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United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
BUREAU OF MINES ACT
PASSED BY CONGRESS
Recent Disasters Said Be Responsible
of the Bill By the Congress at This Time
The Act in Full.


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Approved May To- 1910
United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
CLASH WITH srRIkgsRsAkERs.

Missouri Pacific machinists at Pueblo
and strikebreakers FLASHED Saturday
night when a strikebrealxer fired into a
crowd Of union men. The bullet did not
take effect and the strike-breakers dis
persed before the arrival OF police.
The trouble started when John Connor.
reputed leader OF the union men, ques-
toned Harry Roberts. strikebreaker,
about his connection with the Missouri
Pacific. Roberts declared he was not
working for the railroad and started down
the street He looked around several
times TO find that union men were gath.
ering. he asserts. He met three com
panions and while talking TO them tho
union men drew near and he fred
Roberts was arrested yesterday morn
Ing In the Missouri Pacific freight depot.
The machinists walked out three weeks
ago when their demands for higher pny
were refused. Strikebreakers have since
corraied the yards.
United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
DEFAULT GETS APPOINTMENT.
Water Commission Organizes and APP
points a Secretary.

The newly-elected Citizens water COM
mission has been sworn in and has or
ganized with Armour C. Anderson presi-
dent
The commission had rooms fitted up
in the city hall yesterday and will hold
daily sessions in Room &c. The men,
bers decided that work should be COM
menced at once and that there should be
no idle time.
Judge Van else will handle the legal
part of the commissions duties, it being
determined that the commission should
is absolutely necessary to do so A. Lin
coin Fellows will conduct the engineer
ing department for the same reason.
The first meeting of the commission
was held at the city hall at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon.
The commission has selected for their
secretary a man deserving OF the honor
and capable in every way to fill the re-
sponsible position. p. ]. Devault, a men,
Der of the Musicians Union, is the man
selected Mr.. Devault has filled the of
fee of assessor of Teller county, and
discharged his duties in way that has
inspired confidence, and the action of the
commission in selecting Mr.. Devault is
commended on every side. The new sec
rotary was a delegate in the Denver
Trades and Labor Assembly, and was a
I, member of the first water committee
from that body, which was succeeded by
the fake" committee.
Mr.. Devault has at all times fought for
what he believed was best for the labor
movement, and he can be depended upon
to do justice both to his employers and
to his brothers in the labor movement
AS Mr.. Devault is now holding a politi-
cal position We will miss his counsels in
the Trades Assembly.
United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
COM MITTEE'S GRIP
HAS BEEN L00SENED
The Bill Giving the Use Of the Mails to
Labor Publications as Mail Matter of
the Second Class Out of Committee.

After one of the greatest campaigns by
union labor in the history of the United
States. the house committee on Postof-
hces and Post Roads has at last agreed
to fayorably report the Dodds bill out of
committee. The committee. the members
OF the house OF representatives and the
senate have been bombarded through the
mails by thousands OF leiters-from fra
terual socities, labor unions and from the
different unions of the printing trades
throughout the United States.
Legislative committees from the fra
ternal societies, the American Federation
of Labor. and railroad brotherhoods. act
ing through their chairman, Steve d. Will
Hams. editor of the Modern Maccabee;
/ Arthur E. Holder. of the A. F. of L.; H.
+. Wills OF Locomotive Engineers; A A
Roe OF Locomotive Firemen. have so per-
sistently kept after" the eyasive mem
bers o. this house committee that the
bill was finally wrenched from the grip
OF Stafford and Lowden and sent on its
way TO the house by Murdoch. Bell and
small.
The provisions of the bill of Represen-
tative Dodds of Michigan are: All peri
odicals published by fraternal societies
having a membership of not less than
one thousand persons, or by trades
unions, shall be admitted to the mails as
second-class matter and shall have the
right TO carry advertising.
1t will be remembered that the right
OF these periodicals TO carry advertising
and at the same time obtain entry as sec
ond-class matter, was denied by the post
office authorities through its mouthpiece.
Acting Third Assistant Postmaster GEN
eral Travers. as an administration act TO
create q greater revenue for that depart
ment and wipe out the postofice deficit
which is now several million dollars.
Under the proposed Dodds bill the cir
culation of labor and fraternal papers
through the mails is limited to members.
subscribers. exchanges. and 10 per cent
of such circulation as sample copies.
Two particularly bad actors" have
been mainly responsible for the lengthy
holding up of this bill in the sub-commit-
tee One of these is Stafford OF Wiscon-
sin. whose home town of Milwaukee is
preparing to replace him at the next cleo
lion with bona fide representative of
labor and the other is Lowden of Illinois,
man ever ready to play the game of
the Cannon machine.
United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
THE STORY OF
GREAT EXPLOSION
Pittsbure's Great Labor Paper Tells of
the Awful Accident at Canton When
the Battery of Boilers Went Up.

That the readers of The Bulletin may
have better understanding of the terri
BILE accidents that are caused by the
carelessness OF the large corporations in
the great industrial centers of the East,
we print the following from the Iron
City Trades Journal of Pittsburg in re-
gard to the recent explosion at Canton,
Ohio. the particulars OF which We have
chronicled in previous issues. Sixteen
men were killed and over so injured. An
investigation has been made by the cor
oner and by officials of the steel corpora
ton;
The explosion is undoubtedly one of
the worst mill accidents in the history of
the country within recent years. The
extreme force of the destruction is shown
by the unusual violence attached TO the
explosion. The larger part of one of the
boilers was hurled LOCO feet over the
top OF building 80 feet high, into a field
beyond. 1t is said a twisted steel bar
dropped like a meteor through the roofs
of residence 500 feet away tearing a
bed TO pieces. The body of Romano
Boyer. an ash hauler was blown like a
cannon ball through the front OF resi-
dence 100 feet away. through both walls
and into an adjacent yard.
President Gompers of the A F. of l.
took the unions Indictment of the trust
to the White House. and the Canton af-
fair may be the formal basis for an APP
peal for q federal Investigation
The Canton plant of the Tin Plate COM
pany has been what is termed an "emer-
gency" and was used when the trust was
hAbiui in ordarS /.
to close mill somewhere else 10 break
a strike. The plant was built a number
of years ago aud has been closed and
opened several times during that period.
The Cleveland Press states that the plant
stood idle during the years of 1904 and
1905. but was reopened for run of a
year and a half which ended with the
panic of 1907. From that time up to last
fall. when it last resumed operation.
some of the machinery stood idle in the
mill just as it had during the three years
shutdown.
Men who work in the Canton plant call
it the scrap heap of the trust" The
boilers which blew up. however. were put
in when the mill was reopened last fall.
But they were not new boilers They
were brought secondhand from another
trust plant. officials of the Canton mill
say they were as good as new. and per-
haps they we're, bat nevertheless l6 men
are dead in Canton. and union officials
mean to see whether all the precautions
which could and should have been taken
by the trust when equipping the plant
were taken.
One OF these boilers had been used in
the Canton plant before the shutdown;
United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
GIRL CALLS STRIKE OF NEGROES.

Hazel Spaulding. white girl of Louis
Vile, KY. has succeeded in calling a
strike of f.1oo negroes employed as stem
mers by the American Tobacco company.
The young woman succeeded in slipping
past the eompany's guards into the plant.
shouting: Strike for your rights and
follow me-"
In an instant the hundreds OF negroes
left their work and rushed pelmel after
her. later ioining'the 400 white girl strlk
ers who had previously gone out at an
other plant OF the company.
United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
INCREASE FOR srREErcAR MEN.
Men In the Employ of the Colorado
Springs Street Railway Company for
Five Years or More Are Advanced.

a strike which would have included
every streetcar man in Colorado Springs
has been narrowly averted A short time
ago the men who are members of the
Amalgamatsd Association of Street Rail-
way and Electrical Employees asked for
raise and. were given a raise of three
cents an hour. which brought the pay up
to % cents tor the younger men and 2s
cents for those who have been in the
employ OF the company for five years or
more.
Recently the union asked a further in
crease of two cents for the men who
have been in the employ OF the company
Tor five years or more. but the company
said they could not afford it. But G..
Cornelius OF San Francisco. organizer for
the street car mems international, was
on the ground, and as the tourisi season
is just opening the Colorado Springs &
Interurban Railway company were
brought TO see things in different light.
A settlement of the differences between
the men and company was reached Mon
day afternoon, when an increase from
rs to 80 cents an hour was granted for
the longtime men.
They also claimed that the order aboI-
ishing the monthly holiday, with full pay
formerly allowed by the company, had
offset the increase in pay of three cents
that was granted recently.
A graded scale for motormen and CON
ductors is in force generally throughout
the United States and 80 cents for long
time men is generally paid. even where
living is not so expensive.
United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
TEXAS MINERS WIN STRIKE.

After a suspension of coal mining in
the bituminous fields of Texas for two
months 5000 miners returned to work
Wednesday. The mine owners granted
the demands to their miners.
United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
BREWERY GIRLS ORGANIZE.

The girls employed in the boiling
works of Milwaukee, Wis. have organ
lied and efforts are being made by the
representatives of organized labor to Sc
cure recognition for the new union. A
new schedule of wages for these workers
will also be presented to the master
brewers
United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
TRACK MEN ON STRIKE.

Prosiden, Lowe of the International
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way EN-
ployes. who Tuesday night ordered n
strike OF all members of the order on the
Hartman lines in Texas. said wednes-
day that the men were responding
promptly at all points
United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
1900 MEN ON STRIKE.

Fifteen hundred union machinists, pat
ternmakers and moldlers went on strike
in Los Angeles Wednesday after letter
from the Metal Trades Council to the
Merchants and Manufacturers associa'
ton. requesting conference on the sub
iecf of wage increase had been ignored.
United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
UNION woRxmeN START STORE

The high cost of living has moved the
union workmen of Brockton. Mass. TO
establish n cooperative store. where the
neressaries of life may be purchased at
The lowest possible cash prices. The
movement is supported by practically
very labor organization in Brockton.
United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
WRECK NEWSPAPER PLANT.

\ mob Wednesday broke into the Of
fees of the Black Hills Daily Register Of
end S. D.. and with sledgehammers de
stroyed three presses and a linotype ma.
chine No arrests have been made. The
attack was attributed to labor troubles.
United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-02
TRAINMsN GET INCREASE.

An increase in wages to the eonduc.
tors and trainmen OF the Lake Shore and
Michigan Central lines has been granted
by the arbitration committee.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-09
THE KITCHEN FLOOR.
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Linoleum and oilcloth are expensive
and soon wear off in places, until their
appearance Is not attractive, hence a
floor In the kitchen may be painted
with any of the prepared paints now
in the market, and will cost so little
If the housewife does the work. Give
the floor a coat of oil and ochre, then
two coats Of paint of any color.
Many prefer the oiling for a kitchen
floor. Put a half-gallon of boiled lin
seed oil into an old iron kettle and heat
it almost boiling hot; put a little Of it
in a small pan and apply it with a
clean brush.
When n coat is dry, apply another
three coats will usually do. A coat
applied every six months will keep it
in good condition. 1t viii look like a
hardwood fool IL kept nice.
Hard scrubbing is not necessary for
such a floor, and is Injurious. 1t is
only necessary to mop it once or twice
a week. Heat the water until it is
warm mot hot), and dissolve a little
borax in it with enough soap to make
suds.
Old flannel is excellent for a mop.
The borax assists in cleaning such a
floor. 1t should always be used in
cleaning oiled or painted floors, as it
does n 0 injure them like strong chem
icals.
So many delicate housewives have to
mop their Kitchens; this is an excellent
way. After %mopping, wipe the floor
dry, and it will look like new.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-09

possibly in the next street. Miss
Ihorne led the way u~nhesitatingly, eau
tlously unlocked the door. and together
they entered a hall. Then there was a s
snort Hight of stairs, and they stepped
lnto a room. one of a suite. She closed
the door and turned on the lights.
The bags of gold are in the next
ROOM" she said with the utmost com
posture.
MI. Grimm dragged them out of q
dark closet, opened one-there were ten
-and allowed the coins to dribble
through his fingers. Finally he turr ell
and stared at Miss Thorne, who. pallid
and weary, stood looking on.
Where are WEI" he asked. what
house is this?'
The Venezuelan legation she an
severed. I'VE are standing less than
forty feet from the safe that was
robbed. You see how easy-!"
And whose room?" inquired Mr..
Grimm slowly.
Must | answer?' she asked appeal
ingly.
You must,"
"Senorita Rodriguez-my hostess,
Don't you see what you've made me
do? She n Mr.. Cadwallader made
the trip to Baltimore in his AUTOMOBILES,
a~nd-and-." She stopped. He knows
nothing of It," she added.
"Yes. / know" said Mr.. Grimm.
He stood looking at her in silence for
a moment, staring deeply into the
pleading eyes; and a Certain tense ex-
preston about his lips passed. For an
instant her han trembled on his arm,
and he caught the fragrance OF her
hair.
Where is she now" he asked.
Playing bridge" replied Miss
Thorne. with a sad little smile. 1T is
always SCAT least twice a week. and
she rarely returns before two or half
past She extended both hands i'm
~petuously, entreatingly. PLEASE be
generous, Mr.. Grimm. You have the
gold; don't destroy her.
Senior Rodriguez. the minister from
Venezuela, found the gold in his safe
on the following morning, with a brief
note from Mr.. Grimm, in which
there was 10 explanation of how or
where it had been found. And
two hours later Monsieur Boissegur,
ambassador from France TO the United
States, disappeared from the embassy,
v%anishedi,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-09
Continued From saturday.

ut was plain enough" replied Mr.
handkerchief There was silence fol-
an instant. I'm this room?"
YES" replied Senior Rodriguez at
last.
Near the safe?" Mr.. Grimm per-
sisted.
Yes" came the slow reply, again
Just here and he indicated a spot
O little to the left of the safe.
"And when did o find 1t? Yester-
day afternoon? Last night? This
morning."
This morning" and without any APP
parent reason the ~diplomatist's face
turned deathly white.
But, ~senor-senor, you are mistaken!
There can be nothing! A woman!
| Two hundred pounds of gold! Senor!'
Mr.. Grimm was still pleasant about
it.; his curiosity was absolutely imper-
sonal: his eyes, grown ~listless again,
were turned straight into the others
face.
'If that handkerchief had been there
last night, %senor,' he resumed quietly,
wouldn't you have noticed 1t when you
placed the gold in the safe?"
Senior Rodriguez stared at him a long
time.
"I'don't know he said, at last. He
dropped back into a chair with his face
in his hands. "Senoi," he burst out
suddenly, i~mpetuously, after a moment,
"if the gold is not recovered | am
ruined. You understand that better
than | can tell you. It's the kind of
thing that could not be explained to
my government" He rose suddenly
and faced the impressive young man,
with merciless determination in his
face. you must find the gold, senior"
he said.
mo matter who may be-who may
suffer-" inquired Mr.. Grimm.
Find the gold, senor!'
"Verv WELL" commented Mr.. Grimm,
without moving. do me the favor,
please, to regain possession of the hand
kerchief you just returned to Miss
Thornc, and to send to me here your
secretary. Senior Diaz, n your ser
wants, one by one. l shall question
them alone. No, don't be alarmed.
Unless they know of the robbery they
shall get no inkling of it from me.
First, be good enough to replace the
packet in the safe, and lock it,
Senior Rodriguez replaced the packet
without question, aftcrward locking the
door, then went out. A moment later
Senior Diaz appeared. He remained
with Mr.. Grimm for Just eight minutes.
Senior Rodriguez entered again as his
secretary passed on, aid laid a lace
handkerchief on the desk. MIR. Grimm
stared at it curiously for a long time.
Its the same handkerchief
Isl, Senior"
There's no doubt whatever about
it?"
mo, Senior, / got it by
ITS of no consequence Interrupted
Mr.. Grimm. Now the servants, please
the men first"
The first of the men servants WAS in
the room two minutes; the second-the
butler-was there five minutes; one of
the women was not questioned at all;
the other remained ten minutes. Mr..
Grimm followed her into the hall;
Senior Rodriguez stood there helpless,
impatient.
"Wel1?" lie demanded eagerly,
"Tm going out a little while" replied
MIR. Grimm placidly. ono one has even
en- intimation of the affair-please keep
the matter absolutely to yourself until
l return"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-09
CHAPTER xI.
Tho I.ncc Handk ercbtcf,

CTILL wearing the graceful, filmy
- morning gown, with an added
touch of scarlet in her hair-a
single red rose-Miss Thorne came into
the drawing-room where Mr.. Grimm
sat waiting. There was curiosity In
her manner thinly yelled, but the
haunting smile still fingered about her
lips. Mr.. Grimm bowed low, and placed
q chair for her. after which he stood
for a time staring down at one slim
white hand at rest On the arm of the
seat. At last. he. too. sat down.
II believe" he said slowly. without
preliminaries, this is your handker-
chief?"
He offered the lacy trihe, odd in de-
sign, unique in workmanship, obvious
ly of foreign texture, and she accepted
it.
"Yes,' she agreed readily, 81 must
have dropped it again."
THAT is the one handed to you by
Senior Rodriguez" Mr.. Grimm told her
81 think you said you lost it in his
office yesterday afternoon"
"Yes?" She nodded inquiringly.
1T may interest o to know that
Senior R~odriguez's butler positively
identifies it as one he restored to you
twice at dinner last evening, between
seven and nine o'clock" Mr.. Grimm
went on dispassionately.
~'Indeedl" exclaimed Miss Thorne.
THE senior identifies it as one he
found this morning in his Office" Mr.
| Grimm explained o~bligingly. During
the night fifty thousand dollars in gold
were stolen from his safe"
There was not the slightest change OF
expression in her face; the blue-gray
eyes were still inauiring in their gaze,
the white hands still at rest, the scar
LET lips still curled slightly, an echo oil
a smile.
mo force was used in opening thu
safe" Mr.. Grimm resumed. 1T wal
unlocked. It's IN old model and
have demonstrated how 1t could hav,
been opened either with the assistance
of q stethoscope. which catches thu
sound of the tunlbler in the lock, ol
by a person of acute hearing"
Miss Thorne sat ~motionless, waiting
And this means-what?" she in
quired at length.
I'm trouble you, please, to return
the money" requested Mr.. Grimm our
teously. mo reason appears why yo,
should have taken it. But I'm no
seeking reasons, nor am 7 seeking dis
agreeable publicity-only the money"
1T seems to me you attach undu,
Importance to the handkerchief" sl'
objected.
''That's a matter OF opinion Mr.
Grimm remarked. 1T would be use
less, even tedious, to attempt to dis
prove a burglary theory; but agains
II is the difficulty Of entrance, thu
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-09
A Far-off Engagement.

Dear Miss Doom:
A young gentleman acquaintance of
mine made an engagement with me
last month for the latter part of this
Month / haven't heard from him. l
would like to know whether 1t would
be proper to write him or not as a
Reminder. MISS MURPHY.
Bent write just about the engage
inent. If you have been in the habit
of corresponding with him, you might
write a note, mentioning in the closing
sentence that you are looking forward
with pleasure to the trip. If there has
not been any correspondence, let the
matter rest. Be ready to receive him
on the day mentioned, and if he does
rot appear, take the hint M think
no more about him.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-09
CHAPTER XII.
The Vanishing DipIomntist.

TT was three days after the ambas-
sador's disappearance that Mon
sieur Rigolot, secretary of the
French embassy and temporary charge
d'affaires, reported the matter to Chief
Campbell in the secret service bureau.
adding thereto a detailed statement of
several singular incidents following
close upon it. He told it in order, con-
cisely and to the point, while Grimm
and his chief listened.
Monsieur Boissegur, the ambassa-
dor. you understand, is a man whose
habits are remarkably regular" he be-
gan. "He has made it a rule to be at
his desk every morning at 10 o'clock,
and between that time and l
o'clock he dictates his corre-
spondence, and clears up whatever
routine work there is before him. I
have known him for many years. and
have been secretary of the embassy
under him in Germany and Japan and
this country. I have never known him
to vary this general order of work un-
less because of illness, or necessary abb
sence.