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TO THE COURTS
CENTRAL GOES
Road Appeals to Federal Judge to
Restrain Lower Rates.
BOARD REFUSES TIME
Georgia Commissioners Turn Down Re
quest of Railway Officials in Re
gard to Circular 334.
The Central of Georgia Railroad
•company, through its attorneys, made
application before Judge Shelby of the
United States circuit court of appeals
in Huntsville, Ala., Friday, for a tem
porary restraining order, to prevent
the Georgia railroad commission from
enforcing the reduction of rates on
the lines of petitioner in the state of
•Georgia. A large mass of papers were
submitted to sustain the contention
that the enforced reduction of rates
would amount to confiscation of the
business of the company. Judge Shel
by took the application under advise
ment.
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The newly organized railroad com
mission of Georgia Friday afternoon
declined to interfere with circular No.
334, reducing the passenger rates on
a majority of the railroads of Geor
gia. The body stated that it did not
see fit to interefere with the order
of the old board, organized by Govern
or Terrell, and of which ex-Commis
sioner Joseph M. Brown was a mem
ber, and it was ordered to stand.
Thus the action of the former board
becomes the action of the present com
mission.
The order declining to extend fur
ther time in which the roads might
be heard in argument on their side
of the case was read to the assem
bled railroad representatives, who had
been before the commission all day
except for a thirty-minute conference
of the commission prior to it 3 an
nouncement, promptly at 5 o’clock.
In making the announcement, Chair
man McLendon said: “Gentlemen, the
commission has heard with patience
and pleasure your remarks as to why
there should be a delay in having
circular No. 334 to go into effect, and
direct me, as their chairman, to make
to you the following statement:
“The records of tne commission
show that the petition which resulted
in order 334 was filed March 2, 1907,
and after notice was considered on
at least two different occasions, and
at these hearings every road in the
state affected by said circular was giv
en a full opportunity to be heard, and
was heard as fully as the roads de
sired to be heard.
“Circular No. 334 was issued and
promulgated on June 7, 1907, to be
come effective September 2, 1907. An
application for its reconsideration was
informally made by the reads in the
first three classes on August 27, 1907,
and the whole of that day was given
to the arguments submitted by the
roads. The commission offered to de
vote the entire time from August 27
to August 30, inclusive, to a hearing
of any evidence or arguments which
the railroads might present.
“Having devoted the entire day of
August 30, 1907, to the separate hear
ing from each one of the roads em
braced in classes A, B and C, during
which hearing the merits of the whole
question were gone into and consid
ered, and no sufficient reason having
been shown therefor, this commission
declines to interfere with circular 334.
“By order of the board:
“S. G. McLENDON, Chairman.
“GEO. F. MONTGOMERY, Sec’y.”
At the conclusion Mr. McLendon
said: “If, after these rates have been
put into operation in good faith, you
find that they are working an injus
tice upon you, the law gives you the
right to come before the commission
and make such complaint as you see
fit. This commission sits as a court
without terms. We are constantly in
session, and the law gives you the
same right of appeal as a shipper or
private individual.
“That is all. The commission has
spoken through the order read."
In silence the railroad men filed out
Not a word was spoken until Vice
President Winburn of the Central
said: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman.” An
other official right behind him said:
“Damned if I’ll tbank him. • 1 his
caused a general laugh among the rail
road men.
CLASS HATRED RAPPED
By Editor William R. Hearst in Labor Day
Speech Delivered at the James
town Exposition.
William Randolph Hearst delivered
the Labor Day address at the James
town exposition Monday. In part, Mr.
Hearst said:
“Labor Day should rank with the
Fourth of July as a characteristic
American holiday. The Fourth of July
commemorates the means by which we
gained our independence as a nation,
and Labor Day commemorates the
means by which we have made our na
tion the most powerful, the most pro
gressive, the most prosperous of any
in the world. In this country labor is
universal and universally honored and
appreciated. In this country there is
no working class, but every man wor
thy of the name is a working man.
In this country the mechanics work,
the farmers work, the clerks work and
the millionaires work. We have no aris
tocracy, gave that of intelligence and
industry, and the title of our suc
cessful millionaire is in the plan of
industry.
“I have no patience with the prej
udices which exist between alleged
classes when the classes themselves
do not really exist.
“There is no reason for hostility
between employer and employee, be
tween capitalist and wage-earner. Capi
talists use the accumulation of wealth
which employed and employer create
together. Wages are but the division
of profits. Both employed and em
ploye are entitled to their share of
the profits, and as long as the divis
ions are just and equitable there is
no occasion for conflict. If the divis
ion is not just, it can always be made
so by arbitration, and there is still
no occasion for conflict. A condition
of class hatred, such as has developed
in Colorado, is a curse to this country.
There should be no prejudice enter
tained by the capitalist toward the la
borer, and there should be no prejudice
by the laborer toward the capitalist.
There should be an appreciation of the
essential part which each plays in the
creation of wealth. The man who digs
the precious metal from the earth is
worth liis wage. The man who tells
him where to find the gold deserves
his profit, too.
“The great financial promoters, or
ganizations, executives of America, are
\yorthy of recognition and award. They
work as hard as any of us, and their
work is absolutely necessary to the
full production of the riches out of
which are paid here in America the
highest wages in the world. Let them
have a liberal share of that wealth
as long as that is the incentive which
stimulates them to useful activity. Let
them have wealth as long as it is
honesty acquired through enterprises
that benefit the whole country. The
riches they amass and call their own
are seldom spent in extravagance and
luxury upon themselves, but are put
into new industries to produce more
wealth and give employment to more
men.
"And now, my friends, in the crea
ion of wealth and the equitable dis
tribution of wealth, not only is co-op
eration necessary, but organization is
necessary. Labor unions are valuable
not only to their own members,, but
to the wole community. Farmers’ un
ions are valuable not only to their own
members but the whole community.
And honest, law-abiding organizations
of capital are valuable not only to their
own stockholders, but to the whole
community.
“The effectiveness of combinations
of capital is seen in their enormous
power for good and their menace lies
\n the misuse of that enormous power
for evil. There is no greater danger
to our form of government, to our
popular rights and public morals than
the corrupt use of the great power of
corporate wealth.”
ALABAMA HAS LOWER RATES.
Railroad Passenger Tickets Now Being
Sold at Two and a Half Cents.
For the first time in the history of
the state of Alabama railroad tickets
are being bought for 2 1-2 cents a mile.
Never before has the fare been less
than 3 cents. Rates have also been
reduced on 110 commodities of general
use in the state.
The reductions are enactments ot
the recent legislature, and put in by
agreement while they are being test
ed with regard to their constitutional
ity in the federal court.
RIOT FOLLOWS
LABOR PARADE
Trouble Occurs Between Union and
Non-Union Men in 'Frisco.
MANY WERE WOUNDED
Paraders Began Attack Because Trolley
Car Men Broke Line of March.
Racket Also in Louisville.
Several men were wounded, one
probably fatally, during a riot which
occurred Monday afternoon at the Mar
ket street ferry landing in San Fran
cisco.
The riot was precipitated by an at
tack on a non-union inspector of the
United railways and was participated
in by more than a thousand people.
The parade of the labor unions af
filiated with the building trades’ coun
cil had just been dismissed at the
corner of Main and Mission streets
and a large crowd was waiting at the
ferry to go across the bay to Shell
Mound park, where exercises have
been part of the day's program for
some years.
It is believed the running of a street
car close to the people caused an at
tack to be made upon Inspector L. J.
Hall, who was starting the cars for the
United Railways. Fearing the rage of
the angry crowd, Conductor James
Walking and Motorman F. J. Durson
drew thei rrevolvers and fired into the
mob. This infuriated the mob a;ill more
and the fighting soon extended along
Market street from the ferry to the
junction of Sansome-and Sutter streets
—a distance of several blocks. It was
some time before the Police restoied
order.
A block further up, an inspector was
attacked by the mob. He was struck
in the face, and ran from his assail
ants. They followed him to the corner
of Sutter and Montgomery streets,
where they overtook him. He quickly
fired and shot one of the men through
the groin. Six others were hurt. The
police and fire departments sent a
force of police and firemen to the
scene.
The union men who were in the
parade thought that they had the right
of way over the streets of San Fran
cisco, and when the United Railway
attempted to break through the pro
cession, there was rtouble. What had
been an orderly larade turned to a
riot. The labor union men forgot that
the procession stood for law and or
der, and the offending street car men
were violently attacked. These men,
whoewho are known as “scabs" and
“strikebreakers” by the unionists, were
determined to protect their lives at
any risk, and opened fire after they
had been assailed.
TROUBLE IN LOUISVILLE.
A labor day riot which, but for the
timely arrival of the police, would
have assumed formidable proportions,
resulted in the injury of four non
union street car employees In Louis
ville, Ky., late Monday afternoon. The
trouble, which occurred at First and
Main streets, was started by a wo
man. The labor day parade had just
broken up and the participants were
swarming on the cars for the park
whgn the woman refused to ride on a
car operated by non-union men, and
jeered at the unionists for doing so,
urging them to pull the scabs off. Her
words inflamed the crowd immediately
as the street car men have already
voted to go on strike. Four cars
operated by non-union crews were
smashed and Motorman Whitehouse
and Conductor Frielly were badly iij|
jured by men wielding boulders, white
two other non-union car men were les3
seriously beaten.
The prompt arrival of the police pre
vented the trouble from spreading
among the thousands of union men
massed in the neighborhood.
|FARMERS ARE WELL FIXED
Notwithstanding General Production in
Country is Ten Per Cent Less.
The American farmers’ earnings are
a thousand million dollars greater this
year than last, according to a prelim
inary report on crops to be published
in the American Agriculturist. This
big gain will be entirely due to the
increased prices of farm products, as
the production in general will be fully
it) per cent less in quantity than in
1906, which was the bumper year.
INJUNCTION IS REFUSED
Judge Shelby, However, Orders Georgia
Railroad Commission to Answer in
Case of Central’s Appeal.
An order was issued at Huntsville,
Ala., Saturday by Judge Shelby of the
United States court of appeals, in the
case of the Central of Georgia Rail
road company against the railroad
commission of Georgia, John C. Hart,
attorney general of Georgia, James
K. Hines, special attorney for the rail
road commissi in of Georgia, requiring
the defendant to submit a bill of com
plaint and to appear before Judge Shel
by or some oarer one of the judges
of the circuit court of the United
States in Atlanta on September 16 at
10 o’clock, or at’ such other time as
may be fixed by the court, cr as soon
thereafter as counsel may be heard,
to show why injunction as prayed in
the bill should not issue.
it is further ordered that the mo
j tion and prayer tor a restraining or
| der to remain in force until the hear
ing on the application for an injunc
tion is overruled.
Accompanying the order of the court
winch was handed down late Satur
day afternoon is a memorandum of
reasons given by Judge Shelby for re
fusing to grant the temporary re
j straining order. Judge Shelby says:
"The maximum rate Per mile for
passengers charged by the complain
ants company is 3 cents. The Geor
gia railroad commission has reduced
the rate to 2 1-2 cents as to intrastate
| passengers. The bill is filed to en-
I join, vacate and annul the order of
the commission on the grounds that it
violates the provisions of the fifteenth
and fourteenth amendments to the
constitution relating to due process
and the equal protec Men of the laws.
The case is not now before me on its
merits, nor is the motion for an in
j junction now before me for decision.
This is not intended to intimate any
opinion on the questions not reached.
| The bill of claims is presented to ob-
tain an order setting the motion and
prayer for the injunction down for a
hearing and directing notice to be
given to the defendants. Order to
that effect will be made.
“Also I am asked to grant a tempo
rary restraining order enjoining the
operation and enforcement of the rate
established by the railroad commis
sion of Georgia until the hearing of
the motion for the injunction. The fol
lowing is the statute authorizing such
action: Section 718, R. S. of the U. S.,
gives judge power to grant restraining
order if he thinks life or property is
in jeopardy.
“The constitution and laws of Geor
gia confer on the railroad commission
of Georgia the authority to reduce
intrastate passenger rates. It made the
order in question June 7, 1907. After
notice to the complainants, the rail
road companies, and after hearing
evidence the order provided that it
should not go into effect until Septem
ber 2, 1907. This gave the complain
ant companjes two months and twenty
six days in which to apply for an
injunction before the rates prescribed
became effective. The bill was not pre
sented until Friday, August 30, two
days only—one of them Sunday—be
fore the date prescribed was to take
effect. The defendant has had no no
tice that the application for the tem
porary restraining order would be
made. If resort had been made to
the court in a reasonable time after
the fixing of the rate on June 7,
there would have been no occasion
for asking for an ex parte restraining
order.
Attorneys for the Atlanta and West
Point railroad and the Louisville and
Nashville appeared before Judge Shel
by during the afternoon with practi
cally the same petition as presented
by the Central of Georgia. Judge Shel
by issued the same order and fixed the
same date for hearing before Judge
Newman.
BIG NEWSPAPER PLANT GUTTED.
Louisville Courier-Journal Suffers a Fire
Loss of $200,000
The loss of the Courier-Journal plant
at Louisville, Ky., which was gutted
by fire shortly after midnight Thurs
day night, is estimated to be about
$200,000. The company stated that
there would be no interruption to the
business, the other papers of the city
having offered The Courier-Journal the
use of their plants until arrangements
can be made for the paper to resume
operations.
STEAMED EGGS.
Have a cup containing one-half
spoonful of butter, setting in a dish
of boiling water. Into the cup break
one egg. beat slightly with a fork,
add two tablespoonfuls of milk, mis,
then cover the dish tightly so that tho
steam will not escape. The egg will
puff up to the top of the cup as it
cooks and is soon thoroughly done.
A delicate appetizing dish served
with toast.
PIE PLANT JELLY.
July is the month in which to
make pie-plant jelly, and if one can
get red currants, using one-third
currants to two-thirds rhubarb, a
much finer jelly will be the result
than if rhubarb alone is used, and a
much cheaper one than if only cur
rants are used. Canned rhubarb
may be used to good advantage as an
acid addition to mincemeats. Rhu
barb can be dried, and kept for win
ter use, and will be liked by some
as an addition to apples for sauce or
pies.
COLD CHOCOLATE.
This most refreshing summer
drink is made by cutting into small
bits one ounce of unsweetened choco
late. Put this into a graniteware
saucepan and gradually pour over it
half a pint of boiling water, stirring 1
all the time over the fire, until the
chocolate is quite smooth. Add one
pint of granulated sugar and stir un
til it begins to boil. Cook a moment
or two longer, then strain and let
cool. When quite cold, add one
tablespoonful of vanilla extract. Bot
tle and keep in a cold place. When
ready to serve it, put into a tall glass
one tablespoonful of cracked ice, two
tablespoonfuls of chocolate syrup,
three tablespoonfuls of whipped
cream, half a cup of milk and a dash
of soda water from a siphon bottle,
and a tablespoonful of vanilla ice
cream. This is a delicious drink,
even if the soda water and ice-cream
are omitted. A plainer drink can be
concocted by combining the chocolate
syrup, three-fourths of a cup of milk
and the cracked ice, and shaking it
well.
pcr^oiiiriPi
Red pepper is an excellent condi
ment, and its effect on the liver is
remarkable. Malaria and intermit
tent chills cannot endure the pres
ence of red pepper, which should be
upon every table.
The following is a remedy for itch
ing feet from frost bites: Take hy
drochloric acid one ounce, rain water
seven ounces; wash the feet with it
two or three times daily, or wet the
socks with the preparation until re
lieved.
To remove a cinder from the eye
an engineer gives this rule: Let the
injured eye alone and rub the other
one, and the cinder will be out in
two minutes. It is a simple remedy,
though it sounds unreasonable, and
is worth trying.
A heavy broom should always be
selected in preference to a light one
for thorough sweeping, as the weight
aids in the process. In buying a
broom, test it by pressing the edge
against the floor. If the straw's
bristle out and bend, the broom is a
poor one, for they should remain in
a firm, solid mass.
To clean a mackintosh, spread it
out on a deal table and go over it
carefully with a small scrubbing
brush and some soap moistened with
rain water, rinse thoroughly in clear
cold water, and hang on a line in the
shade to dry. Any stains which will
not yield to soap and water will prob
ably be easily removed by rubbing
with a little ammonia.
Potatoes will boil more quickly if
two kettles of boiling water are pre
pared, one of which is poured over
the vegetables, and after a moment
the potatoes are lifted into the other
kettle and boiling will not cease.
When potatoes are to be baked, if
they are thoroughly heated on top of
the stove —turning them once—they
will bake in half the usual time.
If you wish to mend your gloves
neatly, turn them inside out and
sew them over and over with fine
cotton thread. Silk seems to cut the
kid. If there is a tear, set a piece of
kid under it and secure it with a few
stitches; if you have not the kid of
the right color, use a bit of ribbon or
silk. Save the best part of the old
pair to mend the new. Court plaster
will mend a break nicely, but always
stiffens the kid.
