F
VOL. XI.
COAL CONFERENCE FAILS'
President Asks in Va:n For Resumption
ot Mining:.
PROPOSITION OF THF. MINERS
Th? OprrHtiirn Rfjfct th? Ortor of the j
Striker** I.easier* to As bltrot? nml |
Mine Cool I'ondiiiK i* UrcUl in ?They
Make n licqnetl l*or FmlerM Troop*?
The l'lea of the t're*I.Vt?t?Th? Outlook
k*" ?
v? iiMiiiiKiiiii, i >. y .? i ue con: tiriliP I
conforpui'o in President Roosevelt's |
nick *00111 in the temporary White j
House resulted in .oial fe'Utre. :mi I the |
two parties are. to jtitige hy their inn::
nor and words, further apart than ever.
The miners offered to put their men ,
hack at work Immediately, provided i
the operators would agree to leave the j
issues to President Roosevelt to deeide '
and agreed to abide by his decision or j
hy the decision of a tribunal to 1h? ap- !
pointed hy him. Tlie operators reject
ed tliits proposition utterly, and would)
consent to nothing tjiat Involved any i
recognition of the Miners' I'nion. They j
offered to make concessions, but in- j
sistcd tin leaving each employer free to 1
deal with his own men.
The representatives of the minors !
claimed that lite main quesihni was;
the public need for l'nel, niitl Mr. Michell
argued that acceptance of his proposition
would fell 'Ve the public distic s. :
lie maintained tlint whatever might b. ;
tiie merits of the strike, the question
of the people's need for coal would he j
instantly v tiled, and he laid stress <>n
the'fuel that he did 001 propose 10 keep !
the men on strike until the President's I
award was made known, hut was will- 1
lug and anxious to put them to work j
at once and let tliein keep on mining
coal until Mr. Roosevelt's? decision <>r (
that of his tribunal was made. The
operators insisted that to allow any !
such settlement of the case would lie!
to surrender all that they were lighting |
for.
Some of the operators sttgg 'sted that. |
Instead of dealing with Mitchell, the j
President should send Federal troops i
at once to Pennsylvania. Mr. I liter!
was the first speaker, and he hinted at
this. Mr. Thomas gave a stronger sugjftVTiou,
and Mr. Markle made It
stronger. He openly demanded In so
many words that the President "put
tile Federal trnniw In tlw? ftr?li1 " 'fl,.-, I
same idea w:is carried out l>y tlie nth-J
ef s. '
Mr. Wilcox went so for .is to recall i
the action of President Cleveland in I
1894. and to say to Mr. Roosevelt: "IT .
thp National (.overnment would lit,.,
euforep the law with equal promptness
thQ strike would end port vook."
The conference was jUidcd into two
parts. The morning conferew e. which
began at 11 o'clock, was short and formal.
Mr. Uoose\olt made his speech
of appeal, urging l?oth parties to settle
their differences on the ground of patriotism
and pointing out the public
need. Mr. Mitchell then made his offer
to leave the question to the President
and put the men to work. The operators.
Mr. Mitchell says, rejected the
proposition on the spot. All this was
by word of ntoutli, and It was agreed j
that what each side had to say should |
ln? put in writing and submitted at the |
afternoon conference. The morning
meeting did not last twenty minutes.
President Itoosevelt greeted the representatives
of the miners with the
same marked cordiality that he showed
to tiie operators. Mr. Itaer and his
friends nnd Mr. Mitchell and Ills comrades
bowed politely to each other.
The conference started off with good
feeling. At 11.11) it had come to ft
close, and the two parties to the meeting
as guests of the President came
down stairs and went away. The President
had rend to them the address
which set forth his reasons for (-filling
them Together. The President's statement
follows:
"I wish to <arll your attention to the j
faet that there are three parties af- !
feeted by the situation In the anthracite
trade: The operators, the miners
nnd the general public, I spenk for
neither (be opcrntors nor tlie miners,
lint for the general imblie. The questions
at issue which led to the situation
siffect immediately the parties concerned?the
operators and the miners,
hut tiie situation Itself vitally affects
the piddle.
"As long as there seemed to be a reasonable
hope that these matters could
he adjusted between the parties it did
not seein proper to me to intervene in
any way. I disclaim any right or duty
to Intervene in this way upon legal
grounds or upon any official relation
that I b?ar to the situation, hut the urgency
and the terrible nature of the oatustrophe
impending over a large portion
of our people in the shni>e of a j
winter fuel famine impel me, after
much anxious thought, to believe that
my duty requires nie to use whatever
influence I personally can to bring to |
an end a situation wi.un. i..... - I
- .. .'riiiiiif
literally intolerable.
"I wish to emphusizo the eharaeter
of the situation and to say that Its
gravity is such that I am constrained
urgently to insist that each one of you
realize the heavy burden of responsibility
upon him. We are upon the
threshold of winter with an already
existing coal famine, the future terrors
of which we can hardly yet appreciate.
The evil possibilities are so far-reaching.
so appalling, that it soenis to mo
that you are not only justified in sinking,
hut required to sink, for the time
being any tenacity as to your respective
claims in the matter at issue between
you.
"In tny judgment the situation imIterettvolv
reontros that vi>n nmet uooo
ORT
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the common i?l:tne of the necessities of
tlie public. With oil the earnestness
there is in me. 1 ask that there l?e an
immediate resumption of operations in
tlie coal mines in some such way as
will, without a day's unnecessary delay.
meet the cry ins needs of the people.
"I do not invite a discussion of your
respective claims and positions. I appeal
to your patriotism, to the spirit
that sinks personal considerations an.*",
makes individual sacrifices for the
general good."
The aftci .eoti conference, which began
at 3 o'clock, lasted two hours ami
was exceedingly heated. Hitter language
was used, and fists were waved
in the air?not to emphasize threats,
hut for the purpose of gesticulation.
At the close of the conference Mr.
Iliter came to the door first, and when
he saw the array, turned to his associates
and said: "Well, look here: we
l:.v.e get to run the gauntlet, and we
v. v ns well go together."
Keep interest was manifested in tlie
eont't rfiicc on tin* part of tin* publio.
Tin* sidewalks and street in front of
the temporary White lluuse were
thronged with people, who anxiously
awaited the result. Newspaper men
lined either side of the entrance to the
White House, from its doors to tlie
street. ,
The President treated his visitors
with flue. wt*il poised courtesy, ami
from anything lie said neither side
eouhl eoiieeive that it.* felt displeasure
in their attitude. Vet. after the conferenee,
he sunk- to Attorney -lienors!
Knox, Postinatster-Heueral Payne and
Srerotnry iloiu ill severe erllielsm of
tin* unyielding position of the operators.
What, if any. will bo the next step
taken in Washington to veaeli a settle
uifist <m nil' trouble is problematical.
A tuciu:>i r nl" tin* Cabinet. who saw tlio
i'rcsMciit after the conference, said:
Tin* conference lias ended without settlement.
Tlie President is profoundly
disappointed. II*' siill hopes for a
favorable rosult. There will it*' 110
I'urthor ?onfcreuce. hut what has !>??. ?t ,
done may lead to something etfeetive i
here or elsewhere. There are intimations
that unless the parlies to the
eontroversy make a move shortly to
reaeh a settlement, the President will
eoiunumieatr- with (inventor Stone of
Pennsylvania aud stt.^vst that the
S:at*? of Pennsylvania might properly
take positive steps to terminate the ]
struggle."
When President Mitchell and his as- j
sorbites returned to their hotel the j
leader of the striking miners made a i
statement about the conference to !
newspa]>?r representatives. Mr. Mitch- '
el! said thai after the President had j
rend Ijii* statement to the conference j
the turners' committee at once pro- I
posed to refer the questions and isstt * j
of the coal strike to the l'resident for
auJ 'cf.Ul,-!P. The operators promptly >
! "**".i.->eu "tiie propositi"".
Mr. Mitchell said: '"h was evident to i
the miners' representatives that the 1
coal operators have neither regard for i
their former employes nor for the publie,
which is suffering so much for lack t
of fuel.
"As a consequence of the refusal of
the operators either to grant concessions
or defer to impartial arbitration
ihe eoal strike will go ou.
"1 am lirinly convinced that the miners
will win, although we deeply ivgivt
tlie refusal of the railroad presidents
to defer to the wishes of the nation's
Chief Executive.
''Thn * * *
. ... , . .oiwviii va|m csseu Hie Hope |
that there would bo no lawlessness in
tho coal Holds, and tlio representatives
of tho miners assured him that ovory
effort would bo exerted to maintain
l>oaoo."
Tho operators had nothing to say for
publication, and it was announced at
the temporary White House that President
Roosevelt had no comment to
make on the results of the conference.
BAY STATE REPUBLICANS.
Nomirato u State Ticket llrnitril by Jolin
I.. Ilntrs, of r.oMton.
Boston. Mass.?The Bepuhllcan State
conveutlon has nominated a ticket
headed by John L. Bates, of Boston,
for (Jovernor. ("Jenernl Curtis (Juild,
Jr., ?>f Boston, was named for I.ioutennnt-f
Jovernor.
An unexpected attempt to amend the
platform caused a sudden but very
brief storm. Former Representative
| Frank M. Fitts, of Sonierville, moved
1 an amendment to the platform In tlie
form of n plank for reciprocity with
Canada, and an immediate revision of
the tariff, so as to include free coal,
free iron, free steel and free hides.
After a short, heated discussion the
amendment was overwhelmingly defeated.
The platform as adopted indorses the
administration of President Roosevelt,
declares that the policy ol" protection,
which is the cause of the country's
prosperity, should be adhered to, commends
the ffold st. itiiird. opposes 11lcg.-U
trusts and corporations, and approves
of the efforts of the President
to end the coal strike.
VERMONT'S NEW HEAD.
Tlie I.cjjlHlwtnrc Klect* <Jcncri*l .lotin C.
M ?
I Montpelier, Vt.?A summer of pollt|
leal strife over the question of a new
(Jovernor for the (Jroen Mountain State
I enuie to an end when the Legislature,
j in convention assembled, elected flen|
eral John <f. MeCullougb. Republican,
| of Bennington.
Mr. McCulInugh received the support
of 1G4 members of the convention,
i'ereival W. Clement, the high license
local option candidate, received V.?
votes, und Felix W. MeCettrlck. the
Democratic candidate. 45. S. Stanton,
Republican, of Roxbury, was
elected Lieutenant-Governor, the vote
standing: titan ton, 181: Agan (local
i option). 35; May (Dem.). 37.
MI]
MlT MI EL, S. WED
COLER DEMOCRATS' CHOICE
The State Ticke' Nonvnated in Convention
at Saratoga, N. Y.
COAL STRIKE MADE AN ISSUE !
Th? Public Own*r?hlp and Operation of
Anthracite Mine* Advocated After the
Kxerciup of the llicht of Kminrnt !>??main?11c
very 1 tar red Out of the Convent
Ion?The Platlortti Adopted.
Saratoga. N. Y.?The New York Dem- |
ocratio Stale ticket is as follows: l'or
Governor, P.ird S. Color. of Itrooklyn:
Lieutenant-Governor. Charles N. Hulger,
of Oswego; Secretary of State.
Frank H. Mott, of Chautauqua: Controller,
Charles N. Preston. of T'lster:
State Treasurer, George It. Finch, of
Warren: Attorney General, John C'uuneeii,
of Frie: State Kugineor anil Snrve;
>r. lticharil W. Sherman, of Onehla:
Judge of the Court of Appeal*, John
Clinton Gray, of New York City.
Tile four striking features of the convention
were the wild demonstration
over the unseating of Pcvery. the attempt
of Nathan Straus to persuade
the convention not to nominate Mr. j
Color, the declaration by William Hep- j
burn Kr.ssell, the Chairman of the j
Greater New York nomocracy, that 1
Democratic differences in New Yor.v
City had hern buried, and lite declaration
in the platform in favor of ownership
and operation of the anthracite
coal mines by the Federal Government.
Scenes of great excitement attended j
the unseating of Povery. The former i
Chief of Police of New York City i
forced his way to the platform and j
made a speech in which he demanded
his seat ie tin* convent ion.
Finally Pevery was umcated by vote
of the convention. Put four counties
voted for his retention, lie made dire
threats that he would holt the ticket
aiiit siuutp lite State against llill and
Ills party, lurt when he left for New
York City lie addressed a crowd of his
friends as follows:
"I nm not prepared to say anything
other than that lam a Democrat and will
support the ticket nominated to-day. I
was robbed of my : eat. hut that seems
to he one of the incidents of the convention.
Maybe I will have better
iiiik nt'.M nine.
The pint form adopted opposes trusts
that injuriously silTeet customer nnil
employer :t i:?l drive out small manufacturers.
ami especially eomleinus the
so-called Beef and Coal Trusts for
"imvensoBtiniy the people of
ik > essnrlos or life."
Restrie!ion of the nmns3in^ of wealth
is advocated, and the amendment of
the tariff law hy plac'Vjj ' he nAoe.vv;
ics ef life on tile frei> hsi is ncm.iuticti. ,
The Diugiey tariff law is condemned as
a whole. The President is criticised
for dilatory conduct, anil is accused of
not wanting to offend the trusts.
The platform asserts that tliu proposition
to amend toe 1'ulted States Constitution
to enable the henernl Unvmi..
incut to proceed against the trusts is
a mere subtt rfr.ge to get delay; condemns
the neglect of the National and
State administrations to enforce the
Sherman law; condemns the action of
the (Jovernuient in its treatment of the
Philippines; demands justice for Cuba
in the mutter of trade by reducing the
tariff to a strictly revenue basis and
demands public ownership of anthracite
coal mines by the right of eminent
domain, and the payment of fnil damages
to owners, so as to insure pence
in the mining regions and relieve the
consumer.
The decimation regarding Nations)
ownership of anthracite mines is us
follows:
"We advocate the National ownership
and operatlot of the anthracite
coal mines by tlie exercise of the right
of eminent domain with just compensation
to owners. Ninety per eent. of
the anthracite coal deposits of the
world being in the State of Pennsylvania,
National ownership can be hut
iu the Interest of the whole people.
"Fuel, like water, being a public necessity,
we advocate National ownership
and operation of the mines as a
solution of a problem which will relieve
the country from the sufferings which
follow differences between labor and
capital in the anthracite mines. This
course will insure peace iu the mining
regions, and remove the cause for differences
lending not only to suffering,
hut oftitnes to bloodshed and insurrection.
"It will relieve the consumers of coal,
not only in this State, hut throughout
the whole country; insure steady employment
and ample compensation to
labor; transfer children from the mines
to tlie schools; insure, strengthen and
preserve the stability of the business
Interests and popular institutions of
our country. Whatever difference? ?.r
opinion may exist over other propositions
of public ownership the propriety
of that policy as applied to anthracite
coal mines must be apparent to every
citizen."
The platform favors the plan of canal
improvements, which provides for a
barge capacity of 1000 tons for tbe Erie
and Oswego canals and adequate and
necessary improvement of other canals
of the State; it urges a just ami equitable
Excise law iu which the home rule
principle shall be recognized; it syin- ;
pathizes with the oppressed of the
monarchies of Europe, and deplores
and condemns the outrageous persecution
of Jews of ltoumania, and also
f,xvors the election of United States
Senators by the people of th^-ir res'K 1
ti\% State*. . .
I
LL J
NESDAY, OCTOBER
STAGE HOLD-UP A JOKE
Three Scc:stv Men Played Dick Turpins
in Orange County, N. Y.
The* FIit?I lllnnk Cnrlriilcf" At tti?
I'lonrtr Coach, Ilolilifil tIt*
i*o<l I.atrr M;u1p ICt-stl* lit ion.
Middletowu, N. Y.-lt has lvcon.e
known to all that the *?nsatiennl li??ltlup
of the good coach ' !*io.? r" was n
joke. When Horatio Wisner learned
that the hold-up of the conch which lie
and his brother have been driving all
Slimmer betwon Ooslien and Warwick
was a Joke, h said he would get even
if lie had to wait ten years.
The highwaymen who. with large revolvers
and blank cartridges gave the
coneliing party a scare were three society
men prominent in the fashionable
colony of Orange County. It was the
last trip of the sca.-ott. and the hold-up
was till that could he wished for Tin.
women were frightened ni'i:\v o death
but were overjoyed t<< -vce'ive tlit* rash
utid Jewels taken from tlieni.
Wlieu the robbery ? as reported at
Warwlek great c\? iti nu nt prevailed,
and it was late at liiabt before it became
known ibai the hold-up was a
hoax, and then every precaution was
taken to shield the yoc.ii"- men. Their
names became known, however, but
there is no inclination on the pan of
the Pioneer's pa*>? tigers to prosecute
tlieiu.
They were Amos i hat..'re:I:;ti. bonis
T. Campbell and Wilbur Lawrence, all
members of prominent orange County
families :.nd leaders in society. The
young men were recognized by i!. S.
Wisuer, wlio was driving toward
liosbeii. and met them af;er ;he l.ohlxxp.
The young oatidits showed to Mr.
Wisuer the iron < rsh box taken from
the Pioneer and told him iliey bad
held up the conch. This was while
two posses were scan-bin;.; for tliem.
Tile va!u:ibl"s tak -n frntii ; 11 - women
passengers were urn i n> them. The
young men are am t;e found. Innv
ever, and iheir f rends will liave nothing
to say of the afi ;ir.
When tlie stage uri. -d in Warwick
and the story in tile hold np was Sold,
the news spread like wildfire, and the
villagers gathered In the streets. Telephones
uotitied Coshen and Florida and
armed parties stare d out hi the dark
to tiud the supposed desperadoes.
Later the constables and other j.earehers
dlseovered that they were victims
of u practical joke. Their eomiiienis on
the hoax were su!piinmu> hat pieinr squc.
The residents of Warwick were ;aeliued
to he angry. alder ihe .ruth was
known, because u the thorough scare
it involved.
' ho Pioneer conch s; led \y
Mr. Wisner and ) ' '
pruse of ?iHVk\ otic ... ..;i; Th'
two alternated as whip < :> 'die dsliy
inps.
I'he line was conducted t\>. pie.:- ".re
rather than prolif. Ft tan he ween
(losliou aud Warwick. wi h .1 -:.>u at
Florida for a i h-o.
PEARY RANKS AS COY MA NO. R.
AUtanrnl in tin* (ir i !i < f i i\il l.u^iiirer*
of llit* Navy
Washington, I>. <- Tilt* Navy I u-purtnu-nt
lias mad* on; a couiahs ion
for the advancement of Civil Uiiaiu or
Robert 30. I Vary, tin* Arctic explorer,
to the rank ol' Commando;-. Mr. lVary
now stands fourth from tli<> Is :??! of
the list of naval civil engineers. While
having the rank of Commander l!ir title
remains that of Civil lOu^incer, only
officers of the line lvrarins the purely
military designations.
Secretary Moody said that lie had
not received any communication from
Air. Peary in rejrnrd to returning to
duty. In May. 1897. lie ohlttined five
years' leave of absence, which was sule
oequently extended to cover tic time
necessary for him to rea< h the United
States.
STATUE TO KOSSUTH UNVEILED.
A Tribute to tli* IIuncitrliiii 1'ntrlot V'ltnfmsl
Ivy .10,000 IVupl#-.
Cleveland. Ohio. A life size statue
to the Hungarian patriot. Louis Kossuth
VV'llJ lllirnllnil !* *1
flrt.IKH) people. The ligltre was I lie
work of a Hungarian sculptor. Andrew
Toth. of IVhrrnzin. Hungary.
Addresses were made hy Mayor
Johnson, Senator liaitna. Congressnian
Hurton and Coventor Nash. Addresses
were also made in several
foreign tongues hy eminent speakers.
A street parade, in which Hungarian
and allied societies participated, was
held. Six thousand men wore in line.
Prpililent Mope* to ICtxl I nil Strike-.
The eoal strike was considered at
conferences held at the temporary
White House at Washington, in which
President lloosevelt, Attorney-tleneral
Knox. Secretary Moody. PostmastertJenernl
Payne and Coventor Crane,
ilf \fnfiQflpfltlktAtio * *
nnin iliir! .mior a
thorough discussion of the situation
the opinion was expressed tlmt there
was no warrant for Federal interference.
The President, it was announced,
will do all he properly can to
bring about a settlement.
I'oital Kfttlmtitra Arc Inrrciocd,
The estimates of Postmaster-tlenornl
Payne of the appropriations required
for all the postmasters in the United
States during the next fiscal year aggregate
an Increase of
^14,700 over the appropriations made
for the current year.
Karttiquake ftlioclti In FrHiitc.
Three enrtluiunke shocks were felt in
the district of Moutlersen-Turantaiae, I
Department of Savole, France.
riME
8, urn.
ON A WHEEL
au accidout huin*.-ua ia a boLUo of Mi
I Ulcer
Rye mini!
need not become a i
body. If t hey do it
rvtexic
MUSTANG I
will thoroughly, 411
ncntly cure these al
is no guess work ab<
iment is used m cui\
YOU DON! KNOW
Mustang Liniment. Asu tic-a h?
I
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Senator Hoar makes elassieaT readJim
liis recreation.
I.eon Hamlet, sou of the French novelist.
advocates a law forbidding Hi
sale of fiction to women and children. J
Lord Kosebery is expected shortly to
start a new political party in Kuglaml,
believing that Liberalism is played out. j
Kdward M. Shepard, the well known
New York lawyer, has withdrawn from
; i: ? law tirin oT Parsons. Shepard &
i iipK'ii. 1
\V. I?. 1 iowells. lie novelist, is a tiro.'M
?<v despite his evenly odd
'writes hoih morning and '
1 '7 'f *- ?.
A la'iit o' t ii'i'iiian booksellers has '
P"tr. i.s d tic r?;rhls to th sterol l>e
We 1 oi? the war In South Africa '
r ' ' '
at. _ 'V iliill'liS.
Pr >.ir Orlh, of (bitting; n 1'niver- "
siiv. will siiccci'il ihe infe Pre. "essilv j.
Ill; i..ir Virchow as ilne'ivor of tic'
1 ::! ! >. ;iinl institute of lbrlin.
<'harios T. Ycrkos is -'.aid to claim
ihai : n arc merely in 1 licit- npprentIcos!
<i? until tliey arc forty, ami that
fflv ' ilic rine age of the business
! ,,:!l' ?!
The ? -st |siid native opera singer in
' lJussii' is 1 he tenor SsobinofT. lie nets j
IM.t'OO rubles a year about as much as ]
Jian ile ltesake gels in America in
three weeks. ,
Professor Walter A. Wyekoff, of I v
Princeton University, is about to set I j
out on a walking tour through Colo- j
j rndo. in which he will observe thy social
aud Industrial conditions. (
i King Edward is said to have re- L
| marked, when, after his recent opera- c
Hon. he was carried aboard bis yacht:
' "William IV. was ho. n a 'sailor prince.* i
I It seems likely 1 shall die one."
King Humbert, the late sovereign of (
Italy, was the most lieavily insured ^
; monarch in Euro|M>, carrying $7,.rit>0,I
immi. Edward VII. is said to carry $d,- ;
7r?0.tw?n. anil the Prince of Wales $2,- |
hlMi.WO. I
Curing a Balky Horse.
An expert, states that the vice of
I balking in horses is almost invari- ,
ably caused by Improper breaking and
handling of the animal while young,
says the Chicago Chronicle. ,
It is only high-strung and ill-temp- j
ered horses that balk, and these are j
handled with more success hy humor- j
lr.<r ; '
, uu.i imiicmc cnail l?y SCV'TG mea- 1
suri-s, which generally make matters |
I worse. It is almost impossible to ;
I follow rules in a ease of this sort. ]
What will succeed in one ease is use- !
leas In another, so that a driver must I
exercise good judgment ? "horse i
sense"?in handling a case. <
A very good treatment is to watch i
the animal closely in places where it :
would he likely to balk, and with the <
first sign of stopping the driver i
should say "Whoa," then get off and
loosen or pretend to change the liar- <1
ness in some way; also take- up a t
foot and tap the shoo with a store. 1
Spend a few moments leisurely in this f-'
way and in nine cases out of ten the '
animal will forget his inclination to t
hallc and will go on at the first hid
cling. It is also well to give a lump 1
of sugar or a handful of oats or an ^
apple. This will always produce better
results than severe measures.
g
The nifl with & poor memory can u
ever hope to b? a successful liar.
VQ
NO. 29.
ntly *? it it A *rry
till iliKl'irtolmvp ntlkrt"' uKa
izlean Mustaitg Iiu&Brat.
JU
s or
X Sores
fixir.rc upon yorr
ic your huilv, tor
iwmm
ickly "uO pcrma!l
iclions. Tli ere
mi r ; i i this Lni~
: will follow.
i l.-fj t. lisotorwalil eanVoecr*.!
:: liavn t joalatl if witli
ah r at. the vr ry t??p
LABOR WO?\LO_
Kansas farmers oHer as as
i ua> mid tioarii for bai-rosters.
.XII flu* minors in tine White Oak ?list
i i? t of West Virginia bare returned to
ivork.
Sewer laliorors at Chicago have
<iru<*k for au iiii'ivaHik twenty five to
ifly rents a .Uiy.
i l is said iiuit t fie Southern t ox tile
nills employ rsV.fMMl eliildreri imHrn
ii >oars of ajfe.
I'snares in Ontario. Can.. find It.
UlliouM (o nhtaut lyfj#. nm though
if.To a day ami hoard Is-o.n*cre<I.
Tit.' strike of tin* rhi-api Oily llailemployes
lias lir<*;i eoon?roui?sod,
14.- inf/c. f> ?TT?fTw; j?ailiAi~ Many ismMfjs*
Freiieh miner*. A;!Vi' rot<*<? to demand
n oijjiii !i lar day. tliis to iurluiTh linn*
aken for mrals ami Lit prrio;; to and
i a: t heir work.
Ain.mp: fhc working women in Ttel:ium
there nrc %r!io earn less
iian thirty rents a <i?ay linly !MMio
aru morn than fifty ?*i*ntR and only
t'o more tint a eighty rents ? day.
Til.* work of orgaiu'xmr; the retail
lri!?; clerks of lrkcll/imnv into a union
0 affiliate with the Kederalinti of l.aitir
has hegun. An eiRhJ liour work
l.iy will lie demanded by tlic union.
There are now six cities in the Sheet
total Workers* National A Ilia nee,
vhieli wan formed reotittly, follows:
Mdhoh iphkr, New l?t', ilrooklyn,
'ittshurg, < 'liieapo anil AI Is a tic City.
Unskilled laborers are very scare at
Muciunati, Ohio. The.- vai;e:< liave
tone u|? from n?i? Stl a day, ami
veu In Tha *dy ts paying 5l.7f?
1 day of eight hours. and utaoy jobs;
liivt gone lieggiiiR.
Workmen employed at the Cia d?
lumi! .uulUlK3t\ Stl IHe * "/?!>
it' Mexico. Mexico, went out on a strike
.oently. The .strike was made licenusc
i demand for more wupes and shorter
lours <?r work, was nut complied with
.J the cuipli^ers.
He Wanted a Cab.
Masons will appreciate the humor
[>f this story: Few tnew in Brooklyn
were bolter known or more liked than
Sherlock, proprietor of The Abbey, an
enormously fat Amphitryon, whose
roasts were never interrupted by officious
J n fiiters. When Sherlock wainitiated
into his lodp.e in Brooklyn
the ni^ht wan fearfully h?/t. On that
famotis pilgrimage to Xeragalcm whic!>
ill initiates are required to make his
lerapiration rolled off in torrents,
oil \ i n g a watery trial behind him
Itlindfoldod he staggered along. inwardly
praying for relief. The run
luetor. not shortening so Journey an
til'I 111 if ^ -
_ ......17. wruwiDK tllll Ihf*
igouy. happened to lie an old ac[uruntance
of 8horioefc. who finally
ee?|." nixed his voice. VT.ee. ho !;anl
Xow, Konfloirion"- t't.re \ ere soveril
initiates in Che fwiri.v -"your Jouricy
is rn arly ended; >?w are within
?:? miles of Jerusalem.'"' Sherlock
'f.v(:otJ, "CJoorgo, clou t y-.ua think wo'd
et: r hire u cab?" The r.zi\T woari"ss,
wretchedness, a iij-ojsft and ib:prtir
in I ho voice tac-ci hjti explosion
hat broke up the cereirsotry.- New
"ork i'icbw
The Detroit river is wiflot of Ihe
reatest bodio.? cT to world,
PRregn ting cifihty t.wvc? t?jcu!-.u?'
iji:ar? mi let of laha.