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The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21

Although the machinists' strike only
started Yesterday morning the backbone
Of the strike is believed TO be broken.
Machinists all over the city are jubilant
over the success which they have achiev-
al 50 far. Two of the largest ma
chine Shops in Wilmington granted III"
machinists' demands yesterday. AT noon
the Remington Machine Company grant
I'd the request after u conference WIN
their shop committee. Several hourS
later the Pusey Il Jones Company also
conceded the demand. The Delaware
Hard Fibre Works followed.
Never before in the history OF WI
mingtan has there been such an orderly
strike. Although about 400 machlnistS
We're ont there was not one disturbance
during the entire day which could he AZ
iribmed to the machinists. They had
received their orders to act orderly ana
ohryed the command. Not maclilhiS'
WAS seen on the streets yesterday III II
,liSorlerly or intoxicated condition. Ihe
police commended the machinists on their
actions.
They feel certain of success i'll TINS
city. A prominent member OF the ma
,hiniStS' organization said last hight:
I'VE have every confidence in the move
mcnt and think we will win. we are
solid to man and have all the money
necessary for the occasion back OF us
We think that the strike in Wilmington
will he definitely settled by the last "i
His week."
GREAT CONCESSION.
The Pusey 4 Jones Company granted
the machinists' requests at o'clock yes
terlay afternoon. This action was takcr
on the part of the company in view o
the fact that not one OF the machinist'
employed by the company went out o.
the strike yesterday. This company n"
only granted the nine hour system e"
the machinists but for all its other en-
ployes. Beginning today every man EN-
ployed in the shops of the Pusey X Jone
Company will work on an average of MIN
hours per day and receive ten hours
pay.
The Remington Machine Company ais
gave in to the ma; hinists yesterday
This company employs about GO mnchii
lists 1t had n number of men on tn
road who were called in by the Inter
national Association of Machinists. Th
new schedule will go into effect at one
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
o'CONNELL PREDICTS VICTORY
Everything is Encouraging for the
: Strikers.

Washington. May 2O.-Thr office Of
President O'Connell head Of the Machin-
lists Association, is n beehive of industry
today. Messages from all parts Of the
country are being received and answered
relative To the strike which was insti-
tuted 1T I o'clock this morning. More
than one hundred firms have signed the
nine hour agreement since Saturday and
others are expected to come to terms dur
ing the day. Six more st. Louis con-
Germs have agreed to the demands, max
ing forty in all. which covers all of inn
portnnce in that city. All in New Or
leans have signed and messages from
other sections have been received which
President O'Connell says are indicative
of victory for the strikers.
notwithstanding these advices Mr.
O'connell estimates that there are enearly
II not quite. 100000 men out today. II
the principal manufacturing centres
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
WON WITHOUT A STRIKE.
Machinists at GAINESVILLE and Halle.
ton Granted FiftY-four Hours.

Hazelton. Pa, May 2O.-The machin-
lists and moulders employed at the Hazel
y ..-I-~->- xx.i----i:i
not strike. as all their demands We're
granted today.
At these establishments the men are
TO work ten hours a day for the first
five days and enjoy half holiday on
Saturdays at full pay. which is equal TO
nine hours day at full wages. The men
At .Jcanesville We're granted Il per cent.
increase some time ago. which, with the
concessions made today. is equal to n
toal increase of 16la per cent. since last
September.
The machinists and mouldcrs in the
Lehigh Valley Railroad shops at
Weathcrly presented no demands. as they
have been working under union rules for
ONE time.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
QUAKER CITY STRIKE.
Many Big Concerns There Yield to
Demands

Philadelphia, May 20.-Information re-
ccived from all sections of the city at
the headquarters of the Union Machin-
lists this morning places the number of
men idle ut 1000. This estimate is
based upon statements received from the
various branches of the Union. as report
cd at headquarters, No. 1929 Girard ave
nue.
mcnts signed by forty-seven local firms
conccding te demands of the men. These
firms employ about 1000 men. During
the day other firms are expected to agree
10 the terms asked by their employees
50 that the number of shops in working
order by closing time may be increased
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
5000 MEN WIN IN NEW YORK
Two Thousand Out, 5000 Yet to be
Heard From,

New York, May 2O.-At noon the Ex-
rcutive Committee of the International
Association Of Machinists for the New
York district reported that of the 1900
enrolled members in the 18th district
1000 were reported on strike. 5000 as
having struck effected nm agreement and
gone back TO work again. and 5000 vet
To he heard from. The 18th district in
cludrS Manhattan. Long and Staten Is
lands. all the Hudson River towns below
Newbnrgh and Jersey City, Paterson.
plainfed. New Brunswick. Elizabeth
port. Newark and the Amboys, n. J.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
HAPPY PITTSBURG MEN.
Only Few Men on Strike in the
Smoky City.

PittsLur-. Pa, May 20.--About 100
machinists ut the McKee's Rocks plant
of the Pressed Steel Car Company struck
this morning for nine hour day.
II had been arranged that all the or
ganized Labor at the works was also to
come ont on sympathy strike. hut this
did not take place, although the strike
leaders claim that n general strike will
follow later. The places Of the strikers
have boon filled by lahorers.
Less tian 100 machinists are idle to-
day III the other plants in the city. all
bnt four firms having signed the scale.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
A SUDDEN DEATH.
Jesse Jones, Colored, Expired While
Being Carried Into Police Station

Jesse Jones' colored, aged 81 years.
ypll-known character about town. was
cent from Samuel Bells restaurant. No.
y, East Front street to tht City Hall
,bout $40 o'clock yesterday afternoon
uffering from some unknown ailmrnt.
He expired as he was being carried
from the patrol wagon into the police sta
ion by Sergeant McDermott and Line
man Hyland.
Dr. Frank Roop Smith was called in
md pronounced him dead. The coroner
fonk charge of the body
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
2 100 OlrT AT CINCINNATI.

Cincinnati May 2c.-About $500 ma
hinists are idle today. and more will
probably go ont. A large body of men
n,l,dcd the streets in the vicinity of
omc of the shops. There has been no
disorder.
Samuel Gompers. president Of the
American Federation of labor, arrived
this morning. Vice President Thomas
Kidd, and Treasurer John i. Lennon.
both members of the Executive Board of
the American Federation of Labor.
Joined him. and they Immediately went
into conference with the local leaders of
he International Association of Machin
lists.
At several of the large plants. how
ever. the men are all at work-even
where no increase Of wages has been
granted.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21

men on level and were injurious be-
cause they prevented the individual from
advancing.
While ! haze not seen verbatim copy
Of Mr.. Schwab's remarks, yet if he is
correctly quoted in this instance he
seems to have received a curious impress
sion III relation to trade unions. 1t is
a misstatemcnt TO say that trade unions
are endeavOrng to fix one price for the
wages Of workingmen Of any one class.
ONLY MINIMUM FINED.
what the nniot desires is to establish
Il minimum rate of wages, below which
Il man will not be obliged to labor. Be
cause n minimum rate is established it
does not follow that Il worker cannot re
ceiye more than that. 1t is always in
the employers discretion to pay as much
higher than the minimum rate as he
chooses If he finds workman who is
especially skillfnl or valuable TO him.
The trade union is no bar to individual
progress. On the contrary, by establish
ing Il minimum rate of wages, il gives
n reasonable basis of protection to its
members without at all limiting the op-
portlnities or the prospects tf those who
may have special talents or abilities.
SEEKS GOOD OF ALL.
'We are engaged in promoting the gen
cral welfare of the working class, and
are aiming mt their general improve
m"nt. rather than trying to get one pre-
ferred position for some particular in
dividual 1t may be true that there are
eases where 4 laboring man advances he
yord his co-labOrers, and if he does it by
individual work and merit there is no
criticism to he made: hut among unor-
ganiz"d workmen we usually find such
advancement at the expense Of others.
Unions better the condition of the craft
generally by organization, and all profit.
How could laboring man address Il
wrong or secure right but for the or
ganization of labor?
Glow could he obtain what is Justly
his if he should attempt to struggle alone
against the big corporations that now ex-
lat?
SCHWAB'S RISE.
'.How could Mr.. Schwab have advanc-
I'd when he was labOrng man if he
were confronted by the conditions Of to-
day? He must remember that there has
been a vast Industrial change In the
last few years.
~ man who by chance made fortune
Specializing in stocks within the last few
weeks might advise everybody else to
speculate in stocks rather than he frugal
and work conscientionsly. Mr.. Schwab
IS very much in the position Of the lucky
spcculator and makes q mistake in apply
ing his individual experience as n rule
for the average workingman.'
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
500 MEN STRIKE AT DETROIT.

Detroit, May 2O.-Willam II. Gore,
business agent of Detroit Lodge No. 2S.
Of the International Association of Ma
announced that 500 Of the $50
of Detroit struck today.
Two hundred and fifty of the 500 will
he back at work on the terms for which
we are lighting within two days. and
look for the end of the trouble in two
weeks" said Mr.. Gore.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
Funeral ofDr. Dericksnn.

The funeral of Dr. Jacob Derickson
took place yesterday morning. Services
were held at the house, No. S02 West
street and were conducted by the Rev.
William r. Freund The obsequies We're
attended by many relatives and friends.
The interment was private. Levi G.
R'rd. Samuel Bancroft. Jr.. James G..
Knowles. Richard Gibbons, Edward
Pringhurst and Samuel w. McCaulley
were the pail bearers.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
WIN attend yhier,s convention.

Chief Massey will attend the CON
vrntion Of police of the United States
and Canada at New York City next
week. Ex-Chirf Dolan will also attend.
He has been informed that he and ex-
superintendent Linden of Philadelphia
are to he placed ON the honorary roll.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
OFFERED EIGHT HOURS: STRUCK
FOR NINE.

Victoria. B. G.. May 2O-It is not
likely that the Albanion Iron Works. of
this city, will be able to fulfill its con
'ract to complete the work on the steam
II Gargonnc, which was brought here on
recount of strike of the metal workers
1t Seattle. Despite the offerings of the
company TO pay the same wages for
light hours as they now pay for ten
hours. the boiler-makers, who belong to
he International Union. and the long
horemcn refused to work.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
1000 MEN WIN: 1900 STRIKE.

Cleveland o., May 2O.-Abont 1-2OO
machinists employed in this city are on
;trikc today in order to enforce their
lemand for nine hour working day
with ten hours' pay. The strikers are
orderly and quiet. Probably 1000 mem
hers of the Union continued at work.
heir employers having granted the de-
mandS.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
GOMPERS ON LABOR UNIONS.
Trade Org nization no Bar to Indi.
vidual Progress.

Samuel Gompers. president of the Ma
tional Federation of Labor in speaking
of labor organization says:
In his statement before the industrial
commission ! understand that President
SchWnh of the steel trust stated in
effect, that labor organizations put all
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
SEVENTEEN SHOPS GRANT DE,
MANDS.

Detroit. Mich, May 20.-Scventeen To-
c;,l machine shops. employing total Of
15O men, have granted the demands of
the international Association Of Ma
chinists. and their employees ar" at work.
Five hundred and fifty machinistS EN-
ployrl in other shops are out on strike.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
Sold by Sheriff

Yesterday morning Sheriff Mcdaniel
;old the Dennis property on Market
;trvt above Fourth TO Christopher l..
Ward. The farm property of George
W. Skaggs in st. Georges hundred TO
Martin Il. Burris. and the property of
Julian Cochran in the same hundred to
Jesse l.. Sheppard.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
1000 STRIKE IN MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee, Wis. May 2O.-Abont 1000
responded to the order Of
President O'Conneil, Of the International
Association of Machinists, and refused
to begin work in this city today. Sew
oral hundred helpers also struck. The
men went to their places of employment
as usual, hut, failing to find notice com
plying with the machinists' demands for
nine hour day and a 12la per cent
increase in wages, quietly retiaced their
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
pI,AISFIELp SHOPS ALL TIED I'p

plnintield. \. j.. May 2O.-Eully l,OOO
machinists and helpers in the shops of
the Scott Printing Press Company. the
Potter Press Works, the Campbell Press
Works. and the Aluminium Plate and
Press Works struck today. The EN-
ploycs Of the Pond Tool Company have
the promise of the superintendent that
their demands will he considered at the
annual meeting of the company June B.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
300 ARE OUT IN ELGBABETH.

Elizabeth. \. j.. May 20.-About 800
mnchinists in the shops Of the Central
Railroad ol New Jersey are ont. Strikes
are also on III the shops of ). Il. M"rS"S
Sons and Bell. Wood X Co.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
Governor win Attend Circus.

Governor HUM, Mrs. Hum and Miss
Hum will attend the Forepaugh & Sells
Bms circus in this city tomorrow after
noon. Mr.. and Mrs. ii. G. Knowles will
entertain the governor and party.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
Paving Lombard street,

The work Of paving Lombard STREET
from Eleventh to Thirteenth has been
begun by the Street and Sewer Depart
ment and yesterday bricks We're being
delivered for paving Seventh street be
tween Harrison and Clayton.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
HARTFORD FEELS THE STRIKE.

Hartford. Conn. May 2O.-A canvass
IF the machine shops here today shows
$50 men on strike. 400 locked out, and
l.45O working. The shops affected by the
trike are the Pratt 4 Whitney Works.
he Pope plant Of the American Bicycle
Company. and the Electric Vehicle Com
pany's factory. The Hartford Machine
Screw Company has closed its plant and
lockout exists there.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
HOPE TO WIN IN TOLEDO.

Toledo. o.. May 2O.--Siy hundred ma
chinists struck today, their employers
having declined TO comply with the de-
mands of the International Association.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
SIXTY PER CENT. STRIKE IN
BOSTON.

Boston. May 2O.-About 60 per cent. Of
the machinists. some 1,50O in number
employing about $50 men have granted
the new scale.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21
CITIES AFFECTED
BY THE BIG STRIKE

Over $4,000 machiniSts are on strike in
various cities throughout the United
States. Everywhere the strikers are
u,iiet, not single case of disorder being
reported. The following list shows how
the strike affects the various cities:
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21

Total strength of the International
Nlachnists-1 15O, 600 men.
Probable number Of strikers-5O.000.
Fetal strength Of allied trades which
will strike in sympathy il necessary
GOD. 900 men.
Strikers demands-Nine hours work II
hay, with ten honrs' pay.
Extent Of strike-Tnitrd States, Cam
.fia and Mexico.
Policy of International Association
I'racrabe No cessation Of work in
shops which have granted the demands.
Atintmde of employers Many are sign
ing the agreemnet. and President o.
t'"nnrl predicts the strike will end in
4 short time.
Victory was won yesterday by many
uf the thousands Of machiniSts who went
on u strike for q nine hour day with the
same pay. Reports received from all
over the country were to the effect that
large cncerns in the various cities where
the strike is in progress or contemplated,
are granting the demands.
The statements given out by the labor
leaders are very encouraging. Em-
ploycrs were in their offices earlier than
usual III consultation over the demands
Of III" strikers. In Wilmington the
strikers have grounds to he jnbiani.
Three concerns accedpd to the request
for y nine hour day.
They were the Puscy 4 Jones Com
pany; Remington Machine Company and
The Delaware Hard Fibre Company.
The ORDER for n nine hour day at tn"
plant Of the puscy x Jones Company
WAS made although the men We're not
nut The nine hour day is operative III
all the departments. Other concessions
are expected today.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21

Both the Union and Regular Republi-
ann First District Committees held their
regular meetings last night. Routine
business was transacted.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21

teps homeward. Twenty-Five out of a
otal Of twenty-eight shops in the city
are affected.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-21

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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-08-09
Executors Sale.

BY virtue of an order of the Orphans
Court of Hartford county, the undersign-
ed, executor of David Carman, late ofsaid
county deceased, will sell at Public Sale,
at the late residence of said deceased, near
Kalmia,
On Thursday, August IS, 1901,
At 1 o'clock, P. NJ, the
Following PERSONAL PROPERTY
Blacksmith Tools, Bellows, Anvil, Wise,
Tire Bender, Horse Shoe Nails, Tires and
Bolts, Augurs, Saws, Drawknives, Brace
and Bits, $50 lbs. Horse Shoes, lot Of
Rims and Spokes, Dayton Wagon. Buggy,
Cultivator, Shovel Plow, one Mare.
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE
TERMS OF SALE.
All sums of SIS and under cash; on sums
over this amount a credit of 4 month:
will be given, purchasers giving theil
notes, with approved security, bearing
interest and payable at the Second Ma
tional Bank of Bel Air.
VICTOR WILLIAMS,
Executor.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-08-09
FRESH AIR SOCIETY.

Each year in Baltimore, the first day of
July, sees party of eager children at
some railroad station, waiting for the
train that is to take them to the green
fields and delights of the country, which
some of them perhaps have never seen.
To one to whom the sight of the green
of the grass and the blue of the sky is
part of the days joy, the thought that
the health giving air of the country is a
luxury eagerly sought for by the little
children in the dusty streets and crowded
rooms of the city, perhaps has never
come.
To some of you who know the work of
the Children's Fresh Air Society of Balti-
more, the request that you share these
common blessings with the children of
the city comes as no new idea. To others,
perhaps it will be new, because your at
tention has never been called to the fact
that perhaps these were given you to
share. To all of you whose hearts are
touched quickest by the suffering of
little child do we appeal, asking that you
allow us to give you the opportunity of
sharing with the children of the city the
freedom of Gods country-to open not
only your homes, but your hearts to
these little friends, giving them not only
the material things for the body, but the
loving care for which their hungry little
hearts are aching.
To do this, we only ask that you send
to us, at least a week before the date
YOU name, the number of children you
will take 1--WE prefer, if possible, that
country homes be opened to our little
girls, the train you will meet, stating
railroad over which child will travel
We make this appeal for this divincly
beautiful charity, because we feel that our
friends in the country should have the
right. during the next two months, to
bring into the lives and hearts of our
children higher ideals and purer thoughts
than ever before their dwarfed and stunt.
ed natures have had the opportunity of
knowing. We ask you, not for our sake'
though the fact that there are children
waiting to be sent makes us feel our re.
sponsibility keenly; nor for the sake OF
although the contact with
child-life is always interesting, but for
the sake of the little children whom we
both love.
Can we not depend on you? Write to-
day to the Children's Fresh Air Society.
Don't put it off, write today!
FRESH AIR SOCIETY,
Room "a, Glenn Building,
Baltimore, Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-08-09

on this subject at its meeting in An
napolis on the sixteenth day OF
March last and approve ofthe amend
ments to our election law made at the
ext, a session, believing that they are
free from valid constitutional objec-
tions, in all respects impartial, fir
and just; that they will do much to
purify and elevate the suffrage and
make the votes cast what for many
years they have not been-the real
expression of the will of each and
every voter.
eve believe that our elections
should be controlled by the votes OF
our own people exclusively and that
persons who permanently reside out
side the limits of the State should not
be permitted to register and vote.
We therefore declare our hearty ap-
proval of the amendment passed at
the special session covering this i'm
portant subject.
Indeed, the startling revelation
made by our recent State census that
our registration books contain many
thousands of names of voters who
could not be found is of itself a COM
plete vindication of the necessity oil
this amendment and an effectual
answer to those who are now asking
for it's repeal.
eve favor the passage of a general
law relating to primary elections and
applicable to the whole State, SC
drawn as to reform abuses wherever
complained of and to secure to al
political parties the selection ofcandi
dates chosen by methods beyond OBJ
lection or reproach.
"We pledge our party to the con
tinuance fan Observation-Disclosures
I ton of our State finances and to sucl
: legislation as will keep down to tn
lowest proper limit the burdens o
taxation.
: "The Democratic party represents
more 10000 majority of the whit
people of Maryland. They in com
mon with their brethren of othe
States into which large masses o
colored voters have been injected int
the body polite recognized that tn
l peace, good order, personal safet.
and proper development ofour mater
ial interests depend upon the con
troll of the Commonwealth by its in
telligent white residents. Withou
the aid of the 10000 colored voter
the Republican party in Maryland
would be a hopeless minority.
: ave therefore without hesitatio,
proclaim that the success of tn
Democratic party will mean tina
while we shall deal with perfect fair
ness in securing all the benefits o
good government and full and FREE
opportunities for education to al
classes, such action must be taker
: as to prevent the control ofthe Stat
government from passing into thu
hands of those who have neither thu
ability nor the interest to manage
| public affairs wisely and we'll.
ITO secure this most desirable re
J suit we earnestly call on all Demo
Gratis to lay aside all their differences
and to unite in an enthusiastic ant
patriotic effort to maintain oul
Democratic supremacyin Maryland.