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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-09
ECZEMA LODGES IN THE SKIN.
Not a Blood Dlseasc--Curch by OIL
az Nintrrgrren Compound.

For many years eczema was supposed 10
be blood disease and was enormously
treated rs such, but now the best authoIi'
ties agree hat eczema Is only skin disease
and must be cured through the skin. The
eminent skin specialist. pr. u, u. Dennis
first discovered the ecleina germ ana bis
discovery was quickly taken up In both
Germany and France
To kill the eczema germ and at the same
time heal the skin. Or. Dennis compounded
oil OF wintergreen, thymol, glycerlne, etc.
The remedy is liquid, not u mere salyc,
hence 1t sinks right into the pores OF the
skin Washing with this oil OF wintergrern
compound seems 10 take the itch away At
once; soon the scales drop away and the
disease disappears, The prescription has
now been used so long IA to have proven
It's absolute merit, and We do not hesitate
to express our confidence In d. y. d. Pre-
scrpriOn. VIM, b. Riker 4 Son Co.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-09
BLEW SNUFF INTO
GIRLS EYES; -FOUR
MEN ARRESTED
Quartet Accused by Miss Bern
stein Held on Charge
of Assault.

Miss Blanche Bernstein OF No q East
N!ne,y-tourth street, scarcely able to
see, and with her eyes nfamed and
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-09
BIG HOTEL AT NEW LONDON.

NEW LONDON, Conn.,, Feb. 9.-An-
nouncement was made to-day that a
new hotel would be built at the Pequot.
The new hotel will be owned by Con-
Owens places at the PeQuot form the
proposed site.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-09

WORLD WANTS WORK WONDERS,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03
Suspender Makers Union.

The above organization begs
leave to call to your attention the
fact that it has been organized for
several years and succeeded in
urging upon some Of the manufac-
turerS to place the union label on
their products.
AS 4 local directly chartered by
the American Federation Of Labor.
the suspenders made by our mem
bers bear the union label of tho
American Federation OF Labor.
We would therefore ask that
when either you are your friends
are purchasing suspendcrS that you
viii insist that the same bear the
union label.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03

They are now employed in the
manufacture of handkerchiefS un-
der contract between the county
and an individual contractor The
presentment reads in part: cit is
the sense Of this grand jury that
contract labor should be abolished
in this institution and Il system in
corporated where by convicts would
make clothing for state Institutions
only, aud thus not issue a product
which is in competition with paid
labor.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03
Against Contract
Convict Labor Evil.

a New Jersey grand jury at
Newark has handed up present
ment condemnatory of the system
of contract labor in vogue at the
Essex county penitentiary. The
presement urges that convictS here
after be employed only in the man
utacture Of clothes to be used ut
the various county institutions
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03
MAILS INTE-
LIGENCE SCHOOL
Receives a Hot Wallop From a
Reader in Its "Facts and
Figures" (,) Campaign.

The Evening Mail recently an
nounced that it would soon issue 4
statement giving "facts and figures
for the benefit of the citizens of
Charleston SO they may inteUigenNy
decide whether or not the CITY
should be dry.'
Everybody will remember that
during the session Of the legisla-
ture last winter, both the news and
editorial columns of the Mail
and Gazette were practically filled
daily with "facts and fgures'' for
the benefit of the members Of the
Senate 80 they might "intcNigcnHyN
decide whether or not the people
should have Il right to decide
whether or not the State
should be dry, and notwith-
standing all the political
parties declared in their platforms
that the question should be sub
mltted and notwithstanding some
of the senator's who when nomi-
mated on submission platforms and
others proclaimed loud and
long on the stump they were for
submission, yet the school of
"intelligence' referred to in the
Mail or something else caused
several Of the senators to vote
''wet.'
1t will cost a good deal to obtain
all the 'facts and figures the
Mail is publishing, and it must be
presumed that the Mail lis paying
for it, even if it did cost the
temperance advocates last winter
$500 to have published in the
Mail a few lines of what Abraham
Lincoln once said in favor of
Prohibition and the Gazette also
did likewise.
Nothing like "facts and figures
these times for the purpose of en-
deavoring to show some councilmen
how they may :'intelligently'
change from ''dry toswet'. But as
The Labor Argus often pub
fishes things Abraham Lin
coin used to say and without
charging anything for it here
goes the following as one of his
utterances which is very ap-
propriate at this time.
Mr.. Lincoln said:-"You can
fool a part Of the people all the
time and all the people part of the
time but you cannot fool all the
people all the time''
EREADER.''
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03

to return to work and the
controversy has been re-
ferred to an Arbitration Board
composed of three operators, and
three miners, they to select an
umpire to adj ust the existing diff
tcrences. Upon the return of
President Davis and National
Board Members Cairns and Parker
from Pittsburg Friday afternoon
where they had been in consul.
tltion with National President
Lewis in regard to the situation in
this District, the District Officers
went into a conference with the
Executive Committee of the Kan
awha Coal Operators Association.
The conference lasted until s
70 clock Saturday mnrning. Sever.
al propositions were offered by
each side which resulted in the
agreement Of referring it to an
arbitration board
President Davis at once called a
District Executive Board meeting
which assembled Saturday after
noon and placed the proposition
before them for final action. A fter
the situation was thoroughly gone
over, the proposition as presented
was endorsed by the Board and
the officials again met the opcr-
atCrs late Saturday afternoon and
signed the agreement, the full text
Of which appears elsewhere in this
issue.
Under the existing circumstances
this was about the only thing that
could be done, as work has been
SO poor for the past year that it
was absolutely necessary that re
lief be granted to the greater
ma jOrity Of the men at once, but
as the District officials had no
hope of securing financial relief
from the International Organi-
zation and were not in a position
to grant immediate relief they did
the next best thing possible by
agreeing to refer it to arbitration,
and have every reason to believe
that they will secure the decision,
as the justice of their demand is
SO apparent that no fair minded
grant them the concession asked.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03

The interesting information is
authoritatively given out that Mr..
j. w. Van Clcavc. president of the
Bucks Stove and Range Company,
also president of the National AS
SociatiOn of Manufacturers, has
quit. That is, rs president Of the
Manufacturers' Association, A he
will no longer give his invaluable
CD services in the union crushing
business. In the official organ of
his association he writes his "Part-
ing Salutation' and declares that
he will no longer be president.
In this valedictory effort he be-
slows most of his thought to a re-
hashing Of his relentless hatred to
the organized labor movement and
its men. TO this feature it is
scarcely necessary to call attention
This is now of minor Importance.
He says that without the "slighest
shadow of provocation' on his
part the labor leaders attacked
him
We call attention to the letters
written by Mr.. Van Cleave to his
friend and chum, the detective,
strike breaking agent Turner, the
letters we published in the last
issue Of the American Federation
list. These letters were written by
Mr.. Van Cleave in the early part
of 1906, long before there was any
dispute between the American
Federation of Labor and the Buck 5
Stove and Range Company CT which
he is president. We refer to these
letters us showing the policy,
purpose aud practice of Mr.. Van
Cleave in his rank antagonism to
unions and his hope from the dcs-
truction of union labor. Let us
quote Il few of his declarations in
his letters. He said: ''I do not
believe 1T to be wise to begin right
away to put in nou-union or men
who are obnoxious in any way.'
cit may be possible for us to
begin in a quiet, unnssuming, and
systematic way to put into our
shop as many of the non n-union
mOlders as can be found in this
country.'
81 am particularly anxious to
have the the Iron Molders' Union
commit an over act that will cancel
and wipe out Of existence all the
trade agreements now in existence
between the employers association
and the Iron MoldeIs' Union.n
':It is going to be my business tc
run the Iron Molders' Union and
Mr.. Keough into a trap
These and other equally illumi
mating sentiments clearly show
whether or not organized labor
'attacked' Mr.. Van Cleave with
out the ''slighest shadow of pro,
vocation on his part.
In one portion of his 'Parting
Salutation, Mr. Van Clcavc says.
Understand me. I am not re
tiring on account Of any attacks
which the American Federation O.
Labor has made upon me, or which
it may make. ! want to give this
statement all the emphasis that
words can place upon it. So far
as regards any further injury which
1T can do to me or to my business
that organizations power is spent
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03
PA SSlNG OF
VAN CLEAVE
President Samuel Gornoers, of the American
Federation, Pays His Respects to
the Gentleman of Labor
Hating Tendencies.
Inconsistencies of the Parting Sall1tatior1 of
"Bucl<y" is shown uI, in Able Manner
Let's Hope for Better Day.

| can laugh at all the assaults
which it will make upon me in the
future. if it makes any at all.
Necessarily, however, it will take
Il little time for us to recover fully
from the effects of the attacks
which it has already made.''
If Mr.. Van Cleave is not retire
ing on account Of the defensive at
titude of the American Federation
OF Labor to repel his savage on
slanghts, why was it necessary for
him to give his denial call en-
phasls that words can place upon
it7' Does it not rather appear
that Mr.. Van Cleave 'sprotests too
much," and that beneath it all is
the real confession of the fact that
there has grown up strong re-
volution Of feeling against his
policies among the thoughtful
manufacturers, members of his as
sociation7 Indeed, in another part
Of his letter he unintentionally
confirms this. He says, "a few
members have left the association
in the past year or two.'
How "Tew' Mr.. Van Cleave
would be unwilling to publicly
admit, but there is evidence on
every hand that progressive.
thoughtful employers, to a very
large extent, are tired, out of touch
and out of sympathy with the
lengths to which Mr.. Van Cleave
has gone in employing the detect
i've, spy system, character assassi
nation and union DESTROYING.
They are not in sympathy with
his efforts to muzzle free press and
free speech
1t is true beyond doubt that
there IS a change of feeling among
large number Of employees. This
IS shown by the employees as
sociation in Seattle and manv
other cities throughout the country
who have tired of the Van Cleave
slogan of the so called '.open shopn
are now i'll agreement with organ
lzed labor; who find by experience
that the most competent, intelli-
gent, and self-respecting workers
are i'll the ranks of the much mis-
understood labor organizations of
our country The Typotheta
(employing printers association
recently adopted a resolution de-
parting from the so-called .sopen
shop" policy, giving their mem
bers power and authority to enter
into trade agreements with the
printing trades unions, and to es-
tabllsh the eight hour day.
The collective bargain, the trade
agreement: is coming to be recog-
nlzed as the proper method by in
telligent, far-seeing employers.
They realize that these are an in
tellectual and economic advantage
in adjusting the relations and
labor conditions with employees.
In the recent negotiations be-
tween the representatives of the
! United Mine Workers of America
and the coal operators in the an
thrac1te regions, the agreement
reached, while not recognizing the
union in specific terms yet agreed
that the representatives of the
| Continual On pnno g.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03

The following is a statement
from President Da7 in connec-
ton with the present con ntroversy:
a. have never, during the nine
years that | have been repre-.
sentative of the United Mine
Workers Of America, hcsitated
for one moment to carry out all
Instructions that have been hand
&c down tome by the International
President, and now in justice to
myself. my colleagues, the miners
of this District and the public in
general, in order to make my po-
SItion clear, and 50 that there can
be no misunderstanding, | wish to
are fully aware of our conditions
Ant! hAve-tull- lSno rledge as to the
entire situation. l wish to further
say, that any policy they desire to
adopt for this District will be my
policy and VIII be carried out to
the best OF my ability. They
would not endorse the recent
struggle. We had no hope of be
my assisted financially and it is
now up to the lutcrnation Organi-
Zauom to define a policy.
"Ihr Operators agree to return
to the original contract whenever
the Paint Creek Collieries Co. and
other companies, who were parties
|" The zoos agreement are forced
To ave up to the same. The In.
lcrnalIona refused to finance ii
aS'Iike against the companies re-
l'rr"i to above when they had it
}" lhtlr hands to take such action.
let me repeat that whatever course
IS outlined by the National for
thjs District, the same will be
followed by me. have during
an IN" negotiations that have
taken place between the operators
VI ''IH i'lNtrlct and our representa-
uNrN sever lost sight Of the fact
'"Al my every act would be a mat
tef I'll record and that my actions
"onId be subject to criticism, but
IL >h"uid bc honest criticism. |
"i'\ ASK to be given a tair and
N"''Nl hearing Oh every question
thdt has come before me during nv
administration as President of this
District.
Ihr National Organization has
"e'H Thoroughly acquainted with
every tthlng that has taken place in
'NiN District and my every act in
''''''"re to the controversy that
I'''> '"r't or since june and one wear
49, mas had the approval of every
''ei'''h representative working
!" lhIS District. Then il am
'"'g'ct to condemnation. why
'"''.A NOT all the officers from the
International down receive the
'''l' treatment at your hands until
1'' Npon>lhility has been proper
y pared after thorough and i'm
P"''.'' investigation from every
st,n,.point.'
N'' l." InS miners i'll the kana-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03
Duty of the Women.

When the wives and daughters
of all union men demand the union
label on all theirfpurchases, then
impetus that cannot be stopped by
all the injunctions or other OBJ
structions ever devised by greedy
Man The time has arrived when
the women must help in the cause
to elevate the home.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03

GRAlFTERS
Claim They Own the Council and
Will Make it Reverse Itself on
License Question.
1t is About Time That the People
Took Hand in Eliminating the
Freebooters from Our City.

TreeDOOterS from Uur C1ty.
The city council meets in rcgu-
lar session next Monday evening
and the outcome of the session is
awaited with interest by our
citizens.
The bipartisan bosses have been
exceedingly busy this week and
claim that they have bought pres
sure enough to bear on the re,
quisite number Of councilmen to
insure that hbody reversing itself
on the license question. But in
the event council should do so that
does not signify that all appli-
cants will get license, and judging
from the activity from certain
sources it simply means that the
select lew who have a pull with
the bosses will draw the prizes and
those who tdo not belong to the
"ring' will be left out in the cold
and their business confiscated by
the bipartisan cZars.
Many rumors are atloat in re-.
gard to what the dry members will
do and how they will be handled
Some oyerzealous ringstcrs are
offering wagers that several of tho
councilmen will be out OF the city
on Monday evening attending con.
ventlons and on other business; rs
an excuse for their absence, but we
are unwilling to believe that there
is a member Of that body who will
willingly absent himself from this
meeting and become quitter.
On the other hand some of them
may change their views, but we
believe they will have the courage
Of their convictions and do it in
open meeting and.will not dodge be-
hind some frail excuse. They
were elected by the people and
they owe that duty to the people.
AS we have said before this is
not Il question of prohibition, but
questions as to whether or not a
few political bOsSes-who have been
repudiatcd by the ballots of the
members of their respective parties
on more than one occasion will
be allowed to dictate and control
the actions of the members of the
city council, and it remains to be
seen whether or not the bosses can
make good their claims that they
can "throw light enough on the
subject to carry out their wishes
and desires.
At present it looks as though
the Partisanites have run up
against a snag which the use Of
filthy lucre will not remove, and
already the death knell of the BIZ
partisan charter has been sounded
and the people refuse to be further
exploited by the public service
corporations, the "whiskey ring,'
the gambling combine, the pro
fessional office seekers and the
promoters Of vice and shame.
Charleston must clean up the
gratters both large and small if it
hapes to live, and now is the time
to begin before the treebpOtarS
SObblc the whole Shcbang.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03

issue it was the only thing they
could do under the circumstances,
as the National Organization re-
fused to finance or recognize the
strike and instructed the District
officials to unravel the situation in
the best way possible and
further that when the opportune
time arrived the National would
repudiate the Paint Creek agree
ments and strike the places oper.
ating under that agreement.
This position Oh the part of the
National Organization does not
satisfy the men or inspire them
with any confidence thay will
secure anything in the way Of
concessions by accepting the long
ton on accommodations that do not
hold out any definite encourage
ment or defined policy and they
demand that definite and final
action be taken at once, and af-
firm that until such time as this
is done they will refuse to work
under long ton conditions.
The miners back up their posi-
ton with the argument that
they have been put off from
time to time for the past
year with the assurance
that the matter would be taken
up later on, and that the action of
the District Convention has been
reversed by the District officials
by instructions from the National
Organization and that the time
has come when they want to know
where they are "at' and what pO-
sition the parent organization pro
poses to take. They are tired be-
ing kept in suspense and as they
are parties directly interested insist
that their actions taken in conven-
ton and otherwise be given some
consideration.
The entire responsibility for the
whole affair has been shouldered
upon the District Officials and
they are suffering much unjust
criticism, and the loyal members
of the organization, who have
fought it's battles in the past vigor-
Ously declare that the officers
should not be denounced for com.
plying with Instructions from
higher authority, but that the ell
tire situation should be fully ex-
planned to all concerned and then
let the responsibility rest where it
may.
The Paint Greek settlement was
disapproved by the National Or.
ganization but as yet no further
action has been taken in regard to
it and inasmuch as that position
has been taken, the general de-
mand now is that it he repudiated
by the National and the mines
struck and that their position on
the entire situation be made clear
to the West Virginia miners.
The men certainly are in earnest
at the present time and if given
assistance by the National Organi-
zat;on, and continue to display the
same determination, it will only
be question Of very short time
until this section of the State
will be thoroughly organized.
They claim in ringing words that
the opportune time to DO some
thing is here.
The final outcome Of the entire
matter is attracting the attention
Of the miners of the entire state
and will have much to do with
the future of the organization.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03

itt' striking miners in the Kama
VIA Valley have been ordered
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03

The miners in the kanawha
Valley are aroused as never be
fore. On Tuesday afternoon four
thousand men assembled at
Smithers, and all the men in the
lower end of the District, COM
prised of Black Betsey, Plymouth,
Raymond City, Bancroft and
Harmon's Creek did likewise, for
the purpose of discussing the last
settlement and the situation i'll
general. President Davis address
ed the men of the lower end and
Vice President Lanham the
Smithers meeting, and clearly set
forth their reasons for making the
settlement.
AS stated elsewhere in this
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-03

Now is the time to subscribe for
the Labor Argus
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Continued on Page g.
The Glenwood post., 1909-12-11

tanning unusual natural rock forma-
tions in the vicinity of Grand june,
tion.
Secretary Ballinger announced yes
terday the restoration to the public do
main of approximately 100000 acres
of lands in the states of Wyoming, Ida
ho and Utah. withdrawn from settle
ment as phosphate lands and found up
on examination not to contain phos-
phate with such reasonable depth Us
to make them workable.
The examination resulted in finding
391 900 acres of land in Wyoming and
Idaho not heretofore withdrawn con
tanning valuable deposits of phosphate.
and these lands have been withdrawn
from entry The total area of land in
Wyoming Idaho and Utah withdrawn
as phosphate lands is now 2,551 900
acres.
Secretary Ballinger has withdrawn
from settlement for utilization as pow
cr sites 1886 acres of land along South
Boulder creek. Colorado
The Glenwood post., 1909-12-11
GUGGENHEIM WORKS FOR BUILD
INGS AT GLENWOOD

Washington, Dec. l7.-All of the
members of the Colorado delegation in
congress answered to the roll calls in
the senate and house yesterday except
ing Representative Rucker, who has not
reached here from his vacation travels.
During the session Senator Guggen-
helm will concentrate his efforts to Sc
cure the passage of his bills for appro-
priations for public buildings at Glen
wood Springs, Montrose and Durango,
and to enlarge the public building al
Colorado Springs; to grant lands for
public park purposes to cities and
towns of Colorado; to provide for in
struction in forestry in agricultural
colleges; to pension the surviving mem
bers of the Forsythe scouts organiza-
tion: to restore the pensionable status
of the Third Cavalry; to establish a
subtreasury at Denver.
Senator Hughes will endeavor to Sc
cure legislation to have a national park
established to preserve district con-