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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1916)
THE MONITOR A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and relglous interests of the Colored People of Omaha and vicinity, with the desire to contribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community. Published Every Saturday. Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Post Office at Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Lucille Skaggs Edwards, William Garnett Haynes and Ellsworth W. Pryor, Associate Editors. Joseph LaCour, Jr., Advertising and Circulation Manager, Telephone Webster 4243. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $1.50 PER YEAR Advertising Rates, 50 cents an inch per Issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. “SCOTCHED THE SNAKE— NOT KILLED IT Four labor leaders dictated the terms to Congress upon which alone their royal highnesses would consent to call off the ordered railroad strike, by which the business and social Inter ests of the country would be seriously chippled and the populace compelled to suffer great hardship and priva tion. The terms dictated by this powerful oligarchy was the enactment of an eight-hour labor law, making eight hours a legal day’s work for a certain class of railroad employes. The effect of the measure, if it will stand the scrutiny of the courts whitn is doubted, will be to give the train men affected ten hours’ pay for eight hours’ work. Of course, this addi tional pay must be paid by the pub lic. Congress rushed through this hasty and ill-advised legislation. In doing so the strike has in all probability only been postponed. Our own opinion is that had the strike come, it would have been only of short duration, for hundreds of employes would have been loyal to the railroads and other men could have been found who would have taken the places of the strikers. Moreover, the strikers would have lost the sym pathy of the public, without which no strike can be won, by their refusal to arbitrate. We believe that Congress would hav done much better if it had passed a compulsory arbitration law. We be lieve that such a measure would hold. We believe that there are serious ob stacles in the way of the practical working of the eight hour law in the case of railroads. That, however, re mains to be seen. But having dic tated terms to the President and Con gress, it is foolish to believe that the rpresentatives of the trainmen will be content with that. They will make other demands and if these are not granted they will order another strike. The railroad situation has not been settled. We need not lull ourselves into the belief that it has. Until congres sional action is taken to compel arbi tration between capital and labor, strikes will be called. The hasty congressional action in passing the eight hour law has “only scotched the snake, not killed it.” BRAVE SHERIFF ELY God bless brave Sheriff Ely and grant to him and his the solace to their aching hearts that He alone can give! Of course, you know the story. A degerenate, whose skin as well as his heart, was black, made a brutal at tack on a young farmer’s wife near Lima, Ohio. He had asked the woman for food which was refused him. He forced his way into the room, knocked her down and slashed her with a razor, nearly killing her. The victim’s aged mother came on the scene and the brutal ruffian fled. The alarm was given, a posse was soon in pursuit and Sheriff Ely captured the man and , placed him behind the bars. j Knowing that the man’s color added ] to the heinousness of the crime in the 1 popular mind and that in all probabil- • ity an attempt would be made to lyncti 1 him, Sheriff Ely took his prisoner for safe-keeping to the hospital for the criminal insane. The mob formed, stormed the jail and brutally beat the Sheriff, threat ening to kill him unless he would de liver up the prisoner or make it known where he had been secreted. His lit tle daughter died from the shock brought on by the brutality of the mob. Sheriff Ely was under oath for the safe-keeping of his prisoner. He bravely did his duty. The penalty he , paid was heavy; but the blood of his ' dear child is on the head of that Ohio ■ mob. ! The crime of the degenerate assail- J ant of the young farmer’s wife was ] brutal and henious and merited punsh- j ment which the courts are fully com- j petent to inflict. But what shall we J say of that of the blood-thirsty mob j who threatened the life of the sheriff for doing his sworn duty and sought to preserve the good name of his com munity? What shall be said of the J mob’s disregard for the life of the J sheriff’s little sick child, or the pit eous appeals of the sheriff’s brave wife? Brutality? Yes, the black criminal was brutal; but what about the bru tality of the white mob which mur dered Sheriff Ely’s little daughter and nearly murdered her father? TAG DAY. The Visiting Nurses’ Association observed Tag Day on Wednesday of this week. The day was ideal and tile , women and girls in charge of selling the tags brought in over $4,100. We 1 were delighted to see so many of our < own people wearing tags because the ] Visiting Nurses do not discriminate j in carrying their gentle and beneficent ■ ministrations to Omaha’s sick poor. ! They respond cheerfully to all calls ] for help irrespective of race, nation- 1 ality or color. The willing and cheer- , ful response of our people shows our \ desire to help on any good work in 1 this community which is broad-mind ed and inclusive. SCHOOL DAYS. Here is simply a word of greeting to our hundreds of boys and girls who have re-entered school. Do your best, dear children, to lead in all your stud ies. Let your conduct be above re proach. You are to be the men and women of the future and we are looking to you to become worthy men and women. We simply ask you to do your best, and you won’t fail ns, will you? Here’s wishing for you happy school days. Yes, we take political advertising, thank you. [ NEXT WEEK IS SEWING WEEK At Burgess-Nash When Everything of Interest and Helpfulness to the Home Sewer is Featured with Unusual Saving Possibilities. Burgess-Nash Company “Everybody’s Store” Your Autumn Needs Can be filled here at a moderate cost Thompson, Belden & Co. HOWARD AND SIXTEENTH STREETS ♦ McQuillin 1512 Farnam Street JOHN B. 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