The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-24
MEN OF II
STATE TO MEET
TO Discuss Columbus Street
/ car Strike.
STATE FAIR TO Be HELD

nuslness Men Of Columbus Refuse to
Guarantee the Agricultural Board
Against Financial Loss but Latter
Decide to Go Ahead With Exposi-
tion on Schedule Time-Governor's
Clerk Denies Coach Agency Has
Police Commission.
Columbus o., Aug. 24.-That there
y 70 be q concerted effort of organ.
issa 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 esrmen's union, now in session
ct Detroit. received a 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
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
izatlons also be called into this con-
ference. This meeting will probably
be held some time next week in Co
lumbus.
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 r. 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 a 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 a detective agency. He
may. however, grant police powers to
regularly employed watchmen or de
tsetives 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 X. j. Coach, chief
of the detective agency, Is attacked
by, labor organizations, who allege he
10 an ex-conyict.
The state board Of agriculture de-
cided to hold the state fair as plan
ned, beginning Sept. 8, whether the
stfeetear strike Is continued or not.
A request that the Columbus cham
ber OF commerce put up guarantee
fund OF $4,000 to assure the pay
ment OF expenses and premiums was
not complied with.
Representative OF 33 OF the 30 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 a resolution, adopted by
unanimous vote, the actions Of per-
sons both in commercial and political
life are to be closely watched in the
future. This Is understood to mean
that merchants wha ride. on cars or
permit their CLERKS TO ride will be
boyeotted by union men and public
officials who patronlze 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 tip that a
dynamiting had been planned there.
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