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1 'i"a wigym&$iw'Jk'rFmi'wpt'!?&''iTy3r&'J ?p t uating circumstances some reason why we did not "pay her." "Have you a copy of that notice from her parents that everybody re f ers-to and nobody seems able to pro duce?" the reporter asked. Buell had not. "If Miss Stransky is now only six teen and worked here three years she must have been below the age limit when she went to work," the reporter suggested. . "We know nothing about that. We have her school certificate," Buell re plied. "We have her school certifi cate." "Suppose as long as you're sure you got it, you won't mind letting me see it," the reporter suggested. "Miss Stransky says shestarted to work for you when she was 13." "I won't let you see it," Buell re plied with emphasis. "If you want to know anything further, you go to Mr. Lehmann." But, since the man who had charge of the inspectors didn't know anything about it, and the cashier didn't know anything about it, and the assistant superintendent didn't know anything about it, and the su perintendent didn't know anything about it, the reporter decided not to waste any time on Lehmann. The question is: What is the real reason the Fair refused to pay Agnes the miserable sum of $4.50 when it was due her? And are they letting girls under fourteen years of age work "for them in defiance of the law just as Factory Inspector Nelson claims they violate the 10-hour law for women? o o TO PROTECT NEGRO Chestertown, Md.f Dec. 31. Four BOlnpanies oi tne i?utn maryiaiiu lent are here in anticipation or gamble at the trial of the two ne- aes for the murder of James T. leman. one attempt nas- aireaay been made to lynch the two men and another is feared because of the popular misguided 'opinion that the negroes cannot be hanged because they are under 21 years of age and have confessed. GARMENT WORKERS BACK Phiiladelphia, Dec. 31. The gar ment makers' strike, which has been fought for 24 weeks, was declared off when results of two days' balloting showed 617 in favor of going back to work and 519 opposed. Only a third of the strikers voted. At one time during the strike 6,000 men and women were out and prac tically every mill was closed up. About thirty employers left the man ufacturers' association and made peace with the strikers. This left about 3,000 men and women still out. Three men were killed as a direct result of the strike in picket fights. The state commission of labor, the city councils and the federal depart ment of labor failed in attempts to effect a compromise. At a mass meeting held Saturday President Amdur of the Garment Workers' Union announced that the treasury was depleted". He said the New York workers had been sending from $10,000 to $150,000 weekly to help the Philadelphia strikers, but that the New York union now needed the money and could not contribute any further. o o DUNNE SHOCKS POLITICIANS Gov. Dunne threw an awful jolt into the many political experts who have been doping out the personnel of the new public utilities commis sion. Yesterday the governor selected James E. Quan, wholesale grocer, and Walter A. Shaw, civil engineer, as members. These men have hitherto not been mentioned in connection with the board. Quan will in all probability be chairman of the body. This appoint ment means that County Treasurer Wm. L. O'Connell will not be a mem ber. George W. Fithian may be the fifth commissioner chosen. ' aiHMaMMaflttl nanH