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p"1 ffx. -ft 4T-Vm xnr (MiliowMllllWWlrtlMI'MtB WIlWtfMWWWaWMMWflrtW .t--V ft fi j" f 4T k- "77 The Old River. When night diopa down over fluid and town, At tho end of the weary day, I Bit and dream at a rlppllnr; .stieain Ah, many a mllo away. I fill nnd dtenm of a rippling stream, Of the ebb and the quiet How; Of the iced In i finks by the wave-washed hunks And lilies that bud and blow. Fiom lior inud-hullt nest In a cianny PI CHPCd Tho swallow siwoopn to the tide; A swerve -a dart and with Joyous heart oho ftltnkru the spray ftom her sidf. Tiio red sun slilnea thtouyh the needled plneu, And lo! on the watery floor, A path of icd for a fairy's tiead Lies sti etched to the further ahoic. The nwlmmris cry as they climb on high To tho lock of the silver sands, Till, ono by one, In the setthiK sun. Thny polsu with their outfit! etched hands. They poise they leap from tho rocky ntoep Vhcro tho evening air blows cool, And the bodies Hush au tho brown arma spltish In the ilopths of the unlet rnol. Though, now, mayhap, In tho river's lap Theie ciow but tho waving reeds. And the water's flow through tho I1III3, I know, Is lost In tho tanclrd weeds; Tct, when night diopa down over field and town. At the end of the weary day. I drram and ill cam of tho rippling nticam Ah, yean, upon years away. Hoiatlo Wluslow, in Leslie's Weekly. NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD. Items of Interest Gathered from Many Sources. Labor unions of Kansas City nro Again discussing plans for a labor templo. Tho Journeymen Tailors' union of America, will nold a convention in Bloomlngtou, 111., tho first Monday in February, 1905. Tho next convention of tho Brick layers nnd Stono Masons' Interna tional union will moot in San Fran cisco Jan. 8, 1905. Tho third annual convention of the International Jlod Carriers and Build ing Laborers' Union of America will meet in Minneapolis, beginning Jan. 1, 1905. Philip Weinscimer, former presi dent of tho New York Building Trades Alliance, was found guilty on the charge of extorting $2,700 from George J. Essig for calling off a strike. Tho International Bricklayers' t union, through a referendum vote, de cided not to afflllato with the Struc tural Building Trades Alliance. Of nearly 13,000 vofes cast hardly 4,000 were in favor of tho proposition. Tho new mill being installed in Youngstown, Ohio, by the Republic Iron nnd Steel Company, will bo equipped to roll rails as well as sheets nnd tin bars. This is the first de parture of that concern to make rails. It is announced that tho lmmenso Tho Texas State Federation of La bor has resolved to co-operate with tho Farmers' Union and other organi sations favorable to tho majority or all of tho domands of labor in order "to advanco tho interests of those who toil for tholr dally bread." plant of the Acme Harvester com pany at South Barionvlllo, 111., will resume immediately, giving employ ment to 900 mon. Tho plant has boon practically closed for a year, owing to financial difficulties. The tonnage scale in tho merchant inlll of tho Illinois Steel company at Joliet expired Oct. 21 and a scale re ducing wages 10 to 15 per cent was put Into effect. The men accepted tho reduction, though there Is bitter feel ing, some of the men charging an ef fort for political effect. Girl cutters are now employed at tho factory of the Mlllet-Woodbury Shoe Company, Beverly, Mass. The firm is teaching them to cut shoes with the hope of breaking the strike declared by the Knights of Labor at the shop. Girl cutters are employed is a number 0! places in tho Wast The governing board of (he Struc tural Trades Allianco proposes com pulsory arbitration for disputes be tween the building trades unions and contractors. A board to consist of an equal number of contractors and union agents is proposed. The idea has not been ratified by tho unions, but has been submitted 1o the con ti actors. Tho Allinnce does not rep resent all tho building trades. Tho proposed arbitration board would be organized on lines similar to that of the Associated Teaming Interests. Among tho propositions sent to a voto of tho mombers of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers' Inter national Union Is one to change tho location of the parent body from New York to some other city. Among the candidates for the place nro Chicago and Cleveland, but Now York wants to retain tho headquarters. The headquarters of tho Interna tional union, which havo been located in the Do Soto block in Indianapolis since 1S94, will bo moved to the New ton Claypool building, corner Pennsyl vania and Ohio streets, opposite tho now federal building, to-morrow, whero a suite of eleven rooms has been secured on tho sixth floor. The arbitration board of the execu tive council of tho Hod Carriers and Building Laborers' union of Chicago has succeeded in reducing tho hours of lnbor from ton to eight a day since Its formation, and In securing an In crease in wages from $1.50 for ton hours to $2.70 for eight hours. Tho increaso affected a thousand hod car riers and building laborers. The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers has adopted a novel raothod to regain some of tho nonunion steel plants in Pittsburg by declaring them to bo "open shops" and permitting mon to work there if they wish and still be recognized as union men. The move is expected to result in a great ad vantage to tho steel workers' union. Tho United States Steel Corpora tion has declared that $1,000,000 will bo spent, If necessary, to beat the Amalgamated Association in it3 bat tle against tho Carnegie Steel Com pany at Youngstown, O., and Girard, O. The victory of tho company in this fight would mean the annihila tion of the great Amalgamated Asso ciation of iron and steel workers of America. Tho Department of Health of New York is preparing to make a more rigid inspection of food products sold in tho city. Two extra chemists have been added to investigate tho extent of adulteration, and tho department this year will spend more money along this lino than heretofore. The now chemists nro now engaged In ex amining syrups for adulterations or doletorious combinations. Jnrnes G. Woodward, who was elect ed mayor of Atlanta. Ga.. on Oct. 5. Is a member of Typographical Union No. 48 of that city, nnd is one of tho union's trustees. Mr. Woodward has boon a member of Typographical Union for thirty-flve years He has always taken an active interest In the affairs of organized labor and is proud to be known as a mayor who will carry a union card in his pocket. Tho striko of tho sheet metal workers In Philadelphia and other citlos was settled through an agree ment with the employers by which strikes and lockouts are forever barred. The men have obtained an Increase from 37 y2 to 40 cents an hour in wages and a guarantee that only union men shall bo employed, while the employers have gained the ad vantage of Immunity from all labor troubles In the future Recently published census figures show that ovory fifth child between tho sco? of ten aud fiftaen in the United States is a bread-winner. One out of three of these child workers is a girl. There are said to be 1,750,178 children regularly employed, an in crease of ."36 per cent In ten years Alabama has tho highest percentage of child labor, finding work for 27.2 per cent of her children, while Massa chusetts has the lowest, having only 0.5 per cent of her juvenilo popula tion at work. Steps are being taken to establish at Denver, Colo., a home for aged and indigent carpenters. A commit tee was appointed at the recent con vention of the Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiners to investigate the proposition and mako a report there on. Tho carpenters generally arc said to J)o favorable to the proposi tion. Lenders of tho movement point out Mie success which has attended tho Institution of the printers' home at Colorado Springs and the good work they say It has accomplished. The Cigar-Makers' Journal says: "The membership of tho International Union Is greater now than It has ever been before, having reached about 42,000 regular 30-eont contributing members. This argues woll for the future and Is a sure indication thnt wo arc on a solia foundation and that nothing can destroy us except our own folly. No power from without can accomplish our defeat or disrupt the International Union. Tho best way to convert the nonunionist to our way of thinking and making him a member is by tho use of argument and facts. Violence and abuse make enemies and drive the nonunionist farther away from us. There is a difference between the -willful scab and the ordinary nonunionist. The first is viciously mean and should be treated accordingly, while the latter is, in most cases, such owing to en vironments. He should be shown the error of his ways and urged by kind ly argument to become ono of us. It Is the duty of the International Union to lift up the whole craft, and all members should apply themselves to this task in a rational and business like way." Ono of the weak spots In the American labor movement is the lack of preparation in times of peace for war; the small war chest In the shape of a permanent reserve fund, says the CIgarmakers' Journal. What am munition and provisions aro to a reg ular army a strong reserve fund is to a trade union; ample to support mem bers on strike for an indefinite time. The weapon of the Employers' Asso ciation is the lockout, the attempt to starve the employes into submission by a long struggle, with tho ultimate aim to crush tho organization, and re duce wages to a mere point of exist ence. A general at tho head of an army, ignoring the commissary de partment in providing ample provi sions in times of peace, Is incompe tent and should be relegated to the rear. Tho London Board of Trade, through its Bureau of Labor, has just issued its eleventh annual report showlug changes in tho rates o: wages and hours of labor throughou the United Kingdom in 1903 and the first six months of 1904. Tho report shows a net decrease In wages. Coal mining, iron and steel working, en gineering, shipbuilding and glass manufacturing are tho trades most affected by the fall in wages. The report shows that about 897,000 work people had their wages changed dur ing 1903. Of these 21,000 obtained Increases amounting to about 1,500 ($7,280) a week, while 875,000 were re duced in amount about 39,000 ($189 794) a week. Changes affecting 78 per cent of the total number of work people affected were arranged by ar bitration, wages boards, sliding scalet or other conciliatory agencies. Ths changes In tho first six months oi! 1904 resulted in a net decrease in th weekly wages of 13,038 ($63,450). affecting 275,227 work people, againsi a decrease of 10,354 ($50,388), at fecting 325,389 work people, in th corresponding period of 1903. The trades mainly affected were U) game a UfttOf. '"" t , and iNvesrngfiL New Oil Engine. A new oil engine is the recent and fruitful development of tho internal combustion motor and its adaptation to tho use of crude oils or oils of a specific gravity that precludes their use In motors of the ordinary type. Liko all engines sultablo for crude oil tho latest innovation has provision for the Injection of water into the cyl inder before compression. This has tho effect of allowing a much higher compression without proignitlon than Is ordinarily possible, and it has other important effects. Tho builders say that tho water vapor prevents tho de composition of the petroleum to an extent, enabling the engine to run long poriods with crude oils without leaving an excess of deposit on tho vaporizer's walls. It is not easy to understand why water should prevent decomposition of tho petroleum. Tno engine works on the four stroko cycle and uses the heavy black petroleum oils and the semi-refined or inter mediates, as well as the ordinary re fined lamp oil. There is a cylinder fourteen inches in diameter, giving forty-seven brake horse power with horse power with crude oils. On tho suction stroke of the piston air is drawn into the cylinder through the main air valve, and oil is pumped through the oil sprayer Into the va porizer, which receives a further sup ply of air through a shifting valve. At the same time water is pumped through the water sprayer and enters the vaporizer. This charge is then compressed, and, as the crank of the engine passes tho inner dead center, is ignited by the hot igniting tube, giving the working stroke. The ex haust valve then opens to allow the burnt chargo to escape, completing the cycle of operations. The Ignitions are continuous on all loads, and 'lie ignition tube Is therefore retained tt tho required temperature without the aid of a lamp except whon starting the engine. Tho speed of the machine is governed by varying the amount cf water and oil injected, so that on heavy loads full charges of oil and water are delivered, while on light loads small charges are given. Automatic Railway Signal. Jrflsreading of signals and failure to xecute them are tho most potent causes of accidents on railways and it has been the work of many in ventors to lessen these dangers by introducing automatic signals, which shall relieve the human mind of the responsibility as far as possible. Thus the block systems now show signals which are supposed to prevent tho train next following from running Jnto the one which has set tho sig nal. But these signals depend on tho Stop3 Engine Without Aid. vigilance and action of the engineer, and so it may be wise to go a step further and make the block system not only set a signal against a train following on the same track, but also operate a mechanism to bring the sec ond train to a standstill should the signal be unheeded. How this may be done is shown in tho illustration. There is a lever depending from the engine on the small forward truck, with a cord con necting with the throttle and also with the bell and whistle. Beside the track is a long, light rail, which is elevated or depressed after the man ner of the signal arms. A reverse lover is provided for use when the en gine .Is backing and, seemingly, there Is little chance now for a train to run yast the block set against it. ' TbV inventor of this system i? Qrn C. KUttor of Dftlpbog. Jowa. ,"i : ' '& y Jm a