Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1920 — Page 1
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TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1920.
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WOOD SAYS STRIKE h
Declares in Boston That issue is One for Test of Real Americanism. v
ASSAILS ONE-UNION PLAN
General Aeeerte Radical Element Muet G# and Country Be Run ^ Under Constitution.
Women to Act in Strike
(Special In The Indianapolie New#] HAMMOND, lad-, April 13—Women. aaxlUerr heffiea of the Bretkerheed ef ■allwar Tfle—ra here hare derided te Bead a ailaalwaarr driecatiea te eadlet ike wire* ef etriken here ead at Gary la mm e#ert te get atriknc teahaaia keek te week. Wive* ef atrikers, to edfeet tke prepeaed rmaade, kave aaaawared that they win ketd e rekef daaae ead tretiwai#! etoaffiapThere la aaM to ke araek feeiiag a«ras tke weatoa is the CalaaMti region ever tke atrika attwatton. ead It fcaa been Estimated that there awy ka rlaafcaa between the twe
^ DUTY FIRST. “That reiaeidee with every art mt hie eareer," aaM Harry <i. Hwaaaacwr af tke M owd fur tke awariaatiwa tar rHNrfSOOt; w»ra ke heard that W oo* had raareted aft kta
^Wfth hi a* M ha* alway* here 4mtf flrat. i nae reailaded af what he aald ta hla offleem, after he had learned that he weald aet he afhrwed te ae with his dfv-totoa te S^raare. Hie affteere had pra> tested, hat Cieaeral Waad aald ta thewii * ‘Do sat eaaerra yea me If a hast way ease, hat «tet yaar talad aa the war. It yea weald please a»e play yaar part cheerfaily aad well. That aMMtae whea la aetlaa sever fall ta tahe yaar ahjeetfve aad ■ever he late aa year objeetlve.’ **t mm sare he would now ser to as aad all Me frleadwt .‘Mr oalapalda le la year haade aad X woat yoa to pe ahead.’ M |t will regalrr aiore aetlve work free, the veiwateers la IsdJmmm. fur they aad all bto adaalrer* will talee the laaplratloa of a epeaklan caatpalffa, hat earely after all. aothiaa la aiore la*plrlad thaa hie hlph eoaerpttoa of dsty.” ■
THOUSANDS MADEIDI£ IN MICHIGAN FACTOHES
IN H« STRIKE
Rail and Brotherhood Heads View Wilson Appointment as. Clearing the Way.
TIEUP SITUATION IMPROVED
Some Embargoes Are Lifted and Western Lines Move Increasing Amount of Freight.
MENT OR POWER PLANTS.
BOSTON. April 13.—Leonard Wood today canceled the leave of absence which he obtained to make a cam-
RAIL STRIKE FORCES CURTAIL-| for ^ R«P»blk«
for President, and said he would leave for Chicago tonight to reaunte his duties as commanding general'of the central department of the army. He said his action was due to railroad strike conditions. He said, he would keep an engagement to speak before the Chamber of Commerce at Salem at 6 p. m.
OH, HE CANT, CANT HE?
INDUSTRIAL CENTERS HIT
DETROIT. April 1*.—The predicted effect on Michigan Industry of the unauthorised strike of railroad switchmen became a reality today when power and fuel curtailment forced Into idleness about ISf.OSC workers In various industrial centers. Detroit was ligbtiess last night as a result
of the strike.
In Detroit alone It was estimyted the closing of factories had thrown out between M.MO and 75.000 workers. Other cities where industry felt the effects of the strike Included Pontiac. Battle Creek. Ann Arbor,
City, mend
Kaginaw, Mt. Clemens. Bay City. Jackson. Kites and Flint. Decision to close all factories in Flint tomorrow, throwing 35,000 men out. was an-
nounced today.
The 150 swHehtnen who struck at Bay City yesterday have agreed to return to work if assured that the railroad labor board would be organised promptly. . Curtailment of street rkllwsy service became effective in Detroit today, 15 pfcr cent, of the car* being kept in
lb# barns.
Although the strikers in Detroit asserted they expected an early settlement of the strike, the source of their optimism could not be traced.
General Wood made this announcement at a breakfast tendered him at the Boston City Club. He said: ‘The situation of growing seriousness in the country is such that I feel it my duty to give up my leave and to return to my post of eomin Chicago. The situation is
BOSTON. April 18.—The railroad! en's strike was discussed by Leon-j ird Wood in an addryss at the City Club today in connection with his innouncemeenl of his return to ChicagOi “where,” he said, “I feel that 1 should be in the possible crisis
that is coming.”
“You are confronted now by sn open and shut proposition; you can not pussy-foot it or sidestep it much longer,” he continued. “You find that organised labor has been stable, conservative, but is now being attacked from within by what is described as the 'boring from within process.’ So far aa we can see organised labor “ ‘ h
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INABILITY TO GET CARS FORCES WORK SUSPENSION.
not one which allows personal considerations to enter into the matter in the least.” It was the intention of General Wood to speak in several places in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Delaware and Pennsylvania within the next week. He canceled all of theae engagements. The general now ia on a two months’ leave which was granted him by the war department, March 20.
CHICAGO,
ment by
April 13.-
THOUSANOS OF MEN IDLE
like th«> on*
union
Mies. There is no on* big union going to go over in thi* country. This country is going to bo run by American*, coot What it moy. It doe* not m*ke any difference what the coat I*. It i* going to be run on a baata of gov* ernment under the Constitution, with due respect for law ahd order, with a recognition of y»* supremacy of the iaw, the right* of property, the right* of the individual, the right* of mankind. No class legislation, no autocracy. either of wealth, labor or oower. but a real democracy and a pirlt of co*op«ration ami helpful-
tet-a.
Say* Red Mauri Go. L I hav» bad to bump into some »tfter ugly strike situation* in the ditdlc neat and wherever there ha* ecu radicalism and trouble. In the a situation I have always the alien Red in control; very American leader. W* want of the alien leader, the agitator. I have found can workmen at least 95 per attusre. square aa a die and *g id run straight, but we have terest ourselves a little more in these problems. Danger ta ladtffereare. 'The danger in America i* not *o much from the Red element as it ift from our indifference. We discuss these things academically, but w# do not get out, take our coats oft and get to work on the problem*.'’ , Geooral Wood spoke for an absolutely aquar* deal*’ for labor and capital. urains co-operation rather than of the prob-
pot put the thing |
'We have got,
over
he said.
issue on the basis
to the Canadian plan of Investigation before a It ted. General Wood has built up We have not here. We . concerning for in-
work
were oni> allowed hours a week beno cars to move the to store the coal, not live on eighteen »k. That happens to fact in that knew anything with the We w ant
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CCOLUMBUS. O.. April 1J.—Soft coal mines In Ohio were nearly all closed today, because of the railroad strike, and thousand* of ceai miners were thrown out of work. A few mine* in scattered districts were reported itiu working, but all of the big mince were closed bocause of the inability of operator*? to get car*, steel Flaato Are •t'leaed. The big steel plants in the Youngstown district were reported closed down with approximately 50.900 men thrown out of work. * The Overland Automobile Company at Toledo reported that it would be forced to close, thereby throwing 14.900 people out of work. Public utilities all over the state were appealing for coal, and most of them declared that unless an immediate aupply of coal was forthcoming they would be forced to suspend oper-
ations.
Food supplies, especially staples, were becoming scarce in some parts of the state. Toledo reported no sugar on hand, and Columbus groceries were giving only a limited amount of sugar to each customer. Food dealers predicted a big rise in the coet of food supplies unless the strike was broken soon and the embargoes on freight lifted. MORE TWINERS FAC1KG JAIL. Only Tw* Appear To Answer Kansas Coart Call. PITTSBURG. Kas., April 13.—Almost complete paralysis of the Kansas coal industry eras reported today. The announcement at the headquarters of the coal operators as to operations said that only four steam shovels were working. No deep mines were worklug. The report showed that not more than 309 miners out of more than 13,000 were at work. Coal operators said the suspension of operations was in protest against the &ntencing to jail of Alexander M. Howat. president of the Kansas mine worker*, and his colleagues. Union officials neither confirmed nor denied the statement; Papers in an ouster suit againsx a. Clint Webb, sheriff of Crawford county, are being prepared by attorneys for the court of Industrial relations for filing in the Kansas supreme
court.
The sheriff was accused of misconduct In office by permitting Alex-
Howat. president of the Kansas ‘ a prisoner Sn the county ver a speech to a crowd of miners a* Girard yesterday.
When the names of twenty-fiv*
Appoint-
Preaident ^Wilaon of the railroad labor board waa viewed by both railroad and brotherhood officials today as being a long step toward settlement of the rail strike. Officials of both sides pointed out that the roads were powerless to raise wages or consider other demands until the board has reviewed requests now pending. Officials were awaiting announcement by Attorney-General Palmer of the government's attitude toward the ‘illegal” strike, and of any action which might be taken to bring the strikers back tq work. It is beUeVta that when this announcement latnade and with prompt action by the newlyappointed board an early settlement ca nbe hoped for. * This, the thirteenth day of the unauthorised walkout, showed the deadlock continuing throughout all the district west of Ohio, with the exception of the far northwest, where, in the region of Everett and Spokane, Wash., the strikers have made some fresh gains. Traffle Shows Increase. In the Chicago district the strikers have made no gains for four days, and, while they deny any desertions from their ranks, the railroads have each day increased the amount of traffic handled. The railroad managers announced today that the office workers and union strike breakers imported by the brotherhood are able to handle all traffic offered. Business ia much below normal because of the strikes in other citiea Great Northern and Northern Pacific switchmen at Everett. Wash., walked out at midnight last night and Northern Pacific yardmen at Spokane arranged a meeting today to decide on future action. Yard employes of the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company and the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul in that district were awaiting action by the Northern Pacific men. Embargoes Lifted. In Chicago conditions were sufficiently improved today to permit lifting by several railroads of embargoes placed a week ago. Railroad officials estimated that 25 per cent, more freight was moved at Chicago yesterday than on any other day since the strike started. The Illinois Central railroad reported freight traffic at Chicago was moving 80 per cent, of normal. Tht Chicago. Milwaukee A St. Paul had 114 switching crews and reported nearly normal traffic.
WhVCANT 00 THAT —
ITS INEXCUSABLE:
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Nine Members of New Organization Nominated by President Wilson.
?r A, ^“SS«&m 0 i‘i , tSSK|THKEE CENTS
WOULD STABILIZE CUY CAR SERVICE
City Takes Steps to Establish a Cost-of-Service System. .
CABINET MEETING CALLED PLEA BEFORE COMMISSION
Railway Strike Situation to Be th« Principal Subject for Discussion Wednesday.
Modification of the Emergency Order is Xsked—Details of ths Petition.
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Motor Trucks Aid in Getting Shipments In and Out of Indianapolis.
MEASURE ADOPTED TO CONSERVE THE SUPPLY. .APPEAL NOT OBSERVED
Roads, Aided by Volunteers, Keep Food Supplies Moving in Face of Walkout.
Big Break Soon in Ranks of Striking Switchmen Predicted—Claims
Made by “Outlaws.”
With gas being coiiaumed at the
SOME CREWS BACK AT WORK i^oo.ooo cub^ feet a day. u P
to 10 a. m., active fe^pect of. a shutdown of the local plants witir*exhaustion of the local supply by nigiit, the Citizens Gas Company today reduced the pressure in Its mains as a means to compel conservation. The pressure was so low at noon that in many homes there was not enough gaa for cooking, and cold food was
eaten.
Consumption was 50 per cent, more than normal until 10 a. m., in spite of an appeal issued by the company, the public service commission and city officials Monday to reduce the consumption 50 per cent. The ordinary daily consumption in Indianapolis is 10.-
000,000 cubic feet. Situation Worse.
“The situation is much worse than it was yesterday,” said J. Dorsey Forrest. general manager of the company. “More gas has been going out in the mains this morning than ever before
Considerable freight was moved
over the lines of railroads serving eaten.
Indianapolis today and Monday, and on most of the roads officials said the movement of freight, which on Saturday was brought to a standstill by the insurgent strike of yard switchmen, is showing a steady improvement. Motor trucks took several long hauls of freight, and some freight was brought to Indianapolis. Motor truck operators expect to have
an organization for handling freight j obviou^that 1 many 1 ’/ocarpersons were in operation by the end of the week, osi^^ror^..ina^od.y, ^ ^
STRIKERS’ GAINS OFFSET
New York Central Handles Considerable Freight and Maintains Passenger Service.
auci til old •niter Howat
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miners’ union officials and miners. ' bj Judge Andrew J. Curran y to appear before the industo testify concerning conthe mining field, were court today, only two
miners Judge
the pr©< Payton.
OffiftHL toU—
of the courthouse. There was no response. Steps were immediately taken for contempt proceedings, and the arrest of the men who refused to obey the order to appear were to
begin this afternoon.
SS-SI ■ , , sr,K s
in close touch with and instructed W. E. of the industrial roll from the steps
BIG MOTOR M CUTS WORKING DAY IN HALF
STRIKE EFFECT IS REFLECTED AT NEWCASTLE.
3-500 EMPLOYES AFFECTED
(Spscsa! to The Indianapolis News] NEWCASTLE. Ind, April 1*.— Strikes of railway yardmen in other and express embargoes caused Maxwell Motor Company here to i on a half-time schedule today. at the plant, about work only five hours a conditions become normal, the first local Industry to » affected by the walkouts. * dealers, depending on houses, have meat for thtee day*.
At the Chicago atgekvards 248 cars of live stock were received yesterday, the largsst volume in more than a week, and 19.909 employes returned to work. Approximately 35,000 work-
ers still were idle, however.
Only about 25 per cent, of Chicago's normal coal supply is being received, but railroads announced that if the situation became serious, coal shipments would receive preference. At Gary, Ind^ thousands of steel workers
Continued on Page Five.
Capital Freight Embargo
WASHINGTON. April IX—A a embargo agalaat aM iacaotlag aad oatgotag freight was placed today by the ra'traada eateriag Washington. The only freight received daring the Inst tweaty-fonr hoars was two car-
load* af fresh ateat.
.The city's sapply af perishable fsodstaffs was esttaurted as snffiriest *o last for froai seven ta tea days, with the sapply af staple geed* naff iciest far atx neaaths. Coal in *tȣSge here was reefcsaed by deal-
ers st a ten-day sapply.
LIBERTY BOND QUOTATIONS
Decrease ia Market Yalae Represeats
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NEW YORK. April IS.—Liberty bonds at noon were quoted as follows: SA**. 95-99; first 4s, 99.79; second 4s. 87.34; first 4*is, 99.80; second 4^8. 87.28: third 4*4*. 91.42; fourth 4*8. 87.80; Victory 3*s, 97.19; Victory 4^8. 97.14. Final prices today were: 1%* 95.50: first 4a 99.59; second 4a 87.79: first 4»i*. 99.39; second 4Ka 91.70; fourth 4^s. 87.82; Victory 3Ha 97.10; Victory 4*%a 97.90. At these figures the current market value for the Liberty bonds as a whole represents a loss of nearly $2,090,999,999 to investors who bought these securities of the government at face value. With the notation of the last Liberty issue the government announced that there were about 29.990.999 individaul subacribers to all eerie*. Therefore the average loss would flgure £1,000 for each Individual.
Officials of the Big Four said that on Monday thirty-six freight trains were handled in and out of Indianapolis and that twenty-four engines were operated in the yards. A train load of meat from Kingan & Co. was taken out for- eastern points and Kingan & Co. notified that other shipments will be accepted. Seven thousand freight car* it was raid, were operated over the Big Four system Monday, which is about 80 per cent, of a normal business.
Son*e Crews Return.
At Terre Haute, where the men voted Monday night to quit, three engines were at work today manned by the regular crews. Several of the Indianapolis switchmen who had quit were reported to be back at work today and many more have notified the offices they will return Wednesday. The Indianapolis Union Railway Company, operating the Belt line, reported that several employes who quit have returned to work. The Belt Monday delivered twenty-two carloads of coal to the Citizens Gas Company and twenty-five carloads of live stock were delivered to local packing plants. Freight Being Accepted. The Lake Erie & Western is accepting dead freight but not perishables for local stations between Indianapolis and Michigan City, except to Tipton, where there is labor trouble. The Monon ia accepting carload and less than carload shipments for all local stations and carload shipments for connecting lines not under embargo. The Illinoia Central has opened a gateway to the southeast ?h?ough Cairo. Ill-, for all shipments and is accepting both carload and less fhan carload shipments for all points between Indianapolis and Effingham, III.; Mattoon. 1U and Evansville The Pennsylvania and the Cincinnati. Indianapolis A Western are not accepting freight. , ^ Twenty motor trucks from Detroit have returned with shipments of castings and shipments from the Oakes Manufacturing Company and the Van Briggle Motor Device Company. Four trucks w'ent to Cincinnati with freight, one to Kokomo, two to Richmond. two to Chicago and several left
for other point* Motor Truck Plan*.
The out-of-town motor truck men have appointed a committee including W. A. Clark. Anderson; Jap Jones, Waverly; H. H. Chambers, Shelbyviile; D. D. Carpenter. Mooresville. and H. S. Downes, Hagerstown, to prepare a schedule of rates for motor hauls of freight. The committee will meet with the wholesale representatives Thursday noon to complete the organisation for distributing freight to and from Indianapolis in the state by motor truck. The truck operators are arranging with distributors in their respective towns to handle freight delivered by truck* from Indianapolis and to collect local shipments for In-
dianapolis.
Crisis Seems Near. With officers of the official union and leadens in the insurgent group both claiming gains in the last few hours, the day appeared to have reached a crisis in so far as the moContinued on Page Five.
peal would enable us to maintain the pressure at a high level, but until consumers stop using*gas for heating, the pressure must remain down, or the city will be without gas in a few hours. We believe that gas must be provided for cooking first, and it is to this end that the pressure was ordered reduced." 100 Ovens Down. No gas was being supplied the city from the Prospect street plant today, and 100 of the ovens there were
down.
By reducing the pressure. Mr. Forrest said, the company could stretch the prospective supply of gas over a greater number of days than if it were used even in normal quantities. If manufacturers cease using gas. he said, it would result in a saving of approximately 10 per cent. ASKS ROADS FOR NAMES OF STRIKING EMPLOYES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ADDRESSES TWO BIG SYSTEMS.
WASHINGTON, April 13.—The railroad labor board waa appointed today by President Wilson. The President today also called a meeting of the cabinet for tomorrow to discuss “the general situation.” It was understood that the strike would be the principal subject discussed. This is the first cabinet meeting called by the President since he returned from his western trip last September "a very sick man.” Since his illness he has seen only a few members of his official family. Members sf Rail Board. The members of the labor board are: > Representing the Public—George W. Hanger, Washington. D. C.. Henry Hunt. Cincinnati; R. M. Barton. Tennessee. Representing the Railroads—Horace Baker, J. H. Elliot and William L.
Park.
Representing the Employes—Albert Phillips. A. O. Wharton and James J. Jr^orrcs t i* The railroad labor board is created by the Esch-Cummins bill as final authority In railway wage disputes. 'Nomination* Go to Senate. The board will be Authorised to meet in Washington at once to take up the grievances- of the railroad employes now on strike. The nominations went, to the senate at noon today and prompt action by that body was expected. The board’s first work after considering the present strike will be to take up the whole railroad w’age question which has been pending for nearly a year. The board is to establish permanent headquarters at Chicago, and it* members will devote all of their time to the w'ork. They will receive salaries of $10,000 a year each, Former Cincinnati Mayor. Mr. Hunt, one of the public representatives, is appointed for one year. He ia a former mayor of Cincinnati, and a former member of the Ohio house of representative* During the war he was a captain in the national army. Since 1915 he has been a member of the board of. trustees of the Cincinnati Southern railway, a cityowned utility. Mr. Hanger, another representative of the public, a* a member of the United States board of mediation and conciliation, has had considerable experience in handling labor dispute*. He is named for two year*. Mr. Barton, the third member, is a former Judge of the Tennessee courU of appeals, and Is appointed for three
years.
Railroads’ Representatives. Horace Baker, who is appointed to represent the railroad executives for a three-year term, i* a former general manager of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific railroad. J. H. Elliot, of Texas, ia appointed for tArp year*. He formerly was general manager of the Texas & Pacific railroad, and subsequently was a colonel in the transportation corps of the American expeditionary forces. Mr. Park is vice-president of the Chicago Great Western railroad, and is appointed for one year. Mr. Phillips is vice-president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. He is appointed
for three years.
Mr. Wharton, whose home is in Missouri, is an official of the railway employes' department of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, and a member of the board of railway wages and working conditions of the United States railroad administration. Hi* term is for two year*. * Mr. Forrester ia president of the Brotherwood of Railway Steamship Clerks, Fneight Handlers, Express ' Continued on Page Five.
In order that the Indianapolis Street Railway Company may be enabled to obtain sufficient money properly to -operate, maintain and extend the street car system, the city of Indianapolis today filed with the public iervice commission suggestions for a modification of the emergency order of the commission under which the street car company has been operating, to provide for a service-at-cost plan of operation. c *l y polnt8 out that ^ operaof t h * S or "D»"y under the existing order of the commiaskon has not been at a loss and it recommends that the present fare be continued. furth «£ out that in auffifiinf P r * 8 * nt . f 9*'e does not prove nt maintain the cost of wn7 C *. a * ln the plan, the cl tv will not consent to an advance In citv on fKf tn A h ,® commission has passe* 21 Ab* J* ont A. nt J 0n , repeatedly mad* by_*b* . Y-b^ Abe street car comJ* entitled to higimr omnnenm tion for services render*.I to the lr.ifnes * n coni ' >l ' uie8 u-stnc Te city Different Fares. Ten different fares which may *>« permitted under the service-at-cost plan ari set out, ranging upward from the present fare to the highest fare of 6 cents with l cent for trans far, and downward (o the lowest fare of six tickets for a quarter and twen-ty-five tickets for $1 as existed before the emergency order of the pubbc service commission. Under the service-at-cost plan, the company is to be permitted to ha^« a J x *mi. ra A® of interest that it may earn. The city, for the purpose of the operation of the plan, agrees to a valuation of $15,000,000 of the company s property. The city, under this plan, would be represented In the office of the company by a city street railway com mlssloner who would be appointed bv the mayor at a salary of $500 it month. The salary and the necessary expenses of this commissioner, whose 4uty it will be to see that the com yany ia providing the proper service tn the most economical way. will come out of the operating expense* ol the company. Interest rates on the $15,000,000 .valuation, the percentage allowance for depreciation and some other figures are left blank in the city’s sue gesttons. These blanks are to be filled in by the commission after a hearing, which was set for April 2’J, at 8:80 a. m.
WEATHER INDIOTIONS
UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU.
Indianapolis. April 18. 1920.
—Temperature—
WISHES LEADERS SET OUT
WASHINGTON. April 13. — The Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads were asked today by the department of justice to send the names of all their striking employes and to indicate which of them were leaders in the walkout. The department officials flatly refused to discuss the meaning of the messages or to indicate whether similar requests would go forward to the executives of other railroad corpora-
tions.
Taie text of the telegram follows: "Please send us at once the names of all of your emnloyes who are on strike, indicating the names of any of them who appear to be directing the movement in whole or In part.
Granaa Osstcd.
Reports from field agents of the department today said s new union was being formed among the strikers in Pittsburg and Chicago. The organization was identified as the "Railroad Workers^- Union,” with temporary headquarters in Chicago. Department agents at Chicago advised that John Grunau had been deposed as head of the Chicago Yardmen's Association. Efforts were made to learn the identity of the new officers who, the reports said, were affiliated with the Industrial Workers
of the World.
Further complications in the situa-
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ant Attorney-General Garvan said, indicated that the strike leaders were attempting to obtain the co-operation of railroad shop workers in the walkout. Propaganda urging the shopmen to quit their jobs has been circulated in at least five great railroad centers, the telegrams-from agents said.
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NEW YORK, April 13.—Unless the situation in the New York district, caused by the unauthorized railroad strike, is materially improved within forty-eight hours, trains may be manned with experienced volunteers. J. J. Mantell, spokesman for the General Managers’ Association, announced late today after a meeting of the organi-
zations.
A few trains in New Jersey were operated today by public officials, bankers, brokers and others who volunteered their services. “It is obvious now.” said Mr. Mantell, “that there is a thorough understanding on th% part of the public that this is an assault on law and order and not an ordinary railroad strike.” He added that offers of assistance were flowing in from colleges, American Legion Posts and from military engineers who saw
service abroad. 7
NEW YORK, April 13.—Railroads and strikers went into a clinch today for control of the traffic arteries
leading into New York.
While the Strikers, who yesterday crippled suburban traffic in New Jersey, succeeded in inconveniencing 10 - 000 mere commGters by shutting down the three divisions of the Staten Island Rapid Transit Company and drawing out more firemen on rhe Long Island railroad, the other roads reported greater success in operating freight and passenger service. Accepting the aid of citizens and Working hand in hand with representatives of the four brotherhoods, the roads were able to move an increasing amount of food into the city, while specials operated by volunteer crews began arriving from suburban
points in New Jersey. Ticket Sales Stopped.
The Long Island railroad announced that 500 firemen had quit. Sale of tickets for all steam trains was ordered discontinued. Electric service was reported abov|t 90 per
cent, efficient.
Timothy Shea, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, conferred again today with strikers and later addressed a meeting of the executive committee and delegates of the brotherhood in Hoboken, announcing that the meeting would tinue “until some solution” ot
strike was reached. Mayor fa Factae Cab.
"This is distinctly a citizens* movement.” declared Mayor McKenna, of Englewood, who occupied the cab of one “citixen’ special.” "We are showing favoritism to neither side. We will keep the trains running until the
strike is over.”
In Mayor McKenna's train crew were Roger Clark, state commissioner of highways In New Jersey; a Columbia law school professor, an exporter and a bank officer. Several such
£. a a, L d •nffines were j Sim praarisno. Cal.., Cloudy
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of the
—Local Forecast—
Local forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours endinc 7 p. i April 14: Fair tonight sod Wednesday: slowly rising temperature. Heavy froat to-
night.
Forecast for Indiana: Fair tonight and Wednesday; slowly rising temperature:
heavy frost tonight.
Forecast for Illinois: Fair tonight and Wednesday, slowly rising temperature; prob-
ably frost tonight.
Forecast for ^Kentucky; Fair tonight and Wednesday: slowly rising temperature; heavy to chilly froat tonight. Forecaat for Ohio: Fair tonight and Wednesday: slowly rising temperature: freezing temperature and frost tonight.
—PredpitJbon—
Amount of precipitation for twenty-four hours ending 7 a. m.. .10: total amount of precipitation since January 1. 1920. 7.94: deficiency aince January 1. 1920. 3.93.
—Weather in Other Cities—
The following table ahowa the state of the weather in other cities at 7 a. m.-
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B^murcKe
Boston. Mass 5f ln Chicago, ill. Clear Cincinnati. O CJpsr Denver. Solo CJnr Dodge City. Kas. ... Cleer Helena. Mont. Cloudy Jacksonville. Fla. .. Clear kmntmm City. Mo. .. CJaar Little Bock. Ark. . . Clear Los Angela*. Cal. ... Cloudy
Mobile. Ala ...
New Orleans L» . Cknidy New York. N. Y Rain Oklahoma. Okla Clear Omaha. Neb Clear Pittsburg. Pa Snow San Antonio, Tex..., PtCldy
fired by American Legion member*. One hundred student* of John* Hopkina University, with the approval of the faculty, have volunteered their services to the railroad* »?
tion were apparent from inveatlga- fhe^wfu' go^to h wor 1^1*%wffc*hmel tions of federal agents, which Assist- LTfiremeif ln the yirdV. * w,tchm *"
Department of justice agents
St Louis. Mo St. Psut Mia"
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City Official* Appear. , Mayor Charles W. Jewett. Samuel Aahby. Corporation counsel, and Thomas D. Stevenson, city attorney, appeared before the commission to file the suggestions for ths ssrvlce-at-cost plan. They held a brief conftreiice with the commiislot;. The city officials for several months have been working on the plan which they believe will prove the solution to the street car service problem. Several informal conferences were hold by the city officials, officials of the street car company andy-the public service commission before the-citv completed its suggestions for the service-at-cost ortfer. ' - Text of Baggestfona. The suggestions of the city in full
are as follows:
Tn re petition of Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company, now Indianapolis Street Railway Company for authority to make change in far-** to be charged on the street railway < in the city of Indianapolis: Plan of operation on basis of 8ervlce-at-c<*t under order of commission suggested by city, and motion to modify order. When the original petition in thi* matter was filed by the Indlarmpoi > Traction and Terminal Companv tha city of Indianapolis contended' hot h by printed brief and In oral argument that It had a franchise’contract with tHe Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company, and also with the Indianapolis Street Railway Companv. which did not expire until 1934, th*r said contracts were each binding and in full force, and that the public ser' - ice commission had no power or jurisdiction to modify or change any of the terms or conditions thereof, or t<> order or authorize the petitioner to charge and collect a higher fare than authorized in said franchlss contract*. Supreme Court’s Decision. This question was presented to the supreme Court of Indiana in the caae of State ex rel. Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company vs. Puhl c Service Commission of Indiana, u which case the court held that under the public utility law of 1913 the public service commission did have Jurisdiction to grant fmergency relief to the petitioner ami increase the rate of fare provided for In said franchiaev if the commission found that an emergency did exist. Order of Public Service Commission. After a very extended hearing, the public service commission found that on account of increased cost of operation an emergency did exist and on the 12th day of October. 1918. issued its temporary order, increasing ths far* to 5 cents to eov«r a sixty-day period of operation. < At the end of which period another hearing was had, and on January 8, 1919, the public service commission made a further
period covering the signing of the treaty ending the world war, and of its ratification by this country, and 100 days thereafter, unless said order is theretofore annulled or changed by
order of the commission.” Emergency Continues.
Ths city, by Uis suggestions herein made, does not waive or intend to wart# any of its rights under either of said franchise contracts. The conditions which caused the public service commission to hold on the 13th d*£> yf October.
> 8th da> of Jan.'
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vestigatlng the strike In New Jersey terminals have been able to discover! ho L W. W. influence behind the walkout, according to Alfred Franck.
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1918. and again on the Ct uary. 1919. that an erne
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AMES gPMFM****»»•*?*f eaMk* waaufi-tllFs • masts li TO charge higher fares than provided for in said franchises, have not change. , i. the price of labor and material*, and the cost of operation have not been reduced, while on the other hand them ha* been an actual increase i the cost of both labor and material since the commtaston made |t« order* so rtiat if the commission wo* wa ranted in holding that an emergenev existed which justified the relief why granted, it is beyond dispute that the same emergency has continued art
now exists. ^ I The City’s Position
The proper operation of the street car system la vital to the public welfare of the city. We appreciate that a public utility can not Tong rend*.service for less than'coet. and that tha public ha* no moral right to re celv* atreeet car service if ii has t<* be rendered at a i»*a Site city d«-
ve wtreset rendered
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