike, the young
and old, strong and weak; widows
and orphons know me- I loom up to
such proportions that I cast my sha
dow over every fleH of labor from
the turning of a grindstone to the
moving of every railroad train. 1
massacre thousands upon thousands
of wage-earners every year. I lurk
in unseen and do most of my work
silently. You are constantly warned
against me but you heed not- I am
relentles- lam everywhere; in the
home, on the street, in the factory,
at the railroad crosings and on the
sea. I bring sickness, degradation
and death, and yet tew seek to avoid
me- I destroy, crush, maim; I take
alf and give nothing. I am your
worst enemy!
I AM CARELESSNESS.
—Santa Fe Magazine
jlJKE A GOOD MERCHANTj
Crescent Baking Powder
j Always gives you, the most
value for the least money
It's a pure highgrade result
producer
25 cents per i>ound
At all Grocers
Crescent j
Company
Seattle. Wash.
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CANNON’S BAKERY
AND GROCERY
Armour’s fancy select Ranch
Eggs, per dosen.30
Tavern Steel-cut Coffee, 35c or
three for.•.. 1.00
Marigold Steel-cut Coffee. .25
Nuraya Tea. per pound.65
Fisher's System Flour. 49 pound
sack . 1.75 i
Fisher’s Blend Flour. 49 pound
sack . 2.00
Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money
Refunded.
General Hauling
and work of all kinds
done by the
Independent Transfer
Company»
C. M. TAYLOB, Agent
Phone 64
PATRONIZE HOME
INDUSTRY
Smoke a Ketchikan Cigar
KETCHIKAN CIGAR FACTORY;
Alaska Delivery
WALTS* OKAY, prop
COAL DELIVKKED FBOM AXJ
DOCKS
PHONES ^ 61—Ti
Ketchikan Wharf Co.
COAL
COAL
NANAIMO
Lump Coal
<8.00 PER TON.
Ketchikan Wharf Co.
C. M. Taylor
| Phone 64 Agent !
i^cbool entertainment
Red Men’s Hall
I fcetrtjtftan. 2Ua*fca
jFr&ag Sanuraj. Utag 12, 191S
*_ Programme;
: Mighty Lai' a Row. - Xylophone and Piano
DoB Drill. - - Fust Grade Girt*
Snail. (Sin^ng Gamet - ' Firm Grade
Dance of Greeting (Danish) . Fuat Grade
Moibery Bosh. (Marriage Lance) Fiat Grade
I See You. (Swedish; - Pint Grade
Dornrotcben. (Steeping Beauty) First Grade
A Liute Bit of Heaven. - School Orchestra
Wsetting Clothes. (Swedish) - Second Grade
i Did Yob Ever See A Learie. (Singing Game)
Chimes of Dunkirk - - Second Grade
Sibboa Dance. - - Third Grade
I Shoemaker's Dance. (DaataW Third Grade
Klappdeas. (Swedish) - Third Grade
You For Me In The Summer Time.
Elefcing, • - Intermediate Grades
Ace of Diamonds, (Norwegian)
Wand Drill, - - Intermediate Boys
Hoop Morr Annika, Intermediate Grade
SJaiaakatyap. (Bounding Heat) • Jnt. Grade
German Tfsppipg Dance, - Int Grade
Recitation, The Death Disk, * Nora Ross
Highland Fling. - Grammar Grade Girls
Hungarian Folk Dance, * High School Girls
Indian Chib Drill, - High School Boys
Tarantella, (Italian) - Grammar Sch, Girls i
Kamarinskaia, (Russian) - High School Girls
Aloha, • • Xylophone and Piano
H. Sch. Boys and Girls
Stride Bali
Owfbead Obatade
Music. . • • Orchestra
The Poodle Do I
Where Everybody goes to Eat, because
of the quality of Meals served and the
Reasoeable prices charged.
The best in the Market; Excellent ser
vice and courtesx, is our Motto in the
POODLE DOW WK ILL
G. W WILKES. Prop. KETCHIKAN. ALASKA I
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* Is the most popular resort
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| quality of Liquors, |
l Wines & Cigars Sold, by *
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On Your Arrival in, or your Departure From
the City, if You^Visit
The SIDEBOARD
*o<—1;— ——in—!-aD
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Corner Front and Dock Streets, You Will be Welcomed on Your
Arrival and Carry the Good Wishes of PI. E. MARTIN
With You on Your Departure.
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Congeniality, Goodfellowship and Fair Ireatment
Combined, is our Long Suit.
the Cabinet
Is widely known; not only for the rai'lity
of its Liquors, Wines and Cigars,
but for its hospitality to
its numerous patro ns.
Henry Goemaere and ft. W.Moryan
Ketchikan, Alaska.
The ADMIRAL
• A place where Friends or Foes are equally well
treated: a place where the best Liquors, Wines
and Cigars are kept. Our motto being:
“Thebest is none too good for our Patrons” I
At the Admiral Saloon, Ketchikan. I
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j NORTHERN MACHINE WORKS j
[Standard Gas Engines
OXV ACETYLENE WELDING |
We Weld \
Steel, Brass, Bronze, Cast-iron J
Malleable iron. Welds Guaranteed, f
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PACIFIC ALASKA NAVIGATION COMPANY
THE ADMIRAL LINE
i'croBT Hocwi>*Galiyobma puobt Soumj Alaska Rout*
Rout* —Tacoma and Seattle for Kotcbi
-Swiile-Su, Pr«nci«o. con- lum. Pctewburg. Juneau. Katflta
Yaktitai, Cordova, Valuer/. Port
reeling witk ike Tele end Havard woU*. Kllamar, E»Toucho,Cook
lor Southern Cnlilornl* PorU. «n‘e'- PO,nl*' SoVura “”a ht*,ldk
Bteamerp, Admiral Evaot And Watson OaU at Kttehlkan North and
Southbound on the 8th, 18th and 2Bthof taeh n»nth.
Rlgr.t rmttrrmi tonlrangt achrflulo WiiLuvtnotlaf.
H GALLAGHER. Agent. NORTHLAND DQQKXa, Agent
JnnMo PHONE 60 r«etlli»n
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