Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-27
DECLARED EDWARDS.
Report as to Conduct Of Seventy
First New York's Officers.
The RIGHT TO ORDER A STRIKE.
The Removal Of the Director OF the Bureau
Of Printing Wantrd Extra Session OF
Alabama Legislature Called To-
IedO Carpenters to Strike.

Albany, n. u, April IA nearing
on the report of the court which inves'
tigated the conduct of the Seventy-first
regiment of New York city at Santiago
was given hearing by Gov. Roosevelt
yesterday. The hearing developed the
fact that the court of inquiry found
that Maj. Smith, who was lieutenant
colonel of the volunteer regiment; Capt.
Whittle, who was major in that com
mand, and Maj. Austin, of the staff of
Brig. Gen. Smith, and who commanded
accompany in that regiment, were guilty
OF lack of bravery and courage and Of
incompetency. The hearing, which
was in the form of general discussion,
continued for nearly three hours, and
at the conclusion the governor an
nounced that, while he had not made
up his mind definitely what he should
do, still it was most likely that he would
submit the case of Maj White TO a
military court to determine his com
potency and fitness to remain as an
officer of the national guard of the
state; that he was undecided what he
should do in the case of Maj. Smith,
because his duties as lieutenant colonel
are matter of future decision, and
that he would severely reprimand Capt
Austin in general national guard
order.
THE RIGHT TO ORDER A STRIKE
Chicago, April 81. The legal right OF
labor unions to order strikes for the
purpose of enforcing their demands is
called in question by a bill filed in the
superior court. The complainant is
the ornamental iron contracting firm
Of Winslow Bros, company, who have
the contract to supply the ornamental
iron work on the Lakeside building,
where there is "A general strike, The
Building Trades council, the Architcc-
tural Iron Workers union and Levi u.
Letter are made defendants. The bill |
seeks to enjoin Mr.. Letter from cancel
ing his contract with the complainant
on account of the delay due to the
strike, and also prays that the defend
ant labor organizations be enjoined
from issuing orders preventing the
men from working and furnishing by |
fines or otherwise the men who choose |
to work. The complainant further de-
sires protection by injunction for the
n0n-union men and freedom for them |
from the threats, arguments and force
used by the unions to prevent their
working.
REMOVAL OF cLAuD JOHNSON WANTED.
Washington, April 2l.-Samuel Com
pers, president of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, yesterday presented to
the president petition asking for the
removal of of Claud W. johnson, direct
or OF the bureau OF printing and en-
craving. A resolution was adopted
during the convention of the American
Federation of Labor which was held
in Kansas City last December rec
ommending that the officers of
the federation do all in their power to
have johnson removed. The charges
in the resolution against johnson were
that he had, against instructions,
placed machines in the various depart
ments under his supervision wherever
possible and Supplanted union laborers,
AN EXTRA SESSION CALLED.
Birmingham, Ala, April 2l.-The
governor has issued u call for an extra
session of the Legislature to repeal the
convention act The
governor issued lengthy statement
the action of the state
convention in making the
new constitution question II party is
sue, declaring that it should be non
partisan, and saying that constitutional
can accomplish at much
less expense all that It is proposed for
The convention to do-the regulation
Of the suffrage question.
TOLEDO CARPENTERS TO STRIKE.
Toledo, o., April 2l,-A thousand To-
edo carpenters will strike ON May |
unless their demands for % cents an
hour and eight hours work are agreed
10 by the contractors. The decision
was reached at u meeting yesterday at
ended by 200 men,
TO BE HOME CHRISTMAS.