HARRISON PRESS-JOURNAl
OEO. D. CANON. Editor.
HARRISON. - - NEBRJ
LABOR'S TRIALS AIID TRIUMPHS.
NEBRASKA NEWS.
Tha daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N
Mackin, Miss Myrtle, met with a se
vere accident on Monday evening. In
driving home aha was compelled to
cross a bridge which had no railing
or protection, and not being able to
ae the way. the horse went too near
the aide, upsetting the buggy and
throwing Miss Myrtle to the ground,
resulting in the breaking of her left
arm just at the wrist and otherwise
injuring hen i t ' '
Lightning struck the barn of John
Ellis, two miles north of Marquette,
setting it on Are, burning four bead
of horses, two head of cows and two
seta of harness. The fire from the
bam caught the granary and burned
up 600 bushels of oats and about 300
bushels of wheat and a lot of hay In
stack. There was insurance on the
barn and live stock, but none on the
grain and hay.
Roy Wilson, a 4-year-old urchin from
Sioux City, he says, doesn't know
where his relatives live, wandered into
a saloon at Thirteenth and William
streets, in Omaha, and stayed till 12
o'clock, when he became a white ele
phant upon the bartender's bands. The
police took him in charge, and are
waiting for relatives to calL Hay don't
know their names save that his cousins
axe named George and Marjory.
Andrew Jones, a tottering, feeble,
white bearded man of "5, was picked
up at the union depot in Omaha and
taken to the police station to be cared
for during the night. The old man says
that he lives at Crystl Lake, near Lo
gan, la. He took the train at Atlantic
to come here to see his son-in-law and
daughter, who used to work at the
Nonpareil laundry, at Eighteenth and
Vinton streets. He was made warm
and comfortable on a cot and an at
tempt made to locate his relatives.
The prosecution in the John C. Wat
son case caused a mild sensation at the
opening of couri at Nebraska City by
charging that an attempt had been
made to bribe one of the jurors. Judge
Ramsey devoted the forenoon to an in
vestigation of the matter and overruled
the motion of the prosecution to dismiss
the jury upon the ground that the facts
developed were not sufficient to sustain
a charge of jury bribery. The court or
dered that the jurors must not com
municate with outsiders while the case
Is on trial.
Judge Ramsey has decided the case of
the Seth Thomas Clock company vs.
Cass county, for the county. The clock
was bought from an agent named
Wlckersham for 1381, and placed in
the tower of the court house in 1892.
As soon as Wlckersham drew the mon
ey he left for parts unknown. The clock
company lost the first suit, but upon
appeal to the supreme court the
decision was reversed and the case remanded.
George Crouse and Philip McCuIllven,
youngsters who live near the comer of
Tenth and Nicholas streets, Omaha,
were arrested by an exposition guaid
and brought to the city Jail by Ser-,
geant Hayes to be arraigned on the
charge of incorrigibility. Inspired by
the thrilling tales of yellow-back lit
erature to emulate the deeds of men
they read about, the lads ran away
from home several weeks ago and jour
neyed to the plains. Intending to sup
port themselves by hunting game and
to find amusement in the pursuit- of
Indians. The pair penetrated the west
as far as Fort Caspar, and finding i
difficult to get anything to eat except
by begging, they decided It wasn t so
bad at home after all, and returned.
Their arrest was the result of their hav
ing broken Into a number of confec
tionery stands at the exposition and
stolen packages of gum and other
sweetmeats. Crouse had In his posses
sion a key which fits the stands and in
the pockets of both boys confections
were found.
Hard luck fell to B. R. Lowrie. a for.
mer railroad conductor, a few week!
ago, and he was left a long way from
home without a cent of money, a pass,
watch or even a card. During the
spring he left bis run out of Blue Fields,
W. Va, on the Norfolk Western, and
went out with relative on a ranch
near Ewing, this state. He baa the ap
pearance of a bright southern man at
bottom, but apparently has suffered
from iU Health. Lowrie left O'Neill en
route to his home, and on the way to
Omaha fell in with W. A. Stewart,
man als wearing a button of one of
the Order of Railway'' Conductors. The
two 1m as aoHe (rtea dir. and Stewart
Induced Lowrie to stay over in umana.
Here he persuaded Lowrie to rent
room, borrowed a half dollar from him,
bought him drinks and the net that
Lowrie knew be was coming out of a
stupor in a saloon at Sixteenth and
.Webster streets, with ail of his personal
effects missing. When ueteetivea mi ten
ell and Drumtny took the case, tbey ar
rested Stewart C. Slmonoa, a Midway
spieler who was at the saloon at the
time .and a soortlng wosnan wis w
supposed to be a friend to Stewart. Bat
suspicion points to Stewart aJeae (or
In his pockets were found -, Lewrie's
passes, account books, earn eases, etc.
which Stewart said bad been given him
(or safe keeping. The watch was found
la charge of the bartender and the $16
In money Jia not been denniteiy lo
cated. Stewart has a half bushel of
papers and traveling cards of one kind
and another on mm, maae out in vari
ous names, and wears several lodge and
fraternal plna The police believe that
he Is a ajlpoenr genUssaas who works
bis (ace and winning voice for a living,
and has In this case taken advantage
' of a man In an unfortunate condition.
J COST Or MV1NO.
An Investigation Into the comparative
eoet of living at the virion European
capitals resulted In the following facts:
At Vienna the prices ef stoat articles
of food art lowest; at Madrid they are
dearer thaa la nay other oapttaL and
sac things as bread, meat, sasjsr and
sal are very expensive Indeed, At St.
jjVtefWbnrg also the pries of bread I
still asaillina a luxury above the
sisasie of the working classes. Nest to
VIosMsaTBisssils Is aa Inexpensive city;
Paris Is a little higher Ja the seals,
walls London Is still more expensive.
As A siliaa snails ow a m reran $M
a year for food, a Frenchman its, a
tfetsaaa tv, a Spaniard SB, aa Italian
4 aad a Kaaataa . Of ateat the
mattma onto Ms) asanas a year, the
V few sjaaa It msjss, the Oilman M
f js) v t tm.aa II pounds and the
1 - 11 per"- C4 bread the Amer
f if ' 1 1 t rWKlg, the French -
f f. .vt v.e.ssaaMsponos,
i n '1 H the Italtaa N
a -A t i ymb CI asanas,
I a r Uses sfpsaoa,
i i f , ryt St dais asp
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Several of the Pennsylvania iron and
steel manufacturers have begun to cut
wages again.
Carpenters' union No. (1 of Columbus,
O., has declared a boycott against the
Ohio state fair on account of the em
ployment of nonunion men on some of
the buildings recently erected.
The Building Trades Council and Cen
tral Labor union, the two central labor
bodies of Cleveland, O., are endeavoring
to harmonize their differences and have
appointed committees to adjust exist
ing misunderstandings so that they
Atlanta, Oa,, . pressmen have estab
Ushed an out-of-work benefit.
Kansas City organization have secur
ed over 110.000 toward the erection of
their new "Labor Temple.'
Three thousand workmen on the ex
tensions of the docks at Gibraltar have
struck for higher wages,
All boot and shoe factories at Quebec
have been closed pending an adjust
ment of the wage scale, which is to be
fixed for one year.
The national convention of the Elec
trical 'Workers' union will meet a
Pittsburg. Pa. About 200 delegates will
be in attendance.
Minneapolis clerks have secured an
early closing agreement, the stores In
terested opening at 7:30 a. m. and clos
ing at 7 p. m.
"It Is certianly coming to a fine
point," says the St. Louis Compendium,
"and to a dangerous point to the stabil
ity of our republican form of govern
ment, based on equality before the law,
when the secretary of the Interior
warns a labor organization that their
assemblies are unlawful
A Bellamy colony la to be started In
New England.
All the textile workers' unions in the
country are voting on a proposition to
amalgamate.
Nebraska employers are attacking the
law providing for a maximum of ten
hours' labor and seats where women
are employed. Women are being dis
charged who demand that the law be
observed
"It is reported." says the Cleveland
Citizen, "that when McKlnley arrived
In Canton the Dueber-Haropden Watch
company, a trust concern, gave its em
ployes a half holiday at their expense,
and some of them who refused to pa
rade or criticised the blowout were dis
charged forthwith. Now, will you be
good 7"
John Walton, a puddler at Erie. Pa.,
has filed a suit against the Amalga
mated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers, alleging that he was prevent
ed and debarred by the Influence of
the association from filling a remun
erative position with the Illinois Steel
company.
The tlnplate trust has already closed
the mills at Remington, Baltimore, West
Newton, Blairsville and Cleveland, O.,
and it is said more are to follow. "Prob
ably," says the Pittsburg Leader Trib
une, "it py lew wages In the aggre
gate now than it did before the scale
advances."
The Cleveland Citizen, In a recent Is
sue, says: "McKinley's secretary of the
Interior, with the taste of victory over
organized labor In Idaho still In his
mouth, has issued an order prohibiting
the miners in Oklahoma from holding
a public meeting to discuss their grlev- j
ancee. The plutocratic McKlnley ad
ministration Is certainly making a rec
ord for itself in its attacks upon or
ganized labor.
According to a repwrt sent to the
state department by Mr. Hagerman,
secretary of the United States embassy
at St Petersburg, the great Siberian
railway Is to be rebuilt even before it
Is completed. The reason given is the
enormous Increase In the business of
the road.
The dally average of immigrants now
landing in the United States is over
J, 000, the bulk of whom come from
southern Europe.
The three chief changes recommend
ed In the constitution of the Iron Mow
ers' National union at the recent con
vention were the provisions for a grad
uated death benefit according to con
tinuous years a membership, a more
liberal application of the out-of-work
feature and provision for the establish
ment of conference boards.
A financial statement just issued by
Typographical Union No. ( of New
Tork City ("Big Six") gives JS9.S92 as
the receipts of the organisation from all
sources during the past year. Of this
sum $32,936 was expended in supporting
unemployed members, 314.950 in death
benefits, $14,131 in salaries and office ex
penses. 13.463 for the "farm." $1,441 to
hospitals and $2,423 for strikes.
The headquarters of the International
Bakers' union have been removed from
Brooklyn, N. T.. to Cleveland. O.
"Since the trouble largely originates
in hostile organisations of men known
as labor unions, I should suggest a law
malting the formation of such unions
or kindred societies a crime. Surely
history furnishes argument sufficiently
In favor of such a course. I am forced
to believe that the only way to quell
these disturbances Is by the aid of
martial law a one-man power." The
above philanthropic utterances are from
General Merriam, who charges the
governor of Idaho with being wholly
responsible for the inhuman crimes
committed at Wardner, with Merriam
fen command of the federal troops.
At Elwood. Ind.. the strike In the tin
plate mills has been settled, the men
returning to work pending adjustment.
W. H. Evans, vice president of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers, whose discharge for vio
lation of rules caused the strike, was
not reinstated.
In less than a year we will be In the
throes of another presidential cam
paign. We shall hear much of patriot
ism, of pleas to hold up the hands of
President McKlnley and Indorse his
policy. Roosevelt wss elected governor
on that twaddle, and It Is hoped to
hoodwink the people sgaln. The Lord
spsre the day wfcen this government is
committed to military rule. McKinley's
policy will bring Dreyfus episodes, com
pulsory military rerviee ana oiner
things foreign nd shhrrent to Amer
ican ideas." Syracuse Labor World.
Edward Hardemeyer of Kokomo, Ind.,
is the latest Inventor to discover a new
A letter from Haxletoo. Pa, to the
New Tork Tribune says: "The numer
ous troubles in the upper belt of the
great anthracite coal regions of East
ern Pennsylvania recently Indicate a
spirit of far-reaching unrest among the
75.000 or more workers in the hard coal
country. Were it not for other matters
before the people the situation among
the miners' and their condition would
enlist the Interest of a large section of
the country. In a nutshell, the com
plaint of the men is that the prosperous
times nave missed them. Tbey declare
that tbey are working for the same
wages as In seasons of depression, and
their efforts for some time have been
directed to securing an advance. It
must be said, in a general way, that re
cently the miners have earned more
money, but this Is entirely due to the
fact that the working rime in the mines
has been increased in oruer to stock up
coal in anticipation of the winter de
mand. The miners in every region have
their grievance committees at work
laying their complaints before their
employers. The seats of the most seri
ous troubles have been around Nantl
coke. Glen Lyon, Duryea. Plltston,West
Pittston, Carbondale, Plymouth and
other parts of the Wyoming, Luzerne
and Lackawanna Valleys, but in the
Schuylkill, Hazletoo and Shamokin re
gions the men, while they have not
struck, have been equally active, first.
to secure for themselves the right to
organize, and, second, to get an in
crease of pay on the ground that wages
in general throughout the country are
being advanced. Tbey say that the
mines are shut down at unexpected
times, that for months their earnings
are small; that they should receive a
part of the recent Increases which the
coal companies made in the price of
anthracite; that the times in the coal
country have been getting harder since
most of the Individual operators of the
mines have been forced out of the bust
nees, and that the big coal companies
are driving anthracite to a large extent
out of the market. The situation in a
considerable part of the coal regions.
inhabited by 600,000 people. Is not cheer
ful. The miners are quietly but rapidly
organizing. The United Mine Workers'
union Is increasing in membership all
throughout the upper bard coal coun
try. At several mines they raised the
Issue that none except uplon men be
employed and won. The men have been
holding long and enthusiastic meetings.
National President John Mitchell or
ndlanapolis and other national officers
have aroused great interest by their
recent visit. President Mitchell says
that he is personally opposed to strikes
and he favors them only as a last re
sore. 'When they come,' he says, 'strike
with telling effect, and until the last
man falls. In the courts you can se
cure neither Justice nor your rights.'
Mr. Mitchell is of the opinion that the
men can gain many concessions If they
stand together. The Mine Workers' Un
ion is strongly intrenched In Ohio, In
diana, Western Pennsylvania and oth
er states: It has thousands of members
n eastern Pennsylvania and is grow
ing rapidly. County organizers are vis
iting the mining patches and starting
branch unions. Everywhere they are
urged to act as a unit."
Fifteen hundred members of the Jour
neymen House Painters' association are
a strike in Philadelphia in conse
quence of the failure of the Master
Painters' association to sign the agree
ment presented to them. The union asks
an eight-hour work day at 35 cents
an hour, time and a half for eztra
work and double time for Sunday. The
'scale has been signed by 116 master
painters, loO others refusing.
The navy department is pushing with
all haste the erection of the new mills
at Indian Head, to be used in the man
ufacture of smokeless powder. The
group of buildings in the plant will
number twenty-four, with a dally ca
pacity of about 2,000 pounds of smoke
less powder. Heretofore the government
has had to purchase this material from
private parties, and generally at ex
orbitant rates.
The boycott of the granite and free
stone cutters against the material to be
used in the new postoffice building at
Chicago still continues, and the con
tractors find It impossible to obtain
men to do the work.
The Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers will publish an offi
lal journal of their own. having re
pudiated their organ, the Labor Trtb
jne, which for years has been edited in
:he interest of the republican party.
A mammoth labor dlsplaeer has
uruck terror into the hearts of Chi
cago laborers. The big machine Is bor
ing a sewer forty feet beneath the sur
,'ace of a prominent street faster than
three gangs of bricklayers can lay the
brick to Inclose the sewer. The ma
chine requires but a 100-horse power
engine, and Its work is wholly auto
matic from the moving of Itself for-
war das the excavation Is completed in
front to the hauling away of the earth
ind dumping it on the outside. By the
:se of this device five men can do the
.tork requiring hundreds in the old
Tray.
u il..c ia fax.
ENTOMBED IN AN ARIZONA MINE.
Only
Snmmervllle, S. C (Special .) The
only tea plantation In the United S;.t;t
la at PinehursLa suburb ofSummerv
After ten years of patient ezpeiimei.t
It has been demonstrated that tea can
Dr. C. U. Shepard, the owner of t
Dr. C U. Shephard, the owner of t li-
Mnehurst plantation, believes that tea
can be grown at a fair profit in any of
the cotton-producing states, and that
within fifteen years there will be nun
dreds of tea plantations scattered thro'
the cotton belt. The yield at Plnehurtt
In 1892 was 63 pounds. Last year it was
2.000 pounds, and this year it is exoect
ed that the yield will not be less than
4,000 pounds. The yield to August Is
was z.suo pounds.
lhe Mnehurst gardens In all tea-
growing countries plantations are call
ed gardens cover 20 acres. Some of
the gardens are producing, others are
set out to young plants, and others are
in the experimental stage. The first ex
periments were such failures that Dr.
Shepard thought seriously of abandon
in gthe work. The plants were not
hardy enough for this climate. Seeds of
a hardier variety were secured, and
later experiments were successful. One
of the Plnehurst gardens is producing
an average of five ounces of tea to the
plant, which equals the Ceylon anc
Indian average, and Is double that of
Chinese and Japanese plants. A prom
inent tea-grower of Ceylon, who visited
Plnehurst, pronounced the tea grow n
here equal to any in the world. One
attraction for visitors to the Plnehurst
gardens Is the foliage, which Is a deep,
velvety green.
One of the first problems to be solved
here was the growing of tea In a di
trict where the annual rainfall Is i
Inches, while In tea-growing districts
of the orient the fall varies from 80 to
120 Inches. The question of moisture
Is a vital one. With an ample supply
of water the plants thrive throughout
the season. Ir. Shepard, therefore, un-
d era rained his land, plowed deeply,
stirring up and pulverizing the soil to a
depth of eighteen Inches. Draining and
deep cultivation have largely atoned for
the difference in rainfall.
Dr. Shepard originated a plan to set
tie the labor question here. The gar
dens are not large enough to retain a
corps of pickers all the time, and he had
great difficulty In getting pickers Just
when they were needed. He built
comfortable, well furnished school
house at Plnehurst, secured a teacher
and Invited the negro families who
live in the vicinity to send the children
to his school free of charge. The chil
dren are taught all that can be learned
In a primary school, and they also learn
to pick tea. for which they receive fair
pay.
The parents of the children are de
lighted with the pland and Dr. Shepard
has no difficulty in securing all the
pickers he requires when he needs tbtm
fro mamong the pupils. The children
require some Instruction In the art of
picking, but soon become quite expert
at the work. Only the delicate leaves
are picked, for Ir. Shepard's Idea Is
that the only mode of making a proflta
able crop Is to market a superior qual
ity. A smart boy or girl can pick 'M
pounds of green leaves In ten hours,
which, when cured, will make nv
pounds of black Plnehurst tea.
The cost of raising and setting out
the tea seedlings varies from 125 to 110
an acre, according to whether they
are raised from domestic or foreign
seeds. The cost of putting the land in
condition does not exceed that of fit
ting It for any other expensive crop
Seed from the Orient Is expensive for
he reason that only one of four ship
ments will germinate. The plants at
Plnehurst bear the second year. The
best Japanese tea Is said to be gathered
from plants 200 years old. Dr. Shepard
is of the opinion that plants In this
country will bear for fifty years, at
least perhaps a century.
The factory where the tea is cured Is
an interesting place. The first process
Is to wither the green leaves. This Is
done by spreading them on trays or on
the floor so that every pound covers
ten square feet of space. After the tea
Is withered (a day Is usually required
for the purpose), it loses Its crispness
and crackle, and can be rolled without
breaking. By rolling the oily cells In
the leaf are broken up and the Juice is
pressed to the surface, becoming foamy
from the action of the air and con
tinued rolling. An oxydation begins,
which is prolonged by exposure to the
air. rThe final - process of getting it
ready for market is firing with hot air.
Tombstone. Aria. (Special.) This Is
the story of a brave man, whe was
burled alive. He lived for nearly two
days while entombed 300 feet below
tbe surface of the earth, with thou
sands of tons of debris above him. Too
courageous to despair, be hoped almost
against hope for rescue. Too Iron-will
ed to give way to fear, be maintained
a cheerfulness almost phenomenal dur
Ing this ordeal, the horror of which
cannot be surpassed by any other man'
experience. He even so far controlled
himself as to actually say to his resru
ers when they had dus- within flftv
teei or nis imprisoned body: "Take
your time, boys." He was suffocated at
tne end of thirty-six hours. without
having uttered a complaint at the men
tai and physical agony of his fate.
surely this Is one of the most remark
able Instances of manly fortitude ever
recorded.
The name of the hero was Richard
nsher. He perished near Tombstone
Ariz., victim of a cave-In of the Tran
quility Mine, where he was worklne
vv nen the crash came Fisher was In
n old "slope" of the mine. Countlen
tons of earth descended, carrying with
them death and destruction, splintering
the big mining timbers as though they
were so many matches, and causing the
grouna in that vicinity to tremble with
the violence of the shock. Beneath this
awful avalanche poor Fisher was
caught.
it seemed Impossible that he could
have escaped Instant death, but the
miners immediately went to the labor
or rescuing their unfortunate comrade
Dead or alive, they would search un
til they found him.
Alter aigging a larenuv for Kim
hours they heard faint sounds comlne
rrom me region which they had locat
ed as poor Fisher's tomb and toward
which they were working. Hope replac
ed tne sadness in their faces, and they
renewed their efforts with all possible
ipeeo.
Could they reach him before It was
too late?
Old and experienced handlers of the
pick and drill were there, and vounr
men full of vigor. When one worker
fell out of the ranks from sheer exhaus
tion another Instantly took his nlace
Three hours more and tbey had exca
vated through 20 feet more of earth.
The next four hours brought them 30
feet nearer the doomed man, and then
the cave-In ground was encountered. ,
Headway here waa tedious, because of
the constantly running sand and dirt.,
whloh was removed as fast aa possible
and "lagging" driven overhead to hold
the superimposed weight
The nearer the misers came the more
distinct were the sounds from the en
tombed miner. The men worked on in
dlsperate excitement Twenty-four
hours after the cave-in they came with
in speaking distance of their comrade,
now some fifty feet or so away.
Fisher, who was a sturdy miner and
a typical westerner, who knew not the
meaning of fear, said In his familiar
voire, by way of greeting:
"Hello! boys; you are getting closer.
Take your time."
Asked If he was hurt, he assured hie
comrades that he waa not seriously in
jured, although badly cramped. Real
izing that In underground workings It
is especially hard to locate the direc
tion of the human voice, one of the men
asked Fisher to tap the wall with a
rock that his exact whereabouts might
be better traced.
Then came an answer which showed
the undaunted spirit and marvelous
fortitude of the Imprisoned man:
"I can't move; am pressed against
the wall, with dirt up to my, shoulders:
can't stir my hands or feet to make a
sound; but have plenty of air and can
hold out until you reach me."
Three hours later Fisher said: "Boya.
the loose dirt and sand have been run
ning down on me continually and grad
ually piling about my head, but I think
I can hold out all right"
At this the faces of his comrades
grew pale. They knew that he waa
being buried alive. Slowly the sand
-... .. '...- . , . . v. u.ni.v. ,11 ,,I ,
Presently It reached his neck, crept to
his chin, reached his lips and then his
nostrils. '
At this supreme moment the workers
wthout heard a sudden moan.
Repeated calls failed to bring any re
sponse. Fisher's soul had passed the
portals of death, and a braver man
never answered the final sumnons.
Six hours later the miners reached
his dead body. So compact and solid
was the loose dirt about the Inanimate
form that It required four hours of
ceaseless labor to extricate It
The funeral which followed was at
tended by every miner in camp, and
was the most Impressive one ever
known In Tombstone.
HOW A TEXAS RIOT WAS CHECKED.
CUIUS HE IS ROT A PESSIMIST.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
Wheeling has thirty-two stogy fac
toriea
Edinburgh carpenters earn $1.76 per
week.
Twelve American cities own their
ifas plants
By a vote of 3,212 against 27$ the
special convention of the National To
bacco workers will not be held thia
Call
An order for 400 steel gondola cars
for use on the Egyptian State railway
has been received by the Pressed Cat
company, McKee's Rocks. Pa.
A good deal of machinery Is Idle at
Fall River because weavers enough
cannot be found. The chief difficulty
Is In obtaining hands to work on fancy
goods,
The Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers meets In annual convention in Pitts
burg Tuesday, October 17. About 20C
t derates are expected to be In attendance.
A new cotton spindle Is said to be
itahl. nf rnnnlna? 9A SOA Mvnlndtfi.
process ror iurmn rommra .r iow , per minute, and. if so, will indeed rev
steel. Ifr. Hard merer Is stated to., ni...ini- k- m..i nmoa
i, n - ' uiareu a suit: hiiu i uiviurnu Of n
SSTe'hSSS ? sr.1 made br the1 n(S Birmingham, Ala., reports
rt.5r2r iLiufl pig Iron at $11.60 per ton, with none to
ised to msnnfacttire steel under tha
Inventor's formula. .
A Pittsburg paper states that Presi
dent sj-hfrsh. f the Cemsale . Steel
esmpany. has declared ia favor of aa
eight-hour dsy for worklngmen. He
sdvoeatso the enactment of aa eight
hour law by the legislature and its
strict swforcement by tha aathorlUsa.
In the coast ruction of tne new Wood
ms oswaty esart bowse, at Tales eCa
ir, Kasu INata Labor Comsat sstoster
BMSoaTW'.-sd ths sontrsetor that tha
eato eftrht-fcoar lav weM fcsvre to aa
that ha woW-l atuy par far stalrt hoars,
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spare to any but regular customers.
Reports from Trenton, N. J., say that
the potteries of that city were never so
crowded with orders and business as
they are at present Several of the pot
teries have Increased their capaclty.but
killed labor Is scares, which Is Inter
fering with tha fall operatloa of the
plants to sosse extent
Skilled labor is la demand oa the
water front at Saa Francisco. Ths last
of transports now la port has created
aa haansnse asaoant of work, aad la
spaas aas machinists, bcllerssakers,
ear saa tors aad painters are worfcUsg
nifM aad day, Sundays and koiisays.
Tne bolls rat shirs have hitherto been
wefttag atae boars aa afeln work aai
wttipf pa4d tar tan. Mow tkay -min1
aa si.M baar day wm ban boars' nay.
Edward btarkham Says Ha la Simp
ly In Earnest
Philadelphia, Pa (Special.) Rd win
Markham. who won fame by his "The
Man With the Hoe." is visiting here at
20(1 Chestnut street, the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Fell.
Mr. Markham, to a reporter, has con
tided the history of his early struggles
for khotrledge and the sources of his
poetic Inspiration.
"My earliest recollections," Mr. Mark
ham said, "go back to the days when I
was a shepherd boy on the California
hills. I was 7 years old then.
"When my mother gave up her sheep
range I turned 'cowboy and learned the
many tricks of the trade could throw
a riata or ride a broncho with the best
of them. Later I became a farmer and
spent many months walking behind
the plow, turning up the rich loam of
the foothills and preparing it for the
harvest Money that I earned In this
way I Invested In books copies of tiry
tnt, Tennyson, Thomas Moore and
Webster's dictionary.
"I derived much Inspiration from the
works of Victor Hugo and from Carlyle
and Ruskln. In poetry I was much at.
traded by the passion of Shelley end
by tbe Imaginative insights of Brown
ing. Swinburne was another favorite of
mine.
"I am now engaged on a poem enti
tled 'A Brief Against France.' I will
also deliver fifty lectures this fall and
winter through the New England and
Middle states. I shall have several lit
erary lectures, titles not yet decided
upon, but my chief lecture will be The
Man With the Hoe the Poem and the
Problem.'
"I will stay In Philadelphia for two
or three days and then will return to
New Torw to consult with the publish
ers of my recent book of poems. I ex
pect to come back to Philadelphia In
about a month with the eipectatlon of
making this city my permanent home."
Mr. Markham waa asked whether he
followed any especial method In writ
ing his verse or whether be wrote ss
tbe Inspiration came.
"I feel a strong Impulse to express
my deepest thoughts In life," he replied
"Verse appeals to me as the most fit
ting medium for the expression of those
thoughts. I may say, too, that the
verse not an end to me, bat only
means to an end.
"I bars been called a pessimist I r
far from being one. I am simply in
I study all the problems that
raisnl to salvo ar offer a solution of
the mo lira evils, such as tbe single
to as whether tbey art
to astro tha problem of ths
During the great railroad strike of
1877, when there were rioting and blood
shed In nearly every big railroad center
in the country, and when the riots In
Pittsburg took on the semblance of civil
war. I waa serving as a member of
Captain L. H. McNelly's company of
Texas Rangers, says N. A. Jennings,
historian of tbe Texas Rangers.
When the rioting began to spread
from one end of the country to the
other, about twenty of the Rangers
were In camp Just outside of San An
tonio. We had ridden In triumph
through the town, as ragged and des
perate a looking body of men as It Is
possible to Imagine, for we had been
for months out on tbe plains where It
was impossible to procure clothing
Some of the men had hats without
brims; others brims without crowns.
All were armed with six-shooters, car
bines and bowle knives. All were coal
less. All were ragged. But despite
our appearance, the people of Ban An
tonio lined the sidewalks and cheered
us to the echo aa we rode by.
Captain McNelly, who had gone to
San Antonio In advance of the men.
waa scandalized at the idea of the
Rangers making their first appearance
In a civilized community In such a con
dltlon. He had Intended that we should
ride around the outskirts of the city to
the place selected for our camp. We
all had plenty of money and he Insist
ed upon ua getting respectable clothing
at the first opportunity, which we were
more than glad to do.
About a week after be went Into
camp we learned late one afternoon
that there was a possibility of a num
ber of railroad strikers and their
sympathisers would begin rioting.
Some of tbe boys made up their minds
that they would go Into town to see
the fun, and they applied to Lieutenant
Wright for permission. To their sur
prise It was refused. The lieutenant
said he had received orders from Cap
tain McNelly to hold every man In
camp.
Just at dusk Captain McNelly drove
out to camp In a buggy. Then we
learned that the mayor of the city had
asked him to assist the police In pre
venting a riot.
"I won't do that," said the captain,
"for I will not be under the orders of
any city policeman, but If you want
the riot put down, I'll do It without as
sistance," The mayor studied over this and
finally agreed. Then the captain told
us to saddle up. In five minutes every
Ranger was mounted.
"Boys," said the captain, "I wouldn't
have one of those fellows In San An
tonio killed or she; for anything. I
have an Idea they're about three-quarters
right, but we have been axked to
keep them from rioting, and I want
you to do It. They're congregating on
the Main Plaza. Lieutenant Wright
will lead you there. Just give a few
yells and shoot In the air and I guess
there won't be any riot.
We started off on a trot and in half
and hour were riding down the main
street leading to the plaza When we
got to within half a block of the place
Wright yelled:
"Come on, boys! Give It to em now!"
With that he started on a full run
and we all went after him. We burst
on the plaza with a series of blood
curdling yells, and one of two of the
men fired their six-shooters Into the
air. About a thousand men were on
the plaxa when we reached It, but 30
seconds later we couldn't have killed a
man If we had wanted to there wasn't
one In sight. We dashed down a num
ber of streets after the fleeing men.
They took refuge In houses and wher
ever they eould hide themselves.
I gueas that riot's about over," said
Lieutenant Wright to the chief of the
San Antonio police, a little later, when
the men were all together once more.
If you need us again, send nut to
camp. Forward, twos right msrch!
An hour later we were back In camp
and spreading our blankets on the
ground to go to bed. Nothing more
was heard of a riot In San Antonio.
CONNUBIALITIES.
A New Tork woman had her sweet
heart arrested for theft and then mar
ried him.
In spite of the strict rules of celi
bacy in the Amana colony two members
fell In love and were married.
The number of clergymen who as
sist at a girl's wedding is not a certain
measure of the difficulty of getting her
married off.
For fifteen years Herman Reder of
New Tork had courted Jennie Bkaldow
ski. The day was set but one day
before it she married his younger
brother.
Sixty-four couples took advantage of
a Michigan fair association's offer and
were married free of charge. Some of
them will probably be burled at the
public expense.
A Napoleon (O.) couple were married
a few days ago, after an engagement
which extended unbroken over a period
of sixty years. The man Is (0 and the
woman 72 years old.
Who dare say that the age of chiv
alry Is past? Two aspirants to the
hand of an American beauty met in a
photograph gallery in Eau Claire, Wis.
Swords were conveniently hanging
on the wall. They seised them, fought
and one of tbe gallants fell, bathed In
blood. The ordinary French editorial
duel is not to be compared with this.
FRILLS OF FASHION
The popular plaids have found their
way Into handsome neck scarfs of silk.
A pretty bow of velvet for the hair
Is more chic and has more style If a
piping of white satin or silk Is stitched
on the edge. A velvet ribbon aa inch
and a half wtde, with a piped edge, la
very attractive.
The great dragon flies or darning nee.
dies for tbe hair, larger than life and
much more brilliant with their blue and
green gauze wings, should be used for
summer rather than' winter decorations.
Virginia Tyler Hudson Is the omhan .L.. " l. " r2.Z
daughter . of an old Kentucky ' family. , ron .Tan'oTnfo Tr
verv hleh and flarlne.
She la a lineal descendant of President
Tyler, tha oldest daughter of the Hud
sons always bearing the Tyler name
She was poor, but proud aad Indenend.
ent aad she came from Louisville sl
months ago to earn her bread by her
pen. She has been associated with the
Chicago Record. Anaud A Advanl Is
the oldest son of a millionaire banker
and laslgo merchant Aleetlnsr Advanl
of Bombay. He la a Brahmin and hi
family have lived for (00 years In the
Hyderabad presidency of Bombay. He
has been traveling In Canada and tbe
United States on a pleasure trio, and he
oecame a guest at a Chicago hotel last
week. Miss Hudson mat htm in the
osurse of bar professional duties. He
as snraptnrad with bar beauty and
waa teocbed by bar misfortune. He
waaad ber for three days with the fer
vor of bis race aad the chivalry of a
aiga-oreo gontiemsn. Tuesday laax. in
aosordanos with the custom of bis
casta, ha exchanged letters of betrothal
with tha girt bo had won. tha letters
bisa thing mntual devotion. Ha will
Cinderella aw ande
very high and flaring.
Increasingly great Is ths rage for
lace appliques In black, white and deep
cream color, used In elegant gowns,
capes, jackets, fancy waists, aad ia
high -class millinery for tha winter.
The receipt (or making a hat thia
year seems to be about the earns aa
for last seasontake any old thing and
put it together In any old way. Cloth,
silk, velvet ribbons and gauzes are
piled together Indiscriminately an bat
frames.
There are many cat steel buttons aad)
ornaments for tha waist, but asaong
the latest and most popular buckles are
large, round medallions showing da
signs In beads, many ef them most ar
tistlo in design. Tbey come in gold,
othnsr aad enanssl and occasionally
cameo beads are sot In tha metal.
Barrings of every shape and variety.
from the gypsy hoop stjia tat with dta
to tha sUv
pte near! and oars screw aattera. are
again displayed by tha jewelers, bat M
M to be hoped that this goat sat tafl-
aato a return to tha ana of aa
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