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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-10
Left Field is Regarded
as Harder Than Right
Ball Players Agree That Center F'eio
Is Easiest Spot in the
Garden.

While the Pittsburg Pirates were at
Hot Springs discussion was started
as to which of the three outf1eld po-
sitions was hardest to play. Manager
Clark argued that the left fielder mad
the most difficult garden, while Otis
Clymer thought the hardest work Tell
to the right fielder, both agreeing that
the center position was at all times
the easiest Of the three. Along this
line. the following from the pen OF
Jack Ryder, the Cincinnati scribe, is
interesting:
among Outfielders the left station
IL generally rated as the most diff
cult to play; that is, when the sun
field is not taken into consideration.
The reason for this is that left-handed
batters, when they hit to left at all,
drive out balls that are harder TO
handle than any other variety sent to
the gardens. When southpaw nit
ter cuts one to left, there is peculiar
twist on the ball which often, If 1t Is
hit hard, causes it to take peculiar
dive or shoot. Such ball is not only
difficult to Judge accurately, but II
comes to the fielder dead and hard to
hold. A left fielder must have good
pair OF hands to negotiate such
catches, as the ball has a tendency
to break and twist out of the glove
and must be grasped firmly.
'Low-line drives close to the left
foul line, especially those hit by left
hand batter, are the hardest balls to
field that are sent to any of the gar
dens. 1t Is strange, but true, that
right-hand batter hitting to right field
does not impart this peculiar twist
to the ball, and this makes it shade
easier to play right field than left
Center field is the easiest of the three
positions, for bali hit in that direc
ton has been met fair and square
by the bat and sails out on a pretty
straight course, with no disconcertint
changes in it's direction. The middle
fielder has more ground to cover thar
either Of his companions, but hi!
catches are comparatively easy"
OF course where there are sun-fields
that alters the argument altogether
Both left fields in St. Louis are noto
riously hard to play on account of thu
fact that the sun blazes right dow
into the fielder's eyes. Few fans hav'
much idea of the strain on mai
who is compelled to play like that da,
after day, and due allowance SHOULD
be made for him If his batting fall
of under the strain. A sun-fielder i
compelled to wear smoked glasses Il
order to see the ball at all, and tn
effect of putting these on and takin
them OF many times during an after
noon is bound to dim the keenness O
his optics.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-10
RIOT At SAN FRANCISCO.
Strike Breakers and Sympathizers
Clash With Fatal Results.

The strike of the 100 union motor
men and conductors of the United
Railroads at San Francisco developed
into riot May 7th in which more than
a score of persons wee severely hurt,
some being fatally wounded.
At 2:3O o'clock the company made
it's first attempt to resume the oper-
alton of its system by sending out
seven passenger cars manned by be-
tween thirty and forty strike-breakers,
wearing the uniform of inspectors, and
each carrying a 38-calibre revolver
strapped around his waist outside of
his coat. The start was made from
the company's barns at Turk and Fill
more streets, where crowd of from
three to five thousand men and boys
had gathered.
Twenty-seven policemen, five mount
ed officers and several sergeants I'M
der the command of Captain Mooney,
were on patrol guard. The appearance
of the cars in Fillmore street, from
which they were switched into Turk
| street, was the signal for an imme-
date outburst of jeers and bowls. Be
fore the cars had gone one block they
were made the targets of stones and
bricks. In few moments every pane
of glass had been smashed, and sew
eral of the armed operatives had been
struck, cut and bruised. At Turk and
Buchanan streets an especially fierce
attack was made on the foremost car
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-10
UNION LABOR WINS.
One Federal Judge Gets of on the
Right Foot Once.

One Federal Judge Gets OF on the
Right Foot Once.
clean victory for union labor is
to Be$found in the decision handed
down on April 1 by Federal Judge A.
MI. Cochran, in the United States
court, Covington, KY, in the case of
William Adair, master mechanic of
the L.. &. N. railroad. The blacklist
ers and other enemies of fair labor
would do we'll to sit up and take no.
tice
The Federal Grand Jury in Coving-
ton, last fall indicted aAdair on two
counts for discriminating against and
discharging O. B. Coppage, a fireman
der of Locomotive Firemen.
The Indictment was brought under
an act of congress providing a fine
lof from 800 to $1,000, and prohibit
an employee to enter an agreement not
to join labor union, to threaten an
employee with discharge if he SO joins,
to compel emplyes to contribute to
any charitable fund or to prevent any
employee discharged from securing en-
ployment.
The defendant demurred by attack
| ing the constitutionality of the act OF
congress. Defendant alleged that 1t
was meddling in affairs between
master and servant; that the EN-
ployer was not engaged in interstate
commerce, and that it was class legis
lation in that it denied to non-union
labor the equal protection Of the law
Judge Cochran decided otherwise
holding the act of congress to be con
stitutional and that Coppage was en-
gagged in interstate commerce, stating
that employees of the road were ad
juncts to interstate Balti
more Labor Leader.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-10
DoNNELLEY RESIGNS.
President Of Butcher Workmen's Un-
ion Steps Down and Out.

President Of Butcher Workmen's On
ion Steps Down and Out.
Friends of Michael Donnelly, presi-
dent of the Amalgamated Meat Cut
tiers and Butchers Workmen, will re-
greet to hear that he has resigned and
in the future will hold no Office in the
organization. Donnelly's decision was
reached at meeting of the executive
board last week in Syracuse, N. Y,
where the headquarters of the organ
ization are located. He will go back
to work at his trade as a sheep butch
er without any money, but with the
satisfaction of knowing that no one
can point finger at him and ask:
Where did he get it?" The $4,000
mansion" which some of his friends"
said he was building after the strike,
has dwindled down to "a little flat for
which he pays rent. 1t may be that
for practical reasons the judgment of
Donnelly's colleagues that better re-
suits can be obtained with another
man at the head of the organization,
may be good, but the labor movement
stands in need of men with as high
ideals and as honest purposes as Don
uelly has. His successor as presi-
dent is Edward w. Potter of Utica,
N. Y, man who is well qualified to
fill the Office and who is probably
the only man on the executive board
that Donnelly would have resigned to
make room, for-Exchange
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-10
A WEAK DEFENSE

Former Warm Supporter Of President
Scores His Last Letter.
President Roosevelt answered the
bombardment he received from the
press of the country for CHASING Debs,
Meyer and Haywood as undesirable
citizens" We consider his defense
of that unprovoked attack the weak
est statement he ever issued from the
White House. When Harriman's let
ter uncovered yellow streak in the
president he ran off like a mad bull
and made a fool of himself in a fit of
rage. Now he is trying to square him.
self by standing pat. Nothing the pres
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-10
sPRIeHrLY THREE.YTAR-oLD.

Bill Maupin's "Wageworker" has
successfully weathered the storm of
the third anniversary on the turbu-
lent sea of trades-union journalism,
and Bill is being congratulated all
along the line on his prosperity. May
the "Wageworker" and Old Man Bill
always be at the flood tide.-Easton
(Pa) Journal.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-10

Tommy Connolly, the referee, is one
Of the most conscientious men in base
ball. Connolly is devout Catholic,
attends mass every day, and there
are those who insist he missed his
calling when he became an umpire;
that he should have entered the priest
hood. Connolly is a favorite with the
players throughout the country.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-10
Fares win cut Into Profits.

Railroad rate regulations will cut
into the profit of the league baseball
clubs this season. The various clubs
travel about 100000 miles in a year,
spending $4,000. Formerly the clubs
were allowed special rates, which
meant saving of from a quarter to a
half of the regular fare.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-10
union. MADE CIGARS THAI ARE MADE In LINC0LNf

dHe dand ydpstyw dlA poh
dh h ykI lincoln dgry d h wlumd business
hm 6 to ~ for
bds ddod dd Lincoln bge better
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27
By Zona Gale and Jill Monkey

Ta4- is true sa.l Beppo, nodl.us Bur
people d. not know that. he added wisely When
t1e heart beats they -un away. That Is very
The talked until The sunset faded and the
dusk c-rft INTO Inc poor Lt-le ward. Lul-a Was
gong oEer II all again, and once more Beppp
as- Twelve. the great .Aguesc Ar,0 lI1ng prisoner
H--a twisted ankle al the Marathon hotel. had
heard t1e little g-r. singing IN the eor.rd,r. had
ca---i her her bidien her sing and had cried our
= Lucia mother, " But she has q Voice like no
voice III The Wprld-Wlth the lie OF tAo No.ee-,'
hereafter -J~ her amusement N the time %, her
enforced ldeness, the S.gnpra Arlso had taught
-.e little g.r- her own role IN e. Ii ZfugIrl, and
l-ue-s had danced and sung before her as the Gypsy
-A-ue. nad all but learned 70 sing from Airline
tender "aAing song 70 the hnale. II had been
-,a-t.ue to- The Arls3. Il seemed more than
fortunate chance for the little girl Tor the -;Lno-4
had appeared IN Marathon AT all only by reason ~
railway Az -vardness which wont 70 leave
rle-- Marathon bound over night.
But nothing had come OF the fortunate chance, and
Lucia had lived silently in Marathon; until noN, 5v
The same railway aWh|ardneSs, and because, t--c
local papers SAID. the sigrorIna remembered Ma-t-
th9n alton 70 her distinguished mother, S,guor-
na VI Mlna Arl~o WAS - sing La /fHgIrl II the
LUCIA Ead dreamed and Wept with longing 70 sing
what sang itself her. she had gone and
what the Signora Agnese had taught her, and had
made i her own.
And now the time was come, She would 20 to
Mona Ari,o, she would speak 10 her in the voice OF
her longing. and Mona Ariso must understand.
And what II she takes YOU avay-that Woraan:'
asked Beppo almost lercely.
My then, please Heaven viii 60 with her
that woman Lucia cried. What else:
Beppo looked al her, her f@ce glowing Ike q
r. The dusk But love YOU, he reminded her
suIleniy.
For answer she darted little away and broke
int9 A-l.ne's tender waking song
dreamed I dae,t in marble halls ...
And that YOU loved me still
She sang with all her poignant, passionate youth
funess in her full amazing tones. and all her
1uarchless tenderness. Beppo, seeing this shadowy
Lucia. realized almost in misery how magical her
great beauty must prove to others.
.O Oh YOU foolish Beppo,' Lucia said Always
:ilwavs-here therein a world OF a thousand towns
. love vou'' See what | viii do when she coInes
/ viii make her name a time when YOU shall play
for the master Of the Arlsos orchestra. l have
decided
Lucia" said Beppo breathlessly, YOU will do
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

TUcIA .-h yellow 5,1e- above her car
an linking bangle bracelet o1 one arm
- t.-. her shabby gown. stopped spell
- a--i es.ie . billboard oIl the main street
srho-. >i-e Mas ry-p.cally, 4-.s-
-, -I she ought = have stood al dsE
The Ba-be-..i palace. selling poror-
--s truth The yellow flower and the
hi homage Il their emphasis of hoa-
Ea7 unlike Na-a-n5ns main street.
--4- had been mounted on the bill
-1--a seemed a lrtl- Ike thai
..-4--' ~.sc,- B-i.u; ann ounces
Ite --9.- ,r-E = -ae >rsH1'fHI .l5HE
----r:.r r = L,Hgrl r. II 5':e7rt-
herman .r--. - Italian. ~l---,l1 led ..--
1.r4r4Hl- -. RS --stlh,e-s .r-.---. a-z
o,l--- Event Ez--45-i-4r-,
a--e- names a-- Lucia sar none Of
t.E-d 13 and ip"- The street. with rs
'e1 --r,ng. -1- some one u tell her
t- She barely. h-ea-tlessly hoped could
----- she HI coward = r5N- Il little
like 5sua-. -1.e-ri dishes. each n .
-a-i.y bisge- Than cab-e- In one Of
a.- ya-1-. rs Ig--rss sJttrned By
sunset. -ai y -Vrn.y, Italian a Luc.4,
m q r.5..r. a-.i .he old. cracked 1ust---
r--- passionate i-s-.nctne7S.
-@c.a cred. Standing before hisa,
---r- Mona A-.s8. She ! coming,
nh The violin stared ~ ~ her. 'Not-'
i tel y5u. : .,,- Lucia cried WAC
esq cared fJ- L-- -n5-lr---Agne-r Ari-.,
lr-e-5t. very long ago-ari II. D.
---lerl5er-u5. II -he hotel -ay mother
e-epe-. Has -l- Agrr-e A-l-5 not held
knee: D.i She herself not teaca me -
-, sing, a----5 wear her Errv skirt:
-1 the sli,r- she gave mellow can yau
This Is hr- Daughter: | tell you i
Mona Ar.~,--,-r..n- - sing here-5lt
h- .--.heI his 1--. she shall hear vo-s sing
-. -s.i shortly
SAID Lucia ssi.r % /. Bur how.
s. -his." She asked and on the instant
s..-v was g.r-. AMI She stood Struggling
.-- II The one H-8r- She suddenly refnera-
--r. herself
j. tins" sal B-rf7. his brown face
First. you shall D. i yourself Next Il
-- viii Do rh,,
La x her had We" she sad, palms
---ra-
Ire shall speak - v5u.'' said Beppo st9utly
as- g % see her. Lue.a. vii your heart
A ,hought-n,u." Lucia cried But
- What should enc, heart b. bur beat:
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27


Beppo, She cnci She |, Coming
tins ta~ me. You shall not. l 90 myself But
YOU would d. this for me.
Lucia nodded. laughing
Beppo looked ny Al The l,,tle oeander and throug,
her he told himself passiouatrly. i VIII carry
the world away 70 some other place, and give hc-
what II vii! be-
\ week later Lucia with yc,low flower above
her and "a tnkling bangle bracelet one arm.
and the lace pettCoat that had been Agucsc ArIsl,
fiutterng below her cheap blouse stepped with a
very pretty timld.ty into the oce of the Marathon
hotel wish 10 see the SiguorIua Mona Arse
please She announced al the desk. The clerk
puckered his pale lips and stared. Lucia was 50
eXqulsely Italian, unlike the hotel lobby. The
sg-norIna. SAID the clerk IN his unWIukIng way.
IS not to be disturbed until eleven.
Lucia went out past The lobby iders with her
first sinking of the heart. At eleven Lucia was
there 10 ask again. The signorina was At break
fast At twelve Lucia asked Tor her again The
sgnorina had gone 10 drive. Lucia haunted the
hotel door deaf 10 the comments of the loungers At
the entrance. And when the sgnorlna at last re-
turned, driving IN the elephantlnc broughanl Mar
athons most luxurious cab, with B-arney who
plaved mouth organ, on the box, Lucia Was
waiting close 70 the curb. This then, was she,
When Lucia first saw her the Sgnorina Mona
Arlso was laughing See Madame Bovo-it Is Al,
occasion such day.' Lucia heard her saving as
the carriage stopped The s.gnorlna wore some
thing made OF lace IN great neeheS. with fluttering
scarf and Jewels three fingers OF gesturing hand
Beside her sat 4 queruouS lttlc woman whose VraI,
Was drawn high about her throat, and whom the
sgnorIna still laughing. serenrly preceded as She
stepped 10 the curb.
Lucia went quickly forward and stood before
them. The girl face was pale and her breath
quick and, in her fear, her Voice suddenly
scarcely audible. SIgnorin1. she SAID in italian
il YOU would hear me. VIII YOU not let me"
1t was wonderful how the siguorIua did it-wou-
dertul If il had not been 50 cruel. She stepped
across the walk. still smiling. AMI her ewes ur-
seeing. like the eyes ot Who speaks anOthe-
tongue The hand icVeIcd three fingers was
momentIrilv lifted 10 hey hut,er!ns Syart as She
swept past Lucia and entered the door ot the
hotel
Lucia took a swift step forward 'Signorina,',
She cried
Then the querulous little woman spoke 10 Lucia
not sharply, but with u kind OF weary Iupe-,onaty
You mustn't speak l. people YOU don't know
mv child" She said. Ask a. the hotel desk fo-
whatever YOU want She looked over her shoulder
There no free seats, YOU know, She added
kindly
Lucia Went blindv home To sing was 50 easy,
The world was 50 difficult Her grief was a kind
OF rage that longed 10 spend itself but her heart
was heavy as a chids in incaculabe disappo.nt-
ment
little oeander He came 70 meet her, his brown
face thrust eagerly forward One look in her eyes
told him OF some tragedy She said-what did
she saw" he erred.
Lucia sobbed, and did not hide her face. "Au
The Washington herald., 1907-08-03
AUTO TURNS A SOMERSAULT
Car Plunges Down an Embankment
and Lands in Pond.
Three Women Buried Under Machine
in Five Feet of Water, but Get
Only Slight Bruises.

White Plains. n. Y, Aug. At was al
most miracle tba: Mrs. T. ". Hall. her
daughter. Miss Hall. Miss Anderson, and
a chauffeur, who were in a big touring
car which dashed down a thirty-foOt en-
bar knent, turned a somersault, and then
landed in a pond near BSiford, late
last night, We're not killed, and, though
they were buried beneath the machine in
five feet OF water. yet they managed 70
escape with only slight bruises.
The machine belonged to Mrs. Hall.
whose husband is a wealthy resident Of
New Canaan, Conn. and they were on
their way home, after dining at Green
witch. While passing through Old Bed
ford. 1t is said that the chauffeur lost his
way when at the junction Of the Old
Bedford and Long Ridge roads. In taking
a cross road the chauffeur discovered
that. in the darkness, he was climbing an
embankment instead Of taking the high
way toward New Canaan. and started to
back down onto the main road.
The reverse lever failed 10 WORK. and
before he could stop the machine Il tore
down the thirty-foot embankInent, lead
ing TO Buresch's millpond, the car turned
over and then fell into the pond. All the
occupants OF the car were buried under
IL.
The chauffeur and Miss Hall were the
first 10 escape from beneath the car, and
succeeded in dragging Mrs. Hall and Miss
Anderson TO the shore.
The members of the automobile party
we're covered with mud, but they were
thankful that they had not been drowned
or crushed TO death by the machine
II is believed the thick cushions on the
seats saved them from wateTy grave. as
they acted as ufe-preservers and held
them above the water.
Mrs. Hall, Miss Hall. and Miss An
derson we're taken TO the country resi-
dence OF Gouveneur Morris at Old Bed
ford. where they were cared for until the
arrival Of the family physician from New
Canaan.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-03
WILL IMPOSE FINE TODAY
Judge Lands Ready to Fix Oil
Trust Penalty.
Leading Attorneys for Defense Away
from Chicago, and Those Remain
ing Decline to Discuss Plans.

Chicago. Aug. 2-The announcement by
Judge Lands OF the fine to be imposed
en- the Standard Oil Company Of Indiana
will make tomorrow day Of big events
at the Federal building.
The oil company is waiting its fate Sith
as much cheerfulness as possible.
I'VE have only 10 wait and take what
Judge Lands gives US" one attorney for
the company said to-day. Then viii be
time to consider whether further legal
steps are necessary.
Subordinate counsel. il was said, would
be present 20 hear the announcement Of
the fine. Attorneys John s. Miller and
Arthur Eddy are both in Europe. and
Attorney ROsenthal is at a summer resort
in .he East. Guesses on the size Of the
penalty to-day ranged from 100000 to
the maximum figure which can be i'm
posed under the law, SO. 20 600.
Efforts 10 secure guess from District
Attorney Sims and his assistants as to
the amount Of the fine were unavailing
The general belief In government circles.
according to expressions heard at the
Federal Building to-day, was that So
600. 600 would probably be the figure which
the court would direct the oil company
to pay.
The appeal that seems to be a GER
tainty. following the imposition OF the
fine, is expected 10 be on the ground
that the collection of the fine would be
an appropriation Of property without due
process Of law, and I'm violation OF the
Constitution. Other grounds viii be in
cluded. Judge Lands. who has been in
Indiana, is expected TO return late to-day
The Washington herald., 1907-08-03
FIRE IN A DISTILLERY.
Two Floors of FIeischmann Plant
Gutted-WiIsOn Plant Unframed.

Two Floors of FIeischmann Plant
Gutted-WiIsOn Plant Unframed.
Special 70 The Washington Herald.
Baltimore, Aug. 2.-The Baltimore distfI-
lery Of the Fleischmann Company Of Gin
cinnati. at North avenue and Gay street.
was badly damaged by fire this morning
at 1870 O'Clock. Three alarms were
turned IN.
-Four firemen were hurt by the falling Of
a ladder and the breaking OF glass. They
are:
ankle broken cIt about the head and other injuries
condition serious.
PiDeman Barclay HalloPu, No. 10 Engine Com
pany. head cut; condition serious.
CAPT Michael Lynn No II Engine COMPANY. deem
cuts on hand and arm. caused by falling glass
PiDeman Urg, Nc. Engine Company, hand cut.
The fire is believed to have started in
the electric elevator starter-box on the
third floor.
The FIRE was confined to the third and
fourth floors, in which a great deal of
high-prOof spirits was stored. George A.
J. CAMPER, the superintendent of tfe
distillery. was unable to estimate the
damage this afternoon. He said that the
third and fourth floors had been Quilted
Mr. Wilson's distillery is directly in the
rear of the Fleischmann plant, but the eff
forts of employees and firemen were
successful in preventing the flames from
spreading to the Wilson establishment
The business has in no manner been i'm
paired
The Washington herald., 1907-08-03
REvOKES sOUTHERNS LICENSE.
Alabama Prohibits Road from Doing
Business in that State.


Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 2.-The State
Of Alabama. through Frank n. Julian.
secretary OF state. has revoked the license
OF the Southern Railway Company TO do
business in this State. because Of the al
legged violation Of an act passed by the
legislature last March for the further
regulation Of foreign corporations doing
business in Alabama" The Southern
Railway Company is a Virginia corpora
ton.
The act in question prevents such cor
pOTatiOns from transferring a suit
brought Aom q state court to the Fed
eral courts. in civil suit brought
against the railroad in TaIladega County
by a man who claimed damages for al
legged personal injuries the railroad had
the case transferred to the Federal court.
The clerk OF the county court at ITALIA
dega so notified the secretary Of state,
who Immediately cancelled the railroad S
license
Tn law above referred to was recently
declared unconstitutional by a Federal
judge in this State. The case is extremely
complicated. and the action Of the State
authorities is another step in the fight of
Gov Conner and his administration on the
railroads.
An extra session Of the legislature will
be held in the fall to adopt more stringent
railroad regulation laws to meet the situa-
ton created by the various rate regula-
ton laws being enjoined in the Federal
courts