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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13
THE PEONAGE CASES.

The Federal grand juryl has re.
large concerns of the State, to,
gether with number of employees,
"detectives' and ''guards,' charg
ing them with holding working
men in condition of pconage
This will be gratifying news to tho
trades unionists of the state and
the good citizens generally, and
will go a long way toward break
ing up the infamous "guard'
system which has prevailed il
certain sections of the state fol
several years.
The state and county authori
ties have been appealed to on vari
GUS occasions, but have done moth.
ing whatever to stamp out the
growing evil, nor made any effort tC
protect the citizen against these
lawlcss thugs who call themselves
'detectivcs' or "guards.'
The labor leaders Of the state
have on more than one occasion
publicly announced that ]aboring
men were being held against thcil
will in different portions of the
state, but very little attempt to
ascertain the truth of the assertions
was made by the authorities. The
findings of the grand jury which
have been published broadcast
more than substantiate the claims
made by the labor leaders and do
not reflect any great credit Oh the
state or county authorities.
But>now that Uncle Sam has
taken hand in the matter, it will
come to an abrupt close and tho
'Eguards' who have been terror.
izing the citizens, and who hay,
utterly ignored both the laws o.
God and man, viii be compelled tt
hike out for pastures new.
More power to the government
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

Some of the employers of Wheel
ing, finding that they could no
longer drive their employees are now
essaying to drive their own teams,
after forcing their men to strike for
better conditions. Well, a few
days hard work viii not hurt them.
and may probably teach them to
treat their men in a more humane
manner in the future
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13
THE TROUBLE MAKER.

The men who fight the battles
for labor, who make enemies Of
capitalists ami corporations by
what they do and say, have trials
enough to encounter without feel
ing that they must also be on their
guard against enemies in the very
ranks of labor who ought to be
their friends and supporters. But
while it is discouraging to know
that there are creatures so dcSpiC-
able rs to seek to blight the good
work of loyal men it must never
be forgotten that the sound sense
and good Judgment of the great
maj ority of the laboring people
can be relied upon to scorn the
work of gossips and render futile
the efforts of the falsiiied who
would willingly wreck every hope
of labor's future that in the ruins
they might find some petty hate OF
malice granted.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

Every union man in Charleston
should assist in organizing and
building up the unorganizcd trades
while harmonious relations prevail
among the unions and their EN-
ployers. The better organized the
city is better the conditions under
which you labor. Don't be selfish
but help your fellow workers, you
don't know when you may have
to call on them for assistance.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

The timo has arrived when the
miners Of West Virginia must rcle-
gate their personal feelings and
anlmOSltleS to the rear and line up
as if one man and assist the officers
i'll organizing the state. Now is
the time to accomplish the feat and
it can be done if every man does
his part. Attend your local meet
ings regularly and pay your dues
promptly and talk up the organi
cation among your fellow work
men and got them interested.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

The wage worker without Il
union to check the employers de
sire to obtain cheaper labor, and
increase the working hours to
where it was in the "good old timc''
would be about as hopeless as a
bird without wings in the midst of
lot of hungry cats.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

The Charleston Real Estate Ey-
change, it is understood will
protest against the Kanawha
Water and Light company for
selling real estate without a
license. AS yet the fish dealers
have filed no complaint.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

If 1T costs 40 per cent. more to
live than it did IA year ago. and
you get Il ten per cent. raise and
they tell you its prosperity. what
are they
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13
Strike Averted.

At Il meeting of the operators
and miners at Tcrre Haute, Ind.
last Thursday an agreement was
reached which averteu a strike of
from 1000 to 5000 men of Dis
trict II. Both sides conceded
points.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

The Chicago Chronicle, one of
the most rampant union hating
sheets in the country, admits that
Senator Borah has been caught in
the net of investigators of the
Western land frauds, and offers
the following advice:
"From this distance it looks as if
the prosecution in the case of
Meyer and Haywood was making
mistake in retaining Senator
Borah as one of the counsel for the
state. Although there appears to
be something of Il mystery about
Borah's Indictment for alleged
participation in government land
frauds, there is no dispute as to
the fact that he has been indicted.
In such a contingency it is clear
that if Senator Borah will not re-
tire voluntarily from the Mover
Haywood ease he should be retired
by the states attorney. In Il trial
of such magnitude the prosecution
could only be handicapped 10y the
presence as counsel of a man who.
guilty or not, is under indictment.
Borah should co.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13
IT IN TT0TITS, 7 IdTITt1IT
VS.,
James w. Reynolds, Defendant
NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS.

NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS.
To James NJ. Reynolds:
You will please take notice that be
tween the hours of 9 O'Clock a III. and
o clock p. m, on
FRIDAY, JUNE 18TH, 1907,
at the law offices of LittIepage Cato &
biedsoe, Ill the Kanawlla Valley Bank
Building, in the city of Charleston, Kan
awfla County, West Virginia, will pro
coed to have taken the dispositions
myself and others, to be read and used
as evidence in my behalf in certain suit
III chancery now pending in the Circuit
court OF kanawha County, West Virgin
ia IN which suit plaintiff and Won
are defendant
Ana II from any cause the taking OF
SAID dispositions shall not be taken or
completed on that day, the same shall be
continued from day to day, or from time
10 time. at the same place and between
me same hours, until said dispositions
snail have been fully taken and co11ple-
ted, Tor the purposes aforesaid.
Respectfully.
Clora A. Reynolds
BY Counsel
Littlepagc, Cato & Bledsoe, Soils.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

If you owe Il dollar paw it
Especially if is for a substitution
to the The Labor Argus). If YOU
owe Il grudge. forget it.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

Love is period of dizzy intoxis
cation. and matrimony is the water
wagon.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13
THURSDAY. JUNE 13, 1907.
UNION AND PROFESSIONAL WAGES.

IL IL TcHlaIk nOI lnlIclueIlCly
heard that as a result of the
methods of organized labor the
cOarsest sort of labor is better paid
under union schedule than are
higher forms of labor-sOcalled
professional labor, says the Journal
of Bakersfield, Cal. For example,
it is often shown that the hod-
carrier is better paid than is the
teacher in the public schools.
1t is not displcasing to union
labor to see 4 comparison like the
above. If an unskllled laborer,
and for tho pure purpose of com
parison the hodcarricr is SO rated,
can control in great measure the
wages of his craft, why cannot the
teacher do as well or better by
using the same methods that the
hOdcarrier uses?
1t is usually presumed that, &C
cording to the fitness of things, the
teacher should be paid more than
the hodcarrier, and there lies an
issue that union labor does not
hesitate to raise. Is the labor of
the teacher more arduous, entail
ing greater physical eXcrtion 7
Does the work of the teacher offer
greater hazard to life and
health Are the needs of civil
LIED man engaged in profession
of any sort necessarily greater than
those Of q man engaged in hard
physical labor? Should not the
family of the workingman enjoy
just AS many of the higher and
better things of this world us the
family of the professional man!
Isn't it about time for the world
that works with his hands may be
just as intellectual, just as high in
the scale of manhood as the man
whose labor is of the kind that is
called professional -
TO go back to the teacher and
the hodcarrier. One of the differ
ences between these two classes OF
workers is in the quality or nature
of their respective education. The
teacher may know many things that
the hodcarrier does not know, but
too often the teacher does not know
the one vital thing that both the
teacher and the hodcarricr should
know-hOw to make sufficient
money to provide comfortably fol-
himself and family. The hod-
carrier knows the elements of this
trade, and that trade is one of the
essentials of modern civilization.
A trade in nine cases out of ten
is not the result of choice. but the
result of conditions surrounding
early life. The hodcarricr is a
hodcarrier from necessity and the
teacher is a teacher because his
early training fitted him to teach.
While the teacher was learning th,
S>So'iNA PSiiPiii etSbiS tSll ,IuStillOll III
the high school the hodcarrier was
learning how to earn dollar tC
provide for life's necessities. The
The man that carries mortar hoe
may never have heard of Biela :
comet or the computation of its
parabola, but he knows how to
mix box of mortar, which spells
a great deal more in dollars and
cents than the great store Of i'm
practical things that the teacher
spent years TO learn.
We like to fight the fight of the
man with the bod. He is the
under dog in fight that was not
his own making. Every victory
that he wins in his fight for better
wages means education. better
homes and better conditions of
living not only for himself but fo1
generations to come after him. The
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

One half of the world is ALWAYS
SchemlnS how to do the other half.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

elevation of man from the plane of
grinding poverty is the greatest
factor in the intellectual evolution
Of the world.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13
Order of Publication.

State of West Virginia. Kanawha County
SIS.
AT Rules held in the Clerks office Of
The Circuit Court of Kanawlla County on
the first Monday i'll the month of June,
l9o7.
Clora A. Reynolds, Plaintiff
VS.,
James w. Reynolds, Defendant
III Chancery.
The object of this suit is to obtain a
divorce from the bonds of natri1nonv.
This day came the plaintiff by her at
ttorney; and OIL his motion, and ii appear
ing from affidavit filed, that the defend
ant ls resident of this State, il is
ordered that he do appear within one
month after the date of the first pubica-
ton hereof, and do what is necessary TO
protect his interests in this suit
leste: ID. M. Shirley, Clerk.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

Capital insists upon its rights to
hire labor at the market rate. We
all know what this means. The
''market rate' is always below the
rate at which men are holding
their jobs, no matter now low that
rate may be, so long as there are
men out of employment. This is
not theory; it is 4 condition. If
it be granted that every man has a
right to work where, when and for
what wages he will, without re-
straint, it is easy to see where the
labOring man would come out. At
the present time the condition of
unaffiliated labor is not so notice
able, because trades unions have
set up a standard of wages and the
non union man benefits thereby.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

The Huntington correspondent
of the Gazette is at present engag-
ed in telling the striking plumbers
of that place that they don't know
their business and what an abused
man the ''good, kind boss' is.
About the only thing that this new
industrial Moses succeeds in demon
strating in his wild harrangue is
the fact that what he doesn't know
about the situation would fill a
large volume. IF he is wise he will
devote his space writing proclivitics
to subjects with which he is more
familiar in the future.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-06-13

State of West Virginia. Kanawha County
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-23
.chsroksssiil- 10 Out.

Trinidad. Colo!-"chcroEcc Biii.'
whose correct name In William Smith.
4 onetimc notorious outlaw In south.
srr Colorado. has Just been released
from tho Lravcnworth prison and has
returned TO the scene Of his early nd.
ventures. Cherokee Dill served four
years for tho robbery Of a poaiofIicr at
Carleton. Colorado. which is small
city near Lamar. The robbery occurred
in 1909. and the men also had planned
10 rob a Santa Fc express train. but
. heavy snow storm forced them TO
abandon the plot.
For several weeks following tho rob.
berry Smith was a fugitive In the can.
ons about Ration mountain and man.
aged TO exist by killing cattle and cook.
ing the meat In a cave. To avoid the
smoke from revealing his whereabouts.
lie In now fifiy.ninc years Of age. but
appears much younger. He vows that
he has reformed and Ia now looking for
work.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-23
Falls from cr.ss to Death.

Canon City. coio.-Miss Eu.cnic
Gooid. aged rs years. n trained nurse
Of this city. was Instantly killed by
falling on u high blum above Howard.
Miss Gooid. who was u sufferer from
hay fever. accompanied party Of
campers ten days ago to u point 10.
Gated above timber line on the San.rc
do Cristo range. Several members OF
the party went out this morning for u
climb TO the crest Of the range. where
they could look over into the San Luis
valley.
On reaching hi.h ciin Miss Gooid
and n youn. man OF the party scpa-
rated from the other members and be-
gan rolling rocks down the clin for
amusement. Miss Goold In said to
have taken stone and ran To the
edge Of the clin. throwing II M far
ont as she could. She missed her
footing and plunged over tho prccipicc
TO the jagged rocks below. Her com
panion climbed down the mountain
side AZ quickly NJ possible and on
reaching the body found that life was
extinct. The other campers were noti.
fed and assisted In brin.in. the body
TO camp.
Gcnrvicvc Gooid. a sister Of the dead
woman. was In tho party and t-ic'
rhoncd tho facts from Howard TO DIR
c. II. Wilkinson In this city. who no,i
ned tho coroner. The body was badly
crushed In the fall and Il IL believed
that death was instantaneous.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-23
OubonIe Plague Breaks Out.

San Francisco. Cai.-Twcnty cases
Of Bubonic plague. four Of which have
resulted in death, have been reported
to the health department. The patients.
with one exception. were poor foreign.
ers, dwelling In the ncighborhood q
the old Chinatown. The exception was
a foreign sailor from a coastwisc
steamer. Prompt measures were taken
by tho local. state and federal author.
tiles to prevent spread OF the disease.
Both President Jules A. Samon OF the
local health board. and Health Omccr
James T, Watkins. stated that the stu.
alton Is well In hand.
The infected steamer was ordered
into quarantine with her passengers
and will remain until released By the
health department. The two shacks
Inhabited by the other patients were
fumigatcd and sealed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-23
Carrying . Load Of Peaches.

Grand Junction. Colo.-with Grand
Junction. 1905" as their slogan. one Of
the most representative delegations
ever sent out from Grand Junction lca
over the Colorado Midland In n special
car Monday for Greeley to attend tho
annual meeting OF the Colorado Com.
mcrciaI Association. The local dcicga-
ton will wage a vigorous campaign TO
secure the next convention of the or
ganization for this city and also to ef.
feet a reorganization of the asso.
citation. 30 that equal representation
will be given TO every part Of the state.
The delegation which consists OF
more than twenty-five business
men from the various points
In the Grand Valley, chartered
special Pullman sleeper. On the sides
Of the car streamers were strung with
the inscription Grand Valley Special
to the Greeley Convention" In addi-
ton to these each Of the delegates
wore a neat ribbon streamer badge.
on which appeared in red letters, Tho
Grand Valley never fails"
A cut OF peach formed the decorn-
ton of the badge. In the Pullman
sleeper was loaded n large quantity
of luscious fruit. ani at every place
where the train stopped this was
handed out.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-23
NO END NEAR. SAY STRIKERS.
rsisprsphsrs SIN Out and Both Side
Confident Of Victory.

Chicaro.-important Developments
In the strike OF commercial tcic.ra.
piers arc looked for soon by both dis.
puian'a.
Confident that tho strike has spent
iia force and that the turning point has
b-cn reached. the telegraph companies
look for q stampede OF tho strikers TO
rcgnin their former positions.
Chccrcd by the reports they have 70.
ccivcd from the various cities affected.
the strikers. on tho other hand. arc
prepared TO prosecute the strike moro
vigorously than ever.
According to adviccs received at
cities affected upton headquarters the
messenger boys and check clerks In
New York are scheduled To go out.
Three hundred operators employed
by tho American Telephone & Tclc.
graph Company throughout tho South.
ives, may bc called out unless n ton
per cent. Increase In wages is granted.
That Is one Of the trump cards which
President Small expects to play. n tho
order IL issued II will isolate Chicago
from the rest Of the country as far ns
telephone communication Ia con
ccrned.
A representative Of the company
was auTVTlttu W near VI suc Cou't'
plated strike and said he understood
the entire matter has been settled by
ofiiciais in New York.
lie declared he understood the set.
ticment applied TO the operators en-.
pioycd by the company throughout the
entire country. as well as In tho Chi.
cagp ONCE.
Another report Is the contemplated
plan Of the strike leader TO call out the
cable operators. which would isolate
America from the rest Of the world.
but II is admitted that this coup In not
likely to materialize.
The strike leaders themselves doubt
their ability to tic up th\ cable service
at the most important points.
The board of directors Of the Associ.
atcd Press will meet in New York.
when Il Is expected that terms Of set.
ticment will be discussed. General
Manager Stone has asked for a confer.
cnce with the former employees OF the
association on the eastern circuits. but
the men have been advised by Presi.
dent Small to make no settlement that
does not include all the operators Of
the company.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-23
Two TRUSTEES Escape.

Canon City. Coio.-Two TRUSTEES At
the pcnitcntiary. who had been stop.
ping at one Of the prison farms three
miles east Of tho prison. decided they
wanted more freedom. and made their
escape. taking two Of the prison farm
horses to assist them. The animals
returned to the farm. but as they were
not found until within the city limits
they gave no trace as TO the direction
they had Travelled. They showed they
had been driven hard.
The prisoners are Charles Schrode.
No. 639s, and J. Z. Greer. 6960. Both
were employed as teamsters. and with
i've or six other conviets had been per.
mittcd to stay at the farm several
weeks under the guard OF Jerry Mo.
ran.
schrode is twehty.four years Of age
and was sentenced from Boulder
county for larceny for n term Of from
three to four years. He Is reported to
have been a convict at the State Re.
formatory At Buena Vista before com.
ing here. Greer IL thirty.four years old
and was sent from Clear Greek county
for grand lai ceny. Hc was serving a
term Of two years.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-23
And Now the Preacher Smokes.

East Mortified. Mass.-By endorsing
smoking and theaters. DIR. J. c. Morgan
OF Londen. shocked the conference Of
Christian Workers here, and has pre-.
cipitated determination by other min.
listers to lead a "walkout" whenever
the London pastor is again scheduled
TO speak.
DR.. Morgan created a decided sensa.
t1on when he intimated that II was
perfectly allowable for one to smoke or
go to the ,heater, provided they be.
lieved God had told them that II was
right. when they asked Hin.
On all of the circulars issued by the
Workers. smoking has been prohibited.
Following the announcement of DR..
Morgan's theory several Of the minis.
ters present signifed their intention of
bolting should he again speak.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-23
Cyclone Kidnapped a Child.

Des Moines.-Kidnaped by cyclone
eighteen years ago. to discover himself
,nly within the past few days. Charles
Bennett OF Vallisca, Iowa, has put the
strange story OF Charlie Ross clear out
Of commission.
Imagine a baby carried miles and
miles by a whirlIng. shrieking storm
cloud. deposited In a strangers yard.
there found. nursed into life and finally
discovering u thousand miles away the
real parents from whom as a babe he
vas separated eighteen years before.
There you have the remarkable tale
Of Charles Bennett. Was ever = story
stranger?
Benefits parents lived In Harrison
county Missouri. Old settlers there
well remember that fatal cyclone which
swept over the county eighteen years
ago. 1t left ruin and disaster In its
wake.
cottage II literally tore the house to
flinders. The father and mother were
separated and the baby boy was picked
up by the storm cloud and let down In
the back yard Of T. ". Hudson. q far.
mer. who was getting ready To move
for Louisiana.
Hudson took the younsster with him
to Louisiana. There he reared him M
his own. And II was not until the sup
posed father and son quarreled the
other day that Hudson told Bennett
the remarkable story OF his life.
Bennett set forth to find himself. Al
= little town In Harrison county he dis
covered clew To his parents. There
an old settler named Hank" Barnes
told him the story. He discovered soon
after sister. Mrs. Benjamin Richard
/, son. at Vallisca, and n brother In Fair
deld. Nebraska. The mother. who has
Ion. mourned the son M dead. In IN
California. and thither the victim ol
the cyclone will bctake himself.