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TWO FUNDAMENTAL REASONS
Laws Compelling a Man to Work Can
not Bo Enforced In a Free Govern
ment—Collective Bargaining Between
LABOR'S HANDS WILL NOT BE TIEO
Employer and Workers the Best
Method of Settling Differences.
Various plans have been devised from
time to time trying to insure peaceful
relations between capital and labor.
Numerous persons are trying to find a
solution of the labor problem. Some
iry to do it by profit sharing or bonus
systems: others try to do it by ironclad
lontract others try to do It by welfare
schemes, and still others try. to do it by
legislation, says the Shoe Workers'
Journal.
For quite a number of years there
have been various attempts made to
enact laws providing for compulsory
arbitration of industrial disputes. The
effort has been to use the police power
of the state to compel both employing
corporations and their employees to
continue their activities regardless of
any differences they may have as to
wages or conditions of work.
There are two fundamental troubles
with this plan. In tire lirst place, every
man feels that his labor is his own
property, and no one, not even the
state, can force him to part with it. for
that would lie Involuntary servitude, or
slavery. Therefore a law compelling a
man to work—every man who is not a
criminal or convict—is extremely re
pugnant.
In the second place, under any speci
fied form of compulsory""" arbitration
law the employer is in a position of
commanding advantage, lie hires the
man and pays the wages he also es
tablishes the working conditions. He
has the right to hire and discharge,
and he can use that i»ower to discrimi
nate against any employees who are
not amenable to any new regulations
or worklirg conditions lie may wish to
Introduce.
Compulsory arbitration therefore
amounts to an effort to compel the
worker to labor whether he wishes to
or not and under conditions in which
he has no voice. If a man has a quart
of beans to sell and does not like the
price or terms t' payment offered by a
possible customer lie refuses to sell the
beans. But under the compulsory ar
bitration statutes it is contemplated
that man, the image of his Creator
shall be compelled to sell his labor
power whether he wants to or not.
The comparison is ridiculous.
CUMPULSORY ARBITRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES A FAILURE
The Dominion of Canada has adopt
ed the compulsory idea to quite an ex
tent, parti "arly as applied "to public
service corporations, but a recent oc
currence shows that no law can be
made strong enough to tie the hands
of labor.
The street railway -employees of
Hull, in the province of Quebec, have
been for a considerable time asking for
better wages and working conditions
The company pursued dilatory tactics
and referred them to the statute. Pi
nally the employees repudiated tin
statute on the grounds that the com
pany would not be obliged to abide by
any award and notified the company
that If their demands were not agreed
to within forty-eight hours they would
go on strike and tie up the system.
The company then signed an agree
ment recognizing the union and
granting the increased wages and im
proved working conditions.
This is another instance going to
show that there is no known method
of tying the hands of labor, except
such reasonable restrictions on both
sides as may come from a mutual
agreement in which the principle of
collective bargaining is recognized and
expressed in a trade agreement In1
tween the employer upon the one side
and the union upon the other, under
the terms of which each respects the
rights of the other and a method of set
tlement of all differences of opinion is
provided.
Railway Firemen Move Offices.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Knginonien have removed off!
Clal headquarters from Peoria, 111., to
Cleveland, O. The headquarters were
established in Peoria some fifteen years
ago, when the organization was small
but the business grew until latterly the
brotherhood had to rent the entire
twelfth floor of the Jefferson building,
the largest ofBce building in Peoria
The move to Cleveland was partly due
to the fact that the Brotherhood of Lo
comotlve Engineers have their office
building there, costing $1,500,000, and
are closely affiliated with the firemen
and enginemen. The Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen is also located in
Cleveland, and the Order of Railway
Conductors, now with headquarters at
Cedar Rapids, la., is expected to also
remove to Cleveland before very long.
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
o
O UNIONISM LEAD8.
O
O
O
O
O
o
That the trade union mor»
ment Is the highest and best de
veloped working class movement
thus far evolved no thinking
man
can successfully dispute.
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
GRAFT IN THE ORIENT.
An Incident "hat Illustrates the Way
of the Far East.
I had had experience with corruptible
Turkish officers, and one day when
barrack conditions became unendura
ble I went to the officer comma ndinu
our division, an old Arab from Lata
kich who had been called from retire
ment at the time of the mobilization.
He lived in a little tent near the
mosque, where I found him squatted
on the floor nodding drowsily over his
comfortable paunch. As he was an
officer of the old regime, I entered bold
ly, squatted beside him and told him
my troubles. The answer came with
an enormous shrug of the sliouldiis.
"You are serving the sultan. Hard
ship should be sweet."
"1 should be more fit to sei v» him if
I got more sleep and rest ."
He waved a fat hand about the tent.
"Look at me! Here I am, an officer
of rank and"—shooting a knowing look
at me—"I have not even a nice blan
ket."
"A crime! A crime!" I interrupted.
"To think of it, when I, a humble
soldier, have dozens of them at home!
I should be honored if you would allow
me"— My voice trailed oil -u^'-a'S
tively.
"Ilow cutiid you gel one:" lie asked.
"Oh. I have friends here in SalTet.
but I must be aide to sleep in a ni e
place."
"Of course. I'ertainh. Wbat would
you suggest
"That hotel 1-.«* -i i«y tue Jewish
widow might do." re, :i,i.
More amenities r-. i, u ,• i.
upshf.t of wlii« !i u i.- c.\ f..ur
friends and I u.- e ui- ion to
sleep at the inn a p'.-e •. but
infinitely belter 1i aa i.e pie It
was all .er:' I i': a •. A .Nil, |e,
Aaroii..!m in Adam b- \b-r.'bb..
MILLION ACRE FARMS.
Those Are the Kind, as a Genei
The/ Have In Mexico.
Ill the United S.al- I
humble persot
Drum Fire and Curtain Fire.
"Drum fire" and ••curtain fire" in
modern war terms "l'mui tire" is the
firing of artillery at stated intervals,
the resultant noise being described as
like the steady hammering of a great
drum. When the desired efl'ei of re
ducing the point of the attack ha- u-en
accomplished the guns are elevated to
a higher point, and are tired continuous
ly, making a "curtain of lire" to pre
vent re-enforcements reaching the point
of attack from the rear and at the same
time allowing the Infantry to attack
under protection of the guns.
Practical Religion.
The story is told of a little house
maid, far over the sea, who, when
asked whether she realized that sh
was in any way different after uniting
with the church from what she had
been before, thought for an instant
and then, smiling brightly, said. "Well,
I sweep the corners." She could hard
ly have given a better demonstration
of the reality of her religions life.
Christian Herald.
Not So Far Wrong.
"Have you written all the invita
tions to my party, mamma?" queried
little Eva.
"Yes, dear," answered her mother.
"They are all written and mailed."
"And how soon will the aeceptions
and deceptions begin to come in?"
Chicago News.
Fans In Japan.
Fans are in universal use in Japan
Even the Japanese servant girl has a
flat fan made of rough paper to blow
the charcoal fires with or to use as a
dustpan.
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VOL. XVI. NO 26. HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 0, 1910.
Rule,
i is u
king
•o.--j a
out
1
i
of millionaires. Y" i i
.,ai
level plain ai. 1 e u a
house of stone
I illl-
s
.-d fi­
bers, eo\ li
half an e i e. mi, .icli'.u i .
er houses, hundred of t!.e,
small, constructed ..i I
even of cane stalks Y i
lug at a town, but at a
ment. in the great house.
many times more tlem aM a
houses put together. i i ,,
dado and his i'ainil.v 1
WARSHIP FIGHTING TOPS.
Thay Are Now Mainly Used For Sentry
and Signaling Work.
Lord No La on was killed by u musket
ball fired from tho crusstreon of hi*
French antagonist, Because of this
fighting tops came iuto existence and,
being developed to keep pace with
other parts of naval construction, con
tinue to be a traditional feature of the
world's navies.
A century ago, when fighting men
marlnes, boarding parties, gun crews
crowded tho upper decks of a warship,
a
sharpshooter poBted aloft picked off
many a man. But a big battleship In
action today shown not a mark to the
man In tho fighting top.
In the days when it still remained
possible for boatloads of armed men
to swarm up the sides and board a
fighting Bhlp plunging shots were drop
ped from the fighting top. But with
great steel wulls overhanging the
waves and never an accommodation
ladder swung out for their welcome it
is impossible for uninvited guests to
sot foot on the modern deck.
The captain of the fighting- top Is
usually in control of flag, setnuphore
and heliograph signaling, leaving the
wireless to an invisible operator In
torned somewhere in the ship's vitals
He Is the sentry against small lnqulsi
tiVe craft and may enforce his orders
by the rattle of n light quick flrer
He has the outlook, reports and ques
tions passing ships and has virtues as
a detective against spies. His func
tions, however, are limited. He is not
high enough placed to see the subma
rine creeping along a score of feet be
neath the surface or to note Its wake
of broken water.
The fighting top I- in big cruisers
quite a massive affair and no longer
the tiny breast oik behind which tho
picked riflemen ,,r the ancients knelt.
A duplicate set or range tinders is usu
ally kept there and used to check off
the work of the exports in the fire con
trol tow er Ti:• ure light quick firers
and nnn hi, possibly also a high
angle gun t»r for up* against air
craft.—Pearson's
Original Home of Welshmen.
Jutland was probably the original
home of our Ivyiurle ances
as (at a Inter period) of so
Saxon Invaders. It was
ClaSSicfl 1 '. bv i!:.. "i
tied by
The
i:
houses live the peons.
The typical farm in Mi \i i
100 acres, but of i imkih o
state of MditIo- i •*. ei-M
dados own al
twelve own nine-lent lis of them. T1
territory of Quintana Iioo, double tl
size of Massachusetts. is divid
among bi
portion of ti,.'
by thirty men.
major fraction
grazing lands
by one fa mi I
equal in -i/e t.
not
In tl
hacie
1 land
ale of Y i a I a i i
,i *s of sisal hemp.
the agricultural at
hihuahua is owut
i.ov.er CaPifoini
A la i• i ma. i- 11«- a
r!\
tl II
held by five great corporations.
The l.(MKMMH) acre farms lie most y
fallow. Naturally a rich agricultural
country, M\a
enough corn ai
own peon pop
ehinery is noes
ehinery will nev
so long a- ili"
primitive n i.
machine met In*
doc- let produce
i! Iteans to fci iI inu
la lion. Modern mu
ed. but modern tun
M" be used extensively
con i- so cheap that
ils arc cheaper than
s.—World Outlook.
bee lias two distinct giom.vhs.
In tho first lr s e honey it
so industrloi cat he! s •, from the
flowers until such time as it Is ready
to yield It up. while the other stomach
Is used simply and solely for digestion
purposes. Thus the
i
a :Iig honey
are never mixed, w a p.) bee re
turns to tho hive nud is ready to de
posit the honey it has gathered It con
tracts tho muscles of the stomach, bf
which act the honey is ejected through
tho mouth. As to bee food. It Is vari
ous in kind, consisting largely
honey it so patiently makes for others.
No "Poor Land."
"That land of yours was mighty poor
when you bought It," a friend of ours
remarked to tho wide awake owner of
a beautiful farm we passed tho other
day, whereupon tho owner delivered
himself of a faithful saying and wor
thy of all acceptation—or mighty near
ly so. "You're mistaken," he said.
"There's not any poor land when you
manage It right." It is a true rule that
"there Is more In the man than there Is
in tho land."—Progressive Farmer
Superstitions of Royalty.
Caesar. Napoleon, Bismarck and oth
ers were not above tho sujierstitlon
of "lucky" and "unlucky" days. Thurs
day was tho "unlucky" day of Henry
VIII., of his son Edward and of his
daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. It is
strange that they should have died
upon this day.
As Regards Vanity.
"All Is vanity At
least so
Lecturer (in small town)—Or course
you all know what the Inside of a cor
pusclo is like. Chulrman of Meeting
(interrupting)—Mosj of us do, but ye
better explain It for the benefit of
them that has never been Inside one
—Puck.
Got Familiar With TI e m.
Professor Fugue What
IE CEREMONY
The Japanese Rite For the Battle
Slain of th* World.
IT EMBRACED ALL NATIONS.
On a Floating Temple In Sumida River
a Priest of Tokyo, With His Flock, Of.
fered Prayers For the Souls of Sol
diers Dead Because of Wars.
Unusual preparations were made one
morning in Shussanji, or the Going
Out of the Mountain temple, a quaint
little place «f worship hidden away in
a labyrinth of crooked streets in a poor
quarter of Tokyo—preparations for a
celebration on the Sumida river to
pray for the repose of the souls of all
those slain in battle regardless of na
tionality anti to -alter wraps of paper
bearing the in
the waves, one
The chief pri
his assistant and
finple, |d I"
ance, aii(l a
gold altarloi
in
d( a
in_
ol
to
To
CO!
passed i
war."
The ..Id
clad in
officiated
last pray
formed a
er, a short
Near a In
waiting, a
with canva
dhist sym
white
written in
"A serv
the wliojo
Quie
ind sr
-prcadl
the pr
Ilgioti.
the ro
in froi
embro
und tl
of Jiz
woodt
"Prav
ors, as well
io so called
peopled In
v.
or modern Welshmen i
magnanimously declined
land with Schleswig-Ilo
then :c i
moors, s
the iiid i! -s
ed wiia: o•
forsake:. P.
prosperous j. .ai •.
ern Ein v W. -ir
ierrnans
•i nex .Tut
It was
ansio: rn
styled "a
lre most
Bee's Double Stomach.
a i: of
i":" pri
•squares
miall br
rose into
bam bo i
tnd the
chant inu
en and y
murine ii
I i l
fail 11
ninny of
gun. Old
full leant
tiro -.
tile
on. en
SOtll
oj' Jlzo Hamtt over
each departed spirit,
an au'ed man, with
the supinators of the
nys in ad
he red and
»n heaped up
nd 'ruit, and a
teen placed
lo
I.U.
e
Uij
rice
let
wort
hose
with ofTe
plain w
there boa
who have
ccHUse of
Hi
e-t
oa rsi
re
wei
cess
1st a
dge an
»ep earg
bearin?
s, a id a
on iani
ad shining,
e of gray,
when the
he people
-ui
lida riv-
ri
w
over
Hud
wo
And, w
cense ro*
the woo.
worsh
the s»p:
the 1».
away
make a
For i!
floated il
ing noise
banks of *t
The spot
made was a
act place a
buried und«
the simple
held before
stream.
W'Ood '.\a
toni of Ik
it read liter.
"Ilerewitl
whole
says the
philosopher."
"I don't know about that,' chimed
in the I'lunkville sage, "but there is
enough of it to keep the drug stores
doing a good business in complexion
contraptions."—Exchange
Couldn't Fool Him.
"Don't t.di me
said the hard fn
"Well, mum.'
the door, "it'
job on'y la-' v,
it."
"And why not
"I wuz pnralyz
"You seem all
"Yessuni. Yei
wid fright."—Bir
do you
mean, Mr Jones, by speaking of nick
Wagner. Ludle Beethoven. Charlie
Gounod and Fred IlandeiV
Jones
Well, you told mo to g-.'t fam'llar with
the great composers.-Musical Amei
lea.
Just Change.
Ml*.
Bacon—Does your husband car
ry any life Insurance? Mrs. Egbert
Well, I never happened to run against
any when I've been going through his
pockets at night—Yonkera Statesman
Children and Reading.
That the child who reads rapidly gets
the most thought out of tho books rend
Is the result of every experiment that
has been made in this line.—Miss Mary
Downey at
Chautauqua.
old w
Iren, n
no Am
'II
rt
i s
illl
he
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INTERESTS OF LABOR.
»$• 4.
We stand for the conservation
of the just luterests of labor.
We do not desire production or 4*
•J* irade or efliciency in either for -i
4* its own sake, but for the better
4* ment of the lives of human be- 4*
4* iiigs. We shall not have any 4*
4* lasting industrial prosperity un- 4*
4- less we buttress our industrial 4
4* endeavors by adequate means 4*
4« for the protection of health, for 4*
4* the elimination of unnecessary 4*
4* perils to life and limb, for the 4
4* safeguarding of our future 4
4* through proper laws for protec- 4*
4* tion of women and children In 4*
4* industry, for increasing opportu- 4*
4* nities for education and training. 4
4* —Charles E. Hughes
Provides
For an
Iuttered
cli wa-
the
couti
over
ri! of
Ne
seen
of
men
carr
lb
roa«
ams
eigii
not.
eigb
obta
defii
id.
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day
pres
to st
eigh
com
not
nine
tend
of
hav
will
O1
new
roa
tal,
the
lr
gov
Tlia
rs was
heir ha
the ,iu
•or- w
,d
ace or
bat
dea
des
O!
rf
the
Tho,
slain i
to the
humbi
that g'
laid d"
i iii i
inn
e
low
the
into
the
A halt w
white
and vt
an old wojli
little eharcl
1
Mucb e--nii
made '.n be .a
than i 'a i
or the a o
Wage i..
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1: a
*a I c-
ingl\
red i
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wa
id v
•r tl
td
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er
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s.sod.
en
lida
de n
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hat
id 1
e a
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ed
rid
I.ondt
consoh
Para
=•011
ex
en
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as
ni
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the
to
yzed Him.
on can't fii* v o
ed houseko'
epliod the
a man
k."
off',
.. tail
I
eoulilii'f
ight now."
see. I wuz paraly
lingham Age-Her
zed
aid
Both Departed.
"You don't often see an old
fash­
ioned whit tier nowadays."
"Xo. The type is dying out also
the diminutive bad man who used to
pull out a bowie knife and threaten to
whittle his foe down to his size."—Bir
mlugham Age-IIerald.
Free Verse.
Willie—What's vers libre, dad? Crab
shaw—Something yon wouldn't know
was poetry unli s you were told
New York Times.
The true
shape of
the earth still
awaits accurate determination.
4.
4*
4* We must hearten and quicken 4*
4* the spirit and efficiency of labor 4*
4* throughout our whole industrial 4*
4* system by everywhere and in all 4*
4* occupations doing justice to the 4«
4* laborer, not only by paying a liv- 4*
4* ing wage, but also by making 4*
4* all the conditions that surround 4*
4* labor what they ought to be. 4»
•s* And we must do more than jus- 4*
tice. We must safeguard life 4*
and promote health and safety 4*
4* in «vory occupation in which 4*
4* tliey are threatened or imperiled. 4*
4* That is more than justice and 4*
4- better because it is humanity
4* and economy. Wood row Wil
4* son
4-
4.
4* 4* 4- 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4- 4* 4* 4*
THE NEW RAILROAD LAW.
Experimental Eight
Hour Day to Begin Jan. 1.
the terms of the Adatnson bill
nited States trovemmo a-^niues
By
j1 over railr
railroad rate
ther the uni
to realize a
eir eigb 1 ho-u
regulii
ad •a a- w ell as
tb«j railroads
ai as a result
\ersy govern
1 a: e common
ers has entered into a new pha
tliii union leaders and the
presidents assume that the
it estaimsnes an experimc
hour day
11 infonnat
to enable congret
on upon which to
'il- I' :,• -cj an i_\ hour
is io go
i
lo effect ,iau. 1. The
dent is to appoint a commission
udy the practical workings of tbis
hour
uission
iuoii i
eight i:
days a!
ie a.nnssoii.
lu a- in be
aiid authority
of this mu-i
railroad cod.
labor, i i o 1
will lie 1
United .li
the tlU'-a: 1
rnnient i
is w!
vides for.
dent's Settb
for. There
gent judgm.
the fje-t-. a :,' I :!i.
noboc]
i r- of the
p.a i .d of
iiioiu than
day is ex
the report
.c •.•iestion
the
ue a
:t rail-
oad capi
ontrol of
.iin.il
first di
rtain
la inson
vhat 1
ositlon
just a
ty of the
he facts,
act pro
lie presi
provided
id inteili-
ii a knowledge of
are i.iiowi) to
i. Iii-ioiy Liui been
'ew cei.s—
far more
.ao- a the unions
eenis to realize.
operation will
a i" lonat matter be
a'.d c'i.j-c'v -d I'here
11 b. aiioi her railroad
1
•1
never -e a
tween enipl a
will never a-
strike or a serious threat of a railroad
strike. The government of the United
States is 110 tontrer a neutral in such
labor
wai-
it i the -ai r. me power,
and it- t-.n a only to such
restraints a- 'be c.-n-tit ii'l-.t, .',f tb.
United States may impo-e. New Vnvk
World.
A Generous Employer.
Acts of generosity over and abo\ e
the requirements of the compensation
law are not infrequent. The bureau
records a recent instance on the part
of an employer (self insurer) of Buf
falo, who had a workman who sus
tained a permanent total disability
and was entitled to $8.98 a week com
pensation. The carrier requested the
commission for permission to pay $15
a week, the maximum limit of the
law, and is now paying this amount.—
New York Compensation Bureau Bul
letin.
Freedom Versus Dollars.
"Democracy undoubtedly is not as
efficient as autocracy," says the San
Francisco Labor Clarion, "but the peo
ple are better satisfied with it. This
being true, ^heuever we co ie to the
fork of the road where nn st choose
between the w those w bo are more
interested in all humanity ian in in
creasing the wealth of the few will
take the road of democracy. At such
time men can be properly branded
by the course they pursue."
Canadian Railroad M«n.
The ucui'Mids of the American rail
way employe-, for an eight hour day
will in no ^a affect Canadian rail
ways. In most cases an agreement of
a patriotic nature has been made with
the employees of the railways of the
Dominion, which will last until after
the present European war.
United Mine Workers.
Two thousand six hundred and twen
ty-one local unions are affiliated to the
international, and the combined mem
bership is
282,162.
More Deadly Than War.
Commissioner of Ijibor Jackson of
Pennsylvania says that, if every man
of the regular army along tho Mexican
border receives a wound in battle the
aggregate number of wounded would
not equal the roster of those wounded
in the mills of Pennsylvania during
the first 132 days of this year. It is
shown that during the period from
Jan. 1 to June 1, 1910, 954 workers
were killed and 100,287 injured, and on
an average 191 workers were killed
every month during the first five
months of the year, and an average of
20,248 were injured each month.
Labor Disputes Show Increase.
There were more strikes and
ifa
lockouts
in the United States in the six months
ending June 1 thnn in the entire year
of lfnr», figures compiled by the bureau
of labor statistics show. Between Dec.
1 and June 1,1,132 labor disputes were
reported, while during 1915 the num
ber was 1,405.
Her Saddest Hour.
"A wuiuan's «nddet h'»m\" said the
amateur poet, "i- ibat in whin,
s|,e
finds her f!r-! Liray hair."
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and oomph:! t„ his ai in. "p a
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All Suits and^Pants made to your
individual order in a
Union Shop
The SquareTailors
106 HIGH STREET
Reliable Dealers in
Dry Goods, Carpets, Cloaks, Queensware
Millinery. House Furnishings
VToss-Holbrock Stamps with
all Casb Purchases.
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$1.00 PER YEAR
NOTES OF LABOR.
Out of 34.000 miners in Kentucky
only o.UdO ale organized.
Girl boxmakers in New York have
been receiving an average of $3 20 per
week.
Painters in Crand Iiaplds. Mich.,
have gained an eight hour day as the
result of a short strike.
The thirty-tbird annual convention
»f the Ohio State Federation of Labor
Will open in Toledo Oct. 9.
An anti-injunction labor bill was
tpproved in the recent annual conven
tion of the Vermont State Federation
Labor.
Sixteen thousand
a n a i e
mine
workers tied up all Philadelphia and
Reading and Susquehanna Coal com
pany collieries In the Khamokin dis
trict for eleven day- in an efTort to
unionize the mines.
VICE PRESIDENT KING.
He Took the Oath of Office Abroad, but
Did Not Like to Serve.
William Rufus King, born April 0,
1T88, died April 18, 1853, was a vice
president of the United States who
never served in that capacity and one
who took the oath of office on foreign
soil, something which can be said of
no other executive officer who has ever
been elected by the people of this coun
try. King was an Invalid, but his
friends urged him to take second place
on the ticket with Pierce in 1852.
Both were elected, but Mr. King's
health failed so rapidly that he was
forced to go to Cuba some two months
before inauguration day. Not having
returned to the United States by
March 4, congress passed a special act
authorizing the United States consul at
Matanzas, Cuba, to swear him In as
vice president hour when
Pierce was tak of otfice at
Washington.
This an vas carried out to
a dot, am v appointed, at a
plac^"'" ui the highest hills In
the Matanzas, Mr. King was
mac resident of the United
Stat id the solemn "Vaya vol con
Dloe id will be with you) of the
creoiv-s v ho had assembled to witness
the unique spectacle. Vice President
King returned to his home at Cahaw-
Ala., arrlvi
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1853, and died :•. i udng day.
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