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United labor bulletin., 1913-09-20
ESQ Delegates Attend Convention
in Trinidad and Issue
Ultimatum

Next Tuesday. September %. is the
date set for calling a general strike
of miners in the Colorado coal fields.
This action was determined upon by
a contention of District No 10, Unit.
ed Mine Workers OF America. attend
ed by $50 delegates, held this week
at Trinidad. The meeting was pre-
sided over by John McLennan of Den
yer. district president, and also pres
ident OF the Colorado State Fedora
tion of Labor.
At the same time a meeting of the
coal operators was held in Colorado
Springs, where IL was decided TO make
no concessions to the union miners.
They declined an invitation to attend
the Trinidad convention or confer
with the union officials in any man
ncr.
State Labor Commissioner Edwin
V. Brake is endeavoring to bring
about a settlement by arbitration and
thus avoid strike. Up to hour Of
going TO press no results had been
achieved. The operators refuse to
either confer or arbitrate with the
HlluerS. DeCaust, tneg Clhlul, II WOuil
in effect be a recognition of the un-
ion.
meIennan Makes Statement.
John McLennan. president OF Dis
trict No. Is. returned TO Denver
Thursday and made the following
statement to The Bulletin:
1T looks very much like n fight
The responsibility rests entirely with
the operators. for they have ignored
every overture made by the miners
Thy have been deluding themselvs
with the idea that n majority OF the
men viii not quit work next Tuesday.
There is a large sized surprise in
store for them. u VIII be tsfc most
complete tie-up OF any coal strike in
the history of the country. While
there are many nationalities repre-
scnted In the southern field. they are
all OF ore mind on this proposition.
The union Is prepared to take care OF
every miner and his family for an in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-30
Voice Of the PEOPLE
The Woman without Work.

10 the Editor OF The Times Dispatch.
Fin reply to your article on The
Helpless Woman" beg that You define
10 me clearly the meaning OF feminine
lIiogic so artistically used in the be-
ginning. Somehow. II sounds hopeless.
ana very much like n man. ! think
this In Itself would make very in
teresting editorial for your feminine
readers
In your nice, hay. masculine way,
you state In your article that there
is TOO much false pride, and not enough
OF the real thing" as n reason for the
perplcNlty Of the case in question
Then you, unconsciously. agree with
me In stating that there are millions
OF women now making Il living who
nave not had her advantages. In my
letter ] stated that she was educated
above Tan unfortunate expression,
must admiD. the earning of her daily
bread l should have said she was
linpracticaily. ornamentally and help
lessly educated for such a purpose
Your idea is that she should get
out and hustle What "a glorious
twentieth century expression! So in
definite. and such easy way to push
off such problematic questions You
hint that stenography may be the
means to this end. Possibly. the ac-
curacy, daintness and the rearranging
of disordercd English necessary would
well, but you will note | dclicately re-
ferred to her maturity, and there is an
age limit to the nimblcncss of fingers
required for the intricacies of the type
writer. and the peculiar alertncss. of
the mind to decipher the hieroglyphics
Of shorthand. And. too, do not the
employers OF shorthand writer's have
their age limit"
I agree with you that zone should
not wait until forced to work." but
the home duties Of faithful daughter,
with an invalid father and delicate
mother, though prompted by profound
love. are none the less onerous and
eXacting.
1t is so easy to say that any one
can make n living, from mans point
Of view, because since the time OF
Adam, or the beginning (for ! very
much doubt the existence ever Of the
gentleman), men have been taught to
earn wages. while women have worked
In the home just as hard, but without
material compensation.
Could You mention other vacations
besides boarding. house keeping, which,
with the high price of living" has
about starved out the poor keeper,
and stenography which age has de-
barred? L am asking earnestly
J. JOSEPHINE STEER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-30

! am very glad tina, an idea has been
agree think you are 10 be highly
commented for your interest. as OK
pressed in your paper and the timely
suggestions in regard 10 the hest means
TO he adopted TO give our absent sons
ana daughters All old IN shioned VIZ
ginia welcome to their mother State
In aadition TO The suggestions already
ture.. which. think. will be OF very
great importance. Let the managers
OF the state Fair Association plan To
IAN of 1915, aud let ii extend for at
least two weeks. and let this be the
time for the celebration. AT this ex-
sources and rapid development OF our
State, could be done in no other
way with this great show OF prog
our city. its beautiful streets and ave
nues. its large and improved buildings.
us fine and lovely suburbs. and the
guests a feast. such they have never
seen. Let all OF our people in the
country and cities in the State, unite
to make this the great epoch in the
history of our grand old Mother OF
States and statesmen.
During the three score and ten
provements have been made! When
q boy we had 10 kindle our fires with
flint and steel, or go a mile or more
to some more fortunate neighbor for
a chunk OF fire. Let our city fathers
do their best 10 make our city one OF
tho best in this country. and give to
our cXiled sons and daughters such
warm welcome that they will be con-
tent to return to their old mother to
your progressive spirit and your eff
forts to build up Greater Richmond.
and much of the success will come
through your timely and wise sugges-
tons Let the people of Virginia wake
UP and do their duty in this matter.
r. w. CRIDLIN.
Woodland Heights
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-30
An IMMORTAL nEsT-sELf.En.

Who reads "Trlby" now? Where is
the slang of yesteryear that once made
the fame of the classic lines OF a
models foot common in every ramin's
vocabulary? Only the play produced
now and again, s admirably in Rich
mond this week, tells a new generation
OF novel readers that bitter sweet
story OF Paris and youth woven In
golden splendor by brave Du Maurier's
pen. The book "Trilby" is a far finer
thing than any play about the book
will ever be. Yet no one speaks her
name. It is the sorry case of great
novel temporarily lost because it be-
came n best-seller
"Trilby'' was advertised and parodied
and popularized into oblivion. 1t be
. came common that people lost
sense OF its genius. When cigars and
gowns and horses and every catch
penny thing in the world bears the
name of beautiful heroine. we are
like 10 fall on the familiarity that
breeds contempt. Yet it is a fact that
when most of the books that have
waxed and wancd in favor in the two
decades since "Trilbys' heyday, Will
have been lost in dusty time, that
eartnoving epic OF youth Will live
and delight eternal youth Forgetful-
ness for generation has not spoiled
The magic Of that picture of human
NE II viii revive, and there Will be
new devotees before the shrine OF the
grisctte who sang like a miracle ana
wept like Il woman over her sins.
: Read it again. and live 1t has ro-
nance. and Paris. and art. and spirit
such as never CLEAN in modern stories.
/ When the gray-haircd Gcckko comes
back and weeps in the cafe where once
Little b!lice and Taffy and the I.aird
and Trilby loved and sang. the reader
weeps, too. and from his heart This
book made immortal for English peo-
pie the spirit Of the true Latin quar-
tier It's best-sel!ing viii soon he for
gotten. and then 1t viii come into the
/ rightful heritage Of . great novel that
pictured real people in scenes OF emo
ton and truth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-30
TIE TEMPERATE ROOSEVELT

Just as good, plain. virile. up
standing man. the Colonel seems to
measure up In his relation TO poIi-
cies. and parties. and promises ~.
progress and prophecy, we differ from
him His attitude toward society ana
politics gets confused and dubious His
ego distorts his perspective. In his
attitude toward himself and his hodv
and toward the thing We call life he
IS inspiring His ideas OF temperance
make righ, good reading He has been
temperate because alcohol would have
iH'eTfHred with his nerves and mis-
general efficiency. He did not need
boosters and eye-openers and nipbt-
caps because he kept in condition. and
let nature and good food and exercise
and sleep do his boosting, eye-opening
and 'Hightcapping for MIN.
HIS temperance Is founded on IN.
surss' and most fundamental temper
ance cause He refused 10 drink not,
because others hated il. or because +,
mao zone great hurt TO millions Of mo,
or TO keep MS social status. or for
any outside reason. re refused 70
drink because he did not wan, 20
foreso self-oont-ol and emc!ency tn
law that !s IN man is tho ono ,ha,
"ili do mos, for MIN. No outeidA ,ro-
hioi'!on Is a. strong as the inside
pride.
not all men or even most men. can
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-30
From tho HickeyvilIe Clnr,


Some fellers are full of hope and
others are full OF dope
There are one million microbes on
each foot Of a househy. so when you
swat a fy YOU also swat four million
microbes by actual count
Vice President Marshall has been
warned not to talk very much. but
what If he does? Nobuddy will know
il.
When 1t comes to the expense OF
sendin' package, the express com
pany is deadlier than the mail
Kansas gals have decided that they
won't marry men who smoke, chew,
drink. play cards or use profanity
Gosh! There Will be lot of old maids
in Kansas
The Department OF Agriculture will
send out one million cook books and,
by gravy, there amt nothing that this
country needs more unless 1t is some
thing to cook.
a Teller came through this section
and tried to sell Old Man Hicks a boss
This boss goes ten miles without
stoppin'." he said Wen" replied Old
Man Hicks. II don't want q boss that
goes ten miles without stoppin'. I
only live eight miles from town and
L don't want to walk back two miles
every time"
Elmer Jones's landlady wouldn't let
him practice on his slide trombone in
the house, so he stuck the end of the
trombone outn the window and the
wind bowed into the outside end of
the trombone faster than Elmer could
blow II out, and the result was that
the music died somewhere inside of
the horn, and was never heard.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-30
Tire Trouble.


We have often thought that II was
a very lucky thing for Job that he
never had an automobile or that an
c!ent worthy would never have gained
the terrific reputation for patience
which made him famous
job had many troubles, but he never
experienced the daddy of 'cm all-tire
trouble.
Tire trouble happens in the best reg
ula'ed families, and IT is the suddenest
thing in the world. II IS even suddener
than bill from q plumber
The sun may be shining and the
little birds singing blithcly and a man
may he riding along country road
admiring the scenery and explaining
the infallibility OF his car to relatives
or friends. He may be saying: ~ have
never had n particle OF trouble with
this car since 1 have owned it," when
BANG,!
And there is no more joy in life.
little brides hide their heads in their
tail feathers
The man doesn't know whether he
hns just lost $40 or $50, and he is afraid
to get out and look II all depends
upon the size of the report. loud
bang like the boom of a thirtecn-inch
naval gun is supposed to cost $50,
while n small bang like that or a
firecracker is supposed to cost $40.
When he first speaks to the tire
expert Mt the garage he thinks 1t is
going to cost him s1o5 Tire experts
are the world champion pessimists.
They see nothing but grim destruction
and despair, and they enter into o
technical explanation OF why tires was
no good in the first place which would
fiji a volume as large as Noah Web
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-30
On the Spur ofthe Moment
BY Roy K. Moulton
Mctnnorphosfs.

When the statesmen go to Washing.
They are brimful of reform.
They are for the common people
And they rant and rave and storm
Diagnosing the conditions.
They set forth the peoples ills.
And they load the good old hopper
With their remedial bills.
For two weeks in January
They kick up an awful dust,
And they blow until you're fearful
That they're really going to bust
Then they quiet down serenely
And no longer tear their hair.
And the folks in February
Wonder If they still are there.
Then the statesmen are forgotten
TIL. along in June, we learn
That tho Legislative body's
Getting ready to adjourn.
1t is easy to make speeches
And of grave reforms TO shout,
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ster's more or less celebrated work on
words ! Have Met" They tell YOU
1t can't possibly be fixed. and If IL IL
hXed It will cost in the ncighborhood
of 500.
Then when they have reduced you
to the depths of desolation and send
you away thinking you haven't
friend In the world they go to work
and fix your tire for $3.50
The average blowout Is expensive
In that it includes the following items:
Mehtai anguish -........... $1,000 90
Loss OF timc ................ { 90
fiXing the tire. ............. ESQ
Total .................... -. s5,vo6 80
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the completion OF the Panama Canal.
spend Its vast resources In building
an invinclble armada of dreadnaughts.
and devote all of its Incompatible
energies to winning back its lost pos
sessions. Japan knows. he continues
that the ultimate outcome would nevc:
be in doubt. as far rs the near future
lis concerned; that the United States
would not accept transient defeat:
and she Is equally well aware. he posi-
lively asserts that the Western world
would not lend her any more money
to build ships and to back war
based on such an issue as the Cali
fornia land bill.
More than that. and apart from tho
fact that the people are now grooming
under heavy taxation, and Tokyo has
its hands full with pacincation in
Formosa and Korea. Mr.. Fraser points
out what military critics and reviewers
Of the Russo-Japanese conflict con-
cede. that Japan fought herself to
a standstill in her war with Russia
and had the fighting continued a few
months longer. the result might have
been reversed"
Last. but not least and one OF the
that Japan will halt ere provoking
war; is. as Mr.. Fraser sees ii, that 1t
would after all be war deliberately
fought to challenge the worlds SUI
premacy OF the white races and in
such a cause the white races would
Immediately unite" Mr.. Fraser is
convinced that although they would
not all fight. they would not help
Japan. In other words, Japan would
be left without physical or moral sup /
port. without financial support or
sympathy; for "thc welfare of America !
means more to the white races than
the welfare OF Asia"
And this latter view OF the wide
scope OF the Issue and Mr. Fraser's .
reasoning Is most strongly, most in
terestingly and significantly buttressed
by the London Spectator. In discuss -,
ing the proposition that in the event
OF war Great Britain would. under I
the Anglo Japanese alliance. he ohl!- /
gated to side with Japan That con-
temporary in so many words fore
shadows that If. peradventure, such /
obligation exists. and ii doubts =.
British public sentiment would force
denouemcnt OF the pact-that the old /
doctrine blood is thicker than water"
would become rcgnant
After picturing "Englishmen lighting
and kin" condition terrible to con
template" and asserting that "sympa
thy In the British dominions, particu
larly in Canada and Australia. would
be American" the
Spectator says: "Wc doubt where the
empire could survive such an outrage
to it's feelings. It's a large and i'm
portant part Of its white population"
And again: I'VE do not cxaggerste,
We are sure in saying that opinion
in the British empire would never
tolerate taking up arms against the
United States" Sustained as he is By
the Spectator as TO the real and vital
Issue that would be involved in the
end and the influences that would
TO alternating help from
Japan. It would seem that Mr.. Fraser
has made conclusive case for peace,
based on the racial question, to say +
nothing OF the other potent consider
atoms ne presents as insurns that
he difficulty Will be composed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-30

already missed such training. or on
| account Of faulty ideals havc refused
1t and neglected to mt themselves dur.
ing tho summer OF prosperity for tho
winter of dire distress.
The suggestion given before was
that They get out and hustle" That
is objected TO as a GLORIOUS twentieth
century expression" We arc glad to
agree that 1t is. 1t Is glorious and 1t
is modern. 1t sounds hazy. but 1t
means all that can be meant Ask
the most practical business man you
know for a formula for success. He
will tell you to get a job and hustle.
rha. Is all he can tell YOU
Let us define hustle Our CORES
pondsnt says that the woman In oues-
ton is mature, and so has lost the
nimbleness OF fingers and mind re-
CURED by stcnographers. If she is
physically or mentally unfit. OF course
the whole argument is nonsense She
ought to be supported by friends or by
not prevent hustling For instance. a
woman of forty, tho mother of four
children, who runs a house. makes the
family clothes, performs much unpaid
soc!a! service, and has many demands
on her time and strength, borrowed a
typewriter this winter, got book of
instructions and learned the touch sys-
tenn OF writing in two months by prac
tcinS in her odd moments. say an hour
day Hcr fingers were not too stiff.
because she had grit and worked. We
know another woman, divorced at forty.
who conducts roomng- house and also
works about six months n year as a
saleswoman and model in a millinery
house. 1t takes grit and nerve and
hustle. also tears and tired nerve. and
muscles. Yet she lives. and is not
parasite.
The woman who wants work can
get 1t, and be treated with perfect
courtesy. We suggest by any so stu
atod careful inventory OF her abil-
ties and training, and search for
eight hours day until they get some
sort of an opening. a 2o-ocnt want
nd in the papers stating tho facts will
open something usually. When Job
paying $50 a month is secured. then LET
her estimate her talents against the
market for labor. and study at nights
TO acquire what she needs TO better
her station
That is hustling. That Is what men
DO They hide pride and begin at the
bottom. Few men arc really taught
TO make living even in the profess
s!ons. They learn it by harsh and bit
ter experience The man we are most
familiar with was thrown out OF col
lese as an innocent. ignorant bow of
eighteen into a newspa per office. and
his first assignment was 70 report a
cheap prize-fght on n river steamboat
so held to avoid the police. Tho boat
sot back after midnight, and he had
TO run 4 half-mile in July to cot his
copy in on time.
That is hustlns It's the only thing
that counts for man or woman. white
or black, high brow or rough neck
II Is the only thing that counts not
because 1t sets the money, but be-
cause 1t makes the soul
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F l. | E S /!

Horse manure IN the principal
hntchinE plnce for flies.
II can be mnGc sterile with conI
dry loan by mixing thoroughly.
liorscmcn, StnbIcmen. owners OF
horscs md sanitary inspectors, pay
attention.. Gut this out.
Let 1913 be n hyIcss year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-30
NEAR-slGHTED FOLKS on LIBRARY
PLAN.

NEAR-sIGHTED FOLKS on LIBRARY
PLAN.
Richmond can, for about $4,000, ac-
quire a $4,000 library building and
$50 feet of the college property on new
Grace Street At the end OF ten years
the value of the building and the APP
precia,ed value OF the property would
he around $4,000. In short, for the
interest on the bonds for $4,000. or
about $1,000 a year. Richmond could
rent beautiful library, museum,
neighborhood assemAIy room. munich
pal dance hall and small auditorium.
IL $4,000 were appropriated annually
for the support Of this great public
service, the total cost would be $1,000,
and we would come into the class Of
real cities instead Of remaining imi-
tation. 1t looks good, doesn't it? Yet
If you understand Richmond. and have
your ear close to the ground, YOU will
hear objections Not person has
voiced any reason against the plan to
us but we know that the Council.
Board and people are thinking about
as follows. according to their class.
The narrow minded labor class mot
the ones with vison) say: What do
we want our money spent on fancy
lot OF books way off in the West End
for high -brows. rich men and old
ladies? why don't they put it where
we can get chance" Yet library
is tie poor mans one opportunity out
side of the schools to get on in the
world. Once start a library anywhere
and il will spread until books are at
hand for every section.
The merely selfish business men Cwho
are, as class, more short sighted than
any other) say: We'll. here's shrewd
scheme to unload an old building and
sell some ground for the college and
real estate dealers. Trying to make
the city a goat" The building cost
$4,000 TO erect and the ground is now
selling at 5000 a foot These gentle
men ought to look the proposition over
The political authorities will say: IF
we buy this land, what effect will it
have on our future as ottceholders
and job givers? Is the fellow who has
tho vote and whom we need interested
i'll this scheme? II not, table it. forget
II. laugh at il" That they are Sup
posed TO be leGislatine for the chill
dren the bookless. the ignorant, and
helping these to pleasure and informa-
ton. does not concern such gentlemen.
The old school aristocrats will say:
What do we want with a library?
Books are for the wealthy and cul-
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&
ANSWERS
"Lovers of Skye"

"Lovers of Skye"
Please tell me the author OF the new
novel. "The Lovers of Skye" and whero
1 may get it. NJ. F. TOLER.
Frank Walker Allen. Your book
seller will get it for you.
japan.
Where may find clear statement
of the treaty with Japan and the text
of the bill before the California Legis-
lature? MORGAN STROTHER.
York City. They can send you copy
of recent outlook" covering the mat
ter.
Charity Patients.
DO any of the Richmond hospitals
take charity patients?
All to the extent Of their ability. You
would do we'll to write to the superin-
tendent. Sheltering Arms Hospital.
Richmond. Va. This institution takes
none but charity patients, and is i'm
the first rank of efficiency.
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Eut it's somewhat different when it
Comes TO carryin' EN- out
Promises are stock in trade with
statesmen who are seeking fame,
But old Ultimate Consumer
Keeps on digging Just the same.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-30

The rain seems 70 have taken our
recent remarks In It's favor too lit
orally.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-30

The long spell in May need not try
10 become innnty.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-30

The Homo Coming In 1915.
To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir---l have felt n great interest in
the plan OF u homecoming in 1915,