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A Hundred Years Hence.
A hundred years
lIence and whal natters all this toll and
strife ?
j A transient ! dawn a narrow little dar ,
And twllllht IIhall1.8 us for ct.rnlty.
Peasant ! and pOll'ntata will turn al last
And mix their dust , the worms will feed
on rach !
1 rnIIII'tln11 y. And If Indeed they Hpeak
7'he truth who tell U8 of Ii life beyond
Each will meet each before 1throne ,
Wleli each
Clean from the flesh , resolves Into 11I1an. .
Ahl Symbols oC n rest that Is ! no rest
Decking the worn out covering of flesh
With atone and brass , and banncrct and
Hhleh1 :
All It you wOllldlroAer'o their very dust
From contact wit a lesser kind's decay-
Vhat of the night ? Why were wo born
to sin :
And suffering who gains by our regret ?
Can we bl' even euro that al the elll !
Of all our trouble we shall be allowed
'J'o simply sleep ) eternity away ?
Will all lie nchlng hearts and weary
IImlm
Dlsco\'PI' Hlumhl1r on the other Hide ?
Or will they rise , as Prophets say they : \
will ,
Fresh to n happiness they never knew ?
I wonder ! All for me , I have no new
D.'malul to make I only plead for peace ,
. And In my pleading \ , 1 urn not alolle
Look to your : \ work who brought the
, thing to birth
' ) ho teemIng mllllolis with n single cry.
J'eacel wo re-echo. give us ceaseless
peace , .
We alllt no monument above our bones .
No pUah of nil wo left undone ,
Only a grave among other graves
Only to cumber nature for nn hour
Only to fun to pieces 011 her brcust.
Anti , falling pass beyond the reach oC
men
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NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD.
Items of Interest Gathered from Many .
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Sources.
Railroad telegralhers' union initiated -
ed 453 new members in November.
The general offices have notified the
local unions that ) the M. K. T. and St.
LoulH terminal strlles are still on.
During November the boot and shoe
workers' union spent In benefits for
the sick allli disabled $5,452.57. Death
benefits amounted to $92ri. The total
membership Is stated by General Sec-
retary C. L. Baltic to have reached
33,136.
Twenty years ago the wages of Not-
ttnghatn ( Eng. ) lacemaleers were as
high as $ SO and $3ri a week , and the
profits of the employers ranged up to
100 per cent. To.l1ay IC a man Is work-
Ing full time he may earn from $12.60
to $20 a week.
The conference between Herbert P.
Drake , representing Gov. Douglas
Mayor Coughlin and the secretaries of
the Fall River cotton mm operatives'
union with reference to a possible settlement -
tloment of the long continued strike
there , was without result.
Brotherhood of carpenters and join-
ers of America and the Amalgamated
carpenters International society have
extended their present working com-
pact until Jan. 1 next. In the Interval
the amalgamation details will bo com-
llletc(1.
Under the leadership of Interna-
tional President P. F. Richardson an
organization campaign among the car-
workers In Cook county , Illinois , will \
bo carried on for the next three
months. Several organizers will \ be
sent to the Pullman worls.
Dy a small majority the Iron mold-
ers' union of North America has voted
to Increase the number of apprentice
In stove foundries from a ratio of one
apprentice ! to eight journeymen to one
for every live. The ratio of one to
eight had been in existence many
'ears.
Frank Buchanan , president of the
Bridge and Structural Ironworlcers' International .
ternatlonal union , who was operated
upon for' appendicitis at Chicago recently
cently , Is reported to be out of dan
ger. The surgeons state that the
case was one at the most serious they
ever had in the hospUal.
Circular letters showing the cond'
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tlons under which mechanics and
laborers arc working on the Panama
canal have been Issued by the American .
can Federation ot Labor. Thousands
of workingmen are said to have jour-
neyed to the isthmus in the hope of
receiving high wages and npw find
themselves stranded and anstous { to
get back.
The 50,000 clgarmalers In the
United States and Canada are . voting
upon a proposition 10 nunoller all
union labels consecutively. The union
orders 1,000,000 labels at a time and
when numbered the label secretaries
will leeep track of every label given
out. In this manner the clgarmakers
believe they can prevent tht3 . use of
genuine labels upon nonunion made
cigars.
The coal strike In Germany continues .
tlnues to spread , the leaders evidently
losing control of the minors. Ithough
the Essen conference on Jan. 12 voted
against further strikes until the Mine
Owners' association returns Us an-
swer on Jan. 16 to the demands of the
conference , a number of meqtings of I
Individual miners' unions voted to join
In the strike. The number ot men now
out on strike has reached 68,858 at
ninety shafts.
Applicants for employment on the
Lake Shore railroad must puss three
examinations before they are accept-
ed. After passing the preliminary ex-
. animation , covering general education ,
character , etc , the applicant makes
three trips over the road. Then he Is
examined on flagging rules and whistles - I
ties , flag and hand signals. It he. .
passes he Is placed on probation for
six months. At the end of that time
ho must pass another examination before .
fore being placed on the list t ; ot em-
plo 'es. ,
In compliance with a new provision
of the constitution of Retail l Clerks'
International Protective Association
the secretary-treasurer of that organi-
zation has sent a circular to all locals
requesting nominations for the offices
of president , seven vice presidents ,
secrehlry-treasurer , three members to
constitute a board of audit and as
many delegates to the American Fed-
eration of Labor convention as the
association Is entitled to.
How trade unionists aid one an-
other Is being demonstrated on a building .
Ing In course of erection near the ter-
minus or the Northwestern Elevated
railway. The building Is to be the
home of John S. Kelley , a member of
the Plumbers' union. Nearly all the
work on the structure has been do-
nated. The plumbing , gas-fitting , elec-
trical wiring and steam.fittlng Is being
done by personal friends , and they all
refuse to accept wages.-Chicago
American.
A high mortality rate In , the ranks
of the Metal Polishers , DUffers and
Platers' union , Local No. 6 , due , it Is
said , to the deadly nature of the mate-
rials used in that class of work , has
led members of the organization to
seek the passage at a law prohibiting
the employment in the trade of women
and boys under 18 'ears. The Chicago
Federation of Labor has approved the
plan and has instructed its legislative
committee to bring the matter to the
attention of the state legislature.
When employers realize that the
I "rusher" Is not the average , but the
exceptional , workman , and should bo
paid accordingly : when they realize
that the least efficient Is entitled to a
decent living : when they realize that
It is not always expedient that they
- should bo the sole judges of working
- conditions , and that the workman has
rights also : when they are ready to
, consider manhood of as much import-
lnce as profits : when they cease rele-
gating men at 35 years ot age to the
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human scrap Pile , they will have done
much to remove the evils of which I
they complain.-Chicogo Inter Ocean.
"Unions must not rush men to Pan-
ama to work on the canal with the
Idea that they will receive high : wages
and have an easy snap. Every man
should have his contract hard and fat
before he leaves the United States. "
This warning has been sent over the
country by officials of the American
Federation of Labor. According to reports -
ports made by labor men who have
visited the Isthmus the wages paid
there are no higher than .in the United
States , although the danger of disease
Is n thousand times greater.
The Illinois state law , placed on time
statute books as a direct result of the
United Mine Worlecrs' strike of 1898 ;
providing punishment for all employers -
ers who advertise for workers or
bring workers Into the state during
time of lockout , strike or other labor
troubles without first informing them
In detail of existing conditions , is to
be tested In a Chicago court. Thd
plaintiffs are five shoe workers of Sl.
Louis , who are supported in their fight
by the Chicago District Council of
Shoe Workers and the affiliated
lodges. The defendant Is the J. E.
Tilt Shoe company , which will bo
aided by the Chicago Employers' association -
sedation and the Manufacturer's asso-
ciation.
At Danvllle , nl. , one of the best organized -
ganized unions is the Laundry Work-
work-I
ers' local , which Is setting out with
the new year to Improve the wage
standard , which Is exceptionally low I
at that point. The union is being directed -
rected in Its work by the secretary ,
Miss Blanche Brown , a popular young
lady In trades union circles. Wages
In the laundry work at Danville are
very low and the attention of the
union miners , teamsters and clerks
has been called forcibly to the fact
aDd they have pledged themselves to
aid Miss Drown "nd her girl members
to shorten hours and Increase the pay.
At present , mangle and hand ironers
receive wages ranging from 75 cents
to U per day.
An eight hour day has been sug-
gested by some as an Incentive to
greater exertion. Doubtless a man
will work with more vim lr he knows
he has to keep It up but eight hours ,
Instead of ten , hut tin eight-hour day : .
will not eradicate the evil. A man who
"nurses" his job , believing that by do-
Ing so ho Increases his chances of employment -
ployment , will do the same thing If
he had a four hour day. When workmen -
men realize that by limiting output
and adding to the cost of production
they are actually cutting their own
wages : when they realize that very
new machine which lightens labor
benefits mankind generally : when they
realize that greater productivity on
the part of the shooworker or the tail-
or adds to the wages of the carpenter
or bricklayer , by giving him cheaper
shoes and clothes , they will not resort
to artificial methods of curtailing out-
pqt.-Exchange.
Finding that the American Labor
union , which was organized several
years ago by Eugene V. Debs , was not
as successful as It was expected , the
leaders in that organization , with a
number of outsiders , have planned a
convention to form a new Inter-
national union on class lines. Time convention .
ventlon will bo held In Chicago Juno
27. William D. Haywood , Charles H.
Meyer and John M. O'Neil of the Western .
ern Federation of Miners : Daniel McDonald .
Donald and Charles Smith of the ArneI'
can Labor union , and Charles O. Slier-
man of the United Metal Workers are
the leade In the movement. While
Eugene V. Debs' name is not appended
to the call for the convention , the
other signers state that he Is In SYn1- ;
pathy with the movement , and would
have signed the document If he had
not been ill. The call states that "craft
divisions of labor hinders the growth
of class consciousness of the workers
and taster the Idea of harmony between -
tween employing exploiter and em-
ployed slave. " The men behind the
proposed organization are acting as In-
dividuals. They desire to form a body
that wm compete with the AmerIcan
Federation of Labor.
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