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Mrs Heath to onel side not lightly but so hard that she ifell ovier the pulpit stair and went flat on her face By this time Elder Heath had come to an uprjght position and It was the battle with Bnee which made J3SA22fl the minister famous jSnee Is a raw boned man weighing over 200 pounds one ho would rather fight than eat according to his friends and who is full twelve years younger than the minister who is past 50 and who weighs about 153 pounds The opinion is nov that Snee would soon have been out as cold as was Elder Heath his friend had the min ZieJ33T2trjnEE S2tSSZ vtv xT ri 4i 3ffWVKiyXvi Wyiv like a bulldog the Tflghtlnjr Parson was on isiCT not been pulled away Joe Hufmann in CCopyrlKht 1J04 by the Preii bUihlnjjf Sp 1yybinipublie and I ahouid be pleased to OHJj HAUj PiuJuy if PMbUc retraction from you said THERE 1 one man In Jeffefson town awn pne vnm anger I ship who enjoys the respect and admira tion of the younger male element more than another Is Rev Pi Montgomery pastor of the little Jefferron United Presbyterian Church which nestles In the wood right back of the village Mr Montgomery la now known far and near aa The Fighting Parson He does not look the part but his record aUnda Mrs Martin said just what I said she did replied the minister Why Mr Montgomery 1 never did said Mrs Martin You did say that of Elder Heath and I dont think you were far wrong said Rev Mr Montgomery quietly looking the Elder right in the eye Ob come away Edmond that isnt the hlm Stepping in he gauged the distance carefully and whipping his flst over to the point of the jaw sent Elder Heath down senseless with his head under the pulpit stair Rev Mr Montgomery looked at the fallen elder and satisfying himself that he was out completely drew his handkerchief from his hip pocket wiped his hands smiled at the astounded congregation and taking his wife by the arm walked out of the churcTi and to his home whose store the fight took place when asked about it by the Sunday Chronicle representative said They say this hyar minister man wont fight but theyre wrong He will flghtt all right and he likes it It was the dag gond est purtlest fight I ever see First one goes down from wallop and then the other gets it I thought theyd bust up everything In the store Not fight eh Wtiy tjjiat preafcher can lick his weight in wildcats A And thats the unanimous opinion in Jef war news He discussed the latest phases lng Snee managed to clutch the little minister of the Russo Japanese trouble with some of and dragged him down with himbut even at the old timers and was deeply immersed in this sort of battle the little minister was su a column when Harry Snee rode up to the periorn The crowd by this time got fright store and walked In after hitching his horse ened a nJ took a band The minister went He saw the minister who did not until this into a back room and had the blood washed time see him Walking over to Rev llri off while Srieewas lea to a friendly watering Rav Montgomery believes strictly rBt ile Mr Montgomery has told said Miss in that Bible phrase that there is a time for all things even a time to fight He is of the opinion that when moral suasion falls a good thrashing may twf tried irrespective of time or place And Rev Mr Montgomery Is not the man to preach one thing and practice another His flst is ready to drive home a truth when argument haa failed as was ovjdinced on Sunday June 5th when in full sight of his congregation in front of his own pulpit he administered a sound thrashing to Elder Edmond Heath who had called him a liar It was not a love tapping match for Elder Heath Is both young and gritty and managed to send the minister down for a partial count once hut the man of Qod came back and with a right hook on the jaw sent Elder Heath under the pulpltatep Jimp and apparently Hfelesi out for sure For this flst fight Rev Mr Moritgomery is how held under 500 ball for court trial In Allegheny county Altercation from the PuIpit There had been bad blood between Heath and the minister for some time Th minister had been grieved at the actions of Heath at a basket social and had told him so He had repeated the words of an Irate woman was preaching another sermon at Mifflin his afternoon charge as If nothing had happened ft 6 Challenged in Court And the fighting of Rev Mr Montgomery did not end with the Sunday mill in the church When arraigned before Justice Lewis of Jefferson township for assault and battery on his elder Hairy Heath a brother of the elder made a vicious verbal attack on the minister calling him names and daring him to battle In the highway The minister said in the hearing of all No Mr Heath I will not fight you now I will give you five days In which to cool down and to pray to Qod for forgiveness for your profanity and Inside of that time you must come to me and I will pray with you fordlvlne help F11 to do this and Ill whip you with my fists as you so richly deserve And forty elgM hours later the neat SiSf TU are lrrV rderorthrghUriVrn nd Mr LmL wv xf Heatn wUh hs went lnto the Pastors fc Mu fwm 7 tdy to apologizt and to pray One hour shot ourand cjlght Elder Heath right in ater they emerKeJ 8mnPff nd fihaklng the mouth and his head flew back hanrt tsa irieMinff Ti Three hours later Rev Mr Montgomery ferson township now regarding the1 RevySAP Montgomery Snee who towered above him said Did you call my father a cur The Battle in theStore And Harry Snee was swinging his 200 trough and there traces of his mill were washed away Re entering the store Rev Mr Montgomery picked up two pieces of the broken curtain pole ring and walking out to where Snee stood surrounded by a crowd he said Harry you see this broken pole ring Stella Heath the beautiful young sister of Elder Heath who with her mother had followed the Elder down to the seat of war Yes my son come away Dont waste any more time here since you have demonstrated the unreliability of the report said Mrs Heath I shant go until I tell this man what I think of him said the young elder Mr Montgomery I will tell you to your face that you are a liar Knocked Out the Elder The minister dropped his Bible on the pew nearest and his face set like cement He stepped up to the elder who had his fighting blood up and said loud enough to be heard by every one In the church which was now as still as death Elder Heath take that back and now Take It back Montgomery He can lick his weight In wlld cals The battle with Snee was brbught about through a sermon preached by the minister some time ago before the liquor license court convened in fact John A Sne father of the scrapping Harry was alleged to have the interest at heart of a man who had applied for license In the confines of Mr Montgomerys parish The minister preached a sermon which fairly bristled and In which the name of Mr Snee was used As Mr Snee Is not a member of Montgomerys flock It was taken up by some members who talked with the minister but they were told plainly that he had meant every word he said and was ready to back up his sermon in any way any one liked Fought a Much Bigger Man Since then there has been bad blood between the Snees and the minister Charlie Snee another son of John A Snee met the minister out driving one day and challenged him Into the road to battle The Rev Mr Montgomery laughed down at the angry young man and said his horses were too lively to stand but that he would be pleased poinds for the ministers chin before the Thats a nice thing to fight with aint It words were out of his mouth A brass cur You are the first coward I ever mixed up tain pole ring was on the middle finger of his right hand and flashed as he swung The minister had just time to see the blow coming and throw up his left hand as a guard the with You are a cur and a coward both No one who fights with knicklers is a man and that Is what you did You broke this on my head when I wasnt looking You took a blowk which had been intended for his chin mean advantage but Ive handed you sojie lahdlng oh his forehead and the curtain ring cut like a knife The blow and the weight of Sneea body forced the minister to the floor but like a cat he was up dodging Snees foot as he tried to kick Then the gang saw a battle Snee has fought many men and is said to be one of thing to remember You are a coward I re peat If you are not step out here and let us have it out Ill lick you in two minutes you and all your friends as fast as they come one at a time But Harry Snee wanted none of it The two fearful blows delivered near the short the hardest men In the toWrjship to whip ribs had shown that he had a man of science but the minister tackled him though he had and with good head to deal with and Snee to sinae unwara itouna ana rouna eacn other the minister and big man went each was content to call It a draw A His Doctrine of Slrenuousness Elder Heath got a whipping from me In brushed the gore away with one hand wfttch cTMlrch because he called me a Mar and In with their fists at guard The blood front the ministers gashed forehead dripped down Into his eyes and almost blinded htm but he lng carefully for an opening Finally it eame Like a bantam rooster Rev Mr Montgomery stuck out his head a target for Snees flst and the big man grabbed at the bait His right flst shot straight for the ministers chin That was what the man of Qod had waited for His head darted to one side al other ways showed himself to be an Impudent little puppy said Rev Mr Montgomery when asked why he had knocked his young elder out according to Queensberry rules before the pulpit Somebody had to whip tieain ana not me man to put oil a dirty Job on some one else If it comes my lowing the ponderous flst of Snee to go to one way There are different ways of looking at and you will take what truck gets the mln iiterwas heard to say as he sprang back into position for another lead Heath Is no child and be came on fast of the congregation that Elder Heath Was i td a clinch while men women and children a Sassy little brat and 4t came tnth Mr rmir1 nnrt nmi fa In toil Tn thn hraalr of Heath who on the bright Sunday morning Heath who Is somewhat of a boxer hooked after worship decided to settle matters He his tight to the ministers chin and Jumped ToUr havebeen consorting with truck bloodless victory but the Heath family had to meet Mr Sriee at some other time that is side while he came in His righfc flst landed religion Because a man Is a minister of the split The fearful battle In Which the minister was marked with scars Which he will carry to his grave occurred at the little store in this place on the evening of June 18th when he and Harry Snee son of John Snee battled until separated by neighbors Rev Mr Montgomery was bleeding badly but it Mil muiiigviiici nao liicuuig uauij uui spoke 0 Mrs Martin the lady who ras al bacs shooting out his right as the minister has developed since that the injuries Inflicted leged to have said this of him and she de rushed sending the man of God over the nied that she had ever said such a thing organ chair to the floor The blow would Heath looking for trouble apparently went have ended a battle fought by a worse con up to the minister as he came from the pul dliloned man than the minister but he was pit taking Mrs Martin with him up like a gum ball and coming He sent Heverend Montgomery Mrs Jdartln aays Heath down with a murderous right swing he did not apply the term to me as quoted fo the jaw and before the elder could rise by the minister on Snee In the flst fight were far more lasting and painful than the blows given by Snee Mr Sn has not been able to do a full days work since owing to two right arm swings which landed In the pit of his stomach blows handed by the minister of the gospel who knows bow to use his fists if he really felt like fighting Then the story was circulated that the minister had run away from a member of the Snee family and it reached the ears of the minister He said nothing But it was known that blood must flow The Snee family had sworn to get even If possible with the scrappy little minister and the time came on Saturday evening June 18th Rev Mr Montgomery drove his cows down the road after his wife had milked them and putting them in the pasture strolled back to the Gill Hall store and postonlce to get his mall He spoke pleasantly to the boys there all of whom were friendly to him and getting his paper leaned against a barrel to read the with all the force at his command on the gospel It does not stand to reason that he short ribs of Snee who added to his yawn should stand for every sort of abuse from punishment by the weight On his body lung people No sir When I And that a man rhg toward the minister Sne6 doubled up needs a licking when I think it will do hlra for a second but was straightened dutby a good I would be wrong if I didnt give It to fast left hook In the face which brought the blood for the ministers blows counted when they came Both squared off again and the minister was sent reeling by a straight left hander In the mouth He came back making as if to rush to a clinch but Instead stopped and al lowing Snee to lead wildly the minister of hlm Thats my Idea anyway A minister Is a man and has his rights the same as other men I do not propose to allow any one to trample on me the Fighting Parson said when asked what his Idea about lighting among the clergy were If a man picks on me I will defend myself all the time but will flght oply with natures weap the gospel once more stepped inside Snees ons my fists and I dont think I am anv swing and this time his right to the ribs the less a man of God because I am able to sent Snee down like a bag of bran On fall defend myself against rowdies and bullies WOWTfik LONDON WORKINQMAN LIVES By JOHN niTCHELL President United Mine Workers of America sands per year but still there Is no rooom for Thf Fimriff 4 I ilfni tnAtr tbe newcomers who crowd In so rapidly I 1C JraillUUd LrtlUUI CaUCI There Is no room to breathe no room to live C3n1 Thn4 4lia I nlnia no chance for the average workingman of a iiius uair iiiw iwaiviwi moderate income to live with comfort and in i Tiftlthv arm nUaiflnr mrrntinlnmi Thegreatlcry of London is for rooms The the problem two mll niaBiinm AiAn onskare pressed In between the North and Squeezing QUarterS in EastVers Here there is a chance to ex pana in every airecuon to ine nonn to me south to thje east to the west but hitherto this extension has not been sufficiently rapid to keep pace with the ever increasing population There is still considerably over a mil lion men and working women In the great of EngiandWCipital PayS CXOrbitantly trIOr which confronts Manhattan whose Squalid Hovel AU IS fl lA ILV3 IV Mg CopyrlghtedilWI by John Mitchell rights reserved qpHE MO interestinghhicay i 3 tnesemube commodat with seen about London Is not St Pauls Ca rinAi mnr nr i inj thi thedVai or Westminster Abb If tierewere fan extensive and rapid system of theihdonworking of eiectHcjtractlon with overhead and un Loiidon Is struck by theendiess streets ex aerground railways leading to all parts of tending hundreds mUesand coritalnlng er workingman might is mu ii iiiiv live at ardistance of eight or ten miles from row after rowof small houses wWch re the center otthemetropolls and still get to side the men tfho have made theUyhatrhi work In tlmev As ltfls the great mass it Is he Impression i Very different front fof the working population Is congested In that of New Tor In that areatiAnierican tne inner portions 61 the town with the result cityMe stts VrVflanked people are crowded XugenemenWciAtbe A iiin tw An Jsyen the moat crowded districts of Lon hai QJjW iJJ 6n iarerobably notultes so densely popu rcontraryi isaltyniaIIKnousesyancV tneiated ai Certain coaeated Portions of Nw opuiationnsteadjDrfIyingjin orltJcUyr asi or instance some of the wards jrewTYorkis spread overanrimmehae jind on both the eistlahd Veil sideibut the ac everncreaslng afeat Jtla Latmbstlmposslble tual cbhditldnsT areHwors There is more fort caatisltotibiindeitahd In a lstory Unentitban In a two vriJ i ttW Ti ii story huU 3n Xxmdon hundreds of thou Attiif or BUCementl that 111s greater than any others okerjiV Jn uiri inj back alley7 and In cit injihcryrorld thafetUrpopulationIs larger tumble doTriv Chanties cpmpared to which thia thatf ScotlandjpJIreiarid of bfJahy some oithe worst tenements of New York are intiti at the IJhlonveieept New iTorfe and like palacea The overcrowding becomes iPctnsylvshla doenots mean balfaoniuch aa worsiwlth each succeeding year It we a bus ride through the endless miles bfc couhttfibse i peoplf i 6yercrdded vwhoillye streets jnUhe workmgmensdiatrlctav two brmolna room rjt wlHDeoundthat 1 iavepent niahyhouralnivartouataeci Considerably pverii mlllloif of Ikradony ln ilohs of this city Where wage iraerdwelf habltAntairbuld come jwlthlti thbl irclass andviiayeFitherid whatl MvJiieen and from what hasfebeeh jnahy fwhol llvel sljf and eight andthefe are told Tfthiclty eems Uke rret pverv eynptaeSjwheretweiyeei rpwnitowitspopulatlolcreailngLby rpbHru uttk UaW anfendswEvery ttalhtbrngsWlrt JIncertaiiWectlonsf Jthcity tbe over neW neoDleroin thPcountry 6iH r6ni foignrowdingia eyejnlmore Intense Taking Lon SrlSSMtSrearlyau ino the rreax seeiningroanng ea 1 vvr similar state In the famous Whltechapel district over one seventh of the population is living four or more to a room We hear terrible stories of how tiPdrer classes of this giant metropolis UVe or rather exist in the houses which their means permit them to occupy A room may be divided between two families lodgers may be taken in or a bed may be leaied or divided between a man who works by the day and one who works by night It Impossible to see the conditions and quite impossible to realize them The overcrowding exists not only In the Whltechapel district but In West Lon dori and irf many other parts 6f the clty The pressure for rooms near to the center of the town causes rents to rise constantly and the tenant is at the mercy of the landlord or his agent who exacts from him the uttermost penny The tenants rebel occasionally against this continued Increase of the rent and boycotts and even riots have occurred but all this does not avail the price of rooms still rises and crowding becomes worse and worse The tenant1 who does not pay promptly is speedily evicted and there are always plenty of others who will take the place the moment it Is vacant Even rooms such as they are are not always available When you crowd oyer a million people In a narrow circle and force theni to be hear their tork When yott pour Into this already teeming population tens of thousands Of new arrivals when the demand for rooms increases faster than the supply It becomes Impossible sooner or later to find places for the newcomers the new houses do not accommodate the hew people and rooms in the old houses dingy and dirty and unhealthy as they may be are not always available Not seldom It has happened that working men holding jobs and with money In Ihelr pockets have actually been unable to secure any sort of rooms for their families and have been obliged to apply to the workhouses Even rooms which are secured after much effort are tjnworthy of the name Damp grimy cellars reeking with an accumulation of filth dirty tumble down shanties In the rear of other dirty houses at the back of blind alleys old and rickety dwellings strung together in crooked lanes all filled with countless throngs of men and women and with hordes of little children are a commonplace sight In this wealthy city The stranger In London might walk miles and miles through streets of dark low forbidding houses with smoke covered blackened Walls filled to overflowing with human beings who are taxed to their utmost pay ingpower for the privilege of living In these horrible hovels When one compares the average wage bf the workingman in London with the prices of rooms the latterseem extremely exorbitant Rent of rooms seems to averagefrom 7S fr VSvrv 5kimJi IMost Common hiahlty which makes piihevastjmetpollsi Houses gbufl althiirate ofi tena pt thow tlon i lnbtheriwordsXtwQ or more to a room In fsome ectioiiltSto 60 pex ceht live In Names in 9an Francisco CIMITH Jonesand Brown are not the icommoneat namea iai comppplltatt San Fran clsco Brown is ho be tt er than third place while fJones is Way rdown eleventh en the list ptiamlllar families lnrthls Pacific itnetropOliathfGdeni i iThe hew cityJdirertoryyust5ctjcTOUJns ihllnamesi of itr000 different menTwidows ahdiyoung business Women spilth has a jraniMenteadiWithaotaI of 1S25 of that namefhtbwh jThlsVmeans that there are seven Smiths to each 100 persons in San Frariciscoioo mucVi Johnson lsno mis nomefiherefff brTtherCi are896 of that name or Ave in eyerytlOoofthe populatich tjyBUtpgetithefuli measure of the commoner names In San Francisco th directory list should be multiplied by three so as to include the married women and all the chil dren Thistvou1d make close to46Sbf the flame bt SmUhlhiBan Frandsco nearly 3000 of the name of Johnson 2400 of the Vname of Brown a little more than 2000 of the iame of Anderson jand eo on i iHereis the list which includes Uie twentytwenty nine corambnesi family names in San Francisco at preseny arrangedsln ithe order of family slteK mlthi325Sfbhnson 996 Brown 800 Ahdersorir7ef Milfeiv Murphy 574 8uillvan56SWtIlllams 527 Wilson 517 Kelly 503f Jones 439 Davis 482 OBrien 468 White 406 Harris 359 Martin 336 Thompson 355 Petersen 355 McCarthy 345 Levy 343 yCohnor 334 Ryan 321 Meyer 320J Hansen 302 Collins 300 McDonald 287 KIngf 278 Mitchell 1P Clark 228 English Irish Jewish nd Swedish antecedents can be recognized In the list but the Germans come far down the line WSmmM kbis rei 4 ife 71 mmfm3im 50 cents to 31 and more per week and this rent often rises to one fourth and not Infrequently to one third of the income of the workmen There is a movement now on foot to compel a minimum wage of 25s or 36 25 per week since below5 that sum It is practically Impossible for a working man to live with his family in any decent comfort in London Many attempts have been made during the last generation to Improve the housing conditions of the poor of the metropolis Laws have been passed requiring better safer ad more permanent dwelling places and Insisting upon improved sanitary conditions geierally The railroads have been compelled to run a number of wbrkingmens trains at reduced fares so as to permit the wage earner to live at a distance but the service of many of the lines still leaves much to be wished for The real underlying cause of the fearful congestion 6f many London districts Is the lack of a complete system of cheap and rapid transportation The omnibuses and tramways are very slow and do not provide anything like the facilities offered by American electric railways There are several underground railways which take the people out and the service of the Great Eastern Railway Is said to be entirely admirable Very much however remains to be done before the working population of London can be released from the overcrowding and congestion under which it now out ers Fortunately some improvement is being made in tbe canditlons under which the London poor live by public spirited citizens and by the city government There are several foundations for establishing mode tenements and model cottages and these residences show a vast Improvement lnthe conditions of living I saw some of these tenements which appeared to be clean 4nd Well ap pointed and I noticed that In many of the windows there were flowers which show that the residents take an Interest and a pleasure in their surrounding These model dwellings are organized on what la called a 4 per cent philanthropic basis they seem to have done much good although by reason of the high rrents they do hotireacb the very poorest classes The city government has also done excellent workin the direction of improving the homes of the people largely through the initiative of John Burns Tarid other Radical members arid the London County Council has erected big tenements In various parts of the city while others art In course of construction These places are oth clean and comfortable and are eagerly sought after by people In search of rooms The result has not been as Is supposed to prevent private individuals or companies from putting up new tenements although am told hat these are not being built as rapidly tiow as before owing to the rise In the value of land What London need and will probably secure eventually Is improved rapid transit and the building of tenements and the tearing down of the thousands of little shanties and rookeries which now disfigure the place Until some such reforms are Inaugurated the poor Of the city will continue to sufTer from the diseases and the high death rate which prevail In the worklngniens districts As one walks through the sectipns of the metropolis chiefly occupied by wage earners one is forcibly arid painfully struck by the pallor of many of the inhabitants and by their sickly an anaemic condition Not until London has discovered the way of housing its people In a reasonable manner Can it hope to have a population which WllL be physically Sane and sound JOHN MITCHELL In collaboration with Walter Ei WeyL 1 sZZr sreji5MS iv i.