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. , \Vculth's shadow once Cell on mv door ,
. . rorttclllllg hlhiH HlIll gifts galore :
But 1 with llrcullul nllll thytnes that \Iuy
'Vall bus ) ' . So ho event 1WU ' .
Then Fame . with nil electric slloel
Gave to ' door knock
my n slJemlllg :
But I still wedded was to art .
1 And let my lofty guest depart' .
At last grown wise os years went by .
I fiR W one other hovering nigh :
. "X'was Love who caught mc 111 his act
Where I am helll , taut happy ) yel
I -Joel Benton \11 \ the September \\'OI\1:1I1'S
Monte ComplllllolI.
NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD.
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Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.
Workers In sugar plantations ) ) In
southern ! dalltornla will shortly lie
lrgnnlzel1. :
Journeymen 'fallors' International )
Union wm hold a convention in
Bloomington , 111. , during the month
Dr Jalluary.
The third annual convention oC the
International Hod Carriers and Bulid
t. lug Laborers' Union of America will
i meet In Minneapolis , beginning Jan. I ,
1905.
if Over fifty of the sixty-five national
" J ; .nd international unions connected
' with the American Federation have
&EJ their chief officials Auierlcan . born
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mcn.
The International Brotherhood oC
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Book Binders wm hereafter publish
I an official organ direct , and the of-
, flee of publIcation may be In Chi
4'j eago
A An appeal has been made to the
) l s striking ! mill girls of Fall RIver , l\Ias : ,
by the 'Woman's trade Union league of
Boston to enter household work In
that city.
The labor unions of Los Angeles
\ . . t CaJ. , have purchased several building
,
I lots in the heart of that city , and arc
L about to begin the erection' a $50 ,
l 000 labor temple. A .
The Clgarmakers' union was the
first labor organization to advocate au
eight hour da ) ' . This unIon succeed 'l
In establIshing It on May 1 , 1886 , and
it has been In force constantly ever
since
1 j. Labor unions , arc slowly malting
their way Into Mexico. The ) larger
railroad brotherhoods have lodges In
that country and the machinists and
others are now following in their
waIte.
The Order of Railway Conductors
each year sets aside a day that Is ob
served as memorIal day , on which Its
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dead members are remembered. The
graveR of such are visited , flowers
placed upon them and addresses are
delITered.
There Is a movement on foot to
have the clgar-malters. garment workers .
! ' ers , hatters , shirt waist and laundry
workers and boot and shoe workers
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join hands and each subscribe an
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t ? equal amount and keep ) several label
agitators on the road , visiting trade
unions and other organizations advo-
fating these labels
' D. 10' . Kenned , general organizer or
the AmerIcan Federation of Labor for
the State of Indiana , discussing the
, labor situation the other day , said the
trade unionists of the Hoosier State
were enjoying peace ) and lll\rmony.
The tact that crops this year were
" ' : Ii plentiful was cited as an Indication
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that employment would be good In
the coming winter.
John Mitchell , president or the
United Mine Workers of America , will
- be the principal speaker at the con.
venllon or the Minnesota Educational
association , to be held In St. Paul during -
ing the Christmas holIdl's. : Arrange.
ments are still incomplete , but Mr.
Mitchell has been assigned the ques
tion , "How May the Schools or the
State Simplify the Problems of Labor
and Capita ! . "
, The labor secretarIes Ilt Fall River ,
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I 1\1as. , acting under the instructions
of the 'l'extlle council Issued u signed
nlllleal to the cotton mill strikers bearing .
lug on the proposed attempt or the
manufacturers to reopen the mills. I
The appeal 1 advise the operatives to
remain away from the mills and ShoW
by their conduct that they arc determined -
mined not to relu-n to work until an
honorable settlement Is effectod.
Hannah Monroe , president or the
'Vahwonwn's union of Richmond Vu. ,
has Issued IIn address to her sister
of the tub and washboard throughout
the South. She urges washwomen to
organize against their "opprosors , "
the "heathen dunce " She says the
male Chinamen , Instead of "doing
men's work , " arc driving the hon 6t
and poorly paid colored women from
their natural calling of laundry worlt.
Hannah Monroe , It Is said , was born n
slave. She threatens to become the
Carrie Nation of the washwomell's
movement and begin a series or raids
against the offending Chillamen.
Formal notice that the charter at
the Chicago Federation or Labor had
been revoked and that the OI'gulll7.I\
tion was expelled from the AmerW3.n
Federation of Labor was fihven to Sl'C'
retary E. N. Nockels by telegraph , 'ro
comply with the Instructions or the
executive council the federation will
bo obliged to expel from membership
the Chicago locals oC steamfitters' and
Franklin union , No 4 , of pressCeeders.
The pressmen claim jurisdiction over
the pressfccdel'B and the 111umbol'1
over the steamfitters. It was at tilt
Instance of these two organizations
that the Chicago Federation of Labor
was expelled from membership In the
national body.
A contest If expected In Congress :
next winter . waged hy the labor men
of the Pacific coast , for legislation )
to protect seamen from the importation .
t10n of Chinese crews 011 American
vessels. Recently the Pacific Mail \
steamship Siberia brought In a crew :
of 270 coolies , destined for the new I .
steamship Manchuria , which recently
arrived at San Francisco from Nor.
folk , Va . where It was bum. The
coolies escape arrest and deportation
on the technicality that there Is no
actual landing of the Chinese In the
United States , and therefore the conS
tract labor law 115 not violated. It ) tal.
lows , of course , that the decks ot
these American steamships are no
longer regarded as American so\1. \
The Central Labor Union of Indianapolis .
alolis ) Is receiving no end at praise
I on Its recent change of the constitution
tion in which it embodied a. ) propost
Lion to do away with an old method
of raising funds for the tributary organizations .
ganlzatIons by publishing souvenir
pamphlets , advertising for which is
solicited from business men. The nr
gUl11ent advanced that such solicitation .
tlon Is an Imposition on merchant Is
undoubtedly correct. It the demand
for this advertising were confined to
the labor union souvenirs little oh-
JectllJll could be raIsed , for these pant-
phlets are after all , not burdensome-
ly I numerous They form but a small
fl'a tlon of the booklets and other transient -
slent p\'bllcatlons In which business
men arc urged to take advertising
space.-Chlcago Record-1I erald.
For years the farmer has been
counted upon as being on the side opposed '
posed to trade unions and until with-
In the last few years ho undoubtedly
was. UnderstandIng little of the con-
dltlons. and knowing nothing of the
aims objects and purposes of labor
organizations the farmer was easily
misled by the unfair attacks upon la.
bar organizations Into bitterly opposing -
Ing them. Now the farmer Is beginning .
nlng to realize that his interests and
the interests of other laboring men
are hlentlcal. Be Is no longer misled
by the statement that ho Is a. "capi-
tallst" and In the same class with the
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so'cnlled "captains or industry " fru
far has his education proHressed alone
this line that throughout the Bothh.
west and In llIlnols there are to.dny
a large number of farmers' unions.
The 1111111lgrntlou nut horltlCl have
tlllten steps to block time landing oC I
:100 : Uclgilln glussworltcrs , who are
coming to this counll'y to take the
places of Amerlclln workmen who are
on strike against a 25 per coot reduce
tlon In wnges. W. S. Phillips or Clo\'e.
laud , Ohio , president of limo Aumulia-
mated Association Window Gluss-
workers , Is responsible for the recap-
tion these lI10n will I'eoelve. A row
days ago ho received u letter to the
effect that the mon were coming , and
he al OIlCe notified Immigration tn-
spcctors In Baltimore , New York and
Phlllldelphlll , where vessels land I
bringing Europeans to this country.
When these glasswol'lcr8 try to land
they will have to answer a severe
cross . examination. If It can be proven -
en that they are coming hero under
contract they will be ont hllcl
Lake ccamell Rntlclpntu trouble
when IIlwlglltlon opens next 60:1Ion. ;
Humors that have been spread along
the chain oC lakes that vessel owners
next season will adopt some method
of ascertaining UJ much nll : possible
or the antecedents of their emplo'e8
It Is said a list of questions will bo
presented to every man applying for
3. position 011 a vessel , and only after
ho has given satisfactory replies over
his signature will time applicant Htallli
IL chance or getting 11 position on n
hoat. Seamen profess to see In this
a move to disrupt their organIzation ,
and say that a slml1l1r system had
been put In operation ) two 01' three
years ago but was abandoned at the
time , after a violent ) protest by the
lake Eeamen A similar protest will
ho made nt this time as soon 118 It Is
lIown ) along what lines the project Is
to he carried oul.
A wcll.lmown writer on trade union
subjects has been doing some figuring
which ho used In the following nhnn-
nor : A conservative estimate of the
number oC organized wage . earners
and the amount they cnrn-and oC
necessity spend-shows in a truly
startling manner the tremendous power ) '
er they could wield If theIr wages
were always Spent after they had given -
en due thought to their heat Inter-
est.3. Taking the 2,250,000 members
of trade unions and basing their
wages at $1.50 per day for 300 days
In the year , we timid that this gives
them 11 purchasing strength or $1.012"
1i00.OOO per ) 'car , 1'l1ls Bum-so great
that It Is dllllcull and well.nlgh impossible -
possible ) to appreciate Its Infiuence-It
used to pay rent for homes built by
union labor and In purchasing the IW-
ceR.ltles ! of life , that were manufactured -
tured or procured by organIzed worl
men , would soon work a revolution In
every industry In the land.
An automatic pacltlng machine has
been Invented In Paris. "By mean
of this apparatus , which Is almost
human In Its action , " says the Scien-
Ill1e American , "It Is possible ) to fashion .
Ion the package ) , charge It and then
seal It , ready for transit. The appliance -
anco Is a combination of n. . weighing !
machine and a luclter. First the machine -
chine cuts off the requisite length of
lead , paper , or whatever is utilized for
the envelopes , from n continuous tray-
cling band , pastes ) and bolds Into
shape , leaving the mouth of the bag
opcn. The package then passel : aloing
stopping In Its IHlssnge for a moment
to receive Its contents of tea , sugar
or cereals through a Cunnel. It makes
another forward movement , and un
electric pressure piston , comes into
action and rams down the content to
the minimum vOU1l10 , 13y a further
series oC operations the has is shaken
Into shape , pressed , and the ends are
folded down , pasted , and then labeled
Not once durIng the operation Is the
hag or Its contents touched by hands.
The Inventor has been engaged for
three years upon the device When
perfected It will perform ) the work of
seventy people and complete the
whole cycle of operation at a speed
or forty packages per minute , thus effecting - ,
fectlng remarkable Saving In time and i
expense. "
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OVER GRAVE OF GTANLEY. I
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Immense Monolith Marks Resting ,
Place of Great Explorer :
There tEJ something rough , nmgnl ,
cent amid olellwntal about , the mono.
lith watch has boon platted over Stan-
10)8 Bravo In Ph'hl'lgllt churchyard ,
Wnl s. It was "IlIly ( Stunley's idea
that It houlll bo 1l great unl.1own ,
stone , and as to the inscription pho
wrote : "I desll'o simply } iris mono , Ilert-
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ry Morton Stanley : beneath It his
great Afl'lcnn / anise , hula l\Iatal'l-tho
flock Bl'ealwl' For l olllallh ) , time Aln-
gun word 'Africa , ' and , above all , limo
emlllel1l nail aU.'iIll'anco of life ovor-
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lasting-tho Cross of Christo" After
many days had been spent ) In n fruitless . -
less search on Dl\l'tmoor , largo grnn'
ito 1l1onolllh was discovered Oil
l.'renchbeer farm. Il formed part } of II
fence on the road side. Three faces !
had been fully exposed for many years
and time owner , Mr. Robert Stark , and i
the tenant , 1\11' George l\fol'thnOl' , only
stipulated that a brass Plato should ho
fixed to n smaller atone Stating that
from the spot was removed ( time stone
which now stands at the head of Stau.
ley's grave. I
Two Towns Claim Taxes.
A novel tax case hits arisen between
the adjoining towns of WlnthroJ ) and
Rcadtleld , in Mnlne A. ' 1' " Knowlton
lives on the line between the two
towns. The main part of his house Is
In WInthrop , the lIne running through
the dining room and kitchen In the ell
The barn is I In TIendfleld. It Is claimed
by Wlnt1ll'oJ ) that for twont'elght
years : up to two years ago thin owner
of time farm was taxed In that town , . (
pitying his taxes Ulcro. Hendflold has
brought an action to 110termlno to . '
which town iw shall pay ) his taxeol
Punk Punishment.
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boy is made to stand and hold a slew- i
del' stick of lighted punk till It burns '
out. If ) ho II caught breaking oft time
lower end of the stick a second lJUn.
Ishment Is al1l1el1.
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Pigeon Chums wIth Cat. ; .
The story comes from Newcastle ,
England , that a pigeon became u great
friend of a cat and since the cat has
had a kitten has transferred Its affections .
tlons to the kitten and sIleudfl moat
I or its time sitting on It and pla'lnq
with H.
