Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-11

days at what they consider the un- justihable throwing out of the ballots for John H. Flanagan for registrar of voters at Mondays election. They say that they took the turning down of Charters for sheriff and Wallace for congressman without grumbling, but when it came to counting out'' Elan agan, after he had received majority or the votes cast for the office for winch ne was a candidate, they be- lieve 1t is carrying things too far, 1t is now their determination to see the matter to the end and have their can didate occupy the position to which they believe he was fairly elected if it les ID their power to bring 1t about.
 
 The conference between President Roosevelt, President Mitchell and the coal barons resulted in some good. even If apparently it did not bring the strike any nearer to an end. Many organizations are seeing the straight | forward proposition made by MT Mitchell increased the amounts they had previously been contributing and will continue the same until a settle ment is reached. Typographical un-. ion No s, of New York, with it's 5000 members had previous to that time, been paying an assessment of cents per week per member, which amount ed to $250. At their meeting Sunday l it was voted to assess members 2 per cent. of their earnings which will amount to $2.OOO per week. Reports of similar action come from all parts of the country.
 The newspapers evidently do not give unbiased reports of all matters pertaining to labor. Several of the striking coal miners were in the city on Tuesday evening and were consid- erably amused at an article in local paper in which it was stated that the miners as rule averaged about $6 per day, out of which they paid their helpers for powder, etc, about $2, leaving their wages about $4 per day. Continuing it asserted that they could earn much in excess of this amount if they would work two or more chambers, and that since the strike some of the "scab" miners had worked as high as 10 chambers and received as much as S20 per day for their services. These strikers, who have worked in and about the mines since childhood, and are in a position to know, say that no man can work two chambers, to say nothing about more, and that with 10, the walking back and forth, and doing none of the drilling, blasting or other work, would more than take up ones time And still many believe these tales be- cause they s'saW it in the paper"
 District Attorney Jerome of New 1. .. unions done for the workingmen ?'' Herbert N. Cason has answered the question in recent address, a part of which is as follows With 1,5OO0O0 organized voters the trade-union movement has the future of America in it's hands. Tn the industrial field the trade union stands already second only to the trust. and in the political field it can beat the trust a thousand to one. The small capitalists and the middle classes are discovering that the trade unioniSts are their friends. Miss Mary F. Wilkins has even written a novel in which she gives the trade uniOnists' side of the questions very fairly, and a number of the daily pa- pers have come out openly on the side of the workers in all of the recent strikes. The trade union has become established as an American institution. It is no longer spoken of as foreign idea. It will, before long, be recog- nized as the practical means by which the Declaration of Independence will be made fact instead of an ideal. The labor leader is to-day about the only man whom the monopolist cannot buy. Senators, congressman. repre- sentat1VeS, governors, judges, editors. lawyers, college presidents and clergy men have their price, with a few con- spicuous exceptions. Some are bought directly and shamelessly, others are bought indirectly and respectfully by means of fees, offices. bequests. en- doWments, advertisements or pew rent. But the labor movement has as it's head, With a very few exceptions, men who are absolutely above suspicion. Even the enemies of the trades unions do not dare to make charges of cor ruption. All the people of the coun- try know that all the millions of the coal trust could not tempt grand John Mitchell to sWerve one inch from the straight path of rectitude. When in lew years the whole nation realizes Ine power and the arrogance of the Morganlzed trusts, it will be obliged to turn to the leaders of organized lahor for help. It will have no confidence in any political party, or congress or the supreme court.''