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t.f kalati
Baada difflciilt or imposslble by
aaa of taa faaloraa Bn
'There is some pr./i;n.l for bf
!.e race issue has been .1.
a good deal
than was neeessary with a
pport In what
1. otherwiae a simple dispute bat
capital and labor. But ln any
the root of tbe trouble appears to
He ln the willingness of the Negro to '
do certain labor for less pay- than
Th.a ia indeed "the sum and
stauc> Bj wbole matter.
race issue aa auch has
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? inps af death and haa drunk
?ap af ..i the
ba trled for ooarpltcity in theae al
cases of
Charlea and Bataaaal rirown
called for trial Laat v. . the
onwealrh's Attorney announced
BB did not hitve sufficlent evl
iirinuanc
of the caaea.
mael for the prisoners ohj
and Judge Hundie <, (ne
('onstitution guar.. , the ac
? trial. and the st
r^quired that they be trled at the
same term ln which the? were In
dicted if practlcable.
As he dld not thlnk that the men
should be restralned of their 111
lischarge.
mpha.sizetl tbe u' I
of the ?.'t>; tlth's case and the
lonwealth's y asked
of the Court to enter a nolle
|Bl la the rases af Charles and
? iwa, ouie Ross. Momta
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Jadge Hund
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all of th
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bat the |
hbors as
will long
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??r a cri;
. will no
PENNSY ENGINE RUNS WILD
Travel. Sixteen Milea Unguided. But
Fortunately Cauae. No Wreck.
mark
? k oc
: oa the mam Itaa t.f the IVnn
:;ia rallroad. The throttle of a
Bhlftlng engine standing in th.- yar.l in
thls city was ofaa.d in aoaaa unac
ountal.Ie manner aad | otive
I off jaissini; all of th
to the maln track. It ran as far west
us Rhat ii.- .- m the
ateam beqpm.- laaj and lt atopped.
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Attention.
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ntljr advis.,1 to do so
laa of
buildlng at
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F,ini1 *',,l;' >uld be forwa
?The nan
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S?"" of aU <'<*urts con
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f handa ;md the
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KN MlTCHBLaL, JR.,
Coaaeellor.
(MISS)
' '"' I ?' I'lMin.-nt I'aid.
v'.iy 24, 1909.
. ,Thi,S H ?> that T ha;
' hn Mitchell Jr
1 (,Jance]l-r of the Grand
ot Vlrgiala, Knights of
^t,Ui'. ? x a . i: \. A. and
Fi'.fv ivV.'"""' <>r-P "un?*?> ?nd
FirtJ Dollars in p ymeni of the death
clalm 0f Bi who
* MBtthea Lodge
Of Houston, Va. '
MARY L. R. LEIGFi:
Beneflclary.
Witneea:
T. M WWERTOX.
M. of F. St. M.tthew Lodge, No. 88
dlTU. o
H C WTITTE. D D. G. C.
M? \ ?,?l n WORK
DH THE <.K>IK.I\
OfHVials t.f Kiretnen's |'nit?n Arrlve
Totlay.
H ith in>trurtioB8 issued
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eoiiK.' aad Bi
the :
i railrc..i
talaal tra
aith
Bat during I lifiht the
?
ineer who
B the
hTAY CH
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this
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on to J
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pabUcaUoo. Tl
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2"!1'1 ? laU oa
Saturday nighl ., "
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roth
ich .Mr. | :! ! f
?aal? ^nt
that late hoar it waa impossil
:T" n?.?t with a
the
corm,
Ient. of
,?'ti; r<> Pnblish BBCta a
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thl:
en. under
Hall
lr tpoke':
mM ' UW
l fr?m Torooto
aaa. an.l .boat tl ,lrilo t!l(1
M ilatel an.l aubmltted to the offl
"aI* ? rallroad
%* :: l-d on Sto
taa it with tl,
VMA fKNT WILL DO.
tn'Vt, tIiis,il!' I potataa out
2 - foll.nving cla
of their p, acraemeat pre
rnrmounl
p aaa ar.- .Ired wiii
an,j| tha oldest white firemen will
""* fot .,..r ,.??,,..
aad! yard wi? DOt ,?. bk>ck,
nnn;!,r?m..fahle n.en." borauso
wo?n t? ,OIi 'si^?
would ath
the raaaooabla aalortty in
ruoa wb.eh had ,ulr,,,- ?
rrlca and
U1,M foaad worthv or pro
..f their efrVeiency aad faithfuli,
At an laterviea wlth \
*??? - ad,-.;.
'" laatrad me, ahoaa lif,
beenlapani I. taa aoath. aaaoa
their t-mper lowaiaj the negro en
? laduatrlal aad agrlcultB
.and
ern?* Iraoatof taa aoath.
ln 'lescr.bed. of allowing negro flre
n t, arnil!l. haractar of aa
" n ? ? haaafli
Wh'V trtcUy to their
^Ploy?aal > . jnJ gr
proposition. belleving that a Cana
of atudtlng Poadltkma h, Oe?r
Pla could not h.ve ,iIlv s,Mln(, h
for such an allearation as m, Ball
?
dPratood that the la* . or^a
-liscnminat.-.l aaajaat the aagro la
Induairial paraaJtB, and that the poli
cy of the Georgin rallroad, as de
acrtbad harata and fqlly underatoo.i
by him. was aaatrary to tbe laws of
-ia. or at least to their spirit.
allud i.R. of course. to tbe constitu
tlonal an-it-n.ini. nt adoatad last fall
placing certain imltation- upon the
exereise of the suffrage
DID NOT ASK IXCREASE PAV.
nremen and their agent and
representative. Vlce President Ball.
dlaolaimed any desire to ask for an
Increase of wages nor grlev
? luite far back in
the pasir and ot more fancled than
inportance. and of no praetirul
sijtnit a ere stated by the fire
rirtBall] : bj theaa
other mattera were promtsed
for 1ns
i B8J drlnking water tanks 04
1 in Bumi providlng
lea ' in.
BsH ravBsBBB Of their and
? iii s Bfltorta a as ? :ction
of tlo :ien's rights 8
niorif 8d I Bd tho a
ami prejndlce la alb
the <; nia'le
the ni'(?ro fi: '?> the
point
Oal to thotn tbat tbe negro ti:
llmlt of hia aathltloa,
OT tbe Hnsif ol
when
! the
?>n of Qremea on the
raii It
to j.oint or.t that no white ma:
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:or whit
ould. opOB Bppll
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if. upon oxaniina
fall that
I fit.-rnen it.
aa in
road niiicji I
Thla fact in
onipl.tr- ry in
who j-ro
horoaghly
th the ladustrlal
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ist fall llmit
iuK the aaffra
ordinary
pursa
i right*
or an
.1 for
wt 11)
attalami i
r. and that no
1 the
itlon for
has ei
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rer t rain
aenrli
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?rmrn !?, i learlv a
rfuga The altlaaal aa. as
trom faeta in BB]
ntually
oui of employi
rfERB AliE Tlin POINT.-'
public in th.
1 The llniit of the ?
undoi n.
come in c<
titlon with a whlte man for tt.
>r "bloek" a white
ttoa.
of the white flre
tad BlmpTrv for th.
of nltlnaal <?ing that po
88 hard work of a
Bremaa. To that realization of this
aspiratior
Braau aoar or erer hi
? -se the sllgh:
\ negro nr.-man's sonloritv
? r brings hlm a: r the
nor puts the
ia am- further away
the negro's) senioritv
coupled with loag and falthful serv
ice, pives hltu promorton ln the form
of l better run. as fin-nuin This ls
ir.i he can have for
long and falthful sorvice. It is but
J"s,i(' ment to him.
ther Tn: - dla
i
rgia railroad have
no ?* la this n. t that
their iea! ambition?which la to be
come aagtaaara is not .
in n- a bf the
Uee. of which th.v complaln. that
isloa is irrestible that they
? party onacqoatat
Ith an.l alien to our indi;
altuatlon. to start on agltattoB ? ,
;ro aJtogatlMr out of
rallrarVa] s.-n |
TM-RELY POIelTICAL MOTIVK
ihat Mr. Ball of Canada'a ex
Imeal
? tutlon is errone
? that amendi
t.d nQt ta
urb induatrlal relatlons ot
ad the t.
1 '?? ? to Judge Wbetfc
'"'' ' meat to stir up h
trial ra,- strife fOT whlVn T ft.
Mr Ball, of Canada. to be chief
ly reaponaible. lf a ,- wil] nof
n an enl of in lustriai fraadom
r,'r *' Ich has .
the Boath'a praad :nd rtghtfal
in other parat
T \ Catnpbell
ed because when I
from
rlntendent
Brand , r or not. M rilI1
he intended to atrike today
although he aa chairman of
imrttae had -
that the fi:
would St: , ? m ,oriiKhf
ZT,\ 1 "'" 8?W of f,!" n?>tlre aa
P?blli me ln the news ,
of *??' rhleh aaoea was on the
waJ to '">' under s;
dHh' ind whlch r.
' 11:10 p. m.. sevci.iy-flftr.
Idlan. May |f. other flreuien who re
fuse.i to declare their position have
also been tlismlssed. nut none has
been replacad by a negro flreman
nut all have been replaced by ?v>m
petent whlte men, worthy cltlsens of
.:1a.
Reepectfully.
TKOS. K. SCOTT.
-neral Manager.
Augusta. Ga.. May 17. 190.8.
FIFTY STRIKE IN AUGUSTA.
'ia., May 17.?About
flfty white firemen on the Georgia
railroad atruck to-night agains
of the road giving senlorlty
places 80 negro BrBtBBB The thirty
are at tbeir p]
fireaaea have baaa amp]
and nre in the olaces of the whlte
Tha offleials say tl
ls not tb irassment
in aay way v. mta Con
RECEIPT THAT CURES
WEAK MEN--PREE.
BMBBaa and Address To-Aty?
Vou t'an Have It Free and I'..
BKaTaaaj nnd Vigorona.
I havo In my posaesslon a prescrlp
tloa for nervoua debility, lack of vl
I manhood, falling mem
-.d Iame back. brought on by
:nnatural draina or the fol
llea of youth. tbat haa cured so many
worn and nervouB men right in their
own bomes?without any addltlonal
lolp or medlcine?that I think every
man who wlshes to regaln his manly
and virility. qutokly and auiec
ly. should have a copy. So, I have
nlaed to send a copy of the
prescription. free of eharge. ln a
plaln. ordlnary sealed envelot
any man who wlll write me for
This p eacrlption eomea from a
pbysician who haa made a apecial
study of men, and I am convlnced It
surest-actlng comblnation for
ira af deficient manhood and
put together.
1 thlnk v fellow man
to send them a copy in confldence, so
that any man. ra who ia weak
with repeated fall
raay atop drugging himself with
harmful patent
I belleve. ls the quickeat-aet
ratlve. upbuildlng. SPOT
HINO reme vlsed,
andwo. cure himself at home quietiv
qulehly. Just drop me a line
Dr. A. K Robinaon.
Lurk .. and 1
W,H * a copy of this splendld
t, in a plaln. ordlnary aealed
? opa, free of eharge.
GAVE HIS LIFE
TO SAVE FIREMEN
Engineer Permits Comrade to
Jump First in Train Crash.
PASSENGERS ESGAPE INJURY
Expresa From Norfolk. Va, Collidea
With Freight Traln on a Slaling
Near Salisbury, Md.?Baggagemas
ter and Expreaa Agent Injured.
Sallabury. M.l . May 26.?Enginear
ajdward T Weat, of tho Norfolk ex
preas, whlch crashed Into a frelgbt
traln atanding on a aidlng two milea
aoutb of this place. died a hero by per
mlttlng his flraman. Lea Co*. to Jump
to safety flrat.
It waa impoasible for Engineer
Weat to Jump from hia alda of tbe e*v
gine, aa that waa tha aile that blt tbe
traln. He had to walt for tbe.
flraman to Jump, and than he trled to
aava hlmaelf by Jumplng. which ha
dld. but the expreaa car toppled over
on hlm. cutting hlm In two and araaah
lng hlm beyond recognltlon.
flreman Jumped Juat In time,
bar. U . ?.. apmg the car which killed
-gine*?r
w \\ u ght, who had eharge of
the e\ ^r. waa badly injured
about the head and face, and Wllliam
Outhrle. baggageman, who waa in ths
baggage car. bad hia arm badly mash
ed and waa cut about tha haad and
body.
The engine drawlng tha expresa
was demollahed and buried in aand
bank> along tbe track. The freight en?
gine waa badly wrecked, the drlving
wheels and cah belng torn off. Pas
eengers on the expreas escaped Injary,
exr.pt alight bruises. One axpress
car and two baggage cara were de?
mollahed.
Trafflc was stopped completely until
a track could be bullt around the
wreck. The cause of the accident is
shrouded in mystery. Tha expresa
traln was tnoving rapldly at the time.
aaaaaj about on time and havlng the
right of way.
SCRANTON FLYER WRECKED
8ix Coaches Left the Raila, But No
One Waa Injured.
Allentown, Pa., May 26.?Passengers
on the Seranton flyer. the Jersey Cen
tral's fast train hotween Philadelphia
an.l S. ranton, had a bad shaklng up
and a narrow escape from death. when
the six coaches of the expresa left the
rai'.s . :>am. flfteeu milea weat
of this city. Th it ls thought to
have been due to a brake beam drop
plng. although railroad offlclals assign
no cause as yet.
A short distance below a bad curve
the train slowed up. and here the
smoker turned completely over, dr?g
glng the remalnlng flve cars from the
ralla and throwing them on their sides.
The loeomotive rcmained on the ralls.
of the passengers were Injured
j The avoidance of fatalitios or serlous
Injuries ls consldered to bave been
almost miraculoua.
Radium and the Tarlff.
Washington. May 26?Senator Tal
laferro. of Florida, offered an amend
ment to tha iarlff blil Ic the aenate
placlng radium on the free Hat