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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25

New York City.-Suppose a parade
of the unemployed in Greater New
York should start from the Battery
to-day. How far uptown do you sup
pose it's van would extend before the
last man wheeled into line? The an
swer Vouched for by the noted charity
labor. workers of New York gives
Central Park at least unanimously,
or a distance of about six miles:
Herman Robinson, general organ
izer of the American Federation of
Labor, states that at least forty per
cent. of the members of the labor
unions in New York City are unem-
ployed. The latest report Of the State
Department of Labor gives the mem
bership of labor unions in this city
as 100000. The present member
ship should be well above 10000,
but inability to pay dues has caused
more than 10000 union men to lose
their membership cards.
100000 Idle Union Men.
According to Mr.. Robinson there
would then be at least 10000 union
men out of work in New York City.
OF homeless men and Migrants the
number is. under ordinary conditions,
.about 10000. From such meagre
facts as may be collected the total
number of New York's unemployed is
more than 100000. Imagine such a
host-enough to populate a city al
most as large Rochester.
That the cause Of the astonishing
number ont Of the end of
1905 was not likes or sick
ness, but ratte ~ epression OF
business. 1t is represented by the
following table:
Idle on account Of 1908. 1907. 1906,
Lack of work.. .195, 900 2O,7l6 $3.50
Sickness, accident, old $40 or,
age ...... ......-... IO,OOO 1,OoS OF
Other reasons ........ 1900 266 GA
A StupendOus Army.
Never in the history of any great
municipality has such a stupendous
army of unemployed been collected
at one time, according to the eco
nomic staticcians who have COM
piled the above figures. and others,
for the infor nation of the legislators
at Albany.
The number of families applying
for assistance to the Association for
Improving the Condition Of the Poor
for the last six months is fifty per
cent. more than for the corresponding
months of a year ago. In. three
months, November, December and
January, 900 able-bodied men, will
ing and anxious for work, came to
this society for aid. The year pre-
vious only nineteen such requests
were received.
Savings banks in the poorer section
of the city report extraordinary
drafts in recent months. The actu-
airy of one, of the largest insurance
companies says:
Raise Cash on Policies.
GAS. compared with the season of
19O7-19O8, the loans for the season
of 1~9O8-1909 have increased thus far
over seventy per cent, while the num-
Der of lapsed policies increased to
more than fifty per cent. The above
figures speak for themselves, and
prove conclusively that the holders
of smaller policies are terribly af-
fected by the present hard times"
This condition is general among in
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25
The World CT Sport.

Columbia defeated Yale at socker
football by a score of 5 to 1.
High powered automobiles are los
ing favor in Europe, as well as Amer
lea.
C.. L. Becker Won the annual golf
tournament of the Pinehurst IN. c.
club.
West Point defeated Cornell and
Columbia in a fencing meet at West
Point.
Coach Conibear, of the University
of Washington crews, wants an
american Henley established IN
Lake WASHINGTON.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25
Foreign Notes.


The instruction started in Cuba
last Monday came to an end Thurs
day night when the entire band sur
rendered to the civil authorities.
The Cuban vice president, Alfredo
Zayas, left Havana last Saturday for
the United States, taking with him
his son whom he will place at Anapo-
lis prior to entering Cornell.
A committee from the textile man
ufacturing interests of North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia and
Alabama are in Washington urging
that the tariff in their line remain as
1t now is.
At Pandjala, Java, last Thursday
landslides from Mt. Kentiana fell
covering two towns and killing 1000
people.
The police of Palermo. Italy, be-
lieve they have the man that assassin
ated Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino.
His name is Ialazzatto.
Schutsbar Mig, a civilian, fought
two duels last Teusday with army Of
icers and killed both of them. 1t was
at Eisenach, Germany, and pistols
were the weapons, while jealousy was
the cause.
On account of the unsettled CON
dition OF affairs in Central America
two U. S. wal vessels will keep close
about for emergencies.
It is said that the CubaHs intend
to be good now, lest the United States
shall come again and make them to
be so.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25
Puts Union Above the Law and
q. 8. Judge Refuses Citizenshi,

Danville, Ill.-u. s. Judge Wright
refused naturalization to w. Strong,
a member of the United Mine Workers
of America. When asked "If it came
to the point that the union and the
laws of the United States differed
which should you follow?" Strong
answered: "The union, of course"
Judge Wright says: II can never
grant the fight of citizenship in the
United States to any man who follows
the dictates of his trade union rather
than the laws of our land"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25
Special Tax For Schools.

Raleigh, Special.-The election for
special tax of Is cents on the $1,000
Of valuation and As cents on the poll
to maintain the schools of Raleigh
township for nine months, in place
of six, was Tuesday won by the
schools, which polled 1,154 votes out
Of 1,849 registered. The opposition
voted only 345. The deficiency In
funds was caused by the voting out
Of the liquor dispensary and for two
years the schools have had only a
six months term. The increase APP
plies to next years terms, as the
schools are now closed.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25
To Extract a Cork.

Everyone has had that ~annovine
and irritating experience of having q
cork shove down into a bottle. r.
may be removed with little tronhlo
If the right method is used. Take .
piece of string that will stand some
strain, fold it to form a loop and in
sert it into the bottle; By gently
shaking Or tapping the bottle the cory
may be shaken into the loon. mil
the string and the cork will Don ont
with little or no dihculty.-Boston
Post
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25
To Prepare a Floor.

Some girls who love to get IN an
informal dance in the evening had
some difficulty with the floors of their
country house, which were not verv
smooth. 1t vas too much trouhle
to have them waxed, and they began
experimenting with various things.
One of them sprinkled some talcum
powder on the boards and began
shutting around with her feet. She
found that it made an excellent dance
floor, and the girls have ~waxedp with
talcum eve since.-Brooklyn EagleI
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25
new YORK CTY'S IDLE ARMY INCLUDES l2O, 900 union
Startling Figures Furnished by Organizer Herman Robinson
Not Due to StrikeS---VaSt Percentage Of Cases
Due to Depression in Business.

10000 unemployed men and women cannot secure work in
York City.
200 men have been discharged from BIackwels Island Work
house before expiration of their sentences to make way for others
sent in.
900 willing heads of families, unable to secure work, are being
supported by the Association for the Improvement Of the Poor. In
1907 the number was 10.
$50 able men, unable to get work, were sent to the Workhouse
in the last three months by City Magistrates on their own requests.
10000 union men in New York State have been forced from
their organizations for lack of funds to pay dues.
4,542,0 900 were withdrawn from 1873 savings banks IN New
York State last year.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25
pasteur Treatment Successful.

S~tatesville, Speciai.-Mr. Fred
Alternately, who was bitten by a
rabid dog two or three weeks ago
and went to Raleigh to take the
Pasteur treatment for hydrophobia,
passed through Statesville Monday
evening en- route to his home at Oak
Forest. He can now rest assured Of
no further i'll effects as a result Of
his experience with the mad dog.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25
Eight Months Coal supply
One Company Has $500, 900 Tons.

Reading, Pa. Figures computed
here show that there is sufficient an
thracite coal on the surface to supply
the trade for the next eight months
at least.
1t is said that the Reading Com
pany has at least 2,500,000 tons of
coal at it's storage yards at Abrams,
Landingville and Mahanoy City, and
that nearly a million more tons will
be added by the end Of March. If a
strike does not interfere with the
plans.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25

That the Payne tariff bill increases
the cost of living; that it is crude, in
definite, sectional and prohibitive !;
and that it is an open challenge TO
a trade wa with every other nation
on earth, are some of the criticisms
OF that measure made by Democratic
members of the ways and means COM
mittee in the minority report submit
ted to the House by Minority Leader
Champ Clark Monday.
The report is a severe arraignment
Of the revision which the Payne bill
proposes. The countervailing duty
provisions for coffee and petroleum,
The maximum and minimum features,
the Cuban reciprocity clause, the
wooden, glass, agricultural and sugar
schedules are bitterly attacked.
"There I many changes-for the
most part minor changes says the
report, "Of the Dingley rates, some
UP and some down. Most of the
changes in a downward direction are
reductions o apparent than real,
the Payne rates being as %prohibitive
IN their results in many cases as the
Dingley rates."
Declaring that a tariff is a tax paid
by the and that the only
function of a tariff law is to raise
revenue to supply the needs of the
government, the minority members
of the committee insist that instead
of an increase in taxes of a new issue
of bonds, the correct remedy for the
growing deficiency in the revenues is
the cutting down of the expenses of
the government.
The first gun in the tariff debate
was fired in the House of Representa-
tives by Mr.. Payne, of New York,
the majority leader and chairman of
the committee on ways and means.
MI. Payne declared the country
vas overwhelmingly in favor of a
protective tariff. "It is an Ameri-
can policy" he said, "and it seemed
to be acquiesced in by the great ma
jority of the American people,"
Coming to the Dingley bill Mr..
Payne declared that it had proved TO
be a boon to the people of the United
States, in proof of which statement
he cited the immense collections of
revenue and expenditures under it, as
given in his recent report on the bill.
Those expenditures, he said, included
S50,000,00O for the Panama canal, for
which no bonds were issued. $50
that" he said, "the entire surplus
over the ordinary expenditures of the
government have been about $685.
100000 during that period"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25
XAHoUSEHoLDnSAE
g SSR nATrERS SH
~2a&a gaB 80 3IlW
Cure For Chapped BANDS

Take common starch and grind
with a knife until you get a SMOOTH
powder. Put this in a clean lar o-
tin box handy to reach. After wasb-
ing your hands, rinse in clean water
wipe, and while still damp rub a:
pinch of the powder ~thoroughlx ovor
them. Be very sure to cover the
whole surface and you will find a trus
remedy.-Boston Post.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25
In Trouble Again.

Raleigh, Specialized Miller, the
young mar of good family who came
mFo the limelight some months ago
through being arrested and held in
.ai some time on suspicion Of being
= naected with the murder of DIR. W.
= omlth, Of Richmond, last Novem-
:e1' Is IN treble again, having been
''eo or the charge of robbery. He
accused by Gordon N. Morgan.
Fate Uncertain.
'aie-Sh, Special.-Governer Kitch-
= viii make his order very soon as
8 whether former Sheriff Anon, of
va PSon county, shall serve his six
corNs sentence for embezzlement of
Nv "IIy funds in the penitentiary or
me roads of Sampson county.
bat sllaS of the prisoner are urging
81 he be allowed to reNain in
csPSon and serve on the roads. The
Stty!ng out of the sentence to the
sor %es prison has been suspended
.efaI weeks, in order that the Gov
;por might have opportunity to look
sb NO the merits of the appeal fol
u"nge Of sentence.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25

Muslin Is being manufactured from
the fiber of the banana tree.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25

A man willing to work and
unable to find work is, perhaps,
the saddest sight that fortunes
inequality exhibits under the
sim -Tbomas CARLYLE
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25
New Industrial News Deal.

Greensboro, Special.-Another turn
was taken in the affairs of The In
dustrial News Thursday, when Judge
Bovd signed an order transferring
the bankruptcy proceedings against
the corporation to Mr.. G. S. Fergu-
son. Jr.. referee in bankruptcy. Ref
cree Ferguson will advertise a meet
inc Of creditors for the purpose of
electing q trustee for the purpose of
winding up the affairs of the bank
rupt. The Daily Industrial News,
which was established here as the Re
publican organ in North Carolina
early in October, 1905, was placed in
the hands of a receiver November IA,
1909, and the paper suspended publ
cation January %. The receiver made
three attempts to sell the property.
not a single bid being offered at the
last sale, on February 18th. The fail
IRE to resurrect The Industrial News
means that. for a while, at least,
Greensboro will be without an Asso-
ciated Press mpEning paper.
Nj. WaltaH. Savoy, the represen-
tativa of thGMergenthaler Company,
is here and has arranged to have the
linotype machines used by The In
dustrial News boxed and shipped to
the company's factory in Brooklyn,
N. Y. Mr.. Charles G. Harrison, Of
the Harrison Printing Company, has
been engaged to take down and pre-
pare the machines for shipment and
went to work on the job Thursday.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25

Occurrences 9 Interest Cleaned From All Section. g the Busy
Tar Heel State
raz1orsville Train Wrecked.

S~tatesville, Special.-The mixed
Messenger and freight train from
Tavlorsville, which is due in States
r;lje at 1910 O'Clock was wrecked
Thursday morning at a point about
ore and a half miles south of Hid
epite. Two loaded box cars, the bag
oaoe and mail car and the second
class passenger coach left the track
and were badly damaged, but no one
rss hurt. The locomotive broke loose
from the derailed ears and remained
on the track uninjured, and the first
class passenger coach, which was at
the rear of the train, did not leave
the rails. As soon as the extent of
the damage a learned the loco
motive proceeded to Stony Point
station, where an empty box car was
secured. Chairs were placed in the
car and it was taken to the scene Of
the wreck. Captain Rowland quickly
transferred the passengers to the box
cara side door Pullman"-and
the engine and car came on to States
vile, arriving here on schedule time.
The train which arrived here from
Charlotte at 10 o'clock was sent back
TO Charlotte and the morning train 20
TavIorsviEle was annulled. What
caused the wreck is not known and
neither Engineer Patton or Captain
Rowland offer any theories as to the
cause.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-25

WASHINGTON NOTES

For four hours the House of Rep
resentatives Friday listened to the
reading of the tariff bill which was
the only business transacted. It was
perhaps the dreariest legislative SEES
sion of any held by the body in re-
cent years.
The census bill was received by the
Senate from the House and referred
to the committee on the census. After
being in session eight minutes the
Senate adjourned until Monday
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-14

from the outer gardens to fill Wolfe's
shoes and he did the job TO perfec-
tion. This gave The Diggers a pe-
culiar looking lineup. Lucas play
ed second in OlDay's pAce while Par
sons was in right, taking the job usu-
ally held by Watkins and Zmich was
hauled out from the bench to do the
Farrell stunt in middle.
In the last round Willoughby's
tumble of an easy roller, gave Gowdy
a life. Moeller tried to sacrifice but
went out on strikes and the horizon
began to brighten bit, But when
l.allier hit to Lucas and an easy
double play was in sight, Lucas fum-
bled long enough to let both run
ners reach the immediate goal. Cor
bin, under Fox Instructions, hunted
and advanced both runners by his
out at first. That sacrifice with two
down put two Tanks in a position 10
complete their journey around the
sacks which they did when Carter
drove a liner to left. 1t was harder
to lose than any. contest that has
gone to the opponents of the Diggers
this season.
Manager OlDay was not at the
game. He went TO Sandusky at noon
with the intention of making arrang-
ements to sell the franchise ana play
ers to a stock company there. II
was ODay's contention that the fran
chise and players belonged to the
members OF the team because their
salaries were In arrears for twelve
days. II was claimed by the players
that President Quinn informed them
they were all free and hence the
Sandusky proposition. But Quinn
told the players in telephone mes
sage shortly after the noon hour that
suspensions and fines would follow
failure to attend the Lancaster-Ma-
rion matinee that day or any other
day. Hen'c the players were all on
the jcb when the manager expected
that they would not venture out.
Charging ODay with leading a re-
volt against the officials Of the club.
the latter Immediately suspended him
indefinitely and it is stated by the Of
ficers of the club that 0Day will new
er again appear in a Marion uniform.
The management of tho club was plac-
ed In the hands OF Joe Lewis. tenn
porarily, 1t may be that Lewis Will
lead the team throughout the season.
In the meantime hunt Is on for a
new second baseman and one will Dc
landed within the week.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-14
Mature as a Designer.

Not the least mysterious Of all the
wonders OF the earth is the extraor-
binary cleverness of Dame Nature as
carver and designer. Her tools are
air, rain, rivers, springs and frost.
Any one who has ever seen the mar
velous Queen Bess rock on the north
Cornish coast, that wonderful present
ment OF Queen Elizabeth, who is seat
ed so grandly upon the sands, must
have asked himself the question as to
how much thing could have been ac-
compllshed. Continuous trickling OF
water wears away the face of the rock.
Haphazard 1t was until at last weird
pattern is formed that sometimes re-
sembles mans face, sometimes an
animal. All over the world Nature
has placed her picture gallery and her
collection of statuary, the biggest free
show I'm the world.
Another work of Natures that very
often results In extraordinary changes
being effected is iandslip. And land
slips have arisen from the tiniest pos
sible causes A little underground
flow of water had gradually under
mined hill or cliff until at last the
earth became like hollow nut. Then
the soil became top heavy. The sea
beat against It's foundations, and mil
lions of tons of earth were flung into
the sea, which proves the axiom that
the tlniest beginnings often produce
the mIghtlest ends.-LondoD Standard.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-14

English railway companies suffer
severely through the purloining Of pas
sengers' baggage and other articles by
platform thieves. and In some cases ID
is n difficult matter TO find out the mis-
creant One of these luggage lifters
was on an occasion some time ago
seen keeping vigil over a barrow OF
luggage. and In his hand he carried
apparently good sized portmanteau.
He walked up and down the platform
several times and at last stopped op-
posite the luggage. Placing his bag
on the barrow Tor moment, he then
picked II up and walked off. But the
lynx eve of one OF tie railway officials
had a,so been watching the barrow,
and going up to the man. Lid him ar
rested and searched. 1t WIS found
.nat his apparent portmanteaut was
only skeleton and inside had a set
OF springs. etc. which. when placed
over n smaller bag. held the latter I'm
position. But for the smartness Of the
official another travellers bag would
have been missing. London Answers.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-14
C. M. O'DAY
Former Digger Leader Sue
ceeded by Joe Lewis

time Is in fourth place ana Is play
ing gilt-edged ball.
'"Fhe team is worthy $4,000 of any
body's money" says Mr. Goldberg
who is willing to take stock In any
company that may he formed in San
dusky for it's maintenance.
The Marion company maintaining
the club owes the players about ST.
900 back salary, said Mr.. OiDay
MI Sandusky will pay this we will
come here. They are making an Of
fort down in Marion TO keep us, but
II Sandusky will pay our 0ack salary
she can have the whole punch. league
fronchise and everything"
Mr.. O'Day says further that thers
are several players now on the MA
rion team who can be sold for abou
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-14
Dope for Fans

Before the Marion Glib left this
morning for Portsmouth where IL
will play during the next three days
Pitcher Jack Mercer was released.
Mercer has been with the club for u
month. In that time he has shown
nothing that would indicate he has
any of his former ability as a HEAVIER.
lie has been I'm but three games.
Twice he was dcrrlcked without even
being credited with time at bat.
Another time he pit he'd part of the
game only to be caught by the mana
gers hook and lifted benchward.
Mercer Is undoubtedly q good
pitcher but the directors of the club
are convinced that his disposition is
such that it Is not advisable to have
him continue as a Digger. They
say they want only those who have
the interests of the clitD at heart and
who are willing to give their best
efforts for the success OF the club.
Mercer came to Marion last season
from the Portsmouth club. His
work was fair, lack Of control being
his great trouble, With Hancock,
Lewis, Zmich. Parsons and Lucas the
Digger management believes that 1t
has as good q pitching staff as there
Is in the league.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-14
IIIAnA. 8; NEWARK, 4.

Lima, June 1l-NcwarK suffered an
other defeat at the nands OF the locals
here in an interesting game. Moore
worked for the visitors and was wild
in the first inning, which resulted In
three runs scoring. He then piuche6
consistent ball. Pennybaker was hit
in the eighth and was wild in the
ninth, permitting the visitors to land
four runs but they could not over
come the lead. Score:
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-14

Home -Gnadlnger. Two base
hit-Redman stolen bases-Meehan
Gnadinger. Davy. Double plays
IDayy, Kettler and Blery; Ludwig,
Doran anu Spencer. Sacrifice hits
Gnadinger, Kettler, Meehan, Tot
man. Bases on balls--Off Freeman,
"; Ludwig, 3. Struck out-By Free
man 4; Ludwig, 5. Hit by pitcher
Smith and MeKernan. Timed :3S. /.
Umpire AlcDermott.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-14
American Association

AT COLUMBUS 8. Kansas city S.
AT INDIANAPOLIS T. st. Paul 1.
AT LOUISVILLE ?. Milwaukee 7.
AT TOLEDO 4. Minneapolis Q.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-14

ibiIOs Wv dIhlh0, IVY 11unIpl
reys.
Three base hit-Farrell.
Two base hit-,Farrell.
Sacrifice hits-Farrell, Watkins.
Stolen base-LCartc-
Bases on balls-on Zmlch A. on
Mock /.
Struck out-By zmlch 0; by Mock
8.
Hits apportioned-Off Mock, 13 in
six innings off MCGUIRE, in two in
nings
Wild pitch-Zmich.
Left on bases-Marion s, Lancas-
ter, 10.
Time-1: 40.
Umpire--IIandtboe.