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"Well , b'gosh ! I may liave to diga little coal myself. " Cincinnati
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MAY BUY CAR LINES.
However , Cannot Operate
Her Street Rail wiiy.s.
Under the result of the Chicago citj
.election , in which the question of inn
nicipal ownership of the street railways
was the vital issue , the city can pro
ceed to acquire and control the railways -
ways , but cannot operate them. At the
same time the voters , while declaring
.that the city shall not proceed to oper
ate the railroads , declared that as
question of public policy it would be
desirable for the city to do so. Three
propositions were submitted to the
.voters , the first of which was : "Shall
the city of Chicago proceed to operate
street railways ? "
This proposition required GO per cent
of the total vote cast in order to become
effective.
The total vote cast on the question
of municipal ownership . was L'ol,171.
Of this number 1120,911 were cast in
favor of municipal operation of the
street railways and 110,200 against it.
In order to become binding the propo
sition to operate the railways should
.Lave received 13S,70l > votes. It there
fore fell short of tlTe required number
by 17,792 votes.
The proposition to issue $75,000,000
in street railway certificates was car
ried by a vote of 110,008 against 10G-
< j'G9. The question of public policy was
carried by a vole of 111,802 to 108,02. , .
This question has no legal effect what
ever , it being simply "Shall the City
Council proceed without delay to secure
the municipal ownership and operation
of the street railways under the Muel
ler law instead of granting franchises
to private companies ? "
Mayor Dunne construed the passage
of the $75,000,000 certificate and pub
lic policy. propositions as a victory for
municipal o.wnership , but expressed his
disappointment over the defeat of the
proposition for municipal operation.
The election was one of the most in
teresting to Chicago voters that has
been heid in many years. The vote was
much larger than had been expected.
and all day the contest for and against
municipal ownership was bitterly
fought. Party lines were largely ig
nored and the eligibility of candidates
depended more upon their attitude to
ward munipical operationof street cars
and high licenses for saloons than upon
their party records.
In Milwaukee Sherburn M. Becker.
the "boy Alderman. " who ran for May
or on the Republican ticket against
David S. Rose , Democrat , and W. A.
Arnold , Socialist , was elected by about
2,000 plurality.
The story of his fight is the most
unique in Milwaukee's history , and has
few parallels in the country. Becker
was first mentioned for Mayor as the
joke of a fireman , who had been given
hot coffee by Becker during a fire. The
idea took , and Becker ran for the office
against the strongest possible combina
tion , and was elected. The campaign
was spectacular. Becker is not 30
.years old. but he has served two terms
as Alderman and two as County Super
visor.
Weldinsr Copper nml Steel.
A French engineer is now enlisting
American capital to develop his process
of welding copper and steel. It is ex
pected that this combination will largely \
take the place of solid copper in the trans
mission of electricity. It wil ? also be use
ful in the manufacture of cooking uten
sils. A plant for this purpose is being
equipped at Chester. Pa. , where steel ingots
gets and bars will be turned out coated
with copper , aluminum , silver or bronze
\n the form of sheets or wire.
The Largest Stenmnliip.
The Kniserin Augustc Victoria is the
newest addition to the Hamburg-American
line , having just been completed at Stet
tin. She is the largest steamship ever
bui'lt , having a total displacement of 43-
000 tons. There are eight decks above the
water line , one more than the Amerika.
She has an a la carte restaurant , eleva
tors , fifty private cabins , gymnasium ,
electric baths and a palm garden. She is
700 feet long and .78 feet wide , and has
. pasenger capacity of 3,150 , besitha a
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crew of 050.
1 { ) < ) : > Year of Few Strike * .
According to data just published by
the Massachusetts bureau of labor , the
year endinc : Sept. 30 , 190. ! , was particu
larly free from industrial disputes in that
State. There were but 158 labor contro
versies. 1. 3 being strikes , 2 lockouts and
3 partaking of the nature of both a strike
and a lockout. This number , as compared
with the disputes of 1903-1904 , shows a
decrease of 40. The period was marked
by no largo or general stiyke , and , on
the whole , the disputes were of minor im
portance , and the number of disputes was
less than in any preceding year.
More dissension occurred in the textile
industry than in any other , the industrial
stoppages numbering 45. or about 29 per
cent of the entire number. The inhar
monious state of affairs in the textile in
dustry \vas occasioned largely by the in
troduction of new machinery , the electric
\varp-stop motion , together with the operation -
oration of the 10-loom system , being the
primary causes of the greater number of
strikes.
The decreasing number of trade disputes -
putos is accounted for in a large measure
by the joint industrial agreement and the
more conservative attitude on the part of
trade union loaders in discouraging the
resort to strike unless found to bo abso
lutely unavoidable. The sympathetic strike
in Massachusetts it is said , is becoming
apparently a weapon of the past.
Industrial Xotes.
Some of the garment making contract
ors of Boston arc attempting to reestablish
lish the 10-hour workday. The Boston
unions were informed last week , and they
immediately took steps to prevent any ex
tension of the liour.s of labor from the
present nine-hour day.
After a conference at New York be
tween John Mitchell and Samuel Gom-
pers , it was announced that Gompers
had pledged the support of the American
Federation of Labor to the mine workers *
organization. Mr. Gompers held that all
contentions of : the miners were justified.
The Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers has refused its sanc
tion of the strike of 300 skilled men of
the Republic Iron and Steel Company ,
due to the discharge of a puddler for go
ing to a saloon during work hours. This
moans that mill owners will be allowed
to dictate regarding the drinking of em
ployes when on duty.
Boston carpenters * district council
adopted the working card of the grand
council of eastern Massachusetts last
week. The north shore district council
also joined the grand body , absolutely
completing the organization for that vi
cinity. It now represents an aggregate of
about 15,000 men. The effort is to be
made for a uniform wage for the entire
district.
John A. Flatt , organizer of the A. F.
of L. in Canada , reports his recent work
in Montreal , Quo. : As a result of organ
ization among the workers in this city ,
wages have steadily increased. This is
especially noticeable in the building
trades. Molders and shoe workers have
also advanced very materially. Among
the unorganized crafts th % hours of toil
are long and the wages are shorter. Skill
ed trades have been steadily employed.
Eleven firms have conceded increased
\vasos to shoe cutters and only three re
main to be settled with. As yet the re
tail clerks are not organized and as a
consequence are working long hours.
Laundry workers , leather workers , metal
polishers , platers and brass workers have
organized. Printing pressmen , electrical
workers and fur workers ar < > about to
form unions.
Massachusetts State Representative
George II. Jackson of Lynn nas intro-
luced in the House a bill legalizing pick
eting during strikes. lockouts and other
abor troubles. The bill provides that
strikers may legally walk upon the streets
and highways in the vicinity of any place
where a strike is in progress , and that
they may approach persons working or in
tending to do so and persuade them to . i
discontinue. In many respects the meas
ure is similar to those which have been
ntroduced by the laboring interests for <
several past sessions. * Last year such I
bill was defeated in the Ilouse , j . I
MINES AEESHUTDOWF
ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS
SHAFTS CLOSED.
Pits East and V/cst Arc Descried
Hesriilar Troops May Guard Prop
erties Operator * Build Stocltadcs
and Riot * 3Iay Be Expected.
A half million of the members of the
United Mine Workers of America have
ceased work , awaiting the granting of
their wage demands by the coal opera
tors of the country. It is anticipated
that few operators in the southwestern
district , composed of Missouri , Kansas ,
Arkansas , Texas , Indian Territory , and
Oklahoma , will grant the scale for the
present and a prolonged strike may
follow. In Ohio , Indiana and Illinois
the same condition is anticipated.
That there is to be war in the an
thracite coal regions of Pennsylvania
is indicated by the active and thorough
preparation of the operators for a des
perate struggle. Besides a small army
of private well-armed guards , who have
been secured within the last three
months In anticipation of a strike , sev
eral troops of mounted state constabu
lary have already been called into service -
vice at various mines.
As a result of demands of the mine
owners , the whole force of Pennsylva-
nia's State militia , numbering 10,000
men , has been ordered to be ready for
service at an hour's notice. All this '
military activity , argue leaders of the
miners , indicates that the hard coal
operators are preparing for a supreme
contest in which they confidently expect -
pect to smash the union , knock out the
closed shop , and become once more absolute -
solute dictators as to wages and work
ing conditions.
Bitter Strusrsrle Expected.
Although less than half of the an
thracite miners are members of the union -
ion , the most of them having dropped
out through nonpayment of dues , fully
93 per cent of the men will be in the
great labor army when the war opens , i
ready to fight for the principles of un
ionism. There will be arrayed against
the anthracite employers in this strug
gle fully 135,000 men. The State mili
tia , it is believed by many , will be insuf-
ficent to control the situation if rioting
begins , and national troops will be call- j
ed in to aid them. For several months j
agents of the coal-produqing railroads !
have been employing men ostensibly to
serve as laborers and private watchc
men at the mines. Stockades have been j
erected where none was required hi
1900 or 1902 , and miles of barbed wire
fencing have been shipped into the an
thracite region during the last week.
Riot and bloodshed will follow any attempt -
tempt to operate the mines during a
strike. It was attempted in a small <
way in 1900 , after the great majorRy j
of all the mine workers had quit , and
men whose eyes .were shot out , children
who were blown out of their beds by
dynamite and women who suffered seri
ous injuries live to protest against the j
proposition to work the mines with nonunion - j
union labor.
Never before in its history has the
anthracite mining union been called t .
upon to meet a determined attempt to i
work the mines during a general strike ,
The sentiment of the community in the !
mining region is hostile to such atij
tempts and heretofore the operators
have bowed to public sentiment. At this
time , however , the operators think there
is no general sympathy for the mine !
workers and that the demand for coal
will compel them to work the mines , j j
That a great many miners believe j
that the strikew ill be a bitter struggle
between the workmen and their emii
ployers was evidenced by the departure t
of scores of miners from the Schuylkill
region. A majority of these men are i
foreigners who will go to their homes | j
in Europe and there await the outcome '
of the pending strife. J
Nowhere in the world is the feeling si
so strong against nonunion labor as in tl
the anthracite field. Thirty years have ;
not sufficed to wipe away the stigma Cj
of one day's work "in the diggings"G
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during the first strike in the region. In
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churches and in schools children are |
made to feel the weight and force of j
the unwritten law against nonunion labor - p
bor and social obliteration is the porB
tion of all who set aside the custom f f
of the region. j
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Illinois Miners Quit. |
Without demonstration of any kind , tl
but quietly as for a holiday , 350 coal [
mines in Illinois closed down. The
53.000 miners employed in the shafts
remained at their homes in pursuance
of the strike instructions issued from
the Springfield headquarters. Coal dig
ging came to an abrupt standstill prac
tically throughout the State.
At the 6utset of the strike , at least ,
violence Is not expected. Neither min
ers nor operators have given much con
sideration to possibilities along this
line. Later , especially if attempt is
made to run the mines with nonunion
crews , rioting and vandalism may de
velop.
Dr. Adolphus Rambeau of the manual
training school at Kansas City has ac
cepted an appointment to the faculty of
the University of Berlin.
Attorney General Mayer says in an
opinion on the New York election contest
that the court may order the ballot boxes
opened for a recount.
Gov. Higgins of New York granted the
requisition of the Governor of West Vir
ginia for the extradition of C. A. Hen cl
derson of New York City to answer the Jcoi
charge of selling stock under false pre oiP'
tenses It is alleged that he was instru P'z '
mental in the sale of stock to the valua z
of $100,000 of the International Mercan
tile Company , which subsequently became
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GRIPS EASTER ANTHEM.
OTHER , couldn't you go toll Mr.
Rollins that I just can't sing today
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day ? He ought not to expect a
boy j to sing who has had his dog stolen.
I ] know he's been stolen , for he never
missed coining in to breakfast before , and
I've ] been all over the place hunting for
him. "
In spite of her sympathy mother smil
ed. "I don't think Mr. Rollins would
excuse you , " she said. "You know this
Js j Easter Sunday , and everybody will be
out to church. You have been rehears
ing i the music for months , and the voice
of even the smallest choir boy will be
needed. "
"Well , I know I can't even remember
the words. All I can think of is 'Grip
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Is stolen ! Grip is stolen ! ' and I shall
want to be out hunting for him every
minute. "
"Come , now , " interposed the father ,
"brace up and get ready for church quick !
If Grip doesn't put in an appearance be
fore night , I'll advertise for him tomorrow
row , flnd then if he isn't returned I'll get
you a. new dog. "
"A new dog ? " cried Ralph. "Do you
suppose I want a new dog ? It's just
because -he's Grip that I want him. Why ,
he's all the brother I've had since oh ,
mother , I didn't mean "
Ralph had had a big brother a year
ago. Grip had belonged to Ralph and
Ro5 together. But Rob had quarreled
wth father about spending money , had
called father a stingy old thing , and had
said that he was most a man and would
earn his own money and never take an
other cent from father. Then he had
run away in the night. They had not
heard from him since.
Mother laughed to hide the sorrow in
her eyes , and said :
"You might as well talk of getting
Ralph a new mother if I were stolen
as to talk of getting a new dog in Grip's
place. Mightn't he , Ralph ? "
"Well , I could stand a new dog a lit
tle better than I could a new mother , "
Ralph replied seriously.
It all ended in Ralph's going to
church. It was the largest Episcopal
church in the little suburban city , and
to-day it was crowded. Even the aisles
had to be filled with chairs to accommo
date all who came.
Ralph was a very sober little choir
boy. He could not forget Grip for an
'instant. When the choir rose to render
the anthem he felt like shouting out , "If
j only knew Grip was safe ! Oh , Grip ,
Grip , Grip ! " instead of the joyful , ring
ing words of the Easter music.
As they sang Ralph did not notice n
queer convulsive ripple among the people
ple who sat in the center aisle. Men
reached down as if to grasp something
and then straightened up again with very
red faces. Suddenly Ralph caught a
glimpse of something that made him stop
in the middle of a word , transfixed with
mingled horror and delight. There , right
in front of him , was Grip , rascally little
terrier < that he was , looking up at Ralph
with an irreverent grin. He had wriggled
through under the chairs in the center
and | emerged triumphant and panting
ready to join in the service.
The music seemed to fascinate the
wicked little dog. Before any one could
stir he pricked up one ear and joined in
the chorus. "Bow , wow , wow , o-o-ooo ,
wow , bow , -woo , woo , oo ow ! " he sang
cheerfully , making fearful discord in the
glorious Easter anthem.
Three men on the front seat stooped
at the same time to pick him up , and
in doing so bumped their heads together
with great emphasis and missed the slip
pery little dog , who vanished behind
Ralph's cassock , where he remained per
fectly still and hidden , with his head
pressed close against his little master's
knee.
"Quiet , Grip , " whispered Ralph , and
the horrified congregation settled back
with a sigh of relief , while the ruffled
THE ANXIOUS LITTLE CHOIR BOY.
boir went on with the anthem . Ralph
) ined inwith new spirit , for , in spite
E Grip's disgraceful performance , his
recious little playfellow was safely
Higgled up against him.
Through the rest of the service Grip
x > k a nap under the seat , and his
were only audibh to the anxious
fittle choir hey to whom he belonged and
who sat with flushed face , very attentive
to the Easter sermon.
Even the recessional did not waken
Grip , but just as Ralph was disappear
ing in the very rear of the singing pro
cession he rushed after him with a short ,
sharp bark that somewhat spoiled the
effect of the re-echoing music and quite
scandalized the kneeling people.
Grip could hardly wait for Ralph to
SITTING ON A STEP WAS ROB.
remove his vestments. He danced about
him , pulling at his cotta vigorously.
Ralph gave him a ferocious hug , and
then was forced to turn and apologize to
the fuming and irate choirmaster.
"Ho doesn't know any better , indeed
he doesn't. I couldn't help it , sir ; he's
only a dog , " was all Ralph could say
to the little man , who thought the boy
day to see If you were all &Ilv& and }
kicking. "
"Well , I guess you're not going back'
without coming home to dinner. We'r
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going to have broiled chicken andc \ < 3i
cream all different colors and Wherol
did you stay last night ? " he asked , sud- )
denly.
"Out in the shed with Grip. Ho
caught me looking in our window at youj
all , and I had to muffle him to keep him ,
quiet. We went off early in the morn-j
ing and he's been tagging me around allj
the time , until we vrent past the church. ,
Thrc he scooted in before I had a chanos
to stop him. "
Ralph had been thinking hard.
"Say , " he asked , "is your job in New
York ? * '
"Yes. "
"Weil , then , why don't you board ac"
home and go in and out every day , like
John Rogers ? "
itch's face suddenly lighted up. "Do
you think dad would like it ? If if I
tjld him I was sorry ? "
"Like it ? " said Ralph. "You just
come home and see ! "
"Yep , yep ! " barked Grip joyously.
Father and mother were looking out
of the window when they saw the three-
coming down the street. Tie joyful little
dog , the little boy with the shining face ,
and the big hey with the white face and
the halting step. Mother screamed and
rushed to the door , but father took long
strides past her and went out to meet his
big boy , whom he folded in his arms.
Then mother had her turn. And Grip
\vus the only hero among them , for all the
rest were crying.
"I know now , " said Ralph as they sat
at dinner , "what Grip sang in church
this morning. It was his Easter anthem ,
and it went like this : 'Bow wow wow ,
I've found him I Bow wow wow , I've
found him. ' That was it , wasn't it.
Grip ? "
Grip -winked solemnly , looking very
wise , , and modestly scratched his right
ear. New York News.
Eunice Joy.
Easter tidings and triumph bring also
the joy of the day into view. How can
an event so wonderful in its hearings on ,
each life help but bring right before our
eyes the spontaneous joy -with which we ,
ought to worship on this day. "Then were
: he disciples glad when they saw the
Lord , " is the Gospel record of their first1
loly feeling. Does the day produce in ;
is that same holy comfort of hope and !
103 * , or has it dwindled till it is only ono'
roup of pleasurable sensations , that nev
er lift us to the realm of worship and ,
devotion ? Easter day is a very Alp over
topping all else and giving views of all-
> elow. For the Master it was the sum
mit of bis career , and for us it must bo
the same , for if Christ be not raised from
the dead , then is our faith vain. Be glad ,
unceasingly glad , then , that for us and
all our sins he rose from the grave.
En.ster FIoTver.i.
The roses were the first to hear
The roses trelllsed to the tomb ;
Bring roses hide the marks of spear
And cruel nails that sealed Ills doom
The lilies were the first to see
The lilies on that Easter morn ;
Bring lilies crowned with blossoms be
The head so lately crowned with thorn.
The roses were the flrst to hear :
Kre yet the dark had dreamed of dawn.
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and dog had conspired to spoil his mu
sic.
"Where have you been all the morn
ing , Grip ? " Ralph asked , when they
were finally outdoors.
"Wow , wow ; I'll show you ! " barked
Grip , scampering off behind the church.
"Here , come back here , sir , -we're go
ing home ! " called Ralph. He whistled
and scolded , but no Grip appeared ,
though he could hear him barking lustily
just around the corner of the church.
Ralph went after him , and there , sitting
on a step , with his head in his hands , and
Grip's forelegs almost around his neck ,
sat Rob I
" 0 , Rob , Prob ! " cried Ralph , flinging
himself on his big brother , while Grip
danced around them both , kissing them
and harking a queer , little , laughing
jark.
"Well. Kiclger , " said. Rob , at length ,
"didn't want to see me , did you ? "
For answer Ralph only hugged him
jarder. They had been such chums un
til Rob went away.
"You'd better be getting home to din
ner , Kid , " said Rob , hoarsely. "Mother
never liked * to have any one keep Sun
day dinner waiting. "
"She won't scold when she sees you ! "
and Grip barked "No , no , of course not ! "
and kissed Rob affectionately across the
nose.
nose.Rob
Rob laughed shamefacedly. "I'm not
coming home to-day , Kid , and you'd bet
ter not say anything about me there.
Look at here , " and he stretched out his
arm. "Same old suit I wore away. But
I've got a steady place now , and when
I get a new suit I'm coming home to
calL I just sort of had to come in to-
The faintest rustle reached their ear ;
They heard the napkin downward drawn { '
They listened to His breathing low ;
His feet upon the threshold fall.
Bring roses sweetest buds that blow ,
His love the perfume of them all.
The lilies were the first to see :
They , watching In the morning gray.
Saw angels come so silently
And roll the mighty sroiie away ;
They saw Illm pass the portal's gloom ;
He brushed their leaves oh , happy *
dower I
Bring lilies purest buds that bloom ,
His face reflected In each flower.
The roses rrere the first to hear.
The lilies were the first to see ;
Bring fragrant flowers from far and near.
To match the Easter melody !
"Rabboni ! " be on every tongue.
And every heart the rapture share
Of Mary , as she kneels among
The roses and the lilies fair !
Clarence Urmy In the Century.
The Linen Clothe * .
"The ordinances of the church are no
longer any comfort to me , " said a young
woman to Phillips Brooks. "How long
ago is it since you felt troubled over it ? "
"Just recently. " "Then be thankful that )
you miss Him in these remembrances , ' *
answered the great man. "If the ordi
nances have become like the empty clothes
which the disciples found in the tomb ,
then know -that your sorrow over hav
ing lost him will be like the sorrow of
those disciples. Their sorrow -was a pray
er for his coming , and a prayer which
he answered to their joy. "
An Echo.
"All the Easter angels hi the pictures
look so unhappy. "
' * Yes , the poor things' are not allowed
to wear bonnets. " Chicago Record ,
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