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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03
SEVENTH.

The respective parties TO the
said award, when made. will each
faithfully execute same: and the
same award may be specifically en-
forced in equity So far as the powers
OF a court of equity will permit, pro
Vided that no injunction or other le-
gal process shall be issued which
snail compel the performance by anv
iaborer against his will Of a contract
Tor personal labor or service.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03

covered as the result OF his efforts
TO obtain food from the home OF a
Negro who refused to aid him. and
who sounded the alarm as soon as
the murderer left the house.
The wife of jenkins is in the Jail
here. and considerable exciteufent
has been caused by the assertion that
she planned a double murder. and
ordered her husband TO shoot Mrs.
Howell first The Negroes first shot
struck Mrs. Howell"
Here then is the account Of the
last stand Of this desperate colored
man. You ask us. IL we admire his
courage? We answer in the AFFIRM
ative. You ask US if ne died in the
proper manner? We answer in the
affirmative. We feel like we would
give a fortune to h1vc his tragic end
emblazOned upon the records Of the
brave men Of the Southland. white
and black. He faced heavy odds.
He stood of a company Of soldiers.
single handed SO 70 speak and while
armed only with a cheap pistol.
Search the records Of desperate
white men and show as one instance
that will excel the intrepid brav-
cry displayed by this lone Georgia
Negro.
It should prove 20 be an inspiration
70 all who are alive to stand ND
like men and die when they cannot
help it. sherin's posses and lynch
ing mobs were after him. for the one
to get him for the law was to hand
him over to the other for the name
less torture. jenkins died with a
prayer upon his lips and even as the
dying thief upon the cross was prom
ised life eternal by the Divine Master
50 it may be that the spirit OF brave.
hghting Robert jenkins may be sing
ing paeans in the spirit land.
Colored men should be docile. law
abiding and kindly disposed towards
white people They should prac-
tiee Cody conduct and display good
manners, but above all. when they
are forced 20 the wall in a contest Of
this kind they should die hghung
just as Robert jenkins died and win
the respect Of those white men.
whom they left behind.
We know that It would not be
safe for colored people in Johnson
county TO DO otherwise than condemn
Robert jenkins and IL may be that
he Is 20 blame. but 70 our mind, he
has done more TO check Iynching
than one hundred leaders and Eve
hundred newspapers could have done.
The way TO check lynching is to
make q dangerous undertaking for
those white folks participating in It.
Robert Jenkins is gone. but his &C
ton in that swamp while defending
his own life will constitute a lumin-
Gus chapter in the history OF the
colored folks of Johnson county. Ca.
Peace TO his ashes; rest for his
soul"
Thus am doubly armd; my death
and life,
My bane aud antidote. are both be-
fore me
This in a moment brings me to an
end:
But this informs me I shall never die.
The soul secure in her existence.
smiles
At the drawn dagger. and dehes its
point
The stars shall fade away, the sun
himself
Grow dim with age, and nature sink
in years
But thou shalt flourish in immortal
youth
unhurt amidst the war OF elements
Inc wreck of matter. and the crash
or worlds. Addison.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03

BdrTOH.
In so far as the above fnding per-
mits the continued employment of
negro firemen by the Georgia Rail-
road. dissent therefrom, because I
believe from the evidence that such
employment is a menace to tae safety
of the travelling public. In so far as
such finding requires that when ne
groes are SO employed they shalt re-
ceive wages equal 70 those paid white
men, concur therein, believing that
such requirement, by removing the
principal incentive for their employ
ment. will result In the speedy eIimI-
nation of this cheaper labor, and a
consequent improvement OF the ser
vice.
T. w. HardwiclS
CD Firemen in the line OF promo
ton to the position of engineer shall
have three years experience before
being promoted to the position of en-
gineer, and shall be promoted in the
order of their seniority: provided
they are able to pass all reasonable
requirements and examinations. II
they refuse or fail to pass the first
examination, they will be reduced 10
freight service without losing their
seniority. and the next senior man in
turn VIII be called ON to pass. Fail
ing on the second examination. they
Will be reduced 10 bottom OF extra
list, or disposed OF as the COMPANY
desires. Firemen now in the service
who are physically incapacitated for
service will not be subject to this
rule. When firemen are promoted TO
the position OF engineer. they shall
be given certificate Of promotion,
signed by the examiner.
Concurring-H a. Herbert d c.
Barrow. T. w Hard wick.
Co We find against The PROPOSE
ton embraced in submission Co.
Concurring-D. c. Barrow. II. A.
Herbert
Dissenting. w. Hardwick.
Cd That all hostiers shall receive
their present rate Of pay: assistant
hostlers shall be considered as yard
hremen, and paid yard fremen's
rates; extra firemen. when used as
hostlers, shall receive the rate paid
to hostlers.
Concurring-H. A. Herbert, d. c.
Barrow. T. w. Hardwick.
(e) We find for the proposition
embraced in submission (e), In the
following form:
In assigning vacancies to fremen.
seniority alone shall not control.
though II may be considered in con-
nection with the efficiency. and with
the necessity. where IT exists, OF Civ
ing experience 90 candidates for
promotion TO the position OF en-
gineer"
Concurring-H. A. Herbert, d. c.
Barrow. T. w. Hardwick.
D We find against the PROPOSE
ton embraced in submission (f).
Concurring-H. A. Herbert. D. G
Barrow, T. W. Hardwick.
In the testimony whereof. the I'M
dersigned have hereunto affixed their
hands, as evidence OF the fact that
they have agreed TO the award as
above recited. and with the uissents
thereto herein noted.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03
TENTH

The said award. when made as
aforesaid. shall continue in force as
between the parties hereto for a
period OF one year after the same
shall 20 into practical operation.
and no new arbitration upon the
same subjects between the parties
hereto shall be had until the expira-
ton Of said one year. unless the said
award shall be set aside for errors
OF law apparent on the record in the
manner provided by the aforemen-
toned act OF congress.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03
SIXTH.

All documentary testimony in
.roduced before the said board shall,
De carefully preserved and f,Ied
original documents may be wifi.
orawn by consent and copies Thereon
hied In lieu thereof. All oral test,-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03

fredericksburg. Va. June So.--An.
drew j. Ball, of weems. Lancaster
county. through mistake. took a swaI-
low OF carbolic acid. which he thought
was Jamaica ginger. and died from
the effects IA few hours.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03
FIFTH

Pending the said arbitration the
status existing Immediately prior 10
the dispute shall not be changed
provided that no employee shall he
compelled to render personal serv-
Ice without hts consent.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03

The Long Sought Has Been Found.
hev. +. II Cook. d. ID. Of Natchey.
Miss. has found a fluid that will ex
terminate the Boil WooviI without
injury to the cotton. All hail this
great man. Any further informa-
uon write to him at the above adj
dress.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03

We return thanks for an invitation
70 attend the Home Coming Recep-
ton Of the Grand Generalissimo b.
G.. Fitzgerald. June gath. at Atlantic
City. y. J. in Fitzgerald's Auditor
ium.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03
ELEVENTH.

This agreement Is executed In
three parts; one part OF which shall
be forthwith transmitted to the
chairman OF the interstate commerce
commission at Washington. ID. C..
with the request that the same be
filed in the Office Of the said commits
sion and that notice in writing be
served upon the two arbitrators
hereinbefore named. officially noti-
Tying them of their appointment.
and that the time and place for the
first meeting has been fixed at the
Offices OF the Interstate commerce
commission at Washington.
Executed in triplicate. each hay
ing the full force and effect OF an
original. the day and year first above
written.
(Signed) GEORGIA RAILROAD
AND ITS TERMINALS, by Thomas
h. Scott, General Manager.
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCO
MOTIVE FIREMEN AND ENGINE
MEN. by r. A. Ball. Second Vice
President. G. A. Bell, Local Chair
man; Thomas A. Campbell, General
Chairman.
Signed and acknowledged in my
presence by Thomas X. Scott.
"EDW. J. MULHERN,
Notary Public.
(SeaD Richmond County, Ca.
Signed and acknowledged in my
presence by f. A. Ball. G.. A. Ball
and Thomas A. Campbell.
JAMES f. FOGARTY,
Notary Public
(seaD Fulton County. Ca
The case came on to be heard at
the time and place aforesaid, and
under the agreement aforesaid, and
evidence therein was offered by the
parties thereto, which said evidence
is Identified and filed herewith as a
part of the record in this case.
The submission hereinbefore re-
ferred to contained the following
provision. among others:
The said board of arbitration
may award any, or none. or any part.
or any modification of the above six
lettered propositions submitted for
It's arbitration"
Bearing in mind the above pro-
Vlsion' after fully hearing and con-
Sidering all of the evidence and ar
gument submitted In said case, the
arDitratiors so chosen and selected
do hereby make the following award:
(a) The Georgia Railroad when
using negroes as locomotive firemen
on the road or In the yards. OF as
nostiers. or as hostlers' helpers, shall
pay them the same wages as white
men In similar positions.
Concurring: II. A. Herbert, ID. c.
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Negro Eremen
Hold Positions
CONTINUED Prom First Pagel

quired TO throw switches. dag street
crossings or trains, except in case Of
emergency.
In the event the board Of arbi-
tration in its award shall not grant
the first proposition, concerning the
employment of negroes as locomo-
tive firemen. il may award whether
or not there shall be fixed percent
age beyond which the party of the
first part shall not employ negroes
as fremen, either on the road or in
its yards, including its terminals at
Atlanta; and whatever award the
Board of Arbitration may make as
20 the employment or non-employ-
ment Of negro fremen. or as to re-
strictions in the percentage OF ne
groes 20 be employed. shall also ap-
ply TO hostlers' helpers.
THE TEN HOSTLERS CARED FOR.
And in the event that said Board
of Arbitration shall award That ne
gro firemen may be employed on the
Georgia Railroad or in its terminals
at Atlanta, said award will not be
used by the employer TO displace or
reduce in pay any one of the ten
white individuals who were displaced
and have been restored. in accord
ance with the terms OF this agree
ment but that these particular in
diyiduals shall be allowed TO hold
their positions as hOstlers, helpers
until they are promoted or for any
reason leave their present positions.
The said board Of arbitration
may award all. or none. OF any part.
or any modification. OF any OF the
above lettered six propositions sub
mittej for its arbitration.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03

Entered az the Post Oncc AZ Riohm0nd. Va
Is second class matter.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03

POSTAGE STAMPS or A HIGHER DENOMNA
TON THAN TWO CENTS NOT RECEIVED
on SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-03

1t viii be seen how quickly ami
readily the accounts OF the tragedy
shifted Both were sent out nv
white correspondents jenkins seem
ed to have understood the situation
thoroughly. II has been alleged that
Negroes aid other Negroes to escape
and that they do not apprehend and
aid in the capture OF criminals Of
their own race. Let US see. Here
is the telegraphic report. Read IT
for yourselves:
Adrian. Ca, June 2e.-Fiebting
IN swamp with cheap, small cali
ore pistol, Robert Jenkins, a Negro
accused of murder, to-day held AT
pay a sheriff's posse until he had
wounded two of them, and then ex-
claiming, Lord. have mercy on nv
SOUL" dropped dead, riddled by rife
and pistol balls.
kins last week shot and KILLED
George X. Howell. a farmer. and
wounded Mrs. Howell He was
tracked TO the swamp early TODAY.
me wounded possemen were not Sc
riously hurt. They are w. s. Gle.
ments, who was shot in the foot. and
Y. l.. Hall, who was struck in the
thigh by pistol ball. Both live AT
Adrian Practically every man in
the posse sent lead into JENKINS
body.
Mrs Howell. though her case Is
regarded as almost hopeless, has sur
prised the attending physicians by
her vitality.
1T Is stated that Jenkins was dis-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

worked about $4,000 worth of harm
to the taxpayers of Nebraska in one
little matter of surreptitiously selling
some books as surreptitiously printed
from plates that the taxpayers had
paid for
A home-owned company can, if it's
owners so desire, work great injury
to the public, and for that reason the
taxpayers have provided a commission
whose duty it is to regulate such o.
these companies as have to do with
the management of public-service cor
poratlons.
And, as a further measure of pre-
caution. the taxpayers actually fol-
lowed the advice of the State Journal
and elected a majority of that very
board. Is the State Journal so afraid
that it's chosen regulators will neglect
their duty that it has to resort to
falsehood in it's attempt to rebuke a
little labor paper? Or has falsehood
and Misrepresentation become a
chronic habit with the State Journal
since it was pried loose from the Bur-
ljngton railroad and it's rich printing
contracts for the state and LaDcaster
county?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27
THE CHARACTERISTIC FALSE.
HOOD.

1t is not surprising that the captains
of industry are cynical about the abil-
ity of the public to force good behavior
cut of the corporations. Here is the
Lincoln Wageworker fawning on the
new street car company and virtually
assuring the people that home-owned
company can do no harm Its closing
paragraph is a classic-Lincoln Daily
Journal
Well, the public-the Lincoln public
did force the captains of industry"
who managed the old Traction com
rany to good behavior" despite the
efforts of the State Journal-whose
editors held stock in the Lincoln Trac-
ton company-to defeat the efforts of
the public. ....
And the assertion that The Wage
worker is "fawning on the new street
car company is falsehood character
istic of the newspaper that. is always
quick to impugn the motives of those
who do not fall in with it's plans for
lf-aggrandizement. The Wageworkei'
just now entertains the best of feel
ings for the new street car company,
hut if the company ever starts off on
the track SO long followed by the
Lincoln Traction company-of which
the State Journals editors were a
part and parcel-The Wageworker will
take just as much pleasure in con.
demning it as it now takes in CON-
nending it. And The Wageworker's
attitude is not now, nor is it likely
to be influenced by any corporation
holdings of it's responsible editor
| The Wageworker has not virtually
assured" the people that home-owned
company ''can do no harm" That is
a purely gratuitous assumption on the
part of the State Journal, always toe
ready to attribute dishonesty to others
while smuggling up to supreme court
report contracts, blank book gratis
and Traction company stock that must
be protected. A home-owned company
can work great harm to the public
\ home-owned newspaper corporation,
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27
EQUAL SUFFRAGE.

| Because its editor is a union man
who has represented union men in the
convention of the American Federation
of Labor, The Wageworker is an adj
vocate of equal suffrage. One plank
in the American Federation of Labor s
Declaration of Principles" declares
for equal suffrage. The men who talk
| loudest about woman's place being III
| the home are the men who have done
| most to bring about industrial condi-
tions that force women out of the
home and into the industrial field. 1t
matters not whether majority Of
women want to vote. If one woman
wants to vote, and it is just and right
that she be allowed to vote. she ought
to be given the right, even though
every other woman in the republic
took no interest in the subject.
There are five million women
breadwinners in the state-women
who work for wages in stores, Offices,
factories, mills, and even in mines.
them to do this. Why, then, should
any of these five million women be
denied some voice in the matter OF
saying what conditions they should
work under?
20, the women wouldn't go to the
polls" says opponent of equal suffrage.
Perhaps not but in Nebraska's "off-
year" elections about 40 per cent of
the men fail to vote, and even in gen
eral elections, with all their heat and
enthusiasm, from Is to 25 per cent
Of the men fail to vote.
But if we let the women vote We'll
have prohibition" says another oppon-
ent, but that argument is not borne
out by the facts. In the seven states
that have prohibition laws the women
are not allowed to vote. In the four
states where women are given the
ballot there are no statewide prohibit
ton laws.
THE model wife," says another op-
ponent of equal suffrage, sis the wife
who is as much at home in the kitchen
as she is in the parlor.' That is
quite true. AnG the model husband
is one who makes it possible for his
wife to be as much at home in the
parlor as she is in the kitchen.
This labor newspaper favors equal
suffrage because it is only equal JUS
tice that is demanded by present-day
industrial conditions. Organized labor
demands that women be put upon 9
wage equality with men when working
at the same trade under the same con-
ditions and performing the same work.
That is why the American Federation
&C Labor demands equality before the
law-suffrage laws as well as other
laws
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

turn" is fixed by men whom the State
Journal helped to elect to the board of
railway commissioners of Nebraska?
Did the efforts of the men VINO built
the Citizens line and brought the
Traction company to time put plug
or two in some of the schemes being
engineered by the Traction company
stockholders who edit and manage
the Lincoln Daily State Journal?
specially, inquiries to know, as Togo
would put it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

Senator Knox voted to increase the
salary OF the secretary of state. Then
he was appointed secretary of state,
son of having voted to raise the
salary. Then congress reduced the
salary, and that makes Knox eligible.
salary will be raised again. Ever
hear of labor agitator" getting that
much considera ton from the law
makers?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

labor is man VINO knows great
deal about commerce as understood by
the trusts, but vino is absolutely ignor-
ant of the labor question as it applies
to the wage-earners. But as that is
what the majority of wage-earners
voted for it is exactly what they are
entitled to.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

After they have guaranteed the de-
positor why not guarantee wage
sufficient to enable the average wage
Garner to make deposit after paying
living expenses?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

The wOrkingman who are most
vitality interested in the success of
the Nebraska State University are
opposed to tying that university to the
steel trust-or any other trust.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

If you will not buy an article with
out the label the merchants will work
overtime to stock up on articles that
do bear the label. 1t is up to you,
Mr.. Union Man.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

If your unions annual ball was not
well advertised in The Wageworker
it was the fault of the ball commit
tee, not of The Wageworker.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

Shumway's execution has been fixed
for six separate dates, and he mas
lodged five of them. Mrs. Martin
could not dodge the date set for her
execution.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

Of course that new spring suit you
are going to buy will have the label
III it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

Mock heroics' and cheap senti-
mentality" seem to have had their
day in the executive office at the state
house.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

The commission charter must be
referred to the people.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27
Published Weekly at 1877 No. l4th
St. LincolR. Neb. One Dollar Year.

Entered as second-class matter April
81. 1904, at the postoffice at Lincoln,
Neb., under the. Act of Congress OF
March 3rd, 1879.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

The new secretary of commerce and
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-02-27

No snap judgment on the charter,
If you please!
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-12
STOLEN MONEY WELL INVESTED
Thief Returns Amount Taken with
:Aors Than Compound Interest.

The happiest man in New York il
Adam Brede. chef In a lunchroom.
Over 20 years ago Brede deposited Sse
In the Seamans' Bank for Savinss.
With friend he attended a festival
that night, and when he left the hall
he found that both his friend and his
handbook had disappeared. The other
night he encountered his friend. who
greeted him effusively, and said:
Here is that handbook. Adam. 1t
has hurt my conscience for 20 years,
but 1t was the means of saving my
life. After leaving New York went
to albany. From there I drifted out
TO San Francisco, where I started a
fruit business. prospered. and at the
end Of Is years was worth about $50.
600. 1 arrived here last Sunday and
have been looking for you ever since. "
He then handed over tie bankbook
and $1,000 for interest.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-12
To Test Forestry Rights.

The bill prepared by Attorney John
T. Barnett authorizing him to test the
legality Of the forestry service rules,
and the so-called encroachment Of the
federal government upon states rights
In this respect. is sweeping In its char.
acter. Not only does 1t permit an in.
vestigation and test OF the forestry
service rules and laws, but also of the
federal agricultural and interior de.
partments.
Perhaps the most drastic feature Of
1t Is that 1t authorizes the attorney
general to commence and prosecute
government officials under the civil
and criminal statutes, wherever 1t is
found that they have encroached upon
state rights or usurped them. 1t also
authorizes him to intervene on behalf
Of the state of Colorado In any case
brought by an individual or association
against the government, or in any case
brought by the government against in
dividuals or associations. For the pur-
pose Of prosecution $4,000 is appro-
priated by the bill to allow him to carry
on the work. The attorney general
did not believe that he possessed the
power y prosecute under the present
statuteA 20 in order to carry out the
recommendations in Governor Shat
roth's inaugural address. he drew the
special bill.