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Washington sentinel., 1900-10-13
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Senator Marcus A. Hanna, chairman
OF the Republican National Committee,
has on his hands the second great fight
of his life against labor,
The man who has collected millions
Of dollars from the trusts to reelect Mr..
Mckinley, the man who has been crying,
\ here are no trusts" while he himself
is the largest Individual stockholder in
thelAmsrican Shipbuilding Company
the Shipbuildiug Trusts fighting with
all his might to destroy the Moulders.
UuIen.
Just so he fought TO destroy the Sea-
mems Union, one Of the most powerful
organizations OF the Central States,
Senator Hanna, who prates about the
"full dinner pair'-which Is manuiac-
tuTed by the Tin Plate Trust-today
employs forty nonuniOn moulders in the
shipyards OF the American Shipbuildins
Company,
The union moulders throughout th.
country are on strike. They went ou
on June I last demanding Sass a day
an advaice OF the magnificent sum o
10 cents
1t was in Cleveland, Hanna's home
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employment under the rules Of the
association.
Hanna's fight against the moublers
has oeen called the second great fight
of his life against labor. Ii is the greater
of the two struggles to smash the work
ingmen who oppose him Nearly twenty
years ago Hanna, then known only as
great operator in iron and coal and
the owner Of many vessels, unknown Al
a political manipulator, tried 10 crush
the Seamen's Union. Hanna won that
fight, which lasted FIVE seasons The
cost Oi victory was awful to the lake
interests, but Hanna won it,
But this year labor along the great
lakes is organizing again. The engi-
neers hremen and others are getting
together Hanna may soon see The
revIvifcation OF the Seamen's Union.
Unless he should fatally jeoOardize
McKinley's chances in Ohio he is
determined to kill the Moulders' Union
so that il cannot revive
But he wants 10 quietly kill the union;
he wishes, as always, to remain in the
background while some Of his subOrdi-
mates murder the hopes OF the working
men. Since Hanna became a political
dictator there have been strikes in his
mines. Men employed in many OF his
numerous interests have stuck. Ali
these strikes were precipItated by
Hanna; in all these strikes he, who
provoked them. has heen hidden.
Will he now, for nfcKinley's sake,
cherished purpose to kill
the Molders Union; will he end the
striker
Perhaps.
He stands exposed TO the organized
workingmen of the country as an en-
ployer OF nonunion labor.
Washington sentinel., 1900-10-13

a section OF our country of aoou
$50, 900 square miles, containing
nearly every mineral that animates
the arts, every kind of timber, and
an immense area Of upland, valley
and plateaus waiting for the plow'
What nonsense to go hall way
round the world for the develop
ment Of commerce, when here is
the best part of the eastern section
Of this country waiting for indus
try, brains aud capital1
No. 2. Go down into the impe-
rial State Of Texas; go over half
of it. What do you 6nd2 Another
lot bigger than the Philippines,
waiting for brains, industry and
capital.
Where is No. 81 Part OF it is in
the Indian Territory, in Oklahoma,
in Arkansas, and in the semi-arid
country west. Waiting for what7
Irrigation, brains, ind dstry and
capital.
Where is the next lot, No. AZ
Go up into the Northwest, into
Montana and Idaho. Oregon and
Wyoming. Another lot bigger
than the Philippines, hardly begun
to be occupied; part OF 1t waiting
for irrigation. the rest of It waiting
for brains, industry and capital.
Whether or moi the people of the
central South, OF Texas, OF the
middle West, and OF the North |
west will be fools enough to snp
port the Administration in the
present waste of the taxpayers
money is the question pending in
the next election. Let them think
about it a bit. We have already lost
over Saoo, 900, 900 and 5000 lives
or more in criminal aggression"
upon the people OF the Philippine
Islands. We shall waste Saoo.-
600, 900 before we get out Of the
slough. What could we bave done
Tor the promotion of commerce,
the increase of wealth and welfare
with Saoo, ,ooo, 900, not spent as
fools spend it, but as others might
4 they had common sensel
With that sum the Nicaragua
;anal could be constructed; every
liver and harbor in the United
States could be improved and
brought to the highest standard,
md with what was left of that sum
he semi-arid and arid regions west
# the 97th meridian could be irri-
-ated,
Washington sentinel., 1900-10-13

In connection with the above in
creases Of prices exacted by these
trusts two things should be speci-
6cally noted:
First-The prices of the pro-
ducers Of the raw material which
gees into the manufacture of these
articles have not been increased
so far as these producers are con-
cerned, as they get no more tor
their products than they did before
these trusts increased the prices
to the consumers.
Second-EverY manufactured
article, not controlled by the trusts,
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WASHINGTON CITY, D. G., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10 1900

confronted with a scandal Of most
serious nature, stirred itself to secure
the passage ofa law which would remove
all technical barriers to Neely's prompt
extradition. Loud assurances OF speedy
Justice to the offenders was shouted into
the ears OF the American people. Some
activity was shown, and then came an
official paralysis as inexplicable as it is
nexcusable. Why is not Nicely sent to
Cubaf Why should he be allowed to
occupy pleasant quarters In New York
prison-tor his Incarceration lacks all
the privatIons which make Jail life
uneudurable-when the evidence of his
guilt seems overwhelming? What excuse
can we offer to our wards in Cuba for
our leniencY toward the man who be-
trayed sacred trust, and robbed them
with unspaTing hand? Is this the object
Lesson of good government to which we
are to point with pride2 Is this one Of
the blessings of liberty AID civilization
promised by the Republican National
Platform7 Heaven forbid. And yet the
fact remains that NeeIy has not been
extradited and, from present appear
auces, never will be. For the sake Of
the good name of the United States, as
an earnest OF the honesty, dignity, self
respect, and good faith Of the American
people, something ought to be done to
bring him to the bar OF justice. AS long
as he remains untried, so long is theft
,ondoned and breach OF sacred trust
with Indifference. The Ad-
cannot afford to be placed
n this attitude. 1t owes it to itself and
% the country to quickly end the present
aTce
Washington sentinel., 1900-10-13

ELEcTRIcIrY ON GERMAN FARMS
Under date Of August q, 1900, Consul
Hughes. oil Coburg, says; In this and
neighbOring parts Of Germany, consid-
erable attention is being paid to electri.
cal appliances that can be used on the
farm Near OchseniuTt, in Bavaria. a
company composed OF land owners aud
small farmers has been organized for
the establishment OF an electrical system
tor use on their farms and in villages,
The power is to be generated by steam
and water and the current to be distrib-
uted from a central station to the places
where it is wanted, SubstatiOns are to
be established at given points, with the
necessary apparatus for connecting with
the farm or other machinery and also
for lighting purposes 10 the houses,
offices, roads and village streets.
Washington sentinel., 1900-10-13
Free Coinage Adminls.rstlon.

1t is objected to Mr.. Bryan that
in case of his election he will in
troduce the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver dollars az the
ratio Of rotor. This is mere spec
ulation and could be brought about
only by concurrence OF events
most unlikely to take place.
But Mr.. Mckinley has. says the
Baltimore Sun, since his election,
been engaged in a kind OF "ree
coinage" which is a reality and
from which the people have al
ready begun to suffer. He has en-
gagged in the free coinage of Phil
ippine subjects, who work for
about 6 cents day and who, when
the Supreme Court of the United
States decides that they are en-
titled to the rights OF American
citizens, cannot be prevented from
swarming into this country to COM
pete with the American working
man.
He has given us free coinage OF
yellow Cinnamon, who are now in
the Hawaiian and Philippine ISL
ands and who will also find their
way into this country to compete
with American labor. When that
comes the trusts and big corpora
tons will no longer tear the strike
and the trades union. They will
have free coinage of labor, and that
is what they want.
There has been free coinage in
war taxes and the mints are work
ing overtime, although we are told
that there is no war.
There mas been free coinage in
trusts, no less than FIVE hundred
having been organized under this
Administration, with a total capi-
talization of more than eight thou
sand million dollars-nearly all
water, not even at the ratio OF I6
to 1.
There has been free coinage in
coffins. many thousands having
been required already for those
who have lost their lives sUbjugat-
ing the FilIpinos and opening up
markets tor the trusts.
There has been free coinage in
disease, in yellow fever, plague,
leprosY, all oi which we have an
nexed and which will be spread
broadcast throughout the land by
returning soldiers and favored i'm
migrants from the cannibal islands.
There has been free coinage in
offices, to be held by men who will
support Mckinley and who are to
be paid with money wrung from
the people.
And the free coinage scandals
has begun in the Cuban Post Office
and will doubtless spread as the op-
portunities offer.
Are these things more pleasant
than the tree coinage ot silver
1 even II that were possible7
Washington sentinel., 1900-10-13

is today selling Tor the same or at
a less price than sold for before
these trusts were organized. thus
showing that the laboring men
who manufacture these goods are
receiving no more wages than ior-
merly. The statistics show that
the workingmen receive no higher
wages in factories where trust
goods are manufactured than they
do where those not made by he
trusts are manufactured. Added
to all this, the cost OF living has
been increased as shown by the
foregoing table.
Washington sentinel., 1900-10-13

Republican Testimony that the
Pac' fIc Coast Is for Bryan.
There is no doubt in the minds
OF the Democratic managers that
their candidate will carry States
this fall that he never carried be-
tore. Mr., Bryan is stronger every
where than he was in 1896, and
when the votes are counted there
will be some painful surprises for
the Republicans. Nowhere in the
country is the situation more en-.
couraging than on the Pacific
Coast, section which has
been confidently claimed by the
Republicans and as confidently
conceded by the general public to
Mckinley. But the people are
taking the campaign in hand them
selves and quietly making up their
minds to vote for the peoples can
didate next month. The vote on
the Coast will be a shock to the
Administration. and the Chinese
issue, which is just beginning to
be understood in that section, will
clinch the situation.
The following editorial from the
Oakland (Cal.) TyaAscyibl." bear
ing date Saturday, September ~,
1900, leading Republican organ
on the Coast, shows the trend OF
public opinion there, as even the
Republicans see 1t:
There is no Disgusting the fact that
the Republicans have campaign on
their hands which will require more than
ordinary effort to make the party vic.
torious. The arguments advanced by
the Democracy for a change of Admin
istration, the whoop UP against the
trusts and the yell oi imperialism, and
the TRADE against English influence, are
all having an effect in bringing votes to
the Bryan column. Here in Oakland,
the banner Republican county of the
State, there has been a big change OF
opinion from that of two and four years
ago. This change has been quietly
effected and it IS not uncommon thing
TO hear Republicans ofhfelong standing
announce their intention to vote for
Bryan. Particularly is this the case with
voters of foreign birth We do not
intend to say that the country will go
Democratic, but its majority will be
greatly lessened unless the Republicans
arouse themselves 10 some form OF
activity. The writer had reason the
other day to visit west Oakland and it
was surprising to note the change OF
heart on the part OF many who, in the
past. had been stauuch adherents Of
Mckinley. Imperialism was the reason
given by some, trusts and the friendli.
ness Of the Administration toward
England, by others These arguments
are being used with good effect by
Democratic missionaries and If the
Republicans do not combat them and
show their falsity, they will be treated
to a surprise OF an unexpected kind.
Washington sentinel., 1900-10-13
The Case or Nicely.

Strange as it may seem, it ap-
pears that the prosecution OF the
case of that thieving official of the
Administration in Cuba, Mr..
NeelV, seems to have been entirely
forgotten in the press Of other cam
paigu matters. The following edi-
torial from the Washington Past OF
October 8, 1900, calls the attention
oil the public to the apparent
apathy of the Administration on
this subje ece and asks Tor an ex-
planation Oi the same:
How ABOUT Mr.. NERLYp
What is the Administration doing
about Mr.. Neely7 We refer to c. F. w.
Nicely, the Indiana man who looted the
Cuban department of posts-the man
that Director Rathbone warmed up to"
SO perfectly
Nearly six months have elapsed since
Nicely, heelug 10 this country from
Havana With pockets lined with stolen
treasure, was arrested by United States
officers. Hts capture revealed a state
of fraud and corruption in Cuba whict
astonished and shocked the entire world
The fair name OF the United States wa
disgraced by this unworthy and dis
honest official. The Administration
Washington sentinel., 1900-10-13

SIR THOMAS LIPToN has for
warded through the Royal Ulster
Yacht Club challenge for a series
OF races Tor the Americas Cup, to
be sailed in r6oT.
Washington sentinel., 1900-10-13

that the great moulders' strike occurred;
it was there that the fight was begun by
the National Founders Association. OF
all the members Of this ASSOCIATION
Hanna's own trust is one Of the most
unrelenting in its warfare against the
moulders' union,
Yet, by word, by raising a finger,
mo Trust" Hanna can end the strike
in the foundries of the American Ship
building Company.
The moment the strike ends there all
the members OF the National Founders
Association will consent to the moulders
modest. fair demands.
But Hanna will not end the strike until
he is convinced that his hypocritiCal
position toward labor may further
endanger McKi ley's chances to carry
Ohio,
Hanna is wavering a little now. There
was a riot, a terrible street battle
between nonunion and union moulders
there a week or more ago, in which
three men were killed and several on
lockers we're injured,
That riot revealed what Hanna had
been trying to hide:
That he and his trust employ nonunIon
labor.
He rightly fears the political effect OF
this revelation.
Yet so fatuously confident is he that
Mckinley will carry Ohio. he will not
end the strike at once. He and the
National Founders Association are
calling Tor more nouunion moulders.
This advertisement is being published
in scores Of newspapers throughout the
country:
"Wanted Moulders. The National
Founders Association will pay from
81 IS to 81 per day for first class iron
and steel machinery floor moulderS to
work either dry sand. green sand or
loan in the foundries in the city of
| Cleveland, and In addition will guar
antee then permanent employment as
long as they care to remain, besides
! giving to such mOulders as go to work
| IN these shops a National Founders
Association card which will always
insure them permanent employment
under the rules of the association;
splendid chance tor the right men.
Address the National Founders Asso.
citation, P. o Box III, Cleveland. Q"
This friend of labor, this statesman
who vows trusts do not exist, advertises
for moulders who will throw away their
union cards and take the cards Of the
National Founders Association. Hanna
wants the fright kind OF men, who vii
accept the Splendid chance" kneel tC
the Trust and always enjoy permanen
Washington sentinel., 1900-10-13
HeaUwOle's Insult to Organized
Labor.

Under the guise Of assisting or
ganized labor Representative
Heatwole, of Minnesota, is using
his official position as Chairman OF
the House Committee on Printing,
to raise campaign fund to deiray
his election expenses.
The scheme is being worked in
the Government Printing Office
here, where there are over $500
employees, and is in the form Of a
fake" league, named for conven-
fence "The Printing Trades
League" with a card membership
OF two classes-a "Contributor'
Card" and members Gard" at
prices Of one and two dollars re-
spectively. These cards are known
as the "Heatwole Cards" and were
peddled through the entire Office
and all employees were given to
understand that they had to come
to the Cashiers Office" and that
card was the only badge of
loyalty" accepted.
These cards were also placed on
sale at cigar store just across the
way from the Office, and the writer,
at the instance OF Secretary Kerr,
of the Democratic Congressional
Committee, called there and asked
for a "Heatwole Card" at the same
time laying down So. Without
question the proprietor displayed
two styles, one a red cardboard
reading:
The Holder of This Hicket has Contrib
uted 81. For the purpose OF Ad-
vancing the Interests Of the
Printing Trades League
Washington, d. c.
No $500
the other a green cardboard with
about the same thing except that
it was So, and added: =
This Ticket Entities the Holder 10
Membership in the League.
No bones was made OF the fact
that the money received for the
sale OF these tickets was to be sent
to Heatwole to assist him in secur.
ing his election. When asked who
the officers oi the league were no
one seemed to know.
In the first place the scheme is
a direct violation of the Civil Ser
vice law which expressly states
that no employe of the Government
shall be asked to contribute to
campaign funds on Government
property. Here we have a member
of the law making body ofthe land
pro6ting by a hagrant violation of
the law which he has sworn to up
hold.
In the second, it is an Insult to
every Typographical Union in the
country, and for that matter every
other body oil organized labor, as
it is fiimsy attempt to use them
as blind in order to raise 4 cor
ruption fund through a "fake" or
ganization.
President Gompers of the Amer
lean Federation oi Labor, OF which
the Typographical Union is a part,
was asked about the League"
This is the first 1 knew of it. 1
have never heard OF the existence
Of such a body and 1 am sure the
Typographical Union knows moth
ing Of it. Further than that do
not care to De quoted until have
fully investigated the case"
A member OF the Typographical
Union No. IoI. however, said it
was an outrage that the cause Of
organized labor should be used as
a means to extract money for cam
paign purposes from Government
employees.
Washington sentinel., 1900-10-13
A NEW PENsIoNER.
National Ealchman
Some Trusts Overlooked by Hanna.
For the Information Of Mr. Hanna we publish the following:
Increase in prices during
Politics Capital
Trust

Trust McKneys straton
American Steel and
pals cent
Ppeso
Cd * S6perr
t" Window lass 1oprr rCent
Copper ooo-Copper utensils
81 I I3pert 1000
Broom Irust." --Rep-- ooooopo-Booms 81 to- sass
Sardine rust .--Rep-- 3oOo,ooo-Sadues S7
St.. amonS ( to
$I so to a.
G.so o b
~" ~"
Soap Laundry a
t...,.. SaChp &c 20
Tobacco Trust KEEP ,ooo-TOhacco
t --R
ust"".. .- , per cent
% perc
ust.... =
Washington sentinel., 1900-10-13
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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-12-14
ARE AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
Trades' Organizations Have a Legal
Standing in New Zealand.


Standing in New Zealand.
Trade and labor are organized
throughout New Zealand, and as such
are recognized and legalized by the
state in the act Of 1894, says the Lon
don Daily Mail. The very title Of that
act, though not changed, originally ran:
An act to encourage the formation of
industrial unions" and the whole spirit
of the movement is that both employers
and workmen should form their unions
and associations on representative lines
under the provisions of the act, and
that all questions should be dealt with
by the unions and societies up to a GER
tain stage, and then brought by them,
and them only, before the boards of
Cancellation. and ultimately, if neces-
sary, to the arbitra ton court.
The trade and Industrial unions of
New Zealand are required to comply
with all the ordinary business safe
guards which should surround the cor
porat tie bodies which they form, and then
but not till then-they are registered
by the state and placed in a position to
act and be heard in Industrial disputes.
Penalties are attached to all breaches of
the provisions controlling the unions,
and in some cases to enforce the award
of the court they are heavy, the maxi
mum being $500 for each union, and fail
ing the recovery Of this there falls a
maximum liability Of f1O on each mem
Der of it.
The effect of this registration is to
make the union and all its members
subject to the jurisdiction established
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-12-14
WILD MAN ON A MOUNTAIN.
Our New Island of Tutuila Has Genu-
inc Human Curiosity.

Our New Island of Tutuila Has Genu-
inc Human Curiosity.
In a letter from Civil Engineer E. r.
Gaylor to his family in st. Louis, dated
Page Page, Island Of Tutuila. the fol
lowing incident is related;
Here is \ sensation-a real. genuine
wild man. Twelve years ago three
Solomon islanders Ccannibals), who
were brought to Upolu to work on the
German plantations at Vailele. escaped
from Upolu built a rude raft Of logs
and drifted by wind and wave over the
seventy miles of unknown sea to Tu-
tuila. Here they lived for a time in
a mountain retreat One was shortly
afterward killed by the SamOans. and
some time after this happened the re-
naming two parted company and never
lgain met.
'Aweek ago on a mountain side. over
hanging Laulu. in an almost in
accessible fastness, a wandering Sam
oan found a banana patch, a small taro
field and a rude hut. and caught a
glimpse of a man as he disappeared up
the mountain side.
"A party was organized which de-
stroyed the plants and fired the hut.
Yesterday a naked man, armed with a
bow and arrow, tall, sinewy. long
haired and blacker than your widest
fancy could paint him. stalked into Ana
and pointed to his mouth. demanding
food. They brought him over to Fagc
Toga the principal town on the Bay OF
/ Page Page. His face, arms and body
were finely tattooed in black lines
which could hardly be seen against his
ebony skin. He stood head and shoul
ders above the Samoans and white men
who regarded him with the greatest re
spect. He is accused of Staying sew
eral Samoans who have disappeared II
late years"