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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-12-09

Fine Jersey COW viii be fresh Iby day of sale,
Jersey better one year old
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-12-09

at o'clock P. NJ This property is located ia the
heart Of the city Of Martinsburg w. Va, On West
Martin street Ne aga and a34 The bot measures
10 feet front by o5 feet back. This 10, is improved
by room dwelling house with porches adjoining
and fine dry cellar also good size saiee build-
ing iscirgi Nj rtin street in tie rear brick ware
house, large wood shed, large chicken house also
large cistern nd fine bsafdwalks through the yard,
there also plenty OF grape vines and fruit trees
on the Let. This properly will make a coy home
70, any family or FIRST class location Tor a doctor
d IA Z
TENNIS cash en- "a, II sale
Possession will be g,vea tie first DAY OF April,
II possible, sooner
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-12-09
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS

Send &c.,. name sof paper and this sd for our
beastiful Savings Bank and Chilfs Sketch Book
Hash bank contains Good Luck Penny.
SoCTT 6 BOVINE, 400 Pearl St. New Yosk
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-12-09
Valuable Real Estate For Sale
saturday in February, 1911,

The under signed will sell valuable real estate
public auotioa at the front door OF the Court House
on he
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-29
High Graders

The case or the state against the
-four men accused OF high grading,
namely: George Rumsay. Thomas Rus
sell. Joseph Grobacker and II. w. Muel-
Ter, was called tor preliminary hear
ing in the justice court, before jus
tlce +. c. Shannon at 10 o'clock this
morning. On account Of the Dumber
present making the quarters crowded
the case was heard in the district
court room.
District Attorney G. w. Lane asked
for a continuance in order to give at.
torneys time to prepare TO try the case
on two charges. for larceny, and a con
splracy to commit larceny. and thus
save considerable time.
Attorney ]. l. Pulliam. the defend
ants counsel, objected to combining
the cases, insisting that the same
could not lawfully be done. There was
considerable argument over the tech
nicalitles involved by the point at is
sue, which took up most CT the morn
ing. Attorney asked that the case
be heard at once and that the pria
oners not be kept confined Longer
while waiting for trial. II court insist
ed on sustaining the district attorney
In combining the cases, there SHOULD
be at least twenty-iour hours notice
After further discussion and recess
OF some minutes Attorney pulliam salt
he was ready to proceed with tn
hearing on both counts, but he still
held that the court was in error Fl
regard to trying both cases at tn
same time.
The court ruled that the charge o
attempt to commit larceny and tn
conspiracy to attempt larceny shoul
be tried as one case. They then pre-
ceeded with the. case and two vii
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-29
nesaes were called before noon. whom

nesses were called before noon. when
court adjourned TIL 1870 this after
noon,
rhi afternoon the state called a
number OF Witnesses. hut nothing OF
great Importance was brought out
until Sheriff Clarke took the stand,
In his examination the sheriff testified
that he went to the Mueller ranch on
Sept 20. With n search warrant. In a
building on the ranch he found saso-
line engine connected with shaft, but
pulleys had heen removed He also
found a furnace and a number of Stag
pots, He also found ore, two sacks Of
which he produced in court Some OF
Il he discovered on shelf in one Of the
looms Of the building. and some OF IT
was on the ground outside, on the
east Of the door.
AT tie north end OF the building,
outside there was the remains of a
fire, which had evidently been put out
by water. since pools of water were
su1 standing. The fire had possibly
been burning the night before There
were no traces Of what had been burn.
ed The witness also testified that
lie found piece Of copper plate, which
he connscated Sheriff Clarke said
that the Mueller ranch is on Pine
river between Ignacio and Bayfield,.
On Sept 90 the same day on which
he searched the Mueller ranch, Sheriff
Clarke searched the old brewery here
in town. There he found cav
ciusher with iron ronors, an electric
motor and number OF Stag pots
Some of the latter We're new and
some had been used. He also found
some sacks Of cement and lime. and
some lime siaked in tub. lie also
fund q sack Of ore that had been treat
ed. In addition there was lead tank
or barrel with sediment in the bottom
which he thought to be ore settings
Then there was a furnace. such as is
used in assay offices. Outside the
door he discovered another barrel
which bad ore sediment in II. he
thought In a back room there were q
number Of cement sacks tied up in a
roll hidden under one OF the brewery
bins
sheriff Clarke is still on the stand as
we go to press.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-24
Rules of Contest

Any t Every candidate
ANY blanks sod
n
be
e touring Car the $500 Apollo @ aysr Inc tn
Hobart M Cable awarded
divided
nominated VIII retained
trt frs nominal
district they desire and
prizes
to
Of the Contest
the o
best of The Herald
the ntest
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KlPlING-lO VOL ljNaES FREE

Each contestant In The Heraldss Popular Voting Con
test will be given beautiful of masterpieces of the
worlds literature, set of the works of Rudyard Kip
ling for the first six yearly subscriptions they send
H. Just think of you only have to get SIX people to
take The Herald for year and get absolutely free
your choice of 10 volume set of Kiplng eight vol
set of Masterpieces. Or will send both sets to
any contestant for the first 10 yearly subscriptions
sent in
Note Special prize offers do not affect in any way
the awarding of the regular prizes. No is barred
from winning regular prize account of having re-
ceived special prize.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-24
Special PriZes--
WHY Il Pasoans Are Excluded

Herald excludes residents this city suburbs this
for the that would manifesy impossible for
with local The
Herald reaches Of the this and
pile
collecting the subscriptions his
mediate Ell candidates al
Paso and Ell Paso suburbs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-24
Contest District No. |

Includes all of west Texas Outside of Ell
Paso), and the territory adjacent to the Ma
tional Lines of Mexico, in Mexico.
Contestants in this district are competing
for the following prizes:
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2ND GRAND PRIZE-ssoo APOLLO PLANO PLAYER
sRD GRAND PRIZE-TwO TRIPS TO NEW YORK
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LIST District Prize,
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Cd District Prize,
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Many people suppose that it is necessary to be
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-24
Contest District No. 2

Includes the following: Otero, Lincol1
Torrance, Eddy, Chaves, Roosevelt, Curr
Quay, Guadalupe, San Miguel, Union, Co
fax, and Mora counties in New Mexico, an
the Panhandle counties in Texas
Contestants in this district are competin
for the following prizes:
1ST GRAND PRIZE-$125o OVERLAND TOURING CAR
2ND GRAND PRIZE-se0o APOLLO PIANO PLAYER
BIRD GRAND PRIZE-TWO TRIPS TO NEW YORK
4TH GRAND PRIZE-S4o0 HOBART n. CABLE PIANO
LIST District Prize,
$125 VICTOR VICTROLA
I'd District Prize
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05
.SEAMEN, ENCOURAGED,
]: await Il! Opening. PEI | OF j
. . !. NAVIGATION SEASON

Cleveland, FEB: As a result of
meetings held; along the. lower lake
ports in the month of:*January the
striking seamen; of the sgreat lakes are
more than ever resolved to fight to a
finish the "welfare' policy of the lake
During last month seamen's meet
ings were held at Milwaukee, Chi
cago, Toledo, Detroit, Port Huron.
Marine City, Erie, Buffalo, Tona-
wanda and in this city.
Milwaukee, in the face of a fierce
blizzard,' turned out over $50 men to
hear Messrs. Furuseth, Olander and
Stack.
Chicago packed the Sailors uniop
hall on the following night. Toledo,
in her turn, mustered over $50; De-
troit, over 200; Port Huron, 200; Ma
rine City, 200. Here they spoke to
over 400 and turned men away from
the DOORS. The Musicians hall here
was packed full, with not even stand.
ing room in the hallway outside.
The good news that as a result OF
the ballot taken on the pacific coast
the Sailors union Of the Pacific has
voted $4,000 for the lake strike has
put great heart in the lake. seamen
and they are eager for the season to
open. =.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05
||J|u|lL.I|NlAh i ] ||.!| 1 BECAUSE ! [
he N0UtD| BECOME:
!. =. A. STR|ktB]R|EAkf:R R | 4 | I

Lead, S. D., Feb. 4.-That. the off,
scfals of the Homestake Mining COM
,pany are becoming desperate at their
failure to procure capable scabs Or to
starve the local members of the West
ern Federation of Miners into con-
dition that will force them to return
to work under "open shop for scabs'.
conditions was again evidenced this
week when Carl Kraus, who had been
imported: from Colorado as a. scab,
was thrown into Jail when he refused
to work. $50 ~,
Kraus, who was hired through mis-
Representations by the Homestake
;eompany's agent, succeeded in getting
word / to the officials of the Western
Federation, who at once. secured a;
lawyer, and by dint of impressing the
city authorities with the fact that lit
was not a crime in this state for a
man to refuse to work, managed to
obtain Kraus' release within a short
time; 49, .- %...>':
u. The struggle, in the Black Hills has
assumed proportions that may be Of
more than local Importance. Starting
Jon last THANKSGIVING eve, at the
sHomestake mine, the lockout has now
spread to thirteen OF the largest prop
serties in the Black Hills If-the mine
Owners are successful In establishing
am open shop in this territory. it s
expected that their war of extermina-
.!tion against, the Western Federation
iof Miners will be carried into every
mine in the west. ~ zs, 5@s ~, r..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05
JERSEY CITY JUDGE.
S0AkS HIRED THUGS

Jersey City, Feb. 4.-William Wal
dren and Alfred Poler, both charged
with assaulting Edward ]. Curry and
William Collins, were each fined $25
before Judge Farmer.
Curry and Collins have both been
active in organizing the employees Of
the Pacific Service Corporation of New
Jersey into the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Street and Railway Employees
of America, and because of their
work in successfully organizing the
men they became the marks for the
spies and detectives in the employ cf
the corporation.
Thursday afternoon, while leaving
the subway station in this city, they
were attacked by Waldren, Poler and
number of others and severely 'bea-.
en-. The police managed to arrest the
two mentioned, while the others made
good their escape.
In convicting the two men, Judge
Farmer stated that the unionists,
have perfect right to organize and
should spies or detectives of the cor
poration shadow them they should
cause their arrest.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05
STRIKE OF STEEL CAR ......-
|. employees AT HAMMOND p
=. is AT LAST SETTLED

: Hammond, Ind, Feb. 4.-The strike,
of the Standard Steel Car company
has been settled. "
The company has granted all the
conditions asked by the workers.
The increase lin wages caused con-
siderable dispute, but finally an agree
ment was reached on that too. s. A
uniform advance. of 10 per cent for
all departments will be made with
in less than thirty days. ~ ',.s+.,.s-:
2 The $500 men in the strike were
out about two weeks. The battles
sfought in the village were of the
fiercest kind. The city as well as the
county officials seemed to be against
the strikers. Fifty deputies were, sent
out and an equal number of special
police were impressed into service.
The police slugged and shot men and
women. ..s<,' ,-'- ~
The special police were mostly men
Of the lowest type. They were va
grants who were. forced to take any
thing to earn little money, or pinlps
and disorderlies of Hammond and
men around the race tracks who look
out for every chance to earn free
s"booze'' and a dollar easily. { They
are paid $6 day and expenses, :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05

tators," speeding up Of machinery.
cutting down wages and smashing
unions. Il
There is a big feature which is not
generally known. That is the settled
policy of all those using the Pinker-
ton system; that the wage-saving
made by the companies after 4 strike.
shall pay the expenses incurred in
using the Pinkerton service during
that strike, that the wage cuts not
followed by strikes shall pay for the
continued operation of the Pinkerton
service. r.s ..f$
The ex-Pinkerton, in discussing this
system, says:
II want to drive home the fact that
men who are paying for the Pinker-
-torisl,,ion crushing system are not
the employers, but the workers..
The entire story reveals plots and
counter plots of this detective agency
in which employers, in their zeal to
destroy unions and reduce wages,
taks into their councils probable Jail
birds who would betray their trade
secrets as quickly as they would
swear worked on to q hangman's
trap door. St} ~ 81 q. 81 is5
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05
hURDERER ADJUDGED INSANE, IS FOREMAN OF A s..
NON-UNI0N SWITCHING CREW IN ST. PAUL YARDS

that his actions were those of.a per-
son in full possession OF: his mental
faculties. /. 55Si> is#
The aggravating part of the whole.
cases is that Fischer can never be
re-arrested. in the state Of II Mime
sofa. He can continue to fill the
place OF union sWitchman, though
the man had never had an hours ex-
perience In that line. S'x /
The employment Of such charact-
ers as Fischer proves that the state
ment OF the railroad officials that
the strike is lost by the employees.
lbs utterly false, and that the men
who are holding out for Whit they
and the public generally consider =
fair and just demand have little to
fear as to the ultimate outcome OF
the contest.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05
Govt Mail Contracts
Scored By Unionists

Chicago, Feb. 4.-National and city
governments were condemned for ex-
travagance and inefficiency BY dele
gates to the Chicago Federation of
tracts with the railroads and the lat
ter for it's attitude against humane
conditions for city firemen in oppos-
Ing the two-platoon system.
+. Charges that the mails were pad
aed during the weighing period and
hat the government paid the rail
roads eighteen times as much as the
express companies do for the trans
Dortation Of similar matter were
made by the speakers during five
hours session.
Roast Other Governments
The delegates did not confne them
selves to the United States, as when
The orators got warmed up they rec
Dgnized no boundary lines and the
Portuguese government. was con-
demned for allowing slavery in the
Islands Of ST. Thomas and Principe,
where slaves are employed ON cocoa
shipped to this country.
Following are some of the things
which the federation did:
Adopted resolutions protesting
against any legislation changing ex-
listing postal rates on second class
matter such as magazines and news
papers.
Demanded that President Taft rec
ommend that the government pay the
railroads the same rate for transport
ing second class matter that the ex-
press companies pay so that the an
nual postoffice deficit may be wiped
out.
Indorse Liability Bill.
Indorsed the bill now before the
legislature for commission to study
the question of employers liability
and report by Sept. 1, 1910.
The recommendation of President
Taft that the postal rates be increased
on second class mail matter was de-
clared by the delegates to be an at
tempt to put the undertaking maga-
zines and large newspapers which
criticize the government out of busi-
ness. The resolutions which were in
troduced by delegates from the
Switchmen's union said that the gov
ernment paid the railroads cents a
pound for carrying second class mat
ter, while the eXrress companies paid
one-half cent a pound for the same
service, the only difference being
that one was labeled mail" and the
other express"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05
HEARST USED GU|SE
OF FRIEND. Of LABOR
TO BOOST PAPERS
Say Miners.

indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 4.-Wil-
liam Randolph Hearst, who 'thas
posed as the friend Of labor and the
advocate of unionism,' was de-
nounced as a masked hypocrite' by
the 1900 delegates to the twenty-first
annual convention of the United Mine
Workers of America, recently In ses-
sion here.
In set of resolutions already in
troduced into the convention, Hearst
was held up as "cowardly," in the
attitude he has assumed with regard
to the lockout of the Western Fed
GRAFTON of Miners at the Homestake
mine at Lead, South Dakota, owned
by the Hearst interests, and it was
charged that his friendship for or
one of his methods for enlarging the
circulation of his papers. ;,,s4..,,s,. Il.
The reso1utf0ns- we're tntrodurdd
at the special request of President
Charles II. Meyer of the Western
Federation of Miners, who paid at
tion to the Hearst brand of hypocrisy
in his address to the convention on
Thursday. AS result the vision O.
the miners is not only clear on the
subject of alleged "friends' in the
, capitalist political parties, but it has
also become very wide awake on the
subject of those who come begging
at the doors of organized labor for
patronage through the guise of one
fighting in labor ranks.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05

and who was found guilty Of MUIR
dering his brother-in- law on septem-
ber 10. 1909, and was subsequently
adjudged 5 insane and committed to
the Warren insane asylum, was ar.
rested last Saturday at st. Uaul,
Mimi, where he was acting as fore-
man over q bunch of strike breakers.
Detective Watson Of North Warren,
had heard that the man was in ST.
Paul and left for that place with
the intention Of bringing him back
and having him placed in the asylum
from which he escaped. The alleged
insane man was too crafty for the
law. and when brought before =
Judge charged with being an escaped
l,rnatic.. he was prompt ptlys discharged
for. lack Of evidences. Strike break
sers, who were working under him,
testified he Nas sofz NAL mind and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05
STOVES AND MEAT
LOOKS ALIKE TO THE
TOLEDO UNIONISTS


Toledo, Feb. 4.--The Trades
and Labor Assembly of this city
Is not in favor of boycott on
meat.
At the last regular meeting of
the assembly the matter got a
thorough ventilation and it was
the general opinion that the
workers of the city should refuse
to be used by the general public
as catspaw against the meat
trust 49,. -.
Resolutions stingingly sarcastic
were introduced which drew a
parallel between the present at
tempted boycott and tho one on
the Buck stove for joining in
which three labor leaders were
sentenced to Jail.
The resolutions used hc bonn
bastic language of Post and other
Citizens Alliance labor crushers
in depicting this latest attempt
by the vindictive foes of freedom
to throttle our glorious liberty"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05

! The following from Charlestown,
w. Va, paper throws more light on
the Switchmen's strike and on, the
class OF men who are taking the
places of the respectable residents
and home owners Of Duluth, thrown
from their employment by the unfair
5conditions imposed by the greed Of
railroad managers: s !.
Il Railroads in the west must indeed
be up against it in their efforts
ito secure men to .fill the places OF
union, switchmen who are on strike
for an increase in wages that all
fair minded people will admit they
are rightly entitled to, when they
Will hire such men as Ferdinand
Fischer, an escaped (al1eged) insane
murderer from the asylum at Month
Warren. Pa. u .Ss8
Fischer, whose home # Is IN Erie,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. The
sugar planters Of the Hawaiian Is
lands are searching the world for
cheap labor, men who can & . be
worked under the conditions which
the natives Of the islands and the
Japanese Immigrants will not endure.
The Chinese coolie, docile human
beasts cannot be procured because
OF the exclusion act. and SO. otter the
sugar barons have searched the Phil
ippine Islands, and after sending q
nan named Babbit to Porto Rico, Ar
thur Gay has come here, as an olfi-
ecial Of the Waialua Sugar company,
and announced that the world is be-
ing searched for cheap labor.
Portuguese Too Costly. ss
ss I'VE have imported laborers Of half
q dozen nations in an effort to find
the right kind, and 50 far The Por-
tuguese are the only ones which have
proved satisfactory, = said Arthur Gay.
But It costs $1,000 to transport q
Portuguese laborer from the Azores
to Hawaii, and while they maxi eff
Client laborers, sober and Industrious
citizens and readily aasimilate with
T the natives. the cost. is prohibitve.
zee, shipl Dads Qf Filipinos have
been imported by the large planta-
tionss for the purpose Of experiment..
whether they will be q success Is q
question. OF q large number of
Porto Rtcans imported about year
[algo, the majority are In jail. They
wouid ather pound rock than work
ia the Held. n IIaWau beggarsaa and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05
HATMAKERS REGAINING
STRENGTH AFTER FIGHT
3. WHICH LED TO VICTORY

!. New. Haven, Conn, Feb. 4.-The
Officers of the United Hatters Of
North America announce that the
union: is so far recouped from the
heavy drains made upon it by the re-
cent successful strike against the ef-
forts, Of a number of the manufac-
turers to smash the organization that
back. salaries have been made up to
the officers and full benefits to the
men still out on strike are once again
the rule.
The men who have gone back to
work and who at first paid Is per
cent of their wages into the union
funds and later had it reduced to s.,
may look forward to the early ar
rival of the time when the rate will
be further reduced to the normal
basis of per cent.
During the strike death benefits
accumulated to the amount of $4,000
and they have now all been paid, and
new claims are met promptly.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-02-05
TO|LERS PAY THE: COST = -
OF P|NKERTON SYSTEM

Chicago, Feb. "A series of ex-
poses, in which some of the inner
workings of the rPinkerton Detective
agency's labor department" is
shown, is being printed by local
paper.
Not only are work rooms secretly
filled with these scabs and renegade
union men, but employers use the
thugs to spy on competitors. .Nu-
merous cases are cited where Pinker-
tons have stolen plans from houses
IN the same business, and spies ara
employed in experimental laborator-
les, both chemical and otherwise, to
betray trade secrets and steal new
inventions. 49,.
Hired to Steal Blueprints.
It is shown that one of these Pink
ertons-F. r. Carroll-was employed
by the Westinghouse Electric COM
pany with the understanding that he
was to enter the employ of the Bull
lock Electric company, near Cincin-
natl, and appropriate" certain blue
prints. ,~'
w. w. Chalmers of the Allis-Chal-
mers company, and formerly head Of
the anti-union National Metal Trades
association, was forced to- instdtute@ an
accurate checking system on the
firms blue prints to protect this prop
erty from the thieving fingers Of the
very men he employs to disrupt
unionism in his plants #ss m
.. Concentrated on Metal Trades.
Especial attention is paid to ma
chinists, iron molders. blacksmiths
and pattern makers. All spies work
toward the same endspo citing "agl-