Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 30, Hammond, Lake County, 30 August 1919 — Page 1

time BEST READ NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY FAIR WEATHEK CraESKATZOKAZi NEWS rVLL LEASED WISE SERVICE. Oa streets and aeviitindi. 3e per cory. Delivered by carrier in Hammond and Wast Hammond, SOs per month. VOL. VIII, NO. 30. AUGUST 30 EIGHT PAGES SATURDAY AND W EEKLY KDITION. WIL ACT ON THREATENED STEEL TIEUP

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Steel Officials Renew Strike Threat Unless E. H. Gary Reconsiders Tonight. i (BULLETIN.) I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' BILLZKICA, Mass., Aagr. 30. Boston, fc Maine car shopmen here voted over".aelr.ilngly against acceptance of the -overnmenfs award of a four cent per iio-ar advance in wares. It wis announced today. Sixteen hundred men are employed at ' he plant. The result of the vote will oe made known to national officers San. day. John Edwin Nevin rstaff correspondent i. n. service WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. A gerieral strike of the organized workers in the iron and steel industry is inevitable unless President Wilson can find some means i io avert it. The eyes of the steel J world are on him. ! Leaders of the metal trades de-j partment of the American Federa-J tion of Labor so declared today. I They said that, so far as they per- j sonally are concerned, there is' nothing more that they can do. JCLXHXSrO HAS CHANGED XT. The representative s of the steel -work ers resented the details of their side' of the situation to the president in the. White House yesterday. leaving the i matter temporarily in his hands. Noth-j ing the president said at that time has '.hinged the situation, it was stated. Today the committeemen were scattering to various quarters of the United States to make speeches at Labor day celebrations on Monday. The only one left this afternoon was John Fitzpatri.k, who was to leave this afternoon.! A'.! are to Teturn Tuesday when definite 'tion regarding any strike proposed, including the date it is expected, run XT3HT EXPIRES TODAY. The tiir.e limit in the notification to :he United States Steel corporation exi ires today and the committee has noti-V-d Judge Gary, chairman of the exerjtive board of the steel corporation .hat they would remain in Washington until last night to receive any reply he isired to make. 'So far as Judge Gary is concerned," -aid Mr. Fitzpatriek today, "we are through. The. incidents connecting .him "1th our plans are closed." WON'T DISCUSS SITUATION. At the White House the president was deluded for the best portion of the day. mh said to be "sneedine uo" prepai itions for his departure for the west' next Wednesday. A circumstantial report that already he had communicated with Judge Gary asking for a reconsidr ration of the refusal to meet the union committee was in circulation here. The White House declined to discuss it. However, It was generally credited in sdministration circles. In the event that Judge Gary stood firm in his refusal there was a growing belief that when the. steel men returned to Wash ington next week, the president might j sic thorn to refrain from ordering aj walkout pending his return from the j vest. I WHAT WILL- WILSON DO? j The possibility of the president taking! action to prevent tho threatened tle-upt of the industry was the one topic of j discussion among labor leaders gathered in the national capital. j NO WOSO FKOM QAUT. j The president had before him the re- j quest of Samuel Gompers. president of. the A- F. of L- and of the committee representing the steel workers, that he J urge Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of ths hoard of directors of the U. S Steel Corporation, to give the men a hearing. But up to the present time there has been no intimation of what his action would be. END OP TEN DAY PERIOD. ...m mrt the end of the ten ioois"- . flays given the steel committee to getj this demands of the men before JudgeGary. In its reply to the refusal of the j steel corporation head to receive the, mands of the men. the committee! nated positively that the strike vote would be put into effect unless -Tudse j ;ary reconsidered his position before; tonight. In the meanwhile the commit-j ,r.a aK sittinir tight, with some of the. members confidently expecting irw i.-.e White House would intervene in their behalf. COMMISSION HEARING SEPT. 30 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! BRAZIL. Ind.. Aug. 30. Hearing of injunction proceedings brought against the state highway commission and others ) to block the construction of roads by the state will be held September 27. The da'.e has been set by Judge Hutchinson cf '"lav countv circuit court. The suit onfends that interna! improvements by j the stite as a unit and w ith federal aid j ai . 'jnc-nstitutional.

Gary Refuses to Meet Steel Union

"si 9 40 Elbert H. (j.try. Judpe Elbert H. Gary, head of th V. S. Steel Corporation, has refused to confer with members cf the Amalgamated Iron and Sceel Workers' union on the demands made recently in regard to new wage scales and working; conditions. Judge Gary 6ys the directors of the tteel industry believe in the open shop, and vill deal only with individual emLabor Troubles Throughout the United States SEW TORK Actors' strike has practically all theaters closed. Might thousand drug clerks in stores and hospitals call strike for Monday for more pay and shorter hours. Cable operators of Commercial Cable Co. strike for more lay. Fight thousand paper box workers out. Window cleaners on strike. Partial strike of cigar store clerks. CHICAGO 120.000 carpenters and a. lied building trades workers on. strike demanding wage increarey. 200 lunch-room employes striking for increased pay. Actors and actresses striking for recognition of union. 500 cleaners and dyers on strike for wage increase and shorter hours. 100 optical workers on jirike for wage iticra"ses. SPRINGFIELD. ILL. 15,00f insurant miners demanding statewide! strike for wage increases. DENVER, COLO. 500 workers at Gates P.ubber Co. striking, demanding recognition of nion. PEORIA. ILL. Eight thousand Industrial Workers on three day s'rike in protest against general working conditions. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Union motion picture operators on strike to enforce demand for minimum wage, $1 an hour. RICHMOND. IND. Employe? of Malleable Castings plant idle because of damage done to factory during rioting by friends of striking molders. EOSTON 200 actors vote to join actors' strike, darkening six leading theaters beginning Labor Diy. Three thousand shoo vorkcrs out at Thomas G. Plant factory. PITTS FIELD. MASS. Trolley men rn Berkshire street railway lines on strike for higher wages. WORCESTER. MASS. Strike-breakers Imported to take places f strici.ig gas house workers and gs supply back almost to normal. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Eight hundred cigar-makers on strike for hishtr wages. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Five hundred machinists on strike here for m"re pay. KANSAS CITY More than 1o0 cigar makers employed in Kansas City factories have served notice on 'heir employers they will strike next Monday, unless granted wage increasesi SEATTLE. WASH. Strike or lockout of 6,000 building tradesmen appears Inevitable next Tuesday as a result of the deadlock in negotiations between master builders association and unions over wage demands. LOS ANGELES. CAL. Three hundred Pacific Electric find Los Angeles street railway men out demanding incrtae'd wages. RICHMOND STRIKE; PLANT IS CLOSED t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE RICHMOND. Ind.. Aug. 30. The plant of the Richmond Malleable Castings Co. was closed today because, cf damage done by rioting mobs early yesterday. The city was quiet today. More than fifty names of participants in the riot are in the hands of the authorities, it is said, and will he placed before the srecial grnnd Jury whl'h will probe The disorders next Tuesday.

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CIRCUIT CT. Remonstrance is Started ByCity and M. E. Church Against Street Vacation. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES CROWN Kil.NT, Incl.. Aug. 30. Remonstrances were tiled this afternoon in the Lake- circuit court against granting the petition riled by E. N. Bunnell ot 1 Hammond for the vacation of seven feet of stree-t to the south the rroperty which he' recently purchased at the corner of Hohman and Russell streets, in Hammond. The remonstrances file.1 today were from tho City of H;tmmond through Attorneys McMohon and Cwnroy and the trustees of the Mcahodlt church through Attorney Jessu Wilson. The original ;-etitto.i v Inch was tilft by Attoriu;. a ll;i Gavit &. Minso.i. asks that the .seu foot strip of land which lies to the south of the StandarJ ; Oil Co. filling station along Kusscll street, be vacated from Hohmon street to the alley at tho rear of the lot. The matter is to confs up for hearing by the court Monday and all remonstrances j and objections must be fild before that time. The remonstrance of the city names ! the three statutory objections which can ' be raised: 1. Tiiat the preservation of the present width of the street is essential ij th growth of the city. 2. That the vacation would leave the. remonstrators re.il estate without ingress by moans of a public street. ; ?. That the vacation would cut off i rublic access to a school or church. This also covers part of the conten- ! tion of the remonstrance by the church jtrustees. The, argument is presented by I the attorneys that the movement in Hammond now is towards wider streets t as shown by the agitation for the wldcning cf State and Hohman streets and i that the idea of making Russell street J in the heart of tho city f mailer is ab- : surd. W"hen the Methodist church was built j at a cost of $30,000 the building was ; constructed seven feet from the side- ! walk in orde:r to preserve the present 'street and rermii its widening to the limit specified 'r. the city plat. The ; church expects to start work soon on j the new settlement house next to the i church, which will ;;lso cost $50,000. j Tho trustees contend that with the increase in automobile tr.iilic and the number which park in the vicinity of th'j church the street should be widened i rather than made smaller. RoroonsTranccc by other interested : citizens of Hammond are expected before the case Is called Monday. BROKER BEATS MONON LIMITED; IS ARRESTED And the Way He Tore Thru Lake County and Got Away With It. A plea that he had a bet with a friend that he could beat the Mooon limite-d from Indiajiapolis to Chicago failed to save W. E. Young, an Indianapolis broker and he was fined $80 and costs by Judge Stelk in the Speeders' court in Chicago yesterday on a charge vt speeding. Arrested at E. Seventy-first st. and South Short drive. Young told Jjdg Stelk that lv boat the train to tho Folk street station by over an hemr. Young thought it pretty tough after streaking it all the way through the btate that he should be picked up so near his goal. Voung said that a friend was coming to Chicago and that he bet he- would btat the train by dnv.ng his automobile. He was driving north on Se-uth Shore drive going thirty-six mile si ar. hour when he was arrested. Wh-u la'en to the station at the time of his arrest he deposited $100 as a cash bond which he said was a small amount compared to the bet. DRUG CLERKS THREATEN TO STRIKE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK. Aug. SO. A srtike of E.OOO drug clerks and registered pharmacists in all the hospitals in the city wis threatened today unless more pay and shorter hours are granted. Tne strike 1st set for Monday and if it goes into effect officials of the Drug Clones L'Tion promise they will do all they can for the rublic in the event of an e pide mlc. BACK FROM AUTO TRIP Mrs. Emma Wilson and daughter. Miss Madeline, and Miss Maude Burke, have returned from an extensive automobile tour and are preparing to open the popular Wilson restaurant on West State street. The restaurant was closed for thirty days for renovation end during that time the proprietors have been taking a much needed vacation. They toured Northern Michigan and Wisconsin. It is now I fanned to have the restaurant open lo

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WHY DID THEY ASK FOR SO LITTLE A WAGE? f IHTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK, Aug. 30. The garbage haulers went on strike today for a flat rate of $10 a day and the city is without any means of getting rid of its refuse. The city officials enlisted all the private vehicles possible to clean up the city because of the menace to the public health.

U. S. AGENT FOILED BIG GERMAN PLOT it. Dr. I'aui llernardo Altcndorf. Dr. Paul Bernardo Altendorf, a TJ. S. military intelligence officer servine as a German car tain and a Mexican colonel, organized 45,090 Mexicans fcr an invasion of the United States at the time the Germans launched their last drive on the western front in July, 1918. But he kept the TJ. S. government informed of th plot's progress and thus prevented &c invasion Altendorf also brought about the arrest of a German spy said to have admitted the Biack Tom explosion near New York; got the German imperial code for our government, warned this country of an impending: submarine raid on the "Atlantic coast in 1918, and nipped scores of other conspiracies. QUITTING THE FORCE Cla-.mir.g that tho police of Hammond are the roorest paid cf any in the Calumet region and that they'are unable to live on their salary, two of Hammond's best police officers, Harry Cordua and Edward I'almate-er. have sent In their l csignations to take place the first of September. The Hammond police are now getting only J 122.51 a month and work eleven arid a half hours a day and seven days a week. Though the council has granted thejn a raise of $7.50 to take place tho first of next year, which will make J13J a month, but even if they were able tu pull through for the next four month3 they claim they would not be able to live on that. Hammond has now thirty-three mrn en the force and they arc asking J150 a month, saying that with th high cost of food and clothing it is Impossible to li e on less. The petition will be brought up Tuesday before the council and if it is not granted at least ten more of the for:e will be compelled to accept better paying positions. The Whiting police are rereiUng $15'J a month, the East Chicago police J140 a j month and the Gary police, $150 a month. ROBERTS DALE H.S. COURSE DISCONTINUED 'SPECIAL TO THE TIMES1 WHITING. Ind.. Aug. 30. At a recent meeting of the Hammond Board of Education it was voted to discontinue the two year high school course at the Robrrtsdale school and transfer a'l the high school pupils from Robertsdale to the Whiting high school. The board has figured that this is the only logical thing to do and will be n saving proposition in the end. The

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teachers for the numher or students .s a large one. Furthermore it wi't gi-i more space for grade use. Wtiile thi;; rule is in order, the Hammond board has agreed to pay a sum of about $"f a ear tuition for each Rhertsdale student enrolled in the Whiting h-gh school.

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Cheaper to Travel From E. ! Chicago to Hammond Than From Hammond to East Chicago. Street ear service was resumed in Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago Friday evening shortly after 6 o'clock and today the riding public finis it cheaper to come to Hammond from East Chicago or Whiting than to go to those places from Hammond. The new se.en cent fare is in effect in Hammond but the other cities have not granted the increase so the company can only cftliect five cents from passengers in East Chicago or Whiting. Represcntati es of the street car company spent some time consultin? wi'h offcials of the other cities yesterday ana it is said they have reason to believe that the city councils will grant the raise. Unwilling to put the public to rurther inconvenience because of the street car tie-up the company decided to ask the men to start the cars and take a chance on East Chicago and Whiting granting the new fare. Barney Carter, executive committeeman representing the men of th3 Hammond barn, was in Chicago yesteraaj and returned in the evening with William Quinlan, president of the surface lines employes. After conferring with the company officials he issued the order for the men to return to work and in a few minutes the first cars were leaving the barns on Gostlin street. Conductor Robert Glasson. 4J1 Hickory street, at 6:55 last night on Car No. 77 with Motorman McNally took the first 7c fare at the South Shore,Jepot for East Hammond. Anticipating the resumption of tratfi-:. laborers were sent out during the afternoon to sweep out the switches and clear the tracks. In some places the rails could no longer be seen because of the dirt which has accumulated during the two weeks of idleness. Much trouble was experienced in getting the first cars over the line and caution was necessary to prevent them from leaving the tracks at many places. The matter of increasing the fares wil be tskn up by the Whiting- city officials Monday and East Chicago will take some action Tuesday. PEOPLE SWARM 10 BUY U. S. FOODSTUFFS One of Biggest Shopping Crowd City Ever Sees, Buys Canned GoodsWhen the clocks pointed to 8 o'clock this morning, the hour appointed for tho opening of Hammond's municipal grocery, one of largest shopping crowds ever seen in the city was ready for the doors to open. For d.iys the people have been pestering Mayor Brown and oth.r city officials with personal and telephone inquiries as to when the government foods were to be placed on sale. Hundreds of buyers with their baskets visited the store in the Kleigehcr building today and departed with canned goods. Others simply took whole crates and carried them away on their shoulders. The clerical force was supplemented by attaches who could be spared from the city hall and calls were sent to the employment office for help. One nifin was kept busy smashing open boxes while others dealt the cans out to the shoppers. The canne-.i mtan could not be placed on sale today, but will be ready later. If the stream of eager buyers continues there will be !utlo left of the stock by closing time tonight. It was planned to place eirders at once for more of the government su;j plies if the dcqpand Justified and it looks as though the demand was there. MARRIED LIFE WAS FILLEDJWITH FEAR. Rose and Henry Luke's matrimonial venture, ws anything but n. sweet affair, according1 to the complaint in the divorce proceedings filed in the Gary Super or court yesterday. Henry, who is proprietor of the Calumet Hotel ii Gary, is charged with being cruel mean, ugly and irritable at all timet, beat and struck her, cut her with a '-tnife in a fit of temper and last, but no: least, threw her down the Meps of the hotel, and then caused her to be the subject in an insanity inquest . She asks a divorce and Judgement in the sum of $2,000. They were married May of this Better call up The Times and have it sent to your house every night. Then you'll be sure t will be there.

MERE YOUTH GETS SEAT IN CONGRESS

1 1 fjf Mr. and Mrs. King Swope. Representative Kir.g Swope Of Kentucky, a returned war hero, is the first Republican in twenty-three-years to represent the Eighth Kentucky district in congress.--.He -celebrated his twenty-sixth birthday after his election. Mrs. Swope will prove a charming acquisition to congressional social circle. he LABOR DAY AND WHERE TO CELEBRATE CEOWN POINT. Meeting Old Settlers' Association at Xake County Fair Grounds. EAST CHICAGO. Welcome Some celebration for soldiers and sailors. INDIANA HABECB. Xabor Say boxing aad 'beaca ploaic. GARY. Labor Day parade. HA3IMOND. Bail game and marathon a-t tall park. All day events at Hammond Country Club. ST. JOHN. Plenio at Spring HlU Grovs. i LABOR LOCAL' ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SER1CE WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. The labor situation is one "which mus'. h- dealt with as much wisdom as enemy," President Wilson today asserted in a telegram and expressing his plcafure aL the return of striking painters end paperhangers in Hoboken. followii g his appeal for a truce between o:ipit;il and labor. The telegram, addressed to the secretary of the union follows: "May I not express to ye-u, und. through you. to your fellow membi-Ti of Local 78. my admiratun of the- public spirited action they have taken an action which I am sure is the interests "f the whole country as setting an example of patriotic co-operation in relieving, not complicating, a situation which .t.ust be dealth with as much wisdom as encrgj. "Cordally and sincerely yours, "WOODROW WILSON." The telegram was in reply to one from the union, notifying the president ot tne action it had taken. GARY WOMAN SUES FOR DIVORCE i Declaring that her husband 5honrf ncr. literally and figuratively spcakauc, Grace Etta Wilson, of Gary, filed suit for divorce this morning in the Hammond superior court. The- eouipli .itit states that they were married Ma 1. 1915, and lived together ur.i! June 19. 1919. when the husband. Robert, abandoned her. During that time she say he beat her. shoejk her and otherwise treati r.H her in a cruel manner. Wilson is I now believed to be in Dtroit. Mrs. Wil-J son asks that hr maiden name. Grace j Etta Luther, be restored. 1- re l Cargo is j her attorney. Don't throw your paper awa? without reading the want ad page.

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DELEGATE OPPOSES IT Referendum Vote to Be Taken By Members of the State Federation of Labor. r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV1CEJ INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 30. A referendum vote will be taken immediately by the membership of the Indiana Federation of Labor to determine whether or not a state labor party shall be formed. Untabulated rising vote of delegates attending the state convention of the organization here disclosed that more than two-thirds favored the new party. HAMMOND DEXZGATi: OPPOSED. Spirited debate marked discussion of a resolution recommending the new party offered by District No. 11, United Mine Workers of America. All hut onemember of the resolutions committer had signed a majority report t reject the resolution but after O. W. MillT. of Fort Wayne, had offered an oral ir.inti-.'i-ty report and the resolution was thrown open to a vote on the floor, a majority were shown to favor the rew plan Henry Gable-r. Hammond, was among the committeemen who opposed th scheme. GOUPEXtS AGAINST IT. Opponents contended that labor : "would lo?e a club wielded over candi- : dates by labor," and pointed out that Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Eabor. is opposed to j formation of , a labor party. The ir.arjority, ho wevef? contended that "iarW' ' "had to get down on its knees and beg " for everything it had ever obtuned an.' that the time is ripe for organization of labor's party. It was urged that friendly farmers organize ti-ir.s and unions n-"" members of the Federation be invited to participate in the new party. Evansville was chosen for the 1?J conventien. Bulletins GOMPERS SUMS UP. John Edwin Nevin 'staff correspondent i. n service! WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 Presideat Samuel Oompers, of the American Federation of Labor, iumnus; np this afternoon the work of the executive council of that body, wliicii has been in section for the last three days, said: "Til 8 council considered the sitas.'lo'u growing out o fths organization of the Iron and steel industry. It is making very effort to bring about the ljesi possible results to all concerned. These efforts are being continued and we hope that an. amicable adjustment will ne reached before any cessation of work Is Inaugrirated." WON'T GO BACK TUESDAY. 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' EAITIKOE, Md.. Aug. 30 The cai man of tne axoont Clair shops of the Bait more fc Ohio railroad, at a meeting today, voted not to return to work Tuesday, the day after their Labor Day celebration. The men. In the meaa-tims expected to receive the sanction of their grand lodg-e in Kansas City and they will remain out, they say, until th railroad administration grants thexi more wages. Today's decision followed n, similar action taken on Thursday evening ny the 2,000 machinists of thi shops who also will not return to wo.-k on Tuesday. CIGAR MAKERS OUT. ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV-ICE! WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. The country-wide strike of cigar makers was this afternoon endorsed by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. In a telegram to G. W. Perkins, e " Chicago, president of the Cigar Makers International Union of America, Samuel Gompers said: "The executive council of the Amsrican Tederatlon of Labor, having under consideration the strikes of the largo number of cigar makers of the country, endorses the attitude of the Cigar Makers International Union of America. The executive council has concluded to appeal to all workers and friends for full moral and financial support for the ei-g-armakers engaged In the Justifiable contest." GARY MAN BUYS HOB ART HOME. George V. Barnfs. who recrntlv purchased the Eckerty house in H-"--hart Park addition, has sold the place t Fred Waiters, who recently sold hhouse in te Kreft addition. Mr. Walters is a switchman in the "J" yards in Gary, and will soon occupy new home in Uohart. Mrs Wa'ter-i-daughter of Mr. ;ind Mrs A. F Kreft. Hobart Gazette-.