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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-06

DINNER To CAPT. CLARK,
Honors tn the Former Commander
of the Oregon.

PHILADELPHIA. April s. - Capt,
Charles r. Clark. late commander OF the
hattieship Oregon, and since assigned 10
the command of she League Island navy
yard. Was tonight rendered a dinner hy ths
t'nson League. The function .as arranged
as formal welcome 20 th.s city o. the dis.
ungusshed commander. ard a tribute 20
his services IN behalf of this country. Cow
ers were laid fer lTs persons, The dinner
vas or an Informal character. Capt. Clark
was presented wiia silver loving cup.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-06

Extreme Point Reached by the B~I-
xtcs Was Latitude .f.3a

BRUSSELS, April 5.~The Belgian Geo
graphical Society has received a sis.a,ch
stating ,ha; the extreme latitude reached
by the Antarctic expa3isicnary steamer
HeIgtca vas u d south. Longitude sz Much
bad weather was encountered by the ex-
pe1ltion, bal no irtenss cold, except dur-
ing IRE ncnth af September. Coos MAPS
were prepared e Hughes bay and Palm
evsiana. south y the South Scotland ISL
awAs
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-06
WILD RIDE TO HIS DEATH.
Young Logger Loses His Life Going
Down Chute With Saw
Logs.

Special Dispatch ia the Post Inteiligencer-
H0QITAM April Frank Streeter a
single man about - years oil, lost his Jte
tosAy a. Poison Bro= logging camp waiie
attempting 10 ride a log down chute
asout ." yards long.
II jumping, just before he log struck,
be missed his footing and fell hack into
ihe shoot and was crushed tsy the logs
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-06

TOLEDO. o. April The fsienis Of
Mayor James In Tos@as ard Coasnsbus rsa.
alfarseusfy started boom Fer him today
a. a candidate sor governor OF Oslo.
uassls< of sEs To.s % sepres< atstlves are
Ia Columbus ard TREY wi.. announce Ills
can1..Scy ia saA. city. =
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-06
DIRECT PROOF OF BRIBERY.
Pennsylvania Legislator Was Of
fered $500 to Vote for Quay.

HARRISBURG. Pa. April s.-=The brlb-
cry investigation committee resumed to-
day. William Wilson. OF West Mo.eiand.
who testified at a previous meeting Of the
committee that he was twice Offered 500
to change his vote from Col. Hun 10 Sena-
tor Quay-s5.9 ana the balance after he had
voEed-and then declined 10 give the name
OF the person who made the allegeG. otYer.
the nrst witness called today Mr..
Young moved that the witness be excused
until 2 o'clock in order tha, ne nigh, con-
suit with his attorneys. Without putting
the motion, Chairman Fow said to Wilson:
DO you know John X. Byrne who ran
for the state senate In the Fayette Green
district last fall and was defeated?"
II do
was Il he who made this offer to you?''
"T decline TO answer"
Chairman Fow advised Wilson that he
would place him in the custody OF the ser
geant-at arms for contempt unless he an
swered the question. Pending sush action.
however. the motion to extend Mr.. WI
sons time until afternoon was adopted.
Mr.. Wilson WIS called at the opening of
the afternoon session and said II the com
u1ttee insisted he weud give the name. The
committee decided Mr Wilson should name
the party whereupon ne sad Il was ex~
Representative John r. Byrne. of Sco,dale
The afternoon session brought 10 deve.op
rnents. although several witnesses were ex-
amlned.
After hearing other witnesses a the
evening session. the committee adjourned
until tomorrow afternoon.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-06
TuR 1 LINCOLN MaNt NENr.
tiIinetx Hanse MAKES AN Approrrta-
tioa sf 100000

SPRING F'tFsf.Is tn. April s-Ths souse
covnn-i;tee en appropriations adopting tse
Suggestion - CHAIRMAN Curtis toiAy pre-
pared esa providing <or ;he erersiaa -
a -ew I&nreIn usaaasssent IN Springfield %
cost s. ~ ssa af this amount sies .s l.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-06
ELECTED OVERWHELMINGLY.
Entire Republican state Ticket
snec~ssful In Rhode Isinnd.

PROVIDENCE Il L. Aprn s~Tae
state election to-day resulted IN 4 Rspas-
lfeaa victory tS0aEA tie Democrats made
gains IN many localities The eE;lre Re-
2solieac state i.cks: Was saecssssal A18
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-06

mencement of the work: congress is TO
be requested to appropriate $sooco, and
$4,000 is TO be raised by popular sub
script.on. The bill was reported 10 the
house at this evenings session and ad-
vanced TO second reading
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-06

WASHINGTON. Apva E-Coasui General
ssoo3noa, a. Shanghai regorts - the state
department the caraFlet}aa - the survey
-t tne proposed railway Nae from Hackow
ta Castor undee contract - a. American
company. He saws TIA, 70 trouble was
rsafe by TIE .zsA,sl.aats = ;he Tegssa ira
ve-@e3 ana ;has. on ;Ne contrary. every
k.u3ns~~ was shoea ana assistance gwen
Ply So ge,@g gentry sna oggYef&zS
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-06
CHINESE ATTACK BRITISH.
soldiers Hashed To kos~iaon to Pro-
tect Railroad Surveyors In
the Field

NEW YORK. Apru S.--A Dispatch 70 the
AerAti from Honskorg says: IL co4se-
aue9co of attacks hy Chinese OF Bri-lsA
survey parties of HenGkaas or .eazea ter
rttery A. kaw'oon Yesterday. }o neu q
re We.sa regiment lef; this morning In she
torpedo boa, destroyer h.ine FOR Mrs
hay. The vice~oy ~ Caatoa has sent s3a
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-06
Rash Insurgents Draw Out
a Bombardment.
ARE FORcEDTOEvACUATE
American Officer Wounded While
Taking Soundings Near Shore.

Gen. Antonio Lima said 10 Have
supptanted AguinaIdo. and Now
to Re in Full Control Of the
Rebels - Proclamation Of the
United state. Phfifpptne Commt.-
sion Favorably Received-Bank.
ers and Merchants Approve Ii,
and Natives Everywhere Regard
IL With Marked Attention,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-06
Will Support Her Against
European Aggressions.
BUT WANTS CONCESSIONS.
1.-THE Partition Comes, However,
Japan Wants Her Share.

Rusaiaas An Practical Military Oc-
capatton of Manchurta. Russian
Soldiers B~tnG Seen Everywhere
at Points at = Distance From the
Line OF the RailrOad-Thcy Hay
or Take Possession Of what Real
Eatate They Need, and tases OF
Drutality to the Natives Are Re-
pOrted-Ofnciafs Fear intrudesss
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-06
The Pennsylvania Deadlock.

HARRISBURG. Pa. April 5.-~The anti
quay Republicans today dropped Judge
Stewar, and voted for Congressman
q. F. Hur. The ballot resulted.
quay ~ ttHW -..-r--s.-s- e. -
jerks ...... ....-..F2 Necessary -. ,-,. .1JS
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25

In the case brought by the Stand
ard Oil Co. against Frank Westerman,
union carpenter of Columbus, o.,
who was arrested on the charge of
defying the state and the antitrust
law by being member Of a union,
the court held that labor unions were
not trusts, and that they could not be
so construed by any wording or mean
ing of the law. Judge Schwartz rem
dered the decision, which was so plain
that even the Standard Oil Co. could
not pick a flaw in it. The claim of
the big oil trust was so ridiculous luat
the union people had no fear of the
outcome, but the Standard Oil Co.
had been so used to getting what it
asked in the courts that it thought it
was only necessary to arrest a union
man and the court would do lie rest.
For once the great octopus struck a
snag and came out worsted.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
Playing Checkers by Wire.

Telegraphers have way OF anus
ing themselves and Willing away the
long and tedious hours that is not
generally known. At many stations
the telegrapher has to stay awake all
night, not daring even to take a short
nap. Anyone who will try to do this
will find that it is one of the most
irksome tasks in the world, and espe-
cially is this the case when there is
very little to do and the clock seems
to try and see how slowly it can, tick.
Many years ago someone devised a
plan of marking numbers on the
squares of a checker board, so thai
the moves could be telegraphed.
Along some lines every telegraph Of
flee will have a numbered checker
board, and, when business is quiet
lin the lean place of the night" two
experts will strike up a game, and al
the interested ones will get out their
own particular board and make the
moves as indicated by the telegraph
signals. When mismove is mace by
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25

All the great employers of England
have formed a society by which they
agree to stand together in every con-
test with their workmen, thus throw
ing all the power they have against
the men who produce the wealth. By
this means no employer will lose by a
strike, as he will be paid Tor all loss
sustained. This had the effect of
matchmaking all the workers into
one federation, which has just been
voted on and carried by large ma
jority in the labor unions, carrying
with it political action as one of the
weapons to be used against the en-
ployers. Thus we have the House
of Have and House of Want face to
face with each other in one country
at least. It should be so in the Unit
ed States, and will in the near future.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25

a non-union printer sued the Typo
graphical union in San Francisco for
damages for keeping him out of EN-
ployment. A superior court gave him
81 600 damages. This point is vital
one to labor unions, for much of their
strength is due to their ability to pre-
vent non-union men from working in
union shops. With this decision as a
precedent, employers can easily bank
rupt any organization which lays the
slightest straw in the way of employ
ing non-union men and with the bars
down the force can be changed to I'M
organized labor with great ease. The
labor unions must move forward to
advanced ground or cease to exist.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
An Interesting Invitation

The Miners union of Cripple Creek,
Col, has gotten out a unique invita-
ton to non-members that contains
some points that apply with equal
force to non-union men in other
classes. 1t reads as follows:
''To the recipient of this card: 10
you the Miners union sends greeting
and asks your careful perusal of the
following:
eff you are working in or about the
mines you are enjoying the good
wages and short hours which come
by virtue of a struggle made by the
Unions of this district, backed by the
Western Federation of Miners, to
which they are all attached.
''We hope that you are not so en-
tirely selfish as to continue to enjoy
these benefits without contributing
your mite to the cause that yours as
well as ours. We therefore invite you
to come and be one of us. Come and
help make our laws and govern the
body chat holds the destiny of the
miners of the Rockies.
"No matter what may be your creed
or religious belief, or how varied may
be our opinions on such subjects, we,
one and all, have common interest
in maintaining and guarding all of
the interests pertaining to our craft.
'You are either for us or against
us-there is no middle ground. If
you persistently refuse to join, it must
be taken that you are an enemy Of Or
ganized labor, and are not willing to
do what little you can to further the
interests of the craft in which you are
employed.
"We exact no obligations that in
any way conflict or interferes with
the duties that you owe to your coun-
try, your religion, or your lellow-
man.
''Our initiation fee is S. and dues 81
per month. We pay $40 per week SICK
benefit to sick or injured members,
and make liberal allowance to bury
our dead.
''The presentation of this card is a
formal invitation to you to join us.
If you wish to aid those who are help
ing you, sign below and return tnls
card to the giver.
''P. S.-This card is numbered and
accounted for. You will be reported
and recorded as having had an invi-
tation to become one of us. What is
your answer?"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
Another Wonderful Invention

The poor telegrapher, to use the
parlance Of the street, is going to
''get it in the neck" by the same fac
tor that has given it to so many other
wage workers-an invention. On
February 8, company of Cleveland
capitalists was incorporated at Column
bus, o. It will be known as the Gre
hore-Square Co., and has a capital Of
a million dollars. The invention will
greatly expedite the sending of mes
sages and will do away with a large
number Of operators, while the lines
in use by. the telegraph companies to
carry on their business will be great
ly lessened. Complaint has frequent
#ly been made at the slow rate mes
sages are sent over the ocean cables.
The instrument that the new COM
pany will place upon the market will
almost entirely do away with this OBJ
stacle which has created for so many
years so much trouble, and the a.
mount Of business which can be done
over one wire will be enormously in
creased. The new company will, of
course, have absolute control over the
new instrument.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
Poor Vic.

Queen Victoria it is said is opposed
to war and has expressed a desire to
die before war breaks out between
Finland and France but we have not
heard that Vic has expressed herself
feminist the exploitation of her hun
dreds of millions of subjects by the
landlords, the landlords and the profit
lords. She filed no protest while Brit
ish exploiters were preying on the
poor Hindoos during the time that 1O,-
100000 died of famine. She evinced
no desire to die while the poor Irish
people were being exploited in the
midst of starvation. She has hung
tenaciously to life while more of her
dependent subjects in England alone
have been crushed out of life annu-
ally at industrial pursuits than are
likely to be killed in war with
France. She has been a model of
complacent enjoyment while helpless
little children and young girls have
been rotting to death in the lead
and phosphorus works of England.
That London alone has 100000 out
cast girls, hasn't seemed to hurry
Queen Vic's gray hairs to the grave.
The fact is the old lady has not been
slow in the exploiting line herself, and
has acquired fortune of $4,000 900
al it. She is decidedly the model
ruler of bourgeoisdom, and exalted
by that class, and like all her ilk is
proficient in the art of straining at
gratis and swallowing camels.-The
Glass Struggle.
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one side or the other, it is no uncom-
mon thing to hear howl of derision
come along the line from some unex-
pected quarter. It is the first indica-
ton that someone is keeping close tab
on the game.
One night the writer was Willing
away time after midnight in game
with an expert up the line, VINO, by
the way, had always proven too much
for him, never having allowed him to
win game even as consolation
prize. A passenger who was waiting
for a belated train happened to pass
the window, and saw the checker
board. Coming around to the wicket
he asked me if was playing solitaire,
and when I informed him hat I was
playing by telegraph, was much sur
prised. He asked me who was lie best
man, and when I told him I
always lost, he asked permission to
play my hand.
The result was that my alstant
friend was trounced to the tune Of
six straight games, in some of which
he never reached the king row. It so
happened that we never had an oppor-
tunity to play again, and my oppon-
ent does not know from that day to
this that he was most mercilessly
obbed.-Railroad Photographer.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
Random Shots

Can't see why the rich should dance
at a charity ball because there are
lot of people hungry. Is it because
they are so glad Of the hunger that
they dance"
The sword presented to Dewey and
paid for out of the public treasury
cost $4,000 and now Schley has been
presented with one similar by the
people of Pennsylvania. 1t is so much
better to spend the. money skinned
from the people this way than pro-
viding better homes or food for them.
People can do without homes and
food, but the great military chief
tains must have diamond studded
swords. This country is a very SIM
pie republic and does not take kindly
to the methods and fiunkyisms OF
mOnarchies.
On what theory is it that the whole
country will turn out to hunt and
hang a man who breaks a bank ana
takes money, when if the banker
takes all there is in the bank they DO
turn out to hunt and hang him? Why
is it less crime to be robbed by those
whom you have trusted and aided
than by those who have never asked
or sought your confidence.
If it is a good thing for John D.
Rockefeller to control four hundred
million of dollars why would it not
be better to have him posses the sew
enty-fve billions of wealth of the ma
ton? Just think this over.
Our system of divided interests, of
sep rate properties, compels everyone
to protect his individual interests
and impels him to attack the inter-
ests Of everybody else. From this
greed and avarice is stimulated. Even
the service of each for the other is
weighed and measured in dollars and
cents. Nearly all service is made a
matter of merchandise; and we stop
and haggle over the price like any
courtesan on the street. Our wage
system makes prostitutes of all. 1t
blinds us to the essential business of
our lives so that we actually rejoice in
the opportunity to sell ourselves-our
services money; and we look up
on it as a misfortune if we fail to
find buyer.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
A NEW METHOD.

In accord with the provisions of an
act passed by the recent special ses-
sion of the Kansas legislature, that
state is about to inaugurate new
method of selecting a commissioner
OF labor statistics and factory inspec-
] tor. The law in question provides Tor
the holding Of an annual convention
q Of delegates representing all the trade
unions, labor organizations, railriad
& brotherhoods, labor associations and
labor societies in the state, the basis
of representation for the local organi-
cation being as follows:
One delegate for the first fifty or
fraction thereof, and one additional
delegate for each additional one hum
dred, or majority fraction thereof.
This convention when organized is to
be known as the State Society OF
I Labor and Industry and its president
vice president, secretary and assistant
secretary together will form the state
bureau of labor and industry. In adj
dition to his other duties the secre-
tary will be ex-officio commissioner
aof the bureau of labor and industry
and state factory inspector, and the
assistant secretary will be the assist
ant commissioner. Their duties will
be very similar to those now perform
I ed by the bureau of labor statistics,
+ though they are given wider field
ana greater powers than the depart
ment they succeed enjoys. The first
meeting of the Society of Labor and
industry was called at Topeka on the
9th inst, but the officials there chos-
en- will not take charge until the first
! of the coming July.
#s The novelty Of the plan lies in the
selection of commissioner being
left to the representatives of the labor
organization of the state, and if they
I do not get one who will be acceptable
I to the working people, the fault will
be entirely their own. The result of
this experiment will be followed with
i a great deal Of interest, as: it may
prove to be the Inauguration of a new
policy which will finally receive the
sanction of all the states.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
The Labor Press.

The progress of She labor move
ment in the United States has been
gradual sometimes even slow, but
that the cause is surely advancing no
well informed person will deny. The
principles upon which the cause is
founded are so broad; the question of
reform an human progress which are
inseparably interviewer with the
movement are so comprehensive that
the ordinary person in the busy world
has little idea of what is being ac-
complished, or of the vast possibili-
ties within the reach of men, which
can be achieved through honest CO.
opera ton and perseverance. These
successes have depended in the past
and must depend in the future more
upon the well directed efforts ot; the
labor press, the journals, magazines
and newspapers devoted to the cause
of labor, than to any other single
agency. The labor press must be sup
ported and encouraged by union men
if they expect to obtain relief from
the many unjust conditions forced up
ON them. These publications are the
agencies through which we keep in
touch with our co-workers throughout
the land. They are the sentinels that
guard our interests and sOunu the
note of warning upon the approach
of danger; the champion that pro-
tects our principles in the face of
every attack; and the guides that d.
rect and aid us with judicious counsel
in the hour OF need. The men who
conduct these publications are almost
invariably men who see and under
stand the dangers which are gather
ing so fast they seriously threaten in
the near future to completely engulf
society as they have already practi-
cally submerged the body pollJic.
These men deserve the hearty sup
port and cooperation of every person,
man and woman, who makes each a
unit in the society of honest workers;
workers of brain and muscle, the pro-
fessional men; tradesmen, merchants,
ministers-a1l who embrace what we
call society. They are the ones who
live, not lean on society; give them a
helping hand, it is worth your while,
and they will appreciate it.-Quincy
Labor News.
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FOUNDERS
Continued from Page 1.

the storm that night as she was sinking
when he left her.
The Kordistan, the third vessel that saw
the distress of the Bulgaria without be-
io:g able to be Of assistance because of
the tempestuous seas, arrived in Bremen
on the 10Th inst, and reported that the
Bulgaria had foundered. Second Officer
scharges is reasonably positive that none
were rescued from the Inflated vessel at
ter he left her and it is feared that 101
persons went down with her.
The Bulgaria had no accommodations
for first class passengers and all the pas
sengers on board were in the steerage.
Trey were mostly Germans from different
parts of the United States. She was no,
regular liner and had been in the ser
vice of the Hamburg line abou'
year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25

ton were popular one, to bend legis-
lators to their will. The lessons
which proves that the indirect method
of choosing United States senators is
a wrong one was never before chalked
up on the national blackboard in let
tiers of such commanding size, and
never was there better time for be-
ginning an agitation for the amend
ment Of this portion of the federal