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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-04

%, ANY LONGER r..
that she does, but I've heard II charged
against her"
'Who made the CHARGE"
zone of the clergymen, and then IT'S
common talk among the rough men Of
the town"
"But she's my mother" walled the
girl, coming back to the central fact.
''She has sent me money-sh has been
kind to me. What am / 10 do? She
needs me, ana yet the thought ~ stay.
ins here aud facing her life frlghtens
me-"
The rotten board walks. the low
rookeries, the unshaven. blear eyed
men sitting on the thresholds of the;
saloons, the slattern squaws wander.l
Ing abroad like bedraggled hens. made
the girl stare with wonder and dis
may. She had remembered the town
street as Il highway filled with sDlen.
did cavaliers, Il list wherein herolcI
deeds were done with horse and pistol.
She perceived in the ranger the man!
OF the new order and with this In her'
mind she said: You don't belong here ?L
You're not western man"
Not in the sense of having beenj
born here" he replied. 81 am. In fact.
"A native OF England, though I've lived
nearly twenty years OF my life In the
States"
She glanced at his badge. "How did
you come 10 be a ranger-what does IL !
meanf It's an new 10 me"
"lt Is new 10 the west" he answered.
smilingly glad of Il chance to turn her 1
thought from her own personal griefs.
at has all come about since You WENT I
east Uncle Sam has at last become
provident and is now conserving his
resources am one Of his represent =,
atlves, with stewardship over some
10000 acres Of territory, mostly for,
est"
She looked at him with ewes OF
changing light. you don't talk like
an Engllshman, ana yet you are nor
like the men out here"
II shouldn't care To be like some of
them' he answered. MY being here
is quite logical. | went into the cattle
S""''''" A4Nt many uuOluei, ana /
went broke. | served under Colonel
Roosevelt In the Cuban war and after
my term was out naturally drlfted
back | love the wilderness and have
some natural taste for forestry. aud :
can ride and pack Il horse as well as
most cowboys; hence my uniform.
I'm not the best forest ranger In the
service, I'll admit but l fancy Pm u
fair average"
"And that is your badge-the pine
treeT /
Yes, and am proud Of It, Some OF
the fellows are not, but so far as | am
concerned | am glad to be known as a
defender of the forest. A tree means
much to me. never mark one for
Telling without sense OF responsible
ity to the future"
Her questions came slowly, like
those of child. "Where do you llveY'
Directly up the South Fork about
twenty miles"
What do you dof"
lie smiled. mot much. ride ths
(TO BE CoNTINUED)
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-04

"Why not;'
"Well, there's a terrible prejudice
against-well, against Inc. And, be-
sides, the places are all filed for next
year. The Wetherfords amt among
the first circles any more"
Lee Virginia remembered Gregg's
charge against her mother what do
you mean by the prejudice against
your she asked.
Lie was evasive "Slnce | took TO
running this restaurant my old friends
kind OF fell off, but never mind that
tonight"
The girls thought was now turned
into other half forgotten channels. Il
wish you would tell me more about
father. don't remember where hc
was buried"
"Nelther do l, child mean / don't
know exactly. You see, after that cat
tie war he went away to Texas. He
never came back and never wrote. and
by and by word came that he had died
and was buried but | never could go
down to see where his grave was at"
Didn't you know the name of the
town.
"Yes, but 1t was a new place away
down in the Panhandle and nobody
| knew lived there. And | never knew
anything more. Well. must 20 back
into the restaurant hain't got girl
| can trust to count the cash"
Left alone, Lee Virginia wept no
more. but her face settled into an ex.
preston of stern sadness. II seemed
as If her girlhood had died out of her
and that SHE was about to begir the
same struggle with work and worry
which had marked the lives OF all the
women she had known In her child
hood.
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
MORE ABOUT THE COURTS.
The judiciary as Well the Lesisls-
lures and Executives Must Min
lister to the People.

Washington-Under the caption, The
Alternative to Popular Control of the
Judiciary" the Boston Common says:
Democracy is either a figure of speech
or a great truth. Those who would have
judges exempt from democratic control
cannot believe profoundly in democ-
racy's intrinsic worth.
The democratic theory of government
assumes that free and intelligent peo-
pie, who are self-governing, will quickly
perceive and correct their own mistakes.
History shows that when they really
have been self-governing, when their VIII
has not been frustrated or obstructed by
special interests or privileged groups,
this assumption has proved well founded.
Opponents of the election and recall
of judges say that the people must be
safeguarded against themselves; that
the people are prone to frenzy and need
checks and keepers. But is any re-
straint so good as self-restraint? Is it
not the best way to develop self-restraint
to let it grow with practice?
"A people who find that recalling a
just judge for bravely doing his duty
does not promoter their welfare Will
learn not to use the recall on that kind
of Judge, but to reserve it for judges
who usurp authority, toady to privilege
or otherwise betray the common veal
Who is wiser than the common wisdom?
There is no way by which the people
can permanently be kept from auditing
the services of Judges. In this country
they are the source of power They
make constitutions. There is among
them the determination. firm and, as we
believe, growing, that the judiciary, as
well as the legislatures and executives
shall minister to their welfare They
will not be content to elect lawmakers
and law enforcers pledged to certain
policies only to have those policies de-
feated by judicial construction.
"The alternative to popular control OF
judges is not the status quo; 1t is revo-
luton"
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
NEW OFFICERS.

Washington - President McArdle of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, who is now do
ing service as a Pittsburg councilman,
has resigned, and Secretary Treasurer
John Williams has been appointed as his
successor. Assistant Secretary Tishe
has been appointed secretary-treasurer.
Mr.. McArdle was elected in 1905 and
the esteem in which he has been held is
shown by the following resolutions
passed by the national officers OF the
organization:
Resolved, That we, the national lodge
officers of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North
America, in accepting the resignation of
our national president, p. j. McArdle,
do so with feelings of extreme reluctance
and regret, but feel that while our asso
citation loses an efficient, capable, honest
and conscientious official, the city OF
Pittsburg will be the gamer by our loss.
And be it further.
Resolved, That we hereby commend
to the citizens of Pittsburg our retiring
president, P. J. McArdle, as a man of
the most exemplary character, combin-
ing all the qualifications of citizenship
necessary to perform any and all the
functions of the office for which he has
been chosen"
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
WILL NOT ADOPT TAYLOR SYSTEM
Acting Secretary of the Navy Winthrop
Says Scientific Management Will
Not Be Installed.

Washington-The action of the mem
bers of labor organizations, employed in
navy yards, in resolving to resist the in
PRODUCTION of the Taylor system, has
brought forth a statement from Acting
Secretary of the Navy Winthrop to the
effect that there has been no attempt
made to introduce the system, and that
it is not likely to be adopted for naval
uses. He admits that a board of naval
officers has been for several months
studying navy-yard methods with view
to their Improvement along other lines.
Representatives of the l. A. of M. how
ever are determined to be prepared for
action should it become necessary, and
a conference of workmen to devise plans
to oppose the scientific system of shop
management has been called and will be
held in Rock Island, ILL.,, beginning Sep
tember 49, Officers of the organization
and delegates from various machinists
lodges composed of navy yard and ar
senal workers will attend the conference.
The convention of the international
Association of Machinists will open in
Davenport, Iowa, on Monday, Sept is,
and the result of the conference will be
submitted to the delegates for their ap-
proval.
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21

and has this to say: Il regard the out
come of this struggle as a foregone con-
clusion. The settlement will finally and
Indefinitely be in favor of organized la
Dor. This is as it should be, and it will
come to pass within the twelvemonth.
The real issue is the same in both
England and America-the recognition
of the labor union and the insistence
that organized capital shall deal directly
with the representatives OF organized
labor. The latter has made greater
headway in England than in the United
States, but in both countries the cause
Of labor is unfairly treated and is mis-
represented by the bulk of the metropol-
itan press.
"Unorganized the men are hopeless
and the struggle is grotesquely unequal.
The demands of the laboring men may
be at times unreasonable, but not nearly
SO much so as has been the oppression
of capital in the past, and not to be COM
pared with what would be the hopeless
ness OF their situation were it not for
the protection they get by reason of
their organizations"
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
ATTEMPT TO NULLIFY
PRISON LABOR LAW.

Washington-The case of the Hoge-
Montgomery Co. VS.. Charles l.. Daugh-
erty as commissioner of labor was heard
by Judge Cotteral of the United States
circuit court last week. This case in
wolves the constitutionality of the Okla
homa statute, passed two years ago, re-
quiring that all convict-made goods be
branded or marked before being offered
for sale in the state.
The commissioner of labor notified all
dealers of the provisions of the statute
and warned them that prosecutions
would follow in cases of violation.
The Hoge-Montgomery Mfg. Co., which
manufactures shoes In the Kentucky pen
itentiary at Frankfort, having a contract
for the labor of about 800 convicts, there
upon prayed for an injunction to restrain
the commissioner from proceeding with
the enforcement of the law, on the
ground that the statute was an infringe
ment on the jurisdiction of the national
government over interstate commerce.
The argument before Judge CotteIal
was on a motion to make the injunction
permanent.
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
PENSIONS FOR POSTAL CLERKS
General

Washington Postmaster General
Hitchcock has announced his determine
ton to make an appeal to congress for
the establishment of pension system
that will provide for men and women
who have been in the postal service for
years and have grown old in the service.
The desire of the postmaster general
to provide for aged postoffice employees
has received stimulus by the dismissal
of Daniel Rooney and Andrew Hyde by
Postmaster Morgan of New York. Both
had served for many years in the New
York City postoffice and were dismissed
sometime ago by the postmaster because
he became convinced that their age i'm
paired their future usefulness.
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
BAKERS IN CONVENTION.

The first week of the fourteenth con
vention OF the Bakery and Confectionery
Workers International Union of Amer
ica, in session at Kansas City, is now
history. The first six days were mainly
devoted to preliminary work, such as
electing committees, receiving and re-
ferring resolutions and hearing the re.
ports of the national officers. The first
important work of the convention was
the consideration of the Mcnamara case
the convention reiterating decisions pre-.
viously passed by the general executive
board. that the members should be urged
to contribute as literally as possible to
the defense fund. telegram was for.
warded to John j. Mcnamara assuring
him of our utmost support and conf.
dence in his innocence, to which Bro
Mcnamara replied in a telegram as fol.
lows Telegram received. Thanks for
expression of confidence. and offers for
support. Telegram Is worded very cor
rectly when 1t says: We are confident
of your liberation If fair trial is given
you Greeting to convention. Best
wishes for harmony and progress, also
future success of Bakers International
union. John ]. Mcnamara"
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
A UNIoN-sUILT BATTLEsHIP.

Washington-Work on Uncle Sans
greatest and latest dreadnought, the bat
tleship New York, has been begun. The
vessel will be built in the Brooklyn navy
yard and will, when completed, be an
other tribute to the skill of organized
labor.
The plan to build the dreadnought in
a government yard has met with consid-
cradle opposition. 1t was asserted that
the vessel could not be built on the orig
inal amount appropriated for that pur
pose on account of the eight-hour day
in operation in government plants. The
appropriation was increased, however
and the. battleship will be built by the
government.
Before work was begun it was found
necessary to take off piece of corner
of a building, in order that the ways
might be heightened.
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
MUSICIANS WIN STRIKE.

Washington-Because members of the
Musicians union in Chicago desired bet
ter conditions and an increased wage
SCALE the theatrical managers decided
to get along without orchestras Church
chimes and other musical novelties were
substituted, but their introduction did
not improve the productions by any
means. After a painful experience the
managers decided that orchestras must
be restored and yielded to the demands
of the union.
AS result it has been agreed that
hereafter each leading theater would
employ a minimum of II musicians, be-
sides the leader, and that each would
receive s27 a week, instead of $21 and
the leader $50 instead of $35.
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
WHAT THE TRUSTS HAVE DONE
A Comparison of the Cost of Living Dur
ing War Times and the Reign Of
the Trusts.

Washington-When the great civil
war was raging and thousands of men
We're engaged in the mighty conflict;
when the shop, the mill. the mine and
the fields were depopulated to such an
extent that laborers We're few. the prices
of the commodities OF life increased. To-
day we are at peace, the machinery in
the shop and mill is tended by thou
sands of willing workers, the miner digs
industriousy and skilled husbandmen
are tilling the soil and gathering abun-
dant harvests. Nevertheless, the prices
of the products of the shop. the mill,
the mine and the field are soaring The
following table of prices is taken from
the Times-Dispatch, Richmond. Va. The
war time prices are from the IndexAp-
peal, a reliable authority on the civil
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
UNION GAINS IN BRITAIN.

Washington-As a result of the recent
strikes in Britain, thousands of new
members have been gained by the
unions Harry Gosling, the representa-
tive of the London Transport Workers,
has issued a statement to the effect that
$4,000 workers have joined the respec-
tive unions connected with the Fedora
ton in that city. He also states that
advances in wages of from 10 to 33 per
cent. have been secured by carmen, sea
men, lockers, coal porters, etc, and that
the hours OF labor were reduced by from
s to 25 per cent.
At Liverpool more than $4,000 new
members were gained by the Transport
Workers associations and wages have
been increased 20 per cent. At Hull,
Glasgow, Bristol, Cardiff, SWANSEA and
Newport similar triumphant results have
been obtained.
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
GETTING WISE.

Washington-The effort of Canadian
employers to destroy the labor move
ment by instilling national prejudice into
the minds of the workers, has failed. The
Vancouver World is authority for the
statement that 1.-The few struggling To-
calls masquerading under the title of the
Canadian Federation of Labor, and bet
ter known to international unionists as
the "nationalists," are gradually drop
ping their affiliation with the per capita
tax dodgers, and lining up with the wide
world trade organizations of the working
class. There isn't enough OF them to
hold funeral this year, let alone con-
vention."
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
WOMEN ARE VICTORS.
Five Hundred Dressmakers Battle for
Four Weeks, Gain Increased Wage
Scale and Shorter Hours.

Washington-Facing determined oppo-
sition, and fighting without a murmur,
500 women in Brownsville have gained
signal victory over their employees.
The employers were banded together by
a strong organization and laughed at and
treated with derision the demands of
the women for higher wage scale and
a shorter work day. The women too,
We're members of an organization, Local
No. of the International Ladies' Gar
ment Workers union, and when the bat
tie ended their union was intact, while
the association of the employers was
shattered to pieces.
Four weeks of the struggle for better
conditions waged, and the workers
showed a spirit of determination that
discouraged the employers to such an
extent that some of them deserted their
organization and made terms with their
employees. Still the employers made
great efforts to line up and continue the
battle, but the workers kept on with a
grim determination and one by one the
manufacturers dropped out of the asso-
citation until it became took weak to of
fer further resistance. When the final
surrender came the employers were
without an organization, and the labor
organization had compelled them to con-
cede every demand made by it's mem
bers.
In Brownsville the ladies' tailors and
dressmakers will now work so instead
of "a hours a week. Their wages will
be increased 10 per cent. and the en-
ployers have learned that the demands
of women, protected by labor organiza-
ton, must be taken seriously and treated
with respect. The international union
rendered valuable assistance in the fight
for better conditions.
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
Parliament of New Zealand Decides to
Establish Electric Power Works
and Develop Water Power.

ashington-According to the Daily
Consular and Trades Reports issued by
the Bureau of Manufactures, Department
of Commerce and Labor the government
of New Zealand is preparing for the util-
ization of the water power of the coun-
try. The report for Tuesday, September
II, says Development of the water
power resources of New Zealand will
probably be initiated soon. At the last
session OF the parliament the minister
of finance was empowered to raise $2,-
433,25O for the establishment of electric
power works and the utilization of water
power.
The rather slow utilization of water
power in a country where it is so plenti-
full is due chiefly to popular objection to
private exploitation, and the desire that
all water power shall be owned, con
trolled and developed by the govern
ment itself. The Dominion government
and also the various municipal bodies
that might undertake such development
have, perhaps, been more cautious in as
suming the financial risks involved than
private companies would have been;
consequently, until the action of the Do
minion parliament last year in making
provisions for the expenditure of ST.
,250, little serious action has been
taken, except as to the surveying of pop
ular sites.
1T is estimated that within five years
time there will be 4,200 electric stoves
and heaters used in Wellington, 5000 in
Aukland, 3,100 in Christchurch, and 3,20l
in Dunedin"
The report states that the introduc
ton of electric stoves and heaters will
be a boon to the working classes as the
present outlay in chimneys in the domin
ion is probably $19,466,OO0, and is being
added to at the rate of $243,325 per an
num- Most of this comes out of the
pockets of the working classes. With
the introduction of the electric stove
and heater chimneys will of course be
unnecessary.
Working people in the United States
would gladly welcome the introduction
of the electric stove and heater under
similar circumstances.
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
LITTLE WILLIE.

What is 1t you want to say to me,
Willie?" remarked the visitor.
Whereupon WiIlie's mamma squirmed
but before she could send Willie from
the roo mhe said:
Your husband must be awfully stout,
amt he?"
Another squirm from mamma and a
warning frown.
why, what makes you think he is
SO strong, Willie?"
cause papa said he saw him carryin'
an awful load last Saturday night-The
Commoner.
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
"TWIsTER's" LAST RACE.
(By Leonard Newton.)

(By Leonard Newton.)
Never knew "Twister" possessed heart;
Blinked my eyes when seen him hold
On his knee Annie Wildbloom, purity an
smart
But a poor little cripple. just eight
years old.
Mother-a widow-had toiled and slaved
For money to pay for the surgeons
knife;
And now the hundred she hadn't saved
Might come too late for the fading life.
Said "Twister" to her, "If I'd only
knowed
Sooner of this" And his eyes were
dim,
'I'd saved that money I've careless
throwed.
Well git that hundred, or lose a limb."
At celebrations in Bison's Gore,
| For dozen year, or maybe more,
'Twister," riding for old man Chase,
Had captured the purse in the relay
race.
"Twister" was never a popular man;
Loving his fellowmen less than booze;
And seeing he'd won since time began,
| People grew anxious for him to lose.
Came the time when "Twister" was
booked to ride
| In relay race against Joe Hirst;
| The crowd to man, was on Joe's side,
| And fairly begged him to come in first.
At last the time for the start rolled
round;
last shrill cheer (for HirsD broke
out;
And the race was on with a rushing
bound
Before the death of the pealing shout.
Neck and neck round the track they
swept
A iightning-like change, cool, poised,
adept
Never clear by a length they crept-
Round after round, and thus they kept.
One more round of the grueling race
Two more horses to match their
speed;
Joes was a black, with white-starred
face
breed.
Demon" his name, and rightly earned;
Ever he fretted, with vicious squeals;
'Twister' dismounted his ankle turned,
Helpless he sank at the Demons"
heels.
Swift as the light hoof out flashed;
Into a brawny chest it crashed,
And 'Twister'' rolled over upon his side,
Gasping for breath, his eyes stretched
wide.
Game to the core, he slowly rose,
A red tide gushing from mouth to nose;
The saddle he gained and the Demon"
leaped,
Swift as a wind that on ocean blows.
Never a being of blood and bone
Showed such speed on that old race
track.
White-edged, wicked, his wild eye shone,
steady he gained on the straining
black.
A short, sharp struggle, the black is
passed.
The judges stand but rod ahead;
Under the wire they sweep at last,
lead.
Said Twister' that night, ere the last
stern call,
Regarding the money he died to win,
ou see, the little girl gets it all,
The cripple, l mean"-and then cashed
in.
Never in summer bloom flowers more
fair,
Dance in the breezes, and nod, and
wave
Than those a straight little maiden with
tender care,
Planted and tends on "Twister's"
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
ENGLISH EIeHT-HouR MOVEMENT

London, England-The executive com
mittee of the IS federated unions gov
erning the shipbuilding trades, have ap-
proved the movement for an eight-hour
day. 1t is said the matter will be dis
cussed at the next meeting of the feder-
ated executives and that the outcome of
this meeting will be the almost unani-
nous backing of the demand for an
eight-hour day.
A similar agitation is reported in the
steel trade. The members OF the British
Steel Smelters' union have voted largely
in favor of move for the eight-hour
day, and the officials of the union have
asked for a conference with the employ
ers to discuss the demand.
Hodcarriers at st. Cloud, MINI, have
secured an increase of 25 cents day.
United labor bulletin., 1911-09-21
ToILERS NEED NOT APPLY.

Observation-Disclosures philanthropy has
blown up. Forest Hill Garden, the Uto-
plan village now nearing completion by
the Russell Sage Foundation, will not be
an abiding place for poor toilers. The
trustees have decided so. The scrip
tural saying: ITO him that hath shall
be given,'' holds true in this case.