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THE HARBINGER. The Harbinger. Official Organ Central Lator Union A Paper for the Tolling: Jinxes. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY V THE HARBINGER PUBLISHING CO. W. E. FAISON Editor. P. W. McGOWAN, . Business Manager. Office: "Christiin Advocate" Builldng, 3d Floor. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Raleigh, N. C. FOSTOFFICE BOX 167. SUBSCRIPTION! One year (in advance) $1.00 Six months 50 Three months, . . . . ., . ... 25 All persons to whom The Harbingkr is sent, who are not subscribers, need have no hes itation in taking the paper from the postoftlce. This announcement is made in order that those to whom the paper is sent through the courtesy of some friend of theirs may understand that no obligation is incurred by them in taking the paper from the postoffice. INDIVIDUAL EFFORT. The apostles of individual effort are forever pounding away upon the poor wage-earner, in the attempt to convince him that all that is necessary is for him to "show what there is in him" and ''merit will be rewarded." Isolated instances of marvelous strides from the bottomest rung of the ladder to the topmost made by certain individuals are pointed out as examples of what may be accomplished by individual effort. And this all tends to dissatisfy and make more miserable the lot of the toiler. Take any instance of miraculous achievement by individual effort, and we will wager that the height was at tained by anything else than individ ual effort. Then, too, all cannot get at the top. The vast majority must remain unto the end workers and workers only. So we see the utter futility of the continual cry made by the enemy that it is only necessary to toil and save to reach the goal. And wrhen we reflect that the pur pose of all this is to keep down wages, we can appreciate the extent to which the opponents of organized labor are willing to go in order to defeat the best interests of the workers. Don't believe this sophistry. While men will continue to come up from the very bottom, and many reach into the very pinnacle of success in life, and while it is to be desired that every one should exert his very best effort to at tain the highest and best, yet it is nevertheless true that the large ma jority of mankind must continue through life "hewers of wood and draw ers of water." And it is for the mate rial betterment of the conditions of this class we are working, and shall con tinue to work. 'FOLLOW COPY." The printing of the Bible is the most strictly guarded work in exis tencea fact which appears strange until we reflect on the mischief an in accurate Bible might bring about. An English writer says : The King's printers and the two Universities of Oxford and Cambridge give to the world all the Bibles printed in the United Kingdom, except some printed by special license. A few years ago the question arose whether the word "spirit" in Matthew iv, 1, and Mark t, 12, should have a capital "S,"it having been previously printed with a small one, and, although the word was obviously wrongly printed, it was not TRADES fcfl CQUNCIL ! until after the ruling powers at the .! universities and the King's printers i had met in solemn council that leave I .- 1 was given to use uie capuai icucr. Nothing sanctioned by authority in in 191 1 may be changed without creat ing something akin to revolution in the places where Bibles are printed." Editorial Notes. And Judge Clarke was nominated by the people. There don't seem to be much of a scramble for Legislative honors. The Harbinger is the working- man s paper. ,, . . . ' The country is beginning to appre ciate the fact that John Mitchell knows his business. The workingmen of this Congress ional District have a friend in Hon. E. W. Pou, who has just been nomi nated bv acclamation. We note with pleasure the editorial protest of the News and Observer against the horse-play indulged in at the State Democratic Convention. We are pleased to learn that Bro. N. B. Strickland has so far recovered from his recent fall that he has been removed to the residence of his sister, Mrs. Barney Pike, 315 South Mc Dowell street. Mr. Strickland wishes his friends to call and see him. We print on first page a beautiful fairy story, written by Miss Sadie Booker, of Wilmington, aged 12 years, It's a splendid juvenile production, and its little author is an accomplished and beautiful little fairy herself, and a dear little friend to the Business Manager of The Harbinger. The State Firemen's Tournament was the most largely attended ever held in the State. Some ten thou sand visitors were on the streets view ing the parade Wednesday morning. The grand stand on Hillsboro street was packed with people, who witness ed the races in the afternoon. There is talk in certain quarters of removing the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor from Washington. The advocates of the movement include the officers of some of the largest international bodies in the country. The matter will, in all probability, be brought up at the New Orleans Convention. The nth Annual Convention of the International Longshoremen's Associa tion was held in Chicago last week. Over 200 delegates were present. One of the most important matters brought before the convention was the inaugu ration of a movement looking to the bringing about of an affiliation between the American and British organiza tions. A BIT OF MINERS' HISTORY. During the latter part of the year 1898 the United Mine Workers en tered into a strike for the purpose of reinstating some miners who had been discharged at Hartshorn, Indian Ter., because they had joined our organiza tion. The strike spread to the State of Arkansas, and from Arkansas to Kansas and Missouri, where the same companies were operating. It was one of the most noted strikes" in the his tory of the Miners' organization. More money was spent by the national organization to support it than on any other strike up to that time. While the national organization has not been furnishing financial aid to that strike for some time, it is not yet over in some localities. That is to say that some localities have not yet recogniz ed the union and they are still on the "Unfair List" This strike was not notable for the number of men involved, for at no J time were there more than about six jor seven thousand, but for its staying j qualities. Never in my experience 1 have I seen men, women and children suffer as they did during that strike. Never have I seen coal companies go to greater lengths to avoid recogniz ing a just demand. The union men and their families never knew when to give up. They were compelled to move out of their homes at the starting of hostilities. - Hundreds -of -them-moved -to- the base of the mountains and lived in tents and dug-outs. I have dined with them in those places and they were always hopeful for the best. A cheering speech from a national officer seemed to make them forget their dis comforts. The women as well as the men were always ready and willing to do anythtng the officer suggested to help make the strike a success. It has never been my experience to meet people willing to sacrifice more cheerfully for the cause of union labor than the miners and their families of the Indian Territory, Arkansas, Kan sas and Missouri during the notable strike of 1898. The second year was the one I was amongst them, as I was a national board member at that time and worked amongst them, and saw what they suffered. I have seen them without sufficient food, clothing and shelter. I have seen many of them in Federal jails serving from two to twelve months for the alleged crime of "contempt of court." In fact, the coal and railroad companies saw that the miners could not be induced to yield when they were made homeless, hungry and ragged, and appealed to the Federal courts to win the strike for them ; for, notwithstanding the fact that they had imported thousands of men from all over the country to take the strik ers' places, the strikers still remained firm, and the organization shipped out of the districts thousands of the im ported men. Hence the coal companies knew that the only possible way they could win the strike was to have the Federal courts win it through the injunction process. Even in this the companies were disappointed, for the strikers obeyed the injunction orders as well as was possible for them to do and live, for it is a notorious fact that the only way the miner can avoid violating the iujunctions as issued during strikes is to lie down and die. And even then their friends must violate the injunction in order to bury their remains in a "company grave yard." Many miners who never vio lated the laws were compelled to serve terms in the Federal jails, the writer among the rest, but as is always the case with good union men, the punish ment only made the strikers more firm in the conviction that their cause was just and the acts of Judges Rodgers and Williams only made the uuion men more determined. Today you can find the strikers of the Southwest located in nearly every well organized coal State in the Union and you find them as strong in the faith today as they were during the trying times of 1899. Whenever I meet a man or woman who participat ed in the Southwest strike against what is known as the "Big Four" coal companies, I feel like taking off my hat to the heroes of Distrcts 21 and 14, United Mine Workers of Amer ica. John P. Reese, in the American Federationist The Summer Clearance Sale! THIS GREAT ANNUAL MOVEMENT -BEGINS- JULY AND EXTENDS THROUGH THE ENTIRE MONTH. It is not merely a reduction on paper or a reduction of a few articles, but a genuine bona fide Clearance Sale of every Summer article under our roof. Preparations are no-v being made, and an entire new price list will be ready on the above mentioned date. We will save you monej on all classes of Dress Goods and Trimmings, Fancy Goods and Notions, Millinery and Infants' Caps, Carpets and Mattings, Lace Curtains and Drapery, Rugs and Druggets" White Goods and Domestics; in fact, everything in the Dry Goods line. Come to see us. Boylan, Pearce& Co. -j-, IN ALL MANNER AND STYLE. NOTHING THE MATTER WITH 'EM ONLY PRICES, AND THAT'S TOO LOW. The CAROLINA SHOE CO. 130 FAYET TEVILLE STREET. SPECIAL Warm Weather Goods EXCELLENT QUALITY OF UMBRELLAS AT 50, 75 AND $1.00. Ladies' Gauze Vests 10 and 12 l-2c. Extra Size Vests at 12 I2c. FANS, ALL VANTINE KINDS, FROM 5c. TO 25c. STREET HATS 50 TO $2.50. WHITE GOODS In Endless Variety, from 10 to 50c. Per Yard. WALTER WOOLCOTT. Mechanics' and Investors' Union Has completed eight prosperous years, and will begin to mature and redeem certificates August 25, 1902, and everymonth thereafter by the payment per share of OneHundred Dol lars Cash. We Can Aid You to Save and Invest Monev We Can Aid You to Build and Own a Home. Our monthly Payment Investment Certificates of $400.00 requires the payment of only TEN CENTS per day for one hundred months, when the owner will receive $400 cash. Our thill Paid Coupon Certificates $100 are sold for $90 cash and pay six per cent, per annum free of tax. All certificates are secured by real estate mortgage. GEORGE ALLEN, Secretary, Pullen Building. 5or tcr 30 years Using only FIRST-CLASS MATE RIAL, and employing only FIRST CLASS WORKMEN, we have beeu en gaged in the business of . . . . . Printing and Binding, and if you want anything in our line we are ready to serve you in quick order. EDWARDS & BROUGHTON, , Printers and Binders, Raleigh, N. C. AMTICEPHALALGINB! The Best and Safest Headache and Neuralgia Remedy. . . ". 2Bc. BOTTLE. 60c. ' J. I. JOHNSON, Cor. Fayetteville and Martin Sts. M. N. AMIS. ATTORNEY AT LAW Pollen Building, C . . RALEIGH, N. C. CAROLINA Shoe Company. New Store! New Shoes! II 11UTV a IVIt IJ I Ltflll IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. Pure Drugs, Fine Terfumes, Gold Drinks, s Cigars. W. H. King Drug Co. 23 East Martin Street, Rai.eigh, N. C. C. Ml. BERNARD, .Attorney at Law, RALEIGH N. C. Practices in aia Courts. Speciav attention to federal courts. Notice of Administration. ' Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Fostine Kreth, deceased, late of Wake county. N. C, this is to notify all persons hav ing claims against the said estate to present the same to the undersigned, at his office in Raleigh, N. C, on or before the 6th day of July, 1903, or this notice will be plead in bar of their re covery. J. C. MARCOM, July 5, 1902. (fit) Administra tor. ' Biggest Drug Store
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