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barefoot and almost barebacked,
live" on bread and water in that
starvation camp among the foothills
of the Alleghenies. - 49,:
Five thousand women suffer grief
and hunger among their starving little
ones, but bravely encourage the des-
pairing men-10,O00 fathers, husbands
and sons-who refused last March to
be slaves in the mines of the Erwin
district operators any longer and who
are desperately sticking to the re-
solve made then. -
For weeks these men and women
and children, driven from the com,
pany houses that were their homes
to tents on the unused hillsides, have
lived on berries principally. The chill
nights Of September have brought a
refreshing, if not overnourishine
change. They now have mushrooms
with berries. And when the union
committee distributes the pennies OF
it's relief fund, they have little of
bread, too, although most of it is
saved for the children, who dip it in
water-bread and water, the dun:
geon's bill of fare. - .1t>t
In New Alexandra, in Latrobe and
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YOUR TIME TO DODGE = =
WILL SOON Be HERE

Paterson, N. j., Sept. 30.-1n
fear from careless hunters in the
woods surrounding his house at
Mountainview, Andrew Gambart
has appealed, to thee board of
chosen freeholders for protec-
ton. Mr.. Gambart says he has
been mistaken at various times
for deer, a squirrel and a
grounding, but when a hunter
yesterday thought he was a
zebra and fired. Gambart' con-
cluded that it was time for him
to protest. ,
Gambart was in the habit of
wearing dun colored clothing in
his rambles. about his own farm
and through j. the woods. In
this garb he was frequently a
target, but the hunters were
poor marksmen. One of the
hunters who had taken aim at
Gambart advised him to change
his garb.
ANY hunter is likely to mis-
take you for an animal in that
outfit" the hunter declared.
Gambart appeared In the
woods yesterday in a suit Of bed
ticking. He had scarcely left
his own barnyard when g. shot
whizzed past his head.
"Gee!' remarked the hunter
apologetically. when he walked
up to the badly frightened Gam
bart, I thought you was a
zebra" su
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Combination Of Coopers and Brew
cry Workers Organizations Is
Being Made as Direct Outcome
of Recent Los Angeles Strike.

Kansas City, Sept. 30.-A closer
thoroughly organized crafts in the
United States, that of the brewery
workers and the coopers, was one Of
the most important results accomp-
lished by the 18th annual convention
of the Coopers' international Union
of North America, held in this city.
Committees appointed both by the
International conventions of the coop
ers and brewery workers are now
holding joint conferences In Chicago
to further a plan whereby solidarity
of action in all matters relating to
agreements with their employees will
be an accomplished fact.
Of all the barrels produced in the
United States SO per cent are turned
out by union coopers, and the dele
gates from $50 locals to the Kansos
City convention came from all points
of the compass.
The Los Angeles strike, in which
both the coopers and the brewery
workers are involved, commenced
with practical lockout under the
management of group of million
aires calling themselves the Merch-
ants and Manufacturers Association.
So. far reaching were the ramifica-
tions of this plot against union labor
that the general executive board of
the Coopers' Union decided to send
President Andrew G. Hughes to Los
Angeles. The presidents report COW
cred the situation In Southern Cali
fornia and was. one of the prime fac
tors in bringing the delegates to see
the necessity for closer affiliation with
the brewery workers.
Plans are being perfected whereby
union beer can be shipped to any
city where there is a brewery strike,
and to this end the subsidizing of
several large breweries, known to be
friendly to labor, is part OF the pro-
gram now being considered in Chi
cago by the joint committees OF
coopers and brewery workers.
The lack Of union beer in Los An
geles-all the breweries on the coast
being controlled by an association
is the principle reason for the prolon'
cation of this strife. This giant com
bination against union labor Is to be
met with counter combination.
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JOKER IN R. R. Law
MAKES INEFFECTIVE
CABO0SE REGULATION

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 30.---The
Ohio legislature. at, Its last session,
passed, a i3w; to becums operative
January 1, 1911, compelling the rail-
roads to. replace the little box-like
"dinkies'' with cabooses of regular car
size.
The men complained that especial
ly on long hauls, the dinkies almost
shook their bones loose and offered
them no means of securing rest. They
claimed many accidents occurred be-
cause the men were physically jaded
by riding in these cars, and they
were much pleased that a legislature
Of old party men had come to their
relief.
But although elected on labor votes
and on compaign promises Of what
they will do for labor, the old party
legislators knew their real masters.
What they really gave labor was a
'gift Of the Creeks" There was an
innocent little clause in the law by
which the railroads were given until
1921 to alter and abolish the dinkies.
And now the railroads are rushing
the work Of building an overstock OF
dinkies SO as to really have supply
that will take until 1924 to play out.
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CARPENTERS MEET IN :
A REC0RD-B|R|EAKING
NATIONAL CONVENTION

DES MONIES, Iowa, Sept. 3d.
Commencing with the biggest parade
ever seen in this city, the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers of America have convened in
what promises to be a history-making
assemblage of the organization. Rad
ical speeches, policies, and politics
seethed from the moment the gavel
brought the great convention to or
der. Said President Huber:
Thus far congress has failed to
pass any amendment relieving us
from the provisions of the Sherman
antitrust law. Today, if the employ.
ers had the full say, we should be
annihilated, and as l see it now we
simply exist by the gracious suffer-
ance of the courts"
An immense audience greeted the
announced appearance of Miss Kate
Barnard, state commissioner of char
who spoke for over two hours with
an unhesitating directness that
brought great applause. She stated
that her one purpose in coming from
Oklahoma to the convention was tS
urge the union men ana the farmers
of the country to get together and
form a national labor party. Speak:
ing of labor conditions in her own
state, Miss Barnard said:
oklahoma is ruled today by what
is really q labor party. We have got.
ten our power by getting together the
farmers and the union men. People
say we have q freak constitution, but
it will prove in time to be the best
constitution in the country"
An insurance of their own, is the
plan suggested to the convention by
the general executive board through
it's chairman, W. G. Schardt, who
stated that the organization was now
violating the laws in II staSes and
that in South Carolina the union had
been threatened with legal action that
would stop the payment Of benefits.
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TAX|CAB DRIVERS OF
SMOKY CITY STRIKE

PITTSBURG, Pa, Sept. 30.-About
120 drivers of taxicabs, more than
three-fourths of the entire number in
the city, are out on strike here.
While some taxis are running, the
Pittsburg Taxicab company has not
a wheel turning and there is much
confusion and trouble among theater
parties and late dinner parties. =,
Recently the taxfcab concerns OF
Pittsburg raised rates, and the drivers
claim they should get portion of the
increase, but they have not The driv-
ers allege that they have not been
able to average more than $3.50 per
day. in wages; that they are paid
strictly on a commission basis, and
at the same time must furnish gaso-
line opt Of their own peck kets, I
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E, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. so.-An.
election will be held on the second
Tuesday in December that in some re-
spects will be far more interesting
than the. political election held in
November. On that date vote viii
be cast by the members of the United
Mine Workers of America that will
more than equal the vote cast in the:
city of Chicago during 2 general cleo.
tion. Y 49, =. :. . ). sss| @
The miners union has member
ship of 100000 and this year probably
q greater majority Of them will vote,
due to the opposition against Thorn
as J. Lewis, than at any other annual,
election in the history of the organiza.
tion. 80 r..-s \. 3. - ~ ss @ &szs
!. District President John P. White OF
Iowa, has announced his candidacy
for the office Of international presi-'
dent. William Green of Ohio, and E.
s. Mccullough of Michigan, are OPP
posing candidates for secretary-treas-
urer. -. ~ -
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s, PITTSBURG, Pa, Sept. 3O.-Thou-
sands of Pittsburg women, influential
club women as we'll as the wives of
storekeepers and mechanics, are sign
ing a petition to Governor Edwin 8,
Stauart asking that he Intervene and
compel the coal companies to arbit-
rate the strike in the Erwin and
Greensburg coal, fields 6; :, - n
Piloted by the Angel of the Camp"
Miss Emmeline Pitt,seommittees from
various women's clubs have visited
the ,frail tents In which are huddled
the, thousands Of, miners wives and
children, and, after. hearing the sto-
ries of eviction and brutality COM
mitted by the deputies, have gone
back to their organizations burning
with indignation against the coal
barons and determined to force action
from the state authorities.
"The operators could settle: this
strike" asserts Francis Feehan, pres
ident of district No. 5, settle 1T and
give the miners all that they demand
and then operate their mines at 20 per
cent less than it is costing them now.
It's the strike breakers that cost mon
ey They're paying them $3.50 and So
day with rations-and that's more
than the skilled union miners ask"
Experienced miners say that tho
United Coal company is paying at the
rate, Of So a ton7to have its coal mined,
while the market price is just half
that amount.
Three things the striking miner<
! want: ''-;>'. n: @>.1
1. Recognition Of the union.
2. Checkweighmen on the tipples.
3. Payment of the Pittsburg scale.
And these three things the miners
will win, coal barons or: no cdAl BAR.
ons. for the entire power Of the United
Mine Workers of America is gather.
ing behind then. <..: = 81
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LIFE INSURANCE co. is
DETERMINED TO BREAK
STRIKING AGENTS UNION

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Sept. 30-
Efforts of the Central Labor Union, of
this city, to secure a meeting between
striking agents of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company Of New York
city and the officials of the company,
has failed. j =. :s.sS
Superintendent Hopper of New
York, who is in charge. of the. men
sent here to fill the places of the
strikers, told the Central Labor Union
men that he had no desire to meet a
committee of the strikers and would
not do so. IN g
The company has large force OF
men here in the: fighters places, and
is, determined to break the strike so
that the agents in other places will
not take 1t up. ..,..~ a z e.
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FREE SPEECH GOES IN .~5
FROG CITY, SAYS MAYOR

TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 30.-Mayor
Brand Whitlock is aroused over the
recent attitude of the Toledo police
force in arresting William Patterson,
Socialist speaker, for addressing q
crowd in front of the local postoftlce,
and has sent letter to J. J. Mooney,
director of public safety, informing
him to issue an order to the police
force that as long as he is mayor,
free speech will be allowed in Toledo.
Any officer hereafter interfering
with any one who is making speech,
no matter where or on what subject
will be instantly dismissed from the
force, he says. -
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MONSTER. UNIONS PLAN TO
FIGHT DEVIL WITH FIRE"
NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR
WILL HAVE THE BACKING
OF CALIFORNIA UNIONS

San Francisco, Sept. 30.-Accord-
ing to all indications J. Stitt Wilson,,
Socialist candidate for governor of
California, will have the support of
organized labor to an extent un-
equaled by any other Socialist cam
didate hitherto.
Wilson has won the respect and
confidence Of organized labor by his
clear-cut exposition of the Socialist
party principles and his uncovering
OF the corruption of the old parties.
Il predict that the labor move
ment Of the entire state will be
found solidly behind Wilson at the
polls in November" said A. L. Hollis,
secretary-treasurer of the Building
Trades Council, commenting upon
the speech of the nominee at Shell
Mound park OH Labor day:
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BOSTON,, Sept. 30.-Governor Drar
per and G.. O. P. of MASSACHUSETTS are
facing the fight of their lives in the
next state campaig nthrough action
by the central labor union of this city
which has passed a resolution con-
demning Governor Draper as an en-
emy of organized labor. =.
Labor condemns his veto of an g.
hour bill, despite it's passage by both
branches of the legislature, and his
attitude as regards many bills whose
passage the labor leaders favor.
The resolution pledged the support
of the members of the body to an
attempt to defeat him at the polls in
November; = J.
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$4,000 ON WESTERN ROADS:
49, ABOUT TO ASK INCREASE

g CHICAGO, Sept. 30.--Demands for
increased wages. for $4,000 employees
of western railroads will be present
ed for the consideration Of employers
within two weeks. Locomotive engi-
neers, trainmen and conductors are
the classes of employees who desire
advanced pay amounting Ito Is per
cent. E#.
Representatives of $4,000 engineers
expect to begin negotiations with road
officials next Monday.
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LEWIS BLAMES IT ON
THAT SAME OLD PEST

WHEELING, w. Va, Sept. 30
President r. L. Lewis, of the United
Mine Workers, who is here attending
a conference of the Ohio operators
and miners, holds Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt responsible for a great deal
of the agitation and unrest existing
in the country at the present time.
"A recent magazine article on the
conservation of common sense could
be read with benefit by the eminen.
citizen, Colonel Roosevelt, who cares
more for being in the limelight of
publicity than he does for the sound.
ness of the propositions that he pre-,
sents," said Lewis.
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PLAN TO DUST. MAYOR,
FRIEND Of COLUMBUS
street CAR STRIKERS

Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 30-Charges
against Mayor George S. Marshall,
which have been in preparation for
some time, have at last been filed
with Governor Harmon. The COM
mittee of citizens and business men
which preferred the charges furn-
ished a large number of affidaVits,
ircluding sworn statements from po-
licemen who mutinied and refused to
obey the mayors orders to ride on
the cars when the street car strike
was at it's worst.
These policemen declare that Mar
shall, when the strike began, prom
to ride on the cars. It is related that
when the street railway company re-
quested Marshall to put officers on
the cars he hesitated, and only did sc
when the Chamber of Commerce
threatened him with Impeachment.
Marshall is accused of being the
first person to suggest to the en-
ployes that they form a union, and
Of telling them that II they went or
strike he would stand by them with
the police and force the company tt
terms. He Is also charged with be-
Ing in sympathy. With the strikers
from the start, and with standing by
with his police and witnessing depre.
dations and causing no arrests to be
made.
Governor Harmon said two weeks
ago that he hardly thought of re-
M
put him in the position of a martyr
For two hours Wednesday Afternoon
a committee representing labor or.
ganizations all over the state piled
Governor Harmon with questions re.
garding his alleged unfriendly atti-
tude to labor during the recent Co.
lumbus street car stl Ike and gave
him to understand that unless he
compiled with their requests to try
to force the local street car company
to settle the street car strike tina
labor would oppose him at the cleo
ton.
The committee criticised the gov
ernor for calling out the troops dur
| ing the state fair and declared tina
this was unnecessary.
The conference was animated
throughout, and it terminated with
! out any agreement being reached be-
| tween the governor and the repre-
sentatives of labor. The members O.
the committee expressed themselve
as being dissatisfied with the confer
| ence 80 far as getting results. Th'
governor declined to- change his po
sition.
The strikers union received do
nation of $500 from the Brewer!
Workers of Chicago today. -
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.UN|ONIsTS OF STAT
Of WASHINGTON MANI:
LABOR PARTY TICKET

Seattle, Wash, Sept. 30-Organized
labor in the state OF Washington has
placed q complete legislative ticket ii,
the field whose candidates are all.
members of trades unions! The con-:
<vention with $50 delegates in attend
ance, was marked by its determina- Z
ton and enthusiasm, and voiced It's
sentiments In the following uncom-
promising language; .ss.s5S
" ''Only on the political field
can we meet on common ground.
There we find that the interests
of all wage workers are identical
Each individual wage worker,
each union OF wage workers, and
+ all organized or .unorganized s.:
wage workers are interested iii
+ and benefited by increases IN
wages, shortening of the hours
of labor. safeguarding life and
limb in dangerous occupations .
and employers liability in case
of accident or death, for every
such Improvement in the condtl
ton OF" even one wage worker
makes that much easier the con-
dition Of all wage workers.
Candidates were pledged to the
following program. 49, $. -
1. The absolute freedom of press,
speech and assemblage. >
2. To secure a more effective in-
spection OF workshop and factories.
8. To forbid the employment OF
children under sixteen years of age. s.
4. To forbid the interstate, trans
portation Of the products Of child
labor, of convict labor and of all un-
inspected factories. ss.:*.s 5s.
S. The initiative and referendum,
proportional representation, and the
right OF recall. ~ r e&. p ..E
6. That all Judges be elected by
the people, for short terms and the
abolition of injunction in all labor
disputes: = H.
z. The free administration Of JUS
tice. - ~. < /. s5 =. III
8. Exclusion of Asiatic labor,
g.. For a law making it felony
for any Individual. firm or corpora
tion to employ or have in their em-
ploy any female Of sixteen years, or
over, to work more than eight hours
on any calendar day Of twenty-four.
10. The Australian ballot at: both
the primary and general elections
II. A constitutional amendment
guaranteeing absolute sovereignty to
all cities in municipal affairs.
IL. We favor votes for women.
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GAUNT MOTHERS, THEIR
BABES STARVING, HERE

Special Correspondents Of Labor World.
NEW ALEXANDRA, Pa, Sept. 3d.
Three hundred puny babies, thinly
clad and underfed by. half-starved
mothers who have nothing to give,
live beneath canvas roofs and with
in canvas walls these chilly days and
shivery nights in the Erwin coal re-
sgions Of western Pennsylvania.
A thousand other little children,
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" UIKeTS Ol OII1CdSV IOUdy'
$4,000 CIGAR MAKERS
STILL OUT AT TAMPA

TAMPA, Fla, Sept 30.-With 12,-
900 cigar workers, who have been on
strike for nine weeks, still out, the
Havana cigar industry of this city is
paralyzed, and is now further from
settlement than it has been any time
since the strike commenced.
Many of the larger factories, hav-
ing branches in other cities, have
transferred their workers there, and
the independent factories have closed
their doors. --':~~~
The workers demand the recogni
tion of their union. This the manu-
facturers have refused to do, except
to recognize individual union men
without the supervision of the central
body over the factories.
EXTEND PENSIONS 70 TolLERs.
BOSTON,, Sept. ,30.-Pensions for
all or none was urged by Rev. Chaun-
cey J. Hawkins in recent sermon at
the Central Congregational church.
He declared that the toilers were as
fully deserving of pensions as teach:
ers, iremen, policemen and other pub
lie servants; so-called. :. e.@.s -.
DONATE $1,000 TO TAILoREssEs.
DES MONIES, Ia., Sept 30.--One
thousand dollars was donated by the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters,
who are holding their convention In
Des Moines, to the women tailors Of
St. Louis who are striking for higher
wages and better conditions
COMBINE ALL N. -. UNIONS.
NIAGARA FALLS, Sept. 3O.---Meas-
ures for bringing together all the la
bor organizations in the state Of New
York under the banner of the Work
ingmen's Federation of this state we're
adopted by the federation at It's re.
cent convention in this city. I a.ss5 a.
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Business Men 5 BANG quet
vas d Great Success

one and was nicely prepared ant
liseryedBy the yigilant Circle OF Kings
Daughters OF the NJ. P. Church. The
menu consisted Of cold boiled ham
potato salad cottage cheese, sand
swiches, olives. ice cream, cake, cigars
cigarettes and coffee.
Those present last evening were as
follovs. j. Walter Barnes, Hugh F
Smith, g. f. Carroll, RIA. shurtleft
Hert s. Leopold, o. s. Mckinney, ]. F.
watson, j. j. Durrett, 9. o: Henry,
VIM. NJ. Laws, Smith Hood, ]. =. Hail.
s. Ray HolBert, M. B. Bartlett, w. c.
Smith, j. s. LeMasters, !. c. Miller,
Chas. D. Highland, f. G. Boydston, 9.
H. Duncan, G. w. sweigert w. 3.
Mack, j. M. Jacobs, Geo. 3. Miller,
]. M. Hartley, F. q. Nichols. Anthony
Bowen, VIM. j. McElhlney, Kemble
White, W. A. Wiedebusch Fred Hel.
mick, w. s. Sample, w. Q. Snyder. A.
H. Lynch, Clyde A. Hill, NJ. n: Frantz,
N. E. Jamison, H. R. Johnson, Robert
Johns, M. w. Scott, Clarence D. Rob
inson, H. s. Yost, A. Howard Fleming,
Clarence s. Smith. GlennF: Barns, ].
w. Critics. J. G. Hall, Ennior saun-
ders,, EN-. showalter. L.G. Race, L.
N. Yost, Chas. G. Robb, Thos. Watson.
Arnett Chas. Corbin &3son, G. F.
Evan, Jas. c. Welton. Wa Lawler,
Frank Haas, L. H. Randall, James O.
Watson, c. H. Tarleton, Q. F. Ice, ].
N. Nuzum, Rev. A. H. Beayln, o, F.
Lough, A. B. Cole, R. T. Cunningham,
H. R. Furbee. Rollo ]. conley, w.
Scott, T. ". Boydston. u. $. Fleming,
]. c. Bloomfield, l. N. Grsso, Joseph
Roster, W. H. Billingslea, W. D. Evans,
John ., Lehman, A. G. Martin, M. q.
Ashcratt, Harvey shain, i. s, Fople,
Frank A. Lloyd, Q. F. Davis. N; Burns
McGregor, j. E. Powell, H. g. stoet-
ger, D, b. Purinton, E. F.iMorganE H.
J. Hill, Harry c. Howard, w. r. Hag-
gerty, Ira L. Smith, ]. Clark Evans,
j. H. hickman, ]. E. Anderson; .. NJ.
Black, H r. Smith; j. w Mel Donald,
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Judge b n Morgan: this morning
appointed Mr., ]. N. Hartley to act as
Chairman of the Citizens Committee.
TO campaign for funds with which to
finish and furnish the Y. NJ @. A.
Building, This appointment was made
conformity to the resolution adopt;
ed at the Business Mems Dinner last
evening, Judge Morgan stated that
while the resolution authorized him to
appoint eleven members Of this com.
nittee, he would appoint only the
chairman as in his Judgment the
chairman should have the power to Sc
leet his own associates, Mr. Hartley
lad not acepted at noon today, and
said he would base his acceptance
upon being able to secure the cooper.
3ation Of ten Of the strongest business
men in the city. He stated that he
would announce his appointments
when made through the press.