THE HARBINGER. The Harbinger. Officii Orgu Central L&bor Union A Paper for the Tolling Ma.s.sos. ?r bushed sraiv cattkeay by lie Harbinger PablisLing Co. f . E. FAISON Editor. P. W. McGOWAN. Business Manager. SOflice: '"Mutual Publishing Co's Bld'g," 5o. 106 W. Martin St., ( id floor J Entered as second-class matter at the Tost Office at Raleigh, N. C. POSTOFFICK BOX 167. SUBSCRIPTION 1 One year (in advance) .... $1.00 Six months 5 Three months 25 ' f RAPES Mi COUNCIL DEATH OF A GOOD MAX. The smlden death of Rev. Dr. W. C. Norman, which took place last Sunday morning in Wilming ton, while in attendance on the "Methodist Conferenc , wasa great shock to this entire community, where the decased had served as pastor, in all, twelve years, and where he practised and preached the love of God and the brother hood of man. No person in need of food or money who applied to him were turned away empty handed if it were in his power to supply their wants. He had the love of citizens of . all denomina tions and political beliefs. The death of Dr. Norman was announced from the various Ral eigh pulpits last Sunday at the morning service and cast a pall over the entire city. The remains, while en route to Durham were visited by a large number of our citizens, who paid loving tribute to them by decora tion with lovely flowers. The funeral was held from Trinity church, Durham, of which he was the beloved pastor, amid an im mense congregation, after which the body was taken to Lexington, N. C, for interment. The de ceased left no children, but a sor rowing wife, who has the sympa thy of all our people. ARBITRATION STILL ON. The sessions of the Arbitration Commission are being held daily, and there is no indication of an early adjournment. It seems that the operators have not had enough of the damaging evidence given before the Commission by the miners to satisfy their voracious appetites. Before the evidence is completed the public will know enough of the rascality of the coal operators to damn their per nicious methods in the eyes of the whole civilized world. A 12-year-old boy witness stated that he picked slate at four cents an hour to pay a debt against his father,contracted ighteen months ago, the father having been killed in the mine the debt, instead of being decreased, was increased each year, thereby entailing per petual slavery if persisted in ! No human slavery ever attained the depth of such infamy since the creation of man ! - Congress, at its present session, should enact a law compelling coal operators to pension the fam lies of miners killed while on ac tive duty in the coal mines, when it was no fault of the miners that ' caused the accident which killed them. Until such a law is pass ed, we wilt continue to read in' "'the press of miners being killed through the want of better con-J ditions prevailing in the mines. If the operators don't agree to an equitable settlement of the coal strike in the near future, the United States government will take a hand in the matter and set tle it for them. Tllim VRDDOTfOl 7T. In our editorial mention of the iohour system by the Aurora Cotton Mills, of Burlington, we stated that it was the first mill to adopt a 10-hour day. We were in error, and hasten to credit the Spencer Mountain Mills, of Low ell, Gaston county, with working on the 10-hour basis before it was inaugurated by the Aurora Mills. Let the good work go on. TKN HOURS WILL DO. Mr. Editor : Why is it that Labor Commissioner Varner will, in his report to the Legislature, recommend an i i-hour day for operatives, when two of the mills of our State have volunteered to grant a io-hour day ? Ten hours a day is enough for anybody to work. Let the commissioner re vise his hours and make it ten. AWFUL CONDITIONS. The Charlotte Observer makes the following observations on the the coal strike inquiry : "It would seem that the opera tors would serve their own inter ests by settling the coal strike with the operatives, independent ly of the commission, rather than have such testimony to go to the world as was given yesterday in the hearing at Scranton, when some of Markle's workmen were on the stand. One man testified that he had worked for the com pany eighteen years without get ting any cash in payment save once wages being so low that he could not keep out of debt, and being compelled to trade at the company store, where prices were 10 to 20 per cent, higher than in other places. A 12-year-old break er boy, who is paid four cents an hour, told that he was working to pay off a debt incurred by his father who was killed eighteen months ago. He was paid in due bills, showing what his mother owed the company, and her debt alone was growing faster than he could reduce it. This looks like a case for the child slavery eman cipators to attend to." COMPLETE TO HATTIES BURG. The line of the Mobile, Jack son and Kansas City road is complete to Hattiesburg, Miss. It is learned that plans have been made for a survey of the road across the Northern State line of Mississippi, and it is in ferred that Memphis is the prob able destination, though no authoritative announcement to this effect has been made as yet. It is officially declared that the road is to be entirely independent and will not be in any way con trolled by the Frisco, Illinois Central or any other system. The new wage contract of the broom-makers in Milwaukee, Wis, has been signed by all of the seven shops in which it was pre sented. The Southern Pacific Railway will probably give its engineers an increase in pay. No man who has the food of his union at heart' will refuse to take the paper which speaks in his behalf.-- '! t'"': Editorial Notes. Carpenters at Tuolumne, Cal., recently organized a union. Railway clerks have organized a union at New Haven, Conn. Ten hours a day is enough for any mill operative to work. Read H. A. Kimball's new ad. He runs a white barbershop. See Mr. Turner's New Toy Store announcement. Rcac' M. M. Smith's new ad. Second-hand books a specialty. Read the local ad. of T. F. Brockwell about umbrella repairs. Rtad the Notice of Adminis tration, J. Marcom, administrator, d. b. n. The evidence before the arbi tration commission is damaging to the coal operators. The weather for the past few days throughout the country has been extremely cold. Moulders at Cleveland, O., are on strike. They demand an in crease from 10 to 15 per cent. The people of the West are suffering for coal, the prairie lands not furnishing any wood. Don't fail the toy announce ment of Mr. Turner, manager of the 3 and 10 Cent Store. His new place is next to Brestch's. The J. D. Riggan Co.'s store is a blaze of glory with variegat ed colored electric lights and the store looks like fairyland. A movement is on foot to bring the Brotherhoods of Engineers Conductors, Firemen and Train men into closer working relation ship. The labor men elected two rep resentatives to Congress from Cal ifornia and one from Rhode Isl and, besides helping to elect a Democratic Governor and Lieu tenant Governor, who were favor able to labor, from the latter State. . Why don't organized labor in Alabama run a full State ticket and sweep out of office men who hire out convicts to mine opera tors to compete against honest labor? The country members-elect to the Legislature which meets here next month needs teaching in re gard to the needs of organized labor,so they can vote intelligently on labor questions, and The Har binger will undertake the job. Now is the time for our mer chants who are not represented in The Harbinger to place an ad. in its columns as the people are looking for holiday goods. We reach the masses and the classes. .' Owing to the demand for ad vertising and in order to give our subscribers more reading matter, The Harbinger this week ap pears in a six-column folio, in stead of five, as heretofore. Mr. Sherwood Higgs has a beautiful Christmas arch in front of his store, with, streamers en twined with evergreen and inter spersed vari colored electric, lights, which presents a beautiful ap pearance. . ; MANY THOUSANDS BENE FITED. Following close upon the great victory of the coal miners comes the announcement of the advance of 10 per cent, in the wages of the employes of the Pennsylvania railroad. This was immediately followed by a like action on the part of the New York Central roav, and will be duplicated by practically every one of the main roads in the country. In round figures the incomes of 630,000 men will be increased annually by from $15,000,000 to 20,000, 000. Union Pacific has announced au increase of the pay of its switch men to the level of the schedule recently fixed in Chicago. This increase amounts practically to a 10 per cent, rise in wages that will affect about 96 per cent, of the employes. The Southern Pacific road, which is controlled by the Union Pacific, has signed a new agree ment by which all of the telegra phers, train dispatchers and agents on its entire system get a 10 per cent, increase. A majority of the employes on all of the Gould roads will get a wage increase approximating 10 per cent. More than 150,000 men will be affected by this increase. The Gould roads which will be affected by the increase are the Missouri Pacific, Texas Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande, St. Louis and Southwestern, Rio Grande and Western, and Wabash. The Philadelphia & Reading road, which emjloys 18,000 men, has announced that the wages of their employes will be adjusted so that their earnings will be equal to those made on other roads. Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern railway, said certain classes of employes have already been given an increase, and that the wages of the others would be advanced within a short time. Ten per cent, increases are now being considered by the officials of the "Nickel Plate," Wheeling & Lake Erie, Pittsburg & Lake Erie and Lake Shore. The lat ter announced a 10 per cent, in crease to all switchmen employed on its line. MITCHELL ON VIOLENCE. Mr. Mitchell rendered a distinct service to the cause of labor when he declared in answer to an in quiry relative to the influence of violence upon the success of a strike : "I should say that its suc cess would not be dependent upon it at all. The very conditions al leged would reduce the chances of winning the strike. In my judgment, violence never contrib uted to the success of a strike, be cause it loses for those on strike the sentiment of the public. Mr. Mitchell is entirely right. Violence hurts the strikers infi nitely more than it does the em ployers. In fact, the employer so well understands the influence which a display of violence exerts upon the public that they have been accused of instigating the violence themselves in order to profit by the indignation aroused. Mr. Mitchell has done much to strengthen the cause of labor, but nothing that tie has said has shown a clearer discernment of a more just appreciation, of ; the; forces that move society.--Bryan1,s, Com moner. , Boy an, Pearce & Company. 0 e YOUR W.NTER PURCHASES is what we are after, and offer more inducements for trade than any house in the State. A visit from you and comparison of prices and quality will con- : vince you. . . ..... DRESS GOODS, CARPETS, CLOAKS, MILLINERY, BLANKETS, COMFORTS, TRIMMINGS, FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, DRAPERY, CURTAINS, FURS. Boylan, Pearce & Co., 206 and 208 Fayetteville Street Mechanics' and Investors' Union Has completed eight prosperous years, and will begin to mature and redeem certificate August 25. 1902, and every month thereafter by the payment oer share of One Hundred Dollars Cash. v "We Can Aid You to Save and Invest Money We Can Aid You to Build and Own a Home. Our monthly Payment Investment Certificates of I400.00 requires the pay ment of only TEN CENTS per day for one hundred months, M hen the owner will receive. 4oocash. Our Full Paid Coupon Certificates 100 are sold for foo cash and pay six per cent per annum free, of tax. All certificates are secured by real estate mortgage. OEORGE: ALLEN, Secretary, Pullen Building. and call Hart-Ward (SUCCESSORS TO J. Cross & Linehan Co new tucker Building. . 234 and 236 Fayefteville St. glotbicrs men's furnishers and Outfitters; C r oss & Li neha n C o. , RALEIGH, TUB LABOK VOTE. The important part played by the laboring vote in many sec tions of the country in the elec tion just over has not failed to impress impress itself upon the minds of students of politics here. The labor vote in many places in dicated strongly that organized labor is beginning to use its vote as a power. In at least thfee sections of the country did the labor vote, cast almost as a body, cut a most im portant figure. In many places it yielded an indirect influence that amounted to a great deal. In California the union labor vote overturned the Republican Con gressmen and sent union labor men in their places. Represent atives Kahn and Loud are both to be succeeded by union labor men who received Democratic nominations also. E. J. Liver nash, a union labor candidate, succeeds Representative Kahn, ' while W. J. Wynn comes to Con gress in place of Representative Loud. Mr. Livernash was. for merly a newspaper reporter, and at th last session of Congress was here looking after Chinese exclu sion legislation for the Pacific coast. The union labor vote came very near electing a Governor in California also. , ; . A strfpt rar strike in Provi- Idence R. I., last summer and the ,'Tj "rc ? .' ; ,'V) ?j e e osiD BuuDetDm) Anth racite coal is scarce high in price. llagey King: Heating Stoves We your attention to our Patent Hagey King neaung love, maue 01 ine Desi American Rus sia iron and best wrought sheet steel, and lined with charcoal iron. Ornamental and suitable for bed-room or parlor. We do not hesitate to) say it the best, the cheapest and safest quick heater ever offered. Hardware Co. IEWIS HARDWARE CO.) results growing out of it caused the election of a Democratic member of Congress and a Dem ocratic Governor and Lieutenant Governor in Rhode Islond. The Republicans were greatly sur prised that there should be a chonge in their representation in Congress from Rhode Island. The Democratic congressional commit tee had made no pretense to claim ing a district in Rhode Island, and not even the most rosy Dem ocratic prophets attempted to claim the election of a Democratic Governor in a rock-ribbed Repub lican State like Rhode Island. The change was brought abbtj by the labor vote. In the eleventh Pennsylvania district the United Mine Workers took a hand, that surprised the leaders of both parties..' The miners elected George Howell to Congress from that district in place of Representative Connell, the millionaire coal operator, who has represented the djstiict for years. Mr. Connell is said to have spent much money to secure re-election and had not thought that lie would be defeated. The miners not only elected Mr. How ell, but elected three members, of the lower house of the State Leg islature, defeating ''Republican nnimitipps hv imexoeeted ' maiori- ftis; Washington Star.'-; r-c.v,;i-:r1I,r fcr -r-l f-.r ' .