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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-08-19

The absurdity OF the lie grows in
magnitude the longer a person con
siders the announcements made by the
management of the gigantic monop-
oily OF the Carnegie works, that the
employers could not afford to give
their workmen Just and righteous
wages-when at the same time they
we're STIMULATING with Bill Pinkerton,
the head killer of the murderous band !,
for five dollars a day per head for 300
men to come to Homestead to humil-
late, bulldoze, and tyranize into SUBJ
mission hard-workiDg, law abiding
citizens who had been locked out from
their legitimate pursuits, cut off from
their means Of livelihood and incite
them to bloodshed and riot. This.
cant Afford excuse for not paying
Just and equitable wages for work
done by the laborer is very lame
one, when taking into account these
three facts: Carnegie could afford to
pay 81 500 day for band of men,
by law, to invade
peaceful community; he could afford
to contribute to the republican cam
paign fund a hundred thousand dol
lars; he could afford to donate to the
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-08-19
Malice Aforethourht.

eve are prepared to furnish uni
formed men whenever required, by the
day, week or month for day or night
duty, and we respectfully call the at.
tention Of railroad and other CORPORA
tions which have to deal with large
numbers of patrons or disaffected or
striking employees to the advantage of
our patrol system. To corporations OF
individuals DESTROYS of ascertaininp the
feeling of their employees and whether
they are likely to engage in strikes or
are joining any secret labor organize
ton with view of compelling terms
for corporations or employers we can
offer any number of competent detec-
tives. At this time, when there is so
much dissatisfaction among the labor.
ing classes and secret labor societies are
organizing throughout the United
States, we suggest whether it would
not be well for railroad companies and
other corporations, as we'll as individ.
uals who are extensive EMPLOYERS of
labor, to keep close watch for design.
ing men among their own employees.
who in the interest of secret labor so.
cieties are inducing their employees To
join those organizations and eventually
to cause q strike. Extract from :
Pinkerton Circular.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-08-19
claim sor the laboret the rio

and W claim for the laboref the righS
to permanent employment during
good behavior, though he Is certainly
compelled to submit to the changes Of
business. Where the profits are small,
the parties must divide the losses
where the profits are large the profits
may be divided. That is the exact con-
dition; that is the exact law to-day, a.
maintain, because the law is the
perfection of reason, and we have seen
the law built up step by step.
''Irecollect in 1889 was compelled to
hold that the legislature of Illinois had
no right arbitrarily to fix the rates for
the carriage of passengers by railways
and was compelled to hold that the rAH
road companies had no arbitrary RI M
to fix them, but that it was a quesfiS~
of reasonableness on both sides. It
was then claimed by the railroad cor
poration that rights were absolutely
uncomfortable. The same principle
must now be applied to the solution
of these troubles"'
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-08-19
GOVERNMENT BANKING.

If the Idea of Government Loans to the
People is Ever Made Practicable it Must
BE Through the Sub-Treasury System.
This is subject to which the mem
bers OF the peoples party ought to give
careful and immediate attention. If
the idea of government loans to the
people is ever made practicable it must
be through system Of sub-treasuries
or government banks. No other plan
yet proposed has been complete or GEN
eral enough to warrant adoption. In
the south the sub-treasury plan is famil-
lar and popular. The same NAV be said
Of the land loan scheme in the west. and
POSTAL savings banks in the east. But
Ill these plans may be embraced in the
plan of government banking
1t is idle to talk of finance reform
through the issue of money alone If
the machinery of the financial world is
left in the hands of the thoroughly or
ganized bankers and money loaners
which now control the finances of the
:ountry, how long would it take them
to reproduce the conditions which now
prevail? These organized bankers con-
stitute the most powerful corrupting
force in American politics. Shall we
have this force in undisturbed opera
ton? "
Whenever congress fully exercises
its constitutional duty ''to regulate COM
merce between the states it must own
the two great instruments of that COM
merce-the transportation system and
the banking system. (Neb.)
Farmers Alliance.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-08-19
THE WAY OUT,
Labor Must Find Relief in Voting For thu
Peoples Party.

Labor Must Find Relief in Voting For the
Peoples Party.
Hon. Tom Scott lives in Pennsylvania.
He is millionaire, manufacturer and
coal baron. He is also, and has been
for years, a democratic representative
in congress. Some time agoNshen speak
ing Of labor, and the cries of the laborer
for bread, coupled with threatened
strikes, he said:
"Give them (the laborers) the. rifle
diet for few days and see how they
will like that kind of bread" And
further on he said: 81 tell you there is
too much freedom in this coun try rather
than not enough"
That was Millionaire Tom Scott,
democratic representative in congress
from Pennsylvania. To-day Millionaire
Carnegie, of the same state, formerly a
Scotch baron, who owns a baronial
castle in Scotland, is carrying out the
suggestions of Tom Scott, and trying
to convince labor that she has been en-
loying too much freedom, by giving
labor a rifle diet" in answer to her.
call for bread. Carnegie is devoted
follower of republicanism, and as such
Is following out the advice of Tom
Scott, devoted worshiper of Cleveland
democracy.
Around his immense iron manufact-
ories at Homestead he has builded an
immense stockade. A ffteen-foot in
closure, at the top rows of wire charged
with deadly dynamos, every seven feet
q frowning port hole, there made to
shoot down and shock to death his en-
ployes should they insist on living
wages. Inside the inclosure are cars Of
hot water provided with hose to scald
the working men. In every large city
In the union are thousands of Pinkerton
thugs, hired by plutocracy, ready
1T the beck and call ~'of the en-
ployer to 60 and shoot down
labor. This is free America.
where we have too much freedom.
This is the place where fourishes two
great Notwithstanding and repub-
licanism-which literally love labor.
Yet in the face of all this labor. in it's
grand, sublime strength, has van
pushed the plutocrats and their Hes
sian hirelings in one pitched battle. 4
This must end. The battle of ballots
must end it. God Almighty will nat
allow the blood of labor to moisten che
ground fighting to right cruel wrong.
In His goodness we believe he will lead
all men to see the truth and arm labor
with ballot this fall to vote for the
peoples party platform and life, and
avoid the sacrifice of blood -Marshall
(Mo.) Alliance Waterman.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-08-19

city OF Pittsburg a cool million of
dollars. Charity covers multitude
OF sins-but not when it is wrung in
sweat drops from honest labor.
Working men, stand by your guns,
and fire the deadly BALLOT into the
plutocratic ranks. and thereby make
such monstrosity as Carnegie and
his clan an impossibility.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-08-19
Jtdge Gresham.

not only with enter the campaign and MAKO s
His first address will be at Indianapolis during the fall
This the party means votes On &C.
OF the great following ancouption republicans who
Judge Gresham a a leader.
Mr. G. that he declined Omaha not
PLATFORM but account under
the surgeons care He states his full belief in the platform
4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Gall tor the Adjourned Meeting of the District Convention,
accordance with the convention
Congressional District chairman thereof hereby off
ca calls the adjourned convention
August 27h at 10 Wabash The nomination Of
will be taken which NAV arise
EVERETT w.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-08-19

A plute paper giving report
OF the egging, recently, OF J. C. Man.
ing, a peoples party man of Flor.
ence, Ala, said:
at Was an amusing sight to see
the boosted disciple of Kolbism run
from a volley of rotten eggs thrown
by fully fifty enraged men"
1t was Just the sort of amusement
that class of men are emiuently
fitted to engage in. Rotten eggs
was the only argument they we're
familiar with. They have gone
through a thirty years course of
putrid political training, which pre-
eminently fits them to engage in the
ancient hen fruit crusade. "By their
fruit ye shall know them Yes, it
must have been very amusing" to
see fifty able bodied membrane men
-assaulting one lone stranger, a
liberty-loving defenseless man. III.
G. Manning had been possessed OF a
potato pop gun, he could have
scattered the oderiferous brigade
who opposed free speech-back to
the hen roost from which they came
The peoples party state conven-
ton OF Iowa was held August II,
at Des Moines. There were over 800
delegates present coming from every
part OF the state. The delegates
were enthusiastic, claiming there had
been big gains in every section OF the
state. A whole state ticket was nom
mated with middle OF the road
candidates. The convention was
overwhelmingly against fusion. G.
Z. Colen, formerly Of the Iowa ST.
preme bench, was made one of the
electors. 1t will be remembered that
his good bye to the g. o. p. after the
Minneapolis Convention created a
great sensation, among the repur-
leans, at that time.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-08-19

Ella Knowles is peoples party can
didate for Att Gen. of Montana.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
A VARIED CAREER.
How tho Original Chrome Man Got His
Start.

How the Original Chrome Man Got His
Start.
The Louis Prang who introduced the
chrome" to this country, and whose
name is as familiar as that of the prcsi-
dent of the United States, has had as
cvcntful n career as anybody almost
that can be named in these piping
times. He was born in Prussia, says
the st. Louis Globe Democrat, and
when he was eighteen he was an all
around expert in calico printing. lie
Travelled through Europe for wealthy
bohemian manufacturer who wanted
him to spend four years in discovering
the methods of certain manufacture
and come back and start factory in
Bohemia. But while he was OH this
trip, in lS4S, he returned from England
to join in the uprising in Germany.
The revolutionary movement wasn't
successful, and when it was over
thrown he was wanted for having been
the leading spirit of n democratic club.
lie fled TO Switzerland, but he was
obliged to keep moving, and came to
New York in 1850. Immediately after
ward he settled in New England. lie
tried half ii dozen ventures. and mis-
fortune followed him faithfully. lie did
SO poorly i'll one business that he sold
out his rights after Il years hard work
for twenty-five dollars, but with that
twenty-five dollars he got together the
capital which. in after years, enabled
him to start Il little lithographing
shop. 1t was an illness that caused him
to rclinqush his trade of wood en-
craving that started him in the line
that brought fame and fortune.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
PICTURES OF THE MOON.

The New System of rhotosraphins tho
Sky bringing Out the Facts.
Prof. Holden, of the Lick obscrya-
tory. by means Of it's great telescope, has
taken picture of the moon, which is
said to be triumph of astronomical
Photography. Prof. Wcincll, of the OBJ
servatory of Prague, who has probably
studied the surface of the moon more
than any other man living, helped Prof.
Holden in the delicate work of making
the negative. !. feature of the picture
is the bed of the sea, of which Mr.. IIol-
den says. as reported in the New York
Post:
Tho large sea at the left hand of
the cut is the Mare Crisium. It's dimcn-
sions are about PSI by go miles. Its
area is about that of Ohio and Indiana
combined. 1t is, in fact, not sea, but
the floor Of Il great plain-whch may
once have been n sea, but which is not
so now-lillc one of the small plains on
the island OF Hawaii. only on grander
scale. TO give an idea of the vertical
scale, it may be noted that the highest
mountains surrounding the sea are
about eleven thousand feet
Tho professors of the Lick observatory
are taking Il series of pictures of the
moon, from which an immense map is
ultimately to be made. The work will
cost five thousand dollars.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
FORcEPS FOR EAST INDIA.
Tho Eelief That Evil Spirits Cause the
TOOthaclio Has died Out

Tho Eelief That Evil Spirits Cause the
Toothache Has Died Out.
East India has Il dcarth Of dentists.
She no longer believes that the tooth
ache is an evil spirit, SO she has sent
some of her sons to this country to learn
dentistry. The good" end evil" spir-
its so much believed in years ago are
losing their hold. a toothachc wears
ago would be accepted with resignation
by the average East Indian, but the
contact with travellers has been the
means of completely reversing this be-
lief, and we now look for toothache
drops and hot applications as n relief for
toothachc as eagerly as the more en-
lightcned.
This diversion from timc-honored
custom is naturally followed by other
diversions, and now the dentist, with
his forccps and rubber plates and gold
Filings. has become much desired nd
lunct to the East Indians life. There
is demand for dentists in my country.
and that's why am going to Philadel-
phia to study"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
ga MISSIONARY MEETING.
An Interesting Event at the First Baptist
Church.

An Interesting Event at the First Baptist
Church.
missionary meeting was held last
night under the auspices Of the Ladies'
Aid Society and the burden Bearers of
the First Baptist Church, in their old
building. The object of the meeting
was to collect the Christmas envelopes
containing the offerings of the two So
cleties for the missionary work in
North China.
The exercises consisted of singing and
recitations. Misses Callie Smith and
Flora Lewis, who were trained for the
occasion by Mrs. Geo. Gravatt, acquitted
themselves very creditably. Miss Sue
Read Fellers presided at the organ
Several ladies who were to have taken
part in the programme were detained at
home on account of sickness.
a handsome sum was realized with
other envelopes to hear from. This
missionary entertainment will be re-
peated on larger scale in place of the
sermon at the Sunday morning service
in the First Baptist Church at an early
date.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
Mr.: Perry's Funeral.

The funeral of Mr.. John Perry took
place yesterday from his late residence
at p. r.. Rev. DIR. Flippo officiating.
Mr.. Perry was an Epglishman by birth,
and at the time Of his death was en-
ployed at the works of the Roanoke
Brick Company as an experienced brick
burner. He came to America from Bris.
toll, England, sixteen years ago. He
was thirty-seven years of age and leaves
widow and two children, a bow AGED
twelve years and 4 girl of fourteen.
Mrs. Perry will soon sail for Bristol.
England, her old home.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY.
Talo CT Drummer That Had nm Unro.
mantle Conclusion.

A"io ca drummer Thoc Had nm Cnro~
mantle Conclusion.
a group of merry commercial travel
ers were seated in the smolSing-room,
when suddenly Bodkins volunteered a
story of q remarkable find he once had,
says London lid Bits.
when | was young man." COM
mcnced the irreprcssiblc b., ~ was en-
ployed in large house in the city, and,
as usual with persons of that age, | fell
in love with Il young lady, and in due
course of time was engaged. About
two months before our marriage was to
take place was suddenly sent to Aus
tralia on very important business, oc-
casioned by tho death of one of the
hrm in that country. took hasty
and affectionate leave of my intended,
with the promise to write to each other
often. | was detained somewhat longer
than | expected, but just before sailed
for home bought n handsome and val
liable ring, intending it as u coming
home present for my sweetheart.
las was nearing the shore and read
ing the paper which the pilot had
brought on board, curiously enough my
eye fell on the marriages. and there I
saw an announcement of her marriage
with another, a fellow l knew very
we'll, too, which so enragcd me that in
my passion threw the ring overheard.
"a few days afterward was dining
ut this very hotel; fish was served up,
and in eating it bit off something hard,
and what do you suppose it WASP"
THE diamond ring!" exclaimed sew
eral.
"No," said the merry Bodllins, pre-
serving the same gravity. sit was fish
bone"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
WORK AT THE HARDWARE PLANT
The Belt Line to the Buillings-Sevent,
Men Placing Machinery.

The Belt Line to the Builtlings-Sevent
Men Placing Machinery.
The work at the Norwich hardware
plant is progressing rapidly, and the
superintendent, IL. b. Appleton, said
yesterday that he is sure they will be
able to commence operations by the 18th
Wednesday Mr.. William H. Comstock
arrived from Norwich and will take
charge OF the electro. plating, bufiing,
polishing and finishing. Mr.. Comstock
has been with the company for fifteen
years and is workman of considerable
experience.
Mr.. Chas. Comstock and wife arrived
yesterday and will make their home
here. MIR. Comstock will also be en-
gagged with the company and has been
with them for the past ten years.
The belt road is laid as far as the
plant, and eighteen cars will be placed
on the track to-day for transporting the
machinery which has already arrived.
A force of about seventy men are en-.
gagged in placing the machinery.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
ROANOKE, VA. JAN. 8. 1892.
THE MAY ELECTION.

The general election to take place in
May will be the most important in the
history of Roanoke. 1t will determine
the complexion of Reanoke's public
policy for years, in all probability. An
early consideration of men and meas
ures is desirable.
There has been too much of selfseek-
ing politics in Roanoke; too much office
ownership; too much holding a place
without doing the work which the place
demands. 1t has been too easy for in
competent men to get in and hold on.
Let us weigh men more carefully in
May, inquire into their capacity and
less into their family connections.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
Mabry Thought to be Diving

At o'clock Policeman Tom Mabry
was in dying condition. His feet were
cold and clammy and he was so weak
that be could not eject the phlegm that
had collected in his throat and lungs,
and he was strangling like one in the
throes of death.
He is past taking any nourishmen.,
ispoor. emaciated and suffers constant Y.
Everything that hnman aid can prod zee
Is being done, and his brother and uf.
heer Tally are constantly by his bed
He may pass the crisis which no is now
in, but the chances are against him.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
LOCAL RAILROAD ITEMS
Picked UP by Times Man About the N. s
w:General Offices.

Picked UP by Times Man About the n. s.
W:Gencral Offices.
The now Baldwin engine which was
sent here for trial and which was to
have taken train No. to Bristol yesteI-
day morning did not go out. 1t was
sent to the shops to have some repairs
made to tho fire box and they were not
completed in time to mako the trip yes
terday morning. 1t will take No. / out
this morning.
Train No. 1 on the Shenandoah
Valley railroad was an hour and a
half late yesterday morning. The delay
occurred at Shenandoah Junction, where
the train waited for the baltimore and
Ohio connections.
A carload of negroes bound for the
Ohio extension passed through Roanoke
Wednesday night. They were in charge
of Contractor Purcell.
Colonel Frank Huger. superinie ndent
of transportation, and D. w. Flickwir,
general superintendent of the eastern
division of the Norfolk and Western
railroad, are in Norfolk on business for
the company. Mr.. A. c. IIippey, gen.
eral superintendent Of the western
division of the Norfolk and Western
railroad, returned yesterday from q
business trip over the western portion
of the road.
Messrs. w. w. Coe, George w. Ramsey
and j. G. Rawn, who have been at
Tazewell Courthouse testifying in the
suit of Charles Scott VS.. the Norfolk and
Western railroad, are expected home
Saturday.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
4 Paradise for rramns.

The queen of Madagascar takes a
bath once year. While she observes
her annual custom the populace sing
hymns and play drums. When she
energies from the tub arrayed in robes
of royalty and decorated with crown
jewels, n mighty cheer goes up from an
unwashed crowd. In Madagascar tub
bling is not popular. 1t is regarded as
an act of great courage to submit to the
cleansing influences of water.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
RoANoKE's SIS, 1000 Council is trying
to emulate the Billion Congress-.
No Wreck at ST. Chnrles.

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. o. Especial J.
kilograms were received here yesterday
asking about a steamship reported to
be ashore near Cape Charles. Sergeant
JAS. p. Sherry, in charge of the signal
station at Cape Henry. signalled the
pilots to ask If they knew anything of
the matter. Tho pilots answered that
the rumor probably originated from the
fact that the steamship Ovingham was
at anchor we'll in under she near Cape
Charles discharging ballast.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
Virginia Brick Company.

The Lazell Brick Company has been
organized into stock company, and
will be known in the future as the VIr-
ginia Brick Company. Its officers are
as follows: President, James d. Lazell;
treasurer. j. w. Temple; secretary, T..
w. Lazell. Directors, j. w. tempt OF
Spencer, Mass; ]. D. Lazell. Roanoke;
Il. j. Amweg, Philadelphia; C. G. Cush.
man, Roanoke, and Theodore s. Lazcll,
RoCkland Me-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08

The TIMES is in receipt of a valuable
compilation entitled "Useful Informa-
tion for Railway Men," by courtesy of
the Ramapo Wheel and Foundry Com
pany, of Rauapo, N. Y, for whom it was
compiled by w. &. Hamilton, engineer.
It contains 577 pages of formulas,
tables. cuts, statistics and general in
formation of use to railway men, and is
in neat form convenient for pocket car
rage.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
The Chicknmauea Park.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Jan. 7.-lSpe-
ciall-At Park Hotel, Chickamauga. tc-
day the committee on condemnation con-
demned 1900 acres of property within
Chickamauga national park reservation
This makes $500 acres in all purchased.
The policy of the board is to condemn
land, as it is needed for improvements
now being made
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
Ashore Mt Cape May Point.

CAPE MAY, N. j., Jan. u Special
The schooner Jacob Doorway, with
lumber from Norfolk, Va, to Atlantic
City, parted her chains last night and
was driven ashore at Cape Nav Point
about o'clock this morning, and now
lies high and dry on the beach inside
the point, about one hundred yards be-
low the steamboat landing, where she
i s being unloaded.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08
Tho Centenary journal.

THE TIMES has received the second
number OF the Centenary journal, pub
lished by the young ladies OF Centenary
College. Cleveland. Tenn It's neatl v
printed four-page paper, filled with care
fully edited college news that will prove
interesting to former students and
friends OF the institution. Miss Fannie
t:shburne, OF Roanoke, is editor of the
literary department.