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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
YARNS" SAY EMPLOYERS
DENY DETAILS OF WoRK-sUsPEN.
SION STORY.
CLOSED Shop" Down and Out in Louis
ville-Union Men Lose
Big Fight.

ofhcers of the Employers Association
To-Day entered strong denial of the stories
phoi'shed yesterday to the effect that the
grievance committee 81 the building
Trades Council had captured" all the
non-union workinsmen from the Elks.
home building and the reform school and
practically caused the suspension OF work
on those structures
There is absolutely no truth in the
yarns" said one OF the principal officers
or the organization OF employers They
did not get single man Saturday from
either the reform school or the Elks' home.
and the work IS going on as usual Their
grievance committee did get four brick
layers TO Quit work on the reform school
Thursday, but We quickly replaced them
ana also put to work there four additional
bricklayerS"
AT the headquarters Of the grievance
committee this afternoon the statement
was made that there had been seven brick
layers at work on the reform school and
the committee captured six of the num-
Der. leaving but one man at work laying
brick
Strikebreakers Stranded.
The employers also stated today that
two ironworkers who had been captured by
union pickets and sent to Roanoke, Va.
had been stranded there and finally had
managed to work their way back to this
city. reaching here this morning They
had been pulled from the Sun building
on f street, and today returned to work
there They declared they had been prom
ised work when they reached Roanoke. but
upon their arrival discovered that they
had been deceived, and when their funds
gave out they had to get back to Wash
tngton as best they could.
Secretary F. X. Hall OF the EMPLOYERS
Association has received a communication
from the Building Contractors Exchange Of
Louisville, Ky. which is affiliated with the
Employers Association of that city 1t
says in part:
The attempt of the unions Of the build
ing trades In Louisville to enforce the closed
shop In this city on all buildings has met
with absolute and utter defeat The Struc-
tural Building Trades Alliance that was
formed has gone to pieces on the rocks OF
the open shop, and the strikers are begging
TO be taken back. This includes every
union In the building trades except the
plasterers and rubble masons, who refused
to join In the alliance and whose conduct
during our troubles has been entirely
friendly to the builders. We have not the
tons.
Must Give Up Union Cards.
I'VE are not taking back any of the
strikers unless they give up their union
cards. and we are determined to make this
victory lasting one. Please remember
there was no question of hours or wages
concerned In this strke-only the iniaui-
tous closed shop"
The communication refers to the resolu-
ton adopted by the association of archi-
tects to the effect that architects will not
award contracts for buildings to those
contractors who employ union mechanics.
In conclusion ii urges the Washington en-
ployers to stand fast and you will come
out victorious"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
Quick, Careless. Poisoned!

Mistakihg a bottle of bichloride of mer-
curry for harmless headache medicine
Miss Brunette Sullivan, seventeen years DID,
Of 10 II street northeast. swallowed u guam
tity OF the poison at her home last night
Her screams attracted other inmates Of the
house and the girl was quickly sent to the
Casualty Hospital, where she was soon out
Of danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
Western Base Ball Clubs Standing

MILWAUKEE, Wis. September 9-Presi-
d..nt J. d. OBrien today gave out the Of
fetal standing of the teams in the Ameri-
can Association OF Base Ball Clubs. includ-
ing games OF September 8 as follows: Co.
luInhus won So. lost 60: Toledo won S. lost
81: Minneapolis won "a lost 20: Louisville
won - lost ~: Kansas City won 20. lost
20. indianapolis won 10. lost 16; Milwaukee
won 6S lost 10: st. Paul won 81, los, 30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
Bye, Bye, Mr.. Grocery Man.

The members of the Retail Grocers' Asso-
citation of Washington. with their families,
eff the city yesterday on the steamer ST.
Johns for the jamestown exposition All
arrangements We're made by Secretary
Gregory OF the association. and the trip is
in lieu of the associations annual picnic.
ter GAYS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
DAN O'LEARY PEGS AWAY.
old-Time Pedestrian Trying for 900
Miles in 1000 Hours.

CINCINNATI Ohio. September DUR
Ing the night Dan OLeary, the old-time
champion pedestrian, continued steadily his
endurance test OF walking 900 miles in
1.WD consecutive hours at Norfolk a Gin
cinnati suburb. Notwithstanding his sixty
three years OL-ary says he will surely
compete the walk. and he showed no sign
of WEAKNESS at the end of his first eighteen
hourly miles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
Carrie Carroll, Suicide-Not.

Carrie Carroll, colored, was a guest at the
first precinct station house over Saturday
night and Sunday. Carrie has developed
the habit of tying pieces of cloth about her
neck and pretending to strange herself,
almost every time she Is arrested. She
decided to die several times Yesterday, but
each time exercised the prerogative OF
changing her mind, and her cries for as
sistance were invariably answered She
joued the other prisoners In the van this
morning, apparently none the worse for
wear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09

John e. Chappell. a longtime resident
Of this vicinity. and who Is said to have
many relatives in the District, d'ed yester-
day at Glendale. Nd, at the age of eighty
six years. A number of his friends from
Washington will attend the funeral at II 80
o'clock tomorrow forenoon from the Ed
brook NJ e. Church, at Tenieytown, d. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
Sam Needle Sued.

Arthur Burke today filed suit in the Dis
trict Supreme Court to recover $4,000 as
damages from Samuel Needle for alleged
malicious prosecution. He claims that
April II last Needle had him arrested for
larceny, and that the charge was nolle
pressed in the Police Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
STEAMER ASHORE IN FOG.
San Gabriel Will, 1t Is Thought, Be
Total Loss

SAN FRANCISCO, September s.-Ths
steamer San Gabriel. which sailed from
San Pedro day before yesterday for imp
qua. In ballast, ran ashore one mile north
of Point Reyes this morning during a
heavy fog II is believed that the vessel
will be d total loss
The San Gabriel carries a crew of ff-
ten men and ~ in command of Can't
Green. who preceded Capt. Doran of the ILL
fdted Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09

Death swift and terrible came to Benja-
min Wootten and Miss Lillian Taylor.
sweethearts, who. returning together from
prayer meeting, were run down by a loco
motive, their mangled bodies being found
Friday on the railroad track between Can
non, and Seaford, Del.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
"UNWRITTEN" TEST; MERCY !
STILLINGS STILL SHAVING
PETER TO PAY PAUL.
And Paul Is Already Pretty Well
Fixed-Those Poor Woman
Folders

IT'S said that the "unwritten test" is one
Of the latest new wrinkles at the govern
ment printing office. There has been no
printed general order exploiting this
scheme. but it is understood to have been
transmitted to the chiefs Of section by the
verbal secret order process 1t is explained
to be along the line of retrenchment of
official, that those in charge of the woman
folders of the printery in order that the
money thus saved may be applied to the
cost of the expensive audit system and for
the maintenance of the front Office STAFF
with their gilt-edge salaries and perquisites.
They Fix a Limit.
The scheme provides, according to an
the stipends paid the hardworking woman
workers find out by sort of endurance
test just how much piecework the most
expert Of the folders can do. When these
experts have been urged to top speed in
their work the maximum amount they have
earned is taken into consideration and the
price of piecework reduced to what is
known as the limit upon that basis.
In other words. certain class Of work
was given out among the night workers in
the folding division and some of the most
experienced and rapid folders, at full speed,
managed to earn more than 81 or $3.50 in
the eight hours 1t was thereupon decided
because a few women had gone beyond
the limit that the price of that particular
work should be cut down. One of the
classes of work On which the reduction
was made was inserting" for which the
office had been paying the women 3 cents
a hundred. The price was reduced to 2
cents a hundred
when it is taken into consideration that
all night workers, men and women alike
are paid 20 per cent more than for day
work. the injustice of this test can be
SEEM said a printer today. Besides. 1t
strikes me as a piece Of picayunish bust
ness. this trimming down of the stipends
Of the hard working women folders that
few pennies may be saved from their
earnings to be applied to the big salaries
of the staff
Here's a Jolly Joke.
A correspondent Of The Star writes that
II President Roosevelt will not take action
to protect the Intelligent workers at the
printery from penitentiary tactics. he hopes
and believes that when Congress comes 1t
will take steps to get man for the place
who won't deal with US as criminals
The correspondent adds:
about printing fakirs the President keeps
Still-ings."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
CANS IS THE FAVOR|TE
Ready to Battle With Jimmy
Britt This Afternoon.
ODDS HANG AROUND 10 TO 6
Colored Boy Expects to Win Inside
the Limit.
dds HANG AROUND 10 TO 6
DOPE Is HARD TO FIGURE OUT
Biggest Single Bet Is $4,000 to
$1,000 offered by Billy Nolan,
Without Takers.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, September O.
Joe Cans and Jimmy Britt. when they re-
ported to Referee Welsh at noon today to
weigh in for the championship battle at
23O O'Clock pm. coast time). were both
down to weight, and both expressed them
selves as eager for tine fray and confident
OF winning Cans was the favorite in the
betting up to noon. the prevailing odds
hanging around 10 to g. with plenty of
Britt money in sight, as the Californian
being native son, has hosts of admirers
favorite's chances of victory
Old-time gamblers, however. and experts
IN the fighting game are putting their
money to a man Cans. Billy Nolan at
noon offered to bet $4,000 to s. 600 on Cans.
but did not find taker This was the big
gest betting offer recorded up to that hour.
and 1t Is expected that Nolan may increa So
his odds from $4,000 to $1,000. at which
figure 1t is said a syndicate of Britt adj
mirers stand ready to take the bet In
Vulnerable bets for smaller amounts were
recorded today, and it is estimated that
several hundred thousand dollars will
change hands on the result
Admirers OF Britt are banking on a great
surprise. and this is the dethronng Of the
champion from the pedestal he has held so
long. They point to the record of recent
years in coast fights, in the majority of
which top-heavy favorites have gone down
to defeat. and figure that the tradition may
hold good again. Notable among the recent
upsets In form have been the Britt Nelson.
Kaufman Shrek and Ketchel-Thomas bat
ties.
Has Cans Gone Backp.
Cans expects to stop Britt inside the
limit Of twenty rounds. If he does the
trick 1t will not be a great surprise, but
should Jimmy defeat him before the ex-
piration of the limit. or even win the de-
cision, the fighting public will have a hard
time figuring out the dope. But in figur-
Ing out how Jimmy can beat the negro,
Wiilus Britt says: Cans is older than
Jimmy. and Jimmy can go faster pace.
Jimmy is not as clever as Cans. but he is
faster at 1873 pounds, and he hits his hard
est In the right place to lick the cham
pion."
The indications are that the fight will
draw the largest crowd in the prize-fight
history of San Francisco. 1t will be just
two years to the day since Jimmy Britt
was defeated at Colma and ree gated to the
down-and-Out pugilistic class. yet now he
comes back stronger and better than ever
The question that Frisco fans are trying
to solve is whether Joe Cans has gone
back enough to give Britt a chance to de-
feat him.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12
The Same Fourth.

Thifiy-rix persons we're killed and
i.t7i injured while celebrating In
dependence Day. according 10 the
Record Herald which made canvass
OF accidents Ia the entire United
States. In Chicago SIX persons were
Killed by rsvolvers which we're sup
posed 10 be unloaded. and With dead
~ giant crackers. Nes York furnish
Cd seven dead. shile the remainder
Of the iis, OF fatalities are scattered
over the country. OF the injured
many will undoubtedly die. A
greater number OF the injuries we're
caused BY cannon crackers and this
lat Is made up 10 great par, Of
children
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12

Ia love a smaller factor IN the prob
lem Of life Ia 1907 than Il vas vhen
Leander swan the HeilesPoni or
when the walls Of Troy rocked amid
The shock Of battles fought because
Of Helen's beauty. BY no means.
Women are loved and beaten. fought
for and tough, as stfenUOusly today
as In centuries gone by and lovers
play pfanks az strange and commit
crimes as violent at this good hour
as they did when they wore doublet
and round hose and carried rope lad
defs under their oloaks. Chivalry
dead and Cupid's corpse moldering
beneath the greensvardsi Solood
Look 10 the columns Of your paper
for a dozen Romeos a day. Il is
not the way Of a man With a maid
that has changed but merely the
style Of reporting
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12
Per Capita Increased.

The total number Of children OF
school age in Kentucky. shown in
the annual census just completed, is
759, o4O, an increase Of 6,509 over
the census Of a year ago. The
total number reported in the country
districts is S9O.02s. while the cities
contain 1872.
Upon this report. Supt. Fuqua will
shortly announce the per capita
allowance, which will show from FIVE
10 ten cents increase over that of
last year. The per capita for the
last school year was $3.50, the
largest in the history OF the Ssase.
State Auditor Hager is now having
an estimate made Of the years
revenues. upon which the estimate
is based.
Fulton County has a total Of zoos
children Of school age, and at the
increased per capita Of S5.5S will
amount to Sl3.4l6.7S, an increase
Of s2O0.2S over the allowance OF
last year.
Hickman has SOS children OF
school age. This will mean an al
lowance Of S2.O05 .5O-an increase
of $40. 30 over the allowance OF last
year.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12
Hickman A. Fulton B.

nnieai ,hs story OF Que Of the
laflsr fought base bail games that
ili been played in this part Of The
ro4a,u .or several yeau.
Heirla vas defeated but IN a
uns as close as che one played the
On al Fl..on By the Fulton and
H.cinaa teams. as much credit be-
lagi DO ihs yanquished az the VIC
u N5 uil the last Hickman man
"a ssi sas the game son. and the
ts,,ag qualities Of the Hickman
paIsu vhsn luck seemed against
A,a are 10 be- commended.
hes Of practice vas the cause Of
Hcluan defeat. Il being the frat
En, laf over a year for some
q he PAysu. We are confident
iaai 80 some practice another
prs between these tvo teams would
f,aa l.ssrsntly.
Saith. sao pitched for Hickman,
va leucois In tight places. and
3D. iof iae errors behind him would
have pitched a no-run game.
Fo.osag is the lineup Of the
Faysu
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12

DR.. s. K Davidson a prominent
dentist OF Hickman is in the city
with his moter car TO have it painted
and the machinery ovefhauled.
We understand that there will be
several rigs brought from Hickman
to Fulton TO be painted. Fulton
Leader.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12
YoURLIvER

q out q order. You 80 TO he'd Ia a bad
hunor and get up with a bad taste In your
mouth. You want something "a stimulate
your liver. Just ~ Herhine. the liver
regulator. A positive cure for Constipation.
Dyspepsia and all liver complaints. Mr..
p. ~. Worth. Texas. writes Have used
Herhine Ia my family for years Words
can't express what think aiout a. Every
holy IN my house hold are happy aud we'll.
and we owe u 10 Hcrhine. sold by Helm
q Ellison aud Cowgiils DRUG store. Inc.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12

Isuppose the reason error flourish
es most az night is because it was
near Eve that Adam ate the apple.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12

low
Don't forget the big barbecue at
Graves school house, two miles south
Of Hickman. on July goth. Il is
given by the Farmers Union.
Partial eclipse Of the neon July
-. Visible in North America.
A Memphis. Mo-. man has dis
covered a new way 10 get rid Of mes
quisos. he says to rub alum on
your face and hands. When the
mosquito takes a bite il Fuckers his
buzzer so Il can't sting. II sits
down in a damp place. tries TO dig
the puckes loose. catches It's death
OF cold. and dies Of pneumonia.
-
Beware OF the man who advertises
something for nothing. Philan-
throPis,s are no, doing business tina,
way.
THE man who eats no meat and
ohevs il we'll" says a health report,
"vill always enjoy good health"
A Hickman young man was asked
10 describe a blush. This is what
he said: "A blush is a temporary
erythema and calorihc efiulgence Of
the physiognomy actiologized by
ones percepiiveness Of the sensoriuu
when in a predicament Of unequilib'
rity from a sense OF shame. angel
or other cause, eventuating in
paresis Of the vasome,er flaments o.
the facial capillaries, whereby beinl
Invested OF their elasticity, they are
suffused with a radiance efiemanatinl
from an inundated praecordia."
80
what your wife needs is change,
advises my family doctor. Great
guns, doc. she gets all have now
A rich father is apt TO learn that
vocal lessons for his daughter savoi
very much Of "dough, sc "douRh.
When a woman tells a man sh,
wouldn't marry him in a thousand
years. il hardly will pay him 4
wait.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12
COIN FRIDAY uuY
In The Fourth Estate.

below. usually has a wife vho takes
10 washing.
Hickman has begun TO boos, for
the Fourth Of Jolly 1908 It viii no
doub, be the greatest celebration
ever known IN Kentucky or Ten
nessee. The river attractions viii
be worth coming a great distance 10
see.
The two young fellows we're valk-
ing home together, after a hard
days work.
Jimmy" said the older. about
that trial balance. Il seemed 10
ne"
Don't talk 10 me about any trial
balances" interrupted the other. ''or
any books or customers accounts OF
anything at all abou, the cid once.
It's after hours T.
But" began the first.
"No. sir interrupted the other
once more. 81 come down on time
ard ! DO my work. When O'Clock
cones I'm through"
"And I'm no, even going IN think
abou, those four walls any more till
Monday morning"
Sounds familiar. doesn't ~
You've heard fellows talk that
way before. Perhaps you have
done Il yourself.
You may even feel that way about
Il this morning,
II you do, you've go, the wrong
job.
Either that, or you are a pretty
poor sort Of an employee.
Employers don't measure work in
a quar-, cup or With a yard stick or
by the CLOCK.
Neither do they understand that
they have bought your head and
your hands for so many hours each
day at so much per hour.
But when you accepted that posi-
ton, no matter whether as Office boy
OF manager. your employer under
stood that you we're TO give him the
best there vas OF the work OF your
hands and the work Of your head,
and tina, you we're TO make his IN
terests your interests.
II you cant feel that way about
Il you had better quit.
II you can't feel enthused over
any kind OF work you had better
not work at all.
Maybe somebody will come by
and feed you on, Of a silver spoon
and maybe they won't.
Tine servers-they are the poor
est vorkmen in the world.
Generally. they are not worth
What they get. They never are
worth any more.
And. OF course, that's the reason
they never get any more.
Take your work into your heart.
The clock has nothing TO do With
II. The whistle has no part in il.
Hours are not worth consideration.
! II you will make the work you.
work. you'll be astonished TO find
what a difference there is.
I Take Il home with you. Dream
about It. Study Il while you walk
the street. Think over It's problems
while you are at lunch.
Discuss II with your fellows.
Drudgery is miserable word.
Work is a magnificent word,
Drudgery means a poor. starved
joyless life. Work means a big,
buoyant. pulsing. splendid life.
The man who listens for the
whistle knows only drudgery; bui
the man who takes bis daily expert
ence into his heart. be knows What
work is.
Snails are said to be plentiful thii
wear. Several Of them have beer
discovered in the Attomey-General'i
Office at Washington. They arc
after Hartman.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12

Freshest line Of groceries In
town can be found at Shaw & Bet
terswoIth's.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12

All those who have subscribed to
the U. d. c. gateway fund will
please hand il TO Mrs. Jno. S. Dillon
or Miss Marie Brevard. 7
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12

The house Of quality Is the
ngai place 10 buy cofhns and cas-
isi.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12

Rain may be the angels wringing
out their handkerchieis after weep
ing at the sins OF mankind here be-
lovl
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12

Suails are said to be plentiful this
year. Several Of them have been
discovered in the Attomey-General's
Office at Washington. They are
after Hartman.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-07-12

Gasoline at the Courier Office.