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of Press Committee De-
Implication of Plnn to
L -'Obstruct Government
fr
world peace at a time when
U at war, ana witn reaerai
and eltv notice keeping a
r on all their activities, tlio
Dual meeting oi me woman;
1, the section for the unueu
' at the International Committee
h for Permanent reace, is in
Ion at the Meetlne House oi
Aox Friends on Twelfth street.
! Addams. of Hull llouaa, perhaps
H' noted woman worker for peace
'world. Is In attendance. halng
from a sick bed In Chicago to
it Philadelphia for the meeting
Misers of the party resent me state
that they are In "secret" session,
War's Roll of Honor
OTYWIDE SEARCH ON
FOR 5 AUTO BANDITS
POLICE ON GUARD AT U. S. MINT
One Wounded in Duel With
Police After Robbing
Eleven Persons
FIND ABANDONED CAR
Machine Hears Bullet Marks
Duel With Police Clue to
Suspects
General Pershing's report of No em
ber 30:
AMKIUCANH IN lltANCK
snniousL,Y woundkd
8ERGKANT VUANK IIALF. emer
gency address, J. A. Prank, friend,
103 East Ninety-set enth street. New
York city, N. Y.
KROKANT rATKICK A. LONfll emer
rency address, Joseph Lone, brothel,
3l Ilro7diva, Ilajonne N, J,
ronroRAi, riui.ti' a. im.rki emer-
tency address, Mrs nertha Klnglner,
sister, IS Walworth street, Urooklyn,
N. Y
conroRAi, ciiAnLr.s . miTm.
I K I emcrgjency address Mrs. Hose
Crltchley. mother. :ol West 149th
street. New York city, N. Y.
CORroltM, JAMI'.M AMil'Nt emer- A utjttlde March la beine conducted
srency address, James Angus, father. S by the police for fle bandit", who,
Devanhe Gardens. Aberdeen, Scotland, working within a radius of fifteen
PRIVATE H. JAMKS A. OROOAN, emer- squares of City Hall In a stolen nuto-
cency address, Mrs. Mary V. Grogan, mobile, held up and robbed elexen per-
mother, 94 Lott street, Drooklyn, sonH within four hours
N. Y. The automobile, owned by Christian
PRIVATE HUMOR . Mir.MHOEI,, lg. 913 Kat Ontario street, which
emergency address, David Kegen, a stolen from Torresdale aenue and
Coatesllle, Pa, Margaretta street, was found abandoned
PRIVATE JAMES A, KAREN", mother, at Camac and Berks street by Police
Mrs John Eagen, Great Neck, N. Y. . man O'Connell. of the Twentieth and
PRIVATE WILLI IM 1 nWMiS, sis- Berks streets at-itlon. at I o'clock, two
ter, Mrs Agnes M Barnes, 741 liist hours after the last robbery was re
Broadway, Portland. Ore. ported.
PRIVATE CHARLES A. tJEHlKR. The machine bore the marks of two
mother, Mrs PlUabetli Oelger, 1030 reoler duels that the bandits had with
nay ton street, Chicago, 111. mo police Bullet holes were In the
E. JONES, father, rear curtain and two of the tires hn.l
Thomas H. Jones, 308 Terdlnnnd i been idiot flat
street, Scranton, r.i. In two Instances the bindlts attacked
SLIGHTLY WOUNDLD and biat up lctlms who had only small
nt to the fact that the program
meellna? was nubllshed In ad-
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as wen as a iuunm ui mo i rniVATE nEORtll
iv boara setiinc oui me puriroira
Mtlvltles of the organliallon. He-
nV howeer. arc barred irom me
ana n was aiairu cj nn . ... - ...t sums of mnnov r iw. th.v .
nt TAnsrlowne a member oi tne i.'iur.iis luuin u. kuiilai'i lamer, ,. . . -.-....-, . .. ,...
Tnirt t .11 Bnd sundry who are' LIEUTENANT CONE, emergency ad-1 ''"eu to hate been wounded In the
.w. n7h nnrtv In eood stand- dress. I O. Cone, father. Atartada n ne OI tho cops. howeer, was
W .. . .. . 41...I 9S 1H,M r..t.A I HI"
Its purposes and have rendered
Lelal aid to It. ' nm Tirniim in nnmirn
,,ron business only ttu, nuill Id 3VUtA)
asrdlnc to Mrs. Lewis, the reason
thl. rius!on of all but members VOX PI 17 AM DAT TTICQ
Hm party Is that the meeting Is one 1 VIV VJjLuUl I VaJlllVAJ
tor the transaction of routine
a. n which the general public
M Interest. She denied emphatically
iUw meeting was for tne purpose
tructlng tne aciimes oi ine uo
at In the prosecution of tho war
Mfct It was "propagandist' In the ac-
ense of that word, ino oniy
nda the organization has, sno
d. Is against war In the abstract
Filing of Contests by Town
Meeting Party Is First
Gun of Battle
The filing of the contest of the election
-.'.? iZ TimJ. tn sunoort "' James B. Sheehan. as negster of
nst war for all time In support ....... ., . . v.j.i.i, ..
Js assertion she pointed to, the sen-
Wills; of W. Kreeland Kendrlck, as Ite-
i--.f2Jm,nt of The executKe1 ''' "f Taxes, and of Frederick J.
L,nr.adlng to lw. h'4"t. , Shoyer. a. City Treasurer. Is leaked
.. ... ""L..." '...' ,i . upon as the opening gun of a determined
7r,l rfliinrnVinn of war and all "ht for pure elections and cleaner poll
Li?..8.Kd.e.Cl"a, "h',, as tic, in Philadelphia. Town Meeting
active In respect to the conduct of
war; and this not as a counsel of
, but as a matter or principle."
hermore. Mrs Lewis stated, me
ty ,had under consmeraiion ana
t probably pass a resolution appro -
rln IU entirety I'resldcnt Wilson's
i to Congress, delivered last Tues-
Includlng his recommendation for
declaration of war ngalnst Austria
i pointed out also that Miss Addams,
WOUNDED MAN SMALL
The description of the wnundeil ban
dit, who Is said to be about twent-fle.
j ears old. ne feet tall, dretstd In dark
hat and ocrcoit, has been sent to all
(hospitals, believing that he may seek
treatment.
. The Injury of the man was reported
1 by William B Trost, a clerk employed
In the drug store of Edgar Helrod,
Twenty-ninth and Ileed streets Accord.
Ing to Trost. the 'little fellow" was one
of a group of fle men who entered the
store last night and robbed him and
Helroyd at the point of a revolver. The
bandit carried his left arm In an Impro
vised sling made from a hindkcrchlef.
which was spotted with blood, he said
The boldness of the thieves, who
worked quietly and swiftly, seemed to
show a kni vlede of the dissension and
dissatisfaction In the ranks of the po
licemen, who nre demanding Increased
pay and the resignation of Director Wll-
Descriptlon of the bandits fur
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WELL FIGHT EFFORTS
TO FIX COTTON PRICE
Southern Leaders in Congress
Plan to Oppose Naming
Stnndtird
MEMBERS ARE UNITED
ngalnst control cf everything cite en
uring Into dally humnii ionsumtlon
It wns recalled today thnt the imitti
ern members viero favorable to Inclu
sion of steel and Iron, hides, wont cop
per and other commodities In the food
cmitrol hill, bu vvlcii nn nminilme-it
was offered to Include cotton, huirlfd
conferences were held nnd nn twree.
inent reached to confine the bill to food,
fuel and feeds
Meatless Friday l'avorcd
Philadelphia hoteh have ngrcril to
fcervo no meat nil Trldaj. Pledges to
.,.,,,, , . ,hut t,ffcct fro" botcl nnd restiurnnt
Hold to Belief High Prices Arc mon n tl)8 u
Necessary to Insure Moderate
Profit
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.party representatives have collected a
great mass of evidence on which to wsge I pon
tho contest and also upon which to as-inini,d by victims showed that all the
slst the District Attorney to make ei-1 h0d.ups were the work of the same
tensive prosecutions ns tho contest pro-l gang fl0 men In a Tord automobile
cteds j The police say that they obtained more
The tontett will bo carried through than $G00 In Jewelry gold watches and
with determination, leaders of tho party i cash
deUire, and bejond upicttlng the clcc-' . ., . v. ,,...,
tlon of the Organlzatl.m candidates. It Is I HOBBEIIV AT riLNICLI faQI'AnE
their hope to Imprca upon the people The first robbery occurred nt Frank-
kileadlng spirit In the organisation. new e,,rton ,aw wn!ch ,un protcct the , Franklin street, was forced up agnlnt
f member of the woman s board of the r,Bhl of ,h(, clUzen 0 mak( nn exprc9. lho a of a bu1(uns t,5 the mcn T(v0
mnifti twu auiiiiiiian "i' .. ... ...
i I In close touch w Ith President Wll-
and a personal and political sup-
of the President
tarO MAKE WAR IMPOSSIBLE
V re not so much concerned with
present as tho future." said Mrs
. "What we aro trying to do Is
tvto obstruct the Government In the
cutkm of the present war, nut to
war Impossible In tho future.
fcy of 'our members aro strongly In
tjof the present war as mo uest
to bring aiiout peace lor an
I Addams refused to talk for pub
l It was explained that sho has
-tte'very bad health and that she
t to Philadelphia, against mo oruers
r physician She Is under the care
a aurso during her stay In the city,
report that the meeting was or
, "pacifist" sort that has caused riot-
; In Chicago ana otner cities caucu
Uve Captain Tate mis morning to
V that no Inflammatory speeches
I'be tolerated, and that. If ncces
i would detail men to keep an
an the activities of the peace party.
talna In the way of speeches op
tth Government in the prosecution
' the war will be permitted," sild
Jn Tate "The sooner the pacifists
this lesson the better It will be
alt concerned."
T
CONDUCTOR
NOW ON THE JOB
is Her Work in Washing-
i$4on Suburbs and Likes
fe TnoV
slun of his choice of cand'ditcs for pub- i of them covered him with revolvers
lie olllcc vvh'ie a third rifled his pockets They
It Is probable that one of tho first I obtained $G nnd i fold watch, driving
Ipna In th.. pnhtnut nf th .IrrMnn will Off SWiftlv lipforo nnl lrIMll rftlllrl rr-
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bo an appeal to the Snto .Supremo Court ' aponu to nis cries
for a decision on tho Interpretitlon of I A half hour later, Henry Itamni, 1343
tho ballot The Town Meeting party North Thirteenth street, a water-front
candidates In tho election Just past lost guard, was held up at Fourth nnd Com-
heventl thousand votes cacn. the party's merco streets Ho w is robbed of JIG
leaders siv, because, independents voted) and a gold watch As the men drove
the straight Town Meeting ticket and 'away Ramm blew on his policeman's
then marked the name of some candl-1 whistle At the sound two of tho hindlH
dito for a local oflkc. like assessor or
constable, In the Republican calumn
Ihe contention is made that In such
cases there Is no doubt of the Inten
tion of tho voter to voto for the Town
Meeting candidate. The appeal will be
an effort of the new party to get a
decision which wilt permit the counting
of such ballots as these.
The signers of the petition who-e
nimes wero not announced when the
petition was turned over to Judge Carr,
nre as follows
m It Nicholson Jtfin Frszlr
Arthur H Ia W. II Crle
Howard K Hhrppard A. M Hoover
John Willon It U. Hpan
vv niter UoorcQ Smith Oeorvaji ( enfrei
S J Kilmomli
Oeorso t I'ortr
tleorut W Coirs
J L Cummlnrs
w Major neatly
VV P VVton
John K VVutaa
1 O OelKT
W L Johnson
John F Ciso
i:mll Zahler
W. J. Hloan
J. C McClewi
Jowph Urlthrlrk
Ituaolph (1 Kombau
VV m f, McFarlane
1 McCuo
Rohert s PrlBht
I, T Mvrs
lohn If Hankln
innlfl VV Hlmllns
Horace W Ilellly
cnsrlen W. Scott
J,ihn Finney
C. VV. Evans
NO U. S. JOBS FOR DRAFTEES
My a Staff Correspondent
WASHINOT6.N. Dec. 7.
"woman street car conductor, who,
been predicted would be one of
developments, is now a reality
nlngton.
m asnlllng woman, who has to stand
lisVllies to reach the bellcord and
Tap tne lares, Degan inia morning
nnc tickets, giving the bells for
and stopping tho car, changing
trailer at the end of each run and
r. other little things that come In
Vally life of a street car conduc-
i the line running rrom tne sudutds
raahlngton to Kensington, Md.. Just
' ibe line from the District of Co-
L
t eould not be obtained for work on
I Jgaa and the company had to resort
Maua The woman, who appears to
i hr work, described how she got the
I and how she likes It today, as fol
aw an ad !n one of the papers
; as follows :
ITartlme need I Two middle-aged,
uted ladles wanted as conduc-
hort hours. Easy work, flood
. be had In neighborhood Ap-
Canager, Kensington Railway,
n, Md.'
a)y son 1 wearlnr the khaki
My health was being lm-
long hours at the typewriter
hot. Ill-ventilated oflce rooms
at tne rignt time came this
dty for work In pleasant sur-
-plenty of fresh air and fairly
a hA rap alone fnrfAV .that !
fares, made change, regis-
eta and cash, changed the
terminals and did everything
or must do in a day's run.
eople wer very courteous.
it Hf come smiles and heard a
' remarks. Once, at a lonely
i tfce road, a colored boy boarded
I was ma oniy passenger for
cnu, lie refused to pay his
tared ma to put him off. but
' ald over his money. Yes, I
: and Intend to stick."
lien Accepted for Army May Not
Apply for Positions
Applications for mechanical trades or
other positions cannot be received from
persons who luvo been accepted for the
army draft, according to a statement is
sued today by the local Civil Service
Commission Many cases have recently
been brought to the attention of the
commission where .persons who have
been accepted for the draft applied for
civil service examinations, and, passing
these, have been directed to report for
w ork.
In lieu of theso facts, the commission
states that persons employed In mechanl-
A guardhouse hns been erected on tho pavement at tho entrance
to the Mint, on Spring Garden street west of Sixteenth, and three
shifts of police make this place continually guarded both day nnd
night. During the day a special watchman from the Mint is sent
out to do duty with the police sentinels. These men are relieved
every hour. In addition to theso precautions, policemen are
stationed at the rear of the building.
ARE YOU "SANTA" TO
PHULY'S SOLDIERS?
If You Are Not, Today Is the
Day to "Get Busy" nnd
Learn His Job
Pinch hitters for Fanta Claus, step
forward' Any able-bodied nun, womin
or child In PhllitlelphU can qualify for
the Job so long as he or nho his a warm
WASHINGTON. Iec.
, In wonse t the rreshlent's renue't J
for a bill ning prices m i-unmi" - ,
i members of the Senate arc nlrcad ns-
'cubing such a measure, but there is
much doubt as to how It should be
framed or who will sponsor It. It is i
understood that Semtor Chimnerlaln
will not take that responsibility
As to the naturei of the measure, n
i,iti i.in ilia President sweeping now- I
ers 111 Axing prices of all Inslc com
modities Is blng discussed but It is
anticipated such a measure would meet
with much opposition and would entail
a grcnt deil of dllllculty In the draftlnr
Tho propo-tlon of eliciting tho aid of
the Chamber of commerce m im- v .. ,
States In th husiners or liimK !.
Is also being oonsidereu
1 The President will find liW chief
I (.tumbling Mock to general commodity
Uontrnl in tho ran'.s of his own P'vrty
southern P.epresentatlves and Senators
are oppor-d to regulation of cotton,
1 prices They hold the belief that high
prices of cotton this year were neces
tirr in irlvo the growers a moderate!
iprorft on the ground that the crop was.
short
I An attempt to Include cotton In gen
eral prke control will awaken the fortes
which obtained Its elimination from tho
rnAa.rtAnfrn1 not nt the last session
senators Smith, of .South Carolina, nnd
Hoke Sml'h, of Cicorgla, will lead a fight I
agalnt any effort to control prices If
they believe such action would force ,
prices down In the House there area ,
score of southern members who would i
1 talk Indefinitely against such a course
Tfi CUAW PATftiiYTISM Conferences among southern members!
l) OllUVY 1 AllUUllolH already havo disclosed their fears for
I cotton In a general commodity control
bill The faith or the cotton grower
Is in the ability of his representative
In Congress to forestall anything savor-
..-, r.t nnttnr If iraneral rnm. '
lrcdlty develops cotton will be Included
The southern members will not bo able
to stand out for their pet product
Il0anl llclnz. fnnri mltnliiliim.. ...I
Pennsvivnnla. Conferences with fish
men nre to he held In tho very near
future la nrrangt. for giving tho public
.... .. t v lowiiiiijie prices
Hurt in Queer Auto Accident
Pianlt Knapton, fohy years old, of
fpJIO Norwood ttrcet, wns hurt, though
not serjously, today when struck by nn
Automobile truck nt Twenty-first street
nnd chelten avenue. Knipton was wait
ing for a vvest-bound Itoute 40 car. The
tar came Just as the nuto truck hacked
nut of Tvv ml -first strict. It hit the
truck, knocking the bodv off tho wheels.
Tho body hll Knipliin, The truck,
owned liy Mumaw llrothcrs, Norrlstown,
was driven by C Suylcr, of 610 Arch
Mrtet, Norrlstown. '
Davis on Red Cross Mission
l,ouls A. Divls. secretary of the Land
Title and Trust Company, Is on his wav
to Italy, where he will undertako the
work of rcorganUIng the Italian Red
Cross, it was announced today.
MINER'S WIFE SEEKS
Takes Hardest Job in Work
ings, but Boss Says It Is
Against Rules
WM,Ki:S.BARRi:. Pa Dec 7.
Mrs Peter Wlsner, fort-two sean
old, did her bit as a patriotic woman to
tUv, when she went to tho Auchlnclose
mine of the 1) L and W. Company nnd
feeling south of the Ad-im's apple fr r eu w ,mu, lne lmrll. ,
fired at h'm, but missed Polkemin
Smith, attracted by the whistle and the
shot, fired his revolver at the fleeing
machine, vho bandits returning his fire
until the car disappeared out Arch
street. '
Hamond M, Crane 304 fcouth Tenth
street, wis robbed at Ninth nnd Spruce
streets. Uecause he had only 2, Case
was badly beaten He wis treated at
the Pennsylvania Hospital in the fhidow
of whose wall the attack occurred
Alexander Rosen, a student of the
University of Pennsylvania Hospital,
was held up and robbed of a gold watch
and J30 at rranklln and Thompson
streets
At Juniper and Reed streets, fifteen
minutes liter, Joteph Ialll, forty-seven
years, of 1-46 Christian street, was held
up Angry that no only had $t 50 to
give them, the robbers attneked him.
SALOONKRRI'KK ROHDCD
f hortly aftci mtdn'ght Clirenre Hren
nan, of 2736 Wharton street, was con
fronted by the bandits at Twenty-third
and Pine streets and 1B In cash and a
gold watch and chain were taken from
him
Michael Campbell, saloonkeeper, Twen-tj-becond
and Rice streets, was held up
In the saloon and robbed of.104.
Two additional hold-ups occurred, one
In West Philadelphia and the other In
the northwestern section cf the city. In
neither case were the names of the vic
tims available at an early hour this
mcrnlng.
As he stepped out of a cafe nt Twelfth
and Callowhlll streets, accompanied by
a oung woman, Harry Battersby, of
293 East Cambria street, was attacked
by the five bandltB, and his watch and a
watch and chain belonging to tho young
woman were snatched
The robbera entered the drug store of
Edgar Helrcyd, nt the southeast corner
of Twenty-ninth and Ileed btrccts. Draw-
ral trade nosltlnns In the fiovernment'a
.-- - ; , ..., ,. ., j a,
service are not necessarily exempted j mil weir rev uivcr-i, mey orucreu wio iiro
from the army's evil Only those persons , prletor nnd his clerk. William R Trost,
Stfere Manager Dead
tiCK, Wla, Dec. TWllllam
Hinasa manager or mm-
. store. Is dead here
a.llinosa. Mr. MacLaren
about a month ago with
r in Baan. tin came ner
from ixiwell. Mass. He
MMBea of Quebec Can-
wKhathe Olmbel flna
' years - newvea by
wnnw neana
' tm.
IW M
i?r.
who are occupying positions which can
not be adequately filled by other simi
larly qualified persons will be exempt
from the draft.
t .
Vanderlip Speaks Here Today
Frank A. Vanderlip. chairman of the
national war savings committee, will
address two meetings In Philadelphia
today Ho will address the long-table
luncheon at the City Club of Philadel
phia. Tonight he will speak at the meet
ing or those interested in tne distrioution
of thrift stamps and war-savings cer
tificates In Grimth Hall, 1420 Chestnut
street. Robert K. Cassatt, State director
of the committee, will preside at to
night's meeting
Engine Company's Shortest Run
Engine Company No 41, Sixty-first
and Thompson streets, had the shortest
run of Its life when a nre alarm was
received from the patrol house of the
Sixty-first and Thompson streets police
station. Just next door. The firemen
walked over with extinguishers and made
short work of the blaze, which had
originated In the patrol crew's quarters
while the crew and the wagon were
out. The loss wns about J100.
THEWEATHER
I WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair and
continued cold tonight; Saturday in
creasing cloudiness, with probably snow
In west and north portions, moderate
northwest to north winds
For New Jersey; Partly cloudy to
night and Saturday; moderate northwest
and north winds.
Ralna have continued in the South
Atlantic States, and light snow has
fallen In Ohio and portions of the lake
region and the lower St. Lawrence Val
ley during the last twenty-four hours.
Snow has also been general In the
Plains States from Kansas northward.
The temperatures have continued to fall
at most place In the eastern portion of
tt acMMrr. a intense oow, for the
M from M twu vauay
mm art
to hold up their hands While three of
the men "covered" the druggist, the
other two went through the cash regis
ter, obtaining 35. They got 12 and n
diamond stickpin from tho clerk
the Phlladelphl-i bova who aro now
wearing Uncle Sim s uniform as mem
bers of the Jlolh Infintrv at Camp
Meade
Tho pcoplo of PhlladelphU ought to
bo proud of those bos. what?
Of course' Ever body In Phllidel
plila is proud of them and ever body In
Philadelphia wants them to have a
Christmas piesent from the city. Them's
a committee Just formed to see that
earn one of tho 3200 men In that regi
ment and every last one of them hills
from Phllidelphla rlnll get n present
from the folln In his homo town. Thit
Is If tho folks 'come across"
Two thousand I'ollars k needed with
which to buy tho presents A dime v III
help A dollar will bo better still
Whoever takts tho trouble to drop a
contribution In the mall will Immedi
ately become a S inta Claus to some
chap In khaki who Is serving with a
regiment that ! 100 per tent Phila
delphia s
Tho committee In charge, which In
cludes former Covernor Edwin S
Stuart, Judge Norrls Ilatrntt. John
drlbbel. president of fhe Un'on League,
and other well-known men, is headed
by Dr Thomas II l'enton John M,
Strong, vice president of tho West End
Trust Company, is treasurer Your
money to bring a Christmas remem
brance to some Philadelphia boy who
may not be able to get homo for
Chrlstmis may bs sent to the West End
Trust Company. IJroad street nnd
South 1'enn square, or left at the
Evevino PustLic Ledofh otllco Tim
envelope should bo marked "For tho
315th Infantry Christmas Tunc! "
Tho presents which will be purchased
with tho money will be distributed to
the 3200 men of the regiment at a big
Christmas Jollification to bo held In the
V, M. C. A. "shack" at the cantonment
a day or two before Christmas For
many men this my be the only re
minder they have that Philadelphia. Is
proud of them. Don't forget'
UNSCATHED BY MINE FALL
Hazlebrook Worker Engulfed by
Drop From Surface Bore
HAZLETON. Pa. Dec. 7. Steve Hus
bosky, a Hazlebrook miner, hid a thrill
ing escape from death During the
day he drove u. proving hole seventy
five feet from an underground working
to the surface up an Incline almost per
pendicular. Finishing work, he went to
the spot nbovo ground where the hole
was supposed to emerge and while sur
evlng the surroundings was engulfed
Workers saw him disappear, but
could find no trace of him. Hushosky
was carried down Into the mines vir
tually uninjured and came out half an
hour afterward.
.She went to work with her husband
because ho had been umble to procure
a laborer nnd keep up his part In tho
production of coal The entered tho
mino sometime before oillclals and othei
workmen wero on the Job Mrs Wlrner
was dressed 111 overalls and blouse and
wore the cip of a miner, on which
burned a new mine lamp
Tho worn in went to work with a vim
nnd hod nlmost loaded a car of coal
when mlno bosses ciimo through the
workings on a tour of Inspection There
wns no attempt to hide the fact that
Wlsner bud his wife emplojed an n
I iborer and tho bosses quickly ordered
her from tho mine Ihey Informed her
thit thev wero not permitted to employ
women laborers
Mrs Wlsner gave up her Job with
great regret. Sho declared sho had as
much strength aB any man and that sho
rould handle the pick und shovel with
tho best of them
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