Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 59, Hammond, Lake County, 26 August 1919 — Page 1

7, UNTY rrn I BEST READ NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY FAIR WEATHER tXTESNATTOir A& NEWS rT7Z.Ii LEASED WIKE SERVICE. On streets and nwiitiifli 3e pet copy. Delivered by carrier la Hammond and West Hamxaosd. 50 per month. VOL. XIV, NO. 50. TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1919 HAMMOND, INDIANA. EXT STEP LIKE NEGOTIATIONS DEADLOCKED

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Meditator Mayor Brown Called to Crown Point in Street Car Battle npur far new . lues With sixty-seven present among the workmen at the;0" Standard bteel Car plant Monday; -.-1 drill mnr rpnr,rtri tbic: mnrn-! iri'l indications nOW are that the backbone of the big strike is bending a little if not really breaking. a a4 mtmkAr .i,i'finTl mail. -.s ivuu uumiiti ui auuiuvuai

Xciiy will not be known until thiS!the stork. Xo word has been receive! at camp as to who won.

evening wnen tne lasx snm cnange; is made. ; Several of the men who camel i this morning stated that they would have been working yesterday had they felt sure that they rr.-.H luw pntPrnrl trio nlant caO. ! soldiers aje here to afford protec tion to the men on the steets as well as at the plant it is believed ,:idl lUZ numucr win couunuc w; increase. cciiPAjrr sticks to poi.ict. Mi the meantime the company is adi ring strictly to its announced course r not hiring men who did not work at Owing to the fact that Mayor Brown ; vas called to Crown Point unexpectedly i" arpear as a witness in the street car l . nership proceedings no attempt was ri'Je today to hold a conference bex -?n the officials and representatives hc men. TSICK HAS CISAPPXAEED. Vn effort hail been made by some o !?; strikers last night to have Federal i' iimifsiimtr Fred Feiek recalled to b'-i straighten out the matter. How(Continued on page two.) WANT STAT MEDIATION COMMITTEE CllOpmen Say State CoUld A ' Have Saved Money By Not Sending Troops. 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE IXDIAN Ali LIS. lnd., Aug- 26. i-s-i)lishment of a state mediation ccmtee to investigate- strikes and threat-' :i strikes before calling out ups "unnecessarily" is urged state I upon j . . Goodrich by the six federated ...t-t. t .h r.itrn.rf ,.,.. A delegation representing the shopmen called upon the governor and delcared that use of the militia "only adds fuel to the fire." It is the belief of the shopmen that i coups should not be used until a medi- ; lion commission had made every cf-f'-: t to quell violence by strikers. The railroad men's n presentatives asserted gnat expense could have been saved the! iate had troops not been sent to Hammond, where they are now on guard in i he quiet city. F. S. Galloway, chairman of the committee in charge of th-? T: rent ihopmen's strike here, headed tho i'. legation. 50 CENTS AN HOUR OFFERED FOR LABORERS Laborers in the Calumet re ;ion are 1 sarce as hen's teeth. Hammond is crying for 100 of 'hen a id H. E. Jones of the goverument employment office at Fast Chicago is having trouble in tinding enough men to till the places that lie has listed. Most, of the trouble is encountered in obtain- J ing laborers for which he has calls for about a hundred men. The work pays fifty cents an hour for a ten hour day tut no one seems willmgto work for that amount. Mr. Jones also has a few calls for machinists, carpenters. assemblers on v. ashing machines and tir.ne.rs. MRS. EICHENGREEN'S j FATHER DEAD The death of Mrs. David E-chen-green s father occurred at Lake Charles. La . last wrk after a short illness. Mrs. F.chencreen left Gary immel;tely for the death bed of her father and will not return for sometime.

STRIKE PICKUPS

1 PRIVATE GRANT, of Elkhart, his been discharged from the hospital and is back, with his company. IT IS now "('amp Harry E. Smith." The oilicia! title was promulgated through the orders issued this mornins. I'ntil today the camp had had no namt. A FLTING SQUADRON, composed of ordnance d partnunt motor busses, has bicn organized to take the mtn to th.distant pativl and picket points. ! CAPT. C. W. HEITZMAX, of Union j City, Is making himself popular with ' the inea by the way in which he is ' conducting himself as recreation officer. MAYOR W. II. CHARXLET of Goshen is a regular soldier. He never kicked a bit the other day when he had to help wash the dishes at the mess hall. MAJOR I). WRAY DePREZ. of Shel-. byville. met Henry P. Con key yesterday , the fir" Ume ln a nu!rlber of ycars-; They were classmates at the University j Chicago col. Harrison scorns the accom-; '"oaalions orrerea mm at tne bynaor. Hotel. He sleeps soldier fashion on hi.-, 'cot at regimental headquarters and s the lirst. mai up in the morning. THOMPSON, of LIEUT. FRANCIS M thrlhvvill.started home late Saturday jtfl j everting on a neck ana nccK race w LIEUT. WHITMKR. of Goshen, has J charge of the mess hail. He has a bank j ashler taking care of the ice box and: ja construction eneineer in charge cf the! uisnw asnmg macnino. A REPRESENTATIVE of the Bortz Photo Co.. of Gary, was present at rcgimental re view last night and took a panoramic photograph of the men drawn in line. v VTYPTV.CTV r" c 11-f.rf tntfin cre .if !

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bcr has d.minished daily since then. Tha ; , .. , ., . .,, , , mojunil e't l . i lilt-Ii I I unr . ,a u,.,,s ... i j ONE of the dowr.sLa.te boys, who has; I no pajamas, awoke last night to fml j hi3 oeoeiotnes gone. lis was so sua ( i w ilh cold that it required about thirty j 1 minutes of setting-up stuff to get his ' rculat ion started. CAPT. NAT U HILL, of Bloomington. a Iii.kLv frllnw. TT i. said to be ' ' . hathin: in the monument fountain at Indianapolis during the Shrine convention last June. I MAJOR DOWNEY served without a'l aojutani until sunaay. an uiuvr iu 4c , here in time to relieve him. First Lieut. M. ' B. Valodin drove here from Indianapolis by automobile. He started at rtioll Sunday morning ana arneu ai. camp at 0 o'clock in the afternoon, and I went on auty at once. TR. C. L. GUORGE. one of Elkhart's ; Hf ntists wps husv this tnorp.iii'c' sweeping the hospital and keeping things j looking tidy. His only suggestion is j that the other fellows throw their cignret snipes outside as they are so hard t to pick up. I CAPT. E. V. N'OLT. who is Doc N.dt If Columbia City, cant see the joke in having to hang around Ham- ! mond v hile his practice at home is waiting for him. He has a standing offer of $50 for permission to leave tins l war behind. ! R. C. SUTTON, who owns the greater ' K f Tninr. ("'i,V Het.lll.'d to ACT. ('Al I V t I." " 1 . ' " ' ' " as officers' orderly at the hotel Sunday. '"e itisklu a , a real bellhop and the coionei oongingiy tossed him t vo bits. 'Thank you. sir," I id the orderly, w no can wrive sue., 'hie checks. "I shall have it framed. UNION CITY won the baseball game with Elkhart yesterday afternoon. The score was 1 to' 0. Each side was ablo to get only three men on bases. The only score was made on an overthrow to third base. They put up the best exhibition seen on the ground yet. In a game Sunday one of the players made a homrrun on a passed third strike due to poor base throwing. SOLDIERS MAY RETURN THIS WEEK Army Blankets Prepared For Shipment to Hammond Troops. ,'TIWES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL! INDIAJ.'APOLIS. Ind.. Aug. Tu. Harry B. Smith, adjutant-general of Indiana, in charge of the state militia at Hamnund. in a long distance telephone conversation wi'h Governor Goodrich yesterday, notified him that the situation was clearing rapidly and he expected to , be able to remove the soldiers by the middle of the week or by Saturday at j the latest. General Smith said no d iff lculties had been encourtered. All the1 skilled Pieehanics have gone back to i w ork, only the unskilled workers remainirg on Smith. strike, according to General, Seven hundred army bainl.ct were prepared for shipment early yesterday to the niii it iamen. General Smith reports that the nights have been very cool and sent in the call for extra equipment.' which was sent from Ft. Benjamin Harrison. The troops are in good condition and there is no sickness, he says. i

VIOLATED FEDERAL GAME LAW

Gary Men Will Have To Answer To the Federal Grand Jury. - I "'-ing unlawfully captured, kill-! ed and possesses birds contrary to th

...u.im mig.atory game law, Andrew general significance that I think it my Holenok and John Hromyka. 1645 Dela-jduty to niak a public statement conware st.. Gary, were brought before U. I cerning it in order that the w hole counS Commissioner Charles Surprise in , lry may know what is involved. Hammond yesterday evening. They ., . . . . , . . ,,h ,-,;, . I The railroad shopmen have demanded

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city. They had in their possession one j b!ack duck, two lesser yellow legs and ! five greater yellow legs. The men tried j to cut down expenses by saying that one man did all teh killing but that will for the grand jury to decide. Chief U. S. Game Warden T.. G. Mernl! of Kensington. HI., was present at' ! the hearing. The men arrested had vio- j ' lated both the federal and state game, i ,fnvs 1,1,1 1,1 com:, ,-tioti with the case Mr. j Merrill drew attention to the fact thai he Indiana law and federal law are not in accord. The stat? law permits hunting to begin September 1 while the federal law sets the time at September 15. However the federal law always pre-: vails wherever there is a conflict. j "Here is a typical example of thai kind of men who make the most trouble I .for game wardens, said U. S. 'Jame; .Warden Merrill at the hearing of the' ! two Gary men. Both men have reen m i this country six years and have never ; tried to tak out thir first cltlzensmp papers. Iach man says the only money or property he has in this eour.ry is $30 which he has raid on Fifth Liberty Other bonds Purchased were sold through as soon the steel company as paid tor. t.acn i $8 per day and whcn asked what they did w ith their money one replied. Russia as fast as we make it. BEGINS HIS CONFERENCE 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! SEW YORK, Aug. lib. A conference which may have a far reaching effect in the railroad situation was begun here today within an hour after Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation ! Labor arrived from Europe on the liner George Washington. As sjOii as Mr. Gompers came ashore he hurried to tho Continental Hatel. where officials of the railway brotherhoods were waiting for him. Present the conference also was Glenn U. L'iumb. author of the plan for a combined control of the railroads by th.piv.rnment and the employes. l or the last twenty-four hours Mr. Gompers has been in touch with the v.luation through tho George Washington t wireless. He was informed at sea last night of President Wilson's appeal i- the shopmen. KOOY FAMILY IN YELLOWSTONE PARK SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! HIGH LAN l. INI).. AUG. 26. V . J. Kooy and family of Highland, this country, a:e heerd from iu Ashland. Oregon, wher-' they camped at the free-auto camp m L tliia park on last .Saturday and Sunday . They have enJoyed a tine automobile trip through the northwest. 'Ce:it several daj's in Yellowstone Pari; nnd : re now bound S.r Van Noycsj. a suburb of I.os Angeles, where they will spe;.d the wintr with Mrs. Kooy ? sister. They

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ave ma ny nice things to say about j the in, n fled. the Ashland camp which they report ; More than one hundred arrests of sato be the best t!ey have found in their' loonkttpers are predcted by the state' travel.-. It was the "Original" auto- j a f.orney's office for today, the sccont camp of the west buUt by a municipal- j day for the "drive." Twenty-six places ity and ideally s'tuated in a natural ! jn tnc business section of the city wer park in the Oregon mineral water ie I raided yesterday.

sort c;ty. ' DRUNKS SMASH HOTEL WINDOW John B. Shaughnessy of the HamJ mond Hotel on Sibley street and Herib.rt E. Trenthow, 4140 Crawford avi enue. Chicago, were among the drunks arrested and lined in the City CourtThey were scuff ling in the Hotel and one of thcr.i pushed the othe- through c plate glass window in the lobby and amusing the neighborhood, officer II. Hesterman made the arrests. WHO SAW THE CtHir A CtTTTTTJO Will person who saw woman drivng Chevrolet ami s.i.ash into the car et and s Fayette ' " ' " -.-- m w..s u.o ..- ing. tnen rusn orr in nasie, Kinniy give car numbers. Man sitting on curb, it is believed, took bolh car numbers. Please give i n format ion uie of The Times. to 30. Times news serv.ee Is tne best hat money can buy and honest effort can furnish.

Nation at Peak Says,

ASHINGTON. D. C. Aug-. 16. Following' Is the text of President Wilson's statement, ad dressed to the public, issued at the same time he submitted h proposal to raise ih.-. shopmen about four cents an hour: "jy fellow citizens: A situation fias arisen in connection with the n.lmini--1 tratlnn nf the railways which i of such; a large increase in wages. They are now receiving 6S, 63 and tiS cents an hour. They demand 85 cents an hour. This demand has been given careful n(1 f(.rinu consideration bv the board f((imlniitraUcn to adjust questions of wag0(lt a boar(1 consistng of an equal ,.mbor f reDresentatives of employes and of the operating managers of the railroad companies. Board Unable to Agree. "'This board has born unable to come to an agreement, and it has therefore dovclved upon the. director general of railroads and myself to act upon the merits of the case. 'The shopmen urge that they are entitled to h'.gher wages because cf the WHAT? ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 2o Announcement has been made here of the adoption of resolutions by representatives of. the workmen of the various plants of the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company, operating under a collective bargaining plan, declaring that "the persistent and unceasing demand of workmen employed in all classes and kinds of industrfcs for a shorter day's work and an increased wage in order to meet the high :ost of living is uneconomic and unwise and should not be enouraged." The resolutions were adopted after a two-day meeting. CHICAGO ARRESTS SCORES OF SALQONMEN Four Policemen are Shot in ; Raiding South Side Saloons Last Night. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 ! CHICAGO. Aug. 26. One policeman is, dead; another man is dying and two F.ffArtr ir tcrlnne n'fnnf1 AS ! the result of a shooting affray which beiran when the policeman, Morgan Donahue, attempted to walk from a South Side saloon with a bottle of beer late last night. Hearing of raids on saloons charged with violation of the prohibition laws, habitues of the saloon opened tire on Donahue and Policeman 1'at Donegan. his companion, thinking they were agents of the prohibition forces. The policemen were in plain clothes at the. time The police are looking today for three men. who threw Donahue and Anthonj Kellev. the seriously wounded man, inte aiimmnV.ilo. and rushed them to th. . Knslewood Union hospital. After dump (ne Hiding forms in the hospital. I DICKMAN DOES NOT ! BELIEVE REPORT. Br 3. H. CAPTEE. 1 STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N SERVICE1 SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Aug. 26. Mai. Gen. Joseph T. Diekman. Southern department commander, declared today that he was not inclined to believe reports that Msj. Yancey ordered the withdrawal of the American punitive expedition into Mexico because he feared a clash with Carranza troops. "Whfr. the troops left Mat-fa the question of contact with the Mexican sol diers was discussed. said Gen. Die'sman, "but I gave no orders to withdraw our troops if such a contingen'-y arose." Gen. Diekman said he had not heard ! direct from Maj. Yancey, but that h. i :ts ejuite sure that "contact w ith the Mexicans" had nothing to do with the ordering out of the troops. (Jen. Hickman suggested that the siatrnunt that the American troops were withdrawn when Mexican troop: were encountered near Palomas might mean that when it was seen that Carranzistas were scouring that country the American commander "might have decided that further search for thibandits there was useless."

of High Prices, President Raising Shopmen 4 Cents an Hour

higher wages for the present received by men doing a similar work in shipyards, navy yards, and arsenals, as well as In u number of private industries; but 1 concur with the director general in tliinkir.gr that there is rfo real basis of comparison between the settled employmerit afforded mechanics bv the rail loads under living conditions as various f.s the location and sureiundings of the railway shops tiiem.sel vt.s and the fluctuating employment afforded in industries exceptionally and temporarily stimulated by the war and located almost without exception in industrial centers where the cost of living is highest. Peak of High Prices Ssacbed. "The substantial argument which the shopmen urge is the cry serious increase in the cost of living. This is a very potent argument, indeed. But, the fact is that the cost of living has certainly reached its pea, and will probably be lowered by the efforts which are j now everywhere being concerted and car ried out. "It will certainly be lowered so soon :is there are settled conditions of production and of commerce; that is. so soon as the treaty of peace: is ratinvd and n operation, and merchants, manufacturers, farmers and miners all have a certain basis of calculation as to what their f QUICK RELIEF Attorneys representing the street railway company the city of Hammond together with a number of cltiiens interested in the city's petition for the appointment of a receiver for the Green line are in Crown Point this afternoon. Judge Norton of the circuit court was to take up the. receivership hearing at 1:30 o'clock. Speculations as to the length of the hearing varies greatly. Some say the court will be able to dlsp.e of it one way or the other in a very short time while others believe it will require several days. In case the matter Is not-settled today it is likely that a meeting of committees from East Chicago. Whiting and Hammond will be held at which some con-

BUSINESS MEN DEMAND

;erted plan ot action win oe worxea out. line trains between Los Angeles anii Kusinoss men of the different cities are)s.llt Lakc cu but j , trains are bc.

demanding that something be done to j jng run in Nevada and Utah." j SEPOKT DITIDED SEITTIMX1TT. afford r lief at once. A prominent Ham-j Hourly the situation becomes more' Since their meeting with the Presimond merchant makes the statement trjtKai wilh Los Angeles and other! dent when they were told that large that Saturday was the. poorest day's j cjtlcs facing a shortage of supplies or-j wage increases would only lift the genbusiness in his store in the last five j djnariy moved over rail. Hundreds of j oral cost of liiing and vould "utterly

years. .vnoiner smauti " ' " J - Another smaller dealer says that he will have to close up his shop unless his receipts show an Increase pretty soon. )( INP.RFASES VALUATIONS! One Hundred Per Cent InI crease on Gary and Calumet Tp. Acreage. (BViuinif.) I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I IITDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 26. Or. ders Increasing" the tax assessments ln Indiana milicns of dollars above the fig. uri fixed "by the local tax officials were - - v " " - - " commissioners la as effort to equalize levies among' counties, parts of co untie and among classes cf property. The board's actios in taken under tm new tax law which provides for the as. teismcnt of property for taxation at its full cash value. The law also provides that levies shall be reduced so that the tax payers shall sot be over-burdened. TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITAL INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Aug. 26. The state tax board today announced the following valuation increases for Lai;.? county: An increase of one hundred pccent on all acreage property in t alum. t township; an increase of 105 per cent on all lots and lands, and ten per cent on ail improvements in Winfield township: an increase of fifty per cent on all personal property on corporations of Crown Point and Dyer: an increase of forty per cent on all personal property in Center, Cedar Creek. Eagle Creek. Hobart. Hanover, Winfield and St. John townships. THRILLING RACE OF AVIATORS f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 BUFFALO, N. Y.. Aug. 26. Tin: great i New York-Te.ronto ae-rial derhv tbi i ,. j , ;, I HI llllJ"Ji uevviei'vu iiii.j A iiirunilK neCK I and neck race between Lieut. M. J. I Plumb. Sergt. G. R. Coombs and Maj. P. M. Schrocder. Lieut. Plumb, who reached Toronto from Mineeda at 11:45 'siartd on the return flight fifteen min utes later, arriving in Buffalo at 12:20. Meanwhile Coombs and Sehroeder, who had arrived at Mineola last night, were dob'ing back on their tracks for the Canadian city as fast as their powerful planes could carry them. Advertise. In The Times and advertise again. Results come with constant effort.

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business will be and what the conditions j will be under which n mast be con- . dueled. "Tho demands of the shopmen, there- , fore, and all simi'ar demands are in ef H lect th.s: That we make increase in wages, which are likely to be permanent i i order to meet a temporary s-ituatijni which will list nobody can certainly tell ; how long, but in all probability only for , a limited time. "Increases in wa ges, moreover, cer- : tainly result in sti'.l further increasing : the costs of production, and. therefore, ! the cost of living, and we should only j have to go through the same process ; again. ! "Any substantial increase in wages in leading lines of industry ar. this time would utterly crush the general cam- j paign which the government is waging, j with energy, vigor and substantial hope ol success, to reduce the high cost of living. "And the increases in the cost of transportation which would necessarily result from increases in the wages of railway employes would more certainly and more immediately have that effect than any other enhanced wage costs. Increase tb, right cn H. C. Zi. "Only by "vccping the cost of produi(Continued on page seven.) MANY ARE 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. All traffic over tho Santa Fe between Barstow and San Francisco is now tied up, it was announced at the office of A G. Wcls, general manager of the Santa Fe, this morning. "The walkout of the yard men at Bakersfield and at Barstow this morning has so crippled traffic that we cannot ntove trains in any direction." The Southern Pacific lines at 10:15 this morning were completely tied up in California south of San Luis Obispo ou the coast line. Fresno on the valley line and west of Yuma, Ariz. At the Salt Lake offices nounced : it was an"Xo change n complete t:e-up ln main . persons are marooned here and at var. ious points in Southern California, un - able to reach thetr destinations. 'WELL KNOWN ! Ill Bm HAm Hammond people wc-re inexpressibly shocked this morning to hear that Charles W. Heimbach, three times alderman of the city, died suddenly last night about midnight at his home. 522 Sibley St., of apoplexy. Mr. Heimbach, who was employed at the Standard Steel Car plant, was down town last night and j M ent home, apparently as well as ever, H, chatted with his family and about eleven in i ii in iu retire. lie complained of difficulty in breathing and sat on his porch for a while. Finally he told his wife to call all the children as he felt he was going to die. Dr. Chevignv was called, but before his arrival Mr. j Heimbach had answered the last call. I Mr. Heimbach was born at Turkey! Creek and went to Chicago as a boy. j N"hen the packing house was in its i prime, he was employed ther as a foreman and gained so wide an acquaint-' ante that he was elected alderman under I three city administrations the Ham-! mond. Railley and Mmt regimes. He' was agent for years for the .'.dams E.-I Press Co. and later in the contracting j business. He was at one tn ie appointed street commissioner. He was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters at 1 - ;m 1 .1.. ... . t.mt: ewm lilt? L'lUCTS II la I Male Cn!'-I ranger. A wife, five children. William, Antony, Chas Jr., Katie und Margaret, survive him, as wel as five grandchildren. The funeral will te.ke place on Thursday at 8 a. m. from St. Joseph's church undo rthe auspices of the ;. o. F. E. C. GOLDEN IS DEAD Eraoiy C Golden, a well known Hammond man, member of the firm of Golden Bros., died today at 11.30 of pneumonia, after an illness of two weeks. The funeral will ta"ke place from the late residence at 23S State street on Thursday afternoon at 1:20 p. in. and from the Christian church at 2:".0. The de,-edcnt w-as forty-four years of age and popular wifl all who knew him as a faithful, hard-working member of the firm. Don't throw your paper awaj aithout reading the want ad page.

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UNREVEALED Sentiment Among Men Is Di vided According to the Latest Reports. (BULLEIIW.) 'INTERNATIONAL NIVS SERVICE! WASHINGTON, Au(. 26. &ejecttn.r oa behalf of the railway sbopmea tb railroad administration's offar of four rents an boar Increase, the committee of one hundred this afternoon called up. on the members of the federated trades to summon special meetings to take 1 secret rote upon the acceptance or rejection of the proposition. At the aame time It mi mad plain that no strike -would be authorised until final action has been taken by the indL vldual anions. At the same time the committee in a letter to the affiliated crafts, urj e4 that they consider the proposition and m4e It plain that no strike would be authorlzed until the matter had beea duly con. j sidered. . ' f INTER NATION At NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 26. ! President Wilson yesterday rei fused to grant the additional pay demanded by the railroad shopmen throughout the country. Wilson's reasons were that increased cost of living must be stayed, normal prices and production conditions restored by halting wage demands generally. The next step of the railway shopm" in their drive for sweeping wage increases has not been decided upon yet. Whether the strike vote of the e.OOO shopmen of the country was to be final, or whether the men. in response to th request of President Wilson, would be asked to vote upon the acceptance or rejection of the increase amounting to four cents an hour, announced by thrailroad administration yesterday, vas the question before the labor leaders. Bert M. Jewell, bead of the railway employes department of the American i wouM be reached some time today but I ailed to forecast what that decision would be. .-rush" the governments campaign 1 against profiteers, the committee of I11 has held several conferences. These were to be continued today until a final decision had been reached. j It was reported that a sharp division i of sentiment exists among the officials I with whom the decision rests, some I standing out for the submission of thj compromise to a referendum vote of the workers, while others are equally Insistent that the original demand of S3 cen an hour for all classes be adhered to. LETTERS FROM UNION LEADERS i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! ) WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. A letter was sent by the committee this afternoon to the International Association of Machinists, the. International UrothcrhonJ ol Rlacksmiihs and Helpers, the International Brotherhood of Foilcr-makei ?. Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers, and Lie i , i j Brolhcrhood of Electrical Workers anl Brotherhood of Railway 1. armen I America, stating: "The attached letter of the prcside.it i of the United Stales accompanied by I the proposition f the director genera! v. ere delivered to your executive ofilcers of ihe National committee in office r:' the White House. August, and are submitted to the membership at the urgent request of President Wilson and it i--requeste d that the contents of . th"ve documents be given your most careful consideration at a summons or call ..f the craft. "Shortly after the conclusion of t i - conference with the president ajid tbdirector general anfther conference was held with the director general. In answer to a direct question the director I r r w- , 1 ... fn V, n C t V. r. r. t ,1 1 -"" avv, sition was final and that there would be no wage increases granted to an other class of railway employes as class, but in the event of unjust inequalities as between individuals. . increases to equalize rates of pay would he made where justified, except undr the conditions that are clearly stated in the fourth paragraph of the president's i letter. "Know ing the sentiments of the membership, your committee, after duly considering the proposition, advised the director general that they could not accept, as a basis of settlement, the rat established in his proposition, as submitted bv the president. "Practically every class of employ. have now submitted requests for erv substantial increases over existing ra'as of pay. It is well that our mtinbe gie very serious consideration to thi? tact if there is to he any addition,-! general increase in the wages of ralroad employes, the federated trade shce,,j wilt re-eive the same consideration. I not. fail to give this statement careful thought and do not forget that if tb (Continued un page Ave.)