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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-14
RUSSIA'S SANGUINARY
INDUSTRIAL STRUGGLE.

workers Of the country are now en-
gagged in the industries, and the power
Of the class has been enormously in
creased by its concentration in the
towns. In thirty years the town pop
ulations Of the empire have grown
from S,50O,0OO to 17,5OO.O0O.
The defect in Russia's trade expan-
sion is to be found in its artificial
character. The foundation and growth
of her industries have not been
healthy or natural; they did not de-
pend upon genuine organizing ability
attracted by an open market, but were
unsound from top to bottom. Russian
iron. for instance. is very dear, and
is produced by subscription Of the en-
tire people. Witte was father of the
policy, and the paternal stimulation
which he fostered led to overspecua-
ton, which was followed by the in
evitable crisis. With the bursting of
some Of the industrial bubbles a few
years ago Russia experienced new
phenOmenon-the 'unemDloyed' Of
the Western type. The unemployed
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-14

the factory inspectors, and both the
workmen and their employers have
felt the heavy hand of authority which
closely watches every infraction of the
laws.
Labor Gets Pittance.
The Russian workman not only re-
ceices low wages, varying from $3.50
to S12 month, outside of st. Peters
burg, where the wages are from SO to
$16 month, but he is compelled by
circumstances to dwell in most un-
desirable and unsanitary manner
Home life, as the American workman
experiences it, is almost an unknown
condition among Russian industrial
workers. 1t is not unusual for work
men 10 live in tAe factories where
they work. IN Moscow, probably the
chief industrial center, it Is asserted
that about 81 per cent of the opera
tives inhabit the factories, and the
practice is very general in the central
provinces. In Moscow only about 20
Per cent have their own houses, and
about 1S per cent live in rooms in
novels. Outside the central provinces
only about 10 per cent Of the opera
tives dwell in their workshops. and in
st. Petersburg none is permitted to
do SO.
Strikes are expressly forbidden by
a In pIIooio nd 10 roi1 hot
cially they never occur. This means
that there are no statistics on the sub
tect, for, in 1896, there were strikes
last year there were labor disorders
that were perilously near strikes, and
last month the government, not desir-
ing to admit revolt was on foot in
st. Petersburg, was content to look
upon the demonstration in its earlier
stage as strike The law against
strikes is intended to be exemplary.
workman attempting to strike may
be imprisoned from one week to five
months. A workman fomenting
strike may be imprisoned for from
four to eight months; If property has
been damaged or persons injured, the
asltators may be given sixteen months
Imprisonment.
In September, 1900, there was held
in Paris labor and socialist congress
which threw some light upon indus
trial Russia. There were present sew
cnty-two delegates from the empire,
most Of them, Of course, refugees, but
they held twenty-three mandates from
organizations in Russia. One report
presented gave particulars of 217
strikes, about half of which had in
volved 236,020 men. The demands had
been usually for shorter hours and
better wages. for Russia's beneficial
labor laws will not permit an en-
ployer to work his men more than
111a hours day. In the greater num-
ber Of these strikes the strikers won
concessions. Since the st. Petersburg
strike Of 1896. the Social Democratic
Union has maintained secret labor
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-14

the peasant in the Industries. About
a dozen years ago Russia became con-
vinced of destiny of immense indus
trial achievement and of commerce.
In order to make this awakening Il
reality, subsidies were paid to COM
panies, tariffs adjusted so that foreign
competition would cease to exist, and
factories and workshops blossomed in
every great city in Russia. TO man
these numerous plants peasants were
encouraged to work in them, and to
prevent the peasant from forgetting
that he was regarded as only about
One-half human, the lowest wages in
Europe-and wages are everywhere
modest ON the continent-were paid
to him.
Two Per Cent In Industries.
About per cent of the present
population Of European Russia are in.
dustrial workers-about 2,250,OO0 out
Of 115,00O,000. Less than five years
ago they numbered little more than
100000, and to this rapid growth Of
the only class which can hope evenm-
ally to get the asked-fOr reform is
due the quickenlng of the spread or
revolutionary propaganda, which in
the natural course of things perhaps
would have taken twenty-five years to
accomplish.
Three days before that fatefu Sun
day, when hundreds of workers were
shot down in st. Petersburg by the
soldiery, the movement in the capital
was simply the usual demonstration
Of big strike BY Sunday it was a
revolt-peaceful, yet a revolt The
strikers have now returned to their
work benches and machines; the dead
have been buried; the Gar has sub
scribed $4,000 to the relief of the
families of the victims of the massa-
ere; St Petersburg Is quiet, but the
revolution has come.
TO aggravate the situation comes
the assassination of the Grand Duke
Sergius in the Kremlin, coupled with
the declaration by political revolution
lists that General Trepoff, the Grand
Duke Vladimir and the Car himself
are marked for death. n
Factories Unduly Fostefed
Russia's Industries have Byen fos-
tered at the expense of her axricultu-
raj and other interests, but along with
It's growth has come a growth of in
telligence which has already made the
autocracy feel insecure. Although
manufactures and mining are still in
their infancy in Russia, they are CON
stantly growing in Importance. Russia
now has as large an output of pig iron
as France, but inconslderable in COM
parison to that Of the United States.
Since 1899 the pig iron output has ex-
perienced a slight falling Off. In 1890
the output was 2,7O1 900 metric tons,
and in 1903, the most recent figures
available there were 100000 metric
tons.
Nearly 10 per cent of the adult
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-14

REV. DIR. CLARKE. principles of
great religious work cannot be better
illustrated than in the record of DIR.
Clarke. Thanks to the marvels of mod
ern transportation, he is able to girdle
the world in a period that once would
have been considered Incredible. His
journeys are entirely representative Of
the modern methods Of spreading the
gospel, and the complete antithesis of
the Oldtime wanderings of the mis-
sionary who Travelled before the days
Of steam.
Those holy men who carried the
cross and the book into the wilds of
America, among the savage tribes,
travelled laboriously, on foot, or in
canoes, making but few miles a day
at their best pace, and resting long,
sometimes entire seasons, at hospitable
points. Their journeys lasted years,
and their labors were unknown to their
contemporaries.
DR.. Clarke, though technically not d
missionary, represents potent influ-
church organizer he has no equal.
The membership of the society he
created numbers about 100000 per-
sons, chiefly young, in various parts Of
the globe. The pledge of the society
is disseminated in fifty different Ian
guages and dialects, and more than
100000 copies Of it have been cir
culated.
With such a vast body of young
church workers following out the lines
Of organization laid down by him, DR..
Clarke finds the world his field, and
time and space inconsiderable elements
in his plans for carrying out the du-
ties of his leadership. Should he re-
ceive call, for example, from Aus
tralia, stating that his presence was
much needed at a convention of En-
deavorers there, he would pack his
grip, take along member of his fam
lily to bear him company, and set his
face toward the antipodes. In few
months, with a record of 25.OOO to 4O,-
600 miles of travel behind him, he
would be back in this country, pursu-
Ing the even tenor of his way as editor
of his Christian Endeavor newspaper,
and leader of meetings and conven-
tions held in the home of the society,
which Is In fremont Temple, Boston.
In this manner DR.. Clarke has COW
cred 100000 miles, and during his en-
tire wanderings over almost every sea
and land has never met with a serious
accident.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-14
UNDERGROUND FIGHTING.

"Sapper" Tells How One Wall at Port
Arthur Was Opened.
One hour before midnight you could
see once more the same men who had
applied the explosives in the bay max
Ing for their victim. The foundation
OF the caponiere was made of con-
crete, sand and steel plates. 1t could
turn the largest and most powerful
shells ever manufactured by men into
loud and foolish joke. The men car
ried this time a larger quantity Of
gunpowder. This they applied to the
cracks made by the former explosion.
The white heat fuse was applied.
The report certainly handled the Sc
rene silence of the midnight without
mercy, tore 1t into pieces. This time
there was large rent made in the
wall. Night once more, rocked the
confusion back to peace and there
came into the rent number Of Rus
sian heads. Some of us laughed
Quick az flash the rifles Of our meri
greetd them. Wide as the rent was,
1t was not quite sufficient for men in
haste to pass, and for the third time
we made the preparation of explo-
sives. At IA minutes past 4, in the
still dark hours Of the 2Sth, the earth
about us shuddered as it had never
shuddered before, and we saw hole
in the wall that was over one meter
in width and considerably over one
meter In height. Through this hole
our engineer threw in over twelve
sacks of explosives The caponiere was
choked with fume and smoke. The
ash gray of the breaking day and the
most sinister gray of the smoke from
the explosives creeping like cowardly
ghosts from the hole in the wall was
broken by silvefy flashes here and
there. They were the Icy blades of
our men rushing into the caponiere
through the confusion of the explo-
sion. A crash of arms, groans, sounds
of falling bodies, of broken steel.
shrieks with which the life flew away
from the clay, all mingled and melted
In confusion far beyond pen and
brush A few moments later the SUM-
round flag waved from out Of a torn
hole over the covered caponiere a well
come to the newborn day-Leslie's
Monthly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-14
labOr's SCOrned Appeal for Justice
threatens the Rule of the Auto
CraCy-G Growth of Factories the
Rising Star of Liberty.

The present agitation and unrest in
Russia are due primarily to the rise
of class of industrial workers. The
peasant has been called in from the
field to work in factories and shops;
he has had his intellect frightened by
contact with thinkers in the cities, and
being no longer isolated, he begins to
understand that things are not as they
should be, and. taking courage, he
asks the great autocrat to right the
wrongs.
What terrorists could not accom-
pllsh in thirty years the transformed
peasant may be on the eve Of achiev-
ing. Russia's insecurity has been
hastened by the method of utilizing
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-14
To Trade With Mexico.

According to current reports, Can
ada Is making strong effort to build
up large trade with Mexico. The
Canadian government has agreed to
give an annual subsidy of 100000 In
gold, and the Mexican government a
subsidy of 100000 in silver for new
steamship service between Mexico and
Canadian ports, both on the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-14

ton, and when two workmen had been
discharged for connection with a
union the men seized the pretext to
strike. On Monday January 16, r.
600 men struck. Father Gapon at
tempted to settle the strike with the
company directors, but they were up
beld by the government, and would
not accede to the request that the men
dismissed should be relnstated. Each
day other factory operatives added
their thousands, having struck in SYM
pathy. BY Thursday there were over
100000 strikers out. 1t was then that
the petition was framed which was
sent to the Gar In this paper there
were demanded measures dealing with
the peoples lack Of rights, measures
to remedy the poverty Of the people
and measures to remove the Oppres-
sions Of labor by capital. The keynote
Of the petition was the prayer: "Di-
rect therefore, that the election for
the Constitutional Assembly be made
by general secret ballot; that is our
chief demand. Everything is contain
ed therein"
The Car Offers Husks.
All the world knows that the Car
was not at the Winter Palace to meet
the petitioners and give them an an
swer; but his soldiers were. The Off
cial list Of dead gives the number of
victims as 1913. On February / the
Car received a deputation of work
ingmen at the Tsarskoe Selo. made
speech to them, the burden of which
was, Return to your work. Nav God
assist you,' gave them a dinner, and
then dismissed them. The thirty-four
men thus received are said to have
been selected by the police for the pa
ternal demonstration, and not to have
been in any case intelligent represen-
tatives of the workmen.
Since then the Car has intimatad
that he may convoke, after centuries
Of inactivity, the old Zemsky Sober.
or consultative national assembly of
notables, which body was partly elect
ed and partly nominated, in order {,
have it deal with the present condi-
tions. That this would be entirely sat
isfactory to the parties demanding re-
forms is not likely, yet it Is generally
agreed that there would be a perceptt-
BILE advance.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-14

Is, unfortunately, familiar figure in
other parts of Europe and in this
country, but formerly, in Russia, he
was unknown, for the cities were not
crowded, and the peasant was never
unemployed, for he was always and
ever working out a debt to the Car
or some other landowner.
Russia's Chief Manufactures,
Russia chief manufacturing indus
tries and their workers may be sum-
married as follows:
Workers.
Industries. (Estimated)
Mining and meals. ........... 900 900
Engineering, etc.. ........ .215,00O
China, earthenware, brick {. E. 10000
NneHlcdlS .......... ......... 4O,OOO
These industries are located In wide
ly divorced regions, and in this fact
and in the comparative meagreness Of
the means of communication lie the
weakness OF any general revolt.
In Russia the industries, so far as
owners and workers are concerned,
are under control of the police and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-14

The canned spinach doesn't taste
right. Know why? Because you miss
the familiar sound Of sand grating be-
tween your teeth when you eat II.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-14
A WONDERFUL TRAVELLER.

Hss Journeyed 300, 900 Miles in Inter
est of Christian Endeavorers.
One of the greatest travellers Of the
present age is DIR. Francis q. Clarke,
founder and head Of the Christian En-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-14

deavor Society. He
has travelled near
ly 10000 miles a
year for the past
ten years in the
interests of the
society, and may
more than dupli-
cate this during
the next decade.
Modern methods
of spreading the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-04-14

The more a man breaches to his
neighbors the less they practice.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-27
DEADLY WORK OF CRAZY NEGRO
Held Back a Whole Town-Finally He
Killed Deputy Sheriff.

Greensboro, KY, May "a. - Bob
Shaw, a negro, supposedly insane, has
killed one man and wounded seven
men in the past "a hours near Wait
men. The body of the dead man lies
in front of Shaw's house and the negro
continues to defy the officers who are
seeking to arrest him.
William G. Brown, a deputy sheriff
is dead.
In the afternoon Shaw was terroriz-
ing the community around Waitmen
and an appeal was sent to this city for
help, and posse was at once formed,
but as soon they approached the mad
mans house, he opened fire. Marshal
Watson was shot in the face and De-
putty Marshal jackson in the back.
Others wounded were DIR. Q. II. Pitt
on the hand; a boy named Howard
and boy named Pelly, in the legs.
In the morning posse headed by
the Sheriff went to the scene and found
Shaw sitting ON the porch of his house,
but the negro opened fire, wounding
James Ford and John Robinson. He
apparently only shot small shot which
saved the lives of those he aimed at.
Shaw was shot at twice. He had two
cvolvrrs, but announced that he would
save them for work at close range.
A great crowd gathered around the
ouse, keeping a safe distance away.
In the afternoon Will Brown, deputy
sheriff, of Hancock county, volunteer
ed to go to the house and take Shaw.
When within 8 feet of Shaw the crazy
man fired, blowing Browns head COM
pletely off.
At O'Clock in the evening a mob OF
men and boys surrounded Shaw s
house and set it on fire. Shaw remain.
ed in the house and burning as long a:
he could stand the heat and finally
leaped out and tried TO escaped. Neai
ly 100 shots were fired, and Shaw'l
body was riddled with bullets.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-27
IDAHO soUIB6s.

A Michigan society has been form.
ed at Boise.
The preparatory department of the
University of Idaho won the cham
pionship of the Inland Empire Inter
scholastic Debate league by defeating
Walla Walla high school in the final
debate of the season.
Citizens of Kendrick have commenc-
ed agitation for a Fourth of July cele-
bratiOn.
The camp of Spanish war veterans
at Boise has elected Harry Workman
camp commander
The Wardner schools closed the
year last week, but there were no
closing exercises on account of there
being no graduating class. and the
separation Of the various rooms. due
to the burning of the school building
last fall.
Idaho bonds. bearing per cent in
terest. authorized by the eighth legis-
lature to the amount of $3.50. SOC, were
sold in the competitive market for a
premium of S15,l99. The bonds were
purchased by Mcdonald. Mccoy & Co..
of Chicago. who bid s475.6ss for the
entire issue.
Taking the Snake river valley as a
whole. fruit men look for a good aver
age yield of fruit. Certain varieties
in some parts of the valley are dam
aged as a result of the cold weather
last winter. but this damage does not
extend over a very large area.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-27
IS NORTH OF LUZON
ROJESTVETSKY'S C0ALING FLEET
IS SIGHTED THERE.
the Vessels Supposed to Be Garry
Consists Of 27 Golfers and Three OF
ing Ammunltlon--Will Probably
Coal In American Waters-Russisn
Admiral Will Continue to Southeast.

A dispatch from the Paris cores
pendent of the London Times says:
81 hear from a we'll informed Rus
sian source that the rendezvous of AID
miral Rojestvensky's coaling fleet is
an island in Balintang channel, prob
ably Babuyan Claro. This island is
north of Luzon.
"A Russian coaling fleet. consisting
of q GOLFERS and three other vessels
supposed to be carrying ammunition
with sailing orders from Hamburg, re
ceived instructions at Singapore that
the island in Balintang channel would
merely be point of rendezvous wher,
the coaling feet might receive further
instructions from Rojestvensky.
"As to the particular harbor or bay
where Rojestvensky's fleet will coal, il
will in all probability be somewhere
on the coast Of the island of Luzon
that is to say, in American waters.
From this information it would
seem that Rojesvensky's intention /:
to continue his route to southeast O
Formosa instead of through FormosI
strait"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-27
TO NUMBER UMBRELLAS
London Paper Suggests Way TO Re.
cover Lost Ones.

London Paper Suggests Way to Re.
cover Lost Ones.
There is much pathos in the story of
the years sum Of lost umbrellas, says
the London Express. Few, indeed, are
the citizens from whom at one time
or another a well-tried companion in
many a storm has not been taken 10
swell the great total of the missing.
Most men are sensitive where their
umbrellas are concerned and the sad
dest fact of all to them is that there
l. no means Of restoring the lost,
strayed or stolen articles to their own
ers. Insurance is a remedy that sug-
gests itself. But on inquiry an Ex-
press representative found that there
is not a single insurance Office In Lon
don that makes a speciality of max
ing provision for the loss OF umbrel-
las Dogs. cats, babies and bicycles
can be insured Several companies
make themselves responsible for keys
and season tickets. 1t Is even posi-
bic to insure against the risk Of forg.
cry. but against the umbrella thief
there is no protection.
To the manager Of an insurance
company the Express representative
vtntured to suggest b"r'au where an
umbrella might be numbered like a
bunch of keys. and where the finder
would be rewarded.
1T has been tried" was the reply.
The firm gave II mp In despair
1.-The amount OF the premium does
not encourage customers. A shilling
year insures a key ring, but UNI.
brellas are so liable to loss that the
premium would be almost equal to the
actual value of the umbrella.
1.-The numbering OF all umbrellas In
a central registry at the lost property
office would be sufficient protection
against accidental misrepresentation.
The owner could then be found simply
by consulting the register"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-27
WASHINGTON NEWS

A new factory is to be established at
Seattle to utilize the thousands of tons
OF scrap tin which has heretofore
been wasted at the salmon canning
establishment.
In Thurston county there are now
1928 diaries and creameries producing
over 375.OO0 pounds of butter. In
1890 there we're but Is diaries pro-
ducing 1867 pounds OF butter.
The contract has been awarded for
the building of the Masonic temple at
Aberdeen, for $17,S00.
The monument of the G. A. r. will
be dedicated at Walla Walla on May
Both.
The pioneers of Spokane county will
hold their annual picnic on June 8.
Mayor Lucas OF Davenport has des-
gnated his wife, Mrs. E. e. Lucas, as
the Lincoln county hostess at the Port
land fair Lincoln county week is
from the second to the eighth Of July.
The last week of work in the Ritz
vile public school closed Friday and
the coming week will be taken up in
commencement exercises.
The sawmill of the Potlatch Lum-
Der company at Colfax has closed
down temporarily, owing to lack of
logs.
Miss Maud Babcock attempted sui
eide near Pullman by taking a dose
of morphine.
The Wilson block. corner of Third
street and Yakima avenue, North
Yakima, was Quilted by fire Sunday
night. Between $4,000 and $4,000
worth of property was destroyed. The
building cost $4,000.
The throats of all the hello" girls
at the Seattle telephone exchanges
were examined by the physicians of
the board of health recently. The OBJ
iect of the examination was to make
certain investigations as to the dan
ger of spreading contagious diseases
by means of infected telephone re-
ceivers.
President Roosevelt will this week
issue a proclamation establishing the
Yakima forest reserve. This reserve
will embrace about $4,000 square
miles and practically will be a con-
tinuation of the already established
Cascade and Rainier forest reserves.
Tie timber lands to be protected by
the reserve were withdrawn from
entry about two years ago.
Whether the Spokane GrOcers' as
sociation can compel all grocery stores
to remain closed on Sunday, and, if
So whether the nOngrocers' associa-
ton can compel all business houses,
other than those specifically exempt
by law, to remain closed on Sunday,
may be determined as the result of the
movement set on foot recently by the
Spokane Grocers' association.