SITUATION IN RUSSIA, Order Has Been Restored in Nearly All Sections, the Exception Being in Poland. WARSAW'S JAILS CROWDED. Police of that City Engage in Whole sale Blackmail Workmen Who Had Been Plundered Killed Many Thieves and Wounded Others. St. Petersburg:, Feb. 3. —Order ap pears to have been quite generally re stored in Itussia, the exception being In Poland. The committee of minis ters, sitting at St. Petersburg, has for mulated and the emperor has sanc tioned a number of proposals looking toward the establishment of the sen ate upon a base of closer connection with the throne; doing away with the administrative orders suspending cer tain laws, anil in other ways checking the evils that have arisen through tho arbitrary acts of officials. Batoum, Caucasia, Feb. 3.—The strike which started here Wednesday is becoming general. Large bodies of men are crowding the streets, the quays and docks are deserted and the military are patrolling the town. London, Feb. 3.—Wholesale black mail by the police in Warsaw is alleg ed by the correspondent in that city of the Daily Mail, who asserts that re spectable citizens are stopped in the streets at night and arrested unless they give the officers money. It is also charged that the police have been brutally whipping prisoners and then liberating them on the payment of $5 to the police sergeant. The corres pondent adds that the condition of the prisons in Warsaw is scandalous, crowds of prisoners being herded into small cells devoid of all sanitary ap pliances. Warsaw, Feb. 3.—A1l the bodies of those killed in the riots have been re moved from their homes to police sta tions. The relatives are not permit ted to bury them. During the riots of Sunday and Monday the workmen's residence dis trict was unprotected by police and the hooligans plundered many dwell ings. A large body of workmen on Wednesday went to a suburb where criminals abound and instituted a search of their houses. Wherever they were able to identify stolen prop erty the workmen promptly killed the persons found possessing it. SOLDIERS KILLED STRIKERS. St. Petersburg, Feb. 4.—There is no improvement discernable in the labor situation in Poland. At Sosnovice, a center of the iron and cotton indus tries, 40,000 men are on strike, with the accompaniment of street parades and intimidation of those workmen who have not struck. The disturb ance at Lodz, where a volley from the soldiers killed six and wounded 48, has not been renewed. A railway sta tion near Sosnovice was destroyed and traffic Interrupted by strikers. In Warsaw the workmen in 42 sugar manufactories have struck. Maxim Gorky will be put on trial on political charges, but whether before a civil or a military court has not been determined. The assembly of the nobi',!»y of the province of Mos cow has voted to ruemoralize the throne for an elective legislative body. •Governor General Trepoff regards the situation in St. Petersburg as very satisfactory. Warsaw, Feb. 4.—The newspapers reappeared last evening after eight days' suspension of publication. They are subjected to the most severe cen sorship. Most of the shops reopened, but only a few of the strikers return ed to work. Scattered instances of violence were reported Friday. A student of the university was killed by a soldier and strikers killed a workman who had been in communi cation with the military authorities. The workmen of a cutlery factory at tempted to resume their employment, but, strikers entered the building and ,demolished the machinery. Will be Imprisoned at Moundsville. Washington, Feb. 3. —The course of the government in the postal con spiracy cases as determined upon is that August W. Machen, the former general superintendent of the free de livery system of the postofflce depart ment; Dr. Lorenz, of Toledo, and Samuel A. Groff and Diller B. Groft, of this city, under sentence of two years' imprisonment and SIO,OOO fine, shall 1)9 taken to the Moundsville, W. Va., penitentiary at once and that the other indictments against them shall not be pressed until after I hey have served the terms for which ihey are now under sentence. The Fighting In Manchuria. Mukden. Feb. 3.—After the Russian bombardment of Sandiapu the Jap anese tried to drive them oK, but failed. The indications are that the Japanese will abandon Sandiapu. The usual artillery duel is proceeding at the center. Ten Japanese battalions which attacked the Russian left were repulsed with heavy loss. The latest returns of the Russian losses during the recent fighting show that 13,000 men were killed or wounded. A Bandit's Confession. St. Louis, Feb. 4.—Andrew Kur rowski, for whose arrest a reward ol SSOO was offered some time ago in Chicago, is in custody here and has made a confession that he was a com panion in crlmu of Marks ami Van Dine, the Chicago "car barn bandits," who were hanged last. year. Kur irowski came from Memphis, where he said he had hidden SI,OOO worth of booty. "I came to St. Louis," ha said, "to plunder and rob. I would have started on Wednesday night, but 1 was too sleepy. I taava shot 15 men, some fatally." TEN WOMEN KILLED. A Passenger Train Crashed Into a Bob Sled that Contained Thirteen Ladies. ACCCIDENT IN EMPIRE STATE All the Victims Were Members of tho Ladies' Aid Society of a Univer salist Church at Hornellsville and All Were Married. Hornellsville, N. V., Feb. 2. —A pas senger train on the Pittsburg, Shaw mut & Northern railroad last night crashed into a sleigh containing 13 ■ women, killing seven of them out | right and so seriously injuring the re maining six that three of them died af ter being taken to a hospital. The ac cident occurred near Arkport. Tho sleigh was one of three carrying a party from the Universalist church of this city. The dead: Mrs. Mary Gillette. Mrs. Charles Thomas. Mrs. Eugene Shaw. Mrs. Joseph Hallett. Mrs. C. C. Graves. Mrs. Bert Moore. Mrs. Ruth I'atchen. Mrs. Fred Green. Mrs. J. Coats. Mrs. Fred Houghton. Members of the Ladies' Aid society of the Universalist church went to a farm house near Arkport to spend the afternoon. It was nearly dark when they started on the return trip to the city. The occupants of the lead ing sleigh saw the train approaching as they neared the Shawmut crossing. The driver urged his horses ahead and the sleigh passed over the tracks in safety. The women in the first sleigh then attempted to warn those in the one following of the danger and they did succeed in directing their atten tion to the rapidly approaching train. The driver pulled up his horses, but he could not check the heavy bob sled quick enough and when it came to a standstill the box of the sleigh was directly across the railroad track. The pilot of the engine struck the sleigh with great force, reducing it to ' splinters and hurling the women in all directions. Every woman on tho sleigh was killed or injured. The other members of the party hurried back to the assistance of their unfortunate companions and the train was stopped and backed up to the crossing. The bodies of the dead were placed upon the train and the injured were laid upon improvised cots in the bag gage car. The train then proceeded to Hornellsville. The news of the ac cident had been telephoned to the city and hundreds of friends and relatives of the unfortunate women were wait ing at the station. The dead were at once taken to the morgue and the in jured were taken to Mercy hospital. An Investigation Has Begun. Springfield, 111., Feb. 2. —An up heaval in the Illinois legislature, pos sibly rivaling the recent boodling ex posures in the legislature of Missouri, may be the outcome of an address made by Representative Frank D. ; Comerford, of Chicago, to tho stu dents of the Illinois college of law a few days ago. The general assembly yesterday appointed a committee of seven to investigate Mr. Comerford's charges, which alleged "that the Illi nois legislature is a great, public auc tion, where special privileges are sold to the highest corporation bidders, and that without respect to party af filiations the 'grafters' seem to be in tho majority." Feud Led to Murder. Abbeyville, Ga., Feb. 2. —One per son was killed and five wounded as the result of a feud over a line fence near Rhine, seven miles west of here. The dead: W. 11. Livingston, bailiff. Tho wounded: M. A. Burnham, W. B. Bryant, VV. T. Bryant, Tom Coffee and Mrs. George Ray. Livingston and j one of the Bryants, it is alleged, at | tacked and seriously beat a son of M. !A. Burnham last Friday. Burnham met Bryant the next day and thrashed him. When the aggrieved men and j their relatives met the shooting be gan. Mrs. Ray, a sister of the Bry ants, rushed to the scene and was j wounded by a stray bullet. Convicted of Manslaughter. Chicago, Feb. 2. —Attorney Victor R. O'Shea, on trial charged with shooting ; and killing his wife, was yesterday I convicted of manslaughter. The ver dict carries imprisonment from one year to life, at the discretion of the court. After killing his wife O'Shea attempted suicide, inflicting wounds which confined him to a hospital for ! almost a year. O'Shea and Amy Hog ! enson were secretly married and 1 never lived together. Public Debt Statement. Washington, Feb. 2. —The monthly statement of the pubile debt shows that at the close of business January 31 the debt, less cash in the treasury, ! amounted to $989,929,019, which is an increase for the month of $4,380,298. j This increase is principally accounted for by the decrease in the amount of j cash on hand. The debt proper shows 1 a decrease for the month of $1,580,595. Cold Wave Covers Much Territory. Chicago, Feb. 2. —Reports from tho lake region, tho middle west and northwest show that a cold wave ex tends over a wide territory, including Illinois, lowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana and the Northwest Territory. The temperature ranges from 2 degrees below zero in Chicago to 28 below in Havre, Mont. A Magnificent Gift. New York, Feb. 2. —Announcement of the gift of $1,100,000 to Union The ological Seminary was made \ast : night by Dr. Charles Hall. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1905. Chilblains. Put into a cup of vinegar a generous supply of salt and heat until the salt partly dissolves. Apply to the frost bitten parts as hot as it can be borne. Repeat two or three times until the swelling disappears and relief is expe rienced. A few drops of carbolic acid in the water in which the feet are bathed will also take the sling from chilblains, though at first the burning sensation ntay be increased. Do not us« the carbolic too strong.—Washing ton Star. Result of Boycott, The only place in the United States that guarantees freedom from strikes, lockouts and labor warfare is Battle Creek, Mich. The story? The work people, mer chants, lawyers, doctors and other citi zens became aroused and indignant at the efforts of the labor unions through out the country to destroy the business of one of our largest industries —the Postuni Cereal Co., Lt'd.and at the open threats in the official union papers, that the entire power of the National and State Federations of Labor was being brought to bear to "punish" the indus tries of Rattle Creek, and particularly the Postum Co. This sprung from the refusal of C. W. Post to obey the "orders" of the unions to take the Postum advertising away from various papers that refused to pur chase labor of the labor trust —the unions. Mr. Post was ordered .to join the unions in their conspiracy to "ruin" and"put out of business" these pub lishers who had worked faithfully for him for years and helped build up his business. They had done no wrong, but had found it inconvenient and against their best judgment to buy la bor of the labor trust. It seems a rule of the unions to conspire to ruin any one who does not purchase from them upon their own terms. An ink maker or paper maker who failed to sell ink or paper would have the same reason to order Post to help ruin these publishers. So the peddler in the street might stone you if you refused to buy his apples; the cabman to run over you if you refused to ride with him; the grocer order the manu facturer to discharge certain people be cause they did not patronize him. and so onto the ridiculous and villainous limit of all this boycott nonsense, in trying to force people to buy what they do not want. If a man has labor to sell let him sell it at the best price he can get just a£ he would sell wheat, but he has no right to even intimate that he will ob struct the business, or attempt its ruin because the owner will not purchase of him. The unions have become so tyran nous and arrogant with their despot- Ism that a common citizen who has some time to spare and innocently thinks he has a right to put a little paint on his own house finds he must have that paint taken off and put on again by "the union" or all sorts of dire things happen to him, his employ er is ordered to discharge him, his gro cer is boycotted if he furnishes him supplies, his family followed and In sulted and his life made more misei able than that of a black slave before the war. If he drives a nail to repair the house or barn the carpenter's "union" hounds him. He takes a pipe wrench to stop a leaking pipe and pre vent damage to his property and the plumbers' "union" does things to him. He cannot put a little mortar to a loose brick on his chimney or the bricklayers', plasterers' or hod car riers' "union" is up in arms, and if he carelessly eats a loaf of bread that has no "union" label on it the bakers' "union" proceeds 10 make life miser able for him. So the white slave is tied hand and foot, unable to lift a hand to better himself or do the needful things with out first obtaining permission from some haughty, ignorant and abusive tyrant of some labor union. It would all seem rather like a comic opera, if it did not rob people of their freedom; that kind of work will not be permitted long in America. Some smooth managers have built up the labor trust in the last few years, to bring themselves money and power, and by managing workmen have suc ceeded in making it possible for them to lay down the law in some cities and force workmen and citizens to "obey" implicitly, stripping them right and left of their liberties. They have used boycotting, picketing, assaults, dynamiting of property and murder to enforce their orders and rule the people. They have gone far enough to order the President to remove cer tain citizens from office because the "Unions" weren't pleased. That means they propose to make the law of the unions replace the law of this government and the union lead ers dominate even the chief Executive. This is a government of and for the people and no organization or trust shall displace it. But the unions try it every now and then, led by desperate men as shown in their defiance of law and support.of law breakers. The "union" record of assaults, crip pling of men and even women and chil dren. destruction of property and mur der of American citizens during the past 2 years is perhaps 10 times the volume of criui': and abuse perpetrat ed by slave owners during any two years previous to the civil war. We are in a horrible period of lethargy, rhieli permits us to stand Idly by while our American citizens are abused, crippled and murdered in dozens and Secret of Living. If we can only come back to nature to gether every year, and consider the flow ers and the birds, and confess our faults and our mistakes under the silent stars and hear the river murmuring in absolu tion, we shall die young, even though we live long: and we shall have a treasure of memories which will be like the twin flower, a double blossom on a single stem, and carry with us Into the unseen world something which will make it worth while to be immortal.—Henry Van Dyke. hundreds by an organization or trust, having for Its purpose thrusting what it. has to sell (labor) upon us whether or no. Suppose an American in a foreign city should be chased by a mob, caught and beaten unconscious, then his mouth pried open and carbolic acid poured down his throat, then his ribs kicked in and his face well stamped with iron nailed shoes, murdered be cause he tried to earn bread for his children. By the Eternal, sir, a fleet of American Men of War would assem ble there, clear for action and blow something off the face of the earth if reparation were not made for the blood of one of our citizens. And what answer do we make to the appeals of the hundreds of widows and orphans of those Americans murdered by labor unions? How do we try to protect the thousands of intelligent citizens who, with reason, prefer not to join any labor union and be subject to the tyranny of the heavily paid rul ers of the labor trusts? Upon a firm refusal by Mr. Post to join thfs criminal conspiracy a general boycott was ordered on Grape-Nuts and Postum all over the country, which set the good red blood of our ancestors in motion, bringing forth the reply that has now passed into history: "We re fuse to join any conspiracy of organ ized labor to ruin publishers, nor will we discharge any of our trusted em ployes upon the orders of any labor union. If they can make their boycott effective and sink our ship, we will go down with the captain on the bridge and in command." This set the writers in labor papers crazy and they redoubled their abuse. Finally one of their official organs came out with a large double column denunciation of Battle Creek, calling it "a running sore on the face of Michi gan," because it would not become "or ganized" and pay in dues to their labor leaders. The usual coarse, villainous epithets common to labor union writ ers were indulged in. The result was to weld public senti ment in Battle Creek for protection. A citizens' association was started and mass meetings held. Good citizens who happened to be members of local unions in some cases quit the unions entirely, for there is small need of them there. The working people of Battle Creek are of the highest order of American mechanics. The majority are not union members, for practically all of the manufacturers have for years de clined to employ union men because of disturbances about 11 years ago, and the union men now in the city are among the best citizens. No city In the state of Michigan pays as high average wages as Battle Creek; no city of its size Is as prosperous, and no city has so large a proportion of the best grade of mechanics who own their own homes. So the work people massed together with the other citizens in the organi zation of the Citizens' Ass'n with the following preamble and constitution: Whereas, from 1891 to 1894 the strikes instigated by Labor Unions in Battle Creek resulted In the destruc tion of property and loss of large sums of money in wages that would have been expended here; and, Whereas, these acts caused serious damage to the city and in a marked way delayed its progress at that time; and. Whereas, since the year 1594 the citizens have been enabled, by public sentiment, to prevent the recurrence of strikes and Labor Union disturbances which have been prevalent elsewhere; and. Whereas, the employers of this city have steadfastly refused to place the management of their bilsiness under the control of Labor Unions, but have maintained the highest standard of wages paid under like conditions any where in the United States, and here by unanimously declared their intent to continue such policy; and the em ployes of this city, a large percentage of whom own homes and have fami lies reared arid educated under condi tions of peace and the well-earned prosperity of steady employment, have steadfastly maintained their right as free American citizens to work with out the dictation and tyranny of Labor Union leaders, the bitter experience of the past offering sufficient reason for a determined stand for freedom; and, Whereas, the attitude of the citizens on this subject has been the means of preserving peaceful conditions and continuous prosperity in marked con trast to the conditions existing in other cities suffering from the dicta ion of Trades Unionism; it is there fore, Resolved, that the continuance of peace and prosperity in Battle Creek can be maintained, and the destructive work of outside interference avoided under the combined effort and action J of all our people by the formation of a Citizens' Association, Literary Mexico. Mexico is credited with being at the head of the Latin-American countries in the matter of letters. Besides pos sessing the oldest organs of Spanish- American journalism, it is said to have in active existence the first library es tablished in America, which is now at least 300 years old. In Chili, Argen tina and Peru there are papers that have bees published for 50 and more. One Is the El Comercio of Lima, which has had a career or 60 years of uninterrupted daily issue. CONSTITUTION. g AKTICI.E 1. —NAME. ARTICLE 2.— OBFF.CT3. First—To insure, so far as possible, a permanent condition of peace, pros perity and steady employment to the people of Battle Creek. Second—To energetically assist in maintaining law and order at all times and under all conditions. Third —To protect its members in their rights to manage their property and to dispose of their labor in a le gal, lawful manner without restraint or interference. Fourth—To insure and permanently maintain fair, just treatment, one with another in all the relations of life. Fifth —To preserve the existing right of any capable person to obtain em ployment. and sell his labor, without being obliged to join any particular church, secret society, labor union or any other organization, and to support all such persons in their efforts to re sist compulsory methods on the part of any organized body whatsoever. Sixth —To promote among employers a spirit of fairness, friendship and de sire for the best interests of their em ployes, and to promote among work men the spirit of industry, thrift, faith fulness to their employers and good citizenship. Seventh—To so amalgamate the pub lic sentiment of all of the best citizens of Battle Creek that a guarantee can be given to the world of a continuance of peaceful conditions, and that under such guarantee and protection manu facturers and capitalists can be induced to locate their business enterprises in Battle Creek. Then follows articles relating to membership, officers, duties, etc., etc., etc. This constitution has been signed by the great majority of representative citizens, including our workpeople. A number of manufacturers from other cities, where they have been suf fering all sorts of indignities, incon venience and losses from the general hell of labor union strikes, picketing, assaults and other interference, pro posed to move, providing they could be guaranteed protection. The subject grew in Importance un til it has reached a place where abso lute protection can be guaranteed by the citizens of Battle Creek on the fol lowing broad and evenly balanced terms which guarantees to the work man and to the manufacturer fairness. Justice, steady work and regularity of output. The new-coming manufacturer agrees to maintain the standard rate of wage paid elsewhere for like service, under similar conditions, the rate to be de termined from time to time from well authenticated reports from competing cities. The tabulated wage reports is sued by the Government Department of Commerce and Labor can also be used to show the standard rate, and it is expected later on that this govern ment bureau will furnish weekly re ports of the labor market from differ ent centers, so that the workman when he is ready to sell his labor and the employer when he is ready to buy, may each have reliable information as to the market or ruling price. The new-coming manufacturer also agrees to maintain the sanitary and hygienic laws and to refrain from any lockouts to reduce wages below the standard; reserving to himself the right to discharge any employee for cause. The Citizens' Association on its part agrees to furnish, in such numbers as it is possible to obtain, first-class workmen who will contract to sell their labor at the standard price for such period as may be fixed upon, agreeing not to strike, picket, assault otlwr workmen, destroy property, or do any of the criminal acts common to labor unionism. Each workman re serving to himself the right to quit work for cause, and the Citizens' Asso ciation further pledges its members to use its associated power to enforce the contracts between employer and em ployee and to act eninasse to uphold the law at all times. The new industries locating in Bat tle Creek will not start under any sort of labor union domination whatsoever, but will make individual contracts with each employee, those contracts being fair and equitable and guaranteed on both sides. Thus from the abuses of labor unions and their insane efforts to ruin every one who does not "obey' has evolved this plan which replaces the old con ditions of injustice, lockouts, strikes, violence, loss of money and property, and general industrial warfare; and inaugurates nn era of perfect balance and fairness between employer and employee, a steady continuance of in dustry and consequent prosperity. The entire community pledged by public sentiment and private act to restore to each man his ancient right to "peace, freedom and the pursuit of happiness." Other cities will be driven to protect i their work people, mercliaats and citi- N~eir Ele'.tric JTurnacw. A new electric furnace method has been invented by M. A. Nodon. The electro-negative metal is fused and used as the cathode in an electric fur nace with a non-attackable substance as anode and an electrolyte of a fusible, r»nly slightly volatile, halogen com pound of the more electro-positne metal. When a current is passed through, the ionization effected pro duces a combination of the metals, with, liberation of the halogen.—Scientif'O American. Zens as well as their Industries from the blight of strikes, violence and the losses brought on by labor unionism run amuck, by adopting the "Battle Creek plan," but this city offers indus trial peace now with cheap coal and good water, first-class railroad facili ties and the best grade of fair, capable and peaceable mechanics known. Details given upon inquiry of the "Secy, of the Citizens' Ass'n." Identification. The public should remember that there are a few Labor Unions conduct ed on peaceful lines, and in proportion as they are worthy they have won esteem, for we, as a people, are strong ly in sympathy with any right act that has for its purpose better conditions for wage workers. But we do not for get that we seek the good of all and not those alone who belong to some organization, whereas even the law abiding unions show undeniable evi dences of tyranny and oppression when they are strong enough, while many of the unions harbor and encourage criminals in their efforts to force a yoke of slavery upon the American people. As a public speaker lately said: "The arrogance of the English King that roused tne fiery eloquence of Otis, that inspired the immortal declaration of Jefferson, that left War ren dying on the slopes of Bunker Hill was not more outrageous than the con ditions that a closed shop would force upon the community. These men burst into rebellion 'when the king did but touch their pockets.' Imagine if yon can their indignant protest had he sought to prohibit or restrict their oc cupation or determine the conditions under which they should earn thei." livelihood," and to assault, beat and murder them, blow up their houses and poison their food if they did not sub mit. The public should also remember that good true American citizens can be found in the unions and that they deprecate the criminal acts of their fellow members, but they are often in bad company. Salt only hurts sore spots. So, the honest, lawabiding union man is not hurt when the criminals are denounced, but when you hear a union man "hol ler" because the facts are made public* he has branded himself as either one of the lawbreakers or a sympathizer, and therefore with the mind of the lawbreaker, and likely to become one when opportunity offers. That isi one reason employers decline to hire such men. A short time ago inquiry cams, from the union forces to know if Mr. Post would "keep still if they would call off the boycott on Posturn and Crape- Nuts. This is the reply: "The labor trust has seen fit to try to ruin our business because we would not join its criminal conspiracy. We are plain American citizens and differ from the labor jnion plan in that we do not force peo,»!e to strike, picket, boycott, assault, blow up property or commit murder. We do not pay thugs S2O to break in the ribs of any man who tries to sup port his family nor S3O for an eye knocked out. We try to show our plain, honest re gard for sturdy and independent work men by paying the highest wages in the state. We have a steady, unvarying respect for the law-abiding peaceable union man and a most earnest desire to see him gain power enough to purge the unions of their criminal practices that have brought down upon them the righteous denunciation of a long-suf fering and outraged public, but we will not fawn, truckle, bend the knee, wear the hated collar of white slavery, the union label, nor prostitute our Ameri can citizenship under "orders" of any labor trust. You offer to remove the restriction on our business and with "union" gold choke the throat and still the voice raised in stern denunciation of the despotism which tramples beneath an iron shod heel, the freedom of our brothers. You would gag us with a silver bar and muffle the appeal to the American people to harken to the cries for bread of the little children whose faithful la thers were beaten to death while striv ing to earn food for them. Your boycott may perhaps succeed in throwing our people out of work and driving us from business, but you can not wrench from us that priceless jewel our fathers fought for and which every true son guards with his life. There fore, speaking for our work people and ourselves the infamous offer is de clined." POSTUM CEREAL CO., LTD. Note by Publisher: The Postum Company have a yearly contract, for space in this paper which they have a right to use for announce ments of facts ar.d principles, ivi.-h. use does not necessarily carry Willi ;t auy editorial opiiuou. 3
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