8UPPRE8SINQ THE FACTS.
Associated Press Cover Up Real
Situation Concerning Organ
... bed. Labor.
Charges that the Associated Press
has wilfully and deliberately refused
ta print anything relating to the
strike at the Bethlehem Steel Works,
a favorite government contractor,
have been presented to the Senate,
Senator Owen of Oklahoma, In con
nection with a resolution calling for
an investigation of the conditions lead
ing up to the strike.
The resolution which was consid
ered by unanimous consent, and
agreed to read:
"Resolved, That the Bureau of
Labor advise the Senate of the con-
ditions leading up to the strike ot
employes of the Bethlehem Steel
Company, Bethlehem, Pa., and the
causes which led to that strike, and
whether or not the employes of the
nachine shops of this company were
required to work on Sunday, and
whether the work of the mechtnlos
and machinists was put upon the
seven-day basis.'
For the Information of the Senate.
Owen also submitted a number of
documents giving both sides of the
strike. In one of these, signed by
the chairman and secretary of the
strikers' committee, the following
remarkable statement is made:
"The Associated Press has refused
tc- send out any news matter re
lating to the strike. Either Mr.
Schwab or Mr. Mellville E. Stone can
tell you the reason. - It's safe to say
labor didn't bribe the Associated
Press." ' , ;
To prove their charge that the As
soclated Press has suppressed labor
news, the strikers point out the fast
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WHEN
SHINES WARM
You naturally think of Summer Wear lighter underclothing, a light
' weight suit, low-cut shoes, negligee shirt, straw hat, and all the other
things in the men's furnishing line that go to make for comfort during
the warm months of the year. This season we are better prepared than
ever before to minister to your wants along these lines. And, as usual,
we are prepared to meet you with regular prices that are lower than the
"special bargain prices" of others will be a few months later when the
season is drawing to a close and the stocks are badly broken. Every
day is bargain day at this store. And we are especially proud of the
Union Made Lines We Carry
Added to the superiority of the goods and the moderate prices asked
prices that are fair to both of us is the added inducement of the Union
Label, which will appeal to Union Men. The label adds nothing to the
retail price, but it adds satisfaction to the wearer and guarantees good
workmanship that was well paid for.
Union Outfitted From Head
to Foot
That's the way the Union Man may leave this store clothed in Union
Made furnishings from hat to shoes. Is that an inducement to you,
Mr. Union Man? Of course, but there is the added inducement of
splendid value for the money expended. We cordially invite the or
ganized workers of this community to investigate our goods and prices,
and acquaint themselves with our methods of doing business.
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that it refused to transmit over its
wires the written charges made to
President Taft by the strikers, in
which it was stated that tne Bethle
hem company supplied ..he Govern
ment with defective steel.
The Bethlehem strikers charge that
the whole power of the State of
Pennsylvania has been placed at tha
disposal of the Schwab company,
and "was used in the last two months
to break up a peaceful strike by
sending into the borough of Beth
lehem a band of bloodthirsty, mur
berous thugs to browbeat and stam
pede Innocent striking workmen back
to work."
The strikers further say:
"As soon as the news came over
the wire that Congress had voted to
build two battle ' ships by cop tract
under the eight-hour law Mr. Schwab's
agents at once ridiculed the law, by
saying that it would make no differ
ence to them, because they would
compel their workmen to work as
many hours as they pleased after
working eight hours on government
work, in case they secured Hie con
tract" Failing to secure competent men,
due to long hours, low wages, and
Sunday labor, as charged by the
striking workmen, the Bethlehem
Steel Company is now placing ad
vertisements in hundreds of news
papers in an effort to fill the shops
with child labor to work on Govern
ment work and construct for tha
United States work requuiring the
highest skill. Copies of these ad
vertisements have been presented Vj
the Senate.
STATIONARY ENGINEERS.
I "te Stationary Engineers' Union is
an accomplished fact in Lincoln, the
THE
Speier&SiMOE
10th and O
local's charter and supplies having
arrived the first of the week. The
local will meet at the Temple Satur
day evening at 8 o'clock and proceed
to permanent organization.
This new local starts out with great
promise. It has a charter member
ship of twenty, with assurances that
the number will be speedily doubled.
The rocks upon which the old orga
nization was wrecked will be avoided,
and a safe course steered this time.
The Wageworker wishes the new un
ion abundant success.
ALBION DEBATORS CRAWFISH.
'Had Wrong End of Question and
Knew They'd Be Swamped.
The Albion High School debating
squad failed to show up to debate the
union proposition with the Pierce
High school debating squad. After
investigating the circumstances we
can't blame the Albionites. The ques
tion was, "Resolved, That Labor Un
ions, on the whole, are beneficial."
Albion was to deny. The Albion
team had previously won with the
affirmative, and so had Pierce. The
two were pitted against one . another
to ascertain which should represent
the district at the Lincoln meet in
May. Albion drew the negative, anc
as a result "flunked," realizing that
there was so little argument on the
negative side that it would be prac
tically useless to tackle the Job. As
a result the Pierce team will repre
sent the district at the Lincoln meet.
AN OPEN FORUM.
Presbyterian Church's Labor Tempie
in New York Brilliant Success.
The Labor Temple recently opened
in New York City by the Presbyterian
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On the
Square
Department of Church and Labor has
r.roven itself to be one of the most
successful things ever undertaken by
the Department. The first meeting
was held on Sunday afternoon, April
10th, and was attended by about four
hundred men. An address was given
by Mr. Frank Morrison, Secretary of
the . American Federation of Labor.
The Temple is open every night in
the week for a meeting of some sort,
and during the first week, the attend
ance increased from night to night
until before the week was out, the
capacity of the building was taxed
to its utmost. Practically every night
crowded, three-fourths of the audi
ence each night being men, although
on each Sunday afternoon a men's
mass meeting is held, when there is
a discussion of social and economic
problems.
Some of the speakers and the topics
already discussed are as follows:
"The Problem of the Immigrant" b7
Congressman William S. Bennet;
"The Spirit of Neighborliness" by
Jacob A. Riis, the well-known author
of "How the Other Half Lives"; "The
Conservation of National Resources"
Weekly; "The Industrial Revolution
and the Times" by Dr. Josiah Strong,
President of the Institute for Social
Service. "Social Progress and For
eign Missions" by E. D. Soper, a world
traveller; "Women and the Industrial
Situation" by Eva Macbonald Valesh,
General Secretary of the Woman's
Committee on Industrial Problems;
"What Kind of a God Does the Bible
Present" by W. W. White, President
of the Bible Teachers Training Sihool
of New York; "Socialism and the
Church" by the Rev. Charles Stelzle.
At the open forum on Tuesday
nights, the most vital questions that
concern workingmen are being dis
cussed. All sides of these questions
are presented. The crafts identified
with the liquor and saloon interests
have been invited to discuss the ques
tion "Will the Closing of the Saloon
Help or Injure the Workingman.'
The exponents of Socialists will pre
sent their arguments for the economic
system which they advocate. In all
fairness, these and other topics are
presented to the audiences, but in
every case an opportnult.y is given for
discussion. It is hoped that out of
these discussions there will at least
come a sense of respect for the-man
who may hold theories contrary to
one's own; for however we may dis
agree in our economic beliefs, it ts
quite possible that our opponents
may be thoroughly sincere and they
should at least be given credit for
their sincerity.
It is the object of the Department
of Church and Labor in this Labor
Temple . to demonstrate what the
Church may do in a practical way in
the discussion of vital human pro
blems, and to create a sentiment in
favor of better conditions for the
workers and also to fight aggressive
ly in every way possible to secure
these conditions. Conducted upon
a non-sectarian and non-partisan
basis, there is no reason why Catho
lic, Jew and Protestant, and all others
who believe in the uplift of the peo
ple, may not co-operate in this enter
prise. And this is precisely what 13
coming to pass in the New York
Labor Temple. It is confidently hoped
that out of it there will develop simi
lar centers in other cities.
THANKS LABOR UNIONS.
Catholic Clergyman Credits Them
With Bringing About Chief
Benefits.
"All of the progress, all of the
benefits that have been conferred up
on humanity through movements la
their interests during the past hun
dred years are properly credited to
the labor unions, and the Catholic
church willingly accords that credit.
"Any church or any clergyman who
denies that credit is not granting rec
ognition to a self-evident fact.
"We now have philosophers like mr
self, who are lending their efforts to
solving these questions, but the labor
movement has created the philoso
phers. It has given them opportunity
to, study and observe the effects of
organization, and we philosophers
must accord labor that credit.
"In the interest of civilization, the
elevation of the toilers from the basis
of mere slaves to be free and liberty
loving citizens, has been the work of
the union. It is a good wwnc and they
have given a good account of them
selves In promoting the progress of
humanity. It is a worthy movement
in the eye of God."
No Possible Doubt.
"You can't make me believe," said
Mrs. Lapsling, "that the man the po
lice caught prowling around our
house wasn't a burglar. He denied it,
but they found a 44 calamus revolver
on him."
Culture.
Some people understand classical
music so well that they hardly ever
break in and applaud at the wrong
time.
'
The Ring of the
Maharajah
To One Man It Seemed to Cause 2
Many Deaths.
By CLARISSA MACKIE
Copyright, 1910, by American Press T
Association.
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"Yes," said Bentley, puffing at his
cigar and looking thoughtfully, at a
white line that marked the bronze of
his finger, "that is where I used to
wear the ring of the maharajah of
no matOer what."
"And thereby hans a tale, as I can
guess," returned Laidlaw, with a
laugh. "Out with it, man!"
"The maharajah was a friend of
mine. I hunted tigers with him, and
once I saved his life from the beast
whose skin, is under our feet." The
three men looked down at the splendid
tiger skin at their feet, at the tawney
beauty of the silken hair and then at
the cruel head with its snarling lips
and deadly fangs.
"I saved his life, and he was very
grateful to me for it. He gave me
rich presents, and then one day in
spite of my protests he insisted upon
my accepting the ring. It is a wide
band of gold with a carved amethyst
sunk deep in the setting. 'Sahib
Bentley,' said the maharajah, 'this will
bring good fortune, the blessing of
heaven and protection from your ene
mies. Come tomorrow and I will tell
you the story of the ring and how you
may use it to advantage.' " Bentley
paused and looked gravely into the
fire.
"And the next day," prompted Laid
law, "you went and"
. "The next day I went to the palace
and found that the maharajah had
died suddenly in the night."
"And so you never knew the history
of the ring?" remarked Eastman.
"Not until it made new history after
it came into my possession. At first
I did not wear it through some dislike
for barbarous jewelry, and then one
day after I had been thinking of the
old maharajah and deciding what a
white old heathen he had been I slip
ped it on my finger, and so I grew
into the habit of wearing it.
"One night I was dining with a lot
of fellows at the Calcutta club when
suddenly one of them, a little English
man by name of Ellsworth, caught tny
hand and examined the ring thought
fully. I was explaining the matter of
the ring to him when, with a startled
cry, he fell over on the floor.
"He was dead when we picked him
up," he said presently. "Heart dis
ease, the doctors said."
"And what was your opinion?"
"I had none. To me it was merely a
coincidence that he should have ex
pired while examining my ring. I
never connected the ring with the case
in any way. A year afterward while I
was sitting in the veranda of my bun
galow a servant announced that a lady
wished to see me. She was admitted
to the veranda, and I found her to be
the wife of an English army officer
whom I knew merely by reputation,
He was a hard case, and rumor had it
that he was disgraced and papers
from the home office were en route to
Calcutta regarding his suspension.
"Mrs. .Fitz-Norton was a very beau
tiful woman, quiet and refined, but her
face expressed the greatest distress.
She apologized for intruding upon me
and then asked abruptly if I possessed
the ring of the maharajah. I told her
that I did and that I had it on. She
asked to examine it closely, and I
drew it off and handed it to her. With
a little cry she pressed it to her lips
and" Bentley stopped short and
stared defiantly at his companions.
"And what happened?" they asked in
unison.
"Why, she sank to the floor uncon
scious and died that night," said Bent
ley, passing his hand wearily across
his brow.
"The devil!" uttered Laidlaw, look
ing pityingly at his friend.
"Poisoned," muttered Eastman, lean
ing forward in his chair, with brood
ing eyes fixed on the fire.
"Oh, it was examined for poison,
and none was found," said Bentley.
"It made matters very unpleasant for
me, but the fact that it was given tc
me by the maharajah was generally
known, and so it was forgotten after
awhile." .
"And did you continue to wear it?"
"Yes. After It was examined and
found harmless I did wear it for a
year or two until" He paused again
in a" manner that had been peculiarly
exasperating to his hearers.
"Until when?" exclaimed Laidlaw
impatiently. '
"Until the great tragedy," returned
Bentley. He was looking very white
and worn now, and the two men no
ticed for the first time the gauntness
of his face and the dark hollows under
his eyes. "I was engaged to marry
Miss Vivian, a beautiful young Eng
lish girl, the daughter of the officer in
command of the Calcutta barracks. I
wished to bestow a ring upon her, and
he would have no other than this one.
I told her the curse that seemed to be
upon it, but she would not listen; she
insisted. I gave her the ring, and she
died in sny arms!" He bent his head
upon his breast and stared vacantly at
the dancing flames on the hearth.
"Show us the ring, old chap," said
Eastman earnestly, Ignoring Laidlaw's
Indignant glance. "Perhaps we can
help you."
"No one can help me now," returned
Bentley listlessly as he arose and went
to a small caftlnet in the wall. Pres
ently he returned with a small ebony
box, which he gave to Eastman. Then
he reseated himself and watched his
companions earnestly as they opened
the box and rather gingerly removed
the maharajah's ring from its white
velvet bed.
It was as Bentley bad described It,
a broad band of pure gold, and sunk
deep in the shank was an exquisite
amethyst of . rich purple tints. The
face was exquisitely carved, showing
a pagoda in relief. It was harmless
looking, but very beautiful.
"May I have it for a day or two,
Bentley?" asked Eastman after awhile.
"Certainly. Keep it as -lQng as you
like, but remember that it will bring
you nothing but evil and evil in its
most bitter form. You have a wife
and child, and you should not risk dis
aster." -
"I will take my chances," returned
Eastman, with a confident smile.' "I
believe I know how to handle it, old
man." '
"Remember, I warned you, East
man, and Laidlaw is witness to my
warning," said Bentley, raising a hag
gard face toward them.
"That's all right, Bentley. And now
my advice is to go to bed and get a
good night's rest. You are all tired out
with your long journey and with the
recital of your painful narrative. I
believe I can help you, and I will."
They shook hands cordially with
their host, but it was not until they
bad emerged upon the street that
Laidlaw spoke.
"That was rather rough of you,
Eastman," he said indignantly. "After
he told you the story of the girl you
should have let the matter drop. He's
all broken up over the matter."
"Wouldn't you help him if you
could?" asked Eastman quietly.
"Of course I would, but he can't be
helped. He's either the victim of a
series of remarkable coincidences or
else the ring is a poisoned one."
"You are wrong in both instances,
Laidlaw. I have a theory which I will
work out, and then I will call upon you
to congratulate me." The scientist
spoke with an air of confidence that
impressed his companion.
"I hope you will, Eastman," cried
Laidlaw earnestly, "but you, can't'
bring back the dead, you know, and
that's what the matter with Bentley."
"Wait and see," was the reply as
Eastman turned in at his gate. When
he reached his laboratory in the top of
the house he flung his coat and hat
upon a chair and drew the ebony box
from his pocket. Then with a' power
ful glass he examined the maharajah's
ring with frowning brow that denoted
the intentness of his interest.
With a long drawn sigh he carefully
replaced the ring in the ebony box;
then he sat down and wrote several
letters, which he was careful to post
that night in spite of the lateness of
the hour. '
Several months passed, during which
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ring. Bentley lounged about his rooms,
moody and abstracted, while Laidlaw
dropped in now and then for a few
brief words of cheer as he made his
busy rounds. Eastman came, too, and
had long, quiet talks with Bentley,
during which he strove to learn more
of the life which Bentley had spent in
India, but he never mentioned the
maharajah's ring.
Then one day several months after
the evening of Bentley's return from
India the three men gathered at East- ;
man's suggestion in the former's
study, Eastman in his corner by the
fire, Laidlaw stretched in a steamer
chair and Bentley lounging in a great
leathern chair with his feet on the
skin of the tiger that had threatened
the life of the maharajah. They talked
upon indifferent subjects for awhile,
and then Eastman said carelessly:
"By the way, Bentley, I have discov
ered the mystery of the ring."
"What!" Bentley sprang to his feet
and then passed a hand absently
across his brow. "You have discovered
the mystery of the ring?" he stam
mered. "Certainly," replied Eastman cheer
fully. "You remember the day yov
saved the life of the maharajah?"
"Surely."
"It was a hot day," said Eastman
quietly. '
"So it was. Confound it all, but I
can't remember much about that day
except that they told me I saved the'
maharajah's life. I was glad of that,"
said Bentley simply.
"Can you bear a shock, old man?"
asked Eastman kindly.
"What is it? Yes, I can bear any
thing." "You are mistaken about the deadly
character of the ring, Bentley." He
spread three letters written on thin
foreign paper on his knee and went
on: "The old maharajah of no matter
what writes me he is enjoying excel
lent health; Mrs. Fitz-Norton, the wife
of the scoundrelly army man, is a
cheerful widow; young Ellsworth is
as husky and alive as he ever was,
and the only man who toppled over at
the Calcutta club that night was your
self, for It was the evening of the day
of the tiger hunt, and you bad suffered
a sunstroke on that day, and you have
forgotten and imagined things ever
since. You are all right now."
A look of intense relief spread over
BeTitley's face, his eyes brightened,''
and he looked from Laidlaw's bewil-
or quiet' strengtn. "xnanir uoa, ne
said. Then, with boyish eagerness, he
cried, "And Muriel Muriel Vivian my
love what of her?"
"Why," laughed Eastman, with sym
pathetic moisture In his eyes, "Miss
Vivian and her father are registered
at the St. Alexis, I believe, and"
But Bentley had seized Its tat aa4
disappeared.
