■WHSWS*" WppHMHRP „ii»«4^u -IU •'Of/ *<v_. IMmM_i Usitr » (tnafllL r.« OHici_l Orj»« of DSrlriel X.. 1«, O. M. W: rf A. ' TWELVE PA0U IS not DBTM-T UDOSE, Tzsaamip.c IBmURKlHI. |i.es A TXA1. DIST. 18 HOLD NINTH* ANNUAL CONVENTION Industrial Unionism is Tabled— May Day Holiday-Officers Make Reports—Many Resolutions -* The delegates to the Ninth Con-, an lion. District 18, TJ M W Of A., now being Iwld ln Lethbridge, promises to be one of mora tha usual importance Including tha BwaUtlve Board m-sm bers thero are some thirty-eight delegates participating, and bom all ap pearances It will not finish thia Satur- day The various commi'teea are hard at work, lome keeping It up until late at night. The most Important quel Won so far raised la whether the District Bhould so out on strike with tie mlnevwrkers ot the Tfnitod States In the event of a strike in that country Whilst the feeling was strong in support, tha time waa considered inoDpor- tone A matter which wai highly ap- precla-ii by the delegate, was tbe presence at the opening ot Mayor Hatch, ot Lethbridge, and hia preaen tation to them of tho freedom ot tbe city u On Monday evening the delegated were thk guests of the proprietor of the Dallaa Hotel at the Majestic Theatre, where tbey "witnessed Jeanne Eds neB Company in The American Girl" FIRST DAY President Powel Itoofc.the chair and called the Convention* to order at 10 Ojn « a After arfew preltminafi. remark* the chairman stated that hfe was pleased to announce the presence ot Hla Wor ghlp Mayor Batch of the city ot Leth bridge Although this was the Ninth Annual Convention of tbe District it was the first time that the city had acknowledged tbe organization ln an? war and this in apite ol the fact that the Convention on each occasion had been held ln Letbrbidge. Address of Hi! Worship, Mayor Hatch In the course of lis rtan&rks -the Mayor stated that he'telt Mb at the ■■' —*- After some further discussion by various delegates I B. Member Qarner moved the following motion That the baata of representation to the Convention he taken on the last three months that notices for ex oneratlon have been received from tbe Xocal Unions, or the last tbree months that have been paid by tbe Locals » The motion was seconded by Delegate Balderstone. After further discussion on the subject Tn which Delegates Jonas iHill crest) Smith (Fernie) and Yice-Presl dent Stubba participated the Conven tlon adjourned subject to the Cftll of the .hair Tbe Convention was reconvened by the Chairman at 12 ajn but as the Credential Committee at that time were not ln a position to present their (report, a further adjournment waa or dered, tbe Convention to re-convene at 1.30 pjn Tbe Chairman called the Convention _j order at 2 pm and received the report of tbe Credential Committee, which recommended that the present representation oe compiled according to the special convention held in L6th bridge on October 11th 1911 which follows -- '"ji—Frank "Wheatley i Bellevue Alta—John Olipbant, 3 votes Blairmore Alta.—Wm Archer 1 vote Carbondalo Alta—Samuel Hadfleld 1 Canmore Alta — f inch a convention Fernie,-.- C—J B. Smith, 4 votes Fen-de B C—W L. Phillips 4 votes Fernie B. C—J W Gray, 3 votes Frank Alta.—Jan. McGhechie 3 votes Hosmer B 0—W Balderstone t votes Lethbridge Alta—John Larson 4 sured them ~t the honor tbat bad 1 . . upon hip in inviting him tc Lille Alta.—W L. Evans tlon of the United Mine Workers directed toward the uplifting ot Ute working classes ana the betterment of their conditions, and in doing ao«they- were making tor better citizens and larger emol amenta ioe their toil The? bad hio very sincere -wishes tor the success of their deliberations President Powell briefly replied thanking the Mayor far tbe courtesy he bad extended to the United Mine Workers at this their Ninth Annual Convention Vice President Stubbs stated tbat not only was this the first time the executive of the City of Lethbridge had welcomed the delegates, but It waa the first time tbat tbe United Mine "Workers had been welcomed by the executive pf any city while ln Con ventlon and the inception of such a thing might possibly be the commence ment of a better feeling through tbe whole District After this Secretary Carter read the Call of the Convention and proceed lngs opened The President appointed a Credent lal Committee as follows Frank Wheatley, Bankhead (chair man) J O Jones HlUcrest Wm Balderstone Hosmer Soma discussion then Mok place with regard to the representation to he allowed to the Michel Local Union Delegate Barries stating that he did not conufler It would be fair to hfij X-^oal to bave the basts ot representa Hon in accordance with the number oC votes allowed at the special con ventlon, and, tbat In his opinion the representation should certainly be based on the Inst annual convention In reply, Secretary Carter stated that ate the .pedal convention-.held in .Lethbridge aurinR-'ihe'latter .part, of 'the strike, the roprosentatlon had been of work. . . . . - -, ' In reply to n question Ur Delegate. Hnrrl-AB ' (Mlphel.* Secretary "Carter ■tnWfl that M._h«L Loom bad, he —' ll-avfld nmd* sppltostlon for expm Hon of dm. tor-one month ant. „ similar uppllcatlon bid been rooelnd frotn th* T«ber "dowl D Thachuk, Maple Leaf; Alta.—D Bonaci 1 Michel B G$-m Wmetgtl votes Michel, B. C—T Q -Httrrle's 6 vol_ Michel B C~Alf Williams, T votes. Passbnrg Alfa—Joe Simpson Ivoffi .Royal View, Alta.—T Lonnortb, 1 " vote ^ Taber Alta —Ai M Roberts J votes. Taber Attn —James 'Wilson 1 vote Klpp Alta—Bed Carter 1 vote Diamond City Alta—J A. McLellan 1 vote Hillcrest Alta —J O Jones 3 votes Corbin —R. Jones 1 vote Lehbridge Labor Council — Waller Smitten 1 vote (open tor discussion) T F of M M Spndon BO-G Heatherton 1 vote (open for discus. And that tbese be seated with the respective votes "With regard to the fraternal delegates from the Leth bridge Trades and Lahor Council and the W F of M Sandon It was recommended thnt they he given a voice and Tote In the Convention Tt also recommended that the Die trlct Officers and International Re. preventatives be given a seat and voire in the Convention Three delegates are in the Conven Hon from Michel with credentials and only two are entitled to seat and votes according to the Credential COm mlttee's report tbe matter relating to the extra delegate wss left an open question tor the Convention after the report bad been adopted. Following th&adoptlon of the report of the Credential Committee the question of the disposal of tbe extra delegate from the Michel Local was taken upland discussed. After the matter bad been briefly debated by Secretary Carter, Vlce- ,Prealdent Stubbs and Delegates Harries Williams Wheatley Smith, and others K motion was Introduced by Secretary Carter that,. . The aueitlqn af tlie extra delegate .. from Michel-, ba- left ln abeyance i until such time a* he waa able to get V? the necessary Information wllh re- erd to the actual, representation whloh. the Ml.h-1'Loonl "Onion were entitled, seats being given to < the three delegates In the meantime. ■Moved by Vloe-Prosldent Btnhba. nnd Qulv teoonded thit Beorotnry Car- ~'- motion be amended by Mf ."Kim ant trict Officers and Board Member* the right to move a motion ln view ot tbe fact tbat they bad not been granted a vote In the Convention. Delegate .Wheatley replied that the fact that tbe Credential Committee had granted them a voice In tbe deliberations en titled them to use that voice ln any way they deified In conformity with the rules of order and they were certainly entitled to move motions or any thine else tn tbe course of the proceedings Tbe question or the motion and am ldment were then put to the vote tbe result being! In favor ol the amendment 16 In favor of the original motion 9 The various committees were then appointed by the chairman aa follows Resolution Committee J B. Smith (Fernie) chairman W Areber (Blairmore) H. Elmer (MIc hel) S Hadfleld (Carbondale), T Mc Arthur (Diamond City) J Heatherton (fraternal delegate W Pot Ml R. Jones (Corbin B Q) Con itltuUoiT Comm Ittee Frank. Wheatley (Bankhead) chnir mar A. McRoberts (Taber) T W tray (Fernie) J Oliphant (3=-tevue J VcGechle (Prank) Oficera' Report Com mitt e- O Jones- CHlllcrest) chairman Henry James (Cc'eman) Wm Phillips (Fernie) James Wilson (Taber) N D Thachnk (Canmore) T Longworth (Royal Collieries) Appeal* and Grievance Committee T G Harries (Michel) chairman Ji Larson (Lethbridge) W Balderstone (Hosmer). W L. Evana (Lille) Joe Simpson (Paaahnrg), Frank Bona^ie (Maple Leaf) J McLellan (Fernie) Ben Carter (Klpp) It was also resolved to allow tbe press to be present except when tbe Convention Is in executive session Moved and seconded that tbe Chaii an appoint a Distribution Committee i whom all resolutions etc are be banded snd by them distributed ... tbe various committees under then- respective heads Carried In accordance with tbe purport of the motion the Chairman apntilnted a Distribution Committee as follows Board Member Lees Bankhead Delegate Hyslop Coleman. Moved by Delegate Jones, and duly seconded tbat the resolutions etc be placed In tbe bands ot tbe Distribution Committee not later (ban 7 o clock on the evening of Taesday February 20th Carried In reply to a question by Delegate McLellan (Diamtm!. City) If It would be in order for blm to introduce any discussion on any part of the agreement, with a view to changing them in any way It was explained bv President Powell that any alteration ' the agreement wps altogether out or the question It was further explain " by Delegate Jones; that if the mem rs whom IJrother McLellnn hart b^n sent here to represent had any grievance In connection with any portion of tbe agreement the proper coarte would" be to bring the matter up for discussion through the medium ot a resolution covering the points in ques tion Reports of Officers* will be found on »e«s 9 10 and 11 After this Delegate Jones moved that the regular order of buolnesB hp bur ponded and tbat tbe Convention ad joorn until 130 tonfcrrow (Tuesday) MSI M-BrMe HtalEa Wt polUy Known td tiftNjatar* VANCotrran. b_|C Von _»-*- . ie legisUtnra yeeterday afternoon. Premier Mekrtfl* brought dbwn 'hla •ail-way policy Tbe details briefly are AM- wilt be extended foe the con jtractlon of tbe. Kettle Valley Railway from Coldwater Jet.,to Rope a, die- tanoa of fifty niBea and down tbe CoquahBltvHTse The V V b. Brail way is to ha-fen-tu-nfe rights over this roads satisfactory to the Great Nortb- Tbe Canadian Northern Pacific will bnlld a folid,- Kamlofips to Eejowna via Grande Prairie and Vernon, and will also have a branch line to Lnmby distance of 146 miles The pacific and Great Eastern rail ay wilt be aided In construotlDd from Fort George to North Vancodven and on by way of the second nfirrows brldgv to Vancouver city and ^yest' minster This line wig cotn«.di&__ tbrongb the Pemberton Keadowa^and absorb tbe present Howe BonOd Vh'L coming down-Howe Sound and enter North Vancouver ftool the west side. This will lie tbe first link in the railway to tap tbe Peace Kiv^r conntrv It la provided that a Terry service will be maintained between tbe mainland and Victoria. May Give Morey Tbe Caii&d an Northern Pacific will receive a Rant oClEO miles on Van cenwir ^bIUuI fromr Crftnnbell river to Hardy Bay. The.fsalstance ' Tbe Kettle Valley line wilt get cash grant of flOOW per jnlle apprc imately halt a million dollars tn alL Tbe province Is also to give $200 000 for tbe consttuctitHfcof a bridge- across 'be Fraser River"tBVHope This will ifford connection fcetwwn the Kettle Valley line; ana thaC P R and will provide a sljprf Mnp between Van mver and tbe KSetenay Tbe Canadian: Nortbern Paclric will receive a guarantee- to the extent of $36 000 per mils fixe the construction of Its line on Vancouver Island Tbis will furnish an entrance to Strati Park Tbe Canadian- Pacific on Vancouver Island will! build ftpto Parfcsville to Comox. "&» lease of tbe E. and N to the C P R_ IS autborl?ed so that tbe road may be-used as tbe Vancou ver Island dl-tistob of the C P R The C KR. wiH-tfllfe ov**r tb- Kailo end Slo can railway- and tor tbis will receive JlWOOO from the province It will cost t__e C P R. $.00000 to take this Hoe over from the Great North HINDU QUESTION IN B.C. HOUSE H. BEI-TLEY* IS MAGISTRATE LETHBRIDGE Feb 19—Former Mayor Harry Benllev of this city was recommended bv the clt> council to Attorney General Mitchell for the appointment of police migistrate of tbe city to fill tbe vacancy caused by the resignation of W B Ball wbo baa named ha city solicitor and who wlllJafce ofHee on March 1 The ac tion of the council was unnnimoas and the "motion declaring Bentley the noml nee for tbat position was made by His Worship Mavor George M Hatch seconded by Aid C B Bowman Mr Bentley will tale office on March 1 at - salary of tl SOO per annum. THE COAL OWNERS BREAK FAIT7H Meeting of Operators and Miners- No Foreign CoaJ Possible-Will Trouble be Averted ? LONDON, Ich M—The expected wtal strike on March. \ la the prlnblpal toplo ol conversation todny Borne thine In the nature ot a sensation, wm sprung last night hy A Clem ont Ed wards M P labor editor of the Lon don Sun He clalma to have made a. discovery which seeiai to (how that the miners and owners are both is ront; In tholr present contention Mr Edwards la a barrlBter %M says .bare u a clause In the-1810 agreement with the mine owner* and the Miners which the latter wtU liola.k If tSs? -go. on pWW for fl mWwgnr rate of wane*? * \ He Qlalms. that tt<*\»T&Sfii*nt aii-> tbour gunrameesvH muUmuBu.wftse. under .abnormal condiHons., i a the ownern return, to live ap tff thoir pwt ed The Chairman called tbe Conven tlon to order at 8 p~m Moved and seconded that the Editor of tbe District Ip&ser H P Nerwich be 'allowed the floor of the Conven tlonJ In order toaddress the delegates In connection with the management of tbat organ Carried H P Nerwich addreBBed the con ventlon in regard to the affairs of tha District: Ledger and dealt at some length on the sJfsirB In connection with that organ and the bright proa- nocts for ihe ensuing year The edl- - expressed his regrets that owing the heavy demands on tbe advertising space. It bad been Impossible for htm to devote aa much Bpace to reading matter as some of them would' probably, desire;- hut 'arrangements wen being made to Increase the paper to twelve pages Instead of eight, when ample, reading matter would be provided. T\a urged, upon the local were- tnrls In the different camp*, the necessity of oo-openiUnK with tlm In hi* effort* to mnh-a the paper * financial n* well ns a literary _um.au After it short diseuiilon In connection with the Rd.W-i of the editor and after various quaittuni had been put and replied to lt"?a_ ngularly moved by DqlagHts OlFnhnnt and dulr seconded that the r-aport be M.uted oi _-tls.r.!*t_ry nnd thni be h<> «\\*i< every support In the continuation at hts work by fhe Dlstrlot and Local ot flclnis Carried Bupplementsry RepaH af CredantlBl Committal In concluding the report of the Credential Committee In the mittor of •eating Dolegato Wiltlnm* from tho Michel Local Union tho committee found that the per ctplta for Jonu ary February and March lull paid by that Local to the District wns an 1 01S members and therefore recom mended that Delegate Williams be uaiod In this Contention pith one MURDERED AT FRANK MinerStiotto Death ThAGIC DEATH Local Bank Teller Falls Over Precipice on Mt. Fernie The lifeless body of Teller Thomp- . jn was found late Monday evening a short distance from Fairy Creek above the falls He bad fallen over a precipice on Mount Fernie and had drag ged himself for a long distance hy hla bands and evidently died from ex posure after being injured by the faU. Mr P Thompson was teller 'n the Bank ot Hamilton here and was transfers! from Winnipeg office to this place Bome time ago He left town Sunday at ten o-clock and when be had not returned great fears were tertalned by his friends that be : met with some -serious accident. He left tpjm. with a pair of sn_.. sboea and* a camera Intending to spend the ^ay np Fairy Creek as haa been his custom to/ take outings alone when not at the bank. Mr Thompson, Mas an Englishman tall and slender, and fond of taking strolls alone and tajtlng pictures with his" camera. ^, A search bjirfy headed by provinei al constable Bevitt, C K. Holmes Bert Whlmster H Liphardt and two three others bad been out all Monday afternoon but had not succeeded in finding any trace of tbe missing man They had been up Falrv Creek hut could find no trace of him ln that direction and had been searching along Mount Fertile, and towards Liz_ n d Creek When last seen Mr Thomp- on was going in tbe direction ot the "y bridge which leads to Fairy Cr"ek nd had his, snowsboes and a came " ;ltb him Late on Monday night the bodv w found and general gloom exists *- _ waa well liked The funeral wjll take place on Si rday afternoon put« whloh threatened to put a stoppage to work In tho United Kingdom Involving not leas than 800 0(0 Alter this subject bad been discussed at a cabinet meeting Premier Au-Wlth addressed a letter to the representatives of the coal owners and miners requesting them to meat him and same of MB colleagues at the foreign office on Thursday next in order to endeavor to arrange a basis of set tlemunt &OKPON Feb to—The National •tronsport Workers' Federation at a meeting held here tbis afternoon de- atdfd to help the* coal miners In «very %ay posslblo ln the event ot a strike Tltts will bar the unloading ot import ed oonl at British ports In regard to the resolution sent In by the Pernio Local In reference to District President Powell at a meeting of the Executive Board held an Saturday last it had been decided to turn this matter over to the Convon tlon with a recommendation from the Bxceutivo Board that the matter he referred by the Convention to the Appeals and Grievances Committee and a motion In support of that wns moved, nnd seconded Carried Report of Resolution Committee Rstolutlan No I "WJfcarea. the present system of cratt -raanlsatlons and their methods of fighting are becoming obsolete 'And whereas It la absolutely ne- (Cpntluued ou page t) On Monday last the received that Geo Lokatoc a member of the local union was found dead on tbe path that leads to the old mine a little way distant from shack No. 3. The body was discovered! about .7 o'clock Ir! the morning by Martin Ku- beo, who' ws»-going to work on tbe morning shift, he at once spread the report. , Ooroner PInkney was sent for and after hla'arrlvo! the hody was moved to the Minors' Hnll and taken charge Ot by tho itnton officials. On his hody was found three bullet mark*, ono-piercing hi* arm, another oniered hi* bead behind the ear, and the third went in through tlwf.imnk of hi* head, the bUllM being found in the front of M» throat. When found ho — till death, laid thoy hoard the shots on Sunday night, so tbat the accepted theory of hit ond Is that when going to work on Sundny night for the 11 0 clock shift he was nhot at by lome one. aa all the shots entered bis head from behind. „ , Tho pollen got to work immediately nnd (n a short time n constable was placed In charge of Sam Wllllnsky, an Austrian well known In the town, nnd who hns boon boarding In the homo of the deceased tor some time. After tbo. arrival of Supt. Primrose, Detective Piper nnd Inspootor Belcher, Wllllnsky was arrested, and Is held at the barracks awaiting a temporary hearing. The Tnotlve suggested Is- jealousy over the wife of tho deceased. A Jury was appointed at once, com- posd of H. Murphy, .Hanson, A. V. 1 ang, L. Ryan. A, Hanson snd P. H. Durhnr. The inquest was Tield on Monday afternoon, nnd was contlnned on Tuesday and Thursday. . The funeral took placo on- Wednesday. A short -urvtca was held In the Miners' Hnll by Rev. .W„ 8. Younf. after whloh over one hundred union men followed the body, to Blairmore,- where it was Interred.--.rAt"the grave- Ride, after the rending of the church burial service, tbe union service was read hy Fred Elliott. Much sympathy Is felt forth* sor-. rowing widow and the two llt-tle chlld- FORTNltmTLV BILL KILLED EDMONTON, Feb Iff.- The house finished bnsineos and adjourned at three this morning and prorogation 111 take place at noou today Al' the business of tha session whs -'nseri up before adjaurnement. Four bills were killed In committee among st which ls O Brlen s Fortnightly Pay Why Williams Seconded Naval Bill-Class Ruling of the Speaker Press Gallery, VICTORIA, Monday, Feb. 19. The depressing monotony of the "deliberations was somewhat relived las: week by the discussion on resolution* Introduced by the Premier endorsing the representations made to the Ottawa Government as to the question* of Better Tterms and Asiatic Immlgra. e one dealing with the latter subject being of more general Interest to tbe readers of tbe Ledger is sccor- ingly given precedence. The production of that ancient and malodorous red herring Is proof If any waa needed, that a provincial, election ia the next thing to be looked for. The venerable highly flavored bait has been so often used la collaring votes for McBrido and his supporters, that one would tblnk the process ot "decomposl-" on was sufficiently obvious to scare vay the inhabitants: of tbe political aters wbo are expected to rise tp Bat perhaps the Premier Is fishing for suckers The subject of Oriental', immigration wa_ Introduced by the Premier, wbicb Brewster sough, to amend In a that would allow the Liberal' party to score off the. Conservatives, and beat them at the game of posing before the electorate as Qte most sincere opponents of tbe Asiatic Influx. The debate was opened by the Premier on Wednesdar Feb. 14. He re- :i the history of the' whole subject la> lng empnasls upon the difficulty experienced by the B. C. Government from the Liberal Government nt Ottawa In tilling to get any effective action to -tarn the tide oCAsiatic Immigration owing to the "strong influence surrolindlng Sir Wilfrid Laurier. which worked against tbe enactment of the Natal Act. Hawthomethwaite expressed tbe op. inlon that although the resolution had been introduced for political effect. and was a sure sign-of an early election yot there was an element orsln- cerlty In tbe Premier's remarks- He heartily endorsed hla statement of the reasons that rendered tbe presence " Orientals In large numbers tn B. C. r desirable but did not hesitate to s. . that the attempt to use the question as a Conservative war cry would fall flat ftith the workers .of the Province, who would underhand exactly wnat It meant He pointed out that while Mc- Brlde had accused the Liberal party at Ot tan a of being chiefly responsible for the influv of Orientals, the largest immigration had faken place when the Conservative party was in power. The Premier bad alluded to the economic pbBBe of the subject, probably having in mind its effect upon tbe white man's wages but It also had a serious bearing upon the educational system of the Province and on employ dangerous Industries While trol of immigration was Very largely In tbe hands of the Ottawa" Government the educational system' ._ tirely under the control of tbe Provincial government McBrido had ac- :ased. Laurier of using "flnnesse," but M-Bride could give him tarda and spades in handling the "luestioo. ' feature of the problem, the presence of Asiatic children"" in the public schools, with the resulting danger to tbe morals of the white children with whom they came Into contact The Socialist party had not tbe least desire to cast any slur whatsoever upon the Asiatics. Socialists realized that the Oriental had been forced to leave his own country In search of bet. conditions, and there was no rea- l6 say harsh things.about them. While hero they were entitled to every protection.of the law from aor Indlg- (Here the speaker referred to _ s In Vancouver a few years ago, dier'cted against tbe Japanese, placing the blame on tbe white business men of that city, who were willing for the Orientals to come as long as be competed with the white worker, bnt became antagonistic wben be branched out. Into business snd competed with them.).. The.resolution had no connec- tion with tbe important aspects .of the question tbat he had. dwelt upon. Mc- Bride wanted ga put tbe resolution on record'farthe* credit of the Conservative party In B. C. Hs (the speaker* did not:see-why the Socialist party ihould help him to do that. and. they would very seriously consider wbat attitude they would adopt He wanted to take .very good care that the Liberal and Conservative parties did not sue cessfully, pose .as the sole and only friends of die workingman In tbe mat- The latter, had no reason to i any confidence In either of those .... parties in any matter affecting their, interests, if they were to be judged by their records at Victoria and - Ottawa.' ■Brewster followed on Thursday"with a defense of the actions of the Laurier esnect to Oriental Immigration, and impartial onlookers would probably concede that he made ' ' least as good a case for his McBvide had for hla. The beat paiirof his speech was probably that, devoted to showing up the cases in which the McBride Government had the power to minimize the eVils and bad not exercised' It. ~' He concluded with a criticism, of tbe member for Na- alino for baving'sald that under another system (meaning Socialism) Orientals coiild.be welcomed, to B. C.. As people would still have to work to Ilvi». ■the Oriental in that case would still be ,a competitor with tbe white worker. Hawtbornethwaife followed, and in Ihe course of his remarks reiterated belief that the best way out of ihe- iiffici s by n negotiations between Canada and tbe powers concerned, but he looked for- ~ ' to tbe time when men would be nongh and broad enough to ignore I distinctions. Tbey were already disappearing, not altogether as a result of Socialist'education and propaganda, hut becacse modern capitalism, demanded that it should he so. The debate was resumed on Friday by Parker" Williams, who said he agreed with the previous speaker that the resolution was a sign of an election being near; and be had felt snre of it the previous week, when he had come acroJs a new voters' list for New-". (Continued on page 5). COST OF FREE SPEECH LONDON, Feb. 20.—In the House of Commons today, CoL Seeley said that the additional cost of moving troops In connection with Winston, Churchill's visit to Belfast was £3.700. Ho *_- ed that the right of free speech must be "safeguarded at any cost. W. Moore, member for North Armagh, said there waa no attnekon free speech; the trouble waa tho offensive choice of Ulster hall for OburohlU' bome nils declaration. (Cheers,) Col. Seeley said; "If the honorable member went to Dublin to mnko n ■peecli, we would take the snmo men- suros to preserve his right." Tho Incident then closed. Fined $500 For Firing A Union Switchman MINE ENQUIRY BOARD Personnel of Premier 8 If ton's Commission Is Made Publlo EDMONTON, Feb. 19—The names of commission appointed by tbo government to. Inquire Into tho mining of Albert-, have boon annonn.cn" by Promlor SIEton. They worn as lol- John ..Thomson Stirling, of Edmonton; William Powell, ot Colemsn, and Walter Floyd McNeill, of Cmi- Stirling is a government coal mining engineer, while Powell, as Is well known, Is President of District IS, II. M. W. A., and McNeill ls secretary of the employers', association. Thn announcement, ot their appointment states 'that Their duties will be "To Inquire into, tbe.-raining laws Alberta nnd make their report therei including any amendments tb the esli lng law regarding the operation of tbe mines for. coal or Other mineral which tbey may consider necessary." PORT SCOTT Kan., Feb. 20.—The K-lslon which has been banded down by the District Court against j. B. Coppage, District Superintendent of the St. Louis and San Francisco Ball- way. Is considered prcssgeous of a wholesome effect by union members Coppage was fined fGOO for violation of the State coercion law. tor having discharged H. B. Hodges, a swltcb- for refusing to withdraw from bis Onion. The employers are not expressing much pleasure at this Interpret atloo of the law. and it Is said, will appeal on the ground tbat the law Is, unconstitutional. To Employ All White Labor VlCTOItlA, Fob. 3,,—In connection with all tho railroad construction to bo undertaken tho premier said that his government would havo.e, private Agreement with tho different companies thnt would provide ngalnst the im.layment of Asiatic labor either In wane clause would I* Inserted In all con trill'is und ll whs nlso provided thnt If it wns uosslblp to do so on onusl lorms with omslilo places nil supjillss must bu purchased In ttie province, Tlm nwvemt'nis nlso save the govern- in cut control ot rates. COMPARATIVE STRENGTH OF PARTIES IN THE NEW. REK.H3TA& The Socialists have 110 mombars; Centrists 33; Conservatives, 66; National Liberals, 47; Radicals,-"; Poles. 18j all others 19. ;***_ i=r .-^JKSfcs.*. yc-; - 7 ^^*-^*,' <j*«^H_!.rf y ■'C-.-li'.-.fcsr'.v.'^*- '>,%:-!^.r. "■" 3 ■- _N THE DISTRIOT/LEDGEE,,FERNIE;;-B. G, FEBRUARY 24, 1912 PAGE THREE i>t. * --; *- '. •*•■- vy*.:-.-■'" -i- -,! ;«„,;,;• :"'-,.*■-'-;*•,(..':.-. -vj*r ; .... •>,>. •.**, ^\<y :':':.■'^iy >"•""-^iS..^-,:-«'*' - "- * ■*; -, ■.',.-/-<' .. *77 ;?7; 'r;;xMicmiBciws ^sEuwfi®^ X -: '7-7' "yy.s'-:.''-,;^";.;^ ;7' ",^7.77-7 7 7.7*777.'£-.""***"" 7 ' ' ^ cv'•.*."*.".'_»•■:.'''%'- - "7 Vd ) . .- --.-»-, . -., ^.--p-y -. -..- ,-;.. , ' "•"»■/- .*■;'"•< --., ;-rr -,. -"" : '- • .-;,. - - j-.-/* •■v'f •--•-..-'.?-.->.-b ,-~-v_. 'v. ':.. 7 By*__6ha H.-Joneay '-'-.7*. " * {.The following' paperjj-w RS^iir-ssented at the'sesslon of tlie'-American Mining Congress .in Chicago,"" on; October,.-25, -dV.I John 'H;'* Jones, pres-dent.'of th« 7 Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Co., of Pittsburg Par y-.Mr.' oJ__e_r' has 'been - intimately , associated, with coal mining and mine - worlters airhis life, .so. that no,one "\b better qualified to^spealc on "Work-. ,. men's,Compensation Applied ,to Minting."- "What,--Mr. Jones -has, to,/say, is, drawn from- his experience .with lia- ° bility insurance" and tlie faithful study " of ."workmen's . compensation". ' in'*■all its many-phases. ,-, The-paper is therefore .worthy of the .attention of. all ;, those*'engaged in' coal' and7metal mining, for as one delegate- said "the sub- .ject will .not down"..untii,sori.e satisfactory solution is obtained:—Editor." •" ■, ."V In presenting the result of the. labors ■'of the special "committee appointed to consider and report upon the subject " of a. workmen's ■'compensation'■act,. I , desire. to ..call' to yourTattention-^-oine of thethings,, which forni.-the basis ■-,' 0.. the.reasoning of your-, commits.„ ,.., r The" 'subject. of' employers-; liability, and--wort-men's compensation^ inlqne' form or ■- another, '■has. agitated --'the -""■mir/-^e"of men" for.,year's."" y-The'justice of some compensation is generally con- , Reeded, and-American industry is seek-' *'ing'rthe best plan to.accomplish this' _ r-object'.-"'.:*. ,-7 -7*-".y - /' -.-'y*,;,';,'- * The .coalmining." industry .is- no* ",. stranger .'to either "liability?! or. "com- ' , pensation," nor,. did it .wait,* for law j to * compei, demand, or suggest, a reason- - able " care_'_f or' those. injured - in the ,'"'mines./ - -y ,' ' 7'-.- fyS'7,'"' -,, ■*- .; •' It' is natural,', then,' that, a-subject •'of so vital-importance*to the industry siio'uld' engage the1 serious-attention .of.'the;Mining'Congress.yvy, - ,7 ^vBefore'deciding' on o serious matter ,' of * this-klnd.--let- us .examine "what lias \t;€en,'done"'i_- England and what' has been done in- Germany,-*along .similar jiie-^yyy'yy yyy yyy;'*; ■y-iyir/'A TT Hill 'MP '.nf nn1tnn^-|r.no-^ 7' land); and secretary"'of "the Operative Cotton Splnners'Associ'ation says: y,; :• t. [ "In England; before.the 80's tfie.cdm- -mon law was the only means bfidjus.-, - uientj-and whqn-negligence of the em-' y_iloyer was not proven it'was "hard to y>-set,, compensation^, The work people befiime"*tUssaUsfled"with thls^-tate'o- ;- afiairs and-began to agitate for "a now " law, and, as tho result, an'Employerfl' • Liability Act was passed in 1880,"'and .*. while1'it was an-Improvement'.on tlio , common law,"": the" act was not a'suc-* .' cess, as'it embodied tho doctrlno, that ,' nn employer should not bo liable un- ■loss' negligence was proved. ' , It iios ,..always-been difficult to succeed, in aii ".action under "tho ^ctyas- so many , moans'could bo found of rbslstin.. n ■claim. The, result of'tho failure .to - secure'compensation'caused n; fart Iter -. agitation, for, an improved mothod o_ dealing with' tho;pVobl6m, whloh'bote - fruit, for In,',1897-an act' \yns, pusscd, lmq^vn ns'the-Workmen's Compensa- ...tlon Act.' 'This'act,did" away with thei. doctrine of contributory riogligonce and made the employer linblo-.to W. com- ponsntlon to a workman who lost tlmo m_V Sores from Elbow lo Flngoro. : Z«n.Buk Woiicd 0 Mlradt of HctHnt. Bwrenil OenUemaa Vallf €«rrobor«te«« - ..MteO Kivto U DoUlvor, -of Oa-Wtottta, ; fiuoen* C0./N.B., W*} "I amt *Ai ny toatlmony.to tbo valuo of Zam-Bulr. (Jlcbra and «ore> broko out oa tai arm, and altuoush I triad to heal thorn by using votIoub proparaitionBi nothlni wemed to do tn'a any good. Tbo «ore» iprood until from tixmm to olbow wm .no mm of uloontlon. "I had flro .dltfwont dootort, »nd ftltbfully carrle4 out tholr iiwtruo. ttoni. I'drank pint aftor pint of blood modtclnei, tried talvo after salvo, and lotion Aftor lotion) but it -wm ot no avail., 1 "My fatber then took rat ithirty tnlloa to aee % w«U*kMiwa doctor. Ho ntKrijOffAptoed the a_rm*nd bMod. Tuli Siotorrcwh wm aeat to ■* New- Yovk &tal to fee ■peoWlati but <hey iont wo>rd tboy could do nothing turUier tor nl^ m* I wm In d«wjlr. " One day a friend wked me If I nhd tried ZanvBufc. X Mid I had w*, but lfot»l«xriglitMr»y. TiaiillmttKa did mo jnoee cood than| all tJw n*U- olne I bad tried W to tfcut tine, ao 1 oonunued wo u»*«ww*i». *»•»»/ "*?•» SCttH-fO tbo fcvtns ww* »** mm*. «wH, to mak* » loaf ***** •>«?**• ,z<l?_!!Dak beeied all tbe eorea completely. Urery body la this plwe k»owe pf W «w end that It le Kam-Bule alone whloh euredtao." •' ". wnn»rt«i' <««rr«'hnr«(e«*-/rii_. wm. w. D. it -nwkw, of Oalodoiita, MjM Dol«- T«r% mtntetor. ;irHtM. "IMi.*•,<« certify tlut ttie ttatbAonial of Mton f felltter to correct tm tar m wy knowl* odce coca. 'I bawe known ber lor a «Sr anda half, and her cure effected hyaMmdJukla remarkable." >m»rmt>r *«r« * tiloereAlonjbloed. polwn; $om, coWKracki, to****, mte, bun*, torukMi, w aay iU» If; Kry or fUtNttMO, ilx*« Siuu-BaL. iduMiId -aMlML It tt alec • mire wreftw piu* All druftkrti and itorertail a. too. iter fcoi, ,«r «ert tm *rWB-5f?; '. - - - ,-fj>' ■,'-' '/ ■■-,■!■*•-"':*>■■' "' through-any accident' which- occurred while following hlsv employ ment'',."7" '- . It Is unnecessary"t6<J_"iscuss\thrs act further*1' than* "*to (say that**> it .required 26 years'ofjagitatib'n by workmen,'and 26 years-of study" and experiment by practical -men -beforo-"• a''Workmen's' Compensation Act was passed. ■, \ , 7 -■; The , opinion" of Samuel *, Gompers, dated Washington,- D. C, December 24, 1910,- was-thaty - " '". ,y ' '-' ' ,,. "The Illinois legislature should .enact a liberal employers', liability, act at the special session and then under; take"^an' investigation with a' view to" the introduction of an .automatic compensation law,, for thatvieV observer^* now, regard as''the most^'feasibieand just -solution - of the1 vocational Ills, accidents aiid deaths .""--.,• "". ' -" 7 Six employer members, of .the, committee" of-' twelve,' tIllinoIs ■*" Employers" Liability.Commission reported as follows:'. .-7. y' „'\ ' - > "' '; ,'.,-• '!> "In-spite* of the fact that every oiie of„the;,lndustrlar nations- of Europe has "/discarded.' the system of- paying' damages on the ground of the liability of.Tttiexemployer, and-has. adopted,,iri Its:; stead - the.- payment,'.bf compensa: tion. for industrial' accidents j*. iii spite of the fact that New.^York'has adopted a Workmen's Compensation-,-Act, and that-both Wisconsin7rand ,-,Minnesota are';considering compensation, as'1 the only, feasible solution to this problem; the Chicago Federation of-Labor and its representatives qn;'the'Commission have' taken/a decided ^stand that "the abrogation "of tlie employers';'defense must precede any bill providing" compensation. 7 -"-"":■'7'" .'.-, - - '"It ls^evldent from,'the letter which, the Federation submits that its officers riot only are unfapillar or unmindful of the economic.'waste .involved- in any employers'..- liability-.; system;, but', that they .have"no knowledge of, the*total, inadequacy*-.of * such", a-^systeni.^-eveRi wheib extended by such Mrious-modifi- catioih of'the, employersj-defensesas i,he;Xmerlcan. Federa"tl6h"7of -I_ab6r. ad-. vocates.'.l„-7'7 y 7-7,7-',. ;7'*v,':-: ""An employers' '.liability'-'law meets none, of the prime necessities "of definite" compensation, immediately -■and- automatically paid. 'Under7it every case'iB"a;'gamble." 7""' "",'".";■"' Major A. R. Piorkowskli representing the Frederick-,. Krupp Co,,, of Essen, Germany, speaks for the Gorman sys- topi as follows: '• "■...yy. . ''The . German Accident. .Insurance had its precursor in the Liability Law of; ,1871; by which the operators of Industrial 'establishments were liable, for the accIdeiitB caused "by theirj, "The-injured workmen had to bring proof that the operator caused the accident, nnd tho .amount of compensation was dotenrilno'd by • private societies. It Is evident that such an arrangement could satisfy nobody. Tho consequences were long drawn out and cosily law sultfl,frby which lho contrasting Interests of employers and em- pioyo wero glaringly^ brought to' light. '"Tho moro law suits'between both* classos, the moro. hatred, waB engendered and tho farther .apart thoy drifted' in tholr mutual interests. ' Employers, omployoB, and the govomment loojeed eagerly for a bettor solution of. the'' problom./ Tho Germans finally determined tho liability law did not work for'poaco botweon capital and labor, bocnuBo ,'.lt , worked, unjuBtly toward both bf thorn. Thorcforo, thb only logical and' Just way to - compensate for tho lnJ.ir.o_' dono was by. InouW anco. ' '-,',*( "First, tho'proposed compulsory insurance/through nn imperial financial Instituto, that contributors * should bo omployero nnd thb insured. Tho Reich- stag rofusod this plan. "Thon tlio Central .Association of Gormnn IndUBlrlos rocommoiulod tlio accident Insurance Tho placo of an Imperial Insuranco wnn tnkon by tho trado asHoolatlonn of tho employers, .IiiBtond of contrlbullons by tho employers and communities camo tlio bur* don of tbo first thirteen wooks to bo borno by tho flick funds, to which, tlio workmen had,, to pay nearly 07 por cont,. Tlio administration remained .with tho omployors. Tho arbitration courts conflicted of omployors and employes In ogual numbors. "In 11)00 "thl» law received Its pro- Bont Bbajpo—briefly,' All workmen and ndmlnlBtratlvo offlcora—tbo lattor provided tholr ajynial earning* do not oxo<^<i a,i)<j\i ui.irK#--ufo duutW agalimt the results of accidents In the ito'treo 6f their employment, If ««!»*■ptoyod In mlncH, factories and similar establishments apcclflod In law. In ci-feb bl OlfehtiHiiy. COKilKJlH-iiUUli U -Wi- dered from tbo beginning of tbo 14th week nftor tho dato of tbo acctdont. , "Tho Injured person received froo rmxllca! treatment, medicine, ond othor moans -of hoollng." ■Tf any r«ntlfl»rmn prvs^nt ImsRlriM that the Oerman system would bo a •m^f-fln fn; thlfl country, M mo qmito from tlio Tlio Now York Commercial of Friday. October 20, 1011, under tho boadlnff, "I.Ublllty Mon Crltlctto State gestlon of Governor Woodrow'"Wilson," as, to state/accident-' insurance';* it-v rea'ds:- '.."-"■. '.. ->' - ,;y "; ••-'"'- ., '.'Nearly every speaker.alluded to a recenjt; review of the Germah:*state insurance system, written by.Dr.".Ferdinand Friedensburg,' who has recently retired after 20 -years a. thb :head of'the senate of the imperial. insurance office- of; the German ,; Empire." Doctor Friedensbiirgdoes not*find"the German' system/W it has worked, out in practice,,'by" any means\ideal. He does not condemn the principles under-; lying the';workmen's ■compensation for accidents.-^ - •'-■-, :. 7' "Doctor Lott quoted him as .saying that, charity crept In and corrupted the system'- at - the beginning; that- workmen very" soo'ngot-'accustomed ■to.bringing-their, complaints,, doubts* and' claims bf any. nature whatever to the imperial insurance ^office, often without appealing to any intermediate,instance'; that' the-imperial Insurance office,' which'.'is intended to -handle' questions of law,' is overburdened with frivolous and'unfounded; claims; that' •'the .expenses o^the" system", contlnued- tb^grb.w.as the force required increased!; that 'the'-number'.of officials in the imperial insurance office has multiplied in-line .with*. the;- ever-waxing burden of .work!; .that*' the number of accidents -, grows. ,'• with - monstrous speed'/ that ,*ln 1886,-100,159 accidents "were reported and 10,540 (10 per cent.) compensated;; in' 1908, 662,321 accidents^ were1'reported.-and- 142,965 (21 per cent.'), .compensated'; that 'often an'accident is soughtvfor and arranged'; that% sometimes a chronically sick man swears, that-h'isi"oid illness is the" result .of a''recent .accident. and gets consequential help; that'the communal chiefs act "entirely under the'belief that they ought Whelp their local .residents as'a result of the'eominpn opinion that' -the'insurance funds ifavb'more money than they know what to do with, and this idea'strikingly deadens "the con- .ception7of-_Iega!ity—andvlbve-for—the truth'; that'naturally the universal laxity,' the payment of unjustified claims, arid the extravagance practiced justified- claims, and-the extravagance in equipping hospitals and sanltoiams impair the integrity of insurance funds'; that 'employers do all, that is possible to escape their burdens, which they feel to be unjust and in vain as enormous sums aro annually, extracted from .them In fines,', that 'Industrial unions and insurance institutions have been repeatedly on the brink of bankruptcy.' ■• ■" -,.,'" '. "Doctor Friodensburg points out that the excessive cost of the insurance system,', which ls one result of tho degradation of th^ system into charity',' is complained bf by employers,. and that state Insuranco therefore, reacts injuriously upon Germnny's industry." He,sayB:."As'a result of tho costs [of Insurance which have gradually become monstrous, Gorman Industry is put at a'disadvantage''and is hampor od to thb extreme in Its competition with foreigners.". Indeed, Doctor,Friodensburg makos tho ■astonishing statement that the German system of workmen's compensation Is held responsible for the marked rise ln prices which Is,felt to bo oppressive by all' classes of'tho'Gorman population,*' y Mr. Wolfe la of tho opinion ,„thot whether tho state will undertake tho qmployorb' liability buslnees to tho exclusion ,or tho companies deponda upon tho attitude of thoso companies and their disposition to co-operate with tho state In tlio solution of tho oconomlo problom. Ho snld that em. ployors' liability Insurance ropresonts moro than .ono-hnlf' of tho onttro liability bunlness transacted and consequently the quoBtlon of stato insuranco lo of vital Intorest to tho underwriter, Whllo heretofore the question mny havo Boomed, to tho umlorwrltoi'8 a fad or a form of Socialistic doctrlno nnd nn intorforonco with tlie right of contract, a discourager of thrift and nn oncouragor„.of malingering and intentional aooldontB, publlo opinion Is overwhelmingly In' favor of entering tho cost of human accidents ns a part of tho cost of production, and tho underwriters, in tho opinion of (ho 1 speaker, miiRt face tho- situation accordingly, Mr.- Wolfe believes that a dealrablo law wonld embody tho following fea- tures; Ut, A s-tttteuwiit of tho c'rcutiiBiau' ces uiido7which tbo employer becomes responsible for nn nccldent during tlio hours of oirjplaymotit, 2nd. A doflnlto scalo of benefits to .*(j jihiil tiy i.iiti employer <wh<m ho ls responsible,. , 3rd, A requirement that every employer to whom the law applies shall fllo with the commission mentioned hereinafter satisfactory ovldenco that his rf>stM>n«lhll!ty for th-j payment of benefits for which he become* rcspon- *lMo In 0iinrnnl,o«d by a corporation authorised to, transact the business of liability Insuranco. <■4th. The appointment of a eommto- S?k ^ISi^Mi Sm^Sm mSSS Insurance System." After much dls*jsion «»me of the members ot whleh iiicaliBide of employers'-liability insurance), .which would classify risks, and would," after the -necessary, investigation fix the minimum and the .maximum rate which .would be charged any, corporation author-Kid" to furnish the guarantees.- ■* • ' y77 7- '- ".Fifth, A prevision .that the commit sion, may, after hearing evidence, order the installation of .proper safety devices in order that,accidents'may-be prevented as far as- possible. ,* 6th. A provision that those employers having more than a certaiii number of employes many,* instead'of becoming"* insured in a private company, elect, to deposit with the state the minimum "premium required by the commission, which deposit ls to "be increased-frontline* to time as requirediby the commission, in order to'cover" the preesnt values of benefits to" be-paid, and-is to be,.withdrawn jm, filing with the commission satisfactory evidence that the deposit is not required for the payment,of claims.' ' ' " 0, , j'- Mr. Rowe' stated that obviously, the, trouble with state insurance, viewed from'an "impartial angle, would be the mixing of politics with it. "Workmen's compensation insurance," he said, "can only exert Its effect as a, blessing if free from all exaggeration' and particularly from the conscious or unconscious loye-making'with-.the 'Iow^r classes.'" - 7 . ... "'- s"Such insurance," he said, "must be issued by an independent institution free from- all partiality. " "7. *■Employers and employes .should not losesight of the fact that less tlian 50 per cent-'of the premiums paid, goes to the real' beneficiaries."*. Whether ;or not .this may be considered economic waste-is, for others to judge.-- ' 7" ,'Here', then - are- Introduced two ^methods," o.ne'.the'"Employers', -Liability Act," "which", has .been"' discarded by practical' _nen,\t_ie other the "Workmen's, Compensation Act," now before" us, and, between these two we-are called upon to choose.-,.' .- '• .'Your committee purges a WoVkmen's Compensation'Act- as'best fitted,,by experience and practice, to the mining industry. . * 7*- . ... -7- * .. ' .The Liability.-;Act-appears, to' your committee, to beunjust and unreasonable, in principle and' practice—the very Bmention.,of"it suggests lawyers, courts,. delays, - annoyances, strained' relations, expense"to-employers, and loss to wbrkmen.y In - one word it means" "fight". >^he, -Compensation Act means "Payment.-?" The former is an unknown' quantity, the latter is a fixed principle known and computed in advance," and -'provided for. The record of the ^Liability-Act is said'to be-about _# per cent; adjustment—the Compensation';'Act7m'eans 100 per cent adjustment.'- 7., '. - .^Adjustment -"under, a liability act is_ -reportedr=*b3rroDerlarge"'coal—operator^" to be.injurious_in'80.per cent of cases in a large .disaster,' .in that it would show'er'-'mone'y into" the hands of the inexperienced.'-where.value is unknown and where.inoney and widows are soon parted.'-, That this is no idle dream is no doubt known to every man here, and the speaker has* had enough experience to'"fill a book"—just one experience will suffice to Illustrate. Dur- the past' two'years a certain"widow, of a miner! received a so-called liability adjustment,^ two of the first purchases made were a gold watch and a Bilk dress, whlch'addod to other Unns*. made- the.*,'expenditui-e for the first month -$900.'/' She spent over $3,000 a year for."these two years, and novy f In ds, herself'and'five children objocta of charity,- Surely it cannot, be urged that this is tho compensation intended. True',' It was her inexperience and fall-, ,ure' to, value money that worked1 the mischief, ( This Is the very thing wo argue.', This woman ls a fair type of thoso with whom the mining Industry Has to . deal, and the illustration is from life and by no meanB an isolated oase.'' ' "• Under tho Compensation Act no bucIi temptation would, havo presented lt- self-~tho adjustment would havo simply continued tho natural earning and pay conditions' for a porlod of years, Insured tho woman ngalnst her own Inox- porionco and extravagance, Insured to tho children tho real object of tho Act, and bo a'blessing to tho family, nnd to thb community, "Liability law adjustment, In tho judgment of tho committee, ia n nils* tako-^-ls uncortnln nnd unreasonable— Is an Injustice to nil concorned, nnd Ib prejudicial to all the bo_t Interests of a mlnor'9 widow and children—that It defeats a good Intention and doos not Insure tho enro, education, and opportunities of llfo, supposedly vouchsafed, to tho husband and father, by a law whloh caused him to rink und lose his llfo In nn honest hollo., nn'd n «ln- coro ondonvor, to provide for his family. In' short, tt looks ns though tlio most nrdent supporters of np* Employ- era' Liability Law, nro <nmlnilnnce chnBors, nnd those who could hope to profit by a disturbed condition, ns botweon capital and h'tbor, It Is also conceded thnt labor Ib Just as necessary for the malnlonanco of Industry aB nny other commodity, nnd that the cost of compensation, ns n fixed pr.Bc.pIo of industry, should be reckoned with In placing a prlco upon the finished product. Upon the grounds Btatod, wo bollovo tho liability net to bo wrong In prlnclplo mid jirhM.oo, nnd IhHt U10 uiJutMiMt ol it foils upon those who nro loast nblo to bonr It, on tho ono hand, and, upon the other hnnd, this Injustlco would fall upon those who nro supposed to bo wenIthy—which supposition Is bowed mmr. opinion flioroii(j/ilv* iinfflmlflnr with tho facts, nnd thorcforo incompetent, nn opinion of thrum who do not stop to consider whother or not tho cost of their wishes Is within the possibilities of tho Industry, or to take Into consideration tho fact that not ono the "cost of some of the disasters, which have occurred. during the past * few years, .under a liability act, or the fur- thenfa'ct that less than 10 per cent" of the'.coal companies have'- as much "inoneyjnvested asthe cost of some of the, -nine" disasters/ of the past three years, ;and that a liability, act .would banl-rupt-90. per cent of the7com- panies, should 'this class of disaster visit.their mines'—surely such a. law would endanger' the industry,'-and therefore, cannot"*be the sober judgment,- or even'the sincere desire, of either workmenjo'r employer. . ."The mining,'industry-should stan'l fe_Cdy to bear-the'burden of its own accidents—it should stand ready to bear the, burden of' its.own accidents—it should stand "ready'to pay a tax of 1 cent.'per ton of coal mined to meet the .necessities of the case and to provide the necessary funds. It should stand ready to have this fund administered wisely In the interests of the workmen and their families. " It has.always stood ready to consider, arid" has introduced every known precaution tb prevent these accidents and to safeguard every man employed above or below the ground. ' It considers all this right," reasonable and just, arid that the best direction to move in, to accomplish the„best results, is tho passing of the Workmen's Compensation-Act. '- ' ' This consideration of the subject is not based upon selfish, or narrow motives.- v- The company I have the honor to represent operates in five states— the cost to'-our company, under this proposed act, which it approves, will mean $50,000* to' $60,000*a year, and it is only one of many companies, all of whichgoes to show that the industry is. actuated wholly by humane motives and a sincere desire to squarely meet the conditions*of the times, therefore the honesty of the, mining industry's view of "the matter must'be self-evident to every right thinking man. .In the preceding-argument we have referred to; the best direction to move in',to "accomplish the best results, and tiave'clearly stated our reasons in favour, of the Compensation Act. There is another "'important .matter to consider in connection .with this proposed act, namely—the mining industry must; gve Its best thoughts to the method of introducing" and passing the Act—it cannot be.left to the unfamiliar majority." . The combined' co-operative, influence and • wisdom-of this Congress is vitally ■necessary to guide ' public opinion .and' legislators in Jhis" important matter. • 'The-'necessity for reasonably uniform legislation by the different-' states' of" the..Union must not be "lost "sight of.".'.-.Uniformity of legislation on all subjects of common interest -is -one of, the- most important -questions~of"!'the"times. / It-was_the_ Hon." Seth"Low7 president of the National Civic Federation,"' speaking upon this question, .who said: "If' one industrial' state makes a change in,-theMaw "f>f master and "servant, or of negligence, it may unwittingly greatly, 'endanger „ its. manuf ac- turing' industries, but if the competitive industrial states will move correspondingly along thesame lines, no one of them is likely to lie endangered, and the whole country-may be benefited," And, along .the same lines, it was Senator Root who said; "The time has como when each stato must legislate-on.malters of common. Inioroit from tho point of. vlow .f one of'TftTiiily of states, lather than fro>.. tho point of view, of an individualism that ls self-sufficient—tlie people of tho country have grown together in so many ways, without regard to stale linos, that, unless fairly uniform legislation can bo had upon a constantly increasing number of subjects, tlie daman for action by, tho' central govornmont is likely to bocomo irroBlstlblc, and, In time, ovon to require an amendment of the Constitution ot tho United States to glvo the central government tho powor the statos fall to uso for tho common benefit." It ls to bring about Just this uniformity that wo recommend to tills Congress tho appointment of a gonoral commltteo, and wo*.mlght go a littlo farther'than tho prlnlod recommendation and hnvo this committee consist of ono man from each of tho several Btatos, this general committee to have charge of the eiiactmont of tho law proBontod by tho commltteo, each up- pointoo lo act-nH chnlnnnn of a com- int-too of flvo within IiIh stnto, composed of liimHolf nnd four other mom- V-cis chnrgod with tlio duty and responsibility of seolnii to It that tlio nt.V.<. legislatures of these statos nlmll pans this law, The nocosslty for careful study, for tho widow which comes from tho multitude of counsel, and for definite nnd determined notion, Is clearly evident. Tho Amorlcnn mining Industry should hero go on record as favornble to that solution of this problom which ls right, renuonnblo, nnd Jimt lo tlio indiifltry, to tho employer, nnd to tho omployo. A Inn' thnt etr\\rt\« nt tlw> 1lfri of Mn» I industry will ho a rnlaniltv. A law that does Justice to employer nnJ omployo, that co-operates, and coinjM-nsatos, without delay, friction or loss, will ho n blessing, Mny tho "wisdom whlrh cnmMh from nhnvo" lonrl nnd giil'Io us into that which Is boat.— Mines nnd Minerals, »DRr< M '777-/ CREAM ' Is a protection and guarantee against alum which is found in the low priced baking powders, / ■. y • ■- « , To be on the safe side when buying ^ baking powder, examine the label and * take only a brand shown to be made from Cream of Tartar. ite'-HOMEggw 7-B&MKw» 0/ CANADA QUARTERLY DIVIDEND NOTICE •v ,."^S| • ..^ Notice Ib hereby given that' a dividend at the rate of SIX "PER CENT, per annum upon the paid-up" Capital Stock of this Bank ' has been' declared for the three months .ending the 29th February, 1912, and the same will' ' be payable at its Head .Office and .Branches on and after Friday, the 1st of March, 1912: ' Tho Transfer Books will ■be closed'■from, the 16th* to the 29th'February, prox., both days iriolusive. .,';.'' By order of the Board, JAMES MASON, General Manager. roronto,_17th_Jarinary, 1912, offict " TORONTO J. P. MACDONALD, Manager, tot 7 Branches and connections throughout Canada Fernie Branch. o ' ..»l W. M.JEFFRIES Jewelery Repairing a Specialty 'fl it 1 y - _ *■Engraving <> High class-.election of , Watches] Clocks and Noreliies "... • . ,,,-'.- 1 *,, > , , —* -tt"- : ~ ~- PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES b«WB(«j»£favw«(j; The Lady Sits and Sews while -!*:*v*.-trjim»a»*HHr*t • ■■1 Washer •y goes Get a Water Motor Washer and Be Happy J. D. QUAIL Hardware FERNIE Furniture CE. LYONS Insurance, Real Estate and Loans Monev to Loan on first class Busi- ness and Residential property I (•union «nd an «..M*k u>on tho ot*- J «hoqld have * knowledge of, tbetech-joist of tea «.ttl eompank* oonld ri*nd Ti.fr* I) nnn 0_ur.li In TI1I1 wctlmn of ihx cnutiirv thM-i ill other (tUriuuti put tngottier, And until thn lul [it yenri •»»« iuppimm to bt Inrur_bl4. for » trritt nuny yuri riouor. pmaountwd It • Iwal dl*** Mid KtaulMl Im-M rem<-l.c mil bv ton.unily U'l'.'M . rur» willi IomI U»»tm«*.t, proonuntwl II Ine tm We. Bcltnm hsi provm (*»l>rrti to b* • ro««titu(l«)«l m_- rw. nn/l then-rivro tfi\iitm nwMltittlmtl trr^tmi-nt. 1l»lt'» f-mrrti . lirr. mimitiPtiiffil top V. )■' tirnri A (M, "in'cVj, Ohio, la liui only (.ynnlllulluiuJ tun- nr. th« mifUi-t. tt I* Ukrn imthMk In d<wi lr»tt if Attr* \n % iMiiwrnlul. Il trti rtlw.Uro. th» Wf»» »-.1 imh-'ii furfniw «if Uif »)'«H-TO. Tltrv rfl-r «•'< M„t«»>l rtnlhr" tor »«v f*w It f»i|« to nir*. Men* »«r r ri"i( im .i-i| .'«ilm<iil*t», .< t-lr.« V. .1, f'HKSKV A CO., TtMn. OUn. h-t |i< |t->.'"ii. J'*„ 'I - 1. ji ui 11 a 11 il 'r i'.;»'wiv mu <«i. Dressmaking Up-to-date, Consult Me First Before having your .IprlriB Rawing dono boo MRS, K. L. CARD, Firm- claim DreiimnklriK nnd Tlnln and Fancy Sowing. Price* rci-soiiablc. 15, Pcllott Avonuo, 8ulU a •tH.clallty. « --rt, i_-_8___ffit^vi's*f-,_**swa_t [yv ;*V ,*$v;N>>-; v - B rc.WJiMj'-Mlki'.^&gW1 ra^Z -y^^y yy,yy^^y,J|^^Wj^g^^g ^ff>„»,A1^w^.-^.».*-j»°'"; .»■■'■■-■-ji—,■*- -,■■-■■.■"■■......... ,.;-.^i^..-.jj...-a.-... . : ..^—„-r__T_^"jmji. '$y^fc^&^pi'yfy& 7 ? --"*. t ■* . * j ,* Is PAGE FOUR ' -.^ J ^ --^ THE, DISTRICT LEDGER, .FERNIE,. B.J3$ FEBRUARY 24, 1912 Porte Us the Boom o ere World Slowing yTOoivn in Daily TRptatfpn-- Days Becofne Year thing else^-a. bit of pap^rJfolded7caref fully in\tjwsuuio_i^due *boo1r..%-f"!rhe:W ceipbforfisVt ^month's rent.';-'.' 77% Noythere"'-;aro,two pieoesfof paper- an Recountof "monthly 'pajTnei_ts;;6n ~a. piano and the' receipt for. last' month's vent—"$.67- ?? ■. .•: sT^Sy}^ , . But -who'll pay the rent iiexi;month? And who'll'break.the news'jtb^tfioTwo-] man's*.whose sweet face*. i'B">*i'_.7tbe -watch?-7 "•".- er A few weeks ago -when' the British Association for the Advancement of Science held Its annual meeting at Portsmouth, Prof. Sir William Ramsay, whose name will be forever associated with thataof the Curies in connection with the discoveries of radium, startled the world by predicting within the next few hundred years the exhaustion of'the coal fields should the present rate of consumption of that mineral, continue.. • .*. Now comes .another discovery of even more terrible import to the human race. Fortunately its appalling effects will not be felt for some three thousand years after the coal has been burnt, up so that after the present inhabitants of the world-may.regard it with philosophic interest only. The announcement comes, from Prof. Louis A . Mauer, of the Carnegie Jn- ■situate at "Washington, that tbe world Is slowing down in its daily rotation , and .that'the day is rapidly'approaching when one side will be perpetually exposed to the,rays of'the sun and will be dried upland blistered, while the other side will be in a condition , of everlasting freeze. His" argument 1 is that as the world is slowing down in the daily rotation the days are get- "*■ting longer. Magnetic storms are putting a magnetic brake on the earth, and if they, continue -to constrict this brake' .at the rate measured for the past ten years, in just 3,320 years this good old earth will no longer be turning like one of Mathewson's curved balls", but will settle down, with one side in' perpetual sunshine, blasted by withering'heat, and the other side in - endless darkness and cold, corresponding-to the extreme frigidity of inter- " stellar space. - .Observe, it.is not claimed that the *' earth positively will come' to a standstill in-this'year 5321 A. D., but simply that ,it is being* subjected to a brake 1 that-may stop it by that (time. 'Pro- ' bably most scientists would argue > that magnetic storms will be less-vio- - lent in future; that other forces will intervene and that the stopping of the earth will be postponed-a great many "j^yeai-sTbeyoiiu'tlie-'dateTiamedr " <-.— * But all scientists, it is claimed, will acquiesce in tbe statement that the earth is slowing do'wn and sooner or later will come to a stop. When the earth stops turning the , side towards the sun will become over- • heated, and water will dry up and blistering deserts will cover the sur-. face. Near the edge of the sunlit side there will be a temperate zone.-where or thereabouts, remaining at the, same "■heighr above the horizon year In and year out. E\'ery hour will bo like six o'clock In the morning of a sum- mor day. To this delightful' region the world's population will flock." • A littlo removed from the hot area will bo tlio twilight' one, also quite habitable, with the sun unending nt the horizon, ' • Though life In the torrid or hot zono will be Insupportable, as a rulo, yet on tho outer edges, whoro the sun Is hut two or threo hours high, pooplo may llvo In a temperature of 100 to 140 degrees by means of .various cooling devices, On tho dark sldo of tho earth all the-water will be frozen solid —even- mercury will freeze in that awful ,chill. It will be'impossible for human: beings to penetrate more than three" "or-four' hundred miles into the dark and frigid zone, which will be far" more" inaccessible' than are now polar wastes. During the period when the" earth's' days are lengthening perceptibly great social changes must come about, due to the difference in hours. ' When the days get" to forty hours long it will, surely be necessary to arrange* for a period of rest and sleep in the middle of the day. Think of a long' day in which it gets light only'at ten o'clock and we rise and go to-work at 12; at 16 o'clock we are allowed, a recess and lunch. At" 20 o'cloci-rwe stop and dine and take ^ a nap, At 22 o'clock we go!to work again; recess'at'24, with more* lunch. At'-29\we'"<_u_t— andthis.is. the' rush hour for street cars.-', At 30 o'clock we are home for our night dinner; at 32 we go-to the theatre." At 36 o'clock the people begin to go to bed and by 38 or 39 o'clock the last night prowler should be,in bed.- y. , ' " ' As the days begin to" lengthen until they exceed a week's duration all sorts of complications will ensue, and the days,' weeks and months will become: hopelessly mixed. Scientists agree that the lunar , month will lengthen as the day lengthens, though the day will "increase the more rapidly. - According to Prof. Ernest W. Brown, of Haverford College, who has given special" attention to this subject, there wiUcdme a time when the month and the day will i_ot";be of the same dura-; of'ab'out 1,300 hours/or 55 per.contTof our present days. - * _'.•-"-'■" •. _y, ■*, '->- - - \_ - „ - > , As the .earth's days, get longer and longer the time,will come when a day is a yearlong. Then there will be .no more days and nights, no'weeks and no months. The earth always will have one side to the.sunarid themoon Will have, one side to the earth,'-"and the two will turn around the sun once a year as Jf fixed on a rigid bar. There will be no-more" seasons of the earth' HOW CHEAP ,«.-„r. ' - \f.i**. -.'1 ... -•_• *-.. LABOR IS •i^-0-. -,x'- "'- "'-."',: .*.- J - * ,*--.": -V /,"*■' - -' "7"- ■' • -■¥--"" "•->.-, •*- -"-- V* 'y ' - -■- "f "--■; . - . .. ~ ■■• . - .... ,;. f,„ 1 - .-'r^'-.'-y.y**. ,-.-.:_■•'*■.:.-..... ---yy, ^v-,-x fy;''7--"-'yav---i^Ai'.^7V ..- -•_^__H_^^;-ny-^HIGnE51^K'ij_^-l.^- __#«_»r. &m^y.^'yy:-iy~_'yi;* ■^-v-.HIGHEST; k TQUAtlllY F>? Si *ff*-:.- • ■T&y y-vi —no'spring,.summer, autumn or winter. "■- The'weather of the several sea{ sons can be - experie"nced\only by tra-' yelling to and fro'between the-hot aiid cold zonesyfor one half will he „ perpetually "hot, dry,' and parched; ' the 'other' will; be" 'like the polar '.regions during the long Artie night. *";""' ; . It-is-clear that'property'values in more than half,the plane >wlll'be wiped out.' 'Cities and?farm's/throughout tne dark half of the'globe will be buried* under perpetual - glaciers.-,-*;, Corf respondlngly values will rise,7en'6rm- ously in real estate'just on-the 'cool edge of the hot hemisphere. ' 'No.one" knows,-nor can calculate "at this time what nart of the earth will be"" included jn this habitable strip" or-belt' any more than-they can predict which' half Tof" the, .world will * be vhot, aiid which cold. All that science can forecast' is that men will migrate' to that rim.-,".* y.* - '■■■' •** , THE RIGHTS„OF.THE PUBLIC ,„ * I "am glck*of these crIe~s;for.."law and order? '-wh'e_iever]:;a hungry.and-but- raged ,-workman.-.,bre*aks ->^,'jfindaiw, while the. law.-7a.iid": order, are v ground under "the^heels" of' our jwhole7 capitalist society.y I am- sick :of ..heajrlng, of the .."rights' of, the";public': ^whenever theie is,a conflict between capital'and labor. 7-There can be no.rights1 unless' there,are res'ponsibilitSs-also, ."A public that, can'sit "supinely inj-fespon-;' siye ^lence.whle-its own,laws,, are* being violated,by commercial banditti; a public ;tha"toass'umes no" fesponsibllity for and'^takes'no^ interest .'in'.the lives of the men who dig.*its coal.and handle" its meat;, and-run its.'railroads..a" cowardly public^,yvhich7whines -'its spite' against*'those _who :serve' it, and- licks the feet- of:. those '.who rob it^-„ such a public,' has-no.rights,.that any-, one is bound, to', respect.—Franklin -H. Wetnworth. *,, L y.'--~ " <"' i . . '-. ;:^i r-tt THE. WASTER Bad News for s tre By Thomas McConnell in the Francisco Bulletin " . San He 'didn't .punch the' time clock' as he passel out,today, y And he quit.be- fore the whistle blew. He didn't say. "Good night!" to the cashier, but pass- ■ed_o"ut-_noiselessly.-_yAt7l01oMQ_-k____. Some It w"as that' COD LIVER OIL WITH THE OIL TAKEN OUT A Triumph of Ohemlslry and < Prta.maoautloal Skill Oil from tho liver of tho cod-fin., haa boon used for urob aB a preventive, of dlecnao and a restorative. For a lonn timo it has boon tho Rona.nl opinion thnt tho medicinal vnluo of Cod * Liver Oil was tlio Rreasy, oily part itsolf —its only dniwtxick buinu tlio unpalatable, fishy taHlo of tlio oil. Prom tho flnit exports havo boon tryinc to find moans to mnko it moro palntablo. Thoy . used to "cut" it with whisky—tnko ft in -wino—flavor it with lemon iuico— anything to got away from that abomitw ablo fishy tasto ami smell. Lots of peoplo still tnko it in Emulsion form, which is nothing moro than "churned" oil—broken un—but still greasy, oily and n strain on (ho dif.cfl.lon, Doctors worn slow to find out that tlio oil was n distinct drawback to tho medicinal principles contained in tho cod liver. Cnulo oil is qulto Indigestible, and will, in timo, put tbo strongest stomach ©ut of ordor, A wny has now boon discovered to do nway with tho groaoo nnd tho smoll, nnd yet retain all tlio medicinal properties of lho liver. This is dono by removlnn tho fresh oil from tho new livers. The liver pulp is then reduced to tho form , of an extract like beef extract. *' Nyal's Cod Liver Compound fs simply ,iM_ 4i « W- <.A.«^^_ W.-**,*'...>_, *..,„_- •— ♦ _-* trnrt, of malt and hwillnn wild ehenry, li also contains thb true hyponhOHphitcs. This combination makta Nyal'* Cod Liver Compound a delicious tonic- builds up tho system, and makes you strong. Take it when you feel yourself losing ytiur KTIp. _*.» _. l.'«,iu/u.i. VO 'ihltr-s. even the ehlldren like it. 11.00 per largo bottle. ,, . If you try this remedy" we know you will bo pleased. Nyal Remedies we sincerely believo to bo the best medicine •Values oflTorcd. 11 For Hnlo fn Vertm nnti ntinrnntrH by N. B, 8UDDABV the morning,„when the crawling hands bi the clock were far away from the last-hour, he ^dropped his-tools, according to the timekeeper 'and the books., 7 At ten o'clock the grimy interior of the foundry, j^ith its 'sweating tollers, its many fires, lis tons of iron, its looming girders, ts .whirling machinery and swift-moving cranes passed from his sight; and he entered tho endless night. "At 10 o'clock the noise of the^foundry died In. his ears as swiftly as lightning fits'., And tho black silence came ln, • Swiftly hoo passed out of the smoky, sweating, 111-smclllng clamorous work day. He was claimed by tho noiseless night that has no Iron, nor tools, nor tlmo clock. - At 10 o'clock ho mot tho end of timo. Aftor that ho paid no heed to bosses and clocks and bookkeepers, for there Ib no need for such-things when tlmo and toll havo consod. ■But tlmo ceased for him too suddenly. Ho wns given not ono mlnuto of respite. lie had something to say. His volco died boforo ho could sny farewell to tho frail creatures who depended upon him for tholr dally bfoftd. Ho was glvon no tlmo ln which to pload for thorn.' And his sight was dimmed beforo ho could take ono last look in tho direction of tho homo. Tho ond of tlio world came upon him whon tlio day wni. young. It giwo no warning. It found him with smut nnd'sweat on his face, with tho tools ln his hands, But tho necktie that sho had tlod ho carefully, so lovingly, a fow hours boforo wns still unmunsod. Tho touch ot hor gentle hnnd wnn still ovldont. Tlio BwootnoHR of hor morning kiss waH still on his lips, Wo don't know wlint wns In his mind when tho ond enmo, Hut ho had ninny MiIiikh to think about. Thoro wiih tho rent nnd tho crodit plnno nnd tlio littlo womnn nnd tho futuro of tho Koldon-hnlrod daughter, Tho clnrig of tho nmhulnnco gong didn't blond \u*)l with lho Iron din of tho foundry. But tho tollers heard It. Well thoy know its Rlenlflcnnco. And thoy moved more rnrofully. Somo looked fearfully at tho Iiuko Klrdoni Hint dangled in (ho nir. Somo touted tho firmnoBs of thn hnmmcr-hcnds, .<l«.ru Wit lUUUvilllt, ul <(.u iuuUlti ilui.ii. Tur fjfw iiU i-^lii-' c>f lh_' "ocitj' shop—from lho dlzsy heights of tho rrnnem«m. from tho de.poBt sink of tho bollor motors, from tho midst or tho flarlT-i? tires—tho whiteness of tho .,,. . n ml 111. ,1, Mil. .it".1-. r/,h_»«V.I_n fctvw «'H.','. V.'_ ,_* la_ -**'„ litter ngalnst tho blackness of tho foundry shono as tho lightning shlnos ngnlnst black thunder clouds. It shrieked ns a clean, whlto thing might shriek ngalnst something thnt Is ,a rllrty MAftk. Hurriedly thoy carried him out, for hfi wns mill h^nthln... But thoy left tho heavy Iron pollot behind, It was no longer a tool of tho foundry though. It was no longer a mero thing Inanimate—the pellet of stool that had dropped upon him from tho rafters. Tt had a character now. Tt had In- cffttcctiTS.e slain! upon It It was wet'with, his" good red blood, of-his .hair, was clinging to it. a'thing for the melting pot. ,Tlie'two ^lines l>f stevedores were, gathered on either side j;of the driveway, pf the Harbor Hospitalwe^e strangely silent, as the vehicle bade-' 'ThTy ed" quickly "In^betwen them. seemed to know, what was,coming, although'-there was'no smuts upon the ambulance.-1 ' The hospital doors were __. opened wide to receive the burden of the ambulance.,' Slowly the" litter was drawn out,' and the creaking of tlie rollers fell heavily upon the ears of thejnute crowd. ' The shoes, worn and burst and torn told a story. They were tho batter-1 ed feet of Toil, .heavy, hob-n'alled, arid stained with'tho blackness of tho foundry. , They were patient, plodding feot; feefthatyinew weariness; feet that had-tramped constantly between the whistle of.the early morning,and tho whistle of tho day's end. ,.'••,; vThen, the blue overalls, patchod,arid mended.' Thero was the evidence of the""woman'a,hand. See how she has washed and washed the tattorod'trousers. Tho overnllB told a story.i'too; nnd in'their story thoro was economy and thrift and poverty and toll. A leather belt encircled his thick waist, And the hand rested upon his stomach. , Tlioy "wore hands' ' that would not fit well Into kid glovos.. ■Thoy woro stained with - toil, and thick from hnrd usage, and marred and crooked "by'llttlo accidents, > Next camo lho shirt, tho poor shirt with tho murks of woman's hand, with tho signs of stinting nnd scraping, it, wasn't a wholo shirt. Tho days of its wholeness had passed long nfro. it was frayed all over and patched with goods thnt failed tb mako a hnrmoni- ous' wholo, , ' ' It would opon nt tho nook, showing n hairy client. , And wo saw that ho wbb breathing. - Butlho vlso and fall of the chest was too faint. IIo wj.b breathing hia last. Ho wiih smiling. What in tho world ho hnd to timllo about wo didn't know. Hut tho smllo was thoro, n swoot patient smllo. And It nccontuatod the honvy lino of caro. It holghtcnod tho horror of lho rod currents thnt trickled through tho grlmo of toll on his faeo, Thoy gnvo usjusfono short gllmpeo of tho hend. Then tliey cov- orod It with a cloth—and that cloth changed its color from whlto to rod ln ii momont, ' In n moment tho dry cloth bocTirno wet nnd noddon and ffhnstly. Horo Is his lunch bnskot, Who'll <. i »ii ,i,n.„ , i ■, I*..... .. *«...*,_- .v ...^ )>_,..._.«. Mm. ^.-.lion thorc (WorrtUr-.'. lX'n pro what sho put Into It thin morning. A bottlo of coffeo first; a nnpkln of snowy whites ono oirir, two thick snndwIchoB —that11 Is to say, tho slices of broad >-j*r>»A ".Vff-lr* ♦*»>/. v<t>*f\*t¥ TT*"" i^,Iir M *,. I ,. . ' _ ■""' •'»', •*vhfcla> —and a pleco of home-made applo pio, That's all. Lot's soo whnt ho hns In his pocket. How much money? A 6 cont, plow, car-fore, /lo won't need Hint today. Thoy'11 send him homo In n vchiclo that charges, no faro—a ve- hide that I* black nnd hns no trolloy. What *1«e? A union card and a watch of gold—old gold llko that of tho rr.arr.agw ring upon his fliiRor, Hera Is tho woman's plctuw paatod insldo tbo watch, so that ho had to look upon hor swoot, patient faeo whon •tor h« looked nt tho tlm*. Botno- ,;ByiHerbert Kaufman '.v ';:' , Don't t'eli us'Jwhat" you have—show us what .you;have*done;'', "^Don't^point out' what" you .own", .but'demonstrate what you haye, achieved through "your own'efforts.$£.•- 7 7,7*"'- - :'y -tYou're-noTbiore responsible'-, for hv herlted wealth,., than ..for Inherited health.,.7 7y, rpy; ; y,.v -* It roquires^exactly the same" amount, ot brains -to^fall intV a; fortun^that' it takes'to fall' into a*puddle. , ' V.,*.* -V, .-You're:not"!Vbig fIgiirV because you figure,inAbig-*sums.; Your .actual;size" -is" indicated-,by ,your achievements, y ;_'.The'dollarVmark can't make'you? a man "-'of 'inark.7 . '7 ",- y;°7;r % What, have'."'you created—what 'did you give the world that it*never.be-' fore, possessed—with .'what ideas 'have you *. fertilized', advancement—what enthusiasms,'.have you , aroused—;what. have you^donei'td make us hbpe^harder or strive farther—what seed of inspira) .tioriyhave ,yqU . planted—what ,fight have^you/fpught in the ,name of!>the 'common.good? . • 7-":-7'."7 . „Of - all; the^citizens ,'of, the .".country you're,the'-'least-essential. ,- The scav- cnger, the .digger of sewers,* the-rat catcher and the street sweeper; are-far iQureesBenual ioTxne communnyrTney are-doing their, level best to helpT-ybu, make no*attempt. .You're a'-drone7. an--, eater-;,in 7the hive—you neither? spread pollen* nor gather honey^you're a waster—a'.falslty of civilization. :„-■. .In1 an elder day you would be forced ,t.o^ demonstrate'your worth or surrender whaVyoir are .worth to your more' husky., and • active • betters. ,/ The.Almanach- de Gotha, Burke's Peerage'and De.Brett ceased to hold significance"-with the appearance of the'"capital ,"S"-„in. "Society." A * When men'climbed'into" superiority on a'la'dder, of'swords—when coats-of- arms were worn' upon*; the battlefield "and not upon ^limousine ^oors—when the;lusty,ana militant, could command rejspoct—whon • casto "was the guerdon of., valor—whon' bravery and service alone could confer ' distinction—you would-havo been a,sutler or a camp follower. , • , *- A flrsjt-class,. ,-nbrmali > rod-blooded malo has never at any "period In history been an Idler. - Do something, be something—quit dawdling—pvove-your, box and learn tho self respect*' that can only como from self-support. * • You're nol a'real liuman—you're a puppot—a play actor ln tho groat comedy o! Sham. ;;" ' Naturo novor intended' that thoro should bo men* like you. By tho law of '.survival, by tho pro- cobb of contoBt you would havo boon ollmlnatod by naturo of your own incapacity, *" y " k- x (i Somo noar .nnooBtor of yours must havo posBOBBcd'sufficient onorgy and commonaenso-r-a .hard enough bond and strong enough handB to o'nrn'what ybu npond. Provo your brood—put your Bhould- ora ngnliiBt tho earth nnd help tho rout of ub koop it turning., One of the's'pecIal-lnewB.correBpoa; dents in Washln_rt6n-,has"'just"sent out an item relative .tofttfff-wbollen^miilH and cheap labor.y He'.says^Tln'view of the strike of ;7textlle".;-w'orkerB 7at Lawrence, Mass.,". it *>1b '-ntersoUt-g'-to' know how the'woollen-mill'-owners attract cheap.lebor* to' their'mills.*'Congressman A, (f. Gardne'r^of-Mas'sachu-; setts, one day in the"House'cbntrlbut- ed some valuable 'fnfbrmation to";the subject. 'Tor.;example," said .Mr. Gardner, "suppose I"am a;Syrlan?con-, ducting"' a Syrian boarding .house.in the, city ofsI_owell,'Mass.""1 '"Perhaps some mill sends down to me for hands.* I furnish "them at a somewhat, lower rate', of-wages' than is ."expected "by ordinary citizen help." I",advance3 the money for • Syrhin, emigrants/to. come. tiliia. the Old Country.1 ''<, I tell them that"" if ■; they, do: nbt""pa'y''me back, the - money" advanced-1 will fiave'lthem'.> nv{ rested;'' ^that- they .must -hand- oyer, the' full.,wages .that they!, get ""in the" mill. They are held 'in. terror- of -the police/ Meanwhile I.takej,ll.tkeir?wge*.,"while" ■I feed themoand^,keep-tb'em.*'allveV just as I would Lf«'ed: and-keep'a horse^aliyo that I had imported for-use",in a livery istable." ,' . 7 -S ■• \ \\SS. ■?>--< r ^AWARDED., goud.medal; LONDON ,I9»IJ •<.- .j} blend of indeSicriboHy delio-., 1 7 • ious" flavor, peculiarly -'adapted, to- >' ""I ; ,',-Krviiig at8ocialfunction» ai*dj«e-.g7 ^ r ■'-.j.feired By'many for^a^.Vccassonsi-n:-./ J." Owing tb itsstrehgthi'-but the s?»a"'',y "#>■i '.ie_t" quantity, required.;-*' Sealed is. air-tight, dust-proof packages.: ■■'."'''."."'•30c.,per Pcund-iX. ■Other RUgwayi.Specialtie.j<'''7 [•Hef-V-niatyVBl^d*' ■^V; $1.00 pwlb.^--;, '' 7 "Old G)untry»'y- ~ 50c-perll».;:i-77 , ',Cftpit-lHout«!-ol<^,". 40c. per lb.* . * ~iM«y A'ow bt /fad' in Town al \ • £tf( S/ttfs ■<?: ~X-y «f5TD . ,,;->|j33&.7.* i THE €^MDIAN7B^W 7>ySm .CQ'MMERGE; y y 7 ,77 SIR EDMUND WALKER,,C.V.O.vLLDT, D.dU.PnE8lDENTH,-: .; 7 7 .7; ft- 7t- ALEXANDER LAIRD, Gcncrai. Mmuoer- •* > 7 ,,. •-; capital, - $iotb6o;oooi, : ; _;yy$m,-;mWQW. /DRAFTS ON FOREIGNT^PUI^RIES^ Every branch of The Cimadian Bank of Commerce Is equipped to Issue draftsmr. the principal cities in the folio wing countrlu without delay iy ,, i:' -_t ■- *. '"■-,'-t'i&ca.,^ -',.'",C«to. .- Greoe*^ , „ -NewZoilM-i:-,,1 Sibena GERMANS; FROM* CANADA - ., '"-, SS'S-y-lHELPED SOCIALISTS .TriumphT,of Democracy In Fatherland 7 Partly Due to Overseas-Visitors .' i-r"BER7-,IN, .Feb75.—There appears to have been", a good deal-of-campaigning, done-toward the,triumph of-.'social democracy at" the recent elections by Germans wW-had"lived, a. long time- in", the United" StatesNandCana,da, then" Returned Ho the fatherlands Such aid was warmly welcomed by the socialist leaders." -".Prodigal sons/of that-type who return-toHh'eir native heath"prove to'be-first-class agitators. . ■' "'""*■v.* -* -", ', v. - •; - & ■--•;-.*■, ■;,;They"are full of tlie spirit of* liberty," helhg'especiatly influenced by-th-e free-.- ,dom frond supervision ,by soldiers and police, -svhich'', they -aro.,able"to"; enjoy- in -America:! ... - - /," •- ;*<v. •'. -,,, They were' encouraged -'..to,-.do* so"_t'o ,th'7utmost •■degree -, during ;the recent campaigning.-? More than 'one ,"red"_ •ylctbry^fn 'a close, const! tufency.. Is fas-.' Arabia, ' '-'v- .(Mm. $<$*$ Ar e-ntin- Republic' Deamuk l1*}?** Australia-.-' * Bupl, *• ■' India ' Austria-HuBfary *-. Faroe laiaadi Irelaai Belc-um ;- >* .. -'Fialaal •- , * Italy - •< Braril,-, ' ' J".": Fenooae . - Japaa - - Bulgaria';--,_.« *'-.- Fnnee . ' Ja*»a . Cevfoo "-.'-' r-yWdn Cockla China Matta 'Cluli-, V.v-y GermUny^ Mancburia ' China ', V* . '. ■Great Britain '..„ Mexico Noroay ' Soud*u... •'"- ?-,-,.*' - Panaaia .' - South Africa '. ,".,..-. , Ponta u., ",, , Spain - Pent . .,•>'''- Stfaiti Scttlenna*-. -. > F_aKppi)wliU__b, Sweden -. ... - " Fortut-al . ,*. - Sml-eriand _-. Roumaaia „ --,-*?, -Turker • , „y.-.- ; - Ru»«ia . . ,' UnitedStaUt _ <■-*,, V Sema^'"-*' -, -UniBuay ' ,*y-y J.", ■•15-a '7. . ";'W_i- IwBei, ete-,y? • The amount of these drafts is stated in tho MOtwy of tho country Trhore they are pay-,, able j that is they arer-drawn in sterling, francs, marks, lire, kronen, flonni; yen,.v 'Uels,'roubles," etc?, as tho case may.be.. ThU ensures that the, payee abroad *JJJ.y Vj/.A .'receive the actualamount intended. "•" '..."" '.;' ' ;'*. sy"-;7 y.'-,\:,~l'7 ( V*| •FERNIE BRANCH '-T-:,-?7^ 77 L.7 A. 3;'OACK,-' Manager. - 7*7. > y.■:'-,' r-y- '■v 'v-.,;,;..,--,;;,' y . ,".--. ,.,*,*'-.> J"'!-r-yyyyl cribjad ,* to the campaign '-'ammunition; theseV'penitent subjects", of;the kaiser brought, back .with them-frbiri^tfie.land of,unlimited possibilities."?-.';-'- " ;. : The/Kaiser . opens the - new -Reich-' stag'in state" at the' palace next*, Wednesday."*? '-'As, "the".Socialists-refrain"" on principle from going to.-; the% palace only 287 of the hew parliament's members will obey the .imperial .'command to, assemble at the foot of the throne: -,.It will he the smallest parliamentary ''party"- which the Kaiser has ever given "Die I-li.be Augustine.'', -INDIFFER'ENT UNION" MEN -Mi sl y . "Many a.fortune can, b"ettraced back.,,., ;^ "• -\ l. to ''the 'day,.'Its owner *depbs{te'd."*the,«-.y ', first dollar in a,Saving Account.*"-' '" ■*'***'>-v .•■-,,.'' The i one dollar affordsyan^incen-,.;:',?-, 7*^WTOyto7d"eposltfmoreyflHaJ7 .asTt'lntef- *- &.y y... est -is?" added" to ^prlnclpalj -.the;- small *'_->-. sum gro\vs ;*morer and-/more*' rapidly •'*/ untH.it.finally becomes a competerice."- -7 One" Dollar; will7*start" an- account ",'y'with the iBank, of Hamilton;,' „"':-:: -;" ; ""' J.lfR'.'.SLOAN7(-7../*VflAoen.,; Fernie, HAMILTON " t!" *"■',' ■—■■■— " There (ire indifferent? kinds of union men.; Ond;kind.Ib the man who pays his duos and''"considers that he has fulfilled all-his obligations to his organization'by bo doing. ,'Ho is never seen at a'meeting of his union unlosB some mntters Is coming up for action which would'affect his pocket. Another kind ^Ib tho man yOb cams good wages.under union ,'conditions' and spends the-money ho earned for nonunion products.'' *Ho does not toko tho trouble, to even ■nsk' for union label goods, > But tho king pin of all Ib tho mnn who joins the union,,not becauso Ho wants to,"but" because by bo doing ho ,cnn* bonofit financially—can, onjoy the bottor conditions'brought about by' tho' unselfish devotion-ot roal union men' to-tho cause ot trades unionism, and who havo glvon ot tholr tlmo and monoy' to make it what it is -today— ono,oMbo.greatest tor<,0B,tor tho uplift of mankind In this world of ours. —Newark Labor Bulletin. 7 HEAD OFFICE, TORONTOy 7. 7 * 7 >" ,- Capital Subscribed77', elOOO.OOO,, Capital*' Paid. Up 7, .7 6,996,900* Reiervo Ff,und;,'...;."...'.■«5,996,9007.. Total Asset.\.,'.'...7 72,O0O',6bo „ -, >Q,:k. WILKIE, President ' ,', HON/Robr JAFFRAY, VlcePres.' ,'y .BRANCHE8 IN .BRITI8H COLUMBIA, .7 .,' . . Arrowhead, Cranbrook, Fernie, Golden, Kamloops, Mlchol, Moyle, Nelson, Revelstoke, Vancouver'and Victoria.'* '"'• ' .•,;*, S 'SAVINGS DEPARTMENTy .,-. .!, * Interest allowed on deposits at current late from d»te of .deposit.' " .' FERNIE'bRANCH. 7 ... ',- . 7-- • y °EO. I. B.BELL, Manager,' m '•J '! YOUR BLOOD IS TAINTED SMhM Gun 8T0PSC0U0H8l!_f...*'.J"c,-i'';.I New Cardinal's Talk i*. . On Labor Problems mm YOItK, Fob. ♦3.—Cardinal Farley was ono of tho guosts of honor at tho annual convention dlnnor nf tli/*. ruirtovlnifft'^^t Af t\\n HfMrft- polltnn T.lfo Tnufano^ ' rompnnv 'Innt night In tho grand ballroom of tho Hotel ABtor. In his nftor dlnnor nddroBR ho touched briefly upon tho differences hot- "WOP*) prt*-i-.n1 *•* ■* VmIi^h ifiA.I/iVi Va t*n1A often Rccm to bo standing llko two armies In battle array, waiting for tho ordor to attack ono anothor. Ho «nld "I hnvo had occasion to apeak to cnpltollstB from tlmo to tlmo—and of course tho nuoxtlon of cnpital and la* hor Ih too largo a ono to ontor upon tonight, hut I havo taken occasion onco In n while to any my mind on tho utth- Joct, and my mind wai this: ', "That a fatherly Intorest and aym- yathctlc relation betwoon employer and omployocB wo«ld tolvo ^h« ootlro rtlfflcnlly hotwM>n rapMal and labor. Stand Llko Embattled ArmUl Today. "As thoy stand now today, In a largo inoaBuro nt least thoy look to mo llko two galleries of ntatuon, faclftgono nnotlior, having no flympathy. with,ono auottier w.tuiv>vr, .no tie, lip iwitU, iuiU uno ii.iivi^;.ileal, Ycty atlcu thoy seni to ho standing llko two arm- lea In buttle, waiting for tho ordor to f(ttnck olio another. "That Bhould not ho, That Ib not Aw.v.Uiu, "_'_,<_V' kl. tk\)i C.*iiiiiAliv>fi, Thoro should bo a sympathy between thorn, Tho employer ought to fool that ho Ib tho fnthor of bis pooplo, and whon a severe RlcVnoBB of death comes Into tho family of any ono of those in hla omploy, ho should atop In, not In person, /or he could not «ee them all, hnt hy his nnpolntni. r*»pivtH#>ntn« llvo, and let lho company carry it» tympathy Into tho, heart of that family and make thorn' foe] that thoy are not atone in tbe world and not mere working machine to wrlnff tbe last drop of aweat from tholr bodf. That U iny ldc& of tho proper relation." ULCERS, BOILS, SWOLLEN GLANDS, BLOTCHES, , PIMPLES, AND ALL SKIN AND BLOOD, DISEASES ., ARE COMPLETELY CURED BY, THE NEW METHOD. TREATMENT ' Wo diNiIra to call (lm attention of ail thou ;,nf„lot; il Willi* nny Ulood or Skin DUhm to o.ir Now Mtlhod TreMmtn. nt a Buarmiier euro fiu'tiiun oomptalnti. Ihero ts no * «*• ouso for auy person having n Ulillniiroil fnco from eruptions nnd l.olotioa. Mo mntter whothor liorcailmy or ncnulroit, our •iioolilo romotlicx aiiit tren'men. ncutmllno nil pol* sons In tho Utoo.1 nnd expvl tli»m from tha system. Our vast oxpcrlsnco In the treat* -iiontorthoutamliot tlio most serious and* compiles..), cases enables us to portoot a cure wliliouto:;p.rlmonllng. Wodoliiulnc-. on tlio plun-Pir Onlr for, «ht> R.n.llt You Dflrivo,. K you linvo nny bl Dflrivo, I( you fii.ro nny blood ducsM, oon> suU us Fra* of Chtrt* and let, us provo to you how nulokly our remwllot wllf rfmovo nllevdJoncosodlliPAMt, Under tho Inilu-ncfl of tlio Now Mtlhod Trottmsnt tho »Mn t*4V comes olonr, \ilcors, pimples nnd hlofches lioal up, enlarKod fflauils u " *- '— ' liMrn.ro.ws In ptrnin, , YOU CAN ARRANCI- TO PAY AFTER . -YOU ARE CURED ' CON.SULTATIOW PRKB ' Bin! tor DooliUt an DIkii«* of M«n ^ "THE GOLDEN MONITOR" FREB 11 unsbls U ctll, writ*.far » QumIIos UUl for Horn* Trustmtnt , ,„ T urnroiliicedi falleu Sut linlr (trows In ngnm, tlm cyrs lircomo i-lBht, ambltlnasna encrfty return, ami tns yotimrouluesr. now llfo uu opouod up to, : nine Itf PMNFIW'^lkf FIIMFnY I t stifi is.»_•■*• •**,<*mmmr m "m^ammmmm-vttaMiitmmf m Cor. t\Hdii_uik Av<f w& GthmU SI, DctioK, ttVult, UflTlftlT AI'IelUnl ^ro Canada mint be address*! Wvl wVmia to our Osnsdltn OoiT*»j>omltn«. D-nut* mmmmmmmm- meBt jn windwr, Ont. Tf you desire to tee ua heraonally call at our Medical Institute in Detroit aa wo eeeauri treat ma iwUMU in our Windsor offiots -which arr. for Ciwn^TiondcTire and UbortiUirji', tor t_nnadihn tnmnfciis only. Addrcos all Idtcra aa jollowai DWJ, KENNEDY A KENNEDY, Windier, Ont. Write fot utt Vrivata addrssa, ) 1 A potritlod human skull, with features, pcftcity prosorved, wau fouud cml-^ddod fn a vten of coal at Ihe Davit* Mliuui, Yltouiui, W. Va. • • • EaKland la fa«t ovolvin* toward a social auto, In the opinion ot Rov, Kobc.t Whittakcr, wbo> hu Just ro- turned to his.hom« In Ban Francisco up Just aa thoy- aro In tho United flfafoa, clAfnis WhlHaker, bccauno tlwy havo lost tbclr meaning In tbo light of modem indnatrlal problema, "Th<» policies of Socialism," nays 'Whltta'ker, 'have been endorsed by tbo great labor partus in Bngland. Tbo ma* Jorily of lho party aro Socialists at heart." Her, WhUUkor adda thai. Lloyd aoorw la oompalkd io tako up after apend ing many month! In Eog* SodailaUc raeaaurea bo«aaae tbo pm>> [aud atudytnt. lt.dua.rtal coadtttaaa. Old partlea tn Kogland aro breaking plo demand lb-eta to abgltBh ttw atuuu*. of poverty. t ;« r k * . a/:'.'■.f; - .. 's 'y . -y y*<- .. -\ ;'7 ,--. L 7^* , -*-- y-, yTy/fr^w-y.,,. -- .y^y;- -.*•_;- .^.:s£"7'V,y;^-.7yhy ■,- ■*-■"Tyy . ,..-/., -. 7 .-7 .. y ^,.„,. 7..7.A.7.''.:,.-^,-7...,;yr.y^,,-, \ i.,M...v,f1:.ff.u^:y,; y - t.7^^^^-raErDISTRIOT^LjSDGER, FEBNIE,xB.va FEBRUARY24,-1912. y •/ -W.-^y,, ; ;v -PAGE FIVE ..,*♦. »« ,vW .>M . ♦-__■_■. -' &■yss^mymyMmk7'^tiOMS0 ,"4: yy. .-y^y--. ,yy:w^-ty7r7y^-"rtK:c';-iy;^*'*-^-,*^^.y.y7 -.-• sJ (Continued'ifrom'.page ?1.) "' \y",Ut*Jwould\haY«',bMffa"'great deal-.more' firido. ^ad,-,explain-€d Nthe resolution, by'. ;e.l.) " v-v„|.._-* ..,.., - ,. . ,,« .„, ^'-"ti'-i?.7-v-: '.yvvy*' LV;^tah_;lbld,>atfdtwould-bfI__'f...moro-BatIs. ;§aBtley-riding;ry.(Laug^ •t'.O. ►i_ ■wV. -.,i • lu? 7: vsaying.he wished-.to-get»the-voice'of "v;y.the^hou^;-on_.tho\;'que'stioV,.-"\''A-'<tit ' •■'. and proper? mothod .to*'do that "would" he *''.4' to" seburo the'foplnlon of. the houseand * -V1 then take it-'to Ottawa, and demand- ac- i-\ tion in,* accordance1 therewith,,but -the. '-■'£> sequence' of _syents'had .been.r^ers'ed. ..7'i,Th'e*'govGrrimA-t ha*d, already/gone; to" .'(.'*'OttaW*a;'7.obtained!'some vague as'sur-" ,''* 'ance's.'and iiow asked the'house,to,ex-, ...press its'delight ,7 As a matter of fact- ."-7 the'Yesolution'aske'd.tbe hoUse;to shut ' ^"Its ^yesT'and'tt'ccefetrithbse*:vague7as-r , %'siirances; J as. * -a-Mang-hle?"sbmetldng." ". *;??-That', required \ imagination;-' for the- re- * y'-Ts\.'solution,,was meaningless,. Assuming,- •*? "'•"■iy ih'atV,Idr.i Borden- was ■a'f man?36f; his ?-'V.'i Vf "wo-d,"what?purpo_^was*'their lri.pass- y4» ".ihg'the -fesolutlon? ** If he4woreJof "a ^7^-?;r V.wobbly'^'disposition, or. a.'' mere' p'olltiv '"■'■'■■•' .-, -iclant' he)(William's)* could'.well under- - ". stand'that'it-wouldtbe'neoessafy-for * \'the house "to emphatically, express" its 7-opinion. :" He-, did riot know/it Borden, *,' was'-'.'w'obbly" or not. McIJride's speech; i' was" directed to" depreciating- tho;LIb-'- .-. v.eral method»of;eettlirig/the question of -.* -'Orientals -in.'B.* ,0:, -n.;disaUowJng'tl.e. / -.Natal .Act and, similar,"mcthods.!*sMc- , 7 7'Bridle bad.* ridiculed; Laurier'e? methods -. ,*yof'settlirig:the,,matter.by-;dipIomatlc ar- " y rang e'mentV,' but • now tasked' the' house' ,- t'"t6,'supp6rt.the'resolutlon' approving of ■7-\them,,now- that-Mr'.'f Borden ;ls,,at Ot; ..y'tawa".'1,- Mr?* Borden's'*,statement-,,was ,'?!' more hazy than L'aurler's, forjie'omitt- ■.;{■; ed-all mention of,the, Chinese and re- ',, ,.,.fer'red'*to';-the' Japs only. -.If the resb- 77 ',lotion,was analysed interesting results l"?; ;accrued.y.The first-thing, he, noticed j -f 1 was that "Borden" star|ed\off with "As- *- -, "t iatlc - immigration, .V arid'-' the rest^bf -,.(..the,statement was*.riot'directed to that "i.'y- at .all,-but'to-only" orie'-phase^of, it-r? 7;^'Japanese.immigration;;and all.the',as-_ - ;* surances [touched, on' that'Cphase1', only.-- -■= ;As.to the Hindus arid Chinese'part of ■"Oriental immrgratioriyrio ">assur'ances '-^?whateve"rVwere7-gIyen?'y,*-'McBride..h''ad , ,,j" , said, that OrWtal^immlgration ,';'.was; primarily a~B.- C matter,-:hut Borden '"said- that if,, was a" Canadian .matter.' ■.Ottawa?was unsafe to rely/"on inamat-" > ter bf that,klnd. - All the past-failures .. v". to effect: a"settlemeri^; was '.because' ■, * the rest of Canada-, was not sympathe-- ,.; Jtlc',7. 'Borden"was .taking-l^the'/same , '- stand' aB X_aurler;aB"tb'*lt',beln'g Cana- ,' _■*' dlan-interests-.arid-'notCthose' ef-B7C. . '■'only, to'bo'guard,ed.7;;jT,k'en'rln<that •„ •'< case," the" ea"stern^j)rovin'ce8.^held. the . ' balance 'of pow.er?., and?- wb,uld .have" the ','•»•.-. "say-so", as towheth^r "B? C, should be 7o '•'cursed;with* a..Mongolian?,;problem or *- -.v-.not''} While .the houso was'asked to be' 'Vy.erithiiBlastlc 'over Nit, ^the "sun^ total of '7-the-resolution^wasyin .effect,-to place' . -"i^In the hands of.people, who' were -not 1 p.'affected by.rthe pJoblem,1 arid .who had ,y.(not been "falthfur'guardlaris ofrB. ;C ..'"j," .'* Interests,-the powerUo.-settle'it.,.'.The - .'7-East .did' not- and.;'*w6uld',. not ".under- ; ,?'- -stand until the. Chinese Encroached on "y..their,particular portibij-bf^Canada.-, If '«• assurances^ had ...been,' given -.that 'the ;,'.ti'-'interestB'.of-B:,C".k'w6uId'-heeafe^1-arded He had*seconded.the,amendment of Brewster's'a's.aTrnatter of- cburtesy,and- wouldi.a8k"*the-Premier;to"relieve;h'im, from the'necessity?of-continuing,to do- sb';-,by,^suspendingrthe .rijle"foryMr-; Brewster's,benefit, and' allow him;Vto" bring'.hlB^resblutlons find motions.be-, fore, the-house without relying ori;the- cour_esy(of'a pollticalopponent to get, them" seconded?"- "-.-• ,,", v< ';'*•_ ^, ■7jThe, Premief,"-in 'closing the" debate,-1 •made bne?of the most;,unfair;:attacks' on'the member for Newcastle,;tbat, has ever beeri-'.perpetrated'on.the floc>r,of' th'o;housei-^iri1.r*ocont*.year8.7" Readers will-remember that on, a previous' occasion duringthe present session'Park: ,er Williarns;seconded Brewster's*navy, resolution iri'order to mak'SMt'possible for*'hl_ri,-.to '.have JL^dlscussed .'on' the flopivof'the hofiise^ ■The member for 'Alberhi Us the ^only^'repre'senijative1, of the Liberal, party in the;*House, and Is accordingly-incapacitated from^'pre- sentlng ^u'ch,resolutions.and motions that-requlrbjiby the rules'of the House, to be.s'lgned.by the" mover,"and s.ecbrid-1 er.' '.Before"the return of"th*e member for Nanaimo Parker WilllamB had been iri exactly .the same-position,;-and the tw;o had .come to.a .mutual, agreement that,each^would/second an^thnig the other asked',him'tb, reserving "to himself {the',-right ^ to adopt any attitude, in;debate'~as tb the* subject-.matter of the resolution ?or, motion" that he saw fit." -'Jn.-a'ccordafice'-with, that- understanding,-Williams had seconded Brewster's navy .resolution, and the latter Wllllam's/motion of want of confidence in the. government for. nqt enforcing the""prevaillng'..wage"\clause of the "C./N. R.Vagree_nerit,"7arid"again, -Williams had'seconded Brewster's, amendment", to the'(resolution introduced by McBrido dealing with Asiatic immigration. 7 On the,previous occasion,, as' bn'^the one now being" discussed/both Brewster and- "vyilllams had requested iMcBrlde'tb suspend .the. rules ln fa-, vor of Brewster, so far aB motions and resolutions needing a seconder was concerned. The requestjWas"ignored ,by the Premier'--and- passed 'over"in silence on both occasions,'hut on this occasion,' In. contrast toihis Jocular.references to -theV apparent drawing together, of the' _hemb'ers,fbr.';N'ew"cai3tle and Albernl "on? theJ."first 'occasion;'he' launched outMntoya-bitter., and malic-' ious misrepresentation-of-tho attitude and position? of Parlcer -Willlnms^iri respect to, the-.secbndlng of .Bre.wster's resolutiori.'./iJt' was'^a' conscious, deliberate* attempt "to"put an ,untriie,ln- terpretatlbn-'on the,.position'.in the house" of '-thei.i-.e'n.ber .for] Newcastle, and the. .Premier".knew'.it whie'ri he .uttered it. " It -is carr-mon," knowledge that" there "is no .one'whbse' defeat, Tn the .coming.elections would .please the Premler.-more-than-th'at'ot Parker .Williams, * butij- probably • nobody ^suspecfed th'at^he would riot-hesitate,.to'use the dirtiest tricks'of the cheapest kind of politician.1-to,'further that,*,to hlrn",- very. desirable consummation..' ::y>"«"- ■7. The position of the Pr"e_nier'Fspee.ch tb'-which the f6regoing'sremafks';refer; ,were„delivered ih' a'inanher'that-cpuld: leave'inb doubt "in the" mind ofTap.Con,'-; looker that the presence ak'd-cfittq'j.n.1 of;?the "member for Ne'wcastle-iS'ere-'iiri-" tensely repugnant to him?,:'* He^tm^ld; er'ea that-the number'-for^"Newcastle, 'was less. concerned' about? the 7weifSfe) of j the ".white workingmen'? tharif lir,^- taining his seat* as the-Newcastle;re-C p'rese-ntatlve.-''.He.c6uld\reme^aberi.Jh'e; time -when'Parker Willlams.wouldiri'ot touch,;*any thing Liberal'wittf a "ten, "f oot", pole,-and now he was willing to s'ecopd, ,any thing*'-J that Brewster 7 required: though he proposed to do it'frommbra.1 "considerations only. -He- (McBr^o))' "did'not think the day was far off-when they would see him "blossom* out'as"?'_. full-grown Liberal; and'"a"* .very'good orient that? Instead>of-'dlsci_sslng the ..resolution as' a'. Socialist,"-1 he>'.ap;, peared to be the champi6n-'oftLaurier',- goirig farther than Brew_.t€r??ln;7'e(x-,' plaining away Sir Wilfrid?~s deception and inaction." * ,, , -'*yy--h; ;•',*', , .1 More deliberate "attemptsto?distbrt the'obyious meaning,ebnxe'yed**by';an opponent's words has never*been' inade. .The \resblut.bn ,carried^l^ithout",a division', the two Socialists not ,voting.; A Labor." Representative Js' Denied a Seat on the Floor of.the'Chamber'r. ' During, the ? proceedings, Hawthorne- thwaite suddenly arose • kid ^-'directed the Speaker's, attention to/the, fact that "strangers,were, on,the?floor1,of the House.' ' 'He" stated h!s\reason for doing so ,was that the-representative1 of a grekt provincial ttades'iunion'h'ad been.refused'admission■by.the Speak-' er,- and • in objecting' to - the- prese"_y:e of'others he was, exercising- his -.privilege; as a'member of the House. *.;(ThV trades .'■union 'representative • referred to'jWasVGeo.. Pettigrew,' organizerJfbr" the Ur.M. W.- of-A. on Vancouver Island; occupying chairs ■"■'on-.'the''floor were .Ralph. Smith; John ^Oliver,., a clergyman- and^others.) 7 ?-.' - :■', -' ,;- '*' The speaker replied that It was; Impossible to accomodate all who.appI.ed1 for the privilege-*,and urider-the revised rules of?the:hovise the only people who could be admitted' were.,members" and ^ex-members of Foreign .and. Prov., lnclal legislatures,,- ministers of.the Gospel who officiated, and distinguish-*'" ed' strangers.'. 7' All the strangers bri* the floor, were there with his, permission. ,„ -'(.:;"••'"-''•:<; '''-7 ,; ■'-, ;• "Hawthornethwaite drew'.-his ,a,tten- to-Rule 14, which* pi'oyldes that "-when' the Speaker's, attention .is" drawn to" the fact -tha't-yStranger's are, on the' .floor," -he*' shall '-forthwith put the question; ^Shali? strangers be ordered to withdraw?",'vIf,;he submitted now, it would mean*.that,the Speaker could say who," could sit .on the: floor of the" chamber, „ahd-who could not, which he. contended was .-not in the power of ".the". Speaker. 7 Who.vwas. to decide whoT'.was a distinguished • stranger? Mr.Lugrln-was on the'floor, but al-. though he-had'great, respect for him, ho-could hardly be ■classed as such. The' Speaker;?wa8'exceeding.his constitutional. rlghtB."' -..*,.'■• ,.y The . Speaker., (rising to his, feet) siiidithatyyithall due respect-to the honorable .iriember's position, he hoped'he would not be impertinent to the chair.-"-He was"trying,!to do his duty to both ~ sides*' of. the • House, without partiality;,','..-L' •:•£. r " ,.' ' ■'•" ,' Ha'Avthornethwaite retorted that with all due respectUo'the chair, he hoped • the* chair' would ■riot*be'',impertinent to him. He.had .'certain rights-and privileges which'he intended to maintain. i"_-Tho.-.Premterytri\aV point of. or^erf fiaid that nb'deb'atb" could be permitted-, on-the question.-',"-, -.7 "' .i";?^! ,4vThe Speaker theii^put-the", question; apd." was .upheld.jrijrefusing. to1; order? put the sti*ai_gers.7''?;t7 y . ' /:,;.-;-y t-*tiHawthornethw_\ite' objected, ^the had' jdot made any resolution, y Allhe'-jhad' done was to''caIL,-he.Speaker's>atten^ tlon; to the, faQtHhat "'strangers' were ,on the.,'floor^ofiftW,JHouse. -It-was the Speaker's' duty'-to enforce the rules.'- •:- The Speaker "'said, that .ais far;.as\ho, Ayas concernedsthe^questlqn was. dis-' posed ,of, the' house, having voted..dn «•■■. * 7-7-■*.;■. . '., . yy ,'-; Hawthornethwaite* 'could not take that view.'.,' -,-.;" > 7-r..j. *' -."- .--I'Rbs, attempted., a diversion .by trying to present a,"message from the I.ieut-Goyernbr.,', ' ■■7„ 7* "v *' Hawthornethwaite said he-would ,ioi have the thing.put-aside in that,way. He would'^sk for a.vo.e-.to put-the house bn record,,' ,*y 7"? ,-. - ,- The.Speaker then put'Hhe motion, that the floor be cleared, being'secopd- ed by barker Williams, which "was defeated on the.following vote-.. '•'.',• - Yeas:' 2'(Williams arid ""Hawthornethwaite), , - - ■-. ', '- ,*,*''. ;,.--.-*-:•? " Nays:7 32-(including.W.-R.7Boss, 'member foi; .Fernie).' •'. ■' y ■■-. /*ti VOTES "OurLetter Box'' NO SCABBING -WILL' - ■';- ' ;' ;''•"- ,7: y . pe- countenanced Teachers ',Decide it is' Unprofessional J-.-to'.Underbid—Adopt .Rules .to' - j-*", "" ,.'-*■-' - * .' ...» 1 j', ■*■.'- ' v '• Govern Them.:. " *'.",.-". " - y );-,«jV,r">' Kent Gardens C.N.R. ingman Division $j^qwrt';wtid' $J a Week Wj& a Calgary^ lot. No Interest ■Tlio-lliatrict Ledger accepts no respond.' . "bljity, for tlio vJo>vs oxprwMid )>y its curl*__- pondont*-.:Comi_iiiiiicAUona will be inserted .whethor.-sigped liy tho real nnnio of,tlio, writer or a noni do plunid, lint the- wrltor'H -namo' and address -must b*o (fiveii to tlio' 'Kditor na evidence of good faith. In no cuso .will it bo divulged without tonhcnt. '"SPOKANE, Wash'.-—"It"shall .be.beneath "the;dignity"' of any 'teacher- and- unprofessional for any teacher, to" underbid TanQther, or'"attempt" to secure a -position-, which'another' holds ,or has a'' fairly,-good chance, of'• securing * or hbidirig.V-v"1-. */';'7*.'." ; V7.7 y ""-i'Thls'is part of;a,code of ethics.ad- opted for teachers by the Washington Educational, Association "at its^twenty- first annual convention, held ,at> North jYakima;-v recently: \ TheA association agreed that,,too often the .teachers gossip" with,intimate friends*or .he boarding f house ? lady, or with.. each other". concOrning,: transactions that should),concern * themselves only, ,the child'".ai-d, the', parent. Other parts of'thje1-code, are: .y'\, ,■■' * * -7 "7. - "In Union There's Strength." . ' *:."Teachers shall, remain loyal Ho the profession. ,* .^,iy . ,»..,.■> • "Teachers,shall:remain loyal to the school Institution py system' with which they-j-may,.<>b'e'.connected , as teachers. • ;."The-recommendations of the merits', of the'.work'-of x any teacher shall be'as?honest as-possible and teachers shall - refrain'-.from asking'for te'sti-;, monialsybut,rather;'ask for .tlie .per-'- mission to'-u'se/the names of the, parties knowing'/tbelr" work. ' ,'7-' 7 "The. teacher" by/'con_or_iiirig*"tb the usual, rules of right living, mus'tv be J an Utopian- dreamer, which I prefer to permitted'"to .lead} the natural-life''of le'aye to somebody else, any;'citlzef_7{free ,from^ dictation.'Y '.' Our friend7writes:,-"We "all knpw y~,. , No^Shop^Talk 6utsld'e~,'7:y'77' that the demonstrated failure of, craft INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM To the Editor, District Ledger, .'Dear Sir,T-In last week's Issue ot the Ledger'appeared'an article under the aboye headlines, in which the' writer of the article tries' to show the ineffec-* tiveness .of industrials Unionism. -I- believe-1 am.not wrong if'l .place the writer as a'ballot-box Socialist: one of those men who thlnk;'that- by putting a; piece, of- paper- in. a box- every four or flve.'years-asithe'case may be, they will accomplish, the social* revolution1. It' is hardly-worth whuVto^go into details, about .tbe 'folly of this conten- tlonr.when'we know that in this part of the' Globe, the male, population Is disfranchised at JeastJO per cent., wo- ler. them using the same ^against? the men lOO/per cent, and that the'franchise can be tetken away from us any old time, if our masters should so desire. -The writer-of-the article admits that.the,statements of my iformer article on,. Industrial Unionism are correct (sorry I can't say the same of his) butlnb£ far enough. ■If he would study the principles of Iridutsrialism, so' that he would'know "of what he is writing he would,find',that the aim and object of Industrial Unionism is the abolition of our present wage slavery. , Further than'this-1,"did ?not go in my contention; "because!if>I-'did I would become Does-our friend, really believe that a few parasites and' their henchmen (mllltla and police included)*could defeat an Intelligently org_.nlr.el, working class? " If I, comes to starving, ns f,urcfriend suggests, wo the workers .will, in all probability, be Uiela'it *10 starve, because we have tho ability to produce all the necessities of life and ii hnndfull of potbellied parasites can certainly not'stop us from doing It when we know our might. Tho might of our * present system does not rest in the state." Our friend ls wrong',' tho -state Is merely, the effect hot the cause, It rests in,the ownership of the "means of wealth production.- ' We arc exploited at' the point of ; production-by (they owners of the mill, mines, factories etc. Therefore ltis only logical .that we should organize "and concentrate our forces at the point where we are exploited! That is .'the only,, effective ■' way.' ' Why chase after the effect when by striking at the cause we* will be '.able to *' remove the present inequalities'. ' ' , ;*I__ as (far -as their methods of • co-,, ercion are .concerned; who would hind- In the OI(lSiiri§-fiill 7ykelrW:;)^a_se- 7 ,7 :TljisYear7 7 ,>,-,-' *., LONDON, Feb." "20.—'Th"eu Daily Chronicle's parliamentary, correspond- - ent says jt may be generally;accepted that a' women's'enfranchisement*bill; wlll| be( passed, through the House^ of ' Commons in the course of'the .present session. On what terms women will be enfranchised depends on the free decision of'tho House, but the conciliation bill will bo tho irreducible minimum. i-There are certaii^ unties ■In this bill'to which Lauorites* and certain Radicals object, but they are willing to vote "for this measure providing It does not come into operation until the electoral reform bill is pass-' od. 7 \ .-" , ,, " 'An 'amendment will then be introduced to reform tho bill giving a vote to.nll men over tVenty-one* and to all women above twenly-fivo years of age. The Houso of Commons rejected* by a vote of 246" to" 46 a Lab'orite amendment to' the addrefes in reply to the speech from the throne* calling for a minimum * rato of wages and the nationalization of railways,'"--mines and other public utilities. , 1,. 7// "The-,daily,',transaction of business iii?7i__e-?schoolf oomysHall"Tier?as~i f ree" from-ldlBCUSslon ,6utslde schoora's "the'" dally entries'or'balance,sh'eet- of tho bank.'jclOrkV.hj)' 7 •, \. -,,,. 7-' -' '■'"It'shall'be the duty ofany teacher coming Into? a,community to be willing to\J*irrendof, or forget ^such ,of.,her pleasureSj'a's may conflict, with the best- influence' in ,"the community,1 even thbugli-she may be stroriglj>''of the opinion'that such pleasure^", are harm.-' less.". ? y-v. ' 1, 1 7..- ' , J*-. •;y-y. Call or write for bur Maps r. it-. ' . ->r ' ,*______. j-. I.1 • /, $1.00 Dbwn No lnteris»t UNION LAND COMPANY, Limited $1.00 Down No Interest ■-.$ NATAL, B.C. .'VI :m. 11 unionism and, the sectional strike must "FOR.COAL MINING, CONTROL 7 WASHINGTON.—Representatives of the coal*operators in.Indiana,'Illinois and Pennsylvania urged" the senate interstate commerce commltteo recently fO,l'croato an.intoi-stato trado commission/with, tho snmo control ovor the coal/mining industry that tho Intor- stato'commerce commUslbn has over transportation.. y ;,■, ■, ADVI-RTISI. IN THIS1 LI-OG.-R r iMz& iviaps, lmormauon, etc. District Selling Agent MA TTAQTTVfT7P ■^ The Union Bank ' . 11' •> ,7 * ^ Tlie Bank of Vancouver 'GRANDTRUNK ' ' y," Jl" _ «'".', ,, . pacific .passenger andotlierlargoniiaiicial anclbusi- 1 ness institutions who bought centrally located property iri the big City of Hazelton 7 Central British Columbia „ on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway thp Last Metropolis of Western Canada Lot im ftliow you Iiow $10 a month invented iu a contraily loontcd lot—bought nt present dyfr. *„ aorn wr.n M«i.f. Mamai? fAw VOIf "forceTthe •worl^rs7-Ito_M~I-idustFial~o_r ganization.'y"; ,Hei'asks , himself the question, • "Now,* is !,thls really possible?'! -The^funniest* part of-it'is he answered'his question1 "bef ore he put it'. Of, cbu'rse/b'elrig, a*Ballot Box,Social' 1st, he. says No,; and goes on to show wbyjiari.'lndustrlaf organization of all worker. "Is., impossible because 'the. machine'Ms displaclngthfe workers, con- seque'n'tly: Increasing the army,of- unemployed, etc., - Now,' did St ever enter his 'head? "that 'the only solution to unemployed problem is a shorter workday?" 'Isn't it'.'a fact that the army of unemployed Is there because the fellow 'who. is 1 lucky enough to havo the loan of ,a Job la working too Ions- hours? -Is not this the real cause of their follow mon being out of work? Contract" or'piece work-also tends to Bwell? the- army 'of, the unemployed. In most casoB ono pleco worker- cloe3 tho, work of, .throe -men; ■but is thero any.Reason why an organized workhip clnshfcould'"not establish,a shorter wotk'dny or do away wllh pleco woric? In regurdgio tho seemingly appar?nl t.vGnuOBOt oarapo from wago slavery wo know leifc.tly well trat tho chvi; cca of a v'oikor to b.como anythlnv ol»n ihnn n vo^o slave ino pretty "iiu. As'.egnrdH tho man'who'complained about his union duos holng $17 n monlh, I nm Biirprltiod at iho narrow* mlndodnosB of tho writer, Whoro, ls thoro a wort ci"who could nffoid "*td pny-17 fiol'tni'a month to any lahor CBaulvniloii. and why Bhould-he pay such an enormous sum anyhow?' 1 am mire nobody would pay • $17 < without expecting to got something bnck in return. Wo must, howovor,' understand thnt tho reason for,such high duoB bolng paid In craft organizations Ir hocausowo havo qulto a big hunch of potty llttio dffico-hoidorB (labor falters in moBt casoB) who rocolvo a wago far beyond tho Valuo of tholr flor* vIcob. Por Inutanco,' why should tho International Presldont of U10.U. M. W. of A. rocolvo $3,000 a year for bolng Pro«ldont of a labor organization? Why shouldn't a minor got tho samo? If n minor with IiIh family linn In exist on $r*0 a month (tho nvorngo wago of a minor according to John Mitchell) why doos It take $2r-(. a month io clot ho, food and uha.tor anotho; mem- tttT of tho snmo oi'trnninUInn? The Ronornl striko, according to our frlonds would ho thn RT<»n*«<Rr d'.v representatives of. labor in the various parliaments?,, I only need to quote Wm. Liebknecht one of the-founders of ,modern'Socialism." -InJ,-"No Com- promise'.'.-hesays, "We wlli-.vote ^ourselves .Into, the, Reichstag,* and the social revolution will-be accomplished?, Ach nelri. 'One regiment of soldiere sent ,by -the ..Kaiser "will > come , and ■throw us Into jail' and that would be the end of-our dreams/.'* '..'*' ■.'..'■\ ■All the prattle about -^egal methods to overthrow Capitalism,-Is'nonsense. Legal or illegal, what does it matter to us so long as Ave reach" our end,' the abolition' of-bur'slavery.:- ■Any- method,, any, action,-the more'effective the, better.*? .-Education,- of'course, .is the main factor. An educated work- ingclass will surely know'hpw to'tdke' "i^»*.» Af>r* \*¥ bSrH_«_i Bankers Selling Agents IMPERIAL standard Securities, Limited BANK of British Columbia. Paoitio Building - Vancouver, B. C. overjthe m^amTofTn^ductid-f and~~dis7 trlbutlon without bothering,., about' peaceable,or legal methods,", 0 ' '*-' " ■■7" '. H. E.' - Michel,'February 20,\l912l"'"", ''' ' ' '.7 •" • f ■' -.' ■'-.■*< OLD TACTICS COMPARED 7if- '' , -". ' "'.WITH NEW ONES To the Editor, District' .ledger,' "\ Dear Sir,—Tlie workers • In ever-Increasing numbers are' recognizing tlie foct. that'the working'class nnd the employing class, havo nothing In common, and that a struggle has,to go.on between the two, classes - until tho workers come together nnd take over tbo means of production and distribution,-- This struggle is hero and has been ever since classes camo into existence. It is tho.struggle for ex- istoncO| for bottor conditions,' for economic freedom, ih short, tho class struggle. To divide that struggle, into1 sections, such as commodity, strugglo, otc, Is nonsense.' The workers 'fight for ovory thlng,thoy want, and against a class which resists thorn In return. The writer recognizes only one strugglo, tho clasB .struggle. • Through tho rapid dovolopmont of the concentration of capital; .through"tho over in- croasllng rise of labor craving machinery (which holpa to awoll tho army of unemployed) tho strugglo Is bocomlw. keener every dny, Students of, economic laws have como to rbcognlzo that ...rough capitalist concentration,' trad« os unionism is'mado obsolete, bo that! It cannot copo with tho dohiandB of Itn momliors and It'must revolutionize in Us own midst with tho rcmilt that it will have,to como down'to tho principles of industrial" unionism If it wants'to fight tho master 'claim successfully. Trndo'unionism wllh its out-lived tactics hns dovolopod to an Institution which Is used hy tlio mas. tors to koop tholr fllnvcB In submission, It Ih, therefore, beneficial to tho masters nnd dotrtmenlnl io tho workors. It Is logical, that a thine which Is beneficial to ono class must bo detrimental to tho othor. To nhow tho correctness, of my foregoing conclusions, I will now comjmm Homo of tho old, obsolete tactics of trades unionism with tho now and more effective tactics of Industrial unionism. Point X.—Initiation. Whereas1 trades unionists waste part of tholr onorgy to keep tho workors out of tholr or. gnniznllon (In hoW» ohkoh tho mndl- aster which could prt-nlbly befall "io I dates for membership had to pny up to —_*., -^_-„ ^- , . compel one-part'of the, member-, to scab against, the other* (I don't need * to' give'instances, the facts are too well known to most of us)' Industrial unionism will use every form of fighting to obtain the demands,of Its mem- . bers, whatever they»may be, from * the master class.' As one method of •? fighting,' which was • used by industrial-unionists and proved,tobe very effectlve,;I will quote -the Bllent strike. .SABOTAGE. Where7,In cases .the Industrial unidiiiFts went out on strllce and There they me.'difficulties, whloh ' they couldn't".*.ereome at that time; ,° ns fc-i instance, where -mllltla, police, injunctions and imprisonment cori- fronted them, then they* would call " the strike ' off and sthrt ' tlie silent strike, which-means they wenfcto work t and*;dld as, much damage to the mas-' ters'. property, .struck as many blows- to 'the masters pocket- book„-as pos;" ' slble. , (If:you strike your master'6 - " pocket-book-you 'strike1 his''heart—hlB -- heart is "in-.his-pocket: book). . As ex- .? ~ — — t -> — T **■«*%4-*vu_' flin «*/u«sa« f____»rt tl »*y\rt/!____ ! aui|ji\;Dp~ii**7! »iuuicy 1 uc^-i gvchi-71 atliuMi—'— strike ,in Prance. There,, after^ the ' workers were formally-defeated, they - started the silent strike".''' Tfi'eV'wct-t to .work *and made* transportation *'a farce,,. * Goods 'which were;*,supposed. ,to go,such, and.such a„wayt,vr,ould go a different road altogether. The consequences' were that trnlnloads'of p'eflsh- able'?stuff,-dtd perish;1 '■Making'-" {fib ' capitalists loso money. '.'TheistrlkorsJ through-such a .ra.ethod whlcl^ f,(f pl.tal-j , Ism was powerless, to flght,-,minl<, .l,ho strlko a victory. - tn Harvey',' Illinois, where tho contractors of raIlrond< construction work announced to tholr It- . nllan workers n reduction, of CO conts per day, tho Italians went on.but.ciit ' half tholr shovels off," nnd wji.cn asked for tho meaning of thnt action, thoy promptly replied "Short money, short shovol.".- This Instantly proved a success, ? , • Point 4,'—Tho Alms. Whereas trades unionism concentrates its .whole aim and object on a fair day's wago for a fair days work, tho industrialists have as, their aim the abolition of tho wagos system which moans— FREEDOM "PROM SLAVERY. ,' WORKERS OP THE WORLD, start to reason: coaso to" follow false, lead-. ers: roorgnnlzo,your trades .unions;' mako out ot an accumulated job trust a revolutionary, a real fighting union, Agnln, WORKERS, rcrtllzo your position In society; you havo tho* power to ovorthrow tho capitalist system tomorrow, bocauso you nro a hugo majority against u few exploiters, and yot you don't tnko action against thorn— WAKE UP! W, K. Now Mlchol, Pel). 81, 1012. workors. Not only haco wo seem tho suffering and death ot our chihlnui In a sectional strike, hut wo wo It dally, strike or no strlko. Thousands or llttlo slaves aro dolly tolling In the factories of our exploiters .uid being crippled In Wind nnd hody. Could It possibly ho worse Ihnn wo son It tcdnyT Wo hnvo nothing, to Iobo, only our chtlns. The (toners! Strlko would be tho fecial Revolution, We must und-r- Mnnd Ihst If wo hsvo tho working tUwtt t-ducatud aud oi'K_,u!ml io such an extent tbat w« could suwiii'iily ../flduct • loner*, ntriko, no powor rn enrth could stop tin from tR-tln* ovor tho ro«ani of wealth prodactlon and I'toiudtg tor tit* instead of lor .-it-fit. #..00.00 Initiation Iocs) imiiiHirtul unionism is open to nil wi-git workers re* Kardless of hox, < rct-d or color. Point 2.—Timo uKivuniunls. WlioH'- ah trado unionUtH hind IheniRolvos blind nnd loot tor jiorioils uji 10 live yoara (moro or loss) through signing time nRrcomontH (the A. V. of h. has gi_t ovor 270,00 agreements whleh nx- plro 270.00 different minutes of tho year), Industrial unionists sign no tliio agr",om<,nfH, nnd If thoy do thoy hroak them wherever thoy can; thoy fight capitalism any time mo^t con venlent (0 them. Polnl J,«~Btrlkos. Whorons trades unionists havo only tho ono method of ftahtlng thoir masters, which la iho «*tllon*l strike, and hy *whkh th«*r TO tho Rdltor, Dlstrlrl ledger: Dear Slr,--,lust 11 few wordH re the illHcrlmliiittlon ngnliiHl n few mon nt Conl Orook. Tlio superintendent in Conl ('rook has ivpenloillv ulvon Hie union officials nssuranees that all old builds would nel tlielr own pliiees Imek when snld plneos were ready, Yol we sen men Wiilklnr nbout mid Hulr |)lni*i'H oe<*ii|ilod bv other ineii. What eonfldeiice enn llio men working at -.onl Oreo!.' plnro In mop of thnt sliimp? He linn (-ntil ho wnuM mnko Conl Crook a steady, sober camp . nnd , wo hour ho Ih iiiiiklnw irnod thin boiiHt. Wo hear Hint men are being expelled, suspended, ole,, from tho club without ovon being allowed to sny 11 word lit tholr own defence, Certainly this III Mo tin god of f'on! Creek Is going tho pace, Possibly somo may renicm- 1 ., Ilif II. >« 1.- f,.«'(,l..lf I .,wnnlVf(,» of the elm. Miv tho noiuilnr veto, mind you I. lie tnntli) the siutenu'iit niu<r thnnklrig tho member*, for oJenlnK him. that whon he enmo to the rluli he joft his work behind nt tho rom- pnny's off lee, but we find this apostle of rlghteoii-nflMH (!) Inking tho club \,n»iin-(.„ \\i !m«n Viku) tititi, Au,> Oi.v. who presumes to oppose his nutoornJIr rule In the eluM lnys him* If open to rcrolve his time. Yours, etc., ANON. t» "- _ •f.i SPECIAL nATE8 TO DRV FAI.MINO CONQRE8B LF,THiminOK. Alts, P«b. IH.—A uperlnl puaionKcr tariff rnneos*ton hva been made by tho Canadian Pacific Railway for the Bovonth International Dry Farming Comrross tt Lethbrldto, Alberts. Oct. 31-3(1. of a single faro from all point* on Us linos In Canada for a round trip ticket ** _!______________ i tSrC&K ", ■sfciaftpa^^■■MM^ir«<i^;ii»*«w>t»ii»-»iat_ipj1y»t-_.fcii«j- <iy«w>y "•£'■<'*■■2S_gS _^__tftjjjtB^atfr!TfriP?m^».w T^'gg 7£-7'-y - 7 •» ,7 v^ »__ _&s ^ -*• "V^Jl'i^:; j".- PAaisn .i*-. •C^.-*- - *-g;^ ;$t M&titi£th$fr ■K , Published, erery Saturday ___.on_i._f at ite office. .Pellat,AVoane, Fer__ie_"$, C. ;Sabeqriptids?1^1_00 ;.* -',- 7" -..'-; J** ;;>" *' ■•?V7*'^*' * ' *-" per; year in affranc*^ -",4*1 taaeltart.>;airertisii_ff medium.; Ingest ciwalatioii in the District. Ad- rertisingrates en,applicatiqii. Up-^&ate.facilities ~x'>- y v ly^- i "*-"*i-f** * •* **° **■*■■* ^^ , for, the elocution .of ajl - Iradi. of boolc^ jott and color work. Moil orders receive special atteniioq: Address all commt-nicationiB to The District Ledger. ■":* * < \- '? ' • *';' •H.K-'irBRWIck, Editor.j. * Telephone No. 48. :Post'Office;Box No. 380 1 * T ■""■i. i.-i ' _- r / v ■*• S^art *» c 1* -_ ,. ■y * "I - v «"? ^ „ '' ^ ■» <UNiqjiH EjfllABELl - THE HINDU QUESTION .' T\ R. SUNDAE SINGH, 'representing the" Sikhs,. , U presented the question now confronting this -' section of the immigrants into British Columbia ' before' the labor-men of Toronto. The significance of his address is the fact that his'appeal was ? not based on sentiment, but simply ".on economic reasons.' ** He realizes that exploitation in India and Canada' is the lot" of the-tvorkexs, and'whilst o lie points out that his; people tend to cheapen the 'cost of living by engaging ""iii farming he overlooks the fact,that as this is one„of the.constituent parts of the'cost of production'-it;,will, naturally • tend to-lower wages. Labor power being a commodity is subject to .the laws governing the cost , of other commodities.'' The'cheapening of the cost of,reproducing, labor'power by the,introduction of - a body of:, menywith''_i. lower ..standard of living 1 does ,'not-appeal to'the worker's in this part,* of Canada." Still, the Sikhs are confronted with the; 'same problem as the, workers'in this country-^- ■the question'of existence.' If they could make a . living,,in. their own. country it is not likely'they 7 would emigrate to this part ,of the world. The , same thing applies, to European immigrants, and ; whilst it is natural, the Sikhs will not get very much encouragement or assistance from'labbr-cir- ■cles, it cannot but have the effect of driving.honie ,- economic"truths, which the Oriental mind will not ' „be slow to recognize. * \ - .'',;.-' ' i ' v ;'." " --, .-' ' '- ... a i "Whilst it might bp contended the solution of this, •problem wpuld.be to absorb these Oriental'races y into .the trades unions, still we must not'lose sight . ' of the'fact that even now'the unions.'cannot always ..find..employment for, the. members.;they already 'possess.','' . - 7- - , ■> , , • > . ' ■. t T, > ^. } . This; question "bears but the strengtficpf Jouri con-" '"We dofnot dispute^the fact that.-th"?*"piain7or-? "dinary people" are'inclin^,ftd;if(_e^the'!_inin^^ .of being^conn'etjted'' in' any * way^^tfi^tBe^workers" having revolutionary aims.'^i'^PlaiiiVi^-iriaKy people" defines them exactly.'-^T^^Jtar^'-yeify^plam,* 'very'-ordinaryf-'and-^eir},indenijfia^^^ '•'i. _. _.' ii?*? ' <v '■-'•cLi^Sy-'Xj.vv-t'y-^~y- 'interest, of the7con__nuni^._i.''Vobscmd'itKiK^ *-__.i. • ,. i_-'-"- ''•_, iK'mi;''''ili''Jt''-'" iSfW'^V" .* -jW "their stake m it." y .Thw^o_^,couMe,..M-noi material-interest/ is it .y SplWdid''-id^liBm?7;vithoiit, -*lri._litK'•' '' *• 7 7,'T. '*' *-^",'';7yy^iW&^r^H'; vThis is the section,of"the7wb_^ing;61ass,,^ho■■"imagine that their'little^'hit'ofVropetty^is*tfie'i^^alva-, tion.*- and they willinbt study-. econonucs:*?;rThey. y wiif:'not study-econoniicsr?;";.;They proclaim the identity, of- interest,?between.-labor'and- capiia 1 .J' and therefore (they are ,-respe'ct"ed.'?6f "'the . . . -i*t.--<1*.- ' '*-V ' ■*•'.- ,>u,' ' parasnes.fpf capitalisiiiy';1 Totthem..the Class' Strug-; _;le remains,to-be 'de:-nonstrated,'and if thtovio.not- experience the bitterness of it* thev iuayrleave.?this for a heritage .to their|. children..; Their /thought- fulness is extraordinary^is"it not for. snchV^omes- tic "and practical- 'm'en?V;', 'Still 'wjtii\-their little property holdings, they, cannot seem'*'ta realize .that this does not make; them independent of 'theexplbi- tation of the capitalist;. They work bui)fail to un^ derstand why they.haye to.d6v so".";';They may tell you',they;like'to do so", and\even though, the> do, this is not the 'reason", the ^majority.', of- these' so- called "genuine'[ workers"stay with'-t.-.TIi^spite* of their "stake" theV know' only,too well that it is no sinecure >'of .the^security of a-livelihood for their children. ,Tet they'prefer.-.to be ."respect-" ab>" workers,, and are ashamed^of;the?efforts of their fellows-to' educate the forking ;class_;to the knowledge that when'they know enough this state of affairs'will be .changed arid by?" thV only-class that can and will do,so—the working-class.1- "s,1y -. ; Pancy,-referring"V;these '^gemiine^.workers as' being iri "revolt"! —' Rather they -are'protesting against any change.thaf'will be of benefit;to*that .class to which they-'belong. That" treasured ■^TeniiOT~a"s^o"tnirpepohTierati__^ ,:omic interests. - However* desirable 'it- may. be in 3practice the ethical ideas of the brotherhood of man ;tthe economic conditions preclude such a _n'eth'od"oi: ■.handling the subject. The. only„ones'-v_ho advocate such an attitude.are those who are not direct- ,;ty affected .by.;the ..competition-; of 'OrieiHal-'labor; ^or who may possibly benefit by the use of Tower priced; labor power, and these latter,,but.'.corro- ' borate 6u,r theory.. The satisfactory.solution<of tbis problem cannot be,, expected under a system where men arc continually competing witliv one an-' other for the means of lif,c,' and no intelligent man can but admit that Oriental labor only serves .to ac- i centuate the struggle. v * ,- • ■, - ' , , - ' " ' "*• ^ - , , ■- - , , - >.., , *■'■.• THE REVOLT OF THE WORKER / I T TNDER tlio abovo enption the Vancouver Daily ^ News-Advertiser takes to task tho revolution: nry attitude of the Trades arid Labor Council! and 'with the typical sympathy of the.capitalist apologist in tlio press hands out a little soft soap for, what they are pleased to term 'the ordinary,' overy-day, respectable, thrifty and orderly'worker!" v '; ' A certain delegate objocted to the Council "being tho tail-end of tho Socialist Party," and our Vancouvor apologif.1 describes this individual lis a delegate from "a body of genuine workers." . Further ,on ho proceeds to onlighton us as to thoso who object to tho revolutionary trend of the labor .movement. IIo says: "Such'protests might bo expected from, mon who are interested in the progress'of the city, AND HAVE SOME STAKE IN IT} who nro bringing up families here, and arc identified with tlio interest of tlio community." Then nftor some more piffle about the "sober, industrious, domestic and practical men" wc aro informed as to the orowning, humiliation of tlio participants in the lust striko in Vancouver in thoso words: "Tlut wo'are inclined to think that lho fa.lnro of llio strike, after all its hardships, was not so great a blow to the self-respect of tho ordinnry, overy-dny, respectablo, thrifty nnd orderly work- or, ns it is to find hinisplf and his comrades <'nn- ..ppto-l with, the group of aliens, who, in ilan- RiiBKft, which is an offonco to ordinary plain pooplu,'profotw to spenk ns tho mouthpiece, of labor. "• Think of this "crowning humiliation," boforo 1 • ••■- r11,1'""' tJt <v<»K"'r »-»o «««mo Jul" I Iiu -.lj'j...', ..3..1..S' )ulo ii.tt'iJutUatixx, la it not an awful calamity Are you a "genuine" workurt From tho article under consideration it is evident that you must bo n l'm,f...«,l«ll- !.. "1.., I ,." , 1 1 », « .. • - »• ,,..., iu n.,..wu <_i*s_ siiS4s.il], Vi\)i,ri\"J*, If on tho other hand you rcnlijie your commodity status, and endeavor to show yonr follow workers this degrading position of thb working elnss you cease, to be "sober, industrious, domestic nnd practical men." Voti nro henceforth nof "genuine," ns you realize thnt your industry is hut binding you the mow Hecm-oly lo lho t)_n.kving chaitm o_ cnpitnlium. The moro prodnetivo your lnbor the more yon iinercaso tlio power ol exploitation and the question of "I won't work" is not left for you to uitU .done—the anrplu-r labor a nny helps y.... wonderfully ta maku up yuuv mind on Ibis ]H».nt. "slake"1"of theirs narrows, their,outlook? so much that they cannot,even see,that the.stand'they take idehtifies**theiri'with .those^ who -would uphold the- system of -.exploitation,' against which they are assumed, to be opposed/^,They are craft'.'unionists and'yet fail to see that (the object of tlieir, union is in direct opposition .to the exploiters. ,'. ° -After,all,the 'crowning-humiliation." is not the identification with .their' class conscious brothers. On" the' other hand it - is'humiliating to the' revolutionary workers*iosee* ho'w easily they fall to the flai'terng compliments1ofJ'the'apologists" of thissys:* *e"Vy This ^flection ,6n''the intelligence is to bur'iriirid the "crowning 'huimliatipri'," but they are by. np: means hopeless, y" The ..development -of capitalism is extreWely'enlightening, more especi- ally..whenJit.'jeopardises tlieir "stake,"- but we scarcely-think they will'await such an issue; seeing hqw rapidly'thV reyoln'tipriafy, tendencies of the ^k^isjsj)readiri in the ranks- *bfrthe^revoiutioniry;i^kefi^^ workers forthe'benefit of - humanity. , '. 7 ***' ? ' -" -.4" " Y'A j - ■. y , • y i iKf ,, . ' The Socialist-leaders in,lV.aiiicouver "whom the DECENT newspapers and all responsible citizens haye branded as^bad and dangerous men, and who 'misrepresent labor'and get it,into^trouble by their intemperance "and''DEFORMED' IDEAS OF THE -liELATIO^S BETWEEN LABOR AND CAPE •TAL.""-This"is the declamation Of "Bruce" of 'A?*-?:.!?- Saturday,Sunset;.a^"decept newspaper.!' His penetrating?mind s'ees'Ithe."deformed .ideas of the relations;between^lafior', and capital;" and' his point of view is ,<nily "too:; evident. The re- .niarkable cltirity>f vision(,of tliis "responsible citi- ■zon?' will'find plenty; of scope"for'a "Critique.of the Economic Theories.'of'Kari Marx" and "An exposition of tho FaUacy of^the. Doctrine of the Class Struggle." , Ho',could.'.'also point out the similarities "and differences in "tho make up of mombors of the I.'W.-'W-ywho >c snys "Toil not, sow not arid reap not,'; and tho members of'the' capitalist class. . A littlo .enlightenment' on that oft.quotcd "general public,"■'wljbsb feelings are bo- ing so often>outraged by the,mistaken idcai. of organized labor would also bo welcomed by those with "deformed idens."' The'-condemnation, of "Bruce" is nwfull Spare us,.Wo bescoch,tl.ee,.Oh thou "responsible citizen 1"" • • • • ' ]x>&.?£7SZ-"- ' * "7 ^^'S^1%f£d?%'hSC\ *y.. --y^-5 "fv7 7^7*^7 *&?&-■& AJ ^7!yj 7^7,7'' _ y^. '7_:7yt?'"*?-; ■"? ■: *:*x*$iwy ■• '-* ft ., 7 ry^yr^7,y"> -- v's ,.'.,y. 7. '1.' ., 7- -rf'. :-■- 'H&P- & j7-'"\~. .,,.. "".-. y- :■y^" ' ■^WWuikru-itM" ■ss^m^^'f ■• ^yi^yy^y^-.:>yy:? t^y.^'' ySf- , 77y:Sy,:^JS j «,^:, ^A-rsK1 (CiMitMyfa'bromv*Vb-if4S^. 7 a_i locals , tpr ,^conBld|erfttio_.--'and ik^* The Rov.'Alcwyn Jones of Bridgend, Glnmorgnn- shire, is credited with tho original thought that "Tho worltcrs did not want education bo much ns the graeo of God. Educate them and you only nronte moro sharpers nnd forgers.", ."Wo hardly think this opinion represents tho ■outlook of tho religious world, in spito of their fears of tho increasing knowlodgo of the workors. Tho workors tlo want education, and they nro gotting it all right too. Tho question is nro thoy goiug*lo put it to good advantngo? Tho "grnco of God" evidently does not suffice for our prosont day educated people, ns tho reverend gentle- mnn is nwnro thnt it is from this soction of tho com- munity thnt sharpers nnd forgers arc produced. Th.- Industrial Pcncb Association of Vancouver hnvo decided to oon.b'H tho revolutionary teach- ings now pormenting this Province. ' Tho nntidolo is to bo npplied by "lucid expositions of tlio Chris- imii mu ii as well ns by ".Dni.y, living Christinn- ity," Kvidontly tho loading rolo in this nmusing farce comedy will fall to tho clergy of vnrious religious donominntions, nnd from press ndvieos wo nro inclined to think thoy will play to packed iw..h--A. .tip grnt song hit js "01 Courso YonVo Only Drenming," nnd whilut l»y no means new is received with grcnt applause hy n eritienl nudieneo of mon from vnrious wnlki in Hfo. "OlftdFtw/'^thc scholar of Coal Creek, in aw.,™ of imposture, *nnd "deelnmntion will not pass for argument, nor presumption for proof" with him, During the coming politicnl enmpnign ho willi pro- tinbly expose the imposture of the Conservative party nnd the result of the ballot in th&t c&rap will be watched with great interat by our Widen, doubtless. organiiatlonH ai«"uE_n..« ^b.T^bwflTrith* Itr consequently- the .workerts*j*p_,de: _**t«d it ill ,t_aM»; ;'.,\* fi-1?^'^ y''Thinpn:h^it*ikmv&::B%'\$4, the;-;dcl«gates >of«':als NintKJAnnual Conyention^ss^nibled place ,oubeIyee .on record^a^beingf' in,--t«tvor7o'tJ;o"_i«"-in- dustrial^i'gai.rzatioiiL.for.allt.'wqrllrers. ;- < And,, be' it -.further resbltr^LJ'tha't' ,w« do all, in'pur.powe\ to'obtninVthia'ind so that .each-worker, may,'receive * the fulLproducts, oit Sis "toll;!-- 77 „>. ^J.' -. And,"also.be^lt further"resoiyedrthat thisConvention'auth'oriiseB'',the*District Officials tp^submit.the.foregirig^reso- lution'* to'rheiitbersh-p,. of; District 18 for".a"reterendu'm, vote,' th©?'8«mefto ta*ke place within,thirty days -ffom- the closing.?date,'of this', Convention.',. '. ^.Submitted1 by,'Michel Local No.*_.334. ?jl.The committeejeoqeur. .v.* .7 . "Moved and'secoh'ded to' adopt the're-- port of .the.committee.'.-.^,,*,* b>r. -7 ■tit was. theA?'Moved"\by?';.l)elftgat'3 Jonesc as .a subati'tute'yand* duly seconded, that the matter be tabbed .uri.il tl'e'.dtlegates'cculd hear the'dele'sates. train Michel ourthe matter, .'-but us-it wrisxltarly slown by Delegate'Board Moniber' Gray'.of^Pernle that.the >!_.:- hel delegates '.were.there'""cn„the spot- prepared at, uij""' time to pffeii su-t, «v olanation,'there' was "little? use' fo"r7"v substitution-of that nature. •?'. In; Ontario'straighten'"'out the records,; it* was then moved by" Vice-Preslderit Sf«tbl)s. as-an* amendment tdvthe''substitute,' and duly-seconded; '«',.. 7"'". /,*.'" ,* , "Thatthe substitute'"tie'amended by, striking out-the word,-..'until,'the* delegates c_g_ hear*thet'delegates from Mic-; hel on the matter," and inserting 'until' the Convention' receivesfthe • report of .the committee on ' officers' < reports.'" Amendment'-to the' substltuteTCar- ried. .' "", %y ,>'..* ;.->"; ," i"/.*1 '• Substitute as amended carried.-^CaFr ried. .- ■'; _..*>,*' .''*■". t ^.'.)•'-$,' ' - The resolution*was-thereforelorderea tabled- in' accordance with-,the substi- tute'-motlon.'"-'"^'.1' -" :'" "- --*-'?- \ *» "-. >-*' i *, ^ .' - r'* .- , *vi, ; ' y ,' • „ Resolution No. 7; y ' ' •y Whereas the delegates /to our last annual Convention went on record as being in,favor4of'■celebrating'the first ot' May as* tho*!International"Xabor Day.*; and I '■.y/f-. ' - ".'."' 7: -y. .7 . ''Whereas'/ou'r'late?.District Exsiii- tive" emittedv-tc7n.al_e' provisioas >for same Jast year ;7 .-.- ,y ' * '7. . "Therefore "be.it resolved*.that,we', the delegates of this ninth-annual con' vention of JDistrlct 18, are* hr favor, of a celebration "being held on'that-day by/ our membership, the arrang'emeritp to be leftin'the^ands of a committee ot five delegates? to be elected fr.om^the floor' of this.'Convention, -s,aid.Committee not to^contaln, more' than two District Officials.'.- * The? arrangements to he^'the 'selection of place for/said demonstration^ the procuring" of cheap transportation .'from all'"parts. of ;'the District; and. alsotthe brirfgingnin 'of spijakers,'". etc.7cr. * t" '' '.. r 7" i- i-Submitted*byJ-'Mtchel'Local-VUnion,-. No,-2334,7>*'y<v-'-'7 '.;,s "'"vy.. The comffiitte-l-'Vecommend thaf'the followIng'am€_fdn_e'nt to the resolution be made.'-that^rsy_'' .■-' 7','Y77?* r%"After.cthe7^drd8''%an\lB'bf'T,fO_r,lirie' "3,"the rest-of-the1 paragraph be struck' out, and,jthe'words '/District Executive Beard1: Inserted^'-'. • ',"-, Vy,,7*.: ■Moved'and seconded7'to adopt""tlie' report of-the c6i_»*mittee.' ' _, '',' ».. .-,' A long discussion'then ensued'with' regard i to'' the". Kdviifebillty of'.having the arrangemetftsitaken in hand by'th« District, or by,individual Locals.-Most of the delegates.took feart in thesis-' cusslon,iA.- r..c r.'rc. >,>•<* - Movcd-'.by .Vic«-President ' Stiibbs,- and,duly secondefl,-that the arrange- merits.-for holding'the celebrations* on Labor Day bo referred to'the various Locajsrin order that ithey* miRht.,consider among themselves the advisability, of holding, such'.celebratlons, and the places, whew .such celebrations would be held, and all-arrangements in connection with the demonstrations*. Original motion 'to^rirfopt the report of .the committeey\y.'_-;.•"...Carried '' 7" - Resolution1 No.'8 " . - "Whereas our niethods of warfare against the capitalist''class, I.e.,one, section of our organization on strike and the remainder -working supporting thorn, at tho same time supplying their markets, has bocomo obsolete and use-" loss to ub, 'and ' '- 7 V ,, , „•* '(.Whereas we should holB our agree-" raents abput as BaCred'as bur chains, or at least should havo about tho samo amount of rospoct Xorjhom as tho Coal oporntors have, and ;, - ' •' , '. "Whereas our,orgnnlzod brother miners in tho .WeB^orn^atntos are liable to quit work' on April' the lst'next in an effort to resist- tlio dfrmands of tho op- erntorB and also in offort' to' 'enforce tholr demands on tho operators; "Thorcforo, bo ,.t-.resolved.that .wo. tho'dolegateB to this Ninth Annual Convention of District 18 ro on record as being In favor of a general strlko of all our membership throughout tho Amorlcnn Continent on April the first to help,our brothers Jn tholr strtigRle disregarding lho several nRroomonts covering'our momborBhfp, which aro forcing us into unionized senbbery, o, copy of tliiB resolution to bo sent to nl) locals ln our InternnUonnl organization, and also for publication In tho'Unlted Mlno Workers Journal and tho Pernio LtNlgor. ' Submitted by Michel Loonl Union, 2-334. ■■The committee non-concur. Moved nnd ticconde.il to ndopt tho roport or tho commlttoo. As thero wob evidently Bomo con- Bldernblo mlsumlflrstnndlns on the part of the dologntes In regard lo tho voto tnkon on tho nmoirdmont, and nlso somo dlffftronco or opinion with regard to the roll call that hnd been request- oil by Dolegnto TSlmer, It wns moved by VIce-ProHldont Stubbs, nnd duly seconded that "Wo roconsldor lho<,vote taken on tho previous question." Motion to roconsldor ., ....Carried. BYNOP8I8 OF WEDNESDAYS -.."- ,-i— ,», ,"—-" r.^".; u«u.-u«-l,-^uvc,i|. bo submitted; and;*further 'providing for * the striking. out: of ^that^ portion dealing with* the. instructions of dele-, gates by-the localsfon-'account-of the, fact that such procedure^would'eliminate the' necessity'; for^.tlij.,. holding. of Conventions,- and'-y-jfoifldl prevent 'such- matters as "required the attentto_fd! the district from being thoroughly .thrash- ed'out. • ' 7v774.:/r;--,?'^^'y'-' , •. Resolution ,N6J1S'-,:?>""/ * ] To provide for,.the?'placlng'o'f,an.in- "dependent seerie.tary^ Ini'every". locaLto be paid by the Distrtc't,7waV nbt:'con-- curred in; <;.\\ 7 .•',-.-,*.'-,'•> .'V.*t*.y. ", , . Reiolutibn'No. 14"' **' * ' V., ■- Advising the establishment of collec-' tive stores throughout'?.,,the, *,^ district was1 not concurred-.In,?', although7the Conyention'was'Of the opiiilon'lhat the question ot establishing .co-operative stores,should be taken'up by'thbse interested locally, . ,v..-*'.-'Vx,^j-■\ y7,i' , Resolution No.-197*^7'" ,* Jntroduced by Charles Garner (Inter-, Board.,Member),-touching'.upon the action of the Executive in. sending Board •Member,McNab to'make.-an- •investigation as to-.conditions, In? the Northern field, andirf which ,he charged that- the", money was spent .needlessly,"'and asking, for .an explanation on"1 the part .of'the Executive .Board, was'adopted bythe Convention, .the.explanatlon Ih?- ing given-that'.the Executive,Board considered ,that,in,JtheJ best Interests' of the-'organization aB.a-whole, some step ".should, be^taken..that-.would" de- termine,, the, future relatlonp- of this district yand .the ".Northern7field, and was an action that in the opinion-of the Executive- Board iwas- justifiable," such explanation being accepted by the sCbhve'ntIon;as 'satisfactory.^' /" 7 ~*. Resolution No. 27 "*' *"'"' ', .Touching upon .the case of' Carter versus' Barclay, which provided for a, discontinuance of such-case,-was non- concurred .in ,by the,-,Convention.;/ *"* ■S SYNOPSIS OF THURSDAY'S ' '• - .,, / '; PROCEEDINGS - . ■'" 7 ,'.-. . yy Resolution No. 28 ' ■"'" k -'.. Re the, turning over to the District bf any monies received "by District; Offi- "cersor other employees of "the" organization* for'services upon commissions etc.: was'tabled to be'brought up later during the 'proceedings. -' -' ■. '",' .''7 -."',. , Resolution No. 32 ^ 7 "Setting a. special, time for'the-discussion'of'the-1 effect's upon the?, District ', 'of injunctions,' r distraints,. evictions and.co'urt, decisions, was adopted, the matter, to'cbnie upJon Pirday morning at the'bpening of the "session.-^', ?7 .7* ;.'Reoslutlon,No. 29 . ,• ' >•- - •j Dealing with the doctors,_.t,,the various. camps,',and,expressing dissatisfaction'with the present, method adopted' in appointing doctors,-was substituted by-a resolution calling upon,the.Exe-' cutive Board to investigate, and-,to* procure .legal* advice^,upon the matter. y.'^y, .Resolution No. ty^-" 7,*"- 7 Prom Michel Local, [dealing.with the signing;of-time contracts..ahd^maklng it.-manditory that weinVfuture do-not sigh '..agreements fon* any; length yot _Ume_-.-0th-_-O-UL-.emnlovefti--iiheldy-hB'i .Conv.entlon.-for. a' cbnslderable:length of,time.;-" .-.This matter, was,thoroughly discussed? and the following substitute* adopted' by.;the <-convention:■:V71';* i»- i ;"Realizingas;we;do 'that the'slgn-* ing.- of .tJme*itcontrai-tfl.iplacesiUB_.l^ the)position "thati_he fopi"rat6rs~cah' provide „asainst a - struggleCatl the"eK-' pjration o_J,such cpptracts.andireallz- Ing'that they also prevent us from taking advantage of-.market condltiona;- ' ■■,"Be lt,tfl8blved'tha,t we'go on record aB being;in favor of..no time contracts being signed to'govern us; and that'we draw' th,Is> resolution do .the.attention of, the next International,Convention." ■'' ' Resolution No/,3','7^ ' Dealing with the-ellminatlnii'of'the defense fund, and submitting the same for.,referendum rvote;. was * removed from the Convention'for the.day by a motion calling for the-'previous question;"?. This matter will,probably come up again beforo the 'convention tomorrow.* ' ' , i.-,'7'' • '^.i. •■! ' ,o' " • . .ResAlutlon-'No. 41" Recommending to all Locals that the monthly inspection-provided for by the , Coal, Mines" Regulation * Act he carried out7was adopted by the Con- voutlonoy.;.'*, *..'. .•»' ■y . ■"•;;..\Re9olutlon No, 41 A* * A reBOhitlon to strike but from tho Constitution '-"porportlonate representation .to-" the Convention" -was ' not adopted. <. \ - •" - ,,». ■- • • ■• • . v, .* Resolution No. 22 , Dealing, with the' payment of solicitors' foes incurred by Canmoro Local, in protecting its members ngalnBt eviction orders,.wns adopted by-tho Convention. .,, ,y i" v."Resolution No, 31" nofn'fcne'tatemont from Frnnk'Locnl alleging .onv the evldenpe of Robert Evnns, corrupt»prnoticoB In connection with the last District.'Election, on the pnrt of Cnnmoro "Local, and , which charged Dolegnto .Tones with collusion, was thoroughly, thrnsliod out, nnd resulted In the complete vindication of nolegate :Jones, a motion of exoncrn-. tlon bolng passed .unanimously. • " Resolution No.^B Dealing with tho printing of the District Constitution In Ukranlnn, was tabled.. * - » , "' , Resolution No. 38 Dealing with tho printing of the ngreemonts In flvo languages, was substituted by n rStolutlon by Int. Hoard Member Onrnor to tho effect that a canvass of tho Dlfltrlct should bo made nnd the ngrcomentB printed In the throo prodominntlng languages, 'LATEST NEWS nrnMuii-iti No. 10 Dnnllng with tho publishing nnd distribution of the Convention .Report within 30 days alter clo»e of Convention was carrlod. Resolution No. 11 Iriff fifmiod without oroboiiylng pro- visions thnt would guaranty, lo each member lho placo whor« he worked prior to tho signing of such contract* Carried. Rstolutlon No. 11A. Which contained a' voto of eonturo on thn r»lifrlcrr.r«flTitfv<i for pMcfn_f such an agreement as the last beforo tbe mflmhorshlp. was tabled fitter n .«i>Kthy rlter-usiiion. In which the wholo ground of tho discrimination and tb** ponlllon relative to this la Ibe various camps had been gone Into at Ungtb. „ , Rstolutlon No. 13 Dealt with the submitting to resolutions and protests to th« Dfttrlet B*>- rcfary two muutU,. U_.(t_t« tlva. Cuima- tlon, and tb* forwarding of tamo to LIOTHniUDaEI, Altn., Friday 8 p.tn. —A resolution which wag nnrto n special ordor of biiRlnoso thl«J,mo»,n- Ing waa Introduced to consider tho matter of Injunction and eviction ord- ers Issued against mnmbors of labor orgnntzntlonn nnd no Ihey effect labor unions In tlmo of trouble, from nankhead asking for nnVinlnnk. t'.o.t *t.ii _.iw lu.tructions given by tho local was not wrle.1 out whwi taking up the contract prices regnrd- Ing work in Bankhead. This afternoon, by invitation from the Lothbridgo Bonn, of Trade, the do. .'__.'._...;.. V...., 4.AJ l,_,v l,l_.s»ki_i* *>•_ .5mj *,!(1i» Tlio Convonllon will hold a nUht twiislcn this evening, and tomorrow •rv/nfpg, -Jmt It U nn yet unearlMn wbelbor the work will Imj got throngh by then. . y , «* -"f'-jrI "h. ^>>v.-.y ,s?!--*tvJ'^,'s •T: ' -?f7-f7-S.*?i^5; 7-7, ''\%ZS \ Ms (iftji* <*yy*t*^y$-y&$iy^y&'^-*i^f ■*> ■"?, ^lieVe jrou.cai^ cMW^aX-v^W« keepyour y' .: .'\ v.-'" * ."'house Hghted-'duringJthe^'picturWa;'7*>-fry<:f;f"'-"'-^v. lighted, during! ;y >*.' "**.y7 *\n 7 JS;, Xv "K' Lieut Rose;aLtid the; 'Royal Visit ,.-.'- ^. Lieiit. /o^se/.-un^rtliVa\plbtrtb blow- up Royal;partyy . .' y ~ during the coronation:celebration \7 , Cy-'% ■' .:,'..■-•■'y-,', - -. .? y *-, *,-."■-v "■'■? ■'■.*y."y "Locusta, or in"thi iDays of^Nero'y ,,'-;. 7?.' , -Historic, hand painted r{-' y •'\ 7777? - t. •'. • •' *■■-■'■. '• < " ',""*„';'„-'*'".'',' ' '. *,. 7-y . y f???- ; 7- , , Get-Rich-Quick y: ;\Sc^ \-.y .'>" ■• v . ■*- 7 A ■Bunco • Game y,* y: -\ - - • > ',- "■.,-■* ' ',"'"" * *' ', >" -..'-"'V* w ,. 7\ „• ■■•I - ■-'*",?•*'-' /■'"^•"/Western One-Night)S&nd$y;'": Qoncerning a .Barnstorming Troup of Actors* :Coniedy!. a^/;" Matinjee7at3-^ -•■?-y. *7.; -yL\yyS,l Sy ■, Two':SJtow^::NighUyi 7,45^nd^9 OUR: MUSI<C.;IS THE BESTV 7"i 1 *-■, ':.v '-;o .*4l: 7-4 ■4 Speciai Sale of Flatware Bone-handled v Tea or •Dinner,' knives;', at?*$1.25 per half doz7r'.- ',1835; Wallace Bros. Tea- or' Dinner*kniveB_'"$2.00i;i*er, half doz. »• % Doz. only Dinner'Knives, ^beet-plate",. $1.75" yy '.-;..-„ '. lA Doz. ,only \Toronto 'Silver--'Plate Tea Knives," $_8.25..^ .< • '-, ... ,1847 Rogers' Bros. Dinner; Knives,', $2.00 per half;doz.- ," ., •/' .', • •Rogers' Bestv Plated Table, Sp'obnte.-AtTiGe. veacti. V'.*. ,'v.. ,.. t?;? Wm. Rogers, and Son Table' Spoons $1.75 ".per, half "do?. y\7 "',*..: 1847-Rogers' Bros.", Table-Spoons;-f2.75 ,per^ half. doz-. v.77 y847 Rogers'^Bros. Dessert, Spoons .$2.50*per half 'dbz.7.-;^-^ ,.; . ■Tea-'and,Dinner' Forks, best plated $1.75 per half'do». ry.^*^:,, •Wm. Rogers' and Son DInner,?F6r*ks," $1.50 per half .doif V * :*' '- • Wm. Rogers' and SoniAl Tea Forks.:$1.75 per*half dos."'7 —V *-* ■<w T^C^tiPHARPT^pEWEtER; mm*m W. A. INGRAM Wholesale .and Retail BarberShop' V • Baths Shoe Shine * ' ,.'■'' * ,i\ * ' ' .Billterds and.Pool ; Coftee and Sandwich ^Counter" '-l^ V-. • Hazclwood Biitterrnille Viotoria Avenue 7 FERNIE, B.C. . ' Phono34 1 !.|i'l i Mil _L^____1__A OvurTiMn. In n promlnflne l_«th~ bridge hotel dining room: "T any wltr***, do y0„ tblnXc you caa l*t me Imvc that meat order boforo Lentr Shilohh Cure kim* tm rtmokx mt uimt, »• twri FIRSTCLASS SALESMAN IN FERNIE Wnntod to handle morltortus real estate propositions, * Wo are tho' authorized selling,agent of tho Grand Trunk Pacific Railway for ono of It. mnln lino divisional point towns. vWo aro (ho owners of tha orlirlnnl town* site ot Nokomls, Bask,, nnd cloto-ln proporty nt Bow Island, Alborta. (The MOW .•...Ml. Uftturtll m$ UOIU 18 UN) .firpPT't in lhr< woTlrt.'l Wo enn show a man ot ability how ho can make from $50 to $300 weekly in commls.ions by representing oiir company. Por complcto Information ai to our plan, wrlto plainly lo Grand Pacific Land Co., Ltd, 243 Som .net BldQ.*,. Winnipeg. Man. He£eUs £: Square Deal and ,"pc«co_ul'. "tiocurity !'ns well. , .'With aVpoucyiln'-our, old lino ; ■company, tyou can go off on your . vacatiou or visit, tho ond[8 of tho , . earth and-yon know- you're ao- ' ., curo,".\Tho;bost In ,;'.'. '*' v* - •■■;^:»;;;F|re / '■;.■r:2 Insurance <•■'..< . . ,, ., - *. , . •; ,1s always .cheapest'nnd espeul> < ally,'bo whon it doesn't cost 'higher. ,'Don't delay about that'', ;W)noway or about that extra* in. • "ournnco you vnnt but como right , ■. in At onco and havo'it nttondod • to.,-,, - , ■-.. ,--■' , M. A. KASTNER Sole Agent for Fernie ■- , ' ■!'*'' ' ■" ■' i ' - "1 ■■4 Aj.] '" . "A 7 - Possibly, you do not bollovo that clothing can bo ready- mado and atlll fit you. • FOR SALE-A Good Deliver TEAM; a/vex 4-R yeitrt; one Tle*irIitiir«<I IVrch- oroo Bullion, »*« S ye*r», weight about isSO Tb*. ONK Jftri'e niCnKSiriAB DOAR. [ TWO Yoang TtERKSniRB 80W9, doe to furrow In May. OKR Young YORKSHIRE 6POW, dtM ,(o farrow la Mi>. AIiio. I*ar« Whit* IrfMrtJoni (thftlrank Apply 8. -I. ffwlaoa, W«cdo«r, B.XJ. * That's IwcauBo you havo Campbell's Clothing The confidence In which It U hold by tho many men who wear it lH Juitlflod with each new Suit tbey buy. Try It noit tlmo. Ton will than (Ind iaUi.aet.on. Pru&a Johnson . riftNii Ml 1/ i I .s' S -^7i1}7^»:y|^;»^ *.-7 -.-.. y- •*i>1y---.'A-^-%i'^-^« 7V-'^l?%_y7?y*7*^Kyy' ff P^fe^^-fe"^ ■-*-.-,-fcV-.'^V -»■.— •" * -- - ""' •- - .,„■.. v«">-"»---- *"• " - — ■~^' - i%s,v.j*=t*'.* n.-*_;-Vtv';-,c' 'i" ■■'-*•- '7v?7-"i_--7*:?-r- *'J' '"•rS"^?'' '-<..'■**; ri>ri !4 *^£r&_i •■--,«■■-* vscs*.-p-v..,v * r.-v ?-VK LTABEII^OfEsV \K' Syy&f&s-gp.iiiy*' y^^^^^y,^w'7y,^"*>•' ."-a - .*-*% > ^."-..-i • --■»i':.'7' ,i'"-"-:'5V«';'*-'-'*'■'••' ...yyTaber h_M-,;<_ulte:Rn;ar_ny.of the un* .y^employed' at- present?" v There. is^in yi^ tho, neighborhood -,' of "■'•" three' 'hundred -. ;.*?m«H walking theistreet*E.'y.T--e mines T^are' practically; idle,- .and- as. it', Is\too' ^ "'"''early, .in.? the -season-for .work. in -the " ^building, trades.,? it,ithrows; "practically ' C-SAW.AMWV* UV.'«U *IM, '.^M. V*..l. —*. ___Y. .t'—b •ifiv*-"^company" brought: some halt-do*2en;'nia- ^%.>;cWne;'ruriners from?,Nova**Scotia -in a' J ."r'.r^theilatter. part of, December..?; These is ,;1?j men.- weie'-ihired..under an'5agreeme_it' - ■$>*; :,UO;be'found.'steady*-work"7 Whenths • f-y'mine ?w^nt" slack .'they,1-.' like.*?all r*the. K'i> - •yy , ;other miners, we're'thrown'out of work. yy«- 7They,,.demanded wages?for.,th#r lost 7' *•-- ,'-,timer,and. expenses. y The •'company -<f .made a-,settlement with.them guaranty 7' • ing ■six ^months' ■'..steady**' work.;*. , Now v,*? the other miners want ashare'of.work:* y7Geuerally-"the mine only/employs six" 7 -?'ior eight-_nen'4uring the" summer,^This' /. agreement of . the;- newcomers -means' . ythatv-hey- will, get ".'all-the'., work, and* y.ytbe men who"'stayed,.:withv?the'*camp ' ,yand . fought • tlje strike,"rwill,'bave - to- y\ yyalkvthe streets-*-or ■go "'elsewhere" to /..jfaeek'employment, If some other means ■. --7 Isinot. found: to ..change/this'prosram^ w ,'f^-'..As.these men'are members of.Local K ;. { -1959 they will have to be'gbverned by u -,"?'its'rules/of?* be' expelled, y-The "men "i <•* .V 7,6f .the Local demand thattall work be *.'.. ; ;shared. as'far as possible. t;,,y, ,7:7 "*..' yFred Whitcutt .pulled oijt -ori" Trie's- ft? day for some western; point.'" He will t ,*. --probably', go as' far' north ' as;-Alaska; -y -He ,formerly .^worked.'for. Guggeheim .-. . .and'Morgan prospecting,in that,coun-. - , .* .^try.ty "HeJlbqated-'oriVa.'ihomesteadS "-" "7'"years7ago7-and 'has now* pulled out < ,'*■"' and is going to'try hisluckin the far Ka y north again.',*' • Good luckto^you, Pred: -« ' 5"Doe. -Hammond;.and;"a"''par,ty "of 7 \-Mends,visited the-Canada'.West-Mine f KP^.-Tuesday.y ,They?were;taken,,around the?.pit,by Mr.' Johnson.T„Tb'e doctor t y „-thought * that, the,,wages .would' have '".to be.raised before he would start-as yft.miner.', ,y ,y„,... 77y rfj..' -,*,*,._ . . k Bill. PaterBon'doesn't- care'Cwhether . h"e'get*3.;any;more.>,work or,.not.-, ...His . hengs^bave begun'-to ^lay.1 '-~\y^.. ' -;- Joe-Mclntyre'; .enfinebr at:the' Cap- - ada West ,"C6.,-? is .moving^ Into ■tQWri. Joe Intends building".hls-Srimmer.'For. the present-he'iwill7llve"*-wtth his brother-in-law, Harry Brooks. ^ - ? ,. 7- '' "-. '.The" VTaber.. Cooks'?- -pulled ..out * on . Tuesday for Calgary to* play the-Bskl- I ',mos,for4he'championship. < They are ;.. accompanied- by quite' a', few" of' tha? local fans. ,The .boy's' feel confident * of bringing back ;the cup. '_-• -• **"•'' f yy- Jack -Mclntyre' has returned; to, the KWest.- " Jack'wis.at^one"time" 'pfesl- Tdent of Local -550.-In-Glace Bay/ *out; .-1resigned before ^the'strike,-"and" can.e ^West^-^HeT-eTnirned^-satttSbout-the" - time .the.strike;-,was .settledl^but^hb *never,workea.irijtie,'mine9.since„7Jack -*. seeins to be" fn" better •.circumstances /thanr.we.^hp; wprlc,?alir,tlie*'t{me..?f,'' -.' • >H' Vj : FRANKs'NprEfe^^l •' _ --4;y >rt*.' -yy:.*-'* <• y.^-V-^vv-^ * 4,»,»,»■»»»'» » » » ♦ » »»»» '.! *< I < - ?"~ , ,J' "J_.«.''. f ■\ A," S,BIals*is leaving pn Prlday.'night for. 'Ontarlo;;y.MTfl..Blais, has-been ■vlsjtinr there ■since* ChristmaB.Ciand she .will return'in'a^few.weeksiwlth him.!,. 7,,'." y.... '; ■..,... '-n- 4 .;W\ J. McGowan"spent 'Tuesday 'af-' , terhoon in'Lille in company1 with' Dr. " Norman, the' Provincial Health* Inspoc-; tor, from- Edmonton. ■7 •-.,"'.'•>.' --,*. '.t-({. -7/;' *-"Marrled7-" '• " -''7, -' ' At'the* methodlsf Church, Frahkl'by, •" Bev. W, T.'.Young; Mark'Crny to' Anna Horahova, both, of Prank,- \ > - ' ■;The stork pald'n visit to tho home , of Alex.McKinnon^on Monday, morning nnd a daughter brightens thelliome," ' An,'Interesting oritertnlnmejnt' was try and tecuns a kittle bumch «t : i (Nput.doing' in'thVFassf) -Tfn.. ,^, c'-The -wage, slaves 1.who;attend«d'- last Bunday-night'e propaganda. m<*tingof !he'S.-"P.-C.,'.whi('.,i wae: held*'in, th* Mutz H-tlli1*. received ..4uite?an7,*auc»-;1 tu-nal^treat^from ; Comrade ' W.'i. 1-. Phillips,-of Fernie;' who spoke'on "A Socialist .Vocabulary.'y,;' Next-Sunday night's - meeting-which will, be held? at the same? place, will ^be addressed by" Cpmrade'.Wm.,Krelling,"'otNewiMicheL' rSul);<.(t:'."; "Industridl .-.Unionism; ?arid what it .means."-*.'': 7-^-4 '?•• '':^r ■*'-The flrsf prize of'tUe biiliard'bandi^ ,cap,""^recently .played in*?]Liockhart's" Pool Room, was.won by Mr. Burgess; the-second prize was taken by-Mr. W." TWalkden. .■.-•.* '„-« , -, .v ?:- ->- „ <N •, *"; '.'* Richard "Jones; of Corbin,, paid- Michel .'av.vislt' Saturday/Iast,<,leavlng on Sunday? night's Flyer for Lethbridge to' attend the convention.A-'"-v v'y .. 7 ■. George Lucks, of Maple Leaf, was a visitor '.here. Jasf. week.' ,;..?... -, Mrs?' Richard-rGarbutt,;of' Co.bin; paid,*a-visit-here**Monday last. - •--..- * < Sanitary .conditions' in .Michel are something* fierce,* and no ? doifbt! that is* why typh6id. fever, is ,so' common. There'si'someone'r tb blame - for ."such. a condition,-, but* just'%ho - it*' is we. will not at,"this time ;say, 7" ' . „v * - "K. The wrestling match held iri Martin's Hall,. Saturday,'the 17th?inst.,- was won;by Robert5 Hampson,'he secured two "straight falls. -V "•*,-,; . . *-•* y We" leanr that Harding*, the outside .superintendent,- has tendered.his "resig-, nation- toithe"company and leaves.the end,of the-month.-7*, _..",. ... * ,*■Don't?forget',.thercheap;sale.of suits now "on in" the; Trltes-Wood. Company Store;bere. **.?Go and-"take a look "at* them,""even-if you don't buy.-;" - /'.- i-.'MIke Joyce?left on Tuesday riight'd Flyer.-forC England, via New, York? Since, they have secured the' minimum wage,, over there Mike thinks "that it will .be: a'.better country to toil inj Good luck to,you. Mike.•'.'". ".;" '' . Sid Burt. - arid Ed. Stacy .wefe,-vi$lf tors .to Coleman'.,Monday, coming'back Tuesday night.7- 'Sld'says'^She's'dullf there's not even a spare rig one can; take-a ride;in.".'vs:7;vv-, '-'-- - - Mr. "Ed. Stuart, oftheTrites-Wood Company,:was a visitor"here'Wedrie's-" day.*", -.-.' «,--■yy-•""*'?*** There*, came..' a,- -• sweet -'maiden "from * ■*-■■, "/Corbin", '■-. •' —, •' ■■. ,•*;"": To visit;her.-bearest of 'kin;;-- 7> i,S i Thinking theNdistanoe"too lonely,,*" I A new;Uover■by- her ,side stepped in. . ' ". • - - \, ;..-V.,l,' j. .\ -a. > '. • " To.'.her'old'lover's'surprise,...-4.=..-' .*-•: T'was hard to surmise, ';■.>*.-' ^ -J •" i But;s.tIiritJlooks blue," y.7,7,., , Although it.-is true," 7 ' ?/.y !-,*-, r . Maybe, future hbpe's'7realize7' ?/;t-, , - (We-don't know the boy and-W don't- know"the;lass,\but" wejll.'sure^wat the: p'6etyhe's*a'-,g€nuirie7alas!.)'- -,--.'-. _:; Ori, Sunday, night ;Mr.7 John. Kerman. of "New Michelrdied-afte'r a-long and RalBfuIj;.lIneBs".'' - The - deceased, who ieaVes^^da^"gTit*e^^d"*:son4n-l"aw to mourn^ him," -was - buried-'oa-. Tuesday- a'fternoon^at the cemetery.*-; -TherMe-0 thodist^mjrilster^conducted'the'Ber.vIce.. :,rThe JPolmatler Sisters' -..Challenge LadyvOrche'stfa, ,who will be here on* *March'8,'is said toibeIthemo'st up-to- date lady orgal_ilzatlo,riin;th;e .country. Their programmes•>are'*'so,''v'arIed."with up-to-date novelties which are always neiy". and" catchy," full of life and' humor- and every number being'a'.Surprise,., they,; never full to;'please the ^^1_M±y_^_Sypitii - \ Ut C. Skinner,- manager of tht Weit- frn-1'Cari»'da'. Wholesale Co.',1;of .Feriile, was doing business iB'.Hos'mer on Wed- ri«day:- '-. *■''■•. ■. >" i?. \y .fc-A". ^?.v . .On" Moiday last there.'was/orie." of th«v best -concerts that ,hiv#.;takei_ place 'in the"'Op€ra-.Hous"e>*uhder, the au8pices'of the Methodist Church',"aiid. it.'surprised the audierice-f.what.ithe" local talent can do. ."^Great^praise is due' to the ■performer's ?for - the able and practicable manner'* in"--which'they carried the .program out/,.. "Hey. Dim- mIck,;of Fernie,.was ln the'ehair,'' Programme* pianoforte*'solo, Miss Phyllis Marlatt-'quintette, '"Killarriey"; ?Club Drill; duet, "I,Know a'Bank."„'Messrs Smith and Alexander; dramatic Bketch "The- California .Uncle";.'.-- song,' ''An- chcred,", Mr: W. E. Smith?; JBackward Drill;-chorus, "Men of Harlech',"'Hois-' mer-'Male Voice Club; song,' "The Alabama Coon)"-Laddie Krish; humorous farce, '.'Mrs. Buttermilk'-'; song,."Once I-was SingIe,"-,Edward Musgrove; song "Flight of Ages.'-MrB.'Anderson;'*Boot Drill;-,chorus,;"0'er the'Downs," Hos-; mer Male Voice C'#ib;' dramatic sketch, "A Cloudy,Day;" duet,/'Life's Dream is O'er," Mrs.-Andersdn and Mrs, Salt; ''Madam,'. Squalllna's Band ,.' .'■♦ ' " V\ «• -'• " ^ *"1",' - *.' ♦ 7 COAL CREEK1- " ♦ - - *''*—", ;:-. " '. ". 7 y. ■♦ for *a"speedy'recovery. " There -jut several more "caws in town, but who is to' biame' for 'this,epidemic: ityi» difficult to'B_iy"k"- =;'•• ••>.'• , *,.-' ' ,<. : There was amother merry weddlif her« the-otheffday: wheri,.one'of. our Polish brothers'.took:' unto „" himself" a helpmate.. - They we're* married at the R.1 C. Church: -'" ( \-r- ,v-' 'J, John - Nash=" and' Leonard RIdgeway are visiting friends in town;;' - This "moving pictures at -the :0pe'ra HouBe^arej proving-'a great~ success. The pictures are , good," clean, "and neat; and is meeting-.with approval. For good shows "patronize the'tlnion Hall.' .- ■■-. . 7-« - -,*.; , * - _, 7 The Jeanne Russel Co7wlll piay three nights in Blairmore, Monday, Tuesday, ■and Wednesday; of tbe criming" week..-, ?,',''",--* <• -. ' .--: ',. n,..'■'..given In-Bonamlca's.HalJ on Saturday -.' -;->nfght. -;''A"great"numbor?of,'t'ho"Bo- ,'..,.- '.hemlari people wero pfoseiit and took ,„.•.'. part in the progrnmnjo of.muslc,- after .'. ■■.which"a shor,t danco,was glvon. 7,,"'.., -y-7 : ,S. McQIchlo, of'Frank',.left on'Suri- , ■», day- Inst to nttond tho mlnor'B conven- ■>7,tlon at.Lothbrldgo.-,' .*■. „, .-. •■, . A special meeting- of. tlio union was ,_■•.■callod on Tuesday' aftorhoon and' ar- ■.rangemonta made fdr, tho'funeral of y.Goo. Lakatoc. " Tt Was? docldod that 1 « -P.i.Wynn,- J. Konnedy and Frod Elliott,ho a comnilttoo to nsk the coin- . pnny to let tho mon oft from' work on .Wednesday, nnd to attend tho funeral. *, ,v Tbo request was granted. /• ". *"-"'•- ,,Tho regular mooting''of tho union ?7tm Sunday. ' Thero was n large nt- ondanco ,tho best since "the strlko ' was settled.' About thirty now mora- 'bora woro Initiated Into tho union. Tho noxt regular'meeting will bo held ' March tho 3rd. - All members aro re* quested'to Vo present., ..' ,. Thp Jcnnnp Ru-asol Co. will play , throo nights In Blairmore, Monday, ,Tuesdov,>and'Wodnoidny of tho coming wook. ■M- ♦ " ♦ MICHEL NOTES Wo aro sorry to loam4hat John 8wlt_er ii now lnld up,In tho hospital 'with typhoid fovor, and hopo (or hla spoody recovery? Joioph Littler has Moui-od a post' tlon nt Wardner, B. 0., much to his •satisfaction. A wrestling match between Old Shy and John Norhoo Is to como otf In tho near future. Keep your oyos opon for'tho postora. " * ,,, , -, ,- ■__.■»■-,-.-__,-■■- m Mondny nlRht a dnnco waa siren »n Wednesday oveing tho rabjoet for r 4tin Vnht^tiv «0"ic.:' i«. t'.-.c ?!_r_! 'r'*'hn,'n wn*1'' "n*,'»''vf»d Tlint'*nn(«'hn. HOSMER NOTES' "By "Looker-On." -7Hollo! Now we're going''to have some sport.-," The entries opened on, Monday" for "tioncastor's Spring Handicap of 'call-shot-and the!Hnmllton Stakes for the highe'sMridivIdual score .oij'tho bowling alley..' During tho month,yery- yaluable, prizes are. offered, tho winners. (Latest betting, 100 to" 1, bar. I,—Liverpool). ■•' i On Friday, the 16th inst., a party of Hosmer Masons .viBited Fernio, going down-on tho local and returning on the other. The occasion was tho inl- tlritlon of R. W. 'Rogers-Into the-myT stories of the nnclent order. Tho foi* lowing gentlemen-composed tho party, Il.( Aldorsb,n, D,' "Pollock, Di Nollls, A. W, Lawson, A.' Mc L. Fletcher, R. W. Rogers „ « According to tho Calgary Eyo-Oponor Fornlo has sent in a bid for tho Johnson Fight * * Hosmor took tho bull by tho * horns, <nt least tho Queen's Pic- turo Show did. Thoy showed ','Lll Arthur"' in" all his glory with tho samo old smilo^and'tho boys camo away— amillng ; The California Undo wns vory generous on Monday evening. ' . Tho English Church sorvlco will bo hold once n wook during Lent In tho Odd Fellow's Hall,-commencing on Monday noxt, Fob, 20th. at 7.30 p.m. Tho sorvlco will bo conducted hy tho Rev. W. M. Walton, rector of Fornlo. Mombors of- all denominations cordially Invited, ■■• -, ■■Hosmer Skjitlng Rink Club Is Riving a dancb In tho- Opera Houso on Friday, February 23rd, at 8.80 pirn, Loula Colo has not forgotten his lion's laying double-yoked-ogRHjlilfl friend wont homo seeing doublo-yoko —ettga. Things must bo looking up a bit. Tho real estate ngonts havo boon vory much in "evidence this payday, One of thorn actually boosted Boavor Crock Mine. Roddy McGregor \m purchased a houso and throo lots In Nelson, ITo has great faith In tl.o TCootenay capital. At Hosmor Lllorary and-Social Club •1.V ' Venosla. A largo crowd attended'and I !*?« 8hMM bo Taxod."( Whnt will bp ti.uicf'ui. waa (.opt up Mil I u,m., whon, nil dispersed thoroughly satl-v.lcd with .the night's entertainment. ' ' Undo I-onby loft Tuesday night for ;. President\J. .E.,Smith, of-^Gladstone- Local .left here; on, Sunday', afternoon for,. Lethbridge" where, he ..will - attend the Annual District' Convention1. Miss "Lottie Gray"'?'and *Mr..1Sairi Phillips, of-Fernie," paid a short visit up here last Sunday afternoon.1 .,'. ' , A special'.train'was'run up'liere at ll,p?m.i last Saturday, for- the' benefit of those .wishing to take" in the Jeanne Russell „ show; at the Grand Theatre," which was certainly "well patronized, it being pay-day.'"; The camp here was more" deserted th'ari'it had been, for. a long time, each and every one seemed to be out, en joying themselves, which they ,'did Jnstyles, to,suit themselves. Mr. • J. ,T.' Ma'w'sori' arrived back in camp last 'Saturday, from" Merrltt, Nicola >Valleyy Jack">ha,s just; come out of tbe hospital, having lately received a* blow on.the;kriee.while '.working.in the'mine; which'c'auMd, him a lot qf trouble,-but'he hopes.to overcorae this now that he' cah'?be ?'attended',.to by his better'half." ■->/?-77V'-'.7 r '--' *. Mr_:H.\Allani<'*an old'Creekite/bnt; now, of Corbin,^ well'knownas 'a keen footballer,-was'shaking hands, with old, friends - up' bere'-cfri Wednesday' after- noon/'*.- ,-'-.,"-,-;7='-*-', --, y* . -*1" Mrs:, F.i -Vance',,Tof Fernie," was"visit-' ing friendsvup-here,orilvWednesday.^ ' -A new dfylgood-clerki-arrlved here on Monday for,the'.Tirtes-Wood Co:. Last Monday,- .'afternoon .& > _neeti»g was -.called' In, thes Club', Hall for all those interested;*in. football-to appoint officersr«terTrforrthis~Beasbn7^^Tnere*' Was a fairly good'attendance, nthe following officers we_"e'appointed,"and the committee *,ins_ructed"that "they were to,-do everything'jin'-.thelr -poWer'for the good-and welfare^-oftj-he C. C club. -.Hon. .President:' J.^Shanks;' President*^D.-'Martin;" Vice-President. Geo.- -O.f'O.'Brlen,*^W. Wilson,''Adam Watson,)*.';Dri ''Woricman; '"■Secretary Treasurer; -W. Hrifehes; Trainer,'Jas? Logan;.Committee',''John Worthlngton, N. Harrison, R. Johnson, S. Hall," Joe Worthington, R; Saftison.'Ri Blllsboro; J.-.Howells, Jas.■Harrison C. Heeketh; Thos. Smith', J.-William, J. Mitchell, Thos. Ratcllffe. • ,-n * .- r-• ■.Last Tuesday evening a' fairly good gathering assembled in the Club Hall to.hear,the Jecture on- Africa^ by the Rev. H.'Stevenson of the PrcBbyterlan church. Mr.,-Jno. Shanks* occupied the; chair,, but heidld not;have very 'muoh to say, beyond remarking tliat he .was not, a great speech 'maker. The first on the program was a pianoforte solo by Mrs,.Stevenson; "Dolly's*LulI- aby," by Ivy'Puckoy and Margaret Shanks; selection,(Pirmo, Mrs. Steven- son and Mr. A..Hewitt, violin.- After this came the lecture, and Mr. Stevenson told of.how ho loft-hls'home In England in 1903. to go out as a missionary, to Africa, 1 and of some*of tho hardships that "hnvo to bo confronted among those strange peoplo. Ho gave the humorous side-us woll as tho other and was listened, to with every attention by, all proBont.- '."'■. ' The mines woro.all idlo-iup horo on Monday, and again on Thursday-and Friday, and Jt in doubtful- whether they will be working boforo Monday. Thomas Graham, Chief Mines la-' spector for B. 0., has boon visiting tho mines 1 up horo .this week. -Ho also gav« a short lcctnro to-thri ovormon and) flro bosses on'tho use of the Drao- gar npparatUB, which of tholr representatives (Draogar's) Is at present tmvol ling around with showing tho varloucf Improvements that havo boon mndo ln this apparatus. : On Wodnosdny, evening a InrRo crowd nssombled, in tho Methodist Church to do justice to pies that had been mado" by lho LadloB' Aid and frlondB.' It certainly was a raro good spread, and ovory ono did full Justice ns.plo nftor pio vanished na If by magic , Aftor ovory, ono had n good fill, tho tables woro cleared and tho following progrnm of oongs, solos and recitations was vory woll given: Edith Joyw*, "BoaRUll"; Jonny Joyco, "Swoot and Low"; duct, Lilly and Maggie Hall, "Thorn's a Welcome Homo in Donr Old Iroland'i scloctlon on violin and orgnn, P. nnd J. Qoskell; Jas, Mad* dl»on, "The aiory Song"; recitation, Edith Joyco, "Tho Vlllago Riack- ntnllli"; recitations, Jonny Young and Hilda Merchant; solectlon on tho gramophone. Chairman, Mr Unnnon. An Italian, named Cnsaetli, hnd Ma foot severely crushod by boini. urn ovor with a oar In Nn, fi mlno nn Tnn,r. '•-, .- i ". ■- ■-, . '.,♦ HILLCREST.NOTES" *, ♦ The boys had,a great time h'er'e-last Saturday, the occasion being.the .wedding, celebration- of - John - Moorriouse and* Jeannie Pearson.,- - John 'thought it-was;time to. get-married, and* having the,girl he.'did the"trickyfGood luck to them both., .* v y.-:,-..-.,." The'. MacCrae. Picture»Show .Company, gave us an'- exhibition in the Miners', Hall on February 19th. The pictures .were good,, the music-was excellent; and,the" daricer.sweet.-.. _So?wbat more" can anyone . expect ,,for -. his money?-. .*■"' -' ..%„.. 0. * ,7.7., We are all having a great'time at the dancing "assemblies ■and' classes. The foreign'brothers are, getting on fine at the afternoon school classes. A teacher - was brought ^over from" Edmonton and .all the? students, are. now studying.the' English language 'with a zeal that ,is most commendable. '. , The ; Jeanrip, Russel Co. will .play- three' nights iri' Blairmore, Monday,. Tuesday,, and Wednesday of the coming week." , .jv???, ... P.ASSBU.RG LOCAL,. y -..- Subscribe to Krsur Case • '"Passburg' Local Union No. 2352,- has collected among its members the sum of $35.25 ■to • swell the funds, of tho Krusz" 'AppeaKCase?''1 LEAP,'YEAR' BALL""AT BEAVER '*' \'i M,?7^ MINE'S '," , ".This ball/organized by the.ladies.at Beaver. Mines," and. which was'.held'In Torpey's.Hall on,Monday evening last, was largely attended, and proved,to be a great.sucfiess, both; ■financially and socially. '•'..'.Visitors' were. ■present In good numbers from' the; neighboring towns of. Frank. .Belleyue. Lundb'reckr 7and PIncb"erTCreeky->1Ear_y;i indications- of tb.e success ..and'?*, a good attendance could ' be "noted, beforehand- ;by -the arrival t; of ,\ fouri.„lar,ge autos - with full . complement " ,-of. - passengers, all'-,.peemlngly<7j,bj_i)t.l.onv having '.a good'.41ine, 4';rMdmej-j>_rrudelle's- Orchestra", "of.Pincher-Creek^was Bpecial- lyj"engaged-.and'treridered excellent riiusic,-,.?.. A good\worklng-commlttee saw.- to' tho ■comfort of everyone pre- sejot.}.- i'Mrs.,McVicar>made* hxi\excellent, floor manager, Mrs. Moody'as M. C.,( had., the * duty of introducing the ladies,, and Mrs. Lowery and Miss'Ida Smith assisted in the general supervision.' .On-.thisoceaslon the-gentlo- men^were'.escorted to the'ball by the ladles, and at the close'of the ball were seen safely, home by their fair escorts, When*, the ball was In full swing tho room ..looked. full of. animation and color?- 7 Tho ladles* dresses were only equalled'In such places as Calgary, Lothbridgo'.,and ' other, large cities (What nbout Fernio?) ,.„The gentlemen .'raised themselves and mado'a good display ln fancy ties, white gloves and peep-n-boo socks, "*' Mr. Hawes socks wore.voted a perfect dream by the ladies—the many colors blending so .woll! An oxcollent,supper wns provided; at mld-nlght by Mr. E. Ballan- tyno, 7 Dancing was, kept'up with vigor' until the mlno .whistle went at 0 o'clock,'wh«n tho proceedings .como to a conclusion, many of thorn, having only just time to change into, thoir pit clothes,,but all well .pleased and looking forward to tho next Leap year ball In 1010,- ,.■'.'■■ry. BELLEVUE EXPLOSION-' Questions and b ,•.<:,_-«' House In Alberta ..W .oufii. i'4iii't.*' -\s_j'_ ou ilifi iHtii Inst? On Tuesday last nn accident "In No. i South resulted In John Poplcoehuk tho Edmonton country whore ho will. having hla log broken. I'f t 1 Up-to-dgite Men's Furnishings, Boots and' Shoes *., 1. *' . - • ■Call and set our Spring- Sample! nf Men's Suitings from $18 to $40 . FIT GUARANTEED STELFOX & GOWER (Sncr-fvwnn to W.J. Wl»ln» * Oo.) COT.EMAN ♦^♦♦♦^♦^ ♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ COLEMAN NOTES ♦ Kvoryllilng li quiet around town as URiial. Only when Iho boys from tho ' lumber ramps como In driea It appear pretty lively. fc Wo hear that tho Western Co-Operative Co. I* starting a butchery In con- noctlon with their store. Wo hove ho doubt hut thnt. U will -m*.<;t wlfh success aa they aro carrying on a good trade at tholr slow. T!Mr ton r*-r iH*iit Mtheme Is working wet) nnd with Mr. Mawton as manager business <• Increasing rapidly. J!l»« Mariraret Porter, daughter of Dr. Porter, la t*rloi. .ly 111 with pnti monla. Thoro bavo been two ipodal doctor* attending btr tbo pan fow day*, "ahft w*» *n» »»l/»if tn tKjjtr fh<«iv» nro algnt of Improvepont, and hop* (Included in roport of Vloo-Presldcnt BtiibbB.) ■• ■Mr, O'Brlon askod, tho govornmont tho following quostlons of which ho hnd given notico and which wero an- sworod by tho Hon, Mr. Sifton, Q. 1. Whon wns -Elijah Heathcote appointed mlno Inspector for tlio Crow's NcBt Pass district? A. Wns appointed District Inspector of Mlnos for tho Crow's Nost Paso district on April 1st, 1000. ''Roalgnod on Novembor 30th, 1008, to nooopt position na superintendent for tho Crow'B Nost PftBS Coal Co. Ltd., Conl Creek, B. C. Rcippolntod District Inspector of Mlnos for tho Crow's Nest Rasa District on March 21at, 1010, Q. 2. Tb ho still In tho employ of tho govornmont as mlno Inspector!" A, Yes.' as District Inspector o( Mlnos. Q. .1. Una this Govornmont nny com m un leal Ion from tlio Secretary of lho llolloviio Loral,of tlio Unllod Mttio Worltora rolntlng to tho dnngoroua con« dl linns of tho Bollovuo Mlno, and nik- Iner for an Innwrllnri of the snld mini-**,- If so what aro tlm date or rtaton? ..., Ytt<, VH.vxu,l'i i uiJ utiii Uh, liiUi, Q. 4. Wns thero nny reply theroto and whato date of onrliT A, Yen. December Srd and 4th, 1010. Q, C. If nt all, wlmt date or dutou wore audi Inspection or Inspections *•>* fi ."1 r. • A. Dorembcr 7th, 1910. » Q. 6. Has tho Oovcrnmont any ro- portB or record* regarding nn oxploslon In tho HoUovue .Mine on October 31st, 1010, whon the mlno waa Idle, If so what did tho govornmont do to mako tho mlno safe? A. Yo«; tho rompnny was notified that a good swooping ventilating current of air be kopt patalng eonirnntly thrmmh that portion of the mlno, wbocrt pillars had been eitraeted, to M to prevent gis accumulating. Q. 7 On Dewmber *th. 1010, « dli- antor In the nnWenut Mln* eauicd the death of 31 men. On wltat date Just prior to tuch dlmter did lb« Oov«m- m*»nf frtupo^-frtr fntpoot wfif ntfno and? what wax hit report. •A;;l)ec*n_ber^th; 1910: ' "That I have'examined the No. 1 s«am arid found th« timbering,* ventilation and general conditions to b* good; did not find sny gBB present. (Signed) Elijah Heathcote.'y.yyyy - ..,..- '■'Q,'8. ".Has thciGovernm'ent any report, from any-of its-Inspectors as to the cause of such disaster? ,">.'• No.*" ■"*■■'77 "7 "* j -'.- "'• :("!. S ; .If .so, was, tfiere any- viola- tlon;qf the Coal Miries, Act? r ., , ;A. There were uo'violations o: the Conl Mines--Act, r. -"'.--'' .,,Q, 10.. Has the Government any„re- port'from any of its-inspectors dealing, with the, Inquest over the;bodies of the said.31 dead men? -A'No. • Q, 11. Did the'Government employ a solicitor to represent at "said-inquest, and" if so with what object In view?-"' . *,, *f. ' -*-■., "'A',' Yes; -with'object of assisting in the Investigation and-if criminal lia- bilty found, reporting same. , . - Q, 12.'- If the" Government employed a .solicitor, have they, any report fiom him as to the legal or criminal'liability of any person or persons'in connection with the"said disaster,'which' caused the death of thessaid 31'men? -A No"? ,' '- * ' ' ■■. '.Q, 13. r From the knowledge 'from which the Government has regarding the death of the said 31 men, do they consider Elijah Heathcote, \ Government Mine Inspecfor;.--Mr...Coulthard," gewral manager; Mr. Powell.- manager; Mr. Anderson, pit boss of-the mine at tho time of the.disaster, is or are excused from criminal liability; if so what is-the^ knowledge, the Government have upon which they have come to ilie conclusion .that anv o-; all cf these persons *are excused from criminal, liability? ,.>.;•-. *-, A: No 'evidence showing criminal liability; has been brought to the atten- tion;of 'the..government. '• "'Q. 14. .. Are the - said Heathcote; Powell and Anderson still holding certificates issued by.the Government'as inspector,-manager and pit boss?* -A.-'There- are no scuh certificates issued by the Government through an inspector.'.? Powell holds a certificate as manager .and Anderson a certificate as,*plt boss.',,",, - -- ij •-Q. 15. "Was the Government and is the Government aware of the fact that the ^Dominion- Government, appointed onfe'fJos.- S. "Hudson,' bf the mines branch, Ottawa,' toattend the'said inquest with a .view to making/a report as to the'cause'-'of the'said disaster? * a. No. v -. -y ] ,Q.,16.' Has the Government any report'from the'said-'Hudson" on the said disaster.',:-''- -.'i> l,- ■*-■' - ;A'..No'yy^,";-' ' Q. 17.- -If the Government has a report .rom?t__e;saId.Hudson what steps have been .taken-by. this. Government with a view, to bringing to Justice those^ menvwho-ar©'responsibIeifor~th"e"3eatlr of the'said 31.men? -.--j ■A Answered,by replies to Q. 13 and 19." "„ , .'-.- - i,1" -■•-.' - .Q.18? Has' the Government" appointed; more mine*inspectors",since theUellevu* Disaster? .U .«o, how many?"' ' " '" ?"- :, ■■,"--.. A," Yes; one.;:,'-'1 *'<■•■/* *. .Q, 19. ^Hariithe Government any assistants . to/-* riiine inspectors, with1 a view of fa'cilltatirig the'clerical work; if so/how. many? -', '' - A.'"No.w> ._ :\ ,. , t| .;.,,■;,- Q" 20.'-''Is"the Governriierit establishing oxygen breathing" apparatus 'stations In', the .mining districts of, this province,'and If bo aTO the mine work- era1.,union being-consulted as to the' most suitable locations?. -A. Mlrie rescue*stations are bolng established, thei officials of the United Mine Workers of America have been consulted as to;tho most suitable locations; 7. ■., - Q. 21, Aro the Government going to havoa'comrnlttee' to enquire into tho mining conditions of tho province with a vlow to drafting a now Coal Mines Act; IfiBoUi'ow many members will ho on the said, commission, and when will tliey start their duties? A',''No;''"arcommission will ho appointed consisting ot throo mon nl« vcady thoroughly acquainted with tho mining conditions of Alberta nnd com- potent to' draft necessary amendments to tho Coal Mines Act. ,, Q. 22. If the' Government has such a commission will tho executive of tho Mlno Workers Union Bploct a part ln that'commission? A, No; tho Government will so- led tho commission, tho Mlno Workers'.Union will bo roproBontcd. Q, 23. Is It the Intention of n tho Govornmont to appolnt'n lognl ropro- sentnttve on said commission,' If so for what purpose. A. No. Q. 24, If tlie Government intends to appoint n legal representative on «nld commission will the Govornmont allow, tlio minora' to havo a solicitor of tholr own choice at tho expanse of tho Government on Bald commlnlon. • A. Tho Government does not Intend to nppolnt n legal roproBontntlvo. MONTRAEL SYNDICATE GET RICH COAL LAND Havt Bouoht Tract South of Taber • Rich In Minerals TAJ1BR, Fob. 10.—It Ib understood that (i deal which, Inn. been pending for somo tlmo In which somo Tabor buHlnoBH mon nro fntoroatod, has been cloBO'l within tho lant fow days. A Byu.ll.nto of Montreal capIlallHtahnvo purolinflcrt from Messrs, W. K, llulloclc, n,(iK. -hillock, K. C. Moo ond G. It. row-ll, a targe property In tlio Flat- hmi fuuuli-y, .iow to _.•'•«. ImiuVr, con- slflllng of about twenty sections of the oliolrost coal proporty in the country, containing aovcrnl rich sonms of conl, Tho now ayndlrnlo nro nu- .u<(J *u. >Lut» Cfenmi iiiiiriutii ihiijiiiik tholr proporty In tho noar futuro, and Will Immodlntoly romrmonce oporn- lions on n largo sdalo, It In under- stood that tbo deal has been closed by a substantial oaih payment, and Ilia' \\T. A. Aubin, who Tinn had chnrt;r> of tho negotiations, la to bo congratu- lntnl on tbo *»iooott»ftil oiitrnmo of 1j|b iKKOtlatJons. .-j-- Tl|e Rbcky; Mountain!: *'. y7;0B;A^O^i]M^y ■, < .,<-'* '"*■"- '"■,,7 -' *- - . ' . At the Famous Sulphur Springs yyyFRANK,;A_ta.y.. *y:"y Fitted throughout with every modern convenience SULPHUR BATHS. BUS TO ALL TRAINS The Frank Wine & Spirit Co. -,.?•'' • ,}" '■- . ., ■Wholesale^Dealers in . Wines, Li^orsahd "■/\X:.r^ CIGARS ".' * , FERNIE 1BEER ALWAYS IN STOCK . ' , ? 7 " ; Phone 83, Frank; Alta. •■< We have.the largest and most.up-to-date Hardware airid Furniture Stock 0 ,..' ~ in the Pass. : Everything in ? Stoves and Ranges y Granite! & Enamelware Furniture Carpets and Rugs Plumbing and Heating. . Special Attention to Mail Orders Crow's Nest Pass Hardware Co., Limited * • ';.'-;•- "•"•"•-.'v1-1;.;;- ■. <■■, * y •;- y ,. u Phone 7 .FRANK, -Alta. P.O. Boi90 ■! '""* •;'■",-*'- Importers of •' y.-y ITALIAN PRbDUCTSy: -y.-f- 77 7,. and Dealers in --- ■.•.:/- Domestic Groceries - -<_,-'*.' "■,, •. *■> Agents for.Steamship Companies. New Michel, B.C. v ■- .i ;.",.., HOSMER INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION Grocers i ... No housewife ever complained directly or indirectly about the quality of our goods. ' Nd 'wonder! They're all of the best quality. Grand Union Hotel COLEMAN, Alta. Best of Accommodation We cater to the workingman*s trade G, A. CLAIR ;-: Proprietor MANY PERISH IN PRU88IAN MINE FIRE ANTONIENTHBUTTE, Pruulan Bllcsln, Fob. 19.—A Inrge numtior of fatnlltlofl wn» cnusod by a flro wlilch whh dlHCovorod In ono of tlio pIIh In tula conl mining contor onrly todny. ' Seven bod lew of minors hnv<. bc<.n broiiRht to tlio Rurfaco nnd tlio author!- lieu liollovo tbat ut loast twenty moro mon hnvo porlHhod. Tho number of men In tho jilt whon tho .lr« nmionrcil I" not ilnf'nlfflv known, but nil oxrciit thodo In tho lm- modlnto vicinity of tlio bottom of tho flhftfl woro cut off from ohcii.io ami nro almost curlulnly dcnil, No, ion, tho country dou* not d«v f^nil for "protperlly'' upon th« amount wbj.h capital %ttm\% from \%Hr, but upon Ih* rnimh* •whl-,f. Ar*» Mt, smf } which labor upend* tn order (o Hv«. Rkuijiatisiii, Lumbago , And Lame Back , enn lio curcil by tho grcui fruit lild- noy nnd Hvcr romody, FIO PILL8 nrnnlfonl, Ont, A»ir. tn, 1'ijf Your m«llcln«f FIk Pills, hfiu work- pd wonder* for mo. Tho rhrumntlc jmlni hnvo ontlrnly It'll m« ntid I owo •flverythlnit to your romo_1y. \a\t nre nt llt<x>r|y to putitUh thia.—It. !!. Onll- man. At nil dfaters, W nnd 50 t*nt«, or Tho FIk PHI Co., 8t. ThomtiB, Ont. Hold In Fernio tit McUnn's Drug and ifook fltoro. * . The Hotel JL/xJL.L__r 1~*£\ W One ot the Best (J... J. ECKST0RM Prop. Lethbridge, Alta. Shilolfe Gun STOPS C0U-jK3 i-kicti, n cumt« By •X 5 ""# SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION-O^""is .t-.'at-br'co"n.i_iuous heading, which, COAL In a paper by Mr. Horace C: Porter and Mr. F. R. Ovitz, recently published in the Journal of Industrial _md t Engineering'Chemistry, an account is given of an investigation by the United ■States Bureau of Mines into, the de- '. ter.oration and spontaneous heating of coal in storage. - Four coals were ex5 •amined as to the effect from storage , under water, under cover in tbe • air, nnd in'tho'open. The conclusions arrived at,in regard to the effects of the different methods of storing are given as follows: „ -„j ■• Storage under water unquestionably preserves the heating value and tho physical strength of coal. But it practically necessitates firing wet coal, and Therefore, means the .evaporating in the furnace of-an amount of mqls- ture varying from 1 to 15 per cent., according, to the kind of coal. This factor is an important drawback to under-water storage with coals .like the Illinois and Wyoming types'," which mechanically retain 5 to 15 per cent of water after .draining. But in case of the high grade .eastern • coals,* if ' firemen are permitted,- as is ordinarily ' the case,- to wet down their, coal before firing,'"so 0as to make," <as they say, >"& hotter fire," then the addition during storage of the 2 or 3 per cent mols- t ture'which these.vcoals retain would be of little consequence. * Submergence storage is an absolute preventive of spontaneous.combustion, and1 on'that account alone its use may be justified with some coals- but merely for the - sake of the saving to be secured by avoidance of weathering, there • does not seem to be good ground for its use. It ig^shown.that high volatile matter does.not.of itself increase the liability "to spontaneous heating. The authors ' continue: A recent circular letter of inquiry on*t spontaneous combustion * sent by.the Bureau to more than 2,000 large coal consumers of the United -States has brought 1,200 replies, of .which' 260 report instances of spontaneous combustion, 220, of them naming the coal. , Of these'220,-95 are in seml- T* ' bituminous low volatile coals of - the Appalachian region" and 55 in western and_middle western, coals. This-_re- suit shows at least" no falling behind * on the part of the "smokeless" type, and no cause for placing special con- 1 fldence in these coals for safety in "storage. ., The weight of opinion among practical users of coal is tbat moisture promotes spontaneous heating, but the observations of the Bureau do not support this view. Sulphur has been shown, in most cases, to have' only a minor Influence. In a" number ' of actual cases, samples of the heated conl were taken where the heat.was greatest, and analysed for 'total sulphur and for' sulphates. The unoxl- dined sulphur was ln no case less than 75 per cent, of the average total sulphur in the original. In other words, not more than one-quarter of the total n sulphur had entered into any. heat- producing reaction. Freshly-mined coal, and even fresh surfaces exposed by crushing lump coal, exhibit a 'remarkable avidity for oxygen, but after a tlmo become coated with oxidised material, "sonaoned" as it wero, no that the action of the air becomes much loss vigorous. It is found in practice that if conl which has boon stored for six weeks or two months, and has oven becomo already somo what honlod, bo rohnndlod nnd thorou- , ghly cooled by tho air, spontaneous heating rarely begins again. Suggested Rules to be Followed Tho papor concludes with tho following recommendations ns to the fltof- lng of coal, tho adoption of whloh Is advlsnhlp whore If will not Involve nn- roasonnblo oxpotiHo: 1. Do not pllo ovor 12 ft. doop. nor so that any point In'tho Interior will bo ovor 10 ft, from an alr-coolod mil'-' fnco. 2, If poHBlblo, Rloro only lump, fl, Kcop dust out as muoli ns possible; thoroforo roduco handling to u minimum, ., Pllo ho thnt lump nnd fln« nro dlHlrlhutod ns evenly nn pohrIIiIo; not, hh.Ih often dono, allowing lumpu to roll down from* n peak and form air pnnflngoH at tha bottom. r>, Itohnndlo and Hereon nftor two monUiH, rt. Koop nwny oxtornal H-onrccB of hont, though mndernto In degree 7, Allow six WPOl.B* "boiihoiiIi.b" aftor mining hnforn nlorlng. fi. Avoid nliornnto wotting nnd dry- ll'K. _>. Avoid ..<.j.<!,.,.]'_.) of .'ilr ... -.'-trior nf pllo lhrough Interstices around for.ilt.ln objpptu, such nn timbers) or Irregular brickwork; nlno through poroun bottoms, hupIi an conrao cm- >_\.> a, 10. Do not try to vontllnto by plpos, nn moro harm Is oflnn dono thnn good. are pushed forward from' the shaft towards? the limit of, the. field. : .The. pillar and s^all systeta has,.occasional- ly,been* adopted in some thick.seams In the districts of the- Centre and of Liege. -,~The steeply-inclined seams; are worked In, reverse steps' and the flat seams either by rising or forward' stalls. Coal-cutting is nearly.always performed by hand,-and it Is preceded by holing in the. unproductive beds of the seam/ ' Blasting'in'coal.is restricted to mines containing little "or no fire-damp, and is specially used lithe hard seams'of close-burning coal of Charleroi. ' The consumption of explosives for. the getting of coal in these seams varies from 20kg. to 48kg. per 100 tons? _ In the mines where the use'of explosives is allowed the average consumption of explosives does not exceed 14kg. per 100 tons; Com-' pressed .air is'applied to drilling machines and small fans. Haulage is nostly done by horses; mechanical conveyance is restricted, to .-.the main roads, and is less'developed than in the .other .coalfields where the -output is greater .and. more., concentrated. Locomotives are preferred in Belgium Jo the endless rope or chain.systems. In the colliery of ,-Amercdeur at Jumet the* underground' haulage is effected by .accumulator 'locomotives, .but of late in a number of collieries preference has been given to - benzine:pro- pelled locomotives. The, underground application of electricity for drilling, "lghtihg and especially-pumping, wind- ir.S and, haulage are already numerous, LuL have,,hitherto been confined to downcast shafts and intake air-ways, except in non-fiery mines: In most cases continuous current at a moder- ate voltage Has b'een "employed, but three-phase current is used, in some-important- installations.', 'At' present more than 50 per cent "of the companies have\ no' underground power, • except for the emptying of the trucks, but since, the" application "of ."the new. law limiting the hours of work in coal mines the adoption of mechanical ^ap-' pliances has been considered by "a number of'-'companies 'as "a^'matter "of* necessity. Three circumstances have a preponderating influenceon the cost bf ^production of the Belgian .mines— the~tMnne3s~aii'd;r'contoHion*"of~the~ seams, the occurrence'of'fire-damp", and the;depth of the workings. The seams are split and' wrinkled^* everywhere.- . These folds and wrinkles are most numerous in the southern portion of the coal-bearing area, but while they art "still we'll, marked In thVcentre they become less noticeable towards the I north,. In the, lower partv of the country. The average .thickness of. the, workable seams ls only 0.68m.', with .0.27m.-i-as.an inferior, limit;- in several collieries of the Hainaut province the average available "thickness Luther ;,was chief mining engineer for* theThilade.phia and Reading Coal bin Iron Co'?, .'andihe conceived the * idea Iron Co'.yand.he conceived the; idea of putting .8 Inch*bore.Jioleg from the surface;, to' the higher points in the mine workings.'and of flushing- culm downTtbese bore holes to,fill'up the very large cavities. There were" large culm piles* at the colliery,-so scraper lines' were consliucled running from the" "culm piles to the bore holes, and water was pumped to. them from a neighboring creek.. .Men-at the culm piles screened the culm before it was sent tb the bore holes by the scrapers, and meh at the bore holes fed it into/the holes as fast as" the water would carry it down.' After the water drained off from life, culm it flowed by gravity' to the sump and was thence pumped to the surface.' * In course of time all'the openings were filled,' and the success of the idea has been proved ,by'the fact thart 25. years'have elapsed since the work was done", and there has been no subsidence of _ the surface, where the culm was silted into the, workings. ? ■'- -. .-',-'- _. The surveys* and • geological', cross sections?, and the locations of the several, bore holes required, were' made under the supervision of Mr.7John H.- Pollard, then Resident Engineer"'of,the Shenandoah District, and now„Diyision Superintendent bf the Mahahoy Division of. thVP. and R.„C. \nd I. Co:" 7 .;Thus,"""in /1886, fifteen-years before the plan was,' adopted, in" Silesia, it was , successfully used in Pennsylvania. .* Some 2 or 3,years later Mr." James B. Davies*, then superintendent or the Haddock collieries' at Plymouth,, Pa.,'knowing "of the results of the work at' the Kohinoor colliery, successfully used the same method, and '•he.-'also.'antedated the Silesian'engineers.* ... ' y > ' *' It is interesting to also record the ;fact,.that at tlie Kohinoor colliery the •culm in1 the mine packed so solidly that gangways or headings were driv- ;en' through it and the miners reported ■that.'\t"-'.'cut.like cheese." The fore- poling.method of. timbering was naturally 'used/ in .these gangways" and through them several hundred thousand .tons'.'of. coal was mined from the.larger pillars, and the new excavations' ,-Vere then filled- with culm in" the—saine^rv.ayr"-"The-process*"was"" described.'in. "Mines and '. Minerals," then known-, as The Colliery Engineer,' in the-early, part of 1888.—Mines'and Minerals. 7 , There; at^any. number.-otydogsyin". Xew, YorJ^ho7wear. coats, ^s/Vjatw. ,'alued?ras'|_.ig_- 'as ,'$200' dbUars'liac'^ and'mariy!are arrayed in collars'.studded witk vdiaiqomls and rubies yworcl- hundreds''()f dollars," ' " yy .-"V "'*■*." •■■..' TherV^-are^tens. of thousand^' of" working womeii.'w'ho are" compelled rt'o toil and? drudge las no ancient' pr-niod-; erri slaves'were forced to do~ to pay^ for, p6or"?ff6o*a,*" clothing '"££$'shelter,' and in,'order that the fine ladies''may, compete ,'to^outdo,' each other' In. ifash-, iohable'madness and prove .the.'theqry? of "the survival of the fittest.'.-: There are hundreds of thousands of ?me__ who are worse off than, were ihe?serfs?"of other "days .because they are'junable to find masters to.provide them"with" workj foythe reason'that the laud^and machinery-of * production" upon.' wiich they must .depend toMlve has been monopolized by the pa'rtrlcians of our day for their^own aggrandizement.' Can this inferno" continue forever? No, it cannot.' ' It-is in conflict with all,sense of justice, against all natural or divine1 concepts of equity,* and at war with therbest thought of the age! Class privilege is, on trial for, its' life, and no compromise can'* be effected by^ dillentante reformers and the' patchwork of political poltroons. A system that in a*fewv"short generations has transofrmed,a nation of freemen into aland of masters and dependents, in .which a few thousand'individuals own1 all and many' millions /are mere pawns, is rotten to the core and cannot endure,, , * . ■., * , "111 fares the-land and'to**hastening ills* a-prey,, _' "-- "' -,.', ' Where wealth accumulates1 and .-men * '. ,, decay.",' , * ■''; x" ,.'*•■If this government is not to perish from the earth,-then the1.people of this > nation .-must become' thoroughly aroused and throttle' the, system that is dragging'^ the Republic toward an abyss. '' •'■" Jefferson, Jackspn^Madison, Lincoln and other"statesmen repeatedly warned . against the * dangerous ■tendencies - *ha£ were developed by. capitalism'.even iri their own^day',' and how this country is'-'rapidly approaching, a .crisis 'that cannot be averted. '"> "- ' Either^the.'mohey 'power must;sur; render or the 'people must acknowledge its completelWe, which latter conai- tion will, unquestionably result in/a- revival of ,tU the 'barbarities and- corruption^ that" centralized wealth-, and power produced"in all ages—and then chaos, y'■*'-. *-- '■■' v,-7 :""- Speaking befor^-.\hersenate"commit- tee on interstate^p__i__ierce'at''WaB ingt6n,:,recently,;.l^"t^h_df;;bf.7ttfe';:L^^ Follette' bill, ,'w_iic_\';$ar *or ■its purpose' of all the seams is, from 0.4m tb 0.5m. These conditions present obstacles to the utilisation" of,,coa.-?cuttlng'!machines," which, In'that part of", tbe'Belgian coalfields know ns the "Couchant 'deJMb'ns" (Dorinage district) will be Impracticable on account of tlio twisted and crooked character of the deposits. j , , y FLU8HING OR SILTING MINE WORKINGS THE POOR AND THE COAt SUPPLY UNEMPLOYED BECOM.ING f 7' "A.'NUISANCE " -•.'7 \ METHODS OF COLLIERY WORKING Owing to tho difficult leu und/*r whlrh tho "Belgian conl IndiiRtry Ir carried on, tho difference between tho cost of production nnd the nolllng prlco, «ay« a corronpondent In tho Times Kn- BlnoerJnff Supplomnnt, In muoh Hmnllor thnn In othor mining nountrloo where tbe circumstances'nro more fnvornble, llio method of worklnc iy?noroHy tiflfld In tho October number ot The Mining Mngnsslno (London,*'.EnR.), Mr. Edgar Pnm, in an article ontltled ','Wn- ter-borne Packing, 'for Stopo-Fllling" says: "This process, commonly known as "ipnd fllllpg" wns,.started ln -Silosia ln 1001, and Its vnluo ha8 boon proved by tho rapidity.,,'with, which ..It,.hns boon introduced all, ovor tho mining world, . ; . - Many colllorles tn SIloHla, Westphalia, and Franco are omploylnR thin method of filling their workings; tho majority of tho mining groups on the WII-wntorBrand hnvo adopted It, nnd from prlvnto Informntlon and curront literature It npponrs thnt a Inrgo numbor of mlnos In flcotlnnd nnd tho Unllert HtntoB nro falling into,lino. Tho nbovo Hlnlemont, whllo not, n direct claim, Ib n very strong Inference thnt th-. filling or old worl.In._i. with cnncl or othor mntorlnl flunliod In wllh wnti'vorlglnntod In Europe Such nn l.iforojice, however, is al, varlnnco wllh t'riclH. In 188<1, llio worklnRB of tho Kohinoor colliery undor the wostern.pnrl of tho borough or Shnmmdonh, Pn„ Unjcalcnod to destroy tho flurfaco nnd tlio bulldlngH thereon. Tlio Mammoth fionm at tlio Kohinoor Colll^rv wnn In thlfl locality normally from R0 to 00 feet thick, but owing lo nn over- Inn thoro wns n bed of flno nnthrnolto from OiO to ii'U tail thick. The Philadelphia and .tending Conl nnd I'-on Co, owned tho colliery, hnv- liig piD'chimed It nevornl yonrs provl-. oiuily rrom MoBurs, H. IIocIchcIioi' and **.(> Most ot inn niimnic m the lorrl- lory mentioned wns done by tho ori- glnnl ownorfl nnd tho ronl extent of tho mlno oponlngn wns not nhown on thn mlno mnps, until a now nnd more nccurnto mnp wnB conntrunted from fuirvey-. by the wifllnwri. of the Phlln- dolphln nnd Rending Conl nnd Iron Ce. Tf wn<) evident from thin map nnd the fact that n„ geological croRB-soctlon showed Ins* thnn 400 feot of cover over the sennv thnt there wns Rome dnngor of a heavy subsidence of -the sur' face. At thin time (1HM) the tote fl. O. 'Outside the gates of the coal depot at "Marsh Lane Station, Leeds, on most days of the,-week a group of ill- clad, -'squalid, children may be 'seen waiting for the .exit of carts laden with coal.J As the carts bump,over tlie1 si one setts lumps of coal roll to the ground, nnd are seized by the children with Wgerness?" If the driver Is ,not looking the; more adventurous will start,, a little .avalanche from the load with a stick. The story Is told, in.the Yorkshire Daily Observer how a day or two'ago,one ckHna hoy'with■)a head- of- flaming rod hair contrived tv most .glorious downpour. Tho car- tor turned round with a rough "Oet aht of it, wliryer!'*, Up wont hla whip, and the- lash coiled with the vlciousnoss of. a anako; , A sudden, flick of, tho wrist, and' the * leather straightened itsolf out jiiBt n couple of inches off tho "flying youngstor," ,T*ria. couple of inches wns u piece of ar. tlstry,' '''Easy with tho whip there!" cnllod n pnBBpr-by. Tlio driver turned round nngiily, Ills reply, stripped of Its decoration, was: "Wot's 'o want tor lot mo catch 'lm at it for?" f ' • '.."■-^—r^ "c' ' . .., ,7 .- Organized-labor from every quarter of "Western. Canada has been vigorously: protesting "^against the tremendous' 1lTlT10^t^^^lrl-'-^O^--^-Tf»b-Cn£_V^i**a ■tr_4f»^__+'h*tn* territory for-toe., past two' years,'" and have suffered mucli.as7he' result of the glutted labor market for some time past, along'with'the .victims themselves. So cbngeste,d,has become tlie .unemployed '. that even ' the employers themselves 'ar-e' moved to issue a warning';' after having*to, turn away''so' many, applicants,'for'work that it has become a'positive'nuisance.' .Here's what, a prominent Canadian Northern Railway contractor?has to say In-tlio dally.press:' ''In?all my experiencedn railway construction* work I jjever saw theVsupply of labor "Vo ample as.it is this; winttr, ,* For, "'several. weeks I have been turning down over 100 applications daily," '.In the.name of labor and all ' that's .decent", , surely this, Bhould suffice to-convince tho federal and provincial governments of the folly of intensifying the condition by bonuslng and further encournglrigf need Jobs' emigration from.the glutted labor markets of the old land',—B. C. Fedora- tibnlst. ; '< "' V ' Louis front .rank of ..the'-legai/prQfession^bf this country," said,-; amon^other/thingij.' ; 'What have^thejtpjsts'-dbn^fof'la--- "boir? t In Pittsburg'th)8 *st^l<trust^as7 brought' over 'BO^per'-cWt^otjtlie'.-steel workers undergone' employer^ has;*tlrlv- en' unionism out, of "the; mills', "'has-^'increased ' working t hours * till*, the,eight- hour ■day has practically.^"disappeared. A A-majority70f the ?steel" workers work about 'twelve hours ;"many.r seven, days In tlie week,. Degradation of.Uie laborer was made possible by driving out the union.- ^Th'e~sa'me* policy of suppressing' trade ,unionism, has fpre-. vailed,in Standard,,011,"tobacco, shoe machinery,' harvester,, cash,-," register and other trusts.' *r'\* -'•"" '-'• • '"c , .."At a time jWhen toe..American.pep-, pie are stunned by*. ,the^ crimes Vf" high- trade union, officials^ ItMsr.fitting; to" recall the debt America* owes, to^labor unions."'-: To them'we; owe"-'tlie'"rise in wages; "shorter, l_ours;of"labor; better "cbnditlonsfbf- employment; protection* of women^and children in\ industry,' and' improved sanitary condition." , "Industrial ab'solutism'is undesirable arid should be impossible.* Neither'Our intelligence^ nor our,',characters ,-c'an long stand the- strain - of ufirestricted power. -.„>;»-, **,, - f ....-^. "In_ ouryjust' indignation;"over*'the crimes, disclosed at Los Angeles should n6t.,statesmen-seek3 the cause of-the outburst of violence? -Is there not; a casual connection .between .the develop-' ment. of those ,high, and? indomitable trusts" and the homolefcrimes now under,investigation? Are not these' irresistible trusts iiriportant'contributing factors'* of social unrest? ' Is, it notiirony. to.speak1 of equality of ^op- 7or^tunity > in* a country cursed?* with? their,bigness?" -- . »*,' <," y: , '-This statemear by,, Mr.* 'Brandies: should and. doubtless, will, carry^niore weight with the general public than^the pagesNof; vilification .arid :slander-?of the ^union-hating element'\ and-" their ■venomous' organs of "publIcity.?*-.7Ahd W-might. say further, 7 that' iri spite of all this, vilification and" slander; organized labor in the .United "States and \ Rates Slj50;and*up v:. . *: _* , - i',ji>wa;«,'Ii.h;v , ,.iT:."- ,.. .^Hot.and,Cold;.Water",^7; v \-,«EleetrrQ>'lLlghted_&v>*-? i$?<-Z . t.Stmim-^HeaWd^i>; \5-47? . 'Phone rIn-'every'*"'rojini'V- f1 .'■• -- .' r <<"■. '*.-k.s" "ft"*.*t! Sample Rooms on Main 7; y .•,--■-■-Business.Street/- -i.'^' .- - *.,, - i ■-.i *■• i:i$*i\r? ','-., *; V.'' "ni-. fitwti-^' ^-**»-*" t "_ _*_v !,-. sj4'*\*. ,* wi—■—^^—^l^"i—T*""^ ^^'. --f<^ \$4. "» ^Vv .*»^\y -y :\ •- *~ **,rt , A-'\/»I_i -^ w*?* ." t' '"7^ __» * «^ . -» _ * . * ^ _a -*^V ...» 3 _.___- f 1',t CiElhAX * _ l • •"./■■" _ y Meal^ Tickets,-.. $6.00 ?% - * v*.t *• '^ , *-.. .- --, Special Rates by-the" week, and •' the'month and to;,Xheatrlcar-par-7**J ' ties^Tryour.yyyyvyy.'< -'• '-•',' - "-7,/ *. -• '.-y,** Special .'Sunwy^ :bihaer56fc7- The" finest * of ".Wines,-,- Liquors '• , and Cigars served by competent' and obliging wine,clerk's., '*' 77 F>" C"? Lawe "-:,"-^"^s.s«,Al«t^*.Ki •?•■•»•»'_ VK"lK*7^"-7"7--#'-i;*; "'" 7. iy L ■Hi7puYnam - Hi.* Putnamy.^ v .yy?-, ,77 ' .v ^'y^'S^^^-SJ^ytSi: y^y .. ,L it'-! ***.-."«'..Lin." V«»i . ,- ' r '-"- ..». .'■"UaMda^wiir, |conlliiue^to./ go- forward and fulfil its legitimate mission,.' securing '''justice * and fair ? plajr'-? for the working men and women,. combating tlie- evils of child labor,- the' "sweat- shppyarid the other industrial ills'that .-tie-people- are "afflicted' with.-' ■,. THE NOUVEAU RICHE Arecont court decision ln the Crow's NoBt Pass coal fields should teach tlio the non-union minors to* como in out of„t.io wet rind get; Into the organization which stands -between tho mine owners nnd tho coal diggers as a defensive weapon.—R. P. Pcttlpleco. - ; -The* investigation of .the-steel trust lias-shown that 65 per cent o{ the eni- ployes'receiye In** wages less^.thtinen- "oiigh to secure the bare necessaries,of life. Thev investigation likewise dis- 'closed that; the'steel-trust, ln'the last ten years,| had trikeri .'$850,000,000' in excess of liberal .profit, oa its investment. .' ' y< 7\ •'-, ' Tlie majority of" tlie; employes work twelve hours per day,and an.'paid* at the'.rate of 14* cents,per1 hour. -The Asso'ciate'd Charities of; Pittsburg have computedI'/the-'cbsVofJliving in the "Smoky City" and declared that It requires $708 por annum to secure the, average,family of'the laboring man with a bare' existence,' Morgan,'the King of Flrianco; iii America, has re- ducod the workers of Pittsburg to such a condition and yet, thls.Bamo pirate has launched tho "Men and. Religion Forward- Movement,', ln wjiicli minis- .tors, and .''friends,of labor" are using all their .'energies to blind the workers to tho brutality, of Industrial tyrant... 1 ■y '• - -'.7" -',•**-* •'' * ?. ■* . . . ., *. • , 1 ,., vs. C i k sl p :. S tor ey " , ' , % ,."..- -■'•;- s . i_--MH-----____a_______M_a^^ :•? " -">y 7iy-r--' .^'", ^ yjL^i^kSy 7-:CduWtir'S Is Now ^p^ried '-,'.- . * t. - , - v? Vi" c ' y,- .-.-<'•'.,- -- ' - .'■'"• 7;-• Clean, Cosy and;-very* 7; y - *" Inviting:7 £■••?£ jjust the place after^the" ;show or from the rink.v • lJ ^_J * v *■fFred. Armstwiff " j'. *•'..-'■" •- -s .-• '••"---';-*- --.^ - ., , ^.,w -J-. % • y^... ,, Propnetor.^yy;y .4* v ri •• ,'-!'■,' ■"',' ' .*.,'*> 7?A:*,McDougall,-rMgp.? yy '.*i,-' - , > ■■% -!*\ ":"'.• ■" ' Manufacturers of and. Deal- -.-'■> ers in all kinds bf Rough,-' ' *" ';'"?-7 .':;.,VVf,v..-'' -7, and Dressed LumBer ':•< Send usyoupoipders %■:- - ' V '' '** L l* * , ' 7 ** ' k * t KING'S ■v 7 «<*-*,"" •-7* 7 -, ?y;,r<- mmm ■-' *.* ' -" ■'■■■-< :■" *'-*--=^_s__- Bar .supplied with • the', best Wines, i ' ',." •' *' '. -" - * ,•• , >■ljiqitoi*s and .Cigars ,\, -» "" DINING ROOM'„IN."CONNECTION W. MILLS, Prop ' CrobmiB was ,'tlio 'i'lclio'st man . In nome. IIIb'total wonlth was CBtlmat. od at tho equivalent of ,,$5,000,000 In American money, 'He would hardly bo counted a thlrd-rato millionaire today, whoro Rookfoiler's annual Incomo alone Ib computed nt a down UmoB the wholo- Ci'oobub fortune,' Kvory three months Carneglo's profits amount to moro than nil of tho Oroosnn wealth, and tho name Ib true of tho Morgan, Ryan, Vnndorbllt, Astor nnd other IncomoH, In.fact, wealth Is pouring Inupontlio rich,of Amorica so rnpltlly that tholr most rockloBR oxlravagnnces fall fnr short of dlBBlpating their annual, In-- comes. Ohnrim) Schwab Bpont ovor f■1,000,*' 000 to build a mansion In Now York thnt ho decllnod to llvo In when it was finished, Howard Uoulit built, u $1,000,000 country manulon that he seldom sees, n $250,000 barn for IiIb cows and o. $11.0,000 hon houso, with ft fenco around both coBtlnt! $10 por foot, Anna Gould iH mil it to have hart a bed valu'od at $1,000,000, and MrB, Mac- kay ls tho poBBcnHor of a bath thnt cosl $50,000. A society paper recently oBtlmatod thnt there nro 0,000 women In Now York nlono who annually «pend $10,000 or moro on their wardrobe, - One woman lo known to have spent over $2,700 a yonr on hor pet poodle. Another has a house built for her dog, a Queen Anne cottaRe, with carpets, 1'aoe curtains, etc., nnd tho pup oats out of direr dlfihei and Id attondbd bf a ilng ffoventegn, '• (sO ItVL ' One of tho stock arguments in favor of the maintenance of protective duties In Canada--particularly used, by Mr.' a, II. "Barnard' nnd aomo of tho Bntollltos of Hon. Richard Mqllrldo during tho reciprocity cnrnpalBn—waB with rospoct -to wages In tho United Kingdom. Comparison was mndo .with wagos pnld In Canada and tho United StntoB, and the uninformed wago-oiiru* or wbb nsltod to accept the word of' lho BophlHtB that tho wago Bcinlo In Croat Hrltnln afforded nn argument against lowering* tho cost of living by reducing tho tariff protection.. , Tho TimoB hns always maintained that, any comparison instituted botweon oconomlc conditions In the Unl.- od Kingdom nnd thoso on tho contlnont j>f America was .unjust and, by so much, mlBlondlng.' We have always held that n Just comparison could bo inndu only hctweon tirent Uritnin and tho other Continental countries whore protective tariffs are tho political policy of tho nation, ,-,'•■An Interesting set of figures has just boon compiled by the London County Council comparing the houro of labor nnd wagos of n oortaln .iuuv bor of tradoH in London, Paris, Ilerlln, and DniBRolB, Each of tho throo latter, it will bo noted, ls a town, .pro- teetod by a scientific tariff on the lines of thnt BiijjgOBted by IjlrltUh Tariff Refonucru, The, mutiivlul \\\\i boon ffathorod by tho Ixical Govornmont Commlttoo, of which Mr, Goof, frey Drage, one of tho Ceoll family, and a utrong Conservative,' Is chair, man. Tho tradof dealt, wltb are brick- Myern,, carpcutorB, iolocco, plumbcr». Large Airy,.Rooms ;&\ . Good Board Ross & Mackay IM s. painters, laborors, turners, origlhoorfl', fitters, BmlthB, pattoi'n-mnkorfl, bakers, cublnet-makors,, uphoIstererB hnd 'gas stokers (rotort houso hands). Practically without "exception tuo figures show that wages In nil thoso .Indus- fries'aro considerably lower Jn, \tho chief continental cltlos thnn In London, bricklayers,' for Instnnco, receiving $ 10.011 for a week of 150 hours ln tho lattor contro, and only -$0,-10 for a, week of liVh hours In Ilerlln, and $0.33 for a week of 00 hours In Pnrln. And with It all Ih the fact that Groat Uritnin Ib sill] on top of an nlmoat unprecedented wavo os prosperity, Wo think the'findings of this com- mission, which was composed of members of throo polltrcnl parties, ostab: lien tho contentions of this pnpor that the coBt of llvlnnr Ib nnt, neoeRfirirllv affected by high or loWwagos, We think nlflo that It boars out our contention that—other things bolng equal ast thoy are In, tho. countrAoB com,- parod-nnprejudicod «ta(omon admit that the high cost of living in dlrectlly trnconble to tho effoct of high protco- tlvb tariffs, Wo nre prepared to ad- mlt that thoro Is only ono way In whleh this bnsjo oeoi\omlc fnot enn bo brought homo to tho convictions of consumers, nnd that way Is to keep on paying too much for living expetvaes until tho private earning capacity1 of tlio Individual iu overtaxed und ex« hnustlon follow^, Then tbo crash Is sure to como and the mtt mass of the- people who permit themBelyef. to he deluded hy the "Interests" will hayo lo regret thnt they have been duped too Jonir.—Vfcforla Dally Tlmco. Nowhere,In the Piisesn be found.In such a display of Meats We ' have the best' money con buy of Beef,' Pork. Mutton, V««l, Poultry, gutter, Egaif Fish, "Imperator Hams and'Bacon" Usrd, daumoeii, Wslners and 8ausr Kraut, 1.,, PHONE OP CALL Calgary -Cattle Go. Phons 58 7 Bar Unexcelled/ --AttjWWte Help";;; '.v ■"' " y ,' " ' .-"•■••"- v- Everything',;:,, 7- - ■>• i, ' y •• ■0 _T-II« +«'J_J^*A'».. '. 7" .*■" -.'„'*' ,-ivr-uu ««*«w ^' ')<. \ , ',!■. *''•■" \'-' '"" ' ' " "' "*-."' ' ', "" "•-''*,*' ,7* -' ''"*', ,. ,- 7„ ,; Call in aiid .v?, *,., • ■■, . *;i * ■.•■*..' ,<' 7. -tN1" * .".3;;see.''us■■once.,i;/;';■." ■. ' 7," ' . 7y.y-;<. ..',: ., t * L. . JOHN, PODBIELANOIK; Prop. Trr P. ,' _"-"•• Wholesale Liquor Dealer • '». • ' ,-, .,,;. . -'„ . •: ,"•'' I I' ' . 11 'ft, 1 - ' I '1 ' , J -. ' Dry Goods, Groceries, Bopts and-Shoes • 'Gents' FurnUmlnM •' • -it • t-\ . r . * ». , , > U mw^iCW^W baker; AVENUE, I ' , , 1. > I I . BRANCH AT HOSMER, B,C. y '» Patronize Yciur OW Friend ir 0* llmlland bogs' io Inform hls'i - oltl und riow -Ji'lcmda that ho ItiiN - oponod up his Itarhor Ilusinefts again ab the old aUnri (Queens ■. 1 Hotel) and hopes 11 to rH their continued patrenago. G. Radland Fernie 11111« iii.iiiIi_-iiiiiii.--Ii-iii.iiih-jiii mmvmmmm FERNIE UNIOH DIRECTORY Llisrd Local Central Teamsters No, -141. Moots overy Friday night at 8 p. m. MlnorB' Union Hall. W. ' A Wor|.hIngton, Presldont} JD, -J.; Good, Soorotnry, ■■>•■• ■-], Bartenders' Local No. 514. Moots *_nd> . (ind 4th Sundays at 2,80 p.m. Secretary J, A. aouplll, Waldprf Hoto? • Gladstone Local No. 23H U. M. W. A, Moots 2nd and 4th Thursday Minor*. uu|f.i. na li,, Tiios,, Up-iiu, sec, ,, , Typographical Union No, SSSr Moot* * last Saturday, In each month at th* UdBcr Office.. A. J, UucWey, 800-^ rotary, ' " Unci-I I'l.rnl* Nn. 1? B P pf C Mr^t* in Minors Union Half every, Sunday • at '-MS p.m. Everybody welcome. D.7 Paton, Secrotary-Trcasuror, United Brotherhood of Carpentors anja. Jolneri^rliociil 1250. D, J.,lB*ini, Prosldont; P. 11, Shaw. Socretsry.' '' ».• ASSAYGR Wf WJDPOWBONf, Atisysr and' C^smlit, D^e..o lioi. K«l»->n. in. C vat, "-rBllver-14 ethtr mttaltt O _. . . .nslms on applies tlon. - tha tarwaat «n»tnm aaany ntm* Char«Mi—Ofl1fl. Bilvar, i>«0 or Ooppar. *" «> 1 *■■■--— ' l iavnatiU Flreelay. ansiyiM on applies* „ -.-. .""Pi "»•''■•', u»u or v/rtj>p«r. fl ?**h. * aold.Bllv.r, "-r-Bllver-Mtij, it.lfl,. Ert«P for othtr mttaltt OmL In DHltth <.<..tim1.lt. ~r ■*»,'_.'-i>* Vf"- Allow' :me -to -. welcome* P.RESlDENTIALADDBESS^i; i you'to this -Ninth"Annual.Convention as 7.*'fy ^y7Distrlct-18 was"?weli^'pi'ese-ited; """The Krsuz',Case^wa_f.under co'nsid-}?'*? as- T^-vy eratlon, and it^was Mmanimousiy'* agreed to'a'sBistl in .'fighting; the y case, whichis now?'befoVeJlfiej-Prlvy Councirof-Englaiid'.' Again M^.-,? Carter will be'able" to inform/the^ Convention to.what extent (ifvany) y -t-ieyhave assisted us!? 4?*'"' " ■•..-. . * ywe7.are dealing wkha man who"-lias kept in close touch with .the i.labor. movement for a number of years,,he "may'have been voicing,what 7was his honest,opinion.- In-breaking off negotiations,-the Executive " believed .that by showing a solid front we could force "a better agreement- fromi- the operators than, that offered, and so advised our >17 77'7,-,'yj.*eyents;hay^fi I; with the'rest^of th4i;iiLinCTS;ia this district, must.by toe very nature ' 7 "y"'-members.*a . : - 3 !.;_ yiy77,^__ich-,__^^ *"" '* "' ' — ----'•- -. ^- . . - ■.*•-■■■our calling, feel'that the?Sifton Government is* doing the right thing 7 ^whenCvisiting' otfr. pistrictj/added?' credit/ and "prestige *^to • the'"United yv ---'.'" 0y spending a large 'pun. of money in establishing Life Saving Stations * "■r7-l, ?^7'Vj---£Mlne;. Workers .pf-America; by?? the splendid mannerj_i?w-iic__,'it-had; 7* '"""' '" "" "—' ' --■'■"-'* "■'■" -"-"- ....... .- . _ . -. Ik:-'. S -iv^iieM.li^-l^-yH-y-: 7_cy- yl SS^lvTySSy^yyi:^, '" ~ " -""-"''■*■7.-.y._'*ysttxike*~.yhic_£^ most-peaceful7"? ■-: in 'the-history7of"industrial "labor•tfoubles"ln.itfi_si-"coi-ht_,y.'--":To be7-• sure "the-Riot Act -was -read-in.'jS^ernie,' and =mainy-mounted'and^fo'ot'" . -..?."** '■p'ollcVihurrle'd*into;the town7;.','By/whom,.of* what?theyrwere?.brbught y/_7'here"fori'do ribt-'know.! v..- .'y . "* -.7 7-7yyy. \ 7777,y'"?-,' .-:> " "?.With reference to the so-called' riots,, arising out,of;the employment" 7*' -of-certain ~ persons;? in .the Coal Creek"'m|nes during^the cessatlota":of " ;>,?*y_abor„ the firsV.'case^was'.that'of Brother Sweeney, who~,was convicted" . y1 ?and sentenced-to one**month's Imprisonment" ih Nelson Jail, but against--.,y v"-, * whom," In '.iho. oplnlon^of our legal- adviser, there .was no evidence to; * , • ■■'-support the conviction.;i. ,.'■'.-• *'\ ,7 •-, 7'^-.-. 777'y ";7-i '. .^ -'?■• The next case "was-"Lynn, andj.his' brother,, James Owen; in 'all "of) , 77..,these" cases' the, accused,were committed for, trial,'-in each'^case?except 7 V Lynn.-7 Tho*.judge'"co"rivicted7the aecused.'but, let them. outjTon sus-, yS pended sentencey^In^thejcase?of James Lynn an.alibi was.estab-'?-7 ?~7" -,--. llshed.;-7Alt6gether;Kthe Ferrile; so-called riots resulted -in ho^punish-' *- - * iu'the Province' of/Alberta, vlpearn that" there is to be' a station at7 7^-7 NB?airmore-- one"Inrth^jr-ethl)ridge District? one'on-the main line,-a_.d" y one in'theEdmontonjDlstrlct^.y"' --, 7 .- -- r , --. ' r.with the" restjofjyouy note ??in the newspapers, that there is to be ..'a commission on" mining conditions in AlbVrta, that was, I understand, promised by Sifton to -our,-sitting member,,C.M.* O'Brien, ^vho 1 tlink deserves our hearty thanks for the persistent manner in which he has', fought for the.miners in?.the.'House'at Edmonton. , I hope the'-JFortnightiy. Pay Bill that Mr. O'Brien has in hand" will- become law.' 'I am sure,*?lt;wlll-be a .welcome-bill, not only tO'-j/lie* workmen of this province, but also to the business men. - It will help to rid tlie country of that hateful credit system, that canker of society, and that .the petitions'^hich^have^b'eensigned so extensively in' this 'neighborhood will get, the attention a petition'of the people should command.y ,. yy .%:y y'.'v 7" ' * y,' ', - .. : - In conclusion,-1 desire to say-a word on behalf of'the International , Organization. . It-will be remembered-that at0the,Convention,held In „ -"-''v-** \',nient except-Sweeney: ■■».*-"« " .... In l..lchel-, there "wer^ were-many prosecutions under the^,criminal.code,.- *.' -.'.' including' SecretaryTMaurlc'e Burrell' Ignase'Chala, Joe; Littler;, ThosV?' 7 .ColquhonrLu'skli^'.Chullk,'. Tgin-7Taylor, :,W.^Porter,-.these were..trled- *■' 7. cand-uiiimissed.-in October.,' "?'.y ,* ,"'* ';\7S7S " ''•<,' 7'/'7 '?»?"?/ . \ ' y On November 6th,';Internatl6naljBoard?Meml.er'^EIect T. Harries, was y 7 'sentenced-, to ,orie months' imprisonment for assault, -, ytiink'you will'agree with methatthe reading of the"' ■7"case of.'i'Much'Ado' About_ Nothing/^ aiiioe ..there "was 7, ..in which a"? conviction, was, established? '.This is "a brief reconventionj?of-; the'c'ases^tbat^'came^under^my* notice iiiuBritish" -.-..Cblumbia. r-, 7 .? ^y^yS'Sy !iV-', •.-"* X?* ,':7<,>■."'". ■" ''?."" "7 ■7'y. In'Alberta,"Sub-Divis.on Np.*"2, we'thad a number of .cases "during the '.,"- ;>-.month of August?^- The first on'the list is Robert.Evans'.'better'k'nown- -.;■-':,''a8^"FIghting^Bob,*,»who"1wM editor-^of othe^yy *.'"'T>.-Blairmore:'EnterDrise: (Mil'Barrett) :a'rid,.Eot, fined- $5.00"and'*,c6sts7^■"** .," "-"Columbus,'-.1911, the"Convention pledged itself to s'upport'their Canadian 7- .brothers in" District-18..* We? tlie Canadian brothers,' know*'full?well '■*""-.-"; how. faithfully they .carried that pledge into effect, both morally! and "\ .^ financially. ;,'Morally;by the fact^that Jnternational.President*';J.- P.7 ;.? , White.'.Vice-Pre'sIdent' Hayes,'-'and'?-;the' International,,Secretary,. Mr. y,. Edwin-Perry, the International Board?Members aiid organizers, came ' ... ■•• among-us.and helpedlus'b-y;'their, presence and their .counsel. '' }"'} y*Gentiemen,r I"-'-' 7-., - '."Wishing;you a succesf_ful Convention,7' * -'," ;• ' ■■.. 7 f»7 Riot.Act was*a --.y.?_ •„ ;„y *'?•■f "-"77'-*-'.I-am'ryouri_'fraternally,;':?- ' ''")•'*? conly.,Jone,case.-". ;.y. "■ySy ~-y '*• y >-• ■._-.; >-" f""7"y (Signed)' W. B. POWELL 3f report? to tHe -I ,-y'" .."■•■.' y\yy , a-ona^. ■fy ;,Vjv-^e' ••''.,. 7 ,. ;"..-•.' Barrett) :a'nd,..got, fined - $5.00 and;,costs -„ .- -.--**;- REPORT.-OF -VIC&PRESIDENT.y ..,*,.. ■' ..-'^ herewith-submit to, you,>nd "through" you to "the* "njembers of*our .-^organization.'my, repoH'as District" Vice-President. ' :S y" ^.,'„ , /-?.While.recognizing t_Tat-%it Is not"customary for one"in my office to' '(. ^"malfe'generarrecommendatlons relative tq'the.'affairs-atfd policy of the -.-organization, I think?I.may, at this-time;* be justified in overlooking that* particular custoin." ,"for using insulting language.to a' mari-who was scabbing in the mines:- , pry '.,- ";'-' August 24th;Matthew Green.brought a"charge<of.Violence"•_a'gainst"* : ?,'. - '-Peter Macani.vwho was-found guilty and fined $15.00 and $9.5Q costs; * -, „,. V .The same, Matthew-Green brought a charge'against one Louis Boldi- * 7,_ vino for 'alleged -Iritimidatiori, '- Baldivino was commltted7 and.'hls ■y, ' y.7.: trial came up at Macieod sitting of the Supreme'Court in_,Octob'er. •;* .7 --., Here the judge irititbated that should he flnd-Boldivinb guilty he" would '-' 7-7 ... 7-be,7Inclined,-to 'give him'suspended sentence?-'7WIth.this" intimation 7 ;,. ~S7:7 thedefendants'-rested their case;?arid, the judge gave sus*pended sen- . ? "~S- '-'a ,'tence." -1"1 consider' grea? injustice done in ■connectioujiwlth" this case "-y- .. 7-7-. in: .Bpldiylnp being committed," for ."trial,; instead?of_ being remanded. * <■?-' ^ *"?;■; ^"Had, he been-remanded, the" judge, could'then' and.thiere h"ave,7given^ '\ dentin the Blairmore Mine, he would have been prosecuted-for; per- ".",**-1-*, *--. i-*^'(,_"*- *-. ,^---1^-1. - . ; ^ . ,yn,_.- ,T --, ,. , -, - j-1,. ?'('r.->,'. -,c,*- xt , ; ' r<i.:'-\ ."■*- ■'.-Inrv-hv i>rmn"Eol.' ' ■-•"■' - ■■"-■•■■■?*" i;-v ' >' -',;. '--.":■-. -.-. V- -*! .V.,'.".." ■TV" '-,.Onl'October, 6th? • Robert '.Evans\brought^a "charge*^against; Charles .Chestnut*, (pit'boTss)"- for ■rassiault.-i7Cliestnut,- instead-, of "being-com--, Ij'red---.-•: wbrking.77. Evans was fined 'and'on. the .'same .day',. 7, ""■miade" a'counter. charge against Goddard. "Goddard'-ploadedguilty and'**'"- . was fined'$2.00 aiid?costs. ■' ., . ' '..,•"'-.'' • • - "* 7 ' ' > ' 7•;.-.' • -, After tho'strlke.we had Beveral cases ih.Frank.betwwn tho'men and' ,.'v • the mine" offlcIais77'Th'e men were taken" before the, magistrate and 7 ■'■"-"'fined'. ,-In Bellevue several cases -were"tried, but' none of great imp'or- ■■*' Stance. '. "' -,. ? *., ''y'',",'"' . yy'- ' '' ',/ ' ■' ' .';-' ; '. Duririg'the month of September the.coal.company at Burmls hired ■', • meri'to,.conie-dowri,and'work'ih,tho-,mlnes, paying their fare froroy'- \ Calgary.^; = Aftor? the men .arrived"at Burmls the union men persuaded y - "'these fellows to'join them, and not go to work. " The company swore' * • - .out-Information against these men and undertook to try and collect? 7' ytiielr, wages.'' Tho cases'; were .brought" on at tho.pol.ee barracks, Bolle-.,,' •" vUo7- Thocasos, however, "were drbpiied, no doubt on account of tho'.- .<,' ''fact that they know,-it would bo.useless when the case was ,being",7 ", fought? by the; unlonv . - .'" ' 7 ,y ■.-.y.S"" • v .' :," . . '*'" • ?•''7'" l'""'; yy;'- ;-''-. Vy'' ";; \ ' Finance .- \J.'. .'•' _ 7 ; , , -•• ,_.," _. ,.' ', ?* Gentlemen,1 to. my mind tho'moBt Important work forus this year 7 , . .muBt bo the devising ot ways and moans for paying,our debts, con- > tractod'by ub during" the strike,'* every cent'of'which-was spent in tho~' ' interest of thb mo;>j_borB of thls\orgnnIzatlon, and^tho extent of which" will bo found In Secretary Carter's report.'* ' '• \ ■7,. I'wish to call the convention's attention to tho district's roBpoii-I. - blllty-—ro the $26,000.00 borrowed by the Gladstone Local from District "„Nb. 10, Washington, whereby they wore able to pay-off the'outstand- 7 in'., debt-they, had with tholr employer tho Crow's NoBt Pass Coal -Company Limited, and*paid tho $17,000.00 thoy owed District 18, for tux and'assessment, Tho credit for negotiating'this loan is, duo to- International Board Member C. Qarnbr and International Board Mem* > berT. W. Russbll of District No. 10, Wiashlngton. - 7 y • * ^ " ti , ' y .*■Orflanlratlon '"'. ' '• The next question of groat Importanco Is organization ob a.natural y r'osult of this'long struggle, .There In a groat deal ot discontent and '' fault-finding in the District sluce tho wishes and anticipations of.the ■- inon woro* not ronllzod. It should bo borne In mind, howovor, that our ambition was to win-and on'all "questions of Importance tho mejh'a ■wlshoa woro consulted In'tho most.dcmocrallco manner, To my mind' it. Is unmanly to cryk ovor sptllod milk, and I cannot look upon the, , doclslon as final. In this long strugglo trado wob disorganized In this country, and as a result thoro aro hundreds of men idlo who can*' not got work. A caso In point Is Michel, which used to employ on an avorago nlno hundred men today employs a llttlo"over throo hundred, To tlio,best of my knowlodgo? and I havo endeavored to ascertain tho facts, thero ' - U no hopo of tho mines bolng rc-oponod In Mlchol until tho Crow's ' Neat Pass Coal Company can-soil an much again of coal as thoy aro now Rolling. It cannot bo said thnt* tho othor mlnos In District 18 ,, did not re-oron, but wo are safe to nny none of thorn work full time, or anything llko It, and thb reason th*o operators glvo that thoro aro no cars and wo orders. , Tbo Labor Qaietto fpr Doioomber has a roport bf our?ngroomcnt In -full. In that ntimbor it ia also stated that thoro was a million ton** of coal Imported Into Canada froo ot custom's duty during tho strike. Men whp should know say It la moro llko throo million tons Imported, It,does not require a Boer or a prophet to soo how.that nffoctn tho - - coal market., Ono woritors how much, moro would havo been lm- «*,.,....Ji i,n.*j 'n,„* 7.i..tv,'». -.it.,., » " »:»".i m i, . ' tf.'. ; ii " inf.. 1 know .hew. •wi.Ir" n \t\vt\*. rItIVp nnd tiriw vitih, the Tfilnrn nnly pnrt operating, hundreds of men nro Idto, and I am ■Sorry to sny It Is qulto ' „ ponlhlo that groat numlMra of these men will not find it an easy task to got work as minora In District 18. 'That moan* thnt thoso mun must bo suppo'rtod or helped out of tho District, and that moans lota ' Of •mwmj*' Ttw>P/* MWi ni-r» nnt ynnlfrtlf n„» j*«* o..f. *Vifti» {.n •Ij.lVrt, Tlioy aro unemployed. Honco my 4urn<ts«l appeal for your serious i) conslderrtlon and cooperation.. . I wish to t-tato to this Convention that I consldor tho preion^ mothod of appointing delegates lo tho various conventions, very untatisfac- . y tory, and would nuggeat that initiwd of tho District Exccullvo Board appointing tho diMgatoa from among themselves aa la dono at present, thoy be appointed at thia Annual Convention, which would bo in Uno with tho tnethoda of tho International Convention. ' By electing your ' delegates from thia Convention you allow tho honor* and Ihe «ducatlon that la derived from attendance at ctjlnventlot. 'to go round, and thero. aro quite a number of Conventions at which we should bo represented. Trad*-and Labor* Cengrttt ** * , Tbo Trado and Labor Congraaa of Canada waa bold in Calgary. September 11th to tha l*tb, tncloafvaly. 1911. Al that Convention. being shown a desire to find some, satisfactory solution for the problems that:c'oiifront.us., It is claimed by many,' and-1,may vsay that without1-'," ?, a* clear understanding of the forces at work there are .some grounds on'. : ywhich"to base the claim, that the United'Miiie..Workers have allowed'.'" " '' conditions'to. continue "getting .worse in this'.District instead of im-"'/ '^ 7_ proving* them..7\ While .we recognize that in many-instances conditions 7- ha,ve becomeI.worse"from our standpoint,-we*must'"also understar'd" "7 ".* that tbis is because ,we„have been unable to'offsetjthis tendency. In^ ' .- -y all our'stru_.gles;vthe outcome depends on power,to enforce our desires, 7 ' . ,' and;when this*is* lacking we fail in our purporse'.y:?lBi this connection'--' ,„ I may point, to .those who remain .outside our- organization, and while .. criticising jour, efforts, are by their own a"ction .{weakening the organ!-? zation ot. their own class and adding to'the strength of the employers. 7'" 7 '/In-dealiiigcwith my work during the pasfyear/ltis almost needless" * 7,to-draw your'.attention to.'th'e.fact that 'for; thVgreater part of-that" •" ..^"^^^^-V^Saged-ih^an attemptl'to^get an?; agreement with ■the"J OperatorsVAssociation, by; negotiations for^ same;.,and also in carrying /-\* -^on-the7Strike'tpTThy_^im^ , . was carried" "on under the .direct' ins.ruc'tions'-and',-supe. vision of the ,' ' - ' District Executive".Board, ahd.in.view'"bf'the:fact*:-that ourf members 'i'S y ' are familiar..with...most of-■.the details;in,connection, with it,.I have " -. deeded.to';.deal.wU__"?.the.matteAin a.genbrai;,"rather-than a personal-"-" .' . y?y.V "Jn-connection with the investigation?'thatWas carried on-under - " , ,the" provisions "of the "Industrial. Disputes ^Investigation Act,". - the ■reasons for .which.have already been discussed by" special convention • and also at* numerous-meetings bf,our*Jlocal's,"one feature carrie out . that is well worthy of attention. While- we placed "beforo the board .. ,' all the human evidence that was necessary to provo our contentions, - '- the decision finally rested upon the"'statistics provided'by the opera-" , tors, rind-In spite of iho fact that'in some'" few instances we, were, .able to cast serious doubts uponttheir reliability as evidence, wo had' - no,opportunity"of.challenging the greater'portion of theso documents, . tho lack of essential information'being: a-.serious, drawback to our y efforts." Wo have been trying for" some-'years to obtain definlto information of average wages through the pay. statements of our mo'm- ' .bers, but it appears ,o be .an.'impossfblilty' to get our ...ember's \o " , realizo-the importance of this, and, In manyyinstanccs thoy refuso to , „glyo these statomonts to ib'caTsecrotarlos,' and" in practically nil cases they,are supremely Indifferent.,, The lmp'drtahce of obtaining definlto , ' statistical information to.aid ub in/bur? struggles cannot* bo overestl- . mated, and a means to that ^ond.should be considered by this conven- ' u"on.'..., . y. y 'y ',' ." v , y ■' Commission for Coal'Mines Act'In Alberta "'. .. - While ln Edmonton during"the latte^ part of Novombor nnd early In December, In company with C. M. O'Brien, M.L.A., I Intorvlowod Pro-" mlor Sifton ro nmondmontB to the "Coal Mines Regulation Act" and ' drew his attention to tho fnct'that'ho had promised in December, 1010, . to appoint1 a commission* to go Into tho mattor. , Ills reason for not „ having done.this was that tho mines wero idle, and bo deemed It unwise to have any commission dealing with this mnttor, tho whllo such feollng existed sb was ongondered'by the strike. IIo renewed his i promise and stated that tho commission would be appointed at' tho close of tho present session, "Further rcforonco to this will'bo found ' ln the question nsked tho government by C. M. O'Brien,' M.L.A., ro tho Bollovuo dlBnstor.' (Published ln another'column of this.Issue.)' The International Convention ' .- During last month I nttondod the International Convention undor instructions from our lOxeouttvo Board, and a Joint roport covorlng this has boon prepared by Secretary Carter and myself. The Strike ' In touching upon the strlko I havo repealed somo,things that havo no doubt boon said many times boforo, but this Is done with tho ldoa of ' keoplng the roport elenr, and leaving ub little to bo surmised oe possible, Mooting tho operators In Calgary, wo found ourselves oppnsod by n very different organization from that of two ye:xra provloubly, tho Crow's Nost Pass Conl Co., tho largest coal producing compnny In tho district, having ng'aln Joined tho Western Conl Operators* ABBOda- tloii, aiid thb Diamond, Chinook, Canadian Coal Connolidntod nnd Corbln Coal Companies also having bocomo mombcrs. Tbo oBBOclntlon , at this tlmo ombracod, wllh tho excoptlon of the Cannda Went and Mc- GIIHvray Crook companies, nil tho Important coal companies In tho dlBtric... In spite of the sovoro weather, which had forced tho C, P. R. t|. draw atrongly upon their rosorvoB of coal, they had at tho ond of March, fully throo months' supply on hnnd, though this was far short of their previous calculations', and there'Is no doubt that this, In Itself had a groat'Influonco on the odious of the opornloi'H nt thnt tlmo. Tlio bbnp ot contention during tho wholo of tho conference, so far as tho t*t>v.i»tu.» Mu.u uiiii.niiiv», ^1 o»o out oi ifHumcivuii, una .u Dime ut me fjic) l_.nl „u,_' cxiWMivil vu'i' iiJ33..Ji'.,.fw lo Milium- '.._' suiiio uiins,i,t- ments as woro operative during tho two years previous, wo never succeeded in moving them from the poiltion they had at first taken, i. t>:. that of insisting that only thono nrrnngomonts that hnd applied'fn tho case of tho W, C. O. A. should bo continued, nnd that wo nmat rolln^ ...tr 1 ' r .. (. , .1*1. • . -I".-*.-, w-*^ ^i.w-w. 4...AU|S,i_hi^.b-^_, -Its; ku4.. U4-41. bw-,i_ w.*^^_ i.t_u_.y-_.h««vd, _*fa_s) wore not members of the association prior to that tlmo. 1 do not wish It to bo understood by thia thnt tho check-off was the only Issue the tbe operatora had In vlow. hut having In mind, no doubt, that wo would > refuse to mako any concessions In this regard without knowing what waa going to be tholr position on tho wage quoillon, thoy uned thin to force tbo Issue. The conference had not proxreaied far beforo wo realised that tlie operatora were trying to force a break and to avoid any responsibility lor »nr*h arllon. although at thia point *o cannftt mi- ' tlreljr overlook the statorotnt of Mr. Stockett, -who, after tho conference had"" finally broken off, aald that "If the operatora had conceded all tb* points ral.ed by tho miners thero would havo been * -strike .any. way." and while wo "believe that tbla waa only done by way Of excusing themsalvM. wo taoti tt tbo fame time admit that. In vlaw of air tbe facta fa connection wltb tho same, and realitlng tbat In Mr. Stockett ■:•" The "manner in which the strike was conducted is well known to you' ,,all, and?needs,little'comment*here.- " In passing; however', I may say- -' -that you'r-Executive used every means, within"it's power to bring about ._, an-hondrable-'settleinent, and conducted your affairs to the best of !*. their "ability ;~y It may be that some members did not at all times too - readily,<endqrse.pur actions, but "this.latter can' only be taken as a --**" healthy "indication that most of our membersdo a large portion of their own thinking? Following the inauguration of the strike, the Canada ' -West and McGillivray Creek Companies,joined'the association, thus -_ placing it in control of all the mines in the district with the exception * " of the small lignite mines in the Lethbridge and Taber .field.* "' :* -,-At the?end of seven months the operators succeeded ih shipping coal - "" from five but of the'.twentyrone mines affected, but only to the extent .'of about 600 tons,"* where the normal output 'was ""in the* vicinity of X'14,000 -9ns,-nnd this in spile of the fact "that they had used every avail- 7' able means to get-the men to return to work. The number of deser- ,. tions from our ranks were, considering1 tlie circumstances, very slight, ,. ;. and the men who had not been members of our organization, and who " • aided the operators by playing traitor to their own class, were not to y bo considered too seriously either'as to quality or quantity. It must' '" 'be'conceded that the unrest in political circles tended to oiir advantage, ","•';, as it-is not-hard to conceive under other circumstances that the Go- ' i V vernment would have readily consented to go much further J:han they ., . -" did in carrying but their historic function of resisting all attempts of ' ■'. tire workers to make their conditions a little more tolerable. From the " - statement made by'Mr.J.Vhitesides to. the Boards of Trade delegates at "' , Macieod that "The mines,>vill operate, but we "desire to know-first when we will beout of the hands ot the Department of Labor," it was clearly apparent that they were trying to'for'ce tlie government to promise mili-" . tary protection, • or tb allow them to" have practically a free hand in tho policing of their' properties, and bad as. the conditions'were in this respect, we'tcan readily understand, by* considering what has happened In this respect* in other parts of the Dominion, that bur position may have'been'much ..worse. The eviction proceedings, distraints; Injiinc- ?tio?sl.?c!-!0.!?Svfor7damaSes and arrests for unlawful picketing, which -, wire used7.against us in the latter part of„the struggle are weapons ...-.that are;used against the workers of all -countries, and I will deal with"1 '' 7 these more fully apart from this report. . ' 7 " - ,:,': Touching upon the assistance" rendered- by the International organi- ■- • zation,"we cannot but appreciate their efforts on our behalf,."the more. -■. fcb when we consider the position'of the great majority of the member- '-'".,' s,hlp, who"were being continually assessed while suffering under ad-, .'"-,7 verse trade, conditions. ' .-...""'■•."-.".■.^n'vlew ofthese facrs. and in vi^w-of the final setilement arrived 'at, \3;: this. Convention should make it its duty to examine carefully the gene- ? ...rarpolicy of the organization, the world labor, movement "and the.br- 7:7 ganization of the' opposing forces, and at least try to formulate somo y -'."--policy that'"may conform to the new requirements and produce? more .'- " [satisfactory results. The strike has always been guarded as themost ,,-'powerful'weapon of organized labor* but-its efficiency has long been 1 " ; doubted'bV recognized leaders among the workers,- and our own con- -""■stitution7advises that it be used only as a last'resort. "' On the other y,: hand'we'have had sufficient experience of settlements bj^ arbitration- „7 thatYwe^cannot freely enter into such arrangements...' The"experience' 77 of, our^Australian brothers in that much heralded" paradise of the work- y ers, and the decision of the more powerful of their organizations to X^'-withdrawytheir registrations after a fifteen years," trial "of "settlements' *' *"' tiv arhitratlhn-'i.hr>i_1f1 -in- itcolf_Tia^ciiffinloni-_ onCn,^(n_..„ ,.~.u_- :— .— — ..^ ~ ."". ZZ 1— .~ ^"~—' r-"'^-*-—-*■"- mm»._v*v_»»— m„0 nvi—l\--c.lljr—» IIU-IIIU.' " -7'->ave-leanings in that direction'as a solution bf the problem. ' In deal- ' y'irig" withy the strike as a weapon/it must be conceded that with the , ^"^centralization. .of the ownership of the means of production,' its use- ' - -,:.fulness is becoming more limited. In'the early, days of labor'organi- ■'"■zatiohs,'when the workers' connected with any industry dijalt directly — , with; the" owner's, who were 'generally at the samo time managers or >( actiyetworkers, themselves, the strike proved such a powerful weapon • ■that.they, .the masters, quickly sought protection by legislative onact- ,' ments; "p>ominen'tamog which were the laws against combinations of '. "workmen which resulted in numbers of workers being exiled from ' Great Britain. -These conditions have,'however, been changed by the , greater concentration of capital nnd the more thorough organization of Industry.-"In our own'lndustry we find'the mlnos closely allied with ' tho^aUronds, in most cases being-absolutely controlled by them, and ' tho workers in both cases, while being brought Into conflict with the Bnrae* organization of capital, nre widely separated by tholr own craft divisions, '"Not only is this true, but tho workors In our own crnft nro • used.sectlonally against each other by tho snmo financial Interests, and it cannot bo said that our methods have changed very materially, tor,.to.our own advantage, In keoplng with tho changes In economic 'conditions generally. I renllzo thnt a great number of our members dro unalterably opposed to sectional strike-, and desire a "much closer . affiliation of all workers, than Is afforded by our -present orgnnlzn- n t|- tions, not only ls this to bo desired, but tt Is forcing Itsolf upon us cb a .matter of necesBity If wo nro lo derive any- measure of protection from.organization, Not only Is this being brought forcibly to tho minds of tho mombors of our organization, but may othors aro sharing these Ideas. What, Is required iB.Bomo policy by which such organization enn bo effected without ln the process weakening our ranks, and somo policy to this end may bo laid down, not forgetting thnt wo must at the same tlmo keep In line with the policies adopted by our International Organization. The Bellevue Disaster I am promplcd to refer to this again for tho following reasons: 1."That tho report of Mr. Joseph O. S. Hudson, who'was Instructed • to attend the enquiry on behalf ,of tho Dominion Government, contains . a theory lu connocllon with samo that is more In conformity with the • evidence than was tho verdict ot the jury which was based on tho theory of Mr, Jas.,Ashworth; nnd 2. BocniiHo this hnn given rise to nn nttnek through the r-i.lumnn of tho '{Canadian Mining Journal" by Mr, Coulthard, who wna until recently genornl manager of tlio West Canadian Collieries, which nlso Includes a puorllo attempt to discredit tho efforts of our members, an woll ns the efforts of tho M.I..A. for the Hocky Mountnln Hiding, to obtain legislation for tho protection of tho lives of thoso who work ln ' tho'mlnoB, iib woll oh tho propor porformnnro of their duties on the pnrt ot tho mincH innpectors; and 3,- Bocnuso It has given ride to a sorlos of questions being naked In th'6 LoglHlntlvo Aauornbly by C, M. O'firlen, M.I..A. It will bo remembered Hint tho verdict of the jury wna to Hie effort thnt'thirty of tho mun wore killed by cnrhon-monoxldo poisoning, and ono by a combination of cnrbon-monoxlilo nnd fractured skull, caused by perciiBBlon of nlr which wns causod by u envo of*rock over chutea , numbers 70 and 78. Mr. Hudxon. aftor discussing tho evidence brounht out at tho enquiry, nn well .i*. other evidence he was able to K,.iht-r, makes tho following statement: "Tho theory that 1 would suggest aa being tho probablo chum, of tho dlsnfltor la ns follows: It Is known that n very large rnvo-ln or rork from tho roof ocenrrod In the vicinity of 70 to 78 chuto*. The grinding of lho rocks nn thoy fell, emitted apnrks nf n high «»»m- poraturo, Tho hont generated by tho friction and concuimlon of ,.„,!.„ ,.„,.,.. it ,,.,,, i,, r ,i ' , i i , i.i , thnt It would T<vpilrr- only n ttpnrk of fn*mp«Tn.lvf-V" 'ov; thcrmnl"(n tenslt'y to reneh tho Ignition point of a small volume of hot <«xj.1o- slvo gas, That tho de.cctlvo state of ventilation In tho old worktnKft was favorablo to explosive conditions was mnnlfeit. for the w>nM- latlon waa by scnlos of nlr through tho hoard sloppln'1.1 on the main O-ntHTWHV find r\f\l In' dlr/i^t r*llrrntif -hfino^ 1I>a ».1» pin. tr, ^ „li<„f.Ul, condltlou, consequently when tho explosion occurred, would give out a large volume of carbon monoxide gaa without n large demonstration of oxploslvo forco. The force of tho oxploslon travelled along tho upper section of tho workings, killing the four men working at tho top of Noa, f>2 and fil. chutes; and tho voiumo of carbon monovido bolng forced down on the main gangway by the blowing out of the . nlr atopplnga evidently cauaed tho death, by carbon monoxide poison- Ing, ef the men who were on the'main gangway." If tbta deduction from the evidence as submitted at Uu» Inquctt Ir correct, then tho finding of a coroner'a jury, that tbe 31 deaths wtre Vtuted by a.cave* in of rock" U mardfeaUy tpwu, and to tbla Mr. Coulthard ireptlos: "In regard to Mr. Hudson's theory a» lo tbe pro- {Continued on page 10) .B.EL.LT._V.U"E' Hair Dressing Pool. , Billiards, Cigars.. !, Tobaccos, ;. 1 * - * - ■*, Bowling Alley Drop! n ' *i*^ Southern H 0 T E, L ' ■. BELLEVUE, Alberta Every convenience and' attention. Meals that tasteilike' - .mother used to cook * Best in the Pass William Evans, Proprietor COLEMAN Liquor Co. • 1 - * Wholesale Dealers in. Wines Liquors Cigars Mail Orders receive prompt attention Passburg Hotel You're always welcome here Clean Rooms, Best of Food and every attention THOS. DUNCAN Passburg Coleman ttLotel yj, H. Murr - Prop. BEBEL IS SERIOUSLY ILL AuRimt licbel, tlio U'K'.nn Koflati«t leader, la r<.itoiU>d to lio n> rioudy ill today. Electric Restorer for Men Pftof nhortOl r«*im* ..'.fii-ii. t» IMi btxif ■",y*TK.'.l"."..'.»Ut ptttjwr ltfttkMi:rHiotu -.numi.rrtv-Jj. iTwrmiifxlfifif *i'4All .Mtinl mnkuriHi •v*rtf4 nt wirt, V1iMph«««it will Per tala at ll*ii_ftli'i Dfw« St«#« * l ftWWmiB^'jaHrieW'tr^^ ..r.■"t.-f.-H- j'WWWlffi,^mmHW<ujp^P*J^ r^n-w. ■.. =■■■■—jssssssBramir -,-.,--■-■■T—nrTTrr fflj«Si»j^^.i'FVW^^ ■a^'V I-,'"-.;,'1. 1 V* ,;,,..y.| .,.......,....■;-.^ ■■■,_■'■, ',\.' . ; --,t".;.,--it^ '/■i_S_*j_; .^i.&'sr >•"■. ■?'f.''s-,fc*5"i^,fe-%,;W ,..,:;.. a.-. .- > *-„ . •> ,-..-_ •'■-.. * , - - --■■■-?? «.-*•-- -'-^, ,.-*. >- - :-4s. , ,-., :.?<-.-- '-„*-•-, - i-. 'yy- H-vr-, --_•--- ■>.-■- ■>,- 5-v*----.- -*■,-> n-H^-- s•^£*'-:■' - - ... - ... '•(•,' ' h i - . *- ..•--,>' ..',., $ - "* , " . - o , ' J-Tf..;--, -. •■- , :^f „--■' >s*^- ■.■»"■- c. - ,i_, - ;. - •'--- > , :. *• • 7 y7 7 PAGE TEN , . ,, ' " - , THEI DISTRICT LEDGER,-FERNIE/B. 0. FEBRU^Y 24, 1912. y ,;' >J y.,y yy;] ;!^\yt 7.7.;*' y*'",- STmst. No.li^Officers' Wtmial Ms^sM^V^"'^^' .-' - * ■. "■. . ■ii -..' ,- ^^ ,■- , -',./ '.I...- ,-,- v* . . ,, .-,'-; -_* ., v 'j ,-*;,?-. .- . ^ , • •■'"■'. „ ( ) 7 !-.'t ■.,. -i^'1-. v'-Iv' -. '•- , .' y.'^'j- '''S . - • (Continued from page 9)..* S'".'^'..'^ %: - ' ' ' ,'y?'';'.-'y'.' " ' ."; Vinanc* ' .y' """"'Tyc ., _ ;-77y-J yV, J Jy'/Balance in-hand'No^^^ '-:y,7 : ' -''y ■"bable cause of the disaster. I have nothing t,p say? He is welcome to ■. , , r haYe fo report that our "financial position throughout the prolonged ^,-'.'"-' Le3S. ^h««u«<'curwn0>/^:-;i";";";,-: 7 V.viV-' ^' 103.90%! * ' 7 - "-- -' it,as are others to theirs. It is. however, the product of very hasty . . -fight waS such that, at jariou^ times caused your;l.__ec"utive mucfr^l''.. - \ ^W^-^0$\.S -' \ •' S "yS 7^ V'^yf'Si.S , ' judgment." ; -. -, . * - xiety, the situation'^ on'1 more than one" occasion-that-confronted? your ?-'% . <-• . iy7'$y-'rvy,Sry±\ •„:? ---""7 . r~ "*'', 1056'; 19/7.'7s' • ."?'>*,""" '. .' - - In the whole of this letter there is riot contained one scrap of infor-- . ,. Executive was'mosrserious.'and strained the diligence and tact of your-^7'' * ^ hand of" Secretary: Treasurer?^ i.y:,". .7'.. ■■> -.-• mation that might be useful in avoiding such catastrophes, the attempt y . bff iwrs in averting ^ny stampede amongst our members.' It is gratify7-;'7-- - ' ' 7-\"V' ;J> "77.7 y '"* ' - - "'"' ' "'iSSliM.te*' ■being apparently one to discredit the efforts of any.who may be trying- ; - -jng, however, to state* that with,the consideration"'we received from1'". ." ' 7 •' , S'7y. 7 y. f, ;-•'• -^^ •' - 4- y".?'??* ?y- "r" t:" ,'' . '*- to r improve conditions in this, regard. Neither is there the slightest ', the International when matters were explained to^ftem, together with ?,*,•'.-•'-7-? - .'*-'- 7 ,7-7 /.,>,: ' '-' '"' - '■w-777 ] |432950.48^' ,-y. "- reference made to the explosion that is reported to have'occurred on , the tiniely assistance of the Fernie Co-Operative, Society that we ",werev '\. I ' :■. 77. ^7.--'.-7" -■, '"--"■7>.r<r^ *"~ ?.. y , .or about the 29th day of January, 1911', which is reported to have been - ■able,; to. overcome the difficulties that faced, us?77 ,' . - > • 7 "-7-7j / ■> - *' STATEMENT.OF OUTSTANDING LOANS 7 7.:'^ '*. y , unmistakable in character and exceedingly-violent in action. It would ,- , Itis to be regretted that the financial^condition'of the InternatVonal\'. y- '■•'Moyie-rWvF. M.;.re.Krsuzr. -7. S, v'7'.,,-'..'... .7 .$1500',o6\\ - ", *- %,'' 7 7y , appear to me that had Mr. Coulthard finished his screed with*" a state- - »■organization was such that-the amount.of "money forwarded by'7'them' yyS Hosmer Locai 7-. yyCr:>.1y';,-.. yy....•.;.--.,'. 7 750!oo7'J----^'%7 ■'•..' ' ment to the effect that the killing of 31 men in the Bellevue,, Mine on . .. did-not enable your,'Executive to strictly-carry out~ the promises maW" ~~y: Fernie Local, ...'.'.:,..; 7','..'7?.'.;"'. .'7...'.*...."7 67S'4.30"~". *>"' yS-'y the night of December 9th, 1910, was a mis-statement of fact„the letter 6„ . regarding the benefits for the wives and -famiiies, in the" Old Country.'"-"7 v -" - *■- '■. $'& 7 ,y"7" 7? ,7 -.'V- ' - -",-'.' ^ ^l"v$V9034:'30* with its information would have-been-complete. -Mr. Hudson, in his -■" I endeavored under these circumstances tb apportion the money .to'the ',""*77 " - ' " ",7?-"" : 7y/r S}:^" , *,7 7 -'"-'7 7 ''"'' *•"' , , * -.-- report draws attention to the rock forming the roof, and states: , 7 -- best possible advantage. Whilst dealing- with this particular question .'*-.,■; . ■• " ,- . J '" V vl_'A7 RELIEF -\*' 7 ' -'\"'?;-v' '.-,.-''," y~/: ' - -"One important point that did not pome out in the evidence 'was , T would-respectfuHy, ask you to define plans which" in your judgment" .", ^X- The^figures herewith' .p're-Wnted' are "thoW'taken from "the-returhs , " w" " .that a strata of rock situated in the roof immediately, oyer the coal , should be''"observed in • adjusting matters in connection .with'Local'' ;7 furnished by the locals.. ," y 'y-,\"*>-» ..y ,..: S\ ^. .-7 7" , .»' ?c ' y is composed of a coarse-grained sandstone, highly impregnated with . " monies' expended for this. purpose. 7 As-you are aware,', there were '" " - '* Cost of Supplies'to'-Locais'Ss'per Returns of" Local SecretarleB- ' ' L ironstone, so that when two small pieces are struck together, vivid-, some Locals who had Funds, which were, in many Instances, collected 7. ' •' " 7' ,* --, C'No. of"'" No..bf '».Nor of '"*■* .Amount: <» ._ ^sparks aro emitted at an intense heat." • ^ v -. for building purposes,-used for paying these benefits. . Again, there 7 *'"7 '" . ■'- ; , ,'. ,. %! . Members'^ Women 'Children 77 7 "-.„*. - 3 To which Mr. Coulthard replies *'..-.. that the assertion as it ap- Avere other locals who had money in their treasury Immediately beforo , - '; * 1st' Issue ._ S. 7. ,4034%' 7.1504,1, , 3376-' '-"$33,868.23 '. pears Is entirely erratic." , ' - the suspension of operations, but disbursed It at once. Therefore, in ' ' 2nd ,Issue'.? '...',.*.'.-. 3961 ' ■- '7^743,' ;'- 3695 ^6,773.91-' In connection with this I may add that I am informed that a certain -eQuity to those Locals who disbursed'their building funds for the pur- - "' Srd Issue ;.........*...,. -3950%l -1584 .':, -" 3377 *" :'",' 29,330.68 7 * , British Mining Authority procured samples of this rock and in con-. i)00 0f relief, some policy should be laid down that wlll'ven^ure justice ~ k '; 4th Issue .;....'...'.. S:..' ' 3842% -' 1605 ' • 7 3492 ."S 29,013.90'' ducting experiments, in 37 trials produced, in the neighborhood of « to all'concerned.. 7 ,.•„„".' V '■' ' '.. -" 5th Issue ...:Syj/.:SS.l 3752%' • 7.574- '*'''3465N *-'28244" 30'7 '35 explosions. If this Is correct, it has a bearing on future mining 7 in the month of August your Executive issued an appeal 'for :assis-' * - 6th -alssue '..'.i...".'....:.. 3825% •' 1604: ,'-^3497-»' *< 28!876'!73, ■! „ operations there that cannot be overlooked, and the Ignoring of such tance to District No. 10 (Washington)", No. 22 (Montana), and No. 27'" "7th Iaaue"'-....-.'.-:'...;....- 3761 •-, 1796, <^mt / "29889.77 conditions, as vwell as attempts on tho part of any individual to mini- . (Wyoming), and the only response was from' the,-Local .Unions'in - .' ' '•>" ?Iss"° • '. 3718'. .1622 -/'3529 "- 28,342169- mise the importance of the fact already adduced must be characterized 7 .Washington, .'which donated the'-greater portion of-the amount of- "9th ^sue ..'?.;.-...'..-...•.. ,3784??7 1750 y.. -3863' '" -'29 459 84 *" ,as nothing short of criminal. In referring to our own endeavors, and * .. ?1036.60 as shown in statement?. The* remainder was forwarded i>y'' *10th "Issue '.'.-. i.'.."...'....;'- "3622", • 7 1736 - * '3755"-:/ ' Wsfc 72- , „ ... , touching upon the wire sent by the secretary of Bellevue Local to Mr. ". Calgary Typographical Union, $25.00, and Bricklayers Union (Vancou- ' ' .Hth1 Issue ;.?;......7% *.-.. 3736 71766 " 3881':'- 29*844 82 . .„ Sterling Mr.-Coulthard says: . ■ver), $17.50. ',-''-.,' ' " .**' , .; -, -12th' Issue- .7.T.....",;..".. ,3674 , " 1794' .4015" 29 275 W* ' * ■S"m* Mr' ^son "ef1uIretl lnt0 the P°lltics °r thia union at'the . . 7 r have.to'draw your attention-to the generous treatment that we" - • 13thl Issuer..-.;..7.'.'V: 3926% '7'l83r' ™\4m " '- -SOJSiItO-- tim«>toiwould have discovered two facts: . _--' received from District No. 6,. W.°F. M7 You "will* observe''by.-the l Hth'Issue:'....,...,.'..-... 4360 ^. -1793,- -%-3999. - -32,366.81 ' 7 * ' J." " Th,atftfhey WC1'e at tm tlm° clectIoneerlne for their annual elec- balance sheet that*Moyie Local Union!loaned our District $1500.00' to? "." ' ™ ^ ' •'• • •', •* • •'" .'. V3496"': " ?1373 7 -*, 3095'' • ,* 24,197.00 : » m? "lce,rs" . ~. ,*' u ,••.■7 s'' , ' * * Prosecute the Krsuz Case, and«in addition to this the District Executive ', , ^' ". :-' . \. 7./' . ■-.—H"'- -r-:—> —'—'""' '—-^ f ' » ""■i*i « «mo-their SociaUstic-representative-in-the > .came forward with $2500.00, the-.balance'' of the amount of $4000'.00,J 5' T°t'als -?...?..?. V...?.;;. '757434 ,' .,25074-"- 55049' ■-^443,080:20 , Provincial House wa. endeavoring^ o obtam some most remarkable. : which, was necessary* to prosecute the appeal. I might add that our ,-■7 . - ' ' ,':. -; „?. ,- r-~. *7-^ ,-_!li: "'''' ^y0^ • - financial position at the time, this money was required\vas the most 7 . REPORT OF. SECRETARY-TREASURErt AND^ -VICE-PRESIDENT - • „T ' ",,' , t ... , „ „ • r. 7,. , - - * critical during the strike, and it is therefore due to the splendid spirit , '• * '(t%. 7' '"* RE MISSION TO''INDIANAPOLIS , ' - . ^ whof£us11Lsr:"«s:snoAr«°ir01Bs • <?*»■*?w-r,'■:■r ^eas'?,anotm'^uiu- - - "■■?.--«*-«7a-^s.^:..%™k°dl,L;,, w-w... ZZlJI^t^ZS- ™aaej7tI"f nme- '.AS.a matter-of fact, In, connection with the Krsuz case I regret to say that the matter is *.. * structed by- the DistrictlExecutlve- Board to* attend ttie-IntefnaHonil' ' ™PZ I7n£ ,, in h* wf which 7ere fem^ from criticism - . ■.UU pending. I do not deem it necessary to go into details regarding ' ' / Conventioniln order th^t^ we may beTjabS ta^_Sl?fil W&S ' • " Sit >™t ! reasons above mentioned I know^for.a fact this appeals you an know full well whatthose details are. incndental-. S/' ternatlonal Officers and ^xkxJ^^^^S^^^^-. ' : ell T? 7 complaint wasmade regarding the Canada West • lyihoweverj I might state that'the decision. .ri_eans"thousands "of dollars' what position'the International would takVregardlngThe^ '; ' «?™ in*'ir ™T» tl0n " ^^f t0 hf\frcal \\h* ■* to the 'many dependants who are affected/ - Herewith'I submit"the ., ' of the Districts a'result of the strike "IX^£/St?Sw5 ' ~" • .^^•srfis=io?th^^^^^ 'S£^scSd;n^srstein^ ■■^s^eiTAT^r^°^^ The "remarkable revisions" are some that were suggested by our " • - * ' ^ ^^^ °t£Z' : - " ^; \ ' . . ' ™,U? «„"!^the ""^#of«^s, and we-have their promise;that-7 v , own convention, two only of which pould be applied to any of-the con- - ". ' T^n^"-.-' ,V,o ' '■■'-- S* ™ ?! T l" T *7tsis-conyeni?nt- ™s decision-relieves {: . . ditions referred to as follows: .... , • * nonr Qll. - London', S^./Tanuary, 1912. ; ■the District, of a burden that^might otherwise haVe. proved 'serious - To amend Sec. 47 by striking out all of the first paragraph and in-' -*" '" "/■, .' '-;>, ' '",< -*,--> .ww,7',, ' . .. -/,„../' . . • ,, ' '-. ' '*. - 77-'^ ' "■- serting the following: "The owner, agent or manager of every mine. " ' - ' !* " ' KRSUZ vs. C. N. P. COAL CO. , y*,. , w . .' .™e there President White'introduced, some'correspondence he ^ .shall keep posted at the entrance of every mine and in the office of ' '" " we are duly in receipt of your letter of the 10th inst. In view'of ",".' ■' J?*', °m, , f Jdmont011 field/asking the Internatioal to;' . , every mine a correct-plan of said mine, having distinctly marked all "*., ', ' ,what you say it seems best to explain fully the'reasons for the post-. ' *y mS5?iJ-"eW Z theret and also that they bo notattached to , outlets and travelling roads leading thereto., ■- Where for any .reason - ponement oHThis' appeal. Until early in December it?V_is understood '. " ~qn ' ..' ■" " ' "»• *' * '"« " "-" ' '"■"-" " ' ' -• . . outlets or travelling roads are closed or new outlets or travelling roads " ' ' h«r« that the Respondents would be ready to}'the February sittings' - > '* t, - p- TV80-! actmg-under instructions.from our.District Execu"-; ,-; ' ' opened,' such changes shall as soon a possible'b'e posted on'said , an,d inVview 6f this understanding it would have been irregular to -'' '" ''^f''- ,^ ?« „ ^N^-lnvestlsated and re'portedi upon, the con-"; . v Plans, ' and' • - ' ' .',.-■7 '- y ' have.taken any steps to force on the appeal :unUl it became neces7' "v* S°V _,??,,' ^A9?7 °f that *€P°rt' togetlier.wlth' a letter,- By adding in Section 51, Rule 1, Sub-sec. (b).in the eighth line after •' sary to do so. - ,--.-.'-. - '^ - 7 ■,c«py of which is, also, attached to "this report, .was,placed?in the-hands?' the word'"air" the words: , ,'",= • ,.■'." , " "The date fixed for the closing of the-list was'originally the^th'-" :''■' °* J*eB,.J«nt F11*6-. wV!ls? understand that President White has". 7 „ , - ■•;. i . which Jshall' sweep the face" of' each working place." ? - - ' ' ' -January,'and to ensure the inclusion of the appeal in the list it was"- '-' " .°°™lun\cated with President-Powell in" connection' with this mattery' y Regarding the former,- it certainly canW be considered remarkable 7- *>ecessary for us to lodge our own-"case, and, to serve' a,Case Notice " 7- , t ' J? our.°PSDIOn,tnIs .Convention should consider ,what-woul(T he the "thai the men working in the mines should desire information as "to , " ■,upon; the. Respondents on" oiy before the 23rdv'December, so as to." • ;- * ^ po'cy in resard^to it- _ ■: ^ y • yy y *.; " - - . ; ?'.y* .,. outlets that may.be used in emergencies, and when such knowledge - ' ' ',Siv« -th-e Respondents a clear month in which.'to.lodge their case <7. -" '-„?ucmn^"uP°n the Convention,.one.of the important matters dealt* . ' means life and death to the men who may be trapped ithere.-Tyhi.e in ; ■" We lodged the Appellant's case on the 15th December, and served the" ? -" V.' "" l*™ International Constitution,-which was thoroughly, revised,." ~~7~ fegard-to-tlie-secondriTTmigfirbeTionsidered remMa^tbTaaao^K "T^Caierr^tlcerafCenhTuau^cS^^ - c, > we shoum ask,the Government to put a provision iu" the. Act that'was';",' - 'December. "On the 22nd January we were therefore in a 'position ..' -',J?t,hrtw "^ i' T" T8"1!141^ !° order that-it mayn°t, conflict", embodied in Rule 2 of "The Coal Mines Regulations Ordinance^No: - to set. the Appeal down on the Respondents' default;* in complying •''" '■-*w."n tfie international;- ,,<v; .-,,., .,' ■. yy y. -: ,-. *' 9, of 1898," but. was excluded from the Act of 1906 by a government > ' with the Case Notice. Unfortunately, in the meantime the-Lord "' j unei0V the. questions that has Jong^been productive of differences ^ who are'Wpposed to legislate for the protection and welfare of the •- .Chancellor, had seen fit to take the very "unusual-step' of changing " . pPmion, namely, the right of members to introduce in'local' meetings' v people of this province. Regarding the complaints against tho Canada' - the .arrarigeiments, and it was announced that'the" list'would close - "' ' ma j - oE apolitical .nature, as:well as the political Standing of tlie"-' ' West Co., Mr. Coulthard may think that it is "farcical" for "the men "■-on-the-10th. January. This had the result .of'shutting-out other' " .»-i0J®J"^u-on■** .a "Whole was determined by the adoption of Articled. ■' t f .'to'be carried from the mine-'overcome by foul air and^the fumes from", - " - appeals'besides our own, and has occasioned some complaint Of ". °'-Vho n*Jv,9™?!:,tl)9on- r The'committee had recommended that tliev -'""" explosives on account of' insufficient ventilation", but tis is not so course it did not prevent tlie setting down ofany appeals in which ~? *■"' org. -zat,on should'not'favor any particular religious creed or^poll'tlcal' "farcical" to those who find themselves in such a position. I hav-_ at- hoth parties were ready. Unfortunately, Mr. Davis was not ready -' "" Vt' -tj*the- Convention,-by an. overwhelming vote, struck out .any ,* - mr-hed tho questions asked by the government by C. M. O'Brien", io-' ' We think 'it unlikely that there will be any further- regular " Mferopce to."political party.'^largely on the ground that'the/'view. . gather with the answers given, and I consider that In bringing this sittings (at which we could insist'on the'appeal being'heard) until ' * ' "le,!al)0r (luest,on as a political question and consider that it ls tlmo ' , • matter fo tne attention of the people of this province he has performed ' aflw Easter, but there will in all probability bo a supplementary list », °"rt org??,aa,_t(m fa.C€d the is.m* squarely. '*..•,. ' . ■a servico that merit's our full appreciation. ' ^ , of appeals to ho heard in the latter part of February and beginninc of " i status of members having grievances, suspended, or expelled, v - Fraternally yours, ' March, in which by consent of both parties appeals may be included " * ,n0TWf ^'l spo,dflC^ly out"ned, 'and the authority' (/f ,-■the' District' -* (Signed) C. STUBBS « hy any chance Ihoro is a regular further sitting in March we 'shall f" f"161'™11?1 organizations to decide appeals and (mentions- al •REPORT'OF SECRETARY-TREASURER FOR FISCAL YEAR'' of course insist on this appeal being included « '' ' ° ' ™'n01'0 clearly defined.,", ENDING 30th NOVEMBER, 1911 '. - " ,'''.. Yours faithfully, - * \ '* A,radical change was also made ln the holding of conventions, and Customary with the usages anc| In accordance with the Constitution "-• • ■'"7 BLAKE & REDDEN ' ' n the term of International officers.' In tho case of conventloni.; or (his District I beg to submit my report for tho fiscal year ending L. P, Eckstein, Fernie, B.C. „ ' • thoy.wlll-in futuro bo hold ovory two-years Instead of annually, and ' ' 30th November, 19]2. It ls not my Intention to deal with matters' .. 7 Trades and Labor Congress,of Canada * - ^.tho term of offlco,,wlll,, after the election in December of this year, concerning tho District othor than those of a financial character, ok- *. & tho Annual Convention of the Congress which was hold In Calgary ' ' "" , ° ? '!" °f UV° ymra' ™s lt aPP°ars would also apply,,to mom-, - capital, to refer briefly to ono or two Important questions which havo ' in September last, that body generously adopted a resolution recoiri-" hers*of up International Executive Board." Added'to. this' is also como within the purview of my work slnco our Inst Annual Convention. mending that'a? levy of 10 conts por mombor bo collected fro'ln its • " MW provl8,on for tho rcca11, "I1011 tho 8|sn«*l roquost- of a certain " Re Strike and Its Settlement ,t , members, tfnd turned ovor lo District 18, to help-to fight tho Krsuz Percentage of the, membership, of tiny International officer who "may*. As ono of your Scalo Committee entrusted with tho Important matter CftB0' thlB action deserves the highest commendation. It clearly demon- ,? wpotnod guilty of malfoasnnco in offlco. _In connection with oloc ■of carrying on negotiations with tho W. C. Operators Association stratestho growing tendency that exists'In" tho dlfforont organized ,' 'l commltt.?° of n,ot morothan six or, loss than three, are,to lie , during tho late struggle, I doalro lo deal briefly with tho situation. ha^eA to hocomo closer afflllalod that ll.elr mutual Intorosts will ho ; ■JP0"1™'1 W tho l0Cftl- three .of whom must bo tho Local Prosldont,' Tho arrangements carried out by your Scalo Committee during thb bottor safeguarded;' 7, ' Financial and Recording Secretaries, negotiations wore from tlmo to tlmo placed beforo you, consequently B. C. Federation of Labor ' In tho mattor of cni"*gcs ngalnst officers, othor than local oftlcora. It lo useless to olabornto on tho many phases of tho strike. The iimu- * Tll° B- C Federation" is now an organization ln more than namo as ■- B,oh,°1,1nr1B0BI must J? lod80(1 wlth tho Executlvo Board of,tho,brunch' miartlon of tho stvlko and that which transplrod until tho final settle- y°u wl1' recognize by tho roport'which will ho submitted from 'tho , a" ° °Qr' anjl thc,r docIs,on 8haI1 C,0B« tho cobo unless mont, tho events which happened although fresh to your minds, must Fraternal Delegate who attondod tholr couvontlon In Victoria a few ' I?11*.?1 l,^^' vWoh BlmJ1 b° lo(,ffort w,th tho trlbuni111 noxt In' au- appear to most as ancient history. It Is admitted by all concorned • w<!0,ca I"181- Whilst your District Kxocutlve have not up to tho ' Ji ° ■, , " ■°ftS° °f °"r- 0Wn P1^1?1 wou,d bo tll() Conven- that tho strugglo through which wo havo pnBosd has boon tho greatest proBont tlmo, taken nny definlto position regarding affiliating with ' tlofnI.w,,on ln BOBfllon' or othorwlso tho International Iflxccutlvo Boanl. nnd most important thnt this District has boon engaged in slnco tho th,fl h0(]y< It would appear obliga.ory on our partlf wo nre to bo govern- ' 11° n°W Con8t,tlltlon alB0 Igloos for' tho appointment' of travelling lncopf,lon of tho Unltort Mlno Worlcora' In this North Woat Country, ' 0,J 1}y tno Prosont,laws of our Intornatonnl Constitution which snoclfl- wmtan, whoso duty lt shall bo to audit tho accounts of locals at loast ■nnd tho promlnont factors together with tho ultlmalo'roaults should mnV 8lftt0« that wo slfbuld hocomo mombora of this Provincial Organ! ' on<j° «ttch year, ontf roport to .tho District and International unions; not bo lost sight of. It la qulto truo that wo did not, obtain the do- mlon- It 1» essential tav this Convention to docldo whothor thoy „i i , ' 1>rov,dos Ponaltlos. for Irrogularltlos.on tho-partof lu :ul ■manrlB which w.o placed beforo tho operators, and It Is oIbo truo that ,k,Blro (o ]i0 ft PWt of this progrosslvo organization or not nnd al«o ' oK,clalB-- « we in.tt_iu_.-a coiulliionB ln somo inrftancos ovon worso thnn wo woro t0 »'et'lare who shall pay tho por capita tax, tho District or tho locals Wo woul(1 8UgB0Bt t,mt tho commlttoo on Constitution bo advised to " working urulor prior to tho oxplratlon of tho lalo i-Rroomont, but on" d,roct' ' ' ,, . brlnff ,n "wehtamondraontB ap tiro mado necessary by tho chango.-ln tho other hand lho IncroaseH that wore obtnlnod In tho day wage bciUo In concluding my remark-. I feel It my duty to thank tho officers and - International ConBtltulIon. aro such that would novor.havo boon conceded woro It not for tho - mombors of tho iilxocutlvo for tho mnnnor In which thoy woro ovor ' ' Fraternally yours, • '' ' offortH of tho organization. ClmimHtnncoB, howovor, over which tho "»ndy ami willing to lend ovory aBBlstnnco that enabled mo to carry ' , .(Slgnod) C. 8TUBB8, Sculo Commlttoo had no control, compelled thorn to advlno Iho mom- 0,lt my dutloB. And lot mo hIbo tako this opportunity through you ' Vlco-Proatdont, bora to occopt tho propOHnla which woro aureod to liy your ropreHonta- " of ^tending my thnnka to tho offlcors and mombora IhroiiBh tho ' (s|Knod) A- J« CARTER, tlvcu with lho oporatorH nt Frank. In connection with lho torma District for tljo courteoiiB nnd nblo mannor In which thoy have carried . " Bocrotary'Troaauror. of tho Bottlomont, I doHlro to Bay moHt omplmtlcolly tlmt.-ln my opln- out ,!lolr nrduoua work In connection with tho dlBtrllnillnB of tho Blip- ' - (Copy.) ., Ion, tho opornlora, or moBt of thorn, havo openly violated tho prlnclplo* P"08' »nrt r further doBlro nt thin tlmo to thank thr» momborahln lri Clty» lr«b«"",y 2<th, 1012.' upon which tho aotclomont wns mndo, nnd havo forfoltod ovory right Bonornl for tho confident placed In mo hy ro-oloctlnj. mo on this ^r' 'T' P' W,,,t0' ProBldont u- Mi W. of A. to bo consldorod <fvor ngaln worthy of your roproHontatlvei. ncroptlng occaalon hy ncclamntlon for tho fourth coiiBOcutlvo tohn to fill tho D'?ar Slr ttnd Drolllo,r»~" » tholr word an mon of honor nnd integrity, nnd whenever tho tlmo position ns Socrelnry Trcnsuror. I nlncoroly nppraolnto tho honor to Bnolowd you will plcaao find copy of report of Dlutrlot nonrd * nrrivoB that It Ih nocoBBnryfor your representatives to trnnnnct husl- tno fu,,0Bt ftn«l hopo thnt I will bo nblo In tho futuro ob I hnvo alwnya Mombor McNab ro tho Alborta Conl Piolda. . , no&B with thPw, mon. thf»y Bhould Irmlat on ovory matter being placed miclonvoroil In the past, to Bhow that this confidence tins not botn YoU wl11 ,loto l,mt ',0 n(,vl80B tno orentlon of a BUb-dlatrlct thoro on record In writing. Thoy plodRod tholr word not only In Frank, mlaplncod. r ' io bo nttnehod to Dlatrlct 18, and points out the dUtaneo from hontl* but nlBo to tho Hon. Robt, Honors In 1/othhrldgo, that thoro would ho (fllgnod) A. J CARTER ' aunrterB nu tho rcnBon for this; tho dlntanco of 700 mllofl would bo tho no discrimination, nnd what do wo find? Thoy nro openly dlBcrlm- Rflpr«inrVT n ". . • maximum tflatanco^covorod from Fornlo, our oxtromo south-woitom InatliiR ngnlnat our momliera nnd moro'oRpoPlally ngnlnat thoso whom I herewith uubmlt u Mimm»I« 5 _ITJ!!I_*r 1 15: U> ^' W' °f Af po,nt' lo tho Y°nowll<,ft(1 P«BB. which .would bo tho oxtromo North- thoy consldor hnd been moBt nctlvo mombora of tholr Union, nnd draw to yom alien\o,rZ7^nZTi,T °.xfJ?nd,ture- I mM W««lorn point. sorting to every conceivable mothod to bring about <Hii„eiiRlon nnd warded to ho LocMh hL« thSi ?V ?^ haB b°°n f°r* ' " tb,i flo,d Woro orKan,M<1 «!|ld nt^bod to our Dlatrlet, howovor, it ill^nf^fnrMn-. n-mn-nrot n»r ™™i,»v« T (""p. ««» V-— c' ••■- ' wiiruoa w mo J.ocniH, J nave thoroforo, not doomed it nonoBBrirv to would,'In th*» nt>nr ftititro hrtytl n*hn-.t n ^•.""c l«*""« Vc-'c-.v'c-- Riiniro Btrorn. onnnah thnt would adAqnatolv oon^mn'lho 'i.etionn"nf *"*'" " *"" """ lWmam Blal0'ncnt «n conjunction wlthlhla rop6rt. poBBlbly to CnlRnry, which would ho nhnut th«.Wt'ro of Jb« flViV. wfl most of thoHO Bolf.utyled phllnnthroplo opnrnforB. T hnvo, howovor, ANALY8ED SUMMAnY ' lrom whlch ;oo,nt tho "^l" of'tho Dlatrlet could ho onnlly handled. every r«n«on to hcllovo that beforo lonu certain BchemoB which nre Hnlnnco In hnnd, Jnnunrj. l«t, 1011 • ^m 05 Al tho prosont t!n,° our Dlatrlet Ib divided Into four vBObdlatrlcl«, now in opuMitlon will bo tho means nt lcnBt of protoctlna- ench nnd Hocelpta, viz: .' . . each boliiK ropreaonted by a board mombor, who la not, howovor, ro- ovory mnn from opon dUcrlmlnntlon. nnd'l truat thnt tho dny la not ' Locals, ns per dotnlls ^ 287R2.00 • Kularly omploycd by tho Dlstrloti If this flold wns organized lt would ■far difllftnt wiu-n wo mnv hn nWf> ir> «nv tn t.^n nn.»rntoro *tmt yen Internntlonnl IT. M \V nf i. o/.-fl.*'.. moan tho creation of n now ntib-rtlittHrt with n nnnrd Mombor jv»rmn- .•anno. .Jlncrlmlnnlo In any filiniw or mnnnor whatever agalnBt any Donntlona to Relief Fund ,,,. "*1036*>80 nontly in tho flold, nnd this would bo moro oconomlcal for all con- , mombor of our organization. Dlacrlmlnntlon la tho1'moat gcrloua ^onn* ••• ,... 3103.30 corned thnn would bo tho formation of a now district with Its complo- problom thnt confronts organized lnbor, nnd lt la tho duty, of ovory ,A" °tbo»* rocolpta ] m\i] "" ment of offlcora. union mnn lo do nil In his power to protect hla brolhor whohovor the ' ' ' H20253"83 ! hnV° "° doubt thnt tl118 ilM cou''1 ^ Mad'ly orgnnlzod If an occasion demands It, v * y_ o/fort la mndo, \iiit on account of our prosont financial ponltlon It Slnco tho n_.roen.ont wns rnimcd,„work in the District, I rogrol ta - $132050.18 " C0M,<, 0nly ** d0no W,,h ^ho n,a of th* International uhlon. say, tins been very unsteady, and in consequent* haa crcutod a con- " ________-_L__ Frntornnlly youra, , dltlon of affairs which wait nov«r nntlcipnled. Thoro nro many men lllsbursoments, vlr„! ',. (Signed) C. 8TUDB8. who after walilnn wooka to kh a start nre in many Instances Tint Salaries I 8CB0.D0 REPORT Of BOARD ME.MBER McNAB working more flian half tlmo and ovon loss than that, and again, thoro Law costs ,,,,.,,/. 3.83.on I_ethbridK«, Alta., January ind, 1912 aro many who ba-ve been laid off tntlrftly. This .« * matter which Hclief , 3Sfi782i20 To '** orf,c<>r* *n(1 Mcmbaja ot the Executive Board of District 18, wbleb df-manda your earnest and careful ronsldoratlon. It should bo Loans ,,.,. ,..,,, 2518«1(.0 U, M, W. of A. tho duty of this Convention to devise aomo policy that will at loast Dlatrlet Lcdgor .'. , _. i«oo!oo Oenlloraon,— , ; be tbe meant of giving tome assistance to those of our members wbo / All other expenses , 4023.7/. ** delegated by the lato Hoard of ear District to proceed Into tha are in olstrew. __ mmmm |43u2Mft ^ (Contlnu^on page 11) """ i -..■'' ir .i, v-- *• ■-'.'-V ^ Michel, B.G. .y; "■- - _ ■4'" - :.' a-__a_-Bt«M-_-----i*y ,*» ,; Vl . J$ "; -"HEATED wiTH STEAM 7 ,7 -,yr:y . .-yyy--''- y •-■^^j'1 ■;,-y: ;t. - 7 Lighted "with Tungsten? Lamp's -'"" . 7S;"\? Ostefmoor; Mattrenea7-'v< >• "." . *=. y- ■;>•''' ,'777 *^'v''. -. - Cle_)n Line. -,; .t-'.-^j* -^-a'-. „Pure Food -•>■..,■* *:-v ""-Clenn' Lineh?,:fyJ" ,\7 • ^ ", i .V-,'^ v*- ",f ' ' " - " " '" ,'Vi^ « -' * .^- ^,,a( ■--.-'.vly-.- * .Rates. : .-S **'- - [.y..i.$2.50 per'day,.'; ■y-'^y^yrM^yy7-h^lSy W.L/EOMYyy^JKna^pA -.*^"*' .,l* .* s.' i'.,•_ i; v,--, --.. C'*J ; The New and -. s Up-to-date Hotel E^ery person likes to be com-, fortable. .,* We-have the,latest design of-.steam heating appa- ■ratus ln every room. '' Our menu is-the best' . "We guarantee Ba't- * isfaction,,"'* Two 'blocks fromC. -P. It.' Depot.' '*,Old and new faces. i welcomed." .•.'. .v 7" . ** ' ' i . New Michel, B.C. P. Zorrattiy- ?Prop. .7 Si y:-7-'^| 7^7-^ * 7 7! •■'■•••"■*'. 7-7 H i -jii r '-7 T- Vr,' , ' hi Hosmer B.C. -mm S3.50 * Eoj;al .Household' '. Robin Hood imd.? . Purity, Flour- v * .- -Oranges,'rqg) 50c ji dozen"-. ;^.;. ^ - ' v' Now 25, 3B, and 46c ; Jap Ornnges, per tlox. - , 60c ' Bulk Ten, reg; 50c '7 Now 25c' Every, purchaser of-$10 vecoiyes" A Bath - Rug Free E. F. RAHAL "Just received; a' shipment of EDI80N PHONOQRAPH8 and' VICTOR. QRAMAPHONE.8. '' Hundreds of latest Records, Violins, ; Guitars, ■Acoordeons, 8heet Muale, etc', ato. '.* MACHINE3 BOLD ON EASY PAYMENT PLAN. KENNEDY'S DRUQ'AND BOOKOTORE, Nejw Michel "THE REXALL STORE." , :-1 « HYNO^HIM OK COAL MINING 1 Si "\ , l...(.l.I.A'riONt. COAU mlnlne. rlcrlita ot the Pomln- Ion, in Manitoba, Bnalcatoliowiui nnd Alborta. the Yukon Tjrrftory, the North \Veav Torrltorloi and In a portion of .lie Vrovlnooot llntlslr Columbia, may do loaaod .for n torm of tw«niy-fjno yoars ot on annual rontnl of |1 nn nero. Net moro than 2,„_0 acres wll ba leased to ono nppllcnnt, Application for a lease must bo made by the applicant In person - to tlie Akmi. or Hub'Airont of tho dlatrlet In which tlierlffhtR applied for nre ultiint- 0(1, Tn iiiirvoyoil torrllory tho lnnd muat bo deaertbed by sections, or legal sub-dlvl- slons of sootlona, and. In iinsurveyed Tftrrllftv fly* <.'t.^t, ft^.*,*'^.^ *r»- cV;*u '*** staked-out .by the applloant hlmnolf, Tinni nj-tilrnllon lnunt T.r> ncccimpniilcd by a fen of 96 which will bo refunded If the r'trliln a.ip)l_ii for are not av_.llnt.l_>. but not otherwise. A royalty shall he _ P»td on the mtKhnntntilo output of the mine et tho rain nf five mints per ton. The .person oporatlnsr tho mine shall furnish tho Ascent wltb sworn returns nreeiinMnij' for Mi* full oitf»»itl»" f>f nn>r. eh n nl a. tie conl rnlrwd nn dnny the roy- • ally thereon. If the coal mleln* rlirhts aro not being operated, suoh roturria should ho furnished at loast once a year. , The Iormo will Include the ooiil mlslnir rlRhts, only, hut tho lesson may bn par- milted to, purchase whatever available surface rlcrihta may ho considered necessary for the .wort-lntf of the mine nt tm rnta ot fto.no ai. acre, , ■_.,Pof_i .f,,', information applleallon should be .made to tha Heeratary or the Tn»r.»rtin«nt «f th*. mt«r|or. ottnvn, or )?*.*?* 4Ktnt cr ft»t).A««ni ef nemln- lon i_anas, ^ ' ' W. W. Cory. Dspuly Minister of the Interinr. N.n—Unauthdrlin. ptiblleellon of thl* advertisement will not be paid fer. Ut a Lodger Ad* work for You . ^»«»-*«fc-.k*"* rw«yr ■■> "*i. ««_i)»^e.^'Wufe-rt * * .*** -** «i»'fft13*'' mitf *»*•**#« W^fW:i^*W±'',*- !•■"-, <.•.*■*»•:•. T.««rn«SMM—iS«MSa« • ',V ,'y",.-yt.pja«w«irj'i^.;- ...t-b' ..r....,,^.,.. .„_»j.___^_..»~>««i-.-.--.i V 7 iJS^&.A-S.!.^'.;'1 7v£ . .-< A., j;' J. ""■T-iBT^'.' -J^-vCj. ''7 it ~r.- 'V, -.. _.*.-,' -^-.s s .,£ ,t ^ .7 7*77*7'' " '^'.*i-"1^<y THE:piSTffdg^ED)G.ER;^^ FERNIE^:B.■0.,' FEBBTJABY'ffi 1912. 7?.^-_V- ..5-T PAGE ELEVEN Bewapey6ft,4 Imitations':: Sold'oMhe yMiriapd,s7 .■>.*. :*•--■■■.. ,.< Liniment ■-_,♦ ♦'■'♦ ♦ *;''♦"♦ ♦:♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ \" .■• . i M! 7.y7,y »*» <-,> (!*•: ■AFRESH MILK/ ■;',.->..• y\ ..;.,'*• ■. -■. y. **' - ■" X",?■-ydelivered 7 to -all . •> • Tr'r'. '",.-"--*■*-•,'!' . „ . y,,1- 9. ,'-fc..'*»-}'v''y''1''"-' 1> - I*- ■", *,-;,;k':.\%-parts,- of,the 'town' 7'?.< ":1-—"n- . < . J. ' ."•ft-V Vi,'7'y-'... : y . 7; *■; -I? J.*.'- '.*,'.•* -*' •-.*-.',.■?'• V.) ▼ .' Sanders & Verhslest Brothers. i s ,-v Proprietors v. y $"?*7 777* -i ;\.." - * *■■7 7: ♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ and Sale Stables '<k$S.< mf y^PJrst'class _jl()rser.rfor Sale.. 3 'r£ 7 |i^V^y^,r^7--'7y:y;> .- fc *-.." -. -"•- »7y Buys'; Horses '.on.Corrim.sion" -i ■i'.'.-^^-^w-y.'iS':'.' . ," ft * «—L——.- ,1 , ui ..— ..,.. ... I.,, W yy George -Barton. Phone 78,. J EyW.X;N;-'€_T^T •p. "' "^t" -.'''*' ""V * "V ' _*• ___» 7.<*?.''>*"-v_7My'--'y?' '«J' 7* ■> '."i 7j^7J'M<G7:ER'- * ■y :; [J-M ACHINE. ^ C& f «, ' '* "^,^r.'.. ~L- -^, A -* *- r-"1. '— - ." K _ -\ i - , ,* - ^ .-, \.^, * . ,..; ,. ., , ■■...»-i t -■; ' H.:'.'.„t>- *>.V.v*".*.i .*-_:-*';L , -C, fiW W^/. -. BARTON '-'(:7y •"" >'7t'S'Y.'''''■''•' *'7' '„,-..' •*■.'?.7}Aereut";,.Fertile', Branch.., ',*.( '*-■*..' -.,,-■>',-', 1 v , *- ' j .*,-' ',;-.e/Pcllatt■■Ave. ■Nor-th •r .. Vi. -^•*¥¥¥-^^,**¥^¥**¥*¥¥^f*¥¥-¥ / •<• '?, r •< - ie-Fort Steele? «iii|Co.rfl?^" ^__- _-_-_., •Bw, ';';-'i. 7?' yy:'';a.r.cr'' ■'■"; 7^ Porter -. •.' \ r - Bottlad Goods a Specialty i •v '..sy*,;*- fr.ii ;y?y^^- '^'' **o *■-. T7 _ ^j/b ,-.',-iY^^-' :-;,,-^3.-: "• "v/a*^™? y .<V ^» -X Jv " * i „*•■!**■v*'1>i'"___r "** ■7yS '"■' <jH.y Italiari;y?:'yS }yiC;MdviMENfo union isTAyy: 7^7'-'-:<.■*^i-""» •'•'"•■.'.' r- -""7 "-'!'1fV '7 'Nesciun, clttadlno dl queste contrade € ^mossai3 "'da ■- un Impulso -- plu ■? umani- tario V-pl^;Vor^ettd\nelle"sue>azloni e-n"^'."suc(I1,?_iei-flmentl,'3l,unb c*he* ap- partlene alVunlone?., V Gll? * unionist!- non mlrano! ad a'cc'umulare'una:grqs3a fbrtuna, personage,-; ina r properidbrio''a dare aloompagnl di lavoro^ 1'opportunl- ta- dl. giiadagriarsl uri migUor salarlo per. condurre,' un < plu.; deoentb. regime drvlta.*, '. Essl "vb_|llono essere utlll all'- Ihtlera^cbmunlta^della-tiiiaie; in fin.del co'ntl.'rappresentano un-'buon numero!' II- crlljlcarll ..«("qul_idl'ub atto bbbro- lirloso,, clie solo possono ■commettera le' classl professional!' o - coloro. che a questo'-'scbpp.'Bbno pa^atl dalle 'Cor- porazlbnl.;;' Costorb, pero,' non rlue- clranhb. Rial'nel. loro lntentb?ed-'l loro hie all - uon, potraiino'; glammai raggiun- gerb'releyatezza di^quelU^ del memlirl dbl lavotb organizzato'.'-' y' ",'.' * ', Ognl',u_-lo"nlsta»e' indubblamente'un ?beineme'rito della "societa, *?'un- amlco vero, slncero'edevoto delle classi.op-, efale.i -Tufti T'flgli'del-lavbro dovWb-, bero'.qulndl isplrarsi, ,ad "un, sublime' ideale":7.--quello di convlncere' ad entrar riell' unjone. tutti'quelli che ancbra noii' viy.apparteiigond. V • Quando'"'l'unlone ".regnerar.sqvrana nel, iriondo ihtero, "eesserannb "gll 'odlosi^sfrutta meiiti^l Boprusl e'le.'miserle/'o.'-'Ie condizlbni delle inasse^ lavoratricl sarannb -mi- gliorate Jn ,modo, sorprendente, sla dal lato morale'i. che economico. "•.< ' -.L'unlqne e 1,'unlca ancora di salvez- za per i'lavoratori.-, Perche non farla trionfare? ' '"'' - '* '.' . .', ri-i*.-^ J ^■»•f-*,ll^.«» J»-« . r_. . ^,,.i^n . -. ^.. ,^m J« ta. - J O ] * 1 .Mi"1-- -Jj-Secondo l'ultimo rap'portoi la'-"Unit-' ed.,'Mine Workers of America" .corita al p'fesente"" 31*4 mlia',membftir.,i'',;Yj''r' yyyy.\.< .*■•■■«>« --■•■"'lyy^^yiy.,. 7-I*plttq'ri*ed i decor'atori^i.Omaha; Neb.",, hanrio ottenuto; un..aumento"di -paga sefiza essere stati bbstrett_m';pr(j' clamar'lo sciopero?' ''"''? *. - T.<-.. -vl' settecento minatoriimpiegati** nella mlniera' "Bnterprlse'kdi-'Sha_nol-in. Pa., hanno proclamato^ lq sciopero' per. divergenze tsorte .colla compagnla. *y »«r- I ■"•.* >,«.«- CRONACHETTA.OPERAIA' L. E. McDonald - HbR8EBHOEINQ ■GENERAL BLACK8MITHINO '7 ,, CARRIAQB BUILDINQ '• ExpVesa ar,d pellvery Waoons _ y 8paolallty .«.' advbiiti8e:in' thb''ledger' 'I lavori'sono'moltb scarsl nelle mlni- eredl Sando'vel edl> Salem, Ills." ' * *; * 7* --* "yy*]'* ",''?.,,■- • Contlnua'a New York lq, sciopero deT gli implegati nelle?-layanderie'''deila grande -Metrdppll. .',"" -'?_ ,.■/'.'. " "•'••? 7•'?*"*. ;.'"• ''.*~y*:'■£?'■..-, SJ\ ,' '- 11 .''gi'Ovane' itajlahb,-Frank. Beftina e stat'b, traspqrtato .all'ospedale df'Tyler,' Pa., per'essersl fbtto'una'gamba nella minlera ,dl ."Cascade."/.'". -'' • . ,? *7- vy^-y:, >?.*,• -,*• y<.- -.-, •.yLa^'/Natlonal TubeyCo.Vy'.di; Wheel. _lng,vW.t Va.,; ha.riaperto .i,suoi. stabili- ^lmuT^r-l!a^f.~_nri^pfrt7Sohb^ta rlmessl a lavoro. ,,**.' 'yy. 7 . ° ■*:-; *c--'."-. •■'.."'*■,*■» * ,* ''ii-\ y'*•" ■' -'^Mentre' ir Trentinb-Antonio. Boselli, dannl 28,"stava lavorahdo irelia'.minlera di. Eureka, Pa.,1scop'pi6'-una?;i.arica(dl dlnomite„che lo^ridusse a brandelli..7- .. ...*-^ ^ * »". »." ^ .„, ■,•■, . ^... ,^,'Gli operal addetti alia? preparazione del oementq ,jn'Auburn, N. Y„ harino. ottenuto iiin considereyo,le aumento .dl paga ed una' dlminuzione dl ore dl' lovorb.;. •■, , '"■" '*"',-, ♦ , *' W » ' "*■) ' '* ' ■" yln..segulUo ad- un, (llsgrazlato accl- dente, .11 con'nazlonnlo Giuseppe VI- gllo II 29.dollo scor'so Qennnlo perdettb la' vita,' riella mlniera ,'di Tombstone, Ariz.y ,,y. .■,7 ,. ' -yy "\ >'"' *, 7. ■'* * .* ,7 '■'-' i • E' scoppiato. n Iylsbqi^o, Porlogallo,- uno? aclbporo" Bqn^ralo.-o^eraiq. ed' 1 dlsordlnl-si suBsbgubiio in modo.allar- hi'anto. * J.a pdlizln! lia gta trntlo" In nrresto plu ill mllle persone.' -, ' . ■', ,(.*•- ,(,.,«, * ■*. *■.'pojpp'/iirt breve sciopero, I commcasl dl nbgoz! (li-'commoBtllilll rtl, Oroaton, Iowa."floha; riusciti' ad otterioro un au- inouto dl aalarlo ln raglbno dl tre dol-| iarl alia Bottlmana. "■y ;" ■• • : •l ,. '»',* »7 • , } Mjolifilo Taurono o euo flglio Don.cn-' fco,yn_o.itro eWnno(lA.vornndo flU dl un'.'binarlb ""n •'whtoVto!lvri,"N.,,y.'l',vo-V-i >noro-ln-v«Htltl-(ln una looomotlva.o gra- votnbnto'ferltl, • I'loro stato'o dlBpor- ftto., •'••>', .,-.,; ■" ;, ' 7.1.,';,., (..'« I.H-M^ ">' •'"< ; 'S'<<\> ' • II, connazloniyo Antonio PInolll mon- tro Btaru lnvornmlo-nulla mlnlqra No. 1 (ll,l.(i{.iiH. Pn„ ol-bo II brnoclb alnls- tro'fltrltolntofra una mncclilna oil un carro. » • • ,,-V' • ■■, .. ,. ■Nel dintornl ill Donorn, Pa., frn brovbla J'Unltoil StntOH Stool Corpora- tlon'' dnrai principle adnn lavoro oho diirorn niu-occlilo tompo o cho costora circa 2 niilloni dl dollarl. II numoro doftll pi-«rnl cho verrnnno Implognll sallrd'nolrcn mllle. .' ' Alcunl Itallani-.e'he'^ehgonq fin**affit- to una mlniera nel monte^Shefinan, vi- clno a Georgetown, .Cqlq^^Iri^questl giornl hanno .sebperto -unl'ricco -gia- .clmento d'argontb. y,° "V>t'5",, *"' 'v \ y ' ■.','••• , "7-yy ■',''* *' E' cesBato a Manchester^nghiiterra,. lb" sciopero del'tessitbrl,' l^quali'-Bono1 tqr'natl a lavoro dopolmu^tfeycpnccB-. sioni col padroni* def.la'nlfici e del "cb- tonlflci; 7" 7 -'"*"' "J-, • -'.S'y *"'•"'* . .* .' . '- - *- J J '*.. . .* ' ,.* :*■*-.* , r. - -• ^ ■... ' y La, Federazlbno'""del. -Lavoro -dello' Stato del'West,Virginia .sta-brganiz-' zando .una forte'campagna onile !btte-- nere l'emanazione^ nellaVprbsaima ses- sione Legislaliva,. -di'.leggl,. a favore delle class! bperaie.7 y -'': ■,.*'v'',,'..'' - " ->''". <" ■- ''*-' •'-""' ' :*?.'","" -, * LESENNEMIS-DE LA ? y^y.-V ' .' '. ';- '.'-. '" 7 -.CLASSE 6UVRIERE ' "Lesy.ournaux/ Canadlens--Francais sont lus prIncipalement-",paf«de's7'ouv-' riers et ces'ouvriers ne'sont-.pas-'.tous des Ganadieris-Francais. ,J i^'Piusleurs"* de ces, journaiix*1 ont une circulation assez- grande'..dans certains^,'centres minlers ou lndu'striels ou.-ll n'y. a pas de Cana'diens'-Francai3. -Ces'jburnaux ettant.tous catholicques ou.va'probable ment. croire que tous leurs abonnes d'a'na ces regions sont des'ouvriers ca- tholiques;qui leuf^donnent.la preference a caus*e,.de; leurs" opinions rellge- uses.y- Mais' ce" n'est,pas" le cas.- La plupart:,des lecteu^svde''ces jourhaux jS'y abonnent1 simnlement parcel qu'ils sont' generalemeijyassez grands, don- nent "beaucoup* deyhouvelles'^'et 'que leur lecture ne. demande aucun effort intellectual.77 7?., 7 " •'*'?-, 7.' - . Chaque fois,q'u'il..*y'a une,greve quel-" que part,-'qu.;peut etre-cert'ain-que ces jouj*n_.ux^db_nher_ont-?au'£._iouve'llea List qf Locals. District 18 •i ■- ■■■■.■-.■■■i " i .•O.. ( NAME ' ' ( 8E0. and P. 6, AODRB88 * ' 121> Unnlcljoad. /,,.-,..;. jr, Whoatloy, Sanfclioad,' Alia'. 481 flonvor Crook. ,\.'. /'P, Onughton, noavof CJroolt,' via rinohor '481 Ilellovuo, ? ,, j. Durko, Dollovuo, Prank, Mta,' ..K_- wtu.i«., <,...,,.... u, j, O-.abU, -j.itjllilOlO, All*!. Ml T..iT*mln: Jon/T>cj'Vj'f_j3u*, Jiuruiia, Alln, 2227' Carbon-tote;*...\.'. J; Lonsbcrry, Carbondalo, Coleman, Alta. 31387 Cardiff.;,.,....... J. Poolo, OArd'lff. Alta.' 1887 Canmoro .......... N; 1). Thaehuk; Canmoro, Alto, S83S Coloman ...k, W, araham,ColaiS.an, AUa. ]| Wit r*n*\,t~ ' f» T,.,.»" tf ,■>>,,•" " ' 1130, Chinook Mlnoa .... Wm. Forayth, Diamond City, AUa. 217J Diamond City Alton Zak, Diamond Olty, LothbrldRo, 231-4 Pernio ,,,,,., M.,. Tboi, Uphill, Fornlo, fi, 0. \m Frank,., G. Nicol, Frank, Alta. 84W.,iroawor ;.'..-;'..,... \9[; Daldoritono/Uoamor, D. C. 1058 Hlllcrett,......?. 7J. 0, Jonea. Illllereat, Alta. , 674 , UUrtirldw L..Mooro, 004, SiaoonU. 8L, North ^thbrldgo. %i\M Lathbrtdia Colltarloa Frank IJarlnRham. aba. via.. Klpn, Alto. r» 1888 WHO..', W, 14. Krana, Lille, Frank, Alta It tm Map!oI>af..v,... 0, Parker, Maple Leaf, Deliovue, Alta. mt Michel M. Oarrftll, Michel, D, C. ;, 14 Monarch Mlno.,,. |* J. Thomair, Monarch Mine'. Tabor, Alta. im Paaabnrjr......... J.Kluaearlta. Paaaburir/Alta. 88W Rojra. Vlav ........ Thot..a PlaUr. Royal Colllerloi. "Utt^ridim. Alta ins* Ta\|«v..'...,...... A. Pattoraon. Tabor, Alia,'1 " 108 Tabef,.,,.,,,7,.. 3, Cooper, Taber, AUa. , ,711 faut seme^ia'lmeflance parmi'les' ouvriers, les'.'mynteiiir',* diviie's'^ponr?, que les actionn_ilres''qui ne produiaenf rien puissent,; sans- meme perorerys'at- tabler devant des;soupers.plus*succulents encore.'-??'Mais contre ces/bons eoiipeurs la notre ?Yan n'a rien ajdire. Les ^qu'vriersJ\ des.> fabriques' peuvent; s'epulser en traivaillant et manque_,'d& nevPL-saire'pour.que. }o.s,.actionnai.es. puissent boire dir cbamuagne et eni .-e; lenir des djanseuBes'-etc?'**:*, les 'Yon leur pereheront la patience et le par'a- dis a? leur' mort.-* _. Slnistre? farceur/'va-. Et dire qu'll-'.y' a7des ouvriers qui- supportent des„journau'x,qui les trait- en t^de cette.faeon chaque"fois"qu'ils bsent relever la tete et deinander, une part plus grande des richesses qu'ils creent osent'demanded un salaire qui leur permettra d'elever honorablement leur - petite f amille. -.* y \"y Nous souhaltons que l'attltude de ces'journaux durant cette greve ouvre lesyeux a un grand nombre—Vole! l'ar tide de notre Yan: . ' *"' c Slavonian OTROCKE POMERY y;AMERIKE: . Otroctvo. bolo' v Amerike formalne odstranene ui v roku 18G3 v, skutoc- nosti ale jestyujo ono este,'dnes. Zv- laSt" na; juhu je otroctvo domovom. Najhorgimi statmi bu Mississippi; Ala-' bama a Georgia... ZvlaSt' Georgia je ptrockbu. Nasledkom otroctva,'. ktore y tychto §tat9ch panuje: nemoZe tame- jSI -kapltal dostat' dostatoCny ■poCet robbtnlkov. - Preto oznamuju .na'.vy- chode'a na zapade, 2e ■potrebuju ro- bothikov.. . A dostanu ich' v_.dy dost'. RobbtnikV zvlast',prist'ahovalec, j.tory jo ah'gllCtiny neznaly, a ke'd'^by'aj bol angliStiny znaly, nefiita' 2iadne Casb- plsy,' a. preto sadhe na- lep a ide tam za; pi-acou. Agenti tychto kapilalis- tbv 'sl'ubuju. "ze.. cestovne-. vylohy hradia-zainestn'avatella, ale jakoiialile su'robotnici na mleste, vtedy sa pr"es: vedfiiaVq celkorh'nie.om i'nom. Pred- ov&etkym sa" im" bznaml, 2e ceslovne vylohy sa iin zti'hnu zo mzdy. Nami- esto ri"adnej'a;silnej stravy dostavaju suchy chlleb^a mlieko, ktore je* vlastne len posmechom, mlieka,. ponevaC je to' len. biela 'vbdlCka:,. TieZ bydliska su bledne a nezdrave. V ztme trpia zi- mou a y'lete'hbruCost'ou. -'Taki robotnicl ?su-'dr"_ani',v robote ^na' sllu. VSade sulrozostavene ozbrbjene straJe Wore ka2dyVppl.UB-o.utek trestaju zas't- relenim'.- yAni.Hi"' robotnici nesmu" z prace.odlBjV ktorl ''sa so spolocnost'ou vyrovnall,,-.: ».'A;-;nief toho ■miesta,' .kde by mohol'hradat'.'robotnik ochranu'.-a nlet tbho.sudcui'ktor^ by prijal nejaku 2alobu; ^tym^menej'sa najde.'sudca,' ktory. by;* dal frbbotriikovi nejake zados- t'ucinenle.v"..''ZaTkonodarna. siidebvia"'a ant trait* a7.cette.greve"urie couleui-'favorable aux' patrons. s'lls n'attaquent pas ouvertement lesgRsyistes. Cecl v'eut dire qu'en, s'abbnriant a ces journ- a'ux.'Ie's ouvriers aident'au 'developpe- ment, a .'extension'de leurs pires en- nemis,' alors qu'ils orit neglige de sup- pbrtter .les;, jburnaux qui sont* a *eur service'quand Jils" orit des difficultes avec les- explolteurs.' ; '' Si los. ouvriers'*'s'arretaient iin moment pour conslderer.'serleus'ement, cetto. question; 11 est probable qu'ils s'abonneralent en -plus grand nombre aux journaux qui leurdlsent do dures vqrltes pour,les lnstrulre mats qui pre- nnont lour defense des qu'ils sont.ob-' Hgcs de lutter avec lours exploltours,- Et's'lls s'abonnalent a cos journaux ceux-ol' pourralont lour ■donner slno'n plus'do lecture pour lour argent. , -La-,'greyb do Lawrence vlent fournlr iin oxempie frappnnt do co que'noua dl- Bons plus. haut. . On peut facllemerit compter sur les dolgts d'une main km journaux Canndlons-Francals que'ont- prlB Borleusemont la dofonso.dos grev- Istos duns JeurH.al jusles et si 'minim; os.i'ovondlcatlonB. . * -* •* >- i-".-* Prasquo tous moprlBont, calomnlont- et-lnsult'ent les grovlstos ot leurs re- proBontants. 7; • . ',i Nous avons doja en 1'ocnaBlon do toiietter a dlvoi'HM. roprlBos 'dans * co journal, un corlnln ;'Yan*Vnn noiiBdoii" do WootiBookot, ot pour montror do quelle facon co Josulto a robcourto bavo sur Iob grovlatOB noua rt-prodyi- sons on ontlor un ilo bob- articles dniiB' la Tribune,'artlclo quo l'Relio de Now nodford B'ost liato do reprodulro dana sa pirgo,, do rodactlon. A Now Bedford ot a Woqnaookot II ya'doB-mll- llorB'trouviiorB tout niiBfll volou quo coux do Lnwroncb ot 11 no foudralt paa qu'llH Btilvcnt l'exomplo do cob'der- nlora ot, pour cola tout'on ndmottnut quo In Bltimtlon ogt jnituvnlso ■notro Ynn ot bob parolla' ossalnnt do naUr Ioh niojiourB et do Tnlro cvolro nn'uno grovo n*n dluitro but quo d'onRralHsor' cob dornlora flnna'apporlor lo iriolndro BoulfiKonioiit aux groviHtos, , Ynn rommonco d'nbord par dlro v>o Iob Bocli.lli.tott. Be sont rnlH a colpor- to* de',Iii dynnmlto ot ;. lancor <1cb o crltB IricondlnlroR. , lit Ynn f nit tout niiBRl blon quo r»ou*» qu'll it, oto prouvo quo c'otalont ilirH lnnomla doa grovlflto., doa ng- ontB • iIob "patiw-n8 ,qul Bomal- uui, i<t i->itui.iUo a l_iiv. reituv, una ouvrlcra accui.t_) w._ vlo V.bvu-m, )v BrevlflteB, ilea agents iIob pntronls qui jiifte declarant qu'll* etft'ent vletlmes d'nno ronsplrntlon, tnndln quo 1'ngont do« patrons d«vrn, paaaor on juatlco, -«»„.. , ,.i i. , . , . . . '"" »*'* k>J^» iv-vMl. __.<)t-a v» Vl<UUI I.J.- thollquo 11 faut-qu'll callomnlo leu io- ClnllBtOB, , Pnuvro Yan, La niaroo montanto du floelnllsmo no tardora paa a anh- merger toua log calomnlatoura do votro trompo. * • Non Butl.falt d'avolr-calomnle lei aoelnllaloa notre Van ne rrolt aiimkI dan* l'obllgntlon do dlacrodltcr * le» chofa do la grovo pour obtonlr un aourlro flaltonr dea ej_p.ol.eur* do »a vllie. Rcoulwle. "Quand |«s «rat«tir<— lea pororaurt—aralent flnl d«s jwrlnr lis vont dana tin hold do cbolx a'attab' leur devant un mtccnlont Miipor...." dq,'tamej§ich uhl'odolov,' vy tam uvl- dite,'? hrqzy," ktort' d'alekb prevysuju* "hrbzy*. sibirske. A predsa je: Am:. erlka. na yonok zemou neohraniCitel'^ ne! svqbody,;.?. Bola, ale dnes nou yiac- nie-jeVVAmerika bola zeinou syoDody-' y-pr'vyclisyojich za5iatkochr- bola?nou; ^aklar^aetipznala" k_\pitalismu, prestala iibu ale byt.Vtedy, kedyz plodila prve- Iib.kapJtalUtu. , .,,.*, .',77 . vi *■Polish *. -Chiedete la vostr'a giustizia per la yo'atr_.v.cittadlnaza? ., A .LAUNDRY GIRLS'"' PLAINJ A'despktpli from New York says: Society men and*women! wb?o go down into "the slums 'sometimes and get an artificial view of the life* there,- admitted,* today they Hadn't slept well aftqr. listening to,the story told last, night by,little Rosie Schneldermaun, tlie boss' of the vlaundry ' workers' strike, tb the diners of the fashionable Twilight Club.' In evening gowns and full dress wo-- men and men of-society listened to this .child.and then'gave her $500 and promised "more for the striker's.'' '■, /"You folks,come slummln'," Rosie said, "and then go back and1 say us girls can get along on the'wages„we make. -But you.never tried to live,on 14 or $5 a week. * There's a girl 1 know; she's been married and she's got'a baby she loves. She gets, $5 a week, and I found her in a three-room /flat that cost her ?8 a month. - She - told 'me there wasn't' any'need'of fuel, cause she'only .gets libfrie "Iii time'to crawl into bed so she can get enough rest to face another, day's1 work. For. the same reason,- she doesn't need light. . clothes?*1 'Huh! . She,never expected'any! ,- "7. ' ' y ' "' ' : "Some of "the girls do things that are bad, and'you .blame "em—you w"ao don't'know what it'is to want anything in the world. .They know want —and they're not! to "blame when they go bad." ' ,," • '■* ' *-;' - «. . ,.'.*-• a - ■' ■, .. .„ : ,"a just;claim,".' Owner on Minimum.—Sir. A. B. Mark- '",{' '."y ham84In Favor , * ,- Slr.Arthus'B.Markham, director of the Tredegar. Iron and Coal Company, ina^speecli at,,Creswell,recently, supported the:miners' claims',for a minimum -wage:7 'The claim of the men? he'Isaid,'was'ithat,,.where tlie forces of* nature? preve'nted-ymen who had done" a .'fair'yda'y'sy'^oirk..earning a dav.'s wage", ? they ^liquid not go home' at tlie'end of.the week with a starvation yobecy.'v'.etci',. verejni ' ura'dnicl su pochopovia kapitalu. Co tu sa robi s roboti_ikmi,:y to>je slcutocne hanbou dvadsiatehb s'tbroCia?" - J" "'■* ' ■V" Gebrgii^'su dozorcovia nad robot- nlkmi bzbrojenivrevolvermi'a obuSka- mi, ktore -su- vyllrfto olovom." Lotri tito su Bchopnl. vielkeho: t Ked' by sa snad' nlektory* robotnik zprotlvll, po- va2uje",sa" nleSo 'podobneho zd vi-azed- ny utok, a taky dozorca '|-ma pravo takeho.'robotnlka na.miesto zastrellt'. Takato vra2da nema pre dozorcu zia- dnych,nasledkov. Cela.vec sa' vy- svetll'Inak, ne2 sa v skutoCnosti udala. ZayraZdeny .robotnik jo pochopml kapitalu bznaceny fo vrah, lotor a vyvf- hql', }'ud_jl.ej, spolo.nosti, pred klorym. boll 'd'ozprcbvla v ' stalora nobozpoCI 2lvota. V',' Robotnik sa.'sam ftlvlt' nc- mpic., ppnevafi jo u2 mrtvy.'jeho spolu- rqbotnlcl, aa' bojn svcdcitl proti pn- chbpom, ponovaC by Icli Btlhnul ten flamy^osud, a talc vraSSdla pochopovia djalej, libz toho, aby, .nloktory z nlcli boI;,za,to trest nny, ba Co Ion polcar- hany. Zladny clvilisbVaiiy Clovelc hy to'jiiu novorll, a pi'oilsa jo to pravda, •, NaJvaCfiou opot'Qti otrokjirskych kn- pltflllatov bu "uradovno'yia aoopatro- vanlo.prnc'o.' ' Kagila tnka qtrokarslta flrma alobo nickol'ko tiikych ; flrl- om apoloCno vydrZlavaju si v Now Yorku alobo v nloktorqm tnopi prlqruy- B|oyom niesto taku . "uradovnu" na z'aopnl'rovanlo p'racb, Tu najde kaiidy robotnik, ktory, Jo boz zambstnanla, pracu.' Bl'ubujo aa coBtovno, vol'lin m'zda, dobry byt, I'alika praca,' alo kod' Jo liz robotnik raz v kllotko, vfietlfo'jo Ion klnm,' Vtedy uz nlo jo onl cop- tovno, placa Jo mlzorna, Bpnvat' mu- gin robotnicl pod ftlrym nobom a prnou Jo prlamo otrocka. Still an til prlpnd, _* Istit tiowyork- flka uradovna na HiiroBtrodkovntilo praco zaproilnln. nlokol'korobolnlkov do Vlrglnlo, kdo tloz otroctvo dopoilnl' Jjbvyhynuto. Tito robotnicl boll dr*. n'nl Jako v otroctvo, A nobolo moXtio ujst', Konofno Jodnomu z nlcli po- moliln' n'a Bvohodu manlolkn. Ton potom poinohol na nvobodu ssus Inoinu robothlkovl. Tito dvnjn Bpolbcno u6- Inlll otnameiiio o torn, Co -.UubIII, alo vfictko, Co bu Htalo, bolo, Xo sprogtred- kovntol'ovl praco; • ktory loh do Vlrglnlo zaprodnl, bola odobrntn'llcniinln •—otrolcarom bolo dovolono otrofilt' d'a- loj. . .Tnko Bponienutq otroctvo jo v Am* ttH.L. L\J, LtHLLtiV VulttlumJUSi, a.«i V MnM* Iprnot'H Jcr-lvnjc Min v v:i.;citi3!c-J lonuv v ilvnilslntlfh nmorlekych stntoch. Tie- to ataty moJ.u dl'a lltery enkona pre- nnjlmnt' trestnnrov Jcdnotllvym xn- ineHtuavaUtrom r.n TiOct, donno, a' .in. l^.. ».^ . -Ii .,t'if *-.- - *^«* . . t ,i i none pravo nail «mrt'ou a llvltom takeho troBtnncii. Taky troitauoc-robot- nik Jo nutony vykonnvat* praco, ktore prcBflhnJu wily cloveka. A Jeatll Ich noinoio vykonnvnt*. Jo blty, v innohy- ch prlpadoch I Knblty. Til nlet nml- lovunlii, «nl cllu, tu nlet odvolanln, VSelky kradefe a vRetky tloElny. «r»a- thano vletkyml r.lo?lncnml vo vRftky- i-h itntorh, nlo au nlClm proti tomuto rlo-lnu otrokar«lva a aloCinu. ktore- ho aa dopuXfa dvndiatf itator tevcro *merlckej Unlo na avojlch obCanoch tym, Ui Icb dovo!*uJu pmdaval' Jod- hotllvyrn wme*tnnva^erotn. I.r>n rhod'K** do Oeorale alebo do Alabamy. ■w-age-tnrojDTgn^nqyipir^or^iieif^whT This was"a claim?'which was Just and reasonable,"and ihe,responsibility for. the untold-1 sufferings-that would'-'take place;if a'strike did occur, would rest. not' on the miners,'but on the owners. .Poor mines were either working- at a Joss or'.ata'^bare margin of profit, and they it waa'who fixed the'standard rate of. wages' of all the mines. The consequence was that if the'own- e'rs of these' mines raised their'standard of wages thoy -would have to, shut'down'or produce at a;loss. If other collieries raised tlielr rates they would'probably havo to face commercial death.- ■v But usually in practice somo (othor speculators'como along and buy? up , theso mines In ' the hope ot a coal boom. , It wWrepentedly' snld In tho press that his (Sir"Arthur's) chief Interests wore In largo, deep mines, arid thnt a minimum' wage would not' a.fert his pocket, niin 'statement waa qulto .untrue, Ilia Interests lu tho largo modern mines producing quantities of coal wore, unfortunately for him, compn'm; lively Bmall, and in point pf fact, n' minimum wago would, with ono oxoop- lion, nffect. nil tho colllorlOB whoro he hold a majority of th'o.Bh.nrofl. , Mr. Hnll, tlio Yorkshire minora*- ngont recently snld he omrht to practice whnt ho pronchbd nnd pny 8b. per day' at tlio conl face In' his own colllorlos. Ho found on examination Hint, with ono,exception, It. would-not, pny lilm to do ho, nnd he would ho gliiil to provo this with IiIb books to,Mr, Hnll, IIo would, However, Kindly nilm* IiIh wngo* If IiIh pompolltlorH woro brought up to nomowhero nbout tho ftamo Htnn- dnrd. IIo wnn not tiBlininod of tlio wngen pnld In IiIb own colllorlnn. He could not -profnBB to know whnt wero the weekly wokob pnld to «omo M.flOO men, hut lio did know the Instruct Ioiih glv«u to tlio mnnngorB nt nil thoao rnlllerloB, nnd (hoy woro Hint whero men hnd dono n fnlr day'B work tliey Bhould hnvo their wagon mndo up tn Hie full district rnton calculated for tho nvor- ngo of tlio month, At mnny mine* In thl» country (horo wns no nllowanco ovon fo men who hnd done a fnlr dny'a work, nnd thorn woro thousands ot men who owing to Abnormal plncoa woro getting Ir. pnr tiny and lean, but not In this dlatrlet. Tf hn know nnvthlnff nbout mlnon. thoy hntod Injustice, nnd would not boo tholr fellow* put upon. (Hunr, hear.) That accounted for tho re- suit of tli-jlr1 ballot. Tlielr flret courfco oimht to be to.drive n drift In tho rank*, o. tho maatora who would not be renrty to fflve tbo renHonnhk' w/iKf, nnd If thoy ttould get tho majority ta rIvo wny tlm ro»t would want no hoi- Inj,, (LniiRhtor nnd npplnuRo). 1.x- trcme mon nmong thorn any "down tool*," but,If tlicro wn* n complete e'l'l*.'. tt would Mit n blazo thnt no nm couM Btop, and appalling lufforlng would follow. Tlie South Wulca V.i lio. Dr. de Van's Female Pill* bt* f rttieit wgttUtyf i un r e-.-Mlogi_ pow«ilut In ri AidUbl*frttieliTfgul-ttvfiMitrUt].. TIcm pilli tr« ei.ttdloglf powerful in rtgulillng ih. fit>fT-,i,,i»f'*rt*MiMl>(*lw-i_V ti»uw. h-ffif. i.l thttp imiuiloM. fir. rt* Tu'i „r« m\-I At' • lit i>. »r nrrij f-if rtrt. 1.4,I( -t '■! v\\ a.'! fe' ysDISTy 18: OFJ^CBRS'yREPORTS^ >^yy '■" , (Continued from page 10)., .""*_•/••■r, , . ".- . " Northern field, and ascertain "as'%tb the advisability'of .organizing tUatj..--. -,:-.! field,' I" respectfully submit* for'? your consideration 'the result of • my.:'-' "7' mission to thev Edmonton district'and' the 'Jasper, Park Collieries' Ltd., ' , the latter being two'hundred-miles'.west'of Edmonton. ',' j •* - "7 - v'/Mines In and Around Edmonton with'Number of'Men Employee! at Each -.", Clover?Bar Coal Co., ,100 menf spur track into mine. ' ^ ' .- ; "Humberstone 80 men; shipping. "'" , '' " ; --•--»' a ;';' i vl City Mine,'50 men; shipping. ■, 1, ■' ' ' ,* P" 7" -y""' Dawson^and Hyndman, 60 men;{shipping.-. * " ^ , ■"•' '- *s.-7 y 5 Frank'M|ne,'12 men; snipping. •'.-,.' ' ~S "'".'*"; 7 y" Pew small mines near*G. T. P. Bridge (about) 70 men;^shipping, f ' 7. Twin CitytMine, 40 men;'shipping. All paid day wage. * '. - .-.- * Great'West Coal Co.,"l00 men; shipping',"1 '.,-.-. .'■\7."WbiterS/tar,,Cb}-70.pien; sVpplifg.' '. *.. .' ' ,-;•>."-.• . ,"- .* y ■All paid day wage.' " 7; . , ? ' y There are 600 men or over employed In and around Edmonton, which r <■L believe'could be organized"with: little "trouble.- ' '-' •'• - ,.On careful enquiry regarding* the Camrose, or what is known'as the , Round Hill district, there are at present over 300 men employed; there • ' • are spur tracks into three of the mines. Before the year Is 'over, in . Camrose district alone there will be seven companies shipping. At- - •~' tehtio'n ought to'be paid to this part bf the field", which lies convenient," • . to Edmonton.* ■- ' . " '• " y Now wo'look to the great coal fields west of Edmonton. ' * In the Brazeau thoro are four companies developing fast. At the , present tlmo there are twenty-two miles ot track completed from the main line of tlie G. T. P. from a point west of Edmonton known as "Mile*Sixteen:;' This'track will bo,completed to the collieries this |. month.- There are about 200 raenl employed at present. Eighty miles • " further south of the* Brazeau^fs the Yellowhead Pass, which Is going ahead fast. Railway,track is being pushed,ahead and everything looks as tf these companies will be shipping conl; In large quantities ' before Fall. As near,as'I can find.out tliere will be'three railway companies'in there this Pall. , It promises'1 to be one of the largest y coal producing fields in the west. The number of men employed as near as I could ascertain is about 200. At the present time there are a. few thousand tons,of coal stocked on the ■surface.' y We now come to the Jasper Collieries Ltd?', which is over 200 miles " ;-, .west of Edmonton.-. -There are about',J50, men employed here. They ,' ..*., ; arc shipping 400'tons daily.'■-There are 15 workmen's houses erected, and contract is let for another 70. * The workmen were started on ". , ,.; when ,1 was, there,'.. 'This company Is .putting themselves in good shape' ' ■'> for a-large output. 'There are seven seams of coal, varying from 21 ■;, to 4-feet. This same company is opening up another mlno on the" other side of the river.* I might say here that tho men have an agree- -' "ment signed with'the company which is the best I have yet seen."The >average wages of the men is.around $7,00 per day." The jiieii^ar.e an- , xious'at this camp to be organized; most'of them are old members of ■• the District. I-b'elieve this District ought to get busy and organize,, this camp and, take over "the agreement now in existence. ,7 In' con- - elusion I would say, after, having taken in the whole of this'field, and looking into the future,' I"believe it-would be in the best interests of- . '. this District to organize, tne..wbole, field and make a sub-district of it to District 18.- Orie-r€ason'*'for'm'y-tad'vbcafting this'is its distance from ' * headquarters, which is,700 miles:■Another reason is this:* if this field ,is organized it, is important that a man be placed there. I.don't believe it is'pbssible'for it to be a success'otherwise. * Excuse me, in my last' , - remarks, .but as a late board "member and having this District at heart, ', J;thin!. ,ln a11 dl?e respect vtp" the membership in-that part of.the field, "we should get in and organize lt or'leave the whole thing alone. * - - , In closing, I,wish the, Executive Board .of District IS, A Happy New '. Year and success in all their deliberations'. "' ' , . -, For 8*fa Vijtnt Co., «t. fnitiArlnv.- Ont at Dlaaiiiifl'B Drug Stert. .Fraternally, yours, ,-/<_: (Signed) DONALD McNAB. - r? r- r—.n | uysi E ~i M^N IE^TT^lEZY-37" "^7^ ~? To jeuize zadna ugoda nie egzystuje pomledzy nimi ale z zjednoczd-, ncml gornikaml w Americe nie otrzymajazandnc-y' korzyscl." . ^ Hillcrest 8go Lutego (specl'alna .wldbmpsc District Ledger.)— Kilku z'.wielu robotnlkow litpry-.mleli zakrutko .Bwojej wyplaty naswojich-.' >' (statements) rachunkach, zaskanyll "Western Canadian Coal Com- panie, i na*poparclo swej sprawy.odniosll sie do ckgystujacej ugody .'' .pomieuzy zjedpozonomi ^ Gornikaml-, a Kompanlami Wegll. Sprnwa byla przesluchlwana w Blairmore i adwokas osknrz'onych.w obronnydi •argumentneh dowodzil ze Sknrracy.nle naleza do unll 1 dla tego nie' moga sie domngnc zndnyeh "wnronkow znwastych w.ugodzlo, ponlowaz ugoda byla zawnrtn z Kjeduoczon yml Bora'koml Dial i_, I wlaBccrvjnmip A wlec robotnicy .nlo nnlezacy do unit nlo maja zadnoj ugody llq-im ma placic kompnnla. " •> • . l'o powyzszych argumentneh sad uziml owe wywody osknrzonych, I " odzuc.i gprnwo. 7 , (Speclale nl Glornald del Dlsetrctto) IIILLCHEST,' 8 Fobbrnlo.—Alcunl Invorntorl cho sop stall pngatl dl mono nl Blntlmontl nnno porti.tp in corto la Western Cnnudlnn Coal Company. K In,loro causa anno portnto avnn(| regi'lmcnto die eslste fra 1'unlono o I 'rom'nndiintl delle mlnlcro. l.a cnuwu fu 'tenuln Iii , Ulnlrmoro dove l'avvocato cho illfondovn la Compngnla (IIhbo tutti I '• lnvornntl che non funno parte nll'iinlonp non ninl potlobhoro reclnmnro ,* la glornata che o scrlttn BUll'grlmenlo. Questo porBono che non fnnno pnrto nll'unlono non vl « nessuno ogrlmorito die ln Compngnla dovo pngaro le loro glornnto. Dopo, urgomontl temitl In corte 1 dlfenzorl nnno Bospeso'ln cnuBn."" ■' , . . . AVVI8IAMO AI^CORAI TnttI coloro cho nnno 11 voto. So niulnto In com. ul voBtrl dlrlltl non gunrdnto lo porHono cho por- tuno hi rlHn li) fncco e'vl dnftno la'mano una vpltn ogni tro mini e iml o tutti finllo, (.wiindo voi-i-n il tempo votnlo por 11 vontro Compngno. KENNEDY & MANGAN Lumber for i It . :'^^'"4*r,-l_l"_-i^.,..y' orriOE and vand, MeCHBaaot. AVt., o*p. a. n. oipot, ranNii IF YOU WANT THE BEST And Nothing but tho Bost In Froih and Snnokod Moats, Frost, and Smokod Flgh, Dairy Prodiieo, Poultry Etc. Etc., aro to THE 41 MARKET CO. -» purposes li«Ti> lit it. n ivy time, mitl in any '.mill!It}',1 Veil cannot HWiimp iih willi a lnrnit ord#>r, <ir glvo tin ho hiiiiiII a ono thnt wo will not iiUi-iKl to It, THERE ARE BOARDS, BEAMS, .OI8TS, SHINGLES, Etc. for any kind of building you mny be nt work upon, Hnvo u» M'tiu .uu v,iu_i >_iu wain Hhilt )vu li,.,.!. ii. SAM GRAHAM, Managar PHONE 41 "*Aj it*. CTftt-Tta.-g-ja^j Wfli3^W*^^?Si»7v.5s. t-«" -■C_*<ilj'^v_" '7V-KV-, -> *' PAGE TWELVE .. *.'-■'" A '•._-" ^ '". >-="•£ s" ' * ~ - **- 1* THE DISTRICT LEDGEE, FEBS1E, B. 0. FEBRUARY 24,1912 ' •77^^i,;\^^^ry^'1^i **K$^£y v^y7^y^-^^^^-' *7- 7<7v^^=7 ,.- !VV:,f*\'7, '-y-fc-y-yy 77?^-'yyy-y.--^:' Sy. yyv^-Ty ~ 7'^:7^7 ,... ^. * -^j , -;:„*y^ ,. \..:v~„^ ■,ylfry^\ , y. -y^7> '--7*y--'" ./ «■* A-,* V? ^ ^ - - .^ ' ■' . , Vl. * . ,-,,,., . * ~ . .' v ki ,. .. -- i. ^ ,.. > I' - If ■- lv • I? * - ' v," ' • *■R ' 7'H ll'y I*,,'-'' -•) titty's li .. ' t u_ High Grade Kid Gloves *p&ir * Good;quaHty. real French Kid, equal in yalue to moat gloves sold at.'.$1.50. These gloves?are made by one of the most reliable Kid Glove maim facturers and'Yare"as perfect in fit and style as'the" mctst exclusive makes.7> ' •* _, - ' 7 ,- >"* ',, 7.7 ' .7 " y- ' .-,-'="' Light, Mid; Dark Tana and Browns, in all sizes from 5% to 7%.' * Black>in sizes 5y3, 5%, 6'KB\i.'' A few pairsP of Black Mousqiiitaine, in size 6Vi 'only.,' These Gloves^were originally $2.25;,.now- 95c. <' o -■r'-* - * * ' \ i • • -, > -"• - - . -*■•,,*,.' ■_ •• 7 • „ '7 ... . n t ■Cashmere Hose 45c a pair -< - ■' . . . ,%; -. •-'- ' ' , ' " ' ". " '* •' ' * ■-'; - In Tans/Browns .Cardinals and Black; in fine, ribs and plain. , A beautiful soft,' pure wool Hose.- Regular value to 65c. We have only'a'limUed number of pairs and you don't want to be late for ' ~this genuine special." ".'./.... ."46c. -.a',pr. >•' '}' S '. *.,7 ' " V ,t. Sale Gontinties , - i-.,.-,--. - v, ., >. i- - • ..'>-' >'-- • -' '„-.■-"■* r-' y See 'ourSpecial Corset Covers at 65 and 75c 'We have other qualities; both cheaper and higher.* Jbut we believe?these to' be'1 extra good buys.-,;' ' *- ' - y . ' ♦' .■■',2.'*" - •'■■-,-'- N - - '77"-:7. ~y-. "y , '",''" ' "Now is the season to secure your-white Under- wear, as'there1 is,Vo .Westion aboit getting your .' '. correct size"at the price you wish.to pay. - , * . *. ■' * -■-•-. .; ,*i '.j' ; - -; - - i'. . • r . i*, ? < t ,>» '. J \ Ghlldren's Whitei)ire.ar ,. . '' ■-, * *' - - "*-■■•' i"\ ' ■' _- -*■'.-'.-...' -•■-■-1 'i „ -° . * ,y ', "'-.'!\,'7ii',\ , '*•», A.splendid assortment of Slips, Skirts' and Night' Gowns for all.ages.-,' ". U .,fl « ',''?'? < '' '. '" "' f , ' ' - ' •■|- * ' :7'"i* ,-">y-' ■".!■' ' This is your opportunity so iriake.tlie1 bejStiibf'i|; Every.dollar;:^ -\v \ :spent,riow means bigger valiies;and;m6re economy - ;:r .y|?C w Saturday Specials * '"y77.v,''-y/;y%'- '_V* Mixed-Biscuits, peip.lb. -,T..', \v*.. A. ••'•*•<«'*'. all V- v .V'Corn Plakea,-<3^foir-.. yy... .v".; ;;V.'. «V.;;' 78!;^ *7? Post Toastiea, 3 fo? .-?/- -.;'.;-. .V^. ?i\~.5£:;??■} ill1 *' ?' Robin Hood Oats, 5;lb pkgs with china.7..,. .SB ■."Cocoanut,' bulk,' per lb.'^ r.v,','..,.,". y7.v.". i.".'^^''..!!'*^.1- .Ontario'?CloverrHo-_ey,' 1 lb. pots,.......i:\'iS-M-y- -?'' Lowney's,Cream Chocolates. perlb>-':...'.r.V.*>-.IO- T. "Sterling-Extracts,. 2 "os. .v. ,\. ;•.;.'.. ;•.."';'.'.*;" .lOy-i ., Lombard Plums, 2 lb. tins, 2 for'. .„...;'....:-_*_S5 ; *7'" Blueberries, 2 lb. tins, 2 for ..'.-'..,.'... ..<:.■;'*. •'* ,2Bi7-v • Pie Fruit, Assorted, 2 lb' tin .,....,..' 7.. ..r. v .10. A > • » , -*y ■. - - -**■., -• .. . <_- Australian Valencia'Raisins, pe'rilb. ..77/....7-.10 ;.,. ■, Evaporated-Prunes, 2 lb.' for ...*.. V..-. .*.'. /.7,.25 Evaporated Apples, 2 lb. for7 .'.'.-.'.. .7. *, ;__•' *? *, "■' ,. * •" -.' ■>* y • - * **■• ?■1- > *-,t' -. * * Self-Raising Pancake Flour, .2'lb. pkgs., 2 for y.28 ',". - * * ** .' ">'; ■* *" ,"*.•"•' -.*{*x'y 'ii* <* ,V '■' ''Cross-'and Blackwell's Jam., 1-lb. .pota ''.Sr.. ...M1', <',... * , < v .'.,''.,*- -■';-■-.*. *J» V"-1 '"' - "" -Cross and Blackwell's Jam 2 lb.'; pots 7.;.'.'?; .-.-yAS.y '; ^ -Lamp Glasses, AT and B7sizes,3 for ';'..V?.7.y,?>__fi7.-V ' ■*Lard, 3 lb.-pail ....- .-. .7 .*,.'.;\.■*."*.'.*;.7'V'.*""* .B0..>. .'7i'7Bae..f_' hp'r-lb' •* r »''. " ■" 7;?.-Vft* -V-"/- '■<'"?■"- JO-?;-..1 --7*" • v - 7 ••■_'-' . n ••" n "*■-. «.. ','w,i'fw.(v 'tv-'.rV , ,*.:' Olives, per\.bpttle ...' '...;.. \ .25>,; * ,'- *, y} ',-*-?-1 .<-- -.--, ■_■^«^.,v,,.lT v\, > <.-.iy ,"7yPork and Bifeans;-2*lb. tins, S-for-r-.s'.'-^v?.-: J*#*.25™_v* !?,^Baby^ Oiwk'SQap, p?r box-f.jjV.iKVjV*Ov^',w8d' ,.^ ■. Large\Fowi;\per 'lb. r. .7...........;.., .fc.„;.".«yV>A.*_B*{._ y ?; Braid's B^^Tllh!' tin. \,^/. yiV^'riC7;7-id'y X :*.'-Gold■Standard;Tea,"3'lb. -for ■' :'....".*.JlfoO^'l ' 1 ;'yTomatoes, 2 lb.■tins,'-2*for'?**:r..-;-.-.;■.:..7...y, .25 '7 -' - Cambridge Sausage; 14b^:tins.'2 fory".-.^77. ,".45'l> *. , Lemons,1*per doz. .y.-.-....-....i' .......y ..25;.,?; ,-*-1. Oranges, .per doz , :.. _\ ..25,' .30,; .35 and, .40. ': ,.. , Jelly-Powder, '4 for . .* :,;...-.._. 7.. 7.."",'*25"-. -" ■Vis; ■Vl.-- . ' -L .w-7. '? .' , "V.--- -*t; ■■- ■**.*• ...,. Ammonia, pints, 2 for v .v.-i ."*(.:-.-.': .-..£'_-. *..-...: ,f .25^*;- ■•' '-.(■' ,'.*•■* a,,"* , ,, ,-,. --, , ^.^y,j.'>y* . -'^i -i * ,1? £.*'-.. -, -i.-*' fi. ' ' i. .. . s, TTT^ 'j-JT- — -,,,' -"-J •"! ■VVf, '_ IV; •3 w ■*ft x -,' v'i \yy •?*-' ■*. wy ---„•■<-_,: Here and There -'The regular meetings of the S; P. of C. will -l)e held on Sunday next. Tlie Economic Class in the afternoon! from 2.30 to 4.30; _tnd the Propaganda Meeting In tho evening, commencing at 7.45 in the basement .of tho Miners' Hall. All' those Interested" In' the ."question of the day" are cordially invited to attend. '- *, .ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ," C.M.S. and ,A Socialist From Necessity and a Christian by Conviction.—" Your .communications have,'owing to 'lack;of space, boon unavoidably hold over, until next week. • >•" *,» 7 SERGEANT BOWEN 8U8PENDED Chief of Pollco Hall has ouspondod- Sergeant Bowen and tho caso will como up beforo tho Pollco Coni.nl>.- sloncrs today or tomorrow. HOCKEY t , ,Aftor playing Cranbrook on their own Ico to a draw 4—4, tho Fornlo team made good on Fornlo Ico last night by defeating tho visitors by 8 to fl. A fast but by no moans clean gamo was witnessed by tho largo orowd that turned out. <■THE 8. P, OF C. SOCIAL The Impromptu social given by Locnl No. 17, S, P. of C. proved vory sue Ojossfiil, nnd bodes woll for futuro events of a similar character wlmn moro tlmo can bo dovotod to preparation for tho ontortalnmont of raombors nnd visitor... , A musical programme wan rendered, refreshments nerved and dancing Indulged In until 12,30, Tho comrados wish to ojctond their ttinnki. to thoso whose assistance contributed to tho success of tho ovonlng. ' - AT THE GRAND * . For Friday nnd Snturday night this popular plnco of amusement Is producing on« of the strongest programs. Pnrtleulnr attention Is pnld to tho eMnfort of thn house and the perfect* U6n of the projection. Tho features for to-night nnd tomorrow nlghtH are: Pntho's Weekly (New York edition) In which wo can see pletorjally Iho moat Important events of tbe week. Iu.»_> X.ttnjci._4i urn. ,sir, Ardiur .ToT.in.nT., tho fi.Vft.l.<>.. nf movlr.'; X-Ip- tnro patrons, nro soon ot tholr bimt In a drama "Tho Gipsy," A Wonturn plctuiv, itnd "Tbe Regeneration of the Anhrho Kid." "fllrdfl of a Fonthor," "Tho Adventures of n.Hoby,' nnd tho "Btokn Dog." am three roTr-if-dlM thnt wnt innke you laugh It your face li not enamo.od, •Tho mnnngemont Is now mnklng nr- rangemonts for tho production of tho Kroat4-.it feature reel thnt has over boon produced In Fernie, ono that hns taken nearly six months In preparation and Involved nn orp'.ndMiirf. nf mom than ISOOO.pOO. Particulars will be announced shortly. MANAGER STOCKETT .TO QUIT HOSMER ■Louis" Stockett, * manager" of* the Hosmer Mines Ltd.,* has been appointed'general superintendent of the'coal mining branch of the Natural Resources Department of.the C. P. R„ with headquarters.at'Calgary. . ' . ' ANOTHER' GENERAL IN SIGHT- ELECTION The announcement that the B. C. legislative Assembly will bo prorogued before the end of the month squares with private advices to the effect that dissolution and a'general election' will follow immediately, 'the latter early in April. - ■• -..:..- -.-.*.. BOX 80CIAL .'Esther Rebokah Lodge No. 20 Fernie v/ill hold'a box social at their lodge room, K. P, Hall, on Friday1 evening to-night, 23rd at _*: p.m.' TJhe proceeds from this affair are to bo devote', to tho "Homo1 Furnishing Fund" of tho t. 0. 0. R, a worthy ebjoct and deserving of hearty support. Tha Re- hpkahs of Fernie are woll known as good entertainers, and tho forthbom- lng gathering will find them as good pb ever. Tho admission Is only 25c, so that all can afford to attend and spend a pleasant evening, COAL OUTPUT 8HOW8 INCREASE _____ ' - Wo tako thb following from the Nelson News; Not long ago the mlnos nt Coal Crook.turned put n llttlo moro than 4,0000 tons In ono day and the MIohol mines put out 1,000 the Hamo day, This total of a llttlo over r.,000 tons Is tho high water mark for Uioho mines. If thoro woro no difficulty In sociir- Ing cars or In keoplng a market It would ho onfly to bring tho yenr's out put up to l,r.00,000 tonB. ' Tho quality of tho product of those mines hns nlno undorgono n gront, Improvement; tho coal coming from tho mlnos much froortof rock than formorly. At tho last,pny dny nenrly $140,000 was distributed In tho two camps and the effoot of such dlabursomonts of cash ls(bolng felt In nil linos of business. THE 1818 THE* CITY COUNCIL Popl,Room,8 and-Picture Shows '''■," Discussed , Souvenir programme will be given away at the Ills on Wednesday and Thursday next when tho 2,500'foot film "Romeo and Juliet" will oelhown. Tt Is not ofton that hundreds of peoplo nro ko'!>t waiting outside a movln-r 1-leturo show for wnnt of room maidi, This was, howovor, tho cobo on Wednesday evening last at tho Tela., From nbout 7.30 p.m. until nftor 0 p.m. a *, 1.. t, . t. . . ^ , 1 ,. ,, .,.(,.....1 ...,_._,_.* »-,_ik<_u -.,,u w-i wiviiUO until It was so crnmnM'd that It rnnli. hold no moro. Tho orowd outside were pntlont and waited till the next show started, Tho attraction was "Dante's Inferno," nnd everyone seemed to be anxious to seo whnt thoy were In for, In addition to this pic- v]»M uui.i. -wuru wivwi olherH, mi of wlilch seemed to please the vast audiences. For the coming wook the great nttrnctlon will be "I.oirw>o nnd Juliet," nnd no douht n humpor houso will groot this populnr SlmkOBporoan pleturo piny, Tho'film Is 2J500 feet long. Tho programme for to-night, arid to-morrow's mut.liK-o nnd evening Is: "Lieutenant Itoso nnd tho Roy 111 Vlslf," "U'ontern Ono Night Stand," "!_ocn»t«," or "In tho Days of Nero," nnd "Get "Rich Quick,' Seo Romeo and Juliet nt tho Isis on- Wednesday and Thnrsdny next. . The meeting of the Council was held in the City Hair on Thursday evening with Mayor Bleasdell in the chair and all the aldermen .present; with the 'exception of Alderman.*Robichaud, who is absent from the^ city. After the'minutes of the previous meeting.had been read nnd passed, the Council got'down to business. ", - •The City Electrician was instructed to furnish*credentials to partlos appointed to read the ■, meters for tho Electric Light and Power Department, Engineers' Batethan and Brown are to, have their wages equalized, so that oach will now receive $100 per month, an Increase of $10 per month for, the former and a decrease to the same extent for tho latter. Tho appointment of the drJver,for flro team wasr ratified, and his'^'remunoratlon agreed' upon as $75 monthly for three months, subject to an increase to $85,per month If his sorvlcoB'provo satisfactory., ,' Various amendments to by-laws wero then considered and. paBsed, dealing' with finance, Ice for cold storage nnd other purposes.etc. , - The by-law for tho regulating of pool rooms, which restricts persons undor tho ago of 18 frnquontlng such places nnd'ImposoB a fine not exceeding $100 and costs ,or a jail sentence not to exceed thirty days 1 (with or without hard labor, subject to tho do- olslon of tho magistrate) upon the owner of theso resorts guilty of Infringement ' of this by-lnw, wns duly panned after scant discussion, It was also decided to Instruct the ehlof of pollco to boo thnt the picture shows did not opon tholr doors until 8.30 p,m, on Sundny ovenlngs, nnd that tlio programme did not commonco boforo 8,415 p,m. , Tills prevents nny dashing with tho churches, The mooing was then doclarod nd« journod. , Tho Council decided to compensate Lnsallo, who wns Injured whilst In tlio employ of tho cltv, lo tlio evtont of $200 without prejudice to any action thnt mny bo tnkon in tho mattor. sobiAL|ST8iwVgV'' '.'" ' " . . ALLOWED TO SPEAK J •,'■-sr-.y ' -,*.fiE.' **,' .* ■.7- Vancouver Police' Commissioner'Per- ,'mlt Orderly Meetlngsto Be Held ', ... . :in One City Squire ' VANCOUVER,'7-B 0.\ :l"'eb. ■18,~For ths}'*'flist time slnre. the,"fr?e-speech RgiLation. meotinsj. wove' allowed today,- l_ut upon only one city square. A cro.wd of nearly, 10,000 gathered but thero was no disturbance and no arrests'. Tho crowd was-unusually large owing to a report that two companies of ,the ' Sixth D.C.p.R., regiment had beens ordered to hold themselves In readiness'for an expected disturbance, Tho commissioners are still determined not to allow streetmeetlngs but will allow meetings on one city'square so long as they aro In, moderation. ' No seditious or .inflammatory orations must' tro mado and speakers must conduct thomsolves in an orderly manner as promised. ENGLAND'S STRIKES .LAST/YEAR .LONDON;—One of the most prominent' features in labor cir'oles'la'st*" year ,was .the, number bf .str'kes^whicb .-prevailed, In-the coal mining industries employment was very .good-on .the whole; *, the ^engineering .trade'; was very ..good/ From -statistics available from the"Board of Trade?it is,reported that,the"workmen.l6s't(1012501000,days. There ,'were 864 trade 'disputes, involving—directly" ' or" ^iiidirectly-—931,050 workmen,' The stoppage of work exceeded the, average Jor,' the past ,ten, years/ ,\Thero is nothing strange'In this greater ac-lvfty^from the fact that workmen realize that they stand a greater chance of raising their wages and shortening their hours when worlyls good than when it Is not, and tnis" haB been .the reason why the English'workmen have entered those contests.'' SHOWS HOW GERMANY 18 ' BUYING UP COAL FIELDS WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb, 10,—Tlio United States Department of Labor In Its Dally Consular and Trade Roport prints the following extract of a roport mado by William Washington "Brunswick- vice, consul at UhoninltE.-show- U.ii .,_»* b\j\tiiiiiiuui otwii-fftiiip u. die coal fiolds In tho kingdom of Saxony bus booh a benefit to the people, Tlio acquisition of the brown-coal, lands o,f tho I-Olpjilg district Is a stop ku -Iiu fcifcu-n*'. un-.« u. Hit. noviir.mien., to own and .opornto nil conl lnnds In tbo kingdom of Saxony, | \ This Is an Important economic mon- suro, ns the plan of tho government to keep such lands In rcservo will Insure th» preservation of n Inrgn ronl territory for future generations and assure th* working ef tbn fMJdn In a reffular and systematic manner, The acquisition of nn extensive area at Klerltssch will bo considered by tha Baxon Parliament nt Its next session. TWO MINERS KILLED , BY FRENCH SOLDIERS Mo'ns, France/Fob. 10,-Strlklng minora horo woro bayoneted by troops which,,woro cent out to "quell disturbance..'' Two of thb minors were klll> ed outright by tho soldiers. * n This precipitated great indignation. Tho cltlzons and tho strikers united against tho soldiers nnd for a tlmo tho mllltla waB forced to bronk ranks, But as tho soldiers wero armed, while tho miners hnd to fight with barb bunds the civilians soon found themselvoB again attacked by tho mill" tary. Mnny woro wounded In tho socond encounter and further trouble Is.'oxpocted, Tho unwarranted attack by tho soldiers has aroused tho minors to fury. 2. NEOROBS MURDERED BEAUMONT, Texas, Feb, 20,—The' sovonth of a oorles of crimes In which 20 negroes havo boon murdered, occurred noar hero on Sunday night or early yesterday morning. Ethol Lovo, n nflFWHH hor nnn nrtd fivrt rirmphtorn woro slain as they slwpt In their cabin. Tho sovornl murdors havo ocoiirrod In southwestern Loulsana and southeastern Texas,, nnd In each Instance, havo boon commlttod with nnnxe, nnd after each kllllni. tho nxn hns neon Inft near tlio bodies. Authorities, bollovo the samo persons nro risponslblo and sovornl persons hnvb fjoon nlrrostod but evidence to hold,tliom has boon lacking. . in nlmost; pv.ory enspjho. blacks slnln havo boon „ obseuro rosl« dents of KiniUl sottlomantn, ^ .-„-. , r • :,"."-£ With tho denth of Alexander .Tonss, tho editor of tho Volksseltuni. of New. York, the Socialists losa. another thoughtful and weariless worker In tbe cause of tho peoplo. * 1 *»» - ■* Hi, . SIMPLICITY OP ENGLISH Do you' know how many words in the'English language moan "crowd"? Tb a foroignor, anxious to master tho language lt was explafnod that a crowd of "ships Is formed a floot,' whllo a fleet of sheep Is tormed a flock. Fur- tber^a flock of girls Ib called a bevy, a, bo'vy, of wolves Is, called a pack, and a pack of thtoves Ib called a gang, and a gang of angels Is called n host, and a host of porpolsoB Is called a shoal, and;a shoal of buffaloes Is call* ed a hord, and' a' hord of ohildron Ib c'allbd a tropp, and'a troop of partridges Is called a covey; nnd a covoy of benutios Ib called a galaxy and a galaxy of ruffians Is called a horde, and a hordoof rubbish Is call* od a henp, rind a honp ot oxen Is called a drovo, and a drovo ot blackguards Is called a mob, nnd a mob of whales Is called a school, and a school of worshippers Is called a congregation, nnd a congregation of engineers ls called a corps, and a ;corps of rubber's Is,called a band, nnd a band of boos Is called a swarm, and a swarm of peoplo Is enllod ,n orowd | -1 n v. - 7,"<**"■. ^,*v -*^s v7> , i *■'- !.- --. * * . _."■' f r" ?; i-7iww rssynsi '¥ -, ' -, f - -. mbi 'v ntrnrni —,i^ -^iww', w -.'' • , "•-,., ^-,'r '* ■,>-'* , H" .-.' -' fc.r 77 *>•/ ■:.• y ^ rl ^\,|. . .br'bco'tch7.^,-:.::.':.:..-;:>i '^^r^r'*'V^ir ; 20C; a Ib BUTTER GOLDEN NUGGETS MAPLE CREAMS . 7 VARSITY, JELLIES'.,." CHOCOLATES, etc. .'...' ......J 'T ... " 'T"'N"l"'l" r PURE ..--.- URH HOREHOUND. in large,sticks, Special, per-lb. ,..".....,".V. . .25 7 " ■o < . • *.,", y ' - y- v -* ■■■a. t.t V^ . •!. i• \ \T7___i!4._!_____. _«___ 1j_» J m .,>"-_ i Papatarles, regular' .35 and .40 'box, Special,' 'per box '., ,7; 7,...'.','.'.,. 25 T Cambric Linen, regular .20-and- ,35,'Special ,..,.....;..... .15 an* .25 | Ideal, .15 and .26, Special .' - .10 Mi M . Mdean's Driig & Book Stor^Sl '"•">* .\im i•?.'*<: [J f'S.-rS'M s- ii Classified Ads.-Gent i Word TO RENT—Concretd block House; 0. rooms, "Apply Win. Mlnton.Llnd- say Avo., Annex. . - . , ROUGH ON THE CHAIR A randldnte, n,ftf>r ndrtrVanlnt; n unept- Ing, announced his willingness to nn> nwor quostlons, "Sir, do' you think T am worth moro thnn 22s, a week?" ' Tho candldnto .taking a good look nt' him ropMort, "V/ill, T tj.««j,- »i any yato, you nro not getting too much." 1 !'Woll, thon, demanded tho questioner,' "do you think I am worth thirty bob ,n wook?'! , . y, y "Yes," rospondod tho candldnto, "I donk..,think thnt nt all an unreasonable wage for you." "Thon," shouted the «Iee.or,'1r{- rnnphantly, "I wish you would toll that to thb old skinflint beside'you In tho chair, became he Is my employer." WANTED to PUROHASE-Poorloas or Cyphers' Incubators in goodn condition; also 0 Indian Runner Ducks and Drnko, and 200 Whlto Orpington Pul- Jets. Albert Davies, Fornlo, D.O, tf-24 FOR SALB—Houso on lot 0, Dlook 62, Annex. Apply R. Corner, Dox 274 Nanaimo, D. C, or 482 Fornlo, FOR SALE.—New Raymond Cabinet Sowing Maohlno; noiseless and easy to operate.. 1 Cost, 976, will sell vory ch<.ap or exchange for good hand machine and, oaih bnlanco. Apply, J. I, Rowso, Lot 7, Dlook 01, Ohlpman Avonuo, ", . / t FOR RALE—Eight-roomed, modern Houso on Maopherson Avenuo; all con. venloncos, etc; prlco 81,700 for. houso on 80 by 120 foot, lot. .oj, ♦2,000,for, houso on full lot (00 by, 120), Terms; $600 down, balance as ront, Appi», Oreo and Moffatt. r » WANTBD--pressmaklng > also plain or, fancy bo wing, Apply Miss John-; son, Howknd Avenue.1 'n.t.-SR ARTI0LE8 L08T- i ."' Lady's , 14k. Gold Watch,. lost, in Fornlo on Tuesday. Finder will bo, rowardod by returning samb to Mrs, Robort Anderson,' 7.,. i. ""' -', HOUSE FOR RBNT.•~Fou^ro6ra6rd Cottsgo, moat kltohon, elothos closet, water, sink, electric light fixtures,' olo,1 Apply, Wm, Barton, Singers' Agent,, 4 HOUSE FOR tlENT.—Two-roomod plasterod Houso; tollot, wator, conl shed attached, Apply RV Wright,. West Fornlo, / __....... . . / "1 1 FOR rtlDNT-Store In (ho'EokstoIh Dlook, Apply, Oreo and Moffatt. '.- S. O. Pure Drod Buff, Leghorns' Eggs for hatching • from host pon for?, |5 por 18. Socond pen for>|3 per 13!'• II,.D,.Wilson, Brooder, Fernio, B/ O.y " 27-t.f,' rcrtrnr: tcotdall clud,, *,\ FOR SALT0—House, 7, rooms, bath nnd pantry,.- connected range; - block 47, MdAvoy "Street,' Contrnlly locatod. All foncodnnd painted. |2500, terms. Ohoup tor cash.' Apply, L. O, Evan, Box 123, FOR SALK^-Now Is the time to ord-( er Day-bid, OHICK8 and Eggs for Hatching from selected laying strain ot Duff Orpington. Albert Davies,' Fornlo, B, O, • 25-4L At a'mcbtlng',held'on JSundayJast In thb Miners'-Hall'the Fernio Foot-' ball Club* for'seasijn 1013 was larfnbhj'(; lod.'' Tho officers are as follows!..'' ,. TT-. r* Iff,, yrt v. *T*». ** "vi" »• _v_.-sM.ut, si 1 n. s.H&yik, iisl_k. Vlco-Prosident,'Mayor Bleasdoili Pros., "Pa,dd'y" ;,JIughes;; -Vice-President, Ji WHion; .Treas,, J,' Aiidors; Secretary. . O. Clarldgd,* • . Next weetlng will bo* held nt Miners'" . Hall on February 25,* when playors' and all Interested In the gamo aro In-' ' vlted to attend, A good Hookey teani 7 —ndw a bumping good Football team/ • boysl .. * , -1- * I 'fl - ti 1 1 .'J V t New Weitmlniter Is one bf tbe best organised1 towns tn British Columbia in ratio to Its population, Several of tbe crafts aro 100 per cent • - ' . t » . t ;,"• v * > 4.1 1, - /\,t. t J'f^Ai*. » » * M... * * . *v * 1 - -• ' > y ,:; f
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Title | The District Ledger |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : H.P. Nerwich |
Date Issued | 1912-02-24 |
Description | The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919. |
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Language | English |
Notes | Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | District_Ledger_1912_02_24 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2016-07-26 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0308896 |
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