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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
Quincy Carpenters

Quincy, I'LL, March The third
largest of the show case and fixture
works manufacturing establishments
in this city, which has held out against
the striking woodworkers for several
months, has abandoned the contest. An
agreement has been entered into with
teh union, which resulted in the ces-
sation of the strike so far as the COM
pany mentioned is concerned. Union
men only are to be employed. The
agreement specifies also that all i'm
ported nonunion men shall be dismiss
ed, and that the strikers shall be TAX
en- back There are still two factories
ON strike, but it is believed that the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
ny Florence keIlx.f

Why are parents dependent? Chief
ly because industry does not pay its
way, because fathers are killed or dis
abled, by accidents or diseases of in
dustry, and the family is left, through
no fault of its own, without the normal
breadwinner. Often the normal bread
winner is transformed into bedrid-
den invalid, an unwillingly cruel bur
den upon the family instead of the
support he would gladly be.
In most of our states, industry either
escapes all financial responsibility for
the dependents or its wrecked en-
ployes, or incurs gamblers chance
of escape by the strange processes OF
our constitutions, our laws and our
courts.
This is most conspicuously true in
our two greatest industrial states, New
York and Pennsylvania; but it is the
rule throughout the country, and the
few states which regularly provide for
real workmen's compensation are still
marked exceptions and their laws are
now being tested as to their constitu-
tionality.
In the absence of workmen's com
pensation, the mother and children
T.
workman's family, unless charity or
the state provides for them.
1t is only in recent years that this
truth has come to be recognized
Fortunately, many honest people be
lieved that it was good for children
to work at an early age. for the noble
purpose of helping dependent parents
Now we know that the child breadwin-
.ner IS doubly the victim of industry
robbed of his parent, burdened with
a dependent mother or an invalid
father, and robbed of the joys or care
free childhood, and the opportunity Of
education now and advance in the
future
Our great-grandchildren viii surely
look back upon our treatment of child
breadwinners, our acquiescence wheI
industry sacrifices them to itself, with
the same wonder and reprobatioT
with which we look back to our can
nibal ancestors.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
Single Weavers

Seattle, Wash, March Since
March l, when extension OF the juris-
diction Of the single weavers was
broadened to include. all timber work
ers, there has been an increase in
membership Of over 1000. Great hopes
are entertained that during the year
many times this number will come
within the fold Of the organization.
The /. W. WIS. are endeavoring to
make the efforts of the shingle weav-
ers unsuccessful, but in spite of this
fact the recognized organization is
growing. The logging camps are be-
ginning to resume operations after
an unusually long close down. due to
snow on the foothills Shingle produc-
ton in this State is about normal.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
To Prosecute Vi0|atOIs

Chicago, March 1t has been
stated in various quarters that the
Federal government plans to. insti-
tue large number of suits against
various railroads for violations Of the
sixteen-hour law. Evidence is now in
the hands of the government in refer
ence to many of these cases. BY the
sixteen-hour law of 1907, railroads
were relieved of responsibility for
crews being on duty more than the
legal length of time in cases of una
voidable causes. The roads apparent
ly have taken advantage of this pro-
vision of the law, and now ascribe re-
mote instances as unavoidable delays.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
Railroad Wrecks

Washington, March .-Twenty-one
persons were injured, three of them
probably fatally, when a passenger
train on the Minneapolis and St.
Louis Railroad was derailed six miles
north of Marshalltown, Iowa, recent
ly. Six persons were slightly hurt
when three sleepers and one day
coach Of the Dixie Flyer, Chicago to-
Jacksonville, Fla, were ditched
twenty-three miles south of Macon,
Ca, on the Georgia, Southern land
Florida tracks. Eleven persons were
killed in wreck op a Union Pacific
passenger train near Gethenberg.
Neb.y manyAof them being buried under
the Wreckage.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
JEWELRY WORKERS

Jersey City, N. j.. Marchzs The
International Jewelry Workers. IN
ion is preparing for the Inauguration
of campaign of organization, and re-
featuring jewelry centers of the coun-
ports already received from the manu-
try indicate that the workmen in this
craft are seeking organization. This
organization contains among its mem
bers many high skilled artisans. and
whenever the organization Of ,Jewelry
Workers has been firmly established
its members have received large bene-
fits. 1t is confidently expected that
within the next few months there will
be many accessions to the ranks of the
International Jewelry Workers Union.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
STRIKEBREAKERS STRIKE

Trenton, N. j.. March A short
time ago about 800 Italians, employed
as truck men on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, near this city, went on
strike to secure a raise from $1.62 to
50 per day. Strikebreakers were
brought in and the strikers places
filled. Now the strikebreakers have
struck for a wage of So per day, and
board. 1t is now necessary for the
railroad company to employ doubled
distilled strikebreakers.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
TALK LABOR TEMPLE

St. Thomas, Ontario, March ~
The proposal to erect building to
house the labor organizations of ST..
Thomas is being favorably discussed.
Three-fourths of the population is
composed Of working people, and a
large proportion of these are connect
ed with the labor. organizations The
building proposed, if constructed, is
to be an up-to-date and commodious
labor headquarters
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
Minimum WAGE ADOPTED

Olympia, Wash, March A min
imum wage law for women hsa been
adopted by the State Legislature. The
law provides for an Industrial Wei
fare Commission of five members,
who sahll investigate the industries
employing women, and determine a
minimum wage sufficient to give a
woman employee a decent living, and
this shall be fixed as the minimum
wage in the industry affected.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03

the wages remaining unchanged for
this year, the scale of AZ - cents to
be continued until January /, 1914. 1t
is then agreed that the Carpenters
shall receive As cents an hour and in
1915 they will receive another increase
to AZ IL cents per hour, and in. 1916.
the last year of the agreement, they
are to receive 80 cents per hour. Pro
vision is also made for semimonthlv
pay day.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03

city with over $50 members. The Re
tail Clerks organization is actively en-
gagged in this portion of the country in
organizing, and splendid results are
beng achieved.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
Carpenters Win

Scranton, Pa, March The car
penters of this city have secured an
agreement for three years with the
Master Carpenters. 1t provides for
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03

influence of the latest settlement will
be sufficient to bring about an amic-
able agreement within a short time.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
Clerks Union Formed

Tacoma. Wash. Marc1 /. zInterna-
tlonal Secretary Conway, Of the Retail
Clerks together with an International
orranfzers Of that craft have succeeded
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03

Your Credit IL Good. Fine wedding
present to every new married couple
LAIRE FURNITURE CO. 5000 Union
Street
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03

Gents Furnishings, Clothing. Trave1erE
Supplies Headquarters Tor strictly
Union Goods. Working Mems Goods at
Working Mems Prices. $50 Belmont
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03

BELMONT DYE WORKS, Albert Luff
Prop'r. All kinds Of Cleaning. Dyeing
and Repairing Neatly and Promptly
Done Prices Reasonable
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03

DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK-Workmen
get acquainted. Start . 1avingg ac-
and small. solicited. Corner Union and
42nd st.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03

HERZBERG BROS.
| For Union Made Clothing. Shoes. Hats
| and etc. One price to All. All cloth
| ing Pressed Free. Union St, Bellatre
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
BRIDGEPORT.

HOME MADE-HOME MADE
See Eehrenbach for Home Made Bread
and Pastry.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03

FIRST NATIONAL BANK-Cor. s2na q
Belmont SITS Workingmen get ac-i
uuafnted with ~ We pay 1s5 interest
on SAVING Accounts
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03

GEORGE HE'LL, QUALITY MARK EFT,
FRESH and Smoked Meats. OYSTERS
Fish, Game, Poultry. Both Phones.
The Thirty-thir Street Meat Man, .
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03
BELLAIRE.

For all Headaches and Eye Troubles.
see VIM. Dorer, Jr., Graduate Optome-
trist and Eyesight Specialist. Private
optical parlor. 1917 Belmont st.
Wassman Block. Bellaire. o.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03

WIN. DORER, Dealer "a Watches
Clocks and JeHelry Repairing prompt
" attended to. Watch inspector Cor
Penn. r. r. Co. Graduate Optician II
charge OF Opfica1 DenaFfn enf
327T Belmont st. Wassman,s Block.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-03

THE MELLOTT COMPANY, Furniture
Carpets and Stoves Funeral Directors
ss15-331s Belmont Street. Bellaire, o.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
TARIFF EXPERT TO
DISCUSS REFORMS
WITH ATLANTANS

Harry S Wheeler, of Chicago, presi-
dent Of the United States Chamber OF
Commerce and also president of the
Chicago Chamber Of Commerce, will be
given a luncheon at the Capital City
Club Wednesday afternoon at l O'CLOCK
by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Mr.. Wheeler Is IN the city in the
interest OF the United States Chamber
of Commerce and will meet with the
local committee on tariff at the lunch
con Wednesday and discuss the needs
and opinions of Atlanta business men
in regard to tariff reform.
The members Of the tariff committee
are NJ. r. wilkinson, Harvie Jordan,
w. A Wmbish. John d. Little and
Robert F. Maddox. Those to meet
with the committee at the luncheon
are Wilmer L. Moore. president Of the
Atlanta Chamber Of Commerce. and
Walter G. Cooper, secretary Of the
Chamber of Commerce. and Sam d.
Jones.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
Churches Blamed for
yPictureShoWs
By DR.. H, C. Morrison
Evangelist Says Houses of Wor,
ship Not Attractive Enough
to Draw People.

That the churches were to blame for
the present agitation about moving
picture shows on Sunday Is the opin-
ion of Evangelist II. G. Morrison, who
continues this week his great revival at
St. Pauls Methodist church. DR.. Morri-
son said If the churches were doing
their full duty and making the religion
of Jesus Christ attractive to all men,
the people would not wish to see pic
ture shows on the Sabbath.
we want to make the churches more
interesting" he said. We do not want
broom drills, but more knee drills, and
we do not want ice cream festivals. but
more of the fire of the Holy Spirit.
Build up the churches so as to attract
all men, and nobody will want to see
shows on the Lords Sabbath"
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock there
win be a sTeciaI meeting for women. Az
$3.50 o'clock Thursday afternoon chill
dren's meeting will be held
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
BurleSon BalkS Plan
Of Ex-PoStal Official
ToGrab Bond Business
Postmaster General Publishes In
formation Formerly Held
Secret to Foil Scheme.

WASHINGTON. March 24-Post-
master General Burleson has defeated
the plans Of former postoffice depart
ment official who. when leaving the
service recently. took with him official
information relating to the bonding Of
the postmasters heretofore held to he
private, expecting 10 realize upon It
financially There is no law under
which the former official can be pun
ished.
The former employee had access to
a list of fourth class postmasters, with
the dates of the expiration Of their
bonds. and before leaving Office it is
said he wrote to various postmasters
announcing he had accepted position
as counsel for "A bonding company,
which company solicited their business.
The postmaster generals orders that
on the first of each month a bulletin
be posted showing the postma sters
whose four-year bonds are renewable
that month Will place all bonding COM
panies on the same level with respec.
TO this Information.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24

Council will not only defy the will of
the people as expressed at the big mass
meeting but go the limit in admins
tering a rebuff to the advocates Of
charter reform. according to an au-
thentic report current late to-day of
secret caucus program.
When the committee of 100 citizens.
headed by j. X. orr, appears at the
meeting this afternoon to present the
request of the mass meeting that both
new charters be submitted to the peo-
pie. a majority of council will ask that
both charters be read through, says the
report. This will take all the after
noon. Then a motion to adjourn will
be put and carried, and nothing will be
left for the committee of 100 but dis
appointment and trolley car ride
home.
Members Of council. 1t is said. will
demand further consideration of both
charters. II is even reported that they
may refuse to refer the charter OF 20 TO
the legislature.
All this. the report is, was agreed
upon by majority of council in a Sc
cret caucus held Saturday. Its success
depends on how Loyalty the members
stand by the program.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
POSTMASTER GETS
MORE CLERKS FOR
OFFICE IN ATLANTA

Postmaster Hugh Mckee to-day re-
turned from Washington, where he had
been negotiating with the head of the
postoffice department in an effort to
get an additional appropriation for
more clerks to help out the present
congested condition at the local office.
1--WE gotten $4,000, which is to last
us till the first Of July" he said, and
after that we will have to get some
more, l guess"
1t was understood that Mr. Mckee
was asking for an appropriation of
$40, 900. which would have provided for
about 90 more clerks per year in the
mailing department.
Since the parcel post went into effect.
the mail has greatly increased at the
Atlanta postoffice, the receipts aver
aging an increase Of $4,000 per month
i'm that time.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
CITY WILL AVERT
NEW TRAGEDIES,
SAYS DOCTOR
Atlanta Aroused to Peril by
Death of Clarence Bigby
From Meningitis.

DR.. c. F. Benson declared to-day that
the lesson in the tragic death Of lit
tie Clarence Bigby, barred from the
hospitals while meningitis Slapped his
life, had been so forcefully impressed
on Atlanta that similar tragedies would
be averted in the future.
Such a regrettabIe thing is impossi-
BILE now in Atlanta. The authorities
and the doctors are reused to the sit
uatlon which obtains, and it can not be
tolerated" said DR.. Benson.
Since the facts have become known.
many have commented upon the ne
cessity of the city providing a place in
which cases Of cerebro-spinal meningi-
tbs may be treated and properly isolst-
ed, although they have deplored the
tragedy which appeared necessary to
teach the city this need"
The disease was allowed to run its
brief and tragic course at the Rescue
Mission, in Marietta street. where
scores of persons were exposed before
the room was quarantined, and the lad
lay for a week raving in a delrium.
with no care or nursing save that given
DN MS BTleI- SLElChen uOlHeT anu ny
the physician, whose visits necessarily
were short.
1t was after nightfall Saturday that
the sad little group of mourners made
their way out of Westview cemetery
few hours after the disease had taken
it's toll OF life. Money contributed by
sympathetic persons AT the mission and
in the neighborhood provided the rough
pine box in which the body Of the boy
was placed and bought the lot where
the burial took place.
The family. which was almost penni-
less before the tragedy came upon it, is
in even worse circumstances now. The
father has obtained work, but there are
still large bills to pay. The furniture.
which was brought from Macon two
weeks ago, is in storage, with S26 due
upon It. For their humble quarters in
the mission, which they took until they
were able to afford renting a small
home, Mr.. and Mrs Bigby are in debt.
Only through the charity OF philan-
thropic organizations has the family
been able to get enough food to fend
off starvation. The future holds any
thing but a pleasant outlook
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
Dope Brought in Jail
From Outside, Victim
OfDrug Habit Charges
Meyer Says Another Prisoner
Shared Struggled Cocaine With
Him-None on Inside.

William j. Meyers, the Tower pris-
oner in whose possession cocaine was
found. which resulted in the charge by
Philip Weltner. of the Georgia Prison
Association that prisoners could get
dope" whenever they wished it, to-day
made a statement that the drug was
slipped into the jail by outsiders.
He declared he mas never been able
to purchase the drug from any one in
side the Jail.
Meyers said the dope was slipped into
the Jail by a friend of another dope
fend." and that this prisoner divided
with him. He protested that he doesn't
know the person who took the drug to
the jail.
Jail officials and TRUSTEES in the Jail
all vigorously deny Weltner's charges,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
EyeIeSS Fish Used by
Scientist to Prove His
Reincarnation Theory
Sixth Sense Possessed by Nam
moth Cave Sightless Species,
Says Montclair Man.

NEW YORK, March 24-Eyeless fish
from the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky
are to be dissected by Harry Trippett,
town clerk of Montcair, n. j., at a
meeting Of the Montcair Board Of
Health. in an effort by Mr. Trippett to
demonstrate his theory of the existence
Of Second sight"
The pituitary gland, Mr.. Trippett
said, was responsible for the existence
of a sixth sense in some people, and he
believes it exists more or less in every
human being.
Mr.. Trippett says that the eyeless
fish that exist in the Mammoth Cave
have this pituitary body in a highly de-
veloped form. Through the United
States government he recently obtained
two of these eyeless fish, which he dis
sected to confirm his belief that the
large pituitary gland Of the fish is re-
sponsible for their powers of percep-
ton under physical handicap.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
NORTHERN
TO. DEATH
Prominent Georgian Can Not
Live, Says DoCtor-Lead-
ing Figure in Public Life.

William Jonathan Northen, ripe in
years and long known as one of the
leading figures of public life in Geor-
gia. having twice been chief executive
of the state. lies fatally I'll at his home,
1874 Piedmont avenue. to-day. follow
ing an attack of blood poisoning caused
by carbuncle on his neck.
The governor can not survive" is
the statement Of his physician. DIR. w.
s. Kendrick. when seen this morning.
Mr.. Northen was born in Jones coun-
ty, Georgia, in July, 1885. He has spent
his entire life in this state He lie of
English ancestry. his family settling in
Virginia and North Carolina in the
days before the Revolution, His ia -
Their was Pater Northen. born in North
Carolina, and a veteran of two wars.
His mother who was Louisa Maria Da-
Wis, was a native of the Empire state OF
the South.
Mr.. Northen was graduated from
Mercer university at the age of IS, and
spent 25 years of his life as rector of a
boarding school for boys. His public
oCAfAGC DCBdH III 1910 WHEN ne was
elected TO the Legislature. He was re-
elected in 1880, and then served in the
state senate in 1884.
In 1890 he was called to the gov
ernorship Of the state, and in 1892 he
was reelected over Colonel W. L. Peek
to succeed himself He has been life
long Democrat. His most forceful acts
during his executive life were his ruI-
ings against mob law and his militia ~
protection Of jail prisoners
Mr. Northen during his life has peen
an ardent Baptist He is a member Of
the Ponce DeLeon Avenue Baptist
church, and in the past has served as
moderator Of the Washington Baptist
Association. president of the Georgia
Baptist Convention. president of the
Southern Baptist Convention and pres
ident Of the National Baptist Conven-
ton
In 1850 Mr.. Northen married Miss
Martha Moss Neel. Their only son
died in 1904 They have daughter,
Miss Anna Belle Northen.
Relatives of the fatally stricken man
have been summoned here from out Of
town
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
SOftened by Gift of Unnamed
Florist, Prisoners Join Sob
bingIy in Singing Hymns.

Great armloads of pretty blooms to-
day decorate the dark cells of the in
mates of the Tower The beautiful
flowers, the gift of an unnamed florist,
are a mute testimonial that the Easter
spirit reached behind the steel bars and
stone walls to bring cheer to the lonely
prisoners held by the county and state
as lawbreakers on the day that Christ
rose from the grave.
Three Observation-Disclosures. NJ. L. Gull
yer Smith, Rev. Chauncey Foote and
Mrs. Foote-distributed the blooms
yesterday, followed by the words of
thanks of the 300 men and women held
in the Tower
Even Burglars Softened.
Four burglars, recently arrested. who
gave battle to guards when the officers
attempted TO photograph them, de-
clared that 1T isn't all hard luck and
slow grind" when some one on the
outside" remembered them in such a
manner
The quick response to the gifts of
flowers was evidenced in the spirited
religious services held soon after the
jonquils and ferns were distributed.
From tier after tier of cells the pris-
oners joined in the old time hymns. and
the quavering, choked voices told bet
ter than words of the heart joy that the
pretty blossoms had brought home.
Send Thanks to Giver.
Even the distribution of tracts and
Testaments, following the services,
proved successful, said the missionaries
to-day, all because a thoughtful man
had remembered the unfortunates,
doomed to spend their Easter day in
steel cages.
The jail prisoners asked that their
vote Of thanks be extended TO the flor
ist, whose name they did not know. but
whose heart they said they understood
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT AWAIT
ACTION BY CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, March 24-Comp-
trolIer of the Treasury Tracewell to-
day decided that no funds appropriated
for the old department of commerce
and labor could be used lawfully for
the new department of labor.
This means that no officer or clerk
of the new department except those
detailed from the department of com
merce viii receive any pay until con-
gress specifically appropriates money
to operate the government depart
ment