Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 83, Hammond, Lake County, 24 September 1919 — Page 1

i BEST READ i NEWSPAPER i IN COUNTY PITS FAIR WEATHEfo tNlUEBNATIONAI. NIW3 fUIL LEASED WIB SEBVICE. Oa Btroem and sewsstinAs, 3c ! pr copy. Delivered hy carrier in I Hammond and Wast Btmmotl, SOo i per month. VOL. XIV, NO. s;). WEDNESDAY, SE PTEMfeEl? 24, 191. HAMMOND, INDIANA. m n ABOR LEA ATHETIC STRIKES NOW:2,50

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- , Extension of Strike to Come Up Before Committee of Union Heads. (EUtiETIH.) PNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE . WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. There are now 300,000 steel workers oa strike and the ranks are heing constantly augment. ed, acording to Wm. Z. roster, secretarytreasurer of the national committee in a telegrram today to Samuel Gompers, president cf the A. F. of Ii. The Homestead district Is "dead." Foster asserted, "and the plants In the Pittsburgh district are belli? closed rapidly. Poster asserted that the press is conaucting a campaign of lies to conceal the extent of the strike. By GEOKGE E HOLMES STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERViCEl PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 24. "With the strike situation in the Pittsburgh district practically deadlocked, so far as extension of the tie-up here is concerned, labor leaders today turned their attention to other methods to force the sfeel operators to deal with them. Their chief weapon is the "sympathetic" strike. By effective use of this metho'd they hope to bring the mill owners to terms. Already, according to directors of the strike in this district, the switchmen and yardmen who operate the cars which feed the mills are growing "restless" in sympathy with the strikers. , INDICATE B. K. BBSTLESSNXSS. "Our reports." said Wm. Z. Foster, secretary of the strikers organization. show that yardmen and switchmen are

getting restless. They are becoming in- Ditralor. n was hoped in this manensd over the treatment acorded us in j ner to go ovef the silualjon thoroughhis district suppression of free speech. I ly anJ adJust the differences which ' ossack methods of oppression, arrest j haye been prolon?!Bg Th strike. It of union men. and denial of the right of haJ been specined in the ordinance free assemblage. We have reports that I thftt the meettns between officials and the railroad workers in Youngstown and j .. commltlee would not be con. Cleveland already have refused to eper-, strued ag a reco nition of the unlon. tr- the cars which take raw products! into the mills' and bring out the finished j At the conference yesterday afterterial noon the Standard heads turned down To'cOMX BEFORE COSrariTTEE. i the offer and reiterated their former The extension of the strike to thc-j statement that the gates of the plant

(Continued on page six.) How Plants Line Up In Big Strike (BULLETIN.) Officials of the 'Inland Steel Co., In Indian. Harbor, admitted today that the furnace are hanied and that no busi ness is heinj carried on except shipping:. At the same time they flatly denied xeyorts that the plant was to he closed j for two months unless men return to , work. They said 1,000 cf the 6,000 work- s ers are on duty in the plant. 1 Reports were circulated that 1,000 men returned to work today in the TJ. S. ! Steel Corporation in Gary; tlsat they, were rushed in through the ffates in I f nr more automohUes. There were j also rumors that re-opening of some of , the mills was contemplated after rollers; had heen hired Tjack at SSOO a month. The report lacked confirmation, however.; i The steel and iron industries of the' nation continued in the grip of the strike ! today I th Immediate Pittsburgh i -t the strikers appear to have I a rmr&l shut-downs in the prfn-l cipal steel centers of the country youngstown, Chicago, Gary, Cleveland, a-nd smaller industrial towns. V Pittsburgh continued to he the stronghold of the operators. The factories there and at Homestead, Duquesne, Braa. i dock, Clariton. McTCeesport and Newcastle, which form a giant hackhone for the huge industry, continued operations. K&ny mills in the district reported 100 per eent; others ninety per cent and a few as low as fifty per cent. X Some mills reported that men who quit work on Monday are returning to their tasks. TT The claims of the operators in the Pittsburgh district are disputed oy union officials. W. Z. 1'oster, who is directing the strike in Pittshurgh, reported to President Samuel Oompers, ox tne Amer - lean Federation ox Laoor, mai were 300,000 workers out in the country and that Pittsburgh was "closing down." 1 The full national organising committee of the iron and steel workers met in Pittshurgh today under the chairmanship of John Fitxpatrick. Reports will be made and a general checking np had cn the results of the strike to date.

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Flyer Hurls Truck Into Strike Group j one of the most peculiar accidents j that ter happened in this locality took J 'place shortly before 11:00 o'clock at; 'rr; Jrvr ) which doctors say may he fatally hur . 1 When a- group of 400 men wore at the i Cuffingtou mill salts awaiting their turn ! I to draw their pay, a Lake Shore ras- j ; scngcr train, w est uoiaio. approacnea , j the road crosing at the samt time that j ia truck owned by M. C. McMillan went j over it. The train caught '-lie truck j i squarely, tossing it like a ball into acrowd of cement workers. Five of them ! were taken out of the group unconscious i .at Gary. Srrg. J. F. FMwling of th.; j Gary police, who was at the gates, had j warned the men not to crowd near the j crossing. The train was Xo. 649. duo in j Chicago at 10:35. The engineer wa3 j G. D. Sehupert; fireman, A. D. Thissou; conductor. II. D. Multon. STANDARD TURNS DOWN THE OFFER Officials Insist that There is No" Need for a Bench Arbitrator. Insisting that there Is nothing to compromise which would require the services of a Judge as arbitrator, the officials of the Standard Steel Car Co., of Hammond have refused to asroe to the plan which was proposed in an ordinance passed by the Hammond council last week. The company's reply was given at a meeting of the officials yesterday with the committee named by Mayor Brown. COMMITTEE ARRANGED MEETING The committee composed of Mayor Brown and Aldermen Voorhels, Miller and Skufakiss had been selected to meet with tfle officials and arrange for a meeting between them and a committee from the striking workmen at which one of the court judges of Lake county vould be selected to act as ar- ' wouia dp open to tue men wiitiiever I they desired to return to work proI vided that they were willing to come I In under the cpnditions which existed j at the time, of the strike. July 18 . GRIEVANCES BEING SETTLED They say that a number of the griev- j ances. on acount of which the strikers j ! 1. - ,a V- U1.1i.in. V. r. A alra..v Kaum ! settled with the men who are now j worKing in tne plant ana tnai iuriner adjustments would be made wherever conditions warranted In favor of men who return in the future. CAPITAL SHOCKED BY AUTO TRAGEDY 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Sept. 24. Harold Steele. 2t. of Marion, Ind., was! probably fatally injured here early today! when the high powered automobile n which he was riding swerved into u curn' at Meridian and Eleventh streets, hurtl-! ed on for a distance of T30 feet and over-! turned on a lawn. Steel Is at t!i cityj 'losP1al where it is believed he suffered j a fracture at the base of his skull. Albert Shingler. 27. of Indianapolis. who was driving, received scalp wounds and minor hurts. Shingler is under arrest. Steele formerly was an advertising) man for the Marion Chronicle and is a member of a prominent family at Marion. He is a nephew of Major George Steel, former governor of th'.- National Soldiers' Home at Marion, former representative in congress and one time governo rof Oklahoma. The license number on the wrecked automobile Indicated that it was Steele's machine. Shingler asserted that a parsing automobile crowded the car into the curb. ATTENTION, LEGION! The Hammond Post of the American j Legjon hol j a meetins at eight o'clock tonight at the Chamber of Commerce, to elect officers for the ensuing year and adopt a constitution. Al! members are urged to be present at the gathering at which is important . Are you reading The Trme? ?

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HURT WHE Steel Workers Forced to Run Gauntlet at Indiana Harbor Plant. The first violence of the steel strike in Indiana Harbor occurred j last night about six o'clock when; about twenty-five men who were leaving the Mark By-Products plant were set upon and badly beaten by strikers who had congregated near the gate. The trouble began when two men left the plant and being accosted by the pickets with the question, "Why are you working," either did not understand or were unable to give any answer. MEN ESCAPE TO FBAXBJEThe strikers began to Jeer, then pash. and finally started to beat the two men with firsts, clubs, and stones. Thy men ran throuKh the prairie and escaped without serioTTs injury. The strikers then lined up nenr the gate in two lines facing each other and as the remaining twenty or twenty-five men came from work forced them to run a gauntlet between the two lines while the s'rikcra used fists and sticks freely upon the heads and shoulders of the workers. While many suffered painful bruises none were injured seriously and none were taken to the hospital. SIOT CALL SENT TO POLICE. The workers left the vicinity and went j to their homes before their names could I be obtained. A riot call was sent to the Indiana Harbor police station but the! strikers had disbanded before the patrol arrived. Chicago morning parers report a serl-j ous riot between police and striker wi:h J numerous Ehots fired at Indiana Harbor; but Acting Chief of Police Edward j O'Donnel states that not only were no shots fired but that there has not ben . an arrest in Indiana Harbor in connoc- j tion with the'strike. CARRIED A REVOLVER. Vider Howatt. a Croatian, who was arrested by Sheriff Lew Barnes for creat- j ing a disturbance at the Buffington plant of the Tortland Cement was arrested in Gary territory and placed in the. Indiana Harbor station only for the night. He will be taken to Crown Toint today, j When arrested Howatt carried a re-1 volver. William Griffin, colored, 3608 Alder street, Indiana Harbor, was ar- , . .1 rt . .C- f tmrk TIP 1 1" thl Portland Cement with a Winchester rifle. He is somewhat or a puzzle to me; police since he said he was "guarding h's ( home" at the time of his arrest. While t he lives in Indiana Harbor he has no, family and merety rooms at 3(108 Alder j Ft. The police do not believe that bei was planning any violence. j SCATTERED DISORDER REPORTS. j v,F- ti-attsrwi renorts of v'oleroe i

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, not be confirmed. One of the workers at the American Steel Foundry was seized I K.- nir-irota Vvut no violence W03 com (Continued on page six.) LABOR TROUBLE CAUSES SHORTAGE I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE i INPIANAl'OL.IS. Ind.. Sept. 2i. Libor. ' troubles caused the school book shortage in Indiana and other states, W. B. Conkcy. president of the Conkey Cl. publishers, Hammond, told I. N. Mines, i state superintendent of public instruction, in a conference at the state house Mr. Conkey was requested to appvar at the special meeting of the state board. of education Friday when the text shortage w ill be probed. GARY REFUSES TO SAY A WORD. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ' NEW YORK. Sept. 14. Judge Ulhcrt H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the L'. S. Steel Corpora ; ion. refused to break his filence on the strike today. I'ersons close to oflioi.Cs of the steel industry, however claimed that the situation is "showing steady improvement." It was declared on good authority that strike-breakers woulA not be used. Take The Tims and k'cp touch with the whole world. ID

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.v x. " '. .. ... . j -.. .. . ; . A.. - K Meeting of strikers in fast Side Because of the fact that it has one of the bitrpest mills of the XJ. S. Steel Corporation and is the town practically built by Elbert H. Gary, head of that organization, Steel Strike Casualties Up to Today ! KILLED 7 BADLY HURT 58 SAYS RED FLAG NOT' PERMITTED Parrell MaVOP SaVS Tliei'G ! Must J3e Only American Flag There. (BULLETIN.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 FARRELL, Pa., Sept. 24. "The red roaay. -m. Tarrell. and that must 1:0 the American I?'" The mayor refused several permits to hold nubUc meetings today. He isj sued strict orders that everyone in tha streets must he kept moving and that no congestion of any sort be permitted. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE I KAIillKI-U l'a ., Sept. 24. forty additional troopers of the lvnnsj I .am i sl:ilj constabulary arrived Ik re durii'g ihe I night to reinforce t!v t wenly-I' ve already here in suppressing riots which a'rculy I have caused three deaths find many mi juries in the tcc-l strike. Thy cam-.-from Ciariton. I Tuhv the streets wr. b tnc nntrolh-.l. lt is said that a hou.-i -to-house scarcii 'will be made for weapons in th foreign' quarters under Capt. Adams of the con - Btabulary. The toll of last night's rioting was one ;.,,..h ( . , i, , , ... i ! bruises- and abraistons. State tm;. ; I eharg-d into trie crowds after bein! l.nxvr.rri with brick aii-1 hot ties. It is said they fired first in th air lo inti'in-dHt-li-1 mob and when that method failed to disperse it. they shot to kill. The town was quiet today. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERvftE! CHICAGO. Sept. 2.1. John l-'it zpat rick, , head of the Chicago Federation of jib r j and chairman of the national committee ! of organizers f. r slerl and iron workers, has been summoned to Pittsburgh for a special conference of the committee to -

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morrow, at which it is believed plans j Wo'horn said the company had no mfor spreading the strike to ore carrying I tc-nti-'ii of re. rgnizmg the union, desteamers and railroads to ' tie up eery-j claruijr that til'' plant would be closed thing" are to he discussed, according " indefinitely. an announcement at steel workers' head- Tin f rave h'n ro d 'i rb.in r s of quarters here today. , j u;i.-' har.i' ter.

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Garv Last r .4 -V .if .-. x . .-or v . . v. j -jo -. . . -w-jl: .... ivfc : .ttpark. Garv, Ind. Inset shows one of Gary, Ind., feeb that it is the heart of the steel industry. Leaders and workers in the steel workers' strike are watching the progress of the fight at Gary with interest. The TAXPAYERS Tl In order to allow the attorneys who are working on the matter, sufficient time in which to gather more data, the meeting ot the North Township Taxpayer's Society, which was scheduled; for tir.s evening been postponed ii Wednesday evening of next w eek. that time it is expected that a plan utit At of action will li.i.e been completed and will he announctd to the taxpayet 7 . Since th meeting was held two weeks ag'i. a doicn membership subscription papeis have been in circulation. It was intended t0 report on the number i'f members at tonight's meeting as no definite information inva la'ole ai. to how ir.any have now s :gneu . A'lorntys are rti e:'. a mass v -.. w, y. , ...... ,..-t t. en.iem the count;- officers from collecting the taxes if uch action s decided upon. K.ieh (1 iv more peopie brina; information showing that their appraisements have been boost-

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Place, one lady w ho i.,s her proper- ! ly ii'tf tor saie at -'.'.".". ?ays tne : valuation was fixed at iJ,.."U by the i . assessors. In another instance aj piece of piupeity, t.ff vre-I for sale at : $11,000 was appraised at $14. "00. The aetion of North Township tax-pay-rs in halting the enworcement of ' the new- tax law is parallel with that ! which is being taken by th l'ne Ti i.rie iv. ! I: Co in the counties of Indiana i thiou'-rh which the road passes. O. ! I.'virdrich. president of tiie North I T.wn.-liip society, says that he learns the movement against the new law is; ie.-."n n? general throughout the en-; j tire state and that the storm of proj lest which has arisen in this township! a-i 1 Lake county is only a small p.irt ; ... .... u.a : In order to avoid the complications; which will follow in their offices if '

action Is delayed too long, official? of ; rs and mill operators are marking time ( ls Kiven fact. Today the mills are many counties are urging the tax nay- j today in the big steel strike. The men bcin manned by bosses, foremen, i-uper-ers to get busy and do something at j received their pay for the first half of inu?ndc.nls aTvi 3 sma1' scattering of once. j the month as usual and long lines of roes. the majority of whom ar" being . workers were at the various plantB to-I fpd anu gartered inside the plan', -rh (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ' day getting their envelopes. j negroes are keeping the four open ri KHl.o. Colo , Sept. 24 The thud j T!l0 ie-up in the Mahoning and Shen- ' "earths going tht supply the city with day of the j-tecl w orkers strike hero J ang. vaUey is completo. Not a furnace j waUr P"'A-:. heat, hsht and electricity, found that the men determined to re- ls working and the only men on the ioh i SITUATION IS TENSE.

I 'nam o;t o.'.aork until the-.r demand,i have heen granted by the Colorado fuel and Iron Co., owners of the Min - 1 neo.ua Steel plant here. President

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at Sundav Afternoon . J - ' ; TIT leaders addressing crowd. photo above shows the meeting place of the strikers from the Gary plants. The open space anJ rostrum at East Side park furnishes an ideal meeting place. THE GREAT UNREST (BTJLLXTXN.) riNTEnNTIONL NFWS SERVICE! NEWCASTLE, Pa., Sept. 24. After a night of peace in the strike zona and I the entire city, American workmen of j 1 th Sneuan.ro and Newcastle plants of j : the American Sheet and Tin Flats Co. today returned to woik in greatly in- 1 creased numbers. The tin plate mills were operating ; ahout forty per cent of- capacity last night and better than fifty per cent of ' j the sixty hot mills of these plants worn' in operating today. The Carnegie Steel plant is operating- near capacity. The poUce have tha situation well in Hand. The sheiby plant of the National Tube Co., at Elwood City, is operating1 as usual j j today. The city is quiet. t BULLETIN.) ! ' I NTrRN AT (ON L NEWS SERV'CC. I BUFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 24. A rumor! i that a concerted atirk hv triirir etaal workers at Lackawanna, where the Lack - ,awaana steel Jaat thfl D;)nner Steel. , plaatf and the Borer, Brow Iroa workll , -r. located, wonlfl nio at ,aa nv.inok . -y,,, ,, ,u. - a ... v. . Oilson, of the Lackawanna police de - ,; partinent, had a riot squad of fifty men ances of asslBtce bv ChT,f of Mci Hiffgia of Buffalo. (BULLETIN.) r INTFP'ATtCKAL .r.WS SFRVICE' ! CHICAGO, Sept. 24. Following an-1 ! nouncement that employes of the Elgin, 1 JolUt a Eastern railroad "are willing i and anxious to join the steel strike," i : claiming that they have been haulinsr u ' cots, blankets and "strike-breakers ' tte Chicago f.trike tone. John H. Youaff, secretary of the Chicago fiisi trlct committee ol the national com. mittee for organLration of steel and Iron workers, telegraphed John Fltzpatrick, . , i . , national organizer, now in Pittsburgh, . ' . , . ' asking that the matter of railroad men . . , ,, . . ... be made a snbject of discussion at the . . . . , . , Pittsburgh labor session today. (BULLETIN.) .'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! YOUNGSTOWN. O., Sept. 24. Strlk-, are those who are looking after the fires. j i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SER"lCEl ; CANTON, O., Sept. 24. Practically U j cf the 1.2COO employes of the Canton I Sheet Steel Co., who quit work Monday ! in response to the strike order, have voted to resume work Sunday. I The action followed an appeal cf the ; cfficlal3 of the company.

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iSIDE MILL i0fficials of Illinois Steel Co. Refuse to Comment on Situation. ! CHICAGO, Sept 24 The first i sign of weakening among the steel ' strikers in the Chicago district were j noted today when four large blast furnaces, banked by the steel j strike, resumed operation in the j plant of the Illinois Steel Co. at j South Chicago. At the mill it was announced that a steel slab mill and blooming mill i will resume operation late today. J Between 2.000 and i'.560 men were reI ported inside the mlli. The number n I !he miilate yesterday was placed t STRIKE LEASERS INTERVIEWED. Officials of the steel company refu?ed to comment on the situation. Strikleaders are emphatic in their denial thai the men are returning to work but sifnof operation or the four blast furnace were plainly visible from outside th plant today. While the South Chicago plant show.! the first signs of resuming operation today, twelve Lake boats loaded with approximately 1 no, 000 tons of ore, were tied up in the outer harbor at Souili Ch - j cago. j A member of one of the boat's erev j said the crews refused to dock the boat" j on the ground that before they startt i on the trip they had voted to strike. ', "Right now we do not know if wo r j on strike or not," he sa'd, "and for that reason we will not dock the ships." GARY MILL! MLL SHUT If Men Do Not Return to Work, Plants Will Close Down for an Indefinite Period. That the great Gary steel mill?, the pivotal City in the COUntrv-wit i inrlucrridl ctr'l. "it i , i xxvc, wui I iosc aOWil j completely for an indefinite period i .:m,; u r ! Wlthin the next few days, uness the j working forces are greatly increas ed within the next fnrtv-piahr J ...v i hours, was the unofficial announce ment that was secetly learned at i noon today. In this region they ! Will IOiiOW tne flue at the manu factur;n nlant nf Tnj.-.3t,, . iauunn plants of Indiana Harbor, where the Drodur.toin nf aoM e A ... . anri pnd inrt rnt o .r.v. ,1 : ) ia luiuiug. I That the Gary Works are still is i i . . . 5nown Y newspaperpictures taken t in trie plant yesterday afternoon. j This was secretly rumored thi , merning. despite th stories given out , by the steel corporation officials earlier in the week, that the Gary works and it subsidiary plants w ould attempt to o, -eraie. even on a small scale. There ia.so nr need of eIon-i-(Vr tV. e. " " . ' v hen the furnaces nrp narm tt j grow cold, it will mean a long ar.d drawn out tight and the steel company will not resume operation until the prti enf rnntrnvprv l attlrl frt- r . . .. j jQr jj . '.,,,,,. , - , , , ... l rhe Production of steel has practical, v , . , ceased In Gary now. Onlv thrc heals ,r. f tu were tapped in the open hearths vestei- ... . . K . . clay and on Monday there was n ne . .,' t I'revious to the strike the dai v nveraK was a little better than forty in Cie four open hearths. That the steel coi.i-e pany does not know which way to turn The strike situation is, tense in Gary and during the past twenty-four hout has remained at a deadlock. Conditioi.s seem to bt; growing worse each hour and the crisis is expected al most any tnre Although tiio story gaineJ circuiaii. from the nulls that several dopartmer, , had resurr.J operation at the Gavy works y rterdiy morning, it as T sl Cent .nunc, on page Six.)

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