\ "« um X '*/ ^ ^ "V '*, Industrial Unity Is Str«ub ,/r The Official Organ of District No. 18, U. M. W. of A. V ,**"?•*" /'■ J U" . f ■■- '+-■**. Pnlittafl TKi 'S^lsiuv^. sf&qps; PoUU^jg^tity Is Victory No. 48, Vol. VII. THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, JULY 25,1914 :£_ »?■*»" SPECIAL CONVENTION OF THE B. C. F. OF L \J , Over One Hundred Delegates Meet' to Discuss Serious Problem Before the Working Class The call for a special convention of organized tabor of British Columbia, to ibe held under the auspices of the B. C. Federation of labor, was respond* ed to by more than 100 delegates from all .parta of the province who gathered In Vancouver Labor Temple iast Monday -morning. The atmosphere ot seriousness which pervaded the gathering from its opening moment to the gravity of the working class situation throughout the Province -was most pronounced. No time was wasted "on plausible platitudes pleasantly told -by local notables. The convention plunged at once into the business for (which it had gathered. The brief opening address of President Watchman expressed the feeling general throughout the convention, that it was one of the most important gatherings of labor which has ever taken place in British Columbia. The outstanding problem, overshadowing all else the convention had to deal with waa the situation of the miners on ^Vancouver island-. The tenacious and herblc struggle made by them for tbe past two years, despite every measure of deceit and repression used by the McBrida-Bowser Government, has brought them the admiration and sympathy of all sections of the movement, -from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast Their struggle, present situation, and future hopes, were laid by them before the convention in fullest detail. In its desire to stretch its resources to the limit, the convention was placed between its sympathy for the miners and the appalling condition of unemployment throughout the Province. As a practical -way out of the dilemma, various proposal wero made. Theae culminated' In a decision to takq a referendum vote of organized labor throughout British Columbia as to the advisability aad possibility of calling "ungeneswiTtrnario "rorce" morenequF table terms of settlement for the miners than ihat contained in tbe wretched offor of the operators recently received through iPremier MoBrlde. Tho vote waa ln the affirmative by 48 for to 36 against Four organizers are also to be sent out into various parts -pf the Province to address Local Union* in favor of a general suspension of work. The mockery ot McBride's "Whito a C." waa condemned at the Wednesday evening session by resolution demanding total exclusion of all Asiatic*. The convention was tense with interest during every moment of its three days sitting, and those who watched and listened care, fully believe the future will prove that this gathering la destined to mark an epoch In the struggles of labor In British Columbia. miners' situation before the convention. He said In part: "As the miners of District 28 are chiefly responsible for this convention being called, I will endeavor to give yoa a few of the reasons why we made the request. I shall not takeup your time by recounting all the efforts to bring this strike to a successful termination. After having tried all the methods within our power, we realized, two months ago, that It -would be well to have a conference of all our locals to consider the situation. This we did. .We have made a fight for the miners of the Island such as no other Union on this continent could have done, and we were of the opinion that if we met with reverse it would have a very disastrous effect on the entire labor movementof this Province. We came to the conclusion that a special convention of this Federation should be called, in ^>rder that the whole matter might me laid before you so that you could consider in what way you could 'beat help tooth yourselves and us. If we could secure\the enforcement of the law of this Province, we could win this strike. -But, Premier McBride, as Minister of Mines, has consistently failed and refused to move in that direction. The coal mines act distinctly says that men working in the mines shall be aible to read English, so that they, may understand' the notices posted at the pit mouth by inspectors for the safety of those working therein. At this time the mines are full of Aslatacs * and non-English-speaking men, who cannot read a word of those instructions. You may not realize the danger of men of that kind being in the mines, but, as an experienced miner, I can say that a large share of the explosions which occur in mlnea, like the one at Hlllcrefrt, a few weeks ago, are due to Just such NOTICE •At the last session of the Legislature at Victoria, there was a new election law -passed, making it obligatory upon all naturalized British subjects, when applying to have their name placed on the voters' list, to produce their naturalization certificate. All members of .Michel Local Union will kindly take notice of this new law, and if not in possession of'their naturalization •papers, take steps to recover same. H. ELMER, Secretary Michel Local Union. AVVISO A lultinia sessione delta Legislature a Vdttotia e passata una nueva legge sulle votozionl che tutti chi vuel entrare nella lista del voti deva far vedere la carta di Citadinaza. La Unione oUbliga tutta a membri a prendere questa carta chi non la anoera chi i melto utile. H. ELMER,* Secretary -Michel Local Union. OZNAM Pri minulem zasedanl Provinclenalaj Leglslatury ve Victoria Nevy volebny zakon bel predlezeny a petvrdeny. Ktery nezladiuje setkych Cudzozemcov ktery vibrali Obcianske paplerov vc Canade Pedla zakona aby sa kazdy freukazal se svejim papirem pry ziadani.jeho meno zapis na Votlist. A pre Michelska Domava Unia vizlva setkych svojych udov ktery nemaju try rukach svojych obeiaskych paplerov aby si kazdy zaepUru na cas Mebe sa stane nepristupnira hlusevauta V smiole novlehc zikona. H. ELMER, Secretary Michel Local Union. HILLOriEST RELIEF FUND ♦ ■ ap Mayor Gates and Alderman ♦ T. Uphill were around town ♦ yesterday, soliciting aid on be- ♦ half of Hillcrest Relief Fund, ♦ and will continue to canvass the ♦ town until everyone who wishes ♦ to contribute has had the oppor- ♦ tunity of increasing this worthy ♦ fund. ♦ THE CAflTLIDGE BENEFIT The committee in charge of the above benefit desire' to thank all those who helped to make the concert such a great success,, and append below a 'balance sheet of receipts and expenditures, showing amount handed to Mr. lOartlidge: Tickets taken out, 600 »t 50c..?300.00 Donations ...*• 2.00 Tickets sold at dopr 12.00 $314.00 Tickets returned unsold $ 70.50 Rent of theatre 29.00 Due to Mr. Cartlidge 214.00 $314.00 P. BRINDLEY. Secretary. The Crow's Xest Trading Co. football club trounced the Bankers, to the tune of 3-1. The clerks claim that they should have scored considerably more and would have done so had they been able to secure a suitable scoring board attendant. It is stated that several of the financial gentry risked and lost huge sums on the game. C. N. P. FOOTBALL LEAGUE .Matches last Saturday: ■Corbin, 2; Prank, 0. Referee Longworth. Notice A meetipg of the League will ibe held ia Fernie on Saturday next, the 25th. THE HALF HOLIDAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE SOCIAL The members and friends of the Half-Holiday League assembled in the hall of the Fernie Athletic Club on Wednesday evening and enjoyed a most delightful time, with songs sandwiches and liquid refreshments. P. B. Fowler of the Bank of Commerce was in the chair, supported by several prominent business people. The following contributed items to a program which was much appreciated: Jimmy Woods, J. W. Quinney, A. Prentice, John Woods, Mr. Dodge, H. Bourne, Rqss MoCord, J. Puckney, Mr. Schofield. Owing to derangement of his voice, caused by a sprained wrist, Mr. Wil- braham Taylor was unable to give his pathetic recitation, "Mary Had a Little Lamb." MAN KILLED AT BULL RIVER On Monday last a fatal accident occurred at the C. P. R. Camp No. 12, Bull River. It appears that Malcolm Ferguson was felling a tree, and had just stepped clean when a dead tree that had been leaning against the one he was cutting, dropped upon him crushing him severely. The poor fellow lingered several hours, but eventually succumbed to his injuries. Dr. Bell of Cranbrook held inquest on the 22nd and a verdict of accidental death was returned. Report of N. Fraser on Hillcrest Explosion Inquest on Hillcrest Explosion Victims The special convention of the Brit* Ish Columbia Federation of Labor was called to order at 10 o'clock last Monday morning, la the Labor /Temple by Jas. H. McVety, vice president of tho Tnadea aad Labor council. The executive ofttoera of the Federation and 110 dtlegatta were present Thia attendance wat higher than had been expected, especially In view of the fact that tha bails ot representation was changed at the laat convention, reducing the number of delegates each Union la entitled to send. (Mr. MeVttyv ia optntng tha conven. tion and wetoatet tha delegates, said: "On behalf or tha Trades aad Ijfeor Cornell tt givta ne much pleat- ore to wtkoae too te this conven. tion. We hav* mt arrant** tor tbo aiotyet or Prettier (McBride or any other 'eminent paraoaa* to greet yea. as we fell that the most appropriate aad sincere veleone we can attend to yea ta that of the Trades and Labor ■OMtnoll. Wa wtdoomn yen at»o to onr Labor Temple, wblch. after examination, art think you wilt agree, ta ao disgrace to the looal labor meremeet. ft ia on open boost to yen daring yonr stay, and we trait yon will net ht alow to avail yoaraolvat of Ito many eoavmi-ttnos* 1 thall net attempt to anticipate or 4-tnl with aay of the bualneat which ia likely to eomt ht* fort year coanrtttlot. Neither shalt I detain jet ky nuking ont of those spetches which art tiie oread of del*, gates need te attending conventions tt I or let-stand the res wat which have brought r»« b*f*. year business ta strioea, aad tht eooaer yea get to H the betltr yet w:*; bt pletrtd." Preheat A. ttYihmut, 3a t«Mtg tht chair, itt!; "Oi mSkit ef tkt ft. a Ftdamtloa of l#ihor i xbnnk Vancouver Twite aad Labor Cotacll for tie welcome ttttndtd na, and for tht pftptitUena mndn tot ib* con* vtnflon and tor comfort. Thf* la probably tbt aattt Important roavso. ttm* tw e*te**t**d Hte** trhtr** kaa non-enrorcementToTthe law. As the Government will not enforce the law we are of the opinion that a more aggressive policy is needed. Strikebreakers on the IfAunA are even now carrying arms and ammunition, although the houses of Union men have •been searched and all weapons taken away by the police.- When we pro- tefcted to^Mr. Bowser on this matter, he replied that if the strike-breakers needed the guns for their safety they would be permitted to retain them. •Many of our men who were sent to goal have already served their terms, according to the judgment passed upon them by. Judge Morrison. He said their sentences would date from tbe time of their arrest, but Mr. Bowser Is causing them to be detained as though they were sentenced from tbe date of sentence. We have repeatedly brought this to the Attention of Attorney-General Bowser, but he re* fusee to move in the matter. If two of our men are seen standing together on the street In Nanaimo when the strikebreakers art returning from work, they are arrested for unlawful picketing. Bowser aayt he is Juitl- fled in taking any action he thinks fit in view of what ht calla an unusual situations Tht treatment we are getting now la in store for all or you at tome future time whaa you are on strike. Tbt mines art full of Asiatics!, and there la not ont white firt* man working at tht mines on the Island. "I will not launch Into tht political aapect of this natter Just now," continued (Mr. Totter, "but It data item a toollih thing for tht workmen of this Province to bt quarreling over alight differences In politics, instead of combining all their forces to fight McBride and his corrupt Government llie miners have tried alt the method* whWi Industrial notion atone ran fur* nlsh. but still have not been able to product tbe desired results. If tht laws we now hare cannot be enforced than wbat ia the use of laws and itrlv. ing for more laws? These things should bt imt up plainly and tquattly to tbt membership of the various Unions, so thst they may realise the -situation In which the whole working data of this Provinco is placed, and thereby devise a solution." The adjourned, Inquest on tbe victims of the Hillcrest explosion reopened on Tuesday last in Masonic Hall at Hillcrest. Coroner F. ~i&. Pinkney, of Blairmore. had charge of the innulrv. and gas to be dangerous? Witness: Yes. •Mr. Palmer: Was the condition of the mine such that morning that you would have fired shots If necessary? Monday Afternoon Italian With th* opting of the session Pretldent Watchman called oa Cbrlt. Pattinson of the minora, who said: "Tba fight mi tbo Inland ia a fight tor tht right to protect the live* sad jobs of tit minora. Wt have mot with every opposition from the tlov-ernmeet wbo have boa* tat willing aervaata of tho mint owner* This win continue •Bleat tbt labor morem-Mit of this Provinco will take a stand and do stUMtbtag pmetteat. Tlw LaliriaUeuf al office of tbt U. M. W. of A. has air- met tdtbummeb *<**Mt m » the following constituted the jury: J. W. Gresham (foreman), Chas. Fuchus, A. E. Farmer, John Thonfas, John Sharmi, Harry Smith. William Goodwin, Thomas Duncan, George Grafton, E. Roes Mackenzie. Mr. Campbell, K. 2 temgb, Mr, Palmer: By changing fan from force to exbsuit, It would make one split lata? Witness: Yea. iMr. Palmer: After thc laipactor of Mines had mado his Inspection, was tht ntafetr of met Increased tr de- (•fwtcmdf tt=-j\«bBo" -¥€ the places Q.: If the ventilation was good, could there possibly be an explosion? A.: Xo. Q.: Why? A.: Xo amount pf gas to cause ex- e^aeeumulated-in-the At the request of District 18, U. M. W. of A., I made an examination of the Hillcrest Mine, operated by the Hillcrest Collieries, Limited, with a view- to determine the cause and effect of the explosion which occurred on June 19tb, 1914. I examined the greater part of the accessible portion of the mine and beg to report as follows: The force of the explosion had evidently gone out No. 1 tunnel with great violence, as it had blown the roof of the engine room near the entrance to tlie tunnel.' On going down No. 2 Slope lt was found that very little damage had been -done to the slope itself, but at the juncture of Xo. 2 South Level and Xo. 2 Slope, the force of the explosion was very violent. On the Xo. 1 South Level an air receiver, estimated to weigh about two tons, had been blown outwards towards the slope, a distance of 200 feet from ita original position. At Xo. 1 Xorth entrance it was found that the force of the explosion had spent itself a very short distance from the junction of that entry with No. 2 Slope. It was from this district of the mine that aii the survivors escaped, Following in the Xo. 2 South entry, it was found that the force of the explosion had come down from the rooms, but the force evidently .became less and less until the faco of the entry was reached, where there had been practically no disturbance. The Xo. 1 slant was badly wrecked and the evidence of force appeared sometimes co point In one direction and sometimes in another. Towards the bottom end of the slant the force was certainly in- bye, and towards the top of the slant the force was certainly outbye. The rooms to the high side of this slant showed very little effects of the explosion. The rooms extending from the Xo. 2 South through Xo. 1 South to the Xo. 1 Slant were practically stripped of timbering, but as the roof is very good in this part of the mine, there was practically no caving. The greatest evidences of heat were to be found in the dead ends of the rooms from 37 to 46 on the Xo. 2 South Level. The working places from 36 to the a most noticeable fact that whenever the explosion reached a road which was wet and free from dust it died out in a very short distance. This is true of the Xo. 1 Xorth Level, the dip workings in the slope, and the level at foot of Xo. 1 Slant. I am unabte to state the initial cause of the explosion. I think shot- firing can .be eliminated in this -case as the shot firer was found with firing cable round his neck and battery key ln pocket. The most probable cause of the explosion is. in my opinion, the ignition of gas, which in turn exploded the coal dust in the air and propagated the explosion through the dry parts of the mine. On the morning of tlie explosion sev- eral places were found with gas reported, and aa this standing gas was being moved, plus the gas being made 'by the faces, it would cause a cap of gas in the ventilating current in Xo. 2 South. This contention is also strengthened by the fact that in room 32 there were two holes properly placed and all ready to charge and fire, but the fire boss had evidently passed them without firing, as his body was found in room 35. it is very likely that he refused to fire those shots on account of a cap of gas travelling in the air. as in the regular course of his duties he would have fired these shots before proceeding as far as 35 room. There would also be clouds of fine ceal dust in the air caused by the coal running down the chutes. All the ele? ments for' an explosion would therefore be to hand, and it only required an Initial flame to start theexploBrfon, I would state that in my opinion the arrangement of the haulage roads made the mine hard to ventilate, and there was liable to be so much leakage owing to chute holes before the air reached the working face of Xo. 2 South Level that the current would be feeble. 24,000 cubic feet per minute has been the amount recorded as having been circulating in Xo. 2 South, but in all probability this quantity was measured in the main Intake or main return, and gave no Indication of how much air reached the face. Gen- ">1j; TAivls: Wfl J't'U -ti jxj |.'*in tvttbtt.htltl.art^Caltmbta.eri^^^ Wiwtt; l tout mow etkt widm ■t'mt-xam ie ibi* imn^*i»», - Wt are h«r» chiefly 4tot U the slbtfUtt 2*82* I* f'iH?,?LS,S!Sl ?^J&l*»'i»«-<' owtlffcelai to ttotatlp of tbt ttrtht to whkh thty are tagafM. Cm, Mlatt Rtgtlttien Aet. Wrttettng titan b***! atttmad «*-# ? went wn tn *»* -im..ptmnw-ummw, * -»«*» •* dihgatea •» the ebteeen, mA 1 taut Mr. Mr. Palmer: In where you reported gas? Witness: No. By the Jury: What do you tamp shot holes with? Witness: Clay., By the Jury: At all times? ' Witness: Yes, By the Jury:, When you examined mine after explosion did you form any opinion as to where the explosion occurred'/ Witness: Xo. At this stage the jury insisted that all reports be produced and placed before them. It was found, however, that this was Impossible, as the judge had them In his possession. By Jury: The -coroner's jury had been empanneled and had been sitting for a few daya before tho order-In. council was made appointing Commission, and In common courtesy to the coroner's court, all fire-bosses' reports should have been left at their disposal. Medical evidence having been given by Dr. Rom as to cause of death, Mr. Goodwin, who formed one of tbe rescue crew first on tho scene, was called. Questioned as to whether the pulmotor was in good condition, the wit-, ness ssld that it was no.* ' -By the Jury: If it bad been, would It not have been possible to have saved more men? Witness would not venture to aay. Chas. Ironmonger, fire boss, wai tbo next witness. (By the Jury: Art any repairs done to fan or machinery during holidays? Witness: Not to my knowledge. By tbt Jury: Tbere la no doubt that the gas out of No. 2 South would pasa through the working faces? Witness: No; it must go with the sir current, which puses through the working places. By the Jury: Wbat part ot the mine were you working In when the explosion occurred? Wltneiii North ilde. By tbt Jury: Dtd yon hear any report previous to explosion? Witness: I never beard anything. By tbe Jury: Would you consider this mint a dusty mine? .Witaeaa: Wall, some fdacta are very wet: In other places there la a little dust. By the Jttry: Woutd you conalder It very dusty in those places? Witness: Wtll, It's dusty in tome placta. By Mr P»tm#r Isn't is a fact that tbe braitlcemen used dust ta bank up tbe stoppings? Witness: Tea. Ity (Mr. Campbell: lan'r It a fact thst you ttiwd everything lying aronnd far tbat purpose? Wit act*. Yet, By Mr. PaUntr: If No. 1 North vet- IIMIMNN peatm into*** ,\v. t, O-util* •.•.-[in'tl "-ri.i ttilflV %t\t ;t .jrrififl "-If-m face of Xo. 2 South Level appeared to {orally speaking It waa the custom to nlflPPH. bllt fllP'"" **"*- " vnnltlala tl*-. ■roln^g *"*■*■*• j""-" >._--■» ■hfiJampJn_.nlac£s,_huL^there~.was HLf-£..- -jittL itm/meA, and la ott elegit tight nej Hake a mon thorough examination of I Wttnesa: It would bt better tf IrUuiiL J^fil*** flu* tb. €*h»t«»*w ww* Ifottjtittt part of tbt mine aadtr yoot tor- mpaiate «mil of pare air te: Itwtlrttoo? Wittttwr Tea. tattd No. S Booth. Th* next wttneas r*\.t. "tlr,,* r.it -% . *r* Tftllll- was W. Outhrle, ■%•%«»*a*, ttitt f/tti mine if ventilation had ben good. From a question by Air. Aspinall, Inspector of Mines, it was stated that the mine was a well ventilated mine. By Mr. Aspinall: Still you had to break the brattice before gas could be removed? , A.: Yes. Q.: Having to do that, would you call lt a good system of ventilation? Xo answer. By Mr. Campbell: Did you ever report the dangerous conditions you havo found in the mine? A.: No. Q.: Why? A.: Because I would have been very likely to have been fired. By *Mr. Aspinall: What, reasons have you for saying tbat? A: Well; I think so. Qy. Did you ever know of anyone who had been discharged for reporting dangerous condition In this mine? A.: No. Q.: Was there a stopping in tho overcast over No. 2 slope? A.: Yes; I put It in myself, and banked it up with six feet of debris. (Overcast No. 2 alope was used to convey the return air from No. 1 North to main return some tlmo previous to explosion, But this overcast had bad a stopping about six feet In thickness so as to make the main %n> ery In No. 1 North tha return for that district.) Henry James wsa questioned by tht jury witb regard to the efficiency of the apparatus, but the latter waa of tht opinion that the fault lay rather with the Inefficiency of tbo users and not tbe apparatus. He claimed tbat ht sent five complete sets of apparatus Immediately upon receipt of the alarm. Including two pulmotors. one of which had been stolen. Mr, Watson wss ci-iMed to the stand to give evidence .with regard to tbt efficiency of tbe apparatus. Witness stated tbat In his opinion they were very good and the mine rescue car outfit compared very favorably with any tbat he had previously inspected either I ntbe United States or eastern Canada. Queationed by Vice President Wm, Graham: la It a fact tbat tbe Belgian miners are supplied with Individual apparatus which contains enough oxygen to keep s man alive thirty mint*? A.' Not that! know of. Qy. Do you know of any country whore such apparatus Is used? A • I do eot. Q: fin yen not think thst tbls would b* sn improvement on th* rescue <*ar? Wlto-Mi, who was Inrllti-wt to be pon-otrnwiittnl, said be dtd not know. Qy. If It *aa proven that such an apparatus would facilitate n**m work, would you advocate tbe adop- i*u« »t a««*». \ ■ ? rertn'rV- «:tnM Chief Inspector ot Mine* .T. T. 8Hr. ling waa the next witness, and reply- (OMitee** •• rate VMnktl great deal of dust In' the rooms from 31 to 36, although in room 36 itself there was quite a stream of water running down. Xo. 2 South Xevel was wet and the Xo. 2 Slope was wet. Xo. 1 Xorth was also wet and the level at the bottom of No. 1 slant was also soaking wet. The workings to the dip of No. 2 South wero wet and they were hardly affected at - all by the force of the explosion. It is a very noticeable fact that wherever the roads were wet the explosion, very soon died out. The mine had been Idle for two days before the accident, and the fire boss gave evidence that he had found gas In several places, two of these being ralsee 30 to 40 feet in height. TheBe raises were full of gas to the level when he made his examination on the morning of tbe accident. All the rooms in places where gas was reported were on the same ventilating current and It had evidently been tbo custom in this mino to commence moving standing gas a little before tbe time when the miners commenced work. CONCLUSIONS After an examination of nearly all accessible parts of the mine and after having beard tbe evidence given and examined the exhibits produced, I have reached the conclusion that tbe explosion originated at some point In the No. 2 South workings below No. 1 South. The evidences of the direction of forces are very conflicting In places, but all along No. 2 South entry the force camo down. On the Inside end of No. 2 South there was a slight force Inwards, and on the outside ot No. 2 South there waa great force outwards. At the opening* of nome of the rooms from No. 31 to 36 the force certainly went up to No. 1 Slant and on No. 1 Slant sproad both ways, coming right up and out of tunrel mouth. At th* foot of No. 1 Slant the force went In tbo level for a short distance. It Is nauu fans, which were not kept operated constantly, so as to provide nn adequate amount of ventilation as required by section 58 of the Act. These fans only worked when tbe miners worked, and therefore the raises would fill with gas between shifts. Tbo raise in Xo. 2 South was full ot ga* on the morning of the accident The management evidently jthought that a change In the ventilation was desirable as a short time before the expbslon they combined the quantity in two bc- parate splits. Thus the air. after ven-; tliat ing the faces In No. 1 North w&s circulated through thc workings to the . dip, and the workings of Xo. 2 South. ThU was one continuous air current' employing approximately 176 men, The number of coal faces at work on • thlf. one split would bave been greatly reduced and therefore the amount of gas and dust given off In this spilt would have been greatly reduced hnd tho number of men been limited na required by the Mines Act. Carrying the matter a step further It Is quite possible that had the same amount of air been taken Into No. 2 South cud the number of workmen reduced to comply fUh the Act, the percentage of gas and dust present in the air might have been reduced to a point, where it would have taken a considerable initial explosion to cause the whole mine to explode. It will also be noticed that all that separated the air current in tbe Nos. 1 and 2 mines were the plank stoppings In No. .16 and In the end of No. 1 South level. Also that any leakage from the return of No. 1 North with 2 and 3 South would pass Into the In. tako of No. 1 slant. Ail the different parta of tbe mint are so intimately connected and the stoppings aud over casts were so fragile tbat an explo-' ■Ion wan bound tn nm throuah oenrlv sll tba mine, hence the extent of this H'ontuuril nil Pema Kltktt —5-5S Fiend Busy in Fernie Again Mttr a period o' comparath «• tm-iM* umlerww, losing everything. man ity from fire, the hrlatd«« r*.| jt t« ai!#>e«.lng Work ootslde tbe city limit* and cottic ju ,),,. tmr, *u*i tbelr crl*** quickly arountd tli« other m«mb#r» of tlw* hou**»hr>!^ « r**or*i «»«»«ill »•* mr i«*winn ""■"jaw! had water on In « vi'ry f<»w min- tbo t TV» -wi-?M»*r*v ■»•«« ■e4 *n<" It too CONDITIONS AT POCAHONYAt that yet wilt gtvt K rmr <*!»•« and j» -« •f^yx^^^^Kt^^^a ■— qpv*^m^^mv^et• bad vtttllttfoo? WRaeat: Tet. Mt. Pabett: Wbse fee fbai pit it a place it yee Mate mmmmi wkMtt*. Met jmA teem eM. Uttm ;A.k*_d*|^n t mm Q.. ttoud M bad! A*: times bad 1,760 feet of hose had to be Hid from tbt last hvdranf on Vlrtorte »veno<» fo rearb th«» bli-ntiv With »h>« wind blow Ing a mile, It r.; Jw/as; '£ tr 2r^i».»»«** <* «* «*«««•w •unite toetai ettr mtteiai v*.*\*amu»t nemm the street would to. an* «'waa!»«K '*• •*•*«• '«' *-m Th* bonne m necessary to leave tho main blaxe and j« ,.■». nbf. ut * ioit...iAns*: J^t. on tho roof a of houtoa opposite. It a fire w-mrrHl Inthe earn* houso .was th* worn fire thl» town h«* e*P«-1 nkon tW«; t(m»> last yetit, nnd tbe „!,,„,*» ...r, lV» *.».*.. »t..* ' 1IVC '.*-*,, . ... •* ■ ■** *-. I ■ * nnd cltliens have to thank the efforts!coal oft tamp or heater, wbtoh wn* boot tb* ftw chief and his lads for Sua used for tk* same purpos*. avoiding wbat Otherwise mu«t bave) —- —•—■ been a very sertoo* «onfls«r«tion. j On Wednesday morning tb* barn sit- Tt* fwMdent* on either ltd* ww oat-wl tipen property owned by Kruest •wal* and prepared to quit to a mo- RHty, of Illver Heights, We#t remit, mtat's notice, while Um boat (rom thej was completely destroyed by fir* Tbo name* and fty'.na embara *.*>* a, ..-or. .•'.i-i-" '.A -tv fir-'- te >.nktw*a, ml We have received word from tbe above eamp that conditions art far from twty tbere. Recently sixty mtn war* laid off and moat of thorn have travtlM to the Brasoau fHrtd, W# would point out again tbe necessity of tttrtMng cattion when about to leas© oat cas&p aftd Jouraey la atwtb , „ . tr. A Anni bt nnatrtattry eefftrtng tineti wares of danger to onlooker*.}once the betiding wns tiiaht thore wsa ta ■neeneltm-e/l by »b« bnppx'.tet^lm'ltaittmtl tb* wind hmen bfwwler fn tbt* M-'-nr* *,ttaelblr ikaren »o *»*•#> It methods of tome Individuals, Th** fortlen of th* town, it Is dosVfu!' — -~™—7-7-* . ' wbmber the brttade weeW haw* mk*{ T»o •harks situated at tht roar of twebod as welt aa tb#y did. at Th*'***' r«fc* t-tmt war* mtltad »« be oo rrowdod condition of tbo beeese wootd j fir* WblMr*» .iib-ey **»r* burnei down it t* waled • Truman and a man sletptng la tbt!that w**r $300 to cash was lest ta thia btete tt tt* x-m*. XOmy ed mute**-*, iif*. iU .*<^»*i»V* kmtXen ■<«* t»t.U» te tteapo. Tbt letter waa tle«ptnc inlin tbt security ef tht aback tbat a tht garret, snd minped In notblnjt hix', ibsnk. _ tome wt« tot uke edvkt and do not ttth tafefaeMloe. bet Jump right off tato t new oamp -taking a etnac*," aa thoy aa?, eeen tbtattteg «*»k there. Timet todivfiaaiawlU otttm b* itmed bntedm m weal ani bemotalag ceedttltet tad btiVttb. It never oeeete to tlKM» Ibtt tliy tem m a Htttt flf»Tinf ter IMWMItwi ZA K TWO SHE DISTRICT LEDGER^I'ERNIB, B. 0., JULY 25,1914 jiocal Union Directory, Dist. 18,U.M.W. A ^a^&-».-«£/.iV».*e^ GLADSTONE LOCAL No. 2314 ^ Mset first and third Kridajs, Mir.ers* HaU, Fernie: second and fourth Fridays, Club Hall, Coal Creek. Sick Benefit attached.—T. Uphill, Sec, Fernie, B. C. HOSMER LOCAL No. 2497 Meet every Sunday at 2.30 in K. P. Hall, Main Street Sick Benefit Society attached.—W. Balderstone, Sec, Box 63, Hosmer, B. C. MICHEL LOCAL No. 2334 Meet every Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Crahan's Hall. Sick Benefit Society attached.— H. Elmer, Sec. PARK LOCAL No. 1387 Meet every Sunday. Sick and Accident Benefit Society attached,—Michael Warren, Sec, Can- more, Alta. HILLCREST LOCAL No. 1058 Meet second and fourth Sunday in month. Sick and Benefit Society attached.—J. Gorton, Sec CARBONDALE LOCAL No. 2227 Meet every alternate Sunday at 2.30 p.m. in the Opera House, Coleman.—J. Mitchell, Sec, Box 105, Coleman. BANKHEAD LOCAL No. 29 Meet every Tuesday evening at 7 o"clock in the Bankhead Hall. Sick and Accident Benefit Fund attached.—Frank Wheatley, Fin. .Sec, Bankhead, Alta. • COALHURST LOCAL No. 1189 Meet every Friday evening at 7.30 in Miners' Hall. Sick and Accident Benefit Society attached.—Frank Barringham, Sec, Box 112, Coalhurst P. O. BEAVER CREEK LOCAL No. 481 Meet every first and third Sunday at Lyric Hall, 3 p.m.—John Loughran, Sec COLEMAN LOCAL No>2633 Meet every alternate Sunday at 2.30 p.m.. in the Opera,-House. Coleman.-^. Johnstone,^ec. PASSBURG LOCAL No. 2352 Meet every second and fourth- Sunday of each m-pnth at 2 p.m. in Slovak Hall. Sick Benefit Society attached.—Thos. G. Harries, " Sec, Passburg, Alta. BURMIS LOCAL No. 949 Meet every second and fourth Sunday of each month at 10 a.m. in School House, Burmis. No Sick Society.—Thos. G. Harries, Sec. Passburg, Alta. MAPLE LEAF LOCAL No. 2829 Meet every first and third Sunday of each month at 10 a.m. tn Union Hall. Maplo Leaf. No Sick Society,—Thos. G. Harries, PasRburg, Alta. Sec. v LETHBRIDGE LOCAL No. 574 Meet every Wednesday evening at 7.30 in Miners' Hall, 12th Ave- nue North.—L. Moore, Seo.-Treas. , BELLEVUE LOCAL No. 431 Meet every Sunday at 2.30 p.m. in the Socialist Hall. —James Burke. Sec, Box 36, Bellevue, Alta. CORBIN LOCAL No. 2877 Meet every second Sunday at 2 o'clock in the Club Hall. Sick Benefit Society ' attached.—Geo. Elms, Sec, Corbin. B. C. GEORGETOWN LOCAL No. 3026 Meet every Sunday afternoon, 2.30, at Boarding, House. Sick and Accident Fund attached.— Max Hutter, Sec ■ ■■■ A FRANK LOCAL No. 1263 Meet Sundays, after each pay day, at'Miners Hall. Sick and Benefit Society attached.—E Morgan, Secretary. .•ir-wTrtrawftTwt/ar^^^ Special Convention ofB.C.F.qfL. Continued From Page One A SQUARE DEAL IS WHAT THE "OCEAN" GIVES ITS POLICYHOLDERS Here are a few claims we have paid of late $35.70 30,00 17,50 54.30 $31.40 57.15 37.10 18.55 $10.00 20.00 18.50 17.00 $14.26 10.00 12.84 6.00 $21.42 12.84 37.71 20.00 $50.00 115.00 450.00 19.20 $17.99 64.60 26.97 50.60 IThe "OCEAN" is the Largest ACCIDENT Company in the World The "OCEAN" FAYS DAILY over $15,000 for ACCIDENTS to POLI0YHOLDEE8 Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp. Ltd, of London Eng. A. B. CAMPBELL, Dist. Agent Miners' Union Hall Block - Fernie, B.C. and children have heen shot recently In Colorado, and the same class power 'Which is responsible for that, will do the same here. In my opinion we have to choose hetween a general strike, or, toy ouv refusal toi call it, we shall endorse the miners going back beaten. - , Del. Todd—This strike has failed in ■spite of the splendid .backing we have had. ilt has been a strike of a section of the workers, and. has proved that the sectional method of striking is a failura -Unionists ajre fighting unionists. Carpenters from Victoria are building the new tippte at South Wellington. 'But if anyone here thinks the miners are "beaten, I want them to know that/we are not ibeaten by any means. - . .Del. Naylor—Three weeks after his election as president of the union, the -company commenced to discriminate against him. He was put in a "place" in the mine where he could not make -wages. 'His case was only one of many. When the strike started the Chinese came out also, but were told *by(ispecial police that they could either go back to work or get out of Cumberland," The chief of police told him he would arrest all men found picketting. He replied that It was a privilege of all British workers to picket. Later,- other excuse "were found by the police to stop picketting. Strike-breakers were brought into Cumberland, and the union shipped 50 per cent, ot them out . again. He could say, without fear, of contradiction, that there were not more than three white miners working in Cumberland mines today. Referring to his arrest he said he was not in Cumberland when the disturbance took place, tout pleaded! guilty-on .the advice of his lawyer because he was given to understand that by so doing, men who ■were charged with more serious offenses would be treated with greater leniency. He was of the opinion that a general strike of all workers In B. ear J&12 Employed in ani around the mine at present Total tonnage for the year of 1912 576,797 Tonnage today at the rate of 746 tons per day at the rate" of 301 days to the year..\ 224,546 The Canadian Collieries during year of. 1912, normal tonnage per day 2,898 At Cumberland at highest point 1,351 746 1,200 300 CASH MEAT MARKET Saturday Specials Beef Bolls Pork Pork Sausages - Preth Cooked Tripe Alberta Oreamery Butter 10c Ib. 10o Ib. 10o Ib. 12}clb. 70o 2 lbs. Every description of Sausage and potted Meat made on the premises by Expert We Kill The Finest Ranch Fed Cattle Eckstein Blk., Fernie ^m To Sports Committees The Fernie Coal Creek Excelsior Band is now open for engagements. Satisfaction guaranteed For Terms Etc. Apply THOS. BIQQ8, Secretary, Fertile, B. C. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Delegate Thomas of the Longshoremen asked what .remedy the miners had to suggest. Del, Martin moved that the executive of the Federation send out a pamphlet at the next Provincial election informing rhe public of the action of the Government in the strike. Del. Sivertz thought some method should be adopie.l which would bring more 'imme.l-ato relief. Del. Samson said he believed it would be bes! to hear all views and arguments first, then try to form a plan of action. On motion of Del. Rees, the motion was laid on the table. Del. Dykeman moved that a committee of five be appointed to 'bring in some definite proposal on,which convention could act. . Del. 'Pettigrew was of the opinion that the matter should ibe thoroughly discussed first, so that the committee would have something to guide th*m. Del. /Thomas said that he considered a general strike was needed, so that the men who handled the coal on the water-front could ibe called out. Farrington Invited to Speak At this time, Frank Farrihgton, International 'Board -Menrber in charge of the strike, was Invited to speak. He said, in .part: "Three years ago the miners of Vancouver Island began to take steps to secure the assistance of our organization, I was sent to look over the situation and on niy return recommended that the U. iM. W. of A. should accede to their request, and that course was adopted. But the powers that be determined otherwise. As soon as lt was known that the Island miners were a part of ^the international labor movement the companies began a settled policy of dis- criminationfcagainst them. This came to a head when the men got together to form plans for their protection. Owing to them working on various shifts it was not possible for them to all meet at one time unless they took a day off for that purpose, which they did. When they went hack to work the following day they were told to take their tools out of the mines and were locked out. That policy waa pursued In all camps. The U. M. W. of A. did not start the trouble. As a matter of fact they were not prepared at that time to make a move. They wanted hlgger membership before doing so.- 'Notwithstanding that, the international office of our Union came to their help financially and has paid a higher rate of relief on the Island than has ever-been given to any district 'before "by the U. M. W. of A. Afterwards a general strike of all miners waa called. It has been said by 'Mr. Crothers, Federal Minister of labor, that we did not ask the use of IhWTra^mrlat^DiTOUterTn^MTgltiBn" Act. -That is not true, and if Mr. Crothers had been sincere he could have used his powerful office to prevent the strike continuing, hut it has since become plain why he did not. At the last session of the Dominion Parliament a telegram was produced from (Mr. Coulson, who was at that \lme a mine manager on the Island. That telegram says that a board of inquiry would not 'be necessary, as the men could not secure the miport of the U. M. W. of A„ and would have ta return to work, and that their appeal for the inquiry was only a desperate move. The miners have invoked every influence which might be expected to 'bring an equitable settlement, *ut without result. Every in- fluence of the coal companies," backed up by Provincial and Dominion Gov- ernmentB had been used ln tho effort to defeat the minerr. Up to the present they have been defeated by political power. If It were not for Chinese labor and the prevention of picketing the strike would be won by now. VoU can and should profit by their experience, to meet Blmllar contingencies io the futuro. We have nothing to be ashamed of or to apologize for In this strike. The U. M. W, of A. has paid out JHO.GOO every week ln rejjef to the minors of the Island. If fw. fool that you are in a position to bring this trouble to a satisfactory' Issue for the miners, do It. But do not do anything to place yourselves In a similar position." General Discussion •Del. Foxcroft advocated a general strike, wblch he said he had always 'believed wns the right move to end tbe trouble. The motion to appoint the /•ommlt- tee was laid on the table, 'Del, Fisher movod that1 a referendum, railing a gon«>ral Rtrttio should be submitted to the Unions. Del. Davidson seconded, not because he felt much good could come from It, but because he wanted to see tb* convention do something definite. 'At tMs time the convention went Into committee of the whole, Del, Wilton said bit experience In Australia had taught him that politics! action was necessary, that being the method adoptod there after tbe K rose and reported, now in Jail, calling attention to th« Credentials wero received for W. B. fart that their sentences bad already t Walker, of Vancouvor Cooks and •aplred. !Walters, and.for V. R. 'Mldgley. of On motion the secretary wst in-; Vancouver Lathers, strutted to wire the Minister of Jut-; Convention nttmrntd wnttl 8 i>. m. ttv-e *i uuawm, tatting i»»» »uwiuor TutsOsy Afte-meen gttston to the iKwltlon of the men in Jail, alaot With the optntng of the session, to wire Attorney-Goners! Dowser re- Pel. Flitter Introduced the fofloulig questing that action be at once taken .motion: to release them. J MWherea*~-It Is contend^ by t Ms The convention then adjourned lo * convention that the failure of th* meet at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. miners vn win tbls strike would Willi The whole of the miners' delexatea I tbe downfall of nrtmtiurl lnbor *n ; prfseut arranged to hold a conference • n. C; therefore, b* It , {among themselves dn Monday evening.! "Resolved—That tbe executive of , Tus-sitey Morning Session .*,.« t«»l«r»U( saying.it was not a question of what they wanted to do or would like to do, ibut a question of facing the industrial condition of the Province as it is to- (« FRUIT SAtr The Household-Remedy in ALW A Y S keep a bottle ot Eno • the house iu readiness for an emergency. There is not the least danger of any>ill effect or improper use in any itase, as its action is entirely in accord with Nature. Eno's '" Fruit Salt" contains the valuable constituents of ripe fruit in a portable, agreeable and simple form, and is in ewy respect aa harmless as the juices of the" fruits from which lit is obtained. Sold ht all the principal towns and cities of Canada. Prepared only by J. C. ENO, Ltd., "Frait Salt" Worki,L«i», Emj. A(cnts for Canada: . Hai-oldF.Ritchie* Co.,Limited ~ 10 MeCaul St., TORONTO :sm&m ■;■■■:■ W$. . . . .. . . , council, and "by sending special -police ?S*?ii?. M8.0^,1!:1,011 U made a S««-|and. militia to act as scab-herd«rs, r?\ eral strike impossible. 'Del. Sivertz at this point Introduced a lengthy amendment, which in substance, was: That the Unions should be appealed to for funds, also that the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada should be Asked for $2,000. The money to 'be used to carry on a campaign of education and organization which would be entrusted to four menrbers elected by the convention, and they would work undier the direction of the executive hoard. Del. 'Pattison opposed the amendment and wanted more immediate action. , Del. Sivertz said the Federation was only a voluntary organization and- had no power to call a strike. He 'pointed out that Unions had agreements and policies which made their constitutions such as would take years of educational work to change. No matter hod desirable it might 'be, a general strike at this time was not possible, owing to tbe industrial conditions prevailing in the Province. Del. Gray said tne miners of the Crow's 'Nest Pass "had no agreement carry on an education campaign before and during the time the referendum is 'being .taken. And this convention to elect three members of Unions affiliated with the Federation ito carry on the educational campaign under the direction of, the executive. The executive to call the strike, if adopted by the referendum vote, al such time as hey consider advisable* (Del. Pattison njade the following amendment: Whereas, the mine workers on Vancouver Island for 21 months and 14 months, respectively, have •been striking for the right of organization, and whereas the Government has assisted the cbal operators to help defeat the .miners by various means, sucah as non-enforcement of the Coal iMines Regulation Act, the Deception of Workmen Act', and the new order-In- sTn-ce the strike At' Extension Loss to the company per day is, tons x 1,398 At South Wellington mines 364 men were employed before the strike, and the tonnage per year was 139,000. The highest point reached .since the strike is 211 men per' day with 375 tons output. In concluding his statement he made an impassioned appeal for a general strike. ' ' Del. Cropley, of the Vancouver 'Molders, said that if any member of tbelr union was working as a strikebreaker, he would either have to stop doing so or "be expelled from their organisation. Del. Robertson said that-the offer received recently from the mine owners, through Premier McBride, meant unconditional surrender, and was an Insult to the common intelligence of any labor community., Like the -preceding speakers, he favored a general strike. Del. B, Kaarlo, from Squamlsh, said no white men were working there now, but Chinese were. Del, Moffat was of the opinion that more effective measures were needed., and said that the miners would fight without fliiiint'u If necessary. He had seen many strikes, but novor ono in which such high relief pay had 'been given. The miners of the United States bad behaved mangnlflcntly to them. This strike had shown that long strikes were no use. Other methods wero needed. Del, Dykeman said that last fall the United Brotherhood of Carpenters in Victoria hail offered to go on strike any time to help the miners. They bad voted for tbat by 154 votes to four. Del. Johns said be was working at Jingle Pot wine, under thu nareemnul which the company had signed with the miners. He was convinced Premier MoBrlde wished to defeat the miners ao that be could drive all Socialists off tbe Island. The men at Jingle 'Pot were ready any time to throw up their agreement and come out with tho rest of tbe miners. •Del, Pettlgrew during the course of a comprehensive speech In wblch he traced the course of the strke since Us commencement, made a strong appeal for a general strike. President It, Foster said tbat tbe men who had broken away from the Union, to go strike-breaking, were chiefly Kngllsh-speakitut men, Del. Robertson -pointed out that the miners bed dealt fully with the situation and he felt that mora expression of opinion was due from delegates of other Unions. Del. Klsher snd Thomss, of the which was not very effective, and In many cases their executive board had round it best to'let Local Unions have little strikes of their own from time to time to bring them he results which their agreement sometimes delayed, Tbe time for agreements had gone Iby. (Many men in his district owed more money to the store* than they had drawn ln wages. He wanted a general etrlke. Del. Martin of ""ernle stfld the general strike waB tbe last desperate re- sor, and he did not think It could succeed. ' 'Del. iMIdgeley was surprised the executive of the Federation had not come out with some definite proposal and whereas the miners have been backed *each to defray preliminary expenses of organizing. Vice President Bancroft of.- the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, was asked what financial assistance might he given by the congress. He was not prepared to make any statement or promise until he had nonsuited the rest of his colleagues on the congress executive. Del. Thomas moved that the Trades and Labor Congress be asked to donate $1,000. Del, Foster moved that the Miners' Defense committee in Nanaimo be asked' for a loan of $500. This being added the motion, the Joint proposal was carried. Del. Foster moved that the organizers be paid bSre expenses. The motion carried. Del.~Burkhart. took the floor and made an earnest appeal to/ the delegates to patronize the Union label and the four organizers were instructed to bring this to the attention of the Unions they vlsltect The control of the organizers was vested in the executive of the Federation- Vice President Baptroft ,was called up to speak and delivered a splendid address, dealing with the new Workmen's Compensation . Act in -Ontario.. which has become law largely, through his efforts. In Ontario the workers decided four years ago to devote all their efforts to securing the act—A-comni!ssion-was-appolnted~ot- the request of the organized labor movement, to go fully into tbe whole question. After four years the bill became law/ It was based on the (principle that Industry should 'bear the cost of compensation. The chief opposition came from the private insurance companies, and British Columbia workerB'^would find that they would meet with same opposition. Vice President Bancroft left no part of his subject untouched and at the conclusion of his address a, Btanding vote of^ thanks was extended to him by the whole convention, Wednesday Evening 8esslon President Watchman called the convention to order at 7:45 and announced that the question of .unemployment and Asiatic Immigration had still to be disposed of. -Several resolutions were submitted reviewing and emphasising the de*- plorable conditions prevalent throughout 'British Columbia, and asking tor various schemes for tbe alleviation of the unemployed problem. 'Delegate Goodwin, Cumberland, deprecated palliative measures and said the workers must wage war ajralrist tbe wage system. Del. Naylor, Cumberland, said if resolutions would solve the labor problem, with unemployment It would have been solved long ago. Del. Pettlgrew, Nanaimo, said the social ownership of the means of life was tho real solution, but meantime something must be done if tbe present standard of life were to be even maintained, lie advocated more agitation and protest meetings. Del. Robertson, Nnnalmo. referred to the Government immigration poller which had Hooded the labor market to its present deplorable state. Unemployment could not be solved under capitalism. Tbe workers must organise first, lessen the hours of labor and make ready for mais action. The motion submitted by Del. Martin, VletoVla. clrrisd. Asiatic 4-mmloratlon Pel. fiamson, Vancouver, dealt witb the question ot Asiatics, scored the Inconsistencies of the labor press and Unionists themselves. Even the Vancouver (Island miners themselves. In days gone by, hid ssslited In the Introduction of Orientals, Del Naylor, Cumberland, had been Instructed by his Local to vote for Asiatic exclusion. Del. Pettigrew, Nanaimo, aald It was the business mm who wtrt now anxious to see the Hindu* nnd Asiatics esctuded. \ Del. Head, Wellington, looked upon the Aslstlcs as a menses to working men In ilritlsh Columbia. fW, tyConnell, -South Welthtfton. submitted a resolution Biking the Government to ptace a Ux upon ihe ewe plovers of Aslstlcs. I i*i. .-meo*,, *>-u-ut*i*at, rev nt* to ^M-" '*H nl»MttT-** ^ l^tt* Tiii*t tn linTf ihr ikd. Ksts moved to table the ;wo*ifiOT0rmMMt pm meinslon laws deal- •Owing to the strike on tbe eom-ilutlou, and upon vote it was thus it., with Aslstlcs ind charted th* peny*s property we bave been unable dtrrossd of by 44 In favor ti l*Jkgl»lstora wttb hypocriter- If the Tf the call for a general strike whtch^ his Integrity. "It has been said," he " " " com-meneed, "that this difference of opinion can ibe settled on Vancouver Island. It connot be settled on Vancouver Island." he claimed. "The statements have been made here before delegates who will carry the Information back throughout the Province and must be answered hero," "It has been said that I didn't-say to the miners at the Nanaimo convention what I have snid here. It isn't true, I told tho miners as frankly as I have told you. It has been said that the information about the con- ditlpn of affairs is not correct. I stand on that Information again this morning." \ . Del iMcEweh again urged, as far as he was personally concerned It did not matter which way the vote went, ob he expected to leave the country In three weeks. Del. Knudson. one of the vice presidents of the Federation, said that, much os he would like to see It other- wile, he did not think the cM) for a general etrlke could be of any success, j The question then being put, (h* substitute motion of Del. fattlnson. calling for a referendum vote to be taken on tbe question of a general strike, was carried by 48 In favor to 3d against. Somewhere ground 10 delegates did not poll their votes, owing to absence f/om tht convention, or other reasons. Del. Wilton resolution wss then taken up, as followed "Thst the A C. Federation of Labor pledges Itself to do all In Its power to defeat the McBtide-Bowser administration at the next Provincial election, and that It organise and -carry on an educational campaign to secure the defeat of ivory Conservative candidate put In the field and thus strike an effective blow at those who bave proyed themselves to be the enemies of labor." Wsdnssday Afternoon Session Upon opening of the session, Del. PlMhnr asked If the Wilton resolution wss In order, ■ r*9r.9\itt**t*l •IV'itlr-t.t*,-*'. -9.it.--l •■».,;. ■ "tl was Issued last October had been allowed to go to the membership without opposition from miners' officials, be thought it would have brought better results. In his opinion conditions were more favorably then, but as they ore now it would he useless to attempt a general strike. Delegate SlverU's proposal was the only practical one. We heeff more education to get to the roots of such trouble as this. He would like to see the Trades Congress contribute the money and asked, as he felt it was a shame they should have so much in the treasury, lite miners were* Influenced too much by mere sentiment, What-had-to be faced was bar, cold Tact, unpleasant though It might be. .The only general strike which had been successful was In 'Belgium, and thut took a whole year to prepttrp, Frarirk Farrington was given the floor and during the course of a lengthy speech reviewed the strike and the policy of tbe U. M. W. of A. In general. He sold their strength had ben built up by the policy of having agreements, and be was opposed to thu general strike as he ahvajs bod been. The laws or bis organisation were not made by offloera, or any one part of tbe members, but by the whole 100,000. Any sectoln of. the Union which wsa willing to abide Iby the decisions and laws laid down by the majority would *e welcome as » part of their Union and would receive thoir financial support. But no part would be permitted to break their laws and still enjoy the support of their International troasury. f Convenlon adjourned Ull 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. \ , Wednesdsy Mornlflfl tesslon Del. Cropley mm at the opening to sgaln announce that molders would aot allow any of their members to work as strike-breakers on tbe Island. Del. Naylor said tbat In spite ot sll which had been aald, the minora had mora than a fighting chance. He quoted figures from tbe Canadian Mall* of lost April 14th, containing an account of the meeting In London of ,*. * r*.,.,nrtt„n fV1ttr.--.tr.--. m.t-rf-ftittlr* ud■' " ' I The report of June U, \m, said| to sam mora than working expenses snd have a debit balance for the year of tl4MM," 1»W wells sou) the miners' M-S-Hton wat due to apathy of worker!. Tht executive oould not go further than the Unions could go. There were 70 per cent unemployed in tht building; trade In a general strike It was very neceessry to have the support ef sll men In tb* tranifmrt Industry. Railroad brotherhoods bad shown no Interest ner taken any active pert In the UMtVMUteui of Air .Provtm*. it was ao use defending on tbe unemployed. A strike was only«ffmive by. men Mopping work. He owed sn smendment; Thst the eseruttve of thtt Federation m Instructed to take n rbtotodom vote m the question of aiansu * y Upon motion of Del. Davidson convention went into committee of tb* woote to consWer ways mod meant of nutting tht decisions of convention Into practice, Dei. Bllesmore moved that the four organisers sent out to addrata Unions on the general strike proposal should bt mtmbers of tht U. II. W, of. A. Del. Asm-son moved that one be fleeted from each of four district Del. Martin moved ttu# thoy be ♦>l*ctf*J (rom ih* whole eoVtenUon. \JDtl. Ofartln's proposal one tarried Tht following were aomlntted to Rout si orgMisera: O. Fsttlgrew, C. ttlntoe, .1, Weeee, R, Fester, C. SIvartt, J. I* .Martin. O. Dykeman, 3. Ooodwin. i. Robertson, 3. T. Mbtn • fWteral ntrlkw, nnd thtxt tkHf b* ton, T. ytnyfnf. ft. KUttdtm, ,t. Pinker, fwtbfr (attracted to raise funds In A. B. Wells, A. Watchman, W. Sy- j Islsn* We know tlmt mm, women It order to wilt thsf r itrike titty imnnI- wt* memmr as they may **wn *#st to monde and fl. Tbwwtt, worker* realty want to effectively deal with the question, Unionists tbem- aeteee -lettat thn /H»f>Ttntnr,-)» v*-. «»/• BBklng tht Government to Ao anvthing A flue should bt Impesod by Unions open members patronising Ortentsls. Del Fisher. Victoria, pointed ont thst Chinese owned a large number of hotels and boarding houses, though opt rated by white. If tht fine* could be ifon*it;ttd tkt. federation would soon be • wealthy iMtttutkra. Del. Martin, Fernie, felt nn Iim*- way wss being made ttd thought #is- custkm should cms*. Del. Witter, Xanalmo. imprataid himself ss being In flavor of tht workers ttiftsg Premier McBride to •e to bltsta. and that tliey thets- tstres tak* toth action us would con* titWle lo that sad. (reatlauti eu fast Tkrt-t-t *•> / THE DISTRICT LEDGEB, FERNIE, B. 0., JULY 25,1814 PAGE THREE / IH ,:-£f Z## ■ YOUNG MAN'S DREAM By Joseph Danna Miller The Richest Young Man in the World lad of late become interested in philanthropic, benevolent and social movements,—incidentally he had heard something of the economic movem-^nt. He knew therfe were jots of poor people in the city in which he lived, hut he never asked himself what made them poor. He assumed that it was a part of a well qrdered plap—the methods of God are inscrutable and. phst, finding out. Perhaps people were poor because they helped the rich \o experience a thrill of benevolence in tho bestowal of charity.- Or perhaps they were poor because they were vicious, or incompetent, or at le-^st inferior. Yes, inferior,' that was It. They were not bad, these people, but just inferior. One must not judge harshly, and again the Young,Man felt the saimo Thrill of Benevolence, and .blessed the poor and went on doing good. Is It" not a blessed world In which there are so many, opportunities for Doing Good? One morning the Richest Young Man in the World read/of a Mr. Ford in Detroit, a wealthy manufacturer I of automobiles, who announced that he was going to distribute ten millions of dollars ot his profits among' his employes. He was going to distribute this enormous sum in wages, said the newspaper reports.' Of course, Mr. Ford, too, was fooling himself, for he was not a magician, and could not make profits wages merely by calling them so. Wages are not something one man gives another—they are what ls Earned, they are the .Product. If Mr. iFord gets any of that it is indeed a -monstrous thing, and he or Society- is to blame. But if he doesn't get any of the Wages of these .people who work for bim, but chooses to give something out of his profits, that is very Good aad Generous of him. but he isn't raising Wages—he is doling out Charity. Nor can this kind of Benevolence ever be made to serve as a substitute for Justice, always assuming, of course, -that there is an Injustice, • The world praised (Mr. Ford. And although one may say very properly that it was Good and Generous of him, the world's praise was, as usual, stupid. It said; "Mr. Ford sees Wages are too low." For if he was reatly distributing Wages, how comes it that Wages beings tbe Product ever got into his hands? Wages are never too low. Tbey can be neither too low nor-too high. And why,? Again because Wages are the Product. They may aot be retained by tbe Wages Earner; he may not >be able to retain them." But then they are stolen, Bjld that, ta a HOTo-n-apf Tpaf+-»r ■■l-jd- opens up alTsorts of apparently com plicated but really simple questions of distribution, questions of responsibility, too. (But never any question of dividing up. The Richest Young iMan in the World, having heard of 'Mr. Ford, suddenly conoelved tbe desire to emulate him. For he, too, has a vast number of mra working for him—not just as Mr. Ford had, for tbe Young Alan was the head of a great landed estate in the great City, of Now York. The men who worke^Tdr him went to their. dally labor io earn enough to pay him rent Now Rent Is of two kinds—Rent for the use of bouses and Rent for the use of Lands. The Und which constituted tht real, per •latent and ever increasing Income of the Richest Young Mao in tbe World was tbe Ront for Loads. Kot that the Young Man ever really discriminated. Aa ht had built tht houses from the Rent of Lands, and aa the Rent Sltlt Included a charge for houalng a* wtll as a charge for permission to occupy the land which was here before tho young man came, ht ntver itopped to think about It at all. iBut wheu tut thought came to tht young than that It would be nice to emulate Mr. Ford, ho saw It for a moment In a somewhat different light, Mr. Ford bad mtn working for him for whom ht "provided iwork," as tht saying goes, though how he can "provide work" is not dear. Tht opportunities for work wtrt here before Mr. Ford came. Tbo moot that «Mr. Ford did was to co-operate with others iu the use of this natural medium by the contribution of brains and capital. But with the Richest Young (Man this was not precisely the case. He had men "working for him, it is true- more men than ,Mr, Ford, perhaps— for his rent receipts were large, including. those from many families among the more fecund of the population, and in centres where people .were most closely congeoted. He had heard that 30 per cent was paid over to his agents, as had been to his father's and grandfather's agents le- fore him. It was somewhat oirious. he reflected, this difference between him and Ford; for although both had great numbers of men and women working for them, one "paid Wages," again as the saying goes, and one, himself, received them after they were earned. It was really funny when you came to think about it. And the problem how to emulate Mr. Ford was not,such an easy one. Perhaps it would be best to see his rent collector, and this functionary was therefore hastily summoned."" Then said the Richest Young Man to his chief collector: "You have the names of all my tenants?" "Yes," replied the collector. "And what would you estimate thu number tp be?" "Several hundred, famllres, sir; I can get the exact number for you.',' "Well, said the Richest Young Mau, "1 am anxious to do something for these people. (Many, I am told are very poor. I have ."ead ahout Mr. Ford, and I wish to foIIoV his example—I want to share my profits with the people who work for me, as my tenants. For they do work for me, do they not?" "They assuredly do," said his agent, ''And-many are deserving?" "I bave every reason to believe they are. 'But, of course, it is no .business of mine to ascertain that. They pay their rent; if they do not they must vacate the premises." "And, of course, that is right." said the Richest Young IMan. "The houses are mine, and if some one did not build tbem the people would have no roofs to shelter them. Of course, I have some rich tenants, tod?" "Yes, but these pay less rent on the average per cubic foot of space than do the very poor who dwell In your cheaper tenements." ** Tbe Young .Man raised his eyes in sudden surprise. "What do you mean? I do not sell tbem space." "Oh, but you do. That is the very thing you do sell them." "It is not possible." "But it iB possible. If you thought it-was-'Wood'BBdHroE'OT'd^bricksTrnd" mortar alone you were selling them, you are mistaken. If that were all, your Income, though still great, would be much smaller and would tend to diminish with the years. Buildings deteriorate,, but cubic space in a great city is valuable and becomes more so with time." ^ "It is a great problem," said the Richest Young iMan. "But you must help me solve It. You are to figure out the number of my tenants. You are to tell me bow much they pay each for hia cubic foot of space. That seems funny, you know, tbat I should be in tbe business of telling space to tBe poor when I bave just begun to feel for tbelr poverty. And then you' are to divide 20 per cent of my income by'the entire number of my tenants, omitting, however, the rich or len deserving, and send each hit check for a pro rata amount. You will do thia for me?" aald tho Young Man, with a burst of enthusiasm nnd. glistening eyes. "These people work for me and I want to recognise all they bave done for me In a substantial way, especially at I hear thtt there Is much poverty In the eity now Do you hear about it?" all out for me, and be ready to report by the first of^the month." ■And thus it came about that the Agent presented himself to his Principal on the day set. -But his manner had undergone a notable change. 'It was no longer with a confident air that he faced his employer. There were visible doubt and perplexity In his attitude. He began hesitatingly: "Your checjtthave not been made out, sir. IThe calculation is beyond me. You want to help the people who are -working for you. Mr. Ford could do it, but you cannot. Good God, sir, the "whole city is working for you. I cannot make out 6,000,000 cheeks, for they would have to include babies born tonight, and every immigrant that comes through Ellis Island. The child born in the-East Side tenement helps to swell your Income. And what is its share of your Income? .1 do not know. But make no mistake; it has a share which it has by inalienable right. But you, alone and of yourself, have no means by iwhich j-cu can work exact justice. You cannot even go as far in this direction as Mr. Ford?" "And then must Justice remain undone?" asked the richest Young Man- despairingly. "Perhaps it is an insoluble problem," said the Agent.—The Public. * The 'American Manufacturers, organ of the .employing manufacturers, thus indicates the weakness of Mr. Ford's position: "He is professing to be making a fair division with his employes, and thus in effect confessing that he has all along been taking froin them more than he was justly entitled to." We see no reason by which this conclusion of the American (Manufacturer can be avoided." ** A fact In New York, and perhaps generally in other cities. Special Convention of B.C. F. oj L. x. (Continued from previous page.) THE GENERAL STRIKE AND BALLOT IN GERMANY 'The following is from the news columns of the London Citizen, published by that paper as a news dis- parch from Berlin, and is of interest as indicating the thought being given in Germany to the necessity for .ballot reform and to the methods that may be used in securing it: "At yesterday's annua] meeting of the Social Democratic party of Greater Berlin the main topic under discussion was the general misapprehension as to the present political situation, especially about the complete impossibility of achieving electoral reform in Prussia by means hitherto tried. "The delegates, representing the most powerful and best-organized' branches of the Social Democratic party in Germany, demanded In most uncompromising terms a more energetic" action on the part of the ex- ecutive and especially the taking_cf Del. Rees, Fernie, urged matter where the Orientals resided the problem remained the same. The cooperative commonwealth would not come to Canada alone. Orientals should be taken into our Unions and the same pay demanded for them. Dei. Davidson, Vancouver, said the question must be dealt with politically, and that the Federation had refused to do so. Del. Dykeman, Victoria, said a Chinaman -was not to blame, for being a Chinaman, Dels, Paget and Sivertz, Victoria, spoke, the latter referring to the fact that 2,132 Chinese had 'been admitted into this Province since the passing of the Federal order-in-council (Dec. 8, 1913), a further contribution to McBride's boasted ."White B. C." The next move must be emigration of whites from B. C. -in search of jobs, which, indeed, was already taking place. Del. iMartin, Victoria, felt that the Unions must soon make a more progressive move to meet present-day conditions. Exclusion would not solve the labor problem. Del. Robertson, Nanaimo, said the Orientals should be organized. They were of use to the employers because they were cheap; they were of service to the Government because they had no vote. Del. Cochrane, Nanaimo, said, the Orientals were non-assimilative. Del. Thomas, Vancouver,, saw nothing the convention could do in the premises. Del. Pattison, Nanaimo, moved that no that the convention go on record as in favor of total--exclusion of the Asiatics. This was seconded In many places. In support of his motion, Del. Pattinson said the employers had introduced them; they had no vote, and they were lowering our standard of living. The motion of reaffirmation of organized labor's many such declarations during the past twenty-five years was carried almost unanimously. A motion by Del. Naylor, seconded by Del. Rees, was carried, instructing the secretary to publish a record of the roll-call vote taken during the- day in The B. C.Federationist and the District (Pernie) Ledger. Secretary-treasurer Wells urged the delegates to press for further affiliations and support for the Federation. : Vice President McVety said the Federation should at once begin an agitation and campaign for a new workmen's compensation act in B. C, fashioned after that of the new act In Ontario. President Watchman took advantage of the closing moments of the convention to review the proceedings of the three days! sessions and'urged the delegates to carry out the expressed wishes of the majority. He asked the Unionists of B. C, to keep in touch with the secretary-treasurer, to support their official paper, The Federationlst, and whenever they had a suggestion to offer to either, to assist the workers In the battle for industrial freedom, to do so unhesitatingly. The business of the convention be- ing concluded, adjournment sine die took place at 10 o'clock. ROLL CALL VOTE ON REFERENDUM ON GENERAL STRIKE For initial steps in preparation for a political general strike. "The members of the' executive pointed out tbat the Idea of a political general strike has to be evolved by the working classes themselves and uot emanate trom the executive. These arguments, however, failed to convince the delegates and tbe majority adopted two resolutions, one proposed by Rosa Luxemburg and tbe other by Adolph Hoffmann. 'fThe former proposed the organization of the general strike and the latter the establishment of a special fund for the political strike. "Tbe passing of theft resolutions does not mean that the general strike Is going to take place in tbt near future. The leaders ot the trade unions art up In arms against it, and taking into consideration the growth of tbe blacklegs' organlsatlona during the last few years their scepticism tt easily understood, But this question -will now bt debated most thoroughly, as "Oh, yes, aald "the agent with an henceforth resolutions in that dlrtc- Indifferent air. "Thhre are always]tion will have not only theoretical complaints. Tliey wtrt rife jven In but nraeHcal vslueH your grandfather's time, when--". c ' sdded tht Agent, with a twinkle In - ———— his *fn—"Mow York City apace watj worth much less a cubic foot than Ui Is today." I "Woll." «td tht Richest Young Mau, somewhat impatiently, "figure It SMMsCure STOPS COUflHS *i«n»is«« '2ICg. UCgDTf New Westminster— J. R. Flynn1 A. E. Duncan W. Yates H. Knudson x H. Gibbs W. Eskin Victoria— A. Watchman x G. L. Dykeman x A. S. Wells T. F. Matbleson J. L. Martin '.., W. H. Gibson J. E. Peacock F. Harvey x Anderson >B. Day x P. Fisher x C. Sivertz ■i G, Paget x Alex. Ross x A. Herberger Vancouver— L. Dawson x C. Croppley x ----^rjHcDonaiu^.-T7TTTrrx~" W. H. Cottrell x W. iMurray -. x W. Klrby ' A. V. Lofting J. James R. Rlgby J. H. 'McBwea x ■C. Howe W. Foxcroft G. H. Hardy J. Davidson x A. McDonald J. F. McManus H. Grand x 0. Kilpatrick ..../... x Alfrod Hurry W. Mundell W. F. Dunn F. A. Hoover H. Hanntng x G. Thomas x J. B. 'Metcalf x F. Knowles H. A. Jones i H. Hogan F. L. Bstelngbausen ... C. F. Burhhsrd R. H. N'eelands J. E, Wilton Geo. Bsrtlett A. F. Porter F. H. Csssells R. C„ Sampson J. H. McVeCy G. W. Curnock A. Lees '. H. Davies J. P. Hamilton A. Jorgeson x F. E. Goodman W.Cherry ............ V. R. Mldgley.. ' W. E. Walker O.-P.iMerrlll •outh Wellington— I). Todd x II, O. Connell % AV. -Head* x Cumberland— .1. Naylor ...... A, Ooddwln — R. Foster D. McAllister .. Ladysmith— G. Pettlgrew ... W, ttsuld ...... W. Brown D. McKensie ,., Jas. Currie .... Thos. Doherty . Nanaimo— J, Ollbert J. Kerr J. Co-flir-nlii* ... j. 8. nobcrtson. \V A Hot* F.John ....... T J. fthenton .. It, Moffat ...... f. PatHnion .,. Modt«y- D. ftander* .... Setatwla— IL Karris i rttotn-- * 91* *^(*<»,). Against Union. x Steam Engineers. x Street Railway Employes. x Street Railway.Employes. Trades and L-kbor Council, x Trades and Labor Council. x 'International Electrical Workers. United Brotherhood Carpenters. United Brotherhood Carpenters. x A. S. Section, U. B. of A. X A. S. Section, U. B. of A. x Protective Laborers. x Street Railway Employes. x Steam Engineers. Brotherhood of Painters, x 'Plumbers and Steamfitters. Theatrical Stage Employes. Trades and Labor Council. x Trades and Labor Council. Longshoremen. Cigarrnakers. x (Machinists. Steam Engineers. Moulders., The man who holds a good job today is a king among his fellows. -Why should such a thing be? There is >work for everybody, were the business of the country not conducted under such an insane system as at present. There is little difference between the farmer and his cow. The farmer milks his cow, and the capitalist milks the fanmer. Tbe cow has no vote and does not want one; the farmer has a vote and does not know how to use it. The cow is contented, and the .voting average farmer appears^ to be-Just as contented as the caw. The luxurious class laugh at the clothes of the worker and sneer at his ragged children. This makes the wprk- er wax wroth and murmur evil sayings. "To horse, to horse!" he cries, "my kingdom for a ballot!" Yet when election time comes round he marks his ballot the same old -way and goes home contented. KING'S HOTEL Bar supplied with the best Wines, Liquors and Cigars OWING ROOM IN CONNECTION W. MILLS, Prop A. Macneil S. Banwell MACNEIL & BANWELL Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries, Etc. Offices: Ground Floor. Bank of Hamilton- Building Pernie, B. C. tt. C. Laws Alex. I. Fisher LAWE A FI8HER ATTORNEYS Fernie, E C. Livery, Feed and Sale Stables First class Horse* for Sale. Buys Horses on Commlslon George Barton Phone 78 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X > » I t « * X t e * 11 m * * i ■ i X X X • •». * g X X X X X X tt X Ji X X tf Martin . Vt, Heen ... Green meed— W, Phillip* •sudee—• I f-i.ri>* . I PfcftSfllX— If. Elsmore n*'o ntept t x "■Journeymen Tailors. Street Railway Employes. Street Railway Enxployes. Street Railway Employes. Street Railway Employes. Street Railway Employes. Street Railway-Employes. U. B. of Carpenters, U. B. of Carpenters. U. B. of Carpenters. U. B. of Carpenters. U. B. of Carpenters. U. B. of Carpenters. International -Marble Workers. Brotherhood of Painters. Building Laborers. Operative Plasterers. Plumbers and 8teamfitters. Trades Council. Trades Council. International Longshoremen, International Longshoremen. Letter Carriers. Letter Carriers. Electrical Workers, Outside Men. Electrical Workers, Outside Men. Electrical Workers, Inside Men. Journeymen Barbers, Typographical. Typographical. Typographical. Photo Engravers. Marble Cutters' Helpers. Pattern 'Makers. International Machinists, Bartenders. Bartenders. 'Bartenders. Sheet Metal Workers. •Painters. Moving Picture Operators. Steam Engineers. Lathers. (Cooks and Walters. News Writers. I'nited Mine Worker*. United Mine Workers. VnitM Mine Worker*. United Mine Workers. United Mine Worker*. United Mine Workers. District $». V. M. W, of A. United Mine Workers. United «Mlne Workers. United Mine Workers. United »Mine Workers, failed iMIn* Workers District 28, U. M. W. of A. Typographical, U. K. of Csn-wntiwrt l*n»t#4 Mine Workers. United Mine Wortrew, '•:A',ti Miac WoJk*f», Unit***! Mine Workers. Uulu'.d Mia* Workers. United Mine Workers. Unltrd Wn* Workers, Western fv^rsitlon of Mlni>r*, Unlf-wl Mtn* Wrtfkers United MIftf WorVt-ri District it, U. M. W of A. W«»tern Federation of Miners. ,.--*-, a m . a *n\tt%nm■**'**** '*ak*t- -ft*******!.*!*.' Wtfrtet #. W. F. of M ROYAL HOTEL FERNIE Bar Unexcelled All White Help Everything —Up=to-date— Call in and see us once JOHN P0DBIBLAN0IK. Prop. We Are Ready to Scratch off your bill any item of lumber aot found just as we represented. Thero Is no hocus pocus In This Lumber Business When you want spruce we do not send you hemlock. When you buy first-class lumber we don't slip ia a lot of culls. Those who buy once from us always come again.. Those who bave uot yet made our acquaintance are taking chances they wouldn't aa- counter if they bought their lumber here. KENNEDY & MANGAN — Dealers in — Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash an* Doors. SPECIALTIES—Moulding*, Turnings, Brackets, and Oetall Work OFFICE AND YARD—McPherson ave. Opposite CL N. Depot P.O. tox tt, Phone 23. Steam Heated Throughout Electric Lighted THE KING EDWARD HOTEL J. L. GATES, Proprietor Fernie, B. C. The Leading Commercial Hotel of the City Rates $2.50 per day With Private Bath fJ.00 Fire Proof Sample Rooma in Connection y^WWWyWyMWWWXW•*.» ttittr uiJiukMtN %l. A. OALLAN, Prop. BILLEVUE, Alta. yg t.ti tmt okribtr or eel the? era witch**. tk>i—si.1 tiers ou ar* -■*U*t l» Um. i*iU*»i «»ft u» m *U» HWw W--*^***^^* *^^ 1^'s^*' ^*-* '^^tM*^** matters at Iseoe by violent msaasr This appears t* be tbe mwpeiai tl th* Wmtto neeto. At aa} rate, *• nt htaelt tijmn nnr wHvm.il *■*'»!■* mor* fcfewfufly tbe lentfr lw jwwSff* tbe omnium, te Its fl»i saslyslt, wsr SS 1**iltt*d motdet *»4 rtp.tr. «M It Is dtmrntt to undented Hew any ettmmi tadftvli-sef may be ihio tp two templnt* Hut w*tt* td wttitaf aalstm tm Ut Is eomtm o%m wo •« Ms bonk -epe* «*r «Hb lb* nmm HtWHPU as wt not wawl the practices In vogue in tb* dsy* of aad faggots sad waiw.—The Napanee Hotel UNDER MEW MANAGEMENT THC MOST UP-TO-DATE HOTEL IN THE CITY Steam Heated-Hot Md Cold Water Local end Loof Distance Telephone in every room-Sample Rooms—Best ttfilUll aJLRHAiMMI jgnJ mmmWtk0WL tmPw aamwa emi^aiHWW me aamwp ww^jpaan am* matmammmm MAM. fcAttla ■^^a^wiw' wm^^^wa wsieei aaaeaommf-mm mm A* r. Will 1 EdKOf mfff. PAGE FOUR THS DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C„ JULY 25,1914 €\p Uishiri t$b%tz Published every Thursday evening: at its office, Pellatt Avenue, Fernie, B. C Subscription $1.00 per year in advance. An excellent advertising medium. Largest circulation in the District. Advertising rates on application. Up-to-date facilities for the execution of all kinds of book, job and color work. Mail orders receive special attention. Address all communications to the District Ledger. F. H. NEWNHAM, Editor-Manager. Telephone No. 48 Post Office Box No. 380 A WORD TO THE TRAVELER ./-' era field. The Ledger is here for the purpose of disseminating inform-ation, and should be used by every worker to inquire into conditions beforfe he undertakes a journey of any great distance. Further, the District Oififiers. are always traveling to and from these camps and will always give absolute and unbiased statements as to conditions, cost of transportation and accommodation, en route. Tlie Brazeau country at present is receiving a The mines were idle from 3 p. m. Friday until 3 p. m. Monday. Saturday last yas pay day up here. The crowded state of the train evidenced good trade for Fernie. . One of the chief attractions in Fernie on Saturday last was the great international game of rugby, which took Iplace between Coal Creek (English) vs. ln spite of tlie oft" quoted adage, that "A rolling .stone gathers no moss," the worker is compelled to respond with equal logic that '"A tethered lamb never grows i'ut.'' or "A moss-grown stone never gets polished.*' The march of civilization and the tremendous influx of immigration have compelled the seller of labor power to seek fresh markets, whether this he in Uie frost-hound Yukon and Ahiska or the fever infested swamps of the tropics. Climatic conditions hold no fears for him if there is a possible market, for to outdistance civilization invariably means a greater return for his labor, and he is prepared to sacrifice every comfort of town life if he can secure a greater remuneration— more wages. AVe often hear such men spoken of as afflicted with the "wanderlust," and discontent; all of which i.s attributable to tlie fact that, having started to travel, the desire to settle becomes proportionately less. A large portion of the mineworkers-of this district can be classed as transient or migratory; not so much from desire as from necessity. OanVps are opening and closing practically every month in this western and northwestern portion of the American continent. During the last few years we 'have seen three big camps close down in the Pass—Morrissey, Lille and Tlbsmer. while several of the smaller camps, such a,s Maple Leaf. Burmis. Passburg. Beaver Mines and others, have been idle for periods of from three to six months. Under these circumstances it is not to be wondered at that the mineworkers acquires the habit of wandering from eamp to camp in his efforts to secure the precious job. The wonder is that there are not more. So far, an apology for the transient traveler. ^li^gHiprcrattt-eF^^ tedly a very vexatious one. This is the inconve- great influx of men, and the "stop-over houses" fernie (Welsh). Tlie game was very . . „ . , . fast from the commencement, but we are losing no opportunity of reaping a harvest from travelers. The 'train service has a peculiar and aggravating knack of failing to make connections that are calculated to serve the interests of travelers, and it is not unusual to be detained at a "tftop-over" for a couple of days awaiting rail connections. Needless to say these "stop-over" houses are not exactly philanthropic establishments, neither is the accommodation they offer equal to that of a first-class American or European hotel. Travelers might memorize these facts. THE HILLCREST DISASTER RELIEF FUND United Mine Workers of America, per AV. Green, International Sec.-Treas./ $1,000.00 District 18, U. M. W. of A 1,000.00 Messrs. Trites-Wood Co., Pernie 1,000,00 W. R. Wilson, Gen. Supt. C. N. Pass Coal Company 150.00 MeClary Manfg; Co.. through Trites-Wood 100.00 District Ledger 100.00 Goal Creek Club 200.00 Michel Local, U. M. W. of A Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lancaster. Corbin. Taber Liberal Club Crow's Nest Trading Co 100.00 10.00 10.00 200.00 10.00 25.00 5.00 Geo. Dorenbeeher Knights of Pythias, Coleman P. M. Albo, Pernie Prank Lodge No. 2, Association of Stat. Engineers 25.00 Gladstone Local 100.00 W. Balderstone. Hosmer J. L. Gates ;.. W. M. Eschwig W. A. Ingram Mrs. S. Jennings B. Kuimner Tlarold Anderson A. Macneil Tl. F. McLean M. A. Kastner ., XV. Mills R. McEwing ■WrH&wtfiOTirTTTrrTTTT A. T. Hamilton 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 1.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 1.00 nienee occasioned the traveler and the workers in the.camps into which lie travels. This week we have received a letter from a correspondent iu the north (Pocahontas) stating that'the labor conditions iu the camp ure far from prosperous. Many men have been laid off and the usual tale of hard times that we have grown so accustomed to is told. To reach,the northern fields means quite an outlay for transportation and accommodation, and it is often the case that men arrive in these camps without a cent witli Kvhich to procure a meal and no prospects of work. The feeling of the inhnbitants of the camps, who are earning a bare existence, is not vory cordial to such new arrivals, and under the circumstances they can be excused if tliey con. nider the newcomer as tut intruder upon their preserves. It is much the same that we feel towards arrivals from the Old Country who land here during periods of depression, nnd wc ask the (pies- tinn. "Why did not these people inquire as to conditions before coming here?" Strictly .speaking, the iium-workers on Ihis hide are often Mint alwayK. mark you) more lit Matin' than lh*1 immigrant, for Ihe fonn-er have their A. J. Carter .. 2 no Jno. Podbielancik 20.00 IIow Foon • 2.00 Philip Carosella 2.00 C. CrisafU .'. ...... 1.(0 were^sorry to note t&e spirit of an tagonism which was .bred during the game. • Neither side realized any points, and a drawn game was the final result. ■The "professor" says we shall cause a sensation yet. No reply to your challenge, Billy? Don't forget the Moose picnic, August 3rd. The clerk of the weather has -been informed, so a good day is assured*. 'A practice game of the Coal Creek Association V. C. was held on Victoria park on Sunday. One individual remarked we had never seen a football game up here since Billy threw the mud. One of our Lancashire men must have 'been smitten with the novelty and plcturesqueness of an Indian powwow, as he was giving an exhibition of same on Saturday night to the thumps of a bass drum, supplied by Messrs. Reid & Co. Who was the guy hanging onto the trip with his mouth. Do you like gum from the timber, Joe? (Miss T. Thompson, IMr. Jack Thompson (former residents ' up here, but now of Elko, the land of the big red apples and Fred Roo) were visiting the happy scenes of their childhood. Before returning, the party had their pictures taken on the steps of the house formerly occupied by the Thompson family. I remember, I remember, the room I called my own, And the window where the sun came peeping In. MICHEL NOTES Joseph Kotek and .Miss Barbara Vlasak were joined together ln matrimony at 'Fernie on Monday. Quite a few were ready to receive the pair on their return. The charivari band took a prominent part until the bridegroom oame through with the dough. The celebration was kept up until the following day. Mr. "W. Mauser, who occupied the position of master mechanic at Corbin until a few weeks ago, was down here this week on business matters, - A dance took place on Monday evening. In Crahan's Hall, 'before a Rood crowd. Everybody seemed to have had a -rood time, when the "Home, Sweet Home" waltz, at 2:30 a. m. was rendered. Mj-it Tamag_iMBrgAr-_Jaft b*r* nr\ Tuesday morning, en route for Cal- eary, visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Truan of that place. -Mr. Vincent Sterba and Rosy Dlugos ■Andy -Mlchell, while following his occupation as- rope rider pn Saturday test, came in contact with the trip, which broke his leg. The accident was promptly attended to. We are pleased to say he is progressing favorably. The Michel band paraded Old Town and "Natal on Sunday last, and a collection that realized $73 was taken u*p, whioh is to 'be devoted . to .the Hill- cresit relief fund. iMr. and Mrs. James Moore and John Moore, of Coleman, boarded the passenger on Tuesday morning for a short stay on their fruit land near Crestfjn. ^ ■ ,The Natal Opera House management ls offering $4.00 for those who can be lucky enough- to occupy the two chairs with the right number attached. Mr. and .Mrs. Redhead, of Corbin ue visitors down here this week. ' ♦ ' TABER NOTES ♦ Everything is going on the same old way In this camp—(working aibout one day per week, but living on hopes of better times coming, and on the good will of the storekeepers, The talk ot an early opening up of the mines recuperate. traveling talbles. Notices were ported for work on Monday, but on the men getting on the train'they were Informed there was no work." There was considerable comment among the men who went from here to assist at the Hillcrist, disaster when tbey found their statements' minus the days they were there. We are quite well aware' that this company Was no right to recompense or make up the time of -any of the.men who were at Hillcrest, but this being a Government station and under* their supervision, It is up'to some of the departments under whose official capacity this work comes, to see that these oren are remunerated. To our mind there should be an amended clause to the Compensation Act, covering this work, and .stipulating a price per hour while engaged. It the event of any trained men losing their lives, while in the act of saving life or property, compensation for his dependents' should be at least $5000. .The Wesley Sunday school go to Coleman Wednesday, the 22nd. A fairly strong team of the Callies will journey with them to try conclusions with the Coleman football team.. The new separate school is making rapid progress. J. Peacock, who is now convalescent, after undergoing an operation for appendicitis, has gone to tbe "Hat," to Simon Draggon 5.00 AV. J. -1. Morrison \... 5.00 M. A. Herman - 2.00 Geo. Barton 5.00 See Wo 1.00 Hong Sing 1.50 Hop Sing 2.00 T. Ohong .50 Sam Lee 1.00 Kwong Wing 1.00 O. Kallander 1.00 Itixzuto Bros 10.00 Xorinan Fraser, Kdmonton 15.00 Michel Band 71.25 Order of Owls. Colonian 200.00 Canmore Local and friowlR D. Rees W. li. Phillips Wm. Graham ,. 5:1.05 5.00 o.no . 5.011 5.00 were joined in wedlock on Monday last at the Roman Catholic church. The Rev. Father Anthony officiated. After the ceremony the happy pair wonded their way to the home of the bride's sister. The charivari band 'being the first on the scene, gave their usual entertainment. A party of 'Bohemlnan musicians received the pair at the door, rendering a few lively strains, while a laree number of friends and visitors took part in celebrating -Uie occasion, wishing the pair happiness and prosperity. W. L. Phillips, district president, was down here on Sunday, being present at the Locnl Union meeting. After the local president introduced Brother Phillips to the meeting he gave a few interesting remarks about the IMl- crest relief fund and other Important Items. The match iwtween Michel Junior and Fernie took place on Saturday last. The boys on both aide*, gave a fairly (rood game, but their tfhootlng was erratic and tbey were unable to find the nut. Fernie scored one, and when the final whistle blew, the score wns Fernie I. Michel 0, seems to have evaporated into thin air, and now there Is not much chance of steady work until August. Alex. IMcRoberts is home for a visit from Bow Island, where he has been earning his bread by honest toll, digging gas ditches. The pipe for the water extensions In this town has not arrived yet, and work is being held up. Archie Stevenson was In town from the homestead last week, and reports crop prospects very poor. The homestead of Mrs. Sherman, a few mllea west of town, will be sold by public auction at the Palace Hotel, on Wednesday afternoon. /' The football team went to Grassy Lake Saturday, and played that team to draw, the score being 0-0. The Taber boys were short for regular .{flayers, which accounts for the play, as in the three previous meetings of those teams, Talber has won by big scores. ■Last Thursday Taber defeated the Overseerer team of Letbridge by 3-0. Tonight (Tuesday) North Lethbridge and Taber meet in Adams •park, Lethbridge. A good game ls expected, as this is one of the best teams In that town, and has already beaten Taber on their own ground. The team is, Marsh, Bateman and Mc- ■Mahon, Foster, and P. Carr, Brown, Appleton, iCartmell, Nearn. Colquhon. The regular, meeting.of Local 102 will be held on Sunday. All members are requested .to attend, as there is important business lo transact. Word has been received ln town of the decision in the Joe Lyons case, but the secretary has not yet received any Information. From the reports it seems that the decision is given under the Compensation Act, and not, under lha MBimnn Innr Two of the would-be hotelkeepers at No, 6, Hardieville, found that It doesn't always pay to run a hotel, as one of them was fined $260 and the other $200. F. A. Walllnger. government agent at Cranbrook, Is In the city. .Thomas C. Smith and -Linda Hugall were married at the Methodist parsonage by. the Rev. D. M. Perley on Saturday last. On Monday, July 20, the same- pastor united J. Kotek and Barbara Vlasak, iboth of Michel, in the bonds of matrimony, at the parsonage. TheEvehiof the Season I*O.O.M. PICNIC TO ELKO Monday, August 3rd A real day's outing, with lots of fun for the kiddles and grown folk. Train leaves G. N. Depot at Fernie, 9:53, returns from Elko, 8:30 p. m. Tickets can be obtained of Fire Chief McDougal, Messrs F. G. Moses, C. Volland, T. Uphill, J. Sweeny, and P. Billsborough, Coal Creek. RETURN FARE $1,05 Grand Union Hotel COLEMAN, Alta. Best of Accommodation We cater to the workingman's trade G. A. CLAIR :-: Proprietor North Lethbridge beat Taber. 3-1. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ■ ♦ ♦ LETHBRIDGE NOTE8 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<♦♦♦♦♦ Last Saturday morning. A. Ostlflne, a miner of Staffordvllle, died at fhe Gait hospital, from blood poisoning, arising from an abcess on the knee. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon at the R. C. cemetery. Having no relatives here but a son-in-law, who was In straightened clrcum- etencos, the Local became responsible for the funeral and hospital expenses. .This Is the second case recently, and these cases cause a considerable amount of running around, and at the same time a great amount of criticism, as many of the different nationalities seem to run away with the tdea that because they pay dues to the Union, whenever they get into any difficulties, they have nothing to do but call up the Looal secretary, and he has to take over the responsibility and see that everything is carried out accord* Ing to their dictates. It Is generally known thut there ls a sick and uccl- dent fund In the colliery, and has been for the last twelve years. The dues are only ;,n rent* a monih, and the i V HERE IS A SQUARE DEAL and peaceful security as well. With a policy in our OM Une company, you can go off on your vacation or visit tbe ends of thu earth and' >xm know you're secure. The best 1ft FIRE INSURANCE is always cheapest, and eopecl- _jji]v to* wft-A-n -It AvMti't -mat 95125 higher. Don't delay about that renewal or about that extra insurance you want but come right ia at once and have It attended to M. A. KASTNER 80LE AGENT FOR.FERNIE ALEX BECK BLOCK, tl FERNIB, B. C. |>n[i>er and District Offiwni wlio i'imi ninny* lie re- lied npnri to irive them c-orrei-t information mk to the condition of any cnmp in the Vn** or Ihe imrtli- K-end all contribution* direct to Dmtrirt Li'duer. iuul they will ho nehnoM'ledsred thronph onr col- limn*. Mr. James Touhey has taken up the i-benefits are $.". per Wb«k. $100 for a position of pk boss In Old No. 3! member's death, and t't* for mom- mine. I ber's wire, and It Is up to all the work- WIIMnm Robinson, pit boss, and hlu'ers to be members of the society, fn family, are taking a trip to the old!such cases as the ones referred to, country. I there would be no difficulty ln making Mr. Tom William* wuh down here on nrrnngetiHMit* on tho domino of a T'fPiday, making his usual Inspection of the mines. THE HILLCREST HOLOCAUST By Old John When \mi rend of Colorado, where the miner* and their wives Wi_a- ikt*c '.a ika'h io g-aji-mtri IV*vis* tm^lwctl to take tlH-k Win, And io mansacre their children and otherwise outrage The dapendfnts of these men who tried to obtain a living wage; Ur how the miners tents al Ludlow, i»uroha»ed Irom our Union fund*, Wete domollnhed by itate mllltla with fire and Maxim gun»™ To enable j. !>. Rockefeller and the mllllonalrw combines To nmb th* Miner*' t'nlon at the Colorado mines. Then n«k yourselves the question what a miner's wane shall tie, Wbo rinks.hi* life In gaseous mine*, owned by some company-" Who tor cursed comiwtltlon sake wntdi n big output of coal At ihe cheap-eft cost ami least expense that capital can control, Or ask the Hlllcrest widow* what should be a miner's nay, Who to rob reluctant Xatuiy of the wealth she'* utored away Must bunrle through earth's bowel* and for n may hole Descents aad outrage Nature lo supply our need* witb coal, 1'or cot-throat < amp-rut Ion drive* the wage slave to engage tn all kind* of risky labor to obtain a living wag*; H» hit* no *'m**> *n h*«l»»te »n e*filo*!r»ri nhftok prottd Turtle Mountntit high. While »nio*- ami dust trom rat the mine »**» thot np towards tbt •■*>. •fl,-. pk»ik,i *«-*>*/-<*<•» nn* tntM «*r« beat, ninn, tit lb* terrltv'e tborb wbleb atww-ed the mm and the etirlwn motM»fld# «a*. Wtoiie trained volunteers tram Vwxttrto*. ktona nun *'*n-nt nttasttit wimp Wnt* toon engaged tn retww^erl te spite ol the atteNtawf, Km tb* VSetorla ftrna tbt**-* m*o donor** tor <*«e *»» tb*y Hiked ikri.r !jtet In bop*« to ***** tltcfr ffiMMVdM down tn the *md **M*«r ky tk* bmt, Wtttt tearful e?»s and astltra* looks and ttitil vateb tbn bee*. wnttf tonttnf tor tmtr mr*d nm~a twa* i« *#m*»'* embfat* tbwti ••t»j»» For of |tn» baadfWd »»d tiiil1JMt*ven tf»ve ml»*rs. twvtt Mid trtd,- Wbo «-jiter««I she mine on that momlAK'a tbtft-^fcut tom-tttgbt nH ttAA lt«twwsd alt** to Itll lit totno ot hotr tbat NMrnint aft«r *fc*# A l-tftllk enpbtttm l»lf sttmtwd im*b In tb* mine And how, half dotted, they struggled on to reach the tunnel mouth. Hut few cnn tell how* they icot there or what party took them out. The scene around the wash-house waa a sad. pathetic tight; There arores of eager volunteers were working day nnd nlttht iw wsmIi ami «a»*kel nH llie tit-ad and plaee eaitt in bla ttieli, Which thouth tsn iTrofher**, formerly of Van- *W b* *xpl*lned In the Orphenm nnd (Oliver who art* ..kiu.rta In Unmt- im»c '" '"# ,w*"*' T,aT»r" 1ttt*r. The fttlbj* oi ver, who are expert* in nome »*»r-U|MW w|„ u mHm m^r ^ j,^ m.lt.ir», «bleb I* the tno»<* modem-iilm & j«nWi0W nm., after lb* t*f» method of cbild photography, and who liar moving picture ahow. and will not */.• onamaior* wt tb* osb) »««•*,("«« *••> **i tmemte witn tae regular ettr* charge > l4H,*4lUuJk,, * .riti, ., M-» Hlllcrest relief j where tn*) conducted • iwby sbowj _,,.__ ■yr-fWly Tw-;r lour.-*' toad* *flTii«f#>*J \t a n-tntl ot tht Rugby foolbaU ments with the management of thejm*tch played l«*t flatnrdar In the i Orpheum Theatre to condmt a haUslwrk between V*rn\* snd Coal Cnnb, llandwm* prtae* will bn offered f<»f|L™ ** the »o*t popular laky In Fernie, of „__ th* tnm ranging from 3 month u»> to iMtAtui*My ■**,****,* and imludiiag 4 ynnr td age. The IWPOPMATION WANTED picture* to he exhibited In tbe Orpb«»» _. *——• um will be tatam by Homrn Johnemt The relative* of Ck*rle« ArMuNW. ft-fw In tk* kotntm of the ebtMren, '•»* *d 3Wo»rl**ey. and last heat* of ai*d ntser proof* have bees atoowa toj»' »t. Kugene Hospital, i'ranbrook. tb* vo-mdn. md tbnlr tmmmn id>-{«»d W. Watkfo*. late of Corbin, wtft ta->nn4. * laatein iMk* will be w«4* A* ^'^ -" lw->u iUiiu*» ut tUuv. from tkt erne **lect«d and aba** "«j Any person who ba* wen or heard the ewrtaln In lb* theatre. illdeeUf tbe ml**mie. at ffttllmt* wttt b» |l»*» tno with eaeb Uaee. ttbo w»t etmmmktmte wilh tb*»r 4-ImUalon tick*! 10 Iho theatre ard | famUIeg. folia* wttt m Aottn by eembert mh A Tbn **r*nt nfhmo tt* k* edtemd iriff be exblMtfti la * local alor* window. Pletwre* of bable* -mbm tm* won prtte* in other tdttm wtll be ehown at tb* Orpbewa FHday **d WomAnr- Jaty 21th *ad WM. Sbffpjh VtL*H. J^,^aJO^a ri*flaHMa<»^^»»/W»..-^^..^^»».-^^^^>^»^^i^A«%^^<»^»*li ■XTRA 8PKOIAL W«dnMday and Thursdayv July 29 * 30 DtiitfIn F«fnum In THE SQUAW MAN Tb* intantatHMWI Plajr a*d Wary tta R««t» sf tup«rh OrsmatU A«tl«n. by Idward MHtw ftnytn. M4 «f teeem W . A /«*««y i. L«ky Panttjft. kdmhtko HC*t«tt s"«f ff C*nt*. Following Week Mary Pickford in A Good Little Devil Four Reels by b*tnf a st*ady patron at f Ht tilt you art entn af taalnf OHIV THt tttt. Pour ■* Reels //.■) ..-"->■ ■:il it THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C„ JULY 25,1914 PAGE FIVE ♦*V of The District Camps ;< BELLEVUE NOTES By Vexatus ■Our meeting convened' as usual, frith the president ih the chair, supported by tihe usual summer crowd. On tbe roll call of officers, all were present, with the exception of Secretary Burke, who is away on his vacation. Tbere being no correspondence, we proceeded to consideration of reports of" committees. The pit committee reported having taken yp with the superintendent the cases of two brothers who had been dismissed] In both cases they reported success in getting them reinstated, one to his own Job as a mechanic, and the other from the outside to timber-packing on the insld*. The president reported his Inability to get anyone to accompany him on hts measuring tour, and had of necessity to go by himself, and a* six is thc usual number required, the result Is readily seen. The report was accepted, after listening to a scathing denunciation from some of the outside men. We must admit that we were deserving of it, when, out of 250 diggers, only one would undertake the measuring job. New business brought forth strong comment on conditions existing on pay day, which are commented on elsewhere. The pit committee were instructed to see those responsible for it. . iTQiere was also on view some fine specimens of statement, which would form Interest data for those who spiel about the extravagance of the work- ing -class. The committee will take up tbe question of make up with the superintendent for those who need it. The question was ibruught up concerning the change In the amount of powder being allowed, but owing to the number of contract miners present, It was deemed expedient to call a special meeting for half past seven •Monday night, for all contract miners. It was brought to the Local's attention thai one of our membership was In need! ot financial assistance, as he had been off work for about four months, and tbat he had endeavored to make provision, for such things hap- - penlng to him, but up to this time very little assistance had been rendered him Irom that . source. In spite of many of us realizing the need for forming a sick benefit society In connection with tbe Local, up /to this •The mala voice party of this town are, by persistent effort, getting into shape nicely, and' on some future day will treat us to an unusually good concert, but we are informed that they need a few more bass singers, and a hearty invitation is given . to anyone who can fill this need. It is with considerable regret that we record the serious nature of Wm. Evan's Illness.- He is suffering from hemorrhage of the lungs, and is at present domiciled. In a tent, pending hts removal lo llie coast, where he has been ordered by his doctor. Mr. H. D. Hyslop of Coleman is a familiar figure here these days. He was taking subscriptions on Saturday for the District Ledger, and we understand it ts his indention to make a thorough canvass of this town. He has also been holding the Methodist pulRlt down the last two weeks very creditably. . The Methodist church choir has been successful in securing the services of a very able organist, tn 'Miss William. Acting on tlie advice of Mr. Hyislop, the Ladies' Aid are preparing to give to the Rev. Cook and his bride a regular Methodist welcome on Thursday, on their return from their honeymoon trip. 'A football match was played here for the benefit if the Hlllcrest widows' and orphans' fund, between Bellevue and Hlllcrest, and we are Informed that the score of 2 goals to 1, in Hill- crest's favor fairly represented the relative merits of each team on the day's play. Bellevue was visited by a band' of Indians, whose dress and antics were the source of much mirth to the inhabitants. Saturday was pay.day here, and pays were of very small dimensions, owing to there being an idle week during the time of the explosion. But It was nothing In comparison to the consideration shown those who had anything to lift. Tt has been understood that those who are working on the afternoon shift could have their checks before noon, so that they would not be rushed to get on shift, but this week tbe first oheck waB given out < just as the whistle was blowing twelve. On arriving at the •bank we found it closed for dinner, which worked a hardship on those who do not live in close proximity, and we would respectfully suggest to those responsible that a little more_ consideration 'be given to the question. IMlss -Shone, matron at the Coleman hospital, was visiting her sister, Mrs. R. Evans, this week. Evidence Ib not wanting that this burg is i-n a prosperous condition. ■After Bftnia nnVMi nr t*leht. ymanaL rrssldence heref Herman Varley ana sessor of a $1,500 Studebaker automobile. Also a brand new garage. (Mr. and airs. A. Brucey had a 'good s(pin as far as Tod Creek in their automobile this weel? end, and report fykviris a good time. What's the matter with the Distriot Ledger's advertising space? As we see only one tradesman of this burg advertising his wares In its columns, Oh, Tom, "In what riding of Yorkshire is Doncaster?" Pay up and look pleasant. You lost your trip. Who was the individual whose spirits (became so exhuberant during a recent (fishing trip that he bad to be tied down to prevent him fishing till night? The adjourned inquest to determine the cause of death in the Hillcrest explosion reconvened today (Tuesday) when some very important evidence was taken. We understand ihat the inquest ls likely to continue for several days. J. Cardie and Campbell McPherson report fish very plentiful during their trip. On Tuesday of tnls week on arriving at the lamp cabin we were luform- ed that there would be no work, owing to both fans being stopped. The following morning on arriving at same place, were informed that one fan was running, and we would be able to work, as the upper section would ventilate itself by natural means. After some discussion between ourselves, we decided that it was quite possible for natural ventilation to Inefficiently ventilate, the mine, whilst conditions were normal, but we considered what would be likely to happen if anything abnormal occurred. Having in mind the recent catastrophe that happened at Hlllcrest, we decided we would not go to work, but would hold a special meeting at half past nine to discuss the situation. After various views had been presented, the following resolution was passed unanimously: "That we go on record as condemning the action of the company officials lu asking the men to go to work when the fans are not working, and that we consult with the Provincial Inspector of Mines of the happening, and also that we refuse to enter the .mine at any time when the fans are not in proper working order." The pit committee were also instructed to ask the superintendent why the whistle is not blown when there Is no possibility of there being any -work, through the stoppage of the fans, and not let us get into our working clothes and climb tbat hill for nothing; also that in future If they fall to blow the whistle we will take thejiext day off. — CORBIN NOTES and family are sell'ng of? all their possessions, and are leading for Vancouver, where he has been successful in securing moro congenial employment. He will be missed in football circles, as he has rendered yeoman's service to Bellevue football club during bis above-mentioned residence here, We Join with others in wishing him every success In bis new venture. Mr. Tom Beeson has left for the old country. -Ha Is taking a joint business and pl-tbrore trip, but more of the former than the latter, as he Is interested In the Johnston syndicate, which is holding an oil lea«e In the vicinity of Mud Lake. Mr. J. Ainslle, of Coleman, was also visiting this burg. Who are those two lonely bachelors who are sdghlng for the presence of someone down -where the river flows. The mlna bere Is now working somewhat *te»dy, it having worked every day since June 24th, but judging from some statement* seen, we COALHURST NOTES (The following notes from the Coalhurst correspondent were received' too late for publication in our last Issue.) Tbe mines have worked every day since the 1st of July, and quite a number of new men have been hired. The -Provincial Board of Health Officer was in the camp last week, and with Doctor Rose, inspected the camp. The village Council at-lheir laat meeting, a week ago, appointed Daniel Qulgley as Secretary-Treasurer, to fill the vacancy caused by Ben Hltcben's resignation. Coalhurst football team journeyed to Diamond City Dominion Day and played a team drawn from Diamond and Chinook. Thegame was too onesided to make very much comment upon. Coalhurst had the game all the way through and the score at the fin- have not yet reached that land which Ish was Coalhurst 6, Diamond 0. flows wKh milk and honey. The baseball team were also visit It I*, with pleasure we record the steady Increase ln our union membership. ■ ■'■../' Dr. D. C. iMcKenale Is the proud pos- ' '' w When Men Discuss Shoes emtmmmm Two mm were diicugiinf ibo** in the lobby of a large hotel. One emphatically declared that he had tried all the well-known ihoei, but had never yet found ab. •olnte eatiefaotion. Hii Mend tiked Mm If he had ever worn Invictw SboH. . .The answer waa, "Xo." « "Well," laid hii friend, "I alway wear Invictus Shoes "To my knowledge, they art the belt iboet made. I can get the itylei I like; thay wear ipleadidly. and they are at oomfortable ai home Amm from th* flrtt day. Y oo Uke my adfke and Uy them. A trat estimate of lavtetaf Iboee—the logical result of expert ihoemaUng ttm tha finest leather over nature shaped lasts. Tha solution of your footwear troubles He* with InTictusllboes.. Try them. or* to Diamond City and played a nine Inning draw with the Cowboy*, The Annie Laurie quartet had a picnic arranged on Sunday, Joly 5th, down at the river bottom, but owing to the change In the weather from sunshine to rain the program bad to be altered from a picnic to a house party. A good time was enjoyed by all and the favorite songs were "Annie Laurie" and the "Irish Shamrock." Refreshments iwero served and everything wa* Jig. July 2nd-~Born to the wife ot Thomas Hattan, a bonny wee boy. Everybody happy. July Hth—Born to the wife of Jam** Halnbrldge. a daughter. Mother mi'! baby doing fine. Corbin and Frank met on Saturday and as predicted in last week's issje, tho local soccer team reciprocated and somewhat wiped out the ignomy of their defeat at Frank a few days ago by defeating the Alberta aggregation by the score of 2-0. The two 'eani3, after having their pictures taken bv Kline Superintendent Graham, lined up for the fray at 6:30 p. m. In the absence of the scheduled referee, Mr. Adamson, the two captains threw up a coin for the choice of referee, Frank winning out and electing to play with their trainer handling the destinies of the game, Mr. Tom Longwortb, who gave better satisfaction than some ot the men who have handled the whistle ln games that the local team have participated in this season. . With the theremometer registering 80 in the shade, Tomlinson set the ball ln motion before a record number of spectators. After fifteen minutes of end to end play, with Corbin playing up the hill, with the sun In their eyes, arker just mUsed the upright from twenty yards out, with a shot that seemed to have the - local custodian beaten all the way. After the game had progressed thirty minutes, the Corbin attack worked the ball to within the Frank penalty area, where O'Donnell received the ball, tricked Watson and placed the Blue and Whites ln the lead by shooting the ball into the corner of the next out of the reach of Sam-my Paton. This reverse seemed to inspire the visitors, who played equally as good a brand of football as the homesters up until half time, but were miserably weak in front of goal, The welcome—to the players—half- time whistle sounded without any further scoring being done toy either side. Upon the resumption of play, after the ten minutes' Tecess, it was early evl- denUthat the homesters were the classier team, as the local forwards, arinpting the short passing gime, worked the ball to within the Red and Whitr-'s danger zone, when O'Donnell received the sphere and sent in a /ol- ley from six yards out. During the last thirty minutes the game was of a somewhat listless character, none of tbe players showing , any unusual brilliancy that deserves special mention, although Hutton, who was play- Ing outside right for the visitors, had several good openings, but invariably failed, through shooting the leather over the bar Instead of centering the bill and giving the Inaldejfarwacdimn. opportunity to score; had he used the latter method there might have been a different figure to a zero mark to the credit of Frank. Play was !n tuldfleld when the final whistle b'ew, with th? visitors on the losing en-1 rf a 2 tn 0 score. On Saturday night after the football game a smoking concert was held tn the club house, for the purpose of treating the Prank Football teipi in tbe same manner as they entertained tbe Conbln boys when they visited Frank a faw weeks ago. Songs, both comic and sentimental, were rendered by fifteen entertainers, Including several of our friends from the Alberta cor! town. Tobacco and cigarettes of the best Virginia blend, the product of Michel and Fernie brewerlss and other soft drinks were Indulged In until tbe wee sma' hours. All who participated voted an excellent time. -As previously announced, the train kindly lent by the Eastern R C. Hallway left the depot at 0:30 a. m. Sunday, carrying some hundred and fifty holiday seekers from the hustle and bustle of the city to the picnic at Cold Springs, tbe ladle* of the party provided a plentiful supply of good thtngs to eat, while the male members provided the liquid refreshments. The 'Frank football club were also entertained at the picnic, returning home on Sunday night's fast bound C, P. IX, All kinds of games and athletic sports were Indulged In, tho program ending with a basket ball game between a flvo from Frank and Corbin'* quintet. Tlio game result-ad In u lie of thirteen goals each. The merrymaker* reached home again at tt p. at., atter spending a very enjoyable day. genial Jake, mixologist from the Beaver Hotel, many happy return of his birthday. After a good spread of ham sandwiches had been washed down with "Alberta's Pride." some of the boys sang like nightingales, wihllst others spun yarns that we fear would not pass the censorship of the editor. Last Friday our Mounty Constable \V; Bryan, succeeded, with some assistance in arresting *hrea prisoners who it was alleged visited Bute ranch about 6 miles from Beaver, and helped themselves to goods and chatties including a saddle, bridle, about a score of chickens and other things. A horse was also included in valuables they were alleged to have taken, but on the gee-gee getting his liberty he returned to his former owner. One of tbe prisoners, Harry Smith, although hand cuffed, succeeded in making good his escape from a man who had charge of him, and so far Is at liberty, but his brother, Jacob and Ralph llollingbeck, were taken to Pincher Creek Police Station, Ralph Vrooms was also charged with being Implicated, but the charge was withdrawn. Dominic Cyr left Beaver on Sunday morning for Waterton Lakes with a party of pleasure seekers, including Mrs. Ross, Mrs Richardson and others. A. meeting of the Local was convened last Sunday at 3 p.m., S. Nicholson, president, In the chair. As the attendance was small, several matters, Including the" election of local officers, was postponed until next meeting. As this was./the first regular meeting at which business, other than dealing with relief was transacted, the secretary read a full statement of the relief accounts. The balance sheet showed that $237.50 had been received from the following Locals: Michel, Fernie, Hoamer and Bankhead, $50.00 each; Carbondale, $37.50, and that this amount, plus all the cash standing to our credit at the bank was distributed by the relief committee amongst the most needy members and their families. (The secretary read a circular letter signed' by W. L. Phillips, president, and A. J. Carter, secretary-treasurer, calling attention to the terrible catastrophe at 'Hlllcrest, and requesting Chat our sympathy be expressed in a tangible manner. Although all present agreed that the dependants of the victims who lost their lives at Hlllcrest were entitled to our first consideration, yet in the opinion of some the purpose would be better served by allowing members time to get a few pays before -making the collection, seeing that several of them had been practically idle for many months. It wae also urged by some that iBrotiher Nick Curmeilo. who_lflat-all_hisJ>sloBg» ings owing to his house being burned down last week, deserved immediate assistance, Eventually it was moved by (Brother Thompson and seconded by Thomas Hughes, that a dance be held on Friday evening, August 7th, to commence at 9 o'clock prompt. Admission will be by ticket, gents $1.00, ladles free. Tho whole of the proceeds to go towards the fund In aid of the dependants of the HMlcrest victims. A Bupper will be provided by Airs. Cole for ticket holders, whilst the dance will take place in the Lytic Hail. Dave Lamond, Bellevue, »>nd other musicians have offered their services for thut occa'.'on, and as a pleasant treat lu in store for all subscribers, we hopp all who are In sympathy with the object in view will rally round the committee which were elected-—viz., John Loughran, secretary, Sam Nicholson, president, Alex. Thompson, Ell Nelson and Harry Drew. Don't forget the date, Friday evening, August 17th. COLEMAN NOTES Mr. 'Fred Oox of West Coleman exhibited his wire haired terriers at the Medicine Hat Kennel Club show, and secured two first, two second medals and a special prize. Mr. Cox seems to have no opposition in this class of dogs. •Mr. James Lamb has returned to Coleman, after spending a two weeks' holiday in Spokane. -The Coleman Lodge of Odd Fellows have installed the following gentlemen as officers for the ensuing yoar: Past -Noble Grand, \V. G. Rogers; Noble Grand, William Antrobus; Vice Grand, S. Slingsley; Recording Secretary. AV. S. Machin; Financial Secretary, Willam Burns; Treasurer, David Reid; Warden, 1. G. James; Conductor, G. Greenhulch; Outside Guardian, \V. Jenkins; Inside Guardian; Jack Failrhurst; R. S. N. G.. Chas. Dunlop: L. S. N. G., Sam Hatfield; it. S. V. G„ John Hatfield; R. S. S., M. Stltt; L. S. S., William Hogan; Chaplain, Chris. Rogers. District President D. L. Phillips was f-. Coleraun visitor on Friday, th'; 17th, on hus'ness. .Mr. Jim Kellock, one of Coleman's papular footballers, pulled out for Ro.i- lin, Washington. Jim will he greatly misses from the forward rank of Coleman F. C. Mr. Rodgers and Mrs. Rodgers, Miss Morgan and Miss McCormack, along with Mr. W. J. D. Rodgsrs and J. Lowdcn. spent Sunday, the 13th, at the ranch of Mr. Joseph Morgan. A tegular Donneyibrook took place hi the early hours of Sunday moram? among some foreign-speaking subje-f.ts in Bushtown, one of the survivors receiving a rather severely damaged cranium. He was brought before A. M. Morrison, J. P., on Monday morning and fined $5 and costs, besides his damaged head. '.Mrs. -Cleary and daugnter, from Lethbridge, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Smith, n?ent at the C. P. R, depot. The <.','.:':.'■.- prospective League cham; '.*■-•, ■■: -ie district league, of LethL.iiti; . >-• due in Coleman on WednesJ.'.. •■'.- 22nd, with the Wes- leyan excui-bi.i's from Lethbridge. Tho Coleman club will supply the opposition, and a good game is expected. The Coleman fire brigade were called out to what might haye been a serious conflagration, as strong wind was blowing from the west at tbe time. The cause of the trouble nas a heated flue tn the residence of Mr. Joseph Thcmp.'.on. Fortun-ucly the brigade were proptly on the spot ami averted any. serious damage. (The new electnic hoist has at last arrived at the mines of the International Coal and Colte Company at Coleman and is being rapidly installed. Further Camp Notes on Page Four •The Minors, Railwaymen and Transport Workers' I'nion, including 1,250,- 000 workers are now federated ' in Great Britain. The Railwaymen in session at Swansea, have resolved not to work with non-union men. This would have raised a great outcry a few years ago, now it is taken as a matter of course.—-Cotton's Weekly. The self interest of the working class is against the self Interest of the capitalistic class. And tbe capitalist class control the law making 'bodses.—Cotion's Weekly. Furniture, Hardware, China, Stationery, etc. OLD COUNTRY PERIODICALS BELLEVUE Alberta The Complete House Furnishers of the Pass Hardware Furniture We will furnish your house from cellar to garret and at bottom prices. Call, write, phone or wire. All orders given prompt attention If you are satisfied, tell other*, If not sstlsfled, tell u*. Coleman Alberta J IMr. and Mrs. John Redhead wilt move this week to Frank, whero they intend to permanently reside. _. , » i ... ..t<» as follows; J. D. Keith. P. O.; Prt-i Smith, X, O.: Jam** lllll, V. a.; Alfred Bedwell, R. 8.; Thomas Ilatton, F. 8.: Isaaf Whltefleld, Tro**; T Locke. Warden; R. (lammon, Conduc- lor; O, n. Rose, Chaplain; Thos. Clapham, I, O.; Frank n«*t(|e. O. «.: Augustus Newhuiy, R. 8. 8.; C. MU?*, 1* «. 8. Wr. A. Manning, D. 0. O. M., snd suite of -Diamond IMgr, hid charg* or the installation, which waa aW«r carried out. . r*t*, and dlsrunning and settling in a businesslike mannur, ar- cording tu contract, their «rt»»vaiic<«t. iMr. and .Mra Spencer and Jamil? r-**- i I ii muni. Friikv, nll*v upoxxiltin *#*v»r»l that the *chool irork for ih# p**t term «ur, at the Chahko Mika held In \'tl I haa htmo Wf *«*■ MM*** •*■»* "»•*"♦ ?; _ _ ^^ ^ >M,. «^«-(r^ *■*-**,,r .i^tmirk .it**.',* ittmii** ***** im ntt-cbiaipn had • lime lb*t *tr**il*^ thoir JinUsed In the -romajanlty. jsntuiitatton*. $ Ralph Cbamb-*m blew in rsmn frmnjj ill* ktmmxead n p**fc ago and ntenm to work a* a machine manor again la the mine. We are plmneA ta am the mm 1JJI1MIMJ1JM-J.il 9HS T. W. DAVIES Pun«raf Director an« Imbalmtr Heactotortftt Supplied and Set up OOL1MAN ,--*—»ttf18?'m ALBERTA nil IM*-*-*** »i»-»*W»K.*t» There I* a nwsor that Sir. ftntav MnDonaM, dry good* merchant, til !m> giving t.) eaeh td his customer* a nam pair of btmtn, ta eelehrate ih»- opening of hi* fine mw store on lia In street, next par day. llarrr Tfcatafcak, organiser 8. !» P. ,U it* ti*mv thl* *•"«•» w-mring m. . fortlrn spMkln* broth.™ tbe Mt* «** proprirton of the noneer Um' »f*» la ktiint; mf<1 rar tin -pu;i-*»* -! '' r'- "' * *';' hM' 'itl, ,fut ' Alr». CSrnrg* fnype It Im-tk In Vtml- 1h''> nUi ,u' n>" "S"*rt#ii4«« tin el bom again, after ■ two months' tr mrt. I ft Watson returned -m M*»»- ■iny tnm trom ber raeatloR. A emmmiti** loetrotttd by tbt. L*»*t week fhe mtn** worked *l* •Wft*. and »o far thlwr* sre looking) good at Rearer. From what we run Iwiro, a worttiat I •ml 11 J. LUli' temtt#> Aitarday evening*. Last ffctt-jl RIGHT HERE! Is where YOU SAVE MONEY on the purchase of a Suit, a Hat or Pair of Shoes The F. M. THOMPSON CO. Blairmore Are offering at COST PRICE your choice of 90 Men's Suits from $5.75 60 Boys' Suits from 1.90 200 Men's & Boy's Hats including Stetsons 3.80 FOOTWEAR Two thousand pairs of Shoes, including INVICTUS, REGAL and "K" make at COST PRICE High Leg, Prospector or Teamsters' Shoes from $3.35 »rd») t, *6«*l #*-!-#*ik«4 ed j^iiam* won! tbonn « tk* Plonmr. to a fairly full Hon**. rotw*M*rt»g th-* wnrm sr*ath«r. )»!•«*' VMm tn it work mff% ^jjdanr* *hi!# tm metoti* tnmlh- p^ •en***** ior -mldwarn and orphans of p*****1* tt*** ttmat* tbo liSletvaM mpteetm. A f#» #**•**! boon -were npmt nn IMIly Woaeh and frtand. Wm. tioidoxl7u*i*tey *r*nlng nt imr* Thompson's •ft**! Hirndar afwrnwNn **at-efclug tb* ?1mfttalo». <*h*« mart oi tlw boy* ot ptdumtn grow, dowa on vm term. th** »»'»** s***m!»t#d io wish th* Remembet, this ts not a reduction of undesirable goods. We Stave no old stock to offer, so take your chotce frotn CLEAN, NEW & UP~TO» BATE GOODS for Balance of July ai Cost Price FOR CASH, 'Hie Store thit Saves You Money rt ^^-i'*^^^. "VT.i SE ■«« ■'- PAGE SIX THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, JULY 25,1914 \ ♦ ♦ Labor Camp Li felts Evils Scattered over the continent, separated from industrial centres, are groups of workers living under conditions called labor camps. Employment in labor camps is usually seasonal or casual. Because the employment is of 'but 'brief duration and because the camps do not come under general observation, very little consideration has been given to the health ■conditions prevailing among the camp workers, nor it the consequent menace to the health of the community generally appreciated. The Wisconsin Industrial Commission has recently made a report on Wisconsin labor camps which ought to arouse other States to the necessity of making similar investigations. In describing railroad camps this statement is made: "Sanitary .precautions in railroad camps consist mainly of printed instructions to the camp clerks and cooks which are commonly disregard- ed. Surroundings of camp very bad. Odors plentiful. Everything left over from food seemed to have been thrown out of the cars without any care whatever. Both front arid rear of camps bad. Within ten feet of camp is ditch full of water drained from swamp nearby. This full of garbage, old clothes, etc. -Thick scum on water. Plenty of files." The utter disregard of th^ most elementary principles of sanitation results In swarms of flies, germs, and parasites which serve as carriers of infectious diseases. The beda in the bunk cars are usually in a terrltle condition. The laborers, who do not expect to stay long, do not trouble themselves about conditions; those In charge of the camps shift responsibility upon the men. The public seems uninterested in locating original responsibility for Insanitary conditions or ln protecting Itself against the spread of disease. For thero is a constant stream of laborers going to and from the camps. They carry to industrial centres dirt diseases of the camps. ■What iB true of the railroad camps Is true of the lumber camps, were the houslidg conditions are, if possible, even worse. Camps of ice workers, beet sugar and paper mill workers constitute poison factories menacing Wisconsin health conditions. Other States have the same kind of dangers emanating from other kinds of seasonal labor camps. Maryland has her canneries. Families move to the country during tomato season, and suffer from careaeBS habits caused by the makeshift lkfe and tbe strain and • drudgery dt the work. The south has her cotton picking and suga> camps. -G^ifomfe45s&-hor-hop^)lcklngJrhe. made for sleeping accommodations. Durst donated a few old tents, and rented others to the workers at seventy-five cents a night. "Business is business," according to Durst standards. 'The''workers, many of whom had come distances on foot, slept on straiwr-blankets were a luxury. The most vicious sanitary abuse was that of the toilets, . There were eight for twenty-eight hundred people. The frightful conditions resulted in dysentery which multiplied the dangers from the abuses. Flies swarmed and multiplied. Typhoid developed. Failure to make any provision for garbage disposal increased disgusting conditions. 'In the hop fields there were practices that were the very quinescence of cruelty—but they added to the profits of Durst. Hop field are hot. Last summer the temperature rose to 122 degrees. The wells In the fields did not furnish sufficient water. The wells at the ranch buildings were one mile distant from the hop fields. The workers were doifig piece work. Durst stated that although hop picking began on Thursday or Friday he did not send water wagons to the fields until the following Monday—he did not say why. The hop pickers began work at 4 o'clock. By noon the vertical rays of the sun had parched tHem. The wells had been pumped dry. There were men, women and children suffering- children from 5 to 10 years of age. At noon the stew wagon came. Those who •purchased stew obtained a glass of water. Durst testified that he profited by this arrangement. He testified that he did not permit the town stores to deliver goods on the ranch. His cousin bought a lemonade concession. He sold lemonade at 5 cent* a glass. The lemonade was made of citric acid. These hop pickers' were treated with less humanity and consideration than are given to -cattle. They were tortured;—for profits. Being human al dignity and self-respect, the storm that gathered and brought murder in its wake was an inevitable result. One of the leaders of the outbreak said:; "We can't agitate in the country unless things are rotten enough to ■bring the crowd along." Things were rotten enough' on the Durst ranch to weld twenty-seven nationalities into a ■protesting, avenging whole. Rioting followed the Interruption of a -mass- meeting by the sheriff's, posse. (Blood was shed. Human lives"were taken. Some of the hop pickers were tried for. manslaughter. Two were convicted and sentenced—one for life. But what of Durst, the man who had tortured men^ women and children to IncreaselheT profits- rrom~~steiw—and" citric acid lemonade? Shall he go unscathed? You say organized society, must avenge itself against misdeeds In order to uphold law and order. But did society give even a thought to the wrongs and the misdeeds committed against these workers until they rose In their might to enforce their own Ideas of justice? iXdw that knowledge of wrongs that offend decency and the sense of justice have been forced upon society, will society give consideration to these wrongs? State taws already exist ln California to regulate sanitary conditions of camps. The State Commission of tan migration and Housing has already taken steps to enforce them: Such action should have ibeen taken long ago, but at least It will help to prevent future suffering. The Intention la to prosecute to the full extent of the law employers who maintain insanitary camps. The only remedy is to organize and educate the camp laborers so they shall be able, to protect their own Interest*. Their very necesalty has made unorganized, casual, migratory workers easy victim* of employer*' greed and inhumanity. Raising standards ot work will naturally lead to raising all living standard*. The facta presented In the majority report are undtaputed. A minority report, submitted by iMr. Paul Scharren- berg, secretary of the commission, doea not criticize the facts, only the Interpretation and the remedy offered In tho majority report. Mr. Scharren- berg think* that the value and the importance of the I. W. W. movement are over-estimated. He concludes that I. W. W.lsm or other form of leadership Is but an Incident of the organization. "The only ronl significance of this In the conditions which make -possible such leadership.'" IThe remedy for existing conditions lies not in the intrusion of a third party, finds .Mr. Scharrenberg, but in the inculcation of the spirit of self- help He adds with force: "Why not give credit where credit is due and acknowledge that the labor movement of California—the 80,000 men and women under the banner ot the American Fed-e&tion of Labor- has already actually cured some of the worst evils under which the unorganized seasonal workers have sufc fered? "The labor movement has spent thousands of dollars in an effort to Inculcate the spirit of self-help (i. e., rational and permanent organization) among the casual and migratory workers of the State. The very law regulating the sanitation and ventilation in the camps upon which the..Report dwells in detail and which It is hoped* will majce impossible recurrence of the Wheatland riot, was drafted and placed upon the statute books mainly through the efforts of organized labor." ..*■■., Mr. Scharrenberg proposes to attack the unemployment evils by means of information bureaus under the cpn- trol of the workers themselves. He presents this reason for his method: "The' real remedy can be applied only by the workers themselves. But the Commission of Immigration and (Housing can, if it will, help to point the way. If the suggestion here offered)—that of encouraging this class of labor in the essentially necessary duty of self-help—will serv6 to make conditions ibetter, then It ought to be made public plainly and emphatically, If, on the other hand, it is believed that the migratory workers are unfitted to take care-of themselves, incapable of even participating in the, attempts at a solution of the problems confronting them, then the commission ought not to hesitate to announce its opinion\df these men. In the latter ca^e It would seem to me entirely fitting that the commission should, not rely upon existing statutes, but should recommend more laws, rules and regulations to govern the workers' every day life, more municipal ... lodging houses, larger county institutions for the poor, increased public charities of various kinds, free or nearly free public employment bureaus, and other means whereby the workers "may be persuaded that the .practice of self-help and the rendering of mutual aid among their own class is an unnecessary virtue." State -laws should require reporting of diseases in jabor^ camps. Provision horrors that have made life in one Cal ifornia hop-pickers* camp a veritable hell are fully and graphically described in the report of Charlton H. Parker to Governor Johnson aud the California State Commission of Immigration and Housing. *Mr. Parker was sent to find out the causes of, the riot in the hop fields laat summer. His report is a most scathing Indictment of the greed, cruelty, and Inhumanity of the owner of the Durst hop ranch. The Investigator found that over 2.800 workera were employed on thl* ranch. They were Hindus, Japauese, negroes, white men, women and children. Twenty-seven nationalities were noted in one gang of 250 workers. They were "unskilled" laborers with unclean personal and camp habits, The Americana were In the main o( the migratory working class. Those who had Ibetter standards found their experience on the Durst ranch deeply humiliating. For although the group* of hop-picker* were like those on all the ranches, there were peculiar regulation* upon the Durst ranch that led to the Sunday uprising of laat August. Durst had a "bonus" system—00 cent* wa* paid for every 100 pound* of hops picked during the first weok, to which 10 cent* waa to added if the worker* stayed during the somen, three or four week* in length. The average for 1913 waa fl for 100 pounds, Therefore, at Prof, Parker •ay*. the "bonus" wa* In reality jx "hold back," acting a* a whip to hold discontented worker* In line. But such were tha conditions of work and the filth of the Durst camp that he estimate* »Mr, Durst realized $100 to H&0 a day from forfeited "bonuic*." The official inveatigatlon found the sanitary conditions of the camp horrible, 'Practically no provisions wore j cldent lie* in the proof it affords of should Ibe made for locating the origin of such diseases and for the prevention of same. Sanitary regulations should oe prescribed, provisions for proper huosing, hospital and medical attention. These standards should be enforced by official agents and by the demands of the workers themselves. Camps can be made perfectly sanitary as even the temporary one- night camps of the army demonstrate. The menace that labor camps constitute not only to the workers in the camps but to the members of society to whom the Infections from the camps are carried was presented to the representatives of organized labor at the Toronto convention of the American Federation bf Labor in a resolution, by Delegate D'Allessandro. .the resolution provided for an effort to secure -Federal legislation aud-regulations to protect these workers, ajrt tfor similar action by State legislation. A bill for this purpose was introduced in Congress, but was oot enacted into law. Several State legislature* have considered propositions to protect the worker* in labor camps, but little ha* yet been accomplished. (Meanwhile the number of labor camp* and the danger from them ha* constantly Increased. Although the organization of these casual, migratory workers presents many difficulties, tt is the only sure method of -protecting them and society. Only .Intelligent self-helping will enable the laborers to secure fair treatment for themselves, though governmental regulation Is necessary to safeguard society. Both purpose* should be urged to immediate fruition. In these effort* It Is not only the duty but the pleasure of organised labor to render evory aid within its powar,—-A. P. of L. Weekly News Let- ter. ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ Sanitation and Ways of Making it Effective : : : ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ By Dr. R. D. Roller, Jr. Medlt'tm* Ih drawing nearer wli day t» It* ideal tin.' prwnilou df df»*'»*«•: and nanltatfmi fi on«» of thi» gft«a» fornenstotie* on which fWi'ltV- lasis I*-built. As'prevention of illumi** U cf :u<.yr i',r,p*itlA;.'tt 'Aha:, tht *.;{.*:, no b h or mor* ln»fmrt*-nr.» to kf»ct» a itiau.t v,uikli.* *kilit> •>'. i-.if Hutu lo try to build It up ntut lt has declined. ttanlrmlon nnd vftb-letwy go Innd In Ii.ittr, ron- trart-pil from llii»a or bad w*t«*r, ennnot hi. t»n» t»r *»«■?»» i.tttttttn-tX nt *M|>uubl«>. I havo thought It nnd talked It for years. "Kwieeh" ig tho naiiii's of lt. Kuch hoti*** xhuiihl bf fem-t-ii. Tlii* should ba dono when tht* houso 1* built, m that tho cost, will not mem m burrt-ensome Kjich yard mu*t tie cIi-mii-hI of rubbUli lit»for« occiipAiiry, and, what I* of mors important*1, earn t#>n«nt mu*t bo positively told that tHitt yard uiumi be k-t-pt In that condition. A sidewalk vhould b*> laid in front e»f tb* botixf* nod th* rood* nhwtW tw» kept paiuwbi*-. In aumnivr no wauir v A simple and unique scheme was used by one coal company which is as effective as it is cleanly. Tea or twelve inch" pip© was laid under twenty or more houses, with an opening under each house. A near- bjj~stream was diverted into the pipe, flushing it continually, thus answering all the 'purposes of a, sewer without the expense. Of course, neighbors further down the stream must be taken into consideration. I would like to have a plan tried that I have had In mind* for some years. The same system of pipes most be used, but these must be cofr nected in-a common sewer. These" must be flu-shed once a day automatically from a tank built for that purpose*, The'sewer can be discharged into a river or large stream, or, lacking that, several large pools can be dug, or a septic tank, as recommended for larger towns, can be used. I believe that this is an ideal system where a water supply is abundant. I would like to say, inUhis connection, that if any company is thinking of installing the ordinary flush water- closet, my advice is that it be put at a distance from the house. The question of garbage disposal is a second serious matter. A box, made of wood, or, preferably, galvanized iron, with a tight, lid, should be'placed for each house. It ls better to use these boxes, if possible, for ashes, tin cans and other rubbish, and have the tenants put their slop in smaller buckets, with lids. This slop can be collected in a separate compartment of the garbage wagon; or in large covered boxes that can be carried in the •wagon.**. •.''.,*■" ■"''."'■■■■ < By special arrangement with the drivers, the owners;of pigs can have the slop hauled to their pens, and thus make use of it to a great extent. A .place should be selected In a secluded spot for the disposal of the rubbish, and all slop not used by pigs should be (buried or burned. A garbage box without a (bottom has been used with success in some places. I believe it has the advantage of not getting dirty . and foul-smelling so Quickly, and there is less danger of scattering the box of garbage when collected. The box can be easily turned on its side, the garbage shoveled up, and lime sprinkled on the ground .before replacing tho box. If for any reason water gets Into the box it drains out readily and does not make such a bad mess of debris to handle. Every precaution must be taken- by the driver to prevent the scattering of rubbish on the .ground. A. rigid--rule must be enforced, requiring cleanliness and prohibiting the throwing of trash about th-^'yards, and upon any violation the yards should,be cleaned and the cost charged to the tenants. This sort of method acts as a ■punitive.,-measure-'but'is at the same time just and fair, to all. ■. It will be of great advantage, and soon pay the difference In cost, to get. a man wh6 is thorough reliable and has some tact to drive the wagon. The difference that 25 cents a day In wages makes will be recognizable in the amount and character of the work. Rounds •Before deciding upon the water that is to be used a thorough bacterologtcal examination of any springs that are in ush should be made for contamination, and~nny not absolutely pure must be sealed up, fThe camp officer should be made Uie special sanitary officer, provided the company is not large enough to afford the employment of a man for that special 'purpose. He should make a thorough Inspection of the town at least once a month, should report any* conditions that need correction, and should especially call attention to any flagrant violation of any role. I want to Insist upon this plan. The great majority of people Ilk* clean homes and clean surrounding*, even though they do not realise It. They should bo encouraged in keeping their premises In good* order, They should be helped In making gardens, Their front yard* should have grass and flowers, and their hack yards should have vegetable*. Price* might be offered for the best garden* or tho beat all round yards, and the management should show some perosnat lnti»r»»»t. In the same yard you cannot have chickens and flowers, you cannot have pigs and vegetables, and you certainly cannot have a garden If you have a yard littered with garbage, ashes and old tin cans. The children must be brought into any scheme of improvement, and th*Jr co-operation secured. The beet place to teach them I* in the scliool, and tho teachers should be asked to plve thoir nld by talking to the a short time each week on mltted by the stable fly, care should be taken to destroy'all breeding places of the tly around the stable. .Manure should be kept in a dark place and covered, if .possible. Kerosene poured on it wilKdestroy the laivJte. ; The stable should be kept clean, and occasionally disinfected by burning sulphur, after it has been tightly closed*, I-would also like to auggest that that part of the store where meat Is sold be screened. .One of the best ways to do this is to screen the counters, leaving small openings, with self-closing doors, through which the packages might be passed. >-.There is one -more, point to which I wish to call attention- briefly .before closing. There has been a great deal discovered in the last few years in regard to hookworm and its connection with so-called laziness, and many interesting facts have come to light. It is of especial interest to us now, and ■particularly to -me, as I have found two or three cases'in my practice. It is found practically everywhere south of the Potomac river, and although found moer frequently among the country people, I believe it will ibe found to some extent among, miners and others. Hookworm ova develop In a temperature ranging from 77 degrees to 95 degrees. iFah,, jjint they have been known to develop In mines at a uniform temperature of £8 degrees, Fah.; lower than this/there is probably no development of the .ovum. Infection occurrs most frequently through the skin, rather than the mouth; for this reason there is more infection among country children, as facial matter is more frequently scattered over the ground and children get' the larvae on th61r feet. , 'In mines where there are not closets and the temperature Ib faVorable the larvae develop and, getting on the feet or hands of the miner soon, enter the skin. ' - Hookworm causes symptoms varying from lassitude to complete debility, which increases until death relieves the sufferer. With many men infected there is a tsreat decrease in the amount of work done by a certain number, and4 many more must be employed). I wish it were possible to give definite statistics, but that will come in the near future. In the meantime It will be worth while for the operator t'o bear this In mind, and consider that the day may come when fighting the hookworm will be a part of mining sanitation.—Coke and Coal Operator and Fuel Magazine. SNUFFING OUT LIVES BY THE WHOLESALE A few weeks2 rest from Business At Glacier Park or the Coast will give you a new le?,ae of life, or to those whose time is limited, take quickest route east or west,' vU the Great Northern, Railway Co. •'-.'-.. ; - 23 Hours Feraie to Seattle 26 Hours to Victoria 29 Hours to Vancouver Direct connection* at Rexford for East &, West Yoa wjll enjoy all the comfort of most modern railroad equipment. Courteous and efficient employes will make your trip pleasant. Before purchasing steamship tickets, let us talk it over. ^ X Fbr .further Information apply to "" - R. J. MALONEY, Agent P.O. Box 461 FERNIE, B.C. Phone No, 1611 «g?l THE ^^ W-ROMAL1 QEJ ^bW chartik ■ OO* ANK'CaNADA ■MM •»» ••MHTOTI'Ma ' TNMVMMOVT UMU •ui tmnui I IN TMMtl 3 JAMie MHO atNWML Ml I Savings Accounts of One Dollar & Upwards specially solicited. Full Compound Interest Paid. This institution was originally established as a saving* bank, and it now doe* a very large 1 volume of buaihesa with thrifty depositors. u J. F. MACDONALD, Manager ViOTORIAAta,, <- -:- FERNIE B. O. I How fundamentally the service of the underground workers is related1 to tbe whole social structure'is realized only when the workers themselves compel recognition by withholding that service. The hardships, the perils, the heartbreaking toll of the underground work also ls only appreciated when the workers themselves force grim facts upon' the consciousness of society—those grim facts are mangled ies, torn flesh and limbs, and their own life-blood. Down in-West Virginia 200 miners Imperial Bank of Canada HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO Capital Paid Up..$7,000,000 Reserve Fund ....$7,000,000 - O. R.'WILKIE, Presltfwl HON. ROBT JAFFRAY, Vle*-f»r*«. BRANCHES M BRITISH COLUMBIA 7 ArroWht.d, Cr-inbrook, Fernie, Golden, Kamloop*, Michel, Nelson... Revelstoke, Vancouver and Victoria, SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Interest allowed on deposit* at current rat* from dat* of depocit. FERNIE BRANCH , ' l A. M. OWEN Manager rofJiM, with film trom t!w- s-arimiii' ji'.le Mwarmintt, the moMiuito** from a tttaauant pool of water sinftuiK around his hi-ail. Is not 100 pep <'fiit officiant. jroadf. aii'l fully filled. nil r-'ioMl*! 'if f".n- kntlt, Irdepewdmtif of th* fi9.««nj**l.m. upon which It should be fastened ae- .-,. tiatn,,,• -,,,,„„„,,,,., „,,*- -»—™ *.* ...... -. -. -.*» * *.***-* rtirely and In such a manner that al|i rhhni' urt> d low ol tho thing* Hint un* TW.m4,tH !f ,„ n ^,p tnr ,h„ ^^|. i |,rh, ,„ *,«.i,,,^ so window* abmld • All stagnant pool* near any boom •hontd be filled ar<* ni standlm* f;iti»r 1 believe that these* principle are necemry to Rain the co-operation of the people In any sanitary effort The do*et i* the greatest difficulty wilh which bn h»v« to contend. Thero aro many way* of arranging these, frt'-ni buckets which are to be removed pv«>ry week to pits which are deep »nouah to be practically permanent. The bucket it, good, but the constant cos? of removal cvr-ntimlly boromex a miiirto of irritation nnd neglect often; children fallow*, with the vrry condition which «i neral sanitation, and what it mean*. u nonaht xo bt> hvoMmI. Instance thould be mncd upon The b*st, cheaper and mo»t satis-1'iiath hous*. At oaeh mine Jw; a f«.iw inches above the mirfacivn bftth hotjso xhould be 'built, with a nml « »irl|i of board nalUnl acroi»***.**WJtti of lockers, each lockar to too their 1'tnK (iractlcftUj* formlnir n foun-'wad* of st««»l nnd wall ventilated, rtat km. I There should be on* locker for oach ««i ■ . .»■« i ,. . ,. , , 'min- * atrtnll ri»n»n! i**to ba ebaiwed k wltmlta \a ottim tend* In bnvirir"* •t0r ,If "•*• Adjoining thi* lOOlwr 000**1 ao lane and cumb<-rsomo tbatij^,^' ^-j "«* >»» k, nitoner* elvnaid *** it I* h*rd to handle. I< thould be t,4lt,,ttt* .•**%»«» k«***%. V*, tkU*9, tlMtl*, ine to pr*v«nt Aiomtie, at th* same i!tn-» ••rivMi to iner*aw human *fflc- l»ncy, Th«* in-rorporatiwt town has tbt\ *«• thority to look after it* own lanlta- tion. however wail or badly ft does no, bat the mining town I* under direct Kiiun.i nt in** miinriK iiul V*» to depend upon that company for itsfbousni, aanf'/it.'on, F-i, *x?W: trom IM tuft. tb*t »anltaUoB ninkrt tor rftMenvy, nnd, ibetfotero, tliat it "pnyt," to wstch ihi- -i is nine n »or»I obligation which should b« auraoMd voluntarily and rbrert nlly. - A* pvtt td tbo tl«* of tbit p*V** man "tumble way*," f aa* going to gagl**t tbo timtftm end mm int*t. pensive tuttiii pM*lbl* to oMiln result* IthlaktlM *Urt should bt mnde Ine ot tlie* »nd mosquito**, snd although malaria Is not prevalent In W«*t Virginia, still th« mosquito I* an annoytng and uwle** insect Pit* should not be allowed to tmm at large, and non« ahould be kept n*ar any dwelling; certain part* of U>* property, ni a «u»ian*t« trom ib* *tTylnt .witb tb* circttto- pMn--'\kk*ns. bat tb**# ene b* *i: tb* rear of 'bn hociea, b* pm tn the bouse, 'but tf thottffht ntwtaary for ventilation, smalt holes ran bn cot near tha cave* and covered with wire -screening. The door ahould bo made with a •prtng, and thus kept clo*#d at all built, with ronwU*-floor*, The *how ers must, of court*, be supplied with faot and cold water. Perfect ventilation mo« b* provld- *d, end when heated In tbo wlntOf care must bo taken that tb* air ttt us* locker room doe* tmt become too humid. There are time* when dl«lnf*«tion of « hous* nt coal mining country, which in Itself i* proof that the United State* I* far behind those countries In It* care for the live* of thoso who dig In our coal mines, The Federal Buerau of Mines has made progrei*. but It I* just beginning to disclose the Immense field for ef- foctlve work awaiting ft* agents. Safety Inquiries and Investigations havo not kept pace with th* appalling need for them. Human live* have hofn held pitifully cheap by mlna operator*. \ Th<# constantly dally toll of tho mine* consumes a few live* eneb day. silently they disappear and only thot* In th* horn* group know or car*. Tbo- terrible indlff«ranc« of Industry merely notes live* In the mine raco-rd*. But if wu as people have hearts and minds we win tak* notice of each miner who lose* hi* life In the underground service to society. We wl,ll freely Rlvo our national riohe* to prevent the waste* and to eliminate tb* X***a**rA. trntt* ♦>»«♦ an-rvlrt* We wtll remove all ob*tractlon* that prevent ike jiiiumAu ui ,Miu«» itoiu rwutdfuia the most effective *#rvl» A**t G*mMI CAPITAL, $15,000,000 ^ RESERVE NAD, $13,500,000 SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNTS Xnttrtst at the current rate is allowed on all deposits of $1 and vpwards. Careful attention is given to every account Small accounts •re welcomed. Accounts may bf opened and operated by malt. Accounts may be opened in the names of two or more persons, with- deawals to be made by any one of them or by the survivor. Sll ~ P. B. Fowler, Manager Fernie Branch MARK THE DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR F E R NIE fe JULY t20th. time*. In this wsy the pit Is kept In lou* diseases. A friend of mine t«M ShllofoGun otmnvr nrono eemm. otmtn eeura. ~~~ ttmtwteoternetttmtm.tennmte (fir*n*«* *mt f* no- lortft*r n hiWdfnir place for flfae; nor ten file* us* it •• a lodging pise* and tb* hltrhpn as a bosrdlag flaee—« condition which too frwpefKJjr oatst*. T** pfte aieaM b# irttttd with erode cartotfc tefd *Ttrr two weak*. at least, sad a seppty of fn*h Has* •ImmM b# kept te th* how for tho eettvttaMHK* bt the nter. One* a year ttt* bttooo em m rwmotm nm tm ptt etnotmA: m wftM ft teeoaes too mh It can be cov«r*d wHh sarth and a now aearfty- Isbto tmt lalaaOl* parelyei* I* tfws*- Makes Hair Grow mt* of i mfnfng e,imp of whfffb b# *§sd recently taken ch»rg* in wbleb tmm was such * pwvalMir* ef tnb*reulo*l* a* to almost approach an •ptdwie. TMs called for disinfect** el ail ko«*«* in which there w*r* mpm tub*mito*l* patient*, sad In whlsh they had dtod wcaatly, a* tbecoagb at after tlw release of a seeriet fever «•> tteat Tbls ie a point tttd/eemt ovailooluML the fact that It \n thought highly |«<*Jrtottl4 m to the hair from the roots. Tho time to tak* ears of your hair U when you have hatr to take mm ol If yoar hair to getting thia, gradually falling out. It cannot ba long be- far* the *pot appears. tht greateet rsmedy to atop ' the »r from falling Is SALVIA, first severed In ICnglanA SALVIA ter- ninbnn aoarishaeat to -Vm hair rooU aad sets so quickly that people are IV «te*U<»ys the daaitttU geisa, ihe lltfje pest ttet sas* the Ws that Sold at SaesdeU's Drag Store. mcl mmp aSAoi^loSSYif TRi^faiftiiiio .BUFFALO BILL. hit tftjhiw Ranch Girl*, towboyi wmr (0 ttt ■fl the botis snd 6,rl$ %tlt%'tiOJOwknt uev to ste Hit beat WIW 5ta*U.m open den» Jtj iplenoid «tw tlbtouit ••600 Bsooieof all Nifion»--il50horsej--Oband*-- COME OWN TOWN ! v CIRCUS PARAOfc-lfc MILtllONO! *9ocfa»am .will kin the Incentive to'out sad calmly extracts about four- work!" cry the p*ld spellbinders of tb-tespftallate. Right, fleeteUeai wUi Mil the taeeatfv* for n wsa to wetk t*« er BMre honr* a day prodae of as empty bbttf, jZflbLs&tAj&Rmimsmm- eJE-- m ..«• THE DISTBICT LKDOEB,' WgtSIE, B. C„ JBIY 25, MU /i The New Havetf Mystery R. A. Dague, in Miners' Magazine L '/ou're always welcome here Clean Rooms, Best of Food and every attention THOS. DUNCAN Passburg Large Airy Rooms & Good Board Ross & Mackay Ek 1 The New York World of May 22, 1914, editorially discussed "The New Haven Mystery." The editor said: 'KJharlQs S. .Mellen, former ipresldent of the New Haven, has 'been telling on the witness stand the most sordid story of corporation corruption that the country has heard since the life- insurance investigation. "In -many respects the two stories run parallel. -We have the same 'betrayal of trust, by highly respectable financiers; the same conscienceless waste of other people's .money; the same corruption of government; the same alliances with crooked politics; the same debaching of newspapers and of-public opinion; the same trail of iniquity and ruin. \ "What was.in the minds of Mr. Morgan and iMr. Rockerfeller and their associates when they forced tho Now Haven into this policy and guided it to plunder and disaster? They did not need money, for they each of them were many millionaires In one. They did not need power, for they had power, and Inexhaustible means of acquiring further ifewer. "They could not have believed that their scandalous exploitation of this great .property would bring them additional wealth tbat was worth while. They'could not have believed that it would bring thein new power and influence in the domain of finance. They could not have 'believed that tfiey would gain a new measure of popular esteem and public approbation. They were In no" extremity that-drove them to this devious trail. private to public ownership of thelf railways and have proven. >-that the change was a good one. •Why do the American people submit to the colossal exploiting perpetrated upon them- by the few Wall street gamblers who practically own American railways? The chief reason is that they are still laboring under the delusion that God's 'plan is to give to "Christian Captains of Industry" the {uiblic utilities and has put the big, troiig chieftians on the backs of the masses to boss them and make them work for their masters. These big chiefs preach to their victims the gospel of the jungle, which is: "Every beast fiir himself and let the unfit die or be food for the -big brutes." That gospel of great joy is that only through individualism, or tbe powerful devouring the weajj, can civilization be maintained. They say people must compete, contend, fight, destroy, kill— otherwise man will lose bis Incentive on/-! t.*l I.. " I through the form of trying to make [black white by lying against other wage slaves. , But perhaps I am misinterpreting i Judge 'Meredith; possibly he by thej term "producer" means the men responsible for the misery, poverty, crime and prostitution arising from the insufficient' wages paid to the real producer. If such is his meaning he is perfectly right. The producers of all the above named landmarks of our so- called civilization, always got, are always getting—and just as long as the wage slaves are < foolish enough, will always get their Innings. But as to the real producers, just let's look at them. The miner who at risk of life and limb has dug coal out of the earth for 52 weeks straight, has very often at the end of a two or three -weeks' idleness, to sit at a fireless gr.'ite until charity may .prompt foih grant -him as much coal a him. The PAGE SEVEN and all humanity will perish; and we are told that the Christian -philantro- pists who are smugly located on the backs of the masses are the "fittest." Yes; the law of the jungle is still the popular gospel proclaimed from press, pulpit and office of Wall street philanthropists. The most successful Imitator of the shark and the boa constrictor is still regarded as the big chief of the tribe. He ls the "fittest." In the language of the World, "he Is almost deified and his opinion is regarded as well-nigh infallible." He tells his victims that God has given COLEMAN Liquor Ca Wholesale Dealer Wines Liquors s in Cigars Mail Orders receive prompt attention Full supply. of following for an appetising meal te choo** from. /■ Beef, Pork, Mutton Poultry, Butter and Eggs Try our Cambridge 8au*> ages for tomorrow'* break- fast. O'.L OR PHONE Calgary Cattle Co, Phen* 66 Weed itrset PBftNII, S. C. THE FERNIE LUMBER GO. . A. McDougall, Mgr Manufacturers of and Dealers in ail kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber What th"ev"did hlm the 'min€S» the oils, the lands, the they did In cold bSi'd and cold calcu- ^Kt^iw^ ftlffS latlon. What, then, is the -mystery of. «* j,*?m8~V,^.J,n--5e^?8.?f^e their conduct? ■" to Send us your orders conduct "The World can find no answer this question. "These men admittedly represented! the .best that there is in Wall street\l Their opinions were law in the fnan- clal world. Their judgments were regarded as well nigh infallible. Wall street was proud of them; boasted of them; almost deified tbem.' Yet look at their work! "Were they, too .victims of a system which can be carried on only by such methods and such measures? Is American finance on such a .basis that respectable burglary Is the best that can -be expected of it? ' "The World does not undertake to answer these questions, but Jt is time that an answer was sought." Every well-informed Socialist knows the correct answer to the World's question. I suspect tbat the editor could give his readers the true remedy that would cure the trouble mentioned, and prevent the malady of wrecking railroads by stock gamblers from spreading ruin to many thousands of Ujeople, 'but probably "there is a rea- '8011" for his withholding the remedy. The correct prescription can be written down in six words, viz.: ^ST-fTifiB little "misfit runts'' and that all this is necessary,/ so that he and his kind may lose their Incentives. He says If he were to lose his incentive to get something' for nothing, civilization would go tp the dogs. He tells them Ho join his church and be content to be kept as poor as a church-mouse, and if they will be good (hey would be saved and given a harp and a -halo after they are dead. He warns them to have nothing to do with Socialists or others who advocate public ownership of public utilities, as such people are atheists and. enemies of God and the church; The misfifs and little fishes are expected to respond, "Long live the chief of our tribe, appointed by God to rule us and exploit us. He knowi." The present system of individualism, of competition, of strife and contention, legitimately bears a fruitage of greed and corruption and dishonesty, and is essentially bj-utal and destructive, in which the law of the jungle prevails. one to -sill warm cabinet 'maker :u;ty ln'.ior for years turning out the best of furniture, for wages far too small to allow bijxi ever to become the possessor of any of the articles into which he puts his best effort, The toiler in the automobile factory is forced to walk to and from work. But why go on enumerating more useful producers who have never had and never will have—as long as Meredith and Co. are in power—an innings. What innings are the men having that actually produced the C. P. R.?— the rail makers, the grade-makers, the bridge builders, the telegraph gangs, and the men who helped in putting tbe line in shape? Just two pages later In his drivelling the judge makes the statement already analyzed to the effect that the men who built the company's bridges during their recent period of construction, are now idle and could with very little training be made fit to take the •place of these maintenance of way employes. Yes, the ranks of enforced idlers contain, according to .Meredith, many useful producers of useful bridges. But oh, dear us! he also says "tne producer Is having his innings." , Yes, comrades, what a glorious Innings it is. to. Just think of it! Charity soup and charity bunks for the men who have labored producing railway bridges! Gopher steak and rabbit ribs for the men who have produced wheat for the world's supply of flour. Frost bite, and suffering from Intense cold for the poor trappers wbo bave got the skins of the fur-bearing animals. / Rags, nakedness and hovels for those who -piece these furs into garments for the idle rich. 'Bare feet and perforated shoe soles for the dependents on the makers of shoes. "Fruit-a-tives" Healed His Kidneys aod Cured Him HAGKRSVH.I.S, Ont., Aug. 26th. 19x3. "About two years ago, I found my health in a very bad state. My Kidneys were not doing, their work and I was all run down ia condition, I felt the need of some good remedy, and havingseen"Fruitra-tives"advertised, I decided to try them. Their effect, I found more than satisfactory. Their action was mild and the result all that could be expected. My Kidneys resumed their normal action after I had taken upwards of a dozen boxes, and I regained my old- time vitality. Today, I am enjoying tbe best health I have ever hadr'. t B. A. KELLY " Fruit-a-tives" is the greatest Kidney Remedy in the world. It acta on the bowels and skin as well as on the kidneys, and thereby soothes and cures any Kidney soreness. "Fruit-s-tives" is sold by all dealers at 50c. a box, 6 for $3.50, trial size 25c. or will be sent on receipt of price by Fruit a tives Limited, Ottawa. THE P. Carosella Wholesale Liquor Dealer Dry Goode, Groceries, Boots -ind Shoe*, Gents' Furnishings BAKER AVENUE BRANCH AT HOSMER, B.C. THE THING THAT FRAZZLES If the worker had nothing to do but make a living for himself and family ^„ w ,1A ltmm he would have a cinch. It's making | jnere than afair, profit on the actual RAILWAYS.** It looks like the editor of the World, .while correctly diagnosing tbe case, bas diplomatically sidestepped he remedy, knowing as he does that Morgan, Rockefeller ft Co., are not dead; but are doing business at the old stand, and that "discretion is the better part of valor" on the part of a publisher who is on ihe lookout for "ads" for his newspaper. Once upon a time Colonel Bryan, the "Peerless One," on his return from Europe, said: "The government should own the railroads," but the Ink was hardly dry on the newspaper In which that speech was printed, before the Wall street philan- throplsts got busy and caused the mouth of the "Peerless Statesman" to shut up tightly, and not a whisper has since been heayd from him on that subject. The World doubtless remembers that episode, and thinks it the better plan to ask questions than to answer them. I am, however, glad that the editor says, "It Is time thar an answer Is sought." With all due respect to the American people, I ask, how long will they permit a few mon to mn, for private profit, one of their most Important public utilities, which, according fo reliable authority, cost them nol " a dollar, aa they were given rich lands, the total area of which exceeded the area of tho Middle States. In their greed for more, they Issued nine 'billions of watered or fraudulent stocks. To earn dividends on this colossal over-capltallsatlon* they chnrged for their services from th^ee to six times Co-operation, brotherhood, Social- Ism, function in a higher realm than the jungle. They are constructive and make for peace, prosperity, justice and i!!Ll^_^_s^_Tq^o^£ratlQn_Is_hum^^ *lTV~^Yitlr^Jt-WJt—. -V. J\ T—-** -**■*.«—--i— -■**■=■** £--«——v».-wi.—T.-111-u-I? Ity'lndebted for all the civilisation that exists. Individualism produced a Nero, a Herod, a -Constantino, a Judas —and, in recent times, several Wall street sharks and railway wreckers. Competition, strife, greed; war, have produced no great poets, nor philosophers, nor illuminated souls saviors. nor Is it not time we began straining at the chains which bind us to such an accursed system? Is It not timo we began using our godglven Imaginations in devising some way out of this horrible bondage? Is it not worth while to dally give at least five minutes of our time to the ~l„A.. .* - - ■ shake theBe blood-sucking from off our backs? ■™-lII-IH5Jp"OB TO vampires Is Socialism of any use to assist us? Don't dare to say it's a failure. Because no genuine, united attem-pt has ever been made to -make it a success. If it's worth the while of capitalism to unite in oppressing us, is it not in turn worth our while to unite in destroying a system meant to destroy us body and soul? Don't my fellow wage slaves, voluntarily shut yourself up ln the dungeon of despair and fold your hands and say, "Oh, Socialism may be all very we.'l in theory, bu'. to ao of any actual use In assisting ne. I can't see it, and feel myself doom-ad to grind mechanically on and* on without hope of deliverance, so what's the use of my reading or studying or agitating? I'll move quietly and patiently alons' until the end and make no fuss or fret." It Is from such a condition of dead- while-alive despondency that Socialism calls you to awake and stand upon your feet and brace yourself and take your stand in the ranks of thoso whose faces are turned towards the dawn of better days for Canada. When the workers shall unitedly have cut loose from this millstone of capitalism which hangs about their necks, bunding their giant powers to the earth by keeping them constantly on the verge of starvation. Judge Meredith has enumerated many other points against the workers; In his drivellingjnj£uanjr_hg!l£w and-imsoTnfdpatRTrdlfen Ined by those Weekly. who wheh.exam know.—Cotton's By George W. ft fortune for the boss and his family that keeps him frawled. r-"tTr-wr- ****** j* ••••**««* vt'ilf* iMIMntiil* IMNNV Awp* WsivWh** '......... Ji*. WJmmiJJ-w,, ismliAnoii, Alia, Rear* Creek 1. Losghnia. Heaver Creek, via Pincher, Alta, Beilews...... ...».Jaasee tbuke, m* U, Rellevoe, Alia. -Bloinnora, •«........... w. C Obrlstopbsfi, Bwiibots, Alta. .„- Burais.. T, 0. Harries, Passburg, Alta, t.t o. wm*., tmNtammtwi^mf m^m^^meeeem^mmti we^^me^^^^^mt -mol-emo* OewDore..............Michael Warren, Gsataora. AM*. Ookvan.4 >............<«i. Johnston, CoIsomo. Alta* OorWn...'.......;..... Qwo. Sins, Cottdn. & C Oblnetk Mints......... Jaa. IforiM, CM*** vis DiooMal OKy, Alfa. FVnle.,......./. .TOo* OtMII, rente, B. C. flrsak.................. Bran 4-lwpfc f-taal. Aka. ■taeemor. W. mmmtobt, ttoomi, B. c. JiilwrsM.•••••».»•«•••»was. Ooresn, ffBNfMt-, AHa, tAdbbridtt. t, 3fo«re. USl 3UU» Aveaite. N.Untkbtidm -umtt-tm Colli«■!•*....Prank BarriagflMM,Ooalfcpr* Alia. Mftpl# MK« aaa aeo a aaaa «T* Cl* HAJTHtA, fWlAWfflgf Altft. *J»iwWWe en Tatar cost of the roads. They bribed legislative bodies and courts; subsidised the press, mutsled the pulpits, and corrupted the morals of a gfoat na-; tion, It thero any aood ri»a*on for «,. posing the -proposition that the gov* era ment should own and operate'the railways? N'o; not at all. Uncle tam builds great water canals, Irritates deserts, constructs big wsrshlps, manages an army snd navy, carries on a postal system snd many other large enterprises, and he could easily operate tbe railways and In doing It would save every year Wlllons of dollars to tbs people. Nearly all the leading Kuropean stales changed from The editor or Uie World says he knows of no way to prevent a few Kreedy Wall street sharks from robbing their fellows by the wreckage ot railroads and other methods which he calls "respectable burglary?' Socialists are not so pessimistic as the editor of the World. To say that a hundred million of Intelligent people will forever remain so stupid that they will meekly submit to Uve under the law of tho Jungle ahd permit a few Well street sharks and boaconstrlctora to swallow them or crush them In their slimy colls ls unworthy of the World editor, or any man who possesses average intelligence. I admit that there are multitudes of stand-patters, in the old political parties, In editorial chairs. In the pulpits, everywhere, who still think that the human family muat forever live under the' law of the junirle. and let the big beasts devour the little ones, but, thanks to tbe law of evolution and to the Socialists, a new light Is entering into the heads of millions of stupid peoplo, and they aro coming to see that the private _. „„•,.„,„ ownership of public utilities Is de-j disputed. That It has a depressing cldedly unwise and against their be»t I -effeot on wngps by glutting the labor Interests, and that tliey have been | market, Is manifest to every student fooled and robbed nbout long enough | and observer of current economic con by the speculating, stock-watering jdltlons. The. Unemployment Problem The Attempt to Solve -Social and Eco- 9..,f.9 tu ouivo social ana Eco- We protest against this brutal ex- nomlc Questions of This Magnitude hlbltlon of vlndlctlveness and lack of With the Police Club and Jail Man-j human sympathy for the suffering of ifests a Brutality which Is Appalling the unemployed, whn «— —■*■■ *- . . who are ready to work at their usual occupations, but ..„..» »v won usual occupations, nut ' George W. Perkins, President of cannot obtain it, due to industrial con- Cigar Makers' Union of America diUons bevnnrf th«ir »»»•»' One of the most serious problems which affects the American commonwealth, Is to provide suitable employment for men and women able and willing to work. This ls a social problem of great significance, which Is .bound to become more Intensive and pressing with the continuous changes In the method of production and Improved machinery. Production Is multiplying faster than consumption; the ability of tbe wage worker, due to low wages and long hours, to purrhaw the ever Increasing product, Is limited nnd Inadequate. Hence we are almost constantly confronted with over-product ion on tho one side under-production on itu> other. That the Rurplim labor of tho old country, which Is swarming to this country, at the rate of over a million per annum, -cannot be Miiccessfully and Wall street" boa-constrictors.* The loss of wcitlili cjiushiI by .9r.r.A »J1- ■- - JTbo Socialists say, "Lst the Ameri-1 forced Idleness. If computed properly, can peoplo move out of the jungle of amounts to hundreds of selfishness, aud brute force, nnd cun-idAiium «nm.»n- «-- Ml-.- -- 9 - inlng, and competition, and establish o?-'their habitation* uu the high ground 1 of co-operation, or Socialism. !,er the law of evolution be Interpreted to mean tbat the "fittest" cltlien Is that one who la the kindest and has high Ideals and a keen sense of Justice, Let the motto of Individualism, via,, "Bv- ery fellow for himself and mar tfttan take the hlndermost," be discarded, and the slogan of Socialism be adopt- ed, to-wlt: '"An Injury to one Is the concern of all. Let everyone be warded according to bis deeds." re- THEPRODUCER , millions of dollars annually. Thero are other kw**>* of moro ecr'.uua laipuu. I.u«a Involuntary Idleness undermines the physical and mors I fiber of the worker; It has a tendency to •«*?&• home lighter. Mors cheerful aad beautiful ItwlU not soften on the wsO lib kali* mine. Because ■ge, become] for many gears. I AaAkbesdnewattcaK ^ be fe-cealed without rsmee* Ing the eld eeat. Altbaatine -wall* art the Moettank-iry, They, rehygsnle. Noiaetcterdlesasel term caa Ite in an Alsbesiine wag. Alabastiae one tonm, end toot weal tUa all AkbaMiiMd. Church's Cold Water 'JUnftnftflim Drsola sal hi ee skew res bee* ifufsa—Ise ol Aht»«h» —<** j FREE STENCILS bSCSiSmmLjmam^ et e everybody! Thera la more sensible around liut trua iii ik '""uf* >■■» * »i. i uiimu courts waning wagviMV-S, Wgjf, WhSfft to he > urmfl */t anmtt f-t-M ■». t . 7 «t ** ■ . .. The w.h»I#> ffrmtrmrv ti onr movement than In the doubt of t • * * •1,949*9.. —9* •*•>• •** a-m.-tratti make Wta-' Wetter 'tie »*hn«-iv »'■* **' m*. i-' A , outcast*" of eoelirtywho fithtt for n wore beiutifui and juitt society, than : tlw* "h*mi»r" af t*t«g * e*Hp**i*M* dittos pro! !**■» who defends a society of corrupt- Umtr -imm-m t tt9m, -**»-• 9.^r.r..,..*.,- -. J. D. QUAIL o-iuware. ratnts tnd House Ckuitiiti taeiuuis PERNIE mm*** '*"ui"T&«re|^"*i^^ ^.^.l^Ptoyed. They mny\Um aad prestation B.C. . »t t reenter eweee#»*•«#«« n* SHMWV MKSN|I» W# Ve f erne niTnW« I ■WUIfte All** -» * m*a WoKMnfmw^^tte 9emt^mp tm^wml .Met ffrrfter. acorgetowa. Oaasswe, Attn. mum WMn....,...,.Honr tmKmoo, tterboo. fit ttodkymomv ' slit Mouse. Alberts. -he t\rtatti-9„ em of them obnoxious to 'men elaM cern. Bat can you sjp^ to' ^ wheal, from a field yoa sow tblstlee In T The workers ef the wortd tenSm1 yesr hototmn sowing, bat th.lr \mbi \m lead ot nrowlne In * « hedWofZf © a badge wbleb prohibits tbem fiwn' tsrysa."''" -»"•*»! 'nf Whit ihpv tittt'fl in* n tendency to "sr»u*e ti,'* ttm* '■ t*« It dt*m o na tt tit,. catamhh cannot tt curio *. '.'■''A!, s.Aii***...vi **j.-*t», •** xnmy . I'*,..**,*).!..*.******.'*. *** *,«** mxim u# mm im?wna**t i teat he wtwehafces the bsble's bank f cannot reaeb tb* seat of th* disease. |a little boybsrefoot on the streets ea economic issue wblch cannot be side- for rarfare Is n man who hae insd* <>'*rrb «• a blood or conetltnthraal a cold January day. tbe following con- tricked. Tba w>Hee dab and the Jail m«t*< one s banker. ^i—— «j «- ---— - iversation mav eeemn '- * •- *-£- -.ii.w.«'»"«i'. inv irouce fidd and tne Jail venation may occnr: sre not In harmony with the eihlcs trf Wo»L my little man, and why Is It wh,«* the spologlsts snd sychonbants I see yea barefoot this cold dayf* "Ob, dad's out of work and baa money to buy me sboen with." "And what does your dad do!" ''Ob, be'i a shoemaker." Aud -*U> >» be -out of workt" ] are so boastful , „... no!L**!,-,F..ll,i. W«*ra«ss and i;;;.»L*^"""j!!!r. ^•y W,H «in»t»ir in- „ III feeling orevsillng In the breas'e of the poor Tie ttft*mi>lo)ed are noi re»4»onsibl« for tbo Indoetrial depreaston: they had no part fn d»\,*i " banker. If the turn ot adversity are aw-mi the working class must be pretty vagary by oow.-47otton*« Weekly. Jieoeuse there am km m».' -«----!|>>* mmitl offerers HvneiiM were are too many oboes and aro entitled I bnt* imwn"t«"*b*lfeire thai tli#» hi* uut-j> uiua *»>rih aimins at te stnolK'lty diwaee, and In order to rui* Jt you mutt take Internal remedlee llsll's fatarrh fare I« taken Internally, and ,u-t* direftly upon the blood aad moron* surface. Hall's Cetarrh Core in v*.y : ',-iJiX j..*Xtii,*', I. -»»« nre- writw-4 by one of tbe best pbyaktana |„ ,*u i.f,*,ti''\* fnr ;«,jr. a:.d la - ertolhr cioylun U. Tin —-. -■ „-...,.*»«.«„«#■<••> •impurity rr*gn',ttr s.r*-i» r.jitofi ll it ittrnpoaed nud tkt xkllmt,t*t kentt nm lite, thai one's retnitoa* of the be*t tonles known. roasMaetf _ to sjtni'tihy. eon- witb other* should be dliwt end not ■with th# ***** tdmd |*srif5*f», acilag ■iderstlon snd pracikal *»>.lm*,iM*. , dij»»onwnic; ibot poser leaves a bk*dtr**tly t*n tbe moeout surfscea. Tbe ~^~ '" '"" the two fngrt- •aH! wealer- catarrh Hand Prop* Tntt* potion. price tbt. i*)Us for eonstf- . ,1 ' ' ._■', ,T,\-- -'* -"•-•• ,• ,l*v*s-- -\-vr," "■■ ',.-' V ' - A •)' s ■ xy,' -i *•-', a'v . ts '•//X-'-yyfcyf y* . T>. y-.y* . y,-?; y- ■•. .. 'Xy-••'ifyy-iyyA*^'** ■•v~"T''' -' - PAGE EIGHT THE DISTRIOT LEDGER, PERNIE, B. C, JULY 25,1914, ( We SATURDAY SPECIALS SEE BARGAIN TABLE FOR THESE VALUES A WONDERFUL VALUE IN MOIRE UNDERSKIRTS Extra Special, 85c Eeach A Moire Ijnderskirt that is worth more money —a skirt that represents an unusually attractive value at such a price. "We urge early selections, as at this prho they are sure to be picked out quickly— colors and black. Extra special, each 85c EVERY WASH DRESS IN THE STORE UNDER- PRICED FOR THE JULY CLEARANCE SALE—YOU SAVE FROM 25 TO 35 PER CENT Every wash dress (nil the white and colored dresses) in the depart ment bears a ticket with a special price on it. Hen tit if ul white lingerie dresses, white repps, ratine-crepes, colored ducks, muslins, etc. Heautiful street dresses made in newest model—embroidery and lace trimmed gowns, suitable, for every wear; colored wash dresses, just thc styles for street nud afternoon wear. The regular price is fogotten on these dresses, and choosing from any dress in stock you will bc quoted a reduced price, saving you in many instances 35 per cent. See them in the front window, each with a special price tieket, ANY WOMAN'S SUIT IN THE HOUSE FOR $15. The former prices range from $25.00 to $45.00 An extraordinary suit bargain—choose from any suit left in stock—browns, blues, greys and blacks. Every suit tailored along the newest lines and embodying styles as shown in all the large eastern cities. Plaiii'tailored suits up to $25.00; fancy tailored suits from $25.00 to $45.00, all one price, $15.00 SEPARATE SKIRTS (INCLUDING WASH SKIRTS) A SPECIAL DISCOUNT OF TWENTY PER CENT A range comprising serges, panamas, tweeds ahd wash skirts in duck, pique, repp! etc., made up in all the best styles and made on good quality material. Choose from any skirt in stock at a discount of 20 per cent. TRIMMED HATS FOR JULY CLEARANCE SALE AT LESS THAN COST OF THE TRIMMINGS TWO LOTS, $1.95 AND $2.95 Lot No. 1—Consists of ready-towear hats, made in the season's newest styles and colorings. Values formerly as high as $6.50 each, for $1.95 ^ .Lot No. 2—About"20 hats, in good styles and representing values formerly sold as high as $12.50. To clear at, each $2.95 Shirt MEN'S KHAKI AND BLACK SATEEN SHIRTS AT CLEARING PRICES FOR SATURDAY SELLING Men's heavy weight Khaki Twill Shirts, collars attached. The shirt the lumbermen swear by.' Has buttoned cuff and one pocket, all sizes in stock. OUR SATURDAY CLEARING PRICE, EACH - - 95C lien's black Sateen Shirts, made from good quality sateen, one pocket and collar attached. All sizes in stork. These, will be a SPECIAL FEATURE SATURDAY EACH .... 75C Footwear Specials White Canvas Shoes and Oxfords for Men Our entire stock of men's canvas shoes at cost prices. High laced boots, good, round toe tincHow heel, a comfortable shoe for the hot weather. Regular values to $2.50, Saturday special, per pair, $1.45 Suit Special High Grade Men's Suits for Saturday Selling at / $15 Men's Blue Serge Suits, made in the regular three button, single-breasted styles; all sizes, from 34 to ' 44, ON SALE SATURDAY AT $15.00, This lot of serge suits represents a special buy, and the values ■-w-isjA-3* Men's low cut oxfords, same style as shoes, at, per pair $1.45 Men's high laced boots, good quality canvas, made on easy fitting lasts in all sizes. Regular values to $3.25, special Saturday, per pair $1.90 Men's low cut oxfords, same style as boots. Special, per pair .$1.90 Ammonia, 2 pints for.... *,■. :.'-..,;....-. *\ Mrs. ijStewart's-Liquid Blue, 2 for .,.:....A,,. Gold Standard Baking* Powder, 12 ojs -.. Gilt Edge Shoe Black, per bottle .. f........: 7 Reindeer Condensed Coffee, per tin.,........ Braid's Be^t Coffee, fresh ground, 2,lbs..''.'. .-.'.' Lowney's Cocoa, 1 lb. tin ■"..'. '.....;. '.\.. -■ Salt Herring, 3'lbs. .■ ......./,.' -Robin Hood Flour, 49 lb. sack .,;.:...', - AYagstafl:'s Grape Juice, quts—- v. .7. Lard", 5 Ity, pails ,.: '.. Heinz Dill Pickles, per doz..".-.." :.Heinz Baked Beans; medium size, 2 for , Heinz'Catsup, pints .->...'......, **/ Heinz Tomato Soup, per tin ..' Assorted Toilet Soaps, 8bars ' .'.... English Unscented Glycerine Soaps, 3 bars...'. AVhite Swan Laundry Soap, per doz, Swifts, White Laundry Soap, 6 bars Enos Fruit Salts, per bottle ' j. Rogers' Pure. Cane Syrup, 2 lb. tins. Gold,Standard English Malt Vinegar, pt New Okanagan Cabbage, per lb ......... l .25 .25- .15 .20 ; ,25 .85 .40i .25 1.55 .50 t .75. .20 .35 .25 .10 .25 .25 .45 .25 .75 .15 .25 .03 ■r SPECIALS AT THE MEAT COUNTER FOR THE WEEK END Cooked spring chickens, each $1.40 Cooked spring duck, each 1.60 Chicken pies, each .50 Sliced cooked, sirloin beef 45 Pork, with dressing , -.. .35 Sheep tongues in jelly. 40 Pork and beef pies, 4 for 25.. are exceptionally good at $18.50 and $20.00, our SATURDAY PRICE WILL BE $15.00. Only 50 of these suits are offered, so early seleotion is necessary to be sure of sizes. SATURDAY AND MONDAY SPECIALS Wash Boilers Retinued tin, with copper bottom, $2.50, for $2,15 Extra heavy tin, with copper bottom, patent handle, $4.00 value for .' .-.-.' $3,30 All copper boiler, $4,50 for .$3.75 Grey enamel preserving kettles, 70c for .......55c Grey enamel preserving kettles, 85c for 65c Grey enamel preserving kettles, $L0Q, for 80c Grey enamel preserving kettles, $1.50, for $1.25 Grey enamel preserving kettles, $1.75, for $1.40 Blue enamel preserving kettles, 45c, for r.40c Blue enamel preserving kettles 50c, for 45c Blue enamel preserving kettles 60e, for 50o Blue enamel preserving kettles, 75c, for 65c Blue enamel preserving kettles, 85c. for 70c Blue enamel preserving kettles, $1.00, for... 80c Retinned kneading pans, $1.40, for $1.15 Retinend kneading pans, $1.75, for. $1.40 Grey enamel kneading pans, $1.75, for .$1.40 Grey enamel kneading pans, $2.25, for $1.80 -7WQQD COMPANY BRANCHES AT FERNIE, MICHELrNATAL AND COAL CREEK iT.be schools will reopen on August 24th. O. Bain, timber Inspector on C. P. R„ was In town on Tuesday laat. , James Broley, wbo has been at Vancouver, bas returned to the city. Justice of tbe Peace Moffatt of Wardner, sent Wm. Bett, a delegate of the sons of rest, up tor two months. Tbe brokerage -business iormerly conducted by tbe Ute G. E. Lyons has been taken over by 1. F. Pickett. Mr. and Mrs. John McCosh of Barrio, Ont., who have been visiting their daughters, Mrs. (Dr.) Anderson and ■Mrs. Walter Harwood, left tbls morning by C. P. R. for tbe coast. Elliott Kirkpatrick of tbe Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company's accounting department, l-jft on Saturday for a two weeks' vacation at the coast. John MoDougal, manager of tbe Great Northern Northwest Telegraph office here, ba*4>een transferred to tbs miy office In Spokane, J. Lachour bas been appointed manager bere. A colored man from Hosmer is being held on a serious charge by tbe Provincial police, in the city Jail. He will receive n preliminary hearing today or tomorrow. Messrs. W. A. Henderson A Co., of Winnipeg and lMhbrtdge, chartered accountants, are at present engaged at th* city ball, checking municipal account!. At a meeting of tbt I.t«-nw Co»»i»- sioners held on Monday last the licenaa «f tbt Nspsnee hotel. Pernie, wss transferred (rom Whtltn Bros, to A. V. Winters. Tbe grnnd prise drawing In aid of Albert Rergron, who web ln a hilarious frame of mind, donated* $0. John Hart, express auditor of the Great Northern Railway, ls In the city. The Rev. D. E. D. Robertson has been appointed rector of Christ's church. .Mr. Robertson bas been in charge of Summerland, B. C. A. -B, Trites and wife, accompanied by Leslie Walker and Miss Kirkpatrick, motored to Gateway and return on Sunday. .Messrs. Chas. Buhrer aad Sid Horton were also down at Fernie's popular week-end resort and secured large baakets of speckled troutlets. C. R. Gordon, Government Inspector ot Factories, Vancouver, Is ln the city for tbe .week on official business. (This is the first we've heard of sucb an office or official.) The case of Kurfuk vs. Hosmer .Mines, Ltd,, which Is a claim for compensation under the Workmen's; Compensation Act, will come up on August 18 for hearing. The Fernie baseball nine Journeyed to Cranbrook on Wednesday and played a game with the Cranbrook nine, the result being a tie. Scot, 1 to 1. Batteries: Cranbrook, Crowe and Crowe; Fernie, Crysler, Hoffman and Hovan. \Mr. Alex. Macnell announces tbat iMr. Stlyiwn Banwell barrister and to* Hcltor. ia now is partnership with bim. and that tbe new firm will practice under the name of Maeneff * -Etenwetf*.' offices In the Bank of Hamilton building. Fernie, B. C A party constating of Misses Bennett, M. Folltt, O. Foil*. L. Carter, M. James and F. Baker, chaperoned by Colin Mcleod, barrister, of Leth-i WHEN TEDDY "HIT THE TIE8" , (bridge, Is in the city on business. { AND THE SPEEDER HIT TEDDY1 Norman Fraser, mining expert from Lethbridge, is registered at the Fernie. The ■€. P. R. announce that the Cranbrook local arriving at 12 noon and leaving at 1 o'clock will be taken off on Friday night, July 3lst. Owing te an Injury sustained by County Court Judge Thompson, It bas been decided to postpone the court until August 3rd. •Mrs. Gates arrived back In town Saturday last, after an extended trip, during which time she visited New York, Toronto and the eastern 'Provinces, and Included Dakota on ber return trip. It wil be noticed from our advertisement columns that the Loyal Order of (Moose Intend to hold their picnic on Monday, August 3rd, to Elko, return fare being 11.05. The train vill loave Fernie at. 9:1ft a. m., and return from Elko at 8:30. The Loyal Order of Moose made every effort to get a cut ln the rates for this trip, but owing to th* distance that the railway has to bring Ute stock (about SOO miles) nnd the shortness of the ran, it was found impossible to give a cheaper rate and insure accommodation for all. The C. P. R, could not grant a special train, as all of their spare rolling stock (It la claimed) Is used to convey the harvesters from tbe east at this time. Tbey express- td thtir wttKnfU-**-*, however ta ttn all they conld If tbe trip were delayed for a month or slg -weeks. The «ko Hoard or (Trade are dolug everything possible to make the trip to real bummer and sports for the kiddles, baseball games, and possibly other at A brief examination ot the front of the speeder showed tbat we bad hit the Teddy square astern and that he had taken several inches of paint to decorate hia rear end as a momento of his escape. We took a run back In the hope of rendering first aid, should this be necessary, -but tbe bear, evidently dubious of human kindness and forethought, had hit the ouih and may still be going for all we know—« sorer but a wiser bear. The party on the speeder have to thank the bear for his consideration In falling between the rails, for had he not done so, it Is questionable whether Jimmy's back would have been sufficient to break the Impact, and tha writer and James might be sleeping (with other members of the In rather confined spaces, .-....._• the strains ot the Dead March, for it Is questionable whether a A hy I which thst bur* is fcmous. The latter.i htfor* ftt local magistral* lariat the sty. em a sharp «rv», what aMMamd both ptrfiwi aad tht cast bsa netted! Jot states, aatwed a owrked disinclM »*tk. aad the «iti Utaawrr h*« »t, t* bt a d*g wm mttend m the wem. great interest, twlng to »h«? peculttr osticm to partake of tkt* amxoty il) Icrtved several cottribttlot* f»»||««t filtering tb* taaatt, and a wtm* , ._._ as an _ jaaainst the possibility of ague. Wt I wert "kitting ft at tidy clip" ef thirty j per. wbta on sppnweblag tbs rock-eat Quite a number of ease* hart tome Uunntl, nome tmt exden belew Morri» INQUEST OF HILLCREST EXPLOSION VICTIMS (CoBtlaoed Uem rage Owe) Ing to a question by the vice president of District 18 as to whether, In his opinion, a company failing to make search for matches, etc., at any time as provided tor by the Act, would be liable to prosecution for not doing so, the Inspector did not think they would be. This completed the evidence, and the coroner having charged the Jury, they retired to consider their verdict, which was as follows: Inquisition Ao Inquisition taken for Our Sovereign Lord, The King, at tbe Masonic Hall, la the Village ot Hlllcrest on the 20th day of June, 1811, and by adjournment on the 23rd day of June, 1914, *efore Frederick Matthew Pinknty, ont of tbe coroners for our said Lord, tht King, for tbe Province of AlbtrU, on views of the body of Thomas Bardsley and other men then and there lying dead, the undersigned. Classified Ads.- Gent a Word TO RENT—Six-roomed House: pantry, electric light and water; kino five- roomed House. Apply W. Minton, 87 Lindsay Ave., or Ledger Office. 287 FOR SALE—Furniture, after 29th. Apply 76 'McPherson avenue. WANTBD-Shoe shiner, steady Job. Apply, Pantorium, Fernie. 226 FOR RBNT—In centre of dly, five- roomed modern house, meat kitchen, clothes closet, electric lights, cellar, toilet, etc. Apply 158 Ptllatt avenue, city. 229 "The Tragedy of the Masked Ball," In tour reels, is on* of thott remark tomas, tht Man « My«»fy».»»"»^.*.««•• w™ nnltHwtn Amiws Grafton. These are not the usual "deductive theory." made to order ttunts, but genuine, thrilling detective stories, filmed by a great picture house, which know how to stage these thing*, and who can command th* s*rv1ct* oi th* most talented actars and actresses the moving picture world haa ever seta. They are people wbo bvtn made a life study of picture acting and command pre-eminent positions In tbelr profession. When you see them. R It Just th* asms at stelng tht gnat atar artlsls ot the stags—Just as natural, jost at thrilling. Fer Wednetdsy aad Thuraday next there is the "Bquaw Man," la six reels, A supeit drana, full of action, char* tcttr aad lift—a strong .powerfW story that will appeal le all Next week tb* maaigtsteat announce Manr Plekterd In "A Good Utile DevU.1' -Vmr reel*. and Trltes-Wooi! luJ a try-out, unit •■"" -— » • -■*- -• i_„.,lk the ttnm* wa* bloodlr-m Beach teem i 8tlM another party, snd this coasts**! ■I»"UK' gratobed on* point. The respect!*e iti «t fttfMl auart*ft of F»»»J*'* *»•! J«f Mtore and Jaa, Nicholson were ««nt« nf ***** tmt** wkiv t»# «nmmH*M««»*M. tua matt» , -'••-•- ■•'- i«*n»*v*?'*.'» #*..*!* itUmt »«*..», n.**,, tfiti'jt'^uvt'B V; i'UU. UiiC ;-jijii*;irrfl tn .1;,» »r1mr* th* Triwi-ttooi jatt as jrot>d Tfe* tea**!*)) warn* st th* city park oa Saturday tttwetn the Coal Com .«*■■* Ing. "Look our for th* dog!" shotted. Jast at thet nomeat tht "<*•* (ward and gave us a good look af af* phyalognomy. "Dog b« d—r shouted half the psrty: "It's a bear!" aad K was. tktagk a very sMttibtar. ,.,,„,. ...... .ttetern-MaMln—Oeif stehsleek,Ml , , ,, ,, (l, „„ '^r'^rMttrttrd mm tta-^f *** *"*, <*"W-»f «**..vtlT?!?' '*»***** tbein vmmt tottbw IL XmtmaAltmmA ..- mm.i&* ^..^4 ***>'. .^'t£2l'm£''MSMT to Whttll Xk*, IU » bNtmn \mnyft0KeiWmtiwfF nWI wQQomw999m m^mW" OAMCt IN AIO Ot COLORADO •TRIKIM The poatpoatd daac* far tht beae-i ftt af tht Colorado strikers um* plsea' oa Monday avsnlng at tha •oclallst Hall, wbta ovar 109 cotiplt* oecapled tht floor, Tkn dance wil a huge sue- eeea, aad dariag tat emteg, H. Of s^ i * ,i» .*» it. »9-ynm.ttt9,-r •Moore, Wm. Goodwin, deorgt Orafton, Arthur B. Farmer, Thomas Duntan, Harry Smith, Evan Rosa Mckenlte, Cbsrlet Fuehs. good lad lawmi men, being duly sworn and charged lo la* quire for mir aald Lord, Tb* King, when where, how and hy what means the said Thomas Bardsley aad others, lit men In nil a* per list attached, earns to their death, do npon their oath oar— The** men earn* to their death fn the HUlcwst Mint en tk* 19th day ot June, 1914 aa a result of aa enploslon Tht Jury detire to say that they do aot think tbt regutaUoas of tht Ooal Ctftntt Act hav* b**a strictly ai* Wm would rtcotnwend that Oorore- ment enforce an Inspection at later- ▼ate ef aot It** thaa one* a month far match** aad ptptt of all men tw* pltytd (a th* aria**, Tht Jury farther recommends that each compaay keep oa hand aa atar tat tslM moot* as peislMi a snf- ftettat atmbtr tf taftty tppsrtaat la *n*e of seefdeat. ti mttaaas arhereaf, th* eoroasr ia* htrtwatn ttt his haad aai awl aai th* J«l? btr* hetwmto **t tbelr aaadt aad ttalt thl* 22ad day af Jaly, tlt«. 1AMBB W. QHMHAM. with tbt rock clashing pleat. «hkh"t*;iw*aty'days. pany snd Cltrits resulted.In a «*».«, f _ .. td < *» t. ie favor et th# torwtet item, I We sre Inforaed by the Mayor that Htttert**—Cttt Ueaiptay, ctttitt-aaaiMMk -v.******-*.. *• h**.***.*^ Hovan; Oerks. Hottawn aad Plelwtt.! -J" **■ *• Auothf r game was hold oa Sondsy be- twiwa tbe Hotel Men aad Scoots, and wai won by tht former by a score of 9 to t. Batteries --Scouts, McDougal and Mci*od; tHW Um, Watltct and tlornn at work crashing ttoa* Jast off tkt Coal Creek rosd. The cost of operating the plant I* about 949 per day. aad tht city hss been able to place crashed reek oa tht strtets at less thaa flJS p»r yard*. Tho wait te giving as*- inti;, mt-ot to t«wr t«tai« »n*\ **%m Wm. Baldefwtta* aad Attm A*al«j, Bhermsa wero aaftad 1* the %e«ds of \ettm* nnmmmy at F»rat« Hatanlay. iei* i * «*»»»*■»&•* U#»» * W'»*>>4m>» » *U 1Mb. Ktv. D. SI. Pettey emtUdtoe-itoiiim iWoMot have beea ia to»s ££ brSThS bmmmSletm « th. j dariag th* «aak. aai r*0atere4 at tb* IMttritt Vtdtcet etneo for tht hwt six Waido-rf hotel. Aaot»*r entweix j ——; ^"»*>i«—t*i— «»«^ *r aa mo%Xka *T*is«>«r**h«r. *htkt th* m*mb*r tf th* PtetbiekA W* tort* ? •ttnm af^gg*188 ***** ** •» bridearotos waa aterotary for Ho*m*r was notlcti to«Mt on sa expedition w^wJI*T^,i^1,»li- lMemm rf tsexmi aaui ttot tome «»at*d down- to Mtrriasty TtMday torn, tt it a*-! tfbete mbA*********** ***** ** liwUitauSbaxStU acwty welltenrmit mt p ttm tm tnt*mtm toiteeeetmle tit m m\m* ftnt u t* uta oauaana. w w» « .*... k.....: —~-tWtHk*"fla»||*l**a. «*T »« •*]*&-** ***** "nr w* ktra* md\mn aai ttat ta SWsr Wtatmiasia* If e«t! BHf! (Wt kHtdm Jattiie** tM \nlU nm wt-re oret Mm! Ihi mm te noticed to tan a eoaplt ot sumaiar nnHi (or bMraaaftat, Uf* aa a part- lac look of sympathy aad tttrof wl Wat It aqthrffithetwssl,mmm p, WWt'«l.^y^ wwi tat md c«*d»cWs *• dj» ••"^Jfw^S^i !,^!Sf^i attrotl***!*. wwi. tt IMS mm MMb ^T.r^^J^tllt*.^' * «»"«* to "hft the fl*** w»** ♦** sad is day*, w^etiveiy. *|.ictiag !»*ar conJl affwi teUe-m^ Son- MtlOeeeH waa deuiatd tot nhmeemoite -pas*" Mai •» tibbmiiy immydmebtmemietwtwrtrnmim huronir. The kaar m» itmeei to ^.,. 99,^-^—,.- __m m- -. m^g^irmmtamktmme** tnm Moore, also chartod with vagrancy, was fined $11 or thirty daya H. BaMrsoa. for falllsg lo carry an overioed af llqald rafrashsseau dettm oasty. wt* flood •• or tea daya. O. mtto nnd \t tynndj, ketk this be aa object least* It th*ai. at that ia tb* fataro they night organic* sad wsttr spta thetr IWt. lw fhaf ttmimww*^wtmwi oon e-*^^m-em^o9mem$ tww 9<**t^^m m^&^^w^ wtwde-k—ttedaem -with wMeh th« \btnt ft far tht li u Ui* tauattoa. ofthe acwty **<1 fan'omt thnt. ft ww* kt* intawmn reffnaaaffr »» f* coapw tt tato a trip U th* Astt**d*c ur*mt nn moot mt*k*n ot ttt* "flatly* lone. Tbny* viaKnftSr mawti tliaMwT fri** aa po*5tt* Po *nr w* haw aot \momi mm via mtgtatoJk omlduA heard of hi* anceta* certified lata**. Ht tlit ! ratalttd atalint eaadltiaaa. H* tern up, to b*. aa it wtro. kaostod derwn tad d«4*eat«i bf tto astttr -mAa-^m* ^^Mn feat >m** ^^^ -dteA-em^^ *^^k htoda gattorlag thtta Oat *v«*lac teetlftei to tie streagth *f the wartttr. Lit a^s^^^ e^^r aw a^w^j^wp*r w^^mmw^ ewe ei-m — ■*-*"■ aMaalte toAtoy 'we ^. *t**.i*. •■--■<* ■-*- _______* ..., ,,„ ^PWl WWmm lmmw \*mttA^wWwo MB wW jflpfw wN J^^mt*^^mw*m wBw tto tvtalag. ft atay to saeatHaef ttot a tea-t ^^^^WW**.|^P mwmmmjm^fW m& »PBI^WP WWw tl^^^W, ad that tto da*** ta Maadty algto te atway rsprstsat* 'to aswat at tto "^KVWflWM ■ _XMVi' CfUSLW FtlCHS, KWiif:~— A.EFAI «. MMW . iwrrw?«w tt vw» catastrophe. Tke total "output from tht colliery was ovor 1,000 tout psr day, and on th* morhlng of tht explosion th* wholt mint had hteo tx* nmlntd nnd roportod on ay oaa fire* bos* la two hour* and tw*aty minute*. There were 54.000 tabic feet per mtn- att of air ustd to ventilate No. 1 mint and 94.009 cubic feet ptr mlnnt* to ventllste Xo. J Qtlna, No. 1 win* 8reduced three time* as maeh coal aa re. l mine. Thtro wat alto aa amount of 14,600 cubic toot por minute In No. l North, but a* tbls our* rent patted around No. 9 Snath alto, It mast havo fona*d part of th* 34,000 .cubic fttt, It thia*waa measured ln j No. I South as tat air record* showed. I aat firmly toavlaatd that had ttore torn a current of froth air supplied to tht fata* of No. I South ao aa to it* lata aai reader banal*** aasloa* gas** at rogalrti by Statins H of tha Mints Aet, this accident would never hav* bapptatd. Reported by .VORMANFRASIBR. Wawatoa. Aha-. II Jaly, 1914. oito l«ly 19th. the infant tea tf Mr. sad Mrs. Jam** StsekwtU, aged 1 waaks lattnatat ttok platt ta Wadattday. Ret. D. M. Perley offlclatlag. Jaly 3ttt, at Hull Rlvtr, Ofakolma FVirgttnon. aged in. The body fa being told at tto aadartaMas partata aaitll •»«##•* »«* ***n ttnmm Wt -aemaettml***. tat with ratatlvtt. i uem rwtk imp stwpaa NOTICI Mr.. Cw*», tt tto an. wlshsa la aula ttot to ntafatfaa TtO- pararity to to* tt^^^^^^g^ _a •^^pppfw wa Uetot * aad _ tan la a 1t$Jb_ S?Si SSTSSsmmTmmtmA. «wa io the Ctlerado tlrfkar*. \m/t W -^M*«W*WHf -amm^m-w-^m m ■m 1- read a Utter to tod ittatroi t>epwty Attorney OtMitl Haat, la .ItoMb fa§ WffHf Msfti laat tatlag 'Ngatt to tto rary tloreoah Hvwtv trosa tto cawrtstistsw. and tie tttt he tAt«d tlmr #«*Rs«Btaf' wmdi kttbnpnfletefni and ttot ttoy waaM STOMti wWs as jiu