SATURDAY, APRIL A, 1008.
MliC!
1ELL RETIRES
Wholly Voluntary and Was Due
to III Health.
WON DICTINCTION IN 190
Lewli the New Preiident is Conald
ered a Brainy Man But it Per
hapi Quicker to Decide Than the
Much Loved John Mitchell.
INDIANAI'OLIS, Al, April 3.
Aftrr a decode ipent in active work
at tlic executive head of the United
Mine Worker of America, during
which time he ha iittuincd a reputa
lion a the nation's foremost labor
leader, John Mitchell today stepped
down and out and wan succeeded by
Thoma h, Lewis of Ohio. , During
the time thai he hai been president
of the miners' union, that organiza
t in hail grown from a small and in-
nignificant body to one of the strong
est labor unions in the world, with
total membership of 360.000. Mit
chell's retirement was wholly volun
tarv. and was due to ill health. If
he had wished, he could probably
have retained his position through
out his lifetime, so nonular is he with
the members of the union.
The greatest event of Mitchell's
career as a labor leader was the
strike in the anthracite district in
1903, the most memorable the coun
.try ever saw. It was inaugurated
by 1'rcsidcnt Mitchell, the demands
being an eight-hour day, higher
wages and union mines,
It lusted from April until Novem
ber, when President Roosevelt ap
pointed his famous arbitration com
mission and a settlement was effected
to last three years. At the expira
tion of the three years, the contract
was renewed and now expires next
year. The settlement was considered
favorable to the miners,
Many rumors are in circulation as
to Mitchell's future. lie has been
mentioned as a possible Democratic
candidate for governor of Illinois,
his home being in Spring Valley, III.
It has also been stated that Mitchell
would be asked by President Roose
velt to go to Panama and make a
report on labor conditions in tne
canal zone. The retired labor leader
will be one of the delegates to the
natural resources of the country,
called by President Roosevelt.
John P. White, of Iowa, is the new
Vice-President. He has been Presi
dent of the Iowa miners.
W. D. Ryan of Illinois, long con
nected with the state organisation
of miners is the new Secretary-Treasurer.
Ryan is a Mitchell man as Is
White.
Lewis, the new president, i con
sidered a brainy man. lie studied
law and came up from the mines like
Mitchell. He has some elaborate
plan for making the organization
bigger and stronger and hi ambition
is to gain the confidence ol the pub
lis In the my Mitchell has held ft,
Lewis hat been ipoken of as i
fierce radical and some liirprite has
ncni expressed mai a rauicai couw
be elected to such an Important posi
tion by men who have had the ter
vices for years of to conservative a
leader as John Mitchell. As a matter
of fact Tliomat Lewis it not a rad
ical in the usually accepted tense of
the word. He Is perhaps quicker to
decide than the much-loved Mitchell,
whom he has, on numerous occasions
' f '
opposed, and his manner of handling
the various questions which confront
labor leaders is perhaps somewhat
less conciliatory toward opponents;
he also in very strong willed, but his
reputation as a "fighter" is due more
to III work for what he thought right
within the organization, than for any
disregard of the proprieties In his re
lations with employers. Lewis lives
at Bridgeport, Ohio, and has been
vice-president of the mine workers
since the election of John Mitchell
to the presidency. He therefore is
not unfamiliar with the work he has
been called to. In a speech made
to the recent convention of miners
at Indianapolis, after the tellers had
announced his victory over William
D. Wilson, Lewis said:
"I desire to set at rest any fears
that may exist. I desire to say to the
American people that if I am a radi
cal I hope to be always so, for I will
stand and defend the just rights of
those whom I have the honor to rep
resent. I hope to be so conservative
that we may be able to decide when
to accept the things that we believe
justly ours as laboring men of the
country."
II !
a i t .ii.wi.li. n i ,mmn it-ii t iiii i I" i ' i J
THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON
SPASM OF VIRTUE
Prohibitory Law and Race-Track
Gamming Threatened.
RACES CLEAR $5000 A DAY
It la Safe to Say That a Prohibitory
Law Would Undoubtedly Past
Congress if it Were Once Before
That Body But it Wont be.
DEATH WAS QN HIS HEELS,
Jesse P. Morris, of Skippers, Va,
had a close call in the spring of 1906.
He says: "An attack of pneumonia
left me so weak and with luch a fear
ful cough that my friends declared
consumption had me, and death was
on my heels. Then I was persuaded
to try Dr. King's New Discovery.
It helped me immediately, and after
taking two and a half bottles I was
well man again. I found out that
New Discovery is the best remedy
for coughs and lung disease in alt
the world." Sold under guarantee at
Charles Rogers & Son drug store.
50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
Within the last five months small
investors in dividend-paying railroad
tocks arc said to have increased by
100,000, The general public is evi
dently not afraid of recent railroad
legislation or the 2-ccnt rate.
Irritation of the throat and hoarse
nest are relieved immediately by two
or three little swallows of Kemp's
Balsam, the best cough cure. Grip
)v Hurry and Worry
are twin causes of many ail
ments that affect the stomach
and nerves. Keep the diges
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Special correspondence. Washing
ton, D. C. April 3,-Thc District of
Columbia is at present suffering in
tensely from an arrested spasm of
virtue At the opening of the session
of Congress we were threatened with
a prohibitory law. I hen came a
strenuous and sustained attack on the
race track and the gambling connect
ed therewith. Finally an effort was
made to do away with buckctshop
gambling. Up to this writing all
these attempts have proved abortive.
The races are being run daily to the
delectation of the multitude and the
eminent satisfaction of the book
makers. The bucketshops are open
and doing business and the saloons
are working from four a. m. to mid
night. On the whole it does not
seem that we have gotten very far
toward reform.
It is to be hoped that before au
tumn Congress will have enacted a
law to put a stop to betting at the
races, Washington is peculiar in. its
population and because of this fact
suffers more from the racing in the
Spring and- Fall than would likely be
tthe case with any other city of the
same size. The larger part of the
population, and especially of the race
goers, is composed of employe of
the government, receiving a stated
salary on which they and their fami
lies are absolutely independent. Con
sequently almost every dollar lost at
the race track goes out of circulation.
The argument is frequently advanced
that the "races bring money to
Washington" This is the sheerest
sort of nonsense. The $2 per head
contributed by the patrons of the
track pays the purses and all ex
penses connected with the operation
of the track. For. every dollar that
is brought here and spent here by the
bookmakers, touts, and race track
followers, who depend upon betting
for their livelihood, at least $2 are
taken away from the permanent pop
ulation of this city. To say that the
races cost Washington five thousand
lollars per day, net, for each day of
both the Spring and Fall meetings,
s a very low estimate. Frobably
en thousand dollars a day would be
nearer correct. On the opening day
there were more than sixty book
makers. Most of these came from
out of the city and had with them a
clerk and chashier at $10 a day each,
If each bookmaker won only a total
of three thousand dollars of the pub
lics money. The greatest evil in con
nection witn netting at uenning is
not the loss of the money involved.
but the disrespect into which the
law has fallen. .The absurdity of a
aw which forbids betting on the
races within a mile of the city limits
of Washington, but which permits
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Cardiff Coal & Coke Go's
Stock at $3.00 Per Share
The Price of This Stock Will Positively
Advance on Monday of Next Week
ll!J P0SITIVELY THE LAST "ME THIS STOCK WILL BE OFFERED AT THIS
PRICE. If you want any of it this week, hand your application to J. C. Lee or C. II. Callender or
mail it direct to the Cardiff Coal Co,, Room 517 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oregon. '
Remember you can't buy it next Monday at $3,00 per share and we are not going out of our way
to sell it to you at that price this week. We will still continue calling attention to our coa! until
we have everybody in Astoria burning - ,
CARDIFF GOAL
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Mliram-,tll , :-i ""g' S5is5ss3
that speculation is both wholesome
and necessary, and defending such
operations. Stock gambling is now
about the only generally recognized,
legalized form of gambling and it is
likely to be a long time before the
people abandon it.
The movement for prohibition in
the District of Columbia seems to
have fallen into inocuous deseutude.
Early in the session the brewers and
liquor interests were greatly exer
cised over the possibility of the pas
sage of a prohibitory law, but their
fears have been allayed. It is safe
to say that while a prohibitory law
would undoubtedly pass Congress
were it once before that body, it does
not now seem possible that a vote
will be taken on a prohibitory law
at this session.
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FIEND DROPS DEAD.
CHICAGO, April 3. A despatch
to the Tribune from Bedford, Ind.,
says: '
Charles Fisher, aged 17, dropped
dead yesterday in the Street. He
was addicted to the cigarette habit
and had one in his mouth when death
came.
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declare they are driven to distrac-
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the mile limit, and which forbids the
loktraker to stand still and take
ets, but which permits him to shift
from one foot to the other and do
business, cannot be defended by even
the most enthusiastic race track
gambler. As far as the crowd which
the races attract to Washington, the
town would be vastly better off with
ont it. In the main it is composed
of loud-mouthed, loudly dressed gen
try, whose talk is extremely horsely
and interlarded with profanity, to
gethcr with a number of women of
whom the less said the better. That
there are distinctly reputable men
and women interested in racing no
one will deny, but it is manifested to
the most unsophisticated observer
that they are largely in the minority,
The sooner Congress puts an end to
race track gambling in the District,
the better off all parties concerned.'
Not long since it looked as though
some legislation might be expected
looking 'toward the" regulation ,or
Men eannot understand whv this
should be so. To them it is a mys
tery because in nine times out of
ten this condition is caused bv a
Berkras feminine derangement
A remedy is necessary which acts
directly upon the oreans afflicted, re
storing a healthy normal condition to
the feminine system, which will
quicily dispel all hysterical, nervous
and irritable conditions. Such is
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present session. The stock, ex- j Why dotlt you try it ?
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