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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-04-03
Events Of
a Week


Fresh oysters can be had at Il
5ipckman's Cafe.
Dr. ]. NJ. Rogers made trip u
he branch Saturday.
". c. Custer made. bushes
mp to HALEY Saturday.
d NJ. Mallory was in the cit.
saturday OH his way east.
II MoMurren, made bushes
trip to HALEY Wednesday.
0 r. Johnson OF Hagerman, VA
county seat visitor Wednesday.
will pay the highest market
. ,s for fresh eggs. J. NJ. Butler
liorn.-To Mr.. and Mrs. John
'yaddingt,n on Tuesday, girl
baby.
X. NJ. McCollumn made bust
ness trip to Boise the first OF the
week.
County Attorney Frank I.
Disney spent the Sabbath at
Bellevue.
Go to D. W. Yaden, for pianos.
agans and Singer sewing ma
chimes.
!. J Sullivan OF HALEY, was in
the city Saturday on his way to
Boise.
Mrs. r. r. Goodfng and daughter
Louise, were Boise visitors this
week.
lex Governor +. w. Hunt was in
the city Tuesday and Wednesday
on business.
ID. W. Yaden will sell you a
second hand sewing machine for
from $500 up.
J Il. Lane and Guy c. Barnum
q,sde business trip to Hagerman
asst Saturday.
T. Swineheart. one OF the solid
farmers OF Hagerman, was a coun-
" seat visitor Saturday.
J II. Erickson, OF Salt Lake City,
vas in the city this week looking
Ifter his sleep interests in this
Isotion.
Representative G. N. Dilatush
nd his cousin e. w. Dilatush
iere in this city Monday for few
ours.
NJ. and Mrs. Berkin. OF HALEY
'e.e Shoshone visitors Tuesday l
fcning They were on their way U
, HALEY.
A. c. Morton, OF Hagerman, WAS ),
Shoshone visitor Wednesday and !.
ms q pleasant caller at the jour
AL office.
A. M. Comes. Of Big Wood
liver purchased fine band of '
neep from John Curren Of Hager- -
IAN Saturday. !"
Ernest Worswick, OF Bellevue Vi
assed through Shoshone Monday il
a his. way to Sumpter on some 81
lining business.
Misses Mable Mallory and Har
ct Riley OF HALEY, came down
1T Saturday evening and re-
'ained over Sunday.
Mrs. c. +. Cole apd Mrs, II. G,
augh came down from HALEY
st Friday evening for a few days
sit with Shoshone friends.
Judge Stockslager and wife came /
FER from their ranch at Hagerman /
riisy. Mrs, S;ockslager remained I
Ter To visit friends and he judge !
-,urnsd Monday. !
The people OF Shoshqno have !
allied more than ever the past
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-04-03


It is nearly time for the base bal
enthusiastics to begin talking o
organizing club in Shoshone
The JOURNAL would like to see
good team organized. and we ar
sure the business men will help th'
boys to keep it going when organ
lied.
w. G.. Custer the meat market
man while in Idaho Falls last week
purchased twenty five head of ia,
cattle for his market. Those who
seen them unloaded pronounced
them as being the finest lot of beel
cattle that have ever been shipped
to a Shoshone market.
A. e. Haines, wife and son de-
parted for Silver City Wednesday
where Mr.. Haines has accepted a
position as foreman on the Silver
City Nugget, one OF the best pap
ers OF the state. AL. is q first class
printer and was employed by the
Independent up to the time of its
surpension.
Ed English returned from Con-
tact, New, Saturday where he has
been engaged in mining for sever
al months. Mr.. English speaks
IN the highest terms OF that dist
riot and says that the mines now
being worked in this section by
his company composed of HALEY
people are going to be good pro-
ulcers.
K. Tacha came up from Noun
,ainhome Saturday evening to
spend several days in the city.
Mr.. Tscha was surprised to see the
hustle and hustle of business in our
title city and so manv new build
ngs in course OF erection. We
iced not be surprised to see him
moving back here some dav as he
links there is no better town than
'hoshone i'll Idaho, and we think
lie is right,
A very pleasant party was given
{ the McFa.l hotel by Misses
ride and Ella McFall Tuesday
vening in honor of Misses Mable
lallory and Harriet Riley, of
lailey. Those present were Miss
CLARK, Murray, Craford,
urdum, Ella and Berdie McFall,
nd Mrs. Stockslager. The even
lg was very pleasantly spent IN
laying gimes, singing and social
nmusements.
Now that the frost is out of the
ound the street commissioner
ID city marshal should notify all
rsons having manure and other
bbish in their back yards which :
s accumulated during the winter
clean up the same at once in ac-
-dance with the village ordinance 8
d if they refuse to do so the street I
missioner can do so and charge 1
ne to the plrties tor whom such !
rk is performed. I
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-08-14

is little gas in Alabama mines. I don't
know of a safety lamp used in the state.
The Belle Ellen camp produces 100 or 1900
tons of coal day. All the men would
stop work if a negro miners wife died,
but the whites would not go to the fu-
neral; they would play ball. If any one is
killed, all work stops in that mine until
the dead miner is buried. We pay more
than at Pratt in the same size seam, but
our mining Is easier. An unskilled miner
from our mines who can take out three
to four tons a day could not earn a lv-
ing in Wales or Ohio in the mines. A
skilled miner in our district would be a
green hand at Pratt or in any district
where they under cut. We have some ne
gro miners who make 500 a month in
room work.
The Scotch, Welsh and most foreign
miners begin when they are boys. Ne
groes start after they are grown. After a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-08-14
PrlvlIenes at Trotwood.

The locked-out mattress makers were
granted the privilege of selling guesses
on the weight of huge block of ice at
Trotwood Park on Labor Day. The Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Machinists union were
granted the ice cream and cake privilege.
A communication was read from United
Mine Workers Local No. 500 at Sayreton
asking to be assigned a place in the
parade. This is a large organization and
many other delegations of miners will be
represented.
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bert's tables, referred to in Wednesday,
testimony

/ bert's tables, referred to in Wednesdays
testimony.
In aswer to Judge Gray, Mr.. Herbert
stated that the temperature of the mines
is about sixty degrees the year round.
It is the miners fault If there is water
in the entries. The entry men must load
their waste 1.-TWO or three cars day. but
room men COB their waste. Narrow
workmen are at additional expense for
powder. Those are the only matters In
which they are at a disadvantage with
the room men. Eleven men earned more
than $1,000 per month in June, 1903. There
must be deducted from the statement
concerning their earnings the cost of
powder, oil, paper squibbs and tolls. Our
miners make from fifty to one hundred
tons per keg of powder. The powder used
by the man who earned $135 in June would
cost about s. 90. The oil would cost Loo.
A kit of tools would last about year
and would cost about IS. So that there
would be a deduction of about $3.50,
showing that his net pay would be about
SIPS.
Judge Gray here said-What we want is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-08-14

slOO month. I know the names of two
who made that much in June and there
were about forty-five men employed at the
same place. Most of negroes in our miners
were not raised in mines. / don't think
so per cent of the negro miners were raised
In the mines.
In No. slope we have very little crop
l don't know what we had last year at
Belle Ellen. don't know whatpropor-
ton of crop coal we have. We don't
keep record of that.
Questioned by Mr.. Flynn, witness says:
We mine mostly steam coal at Belle
Ellen-yery little domestic. The Blocton
seam is hard, but the Wanketumpka and
the Corona seams are harder than the
Belle Ellen seam I've seen the Pratt
seam sixty inches thick in No. l mine.
The Pratt seam may average less than
AZ feet The Pratt seam is naturally
wavey. 1 used to be in charge of a Pratt
seam mine. 1 don't know much about
the Pratt seam A man can shoot twice
as much undercut coal with a keg of pow
der as from solld block. In our big seam
we have some bad tops The best roof
is in our six foot seam. Sometimes the
roof rock falls. Water causes 1t. Mr..
Badham and | went to you (Mr. Flynn
before we began to ship coal from No !
seam and said the scale was satisfactory.
L L
! don't know how much coal a man can
get with a keg Of powder in our No. 5
seam l can tell later when the seam is
opened up.
have heard 1t claimed that the Bloc
ton seam is harder and that 1t takes more
powder to shoot down a ton of coal than
In other seams. 1t would take more pow
der to shoot down 100 tons of coal in
Pratt seam than In Thompson seam.
l never heard any one claim that 1t
cost 3 cents a ton to shoot down coal in
the Blocton seam The big seams at Bloc
ton are playing out. We are robbing pill
lars and we have been doing 1t for five
years. One large seam like No. / will
last at least two years more. II a man
stays with us after the big seam Is
worked out he must go into the small
seam. The men in No. who stopped work
a year ago had no more interest In No. 5
than the Pratt men had. The men Yio-
lated their contract, but the company
did not violate its agreement A mistake
had been made in figuring and we were
forced to pay more than 81 in excess of
the proper price for some of the work.
We pay tonnage on all coal taken out
of break throughs." We were forced to
pay 2h cents in excess Of the scale. The
break throughs are five or six feet wide.
30 Idr as KNOW the miners mere are
earning as much as miners In any dis
trict in the country. I don't know spe-
officially what the miners are earning in
any of the states west of Pennsylvania.
Colonel Bush Called.
Col. Thomas @. Bush is the next wit
ness called by the operators.
Examined by Mr.. Cabaniss he said:
My name is T. G. Bush. live In Bir-
mingham and am president of the Ala
bama Consolidated Coal and Iron COM
pany. We operate three furnaces, two at
Ironton and one at Gadsden. The two
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/ exact figures, we don't want estimated or
close figures We don't want to figure
these things out here. These tables don't
show the exact amount Of earnings. You
gave us a list purportlng to be exact and
it is not exact.
Judge Gray asks-How much more pow
der does 1t take to shoot from solid than
from .undsrcut work?
Answer by witness-It takes double the
amount Of powder, but 1t takes much
more skill In the undertaking work, al
though some skill is required in shooting.
Witness continued--A man starts work
at about 7:40 and works until p. m.
He takes about one-half to three-quarters
of an hour for lunch. There is no noon
hour We don't feed mules from a. m.
to 4.30. The company men, like the
drivers, get plenty of time to eat. All
the men eat two or three times a day
Sometimes a driver will eat and drive
at the same time. The men report at
the mouth of the mine about o'clock
They take their time in going to work.
but they get out quickly. Actual time Of
work Is about eight and one-half to nine
hours. The company men get out of
the mine about 4:3O.
Mr. Farley questions witness who tes-
titles in answer that the miners are only
allowed to fire shots once day, In the
rooms, because IL would fill the rooms
with smoke. Entry men, witness con-
tinued, can fire twice a day. Smoke re-
mains mostly because miners don't make
connections and because we don't carry
our main current of air to the face of the
work. No mine does
40 to Ventilation.
Our ventilation is as good as the aver
age. I know of cases in other states
where men fire shots at any time, but
they are always in the smoke for about
an hour The men wont make break
throughs." We don't pay for them unless
they are more than nineteen feet through
The men won't do the cross-cut work
The men will do anything If they are paid
for 1t. These cross cuts would improve
the ventilation. Owners should make
mines as healthy as possible, and we try
to do So I don't know Of any place where
men get paid for cutting break throughs
1 don't know how many negroes made
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-08-14

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Continued from Sixth Paee.)
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miner has taken out coal In entry he
must also take down enough rock to let
a mule pass He is paid the yardage scale
for this. The yardage scale IS SOL per
lineal yard. He also gets paid tonnage
for the coal taken out. In six-foot vein
he would not have TO take Gown any rock,
but would nevertheless get the additional
yardage scale. Narrow work men are
generally, to some extent, ahead of the
air Driving narrow work is more expen-
siye In April our narrow work or entry
men had from twenty-five to thirty tons
of coal per keg of powder, costing $l1O
per keg. In room work they would get
out so to 100 tons per key. The narrow
work men get out nearly as much coal
as the room men, and in addition get
paid for yardage. Entry men use no
special tools in the Thompson seam. The
same tools are used by room and entry
men. All miners want narrow or entry
work We have no trading day at Belle
Ellen. We don't issue store checks on
back time We only issue checks for cur
rent month.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-08-14
Eiaht-Hour Day.

The effect of an eight-hour day would
be to restrict our output and an eight
hour day for the company men would
proportionately restrict the earnings Of
the miners as their hours would be so
much shorter
The men last year shut down, in viola
ton Of our contract with them. We had
about twelve miners on No. slope.
When these stopped they stopped all our
mines. We were trying to reach an
agreement as to the scale on No. seam
eight men were working there but all our
45O men working on No. seam closed
down for seventeen days until we would
concede their claims on No. ! seam.
This has been their sole argument, the
shut down"
Mr.. Percy offers in evidence Mr.. Her
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-08-14

Particularly at this season Hoods Sar.
saparilla sustains the strength and pre-.
vents illness.
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Cactus Compound

The blood. liver and dyspepsia bitterA u
positively guaranteed to increase your
weight Popular book coupon with every
bottle. Jacobs Pharmacy. AgentA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-08-14

We make all kinG5 of cuts. The
Age-Herald Engraving Co.
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GRAND BALL WILL
Be BIG FEATURE
Preparations for Labor Day
Well Under Way
MANY WILL Be IN PARADE
At a Meeting of the General Commit
tee Last Night Encouraging Re-
ports Were Mad by vari-
GUS Members.
MANY WILL BE IN PARADE

The general Labor Day committee of the
Trades Council held its regular weekly
meeting last night at the council hall on
Twentieth street. A large crowd was pres
ent and much enthusiasm was manifested
as the many encouraging reports and COM
munications were read.
A committee was appointed to arrange
a platform and secure lights for grand
ball as one of the attractions at Trot-
wood park on that day.
The float committee reported that a
large number of business men had accept
ed invitations to participate in the parade
with attractive floats.
Memolis full band has been secured for
the afternoon exercises at the park.
Long Lis of Prizes.
Fred Zall, chairman of the amusement
committee. read a long list of valuable
prizes which have been generously donat-
ed by the business men of Birmingham. II
was the best report of the evening and
was adopted amid much applause.
Chairman Ed X. Smith appointed a
large reception committee headed by 7. w
Hall, to look after the speakers and visit
ing organizations on the day of the cele-
bration.
Captain p Sid Jones has been asked to
put on special train from Blocton to
reach Birmingham in time for the parade.
The request has been taken up with the
higher officials and it is thought 1t will be
granted
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-09-22
EARL OF LONSDALE
ON THE VENTURA
ARRIVES FROM SYDNEY WITH
COUNTEss-PREDTCTs DUBIOUS
FUTURE FOR AUSTRALIA.

The Earl of Lonsdale who is one Of
the richest Peers of the British Empire
is through passenger on the S. S.
Ventura from Sydney to san Fran
cisco. He is accompanied by the
Countess Lonsdale and their attend
ants and party.
The Earl of Lonsdale is completing
a tour of the world. He has been alb
sent some months from his home dur
ing which time, he has visited Man
churia and Korea and other Oriental
countries. He was also in India.
Particular interest is attached to his
trip from the fact that after careful
examination of the conditions in Aus
tralia he is inclined to take a very
dubious view of the future Of the
Commonwealth. In fact, in speaking
of the conditions in that country he
said:
There is considerable trouble COM
ing upon Australia soon. The legis-
Ia tors are barring the way of progress
and making it almost impossible for
the large financial interests to enter
the commonwealth The political as
pect of affairs is becoming worse and
worse. The Labor party is largely
blamable. The workmen are cutting
their own throats and a considerable
exodus from Australia is probable.
The country is overlegislated and the
politicians overpaid English workmen
earning 20 shillings a week are better
off than australian workmen earning
So"
But the Earl of Lonsdale, besides the
labor trouble probably had in mind the
growing strength of the country party
in Australia, led by the powerful organ
the Bulletin, which openly urged Sc
paration from the mother country
In is cartoons Great Britain is signifi-
cantly represented as John Bull
Cohen" Since the establishment of
the commonwealth the growth of the
country party threatens to replace the
influence formerly welded by the
towns.
Unlike most passengers, the Earl and
Countess did not go ashore Immediate
ly but remained some time aboard the
Ventura reading their mail. There
was quite a vo!uminous correspondence
for His Lordship and the time of the
Earl was occupied for several hours
with its perusal. The party took a
short drive about the city in the after
noon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-09-22
NOT SEARCHING
FOR "K|DNAPPERS''
POLICE FOR ONCE ARE NO LONG
Err IN QUEST OF CLUES
HONOLULUS CHARLIE ROSS.

The police are not searching any
more for the three mysterious, mur-
derous, marauders who were claimed
to have kidnapped young Theodore
Cooper yesterday from the Punahou
Preparatory College. In fact nobody
seems to be bothering much about
searching for the men. Those men
are some thing like the cat-they will
come back. They were alleged to
have bound and gagged the youth
some months ago but they came back,
so he says. They got him in broad
day light and abducted" him. They
will probably be back and carry away
Punahou College next trip.
For once the police are not searching
for clues. The willy 'sleuths" of the
department no longer look mysterious
when the word "kidnapper" is men
toned. They smile and look bland as
if to imply Il was dead next all the
time"
In the meanwhile the usual attend
ance at Punahou continues for the
bold bad men are thought to be no
longer lowering in the vicinity to alb
duct little boys.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-09-22
THE DEMOCRATS
NOT SATISFIED
HAMMERS OUT FOR TESLA.
THERESA WILCOX HAS A
CHANGE OF HEART.

Boss Theresa Wilcox has abandoned
her idea of good men" for office, be
they Republicans, Home Rulers or De-
mocrats, and is now said to be out
favoring a straight Home Rule ticket
for all the offices, except those for
which the party may endorse Demo-
Gratis. In this connection it is stated
that the ex-delegate's wife has no very
great affection for F. j. Testa, whom
the Democrats put up last night, and
there is a possibility that Testa may
be turned down by the Home Rulers
There are lot of disgruntled Demo-
Gratis in town today. The turning
down of E. A. McInerny for Testa by
the convention" to which no dele
gates were ever elected and which be-
gan as an informal mass meeting of
anybody who happened to butt in, has
turned lot of Democrats into kickers
and Testa is likely to have a hard
time getting the Democratic vote,
Whatever luck he has with the Home
Rulers.
The departure of Jonah Kumalae
and James H. Boyd from the Repub-
llcan party is one of the main topics
of conversation today. The sentiment
Is practically universal that as far as
Kumalae is concerned, the bolt is a
piece of great good luck. Kumalae
didn't leave until the party fired him.
He moved from the Fourth district re-
Gently, when it became evident that
there was no chance for him in that
district, and took up a residence in the
eighth precinct of the Fifth district.
During the primary canvass, he tried
to butt in but was told by the precinct
officers that he had nothing to do
with the election there.
The bolts are generally regarded as
likely to bring about more harmony in
the Republican party. Boyd has long
been subject of acrimonious dispute
between factions and now that he is
an open Home Ruler his friends and
enemies alike in the Republican ranks
have lost cause of discord.