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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-09
in FAIR FLORENCE
Many Americans DomiciIed
There to Pursue Studies.
ARCHITECTURE IS SPLENDID
Ancient Buildings Preserved, But in
Concealed Places.
COST OF LIVING INCREASES
Mausoleum Of Lorenzo the Magnid-
cent-Palaces of the di Medicis
and Other Noble Fathers.
COST OF LIVING INCREASES

BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence OF The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
FLORENCE, April 6, 1910
/ have not had time to visit the Uffizi
gallery. which, as everybody knows, is
one of the three greatest in the world,
but am told that the italian government
has recently introduced steam heat.
This will be conducive not only to the
comfort but to the health of the thou
sands of students who are working there
every day, and who. in the winter, were
nearly frozen because the temperature of
the ancient palace of the di Medicis is
similar to that of the polar circle for four
months in the year.
Although Florence Is considered the
most delightful of all Italian cities for a
residence. its winters are very severe.
The ice-laden winds from the Apennines
come down the valley of the Arno A
favorite author mentions that physicians
say:
They can scarcely conceive how people
can live in Florence in the winter, or
how they can die there in the summer"
The brother of the late Senator Quay Of
Pennsylvania, who is the American con-
sui here, says he has been told there are
six hundred Americans in Florence, but
does not believe there are more than half
that number. Only two hundred are reg
istered at the consulate, most Of whom,
he says. are remittance people and live
here because it is cheaper than in the
United States.
Many are drawn here also because Of
the climate, the art and historical asso-
Citations. the society, the opportunities for
study and for other reasons. About one
half of the Americans are students in
one line or another.
Cost of Living Higher.
Expenses in Italy have increased from
so to 100 per cent, however, during the
last ten or twelve years. The charges at
the fashionable hotels are quite as high
as those in New York. which is due in a
measure to the fact that they have intro
duced modern conveniences in the way Of
hot and cold water, bathrooms, steam
heat and electric lights and they are
aware that their rich pair MS are perfect
ly willing to pay for them.
House rents and the prices of food of
every kind have nearly doubled within the
last ten or twelve years. Every article In
the list of the necessaries of life has ad
vanced considerably, so that it is no
longer much cheaper to live here than it
Is In the United States
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will be followed by Mayor Robert F.
Maddox. who will accept the monument
on behalf Of the city. The ceremonies
will be brought to a close with the bene-
diction by Rev. John e. White, pastor of
the Second Baptist Church Of Atlanta.
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American-Owned Villas.

Twelve or fifteen villas are owned and
occupied by American families. l de-
scribed in my letter yesterday Mr.. Els
worth's Villa Palmieri and spoke of the
Villa Bellariposo of ex-Gov. Fletcher
Smith of Vermont, the Doccio villa of
Henry w. Cannon of New York. the
Lander villa. which belonged to the late
Prof. Fiske of Cornell University.
of B an,o" has ' ths Villa Via cuTonia: the
Howell family Of Boston has recently
bought an estate in the immediate vicin-
ity Of the city: MIR. Heron Of Cincinnati
has a beautiful place, and Virgil c. Gill
ancient villa on the top of hill, which
is one of the most attractive places about
Florence.
Walter Spalding Of Chicago has a pal
azzina,'' which means a small palace,
that formerly belonged to Talleyrand. His
son. Albert Spalding. who Is rapidly
gaining fame as a violinist, was edu-
Gated here by SignOr Chitti.
There are a large number Of American
young men and young women studying
music and languages and other things.
There is an American school here, where
American girls are taught by American
teachers, and Count and Countess Lag
zari, formerly Of New York, at No. 80
Via Della Scala, have home where
they take young ladies and keep them
the year around, teaching them manners
and literature, history, music, ! fthey
desire it: all the modern languages and
every other accomplishment that Ameri-
can young women ought to acquire.
There is no more comfortable or at
tractive home in Europe, as many fami-
lies from the United States can testify.
Mrs Grover Cleveland spent the winter
there. and the Villa Lazzari is always
filled with the very best of people.
There are many pensions and boarding
houses scattered in different parts Of the
city in which accommodations are fur
nished according to the price that is paid
for them. They are well patronized by
idle families as well as students and
remittance people from America.
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Presentation by President Finley.

Speaking as an employe and on behalf
OF the employees Of the system. President
W. ". Finley will then present the mon
ument TO the state Of Georgia and the
city OF Atlanta. For the state Gov.
Joseph NJ. Brown will accept, and he
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-10
UNDERPAID EMPLOYEES OF
BIG INSURANCE COMPANY ;
MAY WIN THEIR DEMANDS

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Sept: o.
The striking agents of the. Metro
politan Life Insurance company Of
New York, in the %Wilkes-Barre and
the Scranton districts have been
called by the members Of their ex7
ecutive committee to attend a con-
ference to consider an offer; made
by the company. The men have now
been on strike for three weeks, and
few days after striking were for
mally discharged by the company.
Recently officials from the company 8
home office have been here, investi-
eating the conditions, and the strik-
ers believe that these men have re-
commended that an advance in wages
shall be granted Them. = i 'EG.;~5.>+ 4
The men struck for increased rate
of commissions claiming that the
rate paid is so small that they could
not make a fair living at the present
high cost of foodstuffs. III ..s>T. e
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MILLS CLOSE, I
THOUSANDS ARE IDLE:

FALL RIVER, Mass, Sept.
Forty-six cotton mills owned by
eighteen corporations have shut down
until September II, throwing out 49,
900 operatives. sz5s So !. Es5
Several others will be idle until
next "Wednesday. The. renewed cur-
tailment here will keep $500. 900.
spindles idle next week and shut or
175,0o0 pieces Of print cloth. The
following corporations ceased work
IN Fall River: $55 s5s
1 Fall River Iron Works (seven
mills) Anacona, Border City, Chaee,
Flint, Granite. Laurel Lake, SMechan-s
les, King Philip, Narragansett, Po....
casset, Richard Borden, sSeaconnet.
Stafford Weaving Department, Te-
cunsch,' Troy, Wampanoag, and Mer-
chant No. 2. ~. ~
The Lancaster Gingham Mills of
Clinton Saturday closed until SEN.
tember %. Two thousand employees
are affected, and until the same date,
the ], 400 employees OF. the Lyman Cot-s
ton Mills Of Holyoke will be Idle. the
entire plant having n closed Friday,
night zsss.,
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THUGS OF OPERATORS
BEAT UP ORGANIZERS

WHEELING, w. Va, Sept "a.
S. Watkins, OF Yorkville. Ohio, and
Charles German, of Canada, members
of the national board of the United
Mine Workers of America, are today
suffering from injuries received at
the hands Of mob of twenty five
men at Clarksburg, w. Va. \.
Watkins and German had been in
the Fairmont, w. Va, district as or
ganizers, but. when the coal operators
learned Of theiH presence, It is said,
detectives were employed and the or
ganizers ordered to leave the district.
They went to Clarksburg, but, were
followed by q crowd Of men. When
one Of the crowd ordered Watkins
and German to leave the state they
refused and, It Is said, the men then
attacked them. z + Ri. 5z
L Watkins received broken arm and
his left wrist and head were badly
cut.d##It is reported that Gorman's
Jaw was broken and q number 8.
teeth knocked out. Watkins was re-
moved to his home today, and III ID
said German went to Pittsburg Isl | sst II
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WORKERS ] I j
!: SHOWED J 4 On \
LABOR ny;

Any clincher needed to the argu-
ment that the star of organized labor
is in the ascendancy was furnished
last Monday in this city by the mag
nificent parade and self-denying
turnout at Fairmont park of the
hosts of labor of this city.
The weather made attendance at
both the parade and park a. matter
of self-denial but no apprecia BILE
diminution of the crowd was notice.
able despite the bitter wind and
chilling rain that fell internationally
during the day.
From end to end of the line Of
march the "boys who produce were
given royal glad hand by the citi-
zens who thronged the streets.
To the Carpenters union belongs
the palm for the best turnout and
their showing was magnificent one,
we'll calculated to revise the es-
Inmates made by some critics Of or
ganized labor; as to the solidarity Of
Duluth's workers. -, ~
Led by La Brosse's band the march
of the workers of the city was an
inspiring one. Mayor M. 3. Cullum
graced the occasion with his presence
riding at the head Of the marching
column side by side with the speaker
of the day, State La bor Commissioner
McEwen. yr... '-. ..:-
Lively music by other bands, in
terspersed among the marching
unions, helped to atone for the de-
pressing weather conditions: -
The line Of march and counter
march was bounded on the east by
Fifth avenue east and on the west by
Seventh avenue west, the various
unions disbanding as they reached
Kalamazoo hall on the return trip. .
! At the park in The afternoon a
program of addresses was carried
out, the length of it being consider
| ably curtailed by a steady drizzle
which continued for almost the hour
and a quarter that the speaker OF
the day was addressing the: crowds
assembled Despite the warlike at
| titude of; the elements the speaker
| was given close attention by the thou
sands who risked a irenching rather
| than miss one word of his address.
The arranged program of games and
I sports which was also abbreviated by
the weather conditions. nevertheless
| furnished great amusement to those
present. s,r.,}' ea.iEs 4, II @5s555 Z
A regrettable feature of the day
and one deserving of the most severe
| criticism was the nonchalant attitude =
| maintained {, by the Duluth Street
Railway company towards the labor
gathering An entirely inadequate
amount Of cars was provided to car
ry the crowds to ana from the park
! and the indifferenceE5w eE5with which the
management greeted requests for
more equipment gave credence to the
belief that the neglect Of the transit
company officials toi furnish proper
transp was intentional and
could be construed Is a studied In
suit to the hundredl who were In
commoded by It. lEss85 lEs$885s s55ss s3$
Willis IL is well known that any
thing approaching labor organization
isz to- the company. Ind It's connec-
tons. ~ red rag to he bovine, 4
ID
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Use [. COURTS { TO BEAT
!. BOSTON ENGRAYERS.

nj BOSTON, Sept 9:-Anz effort, to
crush the, Photo Engravers' Union Of
this city,. which was started with a
temporary injunction granted by
Judge Richardson, in the superior
court, on July 20, is now being push
Led to its conclusion by Attorney.
Noble, a. we'll known corporation
lawyer, who is arguing before spe-
cial master: In chancery to have the
temporary Injunction made perman-s
eft. The rargllmentHfor the pern.an-
ent Injunction against the Photo
Engravers commenced Friday, and
doubtedly will continue for several
days before: a.. final decision is
reached a5 4 ~ sfszSis:g 8
The strike against which the in-
junction was issued was started on
July 26, and: resulted in the complete
tie-up of fifteen photo :, engravine
shops in this city. Realizing that the
demands of the union were fully JUS
tilted, seven employers signed an
agreement with: the union, and as a,
result Of this partial victory, 10 men
returned to work under union con-
ditions. -,&::E -: - aa 4 Il: 2: ss.ss#
The remaining members of the.
Employers Association, however. res
fused to grant the demands of the
men, namely: That forty-eight hours
should constitute weeks work; that
a minimum wage scale should be es-5
tablished; that a system of appren-
tices should be used;s and that the
black list should be abolished.
By the terms of the Injunction
granted by Judge Ric chardson the of
ficers and members of the Photo
Engravers' Union in Boston are re-
strained from in any way intimid-
ating or inducing their (that is.
struck firms) workmen, whether
mem bers of the union or not, to
leave the employment of the plain
tiffs for any reason shown in this
case "a .{.rt a.. =. = tz a.
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'CL 0AkMAkEh6 WIN SIGNAL
/ VICTORY FROM .EMPL OVERS.
End Of Great Struggle Comes
When New York Manufa factlr.
ers Concede Demands Made by
75, 900 Workers. + .s5 ,I

NEW YORK, Sept ga victory
without precedent in the history OF.
the American labor movement was
when the agreement for the union
shop was this week signed by the
strike leaders at Sc Orchard street.
The most important clause in this
agreement reads as follows: /. 49,.
Each member of the nanufac-
turers is to maintain a. union shop;
a union shop. being understood to re-
fer to, shop where union standards
as to working conditions, hours Of.
labor, and rates Of wages prevail, and
where, when hiring help, union men
are preferred; it being recognized
that, since there are different degrees
of skill, the employers shall have the
freedom of selection as between one
union man and another, and shall not
Re confined to any list. nor bound to
follow any prescribed order wi1at-
ever - ..t :
4 Other articles provide for these.
more important points: -. : : g :
Electric power free.
No work at home. =.
Josephine OF any manufacturer
Pr owed guilty of discrimination
among his employees, #ss Stsf
Six days work a week and cash
weekly payday. s ~ = = @ Fl
All subcontracting within ~ shops
abolished. ~. - ssFSS s.
Nine hours work a day five days
a week, and five hours the sixth day.
The price of piecework to be agreed
upon by a committee Of employees
and their employers. ~Ss' u -.= #, ::
Double pay for overtime. -
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GOV. HARMON HANDS :
. OUT. GENERAL ROAST:
OUR TED GETS SOM

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 9.-Declaring
himself removed from the zone Of
Theodore Roosevelts recent speeches
in Ohio, criticizing public officers for
failure to handle the strike situation
at Columbus. Governor Judson Har-
mon yesterday shifted Roosevelt's
criticism to the head of Mayor George
S. Marshall of Columbus, and at the
same time directed a shaft of critic
ism at Teddy himself.
1.-The trouble in Columbus is that
the police force is worthless, the
mayor an imbecile, and the people
generally cowards," declared the gov
ernor. by not the widest stretch OF
imagination can Colonel Roosevelt,s
words be interpreted to refer to me in
connection with the strike situation.
When the local authorities could not
or would not preserve order, I called
in the national guard. Except for the
presence there tonight of a half dozen
companies of militia the people of Co
lunbus would be killing each other.
The soldiers hold the reckless? ?ele-
ment in check. They cannot capture
Individual disturbers of the peace.
L 11eaI 10 AOI III lily po"SA, IL 10 oCkCSi
tives' work. l have done everything
in my power to bring about peace,
but I cannot act on the foolish sug-.
gestions which pour in on me. -
1T is beyond my power to put the
town under martial law in such cir
cumstances; l can only protect lives
and property, as I am. 1t is i1npossf-
BILE to forfeit the traction company's
franchise, for the company is rum
ming it's. cars. It is impossible to
throw the company into a receiver
ship, for it is solvent. Both sides
are stubborn; leaders of the public
sentiment in Columbus are towards
and settlement seemingly near one
day is further. away than ever the
next"
| Colonel Teddy Dodging.
There. is nothing in what the
colonel said that can apply to me.
Whatever of criticism there is, falls
on the mayor, who has signally failed
to do his duty. But the colonel was
no farther away in his Cleveland and
Toledo speeches than in others Of his
recent utterances. He has been wide
of the mark on this present. trip.
"He has not taken the rAatnesppken
stand against conditions we all recog-
11fze' that the public had a right to ex-
pect.> Instead. he has been talking of
the Ten Commandments, race suicide,
! lake water, and making verbal assur-
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FIERCE OUTBREAK OF MOB
SHOWS STRIKE Is ALIVE

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 9-Thir-
ty-nine Of those grabbed by the police
In the northeast section of the city
last Thursday night were arraigned in
the police court and received sem
tences running all the way from heavy
hnes to being held to the grand jury
for inciting a riot and thus started on
the way to the penitentiary.
The city is stunned over the un-
expected outbreak. Serious disorder
had apparently been stamped out by
the recalling of the soldiers by Gov
ernor Harmon. The police were ac-
cordingly off their guard, more or less,
and were utterly unable to cope with
the mob of 2,O0O men and women,
whom they attacked in the pam
handle" railroad district Thursday
night.
Members of Battery B, armed with
riot sticks about as long as an ak
handle, and members Of Company K,
of Cleveland, were rushed to the scene
in automobiles. No mercy was shown
the crowd, which was made up mostly
of young boys. The troops dashed into
the crowd, swinging their sticks right
and left, striking men, women and
children. Many shots were fired, but
no one was seriously wounded. The
mob dashed into the houses nearby
and the soldiers rushed them there,
invading the homes and dragging out
anybody they found.
The trouble started when a Leonard d
avenue car was dynamited. The car
was shattered, even the front wheels
being broken. The crev escaped and
was Immediately attacked by the
crowd drawn to the scene Of the ex-
plosion. Every one IN the district was
ordered into his home, women even
being ordered off the porches. -.
It Is now admitted that General
Manager Stewards announcement that
the strike is practically over. was
practically a joke. -
The fight seems to be on as bit
terly as ever with onion labor gener-
ally standing by the union car men
and giving them undivided support.
International officers Of the car
mems union and representatives Of
central labor bodies throughout the
state met in conference in Columbus
today to attempt settlement Of. the
street car strike. Should the confer
ence fail in this, it is announced that
organized labor, throughout the state
will outline plans to assist the striking
car men to carry on the fight. :
w. D. Mahon of Detroit, the presi-
dent of the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electrical Railway EN-
ployes, and c.. O. Pratt Of ,Philadel-
phia, chairman of the international
executive board, are ia the city After
a conference with Fred Fay, also q
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Incredible that such an opportunity
should have been .siezed upon to dis
play SUCH a feeling. Duluth work:
ingmen In conference since the; ,oc-
currencet are unanimous in believing
That he scarcity 81 ears was nothing
more or less than u direct afffont. TO
organized labor in general born lof
the cor1panys well-known averse-
ness to paying fair days wage for
a fair days labor. A corporation
compelling men to work twelve and
fourteen hours for miserable pit
tance cannot be expected, to be fair
minded in other respects. But as in
the cases of Philadelphia and Co
lum bus, it's day will come.
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5000 NEOKWEAR. MAKERS 4
4 +: OF NEW YORK TO STRIKE

Z NEW YORK; Sept. 9.The neck
wear makers decided tat meeting
this week to call a general strike of
all connected with the trade. A
strike committee Of thirty was elected
to take charge OF matters. s s. \
During the past two years the trade
has become pretty thoroughly organ
lied, and most Of the women and
men belong to the union. The United
Hebrew Trades. at meeting held
Monday night, decided to give all the
support they could to them in the
event of q strike being called.
a Over 5000 wifi be affected in the
trade, comprising those making soft
ladies' collars, bow makers, shield
belt and back makers, and ladies'
and gents neckwear makers.
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HOPE TO BETTER PHONE ="
!: SERVICE or BRITAIN BY {.
Is Il GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP

i, LONDON, Sept: 3: s:--Americans who VII e
have occasion to use the telephone IN
London . or any other part of this
country are loud in. their, criticism of
the service, comparing it most un-
favorably with the system in the
large cities of <. the United. States.
There is no doubt that it is deplor-
able: so deplorable that many busi-
ness men prefer to employ messen-
gers rather than suffer the wear and
tear of temper that the use of the
telephone ordinarily involves.
One reason for this state of affairs
National Telephone company is, at
the end of next year, to turn it's en-
tire property over. to the British gov
ernment The telephone service will
then be run as public institution
under the postoffice department. 1t
Is hardly in human nature, it is OBJ
served, to pay particular attention to
the details of the working Of busi-
ness that one is soon to lose. In
other words, the management of the
telephone company at present has lit
tie reason to bestir itself.
It is asserted that the transfer of
the entire service Of the National
Telephone company to the state will
|. be one of the most gigantic opera
tions that the country has ever
known. Preparations for it have al
ready been begun. 1t will, among
other things, involve the addition of
moreathan $4,000 persons to the list
of civil servants. - .
Within less than seventeen months,
says the Daily Express, the govern
ment will take over lock, stock and
barrel, a company whose business is
indicated by the following: Messages
handled last year, 1852, ,00O,0O0; cap
ital expenditure, f75, 5,000,0OO; author
lied capital, 13,125, 900; annual rev.
'enue, f3,500,000 to f4,00O,O0O; sub
scribers or stations, $685.; serv-
ants, 1920; exchanges, 1900.
Within the next few weeks the
company will begin its great task OF
| enun1erating its plant all over. the
country and also trying to determine
the age Of the plant.
A STAFF of about 800, divided into
groups, will be occupied for more
than fifteen months in making this
inventory. Every pole, wire, switch.
| board, instrument, spare transmitter
and receiver will be carefully sche-
duled and valued. T.,
The inventory, when completed,
will form the basis of the claim which
the company will make to the state
for its assets. such value having Ato
/ be determined bY. arhitration ~l