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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-02-07

tractor. He is another ..indo.
pendent business man." who ssruns
ms business to suit HIMSELF" He
usually throws a couple of tita
when the carpenters ask for an in.
crease of wages of s or 10 per cent.
winch wages they usually spend I'm
the community, and thus keen
money in circulation and business
going. But you never hear the
crowd that gathers ut the Builders
Exchunge speak above whisper
ABOUT the 100 to 500 per cent.
raise on lumber dictated by the
trust, which combine of robbers
never spend a cent in this locality.
use their tilchings to grab moro
1imper land and make their mo.
nopoly absolute. The contractors
are as meek as a lot of little boyu
whch the trusts makes.a grab for
their marbles, and get even by
nowiing at labor organizations.
urlVlng and skinning their work.
lngmen all the more, and boosting.
prices and swindling in devious
ways the dear people.
And so the burden finally falls
upon the d. p, who let out q veil
oil rage when ever they read of
such speeches as made by Senator
h1ttrldgc, or some muck rake ex.
posure, and then-well. the d. d.
annXlously await the coming
OF election day, to hear the
politicians brag about liberty,
equality of opportunity, & great
country, unparalleled prosperity.
ETC., etc, and then vote in the
same old way, just as their grand.
fathers did who could get ali the
lumber they desired for n song and
to whom opportunities where truly
upen on all sides.
And all the time the issue, shall
trusts own the people or shall tho,
people own the trusts, keeps grow
ing larger and larger.
However, some day there is 60
ing TO be a tremendous awakening.
There is Il limit to human eudur.
ance; even Il mule kicks when his
load becomes too burdensome.
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INVESTIGATION
Is Called For BY The Governor
In Special Message.
THE STUART WINE HORROR
Reflects On The Efficiency
Whining Department = Inn
mediate Action Urged.

Governor Dawson has submitted
anotherspccial message to the Legis.
lature occassioncd by the Stuart
mine disaster, which is rs follows /:
To the Legislatures:
You have heard through the
newspapers of the disastrous ex-
plosion in the Stuart col.icry in
Fayette county, which happened
last Tuesday afternoon. FifCy.six
dead bodies have been taken out of
this shaft and probably eighty-onc
men in all were killed. This shaft.
| am informed, had but one open
ing, and under the law not more
than twenty men were authorized
to have been at work in it. The
stuart shaft adjoins the Paral shaft
i'll which there was an explosion on
February Sth, 1906, whereby
twenty-three men were killed. This
Parll shaft a.So had but one Open
ing, and is was unlawful to have
more than twenty men in the shaft.
The explosion i'll the Rush Run col
lieiy i'll March, 1908, caused the
loss of lives of twenty four men;
and the disaster in the Ked Ash col
liery in March, 1900. caused the
death of forty one.
In view of the depiorable loss of
life and in;lsmuch as there are many
rumorS ailoat concerning this last
great disaster at the Stuart shaft.
these rumors involving the eff
cheney and fidelity of the state
bureau of mine inspection. and for
other reasons, | most earnestly re-
commend that Il joint committee Of
your body be raised, authorized and
empowered To make a thorough in
veSugatlOn of the matter, not only
as TO the cause of the explosion,
but whether the bureau of mine in :
Spection has been inefficient or dcre-
llct i'll its duty. | suggest that the
joint committee be authorized to
employ experts to assist in getting
all the pertinent facts so that the
whole truth may be known and
placed before you. / suggest that
i'm mediate action be taken so that
the committee may be present at
the coroner's inquest which will
probably be held next "Wednesday
or Thursday.
WM. NJ. O. DAWSON.
Charleston, W. Va, Feb. 4, 1907.
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Senator IRON South Dakota Does a Little Muck
Raking on Own Hook.
SCORES THE LAND AND LUMBER THIEVES
rays Ills Respects IN no Uncertain Terms to the Rascay
Plut0crats Who Do and Dare Anything in
Their Mad Rush for Gold

Senator Kittredge, of South
Dakota is no '.dissatisfied labor
agltator." He is a very conser-
vative politician. But even Mr..
kittredgc is forced to cry out
against the oppressive tactics of
the lumber trust.
"The lumber trust is the king
of combinations in restraint Of
trade" he declared in n speech in
the Senate last week. s'In its far
reaching effects there is none to
compare with it. 1t is remorseless
IN its grasp on the people and the
only change which it contemplates
is to increase the price of its pro.
ducts at stated and frequent inter
vals, without regard to cost"
Senator Kittredge declared that
he had price lists to prove that the
trust had adsubdivided tho country.
and that even the retail dealers in
lumber are in the control of the
octopus and dare not compete with
each other. Retail prices are fixed
by the trust, and any cutting Of
o'io'S piiSSo SuDJeclS UnG retail
dealers to fines and if the violation
is repeated the offender is black
listed and eliminated from doing
business.
The trust has arbitrarily forced
up prices from 100 to 500 per
cent!
Talk about your freedom to do
buslnes in your own way, If this
isn't an cye-opener we never heard
of one.
The lumber dealers down i'm the
State are simply lot of clerks for
the huge lumber monopoly. In.
deed they are more insecure than
clerks. The latter usually have IL
fixed income and need not worry
about the morrow, while
your 'independent business man. -
the lumber dealer, is compelled to
accept certain risks and scheme
and worry to keep his head above
water and earn an approving smile
from the trust.
Then there is your building con
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dent GomperS, has baen Opposed
o war, its brunt falling upon the
working people, While it may not
oe pr"ciicSli 10 ask Immediate dis
irmment of al countries, the TINES
demands that extraordinary iii.
crease in naval and military force
5@ restrained.
President Gompers submitted TO
escn local and state union of the
"iiiilated and International bodies
request to bring pressure to bear,
during the present session of Con-
SresS, upon President Roosevelt
ma Congress to give the support Of
the government TO the resolution OF
the ter-parliamentary Union re-
sardlnG the subjects to be discussed
ut the second Hague conferences.
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CHILDREN SOLD
At Twenty-Five Cents a Head to
Captains of Industry"

Miss Cora CARRIER, one Of the en-
ployes i'll Nebraska's State Land
Commissioners Office, says that
proof has been obtained. that slay-
cry exists in that state, and that
one private institution has been
importing children from Germany
Tor the purpose of selling them at
twenty Five per head. A bill is to
be introduced at the next Legis-
lature which will place every child
in the state under the protection of
theJuvenile court law. At pres
ent the law is so worded that tho
courts have no rights to enter pri-
vate institutions to inquire into
the condition of children. This
provision was slipped into the law
by the managers;of the institutions
In order to exempt them from legal
investigation, and for this reason
the ''venderS in little human be-
ings' have been able to ply their
netariouS business.
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ization and appeared before the
judiciary committee on. Wednesday
and made an able and eloquent plea
for the passage of Senate Bill No.
23, relating to making the coal
operators and corporations respon-
sible for the acts of the ''guardsn
employed by them. Mr. Lewis
argument was unanswerable and
carried great weight.
X i: X
One of the grandcSt organized
labor rallies ever held at Boomer
was that of last Sunday afternoon.
An enormous crowd turned out to
hear MeSSrS. BouSficld aud Davis
discuss the issues that affect the
West Virginia miners. Several
local men also made brief addresses.
TIE meeting is expected to have a
good effect on the three local
unions at that place. who have
been some somewhat Indifferent of
late. A few more meetings like it
will place old Boomer up among
the leaders where she should be.
\ X X
of the arrangements for the John
Mitchell meeting at Montgomery
on the 18th are making things hum
and the largest crowd that ever as
sembled in Fayette county will
hear President Mitchell's address.
Representatives of eighteen local
unions, located in and around
Montgomery met at the office of
National Executive Board Mem
bers Ben Davis last Sunday and
completed arrangements to have
their locals march into Montgomery
in body. The committee have
about completed their labors and
everything is now in readiness
Mr. Mitchell viii speak regardless
of the weather conditions. 1t is
believed that practically every
mine worker in the Kanawha
Nally Will hear MIR. Mitchell
either in this city or Montgomery
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or the laborer who is not a mem
S,er of ii union. He said nonS
should be blamed for not working
on starvation wages. He thought
every worker should belong to Il
union, as there is no hope for an
honest laboring man unless all
ii INT as an organized army.
Rev. OiRyan said: "How can
a poor workers appreciate the rare
aud costly treasures of the rich 7
Ills mind iS'crushed down by toll
tor the family's da ly bread La,
Dor wants justice, not charity.'
He said personal service is the
solution of the labor question, and
charitable institutions should be
private, where the poor can go
without being disgrlced in the eyes
of their fellows.
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Advocate Union Label.

The annual convention of the
State Federation of Labor, which
was held in Hartford last week and
elected Chas. j. Donahue of Derby
aS president.
RESOLUTIONS advocating the pass
age OF Il law by the general assem-
oly comforting ballot rights on
women and calling OH the union
men of the state to patronize the
brands OF cigars bearing the label
OF labor were unanimously adopted.
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Militia On The Bum.

The Colorado militia, which
gained considerable unenviable no.
toriety during the past few years
in being used to break strikes. is
now strictly on the bum" Young
workingmen have become decidedly
hostile toward the institution and
refuse to join. Add to that the
further fact of the disbanding of
the companies at Florence, Cripple
Creek and Pueblo and there is
plenty of cause why the politicians
and plutes should worry. Sizing
up the decentralization, a Denver
paper says cit is doubtful if more
than a couple of hundred men
could be mustered ready for SER
VICE.
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CATHOLIC PRIEST
Makes Strong Declaration in Favor
of Trades Unionism.

Rev. William O'Ryan. promi-
nent in the Catholic church of the
West, and leader of the younger
clergy of the Rocky Mountains,
stated i'll sensational address before
the State Charities and Corrections
conference i'll Denver, Col. that
modern charity is not the right
kind He condemned the present
day charitable institutions, and de-
clared the charity system damna-
BILE. He said it made the unfortu-
nate laborer hopeless pauper, he
also declarered that he had no use
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-02-07
WORLD PEACE MOVE
Inaugurated by the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor.

In pursuance of a resolution
adopted at the convention OF
the American Federation of
Labor at Minneapolis. Minnesota.
President Samuel Gompers has
opened a movement for Il general
arbitration treaty, 4 periodic world
assembly, impartial investigation
of all difficulties before h0stilities
are engaged in by nations and the
immunity of private property at
sea in time of war.
s.The trade union movement
from its inception" declares Presl-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-02-07
A Word to Advertisers.

There is no better way for a mer.
chant to show his sympathy with
the organized movement than by
using the columns of the labor
press in the same proportion rs he
does the daily press. The ad in
the labor paper appeals direct to
the class who make it possible for
the merchant to exist. 1t is a per-
sonal invitation to the worker to
call at the advertisers place of
business.
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against some subordinate Official
against the President of the com
/ pany himself. And on more than
one occasion the Court records
show that severe penalties have
been inflicted upon the real en-.
ployer Tor failure to comply with
the law.
lit seems to me that legislation
| OF this character would prove of
1ncalculable benefit to the Ameri
can workman. At the present
time we are simply helpless ade-
quately to protect ourselves, be-
cause of constitutional limitations.
We are unable, because of our So
called fellow~seryautt laws, 70 col
Jlect damages or to punish negligent
employers. The workman who,
through no fault of his own, is
killed or manned in an industry
should receive from the industry
or from the state-either directly
or through his heirs-a suitable
compensation, whether the injury
IS due to the negligence OF the en-
/ ployer or not.
cit is inhuman to permit dis
abled wOrllmen to Starve; it is in
human to permit widows and or
phans of men who have died in the
performance of their duties to be
LETT without suitable provision for
their future maintenance. What
the workmen desire and demand,
however, is not so much compensa-
ton for injury as prevention of in
jury. 1t is well to receive thous-
and dollars for the loss of an eve or
leg, bui it is better by far for the
man-lS for Society-that the ley
be not lost. Hence the demand
justly and strenuously madc-that
all possible measures be taken to
prevent accidents.
''In the matter of health and
safety of the workman society has
not yet learned its full lesson.
There was Il time when the crimi-
nal law wls IL matter of private
settlement and Il man could relieve
himself OF responsibility for the
murder OF his neighbor by making
blood payment OF 50 much money
! to the kinSman Of the murdered
| Dui alClll W" pre-
Ventable accidents is still much the
same. If the employer pays Il lu-
dicrouSly Inadequate sum to his in
Ijureu employe, or to the widow o.
Il workman who has been killed,
society assumes that he has per
formed his full duty and that his
concern in the incident has ceased.
! GAS Il matter of fact, most larg.
I EempioycrS relieve themselves of
financial responsibility for the
death or injury of their workmen
by Il system of insurance i'll en-
ployers' liability companies. In
consideration of the payment of Il
small fee for each person employed.
these companies guarantee to de-
fend in the courts all suits inStitut
ed for damages and to pay to the
plaintiffs III such suits any judg-
ment which may be rendered
against the employer. Because of
this protection it is frequently less
expensive to kill or main work
man than to provide adequate
safeguards against his injury
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ACTIVE.
National Vice President T. L. Lewis
and VIM: Morgan Here
SENATE BILL q DISCUSSED
Before Judiciary Committee by
Prominent Mine Workers
and the Operators.

The miners of Wacomah had an
able representative in this CITY
looking after their interests the
first Of the week, in the person of
-. NJ. King, who appeared before
the Judiciary committee in behalf
of several measures iii which his
constituents are deeply interested.
X X 4:
a rousing meeting of the. men
was held at Scotford on last Friday
evening which was addressed by
National Board Member Harry
Bouslield, of Missouri, and Ben
Davis. The organization at that
place shows signs of renewed life
and the outlook is very cncour-
aging.
The many friends of w. II.
Hill, the genial and efficient sccre-
tary of the Winifrcde local union,
will be sorry to hear of the death
of his wife which occurred last
week. She had been i'll but a short
time with typhoid fever. Besides
her husband she leaves five little
children to mourn her loss.
4: X i:
William Morgan, member Of the
National Executive Board. from
Ohio, is here in the interest of the
organization. Mr.. Morgan is one
of the most prominent officials of
the miners in the country and his
stay among us is sure to result in
Il manner that will be beneficial TO
to the West Virginia organization.
Among other miners officials
who appeared before the committee
in behalf of Senate Bill No. %.
were President John Nugcnt.
Ben Davis. of MONTGOMERY, National
Executive Board Member. Il. s..
Hastings, Secretary Treasurer of
Sub-District No. /, and "A large
delegation of miners from Paint
Greek and other places.
One of the best attended mass
meetings that has been held for
some time past was at Carbondale
on last Wednesday evening when
B. S. Hastings addressed the Local
Union at that place. The organi-
Zation at that place is one of the
strongest and Staunchest in the
District and can always be depend
ed upon to do the right thing at
/ the right time.
y = =.
The Local Union at Vanetta. on
Gauley held an open meeting on
/ last Tuesday evening which re-
suited in large turnout of the
men and had a stimulating effect
upon them and they promise in the
future to have a live and up-to-
date local. Secretary Treasurer
Bert s. Hastings, of the Sub-Dis-
tr1ct, was present and addressed
the meeting.
X X =
National Vice President T. l..
Lewis, was in the city this week CT
business connected with his organ
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National Vice President T. l..
Lewis, was in the city this week CT
business connected with his organ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-19

Delta Phi banquet. During his So
the frat house.
Mr.. Dancer of Waco, Texas, who
has been. the guest of DIR. and Mrs. T.
j. kimbrough at the Devon, leaves for
his home Sunday.
Mrs George B. Grimsley will arrive
tomorrow from Morgantown, w. Va,
to be the guest at the Wood home I'M
til after the Wood-Cartwright we'd
ding.
Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter will
give an informal birthday party for
her daughter Jessie tomorrow after
noon.
Mr.. W. H Hammock will arrive to-
morrow from Oklahoma City to be the
guest of DR.. and Mrs. Hogeboom until
Sunday, when he and Mrs. Hammack,
who has been Mrs. Hogeboom' s guest
Tor some time. will return to their
home.
Mrs. Edwin Schell will arrive to-
morrow from Charlottesville. Ind, to
be the guest of Miss Vida Wood.
Mrs. Herrick of Wellington Will ar
rive this afternoon to be the guest of
Mrs. Everett Akers until after the
Wood-Cartwright wedding.
Mrs. Helen NJ. webb left yesterday
relatives and will remain in the east
indefinitely.
Mrs. W. E. Drechsel of Topeka has
returned home after a several days
visit in the ity.-Leavenworth Post
Mrs. George W. Parkhurst of To-
peka snent the afternoon yesterday
here with her pupil, Miss Bessie Ray
mond. Mrs. Parkhurst sang last night
at acknowledgements World
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KILLED BY FALL.
Wife of Victim Accused of Throwing
Him From Window.

Chicago, April 19.-Joseph SmalIey,
40 years old. blind newsman was
killed yesterday by a fall from the
third story OF the building in which
he lives. Mrs. Margaret Smalley is
under arrest on a charge of murder
ing her husband by throwing him
from WINDOW - .-a
The woman is said to have been in
rtoxicated at the time and to have been
Infatuated because her husband was
i'll and unable to earn money with
she could buy whisky
Mrs. Smalley made a statement to-
day in which she denied the charge
vehemently. She insists that her
husband forced himself out of the
window while temporarily insane and
that she did all in her power to re-
strain him. She said that the people
who said that she pushed him through
the window could not see all that went
on the room. She further declared
that they lived happily together ex-
cept during his periods of melancholia
and there was no reason why she
should try to kill him.
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COLD EAST WIND.
Accompanied by Snow Prevails in
New York City.

New York, April ia cold east
wind, accompanied by a gentle fall of
snow, gave anything but a springlike
asllect to the day. Snow began to fall
about o'clock and continued steadily
for several hours. but in the city
streets 1t disappeared as fast as it fell.
The records of the weather bureau
for the first 8 days in April show that
the temperature this month has been
four and a half degrees lower than
the normal temperature for New
York the mean temperature for this
month being Al 2-10 degrees. while
the normal is As 7-10. The extreme
variation IL April weather in New
York is shown by the fact that in the
memorable hot day of April Is, 1895,
the thermometer recorded a maxi
mum of 80 degrees. This is the
highest temperature for an April day
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PHILIPPINES SHAKEN.
Earthquake Shocks Lasting Three
Hours in Manila.

Manila, April 19.-Reports have
been received from South Luzon of a
severe earthquake in the town of
Nueva Caceras, capital of the province
of Aribos Camarines and also at Tay-
abas, in the province of Tayabas, in
northern Luzon. The destruction of
buildings is reported, but so far there
is no mention of any loss of life. 1t is
feared that communication by wire
has been affected. A trembler was
experienced at Manila. with intermit-
tent shocks for three hours this morn
ing. Three of the shocks were Sc
we're. but the majority of the others
were scarcely perceptible.
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Last week we did the family wash
ing and ironing, painted the kitchen
mended two pairs of socks, whitewashed
the ceiling of our sanctum, papered a
bedroom and sawed a cord of wood
We wouldn't be an editor at all if We
couldn't be a hustling editor.
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ICOacnIndnJ
Merle MOrthlapd
They Pay Their Fines.

May Bergcnier, charged with keeping
a disorderly house on Crane street, in
the -hott 0ms," was found guilty and
fined $25 in police court last evening.
Pearl Shay and F. Buckmaster, who
were found in the place when it was
raided by the police, were fined $40
each as inmates. They all paid their
fines, and cid not follow the usual Gus
tom in such cases and appeal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-19

Some f1end in human shape, probably
jealous of our growing popularity, has
started the report that we are an edi-
tor without a night shirt AS a mat
ter of fact, We have two and while
they are not ruffied and tucked we be-
lieve they compare favorabl with any
editorial night shirts in New York or
Boston.
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We are somewhat lop-shouldered and
hump-backed, but when it comes to
getting up and reciting s'Sheridan's
Ride" we can make you think you are
right in the saddle and going at a gait
of Is miles an hour.-M Quad
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ever recorded in the New York wealth
er bureau. F1urries of snow in April,
however, are not unusual as shown by
Nav s. 1891.
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P. S.-We find that our reporter was
mistaken in the above The facts In
the case are that Mrs. Homer pre-
scented her husband with twin babies
and is doing well.
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Last week Farmer Holt brought US
in a jug of hard cider and Farmer
Henry remembered US with half a
bushel of turnips. There is no fear of
We editor starving when he has such
kind friends to help him out