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Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23
WILL ORGANIZE
INTO ONE LARGE
RAILROAD UNION
First Move to AmaIgamate All
Employees Made.
MELLEN FOR THE PRESIDENCY
Former Head Of New Haven Lines
May Be Head Of Council TO Include
All Branches Of Roads In New
England States.

Boston.-The first move in a cam
paign for a Federated Council of
Brotherhoods, which shall include first
the hundreds of thousands of railway
men of New England, then the millions
of operatives of the United States and
Canada, and ultimately perhaps the
workers of Great Britain also, occurred
at the Quincy house here.
These railroad workers are split up
into more than one hundred organiza-
tons. None of them will be asked to
abandon its present brotherhood. All
of them are to be urged to join in the
federation that shall give unity of in
terest and a power of numbers that by
themselves they do not possess. The
United States federation of separate
states and the federation of the Ger
man states into powerful empire are
the models upon which the railway
campaign is planned.
The leaders of the movement are
confident that when it shall be shown
to be a united enterprise with the back
ing of the great majority of the rail-
road men of New England the former
president of the New raven railroad.
Charles S. Mellen, will accept the
presidency of the federated council.
The men who are planning the cam
paign are enthusiastic in their praise
of Mr. Mellen for his cordial and fair
dealings with the employees OF the
railway systems he has managed. They
have written him about their plan, and
in longs replies, all in his own hand
writing, he has referred to the way
their proposal warns his blood and
pulls upon his heartstrings.
The originator Of the plan is Earl H.
Morton of Greenwood, grand president
of the Order of Railroad Station
Agents. One of its prime promoters Is
F. H. Sidney of the Brotherhood OF
Railroad Signalmen, and the field ON
Ger, once the movement is actually I'M
der way, will be Harry Phillips. for
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23
Summer Rest for
the Working Girls
BINARY KEENEY o'sULLNAN
Sosloa. Mas.

hind counter or worked n factory fifty weeks year. always
under the eve OF should least the remaining weeks
of the wear free kind should be allowed
utterly relax should be called upon speak or smile
she doesn't feel like it,
When the energy the smiles viii back and the desire
for diversion will come which diversion the girls will invent and
carry ont as the spirit Of far benefit TO hem
since il their spontaneous than eXcu
sion planned and which the girls expected
respond take part though their individual souls may
be longing for something entirely different
Another thing which mistaken idea that working girls
when on their vacation those control
year around has earned the right to be
the girls themselves girls made of the stuff that makes
the world go and endurance The who toll
after world faught with temptation side have proved
their virtue-wch of the leisure class have not done
There of that must be confoad to for the
greatest the greatest number For instance the retiring hour
should respected by ALL vacation primarily for the purpose OF
rest and the many be disturbed for the pleasure OF the lev
who might wish up late.
do not the cariy vacaion believe that every girl
should enable her put by enough TO pay Tor
her and know the JOY and sfect Of paying her own
way # od be always obtain this moderate cost
TO be sure but enough make her feel her independence In cases
ybeo even this is not possible then there should be public fund set
aside for the purpose giving those who labor chance to rest and store
up energy.
In these DAYS efficiency engineers it to me some one $
time would well spent rng out how TO conserve the energy OF
the nation money aside in public fund with which TO
give mothers of the chance to rest and store up energy
would be money well spent This H. n MN
would lift out of charity idea 7z%t1 %S7'1@7 >t<1
and put on practical basis.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23

To secure the power that must come
20 q labor federation with millions OF
members and to use that power when
necessary.
More In detail. Mr.. Sidney indicates
the split-up condition Of the -ailWay
men today BY reciting a long list OF
brotherhoods Of which many are large,
Others not so large. and others. STILL
small. and all failing OF the effective
ness which bigness Of numbers and
unity OF action might have. Among
these bodies are:
The brotherhood Of Railroad Signal
Men. the Brotherhood Of American Sig
nal Men, the Brotherhood OF Station
Employees baggage handlers and the
Hke). the Brotherhood OF Railway
Clerks, the Clerks Assembly OF the
X. OF Lin all there are said TO De a
dozen organizations OF clerks In the
United States-three divisions OF the
order OF Railroad Station Agents, the
New England Association OF Round
house Foremen. the New England AS
ISOLATION for Maintenance OF way
made up Of civil engineers, surveyors
and the like; five bodies OF trackmen'
the Drawbridge Tenders association
the International Association OF Car
Workers. the roundhouse helpers. the
federated trades. which in some cases
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23

have men In more than fifty occupa-
tions, and organizations of boiler ma
kers, machinists, blacksmiths, cleo
trical workers, freight house foremen.
freight handlers-of whom there are
two organizations, the one linked with
the X. of l.. and the other with the A.
F. Of land the Switchmen's Union
of North America.
Nor is this a complete list But the
list is long enough to show the text
upon which the whole appeal and argu-
ment are based.
Each body was represented in the
council by four delegates.
Mr. Mellen, in his letters to Mr.. Sid
ney, said: 1T is a great scheme. fear
you are too enthusiastic about myself
in connection with 1t. am glad the
-sl.,a-s. .seasuart-, oz.4. L1yss1 &nA pls@dfasl
enough to lead them. like to be well
thought of by my old associates" And
ne went on to intimate that possibly
his association for 20 years with the
capitalistic side of the railway enter
prise might prejudice some against
him.
Both Mr.. Phillips and Mr. Sidney
talk enthusiastically of what Mr. Mel
len did when in the New Haven man
agement, a thing, said the English or
ganizer, that he had never heard of be
fore. He used to meet his employees
in conference at morning hour anC
his board of directors at an afternoon
hour and discuss the same problems
with both bodies"
Just there comes in the suggestion
for the employees to have a represen
tative upon the board of directors
Why not have them meet at one anc
the same time, either morning or af
ternoon, and talk over the matters face
to face" asks Mr.. Phillips.
In explaining how he comes to be
identified with this movement and his
conception of the ends in view, he
said:
In England we have an amalgama
ton into one great railroad union o.
UlOI6 llldll blIC-lCIlAo Vi biiS 'eAi'"NJ
employees of the country. When the
men caught on to the idea they fiocket
to Join it at the rate of 5000 week. II
is not an amalgamation for strike pur
poses. It's like nation which wants
peace.
In this country. where there are
said to be nearly fifty thousand rail
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23
SURGEONS KNIVES SCARE BOY
Youthful culprit Prefers Prison to Be-
ing Operated Upon BY
Physician.

Norristown, Pa.-When John Mosko-
vitz. a Pottstown boy, was arraigned
before Judge William F. Solly for lar
ceny physicians impressed upon the
jurist the idea that the boy was not
responsible for his criminal tendency,
but that it was due to pressure on
the brain caused by blow from club
his father had thrown int1 chestnut
tree. The court agreed to suspend sen
tence and try the experiment OF an
operation. So the boy was sent to the
State Institution for Feeble-Minded
Children at Spring City, with the idea
of having an operation performed.
But the lad had no sooner been safe
" slowed in the asylum than he took
leave, He was captured in Chester
county and was brought to the jail
here and locked up. 1t is understood
that Judge Solly will now sentence
him to Imprisonment instead of the
scalpel.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23
c.rman Cons to unIonIze.

Rerlin.-For some time Berlin po-
Iicemen have been endeavoring to OBJ
tain permission to form union. When
some of them began to make arrange
ments to follow the example OF the
tiremen (who have union), Herr Won
Jagcw, the police president of Berlin
issued a prohibition, and as a "disci-
plinary measure had the moving splr-
its transferred to positions away from
Berlin. The representatives of the
policemen. with their legal advisers
will take the necessary steps TO estab-
fish a union, despite the latest threats
of instant dismissal.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23
HAS 25,s75 CHILD T0lLERS
Youno Workers In Philadelphia
Stores and Mills Are Listed by
Education Bureau.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Approximately
25.S75 children under sixteen years OF
age are at work in stores, factories
and other commercial establishments
here. This is shown by the report OF
a statistical investigation conducted
nv the bureau of compulsory educa-
ton. OF the 25,S75 little workers, IL
us are girls. The report shows that
these children left school in various
grades. but that the greater number
terminated their education in the
sixth grade Under the compulsory
education law. children cannot obtain
employment in Pennsylvania until
they have attained the fourteenth
birthday, but street trades, such as
selling newspapers and shining shoes,
are excepted.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23
CANINE HAS $500 FUNERAL
Sixteen-Year-OId Bull Terrier Buried
In Cypress Hills Cemetery IN
New York.

New York-Wreaths of flowers coV-
cred a handsome oak coffin in which
Tuck Lentz Crawford" a sixteen
year-old bull terrier, was buried in
Cypress Hills cemetery. Nearly two
hundred dollars set aside ten years
ago by the will Of Harry Lentz, at one
time a New York sporting man, was
used in defraying the cost of the fu-
neral. The dog had been Mr. Lentz
pet.
The burial was supervised by MT
Lentz' sister, Mrs. Carolina Crawford
owner of Crawford inn, Paterson. she
tried to have the animal inferred on
her property, but the Paterson health
authorities objected. She then pur-
chased a grave in Cypress Hills and
took the coffin there in an automobile.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23
Aid Movement to
Protect Useful Birds
Bv A. T. WESTON. Raleigh. N. c

and m Panama canal There danger that the work OF the od cham
MONS will be nulfed by congress and obstacles p"cco IN the way
further protecting our migratory birds
IN view Of the decrease already accomplished in the general volume
- bird life the enormous annually inflicted by aages OF insects
~ 1trtion Of wild life throughout America believe the bill
w f1eral nroccon for migratory birds ought to have no
opposition -, -...' :. A.. .,, ,la., .totoo
49, -, oo in which the robin regularly and legally killed as
M $40 onisiana Mississippi Maryland. North Carolina, Ten
VIRGINIA and Florida There five states that permit the Killing
1lt1s as pame-Iousiona South Carolina Tennessee District
90 Columbia and Pennsylvania Cranes are eaten IN colorado N
- v Dakota and Oklahoma. In Louisiana as many as loooo
h;ns Are slaughtered each day.
~ @ is great destroyer the seeds OF noNous weeds In our
m has no equal throughout the North ana SCUM 'h species
~ L t and as result becoming extinct Shore BIRDS are
10 Nominated y sportsmen and pohuner The Eskimo eurew
:, a,nct and other species are going the same way
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23

road men out OF WORK. We advise not
amalgamation. but federation Get .
great federation and IL VII command
respect and influence nov frittered
away. In England when we got the
big amalgamatiOn. even the king TOOK
notice. and the appointment Of the
royal commission TO confer with Us
and ascertain our needs and views, u
well remembered.
Through the cooperation Of all par.
ties in England we we're able 10 put
funds into the enterprise which made q
great amount available for emergency
purposes. For example, We we're able
TO support commissarist. and az one
clip we sent three shiploads of food to
some strikers. Such things may not
come here for long time, il at all. be
cause your men have not really suf-
fered. as yet. But the trade unions
over there withdrew their moneys
from the sinking funds and put them
into this cooperative movement.
There are plenty % level-headed
and able men in the workers ranks
and it's good business to get them rep
resented. not by men OF another class
with education and influence and out
of philanthropic interest, but by mem
hers Of their own number, on the
boards Of railway directors. | would
have such representative on the New
Haven directorate. the Boston & Maine
directorate. the New York Central di-
rectorate, the Pennsylvania, and soon"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23

merly deputy mayor OF west nan
the East end of London-where d
population of 100000 he had via ex-
perience with the laboring class. Inc
committee on organization and teera-
ton is made up of w. X. Pratt ofVai
mole. l.. B. Twitchell OF East bralTee,
Dana B. Cutter-of Lynn, M. e. b'3ar-
rett of Brookline and William Fer
nald of Swampscott, all of whom are
connected with the Order OF Raroad
Station Agents.
Among those who attended the Get
ing at the Quincy house were Lieteh'
ant Governor Barry, who was a
meeting in February last and dedred
for federation, and eS-President not
ybo Is declared to have been "coiial-
" invited because he Is opposed Ia
bor organizations and with a ppose
90 showing him that he is wrong
II is a big program that has'een
outlined by the leaders OF the f'era-
ton movement thus;
Not sectional nor merely naInal,
but International in scope.
Not to supersede single preset or
SANITATION nor to dispossess a ngle
present officer of railway labor ZION.
Not to indorse any of the revotion-
airy doctrines, nor to stand for y OF
the methods OF the l. W. w anlike
bodies.
But to avoid petty sectional skies
To insure some security of tene.
To secure for the operatives aces
at the tables of the boards of dirtors
who represent now the financing the
properties.
To demonstrate the partnersh be-
tween capital and labor.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23
FLORENCE IS ACTIVE
Business in Italian City Again
Has Full Sway.
All Activities interrupted by Church
ceremonisIs Are Again Taken W
FIESTA Of 5eata Giovanni
Ends Religious Features.

Florence is settling down
TO business again. All the activities
interrupted by church ceremonials
are resumed. the bells are ringing at
regular and frequent intervals and ey-
erything is lively and bustling, says
a correspondent. Out at sigma, lit
tie walled town about seven miles on
the road to Pisa, unique proceeding
incident to the season is in progress
the fiesta of the Beata Giovanna-
and when this is over the local pro-
gram of religious spectacles and signl-
ficant services will have been finished.
We were strongly tempted 10 90 there,
but on inquiry found that to appreci-
ate 1t fully it was necessary to make
an all-day trip. and concluded to do
our sightseeing at shorter range.
This ceremonial consists of a series
OF professions from all the villages
around the town whose chapels are de-
pendent upon the pieve or parish
church of sigma. st. Giovanni was
peasant maiden of the thirteenth cen
fury, noted from childhood for her
piety and virtues. While young she
vowed herself to religious life and
passed many years, walled up III
little cell, in meditation and prayer.
Her neighbors, generating her as a
saint before her formal recognition
as such went to her for help and ao-
vice. She performed many miracles
of healing, especially on children. She
died alone in her cell in 1887 and It
is a local tradition that her death was
announced by the mysterious ringing
of all the church bells in Sigma and
the adjacent villages. A chapel was
built to serve as a shrine and ner
relies were kept for use on extraor-
binary occasions, being taken to Flor
ence and Pratos and elsewhere to stay
public calamities.
Easter Monday is the special fesu-
val Of st. Giovanni, when from the va
rious villages of the district offerings
of oil for the lamps of her shrine are
sent in professions, borne by small
children dressed as angels, riding
richly decked donkeys, and accompa-
MED by priests, acolytes and the PEG
pie in their holiday attire. These Of
ferings are carried one by one into
the church and transferred with sol
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23

Victor Hugo said that we
could center our thoughts so
strongly on any one that, no
matter what the separating
distance, We could force that
person to think of us.
Mark Twain, when he
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23
Public Fountain at Florence.

emn rites to the priest. The entire
morning is occupied thus, as the re-
ception of each procession takes con-
siderable time. Meanwhile in the
pubIjc square a fair is held, and a
great crowd gathers In the after
noon the relics of St, Giovanni are
exposed to the populace.
These local ceremonies fill large
Mace in the lives of the Tuscan peas
ants. who, despite the differences be-
tween the church and the state, cling
to their religious observances tena-
ciously. The dispossession, of the Or
ders by the present government dur
ing the latter part of the past century
gave offense to a great number OF
the people. but this feeling is passing
and a readiustment is in progress,
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23

If the federal migratory
bird law is unconstitutional
then so are the laws for
river pollution control, fish
distribution, epidemic con-
troll, the white-slave traffic,
national express business
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23
Gets Decree After Many Years.

Champaign. Ill.-Twenty-nine years
after he had been suspended by the
faculty of Illinois university for quit
ting chapel" Wester North, now
stoop-shouldered and wrinkled. was
given the degree of bachelor OF sci
ence at the commencement exercises.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23
/ think the method Of in:

| think the method Of in
venting pleasure excursions
or diversions, 30 much IN
favor with the seni-chari-
table vacation institutions,
is a great mistake. Surely
the girl who has stood be-
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-23
nshell eamen lnvades EaIr.

Chicago -"Shell game men inyad-
ed the annual fair of the Wisconsin
Society Of Chicago and before the for
mer Badgers discovered that the game
was not burlesque, escaped, leaving
many pockets empty.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01
N. & ". POLICY
OF RETRENCHMENT
President Johnson Issues State.
ment Concerning Conditions
in Railroad Circles.

Especial to The Times Dispatch
Roanoke. Va, March 3l.-President
Johnson. OF the Norfolle and Western
Railway. to-day Issued a statement con-
corning tho policy OF that road He
said that his policy is at all times TO
hold his expenses to meet business con-
ditions. and there has been constant
and continuous retrenchments aimee
July l. 1913. All work possible has
been retarded. and considerable
amount of additions and betterment
WORK have been suspended. and Will be
he!d In suspense until business condi-
lions are very decidedly improved
Passenger train service Will be
maintained to meet requirements The
property Will not be permitted 10 de-
preciate, either as to track or equip
mcnt.
The gross earnings OF this COMPANY
nave increased from July l. 1913 to
March !. 1914. $I44-O00, as compared
with the same period ago, while
the net earnings for the same period
nave decreased $1,211,0o0 from Novem
Der /, 1913, to date
There have been suspended and re-
Heved from service total OF 5000
men in round numbers, and still further
reductions will be necessary Unless
business revives.
In spite of the conditions existing.
committees from the Brotherhoods of
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
were IN conference with the general
manager OF the road to-day, asking for
increased wages and shorter hours
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01
COTTON MARKETS

New York. March Sl-A sharp advance In
cotton to-day was followed ny an equally
sharp decline. with the close steady. net I
points lower 20 points higher. The market
was Siead!ed toward the close by a renewed
demand for May and July cotton from lead
ing spot brokers'. There was active covering
by old crop shorts al the start and after
opening steady at an advance OF cas- points
active months sold about ?1A points net
higher. Relatively steady cables and private
Advices from Manchester. claiming that
spinners had decided not TO close down their
Mills FOR Easter week. owing 10 an improved
demand from China ana India stirnula ted
early demand. Bu.iish Southern spot ad-
wees also had some influence. while there
"as buying OF new crop positions There
Mere no large blocks OF March wanted but
there were many small buying orders around
the TiuE. ana l. was estimated that about
1900 bales We're traded in during the morn
ing The demand from March shorts was
supplied At about 50 points over May. how
ever, aud as soon as this support >!ackeneG
th- whole list saEEed OF March broke
from lS9 10 49,. with the las; sale at
1877, and ,@tter selling at ian on the carly
advance. May eaSed of 10 l.. 20 on the after
noon reaction. Closing prices we:e or 3
points Up from the lowest on covering and
trade buying
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01
ALDERMAN TO SPEND
SUMMER IN EUROPE
President of University of Vir-
giria Will Resume Active
Duties in September.
Especial 10 The TImes.Dispatch.l

Charlottesville. Va. March 3i.-PresIdent
Eu"ih A. Alderman. OF the University ~
virginia. will spend the summer In Europe.
lie mas won his fight for health. and will
sail from New York In few weeks. He will
spend the summer on the continent, princi-
phlly In Switzerland. and will return early
IN september. when he will resume his ac-
i've duties at the university.
This coming session Will mark the close OF
Dr A''icrinnn's first decade rs the first pres
ldeht "i the University OF Virginia. He camo
from the presidency or Tulane University.
New orleans to occupy the newly created
post or president OF the University OF Vir-
GINA In 1904 In these first ten years of
MS administration at Virginia tho university
mas been widely extended in scope and
power. noted foreign visitor said recently:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01
NEW YORK rnoDUCr MAn,Er.

New York March n Flour-.l.o..r 10 .olI
wheat Easy 30. hard. winter ess.c 40.
rcd SLpt..; 40. ] northern. DuIuth. sirji..
30 northern. Manitoba ti1I., Corn
Easy; No. yellow 5p,c. Hides. Petroleum
an" TurDentn" STEADY. Leather Firm.
n"s'u- 2u!ei- Mo!asses Steady Rice Firm.
sugar RAW, quiet. no!aS-"s. t23j. centrl.
iGEhl So; refined. steady. Con.e-Euot.
quiet. RIO. 50. Z, &C.. santos. 40 Z, III.
miid' dGili cordovn, i.iaplGiec. nominal
huti0T- Weak. Cheese Irregular ana M.
changed. Potatoes and Cabharcs- STEADY
g..4 uHehanSed freights ana Peanuts
C"tionsc"d oil to-day was higher earlier
on Heinand from shorts ana neyS buying FOR
s1fsed Oh with the setback In lard. Fina!
prices were 3 points higher for april
hiEHeF Tor May and generally 2H3 !nyv.r
Tor ne balance Of the list; IN. ,nark.t
S.osed barely steady. spot I.5l bid ApriL
.I'H."g May '."lHI 20; juno 15i17.5s. jug
~ ocl"her cNn323; November. o.,5sl7.O5
Total sales H. ;uo barrels