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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
SLAVE SYSTEM
ROBS SOCIETY
Of the Assistance OF the Miners in
the Crusade Against the
Great White Plague.

Editor Argus:-I notice that you
are advocating the crusade against
that dread disease tuberculosis
and appealing to the working men
assistance in the fight | am
heartily In accord with your views,
but the poor down trodden miners
of Cabin Creek are merely existing
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
Grievance Settled.

Messis Lauham, Cairns, Powell
and Parker held meeting with
the men at Carbondale last week
and successfully adjusted griev-
ance at that place to the salts
faction of all concerned. The
Carbondaie local union is still
holding its own and is one of the
strongest in the District
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

your paper and if the board of
control will receive your support
we will make it the best labor
paper in the country. When we
say labor paper, We mean every
word that it signifies. The more
boosting that you do for it the
better paper you will receive.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
Afternoon Session.

Upon assembling in the
afternoon the committee on Of
ticers report was submitted and
liId over pending final action
rfntil al! delegates SO DIES iring dis
cuSSed the matters before the con-
vention. The entire afternoon
was taken up by the officers and
delegates in Il general discussion
of the situation and many able and
Instructive addresses were made.
At o:l5 4 recess was taken until
80.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
A True Saving.

An exchange says we should
never judge man by his clothes.
That's true. The man with a
ragged suit, slouch hat aud worn
out shoes may be the editor of a
labor paper, while the guy with
the stylish suit and patent leather
shoes may be a delinquent sub
scrlber.-Labor Record.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
Officers at Glen Ferris.

Vice President Lanham, Nation
al Executive Board Members
Parker, of Kansas and Powell, of
Indiana accompanied by attorneys
went to Glen Ferris on last Satur-
day to protect the Gauley River
miners in the eviction cases, but
OH their arrival learned that they
had been misinformed as to the
date and that the cases had been
heard the day before without
giving the men an opportunity to
present their side of the case.
nont fail to read and consider
our announcement on page two of
this issue.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

ROBBED
OF Constitutional Rights
BY Guard" System
on Cabin Creek.
CRUEL COAL BARONS
Discharge Men for En-.
joying the Rights of
American Freedom

The laws of God and man are
still being trampled under foot by
the greedy coal barons of Cabin
Creek and their laWlesss emisaries,
the guards.
The latest outrage to be per-
petrated by these un-American
foes of society took place at Ronda,
on Cabin Creek last week, where
miners We're discharged because
they assembled together in local
union of the United Mine Workers
of America and discussed the in
dustrial and economic questions Of
the age and formulated rules and
wages for the protection of them
selves and families and for the
elevation of society in general.
Several men who had the moral
courage and manhood to assert
their constitutional rights met in
the school house at Ronda one
night last week and transacted the
business of their local union,
spies of the mine owners who were
on the watch saw them going toIand
from the school house and reported
their names to their masters and
as result the men were discharged
and were notified by the human
vultures-the ''guards"-to vacate
the company houses within five
days or their families and
their household effects would be
thrown upon the public highways.
The victims of this outrage are
E. S. Crawford, j. II. Belcher,
Sam Hensley, c. II. Brewer, J. H.
Rust, Guy Oliver, b. f. Holstine,
and Frank Bradley.
Guy Oliver, who for several
years has been postmaster at that
place was forced By the guards to
give up his position with Uncle
Sam because ne would not bow in
humble submission to the dictates
of the slave drivers and their con-
temptible and lawless cohorts.
The guards" are in complete
control and the people are at their
mercy and must suffer to be
driven like sheep to the slaughter.
They have no recourse as the
criminal corporations and their
hired highwaymen are the highest
authorith in the state by the virtue
of political pull. The officers of
the law stand idly by and permit
the laws to be utterly ignored and
the fair name of the state trampled
i'll the mud and mire by the scum
of creation.
Conditions existing on Cabin
Creek are Il disgrace to the state
and her citizenSl and reflects dis
honor upon those who could pro
tect it if they had the courage to
assert the authority vested in them
by the people
The powers that be should Ger
| tainly be proud of the fact that
| abject slavery and tyranny that
would make the most bloodthirsty
criminal turn green with envy,
exists within the shadow of the
state capitol.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
Boost Your Paper.

If you see anything that would
be of interest to the toilerS OF the
district let it be known TO The
Labor Argus and we will cheerful
lv let it be known to the toilers
through these columns This Is
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

When a subscriber becomes in
arrears for one year we are com
PEELED in accordance with ruling
of the postoffice department to
discontinue the paper.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

National Organizer Campbell, of
Kentucky, who presided over the
Convention was highly commend
ed by the officers and delegates for
the able and impartial manner in
which he handled the Convention.
He is one of the best parliamen-
tlrians and most tactful presiding
officers that ever presided over d
convention in this section.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

all the Operators who were parties
to the 1908 Joint Agreement were
parties to the above demand, and
in justice to them and in order to
establish uniformity throughout
the District and place all the
Operators who are parties to the
1905 Joint Agreement on the same
basis, therefore be it
Resolved. That we hereby
grant all Operators working under
the Joint Agreement of 1908 the
same contracts that have been
signed with the Paint Creek Col
llerles Co., the Standard Splint
Coal Co., and the Great Kanaw ha
Coal Co., and, be it further
Resolved, That efforts be at
once made by the District Officials
to secure a settlement on the basis
of the Paint Creek settlement with
the Companies who are at present
violating the 1908 Agreement, and
that the District Executive Board
IS hereby authorized and instruct
eel to inaugurate strike at said
places and to levy an assessment
on the entire membership of the
District to carry on the same, and
they further instructed to petition
the international Executive Board
for financial assistance, and they
are further clothed with full
authority to take whatever steps
they deem necessary to carry into
effect the above outlined policy.
After few remarks by several
of the delegates the Convention
adjourned sine die.
The District Executive Board is
i'll session this evening as we go
to press formulating plans to carry
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
FOOD PRICES
INCREA SING
The Unemployed Crisis Does Not Lower Cost
of the Necessaries Of Life Among ~
the Workers.
Wage Reductions Being Demanded All
Sides But Prices for Flour and Other
Commodities Continue O go up.

Prices of all the necessaries of
life are advancing rapidly in this
section of West Virginia, and this
city, especially, in many instances
higher than any other part of the
country, regardless of the fact that
thousands are out of work and
other thousands are working less
than half time and at reduced
wages. Rents also remain at eX-
tortionate rates, water, gas and
other necessaries under the control
of public service corporations and
monopoIieS are continued at
eXor)itant rates.
Compared with other years, a
higher price is now asked for coal.
a combination control the coal
output and that combination is
taking advantage of threatened
labor troubles in the coal fields to
make you pay more money for
your fuel.
A gambler has succeeded in
securing control of "A large share Of
the wheat crop of the country.
The government reports
are to the effect that there
will be less wheat grown this
year than during any other year
for the last five years. Market
or, i'll plain
English, the operation of gamblers
has forced up the price of wheat
and it is announced that flour is
flour is to be more costly and that
you will have to pay more for
bread.
The unemployed crisis dosn't
lower price of necessities. The
cost of living does not drop be-
cause of unemployed and general
hard times, but on the contrary
has tendency to rise is shown by
the fact that Bradstreet's index
number, which is made up from
the prices of a large number of
groups of agricultural and other
products, is IS, ,3l57 or 81 per
cent, over April l Il year ago and
IL per cent, over March |. 1908.
The noteworthy feature of the
commodity price movement in
March was the marked strength
exhibited by the three leading
groups of food products-bread
stuf1s, live animals aud provisions
and groceries. The movement
upward of these vas SO sharp that
it dominated the entire price stu
alton and much more than offset
the easing of seven other groups,
comprising dried fruits, hides and
leather, coal and coke, oils, naval
torres, building materials and
miscellaneous products
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

See announcement and appea
on the Second page of this issue.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

The District Executive Board is
i'll session this evening as we go
to press formulating plans to carry
out the instructions of the con.
vention.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01
Rockefeller en- peli gro

LOS SECUESTRADOR PRESOS
Nueva York miercoes-Ea sdo descuberta una nten-
para secuesrar asesinar al muffin lonario Mr.
Rockefeller.
Los autores estan presos
Ha producido gran sensation el complot oesctberto
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01
Riias en- PgBrta de Terra

Aver, en- la parada 6 y media, Sc pro-
movie un escandalo por question de
faldas.
Ell policia Monserrate arrest0 a un
individuo llamado Eduardo Santana,
como autor de una aggression en- la per-
soma de Catalina Flores, quien fue Gu
rada de varias commissioners.
Denunciado ante la Corte Municipal
fue absuelto.
Rafael Martinez propin6 en- la calle
de San Agustin, Puerta de TERRA, un
punetazo a Domitila Martinez, promo
vi&ndose, como es consiguiente, un ba-
teo formidable.
Intervino la policla. Ell autor fue
arrestado y denunciado ante el juez
Lassalle
Otro juicio Sc ha visto esta manana
en- la mencionada cOrte contra un tai
Diaz, acusado de haber inferido golpes
con ell puno Maria Cont, en- la para
da 7, en- Puerta de TERRA.
Ell policia intervino y ell acusado fue
denunciado ante ell juez Lassalle.
Els bueno que Sc vayan comprimten-
do un POGO los que han cogido a las mu-
jeres como carne de canon.
CORTAPLUMAS ROGER"
En- el "BoLETM MERCANTIL"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01
Ia triple atlanta
UN DISCURSO DEL KAISER

Nueva York, mercoles-El Kaiser Gullermo ell dis
de Inauguration del Rechstag, expres5 coanza
de que conne frme, hasta ahora triple alianza
para la conservation de la paz europea
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01
La alltounia municipal
en- Espafla
LAS REFORMAS DE LA GACETA

Nueva York, miercoes.-"La Gsceta' de Madrid pu-
blica ell plan de reformas de decentralization municipal
que Sc consdera principle de autonomfa Esta
forma del modo que esta panteada satsfar los cataa
mes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01
Eu tabaco de Cuba
UNA MANIFESTATION EN- LA IIABANA

Nueva York. miercoes.-Los comerciantes fabrican-
fes de tabaco de Cuba han acuddo manifestation al
pEssidente Gomez, pedre que ceebre Cuba trata
DDS comercales que protean ell tabaco la continuation
de Ii reciprocdad los Estados Unidos Ell presden-
1e Gomez les prometi6 ayuda.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01
10 que buscaba Zelay@
Ell AURA POPULAR

Nueva York, mercoles-E gobierno de Washington
cree que presdente Zelaya fus6 los amercanos por
ganarse las smpatas del pueblo derroar asi al preten
dente Estrada.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01
Las fronteraS del Congo
ASEGURADAS POR INGLATERRA

Neva York, mercoles-Los representatives de lnglate
Begca han frmado aver ell tratado sobre las from
teras del Congo.
La rma de Inglaterra discute rudamente por algu
nos elementos de la politica ingesa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01
La crisis en- lngIaterra
LOS LORES NO APRUEBAN Ell PRESUPUESTO

Nueva York, miercoles.-A propuesta de Mr.. Landow
ne al Camara de los Lores por primera 800 amos
rechazado la aprobacn de los presupuestos ngeses
por trescenos cincuenta votos contra seenta cinco
Predcese cambio constitutional la caida de los
Lores Hay gran lucha politica.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01
210TDCQAS

Ha sido destinado al penal de Arecibo,
ell guardia Emilio Vazquez Megia, quien
ha tornado possession de su cargo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01
En- el puente de Manhattan
INAUGURATION DE UN GAMING

Nueva York mercoles-Esta anunciada para ell "a del
corrente la aperture de camno por ell colossal
puente de Manhattan.
Las obras estan va cas ultmadas espera que des
plegando mayor activdad estaran acabadas el o.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01
LAS kahila3 Sc r.inden
NOTICIAS DEL CAMPAMENTO

Nueva York. miercoles--Las notcias egadas del cam
p0 de operaciones dicen que han rendo las kab,s
de Beni Blu Ifrur Benz Sdel
Las tropas espaolas hostilizadas
z2Ias del territorio ocupado
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01

Ell gobernador y su hermana Miss Col
ton dieron anoche una cOmida 1ntima en-
la Fortaleza, los invitados siguientes:
S. d. Gromer, juez v Mrs. j. Ma. Fl
gueras, Mr.. y Mrs. Wenceslao Borda, Jr,
capt. Y Mrs. F. McGill, doctor Rafael
del Val1e, Miss Minina del Vale, Mr..
D. e. Richardson, mayor w. NJ. Morrow,
juez y Mrs. B. S. Rodey, doctor j. G.
Barbosa, Miss Encarnita Cesteros, Miss
E. Graham Miss Luchetti.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01
On vice-c6nstsJ en- peliqsro
ZELAYA AMENAZADOR

Nueva York, mercoles-EI vicee6nsul americana en-
Guatemala ha peddo auxilio al yoberno de Washington
para que lie deenda de la hostiad del presidente Zea
ya- Este ie ha amenazado.
III gobierno de Washington ha una energca no
In al seor Zelaya exigendo que respeade
scntahte americana
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01
10 que dice Mr.. Meyer
Ell PERSONAL DE LA EsCUADRA

Nueva York, miercoes.-Mr- Meyer anuncia que en-
Ercve sc haran cambos radcales ell personal de Ia
cuadra.
La declaration del emnente hombre pblico, ha produ-
edo gran sensaci6n
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-01

Ha renunciado la escuela rural dc
Jagua, jurisdiction de Penuelas, la pro-
fesora dOiia Leonor Bauza de- Purcell
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-04-02
tBy Cad Allard)


The new 500. 900 high school build
ing is Just peepIng up above ground.
The new city hall Is now receiving
the roof and other finishing structural
touches.
The new central fire station. two
story. three-stall structure. Is draw
ing near to completion.
The laying OF brick to pave choctaw
avenue, the Industrial street Of the
city, has begun. and preliminary pre-
paratlons have commenced on several
streets to be paved with asphalt, all
being a part - half million dollar
contract let to one company alone.
OF the concrete walks laid in all
parts Of the city. over ten miles are
already down. AS they are Of uni
form size, six aud twelve feet, owing
70 the part Of the city in which laid,
they add much 10 the appearance OF
the streets.
The grading Of all streets Of the city
where not contracted for pavement Is
being pushed by the contractor in a
way to please all property owners.
The wator power dam. which is now
running the dynamos which furnish
the motive power for the manufac-
tories and lights Of sne city. is to have
two more double turbines placed when
power to the amount OF 2.2OO kilo-
watts may be generated. Another dam
site. located about four miles down
stream as the river runs, will likely be
the next power developed.
The latest charter secured by citi.
zens Of Chickasha 10 mat Of the Wash
lta Valley OIL & Gas Company, with
capital stock Of $4,000. The com.
pany viii bore for gas and oil. The
directors are Joel c. Smith. I. II. Har-
ness. p. q. Perry. T. J. OMEN, II. B.
Johnson. J, B. Sparks, o. S. Penny,
e. A. Peyton. Jacob Lorenson, F. f
Riddle and r. F. Thweatt
DR.. r. p. I'VE is figuring on erecting
a five-story, fire-proot bank and office
building on the corner Of chickasha
avenue and Fourth street center ol
the business district
The Commercial Club at It's last
meeting made as an open proposition
Tor first-class opera house, a $40.
900 house on opening night.
A glove factory is the latest indus
try locating here.
The Rock Island Railroad Company
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-04-02
Teaching Girls to RIde Horses.

Almost all the little girls who are
taught to ride horses these days are
rus on cross saddles. They may or
az not ride astride when they get
bigger. but they all learn that way.
4 is a safer position in the first place
and it gives confidence never acquired
by a youngster in a side saddle AS a
rule the small equestrienne is clad IN
boomers and the briefest of skirts.
often she discards the skirt when the
lessons are given in the country The
instructor holds her pony by lead
ing strap and, Of course, he rides a
horse easily able to oyertake her
mount in the event Of bolt. Only
for the first few lessons is the child's
belt buclled to the pommel Of hef
saddle Until she acquires firm
seat she IS kept close enough to the
instructor to be caught by him II she
starts to fall
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-04-02
''INDIAN
UPRISING"
War Assumes a COmiCaI
Aspect in the Eastern
Press

washington. d. c.. April 2.--oue Of
the deplorable features about any dis
turbance In Oklahoma that involves
a conflict OF authority with few
irresponsible mixed-breeds is the un-
desirable advertising that the state
gets from the Eastern papers. Not
withstandlng the propaganda Of in
formation relative to the new state
that has been conducted In Washing
ton for the past decade, the misin.
formation that the East has is at once
distressing and ridiculous.
March 80. the day that It was re.
ported that Crazy Snake and his fol-
lowers had run up the white flag, even
the conservative and usually accurate
Philadelphia Record printed on its
first page number OF photographs
purporting to represent the Oklahoma
situation. The picture Of a Philadel.
phia negro was printed and called
Crazy Snake; a stock photograph OF
the band Of Indians carried by Buffalo
BiH's wild west show, mounted and in
full war paint and feathers, was print
ed to represent the Snake Indians
ready for a fight, while a row Of tents
on the Fort Sill reservation was used
to show the character of the surround
ines In which the battles" were TAX
ing place
But one OF the most amusing fea
lures was the efforts Of one Captain
J. Walter Mitchell, Of Washington
who has been widely advertising him
self as the attorney for the -four
tribes" all winter trying to disasso
ciate his clients" from the Snake
trouble. He printed interviews Will
himself in which he stated that hs
was receiving kilograms from 'Eufau
la Harjo" daily and that the Snakes
were enemies Of the full-bloods, and
that Eufaula Harjo. as chief Of the
Creeks prayed the government for
protection.
The Hearst combination Of New
York papers threw fits in wood typ'
in every edition about the Indians OF
the warpath, and even the Washing
ton papers. that ought to know bel
ter. printed column on column o
weird tales about the Snake region
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-04-02
CHTCKASHA Is GOING some
PROGRESS POINTERS

has started work on a $4,000 eating
house. at the head OF chickasba ave
nue..
The slgmon Furniture 4 Mattress
Company sustained loss Of near
$500 Wednesday night. the mat
tress factory burning down. The fur
nlture factory and mammoth storage
building we're saved by the earnest
work Of the fire laddies. The mattress
factory viii be rebuilt The ground
had been broken and work was
TO have commenced upon extensive
addition to the furniture factory. This
factory IS the only furniture factory
in Oklahoma and the largest " the
New Southwest It grew to its pres
ent proportions from small concern
working but five men four years ago.
A grand viaduct over the many rail-
road tracks at the head Of Choctaw
avenue is to be put in at once by the
Rock Island Railroad Company the
city agreeing to build the approaches.
The street railroad proposition is
yet up IN the air. but looks more prom
Using now than ever. The franchise
that has kept out all Independent
movements in that direction for three
years is about exhausted through time
limit. Already three different inter.
ests are figuring on taking up the
long needed work. No city is more
in need Of street railroad than is
Chickasha. and none would pay larger
dividends on the Investment.
Elmer Terrell has announced that
he will erect a double-front fourstory
brick building on Chickasha avenue
between Fourth ana Fifth streets. A
portion Of the building has been con
tracted to F. w. woolworth & Co.
the great and 10 cent notion store
firm of New Fork City, to occupy
when finished.
II. Stine is preparing to erect
business house TO join tht new Ter
rell building on chickasha avenue.
II. B. Johnson's new $4,000 resi-
dehee Is drawing near to completion
The halt block on which is located th'
paiatial mansion is being fitted al
in regular plantation style, with grea
barn. servants cottage and grounds
beautified with rare shrubbery an'
yard ornaments.
Five new suburban additions to thu
city we're taken into the city durinl
the month of March.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-04-02
ANNOUNCEMENT.

]. G. Jones, formerly Of Pauls Val
ley. Okla. is located at the office of
John A. Mcclure. above the Chickasha
Daily Express, in the Indian land busi-
ness. He has plats and memoranda Of
the title to several thousand acres Of
land in Grady county and elsewhere
in the Chickasaw nation that is on the
market with good title, and he is pre-
pared to negotiate the purchase Of
such lands and guarantee the expense
upon terms Of fair compensation either
upon the basis of commission or at
an upset price. He IS not an agent
for the sale of any property of this
class; in fact, such property can al
ways be bought to better advantage
by dealing directly with the owners,
and it is in such negotiations that Mr..
Jones now offers his services. This
condition is particularly true Of leases
upon Indian lands, and Grady county
offers greater advantages for good
leases on long terms than any other
portion Of Oklahoma
Anyone desiring to gain possession
or to become the owner Of land in
Grady county will find it to mis- advan-
tage to consult Mr.. Jones and examine
his plats and lists OF land and make
his want known. In the absence Of
Mr.. Jones from his office Mr.. Nc
Clure or Mr.. w. 7. Manley will an
swer for him. 26-6td-lw