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Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27
2,ooo, 900 MEN ON PAYROLL
UNITED STATES RAILROADS
own BILLION PASSENGERS CAR
RIED EACH YEAR BY ROADS.
Average Annual Wage Is e7si-27 Ae-
csrdinE to Statistics Compiled
Dy the Federal Government.

Nearly s.0oo,oco employees are on the
payrolls of the railroads of the United
States, according to government statis-
tics which have Just been compiled for
the year 1918. The average wage which
they draw is s15l.27 year
The total number of persons on the
payrolls OF the roads for 1913 was l.
slS.2s9. an average of 743 for each loo
miles of line.
The total amount of wages and saiar-
les paid to employees during the year was
81 .Ss3. $780, $50, an average of Ss5l-2s per
year.
There were 36e.57a miles Of track. an
Increase OF S.6ss over the previous year.
There were 6s.37S locomotives in SER
vice. of which 1896 were used in pas
sengcr service and 81 .a2s in freight. the
remainder being employed in the yards
and in miscellaneous service of the COM
panics
The roads were using 2.334. .40S cars OF
all classes. an increase of 1886 over
1919. of these. 81. 700 were used in pas
seuger service, 2.273.56l in hauling
freight, the remainder in service of the
Companies.
The average of locomotives for each
LOO miles of line was $50. and the aver
age number of cars l0,005.
The par value of railroad capital ont
Standing was sl9.796, 1912, which in
Guided capital held by the companies
themselves, as well as the public.
OF the total capitalization, sS,6l0,6ll.> :
Ssi represented capital stock, both COM
mon and preferred. and sll 1856
represented funded debts of various
classcs.
The roads carried 2,05s, ,035. .4S1 tons OF
freight. an increase over 1919 of $780,
2se.S5s tons. The passengers carried
during the same period totaled l.633.679.-
$50, an increase of S9. .S0s ,s97 over the
Previous year.
The average receipts per ton of freight
Wore .129 cents a mile. and per passen-
ger 2,006 cents per mile.
The revenues derived from the opera
ton were 1912, ,135,79S, and the operat-
ing expenses were 8, los, ,96S, ,92i. In 1919
the revenue from operation was ss.ss6,-
sss .266, and the operating expenses
81 06Q, ,O0l, ,05S.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27

All things come to those who wait
if they wait on themselves.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27
Donation to the Miners Of Hucr-
fano county 10
lotai.--r. --.-.-------.-. -. .S53. .7s
Roll Call of Delegates for Reports.

lotai.--- .S63.I5
Roll Call Of Delegates for Reports-
The Broommakcrs reported that they
would like to have the delegates report
to their locals that the NJ. Crafty Broom
and Brush company was stili unfair to
the Broommakern and had been for over
four years. The delegates were informed
that 900 grocery stores in Denver had
label brooms in stock and that the Sell
xer and Pfounts company at $500 Lari-
mcr street could supply any store with
label brooms.
Ggnrmakers report that business IL
still quiet with them and that large
number of their members were unem-
rioyed at this time. they further stated
that they had man ON the street visit
ing the cigar dealers and that number
visited, stated that the union men did
not demand the Denver made cigars, but
preferred TO spend sheir money FOR east
ern ''scab made cigars
BARRIERS ask that the delegates urge
their members to patronize only barber
shops that display the shop card of the
Journeymen BARRIERS of America; all
other cards or signs are countcrfeits.
Delegate Welsh reported that a new
union shcc repair shop had heen opened
at 169s Champa street. This shop is
known as the "Red Front Shoe Repair
Shop and the proprietors are S. p.
Oplingcr and William Flahcrty; both Of
these brothers are well and favorabIy
known TO the union men and women OF
Denver as they have been members Of
the Hotel and Restaurant Workers for a
number of years. All work will carry
the Boot and Shoe Workers union label
and work will be called for and de-
livcrcd. Phone Main 3032.
The receipts Of the evening were an
nounced as S34l5.
There being no further business to
come before the League, adjournment
was taken at 9:45 o'clock.
+. r. HOAGE, Sccy. Treas.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27

Absence of the long green has caused
many man to feel blue.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27
]. 3. 6. 10 HOLD CHICAGO SESSION.

Working conditions of sleeping car
portcrs and conductors will be the first
OF several subjects to be considered BY
the United States commission on indus
trial relations at hearing to begin in
Chicago April 5, IL was announced this
week.
Other subjects to be considered will be
the relations between commercial tele-
graph companies and their operators and
the strike Of shop men on the Hartman
system Of railroads.
glance will be taken also at cond;.
tions in the Union Stock Yards in that
city.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27

the eoatinent
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27

ssed - BaIlstln to dlssaat frisads.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27
DENVER FINN GETS CONTRACT

Seerie 4 varnum Of Denver won the
contract for the erection of Weld coun-
Tvs new court house at Greeley. II will
cost 1887 1855 and is to Be built Of In.
dinna limestone, according to the speci.
f'cations Of Architect Bohman Of Dem
YER If granite trimmines are used. an
additional 81 gle viii be added 70 the
contract price that includes the building
complete for interior finishine. There
wcrc sixteen bidders. including firms
from Missouri, West Virginia ard other
states: The remaining bids ran from
$l37 ,S65 to el6e, 900.
Try Principe de Lees cigar for an
after-dtnner smoke. Union made.-Adv.
Beats them an. L. Bella e. cisnr.
union made IN Uenvcr.-A6v
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27

Beats them al. L. BeIc &c ciaar
union made in Denver.-Adv.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27
Label League
MEETING friday. MARCH 10. isls.

MEETING FRIDAY. MARCH 10, 1918.
Meeting called to order by President
'stcughton At . o'clock. Roll call Of Of
ficcrs found all present except ono mem
Der of the Business Committee. Minutes
81 the previous meeting were read and
approved. Credentials were received
from Cooks No. IL.
II Was moved and seconded that those
delegates present appear before the Ia
bells committee for examination and If
found to have the required number of
labcl- they be obligated; motion carried
and Brothers Pollard aud Haecnloch
were obligated.
The Bnsincss Committee had nothing
to report likewise the Complaint de-
psrfmcnt.
At this time committee representing
the miners unions Of lIuerfano county
was granted the floor. The committee
told OF the destitute condition Of the
miners of this county and appealed to
the League for financial assistance. II
was moved and seconded that the League
donate $40 to the needy families Of the
miners Of this county; motion carried.
Communication and Bills
Typographical Union No. ~. stating
that hcY>caguc's communication TO that
local had been read at regular meet
ing Of the union March Z. and had on
motion been ordered filed.
A. +. of Labor regarding the labor
provisions Of the recently passed Clay
ton Antitrust law; received, noted and
filed.
Colorado State Federation Of Labor,
enclosing receipt for per capita tax for
january. February and March; received
and filed.
Denver Lodge of Mnchinists No. ~,
calling attention TO the fact that the
Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and the
Illinois Central railroads are unfair to
the shopmen and further requesting that
this matter be given all the publicity
possible especially 70 those contemplat-
ing trip to the Panama exposition.
The de- sRatcs were instructed to give
this matter all the publicity possible
and report same to their locals. :
The following bills were allowed:
Eamcs Bros, printing for ball. eS3.76
L. G. Smith and Bro. balance due
ON typewriter ..-.....-..-,.... 1000
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27
a MODERN MERCENARY.

"You should think of our illustrious
ancestors who steercd this ship of the
republic through the troubled waters--"
I'm kind of losing respect for my il
lustrious ancestors," interrupted Senator
Sorghum. Too many Of them were in
clined to boast that they left politics
poorer than they were when they accept
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27
HOW IT WAS.

"Your wife used to like to sing, and
she played the piano lot. Now we
don't hear her at all. How's thats"
"Shc hasn't the time. We have two
children"
"Well, WE'LL After all, children are
. pleasing. Dallas News. 4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
:Newspaperl,s View 81 Note.

SLcndon:-The Saturday Review de-
scribes President Wilson's note pro
testing against the British attitude to-
ward American shipping as "a docu-
ment from a candid friend who just
because he Is q friend, can say things
which between strangers would be IRE
garded as having too rough an edge
The Review does not think 1t should
be impossible for two governments
who have no, wish to find causes for
taking the offensive, to reconcile their
points Of view. The position OF q bel
ligerent with respect to command OF
the sea, saws this paper is different
even when neutral governments are
friends. But this position is deter
mined absolutely by the fact that Eng.
land has that command of the sea
and cannot surrender her right to,use
It for. defeat of the enemy by any
law"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
dERlR)Kb6h6S
SHOWER DUNK|Rk
flaexo f Kaiser's Areop'anes Make Aerial
q Attack On French Seaport
Doing Much Damage
BUILDINGS were WRECKED
Fifteen Citizens Killed In Siege-AH
Aerial AssaiIants Made Escape
From French Guns

London.-Four German a%eroplanes
have flown several times over the city
OF Dunkirk recently, dropping bombs
as they went. Soldiers in the streets
fred on the machines and n Taube
seemed to be hit, but all got safely
away.
The official returns of the casualties
show that fifteen persons were killed
and thirty-two wounded. The bombs
were filed with shrapnel.
For half an hour the whole city
cracked with rife shots and bombs,
which threw up dense clouds Of black
smoke. No sooner did one aeroplane
seem to depart than another arrived.
Buildings in all parts Of the city were
wrecked.
The first bomb fell on the fortifica-
lions, two more near the railway sta.
ton and many others in different parts
tof the town and in the suburb OF
Rosendaell and the districts of Coude.
kerque and Fumes. One; child had an
arm blown off and an old woman was
killed outright.
This fifth aeroplane remained as sen,
fry outside the town ready to attack
|3nN OF the allies a%eroplanes that
xht seek to repel' the air a~ssailants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
sLAvs CHECK AGsTRlANs
Russians Again Win Victories In Aus
trla-Freneh And BrlHish
Make Gains

o. 80 ~. FEIE|# ~ -. ..EL aHrfri -
London.AThere has been a sla cken.
Ing 5f the fighting In northern Poland
between the lower Yistula and pilica
rivers, where the Russians have cap
tured some German trenches, prison.
ers and guns-an indication, it is be.
lieved here, that the German frontal
attack on the army guarding Warsaw
has been definitely checked. 1
In southern Poland the Russians
also record some successes, while In
Galicia they apparently have inflicted
a defeat on the Austrians almost as
serious as that which Emperor Fran
els ~Joseph's troops suffered in Ser.
via. ~ ~ g.
OF the fighting in the west the Ger.
man and French reports are In direct
conflict. The French claim to have
occupied the village Of st. Georges,
which is on the main road between
Newport and Bruges and two miles
from the former town. On the other
hand the German report says: I'VE
have gained some ground near Nieu-
port" az
Heavy fighting is taking place in
the Argonne and on the heights of the
Mouse. The French reports apparently
refers to later events than those re-
corded in Berlin, for Paris tells Of the
recapture of a trench which the Ger.
man communication mentions us hay
ing been captured by the Germans.
The French are investing Steinbach
In upper Alsace. (;
News from Germany Is coming
slowly, as cable communication be.
tween England and Holland is dislo.
Gated by the storm and telegraph wires
between Holland and Germany have
been wrecked in many places. 3s
With the close of the holidays the
recruiting boom has recommended in
England. Large numbers enlisted. F,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
SHIPPING BILL REPORT
Secretary Redieid Recommends Mer.
chant Shipping Bill BE Pushed
Through l

Washington.-Initiating the aggres-
siye fight to be waged in congress
for passage of the government ship
sspurchasa bill, to free American COM
smerce from European war, limitations,
majority members Of the senate COM
msrce committee filed a report rec.
ommending the measure in vigorous
terms and transmitting a commenda-
tory letter from Secretary of Com.
smefce Redfeld.
I Tho committee report, filed by Act.
ing Chairman FLETCHER, quoted the re-
port submitted by Secretaries McAdoo
and Redield, showing enormous in.
creases In ocean transportation rates
since the war began and attendant
faling OF OF ocean tonnage facilities.
The conanittee predicted that enact
nnenf OF the ship purchase bill would
go Tar to relieve that situation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
PALMETTO NEWS NOTES.

The annual meeting of the county
agents of the United. States farm dem.
o~nstratiop work will be held at Glenn
son college, January 25. All counties
in the state viii be represented The
meeting has been called by w. W.
Long, State agent.
A negro, Ed Campbell, shot and
killed Ed Burton on CD. Mance's
place near Cress HILL Soon after
the killing the negro that did the
shooting escaped and is still at large
The Rev. Hope H. Lumpkin, of Co
lumbia, has assumed the editorship of
The Alaskan 3Churchman, published
quarterly at Fairbanks, Alaska, and
copies were received recently Of the
first number Of that, periodical COM
piled under his direction.
Mullins has just had three fires
within a radius of two blocks.
Copies Of the year book for 1914
Of the Charleston Chamber of Com
merce have just been mailed. This
organization is now 100 years old.
The following are the grand jurors
Of Richland county for 1915: George
w. Taylor, G. q. Eleazer, J. N. Raw
linson, D. r. Innes, H. w. DesPortes,
P. W. Sites, C. H. Suydam, A. S. Gail
lard, J. R. Lever, George B. Eleazer,
M. B. Brooks, J.. E. McKinnon, ]. D..
Cobb, Luther Monts, S.. w. Mimms,
Benson H, Slice, w. T. Sloan and D.
B. Cotton.
Connie Lewis, WHO will manage the
1915 Columbia baseball team, reached
Columbia recently for a conference
with President Plat. Manager Lewis
has been busy since his appointment
as pilot and he has a number of prom
inent players signed for trials in the
spring.
The Associated Charities of Colurs-
bia benefited in the sum of 1854 by
an offer from the Jas. L. Tapp COR
pany to donate to the organization 1
per cent of the gross sales in the
Tapp store during the ten days end
ing with Christmas Eve.
John Copeland, while working in a
cotton field of J. Il. Hopkins, NJ. D.,
at Hopkins a few days ago, found a
quaint British bronze coin the size
of a silver half dollar, bearing the in
scription: "Georgius III, Del Gratia
Rex" and on the reverse side Brit
ANNA 1889"
The volume of the parcel post bus
mess done by the COLUMBIA p~ostoffice
during the week before Christmas was
the largest in the history of the office.
An extra force of clerks and carriers
was employed to forward and deliver
the mail. With the regular force
they worked with dispatch
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
Prhobitlon Sudden Russia.

Petrograd, via London:-The last
appeal against Russia's prohibition
decree failed when the councils OF
Petrograd and Moscow rejected a Pc
tition to authorize the recommence-
ment of the sale of beer and light
wines. The recent final order to dis
continue the sale of all alcoholic drinks
was issued with the reservation that
the city councils should have the right
to appeal for an authorization Of the
recommencement of the sale Of three
per cent beer and light wines.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
BRITISH raid ON zEPPEuNS
SEVEN BRITISH NAVAL SEA-
PLANES MAKE ATTACK ON
GERMAN NAVAL BASE
Britons Lose One Man And Three
Planes In An Attempt To Dig
Out German Fleet

London.-Airmen Of warning coun-
tries spent a busy Christmas holiday.
While a solitary German few over
the Thames estuary and dropped q
single bomb, which fell in a roadway
and did no damage, a convoy Of seven
British navy ~seaplanes visited the
German naval base at Cuxhaven and
dropped bombs on ships and the gas
works. All but one Of the British air
men returned safely to the ships
which conveyed them. Similar activ-
ity was displayed along the battle
front, German air1den paying. a sur.
prise visit to Nancy; French aviators
to Metz; British to Brussels and 9TH
er Belgian towns occupied by the Ger.
mans and German airmen to Polish
cities. Al
Assisted by light cruisers, destroy
ers and submarines, seven British ma
val airmen, plotting seaplanes, made a
daring attack Christmas Day on the
German naval base at Cuxhaven, at
the mouth Of the Elbe. Six Of the
airmen returned safely, but the sey.
enth, Commander Hewlett, it Is feared,
has been lost.
The enterprise Of the British navy
In thus attempting to "dig out" the
German feet brought about a battle
between the most modern Of war ma
chimes. The British Squadron, includ-
Ing the light cruisers Arethusa and
Undaunted, which have been engaged
in previous exploits on the German
coast, were attacked by Z%eppelins,
seaplanes and submarines.
BY raid ~maneuvertng the ships
were able to avoid the submarines,
while the Zeppelins found the fire OF
the cruisers too dangerous for them
to keep up the fight. The German
seaplanes dropped bombs, which, ac-
cording to the British account, fell
harmlessly into the sea. The Ger
mans, however, claim to have hit two
destroyers and their convoy
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
AMERICAN note
ALARMS BRITISH
English People and Press Greatly Agl.
tated Over Official Note Of
United States, ,
THINK FRICTION May ENsUE
President Wilson's Message Of Warn
Ing Causes Greatest Sensation
In England In Years

London.-The American note pro
testing against the British treatment
Of American commerce and insisting
Of an early improvement came as a
complete surprise to the British pub
lie; as there had been virtually no
intimation that any friction had aTis-
en- between the two governments.
,Placards posted by the evening pa
pers were given over exclusively To
the American note and the papers
gave! 1t e largest headlines they have
given any news during the past
month. Consequently the British peo-
pie regard this as one Of the most i'm
portant' occurrences OF the whole war.
British Public Alarmed
The first impression OF the public
is that the note may create friction
and perhaps some u%nfriendly feeling,
although the newspapers point out
that it specifically states that the
representations were made In q
friendly spirit. The situation is
comparable to that which arose at the
time Of the South African war, when
neutral shippers began to send car
goes intended for the Transvaal re-.
public t the neutral port Of Delagoa
Bay.
Even the war news was allotted q
secondary place to the note In tho
news columns Of the papers, although.
that coming from the Russian front;
was highly gratifying to the allies.
The Washington note could not have
been dealt with had 1t arrived early,
as Sir Edward Grey, secretary fol. for.
eign affairs, who has been away for
the Christmas holidays, was not yet
home when It came. e
The foreign office, however, has con-
stantly reiterated It's regret at the de-
lay to American ships, and high OFF,
Gals have expressed a desire to expe-
dite examination OF. American cargoes
as much as, possible under the existing
trying conditions H
4. Biggest Sensation In Years
Nothing Of the kind since President
Cleveland's Venezuelan message has
produced such sensation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
Works In orders President Gutierrez

Works In Orders President Gutierrez.
Observation-Disclosures Villa, in q
telegram dated in Mexico City to his
agency here, denied he has question:
ed the amnesty. iproclamations of Gen
eral Gutierrez. II obey and respect
The orders Of President Gutierrez"
villa t~elegraphed. II am his subordi.
nate" Further details of fighting be,
tween troops of General Carranza and
Villa near Tampico were received IN
official dispatches to the Carranza
agency. General Gonzales admins
tered a decisive defeat to the Villas
tas at Rodriguez.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
Select Three Trade Commissioners.

Washington.-President Wilson was
understood to have decided teDta-
lively on three members of the Fed
eral Trade Commission. They are Jo-
seph E. Davies, Commissioner of Cor.
p%orations; Edward n. Hurley, presi-
dent of the Illinois Manufacturers
Association, and George Foster Pea
body, a New York banker. Two 9TH
ers are to be selected. The three
men chosen are all Democrats and If
they are finally decided on, the other
two will be Republicans or Progress
sives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
SUMMONS BANKERS
SECRETARY OF TREASURY CALLS
/ CONFERENCE OF PAN-AMER-
IcAN EINANciERS H
President Wilson And Secretary Bryan:
Backing The Plan Which Win q
Bring Americas Closer

Washington.-.-The United Slates has
invited all Central and South Ameri.
can nations to send their ministers Of
finance and leading bankers to. Wash
ilagton for a conference with treasury
department officials and fnanciers of
this country on financial and CONNER.
clal problems confronting the two
Americas as result of the European
war. Several Of the countries already
have accepted and the conference
probably will be held next spring.
Invitations were sent formally
through the embassies and legations
here. The plan originated with Secre-
tary MrAdoo. but Secretary HrysL and
President Wilson have taken an active
interest in It, II has been suggested
that congress be asked for an appro.
priatien to defray expenses, but swheth.
er or not this is done the visitors Will
come as the guests of the United
States. The state department has a
contingent fund available for such a
purpose.
Officials Of the state, treasury and
commerce departments expect the con-
ference to prove an important. step
toward bringing the two American con-
tinents into, closer commercial rela-
tionship.. They believe thae in the
Pan-American movement lies the hope
of South America for financial indie
perdence Of Europe, and suggest the
possibility Of New York becoming at
1sast a serious competitor with Lon
don for supremacy as a worlds fnan.
clal center.