Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 78, Hammond, Lake County, 18 September 1919 — Page 1

COUNTY BEST READ NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY RAIN tWXJEJJATIONAL XfSWS tull leased vrz&s EXSVZCS. Ob streets and newsstands. 3e per copy. Delivered by earlier la Hammond and Wast Hammond, 60s per month. VOL. XIV, XO. 78. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1919. HAMMOND, INDIANA. L t lilU E. H. GARY ALONE CAN STOP THE STEEL STRIKE OFFICIAL

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SENT OUT 7 LANGUAGES Fitzpatrick Shews Heat When S Asked About Samuel Gompers. (BTJLLXTTN.) ftNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON. Sept. 13. "I am doingwhat X can for th steel workers and Ttelr orga.nl .atlon, and for tha country." This was the only comment Samuel Oomptrt, president of the A. T. of L. would make on the steel' situation today. ' 1 dout think it would he proper for me to disease the situation for publication at this time." he observed. Be re. fused to state whether he had been requested by the union leaders to go to rittsburga and when asked If he would po anyway, replied i "I don't expect to." r INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) PITTSBURGH, Sept. 18. "E. H. Gary is the only power on earth that can stop the steel strike. Not even Samuel Gompers can stop it," declared J. L. Beaghan, organizer for the A. F. of L. today. At the "headquarters of the strike committee employes were busy sending out circulars In seven languages railing the men out next Monday. The circular 7 (.ad: JIEBJE ZS TBI CZJICCrZfAJk The circulars read: 'The workers in the Iron and steel mils and blaze furnaces, not working tn-.cer union agreements are requested r.ot to go to work on Sept. 32nd and to lefuse to resume their employment until such time as the demands of the organizations have been conceded by the r ; e-1 corporations. "The union committees have tried to arrange conferences with the heads ot' the steel companies in order that they ruiht present our legitimate demands for' the right of collective bargaining. higher wages, snorter nours ana ' I working conamons. nut m enlpl"-v':l 3 lia ve steadfastly refused to meet them, i I' therefore becomes our duty to support the committee's claims. ADVISXS AGAINST TIOURCE. -,!n accordance with tne practically unanimous strike vote, by refusing to vrrk in the mills on or after September 1:2nd. until such time as our just demands have been granted. And 'in our y.Tpage of work let there be no viol'vice. The American Federation of Lal or has won all its great progress by Peaceful and legal methods. 'Iron and Steel "Workers! A historic ?c!3ion confronts us. If we will bu' and together now. like men our demands will soon b granted, and a goldmi era of prosperity will open for us in the steel industry. But if we fal'cr and fail to act this great effort will be los1. ni A we will sink back into a miserable f.r.d hopeless serfdom. The welftre of cut wives and children is at take. Xovr i the time to insist upon our rights s human beings! Stop work September 22nd. "National committee for erganiiinK 1-on and steel workers." titzpatbicb: shows heat. j if r.nmofrs could postpone the) tr'.ke, Fitzpatrick replied with hea' : "Postponement of the strike is net the purpose of this meeting. "We are only hf re to perfect plans for the strike. "' BIG STRIKE ' 111 CLEVELAND f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 CLKVELAND, O.. Sept. IS. A great rna?s meeting of strikers will inaugurr.te the steel strike in Cleveland Monday. Henry "W. Raisse. district organizer: fnv thi American Federation of Labor, I nnnounced today that the workmen have been notified to report Monday morning nt V.rooUsidc Park instead of going to work in the mills. Coincident with the announcement of th strikers' plans it became known that urel mills operating in the Cleveland ;trirt are preparing for a protracted r,!v.t N'o -new orders for steel are be- i lrp accepted, H was admitted by officials of the larger companies today. Raisse estimated this afternoon that I.". 100 men in the mills of the Cleveland district, including Lorain and Elyria. will respond to the strike call Monday morning. The American Steel and wire to today declined to discuss possibilities of the strike. 'We are conducting an 'open shop.' snd do not know how many of our employes belong to the union," an offlclil said. Don't throw your paper awa? without reading the want ad page,

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5 ,-5S,-"Tr Damage amounting to nearly 12.000.0C0 resulted from the spectacular Standard Oil fire in the Greenpoint tectlon of Brooklyn. Tank after tank of oil and naphtha exploded, sending How. Strong Are Unions? Is Question 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICI1 PITTSBURGH, Sept. IS. There was considerable speculation here today as to lust how successful the American i Fedtration of Labor agents have unionized the steel workmen of this district, j Reports from outlying towns were to the j t fleet that practically all the laborer. bad been organized They were mostly forejg.ers. wajrr mTTixOHS rX.YZNCh Many rumors were in circulation here this afternoon. One was that many of the steel manufacturers whose plan's will be affected are arranging to closo their works on Monday and will keep them closed until the strikers desifV to return. Another report was that if only the men employed by the Carnegie Steel Co. of the steel corporation represented in the union walk out Monday ths miUs of that company will not close. Representatives of that company are reported to have said that less than fifteen per cent of the workers are organized. NOBODY WILL TALK. No official statements could be obtained from any of the. plants as to what the attitude of the manufacturers will be. "We have nothing to say," was the usual answer to requests for Information. Some of the manufacturers declare the effort to unionize the mills comes principally from the foreign tk-ment. On the other hand, labor leaders point co I the fact that ninety-eight per cent -.f I the membership whose unions are affili ated with the steel industry have voted for a strike. Just what percentage of employes actually working in steel mills are represented in the unions is not stated. Reports from Sharron and Farrell, where 10.000 men are employed by the steel corporation, were that it. was believed that not more than ten per cent of the workmen will walk out. The only workmen affiliated with the unions are unskilled laborers, it was said. Heads of the plants in these places are not anticipating any trouble and appear confident that the mills will not be forced to close. Many of the skilled workmen are stockholders in the steel corporation. Preparations are being made by the authorities of Newcastle to handle the strike situation there. It is not gener ally believed that a very larpe proportion j of the men employed in the steel and tin Plate mills of that city will strike, WENT OVER TOP TOO DARN SOON. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE VINCENNES. Ind.. Sept. 18. Benny Yates, twenty-two. is suffering a fractured skull today as the result of a brick bat battle betwen two juvenil factions. He peered "over the top" at an inopportune moment. CAR SHORTAGE HURTS INDIANA. T INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ) INDIANA PO LIS, Ind.. Sept. 18. The Indiana public service committee is conrrantea toaay witn tne proniem or sup plying cars to mines, grain dealers and live stock dealers. Reports received by j the commission indicate, commissioners ! declare, that Greene county mines ari j being forced to close because of trans- j portation difficulties and that there is I a general stortago of stock and grain ' cars despite Rail Dlreotor Hlnes' declaratlon that the shortage, is noa evlstent-

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r i clouds of smoke over Greater New York. At night the pillars of -flame ligh?d up the sky. Scores of fiierifn were treated for blistered feet caused by the burning oil which covered a lnrge area. DID YOU HEAR THAT SENATOli FRANK GAVIT. in a brand new Ford Henry, visited our fair city yesterday and he says he gets more Fatisfaction out of it trian any limou-s-ine he ever ran. MANAGER NAGi;u, of the Hammond ball team, continues to be a regular Htorm center. !Ka.-n for him will bo a place where he can please everybody. CAPTAINS STRONG AND RIMBACH. I , . . , . I of the Hammond po ice, v.ho for two ... . - . months have been averaging five hours' . , . . . .. , sleep out of the twenty-four, don t know , . , , , . . i how they keep from cracking during , t r i ctraln . : SOMEBODT nailed an anonymots lettr on Atty. 1. Modjcska's houst as soon as I. I. rinds out who's there will be something doing. ana i who i IF THE people who have been buying i ice cream .sodas and such at Verne i Summers' have kept track of the tax. Hammond's income tax to Uncle Sam next year w ill be a great deal less than it was last year. Dlt. H. E. SH.VRRER will "head in" toward Omaha tomorrow, where big Masonic doings are scheduled for several days. Omaha is one city where Sharrer hasn't attended Masonic affairs in the United States. H. R. CROSS, the demon reporter, now on the Federal court beat in Chicago, Is back from a vacation trip in the far north, where he has been snagging lumberjacks and wall-eyed pike for a period. HARRY CALL, is one Gary golfer who let's the sun set on no day whereby he hasn't lammed the elusive pill good and proper and is winding up a successful season at the Hammond Country Club. GEORGE LOCKLIX. the manufacturer, is preparing for bis winter hegira to California and the approach of had weather will see him packing up bag and baggage. NICK EM ME R LING, the veteran un-, dertaker. has plans out for one of tho j handsomest undertaking establishments! in Northern Indiana on his new property) at Clinton and Hohman. "WHEN Adolph Hirsch goes to a party in Chicago he doesn't care when he comes back. "We'd hate to tell when Adolph got home from the National , Clothiers' doings at the Congress, j M jj TOWLE JR., of the First NaItional Bank, has a proper conception of the civic duly that every man owes to the community he lives in and is never backward about doing his share, either. INSURANCE companies are very optimistic regarding the business which wil be done in the next few years, ac-1 cording to H. M. Johnson, who has gone! into the business tooth and toenail. A. J. CAMPHELL. the contractor, is more than making the dust fiy in tho pavement of Hohrnaii .street and has made splendid progress since the work has started. H. A. LAMPRELL. chairman of the Chamber of Commerce noonday meetings, says that every man In Hammond should come out to the membership meetng tonight. NOTICE MR. HAMMOND BUSINESS MAN! If you are at all interested In ih future of Himmond. your presence is urgently requested at the Chamber of Commerce tonight at 8 o'clock. 9-18-1

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THE TIMES is prepared by its leased wire service to give the fullest possible news of the great steel I workers' struggle impending. ,It! hopes to give its readers the most j accurate facts obtainable of all eventualities as its news columns today show. If you are not having THE TIMES delivered to you regularly do so now by aH means. $2,400 Per Year Doesn't Tempt Them Whiting Can't Find a Postmaster Four Men Decline the Job -Why Not Try a Woman? TI'ECIAL TO THE TIMES1 "WHITING. Ind. Sept. 19 1 Uito absolutely no one in "Whiting who wants a year? Gen'.lemen plrase don't all speak at once. Fr the third time an appointee for the position of postmaster of lh "Whiting postoffice has turned down the offer. Charles Carette recently appointed has written to Washington that he will decline accepting the appointment and will retain his present position at the Standard Oii Company. George W. Jones, the present postmaster, tendered his resignation much over a year ago, but it sems impossible to secure a successor to relieve him of his duties. D. B. Purinton, Arthur Vernon and now Chas. Carette have been appointed but they in turn have all refused it and as it is Whttings $2400 a year job still goes a begging. Latest Steel Strike News FORBIDS SALE OF WEAPONS ''""""NATIONAL NEWS SERVICtl PITTSBURGH. Pa.. Sept. 18. Anticipating the walkout on Monday Mayor George H. Lyslc, of McKeesport. this morning ordered that the sale of firearms in the city be discontinued. Special policemen are bcinj; sworn in today and a vigilance body composed of business niAn n ,-, r. ntlia, ..1, . . "j, ","1" V K "r;'n1"" '"is morning. A number of returned ..,j, . . , .... soldiers, sailors and marines Joined the . . . , . ... organization. Approximately 20,000 steel ,i .u . , ,,, , mn are employed in the steel mills In McKoesrort T' . . . l"'"us""" " . u,(,nu n,gjr rmOrganizers claim that 75 per cent of the men. mostly foreigners, are memccrs of the union. VOTING AGAINST IT? rTTHT5lNT"5N,- NEWS SERVICtl CHICAGO, Sept. 18. Union it..l workers in the Chicago district are reI ported voting against the strike of steel I workers set ftr Monday, according to I what is considered reliable in forma f irti! from within the Illinois Steel Co. plant at South Chicago today. Steel mill owners and union leaders are assembling their forces Tor the strike which will call out 150.600 steel workers in the Chicago district. Two of the plate mills at the Illinois Steel Co. plant also had informal billots. "While the exact figures on this vote could not be learned today, it was stated that "0 per cent of the workers had voted against the strike. Union leaders report that their men are behind them and ready to "fight to a finish." and have called several meetings to be held between now and Mondiy to eolldify the spirit of the iron and steel workers. In the meantime word was received here that in the machine shop at the Illinois Steel Co. plant, IS1 workers voted against the strike, 71 in favor of it, with 80 refusing to vote. 75,000 IN P.-O. DISTRICT. TOUNGSTOWN. O.. Sept. lg. Executive and operating managers of District Iron and Steel companies which employ about 75.000 men in Xoungstow n.. "Warren. Nilcs. Girard. O., and Newcastle, Farrell and Sharon. Pa., are still confident that the proposed strike set for next Monday will not seriously interfere ith operations. J. E. MeCadden, eMstrlet erganizer for the American Federation of Labor, on the other hand, today maintained that a strike will cause a complete paralysis of tho steel industry. STEEL STRIKE DEVELOPMENTS Labor leaders at Plttsburfb confer ence send telegram to unions to , "Stop work Sept. 22." Leaders declare strike posltirsly j will go Into effect Monday, and "not; .t Mr. Oompers can stop n now."; Anticipating walkout. Mayor i . Lysle. of McKeesport. Za-, orders aUj saies CI sntnui .vu ov dal pollc-toUr sworn In and Wness men for -vigilantes committee. Small cities around Pittsburgh prepare for strike with special police M 4 -- Vnr.ll.AMM - Leaders of strikers declar. 75 per oont of workers are unionized and will go ont on callSteel corporation silent sine Judge Zf. K. Gary's final word that ha will mot treat with labor leaders.

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I' lit -Zkfr- 'Mir " v tSv; ... -K Oj CAMUti HAMMOND ANXIOUSLY WAITS WORD International Labor Official Ready for Instructions From Headuarters. Hammond anxiously awaits the word which Is expected this afternoon or tomorrow announcing the plan's which will be affected at once by the b!- steel strike which is set for Monday. As .vet the labor officials in charge of the work in Hammond and nearby cities have received no instructions on this point. An International representative this morning stated that his understanding cf the matter was that only the men employed in plants of the V. S. Steel Corporation would be called out n first. Independent plants such as the inland Steel Co. and Mark Mfg. Co. of Indiana Harbor will not be included in th-: first call. He added that as the Indiana Hirbor plant of the American Steel Foundries had been included In a rough list published this morning, it was possible hai he would be instructed to call out the men from the Simplex plant in Hariniond. H believes that excepting the Simplex no other Hammond plant will be affected immediately. "However. I think all of the plants here will b? drawn in before long," he said. "I m expecting a telegram this afternoon -r tomorrow morning which will furnls'i a list of the factories in which the slrike will first become effective." Organizers who have been workin? feverishly in the district during the Uit few weeks saythat they have eightyfive per cent of the employes of Hammond plants In their organizations and that when the strike is called work will cease as the rest of the men wi'l walk out with the organized employes. "1 have no figures handy showins the loUl number of men in our organizations in Hammond." said one of the leaders, "and I would not like to say jut off-hand how many men we can call out." Plans have been carefully laid for the big walkout and the men have been instructed repeatedly on the manner in which they are to conduct themselves. The men will be expected to walk out quietly and remain away from the plants at which they were employed just as the majority of the workmen did in the Standard strike at Hammond. A Hammond man whp was in Sou'h Chicago yesterday afternoon stood lor some time near the gates of one of the big steel mills. Some idea of the preparations which are being made for the strike by these industries was shown by the long lines of trucks which entered the gates loaded with cots .mattresses and blankets. COAL DEALERS ARE WILLING. 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl 1NDIANAIOLIS. Ind.. Sept. l$.--In-diana coal dealers would welcome investigation of coal prices in the" state, speakers at the "emergency meeting" of the Indiana retail coal merchants' association reiterated today. John K. i.invd. Dresldcnt of the national retail rnal merchants' association was the I Principal speaker at the convention to day. . ,T AoiVO X Ult AJN -far TTTTMPT'TO iWJ UiOXXA f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Sept. 18. Con- : . lV, ..... t.rr!1Ir law I. .od control act. Kingan & Co.. has filed suit for ininnction in federal court to prevent tlvj j county prosecutor from proceeding fur ln"r. ' ,K,,lu"B"a ," - ther with indictments returned period storage of unmarked products i was charged. Are yol reading The Trrncs?

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'A' 33' i 2 r CsrOMPtW 7,000 TO GO -OUT. AT HARBOR Union Men Estimate the ! Strength of Steel Employes Who Will Go Out . (BTJLLKTIN.) , . i. axneh speculation exists as to the attitude of skilled workmen In sheet and tin mills who b along- to the Amnlg united Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers, as the strike call, published In lx languages, simply requests "work ers in the iron and steel mills and blast) furnaces, not working -under anion agreements to quit work." The Araalgimated has a contract with the mills which does not expire until next July. Seven thousand men Is a conservative estimate of he number of men who will walk out in Indian.. Harbor next Monday in the big steel strike, the union)

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officials of this city declare. This nuu-j that he w il stand or fan upon this fa,sc ber includes only tin; estimated number . ground. of men who actually belong t$ unions j "The committte that waited upon and of whom there is no doubt. Union! Judge Gary were the selected represent -leaders are also expecting be ween two (-stives of the employes. And they rand three thousand more non-union men j quested a conference for the purpose of to quit when the strike is declared. establishing the principle of collorth-

Thse figures include men in thi Inland Steel, Mark plsnt, Standard l'orgings and Universal Portland Cement. The Inland will of course furnish the most men for this number if the labor leader's information Is correct, with about 4.500. The Mark plant will have about 1,600. the Universal Portland 1.200 and the Standard Forging ;59. The Republic Iron and Steel and fhe

Interstate Iron and Steel may go out but 'work until the corporation agree to m. :et they are not Included in the present f their representatives in conference plans of the union leaders. If it Is deem-j This the employes have decided to do on ed advisable the men in these two plants Monday morning. September 22. will be called out and they would add BAYS ZT WILL EXMOVB DOUBT, about 1.500 more to the number. The' "It is unfortunate that the employe local headquarters will not know Ahcth-1 are compelled to resort to a strike'"

er or not the j.epuDiic ana interstate will -be called out until the big strike meeting next Sunday ax -which time a speaker from the national organisation will be present to explain everything connected -with the impending strike. The Americsn Steel Foundries and the!

Hubbard Steel Foundries are also on the up the question of the 'closed shop doubtful list of the union leaders t-.nd it which has absolutely no basis vhatsis not know n how- the strike will affect ever in the present controversy. It Is these tw o plants. Union leaders say, I simply dragged in here by Judge Gary however, that they are well organized in J as a bugaboo to becloud the real issue.

these plants and that in case of iiecessi- j ty these men will also be called out. If so it w ill m-:an S00 or 1,000 more mtn j affected. OAYS GARY RECALLED Hubby Said He WaS BUSy at the Office, but Wifie found Him in the Cabarets. Recalling the palmy days of Gary when there were "wine, women and song." resulted in the filing of a divorce case in the Gary superior court esterday afternoon. "Fred would call up and say business matters detained him at the office and would not be able to be home for supper." said Mrs. Isabclle Jurgensen in the complaint. "Then I found out that he was visiting wine rooms arid cabarets, and drank to excess with other men and did not return home until the wee small hours of the morning." The complaint fur'her states that he v.a.s gu.lty of cruel end inhuman treatment ard other mimoral conduct fn the prrsence of lhe:r minor child. They were married in September, 1910, and Seperated In 1911.

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S ISSUED A. F. of L. Proposes to 'Show' Judge Gary By Walkout Sept. 23rd. (BULLETIN.) TJmoT?R.J,0NAL NCS SERVICE! PITTSLUKOH. Sept. 18 Insisting that they are meeting- to perfect arranjementa for the conduct of manage mont of the nation-wide strike of ateel workers which la set for Monday andnot consider any postponement, the representatlTea of the 34 International nn. j lona resumed their session here today. Hone or the labor ofridala would renture to say how long the meeting might continue. Zt waa certain the discussions would last all day. (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 1& "The Steel Strike order for Sept. 22 stands." This was the positive statejuent made by Organizer J. L. Beaghen, organizer for the A. F. of L., here j this morning. An official statement signed by j Chairman John J. Fitzpatrick and ! three other committemen, in anj swer to Judge Gary's letter of yesterday was given out today- u ! reads as follows: rmPATRICI'S BTATIMINT. "In his '.etter of Sept. 16 to the presidents of the subsidiary' companies of the- United States Steel Corporation. Judge Gary avers that he had two reaL sons in mind whisn he refused to me t with the A. F. of L. committee whlh called upon him recently requesting a conference for the purpose of presenting grievances of his employes. "First, h did not believe that thcommittee was authorized to speak for iarfre nurners of the employes. Second, a conference with the committee would have been treated by them -.s a recognition of the "closed shop" r.ietlvd of employment. ' SATS MASONS AXJE IITSTTrriCI?NT. "If these are the real reasons actuating Judge Gary surely they are no? sutdetent "to plunge the industry into a great labor conflict. Judge Gary presents a false nremise and thrn t1ertrbargaining" and some practical method of redressing grieva-ices. "ONI.T OWE TH'JKO UEPT." "Judge Gary denied their authority to represent the employes and refused to meet them in conference. The only way left for the employes to convince Judg" Gary that the committee does repretei.: the great body of the employes of th: United States Corporation is to ceasr orar o provi- mf- muihuih.v jl selected representatives to present their grievances. But as there is no othr way. the proof, in the form of a strik will effectually remove ail doubt in Judge Gary's mind. "In the second place. Judge Gary sets NO INCREASE IN COAL PRICES HERE In spite of the fact that downstat newspaper report that retail coal dealers have raised the price of coal in manv cities from twenty-five to fifty cents ptr ion. there has been no increase in th price in Hammond. An increase in th - j price at the mines is given by dealer.-: ! in those cities as their reason for boost ! ing the retail prices. Hammond dealer know nothing about this. The prio , now charged are said to be the sani'3 j that w ere in effect six weeks ago. "Thy I enly change we have made." said mi dealer, was to discontinue the reduction that we had been giving when coal was purchased in lots of five tons or mor". This went into effect September 1st.' ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY. Richard Dornon. 18 years of a?e, r.-ho lives at 6456 Bfith street, Chicago, was arrested last night by officer Singer of the Hammond police on a charge of burglary. Durnon wh ohas but one arm wa employed at the Fayette street garas as a washer and is charged with having stole $5.00 out of the safe last evening . NOTICE ' MR. HAMMOND CITIZEN ! If you are at ail interested in th future of H.immond. our presence if urgently requested at the Chamber of Commerce tonight at 8 o'clocK. 9-lS-l