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Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-15
BOTH COMPANIES
CLAIM VICTORY
President Small. However. Denies
That Difficulty Is Settled Union
Men Will Remain Out Until
Grievances Are
Remedied.

New York, August 15.-At the
general offices of the two telegraph
companies, 1t was said today that no
difficulty Is experienced in handling
| everything. offered. '"The strike is
over" declared NJ L. Clowry, presi-
dent and general manager of the
Western Union. I'VE are having an
plications from the strikers today but
We are turning them down We are
filled up and cannot pla'e them"
Local officers of the union still ex-
press their confidence In the outcome
| and they deny that any union men
have applied for employment
The Associated Press is moving It's
report and stea iilv improving the
situation.
No Arbitration Goes.
Chicago, August 15.-The telegraph
companies today reopened their Of
fees on the board of trade. The op-
orators were comparatively few in
| number but both companies declared
that they would be able to improve
the coalitions in day. Both tele-
graph companies and members of the
| union still declare that they Will not
arbitrate anything.
Cutting Wires.
San Francisco, August l5-At noon
yesterday four telegraphers. members
| of the striking body. were arrested
| In the outskirts, charged with at
tempting to interfere with the wires
of the two commercial companies.
| The police claim that the men had
wire cutters and "climhers'' in their
| possession, and that several breaks in
different circuits can be traced direct
to the men arrested.
The men were Immediately bailed
out by the local union, but their
| names were refused by both police
and strikers
Cause of Strike.
The demands of the telegraphers,
which caused the strike, are as fol-
lows:
Day work-Six days, eight hours
daily $40 per week. and overtime
and extra time at the rate OF 10
cents per hour.
Night work-Six nights, eight
hours. $S5 per week, and overtime
and extra at the rate of 20 cents per
hour.
The vacation to remain as at pres
ent.
A proportonate increase for chiefs
and sub-chief operators
Denies That Strike Is Over.
Chicago Ill, August 15.-President
Small, of the Commercial Telegra-
piers union, in a statement issued
this morning, denies the declaration
OF President Clowry of the Western
Union, that the strike Is over" He
says that the operators will remain
out until their demands are conced-
ed, and that the strikers are stronger
today than at any time since the
strike began.
Officials of the local union insist
that they have plenty of funds to
carry on the struggle, especially since
the Order of Railway Telegraphers
came to the aid OF the commercial
men with its money and its determi-
nation not to transmit any Western
Union business.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-15
STOCK MARKET BROKE
BADLY AGAIN TODAY

New York, August l5.-The stock
market broke badly again at the
opening today. Representative stocks
are selling materially below yester-
days low prices. There was fever
ish rally but the stocks sank again TO
within a fraction of the lowest point.
The appointment of a receiver for
the Pope Manufacturing company
was one Of the factors I'm the slump.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-15
WEATHER FORECAST

Denver, COL, August l5.--Fair
tonight and Friday.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-15
WOULDN'T RECEIVE
MESSAGE OF DEATH.

Des Molnes, Ia, August 15.-Will-
lam Reynolds, a railway operator at
Mapleton, near Sioux city, on the c..
NJ & ST. r., refused yesterday to take
a telegram from a nOn-union opera
tor at Cedar Rapids. Later he was
called on the long distance telephone
and told that his mother was dead
at Cedar Rapids, This was the mes
sage he received by telegraph.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-15
KILLED BY POWDER
FACTORY EXPLOSION.

Berlin, August 15.-A dynamite
factory at Doetbitz exploded today.
one life is known to be lost and
eight are missing, believed to be
killed. Twenty are dangerously and
sixty slightly hurt.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-15
TSI AN WILL QUIT
THE CHINESE THRONE

London, August 15. = Shanghai
dispatches say that the empress dow
ager Of China has announced her de-
termination to abdicate at the next
Chinese new year in favor OF the en-
peror.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-24

a rather disagreeable scowl on his face.
Scarlet looked at MIN through his half
closed eyes.
"Remittauce man, and poor one at
that he said
by Jove said Lord Hope He
seems TO grow fat on II. Better looking
fellow than his brother"
Scarlet stiiled looked AZ him quizzically-
ANY chance for that brother to die 90
he asked with bluntness.
Lord Greville smiled
For a man that doesn't hunt, there
isn't much chawnce, y know, except for
tn gout. and that takes q long time.
Quite a long time.
Good, said Scarlet in loud tone
Hello, there" calculated Lord GreyiIie,
fixing his glass into one eye. and looking
carefully at his questioner. Good, eh2
Good, eh? An. I see. NT Scarlet. see.
And Lord Hope, being a man of the
world, an aristOcrat, and member of ten
clubs. smiled knowingly at himself
Now. Bet he said TO his sister, as
they arrived at the Inn, just as the day
was breaking. don't make some OF
these fellows in America think that you
intend 10 remain over here. Damme. girl
I've been young myself In fact. ! still
am young
His sister laughed and when she fell
asleep she was still smiling.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-24

could muster-to the fall meeting at the
Benning course. They were to run soon,
and Ryder-deal lightly with him, gentle
reader-had determined to wager another
good-sized bet. II can't be much worse
of than ] am now" he said, very rue
fully TO Fanshawe And ] may hit It
this time Fan, you know. People don't
pull horses in every race.
As Ryder recalled the fresh, winsome
face OF Lady Hope Greville. he thought of
something OF which he had only thought
once bef0re-and then Il had lasted for
so short a time that il had not worried a
him. As a matter of fact nothing had
ever worried him IN his life. He had been
born rresponsible-and optimistic.
f'Why not, said Ryder to himself.
'sYes, why not? Why not return to
England, not as the Lord OF Graceland
Park bat as Lord OF oxen Park? Her
brothers a good fellow" he thought. He
and I could get on famously together,
only his brand OF cigars is something
atroctous. I never could learn to like
those stogies"
The idea was so pleasing to him that
Il grew paramount. He thought, In fact,
OF nothing else. He considered the ques-
tion with such persistence that he quite
worried Aunty June when he arrived at
the breakfast table. Aunty had put on
a new gingham apron that morning, for
Ryder had paid her a semi-annual diTi-
dend on the day previous Aunty thought
that Marse Ryder wonld notice It. and. as
ne did not she knew that something Was
wrong "Doan you eel well. this mOrnn'
honey?' said Aunty. when pouring out a
cup of coffee which was quarters
grounds Il spec de dance was a trifie
noisy, las night, want it?''
Ryder studied the table and looked for
a cup that didn't have the handle broken
of. There was only one IN sight, and he
raked It toward him with a pewter spoon.
"Why the deuce don't you strain your
coffee, Aunty7" he said. This Is the
worst slush that I ever tried TO swallow. -"
Deed / knowed dere WIZ something
wrong with you, massa," replied Aunty
June. You wouldn't notice de coffee ef
you want getting over particular. I clar
to goodness. honey. I believe dat you're
in love
Ryder flushed He seized piece Of hot
corn-pone in one hand and raised It be-
hind him But Aunty June had been we'll
schoolad in the houses of hunting gentle
men. As the corn bread Whistled through
The Washington herald., 1907-03-24
GARDENS FOR THE WORKERS.
seIf-heIp Movement In France Prov
ing a Great Success.

From the CentuU.
The great value OF my little gasden
to me has not been the fine vegetables
il has yielded all summer and the good
time tie children have had in the open
air, but the glasses of beer and absinthe
my husband hasn't taken" observed the
mother of a French workingman's rather
numerous family to an investigator last
autumn.
Quite right, mother" echoed man
near by: you will never know the evil
We men don't do while We are busy in
our little gardens"
This conversation took place in France,
on one of the workingmens gardens. a
movement for self-help which is growing
each year. A similar movement was
started in Detroit in 1894 under the name
OF the Pota Patch farms; later carried
out successfully in New York and other
cities in the vacant lot farms, while to-
day Philadelphia is beginning her eighth
year Of successful effort.
Nine. Hervieu charitable woman ir
Sedan, tired OF aiding the poor by gifts
of money. attempted TO rouse them TO self
help by an offer of doubling any sum
of money which they should deposit in
the local savings bank. She rented a
small tract Of land and said TO the poor
people: Now go to work
They did, and as they worked the taste
for It grew. they kept steadily ar It,
especially as they knew that the fruits
of their labor would belong TO them.
that the vegetables they raised could be
taken to their homes or sold.
Such was the humble beginning in 1893
Of a little movement. but one so simple
and practical that It grew until last Oc-
tober, in Paris. there was held a congress
of workingmen's gardens, attended by 200
delegates under the presidency of N.
,Aynsrd, Of France.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-24
HoIe ln the HYntch =

From the Minneapolis Journal.
The queerest patentT' said the attor-
ney. well. the queerest patent I know
of was the patent of a hole.
An old farmer out ST. Louis way pat
ented a hole and what is more. he made
a lot Of money on IT, Now. though. it
isn't worth the paper it is written on
This farmer one morning in the dim
past went to wind his big silver turnip
and found the key stuck full Of dirt He
tried TO dig the dirt out with a pin. No
go.
e 'Consarn ye.' he said. TN fix ye'
And he drilled hole in the key. and
with single breath blew oJt every bit
Of the dirt
He patented that hole. He built a
factory. bought millions Of keys. and
made holes for them. His plant turned
ont 1850 holes a day.
an fact, all the world used the farmer g
watch keys. which we're the only kind
that would keep clean, and the old fellow
got rich.
THAT. Of course. was in the dim past
The hole factory IS only running on half
time now. for few persons to-day use anv
save the stem-winding OF keyless watch. .
The Washington herald., 1907-03-24
CHAPTER VIII.

Dick Ryder arose late. This was a Gus
tom. habit that he had fallen into at
Oxford: a habit that had grown upon
him so that it had become fixed. It
suited Virginia as it had suited oxford
In both places young men took their
time.
He seemed happy. He whistled gayly
as he gazed upon his clean, open counte-
nance in the mirror and iathered his
chin with Pears for the morning shave.
by Jove. she said that I was hand
somer than my brother" he CALCULATED.
"Handsomer than my brother Wen.
well. well"
The words seemed to have made a great
impression upon him. He repeated them
over and over again ike "A little child
muttering a prayer It pleased him He
thought well of himself that morning.
If I only wasn't confounded pauper. 80
said Ryder to himself. I might do
something" Wen. why not even now:
she said that I was handsomer than my
brother They always used 10 tell me
that anyway at home. I'm quite used to
IT,"
As he dressed himself number of
thoughts crowded themselves upon him.
There was no doubt that the ambition of
his life could be realized should he ever
be able to gain sufficient fortune We
all have our ambitions. With some It is
to be wealthy, with others to be an ar
.tstc success. with some to write a great
book. with others to make a splendid
speech. And Ryder's ambition was to re-
turn to his own people. there TO live in
the country and be the squire. He would
keep his own pack. his hunters. and his
men. He would have all mis- friends down
from town TO join him, and his game
eoverts would be known throughout the
kingdom as the best. Truly not as great
an ambition as Of him who wishes TO be
Senator. Speaker of the House. or poet
laureate, perhaps; but a good. whole
souled, healthy ambition. the ambition OF
a race Of outdoor lovers. of conquerors in
the game OF destiny because of their ply
steal prowess.
In spite of thel shiftlessness of his Hv-
ing; in spite of the apparent aimlessness
of his attempts 10 pay OF the debts with
which he had saddled himself. deep down,
far away in the inner man, was the heart
gnawing desire to be once more among
his own, once more the English country
gentleman. living upon his estate. as had
his forebears. 1t prodded him to renewed
exerti0ns with his breeding Of horses; it
spurred him on with fresh determination
10 succeed upon the track. Even now
with the courage of the young. and the
grit of the Anglo-Saxon, he and Fan
shave had sent two-it was all that they
The Washington herald., 1907-03-24

What IS the work?'' asked Msrsden.
as ne pocketed the letter. John Dufford
looked al him over his steel-bowed spec
tacles.
when I was a lad" he said, severely.
young men did not pick and choose.
They were glad TO take what they could
get. You want TO marry my daughter and
have come TO ask me for work TO prove
yourself worthy Of her I give you a
letter Ia my superintendent and you calm
ly ask the nature Of the employment"
i merely wanted to know what sort
Of clothes to lay in" Marsden explained
in confusion
ANY man who works needs plain, serv-
iceable clothes. said the elder man. re-
provlngly 4 would suggest that you
might leave your evening clothes at
home"
Yes, sir answered Marsden. obedi-
entity. as he rose to 60
Now, il is clearly understood" DUFF
ford said, sharply, that you are not to
write or hold any communication with
my daughter for two years. That is
agreed to2"
Il promise"
And on my part 1 promise that II, at
the end Of two years. find that my su-
perintendent gives good report of your in
dustry. / shall withdraw my objection to
your marriage"
He swung back 10 his desk, and jim
Marsden, placing the letter in his pocket
book left the Office There was a fare
well visit 10 Marjorie, followed by a
visit 10 a cheap outftter's shop, and
whea the night train pulled out for ths
West, Marsden was q passenger.
Il was long before sleep came 10 him
It seemed unjust that John Dufford
should insist upon a two-years' appren-
/ ticeship. but il Jacob could serve seven
years and again seven for Rachel, he
should be able to serve for two.
The old man had no particular objec.
tion TO him save that he had inherited
his money. This being the case the stipu-
lation that he should not even write
Marjorie. lest ne work on her sympa-
thies. seemed particularly hard. but Duff
ford was a hard man. and il Marsden
wanted Marjorie for his wife. he could
only bow TO the dictum.
II was four days before he landed in
the little Colorado town which was the
nearest railroad point TO the mine. and
the next morning a six-hour ride brought
him 10 the desolate collection Of buildings
grouped around the shaft of the mine
which night and day ground out more
wealth for the company of which Dufford
was the head.
The superintendent was easily found
and he glanced over the letter MarsdeH
presented.
~An right" he said eurtiy. Had any
experience hTing?"
Guns or steam engines?'' said Mars
den.
You know very well, was the sharI
response. Can you fire an engine %
Il can was the quiet answer. though
have had no experience at the work
It's merely q matter of shoveling coal
isn't it?'
"Shoveling the coal right" corrected
the superintendent. Better take yOuI
things over TO the bunkhoUse then g
TO the engineer and tell him that you're
Jim, and that Casey is to show you how
to FIRE What Is IT, Peters?'
He turned TO attend to another man
who had entered. and. feeling himself
dismissed, Jim turned away.
I Inquiry developed the fact that the
bunkhouse was the long. low shed where
the men slept and ate. The Chinaman II
charge of the place showed him where C
The Washington herald., 1907-03-24
SYNOPSIS PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

Richard Ryder. younger son Of the Earl Of
RaSerstake. comes 30 America and settles at War
uugton. Va His elder brother has inherited the
ancestral estate. With a small monthly remit
tance FROM home. he is able TO keep q stable Of
hunters and live the life that he has been brought
mp 70. thar IF sn English couutr5 gentleman. As
il IS an excellent country for fox hunting, he Is
soon happily interested in horses. At the request
Of Jack FanshaWe. a Virginia gentleman. be forms
racing partnership with him. Subsequently,
Thomas Trlscott, an sx-New York stock broker. IS
admitted % the firm The latter's health has
been poor owing 10 nervous shock following the
refusal Of his hand BY the girl whom he loves He
Is hunting with the Warrington hounds in order
- recoup his strength The stable Is taken 10
Benning. and st 1rst,. success Is with them.
Ryder wins the Southern Pink Coat steeplechsse
with his horse KaTlstsin and all three owners Of
the Fsuquisr Stables are happy. Tnsoott has been
unable % resist the temptation 90 plunge the
race lie wins heavily this race, but subsequently
dsscends TO the lowest level Of the racing arena By
ordering his jockey 70 pull' the horse PapTka,
which belongs % the Fauquier Stables Unf0Ttu-
lstey, Ryder has wagered al Of his own winnings on
PaITika. and as the race is not Won either By her
q tie horss that Tuscott backs they are both
heavy losers 4 l10-tol shot wins the race. Tris-
c5tt disappears. no one knows where. while Fan
shave and the EngshInsn return TO Warrington,
broken both in purse and in spirit Subsequently, Il
appears that Dorothy FsnshsWe has bet on the win
ner Of tho fatal race AS she has large
amount and. she is IA love with Ryder, she gives
her brother sufficient capital again start the rae
ing and breeding partnership.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-24
Knew Him at once.

From Youths Companion.
There are other sure ways of bringing
a man to mind besides mentioning his
name. Among the candidates who were
sent from Princeton to a Philadelphia
church was one young man whose ian
guage was of a sort which dazzles and
delights the younger members of a con-
gregation, and sometimes pleases the
elders as well.
IN this case the. committee were be-
sieged to ask for the young msn again.
and they consented. but unfortunately
the man 10 whose lot it fell 10 write the
letter had forgotten the candidate s
name. Nothing daunted, he wrote 20 one
Of the seminary professors:
Please send US that floweret. stream
let. rivulet. cloudlet. starlight, and moon
beam young man again. We've forgot
ten his name. but we've no doubt you'll
recognize him.
we do. wrote the professor: and the
desired candidate was sent. and subse-
quently was called to the parish.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-24

strains Of the reel. Twenty couples fell
in line for the rollicking dance and with
those pink coats. flashing eyes. and fiow-
ing dresses, such a picture OF animated
loveliness had not been seen in Virginia
for many a day. Lady Hope Greville
was enjoying herself tremendously. The
dance was far better than she had ex-
pected. The rollicking abandon of the
occasion was much 10 her liking. She
beamed upon the assembIage with the
happy smile OF a thorough sportswoman
who appreciated a meeting with those
who looked upon living with her own
eyes
What's that chap. Ryder. doing over
heah." drawled Lord Hope GreYille IN
the doorway. He never danced II spoil
ed his collar and that was unbeeoming.
He spoke TO Sam Scarlet, who. also with
out a partner was watching the fun with
The Washington herald., 1907-03-24
CARRIED THEIR OWN BEDS.
When straw Ticks Were Sold t,
Railroad Travellers.

when Straw Ticks Were Sold to
Railroad Travellers.
From the Kansas City Star.
An old man approached the Pullman
Office window
a lower to St. Louis" he said. dis
playing his transportation.
The little red slip was stamped and
handed 10 him.
The old man stood at the window a
moment looking at the clock.
twenty-five years ago" he said, It
bought berth from Kansas City to Cali
fornia. Ny bed cost me . cents"
The clerk looked astounded.
You're mistaken. think replied the
ticket seller. ''Berths are as cheap now
as they have ever been"
NO" said the traveller, they are not.
They're cOstlier. And I'll tell you why.
Travel nowadays is different. When I
went to California then I paid 75 cents
for a straw tick. I bought II on this
street right opposite the depot. I don't
remember what paid for my place in
the car. But in reality my bed cost me
just 20 cents. There used 10 be a sign
on one Of those little buildings over there
which said:
Get your straw bed here-50 and 75
cents.
Twenty-Five years ago that meant
luxurious travelling. There were simply
curtains 10 pull down over your seat and
you provided your own bedding. You
took your own sheets Gf you wished
them at alb and your own blankets.
Kansas City was looked upon as the sup
plying point for all Western travellers.
Those men who owned the straw and
the ticks in that room across on the
avenue did a fiourishing business"
l. s. Banks, general ticket agent at ths
depot, said that probably l0,090 straw
ticks we're sold to travellers from that
room on Union avenue. Ticks were a
sort OF luxury he said, twenty-five or
thirty years ago. They were In demand.
too The majority of persons who travel
ed TO California did not use the sleeping
cars"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-24
what worried Marks Mother.

From Marx Tssin's Autobiography.
I was always told that I was sickly
and precarious and tiresOHe and an uncer-
tain child, and lived mainly on allOpathic
medicines during the first seven years OF
my life. I asked my mother about this,
in her old age-she was IN her eighty
eighth year-and said:
'T suppose that during all that time you
were uneasy about me?"
Yes, the whole time.
Afraid I couldn't live?"
After a reflective pause-ostensibly tc
think out the facts:
-Nq-afraid you would"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-24
coNTINUEp - suNnAY.
TrIed to De Exnct.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Georgia Obituary writer, striving to be
exact, says;
ut may have been o'clock when he
crossed the river, but We were not Ger
tain about it. as the clock had been los
ing time. ana the only watch in the house
had a broken mainspring. -
The Washington herald., 1907-03-24
Nhat sort of socInIrs

From the ONO State journal.
Some day the people of this country
may conclude that it viii not be safe to
trust their Congress to Washington so
Ieiety.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-08-31

Mrs. Kerr who has been very
sick for n number Of days is re-
ported much better.
M. Rudolph, county superinten-
dent of schools was in town Mon
day. He informs the editor that
Coke has sold his sheep to the firm
OF Florersheim- Blackwell at Clay
ton, and his store to Florencio
Martinez, the merchant at Revuelto
and the treasurer and collector of
the county. Mr.. Coke has reserved
his lands and will not put them on
the market for a year or two yet.
r. n. Taylor, a farmer who lives
eight miles northeast of town, left
at this office one of the very fines:
water melons we have ever seen.
The weight was only about forty
pounds, but the quality was GER
tainly excellent. w. l.. Crosbey
also brought in a melon as large
but of a different variety that was
very fine. Both of these gentlemen
say they have great quantities OF
them.