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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-03-22
BILL NYE AS A FIREMAN.
THE PRECARlOUS CONDITION OF
THE VILLAGE OF BlLGGWATER.

William Gives a Brief Insight Into the
Narrowing Relationship Between tho
Department and Mr.. Tceter-Lifo as a
Volunteer Fireman.
Copyright by Edgar w. Nye.l
A very disastrous fire occurred night
before last in the village Of Bilgewater,
on Staten Island, destroying valuable
property belonging to our fellow towns
man, Mr.. Cicero Teeter, whose summer
home is at Observation-Disclosures, and
who spends the winter here, Mr.. Teeter
belongs to one Of our best families and
in Holland, rs also do his naughty and
high bred horses, each Of the latter of
which points with pardonable pride, by
means of his well decked and wind
tossed tail to his lineage high
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-03-22

"Oh, well, then, If you are not ao-
quainted, let us not fool away any more
time here. Come, Waterloo
"Watcrlooloo, you mean" said
bright young lobster dealer who hap
pened to be passing by at the time, and
who is known as the wag and raccoonter
of Toad Hill
BY this time the hired man had re
turned and said that the telephone was
not working, so the fire department
could not be reached. The trustee then
went to the engine house personally, and
would have got the machine out if he
had not been arrested by the police for
burglary, the engine being the private
property Of Mean Temperature hose
company No. 81.
But it was now apparent to number
of all night people that there was fire
near by, and word was sent by the Jersey
Street Vestibule Horse Car line to West
Brighton that the fire iend had broken
loose in the residence of Trustee rcctor,
Of the village of Bilgowater, S. |. The
trustee having given bail, went home to
see what he could do toward saving his
home and family.
At this moment a hose cart was heard
on Westervelt avenue, running at a high
rate Of speed, and soon the beautifully
clicked hose Of Recalcitrant Hose Com
pany No. hove in sight, but lost some
time by stopping to ask a pedestrian for
a few dollars to buy new uniforms for
the company.
The hose company soon after arrived,
but the engine Of course had not yet
reached the Disgusting episode, or holo-
caustrather The tireno began tomaka
sad havoc amid the beautiful house
decorations of the trustees high priced
home. First it meandcrad through the
cellar and used up the winters kindling
wood, baked the Rhode Island green
ings, worms and all, skinned up the hol-
low trunk of the dumb waiter, made a
pass at fine OH painting Of "a lobster in
the dining room-by Prang raised a
blister on the face Of the clock and
scorchel one Of its little hands, seemed
to laugh mochngly at the aquarium,
cooked a gold fish or two, and then went
into the pantry and exploded a pie
Anon the cry of fire was borne along
fine North shore. and one Of the Brighton
whistles blew, n low sad blast which
vailad tbrouob fine shrinking uigbt like
fine lyiug SOM Of some old master yyho.a
death is dine TO paipter's colo after paiut.
inc too large a town and getting himself
ovcrhet
Now we can hear the pulsipg heat Of
the boofs of those who are coming ia
the rescue from Toffouvilla puIliuo an
epoiue The fire has eaten ont fine Who'll,
interior of tine structure. baviur emitted
tbe entire house. and wound mn bv cbas.
inc fine trustee himself for two spuarcs
Astbe roof falls in fine Wet Smell En-.
zinc conparv of Totfcpvillc. and In,
Rise I'M William Riley and Come.
Alopg-With- Hook and Ladder TRUCK
comnauv of El6uuvils. reach fin,
ground and beriu TO couple ON TO the
bvJraut meantime emitting the sbriI
crv Of fire # il NOW almost breaI,fa.t
time and several uc,uIe who have b.er
uptiripoiv v,trbiu,, fine fire cvcus.
Themselves and a., home NOT heinz NOR.
tban mere calling oruu,intapces of lin,
trustee
some delay is evperienced in fndiuo
q.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-03-22

Mrs. Bridget, where is the fly
paper?
Bridget--Sure, mum, IL was athracht-
lag SO many nois | thought ye wouldn't
want it, so | burned it up.-Harvarl
LampOon.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-03-22

Cuat0mrr-IOr GOODNESS sake, where
did you get that waiter;
Proprietor-TAats SangvolH, the jug.
gler IGs his dun season just now, and
he's filing ia a little time with me. He's
quite IN attraction for tho customers. -
Puck
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-06-13
A GOOD CANINE EXPERT.



He Can Tell Counterfeit Dollar ON Pre-
sentstion.
They've got dog in Cheyenne, Wyo.,
just plain, everyday dog. half mongrel
and the rest pure ''yaller, " says special
from that city.
When stranger strikes town the
Cheyennites, however. that are resting
themselves at the big depot point out
this dog with great pride. If the
stranger says, as he generally does,
that he fails to see any points abont the
animal different or better than those
possessed by dogs in general, the oblig-
ing natives tell what his dogship can
do, the stranger usually doubts it and
six times out of seven there is fight.
The other day after the usual pugil-
istic encounter about Tony, for this is
the dogs name, some genius suggested
that the station loungers back up their
statement by ocular proof.
Tony was in sight, asleep on chair.
A vigorous whistle awakened him. The
case was submitted without waste of
words.
1t had been represented by the home
talent that the dog could detect coun-
terfeit silver coin; that out of any sort
of field of dollars the dog would select
the American coin OF the daddies; that
the animal would absolutely refuse to
touch other than standard silver
dollar.
So an investigating committee was
told of.
At the rattle of coin Tony was wide
awake. They resorted to every ruse
that could then be conceived to trick
the animal Half dozen varieties of
dollars were tossed in the air. The in
slant they landed Tony pounced ON the
correct cart wheel and carried It to his
master. A bank attache produced an
excellent counterfeit dollar, at which
the dog shifted disdainfully. A Jubilee
piece almost fooled him. Four coins
were shuffled right to the spot and
bad one placed on his nose. At count
he let it fall to the floor. Only the good
dollar would be tossed and caught,
Peppermint was brought from a saloon
and this odor used but without effect.
As final test the dog was blindfolded
but he could not be beaten
About month ago national bank
here threw out spurious dollar in the
deposit of business house. 1t was
taken to Tony, who promptly accepted
it Chemical tests proved that the
money was all right. Something about
the milling and stamping was faulty.
No one attempts to explain the re-
markable work Of the dog. No special
effort was made to instruct him, and
there is $500 or more ready at any time
to say that he win sct - here writteu.
Chicago Globe.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-06-13
Hoods
Sarsaparilla
August.
Flower

For two years / suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by q
physician. He finally, after trying
everything, said stomach was about
worn out, and that would have to
cease eating solid food for time at
least. / was so weak that I could
not work. Finally on the recon-
mendation of friend who had used
your preparations
A worn-out with beneficial re-
suits, / rooted q
Stomach. bottle of August
Flower, and COM
menced using it. It seemed to do
me good at once. I gained in
strength and flesh rapidly; my ap-
petite became good, and ] suffered
no bad effects from what ate. /
feel now like new man, and con-
slider that August Flower has en-
tirely cured me of Dyspepsia in its
worst form. JAMES E. DEDERIcK.
Saugerties, New York.
w. B. Utsey, st. Georges, S. c.,
writes: l have used your August
Flower for Dyspepsia and find it an
excellent remedy. .
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-06-13
MINING DISASTERS.
Unforeseen Conditions which Cause Death
and Destruction.

Unforeseen Conditions which Cause Death
and Destruction.
A life insurance journal recently
called attention to the curious fact'that
the perils of the sea have been diminished
one-half by the progress of science dur
ing the last ninety years, while the
death rate from mining accidents has
remained nearly the same. That con-
trast is partly explained by the sug-
gestive circumstances that many of the
worst mining disasters were due to con-
tingencies which even experts failed to
foresee and which often could not have
been averted by any precautions of
science A case in point is the episode
of GAINESVILLE, Pa, where the drill of
miner tapped an unknown reservoir
which in five minutes flooded the pit
with 80, 600 eighty thousand) gallons Of
water, thus causing the death of eighteen
men and boys. During the preceding
week the Mammoth Mine, (" of the same
state, became the grave Of 107 men, who
for years had worked the same colliery
in safety, daily tests having failed to
discover trace of s'fire-damp," the ex-
plosive gas which, after all, caused the
portentous disaster. On the very morn
ing of the catastrophe fire boss" had
visited every gallery of the mine, and
proved his confidence in the result of his
investigation by re-entering the pit an
hour before the explosion. The propri-
etors of the mine had furnished all their
employees with ''safety-lamps," but the
miners themselves preferred omen lights
to contrivance much less effective for
illuminatingpurposes, and, indeed, by nc
means infallible in the quality of an
alarm signal. The presence of fire-damp
causes the flame 10 burn with peculiar
blue light, but the trouble is that a
miner is too busy to watch his lamp all
the time, and in less than two minutes
the incandescence of the protecting wire
may cause an explosion.-The Voice.
- & H<<~< H.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-06-13
Spring
Medicine

Is so important that
everybody knows its ne
cessity and value. And
there is nothing SO pop
ular and so successful
for the purpose, as
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-06-13

Why They Could Not Begin.
Amy lat the football grounds) Why
don't they begin to play?
Dolley-The surgeons haven't arrived
yet-Judge.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-14

alien labor law is n law we shall employ
no aliens. What is termed as the eight.
hour law is merely Joint resolution
OF the two houses of the legislature.
We, the board of directors, came to.
gether green in this business and are
liable To make mistakes. Omissions oc.
cur and commissions are made that are
unfortunate. Such occur in public
bodies ana in private business concerns.
The board has had its attention called to
the desires of large portion of our
community. We have been waited upon
by committee representing number
OF labor organizations. They asked for
more, perhaps, than we are willing to
grant Chicago has voted the sum of
S0,OOO 600 to cur funds and this is given
to US III trust, Take the question of
alien labor. 1t may he possible that there
are not enough naturalized citizens in
the country to do the work of erecting
buildings for the fair, What then
The buildings must be erected as cheap
ly as possible
MIR. Gage, in conclusion, said that
they had already been waited on by the
committee of the labor organizations,
and he agreed to consider their proposi-
tlons and give them IA decisive answer
at their board meeting on the following
Friday evening,
One of the labor representatives was
about to address the committee when,
without vote being taken, Senator
Thomas adjourned the meeting till Sa-
turday, thus 'mphatically snubbing the
organized labor of Chicago.
In the meantime work has been
resumed at jackson Park with scab
labor.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-14
SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY.
Proceedings of the National Executive
Committee.

Proceedings of the National Executive
Committee.
FEBRUARY 27. All present l. Flech,
sig in the chair. A charter was granted
to a newly organized English Section at
Elizabeth. N. J. 1t was reported from
Chicago that there were prospects of
organizing Section at Pullman. Com.
Berking, from ST. Cloud, Fla, was ad,
mitted to the party as a member at large.
The Board of Grievances from Boston
reported that the evidence upon which
the st. Paul Section has expelled
its member, p. Marx, was not suffici.
ent to justify this action and that Com.
7. Marx remains therefore entitled to
membership and all the rights pertain
ing thereto.
The Campaign Committee of Chicago
requested that Comrades b. DeLeon and
A. Jonas he sent there for about week
to aid in the agitation for the election
that is to take place on April z. The
request was granted and the dates of the
agitation tour were modified accord
ingly.
Comrade A. Cahan reported that he
will undertake an agitation tour through
the State of New York for the Jewish
trades. As Comrade Cahan is a good
English speaker it was resolved to notify
all the Sections on his route and request
them to improve this opportunity of
holding agitation meetings.
The National Secretary reported that
he had collected already over $500 for
the miners. He was instructed to send
the money at once.
The income of the week was: for
stamps, Sl6.70; for agitation, from the
German Section, Chicago, sig; from
Section Sheboygan, $40; from the n. Y
VOitszed,ng, 50. Expenditures, $3.50.
For the support Of the party organs,
$50.
Communications were received from
Evansville, Newtown, Elizabeth. Daven-
port. Boston, Syracuse, Pittsburg, Bal
timore, Philadelphia, Newark, Camden,
Springfield. Mass, Minneapolis, Pater-
son, New Britain and Sheboygan.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-14
OFFICERS ELECTED.

| anu oleuurB,
OFFICERS ELECTED
The G. l.. F. then proceeded to the
election of officers and committees with
the following result: Recording Secre-
tary, Charles LIGHTER; Corresponding
Secretary, Ernest Bohm; Financial Sc
cretary, August Waldinger Treasurer,
Herman NJ. Stotfers; Trustees, Lucien
Sanial, j. Guenthner and George Herr.
berg.
Credential -Jablinowsky,
Thimme, Meisel, Sass and Guenthner.
Arbitration Committee:-McV Com.
pers, Sieburg, Greb and Keller.
Organization Committee: - Faerber,
Lissar, Bischoff, Canton and Biumen.
berg.
Auditing Committee:-Me Meisel Fran
kenberg, Hess, Eckert, Hattie and
Becker
The old Razzle Dazzle Committee will
remain to wind up its business and the
Grievance Committee will be elected
next Sunday.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In order to prepare fit celebration of
Labor Day in September committee
was elected consisting of delegates Stof-
fers, Sieburg, Waldinger, Becker, Nc
Ney and Keller,
The Cloakmakers reported that 1000 of
their men we're on strike and about 80 of
them had been arrested during the week.
B. Altman & Co. bought the product of
scab contractors Caspary d Benjamin.
The Arbitration Committee will inter.
view this firm. The corresponding sec
retary was instructed to issue an appeal
for aid to all represented unions. lnas
much as this union has always come
with great liberality to the support of
other trades in trouble, it is hoped that
the latter will now reciprocate. A com
mttee of three delegates, Greb, McVey
and Lissar, was also appointed to ask
financial aid.
The Hebrew Painters Union was ad-
vlsed to join the Brotherhood of Paint
ers and Decorators, and all unions
were advised to join the National Union
of their trade.
The Central Labor Federation has
grown of late to such an extraordinary
extent that all its business cannot be
transacted at one sitting; it was there
fore decided TO discuss ways and means
at 3 80 next Sunday.
jewelers. Union No. will hold mass
meeting March A. at 25 e. 4th street.
Delegates Keller and Gompers will
speak.
The Children's Jacketmakers success
fully broke the bosses association by
forcing them individually to resign their
membership.
The Brotherhood of Tailors reported
tha they had won their strike against
the combination of manufacturers and
contractors. TwU ,)ntractors who had
"scabbed", begged to be readmitted to
the Button hole. makers Union. They
will have to pay fine of $500.
The delegate to the General Executive
Board reported that IS was donated to
the same for expenses. The report in
full will be found in another column.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-14
UT lCA.
Increase OF the Socialist Vote at tb j
Spring Elections.

Increase OF the Socialist Vote at tb
Spring Elections.
AS previously stated in these COZ % IS
the SOCIALIST Labor party of Utica e.
cided to enter the field this year IN the
election of School Commissioner. a
position for which they nominated Com.
rade Frank Gesser. They had some
trouble in getting the name of their can
didate printed ON the official ballot, but
finally succeeded without having to call
upon the Court for mandamus. Last
fall the vote in Utica FOR francis Gerau
was 134. The returns of this election
show that 179 votes, or two an
one-third per cent. of the total v.
polled, were cast for Frank Gesser.
increase of 45 as con- pared with last
In the last four months the Sc
vote In that city has therefore in
nearly 81 per cent; and this. lie
observed, without any efficient mel.
public agitation.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-14
AGITATION.
DANIEL DELEON ON HIS WES-
TERN JOURNEY.

Meeting at Erie, Pa, Results In
conversions TO S0cialism-Church
Lightning in the support of Cap
italistic Oppression.
Here in Erie the church, especially I I ).
homan Catholic is the right bower
the bosses. The workngmen are thr,
tened with communication if II
read the labor papers, let alone %
their meetings; the pure and Simp
moreover, prevail by large MAORI
but they are not Extensively so. +
talks with them | notice their vi
ARISE from lack of information G copi
They do not quite understand the merits
OF the issue, and Il new light seems to
dawn upon them after few explana-
tons. This was all the more evident at
the meeting.
That there should be extensive discon-
tent is no wonder; but it is held under
and rumbles subterraneously. One boss
for instance, the Downing Carriage
Manfg Co., does not pay the wages but
at irregular intervals of 4, and weeks.
strike took place, a few days ago, on
that account but faiIedl For all that the
bosses do not feel as firm as they talk
or would look to be. The breweries
were forced not only to allow but to
order their men to join the union. The
Buffalo Arbeiter Zeit,sng, which has re.
gular Erie" department and is in fact
the organ of the Erie G.. l.. u, brought
this about by simply publishing the
names Of those brewers whose working
men were not organized. Fearing silent
yet effective boycotts they yielded.
The EaeetiIg was very satisfactory
Judging from several instances.
an cement not usually known TO /, |.
clpate in such things that turned
The men listened very attentiveIy. The
explanation, for instance, how the pre-.
sent tremendous productivity of labor
has removed the conditions which in
former ages necessitated grinding toll
for the masses, and has ushered in con-
ditions that could afford comfort to all
stale and trite as it is to us-seemed to-
tally new to them and was received with
all the manifestations of an agreeable
surprise. Coming down to political
work, was at every sentence inter-
rupted with applause: the view that
labor must have its own party, that a
vote given to Democrats or Republicans.
is vote for the bosses. that political
scabbery was as bad as, not worse
than, scabbery in the sho being re-
ceived with an appreciation showed
much previous thought and perience.
The people at the meeting re- 30 diff
ferent from what have yet Sc n, that
would like to mention some more test
passages at which they were delighteu
in manner that surprised me, but Il
have only "A few minutes left.
The nucleus of an American Section
was formed after the meeting. These
men are anxious to see what vote we
shall have in New York next November,
likewise what Chicago will do. | spoke
of the possibility of our extending the
campaign into Pennsylvania, at which
much pleasure was expressed. The
would-be trick of our Secretary of State
is trying to keep BENEFITS name from
the official ballots, and how we cornered
hinf was among the things that took
best. Faternally,
ID. DELEoN.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-14

II. q Wiltshire will speat
day at Hartford at I'm .
the auspices of the WS EO
Club. Subject: "Sbe
Nation or shall they, -
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-14

was elected, consisting of delegates
McNey, Becker, Guenthner, Gompers
and Sieburg.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-14
ORGANIZED LABOR.
WEEKLY MEETING OF THE
CENTRAL LABOR FEOERA-
TON.

Unions of the A. F. Of l.. Attacked
and Ignored While Barnum Com
pers Exhibits at their Expense
his Greatest Show ON Earth-The
Feigenspan BOycott-Eight Hours
The Defense Fund-Trade Mat
ters Victorious TailOrs - Help
the ClOakmakers.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1891-02-21

NEWFOUNDLAND STIRRED UP.-In
its latest article on the French shore
question the st. Johns Herald says:
1--WE demanded, and we renew the
demand that the government shall
give the widest circulation TO the
fact that this country is discomfort
ed and outraged. Up to the present
moment nothing has been done by
our rulers to make the people Of
Great Britain and Canada aware
that Newfoundland is stirred to its
depths by pursual of Lord Knutts-
ford's dispatch. 1t is not to the inn
perial government, but to the Brit
ish nation and our brethren in the
colonies that we look for succor and
relief from the danger with which
her Majesty's ministers threaten us.
Nothing will persuade the imperial
government to renounce their pro-
ject for our undoing, but the firm
conviction that the eolonists will re-
fuse to acquiesce in the arrangement
made without their consent, and
that in so doing they will be sure OF
the sympathy Of the British and
Canadian people. II, then, the
government press is silent upon the
subject, viii her Majesty's ministers
believe that the situation ia New
foundland is critical one, and IL
every newspaper in the colony does
not join in the crusade against M
perial aggression, how will the Ca
nadians be convinced that Newfound-
land will show herself worthy Of
their encouragement and support"