davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Williams news., 1913-03-08
STATE OF MISSOURII
 COUNTY OF JACKSON BE-
F. c. Adams, Secretary.

COUNTY OF JACKSON S'
 L. J. Smith, being duly sworn. deposes AS fol- lows: I am the same l.. J. Smith who was elected and served as chairman of the meeting of the stockholders of the l.. J. Smith Construc- ton Company held on the tenth day of March, 1908, and refer red to in the foregoing statement Said statement is a true and correct statement.
 L J. SMITH. Subscribed and sworn to before me this March 1lth, 1908.
 My commission expires April 21, 1908.
 HENRY c. PAGE, U.S.) Notary Public,
 Jackson County, Missouri. Thereby countersign said statement and cer- tify that it is 6 true and correct statement.
 F.C. ADAMS, Secretary.
Williams news., 1913-03-08
STATE OF MISSOURI, L., Conntv Of Jackson ss

STATE OF MISSOURI, "a. County of Jackson.
 On this 11th day of March, 1908, before me per sonally appeared L. ]. Smith, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing statement and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed.
 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mis- souri. the day and year last above written. My commission expires April 21, 1908.
 HENRY c. PAGE, G.S.) Notary Public,
 Jackson County, Missouri. Filed for record and duly recorded in my office on this 12th day of March, AID. 1908 at g o'clock, 3 minutes AM.
 FRANCIS D. ROSS, Recorder.
 ByJ H. FAYMAN, Deputy.
Williams news., 1913-03-08
STATE OF MISSOURI, {

STATE OF MISSOURI, L..
 County of Jackson. I, Francis D. Ross Recorder of Deeds within and for the County of Jackson aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is full, true and complete copy of the Statement of Increase of Capital Stock from 600 to s2OO, ,OOOOO acknowledgement and note of record thereon of the
 LJ SMITH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY as the same appears of Record in my office in Book Series HIS Page 3ss and following. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said office at Kansas City, Mo-, this 12th day of March, A. D., 1908.
 (SeaD FRANCIS D. ROSS, Recorder,
 By H. G. B ASTMAN, Deputy. Filed and Certificate Issued Mar, l3, 1908.
 JNO. E. SwANGER,
 Secretary of State.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1913-03-11
DANASNJA DRUZBA JE III.
DANA MA MOCVIRJU.

Cd zunai snezi. Sedim V sobici
ukvarjajoc Sc $ citanjem neke
knjige. Toda kaj je to-, da moi
duh nj prisoten, kakor hi to mo-
ralo biti pri citanju.
Odplaval ie dalec nazaj V dobo
zlate mladosti, - case. polno
mad in leila. V ono dobo, .ko clo-
vek zacne zidati "radove bodice
nosti v mislih in nadah "a brez-
skrbno zivljenie. Toda lie malo-
kateremu Sc posreci pronaiti do
wolf trdni temelj, da Sc mu ne
zrusi V mic stavba domisljije.
Vsakega sina narave bodi cili
iii celia DO sreci in udobnem xiv
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1913-03-11

Nadzornega odbora dolznost i
da bi bill takoi resno naston;,
proti nepravilnim raGunom. Ko,
bi drugace ne bilo mogoec. ma;
bi sc obrnil ma Waldo amo Kate
RI .Ie "a svojc poslovanie popoI.
noma odgovoren. no hi nadzorr;
odbor vrsil svoio nalogo vestno
bi ne bio sedai tega ravsa in.
kavsa kot ie in katerega Sc bo
skusalo prinesti tudi ma konven.
CLIO. ALI to ne DO Slo. Ma konyen.
Gill sc DO morale predstaviti DC.
polne IN este racune. Besede.
moli racum so pravilni, jaz sem
poster, on nina prav it'd. ne bo.
do vpOStevane. DAFT Sc bo mora
tocen odgovOr za vsak cent in "a
vsako rec tikaioGe Sc Zveze. To-
rel skrbite, da bodo raGuni in
knJige v popolnem redu, ne lie
V vase lastnO korist. ampak v ko-
rist in napredek ter V procvit ce.
Ii S. ID. p. u.
Delegat "a prih. konvencijo.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1913-03-11
Nekai v prevdarek glavnemu cd.
boru s. D. p. z.

- NH"'AsO pcl OIAio II.
tajnika. zvezino glasilo - q. y.
- ne priobci nobenega poroeila
o Zvezi brez podpisa glavnih cd
bornikov. Kar sc tice poroGil tai
nika Iveze in posameznih ella
nov, je to tudi resnica. Izjema ie lie
IA ~predsednika in blagajnika. Ia
diva gospoda imata ma razpolago
vedno in vsak cas- list G.. y. Do
kaz. da je temu tako, nam prica-
jo clanki predsednika in blagai-
nlka, prlobceni V Stew. 80. G.. n.
dine J.. suSca.
Cenjeni bratie in sestre. ako
niSte ten clankov precitali. pro
sim. da storite to takoi. Citajte
pazno, da Sc toliko lazje prepri-
cate o vrlinah naSih Oven gospo-
dov V glavnem uradu Zveze. V
obeh Glankih nj mic druzega. kot
bluff, "a kar sta oba gospoda
jake sposobna in jima ma TEN
mestu izrekam mole popolno pri-
mamie. Veliko sta pisala, pove-
dala pa le nista mic. Use ie samo
ravs in kavS. To je sramota. Ia
kai Sc izogibata vpraSanj, Xxi iih
je wanna stavil glavni tajnik?
Pri druStvih S. d. p. y. so Sc
daj volitve delegatov "a ma IL
vanredno konvenciio. XII So DO
vrSila meseca maja V Clevelandu.
Ohio. Cenieni bratic in sestre.
dolznost naSa .ie, da 81 izvolimo
IA delegate clane. Xxi stole ma RAJ
rednO zavednem staliScu in kteri
so sovrazniki sebiGnosti in kori-
StolovStva. Ako bono izvolili in
pcslali take delegate ma konven-
clio. preprican sem, da ne DO 20
trebno sklicevati konvenciie VISA
ko. ali vsako drugo leto.
Delegate mai Sc Guvajo. d.
Jim ne 10 kdo ma konvenciji TO-,
pet natresel peska V oci. Kar ic
gniilega in slabega. Sc mora I'd.
koj %odstraniti. dobro in po-
trebno spreieti. Deluimo vsi in
vsak IA dobrobit in procvit ndSe
podporne or~ganizaci. Dobro in
koristno hi bilo, akO hi SO dalo
Staremu odboru pocirHico. da hi
Sc mu ma tn nacin mogoGe omeh-
Gala nekoliko VOLTA. Delegate
mai paziio tudi ma to, ia dobe
6lani in druStva wee mocI mad q.
odbor, kot .io imaio sedai. To pa
radi tega. da ne bono zopet culi
besed: ia, .iaz sem ~predSednik
Ivcze in tako mora biti pri zvez:
kot zelim JAZZ, q. p~redsednik.
Bratom Y Conemaugh. poscb-
no Sc glavnemu odboru Zveze,
p~riporocam. da narede konec pre-
piru. kdo da ina svoje raGune
pray in kdo ne. Upam. da ina
nadzorni odbor toliko zmoznosti,
da lahko pronaide. kdo da je te-
mu kriv. ko Sc ic enkrat nadzor-
nj odbor prepriGal. kdo .ie kriv.
lie potem dolznoSt odbora. Ga IL
roci krivca V roko pravice. pa
mai 81 ze bo kdorkoli hoce. VSem
tlanom in clanicam ie popolno-
znano. da Sc je pri zadaji re-
Will pronaSel "a $GG2.95 pri-
manjkliaj zvezini blagajni.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1913-03-11
GARRETT, PA.

) prvim marcem Sc je priGelo
neko gibanje med premogarii
tukaiSnji koloniii. Nth zahteva
je bila, da Sc stavi tehtnico pod
kontrolo ter tako prepreci tolo.
vajskO delo premogarskih psov.
Da Sc nj priSlO do sklepa DELAY
ske zanteve, gre cast seveda kom
paniji. Odredila je preiskavo ter
vOditeliem dala odlog. da mora
10 IL kolonije V teku "a. urah.
Odslovljenih premogarjev je 70.
med mimi tudi diva Slovenca
Alojzij Kveder in Anton Zalar.
oba clana TUX. soc. kluba.
To le uS0da, navadna usoda
organizatorjcv - delavcev. To
je pbvsod, k.ier imaio kapitalisti
V rokah politiGno moe. tam ie
pravica umrla in mesto ME cd
lotuje Surova sila.
Ne vstraSimo Sc boia, ker pre-
priGani smo. da bitke ne moreno
izgubiti. Organizira.imo DELAY
go, ki delaio Y premogarski indu-
striii.
Stephan Fabric.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1913-03-11

ljenju. To je vendar lahko ra-
zumljivo. Sal je pac cato ma sve-
tn. da ne samo zivotari, temvec,
da zivi. Kdo pa ina pravieo do
~nvljenjaf V d~anaSnji zlocinski
druzbi Sc vidi in cello cuje, da sa-
mo peScica ljudi = prefriganih
sleparskih izkoriSGevalcev ka-
pitalistoy.
Svetnim kapitalistom pomaga-
jo pri njihovim neGednim delu du-
hovniki in pridigarji vseh yer. Ia
vedajo Sc, da dokler bode ljudst-
vo religiozno, da toliko casa je
tudi brez skrbi sedanja privile-
girana druzba mogotcev. Z lazjo
Sc vzgaia nevednost, nevednost
je pa kitajski lid, "a katerem so
ma varnem vsi tisti sloji, kateri
live ma stroSke drugih. Dokler
DO ma povrSju namesto resnice i'll
razuma nevednost in laz, tako do
lgo bodo imeli pravico do xiv
l.ienja samo posamezne osebe IL
lenuharskih krogov.
Toda upajmo, da cas- nj wee
dalec. ko bo incl Y resnici vsak-
do pravico do zivljenja. Ko ne
bode suzenjstva i'm ralrednih
priviligirancev ma Svetu. ko bode
vsakdo pripoznal, da smo 81 V
resnici bratie med seboj. Dol s
Sedanjo roparsko druzbo! Mi no.
cemo druzbo. katera mai bode
Samo ena velika druzina, V kateri
Sc bode upoStevalo volio vseh, ne
pa samo nekaj ocilindranih CLAW
V Sluzbi boga kapitala.
Zavedna delavska pamet je
naihuiSi sovraznik vsake krivi-
ce in iz%koriScania. cato pa vlada-
joel sloii uporabljajo VISA umaza-
ma SredStva. da zaprejo delavcem
pot do drevesa .S%poznanja. Kapi-
taliste je Strah Dobro vedo, da
zavedni delavci ne hi trpeli tro-
tov med cebelami. XII Samo pozro.
kar SlednJc $ trudom nanosiio
Skupaj. Delavec. nikar Sc vedno
ne tolazi, da bode re priSel cas-.
ko bodemo obraGunali 2 naSimi
gospodarji. Cas- je tukai. Dosti
dolgo casa smo cakali in delali
zaStonj. Zaklicimo re enkrat ma
SIN gospodarjem Do tukaj in ne
dale!
Joe IvanetiC.
MilwauEoo W.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1913-03-11

"Proletarec" pa zelim obilo no.
viii predplaGnikov!
Jos. MarinGiG,
pred. DIR. Stew. Al. S. ID. p. Il.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1913-03-11
Joe %Ivanetic.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Jacksonville, Kans.

Porocati YAM hoGem cd veseli-
ce, katero smo priredili 90. feb.
t. |. Zaradi zelo slabega vremena
Sc Je veselica bolj slabo obnesla.
ker Sc vsled slabe poti sodrugi
MISC mogli udeleziti Y polnem Ste
Vllu. Res mas je malo priSlo sku-
paj ma veselico. ali Sc vse n smo
naredili Gistega dobiGka $l7.65.
katero svoto poSljemo "'Proletar-
Gu kot fond "a dnevnik. V DO
letneJ sezOni nameravamo prize
dltI Sc emo veselico V Ia namen
samo akO nam bode pripuSGal mas
fnancn minister. POPPED ne bo-
demo odnehali, dokler he postane
mas delavski list "Proletarec"
dnevnik. (Op. ured. Hvala "a vase
pozrtvovalnost. vi ste ma pravei
poti. AkO hi imeli povsod take "a
vedne sodruge. potem hi bill PRO
letarec" kmalu dneynik.) Zato-
raj Sc V imenu ''Proletarca" lepo
zahvaljuiem vsim sodrupom in
sodruginiam, kateri ste prisli ma
pomoc "a tako vazno delo. Pripo-
rocam Sc YAM Sc v nadalje, kadar
Sc bo Slo "a "Proletarca". Kar
pomagamO delavskemu listu. DO
magamo samemu sebi. to mai 81
slovenski delavci dobro zapomni-
10. Da postane "Proletarec'
dnevnik, je odvisno cd mas sloven-
SIKH delavcev, ker kolikor boBi
bodemo agitirali, toliko pref Sc
bodeJo uresnieile naSe zelje. Ia
torej lie vsi ma delo "a "Prole-
tarca". Slovenska kri, nikdar ne
fall. Jacob SaIak
Cleveland. o. - Kot clan dru-
silva stew. Al S. ID. p. u. pazno
opazujem poslovanie nash CLAW
nth uradnikov Zveze. Moi ma
men nj, komu kai Skodovati -
naJmanje pa S. ID. p. u. Vseeno
Sc pa moran zgrazati mad poslo-
vanJem %glavnega odbora. Kako
Sc vendar mora poslovati. da Sc
me ne We kan gredo cell stotaki.
da nj znano, kie ic svota S662. 95.
haj neki della nadzorni odbor. da
ne vrSi svoie dolznosti in Guva
mad poslovaniemY
Po mojem mncnju ina nadzor-
nj odbor moe. da lahko odstrani
" 81. urada vsako osebo. XII ne
vrsi svoiih dolznosti. ali pa ce
kateri cd uradnikov nina zmoz-
nosti vrSiti istih. Dolznost mad
zorneea odbora .ie bila takoi in
ma vsak nacin preiskati. KIDD da
le vzrok primakliaiu in kie Sc
tlstl nahaja. Nadzorni odbor hi
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1913-03-11
IL naSelbin.

Ill tuul OTOLnlhoN Je Dlio
lie malo Stevilo, kar je izdatno
pripomoglo do image. Pc stavki
so zaceli delavci kar trumoma
pristopati k organizaciji. Orga-
nizaciia .ie Stella koncem maja
1904 ze tisoG clanov in TO samo V
trboveliskem reviriu. Leta 1905.
je pa bio re upisanih cez 2 tisoc
delavcev. Seveda MISC bill vsi
redni $ placevaniem. ampak ma
neredne je odpadlo lie majhno Ste
vilo.
Kako Sc je pref %postopalo z de-
lavci in pozneje, ko SO imeli "a
seboj mocno strokovnO rganiza-
clio, to 81 lahko vsakdo sam pred
stavlja. Potem, ko SO imeli de-
lavci svojo organizacijo. pred ka-
tero so iQeli reSpekt naSi gospo-
darii, MISC wee naSih sodrugOv
pOSiliali kot divje zveri z odgon-
skim vozom. Sploh nj bilo treba
"a vsako stvar prosjaGiti. Kar
enOstavno Sc .ie naznanilo, da tn
in tan nj nekaj V rcdu in stvar ie
bila kmalu reSena.
V drugi polovici leta 1904 Smo
v oGigled vedno naraSaujoce dra-
ginie ustanovili konsumno dru-
Stvo. kateri .ic bill tudi pravi trn
V peti vsem nazadnjakom. Kljub
temu ie dObro napredoval in ka-
kor sliSim. la Sc Sc sedaj lepo
razviia.
Leta 1906 sen Sc preselil V
Ameriko, misleG. da .ie tuka.j slo-
ga in mir donna. Razoearan sem
Sc preprical. da so ameriSki ka-
pitalisti zvesti bratci svojih pre-
ko-Oceanskih tovariSev. Kapita-
listi so vsi enaki. i'll potem maj ze
bodejo rimske. proteStantovske.
iudovske. turSke kitajSke ali pa
ciganske sekte in narodnOsti. Ka-
pitalisti so idealni ''kosmopoli-
III. Same mi ubogi delavci mai hi
Sc vedno prepirai med sehoj. kak
sen le razlOcek med Kranjcem in
Clcem In kateri bogovi cd Stevil-
nth verskih sekt da so tapravi.
TukaiSnji delavci Sc dosti do
bro lezemo naprej. Imamo diva
socialisticna kluba. seveda oba
Sradata k j. S. Y. in sicer Stevilko
10 V Forest City, Pa. in stew. %
Browndalle, Pa. kar ie pa komai
pol mile narazen. Tudi list Pro-
letarec .ie dobro razSirjen med
Mani In upam. da Sc bode Sc boil
razSiril. Iacela Sc .je tudi zivah-
ma agitaciia "a konzumno zadru-
go, kateremu je kaj "a napredek
IN ceneiSe ~zivljenske ~pOtrebSGi-
ne. mai pristOpi k tel prekoristni
stvari. Ako 81 ne bodemo poma-
gall sami, potem nan ne bo nihGe
drugi. Ia vsako delavsko korist-
no stvar, Sc morajo delavci tudi
nekOllko zrtvovati, brez boja in
della tudi nj uspehov. Menda Sc
ocvrti piScanci popolnoma brez
truda V uSta ne lete
In Sc nekai. Delavci. kateri
dobro veSte. da delate "a berasko
ceno globoko pod zemljo. V vecni
smrtni nevarnosti. da vas ubije.
raztrga ali katastrofa zaduSi V
lmenu prOfita. "a nikdar site in
h%valezne kapitaliste 49, zdramite
Sc! Pristopite vsi kot en- MOI k
naSej socialisticni stranki. Kate
ri delate okolici Forest City.
pristopite k nasemu klubu stew.
10. Xxi ina sv0ie redne m%esecne
seie vsako cetrto nedeljo V mese-
Gu in sicer oh OVEN popoldne pri
sodrugu Vide Grmu. Forest CT
II. Pa. kod ~medseboini sodrugi hi
potem lazje %preresetali krivice.
katere nam dele vladajoci razredi
ma politicnem in gospodarskem
poliu.
Upam, da moi glas ne bo glas
vpilocega y puScavi. lie skupaj
bratle emo nepremagljivo ia
Tango in potem- napovemo kapi-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1913-03-11
: Socialistidno casopisie v Mem.

CHI. Sodrugi Y Nemciji imaio 80
socialisticnih dnevnikoy. narocni-
kov imajo ii liSti pol drug million.
Leta 1890. je bio lie 10 socialistie-
nih dnevnikov. |. 1908. re "a, |.
1905. je naraslo Stevilo dnevnikov
ma 90. ]. 1910. ma "A. "A |. 1912. ma
50. V preteGenem letu je naraslo
Stevilo naroGnikov vseh social
sticnih dnevnikov "a 10000.
"Norwarts''. centralni organ mem
skin sodrugov. Sc tiSka vsak dan
V 100000 iztisih. Pc zadnjem OBJ
racunu je izplacal "Vorwarts''
centralni strankini blagaini prebi-
TEX 10000 X. "Gleichheit''. -
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1913-03-11

prlmoran obrniti Sc "a pomoc ma
drzavo samo. Nadalje bi moral O
cell aferi sporociti vsem podreje-
MIN drustvom, da bi ma Ia naein
doblll clani prve vesti in uradno
porocilo. Ker nadzorni Odbor nj
izvrsil tega, je to dokaz, da nj
vesG svoje naloge; dokaz je, da
le voljan zagovarjati izkoriSce-
vanJe glavne blagajne in da mu
Je naklonjenOst posameznih IL
radnikov liubsa, kot pa koristi
ZveZe. Nadzornemu odboru lie bill
primankljaj v blagajni znan re
meseca ianuaria. leta 1912. he
bl bil ia odbor to, kar hi moral
biti, bi ST. morale vse TO takoj re-
Siti in %napraviti konec izkoriS-
Ganiu blagajne. Mesto tega je pa
zatisnil oci V mirno, sladko span
ie, ne brigajoG Sc. kaj so njegove
dolznosti pri pOslovanju Zveze.
Ia nadzorni odbor spi Sc danes,
ne da hi Gul klice, XII ga pozivlja-
10 X pOSlovaniu.
kai neki ie temu vzrok? Nor
da me boiazen, &c kaj rece, da
pade pri njegovem veliGanstvu
V nemilost in mogoGe Sc cello IL
gubi svojo east kot nadzorni cd
Dor? VISA stvar Sc mi yidi tako
zainOtana, da sc 6utim dolznega
vpraSati nadzorni odbor, kai de-
la in zakaj dobiva svojo place in
dnevnice vSako leto?
Nadalje upraSam 81. predscd-
nika, ma kakSen nacin Sc upa "a
govarjati blagajnika, ko We ma
tancno, da hi blagajni toliko
denaria, kOt hi ga morale biti.
no bi Sc on zavedal svOje dolz-
nosti, kot predSednik Xveze, hi
storil takoj pOtrebne korake. da
hi primanjkljaj poravnal. Ker Sc
pa to nistorilo. .ie dokaz. da nj
veSc Svojega posla in hi Sc ga
morale takoj ostaviti kot pred.
sednika.
Dokaz azkoriScania blagajne
in viSek lopovstva je tudi to, ko
Je 81. tajnik lahsko leto, meseca
ianuarja porocal, da njegovi in
blagajnikovi racuni Sc ne uiema.
io, (navzkriz .ie "a vec stotakov)
So L. sklenilo prot njegovi (taj-
mkovi) wolff, da bodeta pregle-
dala knjige glayni blagajnik in
%predsednik Zveze, "a kar bodeta
prejela $3.50 dnevnice. IL sedan
Jega tajnikovega porocila je raz-
vldno, da sta preiela dnevnice. a
poroclla pa nista naredila kot tu-
dl dala ne nikakorSnega. V res
mel krasno iii p~oZrtovalno delo.
- vSe ma koriSt naSih zepov. -
Druga krivica in nesramnost. Xxi
Sc nam godi, ie. da sta predsed-
mix IN b~lagajnik prepovedala G..
y. kot glaSilu Zveze. priobciti
kako rec brez niegovih podpisov.
Y resnici lep "trik" "a prikritie
izkoriScanja zvezinega premo-
zenia.
Cenieni bratie in s%estre, vsilju-
ie Sc mi misel, da vas upraSam.
kdo vendar plaGuje zvezino gla-
silo.? Ga mi sami S svojim tezko
priSluzenim d%enarjem, ali ga pa
p~rcdsednik in blagajnik? Da Sc
pa to izkoriScanie Sc bolje in
lazje prikriva, ie gospoda pri G..
\. 5 poroGila IL urada glavncga
tajnika odklonila, lopovski "a
govor predsednika in b~lagajnika
pa priObcila V celoti. Popolni do
kaz sporazuma med gospodo V
New Yorku in gentleman V Co
nemaugh. Pa.
To malomarno posloyanje CLAW
mega in nadzornega odbora .je.
krivo, da Sc bodo Steli tisocaki IA
izvanredno k~onvencijo, XII bi jo
ne bilo treba, ko hi odborniki
vrSili svoio nalogo.
Clam in clanice. ker Sc ivan
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1913-03-11

- Ma Ruskem ie bilo V zadniih
tednih Sest socialisticnih tednikov,
in dnevnikov 97krat zaplenjenih,
placati so moral 1880 rubljev
uredniki so bill obsojeni ma 81 let
Z mesecev jece. eden je bill izgnan
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05
INTEREST AROUSED
IN CANAL MEETING
Notice Received That Dele
CATION of 100 From Bes-
semer Is Coming

The public hearing tomorrow morning
in the directors room of the Chamber
of Commerce at 10 o'clock to be con-
Quoted by Major Flagler, the government
engineer. for the purpose of hearing argu-
ments for and against the proposed wa
terway or ship canal connecting Bir-
mingham with the Warrior river, prom
ises to be we'll attended. Yesterday AS
sistant Secretary w. b. Everett was
notified that delegagtion of 100 Bessemes
citizens, headed by the mayor and the
president of the Bessemer Board of Trade
would be present to look after Besse-
mer's interests.
The waterways committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce, which is conducting
the arrangements for the public hear
ing, is new satisfied that public interest
has been awakened and that repre-
sentative audience will be on hand to-
morrow morning. The list of speakers
who will present Birmngham's claims
to the federal engineer include Culpepper
Exum, John w. Sibley and numerous
others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05

mems compensation laws, went into oper-
alton May !, 1910, before any such laws
had been enacted in the United States.
1t is a purely voluntary provision made
by the corporation for the benefit of all
employees injured and the families of all
employees killed in the service of the
subsidiary companies The entire amount
of money required to carry out the plan
is provided by the companies. with no
contribution whatever from the employe
The principal features of the plan are
as follows:
Relief is paid, regardless of legal liza
bility and without any legal proceedings.
Even application for relief Is mot re-
qured
"The companies provide treatment by
surgeons and hospitals.
mo relief is paid for the first 10
days of disability, such restriction hay-
ing been found necessary in all legisla-
tion on the subject.
How Money Is Paid
Temporary Disability--Single men: s.
per cent of wages up to So weeks 2 per
cent added for each additional year OF
service over five years; ma aximum, 81 80
per day. Married men: so per cent of
wages up to 50 weeks; per cent added
for each additional year of service over
five years: per cent added for each
child under 16 years of age; maximum.
$3.50 per day.
Permanent Disability-Loss OF a hand,
u months wages; arm. is months wages
foot, nine months wages; leg, IL months
wages; eye, six months wages.
Permanent Total Disability--Such an
amount as shall be required to make
suitable provisions for the injured man,
but in no case less than the death re-
lief.
''Death-Funeral expenses, not to ex-
ceed 800. Single men, no dependents: !:
Funeral expenses up to $780, Married
men: Eighteen months wages; per cent
added for each year Of service over five
years: 10 per cent added for each child
under 16 years of age; maximum. $1,000
when the plan was put in force 1t
was printed in 16 different languages and
a copy was given to each employe. One
is now given to each new employe as
he goes to work.
During the year 1911 81 .637, 900 was paid
to and for injured men and families OF
men killed in our employ, representing 80
per cent of the total expenditures In
casualty matters. Such expenditures
show an increase of more than 100 per
cent over those made FOR the year 1906.
suits were brought In but .23 OF per
cent Of total accidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05
BULLETIN ISSUED
!. ON ARE WORK
Steel Corporation Accidents
Decrease 43 Per Cent
230O MEN ARE SAVED
How Relief Money Is Voluntarily Paid
to Employees Who Are Disabled
in Various Subsidiary
Companies

The third bulletin Of the United States
Steel corporation on accident prevention
and other welfare movements under the
administration of general officers of the
corporation was issued here yesterday:
The report naturally does not cover the
operations of the safety committee for the
year that has just closed. However, it
shows that $75O,0o0 was expended in 1911
by the corporation In the safety depart
ment, and other large appropriations have
been made for the continuance and con-
stant enlargement of that work.
AZ result Of the safety work of the
corporation the pamphlet shows that Sc
rious and fatal accidents have been de-
creased 43 per cent during the life of the
safety committee. Under this basis of
calculations with pay roll of 100000 men,
it is said this prevention of accidents
saved 300 men from serious or fatal in
juries at the corporation plants since 1906.
The corporation placed into operation a
voluntary relief plan for the employees
that are injured from time to time in its
giant operations. The plan is for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05
Brought Birmingham Twenty-Five Years Ago

About twenty-five years ago the peo-
pie of Birmingham, or rather those who
were down town at that time were
startled to see covered vehicle, drawn
by two madly plunging horses dash
through the streets of Birmingham GO
ing toward the union depot. The driver
proceeded along Twentieth street cang-
ing bell and lashing the horses to their
greatest speed. Those policemen who
saw the occurrence followed the convey
ance and as 1t stopped at the depot put
the driver under arrest for reckless drlv-
ing, It was later learned that the vehl-
Gle was an ambulance and had made q
response to hurried call to remove a
desperately wounded man to the hos
ptal 1t was the first regular ambu-
lance brought to the city by the War
ner Smiley Undertaking company, and