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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-24
THE FATE
OF A NEW
RIVER MINER.

Editor Labor Argus: Dear Sir.
Please publish the following in
your valuable paper:
In home where misery has long
ago found it's place, and where one
glance from Il strangers eve would
soon reveal to him the circum-
stances of the inhabitants, y wo-
man with Il careworn and CHASTITY
countenance stood looking through
the widow where she saw some
thlhg That attracted her attention,
Two men were coming toward the
mousse bearing a mama form be.
tween them. y horrible Thought
flashed across her mind which for
Il moment almost deprived her Of
sehslblllty; perhaps it was her
husband or her son, who had not
yet seen sixteen Years, that thew
were bringing home killed or
crushed in the coal mine. With
out further reflection she heard
them saying to her, your HUSBAND
has met with an accident whicb
was caused by the coming down OF.
a chunk of coal upon his head
there was no telling her for all was
evidently seen, and she stood thnra
looking upon her husband. her
eyes filled with pathos and pain !
10 not despair lady your hus-
band will get well and all will no
The same as before, but sympathic
words We're useless, they would
not tighten her burden for it was
not the first of its kind. and She
knew but too we'll the result tbo
future lay bare before her. she
knew she bad to brave it. YES fo,
the sake of her children She mnst
At that moment Il knock was
heard at the door, the physician
entered, an elderly man SLIGHTLY
bent forward, kindness and ma
tlence shone i'll his face. He az
ahmed the patient, shook his head
ana sad, he cannot live. AS he
looked around and saw the nitifn1
faces OF the family a sigh escaned |
his breas for he too had learned
what poverty meant. Ry tbis
Tune the unhappy man had gained
the doctor perform
ed his duty and went forth into
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-24
A HIGH TRIBUTE
TO MIR. MITCHELL
By the Reading Labor Advocate
In Commenting on His
Retirement

The announced purpose of John
Mitchell to retire from the presi-
dency of the United Mine Work ers
OF America, has caused general ex-
preston of regret among the
miners of Schuykill county, where
the noted labor leader is held in
the highest esteem. When Mitchell
paid his last visit to this section he
was given a most cordial welcome.
Not only by the mine workers, but
by all who have learned the true
worth OF the man, and honor him
for his integrity and honesty Of
purpose.
There have been not a few or
carnations of miners in the past.
and there have been many leaders.
but none have had a stronger hold
upon the men nor has any leader
been more Jealous in his efforts to
better the conditions of the mine
workers of every class than has
John Mitchell. His course has
been most consistent. He has ex
erted every effort to have the men
under him uplift themselves and
educate their children, and to this
end he refused several offers to in
crease his salary, saying the miners
could not properly care for their
families IT a heavier tax was placed
upon them. He has urged the
mine workers to live abstemious
lives and prepare for the proverbial
rainy day" He has battled for
them at all times, and has done SO
because he conscientiously believed
it was his duty.
His honesty and sincerity are
best attcsted in the fact that he
Will retire comparatively poor
man, although hOnored. and
reVered by working men of every
class. John Mitchell set high
standard for himself and his union.
Let US hope his mantel will fall
upon worthy shoulders,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-24

The advertisers in The Labor
Argus merit the patronage Of every
man who earns his bread by the
sweat of his brow.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-24

AZ butterlck patterns and publ
cations, the Deiineator and Dcsion-
ers, are the product of non-unio,,
labor. ""io'i
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ELECTRIC STAGE EFFECTS.
LILLIAN MITCHELL TELLS or AN
ART STILL IN IT'S INFANCY.

All the Theatre Pcrvaded ny Electricity
1t supplies All Kinds OF weather. he
sides Light and Power Large sums
According to Julian Mitchell, standing
- the spot light is not all that fevered
fancy sometimes paints It..
1T has its drawbacks, says he, although
hs does not deny that it would be too much
a labor Of Hercules to convince the average
star Of that fact.
Julian Mitchell ia a recognized authority
on all sorts and kinds OF stage devices.
He Knows whether the wings Of q chorus
Girl are upside down and whether a would-be
comedian has a head level enough to stand
on. He can make anything disappear on
a stage or a dinner table with wave Of his
hand.
When he begins TO talk about the spot
light he is perfectly at home. He admits
that he has stood in it several times him.
self, not for publication purposes, but just
"a a guarantee Of good faith, and that he
was very glad to run to cover.
I have heard, says he, that Joe Jeffer-
son attributed the failing eyesight OF his
later life to the great concentration of the
spot light in which he stood for so many
years. and il is no unusual thing for an
actor to complain Of trouble Of that kind
Immediately after a prolonged tarry with
the rays falling full upon him during re-
peated encores.
Notwithstanding the fact that the spot
llRht never gets any vacation, summer or
winter, and that thousands OF men are
patenting all sorts OF improvements for
stage equipment, there Ia still a certain
srtless crudity displayed when the electric
light expert desires TO get the spot down
10 the smallest possible compass in order
TO pick out black eye or a cupid's bow
mouth. In order 70 do that he resorts
70 q piece OF cardboard In which he outs
Q hole and placing that before the light as
q shield, the entire power may be con-
centrated on q pinpoint Of space.
The greatest recent Improvement IN
stage setting and in everything pertaining
to the theatre he goes on, lis OF course,
the electrical equipment, q fact which is
40 evident that 1t hardly needs emphasizing;
hut when you think how few years it L.
since its Introduction. 1t does one good to
stop and take breath while you wonder
Just how far and into what fairyland science
and art are going hand In hand.
Twenty years ago, at a little town In
Texas. remember the theatre was lighted
by kerosene lamps and when the stage
had to be darkened man In the orchestra
leaned over al turned down the footlights.
III was in the early eighties that. as I
recall, was first introduced to electric
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the greatest he comes pretty near to being.
l should have to think hard TO find annnder-
study at a moments notice" s.
Mr.. Mitchell speaks Of himself as pro-
ducer. ...- ..,...f
The old term stage manager In noe
really as elastic as it seems to be. for the
stage manager at present is ono who runs
the stage at night, crudely speaking. A
producer. on the contrary. has charge
of a number of productions and whenever
he gets them in running order he turns
them over to the stage manager, So
called.
For instance, tonight ehda Mr..
Mitchell, taking out his watch, Il shall
begin my rounds at the Casino; from there
I drop over to The Partisan Modelg then
to The White Hem and am making plans
to get out Of. town to superintendent the
coming summer production of Mr.. Fields.
The Girl Behind the Counter which win
open on the road soon" tt
The sun., 1907-03-31

Der Of irregular unions among the working
class in England is astoundingly large,
and in almost every one OF such unions
inquiry shows that one of the parties is
not free 10 marry, although he or she would
have been if divorce were not so expensive
a luxury.
1t is interesting to note that at the time
when America is moving toward stricter
divorce laws. England. which has long
sneered at America for laxity in this re-
spect. is talking Of letting down the bars.
and that her Judges are leading the way.
few years ago English Judges would not
even listen to a suggestion that they should
recognize a divorce obtained in America
as binding on British subjects. Recently
they have recognized even South Dakota
divorces and have refused to annul mar
riages on the ground Of the irregular man.
neT in which the parties to them had OBJ
tanned their freedom.
One of the best known cases OF this kind
was that OF Mrs. Amy Armitage. who ap-
piled 10 the court for pronouncement on
the legitimacy of her marriage to Mr..
ArInitage. She had been mar, I'd pre-
viously to Charles A. Gillig, but she had
obtained a divorce from him in South
Dakota on the ground Of desertion.
Mr.. Gillig married again, but later APP
piled to the English courts for decree
annullinR his second marriage on the ground
that his first wife was still living. This
cast doubt on the validity of Mrs. Armitage's
this point cleared up.
Sir Gorell Barnes said that all he felt
himself called on to do was TO inquire
whether the divorce obtained in South
Dakota was legal there or not. IL did not
matter TO him whether the grounds for
divorce in South Dakota were or were not
those recognized in England. He had salts
fed himself that Mrs. Armitage's decree
Of divorce from Mr.. Gillig was quite regular,
and accordingly he pronounced her second
marriage valid.
somewhat similar case was that OF a
woman who applied for a divorce on the
ground of her husbands iniidelity, and
the story she told was that her husband
had deserted her and gone to New York,
where he obtained a divorce from her.
She knew about this suit, but took no steps
to defend il, thinking that as she was in
England and her husband British subject
he could not obtain a valid decree.
Subsequently the husband married again
and his second wife was named as core
spondent m the first wifes suit. The Judge
refused to proceed with the case, holding
that she had been divorced legally.
Instances could be multiplied showing
the changed attitude of the bench in England
on this subject, Hld il is evident that the
bench voices the opinion of the public
Members Of Parliament have joined in the
agitation, and il is probable that a bill to
simplify and cheaper divorce will be intro
duced during she present session.
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DIVORCE COSTLY IN ENGLAND.
A LUXURY THAT ONLY THE RICH
CAN AFFORD.
Demand for Reform Looking Toward
Cheapness and simplicity Judges
Beginning 70 Recognize the validity
OF American DecroeS-SOme Instances.

Of American DecreeS-SOme Instances.
LONDON, March 15-As II this country
had not enough TO occupy its mind in the
way Of bringing education and the House Of
Lords up to date. granting home rule in
Ireland and checking the too rapid reform
OF municipal administration. there has
begun a persistent agitation for radical
changes in the divorce laws.
IL has the support OF some eminent
Judges, and the arguments advanced in
favor OF reform, consisting mainly in state
ments Of fact, bring TO light a condition
that is no less surprising than the oft de-
rided looseness Of divorce regulations for
which America is supposed to bo distin-
guished.
Prior to 1857 there was no divorce Law In
England and in fact the Irish law to-day
is exactly what the English law was before
the passage Of the act which is now in force
in England. Before the enactment OF the
present law the only relief from an in
tolerable marriage was by the passage OF a
special act OF Parliament annulling it. This.
OF course. was an impossibility except for
the highly placed or the very wealthy.
The present law resulted from the con-
viction OF a laborer for bigamy in 1855
The mans wife had left him and gone away
with another man. The deserted husband
heard nothing OF her for more than ten
years after which interval he went through
the form OF marriage with a second woman.
with whom he lived happily for several
years.
Then his lawful wife reappeared and In q
fit OF spite or jealousy started a prosecu-
ton against him for bigamy. The facts
were not denied and there was nothing for
the court to do but find the man guilty OF
bigamy and punish him. When he was
brought up for sentence Mr.. Justice Maule.
who presided at tho trial. said TO him:
-You have been convicted OF an offence
against the laws OF your country. and the
law says that you must be punished for It.
That you did not intend to offend docs not
excuse you, for ignorance OF the law is no
excuse. but that you may realize what you
have done, will tell you how you should
have proceeded.
you should have gone to the Ecclesiasti-
cal Court and there obtained against your
wife decree q MeNsd et hhoro. You should
then have brought an action In 9he courts
at common law and recovered. as no doubt
you would have done. damages against your
wife's paramour.
ARMED with these DEGREES, you should
have approached tho Legislature and OBJ
tanned an act Of Parliament which would
have rendered you free and legally COM
petent TO marry the person whom you have
taken on yourself to marry with no such
sanction.
1T In quite true that these e\proceedines
would have cost you many hundreds Of
pOunds, whereas you probably have not a.
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sThis flying device, known for years
TO stage patrons, is not 30 easy as it looks.
One has TO have careful training and a
cautious eye for disaster to employ IL.
But it il to my mind one Of the prettiest
and most effective OF all stage operations.
There we're two girls recently at the
Hippodrome who were most graceful and
attractive in it. When they put on their
gauzy skirts over their regular acrobatic
costumes and few about the stage they
were exactly like two great birds. They
held the wires in their teeth, but usually
the flyer wears a harness made like a corset
with a number Of straps, and to this the
wires are fastened.
The opera Of the 'Damnation Of Faust
as recently given here had. / think, the most
beautiful and most complete equipment OF
novel stage effects that have ever seen.
They began with a rainstorm, which devel-
oped rapidly into a regular cyclone. There
were wonderful cloud combinations.
After 1t was over you saw through the
gray eyed dawn tops of quaint old houses
and flying over them the ballet, who finally
disappeared. or course" concludes Mr..
Mitchell, with a professional sigh. "they
had TO spoil it all by bringing them back.
just at present the interest in traps
h at a very low temperature, and 1 know
Of no big spectacle where they are en-
ployed. There is no reason for this except
that the public is always looking for novelty.
Perhaps the device has been overdone and
it no longer has the mystery about Il that
il used to possess. But II is safe TO say
that it will never disappear from the equip
ment, and at any time a play may be pro-
duced that will call for them.
I'm the Babes in Toyland' employed
more than thirty different electrical effects
and the whole production cost over S75,OOO,
including costumes. Many Of the devices,
1 am sure, were absolutely lost on the
public.
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Hammer oldest Implement.

from inc bdtttHtOFe obU.
The hammer. besides being tool OF uni
versal use is probably the oldest represents =
tive OF a mechanics tool kit. The hammer
was originally stone fastened to a handle
with thongs. and II Wss as useful as a weapon
as a tool.
Hammers are represented on the monu-
ments OF Egypt twenty centuries before our
err. They greatly resemble the hamme r
now In use. save that there we're no claws on
the back for the extraction Of nails. Claw
hammers were invented some time during
he Middle Ages. Illuminated manuscripts
of the eleventh century represent CaTpen-
ters with claw hammers.
Hammers are of all sizes, from the dainty
instruments used by tho iewellsr. whiC IA weigh
leas than hall an ounce, 10 the gigantic nrty
ton hammer oT shipbuildinR establishncnts.
sOme OF " hich have a fallng force OF from
ninety to 100 tons, Every trade has ITS oN n
hamIner aud Its own Why Of uglng u.
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lf III H4 ~. 10 MfFh iIM 9fN NMHk NJ
\ s-ws had BkikninE bolts pl&yiAae around
the ship In which the children embarked
and a special bolt which broke the ship In
two. Then we had several aurOra 6orealia
effects, 20 produce which sanumoer OF rncn
lay fiat on their backs behind set sheets
OF water. using disks in the same way that
they aFe used for the snow and rAln
storms.
-The expense Of running this electrical
equipment was enormous Personally.
however. believe that there 10 nothing too
good for the public. 1t takes a long time
20 get your money back in such production
but it comes; il it docs not, then you know
that you have failed, but, like writing q
play, you cannot tell until the experlInsDs
has been made and then the expense has
been incurred. .t.'. ~ t.cs.
Irving was the greatest man in the line
Of stage management Beerbohm Tree IL
following in his footsteps; in fact. We ara
all trying TO carry out the task that he laid
down. In New York-well. II Belasco is not
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lighting In the theatre. That was at the
0aiety In Boston. which stood az pioneer
in thoee matters.
From that day To this what enormous
advances have been made! There is no
part OF a theatre from the ny gallery to the
cellar whore the electric light Ia not found.
hardly piece Of stage mechanism which
does not owe Its working power to that
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1t adds much to the safety and convenience
Of the people who spend the major part Of
their lives behind the scenes. This il
new light recently installed at the Criterion
Theatre in Frank Danielss play. The Tat
tooed Man. which might, 1 suppose. be
termed bunch light.
1T consists Of dozen lights whose COM
bined candle power is equal 70 IL not greater
The sun., 1907-03-31

foroe. People said at its Introduction. oh.
It ls going to take away from the drama
all its mystery and all its allurement.' In
stead. 1t has created mysteries never
dreamed Of In the old days.
'one Of the most practical inventions Of
this kind that 1 think OF at the moment
would not seem. perhaps, TO the average
theatregoer OF any special importance. but
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than the average arc. II Is used for lighting
up the back drop between the set pieces,
trees. houses. rocks. &c. the border lights
not being sufficient to destroy the dark
spaces left in the different entrances. This
bunch light is very simple and effective and
seems to do away with all the Objectionable
features Of the old system, for the light from
the border is practically used for little more
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-05-18
UNA CARTA DEL Sc
nor PEDRO ARCHIE.
EsGrihe feIicitandO a
Ia COIrespondehcia. :

La siguiente carta recibimoB hoy:
"San. Juan, Puerto Rico, mayo II, 1907.
Senior girector de ia Corresponds de
Puerto Rico, Presente
NuY sefior milo amigo:-No puedo
menos que fslicitarle por la hermosa cam
paf1a que, con Bus artfculos aportando
dstos BobEs 81 infame fraude de cafe en-
Ia isla de Cuba, ha leVantado, segdn he
Isido en- su iluAtrado peri6dico IA = Is de
los corIientes, el espiTitu de la prensa de
aquella iEls.
Suplicandele que no desmaye an ms
tante en- aportar 50 valioso concurso J
cuantos dstoB le fuesen administrators Sob
fraudes de cafe, no solamente en- aquelIa
iRla, sino por doquiera que manos crimi'
males con alevoso pufal quieran asesinar
Ia primera Tiqueza del pals.
Sintiendo que todoa mis- - compafieros
cafsteros de la iBla, no est6n de acuerdo
para levantar una formidable barrera de
defsnsa de nuestfos inteTeaes, compueAta
de 'hombTes iIustrados trabsiadoreB
honradoe, para luchar como el herrero
que, no pudiendo machacar ell hero
frio, 10 calienta en- la frsgua para ablan.
darlo hasts lograr sus deseoA
De uBted senior director queda Bus
6rdenes gu A. s. s. @. B. s. M (pudiendo
hacer 81 uso que le ssamds convenienta de
eBta carta.
...- PEDRO ARCHIE.
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.UN N0VIO DESCON-
sOladO en- Mont
gO1lefy.
Agul Is lIanan a ESQ : 'caIabazas

En- una ig eSia metodista De Montgome
~, Estados UDidoses eel. bTaba una beds.
La noyia, Miss Mary Tomisll, II mas
bella de Ia poblaci6n, J William TulIos m
agricultor, estaba de pie anita 81 altar.
Cuando Sc lleg6 aqueIIa parte de Ia
ceremopia en- que So dice: 81 alguno de los
presehtss tisne o6jeciones que haceq, que
Jas Olga atora Sc silencie para sienpre.. 4.
'sYo me opopgo Ella es mi antigua
pronetida = jur6 casarse conmigo gTit6
una voz que era Ia de Daniel Contee, I'M
come1ciante de Is ciudad
Lo dFamatico de Ia Bituaci6n hizo Gun.
dir 81 pdnico entire 81 gran ndmero de es.
pectadoTes. M
Contee, insistiendo en- su derecho, Sc
abri6 paso haSta 81 altar y coloc6ndose al
lado do Il novia, dijo aIgunaa palabras
On 50 oido. En- pocos momentos sc anun.
clio que Miss Tomisee serfa Mrs. Contee y
no Mrs TulIos.
81 novio anterior aali6 muy desconcer.
tado de Ia iglesia.
Conste y la muchacha ne casaron inme
diatamente. -...
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BasRa Garrefa.

Ell Gran Duque Alexis Nicolaiwich,
heredero del trono de todas las Rusiss, tie
ne en- Ia actualidad dos amos ocho mes
de edad. Por este hecho es va ''atAwan"
Gtfs) de todoB los cosacoB, caudillo del
Regimiento de guardias de Fiolandia,~ Ca
pit6n del 50 regimiento de infanteria de
Zitovik, del 12o de sharpshooters de la
Siberia Oriental, de los cuerpos de cadeteB
guarda-corps del 4 Q battalion ~sla arti
Ilerfa montada y de Ia escuel saT de
Moscow, Pertenece tamb; Il Estado
Mayor de Drsgones de Nj Novgorod y
del 45o. de Ssversk Tsmbi6n est6 con.
decorado con la medalIa de San Andres y
otras. Pero le cabe la deSgraois de no te'
ner hermanoB varoneg.
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Ilmlgrantss a New York.

Segdn los peri6dicos de Nueva York,
Dada menOs que dOoe vapores llegados &
aquel puerto el microbes del preHente
abriI, fueron necegarios para arrojar, que
no poner los muelles 4 los 1908 inmi-
GRANTEES que entraron allf ell citado dia, y
Cuyo n6mero ha sido excedido sola una
elloS no Sc pudo inspeccionar mas que &
cinco mil, por mucho que Sc afanaron los
empleadOs, y en- cuantO Sc aclare el nutri'
do ej6rcito viajero va estar6n ALI otrOs va
pores para reforzarlO. De primera no lie
garon mas de 1896 pasajeros. Tuvieron
que registrarse 5000 baules bu'tOs y ma
letaS, sin contar los atados diversog, pueE
hay inmigrantes que traenhssta pan de
muDici6n para el Camino, mantas y envol
turaB taFecos innumerables.
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PeIigrO de las pOstaIes.

EI matrimoniO de Albert r. Schulka y
Miss Allie Huffard, de Syracuse, fu6 ana
novela. Ella vsndfa pOst2leS en- el mos
tradoF de una tienda.
El novio es uu estudiante de la Univer'
sidad de Syracuse. La muchacha tiene
diez y ocho amos y era dependiente de
una tienda en- donde fu6 el estudiante
comprar algunas postaleB de recuerdo. Sc
enamor6 alf de la joven = desde entonces
Sc desarroll6 en- el la mania de las cartaB
postales
La joven pareja sali6 uu sabadO de pa
SEQ y fu6 casa del Reverend w. G.
Drach, donde SO celebr6 su union.
La pareja fa6 eutonces de paseo Au.
burn y degde allf le enviarOn una postal
1e Baludo la suegra, pidi6ndole perd6n
el cual les fac concedido enseguida.
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JUgadaS de VOlantInes,

VarioS enthusiasts por el juego de vo'
lantines preBentar6n el lunes una iustan'
Cia al alcalde, pidiendo permiso para lle'
var q efecto aquslla diversion que en- amos
paSadOS era para esta 6poca Ia mas cele'
brads.
EntonceS, SO le daba tai importancia &
eSe sport que era 81 entuBiasmo de la ciu'
dad, y muchos que hoy son padres del
pueblo y obStentan importsntes represen
taciones aqui, eran los mas decididos parti
darioS de las chiriDgap al puntO de que
81 hoy SO strevieran, serfan capaces de
volver & las anda6as en- cuanto vean un
volantfn encsmpanado.