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THE GLOBE
NHL IK I
OF WORLD GATHERING
Organization Has Membership of 65,000
Now, Largest Since It Was Formed
Nine Tears Ago,
UNITED mitSS LUSJTO WIRE.
Chicago, Sept. 15 The eighth an- i
nual convention ol the Industrial Work-
era of the World opened here today,
with fifty delegates in attendance and '
excellent prospects for a warm factional
fight for control of this militant, revo
tionary body. I
Delegates from sme of the western
etatos hitond broadly that the present
secretary, Vincent St, John, who called
tho convention to order, had bees too
long in office, and that the organiza
tion would benefit by a redistribution
of membership or. the governing com
mittee. The insurgents planned to make
their attack when the convention bal
loted on the choice of a temporary
chairman at the opening sossion today.
The fight for control, the insurgonts
declared, was caused by no fundamental
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C. E. Albin, General Agent,
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differences of opinion regarding the
policies of the I. W. W., but was based
solely on the beliof that the offices
should be rotated. Such a method, they
said, would be more satisfactory to the
rank and file of the membership and
would remove all suspicion that the or
ganization was boss-controlled.
Membership of Band.
George Speed, general organizer for
the I. W. W., arrived today to read his
roport on the work of organization dur
ing the last year. Spoed's report will
show that the I. W. W. now has a mem
bership of 65,000, the largost since it
was formed nine years ago. At the
first convention a membership of 40,000
was reported, but in the intervening
years the number has fluctuated, drop
ping as low as 25,000.
The convention will be in session for
at leant ten days. There is no set pro
gram and each session will be a round
table affair, where any speaker who
gains tho floor may discuss any subject
ho sees fit. The strike and free speech
agitation in cities of tho Pacific coast,
tho Patorson silk Btrike, the recent dis
orders in Minot, N. D., and Seattle, are
among the "live" topics to be debated.
"Bill" Haywood, Joseph Ettor and
other I. V. W. leaders engaged in
strike agitation and propaganda work,
aro hero to adilross tho delegates.
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EARLY RAILROADS
In the Days When Making a Rec
ord Was Quite an Event
FIRST MILE A MINUTE TRAIN.
This Honor Was Claimed by Two
Roads, the Boston and Maine, With
the Locomotive Antelope, and the
Mohawk and Hudson, With the Davy
Crockett.
The first achievements of American
railroading are, In the greater number
of cases, lost in the obscurity of tradi
tion, and there has sprung up a host
of interesting stories that go the
rounds like Homeric tales. Tbe honor
of having created a record or a custom
that is now commonplace has had
many claimants in nearly every in
stance. Take the first train to run a mile a
minute. The Antelope, an engine on
the Boston and Maine railroad, accord
ing to one of tbe most cherished of
these legends, pulled the first train
that made this record. Her run was
between Boston and Lawrence, a dis
tance of twenty-six miles, and one
day In 1843 she Is said to have made
ber last fourteen miles in thirteen min
utes. But it is Just as earnestly upheld
that the Davy Crockett of the Mohawk
and Hudson railroad bos this distinc
tion. The Dnvy Crockett was the
pride of the road In her day. It is said
that her engineer, David Matthew,
loved her better than he did his fam
ily. But she reached the pinnacle of
her fame locally when In 1832, six
teen years before the Antelope was
heard of, nccording to this other story,
she covered a fourteen mile straight
away level stretch between Albany
and Schenectady in thirteen minutes
and made one stop for water besides.
A letter written by Matthew in that
year mentions having done better than
a mile a minute with ber, on several
occasions.
Running an engine at a mils a min
ute in those dnyB was many times
more dangerous than It Is now. Three
quarters of a century ago the rails
were light strips of Iron spiked down
to all sorts of tics. There were no tie
or fish plates then, and In hot weather
especially the sleepers and the rails
would warp In the torrid sun and pull
apart
Not infrequently the ends of the light
rails would curve upward from the
track, forming the much dreaded
"snake heads" which were the horror
of engineers and passengers alike.
Many tales are told of "snake hendB"
springing up under the Jolting train,
piercing the flimsy car floors und im
paling passengers in their Beats. Until
a remedy was found for these "snake
heads" by using better fastenings and
more seasoned ties a large force of
men was continually employed to walk
the tracks and nail them down.
Broken car wheels were another ever
present danger in those remote days.
The present standard gauge is said to
have been originally established by
taking the distance between the
wheels of the carts used on English
highways. For the same reason, ap
parently, the first rolling stock was
equipped not with solid wheels, but
with cast iron models of the wooden
wagon wheel, though of smaller di
ameter. These were not submitted to
the drop test that Is now universal
nnd were of a dangerously light pat
tern. The result was that often inte
rior defects In the casting would pass
unnoticed until tbe wheel broke and
tbe train was ditched. It took a bad
accident, in which a number of peo
ple were killed, so runs the tradition,
to bring about the testing of car
wheels by tapping them.
Real time saving In running trains
did not begin until 1851. Charles Mi
not, superintendent of the Erie railroad.
was one of those given credit for In-
auguratlng telegraph Blgnals for the
handling of trains.
Me was In the cub of a passenger
train one day, so the Btory goes. There
were uo double track railroads in those
days, und train had to lie out on sid
lugs and wait for the train bound .In
the opposite direction to come along.
However long the delay, the train on
the siding waited.
On this particular occasion Mlnot's
train took Its siding. The operator at
;hu little country station strolled over,
remarking tbut tho train In the oppo
site direction had got stalled on tho
Itrnde some fifty miles down the line
und that It would be two or three
hours before she 'could patch up her
leaky flues and get power enough to
:llmb the hill.
Mluot was In a hurry, and he decided
to telegraph down the Hue that the
train he was on would not wait at the
ildlng. but would proceed for station
intents to watch out for the other train
und have It wait on the siding nearest
Ihe spot where they would moot The
engineer refused point blank to tnke
any such risk, saying that It was
against nil railroad law and custom.
Mluot Anally discharged him. put htm
iitf the engine and rnn the train him
elf to the end of the division, keeping
posted by telegraph nt each station.
Everything worked out Just as he had
planned and whs so satisfactory that
lie at once inaugurated a system of
moving all trains on telegraph signals.
-Thaddcus 8. buytou in Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Within oneelf mnst be the sonro
!f strength, the basis of consolation.'
Marcus Anrellus
Considering the horrible weather it
has many times a year, an astonishing
ly large number of pooplo live in Chi
rngo.
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DAILT CAPITAL OTOUEKAL, 1ALBM, OMQOS,
RATTLED THE BANDIT.
Curious Experience With a Band of
Mexican Cutthroats,
Everybody in Mexico goes about arm
ed. Even the passenger trains on most
of the railroads are guarded by detach
ments of soldiers who ride In special
cars, while on every station platform
sre seen rural guards armed with cara
bines ready for an emergency. For
eigners have to adapt themselves to
the custom of going about armed or
else make themselves unfavorably con
spicuous In the eyes of the natives.
It was a novel experience, however, to
see railroad surveyors, when occupied
with their peaceful work, armed to the
teeth with knives and revolvers. As a
matter of fact, arms were rarely re
quired In Mexico as a means of de
fense. As everywhere else, it is well
to remember, however, to keep cool
and forget that you are armed in case
of a quarrel.
In this connection the principal locat
ing engineer of the road had an expe
rience at which he displayed some
nerve. He had to make a reconnols
sance of a mountain range called tbe
Sierra Gordn. said to be Infested with
cutthroats. He was warned to let tbe
district alone, but duty prevailed, and
he went When reaching a rancho
near the summit at Biindown be and
his attendant were met by four men
whose law breaking propensities re
quired no further Introduction than
their faces. They took hold of the
party's horses, told the engineer nnd
his attendant to dismount and made
no effort to conceal the fact that they
were there for business.
The engineer complied smilingly, and.
going up to the leader, mystified that
Individual by asking him to step aside.
I am told that It Is unsafe to travel
In these mountains." he whispered.
'will you not therefore oblige me by
tnklng care of my property and allow
us to remain under your roof until
morning." With that he banded over
his watch, money and other things.
and the astonished thief, who was
probably for the first time In his life
treated to the novelty of being trust
ed, not only let the engineer have the
best In his house, but handed him back
bis property in the morning nnd fur
nished him with two cutthroats to
serve as an escort during the rest of
his Journey. Max T. Schmidt in En
gineering Magazine.
CAPTURING ZANZIBAR.
8erlo Comlo Battle That Deposed the
Gay Sultan.
Zanzibar reminds every visitor of
the towns described In "The Arabian
Nights." It is a typical Arabian town,
and there seems to be a mystery and
a romance behind every door. The
town was ruled for hundreds of years
by a sultnn until the English took
charge.
There Is still a sultan, who receives
a salary from the Luglisn govern
ment, but some day he will be deposed,
and there will be no further pretense
of a Btiltnn having anything to do with
the government. The old palace of
the sultnn un ugly affair, which looks
like a boarding house Is used for of
fices by the British. Near the palace
Is tbe harem, now deserted, since Uie
present sultan has but one wife.
The sultan, who had trouble with the
English, was educated In England and
spent much of bis time und all of his
revenues In Paris. One day an Eng
lish gunboat sailed Into the harbor,
and the cnptnlu told the gny sultan
that he bad been ousted. Tbe sultan
resented the high banded proceeding
and sent word to the defenders of bis
dignity to sink the English gunboat
und put the Insolent captain in the
dungeon.
There was an old fort near the pal
ace, on the walls of which were
mounted a few rusty cannon. Tbe
defenders of tbe sultnn tried to fire
these at the English gunboat, but they
burst one by one, and almost wiped
out the sultan's defensive force. Tbe
captain of the English gunboat then
began dropping shells Into the palace
and, with one solid shot sank the sul
tan's navy a buuiII vessel which car
ried four guns. F. W. Howe in Howe's
Monthly.
Going Aitray at Sea,
It Is no easy matter to keep a mod
ern steamship on a straight course.
The helmsman steers by the compass,
and while a single degree of deviation
appears very small on the compass
card It would, if continued, curry a
fast steamship four miles out of her
course In a single day's run. Yet the
compass gives tho course more accu
rately than the ship can bo steered.
Owing to the deflecting power of the
waves and the rolling of the ship, the
course Is continually shifted a little
this way and that despite the helm.
Harper's Weekly.
A Philoeopher'e Purpoee.
"1 am looking for an honest man,"
said Diogenes.
"What do you waut with one?"
"Oh, nothing lu particular! My real
philanthropic purpose Is to show the
world how to conduct a long und re
sultless investigation with us little ex
pense as possible." Washington Star.
8uggestive.
Percy I wish to buy some pnper. I
am bashful nud am going to propose
to a young Indy by letter. Clcrk-Thls
Is a stationery store I guess you're
looking for a hardware store. I'ercy
A hardware store? Clerk-Yes; you
need sandpaper. Judge.
Cause and Effect
"Walter, this coffee la nothing but
thick, liquid mud."
"Yes. sir; certainly, slrl It wis
ground this inoruingl" London An
swers. Some men get a great deal more
money than they earn or anywise do
"crve. There's Charles S. Mcllcn, for
instance.
Slander is flattory turned wrong side
out
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MONDAY, B,rii
GRASS LINED BOOTS.
They Are Worn by the Nomadlo Lapps,
Who Never Get Cold i-eei.
TOhiin rlvlllzed man suffers Intensely
from cold feet every winter, tbe Lap
lander, living in the far north of Eu
rope, has no such trouble. A traveler
writes: "Their boots are made of rein
deer skin and are worn very large, and
the toes are pointed and curve upwuru
hoensllvsllnnedlnto their skis.
Tho Lapp usually Alls bis boots bnlf
full with a peculiar green grass, Into
which he thrusts his naked feet He
then packs the boots full with more
grass, tucks the ends of his trousers
Inside and binds tbem tightly round
with many turns of a brightly woven
braid. With these precautions they
never suffer from cold feet and chil
blains, corns or such like civilized com
plaints are an unknown horror to
them."
Concerning other customs the same
writer says: "The Lapps are essen
tially a nomadic race and spend most
of their lives wandering fancy free
among the wild and glorious scenery
of their northern home. However, at
times no doubt the stillness of the
frozen mountains becomes too sun,
and they turn their herds nnd start
toward their nearest meeting place.
Twice a year they hold these general
gatherings nt Easter nnd midsummer
-when they congregate anu nom a
general fair. It Is on these occasions
that they celebrate their weddings and
funerals. The revelries last only about
ten days, but many marriages take
place between couples who perhaps
have never met previously.
As soon as n Lapp can nfford to buy
enough reindeer for himself he leaves
the parental tent, takes a wire and
roams awny wherever his heart or
reindeer dictates. There are no social
distinctions in Lapland. Should a man
have no reindeer or possibly have lost
what be had he travels with a rich
man nnd helps him tend the herd, but
he lives nnd feeds with them In the
same tent nud Is quite on a social
equality until he can nfford to start off
with his own herd." Chicago News.
TURKISH VENGEANCE.
It's a Perilous Matter to Endanger the
Life of a Sultan.
Within two weeks ufter the assas
sination of Mahmud Shefket Pasha,
the grand vizier of Turkey, thirty-two
men were put to death for taking pnrt
In the conspiracy. According to Tur
kish custom handed down from tho
time of Mohnmtued, there Is no limit
as to the number of lives that may be
taken as a penalty for the murder of
one man. Even those Interested In
the remotest degree are liable to the
sultau's vengeance. It Is not bo much
the number the ruler of Turkey Is au
thorized to put out of the way, but
rather where the line Is to be drawn.
The Turks have a Btory of one of
the earlier successors of Mohammed
whose life was only endangered he
causo of a rock falling down a decliv
ity near which the sultnn was riding
with his retinue. Half o dozen of
those in charge of the trip were put to
death as nn ordinary matter of course,
then half a dozen more who might
have remotely known something about
the facilities afforded by the road for
killing the sultnn. Finally all the mem
bers of a secret club or lodge were or
dered executed because It was ascer
tained that one of tbe responses to a
password was "Will you roll down the
stone?"
Despite the protestations of the club
members that the words had no signifi
cance at all with respect to the sultan
or the sultan's trip along tho road, tbey
were ordered to the scaffold. They
numbered 118 In all nnd died bravely.
assuring their executioners to the very
Inst that they were innocent Later a
eunuch who told how the fulling of the
rock was merely un accident waa also
put to death for daring to say so. New
York Sun.
Killed by Light
Those who have studied the strange
Inhabitants of the Mammoth cave in
Kentucky say that tbe celebrated
blind Hsh from that cavern when
placed lu illumlnuted oquuriu Beek out
the darkest places, nnd It Is believed
that light 18 directly fatal to them, for
they soon die If kept In a brightly
lighted tauk. The avoldanco of light
seems to he a general characteristic of
the sightless creatures dwelling lu the
great cuve.
8tarting Something.
"While you are In asking papa for
my hand In marriage, Philip, I'll be
playing something lively on the piano,"
said the sweet young thing.
"No, I wouldn't do that, Jessica." re
plied the young man. "You know
some people can't keep their feet still
when they hear lively music." Yon
kers Statesman.
Sometimes They Are Wrong.
"A woman never admits that she
was wrong."
"1 don't know about thnt" replied
Mr. Meokton. "A number of them
seem particularly anxious to provMhat
they showed pretty poor Judgment In
electing husbands."-Washington Stnr.
Enough to Make Him Rave.
"What Is the editor of the health
hints department raving about?"
"A rich wotuuu writes that she gives
private moving picture shows In her
home, nnd she wants to know if they
will Injure her poodle's eyes."-Blr-mlnghnm
Age-Herald.
Its Limitations.
A sweet disposition Is a great Instl
tution as a general thing, although of
little asslstnnce In driving mules.
Atchlson (llobe.
The person who accomplishes most
docs not waste time and effort in striv
ing for the unattainable or utterly impracticable.
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