Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 84, Hammond, Lake County, 25 September 1919 — Page 1

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Four Constitutes a Crowd, Ho Congregating Is Permitted. BT OEOaOB B HOUkTSS TTAFF CORRESPONDENT . N. SERYICE1 PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 25. With, the spotlight shifted temporarily to Washington where the senate today opened an inquiry into the situation, the big steel strike went into the fourth day with little actual change in conditions. The great steel centers in and around Pittsburgh continued to operate, while elsewhere in the country in Chicago, Gary, Youngstown and Wheeling the tie-up of the industry apparently is complete. SITUATION BSCOUXS TXNSX. The situation in western Pennsylvania is becoming more tense. The strike element Is becoming more and more incensed over the "iron hand" with which he authorities are ruling the situation, 'n none of the steel cities in this district is it possible for the strike eler;ent to hold meetings and make (Continued on page seven.) PROTEGTIO Between two and three hundred steel workers met in the Indiana Harbor Civic Club rooms yesterday morning and afternoon and demanded that they be allowed to return to work at the Inland Steel and that adequate police protection be afforded them. Mayor Leo McCormack was present in the morning, having been called from the Board of Public Works meeting, and both the mayor and Sheriff Lewis Barnes were present in thej afternoon. asxs tor DiFtrnrs. The meeting in the morning was addressed by H. Perkins, one of th! heaters of the Inland plant and he demanded that more men be sworn in as deputies, that the congregating be stopped, and that the men b furnished adequate protection to return to work. If adequate protection is not furnished he declar.-d that the workers would take steps to protect thmselve. He then launched (Continued on page eleven.) u salt mackerel mine -was discoverin Maywood yesterday on property ed which Otto R. Reese recently purchased from the Hammond Realty Co., who told Otto he was gettins a bartrain. The Hammond Realty Co. has always advertised Maywood lots at barRS;'n prices but they never agreed to ihro in several pails of salt mackerel . Yesterday as Bceso was superintending the leveling off of his yard at tr.e corner of Drackert street and Tapper avenue when he noticed the workman's shovel strike a solid object. He ordered it dug up and it proved to be a pail of salt mackerel. Thus encouraged the digging progressed further until finally eight pails of salt m.u-kerel v..rc unearthed. While the bails were tusted off indicating ong interment most of the flfh ere in good condition and may possibe uscJ. u s supposed that car thieves buiif d th fish and either forgot the burying rlace or were afraid to dig up their booty. Boese is wondering: how tnny other grocery garden there are in Lhe neighborhood.

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STRIKES FOR p. MEN W. S. Stone, Grand Chief, Regarded as Spokesman for Brotherhoods. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. "We never gcr out " on sympathetic strikes." This was the answer today of Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, to the announcement in Pittsburgh yesterday by Secretary "Wm. Z. Foster that a sub-j committee of the steel strikers had been J appointed to meet with the presidents of the four big railroad brotherhoods to j discuss matters "pertaining to thej strike." with the implication that sympathetic strike action would .be asked of the brotherhoods. Stone is generally regarded as the spokesman of the "Big Four" brotherhoods. "If a sub-committee of the trikers is coming to confer with representatives of the four brotherhoods I have not heard of It and I haven't the least notion what it Intends to discuss with us." said Stone. "I know that the members of the brotherhoods will be glad to help the strikers in every way they can, but one thing we don't do Is to go oit on sympathetic strikes." STEEL STRIKE SUMMARY C Congress took a hand In the steal strike today when the senate committee on education and labor began at Washington an investigation of the causes leading up to the strike. 5 The physical aspect of the situation was little changed. The unions stood pat on their declaration that 342.000 men are idle throughout the country and that tho Iron and steel industry- is "tied up." On the other hand, operators In the Pittsburgh district, with its encircling ring of steel cities, reported the condition today better than at any time since the strike was called. They reported that each shift going on in the mills is larger in numbers than the previous one, and that many men who stayed away from their work during the first two days cf the strike through fear, are now returning. t The mills of Homestead, Braddock, Duquesne, McKeesport, Brackenridg;, C'airton and Pittsburgh proper continue to operate, some operators asserting that all mills are operating above eightyfive per cent normal. t There was little change in ' Chicago, Gary. Toungstown, Cleveland, Buffalo and Wheeling. In all these centers the mills appear to have been more crippled than in Pittsburgh. Chicago reported a slight resumption of work. "! Warren S. Stone, chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, stated in Washington that his brotherhood "does not go out on sympathetic strikes." This was his comment on the action of the steel committee in Pittsburgh in apointlng a subcommittee to consult the brotherhoods regarding strike matters. Except for spasmodic and minor outbreaks of disorder, the strike continues with comparatively little violence, t William Z. Foster, strike leader .in the Pittsburgh district, protested to croul acainst the tactics of the Gov. state constabulary, characterizing its members as being as "bad as Don Cossacks under the czar." and asserting that they are spreading a reign of terror through the strike areas. There is considerable discontent over suppression of aV, meetings in the Western Pennsylvania district. POLICE DYING. RESULT OF A STRIKE RIOT f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICtl NEW BEDFORD, MASS., Sept. 15 One policeman is dying and another is seriously injured, the result of a strike riot at the plant of the National Sun Silk Co.. here today. Patrolman David Pacercr sustained a fractured skull whe-i hit on the ifead with a pavins; Ftone. said to have been thrown by strikers Patrolman Thomas A. Sumner was also struck by flying rocks and badly cut about the head and back with possible internal injuries. The strikers are concrete mixers employed by the Turner Construction Co. of Boston, which is engaged in build'ng an addition to the Sun Silk plant.

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DEMAND FOR POLES CHICAGO. Sept. 25. Though It is claimed by the strikers at the Standard Steel Car works at Hammond that the. rioters recently killed there were American citizens. Wladyslaw Sokolowski. emigration attache of the Republic of Toland at New York, and George Barihel d Weydenthal, acting consul general for Poland to the United States, visited Gary. They stated that they had been sent to demand indemnity for their republic for the killing of the four ToUs in the Standard Steel Oar strike riots at Hammond. They are staying at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. SCHOOL BOOKS PROMISED BY W.B. CONKEY IXDIAXAPOLIS, Ind , Sept. 25. Practically all delacd grade school book orders in Indiana will have been filled by the end of next week, it was predicted Tuesday by "V. B. Conkey. head of the V. B. Conkey Company. Hammond, which is printing the "short" books on subcontracts from publishers who obtained contract awards from the state board of school book commissioner?. Mr. Conkey visited L. ". Hinfs, state superintendent of public Instruction, and Elo Stansbury, attorney general, Tuesday, and told them that labor scarcity and trouble is responsible for the failure of his plant to turn out the book? as Is required by law. He said that he has had twenty-five strikes by various kinds within the last thirty days. H? declared that about eighty-five per cent of the elementary school book needs in Indiana has been provided for. Superintendent Hints advised Mr. Conkey to appear before the state board when it holds a special meeting otvthe subject Friday forenoon in his office. IS SOLD Federal Investigators Find Many Indiana Harbor Siloons Selling Across te Bar. Sent here by the government to forestall attempts to sell liquor in every city ofthe Calumet region during the big strike, feiieral investigators declare that they have found flagrant violations 6f the liquor laws with apparently slight attempts at concealment. Many saloons, especially in Indiana . Harbor were found to be selling whisky across the bars. Immediately after the strike -was relied Division Superintendent Kdward J. Brennan of the Department of Justice sent two of his special agents into the Calumet region to personally warn every saloon keeper, proprietor of sot drink parlor or any person whom thjbelieved might engage in illegal liquor sales to keep out of the business and inform them that the government is rcacVy to prosecute every sale which coin's to light. The men visited place after place ard after explaining that they did not intend to prosecute for the present offense told the proprit-tors in riain words what they might expect in the. future. (Continued on page eleven ) DUFFY TALKS TO Gary Bank President Discusses Problems at In- . dianapolis Meeting. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Sept. 25. Organized labor is standing between industry and the radical. Bolshevist and Socialist elements of labor. Frank Puffy, general secretary of the United Rrotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, toifi more than 400 bankers attending thj J2nd annual convention of the Indiara Bankers Association. Legislation that will afford a safeguard for investors was urged by Robert A. Morris, of Fairmount, president of the bankers' organization who voiced regret that the last gmeral assembly had failed to enat blue sky laws. Ranking rroblems were discussed by C. O. Holmes, president i the South Side Trust and Savings Co.. Gary-

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The worst street car accident that ever happened in any city ia the Calumet region took place at! ten o'clock this morning on Buchanan street in Gary when two Gary and Interurban street cars loaded to the vestibules with tinplate workers crashed into each other at a high rate of speed on! the incline under the "High Line" viaduct, seriously injuring fift' men and out of the number five are not expected to live. The cars came head-on-each down thi incline at a fast clip. The line is single track and a slight curve where the crash occurred, aided by the sharp di? in the street and the viaduct, made it impossiblo for the mntormen to sec the approaching car. One of the mntormen is said to have Jumped before the crash and let his car smash into the other. Among the injured are: WHOLESALE ARRESTS MADE i Eight switchmen and one of the yardmasters of the Indiana Hirbor lWt R. R. were arrsted by Chief Special Agent A. A. Z!"!ke with Capt. Baucrs. Lieut. Bush and Serg. John Xorwa.-cj, and charged with larceny. Sevea of the men. W. J. Ston? of 431 Becker St.. T. "W. Hcaston of 10 State St.. John Padden of 6G9 Oakley ave.. H. H. Upton of 516 Douglas St., J. Buttner of 591 Login St.. J. L. English of 640 Highland st.. F. J. Walkerton cf 53 Condit St., pleaded guilty to the chare"1 and n ere each fined $10 and costs, amoi; ting to $20. disunf ranchised for six months and given a suspended pcnil farm sentence of six months. E. T. Glen, a switchman, who roomed wilh the yardmaster. J. W. Whalen, nt "12 Sibley st., i'icad.d guilty to r'ecivin' stolen goods and wps i ven . the tnni sentence and fine. Whalen whom Glen claims sold him lb" stolen shoes which Glen p'aded guilty of buying, pleaded not guilty ami his riiso wa5s taken under advisement by Judge Klotz in the Hammond city court. These men. who were employed at the hump at Gibson, wore charged with stealing shots. Hutch Cleanser and soan out of the cars while thef were being transferred at the yards.

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directing: the nation-wide strike. It shows him discussing the progress of the Btrike with steel workers at Gary, Ind. Judging by the SEAS. GEORGE KOSTA MERET, 110 W. 15 th ave. X2TJTTK.SS. A.VGLLO CHEriA. :601 Adams strt-t-t; Jegs broken. CARL, P L'KATA, 716 Harrison si. brokn Igs. STANLY TI.K HASOK, 341 Kiiimore St.; internnl hurts. 5TKVE WODOCKIA. C652 Mass. internal injuries. JERRY l'ASKU?, lOOS W. Sth ave.; left arm broken. JOE I-'ER'iO. COCfi Washington St.; compound fractured leg. MARTIN" JL'KGA. skull frf.ctured. will die. MOTORMAX CHESTER CUM BERU, 2Cnd and Adams: skull fractured, body crushed, may die. JOS. SCHIORDIXO, 171S Adams: badly hurt. JOHN" OA RUTH ERS. 1621 lth ave. ANDREW M.VXWELE, 1317 Delaware. GEO. IIOl.ZMAN". Jr. Ross, Ind. C. POOL, C770 Jefferson; legs and head hurt. MANY ARE LEAVING E. IIAAlKMil HA Y 111 ! Without any noticeable signs of cx- ! c'tement. residents i f East Hammond concerned in the strike at the Standard iftoel Car plant have received the final word of the company, refusing any further offer from outside sources to arbitrate the differences between the company and the strikers. They insist that they will hold to tl-.cir original determination not to go back to work and will move elsewhere first. I That many of thtni have docided thut 'thfir case is hopeless is shown in th statement of an East Hammond man who is in close touch with these peopl.i. J Hardly i day passes, he fajs. in which I' from half a dozen to ton families move out of the district. Already the number of vacant apartments in the unsightly j company houses are becoming noticeable : and it is said that the exodus is just starting-. S-mcc arc moving to other ! parts cf Hammond, other? are goiiifr t j neighboring cities when; they can "!- i tain work, while still othrs wh arc ' without families or whose folks are still I in the old country ore hcadir.tr for i HurC'P Of the pcrple still !iing in the conipany houses, hundreds ate nov werkiny ! at other places in the rtgion. Manx of I the cider men who hn.d saved their money 1 are still idle, but the majority of the

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'"A - s- f discussing situation. smile on his face he is confident of the outcome of the battle for recognition of and better conditions for the workers. W M. AN'DEKSOX. 194 Washington. JOHN SCRl'GGE, :PS9 Adams; may die. W. G. SCHRCOTIXO, 1719 Adams; leg3 bur. MRS. ANN" AMIRA. 19T.1 Jefferson; minor injuries. P. C. LUELLKE, 1905 W. 10th. M. JOHNSON". M. C. THATCHER. Valparaiso. Ind. A. CHITOVALOX, 2052 Pcnn. G. . UHNU. 19SS Madison. , All of the victims were taken to Mercy hospital. Every ambulance in the city was pressed into service as v eil as every doctor and the wounded j were so many that temporary oi rating, rooms had to be improvised. Victims ! were on both cars and the cars were i heavily loaded with striker; goiny to and from the American Tin Plato mills ' to draw thci rpay and with those who had drawn their wages. At noon the responsibility for the awful accident hid not been fixed but officials of the street car company had begrun a rigid investigation into the circumstances. Confusion of order in the minds of !he motormen was said, early this afternoon, to have been responsible for the accident. youngsters had learned the American ways of letting lh"1r money .ilde and before the strike had been in effect leng, they were forced to look around fcr employment. E. C. MINAS STORE THRONGED WITH BUYERS! The big store of th eEdward C. Minasl C. is thronged today with ratrons who have turned out for the st-re's annual fall fashion show. Four profes-ional models from some of the best fashion studios of the country are displaying all of the latest styles in ladles' and misses' clothes. A special deparement has also been created this year to display stylos or beys and girls from four to ten year old. In addition to th professional models several Hammond ladies a -id j children are also helping at the e.xposi-i tion. NOTICE TO ALL ODDFELLOWS. Calumet I.odire I. O O. F will celebrate home comins of its soldier member? Saturday evenir.s-. September i'sth. Ai! members and their families are requested to be present. All sojourning Odd Fellows ct rec ial 'y thc-se who have he en in 1:- s'rvice are requesed to be j.jesenT. Appropriate i erf monies to suit the occasion m ill be rendered, followed by a b.-:iqnt. COMMITTEE. Times news service Is tr.e bestj hat money, can buy and honest j effort can furnish.

Determined Effort Is Hade to Work Mills Despite the Big Strike. (BULLETTN.) In. order to glv ample protection to workers who are eager to get baofc to work East Chicago and lake county authorities are sweating ia deputies to guard men who bare aaaouaced their in, .teatioa to go back to work at the Inland Steel plant at Indiana Harbor. In a determined effort to keep from boarding up the monster stee! mills in Gary, it became known yesterday that officials of the United States Steel corporation have mapped out a big campaign for workmen that extends all over the entire county. At Crown Point and other neighboring cities, a house-to-house canvass was conducted. Flattering financial inducements are offered and in this manner the service of hundreds of workers have been secured. The men are being whisked into the plant i:: automobiles employed by the steel company. While it cannot be said that the steel company is making big headway at this time, they hope in a week or ten days though to have a sufficient force of men to keep the main cogs of the plant going. FERST EZAI ATTEMPT. This is the first organized attempt of the steel corporation to resume cartias operation in spite rf the strike. Tlinews will drop into the ranks of thstrikers like a bolt from a clear ky. pthey were confident that they had th--plants tied up so complete that it wouli be necessery to close up shop. The departments are now be:",: manned by skeleton crews, preparationare being made to increase the heats i;i the open hearths and by the first of nexi week officials are in hope of operatif; on a small scale. Reports are also current that the American Sheet and Tin Plate company and the American Rridp'Works have also increased their force5 to a large extent in the past two daand are now operating better than per cKt capacity. WAITT M2XX. ON WOMIHO basis. In defiance of the strikers, it is t(Continued on page eleven.) U. S. Steel Slab Mill Will Operate f INTERNATIONAL NES SERVICE! CHICAGO, Sept. 25. The U. S. Steel corporation's slab mill at Gary was in partial operation today. The rail mill, closed sice lost Saturday, will be paced in operation this afternoon. These developments, announced officially by the United States Steel corporation early today, were the outstanding features of the steel strike in the Chicago-district. ESOUORT IK IN SMALL OEOCPS. The slab mills are manned by workerbrought into the mills in small groups since the st"l strike, was called la" Monday. Th workers hae tscn housed in the mills. According to report, 60 of the r.4"r' coke ovens in the seel corporation plant, were in operation this morning Fifteen more coke ovens 'will be starcd during the day. WILL GO BACK TO WOHJC. Reports from Indiana Harbor toda say hundreds of the striking workers are anxious to go back to work if ffiven "?mp!e protection." About fH e hundred steel workers told business men at a indignation meeting in Indiana Harb" last night they wanted to go bick 1 work and assailed Mayor McCorma:k f t failing to protect them. Four hundred employes of the Inland Steel Co. arc reported as having offered to return to work in a body if given guards. i i Steel Strike Casualties Up to Today KILLED 9 BADLY HURT 58

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