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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
Victory for Labor.

Leaders of organized labor claim a
big victory in a favorable report re-
ceiyed from the House committee on
judiciary ON the Grosvenor bill to limit
the meaning of the word conspiracy
and the use of restraining orders and
injunctions in certain cases.
The bill provides that no agreement,
combination or contract to do or to
procure to be done, or not to do or pro-
cure to Ike done, any act on contempla-
ton or furtherance of any trade dis
pute between employers or employees
shall be deemed criminal, nor shall
those engaged therein be indictable for
the crimes of conspiracy, if such act
committed by one person would not De
punishable as crime, nor shall such
agreement combination or contract be
considered as in restraint of trade or
commerce, nor shall any restraining
order or injunction be issued with re-
lation thereto.
II enacted into law the bill, in the
opinion of labor leaders, will vastly
strengthen organized labor, and stoI
the abuse OF Injunction and restraining
proceedings. 1t gives trade organiza-
lions the right to do whatever an in
dividual may do under the law.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06

Electricity plays such an important
part in CUR everyday life at present
that it is not strange that it is to be
applied to the typewriter to lessen the
exertion and increase the speed to be
obtained from this useful piece of mec-
hanism. The machine shown in the
accompanying drawing is the invention
of George H. Ennis Of Troy, N. Y, his
idea being to make the current do the
entire work after the mechanism is
once started by slight depression OF
the key.
The cut shows a lever beneath the
keyboard, with a pin at the inner
end just out of contact with a raised
shoulder on a roller. Now, if the key
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
Mans Great joke.

One great joke that man has on
woman all the time Is the way she runs
her meetings. Man goes out to a ward
association and finds out that if
person can shout loud enough he can
always rise to point or order and
thus interrupt the proceedings. After
that, man knows all about 1t with
out needing to acquire the untmpor-
tant information that Cushing's man
uai amt an almanac, but book Of
rules. He can then sit and read the
paper and chuckle over Sorosfs and
other affairs until his wife breaks into
violent sobs. No self-respecting man
ever condescends to thus joke without
referring to hen parties. This is a del
icate and subtle form of irony that
shows not only that woman is mans
inferior, but also that woman Is much
better off in the home circle, where she
is not exposed to insults as she would
be If she went out to vote.-New York
Times.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
Steel workers Stirred Up.

Rumors are again rife that new
national union OF iron and steel work
ers is about to be formed, and that
organizers of the Steel Workers AS
sociation OF America, whfcn Is the
name of the new body, are gathering
recruits In the Ohio. Indiana and IL
linois field. The organization, it is
said, had its origin in the detection
of the South Chicago and Milwaukee
steel workers from the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers
during the steel strike last summer.
At that time the steel workers in these
two cities refused to obey the order
OF President Shaffer to go on strike,
contending that they had made wage
scale and agreements with their en-
ployers previous to the PRONUNCIATION
of that order, and no provisions were
made in it for sympathetic strike.
Unions OF steel workers in South
Chicago and Milwaukee have been
kept intact, and it is now proposed
to build up a national organization
from the members of these lodges and
others which objected to the strike.
None of the lodges which refused to
go on strike when ordered will be al
lowed representation in the convention
Of the steel workers which meets IN
Wheeling, w. Va. in May.
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A movement has been started among
the coal miners to set apart one day
of the year for recreation and speech
making in honor of their national
president, John Mitchell. There is
no doubt that Mitchell deserves great
credit for his generalship as head of
the miners organization. In a short
time he has succeeded in building up a
healthy, prosperous and peaceful or
ganization out of an overworked, dis
contented, unorganized people. Mitch
ellis modesty prevents him from tax
ing any credit for the present condi-
lions of the miners. He says that the
men themselves are responsible for
their present condition, but the miners
know that it was his wisdom on meth
DDS Of organization that raised their
association to the high standard it oc-
cupies among the operators and gen
eral public.
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Seven thousand freight hustlers"
employed by railroad companies in
Chicago are to be organized. A COM
mittee OF the workmen requested
President James Fl. Bowman of the
Chicago Federation of Labor to I'm
dertake the work, and he detailed
Chairman John Fitzpatrick of the
organization committee to start the
Freight Handlers union.
The Chicago "hustlers" were aroused
by the strike Of their fellow workmen
in Boston and what they consider
their unsatisfactory pay for long hours
OF labor. Circulars have been sent to
them, and 1T is expected that meet
ing will be called early next week.
The freight handlers, it is said. are
not so we'll of as the section hands.
Their pay ranges from S1.25 to $1.5o
q day, often uncertain in length, but
always longer than ten hours. When
they are organized they will afiiiiats
with the Chicago Federation OF Labor
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In the postoffice department there is
n book that is always kept under lock
and key. 1t is one of the most treas
ured articles in the department This
book contains set of postage stamps
of every country in the world. These
stamps come from Berne. Switzerland.
Seven hundred and fifty sets of each
United States postage issue are also
distributed from that point. Each
country comprising the international
postal union when new issue OF
lamps is out sends certain number
of sets to Berne. The officials at that
noint then distribute the stamps to
the different postoffice departments
throughout the world.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
Danish Servant Girls. Union.

Marie Christensen is only Dan1sn
servant girl, but she has succeeded in
making herself famous. She 1t IS VINO
organized the woman servants OF CO.
penhagen into a union which sent DEL
egates to the principal countries OF
Europe apd America. The Copen-
hagen Servants Union has 1910 mem
bers. 1t demands a nine-hour day.
overtime to be paid for extra, one
room to each servant, the same food
as used by the family and leisure time
to be used according to their own
pleasure Many families have quietly
submitted to the demands. Marie
Christensen herself is employed in
Copenhagen family and is considered
a model acknowledgements Weekly.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06

The Chicago Federation OF Labor
has advanced the following sugges-
tons for abolishing the age limit said
to have been placed on workingmeB
by their employers:
Inauguration of the competitive sys-
ten.
Corporations establishing age limit
should be compelled to turn over their
interests to the government.
Organization of g. labor party.
Raising child labor limit to sixteen
years.
Law apolishing pension systems
adopted by corporations.
Law making hiring of 'pace-setters'
a misdemeanor.
Repeal of civil service rules estab-
fishing age limit.
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Extend Jurisdiction.

Boiiermakers and iron shipbuflders
are elated over the March issue OF
their journal. Secretary Gilthorpe
says that hereafter the organization
will claim jurisdiction over boiler
makers, iron and steel shipbuilders.
layers out, bridge. girder, tank, pom
toon, elevator, furnace, gasometer,
conveyor, frame turner's, angle iron
smiths, platers, filters up, hot and cold
riveters, clippers and caulkers, holder
up, smokestacks, breechings, up takes,
steam and mud drums, all connections
with steam boilers; salt, oil, ammonia,
soap air and sugar pans, pans OF all
kinds, tanks and all iron work con-
tracted for by boilermaking and ship
building concerns.
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Coppor-plated Doors.

CoPpor-platod Doors.
It is reported that q process OF COW
erins wooden doors with sheet metal
by means OF electrolysis is now being
experimental with at Bridgeport,
Conn. The excellent fire-resistins
qualities of a wooden door covered
with tin plate have long been recos-
nized, since the metal covering pre-
vents the wood taking IRE, while tAs
use of wood for the framing avoids
any risk OF warping the door by heat.
allowing the flames to pass through, rs
has happened with doors built wholly
of iron. A tin plate covered door has,
however, 2 poor appearance, and IL
therefore suitable only for workshops
and warehouses. By depositing cop
per or bronze electro1ytical1y it is
hoped to provide doors suitable for
buildings of all kinds, says Engineer
inE. The method followed is to place
the carefully finished wooden door in
hot solution OF fossil gum in linseed
oil. This completely closes the pores
of the wood with an impervious var
nish, so that on transferring the door
to the electrolytic bath the solutions
are not absorbed. On removal from the
vanishing bath the edges of the door
are bound with sheet copper fixed by
cement, and the rest of the door Is then
covered with a conducting layer OF
bronze powder, after which the whole
is placed in an electrolytic bath and
copper deposited over the whole sur
face
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
Making of Artificial Hair.

Artificial hair has been a difficult
material to make. Cocoanut and
agave fibres have been much used for
stuhing furniture, and chemical treat
ment rs claimed to make them imper-
vious to wet, odorless, elastic, unfelt-
able and unbreakable. But their short
length limits their use in fabrics. The
success of silk from cellulose has led
some manufacturers at Frankfort
the-Matn to make further trials, with
the same substance, and they seem to
have produced not only a very salts
factory imitation horse hair, but a
very good substitute for human hair
for wigs. Brittleness of the cellufose,
tho troublesome difficulty. was over
come by spinning several threads to-
gether.
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Tho Girl Of Yesterday.

Tho Girl Of Yesterday.
Her hands are wrinkled and paisied
And her brow is decked with gray,
And we see no trace in the careworn face
OF the girl of yesterday:
But she dreams as her sun Is setting
OF the Joys of time she knew
And her hopes and fears and her smiles
and tears
Pass by in long review.
She sits in her life's long winter
And waits for the coming spring.
And the tears arise in her dim OLD eyes
AS she toys with a wedding ring;
And she sees in the open fire
The bride of the long ago,
And the glad strains roll from the or
CAMS soul
To an echo sweet and low.
All. you who would be forgetting.
Gaze now this wrinkied face
That once was fair the silken nair
That lent it a youthful grace
You live in the glad tomorrow,
But your debt is heavy to pay:
Let your homage fall to the queen Oh
them all
To the girl of yesterday.
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two trees and killed him Instantly He
then slipped round behind the wound
ed chief and finished him with a single
shot. His return to the post was cels-
brated in a very glorious manner. and
the Indians. all of whom hated Tran
kilena very much, Joined in the hilar-
ity with great zest. and during tho re-
mainder of their stay Harris was re-
garded as quite a Hero.
The most important part OF his
career, however, Lieut.. Harris consid-
ers to have been his trip to the Arctic
regions with Hayes In lS60-61.
On March 4, 1861, they reached their
farthest point at Cape Lieber. near
Halifax two consuls. one for the north
and another for the south.
There was some discussion upon the
arrival at Halifax as to whether the
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
M,ner, sey Chinese Must Go.


The order has gone forth from every
camp in the San Juan. Colo, country
that the Chinese must go, and 30
quickly.
Chinese have crossed over into Sill
verton, Ouray. Durango and LeadVille,
where their attitude has paralyzed the
Western Labor union, which controls
notifies in this quarter. Such a condl-
ton has never been seen before, Tor
the wish of the union has been the
law of the mountain country.
Gov. Orman has been approached
for protection by representatives OF
the Chinese, but his invariable reply
was that the subject was one for the
sheriff of Ouray county. Vincent ST
John is the sheriff He is also presi-
dent of the Miners union.
Gov. Orman, in response to a teFe-
gram from Secretary of State Hay TO
the effect that the Chinese minister
had represented to him that Chtnee
were being boycotted and threatened
in Ouray, promised to make an inves-
tigation.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
Pulls 1tsslt Around the Grounds.

Pulls Itsslf Around the Grounds.
end Of tho drawn-out cable to post or
other fixed point and turning on the
water, the revolution OF the arms, with
the consequent turning of the connect
ing gear wheels, will wind up the cable
and pull the carriage to the end. As
further novelty the inventor provides
for the stretching Of the cable back
and forth ACROSS the lawn from a series
Of hooks. Then the carriage Is fitted
With a tapered boss or head surround-
ing the wire. and as 1t approaches the
first post this head detaches the wire
from its fastening. AS the water is
still turning the winding reel the latter
soon takes up the slack and begins Its
journey TO the next post. only stopping
when there are no more hooks from
which the cable can be detached.
Arthur Munich of St. Paul. MINI. Il
the inventor Of this novel idea.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
MRchiniats Dissatis fed.

Four thousand union machinists OF
Chicago will demand an increase In
wages May l, when the present agree
ments with the employers expire.
The executive board OF the Machin-
lists district lodge of Cook county will
meet ana arrange for a mass meeting
to vote on q new scale. The maximum
rate at pre>snt is % cents an hour,
but the sentiment among the members
of the union is said to favor an In
crease to 80 or 80 cents. About IL
machinery plants will be affected.
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Lieutenant Harris.
On his youth.)

party should return to Boston or go to
New York, but Hayes decided. since
the expedition left from Boston, that it
was no more than proper that it should
return there, and did so.
Upon arrival Lieut.. Harris at once
tried to enlist in the navy, but was I'M
able to do SO, and went as noncom-
missioned officer in one of the Massa-
chusetts regiments and served wit4
great distinction. He was retired as a
second lieutenant, and is, therefore,
entitled to double honors from both
the army and the navy.
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The home of the French working
man is necessarily very modest
abode. Rent in Paris and all the larger
cities is very high and hence the work
ingmau limits his home to two or -four
rooms at most. He does not dare ex-
coed the 5OO-franc limit of rent an
nually as whatever is beyond is SUBJ
ject to municipal taxation. In the
northern parts of France philanthropis
manufacturers have built hundreds Of
cottages, initiating English and Ameri-
can examples; but the buildings are
poor. cold and absolutely destitute OF
sanitation. In Paris, as in the country
sanitary arrangements OF all sorts are
almost entirely lacking.
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WORLD OF LABOR.
Topics Of Interest and Cancern the Earhs laborers
of All Dissertations.

the American Federationist, the official
publication OF the American Federation
of Labor. Eighteen members Of the
committee of thirty-six appointed by
the recent New York conference. held
under the auspices of the National
Civic Federation, to aid In the proven
ton and adjustment of industrial dis
putes have contributed in the March
number. All express the opinion that
such a committee of Cancellation and
arbitration is a promise OF better
things, and believe that it will bring
closer together labor and capital.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06
rr-vs,,.g Lawn spri.hler.

Travsilng Lawn Sprinkler.
Not many weeks hence suburbanitee
will commence sprinklinS their lawns,
using for the work every kind OF ap-
paratus. from the spray nozzle on the
end Of rubber hose to rotary fcun-
tain head adapted to be carried about
from place to place to saturate the
ground wherever 1t stands. In the cut
Is shown q novelty which has probably
not been much used as yet. This de-
vice has the faculty Of travelling back
and forth across a lawn from one END
to another, carrying the hose and
sprinkling the grass as it goes, without
tho necessity OF guiding 1t after 1t is
once started on rs course. The ma
chine comprises two-wheeled car
riage, supporting reel for winding q
wire or cord, with the rotary sprinkler
head arranged to turn the reel and
take up the cable. By attaching the
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Electricity Writes tho Letter.

were depressed the roller would be
rotated by to motor. which is now
shown here, until the pin came in con-
tact with the shoulder, the rotation of
the roller driving the geared shaft
which rotates the type wheel above.
The shoulder on the roller is pre-
1ected in such q relation to the type
wheel above that the instant the COR
responding letter reaches the lowest
point Of revolution the pin brings the
roller to a standstiff. This closes a
second circuit through the pair OF
slectromagnets at the rear OF the paper
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-06

who was elected or what was going on
In the states, and consequently had
no knowledge of the outbreak OF the
civil war and the secession OF the
southern states. Harris was, therefore,
very much surprised when he got back
to civilization TO find that when he
erected his 1S-starred flag there were
but is sates in the union and that
Abraham Lincoln was president. They
were still further surprised to find at
crippled. After this the firing for an
hour or SO was desultory. and then the
Indians planned q stratagem that al
most finished the white man.
The uninjured redskin stole OF and
attempted to execute a flank movement
while the crippled Trankilena kept UP
q steady fire from the front Harris.
After many efforts, was fortunate
lApough to get chance shot at the
nAking party - ~ daaesd hetwsen
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1t is said that electricity Is to re-
place oil for lighting in Balise, Brit
ish Honduras. A bill is now before
the colonial councils and is likely to
pass, authorizing the district board OF
Balise to contract for the establish
meRt of an electric light plant in that
town, and granting the contractor the
privilege Of lighting public and pri-
vate houses. The plant will probably
be ordered in the United States.
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Wood Preservation by Elsetrisity.
A method Of preserving wood by
electricity ia described in recent
number OF Praktischer Maschinencon-
structeur, which is said to be applicable
to woods for all purposes, from that
for railroad tics TO that for fine furni-
ture. The apparatus used, according
to the account, is simple. 1t consists
Of q wooden box upon the bottom OF
which lead plate is placed and con-
nected with the positive pole ox
the electrical source. Upon this
plate the wood to be treated
Is then put and over it an
other plate Connected with the negative
pole. The box is then filled with q
solution OF borax, resin and sodium
carbonate. The effect Of the current
sing to drive the sap out Of the wood
Id replace 1t with the preserving SO
Nion. The wood is kept under treat
vent TOR from Ave to eight hours.
men 1t is taken out and dried either
the air or In a drying oven.
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st.rnp ,so,.tener ana Am1s,

Stamp 1Eoistener and Amxer.
In this illustration is shown a neat
and very effective little machine fol,
ahaxing stamps on envelopes RAPIDLY
and accurately, the work being accom-
plished by a single downward move,
mont OF the horizontal lever project
Ing toward the operator. AS viii be
seen, a pair of stamp feeding rollers is
mounted between two standards, the
shaft OF the upper roller being geared
to the shaft on which the lever is
mounted. the latter being normally
elevated by a spring. On one side Of
the lever is a pad, adapted to swing
down on a platen set in line with the
feed rollers. Between the platen and
the feed rollers q moistenins sponge
Is 30 mounted that the strip Of stamps
feeding In toward the platen must
pass under the sponge. AS the lever
ts released and lifted by the spring
It revolves the rollers and feeds a
stamp on the platen. By placing an
envelope over the stamp and depress-
ing the lever again the stamp is RfA
fixed in its proper place. Thus the MAJ
chine is practically automatic. as the
depression OF the lever by the hand
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simon Burns Reelected

The vote for officers of the Window
Glass Workers Association, l. a. 800,
knights OF Labor, resulted as follows:
President, Simon Burns; secretary,
Paul ST. Peter, of Pittsburg; assistant
secretary, Frank B. Yourison, OF VIII
kinsburg, Pa; treasurer, 8. 8. HuntA$
Newcastle. Pa
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Tn. p,n.-,nso Between Them.

LADY, have made inquiries at your
last place, and your former mistress
doesn't speak very fatteringly OF you.
Applicant-No, I don't suppose she
thinks any more OF me than I do Of
her: but hope I'm lady enough to
keep my opinion Of her TO myseaf-
Boston Transcript
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Edison ~ Work on New Idea.
Thomas A. Edison has practically
completed work on his new storage
battery, which is expected. because OF
its economy OF space and power, to
revolutionize power and traction, and
shortly, according to Electricity, an
experimental station will be in opera
ton in the buildings of the Edison
company at Silver Lake. N. j. New
buildings have been erected on the
company's ground, and these, with
the old structures. will be utilized in
making models OF the batteries. In
two months it is expected the battery
will have been completed and il the
results are as satisfactory as the in
ventor anticipates, the work of manu-
featuring for the market will begin.
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Has Had Practice

''I should think Smir who has an.
tered the six-day walking race, would
feel like seeking his bed when dark
ness comes on
you don't know Sniff. He's been
practicing nocturnal pedestrianism for
years. amusing the baby at midnight. y
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roll, and the magnets pull the bar sup.
porting the typewheel downward with
sufdcient force to imprint the letter.
on the paper. the type having been pres
viously linked by contact with the inA
roller during its revolution to the
proper point. The release of thu key
breaks the circuit and spring returns
the parts to their normal position.