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VOLUME V OHIPLEY FASHINGTON COUNTY FLORIDA SATURDAY OCTOBER 21397 NUMBER 16 Jj

1HE STORY OF ULLA-

ld at the Edge of the Northern Sea andWritten for This Paper-

BY EDWIN LESTER ARNOLD

CnAPTETl VIwas just at dusk that evening thern sky was streaked with crimsonlack the white mist was lying inwreaths along the purple river

lows tho landrails wero croakingfern and tho night jars churning

lo oak the little stars wore twlnkIn the smooth heaven and the paleent of the moon was adlp upon thenon u thin curl of smoke rose fromiatch of a hut In tho fishing village-

the burgh A minute after at tongue of flame shot and af alarm rose fro Inside the stook

Surely somo careless housewifeet an ember fall among the thatchthought and the great oak gates

ted thou hingeD sad out toExtinguishing rushed In their loose

s two luckless herdsey passed the portal an arrow speds the grass and plunging deepthe chest of the foremost he

ded half his height into tho airfell with a heavy thud Into the

and went rolling and kicking andmhnq down the hillside At the

minute an unseen hand from bewith a single sweep of a good

ray ax severed tho head of thor from his body as ho stood glaring-his comrade and now the starlight

twinkling on the weapons and malllurrying Norsemen and while the-e of Odin t din went up to-

black sky and the dusky crowslOll from their roosting places

pcd dismally about between thes a long low wail of fear and terror

from tho hundred corners of thataed citadeld the game was ours from the be

king Numerous and strong fiercebloodthirsty as bloodhounds on the

1 we ruo d for the open gates andled the first one and swept roundway between under tho unguardedodes wh ro a dozen mon might

held us at bay and so to the Innerlal where wo stabbed a brao old

n who tried to shut it In our fasothiro the place bad fallen tho

ves wer In the foilad wild work wo mado of III As woted tho entrance the English chiefrushed out of tho middoor of his

I In his nlghtwoar for ho had al-

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gone to bed a naked sword Inand and by his side a fair youngwith curly yellow hair By Thor 1

Id not have been the wild fowl onneighboring marsh when that comely

ns hungry lio shot so close andgrit although the light was poor for-ting that had there been a dozen-It would have gonebadly indeed

t us At the first shaft ho piercedlorn through the wrist and the sec

I wounded stalwart Bvelnko in thethen ho shot one in the throat

snoth r in the stomach and kept11 at bay until his last arrow was-t and thin died far down on the

lot bloody Dogeone bear spear likefierce young cub he was As for

other although he was stoutih of heart yet his limbs were

BIS SIDE A run TOUKO BOY-

d old and my merry followsort work with him and he layoonllgbt as they left him palo-

y across his threshold all tho

we shut the gates to keep theK wpmen In and lit a stack or-e us light and so fell on ButId I try to tell you aU we did

ug Why should I try towild Aeree hell of last and

ad rapine that raged withinsy shambles under the mild

light And if I had a hundreduld not toll each incident as it

Dd if I did you might not careIf I had a hundred pens I-

tlCarcorecount how one by onedragged the men from their

t and how some of thorndesperately while some sub

sullenly but whichever way itIre killed them Or how the wpmenoed and struggled In the arms ofa rovers and cried for mercy and-

ithe yellow beards of their newlaughing masters and were sent

i to hades the old and lean oneshow the othersthe pale fair girls

V fearbright eyes and long loose-r and bare feet all In their torn dlvellod gear were bound bandfoot and lashed to tho pillars in the

Ingball or how the lltUo onesned and walled and hid behind the

of dead and strove to wake withifd petulance those who would neverlte again or often with their cheS-

aed playthings locked tightly withinelr arms crept Into wondrous corners-d hid from usuk me no smaller do

ill for I could surfeit you with horrors9til compassion dimmed your eyes and-

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stayed your reading1 or an hour the place was full of the

guttural shouts of men and the shrieksot women the scream of the maiden andcry of the mother losing her little onethe wall of the captive and tho moan ofthe dying down In the shadows andmen ran hero and there struggling withwhile shrouded forms or dragging byjeel or ha rstrangn shapes into duskycorn rs and the fires blazed and thesparks fell and then presently bocause there were no more to kill thonoise died down until presently silencerol nod broken only by the laughingand shouting of my men and thus wegathered In tho hall rout the lampsbrf lied off the remnants of the earlloievening supper and laid out for our ¬

selves all tbo best wo could put ourhands on And fierce wild revelry myfollows made of It The hot blood ofrapine and pillage had got Into theirveins and they heated it higher with thestrong abundant drink from that Brit ¬

ish chieftains hiding places until theywore moro like a tawny handsome band-of furies than mortil men gods Ithink I never brought such a crew ofdevils to that shore before They madethe ratters ring with their wild paganhymns they danced and shouted andato drank while tho palo captivegirls stood hudd tug in the shadows orwaited trembling on them and the winoand ale went streaming down tho flooramong tho blood and litter and thotorches flared and tho dogs howled out-side

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Oh It was strange wild revelryand went on for half the nighttime

It must have boon near tho dawn andmost of tho maidens lay swooning uponIho floor between weariness and tonorand half the rovers wero drunk asswine when they fetched in the deadchieftain setting him pale and bloody-In hs chair and putting a cup Into hishands while the rlbaldest follow theremade u song and sung It to him Taonnext a cry arosewho startod It I knownot but may God forgive himfor theEnglish fiankllns daughter Wo hadnot seen hor suo was not among thocaptives nnd now a hundred buxomfellows were on foot hunting with torchand lamp high and low in every crackand corner of tho burgh to find herUnhappy damsel they hunted futlMyeverywhere until they camo to thesmall round tower on tho cliff vergethere the strong oak door was barred

I sad shut from within and wild yell of-

Jrunken pleasure tod their quarry woeit bay

What was It that made me just thenBO sick of all that revelry and sat like nblack foreboding on my soul I knowout but I turned and weary of thoglare and tumult slowly loft the burghand walked down to tho boacb whoro

my ship just as tho men were mak-ing

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a tat mound of sticks and heath andtimbers about the door of tho doomedtower that hold the lent princess

Climbing on board I gavo orders tothose who had etbod by tho Wolf tomako all ready for the sea then threwmyself down listless strangely sad andchilly as ono in ague by my place atthe tlllor to await the com nR of thopillagers And presently one by onethe sons of the creek came reeling downthe path singing as they stumbleddown tho darkness and carrytug bundlesand bags and furs and cups andweapons In shoals nnd dragging falter ¬

ing slaves and surly snarling dogs inleashes and so at last when they worea 1 on board but one thut ono came run-ning

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down the path and beforo he hadjot hat way to us the burgh was allilluminated witha rosy light and look ¬

ing up we saw that the laughing villainhad fired it in twenty p aces and notonly the dwellings Jut also the greatmound of fuel his friends had builtagainst tho tower door-

CHAPTER vrrcame our anchor and out we

lunhed upon the waves once more Woset sail and drifted slowly down underthe cUrt where stood the castle and aswo came tho fire raged furiously untilwhen we were below that beetling browwe were sailing on a heaving molten seaof blood and all our spars and cordage-were shining copper red and all tho up ¬

turned faces of the were flushedand hectic in tho shineand thenohbow can I write ItJust as we camethe nearest a white womans formstepped frantlo out on top of the tower

her hands across her eyesand hid her face and wept And Ioht-ho fiercest ttrangest gust of agonyand Joy sprang up within my heartIgasped and glared and all forgettingthe strangeness of it in tho horror oftho moment dropped tho tiller andleaping to tho clanking bulwarks staredanother moment and then out of mydeepest heart out of the hot Inspiration-of my very soul burst a fierce wild cryof QunnaP

And in an instant that white form wason her feet a storing terrordazedUs and then she saw wo by the shrouds-as I stood limned in gold with all myslip against tho black setting of theflight and gazed down steadfastly up-on

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me for a minute then clapped tierhands upon hor bosom and stretchedthem wildly to me and above the hissIng of the flame and the thud of thowhite surf upon the rooks I heard hercry Ulna

And now the strength of twenty jarlswas in my heart I tossed off as thoughthey were baby fingers the strong gripor two stout fellows who thought tostay me and In minute was in the surf

striking out bravely for the landThe great frothy pillows of the tidebolted for a space undermy chin and

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now I was deep down Inn hummingblatk sea alley and anon mast highupon a curling crostof spumo and thenall In the black shadow of the cliff theblack waters seemed to dissolve Into ahall of ghostly chaos and white thunderand my foot touched the pebbly bottom-I lauded somehow but how only Ihopals NarDs can toll and scrambled up nsheep track tho boldest of my men hadsaid In daylight was Impossible comolo the palisades nnd overthem and rolled Into the fort on top oftwo mangled ho lies and up again andnow In iho golden shine of the lirerushed to the great halL

There In his choir of state was thedead chief just as my robbers had lothim with mouth wide open and flioceyes staring grimly down his hall andgolden wino cup clinched within lilafingers und bloody night gear wrappedabout him while on his taco the streaksof pain and anger twitching with ahideous mockery life as smokecurio J and tlio lames wont soaring over ¬

head In rosy eddies To right and leftwas wild disorder tables overturnedand benches cast about broken flagonsand squandered victuals bent swordsand cleft targets and costly stuffs pu ledinto shreds and deal men asprawl upontheir tacos and blood and dirt aud lit-ter and overall tho Ire was humming Itsllorco song as It mounted from point topotent In the roof and sued groa i burningOakes and embers on us below Dutfioihlng 1 carod for blool and litter but

a foot of wind and a heart hotterthan the flames above rushed throughtho banquet place and brushing rudely-by the scowling king got out to theInner court and so reached the portal ofthe tower

Over a red path of cinders I flew andwith my bare hand cast the flamoro e idoorway Into rod ruins and up metwining oaken steps I racedscar-

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WAS IK ma scar AND STIUKIVO OUTniuvzMr

noticing that they fell to ashes as Ipassed and In another moment in A

moment of wildly mingled feelings Iwas out upon the burning parapet andthere upon hor knees leaning againstthe outer walls and seeming asleep wastho white maid whoso fair face hadbaunted my forest path and shone uponme through the drift and reek of tonyears storm and battle

Down I went upon ono knee anddeep strong love and gentlotlon wolllug In my heart took thomaidens head upon my shoulder andher hand In mine and a minute shegave a great shivering gasp of pain andfear bnd opened her oyos andBy sweet Skulla hoisolf It was nearlyworth the Interval of pain to BO theglad light of pleasure was lit with-in

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them as mine to ftcl thowarm clasp or hor hand and toknow uusppkoa that our heartswere one our troth unbroken Itwas a harpy moment but all too brieffor I knelt and framed tho hot wordsof love and courage anl drew hersweet yielding form to my bosomand rained my long garnered kisses onh Jenr pale face I felt tho oakenplatform whereon weT sood heave andtremble and with a gasp I lookedabout nnd saw the cruel flame hadgnawed through every Joist upon thatturret and the whole platform wascrackling and blistered and hanging bya thread while down boow hungryfor its fall was the great roaringseething tune nl of tho inner tower

QunnM I cried my own thoreIs but ono way Looks look Tilestairs are gone the platform rocks anddown below the courtyard Is cruel hardGunna my llfo come quick thereponnd hide your face denp down to-

m wolfskln folds And as sht fled tonio and leapt into arms I hid herlace in my cloak and stepped off on tothe narrow rim or crackol and raggedparapet Just as tho platform fell intoruins and went thundering down intothe yellow ant crimson under-neath

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For ono grim minute I poised myselfupon that narrow giddy shell of blackmed wall with tho howling flame roar ¬

ing behind and the dark vortex of thesea thundering In dim dreadfulness twohundred feet below upon tho other then

wrapping my sweet burden still clo erto my bosom and muttering between my

now FOR anrzif DALDEHSUKD OLDVALUALLit

teeth Now for green Baldersund or oldValhalla leapt bravely out into thenight

This js all This Is the itory otUlla

the viking Ulln tlio priest Jho lampwavers to its ending Ute Ink is dry

When lire clansmen picked us up themaid was dead and so was the light andthe of Ulla For three days wo-stllgixered back across the melancholyrldgo and furrow tho Hack North Booand then wo burled her hero under agrassy mound by tho white HP of thoocean In Ualdoreund And grief dullaud abiding sat In my heart and nonocould assuage It At loot after manyyears there came one barefooted a-

cross and n staffIn his hands Ironi overseas and whispered comfort Ho poured-the unction 0 the new faith Into myheart and the baptismal water on myhead and bid mo forgot and arise anewAnd I took the cowl of him learning toread and write and built me a but bytho green mound I loved and strove bypcnanoo and privation to do as I wasbidBut can I forgot Can the sharpthong and the mean faro purge the hottwo loving spirit in my blood Attimes It shakes off the shackles of swootInsipidness nnl then II old Ulla Erllngson leth palo ghostllro

upon this dark summit of mymound and the black sea booms dismalin tho black ulght distance go out uponthat dear shrouding turf and cast my¬

self upon my face and tear my whitehair and monk the wild rvliU and waveswith my Btlll wilder grief

ITHG IND l

CopjilRht by the Authors Alliance Allreserved

WE have noticed that when nnyocon a crowd has n bit of scandal to re-

late it Is not until tho speaker athrough talking mil all have hadtheir curlosit appeased tint seineono says something nluit tsslnlng-bjlng so Improper-

E >iPLOTiSiEt which Galen callsNatures physician la so essential to

human happiness that Indolence Is

jistly considered tho mother of mis-

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A Question OT Education-I was sitting on a keg of nails in a

West Virginia mountain store watch ¬

ing a native dickering with the mer ¬

chant over a trade of a basket of eggsfor a calico dress After some timea bargain wnsclosed the native walkedout with the dress in a bundle underhis arm find I followed him

It isnt any business of mine If Isaid but I was watching that tradeand was surprised to see you let theeggs go for the dress

What for he asked in astonishmeat ns he mounted his horse

How many eggs did you haveBasketfullHow many dozenDunno Cant countThats where you miss the advan-

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of education With knowledge-you might have got two dresses forthose eggs If

But I dont want two dresses mis ¬

ter he arguedPerhaps not but that was no reas-

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why you should have paid twoprices for one The merchant got theadvantage of yon because of his edu-cation

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He knew what he was aboutHe looked at me for n minute as if

ho felt real sorry for me Then hegrinned and pulled his horso overclose to me

I reckon he half whispered cast¬

ing furtivo glances toward the storeills education aint so much moren

mine ez you think it is Ho dontknow how nv them eggs isspiled ant do and he rode awaybefore I could argue further BostonHerald

A Venerable YewTree-

In the churchyard at Darley DaleEngland is the most venerable yewtree in the world Many authoritiesclaim for it a fabulous age making itas much as three thousand years oldIt is thirtythree feet in girth j but itstrunk has suffered not a little from themodern Goths and Vandals who havecarved their names in the bark andemployed other methods of mutila-tion

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The tree is now fenced round-to save it from further insult andwhatever may be its precise agesays Rev Dr John Charles Cox

there can be little doubt that thisgrand old tree has given shelter to theearly Britons when planning the con ¬

struction of the dwellings that theyerected not many yards to the west ofits trunk to the Romans who built upthe funeral pyre for their slain com ¬

rades just clear of its branches toSaxons converted perchance to thotrue faith by the preaching of BpDiuma beneath its pleasant shade to

the Norman masons chiseling theirquaint sculptures to form tho firststone house of prayer erected in itsvicinity nd to the host of Christianworshippers who from that day tohis havobeen borne under its hoary

limbs in womens arms to tho baptis ¬

mal font and then on mens shouldersto their last sleepingplace in the soilthat gave it birthIfondon PublicOpinion

TOO MODES FOB HIU

The Children Tell ns a fairy talegrandpop-

Grandpop Oh pshaw children I

I dont know anything about century-runeXZAXXD IV IOU DO AND BXiAVXD IP

roy DONT

How I dislike the word coonomy I

flOn what ground-sIt

tit inoa a queer thing tho world

condemns ns if We practice it-

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WYMAN GETS DAILY REPORTS

Surgeon General Keeps Well Potted OnYellow rover Situation

Surgeon General Wynmu at Wash-ington

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has received the following fromDr Lindsley executive officer of theTennessee state board of health

Our board has state Inspectors at thefollowing polnUt Memphis Grand Junc-tion

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Itaymor state line ChattanoogaCleveland and Duektown liars orderedall to oooperato fully with your servicePlease instruct at onco your men accord-ingly

Orders wore immediately given thomarine hospital forces to cooperate asrequested

Information has been received atthe marine hospital from Dr JohnGuiteras that tho two cases of yellowfever at Cairo 111 have been isolatedand every precaution possible taken-to prevent spread He says that thecases are very mild and have causedlittle alarm in Cairo-

LONGSHOREMEN ARE OUT

Strike at Brunswick Aunmea ft Generaland Serious Phaie

The strike is now general among thelongshoremen and all dock laborers atBrunswick Ga

The strikers are asking for higherwages claiming that somo shippers ontho Mallory lino and Brunswick Ter ¬

minal company have recently reducedwages Employes of tho Mallory askfor 20 cents per hour The cottonlaborers wish 85 per day Tho strik-ers

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are circulating petitions amongbusiness men protesting against theimportation of foreign labor

Seven or eight cases of violencecommitted by strikers havo been re-

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Should foreign laborers bebrought from the north trouble is an ¬

ticipated and tho city authorities aremaking preparations to protect per-sons

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and property

LATTIMER STRIKERS HOLD BACK

Hungarian Intimidate Miner Who At ¬

tempt to WorkThe strike situation at Hazleton

Pa again assumed an uncertain phaseMonday morning An attempt toresume work was made at Pardeo antiLattimar mines but only 800 ont of1300 miners returned to work Thesewere mainly Italians with a few En-

glish speaking menDuring Sunday night tho Hunga-

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paraded through tho settlementbeating tin cans and kettles and rais-ing

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a big racket This was done tonotify those of their race that theymust not go back to work The warn ¬

ing was observed and Monday morn ¬

ing a band of Hungarians led bywomen were massing and threatening-to march on tho mines later in theday The Thirteenth regiment is keep ¬

ing a close watch for further trouble

PERPETUAL INJUNCTION

Against Eugene Deb and Others GruntedBy Judge Jockion

The featu ro of interest in the open-ing session of the September term ofthe United States court for the dis ¬

trict of West Virginia at WheelingMonday was the application of exGovernor A U Fleming of Fairmontto make the injunction against Eugene-V Debs and others perpetual

The governor was acting for his cli ¬

ent the Monongahela Coal Co and asthere was no appearance for any of thodefendants the injunction was madeperpetual-

In the course of his remarks in mak ¬

ing this decision Judge Jackson saidthat if a like cato were presented tohim now ho would would mako thesame kind of order he had made atParkersburg where the temporary In-

junction¬

was made recently

NEW ORLEANS FEVER LIST

Monday Broke the lUcord In Number ofCape Reported

The largest number of cases report-ed

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on any day since yellow fever firstmode its appearance in New Orleans-some two weeks ago was recorded onthe books of the board of health Mon-

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evening at 6 oclock although atthat hour not a single case had provedfatal during the day

There were eighteen cases in allIncluding nine by Dr Joseph Holt allof the latter having been duly flaggedand under quarantine regulations

The mostsehsatioual incident of theday was the announcement from DrJoseph Holt to the board of healththat he had discovered nine casesamong his practice

LEE CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT

Consul Beyle wed the Situation In Cuba atLength

Washington special says GeneralFitzhugh Lee had a long consultation-with the president at the white houseSaturday It was tho first time GeneralLee had seen Mr McKinley since theformers return to this country aboutfortnight ago He saw tho presidentspecial appointment and all visitorswere excluded during the progress ofhe conference except Secretary Alger

The conference was a long ono last-ing almost two hours General Leecarefully reviewed the situation inCuba and explained length oil thepoints on which the president hadasked for information

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THE GREAT STRIKE fROm

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RATOHFOBD SATS AN AMIOABLV

SITUATION PBEYAILS

SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT

Things Will Be Sewn Tron the presentUntil the BeKlnnlB of

Next Tear

M D Bachiord president of theUnited Mint Workers of Americagave out the following authorizedstatement to Associated Press Tues-day

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Today will set about 7 min-

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resume work in the bituminous p

coal fields of the central states The jstrike generally ends today This isthe middle of the twelfth week of itsduration It was brought to a closeat onr convention held at ColumbusOhio on the 8th to the 11th of the j

present ten days time be-

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given to allow miners and opera-tors

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to come together in Illinois andWest Virginia to meet the price fixed

05 cents a ton in Pittsbnrg centsin Ohio and Indiana and the same tocontinue until the end of DecemberThe mining situation is not likely tohe disturbed again until the beginning a-

of next year when they hope to beable to settle the question amicablynud without the necessity of a strike-

I am well satisfied with the agree ¬

ment reached and feel that it is thegreatest victory gained by trades junions in years While they have 1

done the striking trades unions andorganized bodies have supplied thenecessaries without which the minerscould not possibly succeed It was avictory for organized labor and not IIfor any particular trade and we wantour friends who have helped us tofeel that it is their victory as well asours I feel very grateful for tile as-

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given n < by the American IIFederation of Labor aud by thekindly disposition shown at all timesby Mr Compels and tho members of

his executive committeeMr Hatcbford was asked as to the

situation in West Virginia and Illi-nois

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He saidTho greatest difficulty in the way

of an advance in the Illinois district-is the fact that contracts were taken +

last spring based upon a low mining-rate as they were in Pittsburg and 4

elsewhere But this is a matter thatwo cannot be responsible for it is amatter of business to the operator him-

self No man has a right to sell amans labor one year in advance with-out

¬ Kconsulting the laborer a rWhile we have always deferred to

the claims of men along those lines thetime hoe come when no further consid-eration

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can be given them becausetho wages paid to the miner is belowthe living point and the preservation jof life takes precedence over businessaffairs i

My advice from West Virginia areto the effect that our miners who are I

standing firm are well pleased withthe agreement reached and evince adetermination to fight their battle tothe end Their purpose is to bring J i

the miners and operators of the statetogether in a joint convention that nuniform mining price may be fixed and apaid for the same vein of coal and afair relative price for other veins with-in

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rate that will give to West Virginia-fair competing opportunities and knothing more t

Fixing a mining rate that will givefair opportunities is the object ofminers organizations everywhere-We are working to bring operators of tthe several states together with this endin view Though onr efforts have been J

futile we will continue to advocatethat policy believing thorn is such away to keep down strikes and disputes j

which are of advantage to neither sideand that is for tho miners and opera-tors

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interested from the various states-to meek annually mutually fix prices f

for each district that are fair and justand each party to the agreement to ob-

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it faithfully until a subsequentagreement takes its place During the 5eight years this system was in vogue

11strikes and disturbances of a generalcharacter were unknown and the gg

causes which gave rise to them can li

now be removed so that the operators 1rinterested will see their interests inthis light i

BIG FIRE IN COLUMBUS

LYII Factory and the Southerns FreightDepot In Ashes

One of the most disastrous fires fresh Jwhich Columbu Ga has sufferedsince the burning ofthe Rankin houseblock twenty years ago occurred Mon-day

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night when the lumber yardsash x

blind and door factory of Butts tCooper together with the Southern frailwaysmoke-

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freight depot went up in

addition to the factory apd aIiw6 L u nillelans11iuhTiU >

freight eau were fconsumed The loss will aggregate60000 it is estimated

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