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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-18

families during the last ten years are
so striking that, they furnish one Of
the best examples of the progress and
prosperity which is becoming each
year more general throughout the
United States. The traditional habits
of the miners have not altogether been
changed, but there are many more
miners who now own their homes, and
there is a smaller percentage of the
men who generally spend their liberal
wages at the saloons and in dissipa-
ton. The typical home of the miner
is no longer shanty, and the condi-
lions within no longer are those of
sQualor. The miners child is now in
| the schools, when in former years they
ran the streets, dirty and ragged.
These changes have been wrought by
their unions, and the operators have
found great advantage in dealing with
the miners through their organized
| 1odies. The hard work of the con-
sentative leaders in the national or
ganization has accomplished very
much, but the most desperate, situa-
ton has been brought about by the
increasing numbers of the radical and
socialistic element, which regards a
strike too lightly.
Would Incorporate Union. "
During the final joint conference at
indianapolis the Illinois coal operators
began advocating the incorporation of
the United Mine Workers of America.
us assets to consist of the amount of
strlke fund accumulated at this time
or on hand at any time. This is the
first case known where EMPLOYERS have
definitely urged the plan which theor-
lists in discussing labor troubles have
urged as remedy. Economists of
distinction have urged that: the incor-
poratlon OF unions would diminish the
number of strikes, practically do away
with violation of contracts between
employers and their men, and give
both capital and labor an equal stand
ing before the people. No less a per-
son tnan the general manager Of the
illinois Central railroads coal COM
pany, A. J. Moorshead, was sponsor
Tor this movement, which may grow
to historic importance.
Mr.. Moorshead is of English birth.
and; in England: the miners unions are
incorporated. Employers never have
been willing to urge the unions with
which they do business to take adyan-
tage OF the corporation laws" said Mr..
Moorshead. In England violations or
abrogatton of contract is very rare.
for the unions are financially respon-
sible when incorporated. If a contract
Is violated by the employer, he or the
corporation is now responsible to the
unions or their members; the reverse
should be true, and If the miners are
earnestly seeking equality and fairness
IN their relations with employers they
ought to be willing to assume this
financial responsibility"
The Illinois Coal Operators associa-
ton took no. action, but favored tho
plan and it is likely later to be given
formal recognition by the association.
What such action might lead to in tho
relations Of labor to capital cannot be
predicted, but It is an important de-
velopment Of the question which each
year grows more important 81 solu-
ton .s*= :: .
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-18
Shines in Matrimonv.

The small girl is in the ascendant.
Outshone in the athletic field, and
ieclipsed< in public: gatheringss~b her
tall and queenly sister, she is victor
in matrimony, and entertains in her
own house for her superbly tall bach~
elor girl friend.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-18
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| mendOus Industrial war? How long
can it endure? The daily bread and
very existence of 100000 people de-
pend upon the wages which will be
sacrificed. Will the struggle be COM
paratively peaceful or will the turbu-
lence which has marked most strikes
be used by the less self-controlled
miners to enforce the demand which
has been refused?>
Much depends on the results of the
negotiations between anthracite oper-
ators and their miners, for If peace
overtures fail in the anthracite field
as we'll as the bituminous, the strug-
gle will be titanic one, reaching
from the Delaware to the Missouri
river and south throughout the soft
coal fields of Kansas, Indian territory
and Oklahoma to Texas. It Is not at
all improbable that not less than $780,
900 coal miners will be loating before
the end of April. No time of the year
could be better for protracted siege
by the workmen, and that is one of the
elements ol strength which determined
the strike long before the conferences
were begun. The suspension will be
at the beginning of the growing sea-
son, when little garden patches dot
ting the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Michigan, Ino4ana, Illinois, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian ter
ritory and Texas will be looked to for
the main support of the hundreds of
thousands of families and their mil
lions of individuals whose income has
been cut of. Thousands of these idle
men will undoubtedly go to the non
union coal fields in Kentucky, Tennes-
see, Alabama and West Virginia. Aft
er a protracted strike the union has
been driven out Of Alabama. and the
mines are run on the plan of the
"open shop"
For weeks both sides of this giant
struggle between labor and capital
have been maneuvering for position,
like great armies. One cause of delay
before the final breach between the
operators and miners was in making
these maneuvers In tactical moves of
one side and then the other.
" ASAA q NAooE3A CCAAcAI S0cuSO QIOO"
able President John Mitchell, of the
United Mine Workers, secured letter
from President Il, Roosevelt; urging that
a second effort be made to prevent a
strike, and tried to put the RESPONSE
bility for the strike upon the oper-
ators:
In return the operators promptly
agreed to second joint conference, to
be held at Indianapolis, beginning
March 10, and which was prolonged
for ten days.
The third move en- the battle field
was Mitchell's announcement that the
Pittsburg Coal company with an out
put of 100000 tons per annum)
would compromise by granting an ad-
vance of 5.55 per cent. 80.
The operators made .counter-move
by proclatming Robbins a traitor to
their cause and not representative of
their will.
Mitchell made a flank movement by
declaring the railroads were respon-
sible for the failure Of peace negotia-
lions and vehemently proclaiming that
an investigation should be made OF the
relations between the coal companies
Of the soft coal fields and the railroads.
8. The operators retorted there was,
nothing ~ It and that Mitchell! was
sztmlpl pandering to public prejudice
against Tho railroad
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-18

Well-knoWns fact. The miners vote
the campaign of Robbins and the min
ers as we'll. 1t brought no further re-
suit than a hot discussion. The mys-
terry of it is uncovered in one under
lying reason for the strike.
The Great Industrial War.
So after three days in the final strug-
gle in joint conference all e..orts to
avert the strike failed. The coal oper-
ators of the central competitive field''
framed an appeal to President Roose-
welt to investigate the facts of the
situation and determine the justice of
the case by arbitration. This was
done by the operators after all hopes
Of peace had failed, but it did not
avert the strike, although it was hoped
that it might shorten it's length.
The present strike involves more
men than any other the coal industry
has known in this or any other coun-
try. Practically all the miners in ILL.,
nois, Indiana and Ohio are members of
the United Mine Workers, and all went
out. They number:
indiana ,OOO
ONO .................. .j6 ,UOV
The strike includes also the south
western field and involves in
Missouri 5000
Kansas ........'........... .lO,OOO
lndlan territory ....."......... 5,OOO
Texas .................... 1000
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-18
Nav Be Inherited.

Patience-Did the cook give you any
notice when she was leaving?
Patrice-No, she hardy noticed us at
all!-YOnkers Statesman.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-18

s.. No Newsboys in Spain.
There are no newsboys in Spain.
Women sell newspapers on the street,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-18

If the Critics Wrote the Plays.
In this sad, degenerate day
Dramas in a dismal way,
Fallen from it's high condition.
Just a business propositions;
Vulgar, sordid, cheap, banal,
Anti-inteiectual.
Vanished is the vital spark;
Dramas lamp is cold and dark.
How it would revive and blaze
If the critics wrote the plays!
Every drama then would be
From the common failings free,
1t would be a work Of art,
Perfect in Its every part,
It would please and educate,
Entertain and elevate,
Influencing high and low
In an equal ratio.
There'd be one great paean of praise
If the critics wrote the plays.
None would ask: "How was the play?
AS we hear it asked to-day
Question would be: Ibid you go?
Wasn't it a splendid show!"
Everyone would recognize
There was naught to criticise.
One opinion. Criticism
Would be an anachronism.
Speed, o Time, that day of days
When the critics write the plays!
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-18

cllned to stick &c their respective lasts
as the proverbial maker of footwear.
Thus Morgan Robertson, who does sea
ta1es very well, prefers to write about
psychic influence and introduce a beau
tiful woman in the story. Anyone
that has seen Mr.. Robertson or a pic
ture of him will readily understand
how naturally psychology and beauty
would appeal to him. Another writer
who loves to daily with the psychic is
Hamlin Garland; he dislikes to stick
to ensilo and silage, where his special
gift lies. George Barr McCutcheon has
always had craving to introduce hui
man beings in his romances, and has
to be constantly repressed by his pub
ishers, who know how costly the ex-
pertinent is. Lloyd Osbourne is. af-
ficted with the auto bug. Thomas w.
LaWson's secret ambition is to design
the covers for Everybody's Magazine
And SO it goes. The only excuse the
average author has is that he is doing
the thing for which he is best fitted.
Now that the holiday trade is over
one hopes devoutly that "All the Fifty
Cent Poets' have returned from the
depths of 10 cents to their half dollar
eminence.
.
The most overworked word in the
English language, conversationally, is
the word proposition" Once you be-
gin to notice it, it gets on your nerves.
Some people can't talk 80 seconds with
out using it. 4 friend of ours used it
20 times in the course of two minutes
talk. 1t is maddening. Stop it. A little
picturesque conversation goes a great
way.
RESPONSIVE READING.
She
love Mr.. Swinburne
He
His verse is so warm;
She
And if you don't read him
He
He'll do you no harm.
The Exposure Fad of Little Already.
The exposure fad has hit Little Ar
cady, ILL.,, and hit it hard. That once
idylllc community, recently made IA
nous by novelist Harry Leon Wilson,
Ia. in the throes of publicity, and the
most astonishing developments are
promised.
Nothing is talked of in Little Already
except exposure. Prominent shame
finders have been invited there to lee
ture, and among those that have
agreed to come are Lincoln Steffens,
David Graham Phillips, Samuel Hop
Adams, Thomas w. Lawson and Ida
Tarbell. During the past month the
best six sellers in Little Already were
Enemies Of the Republic by Lincoln
6tenens, ITO Ward Deluge," by David
Graham Phillips, rs Rockefeller HUI
=maR22' b Ida Tarbell. Eyerybody;s
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-18
IF the Critics Wrote the Plays.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-18

WALTER BLACKBURN HARTE.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-04-13

a large sum Of money, gigantic one,
and not easily to replace should I cease
to exist.
''Now, is it not time that some of my
partners should stop and think what
this revenue to the people means? If
they drive me out of business this rev.
enue must be got somehow, and from
what other source can they get 1t?
They may harass me and become more
exacting, so that 1 will have to close
up three-fourths of my places, but if I
do as it has been in every place where
the legitimate saloon was closed by law,
there will spring up so-called speak
easies' and club houses from which no
revenue will be derived and are
hundred times more fruitful of harm
than the open saloon; and now, my
partners, you are high livers, I know
you must have money to sustain that
high life, and speak this word of warn
ing to you. Be careful that you don't
kill the goose that lays the golden egg"
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-04-13
THE ILLINOIS ISSUE
Saloons versus Business

There is possible question that business prosperity
disappears The money that is expended
the saloon divided between the liquor manufacturers the
keepers middle the other 1t
into the stock of wealth Of the community but
far the community concerned though
the fire. At the time thirds Of the
of the ability of every who visits saloons
through the that from drink When
people clean without Saloons
pools pigpens and den of vice. they will not tolerate of
these evil influences afterward-Davd Starr Jordan
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-04-13
LIQUOR Men in Dead Earnest

Liquor Men in Dead Earnest
liquor people fighting days. Hardly passes
possession of the
the inevitable calamity OF allowing the people
to legislature will reasonable local option bill
absolutely controlled
legislation this point the The people have declared against this
evil They the of the people
and ALL
LIQUOR PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS
Generao mcea
Chicago March, 49,
TO THE SAIOONKEEPERs OF THE 3sTH DISTRICT.
Dear Sir:
Primary Election be Importance liquor
be
Saloon Leagues local option bill
that the local option bill defeated by
the last of the legislature and the united efforts
the destruction Of the business of
of saoonkeep this state, perhaps being
the number
Mr. days, your county
of this organization and would to extend him that courtesy
his mission demands
impossible visit every dealer
called OF the would be
hearty cooperation making these meetings
Trusting o have your good will in this work, remain
lsigned) M. J. Mccarthy,
requires every liquor dealer in the
the whole situation:
the liquor dealer against the people
The legislator who sides with liquor against
people nothing but shonoabe political The people will
place hoer of first place than
demoraized whisky makers.
bill being unfair simply putting
the privilege rights
citizenship
The question standing
peope legislator the question
of his
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-04-13
Cards Won't Help
LARRY Magill Voted Wrong ON Local
OPTION Is the Cry

Our kind Andalusia correspondent
sends in one of those cards "Leery"
Magill has been sending out. Thanks,
we have already about "a of them in
our collection and no doubt by Saturday
all that were sent out will be in our
hands. Of the "a cards handed in,
each one expressed himself against Ma
gill; it looks like a big victory for the
Independent People are on to Magill
with both feet. They know how he
voted on the local option bill and all the
cards Moline printers can print will not
save his hide-The Milan Independent.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-04-13

eft is barely possible" that the minis
tiers of the state know as much about
the gospel of love" as this official or
gan of the organized Kingdom of He'll
in Ohio,-the. saloon system. In stand
ing for the closed Sabbath, they are
standing for the rights of labor; they
are providing for the saving of money
for the households that would be spent
in saloons and beer gardens; they are
helping to make home happy place
on Sunday that was disturbed by the
antics of drunken father before; they
are aiding in spreading around the
peaceful Sabbath quiet for rest and med
itation that the great American public
wants one day in seven. 1t does not
come with much grace from saloon
organ to lecture ministers on the re-
ligion of love- 1t does not know what
such religion means.-American Issue.
The Anti-Saloon League, the most
successful and powerful exterminator
of the liquor element the world has
ever known, will yet eradicate the sa-
loon business in the liquor-cursed state
of Illinois and don't you forget it
The Homer Enterprise.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
CRAWFORD WINS MEDAL
MINNEAPOLIS MAN TAKES HON
oRs IN w. Q. T. U. CONTEST
HELD IN ST. PAUL FRIDAY
EVENING.

Robert Crawford of Minneapolis last
evening won the interstate grand dia-
mond medal oratorical contest held at
Central Park Methodist church, St.
Paul, under the auspices Of the state
convention Of the w. G. T. U. The
subject of the successful grafton was
t'The Court Of Last Appeal, - the main
theme being an appeal to the public as
the final judge to abolish the liquor
traffic and it's attendant evils.
Miss Bessie McKeen of Hamline with
an grafton on "Our Christian Duty, -
took second place. The other contest
ants were Russell Chapman Of Mime
apolis, Grace r: Sutton of Kimball,
Mrs. Eleanor Kimball of Minneapolis,
Claude Porter Of Creston, Iowa, and J.
A. Jacobson of Racine, Wis. All the
contestants had previously won medals
for oratory. Along with the diamond
medal which Mr.. Crawford won, goes a
scholarship in the st. Paul School of
Oratory. The judges were Professor S.
A. Farnsworth, Professor J. D. Bond
and Miss Julia Hendrix
The work Of the Intercollegiate Pro.
hibition association, which was ex.
planned yesterday by V. G.. Hinshaw
national travelling secretary, aroused
considerable interest and enthusiasm
among the white ribbon women, espe'
cially the, plan of the collegians to send
students into the congressional districts
to work for prohibition principles
Augsburg seminary is already in the
field, altho it has by no means with
as in addition to sending student az
missionary to China, it will be repre-
sented in one Of the congressional dis
| tricts - A.. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
HIS NAME IS HIS SECRET
PRISONER SENTENCED TO RE-
FoRMAToRY AS A THIEF SEEKS
TO PROTECT HIS RELATIVES.

Refusing to give his true name, a
Incorporating young man., evidently OF
good family, was taken before Judge
Andred Holt for sentence today He
said he did not want to bring disgrace
upon his relatives, and the court sem
fenced him to the reformatory under
the name of William Adams. He adj
mitted stealing supplies belonging to
the Washburn Ignite Coal company,
but said he had always tried to live an
honest life and begged for leniency.
The judge decided that owing to the
fact that the prisoner had been Of a
rowing disposition and had once been
sentenced to the workhouse for va
grancy, he thought the reformatory
was the best place for him.
Albert Green was sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary for burglary
in the third degree. He admitted,
when questioned, that he had served
three sentences for similar offenses and
that he had not profted by his past ex.
periences.
Other defendants sentenced today by
Judge Holt were Wade Stevenson, col
ored, sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary for burglary committed
at sos Washington avenue N; David
Lambert, grand larceny in the second
degree at 413 Central avenue, -four
months in the workhouse, and Robert
Hellberg, grand larceny at 413 Central
avenue, four months in the workhouse
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
QUESTS PROMINENCE
MAKES KIICHLI: ANGRY

Joseph L. .Kiichli, democratic war
horse and one Of the hackers Of J. g..
Haynes, is on the warpath against the
managers of Governor; Johnson s cam
paign because Of the prominence given
to Q. A. Quist in the Organization Tho
feud between Quist and Kiichli, which
eliminated in an opera bouffe libel
suit, is matter Of common knowledge.
Kiichli did not like it when Quist was
named on the state committee as one
of the members at large, to serve on
the executive committee. He liked it
still less when he found that Quist had
been intrusted by Chairman Day with
the honor Of raising campaign funds in
Hennepin. Now it is said that he is
working for a break between Haynes
and the democratic state organization,
and is trying to induce one or two of
the local members of the state com.
mittee to resign. .u.-.
The Hennepin members Of thes state
| committee are Swan Turnblad and O.
A.. Quist, at large, E. A. Stevens, sec.
rotary and member Of the executive
committee; R. Tattersfeld H. S. Mead
and Il. L. Sorter, ,Jr. At democratic
state headquarters today It was stated
that no designations had been received
from Hennepin. >!@ -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
Railroads
HEPBURN RATELAW
KILLS new ROAD
Jones and Laughlin Company
Abandon Plan to Build Ore
Carrying Line.
Special to The Journal,

special to The Journal.
Ishpeming, Mich, Sept. 22.-Accord-
ing to Pittsburg advices the enactment
of the Hepburn rate law has caused the
present abandonment and, perhaps, if
the measure operates as expected, the
permanent cessation of the, project Of
the Jones & Laughlin Steel company to
Erie by way Of Niles, Ohio, for the
purpose of hauling it's own ore, the
largest part Of which is this year COM
ing from the company's Pittsburg s.
Lake Angelina mine here.
Plans for the road were fully made,
and complete surveys were perfected
some time ago. The cost of the line
would have been $75,O00,0OO Add
tional reason for the suspension Of
work is found in the wave Of railroad
reform. With the Cleveland Cliffs Iron
company, operating large mines here
and at Negaunee, the Jones & Laugh
lin people were interested in the Lake
Superior & Ishpeming railroad, which
runs between Ishpeming and Marquette
and which is used by the two compa-
MES in conveying ore to the latter place
for shipment to the lower lakes.
The exact status Of this line under
the terms Of the new rate law is some
thing that has not yet been officially
passed upon. It may come under the
roads Of the east, despite that in a
sense it is merely part Of the equip
ment of the mining companies owning
it, this for the reason that it is COM
mon carrier in that it carries passen-
gers and general freight, some Of which
originates beyond the confines of the
state,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-22
WILLIAMS MANAGERS
REPUDIATE LETTER

Inquiry today develops the fact that
DR.. q. G. Williams issued his boiling
statement without consulting his most
able friends and managers. Some Of
his best supporters, reputable men who
were active in his behalf both as adj
visers and on the stump, regret the at
titude taken by the defeated candidate
and announce that had they been con-
suited they would have advised against
It, Thomas H. Salmon, who managed
the Williams campaign, said today:
ct knew nothing Of the statement is
sued by Dr.. Williams yesterday until
It had been given to the papers. When
7 heard it was issued tried to stop it
but It was then too late as the papers
had already gone to press. - >ra,,
Personally. I do not indorse any
such stand. I feel that the interests
s1of the republican party are greater
chan those Of any individual and that
any soreness that may exist should be
borne for the good Of the party.'
Other reputable men who were sup
porters and friends Of DR.. Williams re.
greet his stand and say that had they
been advised they would have done all
in their power to prevent the issuance
Of the statement.