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Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-03-25
The Benefits Of Cooperation.

The Benefits Of Cooperation.
Each worker over Is years gets cents an
hour for hours day. The women work
hours tor the colony but get pay for s. Each
pays 50 q week for board. Children under
Is years get an allowance ranging from 10c
to % cents Il week. according to age and
pay no board. Many things are furnished
free. such as laundry work, fuel colony made
furniture, shoe mending. sewing and mend
ing, doctor, nurse and medicine, funeral eX
penses, transportation, water, house room,
use of meeting place for dances, concerts and
lectures and perhaps some other things, and
members only pay for the cost of material
for anything in the colony. They also get
wholesale cost price through our department
of exchange on whatever is bought from the
outside We have given this plan fair trial
and believe that the few cents of actual paw
will, when taken together with the advant-
ages enumerated. provide better living than
the average wageworker gets on the outside.
There is probably not an equal number of
wagcworkers in any given community in the
eastern or middle states so we'll clothed and
fed as the Equaltyites.
And it is not only what we take out that
marks our earnings. we are creating wealth
continually 10y our labor. and it remains here
to be enjoyed by those who create it.
The fact that our people are living on the
allowance now provided for ought to satisfy
all our friends that the allowance is sufficient
for present needs We get along without
complaint. and if you have doubts that you
can do so, do not come. We need pioneers
of courage, of nerve, of resolution. We did
not come here for amusement Our work is
a serious one and demands serious people.
All others should continue to chase the
phantom OF profit
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REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, 1900.
Imperialism, Benevolent Assirnfla-
ton, Whitewash Hypocrisy, Beet.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-03-25

Ia Send for free sample copy of the Good
Citizen, the organ of the Cooperative College
of Citizenship, and the exponent of right
civic and social relations Fifty cents a year;
210 Warren Ave. Chicago. Ill.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-03-25

EQUALITY, SATURDAY, MAR. 25
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-03-25

REPORT FOR JANUARY. 1900
The record-union., 1899-10-18
ODD FELLOWS
ANNIVERSARY.
The Members Of the Order Holding
a Jubilee
In CommemoratIon Of Their Fiftieth Annua |
Advent In California.
Large Delegations in Attendance
at the Grand Lodge Meeting at
Sam Francisco-The Election of
Officers to Take Place To-day
The Only Contest is for the Of
fee of Grand Junior Warden.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-THE fif-
tieth anniversary of the order Of Odd
Fellows is being celebrated in this city,
large delegations being present from all
parts of the State. To-day the first
real business of the session commenced.
The reports of the various officers
and standing committees were read
and showed the order to be in very
f1ourishing condition.
The Grand Encampment degree was
conferred upon seventy Past Grand
Patriarchs who were present, and this
afternoon nominations for the various
offices were made.
The election for officers will be held
tomorrow Grand Patriarch J. W.
Harris will be elected Grand Repre-
sentative to the Sovereign Grand
Lodge. Joseph Fisler of San Diego will
become Grand Patriarch, r. d. Gum
moe, Grand High Priest; G. H. Weaver,
of Alameda, Grand Senior Warden
William H. Barnes, Grand Scribe: g.
W. Lemont, Grand Treasurer: Fl. S.
Winn, F. A. Week and w. S. Potter,
Grand Trustees.
There will be a contest for Grand
Junior Warden between the following
named candidates: j. Ashland of Los
Angeles, A. c. Bates of San Jose and
w. E. Dubois of San Francisco
The record-union., 1899-10-18
MINE EXPLOSION.
For a Time Many Lives Were in
Danger.

POTTSVILLE (Pa.), Oct. 17.-Short-
ly before II o'clock to-day an explosion
of mine gas occurred at the Shenan-
doah city colliery, by which twenty
two men were entombed. Ten of them
have been rescued alive. 1t is feared
the others are dead.
The mine took fire and the Shenan-
doah Fire Department has gone to the
rescue.
Great excitement prevailed. The col
liery is one of the largest of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron
COmpany's operations.
Those taken from the mine are:
Adam Sobolonski. married, burned
William Skavinski, Joseph Caspavav-
age, probably fatally burned; Joseph
Kinski, burned upon face, head and
back; Matty Yecad. Peter Yecad, broth
ers not badly burned. All live in
Shenandoah.
The mine burned fiercely, and the
firemen had hard time battling the
flames.
At ) p. m. all of the entombed men
were out of the mine. Although sew
eral are seriously injured, no one has
died yet.
The fire has been extinguished.
The record-union., 1899-10-18
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY.
How the Chief Executive Spent His
Time in Wisconsin.

MILWAUKEE (Wis.), Oct. 17.-Not-
withstanding the fact that President
Mckinley did not retire until o'clock
this morning, being kept up by the
banquet given by the Milwaukee Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-.
tion, he was up at $50 o'clock. The
party was driven out to the National
Soldiers Home, in the extreme western
portion of the city, where the Presi-
dents salute of twenty-one guns was
fired by the First Light Battery, Wis
consin National Guard
The Presidential party made a circuit
of the beautiful grounds in carriages.
The President addressed a few words
of greeting to the veterans.
The streets which were traversed by
the Presidential party were thronged
with people, including many thousand
school children, the entire distance, and
the President was kept busy bowling his
Acknowledgements of the hearty greet
ing.
The return trip from the Soldiers
Home was made via the South Side On
arriving at the E. P Allis works the
President was greeted by 1000 artisans
who had stopped work a few moments
III OIueT 10 see the 0nIeI Executive.
The Presidents carriage halted long
enough for the President to thank the
workmen for the greeting extended. He
said he was glad to know that it was
not necessary for workmen to seek en-
ployment but that the employers were
seeking the workmen.
The President bade good by to Wis
consin's metropolis few minutes after
IL o'clock, bound for Chicago. Short
stops will be made at Racine and Ke-
nosha.
At the foundry the President spoke
as follows: LAS 1 have been Journey
ing through the country, 1 have been
greeted by a warm cordiality by my
fellow citizens, but at no place have
had a reception that has given me more
genuine pleasure, more real Satisfac-
ton, than the greeting of this city's
workingmen, of this great establish
ment and the other great establish
ments. / congratulate you all upon
the prosperity of the country 1 con-
graduate you that employment now
waits upon labor, and labor does not
| longer wait on employment. The en-
ployer is looking for the laborer and
the laborer not for the employer, and
/ am glad to note from one end of
the country to the other a universal
demand for labor. l thank you more
that [ can find words to express for
your generous greeting. and wishing
you all good things, | bid you good by
The record-union., 1899-10-18
FATAL FIRE.
Three Lives Lost and Thousands in
Property Value DESTROYED.

kNlGHTSTOWN 0nd), Oct. IS, a.
m.-The most serious fire in the history
of the town broke out at 1:3O o'clock
this "wednesday morning. Three lives
were lost, and property worth $10O 900
or more was destroyed
The dead Truman Rhodes, Charles
Scutter, Fon Davey.
The men were members of the vol
unteer fire department, and were fight
ing the fire when the front wall of a
three-story building fell outward. They
were caught by the falling bricks and
crushed to death, and it is believed
that at least two others met with tbs
same fate
The Masonic Temple, the largest
building in the city, was destroyed, to-
gether with the buildings occupied by
e. O. Anderson, a dealer in household
| goods; Green Brothers saloon and
Davey Brothers, dealers in notions.
| The fire is supposed to have originat-
! ed from an explosion of natural gas.
FATAL FIRE AT CHICAGO.
| CHICAGO, Oct. 17.-One life is be-
| lieved to have been lost in a fire to-
night in the building occupied by w.
/ c. Ritchie Paper Box Company, 203
| Green street. Two hundred persons
were working in the building when the
| fire occurred. 1t is believed everybody
! escaped with the exception of Alexan-
der McMasters, the Superintendent. He
was last seen making his way from the
sixth to the third floor. Laura Thrill,
Nora Koske and another girl named
| Sands, were unaccounted for up to a
late hour.
Great excitement followed the dis
covery of the fire, and 200 or more en-
ployes, most of them young girls, rush
ed, pushed and fought their way down
the narrow stairs from the upper floors
Many of them escaped by climbing
down fire escapes, and were prevented
from jumping by policemen who urged
them to hold on until the fire apparatus
arrived. Long ladders were then rails
ed, and one by one the frightened girls
were helped to the street.
The building, which was six stories
high, was practically destroyed, entail
ing a loss of $165,0O0 on building and
The record-union., 1899-10-18
LATEST FROM SEAT OF WAR.
No Very Startling News From
South Africa.

LONDON, Oct. 1S-No further re-
liable news from Mafeking has been
received.
DR.. Leyds, the Plenipotentiary of the
South African republic to the European
Governments, is said to be going to
Berlin shortly to confer with political
personages.
AdVices from Durham announce that
the Consul of the Netherlands there
has issued a warning to all subjects.
The Netherlands is to remain neutral
The Hopetown bridge over the Or
ange River, which Cape Town advices
to-day said had been blown up by the
before reported, but a bridge twelve
miles west of the railway over which
the old coaching road passes
A special dispatch from Pretoria SAYS
the Beers destroyed the Bechuanaland
railway during Friday night from Lo-
batsi to Afvogetkop.
The Standards Dundee correspond
ent, telegraphing Monday night, says
''The Beers have brought artillery from
Newcastle, and are destroying the rail-
way at 1ngagane in order to prevent
the approach of our armored train"
The correspondent of the Daily
Mall at Glencoe telegraphs that Cen
eral Sir VIM. Symons says there are
only 5000 mounted men in the Boer
columns Immediately north of Lady
smith. but that there are large num-
bers of men on foot. The horses of
the Beers are in wretchedly poor con-
dition and the men look worn out. The
Beers are robbing all natives travers-
ing the Transvaal.
PIETERMARITZBU Oct. lit
is reported on reliable authority that
| the Beers in parties of two or three
are arriving in the Umvoti country
from the Transvaal. and are being ac-
commodated on various farms Piet-
ermaritZburg itself is crowded with
refugees, to shelter whom all the pub
lie buildings are being utilized. There
is much distress. Seven thousand ma
tives have entered Natal from the
Transvaal within the last week. and
most of them have gone to -Zululand
The record-union., 1899-10-18
ORDER OF FORESTERS.
The High Court is in Session at
Fresno.

FRESNO, Oct. 1.-THE tenth annual
session of the High Court, Independent
Order Of Foresters, was called to order
in this city at 2 o'clock this afternoon
by High Chief Ranger G.. A. McElfresh
of Los Angeles. The delegates in at
tendance filled Spinney Hall to the
doors.
After the sounding of the Chief
Rangers gavel, no time was lost in
getting down to business The first
work of the High Court was the con-
ferring of degrees upon such of the
delegates as had never before attended
the State lodge. The degrees were be-
slowed in accordance with the ritual of
the order and the work occupied con-
siderable time
Next in order were the report of Off
GERS. The High Chief Rangers ad-
dress was delivered by c. A McElfresh,
1t was a general review of the progress
made by the order during the year to-
gether with its present condition.
In speaking of the prosperity of the
order, Mr.. McEIfresh stated that its
membership consisted of 10000 young
and vigorous men, whose average age
is under IS years. 1t has a surplus
fund amounting to over three and a
half millions, and an average death
rate Of less than six to the thousand.
He stated that the order had distrib-
uted over seven millions of dollars
among widows and orphans of de-
ceased brethren.
The speaker ascribed the falling off in
business which followed the readiust-
ment of the rates of assessment to lack
of information upon the part of the
general membership as to the import
ance and necessity of the readiust
ment.
Referring to the condition of the or
der in California, the Chief Ranger
pointed out that the percentage of in
crease in membership for the last eight
years had been 800 per cent, which
is 300 per cent. above that of the order
as whole. The death rate has been
below that of the order generally
The High Secretary's report showed
net membership of S,61S and a bal
ance in the treasury of So 149 20.
Tonight the 423 delegates were ban
quoted at the Grand Central.
The record-union., 1899-10-18
FISTIC ARENA.
Creedon Knocks Out Deadly in the
Eighth Round

NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-At the Broad
way Athletic Club tonight Dan Cree
don of Australia knocked out Pat
Ready of Washington in the eighth
round of what was to have been a
twenty -fve-round bout at 15S pounds
Ready made a fair showing, but was
no match for the shifty Australian. and
finally succumbed to Dams superior
cleverness. Creedon was fat and slow
on his feet, while Ready looked to be
trained to the hour. Ready was
knocked down half a dozen times be-
fore he went out.
PURNELL DEFEATS NEEDHAM
LEADVILLE (Colo.), Oct 1.-Two
thousand people saw Paddy Purnell
knock out Danny Needham of st. Paul
in one Of the hardest battles ever
fought here. For five rounds the con-
test was evenly contested. In the fifth
round there was a mix-up, and both
men landed heavily, but PurneI with a
left on the neck had his man groggy,
and finished him with a right swing
on the jaw.
JEFFRIES AND SHARKEY.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17-At a meeting
to-day of the managers of Jim Jeffries
and Tom Sharkey, it was agreed to
postpone the fight for one week from
the date originally set. 1t will take
place on Friday, November Sd.
The record-union., 1899-10-18
in the mines of the Rand are con-

in the mines of the Rand are con-
fiscated.
The Government has ordered the
commando outside Johannesburg to act
in case of any disturbances.
LAS it has been discovered that an at
tempt is being made to tamper with
the railroads, the authorities have been
ordered to shoot on sight all persons
found near the railways with dyna-
mite.
BOERS NOT GOOD MARKSMEN.
CAPE TOWN, Oct. 7.-Noon.-Com-
munication with Belmont Station. sixty
miles south of Kimberley is still open.
The fight with the armored train from
Kimberley, in which the Beers lost more
men than they did at Majuba Hill is
held to prove that their shooting is
not so good as it is reputed to be
1t is the general belief here from items
actually attacked Mafeking, and were
repulsed. The reports of continued
fighting there are regarded as proving
that the Beers failed to score a sue
cess.
LADYSMITH, Oct 17.-5 p. m.-The
foremost detachment of the enemy's
northern column has advanced beyond
Ingagane, and no definite movement
has been made from the Drakensburg
passes.
The record-union., 1899-10-18
REBELS REFUSED.
Bells Regiment Drives the Fill
pinos Out of Porac.

MANILA, Oct. 17.-Q0:25 p. m.)-
Bells regiment, moving from a point
northwest of Bacolor this morning,
drove the enemy out of Porac One
American was killed and one wound
ed. The Filipinos lost a number of
killed and wounded. The Americans
captured two bullock carts of ammuni-
ton.
The newspaper 'Patria" has been
suppressed, and its editor, Senior Utor,
a Spaniard, placed under arrest on a
charge of printing and publishing sedi-
tious documents. For some time the
"Patria' had been hostile to the Amer
leans. Recently pamphlets attacking
the Americans have been circulated,
and the police believe that Utor wrote
and printed them.
The record-union., 1899-10-18
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Showers May Occur Over Northern
California To-Day.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17.-Maxi.
mum temperatures: Eureka 56, Fresno
6S, Los Angeles 76, Red Bluff 49, San
Luis Obispo rs, San Diego 6S, Sacra-
mento 10, Independence 20, Yuma 80.
San Francisco data: Maximum tenn
perature 81, minimum 80, mean 56.
The pressure has fallen rapidly dur
ing the past twenty-four hours on the
Pacific Coast.
The temperature has risen SLOWLY
over Central California, and dry. mod
erately warm weather has prevailed
over the fruit drying section. Rain has
fallen from Cape Mendocino northward
on the coast, and conditions are such
that showers that may occur over
Nothern California
The record-union., 1899-10-18
ARMY PROMOTIONS.
Several Co1one1s Raised to the
Grade of Brigadier Generals.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-THE Presi-
dent has ordered the promotion to
the grade of Brigadier General in the
regular army of the following Colo
nels: Colonel A. G. M. Pennington.
Second Artillery; Colonel Royal Il.
Frank, First Artillery; Colonel Louis
II. Carpenter, Fifth Cavalry; Colonel
Samuel Ovenshine. Twenty-third In
fantry; Colonel Daniel w. Burke, Sev-
enteenth Infantry.
These officers are to be placed on the
retired list at intervals of one day
each.
The War Department was able to
make these conditions. owing to the
retirement of General Shafter from the
regular army. After they shall all
have been appointed and retired in orr
der one vacancy will be left in the
grade of Brigadier General in the army,
and it is the common impression that
this place will be given TO either Gen-
eral Lawton or General Macarthur.
The record-union., 1899-10-18
Admiral Dewey.

WASHINGTON, Oct. IA commit
tee representing the citizens of Atlanta
called upon Admiral Dewey to-day to
arrange the details of his trip to At
lanta. 1t was decided that in company
with Lieutenant Brumby, who is to be
presented with sword in Atlanta, and
a citizens committee. the Admiral will
leave Washington next Monday night,
arriving at Atlanta Tuesday evening.
He will review the military display in
Atlanta, take part in the presentation
of the sword. and attend the dinner to
be given by the Capitol Club.
The record-union., 1899-10-18
Strike at st. Paul.

ST. PAUL, Oct 17-All the ST Paul
union molders struck to-day. The un-
ion has a membership of $50, and there
are about 140 apprentices, who neces-
sarily stop work The firms most con-
cerned are the Minnesota Malleable
Iron Company. the ST. Paul Foundry
and the Hoist and Derrick Company.
The men want higher wages.
The record-union., 1899-10-18
Presented with a Sword

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 17.-To-day
at the Presidio Colonel Wholley of the
First Washington Regiment was pre-
sented with magnificent sword by the
men of his regiment, who adopted this
means of showing the esteem in which
they held their Colonel. The saoer is
a beautiful one, and fittingly inscribed
Colonel Wholley was deeply moved
and expressed his appreciation of the
gift in a few appropriate words.
The record-union., 1899-10-18
Death of a Santa Clara Citizen

SAN JOSE, Oct. 17.-Captain Charles
F. O'Brien, for years connected in an
official way with the mines in Alma
den, died there last night. He had been
i'll for a long time. He was a native
of Michigan, but came to the mines in
1860 and has been there since. lie
was 90 years old.
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heavy electric current at low pressure
is passed through the series of tanks,
decomposing the copper pigs, and the
metal is electrolytically transferred by.
the solution to sheets Of copper hang
ing in each tank, SO that practically
the sheets are copper plated. The metal
obtained is very pure. The refuse,
which falls to the bottom of the tanks.
is rated at 800 ton, and it is said
that the gold and silver obtained from
it pay the cost of the electric process.
The drift Of invention in any line Is
faithfully indicated by the number Of
patients taken out in that field of work.
About two years ago the great rush in
bicycle invention swamped the exami-
ners, but to-day they have time to look
after other lines. The bicycle i,as be-
come standardized in other words The
same is true of certain branches of the
electrical art, but as general field of
effort no industry is so continuously
productive Of patents as the electrical.
For years the number of new electrical
patents issued runs along at forty Or
fifty week-often more; and while the
leading topic changes, the number and
variety are remarkably steady. About
twenty years ago the inventions were
chiefly in lighting and telephony. Then
came a great number of railway pa
tents, now represented by large num-
bers of undermining trolley conduit
methods About a year ago Roentgen
rays were popular subject, and just
at present automobiles and improve
ments in lighting seem to occupy the
chief attention.-New York Evening
Post