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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13
ma IouRNALIsr.s SATIRE.

A nwspaper mans satlrlcai defnl-
ton q a gentleman" (poHsibly hav-
Ing u mind some certain one whom
he had meO was:
"A sentleman is a man who has no
employment, and who has plenty OF
moneI to spend"
While In London he met an actor
whomhe had known I'm America. After
greetl1gs were over. during which he
noted that the erstwhlle actors APP
peararee and surroundings indicated
the pasession OF wealth, and that his
mannu was that OF one in high social
position, he said:
"wtl what are you doing nova.
days..
I'm doing nothing-Tm a gentle
man, laughed his old acquaintance.
Taking In the situation somewhat,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13
BIBLICAL PLAYS

II all the plans OF the moment are
perfected. the stage will be filled with
Biblical characters in another years
time. stephen Phillips has stated
definitely that the play he is writing
for Edward S. willard. is based upon
the David and Bathsheba Incident and
that the one he Is preparing for Julia
Marlowe Is to have Mary Magdalene
for It's central figure. More imminent
still is a play Mrs. Flske says she VIII
produce before the year is out with
the same Mary as It's dominating per-
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13
BABES OF THE MILLS.
SHOCKING CONDITION IN COTTON
FACTORIES.
Where Childhood Il EnsIavsd That
Human Vampires May Fatten and
Stockholders Grow Rich 90 An Evil
That Cries to Heaven.


AoHtNlhl LelteTl
Does Il surprise the reader TO be told
mat In the cotton mills OF the coun-
Try children OF and years are work.
ing llA hours a day: that in order 10
perform their tasks with greater ease
Tor which they are paid as high as 10
cents a day, they call upon younger
proihers or sisters to help them, and
that when weary and sleepy with their
tasks the din OF the machinery and
the heavy atmosphere they are revived
by having cold water dashed into their
faces7
These are the facts brought out by
Irene NJ. Ashby, who investigated the
condition OF the cotton mills OF Ala
.bamR.
Often the whole family. except the
baby actually in the cradle. Is in the
MILL says the writer. Two or three
OF s years or older might be on the pay
roll, but the youngest paid worker can
get. through her work-at 10 cents a
day-with more ease II she has her lit
tie brother OF 6 to help her. l have
seen a boy under beginning his life
OF drudgery by pulling the yarn on
Dobbins TO make bands A manager
courteously conducting me through the
mill would often explain: These lit
tie ones are not working; they are
helping their brothers and sisters l
accepted the explanation until II
dawned on me how numerous were
these wee unpaid assistants. II is a
biting comment on the dehumanizlng
nature OF competition that generally
knd-hearted and humane men should
De willing to profit by the labor OF lit
Tie ohildren-wlthout even a wage re-
turn for their work.
AT one place | heard OF children,
working on the night shift. turned out
Tor some fault at O'Clock in the
morning. allowed by a compassionate
clerk to 20 TO sleep on bench in the
ONCE, as they were afraid TO 10 home.
Ladies told me OF a common sight in
the mill cottages: children lying face
downward on the bed sleeping from
exhaustion. Just as they had come In
from the night SHIFT. too utterly weary
even to remove their clothes.
friend OF mine In Atlanta, Ca,
thinking OF giving some OF these little
children treat. asked a number out
TO her place in the country and turned
them Into the woods to play. What
was her distress AMI amazement TO End
they did not know what the wood or
the thing meant. And dividends from
these mills are used probably for phi
iaIthropy temperance and missions.
even heard Of one mill Sunday school
where the children were told that God
had put Il into the hearts OF good men
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13
A VAST NAVAL PROGRAM.


In Time OF Peace France Prepares for
Possible War.
in time OF peace prepare for war"
is an axiom which France has made
the basis of her new naval program.
This program provides for the con.
struction OF 100 new fighting ships aa
an addition to navy which In size
and effectiveness Is second only to
Great Bfitain's. The first Of these
ships has already been launched. Il II
the Leon Gambetta. and will cost about
f6.O00.00O. Il VIII be seen. therefore.
that France means not merely 10 build
the new ships but In resolved that no
expense shall be spared In making
them the best OF their class. Although
England is mistress OF the seas By
virtue OF her immense naval establish
ment and maritime spirit. French
naval constructors have no superlors
In the world, and French war vessels
are Inferior 10 none Indeed, Il II con-
coded that. next 10 the United states
France Is more progressive In naval
construction than any other nation.
has less yeneratlon for old and moro
hospitality for new Ideas than most,
and In this respect Is far ahead OF
England, whore conservation Is strong.
ly entrenohed In TIE Admiralty. When
the French republic shall have realized
It's ambitious plans. II viii have little
fear from any single nation; but this
program will put a butden on Great
Britain II the policy TO maintain a
navy OF an effective strength equal to
any two other nations is TO be main
tained.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13

Most curious are the sewing or tailor
birds OF lndla-llttle yellow thine
not much larger than ones thumb. 10
escape falling prey 10 snakes ana
monkeys the tailor bird picks nm !
dead leaf and flies up into tree ana
with a hber for a thread and lie hi,
for a needle sews the leaf 10 groan
one hanging from the tree; the sIdes
are sewed up an opening to the nest
thus formed being LETT at the 70,
That nest is swinging in the
snake or monkey or even maj
suspect
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13

80 '--''' ~ WTTImU,
The Bank OF England Is pretty
healthy institution. with capital OF a
little over S720OOOOO and a surplus OF
about Sl6OOOOOO yet the governor re-.
celves a salary OF only $4,000 a year.
Our smallest city banks pay as much
as that TO their presidents. The paw OF
its "a directors is $500 each per an
mum. The bank is a vast building
one story high, and perfectly isolated
There is not a window 10 be seen IN
It's walls. Its Offices are lighted from
the roof or from the nine inner courts
and garden. At night detachment Of
the Foot Guards, commanded by can
tain. watches over the safety OF the
"old Lady OF Threadneedle street "
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13

pre'eace Of Gov. voorhees,. the gov
ernofelect. and several other high OF.
nelait EX-President and Mrs. Grover
cleveland also accepted an Invitation
TO ~tend' Excursion trains were
run " Elizabeth from all parts OF New
jersey and the town Of Freehold,
wheit the battle was fought. sent A
speei delegation OF lis citizens.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13

The newest moral wonGer Is the
SHASTA daisy originated by a flower
grower Of California. II measures a
foot in circumference. and, when ono
was exhibited recently In florists
window IN San Francisco. people liter
ally nocked to see IT,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13

The first performance OF Molly
Pitcher" by Kathryn Kidder ana her
company in Elizabeth. N. j.. the
other evening proved notable occa-
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13
AFTER THn DAYS WORK..

Ar ihh THE DAYS WORK.
Croo tired to undress, the little ones
throw themselves on their beds and
fall asleep.)
TO open a cotton mill that they might
earn money so as to be able to put a
nickel into the missionary boxl"
The North Ia ouipabIs.
Nor does the culpablllty belong
wholly to the South. In 1887 a law wsJ
passed in Alabama limiting the hours
OF chlldren's work In factories to eight
day. At the instlgatlon OF Massa-
ohusetts mill owners the law was re-
pealed In December. 1894, on their
promise to establish factory in Ala
bama. Today the mills thus estab-
lished are working at least nfty chill
dren under ~ years old for 1lN hours
a day.
This is not an isolated instance.
Much OF the opposition to the passage
OF a protective law through the South
ern Legislatures is made by represen-
tatives OF Northern corporations, who
are taking full advantage OF :he POI
sibility OF child labor. When bill
regulating child labor was before the
Alabama legislature the mill owners
opposition to the measure In the sen
ate was represented by n lawyer, who
was also the president OF a cotton mill.
the owners OF which are "philanthorp-
ic" Northern people-a corporation OF
clergymen and a railway attorney
"In eleven mills / visited, owned by
Northern capital" says the writer.
there were twice as many children
under ~ as in thirteen mills owned by
Southern capital The total number
OF children under ~ In the mills OF
Alabama, including the unpaid helpers
/ computed to be 1900. This number
is not stationary or diminishing: on
the contrary. II is steadily Increasing
and the experience OF other Southern
states proves that It is.
The Color Feature.
"rhe question has a gravor compll- |
cation in Alabama and throughout the
South than II has In any other part OF
the world. II Is lnseparably connected
with the color problem. The rapidly
growing mill population is entirely
composed OF white people. The init
crate negro sends his child TO school;
the illiterate white sends his 10 the
cotton mill IN most OF the Southern
states an educational test for voting is
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13

sonage. and with Judas Iscarlot as an
Important individual In the action.
sudermann is believed to be the author
OF the play. In England pair OF play
wrishts. Rudolph de cardova and Mrs.
Alicia Ramsay. are writing a play OF
the title, "Mordecai. the Jew"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13

the newspaper man. with a qulzzlcal
twinkle In his eye. asked.
And how long have you been a gem
tleman?"
"JnAt three years" was the answer.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1901-12-13

rent to the Chinese themselves as Il is
to all the world; and. notwlthstand-
ing tho anarchy which stu prevails In
some districts, there are already signs
OF benoncent results"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-24
GENERAL COTTON MILL STRIKE
Manufacturers Are Prepared Forit and Think
That Under Existing Conditions it Would
Not be Bad Thing For Mills.

The talk of general cotton mill
strike throughout the South has not been
without its effect on the mill owners.
They have taken warning and prepared
for the worst.
There will be concert of action among
the mills in such an emergency" said a
director and stockholder in one of the
largest mills in the State. THE minute
the strike goes into effect, just that min
ute Will every striker be notified to
vacate the companys house that he oc-
cupies The shut-out on our side will be
as complete as on theirs.
THE men that do not strike will be
continued in employment, and if it is
found impossible to keep the mills run
ming they will be continued on the COM
pany's pay roll just the same All the
mills are pledged to stand by their
friends"
The representative of another mill said
that from a business standpoint a strike
would prove beneficial just now to South
ern mills
I'm fact" he added, lit would be mon
ey in the pockets of the owners of many
mills Just now to stop every loom they
have, and they are running them for no
other purpose in the world than to keep
their operatives together and give them
employment. The mills are now manu-
featuring high priced cotton into low
priced goods, which is a losing business.
While present conditions continue to ex-
ist in the market for cotton goods the
mill owners will find curtailment of pro-
duct greatly to their advantage.
Though the mill operatives are saying
little. they are evidently considerably
stirred up over the situation, not knowing
just what to expect.
AS to the number of union men in the
various mills of this State, it is impossi-
Bile to guess. Since the attempt by mill
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-24
THE STANDING ARMY.
Seventy-Six Thousand Men
Now Determined On.
Twill be Left at That Number If Conditions in
the Philippines do Not Call For
Increase,
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, April 23.-It has been
determined to increase the regular ar
my to approximately 10000 men, and to
leave it at that number unless condi-
tions in the Philippines should make
more troops necessary. The President
and Secretary Root reached this con-
clusion today and the details will be
worked out by the Secretary and Gen
eral Miles The number of officers ap-
pointed will ne as originally contemt
plated The artillery corps will be in
creased to it's full strength of 5000 men.
Some time ago it was announced that
the companies of cavalry would con-
tain 65 instead of so enlisted men, and
it is expected the infantry companies
also will be reduced to bring the total
to the figure agreed upon. 1t has not
yet been determined what proportion
of the troops shall be stationed in the
PHILIPPINES, although it is known that
a large force win be needed there for
some time.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-24
ABSOLUTE INDE pENDENCE
Without This Friendship With Amer
lea is Impossible.
A FEW PEOPLE DESIRE ANNEXATION
These Are Spaniards Who Hate and Tear the
CubaEs Rafael POrtuOAdO Says Cubans
DO Not Want Free Trade With
the United States.
(By the Associated Press.)

Jacksonville, Fla, April 23.-The Gu
ban Constitutional Commission, which
arrived here last night, left at 10:30 this
morning for Washington. General
Rafael Portuondo, one of the Commits
sion. defined Cuba's position as follows:
"Ninety-nine per cent of the Cuban
people desire absolute independence.
1t is their wish that the military oc-
cupation by the United States come to
an end at once
1T may be said that a small element
of Spaniards from purely commercial
motive, / should not say over 1000
would favor annexation, but the wish
for independence is felt generally by
many Cubans and Spaniards alike.
Those Spanards who favor annexation
are not impelled by any love for the
United States. They hate us and they
seem to wish some sort of guaranty as
to their property and business inter-
eSts
Peace with the Americans without
the independence of Cuba is impossible
II mean moral peace.
Il do not mean to say that in tho
event that independence is not granted
war or revolution would follow, but
that there would be no sympathy, no
friendliness between the peoples.
I'VE should not desire free trade
with the United States if the indepen-
dence of our country We're established.
We should require revenues to support
ou roGvernment, and we would find
it necessary to raise them by customs
duties. What we would wish would be
a specially devised system of tariff
duties between the countries making
the rates as low as practicable and
to the mutual advantage Of both coun-
tries
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-24
GAME THIS EVENING
Raleigh Will Play the Second
Time With Portsmouth.
There viii be Warm Contest With The Game
in Doubt. The Line Up of the Two
Clubs. Other Ball Gossip.
1t rained yesterday ard it rair

1t rained yesterday ard it rained
steadily. 1t soaked rain.
So there was no ball gave between
Raleigh and the visitors from Ports
mouth.
For this Raleigh was sorry as king
Kelley felt that he had a lead pipe
cinch on the fame and that would have
made Raleigh stand four games won,
four games lost, so per cent. However,
good work wa sdone indoors, the boys
practicing in the hallway adjoining
their quarters and incidentally break
ing two panes of glass.
Today there will be a game of ball,
hot game at that, for the indications
are for fair weather with the mercury
somewhat higher in the thermometer.
The game win be called at 4:30 and
Portsmouth proposes to make Raleigh
hustle for the game that both clubs
want.
Kelly is right spry, even though his
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-24

owners last summer to stamp out the
union, it has been in most mills where it
existed at all secret organization, and
10 man outside Of its chief officers can
even estimate it's strength.
Speaking of ii a director in a mill that
has never had the slightest intimation
of labor trouble said:
"Our operatives seem satisfied, and we
have never heard of any organization
among them, but / have no doubt they have
right now a strongly organized union.
They are in great many mills of the
State where they are not even suspected,
and / believe the union sentiment is es-
pecially strong in those mills that have
tried by lock-outs to crush it.
The strike at Danville, Va, from which
all this strike talk in North and South
Carolina had its origin, arose over ques-
tion of hours of labor The strike was be-
gun on April l and the mills have since
been closed A mass meeting of the
union was held and a conference with
the directors of the Riverside Company,
which controls the mills, was asked No
action has been taken on the application
for a conference, owing to the absence
of many of the directors For several
years past neither women nor children
under fourteen years Of age have been
required to work more than ten hours
per day. On January l. 1901, q new sched-
ule of hours was. posted in the mills, as
follows:S For men and boys over fourteen
years of age, ten hours per day for the
months of January February and March;
eleven hours per days for April, May
June, July, August and September; and
ten hours per day for October, November
and December, making an average of
ten and a quarter hours per day the year
round For women and children under
fourteen years of age ten hours per day
the year round.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-24

hand is not yet well. Said to the
ladies'" said the King" that l hope
they will be out in goodly numbers to-
day, for if they are there the boys will
be encouraged to play a stronger game.
Their presence, too, will aid in bring
ing out their gentlemen friends. Urge
them to come this afternoon" As Kelly
says. so goes it. Therefore the ladies
are urged to be present, and to wear
the club colors of white and red.
The Virginit- North Carolina League
is playing closer, stronger ball than
the big league. Mondays game in
Raleigh was the first time the score
had showed up for both mines in double
figures.
Yesterday Stanley was enjoying the
box of cigars presented him by admir-
ers because Of his home run Monday.
He has distributed literally to the other
Senators" who say that they viii de-
serve boxes OF cigars today.
Reports from the trip last week in
Virginia tell of phenomenal work by
Hennager and Atz Hennegar led in
the batting. getting ten hits in six
games. Atz' work at third is said by
the Virginia papers to be the most mar
veloous seen.
The Richmond team plays here to-
morrow It is strong combination.
In it are two players from Raleigh's
last years team. One is "Snappy'' Man
ners, the others is Bass. Hooker, of
last years Wilmington team is also
with Richmond. All of these are good
bah players and Manager Kain knows
he to handle them
Manager Kelley may take on young
Baltimore player, Bevans by name. He
is reported by the Baltimore papers
as being one Of the best all-round ath-
letes ever in the Y. M. Z. A. gymnas-
ium there and says that he handles
himself like a ball player and gives
promises to be a good one. Bevans
PLAYED here last year and is fleet foot
ed mover.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-24
TOURING THE WORLD.
Miss Muller of London, Studies Racial and
Sociological Conditions.

Miss Muller. a lady member of the
School Board of London, England, was a
visitor to- Raleigh Monday and Tuesday.
The lady came to the city from Win
ston-Salem, where she attended the Edu-
cational Conference and was the guest
of President and Mrs. Meserve, of Shaw
University.
Miss Muller is a highly educated wo-
man, and is making tour of the world,
studying the racial and sociological con-
ditions of it's people. She is a lecturer
of ability and is deeply in earnest in her
researches. Born in Chill, of English
parents, she devoted much of her early
life to studying conditions in South
America later on touring many coun-
tries CT Europe, and spending much time
in India and in uRssia. with whose con-
ditions she IS well informed.
During her short stay in Raleigh, Miss
Muller examined into the conditions of
Shaw University. On Monday evening
she was q guest at the A. and M. College,
and on Tuesday morning was to have
gone with DR.. Winston into the country.
to see the life of the negro there, and
to study the negro in the country in con-
trast with the negro in the city, but
rain prevented the visit much to the re-
gret of the distinguished lady, who says
she will return at some future date to
Raleigh to make further Investigation,
her strong interest having been aroused
by reading Dr. Winston's Philadelphia
speech concerning the status of the
Southern negro, past and present.
YESTERDAY morning Miss Muller left
for Hampton, Va. From there she goes
to Washington, and later on to Indiana
polls Chicago, Denver and San Francisco,
at which places she will lecture studying
the people Of the various sections through
which she passes. From California she
will go to the Orient, touring in Japan
and China, in her travels making a spe-
cial study of the characteristics of the
Mongolian.
Miss Muller expressed great pleasure
at having been able to visit North Caro-
lima, saying that she had been most
pleasantly impressed with the South.