Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-19
BRITISH MEDICOES
|. THINK Of FORMING
LABOR UNION
Official Organ Recently Fineo
Heavily for Calling Doctor
a Quack; Cat and Mouse Bill
Effective.

Effective.
(Asso,fntod prcss Correspondents.
London, Aug. i0.--The British
Medical association al its annual
meeting. seriously debated the advis-
ability OF orgnnizing as u labor union.
Recently the official organ OF tha
association was mulctcd for heavy
libel damages Tor calling u praut'-
siOncr quack. Inasmuch ~. under
a recent decision OF the British
courts. the funds Of a labor union
cannot be touched for such dam.
ages. the doctors felt that the renr-
ganiSation Of their association into a
labor union would not be without
certain advantages.
The British Medical association In
its recent strike against the prusi.
sions OF the compulsory state inn.r-
ance act emulated the tactics of iaror
unlonists. but In spite OF the rcputed
higher mentality OF IT, members. Il
suffered defeat on account of hack
% solidarity, just as many Of it's
humber eXemplars have.
Following IN the footsteps 81 TIC
doctors. the police are contemplating
the formation OF a labor union to he
called the Amalgamated society of
Policemen. Letters appear every
week In the police organ. citlng
grievances and suggesting the for.
nation Of union az the first step to-
wards their correction. The cniet
demand IL for maximum police SAL
airy 90 ten dollars n week and One
correspondent suggests that, "a the
police have to enforce fair play In the
labor disputes ~ others. they should
have little difficulty in enforcing
their own demands one writer hint
ed that II might go badly with the
public II the police struck for their
rights. one of the chief worries Of
the police is due To the suffragettes.
whose activities have added greatly
To their overtime for which they get
no extra pay Recently the force has
been increased In order To give long
er vacations, but the men feel that
their lot Is still cast In hard places
James r. Fell. the original Of Kip
ling's Bridge Builder" IN dead at
his home here.
MIR. Bell was sad reminder OF
civil service hamper the efficiency Of
some OF It's best members for he was
at the heyday Of his powers when hC
was arbitrarily retired at the age OF
90. He was In excellent health. In
the midst OF some Of his best achieve
ments. and willing and anxious to go
on with his work. when the orders
came to cease his activities
After his retirement Mr. Bell pass.
ed nearly every winter In India or
China. where his services M con.
sulting engineer were welcomed. He
came from a family Of engineers. be-
ing the grandson of James Bremner.
who noated the Great Britain" then
the largest steamer In the world.
when she stranded In Dundrum nay
on her third trip across the Atlantic.
Mr. Bell built some Of the greatest
bridges IN India. Some of these
structures are great engineering
feats. FOR the designs have tn provide
for foundations and changes In the
courses OF the treachcrous rivers
,dey span.
Home Secretary McKcnna h. being
! execratod ON account of the "cat and
mouse" bill hut Il is generally adj
mittcd that one effect of this measure
has been To decrease militancy. those
on the fringe Of the suffrage move
ment having gone back To constltu-
tional methods. leaving only the IT.
rcconcilahles To continue the battle
MIR Mckenna Is being attacked
from two sides--on one by the more
virulent members OF the opposition
press and on the other by the sup
porters OF militancy In the house at
commons, the latter section being
headed by keir Hardlc. the labor
socialist member Tho position of
the home secretary has been and still
Is extraordinarily difficult he has
had 20 deal with the serious crime
of widespread arson. and at the same
time he has been compelled To- keep
his prisoners alive. In spite Of their
own efforts 10 starve. In this connec-
ton he has had to take into consid-
GRAFTON tho grave dislike which many
people, both pro and auti-sufTragists
have against forcihlo feeding.
Mrs. pankhurst does not come un.
der the act;sho can he arrested any
where and az any time. ~ she ID
practically on ticket of leave