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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-06
MR.. SHEA'S REpT.v

MR.. SHEA'S REPLY.
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
OF TRANSFERS.
indianapolis, Ind, Jan. s, 1904.
MIR. SAMUEL GOMPERs,
423-425 G. street N. W., WASH, D. G.
Dear Sir and Brother: In reply to
your communication dated January L.
In which you enclose a letter from Mr..
A. c. Bartlett criticising the action of
the livery drivers in Chicago in refus-
ing to work during the recent fire In
that city, I wish to say the facts as
set forth by Mr.. Bartlett are not true.
The Liverymens Association, the
Undertakers and Embalmers' Associa-
ton, and the casket trust of that city
have thorough understanding be-
tween themselves, and when the men
who signed our agreement to buy a
casket they were refused. This is alb
solutely true.
Immediately upon the burning of the
Iroquois Theater our general organizer,
Albert Young, who is in charge Of the
strike, ordered the men back to work
and at once published over his sig
nature the fact that wages or any
other conditions were to have no con-
sideration; that the men were to re-
turn at once for the need Of the people
who were deprived Of their friends in
that horrible accident. They are still
at work, and we are to-day in the
strike.
FraternaNy, yours,
CORNELIUS P. SHEA,
Gen. Pres, Init. Br'hood Of Teamsters.
PROCLAMATION TO RETURN TIC
WORK.
Chicago, December 30, 1903.
Owing to the great disaster to the
public caused by the fire at the Iro-
quois Theater, I do hereby declare q
truce In the present strike Of under
takers and livery driver for ten days
and do further request that every man
now on strike report at once to their
respective places of employment and
do everything in their power to assist
their employers in caring for the
wants of the public. Wages are tc
have no consideration.
(Signed) ALBERT YOUNG.
MIR. FLOODS REPLY.
Chicago, Ill, Jan. 8, 1904.
MR.. SAMUEL GOMPERS,
President, American Federation Of
Labor, Washington, D. C..
Dear Sir and Brother: In reply to
yours Of January 4, will say that
have investigated this matter and find
there is no truth In the assertions made
by Mr.. A. G. Bartlett. I have been in
formed by the officials of Local No
49, and know it to be fact, that they
have agreed to furnish drivers for all
hearses and carriages to carry che
dead to their last resting place, but the
Undertakers and Liverymen's Associ-
alton of Chicago have refused to &C.
cept their services.
Hoping that this will be a satisfac-
tory reply to Mr.. Bartlett's letter, ]
remain,
Fraternally yours,
EMMETT FLOOD.
MR.. PERKINS REPLY.
Chicago, I'LL, Jan. IA, 1904.
MR.. SAMUEL GOMPERS, Pres,
Washington, D. &C..
noor CT. Ponlvinr fo uo,,ro ~ rooont
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And thus a malicious lie is nailed,
lie uttered for a venal purpose and
spread broadcast throughout the land
to prejudice the public mind against
the whole labor movement. The in
cident is sufficient to warrant work.
men and people generally to discredit
statements, or withhold their judg-
ment, until the full facts are ascertain
ed regarding the acts Of and attacks
upon organized labor.
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MR.. PERKINS REPLY.

MIX. PERklN'S REPLY.
Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. IA, 1904.
MR.. SAMUEL GOMPERS, Pres,
Washington. D. c.
Dear, 81: Replying to yours: Of recent
date regarding the action of the livery
drivers, and in which you enclose copy
Of letter from Mr., A. c. Bartlett. I
have to say that the clipping referred
to, which I enclose, Is a tissue of false
hood, from start to finish. This Internal
and malicious falsehood was published
in the Chicago Chronicle, a paper no.
toriously unfair in It's attitude toward
organized labor. - -. - =
ss The facts In that connection, as near
as /: can get at them, and which I be-
lieve to be substantially correct, are
that as soon as the men learned that
there had been q disastrous fire and
/ that their services were required for
the purpose Of removing the dead and.
dying and burying those who lost their
lie union lined lately declared "a
truce. ~ az. single driver,
'l'E goes
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dreadful catter, and they came out or their
house. poor Mr.. Dolliver twho was lane
mani leading. After him came Mrs. DOLL
YER with the baby sewed into her arm 50
that she couldn't go very fast linen ioi,
lowed Dolly Doiliver tripping along ana
laughing. and seeming to think II all 5uite
funny Next was Tommy Dolliver. and
after him. Dinah, the cook. who vowed mat
Dem chillen was shore the no CONTEST,
trifiinest humans dat anybody ever saw:
An dey ought to drown-dst dey "uSn'!
An den we-all could have some peace.
After them came the paper doll. rustlinS
and fiuttering like dry leaf blown IN tne
wind. ooh. my gracious. isn't II awful!
she said. "Water-thirk of that! III they 70
like my family. they'll simply melt our
family have such melting dispositions. any
how. We always melt In water and just so
to pieces
I'D above they could hear the twins
shrieking, ''Oh, Whichey. are you Drown
ing?"
yes Tother. I'm observation-disclosures
ing-a-drowning! Oh. won't pa and ma
feel bad?'
Serve 'em right for the way they treated
us-feeding our candy to an old dog. on
whchey. are you bout dead?'
Eyes. Tother. I'm dyin'-dyin'-dyin.
II was wonderful to see how NJ. Doliiver.
although a lame man. did climb up tina.
washstand leg. 1t wonderful TO Ee-
hold how Mrs Dolliver. with the baby 'ew-
ed into her arm. climbed up after him They
stood. one each side of the basin. hey
could see Which and Tother's heads nop-
bling about In the soapy water. The twins
were sauealing every minute that If snue-
| body didn't come to save them they would
| drown.
Mr. Dolliver' said Mrs. Deliver. pray
pray remember that you are 4 lame man.
| Do not jump into the water, for thea 1
should be a widow. as well twinless."
MY dear" said Mr.. Dolliver. pray pray
remember that you have the baby sewei
| into your arm. Do not jump into the water.
| for then I should not only be a widower.
| but you would drown the baby.
Then Mrs. Doliver clasped her hands
| Though II wasn't at all easy to do, with
| one of them sewed fast around the baby,
and said: MY children, My children will
| drown Help, Help. Help"
| And Mr.. Dolliver. his side of the
| BASIN clasped his hands tand 1t was sill
| harder for him to do It, with his cane fas-
tened to one of them) and cried out: My
| children, My children! They will drown
| Helpi Help Help
And now from below there came a great
clattering-the china dog was coming up
the washstand leg. He flew past Mrs. Dol
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The Doings Of the Delivers
The China Dog.
by GRACE MCGOWAN COOKE


The Dollivers are a family of dolls. The
country they live in is the nrIrsey 1t is a
very fiat country. and the land is rich or
poor according to the figures on the carpet
some of them are faded, you know, and
some have bright colors. The house they
live in Is a little low cupboard and that
makes an upstairs and downstairs for
the DOlliver family. The nearest running
water Is the washstand away and away
over In the corner of the nursery. where.
| IL nurse turns the faucet. there is a
raging cataract. and a large lake. The
Delivers love to picnic over near this ma tu-
raj curiosity. I suppose that all children
nnow sn ahat INV when ,h 60 to sleep dolls wake
their little pleasures and their little pains,
as we do: but in the night time. when there
is nobody to see them or to know of it
The ktng-or rather the queen-of the coun-
try in which the Delivers live Is Ethel.
the dear little girl who owns them They
love her, but she often does things which
| distress them dreadfully; and these sto-
you all about il.
You know Mr.. Dollver was a lame man.
1t sounded very much better to say that
he was fond of hunting. and leave people
to guess that he might have got his foot
shot when lie was out hunting. than to
admit that it had been gnawed by a mouse
so that was what MIR. Dolliver and all Mr..
Delivers family always said. They had
| once owned brown canton flannel poodle
| with worsted ears, and a white canton fan
mel puppy.
And SO people got to regarding Mr.. Dol
liver quite a sportsman. and they al
ways asked him questions about anything
concerning sporting matters. When the
new china dog was set on the nursery
mantel everybody asked Mr.. Dolliver what
breed of dog he was, and whether he was
of any account
| Dolly Dolltver said that he was a china
dog and she was busting the mantel and
ought to know But Mr.. Dolliver said that
a china dog was a breed Of dog that he
had never heard of. He was inclined to
the opinion that this new dog was setter,
because he seemed to be sitting down all
| the time
One midnight (Which is dinner time with
dolls YOU know the china dog got down
| off the mantel and came across to the Doh
liver house to get some bones. Mrs. Dol
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pail in one strong claw, and his sharp beak
closed upon the wand. A harsh sound like
the grating of a file. and the beak went
through just the king reused from his
slumber. But the owl flew away blur
in the night. to the hollow tree trunk
where he housed.
There he hid his treasure in a soft clump
of moss stored we'll in back of his nest.
and peacefully went to sleep. But the sun
shaft called in the early dawn. and the
owls eyes opened wide to the light.
"Oh, ho" laughed a voice. What strong
eyes you have And the serpent glided
past.
"Hoo-oo! I'm not afraid of the sum-. re-
torted the owl. though he blinked a bit in
the dazzling light that streamed full in his
eyes.
Solomon walked in the early morning and
found the ma gic golden ball was gone from
his wand. When the sun rose high in the
cloudIess sky he came from his golden pal
ace. Out into the fields he went. when he
paused to look full at the sun. It's golden
shaft streamed full on grove that
stretched by the side of the silver brook.
"Ah.' thought the king. ''the thief has
hidden my ball within its shade And he
fastened away to a messy glade close to
the old tree trunk where the owl sat de-
flying the sun
"Hoo-oo! Hoo-oo"' he Knocked. "Old sun,
I can stare you in the face now without
blink. for I've grown quite used to your
Hight"
Solomon watched as the owl stared on till
he saw the dark eyes grow suddenly light
In the yellow glare Of the sun, and the
notes come dancing down in the shaft that
stretched from the cloudless sky to the old
tree trunk.
Then he knew the ball Of his golden wand
was hidden beneath the owl. as he sat
there staring with golden eyes up at the
golden sun.
Solomon stepped from the glade of ferns
close to the hollow maple tree.
Sir Owl come FORTH he commanded in
his most kingly voice.
The owl turned swiftly toward the voice.
but the bright sunlight had blinded his
eyes until he could nothing else in the
day In a dreadful fright at his terrible
plight he few out OF the hollow tree. but
he bumped his head on adrooping bough and
dropped the ball in his pain.
Solomon caught the ball as it fell, and
carefully fitted 1t upon his golden wand.
You mischievous bird" he cried In
| wrath. you are punished indeed for your
prank"
All day long the poor owl turned toward
| the shaft of light. the only thing he could
| see. But when night stole softly through
| the trees his eyes cleaned gold in the
gloom. And he found he could do what no
| other bird could. and that was to see in
| the dark. for all he was blind by day.
And ever since the old old world was a
| very young world indeed his mournful boot
! IS heard by night he wanders through
| woodland and grove wanders and mourns
while the old. old world is growing older
| waiting for the day when II cannot possibly
grow more old
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Hoop Bounce.

This game Is test of skill In hoop roll
ing. AS a rule. children grow to be quite
expert in guiding their hoops. and can per-
form such feats as return rolls" and
bouncing hoop with great deal Of cIev-
erness.
Five pegs or sticks are required In this
game. per dimensions shown In diagram.
and placed according to measurements
shown. Standing at a distance OF fifteen
feet from the pegs. each player must an
deavor to roll his hoop through either Of
the two openings. to left and right OF the
tall peg.
II they pass through safely they win
strike the string or rope and rsbound. fall
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Fun With Winclmills.

Why don't more boys-and girls. too-have
fun with windmills? A simple windmill IL
easily made. II is lively where there Ia
wind, and IL may become part of as many
interesting toys as an ingenious person can
contrive.
The mill described here is simple and
strong. but It will go. Take two pieces IT
pine. an inch and half square. inches
long Lay them across each other at right
angles and mark eacn piece tn be notched
out as shown ut d. figure I. The notch in
each piece goes half way through
Whittle down the edges Il and & until the
arm OF the blade Is less than a quarter NJ
an inch thick. Then turn the stick and
whittIe the other end in the same way.
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liver. almost knocking her down, jumped
into the water and pulled Which out. Then
he jumped back in and pulled out Tothcr.
The twins lay on the washstand pretend
ing to be almost dead, but the china dog
shook himself land spattered the water
when he did 500 and said:
You miserable little frauds. There
wasn't inch of water in the bottom of
that basin! You were scrooching down to
try to make believe that you were drown
ing! There was hardly enough soapsuds to
cover you"
''Surei' cried Which. jumping up. we
couldn't have had any fun at all IL we
hadn't scared the folks and made them
come a-runnin'."
''Sure!" said Tother jumping up Che and
Which always said the same things); I'VE
made EN- come. didn't we. which,
But Mrs. Dolliver insisted on calling the
china dog her "children's preserver' and
noble animal" She took him home and
fed him everything that she could find In
the house that he was willing to eat and
he soon became a great friend Of the Dotli-
yer family.
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liver tried to explain to him that their food
was all china food, and fast to the plates.
so that there never were, and never would
be. and never could be. any bones. But
the poor dog merely howled; and she finally
took a piece of candy away from the twins,
Which and Tother. and fed it to him
This pleased the dog, but made Which and
Tother very angry, and they decided to
run away. They ran away over in the cor
ner of the ROOM where the picnic place
was. and they Skinned up the leg of the
washstand and climbed to the edge of the
basin. There they stood for one dreadful,
dizzy moment. Then Which said: Il
dare you"
And Tother said:. 81 dare you and in
he jumped
OF course. Tother jumped right in after
him-neither of them could take dare.
Then they began screaming. "Oh, We'll
drown-weIl drown-well drown!'
Its awful to drown in soapy water,
poor little Which howled
.sThe soaps all in my eyes" Tother
moaned.
Now. all the Doliver family heard this
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curled his bushy tail. and a little white
rabbit scurried close to the king.
The birds are ready to make their re-
port. he announced.
Begin" spoke the king as the thrush
fiuttered down.
Lord, we have searched the earth as
you bade," she replied.
And garnered the pollen from every
breeze that shook the blossoms and trees"
interrupted the linnet.
we stored 1t well in the sun. and scat
tered IL wide over meadow and field.
cooed the dove.
We buried ii deep in moss and brake,
piped the reed-bird.
'And there's never a nook in the whole
wide world that we overlooked" said the
jay with positive air.
THAT Is WELL" said Solomon. For I'M
less you sow the earth. the ground will be
bare. Then the shoots will not grow for
your shelter. nor the berries ripen another
year for your food"
And the wise king waved his wand Of
gold The sun shaft fell from on the owls
grim face. and he blinked as he glanced
away.
Come. Master OWL commanded the
king. 1T is your turn to speak Pray.
how fares the land gave to your CARE?
The owl glanced sullenly up at the king.
but he dared not disobey.
Lord" he replied, II gathered the pollen
and sowed the fields. But the wind came
along and scattered II as 1t fell
"Th IN you should have garnered a fresh
store" said Solomon gravely
II am Il philosopher. not a farmer. LORD.
grumbled the owl II sit N my tree and
the feathered tribes como to me for my
sage advice. They can well do my work In
return
philosophers must eat. my friend re-
proved Solomon. Besides. l much doubt
that you've told the truth. You were lazy
and greedy. You ate up the seeds. For
your sins you shall go from my court with
out companions or friends. Alone you Will
remain until all the land | gave to your
care shall bloom from the pollen you SOW,
as 1 babe. Coz commanded Solomon an
grily.
The owl flew away in disgrace where he
housed. How could the king guess what
/ had done?'' he repeated again and again.
The sun travels swiftly around the
world" Kissed a voice. and the serpent
coiled polished and shining and black close
to the old tree trunk,
''Hoo-oo! Hoo-oor' Knocked the owl. Il
knew that before"
Ibid YOU not see the notes dancing In
the shaft OF light that falls from the ball
OF the kings gold wand?' he asked They
told the tale
'Hoo-oo! Eoo-ooG' repeated the Owl De-
risively.
The serpent reared. swaying back and
forth as though to strike. Then he smiled
and paused. and said instead:
The sun and the notes are the slaves OF
the ball BY them Solomon learns all that
occurs in the world. so that none may de
ceive him. so long as he holds the wand
in his right hand"
IF they are the slaves of the ball sup
pose they must obey whoever possesses 1t,
murmured the owl, thoughtfully
Yes explained the serpent. you would
command the world II you had the ball
But make sure II you steal II. that your
eyes are strong enough to defy the suns
rays
''Hoo-oo," retorted the owl. 'In hide II
in my nest and then sit upon H."
THE sun is strong" warned the serpent
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again. land his dazzling rays follow the
ball wherever 1T goes
But the owl grew more stubborn at every
word.
'Hoo-oo!" he hooted Il have no fear.
But the serpent was gone and the wise
owl sat alone. All day long In his old
trunk he schemed to steal the ball.
The sun sank low in the cloudless sky,
the birds came twittering home to their
nests. Soon Nature slept, wrapped In her
dark mantle OF rest
Then silently forth from his nest came
the owl, silently flew away. for anger had
sharpened his eyes to pierce the gloom OF
the night.
Quickly he sped to the tall pomegranate
trees that grew fragrant and tall around
the golden palace of the king, where he
paused on window ledge.
Solomon lay his slumber couch, with
his crown and his wand by his side. But
the sun was set and their light was gone.
Only a faint yellow blur in the darkness
betrayed them to the owls keen eyes
For one instant longer he paused. then
swooped suddenly down. He seized the
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49, ~

WORD SQUARES
Al. Attest. 2 An ailment. g. Sound 4. To
mind.
B.-I. fish. q Inner part Of thing. s
Space. 4. Costly.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
am composed of ten letters and mean an erup-
ton of the earth.
My 9. 2 T. 10 is a girls name.
My g. Z, 10, l. is curious.
My 5, 1, 8, 3, is an organ of the body.
BEHEADINGS.
1. am a support behead me and mean trial
of speed: again and mean one.
2. am to take hold Of; behead me and am a
file: again and become poisonous serpent.
8. thoughtful; behead me and l mean
making use of; behead me- again and mean to
utter melodious sounds.
4. am to chatter; behead me and am speed;
again and 1 devoured
5. am to fascinate; behead me and am shiv-
ering; again and am part of the body.
g. I to find fault with; behead me and am
shivering; again and am ancient.
DROP CoNsoNANT PROVERBS.
I.--ea-u-e o. l. --e -u-e % Il
&c l. o--y lie. % u.
4.--e u l. TIL QUE o. L..
WORD PUZZLE
FIN the blanks s. with words that sound alike bu
l. The maiden was only charged half
T. That one was very animal.
4. his were not OF much
---- to him.
s. The seems to be quite
tree around this neighborhood.
DIAMONDS
Al. A eonsonant In crack" 2. part of
the body. g. Unkind. 4. The cry Of an animal.
8. consonant.
of certain tree. 4. To do wrong. 8. conso-
nant.
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ing possibly over one of the three pegs.
The middle peg. more difficult than the
rest. counts twenty points. while the two
smaller ones score ten points each.
1t will be found possible to exercise clev-
erness in manipulating the hoops, a jerk
or twist or firm roll will tend to give the
rebound its necessary force.
First Of all, the hoop must be rolled skill
fully enough to make 1t pass through the
two openings. II hoop falls upon a peg
before 1t rebounds from the string the
player loses his chance OF count for that
time. and other players follow In quick Sue
cession.
The string used in this game on the two
back pee1 should be Of sufilcient strength to
give firm resistance to the hoops when they
are rolled. and the more strength put In the
roll the more apt the hoops are to circle
the winning pegs.
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WHY the Owl Can't See in the Sun.
TOLD BY s. TEN EYCN BOURKE.

Once upon a time in the long, long ago,
when the old old world was very young
world indeed. the fruit trees were snowily
laden with shell-tinted blossoms, fragrant
and white.
The June breeze came caroling gaily along.
Haste TO the great kings court!'' he
called.
The little gray squirrel, the birds and the
bees sped away to the silver swirling
brook. Only the owl sulked he Jagged
along But the serpent, defiant and evil
lurked in the shade OF the woods.
Solomon sat on his golden throne, with
his crown and his magic ball-tipped wand
Welcome. my subjects! cried the king.
The birds trilled a greeting, the squirrel
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for coup or honor; 4smAes for grand coup
or high honor. f. q
Run go yards in 2T seconds for coup; 2G
seconds for grand COUP
High standing jump feet inches for
coup; feet inches.1for grand coup.
High running jump, 4 feet inches for
coup; 5 feet for grand coup.
Running broad jump, IL feet for coup; is
for grand coup. tll
Shot put-12 pounds-30 feet for coup; 81
for grand coup. 81 g.
Throw 41s-ounce base ball so yards for
coup. Is for grand COUP
Know and name ten star groups for coup.
know ten groups and ALSO name and loca-
ton of at least one star in each group for
grand coup.
Guess ten distances varying from one
inch to a mile within 20 per cent for coup,
within 10 per cent for grand coup.
Other exploits will be given in the next
talk.
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The Tell Tale.
BY JULIA PRESTON.

Why do you s'pose that little bird
Told every sentence that be had heard
Even down to the smallest word?
1t happened that Emmie and Jean and
Had secret club that met in the sky.
Way up in the apple tree high.
Not single soul did ever tell
Not even mother sweet Aunt Nell:
For secrets a thing to be kept very we'll
We told only the puppy. our dolls and the cat;
They never would TELL quite of that
Now. how do you suppose that Uncle Bob heard ?
He came to the tree and gave the password.
And he laughed when he said he had heard from
a bird.
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UNITED WORD SQUARES
RAM SET
ATE ERA
MENOTAN
OWE
JOTENOw
ONE ODE
TEA WET
DIAMONDS
Al. BI.
2. BOA 2. MAT
3. ROAST 3. FAIRY
T. ASK T. TRY
5. 8.
HIDDEN TOOLS.
T. Awl. 2. Plane. 3. Square. T. Saw. 3.
BEHEADiNGS.
1. Bowl-owl. e Master-asfer. 3. Frock-
rock. e. Maim-aim. s. GHtter-Htter g. Haunt
aunt.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
DOUBLE AcROSTICS.
Al Guns B1. Fail
q Nest 2 Into
g. AlsO q. SKIN
T. TIP 4. T1mH
0NAT-SToR. EIST-LONE.