The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
WILD RUSH AND
PUSH FOR D0LLARS
No Sentiment in the West, Only Mad
Chase for Money.
The WAY TO END A STRIKE.
Visit TO the House in Which Jesse
James Was hillcd-kansas City
Great Town-odc to Drummer
News Boys Say Piper"
The WAY TO END A STRIKE.
Visit TO the House in Which Jesse
lanes Was killcd-kansas City a
Great Town-odc TO Drummer
News Boys Say piper"
KANSAS CRY. NO, June Especial

There is a great deaa oil money out
here, and q very great deal OF hustiahs
after ii, and about as lnurh sen il'is'7 M
as vo,, usually ind in the bieachcries al
n balI-Safne-if's only the dollar and the
chase for its possession Two strangers
meet and. after the brief thoweryer,
the first thought that pops into tae he'ia
pf each is how much have you got ana
the next nov can get it, The one great
idea ds 10 hustle and get -ach and II you
are a good worker you Will succeed, IL
not take the firSs train back home There
is a lot OF room, but you will hardly find
place 10 lay your head, and, as heard
q fellow say a fe-w days ago: ITS root
hog and die and tyou must be bang-up
rooter.'
Everybody looks alike, whether you
wear parts or dresses. and it makes any
pathetic heart swell up like toy balloon
to witness the russI and the push every
where. heard a female monoiosue artist
In vaudeville show say not long ago I'VE
women get the seats in a street car II
me get there first
This is so, and the women stand no
more show in the IRISH and crush than
n block of ice in tie August sunshine.
The men never seem 10 see the women
hauging on the straos near them.
konsas City. u. s. "A, as they white IL
In the big Missouri town. is the banner
rs St Louis, when it somes 10 enterprise
and pluck. the pig city on the west bank
of The mighty Mississippi is simply not
In the same class. This was illustrated 10
the world when the aos convention nall
burned down last April, and before the IRE
was out the work Of raising money 10
rebuild was begun, and the new hail will
lie far superior to the elegant structure
that was destroyed. We Virginia Demo-
Gratis N.Il indeed have a fine place ITO par
1ici1,gt,- in the nominating Of Mr.. Bryan as
standard banner of Democracy
THE STRIKE SHORT.
Kansas City has also set am example
that should be followed ,eveTyWhere that
labor sisrikes obtain
A feaT weeks ago the femp1oyes of the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
decided through one Harry Bryan, OF
Ohio. fo.Strike. The strike WAS InauguraIed
one .rn.r1ntng at $50 o'clock AT 7:So the
cars were being run, with very little
trouble, by new men and the sensible
e.npJovt.s VINO declined to be dictated 10
or led into such hole by the said Harry
Bryan.
Judge granted a blanket injunction. re-
F;ratnirg the strikers from in any way
l,.tsoeyer Interfering with the street-car
,ornparly or its employees. and the strike
came very near being a still birth. Tor
before It had chance TO- breath II was
Head And The lecture the chief OF police
read Harry Bryan. of Ohio. the strike
lnstieafur, was rich. rarc and racy- The
nfIicer told the tabor leader that *. c.
Hid not need any pf his ilk to attend ito
iheir business. andI that one little, tiny,
wrong move would land him behind the
strongest iron bars in the United States.
There was no wrong nnoVe and there was
no strike. only about 200 good men, led
IT, l,a,.
fine n car service as Kansas City, and the
town lis noted for its beautiful streets,
splendid buildings and handsome resi-
denceS.
There IS a strangely fascinating attrac-
ton associated with the name Jesse
James, and ! freely confess L am not free
from Its weird influences The noted
bandit snent much of his life in and near
Kansas city. and his widow and dauEh-
ter reside here now
Jesse james. Jr., ds rather a nice-looking
young man. and IS apparently held in
high esteem in his home city. He ds the
proprietor of cigar store, shoe-shinin:s
parlor ana news stand, with "a lew penny
in-the shot card shutting devices on the
side, and his place of business Us usually
well 9atronized.
Whenever l am in Kansas City 1 go
there 10 have my shoes shined, just to see
the son OF the notorious guerilla fighter
and train rohber. ] think there are lots
of distinguished people. besides myself,
who do the same thing.
WROTE ~ BOOK
Jesse Ni'ote u book last year called
Jesse James. My Father. and, of course,
The young fellow extoiis his fathers honor
and bravery and cites only one case of
a hnld-uo In which his father was i'm
plicated, and that a rather laudable one in
which the subject OF SO many blood curd-
ling stories figured in a most kindly act.
1t seems that Jesse and pal We're travel
sng through Kentucky and STOPPED at
farm house for food They were very
kindly treated by the widow landlady,
who. however. was in trouble, for the
Sheriff was coming 10 take her home ON
shat day.
Jesse gave her the $500 to pay the mort
gage and ascerta!nei what route the
Sheriff would take in leaving the house.
The plan worked fine. the mortgage was
settled, the Sheriff with the $500 started
some. bur Jesse Intercepted him and re-
1eyed him OF the SSGl The story failed
10 say how the poor Sheriff got the money
10 settle up-
Jesse James was killed in little town
called St Joe, about sixty miles from
Kansas City. ] was in the town once and
went TO the house where the the Missouri
terror WAS murdered by one of his con-
kNASislkSSS i SLl !iii--tI III tilE ilbiS III
xhe wall made by the bullet that passed
shrough the head of the man who. when
g mere boy, Fought SO brarely Tor the
cause of The Confederacy-
Its strange what queer snortals we are.
The house where the celebrated bandit
WAS killed IS inhabited by a family. who
charge an admission 10 see the room in
which the man was shot And there are
lots OF people who SO there every year 10
see the house. They cut sr,linters from
the fioor and paper from the walls
as souvenirs the floor looking like
a cAopptng block at the wood pile and
the walls Ike a lass seasons DILL posters
hoard.
Queer, isa't - and felt queer myself
while IN that room
a POET OF THE NEST.
The poet-laureate Of the Midland Hotel,
Kansas City. is not only Verse-wri;er.
but a gentleman. and j take my hat OF
10 him IN humble recognition of his poetic
ability. coupled with pure knowledge of
the real true and beautiful. lie knows
who the good people OF this earth are,
and writes about them ;husiy:
Could i drink of the nectar the gods only
can,
would tili up the glass to the brim.
And drink The Of no tray