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ALL R,ss Mass, Sept. 16.-
When Il the Iron Works cotton mills,
controlled by q. 3. borden, were
opened 90 usual today, the weavers,
Numbering 1.ooo, failed sto repor.. for
work ana an hour lot ter all six mills,
omposing the plant were shut down.
Five thousand foper atiyes are thus
temp rarily hrow out \ ofs work.
,a The Weavers had previously an
noiinced their Int lon sof riking
day 40 enforce leirs demand for an
increase 81 wag The absence of
the wsa vers. 10 hainepe the other
depar ents hat s.he mana gelnert de-
acided sto lsse thss ent tire plant until the
3 ssl,e settisd
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WHEELS TURN AGAIN
AI ! ! KEGS f J. ROCKS ! 5
Victorious Strikers Have Resum-
!: .s.3 ed Work and Every =
n: thing Is Quiet. |.
EVIDENCE OF BAD FAITH
ON PART or COMPANY
Has Aroused Some Indignation
Among the Former .5st'
I ..s... !.+.. .*. Strikers, ....-

PITTSBuRG, Sept Especial to
the Labor World. I'M achinery, oper-.
ated by former strikers is buzzing in
the plant Of the Pressed Steel Car
Company otfg McKee's Rocks, families
Of the strikers who were evicted from
the company houses are moving back
into their homes, and an air, Of act.
.ivity marks the whole town. s$ .S ..
:. /: Shops and stores that have been
closed for weeks are re-opened and
business resumed after the long idle.
ness which ended yesterday by the
settlement OF the strike :s ST sss s.y s5z Z
The last strfkebreakers left the
plant early today and were placed on
trains for New York and Chicago. The
state, constabulary} and deputies are
still on duty about the shops but are
only awaiting official orders to move.
Will Not AXE Back "Big Six 5,:2
|. i The two important developments Of
yesterday, apart, from the voting Of
the men, were the establishing Of
second employment and information
bureau at the McKees Rocks gate Of
the company and the declaration of
General Manager Rider to the effect
that the executive committee of the
strikers, consisting Of six Of the most
valiant, courageous, judicious and i'm
portant members Of n the working
forces, absolutely would not be ac-
corded the same privileges as the men
for whom they. have fought SO long
and 50 well They were told frankly
that they would not be given their old
positions. l.s&. :, s.. 81 H.. &. s
But probably to the surprise Of
Rider, these six men seemed to ac-
cept his decision almost cheerfully
81 This attitude upon their part is ex-
planned by the fact that they have de-
cided to make any personal sacrifice.
necessary TO aid the cause 8of the car
Builders snd, though told by Rider
Ethat he would listen to them IN Prob
IatIgssknp hey viii ssnaakelg M
short to secure reinstatement, bi1t.
proud and glad Sok the fact that they
have sbeen,aof use to- their fellow. men
and the cause . Of labor, they are de-
ternined to seek employment else
where, and thus eliminate any cause
of friction which their presence might
cause. =" o = ':5#@4.
This traitorous conduct on the par.
Of the company has aroused much in
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UNITED STATES WILL -.
+: HAVE MANY EMIGRANTs
Big Movement from Europe is ~Ex.
= "peeted This year BY I'm = !
=. miuration Bureau. =. :, -.

. HsS1~ ~AbVt @0uJ0&Us =,
J: w. Haselmayer Of New York,
connected with the government I'M
migration department was a guest
recently at the Lenox hotel. Mr. Ha-;
selmayer says the fall months will
witness very heavy immigration
movement to this country and that
the big, steamship lines have already
many reservations from the lower
countries Of EuHope. # 1%
The reason for the movement, ac-
cordtng, to Mr.. Haselmayer, Is the
prosperity Of the country and the fact
that many workmen in the United
States are sending for their families.
sas well ais friends. Mr.. Haselmayer
says that g period Of prosperity In the
Tinted states is invariably followed by
q heavy movement from Europe to
this country and that this fall the
movement promises to be unusually
heavy. &. I 3#sl33 3#5sl3 IN. ~ a..Dg
The labor trouble in Sweden will
also have q bearing on the movement
Of immigrants to this country, accord
Ing to Mr.. Haselmayer. There are
many people Of Swedish nationality
7 who are sending funds for their
& friends to come over, according to the
statement Of the immigration official.
and there will be many skilled Swedish
workfnen who will come to the United
States this fall and winter. 5s#%. ts 4$3
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STREET. / Carmen J Z. z. I.
!. /: !. WIN / IN CHICAGO |
0dered an .1nersas 932ke eco
~ Per Year Over Last SclIle .s
9.sI.3 .s=,.. {, Y. Submitted, @*.'f5.." =. E%s
Question Of Acceptance Voted on
ssso:1 By Unions Friday =.
t=z%:+}. z:+4}i :.>< Evening.

CHICAGO, Sept. 18.-victory for the
street car men in their long drawn out
negotiations with the traction COM
patlyH for q. increased wages is an
nounced. 1T is expected the contest
which has lasted for two months, will
be Brought to- an end Friday, Special
meetings of the unions have been
called for Friday night and tits prac-
tically certain that the new scale will
be approved by them. - -.~5,:
w. D. Mahon, president Of the Anal
gamated Street Car, Employees asso-
citation; is in favor of the new. scale
and will do his best to have the union
men accept it. -. =, =
The final offer Of the company
means an increase of wages Of $685.
900 per year over the last scale sub
mitted and refused by the union. It
Is estimated the full increase Of pres
ent wages will cost the company ST.
100000 for the three years. period for
which the new. scale will run. =
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INJURIES TO PERSONS
STEADILY ON INCREASE
United State Railroads Paid $56,700,-
600 in Damage Suits
- 1ono

= CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-Railroads of
the United States paid approximate
ly $50, 100000 for loss and damage and
injuries to persons during the year
ending June a0;1eos, according to a.
report made public today by the bur-
eau Of railway news and statistics
This total is an increase of sS,4441, 900
compared with the preceding year
Statistics are given. showing that pay
ments on account of injuries to per,
sons" Increased 254 per cent between
1897 and 1907 and for ''loss and dam
age" 437 per cent, while during the
same period gross earnings of the
railroads Increased only 130 per cent.
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what 1 man / IS : ! AhD !! Il: ]. ].
!. !: !. NOT v What ! ! J. He SAYS | S
Same Words Spoken BY Different
Men Have Different II n
- =. g., :" -Xzo1,.@~T$+ m. ~, y A..
BY REV. CHARLES sTELzE:

,
It has often been said that talk is
cheap; but 1t: is altogether a question
as to who does the talking. AS
matter of fact, what a man is means
more than what. he says, for it Is a
mans character which determines the
value of his speech. This implies that
the value of mems words vary.
In this respect men are divided in
to three classes. Men of the first
class have their words taken at par.
They mean precisely what they say.
OF this type of man it has been said:
His word is as good as his bond:"' :"
Men of the second class have their
words taken at a, premium. Such men
are usually slow to u speak. Their
words are few. But when they prom
ise, one rests assured that ordinarily
they will do more than has, been
asked. The words of the men Of the
third class are always discounted.
Twenty per cent oft-often more is
the value that others give them. So It
often happens that exactly the same
words, spoken by three different men,
have three; different values.
1T is rather curious that. while most
of us flatter ourselves that we can
not be fooled by the other fellow, few
Of us seem to. realize that we cannot
fool others. It does not take men
very long to form a proper estimate
Of our real value. Everybody soon
knows whether our words are to be
placed at par. at q premium or at q
discount Therefore, let's quit trying
to fool one another. It doesn't pay.
It is a waste of time and energy. B
t.< Note the speeches of the delegates
in your Central labor body. Listen to
the addresses Of the men In your local
Organization. Soon you will learn to
know just whose words count for
most. It will not: be the man who
speaks on every question. It will not
be the fellow who is always cock-sure.
{ It will not be he who always agrees
with you. It will be the man who Is
quiet, thoughtful, U conservative not
dull and stupid but OF unquestioned
/ character. # This is the type Of man
1 who is coming to- the front In labor
circles, and It prophe ecies better things
J for the workingman's 5 cause. 5s u.
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ANNUAL C0VVEV / ION CAL OF TIE
AMERICAN FEDEHA ion OF LABOR

here to snumerate Tue rzninent i'm
portant subjects with which our forth
coming convention WIN c1ncern itself,
butt the reminder fE n0t at all arriss
that every { effort must sbe made, to
broaden the field an& nnAaa1s Tor the"
organization Of the Syet sunorganizedi
workers, to Z strive aores ffectually;,
than ever to bring :solst better day.
in the lives and honasse,i M He toilers.
to defend and mai ntaan by xYery hon
orable means. I'd souFl the right
to organize for our uin1saons defense
and advancement aud to assert az
any risk. the freedom sDeech and OF
the press. The conyA ion will also
decide upon closer iiat4on with the.
organized trade unln aovement OF
Europe. These and other great uues.-
Hons Of equal tr11por In II. will Of ne =
cessity. occupy theFaattention Of the
Toronto convention. .s:ii. Ii -.
Therefore. the: inpdtaprs sof t6ur or
ganizations and ou1 movement. the
duty Of the hour and Tor the future,
demand that every Organization en-
titled to representa- tion shall send It's
full quota of delegates 10. the Tor
onto convention; Novlnfser 8, 1909, Y
!" Do not allow favor to influence
you in sending youf defegates. Be
fully represented.. 81 # .-S>s is::S51.'. : !.
b b: Be represented by pour ,ablest, best
most experienced and falthful; mem
bers. Sssee 1sM ss,ss:. n .i,-s*. ,-s* = L 4
, s< .s. -: s. Credentials. :: - j. !.
\. + Credentials. in duplicate are for
warded to all affiliated Unions. The
original credential mAst4 given to
the delegate :'e1ect ala duplicate for
warded to the: Americas Federation
Of Labor office, saIrsoss q street
Northwest, washington. .. 1; 4. =
!. The Committee onpY Credentials viii
meet at the Headquarters OF the Am,
erican Federation ;of Labor six days
previous to- the opening Of the con-
yention, and will report imne ediately
upon: the opening, thfreof, at TORONTO;
hence, secretaries win observe the ne
cessity. OF mailing the duplicate ere
dentia1s Of their respective delegates
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at the earliest possible moment; te
Washington, p. c. 5s II II s& \ ..,S. y


at ii the earliest possible moment to
D. "A: b. 81. 59 4
J. Grievances. B, ..$#I IL IL
!. Under the law no grievance can
be. considered by the convention that
has been decided by q previous con-
vention. except pom the recomm enda--5
tion Of the Executive Council. nor
will any grievance \ be considered
where the parties thereto have not
previously held conference and at
tempted to adjust the same them
selves ii ..5$ $, sssg VI IS u ;5. Ms: 7
sl.a -. .:] I !, Railroad Rates. L. = Ss
II The various Passenger Assoc ations
have been requested to grant spec
ial rate, Full particulars relative to
railroad rates will be forwarded to
each delegate as soon as his creden-
tial is received at American Fedora
.tion OF Labor headquarters. h. :53J 55.53J
): r. u Hotel Rates. , ,3 !, s I - = 4 I
Range from so cents ]. to $3.50. per
day on European plan, and from $1.50
to 5000 per day on American plan. "a Il
j Headquarters OF 4, the Executive
Council will be at the Prince George
hotel. | 1. s,.--s *&e.s:s > :Es =. 4: & F. So
. Delegates should notify Chairman
D. A. Carey OF the time Of their:
arrival at Toronto, and over which
road they will travel. s. Ut <'1,t 4 z ~
: II there be any further information
regarding the convention, or the ar
rangements for the convenience Of the
delegates, it will be: communicated in
a: later circular, or through the Am
erican Federationist. 4 IA .s3s:.+
+ - v SAMUEL GoMPERs, Y: !.
~. - :. y n : Il President
Attest: FRANK MORRISON:
,.csei @s.s 3 f,:: ~ Z. Secretary
~s<ss:: 49,. z. Executive Council. =,
James Duncan, First Vice President
John Mitchell, Second; Vice President;
James O'Connell, Third Vice Presid-
emit; D. A. Hayes, Fourth Vice Presi
dent; VIM. ID. Huber. Fifth Vice Presi
dent; JOS F., Valentine, Sixth Vice
President John r. Alpine, Seventh
Vice President; H. b. Perham, Eighth
Vice President: :Iohn b. Lennon
Treasurer. ~:;> - r. z>s.$s -,.zsFs I
| . Is 81,
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TOLEDO STRIKE OVER

. TOLEDO Ohio, Sept. Is. After be-
Ing closed since 9 strike of the sixty
members Of the laying gang caused
Il the shut down Of the entire plant;
throwing 700 men out. Of work, the
Ford glass plant resumed operations.
Out Of 4: the sixty strikers 4 all but
eight refused to- work. The men de-
manrlded cents an hour Increase.
They. were told that their pay would
be increased as soon as business con
ditions warranted 1t. sIf .s5,
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CHILD V BORN lin II /. .::ri4ElATER..

1: tiiLD oFN IN .'TifEATER. 8.@
CHICAGO, Sept. s. ear the close
Of tho third act at the Stud ebaker
$theater three women withdrew from
The The. right pfosccnium box and, hurry
~ Ing to. the theater parlor, summoned
e maid and DE- ]. 3. Watson. IA short
time tim later one j Of the women, carry.
Ing Siing the girl baby viii ich had just az.
rived. entered an au obile &C the
stthsaters entrance, followed by another.
sofs the three, while the sot her Was# as
alsists q out to the mac
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LABOR L. oMNlAs ! vtkclT.,.

= ss - ), LABOR oMNIA3 VtNclT. ,:,5 :S. J*s
To all Affiliated Unions, Greeting: 1
:!You'ares hereby advised that, in pur-
isuance to the Constitution OF the Am
,erican Federation OF Labor. the Twen-
ty-Ninth Annual Convention Of the
American Federation OF Labor will be
held at Toronto, Ontario, Canada, be-
ginning ten o'clock Monday morning,
November s. 1909, and will continue
In session from day to day until the
business Of the Convention has been
completed. 'z:Se.:l;E Gs .:s 1l: ss. - {.
.t.& ,=&>s Representation. al,s&,., +.
! Representation in the Convention
VIII be on the following basis: From
National or International Unions, for
less than 1000 members, one delegate;
1000 Or. more, two delegates; 5000 or
more, three delegates; $4,000 or more,
four delegates; $4,000 or more, five
delegates; $4,000 OF. more. six, dele
gates; $4,000 or more, seven dele;
gates, and so on; and from the Central
bodies ana state declarations, and from
flecai trade unions not having Ma
tional or International union, and from,
federal labor unions, one delegate.
ORGANIZATIONS to be entitled to rep
resentation must have obtained GER
tiftcate Of affiliation (charter) at
least one month prior to the conven-
tion:; and no person will be recog
nized as a delegate who is not a mem
ben in good standing of the organfza-
tion he is elected to represent =.
y Only bona fide wage workers, who
are: not members of, or eligible ia
membership in other trade unions,
are eligible as delegates from Fedora
Labor Unions. -: E@Ss
Delegates must be selected at leas
two weeks previous to the Convention
and their names forwarded to the
American Federation Of Labor innme.
diately after their election. 7 : r =.
Delegates are not entitled to seat.
in the convention: unless the tax 81
their organization has been paid Ii
full to September 3d. 1909. -:
F.. It Is, Of course, entirely unnecessar!
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LON NGsH I'M 8 ms UNION.

|, The executive hoard Sc the Long
sshoremen,s Union sProtbctiv xAssocia-.
ton strongly urges those longshore-
men olitside Of the unibn III sjoin now
while the initiation tea is only 1850,
tas the regular init tio3n zee, NV hich tta
s.. VIII so into effect kain On Oct
5ober
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.fUTUR DESTINY Of
LABOR AND CAPlIA
Neither Gan Exploit the Other 1
. Without Sharing in Loss
. Il inflicted.
PROSPERITY OF CAPITAL
AT EXPENSE or LABOR
Would Result il the Inevitable
\ Ruin Of Both Their
I s.:jas@ q Interests.


Our American Labor Day registers
waymarks OF the ebb and flow in the
tendencies and destiny Of laboring life.
and also OF employing capital. In the
long run they go up or down. together.
Neither car. exploit the other very
long In modern Industry without suf-
fering from the loss it inflicts The
same economic necessities force upon
both similar policies and tactics. Il
one more than the other is compelled
to conform Its organization and pro-
eedure to such necessity, the other is
thereby obliged to organize in ,tha
same way. And yet it is not true, as
is too often too good-naturedly
claimed, that the interests Of capital
and labor are identical. The differ
ences between them are real, honest
and Inevitable. Conflict Of their com
peting interests is unavoidable under
the existing competitive order Of i'm
dustry. The years may vary the form
Of the conflict but they do not att
the fact Of it. @5- 81 1ar 5 s S=' IS. IA
s.5.s:.5z. Evidences Of Progress. sss
. >
u One Of the first evidences Of pro-
gress or, reaction which any year
brings forth in the industrial move
ment OF national life is to be seen
iii the forms which the conflict takes
on and the way in which it is settled.
The progress Of the last year regis
ters itself in the transference Of this
class struggle in larger part from the
field Of the strike and the lockout 20
the arena OF the courts. The crucial
cases pending in the District OF Col
umbia which involve not only the
liberty OF the chief labor leader. but
the limits Of the writ Of :sdniunctfon
in restricting the liberty OF speech
and the freedom OF the press, viii be-
epoch-makine in the history OF Judi
cial decisions sE affsctina organixed
labor. !. II.
Fields Of Gonoil iatioss. S. IS
The legtsAafi
the field Tor m1ak1ng peace more not
ably this year than in many another.
GFhe Illinois Industrial Commission
scored q great advance in, protecting
the health, comfort and safety Of em-
ployes by the enactment scf its bill
enrrousn the s5concllilatory l s1ty co-operatlon,
or the state 'ManuIacturers' Assoc1a-
tfon .o ana the state Federation ltsr OF La.
por: me JOINT session $40 oI tne COM.
hlisslohers las ~ " thIee otner states 70
secure just 1tapiilty ana q. compensation
TOE e'l INJURIES py accloent se'ea promises
lohs-oeiayeu ueaHc AuVAnce n tne equi-ies tl1.'e
.. american e. me- me STEADY progress
- .ne SECTION so' " tle inter NJ
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STA ND BY +: YOUR FRIElNDs n =

s A STAND BY YOUR FRIENDS. jsg3
Z: The Hatters' strike Is not fully set
tied, all reports to .he contrary not
wtthstanding. Support the cause by
buying no fall hats without the little.
emblem OF Justice, 81 $s ;.!slas
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DEMAND THE |, ION LAsEL.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-26
Literary Lights and Shadohs
BY S. MAYS BALL

things should of course not miss "It Never Can Happen Again." Whether you will agree with those who think that MT. De Morgan Is at his best in his latest book or not 80 good as in Joseph Vance" and Alice for Short" or even Somehow Good" it will not make any difference.
 If your mind runs above the price of peanuts, pig iron, coal or even coke, you cannot avoid getting much de- light from Tt Never Can Happen Again"-a literary production of the first magnitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-26

,,r,-+srrnpted work of critical survey or o,,rrent letters. To point MT. Poilards ary,,ment. 1t was often necessary for nm to invade the field of letters In Ehs- land and even in tongues other than Enesish. but throughout tho book the central theme is never lost sisht or.
 In part one. dealing with women. "om- anists and manners, Mf. roiSio that: l., An.r,cs (. comnarable to the case of My Lady parven,,'s grand rout; crowded and worthless. Quality is utterly sacr1nceo for quantity. The rout comprises every bodv. which to the discriminating spells nobody. The finer sort accidentally com inr upon these scenes, must needs mur- mur. .Bounders, outsiders--no class! and proceed elsewhither. The snob may ut- ter that remark too loud, and 30 ooihe. lessen It's force yet even tnat snoooy preciosity have Ito merits, for It at least tries to initiate the finer example, not tno example in more multiplication. The ann bition in both cases lies sheerly toward vast figures. In the one case It IS de- sired to state that so many hundred covers wore laid and so many dollars spent on favors; in the other all details are subservient to the purely commercial one of the number of books sold Tn . week. a month, a year. So many millions of dollars were represented at My Ladys rout; so many thousands of this or that novel were sold in such and such period and place. If we do hear books talked of. how often is not such talk the pure parrot chatter of those who think merely the thoughts of others? If one hears literature talked of at all. is 1t not mostly in terms of mathematics?
 "'Jones,' we hear, has built s1o0oo cottage from the profits on his new serial Or, That new thing of Browns has gone into six figures
 Further along, MT. Pollard says: "Con- sidered commercially. as one considers the growing output of steel, or coal. or cot ton, our tendency toward printing the most books in the world may have It's merits great many more printers are doubtless earning presumably honest it all depends on the point of view-livins than before: the rate at which our forests are disappearing to feed the paper mills and the printing presses is measurably ac- celerated and there must needs be a constantly growing demand for spectac1es. a fine thing for the opticians and oculists. The art of literature may be suffering but a number of trades and professions are gaining; in the general computation, then. you ask, should not something be written on the profit sale? leave that to the economists It is literature that is at stake the fine fat figures of commerce have nothing to do with literature. Our growth is merely . matter of statistics. One might as we'll argue that because of an increased birth rate ws were mora cultured people. If the statistics of pub- fishers and the booksellers mark an in crease volume of volumes, that increase deserves record only as does the increase in crime or railway accidents-mere math- ematics. The persons wilo argue other wise-the marketmen of letters-forget that in literature bulk ana permanence have nothing in osmmca."