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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-11-04
Comrades, Attention.

There will be meeting of Abe Lin
coin Post No. SO, G. A. r. tomorrow
Saturday at the usual hour.
By order of Commander.
T. P. FISH, Adjutant.
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most inner circles ' Vail stre e2e
where It is eaPable 81 doing the most
harm: 1t: nnesgs1 IN legislative halls,
It .pollutes executive chambers. in some
instances, and defiant1y flaunfs its red
flag & as at 9 pleading populace. What is
. Organization Of trusts. in restraint of
Of state and national laws is anarchy.
Importing boards of undesirable inn
iods of industrial activity, or at any
time, when it is, known that immiFra-
ton laws are being violated is anarchy.
Organizing mammoth corporations
three to. four parts water, and com
polling them to pay a dividend of from
Z, to 10 pei, cent on the total capiteliza-
Gn W vi f2om is sa4 ia to an annual
actual investment. and in order to secure
this labor is compelled to work for
less than LYING wage, and helpless
tive prices for its products, is anarchy
Bequeathing one million dollars to a
church or educational Institution, and
then arbitrarily raising the price Of
up, is anarchy, because no just law
statutary or moral permits it,
Most Dangerous Form of Anarchy.
Fighting a coal miner who Is strug-
lions in keeping with his growing in
telligence on one hand, and under the
pretense that there is scarcity of coal
arbitrarily raises it's price, compelling
thousands Of poor people in the large
cities to actually freeze to death, and
extorting from a helpless public mil
lions of dollars annually, at a time too
when it is least able to bear such ex-
tortion, and then to cap the climax
of the crimes for which they are
guilty to brazenly declare that by d.
cne rEn tn m ana 10
it's worst and most dangerous form.
Taking little children from to 1:
years of age, from the home and the
school; denying them the sweet lib.
erty of childhood, and placing their
amid the whirl and buzzing of discord.
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pass to the great beyond, but the

pass to-. the great beyond, but the
United States Steel corporation would
still have control of the iron and steel
production Of America. Mr.. Hill could
years, but the Great Northern railway
system would still be secure. So you
see that these much talked Of men
It is oy tn of ma Se f aef b s
position. Blame yourselves. You are
responsible. You have continued to
elect men to your legislatures and to
e@e who haze given them pfv
returned to you to report their
stewardship, you have said amen"
No True Democracy Under Private
Ownership.
The apathy Of the American people
Is responsible for the wholesale en-
d d. t,,1a Of special privileges by legis.
of the monopolies of this day. heve
been fattened on government subsidies.
They have now grown to such proper
handle them With kid gloves: The ~
know their power, and what control
they have over the country. Even If
they would permit all of the water to
labor its full share Of that which it
produces for them, and would give the
people the full benefit in prices result
th they wend a The cost da1
gerous foe to true democracy. The
question is not what they will do, but
rather what you have given them the
power to do. So long as they remain
be dangerous.
The trusts are, solving the problem
of production. IT is incumbent upon
the people to solve the problem Of dis
solution. nor can labor ever enjoy com
conception, OF the labor movement to
force the issue at this time. It Is
recognized that the forcing Of progress
ence teaches that the evolutionary pro-
cess is the safest.
While capitalism is, organizing, CEN
tralizihg and systematizing, it is the
duty Of TIE people 70 oTsanize and
systems can result from the remark
able Industrial development of the past
twenty years, II permitted to go it's full
or .. greater democracy. One means in:
independence. One viii result from
apathy Of the the p people, sycoamey and
vigilance and an uriswerving love for
justice. When a famished democracy
becomes conscious of its power that
founded upon right.
Future is Hopeful Indeed.
There is every reason to be hopeful.
Everything is with, us. today. While
at the top the corporations are strang-
ling Justice and robbing the people;
underneath there zis growing: and rap
more equitable conditions.
An entirely new literature which
breathes the spirit Of human brother
hood is filling 81 ths$land. The pen Of
Only the hired REHABILITATION the press;
and the capitalistic magazines are on
the other side; . The xintelligent men
chased; and whose souls are free are
standing With their faces toward; the
morning singing new: songs Of liberty.
These higher ideals Will IN time shape
destiny, and Ire. into. new In
stitrti IONS; s They IN IL give to the world
a new age and q new civi lizati on.E. a
new tmofning vi 4 avn radi ant With
the splend freed ON. and tho hill q
[|dren com heir In
heritane epurAEed say,
r. RiSsr1ss
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will answer back: THAT is sentiment:
With me this is a cold business pro-
position; Ny friends: When senti ment
that is good in him leaves with it.
believe that all thinking men recog-
nize the necessity for organization
among the workingmen. Business men
b be- in organization:: imagine that
the business men of this city have a
club, for what? For the purpose of
pulidlng your city, and bringing more
business to it. There probably is a
attorneys Of your county. I'll VEN
ture to say that there are no shysters
in it either. An organization of this
up-to-date in their profession. Your
they usually keep out quacks, too
This organization is very useful to
If organization is a good thing for
for the business and professional men,
there on ght not to be any serious OBJ
1eetlon to unity among the workers:
organize. we can presume that the
most serious objection comes from the
manner in which the unions are op-
Grated. I am not going to stand before
that trade unions are perfect. Nor
am I going to make a lawyers plea for
them, hiding their weak points and
lieve that the labor movement pos.
sesses such elements of strength, that
it's weaknesses can best be acknow-
lodged, in order that they may be the
sooner removed. Like all organizations
composed of men, trade unions are not
infallible
Full Rights Are Often Overlooked.
I know that in some cases the full
rights of the other fellow have been
overlooked, but labor has been robbed
of it's full rights for so long, that it
Is surprising that it has been able to
hn ~ all Fc; D,,k III ~
All the wrongs that it suffers can not
be removed by one stroke. 1t takes
times, work and good judgment ia
aver 81 "a ond - Wv Iaar may th ~
somewhere else where unions have
existed for some years, that men work
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w. E.. M'EWEN.

ing at the same kind of work are
enjoying conditions twice as favorable.
1t may hope to do as well, but it will
all at once. The organization in the
other city may have labored for years
to- reach it's present condition. You
viii be REQUIRED to do the, the same san, ,os
tim of the competitive system, and
maybe be in entire sympathy with
may wish The attinments then must
be gradual, steady and progressive.
Mheg the fau is
ed to get close to his men, or has
totally ignored them in the discussion
wherever the employer and the en-
ploye meet in honest conference, and
discuss their relations in an open,
frank and candid manner, they can
readily come together upon an agree
able basis.
The longer we are organized the less
mistakes we will make. Compare our
only ten years ago, and it will be noted
that marked Improvement has taken
place. The educational feature of the
wish worRng%en eoee
students we need have no fear for the
future welfare of our glorious country.
Trade unions are fast becoming
institutions. Gladstone once said: I'm
this age of commercialism, trade I'M
ions were the bulwark of modern
democracy"
Trade Unions Like Trust In no Re-
spects.
We are accused OF attempting to de-
stroy individual liberty. 1t is not true.
On the other hand the trust-capitaT $
unions protect the weak. and defense
less. The trusts crush the weak, and
protect the strong. Trade unions are
o eaS aIS for the the many. they WEI
come to their ranks every man and
woman, who works. The trusts, on the
6 ether az for the
! ness. Trade unions are inclusive;
trusts are exclusive. Trade unions are
| unlawful, hence: Anarchistic.
The first private monopoly, the
Standard Oil Co., was built on the
secure absolute control of the oil pro-
duction it feloniously burned millions
|. of dollars worth Of property; it wreck
roads. It even caused men to be muir
dered, who were in it's way. 1t fraud
| ulently secured rebates from railroad
companies IOT carrying OH, ana on the
other hand it COMPELLED the railroads
| to pay it a percentage on the business
done for other oil companies. In this
manner it gained position of ad-
vantage and succeeded in crushing
every competitor. 1t kept two sets OF
books for the purpose of deceiving and
defrauding the government. Through
out its entire career it, has been de-
| cidedly anarchistic in it's methods.
When looking for the anarchist we
| are too wont to think of the kind pic
tured in the comic magazines. Where
there is one anarchist IN q ditch or at
a bench, there are 100 In Wall street.
What. is Anarchy? A philosophical
ever reached a period in civilization
| wrong he could live in a state of
anarchy with the utmost pleasure.
Modern Definition Of Anarchy
The Standard dictionary defines am
| archy: as utter disregard for. governs
! ment..* The American plutocratic defis
milton Is state oft lawl essness.9w where
utteradiar g. 81
this on !. isSsa accept en
IIyy eza rni
lASS1
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ant MISUNDERSTANDING their very life
blood into gold, as is. done: in the cot
ton mills Of a new south is anarchy
Of ch 5ae @eas wSs Rs COM
pared with this. The southern slave
owner, with his peculiar ideas about
the black man had some regard for
for future and moro valuable use, But
the southern factory owner, knowing
full well that he can secure numbers
of them without price, sacrifices them
on the altar of MammOn.
The most surprising feature of this
form of anarchy Is the apathy of the
American people. Occasionally Jane
calling attention to the wrongs that
abound in the factory system in the
employment Of little: children, but
B Bow nS ny You 1l perhaps have read
Mrs. Browntngs plea for the little fac
tory children:
Plea for the Little Factory Children.
Do you hear the children weeping, O.,
Ere the sorrow comes with years?
They are leaning their young heads
upon their mothers,
But that cannot. stop their tears.
The young lambs are bleating in the
The GSs3! birds are chirping in the
The youhg fawns are playing with the
The young flowers are blowing to-
o., wards the vest vest, o.uauo y 49,.
brothers!
They are weeping bitterly.
They are weeping in the play-time Of
the others,
In the country of the free.
Do you ask the young children in their
why their tears are falling so?
The old man may weep for his tomor-
row
~, which is lost in 1e g, ago; ...
The old year is ending in the frost;
The old wound, If stricken, is the
The ' ola hope is hardest to be lost.
But the young, young children, o, my
Do You ask them why they stand
Weeping sore before the bosom Of
In e our happy @S59e :Faitherland?
For oh!'' say the children, 1--WE are
And we cannot run and leap.
If we cared for any meadows, it were
TO drop down in them, and sleep.
Our knees tremble sorely in the stoop-
And. Underneath our heavy eyelids
QrOOplns,
The reddest flower would look as
For all day we drag our burden firing,
Through the coa1-dark underground;
Or all day we drive the wheels Of iron
In the factories, round and round.
And well may the children weep be-
They are weary ere they run;
They have never seen the sunshine, nor
the glory -. -.
Which Is brighter than the sun.
They. know the grief Of man, without
They sink in, mans despair. without
it's calm; - =. +Av9 -
Are slaves; Without the liberty, in
Are martyrs, by the pang without the
Are. worn as Il. with Sc, yet unre-
!: The .harYest Of Its memories, cannot
Areg.orp hans of !. thes arthly love ana
Let them aNe,efp! al. hem sv'sep .z
dok laIe andl
IS d D I'm
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M'EWEN ON ANARCHY >~ =. T
AND PATRIOTISM
Speaks in Mankato the Labor Question in New Way
Takes Hopeful Lesson From the Struggles for Liberty
in the PastIndustral Independence is Inevitable
Next Step in Progress Of Human History.

Compares Trade Unions and the TrstsShows the
Real Anarchists and What Anarchy Really is-Does Not
Complain Against Individuals-Has Fear of Mortal
Man. but Of Corporate Man-I Hopeful for the Future.
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ross will some day rule the world.

Cross will some day rule the world.
For
The crest and GROWING OF all good,
Lifes final star is brotherhood
For it will bring again to earth
Her long lost poses and mirth:
viii send new life on every face
A kinglY power upon the race,
And till It comes, we men are slaves
And travel downward to the dust Of
graves.
Come clear the way, then clear the
way;
Bling. kings and creeds have had
their day.
Our hope is in the aftermath
Our hope Is in heroic men,
Startled to build; the world again.
To this event the ages ran:
Make way for brotherhood
Make way for man.
s. I. Levin, importer OF wines and H.
quors. at col West Superior street
carries the very best stock f. the city
for family and medicinal purposes,
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CHEMIST AND ASSAYER.
E. Angermeier, No. 319 First Ave. W,

GET YOUR WATCHES
Repaired at T. A. Pinto, 1904 w. Sup.
Street.
The indicator., 1904-03-05
SAME FOR BESSEMER
The Kind Of Street Paving That
St. Louis is Getting

The BOARD of Public improvements
Of the City of St Louis has awarded
to the Granite Bituminous Paving
Co. . contract for about one mile and
q half Of Wsrren's Bitulithic Pave
ment to be laid in Chestnut street.
This thoroughfare leads from the bus
mess centre Of the city to the exposi-
tion grounds.
In response to petitions from q me-
jority Of the property owners Of
Lindell boulevard, the St. Louis house
Of delegates recently passed ordi-
nances providing for Warren's Btu.
lithic pavement in that beautiful high
way. This boulevard, which is one
of the fashionable residence streets
in st. Louis, is rs feet wide and also
leads to the exposition grounds. Lin
dell boulevard is now paved with ma.
cadam and has always been kept in
first class repair, but it has been
found that the cost Of repairs and the
Objectionable mud and dust make il
advisable to surface the present ma.
csdam with bitulithic.
St. Louis already has about five
miles. Of bitslithic pavement on its
leading boulevards and streets.
The indicator., 1904-03-05
LOST RIVER. "

Lost River" Joseph Arthur. pas
toral melodrama, with its quaint rural
flavor of Indiana and massive mocha
nical effects, will soon be here. There
are thirty-five people in the company.
This big cast is chosen from the ranks
OF trained and experienced metropo-
Titan actors and actresses. As a con.
sequence of the liberal, fsr-sighted
pohcy OF the management, the big
houses of last years productions at
the Park Theatre, Boston, and the l4ti
Street Theatre, New York, are being
duplicated and often surpassed by the
present organization, which is present
ed in identically the same manner a,
the two big productions enumerated
above. Lost RIVER" will appear a
the Grand on Tuesday night.
The indicator., 1904-03-05

o. Wolcott and Governor J. H. Pea
body, and the average democrat can't
make up his mind whether or not it
would be a wise thing to do to tie up
with the political leaders in the union
labor party. The average democrat
who takes an active interest in poll
tics regards such a movement as a
leap in the dark, and yet he feels
that his party is up against it in reck-
oning with the republican hosts.
There is some consolation for the fol-
lowers of both parties, though, in
the thought that this is only the first
of March and that the conventions
will not be held for several months
yet. A politician will have time to
change his mind frequently before
the crisis comes.
The indicator., 1904-03-05
Tragedy lYsrted.

bst in the nick Of time oar little
as ssyed,' writes Mrs.. W. Wat
|of Pleasant City. Ohio. "Pneu-
bad played sad havoc with him
terrible cough set In besides.
pss treated him, bat be grew
every day. At length W tried
Kilxt New Discovery fol
knptioa and our darling va
Hs's now sound and WELL =
fbody ought 10 know it's ths
srs ears for coughs, colds and
nc dissoDes. Guaranteed By
~ Dsug ca, l12 Northern Ava
60c - $1.M. Nisl bsttlsl
The indicator., 1904-03-05
(PECT FOR
AN 0LD-TIMER

funeral of the late Daniel W,
i on Tuesday last was one Of
est and most elaborate seen
itv for . long While.
y held from the home Of the
brother, Ike Fenton, at 1881
bvenue, and the house and Vi
tas crowded with old-timers,
- many later arrivals in
er
Bessemer Pioneer club turned
took an active part in the
J. The pail bearers we're J,
bpsey, John Kane. W. L. Rees,
jackson, Con Finn and George
The flower bearers were
Darroch, Pete Gsynsr, Mike
hd James Keys. AcAahon 4
undertakers, had charge Of
leral, the services being held
Patrick's church and the 70
were laid to rest at Riverviev
Try.
Hattnstt, % be was familiarly
was one Of the public spirited
! Besssmer, ever ready to sssist
upbuilding Of the place. ani
lth is greatly regretted.
lad been IN invalid for severa
md had only recently returned
|pany with his wife from . triJ
and. His death occurred a
Bethlehem, Pa, on Feb. "a
b remains were accompanied t,
ity BY Mn. Hartnett, Johl
stt, . ssphsw, md hi coasins
. AcCaxtAy and Daniel Culhans
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BLANCHE WALSH IN "RESUR
RECTION

Next Monday evening Blanche Walsh
Will appear at the Grand in Wagon
mails and kempers' production of Re
surrection," The play will be present
ed here with great cast and the en-
tire massive scenic production
Technically speaking Resurrection
is melo drama, but not a melodrama
IN the generally accepted sense There
is not note that rings false, no gal
lery heroics, no maudlin sentiment
The play is more powerful in the NOR
al lesson it teaches than ANYTHING
that preceded it. Playgosrs here and
elsewhere who seek something more
than trivial amusement, something
that makes the heart throb and the
brain think, something which will
yield new flights to the imagination
will flock in crowds to see this tremeu.
dous drama.
The indicator., 1904-03-05
Tho Wind Blew Some.

The wind blew on the hurry-up
order for awhile Wednesday After
noon, rendering the weather disagree
abe, but NO damage was done. The
wind and the sand together ran the
ssas Whesh Of . oar o6 ths track at
Css1xal s1sest o. ~ Evans avsaus
~. Asi1s froo fsw paaoss ct Tie
stsd Wueks bastssss wsst - = usual.
fce Il W. nst ~ worst storm sssa
h Bessenss By s1y nsaas.
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Pen HEARTH
FURNACES START
or Two Blast furnaces to Follow
Next Week and Then Others
Will Resume.
D Foundry Men Await Orders to Reopen
That Department Within
Few Days.

eyes
when they running that the steel works will be
|unning order again
confidence among who
faith they do not need this absolute evidence convince them
Co. business and making good hesdway and
kncerity the conditions will admit
na general expectations blast furnace not blown this
will be week. to be closely followed by furnace and
three others fast they be gotten around
superintendent H. Means having changes made
blast furnaces which will doubt add their efficiency and
possible will be made produce 1000 pig
the hearth furnaces went this week and the 40nch
Mill under way. This quite notable feature itself and fules
cions Of last week that there would be something doing
Sde
py the pipe foundry under instructions be prepared
that department within days. which will add
] activity.
bolt mill also under way and all the other departments
continue to
large shovel used ct the reservoirs has been repaired
stripping lime the st. Charles the
: hauled by rail to reservoir No. g.
yfve employed that and in about
III have it completed.
being work every and things getting
round the big steel works.
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star is pronounced favorite as a tai
ented artist .he will undoubtedly at
tract one of the record houses of the
season. The critics elsewhere claim
Miss Roberts has the best coruna,,,,
She has ever Travelled with and is riv-
ing elaborate productions of all her
plays Among the pricipal players
with her are people who have made the
play famous in the past and they will
please Puebloans
The indicator., 1904-03-05
It DreH the Crowd.

A hsticuff, . dog fight or . runaway
will draw . crowd In any town, ex-
cepting Colorado Springs, and so the
crowd came out Wednesday to witness
. race betwssa Folsy's little black
horse end the high wind. The horse
was attacked 70 . light lumber wagon
and nads good Asadvay sast on North
ern but vas stopped BY . man bsfore It
reached the viaduct. It seemed - II
. thouaand people suddenly sprung
up along the route Of travel. One
citizen remarked: "Well, that horse
beat the Wild.s
The indicator., 1904-03-05
About House IoTing.

Every once in awhile somebody in
sists on violating the fire limits ordi-
nance up this way. The law is that
whenever a frame building is moved
of its site it must keep on going un-
til it is landed outside the district fire
limits, which in Bessemer extends
from Summit to Division and from
the Rio Grande railroad tracks to
Pine street. If it is located within
tho district on q new site it must be
veneered with bricks.
The indicator., 1904-03-05
THE ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT

Superintendent ]. H Means of the
blast furnace department will have
an assistant within a few days time
The assistant will be Mr.. Hutton
who worked with Mr.. Means at sgd.
ney, Nova Scotia, and he will be on
hand next week.
Both Means and Hutton originally
came from Alabama where they had
lots Of experience and have been at
the Nova Scotia mills for some time.
They are both practical blast fur
mace men and will make things hum.
The indicator., 1904-03-05
Hsrkilg Overtime.

Eight hours laws are ignored BY
those tireless little workers, DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Millions are
always ct work, night and day, curing
indigestion, billiousness, constipation,
sick headache and all stomach, liver
and bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant,
safe, sure. Only 25c at Glover Drug
Co., 4l2 Northern avenue.
The indicator., 1904-03-05
For School Director.

There will be one vacancy to fill on
the board of directors Of school dis
trict No. 20 at the next election. DR..
A. L. Fugards term expires and he
will very likely be candidate for re-
election. There are I've members Of
the board. the team Of Office being
five years, and one new member is to
be elected each year.
The indicator., 1904-03-05
For Violating Ordinance.

A man living in the western part
Of Bessemer was arrested few days
ago for violating the ordinance in re.
gard to the removal Of q vault build
ing and filing in the place without
calling for the assistance Of 8 scav.
enger to do the work in the regular
way. The health board is watching
for all such infringemsnts of the ordi-
nancaa
The indicator., 1904-03-05
Modern Coal Office.

W. L. Anderson has plans prepared
for fine new Office building next to
his present place on the corner Of
Abriendo and Division. 1t will be
thoroughly modern, built of the finest
smooth brick inside and out, with
stone trimmings and as near fire
proof as possible. Work will be rush
ed so IS to have the building finished
at an early date.
The indicator., 1904-03-05
The Famous "Bluebeard. ="

An exceptionally strong company
will put on "BluebSard' at the EarPs
all next week and very large crowd
is predicted for the play. Manager
Morris is very fortunate in having
secured "Bluebeard