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?West Virginia Coal Operators Deny Use Of Hired Gunmen -_ Unions Charged With Send? ing Families of Miners lo Tent Colonies Only to -ironse Publie Sentiment WILLIAMSON. W. Va.. Dec. 19.?Re? ports said to ho in circulation througi out the country that minora are being oppressed and manhandled in the Mingo County coal fields were refutad in a statement issued by the William? son Coal Operators' Association here to-night "It has been brought to our Rtten tion." the statement said, ''that union leaders are claiming hired gunmen and '.hugs are employed by the operators about the mines. This is not true. We have never employed operatives ;wr armed guards at any time. Watch- j men ire maintained, as at other in? dustrial plants, to protect property. "Our contention is that the men have a right to strike if they want to, but. also other men have a right to work, and there is no right or reason for dissuading them by persuasion or in? timidation. If the strikers will let those alone who desire to work then? will be no cause for trouble and any violence will dispppear from the dis? trict at once. To succeed in having employees w.^rk or seek work without fear is 'ur tight now. "Of n possible ?twenty or twenty-o'ie murders in Mingo County during the last year, there is only one for which a miner is alleged to be responsible, so far as we know.'' The statement reiterated that a lock? out in tho field does not exist. "Of course, we have brought men irito the fields preparatory to operating mines affected by the strike." the state? ment continued, "hut the number has been small in comparison to-the total employed. 300 perhaps. The men are free to come back to work whenever they wish. "With the miners returning in num? bers proved by our pay rolls, we have been able to begin operations at all the mines in the region which were Baut down when the strike was called, ?with the exception of live. "It hits also been brought to our at? tention that the union is asserting there are 4,07,1 children and 1,920 wom? en living in the ter* colonies of Mingo County strikers. This is palpably a :ation. A rcnort made by Dr. Geoi je M. Taylor, chief sanitary in? specter of the State Health Depart? ment, shows there aie 205 children in the tant colonies and a few more than' four score women. "The arguments advanced by union leaders the: habitation in the tent colonies is forced by the alleged lock? out is absolutely a misrepresentation of the facts. "The colonies are maintained by the United .Mine Workers to excit- the sympathy of the public. The United Mine Workers' agitators furnish trans? portation for men who come into the fields for employment, back to other fields and obtain work for them thore, while requiring their members' wives and children to shiver and suffer in the tents." Military headquarters to-night re ported that quiet has prevailed throughout the entire field during the night. 59,00?~Women Take Men's Job? in Industries 35 Per Cent Mor-e Employed Now Than Before War, Trade Union League Says F'-? . 7 la- Trxbvnc's Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.?In a state? ment given out to-day the National .'??" * a.'s Tra !e Union League empha the fact that women are remain? ing extensively . , a w occupations and giv - its interpret: ti n t fi -ures made public by the Women's Bureau of tho rtment of Labor. The figures of the Women's Bureau show that vomen in the ratio of about 1 to every 9 men are employed in the industries former? ly employing chiefly or exclusively men. About 69.000 women are employed by 1.S2? big finas in t'-e iron, steel and ? other metal inlustrie-; ?umber, leather, stone, clay and chemical manufacture; the making of automobiles^ electrical apparatus, agricultural implements, mus-ea! instruments, optical goads. rubber goods, moti >n picture and photographic apparatus, in shipbuild? ing an t railroads and streetcars, repair shops, c"c. In other words, there are 3G per cent more women in these industries now than there were before the war, and their position, by their proved effi- ! ciency, appears to be a permanent one, the Women's Trade Union League 3ays. Analyzing the figures, the league 1?73 stress on them ^ indicating worn an's increase-' nr.p< rtar.ee in the labor1 movement. Large numbers, it was ported out at the Washington head? quarters oi the league, hsve been add"d to r a membership of the various in? ternational uni ,r.s affiliated with the Amer can Federation o? Labor, more than 12 000 being found on the rolls of the International Association of Machinists, many thousands in the Brothe hood of Railway Cam* n, the organize?! timber workers, four/dry em? ployee.-; (other than molders), brie : and (Jay worke s, oil field, gas well and" re? finery workers and others. Some o? tl ?..* unions, however, includ? ing the carpenters, pattern m -..kera, molders and ?barbers, bar worn en ?rom membership, a fact which, th" league points out, forces the women in those traft', raj remain unorganized, and, con? sequently, in vi?w of t <* i creasing numbers of women workers, leaves them a menace t?, the standards of pay and working conditions for both the ?Vom?n and the men. ? Catholics S?ll at Work Ori Plans for a Basilica Qrarch of St. J^an Baptinte Mus! De Geared First of $160,000 Debt ''-'?r/ Lav. Arti - Lettelier, \^-':-. ?ope-riOT of the Fathers of the ??'-?y 8acram?rat announced yesterday; **p?t there ha/? been no halt in th-: ac UTitie, to convert the Church of St. ?'far? Baptist? Jaxln^t^n Avenue and MVtBiy-sixib Street?, into a basilica, , H a memorial to the American Catho- , ?''?? midier ;uA sailor dead of the Vet War. It wsj announcer^ some time ago -**t a tr.'.v.-:.n'i\ fi.vl b'*ei? Inau ?rated tf THu? $190,000 with which to clear |*e debt on the church, ns th? canon **? ?? ??-? it imperative that a church ?" ??. ..,. fj^ <, ,n ,j, .r>t kfcfor? it may. t* for; sjjj? ?onsecratad. Th* Roir.aa (..--.?a >>.,<-. hierarchy never ?*? had a int.: lea in the United ?Ute*. Th-?r? aro thr?e in <"?nada *M ?everai in Korooean countries, wiliita? are e*;>?*?-ri?Uy honored in t?e Catholi? Cbweeh. Cardinal Gibbon? s.-ml to Hay*; ffaiJ Satisfactory Day Kvinl ?tiAVilif, to Th* Trltyi** gALTHtOBJ?, ?><-. 19. A'ter ? ii#t Ratorday n ?/? * Cardinal -- ?a? reported to-flight to bave Ntted :, Mti*vf*?fcOT7 d*7 '?'* i""- "',:tiv> ' ''?????? ':' . a I ,.-r ?a OH Mal?, Md., '"?'.>?..uy <>., ]), Charles O'Donoymitt '?'? i>- ? ? ? a *. w- t-,, ./?-d no visito?* ?P?n? the >iny, as a complet? rer.t was ?gfhtbe-str 8p^.??,) prttjar? for his speedy re **v*t7 wtff offered t??-day in many Catholic churches of the city. Some of the priests represented his condition ?a alarming, but the majority said that his illness was not dangerous except on account of his age. ?--.#-' Bishop Burch Confirms Eleven Bedford Inmates Service at Reformatory Yester? day Unique in the History of State Institutions Rishop Charles Sumner Burch of the Episcopal Church confirmed a class of eleven young women, inmates of the state reformatory at Bedford, yes? terday, at special confirmation exer? cises, unique in the annals of New York State's penal or charitable in? stitutions. It whs tiie first time in the reforma? tory's history that Episcopal confirma? tion exercises were "held there. The young women who were confirmed were permitted to doff their uniforms of blue r.nd white striped cloth and to at? tire themselves in white dresses, with white veils fastened with smilax. Bishop Burch u*n*d as his text "The Consecrntion of the Individual to the Service of God" : rid advised the young women to serve God and their neigh? bors. Each youne* woman ?* mfirmed was presented with a silver crfifix. fChaplain Young of the reformatory presided, and Mrs. Anna Hedges Tal bot, superintendent of the institu?an, was at the piano, a violin obligi'-o being played by Miss Amey, director of music. ? ... a Salvation Army Short in Christmas Collections Only 812,000 Received of $50, 000 Asked to Provide Toys and Dinners for Poor Thousands of New York's poor chil? dren und orphans will be without toy? this year and hundreds of indigent families will want for Christmas din? ners and other embellishments of the yuletide unless an active response if given the appeal of the Salvation Arm} during the next rive days, according tc a statement made at the organization's headquarters yesterday. Only $12,00( of the estimated requirement of $50,00f necessary to fill its demands for reliel hr.s been collected, it was said. Widespiead unemployment and sick? ness among the poor of the city is :n dicatod by the number of application: made to "the Salvationists for Christ mas assistance this year, according t( Colonel E. J. Parker, in cliarpe of thi headquarters at 122 West 114th Street The number was said to be nearh twice that received last year. "This will be the hardest Christrnn: the po'ir have experienced in yearn,' Colonel Parker said. "Fortunately. th< dollar has a greater purchasing pow" than for some time, but even so w will be unable to care for more than : fraction of the cases applying to u im dinners unless contributions fron the public through the kettles on stree corners is doubly generous during th next few days." a Sees Food Crisis in 2100 BOSTON, Dec, 19 ?The United State will have a population of 197,000,00 person?, or the maximum which it continental territory can sustain abou the year 2100, Professor Raymon Pearl, of the J.i'iis Hopkins School o Hygiene and PubMc Health, estimate in a Lowell Institute lecture last nigh To support such a population, h said, 260 trillion calories of food a yea would be needed, and judging from th production of the last seven yean when the maximum population w* reached, it would bo necessary to in port about half the calories necessar for sustenance. "It seems improbable that the popt lation will go on increasing- at any vei rapid rate aft"r such a condition reached," he added. Stage Stars Appear In Newspapermen's Midnight Frolic Prominent Men of Affairs, Including City, State and Federal Officials, Attend; League Holds Its Election Three hundred newspaper men at? tended the midnight frolic Saturday at the Press Club following the meeting of the Newspaper Men's Benevolent League. They were entertained by a score of theatrical stars, and it was daybreak when the party broke up. The guests included a number of city, state and Federal officials of New York, prominent men of affairs and celebrities of newspaperdom. Governor Smith, who is a member of the club, sent a telegram of greetings from a sick bed. The Newspaper Men's Benevolent League unanimously elected the fol? lowing officers for the year: George F. Dobson ,ir., of The Globe, president; diaries S. Salomon, of The Tribune, first vice-presidentffi John J. O'Connell, of The limes, second, vice-president; Miles Bath, of the New York City News Association, and Joseph A. Butler, of The World, assistant secretary-treas? urer. The following were elected members of the board of directors: Don Marquis, Sun; William Beazell, World; Charles E. Seelig, Tribune; Louis Stark, Times; Fred II. Adams, City News; Thornton Fisher, Evening ? World; Gerald Breitigam, Globe; John1 J. Lindley, Herald; Arthur F. Cor? rigan, City News; Peter L. Campbell, American; Nelson Meade, Journal; | James E. Durkin, Evening Telegram. The crowd at the entertainment was so great that there were not enough seats and it was announced that one of the large hotel ballrooms will be se? cured for the function next year. Bugs Baer and S. Jay Kaufman were I in charge of the show. Louis Mann, George Beban, Frank I Tinney and Charles Udell were among j the stars who appeared. Then there were "Judge" Walter Kelly, the Dun ' can Sisters, Harry Del:*, the three lit? tle, Hilger sisters, Frank Fay, ?Niske, i the violinist; George Sessel, Nelson and Cronin, May Brook and Mme. De : lysia. General John F. O'Ryan sat in ! the audience unobserved until he was j made th? subject of n funny story by ' Frank Tinney. Louis Mann and George Beban did a character aet together that was perhaps the hit of the night. 1 ' ? ?-?'-,? w was characterized as the best vaudeville bill of the year. A ?ozen other talented actors attended .?ssed a willingness to go on, but there was not time for them to War Officers to Organize Captain Ten Broeck M. Terhune, at hi3 home, 70 Park Avenue, to-night will entertain former Governor Charles S. Whitman and United States Army and National Guard officers who served within the State of New York during the World War. At the same time there will be completed an organiza? tion similar to the Scclety of the Cin? cinnati, with memberships to be handed down to descendants of the organizers, so that the socit.'ty will be one of pe? manence. . Probably the most beautiful new Children's Books will be the ARTHUR RACKHAM Editions of Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories By the Brothers Grimm. Royal 8vo. $5.00 Snowdrop and Other Stories By the Brothers Grimm. Royal 8vo. $5.00 Wonderfully illustrated in full colors by ARTHUR RACKHAM, making of these immortal stories books to,be treasured for a lif?;time. 7 hese botica should be on sjIc in your bookstore; if not, they can be had from E. P. DUTTON & CO., 681 Filth Ave., New York These Borzoi Books in Knopfian Bindings are pleasing the discriminating SAN CRIST?BAL DE LA HABANA By Joseph Hergesheimer, author of "Java Head/9 etc? NE of the most remarkable and oik? of the most fascinating hooks of travel in the language."?Philadelphia Ledger. 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If you missed letters one, two, three, and would like to have copies, I will mail them to you. :',?? * -4* One mistake made by many peo? ple who save a little money is to keep it locked up in a trunk or some other place where it does not earn any more money. All savings should be invested in some sound way to earn more money. Another mistake made by many people is that they save money from a purely selfish or miserly standpoint. This is as bad as not saving at all, if not worse. The principal thing about saving is that one always keeps out of the clutches of debt, which is a curse, although it is wise sometimes to go into debt to pay for something that will be an asset when it is paid for, like buying bonds or preferred stock or real estate, insurance, or to start a business on one's own hook, etc. An editorial in a recent issue of the New York American, under the heading, "Nothing But Money/' commented on the absolute use lessness of the life of a miser Who landed in New York ill. When he said he had no funds he was taken to a hospital, where he later died. After his death, the hospital at? tendants went through his clothes and found in them $54,000 in Lib? erty Bonds; papers showing de? posits of $60,000 in bank; $1,900 in cash, besides a lot of jewelry and deeds to various pieces of real estate. I mention this editorial in the American because of one sentence, as follows: "Real Riches Means Largeness of Life as Against Meanness or* Littleness." Now the miser who had all of this wealth in his clothes is typical of many people who have money, but never use it to the advantage of ?*feheir country, their families or friends. I am not urging you to save money in this way. If I thought you would save merely to hoard? to keep money idle?I would tell you to keep on spending it, because money kept in circulation does greater good ; even if keeping it in circulation results to your disad? vantage* I would still say spend it rather then save it in the way this miser did. All I am asking you to do is to save a little as you go along?invest it?help industries?get a good in? come from your savings and be use? ful, thrifty, progressive citizens. Henry L. Doherty, head of Henry L. Doherty & Co., 60 Wall Street, told me one night while I was with him at his home, on Bridge Street, that there are thousands of people who hoard money, refusing to de? posit it in banks or to invest it for icar that banks will fail or that their investments may turn out badly. He cited a case that is typical among people who save something ?who want to get along in the world?but who do not use their savings to the best advantage. Mr. Doherty had worked at his home one night until after mid? night. Before going to bed, he went out for a walk around the Battery Section of New York City. At about one o'clock he dropped into one of the open-all-night delicates? sen stores in this section of the city. He knows the proprietor and often drops in for a chat with him. On this particular night, while Mr. Doherf/ was in the shop, a man walked in and mysteriously mo? tioned to the proprietor; who walked with him to the rear of the store. They engaged in earnest conversation. Mr. Doherty watched them. Finally, the mysterious man took a package from his pocket, handed it to the proprietor, who in turn put it into the safe, and then walked t? the front of the store, "the man of mystery" passing out to the street. Mr. Doherty asked the store pro? prietor: "Why was that man so mysterious? What did he give you to put into the safe?" The shopkeeper answered: "Oh, he wanted me to keep some money for him. That package he handed me contains several hundred dol? lars. I take care of a lot of money for people just like that man, but I don't want it known. My safe might be robbed." "It is very unwise to handle money in this way," said Mr. Doherty. "Why don't you tell your friends to deposit their money in some good bank?" "Banks are not safe," replied this shopkeeper, who is foreign born. "Many of my people once put their savings in a bank and woke up one morning to find that the bank had closed its doors and that their money was gone." Mr. Doherty explained to him the difference between private banks on the one hand, and Na? tional, State, Savings Banks and Trust Companies on the other, and urged him henceforth to deposit his own money in a safe place and to tell his friends to do likewise. ?}* ;?; :|; There are literally millions of dollars in this city kept out. of cir? culation and not earning a dollar or doing the country any good because they are hoarded away by people who do not trust our banks and are afraid to invest their money in good securities backed by reliable enterprises?perhaps the very en? terprises that give them the chance to earn their living and to save money. This is not right. Every person should use his or her savings to make more money for himself or herself?also to help sustain the great enterprises that make this the greatest country in the world for the workers. Taking all and giving nothing back is not the true American spirit. It is every citizen's duty to save something', and to invest it where it will do both the citizen and the country some good. If each one of the 3,500,000 workers in the Metropolitan Zone will average a saving of as little as $1.00 a week, the total in a year will be $182,000,000, and the interest on $182,000,000 at 6 per cent, will amount to $1.092.030. Say the 3,500,000 workers earn an average of $25.00 a week. This is a low average for New York City, if they save only Si.00 a week each, it will represent 4 per cent, of their' average earnings. ?At * * Mr. Doherty tells me that if all work? ers in the United States will save only 4 per cent, of their earnings and will in? vest their savings wisely, their combined savings? with accumulations will repre? sent in a generation (40 years) a sum cf money equal to the present estimated wealth of America, which? is said to over Two Hundred Billion Dollar*.! That is a though; for worker., to take to heart. They can own this cO''n?r!- ii they want to, but to own it they must save regularly and they must feel proud to save and be willing to invest their savings where they will do the country the most good. I think every reader of this news? paper should write to Henry I,. Doherty & Company, 60 Wall Street, and ask them to mail him or he;- copies of sev? eral booklets tvhich .1 cues simply but forcefully and convincingly the* real rea? son why everybody -hmild practice thrift. ? -!? ?;? I confess that I was greatly impressed when I saw this book, which is one of the many pieces of literature printed by Henry L. Doherty & Company, and which they distribute to impress people with the greatness of our country and to stimulate them to their best efforts as good, loyal citizens, earnest workers and persistent savers. In my judgment, a house that bases its activities on 100 per cent. Americanism and operates under the motto "Pride of Workmanship?Pride of Service" de ?erves our thanks for taking this means of pointing out to us what we can do to help ourselves and our country. * * * Letter Number Five will appear in the evening newspapers to-night. Dec. 20. Sincerely yours. WILLIAM C. FREEMAN, 117 West 46th St., New York City.