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FREELAND, PA., MAY 25, 1893.
Made a Fortune by a Mistnke.
It is said that somewhere about 1849-
'SO, in the early days of the American
Agriculturalist , Orange Judd one day di
rected his boy to collect a bill, a con
siderable one, and put an advertisement
in the New York Tribune , directing the
lad to pay for the same "with the
money," or "out of the money," which
he should collect. The boy collected
the bill and took the advertisement to
the Tribune . The clerk at the counter
a iked the boy how long the advertise
ment was to be, as it was only marked
"Weekly Trib., it."
The hoy remembering "with the
money" which accompanied the order,
for answer pushed all the money he had
toward him. The clerk counted it;
found it paid for nearly half a column
of the weekly; marked it a half column
in a liberal spirit, and the boy went on
his way rejoicing.
Nothing was said that day; it was late
when the boy got back, but next day
about noon Mr. Judd happened to recol
lect the bill. He inquired about it, and
found to his dismay that the whole had
been expended in advertising, lie re
monstrated with the boy, who maintain
ed that his order was to pay "with the
money collected"—that meant all the
money as he understood it.
Mr. Judd thought he said "out of
the monjy," but wasn't quite sure, and
ceased expostulation, though he was
somewhat uneasy, as those were days of
small things, and the dollars were not so
plentiful as they afterward became.
lie was in this state two or three days,
when letters containing subscriptions,
induced by the advertisement, began to
come in—next day more—and so on un
til the amount expended was more than
recovered. This made Mr. Judd a liberal
advertiser, and has proven to him, as
well as to many others, that advertising
pays in every line of trade.
Civil Service Kcform.
A Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Record announces the pro
bability of an effort on the part of Presi
dent Cleveland to undertake such an ex
tension of civil service reform as would
make moral, intellectual and physical
litness the only test required, without
reference to political inclining, for all
offices of a non-political character. A
tenure during good behavior would be a
necessary sequence.
As the laws are now, such a radical
change could not be brought about with
out congressional assistance, and there
is much doubt whether that could be
obtained.
In their platforms both parties talk
charmingly of the advantage of civil
service reform; but when the spoils of
office have been brought within their
reach neither party has had the virtue
to live up to its preaching. No presi
dent has had such an opportunity as has
Mr. Cleveland to push civil service re
form to whatever extent the law will
permit. lie is in no way committed to
the spoilsmen, and will not be a candi
date in 1890. ,
The effort to conform practice to pre
cept would, no doubt, raise a storm
about his ears; but he has had occasion
to know that as long as the masses shall
trust him he need not fear the profes
sional politicians, who would make all
the noise.
If a newsboy plays craps on the street
for a nickel or two, he is promptly ar
rested, taken before a magistrate and
punished so that the majesty of the law
in relation to gambling may besustained,
.Tim Keene won over a million in hack
ing down the cordage trust and he is
noted aßa financier of amgnitude. Hut
what's the difference.— Neieadealer.
In Henry & Johnson's Arnica and Oil
Liniment is combined the curative pro
perties of the different oils, with the
healing qualities of Arnica. Good for
man and animal. Every bottle guaran
teed. Sold by Dr. Schilcher.
Four ladies out of five have some
peculiar trouble. "Orange Blossom"
will cure them. Sold by W. W. Grover.
"A stitch in time" often saves con
sumption. Downs' Elixir used in time
saves life. Sold by Dr. Schilcher.
I.nne'H Medicine Move* the lloweh Kitcli
Uuy* liiorder to tie healthy thin is neoeaanry.
Last of the Stalwarts.
! Notable was that banquet given in Phil
adelphia to the survivors of the memora
| ble "300" who voted for Grant at Chicago
in 1880. All but the very youngest among
j our voting citizens can recall the sensa-
I tion produced at the Republican presi
dential convention of that year, when,
| with Roscoe Conkling at their head, the
J 300 stood together and voted through 36
| straight ballots to nominate Grant for a
third term. One of the humors of their
opponents, after the convention was
over, was to have huge cast iron medals
struck, bearing in big letters the figures
"306," and send them to the members of
that baud. But it was settled then and
i thero that the American people would
1 never consent to let any man bo candi
date for president for a third term. It
J was at this time, too, that Blaine gave
Conkling and his men the name of "Stal
! warts." Ono might have thought it was
forgotten, that name, but William W.
Hicks of Florida, who was one of the
306, assured his hearers at the banquet
that the Stalwarts of 1880 would still be
living in the hearts of the American peo
ple when the Stals. themselves had "at
tained the freedom of eternity and looked
I down from loftier altitudes." On the
j whole, it is a good pliraso that—"at
tained the freedom of eternity."
j Another of the old Grant guard at the
I banquet was Webster Flanigan of Texas,
who gave to American political litera
ture the immortal question, "What aro
wo hero for?" Hon. George S. Boutwell
was ono of the speakers and presided at
the banquet. But tho occasion was not
all joyful, because of the members of the
old guard who were absent. Conkling,
he of the sneer, and the curl, and tho elo
quent bitter tongue, has "attained the
freedom of eternity." So has General
John A. Logan.
Of the 306, 61 are known to be dead,
and of 36 more it is unknown whether they
I are dead or alive. Of the rest 93 were
j too infirm to bear the journey to Phila
j delphia. So the years fly, and only 87
of the stalwart Grant delegates in 1880
remained who were able to attend the
banquet in their honor at Philadelphia.
Paddy's Piano.
We regret to learn that tho hair of the
I ages will probably not appear to delight
j visitors at tho World's fair. Paderewski,
j the pianist—Paderewski, the adorable—
bcforo whom women go down as grass
j before a prairie fire, at whose feet one
frenzied feminine indeed did throw her
self bodily in a public concert room—
Paddy of the flowing red mane may not
be able to play at the World's fair.
| The reason is that thero has been music
in tho air among piano makers—music
far different, alas! from that which drips
from Paderewski's paws. Some New
York piano men secured valuable space
at tho Chicago exposition, then at the
last moment backed down and declared
they would make no exhibition at all.
New York loves Chicago, and Chicago
adores New York, as all tho world
knows, and the queer conduct of the pi
ano men increased on both sides that af
fection, such as it is.
The directors of tho fair decided that
the seceding piano men should not be al
lowed to use any pianos of their make at
the entertainments during tho exposi
tion. This threw out the only piano
which the Paderewski ever uses; there
fore it throw out Pad himself, with all
his hair. New York is sat upon, Chica
go is satisfied, but womankind is sad.
Doubtless Pad is mad enough to cut his
hair.
Wo Hope It Is True.
Marion Crawford thinks American
taste has improved wonderfully in the
past 10 years. Ho is probably correct in
the main. He says that the aesthetic im
provement which our ladies especially
have manifested is only the natural out
come of the womanly nature which re
fines itself as soon as it has the oppor
tunity. In illustration of the general
elevation and refining of taste in the so
cial realm Mr. Crawford says in The La
dies' Home Journal;
There used to bo an extraordinary stiffness,
if 1 may call it so, in American taste, which
contrasted strongly enough with the grammat
ical license of the speech of those days. With
in tho last 10 years the language of what calls
itself society Inks Improved by resuming some
thing, if not all, of tho Anglo-Saxon rigidity.
Taste, on the other hand, has grown more fa
cile, pliant and graceful. It Is no longer a dis
tinctive sign of social superiority to have a
scmlclassic marble statue In tho hall and tho
stone efflgy of an undo or aunt In tho dining
room. Moreover, tho successors of those (es
thetic monstrosities are fast disappearing, too
—the expensive and had imitations of oriental
stuffs, tho profuse crops of useless kntcknacks
which used to make tables unserviceable for
ordinary purposes and rooms almost uninhab
itable for beings endowed with motion.
This is probably true. AU the samo
we observe that directions for construct
ing homemade burned match holder!
trimmed with yellow ribbons still fol
low the rounds of the woman's page in
the newspaper as regularly as the moth
er-in-law joke.
Mrs. Frances E. Russell is one of the
leaders in the present agitation for the
wearing of short dresses by women. She
presents the strongest argument yet ad
vanced for the short dress in the follow
ing two sentences, which she quotes from
Frances M. Steele. It refers to a class of
gymnasium girls: "The grace of the feet
and legs below gymnastic dresses that
felt a little lower than the knees was a
delight and something to be desired for
all womankind. Theso girls were to mo
like draped souls, so utterly unconscious
were they of arms or legs." Once wom
en aro persuaded that they will bo beau
tiful and graceful in short dresses, the
♦tork which doctors, scientists, saints
end reformers have striven in vain to ac
complish will be done.
TURNED UP ALIVE.
A Man That Wax Mourned ax Dead Ar
rive* in liu/.leton O. K.
After being mourned as dead for ten
years Cooney Gomerhart turns up alive
and well, is the interesting information
in the Plain Speaker of Friday last.
Many people still remember the cavein
which occurredjß the Laurel Hill mine
in 1883 and the consequent settling of
the earth at the east end of Broad street,
when many houses were shaken thereby
and some of them tumbled completely.
The excitement which followed at the
time was intense and a number of people
were supposed to have been fatally in
jured. Another incident of the affair
and which was widely advertised at the
time was the disappearance of Cooney
Gomerhart simultaneously with the
crash.
It was generally believed that he had
been caught in one of the presures and
carried into the mines. Search for the
man was continued in the yicinity of the
cavein for sometime afterwards. With
out success however and when it was
given up it was the opinion of all that
Gomerhart was a victim of the crash
and was lying dead somewhere beneath
the surface.
After ten years absence the man
comes back to the surprise of all. The
story of his disappearanoe and experi
ence since reads like a fairy tale.
On the night of the accident he was
an inmate of one of the housi s w liich had
collapsed and was partly drawn into the
earth. When the building fell he seem
ed to have lost his mind. Terrified he
crawled from the debris and without
waiting to learn the fate of his compan
ions he rushed wildly from the scene.
In the excitement which followed his
disappearance was not noted.
After the people had recovered their
senses and an investigation made,
Gomerhart was found to be missing. A
vigorous search for him was at once insti
tuted. The house in which he had been
was removed from the hole but no trace
of him was discovered. The crevices in
the earth were thoroughly searched.
The work of examining the holes as far
as practicable was kept up for days.
The theory advanced was that the
man had fallen into one of the cracks
which subsequently closed up. This
was accepted as final. His relatives
were almost frantic with grief and
mourned him as dead. In the mean
time Cooney had left Hazleton far
behind and was traveling westward.
Just where he was found he did not
know until he found himse.f in an hos
pital in Cincinatta recovering from an
attack of fever.
He then had a faint recollection of his
narrow escape from death at Hazleton
and in some way mixed it up with his
being in the hospital. It was sometime
after that he learned that he had been
picked up on the streets by a policeman
who found him ill and suffering from
fever.
To recall his experience at home
would he to send cold chills through
I him. He resolved to try and forget it.
He left the institution without telling
anyone of it, and did forget it to the ex
tent that he did not communicate with
anyone here and left the circumstances
surrounding his departure a mystery as
far as his friends v*ere concerned.
He traveled westward, remaining only
in each place long enough to earn money
to carry him further away. In this
manner he kept drifting about aimlessly
until he finally settled in North Dakota,
where he has been engaged for the past
five years.
About a month ago his thoughts re
verted to home. He had overcome the
horror of his experience to such an ex
tent that he could consider it quietly.
He finally decided to come east, hut did
not acquaint anyone with his intention.
He left Dakota ten days ago and arriv-.
Ed here yesterday.
His ten years absence made a great
change in his appearance. Besides he
had long ago been given up as dead, and
no one knew him as he stepped from the
train here. After inquiring for his
friends he was finally successful in locat
ing them.
When he arrived at the house of his
parents he was greeted as a stranger.
When he introduced himself they were
half inclined to treat him as an imposter, 1
but when he made it more plain to them !
the greatest surprise was created. His
return was like the resurrection of the
dead, and both his parents wept for joy.
Ll.t of Patent..
Among the patents granted to Penn
sylvania inventors last week, reported
by C. A. Snow & Co., Washington, D. C.,
were the following:
S L Rhodes, Bradford, iamp-biack ma
chine; G H Tench, I'ottsville, washer,
drier and separator; W Ward, Titusvillc,
combined cane and camp stool; G West- :
inghouso, Jr, Pittsburg, conduit electric
railway.
Costiveness is the primary cause of
much disease. Dr. Henry Baxter's Man
drake Bitters will permanently cure cos-1
tiveness. Every bottle warranted. Sold j
by Dr. Schilcher.
When Baby was sick, wo gave her Castoria'
When she wax a Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria
When she hod Children, she gave them Castoria
THE RAILWAY UNION
FULL TEXT OF THE PLATFORM OF
THE NEW ORGANIZATION.
A Declaration of Principles Which WiU
j rrovo of Interest to Ail Workingmen.
j Leading Men of the Older Kailrond
j ISrothorhoodn Interested.
i Uncommon interest is felt in tho new
, organization of railway employees re
cently perfected in Chicago. Among tho
prominent railway men who aro taking
lan active part in tho new union are:
' Eugene V. Debs, ex-grand secretary and
j treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Firemen, Torre Haute, Ind.; L. W.
; Rogers, editor of The Ago of Labor; Gen
; oral W. H. Sebring of the Outer of Rail- 1
j road Conductors, Memphis; F. W. Ar
nold, grand secretary and treasurer of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen;
James A. Clark, ex-grand senior of tho
Brotherhood of Railroad Telegraphers;
G. W. Howard, ex-grand chief conductor
of tho Brotherhood of Railroad Conduct
ors; W. S. Missemer, grand chief car
man of tlio Brotherhood of Railroad Car
Men, St. Joseph, Mo.; S. Kclliher, grand
secretary and treasurer of the Brother
hood of Railroad Car Men; Henry Wal
ton, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers.
The title of tho new organization ia
Tho American Railway union, and tho
officers elected for tho year are: E. V.
Debs, president; Georgo W. Howard, first
vice president; W. S. Missemer, second
vice president;S. Kelliher, secretary, and
an executive board of nine members.
Following is tho manifesto of tho new
union, and though a very lengthy docu
ment it is well worth a close perusal by
all persons interested in labor orgoniza- '
tions:
In tho creation of a new organization of rail
way employees certain reasons prompting tho
movement arc demanded and should lio set I
forth with becoming candor.
Tho number of employees now in the service I
of tho railroads of America lias been variously j
estimated from 800,000 to 1,000,000. It is safe
to assume that this vast army of employees is i
at the present time not less than 1,000,000.
Accepting tho highest claims of tho various j
railway organizations as a basis of calculation, |
less than 150,000 of these employees are mem- ;
bcrs of such organization, leaving more than '
850,000 who aro not enrolled in tho ranks of or
ganized labor.
To stato tho proposition concisely, organiza
tlon is union. It is a self evident truth that in
"union there is strength," and conversely with- 1
out union weakness prevails. Therefore tho i
central benefit to bo derived from organization 1
is strength power to accomplish that which dc
lles individual effort.
DEFECTS IN ORGANIZATION.
Experience, the great teacher, whose lessons
sooner or luter must be heeded, points out with
unerring certainty tho defects and demon
strates the inefficiency of tho organizations us
they now exist.
First—They do not provido for all classes of |
employees, it being shown that 850,000 of them,
or 85 per cent of the whole number, remain un
organized. These may bo divided into tbrco
general classes, (1) those who aro eligible, but
decline to join, (2) those who have been expelled
becauso of their inability or refusal to bear the
llnancial burdens which membership imposes,
and (3) tho multiplied thousands In various de
partments of tho service who aro totally ineli
gible, there being no provision for their admis
sion.
Thesefacts, in tho light of 30 years of organi
zation, establish beyond all controversy tho
truth of tho declarations herein set forth and
emphasize tho demand for an order in which
thero shall be room and protection for all
whoso hearts throb responsive to union senti
ments, and whoso desiro it is to march under
union banners in tho great struggle for tho tri
umph of union principles.
Second—The existing organizations, designed
to promote anil preserve harmonious relations
between employer and employee, have met
with only limited success. If Indeed it can bo
shown that any progress in that direction has
boon made. Never has tlwro existed that mu
tual confidence without which it were mislead
ing to assume that peace, amity and goodwill
will prevail. At best, therefore, this relation
between employer and employee has been lit
tle better than an enforced compliance with
conditions rarely satisfactory to either party, j
Third—What must be said of organizations
which have failed to establish friendship and
goodwill even among themselves? From tho
first thero have existed antagonisms and jeal
ousies, culminating in warring factions, In
stead of a harmonious whole. Organization
has been pitted against organization, bringing
Upon themselves not only disaster, but lasting
reproach.
PROTECTION TIIE CARDINAL PRINCIPLE.
Fourth—Protection Is tho cardinal principle
of tho present organizations, but they do not
protect. Since "an injury to one is the concern
of all," a failure to protect all is an exhibit ion
of a purpose without the power to enforce It,
and this fact emphasizes the necessity of tho
federation of organizations, bat which under
existing conditions Is impracticable, if not im
possible.
Fifth—lt Is universally conceded that one of
tho most serious objections to the existing or
ganizations is their excessive cost to the mem
bership, tho sum totals of which, were tho
facts known, would amaze tho labor world.
So enormous have they become that tens of
thousands, unable to bear the burden, have
been forced back into tho ranks of the unor
ganized.
Sixth—Another defect In existing organiza
tions is their secrecy, as, for instance, tho secret
ballot, by virtue of which thousands of worthy i
applicants have been excluded. Thoairofmys
tery surrounding their proceedings is not cal
culated to inspire confidence. On the contrary,
in the relations between employer and em
ployee in carrying forward great enterprises in
which tho people at large are profoundly in
terested, mystery is not required and is produc
tive of suspicion and distrust. Open, fearless
and above board work is far more in conso
nance with tho spirit of independence and free i
institutions.
Seventh—Tho tremendous power conferred
upon chief officers has been a source of wide- !
spread dissatisfaction. Tho mere dictum of an j
Individual determines whether a strike involv
ing thousands of employees and millions of
dollars shall or shall not occur. He is In this
sense an absolute monarch. From his decision
thero is no appeal. Tho unanimous vote of tho
organization cannot prevail against it. Such
autocratic power vested in a single person is
not only dangerous to a degree that defies ex- ,
oggeration, but Is at war with the American
idea of government, in which the one man rule
has no place. Tho responsibility often Involved
in a final decision is too great and too grave to
rest upon any oue man, however sturdy his in
tegrity or unerring his Judgment.
GRIEVANCES AND PETTY COMPLAINTS.
Eighth—Tho subject of grievances and griev
ance committees has itself become a grievance
that cries aloud for correction. Tho petty com
plaints that ceaselessly arise among employees
and keep them In a stato of agitation and un- •
rest have brought odium upon organization* ,
and weakened their power for good in direc
tions where real grievances demand adjust
ment. Tho very term "grievance committee"
has become a reproach and a byword. ThU
brood of evils is in a largo measure due to the
personal Jealousies and enmities flowing out of
the inharmonious relations existing between
organizations, each of which seeks to gain su
premacy without regard to tho welfare of the
other.
The complex grievance machinery entailing
prolonged delays, tho vast number of local, j
general and Joint committees, an army of
themselves, are well calculated to increase I
rather than diminish grievances. For every '
complaint that Is remedied another takes its
place, and thns they multiply until railway
officials lose paticnco and 8< ok refuge lu re
fusal to make further concessions.
Such petty grievances as are herein indicated
ought not to exist at all, and once correct
methods of organization are inaugurated will
entirely disappear. Righteous complaints and
Just demands are always in order and should
receive prompt attention and be pressed to u
speedy and satisfactory adjustment.
Ninth—Organizations have bccomoso numer
ous and their annual and biennial conventions
occur so frequently that tTie question of fur
nishing free transportation for delegates, their
families and friends is being seriously consid
ered by railway officials as an abuse of privi
leges without a redeeming feature. This inces
sant demand for special trains, special cars,
the recognition of credentials and posses with
out limit is compromising tho character and
dignity of organizations and placing their offi
cers and members under obligations which
must sooner iV later, in view of tho constant
agitation for increased pay and other conces
sions, prove a source of embarrassment and
humiliation.
BRAVE DDT HOPELESS STRUGGLE.
Tenth—The extraordinary fact cannot be
: overlooked that wlfile present organizations
' are provided with expensive striking and boy
cotting machinery, and while millions of dol
j lara, wrung from their members, have been ex
■ ponded in support of strikes they have with
' scarcely an exception been overwhelmed with
defeat. The history of railroad strikes, as con
i ducted by railroad organizations, Is a recital oi
I brave but hopeless struggle, of strikers defeat
' ed, impoverished, blacklisted, pursued and
driven to the extremity of scabbing or starva
tion. Under present conditions this result ia
inevitable, and a century of organization on
| presept lines will not change iU Railway em
ployees have contributed from their earnings
untold millions in support of organizations and
are therefore entitled to protection instead of
promises that can never bo fulfilled.
It cannot bo denied that tho policy of present
organizations has filled tho land with scabs,
who swarm in tho highways and byways await
ing anxiously, eugerly, tho opjiortunity to grati
i fy thoir revenge by taking positions vacated by
strikers. Thoughtful men have no difficulty In
| accounting for the failure of railroad strikes.
| Neither are they at a loss to suggest a remedy.
I Organized upon correct principles, governed
! by just laws and unlimited by unselfish pur
poses, tho necessity for strikes and boycott!
! among railway employees will disappear.
, Experience teaches that defective organiza
l tion leads to strikes and defeat as certainly as
i perfect organization will Insure peace and suc
cess.
Eleventh—Tho ever increasing body of idle
' engineers, conductors, etc., seeking in vain for
employment, is tho legitimate fruit of promo
-1 tlon on the seniority basis. Tho pernicious ef
fects of this systom can scarcely bo overeatl
| mated. A lifetime of faithful service counts
for nothing. When dismissal comes, ofttimes
■ for trivial offense, tho victim finds tho doors of
his calling everywhere barred against him. He
is compelled to go to the very bottom and Eervc
again his ontiro apprenticeship. The natural
tendency is to weaken organized labor by creat
ing a surplus of experienced men, whose ne
cessities make them available to corpora
tions in recruiting their service in time of trou
ble. It is not strange that tho victims of the
seniority iniquity renounce organization and
take their places with tho unorganized.
What is required is a system of promotion
that recognizes tho rewards of merit rather
than seniority. Other things being equal,
seniority should of course have tho preference.
In filling vacancies selection should be made
from tho lino of promotion and from tho un
employed in a ratio evincing due regard to the
rights of both.
THE NEW ORDER. x
The American Railway union will include all
classes of railway employees separately organ
ized, yet all in harmonious alliance with one
great brotherhood.
There will be one supreme law for tho order,
with provisions for all classes, ono roof to
shelter all, each scparato and yet all united
when unity of action is required. In this is seen
the federation of classes which is feasible, in
stead of the federation of organizations which
has proved to be utterly impracticable. The
reforms sought to be inaugurated and the bene
llts to bo derived therefrom briefly statod are
as follows:
First—Tho protection of members in all mat
ters relating to wages and thoir rights as em
ployees is tho principal purpose of the organi
zation. Railway employees are entitled ton
voice in fixing wages and determining condi
tions of employment.
Fair wages and proper treatment must tie
tho return for efficient service faithfully per
formed.
Such a policy insures harmonious relations
and satisfactory results. Tho now order, while
pledged to conservative methods, will protect
tho humblest of its members In every right lie
.can justly claim. But while tho rights of mem
bers will be sacredly guarded no intemperate
demand or unreasonable proposition will lie en
tertained.
Corporations will not be permitted to treat
tho organization better than tho organization
will treat them. A high sense of honor must
lie the animating spirit und even handed jus
tice the end sought to be attained.
Thoroughly organized in every department,
with a due regard for the right wherever found,
It is confidently believed that all differences
may be satisfactorily adjusted, that harmo
nious relations may lie established and main
tained, that the service may be incalculably
improved, and that the necessity for strike and
lockout, boycott and blacklist, alike disastrous
to employer and employee, and a perpetual
menace to the welfare of tho public, will for
evor disappear.
Second—ln every department of labor the
question of economy is forced to the front by
tho logic of necessity. The Importance of or
ganization is conceded, but if it costs mitre
than a workinginan is able to pay the benefit!
to accrue, however great, are barred. There
fore, to bring the expenses of organization
within tho reach of all is tho ono thing re
quired, a primary question which must be set
tled before those who stand most In need can
participate in tho benefits to lie derived.
ECONOMY TO IIE BTUDIED.
The expenditures required to maintain sul>-
ordinate and grand lodges, every dollar of
which is a tax upon labor, operate disastrously
in two ways—first, by repelling men who believe
in organization, and, second, by expelling mem
bers becauso of inability to meet tho exactions,
and in both of which the much vaunted frater
nity feature, it is seen, is based entirely upon
the ability to pay dues. In this it is noted that
tho organizations as now conducted are for
men, as a general proposition, who have steady
work at fair pay, while others less fortunate in
this regard aro forced to remain outside to be
tho victims of uncharitablo criticism.
Hence to reduce the cost to the lowest prac
ticable point is a demand strictly in accord
with the fundamental principles of economy,
and any movement which mnkos it possible for
all to participate in tho benefits ought to meet
with popular favor.
This reduction of cost tho new organization
proposes to accomplish in away that, while
preserving every feature of efficiency that can
be claimed P? 'existing organizations, will sq
mimimlzo expenses that members will not he
forcod to sock relief, as is now the case, in the'
abandonment of organization. To accomplish
this reduction a number of burdens such as
grand and subordinate lodges, annual and bi
ennial conventions, innumerable grievance j
committees, iXc., will lie eliminated. As these j
unnecessary features will not-exist the entire I
brood of taxes necessary to maintain them will
bo unknown.
Third—Tho new organization will have n
number of departments, each of which will be
designed to promote tho welfare of the mem
bership by a practical way and by practical
methods. Tho best thought of workingmen 1
has long sought to solve the problem of making !
labor organization protective not only against
tho evils Incident to sickness, disability and
death, but the ills consequent upon idleness !
and those which follow in its train. Hence
there will bo established an employment de- ;
partmont in which it is proposed to register ;
the name of every member out of employment.
The department will also be fully informed
where work may bo obtained. It is doubtful if
a more important feature could bo suggested.
It evidences fraternal regard .without a fee,
benevolence without alloy.
EDUCATIONAL FEATURES.
Fourth—ln tho establishment of a depart- '
meat of education a number of important feo- |
tures are contemplated, as, for instance, lcc
tares upon subjects relating to economics, such
as wages, expenses, the relations of employer
and employee, strikes, their moral and finan
cial aspects, eto. In this connection a daily pa
per will be established whose mission it will
bo to advocate measures and policies in which
labor has vital interests, and also the publica
tion of a standard monthly magazine which
will occupy a still broader field in the discus
sion of quostions which engage the attention of
tho best writers and thinkers of the times.
Fifth-There will be a department designed
to promote legislation in tho interest of labor—
that is to say. the enactment of laws by legisla
tures and by congress having in view well de
fined obligations of employer to employees,
such as safety appliances for trains, hours of
labor, the payment of wages, tho rights of em
ployees to be heard in courts where they have
claims to be adjudicated and numerous others
in which partisan politics will play no part, the
common good being the animating purpose.
Sixth—ln the department of insurance sound
business principles will be Introduced, some
thing that has not heretofore engaged tho seri
ous attention its importance merits. At pres
ent insurance ontails grievous burdens without
corresponding benefits. To lessen tho cost
while maintaining every security and every
benefit will bo the problem the department
will solve. It Is tho purpose to have a life as
well as an accident department, both to be op
"tional with tho membership.
With this declaration f its purposes and
with boundless faith in its conquering mission
the American Railway union consecrates itself
to the great cause of industrW emancipation.
It comes with a message orgreotingand good
cheer to all organizations and all men who
stand-pledged to tho sacred work of lightening
tho burden and lifting up tho bowed form of
labor.
It hails with a glow of stftisfoction the signs
of the times indicating with unerring certainty
tho coming of tho new and better era when
heart, brain and conscience in holy alliance
shall be tho controlling power in human af
fairs .
In this spirit it enters upon its chosen field
and will labor with all tho zeal, devotion and
ability at its command to attain tho cherished
objects of its high ambition.
The Coming Labor Movement.
In an address delivered before the St.
Louis Ethical society, W. L. Sheldon
said:
I agree with those thinkers who nowa
days assert that the most important fact
of present human society is the great la
bor movement. I mean the extraordi
nary fact now to be witnessed whore a
mighty class all over the world is at last
seeXing to uplift and olovate itself
through its own efforts. What is need
ed more than anything else is that it
should develop an ideal class of leaders.
They need to bo mon with superior gifts,
able by their own efforts to rise out of
their class and figure conspicuously in
the business or political life of the world
—and yet who would bo willing to give
up those ambitions, stay among the ele
ment where they were horn and use all
that unusual degree jjf energy and capac
ity for ameliorating tho conditions of
their class. The trouble has been in our
day that when a man shows any superi
ority he wants to rise in some other pro
fession and join another stratum of so
ciety.
Tho essential thing now is that a new
religious order should arise with the same
spirit that has actuated tho devotion and
the sacrifice of the saints and tho mar
tyrs in past history, but whoso members
instead of devoting their enthusiasm to
drawing human attention away to an
other world should concentrate their en
ergies in teaching that struggling class
how to get tho most lifooutof their pres
ent conditions. I boliove in tho coming
of a new trades unionism. It is not
going to do away with tho organization
of labor as it exists at tho present day.
It is to be the union of the wage earning
class all over the world to discover how
to get the most ont of conditions as they
are.
Sauce Fur Goose and Gander.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, member of the
state senate of Minnesota, is tho active
leader of the war upon the coal trust
which, under tho title of Northwestern
Fuel company, controls the coal market
of tho northwest and robs tho people
right and left. In a recent address made
at a mass meeting held in St. Paul Mr.
Donnelly created a sensation by suggest
ing the passage of a law "exempting
from punishment anybody who would
steal from a proved combine."
Judge Barrett in New York declared
that the Clothing Manufacturers' asso
ciation, which applied for an injunction
against the Garment Workers' union to
restrain the latter from issuing boycot
ting circulars, had no standing in a court
of equity because it, tho Manufacturers'
association, had not "clean hands." If
those who would tako coal without pay
ing for it from the Northwestern Fuel
company could have tho prosecution
brought in a court of equity, it might he
possible to get a decision to the effect
that stealing from a thief is not a crime.
Labor Legislation In Illinois.
Dy tho significant vote of 120 to 10 the
Illinois house of representatives passed a
resolution providing for the submission
to tho people of tho following amend
ment to the state constitution:
That the general assembly shall have power
and it shall be Its duty to enact and provide for
the enforcement of ull laws that it shall deem
necessary to regulate and control contracts,
conditions and relations existing or arising
from time to time between coronations and
their employees.
Legislation hus been enacted upon
some of the lines covered by tbe pro
posed amendment, but has been declared
unconstitutional by the supreme court.
This amendment, if adopted, will open
tho way for sweeping legislation con
cerning the relation of corporations and
their employees. It will open the way
for courtß of arbitration and for methods
of enforcing or inducing observance of
their decrees and findings.
Sensible Business I'ollcy.
A novelty in tho labor world has been
furnished by Minneapolis. The street
car company of that city gave notice that
on and after June 1 tho wages of conduct
ors and motormen will be advanced 18
per cent. The men had not asked for a
raise, nor did they know that the com
pany contemplated giving the advance
until after the notice was posted. The
managers of the company say that the in
crease of wages will produce a friendly
feeling between the company and its em
ployees and that better service, resulting
in increased travel and a satisfied public, j
will redound to the benefit of the com- j
pany. This is a sound business princi- j
plo, but why should it be confined to (
Minneapolis?
MAMIE lAIUOAD SYSTEM.
9. TiKTIHrH VALLEY
rQfo,/ DIVISION.
Anthracite coal used cxclu-
I aively. insuring cleanliness and
comfort.
AKRANGCMKNT or PASSENGER TRAINS.
DEC. 4, 1802.
LEAVE FREELAND.
6 10, 8 36, 9 40. 10 41 a m, 12 25, 160, 2 43, 3 60,
4 66, 0 41. 7 12, 8 47 p m, for Drlfton, Jeddo. Luin
ber Yard, Stockton and Hazleton.
0 10, 9 40 a ni, 1 60, 3 60 p m. for Mauch Chunk,
Ailcntown, Bethlehem, Philu., Easton und New
York.
8 36 a m for Bethlehem, Easton and Philadel
phia.
7 20, 10 56 a m, 12 10,4 60 p in, (via Highland
Branch) for White Huven, Glen Summit, Wilkes-
Barre, Pittston and L. and B. Junction.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
II 40 a tn and 3 45 pm for Drlfton, J ddo, Lum
ber Yard and Hazleton.
346 i) in for Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenan
doah, New York und Philadelphia.
ARRIVE AT FREELANI).
5 50. 7 00, 7 20, 9 18, 10 60 a ill, 12 10, 1 15, 2 33,
.4 60, 7 03 and 837 p in, from Hazleton, Stockton,
Lumber Yard, Jeddo and Drlfton.
. -i 9 lb, 10 50 a in, 12 16, 2 33, 4 60, 703 p m
from Delano, Mahanoy City und ShcnHiiuouh
Boston Branch).
1 ID and 837 p m from New York, Easton,
Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Ailcntown and Mauch
Chunk.
9 18 and 10 50 a in from Easton, Philadelphia,
Bethlehem and Ma well Chunk.
9 18,10 41 a in, 2 43,0 41 pin t rom White Haven,
Glen Summit, Wilkes-Ban t*. Pittston and L. and
B. Junction (via Highland Branch).
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11 31 a m and 331 p in, from Hazleton, Lum
ber Yard, Jeddo and Drlfton.
11 31 a ni from Delano, Hazleton, Philadelphia
and Easton.
3 31 p m from Pottsvllle and Delano.
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