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Show G0C10RS FAILED. SERIAL1 RESTORED BY PERUXA. Catarih of the Lungs Tiircatoic-- Her Life. STORY yi 8$$SS0 J of !i i..r ;i.- fi.r in into ii.c liiiu lirlu In i wh.it ieh- s hivei's. l'j call I l.uvo Lull cured by ml, w i " i.t mlr-- i ii.i !" A:u lia As Yi rum, sat there he Imagined whiimed. 1 i!,;u a! I that i ;i : k w us of him; more d.u ilig iMi'k. I ha! sover.il in mnrrhiu'ea of the I H.u'i di a: ?" i o,i si Ili.ni a'l. U'.:i I ;:!1 tli.it l;i nul.l vius at 'A'h. li. p mu lu"g. The dui'tiirj did netcur.-of Vi : tioii wjs Hying in laiigii "I'uu't more was no there me. .vit.U never have sod in see ii.c di'iiiii'iioii" call men -- I m. w tii her i hail i lu re was iw-rday wlicn i.'-'a in a lVri:u:i !i t it lndel di n the liu Nut il.dsnii.i', 10 wi ylsl'iluis r.'iU'e liver piellj, or nimanai: of a cu-- c eii.iil.ir to mine, and lor their big inn III ili.iiieis. At lhbt ihiiig like ihai. Hut women: Ah, I ri.i:iiiiL-!i- ' J ii it. now .uul ilieu, Ai'.c'ia luriic.l to liiiu. nidi : 'li. m mi- i "I was nos aide to wait on myself You'tc cot the hl'ii-c- , haw-u'Ami il.n ling, you are you?'' i wlmi 1 boi-a- a u.iiujr it. I gained sin- bah!. :i u ' " It would se i:i that somehat first, but I could sco that it owlie an did her The) Yitie fmo to face again, lm'h injustice l.y having wart helping me. llie blues. diew smihi.g i;;i!i.uu!y. Then Ann-ii.- i After I ha.l taken it a while I com"No." lie answered. awaj, aiu-u: menced to rairte up a striugy, slb-lc"Then what's Hie matter?' she de"Aiiiiic), i, nil l lie I iiLcuiniiS." .utwlanco from my lungs. This grew "Km 1m di ail m (iinii-itlie manded. Icrtrt and lens in quantity as 1 continued hl "mi on. "Ami 1 think imi ought to Yt rnon glanced at her, nml By tlm treatnu-iit- . make m.inc sort of aiucmis for all tile I grew inre fleshy than I had lieen glance curried its own n'proiich. uiii-niWalters reUy illustrations if she as "Oh!" Ray 1 me." said, now and call suddenly )ou've i .i.i-ia for long time, inyseJ "Yon poor ho!" slu- said, with tho wren. calling a triiinl incident. "Stiil worpity Uni; in pun ol a woman's trirying about that?'' tulila-Huru- l WHAT BECAME OF THE BUTTON MMT. l (Cowr-guiit lins umph Weil." Vernon answered, Co.) "I did it," lie some seriousness Tor me. I said, "just SYNOPSIS. Naive Confection of Little Girl Proved Amelia, sitting iropcily erect, ber love you, and have h a rued in Her to Be True Daughter Penutur Morley V 'mull's visit with his hands folded In her lap, twiaicd alout( wLat woiin u are capahle of, what they fl.iiKi-i- of Eve. , whs miglii dii in polities liy h call from and faced him. Ins puliiirul In is in iln- Hluti- cupiiiil. "in puli' !cs! "You Mur don't mean, you thtvtj ley,' Motley! fan you rl it. tlie nirl limn- than lie, Kilh in i aiirtc site I mil arniiiK-i- i it are sorry it didnt puss. do you?" im- in politics? 1 iltoughl you In alii-mIsde Fuller, the noted dancer, told tiiniit-Imagine t lail saiil willi She him. it puis me in tailier an awkward hud a more exalu-i-l oiiitiion of wonieu; at a luncheon a story about her class she yitirm-i- l for a litnational ofll.-- fur liiiu. in the sennit he full ml position." he Buid. till Yel'llon's of dancing children. "I suppose you 1 ihought you kept them oil a higher a nilr ruse, liy a pi a fur know tlmt. 1 gave the children a Christmas nuffr.-isplane." mi-tlie fur He I of Mims Marla "Hut oii " don't see how," Amelia replied. party last year, she said, and when laughed, and t him Willi pl'nHiWll lo CllllVI-l'Vernon explained, "to stand shook his lieail hi the mysteiy of it, 'Well." the pudding came on I said to them: IS. Nn. nl rertiiliitlon liiiuse fnr voting 'I have put in this pudding a coin, Miss Greene aecured Vernon's promise tn for a measure of that I in aa-l- nee, and but did not go on. nte fur the sulTruge resolution. IP also then at the a little china doll and a button. Who- al.leil final, crillcal moment, to Why, Morley, would you want to v i in ! I ik others, lie limk her hy see your mother or your sister or me, Miss ever gets the coin will be rich. liking to the fair SUIT rani-lie- . ll with llle "Oh. I see!" said Amelia, moving or even Mrs. Hodge I Jit ill poliWhoever gets the doll will be married Virinm ailmilteil to liiinself iliut Of tics?" before the year is out. Hut whoever the Hiiffrmotte liml slirn-i- l a Hi mum- - feel- away from him on the couch. Ills ing within him. lie forgot to l "Well," be said, with a sudden and gets the button will be an old maid. inimee'M loiter. Vernon niaile a great course, if you regret the time, if youd In aideil of favor by rattier have lieen over lu the senate serious emphasis, "ut Mrs. Hodge-MlhroWell, the pudding disappeared rapHulfrage. . from Miss Greem-- The resnlmhui than to have been with me why, of idly, and the little girls soon found gliincel exactly. Slic'd be chairman wait made a apet-honler. Vernon was She gave a little deprecat- of the state central committee from the coin and the china doll. Hut the elilliiiHiHstle on the prospects for the res- eoui-se!III Mtss Greene's He was mui-the start, and. well the machine button did not turn up. No one got olution. company. Vernon neglected tlionglits of ing laugh. Amelin. Vernon leaned Impulsively toward would he a corker, that's all. limk Miss Greene driting anil the button. This amazed me. soout plans for the sileceas of the M The elevator was rushing down That night 1 said to my favorite laid lution. Vernon's speech caused a a rent her. d little girl, as we sat alone by the tire newspaper MeiiHstion. He was lielng Hut, dear, he said, you don't un- again in Its perilous descent, and when hy Amelia, who had not answered its door flew open they saw Mrs. Overin my room: his letter. Vernon la "llpjwd oiT'' that Ills derstand!" man Hodge-Lathiii'1 can't understand what became suffrage resolution may not puss. As come out of the come to And after ine your begging Greene was due the following morncar. Yeruoii rose hastily. of that button. I put It In the pudding Miss to see you! ing he Imd no feiira. Miss Greene ar- down to Springfield, "There she is." he said. rived uinl brrHkfueted We with Vernon. Amelia said.' Her eyes were fixed on myself.' ln cross the dining mom. mustn't 'I'll tell you,' the little girl con- liiinl keep her waiting." moment women opponent of tlu- suffrage the ele valor, and just at that Amelia rose, tint she caught his fessed. turning rosy with confusion. 'I resolution. In- - apied Amelin, lie started ihe ear came rushing down the shaft her. Rlie treated him eoldlv and hand and gave it a sudden pressure. Uut 1 didn't wuut Inward dot Hie button. Itself swished when. a and io rcstop just the wnno-opponents of suffrage p Hut you linven't answered my queshim for Ills part. Mrs. everybody to laugh at me tho 1 told Kennlnr Vernon Hint his til wallowed It.'" tion," she said, with a continuity of onduet with Vlas Greene had hard LcOb thought lliaL was her final surprise fur upon Amelia. lie was told to eomfort her. Vernon hail a tearful Interview with him. Are you so very lmdiy disapWITH THE BOHEMIANS. Amelia, mid lie tried In umln the ills after all?" which Ills suffrage move laid mused. pointed. . He partially "imide up with Well, no," he said. I don't think who hail timo-- luhliylst against the p It would do. ft would well, it would llie work of tli Mot. women the resolution complicate. Mrs. Ijulirop's trick In sending Vernon Mrs. liodgc-Lathrowas standing In to Anii-llkeeping him away while tliekilling wi lit on. Miss Green was Inlrothe Into tin1 door, iiecring impatiently to the meinhers of the Jaitlirop M'.-- s NiUet'.u Iurn-r- , Vi r-- v. u.-i- vi-r- - " . r liiiu--ilniie- .h i V :i-- 0 $ l..,i.d.-,.uue.- 1 lHER: INFINITE 1 ' t the yc-ii- u.-.- ii- . i VARIETY " Brand Whitlock -d - , )u - - l r r ih-s- ilri-i-m- pr.-ti- t'llli-HK"- . 1 fail" In-o- neg-leete- p entn-nilu-- - Ilorlge-.atliro- FiSTAYilifi Atm-lia- anil-suffra- Tln-oiig- dim little room. They stared toward her. , Anyway, dear heart," Amelia whispered as they went, remember this that you did It all for nte." THE END. parly. CHAPTER Deafness Cannot Be Cured mm-dm- . dnlm-na- . end that a br w caused liy an Mirtamwl cnndiiKin ul On Biuroui lining of tlw KiHeu'limu Tiitje. M hen tine tulif a mibuncd you have a rumbling twuml or me Prrfn-- t hearing, and wIumi It to entirely rkwril. tt the mult, and unliiw the Uiflaniiiintmn ran he lu normal co.uli-tu-m takpn uut and thla tulip mtuml lo nuw nun hnarhig will be dntmynd fumn-r- ; b mitlilu out of trn arc eauo-- by (Wlirrh. whk-munnu ol tlm urfamt eundlltuu hiflomcd an but W'p will cl VP One Hundn-f- l Uulhin fg any caw ot DeafnrM traiwpd by rwtarrtai that ran not bp runid by Hall'i Catarrh Curp. SpihI fnr plrriilar. frpp. O. V. J. CHLNkY CO., luhnla Sold by nrtunclcta. Tir. Taka Hall'a Family Plllc lor coanlmtloa. Dntimc s It Would Suit Him. give you my word, the next person who interrupts the proceedings, said the judge, sternly, "will be expelled from the courtroom and ordered home." "Hooray!" cried the prisoner. Then the Judge aindered. Judge. 1 Free to Our Readers. n, Kye Hunk Yrlto lilt ulunit Yimr Kye Trouble and un ailvlmto the Appll-- r lrup-theyIonwill Hie Murine in of ill Kye . Your Druggist will Your Special Viim-thinMarine Kyes. tell yon that Piieirl, Strengthens Weak aKy-s- i. fnr .Vn- Try Soothes Kve Jaln. It In Your Kyes and in liiby's l.yi-- lor Scaly Kyilliln and Graaiila'.iuii. l r - p - 1 EFFECTED CURE. QUICK Sick Wife Aroused by Contemplation of Her Successor. sight-seein- cure Chlca-ar- y HUBBY p cannot rra.-- On Sis-cby local tpplitiUMn, aa they Him- - to onlv mg my to ed porujii ut tlie nr. Vo.. Continued. You are enjoying your visit In Springfield, I trust? You have sceu the Lincoln monument and the homestead? How very Interesting they must he! And the legislature offers novelty; don't you find it so?" She gathered her skirts as If to withdraw. Hut Mrs. Overman Hode-Latliroachieved a smile. "V have not enjoyed the pleasures On tlie contrary, we of raine to uppeur liefore the senate," she said. Miss Greene surveyed her critically, with that look in which one woman insM'i-tanother woman's attire. She then extended her ci ideal scrutiny to the dress of the others. "To la sure! she said. "I should have known." The ladles again exchanged glances. Mrs. Haibourtoii plainly could not bear that tlielr position should be equivocal. She doubtless had her little vainglorious wish to have their Btircess known. Mrs. Overman Hodge 1. at loop came down to appear tu opisisition to the woman's rights resolution!" She emphasized the word woman as if she wotdd not for worlds have been a woman herself. exclaimed Miss Greene. Indeed! 1 am sure her appearance must have been a very convincing argument." She gave her opponent another searching glance. Mrs. Overman Hodgi-Iilhrowas having ditficuliy in get- The Poet Just avoided a serious old chap. While the wlm storm was raging the fence blew down and I had to dodge a billboard. The Artist You are lucky, my friend. In a few hours I'll have to dodge a board hill. Write Murine Kye illiis.riiti.-ifor XIV. 't ting her breath. "We have been having a taste of lobbying. Miss Greene." she began and " is harder lor n woman io pray her How iinpleiisulil !" said she. IiiisIkhuI into hf aven tliiiu it is to nag "Yon know, lmssibly." said Mrs. him into the oilier place. n gaining Overman Hodge will icH'nfiifb ii iwniMi-Bof lier Hisition. something ATRIFIpINO Cor;il A'l n l.uiif ll'iiNim will nut nulls? fur lbML "Indeed I do." Miss Green assented, urtir wfoip ii. A V.V liniiii Is l:iiva Bold by uil (Irujgrfiblis iw, jw .indltJU Imit iw. "bill where It Is in the line swit-ilyone's of duty obscures the pinfesshin. Is of a not rest; Absence ciccupatiim One cannot, you mind quite vacant Is a mind distressed. unpleasantly ss. one's occupation. know, always TO ('I KE A 01.11 IN ONK HAT Good TakM I.AaNATlYIS TuhfofM. yuirm ninmv if n fn.lw io cun. LW And catching her ski its, with a lniinriMniun(i K irtiftturt Ison uili mile and a bow she left The successful lobbyists stood in siSometimes a man's wisdom is due to a moment, looked one to number lence a clever of wife. iKissessinn the with wide and staring eyes. Then at Tr. Plrrrp'i TVllPtt, amatl. pspv to Mrs. Overman Hodge- - La ilirop takt mm rn nlT. nirtilaiH und invinntitf aumancli last iifr Mod Uiwflaand cur cuoMlpaiiuo. Inke. Morley," she aald, I do wish you Don't blame the phonograph If It has loam to discriminate in your could a laid record. 1 ni ' . ' mm-iiing!- ' mignr-nmip- introductions." CHAPTER XV. Just before dinner Amelia and Vernon sat in the little waiting room of the hotel. Mrs. Overman Hodge Lath rop and her ladies had gone up to the suite they had taken and were encaged in repairing the toilets their political labora of the morning had somewhat damaged. Amelia had completed her toilet more quickly than they end had joined Vernon, waiting for her below. They sat In the dim little room where Amelia could look across the corridor to the elevator, expecting every moment the coming of Mrs. Now that Overman IIodge-Lathrothey found themselves alone and face to face wph the necessity of recoa- - To She Said, Have Ktiown. Be Sure," I William, dear," feebly called the Invalid wife, who was supposed to he nearing the end of her earthly career. Y es, darling." answered the sorrow-Jn-g husband. "What is it?" "When I atn gone,", nn id she. "1 feel that for the sake of the motherless Should little ones you should murry again." Do you really think It would be best, darling?" asked the faithful it scented, it should havs- shattered William,- ' itself to pieces at the bottom. The eleYes, William, I really do," replied vator laiy clanged the Iron door buck, the Invalid. "After a reasonable length and Marla Greene stepiied out. of time you should seek the companThere she is now!" said Amelia, ionship of some good woman." Do you know, my dear," said the raising her head to see. Miss Greene paused a moment to reply to the husband. that you have lifted a great greeting of sonic one of the isiliticluns burden from my mind? Now, there Is who stopped to speak to her. that charming widow Jones across the Amelia's nose was elevated. way. Hhe has acted rather friendly And so that's the wonderful hair toward me ever since you were taken you all admire so much, Is it?" she ill. Of course, dear, she could never - - -- said. Well," replied Vernon, almost defiantly, don't you think It is rather exceptional hair?" Amelia turned on him with a look of superior and pitying penetration. "Dues that shade deceive yon?" she naked. She smiled disconcertingly', as at she looked away again Mntia Greene. That woman lawyer was just leaving the politicians. And to think of wearing tiiat hat Anu-llwith that hair!" went on. Though of course," she added, with deep meHiiina, it may nriuinu;)' have been tlie right shade; the poor hat can't lie i x peeled to change Its color." Vernon had no answer for iter. "1 wonder what explanation she'll hare tor lor defeat?" said Amelia in a tune tliar could nut conceal its spirit of triumph. 'Tin not worried about tha'." said Vernon. "I'm more eonri-ineabout the explanation I'll have. "Dearest!" exelainted Amelia, swifttone ly laying her hand on his. ll'-had chaimcd. mid as sho leaned toward him wiih the new teiidcrncrs that her new Manner exhaled. Vernon felt i and his heart change within hiiio-cli'- , fill your place, but site is young, plump and pretty, and I'm siti-- she would do her best to lessen my grief." "William Henry Drown!" exelainted the female whose days were supposed to be numbered, as she partly raised herself upon tlie pillow, if you ever . dare install that freckle-faced- hussy In my shoes. squint-eye- I'll Ill And then she fainted. But the next day Mrs. llrown was able to sit up, and two days later she was downstairs. Misapplying Music. went to a fa' liloiiabl wedding the other day." remarked a imm who has little time for such tilings, "mill I was decidedly Impressed by the cliiirii'-teof the music that was played while the assembled guests were waiting for the wedding party to arrive. The principal number played by the orchestra was an air ft out one of tlie must modern operas. It marks the entrance of the heroine of th piece, who Is coming on the scene io take part in a v. edding of complaisance with the hero, who is gen rally regarded as one of the greatest blackguards the world of opera knows. Every character on the Plage knows that the lluililhlstlc svelled. wedding ceremony that Is to take Deaiest," she said. In a veico 'hat place Is a sham and the marriage hesitated before the idea of some nec- furna out to be a tragedy of the shab-essary reparation, are you really ?o biest sort. And vet that music was played In a cliurrh that stands for Inbadly rlisapisiluted?'' He looked at her, then suddenly he telligence if uny one congregation In Exchange. drtw her into bis arms, and she hi this town dues. her hi ad rest for an instant on ills Woman's Rights. shoulder; but only for an Instant. Thin 'Madam, do you believe In woman's she exclaimed and was erect and all rights? asked the man standing in propriety. the car. You forget where we are, dear, I do," she replied shortly. she sa!d. I am "Excuse me," he went on. I don't care about that." h rebut an Ignorant male seeking light plied. and then, glancing swiftly about May I ask you if you construe these in all directions, he kissed her. rights to Include the privilege of Morley!" she cried, and her checks spreading your really becoming skirts were red, a new and happy red. over three seats?They sat there, looking at each Thereupon she rornienseii herself, other. he took a seat and You didt.'l consider, yen didn't flagged. I r r - convi.-rssUu- a rittstiuig, la. FOT tiie first time since its organization (lie steel trust Is riini-.ic.its plums witluuit a fltili lulior uuiuii. Niue years iisn, out of 14'i.OiM nun employed in its mills. r.:..oint were members of llie strongest union evtr organized in lite Iron and steel trades. Today, with over 2L0.tK0 workers In trust mills. not one is openly u union man. On Ihe other hand, the trust calls attention to llie fuet I hut tti.Oull out of tlie emmen hiii! mill iiit-?:ti.(M)ii iitfii-trust ill steel the the (d ployed plants are now holders of Steel Corporation stoek under the stia'k plan adopted by the combine years ago. These men. they assert, ennnot be reached by any labor organizer; they are purt owners in this plants in which they work. Tlie wages are practically the same, with the exception of the sheet and tin the . nonunion plate plants, where wage Is slightly under the last Amalgamated association scute; the sentiment in the nonunion mill towns Is exceedingly hostile to organfxatlon, and organlxera sent Into the open shop strongholds by the Amalgamated association last summer often were mobbed by mysterious crowds, while the town authorities seemingly shut their eyes. of Hartford, Conn. I). K. Danbury, plaintiff In the hattera' autt. admitted on the witness stand under that the expenaea of the ault are being defrayed by the association. American This association, according to a ropy of lta constitution shown by Ixsewe, waa formed In 1902. The articles declare that the membership Is not to lie made public, but that publicity is to be given to the aims of the organi-tlon- . For the first six muntha the of one per members pay rent, of the pay roll, the assessment ceasing when 2.ri0,000 has been real- Indbn, to :;ii Its, cHtiii:i-l- i Ind. The proposition u home for ugi-- uml dla-I'Me- the I'rrssiuen's lll- -' rtiit 1. it,.: imtiiii. whi.-was put to a mte lost moMli, wa-- i car-flel.y- a largo Tho home will be estiilillchi-nt Hale Springs. where the union has purchased h la'ge tract of laud A sanatorium for Kiberi'iilosis and a tuum for nged and dlra' led members will he built on tlie ground. It has taken the press-mi- i just five months to formulate a plan, put the proposition to a referendum vote and adopt It. The home will e completed within the next eight months. London, Eng. Tlie house of lords, 'tie final court of apeal in tills country, decided tlmt a trade union may nut make compulsory levies upon its meniliers lo provide pay for its parIn liamentary representatives. tlmt such levies would be Illegal llie second chamber sustains llie decision of the appeal court handed down a year ago. The labor party bad announced some time ago that if the verdict of the lords was against it in this crro a MU to legalise com pulsory levies would be promoted. Hoston. The executive board and legislative committee of the Maaaa-chuset- ts state branch A. F. of L. met and completed the plana for the It was legislative work next year. derided that the eight-hou- r bill would be presented to the Incoming legislature in virtually the same form as the bill vetoed by Gov. Draper thla year, and upon which the nearly successful campaign to defeat him for waa made at the polls. Hoston. The railroad machinists II. R. employed by the N. Y, N. II. R. last week announced that It had decided upon a wage Increase request of that road. IJke the new acale for the H. A M. system, adopted ized. two weeks ago, It haa been forwarded Mount Vernon, 111. Walter C. Ar- to the International office for approval thurs. president of the Mount Vernon before being submitted to the manCar Manufacturing Company, closed a agement of the road. contract for tlie construction of buildHoston. The Women's Trade Union ings for the new f 1,000,000 steel plant. league, which Is to make an effort to The contract was awarded the secure a minimum wage law for ComMarshall Construction women ami children, will submit a pany of Pittsburg, and it specifies of the desired hill at the Janu-ur- y urafl to be ara all that completed buildings The legislative commitmeeting. within five niontha, and the machintee drafted and Issued an address on will he best the and latest patery the reasons why labor desires the r tern. The plant will have a measures It will advocate, and explaindaily capacity, and will employ about ing what they are. men. 2,000 Iximlou, Eng. Ironstone miners In Chicago. The canvass of the votes cast by the 120,000 conductors and England an others engaged In that Intrainmen on 35 eastern railroads was dustry are seeking an advance In completed and all except the em- wages, which the employers refuse. ployes of one line cast their ballots The officials of the unions have taken In favor of demanding an increaae In a ballot of the men as to a strike to wages and changes In working rules. enforce their demand. It was agreed "The petitions will be presented to to serve the employers with a the railroad officials early in the notice of a stoppage If the terms are year." said A. H. Garretson, president not conceded. of the Order of Railway Conductors. Hertford. Ind. The danger of rioting The officials will hnve 30 days under in tiie strike of the General Union our (o answer." Stone (utters in the great quarries New York. The American Sheet here wan eliminated when the mill A Tin Plate Company, a subsidiary of owners sent back tn Chicago the Ims the I'nlted Staten Steel Corporation, ported and the detecwill stnrt at once the building of a tives that guarded them. Many of the large sheet and tin plRtci plant at stone mills are being operated by Gary, Ind., at a cost of 31.500,000. The members of a rival organisation. new plant of the American Sheet & Toronto, Uanada. A resolution InTi.. Plato Company at Gary will con- troduced by the leather Workers on sist of a number of plate. Jobbing and Horse Goods at the American Federasheet mills, together with accessories tion of Ixibor convention haa given to finish the various grades of prod- due notice to the saddlery Industries ucts. that the organization throughout the New York. Mr. Seth Iiw. presi- United States and Canada intends to dent of the National Civic Federation, make a fight for the eight-hou- r day has appointed throe Kaeial commit- dui-lnthe ensuing year. tees following tho dominant idea exMinneapolis Minneaimlls, Minn. pressed at tlie last annual meeting to Typographical union Is considering a devl-means to prevent Industrial new riuistltutlnn and bylaws, a most perlib-n- t cud to show that present Important feature of which Is the anteiuat'd employers' liability laws of a loan fund for needy miiFt give way to a system of comThis is being established pensation. in clrc'iiiivi-n- t the loan sharks Who Follow lug the ex- have proved on workingmen In that Philadelphia. ample of sister workers in New York, city. several thousand shirtwaist makers of Racine, Win. Fully 1.500 men are Gils eity went on strike for lnen-asi-out of employment and each loser bewages and working roiul'tions. tween 350 ami 375. due to the destrucRecognition of the union is di ma rul- tion of llicir tools, as a result of a in 31.r,nii,iiiH fire which totally destroyed ed, and 20 per cent, increase wages the nit of the Racine Manufacturing , facPa. From returns re- Company with its one strucceived here from various parts of the tory Imihllng and fire four-storcountry it is apparent that Tlminns L. tures. a switchmen's has lieen reelected president liu'te, Mont. Tlie of the I'nlted Mine Workers of Amer- strike is practically at an end as far ica. It waa anas Untie is concerned. of mines the Amal& the Ind. nounced that Tlie Holt Gary. Pittsburg Screw Company will begin immediate gamated. which closed down when const ruction of a large plant here. tlie strike began, would at once reThis will put 3.COO Tlie new plant Is expected to employ sume operations. men to work. l.'.llu men. Iximlnn. Eng. The bookbinding soCh veland. (). The American Steel and Wire Company will Immediately cieties of Great Britain have for the erect a 1 1, 250.000 hlHst furnace In this last 12 months been considering a scheme of amalgamation, which has city, according tn aiinoiinienu-iit- . Ibitfe. Mont. The switchmen of received the final sanction of the the Northern Pacific at a meeting de- members belonging to the various cided to return to woik, thus lifting unions connected with that Industry. Hoston.'The boiler makers have the blockade In Mils ci'y. Retail grocery clerks unanimously rejected the terms proPhiladelphia. have undertaker, a campaign for or- posed for their return to the A. F. of L. International fold. ganization. Hoston. Ixindon ,Eng. The English Iron Owing to the tremendous rounders' society Is a very old nnp, number of applications for member mahy Hoston having Just celebrated Its centenary. ship being received It was commenced In Holton In 1Si9, chinists' lodge No. 254. It last week and has now 12K branches n different empowered its organizing committee parts of the kingdom, the head office to Initiate In special session who! The number of shop crews. being at Manchester members at present Is 18,515, against Paris, France. Tho textile worker of the department Nord have gone on 19.108 12 months ago. International labor strike on the wage n.uesllon, which I Washington. unions which have recently joined the practically general. The proposition to con Chicago. fight against tuberculosis are the International Union of soIdate the machinists and elevator North America, the International constructors will be thoroughly inves'riming Pressmen and the Interna-lena- l tigated before any definite stepa urn Root and Shoe Workers' union. taki n. 1,I icnu-.tiiz-In- T.. l.y r d Tt-iin- n Antl-Iloyco- one-tent- h 20-ca- ngn-oiiu-nt- strike-breaker- o r six-stor- I'liti-burg- Ix-wl- Photo-Engraver- i |