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The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
Kid Gloves
200 Pairs ct SEQ

Odd lots of 2-clasp Kid Gloves,
excellent quality, In black and
colors; special Friday at 59c. We
Main Floor ~;
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
La ValliereS
19c, Regularly 25c

French La VALERIE. Roman
and French gray finish, with
amethyst pendants In assorted
designs. worth Csc. Friday only
19c. main Floor.)
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20

Sanitary Couch, all steel cor
struction. the heavy kind: CO
cellent workmanship: just J0r
TO sell at $2.9S. Our regular 4
20 Couch. (Fifth FIoor.) &,
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
Unbleached Cotton
5lac Yard, Worth &c

Unbleached Cotton, one yard
wide; a fine firm weave that
.bleaches easily; can be used for
sheets or pillow cases. Regu-
larry &c a yard. Friday only, at
size a yard. (Second fioor.)
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
Wash Ribbon
12-Yd. Bolt, 22c

Beading Wash Ribbons, usually
sold at &c and DC yard. They're
a of an inch wide; 10 yards in
a bolt. (Main fioor.)
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
Silk Scarfs
Worth 75c, at sec

Silk Scarfs for evening wear or
motoring. worth 75c. yards long
and "a inches wide; majority OF
them have stylish polka dot, with
IA colorings. all new. Main Floor
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
Ribbons
l9c Quality, 1870

400 pieces Taffeta Ribbon.
all silk. at l21sc q yard: 5
inches wide. In sky, maise.
lavender. delft, gray. roe
and all the staple colofa
also black and white. Rec
larly sold for Ice. Nc
floor)
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
Dictionary
38c Instead of 75c

38c for Webster's School and
Office Dictionary, clear and
concise, sold regularly for 75c,
Friday Csc. main Floor.)
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
Roasting Pans
SIC, Worth Soc

Blue Steel Double Roasting Pan.
large size. well made, regular soc
value. Friday only SIC.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
China

CHINA CHOCOLATE POTS
31c-ln pretty flower decora
tons. pretty shapes. Regularly
soc. ,75c and CSC each. Friday
only at BIC.
WHITE PORCELAIN BREAK
FAST PLATES, 6 FOR 17c-ln
plain and festoon edges. Regu-
larly Coo a dozen. Friday only
at, 6 Tor Tic.
CLEANUP OF DECORATED
PLATES, 5c--In all sizes be-
longing to open stock dinner
ware patterns. Regularly 10c
to 15c values. Friday only, at
sc each. (Basement.)
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
Boys Shoes
$1.19 Instead of $3.50

About 200 pairs Boys Satin
Calf Shoes. sold regularly for
$3.50. For Friday. $1.19. All
sizes. main Floor.)
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
Two Counters of
Boys So & 81
SUITS
REFERS
OVERCOATS
All at $1.95

There are double breast
ed Suits with Knicker-
booker Pants; also Rus
sian styles.
There are Overcoats
and Refers for boys of
IA to 10 years.
A swarm of boys will
no doubt be here Friday,
for we know that there
are thousands who need a
new Suit or Overcoat,
and a chance to get So to
So grades at $I.o5 is sure
ly exceptional.
200 Pairs of Boys
TROUSERS at Csc
Neat trimmed gray eff
fects. sizes 4 to IS years.
35c apiece instead of soc.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
Sacques
$3.50 Models at 81

Lawn Dressing Sacques of
excellent quality, neat patterns.
trimmed prettily with satin rib
bon and In various colors. All
sizes, made with long peplin:
$3.50 value; Friday special, 81.
CThird Floor
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
416 Pairs of Women'S Shoes
Straight ST.. SO, S. & $3.50 Grades
Here Friday at $3.50

Styles not the newest-if they you would
pay $aso to $3.50 for these Shoes. But every
who is looking for pair Of good servceable Shoes and
is much of crank style, hope will read this
announcement for it will that she will double her
money in shoe value for $I5o Button lace. Leathers
are patent colt gun metal calf and vic kid
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20
Perfection''
OIL HEATERS
$2.os, Regularly $3.50

Perfection OIL Heater. largest
size. guaranteed odorless and
smokeless; the regular $3.50 value
for 1896. Basement.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-20

Basement,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06
ORGANIZED T>AROR.
CALLS OTIS BLUFF

were District Secretary BENZ. f. Nor
ris, International Executive Board
Member Powell, OF Indiana. General
organizer Campbell. of Kentucky. T l.
(Doc) Fisher, the railway engineer
who is i candidate :or House of Dele,
gates on the Socialist ticket and Hon
William G. Barnhart of this city. Tho
meeting was a grand success in every
particular. The miners on Paint
Creek are aroused os never before.
Inc local unions Of this District
VIII make nominations for District
officers during the next few weeks
and the various candidates will be
notified OF their nomination early next
month.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06
HOW PROSTITUTES
ARE BEING MADE
An open Letter to John ID. Rockefeller Jr from the
Kew. Roland D. Sawyer, of Boston---He
Spares None in Denouncing System

was eating my lunch in Boston.
restaurant, and having on my clerical
vest the bright faced young Catholic
Sirl who waited on me mistook me for
Il priest and was very attentive. She
pointed out TO me three young yegg.
men who for a few days had occupied
much space in the local papers bat
had now been caught. tried and were
cnroutc to the prison In response
| called her attention to the fact-that
they were poor. understood fellows
eating their dinner with a vim that
told very plainly that they realized
enough to cat was something not to he
allowed to pass. | told her these poor
fellows had never had Il chance in life
Or they would not be there and her
reply was: | know. father. but sure
that's no excuse. | know how hard it
is myself. for last summer | was out
of work nine weeks and got down to
one dress, and sure most of the girls
would have gone INTO the street before
that. but my love OF the church saved
me.
Here | had a frank admission OF a
condition. \ condition such as Charles
Edward Russell found when wat ch
ing the discharge of the Christmas g
help in the department store. He noted
an awful Expression OF horror sweep
over the face of fifteen-year-Old girl
saw her ciinch her hands heard hcr
shudGer out. My God. my Cod" 1u
three nights he saw the same girl
soliciting men on the streets.
1t is condition that a Boston friend
of mine found. He had been served
at a candy counter in a restaurant ior
four years by u sweet faced quiet
girl. In the hard times of 1907 the
candy counter was discontinued. -Four
months later. when the cold was com
ing on he was accosted on a Boston
street by this same girl When he let
her know shat he knew her. she broke
! down. into tears. and between her sobs
, told the story of her loss Of Job.
! her Inability to secure another and
| her consequent life Of shame or star
| vation.
/ Il is condition silently recognized
! hv all great employers of labor in our
cities. The superintendent OF large
Chicago department store said to some
visitors: "Of course we do not paE
enough to the girls to support then,
unless they live at home tand then he
added confidently: fully twothrrds
of our girls live at home.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06
PUNCH AND JUDY
TWO RING CIRCIIS|

0thef anon what they think of it. For
mere Is man that speaketh as one
having authority. and not as scribes.
he doesn't wave the American fla,
ana scream out against foreign labor
'aNinS the bread out of American
mouths nor OF voting the republican
ticNet TO keep Japan from stealing :
The PHILIPPINE. Islands. He talks ol
what Is making poverty in every LAND
on the globe he warns the mon
against soldiers and going to war ~
XIII their fellow workers in o.her lands
fcr the benefit of the rich men vho
own the government and who wish 10
steal from other rich men who own
other governments. And the crowds
grow bigger and bigger.
Now, most of those sturdy sons OF
tol! who gather about the red banner
with clasped hands will go home and
thlnk or what they have heard and
read more and more of the gospel q,
Socialism and when the Sth d.v n,
November rolls around they will re
iuSe TO put their heads into the noos
cs or either Punch and Judy agsrc
CATION OF political pirates who rob
the taxpayers, despoll the homes
and create poverty, misery and prosti
tuition, but will go to the polls and
cast such an enormous vote for honest
workinSmen and farmers. that ever
the crooked election officers and bal
lot box thieves cannot rob the Soc
1alist party and the people OF a grand
victory
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06

: And the world passes on. pattin .
Itself on the back at the good luck OF
the two-thirds. but aside from us So.
.cialists no one thinks of the uulucky
third. Berlin is the third great city
in the world in the number of its pros.
titutcs. and Berlin has big army oi
10000 homeless, mderpaid factory
girls.
MIR. Rockefeller. This is how prosti
tutes are made. Consideration oi
this brief letter OF mine will tell you
white slavery information that you dc
net seem to have been able to find
viz. that il is poor pay. harsh ccononl-
ic conditions that make prostitutes
1t may be unpleasant for YOU Mr..
Rockefeller. to know this. but am
assuming that YOU are honest and
really want to know. Anyhow, you
have taken a public position that VAR
rants us to believe that you are will
ing 10 know. SO summaries FOR Yen:
First-It is want and poverty that
drives girls to the street IN nine cases
out of ten. Men who conduct bust.
ness and support a social system that
does not pay living wages are 20 blame
for the rum of these girls The most
fertile destrovcrs OF virtue in this
country are not the pimps and white
slavers. but men like you and your re-
ligious father. men of your own GLASS,
You are responsible above all others
for this terrible shame of prostitu
t. On.
Second-You are churchman and
l am a churchman. We occupy posi-.
tions testifying to our belief in re-
ligion. But Mr.. Rockefeller. we both
must admit that the labor unions in
! trying to secure fair wages and secure
check prostitution than all our chur
ches. with all their moralizing about
! the evil. De
And we must further admit that the
Socialist party. in aiming to give IFS
"A just and fair industrial order is the
only Intelligent movement aiming to
! eliminate this evil of prostitution. The
| power of religious feeling in this girl
who spoke to me in the restaurant and
which kept her from succumbing tc
temptation. you and l honor very
! highly But where that can save one
! the system destroys nine. Socialism
will give MS a system in which the
whole ten can be saved.
Third-Mr Rockefeller. YOU are the
wealthy son of the wealthiest man ii
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06
trade Union Movement of California Appropriates
Large Sum to Probe Charges of Bomb Throw $
ing Made by Labor Haters in Con
nection with Los Angeles
Times Explosion.

An explosion destroyed the Los
Angeles Times building early Satur.
day morning in which, AS near as can
ne deter mined at this time, 19 lives
were lost and score badly injured
FIRE followed the explosion and caus
ed the list OF fatalities to increase.
The Los Angeles Times is owned
by Harrison Gray Otis, and inveter
ate union hater, who has been wasips
war On organized labor for years. And
as TO be expected from men of his
stripe puts the blame of the explosion
on tho unions. notwithstanding the
fact that all the employees who had
left the building before the explosion
say that they smeIled escaping gas
foT hours before quitting work, but
otis says bomb caused the fire.
Organized Labor of Los Angeles mas
hurled the lie at Otis and following
the statement of employees who de
declared they smeIt escaping gas, the
Central Trades and Labor Council
has offered $500 reward for the ap
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06
ADMINISTRATION OF
JUSTICE DISGRACE.
10 west Virginia and the Nation Coal Company
'uards' Commissioned by Governor Main
and Assault Union Men at Will

abused and in several instances these
thugs have thrown miners and their
families into the public highways
without due process of law.
These lawless depredations have
been brought TO the attention of the
officers of the law from the chief
executive down to constable and
sworn proof submitted 70 substantiatc
the Charges, but not in one single in.
stance has one of these guards been
prosecuted. The several Governors
have ignored labor's plea for Justice
and the legislatures have likewise
turned a deaf car to their appeals.
During the term of The present
acting" governor several of the most
henious crimes have been commit ed
by the men he has commissioned TO
serve his masters and the facts placed
in his hands. but he has been TOO
busy harmonizing the grating fac.
tions in his corporation controlled
party and making it party OF
achievements" for the criminal cor,
l''i sA''piiS " Sp'Ill any 'llilr IN IpoN.
ing TO the protection OF the wealth
producers
But the time will come when the
workers will vote like they strike and
then We will have Il Governor who
does not wear the collar Of the trusts
and drag the bal and chain of the
capi:alistic political powers.
May God speed the day when the
wage slaves of West Virginia will be
freed and graft and corruption wiped
out
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06

showing under the same tent. will II
uiNide Its own ranks and split wide
open. like ripe melon, to be devourch
by both gangs of political nar,sitos.
II Is all very hopelcss-but for one
'ihhs- Iii every part of Kanawha
county these nights one finds seal
1crec about little groups of men
sathered around d red banner on whic.
Tie hands of men are pictured in
warm clasp. In front of the banner
man stands. talking earnestly 10
those gathered about him. Tho man
uocsnt shout. And his hearers dc
not applaud much. They just stand
there while the crowds grow bigger
and bigger, listening to the arguments
smiling at the stories and asking each
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06

the world. I am of the working class.
my father never earned $500 the best
year he ever saw, and have never
earned over 81 900.
Bui Charge you, Mr.. Rockefeller
that you and your class have forced
our daughters and sisters into liyes n,
shame. You have thrust US down
l"u have degraded us, debauched our
women, destroyed our homes. stolen
our sisters virtue after overworkinn
and under eIpaying their fathers an,
mothers and ourselves. The trouhIe
win us is that we CARRY YOU ON
OUR BACKS and the load is too great
Every dollar you will inherit Mr.
Rockefeller. is filthy with the slum OF
thiS horrible pest spot in our nation
r'ourtn-Mr. Rockefeller, Socialism
SHOWS us the way out Will Won come
with us? | know YOU can surround
Yourself with the paid defenses of
hlchnE preachers, editors, Judges
university presidents and professors
surrounded by the fog they create
YOU can ignore, these charges: but
Mr. Rockefeller. if there be life after
thIs, as You and | both believe. where
we shall see things in larger light,
let me tell you sir, that in that time
and place, If we ever meet You can
not look me in the face and defend
yourself. Let me be one preacher who
dares to Say .n you, as representa-.
i've :. your class, that in determin-
ing the guilt for white slavery Thou
Art The Man"
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06
FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Honesty Must Come to the Front in
the Actions of All Men.

The following communication from
Joel S. Ruffner was found in an oh.
scnre corner of the Gazette Tuesday
morning and its sentiments being so
closely allied to the. policy of this
paper we are glad to present il to
our readers. as it will give them much
food for thought:
All thinking minds with a desire 10,
truth. right dealings with ur fellows
hoheS'S OF purpose ynobstructcd by
prejudice may see that the Sword O:
Truth is very soon going to smite
every evil system and custom-civil
social and ecclesiastical
Nay. more. we can see Nhe sword
already sharpenedD that the smitine
is commenced: freedom of thought
and human rights. civil and religious
long lost sight of under kings and
emperors, popes. synods. councils. ira
ditions ana crecds. are being appre
ciated and asserted as never before
The internal conflict is already fer
menting: and will surely ere lon,
break forth as a consuming fire, and
human systems. and errors. which for
many centuries have fettered truth
and oppressed the groaning creation
must melt before it.
Yes, truth-and widespread and in
creaS:ng knowledge of it's the
sword which is perplexing and wound
ing the heads over many countries.
Our political tangle for November
1910. must come to focus. honesty
must come to the front inthe actions
of all men.
The year 1914 eliminated in the
civil war of 1851 giving the death
blow forever to human slavery of the
race of Ham. Japeth now demands
the final stroke on the wedge of the
white Slave-get ready to receive it,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06
ATTENTION.

Local Charleston will
have a Highly Important
Meeting next Tuesday
evening at 8 O'Clock and
every member and the
members of. all Branch
Locals should be present.
The battle for the Com
ing Nation is on, and you
must get on the firing line
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06

President Taft is a big MANN
size. He takes up more space and
amounts to less than any other oc
cupant of the Presidential chair. AS
Statesman he is the original and
only Tom Thumb. He has said less
tha1 is worth repeating than any other
public man in the history of the nat
ION. But he said one thing that is
true-one thing that might have been
said by man with heart bcatinp 9
Tor the good OF the people 1t was
this: THE administration of Justice
in this country is a disgrace 10 our
civilization
1t isn't necessary to go beyond the
confines of our Little Mountain
State-where mountaineers are al
ways frce(?)-to find examples OF
this disgrace
Industrial trouble arose inthe coal
fields in 1902 instigated by the most
unscrupulous aggregation Of coal bar
ons that ever diSgraced the fair name
OF a state and in the struggle that
followed the union men were holding
their own until the coal barons dc
mandcd of their servants in Office the
creation of n system aimed directly at
the suppression of labor And this
demand was at once complied with
and the notorious guard" and rail.
road police system was established ed
and horde of cut-throats, cx-convicts
and criminals from other states were
commissioned by the Governor to &c
to the aid of his masters and the
union men and their families were
driven about at the muzzle of Win
cheSters like wild animals, and thus
aided by the state officials, the coal
barons forced their employees into
slavery in all the coal fields of the
state except the kanawha District
and since that time a horde of thugs
have stood guard over the slaves and
tatcs of the soulless corporations
Justice was never more disgra ce
ed than in the enforcement CT this
desFotic system. And during the per
! ic.d that this system mas been in
/ force several union men and sympa
thizers have been murdered by these
I guards. scores have been manned
and crippled for life and hundreds
upon hundreds have been assaulted
and beaten for no other reason than
/ that they were union men, Women
and children have been insulted anc
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06
TIMES BITTER FOE
OF UNION LABOR

Lynch says that the Los Angeles
Times has long been a bitter. IN
relenting and unreasoning enemy OF
trade unionism. and IL is characters
II" of the Times mana cement that
Immediately after the explosion which
wrecked the plant and without await
ing any investigation as to the cause
Of the catastrophe. it should charge
the disaster to the trade unions. as
was done by the Times business man,
ager and managing editor
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06
Great Aggregation of Capita|stic Owned Freaks
Doing Great Stunt Under One ent.-.Renuhi.
can-Prohibition- democratic Star Cast.
wet and Dry Question but a Trick to Fool the Cit
zeI1s--- Real Issue is Which Gang will Fleece
the Taxpayers and Betray the ToiIers

Punch and Judy are now nlavine to
Crowded" houses in Kanawba county
HIndreds upon hundreds of sovereign
citizens are torn fmore or less) by
the diss"ntions of the Torthcomins
sl-cuon. White-hot Questions" at is.
sue ar" burning deep into the public
hrsh Tho American flag, Abraham
Lincoln dlud the sacred traditions o;
"rr ioI~fathers' flap brazenly on the
'l1theslin" of political shirttail wash.
srS. ana public conscience is strany-
le. in the sinking offal of hypocrisy.s
yearly tub
Professional reform is in the air, IA
oiit'e draws near, and thousands of
American citizens whose only birth
fI-At Is III" privilege of selling them.
selves to the highest bidder, to the
icH'St bidder. and to both. smack
their pap-lovins lips as shoats at the
rattl" Of the swill pail and scramble
TO Elun2e their noses among the re.
fuse
The gang is uneasy. But "pnblic
confidence remains unmoved. RE
ic'm is hopeful of being crowned
BIT business is unafraid. For the
gang is the first born of business;
ard reform is the other twins name
std hes" arc the issues at stake.
snail Punch and Judy rule in Kan.
s"l.t county? Shall Elkins-Dixon and
'F"ir tools. or Davis Watson ct ais
"'"c" IA" people? Shall poverty and
misery stalk throughout our county
"'Hr republican or democratic ms
" " snail thieves ana prostitutes
" 'i"h'"d and compelled 20 pay tri.
Nv wci or dry" gang OF
untgai graftcrs? Shall the damabln
-''!i N'&fcm h" continued under the
r'iSA ~ Carpet Bag" Steve or father.
'"''a" FlInd Old Man? Shall wom.
Wv ana childr"n be thrown out into tha
'lh'' highways by the tools of the
>'NGhiican-prOhibitiou Or dcnocr,tic
snail union men be MANNED
- 'H"r"G by CX-convicts and
'"'%S h' tn" b"hcst of the G.. o. + ole.
.l'"' 'r th" democratic mule? Shall
i- '"'h'F i"tl be operated as Il bawdy
-''''- hN IN" court house corruption.
~ or little Judy" Shall graft cor.
-''u"h. bribery and misrule he con.
al IN" court house by two
1'' f"neh Or sid"ahow Judy?
'ffl questions must be settled
'''-a he'll Il" secured to procure a
son And holl is being secured
n" wh""ls of tho t,vo ,,o,;t;,., ,,,,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06
BIG MEETING OF THE
MINERS AT BLAkELY
And Mucklow on Last Saturday
Which Were Addressed by Dis
triet and National Officials

A rousins big meeting OF the miners
on Blue Creek was held at Blakely on
Sunday which was addressed bv Presi-
dent Ben Davis and Vice President l.
F. 1-anham. large crowd was pres.
ent and every miner took an active
interest in the meeting and the organi-
zatioT is we'll established owing to the
aggressive work of both tine district
and Local officers
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06

Now is the time 10 show your col
ors. comrades, Dy rallying to the as
slStance OF the Argus. Send in Il
f"w subs and help us in the fight az
gainst the capitalistic cannabals.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06

The industrial Index, published at
Columbus and edited by a coal Com.
pany man. has begun las annual abuse
of some of the candidates for national
Offices and several of the District off
Gals. But its wailings receives BUT
little attention from the rank and file
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-06

One of the greatest meetings held
at Mucklow this year took place last
Sunday afternoon. A large crowd vas
IN attendance from al, parts of Paint
Greek. The speakers of the occa sion