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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-16
RIVAL GARAGE OWNERS
 IN THE CITY COURT

Judge Carl Foster of the city court reserved his decision in the civil ac- ton of Armstrong Smith vs. John D. Carpenter. heard yesterday. The suit s for a repair bill of sS0 contracted by Smith, lessee of the garage of the ridgeport Automobile Go. 3sS Fairfield avenue. Smith seeks to recover the amount of the bill. alleging that Car penter agreed to pay for the repairs. The action is the result of a prolonged dispute between lessor and lessee, which led to a spectacular fight a.op the garage roof last summer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-16
JACKSON'S
THROUGH DEATH VAT

THROUGH DEATH VALLEY"
 Through Death Valley acknowl- edGely one of the best popular priced melodramas ever written will be the attraction at Jackson's theatre this evening and again tomorrow afternoon and night As the title would sug- gest. Through Death Valley" pre- sents a story Of the far west, or to be precise, in the state of Utah, when the Mormons held full sway in that section. The character types are typ ical of that country and of that time, and are said to be drawn close to life. The story of the play, while sensational to an extreme measure and abounding in thrilling and ex- citing incidents and situations, Is at all times plausible. and as 1t has been termed, is "a melodrama with a purpose" For the engagement at Jackson's theatre. the usual popular priced scale will prevail
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-16
SIMPLE SAFEGUARD
 FOR MOTHERS.

Mrs. D. Gilkeson. 326 Ingles Ave, Youngstown, Ohio, gained wisdom by experience. My little girl had severe cold and coughed almost con- tinuously. My sister recommended Foley's Honey and Tar. The first dose I gave her relieved the inf1am- nation in her throat and after usiug only one bottle her throat and lungs were entirely free from inflammation
 Since then I always keep a bottle of F'oley's Honey and Tar in the house
 Accept no substitutes" E. B. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy. s135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-16
sTURE LODGE. o. OF V.

Sure lodge Order of vassa. elected officers as follows, last evening: Presi- dent, Oscar Johnson: vice president Andrew Lindskog; secretary. Frank Anderson: assistant secretary. E. Pe- terson: financial secretary. Gustav Holm: treasurer. Fred Ryno: chaplain, l.. Sandstrom: conductor. E. Berg: in- side guardian. F.. Swanson; outside guardian. r. Holmberg: trustees F. Andenson. l.. Sandstrom and Charles Johnson: finance committee, Sven Murherg. F. Holmherg and Martin Lrnd'n. These officers win he in- stalled Jan. ..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-16
LOCAL. ACTORS AT BIJotr.

The team of James and Taylor, which Is making hit at the Bijou theatre this week. comprises Mir and Mrs. Patrick Taylor. well known local couple. who are making their de- but in vaudeville. Anotker local team ss that of Conroy and shay. who are doing . black face act. J3s,s..asaA ,g,,
 N ayt.It.Ae.llsxsdftl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-26
NORTH BENNINGTON

The Sunday evening service at the
Baptist church will be especially for
men, although everyone is invited
Secretary Goebel of the Y. NJ. c. A.
will be present and speak on THE
Laymon's Missionary Movement
The Washington times., 1910-03-06
WHY HE IS HERE.

GT'VE just been up and paid my last
cent for rent" he began. Had
TO do it, or get put out. Today was the
final limit Landlords don't care, strike
or no strike, work or no work.
Been out Of work several months
now Got my foot hurt at the textile
mill Pay me for #? H, no. What
do they care about a mans foot. If
YOU set crippled YOU get out, that's all
I'm going to sue them in the courts.
but ] don't know that twill amount to
anything. I amt able to hire a good
lawyer and a poor. one is worse than
none at all
4 guess you seen that row OF shacks
up the street there. I live in one of
them-my mother. two sisters and L.
One OF the girls works to the textile
mills. the other one stays at home and
looks after ma. She amt goin' to last
long"
The section to which he pointed is
one Of the poorest in Kensington-that
suburb Of Philadelphia where nearly a
hundred thousand workingmen, some In
good circumstances. some poverty
stricken, have their homes. The street
boasted no more than row of rather
tumble-down, two-story houses, with
out porches or stoops. Poorly clad wo-
men leaned out Of the WI doyvs. many
Of them with crying infants at their ell
bows
went in some Of them. In one three
The Washington times., 1910-03-06
Proud Of Work
As Leader of Mob.

I've had a little trouble In Nash
Vile and Chicago. Nothing serious. but
7 amt hunting no more trouble with
the police. I ran car once. before I
turned 20 the textile mills. Got IS cents
an hour in those days and stood on nv
feet ten hours When the bows went
out, somehow they sorter looked uD TO
Chick Peters to start something This
was IN Chicago. and we give EN- b
Since I've been through the rub go
many times. its Just natural that be-
ing out Of wor6 and d.-eUsted with
everything ] should take a hand here.
I'm not telling you how uucn Ieeway
] took. but I was beat over the head bv
a COP Jus last week-there-s q IumDrhere
n0w-so that shows you that was there
with the goods
Sometimes ler the other fellows do
tho fighting. / don't always throw any
thing myself. What's the use. II you
can give the yell AID depend on the
gang. I've flung enough i1 my time.
and am in practice still"
Chicks little comment on EereraIehiu
was apr0pos Il was noticed dur
ing the height Of the philadelphia riots
that frequently the man who seemed %
take the lead welded 40 weapon him
self Frequently be directed operations
from the rear. being content merely 10
toss an apple core or a harmless tir can.
while the ri0t-uadc men and boys about
him were hurting Geatr-5eaIlng missiles.
The Washington times., 1910-03-06

drivers, the men you see coming
through KensinEton in their big autos
You know the men. give their buffers.
who toady % hem at home. more
money shan us fellows who go oat iu
the factory and make their money for
them.
"Au they think OF is comfort for
themselves. To don't do "a man like me
good 10 see too much Of ST.
And as fate would have il, Chick
Peters looked out the window only 60
have his malcvolent gaze fan upon "a
speeding touring car, vith HvCried
chauffeur and stif-nacked iootman upon
the front seat. In the rear sat woman
and man. fashionably dressed, and
comfortable under fIr-lined robes
Yer know" Chick continued. ''sore-
thing Just boiIs in me whenever I see
anything Ike that Why can't I have
these things-Tm human. amt I, the
The Washington times., 1910-03-06
THE FIRST STEP.

ST. We been here IN this hole now
/ three years" Chick continued
Maybe I've had work laIr the time;
today don't know where the next loaf
is coming from unless 7 eat Off my
working sister. ard ] draw the line on
that.
down and get married would you2- he
asked. almost cHeerfuly. Yep. might
have amounted O. something # 7 had
had the chance. Had one Of the finest
-iris in KeusiUStor-she ran a weaving
machine over there tr the mlIs-but
l-st as was about 90 get things fixed
-U. I lost ms job. Then I took 10
drinking She stood by me. though. until
one day I went 90 her and told her I
wasn't good enough FOR her. that I
The Washington times., 1910-03-06
Chick Begins
Story of His Life.

Come here, Curley. and listen to a
story Of me loife," he called across the
room, as a toughened acquaintance
stroned in. Hes all right" he added.
Police tried to run i'm in fer bein a
member OF de Armor Plate ganE-that's S
A nervy bunch, tOo-bUt they didn't land
i'm. Eh. boy?'
CUrley sat down. Afterward, he smiled
patronizinEly and understandiagly as
Chick Peters waved his arms in illus
trating his prowess with a brick.
Chick talked in the vernacular Of the
street. his Bowery slang and his oaths
at times intermingled so that the whole
was almost uninteligible. As II Is a
story from his viewpoint. perhaps Il
should be dignihed here into literal
translation, so that the sympathy that
one may feel for him, be It ever so
slight. may lot be lost in the inability to
understand.
The Washington times., 1910-03-06

didn't have any prospects, and that we
better call IL all of. We sorter drifuF
apart. and year or so later she ~
ried a fellow down az the dye works
'Wor5ine on and off that way Z must
have my excitement Of some kind. T.
I can get II by helping out the Uulcn-
I don't care whether 10 IS my union OF
another mau's-I want 10 be counted
In when the fighting comes Leading a
mob amt no crime in my ewes
i just 20 clear mad. fl seems. All
can see IS that d. -scab' uD there
trying 20 take another mans job He
knows ne deserves o. be knocked of,
If ne were IN my place he'd feel the
same way. Maybe he's a street car mo-
tu~maH, o. maybe they brought him on
% break d strike an the factory Hes
a 'sca5' and that's enough
IF I can't set him, Ia Just as soon
have the man who is payiuz him. Let
EN- know that the U0rkiugmen are
going 20 stand together, and thar we
boys OUt Of work, whether IFS our fight
or not, are going 90 have a hand iu IT,
7 Gon'L core whether I've got lob or
not, most Jt the time 7 haven't. but ir
this trusJy right stands bv me I'm here
10 cost the company some money"
But this puts no money into your
pocket Z suggested
NO, but by d, 10 takes f. out Of the
cOmpauy-s. snapped Chick Peters. 1T
does me good 70 know that when the
books are balanced at the end OF the
year there's going 90 be a big repair
bill showing and that Chick Peters and
his pals have just the same as collect
ed IT,"
CurIey, Of the Armor Plate gang.
whose members may always ae counted
uron 90 make trouble AZ Kensinstor.
/ agreed that this is the way TO look al
7 &C..
That's none Of your anarchy, 'cOr6In=
| To my way Of thinking" broke in Chick
That's just step ir the right direc-
[ t.on 90 bring about living wages IN this
I rich mans country We amt going 20
7 set IT because the bosses love u.s. moth
in ike that We've got 10 get decenl
. treatment by hitting the sccundre-s g
pockets. Then he'll squeaI and cough
( up a little money so as not 10 lose
more.
The Washington times., 1910-03-06
PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF CHICK
SHOWS WORKINGS OF
BROODING OVER WRONGS
RESULTS IN DEPREDATIONS
Alleged or Otherwise the Man Out of Work" Con
siders Them Real and Is Easily
Led to Follow

same as them? Oughtn't everybody 70
have an equal shoW2 Did ] get it2
The first thing remember is being p-t
out on the street because the Old man
didn't pay the rent And he was an
honest, hard-working man, too.
Il don't claim 10 be prof5ssionaI
mob leader. but since I FIST got a taste
Of it when I was eighteen. I've had f.
in for the upper dog The police had
something TO do with IL. They piucheE
me in Cleveland once. l didn't really
throw a brick that time; fact was, T
stood back Of the whole bunch. but 7
happened 10 be one who didn't scatter
fast enough, so I was piuched. Cost
me IS borrowed money 10 get Out and
then I worked thirty days 70 pay it
hack
The Washington times., 1910-03-06

Continued on Seventh Page
The Washington times., 1910-03-06
Appearance That
OF the "Jobless" Man.

His appearance was that Of the job
less man His stockily built form was
enveloped in pOor-htting garments OF
varieEated COiors- A ralnCOst that had
seen its best days, dampened by the
constant drizzle without. hung in wrink-
led folds about him He threw IL open
at the neck, revealing a patched coat OF
another hue, A grimy gray sweater. and
a collarless shirt beneath. The 5~Ous-
ers, rather large for him, bagged at the
knees and hung low upon the heels OF
his shoes. the latter. loose. clod-hopping
affairs above which showed a pair OF
cheap. striped half-hose- a dilapidated
hat. pulled well over his shifty eyes.
completed the outlay Of clothing which
would not have brought, all in all. two
dollars al q second hand store
The razor had not touched Chick Pet
ers' face in many days A shave doesn't
matter when one IS out Of work and a
! beer and free lunch may be had for
one half the price. Anyway his pro-
. trudinC chin was covered with a beard
ed growth, and his heavy-set paws added
their quota TO his hirsute unattractlve-
ness The ears were small and close
10 the head. The hair was thick. coarse
grained and long. His eyes were small.
steely narrowing at times 10 mere Sits
5- he banged a hardened. dirty fist upon
the table and spoke heatedly Of the
rich dogs"
1t was not a pleasant face. Neither
could one call il the dominant face Of
leadership, except where IL is required
that a leader should excel in daring 10
do something wrong For this purpose.
however, IL appeared that Chick Peters
possessed the necessary qualifications.
What he lacked in years-he seemed
only about twenty-six-he atoned for in
experience and IN bull dog determina-
ton II was easy 10 imagine Chick
Peters hurting a brick through . car
window. jeering mob behind him. It
was impossible to picture him in COM
mand of a company .of soldiers or the
foreman OF a shop.
So this is the way he appeared and
this is the way he glowered as he
glanced inquisitively all the while about
him.
The Washington times., 1910-03-06
Anarchy Shows
Rising Tendencies.

Chick Peters rubbed HIS ands in
venEeful remiuiscence- CL4Iey en-
COred with an appropriate oath. The
temporarily luIed spirit Of anarchy
was rising.
Il tell you the day is coming. and
soon. when there's got 10 he a show
down Men must have decent wages or
they're EoinE 10 fight. The next war
this country sees isn't going 90 be- be-
tween the States. nor between whites
and blacks. Its Just going 10 be a GEh,
from one ocean 10 another between the
man who sweats all day for a measley
$50 or thereab bouts. and the slave
The Washington times., 1910-03-06
Why They Take
The Stand They Do.

I've got no money myself today, b--
T cost somebody q bunch Of il last week.
II bet I slammed near fifty brick
through car windows, and 7 beat a tat
TOO upon The head of q policeman ana
soldier or SO, too. 7 guess Gee. il done
me good 20 hear that glass crash.
You fellows cali that a crime. bs.
Uehhe you've never been hungry. nor
had your mother sick on you- hands
nor walked the street hunting for work
nor slept in back yards. cold and hun
Cry- BUmmiuE around this old world
gives a man a different feeling. G.uue
the chance some other man has had and
I might be that man. but mine has al-
ways been a kick where his has been
an invitation % come inside. Thz-
The Washington times., 1910-03-06

OXYGEN GAS, LOCO-DO-
LOR and hundreds of other items
for the sick room, physician, and
hospital not to be obtained in the
average drug store.
The Washington times., 1910-03-06

~ 1ofoDt hic dOggpd and VII
= 49,, son
uhheIupl appear dilOe III i'00P hot
- inc with his mental diScOn- disr
The Washington times., 1910-03-06

CULLEN, defiant, his dOgged and
unkempt appearance in keep
- ing with his. mental discon-
tent, a man without a job stood up
on the corner of a street in Ken
sington, that riotous section Of the
City Of Brotherly Love, where for
near two weeks mob rule has held
the scepter of power.
The striking street car motorman
across the way said the man was
an apostle of the power of the
brick; that he might always be
counted upon as the daredevil ally
of unionism: that he fought for
the sake of conflict and because he
believed himself TO be of the down
trodden: and that the rioung ones
who had Chick Peters in the fore
grourI gave most trouble to a
harassed police.
THE VEANGEFUL SPIRIT.
Who and why is the typical mob
leader was the thought suggested
as I crossed the street What is
it that prompts a man to jeODardize
the life of fellow-beings in order
that he may wreak his vengeance
upon those who have done him an
imagined or real wrong?
Surely, the man who had at
tempted TO conquer the street car
company in Philadelphia by the
power of riot rule could furnish a
keason. He did, in his own biased
way. - 800
STILL UNDER DOGS.
When he had finished l knew
that time had nor eradicated the
proverbiaI resentment of the under
dog; that the same spirit that
brought about the bloodshed and
the carnage of the French revolu-
ton abides Indignantly in the
hearts of thousands of the freemen
OF this country today and that, else
ali signs Of the present fail, a bat
tie to the end between capital and
labor is inevitable.
Peters, the man who always re-
members a wrong and whose heart
is ever filled with resentment that
'Sconditions are as they are, believes
and hopes that this is true. He
speaks as one whose boon COM
panion is a brick and who had
rather march in rebellion against
the rich than to remain inactive
ISInder a possible union label OF
The Washington times., 1910-03-06
CHICK PETERS TALKS.

his name really isn't Chick Peters
A man with an ever-ready brick
his hand. a typical riot leader. is not
umed 10 admit things except under
a alias. Chick is a prudent person even
H. the heat Of mob rule, and his rebellion
4 gainst the rich. He is mindful always
lhat the police draE-net IS out in Phila-
Idelphia. He remembers the tenacity OF
It's. meshes and he is not willing that Dy
chance the net should fan AROUND his
hapless self again.
at never took no first prize fer talkin',
kid" he said. susgesuvely. ''4ouse
know. a felIer has gotta be careful desc
days, when the fly cops and the Pinker-
tons is snoopin' around.
nr6'daybe .youse is on de level. It's hard
pike off the Pinbs. Dey takes de part
M everything from drummer TO a
acher wild a sanctifed look an
g-tafled coat"
eassured, he finally led the way to
of Kensington's numerous saloons
must have been the worst of the lot,
that is saying enough. At the bar,
rouCh-shOd feet resting upon
5shapen brass rail, lounged men Of a
al dozen different natlonalities. A gulp
f rom a schooner Of cheap beer often
vas punctuated with a muttered i'm
i recation concerning 1.-The d 'scabs-' %
-bre or two of them nodded 10 Chick,
200 Winked in return, Terhaps in an
&Icipation of the fact that he was about
H. law has hands on 4 ''piece of money"
Let's. go IN here,'- sail Chick, slouch-
4ne through a balf-open Joor and into
dingy, ill-smelling back room. Here
al more men-and woman or so-a
nfrcher of beer before them. Chick non
4SSsIantly staggered 10 a FAR corner and
spfawled beside table. 1 sat opposite.
'kasck gratefully wet his throat and be-
10 "1oosen up.
an EspOusal
the Union Worker.
RMS is not TO be a story in espousaI
the union rlp1, nor their SYM
thizers. who are now on strike in riot
fdcn Philadelphia. Neither is It TO
an exposition on the rights of the
Bpapid Transit Company, nor Of capital
4 Tre conflict between capital and labor,
i aaa tho apparent. fast widening breach
A. Philadelphia and elsewhere. is a sub
Aiect concerning which much has been
ritten aud little solved.
Acain, every newspaper reader is
nHiar with the details. of the riotins
at has followed the walkoUt Of the
.7et car conductors and mOtormen i'm
RIadelphia Men nave been killed and
fbred: women and children have gone
,ngry: police and members of the
afe roustabulary have spent vigilant
i.epICSs nights. cars have been smash
burned and derailed; fruitless meet
IS huvC been held in the hope Of arbi-
~ tion-and the end is not yet.
hese details. as distressing as they
now form a part o. current history.
-y one knows that the union wants
r hours. more pay, and a recogui-
OF the closed shop" II is also
n that the street car company has
ped 10 acccde to the demands and
eNrival OF crimc-with uniouism ar
ed against capital-has followed. To
union man. however. must not be
chief responsibility for lawlessness.
Us the chronic malcontent, the man
The Washington times., 1910-03-06

women were gathered-wives who, like
their husbands, were strike sympathIz-
ers and whose horizon extended no far
ther than the smoke stacks OF the mills
CT KensinEtOn.
so We came ont on the cars. did ye7
Some one ought TO hit ye with a brick"
said one. "I wouldn't ride with one OF
the d. sCabs If never git 10 town
An urchin Of five sat playing upon
the floor. Despite his years. he seemed
10 know that the women about him
were mad, and he asked no questions
when profanity was used. Perhaps some
day he will become another Chick
Peters. and environment will have
been 10 blame.
Conditions Always
The Same as at Present.
It's been like this ever since 7 can
remember" continued Chick Peters
I've either been out OF work, been on
a strike on account OF my own or
some other fellows union. or have
been working at starvation wages.
4 came to this country when 1 was
ten years Ole. Ny old man died on
the other sIde-in England. We had
80 cents when we landed in New York.
7 sold papers for a white: so did the
girls. after they got big enough.
Sometimes we had the rent and some
times we got put out OF the tenement:
II didn't matter about that. Such
things happen every day.
"T was a pretty decent kid for
while. I had heard that this country
was one Of great chances. don't see
that IL holds out any better promise TO
the poor devil like myself than does
England, with its lords md land
owners.
"WelI, I bummed about after 7 grew
UP to be sixteen. I had kuack for
machinery, and worked at the trade
IN Buffalo. Cleveland, and PittsburE
One time ! nearly became foreman OF
a shop ir Cleveland
Il don't intend 10 make any back
tracks. but I threw my first brick
when I was eighteen. I aimed at a
The Washington times., 1910-03-06
POOR WAGES BLAMED
FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS
Environments of Man Unable TO Furnish All of Life's
Necessities Also a Factor In Shaping
Rioters Views.
Bv THEODORE H. TILLER.

who lca0s a mob OF Irresponsible
sometimes composed almost entirely OF
hot-headed youths and boys-that is the
disturbing man behind the gun. 1t is
some strike syn'pathizcr. perhaps a man
without q job. a product Of an under
world, a victim, as he will explain, OF
unfortunate environment, who brings
about the chaos that has existed for
DAYS in I'hiladelphla's streets.
Self-Imposed
Is Chicks Task.
Such man is Chick Peters. He leads
a mob not because he has lost any
rights. but because he glorifes in his
self-imposed task Of Tesenting by brute
force what may or may not be the
rights Of others. Chick doesn't care
The excitement, the inherent love Of
strife, the opportunity to destroy the
property Of those more fortunate I'm this
worlds goods than he is presented, and
he seizes the chance with blOOdthirsty
abandon.
To his dulled way Of reasoning. Chick
Peters espouses a cause which furnishes
him a aa-uraI outlet for the rancor
that is always in his heart. There is
but one side to this question, and that
his own.
The story. then. hinges upon the man
who leads the mob. rather than those
who comprise II, or those for whose
alleged sake the sympathizers wreak
their vengeance. There must be a psy-
Geological study here. and Chick Peters.
! typical riot leader. barroOm habItUe.
crafty veteran OF lawlessness, furnishes
| the subject.
Returning 10 the dingy back room
and 10 Chick Peters. seated Imply be-
/ side a table there, l want 10 picture
/ the evolution of this riot leader
The Washington times., 1910-03-06

'scab,' and I got good and mad when
I missed him II went through the
window OF the ca., though. and that
cost the company money"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-30
Holly CLUB p ,;s,r,t.e.

The second annual Christmas dance
given by the Holly Club OF this city
was held last night at the Masonic
Assembly room and was one Of the
most brilliant society events ever
given in Fairmont
The attendance was large and the
appointments of the dance through
out were elaborate.
The decorations Of the hall were
magnificent and surpassed any pre-.
vlous effort of this kind. A color
scheme Of red and green was most
successfully carried out in the decora-
tlons. The large pillars in the hall
were entwined with smilax and Grim
son roses while the chandeliers were
hung with holly. The lights were
shaded with yellow chrysanthemum
shades which gave q pretty effect.
screensafo Eof palms and ferns
concealed the musicians from yiews
4 Splendid music wass ilrnlshed
itlitcaghout Tie evening Kttetinss