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day in dispatches from the mining dis
tricts of the north. west, east and
south Of the United States. The mum.
Der of men killed in mines in the
United States averages in the neigh
borhoOd OF 10000 for each year and
experts are employed by the govern
mcnt in hordes for no other purpose
than TO study underground gases and
learn the best way in which the safety
Of the lives of Americas workingmen
who are hauling wealth out of the
earth may be insured.
Every time a life is lost production
Of the article which that man, woman,
or life Is engaged In giving to the pub
lie is curtailcd. Insurance companies.
which have put accident clauses in
their policies. are perhaps the best
medium. outside of government re-
ports. to gain an insight into the num-
Der of deaths which industry fur
nishcs each year. The English-ncr-
haps it is their deliberate methods
kill only one.third the number OF per
sons each year. in proportion to the
population. which America does. The
railroads of America are declared to
be the incarnation of Old Father Time
himself.
Even f. II. Hartman. the best
known railroad magnatc OF the coun-
try, has openly declared that upon
going on journeys over his own roads.
he wonders whether II is to
be his last Journey. And arriv-
ing at the cause OF this de-
pIetIon OF the population on
railroads. It is found that the results
are brought about by the absolute de
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-09-11
In tile United States Loss Of Life Is
almost Beyond Allud's Po0Ver Of CON-
cebhou the N/o1>la Figures Line
mb zyztih Those Of This Country

not include mills. mines and work
shops and so forms less than half of
the havoc which is played with the in
habitants of the United States. The
casualties in the United States, ac-
cording to recent report of the cen.
sus bureau. amounts to over 100000
killed and injured. In figures embrac
ing the world that represents the
killed alone and only in times of peace
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of our toiling element than the
land of the lily.
The crimson carnage of industry is
not brought into the public notice to
any large extent and the reason for
this Is because the deaths take place
within the borders of the Atlantic and
Pacific and not at any one
chosen spot such as would a battle.
The horrors of mines are told every
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-09-11
The Hurry Fad.

"Mr. Cleveland" said a Princeton
lecturer. had little sympathy with the
rush and hurry that the American busi-
ness man so complacently affects-no
sympathy with train and boat dicta.
tion. with the lunch table telephone,
the letter phOnOgraph, and the other
bluffs"
Don't rush So Mr.. Cleveland Cnce
said to me. Lightning might do n
great deal more If II wasn't always In
such an awful hurry"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-09-11

and were injured during the year OF
1905. which unfortunately was rath-
er a taller reckoning than those
OF preceding years. or course
Americas population Is about
twice that OF France and as conse'
quence. perhaps. are more heed
full In the care OF tho lives
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-09-11
Proctor,s Retort.

The late Senator HOar of Massachn
sets was one of the most benevolent.
looking old gentlemen who ever sat in
Congress, but he said pretty sharp
things now and then in debate.
why" he explained one day, mo
man in Vermont is allowed to vote un-
less he has beaten Massachusetts peo-
pie out of $1,000 trading horses"
And we all vote" beloved Sena.
tor Proctor of Vermont.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-09-11

of actual casualties can never be
known. but the government furnishes
US with reports of the killed.
Just recently the interstate COM
merce commission made public Its re-
port for the year 1907. Its report
places the killed and injured upon
railroads alone at 122.S55. This does
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-09-11

The nearest \
compari on \
In the way OF
war which We
have at hand is
the Russo-Japan-
ese conflict In
which a crimson
total OF 336.Is6 OF
killed and woun-
ded was rolled
up. The hurry.
hustle and bus
tie OF America
gives this cOun-
try a standing
all over the
globe as being
in the front
rank in the lis.
of casualties.
Splendid pre-
uti on S are
taken by the
government and
every year these
arc Increased.
but at the same
time the merci.
less scythe CON
tinues to reap
Just as bounti-
full n harvest
In the marts OF
industry.
In France, sta
tistics from
Washington say
that 222.124 la
borers alon c
lost their lives
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perhaps n little larger than Des
Moines. Ia. and should massacre
every single human being within Its
limits; then We would have n fair
example OF the number OF souls who
perish in a year In the United States
from violent causes.
0Civilized nations record that 100000
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-09-11

One difference between a man and a
mule is that the man does the most
of his kicking with his mouth.
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each year meet violent
deaths from causes other
than war. OF this num-
ber the United States lays
claim to 100000. Few Of
the states keep track Of
the injuries which are suf-
fered by inhabitants. Only
n record of deaths Is Sc
cured. Hence the number
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-09-11

d
ing modes OF industry. The Struc
tural Workers union. which has Its
Headquarters In Chicago. reports that
in 1906 1t had over 1900 members
ami at the end of that year this mum
Der was reduced to something like
1.l5O. Those men as they worked
high about the common habitatiOn oi
mankind little thought that their vo
cation was far more hazardous than
that OF the straiGht-baCkcd man in
blue uniform with L. S. a. stamped
on his cartridge belt.
But aside from this great carnage
Brains are being put TO work every
day dcvising methods of suCCOr for
the families of the men. women and
children whose lives are snuffed out
for the cause OF industry. Perhaps
the greatest OF prCsCnt.day plan,
which has been put into effect was
that statute, known as the employers
liability law, which the last congress
gave the people OF the United States.
This should make living n more safe
occupation for the workingman. The
measure provides that where the toll
er Is slain while under tho directions
of his employer. the concern, firm,
corporation or institution is held IL
able for his death and that his family
shall be provided for In coin OF the
realm. A mans carelcssncss or ir-
responsible condition at the time Of
the accident. of course. dcbars his
widow and fathcrless children from
the benefits which they might have
rcRped had the case been other.
wise.
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lENVER DIRECTORY

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bun ]. lUuk CUNSriSE. Namwgth CH1a-
log mailed free. Corner lGth AMI IilhES,
banNsr.
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mer with his left. consequently the
carnage of the battlefield is outstripped
by the number of lives snuffed out by
railroads, mines. mills, workshops.
etc. The actual ratio is two to one In
favor Of peace.
By that statement is meant that.
the average deaths each year for 20
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years having been
figured. the dogs OF
war have done only one
half the damage accord
ed to times of peace.
In New York city
alone each year sees
an average of 3,467
persons bundled into
eternity by violence.
1t is declared that a
person a minute Is
hustled to the morgue,
undertaker's or hos.
pital. Supposing
hostile nations
should woop 4
down on q city, n
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-09-11

LID FATHER TIME in depict
ing the population of this
planet to make room for
coming generations is using
two great scythes-war and
industry. He Yields the lat
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
DINNER BEFORE WEDDING
aged Couple Wouldn't Unrest IN
License When Then Had Only 81.

Rather than nav 81 for a marriage license when
that was the entire sum the two Of them pos
sessed TO buy a dinner. an aged German couple.
whc visited the City Hall yesterday, decided TO Jet
the city 'go further even if theys had TO dis
reilse with the tying Of the knot Both had reached
the period Of gray hair and neither Of them could
talk English. but they had sufficient mastery of
the tongue Of the Fatherland to tell Deputy Clerk
f3rosen what they thought Of a system by which
they had TO pay 81 for getting hit Of paper just
70 get married. The prospective bridegroom was
inclined TO give in, but the bride, who
said they had only 81 all told. and would neeo
that for meal. AS none Of the fnasnaninlous
aldermen was about the couple. both OF whom
were poorly dressed. away disguised
The absence Of the aldermen also prevented a
marriage between Thomas Fleming. a negro from
Virginia Bina Muller. a German s1rl ana
white employed as servant. They had the
money with them for the license and the marriage
ceremony. but the city fathers were all on me
Job. Fleming gave his occupation as an elevator
mechanic.
Joseph Y. Sculley deputy city clerk in BROOKLYN
fled a complaint with the Corporation Counsel :
Office against the Rev. Julius Gerver, OF NO -Ss
East Houston street, Manhattan. for failing to
report the marriage Of Joseph Ostrow and Becky
Evans Of Brooklyn Under the law a ciergy1na
or other person who fails To return license LOT
marriage which he has performed within ten
DAYS after the ceremony is subject TO 1ne OF ho'
less shan s25 nor more than $50 Mr. Gerver, when
asked about the matter said il was the hrst mar
riage he had performed under the law, ana that
when he asked the OstroVVs for the license so that
he might return IL properly filled out he learned
they had been robbed recently ana ulal uie IL
cense and other papers were stolen
Clerk Sculley not satisfied with the explana-
ton and turned the matter over 10 the city lesal
adviser not so much he said 10 collect the hne
rs TO make those persons who are legally entitled
- ,,e-forr7 marriages file on time duplicate rec
o,d of them with the city clerk, required by
the law.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
ROADS SHY AT p. S. c. PLAN.

Eustis of the Public Service Commission, to get
the views of the local traction companies on the
proposed uniform system of keeping accounts
which the commission can, under the law creating
il make imperative, proved f1zzle. Representa-
tives of most of lines in the greater city, with
the exception Of those in the hands of receivers,
were present. but they all protested that they had
rad too little time consider the proposed form of
accounts Commissioner Eustis tried TO make
start in the matter gave up after listening
a series of Il don't knows and 'I not prepared
10 saws" and then informed the representatives of
the traction companies that joint hearing of the
two Public Service commissions would be held in
Albany August 4, where he hoped that they
would have some opinions express.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
RACING CASES PUT OFF
EiIperimFails to Get Releasesof I'seo
CI;ents,on Habeas Corpus.

,-o..rarv 10 expactation the hearing in the cases
of the race4rack which it was expected would
e o,rrletesI yesterday in the Adams street court,
tsrooklvn was again adjourned until July 80 The
hearing was adjourned at the request OF Assist
ant District Attorney Elder. who wanted the mat
fer deferre ed. until he could get through with the
grand iuryA which wlsbe dismissed at.the enc OF
the month
Jacnh Fiircrfn counsel for the defendants, at
tempted TO force the hearing in two Of the cases
by having Douglass and Ellis surrender ana go
into a cell. Then he hurried over TO the supreme
Court and scored writ of habeas corpus from
T,e-,ca scudder alleging that his clients were
being deprived OF their liberty.
When hearing the writ of habeas corpus
came ,p in the afternoon before Justice Scuuoer
Mr. Elder argued that the commitment of the two
men in the morning had not been strictfy legal
and that they really free and out ON pan III
the purview of the law Justice Scudder TOOK the
view of Mr. Elder and vacated the writ
No new indictments came TO light In Inc graiiu
Jury proceedings yesterday. although IL IS saiu
there is a strong probability Of an indicunent
against a pr,ominent official Of the Coney islailo
Jockey Club being handed up on SATURDAY VI
lando Jones and Joseph Vendig. two ooohfnaheiS >
who have already figured conspicuously IN con-
nection with the grand jury Investigation were
before that hocsv again yesterday. During the ar
guraent in the Adams street court in the n1ornins
Mr. Elder made the remarkable statement thaI
several booknsskers. including Nenols' "oui"
probably be called witnesses for the PeoPie
when some of the indicted men come to trial
A somewhat heated exchange of words occurred
between Mr. Elder and William Wills, counsel for
Thomas Ruth. an indicted bookmaker' shorty
after the hearing in the Adams street court had
been adjourned Mr. Wills appeared pe1ore Judge
Dixie in the County Court and made Application
10 inspect the minutes of the grand jury MT
Wills said that from the papers in his hanos ne
had been unable TO the merits OF the case
against his client ansl that he could not proceed
until he had been allowed 10 see the grand jury
minutes Then the lawyer declared that the DIS
trict Attorneys office knew that there was no
case against his client .
THAT is the statementsof a scurrilous lawyer,
retorted Mr.. Elder
You are sosrrlous lawyer, replied W1lls'
land if YOU will go with me will show you a
certificate signed by you showing that there is no
case against this defendant
That is false replied Elder houy. as he stood
I'D and tried talk atathe same time as Mr.
Wills.
Judge Dixie raped for order. and as soon as
the men were somewhat calmed down he ad-
io,rned the argument the lawyers application
until this morning.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
TO RAISE ISLAND FARE
p. S. c. DEMANDS NOTICE.
Rate Must Remain at FfueCenfs TOR
Thirty Days, 4nyscay.

IT,. c,o,ez island g. BROOKLYN Railroad Com
penv Yesterday informed the Public Service COM
mission that beginning July %. il would oiscon-
sfrue the fveoent fare which has prevailed on It's
lines on all DAYS. except Sundays. Saturdays ana
HOLIDAYS when ten-cent fare is charged Ihfee
of the commissioners. including Chairman VIII
cox are row away vacation. but commission
ers McCarroll and Eustis Immediately got 10
sefher and sent a reply TO the company mat nn-
der the Public Service commissions law. the COM
many would have give the commission lhlrH
davs notice of any such intention TO increase IT'S
rates Furthermore. the commissioners decioeo L"
begin an investigation Of the matter right away
and find out whether not the company was JUS
,.ses =, making the proposed increase in the tax
on messengers between points north OF Prospect
Park and Coney Island. This investigation VIII
he started this morning
When s " Huff president Of the railroad
company who signed the letter. found out that
there was clause in the law which would pre-
vent the increase in fare he changed his attitude
and said he supposed that the company would
have 70 give formal notice TO the commission
under the law and that the rate schedule as now
existing would have be continued for month
longer at any rate.
The reasons given by Presidest Huff for the
increase in fare are that road is losing money
at the fve-cent rate. fact that has been demon
strated he saws in the inquiry nro the Justice or
the ten-cent rate TO the island; that the company
will have TO make extensive Improvements in It's
svstern at the order Of the commission which VIII
make ffve-cent fare prohibitive. and that the
company considers II IS its duty 10 give an ade-
ouate service 10 the Brooklyn public rather than
to look for mere pleasure seekers
As soon as she letter received. the commis-
sion forwarded a reply TO President Huff, calling
his attention TO the provisions Of the law which
require any common carrier 70 give the commits
sion adequate notice Of any intention 10 change
IT'S rates Section q of the Public Service com
missions law it pointed out. distinctly states
that
Unless the commission otherwise orders. no
change shall made in any rate, fare or charge.
or 5oint fare rate charge. which shall have been
fled by a common carrier In compliance with the
requirements Of this act. except after thirty GAYS
notice 10 the commission and publication for thirty
6avs.
Although the commission may allow changes in
rates II was pointed out il has the power 10 say
what shall be Just and reasonable rates The com
mission be able TO complete It's lnVestlga-
ZION and decide what is just and ressonab bic rate
within the thirty days following the formal nolce
given by the company. but il can be stated posi-
lively that If the commission decides the increase
n fere is justified II Will peremptoriiy oroei
the company lower the rate again.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
WORK At 96TH STREET.
Interborough to Begin Smb5cay
Cross-OUer Within q Week.

Frank Hedey. general manager Of the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company. informed Com
missioner Eustis. of the Public Service. Commits
would be able to begin work the building of
the cross-over between the 9Sth street and 103d
street stations the Broadway branch of the
subway. The work will take from eighteen months
to two years to complete.
portion of Broadway around l01st street will
have TO be torn up, but assurances have been
given that serious hampering of traffic at that
point will result The installation of the cross
over is expected to increase greatly the capacity
conditions imposed upon the Interborough before
the commission consented to the approval of the
mortgage of s75GooO0o made by the company sew
eral months ago.
Henry B. Seaman, chief engineer of the commits
sion, told the commissioners appointed by the Ap
pellate Division of the Supreme Court that the
proposed change in the route of the Broadway
Lexington avenue subway would the city
some $4,000. The contemplated alterations pro-
vide for a four-track tunnel under the Harlem
River instead of two tracks, and the switching
Mott avenue, which would allow the building of
an elevated line for stretch of about mile
Besides being a direct route, considerable
expenditure would be saved the city, owing to the
difference in the nature of the soil, and the fact
that there are only a few houses along Mott ave
nue. whereas large claims for damages would be
presented by abutting property owners in Park
avenue
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
COUNTRY CLUB FOR SOCIAL WORKERS
Building To Be Used by Them at Hartsdai'
Will Be Opened Tomorrow.

A country club for social workers. the hrst OF ,.
kind IN the world Will be opened to-rnor,oN "
EsrtsdaIe n Y. The club Is the idea OF -
York manufacturer who has been brought ln'o
tact with many social workers Of this city. a1o -
Iieves that they should have some country 20
in which TO recuperate from the nerve raeAs -
strain Of their duties in the squalid tenement u
tricts Of the city.
This manufacturer. who does not WISH 20
his name made public. has carried out ms msa ~
the gift of a modern and luxurious county
house at HartsdaIs 10 the Association for In
the Condition OF the Poor. The building ms 'N~
been completed and furnished
The plan on which the country cluo Tor -.
workers will be operated was explained ~" n-e
hv RoNer. W. Rruere. general agent OF ths es
ctation. follows:
Under the terms OF the gift. the BUILDING = ~
ba the property OF the association. ard It's ~o1 -
are 20 be the charter and active risno~rs On -
club and are 20 hold the Offices. The oris'nA -.
bers however are TO have the privileges or "s
social workers OF other organizations TO oecouN =,
sociate members. with all privileges exoeor us' y
voting and holding Office. The club Ia taen ~ ~
come pIace which social worker cao SO - -
for a nominal charz-. which pays the ac'u~4
OF her food and washing. spend delgntnn -
end or a longer period IN the country. Nin'"
summer We hope 20 be able 70 secure ioS a
members privileges at a golf club wnioo
jacent"
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
OBITUARY NOTES.

JOHN g. SHORTALI. founder of the American
Humane Association. died ar his home in Winnetka,
H. yesterday. aged seventy years He presided
over the Humane Congress at ihe Worlds Colun-
bian Exposition in 1898.
CHARLES BIPPINCOTT. an inventor. died at
his home in Philadelphia yesterday, aged eighty
three years. He was pioneer in the development
Of the anthracite coal regions. Among his nven-
tons was a soda water fountain bearing his name.
JOHN H PIERCE, of Kewanee. H. aged sixty
FIVE wears former president Of the Illinois Manu-
facturers Association. died at Chicago hospital
or Wednesday night. -Four years ago his name
presented for the Republican domination for Gov
ernor.
ryMAYOR THOMAS HINDS. of Malone, n. Y.
died suddenly IN that city yesterday. aged sixty
three years
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
TO CHARGE 1O-CENT FARE.
P. S. c. Will Have to o. K. Justices Order
TO Westchester Receiver

Justice Morschauser in the Supreme Court, yes
terday entered an order granting the application
of J. Addison Young, receiver of the Tarrytown
White Plains & Mamaroneck trolley road. to charge
a 10-cent fare between White Plains and Mamaro-
neck but at the request of the counsel for the lat
ter town he has inserted q clause providing that
the order should not become operative until the
receiver had first obtained like permission from the
Public Service Commission.
This is practically what Burton c. Meighan and
A X GrFen, counsel for the town and village,
had contended for, it puts the matter of the
increase up to the Public Service Commission.
Arthur Mills johnson, who appeared for the re-
cefver intimated that the matter would be taken
before the Public Service Commission at once, as
he said that the company was losing from $500 to
81 600 month by charging a scent fare, and would
have to cease operation unless some relief was OBJ
tanned
New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
TROLLEY STRIKE SHORT
Westchester Line Tied Up Fec
Hours and Then Men Return.

After strike lasting only nine hours. two hun
dred and fifty motormen and conductors III ''e
employ of the Westchester Electric fSahMas'
which operates trolley cars in Mount Vernon Fei-
ham Pelham Manor New Rochelle. Tuckahoe and
Bronxville. returned TO work yesterday afternoon
at O'Clock. The employees went cut because OF
the action of the receiver, j. Addison Young III
suspending Superintendent b. W. Reynolds. AL IL
O'Clock Wednesday night a committee OF the
strikers visited Mr.. Young and told MIN that IL
Reynolds was reinstated at once they would
tie up the road which they proceeded to do at .
O'Clock yesterday morning.
The resumed work yesterday after the re-
celver had posted the following notice the car
barn:
As this company has been tied up and It's men
have refused to work unless certain unjust II n ard
my part hereby give notice to all employees of
this company that they must resume theG duties
or l shall be compelled TO employ other men TO
operate the cars Of this company and the men Sc
employees. subject to the rules and regulations OF
the company.
Yesterday morning Mr. Young had conference
with Edward Maher, former president of the Union
Railway. at which it decided to hire loo strike
breakers. and it is believed that this fact had
much to do with the resumption of traffic There Is
also a report that the Yonkers and White Plains
trolley unions were displeased with the strike and
refused cooperate with the Mount Vernon union
Some of them said to have told Reynolds that
if he persisted in getting a strike merely on
account of a personal grievance his career as a
railroad official would be at end. At any rate
he is said have advised the strikers to return 10
work
Mr. Young, in speaking of the strike, said: The
strike settled by the of their own volitfon
want made clear that I did not take Reynolds
back. Under my offer. made TO the committee which
visited me Wednesday night, L will continue his
salary until September I, but his continual neglect
of duty and his action in getting up this unwar-
ranted strike make impossible for me TO keep him
in the employ of the company with self-respect
any regard for the proper operation Of the road