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of them took slabs of cedar or p.nc upon
which they had written their prayers.
The back OF each piece of wood bore tue
name 6fthe person for whom they were
especially, pra ying and also that of the
god whose intercession was supplicated.
Such prayers Were laid on the affairs. the
worshipess- the same time giving
something to the church to- insure the as
sistance Of the priests.
AS fae-assaI can learn the Buddhism
which Erfociaimed by the most ad-
vanced of the priests today is as broad
as all outdoors. This is the spirit of the
new Japan-iIndeed, the people are so
broad il-reiigious ma.ters-1 mean those
CT the uppes-ela SSeS-that they are reauy
to accept the best of any and all religions
Indeed, they believe in a combination OF
Shrrtosm, Gonfucianism and buddhism.
with a sprinkle of Christianity thrown in
It is said that there are thousands OF Jap
anese who would readily accept chris
tanity. by placing the image OF Jesus
with that of Buddha and those of their
ancestors. If the Christian religion did
not insist in there being no other god
but one. Their constitution permits all
religions, and the government does not
question the faith of its employees Count
Katsura, the premier of Japan. says that
this country is at the head, as 10 religious
liberality, and that a man may have any
religion without suffering for it. Prince
Ito told me thai he considered the Bud
dhists more liberal than the Christians.
and that there is today a considerable
Christian element growing up in Japan.
At one time the government actually
considered the adoption of Christianity as
the state religion. proposing to modify
or revise the Bible and cur doctrines 10
suit Japanese requirements.
Centuries ago there was a big Chris
tian element in Japan. The Jesuits came
H.. l,,tp-
dreds and it is estimated that there was
once no less than G0b0D processing Chris
tians. That was more than 49O years ago:
and at that time japanese missions were
sent 10 the pope at Rome. \ little later
the tide turned and Christianity was wiped
out. the converts being killed by the thou
sands in the most horrible ways. There
are 1t is said. something like lJO.OO0 ma
tive Christians in Japan today.
Shintoism and Buddhism, as they are
practiced in Japan, have almost as many
sects as Christianity. Shintoism has eX-
listed In Jaran longer than any one can
remember. 1t recognizes the immortality
of the soul and the existence of super
natural power. 1t teaches reverence for
ancestors and cleanliness of soul and
body Its ideas of conduct are honesty
and StraightforWardness 1t especially
teaches reverence for the emperor, and
the children in the schools taught
that their loyalty 10 him is a part of their
relig on. There is one sect which makes
srecalty OF reverence fer the imperial
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self in it. The temple steps are more
highly polished than the top of any piano.
and their edges are bound with carved
brass of beautiful patterns. Inside there
are great urns of gold lacquer as big
around as flour barrel and you stand
under mass of carvings, upheld by pill
lars of brass inside walls of gold. 1t is
behind these structures that the Shogun
lies, his tomb being a single block of
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LARGE part OF the
danger, and with
ii much of the
romance, is taken
out of the duties Of
the flag bearer in
battle by a system
just invented in
England for use
in the army OF
King Edward.
No longer in the
heat of an action
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would carpet a parlor. This Buddha is
fifty-three feet high and its eyes are
three feet in length. The hand is about
eleven feet long. l measured one foot
where it lies upon the knee. 1t is just
is symmetrical and the face is wonder
fully beautiful. personifying contentment
and repose. This statue is. almost twice as
old as that at Kamakura. 1t was made
many centuries ago. along about the time
that little Mohammed. the founder of the
great religion which bears his name, was
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will the fire of the enemy be centered on
the reeimental signaler, flag wag-
ger. as he is generally called.
For the first time in the history Of mill
tary warfare an effort has been made to
protect the man who Is generally the first
one TO be hit, because in doing his duty
lie invariably finds himself exposed to
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But the length of the pole ON which
the disk is mounted will make it an easy
matter for him to lie in safety, almost
comfort. behind some sheltering rock or
wall, take his observations with field
glass get his data about the enemv
send the information, and then when his
usefulness at this particular point has
vanished move to another point without
peril of being riddled with dozens Of
bullets.
Thus does the march of invention con-
tinue to take the romance out of war
fare.
The sailors life used to he regarded
as being one of the most hazardous, and
the perils of the deep were told of in
pathetic phrase times without number as
being something that could by no human
agency be lessened But only a few
what could be done in the way of making
the sea safe. A great ship was in trouble.
Ten years ago it would have been doomed.
But at the keys of the wireless machine
an operator. Jack Bnns, sat and sent out
messages for help just surely he
could have called up a police station or
tjreholIse on land. and from various parts
of the ocean seven ships rushed 10 the
aid of those in peril
once the miner was in constant peril.
Now a host of inventions are being per-
fected that will take him out of the class
which the insurance companies regard
as n poor risk. In all the great modern
mines there arc Telephone systems. so
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A Nj told that the
Japanese BuddlIists
are about TO build
a temple in Seat
tie. 1t will have a
huge sitting statue
of Buddha as an
object of worship
and all the up-to-
date characteristics
of a IN o q e l. n
church. The Bud
dhiStS have begun
to send their mis-
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some which are even more beautiful in
the eastern part of the empire. Take
those which contain the tombs of the
shoguns at Sl,iba in Toxic. They are
devoted to the worship of Shinto. and are
a mass of carving and works of fine art.
They are more like great jewels than
pieces of JaAnese architecture. They
are gorgeous with gold leaf. paintings
and carvings of lacquer. plated with gold.
One goes through courtyard after court
yard, through rooted gates 100 feet high,
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ganiZed several Sunday schools in Japan.
and some of the sectS are now using the
Sabbath as their favorite preaching day.
They have established some young mems
associations on the plan of our Y. NJ. c.
As. and they educating their priests.
They have founded schools for this pur-
pose. and have so-called universities in
which something like 9,u0 students are
In attendance. Their schools are along
liberal lines, and -are by no means con-
fined to the Buddhist doctrines. They
study all religions, and in some schools
the Bible is used as text book. They
occasionally have our missionaries to lec-
among their teachers The Buddhists
here have recently sent priests to Tibet
to bring back the secrets of the religion
from that country There We're three
WHO went. and only one has returned
the others having been murdered by the
IibetanS.
Indeed. no one can stay long in Japan
and look upon the native religions as en-
tirely dead. These people are naturally
religious and they spend enormous sums
in support of their faith. There is great
Iberality of thought among the upper
classes, but the masses are temple wor-
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the tail of horse in mixed white and
black names One cable alone containe
the hair of 1000. women. When it is
remembered that the hair of the japanese
girl is her chief ornament and that she
prizes it even more highly than our maid
ems do theirs it will be seen what this
offering means
:: x
Kyoto has other temples almost as large
as the Nishi HonGwanj, and there are
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D UDDHIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS FOR JAPAN AND
u MISSIONARIES FOR THE UNITED STATES
BUDDHIST UNIVERSITy-RELIG1ON AND
THE WAR-SHINTOISM AND THE EMPEROR
MILLIONS GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE-FOUR
MIGHTY STATUES AND THOUSANDS OF TEN
PLES-W1AT A FAMOUS PRIEST SAYS.
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SiOnaricS to our country. They have sta
tions in The Hawaiian Islands, San Fran
cisco Los Angeles and Boston. and | uir-
der>t5nd a japanese priest is 20 he sent
Ia work III Philadelphia. They have or
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Copyright, 1909, by Frank G. Carpenterl
.KYOTO.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-15
CONVENTION OF
THE BARRIERS
First Meeting of That Organization
in Five Years Will be Held at
Milwaukee in October.

Something in the way OF nov
city Tor the Journeymen Barriers
International Union Is soon 10 take
place. The novelty will be in the
Iorm OF an international conycn-
ton, and may be called a novelty
because it is the first that the or
ganlzation has held in five years.
1t will be held in Milwaukee, Wis,
beginning October 5, and will oc-
cupy about one week. The organi-
Zatlon was founded in 1887 in Buf-
falo, N. Y, at a meeting that was
attended by five men representing
five local union BARRIERS. The mem
bcrship when formed was about
l5O, and the membership in good
standing at the present time is
about 26,OOO. The conventions of
the International were held each
year until 1894, when it was de-
cided that they should be held
each two years. AT a later conven-
ton it was decided they should be
held each three years, and since
1904 there. has been no Interna-
tional convention of the BARRIERS.
In support of this policy the argu-
mcnt is advanced that considerable
money is saved. One of the mat
ters that will be brought up at the
Milwaukee convention will be a
proposition to establish home for
BARRIERS, something after the ma
turc of the home of the Tnterna-
tional Typographical Union at
Colorado Springs.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-15
NEW HOME FOR
CARPENTERS
At Indianapolis Will be Dedicated
on Next Observation-Disclosures
for Several National Organizers.

Hundreds of thousands Of work
ingmen will be interested in the
dedication Of the new lnternation-
al Unions headquarters building in
Indianapolis, July %.
y thousand representatives of
labor of the United States and
Canada will attend the exercises.
Most Of the delegates will be from
the local unions Of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, who is the owner Of the
building. but other organizations
are to be represented.
The international Brotherhood
of Teamstcrs and the BARRIERS In
ternational Union are to have
their offices in the carpenters or
ganization s home. The Typo
graphical Union and the Mine
Workers of America have national
headquarters in Indianapolis, but
they are to continue in their pres
ent offices for some time.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-15
WOWEN'S TRADE
UNION LEAGUE
Convention Call Has Been Issued
for Meeting to be Held at Chicago
in September.

Inc National Woman S Trades
UnlOn League has ISSUED Il call Ior
Il conference TO he ned III Chicago,
ueglnnlng september II. The IN
CerState conferences OF 1901 ana
l0US, held simultaneously in BoS-
ton, New York and Chicago, were
50 successful and brought about
such good practical results that
it is epected this national conven-
ton Will be an even greater land
mark in the cause Of the organized
working women. Delegates from
women S trades unions in Great
Britain, France and Germany are
it is expected this national conven-
mittee is anxious to have represen-
tatives from every organized trade
with women workers in the United
States. By affiliating and send
ing woman delegate such organi-
cations will have real live voting
interest in the purpose of this con-
vention and Will share in that help
and encouragement which the con-
sideration of mutual plans and
purposes carries with it.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-15
A. F. OF L. WILL
FIGHT STEEL TRUST
Three Organizers Placed Under Direct
ion of Amalgamated Association
Officials to Assist Them in the Fight

The American Federation of
Labor has taken up the fight
against the United States Steel
Corporation and has sent organic
ers into the Pittsburg strike dis
trict for the purpose Of attacking
the territory which for years has
been exempt from the work of or
ganization by officers of the Anal
gamated Association.
An earnest effort will be made
to reclaim the territory which was
lost by organized labor years ago
to the steel corporation and ac-
cOrding to the statements of the
Amalgamated Association heads
there is now good hope for re-
unionizing all the plants of the
steel corporation. Three fedora
ton men reached Pittsburg last
week direct from the Federation
of Labor headquarters at Washing
ton and placed themselves under
President P j. McArdle of the
Amalgamated Association.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-15

IN Syracuse last week, and much to
the surprise of those who expected
to see President Tobin and the
members of the executive board
slashed' for their action in tax
ing away the union label from the
Douglas company, they have been
sadly disappointed, throughout
the convention the officers have
been upheld at every point, show
ing the confidence the membership
has in its general officers.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-15

Considerable of the personal prop
erty OF the miners being injured,
defaced and destroyed by them.
In one instance, mother was
placed in the road with baby of
very tender years, and it was only
by her persistent pleading that the
sun would kill her baby, that they
permitted her to go back upon her
lot and rest in the shade of the
porch.
In some of these instances, the
head of the family was away from
home. In all this no time was Civ
en- ta' the miners and no courteous
treatment was afforded them.
"The procedure of the guards
and deputy sheritfs was about as
follows: They would approach
the head of the family, if he were
at home, and ask if he would re-
turn to work under the old terms
and conditions, upon his reply that
he would not, the guards and dep
uty sheriffs would say, We'll. the
middle of the road for you, and
at once set him, his family. and his
property in the middle of The roaG.
'These four instances happened
on the 7th day of July, and Grim
inal proceedings are now pending
against all these men.
son the following day these six
men together with two other
guards, threw five families out ut
Dry Branch, in similar manner,
the full facts Of which we have not
yet received.
'During the continuation of this
strike, and while these special Of
ficers and deputy shcriffs were en-
gagged in evicting these men. no H.
legal acts or violence of any kind
has been employed by the striking
miners. The best of order has been
observed by them at all times.
"These violations of law are be-
ing carried on in such large num-
bcrs and with such force, that it
seems that ordinary criminal pro
ceedings before justices of the
peace cannot cope with the Sltua-
tion. May |, therefore, call upon
you as the prosecuting attorney Of
kanaWha county to use the pow
er and authority Of your office for
the suppression of these offenses
and the conviction of the offenders.
''In order that the miners Of my
district, and the public in general.
may know that this Office is using
its best energies to uphold the law
and preserve peace and order. I
am giving a copy of this letter to
the press for publication.
'Yours very truly,
"BEN DAVIS.
'Prcsidcnt District No. IL
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-15
Victory for Printers.

President Tole Of New York Ty-
biographical Union No. reports
the signing up of a large Typothe-
toa Office and the transferring Of
Smart Set, Town Topics, Nautical
Gazette. Psychtherapy. Young S
Magazine and other publications
from non-union printing houses to
those controlled by the union.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-15
Shoe Workers Support Officers.

The annual convention of the
Boot and Shoe Workers Interna-
tional Union which has been await
ed with much interest by the MEM
bers Of organized labor through
out the land. on account of the w
L. Douglass controversy, was held
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-15

Sherltfs, private detectives,
guards and other ritf-ratf who
participated in the Ronda and Dry
Branch outrage last week were ar
raigned before the bar of Justice
Monday to answer for their crimes
The charge against them was illc-
gally ejecting four miners and their
families from the houses of the coal
companies at the places above re-
ferred to, and after hearing the
case Justice Atkinson, of Charles
ton district, fined John Vanhoose,
j. III. Mayfeld, c.. uouchins, Y. l..
Hunt, G. G.. Newkirk and G.. w.
Green, each $25 in four eases and
Homer Wilson $25 in one case. Ap-
pcals were taken by the coal com
pany attorney in each case. w. G.
Barnhart, Of this city, and "A. l..
Anderson of Montgomery repre-
sentcd the miners and ably looked
after their interests.
After the disposition of these
cases several additional warrants
were sworn out for other offenders.
The officials of the Nine Workers
say that they will institute damage
suits and criminal proceedings
against all the parties implicated in
this outrageous proceeding and will
carry them to the highest court in
the state to secure justice for the
poor victims of the brutal treat
mcnt Of the guards and the men
who employed them to carry out
their instructions.
The guards and the company
did not put up any defense to JUS
tify their lawless acts. They were
caught with the goods on them and
probably preferred to reserve their
able legal talent for higher court.
Attorney Barnhart at the conclu-
sion Of the trial gave out the follow
ing statement to the public.
Il will say that every man who
takes a hand in these forcible evic-
tions without due process of law,
will be prosecuted criminally. Not
only that. but these prosecutions
will be followed up by civil suits for
damages against the companies en-
gagged in these acts.
THE evidence in these cases dis
closes that guards, armed with
of these miners and tear the house
hold effects from them and throw
everything into the road. In al
most every instance many articles
Of furniture were injured and de-
faced This is done without and
suit for possession having first been
instituted by the companies, the
only action taken prior to these
evictions being the service upon the
miners of five-days notice to va
cate the premises.
The companies want the miners
.cmoved because the miners will not
agree to the changes Of conditions
made arbitrarily by the companies
These men contracted with the com
panies to dig 1000 pounds of coal
for a ton, nine hours to constitute
days work. and to have a semi
monthly pay. The men went to
work under these conditions.
''Thcn the companies, without
the consent of the men required
2.24O pounds for a ton, 10 hours
for days work, and put the men
on monthly pay. The men would
not agree to these changes, and
went out on a strike. Then the
companies served five days written
notice on the men to vacate their
homes. The men refused to do
this. and were thereupon forcibly
evicte,l.
$50 far as I have learned the
men were not in arrears For rent
which they were paying by the
month. =
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-15

ed and IaWlrSS treatment accorded
the miners ut Dry Branch by the
public officials and the operators,
President Ben Davis, of the West
Virginia miners. has addressed q
letter to Attorney General Conley
calling his attention to gross viola
rinn> Of the law in that connection
and aNkIm" for an opinion as to the
legality of the rjcctmcnt proceed
in@>. Following is the letter in
fUll.
Charleston. W. Va, July IA. 1909
Hon. Wnt &. Conlcy,
Attorney General of West Vir-
GINA, Charleston, w. Va.
Dear SIR
Representing as do, the organ
wed coal miners of West Virginia
directly, and Indirectly organized
labor III TINS state. it has been my
constant aim and purpose and still
Is, to Ito everything in my power
I" have my people comply with,
submit tu, aud live in the light of
tine law Of the land, and especially
"t tins State, and knowing you to
b" representative of the people,
elected 10y tn" people as Il legal
representative of this Common
wealth. who's" advice and opinion is
sought for by tn" employer as well
Us tn" employee. and whose advice
rarrl"N with II much weight and in
ii'iru"". ann constrained to appeal
|" N"I aN tho chief adviser of the
State, upon public questions af-
'"rtng tine welfare of thousands Of
our people. and ask You to give me
81 Io" viii. please, your written
,"r!nI"' Tor publication upon the
Ia" arising upon the following state
oI facts,
NJ tn" Runda and Dry Branch
'"aI MINES um Cabin Creek. in Kan
d"Nd county. tn" miners were or
@"I'l'i amt a> It part Of the organ
Ndt."u 1T the nitrd Mine Workers
vi America. We're mining coal for
certain operators under Il contract
'''',r"d iut" between the operators
"hd 'hr "pr"SrntativcS of our Or
G"'i.Iaii"m. The contract was in
"f'',iiE auI known as the contract
"' N'F.I. zoos. and was agreed to
.h .i"ut Convention of operators
am" MINERS and will not expire lln-
I'll March @l~t, 1910. The miners
""'"d ny the month. without a
'''.. |'">'. fhc dwelling houses
''".iN"a 10y them. from the Com
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-15
Machinists on Strike.

The members of the Benwood
Machinists Union are striking
against the unfair conditions fore
ed upon them by the B. G. o. rail
road and are making a game fight
for their rights and should be Civ
en- the support of all the trades
unionists of the State. The Ma
chinists of Benwood have always
stood loyalty by the State Fedora
ton of Labor and assited in the
fight for the cause of labor
Suhccriba for. THE J,AROR ARGITS