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The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-19
Emmet High School.

A move Is on foot at Emmet to build a high school at that place. An el. ction was held Tuesday, ,nyil 16. at which time the in- corporated town was formed into snaciaI district and the follow ing named men were elected as the board of directors: (. D. NcSwain. W. o. Allen, Joe A. Beaty, J. Y. Hulse, w. $. Hines and J. L. Kidding.
 A petition has been gotten up and signed by both the patrons outside the incorporation and the directors of the special district, asking County Judge Denman to annex the outlying territory to the Emmet special district.
 Mr. Denman informs us that he will act upon the petition at once.
 The board was qualified last evening and went into organlza- tion at once by electing L. J. Kidding chairman, w. s. Hines secretary, and C. D. McSwain treasurer.
 The people of the district have subscribed about S2, 700 towards building and furnishing good house for the school.
 The board will formulate plans at once and push the work as rapidly as possible.
 At a recent meeting of the Farmers Union at Hope, the pro- position of the Hope Cotton Oil Co. to donate it's gin and several acres of land at Emmet, was ac- cepted and the Farmers Union warehouse for Nevada county will be located at Emmet.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-19
Notice to Sunday Schools.

NCtlCe 10 SuIlVoy S~AA~0sS' The State Sunday School Con- vention will meet in Ft. Smith on the 9th, 9th and 7th of June. Nevada county is entitled to ten delegates and it is the duty of the President of the county Sun day School Convention to appoint these delegates. 1 desire sugges- tions as to suitable persons who can go. The delegates ought to be religious men and women who can and will go. Please let me hear from the friends of this eX- cellent cause.
 Respectfully.
 J. o. A. Bush,
 Pres, Nevada County Sunday School Convention.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-19

We carry carpet in the roll and plenty of patterns to enable you to make a pretty selection. - Prescott Hardware Co.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-19

The Nevada County Singing Convention will meet in it's semi annual session May 5, 1907 at Gale. Everybody come and bring your books.
 J. A. BAILEY,
 Chairman.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-19

Advertise in the Picayune.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24

gave me confidence. | struck the tonneau with my
open palm, and laughed suddenly at my unreaSonmg
terror 1t was absurd a school bov running from
his shadow, and here was a man-a sound, healthy.
hungry man. had heard the screams, knew had
the floating white figure. There nothing very
remarkable about 1t, 1t was % thing 10 bc explained,
Of course.
this time with the light turned toward the ground
! went along. STOPPING. seeking footprints | found
none; but | could explain even that the wind
gusts had covered them with dust ohiltertted them
| Strengthened up suddenly. Something had
sounded, something louder than the ru~tng OF the
leaves, something louder even than the creakng of
the trees. 1t a cracking sound sound that
might have been foot pressure upon dry tWIgS. l.
Seened to be to the left and | turned the hight IN
that direction. GroteSque shadows danced and
Swayed as the trees reeled about me Then high UP
where the light struggled through the branches L
saw something Whitehead white,
" i cleared the road at "A stride and plunged into
the forest with the light turned upward | stumbled
over rocks half buried IN the leaves. | slipped
once into ditch which | couldn't see Finally
my foot struck a fallen tree. and went forward
sprawlIng my hands and knees The lamp rolled
beyond my reach. and utter blackncss swooped
down as the light was smOthcrcd IN thc UndeThr,Ish
As CROPPED for II heard again that cracking sound
as OF breaking twlgs. Perhaps IT was coming toward
me-and | couldn't seel
AT last my frantic fingers closed on the lamp
and l Shot the light high above my head. seeking
that white something up among the trees. 1t was
gone! | paused 70 wipe the pcrSpratIon from my
brow, and tore my collar loose. y sudden shower
OF leaves came down upon my head, there was an
other zlgzag flash of lightning. a nearby roll Ot
thunder, and the sinister Tatter of raindropS telling
about me like leaden bullets. The storm had burst.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24

Ilt JHdL StItdIn, TIII0 JITNt stTlt0
quick, sharp shrlcks ending in a
all which made me clcnch my hands
It'll the nails bit INTO the flesh, and
It me weak and trembling absurdly.
" But now | had the direction The
les had come apparently from the
ad, somewhere behind me. |
tlked to the rear of the car where
e tail light shot out a feeble ray,
ID stood pecring off into the black
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-05-16

sorted to when every other means
adjustment have failed, just as
nations would come to war, which
was the situation in this case.
The labor unions are here to
stay. This is generally admitted
Each side should recognize the
rights and responsibilities of the
other, and then in the future act
accordingly.
The carpenters union is to be
congratulated upon their grand
victory and their conduct through
out the entire controversy and the
business like manner in which
their officers handled The entire
affair. They have gained many
friends since the first of May.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-05-16
CARPENTERS VICTORY.

The settlement of the carpenters
sCrlke Is Il source of much gratif-
catlon to every interest, business
ana industrial in the city and
especially so to the labor unions.
as the carpenters won complete
victory. The only criticism we
have to offer is that it lasted too
long.
Already its deadly effect was be-
ing felt in the city, and it will re-
qulre some days before business
Will return to its normal state.
Why cannot the employers get
together with their employees be-
tore strike is called, and before
they are forced to do so by public
sentiments Conferences could
have been held weeks before the
agreement was to go into effect,
tor the contractors had been mott
tied in January and were thor
oughly conversant with the de-
mands to be made by the carpen-
tiers on May LIST, when their old
agreement expired.
But what is the use of complain
ing OF the errors Of the past? Let
this be lesson, and in the future
the contractors will recognize the
fact that they owe "a duty to the
community as well as to themselves
and they will find the unions ever
ready for conference.
Every organization of citizens,
be it industrial or commercial
owes a duty to all the people, when
any disruption among them will
have an injurious effect upon the
people.
AS we have said elsewhere. the
Labor Argus is opposed to strikes.
but sometimes strikes become
necessary We hold that any
strike can be avoided if a ':get to-
gether' spirit is properly mani
tested before the time arrives for
such an unpleasant occasion.
The labor organizations main
tain that strikes should only be 70
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-05-16
UNION AND NON UNIONIST.

Boys, I want to impress on you
the Importance of organization. No
matter what work you are engaged
in, stand together. Some of you
may be working under most favor
able conditions, others are not, and
as co-workers and brothers, the
fortunate ones owe allegiance and
assistance to those less fortunate.
Those who are badly off can do
nothing to better themselves if
they work singly, but united they
are power.
If you have no union, lose no
time in forming one. If one is al
ready formed, lose no time in Join
ing it. The unions bring the men
closer together. Working for one
common good brings out all that
is best in one, and the men who be-
long to unions have a higher APP
probation Of their duty to their
fellow creatures than the men who
do not. Wherever you find a
union you find more satisfactory
conditions existing. The employ
ers realize that a band of earnest,
determined men are not to be
ignored. Employers pay no at
tention to individual whining and
fault finding of an individual work
man, but they have to listen to
intelligent complaint from band
of well organized workmen.
Every workingman in Charles
ton should become member Of
the union Of his craft in order that
his grievances may be presented to
his employer = in an Intelligent
manner and settled in an intelli.
gent way.
Think seriously over this union
question, boys, If there is no
union Of your craft in Charleston
get together and see if you can't
start one. If there is a union of
your trade in the city, join it at
once and you will help to better
your own condition as well as
every other workingman III Char
lesion.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-05-16
WHIPPLE MINE DISASTER.

Several newspapers in this sec
ton in their reports of the
Whipple mine disaster ascribe
the cause of the explosion due
to the criminal negligence of two
miners in firing a shot "off the
solid.0
We are not experts or authori-
ties on mines and mining, but up
on ivestigation and inquiry among
the miners Of years of practical ex-
perience and those personally ac-
quainted with the conditions pre-.
valcnt at the Whipple mine and
other mines in that Immediate
locality we are compelled to take
issue to the report. In the
first place we learn that it is i'm
possible for an explosion to occur
in the absence of gas or dust, and
granting for the sake of argument,
that the two miners did fire a shot
''off the solid' there was either
gas or dust in the mine which was
ignited by the firing Of the shot.
If the mine was in the best con
dltion where did the gas or dust
come from which caused the ex-
ploslon !! Why was the gas there 4?
Is not tho proper ventilation Of the
mines intended to remove the
gases, and if the mine was proper
ly ventilated there would have
been no gas for a "solid shot, to
ignite.
1t has always been claimed by
the miners and others who were in
a position to know from personal
observation that the Whipple mine
was the drycst and generated more
gas than any other mine belonging
TO the White Oak Fuel Co., which
bears out the assumption that gas
existed in the mine at the time of
the explosion and if the men who
fired the shot 'off the solid'' (?)
are guilty of criminal negligence.
then those responsible for the OK
lstencc OF gas in the mine are like,
wise guilty under the state laws.
The disasters following so closely
IN each others wake in the mines
81 one particular company, is
significant, to say the least, cspcci-
lily when you take into consider
'tlon that no general disasters have
occurred in the other mines in that
ocality, which generate gas, but
which are operated by other com
panics. There is something radi-
cally wrong somewhere and it is
high time that State authorities do
something beside 'Ieauc for the
scene to investigates
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-05-16

Isn't it about time that some of
our state officials cut out political
controversies and devote some of
their time and attention to the in
teTests of the masses of the people,
who they promised so much before
their election. See that the min
ing laws are enforced, for instance
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-05-16
PRESIDENT MITCHELL COMING

The coming summer will witness
great activity among the United
Mine Workers in West Virginia.
President John Mitchell is to spend
some time in this district and per-
sonally conduct the organizing and
reconstructing movement. He is
expected to arrive at an early date,
as he is fast recovering from his
late illness.
The purpose of his visit will be
to arouse greater interest in the
organization and thoroughly or
ganize the state and place it on the
same basis with the other great
coal producing states and prepare
it for the contest when the present
scale expires.
During the past year many mem
bers of the organization have be-
come lukewarm and careless, and
as result the locals have dwin-
led down in many localities and
the paid up membership has de-
creased considerably. The leaders
however, are not fearful that the
organization will not be given new
life and realize that President
Mitchell is the man to put en-
thusiasm into the various locals
he will visit every town of any
size in the region, and their can be
but one result follow-a reawallen-
ing of interest in the union.
There are at present score or
more of National Organizers from
other states investigating the con-
ditions and sizing up the situation
and upon the arrival Of President
Mitchell a conference will be held
and after hearing the reports OF
the organizers, district and sub.
district officials, President Mitchell
will outline his policy and assign
the men to the various sections tC
resume active operations. If every
official in the district and every
member Of the organization will
follow out the policy of President
Mitchell to the letter and work il
the best interest of the organiza
ton 1T will not be long until West
Virginia will be well organized
and the men will enjoy the same
conditions that prevail in Other
states.
1t IS certainly a source of graft
hcation to know that President
Mitchell is going to assume person
al supervision in this district, as
that means that half the battle is
already won, for it is well know
fact that he is the one man who
can organize West Virginia. No
only the organized but the unor
gained miners as well, revere ant
honor the man who has made tn,
United Mine Workers the creates
labor organization in the worlt
and will follow his leadership
where they would not any otbe
living man.
Success to the organization i,
the Little Mountain State aud it
PEERLESS leader John Mitchell. tn,
miner.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-05-16

Every man who earns his bread
by the sweat of his brow in
Charleston enjoys the conditions
brought about by the unions and
he should show his appreciation
by joining the local of his craft
and help accomplish greater things.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-05-16

Wonder if the West Virginia
building at the jamestown En-
position building is to be used as
store house for campaign litera-
ture to be diShed out to West
Flrginians who visit the fair bv
the faithful.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-05-16
THURSDAY. MAY 16, 1907.
Labor's Watchw0rd.

We will stand by our friends
and administer a. singing re-
buke to men or parties who
are either Indifferent, negli-
gent or hostile, and, wherever
opportunity affords, secure the
election of;..intelligent, honest,
earnest trade unionists, with
clear, unblemished, paid-up
union cards in their posses
sion.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-05-16

The mounds that dot the hill
sides in the mining section of Fay-
cite county are monuments to the
lnef1lclenc: of the mining depart
ment of the state.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05
NEW INTERURBAN FORMED
BY MCKINLEY co. OFFICIALS
Purposes to Use Southern Illinois nterurban Cos
Franchises For Commercial Business
New Petition and Ordinance Are
Necessary

Under The plan now proposed 10 be
carried out, it will not be necessary
to undo what has been done with re-
spect to the Southern Illinois Interur-
ban Company. as was thought some
days ago. when il was found that the
franchise granted TO thai company in
Cairo and Alexander county would not
permit the company 10 do a CONNER
cial business. A Springfield dispatch
of the Ord inst tells of an important
move by officials of the Mckinley
company. as follows:
The entrance of the Mckinley
Traction Company into the field Of
Southern Illinois was signalized today
by the Incorporation OF the Cairo
Terminal Traction Company. the
papers for which were filed today in
the Office Of the secretary Of state.
The new traction line is to be con
s'rucfed north from Cairo to a point
on the nor line Of Pulaski County.
Illinois.
IT is the intention Of the incor-
porators who are officials of the Nc
kiniey syndicate now operating lines
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05

throughout Central Illinois. Il
eventually extend the new line north
ward 10 connect with the lines al ST
Louis and East St Louis. as has been
stated in The republic Several
other extensions OF the traction lines
throughout the southern section OF
Illinois are now being planned. but
the scheme is being kept as quiet as
possible.
'SOu'hen Illinois, because Of It's
lack 81 adequate transportation facili.
tics, is regarded a. an especially rich
field by the interurban company.
which offers cheap transit 10 persons
who cannot afford to pay the higher
rates demanded by the steam lines.
The principal Office u the new
line will be at Cairo. and the capital
oek fo- the present is fixed at s. 600.
The incorporates AMI frst board 81
directors are as follows. /. E.
Fischer. Daniel Hogan. W. 6. Dewey.
y. II Sawyer and II. F. VogeL Mr..
Fischer is now the general superin-
tendent II tse Mckinley lines
throughout illinois. and MIR. Sawyer
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05

The organization OF this new com
.pany does not mean that the Southern
Illinois Interurban Company will go
out of existence. 1t will remain in
possession Of the franchise granted to
it by the city council upon the peti.
ion OF property owners. but will go
before the council and property
owners with a petition permitting it
ITO enter into an agreement with the
new company by which the later may
use the tracks. etc. of the former
company for commercial purposes.
Property owners on Washington ave
nue.. Sycamore street and along the
road 10 Cache bridge will be asked to
sign such a petition and II will be
presented to the city council and
county board with a request that
orders or ordinances in harmony
herewith be passed by those bod.
Judge Dewey says the freight bust
ness proposed 10 be done over the
road viii be only such as is done over
ali like roads in the state. being
limited as 10 number Of cars and as -
the time Of day OF night when it may
be done. so that win not be offensivs
To the public.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05
CONDITION SERIOUS
p. w. Barclay Not Expected TO Live
Through the Night-His Daugh-
ter Arrives on Special Train.

Word from the bedsldeof F. w. Bar.
clay last night was anything but re.
assuring. There was doubt if he could
live through the night. His daughter,
Mrs. J. A. Naugle. was expected to ar
rive last night or early this morn.
ing on a special train from Poplar
Bluff. where she had arrived from
Mexico City, too late to catch the reg
ular train. Had her train arrived in
time she would have reached Cairo
yesterday making the trip Of nearly
900 miles from Mexico City in 10
hours. Her father looked forward to
her arrival with great anxiety
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05
IN MEMORY OF HARRISON.

Chicago. H., July with interest
ing exercises and in the presence Of a
large crowd a heroic size statue Of he
late Mayor Carter H. Harrison, who
vas assassinated Oct IS. 1893, was
unveiled today in Union Park. A tab
let on The pedestal Of the statue bears
the following onotaiion from an ad-
dress delivered by MAYOR Harrison
az he Worlds Fair on he day Of his
assassination: Genius is but sudacity
and the audacity Of Chicago has chos-
en- a star. II has looked upward to i
and knows nothing that it fears to at
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05

occupies the position of mechanic. in
charge Of the various lines of the sys-
tenn. 1t is expected that work on the
new line will be commenced In the
immediate future, as the preliminary
surveys have already been com
pleted."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05

THE WEATHER
ssssssssssssssxssssss.ssxs
Yeslerday'a cairo Temperatures.
General Conditions.

Yesterday was fair and quiet. It
-as a fine day for outdoor demon.
CITATIONS Of which there were many.
The government bulletin of July 1
fises Cairo a seasonable excess in
ainfall Of 3 Of ara inch and a short.
ace in temperature Of L. degrees per
Gay since March 1.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05
FIREWORKS FATAL WORK.

ST. Joseph, No. July 4-Theresa
Goodman. aged years, died today
from shock due to fright received by
an explosion Of a giant firecracker at
her home Mrs. Laura Kendall. A..
while suffering nervous strain aggra-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05
Washinoton Eorecast

lexington. July 4-gLHNOIs-
rfly cloudy Friday with showers
.e afternoon or night in the north.
1er in the northeast. aSturday
fiy cloudy and somewhat cooler,
IA variable winds.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05

waited by noise of the exploding giant
crackers committed suicide by taking
carbolc acid.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05

tempt. and thus FAR has found moth
ing hat it cannot accomplish"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05

Much Pseer Money Printed Daily.
The average valuation Of the paper
money printed daily By Uncle sam to
tails over $4,000 900.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05

The forecast from Chicago. for
Cairo and vicinity today is Fair.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-05

All the news all the time.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-01-24

of citizens holding up and taking pos
session of coal trains, and by actual
force of numbers taking away from the
legal owners thereof whole trainloads
of coal. As our laws stand, is not that
virulent anarchyf IL is absolutely as
lawless as the holding up of the ex-
press safe. Yet who will dare attempt
to punish anarchy in that form. The
writer assuredly justihes such action,
and wishes merely to show the absurd
ity and inconsistency Of maintaining
laws that Of necessity are swept aside,
by ALL in periods of stress. Such laws
are not and cannot be binding. II
they were, then the lives Of the multi
tude are at the disposal of the trust
managers. Such laws are binding only
when the people submit to them, and
the people do submit sufficiently to per-
NIT the winning Of exorbitant profits
by the nominal owners. II should be
clear even TO the unthinking that there
can be no ownership of anything what
even in real republic save by the con.
sent of the citizens. But, in this re-
public our laws heretofore have been
made much oftener by the judiciary
than by tho people.
Adverting again to the coal question,
the needs Of the people this rigoruos
winter have subjected them 10 gross
and unjust charges for this necessity.
In many cases the prices have been
oldbloodedly advanced for no other
reason than that the people have had
to have coal and have had to pay the
prices asked no matter how exorbi-
tnat. This brings us face to face with
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-01-24
COAL SITUATION STRENUOUS

The coal situation in recent years is
principles of collective ownership of
the means Of production and distribu-
tion. Coal is essentially a necessity.
All of it that is produced in the United
States is owned by corporations and
individual operators-a very small per-
centage of It by the latter. Theoreti-
cally, lawfully-as the laws go-the
mines, the coal lands, the machinery
for production, the transportation ia
cilities for distributing the product, all
are matters Of private ownership; and
the product itself-thnt Is so es-
sential TO sustaining life in the north
temperate zone, is owned by trusts and
combinations to do with as they will.
The law assumes or pretends TO assume
one Is a free agent and does not have
to buy this commodity from the trusts.
OF course, one does not have to buy
coal, he can freeze to death, he can see
his babies shiver and freeze. In theory
he does not have to buy, in actual
practice he is q veritable slave, for
the reason that he has TO dance to the
music Of the trust to get the thing that
is necessary TO sustain life.
Either the trusts (or other private
owners) own the coal, or they do not
own IL. IL they own IL, then IL is
theirs to do with as they please; IL
they cannot do with II ns they please,
then they do not own IL absolutely
their ownership is nominal, is condi-
tional-in fact II exists only in the
liberation of the people.
Almost daily one reads OF "mobs"