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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28
THE DEMANDS OF LABOR.
What the Federated Trades Ask
The Platform of the knights of
Labor-Are the Demands Unrea-
sOnablc:

1t has been often stated that organ
mands That if one concession is
granted then they Immediately ask for
other and greater ones. That all they
want is to get as high wages as pos
sible, regardless of the ability or situa-
ton of the employer. We think an
examination of the platforms of the
Federated Trades and Knights of
Labor-with one of which nearly every
body of organized labor is affiliated
will correct this idea.
The demands of both platforms are
much the same, and more than one re-
form is asked for, but it is significant
that the great majority of the de-
mands are for reforms which do not
directly affect wages. They touch the
health and safety of the worker and
his family, the improvement of his
moral and intellectual condition, i'm
provements in taxation, in judicial
proceedings and in ysalitical methods.
They are reforms which affect every
one else as we'll as the wage worker.
If carried out they will benefit the
whole body of society.
Many of the reforms have been car
ried out, others partially so and others
still await the action of future legisla-
tors. We think none of these demands
are unreasonable or unjust. Some of
them may be needless as the end
sought may come naturally through
changed conditions brought about by
two or three apparently simple re-
forms. But the end sought in every
case is the material and moral i'm
provement of society. Surely any body
Of men working together for such ends
deserves something more than the
scorn of those whom fortune has
placed above the necessity of organiz-
ing for self protection. To these we
commend the platforms which follow:
Principles and Platform of the
knights of Labor.
The alarming development and ag-
gressiveness of the power of money
and corporations under the present in
dustrial and political systems will in
evitably lead to the hopeless degrade
ton of the people. 1t is imperative, if
we desire to enjoy the full blessings
this power for evil Of aggregated
wealth shall be prevented. This much
desired object can be accomplished
only by the united efforts of those who
obey the divine Injunction: In the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
breNd." Therefore we have fofmed the
Order Of the knights of Labor for the
purpose of organizing, educating and
directing the power Of the Industrial
its It is not political party it is more
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28
MY TORMENToR.

Yes, yes; at last ] think l understand. :
have not strength to move the world,
/ see.
One simple task must be enough for ne,
Not everything that seems to need my
hand.
But there is that within me that defies
Me and my prudence, jeers us both to
Scorn.
Brings me great loads toe heavy to bs
borne,
Offers me wings wherewith to tempt the
skies.
Il bursts upon me in my hours of rest.
1t points where others toll at nobler
tasks:
''Can it be possible?" It sternly asks
Are, you content with what is not the
best?''
1t spoils my work; It steals away my
peace;
| cannot choose but shudder at IT'S call.
fear it 50; and yet. in spite OF all.
could not bear to live If it should ceks}s.
Robert Beverly Hale iu LippincoI
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28

wages with short hours It is piece-worll.
The tobacco-workers' wages, though
fair is offset, to a great extent, by the
care that is taken of their health, COM
fort and safety by their employers. Work
is mostly done by the piece, and three
fourths lose very little time during the
year.
Fully one-third of the trunkmakers are
boys, the trade pelng easily learned.
half-time. About one-siath earn SIS to s2U
per week.
OF the large number of walters about so
per cent. are steadily employed viz: In
different clubs, $50; probably fifty more
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28

working three or four hours a day serv-
ing dinner. In hotels 400 find regular sit
uations. one-third of whom are negroes.
In restaurants about $50 are regularly en-
ployed and about 100 more who work ex-
ira in these places. The walters are poor
wages, hotels next, followed by the res
taurantS. Salary includes meals.
Respectfully submitted,
VIM. Z. BARCLAY,
ecretary-Treasur St Louis Typography
ical Union No 8.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28
THE STATE VS.. HUMANITY.

Though we break our fartheBs promise
we have nobler duties first.
The traitor TO humanity is the traitor
most accurSed;
Man is more than constitutions. better
rot beneath the sod
Than be true TO church and state while
we are doubly false to God.
We owe allegiance to the state; but
deeper, truer, more,
To the sympathies that God has set with
in our spirits core;
Our country claims our fealty; we grant
It So but then
Before man made us citizens, great ma
ture made us men.
Lowell.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28
FISHING TACKLE.

The daughter was going over her
fathers fishing tackle. strengthening
it up for him to be ready for the spring
campaign. when she came across a
corkscrew.
why. mamma" she exclaimed,
whats this for?"
.sUm,' shifted mamma. ST guess
that's a hook to catch bait with
Detroit Free Press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28
FROM ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
Dor Editor Salt Lake Herald:

Labor Editor Salt Lake Herald:
I cheerfully contribute to the worthy
cause instituted by the various unions of
Salt Lake city, for the amelioration of
the unemployed, and offer the following
tabulated condition of labor, as CLEANED
from the highest authorities. at the limit
ed time at my command. This data en-
braces st. Louis and adjoining territory:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28
OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBoRS.
ORGANIZATIONS NOT NUMEROUS IN
IDAHO.

The General Sentiment of the State
Not Adverse to Labor Unions-
Legislation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28

NO ADVANTAGE TAKEN OF sTRANG.
ers. All Goods marked in plain figures.
Prices the Lowest in the city for Re-
liable GOods.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28

WE keep the Finest Line of Pocket
books and Purses in the city. Call and
see the Latest Combination Books"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-13

evening and telegraphed to United States
Attorney Earhart at New Orleans. Earlier
In the day Attorney General Olney received
telegram from Mr.. Earhart, stating that
the city was in the hands of mob and
suggesting that United States troops be
sent forward at once.
The Attorney General replied as follows:
DO not understand why state authorities
are not called upon to preserve peace and
repress lawless violence. If that were
done national commerce would resume its
operations. Application to state authori-
ties ought to be made and be denied or be
proved unsuccessful before the United
States fnterposes."
Mr.. Olney, in speaking of the situation at
New Orleans, said that so far as he has
been able to learn neither the city nor the
state authorities had called out the local
militia or taken any vigorous means to
suppress the existing lawlessness. He had
no doubt, however of the ability of the
local authorities to handle the mob If they
really set about doing 1t, and in any event
the government would not interfere until
the situation was clearly beyond the con-
troll of the governor Of the state aided
The War Department officials say that
the state of Louisiana with its militia force
Of 1,25O men. well drilled and organized.
should be able to cope with the difficulty
without outside aid. If 1t should be neces-
sary to invoke the aid Of the federal troops
the department now has two batteries
d and l. of the third artillery-stationed
at Fort Jackson, in the city limits of New
Orleans, and this force could easily and
quickly be supplemented by troops from
the department of Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-13

boat, with knowledge of the law govern
ing such matters. would not have fired
upon the American flag had he not been
justified beyond question in so doing
Admiral Gherardi was seen last night at
his home. He said of the occurrence: 1t
is not always safe to tell what one thinks
of O story when he only hears one side
of it. But IL Capt. Cheeseman's story Is
true that Spanish fellow made bad mis-
take, and the whole thing was certainly
high handed proceeding. But we must re-
member that Cuba is now scene of great
disturbance, and in such times some things
are allowed that would not be tolerated
in peaceful times. But war has not been
formally declared and therefore the span
iards have no right at all to pursue such
high-handed methods on the nigh seas.
'You must remember also that tne
United States has the reputation or htting
out many expeditions to assist the repei
forces there and that the laws OF nations
allow the Spaniards to search and over
haul everything and anything they WISH
to in their own confines. 1t, therefore, de-
ponds on the distance the Alliance was
standing out from the Cuba coast capt.
Crossmap says he was two leagues OIL the
coast. and If that Is true, the snootng
was perfectly unjustiflable. But II ne was
within a league Of the shore (and one
league is but a short distance away, from
his own account) the Spaniards had right
to stop the Alliance and inspect her
.It is difficult to say what the govern
ment can do All I can say is tnat the
action by the government will depend en-,
tirely on what the investigation Will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-13
ALLAN McLANE,s ESTATE.
An Order to Show Why His Daught<
Should Not Be Paid.

An Order to Show Why His Daughter
Should Not BE Paid.
Judge Cox has ordered the executor, Jas
L. McLane Of Baltimore, and the executrix.
Mrs. Abby McLane of this city. to show
cause tomorrow why a part of the income
of the Allan McLane estate should not be
paid to his only child, Mrs. Chopper. The
thirteen months allowed for settling the
debts Of the state expired March, 1894. and
since that time Mrs. Chopper has been en-
deavoring to obtain her share of the in
come. The executors refused to pay and
appealed. The present proceeding is the
result Of an order made by Judge Cox in
the Probate Court last October, ordering
them to pay Mrs. Chopper a part of the
income. which was practically sustained by
the Court Of Appeals last month; this last
court ordering the case returned to the
Probate Court to have the exact amount
determined and expressed in words and
figures. The amounts of income due Mrs
Chopper, as heir-at-law, and Mrs. McLane
as widow, have been determined, and the
executors are now ordered to show cause
why these amounts should not be paid at
once. 1t is three years and more since Mr.
McLane's death. and 1t is said Mrs. Chopper
has had nothing. The accounts filed in
the Orphans Court, the last one dated
March 1, 1895. show. 1t is charged, no pay
ments Of any kind to the widow. Mrs Nc
Lane, however, has the right to vet show
that she has paid to herself her share Of
the income.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-13
They should He "Life Guards"


To the Editor of The Evening Star:
Sir:-If you will allow me space in your
paper, would like to say something about
Car tenders which 1 hope will interest you
and the reading public. AS an old mechanic
1 think know what kind Of an appliance
street cars need to protect life. What Is
understood by car fender2 A fender, or
defender. wherever used, is to push aside
out of the way; to clear a passage; in fact,
to protect what? The car, or the people
passing in front of it? If intended to pro-
tect the people a car fender is not the
proper name for it.
In my opinion a car fender is to fend-
push out of the way any obstruction, what
ever that may be, in front of 1t, while the
car is in motion-and clearly only protects
the car. For example, COW catcher on a
locomotive Is fender to protect itself only.
What comes in contact with it is injured
or killed. Therefore, the proper name for
any appliance put on a car to protect life
and limb should be a life guard" Any
life guard, to be effective. must be attached
to the front part of the car. allowing a
space of four to four and one-half feet, SO
that the object to be saved will come in
contact with the life guard first. P.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-13
A FEDERATION OF SCIENCE.
The Meeting of the Commission o.
wnshingtOn's Scientific Societies.

Tho aTeetfuu of the Commission OF
washinEton's Scientific Societies.
There was a full attendance last evening
at the meeting Of the delegates from the
various scientific societies In the cosmos
assembly hall. The session related almost
entirely to the organization Of the new
federated society, in which all the sclen-
tific societies are represented. the omcers
present were Gardiner G. Hubbard, presl-
dent; G. Brown Goode, vice president; J. S.
Diller, secretary, and B. P. Pierce, treas
urer The executive committee Is con-
stituted as follows: ]. w. Powell, George
M. Sternberg Charles E. Munroe, William
H. Ashmead, G. K. Gilbert. C. d. Walcott
and w. H. Dali
Bylaws were adopted for the govern
ment of the commission, and the regular
and annual meetings provided for. Special
meetings are subject to the call Of the
president or upon the request Of ten men,
bers.
The commission had adopted constitu-
ton at a previous meeting, and the details
for the permanent organization of union
society were completed last night. The
federated society is composed of the Off
GERS and administrative boards of the sew
eral component societies. and has power to
provide for joint meetings, to conduct
courses of popular lectures, to act in the
interest of the component societies at the
instance of any of them, and to attend to
such other matters as may be properly
brought before it.
The meeting last evening took action in
regard to inviting the international geo.
graphic conference to hold it's next session
in Washington. This is practically Euro
pean society, and it has never held ses-
sion in this country. The matter was re-
ferred to the executive committee, with
instructions to act as may seem advisable.
The committee met later and appointed a
subcommittee of three, consisting of
Messrs. G. Brown Goode, G. K. Gilbert
and DR.. George NJ. Sternberg. to prepare a
report upon the matter and report the
same to the executive committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-13
THE LABOR QUESTION.
Labor Commissioner Wright Points
Out n Field of Usefulness.


Out n Field of Usefulness.
Carroll D. Wright, United States COM
missioner of labor yesterday delivered the
eleventh lecture in the course given under
the auspices of the School Of Applied
Ethics. His subject was THE Function of
Government in the Solution Of the Labor
Problem"
1.-The function of government in regard
to the labor problem" said he, 'is more in
the nature of prevention than solution.
Free trade and protection, the money ques-
ton, the temperance question. transporta-
ton and such issues are all parts of the la
Dor question, and to them severally gov
eminent is obliged to turn its attention. 1t
is the function of government to say that
liquors which harm the public shall not be
sold, or that license shall be required for
their sale There Is no class in the COM
munity more interested IN sound money
than the men who work for wages; gov
eminent thus has it's function in regard to
this. Certainly the function Of government
must be clearly recognized in respect to
taxation. The regulation and control OF
monopolies properly belongs to govern
ment. If trusts were operated in proper
manner this might go far toward settling
the labor question. Andyet, SO far. every
ure. TX
most serious attention from government,
and yet it's functions are, perhaps, more
questioned here than IN, anything else. I
am absolutely opposed to governmental
control of railways, but we must admit
that government may regulate transporta-
ton for the good of the whole country, for
a corporation exists for the benefit of the
people, and not the Individual. One of the
most far-reachirg functions Of government
relates to arbitration. There is no such
thing, to my mind, as absolute arbitration.
If the employer and employee have not the
moral stamina within themselves to agree,
and if the peace of the public be threat
ened, there Is function that ought to be
brought into play to assist In the adjust
ment Of affairs. Whatever machinery of
arbitration government may adopt, 1t can
only go so far as to empower that machin-
cry to say whether the rates OF wages
paid under certain conditions are reason
able and what wages would be just. Arbi-
tration must necessarily be voluntary. In
all these things the government has a
function. but it has not always the power.
The greatest function Of government lies
in the application Of the law, not in the
use of the sheriff. or the militia, but in the
power which comes from investigation and
publicity of facts. because it is the inf1u-
ence upon the public mind. and because 1t
Is the function of knowledge. All the con-
ditions of a case are brought to light and
this obviously aids in its solution"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-13
AddisOn Sentenced. -,

Dunk Addison, an East Washington col
ored man, was arrested a week ago Satur-
day night by Policeman Frank Smith on a
charge of being drunk and disorderly. Ad-
Olson dealt the officer such a severe blow
that the latter was knocked almost sense
less. Dunk escaped at that time, but was
afterward arrested. and when the case was
of his witnesses told straight stories, but a
third witness, who had not heard them,
exploded the alibi. In order that there
should be no possible mistake, the case was
continued several times and was finally
ended today. when Judge Miller imposed a
sentence Of six months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-13

ries published in American papers of tor
tures practiced upon political prisoners to
bring about confessions have caused a
feeling Of indignation throughout the COM
munity. They are so completely without
foundation that even the royafists con-
denim the yarns, and 1t is hardly possible
that steps will be taken to discover wheth-
er the articles originated here, or manu-
featured in the United States, the latter
being the most generally accepted version.
An act was passed in the advisory coun-
ellis appropriating $4,000 to defray the ex-
penses of the rebellion, making the whole
expense up to the present time $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-13
Tranlps Injured.

Charles Miller and James Conway. men
who were making their way from place to
place in a freight car, came to grief in
Anacostia yesterday morning. They were
in a car of lumber and while the car was
being shifted the lumber fell on them.
Conway's foot was crushed and Miller's
the end of the car and 1t required consid-
cradle work to rescue them. They were
sent to Providence Hospital for treatment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-13
An Invitation to Atlanta.

The standing committee of press corre-
spondents has called a meeting Of corre-
spondents, to be held at II o'clock Satur-
day, March 10. at Gil 14th street, to act
upon the invitation extended the news.
paper men to visit the Atlanta exposition
during the coming summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-13
The British Feeling.

remark reported to have come from
a prominent British official that he ex-
pected this thing would be repeated in a
short time" shows that while the super
fetal attitude of the English may be friend
ly they have no deep-seated love for the
republic @ the possibility Of the United
States coI.lolling this territory. The sto-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-13
Robbed the Senate Barber Shop.

Jesse Jones. a colored boy, who crawled
through an opening In the door Of the Sen
ate barber shop a few days ago and car
ried of several razor. and other articles,
plead guilty in the Police Court today to a
charge Of larceny and went down for ninety
days.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-12
French Papers Give the Subject
Very Serious Consideration.
sCArI y ON TANNING ISLAND.
Arguments Which Might be Applied to
the United States-Letter From an
English CabIe Manufacturer-Inter-
esting Information by Hugh Craig.

a short time ago the San Francisco
Examiner published, for the first
| time on this coast, the fact that the
British Government, unable to OBJ
tain exclusive possession Of one of the
Hawaiian islands, had fixed upon
Tanning Island as an ocean cable
station on the line from Australia to
Vancouver, and between the latter
city and Fiji.
The publication of that news there
stirred up the usual momentary inter
est which has since subsidized. In
France, however, the subject is being
very seriously considered, and in a
letter from q manufacturer of subma-
rine cables in England Hugh Craig
has obtained some interesting infor-
nation upon this topic. The writer
says: "Recently the French press, as
you will see from the enclosed clip
ping, has been clamoring loudly for a
system of governments aided cables.
Possibly the stir is being made by La
Societe des Telephones, and Messrs.
Grammaut ct Compagnie, in the hope
of obtaining the work. They cannot,
however, compete in the open market
with the English manufacturing COM
panies, and thus any scheme In which
they are actively interested must be
handicapped; for instance, a short
cable, about 5000 miles long, was re-
quired for Madagascar recently, and
the French Government declined to
entertain an offer from one of the best
English companies to do the work for
O,0O0, and had it done by COM
for 9S4, 900, or e34, 900 more than
sum sufficient to leave a reasonable
profit to an English company"
The clipping referred to is from the
Parisian ''JournaI des Debats," which
says: Taking the hypothesis of
war between England and France the
news of hostilities cannot be tele-
graphed to French vessels and to her
IndO-China colony excepting through
the English cable of the Eastern Tele-
graph Company, which touches Alden,
Bombay, Madras and Singapore, that
is to say four times in English terri
tory. Now the conditions of contract
of the British companies impose upon
the latter the three following obliga-
tions: /. The dispatches of the I'm
perial and the Colonial governments
will always take priority of all others
when necessary. 2. No foreigners will
be employed in the service of the COM
panies, and no line will pass through
foreign offices under foreign control.
8. In case of war the employees of the
companies will be replaced by govern
ment officials, should the government
desire it.
8Under these conditions the French
governments kilograms could not
reach their destination"
The interest in this article Mr.. Craig
thinks is the ease with which the
arguments could all be applied, with
possible difference of locality, to the
United States. In the meanwhile
Great Britain and Australia are hard
at work arranging the details of the
new Pacific cable.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-12

of letter from British Commits
sioner Hawes to Minister Hatch in
which it was stated that the Brit
ish Government recognized the
claim OF the Republic, that T. B.
Walker and w. H. Rickard were
full naturalized citizens of Hawaii
and therefore the British Govern
ment had no particular interest in
their affairs. This is a clear vic
tory for this Government, thanks
to the diligent search among the
old naturalization records.