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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
Men Who Remained at Keys
at Time Of Walk-Out Do
Not Heed SmaII'S Order.
COMPANIES MAKE CLAIMS
Say That Business Is Being
Moved Expeditiously and That
Communication Is Being Ex-
tended to the More Remote
and Smaller Towns.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-Up to noon
today. the officials of the telegraph
companies said, the order for a general
strike of all commercial telegraph OPP
orators which was issued by president
Small of the unnion last night, had met
with no response from the men at work
in either the Western Union or Postal
Telegraph Companies or those in the
Associated Press.
The officials of the two big compan-
les said this forenoon that they had
failed to discover that the strike order
had had any effect on the situation.
The extension of communication to
the more remote and smaller towns
was proceeding rapidly and business
was being moved expeditiously. The
Associated Press today resumed local
services to a number of minor points
and the main circuits were working
as usual.
At the conference in Chicago last
night were Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor;
H. B. Perham, president; L. w. Quick,
secretary, and d. G. Ramsay, attorney
for the Order of Railway Photographers;
S. J. Small, president; Wesley Russell,
secretary, and w c. Long, of the Com
mercial T~elegraphers' Union, and
George w. Perkins, president of the
Cigarmakers' international Union.
Union officers estimate that more
than 10000 men are already IN strike
throughout the country, and that the
general order will swell the number to
at least $1,000. 1t was decided that
there should be no strike of the $4,000
railroad telegraphers of the United
States. These will be called upon
shortly to contribute a strike fund of
$50, 200.
President Smalls order is as follows:
To All Commercial Telegraphers:
All telegraphers employed by the Com
mercial Telegraph Companies and Asso-
ciated Press and private and leased wires
not working under a union agreement are
hereby called upon to cease work imme-
diately.
BY authority of president and general
executive, board of the Commercial Teleg-
raphers' Union of America.
(Signed) s.. j.. SMALL. President.
The high salar.ed operators in the brok-
erage Arms in the financial district VIII
not join the strikers ranks. 1t was pro
posed to call them out, but after severa'
of the men said they would not obey the
in the general strike order issued today.
According to the strike leaders, operators
in many cities have Joined their ranks In
the last ty- hours, and within an
other day they declare the wires all over
the country will be practically tied up.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
CELL AFTER BEATING.
Joseph Kane, of Bloomfield, Pummeled
in Newark Saloon.

Joseph Kane, % a old, of Bloom
field. went to the Changers picnic yes
terday and in the evening came to
Newark. He got into a fight in a sa-
loon at 322 Market street and was
badly beaten. Several men in the place
took a punch at the young man. and
he was rendered unconscious.
Policeman Harry Corbitt placed the
man under arrest and he spent the
night in the station house after his
head was dressed at the City Hos
pital. This morning, with his head
swathed in bandages, Kane appeared
before Judge Howell on a charge of
disorderly conduct. preferred by Peter
Mccormick. Those responsible for the
injuries to Kane got away. and Judge
Howell discharged Kane.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
"FArHER R1cHMoND'so EXCURSION

The sixth annual excursion of Our Lady
of Good Counsel Church, Of which the
Rev. William ]. Richmond is pastor, will
take place Thursday Of next week. The
excursionists will leave Ripley's dock at
the foot of Prospect street at 3 o'clock on
the steamer Richmond and the barge STAR
Ina. They will go to Orchard Beach on
Long Island Sound.
The committee of arrangements have
plans all laid out so as to give their guests
a hearty good time. Music will be fur
nished by Professor II. J. Prendergast's
orchestra. The committee in charge con-
sists of Alvin kingston, Edward j. Maher.
James Preudergast, John Merrick, William
Cross. John Swan ind Richard Powell.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
HAS SISTER IN COURT.
Sadie Mckay Locked Up for Thirty Days
After Brother's Story.

Sadie Mckay. 10 years Did, of 1S6
East Kinney street, was arraigned in
the Third Precinct Police Court this
morning on the charge of being a
night walker" which were the words
used by her brother. William Mckay.
The brother told Judge Howell that his
sister had gotten beyond the control of
any of the members of her family, and
that no matter what was said or done
to her she would go out every night.
Mckay begged III Judge to Send his
sister to a place where she would be
placed under restraint. Judge Howell
asked the girl why she did not behave
herself and do what her family desired
of her. She made no reply.
Then the court asked her why she
did not &c to work She replied that
she could not get work and that she
did not want to 30 home until she did,
Judge Howell sent her to jail for
thirty days. =
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
MAY PRESENT BIGGEST
M TO EDWARD VII.
Premier Botha,. of Territorial Colony
will Ask Parliament to Bury 81 ,O0o,-
600 Stone for King of England.

PRETORIA. Transvaal Colony. Aug. IT,
Premier Botha today announced that he
would introduce a resolution in Parliament
providing for the purchase by the govern
ment of the Transvaal of the Cullinan
diamond. the largest in the world. as a
present to King Edward in token of the
loyalty and appreciation Of the people of
the Transvaal of the bestowal Of a consti-
tuition on the colony.
The Cullinan diamond is valued at ST.
600. 900. Under the law the Transvaal gov
eminent gets six-tenths of Its value when
exported.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
TAX BOARD WORK.
Duplicates Not All in Yet-Books Ex-
amined So Far, Satisfactory.

Members of the County Tax Board spent
several hours today examining tax dupli-
Gates for 1907 that have been filed will
them by assessors throughout the county
and comparing them with the figures Of
last year. The members of the board also
looked over the figures to see II they are
equitable.
President Anderson said, after the meet
ing, that the assessors had done very well,
and that thus far no changes had been
ordered.
The books of Newark, Belleville, Glen
Ridge. Verona Township, Verona Bor-
ough. North Caldwe and West Caldwell
Boroughs are not yet all filed.
President Anderson said the tax rates
of the municipalities would not be fixed
until next week.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
MADE INSPECTOR OF
LICENSES FOR ECONOMY.
Mayor Puts James Donovan in Charge
of Employment Agency
Applications.

Detective Sergeant James Donovan,
now acting as Mayor Haussling's de-
t~ective, was appointed this afternoon
by the Mayor as inspector Of licenses
Of employment agencies. in accordance
with the new legislative enactment.
1t IS understood hat the section pro-
viding for the appointment of an in
spector will be changed when the
Legislature meets this fall.
The Mayor appointed Donovan so as
not TO saddle another salaried official
on the city, it was said. 1t is said that
there is no salary attached to the office,
and that the SIS license fees goes to
the city.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16

well-Known East Orange Man Dies at
His Home Today.

Daniel AFFORD Van Horn, of % Main
street. Orange, n resident Of the Or
anges for more than half a century,
died at his home about noon today
after a lingering illness. He was prom
inent there socially and was a son Of
the late Rev. Richard Van Horn, a
Methodist minister. The funeral ar
engagements have not as yet been made.
Mr.. Van Horn was the senior menu
Der of the firm of Daniel A. Van Horn
& Sons, of New York city, glass manu-
factufers. He is survived by a widow.
-four sons, Daniel A, jr.; Leonard
Gwindon. Edward w, and one daugT
ter. Miss Grace Van Horn.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
GIRLS OF SODALITY OF
ST. MARY'S PALLBEARERS

The funeral Of Miss Anna Ruther, the
eldes daughter ef Mr.. and Mrs. William
Rnther. OF IL Bergen street. who die6 on
Tuesday afternoon, took place this MORN
ing from ST. Mary's Church, where a
solemn Nigh mass of requiem was cele-
brated by the Rev. p. Benedict. o. S. B.,
assisted by the Rev. p. Polycayp. o.. S. b.,
rs deacon. and the Rev. p. Maurice as
sub-deacon.
The deceased was a member of the Chill
q Ell Of Mary's Sodality connected with
the church, members of which acted as
rallbearers. They were Anna Robrecht.
Rose Kornlan, Agnes Harter. Josephine
.Steets. Louisa Schmidt and Elizabeth
Meister.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
THE FRATERNITIES
Items for this department should bo ad.
dressed: "Fraternal Editor" EVENING
N
LADIES TO HAVE TROLLEY RIDE.

Manhattan Lodge No. 157, of the Ladies'
Auxiliary to the brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, will have Its second annual
trolley ride this evening. The party will
20 TO Scheutzen Park. G%reenville. The
proceeds of the affair will be used for the
benefit of the sick fund. The cars will
leave the Court House in High street at s
O'Clock. The committee in charge con-
sists OF Anna illman chairman; Mabel
Klaus, secretary; Margaret Reese, treas
urer; Hattie Minard. Ellen Johnston. Agnes
Turbett and Annie Burns.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
WILL BOOM MARITIME.
General Collins Selects the Men to stir
Things Up at Trenton.

ELIZABETH. Aug. 1.-THE men who
will 20 to Trenton to boom James E..
MARITIME. the Farmer Orator." of Plain
field. and the choice of Union County Dem
ocrats for the Democratic G~ubernatoria
nomination. were named by General Dem
mis- r. Collins, chairman OF the county com
mittee, yesterday. They are. John ]. Lane.
Of Summit: owen Farrelly. OF Elizabeth:
J.. V. +. Dilts. of Plainfield; Charles III.
Moore. Of Elizabeth; George B. Cladek. of
Railway. and Judge Owen p. Mahon, of
Elizabeth.
The committee will At UP headquarters
in Trenton and intend to stir things IN
with a brass band and all the other tradi-
tiOnal accoutrements for Jim MARITIME.
The committee. while it realizes 1t has
something Of a Job on its hands, will make
a mighty effort to put life sinto the boom
OF the Plalnheld man.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
MAUD KICKS UP HER
HEELS AT "MAT" HAWKINS
Mule Breaks Old Mans Ribs and Wagon
Runs Over Him-Is in
HOSPITAL.

Matthew Hankins, 20 years old. of 525
New Jersey Railroad avenue. a ~"leveler'
employed by ]. b. Meyers on the garbage
dumps in the lower end of the Twelfth
Ward, was kicked in the body by a mule
while at york this morning and then run
over by a wagon.
He was so badly bruised that he had to
be taken to st. James's Hospital in the
Third Precinct ambulance.
At the hospital 1t was found hat the
old man had a bad scalp wound. that
several of his ribs were fractured. and
there was also a deep cut over the left
eye, where the mule had kicked him. 1t
is believed, however, that Hankins will re-
cover.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
NATIONAL TURNER'S EXCURSION.

Final preparations have been made for
the annual excursion of the National Turn
Verein to be held Sunday by boat to River
View Grove. The following committee has
charge: August Hagenlocher, chairman;
Charles Brown. secretary; William Bans
bach, G. A. Grub, William Croissant.
George Dletz. Conrad Weinhardt, William
J.. Eitel. Benjamin N~euschaefer, Francis
Stoetzel, Oswald Theill. Francis Fuerst,
William Dopf, Philip Heinniskel, Frank
Trensch, Albert Reusch and Phin Burr.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
CAMP MEETING OFFICERS.
Newark Man Chosen vice-President of
Association.

Officers have been elected by the
board of trustees of the Camp Meeting
Association of the Newark conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as
follows:
Samuel Warren, of New York, presi-
dent. to succeed the Rev. DR.. A. b.
Richardson, of Dover; John w. Lusher.
of this city, vice-president: N. b. Kill
mer, of Brooklyn, secretary, and
Thomas A. Low. of New York, treas
urer, to succeed j. Smith Richardson.
who declined another election to the
office,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
FUNERAL OF MRS. E1cKENBUscH.

The funeral of Mrs. John Eicken-
busch, who died at Nher home, 11s
Springfield avenue. Tuesday. as a re-
suit of a paralytic stroke, took place
yesterday afternoon, the Rev. Carl
Gritanner officiating. Burial took place
in Woodland Cemetery. The pall-bear-
son, William ~Eiekenbusch, Fkancis Bur-
ser. Michael Quinn and Michael Per-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
FAST TRAIN DITCHED;
FIFTEEN INJURED.
Missouri Pacific Passenger, Known as
Hot Spring Special from Kansas
City, Wrecked.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 16.-Fast
Missouri Pacific passenger train No.
los, south-bound. known as the Hot
Springs Special. which left Kansas City
yesterday morning, went into the ditch
between Buffalo and Roper, Kan, 200
miles south of here.
Fifteen persons were injured, none
fatally. The train was made up of one
Pullman, one chair car and a day coach
and is one of the finest trains out of
here.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-16
sunday TrIp 10 the Mountain.

It's cool in the mountains now. Take a
trip on the New Jersey Central's popular
priced excursion on August 18th to Maueh
Chunk for S150. or Lake Hopatcong for
81. Train leaves Broad street for Mauch
Chunk AZ lS7 4. m. and for LAX Hopat-
CONG at s:0s q. m.-Advs
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03

tariff, why doesn't he express
them? He should outline his pol
icies if he wants to be the standard
bearer of a great party and be
the President of a great republic.
Whether Senator Foraker wants
the Presidency or not, the colored
American voters will be guided
alone by his advice and choice. We
believe that he is right. We know
that he is right. We have faith
and confidence in him. We can
not desert him. We shall rise or
fall with him. No matter where
he goes, the colored Americans will
go with him. When he rests his
bones. there will the colored Am
orleans rest their bones. We are
in duty bound to defend and up
hold him.
The colored Americans have been
and are loyal to the republic. At
no time has he failed to respond
when duty demands him. 1t is
strange that the deeds of rebels
should be applauded and the acts of
patriots condemned. Those who re-
belled against our republic are ap-
pointed to office in the South, while
those who upheld the flag are dis
criminated against and told that
their places are in the rear. What
does it mean? Why should rebel
generals be made brigadiers? Why
should Union colonies like Ayers
be retired? Why should Southern
Senators be taken into the conf
dence of the chief executive, while
his once greatest friend, Senator
Foraker, be threatened with defeat
and ignored
The colored Americans are very
grateful and will follow the Senator
of Ohio.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03

bureau, it IS Major Sylvester. Com
missioner West does not believe in
anonymous communications. He
wants every man to come out in the
open
There IS no proof against any de
tective that he IS a confederate of a
bookmaker Or any other gambler. 1t
is dirty libel on the detective bu-
reau. 1t is the work of a scoundrel
who deals in blackmailing letters in
the hope of future reward. This
future reward will never come to
him, unless it is a repentance of his
many sins. There is not a crook con-
nected with the detective bureau.
They are not allowed to remain. The
present force IN the detective bureau
would not associate with a crook.
This has long since been demonstrat-
ed. Where can you find better set
of men than Detectives Horn, Weed
en-, Grant, Hartigan, Evans, Muller,
O'Day, Hulen, and in fact every
member in this department are all
men of the highest integrity and they
should not be blackmailed by the
writings of demagogues and black
legs.
Major Sylvester and his men
should be complimented. The men
in his bureau should be commended
instead of being criticised and libeIed.
The Commissioners will uphold men
in the right, and will not be like this
assassin of the anonymous letter, to
strike the character of men without
positive proof. There is not a man in
the detective bureau who would not
willingly be Investigated and confront
his accuSerS.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03

to predicate superiority upon the
mere fact of color. In the meantime
the ex-slave, fully realizing his OBJ
legation to his race, and to those
who had been the instrument of his
liberation, are seeking to tdvance
upon all lines calculated to justify
their friends in their humane and
philanthropic endeavors. All the
while the poor whites are, as a
class, at standstill, initiating the
master-class in imperiousness and
self-superiority; but lacking Who'll
ly in those qualities which distin-
guished the aristocrat from the
cracker"
Hence the conclusion Is irresist-
ible, as we have many times stated,
that the poor white man is now on
top. He is regalizing in an at
mosphere purely his own. He is
intensely arrogant, tyrannical and
supercilious, and imagines, like the
fly on the wagon wheel, that he
IS the cause and effect of its revolu-
tion-indeed, the whole push-and
deludes himself into the belief that
the present conditions will continue.
He may find hope and encourage
ment in the uneXampled audacity of
the Haywood jury, but the hand
writing is on the wall. Truth,
though crushed to earth, may rise
again, and the eternal verities are
incontestable and absolute. The
poor white trash is verify on top.
And he will remain so for a time
1t is recorded in Scriptures that
the devil must reign for a certain
time. But virtue and culture and
herediy of the nobler instinct must
eventually prevail. The best peo-
pie are now only pausing. They
are awaiting the oppoftunte mo-
ment They will strike when the
time comes: strike long and hard
and successfully. Then, and only
then, may the Negro hope to find
his own.
Let us bide our time. The cri-
terion Of acceptability will be thor
oughly established in time, and
those who have made the most of
their opportunities will be among
the preferred, whether they be
black or white.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
POLICE DEPARTMENT
NTC
BOOKMAKERS.

Anonymous writers are nothing
more than assassins. They are more
dangerous in a community than book
makers or gamblers. They are thieves
and blacklegs and will stab a man in
the back. Anonymous writers will
stab characters and regulations. Sen
sible men pay no attention to anony-
nous writers. The individual that
wrote an anonymous letter to the
Commissioners a few days ago, libel
ing the Police Department, was no
other than a blackleg, whose reputa-
ton IS well known.
There is no department in the
United States that has a better set
of men than the Police Department,
under the supervision of Major Rich
ard Sylvester. His men are active,
and persevering, who never allow a
criminal to escape when in their
clutches. They spend their money
and work overtime to serve the gov
ernment and to protect the interest
of the people.
VIII the Community,will the Com
missioners (and certainly Major Syl-
vester will not) listen to the tales of
blacklegs in an anonymous letter
against some of the best detectives in
the country?
The great trouble with the people
in this city is, they don't give enough
credit to the detective department of
our local government. There is not
a man in the detective bureau who is
not entitled to the highest commend
alton, and it is not believed by decent
people that there is one man in the
detective bureau who is a confederate
or a go-between for gamblers or book
makers.
If the writer of the anonymous let
ter is a respectable citizen, why does
/ he not come out under his real name ?
.
Why does he not go before the chief
of police or the Commissioners in
person and give the names of the
detectives who are the oonfederates
of bookmakers? It is because he is
a blackleg and a demagogue who
should not be considered by the of
fcials of our local governemnt.
If there IS one man in this country
who has and does try to have re-
spectacle police force and detective
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03

enough suits to contend with to last
it until the next meeting of the B.
NJ. c. This committee is composed
Of ignorance and bigotry, with but
one exception; and, as The Bee stat
ed several weeks ago, that a revolu-
ton exists in the order, Mr.. Houston
to the contrary notwithstanding. The
South, which IS composed of two
thirds of the Odd Fellows in the
country, will not tolerate the revo-
lutionary action of this sub-commit-
tee of management.
The end is not yet.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
THE NEGRO PROBLEM.

THE NEGRO PROBLEM.
In a calm, dispassionate way we
are inclined to look facts in the
face. 1t IS folly to distort, lniSap-
ply, or circumvent, or rather at
tempt to do so, when the truth IS
ever present and irresistible. 1t is
still less excusable when the facts
are shrouded in unauthenticated
heat or real gloom. The truth
ought to be told, and will be told
sooner or later. Time-servers and
sycophants may succeed in delaying
the application of the limelight Of
critical analysis to actnal conditions.
All the infinite host of Would-be
prophets, politicians and dema-
gogues may prophesy, manipulate
and preach; but the fact will re
main as undisturbed, inexorable
and incontrovertible as though
these accidents had never been born.
We assert, as we have always as
serted, that there is really no Ne
gro problem, but simply white
mans problem.
The Emancipation, which was
primarily intended to liberate the
slave, has unshackled the bonds of
the poor white man.
There is, nor can there be, any
objection to the extension of the
emancipation act. All mankind was
benefited by the act-the rich, the
poor, the high, the low, the black
and the white. But, when the
slaves were emancipated, they felt
emancipated indeed. They forgot
and forgave the masters lash, and
maintained the same loyalty toward
him as they did before the war
They forgave those hordes of pa
trolls" or poor whote trash, who
had been to them worse than slav-
cry, and hoped that the hand of
fellowship might be extended to-
ward them.
History records that, in the es-
timation of the best people Of the
South, the slave was more trust
worthy and in fact more intelligent
than the rank aid file Of the poor
white trash" The stroke of the
pen which liberated three million
slaves liberated twice as many poor
whites.
The conditions of today consti-
tute the sequel. The liberated
slave, with gratitude to Lincoln
and an abiding belief in Almighty
God, accepted Emancipation in the
spirit in which it was declared and
enforced, while the poor whites, who
have been the co-participants in the
results of the edict, have lost no
time in declaring themselves al
ways and eternally free and indie
pendent, and predicating it all
merely upon the doubtful fact that
they are white.
Hence we are confronted with a
condition of things quite anomalous
and intensely trying. The new
propaganda, instituted by self-seek-
ing politicians at the South, and put
in motion and exaggerated by
Southern colonies in the North, is