The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-26
STATE FAIR Is
NOT ABANDONED
Agricultural Board Decides TO
Ignore StrGetcar Strike.
UNIONS OF STATE INTERESTED

VIII Meet In Columbus to Discuss
Means Of Bringing Labor Dispute
to Successful Terminaton-LocaI
Workers Pledge Support and Pre-
pare to Wage Bitter Commercial
and Political Warfare on Those
Who Ride Cars.
Columbus, O., Aug. 24.-The state
board of agriculture decided to hold
the state fair as planned, beginning
Sept. 8, whether the streetcar strike
is ended by that time or not.
A request that the Columbus cham
Der of commerce put up guarantee
fund of $25,000 to assure the pay
ment of expenses and premiums was
not complied with.
That there is to be concerted ef-
fort of organized labor throughout
the state to help Columbus streetcar
men win their strike has developed.
Fred Fay, national organizer, and
member of the executive board Of
the carmens union, now In session
at Detroit, received telegram say
ing that the executive board indorsed
the position of the Columbus street
car men and that the executive board
was considering plans for calling a
conference in Columbus of represen-
tatives of organized labor throughout
the state to carry the strike to a sue
cessful termination.
Fay wired the executive board IA
voring this plan and recommending
that In addition to representatives of
the Ohio Federation of Labor and
the central bodies of the streetcar
mems organizations, that the repre-
sentatives of the steam road organ
izations also be called into this con-
ference. This meeting will probably
be held some time next week In Co
lumbus.
Detectives Character Assailed.
1t was given out at the governors
office that no police powers of any
kind had ever been conferred by the
governor on any detectives employed
by the h. j. Coach detective agency
of Cleveland and doing strike duty in
Columbus. Such a charge was made
by the Columbus Federation of La
Dor when resolution was passed re-
questing the governor to revoke any
powers granted Coach detectives.
Secretary Long explained that the
statutes give the governor no author
ity to confer police powers on men
employed by detective agency. He
may, however, grant police powers to
regularly employed watchmen or de-
tectives for steam and electric rail-
roads, but the law limits the number
of such men with police powers to
one to each five miles of track
The character of r. j. Coach, chief
of the detective agency, is attacked
by labor organizations, who allege he
Is an ex,convict.
Represe of 33 of the 80 la
Dor organizations Of the city held an
enthusiastic meeting and pledged the
support of every member to the
streetcar men in their strike. BY the
terms Of resolution, adopted by
unanimous vote, the actions of per-
sons both in commercial and political
life are 10 be closely watched in the
future. This is understood to mean
that merchants who ride on cars or
permit their clerks to ride will be
boycotted by union men and public
officials who patronize the Columbus
Railway and Light company will be
taken care of at the polls by the
5000 union voters of the city.
Two unsuccessful efforts were
made to blow up streetcars on the
South Side. Practically no damage
was done.
A squad of police went to Dana
avenue and West Broad street short
ly before midnight on a tip that a
dynamiting had been planned there.
Nothing came of It,
Miss Ditwiller of Mansfield is spend
ing several davS in Gambler tha puast