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Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-21
Brodkey Turns Over
Rich Find to Owner

Because OF the honesty Of Benjamin
Brodkey. secretary OF the State Furniture
company. l02 South Fourteenth street. the
poty & Hathaway Co. 2o7 Farnam street,
is 1900 better off than it might have
been had a less scrupulous person found
the wallet belonging 10 the latter con-
Germ
Brodkey picked up the lost purse near
the court house Friday morning and inn
medistely telephoned the United States
National bank and then the owners The
receptacle contained $1,000 in cash and a
deposit check for tl.27373
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-21

The most desirable furnished ROOMS are
advertised in The Bee. Get nice cool
Eaam for the summer
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22
rARBONDALE. ". VA.
May y, 1913.

May y, 1913.
! special meeting was called at
.'1lhnndaIa for the purpose Il aster-
tanning whether or not the members
If 1857 would larry out the devl:lon
Of the International Executive Board.
Out of Ito dues paying members. ~
members being present Out OF j!
II voted to go to work. against H.
and 6 hot voting al all.
And also we reply to the state
,nents that have been published ahou:
savage crowds Of miners who marched
under a solid red flag 70 Cannel:nn,
asking the miners peacefully to COME
ont with us until we got an agree
,rcnt. In regard rs to the rcd flag,
!. was absolutely 4 hare faced H.:
The miners are not Savages by any
means, and the two flags which the
marched under had just as many
stars and ::tripes in il IL as tie one
that was SHOT up IA Colorado.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22
VICTORY In FRANCE

The French general electors, TIC
second ballots of which were concinf-
Il last Sunday shows splendid IN
crease in the Socialist representation
n Parliament. While Official rctlrrs
ore still incomplete, il s certain ma:
the Socialist members - the nc%
Parliament VII number al least ~
a~ai ri 81 in he OIL chamber, a gain
of 80 seats and giving tho part;
about ~ ncr cen. Of the total N thai
BODY. As yet no of:ciai figures have
been cablel to this country 1f the
popular vote cast, put conservative
estimate indicates that the Socialist
party will have fully 100000 to its
credit. III" result OF the geHt:il
election. in Fra. is peculiarly graf
living from the future fact that thr
S,:'.:ist cams pltvc beyond doubt
that anarchistic synGicalism, on So
called "ciirtv Il; tinn,' hI* ar 't>
course in the country where It WAS
strongest, and that the vS"kinl: lass
is again returning to the s1rc, peace
fuI and effective methods advocated
bv tho Int, rational Socialist 'NoVe-
'nent.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

II President & Mexico between the
addiction of Diaz and the cons-tu~
iional election Of Madero, and Hher-
IA, who commanded the troops O
the provisional government. which
prevented N1adeio and Zapata from
ccmeyting their relationship oiicl2liy.
the history of Mexico today nigh
nave been different. know whit /
IN taking about fcr was with Ma
.!c"o sola!'v at thu time.
"Zapata subscribed himself + MI
porter of the manifesto Of San 'u'*
Pntosi, II With Maucrp. rs head OF
the ,,orstitutionai;sts proclaimed tile
policy OF dividing tic large estates %
Mexico among the poorer "l;>>$c7. not
bv corfiscatcry measures. bet hE
breaking up the large estates an''
paving ;ilc owners for what w,'> 'Hl-
on. AIadero. BY the way, had 10
more to do with that policy imam "n'
CT the other leaders IN MS .'eFNI'lon.
Il was j part o? the platform Of the
whole revolution.
After de Ia Ba)ra became fIori-
Sional resident lie sent t'tr"ta
against Zapata. ana the warfare n
that section Of Mexico nevc" ceased
Finally de IL Earra sent tcE aladero
erd asked him 10 go to Zapats and
see if he could not induce him 10 lay
down his arms. Madero was confident
Of his ability to do SO knowing that
sentiments of Zapata and feeling that
tie Provisional Government itself was
largeir responsible for the situation
1T that time.
"a this iuncturo most Amazing
plot urfolded itself No sooner hat
Madero reached zapata territory
than General Huerta, Oh orGers iron
Mexico City, began series Of attack:
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22
Iapata Won't Stop Fighting
Until Big Mexican Estates
Are Divided Among Poems

sympathy with Na,,cro and what ne
stood for. und just before Nader"
fill ne sent ;iim Z iet.cr telling him
unnn whit terms nc would become
lis ri..Irl ann in uphciGing his gov
c:rl;Nent.
"Tic .,'aic -: MoreloS. where Ia
rata began MS operations. IS p"ac-
t:cuii> owned by t'verty-cic:,t Span
iaris IN" hardest taskmakerS II
Mexico. Inc poems they employ cHrH
ahout 10 cents 4 daE-nor enough 10
buy lns-cooL cotton suit year. They
have. in addition. one acre Of iunH
Upon whict they must grow theE'
:1of. No thought is t?|v"a Of then
families ami &c children, anu rs >oon
- tho latter arc aile to do as, the!
mus; Join their parents in the Iield.
"ZaData himself has nai 7,rled
experience He was arrested oIc" To-
:; minor otiense, aud sent of to lu-
catan. where he learned II! there Is
10 know about the pcon system N
that section Of Mexico. He 2!so
served ter years in the Mexican amy
and there learned what he Knows
about fighting.
Had it not been for q plot b!
Francisco de la Barra, the Provision
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22


'FS 1SSiSSi"S VINO Tor over Se'e"
months intimate" 'i'e S'FlNeFS III sou
'''e'" O''''"o'' "'U'"eie'' |'i" "7S>'u'
e" thth'' iHs u''eo 'lleit "'!na"''oo''
ma '"ooe" ana l,'UnoeFe" '''e1t MONIES :
IFS ''''''N,'' ''''"''eS D"! ."'"' u VIZ
E"'"''" VII" tx ''Sp0''''"'e '"' 'i''.
LUCY" H''''i.
'''''''' 'i,'''t ''0N.''' 80 W.
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,'''''''S '''''t '"I!' s rn.' *" =
',''','' P''' . ,,.> ''''''o ,,,>' >'1''>'
''''. :, ''''' ''''''>,>> sou '' ~ ' D ,l.,l
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The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

aware OF the truth but held back
the lists until the appropriation for
ms soldiers had been passed. In sub
mitlng the figures Chase is ate upt-
my TO pose as (, champion of Justice
III that he is trying to rid the militia
"t the coal companies guards. He
also appears to be trying to lave him
self from personal liability for reS2on-
liability in the atrocities as Ludlow.
Forbes and other points.
The Makeup OF the Rosters.
Tie rosters show that four 1rclr-
tcrs OF Company +, which was on du-
ty when the firing began. were en-
pIoyees Of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company, and that l22 members O!
Troop 4, w1icl. was sent on that day
10 aSsis. Company 3. were and new
ere employees Of the varicus coal min
ing corporations.
OF Troop A. II members were ard
are employees Of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company, 50 employees % tic
Victor American company ard one at
employe of the Rocky Mountain Fuel
company.
The total enlistment of the troop
was $50, excluding the officers, and
l22 were coal corporation employees.
leaving only eight members not IT,,
rct): affiliated with the corporations.
At tho time Of their enlistment in
Company ,. ( OF the IS members IF
the company We're employees Of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company, i
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

..r.:.r. 10 :. special article from
..u.on IN tho Evening Post yes
.-. Lara.a. t2,e rebel leader IL
--ra Mexico, will ncve~ stop fight
-.. :ao poorer MeXlcans ar" CIV
: Inc story follo"s.
.<.".n con$ti,utinnaii*t leaders III
.mv:o., nave never taken any
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

were students and 3 former members
OF the United States Army. The oc-
! equations of 3 are not accounted for.
ne occupations of the others varied
from farming and COW punching to
street railway work.
Residences Were Short.
Tho residences in the State vary
from four, five and seven months to
tortr-two and f0rty-seven years here,
while some are natives. (Thc st'.illc
has been in progress: little over soy
en- months.) Several had come from
Pennsylvania to Colorado us strike
breakers, as indicated BY brief ttrlrS
Of residence.
All these will receive payment from
the state as its employees whiie they
were working in the interests of the
i:lining companies.
For several months the striking
miners have charged that great nirn
Der vi imported gunner were CON-
uniting crimes while masquerading
Is State Soldiers, yet they were ig-
rored. DISTINGUISHED persons who
went into he strike zone to invcSti-
gate, find the charges were true,
some declaring that fully 80 per cent
CT all the nilitiamen in the district
were Oh the pay rolls of tie mining
companies. IN spite of these charges
facts which the Legislators might
nave investigated for then selves. tAcy
passed the Sl.OO0,006 appropriation.
N. !. Call.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

and ynelsacing movements which FIRM
ly convinced Zapata that Madero was
a traitor to him.
''The object of this attack was plain
to Madero. His enemies hoped to
catch him between two fires in The es-
pectation that he would be killed in
such q way that a satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION could be made
Better yet, il was hoped TINT beth
MadeTo and Zapata might be made
sway with under the guise Of war,
and IN any event it was hoped that
Zapata, at least, might be caught. Ma
dero got out and I went with him.
Even after the induction Of Madero
into The Presidency, Zapata continued
to remain n rebellion, and he has
done so dc~n TO the present day.
After AiadeIO became President,
however, Zapata wrote Madero let
ter in which he said that nc wG.s FIRM
~ convinced that Madero had no hand
in the trearhery practiced upor Kim,
and had come to know that the plot
vas directed against them both. On
the other hand, he told Madero that
while he had faith in him personally
and in the principles he represented,
lie (AIadcro) was being fooled by his
Cabinet and by his relatives, who
surrounded him, and that until Made
70 dismissed his Cabinet and formed
q new one of progressives, he (Zapa-
ta) would not lay down his arms.
an the event that Madero made
the reform requested, Zapata pi"o,ni9-
ed to become his strong right arm
in upholling the government Of which,
Madnro was the head. Madero's IN
timely death followed shortly after
wards through the treachery of HUI
erta." N. Y. Call.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22
JUSTICE DErHRONED

| foundation, ut the expense OF the
county and the people, they arc
! sworn to serve 4 political future. !
have not at any time been able to
discover 4 district attorney who was
even wiling to prosecute the coal cor
po-a.iuns in whose mics dozcnT Of
rlen haI 1.ren murdered through thci'
rcEiime! &C. The miners officials or
the l1;nc.S ,lo not fear to meet = rry
in any count Of any country where
they have an oportunpity to get that
measure of justice to which they are
entitled"
Among those Indicted for mur:lcr
vas W. +. Hickey, Secretary Of III"
State Federation Of Labor, His cas-
shows has 1lr tie rotten government
Of the state ill 20 in their struggle
to destroy .cry rtstace Of labor ii
Co crado. Hickey moi Cnl: was III
the fighting in which one man was
Killed but h. was not even in Boulder
County where .he indictment was
brought in by a grand jury. But
Hickey is prominent in the labor
movement and that is sufficient reaSpl'
f3r indictment on any charge in Col
orldo.
Federal troops have restored order
in the s;l:Er district. The future
mus. take care Of itself. The $cri~
GUS condition c. affairs in Mexico
makes it certain that federal troops
viii : remain in Colorado ve"y long.
When the leave The operators MljI
On iird ~ t.,uSc "a have the" PCT
Ar:mc.s :cnG-!!c m; tia back u ''3!"-
serve the pea,'." TIC people C. he
United States know what this pot
pour!i If ba!rei house buns, Baldwin
thugs. women and children murderers
and crenators did before. 4 LEOPARD
cannot change It's spots. It Is bu;
natural to expect that they Will re
new their carnival Of slaughter and
carnage.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

Daniel DeLcon, for many years the
most conspicuous. member of the So
cialist Labor party, died in New ior'.
Monday. He had been suffering ttUn'
heart trouble for many years and tho
disoa,c rca. i}cd a. acut. stag: a'"Gt
;nree months ago when he was re-
moved to Mt. Sinai hospital ard w2S
treated by the most skilled physicians,
but without avail. DcLeon was b7r7
on the island of Curacao. near ' no
.uela. in 1857 He was educated II
Germany and came to the Inl!ed
United States in 1872, graduate
from the law schoolof Columbia I'M
verify and joined the lfenr; gorge
movement in 1855, the X. Of L N
1888 and the S. L. P about the sane
and las been editor Of tn" People
since 1892.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

PrcpoHtionate to population Aus
traia has the highest percentage cf
organized working peonle of an!
Country in the world. Now TIC 5O0,-
900 organized ncn and women lr
Australia &C to be merged under ono
head, the mnionistS IN all the six Sta
tcs having endorsed tie so-called Ade-
laidc program, viii h was formulate
ed lat Move nber and sent to q re
ferendum. The idea is to amalga-
mate as many organic ations as pos
bic into industrial unions, thus wiz
jug out jurisdictional and int rnal
fights and also saving large sums Of
money formerly spent IN maintaining
separate stats OF officials, h ad-
quarter: etc. The pans a!aO include
strong backing for the labor party.
as i, is generally recognized that
muc'i progress can be made through
political action along wording elias"
lines and protective ard constructive
icgi -lation.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

Prime Minister Cook has given Ii
on; tha. there will undoubtedly DC 7
,rcncral election ordered in Australia
thi: .rar, .:at Is y result the abcr
ami fusion Liberal Conservative par,
tics are :;raining avcry nerve in pre-
rarin. for what will >" ono of tic
ereatc,t political struggles in tn?
world, ":ith the workers on one side
and MI the factions Of privilege on
til" othrr.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

Etretc old Spain is slo:.:y, but
arcly awakening to III" new conSri-
cncc. Despite the Invited franchise
enjoyed By the workers and the cor
ruption of the politicians and c2er
zion practiced b! ,ho nropertied
ri;;.,s. ;hc Socialist: N,n i0l seats in
the recent municipal elections. r.
workers arc naturally eiatcd and the
master class hardly know what to
rake Of it.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

Turtntn In:or ro,:nr,, he .t;Gn"-
est center body in Gambia, las an-
rointe; a con mittce to approach the
Ontario Labor party and the .mcia!-
ist organizations to see what can be
donr TO rDrbn" the w0t Gci5 for al!
future c',?jnn:, :1rr:ripu!. State HAd
Natl nal.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

.... lu,.. May l7.-fhc p1G''idy'
,.:<.~turc which passed 4
"2propriating Hl,0O0.y00 for
1T Of ne state militia was
,o&ay when it was discover
A&iutunC General Chase SUI
~a>,er> Of Troop \ Of Trini-
company &. Second Infantry,
a5, 70 the Senate rcstredas',
INA; I2G IT the l6S all gcd
.a VINO participated in the
laughter were employees OF
".@Hg companies.
II, and trc Hrusc knew
.yr Number y the mii!.i2-
.., a@ the Operators pay ;oiiS.
,.sG through the Appropriate"
,c- 5~ci> roUid he letinirel,
IL. House inserted 4 clause
>oa. company employee:
.....c:pating in the aporrpri-
..., !. vas killed.
rause. M doubt. VAS fully
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

The South African government hH.r
"in Difference II the t,',ng of 81
parties in Parliamc IT." ;,bardoncd tie
ilca Of pun: ! ing all but 4 itw Of the
principal officials who were connected
With the ."ccnt general strike. Tic
feeling wa; largely cXprl :crr"d o.
the smashing defeat that tho gov,
mcnt received in the Tran5vaai State
election. when q labor men and on:
two old pyay candidates were cIcctc!
to the leSts,aature. 1t is likely ;aat
the prostassatn Of the ''ringeadcrs''
will ais ga abandoncd before long:
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

The So-c;.iIcd ray!or Specd-up :y>-
tenn is 10 be given battle ~ he work
ers in Maiwaukcc. The icc,sion w;,s
rcacacL after many .: the uricnistS
heard a lecture delivered Ivy !r"d"-
rick TAYLOR, the discovcrcr T.; IL"
schcn,c to gougc nc Won A"rS 70 IT,
limit Of their endurance. Just whist
form TIC war against G'nyioriAa WI
take is NOT yet known. The mHltC"
will b. brought up n tie I&rr"orlIrG
>ession of The Wisconsin State '"d"-
ration of Labor, when plans will l."
ontlircd to begin {" ner?' !iH"ht
against tho dividing system.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22
REVIEW oCCURANCEs n THE WORLD OF ASSOCIATED La
Conditions All Who Toll
Thus Uplif EidEa ritz High and
Noblcr Elan Civilization.

i "N,ort showing that pullman port
ers are PAD only S2I.3G month and
arc forced to rely upon the "Trip syS-
tom" AMI it a!s that unless REFORM
steps a.'e TAX. Il the commission viii
Institute III investigation Into the
business of the company with view
either of Increasing the rates .: the
corporation so as to enable the ..Hr-
pa:y 10 pay N oncr """cs ii If lie
;termining if rhe company has the
Gaming but lot the will to pay :
fair wage. If there is anything that
the Pullman plutes liavc Il horror 81
II is publicity.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

In 6 nutshell, the result in British
cities and towns where municipal
elections were held (olflcial reports
still incompleted) show that of 494
Candidates nominated by :hc Labcr
and Socialist branches, 1876 were
elected. Tie gain was LOG seats and
g; lost. lea, in a ret increase Of 81
seats. ',~-r 200 WORKERS ere Tow on
local governing h6a";.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

Charles H. Meyer has been re-
elected President Of the Western
Federation of Miners without oppo-
Sition, as was Secretary Erres: Mills.
This disposes of the vaporings il
some of the olute papers that Meyer
did not represent the miners, was to
radical, and so on. Tho fact is ta..!.
wh2n it comes t. engaging in I gen
eral strike, Iioyer is one Of the most
conservative labor officials III tie
country. He knows that the cards
are stacked that TIE capitalists hold
the trump cards which are usually
clubs. and, therefore. advises the
workers u become politically IL
class-ccnscious rs they are Indus
trial:y and take possession OF tn"
governing power and the trG:nNs
aforesaid.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

The mutual benefit system" that
The Pennsylvania Railroad insisted up
on thru ;ning upon its employees he
c3usa of the goodness OF its c"rpo!:.'
tion soul has been Spurnrd by the '.rr-
men, VINO pronounce IT bun'o
scheme devised 10 chloroGorm them
into Remaining satisfied with present
rnnl'tinms
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

81 he baldwin. Ecltz gLnM"n IN
Colorado wouii have been wipo! III
the face Of ;hc earth inside Of =
month";" L prominent official Of rho
miners informs tho Citizen. "lf Pre>-
idcnt wilson had lot sent tic;rra:
trn3ps into CT, :'ldn. Our mtn.bnr.
and thousands Of working men III
Colorado had Their 'lbu' fred hy thc
massacre Of innocent wcmcn ;tmri
chi dren at Ludlow-a crime more
horrible than ever p"rpetHatcd by
savage red men in the pioneer history
Of lie S,ate-ard few Of the things
would have escaped alive, had our
men had 4 few more weeks .lme to
secure arms and ammunition. Ii
might be added III this connection
that officers Of the Colorado Fedora
Lion Of Labor had commissioned 20
Representatives in various sections OF
he State to gather arms and organ:
ize volunteers ana prepare TO enter
the strike district Onions in ne"rly
every city and town were responding
to the call, pleiging Men, arms and
money t. begin war Of 2Xtern;Ha-
ton ayt:.:.t the 2tmmtn III unlfo' m.
t was this quiet and determine
that frightened Governor
Annnns into calling upon President
wilson to send the Federal tr, cps.
Wilson WAS also in possession Of in
formation relating 10 the wallikc
DrcnHra' ions.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22
Industrial News

other 'o.'nsrics during tho past year.
according to Carl Legion, secretary
of the international federation of
trade unions. There WIS Il gain in
the aggregate membership of Amer
j, ali trade unions last year VI 279.-
Gilmore than nalf of thu entire
worlds increase; as against 2lI,5&6
in Germany, second on the list, and
39,65S in Belgium, third. Although
some of tie European cou' tries show
l falling off, owing to the disastrous
effects of thc Balkan wal, the total
gain il the 10 nations represented in
the Federation is stated to have han
1896, the entire membership being
1894 ,461 al the close of the year.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

Returns from school district elect
ior, Jus. hrld in Oklahoma show tat
the S,cialla. party ha. Won major
i,v of the seats in at least - school
boards, villa 'caIv u hUni"c| no"
To be heard from, thus giving t
:e:"ciu!is,a TIC appointment Of " 'argr
number Of tnac| crS.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

A Socialist of considerable m; ars
died in Burnley, England. and wlllsd
his home to the municipality to be
used as a library.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-22

South Carolina Socialists have
nominated r. &. BriCton. Of Charles
ton. for Governor. They intend T."
mix Il har' fight this year TO ncco 'nc
Tie second rar:v in the safe.