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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28
MINING LAW FARCE.

Laws for the protection of the
toiling masses mean much or little,
according to circumstances Thus
lar very few have successfully
run the gauntlet of the court
the great majority being
declared unconstitutional by the
"learned and impartial judges. -
And even those few will not en-
force themselves.
The exposure of the gross vio-
latlons of the state mining laws by
Representative Henry from Brooke
county very clearly demonstrates
the fact that laws are valueless
unless enforced. The violations of
the mining laws and neglectful Of
ficials have resulted in the slaupnt-
er of hundreds of miners in the
last few years in this state, and
yet the laws are still being VIC
lated.
The law in this case is clear and
plain. Its enforcement is matter
of life and death to the thousands
of men who delve in the bowels Of
the West Virginia hills. and bring
forth theIblack diamonds that have
placed our state high in the in
duStrial world.
MSome one is to blame for the
non. enforcement of this law. Men
are elected and paid by the people
and others are appointed to en-
force them and all of them have
taken a solemn oath TO do their
duty without fear or favor, wink
at the violation of the law when.
ever the viOlators are men who
weld political influence or who are
able and willing to bride the
dominant party machine to give
immunity.
The time has arrived when the
people must assert themselves and
lorce their ServantS-the office
holders-to do their sworn duty.
The preservation of the common
wealth demands it.
Let the wheels begin to turn.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28
LABOR BILLS PRESENTED.

The tact Of having represent
ativc Of the West Virginia SKATE
Federation of Labor on the gTCund
rs having some effect ut least on
the Legislature. Two bills tending
to curb the notorious 'guard'
evil, one to prevent laborerS from
being brought into this state upon
false representation and one pro-
tccting Street railway employees
have been introduced by Senator
Adam b. Littlcpage in the Senate;
a synopsis of the measures will
be found in other columns of this
issue and all fair minded and
justice loving people will join us in
saying that they are crying
need. The passage of these bills
will eliminate pconage and wage
slavery and above all the damn
able 'guard" system in our state
and will do more than any law
now on our statute books to enable
Yves Virginia to forge to the front
i'll the Industrial world.
And the employers liability act
and make slight rcviSions IN the
mining laws and enforce them and
the workers in the "Dittlc Moun
tain State will enjoy some of the
freedom guaranteed them under
the constitution.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28
A STORY OF GRAFT.

In our next issue we will com
mence the publication of one of the
strongest serial stories ever pre-
scented. the public, entitled GA
Gentleman from Mississippi" by
Friedrich r.. Toombs, 1t is story
of an epoch making battle of right
against wrong. of honesty against
corruption, of simplicity and sin
certify against deceit, bribery and
intrigue. 1t is the story of today
in this country. 1t vitality con
Germs every man, woman and child
in the United States, so far-reach-
ing is its influence.
The warfare is now going on
the warfare of honest men against
corrupt political machines.
The story tells the ''inside' of
the political maneuvers in Wash
ington and Of the workings of
bosses there and elsewhcre-how
they shape men and women to
their ends, how their cunning
intrigues extend into the very
social life of the nations capital
You will find inspiration in the
career of the honest old Southern
planter elected to the United
States Senate and the young news
paper reporter who becomes his
private secretary and political
pilot.
1t should prove to be doubft
interesting at this time when cor
ruption, graft and greed in high
places politically and otherwise is
being aired throughout the
country. Every one should read
and study carefully the valuable
information furnished in this great
graft exposing story. 1t begins
next week.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28
THE PEN SCANDAL.

Inc W est Virginia pcnitcntiarv
is in the limelight again thanks to
the efforts of an earnest and fair.
thinking member of the legislature.
who disclosed conditions that
prevail at that institution which
makes 1t a strong rival of the no
Uoilous guard system towards
casting everlasting disgrace al d
shame upon the fair name of our
tate.
An investigating committee will
take the matter in hand and it is
to be hoped that it Will do its duty
and place blame upon those who
are guilty and refrain from USING
the whltewssh brush as has been
customary heretofore in similar
cases.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28
WHAT DID IT.

AS we judge tree by its fruit,
so we may learn what trade unious
can do and have done for work :
1ngmen by observing what thew
nave already accomplished. No
one familiar with the facts will
deny that trades unions have sue
cessiuily combatcd attempts to re.
ducc wages that would have gone
unchallenged had the unions not
heen III existence. Evervhody
knows that it is through the effort
OF trade unions that workday has
been decreased from fourteen and
Twelve hours day to ten and
eight. In nearly every calling
that is organized there has been a
decrease in the hours of labor. In
some OF the most important in
dustries the eight hour work -dav
has been completely established
through the efforts of the uuions
In nearly every instance the short
enlng of the work day has haan
accomplished with u hipbor
daily wage.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28
NO APPEAL FOR MERCY.

Inc editorial article in the cur
rent number of the "a mericar
federatlonlst" makes it clear thai
Inc officers of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor have no intention
OF falling into the trap laid TO,
them and for the labor movement
by the published suggestion that
the President might ''pardon the
eftense" for which they have been
sentenced to imprisonment or that
a slight show ofpenitence might in
duce the court to exercise clemency
and remls~their punishment.
eve have not asked and will
not ask, for clemency," they say,
"and we hope our friends will not
urge us to pursue such a course.
To ask pardon would render use
less all the trial and sacrifice which
our men of labor and our friends
in all the walks of life have en-
dured that the rights and liberties
of the people might be restored.
Such a pardon would only leave
the case in, confusion, and it would
have to be fought over from the
beginning"
We are not surprised at this de.
claration, for we expected no less.
1T hardly need be said that we are
pleased.
Those who are determined to
lind Gompcrs, Mitchell, and Nor
rison in the wrong will, of course,
sneer at them for sscourting
martyrdom. y That is to be ex.
pected. But the sneer will not
hurt, If the masses of the working
people stand true to their cause.
1t IS not Il question of counting or
avoiding martyrdom. We take it
for granted that these three men
have not the slightest desire to go
to Jail, that they prize their
liberty as dearly us any others.
But the alternative before them is
just that of tamely submitting to
the courts decree and going to
Jail without Il protest, or still more
tamely submitting and acknow-
lodging the justice of an unjust
sentence by begging for mercy, or
protesting with all their vigo1
against the sentence and the ruling
on which it is founded, Offering all
practicable resistance to it, and
taking the consequences, whatever
they may be. The latter is the oulv
course they could pursue without
FORGETTING all title to respect.
We have little fear for the final
outcome of the contest, if the rank
and file of the working class man
fully support the sentenced officers
III the manly stand they have
taken.-Nev York Call.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28
THURSDAY,'JAN. %, 1909.
LABOR'S WATCHWORD.

We ,cW st0nd by orr fricnds ana
administer u Minyiny ,cbuEc to men
or parties mho are either ineiite, cnt,
mcgiigent or hostic, and, tDhencUe,' OPP
portmnity n0o'tks, secure the clectiDn
Of intelligent, honest, en,nest h'ndcs-
muiomist% 'cith, nnbicmiMe,i, paid M
MniOn curtis IN Meir possession.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28

Chief Laing Of the mining de-
partment bears out the statement
of President Ben Davis that the
Lick Branch mines was being
operated in violation of the law.
Will the matter stop here. or will
the guilty be punished or will they
escape like the Stuart, Whipple
and other violators7
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28
A CLEAR DISTINCTION.

When Judges administer the
law, their DEGREES, though mani
testify erroneous, should be re-
spectfully obeyed, Says the Labor
World. This is necessary to good
| order.
But if judges usurp authority,
their lawless edicts should be ip-
nored. This is necessary to the
preservation of liberty.
For that reason Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison
executive officers of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, and
editors of "The American FEEDER
atlonist'-are worthy of all com
mendation for having ignored
Judges injunction which assumed
to control their public utterances.
They stand in this respect, not
as labor leaders merely, but as
editors and American citizens
jealous of their fundamental rights
of editorship and citizenship.
BY ignoring an injunction de
structive of their constitutional
right to print and publish upon
responsibility only for abuse of
the right and solely to a jury, they
have been vindicating constitution
al guarantees of the first import.
ance.
The fact that it is judge in
stead of an executive whom they
have thereby disobcyed, makes no
difference.
Judges may be tyrants, too; and
it is as true of them when they
usurp power, as it is Of every other
kind of tyrant, that disobediencc
to tyrant is obedience to the law.
No man or set of men has a
more wholesome contempt for any
law that cannot be made to serve
their purpose or which stands in
the way of some grasping aim of
their own than do the moneycd
class of this country.
They seek to and do make the
law the vehicle Of their aims. but
when labor attempts any legiti-
mate contesting of their efforts
they Immediately resort to the
same courts and as inevitably
secure the redress. they seek.
1t is discouraging condition,
but no other alternative is offered
than that organized labor must
fight it out elf it takes all sum
mer.'
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28

Editor Ar%us-Announce in YOUR col
unlnS that am candidate for romi,la
ton for the office of Member of the
Board o5 Affairs of the Third District
City of Charleston, subject to the action
OF the Republican Primary Election. to
be held February 9Th. 1909, and respect.
fully solicit the support of my friends
Respectfully,
$. V. MORRIS
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28

The bill now pending in the
House of Delegates for the pro
lection of the street car workers
and to ensure them better working
conditions is a meritorious one and
should be passed without oppcsi
ton from members of the House.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28
For Board of Affairs.

Editor ArguS:-PlcaSe announce that
am candidate for the office of Board
of Affairs for the First District. CITY of
Charleston. subject to The action of the
Republican Primary Election to be held
February 9th, 1909, and respectfully
solicit the support of my friends
". r SMITH
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28
Political Announcement
FOR MAYOR

Editor Argus-Plensc announce that
am candidate for the office Of AIavor
OF the city OF Charleston subject to the
Republican Primary Election OF February
8, 1909 and respectfully solicit the sup
port OF my friends. l.. l., PRICE
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28

Cain will be a candidate for member 81
the Board OF Affairs from Second Dis
trictt comprising the fourth, fifth, sixth
and tenth wards. subject to the Republi-
can Primary to be held FEBRUARY s, 1900
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28

The Public service corporations
evidently want something else
from Charleston. a new charter
is being agitated by promoters.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28
For Counci1men.

Editor Argus.-Anuounce i'll the Argus
that l am candidate fo- the office OF
member OF the City Council of the City OF
Charleston, subject to the action of the
Republican Primary Election to he held
February 9th. 1909.
NJ. E. 7. SCHWAR
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28

Smoke Econ stogies. They bear
the union label and are the pro-
duct of home labor.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28

Every man taught the dignity
of labOr-tO fit himself to some
useful work and hold it at a dig
nified valuation; every woman
saved to the home, or safeguarded
from conditions conductive to i'll
health, dependency and degrad-
alton; every child kept from that
slavery which robs youth of its
freshness and freedom, and gives
to society stunted and vimless
manhood. is immeasureably more
than a matter of dollars and hours.
Hundreds of miners have been
hurled into eternity in West Vlr-
ginia caused by the utter disre-
gard and contempt for the law
by mine owners. The laws
are still being daily violated but
the guilty parties continue to eS,
cape punishment for their crimes
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28

PatrOnize home merchants and
help make Greater Charleston.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28
ATTENTION. SECRETARIES.

We are making a very lib
eral proposition to the Secre-
taries of local unions who
are DESTROYS of helping the
movement along and also re-
celve handsome remunera
ton for their efforts. Don't
delay, but write rs at once
for full particulars.
The LABOR ARGUS.
Charleston. W. Va.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-28

NJ E J. SCHWAB
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-23
WEBSTER HOPES
TO TURN TABLES
EXPECTS TO KNOCK OUT VOL
CAST TONIGHT
BATTLE SHOULD BE FURIOUS
ONE ALL THE WAY
Crack Little Featherweights Meet in
Return Match Tonight at Nc
Carey's CIub-Good Prelm
Card Arranged
ORDER OF BATTLE TONIGHT
PRELINIINARIES
BY JAY DAVIDSON
aMazaaAMMHHHMH%

( Ad Wolgast will engage in the first
of his two scraps for this week when
he takes on Danny CKid) Webster at
McCareys club tonight for a ten-round
argument with the local boy. Wolgast
has agreed to meet Webster tonight
and Walter Little. over the twenty
round course, Friday night, making a
double bill in one week for this crack
walloper from Milwaukee.
WOlgast figures that inasmuch as he
knocked out Webster in eighteen
rounds in their previous scrap, he
should have no difficulty in repeating
tonight at the shorter route. Webster
assures his friends that knockout
may be expected, as he intends to go
after the Milwaukee scrapper from the
first gong and With the determination
to mix it until he puts his conqueror
away for the full count. If he fails,
he may have to go to sleep himself,
but Danny never entered into fight
with greater confidence than in this
one tonight.
1t will be a great scrap while it lasts.
WolgaSt is a rough house, energetic
and Furnishing fighter and he will meet
a boy of the same type. who has been
IN the hablt OF rocking MS opponents
to sleep in rag time and who has a
game heart, as his industry in hound
ing Wolgast for a return match as
suredly proves. Danny lost no heart
when he was knocked out and believes
now, as then, that he is the master
of Wolgast.
Three fOur-round bouts will be staged
as preliminarieS. Two SiX-round slug
ging bees will divide the honors of the
semi-windup card. In the six-round
bouts Jack Redmond. another Milwau-
kee walloper, will take on the Hoosier
Kid, who is as thin as rail and has a
punch like stroke of lightning. This
bout will hardly go to the scheduled
limit. In the other six-round session
Dick Given and Frank Nelson will hook
up. Nelson will be remembered as the
game scrapper who put away Jimmy
Andrews a few nights ago, after An
drews had given him a terrific punch
ing for a few moments. This bout
should end suddenly and before the
limit prescribed in the articles.
The show is a popular-price affair
and is one of the best that McCarey
has arranged recently. AS usual, Nc
Carey promises that in the event of
rain he will have sawdust walks laid
from the car lines to the entrances. The
first prelim will be called at o'clock,
and this should enable the fans to get
back downtown by IL o'clock.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-23
LOS ANGELES PISTOL
CLUB WINS CONTEST
Figures as Reported by Scorer Erro.
neous, and AngeIenos Won by
Three Points, Instead
Of Losing

Through an error of the official scor.
er, the Los Angeles Pistol and Revolver
club was deprived of a victory over the
Smith & Wesson club of Springfield,
Mass, in their shoot at the Bishop
street range Sunday afternoon.
The figures as announced by the
scorer gave the team from the Bay
state a total of 2459, and the score of
the Los Angeles team as PASS.
The error was caused by the fact
that Mr.. Woodwork of the Smith &
Wesson club shot his score with a pis-
tol instead of a revolver.
In all matches where a pistol is used
instead of a revolver, two points are
taken off each 10-shot string, thus re-
ducing Mr.. Woodworth's score six
points in a 30-shot string.
The Los Angeles team all used re-
volvers and their score stands, which
rcakes the corrected totals:
Los Angeles club 2456, Smith & Wes-
son club 2453.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-23
LOSES
~@~
TO POLY TEAM
WINNERS MAKE ALL RUNS IN
FOUR INNINGS
Losers Strike Out Only Two Men, Al
though They Used Two Pitchers.
Victors Fan Five of Their
Opponents

Polytechnic high school athletes, both
in the track and baseball teams, had
a busy time Of it yesterday afternoon.
The track team won from the Los An
geles high school, while the baseball
nine defeated the Pomona high school
team at the Pomona diamond by a
score of to for citrus belt champion
ship.
Polytechnic made. all its runs be-
tween the second and sixth innings,
while their opponents made two in the
first and the other two in the eighth
inning. Pomona high school used two
pitchers in Becker and Acree, while
Tomkins pitched the entire game for
the Los Angeles school, Struck out by
Tomkins. 5; by Acree, 1; by Becker,
l. Mahoney, third baseman for the
losers, made two two-base hits. The
score:
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-23
MONROvIA YIELDS TO
LONG BEACH'S SQUAD
Dodd OF Winning Track Team Cap
lures Runs, and Harvey for Losers
the Muscular Events and
Jumps

In a track and field meet yesterday
afternoon at the Long Beach high
school cinder path, the Long Beach
high school track squad defeated the
Monrovia high school team by score
of SO to 43. Dodd of the Long Beach
team was the star of the afternoon,
capturing many Of the long runs, while
Harvey was Monrovia's strong man in
the point winning department
Following are the events:
High jump-Harvey, Monrovia, won;
Shepard, MonrOvia, second; Scott, Car
ney, Richards tied for third. Height {
feet 4 inches.
Hammer throw-Whitcomb Monro-
via, won; Long, Long Beach, second;
Cranston, Long Beach, third. Dis
tance 102 feet 312 inches.
100-yard dash-Davis, Long Beach,
won; Harvey, MonrOvia, second; Whit
aker, Monrovia, third. Time IL seconds
Mile run-Dodd, Long Beach, won;
Shepard, Monrovia, second; Blacknigh-
ton, Monrovia, third. Time 4:51.
44O-yard dash-L. Middough and
Davis tied for first, ]. Campbell, Mon
rovia, third. Time :55 2-5.
Pole vault-Watkins, Long Beach,
won; Harvey, Monrovia, second; Long.
Long Beach, third. Height 9 feet 3
inches.
220-yard dash-Davis, Long Beach
won; Whitaker, Monrovia, second;
Crandall, Monrovia, third. Time rs 2-5.
Broad jump-Harvey, Monrovia, won;
Dodd, Long Beach, second; Long, Long
Beach, third. Distance 10 1eet 91h
inches.
Half mile-Dodd, Long Beach, won;
Shepard, Monrovia, second; Stone,
Long Beach, third. Time 2:15 As.
Shotput-Harve--, Monrovia, won;
Morrison, Long Beach, second; Grams
ton, Long Beach, third. Distance AZ
feet 61s inches.
Monrovia forfeited the relay to Long
Beach high school, refusing to run a
longer race than 220 yards, while the
captains had agreed it should be a
440-yard run.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-23

starting point. BY this method both
ends OF the course were kept constant
Iy ADVISED of the results of each event
as they were run off. At the conclu-
sion of the races the scorers at start
ing and finishing points were called to-
gether and in each case tailed exactly,
SO that all possibility of clerical mis-
takes of any kind apparently were null
lifted.
1t was reported that Mayor Farley
of Pasadena and his wife were injured
during the races, but this was un-
founded, as they merely abandoned
their car, which had sunk into a bad
rut prior to the races, and did not at
tempt to extricate the machine until
after the races were over.
Distressing Sight Is Seen
While the great stream of cars were
scurrying toward the Altadena hill,
however, earlier in the day, the occu-
pants of the cars who happened to be
within observing distance were horri-
fed at an accident in which Mrs Nc
Caldin, an aged resident of Pasadena,
narrowly escaped being dragged to
death under buggy, in which she had
been driving and which was overturned
by heavy truck. Mrs. McCaldin, in
company with Miss Weber, a daughter
of DR.. Weber, was driving along Colo
rado street, near Los Robes avenue,
when the tongue of the truck struck
the buggy, turning it over and causing
the horse driven by Mrs. McCaldin to
run away. Mrs. McCaldin suffered a
severely lacerated scalp and very bad
bruises. Her companion was bruised,
but not seriously injured. The driver
of the truck did not stop, but hurried
away without waiting to ascertain the
damage he had done.
The course Of the hill climb was po-
Iced its entire length by thirty-five of
Chief Favour's ''bravest," who had
their hands full in keeping the crowds
back and at times utterly failed, the
crowds swarming onto the course like
ants.
No more perfect weather conditions
could have existed and it is certain
that the Altadena hill climb made itself
more firmly intrenched than ever be-
fore as a Washington birthday feature
for future years.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-23
PUeILIsT ARRESTED

Sam Waller, pugilist, known in the
ring as Kid Waller, was arrested at
814 Temple street last night, where he
was endeavoring to pass a fictitious
check The arrest was made by Pa
trolnan Lyman, who had followed
Waller from place to place and watched
his efforts to get rid of several checks
which had been reported as bad. At
the central police station Waller ad-
mitted that he had tried to obtain
money by means of the bogus paper.
The checks were all signed ''E. Walk
ins company and purported to be pay
vouchers issued by a contractor. The
police say Waller has obtained nearly
5000, which he is alleged to have spent
in riotious living.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-23
CORE BY INNINGS
SUMMARY

, Two-base hits-Neilson ., Waters Hens
ling. Sacrifice hft-Waters. Left on bases
-Racycles g. Santa Fe H. Bases on balls
OFF Clark ?, Hensling l. Struck out-By
Clark 8, Hensling IL. Double plays-NeIson
to Bell. Wild pitch-Hensling Hit by
pitched ball-Layer ,, Pace. Time of game
1850. Umpire-Putnam
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-23
VIOLET STREET LOSES TO ECHO
PARK BASEBALL CONTINGENT

The Violet Street team, No. /. and
the Echo nine played a fast game of
baseball at Echo park yesterday after
noon, and when the dust cleared the
Echo team was in the lead by a score
of to s. The feature of the game and
what proved to be the deciding score
was home run by Raynor in the sixth
inning. The batteries were: Violet
Streets, Pratt and Shont; Echos, Clark
and Terry.