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The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-10-12

OF their past has never been one Of
construction. Now for the real rec
ord:
There were 275 railroads involved
in the controversy.
Seventy-ive of these railroads ab-
solutely and unequivocalIy refused to
arbitrate any of the demands of the
railroad brotherhoods.
One hundred and eighty-two rail-
roads in their offer of arbitration
specifically excluded negro fremen,
negro brakemen and negro hostlers.
Eighteen railroads offered arbitra-
ton, but specifically excluded the
white hostlers
In other words, the offer of arbi-
ttration had long string attached to
it.
If any further evidence is wanted
of the stiffness and sharp practices
of the railroad managers it is only
necessary to cite one instance.
Mr.. Hale Holden of the Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy railroad. the
spokesman for the railroad managers
IN the recent controversy, locked out
the freight-handlers upon the c. B.
q =. IN Chicago because of their de-
mand for changed conditions. I'm
mediately the freight-handlers offered
to arbitrate their differences with the
road. Mr. Hale Holden, as spokes-
man for the railroad managers in the
railroad brotherhood controversy, and
who so strongly advocated arbitra-
tion in that case. summarily refused
to accept arbitration when the Chi
cago freight-handlers offered that me-
dium to settle their controversy
The attitude Of President Ripley
of the Santa Fe railroad, who asserts
that he will not observe the Adam
son law until the court of last re-
sorts compels him to do so. is mere
ly composite type of nearly all the
railroad managers of the country,
some exceptions being noted
The submission of the railroad con-
troversy to congress was practically
an arbitration by court of the peo-
pies representatives. which ought to
signify to the "public-be-d-d" man
ayers of the railroad corporations
that if they continue to persist in
their disregard of the economic and
social welfare of the people of our
Country the people themselves will
see to it that humanity shall be ac-
corded Justice.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-10-12
There Is No Field for NutraIity

the unions until they are forced to do
so, or to arbitrate the question of
their recognition, because they do not
want to abandon any share of their
economic power to independent and,
from their point of view, irresponsi-
bic organizations" Civil war results
and the American nation has in the
past tried to stand neutral Strikes
that affect the very life of the public
are becoming frequent and ominous.
The chief of the legal department OF
the New York Interborough Com
pany has recently declared that the
country could no more exist half
union and half non-union than it
could exist half slave and half free. y
The New Republic agrees and in vig-
orous words says that "the nation
must come to the deliberate and Off
cial discouragement of non-unionism
and the promotion of unionism
The article concludes with argu-
ment to show that employers need
have no fear of being delivered over
to a "grasping labor oligarchy" The
whole function of labor unions will
be modified when it is no longer nee
essary for them to fight for their very
existence. Industrial controversies
will become capable of something re.
sembling a rational treatment" There
will be Scientific analysis of labor
problems and the gradual acquisition
of scientific method of dealing will
them. In no other way can they be
taken out of the dubious region ol
class conflict"
GEORGE Fl. CURTIS.
] Boise. October 2 1Q16
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-10-12

deceased employe.
"Since dependents bound by the
compensation feature of the law lose
all their remedies at common law, a
literal construction in their favor is
required. In the case at bar the child
takes nothing during the running of
800 weeks if its mother lives that
long and does not marry. Can it be
said that it was intended that the
child thus should be excluded from
the benefits of the act?
"We think the provision for the
mother negatives that inquiry, be-
cause the payment made to her was
based on the fact of the existence of
the child. The child's right to COM
pensation cannot be said in this way
to be obliterated. 1t becomes merged
with that of the mother, and rightly
so, because she is usually the person
to whom ultimately compensation due
child would naturally CO."
1t is stated that the decision will
affect over 1000 children and that
over 100000 is involved.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-10-12
Labor President Fears Hughes

AS president of the largest labor
organization in the world-the United
Mine Workers with 100000 members
John P. White has given the News
paper enterprise association state
ment pointing out that the rights Of
the working man are at stake in this
campaign and will be endangered by
the election of Hughes.
Mr.. White tells why wage earners
should look with grave fears on the
success of the Republican candidate.
1t is a significant and remarkable
statement that should, be read by
every man interested in the welfare
of working men and women.
Said Mr.. White:
For every working man and wo-
man, the paramount issue in this cam
paign is the right of wage earners to
organize and act together for their
own protection and advancement.
Every big corporation and labor
exploiter in the country intent on
defeating organization and keeping
their employees submissive and de-
fenceless is working might and main
for the election of Hughes. They
know that he concurred in the Dam
bury Hatters' decision, and they count
on him to repeat his performance
wheneYsr the issue of the right to
organize comes before him.
"The Clayton act establishes the
freedom of labor so far as it can be
established by congress But the
fight has only begun. Both Mr.
Hughes and Colonel Roosevelt have
shown that they are not in sym
pathy with the purposes of that act
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-10-12
Anti-UniOn Progressive Gibson
By E. w. Jones.

When the Progressive party was
formed by ex-President Roosevelt,
the thinking, progressive element Of
the Republican party went into it
and promulgated thoroughly pro-
gressive platform that stod for the
rights of the common people. The
Progressives of Idaho went into that
party because they were honest, think
ing men and women. Now. when Mr..
Roosevelt, for some hidden reason,
undertook to deliver his party bodily
to Hughes and the reatcionaries, most
of them refused to follow, so the
state Republican committee got their
heads together and, either not being
in sympathy with labor unions, or
fearing the wrath of the money pow
er that dominates their actions, con-
cluded that the intelligent men and
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-10-12

Mr. Roosevelt, while President, vio-
flently assailed similar measure and
the labor men who sponsored it. He
could not tolerate any limitation on
the power of judges to send work
ing men to Jail for long terms with
out trials for striking and thus inter-
fering with the right" of an unfair
employer to do business.
Recently, the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals has handed
down decision at St. Paul intimat-
ing that in the belief of these judges
la strike may be a conspiracy in re-
straint of trade, regardless of the
Clayton act. The United States Su-
preme Court has yet to pass on la
boris bill of rights, and there was
never time when labor had a great
er need of public officials at Wash
ington who will give more than lip
service to the ideals of freedom and
democracy
when Confidential Agent Bowers,
in charge of the Rockefeller mining
interests in Colorado, wrote his chief
in 1913. Now for 1916 and the cam
paign for the open shop he foresaw
what has come to pass. From New
York to San Francisco the powerful
hostile interests to labor's emancipa-
ton above marshalled their forces for
a smashing drive, on both the in
dustrial and political field, against the
right OF wage earners to organize.
Under the circumstances. with the
issue clearly and sharply drawn, the
wage Garner who does not see his
duty clear before him must be blind
indeed both to his own interests and
to the interests of human freednt,, y
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-10-12
North Idaho Politics Colo. Miners Uniting

After campaigning in the Northern
Counties for FIVE weeks it is my judg-
ment that the old fashioned idea Of
vote for the party boys" has gone
for good, I hope.
Voters are in a frame Of mind
where deeds count, and acting upon
that idea, they are ready to vote for
President Wilson, Gov. Alexander
and the balance Of the Democratic
State Ticket as well as the Demo-
cratic legislature, in order to back up
Gov Alexander in his wonderful adj
ministration.
Respectfully
CLARENCE VAN DEUsEN.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-10-12

women of the Progressive party were
a thoughtless, irresponsible rabble,
put a little bell on little Jimmy Clip
son, the scab printer of Caldwell, for
whom a union printer would not work
if he were starving, and started him
out as bell wether, expecting them
to follow like band of sheep that
cannot think. How do you Progress
sives who refused to follow a man
of energy and brains like to follow
in line behind little Jimmy Gipson,
the scab printer? Oh, what a slap
at your dignity and intelligence,
smote by the hand of committee
representing the great money grab
bers who would plunge us into war
so that opportunities would be great
er for robbing the workers of their
hard earningsl
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-10-12

Louisville. Colo.-At mass meet
ing of miners, the old spirit OF trade
unionism was again awal-7ed In
other sections Of northern Colorado
these workers are reaffiliating to the
United Mine Workers union.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-10-12
STREET CAR employees GAIN

Vancouver. British Columbia. The
local street car company has signed
an agreement with the Street Car
Mems unions Of this city, Victoria
and New Westminster.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-10-12
STAND BY PRESIDENT.
Has Proven Himself to Be Friend Of Organized
Labor
By Marcus Day.

who now call it surrender or crime
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-14

caring for the victims OF the pest.
The terrible sights, the misery they
looked upon would make the stoutest
hearts quail. Whole families were
often carried off in a few days. Here
and there they found single living
person lying helpless beside his dead
relatives or children. In every case
the kind nurses did what they could
to ease the sufferings of the dying,
and where children we're left orphans
they brought them home to be cared
for.
The dead being too numerous to be
buried according to custom, and there
not being enough wood to burn the
bodies, the government purchased a
large tract of land and Inferred the
dead Without regard to casteaaand so
near the surface that jackals and
hyenas came and dug up the corpses
to devour them. Crossing Gene
terry on their way to visit the sick
the nuns found themselves in a mass
of skulls and bones that had been left
by providing animals. The experience
called for fortitude on the part of the
Sisters.
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NOBLE FRENCH NUNS.

The Sisters of ST. Paul de Charities
form perhaps, one of the least known,
yet one of the most active Congrega-
lions in the Mission Field, but that
"hiddenness" which it's sanity foun-
der, the Cure of Leveville-la-C henard,
of the Chartres diocese, impressed on
it in the seventeenth century, when
he gathered the pious ladies of his
parish into community for teaching
the ignorant and succoring the sick,
still invests the Congregation today.
The history of st. Paul de Charities
Sisters during the last 220 years has
been one unbroken record of apostolic
charity and holy effort. From the
peaceful shelter of a French cathe-
dral town their good works have
radiated out through the France be-
yond the seas, shining alike in care
for the sick and the. victims of lep-
rosy, the abandoned orphans of the
Far East, and the military hospitals
Of Cochin, Tonkin and AMMAN, and
carrying into the farthest colonies of
France that Missionary spirit which
is her, enduring glory as Catholic
nation.
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Continued from page %
A RAY or LIGHT.


The cover of the magazine caught
his eye. A startling one as usual, a
little niger dressed in a brilliant red
overall. 19a4 -1e
Tranton cut pennon out of the
overall, then searched his pockets for
a match, which on finding he split at
both ends. The improyised flag was
then inserted, and the .pennon and staff
fixed on the tip of the sail.
Now what shall we christen the
ship, Ronnie? ]. think in compliment
to the flag she flies we will call her
III. M. S. Pinafore. Come along and
let's launch her. See, we will make
this magazine the slips. There she
goes! Where shall her first voyage
be? How about Timbuctoo?"
"Oh uncle, what are you doing p
cried Ronnie; for Tranton had taken
the lens and was focusing q bright
spot OF sunlight to the pennon.
Just wait and watch he said.
The boy waited in silence, then sud-
denly exclaimed in amazement:
oh, Uncle Jfm, it's smoking
a moment afterwards it burst into
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shall not prevail. \.

shall not prevail.
Supernatural. grace is hers; it
watched over her cradle, has followed
her in all her ways through all her
centuries, and has not forsaken her
yet. She is not, like Professionalism,
a concession to the negative spirit, an
unholy compromise with naturalism.
Everything about her is positive and
transcendant; she is the bearer of di-
vine truth, the representative of di'
vine order, the supernatural living in
the very heart, and before the very
face of the natural. The saints, too,
are hers, and the man she receives,
Joins their communion, enjoys their
godly fellowship, feels their influence,
participates in their merit and the
blessings they distribute. Their earth
ly life made the past of the Church
illustrious, their heavenly activity
binds the visible and the invisible into
unity, and lifts time into eternity. To
honor the saints is to honor sanctity;
the Church which teaches man to
live holy, helps him to love holiness
And the fathers are hers; their labor
ings, sufferings, martyrdoms, were
for her sake; she treasures their
words and their works; her sons
alone are able to say: 'Athanasius
and Chrysostom, Thomas Aquinas,
and Duns Scotus, Cyprian and Au,
gustine, Anselm and Bernard are
ours; their wealth is our Inheritance;
at their feet we learn filial reverence
and divine wisdom
But rich as she is in persons, she
is richer in truth; her worship is a
great deep. Hidden sanctities and
meanings surround man; the sacra'
mental principle invests the simplest
| things, acts and rites with an awful
yet blissful significance; turns all
worship into divine parable, which
speaks the deep things of God, now
into medium of His gracious and
consolatory approach to man, and
mans awed and contrite, hopeful and
prevailing approach to Him. Symbols
are deeper than words; speak when
words become silent; gain where
words lose in meaning; and so in
hours of hottest worship the Church
teaches by symbols truths language
may not utter"
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which they had worn during the pro-
cession which had just ended, assem-
bled about their young companion.
And while her brow radiant, with hap
piness, bowed beneath the regenerat-
ing waters, one had almost instinctive-
ly a vision of white-Winged angels
reckoning the chosen one to their
ranks.
But the hour of Providence was not
as near as it seemed. Suddenly there
was slight improvement, which
grew by degrees. But alas! pitiless
disease soon manifested itself. Pull
monary tuberculosis, taking root in
a persistent fever, was about to ex-
haust the remaining strength of this
debilitated constitution.
Constantly confined to her bed of
suffering Marie Jacqueline only left it
when the warm afternoons of summer
enabled her to be carried beneath the
shade of the eucalyptus trees, where
the sitting rays of the June sun re-
vived her exhausted lungs somewhat
Endowed with strength of soul
rare for her age she seemed to exer.
else her ingenuity to conceal her sick
condition. Thus, considerate to an ex.
IRENE of those about her, she en-.
.deavored at night to stife her cough
in order not to disturb. the sleep OF
those in the neighboring rooms.
On the morning of her baptism she
Eshad requested that her father be pres,
Tent. The soul OF this poor Mussul
,sman was so dear to her heart that
she offered all her sufferings in his
behalf. She desired that he might as
often as possible be a witness of what
transpired so that later, when she
should be no more, her memory might
recall to him some grace of her Chris
tian life. -
Bishop Piquemal having come tc
the novitiate to administer the sacra
ment of confirmation, she had her ia
Their invited to the ceremony, and raj
lying all her remaining strength
asked that he might carry her to the
feet of the prelate who was to ad
minister the gifts of the Holy Ghost
She passed away quietly on. thf
morning of August 10. The Sister
who was taking care of her, perceiv
i ing that the last glimmer of life was
lon the verge of extinction, hasteneC
to say the prayers for the dying, ant
her supplications were answered by; s
mere whisper. Our Lord had passed
tplucking this humble lily which aHt
had chosen for His heavenly gardens
Sister Elisabeth. In Annals of
S-rstss The Propagation of the Faith
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THE RESURRECTION OF A DEAD
MAN.

Father lie Veux, p b., missionary
in Uganda, writes from Nandera:
Kittata was good old pagan who
for long time had turned deaf
ear to all my exhortations.
On my last visit to his village /
found him at the door of his hut.
well, Kittata," said I. when do
you intend to pray?"
Some day, sebo (Father). AS yet
have not decided"
While you are waiting will you
accept this medal of the Blessed Vir-
gin?"
Yes, accept it"
dangerously i'll. His little daughter,
Nabbwa, who was at home, put the
medal about his neck, but this was
all, as, she was unable to baptize or
instruct him. One day about noon he
heaved sigh and expired.
On hearing the cries of the little
girl the neighbors FASTENED to the
house, verified the death, wrapped the
body in coverings and went to dig the
grave, for things are done quickly in
this country.
But about four o'clock, shortly be-
fore the funeral, the dead man began
to stir. On seeing this the women
fed, but several men, who were more
| courageous, unWrapped the body.
Kittata opened his eyes, looked
o. nItf ND oVfnA. CCny1io1yf 1inlx Z
send for PetEo the catechist!"
The catechist came in great haste:
$50, Kittata, you are not dead? What
has happened?"
"Baptize me first; we will talk
afterwards"
Petro prepared him as best he
could, strove to arouse him to con
triton for his sins and baptized him.
When the ceremony was over the
convert addressed those present
Now that all is well with me, lis.
ten to me, my friends. I was really
dead. After having trayersed a val
ley from which arose ffgntful
lamentations l saw a hill on which
there was a majestic Person sur
q 10 Ia Z =
rounded BY a multitude Of people who
seemed infinitely happy. This great
Lord made a. sign to me to approach
NO nearer. tUnbelievers, He declared
solemnly, are not received here Fol
low this guide who will lead you back
whence you came. We passed once
more near the dark valley. Sudden
ly I recovered my senses and here
am
But his return to earthly. life was
not to be of long duration. The next
day Mark Kittata breathed his last.
A month later his wife, Mutawana
also received baptism and that very
night rejoined her husband ii
heaven. Their little daughter, Nabb
wa, is with the native Sisters.
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THE PLAGUE IN INDIA.


The Catechist Sisters of Mary I'm.
maculate, who are working in Nagpur,
India, have passed a hard winter
The pest afflicted the population and
the dead numbered as many as two
hundred day; even domestic animals
were affected.
The Home for the Poor conducted
by the Sisters has always been pre-
served from plaques, to the great
wonder of the pagans. The latter
even reproach the inmates because
they. too, are not taken sick and
caused to perish with the others; but
the nuns believe their home is under
the special protection. of the Blessed
Virgin, their Patroness.
Three Sisters devote themselves fc
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Prof. A. NJ. Fairbairn is considered
one of the great lights OF modern
Professionalism. HIS volume on
Prophecies, is found in nearly every
intelligent Protestant preachers IL
brary, and is looked upon as stand
ard work on that gHhject. Lately he
has issued volume on Catholicism,
Roman and Anglican" in which he
gives utterance to many fine things
concerning the Catholic Church. Not
the least interesting are those relat-
ing to its sanctity:
81 freely admit the pre-eminence
of Catholicism as an historical insti-
tuition: here she is without rival, or
a peer. If to be at once the most
permanent and extensive, the most
plaStic and infeXible ecclesiastical
organization we're the same thing as
the. most perfect embodiment, and
vehicle of religion, then the claim OF
Catholicism were simply indisputable.
The man in search of an authorita-
tive church may not hesitate; once let
him assume that visible and audible
authority is of the essence of religion,
and he has no choice; he must be-
come or get himself reckoned a Cath
Ole.
The Roman Church assails his I'M
derstanding with invincible charms.
Her sons proudly say to him: She
alone is Catholic, continuous, veneer
able, august, the very Church Christ
founded and His apostles instituted
and organized. She possesses all the
attributes and notes of Catholicity-
an unbroken apostolic succession, an
infallible chair, unity. sanctity, truth,
an inviolable priesthood, a holy sac
rifice and efficacious sacraments.
"The Protestant churches are but
of yesterday, without authority, whose
confused voices but protest their own
insufficiency, whose impotence al
most atones for their own sin OF
schism by the way it sets off the
might, the majesty and the unity OF
Rome. In contrast the Catholic
Church stands where her Master
placed her on the rock, endowed with
the prerogatives and powers He gave
her, and against her the gates of hell