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The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
Prosperity Among New England Workers

Prosperity Among New England Workers.
Apropos of the strike on the part of
the Massachusetts cotton mill opera
tives, here is true story Of the condi-
tion of the mill employees of New Eng
land town, as published by an exchange:
The destitution and want existing are
great and volumes could be written re-
lating instances Of suffering that are
saddening. The excess of French who
speak only their own language makes
it difficult to get at the true condition
throughout their midst, but individual
cases are plenty. In one little house Of
four rooms ON Smith street nineteen
people make home. In another little
place, called the "0ld Lighthouse" there
are two rooms below and an attic 15x20
feet. There Is a family in each room
and they bunk in the attic, sleeping on
the floor, that is covered with bedding
OF sea grass.
To illustrate the meager sum earned
by many, take the case of Efie Tarr,
girl of 16. Her weekly wages as a
spinner amounted to $115. There are
scores of men who have grown gray in
the mill service who are only paid 80
cents q day, when twenty years ago they
were earning $1.60 and over. Some who
received $1.OS for certain work some
years ago now get 40 cents day.
"rhey talk Of the spinnerS in ENG
land" said an old mill hand, ''as being
worse off than we are. It Is not so.
spinner there can earn AZ shillings,
counting shilling as Is cents, and mot
do half the work we do. There is no
end of poor girls here running five looms
to earn 80 cents day, when in England
a girl will have only two. The English
loom may pick little faster than ours,
but that is nothing
The girls here do $50 per cent. more
work for the same money than they do
in England Our looms used to pick
1876 a minute, but now they are speeded
up to 1870.
Then, the machines are gailged TO
increase che cut from ave TO ten yards,
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
How One Train Grew Lives,

!, on Saturday we were invited by Con-
1dltCtor II. r. Mclaughlin to visit his
Near, No, 1852, then standing on the track
gn Cont of the magnificent depot build
Ding, says the editor OF the Dodge City
/, ,tslphe- Republican. Mac and his crew
DRadsOn that morning arrived from New
Non with preferred freight" train
1''lnia car Mac has had for ten years past,
',hoRgh he has been conductor on both
'grelght and passenger trains for much
D,0nger time. The object OF the invitation
1#as to show the editor how the train
A.neM enjoy living.
y We found a neat and tidy car with
A0oking arrangements complete, A ensall
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
Bryan on New England Strike.

Waterville, Me-, February 5.--An in
lteresting correspondence has just taken
place between William j. Bryan and
10. w. Davis, of Maine, who won fame
upon the stump In the late campaign
The correspondence pertains to the ex-
listing cut in wages Of the New England
cotton mills, etc. Mr.. Davis sent the
following dispatch to Mr.. Bryan:
New England observes st. Mckinley
day Restored confidence has been dis
counted 10 per cent in all our cotton
mills and the Republican party still
lives. (Signed) c. w. DAVIS.
''Waterville, Me-"
Mr.. Bryan replied:
Il have noticed the reduction in wages
in New England, and while have not
sufficient knowledge OF all the facts to
enable me to pass judgment, 1t seems
to me that the reduction is hardly in
Keeping with the promises made by the
advocates Of the DiugIey bill.
Very truly yours,
"(Signed) w, ]. BRYAN"
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
Secretary of Committee.
EOS Kansas Avenue.

AT the close of Eugene " Debs' speech
a. Federation of Trades hall, Atlanta,
Ca, January 3, ID. M. RiOrdan, President
Of the Arizona Lumber Company, made
talk on Social Democracy, and publicly
offered to become one on any number
from five or more persons to give the
cause of the Social Democracy the sum
of $4,000 each, either on the spot or at
time In the future,
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
The BARRIERS, State Convention,

Since issuing the call for the State
BARRIERS convention, in last weeks is
sue of this paper, the committee, through
It's secretary has received many com
municatiOns from over the State ex-
pressing sympathy with the movement
and willingness to assist in effecting
the organization, and asking for fur
ther information.
The committee requests that each bar
ber in the State attend the convention
for the express purpose Of organizing a
Kansas State BARRIERS Association" The
purpose Of the association is to look af-
ter the interests of the barber business
Of this State, and secure united action
OF the BARRIERS in pushing our BARRIERS
license bill at each session of the Leg
isIature until 1t becomes a law.
In localities where all the BARRIERS
cannot attend the convention they
should call local meeting and form a
local organization, electing as many rep
resentatives as they see fit and sending
them to the convention to represent
that locality After they return home
the delegates can report to the local
organization every action taken at the
convention. Should there be any city
or locality which cannot possibly send
representative they should send series
OF resolutions or letter expressive of
their sentiments to the committee, ad-
dressed or headed to the BARRIERS State
convention, to be read before the con-
Vention.
The committee desires to impress
again upon the BARRIERS of the State the
great assistance which the Advocate and
News is giving the committee and the
interest which its editor is taking in
our cause, all free Of charge, and now he
volunteers to give Is cents of each sub
scription received from the BARRIERS to
our organization. 1t seems to us that
this offer should not be overlooked by
a single barber in Kansas, because you
wall help the association financially, en-
courage the editor in his good work and
secure for yourselves each week every
thing OF interest to laboring people and
especially the BARRIERS in our struggle
for BARRIERS license law.
The BARRIERS of Topeka recognize the
need Of an active labor paper and have
subscribed for the Advocate and News
and now 1t is weekly visitor to each
shop in the city and should visit each
shop In the State.
BARRIERS, let your watchword be "On to
Topeka; for BARRIERS license law"
Yours truly,
c. B, HYPES,
Secretary of Committee.
EOS Kansas Avenue
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
Late Labor Notes.

Advo A6DVG hVBobt
Colored carpenters at Memphis are
organizing union.
The miners Of northern Colorado are
on strike for increased wages.
An electric boot backing machine is
the latest. 1t is being put into Eastern
hotels.
The headquarters of the United Mine
Workers will be removed to Indian
apolis.
Several thousand printers at Edin-
burgh, Scotland, are on strike against
a reduction.
New York Cabinet Makers Union is
discussing the advisability of demand
ing the eight-hOur day.
Several small strikes have occurred
among boilermakers Of Chicago to en-
force the nine-hour rule.
A machine is being made in Pittsburg
that will drive 1000 1916 inch rivets in
a day, rendering the skilled boilermaker
a superfuity.
Trunkmakers at Oshkosh, Wis, struck
for 10 per cent. advance, but by arbi-
tTation the matter was compromised at
3 per cent. increase.
The Alice rubber mill at WoOnsocket,
r. l., has closed down. This mill is
owned by the United States Rubber
Company and employs 1,2OO hands.
About sixty iron molders employed by
the Phoenix Foundry and Manufactur-
ing Company, Landsdale, Pa, have
struck against a reduction of 10 per cent
The common council of Racine has
agreed to eight-hOur day for all munich
pal work The same city recently
adopted the union label for all its PRINT
ing.
The Erie, Pa, Journal has inaugurated
a new feature in journalism. The man.
agement has turned over the plant to
the employees to be operated by them on
the cooperative plan.
The shingle trust ON the Pacific coast
will close all it's plants next month, and
hundreds of workers will be out Of jobs
The object is ito clear the market of sur
plus shingles and raise the price.
N1he first bill signed by the Governor
Of Iowa was to allow the railroads until
1900 to comply with the car-coupler law
to protect the lives of trainmen. No one
expected a labor measure would be first
to go through. Labor Expo
nent.
The Detroit sheet metal workers, after
being out four days, won their strike
and returned to work Tuesday morning.
A nine-hour wOrkday and 25 cents per
hour was the basis of settlement. Be-
fore the strike they were working ten
hours a day, at 221a cents per hour.
The journeyman plumbers in Omaha
are in a fair way to come out successful
in their fight against the master plumb
ers. The iourneymen want them to
sign an agreement to pay As cents per
hour Bale & Reed have already signed
and it is thought that the balance will
follow suit.
The initiative inaugurated by the So
cial Democrats of canton Geneva to
abolish the annual appropriation for the
church and thus sever the church from
the State was lost by vote Of 1000 to
$500. In Switzerland, as in most Euro
pean countries, the church Is supported
by the State.
The Indiana Labor Commissioner has
effected a settlement for one year bs.
tween the thousand workmen In the
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
Sheriff Martin On Trial.

The trial OF Sheriff Martin and his sew
enty-eight deputies for the Latimer mas
sacre began at Wilkesbarre, Pa, last
week. The testimony OF the witnesses
examined showed that the strikers were
unarTned and peaceable and that the
shooting down of the men was entirely
unproyOked and brutal in the extreme.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-27
NOT TO BE IGNORED.
clIratc.

One of the reports coming from Saratoga Oh
the eve of the Republican state convention IL
that the question of Colonel Roosevelt elEl-
bility will not he raised unless 1t Is raised d!
s1pporters of Governor Black; in other W0fds
that the managers for Colonel Roosevelt VIII
ignore the question unless they are compeiled
10 resDond TO an attack. We hope that ms re-
mort Is not true The delegates are entitled pe-
fore they cast their votes. TO have placed be-
fore them the proofs of the validity of the nom
nation which beyond doubt large majority
of them desire to make, and In our opinion the!
will not be doing their duty II they fall 10 ue
mand the production Of the proofs. number
of persons are saving in a foolish and IRE
sponsbe manner that the question raised ny
Colonel Roosevelt's affidavit is a trliling matter
and Lot worth a moments attention oi
course. this IS not the fact. as these persons
know, II they know anything
Colonel Roosevelt himself does not take any
such view of the case 1t IS positively known
that he wanted TO have his representatives
especially his legal representatives. just
the course which The Tribune earnestly adj
vsed on Sunday morning, and publish the evil
dence of his eligibility Mt the earliest moment
In perfectly candid and straightforward way
was brought to public notice II was announced
that conclusive showing would be MADE IN
short order 1t is impossible TO suppose that
any evidence can ever be produced which could
not have been produced within few hours In
a complete and impressive form. Assuming
that the case Is clear. and has been for several
DAYS. 10 those in charge Of II, we are unable
10 persuade ourselves that they are treating
the people. the party or the candidate himself
fairly Their tactics do not create convic-
ton of confidence. but convey suggestion OF
anxiety IT, as we much prefer to assume,
Colonel Roosevelts title is clear, that fact
oncht to have been established 10 the uni
versal satisfaction. or acceptance. without an
hours needless delay. If the evidence needs
a lawyers argument To demonstrate IT'S valid
,ty II was neither creditable nor expedicnt 10
withhold the demonstration. Delay has, In our
opinion. done harm already. II ii has the mis-
chief may he repaired by full statement or
the case 10 the convention. Ignoring the issue
will be far more likely 10 enhance than TO re-
move the doubt. If Colonel ROosevclts man
ayers favor a policy Of silence we urge them
10 remember that they will have 10 speak soon
or or later and evasion until the last moment
does not comport with the reputation which Is
believed to he their candidates strongest claim
TO popular support.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-27
PROGRESS N EULCATION.

The annual report OF the Commissioner Of
Fducation which was submitted the other day
10 Secretary Bliss. is fairly satisfactory. zone
cause Of concratulation." II declares. ION the
part of those who hold The doctrine that pop.
"ular educate is the safeguard Of our Ameri-
"can institutions. is the continued prosperity
"of tho elementary schools. The Increase dur
"lng the year 1861 amounted TO 25I.S)6
pupils over the previous year The total on
rolled in elementary schools amounted 10 l5
40 I2G pupils Adding 10 II those in colleges
universities, high schools and academies, the
total number reached l6.255.O93"
The total amount Of schooling received per
pupil on an average for the whole country Mt
the rate 81 school attendance for 1897 Is al
most five years Of 200 days each: and In n few
Of the States. In which the schools are gen
crously supported, the children OF school age
get on an average seven years Of schooling
This leaves little 10 be desired. ma seven years
Of thorough school training furnishes an adj
mrable equipment for the duties Of life. But
il Is 10 be noted. further. that il IL In these
same States that the facilities for higher cdu
cation are greatest and that every year a
larger percentage Of thc best graduates Of the
public schools are being sent TO colleges or
universities. While. therefore, as the report
shows. elementary education is not neglected in
the public schools their function ne feeders 10
the colleges and technical schools Is becoming
more important every year. This IS az it
should be; for while the first duty Of the public
schools is to give n good elementary education
to every child Of school age. It is also quite ms
much their duty especially in the cities and
towns. 10 furnish the groundwork for a liberal
education to those who mny desire II.
The increase Of students in colleges and uni
verstics during the last twenty-five years has
been very marked In 1872 only 800 persons
I'm 1O0O00O were cnrocd as college students
while In 1897 the number had risen to 1,2lG in
100000 being more than double the number
Moreover. during the same period the standard
Of admission to colleges and universities has
been raised 10 such an extent ms 10 require an
average of an additional years work in prepa-
ration for the freshman class. When this fact
IS taken into consideration It Is quite within
bounds 10 estimate the number Of those now
taking higher course measured by the stand
ard of 1879. as three times what II was in that
year. This increase Is most marked I'm the
case Of students who take what are called post
graduate courses. fitting them for specialized
work or original investigation The profes-
sional schools Of law medicine and theology
have reached high state ~ efficiency during
the last twenty-five years and they now com
pare favorably with the hest Of such schools
in Europe II is to he noted also that their
progress toward sill higher ideal OF excel
lence Is continuous. The esprit de corps Of
these great technical schools is admirable, and
gives abundant promise that they will keep
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-27
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

FOREIGN-The French Cabinet oroereu "a
vision of the Dreyfus case which ~ sup ortoe n
10 the Court OF Cessation. = Inc .ao, ~
Peace S Nrni He lTos
"a nmsnder of the victorious army In the SOU
dan. has been raised to the Brltish 80 ~
Lieutenant Honson expec. .;s 10 Ne Colon,
wrecked in the battle of Santiago - uenJ,
Blanco ordered the free entry OF Ienei s"pP"0
sent from the United States 10 Cupa
DoMEsTIC-The delegates 10 the Saratoea
Convention are overwhelmingly for HoussN ,oa
for Governor: Governor Black visited Sara'osa
and talked with his supporters; the r.ooas a.
managers declared the question OF .ne,' rnIess
dates availability would be ignored uhieSo
raised on the floor of the convention uS ene
Black men. - The Republican stare Coh,hllt
tee held brief and harmonious messing nav
inr no contests as to delegations 70 pass upon
= Nothing definite was made known AZ
Syracuse in regard TO Inc Democra.c Su's
ticket TO be named tomorrow. me '" a., "a.
nenartmert Investigating Commission nelo its
first formal session in Washington ana oulIlhea
a plan Of procedure. - Agonrlio. the iepic
sentative of Agunado. the fnilippine I Wash,
passed through Chicago on his way 10 WASH
inrton. he set forth the desires OF the Fihpinos
10 he heard before the Peace Commission
CiTY.-Judge Shpman. or the United states
ceiver Of the New England Loan and Trust
COMPANY - Further disturbances were
caused on the East Side by the orthodox jews
who object to the continuance Of the business or
n restaurant during Yom Kippur. and dozen
of the rioters arrested - Representa-
tives of the Amateur Athletic Union, at spec'ai
meeting took action toward settling the anna
teur athletic troubles in the West -: DIS
trict- Attorney Gardiner wrote 10 the PONCE
Board announcing his intention OF presenting
the excise cases dismissed ny Magistrate crane
10 the Grand Jury for indictment. and inclosine
a COPY of a letter TO the Magistrate, asking II ne
had refused to take judicial cognzance OF me
charges in question. - The New-York base
ball team won two games from the Philadelphia
team the first by score OF y 70 \, and the sec
ond bv . 10 / In six innings. - Ma1or-Gen-
eral Joseph Wheeler and his staff arrived here
on their way TO Camp Wheeler. Huntsville, Ala.
THE Neutrality-suspicious. for to-day: Partly
cloudy The temperature yesterday; Highest, -
degrees; lowest, 65; average. Ghe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-27
THE SALVAGE OF THE MARIA TERESA

TIE SALVAGE OF THE MARIA TERESA.
II Is gratifying TO learn that the Spanish
cr,Iispr-or to speak more accurately, the late
SronIsh cruiser-Infanta Maria Teresa las been
raised and safely conveyed into Guantanamo
Ray. where repairs which will enable her 10
bc brought 10 an American shipyard are now
heinp made. Recent experience has shown
that it is not quite safe to award praise for
naval achievements on the basis OF early re-
ports. hut the general suppostion is that for
this meritorous salvage thanks are chiefly due
10 Hohson. 1t was confidently believed for
time after the battle Of Santiago Bay that the
Maria Teresa could he Hoatcd but subsequently
reports came from naval sources that THIS eX-
pcctotion was likely to he disappointed, and
it was even said that Hoison's persistence alone
prevented the attempt from being abandoned.
However this may he, the vessel has been
saved and her condition apparently Justifes
the hope that she can be made valuable add
ton to the Navy of the United States at a cost
small In comparison with her value.
II this proves TO be the case, much the
better. But the expense OF restoring the Maria
Teresa is not n controlling consideration She
would he worth far more to the United States
than the sum for which she could be dupli-
Gated. or than the sum for which n better ship
could no built She ought to take her place
under our flag as trophy and an inspiration.
And doubtless that Is her destiny. There seems
TO he a chance also that one or more other
relics OF dazzling triumph can he preserved.
Expert opinion has been wengh unanimous
that the Cristobal Colon could not be saved.
though II was never decislvely announced. we
believe that Hobson had given up. voluntarily
or by command the novel experiment for which
he made such elaborate preparations. But now
II IS considered probable that. encouraged by
this first success, no Will he able To persuade
his superiors to authorize operations on the
Colon II must be recognized, however that
the latter undertaking presents radically differ
ent problems, according to all accounts and is
presumably not rendered more hopeful by The
outcome Of the former. The Colon would he
n noble acquisition, but II we have 10 get along
without her or the Mercedes. concerning which
fresh hopes are expressed. we can still afford
to be cheerful II capable Of being restored 10
her original efficiency the Maria Teresa viii
serve 10 n considerable degree the purposes for
which tho Maine wns designed. and the inter
est attaching to her will not he diminished by
the fact that she preserves the recollection Of
Admiral Cervera's gallaniry in transferring his
flag from a ship which he hoped would escape
TO ship which he supposed to he doomed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-27
DEMOCRATIC HOPES.

1t is n good thing for Democrats to comfort
themselves with Republican differences. II
pleases them and they do II so loudly that II IN
structs the surrounding universe They want
Republicans to fall foul Of each other about can
didates or else about factions and they frankly
say so. They hope that some Republicans will
run outside tickets for the benefit of Demo-
cratic candidates for Congress and the Assem-
lily. and kindly say 90. They are glad To know
that nomination 10y an Independent body is TO
some Republicans hindrance and say 20 loud
ly. They are to he thanked for their candor.
IT is not necessary 10 60 far aheld 70 find the
source Of this deep interest in Republican do
lngs The Democratic organizations are under
the unpleasant necessity this year 81 saying
yes or no on the Bryan question. That does
not mean the frcc-silver question alone. II II
did the problem would he for many compar-
atively easy frce-sllvcr party could not
carry New-York unless the Republicans were
badly divided. rs every one knows. But man
who holds Rryan's notions about the Supreme
Court and about the rights of labor or other
organization 10 get up riots without intcrfcr'
once would NOT carry any State where the peo-
pie have sense enough for self government. and
yet mixture Of these questions with the dislike
of some people for war. and OF some other peo-
plc for the way the war has been conducted. Is
the total stock I'm trade Of the Democratic party.
That ia large stock. II the Republicans see
fiji 10 enlarge II. II every man who did not
think the war necessary. or thinks II was not
wagcd exactly rs il should have been. betakrs
himself 10 the party Of Bryan for expression ~
his feelings the so-cnllcd silver party may re-
cord some apparent gains. Rut II Democrats
hope ia win for Organism through Republican
dlssenslon they aro likely 10 be disappointed.
The average Republican Is not quite destitute
81 sense. and knows that IT cannot pay 10 put
political advcrsaric9 into power merely because
he has faults 10 find with such accounts rs he
has seen Of existing conditions or recent events