The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-14
[FR[D DlGE'S FAILURE.
- Has Ba0IGHT SORROW TO HIS
~onpr. TOWN OF wORkNEN.

- Had Bsiit Up an Edsea'"""
.--ut. EnpIoye. Owned Their
asme., Eutsyed Pensions, Endoss-
~ests, Insarance-The Outcome
che rushgsg waters Of the East Caaaaa
& lesr comes suFnbling. IeapiDg, roaring
7sxn from the Adtroaaachs, pas
Rrsyssoae buildings and ca 70 the Ao-
Xawks. Tney speed past the log wneefS
Isl the turnlns OF Dsigs'iase o'e
IT. hIsssng their wonder a, the silence
s - Their old comrades For the waters ana
10 wheelg had been welded years age.
q from the union sprang wondF0us power
Al worked gtea; machinery. Kept many
rrarefs OF people busy and 5aisl up
4 rsat Industries and great town ,,.
WATCHING tie !ushlEg waters are il{,ae
krats Of wofkrneu. They DO not watcn the
Easers as Of yore. For years the rap'a
S34sreau sang 20 them BY day ana oy a4s"l
cheering soEg. Song or pfoSP@As.
4,oa wages. comfortable homes. HAPPY
{ k.nsl.ss: now the river sings song OF
s. korrox and deprivation and gaBi. Of Idle
& 1Su All day long the w0fkmen Strain
sx3b..r ears 10 catch IN the rivers loud cry
q nate Of hope and cheer. but j; has not
home Jet.
II 0gher msn pass In the street, too, ali day
e lag They are weIi-dressed. keei-faced.
s krcsssxonai-iook!ng men who carry big
q Rsots books and satcheis full OF legal pa
*rs. They visit the deserted factories and
&. maze many notes. They are lawyers and
bus.nsss men, trying TO sum up the real ex-
3 err Of Alfred Doige's misfortune.
The news Of Mr. Dolge's general assign
ssAnsnt vas the worst that the residents OF
3 HIS town bad ever heard. The 1900 inhabi-
sksnss hope and pray that al viii come out
zkfgft and tina; the situation Is not as bad
q fl seems for Alfred Dodge, OF DolgeviIle;
Is prosperity 10 It's prosperity; his ruin its
1uin. When Mr.. Dodge was prosperous he
HAIRED his good fortune with his working
ksop,e II the lawyers and the business
ksen decide that he cannot rise from the
Anancisl wreck the working men must
have their homes and 20 out into the world
ths, seems so far away.
Il his handsome home. just across the
river from The big greystone felt factory,
lis Alfred Dodge. He does rot go out in
ths streets OF his town. for his trouble is
heavy enough without being made heavier
d. seeing the sorrows of his people. His
FAITHFUL wife Is Frustrated over his MUS
tsftnge the ycung children remain very
/ Eulef IN the big house, realizing that some
t<yrias calamity has come, and that their
Hs.t.e Is out OF place.
y cannot speak Of IT, said Mr. Dodge
yesterday. '"rhe situation II bad enough
Fay should hazard guess as to the out
ksmeg / am more sorry for my people
@Asn FOR myself. I hope sincerely that
pings may be Strengthened out. and that
3ae works may resume. but there is no use
psyiag to guess what the end will be-
Due To the War scare.
IN New York ex-senator A. NJ Mills
fhe receiver OF the Dodge Felt works. Is
fssy On the books OF the concern. and In
Little Falls. Herkmer and here the law
ters ana the creditors are trying to est
mate for themselves the extent OF the
Failure.
The matter was preclpitated by The
par scare said Supreme Court Justice
Hardin who 10 the friend and adviser Of
sr. DOLCE. Here Is a letter which We
eeslyed The other day from a New YORK
bark" and he read
II IL with deep regret that we are
4tpmpshes TO announce our inability 10
IAsner Mr.. Dolge's paper. The widespread
tsfe over possible war has caused n grea.
pfngeney In the money market. and I'M
sss The var sensationalism Is soon stopped
Pc financial ruin will become widespread.
fksisi must come soon IN order 10 avErt
treat. Disaster In business Circles
He had too many irons m the fire." lay
lEaay CT Mr.. Dolges friends. He tried 10
- 100 much. He spread out into 40 many
4ssds that even hs great fortune could
pave 40 reserve for possible setbscks. and
p when the first reverse came he had to
i ~ under.
Tas situation In polgevllle today Is this;
xers than TO out OF the 1000 workers et
as village have been thrown out OF en-
seynfat by the shuttir- down of the
arH a.
snFany and the cutting down ~ labor IN
SIS fai7s o. the other five Industries Of the
EYE All OF the poigeyilie Industries are
sseseiy allied by business interests .ha.
- hselles, fear II entertained by the
arknen who still have employment.
Mr.. Dodge L. Doiressiie.
oelgeyills Is zine miles from Little Fails.
asea Is III miles from New York. Tho
81 ssh y connected ny Little Falls with the
~ Ok TIE world through the Doigeviile &
s Fails railroad. which Mr. Dodge
ne chief stockhioder since the shut
as aswn Of his mill and the Green shop
~ BUSINESS Of the railroad has fallen Of
y slastaiag extent Should the Dodge
sfss sni the Green factory fail To re-
Sfne~ snd there - no promise OF a re-
Ae'ien on the part Of those interested
psapss viii find themselves compelled
inAFs TIER homes and seek employment
sesNsfe and such an exodus would it il
sfea be bait tho beginning Of n greater
es 10 make matters worse. more than
NaaH Of their number own--in white
q fst~-ths houses In which they live.
@'hass every casa these houses repre-
' rs savings OF their lifetmss Small
N"@T' teen. that the Idle ones stans
1st isoxing gioamily az the big empty
"s tseniy-four years ago that Alfred
II - 'ee@ young man. who had made
Ss fef1ehe in :he piano felf and wire
sas' aeesded upon the place th,, now
ats name for the site OF a piano
- sacsery. II was lhea known as
s,ssss Bridge and hoastes. Of 100 Ia
and al old fese =: Il tAnnefv
we aaa been selected because Of is
natural advantage IN tie way CT
poseT. Dolee bought tSe OH tam
1Ad sn2n after acquired y 40 acres
sAoes lsad adjoining He BEGAN mod.
Fasegh. hut his business increase;
rs piano fslss he,lfue world
= taa Re eould have made a sfeas
&C. ~ eaee were i a. 80 tas oapo-
~ = ne cheaper fo~efs9 material.
- aNsse studied the question class.v
So result soon made his sDs~a~arre
s~s.Ss.s'oS. he VAS an advocate OF
A-s..FNa 70 American Industries &" The
rs-s...N sesxHea. he asserted. 80 Iiss rot
Ne So. stss iae cheap labor ef rur9ps