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the coarse and the fine at rock bottom
prices.
But isn't there danger of foreign,
wool, grown on cheap land, with cheap
labor, driving out your English wool 2"
I inquired Of manufacturer.
'The wool Of each country is differ
ent from the wool Of every other coun-
try" he answered. 80 long as we
make the best cloth We will need Eng
fish grown wool, be the land and the
labor high or low. In fact we use
more English wool under freedom in
trade than we would were there a
duty, because we command markets
that furnish customers that otherwise
would be out of our reach"
At any rate there are still plenty of
sheep in England In my journeyings
I have seen them everywhere, even in
the parks Of London.
Plenty Of Municipal Enterprises.
Bradford can lay no particular claim
to beauty, built as 1t is in a valley
and on a steep hillside. but it Is soli-
idly built, with municipality owned
street cars, markets. electricity, gas
baths, abbatoirs, technical schools,
and, was told, cemeteries and a
crenaatoriun. So, living or dying, the
100000 citizens of Bradford are cared
for as are the citizens Of no munich
pality in the United States
Here, too, the unions of wage work.
ers flourish, though g. smaller propor-
ton Of the worers are organized than
in the cities Of Lancashire; but the
wages average we'll with other local.
ties, found, also, that considerable Of
the goods manufactured bear French
names, to suit the feminine demand for
a Paris" trademark; and notwith-
standing the duty of 112> per. cent .ad
valorem charged by the United
States, both the British and French
marked goods, to. the value of; some
thing over s 100000 # were shipped
there last year. Pro badly these: same
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! MILWAUKEE,. Wis, July 14.-The
thirteenth annual convention of the
international Longshorcmen, Marine
and Transport workers is in session
In Freigemeinde hall in this city. The
principal event thus far was the an
nual report of President D. J. Keefe.
(which was an exhaustive document.
reviewing the work of the associa ton
Tor the past year:
After discussing the history and
growth Of the organization for the
past thirteen years. Mr. Keefe takes
lup the question of the new union,
man. which he terms the Raw Recruit.
He says:
The Raw Recruit
. The new unions and the new union
man is Il problem that we are called
upon to deal with at times, and with
patience often taxed to the limit. But,
let me say, that about twenty five
lyears ago, when first I joined the
dock workers union, I imagined there
was but little to learn on the subject
'of trades unionism. In a word, Il
knew 1t ALL" and often recall the ap-
plause and The great enthusiasm that
at times took complete possession Of
H.,
when some valuable member, more
gifted than myself-harapgued the
Injecting, and gave utterance to senti-
,ments shared by myself and the 9TH
er fellow who knew it all. md when
! noW1ooK TIE men
whose Wisdom ana foresight guided
the destinies Of the young organiza-
ton, I take off my hat to the memory
of those who have passed beyond, and
ladmire and venerate the veterans
still with us.
To Keep Down Hot Heads.
l have realized m's~y times the task,
the great effort and tact they employ
led to keep the hotheads, those of lit
tile or no experience, and the meddle-
some busy bodies in place And I now
ask the same federation that was CIV
en- us be accorded the new ones. The
rough edges wilt soon wear down, 1t
won't be long until they become fam
iliar with the Fundamental i'leas OF the
great and grc* ,ng movement, and
learn to think and act intelligently
upon their condition and duties, and
will solve many knotty problems while
lat work, in the same manner as we
did in days gone by.
We are forced to smile when reading
Don Quixote where the feeble minded
Spanish Knight drew up his steed to
give battle to the wind mill. Yes. and
to invite combat with some Of our
members is but to do battle with
wind mills.
The Solidarity of the Marine Workers
The one thing that cannot be toe
forcibly impressed on your mind Is
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Entire EXECUTIVE BOARD OF
FEDERATION OF Miners CNDER
ARREST CHARGED WITH MURDER,
Secretary Kirwan Made
Many Friends in Duluth

Among the officers of the Vest
ern Federation of Miners who
have been arrested for murder
and conspiracy In Colorado Ii
James Kirvvan, the assistant Sec
rotary of the union. Mr.. Kfrwan
spent several weeks here during
the winter. His mission vvas to
secure funds for the miners,
Wherever he went he made a
most favorable impression. The
editor Of the Labor World had the
pleasure of that gentleman's COM
pany during his stay here, and
we found him to be a man Of ex-
ceptional qualities. Thorouxhly
temperate In his habits he was
enabled to make many friends
here. His mOdesty was the most
noticeable characteristic of the
man. His quiet demean0r indicate
ed that he was just the proper
person to have ON nm executive
board of a labor organization.
MIR. Kirwua was Mt one time n
resident of Duluth, and in the
early dnys lie was employed in
the saw mills here. His last work
here was for the C.. O. Nelson
Lumber company ON the ClOquet
river.
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WASHINGTON, July 14.-Samuel
Gompers, president Of the American
Federation Of Labor, in the July num-
Der of the American Federationist
prints vigorous editorial on the Colo
RADIO situation, in which he says, in
part:
THE Citizens Alliance asserts that
the Miners Union is guilty of dyna-
hitting a railroad station at Victor, by
which number Of men were killed
and MANNED and property destroyed,
yet in spite of the fact that the entire
district is In control of the Citizens
Alliance and the authorities and, at
this writing, more than two weeks
have elasped since the disaster, not
one scintilla Of evidence official or
unofficial, has been vouchsafed con-
meeting the striking miners of their
orga nization with that catastrophe.
There is not a scintilla Of law in
the United States providing the penal
ty of Punishment, exile or deportation
of citizen. The action OF Governor
Peabody IN using the military forces
of Colorado in deporting citizens Of
that state, tearing men from the bos-
oms of their families, away from their
homes and friends, Is nothing short Of
the grossest violation Of the statutory,
natural and fundamental rights Of
man.
This matter resolves itself down to
this, that the governor at the behest
and in combination with the mine
owners and Citizens Alliance of Colo
RADIO has knowledge and wtllfully en-
tered into a conspiracy Of most
criminal and unlawful character.
I'VE cannot manifest our indigna-
ton against tyranny in Russia and be
Indifferent to and extenuate it in the
United States.
"A special session of the legislature
Of Colorado must be called to enact
an eight-hour law. The legislature
must hold to a strict accountability all
who have violated statutory, constitu-
tional and fundamental law and hum
an rights"
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The Amalgamated Journal Of Pitts
burg, the organ Of the iron, steel and
tin-plate workers, prints the following
startling statement:
why We're the eight hour and the
anti-injunction bills sidetracked at the
last session of congress?
certain congressman to whom this
question was asked candidly gave the
following answer:
WELL said he, It'll tell you; we've
finally discovered that you fellows are
not what you pretend to be. You have
been coming here, year after year
claiming to represent the working pco-
pie of this whole country, and asking
for legislation which you said was de-
manded by them. Most Of us believed
you were working for a large and pow
erful constituency whom 1t might be
dangerous to offend. We have learned
however, that your bark is worse than
your bite Your eight-hour bill and
your anti-injunction bill have been
before several congresses, but each
time failed to pass. We who were re-
sponsible for this, however, have in
variab'y been returned to congress-.
In other words, my friend, we have
found you out, you represent but a
small fraction Of the voters of the
country, and are consequently incap-
able Of inflicting much injury on a
man politically, therefore we feel
quite safe in turning you down, es-
pecially SO when we gain the certain
support Of what we know to be a yery
powerful element by doing so. Here
after, when you make your claims OF
representing the working classes OF
this country, you will have to show
u.s."
That is plain enough. They DOM
fear labor because labor is divided be-
tween the two old parties. lacks in
dependence, and fails to understand OF
cares nothing for its class interests
When labor elects men from it's OWE
ranks 1t will begin to be feared and
respected, and not until then.
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GOMPERS DENOUNCES
GOVERNOR PEABODY

MILWAUKEE,, July 13.-Samue]
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, addressed the
delegates to the International Long
shoremen and Marine Transport Work
ers' association convention today: He
denounced Governor Peabody Of Colo
RADIO for his course in the miners
trouble and also said that the system
said the American capitalists were we're
Chinesing American labor. s--.>- -. :. ~.
A resolution Of sympathy on the
death of Mayor Jones Of Toledo, was
adopted. Resolutions were introduced
and=referred providing for biennial con-
ventions instead Of annual as at pres
emit land for raise: in the per- capita
tax from s to 7h cents per month: =,
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IN EAR ! OFF. Germany : !.
gllll9RalBI ABB User
LEADING BERLIN PAPER SAYS
CONDITIONS ARE DEPLORARLE
Says German Workmen Are In Far
Better Shape-German Workmen
Have Been Subject to Much oppres-
sion, but Nothing Approaching Con-
ditiors in Colorado Was Ever Prac-
ticed by the Emperor or by Bismark.

In commenting on the Colorado
strike, Vorwaerts, the great daily
Socialist paper Of Berlin. says:
Daily it becomes more and more
evident that the United States is no
longer a democratic republic, but a
mighty world power governor by an
oligarchy of plutocrats.
Tn Colorado the co-called higher
class-that Is to say, the millionaire
mine owners and their followers are
daily violating the laws of the state to
annihilate workingmen, whose only
crime Is that they have formed unions
for their own protection, unions which
are perfectly legal under the existing
laws Of the state.
"Workingmen have been corralled
into pens as If they were wild beasts,
and, not having place to Danish
these unfortunate people to, they have
been deported into a neighboring
state, Kansas. One wonders what the
next stage Of the military tyrant will
be.
I'VE Socialists in Germany have
been subject to much oppression, and
there is little doubt that the late
Prince Bisnark, in his palmy days,
would have liked to have treated Ger
man workmen In the same manner.
but with hundreds of bayonets behind
him he did not dare to do this.
Nobody will think of accusing our
present German government Of loving
the Social-Democrats or the labor
unions over much, but it knows that
should it ever try to treat German
subjects as citizens of Colorado are
being treated today, the flames Of rev.
olution would spread over the country
like wildfire.
1.-The kaiser is at least fighting us
fairly. The monarchical government
under which we live would never think
of violating the law to crush the la
boring classes, and the labor bureau
in Berlin. has even in some respects
done good work for the workingmen,
but not so in the land Of the free and
the home of the brave
Zone might be tempted to say that
the American laboring men deserve
what they set, when their votes give
them power to shake of their yoke
at any time.
"Surely no other people would have
as much patience as the American.
but that patience has ceased to be a
virtue"
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by the ficiaIss federati on that
hesWill at once assume this reins. The
strike is to be continued as vigorously
as: possible; on what lines will be de-
cided later.
President Meyer arrived in the GUS
tody Of Sheriff Bell and Deputy .Drod-
dy over the Rio Grande and was TAX
en- to the Alban hotel, where the two
officials and the prisoner spent the
night. Attorney Murphy awaited them
and arranged for the conference, which
resulted in the release of the accused
officials.
Besides holding capiases for Secre-
tary Haywood and Editor O'Nefll.
Sheriff Bell heS also brought with
him capiases for the remainder Of the
old executive board of the federation.
These, however, cannot be served, for
with the exception of Messrs Hay
wood and O'Nell and those members
Of the board out on bail, the other
members are out of the state.
'The rumors that President Meyer
is to be re-arrested on other charges
are FALSE" said Sheriff Bell. There
are no further warrants or capiases
out for either Meyer or the executive
! board Of the federation. AS soon as
they give bonds on the charges they
are wanted on they will not be fur
Their molested."
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Chief OF Marine WORKERS
DELIVERS STRONG And Able
ADDRESS ON LABOR PROBLEMS
Text Of Keefe's Annual
Address to Marine Men.

MIR. keefe knows of no better
solution of the industrial problem
than annual agreements between
the employers and workers..
As preventive of labor dis.
putes and strikes, and the great
and ultimate factor in the soIu-
t1on of the Industrial problem.
annual agreement will, I'm his
Judgment. establish In the near
future an economic unity Of inter-
eSts between the two great con-
tending forces-cnpital and labor.
Iic1r final relations will be that
of business partners.
Orderly and peaceful oncration
of industry Is a matter O. public
concern.
Society no longer regards the
disputes of capital and labor AZ
purely private concern, and will
Insist In being an Interested fac
tor In the adjustment Of all econ
Omlc differences.
Compulsory arbitration and In
corporation of labor unions will
tend to further enslave labor,
Hot shot at Colorado milftar1sm.
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G0MPERs
FLAYs GOV. PEABODY
PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN FED.
GRAFTON OF LABOR
SPEAKS OUT.

Tells Peabody That He Has Entered
Into a Conspiracy With Mine Own
ers Of Most Criminal and Uniaw-
full Character-Citizens' Alliance
With all the Power Of Law Behind
Them Fail to Find Miners Guilty Of
Murder.
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Accordingly Messrs Kirwan, Will
liams and Deputy Sheriff Parsons re-
ported to the office of Robert S.
Brannan, agent Of the United States
Fidelity and Guaranty company, 1922
Arapahce street, where they were
Joined by Attorney John H. Murphy
and A. W. Gillette, the later the
counsel for the bonding company The
tsqueion Of whether or not the com.
pany should issue the bond was debat-
ed by Agent Brannan and Attorne;
Gillet at some length; the claim being
made that a bond might give the i'm
preston that the company was favor
Ing the miners. The matter, however,
was decided to be solely of business
nature, and the bond accordingly
drawn. After it was approved by
Attorneys Gillette Murphy and Judge
E. C. Stimson, the latter counsel for
Sheriff Bell, it was signed and Presi-
dent Meyer given his release He
Immediately repaired to his apartments
in the Granite block, where he was
enthusiastically received by his wife.
What are my Plans" continued
Mr.. Meyer, in response to a query.
well, have not any. I am not fam
iliar with what has been going on.
OF course, have read the newspapers
right along, but officially I have had
nothing to do with any Of the officers
of the fedora ton Vi Il. - ia. : i. Ii.
lille Priest fant DID Mover srnfllaadssf0
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IL III lesa stHas 1elt
az vel could under the circum-
stances. His face appeared to have
the pallor usually attendant upon
steady confinement and he seemed to
have lost some flesh.
well, am glad I will soon be at
liberty" remarked Mr.. Meyer, after
Attorney Hawkins had shaken hands
with Sheriff Bell and his two deputies.
':This steady confinement is not an
agreeable occupation"
lyon don't want to stay with us
any longer" goo-naturedly interposed
Sheriff Bell. 4 thought we treated
you first rate"
::-rhat you did," replied the president
Of the federation. 1T was rather
tough in the bullpen at Telluride, but
I have no kick coming about the Jail
In Cripple Creek. I was given the
best cell and my treatment was fine.''
And I will say" remarked Sheriff
Bell, turning to Attorney Hawkins,
"Mr. Meyer made an excellent prison.
er. He was q model"
At this juncture Assistant Secretary
Kirwan and Vice President Williams
stepped into the office. After coz
daily, greeting him attention was call
ed by Attorney Hawkins to the fact
that the securing Of bonds would take
some time, and he suggested the gath
erfng get down to business.
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The city, 5counctl 4of Kansas CITY. No.
has repealed the. ord finance requiring
the union label On all city printing
The mayor Of that city, IN his anxiety
to strike e blow st Sup tom Ia boz, lid
not wal To for he 81 q finance to- take
the.sregular courae and & 80 broughtto
him. &c e. c,lstornar Us but ven .to# the
chair. and 8nAd tho sado cu-
innn1sdiate 10 aeIzls5ES
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The compulsory arbitration law
passed by the Maryland legislature in
the last day Of the rush Of bills is said
to be of a drastic nature, and, is in
tended to provide for the legal; settle
proved by the governor OF that state.
and Its operation viii. be watched with
more than culinary interest. 2*=S|:.3
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#SUuIsS Cd &C nlCed
States district at orney, appeared 8 ii
the court as counsel Tor the Colorado
Fuel & Iron company. The PLAINTIFF 8
counsel at once notified Attorney Cen
eral Knox, and requested Childers'
Immediate dismissal from office
Mr.. Knox wrote to ChiIders, requesting
an explanation. Childers replied that
he had been guilty Of no improper
proceedings, and that in appearing for
the trust he had acted In his profess
sional and not in his official capacity.
Only a Reprimand.
Mr.. Knox accepted the explanation
but wrote Childers a letter advising
him that it would not be wise to re-
peat the offense. Still he continued
him in office. s.:
Childers thereupon announced that
he would withdraw from the case, and
ostensib]y did withdraw. He no Ion
ger appeared in court as counsel fol
the trust, but peculiar circumstances
led the attorneys for the other side tc
believe that the pleadings and papers
in the case were being prepared FOL
the defendant by Childers and In
Childers' office.
The Independent coal company.
counsel filed fresh, charges against
Childers and sent them to Attorney
General Moody, who, as soon as hi
received the evidence, telegraphe6
Childers' and asked him II he was
still in the. case as counsel for the
trust and If the pleadings had beer
prepared by him or in his office.
Childers telegraphed back, denying
that he had anything to do with thu
preparation of the case for the trust
Mr. Moody wrote Childers last Tues.
day long letter demanding full ex.
planation. The answer to this letter
has not yet been received at the de.
partment of justice.
Case Guarded With Secrecy.
The case Is guarded with strictes
secrecy at the department. Attorne,
General Moody declines to discuss it
He would neither affirm nor deny tina
such charges are on file.
TN the interest of the department,
said Mr.. Moody, Z must decline at thi:
time to answer any questions that ma,
be asked regarding this subject. viii
only say shat the department has nj
sympathy with wrongdoing, that thu
law will be vigorously enforced against
any and all persons guilty Of neglect
of duty, or guilty Of violation Of thei,
oath Of office" -.
An official connected with the de.
partment Of justice, who is thorough
ly acquainted with the Chllders case
said: Attorney General Knox tool
the position that inasmuchi as Distric
Attorney .Childers appeared**:as counse
for the Colorado Fuel & 1ron. compan,
in a private suit for: damages hi
should be dealt with leniently:5: Mr.
Kncx believed that childers za acted
through -igncrance; or,,> at least, be:
cause he lacked 8 nice. discrdminati
sense Of ORDEAL resp onsibi lity, and 5se
he let. him off with a mild reprimand.',
~
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HAIL DAMAGES CROPS

1 : GERMANIA, IoWa,55J July Il. a hall
storm completely destroyed all. crops
over 10 & considerable strip OF country
about five miles southWe zof this place
yesterday afternoon. Hail stonessYary-
Ing II size from peas .sto goose eggs
skeilIto sa.s depth Of two 4 inches. Mum
Serous window were brolk Ell. s1Iz
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SPRECKI.E rs rs SICK.

July 10. dolph Ber-s
snard spreckless 81 San Francisco Is dam
sgerously wi th ppend tits. He viii
30 at@once TO Berlin where an#opera--.
ton MI zbe.performed.| .s|Ss
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Thirty per cent OF q hise employed IN
the textile industry In the U state Sc
Alabama are reported to 10 I'm er. the
age Nof sixteenSSyeArs
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u. s. TRUST BUSTER
PAID AGENT Of TRUST
y. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF
NEW. MEXICO ACTS DOUBLE.
Is Counsel for Big MonopoIy-knox
Repremands Him Mildly and Now
Reprimands Him Mildly and Now
Moody is investigating Startling
Has Been in Office a Long Time.
Was Appointed by Cleveland.

WASHINGTON, July 14.-One Of
the most sensational cases in the de-
partment of justice came to light here
when it became known that William
B. Childers, United States District At
torney for the territory of New Mexico
who was appointed in the closing days
of the Cleveland administration upon
the recommendation of powerful trust
maenates, and who was retained in
office by President Mckinley and
President Roosevelt, is charged with
acting as an attorney for the Colorado
Fuel & Iron company in a suit in
which that corporation was sued in
the courts Of New Mexico for violating
the Sherman antitrust law.
Never before in the history Of the
government has an Officer of the Unit
ed States, whose sworn duty is ia
prosecute violators of the Sherma II
antitrust law, not only failed to per-
form his duty, but actually gone into
open court and boldly appeared as a
champion of a trust and as counsel for
the defendant in. suit brought to
punish violations of the Sherman law.
In the judgment Of many persons here
Of the department Of justice.
. Named BY Cleveland.
William B. Childers Of Albuquerque,
N. M, was appointed United States
district attorney for the territory of
New Mexico during the last month of
the second Cleveland administration:
Childers was indorsed for the position
by persons influential in Southwestern
industrial circles. Among his back
ers were the officers of the Colorado
Fuel & Iron company, the Rockefeller
influence and officers of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad
In April Of the same year he was
reappointed by President Mckinley
and has since been retained by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
In April last an independent. coal
company Of Gallup N. NJ, began a
damage suit against; the Colorado Fuel
& Iron company, charging that that
corporation, in connection with the
Atchison, Topeka 81 Santa Fe. railroad
has conspired to, suppress competition,
and had violated the sherman anti:
trust Law.
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CONGRESSMAN TELLS
WHY THEY ScR0N LObOR
LABOR DOES NOT REPRES-
ENT LABOR.

Some Fact Relative to the Defeat Of
the Eight Hour and Anti I'M junction
Bill arc Being Brought to Light
Congressman Says that Unions Rep
resent But Small Fraction Of the
Voters, and Hence Can Do no Harm.