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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-01-02
Scab Defined.

If he was animal, he would be
skunk; if bird, he would be
buzzard; if of the beetle family, he
would be tumble bug; if fly, he
would be "blow' or maggot fly:
if fish, he would be a cat, or a
wharf scavenger; if a serpent, he
would be a viper. AS a man, he
is devoid of every attribute that
gives value to the name. A Judas
in the time of Christ-stubling
through life finally falls into a dis
honored grave-San Antonio Tex
Weekly Dispatch.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-01-02
The Presidents Blunder.

Presidents Roosevelt's hands
have been burned. He has discov-
cred that somebody has blundered
in sending troops to Goldfield. 1t
may be himself that is to blame. If
SO, he will never acknowledge it.
The president claims that Govern
or Sparks, of Nevda. the two Neva-
da senators, the Nevada congress
men and the local authorities at
Gofdfield are responsible for the
affair.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-01-02
OPERATORS BRIGANDS DEFY LAW
lhe Practice of Armed Thugs Patoing the Public Highways
nt1m1datng Manning and Terrorizmg Law Abiding
Citizens and Tax Payers in Violation of
the Laws Must Cease

On the 2sth Virginia Igisa
considered viii be laws looking better
sweeping our state with such painful reeuaS
In eonneeton ee s @ aT hs Rdse matter e wish to th,
W ana other officials sincere in the
ana hat dseen rec; on and @ that
u acts % NO ~ i' making the employer liable for the unlaw
Oft Butt But this mroous like
sto defeat at the hands Of the greedy e0rp0r
This law is intended quietuS guar and
labor good Virginia. regulate this
ing to the laws of our state and
The @ o in as vpne p % oe nn % ahd ss ohef
aa se e our m M
suo an extent that they prefer to mine
down the wrath Of paid upon
nay ey VIII lace death IN the bowels of the earth
patrol the public highways with Wincstes ready
masters amy CRIME 0" '"e calendar at the d'eta'o" of their
Is it wonder that the mining any
who M gaIf nsf 6s ean oss ass mmjn in the % ne o now
@ s n15 no % West V dne I them
The get the root Of the evi
legislature you would perform duty to
and state and constituents
'ha' IS stlgma on CIVILIZATION, pass the following law
NO 90
Bill making the employer liable for the unlawful guards
(January H. 19o7By NV. Montgomery Com
mitee on the Judioiary)
Be it by Legislature OF virgna
Sec If person, corporation engaged any business
which laboe1s shall
public other charged with the
tectve private police to act in
paey similar those of those above any
pertaining to such
tds 1f 5i & s boz
paired such employer shall be liable for all damages sustained
exceed So, 1000 90, as the jury shall assess
feated in Senate ~ y De ''D''''''e'' o'' oe-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-01-02

IN the factories, or on the farms.
God speed the day when their or
ganlzation' will prove so strong
that senators on this floor will turn
TO them eager and anxious to know
their desires and wishes.
''Sir, [ hope the day will come
when these labor organizations NAV
be strong enough to cope with this
great evil.''
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-01-02
FACTS ARE
SUPPRESSED
in Connection with Monongah Hor-
rorsby Officials---Action of Fair
mont and Darr Officers: Contrasted

The following is part of an ed
Iitorial comment of the current issue
of the Mine Workers Journals -
'Some of the hidcous facts are
coming to light at Monongah. The
Journal is creditably informed that
the air fan had been idle for twen-
ty-tour hours previous to the ex.
ploSlon. Also that there are near
ly two hundred men whose bodies
lie under masses of slate and rock.
and that no effort will be made to
recover them. Also that the Cum
bcrland (Md.) News of Monday,
the 10th. contained an article stat.
ing that 800 will be paid to any
man marrying of the widows at
Monongah. AS the News is owned
by the Lowndeses, who are heavy
stockholders in the Fairmont Coal
Company it's significance can be re-
allied. A healthy colored slave
woman sold in Maryland prior to
the war at from 81, 900 to 800!
1t is also stated on the authori.
ty of correspondent to the Pitts
burg Dispatch that the Fairmont
company has retained or will re-
tain, every lawyer in that vicinity.
Again, we are creditably Informed
that the state officials are using all
OF their power to suppress the de.
tails i'll order that miners can be
retained or secured elsewhere. The
effect of the original negligence of
those sworn to uphold the law can
be seen in the fact that West Vir.
Jrl n
place in the production of coal, as
her mlners-those who know the
dangers of the mines and see tho
shameful conduct of the laws SER
vant's-are leaving the state in
droves.
SIN contrast with this miserable
conduct on tho part of the West
Virginia authorities and the Fair
mont company is that of the Pitts
burg Coal Company, at whose
mines the latest accident occurred.
There, under it's former president.
Francis Robbins, Superintendent
|Schludcnberg and others, Il system
had been provided whereby de-
cent Christian funeral was provi.
dcd for such occasions. In addi-
e'oii ShSh "itoW IcCclNcS ElOO anu
small pension. Compare that
with the sordid conduct of the
fairmont company, where the wild
ows and orphans of it's victims are
to be sold for 500.
"The Journal does not desire to
minimize in any way the horrors
of the Darr mine, it merely con-
trasts the condnct Of two corpora.
tions under similar circumstances.
"Again, the necessity of conn ply
ing with President Roosevelt's rec.
concentrations is emphasized with
horror. The things he recon-
mends are an imperative necessity
and the blood of these slaughtered
miners calls like the blood of Abel
from the ground for remedial mea-
SureS, for measures that are based
on common sense. These things can
be prevented. The one needfui
thing is sufficient fresh air, air dis
tributed where it is needed, name
ly, at the face Of the workings.
That is all there is to it. There
Will be Il thousand and one remedies
and scientific theories offered, but
they all will resolve themselves in
to the,one thing-plenty of fresh
air at the proper place"
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-01-02

UNION MEN, ourselye Cut
following
West Virginia demanding that be
DO 1T NOW! If
laws who patrol our public highways.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-01-02
Have Won Strike.

The church organ factory en-
ploves in Boston and suburbs won
their strike for higher wages and
shorter hours. The threatened
strike in two New York factories
has been averted by satisfactory
adjustment of the demands.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-01-02
Home for Machinists.

Agitation has been started by
officials and members of the Inter
national Association of Machinists
for aged and infirm members.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-01-02

The Labor Argus, local voice OF
ORGANIZED labor. Subscribe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

The special function of the approaching
meeting of the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ in America, to be
held in Philadelphia, December %. will
be to consider methods and suggest plans
through which the evangelical churches
may prosecute work that can be better
done in union than in separation, and by
counsel and cooperation avoid 1.-The two
and overlooking"
The program of the meeting is substan-
TALLY complete. Delegates eminent in
leadership and official qualifications have,
as members of committees, prepared re-
ports and resolutions which will be made
the basis Of the discussions and recon-
mendations of the council
Sixteen committees will report, repre-
senting the various branches Of activity
Of all the churches.
At the head Of tie committee Of Organ
ization and development with reference
to the future work of the council. is
Bishop Z. r. Hendrix Of Kansas City,
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Rev. DR.. Edgar P. Hill of Mccormick
Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian
Church in Chicago is chairman of the
committee upon methods of cooperation
in home missions"
"Co-operation in foreign missions" is in
the hands of a committee headed by Rev:
William B. Barton of the Congregational
Church. who is secretary OF the American
board of foreign missions. The report on
family life" will be submitted BY
Bishop William c. Doane Of the Epis-
copal Church. Bishop Luther B. wilson
OF PHILADELPHIA, of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, is at the head OF the COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
UNCONVENTIONAL COOPERATION
OBJECT OF COMING CONVENTION

mittee which will submit report upon
Temperance"
William n. Hartshorn. BAPTIST lay
man of Boston, chairman of the Interna-
tional Sunday School Association. will
present the report upon methods OF re-
ligious instruction i'm Sunday schools.
The church and modern industry. under
which subject will come the relations of
the church to the labor problem. will he
brought forward by Rev DIR. Frank
Mason North. secretary OF the National
City Evangelization Union OF the Meth
odist Church.
Other committees and their chairmen
are:
The church and the immigrant prob
lem Rev. DR.. 0. S. Davis. Consrega-
struction for school Children Rev. DIR.
George V. Wenner of New York, Lu-
theran Church: religious education in
higher Institutions Rev. DIR. George W.
Richards, Lancaster. Pa. of the Eastern
Theological Seminary of the Reformed
Church in the United States Sabbath
observance Rev. DR.. J. II. Garrison Of
ST. Louis. Church of Disciples: relations
of the federal council to interdenomina-
tional organizations Rev. Anne Nennem1
the Reformed Church I'm America; st ate
federations'' and local federations. Rev.
DIR. O. p Clifford. Brookline. Mass. Bap-
fist Church. and T.. p. Ryland. Mataodist
Church; international relations. Prof
Henry Wade Rogers. dean of the Yale
University Law School.
Deep interest is being displayed among
the church-going people of Philadeiphia
I'm the approaching meeting. total q,
215 of the most prominent ministers ana
!avmen of all the Evangelical Christian
Churches are members of the local COM
mittees of arrangements. and the plans
for the entert ainment of the 200 de egatcs
are practically complete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
THE NORDHOFF GUILD
CHOOSES NEW OFFICERS

The ladies of the Nordhon Guild held
their annual fall reunion Friday at the
residence of Mrs. John Tweedale The
most important business of the day was
the annual choice of officers, which re-
suited in the reelection of Mrs. NJ f..
Stetson as president; Mrs. James E. Pad
gett. first vice president: Mrs. Julia c.
Dowell. second vice president; Mrs. Ellis
Logan, third vice president: Mrs. F. H.
Pelouze. recording secretary: Mrs d. l..
Burnett. for the fourteenth term. as cor
responding secretary, and Mrs. c. G. AL
len, treasurer
The president announced that the execu-
tive committee includes the officers and
Mrs L. A. Barr, Mrs. p. E. Dye, Mrs.
Daniel Fraser. Mrs. Grafton Fox, Mrs. ].
T. Hough. Mrs. Joseph Paul. Mrs H. NJ
Schooley. Mrs. John Tweedale Mrs. ]. III
Whitaker and Miss G. Wilcox.
The guild maintains two wards, the
nursery and one Of the private rooms in
the Homeopathic Hospital. besides supply
ing annually a large amount of linen and
other necessities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

mysticism-these are all combined in the
white light of one earnest spirit dedicated
to His Fathers work.
do we ask ourselves what are the dis
tinguishing characteristics Of this type
OF mind in our own day? The answer
is found in these four phases of the nor
NAL human, life. These create the type
we are to set before ourselves. First, the
element of reasonableness. Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God with all thy
heart-that is your emotional life-'with
all thy mind-that Is all your intellectual
faculties-'with all thy strength'-with all
your practical executive genius and with
all thy SOUL with it's richness OF poetry
and insight. And this first characteristic
is that the Christian mind is distinguished
by its absolute reasOnablenesS: and this
works again in two ways. For what is
our reason? 1t is the Cherubim with the
flaming sword put before the gate of the
mind lest it should return to childish ig-
norance and innocence. Reason is the
sentinel that stands guard at the very
portals Of our nature and gives the chal-
lenge to every thought that would enter
our BRAIN II by any means we are able
to bride this sentinel and to say to him.
Here is money in the form of popularity
or of ambition or of popular approval; let
me in If we are able to lull to sleep this
vigilant sentinel the mind has its own
revenge by turning itself over to the
insane authorities. Our reason Is not
Evidence we may survey. but the reason
ing man can no more manipulate conclu-
sions than he can change the laws of
nature. The logical and reasonable mind
moves directly toward certain inevitable
conclusions in proportion 1t is trained.
is unspoiled. and in so far as the evidence
is clear. The Christian character first.
then, in this negative sense, is reasonable
in that it refuses peremptortly to prosti-
tute itself by saying that it believes what
it does not believe. by undertaking to be-
live what is against the evidence OF the
world in which 1t lives. by refusing abso-
lutely to reason into its mind whatsoever
is against the laws of its constitution.
But, more positively. the kind Of rea-
sonableness which the Christian character
contemplates is that which Is better de-
scribed by the word 'teachableness.
This is the desire to see things exactly
as they are, to be willing TO admit our
mistakes. to say frankly, 1 do not know,
or to say: When l was child thought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

false religion; throwing things. as it were,
on the counter of life. with an alert ear to
catch the true ring or the false finale.
"And as we read further another ele-
ment, which seems almost opposite, and
to a small mind conflicting, comes into
view. We find Him, on the one hand,
man screening His thoughts. and. on the
other hand, man whose emotional fire
was so rich that He bound His friends to
Him with hoops of steel. 1t requires
great man, man OF emotional richness.
10 say to fishermen and laborers, Leave
your nets, forsake your tasks, follow Me
it is the great man to whom the children
naturally gravitate. 1t was He who.
when asked who is the greatest IN the
kingdom of heaven, while His disciples
are discussing the matter, can take in His
arms a little child and say this is the
greatest
And as we read again we are still
further confused. for we find He was
man of such practical aims: He went
about doing good. One would think as
one reads this phase of the Masters life
that ethics was the whole burden of His
life. He who heareth these sayings and
doath them shall be like unto the man
that built his house upon the rock. Not
every one that saith unto Me. Lord, Lord.
shall enter into the kingdom Of heaven.
but he that doeth. whatsoever he be that
doeth the will of My Father. the same is
My father. My mother, My brother and
My sister But yet. likely as not, the
very next page that we read will intro
duce us to some poetical passage or al
legory. some element of appeal to mysti-
cism which quite astounds us. He repre-
sents Himself as mingling with the com
mon people And the common people
heard Him gladly Then you pass on and
He says. No man can come to Me except
the Father draw him. Here Is an en-
tirely different side OF His nature. He
saith. No one knoweth God except me
Son who is in the bosom of God. and he
to whom the Son willeth to reveal him.
Il and My Father are one Those words
fell from the same lips which said. Come
unto Me. all We that labor and are heavy
laden. and will give you rest. Take My
yoke upon you and learn of Me. for I am
meek and lowly In heart I and My
Father are one
"Yet this is precisely the beautiful thing
about this great life. that it refuses per-
emptorily to be put into catalogue. There
is perfect balance in it: one element is
Offset by another. Rationalism, emotion
alisIn, the practical life and the poetry of
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decoration Of pastorS.
City Preachers of Many Denominations to Meet
November 30 to Organize Association
Plan More Cooperation.

several denominations appointed repre-
SentativeS TO a general committee to con-
slider the forming of a pastors federation.
From the general committee commit
tee on constitution and bylaws was ap-
pointed to map out the general plan of
organization.
This committee. composed of Revs. J.
j. Muir of the Temple Baptist Church.
j. w. +. Sumwalt of the Washington
District Methodist Episcopal Churches T..
ID. Power of the Vermont Avenue Chris
tian Church, George Bailey of the West
crn Presbyterian Church ami NJ. Ross
Fishburn of the Mount Pleasant ConGrr-
gational Church. reported Ia the general
committee al Il meeting in the Y. NJ. G. \.
building Friday afternoon. The coustItu-
ton of the federation was then adopted.
1t provides for meetings OF the aSSucia-
tons b!monthiy. the last Monday in al
ternate months, from IL am. to ESQ
pm.
Officers will be elected and the fedora
ton created at a general meeting OF the
city pastors 10 be held in the Y. NJ. e. \.
building one week from tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

\ ministers salary in the Episcopal do
cese OF New York is hereafter never to
be less than $500 if the man be single,
or $3.50 with a residence provided if the
man he married The question has been
settled, and it is up 10 the churches them
selves to raise the money
There never has been matter of such
vital Importance to the church as a whole
as this one of salaries. Each year the
various denominations face it and most
of them shirk it. The result is that hun
drcds Of men are struggling along trying
to do nobly for the church a work In which
they can have only half interest for the
reason that they are wondering all the
time how they are to pay the bills of the
family. The late Bishop Potter was the
best friend the underpaid preacher ever
had. and 1t was due largely to his words
that the New York diocesan convention
decided unanimously that the time had
Come when the churches must do more foe
the men in the pulpit
1t has recently been stated that over
one-fifth of all the Congregational min
sters in London are receiving less than
$.;25 year. Twenty-six parishes raise
less than $500 for the minister's salary,
$50. thirty-one under $1,000 and seventy
eight under x1.jOO. Then the sums run
to $3.50. which is the highest, and only
eleven are found paying that amount.
Rev R. Fotheringham, chairman of the
London Congregational Union. has called
attention to this disparity in ministerial
stipends.
rs It a proper thing" he asked his
fellow workers. that .one-fifth Of our
Y1In no n
on less than $3.50 a year? l do not sug-
gest that the higher-paid ministers are
Overpaid, but what does trouble me is
the striking inequality CT the salaries
j believe that some way should be found
for those who receive the better remuner-
alton to help free from worry those whose
parishes cannot raise living wage
And in the discussion which followed
the problem set forth by the chairman,
but simply made suggestions as to how
Congregationalism might be made more
effective, forgetting that the men who
must: do the work are the very ones who
should be helped financially.
The Baptist Church in Canada has been
losing men to this country in almost a
steady stream because 1t could not pay
the salaries that men should have for
the work they are called upon to do.
The Christian Church has been consid-
ering a plan to consolidate some of its
congregations with one man at the head
instead OF having several struggling
churches. none of which was. accomplish
ing anything for the sole reason that it
was hampered In a monetary way.
All of these considerations made more
than ordinarily important the stand taken
by the New York Episcopal diocese. A
committee named year ago to consider
the matter had it's report ready when
Rev. DR.. Leighton Parks, rector Of st.
BarthOlomew's Church. was called upon
to make known the work Of the commit
tee on inadequate clerical salaries. The
convention was all attention at once, for
the decision that was likely to follow
would probably be d turning point not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

1,et this mind be in you which was
also in Christ Jesus the words FOUND
In Philippians li:5, was the text or a re-
cent sermon by Rev. Ulysses q. b.
Pierce. minister of All Souls Church.
DR.. Pierce said, in part
when we remind ourselves that Chris
t;anity does not contemplate the perpet-
nation Of any particular belief as eX-
c,rsivelv Christian, we must not over
look the fact that 1t does nevertheless
cot nm =, tvpe of mind which is it's ideal
of the Christian life. 1t is this which
the writer has In mind when he sums
IN for us the aim and the ideal OF the
Christian religion when he says Let IL We
YOUR purpose to have in you the nina
that was in Christ Jesus, strive ever
more and more to attain to His point OF
view. to have the outlook upon life that
He had So Christianity wishes US 10
do not primarily what Jesus OF Nazareth
aid hut to do the tasks that we have TO
do in the same spirit. In other words,
If is a type Of mind which religion sets
ont TO formulate. And II we ask our
selves what this mind or CHRIST Jesus
is which we are to strive 10 lay noIo
upon the answer is not SO er . DIS a. ar AZ CO
thought might appear. ihere are 81
many phases to it that it Is rather con-
fusing and bewildering at first. as one
tries to contemplate in their relation
ships the Wilderness of THIS rengious
shirt Shall we ask ourselves, then, In
our meditation this morning these two
questions? First, What is the mind OF
Christ Jesus? And. second, what are
the distinguishing characteristics ny
which we may recognize 1t!
"At the outset we may relieve our
selves Of any fear lest this type OF nina
is to be something other-worldiy, or ex-
elusive. or limited to some particular
time and place AS we look at the life
we see il so balanced, the elements SO
Justly and so beautifully mixed. that the
impression we get is one of Wilderness.
AS we look at the Masters lie hur.
four distinct elements of what may be
called his mind. his point of view The
first is, the element OF rationai lsm, an
element which We least expected 10 hno-
And vet we find large part of his life
was in differentiating true religion from
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a federation of pastors of the city will
soon be formed.
The preliminary steps for the organiza-
ton of such a body have been taken.
constitution and bylaws have been
adopted and the active preachers of many
denominations will meet at the Y. NJ. c. \.
building one week from tomorrow to per-
feet the organization and EJECT officers.
This organization is declared to be one
of the results of the Gypsy Smith cam
paign. which closed about two weeks ago
That mission was under the management
of the Laymen's Federation, but the city
pastors were on several important COM
mittees and found the benefit to be de-
rived from concerted action. This sug-
gested the value of a federation of pas
tors similar in form to the association
Of laymen
Shortly after the Gypsy Smith CAM lign
closed, the ministerial associations OF the