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v "X -y hm t I TUB WliEKLY HERALD, APRIL 18, I9O7. IN miSON FACING TKI.W KOIt lAVK, WKlTI HISTOHV. , : Secretary William 1. Haywood Writ1" (Mailed Misery of War Itctwren Western Federation of Miner nml 0erulr. 44.4.4.4.44. Jjrlal to Dally Panhandle. ' " Boise, Idaho., April "The jtrongest, most progressiva nd earless labor, organization 11m world ver inew," U Ibe way Secretary William D. Haywood describes Hie Western Fedoratlon of Miners, la a history of that organization' made public recently. "A body of socialists, anarchists, and criminals, whose officials havn encouraged tho luwles among them Xo fommtt crimes, and who are aim ing at tho overthrow of our present lystem of government," is the almost anlversal characterlgatlon of the ailne owners. For nearly fourteen year th opei ltors of tho western states nnd the ft'estern Federation of Miner havo keen engaged in the bitterest labor Hruggle In tho Malory of the conn try, culminating In the arrest of Hay- wood, Moyer and Pettlbon on the rarf,'wf complicity in tho murder af ex-Governor gtunenberg. for which rrtma they are now facing trial. Tbo mlneta version of this prolonged and bloody warfare between captial and labor la as follows: By Hcrrctary Wm. I. Haywood On May 15, 18 93, forty-two dev iates assemebled in Miners' union hall at Butte. Mont., and organized tie Western Federation of Miners The unions represented wore those of A'Den, Creed, Ouray and Rko, Col.; Butte, Belt Mountain, Bannock, Bar ker and Granite, Mont.; Burke, Gem. and Mulen, Idaho; Central City and Lead, B. D., and Eureka, Utah. These were all the miners' unions In Mietence at that time, with the ex ception of Virginia City, Nav., and probably one or two others. Tho convention waa called to order by John Mc.Keod. of South Dakota, tem porary chairman. A a result of tho meeting the organization waa vnudo permanent and designated the West tern Federation of Mlnera of Amer- John Gllllfan waa elected presi dent nnd-W. .1. W'tek, secretary-trcasiiror. , . Tho preamble un adopted breathed thq'uplrlt of munhnod and de'ornilna tlon that burdened tho breasts of tho sturdy miners gathered In the Copper City for the pnruohe of fnd"intln;? their strength utul to prevent further encroiirhmrnt. upon their rights. Stung by tho lash of oppression In In the himdn of the. mine,, operators' assoclntlon, with the. ('oner d'Alene struggle and tho Iniquities Imposed upon the miners frrnli In their nil wis these representatives of 't-lvlllzaihni laid the foundation of the strong'1! most progressive Hnd fein-leus ;tlor organization the world evor Knew. In spite of the bitter antagonism en gendered by avarlre nnd greed, thn federation has grown from the 12 unions t hnt were chartered Immedi ately after flie convention., until now, In April,, 1907.' 560 union's of mlnera. mtllnien, smelte.riM'ii end Mutineers float tho banner of the federation, covering a territory from Alanlia to Old Mexico and from Michigan to the Pacific. It Jinn an uggreg.ito membership ol more thousands! In the ranks than there were hundred when firm organized. The Colorado War. The trouble of 1 R92 and 1 ! r? In the Couer d' Alenes was followed closely by the Crippip Creek strike of 11194. The men employed in tho great gold camps demanded a min imum wage of three dollars for an eight-hour day. The fight continued for over eight months and resulted in a victory for tho unions. Thla event marks the flrat an donly time In tho history of tho country that the nillltla was not arrayed aaaliiHt the strikers. Directed hy the late governor pavls It. Walte, tho sol diers wc'rk'W'fh'thnhlnors who 'op posed aVlivy of'fleputy nherlffs and thitfe'a''hol!tn(!i'n:hed up Dull Hill antf,mMnrd,'tfnVn again." uii'f ffl Mull'. Th nVt Vmhurlunt controvorny was " - .i ..... .i r i t I'yilte strike "In' 1898 and H 1 1 d 7 "I the LesdyliTe in b 'i 1897 when nearly all tho mines In that dMrlet were paying threo dollarB a d iy. Knowing Hint the operators in tended to reduce tho wiikcs, the mi ners took, the ItililHtlve and and on Junti 19, ISOt'p. declared it Htrlke on all ( inlnea paying $'J.50. Thla In volved only about one-fourth of the men employed. Almoht Immediately the other operators closed their projiertlea nnd locked out their erti ployea, throwing out of employment nearly three thousand men. Mcln lrc, then Imciinibent of the guber natorial chair of Colorado, while In perfei t avmpathy and accord with tiie mine managers, did not dare or der Hia triKipa to lndvl!lo without aoiiiH pri't'ext. The coveted opportu nity came with the explosion of the Colorado t-haft houe. It waa an ntiandoaeil nroiieity. It Kcenicd of sufficient importance to the exeru live ,ot tho state and resulted In for t.:ike county. The usual high-handed procedure of mil Itarv officials waa considerably sup presed by th" Indomitable will and cou une of Frank W. Owens, Judge H ataunch advocate of Justice. Kv cry effort possible was made by the managers to break the atrlke, men were shipped In from the lead mlneH nr MUmiurl mid other lilaces, but the mines could rot be operated with any degree of success. For eight months the miners stood firm. even under continued nnd oppres- bIvo surveillance. In February 1!7, work waa resumed. Lead lllo Is the only camp of Import ance In Colorado where thn eight hour day has not been established. Tlio Couer !' A I cue Strike. Continued dlncrlnilnatlon on the part of the mine operators of tho Cour d' Alone district in Idaho, coupled with their ineffectual at tempts to reduce wages, resulted In tn trouble of 1K99. when tho mem bera of the Western Federation of Miners wero called upon to make more sacrifices than at ny other time. Tho history of that strlko Is renlrte with the outrages perpetrated by military and stafci'iAfflclalH'1 at- tomleiT-TiV tho horrOWWf" lhV Mill pens. The. loyal mw iflflf'wnett of tho Conor d" Alone! sM6d tirue to their principles, HdUhmunlons there are rapidly gMningnUiolp'Tor mer strength. i ", L ' Mr .t1T ' Why NotlGet Full Value . IFofi Your, Cigar Money ; Ji you were going to spend $50 or $100 for anything, you would Me dead pertain before you paid out the cash that you were going to get your rrioney's worth for it. . ) Wouldn't y6u? ?L4S' - - . , 'it's certain you would uso every precaution anyWayy isn t it 7 'How about the $50 or $100, o? over, which you spend every year for cigars? Ever think of it that way? Goes out m five or twenty-five cent pieces, perhaps; but that's, no reason why you should not get the Bquare deal you are entitled to just the same. , " You can't afford to Jake "any old cigar that' s offered you, E W manVants to get enjoyment out of the cigars he smokes, even if ha doe3 have to go to a little trouble to get the right kind of a cigar. !' Yet it's tho cimdest thing m the world to be sure of getting good ciffaA every to & buy. You'll find this "Triangle Af stamped on itfeboxothefecigciade. fprvnt niATina tA suit difterent tasiea. anu uiueiwu iiwo w VAVW W V V "mattils A" VIVC8 honest cigar value and the best quality you . can buy at it's price, ' ' It costs m hss to prove this statement than it does for us to vixike it.' And it's worth just as much to you to know you can always be sure of good cigars as it is for us tp win your patronage on tho actual merit that you will find in the cigars we make. ', , . The better cigar value we are ablo to produce through our new scientific manufacturing methods is at once noticeable m The New CREI , 5 cents '; Every box is now extrawrapped in glassiiie 'paper, sealed at each ; end with -the. "Triangle A", in red, keeping. the contents in clean, fresh V J e.i - J3U:. Hftv ia rtTVPn , una peneci cinoiuiig cwuuinui utivn m mv m AMERICAN CIGAR COMPANY, Manufacturer tMIM In May. 1001, the miners' union nt Rossland. II. C and the Bmelter inen's union at Northport, Wa.s'j were roiniielled to make a stand against th reduction of wages, Whllo the union at Rossland was sue resafnl In maintaining Its organiza tion and preventing a reduction, the Kineltermen'H union nt Northport wan entirely disputed. Theno strikes IhhI- ted for a period of nine months, dur ing which time perfect ordor wss maintained by the men. The roal mines operated by the Couw's Nem Pass Coal company were the acencH of another strlko the same year, the .miner reiumng accept a reduction of wages. A no table fact to be mentioned In connec tion with thl trouble, showing the hazardtiiiH nature of the ocupatlon of mining, wan the terrlblo explo sion which romilted In the death of 134 men. It wss Immediately fol lowing the explonlon thnt the com pany attempted to reduce wages. In the nature of things it would serm that the rompany would have been conipelfed to pay a premium for men to operate its mines. How ever, when tho mines were agnln opened, It was at reduced wages. This reduction waa accomplished be fore the bodies of the dead men had been removed from the mlno. In fact, eight of the bodies were never recovered. The Contract System. The contract system has been the cause of much controversy between Iners nnd their eniuloyers. It was to abolish this system that the strike waa inaugurated by the Tellu rlHe union In MaV. 1903. ThO Smiieeler-l'nlan mine at Tellurlde was heing operated under the con tract system. A Urge number of men who were at work found it dlf flcult to make a living, many of them at the end of the month having bare ly enough to nay for their board and nowder. As aoon as the strike was declared the company made prori slon for working their property with non-union men. Strike-breakers were employed and tough characters wer.e imported to frighten and Intimidate the strikers. The company , ;Qn vrted its nronerty into averitab.lo arsenal. On one occasion the tiutlci lng where theh miners' union, waa holding its meeting, waa riddled wn.n bullets and numerous union ( men were met on the trails and assaulted. Thla culminated In a fight between the 'union and the non-union men on the morning of July 3, resulting In a victory for the union men and a eanttiilation on the part of the com nanv. A settlement was effected and 9 scale of wages -and hours rormu lated which was satisfactory to the union and managers. This agree ment was never violated by the mln ers. From 1901 to 1003 many other strikes of more or less importance occurred in difereat localities thro tight the jurisdiction of the fader ation. During; tho laat few years there has apparently been a concert ed action on th part of tho Mine Operators' association directed again ninniani reRiittlnir in strikes and lockouts and malrlng trouble gener ally, especially In Colorado. In nearly every instance the question Involved has been the eight-hour day, and this particularly applies to the state of Colorado. An amend ment to the constitution there pro vldlna for a eight-hour day was car ried by a majority ot 45.714. It pro vided that the state legislature should nahs an eight-hour law apply ing to all persons employed In mills, smelters and blast-furnaces, inro the manipulation of a lobby main tained by the Colorado Fuel and lion Co., and the American Smelting ft RefSniK company, the legislature failed to ratify the mandate of tho people. The miners, mill and smel ter men went on a strike so that pop ular government could be main talned In Colorado. While the etght- tiour dte "wai the maHn Issue, there were other questions involved which caused much dissatisfaction among many of the employes of the mining nd reduction companies. Of these v.. -' blanket insurance system, three per cent of each man's waees being deducted by the com nany, in addition to the hospital and nfiysiclans' fees, making a total of foil,. nni five ncr cent. This insur ance was not such as one would re celve from an In surannce company. It only protected the miners during the working hours. " The fees for medical attentlnn did not provide hospitals and nurses nor professional attenSance upon the mi ners' falmlies. In Addition to these exhorbltant charges which were ap plied to men working for the United States Refining & Reduction com pany for wages as small as $1.80 a day, there was also great discrim ination aaainst the union. Every ef fort was made by the company to prevent the employes from organl ling. This was the prlnuary cause of the strike in Colorado City, cul minating In the greater and more eventful strike In the Cripple Creek district, which Involved In the neigh borhood of 3 .500 miners. So much has been written about these striken that it seema unnocosary to review them, i, There Is one point in regard to the Colorado trouble worthy of particu lar mention at this time, and that s the asertlon of the mine owners thai the strikes were tailed by the oxec-j utlvo board of the federation. Noth ing could be rurther from the truth. The strlke'was not declared In Crip- jile Creek until every union In the district had voted on the proposi tion and from the Individual action of tho members referred the entire nutter to the district union for ad- jraicatlon and settlement. The ac tion of the district union was Indors ed by the executive board nnd later by the eleventh annual convention. I'nlon Sot AnanhMic. The mine owners have been bitter In their denunciation ot the federa tion and ure prone in their preju dice to make erroneous statements. They have accused us In the samo breath of being n socialistic nnd an archistic organization,- this state ment In itself being a misconception and a contradiction. It Is true that In tho tenth annual convention of the Western Federation of Miners there was adopted resolutions Indor sing the principles of socialism, and these have been reaffirmed at each lucceeedlng convention. Tho com mittee's report was as follows; "We, the tenth annual convention of the Western Federation of Min ers, do declare for a policy of in dependent political 'action, and do ad vise and recommend the adoption of the platform of the Socialist party of America by the locals of the fed eratlon in conjunction with a vigor mm nnllrv of education alone the lines of political economy." The co-operative efforts of the fed- tration In establishing hospitals nd mercantile stores havo been desig nated, as socialistic. Tho falacy of this will be readily understood by anyone familiar with the socialist philosophy. Still, the co-operative ly owned stores and hospitals have resumed In much benefit to our mem bers and a number of these institu tlons.are in operation throughout the country. One of the very best hospitals, erected and equipped at a tost of $30,000, was owned and aper ted by the Tellurlde union. It was conducted in every way satisfactory to all concerned until tho strike took place. Our stores in Cripple Creek teforo they were looted by the mill tia, represented a. capital of 30,000 The properties and buildings owned by, the local unions of the federation at the present time will probably ag gregate In value $500,000 . . mm mmm mmm m ff A 6 ONsTj u Florence, Bain, Mitchell. All Carry a Guarnntee. 11 Implements The Canton Line Enough Said MORROW THOMAS DARD.WARE COMPANY AMAR1LLO, - - TEAS WANT ADS. FOR SALK Clean newspapers sale at Herald office. for WANTED The sale of lands direct from owners. Will guarantee a square deal or no pay. Address me care of Amarillo hotel. F. R. Schweitzer. Two registered Hereford bulls for sale, J. W. Catwrlght. 3twc FOR SALK. Fifty acres at a bar gain, three miles from Amarillo. An ideal fruit and poultry site. Deal direct with the owner and save commission. T. A. Sinclair, Box 885, Amarillo, Tex., or phone 827. Cafe Man Smashed Customer. (From Friday's Dally Tanhandle After an indulgence until after midnight In some of the questionable luxuries for which Amarilo is notod In some of tho outlying towns, E. A McCarty, a visitor from Plal'nvlcw, calne to crief at the hands of a waiter in the Elk cafe last night. Just how or exactly when the trouble occurred, or who tho partlc ular waiter was that struck McCar ty, the latter docs not recall. At any rate, about two o'clock this morning he was taken to an office in the Eberstsdt building where Dr. Audrain dressed his cuts he had re ceived in the difficulty. Tho waiter had struck him with a glass and had inflicted a bruise and a cut on his face, neither of which are serious. According to other reports, Mc Carty, under the influence of the luxuries he had been enjoying, be; came abusive after he had ordered lunch In the cafe, and the waiter retaliated by smashing him in the face with a glass. The case will get a hearing this .afternoon and the usual fines will be exacted. Why" have a torpid liver when Herblne, the only liver regulator will help you? There is no reason why you should suffer from dyspepsia, constipation, chills and fever or any liver com plaints, when Herblne will cure you. F. C. Walte, Westvllle, Fla., writes: "I was sick for a month with chills and fever, and after taking two bot tles of Herblne am well and health." 14 lm part tn the ceremonies on April 22 at the laying of the corner stone at Weatherford of the Knights of Py this widows' and orphans' home for the state. Mr. Mayer has been district deputy grand chancellor for several years and the appointment comes In recog nition of his successful work in that capacity. This is the first time in the history of the chapter here that a man from here has been given a place on the important committees. The lodgo here now has over eighty ac tive members besides many others of other lodges who now live in Ama rillo. AM.VR1IXO MAV APPOINTED Charles R. Mayer Placed on Grand Council K. P. Committee. In a letter received yesterday Sen ator George B. Griggs, of Houston, the grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, of the state, appoints Charles Mayer, of this place, on an Important committee at the grand council which will meet in Dallas on April 23 and allso asks him to take Do Not Crowd tho Season. (From Friday's Daily Panhandle.) ' The first warm days of prlng bring wth.them a desire to got out and enjoy, the exhlliratlng air and sunshine. Children that have been housed up all winter are brought and you wonder where they all came from. The heavy winter clothing is thrown aBlde and many shed their flannels.' Then a cold wave comes and people say that grip is epidemic. Colds at this season are even more dangerous than in raid-winter, as there is much more danger of pneu monia. Take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, however, and you will have nothing to fear. It always cures, and we. have never known a cold to result in pneumonia when it Is used. It Is pleasant and safe to take. Children like It. For sale by Gold ing Drug Co. Shipping Spayed Heifers. (From Saturday's Dally.) The testern Stockyards company yesterday shipped one car load of spayed heifers, which they have been feeding all winter at the local yards, to Kansas City for market. These heifers were bought last fall from the Bravo ranch and the feeding of them has been somewhat in the nature ot an experiment. The result of the sale will be watched with Interest by Panhandle stockmen. THE STATE OF TEXAS. To the Sheriff or aoy Constabla C Potter County, Greeting: You are hereby commanded ta summon Marry "Ellis by making pub lication of this Citation once In each week for four successive weeks pr vlous to the return day ihereof, fa some newspaper published in your County, If there be a newspaper pub. Uehed therein, but if not, then in any newspaper published in the For. ty-Seventh Judicial District;: but if there be no newspaper published fa said Judicial District, then Is a'newi paper published in the nearest Dt. trict to id Forty-seventh Judicial District, to appear at the next regu lar term of the District Court of Potter County, to he holden at tha Courthouse thereof, In AmirlHo, on the 2nd Monday in May A. D., 107, the same being the lth day of May, A. D. 1907, then and there to an swer a petition filed In said Court en ITie 5th day of April A. D. HOT, la a suit, numbered on the docket of said Conn No. 754, wherein J. H. Wills and Georgo R. Gillette ar Plaintiffs, and Marry Ellis is defend ant, and said petition alleging that on the 14th day of April 1891. J. H. Willis and J. T. Holland beHng the owners of block No. 7, In block No. 147, of the Plemona addition to Amsrlllo, in Potter coun ty, Texas, conveyed tha sama to Marry Ellis, retaining a vendor's Hen In said deed of conveyance to secure the psyment of a not of even data therewith, executed by Marry Kills, payable to the order of J..T. Holland and J. H. WJIlu six months after date, for the principal sum f Thirty-seven and fifty one-hundredtha ($37.50) dollars, bearing Interest at the rate of ten per ceat per nnum from date. That said promissory note also expressly retalnej van dor's lien In said above described property to secure Its payment. That the said Marry E1H has falld to pi aid promissory note or any part thereof, and that the partlea have elected to rescind said aa1 and re cover the property so conveyed: That the plaintiff. George R. OlTlatU ns acquired all the Interest of tha aald J. T. Holland In and to said prajB i.es. The nlalntlffs pray for recovery of said property ana removal oi m cloud upon tho title. Herein fall not, but hare before) said Court, at its aforesaid neit reg ular term, this writ, with your re turn thereon, showing you ex ecuted the same. . . Witness, Frank Wolflin. Clerk of the District' Court of potter County. Given under my hao ad the sl of said Court, at office la Amarillo, Texas, thjs the 6th day of April, A. D. 1907. . riUNK WOLfLTN, . Clerk, restrict Court, Potter County, 15 H. F. Smith, of the Morrow Thomas company, Is exhibiting , a handsome Northern touring car, the first of Us kind to be show in na rillo. . , Forced Sale f panhandle lnd. I havo e!bV sections of tina, w i tiv county. Texas. that must be 1a bfcro April 28. in order to tneet payment m larga tract. W111 H IV or part t 0 per cent ot market value, . . CLYDE F. WEICHEftT, 15 la Portale. K. 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