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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
MACOMB SHERIFF
SHOT BY A BOY
OFFICER GOES TO HOME OF BEL
Q CLAN TO SERVE A CRUELTY
WARRANT,
WOMAN TELLS YOUNG SON TO
FIRE ON MAN SHE THOUGHT
INTRUDER.
Charge From Gun Lands in Matthews
Right Shoulder and Lung; Wo-
man and Boy Jailed.

Because he was mistaken for bur
glar and an ignorant Belgian woman
was unable to understand his demands
for entrance in the name OF the law,
Joachim Matthews, sheriff Of Ma
comb county, was shot and fatally
wounded by Benjamin Govare, IA
year-old boy, who was protecting his
mother. The charge from a 12-gauge
shotgun fired through a wooden door
entered Sheriff Matthews right shout
der, driving the leaden pellets and
the bone into his lung.
The tragedy occurred on the George
John farm, two miles east of Mt.
Clemens. Sheriff Matthews went to
the house with warrant for the ar
rest of August Govare on a charge OF
cruelty to animals. When he arrived
the man he sought was not at home,
being at another farm, mile distant.
The officer approached the front door
of the house and after knocking, de-
manded admittance.
Mrs. Govare, who was alone In the
house with her two boys, Bonnie, IA,
and Hemrie, 8, feared the man was
q burglar She told Bonnie to get
shotgun belonging to his father from
another room. While the boy was
doing this the mother. unable to speak
English. was trying to persuade the
unknown man to go to the rear door
OF the house Sheriff Matthews be-
neved the inmates Of the house were
barricading the doors against him,
knowing that he had q warrant for
the arrest OF the father. He warned
the people inside and then stopped
TO force the door with mis- shoulders,
not knowing that 1t had been nailed
ND for the winter. BY this time Ben
ME had returned with the shotgun
and the mother, half craEed with fear,
ordered the boy to shoot. Bonnie
pulled the trigger and outside Sheriff
Matthews fell with q gaping wound
in his shoulder.
The wounded man made his way
home unaided, and Immediately sink
ing into Inconsistencies, remained 90
until his death early Friday after
noon.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
Years TONNAGE
ON GREAT LAKES
TOTAL FOR 1911 PROMISES TO
EXCEED 1907 FIGURES BY
100000 TONS.
EARLY OPENING OF SEASON AND
HEAVY ORE SHIPMENTS
BIG FACTORS.
October Shows Falling of; Statistics
on Movement of Coal Lum-
Der and Grain.

Commerce on the great lakes for
the year 1910 promises to be the
largest in the history Of the trade. II
will exceed by 100000 tons the rec
ord year Of 1907. the bureau of stats
tics of the department of commerce
and labor estimates, if the months
OF November and December come
within 100000 tons of the CORE
spending months of last year The
total shipments for the season are
expected to be about $1,000 900 tons.
This years large shipments are duo
partly TO the fact that the season
opened early and that during the ear
Her summer months the shipments
were unusually heavy, the season REQ
ord for the first ten months of the
year being in excess by more than
100000 tons Of those Of the CORE
spending period last year and 5000.
000 greater than those Of the record
year, 1907.
October. however, with shipments
Of 10,e%e. 3s7 tons, fell short Of The
previous October's figures Of 1905
219 tons. This was due largely 70 the
smaller quantity OF ore shipped Dur
ing the month from the upper lake
ports. OF the monthly total moro than
81 per cent was shipped from Duluth
Superior. more than 20 per cent frem
Two Harbors and moro than II psr
cont from BsoAnaba OF the port de-
liveries Of ore during the month mere
than Is per cent Is credited to Lake
Erie ports and the rest to LAKE. Mich
igan ports.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
The telephone system of train dis.

The telephone system of train dis.
patching in use on the Saginaw-To
ledo system of the Pere Marquette
railroad is giving such satisfaction
that it may be extended to every
division within a short time. Con.
versation between Saginaw and Tole.
do is carried on in an ordinary tone
of voice and the ticking of a watch
held close to the receiver in the local
Office can be distinctly heard in the
Office at the other end of the line
The system required an outlay OF
$4,000 for apparatus, wires, poles
and labor
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
No Erills for Osborn.

According to w. F. Knox, of the
500, the Inauguration ceremonies Jan
uary will be the simplest and most
informal in the history of the state.
Military pomp and ostentation will
not figure in the Inauguration as it
is the desire of Chase S. Osborn that
everything shall be as simple and in
formal as possible. Contrary to the
usual custom, there will be no public
reception in the eevning. Rev. J. A.
Kennedy, of the Presbyterian church
at the 500, will deliver the invocation
before the new governor takes the
oath OF Office on the capitol steps.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
The Touch Of Humanity.

"very few people are aware" said
a man who knows all the hooks and
corners of New York, that one of the
most profitable fields of labor for
itinerant musicians and street singers
is the courtyard of one of our local
prisons. In this prison persons are
detained for considerable lengths of
time. They are locked in small, dingy
cells. Reading is out of the question,
SO that time goes slowly. Prisoners
always manage 10 get money from
friends or relatives and when any
sweet singer or player comes along
they fairly shower their coins upon
him"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
MsrshsII Man Gets 10 Y.ar..

As the result of the conviction q
Roy Davenport. aged II, and his ssa-
tence to serve Is years in Marquette
prison on statutory charge prefer
red by 16-year-old Lily Hackbsrt. one
Of his wife's unmarried sisters. "a
ward Dennison, the girls attorney
has asked for complete invsstiga~
ton Of the case. He will be aided By
Sheriff Graham.
Sheriff Graham says that neighbors
Of Davenport informed him that
there were five little graves In the
yard Of the Davenport and Hackbert
home. The sheriff states that he will
investigate the truth Of this report
and that IL he finds the graves he
will exhume the bodies.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08

Maj.-Gen. Wesley Merritt, u. s. A.,
retired, died at Natural Bridge, Va.
Gen. Merritt was a resident of the
District Of Columbia at the time of
his death
Gen. Merritt was the military COM
mander in charge Of the first detach.
ment Of United States troops who
landed on the Philippine islands, and
the land operations against Manila
were conducted under his direction
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08

An infalHble test for timed fruit or
vegetables of any kind is to open and
plunge into the contents a very bright
steel knife. Keep it there a few min
utes, and If copper is present, even IN
the minutest proportions, 1t Will be
visibly deposited on the blade.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08

The city clerk of Flint has notified
the Saginaw-Flint street railway com
pany TO substitute steel trolley poles
for wooden ones
Enraged because he was joked about
his relations with a widow for whom
he was working as a farm hand, near
Bay City. Russell Conant, aged 20,
shot and fatally wounded David Ed.
wards, aged 3s, and slightly wounded
John Stolliker who was riding with
Edwards on a wagon. The bullet
traversed Edwards's abdomen from
side to side and then struck Stolliker
in the side but did not penetrate much
below the skin
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
Selecting Your AGENT.

Hale, the Connecticut fruit man.
who has made a great fortune in the
business, selects one commission
house In each large city and sticks to
1t as long as he gets a square deal.
He says 1t pays to go to the Same
market year after year. and the great
mistake of many fruit growers is in
shifting about
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
Above All Others.

The deepest coal mine is near Lam
bsrt, Belgium, $500 feet deep; the
biggest dock is at Cardiff, Wales.
and the strongest electric light is at
the Sydney lighthouse. Australia;
while the largest lighthouse is at
Cape Henry. Virginia, being 165 feet
high.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
Shot and Killed Before His Children

Henry g. Knoop, aged A years, .
prosperous farmer and thresher, liv-
ing near Oak Grove, Livingston
county, was shot and almost instant.
ly killed in his own home, and in
the presence Of his six children. The
police say Sedgewick Line, aged 10,
the son of well-known and well-to-do
farmers, is the slayer Line has not
been captured. The police believe he
made his escape by boarding a west
bound Grand Trunk railroad train at
Durand and is now in Chicago.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
One Of LIES Finest rrlumph..

1t is a beautiful thing to model q
statue and give 1t life; to mold an In.
telligence and instill truth therein II
still more beautiful-Victor Hugo.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
Nature Study.

Nov, Tommie. what do you see IN
the suburbs besides grass, trees, and
iowers7" People wots runnin' to
catch their trains"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
The Hard Task.

II is easy to draw up rules of life,
but few people can live up to their
own rules.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
,.s,;,,,ior and independence,

II is we'll to go for light to an
otber mans fire, but not to tarT py
~ instead of kindling a torch OF ones
own.-From Plutarch.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08

WANTED-A dishwasher at Wright
Hall. Enquire of Mrs. Albertson.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-12-08
ro,,v Of Fault Finding.

Folly Of Fault Finding.
ston finding fault with people. me
more a man finds fault the more
proof that he hasn't done anytnins
woetb while himscs
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
RENEGADEs AND CHEAP
POLITICIANS IN SECRET
ANTI-LABOR ALLIANCE


WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE
National Labor" Alliance, organized
IN secret meeting here: this week, will
oppose the Influence, Of the American
Federation OF Labor in. national and
congressional elections. G..s srys&.l
! The meeting was attended by sew
eral members Of congress, who have
been opposed by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, and by members of
the defuncttA knights Of Labor and
others: II ( %i...@5..@;:: 4sIa, 4 I:
i The plan of the new organization
includes the raising Of fund to be,
subscribed by manufacturers and 9TH
ers who have been in conflict with the
American Federation Of Labor. and
by congressman who have had to
fight for their. political existence, be-
cause of their attitude on problems
proposed by organized labor. -, -:
+ A national headquarters ofsthe new
movement is to be opened, in Wash
ingten, and work of organization is
to be spread throughout the United
States, the promoters say. - - e.: :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
BIG STRIKE MAY BECOME x
NATION WIDE IN SCOPE
Continued from PAGE L.

is the fact that 5000 employees of
the Baldwin Locomotive works have
been induced to quit work, an. unex-
lpected surprise to the employers
side as it had until now been impos-
sible to even organize the Baldwin
workers. -
In addition 1000 carpenters, at CAM
den, N. j., are on sympathetic strike
and fully $500 more are ready to
go out in Montgomery county, in
which Philadelphia is located, as
soon, as the word is given. ): ~
Fifty thousand textile workers are
! out in Kensington; and most of the
mills in that district are closed. Ac-
cessions to the ranks of the strikers
are coming from many non-union
plants. At the Standard ball-bearing
works, 1000 men went OUT At
.Horning & Bramen's big chandelier
factory, fifty union men walked out,
and brought out 800 unorganized ems
ployes. v
So rapidly are the applications
coming in that the Central Labor
Union has had printed special ap-
plicatiOn blank as a souvenir of Am
erica's first great general strike.
The united German Trades are
working to bring out every German
workman in the city, and are distrib-
uting circulars printed in English and
German, urging labor to join this
strike, and stand firm for the rights
of the unions.
Altogether it is estimated that be-
tween 100000 and 100000 are now
on strike as the result of the Phila-
delphia Transit company's breach of
faith with it's employees, and that
hundred of thousands more stand
ready to quit should the cause Of
organized labor demand it,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
RECENT DECISION. OF
WRONG JUDGE WRIGHT
IS MENACE TO: LABOR

WASHINGTON, D. c., March II.
insignificant in it's immediate rela-
ton to the affairs Of the nation but
OF imm easurable Importance as es-
tablishing precedent for the subjugat-
Ing OF congress to the ruling of
supreme court, Wright's decision, just
rendered in the. District. Supreme
court in. the matter of a: mandamus
compelling senate committee on
printing to appear and show cause
why it should not consider the bid
OF the Valley Paper company, is be-
ing carefully considered by labor
leaders and their attorneys in Wash
ington.
1t was the same Justice Wright
that sentenced Gompers, Morrison and
Mitchell to twelve, nine and six
months, respectively in prison.
Could Nullify Labor Measures.
Justice Wright now states, in the
course of his decision relative to the
senators, that 'all officers are crea-
lures of the law, and even the gov
eminent of the United States is less
than the law making precedent for
future action which would nullify
acts of congress. favorable to organ
lied labor.
That the senatorial committee re-
fused to appear before, the court lid
vt in the least stay the proceedings.
the justice ruling that the progress
of the affairs of justice in such cases
is neither to be- avoided nor INSTRUCTED
by the absence Of the respondents"
The senator's are not fearful Of be-
ing held in contempt of court, they
assert that they are merely in de
fault, % but although this particular
case will not in all probability, de-
velop a severity of action upon the
courts part which would lead to a
national crisis, yet the precedent has
been established which can be used
with terrible import upon labor laws
which might in the future be forced
from an unwilling congress.
By the force Of his own decision
the court must now issue a man.
damus commanding the members of
the senate to do certain thing, but
this thing, the senators hold, they are
prevented from doing by the action
of their own body. Purely academic
| in it's immediate bearing, Justice
Wrights decision is acknowledged by
constitutional lawyers to be pregnant
with meaning for the future.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
GOTHAM WOMEN DON'T
CARE FOR SUFFRAGE

NEW YORK, March 11.-rhat the
Greater New York woman does not
want the ballot is shown by a poll
taken by an evening paper. Report
' 81 made a house to house canvass
in six representative sections of the
greater city and asked the woman Of
the house:
DO you want to. vote?''
A total Of $50 women-housewives
professional women, domestics, AMI
.Others-were seen. .-
Of this number .3O5 answered with
an emphatic no, 264 said yes, and,
what is, perhaps most significant, as
showing there is a large percentage
who haven't thought about it at all,
100 said they didn't know, and did
not want to be bothered about it,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
LABEL LEAGUE TO GIVE
BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT

A benefit entertainment in aid OF
the striking switchmen will be given
next Tuesday evening at Sloans hail
by the Woman's Union Label league
of this city.
A special program Of musical selec-
.tions and speeches is being prepared
and the support Of all members of
organized labor is asked to make the
affair a success. Sloan's hall, at
Twentieth avenue and Superior street
has been secured for the occasion.
The regular meeting of the League
will be held at Kalamazoo hall next
Monday night when final arrange
ments for the entertainment will DE
completed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
FORCE MASTER BUILDERS So.
TO ISSUE GUARANTEES

MONTCLAIR, N. j., March Ii
The Master Builders association Of
Montclair, in view Of the manifesto Of
the local building trades unions that
on and after May.1 no union man
will be permitted to work on. job:
where a non-union man is employed,
has announced that it will furnish
bonds to guarantee the completion
of any job that any of its; members
undertakes after that date.
The association, claims to- represent
every trade required in the construc-
ton of a building, and says it can
furnish the necessary mechanics 20
finish any Job where the union men
go on strike because of the employ
ment of non-union, men.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
Order Of Hearing ON Petition for De-
termination Of Descent of Land.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
St. Louis In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate or bertha
E. Osborn, Decedent
The petition Of Mary Osborn having
been filed in this court, representing,
among other things, that the above
named decedent died more than five
years prior to the filing OF said petit
ton, and that no will Of decedent has
been proved nor administration grant
ed on her estate in this state, that said
petitioner has, and claims to have5 an
interest in certain real estate of de-
of St. Louis, State of Minnesota. de-
scribed in said petition, and praying
tnat the descent of said real estate be
determined by this court. and the same
assigned 10 the persons thereunso en-
titled.
1t Is Ordered. That said petition be
heard before this court at the PROBATE
Court Rooms in the Court House, in
the City of Duluth in said County on
at ten o'clock a. M. and all persons
interested in said hearing and in said
matter are hereby cited and required
at said time and place to show cause.
if any there be. why said petition
should not be granted.
Ordered Further. That this order be
served by publication in the Labor
World according to law.
Dated at Duluth Ninn:' March srd'
BY the Court.
j. Is. MIDDLECOFF.
Judge OF Probate.
(Scal'Probatc Court, st. Louis County.
Labor World. Mar. 12-1e-2s-1e1o.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
Order Limiting Time to File Claims,
':'' anil for Hearing Thereon.

Order Limiting Time to File Claims,
':' anil for" Hearing Thereon,
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY. OF
St. Louis. In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate of Richard
M. Mork,* decedent.
Letters Of administration this day
having been granted to Christiana
Mork of Duluth, Minnesota.
1T IS ORDERED, That the time with
named decedent may present claims
against his estate in this court. be,
and the same hereby is, limited to
three months from and after the date
hereof; and that Monday, the 18th day
Of June, 1910, at ten o'clock A. NJ, in
the probate Court Rooms at the Court
same hereby is, fixed and appointed
as the time and place for hearing
upon the examination, adjustment and
allowance of such claims as shall be
presented within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in The Labor
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
MANILA SE.AMEN STRIKE.

MANILA, March 11.-Members OF
the Coast Seamen's Union, under the
leadership of Dominador Gomez, have
gone on strike because of a refusal
of their demands by local shipping
men,
The union demanded that all paints
and oils bought for ships be bought
from union shops, and that all wages
should be paid through union agents.
An increase of one-third in the rate
of pay was also asked
Eleven steamships were abandoned
by their crews and a sympathetic
strike of stevedores and the crews of
harbor launches is looked for.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
LAKE UNIONS RENEW
OLD DEAL WITH TUG ,,>
Z + OWNERS ASSOCIATION

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Mar. II.
After q brief discussion, de-
void of any unpleasant features,
the Great Lakes Towing associa-
ton, and representatives of the
various unions, whose men are
employed by that organization,
have renewed last years wage
scale agreement. making the. old
schedule of pay effective until
May 1, 1872
In the conference, Grand pres
1dent T. ". %O'Connor represented
the longshoremen, Grand Presi-
dent Martin Cole, of Duluth, APP
peared for the l.. II. p. A., and
!, Grand President Mccarthy for
the tug firemen. 49,,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
MEMBER OF LATHER'S UNION
JOINS BENEDICTS' RANKS

Harley Olson, a member of Lath-
ers' Union, No. IL, has joined the
ranks of the benedicts and his BROTH
er fathers are now looking for that
big box Of smokes next meeting night.
Mr.. Olson was married March 5
last at Spooner, Wis, to Miss Christ
ina Oyen, and after wedding trip
through the northern part of the
state the couple have returned 20
this city where they will make their
home at PIG East Sixth street.
Mr.. Olson is receiving the con-
gratulations of all of his friends.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
BATTLE CREEK UNIONS
FIGHT POST; WITH FIRE

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. Mar. II.
The meaning of Machinists' Union
organizer Dowd, of Detroit, when he
said that higher wages would be
brought about here without calling
a strike or forcing the closed. shop,
became apparent with the exodus Of
LOO union machinists to other Mich
igan towns, where the union scale is
paid. 49,
This is part of the program out
lined by the union organizers in their
fight with c.. w. Post Their idea is
that by reducing the number of
machinists here the demand will in
crease, making higher wage neces.
sary 49,. ~..'
The men who are leaving are most
~ married men with families who
feel that when they can get more
wages in justice to themselves, they
should. :: Through the organizers bet,
ter j., positions have been secured for
them. ,'.4.. = 49,; :-..,-..E +
The unions continue to grow in
strength and Post is reorganizing the
staff of his morning paper. x:s, 81: ,: {.
UNIONS FORM EXCLUSION BODY.
/, LOS ANGELES, Cal, March IL
An Asiatic exclusion league was
/ formed by labor unions here this
week, and resolutions were passed
declaring that the report OF the i'm
migration committee of the Los, An
geles Chamber of Commerce which
favored Japanese and Chinese imn1i-
gration to California, was unwise anu
unfair to working people. II B; 3j.ss 1. ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
SMOKY CITY's HELP =.
GETS WAGE BOOST

PHILADELPHIA, Marsh IL
Every employe of the city of
Pittsburg will get a raise in sal.
airy, the council finance commit
tee approving the re-adjusted
salaries this week. The increase
will add about 100000 to the
city's pay roll.
Scrub women are advanced 25
cents day, pages from SO to
SIS month. Some stenOgraph-
ers and clerks will get as much
as a $500 increase, while none
get below 500 a year more.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
PAPERNIAKERS QUIT WORK.

GLENN FALLS, N. Y, March II.
hundred union men walked
out of the South Glenn Falls mills
Of the International Paper company
Wednesday afternoon and less than
five minutes later, % strikebreakers
walked in.
Officers of the company say they
wilk> either run the business on their
own terms, or not at all, even if the
mills never turn another wheel.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12

The striking pants makers are beat
ing the bosses to- standstill No
fewer, than forty-five in Manhattan
and Brooklyn have already settled,
granting the men the desired increase
in wages. The union officials expect
the strike to come to a close shortly.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-03-12
NEW. HAVEN RAILROAD
WILL TREAT WITH MEN

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, March H.
The officials of the New York ana
New Haven road have decided that
they would settle their, own contro-
yersy witt their conductors and train
men over the matter of increased pay
and shorter hours without regard to-
the action which should be taken BY
the. other. Of the thirty-one eastern
roads involved in the same conten-
ton ;>.N 7.3$S.sT = %5..5 ~ Il
Following the appearance here Of
pamphlet ascribed to the Eastern,
railroads, in which the demands OF
the, men were refused, the New Haven
road issued q statement stating that
it was not connected with the, issu-
ance Of that pamphlet. s. #.s Il