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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21
WHY NOT ARBGTRATE ?

We have previously. in these col
umns. noted the measures taken by the
government Of New Zealand, 10 pre-
vent disturbing conflicts between labor
ers and employers Of labor. That colo
ny was frequently the scene OF such
troubles. until IN 1894. the industrial
arbitration act was passed. as a RENEE
dy against the evil. II is claimed that
this act. as later revised and amended,
has not only put an end TO strikes, but
also fostered industry and trade.
Under this act employers and EN-
ployes form their own unions or So
cletles. Whenever a question arises
which the representatives Of these
unions fail to settle. 1t is referred to
board OF Cancellation. and finally II
necessary, brought before court OF
arbitration for settlement Every
trade or Industrial union is required to
comply with the legal regulations con-
corning all corporate bodies. When
this is done they are registered By the
state and empowered to act in cases
Of dispute. penalties being imposed on
the union, with liability on the individ-
ual members. In case Of violation OF
any OF the provisions Of the act
There are six boards Of Cancellation,
the members being elected by the
unions. half by the employers and
half by the workingmen. These men,
bers select an impartial chairman.
Disputes may be brought before this
body by individuals or by unions. II
the decision is unsatisfactory, the case
may be appealed TO the arbitration
court which is composed OF three MEM
beers. one OF whom Is nominated by the
councils Of the worklngmen's unions,
one by the councils Of the employers
associations and the third Is a judge OF
the supreme court nominated by the
governor. The finding Of this court
is absolute and It has full powers for
the enforcement Of its decision, which
must be given in the plainest LAM
guage within one month from the first
sitting in the case.
II is claimed that since that act went
into effect, the boards Of Cancellation have
been kept quite busy but there have
been no strikes with all the evils that
follow In the wake OF the labor dis
putes.
As general rule new settlements
have an to learn from the long estab-
lshcd states and communities, but
sometimes the case Is reversed, and the
younger becomes the teacherof theolder.
! In the matter Of arbitration New Zea-
land has certainly given the world a
pointer. which should be valuable. one
! OF the rules is, that while case Is
pending no workman can leave his en-
ployment. and no employer can lockout
the laborer. so as 10 influence the de-
| clsion one way or the other. Were this
rule adopted IN this country, the an
thracite miners would be working as
at present as usual. There would be
no excuse for adding TO the price Of
coal. as has been done already In sew
eral places. The public would not be
made to pay for disputes in which
they have no direct interest. Arbltra-
tlon would be better Tor all parties. 1t
would be cheaper too than a fight to
n finish.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

The coal strike, which Ia ordered 10
begin today. gives promise Of being not
only one Of the most extensive strikes
In the history OF labor difficulties In this
country, but the most peaceable. II is
evident that the sympathy OF the entire
country is with the strikers and this
sympathy is given because the strikers
are In the right and because the leaders
have had the sagacity TO so clearly
place the issues before the people that
the public sense Of Justice can be
brought to bear in their favor To
this end they have had the wisdom 20
make an offer Of arbitration, which the
mine owners have refused. so that there
remains no course open except ignomin-
ious surrender or a strike. The opera
tors announce their purpose 10 make
no attempt 20 introduce new men, and
there Is little doubt that they win soon
be compelled 10 yield.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21
Boston Transcript.

The refusal Of the Pennsylvania coal
operators TO recognize the mine-work-
ers' organization or 90 submit the mat
ters In controversy TO arbitration will
be disappointing to the general public.
II the demands Of the workers are as
unreasonable as the companies repre-
sent them 20 be. the latter should have
no fear Of the result Of arbitration one
Of the presidents Of a large company
declares that 90 would bankrupt many
Of the companies 70 yield TO the miners
demands II this Is true, the decision
OF an arbitration tribunal would GER
tainly be In their favor Their aversion
10 arbitration seems inconsistent with
their expressed confidence in the justice
Of their position and weakens their case
before the public. The employer who
declines 20 recognize the organization
OF his employees and rejects an appeal
10 arbitration assumes a heavy respon-
siblllty
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21
Chicago Times. Herald.

Two Incidents which occurred upon
the Inauguration OF the great strike In
the anthracite coal regions should be
most seriously considered 10y the Of
flcials OF the miners unions. one %
these was the conduct Of q gang OF boys
who. upon quitting work stoned the
building I'm which they had been em-
poyed and broke all the windows, the
other was the riot preclpitated by GER
tain strikers who attempted 70 coerce
nonstrlking employees. II these acts
presagc what rs 20 occur In the future,
then the miners must expect 20 have
public INDIGNATION turned against them
and 10 find Themselves passing more
and more swiftly from legitimate 70
criminal methods.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21
Boston Herald.

The strike In the anthracite coal re-
gions is going 20 be particularly hard on
the miners who must look 20 their or
ganlzation for their support while they
are out OF work. The treasury Of the
United Mine Workers Of America ac-
cording 20 the last report Of It's fnou-
cial secretary. Us In no condition 20 sup
port a strike of any magnitude or dura-
ton. It's membership on the let of Au-
gust was only 20 i0S scattering through
the coal fields Of the United states,
which Is less than 10 per cent OF the
total coal workers Of the country. OF
this membership only 81 per cent paid
the July assessment Of twenty-five
cents, ard the reserve belonging % the
order would be- exhausted by a single
payment 10 the anthracite coal workers
Of fifty cents n piece. This suggests
that the strike cannot be a very long
one
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

Galveston IS to be rebuilt and II Is
said will be much more substantially
built so that there shall never be a rep
etitlon Of the late awful disaster II Is
a good and n brave resolution, and no
doubt viii be carried out so far as hui
man power is able But no city can be
so strongly bult as 10 defy the forces
OF nature when they arise In their fury
and are abroad In the land on a mission
OF destruction. The substantial and
handsome buildings OF Louisville went
down before the winds Of heaven as
readily as the frallest frame house in
the outskirts Of Galveston. Earth
quakes. the rushing OF winds and the
mighty waters teach us how weak and
frail a thing Is man"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21
Butte Intermountain,

The entire number OF men employed
is 1920. The most startling ana sug.
gestlye feature OF the above figures,
however. Is the showing that the aver
age amount paid per month Is only $40.
for men and boys together. We do not
know the proportion Of men 20 boys,
but the fact that human beings are
working for such a miserable pittance
Is almost beyond conception. No Won
der the coal b9r0ns have no public
sympathy IN this strike. No wonder
they are denounced.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

It seems that Emperor William is de-
termlned to carry out the scheme out
lined in his note TO the powers regard
ing Furnishing the orIgrat0rs OF the
ouuages against foreigners In CHINA
Should he begin carrying out such a
policy. the other powers refusing to JON
him. he would find lt O most diilicult
task, one that might result IN complica-
tons now unlocked Tor But he Is a
very strong II seemingly giraffe per-
sonalIty and Is utterly fearless Of con-
sequences, The Chinese situation daily
becomes more interesting than the un-
folding Of an Arabian Nights tale.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21
FAST DAY.

Inasmuch as one Of the sessions Of our
forthcoming General Conference will be
held on Sunday. the eth prox., which
is our general fast day. the next fast
day services viii be held on the last
Sunday OF the present month instead Of
the first Sunday Of next month.
LORENZO SNOW.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

Mr. Treyes. the great surgeon, IN MS
lecture to the students OF The LONDON
hospital. il reported TO have said that
genius was some form OF neurosis' an
untabulated nervous disease Ana
this explains why so many persons sur
ferIng from some form OF neurosis
think they are genIuses
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

assured that they viii receive the sup
port Of the leading business men, and
also Of the large majority OF the peo-
pie Of this city and State. And the
News simply desires that all that
Is done in tho premises shall be In the
real interest Of the road, compatible
with The public interest and In con-
formity to law. which VIII give perma-
hence 20 an contracts and agreements
that may be contaminated
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21
CONFERENCE NOTICE.

The SEVENTEEN soml-annuai confer
once OF the Church Of Jesus Christ Of
Latter-day Saints will commence on
Friday, October 6, at 10 o. m. in the
Tabernacle IN this city.
LORENZO SNOW,
GEORGE @. CANNON,
JOSEPH r. SMITH.
First Presidency.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21
New York World.

The miners have precisely as much
right TO organize as their employers
have 10 combine and they have an
equal right 20 choose their own COM
mitteee. To the stipulation that the
committee shall be ~ their own em-
ployees, the Philadelphia Inquirer re.
plies that the men have found by bitter
experiences that 10 present grievances
IN person IL 20 be "plnched out and
blacklisted. The time 70 arbitraie Is
now
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21
AFRAID OF CIVILIZATION,

Prof Charles f. Beecher. the success
sor Of Prof. Marsh Of the paleontologi-
cal department OF Yale, has made a
study Of the Moqul Indians Of Arizona,
and his impressions OF this peculiar
people are that they in some respects
are far above the level OF the white
race He fears that should they become
the victims OF a certain kind Of mis-
slonary zeal, they would be worse of
than they are now. The professor is
quoted as follows;
"The Moqu Indians are a remarkable
people They are entirely self-support-
ing They are absolutely morals In fact,
their moral standard Is as high as that
Of any religious community In the
United States. They have lived there
for thousands OF years, and ! sincerely
hope they win never be contaminated
By white civilization. II would only
succeed In reducing them 10 a low
moral standard, and they would become
lazy and criminal They know nothing
OF alcoholic liquors. and are strictly
temperate and very thrifty Their re-
ugion Is a very complicated one, but is
best suited 10 their modes Of living.
Should civilization attack them they
would undoubtedly become subjects for
missionaries. and after their conversion
would come TO a deplorable state
such an expression OF opinion by a
close observer should have weight with
the directors Of missionary enterprise.
Their emIssarIes too often go out to
destroy instead Of 10 build Up.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21
THE ANTHRACITE STRIKE.


Evidently the strike has a just cause
far above the average OF such indus
trial outbreaks But the fact alone
that the men were willing 10 arbltrate
while the corporations. IN aggrayating
arrogance. ignored the organized labor
appeal for arbitration, places the en-
ployers distinctly on the defensive In
this trouble.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

"rhe money that / have Inherited Is
an encumbrance to me- says younb
Arson Phelps stokes clrata OF 81
pams Episcopal church OF New haven.
The young man should End no great
difficulty In Kidding himself OF TINS IN
cumbrance.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

The turbine boat Cobra. built by the
Armstrong; has attained "a speed OF
4s.5 miles an hour This means a,nos'
instant death to any war vesse' '''
Coln may strike.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

The New York World talks about
"our ugly cities" This talk may have
reference to Gotham and Chicago bu,
It does not refer to Salt Lake.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

The fate Of Jim Howard, OF Goebel
murder fame. depends on mustache.
Better that than to depend on a rope
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

II Hung Chang iSyery nearly IN a po-
sltlon to repeat with marked emphasis
Cardinal Wolsey's famous solioQuy
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

The work Of the Humane society ls 70
be commended and encouraged, but
there are people-good. honest intel
llgent people-who do not believe Il is
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

Universal equality reigns throughout
the world today-in the length OF night
and day; and that IS about the only
place where Il does reign.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

We are asked the difference between
an acting and a performing Governor
We must decline 20 answer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

Down In Pennsylvania there Is no
carrying Of Goals TO Newcastle.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

President Mckinley may take the
stump. But the burning question is:
Who viii take the cake?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

Hello' What's this? a big telephone
trust In process Of formation
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

In the gubernatorlal hlppodrome,
which was the trick mule and which
the clown?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

The Rough Riders were not very
rnugh- nftnr all
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

The farce Of Governor for a day" ls
ended; ring down the curtain.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-21

humane to enforce compulsory vaccin-
nNnn.
Willmar tribune., 1900-02-21
ATTRACTIVE WINDOW GARDEN.

of the window. English ivy is also a
good vine to use, but it is without fow-
ers. In a cool room carnations, violets
and pansies may be grown, while roses
could be handled successfully in
Kitchen where there were heat and
moisture. Tradescantia or Wandering
Jew can be planted along the edge to
hang over the sides, or the box may be
covered with pretty colored paper or
drapery.
Shelves fill up a window so much
that the men do not like plants in the
house. In brick or stone houses, with
the deep window castings, an arrange
ment as shown in the illustration may
be adopted. If there is not room in the
casing, series of brackets might be
fastened along the side, and the plants
receive nearly the full benefit of sum
without obstructing the light.-Farm
and Home
Willmar tribune., 1900-02-21
WINDOW GARDENING
A Charming Home Occupation ana
Recreation for Lovers of Plant
Life and Beauty.

Winter Towering plants may be
grown better in boxes than in small
pots. Window boxes used outside in
summer may be brought in the house
in winter if the precaution is taken to
make them water tight with zinc or
galvanized iron. Leave hole in the
bottom of the lining to draw off the
surplus water. The boxes may be
placed on brackets or hung with wires
screwed into the window frame, or
placed on the sill.
Any of the plants commonly grown
in the house can be planted in the box.
Geraniums of any sort, heliotrope,
fuchsias and begonias make a good va
riety, while fern or two gives dainty,
tasty effect different from other
plants. Or the box may be filled with
ANNALS grown from seed. Petunias,
phlox, sweet alyssum, nasturtiums and
sprig of mignonette will give variety
of bloom all winter.
At the ends may be planted morn
ing glories and trained up each side
Willmar tribune., 1900-02-21
M5l@' fE{RH@|5'f| f|jB3;H|,
S4k7ik&&j(55j&$t}!4s
MRS. LETITIA SEMPLE.
Daughter of President Tyler, Who
Once Was Mistress of the White
House, Still Living.

Living in the big brick building
known as the Louisa home in Wash
1ngton is white-haired woman who
Was the mistress of the white house
more than half century ago. BY
the world at large her existence has
been forgotten, nor would the men-
ton OF her name, Mrs. Letitia Semple,
recall any memory to the ordinary
reader. 1t was as Letitia Tyler that
she first became known to Washing
ton society in the days when the Cap
1tol city was scarcely more than a
country village, containing few fine
public buildings separated by long
stretches of bottomless mud. She was
the second daughter of President John
Tyler, and she was Virginia belle in
the days when that was the clearest
title to beauty that could be bestowed
in this country. Tyler's administra-
tion seems long way back to most
OF us. 1t seems strange to think that
this serene-faced old woman, who is
still active and vigorous, knew and
talked with Webster and Clay and Cal
AOuu anu Luc OC1CT leducrS OI CudI
period which was so prolific of great
men. Webster she saw often, and de-
scribes him as a man of imposing pres
ence which made its power felt in any
assembly.
AT the time of our coming to Wash
ington," said Mrs. Semple, in recall
ing her white house experiences of so
years ago, my mothers health was
too poor to admit of her taking active
charge of the duties naturally devolv-
ing upon the wife of the president.
My elder sister and I had our newly
made homes in Virginia to supervise,
and my youngest sister was only q
child. Therefore by common consent
the wife of our brother Robert became
the mistress of the white house so far
as the public side of the life there was
concerned. However, my other sister
and myself were there a good part If
the time. This arrangement contin-
ued until after my mothers death,
which occurred in the white house.
Then my brother established himself
Willmar tribune., 1900-02-21
ELECTRICAL POWER.

| The introduction of electric light into
! Berlin's IA markets effected a saving in
1898 of $4,000.
The boring of tunnel through the
summit of the Chilkat pass has been
| begun for 37-mile electric road to cost
$3.50 0,oo6.
Electrically operated dredges are
| now used on rivers and harbors where
immense quantities of material have to
be handled quickly.
The Liverpool city council has de-
cided to convert or lay down during
1900, Sc miles of electric tramways at
cost of es5o,ooo.
| New York will soon be, If it is not
now, the greatest center of electrical
power in the world. The Metropolitan
Street Railway company will have TO-
600 horsepower, the Manhattan Ele-
waited company, 100000, a total Of $780,
600 horsepower.
An American company has been
awarded the contract for the supply of
all the trolley, feed and span wires for
the equipment of the lines of the Ha-
vana Railway company. The conces-
sion to convert the principal existing
horse and steam tramways- in Havana
into electrically equipped roads has
/ also been granted.
The first electric launch in Venice has
| been delivered. It accommodates about
50 passengers and is Sc feet long and
ten feet wide. It's average speed is
seven to ten miles an hour, and it is
called the "Alessandro Volta" While
the introduction Of any mechanical
form Of propulsion other than the gon-
dola is to be regretted as far as Venice
is concerned, still, if launches of this
kind take the place Of the small steam
boats on the Grand canal, it would be q
great Improvement. - II
Willmar tribune., 1900-02-21
EXERCISE FOR WOMEN.
1t Imparts to the Outline of the Fig.
ure Graceful Contours and
Beauty 60 the Face.

In Sandow's book on physical culture
he devotes chapter to women. He
says: Il am quite aware that there is
very widespread notion that exercise
tends to coarsen and render woman
unbeautiful, but that is absolutely
false. Were there any truth in it I
should indeed despair of converting my
fair readers to my way of thinking, for
truly it is woman's mission to Look
beautiful. But the idea is absurd; ma
ture, which intended woman to look
lovely, also intended her to be healthy;
indeed, the two are practically synony-
nous.
''Of course, improper, violent and
one-sided exercise will naturally result
in making a woman clumsy, heavy and
ungraceful, but proper exercise, hav-
ing for it's object symmetrical and per-
feet development, will have an exactly
contrary effect. Curiously enough, the
visible effect of proper exercise upon a
woman's muscles is not precisely the
same as upon those of man. Regular
and gradually progressive exercise will
not make woman's muscles prom
inent, but will cause them to grow firm
and round, and impart to the outline of
the figure those graceful contours
which are so universally admired.
without well-conditioned muscle
the most beautifully proportioned wom-
an in the world will look comparatively
shapeless and fabby; her muscles are
not required to show up as in the case
of a mans, but they must be there all
the same, as solid foundation for the
overlying flesh. Take woman's arm,
for instance. If it has been duly ex.
ercised and developed, it is easy enough
to see that it's shapeliness and good
modelling are due to the muscles; white
and soft though the skin may be, you
can tell at a glance that it is firm and
elastic to the touch. On the other hand,
the arm of the woman who has never
exercised the muscles betrays the fact
unmistakably; it may be plump and
round, but its lines are lacking in
beauty, its movements in grace, and 80
with the figure generality"
Willmar tribune., 1900-02-21

G.)
in law practice in Philadelphia, anl his
wife wished to make her home there.
Meanwhile my husband had been an
pointed a paymaster in the navy, and
AS that led to his being away from
home great part of the time I came
here to take charge of my fathers
household and remained until 1914.
'"There were no great social enter
tainn,ents in the white house during
my fathers term. My mothers i'll
health and later her death forbade
that. For the most part we lived open
IL, Hospitality and unpretentiously; in
fact, just as we had been accustomed
tc do at home i'll Virginia. I remern-
ber that it was customary during the
sessions of congress to entertain
guests at dinner in the white house
twice a week. The first dinner was
usually attended by about 20 prom;-
rent public men, the personal and po-
itical friends of my father. The Sec
ond was on a somewhat larger scale.
It usually included members of the
diplomatic corps, and the number Of
guests was generally about 40. But
these dinners we're always very simple
affairs, and they ended at what would
be considered now ridiculously early
hour. Then on other evenings it was
customary for the presidents family
to be informally at home-that is, to
receive calls from friends and ac-
quaintances. But even on these occa-
sions the visitors always departed be-
fore ten o'clock. At that hour the
white house was closed and the family
retired"
Although Mrs. semple is nearly 80
years old she takes an active interest
in all current affairs. She receives
many invitations from people in pub
lie life in Washington. Y. Sun.