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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-14
Additional Troops Arrive in
Large Numbers From
Various Cities.
CARS MAY START
THIS MORNING
Adjutant-General ]. Clifford
r. Foster Reaches the CITY
and ConsultS With Off
cials-Will Protect Life
and Property.

More strike-breakers and additional
troops arrived in Pensacola yesterday,
the latter arriving in large numbers
from Jacksonville, Quincy and other
points III the state, while fOrty-threa
husky strike-breakers, with Lawrence
Merritt in charge, reached the city az
4: Is in the afternoon from New York.
In the bunch of strike-breakeTs is said
to be Farley, but If he came with his
men the latter refused to divulge the
secret. One particularly striking fel,
low, with a stubby black moustache,
of strikes
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-14
The Men Struck.

Without, however, intimating the
slightest desire for an arbitration,
the men, at seven o'clock D. m. of
Sunday, April 5th, 1908, struck. The
strike was without notice to the COM
pany or to the public, and was not
only in violation of the agreement
between the company and the men,
but in wiIful disregard of the rights
Of the public. by depriyinS them of
the services of the cars without Civ
ing the company an opportunity to
continue that service by the employ
ment of other IHen. Not only was this
true. but il was in violation Of a pro-
vision in the agreement that no
strike should be effective until five
days notice of the intention 10 strike
had been given. This provision was
in favor of the public and was essen
tial, so long as the company had any
relations with the association , OF
which the men were members. to the
right CT the public TO have transpor-
tatioh without interruption In order
that the public may see the exact
text of these agreements, We give
them
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-14

The Pensacola Electric Co. last
night issued the following state
ment:
To the Citizens of Pensacola:
The Pensacola Electric Company
has heretofore, in communications to
the mayor and to the secretary Of the
Chamber of Commerce, set forth IN
part its position with reference to its
relations with its former employees,
but il understands that many mis-
statements have been made, and that
much misapprehensiOn exists in the
minds of the public. and. therefore. il
deems it It's duty to itself and 20 the
public that the public shall be thor
oughly informed as to the facts and
as to the motives and reasons Of the
company.
The facts are, that a rule was
posted by the company requiring the
employees who were under suspension
to report daily to the company. We
have heretofore explained the reason
for this rule, and have merely to say
now that we understood it TO be OBJ
jectiOnable to some of the men at the
time It was posted, but in view of
that provision in the agreement made
between the company and the men
on January IS, 1908, the company an
ticipated and was willing to arbi-
trate the question as to whether the
rule should be enforced. The rule
was posted on Sunday morning, and
under the agreement would not have
become effective for forty-eight hours
thereafter. Even after it had be-
come effective. the arbitration provid-
ed for by the agreement could have
been required by the employees. and
would have been accepted and ac-
OuipSced in by the cOmDaDy
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-14
STATEMENT TO PUBLIC BY
PENSACOLA ELECTRIC co.

final and binding upon both parties
10 the arbitration, and full wages
paid to the party or parties not found
guilty, for the total time lost
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-14
Soldiers Pitch Tents.

Throughout yesterday the armOTy
and the parkway in front of the build
ing for a block was the scene Of muck
activity Tents were stretched IN ths
parkway. while the men were busily
engaged in preparing their quarters,
getting in their supplies and other
wise making ready for d stay in Pan
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-04-14

To reach all Of the peo=
pie, use both the DAILY
and the WEEKLY JOUR-
NAL.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
"Chfnoak Inrma.r

The Chinook jargon" that Is fire.
quently referred to by writer's In tell
Ing OF conferences between white men
and Indians. both east and west OF the
Cascade range, Is language devised
by the Hudson's Bay company many
years ago. When this company came
TO this part OF the country to engage
In fur trading 1t found a number of
tribes OF Indians, each with Its own
dialect. Yet there were a number OF
words almost II not exactly alike and
meaning about the same thing. With
these words as basiS the mana gers
or the company created q working
language that came to be known as
the Chinook jargon." and thereafter
the dealings with the Indians We're
carried on In this composite tongue.
All the other Indians car understand
IT and make themselves uuderstood.-
Dundee Advertiser.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
Tn. Ancaens r,,x =, CO..

Excavations at the ancient city OF
Gezer. mentioned In early sacred his
tory. carried on by members OF the
Palestine Exploration fund for the past
three years. have developed numerous
nnds- Eight cities have been dis
covered, superimposed upon each 9th
er, on the site Of the old defense to the
western road to Jerusalem. The Gull
ture, history. religion and customs OF
the Inhabitants from as far back az
900 Il. c have been revealed by archl-
lecture. jugs. weapons and masonry.
Dr. Il. w. G. Masterman, "A member OF
the excayatilg party, writes "a fol-
lows: THE earliest Inhabitants lived
IN caves and made all their weapons
and instruments of flint. In the mid.
Ole period bronze is the only meta,
known. while at time roughly syn
ehronous with the coming of Israel
IRON appears and gradually replaces
bronze
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
VACATION AND FATHER.

There is lot of significance I'm the
song, Everybody Takes a Vacation
but Father
AS rule. American fathers do little
vacationing
But there are fathers and fathers.
With the coming OF the hot months
there Is an exodus OF the families OF
the Four Hundred from the cities.
Brigades OF fashionably dressed wives
crowd the piazzas OF the resort hotels.
Sons go the pace at the races or swell
resorts Daughters 60 TO Europe.
The man who draws the checks stays
In town. mostly by choice. to make the
wheels OF business go round.
But there are others.
There are tired and nervous wives
and mothers who need rest and relaxa-
ton who so to some quiet place. The
children go along. They all need the
open spaces the running water. the alr
and sunshine
The family purse permits no splurge
Father stays by the stun. To him
come souvenir postals and cute mes
sages for pop" To him come-most
precious!-love letters like "she" used
to write before they were married.
How the "old man" giows and gloats
over the bits OF news-how Johnny
tried TO walk log and fell into the
creek, and how Susie fed the calf. He
swells huge when Mollle and the kids
write they are having the time OF their
lives.
1t might be hard to guess who Is the
happier-those who go or him who
stays
And when they all come back! 1t Is
easy to pick out father as he waits
nervously and happily at the depot.
The bunch-his bunch-is on that train.
He looks anon at his watch and
smiles. And when the train pulls In
his old sweetheart's kiss is OH his
lips! There Is n big bear hug from the
kids. Father Is about the happiest
man in the town.
Forgotten Is the long, hard pull at
business; forgotten the hot. weary
days and forgotten the lonesome even
ings In the lonely house.
The wrinkles In fathers face are
maybe just tritie deeper His shoul-
ders. IT may be. droop slightly more.
but
His folks are back! Mamma" Is
strong again. She sings as she straight
ems things away-thlngs very much
awry despite her written exhortations
TO put everything back in Its place"
And the kids are brown and happy as
the birds.
You see. the tie that binds the
bunch, at home or In vacation. Is the
kind that will not come united.
The vacation OF the families OF the
Four Hundred is simply husband and
father desertion.
The other kind is
How different
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11

and have proved ten thousand times
ten thousand times that badness does
not pay. yet they 90 on doing bad
things.
Why?
You know. my friends. and know
that virtue Is so made that IL fits Into
the way the world is built. And we
know that vice is everywhere and al
ways misfit. Nevertheless
We 90 on everlastingly I'm the old.
old attempt to At vice into the place
made for virtue. Our fingers get
pinched In trying. Sometimes we weep
over the hurt or the failure.
Why do we do this. my brethren and
friends?
Surely Ii is not because of igno-
rance. We know better. Are we all
naturally prone TO evil. or is 1t habit
or association or environment or
There Is little use to PHILOSOPHERS
He who tries to find the origin and the
impulse to evil VIII end by doing his
thinking In circle. like cat chasing
her tail. and getting nowhere.
But the facts remain, friends.
Emerson said. 1.-The devil Is an ass"
What he meant was that the devil Is n
poor logician. His arguments are
fiimsy. He Is n robust liar He lied
10 Adam and Eve. He told them to
eat and be gods. He told them they
should not surely die. In other words,
he said they could violate the law
without being punished for It
The devil says the same thing today.
He tells you, my friendly fellow sim
ner. that you can do evil and not be
caught at it. He tells you you are an
exception to the rule of the universe.
You will not suffer the consequences
of breaking the moral law. You are
too smart And
Though you know he Is consum-
mate liar and an ass. my dear brother.
you take his advice and gulp down the
forbidden fruit
Some day. they say. sin will be ex-
tinct
Maybe.
When that day comes 1t will come
when all men are so good they will all
want to quit SHINING.
And that tine is too far away to do
you any good. my brethren. or me.
Our only chance is TO be as good as
we can be here and now. Our only
way Is to take to heart the world old
lesson that 1t is easier to be good than
bad and quit our meanness.
Selnhi
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
The Way Out.

When Pat decided to set up as q
cabby be bought an old cavalry horse
and reached home feeling proud, be-
dad! But then he found he couldn't
make 1t bulge. so he took II back TO
the barracks and told the officer that
II was dead beat and wouldn't go.
Wont he?" said the officer. And.
mounting him. he cried. Charger
Away sped the horse around the yard
and suddenly stopped when the officer
cried "Haltv
Well pleased. Pat took the horse
home a second time,
On the afternoon following he had a
party to drive to the station. AS soon
as all were seated he shouted.
"Cha-a-arger
The steed rushed or at breakneck
speed. Tearing along at forty miles
an hour, II soon reached the station
But a Wild look came into the HIber-
Man drivers eyes.
BE jabers." he screamed. 'T've for
gotten the word! can't stop him!
can't stop himI Ladies-ladies, II
ye want ter git out. whirroo, ye'd bet
ter try rollin'r'-London Graphic.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
The Radium PuzzIe.

Radium is still puzzling the French
scientists. The latest conundrum Is.
Where does II come from?" One
scientist says that radium comes To us
from the sun In some form OF solar
emanation. He does not believe It to
be somthing inherent I'm certain earth
born substances. such as the pitch
olende. from which II was first extract
ed. he thinks that II comes to earth
continually In infnitesimal quantities
with every ray OF light. SO TO speak.
that reaches us from the solar orb.
This accounts. he says. In a measure
for the traces OF radium being con-
tinually discovered In all sorts OF
things. gaseous and mineral alike.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
American. aud tn. s,mpl. L,s..

The great trouble with America IN
that she falls upon any cure as hys-
terically and theoretically rs she does
upon the drug inducing her disease.
We go mad over the simple life. We
sit on green divan and babbie OF
green fields. With a Vatican fan In
one hand and glass In the other we
tell each other what a splendid thing IL
Is to go a-shepherding. to dwell close
TO the earth. to live u sweet, natural
life. We even hire men and women
to come and talk to us about these
things. TO chant TO US, to lecture to
us about them. Sometimes we even
try 10 practice hurriedly and hysteric.
ally some OF these things which we
have In pure self hypnosis persuaded
ourselves that we ought to like. We do
no great good by that. We effect moth
Ing when we carry our drug habit into
the Sanitarium OF the woods and fields.
We are still insane. We get no good
OF the wilderness when we insist that
II be wilderness furnished with hot
and cold baths. the railroad and the
telegraph. Our trouble Is that we will
not let go. We do not turn loose" as
they say on the plains Reader.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
SAUCE FOR THE GANDER.

a law Is proposed In Georgia max
Ing marriage null and void If 1t can be
shown that the woman had used any
artificial means to make man propose.
What.
Few OF US could wish to be In the
shoes of the man who proposes that
law. To say nothing OF the opening
OF the doors to enforcement. which
such law would effect. the Injustice
or 1t ought to make the legislator
ashamed.
Says the adage, what is sauce for
the goose ought TO be sauce for the
gander."
IL women use undue influence or mr..
tlhcial charms to push defenseless men
into proposal, what shall be said of
like masculine tricks?
These are some OF the things usad nv
women 10 deceive and inveigIe men
says one or the advocates of the law:
scents, paints, powders. perfumes
cosmetics. artificial teeth, false hair.
IRON stays. corsets. pads, high heeled
shoes. cut waists. drop stitch or
rainbow hosiery"
A battery Of enticements. verify.
But
what OF these masculine articles.
Padded shoulders. patent leather shoes.
V cut or gorgeous vests, rolled trousers
revealing delicate tinted or loud noise
hosiery. to say nothing OF other vari-
Gus charms Of haberdashery?
Also
How shall woman be protected from
the false promises and protestations of
wooing suitors?
Is 1t not using artificial means to
make specious hints concerning bust
ness prospects or bank accounts?
Does the law protect the girl against
the rosy pictures Of marriage painted
by the impulsive fancy Of the ardent
lover?
Does the law enforce the keeping of
the solemn pledge made by the man to
love. cherish and protect his bride2
Out on this sapient reformer.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
TAPPAHANNOCK- BALTIMORp
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.
Seheduie IN effect Saturday Juue 9th. 1919
(THREE TRIPS yyrrp,v

Seheuule IN effect Saturday June 9TH 1ooo
THREE TRIPS WEEKLY
Steamers leave Baltimore P;ar O
wednesday and Saturday for the folio,; nono o
,Ianuings- Alexandria and Washington. M;li. er
prone = Porto Bello. Grason's Coan RnnJ:sL. .
lakes walnut Point Cowart's LeviSetta sSs;o.s'
bHse LANDING Mundays Point KineaIe Pr.
,ont, Leonafutown. Abeil'S. Cobr,,ns S.
andria. "'yhont' Alex
Son Signal
Arriving in Washington early wesln..d. II,
day and Monday mornings. TIT
Leave washington. ID. c. foot Of tn Co..
Weaher permitting. at y. m ever, Mon5a,-
,W11hesuay and Saturday for the follovinor 49,
ppiholngs and Baltimore: Alexandra Civmant
Nivers9e. bushwood. Lancaster CobrunS Stonss
iLe1nar2town5 a m. Abels. Piney Point Scat,
LouEe Landing y m. Mundys Point KinSnle ~
q; m. S9an- Bundicks. Lakes Walnut Poin,
Cowarts. Lewisetta, Millers. 6 ~ m C.rasons e -
M Bromes. Porto Bello D. m. ' "'"SonS D.
'On Signal.
Arriving in Batime early Wednesday. Frids,,
NoIE:-Read carefully as important cAar...
naS y oeen made Note change in DAVIS OF ls,vins-
b'nunore and Washington and points an ,;,sr SO
Freight received daily i'm BaItimore on ss;i;,
days until 4:30 ID. m "" sAninc
ms timetable shows the times m, uh,h
stc-Ihers may be expected To arrive at and deaa,s
rom the several wharvcs. but their arr;v.ls -,
uepaItore at the times stated Is not puarantessS
nor 9oSs the company hold itself responsihle To-.
S ge ~, or any consequences arising therefron1
SSIrE.FMENSON BRO. Agts Washingtan
NHAi'DoN & GRIMES. ARts.. Alexandra.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11

years. It's such poor land. But we're
going to wait"
Huh! Wait" jeeredIhe little man.
you'll die gray headed before you're
happy II you do that"
Perhaps" she agreed, with a
shadow on her face, "but you see
Jerry and l have known each other
since we were babies. We lived next
door to each other. and We played being
married when was In pinafores. You
see, l couldn't care for any one else.
Mr.. Andrews"
NO you couldn't" he admitted
Then as he sat looking down at her
frail figure. at the delicate face with
the halo OF red gold hair, he burst out.
"Oh, look here. I'm no dog In the man
ger"
She looked up. startled.
III 1 can't have you, 1 amt going to
keep him from having YOU" said the
magnanimous Mr.. Andrews. Whats
the matter with Ellsworth coming into
my office. need man to help me
and I'm making a fortune in real es-
tate. IL Will pay him better than
farming. and 1t won't be long before
he can pay or his family's debts and
yours too"
Jerry. hearing his name, came up.
Mr.. Andrews wants you to go into
his office" Charlotte repeated breath
lessly-
Jerry stiffened
MIR. Andrews is very kind, but 1
can't
The little fat man looked at him
wistfully.
See here. Ellsworth. you needn't
think it's favor to you. It's for her
sake I'm doing it and for her happI-
ness Don't you go and let your pride
spoil it,
Charlotte looked from her friend to
her lover
Il think we should take 1t In the
spirit 1t is offered. Jerry" she said.
Ellsworth held out his hand to the
man In the car. I'D be a cad If I
didn't" he stated Its a pretty fine
thing you are doing, sir"
stop that" Andrews said sheen
ishly, "end climb In and let me take
you home" and as the lovers settled
themselves In the wide back seat he
flung over his shoulder the final en-
phatic statement:
II amt any angel. but l amt a dog
In the manger. neither"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
HOW TO DO BIG THINGS.

Ever stop and watch the erection OF
a modern steel building:
How slowly II Is assembled.
There Is shrill whistle from the
foreman. The engineer OF the tiinky
little engine pulls a lever A big der
lick swings out over the sidewalk. A
chain bangles down from the derrick.
Two men put the chain around "a steel
beam. One OF them stands on the
beam. holding to the chain by his
hands. Again the whistle Again the
engineer pulls the lever. The steel
beam bangles In midair. The man
rides it. 1t goes up
Up. up. up to the fourteenth story.
Again the whistle. The begm Is low
cred a little. The rider guides IL.
Then men at either end grasp 1t. The
piece Of steel Is gently forced into its
place. The men make II fast with
bolts
The chain Is loosed. The whistle
blows. The derrick and chain are low
cred again. and the process il repeated.
Day utter day. hour after hour. the
work goes on. The whistle blows. the
little engine feels the clutch that calls
for higher speed and more power. and
slowly, but surely, the steel beams are
hoisted to their places.
The building is going together the
only way It can be put together-pIece
by piece. little ut a time.
First there was plan.
An architect made the plan. In the
beginning the plan was In his mind.
He made n rough draft. Then his
assistants worked out every feature
deliberately in blue prints. The build
Ing must follow the plan
So Is every great task performed.
Every work that amounts to any
thing Is planned In advance 1t is bod
led forth In imagination. 1t Is seen
In the minds eye.
But. mind you
Not only the COMPLETED work Is
seen in advance. but the PROCESS by
which the work is. completed: not only
the WHOLE is seen. bat the PARTS.
II the builder could see nothing but
the completed building be would be ap-
pailed at the prospect But he sees II
as combination of details. He can
do this big thing only by doing many
little things. and he can do the little
things.
Here is where most men fail down.
Most men see n task loom large and
are afraid. The wise man sees II as II
is-a large task made up OF many little
tasks-and-is brave to try It.
Daro to do big things.
Big things are little things sggre-
rated.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
THE HAPfIEsr WOMAN IN TOWN.

she does not live out on the avenue
where wide lawns speak dignity and n
mans house Is as big and as ugly as
his purse can buy.
She lives on a side street where the
paving has not yet arrived. The lawn
Is few feet square, and In the sum-
mer time the home is a bower of
beauty. The house has only FIVE
rooms.
1t Is cozy home, all used. As the
mortgage which covered It grows less
the porches about the cottage grow
larger. 1t was cottage built for two.
1t Is now occupied by four.
There's himself and herself and the
boy and the girl-"us four and no
more"
Himself is a man. every inch. He is
hearty. Independent. energetic and
steady as G clock. he has got his big
Feet firmly planted on the lower rounds
or the success ladder and is climbing
SLOWLY, surely. carefully.
he loves herself and no other.
Inc boy and the girl are healthy
youngsters. The boy whistles, and the
girl sings. Herself does not complain
OF shattered nerves.
But" you say
How can a woman who must econo-
miSe and pinch enjoy herself?"
Pernaps herself could not explain
that You can enjoy, you know, where
you cannot explain. She might saw.
Wen. we have enough and a little to
spare Tor the poor. There's enjoyment
In darning himself's Sunday coat and
the boys socks. There's zest In turn
ing and making over garments. It's
hke working out an enigma to make
both ends Of the household meet. We
are getting on We have no envy of
those who live IN big houses. We
love one another. and we are con-
tent
Understand that language2
what herself means to say is that
love is the greatest thing in the world
and ccntentment is the next to the
greatest thing.
Or
You could explain It In this wW: In
Service there is compensation. There
Is JOY In doing for others.
II herself sometimes must wrinkle
her brows over household problem,
studying how TO ''cut the corners" for
the sake OF himself and the other two.
why, measure for measure-sure as the
law OF gravity. certain as the law OF
chemical afnnity-herself VIII be paid
back tenfoid. O hundredfoldi
All. little woman, you do not know
how rich you are In being the happiest
woman In town.
Enjoy yourself while you may. Who
knows2 One OF the two may grow up
to honor your gray hairs-or break
your heart.
Or some day you may live In a big
house where things are gilded and
arms are empty and life is hollow.
Enjoy yourself and himself and the
ether two.