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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-15
Believe Cherry Coroner !.
LIS. tempting bit wash

4 Cherry, ILL.,, Jan. s14.-Coroner
Malm faced a. scandal at the adjourn
ment of the icoroner's inquest here:
when A. Lettsome, treasurer of the
Cherry local of the United Mine
Rosenjack had not been examined
when he was brought by Lettsome to
the coroner's office the day following
the fire in the mine, that cost 35l
lives. r.
This came as 9 dramatic climax to
day Of; wrang1ing after which, the
inquest was adjourned till February
L, obviously to allow the people to
lose interest and to allow the, COM.
pany to save itself. Coroner Malm
= ,ade no satisfactory reply. to. Lett
some's question. To ADJ to the farce
letter was read from DR.. NJ. r!
Barker, of Chicago, to the effect that
Burton Hanson, the secretary of the
st. Paul Coal company, had broken
his arm and could not attend the in
quest. No effort, has been made to
take a deposition from Hanson.
Miners Fear Double Play. -. ~
The miners are bitterly dissatisfied
with the turn, events have taken and
many Of them are inclined to. suspect
Malm of not pushing his investigation
as thoroughly as he should. -. ~. /. & T..
1t was announced that the mine
shafts will not be opened till another
month has passed and thus all: chance
of identifying the 200 or more bodies
now i'm the mine will be lost. The
widows are frantic over this disclo-
sure. >>IEl + ss,-i< e -, =
All in all the widows and orphans
of the dead miners seem to be in a
sad plight Contributions of food and
clothing have ceased, the relief, store.
has been, closed, and today the de-.
pendent families were put4on cash
allowance of a few dollars a,week.
: ss.. Charity System a Failure .}.s :.s.. !: !:
The change from store orders to
cash marsled the admitted failure OF
an elaborate system of professional
charity INSTALLED by Ernest p. Bick--
nell, head of the Red Cross society,
that earned for Itself the distrust and
dissatisfaction Of the, stricken fam.
lilies. There had been 50 general. a
protest against the system Of relief
that the professional charity workers
at last were forced to abandon their
contention that the widows Of the
dead miners cannot be trusted with q
few dollars In real money. ss.5ziz .:ff .,s.s;
4 Whether the weekly cash allowance
will be found sufficient to supply the
dependent families with the bare nee
essities OF life alrea a dy.is a probleins
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-15
Railroad Labor Graft Death "=
Menace to Travelling Public
AUDIENCE SETTLED !
STAGEHANDs' STRIKE

Lille, France, Jan. 14.-Follow-
ing the example. of their COM
rades in Paris, the electricians
and other stage employees OF, one
of the largest local theaters de-
clared a strike just as the cur
tain was about to go up. - y. -
The directors of the theater,
in view of the violent protests of
the audience, which would stand
Z: for no delay in beginning the per-
formance, were obliged to grant
the strikers demands for higher
wages, and-t the play began.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-15
Have SWitchnlen
Of the Northwest
Been Defeated?

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 1.-THE
following terse order hase been issued
by the Milwaukee, road: So. ~: - = =
Conductors. Bulletin--We are ex-
tremely short of company coal at all
points, and there is a shortage of
commercial coal at a great many
places. Situation is getting serious.
Company and commercial coal must
be handled in preference to every
thing except live stock and perishable
freight.
(Signed) ''F. H. MEYERS,
superintendent"
Some Minneapolis dealers are still
waiting in vain for their shipments of
Christmas trees and the switchmen
say the Twin Cities are only doing 1S
per cent of the normal freight busi-
ness.
The same shortage is noticeable in
ties and construction material and
much track repair work has been
abandoned owing to inability to move
the material.
Grain Situation Is Tense.
els Of grain are tied up in sidetracks!
and in various positions in Minneapo-
lis and in the northwest: OF this i'm
mense total, 900 cars, or about 60O,-
900 bushels are within the switching
limits of Minneapolis according to es-
Inmates furnished the Northwestern
Miller.
During the first few weeks of the
switchmens strike it is said the rail-
roads made strenuous efforts to move
grain and succeeded. Lately, how
ever, grain men say the roads have
neglected the grain for coal and mer-
chandise. One Minneapolis elevator
company is reported to have $1,O00,-
600 tied up in this way. ::
The machinists on the Northwest
ern railroads threaten to strike at any
moment, according to union officials:
The twenty-one lodges that took a
unanimous vote to go out, were on
the point of striking after reading the
first press reports from washington;
! stating that negotiations were Oft
| with the switchmen Of the North
west. - .t',,,r: ..,Ssrtf =. 5:.
Officials of their unions have; how
ever, held them in check so far. I5-t,:
Machinists Eager for Battle.
The machinists show keen inter-
est in'the switchmen's strike and are
in complete sympathy. . i:.@ i..@.
I'VE are perfectly organized to a
man In all the railroad shops from
Lake Superior to Puget Sound, and
| If the switchmen lose we will be next
in line for a battle says one of their
officials. ~ 49,. : -. !. .1$s.yys%.i y%i
A wire from P. J. Flannery, inter-
| national president of the Freight
Handlers union, says Flannery will
come to the Twin Cities to take UP,
| personally the reins of the North
western battle. The situation at
present is more critical than it has
been at any time during the past six
weeks. ~s- ! Es-5a-@;. ~, +. " IS q
( President Hawley maintains Il: that
the sWitchmen are winning and are
getting stronger every day. Il Il & ssJJss. ts+3
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-15
MARINE ENGINEERS WILL
81 GIVE TWELFTH ANNUAL -.
.3.., BALL ON. FEBRUARY s

Z Arrangements are now. being made
for the annual. ball Of the Marine
Engineers, Beneficial association
which is set for Feb. 8 at Maccabee
hall. III VIZ ~ iEJ$455.<*l ~. :
{. 4. This Is the twelfth anniversary of
this event and no pains are being
spared BY the committee in charge,
OF which Charles Hector is chairman.
to make the occasion q complete sue
cess and eclipse, II possible, past
records. ss$ ;.5 u ,e:*f 5z% 2s S
s.# \: Tickets can be obtained from any
member Of the association and It is
UP to organized y labor in general In
Duluth to turn ont and give the boys
a healthy patronag .s2 # 5s Ii
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-15

Whether federal
operating within Henry
dnt Taft and the commission with ending
Fank
believes
scale Concerted action
following
including Railroad
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-15
] Lash of La 01lette' 5
Crit ciis1n F lays Hides
OF Postal, Offiiciials
THIS TESTIMONY & .
COMES FROM THE
+ BURNERS BENCH

For ten years, . said Potter
Palmer, of Chicago, IT made as
desperate a fight against, organ
#sizeL Ia bor as was ever made by
mortal man. 1t cost me, consid-
erably more than q million dol
lars to learn that there is no la:
Dor 50 skilled, so intelligent, SO
faithful as that which is gov
: erned by an organization whose
officials are we'll balanced, level
headed men, I, I now employ none
but organized labor, and never
have the least trouble, each be-,
s licyins that the one has no right
to Cypress the other" I5sv$
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-15
Eue Worth SSIOOO, Fingers ,SlOO Each

. Elizabeth, n, ]. 3. Jan. ! i. boys
fingers are worth s 100 each. accord
Ing to a decision rem dered 81 III the
district court BY Judge Whittemore.
M Suit was brought Joseph. c.
Wanskus, seventeen years old, who y
year ago lost three !of the igitiss ofI
his left hand BY having them caught
in: mae shine at the Jenkins Rubber
Works.
yspsk sk,ls was awarded ln ents
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-15
Wreck Narrowly Averted on Kan
sas Road by Ignorance Of Fore
man Who Bought His Job From
Those Higher Up.

Chicago, Jan. 14.-That railroad
accidents are attributable to the la
Dor agency graft will be one. of the
scandals revealed in the trial Of Paul
Carbon, of Chicago and st. Paul, a
labor agent for the Great Northern
road, who is charged with Fleeing
laborers and railroads of 100000.
The expose will show that cheap la
borers and foremen are placed on the
work of building or rebuilding roads,
and that their incompetency Is the
cause of faulty construction of curves
and switches where trains meet with
disasters.
Section managers and higher Off,
clals contlive at the impositions, rail-
road men interested In the case de-
clare, because they share in the graft
with agencies resulting from the en-
ployment OF cheap labor. Some rail-
road officials receive per capita
bribe on every laborer furnished by
month for every man who serves as
foreman.
Are Absolutely inexperienced.
These foremen know nothing
about the work. said railroad man
who has been connected with several
roads for the last thirty years, and
who is stockholder in three differ
ent railroad companies. Many Of
them," he continued, don't know
how a spike should be driven. They
get their jobs by paying $50 to the
section boss and IS a month addi-
tfonal to gang of officials, who d.
vide the spoils.
The laborers they employ are bad
enough, but these foremen are even
worse. Laborers working under good
foremen can do work to some degree
of satisfaction, but laboring under in
competent foremen they are helpless.
The blunders they make are appall-
ing. Nearly all the so-called, unex-
plainable railroad accidents are the
result Of the employment of such
men. ~''f' -
Down in Kansas was :superin-
tending piece of work several years
ago. It was just west Of Ogallah.
They were fixing up a curve. 1t was
one of the sharpest curves on the
road.
Faulty Curves Threaten Life.
The important feature of q curve
is the elevation Of the outer track.
Anybody who knows anything about
railroading knows that one-half inch
elevation is allowed for the outer rail
for every degree of curvature of the
track. And if the curve is very sharp
the elevation is increased proportion-
ately.
THE curve, I have in mind was
~ degrees. Good road builders al
low, for such a curve, an elevation OF
315 inches. This makes 1t safe for a
train to pass over it even at a very
high rate of speed. When our curve
was finished I went out to examine
it and found that the foremen had II
constructed level-there wasn't even
q quarter of an inch elevation to the
outer rail.
II reported the matter to- the sec.
ton boss, and he almost died when
told him of the blunder. Go quick,
he ordered, and flag the train. There
is a train to pass soon. Flag it, fol
Gods sake, flag it!' If we hadn't
tagged the train she would have beer
in the ditch. That's what cheap fore
men can do. This man held the jot
because he paid $50 for getting it anc
IS month as the agreed rakeoff."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-15

.ents, and there has been no effort
upon the part of the charity experts
to cut down prices. :! III 4 X "a \
Mrs. Charles Erminlano, of Spring
Valley, ILL.,, whose husband was one
of the victims of the Cherry mine
fire.. is dead of a broken heart Doc
tors who attended her say that the
case is, one of the, few, in which q
person actually, died of grief. = = :.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-15
Testimony Experienced Shows Gaftes
Officials Responsible obs to Incompetents and Danger
Track Reul1nqury May Develop Extent of Guilt
Among Subordinate Job Hold ers /..:
HANDLES TO NAMES T.. =,
GONE, NURSES QUIT

New York, Jan. 14.~-Th.rty
nurses of the Nurses and Child's
hospital walked out this week
because the management does
put Miss" before each one $
name. s"They call us simply
Lucy or Jane or whatever the
name might be-" said one of the
nurses, land we protested"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-15

In a recent issue Of his magazine B
Senator Robert M. LaFollettes Yields
the two-edged sword of truth with
unsparing hand with the recently an i.
nounced annual postal deficit fas his Il
text. .,.t g. .1.sr /. II
= And when he is through you feel as
If you missed it in not getting suffi-
cient West Point education to be able
to WELD a saber of your own +.
:. Here are the lightning like .thrusts
and passes the points and ripostes Of
the doughty .'insurgent'' gladiator:
The failure of the postal revenues
to meet the postal expenditures is q
subject of perennial discussion The
postal deficit, like the poor, we have
always with US. Various plans and
departures have been suggested to
wipe it out. It has been suggested
that the extravagant pay Of the rail-
ways for carrying the mails be re-
duced. But with congressional boss
es who would frank back and forth
during the mail-weighing period tons
of useless public documents for the
mere. purpose of stuffing the mails
and increasing the railroad rake-off,
this suggestion never got far
Won't Consider Car Ownership.
:, It has also been recommended nv
at least one postmaster general that
the government build and own the
railway mail cars instead Of paying
the railroad more than their total cost
annually for the rent of the cars. But
this rec recommendation never received
consideration by congress Ss5. es -,
Then there is the postal savings
publican party is committed. The
operation of q postal savings system
would increase postal receipts with
e', out a corresponding 1ltii Increase In ex-s
penses ana thus tend to reduce ice the
ae1icH. :. but the system is against this
and tnoertak-
lns ana q the system congress mas thus
ilar stlrangled postal savings pank leg
81
Recent cent. disclosures SC OF express con1.5
pany 8 car E e and new ana lmport-.
ant ant ars uinents q Ior parcels posi-. II
was Postmaster General Wanamaker
Wno salu tnat5 tnere were only Tour
reasons why the people could not
nave parcels post. Ihese TOUR. rea-s
sons were the TOUR Dig express COM
panles. ILL, !: !. ,s+.l.r ~ 3 p, 55GE. e
| :, Express Companies Swell Deficit,
The Wells Fargo Express company
in the fiscal year 1909 earned net,
after the payment, of all expenses and
! taxes, over Sc, per cent Of the total
value of all its property, and equip
J. mont 1,aod IN i+u HI, ,,sinoss on6 20.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-15
BOSTON SHOPS SIGN SCALE.

Boston, Jan. 14.-All but three
local shops in Boston have. now
signed the new wage scale for the
Sheet Metal Workers union S>5'& \
I The. present wage rate is $3.50 a.
day Under the new. scale the rate
will be $3..75 q day on and after, jan.
Y 'uary and q 81 on and after June Il
next. 81 4 ss}t s}j5Fs 3
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-28
GARDNER IN AUGUSTA.
Interested in Nova Scotia Farming, but
Still GubernatoriaI Candidate.

Hon. Obadiah Gardner of Rockland
was a visitor in the city Thursday on
business connected with a sheep and
hog farm. which he and Augustus M.
Nickerson of Boothbay Harbor have
already inaugurated in the Gaspereau
valley in Nova Scotia. The farm is
located in the most fertile part of the
territory made famous by Longfel-
lows poem of Evangeline and consists
of 500 acres. Messrs. Gardner and
Nickerson have already placed on the
farm $50 sheep and 100 brood sows
and have most of the necessary build
ings constructed for their farm work.
Mr.. Gardner will still retain his
Rockland residence and on being ask
ed by Journal reporter if he intended
to be candidate for the Democratic
enbernatorial nomination this year re-
piled: -.f
Il am certainly not a gutter and /
expect to be a candidate for nomina-
tion for Governor before the next
Democratic State convention. I have
understood that am not considered a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-28
OFFICERS INSTALLED.
Reports show Big Growih Of Federal
Local Union 11434, A. F. of 1. d.

The regular meeting of Federal Local
Union. No. 11434, A. f. of L., was
held last evening, at which time the
recently elected officers were installed
by Past President p. II. Fitzgerald as
follows:
Presdent-Joseph CARTRIDGE.
Vice 2res.-Michael Costello.
Financial secretary-W. II. Davis.
Trcus-C w. Trask.
Recording Sep. II. Fitzgerald.
GGide-J. F. Frayne.
In:idc watch Martin Gilday.
Trustee for three years-P. Il. Fitz-
gerald.
The reports received at the meeting
We're very gratifying. They showed that
besides being on d sound financial ba-
sis, the organization was growing very
raniGlv. The membership has more
than doubled during the past year and
new menbers are rapidly coming in.
Three applications We're received last
night and several applications were ia
Vorahly acted on
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-28
REWARD LIFE SAVER,
Seventeen Year-OId Lad Receives
800 For His Brave Act.

newcastle, Ind, January 27.-Merwin
oynnons, the seventeen-year-o son of
l.. r. Symons, cashier of the First Ma
tlonal Bank at Lewisville, has on de-
post IN the bank and drawing interest
twenty 80 gold pieces which he values
even more than a Carnegie medal for
bravery, and it is reward for a he
roic act accomplished by him. Young
Symons and Clayton Stewart, with
other companions, were swimming in
flatrock. near Lewisville, last Au-
gust, when unconsciously Stewart got
beyond his depth. and was drowning
when young Symons, at the risk of his
own life, plunged into the stream and
dragged his companion out
The act was one of such bravery for
a boy that number of men in the
southern part of the county believed
il should not go unrewarded and they
made up purse of 800. This was
presented to young Symons in the di7
.rectors' room Of the Lewisville bank
by Exum White. one of the contribu-
tors, and addresses commenting, the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-28
"FAlRY LIKE"
Is the Way Southern Belle Describes
President Taft's Dancing.

Washington, January PIT am talk
ing my honors as lady Should
laughed Mrs. Pearse Horne, the beau
tiful niece of General A. p. Hill, of the
Confederate Army. who danced with
President Taft at the recent Southern
Relief ball.
mo, / was not at all surprised or
fabhereasted when the President ask
ed me to dance, but I was worn out
with dancing and l am afraid he
thinks he made mistake when he
asked me 10 waltz, as l was not up to
my usual step.
The President is an ideal dancer
she continued, really fairy like on his
feet" With a merry laugh she whis-
percd, but little short winded."
His watzing is in perfect time with
the music and with a certain boyish
abandon.
"All the women of the Southern Re-
lief Corps feel that the President did a
beautiful thing in coming to the ball,
as President Roosevelt would not come
and would not allow Mrs. Roosevelt to
be one of the patrons, an omission that
always panied us immensely
But President Tafts presence, and
moreover his dancing with a Southern
woman, has just won the hearts of the
women of the South, and we all call
him a dear"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-28
BABIES BENEFIT BY
NEW SKIN DISCOVERY,
Stops itching Immediately Sootnes
and Comforts the Little ones.

A demonstration of the e1hcacv anu
entire harmiessness of poslam, the new
skin discovery, is afforded when II Is
ap,,,ied to tie tender skin OF infants
who are tortured, with rashes. cEalings'
scalv ard crustcd hunors anG otner
skin aosravatious. Its effect Is sooth-
ing. the itching stops at once the shlf'
heals ard is quickly restored TO nor
NAL condition.
In the various forms of skin tToun'es
in 10th infants AMI adults. p"slam pro
duces beneficial results from the MS,
annlication. Eczema, acne. herpes
rash tettcr, etc. yield readily to Its
rerarkai,,e curative properties. Occa-
sional aopncations will quickly banlsh
nir,nlcs b,otches and complexion blem-
ishes and will relieve and cure itchihs
fes.t. scaly scalp, humors, etc.
poslam can be had for flity-cTHts at
onv reliable druggists particularly
CouphIin's Pharmacy, WHO make
-oc[.ia1tv of it. Or the Emergency
ahoratorics. No 30 West 25th Street,
Now york CITY, will send trial supply
rrce Nv mail to any one who will write
for II This is sufficient to show re-
suIts in "a hours.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-28
RUMoR EXPLODED.
No Leprosy In the Hair Goods Sold in
Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. GA remarkable
rumor spreading like wildfre over
Chicago that leprosy has been dis
covered in stores dealing in hair
goods in Chicago. was formally ex-
ploded by Health Commissioner
Evans.
THAT rumor has been current for
at least 80 days." said DR.. Evans. i
have talked to innumerable per-
sons. l have answered hundreds OF
private inquiries. The rumor has
been applied to many stores in the
city. dealing in hair goods on a large
scale. There is absolutely no founda-
ton for it,
What do you think is the explana-
ton of the rumor?" he was asked.
Il don't know 1t looks as If
some one is trying to do something
with their hair goods; just what I
couldn't say. l was talking with
the manager of a state street de-
partment store only yesterday about
the present situation He couldn't
give me any light.
Some way or other, through the
intricate channels which CONVERSE
tional rumors follow, all Chicago is
uneasy" said DR.. Evans.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-28
LEADS TO PooRHoUsE.
Man Who Wrote Many Ragtime
songs. Says He Could Not Stop
Drinking.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. 27.-(Special)-
hugh Cannon, who wrote Goo Goo
Eyes, Amt That a Shame" bill
BalleN,' and ether classics of ragtime,
was sent to Eloise poorhouse recently
at the age of &c. He told the story of
MS lie IN short, expressive sentences.
quit the coke easy" he said.
fliteen days in the Jail cured me of
tnat' / hit the pipe in New York for
d year and stopped that. I went up
against the morphine hard and quit,
o"t booze. red, oily booze-that's got
me for keeps.
II started when I was 16; I'm sc
now, and except for seven months on
tEe wagon I've been picked most of
the lilne. 1t was twenty years-twen-
" plack, nasty, sick years-with only
httie brightness now and then when
mace good with some song
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-28
KENNEBEc LODGE, N. e. o. P.
installation of Officers Followed by
Banquet and Dance.

THE officers elect OF Kennebec
T, odeo. No. PSI, n. +. O. p. were IN
stalled Thursday evening az Woodn'en
han by Deputy Grand Warden Emma
t. Howe of Augusta. assisted by MISS
Alice NJ. Daley of Gardiner as grand
guide. Mrs. Edith Emery as grand
guardian, Mrs. Mary Anderson as
grand chaplain, Mrs. J. w. Garfield
as grand treasurer. Mrs. William
Moody of Gardiner. as grand secre-
tary. Mrs. Townsend Latin as grand
vice warden, Mrs. Carrie M. French OF
Winthrop as grand Junior past war
den. The following officers were in
stalled:
Junior Past Warden-Sadie T.. Met
calf
Warlen-John w. Garfield.
Vice Warden-Lottie Fl. Pierce
Chaplain-Annic l.. Fletcher.
Recording Secretary-Emma f.
Howe
Financial secretary-Charles II.
Pettis.
Trcasurer-B. F.. Smith
Guide-Caddie f. Lovejoy.
Guardian--Liliian f.. Norman.
Sentinel-William j. Lynch.
Trustee for Three Years-Annie S.
Arnold.
The installation ceremony was wit
messed by about $50 members of the
order and invited guests. The cere-
mony was followed by brief addresses
by Supreme Deputy Eli Swan of South
Paris, Deputy Grand Warden Emma
IF. Howe, District Deputy Carrie NJ.
French OF Winthrop and number of
the members of Kennebec Lodge. A
banquet in charge of the incoming Of
fcers was the next event in order and
a menu in which roast turkey was Il
prominent feature was thoroughly en-
joyed by all participating. The en-
joyment of the evening concluded
with short order of dances for which
music was furnished by Nicholas and
Farnham Warden John W. Garfield
ofliciated very aceptably as floor di-
rector.