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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-31
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Workmen's advocate., 1889-12-21
CHICAGO.
Sewerage Politics in the Murderous City
 of the West.

Sewerage Politics in the Murderous City
 of the West.
 The papers and the politicians here are greatly concerned for the present in the election of Drainage Trustees. The last Legislature passeda Drainage Act for the double purpose of providing an adequate outlet to the city's sewerage and open- ing navigation between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River. It is expected that Congress- will assist in the under taking, the cost of which is variousy estimated at from ten million to forty million dollars. Nine Trustees are to be elected. The power and patronage con- ferred upon them are immense. The Board will practically be a new munich pality, empowered to levy taxes, issue bonds and make assessments for better ments as they see fit. The Democrats and the Republicans have each nomin- ated five candidates, and the large cor operations, such as the Union Stock Yards and the Railroad Companies, have succeeded in getting their men upon the two tickets. As soon as this became evident, other interests felt alarmed; E' Citizens movement" was the result, and a Citizens ticket" was placed in the field by lot of frightened mil Iionaires, such as Marshall Field and Lyman G. Gage, on the one hand, and a lot of disappointed, sch heming bogus labor leaders on the other hand. At the head of this ticket figures Murray Nel- son, Board of Trade gambler; at the tail of it shines c. G. Altpeter, rene gade Socialist and in the middle of it is inserted ex-JudgePrendergast. Nomatter who wins, the people must lose. Just to show their principle the Single TaSers,, who are in favor of taxing the unearned increment, go along with this " Citizens" movement which is opposed to assessments for betterments. The Socialists stand aloof. They bide their time, which they feel sure will come, and in the near future. At the last election little over one third of the legal voters turned out. 1 should not wonder if on this important occasion a greater humber did not care to vote. But those who now keep away from the polls will some day turn out, and then there will be music m the air.
 PROGRESS
Workmen's advocate., 1889-12-21
BROOKLYN.
Proceedings of the Central Labor
 Union.

Delegate Brewer, of the Shoemakers' Union, presided at the last meeting of the c. l.. U. Credentials were handed in by new delegates of Typographical Union No. 9S, who were admitted
 The Credentials Committee reported adversely on the credentials of the Brook Iyn Walters Association. The commit tee stated that the members of the asso- citation had taken the places of members of Walters Union No. 3 in Phillips Turn Hall at the time when this hall was under boycott as a scab hall. For this action the walters association was ex- pelled from the c. l.. U. on January &, 1888. The recommendation of the com mittee to reject the association was adopted.
 The Executive Committee reported concerning the efforts that had been made to induce boss horse.shoer Ph. Hogan to employ union-men. The com- mittee had visited a number of Hogan's s costImers some of whom had promised to exert their influence on Hogan. Such a promise was made by B. Whitman, iron galvanizer, butcher Levy, of North 9th St., bet, 9th and 9th Sts,; John Gal lagher, saloon keeper and undertaken, of North Sth St., bet. Driggs and Roebling Sts.; Ferret & Feeley, butchers, of Bed ford Ave, near North Sth St.; Lagerman, grocer, of North 7th St. and Bedford Ave; Peter Boden, japan manufacturer, of \ orth 9th St, near 9th St.; Ben. Veil, horse deaer also Thos. II. Ireland, under taker, of North 7th St., near Driggs St. The coopers Brennan & Calligan, of Driggs St., near North 10th St., had al ready urged Hogan to employ union men. OKeefe & Doyle, ale and porter agents, of North 9th and Driggs Sts., promised to do "what is right" Anton Mannell, weiss beer brewer, of TIA North 9th St, promised to have his horses shoed elsewhere if Hogan should refuse to make his shop a union-shOp. Hill Bros, lime manufacturers, of North 9th and 10th Sts,, near 9th St., said they would have nothing to do with those " "damned unions;' the unions were 6 nuisance and every employee of theirs whom they would find to be connected with any union would be discharged The building tI,.des were urged to lool after Hill.
 A communication was read from the United German Trades suggesting tha l the joint boycott committee of theC.L U
Workmen's advocate., 1889-12-21
9rfre } Geuts

and K. of L., District Assemblies 220 and 75, take charge of the special boycott against the Budweisser Brewing Co. and push it vigorously. The Executive Com- mlttee was instructed to make another attempt in conjunction with the United German Trades to organize the en- ployees of said brewery.
 The United German Trades also re- quested that the committee having charge of the matter of the Coney Island walters be instructed to cooperate with similar committee of ftheUnitedGerman Trades and that action be taken without delay. The committee was instructed to meet the committee of the German Trades this week. In respect to an in- tlmation by the same communication wherein the German Trades threatened to reorganize the walters unless prompt action was taken by the c. l.. U., it was resolved to protest against any such re- organization while there was a Walters Union in the c. L. U,
 The committee in charge of the public agitation meetings reported that at the first meeting, to be held at the Labor Lyceum, on December 29, at 2;30 o'clock ?. m., Andrew Mclean, editor of the Brooklyn Citizen, will make an address on the subject: Organized Labor as a Regulating Factor in Industry"
 Delegate w. D. Wilkens, of Typo graphical Union No. 9s, was elected delegate to the convention of the State branch of the American Federation of Labor to meet at Albany, on January 18th, 1SS9
 The delegates of the Ale and Porter Brewers Union reported that Tracy & Russell, of 7l Greenwich St., New York, had locked out their workmen and re- quested that the product of the firm be left alone.
Workmen's advocate., 1889-12-21
UNITED WE STAND.
THE TWO CENTRAL BODIES ARE NOW ONE GREAT
 LABOR PARLIAMENT,
Impressive Gathering at Clarendon
 Hall-Henry Enrich Called to the Chair-New Officers Elected.

The reorganization of the Central Labor Union of New York took place last Sunday at Clarenden Hall.
 The Central Labor Federation, whose members seeded from tho parent body when politics and corruption had crept into the ranks of labor, went out of existence, its delegates returning to the original organization. Owing to the persistent and laborious efforts of the Committee on Harmony the corrupt and turbulent elements have been elim- inated, and no trace is left of the differ. ences that caused the split. The Gen. tral Labor Union is now as effective an organization for defensive, and aggres- sive purposes, as it was in the year 1SsG
 Its meeting last Sunday was con- ducted in an orderly, dignifed manner Henry Enrich was unanimously chosen as presiding officer. The delegates of the two former central bodies formed in line in front of the platform, hand ing over their old cards, and receiving new ones instead. The election of per manent officers for the ensuing year was then proceeded with, resulting as as follows; James P. Archibald, a Knight of Labor, Recording Secretary ; Ernest Bohm, Socialist, Corresponding Secretary; August Waldinger, Soclalist and Knight of Labor, Financial Secre- tary; W, A, Hotchkiss, Trades Union ist, Treasurer James Edwards, Knight of Labor, Sergeant-at-A Arms George Middleton, Trades Unionist, August Delabar, Socialist and Trades Unionist, Ernst Kurzenknabe, Socialist and Trades Unionist Trustees. The Committee on Credentials, which will meet next Sun day at 10 A, Nj. at Clarendon Hall, is compm4d of M. Dampf, Chas. Rogers, H. Stotfers, r. Keller and P. Doyle.
Workmen's advocate., 1889-12-21

be held as soon as sufficient prepara- tlons could be made for it.
 Several delegates, including the chair man, stated that their organizations demanded postpnnement and amotlon to reconsider the 0ate was unanimously adopted.
 A Amotion was then made and carried to appoint a Committee of three to pre- pare an address, l.. Sauial G. McVeigh and H. Foth were elected and instructed to report at the next meeting.
 The Secretary was instructed to urge upon the labor organizations the neces- sity of sending aosive delegates to the Conference.
 L, Sanial again took the iloor He said that this Conference would find so much work to do, whcn. when done, would require the utmost vigilance to prevent it's being undone. that he had no doubt this body would become permanent one, called uponto tct most important part i'll the educational movement. Here is for instance, the question of manual training. The system has already been introduced-experimentally, we are told-In numbt of public schools The speaker was q, decidedly in favor of manual training; bu he asked whether the working men cf tEis city, whose children constituted great majority of the public schoolatt dance, could leave this matter entirely under the control of the employing class whose tendency must necessarily be to divert the system from its true and b3neficent purpose, and step by step convert our schools into apprentice shops, where the hand would be trained at the expense of the mind. Mark that those are not wanting who contemplate sucn a misuse of that excellent system. Their chief organ, thus far, is the New York Sun, who claims that a workm ms child should only be taught the three R's and turned into mechanic as soon as possible. The speaker, therefore, moved that com. mittee be appointed to study this ques- tion.
 After few remarks by other dele gates and upon motion by G. McVeigh, who observed that such a committee should be composed ot the most con- petent men that could be obtained, the manual training questi on was laid over until the next meeting, when a larger representation is expected.
Workmen's advocate., 1889-12-21
BOSTON,.
The Author of the Cooperative Common
 wealth" on Morality and Socialism.

The Author of the "CooperativeC Common
 wealth" on Morality and Socialism.
 A very attentive audience greeted Comrade Laurence Gronland at the public meeting of the American Section, s. L. F., Sunday evening, Dec. g. The speaker took for his subject Current and Socialistic Morality" and said in substance
 "Twice before in the history of the worlds progress there have been move ments of entiment-Buddhism and Christianity. The third great movement, Socialism, will be more successful than either, since natural evolution is work ing in it's favor. Through this force men become socialists without reading the theories of Marx and others Natural evolution at present is far more effective in causing changes than conscious evc- lution. Mems stomachs must be filled before we can educate them.
 "The morality of to-day is very bad. The vast majority of mankind is tempted to do wrong by the great power accorded to the possessor of wealth. No one is to be criminal, but in the mad struggle for position and ailluencs honor, truth and morality are cast to the winds Ip tbe industrious habits of the working classes lies the only hope of salvation for the nation. Under socialism the duties of morality will expand to won- derful extent. We should lay great stress upon the point that at present the morality is very bad, but under socialism there will be all the needed motives for the development of it.
 "Some people say, that under socialism person cannot be more industrious, since many of us now labor ten, twelve or more hours per day. Industry does not imply long hours, but rather the exercise of care to prevent waste and to finish the product artistically. Under socialism there will be every motive for industry. All workers will be enrolled in the unions of their respective trades or professions, and will by vote settle all questions relating to their work. Every person can choose the trade or profession he prefers and will be in- dustrious at an agreeable task.
 "To be obedient is duty. Even anar- chists obey, though the word is odious to them. Life itself has been willingly sacrificed by them for cause. In France they have elected leaders and obeyed them. The working people have shown us how this duty will be part of social ism. In trade unions they have chosen men in whom they had confidence and obeyed them as long as they have been | faithful to their trust. Without rulers and obedience, we can not advantage ously use machinery and inventions. If we act like anarchists, we can not carry on the work of production.
 "In the affections or love be clean. Socialism, unlike Christianity, does not permit the father to sell his daughter to the wretch who possesses wealth. Nor does it favor divorces, since happy mar- ried couples do not seek separation, and under it's rule young people and old may truly make love matches The virtue of nation depends upon true love.
 Socialism will furnish all needed mo- tives for the development of morality. Socialism is glorious tree that will finally over-shadow the whole earth"
Workmen's advocate., 1889-12-21
Nationalist Anniversary,

The Nationalist Club of Boston will celebrate the first anniversary of the formal origin of the movement for the naturalization of industry by a meeting in Fremont Temple, December 18th, at which Edward Bellamy will deliver an address on "The First Practical Steps.
 A number of nationalist clubs in various parts of the country will be re- presented. New York will send five delegates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-08
The Water-Walker Passes Through an Incl
dent He Wouldn't Repeat.

The Water-Walker Passes Through an Incl
dent He Wouldn't Repeat.
Lowell Ndass.) Special
G.. w. Oldreive walked from Aiken-street
bridge, on the Merrimack, this noon, to
Central bridge, and challenged death by
continuing his trip through Hunts Falls.
More than 5000 persons lined the banks,
six to ten ranks deep, for mile along the
river banks, and the tops of the hills Oppo-
site were covered with operatives. 1t was
a most exciting struggle for life, and for a
while it looked as though the bold aquatic
pedestrian would be drowned in the pres
ence of the great crowd. There are two
principal falls, with comparatively still
pool between the two. Through the upper
one the Locks and Canals Company has cut
achannel to relieve the mills of backwater.
Through this the water flows swiftly, but
smoothly. On both sides the current, now
rocks and eddies in a hundred directions.
Many boat has come to grief in attempt
ing to pass.
Oldreive attempted to steer for the new
channel, but he couldn't reach it. He was
swept to the northerly side and into the
swift current, dashing in high waves over
rocks and lodges. He tried vainly to keep
Roadway; but the current swept him round
and round. Several times he lost his bal
ance and fell forward with his hands upon
his floats. A murmur arose from the crowd
that he was gone. Had he been capsized
his chance for life would have been small,
for, in the swift current and with his heavy
boots, there would have been little chance
to swim. But he recovered himself and
was swept by the curret through the roll
ers, and once more stood erect. When
finally he entered the pool between the
rapids he was thoroughly exhausted but
safe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-08
Jewellers Review.


One of the most marvellous Of mechanical
contrivances is a 10,000-year clock, now on
exhibition at Troy. Its accomplishments
are the most varied. 1t gives the seconds,
minutes, hours, up to century. One hun
dred and twenty-five moving figures show
us the stages of life, indicating childhood,
youth, manhood and old age. An angel
strikes bell with hammer each month;
another strikes after each fifteen minutes
and figure representing the genius of time
turns a dial so that a baby is to be seen to
represent the first stage of life, and after
each following fifteen minutes the other
figures appear. Death is also represented
holding a scythe. The twelve apostles
march out each hour, and Christ. standing
above them, lifts his hands. blessing them.
Several bell-ringers ring bells three times o
day-morning, noon and night--each time
bringing down on his knees an old man,
who prays. As sosDn as he is through with
his prayer he 9ots up, and an Italian organ
grinder commences to play his instrument,
giving the visitors twelve different opera
pieces. The heather gods are also repre-
sented coming at midnight to watch over
the ensuing day and presenting it's name.
The whole work is a remarkable mechanical
wonder. Christian Martin, a German me-
chanic. is the inventor of this masterpiece.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-08
HE HIT THE OWL.
When the Sawdust Came Down the Neigh
bors Blew Tin Horns.

When the Sawdust Came Down the Neigh
bors Blew Tin Horns.
Boston Transcript
Out in one of the suburbs there lives n
business man who is much given to gun
ming and whose fondness for the sports of
the field has passed into proverb among
his friends. Like most hunters, he is given,
also, to relating occasionally, in modest
way, his triumphs with his gun. His fire
q; arms are always kept in perfect perfect order d and
shot at a bear or an antelope In his
back yard at any moment. Perhaps his
near relatives may have thought he
needed little taking down." or else they
acted from pure mischievousness, when, on
the night before Christmas, they put up a
job ON this suburban Nimrod. They pro-
cured stuffed owl, and when darkness
had fallen upon the earth, they fastened
this owl up on a high branch of a maple
tree in the yard. The huntsman's wife was
in the secret Early Christmas morning
the wife was up, and her little girl as WELL
The little girl wasn't In the secret. As soon
as it was light, the mother, who had gone
out-of-doors for something, called the lit
"There is something up in that tree, my
DEAR" she said, ''and can't make out quito
what it is-my esy,esight is so poor. Can
The little girl looked up into the tree.
90. why, it's great big owl, mamma"
"o6, III go and tell papa, and he'll shoot
it with his gun"
So the little girl ran and walked up her
father. who was snoring through the early
turmoil of Christmas morning.
Papa, papa, there's great big owl up in
the maple tree out in the yard.
The father did not need second admoni-
ton. He got up, dressed himself hastily.
seized his 500 hammerless shotgun and
FASTENED out into the yard. There was the
owl, up on the top limb of the tree, 'as big
as life and twice as natural" He could
have sworn that the bird winked one eye at
him. He raised his gun, took excellent aim
and fired.
And then down came a shower of feath-
ers, bran, sawdust and glass eye, and up
went several windows in the neighborhood,
where the neighbors who had been let into
the secret and were on the watch for the
performance had stationed themselves. all
provided with tin horns, upon which they
blew tremendous blast. The hunter
Looked at the remains of the stuffed owl,
listened to the blast on the tin horns, and
beat hasty and demoralized retreat into
the house. He says that the price of the
owl has been the smallest part of the cost
of his exploit. But he takes some little sat
isfaction from the fact that he hit the owl.
ANYWAY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-08

A. Mcdonald, of the Cairo. Vincennes g.
Chicago railroad, are the incOrpOratOrS and
compose the first board of directors. The
line will complete the link of direct route
Northwest, give Chicago another Southern
outlet via the Wabash and Cairo & Vim,
cennes railroads, and connect the great coal
fields of Danville and those of Indiana with
the Chicago, Burlington 81 Quincy, the Chi
western. the Illinois Central, and the Chi
cago, Milwaukee 81 St. Paul systems,
whereby the cheap fuel of the coal fields
named can be distributed over northern IL
linois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Ne
braska and Dakota, with the least transfers
made on the shortest miles.
Officials of the Cincinnati, indianapolis,
ST. Louis d Chicago road admit they are
behind the times in their terminal faclll-
ties, so far as track-rOOm is concerned, at
Cincinnati, and as to depot accommoda,
is lame in both particulars; The fact is
that the depot facilities of the Big Four at
Indianapolis are no larger than twenty-five
years ago, while their business has in
creased 800 per cent. This means that the
ground recently purchased by the company
from Nicholas McCarty is to be utilized in
enlarging the freight depot facilities at
this point, and the only manner In which
the Side-track facilities at Cincinnati can
be increased is to remove the shops and the
other old buildings In that vicinity and
build new and more commodiOus ones on
the ground the company recently pur-
chased mt North Indianapolis. This will
give them a chance to utilize the ground
AS the matter now stands, whenever bust
ness is heavy with the Big Four, which it
is eight months of the year. unless their
Eastern connections take business prompt
~, Cincinnati has blockade, and business
is considerably checked. With the new
traffic relations with the Chesapeake &
Ohio need of more room at the Cincinnati
terminal will become the more apparent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-08
"Your Queens I'm Danger"

The chess world of London is consider
ably excited at the rumored approaching
visit from a Russian lady and her husband,
who, after having beaten every one who
will play with them in Russia, are now
signing for fresh conquests. The fact that
the lady has played repeatedly for heavy
money stakes will tend TO render her posi-
chess-playing amateurs are SO numerous as
they are with us. According TO report in
deed, this wonderful female Muscovite has
already won back, by her successful chess
playing, the fortune her late father lost by
ments as correct, however, the amount of
the fortune lost by the late father should be
mentioned. We shall be better able to
judge of the lady's probable ability as a
chess-plaYer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-08
A Bridge Is Not Road-Bed.

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. IA decision i'm
portant to railroad companies has been
handed down by the State Supreme Court,
in what is known as the Plattsmouth
bridge case. Cass county has for years
sought to tax Nebraska's half of the Bur
ington bridge over the Missouri river,
but the company has insisted that the
bridge was part of the road-bed, and that
it should be assessed by the State board of
railway assessors. The suit grows out of
this difference, and the Supreme Court held
that the bridge was no part of the rOad-bed,
and was, therefore, subject to assessment
and taxation by local officers. This decision
affects five other Missouri river railroad
bridges in Nebraska.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-08

1t seems that the country treasurer's
Office was converted into a banking place
for the Democratic boodlers on election
day. The bribed voters were given orders
for their money TO be presented there. A
lady who went TO the tTeasurer's Office that
day to pay her taxes says she was kept
waiting by these men and did not suspect
what was going on until a well-known
county organization pushed past her and
drew out money.