The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-05-06
GENERAL NEWS.


A general strike OF every union
laboring man in the United
States. 10 be called on the day J. ].
Mcnamara, now in jail in Los Angeles.
Cal, in connection with the blowing
up OF the Times building there last
winter, comes TO trial is TO be labor's
protest against the alleged 'kidnap-
ping OF Mcnamara, according TO a
circular prepared by the Industrial
Workers Of the World. a Chicago or
ganization, controlling $4,000 men.
This circular. which viii be sent all
over the United States In q few days.
was read In st. Louis by w. d.. Hay
wood 20 a massmeeting Of Socialists
and labor unionists who packed Asch-
enbroedal hall 10 hear Haywood, who
five years ago. with Meyer and Petit
tone. was kidnapped" in Denver and
rushed by special train TO Boise City,
Ida, on a similar charge TO that
which Mcnamara must face.
Muncie, one OF the largest cities in
Indiana, which voted out the sa-
looms two years ago. voted them back
again Tuesday by a majority OF 515.
Two thousand children were around
the voting precincts wearing badges
containing the legend, Vote for Us"
Tho saloon victory is due largely TO
the fact that. as many surrounding
cities have voted wet" the business
interests OF Muneie would suffer by a
dry" majority.
on the program with President Taft
at the opening session of the peace
congress M Baltimore were Cardinal
Gibbons. Hamilton Holt OF New York,
president OF the congress; Andrew
Carnegie, DR.. l.. 8. Rowe or the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania. William c..
Dennis OF Washington, former assist
ant solicitor OF the department OF
state, and Benjamin +. Trueblood OF
Boston, secretary OF the American
Peace society.
Elections under the Proctor law held
in seven counties OF Indiana re-
suited In a victory for the "drys."
In only two out OF ten townships, so
far as heard from were the vets vic
t~orious, and in these their maJorities
were slim-25 in Union township. Glib
son county, and 5 in Washington town
ship, Greene county. The closest vote
was in Brown township, Washington
county, where the dry" majority was
but 2.
A blizzard blew over Nebraska,
southern South Dakota and northeast
ern Wyoming. From six to eight
inches of snow fell between Valentine
- nN.uN.w. NaS .A .
Chadron the storm is reported heavier.
over 400 telegraph poles went down
west OF Valentine and the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad Is operating
without wires there.
Additional strikes were called by
trades in Chicago in sympathy with the
s~teamftters. and II is predicted In la
Dor circles that unless a truce Ia ar
ranged az once there will be SO few
men az work that any lockout declared
by the contractors will be more OF a
formality than anything else, as there
will be so few men 10 loci out.
Life term prisoners in the Wash
ington state p~enitentiary saw airships
for the first time when Walter Brook
ms and Charles + willard few from
the fair grounds to the prison, n dis
lance OF two miles. and circled for sew
eral minutes above the Enclosure in
which the convicts had been permitted
TO assemble.
Further news from the City OF Mex.
leo reports that the situation there Is
grave and growing worse. The reb.
ole have pfarad tho capita1 From,
the four sides Of the city they are
drawing their armed cordons about II
in a concerted movement to cut II OF
from the outside world.
A renewal al Washington OF the
Lorimer investigation vas provided
for by the senate committee on CON
tingent expenses, which approved a
resolution covering the expense of
such an inquiry. The report will come
up in the senate and "A fight upon II
Is expected.
At Madison, Wis, Tuesday. the state
supreme court upheld the constitu.
tionality OF the state civil service law.
which had been attacked by the sec
rotary OF state and Encouragement as
a violation Of both the state and ma.
tional constitutions.
Starting conditions I'm Missouri
a%lmshouscs and penal institutions. de.
scribed as a disgrace to a state SO
rich and prosperous, are contained In
a report Of the state board OF charities
and correction.
Famed by a breeze from the south.
east a forest fire IL sweeping over the
foot hills Of the lower Catskill ranges
toward Lake Mohonk. ~ Y, and thou
sands OF dollars worth OF property has
been destroyed
Senator Overman OF North Carolina.
who was recently named as the chair.
man OF the senate committee on won.