The sun., 1916-09-04
GOOD N. Y. GUNMEN,
ALAS! ON THE WANE
Plea for Conservation of Pistol
TOter to Save Him From
Extinction.

With the shortage Of the ice crop on
the wane and no other shortage In sight
between the present time and the Begin
ming of the coming annual shortage In
December ~coal-except, Of course. the
ever present shortage In women's ana
elderly misses skirts-with. In fact. the
whole country exceedingly long on every
thing except smoked carp n a few
other German k%nicknacks. along came
alarming news yesterday In an official
announcement that there liz a shortage In
sunmen.
The United Mine Workers Of America
made the announcemcnt-oYicially-in a
statement the general tenor Of which Is
that SO many gunner from the East
and elsewhere have. AS one OF the
spokesman Of labor aGitators put II yes
terday. got Jobs guarding munition fac
tories. or have enlisted in the Foreign Lee
gion. or gone TO the border with the ma
tIonal body Of gunmcn known as the mi
litia, or joined villa IN Mexico mat II
this country doesn't take immediate steps
toward conservation the gunner VIII
soon be as absent as the dodo. the SCUM
American joodapecker. the "limblnS
perch of Mesopotamia or the ~" iash-
Toned round carriers that fastened WIN
gold plated buckles set In the centre oil
pink satin bows.
Good ..WorLMeu" IN T'heir WaS.
The statement from the publicity ok
OF the United Mine Workers OF America
is a lengthy one, which goes mo ,"e
present big strike ~ the 'Nhhine min'hs
region and the various tifs when from
time to time ha>" sneared w a Large
mar, Of West Virginia, colorado anu
other mining centres.
II goes without saying that the bei'a-
tors statement which came 10 hsht yes
,erday deals IN \ fair way with the a'tlN
tiles on these fields OF haitIe WIN WV
puuu.u. "A term which Includes all en-
rloye,s VIII, remain AT work asains' IN"
be,,er Judgment aud advice OF t'le asi'a-
Tor good enough workm.h IN tht'r way
one FATHERS from the miners statement
and hal, fellows well met exoept Tor .
tendency when shot al ny etflSeiS "
show "A white iivered. cavery faced 10Y"
| down, yellow streakeL. plug ugly ten
! dency To try to put the rollers nh"et
their assailants In return. 49,.
And from the announcement az 'ne
slump in available GUNNER one sa'"e'.
also that tine Uuited MIN WORKERS "t
america view with alarm. or sOinetilnE'
IN, fact that not only IL the gun'nan crop
| an the wan. IN quantity. hu IN luai'E
: AZ the announcement mas " nv"
lepreciation IN Tn" character OF we
e,,ren now ohtainabic In tho open
market
u.-..s "A nav.
4, seams. according to the statement
~ the miners, where once a pertectiS
good gunman cou'" ;" ,.r ~ M.
moor i"r "a a o's ,.r a. In IA.
de'et'iNe esehVs.w 49,. Ia. m n.y
marke, LOT s"H""," ., an iou
- a nay Mnsen 80, thing ux,
mar vs. a"up'.u. J., y" ,. ~ ,ha pr,s.
AIN" 'h' DIV 80, ~. ,o,,s in an
eh' inpor.uiS :"
East sue u.nn"" ~, IN. s,r,sc feel
ANU risW Wv. -, .y.r h.sorc
INK ~ more a.", shortage.
al"ns must 'oue -. n,,, -s,,rnu,m,iv
:" 'he S"'."'n. 80. rrh,ic,v nerqor.
for. saNn ," wv" ~, H. ,,rw,n nm,n.
Nv "e'o "o'.w w, .. s,,iu, IN S,a
w, -, y,o,,d h,ys h.-u SO,
,".N 49,, ,,,. "a. .reun,n,
W" .r.,, ,.,uy mar, the en-.
~ ~ I'd men never would have set.
49,. cnr.,r.. N ,u,caly ~ Tia,
go, c.r ,ma,,,,,es had been able t.
80 go rt,n .nnnyh uunmen 10 tax,
49,. ssro,s a, me ,raph,uVers and
,ht,u AS inc cars few through on,
rc,,.
81, .,,,.s y.rc harder and sunme,
80 90, " tho st.tcmsnt continues
s..n,,,yIy With a note OF deep regre,
.,h. oncrators would have found #
..si.r !, r.s,s, the men"
head Shots Ouissed BY Ye Reporter
,., o,
win n We" OF hhui's ou' JUS ~"
Nhuc" ."ele ~ :" ~ ~. ,.nnr,.,
over the sui,'"an snoa1'S. u ''po,
through the gunman belts along tn,
East and North rivera and submit,
number of questions to any suspicious
looking groups OF young men found IL
dark alleys or around the corner sa
looms.
Are YOU a gunman, my good man
What first prompted you to be n gun
man?" DO YOU and that owing to tn
activities Of Gen. villa and the Europeai
war there has been n decrease in tn
number OF your kim and a consequen
deterioration in the quality of gunner :?
why are all you rummies comparativel!
a ret Of fat headed gunmen"' Thes
and a long list Of similar questions hs'
been prepared for the reporter by hi
boss TO ask the tougher looking specimen
along the waterfronts at midnight.
And sure enough. the United Min
Workers OF America were right. 70
block after block of dark whRrves AN,
corner saloons and blind alleys the re
porter faithfully followed out instruc
tons. for his heart WAS in his work an,
no assignment was too tedious to swerv
him from his line OF duty to his boss AN
his loyalty. love and veneration Of al
, the lesser bosses %anXiously betting abe,
vvh.p and how the report.r would re-