Hammond Times, Volume 5, Number 204, Hammond, Lake County, 16 February 1911 — Page 5

Thursday, Feb. 16, 1911

THE TIMES. 0

GARY COMMERCIAL CLUB DISCUSSES OPEN SHOP

To the Public: , from labor troubles, and the greater How is the open shop going to affect control of the employer in organizing Gary Is a question that Is heard many and directing the work. We believe times a day. i It has been practically demonstrated We can' tell all tnat it will accom- that tire open shop is a great and sub-

pllsh, but we can give some Idea what Gary may hare a right to expect in this article and others to follow It. But first of all It is well to note how the closed shop has worked. "We know it hasn't worked at all in Gary. We know it has greatly Increased the cost

stantlal benefit to the employer, mechanic and the city of Duluth: and the welfare of the community and Its Industrial progress render Its maintenance of vital Importance." Notice that better results have been

obtained in economy under this policy

of building wlthf ut giving the laborer than under the closed shop. The waste.

much greater returns. The kind of a closed shop we have had here has hurt. But how has it affected other cities? Let's take San Francisco for instance. W take it because in it the closed shop has reached its highext perfection In America and also because a description of conditions there appeared in the February Hampton's. j It will be remembered that P. It. McCarthy, leader of the unions, was elect- ; d mayor at the last election. Let us

quote Hampton's here:

the unnecessary delay, the petty quib

bllng, senseless restrictions are all forgotten. For Instance, this condition, given in testimony before the industrial committee, could not arise in Duluth today: Some months ago Contractor Ing-

waia iioe Dougnt what is known as

a "knockdown" house that Is. a house that Is sawed at the factory and It merely has to be nailed together when th material arrives. The local car-

j penters' union refused to build the

"Six months of McCarthy brought house when the material came because Fan Francisco awake to Its feet, rub-! It had been sawed at the factory, the bing Its eyes still, but realizing that ' factory being non-union. Finally, as

It had passed through a kin dof economic nightmare. It saw Itself In the leash of a union boycott which turns on everyone, from merchant and builder to the small restaurant that dares employ a Chinese cook to prepare a noonday lunch. It -found that in the building trades It was paying masons, plasterers, lathers and bricklayers 87 H cents an hour; painters, 5; tile setters, 75; carpenters, 62 V4 ; electricians, cement finishers and roofers, 76.

j the manufacturers refused to take the house back, the carpenters' union ' agreed to build it if they were permlt- ; ted to saw an eighth of an inch off each board. This practically meant the ' building of the structure from the un- ' cut lumber. But the contractor, being powerless, had to accede, as In fact all ' contractors have had to accede to . about all union demands in the past.

This cottage was built on Georgia ! street between Seventh and Eighths

on record as fathering such a movement, the donations to not exceed $1 from any individual and to be unsolicited. Charles E. Fowler suggested that this would be preferable' to appointing a soliciting committee, as a tribute of this nature should be purely voluntary

on the part of the subscribers. A committee was appointed to receive the donations, and John K. Farovid was named as chairman. It Is believed that a sufficient sum can be raised within a very short while to provide a suitable and substantial tribute to the memory of the man who did so much for Indiana Harbor and who was so generally- beloved. The resolutions of condolence adopted by the club were as follows: Whereas, Supreme Judge of the Universe has seen fit to call from our midst Judge T. M. C. HembrofT. one of our most respected and beloved citizens as well as an earnest and devoted member of our club, and Whereas, The ruling of the supreme judge of the Universl nuetaono no judge of the universe has caused to be created a vacancy In our club that we

feel it will bo difficult, adequately, to fill, therefore Be It resolved. That the Commercial

club of Indiana Harbor and East Chicago express its profound sorrow at the untimely death of so valuable a member, and Be It further resolved. That our club extend to the bereaved family of Judge Hembroff its earnest and heartfelt sympathy, and Be it further resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the family.

talk with prospective members, who may wish for additional information. Very respectfully, EDWARD SC HOTTLER. .

WILL NOT LIMIT THE

PURCHASES

EAGLES HAVE A

"That is an average of 77 cents an : Had it been possible to build this class

hour. Not only is this the highest wage of house In Gary they could have been In the United States, but nowhere has! put up at a much lower figure than any the limitation of output been so ruth-j Other house. The result would have lessly practiced. In open shop Los An-, been the price of many homes would geles the average for the same ten j have been very materially lowered, branches Is 66 cents an hour. In New many more homes would have been Tork where rents and living are most5 built and rents would have fallen In

expensive of all, it is 67 cents an hour." j time. In San Francisco the restrictions ln-i have

Naturally the union man would profited as much as any other

creased with the wages. The more ; class in the community. The enforcemoney the unions forced out of the 1 ment of such an exaction was unfair employer the more privileges they de-! to the entire city. Is a system that manded and obtained. j permits this fair? Now read the result of this policy of i The end of a similar system In Duthe San Francisco unions upon the In- luth brought unexampled prosperity, dustrtes of the city. According toi ' GARY COMMERCIAL CLUB.

Home Industry League:

' "In 1904 San Francisco and environs

had 4.500 factories, with $238,103,663

capital invested and 44, 875 hands,

1910 she has 1,398 factories with $78,981.879 capital invested, and . 14,000

hands, a loss of' more than two-thirds! of the industrial strength." :

The building trades thrived in San , - Francisco because houses and lots' could not be imported But the other ; Commercial Club Seeks to

jrtuusirieB, w nunc , haluio peuutiieu them to be carried on in other cities, went Into rapid decline. In those six years there was a Ioes of 30,875 factory hands joy two-J.hlrds of the entire number "and a decrease n the capital' Invested in factories of $159,121,784. or

a trme mors man wo-iui.us i w.b (Special to Thb Tisres.)

"in, Indiana Harbor Tnd Feh IB The

Hampton's proceeds with this preg-1 . JL. , a

" c." L,.: terday. to the effect that the.Commer-

, , , . . . ,..,, clal club might find fertile soil for its lng business Is cut by two-thirds, that - i i. Kk,j -rv endeavor in an effort to prevent the of Los Angeles has trebled. Thus the . v . .... . . i ,., Lake Shore railroad from crossing building trades standard has demoral-, " on t, it t,a .t Catling street and Michigan avenue

fr r,i -nrk-nor, out of a 1ob: it : w,th witch tracks and spurs, and

has sent them to open shop rivals. (establishing and maintaining switching ttv, h t-ninn T-r. rV nt Ran yards In the heart of the city, has

rnndseo had four and five thousand borne fruit

men ten years ago today it has twelve ' A las night s meeting of the club

hundred " I suojeci was Droacnea ana ine puo-

lmprovement committee was in

structed

II TIMES EDITORIAL

, BEARS SOME FRUIT

Frustrate Efforts of R. R. . .Company to Despoil.

con- He

This Hampton's article proves

cluslvely that the open shop In San Francisco has simply knocked Ihe manufacturing business into smithereens. On the other hajid. In Los Angeles, whre the open shop prevails, the manufacturing business has trebled. The same story is told In the manufacturing world wherever you turn. Detroit Is said to have obtained factories during the past year at the rate of one a day. That may be somewhat exaggerated, but there can be no doubt but that Detroit made wonderful strides. It Is on the open shop basis. Construction News prints a list of seventy-three cities giving the Increase or decrease percentage of construction "for the year. Of these thirty-four show gain and thirty-nine loss. Of these

CORKING GOOD PROGRAM

Carl Kaufman of the Hon store left for New York the first of this week for the purpose of purchasing a large line of ladles' ready-to-wear clothes. His business partner, Leo Wolf said today: "Before the mill end sale was

started we thought that we would

limit our purchases of spring goods until we could see the outcome of the industrial situation. "However, this sale has been such a great success that we have decided to make more extensive purchases than ever before. We are convinced that business generally will Improve in the spring and we are going to be ready for good times when they come. Mr. Kaufman will visit New York. Philadelphia and Cleveland, and will be gone for ten days. It is a remarkable fact that the second Monday of the mill end sale was larger than the first. The total sales far exceed those of any other mill end sale that has ever been held. The feature of the sale is the large number of out-of-town customers attracted by Times' advertising.

stantial Increase In wags, but at that time the schedule of the men who run on the transfer engines between South Hammond and Chicago was not adjust- , ed. The question was discussed at the meeting "yesterday and It Is believed that an agreement; will be reached In

Edward Barnes- was arrested on the the city hall proved to be a fiasco last charge of assault and battery and the night and when the time arrived for trial was set for this evening in Judge the calling of the meeting only two of Ames' court. jthe councilmen had appeared namely I Alderman Walsh and Feuer Even

Alderman Castleman who gave out the statement yesterday that the meeting

Tonight Is ladles' night in the Plo- woula be held tonight did not put in an

Ladies' Night.

a few davs. . General Manager A. IT

Westfall of Chicago, came to Lafayette neer council of th Ry League. Ar- appearance The absence of the other

to meet with the engineers and the " members of the "council combine" was conference was held in the office of a,n the t with card., music, danc- also noted. H. C. May. superintendent of motive n and, refreshments. A stereoptlcon

power. The Brotherhood of Locomo- ' " WOrKlUff Oil JTlfth AVfiTHlfi.

On A "RpfflTV T?naTf1 ! 'ha Illinois Improvement and Bal-

tlve Engineers was represented by John Murphy of Indianapolis, James

McMahon of Bedford, James Connors Of l New Albany and Charles Bane of Laf-1

ayette. .

last eomoanv. which has the contract

The pension board held its regular fop bulidlng the Fifth avenue exten-

1 mono hews

monthly meeting yesterday.

pllcant appeared.

ESCAPE

An Eagle stag, with a corking program, was given last night to more than 400 Eagles and .their friends. Music by Rinehart Elster, a number of vaudeville acts, an athletic program and a badger fight constituted , the evening's program. Frank Cooley had charge of the athletic part and procured two six-round bouts, which were refereed by Harry Gilmore, Sr., of Chicago. Frank Linn and "Spike" Kelly were matched for the first six-round go and Terry Nelson and Bill Wagner for the second. Dave Hirsch, who had charge of the vaudeville end, procured the services of Dan Robey, a black face comedian and monologist, and Mile. Anita, a character change artist. Both were very good. Captain Hanlon originally had charge of the badger fight, but he was called away, and so William Kunert of Tol-

leston, Jacob Wiker and Dr. J. D.

right took charge. ' " William Kunert suggested the name of Peter Holland as referee, and In deference to the visitor Holland was accepted to take the place of a man named Simpson, who was selected from the Hammond audience. Mr. Holland is said to have

wanted to give the decision several times to the badger before he was hauled forth because the dog was not held in leash properly. When the affair was over Holland was declared to be one of the best referees that had ever officiated for the Eagles.

INJURY IN

AUTO MISHAP

A defoctive steering gear this after

noon 'landed Edward Bohling, one of

the proprietor of the Homewood gar

age In the ditch along the Gary & Interurban right of way, where that line

crosses the C, I. & S. railroad. The car went down an embankment of five or six feet, causing the axle to bend. With Mr. Bohling at the time were his brother George and Harry Kllnk. No one was irijured.

Bowling Matches. The defeat of the LaVendors last

night by the Garfields in the bowling! automobile tour of the region and took!

tournament has reduced the chances ' dinner at the Majestic hotel.

of the former to oust the Berghoffs

jne ap- ,jon fr0m the present Gary limits j through Aetna to the Miller gravel

road, has the highway completed with the exception of a few hundred feet east of the corporation limits. This strip Is now being rapidly pushed to a completion and It Is expected that within a few weeks the new road will be opened to traffic.

Inspect Pavement.

Mayor Henry Brusse of Holland and

a party of eight Holland business men

came' to Hammond today on the Invita

tion of Colonel Von Westrum for the ; purpose of inspecting some of the i

Weetrumite pavements that have been t

laid In this city. The party made an Miller TOWU ISOarCl JXLeetS.

The regular session of the Miller

from second place at the end of the tournament.

The Garfields took two out, of three i

last night from the LaVendors.

Weather No Deter. Although the weather Is somewhat

, threatening, the entertainment to

t . i - v r BVAntiA tn Hflnnfl iitreet-

Next Tuesday the Jacoues & Younes slv" -"- . ' " , 7J YJ

will play the Franz Liszts, while the Berghoffs play the Lake County Times. On Thursday the Garfields play the Homewoods and the LaVendors the Calumets. That will end the tournament. The scores last night were as follows:

I of the Hammond Woman's club at the

Methodist church will not suffer, because the Strollers, who are to be the entertainers, have the reputation of drawing large audiences, rain or shine.

Garfields. 1st. Rose ' 181 Fetta ...204 Watkins Ecklund 171 Griffin 159 Fowler 184 Totals 899 LaVendors. 1st. H6iser 155 Farrell 144 Bi.:k 131 Geib 184 Stevens 208 Totals 812

2d.' 224 176 182 170 171 923 2d. 180 151 191 145 217 884

3d.

243 158 184 147 151 883 3d. 141 149 202 192 221 905

town board was held last night in the new hall. The board passed the resolution for widening of Lake ! avenue and a declaratory resolution for the

be widening of Michigan street from Lake

' avtmiA tn Hnnna. utreet. CItv Attor

ney Ora L. Wlldermuth, was instructed

to file suit against the Baltimore &

Ohio railroad for violating the speed ordinance.

Days News In Gary

Charges Assault. Anton Tomko filed an affidavit against Carl Remeslnk, in which he charged assault and battery. The defendant was tried in Judge Ames' court and a fine of $1 and costs was assessed. Remeslnk then filed a similar affidavit against Tomko and he was assessed a fine of $1 and costs.

Look For Acquittal. The trial of Albert Schund one of the three alleged sluggers who attacked the three non-union workmen while at work in a building at Tolleston a few weeks ago is on today in the police

court before Special Judge William N. White. Attorney Clarence Bretsch Is appearing In behalf of Schund and Attorneys C. M. Greenlee and E. M. White are representing the state.

It Is generally believed that the Judge will acquit Schund as Attorney Bretsch proved by seven witnesses that Schund was not in Tolleston at the time of the

alleged assault.

Probe a Fiasco? The councllmanic investigating com

mlttee the purpose of which was to

probe the various city departments for

On the complaint of Jacob L Schultx graft, which was to meet last night at

Orders for 5,000 Tons. The Illinois Steel company reports orders for 5.000 tons of steel rails

placed during the last week. There Is

considerable additional tonnage under

negotiation with the United State Steel corporation rail mills.,

TOLLESTON Miss Lizzie Bode of East Side spent

a few days with relatives here.

D. G. Ward was an East Gary visitor

yesterday.

Miss Rose Morse of Carbon Hill, 111., will spend a fern weeks with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Clem. '

How's This?

We otter One Hundred DoiUrc Reward for any caw ot Catarrn that cannot be cured by Held Catarrb Cure. T. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, bai-e known F. J. Cheney tor the last IS years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all bualtteaa transactions and Ooanelally abU to carry out amy obltcatlons made by his firm. Natiokai. Bank or Commerce, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure to latoea tntemally. actln directly upon the Mood and mucoim surfaces ot the system. Testimonials sent free. Price cents pel bottle. Bold by all Drugs. Ists. Take Hail's Family Pills for coostroatloa.

HAMMOND FIRM MAKES SHOWING

to take the necessary steps

toward frustrating the designs of the railroad company In this regard. The recent death of Judge T. M. C. Hembroff, who was chairman of this committee, necessitated the appointment of some one to take his place, and Councilman Monroe Schock was named. Mr. Abey was appointed to fill the1' vacancy caused by the death of Judge Hembroff. The committee that attended the convention of Commercial club representatives of Indiana, in the Interests of a bill looking toward the establishment of a commission form of government, was unanimously in favor of the measure.

The question of the county spending

fifteen are operated on the open shop j $30o,000 on an asphalt road to connect

Dasis. ine nine prmuiimi Gary and Hammond was brought up

number show an enormous gain In con

struetion work. Those showing an in- .., crease and the percent are: - Duluth, 262 per cent; Los Angeles, 64; ' South Bend, 58; Memphis, 45; Toledo, 84; Detroit, 22; Cleveland, 15; Denver, 10.

" Of all these cities Duluth Is the most' like Gary. It Is located on one of the ' " great lakes, it is a steel town, Is grow- . lng very rapidly and Its development has been recent. ' It became an open shop town at the end of 1907, according ! to a resolution passed by the citizens onj Dee. 4, 1907. I This quotation from the report of j

the labor committee to me jsunaers Exchange a year and a half after the open shop was put into operation shows that wages had t not been reduced nor the hours of labor length- . ened: "The wages of the first class " mechanics under the open shop policy have not been decreased or the Viours lengthened. Better results have been obtained In the way of economy and

speed of construction from the increas-

ed efficiency of the men, the freedom

borne of the club member.! thought it no more than Just that if the county had that amount of morey to spend on such a proposition It was no more than fair that East Chicago cut in, and be connected with this splendid highway. A committee was . named to watt upon the county commissioners with this end in view.

PUBLIC MEMORIAL FOR

LATE JUDGE HEMBROFF 1 SI

Twin City Commercial Club

Suggests Public Drinking Fountain.

HEFTING

Indiana Harbor. Ind., Feb. 16. Fred

Eb-1 Heinta A Co4;.of Hammond, the auto

dealers and garage men, gave a demon

stration yesterday In the Harbor for the benefit of Clare Stephens, their local agent. There were eight autos employed In the demonstration and they made a fine showing, parading up and down Michigan avenue and doing fancy stunts. The autos included three Coles machines, one a thirty horse power auto; the second a 36 horse power roadster and the third a five-passenger touring car. There was also one Bulck light truck, an E. M. F. thirty horse power machine, one Flanders coupe, a Flandtrs roadster and a Flanders Suburban. A flumber of prospective purchasers reviewed the parade and were given .tests of the speed and ease with which the autos on exhibition rode.

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(Special to Thb Times.)

Indiana Harbor, Feb. 16. John R. Farovid at the Commercial club last night started the ball a-rolling for a memorial to be erected in Indiana Harbor to the memory of the late Judge T. M. C. Hembroff. The club also adopted resolutions of condolence and sympathy to be sent to the family at the same time expressing its members , sorrow over the death of the well I known jurist. j Mr. Farovid suggested that a public ' drinking fountain might not be amiss j as the form of the memorial, but he j stated that this was merely a sug-

i gestion, and that If others saw fit to

select something else It would be acceptable to him. The plan met with instaneous and unqualified approval, and the club went

CALLED BY SGHOTTLER

Editor. Times: - Sir Kindly announce in your paper that a meeting of persons Interested In the organization of a company ot the Indiana National Guard will be held In the court house, in room No. 3. next Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock. This meeting will be open to prospective members and a provisional company will be formed. All Interested persons will be given full particulars and all pertinent questions will be cheerfully answered. It does not cost any money to Join the Indiana National Guard. The United States government furnishes the rifles, uniforms and other equipment. These are of the same pattern as the ones furnished the regular army. The staet pays all expenses incident to practice at the rifle range and encampments. Members are thus assred an

outing or a rew aays each summer

without expense to themselves.

As this is a public institution it will not be permitted to remain for

any great length of time without

suitable armory. The city and the public generally may be depended upon

for the necessary financial backing.

The captain, first lieutenant and sec. ond lieutenant are elected by the company, and from among Its members, before the company is mustered Into the

service of the state. This secures to each member an equal chance of securing a commission and an opportunity to elect officers who meet with his

approval. The captain recommends the appoint

mcnt of twelve non-commissioned of

ficers and appoints two trumpeters.

Some of the best young men in the

city are interested in this proposition and a high standard of membership will

be maintained. .

vve may expect to see a first-class

company in Hammond within thirty

days.

Prompt action will be necessary or this city have lose this opportunity, as it Is open to us for a limited time

only.

In the meantime I shall be glad to

OFFICER'S

DAUGHTER ATTACKED (Continued from Page One.)

of Sohl street between Douglas and Fayette streets, near where Miss Schaadt had been held up.

The purse snateher attacked his next

victim without losing much time. Miss I J

Schaadt was held up ou her father's beat, but Just previous to his going to

work. She gave about the same dis-

criptlon of her assailant as Mrs. Smith gave. Miss Schaadt narrowly escaped

Injury at the hands of the fellow. He

attempted to strike a blow on her head but she was able to dodge the

blow In time. Hobos Swans Into Town.

The police are satisfied that the work

was that of some hobo. The town last night was overrun with the pests and

a record breaking number . registered

at the police station last night. x.

together thirty-nine came Into the sta

tion and asked for a night's lodging.

Thft hnhA rnnm was nrtt l.rM pnnn sr h tn

hid all the bos and some had to berl

placed in the cells. The police are satisfied that ninety-nine out of a hundred are hobos by profession, and that they are a menace to the community. The humane spirit that prevails In Hammond has proyided a rather comfortable lodging place for them in the city hall building. They sleep on the cement floor, but the place Is clean :.d steam heated and that Is more than the find In the average lodging house. Experience has taught the Hammond officers that a hobo will walk miles to get to Hammond but no matter how disagreeable his visit to Hammond may be made, they won't be discouraged. Every morning a score or more are marched to the outskirts of the city and headed toward Chicago before they can pester Hammond people fo handouts.

CONFERS WITH ENGINEERS Monon Officials Determine So. Hammond Situation. Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 16. An Important conference between the engineers on the Monon railroad and the officials of the company was held here yesterday afternoon. Several months ago the engineers were granted a sub-

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