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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21
GOMPERS AND
MORRISON
Address Annual Convention of
Stage Employees at Washington
Features of the Session.

Washington, D.. c., July 20.-"We
have the strength to defeat all our enc
mics if we go about it in a well organ
should not succeed,'' declared Frank
Morrison, secretary of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor in an appeal to the del
egates attending the convention of the
international Alliance of Stage Employ
ees i'll this city, to stand with organized
labor in Inc coming Congressional cleo
ton. He said:
1T was organized labor that brought
about the successful fight on Speaker
Cannon and the House rules during the
past session, although this is not gen
orally known, and we can be responsible
for much more if we only make our bal
lots count.
1--WE should have at least thirty or
forty members of Congress who are
friends of labor, and we would then
have no difficulty in having enacted the
advancement and protection of our
cause
Two hundred and twenty delegates,
representing a membership of &c 900,
were in attendance at this convention.
Reports from the officers indicate that
the stage employees are joining the or
ganization in great numbers, and that
the conditions of the trade are steadily
improving.
John j.. Barry of Boston ives reelected
president and Lee M. Hart of Chicago
was collected secretary treasurer. The
other results were: First vice president,
j. III. Screws, Montgomery, Ala. second
vice president, G.. Quinn, Minneapolis,
Mimi; Third vice president, C. Malloy,
Butte. Mont; fourth vice president, C.
Shea, New York City; fifth vice presi-
dent L. C. Thompson, Galveston, Tex;
sixth vice president, C. NJ. Taylor, Los
c. Merrill, Kansas City.
Delegates to the American Federation
of Labor: Lee NJ. Hart, Chicago; J. J.
Barry, Boston, and NJ. C. Higgins.
Youngstown.
With Milwaukee a close second, Nj
agara Falls was chosen as the 1911 CON
vention city. There is a move on foot
to abolish conventions, or at least to
have them held only once in five years.
The local union of stage employees gave
a banquet in honor of the delegates.
which was attended by President Com.
pers of the a. F. of L.. and a num-
Der of prominent Washington labor lea
ders.
Improved conditions among theatrical
stage employees throughout the United
States and Canada during the past %
years formed the chief topic for discus
ton. Mr.. Gompers referred to conditions
% years ago, when it was Gus
tomary for stage hands to give their SER
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21
FARMERS, UNIONS GROWING.

Washington, d. CATER eight years
of activity, the Farmers Union, which
had its birth in Texas in 1902, is now
organized in t~wenty-nine states of the
nation, and has a membership of about
100000.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21
STRIKERS coMpErE WITH BOSSES

Everett, Wash.-A laundry strike here
lasted one week. The girls promised to
start a union laundry of their own and
began soliciting. The open shop bosses
became panic stricken. They ~capitulated
without demanding anything. The in.
crease went, SO did the recognition of the
union.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21
Arizona Workers
Form Labor Party
Will Make independent and Strong Cam
paign Thought the State-Platform
Declares for Workers Freedom.

Phoenix, Ariz., July 2U.-rhe Labor
tion of delegates gathered in this city
from the various state locals OF the West
ern Federation OF Miners, American Fed
Grafton of Labor and Socialist party, has
received pledges of outside and from
national organizations that promises to
make the coming campaign for the
newest constitution memorable in his
tory.
AS soon as the resolution introduced
by Kenneth Clayton of Globe was de-
cIared carried, aud the convention had
gone on record as favoring the perma-
Hent organization of a labor party, an
nouncement was made that the Brother
ginemen would contribute $1,000 to the
campaign fund and that $1,000 had been
pledged from another source, making in
all $4,000 gathered for the war-chest be-
fore the new party vas i day old.
Mrs. Munds, chairman of the Terri
torial Equal Suffrage Association, offer.
ed the support Of the 1000 Arizona wo-
men members AS an auxiliary campaign
committee to the Labor party.
Miss Laura Gregg, organizer of the
National Women S Suffrage Association,
expressed her deep appreciation of the
warm support given by the convention
to the cause of equal suffrage and as
sured the delegates that the political
battle coming in Arizona would enlist
the aid of their best speakers and or
gunizers.
Socialist delegates on the floor of the
convention pledged their support and as
serted that their party would not nom
mate u ticket in opposition to the Labor
party.
The last hours of the convention were
devoted to the formation of territorial
campaign committee to be composed of
hree members each from Cochise and
Maricopa counties and two members
from each of the remaining counties.
P1anks in the Labor party S platform
are to be as follows:
i Equal man and woman suffrage.
=. Election of Senators by direct vote
of the people
3. Initiative, referendum and recall.
4. Two years term for state officials.
8. State right to engage in industrial
pursuits.
8. Anti-injunction law.
Z. Employers liability law.
s. Government by enacted law only.
.. Abolition of the fee system in all
state courts.
10. State to have the right to seize
property of any person or corporation
refusing to comply with the law.
II. State to defray all expenses of the
defense i'll criminal cases.
II. Power to declare laws uuconstitu-
tional to remain with the electors and to
be exercised by referendum vote.
ID. Six months residence i'll the state
necessary to qualify as an ~elcctor.
Ii. No private police permitted to OPP
crate i'll the state or give testimony.
10. No law TO in any way limit the
franchise.
10. No fee system permitted in pri-
mary, registration or election law.
Ii. All constitutional amendments to
be made by majority vote of electors
on initiative of the legislature or the
people.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21

vices for an opportunity to witness the
performance Through careful c-alcula-
ton by the American Federation of La
Dor during the last year an average in
crease of &c 2-3 per cent in wages had
been granted to stage employees.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21

three months. The average earnings of
the heads of the 1000 or more families
Investigated was found to be $3.50 a
month
OF the $4,000 men, $4,000 were for
eign born, and nearly 40 per cent had
been in this country for less than five
years.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21

!. L. Pauley. of this city. National
Organizer for the Bartenders Interna-
tional League, is still in Wheeling. where
he has successfully conducted a fight to
maintain the local union. The local is
now in good shape and has affiliated with
the State Federation of Labor. Jim will
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21

remain there for a week or so yet. He
has done some good work in this state
for the organization.
The painters are again coming to the
front and will soon occupy their old
standing in the movement, thanks TO
the good work of Organizer Gallagher,
of Philadelphia, who has been untiring
in his efforts to build up the organiza
ton.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21

The Carpenters Union continues to
grow. AT every meeting new members
are taken in and more interest displayed
IN the welfare of the organization. The
officers are always on the job. hence its
unprecedented success.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21
NEWS OF THE
LABOR WORLD
POLICE SIDE WITH STRIKERS.

Fort Worth, Tex-Rather thar to
.'protect,' seabs imported to break a
strike here, eight policemen handede in
their badges and resigned from the
force.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21

a special meeting of Charleston Typo
graphical Union was held Saturday night
and many important matters were trans
acted. The next meeting occurs on Sat
urday night, July 30th. and it is i'm.
Portant That all members be present.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21
LOCAL FIELD.
Keep up the campaign of education,
agitation and organization!
The Tailors are still doing business at
the old stand and everything is moving
smoothly.

Our collector will call on YOU shortly
and we sincerely hope that you will be
prepared to settle your subscription and
also tell him where he can get a new
subscriber.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24
FLOODS COST ROAD MUCH.
Especial to The SentineI.l

Los Angeles. Cal. Feb. 24.-Jan-
uary floods. which put the Nevada
division OF the Salt Lake railroad out
OF commission. has cost that system
a four-years' contract with the gov
ernment for the transportation of
mails. The estimat-
ed value of this contract was s12O,-
900 annually.
Weighing of mails on the railroads
of the fourth contract section of the
United States began Feb. II. AS the
Salt Lake road is not operating
through trains between Los Angeles
and Salt Lake City. there will be no
weighing on that line. Contracts to
be let on the basis of the weight of
mail carried IN the next few weeks
will remain in force until January /
1914.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24
UUITII HIvI DUIO
BUSINESS SITE

To-day the property on Colo
RADIO avenue between Fifth and
Sixth streets, known as the Ed
win Price property and owned
by Postmaster Edwin Price, was
sold to the Bowers Cigar COM
pany, "A new business concern OF
the city whose organization was
detailed exclusively by The Sem
tinel some days ago.
The consideration was in the
neigh borhood of $4,000.
The property consists of one lot
and a brick building of good size and
which was recently remodeled.
The Bowers Cigar company will
move their business into the newly
purchased property and the company
proposes to conduct one of the larg-
est wholesale sigar houses and whole
sale confectionery houses in western
Colorado. The company is well or
gained, the men behind 1t are men
who know their business and who are
responsible and of good standing and
there is every reason TO believe that
the business will be successful from
the very start.
The location is a good one. near
the very center of the business dis
trict of the. city.
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DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC FEARED
Especial to The Sentinel. ]

Cherry. H.. Feb. 24.-Witb not a
doctor nor any antitoXin in town. ev-
cry widow and orphan of the St. Paul
mine fire is exposed to diphtheria
through the professional nurses that
are caring for the sick.
Shortly after dealing out free milk
to nearly 200 women and children,
Miss Frances Wheeler of Chicago,
one of the four nurses in Cherry, was
stricken with diphtheria in the
nurses home.
The other nurses made their regu-
lar calls today and measured out free
mix at the railroad station. 1t is
feared that nearly every one in Cher
ry has been exposed. The streets are
alive with panicky rumors of an cpl
demic but the nurses say there is no
danger.
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HIS HONOR.

Some men" said Andrew Carne-
gle, have very queer ideas of honor
Il was once riding from Pittsburg
to Philadelphia in the smoking COM
partment of Pullman. There were
perhaps six of us in the compartment,
smoking and reading. All of a sud
den door banged and the conduc-
tors voice cried:
All tickets, please!'
Then one of the men in the COM
partment sprang TO his feet. scanned
the faces of the rest of us. and said
slowly and impressively:
Gentiec en-, trust to your
honor
And he dived under the seat and
remained there in a small. silent
knot till the conductor was safely
gone"
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ.
Sills, 915 Grand avenue, was the
scene of very pretty wedding at
high noon Wednesday. when their
daughter Gertrude May, was married
TO Carmen NJ. Wild of Fruita. The
house was very prettily decorated
with white and pink carnations and
the service was read by the Rev. G..
A. Munro under an arch of smilax
and palms. Miss Bessie Walker, a
cousin of the bride. played beauti-
ful wedding march. About thirty
guests were present including i'm
mediate relatives and friends. The
bride wore a gown of white chiffon
silk with embroidered net yoke and
carried a shower of cut flowers. She
received a number of beautiful and
valuable presents. After delightful
wedding dinner the couple left on the
Colorado Midland evening train for
an extended eastern trip. They will
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RAILROAD NOTES

The train situation on the Midland
land is improving gradually. Tues
days No. lOo arrived in the city at
80 this morning, and train No
lO3 of that date will arrive at about
S O'Clock this evening. The snow is
reported to be about as heavy as was
even known, and the cars which have
come in greatly show the effects OF
the fight in the snow. II Is believed
that traffic will be resumed on its us
ual schedule about tomorrow.
w. p. Dale, superintendent OF the
Utah Fuel Company. is in the city on
business today. Mr.. Dale was for
merly a resident of this city. and for
a number of years held the position
of freight agent here.
Superintendent j. T. Nedwideek
left this morning for Pueblo on a
short business trip.
w. w. Wolf. the we'll known cattle
man, this afternoon shipped seven
car loads of cattle to the Kansas City
market.
Superintendent E. B. Mitchell. of
Helper, is business visitor in the
city today.
Commodore Mckinney corrects the
the statement that the new arrival in
his family is boy. 1t is fine baby
girl.
Measurements are being taken for
the reconstruction of the blacksmith's s
coal house which burned down during
the fire which destroyed the oil house
last spring.
An old passenger coach has been
brought in from some outside point
and will be used as paint shop. 1t
is being put in shape.
l.. f. Blodgett, who is a new ar
rival from Indianapolis. and has been
employed but a short time as ma
chinist, was taken sick the first of
the week with typhoid fever and has
been taken to Salda.
Storekeeper L. p. Norton has re-
signed and will go &c Pueblo to &C
cept. a position.
Train No. 106 was stubbed .out this
afternoon.
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Word has been received in this
city of the marriage of Il. Il. Brown
of San Francisco and Miss Clara
Stoner of this city, which occurred
in California last week. Miss Stoner
is well known here and is a pretty
and amiable young lady. Mr.. Brown
served three years as soldier in the
United States army in the Philippines
and is very highly respected young
man.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24

Kidney disease is dangerous all
ment. You should never delay mo-
ment to take some good, reliable.
dependable remedy. In such cases
We recommend DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills. These wonderful pills
are being used by thousands of peo-
pie daily with fine results. They are
for weak kidneys, weak back, back
ache. inflammation of the bladder
and all urinary disorders Sold by
c. ID. Smith Drug Co.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24

Last night at the Auditorium
splendid crowd enjoyed an evening
of roller skating. During the first
part of the evening the floor was
somewhat slick owing to the fact that
it was used for dancing the night be-
fore but it soon wore down and was
in good condition. Manager Boyer
announced that tonight there would
be band music which was received by
the audience with much pleasure. a
large crowd will attend tonight.
Among those skating last evening
we're Misses Maud Burton, Julie Carl
son, Helen Bunting, Anne Allen.
Marian Biederman, Helen Stevens,
Amrah Smith, Victoria Wilhelmy.
Alice Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkes
Dlnwiddie, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Lutes. DIR. Duffy, DR.. r. w. Hall, f..
Il. Bowie. w. Il. Jordan. John Kirtly
Anthony Fidel, John Fidel. Russ,
Samples. Archie Wells. Wynne Lund.
Griffiths. Williams. II. Hardinge,
Lawrence Carnahan and many others.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24

A message this afternoon to The
Sentinel from Steamboat Springs,
Colo. states that C. f. Baird, prom
inent resid ent of that city, left there
yesterday for Grand Junction to meet
Miss Grace Hale, handsome yolng
woman of Steamboat Springs who is
to arrive in Grand Junction from a
visit to Salt Lake City and the couple
will be married here.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24

This afternoon there were large
number of ladies in attendance at the
prayer service held at the Baptist
church, between and 5 o'clock, by
the Woman's Missionary society.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24

a message to The Sentinel today
from Rifle states that plans are be-
ing formulated for the building in
that city of large auditorium for
public gatherings.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24

This afternoon the Ladies Aid So
ciety of the Presbyterian church is
meeting at the home of Mrs. Orme
on Chipeta avenue.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24

You'll get the best work at the
Suitorium. Ladies' and gents clothes
cleaned. pressed and repaired. Goods
called for and delivered.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24

Tonight Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nc
Clintock give reception in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy McClintock at the
home on Eighth Street and Ouray
avenue.
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Well call for your cleaning and
pressing and deliver at your conven-
ience. Phone Black s62. The Suitor-
iuA.
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The Sentinel in advance SIS. 90 per
year. $3.50 for six months.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

LOANS-We are at all times
to entertain application
straight loans on city or imI
ranch property. Milne &I
527 Main street.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24

ANY amount of A No. l hay at t.
CashFeed Store. 307 Main Street.
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Any amount of A No. l hay
CashFeed Store, 307 Main Sire
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S;O-C:I:6:{:Y
~ se@g1s=e

be at home to their many friends af-
ter March 20 at Fruita.
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FOR sALE-you had better buy lots

FOR SALE-You had better buy lots
now:
Between 13-14th on White, $3.50.
Between 1l-12th on Ouray, 5000.
Between 6-7th on Ouray, $1,000.
Between 11-12th on Chipet. $500.
Between S-9th on Main, $1,000.
Next to Cor, 10th and Colo, $3.50.
Corner 14th and Grand. s675.
Corner 18th and Rood. $3.50.
Corner 10th and Belford, 3 pairs
for 81, 1,400.-Heflin Bros.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24

One OF the oldest ana best equipped
livery firms in western Colorado Is
Barton 4 Terrill. Fifth and Colorado
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-24

ALFALFA = Promptly deli,
Telephone Red 1865.
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Train No. lOs was -stubbed out This
afternoon.
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w. p. Dale, superintendent OF the
Utah Fuel Company. is in the city on
business today. Mr.. Dale was for
merly a resident of this city. and for
a number of years held the position
of freight agent here.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-20
MINORITY REPORT FILED
I'M CASE OF l0RIMER
Senator Frazier Says That
Others Cast Votes That
Were Tainted

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 10
United States Senator James B. Frazier,
who is at home for the holidays, stated
that the report sent out from Washing
ton that the report of the sub-commit-
tee in the Lorimer investigation was
unanimous. was not correct; that he had
filed with the committee on privileges
and elections to which the report of the
subcommittee was made, a statement
OF his views and conclusions In writ
ing In this he agreed with the other
members of the subcommittee wherein
IL exonerated the election of Senator
L,orimer from the charges of corrup-
ton.
He stated in the minority report filed,
that in his judgement the proof estab-
lished the fact that -four members OF
the Illinois legislature who had voted
for Mr.. Lorimer were bribed to do so,
they having confessed that fact, and
further that they were bribed by three
other members of the legislature who
had voted for Lorimer. and that his
conclusions as were stated in his report
that there were seven votes cast for
Mr.. Iorimer which were corrupted or
tainted.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-20
DIDN'T SIGN
WAR SCARE" REPORT
General Wood Wrote 1t and
Thought Mr.. Taft Had Ap-
proved 1t

CHICAGO. Dec. ia special dispatch
from washington TO the Tribune says:
Somebody's blunder was the casuse OF
the war scare which has set official cir
cles topsy turvy for the last few days.
The disclosure of cross purposes In
connection with the report of the secre-
tary of war was occasioned by something
that went wrong T. bureaucratic rou-
tine
The president was entirely ignorant OF
the contents of the report sent to con-
gress by Secretary of War Dickinson and
afterward suppressed. Secretary n'ekin-
son understood that--11e president had
seen the report and approved its con-
tents.
The report was prepared by Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood during the absence OF the
secretary In his trip around the world.
General Wood directed the submission OF
the document 10 the president and sup
posed this had been done.
1t turned out the report never reached
the presidents desk. Secretary Dickinson
returned, read the report and gave 1t his
sanction in the belief that its contents
were known to the president
Not until the report had gone TO con-
gress as a CONFIDENTIAL document and
been returned did the president know OF
its existence or Secretary Dickinson and
General Wood know that the president
had not seen il.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-20
VETERAN WALKS II 900 MILES
IN SEARCH OF HIS DAUGHTERS

Left penniless, homeless and Without
relatives BY the Galveston flood and
since forced to live on the charity of
friends Frank Schrom, a Confederate
veteran 9s years of age, reached At
lanta from Mobile, Ala, Sunday after
noon en- route to Jacksonville, Fla, In
search of two daughters. the only two
members of his immediate family who
were not drowned in the flood.
The aged veteran is now en- route to
Jacksonville where he hopes to locate
his two daughters, for whom he has
sought since the flood He recently OBJ
tanned Information that his daughters
were now in the Florida city and al
once set out from New Orleans to try
and find them. Having no money he
walked to Mobile, Ala, and from there
came to Atlanta, walking the major part
of the way. He will be in Atlanta three
or four days before resuming his trip.
Schrom, old as he is and greatly ham
pered by rheumatism, probably holds
the worlds record for walking for a
man of his years. Besides having the
distinction of walking from New Orleans
to San Francisco and return, all of which
was in search of his daughters, he has
walked to many other cities, covering
in an effort to again see his only two
daughters.
1t took the aged walker just IL
months to make the trip from New Or
leans to the Pacific coast and return.
He walked practically the entire way,
being given a lift" only a very few