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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1902)
TITE OMAHA DAILY SUNDAY, OCTOllEI. 1f, 1902. in NOTED BATTLES OF LABOR V i.n' lthk l!i.T.d t. 1 th IWiest in ths Unittd lutss. OPERATOR, MINER, CONSUMER MNCHED ltevlew of Former ftlraasjlea Brlwrti Labor anal Capital, lavolvlaa a of Ufa and Dentreo tloa of Property. The alrlke of the anthracite coal miners promises to go down in history as tba cost liest war between capital and labor since the republlo was founded. There have been more desperate struggles, causing arreater loss of life and deatructlon of property, urn aa the railroad strikes of 1877. the Homestead tragedy and the ao-called Deba rebellion, but none of theae struggle ap proached in duration and direct fluanoial loea the anthracite miners' itrlk of ll02. li la twenty-three weeks alnce the mlnera quit work and the loaa occasioned by the ahuldown of the mines li estimated by the rhlladelphla Ledger at tl36.0O0.0O0. The es timate covers the miner' losses In wages and lossee to the owners of the mines, but whether tt Includes the cost to consumers by reason of the greatly increased price of hard coal la not atated. The tatter item of cost U incalculable. In the seaboard cities bard coil doubled and trebled In price, and very little could be bad at any price. In Chicago and tributary towns prices more than doubled, and in Omaha the advance was $7.60 above the ruling price In October, 1901. Bradstreet esti mated the losses sccasloned by the Debs revolt at IIOO.OOO.OOO more than one-bait of which la charged to the employes of rail ways and other wage workers. This esti mate flies the aum of $20,000,000 as the amount of wages lost by railroad employes and $35,000,000 as the lose of other em ployes in the various branches of business which were closed, or partly so. by the strike. The rest Is made up of losses suf fered by railroads, the government, merch. ants and others. Where Troable Breeds. Tbs mining Interests of Pennsylvania are easily the most fruitful source; of labor troubles Jn the United States. It Is evi dent . from the record that the owners of the mines possess a greater stock of greed and arrogance than any other elasa of mine owners. Rapacity la scarcely an adequate term to describe their principal charac teristic, for while tbey hold a practical monopoly of the product and Us their pries at will, they fleece their workmen by means of the company stores, short weight, false measurement of care, and low wages. Al most annually, the miners have struggled to fair treatment, gaining a little at each step, but at tremendous cost. So deep rooted is tbs greed of the operators that they have repeatedly changed the racial characteristics of their employes In the last thirty years. Long ago American mln era were driven from the region because they dared demnnd their right. Welch mlnera were also exiled for like reasons, and the mines Oiled with workmen Im ported from Europe. This method or break ing a strike was destroyed by the federal contract labor law, but the operators have somehow managed to keep about the mines a large number of foreigners aa a part of their plan to weaken the growing spirit of unionism.' In the present strike, however, the foreigner proved as loyal to ths cause as the more intelligent workmen, practi cally forcing the operators to come to term or abandon the mines. Some Famous Strikes. It Is instructive to review In this con nection some of the great labor struggles which marked the last quarter of the nine teenth century. The first strike of national importance was that of the telegraph oper ators in the summer of 1871. That strike was confined to commercial operators mainly, as was that of 1883. The principal cause of the former was a reduction of salaries. Borne concessions were granted and the men returned to work. The great atrlka of 1883 waa cauaed by a refusal of the company to accede to certain demanda of the operators, namely: Regulation ef the houra of labor, making nine hours a day's work and aeven and a half hours for night work; 15 per cent Increase In wagea; extra pay for extra work; all Sunday work extra and womea to be paid the aame wages as men for the aame class ef work. Ths strike started July 17. In exactly one month the mea returned to work, soma of the objects sought having been granted. A minor, strike among operators occurred In 1890, and waa confined to the Rio Orands and Denver at Gulf railroad systems. The great railroad strike of 1877 began on the Baltimore ft Ohio railroad at Martins- burg, W. Va. The immediate cause of the struggle waa a reduction of 10 per oent in wagea. The reduction waa the last straw labor's back could bear. Employes had borne Innumerable burdens patiently. Work was irregular, pay days were few and far between and expense bills remained unset tled. The order for a cut created an ex plosion that convulsed the country. 1'he flame started at Martlnsburg on the morn ing of July 17, spread with the uncontrolla ble fierceness of a prairie fire, enveloping the Pennsylvania Central, Erie. Lake 8 nor SiGcpfoQcnaso Is akin to insanity. Many a woman re alizes this as she lie awake hour by hour, peopling the darknes with phan tons, starting at the creaking of the bed the bedclothes. Snch eymp totna in eeneral point to disease of the delicate w o ns a 1 t or gans, and a con stant drain of the vital and nervous forces. This condition cannot be over come by sleep ins' nowdera. The diseased condition must be cured before the conse quences of dis ease are re moved. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription cures the woxnanl v disease which cause nervous neaa aad aleer lessnesa. It is the best of tonics and in vigoranta, nourishing the nerves, en couraging the appetite and Inducing refreshing sleep. Irregularity, weaken ing drains, inflammation, ulceration and female weakness are perfectly cured by Favorite Prescription." Mr wi.e was mirk fur over eight year, writes Albert H. Full. Kq , of Altainoa . ttraady C. Ttua. She had uteris dianMud was treated by two ohyaloaus aad gut no relief. At last I read about Dr. Pierce's atedidaae aad we de cided to try hU Mvurita Vreacnpttoa ' I ant to the drug store "d got one eottle aad the tret dot gave ease and alp. e had eat eWjt aay (l i three aetata. Being " that It weuld cure her I arot for five aiu bottles aad wtaeu she had Ukeo the sixth bottle she was aouad aad "'lar. Pierce' Pleasant Pellets should be ttaed with Favorite Preoptions when ever a laxative is required. Bible in Public SohooIsll.VVl.,,pe,,,1 The supreme court of Nebraska has de cided that the reading of the bible and ths singing of religious hymns In the publio schools la forbidden by the constitution of that state. We are not surprised; we are not grieved. The decision pleases us and we believe It to be good law and in the In terest of both Justice and religion. Our readers know perfectly well that we hold that In public schools supported by Chris tians, Jews and infldela, men of all faiths and no faith, and attended by their chil dren, it is unfair and unwise to have any sort of religion selected and Inculcated. We believe that tt is the business of the church snd not of the state to teach reli gion; and for the church to confess Its in competency snd to ask the state, through such miscellaneous teachers ss we have, to supplement Its lack of service Is humil iating and shameful. We will trust and ask no tax-paid haphaxard teachers to do the work of parents and the church. The evil of this perfunctory religious teaching Is positive aa well as negative. We know of a multitude of public schools In our cities where a large majority of the pupils are Jews, snd yet tbey have been re quired to sing Christmas carols In Decem ber, purely Christian songs, to the indigna tion of their parents. Such a requirement makes the people foes to the public school system. In the time of Archbishop Hughes there was carried on a great conflict be tween Protestants and Catholics in this country, the Catholics protesting against the reading of the Protestant bible as a re. quired exercise. They were told that this 1 a Protestant country and that If they did not like It they might stay away. That la precisely what they did. Tbey started their parochial schools, -which grew to a great system which seriously antagonize our public schools. They were right In their objection, for the King James version of the bible Is a sectarian bible, and must be so long as the Cathollo church forblda its use and requires that a Cathollo version be used. Aad yet the great principle which sepa Receipts from One of the most important of the papers read at the recent convention of the Ameri can Society of Municipal Improvement was that presented by William S. Orandall of New York CKy on the question of ths com pensation received by cities from corpora tions to which franchises have been granted. Mr. Crandall wrote to ths mayors of 135 cities In all parts of the oountry of more than 10.000 inhabitants. H received replies from fifty-three, but, although the returns are Incomplete, the Information thus ac quired was considered of great value by those who listened to the reading of ths paper. According to Mr. Crandall the following oitles receive no compensation tor their franchises: Bayonne, N. J.; Birmingham, Ala.; Bridgeport, Conn.; Charleston, S. C; Dubuque, la.; Fltohburg, Mass.; Grand Rap id, Mich.; Houston, Tex.; Portland, Me.; Qulncy, 111.; Schenectady, N. T.; Salem and Bomerville, Mass.; St. Joseph. Mo.; Troy, N. Y.; Toledo, O.; Trenton, N. J., and Wilming ton, Del. Many cities receive almost nothing, but It is interesting to notice that the street railway companies are the ones that make some return in most ease. Portland, Ore., reports that no compensation 1 received from street railway, telegraphs, electric light and gas companies. The mayor of that city admits In his reply that the "city has been very careless" In the matter. Seattle, on the other hand, has an official Inspector of franchises, who writes that the Income derived from those granted by the city amounts to about $15,000 annually. P. J. Ryan, of Elizabeth. N. J- says that, while that city receives no compensation from the principal trolley company there, another more recently established has not escaped so easily. It 1 required to pave from curb to curb the streets through which Its lines run, to keep In repair the pavement be tween Hs tracks and for three feet outside the tracks oa each side, to sprinkle the streets and remove the snow, and for a period of Ave years to pay $100 a mile for 4c Michigan Southern, ths Pittsburg tt Fort Wayae, Philadelphia Reading, Lake Erie and at least ten other roads. There waa furious rioting, destruction of ,ropir.y and loss of ltfs at Martlnsburg. Baltimore, PI burg. Chicago and other places, at d militia were nnder arms In four states. Faotoriee, shops, mills and all Industries dependent directly on rsilr.iad service were forced to close or were seriously crippled. Bleod a-ad Flame. Ths strike culminated la a cetaclysn of blood and flame In Pittsburg. On the Morn ing of July 11, 1,000 strikers were nisssed at the outer stations of tie Pennsylvania railroad and .000 mors we carrying de struction through the railroad yards. Mean- hlla the First division of the Nnttcnal Ouard bad been ordered to ttn rlty from I hiladelphla. Soot after tho arrival of the the order to elar tbe track anl break tue blockade was given. The mob resisted the advance of the troops with a shower of stones and clubs. One soldier bad hla head fractured, and then bis companions fired without . orders. The volley was terribly destructive. Ten persons were killed a"i! about thirty wounded. Many of them were women and children. The fat all clan exas perated others beside the atr'ken and in lesa than an hour tbouaanda or worKtig- n from mllla and mines hurrlod to the scene, determined to bave revenge. By nightfall organized bodies of men moved from various section of the city to tbe railroad yards. Msny of them were armed, gun stores having been looted by desperate men bent on destroying the Phil adelphia militia. Meanwhile the command was withdrawn from the -ene of conflict and stationed In the neighboring round house. At 10 o'clock that night the round house was completely surrounded by a mob numbering thousands, and every ave nue of escape for ths soldiers was appar ently cut off. Tbs besiegers deliberately set to work to annihilate the soldiers. The latter, fully conscious of their desperate altuatton, grimly determined to sell their lives dearly. The mob having secured possession of the battery of a local organization, trained the gun oa the roundhouse, but tailed to accomplish the results expected. Ths gua ners were Inexperienced snd ths besieged soldier made it exceediagly warm for the amateur artillerists. Repeated charge mad on the gte of the roundhouse met with a deadly reia of lead and repulse. By this time the leaders of ths mob, unable to dislodge ths soldiers, determined to burn them out. Tbs surrounding tracks were filled with ears loaded with various com bustibles. These were pushed singly toward ths doomed building. Loaded oil cars were set la motion and the torch applied. Car after car was Ignited, swelling the bosom of flams which aow surrounded ths Impris oned militia. Ths sight Intensified the frenzy of the mob aad the Incendiary's torch temporarily supplanted the gua. An alarm brought out the fire department, hut rates the secular function of the state from the religious function of the church Is only blindly seen by many good people. The summer school of the south, meeting In Knoxville last July, passed this resolution: "Conscious of our dependence upon the Ood of our fathers, and believing that the hlcheet and truest civilization can be at tained only by following the precepts of ths great teacher, Jesus Christ, we favor the recognition of the bible In our publle schools." Our Americsn doctrine of utter separation of church and state Is. however, now usually accepted, at least In theory, and rt is gen erally agreed that reading of the bible and rellgiuus exercises do not belong to the free public school. But some of those who with us would lead the bible out by the front door with sll honor, ask us to open ths postern gate to let It creep In again unob served. They tell us and we hear it from college presidents and from teachers' con ventions that the bible, banished a re ligion, must be brought back aa literature. The bible, they tell us. Is the best and choicest of literature, and that it will never do to let the children grow up Ignorant of It; and before they have the word literature well out of their mouths they begin to talk about the importance of the bible to teach the elements of religion and morals. The international Sunday school conven tion at its late meeting In Denver passed this resolution: "Whereas, The bible 1 not only the In spired word of Ood, but also the world's greatest treasury of literature, and it read ing is now excluded from most of the publio schools of America. "Resolved, That the executive committee is Instructed to appoint a standing com mittee, whose duty It shall be to consider what means should bs taken In the various states and provinces to secure the reading of the bible, without oomment, in the publio schools of our land." Her the religious purpose Is oonfessed, trackage. It Is also required to pay I per cent of Its gross receipts for five years suc ceeding 1905, and for every roar succeed ing 1910 must pay S per cent of Its gross re ceipts, or a sum equal to at least $260 a mile of Its trackage. Elizabeth has two telephone companies which snpply free service for city offices and departments and pay $100 a year for every mile of subway used by their wires, the total mileage to be not less thaa ten miles. Providence, R. I., reports succtnotly as follows: "Ths street railway pays 6 per cent of gross earnings; telephone compa nies, I per oent; electric- light companies, 6 per cent; gas companies, I per cent." Schenectady, N. Y., report that no com pensation Is required for franchises granted except the free, use of twelve telephones from one of the telephone companies. This la a fair sample of replies received from nearly a score of cities, Mr. Crandall said. According to Mr. Crandall' paper, the larger cities have taken better care of their franchises. Mayor Low writes of Greater New York that for the year 1901 the municipality received from percentage on gross receipts of quasi public corpora tion $340,720, from car licenses $73,170, a total of $413,890. No direct compensation Is received from telephone and telegraph companies. James O. Hubbell, deputy controller of Chicago, says that street railway, tele phone, telegraph and electric light compa nies pay a percentage of their gross re ceipts, but does not give the amounts. James Y. Player.t city controller of St. Louts, whose bribery scandals make the report of unusual interest, writes thus: "The city received in compensation from quaat public corporations In 1901 the fol lowing: Street railways, $98,000; telephone, $39,699.88; telegraph. $364.80; electric light, $59,149.14; other corporations, $7,741.70; total, $205,065.52. The gas compauy paid nothing.' t Mayor Julius Flelschmann of Cincinnati wrote thai in that ofty atreet railways pay a tax of 5 per oent of gross earning tbe rioters, massed In overwhelming num bers, would not permit the firemen to work. The Last Ditch. ( All this destruction, while increasing the peril of the soldiers, did not fire the round house. Finally a section of the mob se cured a ear loaded with coke. On this they poured large quantities of petroleum, Ig nited it and pushed the car against the roundhouse. The building was aoon on fire aad ths soldiers prepared to cut their way through the surrounding mob. At t o'clock in the morning the soldiers made a sortie and routed tbe mob. This, however, did not improve their position. Hastily form ing on Liberty atreet, they started for the United States arsenal, hoping to secure protection there. Almost every toot of the route was contested by the mob. The sol diers were fired upon from buildings and every cross street, and at their heels crowded a thousand maddened and armed men. Admission to the arsenal waa re fused by the commandant, because of In sufficient force to defend the place. Tbe militia then split up Into small squads and retreated out of the city by different routea and finally escaped tbe mob's vengeance. Five soldiers were killed during the re treat. During Saturday night and Sunday the Incendiaries burned railroad buildings and rolling stock valued at $5,000,000 and tbe taxpayers of the county In which Pitts burg is situated subsequently paid $2,000, 000 to liquidate the loss. The strike spread to Chicago and pre cipitated several furious assaulta on the police, July Zi and 15. resulting In the loss of several lives. Two weeks thereafter order wss restored throughout the country. The strike waa a thing of the past, with a record of at least 100 Uvea lost. Kalcats ef Uaar Walkoet. The first great strike of the Knights of Labor, then in the zenith of it growth, occurred in March, 188$. Tbe order under took to boycott the car of the Texas A Pacific system, which was then in the hands of a receiver. Owing to the general hos tility lo Jay Gould and his methods the strikers received general sympathy and en couragement at first, but after the Mlasouri Pacific had suspended running of train for several days and general distress began to be manifest In dependent Industries, pub lic sentiment veered around and the boy cott was soon demoralised. Four-fifths of ths strikers lost their situations. The next great strike of the Knights of Labor began on the Philadelphia aV Reading yatem, December 20, 1887. Three thousand men went out to enforce a demand for recognition of the order by the company. The battl was lost, the places of the strikers being filled by other men. Ths glass workers' general strike of that year lasted 150 day and cauaed a loss of $500,- 000 tn wage. Philadelphia. Pittsburg and other cities were involved. The trerllastoai strike. Th most important aad meat disastrous strike undertaken by the Brotherhood of while the literary pretense 1 put forward. It 1 only the latter which the Natloual Educational association presented in it declaration of principle at Minneapolis: "We hope and ask for such a change of publio sentiment In this regard as will permit and encourage the English bible, now honored by name In many schools, laws tifti state Institutions, to be read and studltd aa a literary work of the highest and purest type, side by side with the poetry and prose which it haa Inspired and in large part formed." Well, which is It, literature or religion? If It la religion, we will have none of it. There Is a curse upon state religion. It makes men hate the church. That Is the persistent trouble In Italy, in Spain, in France, and now In England. Give us a free church In a free state and let their acope be kept absolutely distinct. Trust no state to teach your children religion, and do not think to Impose your New TestaSnefit bible and your Lord's Prayer on Old Testament Jews. la It really literature and not religion that theae gentlemen want T W do not be lieve It. It Is not ths literary charm, not the interesting stories, not the grandeur or the wit that tbey ars thinking of, but the sacred character of the book, that is. Its religiousness. Indeed, we do not hear of any such anxiety to have the "Iliad" read, or "Paradise Lost," or even Shakespeare, until we come Into the higher school In which literature Is a (oecial study. But It Is not aa literature that we chiefly value the bible. It 1 degrading to It to lower It to that level and make it a lesson of style or story. It 1 not the beautiful bible, but the holy bible. It 1 Impossible to put It on any other basis. Call It literature If you will, but It will be con sidered and treated as a religious book, and that will be the real reason tor Introducing and teaching it. We do not want to smug gle the bible Into the public schools under a false pretense. It is our one great book of religion and as such let It be treated, the church' sacred book. Compensation Received for Municipal Privileges. and an additional license on cars of 1 per cent of gross earnings. Telephone, tele graph, electric light and gas companies pay no compensation outside of ordinary taxes. Cleveland, says Mayor Tom Johnson, re ceives no money compensation for existing atreet railway franchises or from telephone, telegraph and electric light companies. Two ga companies pay 10 per cent of their gross receipts. Mayor Robert A. Smith of St. Paul says that his city receives practically no return for franchises, but that the new charter adopted two years ago provides for a 5 per cent tax on gross receipts of all public cor porations. This will not go Into effect until the expiration of the present fran chises. Lo Angeles is In bad shape, and former Mayor Snyder say: "The state law pro vides for the advertisement and sale of telephone, lighting, railway and other franchises. The law provides that It tbe highest bid is ralBed 10 per cent by any one present then the franchise 1 open for general bidding, and la sold to the highest bidder. The law also provides that after a period of five years 3 per cent of the gross receipts shall go to the munici pality. Other than this there is no com pensation. This law is known as the Broughton law, and was put through the legislature through corporation influence. I believe that it is a bad law." Mobile, Ala., Is even easier on its cor porations, for under a new act it requires from its street railway company the follow ing returns: First ten years, one-quarter of 1 per cent; second ten years, one-half of 1 per cent; third ten years, 1 per cent; fourth ten years, 1H per cent; fifth ten years, 1 per cent; the remaining time prior to 1955, 3 per cent upon the groes receipts. Rochester receives no compensation from the gas and electric light companies, except the use by the city of certain poles. The atreet railway company pays a $5 tax a year on each car, and 1 per cent of Its gross earnings. The city has no legal right to regulate the rates. Locomotive Engineers In recent year was that on the Chicago, Burlington A Qulncy system In 1888. Repeated efforts had been made by the engineers to secure a scale of wages nearly equal to the rate paid by competing roads, and several months were wasted In fruitless negotiations. An ulti matum was finally delivered to the officers of the company notifying them that the men would quit at 4 a. m., February 27, unless the scale demanded was granted. The ulti matum was Ignored. Between Its delivery and the date set for the walkout the com pany scoured the country for new men, and succeeded In securing a sufficient number to move a few trains within twenty-four hours after the strike. Two week passed, however, before a semblance of order was effected. Firemen, switchmen, brakemen and many conductor In fact all organized labor on the system Joined the engineer, and fought, bled and died with them. An attompt was made by organized labor on connecting roads to boycott Burlington cars. For a few days this ftctton seriously crippled the road. But the courts now took a hand and compelled connecting lines to receive and handle Burlington cars. After a battle extending over three months, the last two of which the utter hopelessness of the struggle was manifest, the engineer declared tbe atrike off. Few of the old men were restored to their places. Very little property was destroyed, but many lives were lost, at least ten .being recorded In Nebraska alone. Tbe financial loss on both sides was enormous. The great Carnegie strike of 1888 broke out in Braddock, Pa.. n March, the men refusing to agree to a twelve hour day. Three thousand men remained out four months and lost $560,000 In wages, without auy corresponding gain. The eight hour question precipitated the most extensive strikes of 18i0. They began on May day, with Chicago aa the center of disturbance, some 26,000 men quitting work In that city. By concerted action tbe strike extended from Boston to San Francisco, and involved at least 100.000 mea directly. This battle was the entering wedge, and although It failed of success then. It was tbe means of bringing tbe eight-hour day into general recognition. Great Year for Troable. The year 1892 approached the record of 1877 In the number of persons Involved and the lives lost. Tbe Drat of a series of bloody conflicts waa that of th employes of the Carnegie mill at Homestead. Pa. It began on June SO and ended In disaster snd defeat tor the men November 22. Th) con test waa brought on by an lrdr reducing the wages of 325 of the $.800 employes, but all made resistance a common cause. All the men were locked out by the company, a high board fence thrown up around ths works ar-d preparations made to operate the plant with new handa. At sunrise on July I tbe strikers' sentries detected a barge- load of armed men heading tor the works. They proved to be Ptnkertons. An alarm Lrought the strikers to the dock aad a bat tl ensued, ending la the death or capture THE I A New York importer had p large stock of odd pieces left from a season's selling1 samples were submitted we made an offer and got the goods ON MONDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK the sale will commence at linen counter some of the pieces are shown in west window tagged so that you may get a little notion of the remarkable bargains bought FOU YOUR PHOFIT. There are dresser scarfs 18x34 inches, two-thirds linen, good value, at CO cents ON MONDAY TIJEY SELL AT CENTS hemstitched and very well made. There are hemstitched squares which can be used a Pillow Shams although made for lunch cloths, 12xS2 Inches, two thirds linen usually sold for pur linen worth yee well worth 65 cents ON MONDAY THEV SELL AT 19 CENTS. There Js another lot $6x36 Inches two-thirds linen again ordinarily sold at 76 cents and SS cents on Monday they sell at 39 cent each. There Is it III another lot of squares 45x45 Inches handsome pieces not quit pure linen, but nearly so we have gotten $1.35 for similar goods on Monday they sell at 69 cent each. The next lot 1 THE REAL THIN J made from pure linen hemstitched lunoh clothes, 16x31 Inches $1.65 would be a close price If bought In the regular way on Monday they sell at 98 cents. Next A lot of little Dolly embroidered by hand 7 Inches by t Isches, and made from pur linen SO cents should be the asking price on Monday they sell at 9 cent each. Fnally we call attention to a lot of hand embroidered Pillow Case. 224 Inches by 3 Inches some clever woman la the east used them for shirt waists and behold It Is now quits the thing. ALL PURE) COTTON but finished Ilk linen 12.15 .per pair SHOULD be the price on Monday they sell at $tl per pair. These ought to sell In a hurry. j At the same hour we will OFFER for sale some rare bargains in finer Battenburg lace pieces we say OFFER FOR SALE because we are not so sure that everybody will prop erly appreciate the real value of these beautiful works of art women who know and will take the time to examine will not hesitate about investing. A few samples are shown In the window with other goods. Thee quotation will give you a slight Idea of THE- HOW of the.aelttnf large and small center piece and swarfs, which sold previously at 60 cents o ffered on Monday at 88 oent. , Those which were $2.15 to $2.75. -4 r Thoss which were $9.50 and $10, offered on Monday at liUO offered on Monday at "- A.T Those which were $4.25 to $5.00. onerea on Monday at These bargains will Je shown at Dress Goods and Silk sections will be busy too new arrivals to attract yon heavy skirtings in blacks and colors new velvets and velvet cords. Another lot of Cheney Bros, famous wash taffetas, 27 inches wide, go on sale at $1.00 per yard. Let us say with EMPUASIS, THE BEST IN TIIE-AVORLD FOR WEAR. In the busy salesroom on second floor, we will soil a sample JIne of black mercerised ssteen pettioomta. These wfa be shown when the seore opens at S o'clock and all will be sold before the Unen sale commences ALWAYS ASSUMING OK COURSE. THAT TOU KNOW A GOOD THING WHEN TOU SEE IT. Petticoat which Bold Petticoat which .sold at $1.75 and $2. wUl sell Monday at We will show at same time a special, purchase of fine black mercerised tailor made skirts with stitched Hounoe easily worth $1.26. As long as they last will sell at 95 cents each four styles to select from. These special sales have been prepared to interest our out-of-town friends in T - . . incus tu unuuouLo i ids UIUUIT UUNVKN. We reserve to ourselves, the right to limit quantities In some case where lot are small so please don't be dlsap I If you don't get all you want we .are anxious to distribute the bargains as widely as possible. T1U.N. pointed CONVENTIONERS will find every facility provided for their comfort we extend cordial welcome whether you buy or not. THE WHITE STORE. of the Invaders. Then follow-sd the reign of the advisory board, daily scenes of lawless ness, the calling out of 8,000 state troops, the long and trying period of guard duty, the attempted shooting of Prink by Berg man, the thumbing of Private Lams for ex pressing approval of the attempted assas sination, the trial and conviction of alleged conspirators and the collapse of the ttrlke and boycott after a protracted selg of five months. Conservative estimates placed tbe losa at $10,000,000, one-fourth in wages to the men. At least thirty-five deaths were caused by the ttrlko. A desperate struggle was pracipltateS In August between free miners and the em ployers of convict labor In Tennessee. Knox ville was the center of disturbance, which broke out on tbe morning of the 13th. Four hundred free miners took possession of tho convict stockade at Goal Creeh. surrounded SO convicts and sent them under guard to Nashville. Attempt to settl the difficulty by cIvU authority were futile, the peace makers' being arrnsted and disarmed. The tate militia was then ordered to the front. Meanwhile the strikers, anticipating tbe military, laid dynamite undor the tracks over which the tralnload of troops waa ex pected. But the military did not ride into the trap. They marched from Knoxville to Coal Creek, a stockade tn which 3,000 miners were entrenched. A battle occurred on the morning of August ?8, resulting tn the route of the strikers by 150 soldier. Twelve miners were killed and twenty wounded. After the battle the course nald their respects to the rioters and sixty of the leaders were indicted and tried. Scarcely had this storm blown over be fore ths war of the Buffalo switchmen started. The cause of It was a demand for an adjustment of wages and an all-around Increase. From the Lehigh system it ex tended to the New Tork Central, the Iack awanna and Buffalo Creek roads. Much property was destroyed In the Taxis at East Buffalo, but within thlrty-alx hour after the walkout tbe state mllstla was on the ground and order restored. The strlk collapsed in a week. Trwwele Oat West. The Coeur d'Alens war raged during Jily, 1892. The falling price of sliver cut lrto the profits of the operator and various plans were adopted to saddls some of the loss on the miners. During the winter the mines were closed, the reason given being that high railroad rates rendered the mines un profitable. Early In April the mine owners agreed to start up If th miners would ac cept $3 per day Instead of $3.50. Tbe offer was rejected by the Miners' union. Mat ter drifted along until tbe owners betan hipping in nonunion miner at wage In excess of what the union demanded. The destruction of the union waa thus made nianlfeet and the member determined to re sist to the death. On the 11th of July tne union men swooped down on the town of Oem and had a brush with the nonunion men. - Six persons were killed and seven MEN mm HT Tf TZ I "T l JLrJawJL. I We want good, responsible men to income for character and ability. ER LOST O Q K Those which were $11.00, aUU offered on Monday at Art Department first floor, near the door. at $1.25 and $1.50 will sell Monday at 05 Cents or Petticoats which old at $3.15 liOO and $3.50, will sell Monday at....... wounded. A box car loaded with 760 pounds of giant powder was Ignited and snt down the incline to the 'Frisco mine, exploding and wrecking the main shaft. The sur.-en-der of the nonunion men, Blxty in number, followed. A detachment of the Idaho Na tional Guard was also captured and hi Id prisoners In tbe miners' hall. Federal troops were then ordered to the scent: snd 800 of them were then distributed amojg tho mining towns. The miners surrender, several leaders were prosecuted and impris oned and the pugnacious union broken up. The Debs Rebellion. Last but not least was the so-called Deb rebellion of 1894. It began with the strike of the American Railway Union on the Great Northern system, resulting in a vic tory tor the men, followed by the walkout of the coal miners, and later by the Pull man boycott, the entire northern section of tbe country from ocean to ocean has been affected. The Great Northern strike lasted two weeks, during which the road was effectually blocked. Arbitration was Invoked and a satisfactory settlement re sulted. On May 6 trouble began In tbe Pullman shops near Chicago, the carpen ters employed In the shops demanding a re turn to the scale of wages prevailing In 1893. Mr. Pullman rejected the demand. Two days later 2,000 or more of the men decided to strike. Previous to the walk out Vice President Howard of the A. R. V. assured the men of the order's support. This support took substantial form on the 16th, when an assessment was levied for their maintenance. On May 20 the strik ers announced their readiness to arbitrate, but Mr. Pullman refused to treat mlth them except as Individuals. Matters re mained In statu quo until June IS, when the national - convention of the railway union met in Chicago. Between that date and the 22d attempts were made by the union to bring about a settlement, but the Pullman officials positively declared there wa nothing to arbitrate. The union then Issued It ultimatum, giving Pullman five days In which to consent to arbitration or a boycott of Pullman cars would be de clared by the union. Tbe boycott went Into effect at noon, June 26. Meanwhile tbe railroad manager organized to resist Interference with traffic. Within forty- eight hours 40,000 men were enrolled among the atrlker. From Chicago the boycott extended a far east a Cleveland, south to Louisville and St. Louis, and on the Pacific, coast from Los Angeles to Seattle. Transportation was temporarily suspended at more than thirty Important cities and nearly all the great arteries of commerce In the north were brought te a stsndatill Estimates of tbe losses traceable to ths strike place that of Chicago at $2,500,000 a day or a total of $32,500,000 for thirteen days. Of this amount worklngmen lost at least $600,000 a day. 8L Louia estimates its loss for ten days at $1,000,000 a day. and San Francisco lest at least that amount. 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