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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03

gathered that had fallen into the
handc of a band of Maya rebels and
my heart sank within me.
My fears were not assuaged by the
behavior of young man obviously the
brother of the chief of the band He
was anxious to display himself in some
way and taking an old well-worn hene-
quen knife, whetted to razorlke keen
ness, he approached me and with deft
swings and cuts lopped off all the pro-
truding ends of cord, etc, that he could
without loosening me. He trimmed me
as neatly as he would a bough and
then amused himself by seeing how
close he could swing the blade to my
nose without touching it.
The women and children and nearly
all Of the men went back to bed soon,
and nature so asserted herself that l.
too, dropped into a doze and did not
waken till dawn Then / discovered
something else that pleased me great
ly. In trimming me down, the young
Maya had cut off too much from on,
of the principal knots and whenever
chose | could separate it by filling ou
my chest.
They appeared to have but small
supply of food and the signs of NOR,
wounded stretched in an outdoor hos
pital under the trees convinced me tha
they had been hard pressed by govern
ment troops at no late date and had re
treated into the Businesses of the forest
For two days we had been living on on
carried water supply and l was curiou
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03

as to what theirs was. Very soon I
knew.
When the sun was about an hour
high the chief called together number
OF the older men and they held a long
conference concerning me. AT last one
approached and addressed me in a Span
ish patois, asking me about the troor 3
of Gen. Flores and where they we're
moving. When replied in Spanish,
| noticed the listeners exchanging
glances. told them who | was, what
/ was doing in the country and that
] know nothing about the federal troops,
When ] said this the chief laughed at
me and thrust in my face the papers
had got from the Mexican consul in
Belize. The chief could not read Tie
papers which he had found in my be-
longings, nor could any of his band,
but on the envelope was blazoned the
Mexican crest and colors and on the
papers was the Mexican seal. saw
that | was convicted by circumstantial
evidence of having something to do with
the Mexican government. Nothing
could say seemed to change this opinion
among them and at last the chief or
dered me taken away supposed it
was to be macheted at once and pulled
my nerves together for the finish, little
dreaming that something far more cruel
was In his mind. They carried me down
little decline and there was the. en-
trance of cenote or water hole and
down this | was taken on the rude lad
der that afforded means OF descent.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03

how in all the close corners in which
have ever been hope has not entirely
died within me at any time After wfIat
seemed years, dawn came, and then the
sun rose and it began TO grow warmer:
All feeling was gone from my feet and
hands save that they were big centers
Of throbbng pain. As the pitiless sun
mounted the arc and its rays fell full
on me | realized that | could not hope
to last much longer. The vultures Sp-
peared to be we'll aware of this fact
and constantly hovered nearer. D
found myself wondering if they would
treat me as ! had seen others treated,
lips ripped off and eyes dug out before
any other part Of the body was touched.
II was approaching the rainy season
but the first great storm had not yet
come, though clouds gathered every day
and how / prayed for a cloud to rise
and shield me from that blasting, with
ering sunshine A perspiration that
sprang out made breathing easier and 4
realized that were it not for the sun
| might even have lasted the day out
but gradually my senses began to go, the
whole scene became one rolling. tossing
phantasmagoria OF terrible shapes and
men and things in awful pain was
aware that | was raising my head and
trying TO bite the stone lying on my
chest, then | began to forget and thotC
| oughy aware that the end was at hand'
lost consciousness in the act of study
ing and observing my own mental pro
cesses in so doing One thought was to
try to perceive the moment when my.
soul left my body. / was eager for that
mental experience.
What did happen though was that
came sharply to myself again. feeling
beating wings in my face, feeling that
awful weight slipping from my chest
tip under my chin A great vulture
was just rising away from me. My
face was bleeding where his beak had
struck my cheek There was great ex-
citement among the others. In alight-
ing he had perched on the stone on my
chest. had struck me and as | started
or moved he had attempted to rise
giving the stone a push with his feet
that displaced it. With a little shaking
of my head I got Il of entirely and
slowly my natural breathing began to
supervene The sky was clouding now
and in little while dropped into a
deep sleep
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03
Overcome by Sleep.

The remainder OF the night and sthe
whole of the second day passed and
the only thing that kept me aware that
TIE carp had not moved TO another
water supply was the sound of voices
o be heard now and then That third
night, however, there was absolute
silence and | hope | may never be
called upon to endure the torture that
| passed through fighting off the slow
approach of slumher. do not recall
the morning OF the fourth day clearly
but | must have fallen asleep, so pro-
foundly asleep that il did not disturb
me when they came down the ladder
picked me up, bound hand and foot, and
carried me ont. The first thing | recall
is feeling a sharp blow in the face The
widow cf one OF the men | had killed
had stamped me in the face with her
naked foot.
knew that TIE struggle was all over,
that had played the game and lost
through my own weakness and ! went
back to sleep, strange as ii may seem.
When | awolc there was terrible
sense OF oppression that was the dom
inant thing in my sensations and | felt
IS though | were dried and baked while
terrible pains shot through my chest and
back, the pains of a vast weariness I
realized that | was gasping for breath.
and | opened my eyes shocked into a
realization OF my terrible plight
Those fcnds had carried ont their in
crtions cf stalking me out They had
.aited Until the sun was declining and
then had stretched me ont on the naked
.op of hill, my arms and legs spread
ont and my wrists and ankles tied 10
takes driven in the ground The dry
hongs cut deep into INV flesh This
was not the worst thing they had done,
however. With care they had selected
, stone somewhat larger than my two
lists and had laid IT on my chest It
'"as not 4 heavy load hit each time |
breathed as | must breathe when lying
!1t on my back, my respiratory muscles
must lift that stone and sooner or later
Ae extra effort would tire them 10 the
~cint OF exhaustion, | shuddered with
horror when ! realized that at last the
muscles would refuse 10 act at all and
with my mouth and nostrils gaping for
breath | should smother because could
rot take in the free air
Already | was suffering terribly from
le strain on my breathing functions.
lad slept enough that had regained
my mental faculties and | watched the
rising and falling load on my chest
wondering Just how many hours 1t
would be till could raise il no longer.
All around me on the brush and wheel
ing in. the air above were the hcrr:hlc
vultures, Stalking out is ar ola ard
familiar method of execution lmong tic
indians of the sub-tropic aud io"JlssS
the vultures knew full wei! wheg they
saw my eNecutioners placing nc or the
hill top that in a little while thetc would
b; good meal for them,
The coming of night was some relief
and found that by using my dia
phragm | could rest My intercostal tHus-
Giles to some extent, !. knew was
merely prolonging my agony bur -,me-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03

of them were armed with old style
rifles and some with pistols, but all had
great hooked henequen knives, weapons
that are terrihcly effective in the hands
of men trained to use them The quiet
deliberate manner in which they had
gone about the capture and their silence
were in marked contrast with many
other native raids which | have wit
messed or known of.
After perhaps an hour of travel
through the forest began to hear
voices on ahead of us and the barking
of dogs. Then | caught sight of some
Aaring torches and in a few minutes
| was stood on my feet against a tree
and found myself confronting the en-
tire band, men, women and children,
numbering about two hundred. All of
the able bodied men had gone to effect
my capture. Outside Of great volume
of chatter and much curiosity as to my
clothes and my outfit there was no
marked demonstration among them.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03

treme. am very fond of it at any
rate, and though an Indifferent pistol
shot | knew from shooting game with
it that | could expect results nearly the
same as from rifle, as a modern maga-
zine pistol of the Luger type is so
balanced that even the most indifferent
shot will score well made up my
mind to make every one of the nine
shots in each magazine charge count
for one Of the bronzed devils that had
trapped me.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03
Walked by a Native Dog.

One night shortly after we had camp
ed. ] heard a scuttling noise in the un-
dergrowth, but supposed it was only
some snake or armadillo travelling
around our fire and paid no further
heed till Jose touched me on the shoul-
der and | turned my head to look where
he was pointing Standing in the grass
up to his eyes, looking at us in our ham
niocks, was what was unmistakably a
dog Very soon he began to bark and
sIl doubts about him vanished. He was
) typical native dog What could he
be doing there in the forest1 Jose sur
missed that we were near some remote
Maya village but that did not seem pos
sible TO me and so we went to sleep.
Sometime in the night felt some
ching tightening around my arms and
shoulders and endeavored to spring
from my hammock. was bound fast
In It. Then | heard wild yell, from
Jose II was so dark that my observa-
lions were all confused Why was there
10 light from the href Suddenly l
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03

FEW weeks ago
as ! was sailing
from Southamp-
ton ] stood at
the ships rail
just as we were
getting out into
the stream and
on the dock, see
ing some friends
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03
Imprisoned in the Underground Cave.

Imprisoned in the Underground Cave.
Perhaps II is as we'll that | should
explain the nature of cenote. In the
region in which had penetrated begin
the great underground rivers of Yucca
tan. There seems to be highly porous
layer of soil from ten to a thousand
feet in thickness through which the
water sinks so rapidly that it forms IN
no pools or streams on the surface.
Underneath, however, is clay and
stone bed and on this the streams form
Under ground and run away under the
earth only the great Creator that made
them knows where. All over the region
are spots where the earth has fallen
in leaving a hole with running water
at the bottom and in some places there
are winding caves hundreds OF feet deep.
For countless centuries the natives have
descended to the water by rude wooden
ladders. 1t was in one OF these caves
room about sixty feet across that
found myself ! could see up to the
entrance OF the hole not over seventy
feet above me- On one side the dark
stream ran slo, . and on the other was
sort of sand and gravel bank. Super
stition prevents an Indian from remain
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03
Captured by Maya Rebels.

BY the light of the torches I could
make out that we we're in clearing in
which two ruined buildings of one Of
the old towns stood and that the band
appeared to be camped in the buildings
! saw large number of other wounded
men and one of the fellows who was
guarding me wore a part of the outfit
OF a Mexican regionale and carried a
fine Mauser rifle. From all of this l
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-03
STAKED OUT TO DIE
BY THE Nj AVA S
Zy G [. E t.. G n n e B

When the bottom OF the cave was
reached beside the underground stream
found all my traps except the guns
and ammunition and the food boxes all
ready heaped up there and ] was laid
on the sand beside them.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-07-22
LABOR GOSSIP.

The Harbor Boatmen's union Of New
York city has membership of 5000.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey
has raised the wages of the employees
on its ferryboats q per cent.
In Boston 1900 painters have been
accorded an increase of $1.96 week.
making Il wage Of $40 week for paint
ers and SOD 20 for decorators for forty
four hours work.
A wage agreement between the Pa
cific States Telephone and Telegraph
company and the Pacific district coun-
ell of the international Brotherhood Of
Electrical Workers. signed recently,
calls for a raise from $3.50 to So - n
day.
The United States senate has passed
the house bill, SO amending the en-
ployers' liability law as to give the
state courts concurrent jurisdiction
with the federal courts in dealing with
suits for damages growing out of ar-
cidents This law will affect inter
state railroads only.
The Carpenters District council of
Boston has announced that the refer
endum vote of the 5000 members of
the affiliated unions was unanimously
In favor of demanding so cents an
hour. an increase of pa cents Of the
present rate. on June /. No change in
working hours will be asked. the men
now having the forty-four hour work
week.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-07-22
DAYLIGHT FOR WORKERS.
St. Paul Employers Favor Early
Closing Plan.

Closing Plan.
Eighty-nine employers in st. Paul
have gone on record as being in favor
of giving their employees the advan-
tage of having more "daylight' recrea-
ton by allowing them to start work
earlier in the morning and finishing
their days labor earlier in the after
noon.
Some time ago the National Daylight
association, which is well known or
ganization in the east, through its st.
Paul representative, @. A. Alstrom, be-
gan the campaign in favor Of giving
all laborers an opportunity to start to
work earlier in the morning so as to
finish early in the afternoon through
the months of May. June. July, Au-
gust and September in each year. A
postal was sent to the different firms
asking If they were willing to join the
movement, and the replies received
expressed hearty support.
I'VE ask that employers allow their
employees to start work at o'clock
and get through at 43O In the after
noon," said Mr.. Alstrom. I'VE believe
the health and welfare of the employ
ees would be benefited by this arrange
ment, and | am sure the firms that
have agreed to give their help more
daylight will be gamers by the move
ment."
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-07-22
No. 10690.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF TIL
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN
AND FOR SNOHOMISH
COUNTY.

Belle Fox, Plaintiff vs.. Fred Fox, De
PENDANT.
The State of Washington, to the above
named defendant.
You are hereby summoned to appear
within sixty days after the date of the
first publication of this summons. to-
wit: within sixty days after the 18th
day of July, 1910, and defend the
above entitled action in the above en-
titled court, and answer the complaint
of the plaintiff, and serve copy OF
Your answer upon the undersigned at.
torney for the plaintiff, at this office
below stated; and in case of your fail.
ure so to do, judgment will be rendered
against you according to the demand oil
the complaint, which has been filed with
the clerk of said court.
This action has been commenced t.
obtain decree of absolute divorce from
the bonds of matrimony that have here
tofore existed between the plaintiff and
the defendant, full statemnt of said
causes of action being set forth in the
complaint which is filed with the clerk
of the above entitled court and to which
the defendant is referred
VIM. SHELLER.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
p. o. and office address Rooms 329-33O
Stokes Bldg, Everett, Washington.
Date of first publication July 18th
1910. IT
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-07-22
No. 2150.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN
AND FOR SNOHOMISH
COUNTY.

In the Matter of the Estate of Jose
phine Goldthorp, Deceased, and the
Community Estate of Josephine Gold
thorp, Deceased and John b. Gold.
thorp, Surviving Husband of Said De-
cedent.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed administrator of the estate of
Josephine Goldthorp, deceased, and the
community estate of Josephine Gold
thorp, deceased, and John r
Goldthorp, surviving husband of
said decedent, to all creditors OF
and to all persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary and proper vouchers,
within twelve months after the first
publication of this notice, to wit After
the 18th day of July, 1910, to the said
administrator at No. 2938 Broadway,
Everett, Wash, the same being the
place for the transaction of the bust
ness of said estate in said County of
Snohomish.
Dated at Everett, Wash, July IA,
1910.
JOHN r. GOLDTHORP.
Administrator.
VIM. SHELLER,
Attorney for administrator Everett,
Wash.
Date of first publication, July 18th,
1910. At
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-07-22

Four hundred and fifty thousand
wage earners in Greater New York
are receiving wages smaller than $500
year. the minimum of decency"
fixed by the annual report of the COM
pittee on congestion Of population.
The Boston. Revere Beach and Lynn
railroad recently announced s per
rent wage increase for every employee
to date from March 81. 1t is the third
increase voluntarily granted by the
road since 1903. The total wage in
creases since that time average about
20 per cent.
The United Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters and Joiners. the second largest In
ternational union In the country. has
sent letter to its various locals an
nouncing that the twenty-ninth ami
yersary of its institution will occur In
August. The letter announces that
each local is expected te observe the
event
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-07-22
The ELECTRICIANS CALL
THEIR men OUT ON STRIKE
Walkout This Week of Men Employed by Stone
Webster Corporation the Result of Refusal to
Meet Demands of Union For Increase in Wages
and Shorter Work Day.

individual jealousies and chickering's.
The burden is laid upon the mass rather
than upon the individual and that with
set OF officials impressed with a sense
of duty to their followers, conditions
come which would be impossible where
each individual must fight his own bat
tie and reach his own way unaided to
the high level of satisfaction with his
compensation and surroundings.
This last conference ending fruitess-
~ for the men, they informed Mr.
Sturtevant that all union men working
for the company would be called off and
the interview terminated. So the strike
is on.
1t is not hap hazard strike az the
electrical workers have spent months in
negotiations and have left no stone I'm
turned to effect a peaceabe settlement.
The men are not going out gladly
rather. willingly. This statement may
seem paradoXical, but it is not. They
know the hardships and privations en-
forced idleness bring and so experience
no sense of exhilaration in going out on
strike. But they know that better con
ditions to the individual can come only
through united action of the mass, hence
they go out willingly. individual ac
ton means favoritism to the few, dis
elimination to the many. Whether the
strike be long or short the electrical
workers will be found standing firm to
the decision they have taken.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-07-22

Ice to the heroic and struggling union
Is by demanding the union label in ev-
cry hal he buys aud getting his friends
to do the same. This will not cost
him much exertiOn. and II will be Of
substantial benefit to an organization
that has suffered much and is entitled
to all credit for the manner In which
1t has met the issues involved without
qualling in the presence Of its foes or
surrendering anything Of its manhood
The Philadelphia houses which have
returned TO union conditions complain
bitterly of the manner in which they
were treated by the Manufacturers
association and declare they have had
enough of fighting the unions. Mime
apois Union Advocate.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-07-22
BLINDNESS FROM HEAT.
Locomotive Firemen Risk Loss OF
Sight Every Day.

Slgnt Every baJ'
Here Is a bit of testimony given In
Chicago recently before the federal
arbitration board which is trying to
adjust the long pending dispute over
wages between western railroads and
their employees:
"E. A. Milligan, fireman discharged
from railroad service recently for de-
fective vision, testified that the intense
heat generated in the furnaces OF mod
ern locomotives frequently caused fire.
men to lose their sight"
The present study Of occupational
diseases in this and other states should
establish definitely to what extent fire.
men are disabled by the heat ana
glare Of the fires which they feed. If
their labor tends to destroy their sight
what shall be said of government
which does not require that the In
dustry share the burden of loss when
blinded fireman is compelled to quit
his post?
Compensation for workers disabled
at their tasks must become u part OF
the cost of service In this country as
1t Is in others. Chicago Daily News.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-07-22
British laborsrs Warned.

Courtenay w. Bennett. British con-
sui general at New York. in his annual
report TO the British government eau
tions emigrants against assuming that
New York is an Eldorado for the
workingman. 1T Is not" he says.
1.-THE expenses Of living are so high
and so constantly rising that man in
regular work 10 the United Kingdom
at lower wages is as well il not better
off than his fellow workmen in New
York at the higher wages here. while
if out of work he is better off at home.
1t Is estimated that to live In decency
here man with a wife and two chill
dren must spend just $1,000 year"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-07-22
For Better Living Conditions.

Boston Central Labor union dele
gates have Endorsed the principle Of
old age pensions. called for more
adequate aud effective inspection Of
the factories and workshops of the
state and favored the calling of a state
convention of representatives Of all
the central labor unions in the state
for the purpose of discussing the best
means of bettering the health condi-
tons In the homes and workshops.