Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1920 — Page 10
TUT: IXPIAXAPOLIS ^EWS. THTPSPAT. APBIL 15, 1920.
EDUmi
MAI CONVEHiN
of expr«M for that point will depend a permanent lifting of the embargo.
STRUCK SEAR BSD. SATS LEE.
IISTOR1CAL ASSOCIATION TO
MEET AT GREENCASTLE.
DELEGATES
Head of Trainmen, at Clereiaad. Get* OptlmletSe Reports. CI.EV*LANT>, April 15.— The strike can be said to be definitely broken.” : wae the statement issued here today | by a high railroad brotherhood of-
i ftcial.
I More than 190 telegrams or, the
. —_n in all parts of the EXPECTED received during the last
EAf-GV 1 twenty •four hours by
strike situation
»try. receiv
president of the Brotherhood of Ra.il-
O. Lee.
[Special to The tndisaspoHe Ke««l [ tlREKKCASTLE. Ind., April 15.—Or. rilliam W. Sweet, head of the deit of history at DePauw Unity, has announced the program the Kliwtssippi Valley Historical lUoit's thirteenth annual meetiu this city, beginning April 29 closing May 1. About 1.200 men women interested in history, are ibers of the association and about delegates are expected at the Milo M. Quaife. of the Unitily of Wisconsin, is president of association. First CMseatloM Session. The program for the convention is
follows:
Thursday Morning—"Timber Culture Acts.’* William V. Raney, Unirerslty of Louisville; "The Soldier Tote of Iowa in the Election of IMS,** L. McMurray. University of "An Historical Detective tory/' Jacob P. Dunn, secretary of »e Indiana Stats Historical Society; 511 Jah Clarke's' Foreign Intrigues the Trans-Oconee Republic.* E. ton Coulter, University of Georgia. Afternoon—"The Pilgrim (siting Pot." Carl Russell srslty of Wisconsin; "The jow of Puritan Influenc*,” ArU, Koblemetr. Indiana Unlver'Tntrospection of a Belated Solon J. Buck, Minnesota Society; "The Moravian Settlement in Indiana." Arftrady. 'Anderson.
I know anything of the issues involved, save what I see in the papers, and. of course, I pay no attention to that. , "Although not Intimately posted on j what is behind the charges made that jthe strike is an attempted revolution. I ! will hazard a guess that they are ; nothing but another of Mr. Palmer’s
WA1CH EFFECTS OF STRIKE MIN Continued from Page One.
through ths publication of the mo-i ? 0/>d ** another for his purpose. I tiVM hehinH th. .r.llrn.,* th. teilr.,--> KrOW thmt fce * nd th ^ Who tives be i d he walkout, the strikers waving the red Dag every time a being assured at the same time of body of workers go on strike, are early consideration of any wage de- '* 101 ^ mor *. create unrest and to
,, . , . .(produce radicals than any other force
Ktaads they may hate by the railroad !n the country. Mr. Palmer is making labor board. ja bid for the support of big business
Mr. Palmer /natfe public evideneg; in his campaign for President.” of plans prepared by Foster and hts ; *—
adherents to disrupt the four great •
railroad brotherhoods and to organ-
~ orl
given an opnortunity to agree or to | disagree with anything, as the men. went out without consulting us. "Furthermore. Section S12 provides • that prior to September 1. 1920. each J carrier shall pay to each employe not j less compensation than was estab- I lished by the railroad administration
DISCUSS PLANKS FOR
brainstorms and entitled to about as • during federal control, from which it | vr* ttjrvin r*r. r> c* rl Tisxir. vase K * «s t • il. a t ^ ^ » .v. In I
much consideration as his efforts to reduce the cost of living. Mr. Palmer >s using the department of justice to break strikes and one story is as
inrsday Evening—President's ad- • ; "Jonathan Carver and ths
»r Grant, concert. >1 of M
t," Milo M. Quaifs; mu*1DePauw University Music. Dean R. G. Me-
di rector,
rogram for Friday. Morning—History teachers’ . Report of the committee on tton of library equipment. B. Hill, University of Chihy O. H. Williams, teacher training, Indlf; Bessie Fierce, Unihigh school, Iowa State Teachers’ Mo., and C. E. School. Tpsilanti, Abuse and the I Textbooks in C. Harris. Butpolls, "What of the War on y?" fforriott C.
of a
. Indl-
Terre
road Trainmen, indicate that the
strike is not only crumbling, but rap- . . Idlv dwindling." Lee said. plans \ There was a pronounced feeling of adherents optimism at the brotherhood offices, railroad l
The local situation will clear In a few **e all rail workers into one union, j days, officials said. One union voted __ . . last night against joining the strike.! *•** Seised.
frssgL-SStffi 1£SU *r i “ a
called for today by another craft was * similar course was to have been expected lo repudiate the strikers. followed in various other industries
r b * r *^*"* * ,itn : d ,*r ,h *
all the yards. « j ican Federation of Labor would be The situation in Cleveland was j urged to reorganize under one name. “or*k r.rtral l”'’/off"i.l'.TnT.oonc.d ! troot o, Ih. that 95 per amnt. of the switchmen In Pl»n* for this expansion. Mr. Palmer
the COlf Inwood yards had returned to j said
“J know the dates hxed for
IIW. AMORS
follows that any large increase in compensation such as Is contemplated '
by the demands of the switchmen, j Continued from Page One.
made after they had gone out on;
strike, must necessarily oe submitted ! primary law question, feels that a to the labor board. jnew plan for conventions and the "The demands which these men are; choice of delegates to them by primaking are large, averaging over a mary elections should be arrived at. 50 per cent, increase, and it would be However, the committee did not at-
protective tariff law. and a wise solution of the railroad problem. It was likely that a resolution would be favored condemning the Wilson administration for alleged extravagant expenditures. SONORA FORCES ADVANCE.
IMPEACHMENT PLANS IN
Continued from Page One.
unfair to the shipping and traveling public for the railroads to grant any such excessive increase on top of the very targe increases in wages to railroad employes that have been made during federal control, without giving the public an opportunity to be repre-
sented on such board.
‘The striking switchmen may have j some grievance because of change in f differential that has been brought
Rl AMR) RY TIRHFi
ULfllVILU Ul IIUtlL th *t formerly received less compen- ^ j sauon than switchmen now receive^ . ,
j more, and this is a perfectly proper* pub!u jnst ruction, made
| question for them to submit in the regular way through their own ort 1 ganization, the Brotherhood cf Bail-
will not be
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the company announced
re-employed.
It was announced that the station- '
way Trainmen. l itforfniuite Step.
"It seems unfortunate that
Be4ch Grove shops of the Big
Wednesday haw returned _ to j of ltlesc sw.tchmeii are. would be j t o the higher institutions of learning 1
tempt at the present meeting to recommend in a specific way the exact
changes desired.
Roseoe Kiper, state senator, of
Boonvillc. made a report for the sub- proceeding with 2,500 men, 1.000 of committee of salaries of officials. The whom are Yaqui Indians toward
general committee felt that the plat- culiaean canitui
form should contain a plank favoring ultacan, capital of the state. the adjustment of salaries for public | According to special advices^ from offices commensurate in all cases | Hermosillo. capital of Sonora, federal with the services rendered - tloops ar , ^serfng the command of Far Betterment *f School*. (General Ramon Iturbe, chief of miliL. X. Hines.*state superintendent of lAry operations in Sinaloa and Tepie.
a number of I ^ Ju , an P«rrasca. acting chief
^ a npmDe ; OI of staff to Iturbe. unable to stem the suggestions for a stand to be taken I tide of the rebel advance, is retreatfor the betterment of school condi- ! n k bj* men in disorder, accord-
tions in the state. It was the sense 1,18 ° •*'^ of the committee membership that the ] rr . nilI ,
parly should stand for the proper | WILL rORM ASSOCIATION,
financing of the educational institu- | —
Banker* to Organize
independent Army Fight* Wny To-
ward* Capital, of Sinaloa.
vru-* cc, . . . .... met a number of KepOblicao loadtis NOt.ALES, Arix.. April 15.—Sonora, j gathered about Hoeh urging fiolay Mexica, has won her first fight for free-j^p r that they might acrutinli
dqm. General Angel Flores, of dependent forces, today fought
the "WmUy ^ ;ht his sent It, Mr.
way across tlie Sinaloa border, taking
hour period ending at midnight. trie* and our investigators have ais-‘ at t ;, e
Pennsylvania company officials covered that the fomentation of Four Wednesday havt returned to aaid Oeventy-flve men were working i „„ ^work The men. it is saul were in-,
and that switching condition* were ; the ** ® utojr * t8 has ^one on du ced to return to " ork b y tne other ^ taeir sense of good j The conunittoe will fax or legisla-, im^roving^hourly ^ njinroj , d Com . “-^le^ol^^ogram* was one phase “ra^hat lhe best'waV^o‘present^helr ! Hpled agitators 1 xvho'sc' *oie < object 'is i m»d e ^commenVarioD®*^ on^th^^ub' I yany today removed the embargo on of the plans of the Russian radicals ; d e man ds i 8 through t?ie union of-i ,p ‘ e -S«t*tors xxnose sole object is ( rnaae lecommendattoni, on this sub--•11 carload freight to points on their designed at the ultimate capture of; ficials in the regular wav. i meet- break up the Brotherhood ot Rail-iject on behalf of a subcommittee.
feal
hen Hoch arose to preMondell said; *T would
not do that now.”
carl
own line, except to Buffalo. Mo striking switchmen had returned to work, but some freight was being handled by- a volunteer crew of official* anti
clerks.
San Bias on the boumlarv line and is , Hoc ^ * a L d 0 '*'* 1 - Later he held in. ° ° . A" . forma! conferences with other mem-
bers on the floor and In the cloakrooms. Meantime the house proceeded
with other business.
- ' «>* Briekee—rase Caneeled. Deportation proceedings brought against Wilhelm von Bricken, formerly military attache of the German consulate at San Franctsoo. who was sentenced In 1917 to two years in federal prison for conspiring to foment revolution against British rule in India, were canceled today by the department of labor. The proceedings were based on charges that within five years of his entry into the United mates. Von Bricken committed a crime involving "moral turpitude.” but the department of justice ruled that a violation of neutrality was not subject to such
an interpretation.
The
Tuesday Evening.
Marion County Bankers' As-
industry. the overthrow of govern-
Marlon county
of Indianapolis and at 8 o'clock next
ment and setting up dictatorship like ^fled f for' e Wednesday liigm waa^can" ™ ad Tr<linn ^‘'’ ^ ne ^ of * he of u rhe | would favor a stand hy^the conven- ;Tuesday evening at the Chamber of
that In chaotic Russia." Mr. Palmer C eled when the men decided to re-
t ^ , {turn to work. Workers were being led unwitting-
npany officials reported no strtkhad returned to work and freight
Com]
era
completely tied up. Shop mechanics in the New Tork Central Collinwood yards at a meeting Last night voted to remain at work, and the locomotive boilermakers at the Big Four railroad •hops voted to postpone any action for ten days.
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m mmmm
•liraentary Unlthe assoNavlgatlon C. Cochran, to Santa
VrfRihP'W
with Historical Aoaocia-
BBLIBVB CRISIS PASS BO. Easier* Rail OfftetaU Deride to Lae
More Votaateera.
NEW TORK. April 15—Gradual subsidence of the unauthorised strikes ift New Tork and vicinity was seen today by railroad officials, although they admitted the situation
still was serious.
Return of groups of strikers on several lines at nearby towns and the steady improvement in paeaenger service, due chiefly to the success of volunteer crews In operating commuters* trains, gave the road officials much encouragement. The trains carried 51,000 persons yoeterday. Convinced that the crisis had been passed, so far as the passenger service was concerned, the railway execu-
td to begin operation of well as passenger trains
Unteers.
Strike leaders. In making peace overtures to the new railroad labor board last night, emphatically denied that the striker* were weakening, saying they were stronger than
ever.
Edward McHugh, chairman of th
1A.W W»J» Wl W'Z with volun
headed by Lenlne and Trotsky, was I Indianapolis attacking all industrial life. Federal ( sentatives c
agents had intercepted a courier from Russia. March 1. be raid, bearing messages to American locals of the Communists detailing methods of
organizing class war.
Conference.
Motor truck operators outside of
conferred with repre-
sentatives of the wholesale grocers and other wholesalers at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss rates for
four great brotherhoods with whom the railroads have for years beer, ^transacting business. It seems strange indeed that sane and reasonable men would follow such unauthorized leaders when they well know that if these radicals succeed in breaking up the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, it is only a matter of a short time when the great Brotherhood of Locomotix'e
r.‘
!di
striker*’ commitle*. who annou
gh. chairman of the tlee, who announced
that the men desired to aval! themselves of the opportunity provided by the railroad labor board to have their grievances considered, said they * hack until they received
ncreases in pay.
not revolutionists." he American citlsens. and sing our rights to apgovernment for the re-
erahle grievances.”
situation In this city, caused officials anxiety, (grarated today by a atrika of I, chauffeurs and porters, a union membership of 1.100. auled butter, eggs and poulthe freight yards to ths They struck because their for more pay had been re-
'
SEES SINISTER INFLUENCE, / Bffale t*. Of C. A anon nee* Falinre
of fitrlke Negotiations.
BUFFALO. April 15.—Efforts by the Chamber of Commerce and federal and state mediators to bring about a settlement locally of the railroad strike have failed and railroad officials today began a determined effort to roan the yards from volunteer forces and any other available source of labor. At Tonawanda one or two union emen refused to work with nonvolunteere but their places were ‘-a rule the men on the en-
no ohtertion to the
ulithe
emergency forces at
swttehea
from
« toe.
. m men. reported
af-
to go
and Arlaona ,ity of Spo-
with
*aet night of
The Chamber of < orpmerce today
gave out a statement covering ite ne-
ne with Ihe strikers. It is
tit concludes, that
, sinister influences
actuating a militant minority
the men and that these men ng their own brothers, the
■ monagements and the government of the United States.” Three thousand men have enrolled as volunteers. It ta said, the majority of these having had some previous
railroad experience.
OPTIMISM IN DETROIT.
Early
Rail Officer* Prafe*s la See
Mad '«t Strike. ' ~
DETROIT, April 15.—Railroad officials professed today to see an early end of the strike of ewitchmen which, beginning In the walkout a week ago of forty men in tke Michigan Central ya^de. spread until all - local terminals and several In other cltlea of the state were tied up. It was believed In some quarters tat with HS.SOe factory worker* out
that with IIS. SUBT&V
Detroit and more than the state. Michigan in-
had felt the full effect of the Ueup for the time being.
M I from the temporary with-
drawal of additional
was muoh dcawal of additional passenger trains -L on branch lines ef the Pere Marquette passenger system, the situation in the state
•tailed at vart- outside of Detroit virtually wae un-
prethere continued to ‘ — Brotherhood merabe-* of who remim at and Needles
Rreak.
HARRISBURG, Pa.. April 11—The Pennsylvania and Reading railroads
to break the embe
/ Innlrnctlea* te Radleal*. The radicals were instructed to di-
rect their utmoet efforts toward "drawing the proletarian masses into the pathway of revolution.” The organization’s first goal, the messages said, must be the wrecking of the American Federation of Labor and it ought to establish direct and close relationship with th^ I. W. W. and the "one big union” of Canada. The I. W. W., the word continued, was to be the tool employed and it
was to establish the basis for unit-
ing all unions under the one big
union idea.
As a result of these disclosures, the government has broadened its investigations; agitators in all labor organisations are under surveillance. Money used is closely watched and all clews to the source of the financial support are being followed. Following the collapse cf the steel strike, Mr. Palmer said. "Fostsr, Pierson. Reese and others of their associates of the revolutionary parties engaged in the endeavor to pro-
mote the present strike. Lists ef Rallreed Men.
"Lists of all railroad men who were members of the Communist or Communist Labor parties were sought,” he said. "The names of all railroad workers who were opposed to the present management of the four brotherhoods also were collected. Meetings were held in hotels in New York and Chicago and other cities where all of the plans
were laid.
"The basic agitation of these lead«rs was the destruction of the railroad brotherhooda the removal of their leaders and the creation of the one big union. At first it was planned that the I. W. W. should not figure publicly In 'he strike, but John Orunau. leader in Chicago, deviated J from the original plans and allowed . the men to split the strikers into four
separate organizations.
•'This caused some dissension, which has resulted in the movement for the one big union. Several conferences Fere held at the I. W w. headquarters In Chicago and In other eitiea. Grunau had gone too far with the four organizations to turn hack, and the only way the one big union could be put, over was through the railway shopmen, who were urged to strike under the one big union banner and force Grunau's union to follow suit, reorganize and come into the
one big union.
hauling freight by motor truck. : neers and the splendid Brother There is some difference between the ; h. 0 ® 11 of Railroad Conductors, and the truckmen and wholesalers as to the ' r,cb and strong Brotherhood of Lorates that should be charged. comotive Engmemen and Firemen. Motor trucks continue to haul i meet the same fate that has been freight both in anti out of Indiana- L” a PD e< * / or th* Brotherhood of polia. but are experiencing difficulty! I ^ al . lr ® ad Trainmen by these irrespon-
with soft roads in some places.
Some manufacturers, particularly automobile companies, are depending in a large measure on motor trucks for material to keep the factories operation. Unless the movement freight over the steam roads and motor truck Is materially incre several factories may be ..forced to shut down within a week or ten days.
Mere Men at Work.
A few more switchmen who had joined the unauthorized strike movement In Indianapolis today returned
sihle labor agitators.
“On the C.. I. & W. we hope to keep things moving with our local forces but we have found it necessary to notify the striking switchmen that after today they are no longer in our Service and if any of these men are re-employed it will be as new employes. losing their seniority rights. They gave us and the public no consideration when they concluded to tie up the fuel and food products and all kinds of perishable freight needed for the sustenance of the public, and xvhile we do not feel resentful and would be willing to take back the bet-
to work, according to reports received : t * r and more conservative class of „, ... ‘these men. if they work for us again at the headquarters of the Brother-» t j,ey will resume serxdce as new emhood of Railway Trainmen, in the j ployes.”
Saks building. With the
announce-
ment at an afternoon meeting that members of the grievance committee of Local 251 and other loyal officials would "go on the foot boards” Friday it was expected that several more would join them. A meeting of the four big brotherhoods, including the engineers, firemen and other employes, was called for the evening at Moose hall and loyal union men planned to explain how the method adopted by the striking switchmen
would fail.
J. J. McKamee. editor of the Firemen’s Journal, talked at the afternoon meeting, telling the men that it was to their advantage to return to their Jobs and to hold their seniority rights until a decision on their wage demands is reached by the railroad board appointed by President Wilson. Union officials conferred during the day with officials of railroads in an effort to postpone for a few hours announcements that men who are not working have severed their connection with the companies and as a result forfeited their seniority rights.
break the embargo oi the Harrisburg district to of bituminous coal beini
fjtwgwt n t day. grains
sent out from dries. Attempts
ganUe meetings have failed
the yards to
of agitators te or
■being eastern
Retnrn at Wtaaftenr. Art*.
ALBUQUERQUE. N. ML, April 15.— The majority of the striking swttch-
lo move i yard* at
tle^ men at Winslow,
w ork today and
Unhlgh reoerdj
Aria, returned te the lines of the
Atchison. Topeka A Bants Fo mil-
-One Big Union** Idea. Tt was realised that the I. W. W. could not make headway because of the prejudice and fear of these three letters, and the fact that the men would not warm up to the organization. The one big union idea was decided upon, and Bidweli. a member of the newly-forpied engine men's association in Chicago, replaced Grunau. “Bidweli is confident he can Swing the four brotherhoods behind the plan provided the shopmen follow out fils plans." Federal agents reported that a permanent committee had been named to manage the organisation, and that each of these were "members of the I. W. W. or would take orders from duly accredited representatives of the one big union.” Leading I. W. W. men have been ordered to remain in the background hereafter. Mr. Palmer believed that the na-tion-wide roundup of radicals, conducted recently by the department had “halted at least if not seriously hindered promulgation of the strike plans by Us leaders.” He aaid that literature distributed among railroad workers described the raids as having shaken -the foundation but not disrupted our organisation.” In one of these documents the attorneygeneral was termed as "America’s head policeman.” Letter te L. C. A. K. Martens. ' Mr. Palmer made public at the same time a letter from A. V. Hutgers. who presided at the third Communist Internationale, to Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, self-styled envoy* of the Rusalan eovlet government. Martens. against whom deportation proceedings are under consideration, was assailed by the chief Communist for methods the agent had employed In.-attempting lo force recognition” of the Russian soviet. Hutgers characterised as "childish” Mariana's contention, said to have been made to hia government, that he had any influence in the maklRg of peace. Martens also was told that If he desired to force recognition by the United States he should do it through the power of the workers. vour hope either on small Individual bourgeois or parties like the Socialist, artistic or political pacifists and middlemen Is not only unfounded but contrary to well established tactic*. the letter Said. Martens then was instructed to omit attempts to establish commercial relations between the two eountries and to devote his time to drivtng revolutionary plana forward.
road :o the
®*f»*
coast again are
Men t# Retnrn a
BALTIMORE. April 15.—Announce . lent was made at the Baltimore A
DENIES STRIKE AID.
- would return te work
TWO LEPERS IN CUSTODY.
terday aa the prime mover behind
the outlaw railroad strike, today do- (Tee without further delay. For exclared that he knew nothin* what- ample, take the C.. I. A W. railroad:
ever about the railroad situation and declared that Attorney-General Palmer was "making a bid for the sup-
onad at New
Way
NEW ORLEANS.
with
in Crowd an ‘ " iM. •
"treatment
April ,15.—Two leprosy, found by in crowds awuitat the hands of
“ a faith healer, were transfer to the leper
: and f that
! trana-
i "healer’s” operaJ torn down or
PITTSBURG, April 15.—W. Z. Foster. former head of the steel strike and mentioned jo Washington yea-
Hartman Makes Plea.
U. D. Hartman, secretary of the grievance committee of the Pennsylvania railroad west of Pittsburg, also said the best move for the men now is to hold their jobs until the wage board acta Sabbina Wilson, chairman of the grievance board for Local 251. told the men that he and other members of the grievance committee were going to put their theory into
practice Friday and go to work.
At the meetings in l,abor temple of the Indianapolis Yardmen's Association, the strikers’ organization, dissatisfaction was expressed by switch tenders because the wage asked for some of them is $5 a day— a wage which the other members already received, and which they asserted was not enough for a "decent living.” Some of the switch tenders have remained at work, and discussion of this was taken up. A publicity committee was recommended in order that the association could aend to other cities reports of their activities and receive word from other terminals from association leaders.
Statement By Worthington.
B. A. Worthington, president of the C.. L # W. railroad, who returned Wednesday from a vacation in California. in order to take personal charge of the strike situation, today issued a statement declaring he believes most of the men out are in fact loyal and conservative workmen, who have been swayed by radical leaders or intimidated into striking, and that he thinks they Will soon return
to work. The statement follows:
’’Indianapolis has become involved purely incidentally in a nation-wide strike not authorized by the four grand brotherhoods with whom the railroads have working contracts. The strike, like the American Railway Union strike of 1891. started in Chicago through a slight disagreement between the labor unions, the wage claims, now being given as a reason for the strike, coming as a secondary consideration on the part of the radical labor leaders who in-
cited the strike. 1
"The Chicago leader, a switchman named John Grunau, in the service of the St. Paul road, claimed the right to handle a shop train carrying a revenue car. It Is proper to state that under the agteement with the brotherhood a train having a revenue car would be classified as a revenue train, and most have a road crew. It was immaterial to the company whether the switchmen or the trainmen handled this train, but when this switchman could not force the company to violate its agreement with the trainmen he retaliated by calling a strike of the Yardmen’s Association of America, which be had just formed, and brought forward this very large claim for increased compensation as
the real cause. ^ Radicals la Minority.
"As is well known, Qtere are many men throughout the country with radical sentiment, although the radicals are in a small minority. It is probably not an exaggeration to say that 89 per cent of the switchmen who are out today are loyal, conservative men. many Of whom have been swayed by their radical leaders and many of whom have been intimidated; but my judgment is that as soon as the more conservative element among the switchmen, especitlly those who are members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, realize the impracticable and untenable position in which they have been placed, these men will resume serv-
port of big business In bln campaign for Ptoeidente" , , T wish to state emphatically.”
for the organisation of the steel strike; "that the author of the statements intended to indicate that I am In any way connected with the present railroad strike, is a deliberate falsifier. This goes for high official or low. The fact la that I have nothing whatsoever to do with It In any shape or form. I have not written to any of the strikers; spoken to them or to their meetings. In fact te the best of my knowledge I have not
even seen a striker
Rasy on Steel Strike Reek, I have been so busy on my book a boat the steel strike that I have hardly stirred from the house for weeks. 1 haven't even seen a railroad since the strike began. Nor do I
Without any notice, without any claim for increased compensation, without asking for a hearing on any question, these switchmen ceased in a body to report for duty, having various excuses, that they had other
r .. who nave out his state- important matters to attend to, or
duty, and they have steadfastly re
■fused to perform service.
“These men know that we have a contract with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen for yard service, as a large number of them are Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Switchmen’s Union has rarely ever been able to get a contract with any of the railroad companies because the railroads can not well have two contracts with two organizations covering the same service. The men understand this Furthermore, the congress in the new railroad act has provided for a labor board to settle all demands for increases in wages or changes in working conditions where the employes and the railroad officials find themselves unable to agree, in this instance it will be noted the railroad officials were not
Notice Posted in Shops. Big Four railroad officials have posted the following statement from E. 5L Costln, general manager. In the shops at Beech Groxe: 'Tt has been brought to our attention that certain outside agitators are tiylng to influence employes of the various crafts and classes of service against the handling of their regular work. These agitators can have no good interest in the welfare of the Big Four employes. The officers or your organizations have stated in bulletins and in the press that there is no legal strike and that this is an ‘outlaw’ movement. Therefore, there can be no criticism of your remaining loyal to your organization and handling your regular work. The organizations are assisting the railroads in filling the places of men who have left ■the service. The interest of the country. of the railroad and of the individual employe demands that we continue to perform our dally work and disregard all such false suggestions. A wage board has been appointed and the way for settlement of differences will be open and immediate. "Any attempt to menace American institutions, throw’ many thousands out of work and deprive their families of support can meet with no ultimate suebess. "It is suggested that each employe carefully consider this before taking action or joining with the radical ele-
ment,”
tion in favor of an International un-j uontmerce. The object of the assoderstanding to prevent future wars, i c j a tion, which is one of a number to but would include criticism of Presi-lbe formed in Indiana counties under
the auspices of the Indiana Bankers’
but would include criticism of Presl dent Wilson’s attitude In failing to compromise with Republican ideas on
the peace treaty. Social Standards.
The subcommittee on improved social standards recommended a number of points for the plank on this subject. The general committee favored the enactment of adequate sanitary laws, the appointment of health officers who will have proper powers and opportunity to enforce the laws, and the placing of the schools in the state institutions directly under the supervision of the educational system of the state, so that the unfortunates in the institutions shall have the same opportunities as the children generally in the public schools. Mrs. LuEUa Cox. of Indianapolis, was chairman of the subcommittee on-this subject. Prospects were favorable for expressions on behalf of the enactment of a "blue sky” law. action for adequate salaries for teachers, a better road system, the participation by women in government and party affairs on complete equality xx’ith men, conservation of the state’s resources. Improvement of the employer’s liability and workmen's compensation laws, economy in state administration, imnroved conditions of labor for men and w’omen. the budget system in state aiiu national governments, immigration restriction, a reduction in r ..p-ra! tax-'*, development of foreign trade, an effort for a better solution oi me high cost of living, the promotion of iaxv and order, a plan for necessary military preparation for the protection of the nation, a strong
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Spread of the strike of railroad switchmen to yards of the Norfolk & Western railroad at Portsmouth. O.. and the Chesapeake A Ohio railroad at Russell, Ky., have closed the doors on the future supply of coal for the Citizens Gas Company, anct made the local gas situation more serious than at any time since the strike began, according to J. Dorsey Forrest, general manager of the company. The three railroads from which the local company received its supply of coal now have embargoes against Indianapolis. The Louisville & Nashville, the third road, has for some days refused to receive shipments for
north of the Ohio river.
About twenty cars of coal were delivered to the gas company Wednesday. and six cars of fuel oil arrived from Lawrenceville, 111. Six more cars of oil are expected soon. With arrival of this coal and oil, Mr, Forrest said he believed the company could continue to suoply gas on somewhat near the present basis for about ten days. Consumption of gas in Indianapolis Wednesday totaled 8.500,000 cubic feet, or a decrease *of 3.500,000 from normal. The company is now maintaining a high pressure from 6 a. m.
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CAPITAL IS ONE MILLION. Ante Hotel Company File* Art fetes of Incorporation. Articles of incorporation for the Indianapolis Auto Hotel, Inc., a company which plans to erect a six-story building at Delaware and Wabash streets, were filed today. The capitalization is $1,009,000. The directors are: L. T. Leach, John A. George. E. E. Gates. John M. Mendenhall. S. W. Huls, M. V. Shrader and A- Rumpler. The company has obtained a ninetynine year leaee on the old Empire theater property and expects to build a $500,000 structure to provide accommodations for 800 automobiles. Work will be started in about sixty days, it was said.
SLene.eoe Pletnre Corporation. Articles of incorporation were filed today for the United Exhibitors’ Productions Corporation with a capitalisation of $1,000,099. to maintain and operate theaters. None of the director*, listed as Sherman Williams. Merrill Moore, Robert W. McClaskey. Frank Fitzgibbon and G. L. Pugh, are Indiana polls men as far as could be learned. Local motion picture men, however, said they understood the new company would conduct a booking agency for exhibitors who were stockholders <snd became members of a proposed motion picture circuit.
The Patriotic Gardeners' Association is receiving many requests for men who can do plowing. The association will list the names of any men who have plows and can plowgarden lots, and will get them in touch with persons wishing to employ them. The office of the association is on the third floor of the city hall.
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