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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-01-19

their supper and put them to bed"
his wife explained. This happened so
often that Tom said nothing, but 1t
did not contribute any happiness to his
present frame Of mind He had so
wanted to have a little romp with the
children that night to try and drive
away the "blues." as he called it, but
this was denied him.
At the supper table, he said to his
better half. "Wife, I've come to the
conclusion that I'm a fool"
His wife jokingly replied that she
would have told him that long ago. but
wanted to know what had brought him
to this conclusion.
Then the whole thing came out
how he had been wearing his life away
just to make living; had been going
to work before daylight and getting
home after sundown; had not had any
pleasure with his family. but put In his
whole time working and sleeping, and
concluded by saying that he was get
ting pretty tired Of it.
His wife listened patiently until he
had finished, and then said: 'Now,
Tom, I have something to say. The
other day I had a caller, the wife Of
a union printer. While here, she told
me Of the happiness her family was
experiencing since her husband was
only working eight hours. I never un-
derstood anything about unions, but
when she told me of the purpose of
the organization and how they were
banded together for the mutual good
of the individuals I came to the con-
c]usion that would ask you to join.
, I believe we have been a little selfish
in merely considering ourselves, and
| while we have been doing that we
have lost in many ways. Now, Tom,
do not know just what the result will
| be, but if you will join the union I am
| willing to make any sacrifice necessary
that we may have a. little pleasure IN
life"
| They talked over the matter until
| late, and when they retired 1t was with
| the understanding that Tom was tt
at once become a member Of the Typo
graphical Union.
The next morning, on arriving at the
office, Tom went to the proprietor anc
laid the whole subject before him. The
years Of association had made then
more than employer and employe, ant
it was with feelings of regret that Ton
| felt that an end must come in theil
pleasant relations. But he knew HI
had a higher duty to his family, ant
was determined in his course OF action
His employer heard his story with
out interrupting him, and when Ton
had finished sat few moments II
deep thought. He then said:
"Tom, you have worked for me TO
a great many years. Your work ha
, always been satisfactory, and trus
my treatment of you has been what
should be. What you have just sal
has been in accord with my own feel
!. ings for some time, and 1 believe W
will both be doing our duty to our far
lilies by following out the plan 70
have described SO from now on thi
office shall be run aF an eight-hou
shop, and I commend your course l
joining the Union While you are get
ting acquainted with your family
shall have more time to spend wit
mine. and ! believe we shall both b
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-01-19
PAC|F|C COAST LABOR
NEWS IS INTERESTING
Building Trade Unions OF
Spokane Expect to Make
Demand for Wages.
No Idle Men in Western City
Common Labor is Scarce.
Good Pay for All.

Spokane, Wash, Jan.-17.-Prepara-
lions are being made by practically
all the building crafts in Spokane to
submit propositions for general ad-
vances in wages. Though the amount
Of this has not yet been decided upon,
one element Is said to be in favor Of
asking for a straight advance In wages
Of 81 a day, while the more conserva-
tive members Of the union are said to
be in favor Of asking for only a 30
cent increase a day. They feel that
the latter increase will probably be
granted without any trouble, while the
employers would balk at an increase Of
81 day. Should the unions decide
to ask for an increase it is believed the
demands will be presented to the en-
ployers some time this month and the
increase will become operative at the
end Of three months The unions
which will ask for an advance are the
painters, carpenters, steam engineers,
fathers, plasterers and shinglers.
Common Labor Scarce.
Skilled mechanics, tradesmen and la
Dor in general are we'll employed in
Spokane; in fact 1T may be said that
not a man who wants to work need be
idle day. According to figures just
compiled by the home industry COM
mittee Of the 100000 club, there are
nearly 5000 persons employed In 230
industrial concerns, the monthly pay
roll amounting to $350,o00, Of which the
founddes pay $4,000, the lumber mills
$4,000, the breweries and cracker
plants $1,000 each the printing es-
Establishments $4,000, flour mills, $4,000,
tailoring houses $4,000, and brick and
lime plants $4,000. These concerns
have more than $10,000,000 invested.
When 1t Is known that more than 33
per cent Of the establishments were
founded less than three years ago, the
outlook for the future Is promising.
Railroad Men Want Moro.
The Brotherhood Of Railway Train
men and the Order of Railway Con-
ductors on the Idaho division of the
Northern Pacific railway, embracing
the Spokane district will soon follow
the example Of their brethren in the
Middle West In demanding an increase
of Is per cent in wages and a reduc-
tion of the working day to eight hours.
Unions employed on other transcon-
tinental roads are also expected to
make the same demand.
New Cooper's Union.
Coopers in Spokane have formed a
branch Of the Coopers' International
Union The members Of the organiza-
ton are members Of other locals and
upon coming to Spokane were COM
peeled to form a new local If they de-
sired recognition by the national body.
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say?'
They said this to test him in order
to have a charge to bring against him.
But Jesus stopped down and wrote on
the ground with his finger. However,
IS they continued asking him, he rails
ed himself, and said:
Let the man among you who has
never done wrong throw the first stone
at her.
And again he stopped down and
wrote on the ground. When they heard
that they went out one by one be-
ginning with the eldest; and Jesus was
left alone with the woman in the mid
die Of the Court. Raising himself,
Jesus said to her:
Woman, where are they? Did no
one condemn you"
NO one, Sir she answered.
Neither do condemn you,' said
Jesus; go, and do not sin again.
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gist that the Bell Phone is Unfair.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
st. Louis.-ss. In Probate Court.
Special Term, January 18th, 1907.
In the matter Of the estate Of John
Johnson Holm, Deceased:
On reading and filinr the petition of
Administrator Of the estate Of John
Johnson Holm, deceased, represent ting.
among other things, that he has fully
administered said estate, and PRAYING
that a time and place be fixed for ex-
aiming, settling and allowing the
final account Of his Special and General
admi nistartion, and for the assignment
of the residue of said estate to the
parties entitled thereto by law.
1t Is Ordered, That said account be
examined, and petition heard by this
Court on Monday the 18th day Of Feb
ruary A. D. 1907. at ten o'clock a. M,
at the Probate Office in the Court
House in the City of Duluth in said
County.
And 1t Is Further Ordered, That no.
tice thereof be given to all persons in
terested, by publishing copy Of this
order once in each week for three sue
cessive weeks prior to said day Of hear
Ing in the Labor World, a weekly
newspaper printed and published al
Duluth in said County.
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, the 18th day
of January A. D. 1907.
BY the Court,
J. B. MIDDLECOF'F,
Judge of Probate.
(seal Probate Court, St. Louis County
Labor World, Jan. 1926, Feb. 2, 1907
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-01-19
FRENCH CRUISER QUELLs
MUTINY ON STEAMER

FORT DE FRANCE. Island Of Mar
Unique. JAN. 16.-The French cruiser
D'Estrees left Fort De France yester-
day afternoon for Trinidad, conveying
the French line steamer Canada, which
had been detained here by a mutinous
outbreak among the emigrants on
board that vessel.
The steamer Canada, Captain De-
lanes, left Havre, France, Dec. % for
Pauillac, near Bordeaux, France.
Thence she went to Santander, Spain,
and sailed from there Dec. % for Colon.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-01-19

street tonight by a neighbor. The
house. was filled with natural gas
fumes and. .~asphyxiation evidently
caused the death Of the aged women.
Investigation disclosed leak in
gas pipe. The, women lived alone.
Miss Blair waSssa teacher in the city
schools for forty years past, retiring
few weeks ago.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-01-19
LIGHTNING AND A HAT.

From the New York Herald:
The bolt OF lightning from a clear
sky which killed horse during a
race at the Norristown, Pa, Driving
club park the other day, lifted Andrew
H. Roop's hat straight up five feet and
returned it to his head again with the
force which sent it down over his
ears.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-01-19
TAKE GOOD COMPANY ALONG.

TAKE sGOOD COMPANY ALONG.
From ~: the London Lancet:
Distraction Of mind wilt prevent
walking making you tired: If you
have companion, and your chat is
of real interest. you will find ten
miles less firing than five, each step
Of which is accompanied by the con-
seriousness that you are making it.
Solitary walking is sometimes better
than walkins2in company, the one
thing necessary being that the walker
is thinking hard or is really inter-
ested in what he sees.
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better off,"
And this is why Tom Barker is an
enthusiastic member Of the Union.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-01-19
TWO AGED WOMEN
ASPHYXIATED BY GAS

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 16.-Misses
Anna Augusta White, aged rs and.
Mary L. Blair, aged so, were found
dead at their home at 1852 East 69th
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Mr.. Union Man Notify your barber
that the"BeH Phone is Unfair,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-01-19
MUSIC FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

One Of the greatest markets In the
world for musical instruments in South
Africa, which spends on the average
100000 pounds year, about 100. 900
of which goes in pianos.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-01-19

Mr.. Union Man:-Notify your drug
gist that the Bell Phone Is Unfair.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-11

Not for some time have the shops offered sue"
clever and varied assortment OF favoIS Ior
onv special season as are to he found Tor 81
PatrieTs Day celebrations. There are nass ga
lore The large ones. OF green crepe paper LOT
decorating cost 50 cents a dozen; the SILK ones.
Slammed with gilt harps and mounted ca q S 1Ie
starderd are q cents apiece, and the small silK
6ovrs made OF the American and Irish h2ss. on
gill min, sell for cents each
There are small white clay pipes with bright
,-reen tins az 80 cents dozen. The larger clay
mines with. Irish painted faces are . cents each'
1rbe pines OF the rough wood sell for cents eaeh
The green and gilt bOnbOn snappers range IN
prjce from so cents to 81 20 a dozen.
Il .ba line NJ ice cream cases ard bonbOn boxes
there is no end of attractive things Green boxes
with silvery spangled snakes on top and white
boxes with coled green snakes are p cents 'cacll-
Oval boxes with clay pipes and high hats are %
cents: round boxes with silk shamrocks and pipes.
. cents; green glazed neart boxes with white
shanrocks Is cents: painted boxes with silk sham
rocks o cents: handsome green satin boxes, deco
rated with standing gilt harps. - cents odd boxes.
with tops OF cork, ornamental with pipes ana
shamrockS. 90 cents; little paper houses laoelied
''the old home In Ireland" on Chocolate bars, "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-11
FIRE DRIVES SICK NAN INTO COLD.
Proprietor of Long Island Hotel, III with
Pneumonia, Unframed by Exposure.

Frank NARROW. proprietor OF the Lake View
Hotel near Baldwin. Long Island. in dan
ger Of being burned 10 death early yesterday
morning when the hotel took fire and burned 10
the ground. He was sick from pneumonia in
room on one of the upper floors and was too
weak TO leave his bed. Neighbors who the
flames rushed into the house and carried him
out, wrapped in blankets. They left him under
the carriage shed while they went back 20 fight
the fire. His wife and two children escaped in
their night clothes.
After trying in vain TO check the flames. the
neighbors returned 10 Mr.. NARROW and carried
him into q house near by. It was said last
night that the exposure TO which he was sub
jected did not seem TO have done him any harm.
When the fremen from Freeport and Baldwin
reached the hotel they found there was no
water, so they could only watch IL burn. The
big main Of the Nassau and Suffolk Gas Com
pany which passes the hotel. shut off, as
the fire threatened to reach the gas through the
service pipe connecting the main with the hotel.
The fire started in the kitchen supposedly from
an Overheated stove The loss is about $4,000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-11
ALIEN TRIBUNALS THE BEST.
Before Them There Is the Most Certainty of
Securing Exact Justice

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Please permit one more brief word from me
in reply 10 your comments my letter published
March 4. You say that you do not believe nations
ever will ever should renounce their sovereignty
far TO submit all OF international diff
culties 10 "alien tribunal even IL the contest
agree in their choice Of judges as they do at
the Hague Tribunal
Let remind YOU that Holland and Denmark
have already thus agreed settle all disputes with
each other. and so have Chill and Argentina and IL
remember rightly have some other nations.
OF course the question OF nations autonomy. It is
agreed. in the nature Of the case. will be sub
mitted.
If aiming TO get justice an ''alen"-that
is dislnterested tribunals the surest means.
Especially in questions OF so-calIed honor" In
which. as In medieval dUels fantastic and AFRO
CANT notions so frequently prevail. a decision by
disinterested persons Is peculiarly necessary and
makes peace possible with self-respect
Such slight concession In sovereignty as makes
for Justice believe will not diminish the spirit
Of nationaiism and patriotism your comments
implied. We need to-day 10 be emancipated from
Carolnian fifty years ago from the old provincial
ISM who put his state first and the United States
anese. Frenchmen Englishmen. or Americans
We are first OF all citizens of this world. first Of all
Garrison was no less of patriot when he cried.
manlind DR. Edward Everett Hale Who az" Wro a
"A Man Without Country the greatest patriotic
patriotism when he advocates settling all aues-
tions at The Hague court which cannot be settled
by diplomacy. James Russell Lowell was never ac-
cused OF being less OF a patriot when he wrote:
Where is the true mans fatherand?
Is II where he by CHARGE
Doth not the yearning spirit
In such soant borders be
oh, his fatherlend be.
As the blue heavens. wide free.
WheTe'tr single slave doth pine,
Where'er one man help another
Thank Ccd tor such a brthrght
There Is the true mans birthplace grand!
His IS a worldwide fptherland.
The citizen who loves his country most will serve
his city best. The patriot who puts Justice and
humanity first will serve his country best. The
slight concession of sovereignty which frees us
from the fear and financial burden OF unregulated
anarchc International relations and lets us step
into the liberty Of organized world will make
us better patriots and vastly ADLER to serve our
own best interests. LUCIA ANES MEAD.
Boston. March6, 1907.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-11
THIEF IN GIRLS SCHOOL.
alleged Burglar Identified by Princi-
nal and Is Held IN Bail.

Charged with burglary. it being alleged that he
stole jewelry valued at 5000 from Miss Lockwood's
private school. a boarding school at Scarsdale
Westminster County. Bert Curtis Of No l2S West
2sth street. was arraigned yesterday morning m
Jefferson Market court before Magistrate steinert
and held in $1,000 bail until this afternoon. The
prisoner had been arrested Z. suspicious person
on Thursday night by Detective Sergeants sum
mer, Brown and Young and held on a short am
davit until yesterday. when a warrant issued by
Justice Mercer. of Scarsdale, arrived:
When the prisoner arragned in court MISS
Lockwood. principal of the school, and two young
girls identified him among twenty other men as
who had visited the school 1t is alleged by
the police that Curtis visited the school on March
and asked Miss Lockwood If a certain pupil was
in. She directed him. il is alleged. 10 the place
where the pupil could be found. and thought no
more of him. About two hours later the theft Of
the jeVeiry reported TO her. Miss Lockwood
Immediately notified the police of Scarsdale and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-11

,r,,o. .,d1ass chain prayer which has caused SO
- .o,LIa IN This country that the bisAop vnoss
name. quite unjustihabIy. was associated WIZ .
has three times publicly denied having ~ 90
.'aS 1,t1 ., "a now going its misehisvous
- 4, I,rgIand More than half a million OF
letters containing the PRAYER have been dises0ufsh
a. ths Irnited kingdom II is believed. and n sew
eraI instances the hint Of disaster eont1le0 -
them seems to have been followed oS
- A vvos+or-SuDer-NIare man has written
70 the T,neish papers the account OF now nis Hsus
SJrI died on the ninth day after tnc Iecs-&s - 800
81 S t1'a Istfsr ans PRAYER. The request 20 COPY
ond send 10 nine persons nine successlvs e-.s
80 IsaT disregarded zone OF the falrest tnG
I-oIInsesf Increases in Mayfair. who nal USSn
mildly insane for six months became Ylols-s 80
80 received the prayer and letter IN question:
1s,as ~ fhe 'snoVvbalT' prayer and the tnreatea
- Iefter have been sent to the press ~ asAtdscI
re THESE copies are all kinds or note-
roner chiefly in feminine handNrItInzs Sats2 d.
sorts OF SignatureS-nOStIy a EL.S-5S- 49,
COmrade In Christ" etc--and are OatsS LtoLs tl9
most distant points \ London JouInlal oas S..ss
q rey9rI ~ $500 for one Of these copies purporthS
10 ernanate from; its Office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-11
ST. PofrfcEs Day FaOors.

csnts. green suit cases marked Dublin or Cork.
70 cents.
Ran,ekirs come in the form OF shanrocks outlined
with gilt. at 10 cents each.
Ths lac, Horner pies are exceptionally good
One style low round. fluffy green paper box, VIII
a bunch OF artificial shamrocks in the centre. ene
covered with gilt harps the sides. sells Tor ~.
Another STYLE a high green hat. with a wide gAE
band around the crown costs D = sLLl-lle1 80:
. dull black paper hat with a wide green riooon
around the crown. and two large cay pipes STUCK
in the side. is 81 50 And another OF ereen paper.
with u silk flag twisted round the crown ana
bunch OF shaEn-Ocks the side, with GAlt strings
for the prizes, Is s..
Among the little favoTs for dinners or iuncheons
are watch fObs with gilt medallions orna- nented
vvltb Irritation enamel shamrOckS on green RIB
bore Tr,e-r ssU for 10 cents each Pins 70 match
these fcbs the same price me sinal- snam-
rocks to ON dinner cards or 10 Ornaulent any
dishes one cent each
The scent St. Patrick postal cards have ortans
Green and gold designs and are 20 be used IS din
ner cards
Little fluffy green paper fans, with st. Patrick in
gilt lettering across the top. are 9 cents.
Green satin ribbon half an inch wide. With . wn4eu
border. costs e5 cents q bolt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-11

on the establishment OF a mint He said: THE
devices OF the coins are far from being matters o:
Indifference. as they may be made the vehicles Of
useful Impressions They ought therefore 10 be
mathematical. but without losing sight OF sim
plicty.''
\ plain citizen and member OF the prosaic legal
profession may perhaps. be permitted 10 suggest
THAT the only impression conveyed by the heads
which form the devices on the diverse OF our pres
ent coins IS that the typical American and the
American Indian in state OF mental decay
IN fact. almost totally devoid OF intellect.
This IS enough 20 make the American eagle on
the reverse shrek Extraordinary achievements
n MAN. lines Of human endeavor prove the falsity
OF tho first idea. while the noble expression OF the
poetic ana imaginative American Indian has be-
come proverhisl
The sensual has done naught but debase art.
which fails Of its lofty mission when II ignores the
intellectual and the spiritual
: WHITNEY DUNSCOMB. JR.
New York March 4. 1885,.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-11
mot WILLING TO PLEAD GUILTY"
President of Standard Oil Company of Indi-
ana Says No Truth in Report.

Chicago. March 1O-J. a. MofTett, president OF
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. trial
IN the federal court charge of having
ceived rebates denied tonight that representatives,
OF the oil company had made a suggestion TO the
federal authorities that the company might be
willing 10 plead guilty to the indictments against
It. Mr.. 3Ioffett said
ANY such statement is without any truth basis
OF TACT whatever The Standard OIL Company is
hoL frightened by any prospect of conviction. The
company and It's officers and counsel entertain no
ulsust OF the courage fairness Of either judges
oa lures IN the federal courts 1t looks to get tho
same lar administration OF law in these as
nothing else. 40
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-11
DEVICES ON COINS.
What Should be Regarded in Adopting New
0nes-Hamilton's Opinion.
To the Editor ~ The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: In a recent issue OF leading New York
Journal appeared an entertaining article on the
need OF better coinage. containing an announce
ment that President Roosevelt Is considering the
matter Of new designs for our coins The writer OF
the article seems to intimate that only artists ara
competent 10 express opinion on this very i'm
portant subject This is unfortunate since the CO.
operation Of our lawmakers at Washington will be
needed 10 effect reform.
1t may be of some interest to note that more than
a century ago Alexander Hamilton then Secretary
OF the Treasury. although not artist ventured
to express opinion this subject in a report 20
the House of Representatives Of the United States
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-11
SUICIDE BUREAU PERMANENT.
Commander Booth Says That It Has Been a
Success

Miss Booth, commander OF the Salvation Army.
after an analysis OF the work OF the ten days OF
its existence IN this city. that the anti
suicide bureau has successfully passed the expert
mental stage and that il viii now be a permanent
feature of the organization.
Colonel Holland and Brigadier Bovill. who have
been in charge OF the anti-suicde bureau here say
that il has already saved a number of men and
women from self-destruction and proved of great
assistance 10 a still larger number The men and
women who have sought the aid Of the bureau have
represented all walks and phases OF life.
In speaking Of the work Of the bureau Colonel
Holland said that until a few days ago he thought
his tWenty-six years work in the Salvation Army
had brought him into contact with almost every
phase Of human misery but he said that his few
days experience in the anti-suicide bureau had
revealed q condition OF pent-up heart agony such
as he thought could not exist.