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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-09
For EIGHT HOURS.
The Strike For Eight Hours at Chicago
Thousands Leave Work and Join th


The Strike For Eight Hours at Chicago
Thousands Leave Work and Join the
Strikers.
CHICAGO, May 3.-The threatened
strikes in this city, which may be said
to have begun Thursday, when organ
lied labor took its holiday, were not
made apparent till yesterday morning,
when the men failed to resume work at
many shops. The "Black road" in the
vicinity of McCormick's reaper works
had much the same appearance as it had
four years ago. None but strikers could
be seen, and they had entire possession.
Every man, boy and girl employed in
the malleable iron works, corner Twen-
ty-sixth and Rockwell streets, is out.
The total number of employees is 1000.
Among others were fifty girls employed
as ''core makers" in the foundry. No
particular reason is assigned by the
manufacturer for their quitting. A
committee consisting of two men from
each department was appointed to wait
upon the officials but they seemed disin-
clined to consult their employers.
At the great Mccormick reaper works
about fifty molders went out, but work
progressed as usual.
At the Chicago car wheel foundry and
the Wells e. French car shops every one
of the LOCO employees went out and the
shops were closed. The 200 blacksmiths
were the only ones who made known
their demand, which was for eight
hours day.
From 5000 to 4, 900 sash, door and blind
men walked out of the various factories
in the southwest lumber district. The
action was apparently without warning.
Four hundred men in Deman 81
Hurka's furniture factory struck for
eight hours, and 100 employees of the
Chicago Cottage organ factory did the
same for like cause.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-09
philadelnnia Rricklayers Strike.

PHILADELPHIA, May 3.-There was re-
1oicing among the carpenters at the
strike headquarters yesterday morning
when it was announced that the brick
LAYERS had come to the aid of the strik-
ing carpenters by ordering that no
bricklayer should work upon "scab"
frames. In some cases the bricklayers
have stopped word on this account, and
all of them will obey the order.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-09
Riot in Spain.

BARCELONA, May 3.-The strikers were
very riotous throughout yesterday and
greatly obstructed business. The guard
having failed to quen the disorders.
state of disorder has been declared. At
ten o'clock last night the strikers set fire
to a hut in the street. The guards
charged upon the mob and drove them
away Wounding several
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-09
Ernreaa RohherY in Texas.

DENVER, May Sit is reported hero
that the Wells-Fargo Express messen-
ger on a Southern Pacific train was
robbed last night of S45, 600 at Eagle
Vile, Texas. Particulars of tae robbery
can not yet be obtained.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-09
stage Robber Goes Up for Life.

SAN Francisco, May 3.-Frank Will
liams, convicted in the United States
District Court of robbing stage near
Downieville, Cal, of United States
mails some months ago, was sentenced
to Imprisonment at Folsom for life.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-09
oklahomians HappY.

GUTHRIE, I. T., May S.-The news that
the President had signed the Oklahoma
bill reached here at Z o'clock last even
ing. An hour later the town was ablaze
with bonfres. Dispatches from other
points in the new Territory state that
the nows was received with great rejoic-
inc
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-09
Election of Randall's Successor.

HARRISBURG, Pa, May Ex-Governor
Beaver has issued a proclamation for
special election to be held on Tuesday,
the goth of May, for a successor to the
late Samuel j. Randall in the Third
Congressional District.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-31
NOT MANY WOMEN PRlNrERs.
The Fair Sex Has Found More Agreeable
Fields of Work

Women printers n few years ago
were n standing menace to the trade,
in the view of the men printers, saws
the n. Y. Sun. and the question of
their admittanee TO typographical
unions threatened to become burning
issue in tile labor world In this city
it was settled for the time being by the
admission of women to union No. 6.
with the condition that they be not al.
lowed TO work for less wages than men,
This handicapped the women heavily,
for the trade is not one in which a
woman can hold her own with man
on equal terms, but even at this it was
not satisfactory TO a large element
among the men, who objected to
having women in the trade at all, and
the trouble continually threatened
to break out in new spots. Meantime,
however, the matter has been sum-
marily settled out of court. as it were.
Women don't want to be printers any
more. The introduction of the type
writer and the opening of other lines
of employment more agreeable and
suitable for a woman seem to have re-
lieved the female labor market of the
greater part of the women who used
to want to be printers.
1t Is said by officers OF the Typo
graphical union No. 6 that there are
not over 800 women printers in New
York now. One hundred of these are
in the union. They work chiefly in
large book printing offices. where the
hours are easy and there is no rush. A
few are in the morning newspaper
offices working as distributors in the
afternoon. Women have worked as
compositors on some of the morning
papers, but the cases were exceptional,
such as where man died and his
widow was allowed to take his case
until she could get something better to
do. 1t is thought that the number of
women printers is decreasing constant
ly in spite of the rapid growth of the
trade. Men say it is a good thing. not
only for selfish reasons. but because
the trade, although generally classed
as light and easy one. is really too
wearisome, too unhealthy and in other
| t.kI g.,
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-31

Man Who A1uays ffeeIs an Electric
shock When Sear Minerals


Il road an article entitled The
| Divinine Rsl with considerable in
terest, said Mr.. John Holmes. of
South McAlpsier |. Il. recently.
especially rs | am mySelf gifted with
the phenomenal powers nf which the
article treats Nv first experiences
with this power was thirty-two years
ago. when | WIS "A hoy Of len years
aud it is not likely To be forgotten by
me. ! was sent by ny father one iay
To look for some stock. and rs | was
crossing nonDtaiB not far from my
home | felt n strange sensation all
through my body something like an
electric current As | proceeded IL
grew stronger until 1T last / stood root
ed to the ground. Ii took all nv
strength TO tear myself away from the
spot. and when did. lost no time in
getting back home, and for months
afterwards | could not be prevailed on
10 go near that mountain Two years
later p rich vein of copper was dis
covered on the mountain where | had
MY first experience with the mysterious
power The superstitious people of the
neighborhood loved to relate my adj
venture they believing that the fairies
had guarded this treasure for centuries.
and had trie 10 abduct me; they also
predicted terrible ealamities to befal,
those who had broken into the fairy
treasury. But the miners kept on, and
all OF them are rich men now.
This power, for which I know no
name seemed to develop ia me with
years. until became so accustomed to
ii that / paid but little attention to its
manifestations. and il wasn't until about
three years ago that | became aware of
the fact that | was so to speak. living
mineral rod. Since that time. how
ever. / have experimental with and
made a study of this gift of nature. and
| am convinced of its virtue in locat-
t-ing minerals. / am as helpless without
| the twie of hazel or peach as SUR
veyor without his transit. / may walk
I over the ground aud feel the current
all through my body. vet without the
! Indicator am unable to define the
exact locality ofsthe mineral But the
/ hazel twig has never failed to locate
| even a coin or piece Of metal hidden BY
! parties desiring 10 test the powers of
the divining rod
About a year ago my work was SO
situated that ! had 10 walk about one
mile to aud from my field OF labor. Al
/ one point on the road | always felt the
! electric current. Finally | concluded
| to try the hazel aud learn the cause OF
1 the sensation. ! found that the pro-
/ trudirg ledge ~ lime rock was the
agent. had never heard of mineral
/ existing In lime rock, but / broke off a
| few pieces and sent them to the School
of Mines To be tested. was surprised
to learn that the rock contained 15 l-2
troy ounces of silver to the ton, This
seems but a small quantity. but still its
presence attracted my nerves | have
often been asked why do not cast my
lot aniunz he miners of tht. Far West.
but ! aai not familiar with mining and
am seliSist. 81 lle fact that il req iifs.s
money II succeed Some ,!:iy, hov-
ever | nas take niy hazel twig and
seek nay isfiuae in the Rockies sf.
L.OMis q -.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-31
SEVEN DAYS OF TERROR.
sAdrift with Corpse sharks as UnbIdder
PfayfeIfows.


A Remarkable story OF the sea comes
from ST. Malo the narrator being ar
ancient mariner named Bauche. whose
painful experience I'M a small boat or
the ocean as related in the London
Telegraph ought to be a warrant for
the truth of his tale Bauche had
signed articles with the captain Of 2
vessel called he Mathilde in which he
sailed to Martinique. While In the
harbor of ST. Pierre in boat with the
cabin boy one day he Was driven ocean
ward by n gale of wind. and was
knocking about for week on the
waves before he was rescued by q
Norwegian bark
After the first night at sea Banche
SAYS that the cabin boy became partly
delirious. Water WAS filling the boat
every instant. and in order to prevent
The diving lad from being drowned in
il the old sailor made pals of the legs
of his pantaloons and was thus en-.
abled to keep the bottom of the little
craft tolerably dry. He had also to
deprive himself of his shirt which he
utilized as flag of distress On the
third day the cabin boy died, and
hardly was the breath out of his body
before seven or eight ferocious black
sharks began TO circle round the boat
which they sometimes almost touched.
Rather than deliver up the dead body
TO the monsters Of the deep Bauche
kept it until it became decomposed.
Being afraid of illness. he at length
threw it overheard. after having said
his prayers over it. and the prey was
speedily seized by the sharks. which
disappeared with it. and did IT show
L
or so. Bauche now felt so utterly
miserable that he was thinking of
throwing himself overheard when he
was dissuaded from his intention by
the reappearance OF the sharks. which,
after eyeing him ravenously for SOME
time, actually began TO gambol before
him as If in anticipation Of q good
feed of his body
Il did not want 10 be eaten alive, y
remarked Bauche. in his narrative of
his perilous adventures. so | re-
mained where | was aud awaited
assistance On the seventh day the
sailor lost consciousness. fell down in
the boat. and was rescued in an insen-
sible condition BY Captain Paterson.
OF the Vladimir.
In his mouth the Norwegian sailors
found what they first thought was an
old quid of tobacco. but which proved
10 be part of the horn handle of his
knife. which Bauche was crunciing to
staye of hunger when he became un-
conscious The rescued sailor. after
having been taken to New Or cans.
obtained passage home to St Malo.
Only the other day he went down to
the port to meet his old sllipmates of
the Mathilde. who had been wrecked
of the coast of Newfoundland, whittier
they had made another voyage since
Banche disappeared at Martinique.
Tie crew OF the Mathilde had been
rescued of the banks of Labrador by
an English vessel. They had long. Of
course. given up Bauche and the cabin
boy rs lost ia mid-ocean. and great
was their surprise when they beheId
the former in the flesh and as bale and
! hearty as if he had never been without
food on the deep for full seven days in
an open boat and in perilous eontiguity
to the teeth of the tigers of the ocean.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-31
NIongrelism at Lima.

Lima, the capital of Peru, is pro-
nounced to be the headquarters of all
the worlds mongreldom. Its popula.
ton isthe product of three centuries Of
race-crossing, and scientific investi-
gator finds easily distinguishable among
the inhabitants the following crosses:
Cholo. offspring of white father and
Indian mother; mulatto. offspring OF
white father and negro mother; quad
room. offspring of white father and
mulatto mother; quinteroon, offspring
of white father and qnadroon mother;
chino. offspring of Indian father and
negro mother; Chino Cholo, offspring
of Indian father and Chinese mother;
Chino Oscuro. offspring of Indian
father and mulatto mother; Sambo
Chino. offspring of negro father and
mulatto mother; Sambo. offspring OF
mulatto father and Sambo Chino
mother; Sambo Claro, offspring oi
Indian father and Sambo Chino mother.
These are the most noticeable crosses,
but there are many others.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-31


Ihers ate 10 so,las men It the beaches this
t<Ir-<1er- n rtent Ate1zz
1ht Atlantic o1zan S 4 tolerabis ocean,
f<zf1rs Desirable sea
and NE wAFss on the ocean are good euoneh
Mnt not Na0a en0nRh Tor me.
MMH &8H E&Y above I'd pretty tAiT skys
Ela EurR there &Ea many 70 lnud -
&Mt tne1NsA Mo man In sight from morning 70
Ana ffhlnk the whole thing ID q fraud.
N1r the WAVES As they curl.
NNitt their swfsh ami their swirl.
WlFnpnr q Young man are = bore 20 n girl.
4nn Atlantic Ocean lisa popular ocean
With people fond CT the sea
HIt the sca vi 5tfoat men is duh kind OF thing.
Ard III no kind OF ocean tor me-
And the moon With is lane Of lights
Bot n The broad sf or beneath the moon s ray
There's never man IN sight
4Il6 thf sun and the shade.
and the moon, ii N afraid.
Without young man are a bore to a maid.
TllA Atlantic 0cean Ii good enough ocean.
A pretty well advertised seas
HRt w itRout the young man and all that sort
cK titnM
4 krow tfAat the poets have sung OF the sea.
AR soft sfity poets viii sings
But 4 bnfe stretch Of beach and no man within
Is very luEnofious thug.
And The simmer hotel.
= nd the surf aud the swell,
Without fonng man are q bore TO = belle
:. IS. foss. IN Yankee Blade.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-31
A Lost Ken,uckr Mine.

One of the most persistent, and vel
one of the most elusive traditions of
Kentucky is that of s.Swiftss Silver
Mine.n Half dozen mountain eoun
ties claim toshave Within the borders
of each the original mine. but as nc
search has ever revealed the existence
of argentiferous ore in any of them.
half dozen other counties claim that
mistake may have been made. and
hope the wonderful mine nav be with
in their own limits Every now and
then some person crazed on the sub
jeet makes his appearance with a
map or chart. assuming to show bv
actual survey the location of the long
lost mine.
John Swift was in East Tennessee
aud eastern Kentucky as early as 176l.
accompanied by two Frenehmen. and
somewhere in that region they coined.
or pretended to coin. large quantities
of silver money. There were no mints
in the United States then. and Swift
was arrested upon the suspicion of be-
ing counterfeiter. This was in North
Carolina The coin turned out to be
purer silver than that of the British
mint, and he was released. Swift left
Bell county. Kentucky. because the In
dians were troublesome. and he gave a
lady OF that county the journal of his
wanderings. His journal gave vague
account of about $54. 600 in crowns
which he and his companions concealed
at various places in the mountains of
eastern Kentucky to facilitate their
journey and secure safety. Ever since
that Journal became public search par
ties have hunted for the hidden wealth
hunted for the hidden treasure of Capt
Kidd. or the Southern people searched
for the secret treasureeaye of Capt.
blackboard.
1t goes without saying that nobody
has ever found any sign of the treasure.
True. there are more or less plausible
traditions in various localities For
instance, in Carter county ancient tools
! and instruments used to coin money
were found at the foot of cliff many
years ago. The erumbling away of a
| ledge of the cliff had allowed the tools
| to fall from their eoncealment. 1t is
claimed. also, that one of the first set
| tiers of Carter county found near his
pioneer cabin quantity of peculiar
cinders so heavy as to cause him to
have them tested. The result was the
extraction of sufficient silver to make
several silver spoons. which. it was
said. were as late as 1870 in possession
of members of the family. Crucibles,
| furnaces, cinders, and other relics OF
mineral smeltings, upon a small scale.
have been found in several counties and
attributed to vicinage of Swiftss silver
mine. In 1871 three Cherokee Indians
visited Wolfe county and carried away
two sacks full of seme weighty sub
stance, which the residents in the
neighborhood united in believing was
some of Swift's silver. The presence
kof the Indians was well known. thei1
object plainly guessed. yet nobody
watched them closely enough to dis
cover the place where they procured
their treasure.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-31
A Strange suicide.


One OF the most extraordinary cases
of suicide in the annals of se1f-de-
struction Is just reported from Austria.
where regular epidemic of suicides
seems to exist. Lieut.. Mapgasius OF
Kausenbnrg. one OF the most popular
officers In the Austrian army, il the
victim of this queer freak. while his
bosom friend and messmate is a MUIR
derer, yet not guilty of the crime- The
last time manasius went to the bar
racks where his company was quarter
ed. just few minutes before his tragic
taking off. he was observed 70 be abb
sent-minded and much depressed In
spirits. He talked with his messnate
for few minutes and then went to 3
room where number of new magazine
rifles were kept loaded one, returned.
and handed it to his friend, SAYING:
Take this rifle and let me see If Fou
can aim it properly. Point at my eve. .
The soldier had no idea the Weapon
was loaded. and obeying the words
Make ready Present" Fire. . be
discharged the rife at a distance OF
three yards into the officers eve. The
bullet went through the skull and
death was instantaneous. He left a
letter for his captain saying that the
soldier who shot him was innocent.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-31
HOW DOES II AfEEcr You2
The Tiny Conn Buried Beneath Masse.
of Lilies and Pale Rosebuds.

The funeral procession comes slowly
along the street. says the Detroit Free
Press. Drawn by two milk-white
ponies. the little white hearse with its
nodding white plnmes moves on. Up
on its snowy, silken curtains. buried
beneath great masses of lilies and pale
rosebuds, rests "A tiny white coffin. All
is white-as purely white as the little
soul that has fitted away from the
waxen baby form lying within the
coffin.
At the street corner stands crowd
of noisy boys. tossing a ball back and
forth among them. The crush of the
passing wheels falls upon their ears.
and. looking up. the bail is dropped,
the loud shouts husbed, as each boy
doffs his cap and stands in mute reyer-
enee while the little white hearse
passes by.
A street ear comes rumbling along
the track, the bell upon the horses
neck iingIing and changing upon the
air. The driver sees before him the
little hearse, with its fiower-strewn
burden. and feels his strong heart
throb beneath his rough jacket. The
brakes are down, the bell hangs silent
upon the horses neck, while the driver
with bowed head thinks of his baby
boy, whose ruby lips he kissed to-day
at parting, and thanks God that no
fiower-decked coffin lid hides away his
laughing face. The passengers look
out and the women whisper with a
sigh: Some mothers eyes have look
ed their last upon her baby"
Amid the CRIME and dust of the
street long row of laborers delve with
bent form in the earth beneath. The
roll of wheels is heard. the weary
bodies are lifted in vague curiosity.
and each toil-hardened face softens as
the little white hearse goes on its way
to the grave.
So on, by merry girls. who check
their gay laughter; by stern-browed
men. who forget for moment the
mighty problem of money and trade
and ambition, and give a fleeting
thought to the world where the baby
has gone, aud where this remorseless
struggle for wealth aud fame and
power will count for naught; on, on
through the ranks of the weary and
toil-laden, who gaze and sigh for the
rest the baby has found the little white
hearse goes. teaching its lesson of
love, of pity and of rest.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-31
Dreaming Out an Available Story.

Having severe cold in the head o
literary friend of mine had taken 9
hot bath before retiring and dose OF
fine whisky. SAYS the Washington Post.
II slept like a log" he says, until
about o'clock. When / awoke my
head was as clear as q bell and / found
myself interested in a peculiar story
which in all symmetry was passing
through my mind. The plot was some.
what complicated but thoroughly
artistic. / was astonished and at first
thought that my memory was recall.
ing some tale that l had read. As
reviewed the story. however, l realized
that it was eminently original Much
pleased at this seeming presentation
from the gods of a literary nugget
composed myself to sleep and in the
morning found that the tale was still
mine. Some weeks later 1 received
an order from a syndicate for
a stcfy of 10, 900 words. | had thirty.
six hours in which to produce the
manuscript. The plot that had been
the outcome of a hot bath. whisky, and
sound sleep now came into play and ]
had no difficulty in completing my
story within the allotted time As ]
received $3.50 for it am now patiently
awaiting another cold in the head. =