I
PARIS WIS CUT
8,000 Postoffice Telegra
phers Join the Strike.
TELEPHONE GIRLS ALSO IN FIGHT
Eailroad Mail Clerks Resolve to
Quit Work, and Goyemment
Service Is Almost
Paralyzed.
Paris, March 1G. In addition to the
general telegraphers, a strike of the
8,000 telegraphers of the postoQlcc de
partment was declared here following
n meeting of the General Association
of I'ost-Telegrnpli Employees at which
5,000 were present
The resolution to strike was Toted
without n single dissenting voice, and
orders were issued immediately for the
withdrawal of all operators employed
in the telegraphic bureaus of the de
partment. Thousands of wires were
cut by the strikers.
The resolution recites that the strike
action is taken ns a protest against
the arbitrary and tyrannical adminis
tration and that the decision was pre
cipitated by an insult addressed by M.
SIniynn. undersecretary of posts and
telegraphs, to the nlllclals of the asso
ciation. Some time 'prior to taking a vote the
General Association of Employees Is.
sued a statement protesting vigorously
against M. Slmyan's charge that the
movement was anarchistic. They de
clared that It was designed solely to
protect their interests.
The resolution adopted also pledges
the members of the association to re
sistance until all measures of repres
sion hiiTe been withdrawn and pro
vides that an urgent appeal shall be
issued to the telegraph operators in
the provinces to Join in the movement.
The meeting broke up without dis
turbance, and the services of a heavy
force of reserves of police and mount
ed municipal guards about the build
ing were not required. The commit
tees of the various branches of the
service immediately declared them
selves '"pormanent" and began active
work in organizing the strike.
At the meeting of the general asso
ciation all the speeches indicated that
the indignation of the telegraphers
was directed principally against Secre
tary Slmyan, who is exceedingly un
popular not only with the post tele
graph employees, but with the public,
on account of the execrable telephone
service.
The girl operators' employed in the
"telephone bureaus unanimously de
cided to abide by the decision of the
meeting, while 330 railway mall clerks,
due to leave on outgolug trains during
the course of tho evening, also decided
to abide by that decision. The strike,
therefore, involves the various branch
es of the service. These branches are
now more or less paralyzed. Less than
a third of the railway mall clerks fail
ed to report for duty.
The government put forth every ef
fort to preserve international commu
nication, but the central telegraph sta
tion was demoralized and practically
out of commission.
Eight railroad mall clerks were ar
raigned in police court charged with
insulting M. Slmyan. The hearing was
a tumultuous oie.
M. Thlbault, one of the leaders, de
clared that a system of tyranny exist
ed in the postal service and that pro
motion depended upon favoritism. He
said men holding socialist or clerical
opinions were kept down and insisted
that the real cause of the trouble was
to be found in this Injustice. All the
accused were sentenced to imprison
ment for six days.
When the operators at the central
station learned of these convictions
taey indulged in a violent manifesta
tion. Mr. Leplne and a detachment
of police arrested four of the leaders.
A band of twenty striking postmen
appeared at various branch offices and
urged their comrades to stop work and
Join the strike.
A Proof of It.
"Girls certainly can be contrary."
"I should say so. There's Miss Pre
tyface. She knows how to give a
positive negative." Puck.
LABOR HEN ALARMED.
Officers of Amalgamated Association
Opposo Tariff Bill.
Washington, March 18. Worklngmen
employed In the iron and steel trades
view with alarm the Payne tariff bill,
according to a statement issued here
by Ij. Lewis, vice president, and John
Williams of Pittsburg, secretary-treasurer
of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of
North America. The statement says:
"The tariff bill presents so many and
drastic reductions In the iron and steel
schedule as to be viewed with alarm
by the worklngmen employed in those
Industries included in the iron and
steel schedule and other industries de
pendent thereon, especially at this
time following a long period of de
pression, with huudreds of thousands
of American workmen idle.
"The bill as prcscuted literally hands
them a stone. Employees of American
tin plate mills will strenuously oppose
the recommendation in the bill on the
drawback feature us applied to the tin
plate, as they believe they should se
cure the work now done In Wales and
imported under the provisions of the
drawback feature."
TARIFF BILL STIRS COUNTRY.
Telegrams of Dissent Pouring In From
Many Sections.
Washington. March 18. The new
tariff measure cuts deeper than had
been expected even by those who
hoped for deep cuts. It will be st'ul
bornly fought in the house, still more
stubbornly in the senate.
Senators and congressmen are al
ready beginning to hear from constitu
ents, however, and warm expressions
of dissent are coming over the wires
from all parts of the country.
Nearly every telegram declares that I
wage reductions will have to follow
tariff reductions, and many of them
Insist that a postponement of prosper
ity is inevitable.
C0RBETT ISSUES CHALLENGE.
Ex-Champion Wants to Fight Either
Jeffrie or Johnson.
Wheeling, W. Va., March 18. James
J. Corbett has issued a second chal
lenge for a fight with either Jeffries or
Johnson. In it he says:
"I am tired of seeing this fellow
Johnson going nround with his chest
out, and nobody seems inclined to fight
him. I hereby challenge James J. Jef
fries and Jack Johnson to box me any
number of rounds or to a finish in any
club in the world.
"I will forward a check for $1,000 to
Al Smith nt the Gilscy House, in New
Turk, as a guarantee of good faith."
Taft to Be at Gridiron Dinner.
Washington, Mnrch 18. President
Taft has accepted an invitation to at
tend the annual spring dinner of the
firldlron club, to be held April 17.
HARRDIAN TO PANAMA.
Railroad Magnate to Make Trip to Sea
Work on Canal.
New York March 18. E. H. Harri
man's yacht Sultana is being fitted out
here for a sea trip. The captain said
that bis orders were to proceed to
New Orleans on Saturday.
From there Mr. Harriman and a
party of friends will go to Panama for
an Inspection of work on the canal.
Tyburn Tree.
The London county council has de
cided to commemorate, by means of a
triangular stone placed in the road
way, the site of Tyburn gallows, at
the junction of Edgware road and Ox
ford street. It Is also the Intention of
his majesty's office of works to fix
within Hyde park railings a bronze
tablet bearing the inscription: "Tyburn
tree. The triangular stone in the road
way, seventy-five feet north of this
point, Indicates the site of tho ancient
gallows known aa Tyburn tree, which
was- demolished In 17C0." London
Mall.
How It Read.
Charles Buxton Going, poet, editor,
scientific expert and business man,
possible successor of the beloved Ed
mund Clarence Stedman, en route for
Europe, sent a wireless message from
Nantucket to his friends In New York.
He dictated it thus:
"Everything comfortable. Going."
The New York office delivered it
thus:
"Everything comfortable going. (Not
ilgned.)" New York Press.
HOW IT FEELS TO FLY.
A First Trip In an Aeroplane With;
Wilbur Wright.
One of the adventurous spirits who
have been aloft in Wilbur Wright's
aeroplane describes his sensations as
follows: "I was wedged into a canvas
covered, straw stuffed scat, mounted
on the center of the oil bespattered
wing of the neroplanc, with a wooden
crossbar for ray feet to keep me
wedged tightly home. Wilbur Wright
climbed over the wire stays and wood
en bars that attach the forward rud
der to the main wings and came
around to his own place on my left.,
The familiar signal was glrcu. Wil
bur Wright fastened the two lower
buttons of his Jacket, as we bad seen
him do many a time before. Then,
climbing into his scat, he pulled his
peaked cloth cap well over his eyes,
leaned forward, hesitated a second to
sec that the man nt the wing tip was
ready, released the catch, and we were
off yes, off, nnd with such a rush
that we seemed to ' have been shot
forth' from the mouth of a cannon.
Prepared as I was for a quick start,
the terrific impetus staggered me.
"But almost before my thoughts had
time to shape themselves definitely It
was over. There was a thud In the
rear only the wooden bogy, which
bdd dropped to the ground on reach
ing the end of the starting rail. No
need to worry about that, and we
were being gently swayed in .a calm
atmosphere. We were climbing up
ward moderately fast, to Judge by the
way in which the ground was slipping
away underneath. But n minute later
even this had stopped, and we wero
slowly advancing with n gently un
dulating motion which made one smile
at the thought that this could end in
disaster.
"But how deceiving It was! The
sensation suggests that you are being
cradled in the air. You are moving so
gently that you could not come to any
harm if you fell. There Is not much
wind, only n gentle breeze nothing
whatever to disturb you. And reason
Insisted: You are traveling at forty
miles an hour. You have got nothing
to support you. Down there, fifty feet
away, under that, purple heather, is
the bard ground waiting to wreck you
and the machine. If the engine stops,
the air, which Is now lulling you, will
turn traitor nnd let you fall cruelly.
If the pilot forgets himself for an In
stant, you may rush downward -at the
speed of an express train or you may
overturn altogether.
"One, two, three and four rounds of
the field. Minutes had lengthened out,
the novelty had lung ceased, and I al
ternately gazed around Idly or watch
ed, the motionless figure that' had never
proffered.' a word or given a sign that
ho .wao aware .of my -'prepense'. Pres
ently we touch, when I donot-:know,
for I felt no shock whatever, 'but after
a few seconds -of this silent glide the
machine comes to a stop, nrid it is
over. "
"We step out together, and I break
the silence with my congratulations
and thanks. 'Yes,' replied Wilbur
Wright briefly. Then, looking round:
Now, wouldn't that make you tired?
I thought I was close to my starting
rail, and I am 300 yards away from It!
The sun was in my eyes.' "Chicago
News.
"Lucky" Baldwin's Widow to Contest.
San Francisco, March 1C That the
widow of E. J. ("Lucky") Baldwin will
contest his will giving her only ?150,
000 out of hU 128,000,000 estate Is con
firmed by Garret McEnry, her attor
ney. The Spot on the Veil.
Eva Myrtella la so eccentric! She
wears one of those dotted veils, and a
dot Is directly over her mouth. I won
der why?
Jack Ob, I guess that is a veiled in
vitation for some young man to kiss
her on the spot Chicago News.
On the Job.
"That tall, handsome policeman does
nothing but stand and pose."
"I beg your pardon, ho Is doing po
lice duty right along."
"How?"
"He is constantly arresting1 atten
tion." Baltimore American.
Responsive Trade.
"How is your eldest son getting on?"
"He has a soft job. He makes
feather beds."
"And your younger eonf"
"Oh, he has a snap. He make steel
trans." Boston Globe.
ISriOKB
BOB" HAMILTON
10 CENT
CARMACK JURY OUT
Judge Hart flakes Charge
Today In Murder Trial.
FAIR TO THREE ACCUSED MEN.
Widow of Slain Senator Waits In
Court, Heavily Veiled, Ex
pecting to Hear the
Verdict.
Nashville, Tenn., Mnrch 10. The
general belief that the case would go
to the Jury today caused the largest
crowd yet assembled to try to get into
the courthouse for the filial scenes of
the trial of Colonel Duncan B. Cooper,
Robin Cooper and John Sharp for the
murder of former United States Sen
ator Edward W. Carnmck.
Some of the curious ones were on
the steps as early as 4 o'clock. After
Attorney General McCarn had closed
for the state Judge Hart made his
charge to the jury. It was eminently
fair to the three prisoners.
Mrs. Carmack was in court heavily
veiled, nnd she announced her inteiv
tkm to remain until the verdict was
reached.
In his closing plea for the convic
tion of the three prisoners Attorney
General McCarn said:
"Senator Carmack was shot In the
back. He was shot from behind. The
bullet which came out of Cormack's
mouth entered the back. And It is no
more chivalrous to shoot a dead man
In the back than to shoot a live one.
That bullet Is the only one that ranged
up, two bullets ranging downward.
Now, you shoot a man as he is falling
and the shots do not range upward.
These men are not only assassins of
Carmack, but they are cowardly assas
sins of facts.
"Counsel tell you that you are not
trying ordinary criminals, that these
are men of distinguished ancestry.
Well, when men in pairs hunt another
man. approach him from behind and
kill him, then it's time for some of the
descendants, the tail of the ancestors,
to be cut off.
"They have pleaded justification.
Judge Anderson tried to explain away
General Mecks' statement that the un
written law should apply. Bnt If Gen
eral Mecks did not mean it why did
he follow it with the significant state
ment, The streets of our city have
run red before with the slaughter of
men who used other men's names un
justly in newspapers?1
"Judge Anderson explained this clev
erly, but the facts are against him.
"If yon have a doubt of their guilt
turn these men loose. But if you be
lieve that it is against the law of Ten
nessee to go up behind a man and kill
'him because he wrote bantering ed
itorials then I ask you to say so by
your verdict.
"But they say he did not shoot Car
mack the colonel didn't but be took
bis son along to do It, and the son was
a willing tool. There has been a lot
of talk about the boy.' Why, gentle
men, he Is a lawyer, twenty-seven
years old. and has earned big fees. He
Is no child. He was reared in luxuary
and is learned in the law."
The Roman Warrior's Drill.
The drill of the Roman soldier was
exceedingly severe. It comprised not
only the use of weapons, but run
ning, Jumping, climbing, wrestling and
swimming In full armor.
A 8trong Cement.
By kneading together ten parts of
finely sifted unoxldlzed Iron filings
with five of perfectly dry pulverized
clay in vinegar spirit a cement Is
formed that is both flro and water
proof.
Santos Dumont Has New Monoplane.
Paris, "Feb. 23. M, Santos-Dumont
launched a now monoplane at Issy
and executed three flights with suc
cess. Pious Wish.
"Why doesn't our canary stag any
more?"
"Because tho bird is molting."
T wish Aunt Kate would molt." Dc
trolt Free Press.
CIGAR.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
A man just back from the other side
told me this story of Richard Crokcr
and his horso Orby:
Mr. Crokcr takes great delight in
showing his horses to visitors, but be
views with distrust nnd Contempt the
man who looks them over arA says
nothing. He would rather havs them
criticised adversely than passed up
without remark. A stranger came to
Glencalrn soon after Orby won the
Derby and asked if ho might sec the
horses. .The old chief was delighted to
oblige. The stranger was well groom
ed and incidentally was an English
man of class. The yearlings were
brought ont, but the guest made no
comment. Then the mares were pa
raded. Still he said nothing.
Determined to make the Englishman
talk, Mr. Crokcr led him to the stall of
Orby. The horse was brought out, a
magnificent type of the runner. The
stranger looked him over critically
and then, to the infinite disgust of the
old man, asked:
"How fast can he trot?" New York
Telegraph.
Springing a New One.
"You have all heard about foxes rais
ing litters of rnbblts and cats acting
the, mother to little mice," drawled the
unvarnished nature faker ns he helped
himself to a slice of cheese, "but, gen
tlemen, I have one that beats these
yarns nil to a frazzle. When I was
living In the next state I bad an old
dog that scared the hen off her nest
and batchial out u brood of chicks."
"Come off, Judson!" chorused the
four and twenty loungers sitting on
the barrels.
"It's a fact as I told it. Before that
setting incident in the henhouse that
old dog wasn't worth n dollar, but
after that I sold her to a drummer foi
$50 down." v
The loungers gasped.
"You did?"
"Yes, I told him it was the finest set
ter dog in the country." Detroit Trib
une. Man and His Customs.
"Among the natives of some savage
countries," remarked the ethnologist,
"insanity is regarded with the utmost
consideration and respect."
"So it is with us," remarked the un
written lawyer, "if you can get alien
ists who make the proper impression
on the jury." Washington Star.
Sha Looked.
"What did Miss Deery do when you
waltzed on to her gown?"
"Well, I wished I was a snail so I
conld crawl into my shell." Kansas
City Times.
An Uneasy Count.
"I naver saw the count so uneasy,
Jane. Did he propose?"
"No, ma. He wasn't uneasy about
that. He was afraid ho might not be
able to borrow a nickel from me for
car fare." Houston Post.
Another Sad Case.
"My wife knows more about a kitch
en range than about a piano."
"Lucky man!"
"You're wrong. She thinks she
knows most about the piano." Kansas
City Times.
An Old Story.
"It waa Pitcher McSorley who gave
that benefit danco where tho crowd
got too lively, wasnlt It?"
"Yes. McSorley lost control of too
ball." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Common Case.
"You need a man to show you how
to make money."
"I've got one, My boss shows me
how lfs done, but he won't let me do
it." Cleveland Leader.
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