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Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09

Wrecks are conspicuous through this sec
ton nj the strike zone Two freghts came
together because OF ineffective air equipment.
Al another place on the south end a broken
wheel kicked II cars into the ditch The state
railroad commission is making an investiga-
ton OF the road. and il these stiff collar agents
do their duty. the road will be condemned in
the interest of public safety. The motive
power has reached such defective state. how.
ever. that it will die a natural death. regard
less OF interstate railroad commissions, scabs,
or anything else
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09

see the light. and so he drove into the tail
end Of freigh, train. The dead track is
swelling. there now being 81 engines on il, all
Of which are stripped OF all loose joints which
have been used To keep other engines ON the
rails. II remedy is no, found soon, the
dead track will be the center OF attraction
iur tourists. Bad order cars have been ship
ped from here in solid train loads for two
weeks, but there are still some 200 OF them
in the yards. One Bell. soab car knocker,
who was handed the pink slip. had nerve
enough to apply Tor a seat on the police force,
but he was abruptly informed of how he stood
The master mechanic now refuses To allow
any one except the scabs to go into the shops.
lie does not want strangers To see the delap-
l1ated condition oi the shops \ burr head
blacksmith put the steam hammer out of com
mission and none OF the scabs are able to fix it
Engine eGi, broke an eccentric and punched
hole in the fire box She has been placed
IN cold storage. Everything is looking fine
Tor the rebel,. We are in the fight for nothing
but victory.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09


The passenger service. as we'll as all other
departments, has become sadly deficient
Trains last week were as much as five hour
late. government iaspector dropped asound
we're, but did nothing All engines in and ont
of here should have been chained up out OF
regard to public safety. but he did not notice
this, and needless to mention, there is a rea.
son.
The company has begun to rebuild the
freight house which was destroyed by fire
some time ago. Switch engine 1872 was in ser
vice without any springs on the left side. which
OF course made il soft riding for the engine
men The brake rigging dropped down on
engine 10 while going over a crossing A
bunch of seabs was laid off here, and the rest
are working only five days week. One Of
the machinis,s told the foreman that If he
could not work every day, including Sunday.
he would quit. because he knew that the strike
was nearly won by the strikers, and he would
need good stake as he had long way TO
travel travelling man stated that the Iili-
nois Central service was the worst in the
country. When a train is late. he said, there
Is no hope OF 1t making mp any time. but in
stead more time is lost as it crawls along
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09
Fulton,

The company is strictly up against it here.
Engines are dying. and from the appearance
OF the seabs. they are wasting away on the
same route Engines 1866 and 1905 are two
OF the engines that have gone to the bad within
the past few days. The yards and rip tracks
are full of bad order cars and the company is
experiencing wrecks washou,s and all the diff
fieuties that can be conceived in their efforts
TO railroad. Passengers trains are as late as
"a hours, and as far as business is concerned
here. il is much eoneested. The seabs are not
doing much and they have nothing to work
with. even IL they were inclined 10 work We
have every reason to believe tina, the Old Hog
will groan in the very near future
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09
The Illinois Central
Killed
Old Man Harrahan
At Kinmundy.
Where viii They
XIII You?

more. II takes from a week to ten days 70
get freight from Salt Lake City. . distance
OF EOS milcs
The Pedro pulled off trains . and shortly
after the strike. because Of their inability to
handle them. Cartalistic sheets have several
times mentioned that these trains would Be
fprt again. They now inSosm- ~ ssAaA- ~
will be done April 9Th. without fail. However,
before these trains can be handled again, Il
will be necessary to purchase . couple Of
spans Of males, for there 10 nothing in the
bull pen that can push them over the read
in anything like respectable time.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09
Water Valley.

Everybody is dom it, in the Vailey-tak-
ing vacation. Even the Cid LOG is able to
run only few trains most of which are work
trains sent out to various places where the
road is washed out The scabs are busy paint
ing up the scrap piles. and after this has been
done they are placed in a conspicuous place
>wherc the public can view them and think
them new engines. The scabs are not the only
Npnes to complain about the short time Road
spnen are also kicking about not making enough
<as'ps ." make their time worth while Some
OF than hasc been very faithful TO the COM
pany drifisg this sffykr md h " assumed that
| the company viii see to il that they do not
want for anything TO eat during the slack
season.
One of the early deserters from the ma
ehnsts named Joe Strolin, and two of his
+ eo-imps from the bull pen. rode around town
in an old automobile last Sunday. and they
{ had TO get off at every corner and attempt
to fix the machine, but of course this ma
kchinery is too fine for them to understand
nything about it. Trains are running from
kne to four hours late. Five cars went off
be track in the yards. but this caused no in
pryenienee TO the yard men. as there was
other business and so they had plenty OF
me 10 re-rail them. II is too bad that the
pod had to come and pu, the company to the
enough. In conclusion we wish to say
At everything is to the merry for the rebels
the Valley.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09

We are on the job at this place and are
leding the Old Hog a few packages when
we the opportunity presents itself. The
seaAs have been leaving here in droves. since
'hv weer put on short time. They claim the
company is making an effort to starve them
on. and no doubt this is true. and some OF
then are bright enough to see it,
A rear end collision took place at Boyle.
Mia, and engine ass was added to the dead
trad ID bad condition. The engine was
leaking $50 badly that the engineer could not
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09
milford

The army of rebels on this section of the
San Pedro are on the job with the same de-
gree OF tenaeiiy as ever. The Los Angeles
Limited has now lost its limited reputation. as
It has been some three hours late every day
Tor the last week. As usual the rest Of the
passenger trains are running late. and the
freight trains are not worth mentioning anv
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09
From Cleveland


has become conceded fact that the two
band or more railway clerks OF Cleveland
turn an election. and that the twenty
sand transportation workers Of the city
carry one il partly united. Unfortunate
the tran sportation workers as a body-in
past-have not been united but the clerks
We shown p unity at the polls that has sur
pri,ed the politicians on more than one occas-
lion. Recently through the Transportation
Workers Political League a closer afiiliation
has taken place on the political field and the
carrying 81 the important amendments at the
recent election by the large majorities was un-
doubtedly due IN some measure to the active
4,york of the league in their favor. ] believe
there is no que >tion OF the importance to the
TRANSPORTATION industry to have the workers
Organized on the political field. The employ
ers. besides being united on the political, field
are a unit on the economic field II you do
not believe it ask the Illinois Central strikers
or any OF our members who in position
to know about the assistance being given that
road by the other railroads Of the country. and
YOU will agree with me that the most important,
place for the workers to be united is on the
job. where an injury to one will be made an
injury to all
What a price we are paying for our selfish
ness. for it is their appeal To our selfishness
that makes it possible for them to keep US
divided Had all the organizations and So
called union and brotherhood men come out
on strike with the clerks and shopmen IS
months ago on the Illinois Central the strike
would have been that instant won and the
greatest advance in wages ever received would
have come to all the transportation workers
BY this time all over the county,. And you
know IT. OF course. If asked these men would
say that they had contracts, and tina, the fight
is none OF theirs. but /, is. and let the clerks
and shopmen be whipped on the Illinois Cen
tral and their turn will come next
Looking on these defeats Of the organized
union workers on the railroads the Coming
Nation" has this to say:
Here Is great. solid, powerful army (the
railroad oorporations), well entrenehed. pro
vned with unlimited ammunition and that o
& che best. equipped with the latest weapons
n An army is arrayed against it (the railroad
borkers unions). And this second army send
q the attack one company at a time.
I'll it should make the attack at once an,
Ill together it could sweep away the en-
'%sFenehed army like chaff.
ut does not attack at once and all together
sends forward one company at a time.
As fast as each company appears the ma
A4e guns now Il down and you can hear III
dltAnt laughter Of the en,rencntd Comm and
4.
That is the way we are carrying on thi
war now. brethren.
How long shall we keep on with these tao
tics that insure defeati
"it is as easy to win as il is to oe .beate,
whenever we are ready TO win"
Wade ShurtleH
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09

All money for the II
ton should be sent TO
Secretary. Boz d. Clin'
for the Hartman FEEDER
9th and Pine Sta. OAK
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09

tral Fedora
,rson. Strike
d all money
e. collinu.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-19
FLAMES WIPE OUT VILLAGE
Gordon, Wis Thriving Farm Center
Destroyed While PopuIace Stands
BY Helpless.

SuperiOr.-F'ire swept the length of
the one business street of Gordon. a
village Of 400 people, thirty miles
south on the Northwestern line. and
LETT a trail Of blackened ruins. The
place, from a business standpoint. has
been wiped out The flames also in.
vaded the residence portion, and two
homes were destroyed. The loss is
placed at 100000 Many Of the places
destroyed were uninsured.
The fire originated in the general
store of Kenneth MacLaggan. and the
structure was soon Quilted. The vol
unteer department made a hard fight
TO confine it, but stir wind drove il
down the street, and the whole popu.
lation was compelled to stand help.
less as building after building was
consumed
Gordon was thriving village. the
center Of a large rural population. It
was marketing place for farm prod.
uce and milk. which was shipped in
large quantities to Superior and Du.
luth. The agencies which handle this
traffic were burned out, but have re.
sumed business in structures hastily
thrown together.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-19
STAYS BABIES, ENDS LIFE
Insane Mother Kills Self and Three of
Children-Heads Are
Severed.

FOND du Lac.-Fearing that she
would be robbed of her reason. Mrs.
Mary Schneider, wife OF Nicholas
Schneider, a prosperous farmer resid-
ing two miles east of Dotyville, ex-
terminated her entire family of three
children with a razor and butcher
knife The husband, who was IN the
field, was spared the frenzied wom-
ans attack. She killed herself efter
committing the triple murder.
The dead are as follows: Mrs. Mary
Schneider, the mother; John Schnefd-
er, aged .; Norbert Schneider, aged
); Florence Schneider, aged ?.
The most pathetic feature of the
tragedy was the fact that a few min
utes before the woman was aroused
by insane passions she was fondly
embracing her oldest boy while seat
ed in a rocking chair in the kitchen.
The home atmosphere Fadiated with
family happiness. The mother was
caressing Qne child while the others
were neatly tucked away in their beds
to enjoy an afternoon nap Snatches
OF songs came from the mother when
her sister-in-law, Miss Ida Schneider,
departed on an errand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-19
TO CLAMP LID DOWN TIGHT
District Attorney Advises Roadhouses
That Tough Resorts Must
Become Good Saloons.

La Crosse.-In furtherance of the
decision to make the country saloons
of La Crosse county the best and act
ing by orders of the governor and the
county board, District Attorney Law
served written notice on proprietors
of all roadhouses in his Jurisdiction
that hereafter the lid would be ap-
piled and screwed down tight.
Special officers are to be appointed
automobiles engaged and a vigilant
watch kept on the operations of these
wayside bars, and upon any discovery
of law breaking the proprietors and
parties from town frequenting the
places are threatened with prosecu-
ton.
Paradoxically, the serious condition
in the country districts in this county
was brought about because of reform.
4 crusade in the city drove the disor-
derly element out and it found refuge
in the farming districts on the main
travelled roads.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-19
c. A. R. IS SLOWLY
BECOMING EXTINCT
DEATH MAKES INROADS UPON
RANKS OF VETERANS IN
WISCONSIN,.
$40 DIE WITHIN THE YEAR
Report OF Assistant Adjutant General
Shows Membership to Be 5,7o3-At-
tendance at State Encampment at
Neensh-Menasha Is LARGE.

Neenah.-That the state G. A. R. is
slowly becoming extinct is shown by
the report of the assistant adjutant
general, read at the opening session
OF the state encampment in this city
This report shows that the total gains
IN the six months ending Dee. 81, 1912.
were los, while the losses during the
same period were SAT, of which $40
were deaths. The membership Of the
order on Dec. 81 was 5,703. At one
time the membership of the order in
Wisconsin was 10000. He said that
there are as many veterans of the
civil war who are not members of the
order as there are members.
Ihe encampment is marked by the
largest attendance of any since 1898.
Both OF the cities are fairly darkened
by the flags hung in honor of the four
organizations which are meeting here.
The feature that appealed most to
the old soldiers was staged at night,
when the huge campfire meeting was
held on the shore of Lake Winnebago.
Here the commander in chief spoke to
his men, as well as Dept. Command
er Gecrge Spratt, the mayors of the
two cities and some of the past de-
partment commanders. Following the.
main speeches the men sang again the
old songs, the songs of the battle
field, and talked again of those times
IN 81 to IS when they were young.
The parade contained about 500
aged veterans and 1000 children of
the Twin city schools, in addition to,
members of the other three organiza-
tons meeting in the cities This pa
rade was reviewed by Commander in
Chief Alfred Beers and was the first
parade of Wisconsin department re-
viewed by the head of the national
organization.
When the department election is
held, it is expected, Capt. Charles
Henry, Eau Claire, will be chosen as
department commander to succeed
Commander Spratt. 1t is also thought
that S. A. Cook of Neenah will be
chosen senior vice commander.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-19
SUGAR MEN TELL OF
CAPITALS HAWAII LOBBY
Ex-Governor Corter Admits Using
100000 in Fight-Says Money
Is Well Spent.

Washington, June 12-Considerable
light was thrown on the activities of
methods used by Hawaiian producers
to retain duty on sugar before the
senate lobby investigating committee
Thursday.
Former Governor Carter of Hawaii
testified that the domestic sugar pro-
ducers working in Washington took in
everybody raising sugar under the
American flag" and had spent some
thing less than 100000" in their fight
A Mr.. Mead" handled the money.
IF we had paid out 100000 we
would cnosider it we'll spent if we
could save the $50 100000 invested. "
said he. we propose to keep some
one here to continue the fight as long
as the right of free speech exists"
Carter testified that Sidney G. Bal
lou, who had been frequently men
toned by senators as one of the anti
free sugar men" who had called on
them, was paid a salary of $4,000 a
year to stay in Washington and look
after Hawaiian commercial interests.
SdIIoI Sdiu he CdIuS W w dSulASCOA
Ito give information about sugar;
that he had been sent by the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce, and was serv-
ing without remuneration. He said
he maintained offices, with a stenog-
rapher and a clerk, from which news
paper advertisements and bulletins"
were prepared and submitted to a
committee in New York representing
Haw allan sugar factories
AS for himself, Carter said he had
done little more in Washington than
prepare brief.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-19
CHRRLETON MUST FACE
THE COURT OF ITALY
Supreme Court Decides Extraction
Case Against American-News-
paper Publicity Law Upheld.

Washington, June 1.-THE United
States Supreme court decided Tuesday
that Porter Charlton must be returned
to Italy to stand trial for the alleged
Staying of his wife in June, 1910.
Justice Lurton, who read the opin-
ion, gave most of his time to the main
point in the case-whether, under the
treaty Of 1868, an American citizen
could be extradited to Italy for a
crime committed there, particularly
since Italy will not extradite its sub
jects for crimes here.
The justice held that, according tc
international law, the treaty by rea
son Of Italy's course had not become
void, but merely voidable at the opin-
ion Of the American government. The
executive department having waived
its right to annul the treaty, nothing
remained for the court to do but to
enforce its decision.
The Supreme court upheld the con-
stitutionality of the newspaper pub
licity law enacted as a part of the pos
tai appropriation act of 1912.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-19
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Son Of Former Lieut.. Gov. Conner
Crushed When Machine Turns
TurtIe-Girl Will Die.

Waupaca.-DonaId Conner, "a years
old, oldest son Of former Lieut. Gov
William d. Conner of MarshfielG, a
graduate of the University of Wiscon-
sin and Ripon college, was killed, and
Miss Nora Braun, 20 years old, of
462 Main street, Oshkosh, was perhaps
fatally injured in a spectacular auto
mobile accident near the village of
Fremont, this county.
The automobile in which the young
couple were riding, new six cylinder
high powered roadster shot into the
air at sharp turn, turned over twice
and landed on its side.
Conner was thrown out of the ma
chine to a height of sixty feet, and
was caught under the heavy machine
as it struck the ground The young
woman remained in the machine dur
ing its thrilling gyrations
Conner was crushed to death. His
ribs were broken and there were many
internal injuries. He died almost in
sta1tly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-19

Four Are Killed, 81 Injured in
Railroad Wreck.
PULLMAN IS CUT IN TWO
Every Passenger In Car Either Loses
Life or Is Manned as Result of
Collision at Stamford,

Stamford, Conn, June 14.-As a re
suit of a rear-end collision at the
station here Thursday on the main
line Of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad five persons are
dead and two score injured, some per.
haps fatally.
The second section of the Spring
field express, west bound, crashed into
the first section, which was just leav-
ing the station.
The dead:
Mrs. Edward j Kelly, Winthrop,
Mass, wife Of land agent Of Canadian
Pacific railway.
Frank Garfield, Springfield, Mass.
Mrs Barges, Springfield, Mass.
Everett Hasley Woodruff, Flushing,
Ny
H G. Howe, Hartford, Conn.
The engine plowed halfway through
the Pullman car Skylark, the last car
on the first section. In this car there
were 81 passengers and practically all
of them were killed or injured.
According to an official statement
given out by the railroad the indica-
tions are that the engineer OF the sec
ond section ran by both the distant
and home signals.
The first section of the train, which
made up at Boston, reached here on
time, but was halted momentarily to
change the powers from steam to cleo
tricity. While awaiting orders to pro-
coed the second section rounded a
curve at high speed and crashed into
the last Pullman car, which was we'll
filled. That more persons were not
killed outright is considered miracu-
Ious.
Simultaneous with the crash the
wreckage took fire and the city depart
ment was called out. The blaze was
rescue began at once.
Early arrivals on the scene found
Rev. Anthony Perhler, a Catholic
priest Of New York, coolly directing
the work of rescue. Although injured
himself, he refused to go to a hospital
until others, more seriously hurt, had
been taken care Of He is at the Siam
IOIO HOSpIId4 Will Si6uI 1AJu440o
Telling of his experiences, he said:
Il was seated about midway in the
Pullman There was no warning, just
smash, and the next instant the
whole car was topsy-turvy. Men and
women seemed to be almost suspend
ed in the air and there was mass of
everything conceivable flying about at
random. Then all seemed to settle ex-
cept the escaping steam and the hot
Goals from the firebox that soon burst
into flames.
"Womens screams of heiplessness
and terror, and the deeper cries of
men, some in mortal agony, filed the
air The women we're brave as they
were lifted out of the windows with
bloody faces and torn and cut bodies.
They deserve the highest praise"
The Springfield express was the
train that was in the wreck at West
port, Conn. last October, in which
eight persons were killed and scores
injured. This wreck was caused when
the engineer ran by signals.