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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06
HAZARD OF INDUSTRY
Accidents to Workers Not Due to
Their CareIeSSnesS.
PLEA FOR JUSTICE TO TOILER

Statistics Show That Less From In
jury Is Largely Borne by Wage
Earners-t4unan Life Less Valued
Here Than In Europe
Professor Henry r. Seager of Co
unhia university. vice chairman of
thc state commission to investigate
The subject Of employers liability in
New York, said in II recent address:
On our railroads three times as many
employees are killed and five times as
many are manned each year as on the
railroads of the United Kingdom, and
the situation in our coal mines is al
most as bad, for there each year we
average Il loss of three and one-third
out of every thousand persons employ
ed. whereas in England the average is
two, in Germany two and a half,
while in Belgium the average is one.
The prevention of these accidents
is Il pressing social problem, but it is
not of this that wish to speak to-
night. but of the method we have of
caring for the 100000 workingmen
who are MANNED and the 10000 widows
and the 10000 orphans that are left
as a result of these accidents. Our
method of caring for them is neither
just nor generous. We leave them to
the mercy of a law that has been dis
credited as out Of date in every other
civilized country but ours.
There are five things in our present
law that are wrong. In the first place,
it is fundamentally wrong in princi-
Pile; in the second place, it fails sig
nally to remedy a serious social prob
lem; in the third it involves appalling
waste; in the fourth, it imbitters the
relations between the employer and
the employed. and, in the fifth place,
the system is morally demoraliZing.
Statistics show that more than one
half of the accidents are due to the
hazards of industry, not because the
employees are careless, but because of
the nature Of the industry. In at least
ee-fourths of the cases the loss falls
on the wage Garner, in a great MAORI
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06

Spain and Great Britain have re-
Gently Joined Germany, Switzerland
Luxembourg, Denmark, France and the
Netherlands in the international treaty
prohibiting the use of poisonous phos-
phorus in the manufacture Of matches.
This treaty is one of the definite re-
suits of the work of the association
for labor legislation. Italy has not yet
signed the treaty, but she has pro-
hibited the use of the poison. The
United States in this instance, as in
so many others. is far behind Euro
pean countries in framing regulations
for the protection of working people.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06

Bellingham is in the throes of a re
thusiasm anything that city has ever
before experienced. An immense tab
ernacle built to seat 5000 people is be-
ing thronged nightly and people unable
to get inside turned away. Hundreds
of people from the surrounding country
attend the meeting and go back home
to tell their friends and neighbors about
it. Daily in hundreds of homes little
bands of people meet to pray for the
success of these great meetings. And
the cause of it is a square iawed, dy-
manic, young man, who once gained
fame on the diamond, the Rev. Billy
Sunday. w hat is there about this man
that sends a city to its knees? There
are thousands of ministers of the Cos
pei just as eloquent, just as forceful,
of much greater culture and education,
and yet Billy Sunday plays upon the
emotions of his audience and makes it
answer to his mood as few other min
listers in the country can do. Believers
will answer at once that it is 'Divine
Inspiration and Sunday himsalf ac-
credits all his effectiveness to the God
he serves. BE the power and its source
what it may, history, past and present,
records the name and fame of a few
men in each generation who have had
the meryelous gift of playing upon the
heartstrings of men as the wind plays
upon an Aeolian harp. Patrick Henry,
Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln, John
B. Cough, Wendell Phllips-no history
Of the past is complete that does not
tell the story Of how these men charmed
and thrilled thousands with their
matchless eloquence. And who, having
heard, can ever forget the golden tongue
of Robert c. Ingersoll, atheist though
as he was, as he alternately drew his
vivid word pictures of sunshine and
shadow. William Jennings Bryan,
Eugene Y. Debs Of the present genera
tion, each possess this wonderful power
whatever it is that compels am audience
to wait breathlesslv for some stirring
climax only to break into deafenng
applause. TO say that all these men
We're or are divinely inspired would be
drawing d rather long bow-certauly in
the case Of Robert Ingerson Yet all
these men possessed the gift of search
ing mems souls, of moulding character
and changing the course OF mems lives
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06

An exchange mot a labor publication
says: Mr.. Gompers should take notice
that the l. :. Steel corporation has
voluntarily increased the pay of its
men" Is there anyone dense enough
to believe that the determined fight the
American Federation of Labor has in
augurated against the trust has had
nothing to do with this enlargement of
heart" of the steel trust? If there is
then such Il mans brains would rattle
in the. skull of humming bird
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06

Samuel Gompers in an address at the
national convention of the farmers
union in St Louis, this week delivered
the following gem: "Thc high cost Of
living laid at the door of the farmer
and wage Garner by our opponents, is
due to other causes entirely. Our OPP
poncnts want to pray for us five min
utcs a week and prey upon us the rest
of the week"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06

beneath their tired feet. and wretched
men are ne'cr compelled its emerald
folds to beat? The Sound breeze fan.
ned my heated face and said: Roll on
there's no such place
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06
Many Fatal Acoidsnts

The United States bureau Of labor
states that the fatal accidents to wage
earners in the United States are be.
tween 10000 and $4,000 a year.
Pennsylvania State Federation of
Labor declined to entertain the idea of
placing a labor ticket in the state and
local political fields. Instead all locals
were urged to support the candidates
Tor the legislature and other officers
who are friendly to labor.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06

The union label stands for union
wages union hours and union work
ing conditions in general If union men
buy non-union made goods when union
finest union label suits at the Boston
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06

Tell me, We winged winds that round
my pathway roar, do ye not know some
quiet spot where wives clean house no
more; some lone, sequestered dale, some
island, ocean grit, where life is not one
ceaseless war with cobwebs and with
dirt; where only natures carpet spreads
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06

The Labor Temple reading room will
gladly welcome any donations of maya
zines for its reading table. Bring along
your magazines that you have read
and don't know what to do with.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06
Keystone Overalls at the Boston.

Look for the union button In saloons,
restaurants and cafes. If the employees
don't wear it, tell them about it.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06

Drink and the world drinks with you
swear off and you swear alone.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06

"Dr. Jacob Smith, Specialist, Blood
and Skin, Toggery Bldg, 1505h
Hewitt"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06
Does Not Stimulate

Ayers Sarsaparla does not stimulate 1t does not make
YOU feel better day. then bad the next
is not strong drink No reaction after you stop using it.
There not drop of alcohol in it, You have the steady
even gain that from strong tonic and alternative
We wish you would ask your doctor about this lie
knows. Trust him: Do as he says LCAge c. LogeA Aig
What Ayers Pills? Liver Pills How long have they been Sold Nearly
them? doctor md
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06
UNION DIRECTORY
American Federation of Labor


Samuel Gompers President.
James Duncan----First Vice President.
John Mitchell Second Vice President.
James OConnel-- Third Vice President.
Dennis A. Hayes, Fourth Vice President.
VIM. d. Huber Fifth Vice President.
Jos. E. Valentine Sixth Vice President
John R, Alpine, Seventh Vice President.
H. B. Perham, Eighth Vice President.
John B. Lennon ------------ treasurer.
Frank Morrison ------------ Secretary.
Washington State Federation of Labor.
President ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS &. k. Case,
Seattle.
First Vice President Fred Hudson,
Bellingham.
Second Vice President Thos. Maloney.
Spokane.
Third Vice President------L. F. Clarke,
Walla Walla.
Fourth Vice President A. Livermore,
Hoquiam.
Fifth Vice President----W. j. Bradford,
Tacoma.
Sixth Vice President------Jas. Durham,
Ravensdale.
Seventh Vice PRESIDENT. E. Campbell,
Everett.
Sec. Treas --------Charles Perry Taylor,
Box lS5, Tacoma.
Organizer ----------------C. o. Young,
Everett.
Everett Trades Council.
A. W. Stratton, President
L. G. Luts, ------------Vlce President
Gordan Mertz Treasurer
r. F. Straka ------------Secr
[E5R 5N1a>
TRA9Es G Us!af coGNciE5
><lEsS77: Weaa
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06

Union label hats at the Boston.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06

Washington State Federation of Labor.
President ------- c. r. Case,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-05-06
LABOR'S GREAT FIGHT
Victory 1t Strives For Comes
Slow, but Sure.
UNION ARMY MARCHES ON.

Opposed by Mighty Forces, It APP
proaches the Goal Of Justice and HUI
man Rehts-Shamefu Position Of
the Nonunionist.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-22
AMERICAN FARMERS
WANTED IN MEXICO.

San Antonio, Texas, Jan. "a
large tract of land in the state OF
Tamaulipas, Mexico, comprising 26,.
900 acres, has been acquired by a
number of San Antonio men for the
purpose of settling it with American
farmers. The tract is close to the
railroad and is said to have very fine
soils. Most of it will be irrigated from
the Frio river, the water grant neces.
sary being the first given by the Mex.
ican government under the new fed.
eral law of that republic. About 72,-
100000 gallons will be available per
day. Under the new law the land will
be exempt from taxation for five
years and farming machinery brought
into Mexico from the United States
will not be subject to import duties
The land will be principally devoted
to the raising of truck and citrus
fruits. J. J. Coffman, w. J. Warren
and M. I. Vought are the present
owners of the property.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-22
TRAIN WRECK
IN CANADA
Was One of the Worst That
Ever Occurred in the
Dominion
EIGHT PERSONS ARE DEAD
Conductor Tommy" Reynolds
Proved Himself Hero and
Saved Many.

Montreal Jan. 22.-The official list
of victims in the Sudbury wreck on
the Canadian Pacific last night gives
the number of known dead as eight.
Death List Growing.
North Bay, Jan. 22-"The official
report places the number of dead at
eight, but other estimates give the
number as high as two score.
Conductor Proves Hero.
North Bay, Ont, Jan. 22.-The
wreck of the Canadian Pacific pas
senger train at Spanish river, near
Sudbury yesterday, though not SO ter
rible in loss Of life as at first believed,
still is one of the worst that ever oc-
Cured on Canadian railroads. Three
passenger cars took plunge down a
steep embankment into the icy waters
of the river and only by the almost SUI
perhuman efforts of Conductor tom
my" Reynolds and a number of pas
sengers was the list of dead kept from
reaching appalling proportions. Twen-
Ly-IWO OIL In6 injured are Ill OuuDuTy
hospital, several of whom probably
will die. The list of dead numbers
eight.
When the train jumped the track
the second class coach was split
squarely in two. One-half, with a
colonist car, first class coach and
a diner rolled into the river, with
only the ventilators above the water
Conductor Reynolds was on the diner
and as the car filled with water, Rey.
nolds shouted to the passengers to
hang on to the hat racks, chandeliers
and other projections and diving down
in the ice-chlled water, broke through
window. MoNpting the roof he
reached in and pulled out little Al
fonso Rousel, six years. old, through
! the ventilator No ak being avail
able, and aided by other passengers
Reynolds tore hole in the roof with
his hands through which eight pass
| engers made their escape.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-22
FRANCE SUFFERS
FROM FLOODS
Eiffel Tower at Paris Under
mined by High Water of
River Seine
DAMAGE WILL Be TREMENDOUS
Lille, Chalons, Troyes and Other
Towns Partially Sub
merged.

Paris, JAM 22-Eastern France to-
day is being ravaged by foods. The
streets on scores of villages and cities
are under water Lille, Chalons and
Troyes suffered the most. The situ-
alton in Paris threatens worse than
yesterday, as the Seine continues to
rise rapidly. Sixty-one feet of water
are in the new subway between the
Place de la Concorde and the Passage
de la Trinite. A portion of the Boule-
ward St. German, above the subway,
has caved in. Hundreds of factories
are inundated.
Thousands of Rats Desert Sewers.
Paris, JAN 22.-Half of the surface
and subway transportation lines have
been rendered imperative. The Seine
is debris laden and it's yellow torrents
are almost flush with it's banks. Gel
lars among the quays are full of wa
ter and there will be a heavy loss of
wine and other warehouse goods. I'M
mense damage is reported from SUI
burban towns along the Seine, like
Charenton, Belancourt, Argenteuil,
Asnires, Severes and Meudon. Troops
and firemen everywhere were called
out today to aid in the work of res
cue. Thousands of rats escaped from
the sewers here, indicating that the
waters are invading the entire laby-
rinth beneath Paris.
Catastrophe Impending.
Paris, Jan. 22.-This afternoon the
food in the Seine threatens to be-
come a catastrophe. The water at
2 O'Clock had risen foot since this
morning. The foundations of many
buildings and notably the Eiffel tower
have been infiltrated and the struc
lures are in danger of collapsing,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-22
Reward Offered.
MERELY OLD STORY OF
WHISKY AND WOMEN
Three Typical Stories in One Day
Telling of the Downfall of
Three Individuals.

Colorado Springs, Colo, Jan. o.
Wine. women and song" are attrib-
uted by j. G. Simpson, scion of a
wealthy Southern family of Admission,
S. c.. for his arrest in Chicago
on the requisition of Sheriff Birdsall
of this city. Simpson, former tick
e. agent in the Santa Fe ticket office
in this city, absconded several weeks
ago after passing bad checks aggre-
gatIAs $500. Nothing was heard of
him until several days ago the Chi
cago authorities notified Sheriff Bird
sail that man answering the descrip-
ton of Simpson was living at 63 River
street in that city.
In addition to passing bad checks,
Simpson has got into trouble over
several other money affairs. He left
behind him an account due of about
$3.50 in the Santa Fe Office and to take
care of this he issued a note payable
in sixty days, endorsed for him by
Mamie Majors, queen of the redlight
district. She is also wondering where
she will get her money.
Warrant Out for ]. 3. Martinez.
Pagosa Springs, Colo, Jan. 22.Infor-
] nation charging J. B. Martinez, Sr.,
for many years prominent and
wealthy resident of Archuleta county,
with the murder of Mrs. Fortunatia
Campbell was filed, and a warrant
, at once issued by Justice Burrows
court for his arrest.
Martinez, who, it is said, had been a
sultor, for the dead woman's hand
for over year, or since her divorce,
was repulsed by her not long ago, and
! this theory is being worked out by the
! authorities as the possible motive for
the crime.
Because of the record of the sup
posed murderer the people here were
afraid to move, and it was not until
District Attorney Lane arrived that
active steps were taken to cause his
arrest.
Preferred the Primrose Path.
Denver, Colo, Jan. 22-Her child
taken from her and carried by the
father to far away france, where,
among new surroundings, the babys
mlnd.may form many impressions to
the exclusion of her mothers mem
ory, Mrs. Marie Harriet Tollemans
has brought suit in the district court
for divorce from Joseph Perry Tolle-
mans, it being the second action with
in the past six months.
Married in Belgium about six years
ago, the Tollemans lived in the city
Of Brussels until their child was born,
a year later They then took passage
for America, and, arriving in the
United States, came to Denver.
Trouble arose between them and, fin
ally, Mrs. Tollemans brought suit for
divorce in the county court, alleging
that her husband refused her support
and compelled her to take up her res
ldence in the Market street district
and provide a living for himself and
her baby by means of her unlawful
earnings. This suit was brought some
SIX months ago and was defeated by
the husband, who proved, to the salts
factlon OF the court, that his wife had
chosen the immoral life voluntarily
and in preference to the more regu-
lar course required for the wife and
mother.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-22
THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS
FOR RECLAMATION PURPOSES
Senate Committee on irrigation viii
Report Favorably on Propo-
ston.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Mel
Mccall of Massachusetts, were today
elected chairman and vice chairman,
respectively of the joint Congression-
al committee which investigates the
Ballinger-Pinchot controversy.
$3o,oo0,ooo for Irrigation.
Washington, Jan. 22.-The Senate
committee on irrigation will report
a bill providing for $30,000,000 bond
issue to complete irrigation projects.
The committee was in session until
late today working out details of the
bll,, which is tobeinlineofFresid
bill, which is to be in line of Presi-
dent Taft's recommendations
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-22
GOAT MEAT
TABLE OELICACY
Saint Louis Waking up to Dis
covery Made in New Mex
leo Long Ago
SUPPLY FROM SHANTY HILL
Children's Pets Are Led to the
Slaughter in Stock
Yards.

East st. Louis, Jan. 22.-Aided and
abetted by soaring meat prices the
shanty goat has broken into the realm
of table delicacies, and is making his
appearance on many tables in the dis
guise of lamb chops. Hundreds of
goats are being slaughtered daily in
the stock yards here. The majority
are called Angoras and hail from
Texas, but many an enterprising farm
er is taking advantage of the situa
tion by disposing of the children's s
pet, commonly known as the rail
splitter goat
Legislative Inquire into High Prices.
Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 22.-The revolt
against high prices of food took a
tangible form here today when Viii
liam Tudor Apmadoc, state senator
announced he would move for legis.
lative inquiry. "At the opening ses
sion on Tuesday" said Mr.. Apmadoc
81 will introduce a resolution provid
ing that a commission be appointed
/ to Investigate the cause of the high
prices of food"
| 100000 in Anti-Meat Crusade.
! Pittsburg Jan. 22.-The employees
of Greater Pittsburg's seven large t
industries today enrolled themselves
/ as anti-meat crusaders. One hundred
and twenty-five thousand men of ALE
gheny county have now pledged them,
selves to abstain from meat. AS only
| five per cent are said to be unmar
ried this represents about 100000
people who have entered the fight.
Hunger the Best Cure.
Washington, Jan. 22.-"Undoubtedly
if the farms were raising more meat
prices would be reduced said Secre
tary of Agriculture Wilson today
There are not enough people on the
farms raising food and too many peo
pie going to, the towns to be fed
Three-quarter of million people are
coming to the United States annu
ally from abroad. They do not go tt
the farms, but to the cities and have
to be fed. They produce nothing tc
eat, although they do produce some
thing to drink
Have you any plan for inducing
people to go to the farms where they
may help to raise food?' the secretary
was asked.
Jim Hill says they will go there
when they get hungry" said the sec.
retary.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-22
TELEGRAPH COMPETITION is
A NATIONAL NECESSITY
Alternatives Are Monopoly or Gov
ernment Ownership Says Presi-
dent of Postal.

Clarence H. Mackey in his testi-
mory Yesterday before the commit
tee of the legislature of New York ap-
pointed to examine the question of
whether telegraph and telephone COM
panies should be placed under the
public service law. stated that by rea-
son of the competition given by the
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company tele-
graph rates had been reduced from 20
per cent to so per cent"
He also stated that the Postal COM
pany was the only company that had
ever succeeded in competing with the
Western Union and that if the Postal
company should combine with the
Bell Telephone Company and the
Western Union there would never be
any competition on account of it being
impossible to obtain entrance into the
large commercial centers and to OBJ
tain rights of way on highways be-
tween great cities, such as New York
and Philadelphia, and also on account
of the vast sum of money that would
be required.
Mr.. Mackay declared that the
Postal Telegraph Company will be
the last competitor in telegraphy, and
when that competition ceases there
will be choice only between monop-
oly and government ownership"
Mr.. Mackay again stated that the
Postal company was absolutely free
from any combination, merger, con-
troll or understanding with the Bell
Telephone interests ur the Western
Union telegraph Company.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-22
PROTECTION GAINS
IN ENGLAND
Tariff Reformers Have Free
Traders on Run in Great
Britain
COALITION STILL HAS MAJORITY
But Unionists Outnumber the
Liberals by Thirty
Eight Seats.

London, Jan. 22-Unionists place
thirty-two seats to their credit out
of fifty-six contests of yesterday for
members of parliament from returns
which were received today. The status
of the parties now in government
coalition: Liberals, 179; Irish Nation
.alists, GA; Laborites, 33; a total of
276; opposition: Unionists, 217.
Henry Chaplin, who was regarded
as an arch priest Of Tariff Reform, be-
fore Chamberlain took the field, was
reelected for Wimbledon division. The
tariff Reformers also made substantial
inroads on the heretofore solid Free
Trade ranks of Yorkshire.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-22
EARTHQUAKE
IN ICELAND
Its Tremors Were Record
ed Las Night at St Louis
Observatory
NO DAMAGE IS REPORTED
Wonderful Record by Seismo
graph Thousand of Miles
From Disturbance.

st. Louis, Jan. 22.-The seismo-
graph of the st. Louis university reg
istered prolonged earthquake be-
tween three and four o'clock this
morning. 1t is estimated that the
quake occurred siXty-five hundred
miles from st. Louis.
Iceland Shaken Up.
Seydisfjord, Iceland, Jan. 22.-Se-
we're earthquake shocks were felt
here this morning. The tremors
were felt elsewhere in Iceland but
no serious damage was reported.