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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-19
BUYERS FILL
 UP THE MARKET
Fall and Winter Buying Season Has Just Begun. and Indications Are If Will Be One of the Biggest in Many Years.

New York. Aug. 1S.-The city is fill ing up with Southern and Western buyers. All the hotels were taxed last night to their capacity and Sev-
 eral had to turn guests away. This is the season for the retail houses
 throughout the country to buy their fall and winter stocks. The vanguard of the buyers reached the city late Saturday afternoon and 2 steady stream has been coming ill ever since. It was estimated thst no less than
 300 buyers came in yesterday, to say nothing of those who reached the city Saturday night and Sunday.
 \ canvass of the hotel registers last night showed that the territory covered by the buyers already here extended ss far west as Denver and as far south as New Orleans and Gal weston.
 They represent the class of retail trade and usually the largest houses in their lines, many Of which supp. the smaller houses in their own vii
 cinity.
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trkansas State League.
Southern Association.

R H F Atlanta ho Birmingham '.'''''i Ratteries-At1anta Johns and c-.;4h. p;rn,ineham. Turner and Meek Umpire. Pfenninser.
 Y R H E
 Nonfaomerv .... II 6
 Nashville ...... ..........ll lo
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-19
SAYS DIVORCE
 LAWS ARE LAX

New York, Avg 1S.-Bishop Sylvcs- ter D. Futile o, St. Louis, presiding bishop of the Episcopal church in America, with Bishop Frederick D. Johnson of South Dakota, have re- turned from London. Both clergymen attended the conference of bishops heid recently at Lambeth palace, Lon don. In discussing the divorce ques- tion, Bishop Futile said:
 "I do not believe that divorces are S.owing at a greater pace than ;~ pL pulation, but there is altogether too great laXity shown in this great social question, and measures should be talk en to curb the evil.
 There has been altogether too much of the divorce advertising for South Dakota" said Bishop Johnson. We are tired of being made the re- fuse box, as it were. for every man or woman with a srudge against his or her mate, to come here and air dirty linen. Mind you, We don blame these that come and acquire citizenship so much as We blame our selves for the laSity of our divorce laws. But there must be a stop put to it and l believe the proposed change in the term one must live in South Dakota before acquiring citi- Zenship will in a large measure set tta the problem and check the evil
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-19
BOOTLEGGER
 AT A REUNION
Sheriff Todhunter and Deputies by d Neat Ruse Apprehend Dealer in Contraband Whiskey. Who Was Fined S2O0 and Sentenced to Six Months in Jail.

Prairie Grove. Aug. 1S-Much credit is due Kit Phillips, sheriff of Washington county, for the wise se lection of his deputies. Deputy Tod hunter. sheriff elect, together with Deputies English, Miller, Farr and Carter, assisted by three other dep uties. located the ever-famous boot logger plying his trade with the per nicious contraband at one dollar per pint at the recent reunion.
 Deputy Todhunter, after working carefully for about 24 hours, finally found a man in the grove outside of the crowd who looked guilty. The man was approached and asked the price of his goods. He told Deputy Todhunter that it was worth $1 per pint.
 Sheriff Todhunter closed out the bargain. meantime having Deputies English and Miller concealed in the bushes near by. for fear of ambush, lat a cough as a signal, gave them or ders to arrest another dispenser who was concealed behind neraby tree, and took his man. making known his
 Identity as an officer.
 The baotlegger refused to tell him his name, his partner or where he lived. barely admitting that he had a mother, but not telling her where ahou,s. He was taken before Mayor Dill and fined 5000 and six months in Jail.
 The other bootleggers escaped amid Deputies English. Miller and Farr.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-19
LIFE RESTORED
 AFTER DEATH
Statement Made That Patient in Kew York Hospital Was Resurrected After He Had Been Dead Three Minutes. by Use of Powerful StinulantS.

New York. Aug. 1S-Oscar Culver was dead for three minutes in the Eastern District Hospital Brooklyn yesterday. Then, by means of pow eTful heart stimulant and artificial respiration to get his lungs into play again, the doctors brought him back to life. His heart was beating, he was breathing late last night, but his hold on life was most precarious.
 Culver is 29 years old He has been in bad health for long time, but up to four weeks ago worked in rolling mill. His physician found that Culver had consumption. complicated by Rheumatism, and fortnight ago had him removed to the hospital. Last night the nurses in the ward reported that Culver was dead
 It happened, luckily for Culver that Dr. Michael Jaffer of the visiting staff was in the office. Dr. Jaffer, of course, believed Culver was dead. but he said he wanted to see the body and make an experiment. He hurried to the ward where Culver lay and made some of the tests for death The pu- pills of Culver's eyes did not respond To irritation. He was pulseless at his wrists and his heart was not beating ne had ceased to breathe; to all ap- hn can be.
 still, hurrledly, Dr. Jaffer injected under the skin and over the heart of the seeming corpse one-tenth of a grain of strychnine Instantly, too Dr Jaffer performed artificial respir- atIon, trying to inf ,te and empty Gull Vers lungs systematically ms in natu- fal breathing. Three minutes had passed since Miss Ryan thought Gull yer dead, when he sighed ever so faintly
 All the doctors in the hospital in stantly heard the astounding news ana hurried to his cot. They relieved each other in keeping up artificial respiration. Pretty soon Dr. Jaffer listening intently, heard Culver $ hear1 flutter; then, feeling his radial artery, the doctor detected slow. weak pulse. Pretty soon Culver oreathed less weakly and his heart peat more regularly. Then he opened HIS eyes and stared fixedly into the world from which, by all the signs known to medical men, he had made his exit
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-19
Cotton States League.

Batteries-Gulfport, Schulz and Graffius; Meridian, Ellinor and Cox. Umpire, Elmer.
 Secoud Game R H E Gulfport ........ ..........9 II U Meridian ............ ....l D Batteries-Gulfport, Bruner and Graffius; Meridian, Yount and Hop kins. Umpire, Tatum.
 Jackson and Columbus--Eo game; rain.
 R H E VickSDurg ....... ..........4 Monroe ....... ..........'l 6 Batteries-Vicksburg Boyd and Dudley; Monroe, Lusk and Kitch- ens Umpire Bammert.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-19
iitS BEST OF
 REC0NNE\NIr IrIONS

+, Y. Hlansnn. mop@ie-r a. the crescent Taiin,inS Company and oH" Of the GrapAtc,s adyc.,iscrs who areeenilE can" 'o Pine Stuff srom Wfaashef' I.a.. comes with the very Lest lt recommendations a4d tbe hi2hesi-oi endorsements rom the people of his former home town He has papers To show that ac is frs class workman in his line. and turus "it work in first class shape. fIo has tine rena'a'ion of being strictly .e,i- able. and of meeting his ub.fsations and contracts promaly fI, conducts himself in way t1 command 7h, re- sP"et of Ill the white people who Nno" him, according to the endorsc- m'niS given him. Manson ton3atts cieanih- and pressing 9aSiacS~. at 2lN State s;fecf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-19
MISS GILLESPIE
 PAINFULLY INJURED

News WAS received yesterday from Hot Springs that Miss Fannie Gil- iesp1e. who is visiting in that city, fad been thrown while out horseback r'dlnS and quite painfully injured and was confined 10 her bed Mr. and Mrs. T E. Gillespie and two littia sons are also in Hot Springs spend ing the month there in a summer cot tase. Miss Gillespie. though painful y injured. suffered no serious hurt and will he able to be up within Sov- eral day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-19

G. R. JOHNSON. JOEL PRATT
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How The. stand.

1uniter Pluvius prevented 'he game scheduled yesterday afternoon 3p ond Manager Berry has arranged to
 ,,,,l1 off ! double header. Doc Gal |1.qher will pitch one of he games and an exciting contest is promlsea'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-19

Ratteries-Montgome Juul and Shannon: Nashville, Perdue and Sea haueh Empires, Brown and Carpen- Ter Game called at the end of the eighth inning on account of darkness.
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NOTICE re THE PUBLIC.

Capt. N T. Roberts will have en- tire charge of our abstract books and will be glad to serve our patrons.
 KN0N-RORERTS ABSTRACT co
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14
MINERS ARE WARNED TO STAY
AWAY FROM ALASKA.
Nome, Alaska, March I, 1908.

Nome, Alaska, March I, 1908.
To all Wage Workers:
The capitalist press and steamship
companies, in order to further exploit
the working class, will spread and are
now actually spreading false reports as
to the conditions at present existing in
this country.
They desire to flood Seward PENN
sula with unemployed working men in
order that they may reduce wages,
winter and summer, below outside
prices, and are endeavoring TO show
that work will be plentiful and wages
high this coming season. Employment
sharks in the states are likewise circu-
lating such reports.
As a matter Of fact prospects were
never worse and conditions here are an
exact counterpart of those outside.
But little money has been in circula-
tion since last December; the banks
have issued clearing house script which
is used instead Of U. 4. currency; no
important discoveries have been made
this winter, while some Of the largest
mines employing the greatest number
Of men have been worked out. Miners
and prospectors returning daily from
other diggings report nothing doing,
and thus swelling the army of unem-
ployed, which consists OF at least sew
enty.five per cent of the laboring pop
ulation.
The Western Federation Of Miners
by thoroughly organizing the camp
and strictly enforcing the closed shop,
have been thus far partially able Ia
maintain the winter scale of wages.
The employers and transportation
companies, knowing these facts, arc
trying TO allure working men here, as
has been stated. to so reduce wages as
to compel them TO work for what In
reality amounts 10 their board. tt
prevent such calamity TO the work
ing class the Western Federation OF
Miners warns all working men to keeI
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14

ment. In Seattle, after the socialist
women formed their club, the leading
woman suffragist in the city spoke be.
fore IL, and invited them all to join
the woman suffrage organization.
Let the women socialists DO SOME.
THING, and something PRACTICAL,
for goodness sake. The men have
dnwdled around enough in all these
years, looking wise and trying to act
like philosophers, and acting more like
chickens with their heads cut off
than human beings, so that our pa
thence is about exhausted with any.
thing more on that line.
Women are more practical than men.
When they get TO work they want to
accomplish something.
Avoid the activity Of the beheaded
hen.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14

away from this country during the
coming summer.
North, east, south and west of the
peninsula most unfavorable reports as
to the alarming conditions from q;
miners point of view are constantly
arriving. In fact, every working man
who arrives here is one more out Of
work, and he himself il his passage
money out of pocket.
And once here, how are you going to
get out : Hundreds here are daily
asking themselves the same question.
Take heed therefore of this warning.
fellow workers; stay away from the
Seward Peninsula during 1905. If your
have contemplated coming up here.
change your mind and stay where you
are.
Published by authority Of
Local 240 of the Western Federation,
of Miners.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14

moved from the operating department
at Butte.
fnth-No chief operator shall belong
to the union. Foremen may or may
not belong to the union.
Sixth-All damage suits now pend
ing, or contemplated, against any union
or unons, or members thereof, insti-
tuted by the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company, or its agents, aris-
ing from the acts of any union, or
member thereof, to be dismissed, and
any suits now pending or contemplated
against the aforesaid company, or it's
agents, by any union, or union mem
bers, TO be dismissed.
Seventh-The union linemen en-
ployed by the company in Montana
previous to the strike will be rein
stated, but linemen now employed win
not be removed, except at the option
of the company, except that in Butte
all hnemen now employed who shall
not become members of the union shall
be removed. Those linemen who have
not been members of the union shall
be given an opportunity to join said
union. The company will have no OBJ
lection to any linemen in the state
joining the union.
Eighth-Wage scale Of operators to
remain the same as in force under
agreements of Butte, February Is,
1907; Helena, February %, 1907, and
Great Falls, March %, 1907. Wage
scale for operators in Billings, Living.
ston and Red Lodge to be the same
as agreed between Montana Federation
Of Labor and Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company at Salt Lake con-
ference July "a, 1907.
Ninth-Fifty cents increase per day
for linemen and cable splicers working
by the day in Montana outside Of
Butte, over wages prevailing previous
to the strike, win remain in force.
Tenth-Applieation for reinstate-
ment by former employees shall b
made in person, at former place of en-
ployment, within fifteen days after the
publication Of this settlement.
Eleventh-The Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company to be called "fair"'
throughout the State Of Montana.
Twefth-This agreement continues.
in force after expiration of contract
unless thirty days notice of desired
change be given by either party.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14
SELF RELIANT WORKING MEN To-
START COOPERATIVE STORE.

Sunday, May "a, in the parlors Of
the Workers Educational club there
will be a meeting of the representa-
tives Of the labor unions Of Helena
to devise ways and means to start a,
cooperative store. Every union in,
Helena, with the exception of two that,
have not yet been visited, has ap-
pointed committee of three to rep.
resent them at this meeting. 1t is
understood IL will be modelled after the
Rochedale Cooperative society of Eng
land. This society started in ls44'
with 2s members and subscribed cap.
ital of 2S pounds. II has grown until
today IL does a business of over half
billion dollars year and owns bust,
ness blocks, factories, farms, dairies,
steamships, docks, newspapers and
other enterprises. II is an encouraging
sign to see the working men waking
up to realization of the possibilities.
Of organized effort in supplying their
own wants
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14
The Agreement.

Agreement between the Rocky Noun
tain Bell Telephone company and the
Montana Federation Of Labor:
First-A contract will be entered
into for one year in accordance with
the terms Of this settlement.
Second-An present operators will
be permitted TO join the Operators
union, where such exists, and the union
will be permitted to persuade peace
ably any operator to become a member
Of its organization.
Third-operatOrs employed at Butte
Helena, Great Falls, Livingston, Bill
lings and Red Lodge at the time Of the
strike will be reinstated, but presen,
operators will not be removed, except
at the option of the company. All
new operators employed at these ex
changes during the life OF contract
must join the union Immediately after
their first pay day. No member OF
the Operators unions shall be discrim
mated against for any acts performed
during the period of the strike.
Fourth-Miss Barnes will be re
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14
TO AFFILIATE WITH SOCIALISTS,

A certain central committee has been
maintained by the Slavic comrades,
unattached to the party, and Of which
Comrade Petrich Of Chicago acted as
secretary. The organization was com
posed of twelve locals in different parts
Of the country and known as the
" "Slavenic Socialist Association" The
Chicago branch has joined the party
and Comradc Petrich reports that each
branch will become an integral part of
their respective state organizations,
A weekly publication in this language
is being issued, entitled "Proletarec. y
Address 81 South Center Avenue, Chi
cago, II.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14
Bell Telephone
Strike Is Settled
Ending of Long Drawn Out and Hard
Fought Labor Battle---Unions
Victorious.

After a siege of fifteen months the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone com.
pany has eapitulated to the demands
of the strikers. Too much credit can
not be given the telephone girls for
the gallant fight they have made.
They have shown a courage and de-
votion to union principles that would
put many a strong man TO shame. The
following is the agreement signed and
ratified by a vote Of the unions:
"Mr. Alexander Fairgrieve,
President Of Montana Federation,
City.
Dear Sir:
When the contract was drawn up for
signature the schedule of operators
hours was omitted. beg to state that
straight nine hours shall be given the
operators, which time was considered
the working time previous to this
agreement in the state. All conditions
subscribed in previous agreements will
be adhered to. The Butte agreement
will remain in force as according to
previous contract.
II. s. BURDICK,
Supt. Division.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14

bodied members of the family to con
tribute their share towards its main.
tenance.
.. As n matter of justice, and not
charity, all sick, unemployed or 9th
erwise incapacitated members of the
family are excused from this obliga.
tion.
9. No Humiliation should be felt
by those Of the family so crippled.
But it is the duty of all the other
members to provide for them, and the
rule Of the family is that they should
do so, or leave the house.
The workingman who can and will
not help sustain the working class in
its fight for emancipation is a useless
weight dragging his comrades back
under the wheels of capitalism.
Observations
A narrow view of the Socialist move.
ment and the work of the party is re-
sponsible for unwarranted protest
against and disregard for the dues
paying system. Many comrades feel
that their particular locality should
receive entire attention and make this
terminal neglect" reason for with.
holding dues.
Inasmuch as our party is national in
its scope, and the funds at all times
insufficient to cover the full territory,
the revenues must be distributed where
they will do the most good at a given
time.
This might mean California one day,
Vermont the next and Arizona or Wis
eonsin the day following. This local
or state feeling should not character
ize our party members, for the move
ment and its needs should be eonsid-
cred, not in part, but as a whole.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14
Principle Of Dues-Paying System.

The following propositions will H.
lustrate the reason for a dues.paying
system:
I. The Socialist Party may be
called the family of the working class.
9. A family, in order to live (under
the competitive system), must have
financial support.
3. The family necessarily relies upon
its members for support.
4. 1t is the plain duty Of all able.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14
Get TO Work.

1t is the opinion Of the writer that
the really live, important, resultful
work along woman suffrage lines in
the future is coming through the social.
ist women. They are sick and tired
Of this dilletante dawdling. They
want something that's alive and prac.
tical. They are awakening working
women all over the country. They are
forming socialist women's clubs. They
are beginning TO send out women or
ganizers for special work among
women. Every state should have such
an organizer to hold parlor meetings,
and 20 to the homes Of women. When.
ever oil this woman 3 agitation crystal.
ICES into a woman suffrage movement,
when these women, with socialist men
at their side, storm legislatures, hold
meetings, push their protest into the
face of organized society at every
crevice, there III be something doing
here as well as in England. But In
the meantime let not our socialist
women neglect what they might pos
sibly be able TO do with the existing
suffrage organizations. II they can
join these organizations in body OF
say from ten to twenty women they n
probably be able TO make things lively
by sticking together, In the woman
suffrage camp; and in many place,
they can get full control Of the move
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14
Conclusion.

The principal objections to the dues.
paying system come from outside the
large cities, where there is little, If
any, industrial organization, and where
the concept of the movement is more
"Ideal" than practical. The objee.
tions are more sentimental than logical,
being based on a mistaken" prin-
ciple. We must not forget that We are
living under the competitive system,
and that pending its abolition our
movement requires funds for its sup.
port from its members; that we must
have system for this purpose, and that
dependence on "philanthropists" and
voluntary subscriptions" alone, tends
TO demoralize, rather than to strengthen
the party. The emancipation Of the
working class must rest with the work
ing class, who alone can keep the move.
ment true to its purpose.
And this is why Socialists pay dues.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14
The Stamp System.

The Socialist Party adopted the
stamp system because it is a syste-
matte, simple and easy way to collect
dues.
Due stamps are evidence of party
membership, taking the place of re.
eeipts of money paid for dues; that is,
instead Of writing receipt when a
member pays dues, the member hands
his membership card TO the secretary,
who attaches a due stamp to the card
for the month for which dues are paid,
this being a receipt for dues or evil
dence of his or her party membership.
In organized states the state secre-
taries purchase due stamps from the
National Secretary, and in turn sell
them 10 the local secretaries. The mum.
ber of stamps paid for by a state see.
retary signifies the number Of mem
bers in that state. The number Of
stamps paid for by a local secretary
to his state secretary signifies the
number of members in that local. In
unorganized states, local secretaries
deal direct with the National Office.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14
Bourgeois Influence.

The woman suffrage movement as it
exists today stands In fear and trem-
bling Of any interests for the working
class. Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis was
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-05-14
Dues-Paying Organizations.

1t is noticeable fact that organiza-
tions Of the wage-workers the world
over maintain a dues-paying system,
Notwithstanding the fact that the EN-.
ployment Of the workers is precarious
and spasmodic. The coal miners, for
instance-whose employment does not
average six months of the year--de.
rive the revenue of their union strictly
in this manner, and keep well-filled
treasury at all times. This is true Of
other trade union organizations; in fact
al Of them have ever seen the neces.
sity Of dues-paying system.