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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-31
Labor Laws
. At Columbus
Many Good Measures Intro
duced Before Buckeye
State Solons.
GOOD EMPLOYERS T. |
LIABILITY LAW
May Pass, >. Though Bosses
Have Opposition Measure
Started.

Columbus, o., March 14.-To those
interested in legislative work in ref
erence to labor l wish to call atten-
ton to the fact that we have had in
troduced- several good measures in
the interest of the wage earners, the
following of which is list and where
they are atipresent on the calendar:
Senate Bill No. 81, to revise and
consolidate the mining laws.
House Bill No. 8, relative to the
protection of employees stationed in
the vestibules of street cars.
House Bill No. 50, to regulate the
number of men to be employed in
the business of operating engines en-
gagged in switching cars.
House Bill No. 107, for the protec-
ton of life and property against loss
or damage from the operation of
steam boilers.
No, 1874 to promote the safety of
travellers on railroads.
House Bill No. "a, known as the
Employers, Liability Bill.
House Bill No. %, to remove the
election Of judges from partisan poll
tics. 1
House Bill No. 1873, to regulate the
Size and construction of cabooses.
No. 1913, providing for the licens-
ing of persons having charge of
steam boilers. = -.
No. 243 requiring railroads to
equip locomotives with proper head
lights.
In committe House Bill No. 145,
to proviQe for the public safety in the
operation of interurban street cars
House Bill No. 1913, to establish the
office Of State Inspector Of Plumb
ing
No. $40; tosproyfde for the furnish
ing of free text books and supplies. :
House Bill No. 269, known as the
Women's Eight Hour Bill.
The following bills labor should be
against:
House Bill No. PTS, which is in
tended to knock out the Apprentice
System in the state, and House Bill
No. II, providing for'the removal Qf
Mayors for misconduct in office.
House Joint Resolution No. FL, by
Mr.. Bremen, providing for the ap-
Mounting of a commission by the Gov
ernor to inquire into employers la
bility. This bill was introduced, as
the manufacturers; admit, for the
purpose of killing our Employers
Liability Bill.
The chances look good at this time
for getting through the Employers
Liability bill and some of the other
hills, which labor wants, and / am
highly gratifed at the quick answers
to my call for relief from the union
men Of the state. They are acting
nobly and if anything is obtained
from the General Assembly by labor
much Of the credit will belong to
them,
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another man was on the ladder be-
hind him. to catch him if he received
a sh1ck of electricity and thus save
him from being thrown to the ground
below 1t was while the men were
| in this precarious situation that
F,ranzheim annoyed them. He kept
crying: Get pair of scissors!'
Why didn't you learn to cut wires
before you came to the fire?' You've
| been twenty minutes now, I've timed
you'll and such like remarks. One
of the firemen asked him what was
the matter with him. What the -
is the matter with your was his only
reply. Finally Chief of Police Hast
ings ordered him to keep quiet, tell
ing him that otherwise he would have
to take him to the lookup. Franz
helm then audibly complained to the
crowd that this was no longer free
country His actions throughout the
whole affair were such as to justify
our complaint against him and the
fine administered in police court"
Mr.. Rose explained further that
there was no intention on the part of
the departemnt to single out Franz
helm for prosecution, but that the
practice of interfering with the de-
partment ins it's work. should be
stopped, as the safety of property and
even of human lives depended upon
it. Criticism of of the work of fire.
men, he explained, could be made at
the proper time and before the
proper tribunal, and it~certainly re-
flected no credit on the intelligence
of any man to obstruct and condemn
men who were doing all in their
power to save life and property.
If Franzheim's actions" said Mr.
Rose, had caused one of the men on
the ladder to look down for a mo-
ment, and if at that moment the man
whom he was there to protect had re-
ceived an electric shock, both would
have been dashed to the pavement,
and the result might have cost two
human lives
Publicity Wanted.
1t was the publicity wanted in this
case, as a. warning to others, that
caused the department to wonder why
the daily papers had all carefully
suppressed. all mention of the Franz
helm incident. Inquiry by officials at
the newspaper offices ELECTED no in
formation. AS matter of fact, how.
ever the Wheeling papers refused to
give the public the. news of Franz
helms arrest simply because Franz
helm is an advertiser, and the adver-
tisements are what Wheeling daily
papers are published fpr-not the en-
lightenment of the people
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-31
.BAR1ENDERS OFF
TO CONVENTION
Delegates Will Assemble in McKees-
~ port Monday for New
s' Union.

From all over the country dele
gates of Bartenders' Unions will as
semble in McKeesport, Pa, Monday,
to arrange for placing an interna-
tional union of bartenders alone IN
the field. The present Bartenders'
international League is affiliated
with the Hotel and Restaurant EN-
ployes' International Alliance and
the bartenders complain that. being
.outnumbered, they are continually
outYoted, and thus their interests
have not been properly protected.
The moveemnt for the separation OF
the bartenders from the hotel and
restaurant employees has already
gained considerable Roadway.
Local No. 292 Of Wheeling has
elected the following delegates:
Charles McEntee, G. w. Prettyman
and j. RI. Kyle. who will leave Mon
day. III
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NaChiniStS
CUMBERLAND. MD.


Engines 2671 and 1903 called for
double header at 1880 p. m. Cut
eng. 2671 off and sent crew home at
1880 a. M. on account of air pump not
working. Eng. 20S5- had side wipe
guides and guide yoke. Ehg. 1910
main and front parallel rods broke
cross heads, bent guides and guide
yoke, and broke both cylinder heads.
From last Friday to. the present
time, their has been % strike-break-
ers quit, discharged, and furlowed,
the reason that some were furlowed
was that they were raising hell with
the M. M. on account of the February
pay roll, some of the strike-breakers
made as high as 4 5 days, the ones
that quit were sore because all over
time has been cut out, among those
that were discharged and efurlowed
were two Cumberland men who had
not worked for the B. & o. for, years.
Their names are John Long, former
ly of Martinsburg, W.. Va, and Jo-
seph Bowling. They went to work
for the B. & o. about two weeks ago,
and are now up against it as they cam
not get work in any shop In this city.
March 15.-Eng. 2643 came in on
one side, with right rocker, arm
broken.
CONNELLSVILLE, PA.
Engine 1892 hauled in with eccen-
tries and straps broken. Passenger
No. s, SO minutes late. The M. M.
was heard to remark to one of the
foreman that the place would soon
be all in. Pass. No. 81, 35 minutes
late. Pass No. 3, 25 minutes, late.
Pass No. IA. 20 minutes late. Pass.
No. Is, 25 minutes late. Pass No. 8,
40 minutes late. Eng. 1851 hauled in
with transmission rod broken. One,
of the loyalists lined down pressure
plate on engine 1854 too much and
after they had steam up hostler was
unable to, move reverse bar, it being
necessary to take cover on and
change washers. There Is consider
able activity about the shop at this
point on account of the increased
cost of maintaining the NJ. P. de-
partment, orders have come from
headquarters to the effect that ex-
penses would have to be cut at this
point, there being too much money
spent for the amount Of work that
was being done. Pass. No. so. 80
minutes late. Pass No. So 80 min
utes late. Pass No. Is, 20 minutes
late. Pass No. 8, 30 minutes late.
March 16.-Pass No. Is, 80 minutes
late. Express No. AZ, hour and
lao minutes late. The shops at this
point are working but nine hours 2
day, and a dozen or more of the
strike-breakers have been furlowed-
! This is pay day and we expect to see
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-31
CARPENT ERS' SMOKER
Wood Butchers Will Have
Great Open Meeting
--Other Notes.

No. 3 will give a smoker at their
hall on Market street Friday evening,
April 8. All carpenters are invited
to attend. There will be some promi-
nent speakers to entertain the boys.
Local union No. 3. of Wheeling
held one of the most Interesting
meetings held in the last two years.
Enthusiasm ran high. 1t was quite
a treat tor the old war horses to see
the boys rally once more around the
banner Of the square and compass of
the U. B. This is what is necessary.
It shows manhood and determination
to share in the good things of this
world, and lift ourselves out of the
bonds of wage slavery, and only by
sticking together. can, we ever hope
to attain this.
Local union No. II will hold a
special meeting at their hall in Bell
aire March 81, 1910.
Brothers, have you got your card
l. not, get it.. This is what retards
the movement, what makes bad con-
.ditions and nine-tenths our trouble.
Business Agent E. j. Weekley was
a visitor at the Grove the. other day.
Members of No. 1853 will please
take note of the change Of secre-
taries. Brother Crouthers is record
ing secretary, succeeding Brother w.
X. DeVinney and Brother w. K. De-
Vinney succeeding w. G. Richmond
as financial secretary DeVinney has
the cards. -'.=
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FUND FOR STONE ) 8
TO SOL EDWARDS
Amalgamated Lodges Will Issue
Memorial Buttons To Raise
Fund.

A monument is to. be erected to
the memory of Sol Edwards, the
union man killed by Emanuel Robin
son, "a scab. at Martins Ferry q
couple of weeks ago. The: idea was
launched even before the mammoth
funeral of the martyred man. and
was warmly seconded by all to whom
it was preached. The plan for rails
ing the funds is the selling OF
memorial buttons. on which Will APP
pear a picture of the dead man, with
some suitable inscription. The COM
mittee in charge comprises Tom
Craig, chairman, Al Weidman. score
tary, John Feeterer, George Adams.
Frank A. Habig and Ben WilliaEfs
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-31
nc MINERs' STRIKE IAdINENL.

co,,,ni ets failure of the operators
ss,d miners who have. been IN CONFER
Eence heer over new wass go VAS
reach basis OF agreement. ~ eoaI
announced that . strike o. shg 800 S0o.
miners of Indiana. Ohio. anu IL
Isvlvania III all probability VIII g oaz
dered for April I. .4.as- v,are
AZ the result the commitsees 49, 80
at once dissolved. and i y e5pS ss1a
mat ma president of the United Mlls'
s s.s.,s viii issue 9 call koE eoe !.
yention Of the miners. ana . "a ~ s
- them to- say whether q aes sns
strike win be ordered.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-31

his salary and clerk hire. but in the
three years under the salary law, the
recorder has turned into the county
treasury several thousand dollars in
fees besides, which said fees were
used by our late ex-acting county
commissioner, and his unlamented
assistants, the board, to make up the
deficiency of other offices. wherein the
fees would not pay the salary and
clerk hire, chief among which was
the Office of the '.Big Boss" himself.
This is not near all we have to say
on this matter. and If it becomes
county shall have full and complete
disclosure of the working OF this
machine.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-31
sw1TCHMEN GER INOREAsE.

Chicago, Ill.-Increase Of 8 cents
an hour to switchmen and IS .
month to switch finders and tower
men afiliated with the switchmen' z
union of North America have been
granted by the federal arbitration
board. s.
The increases are retroactive, go
ing into erect from February 10 on
the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Chi
cago Great Western. Rock Island,
Terminal Transfer, Lake Shore.
Michigan Central. Pere Marquette
and wisconsin Central railroads.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-31
STONE WORKERS, STRIKE.
SPREADS.

Bedford, Ind. That the situation
OF the stone woFkers' strike here is
becoming more acute was evidenced
when five hundred employees at the
P. II. and 3. and the He0sier quar-
rIes went out.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-31

The Painters and Decorators I'm
ion in Germany recently celebrated its
25th anniversary. having been organ
lied as a centralized union in Deem
Der, 1884. when the membership was
under 1000. The union now has 40,
600 members. If the 25 years it has
had to fight 69f disputes, with total
expenditure of about 1915, 200.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-31
Scott FaVOTS
Eight Hour Bill
Senator Assures Assembly
That He VIII Work
! For Measure.
ELKINS DODCES j
THE QUESTION
No Answer Yet Received
From Congressman
W.P, Hubbard.

Senator N. B. Scott is in favor of
the eight hour bill and will do what
he can to make it law.
& He has so stated to the Ohio Val
ley Trades and Labor Assembly, that
body receiving a letter from him
Sunday. The letter was In answer
to request from the Assembly that
he use his efforts in behalf of the
measure, and the wording Of the
senator's reply is explicit and leaves
no room for misconstruction.
The Letter.
The letter was as follows:
Washington, D. c., March "a. 1910.
Fl. B. Vessel.
Secretary Ohio Valley Trades and
Labor Assembly, Wheeling. W.
Va
Dear Sir: have your favor of
the 21st inst. and contents carefully
noted. In reply / wish to say that
am in favor of the Eight Hour Bill
and will do what can for it.
=. Yours very truly,
N. B. SCOTT.
Only Favorable Answer.
This was the only favorable an
swer received by the Assembly. al
though that body wrote to both Sena-
tor Elkins and Congressman Hub
bard. Senator Elkins had the usual
lodging letter before the Assembly,
in which his private secretary "begs
tc state that "the senator directs"
the statement that "he will have the
bill before his consideration when It
comes up for passage" and so forth.
No reply had yet been received from
Congressman Hubbard. - g. \. !
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CcOntinnsa On pags AZ
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-31

NFn Nv Belmont Central Trades and Labor Assembly
VWNIv VI Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly,
Garfield Stogle Makers No. !, Brewery Workmen No S.
Stationary Engineers No. 49, Glass Packers Ne 1883
Bricklayers and Masons No 8; United Mine Workers
No 1885, Painters Decorators and Paper Hangers No 6S
and thrty-seven individuals.
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Horticulture

before the next picking. In large
orchard three to five days may elapse
between the first and second pickings.
In our Elbertas this year we had to go
over the trees the third time, We
must guard against too green and too
ripe picking. 1 have never yet found
a gang of men who could be trusted to
avoid the two extremes here pointed
out. What is to be done in such
cases? The only remedy is to have a
picking boss who will stay right i'll
the field with his pickers and con-
stantly supervise the work. He must
not treat his pickers as perverse and
scold them for it he does he will soon
have trouble on his hands. Their mis-
takes are errors of judgment. So the
boss must patiently and pleasantly
point out their mistakes. On account
OF the illness of one of my sons this is
what | undertook to do this year. L
am happy to say that [ succeeded
very we'll. There has been much COM
plant about green peaches this year.
| will take the liberty Of quoting part
of letter from leading commission
firm in Seattle. The letter was writ
ten Aug. %, and I quote from it as
follows: "Your stock of Elbertas
have been selling very we'll, as they
are colored up and are much ripper
than the stock that we are getting
from---." Now [ am not making
this quotation to boost my own fruit
nor to put down somebody else's. But
there is lesson in this worthy OF the
attention of all peach growers. 1t is
true that peaches must have the or
ange tint or they will be poor stuff
when they are received at the distant
market.
But how long will properly oolored
peaches hold up? l do not know but
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that I do not expect to see the prices
on apples that prevailed last year but
the prices will be good and much
better than present offers if apples
are held till after picking time. AS l
have often said before, cold storage
your apples at picking time if the
price is low and sell if it is high. My
judgment is that apples will greatly
advance in price before the holidays.
l do not undertake to advise anyone
but merely express an opinion. Too
high prices for apples are not good
for the grower in the long run but
prices are too low when the buyer
makes more clear money than the
grower.
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Small Leafed MiIkweed.

In many of the wheat fields in
northern Idaho and eastern Washing
ton, Small Leafed Milkweed is a seri-
Gus pest that is very difficult to eradi
cate. 1t is much branched, peren-
MIA! plant whose stems contain an ac-
rid milky juice. In the grain fields
it grows from 10 to 16 inches high and
materially reduces the yield of all the
cereal crops. The leaves are dark
green above, pale green beneath, and
from % to ~ inches long. The flow
ers are rather small, rose colored, and
bell shaped. The plant spreads by
means of both seed and underground
stems, or rootstocks. The rootstocks
run horizontally in the soil, usual
ly below the ordinary depth of glow
ing. When the plant once gains a
foothold the area infested gradually
increases in size by means of the lat
eral growth of the rootstocks, from
the joints or buds of which erect
stems rise above the surface of the
ground. In blowing and cultivating
the stems and rootstocks are often
broken and carried to uninfested
parts of the field. If properly covered
with soil these broken pieces of stems
and rootstocks may grow into new
plants.
There are several plants whose stems
contain milky juice which are called
milkweed. For this reason we have
given the brief description above
that the reader may recognize the
plant under discussion and which is
best known as Small Leafed Milkweed.
A METHOD OF ERADICATION
The purpose Of this article is to
relate the experience of a farmer Mr..
Fl. M. Fluharty of Lookout, Idaho,
in eradicating this weed. His first
experience was with IA acre field
that was badly infested. The field
was first sown to timothy and used
for horse and COW pasture for three
years. The stock ate the milkweed
freely but not closely enough to de-
stroy it. He then pastured it closely
with sheep for two years.
During the summer months the
timothy dries up and furnishes but
little green feed while the milkweed
keeps growing. By pasturing closely
the sheep are eager for green succu
lent feed and every shoot is eaten off
close to the ground as soon as it ap-
pears above the surface. In order
for this plant to live it is necessary
for it to produce stem and leaves.
During the growing season the root
stocks keep sending up stems to the
surface of the gorund and the sheep
keep them eaten off so closely that
no leaves can be formed. In the
course of time, about two seasons,
this process so eXhausts the root
stocks that the plants must die.
After being pastured closely with
the sheep for two years the field was
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cars much longer Cudu mOSG p6OpIe
would suspect Through mistake or
blunder of some kind we had one ship
ment of ripe Elberta peaches that
we're whole week in an iced car on the
road between Toppenish and Seattle
and in the yards at Seattle, and yet
these peaches we're sold on the day OF
their receipt without the loss of
single box. This is not guess work
as am in possession of all the facts.
Now since peaches ripe enough for
immediate use, as l know these we're,
held up a whole week in an iced car
it proves conclusively to my mind
that solid 'orange tinted" peaches
would hold up two weeks under like
conditions. | could furnish more
proof that the late yellow peaches
such as the Elbertas, Late Crawfords
and others will hold up long time.
N OF so the early peaches like the AL
exander, Hale's Early and others.
This is an important point to the
peach growers of the Northwest for in
years of large crops we must send
many of our peaches east as far as
iowa and Illinois. We can do this
and of that fact L am fully convinced.
We should stop sending green peaches
east and stop piling up too many
peaches in our western markets.
The alberta peach has won an en-
viable reputation. No other peach
holds the market so we'll. Why? Its
fine appearance and size are the lead
ing factors that give it prestige. This
year all peaches were smaller than
common, and they Iipene ed ten days
to two weeks earlier. We lost on our
ranch several thousand boxes OF
peaches that we're not big enough to
be packed under the regulations
agreed upon by the growers. These
were mostly Early Crawfords and
Fosters. But not an Elberta did we
lose on account of size. 1t is true
that our Elbertas we're not as large as
usual but on account of their great
size as they usually grow there was
good margin for shrinkage in size. Ii
never before this year has impressed
upon all peach growers the fact that
peaches must be properly thinned.
While peaches have run consider
ably smaller than common this year,
the reverse is true as to apples. L
think I have never seen apples average
as they do this year. We have the
| finest lot of Jonathans this year that
we ever raised. The same is true of
our Rome Beauties, Spitzenbergs and
Newtowns. Our Black Twigs and Ar
kansas Blacks are very fine and large
but are somewhat scattering on the
trees and as a result the crop is short.
APPLE PRICES.
Many growers are asking about the
prices of apples this fall. This is a
hard question. I am just in receipt
today of the Fruit Trade Journal of
New York of the date of Aug. q. In
it is the statement that one half the
apples to the Pacific coast have been
sold to eastern buyers but that price
| paid has not been divulged. l doubt
the accuracy of this statement but
have not doubt but there is some
! foundation for the report. Eastern
| 4
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plowed and two crops of corn grown.
The writer searched carefully in both
corn crops, for the milkweed but
found none.
Mr.. Fluharty's second experience
was with forty acre field. This field
was also sown to timothy and pastur
ed closely with sheep during the sea-
sons of 1908 an 1909. The field was
plowed during the spring of 1910 and
planted to corn. The writer was
over this field carefully the last Of
May and found but two plants that
had survived the two years of close
cropping of the sheep.
We know of other farmers who have
eradicated this weed by pasturing
with sheep but this is the only in
stance that has come under the ger
sonal observation of the writer. 1t is
reasonably certain that many other
perennial weeds such as the Morning
Glory, Blue-fowered Lettuce and
Canada Thistle, whose habits are
similar to those of the Small Leafed
Milkweed, can be eradicated by this
method. 1t must be remembered,
however that the secret of success
lies in keeping the plants closely
pastured.
PVPON lTTNTEP
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BYRON HUNTER,

Argiculturist, U. S. Dept. of Argi-
culture, in charge of farm manage
ment Investigations in Idaho, Oregon
and Washington.