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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-15
District Attorney for the Illinois Railroad Company Chicago
eminent lawyer. andf oremo of Illinois.

for the Wabash Railroad COMPANY
and the o. NJ. Railway Company at
Springfield from 1892 to 1896. Mar
Is, 1896, he moved to the great city
of Chicago to make his future home.
and shortly after locating in this civ
he was selected as the local attorney
for the Illinois Central Railroad CON-
pany at this point, from May Is.
1896, to May 1, 1899. at which time
to the present he has been the Dis
trict Attorney for the same railroad
at Chicago. During the time he has
been in Chicago, Mr.. brennan was
for five years Special Counsel for the
Sanitary District of Chicago in the
litigation between the State of Ms
souri,, the State of Illinois and tie
Sanitary District over the alleged
water pollution of the Mississippi Rv-
er at and above st. Louis by reason
of the opening of the Sanitary Dis
trcit, being appointed to that posi-
ton by the Supreme Court of Hi
nois.
He is a member of the Advisory
Board of the law department of the
University of nlionis. He is an hon
ored member of the State Bar AssO-
citation of this state. He served in the
Illinois National Guards, from 1876
1894, serving as Col. and Judge AdyO-
cate of the Second Regiment (resign-
ed). He was Col and Judge Advocate
of the Illinois Brigade of the Uniform
Rank Knights of Pythias, for the
State of Illinois from 1889 to 1914
He served as Lieut.. Col. 18th Regl-
ment Vols. Spanish-American War
He is a prominent Mason, Knight Of
Pythias, member of the South Shore
Club and a member of the Methodist
Church.
AS an evidence that Mr.. brennan
is friendly disposed towards worthy
and respectable Colored people IN
1898, just as the "Old Eighth Reg
ment" was leaving for Cuba, be pre-
sented Col. Franklin A. DenisOn WIN
a fine saddle horse, Hon. Miles j.
Devine, at that time City Attorne!
Of Chicago, journeyed to Springheia
70 deliver the presentation speech
md when the same regiment left iOf
Mexico in 1916, Mr.. brennan con
enc hundred dollars fer
lew saddle horse for Col. Denls0%
md when Col. Denison returned hons
rom France in October, Mr.. brennan
pent the evening at the AppomatfOA
Tub and assisted to heartily welcome
i'm back to Chicago.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-15

Hon. John G. brennan, who has
been in the public eye in this city
for many years, and who is one OF
the foremost lawyers and leading cit
liens of Illinois, was born in Cald-
well County, KY, December 8, 1854.
He was the dutiful son of John l..
and Mrs. Henrietta (Wimburley)
brennan. He received his early edu-
cation in the common schools of
Christian County, this State, being
brought there by his parents while
he was still small boy, and raised
on farm. He studied day and night
in order to enlighten and broaden his
mind. In time he diligently began the
study of law, at the same time teach
ing school on the side, and after be-
coming thoroughly grounded in the
law, was successfully admitted to
practice in the Supreme Court of
Illinois in January, 1880.
Meeting with hattering success
right from the start in the practice
of his chosen profession, he finally
decided that it was not well for man
to dwell in single blissfulness in this
grand old world, and on May 26,
1881, ne was happily united in mar
rage to Miss Margaret Slater, of
Taylorville, Illinois, and Mr.. and Mrs.
brennan are the extremely proud par
ents of three children, namely Leo
nard H, Walter R., and Helen Dren-
nan, and for many years Mr.. and
Mrs. brennan and the other members
of their family have resided in a love-
ly home at 5110 Hyde Park Boule-
ward.
Shortly after his marriage Mr..
brennan became a member of the
law firm of Jones and brennan of
Illinois, from 1879 to
1881 alone, from 1881 to 1887 Dren-
nan and Hogan, from 1887, member
of the law firm of Palmer, Shut and
brennan, the firm consisting of the
late United States Senator John NJ.
Palmer, Hon. William E. Shut, late
United States District Attorney for
the Springfield District, and Mr.. Dren-
nan, Springfield, Illinois, from 1892
to 1896. Prior to those dates he hon
orably served as master in chancery
Of Christian County, from April 1879
to 1881, and he served as states at
torney of the same county from No
1880 to 1888. Mr.. brennan
served with distinction as corporation
counsel for the City of Springfield,
from 1893 TO 1895.
Mr.. brennan was the local attorney
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-15

Noah d. Thompson, who is well
and favorably known in Chicago, and
who has become quite prominent in
civic and social affairs in Los Angeles,
Cal and Capt. F. II. Crumley, were
selected as the two Colered members,
of the Roosevelt Memorial Day Com
mittee, by the Mayor of Los Angeles.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-15

[ Lincoln and Douglass Day, viii Dc
celebrated at the Appomattox CiuO'
3441 s. Wabash avenue; Sunday ait
ernoOn, February 16, at 4 O'Clock.
Rev. John W. Robinson, will SPEAK
on Abraham Lincoln; and Lawyer
Albert B. George, win talk on Fred
eriek Douglass. A splendid musical
program win be rendered.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-15
HON. MARITIME. MADDEN INTRODUCES
And CHAMPIONS A BILL AGAINST
Jim CROWISM" ON RAILROADS OR
TRANSPORTATION Lines In THE
UNITED STATES.
THAT THERE SHALL BE NO DISCRIMINATION ON
ACCOUNT OF RACE, COLOR, OR PREVIOUS
CONDITION OF SERVITUDE AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES"
PARTIES VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF HIS
MEASURE WILL BE SUBJECT TO FINES FROM
SAND DOLLARS OR ONE YEAR IN THE FED
ERAL PRISON.

Hon. Martin B. Madden, Member
of Congress from the First Congress
sional District of Illinois, who is the
noblest Roman of them all, recently
introduced House Bill No. 1888 in
the House of Representatives, which
was referred to the Committee on In
t'terstate and Foreign Commerce and
ordered to be printed. The bill is
as follows:
To amend an Act entitled IAN
Act to regulate commerce." approved
February fourth, eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven, and all Acts amend
atory thereof, by providing for equal
and identical rights, accommodations,
and privileges To- all persons apply
ing for interstate transportation, and
prohibiting discrimination on account
of race, color, or previous condition
of servitude, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representative of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as
semblsd, That an Act entitled IAN
Act to regulate commerce." approved
February fourth, eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven, as amended, be fur
ther amended by adding thereto a
new section, appropriately numbered,
which shall read as follows:
"Sec. =. That hereafter it shall
be unlawful for any owner, operator,
trustee, receiver, or lessee
of any transportation system or sys-
TENS, by land or water routes within
the territorial boundaries of the Unit
ed States of America and engaged in
or soliciting interstate commerce un-
der a common control, management,
or arrangement, or any servant, en-
ployee, or agent of such owner, man.
ager, trustee, receiver, operator, or
lessee, or any other person having
Herewith, to deny or to
refuse to furnish, by any device or
method whatsoever, eqaul and iden-
tical rights, accommodations, and
privileges to any person who shall
pay, or offer to pay, the uniform
;harge made for.such equal and iden-
:ical rights, accommodations, and
privileges in interstate transportation,
when such refusel is on account of
he race, color, or previous condition
# servitude of the person so apply
ng. II
"And it shall hereafter be further
for any owner, operator,
lessee, trustee, or receiver
f any system or systems of trans
'ortation within the territorial bound
ries of the United States of Amer
"a, and engaged in or soliciting in
erstate commerce, or any servant, I
mployee, or agent of such owner, !
perator, manager, trustee, receiver,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-15
RECEPTION IN HONOR OF HON.
THOMAS CAREY, THE PEo-
PIES CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR
OF CHICAGO.
Al the IdIewiid Hotel. Thirty-third
Street and s. Wabash Aveaue.

This coming Sunday afternoon
February 16, at 8 O'Clock p. NJ, re.
eeption win be rendered to Hon
Thomas Carey, the peoples candidate
for Mayor Of Chicago, at the Idle
wild Hotel ssrd street and s. Wa
bash avenue. Both ladies and gentle
men are cordially invited to attsnt
II, with their friends, and shake
hands with the next mayor of Chi
eago.
Music, entertainment and choice
Entertainments free. George J. Terrell,
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or lessee, or any other person con-
nected Herewith, to operate upon any
part of their transportation system
or systems any car, vessel, train of
cars, or other conveyance in and upon
which any person, being transported
to a final destination beyond the
boundaries of any State or Territory
of the United States of America, or
beyond the boundaries of the Disrtcit
of Columbia, and paying, or offering
to pay, the uniform charge made for
transportation in interstate transpor-
tation, shall, on account of race, col
or, or previous condition of servitude,
be separated from any other passen-
ger, or be denied equal and identical
rights, accommodations, and privi-
leges accorded any other passenger
paying or offering to pay such uni
form charge for interstate transpor-
tation, or be permitted to be assault
ed, molested, or in any other way in
jured or oppressed by reason of the
exercise of any right herein granted
or protected"
Sec. 2. That any owner, manager,
lessee, operator, trustee, or receiver
of any system of transportation as set
forth in section one of this Act who
shall violate or connive at the viola
ton of any of the provisions of sec
ton one shall, for each such viola
ton or connivance, forfeit not less
than the full sum of $4,000, to be
recovered in a proper United States
court, in an action on the case, to
the use of each person aggrieved by
such violation, together with costs and
counsel fees, to be fixed
by the trial justice; and all other per-
sons guilty of such violation or par
:icipation therein shall, upon such
conviction in a proper United States
court, be fined $1,000, or imprisoned
n a Federal prison for one year, or
10Th.
Sec. 3. That the provisions of this
Act shall apply to the interstate oper-
Ition of transportation system under
federal control, with like penalties
md punishments for its violation.
Sec. 4. That all Acts, parts of Acts,
tatutes. regulations, and orders not
n conformity herewith are hereby
mended, altered, or repealed. |,
The chances are ten to one that
he present Democratic congress viii
urn Congressman Madden's bill down ]
old, for all of its members from
he South will have none of it, but
he next Congress, being Republican, I
schould and we verify believe that c
will be enacted into law and that ]
Jim Crowism" win in the near fut- l
re be abolished on all of the rail- /
pads and transportation lines in the |
nited States.-Editor. {
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who understands Mr.. Carey much bet
ter than he does his Bible, States,
that Mr.. Carey, win wear his most
pleasant smile, while mingling with
and extending the glad hand to the
many leading Colored ladies and gen.
tIemen on the south side.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-15

Mrs.. Geneva Smith, 1868 s. Dear
horn street; Is able to be out again.
after being confined to her home for
the past two weeks under the medical
care Of d.. A. Wilbsrforee williams
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-15

Mrs. Alice Dunn and her husband
Mr.. Dunn, are now light housekeep-
ing at Glib S. Morgan street.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-15

climbing in his band wagon, shouting
for him and hailing him as the next
mayor of Chicago.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-15

LINCOLN DOUGLASS DAY Al
THE APPoMATTox CLUB. sun
DAY AFTERNOON AT FoUR
O'CLOCK.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-15

SUNSHINE RESCUE MISSION.
2e3o s. State ST.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-15

Last week witnessed several con-
versions and a great blessing from
God. Many poor lost boys and men
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-15

Service Every Night in the Year.
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II. Franklin Bray, Supt.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-10-11
WAGE DISPARITY SHOWN

Washington, Oct. 4-+Men working
IN hotels and restaurants far outnum-
Der women in occupations usually re-
garded as woman's work. This is
shown in the preliminary report on
wages paid hotel and restaurant en-
ployees issued by the bureau of labor
statistics in September labor review
Men predominant in the industry,
$4,000 out of the 10000 employees
included being men and only 10000
women. OF the $500 cooks, only
$50, or per cent, are women; of
the 1900 dishwashers, LOO, or 40
per cent, are women; of the kitchen
help, only LOO out of 5000, or 81
per cent, are women.
There is a striking contrast between
the wages paid these men and women
in the same occupation. Thus "a
meh cooks are paid $40 day, while
only one woman receives as much
as SIS day. Walters, maids, bellmen
and baggage porters are expected to
supplement their wages by tips. Az
erages for each city of the value OF
such tips show that maids receive an
average of II cents to SO cents a
day, while bellmen and walters re-
ceive from $1.27 to $3.78 and from
SIG to 1857, respectively.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-10-11
EXCERPTS FROM THE A. r. OF l.
WEEKLY NEWS LETTER
O. B. u. Falseboods

Sidney, New South Wales, Aus
tralia, Oct. Am official statement
issued by the Australian Workers
union says:
Some time ago we challenged the
official of the one big union to name
any branch which had seeded, OF
had given the slightest indication that
such course would be followed" de-
clares a statement. mo reply has
been given. 1t is not the slightest
use for the one big union officials to
try to bolster up weak case by mis-
representation of the position. Let
us once again say that no branch OF
the A. W u. had seeded, nor is there
any likelihood of any such secession
The members of the A. w. U. are
now in full possession of the tactics
of the one big union and white ant
methods employed, 9and are not likely
to be misled by such misrepresenta.
ton. sue
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-10-11
ENACTS ANTI-STRIKE LAW.

Montgomery, Ala, Oct. 4.-The
Alabama legislature has rewarded
workers of this state who fought in
the great war for liberty and demo
eracy by passing law against strikes.
A penalty of the law declare that if
il is enforced to the letter it will be
impossible for any group of Ala
hama workers to suspend work. Sec
tion two of the bill is as follows:
ANY person, firm or corporation,
who enters into any agreement, COM
bination or understanding with an
other or others that the party so
agreeing shall not engage in or aid
in carrying on public service, or who
80 agrees or conspires with others
10 prevent, retard or impede third
persons from engaging in or work
ing at any public service, shall be
guilty Of misdemeanor."
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-10-11
ENCOURAGEMENT
by John Gradski, Butcher Workmen
Organizer

! have lived and have learned
And have travelled through;
and ! have spent many day trying
To make union man of you.
And the time that have spent
Giving to you my glad hand:
Here's a chance for you, good brother
1t is to help the Union stand.
If had passed the laborers up
That toiled till setting sun;
For he never had a union card.
Or had button on.
TO feel the thrill that comes to him
Was TO face tie laborers one by one
And give to them a union talk
And say, Put your button on"
And | have trod the troubled paths
Where tangle burrs grew;
And now | thank the Lord above
I've made union man of you.
Now let us stand as union men,
And have someone to back us
And be as good citizens,
In the world as the Packers.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-10-11
CO-OPS. INCREASING

Clarksburp W. Va. Oct. Go
operative stores are springing up in
various parts of northern West Nir-
9mia. The parent one is located at
Grafton, where union railroad men
and other stockholders have made the
Grafton cooperative store a big sue
cess. At Parkersburg railroad men
are organizing such a store to be
fashioned after the one at Grafton.
At Martinsburg, keyser. Rowlesburg
Tunnelton, Wendell, Simpson and
other points. cooperative stores have
been established.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-10-11
IRON MOULDERs PROGRESSING

Worcester, Mass, Oct. As a re-
suit of settlement with two of the
largest foundries in this city, the
strike that has been in force by the
Molders' union has about terminated
having been in effect since May last
While the officials of the union are
reluctant to give the details, they say
the terms were satisfactory. The adj
justment was in the hands of Organ
izer Eugene Murphy of the eastern
conference board. In speaking OF
conditions in the New England dis.
trict. he said: Out of 53 cities
where molders are organized, the en-
ployers in AZ have granted the eight
hour day and minimum wage OF
$3.50 a day. In the five remaining
cities, minimum of $G.40 a day IS
established"
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-10-11
Railway Shopmen Gel
National Pact

Washington, Oct. 4.-While the
steel trust and other anti-union en-
ployers are attempting to hold back
the tides of time the United States
railroad administration has signed a
national agreement with the railway
employees department of the A. F. of
L., in which hours of labor, working
condition and rates of pay are pro-
vided for the 100000 railroad shop
men on all roads under government
operation.
The interested unions are the inter
national organizations of machinists,
boiler makers, sheet metal workers,
blacksmiths, electrical workers and
railway carmen.
The agreement recognizes the right
of the A F. of l.. afiiliates to repre-
sent and negotiate for their respective
groups. The following are some of
the important principles established.
Eight-hour day, with extra pay for
overtime.
Abolition of piece work, bonus and
premium systems.
Personal injury cases may be
handled by committee or representa-
tives in the same manner as griev-
ances are handled.
Rules for the handling of griev-
ances through committees with rail.
road officials
Craft point seniority established
and definite avenues of promotion
outlined.
Rates of pay retroactive to May |
1919, and a 80 days clause foi
amending the agreement.
Where a shop man is engaged out
side the shop, he shall receive his
standard pay Formerly, if a ma
chinst, for instance, was employed a
signal maintenance he received a
lesser rate, but the agreement pro
vides that IA machinist is machinist
regardless of where he does machinist
work.
Acting President Jewell of the rail
way shop employees department states
that this is the first national agree
ment ever secured by any labor or
ganization or group of labor organi-
cations in this country. He shows
that all other agreements secured by
trade unions have applied to divisions
or sections of the country and that
the present agreement is the result
of a development of national fedora.
ton, starting with craft unions in the
various shops, then shop declarations
and then railroad system declarations
These declarations are now formed in
to four geographical divisions and are
represented by the railroad employees
department of the A. F. l..
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-10-11
EMPLOYERS WIMPER AT THEIR
OWN ACTS

Washington, Oct. 4.-Steel employ
ers have only themselves to blame
if their foreign-born workers are
now on strike, declared President
Gompers before the senate commit
tee on education and labor, which
is investigating the steel strike.
at has been said that most of the
men taking part in this strike are
of foreign birth and are not nat
uralized citizens" said President
Gompers. THAT may be, and no
doubt is, true. The largest proper
ton of the steel corporations en-
ployes are of foreign birth, but these
men were brought here by the com.
panies.
For years there was a systematic
effort to bring in these workers
from Europe. There was a system
attic effort to eliminate Americans
They have a harvest to reap now"
The trade union executive de-
clared that the right OF the employees
to have some voice in determining
the conditions under which they work
is the paramount issue in the stee
strike. Asked to define the issues in
the controversy, President Gompers
said:
"The right to be heard is what
the steel workers are asking above
all else-the right to speak with
their employers through their owr
representatives. to have some voice
in determining conditions under
which they work.
THE workers right of associa
ton has oep denied-denied witt
all the steel corporations power anc
influence by brutal and un
warrantable means"
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-10-11

The Railroad Coach and Car Clean
ers' and Station Porters' Local 1881
are preparing for a public entertain
ment and reception October 22nd, at
Unity Hall, $40 Indiana Ave. Ar
engagements have also been made to
stimulate interest in the organization
by cooperating with various lnterna-
tional Unions having the majority of
their membership employed in rail
road service. Unique plans have been
outlined for the campaign and the
progressive element of all organiza-
tons involved can be relied upon to
make the move a success.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-10-11

South Chicago seemed to be enjoy
ing a vacation Wednesday afternoon.
Everywhere you looked you could see
the steel workers buttons. If Judge
Ebert Gary of the steel corporation
could have seen the striking contrast
between the idle lire of smoke stacks,
the steel mill finance and the number
of able bodied working men around
the striking headquarters, he would
certainly appreciate the fact that con-
ditions are not as they were some
years ago and would possibly testify
differently before the Senate COM
mittee than he is alleged to have in
the first days hearing before that
body.
1t is huge joke when you com
pare some of the petty excuses that
the capitalists are putting before the
Senate committee for their likes and
dis-likes for organization. They want
to reserve the right to have a strong
organization and at the same time
compel the workers who produce
everything, to come before them as
individuals in attempting to better
their conditions. They seem to be
afraid of revolution but in their dis
regard for the workers rights, they
are rendering it possible for more
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-10-11

The United Brotherhood of Main
tenanee of Way Employees and Rail
way Shop Laborers has set aside one
million dollars to be invested in CO.
operative stores in various centers
for the benefit of its membership.
People employed in this line of work
who are not members of that or
ganization would do well to file APP
plication at once, thereby becoming a
partner in this gigantic move.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-10-11

|. II. Bratton, International Or
ganizer Butcher Workmen is reported
to be setting the woods afire in the
interest of his organization in the
Eastern section around New York,
Boston and Baltimore and other pack
ing eenters under the supervision of
Vice President Joseph Menhart
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-10-11

Who was directly responsible for
the outrages committed in Home
stead, Pa. some years ago, also in
Ludlow, Cello. just recently? The
answer TO these two questions is,
The people who furnished the army
guards and bought the machine guns
under the guise of protecting their
property when the real intention was
to murder and intimidate the starving
working men and women as they did.
For such organized outrages as this.
the guilty people are meyer brought to
justice.