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- HARBINGER Pnciett's Disinfectant! COW H, Blistered, Sore and Offenslfe FBKT. 1 U At Raieifih Drug Stores.; com Blistered, Sore nd OlenslM At RileUh Drug Stores. .1 ORGANIZATION. EDUCATION, ELEVATION. Raleigh, North Carolina, March 5. 1904. No. 9 Vol. III. Ficietti Dislnfeclut npiuriir DAWN,0N THE IRISH COAST JOHN UUV-r fOh, Mother of God ! but thwe it is. The dawn on the coast of Ireland ! God't angel's lifting the night's black veil, Fromthi fair, sweet face of my sire land. Oh, Ireland, isn't it grand you look. Like a bride in your rich adorning, And with all the pent up love of my heart, I bid you the top of the morning Thia one short hour pays lavishly back, For many a year of mourning, Sure I'd almost venture another flight There's so much joy in returning. Watching out for the hallowed shore, ill nther attractions scorning, Oh! Ireland, don't you hear me shout? t vou the top of the morning O, kindly, generous, Irish land, rt ImI. so fair, so loving, No wonder the wandering Celt should pause, And dream of me in his roving The western home may have gems and crold. Shadows may never have gloomed it ; But the heart will fly to that absent land, Where the lovelight hrst mnmea n c I See ! Upon Cleena's shelving w - strand, TIip surges are grandly beating And Kerry is pushing her headland out To. give us the kindly greeting. Into the shore the seabirds fly. On oinions that knew no drooping. And out from the cliffs a million of waves With welcomes charged come trooping And don't old Cove look charming there Watching the wild waves' motion ! Leaning her back up against the hill. With the top of her toes m tne ocean. And I wonder I don't hear Shandon's bells, Ah ! maybe their chiming's over, For 'tis many a year since I began The life of a western rover. For thirty years asthore macree, Those hills I now feast my eyes on, Ne'er met my vision save when they rose, Over memory's dim horizon, Even so, it was grand and fair they seem ed, In the landscape spread before me But dreams are dreams! And my eyes would ope To find Texas skies still o'er me And often upon the Texas plains, When the day and the chase were over, My thoughts would fly o'er the weary waves, And around this coast line hover ; And the prayer would rise that some future day, All dangers and doubters scorning, I would help to win from my native land, The light of young liberty's morning. Now fuller and truer the shore line What ever a scene more splindid ! I feel the breath of the Munster breeze, Thank God that my exile's ended ! Old scenes, old home, old friends again ! The rath, the cot I was born in ! Oh, Ireland, up from my heart of hearts, I bid you the top of the morning ! AT DE FESTIBUL-I'S RESULT- BY JACK PIANE. I went last night to de festibul Down al de big warehouse, Where de gals were dressed in fashun An ' de boys were all a-abounce, De music was mos' charming, It driv away de blues An' I thought I was de "hull" thing Wid my yellow-paient shoes. I danced wid all de coon gals, 'Till de boys deyjealous grew An whettde dance was over , . Dar was fussing mong a few. I was loaded with a razzar, Likewise were de rest, An when it come to carvin' I done my level best. De ambulance was sent for, . .-:;' : Dem coons was took away, An now de doctors' 'specting Dey will all be dead 'fo day. The Glass Blowers' Union has adopted the income tax for dues and each man is to pay 2 per cent of his earnings until a defense fund ot 200,000 is raised. Hamlet suffered considerable loss Convention of Toilers Proposed. "I should like to see a morr- started by the unions to hold a national celebration of Labor Day next September at the World's Fair to which the whole country should be invited," said Chas. W. Fear, a well know union printer of Kansas City, Mo. "As many union men know the first organized effort toward the holding of a World's Fair in commemoration of the Louisiana Purchase was held by and under the auspices of organized labor. All the work on the exposition grounds has been begun and will be finished by organized labor. Therefore there is no objection to holding a national jubilee celebra tion at the fair by organized labor of the United States on these grounds, and everyone will agree that the wonderful strides made by organized labor in the whole country certainly warrants a week of general rejoicing and rest by the men who have helped to bring about this condition of affairs and their families, who have been benefited, and who are certainly thankful for the bene fits which have accrued to all as a result of the successes of organ' ized labor as a whole "All that is necessary to hold the biggest gathering of labor ing men ever held in this country is for St. Louis union men to start the ball rolling and make arrangements for a big Labor Day parade the first Monday in next September and the holding of the ubilee services on the fairgrounds and then invite the organized workingmen of the United States to participate Everything is ripe for it, and the conditions require that such a demostration be held at no distant date. The idea suggested above is not a bad one by any means It has alreadv been stated that the directors have considered the advisability of offering free entrance to the Labor Day paraders, on condition that the parade ends at the central gate. Let the idea be given hearty consideration, and let organized labor of all cities within thousand miles or more from St, Louis be invited to make the World s Fair Grounds their mecca on Labor Day, 1904 and it is cer tain that the day will be the mos1 memorable one yet in history. THE REASON WHY- Mrs. Juack Why did you run so fast when the cook came out Mr. Bronze Gobbler I'd rather have the family say, "Can't he run fast?" than "Don't he tast good?" VEXING DELAY. "Our new company is capita. ized at $40,000,000." "Great !" Let me see your prospectus." "Oh, we haven't got out prospectus yet. The er the darned printer wants his pay in in advance." The encampment of the National Guard of this State "will be held some time in July. Labor Conference Called. ALL THE UNIONS OF LOS AN GELES TO HOLD A MASS M EE T ING (Special Correspondence.) Los Angeles, March t. The County Council of Labor has issued a call to all the unions of this vicinity for a mass-meet ing on the night of March 14 for the purpose of taking steps to off set the secret assaults being made upon the union men and women of Los Angeles by the Citizens' Alliance, which is aided and en' couraged by the notorious Los Algeles Times Herbert George, of Colorado, who, with Governor Peabody, is argely responsible for the mili tary anarchy that reigns through out Colorado, called in person upon every prominent merchant, manufacturer and corporation manager in Los Angeles, with the result that, population consider ed, this city has the strongest Citizens' Alliance in the United States, incorporating in its mem bership almost the entire mem bership of both the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association and the Employers' Association The building trades are thor oughly aroused, for never before were there so many idle mechan ics in Los Angeles as now, in the face of steady building all over the city Ihe fact is, tins section o: the counti y is being literally flooded with workingmen, in duced to come here by cunningly worded literature sent broadcast by the union-wreckers. The Citizens' Alliance has pub icly announced its intention to support any institution that in curs the displeasure of organized abor and has made good this de claration by compelling all non union employes of down-town business houses to patronize restaurant that is being boycotted by the Council of Labor for dis charging its union help, The scab Times is delighted at the workings of the Citizens' A liance, and no doubt it will en deavor to force all the members to advertise in its columns, thus giving it a new lease on life, While the hostility to organ ized labor has been always pro nounced in Los Angeles, as a re- suit of the pernicious activity of the Employers' Association, the unions thoroughly understand that the fight here has just begun, and the forthcoming mass meet ing will devise ways and means to resist the onslaughts of the Citizens' Alliance. Los Angeles is destined to be the scene of a hot time. A POINTER TO UP-TO-DATE ADVERTISERS "A labor paper is a far better advertising medium than " a se cular daily relatively to the num ber of subscribers. "A labor paper for instance, with 2,000 subscribers, will bring better returns to the merchants advertising therein than would a daily of 10,000 subscribers." -Printers' Inki (Written for The Harbinger.) Crazy Joe. HE GETS AFTER JACK SELLERS ABOUT THE NEW I' WE ft. "What's all this ruccus about a new labor paper," I asked Jack SeUirrs today. "Yes, we going to start one," 1 he said. "Who vou call 'we, " I asked hint "Ed Yarby and me," said Jack have got 34 cents and I have had a good breckus, and we are goig to start the paper. Dishere feller Gown didn't do me right. He said I wasn't a union man and didn't work. I been talking to de laborin' fokes and da say da will stick to me. Anoder thing about it is this : When de paper gets started and we get 11, 000 subscribers and a printin' press I'm gwine' to run far office. Mr. Gown told me that he w as makin' money so fast he couldn't count it, and if he can make money I can. Then I belong to the feder ation of de laborin' fokes and da say da will see dat I get dere ; dat da don't like Mr Gown's paper 'cause it ain't a labor paber ; and another thing they say is, Mr. Gown is no good cause he won't run for office I am going to run for office myself." "You don't know what an of" fice is, Jack," remarked some one. "Go way from here. I know what I'm talking about. Hal feller, got any licker.' A bottle of 30-years old, 130 proof dispensary liquor is pro duced and Jack hit it and hits it hard. "Welljack, when are you going to start your paper ?" he was asked. "Jes as soon as we get 11, coo subscribers. I got 14 cents now. If we can git 11,000 subscribers and another drink of 'spensary liquor I am goin' to kill dat Gown paper dead. "Don't you know, Jack, there ain't any money in a labor paper nor any other kind of paper in Raleigh ? Mr. Gown has work ed hard for his paper since he started it, and it is true he has saved up $30,000 (in his mind) since he began printing the pa per, still there is no money in it, and if I was you I would tell the labor folks to let it alone ; that you will starve to death, not get any office, lose all the good block ade and dispensary liquor, your girl will talk about you after you are dead and the devil will be to pay." "Starve to deth, lose all de good liquor and my gal go back on me if I start de paper, besides get no office?" "Yes." "Well, den, d n the paper. ain't got no. time to work nohow. Hah ! feller ! Feel good 1 Done had my breckus and got 34 cents left." And then we both sepa rated. Crazy Joe, The settlement of the strike of the St Louis drivers provides for increased wages and shorter hours, dating from February x. Shavings from "Jack Plane" I am a strong union man. It is the on,y way we Can er hope to accomplish anything tor the masses organizing and sticking together. Hisruption is not best. Wherever there is discord there will be troubles that will be hard to overcome. The "rule or ruin" spirit is never found to exist in a true unionist. The obligation of a union man is greater than all else, save allegiance to our Maker. It is an oblgation to stand united for the protection of each member against unfair wages and long lours an obligation "not to wrong a brother member, or see him wronged." Obedience to this obligation means the uplifting and upbuilding of all working classes, Let there be no division along this line o not get tne !aea into your . , . head that ou are greater and better than any one else. You may think so, but perhaps no one will agree with ou. It may be that you can dress a bit nicer, and have the qualification of put ting on a few more five-cent airs than other fellow-men,' but such deceitful, numbskull ideas will quickly vanish in time of trouble. Never get the idea into your head that you are the leader. There are very few leaders of men. A self-constituted leader is a de ceiver, a hypocrite and a destruc tionist. He is blind to his own faults, and doesn't believe his best friend when his they are pointed out to him. There must be harmony in un ion if there is success. If there is an unruly member, he should be dealt with severely Politi cians should be thrown overboard headlong, and the union man al- owed to srek and work out his own salvation. Stifle the disturber, bridle the ass, and let's keep pushing on ward and upward. Jack Plane. BETTER THAN FIFTY CARNEGIE LIBRARIES- Louisville, Ky., Feb. 29. In his will, made public today, Cap tain Daniel G. Parr, who died here recently, leaves immediately $400,000 in personalty and after the death of his last grandchild $450,000 in realty, for his entire estate, toward the establishment and maintenance of 4 Parr's Rest," a refuge for old and infirm women, Captain Parr refrained from mak ing a will until a short time ago, when after seeing an aged woman, poorly clad and sick, he remarked "A refuge which would make unnecessary such suffering as that woman's would be worth half a hundred Carnegie libraries." Captain Parr was 79 years of age. 111s legal neirs proDaDiy - r i 1 will contest the will. THF CONVERSATIONAL NUISANCE- "I went to California," said the distinguished western man, "as a fortyniner." "Dear me 1" rejoined the an noying girl. "Were you marked down from fifty?" OUR DUTY TO OUR FELLOW CRAFTSMEN Ir. Editor : - I bespeak your indulgence for a sufficiency of space in your columns to give expression to a few ideas relevant totlu above caption, which, I think, just at this epoch in the struggle for the cause of union ism, will not be amiss. The object of organization is for the mutual protection of its members and for the advance ment of the cause or profession they represent. There is an old and often quoted adage, that is as true as it is ancient and familar, "In union there is strength." Therefore, the most pertinent and vital question is how best to maintain this solidarity ? Can we more effectually accomplish this than to be amiable to one another and scrupulously loyal to our obli gation, ever reluctant to offend a brother by insinuation or inuendo, but always on the alert to admin ister rn hie wantc anA tn 1n1 cti ;cor in whatever way possiblet " - .v ...-. ' ' " --J fcv 1VUU OUW thereby creating and perpetuating the brotherly love so essential to the success of our organization ? Let us go to our meetings with a determination to do something for the good of our fellowman, and to discuss matters pertaining to the advancement of the cause in general; but in an effort to assist others we should be ever mind ful not to injure our own house hold or a member thereof, for the Good Book teaches us that "he who provideth not for his own household is worse than an in fidel," and is not this quotation as applicable to this matter as to our own fireside ? Then, too, let us lay aside our personalities when we enter said meeting and co-operate with those whom we ! may have some outside grievance or personal reeling, in order that we may solidify cur unity, and present a solid phalanx, working harmoniously for the same grand cause. May The Harbinger contin ue as the forerunner and exponent of the cause it has so faithfully represented from its incipiency, and may those who desire its ex tirpation and delight in airing its shortcomings, join its editor in an effort to make it come up to their idea of proficincy. Long live THe Harbinger and success to its editor. Fraternally, C. E. Hampton. "JACK PLANE'S" PHILOSOPHY- Perseverance and pluck will generally bring success though sometimes it's a small measure. There is a work for all to do, and life is too short to be fussing with your neighbor. Be careful what you say and how you say it. Some people take offense when no offense is intended. . . People sometimes say things in public that ought to be spoken privately ; or, perhaps better, not spoken at all. r Beware of the braggart. Most likely he-will show the "white feather" when the time comes. Girls to the number of 2,000, employed in the manufacture of petticoats, in New York city, have formed a union and demand a general increase in wages. by fire one night last week.
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