The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-04
TWO REGIMENTS
ARE SENT HOME
Columbus Quiets Down After
Strike Orgy.
HARMON WORKS FOR PEACE

Urges Both Sides to Controversy to
Accept Recent Findings Of State
Arbitration Board as Basis For
settIement--Unon Men Stand by
Original Demands and Reoogni'
tion Of Organization and Rail.Light
Refuses to Coneede Single Point.
Columbus, o., Aug. 4.--Despite the
fact that all efforts of Governor Har.
mon and the members of tho cham
ber of commerce to get the Columbus
Railway and Light company and its
striking employees together have re.
suited in failure, the Second and
Sixth regiments, Troop A of Cleve'
land, the Signal and Ambulance
corps of Toledo and the Field Hos.
pital corps of Cincinnati who have
been on strike duty for the past
week, will this morning break camp
and return to their homes.
This leaves on duty the Third,
Fourth and Eighth regiments of in
fantry, Troop b, cavalry of Column
bus; Battery G and the Ambulance
and Signal corps of Columbus, 4 total
of LOO men.
Under the orders for release Major
General Dick and his entire stan was
also relieved from further duty, as
a., IVtpaIinr rpnara1 70
ken, commanding the First brigade,
and his entire staff Brigadisr Gen.
eral John c. Speaks will be chief in
command after Generals Dick and
McMaken go.
Fear Train Wreekcrs.
One reason for delaying the depar'
ture of troops until this morning was
the fear on the part of the military
authorities that further attempts
might be made to wreck the special
trains carrying the troops, as was
done in Bell Valley, Noble county,
Saturday night.
At the final conference between the
Rail.Light officials and representa-.
tives of the carmens union, Cover.
nor Harmon made speech in which
he took middle-of.the.road position
regarding the merits of the contro.
versy, but straight.out position in
behalf of what he called the "suffer
ing public
"This thing has grown beyond
merely a quarrel between a streetcar
nj ~
said the governor. 1T has become a
matter of vital interest to the entire
state. Every township I'm Ohio is be.
ing forced TO pay its share of the
enormous expense of keeping troops
in Columbus. AS for Columbus, bust.
ness is paralyzed and the city Is
losing thousands Of dollars every day
the strike continues.
"Now want you fellows, the com.
pany and the union, to look at this
situation In the big broad sense and
come together in some sort of set.
tlement.
"The state Ia spending money
maintaining a state board of arbitra.
tion. That boards business is to set.
tie trouble such as this. Why can't
you use the board? The board, by
reason of having made a thorough in.
vestigation of the points at issue,
knows more about the causes leading
to this strike than any temporary
board could possibly know.
Refers to Boards Findings.
HThA Of al hnard "a
company has Disseminated against
certain union employees, and has dis.
charged some of them. II has ren.
dered a decision on a number of
other points at Issue. What reason
Is there for either side to refuse to
accept the decisions of this board as
a basis for working out settlement
OF the strike? ] can't see any my.
self"
The proposition was referred TO
the union membership and promptly
rejected. The men declared they
than full recognition of the organiza.
tion and 25 and 27 cents an hour ac-
Cording TO length of service. Man.
ager Stewart of the Rail-Light com.
pany said he would make no conces.
sions.
Clarence Felley, private In Com.
pany A, Sixth regiment was found
guilty of infraction of the articles of
war and was sentenced 10 serve 30
days in the Franklin county Jail. lie
was also diShonorably DISCHARGED
from the service. Captain Harry
Kerns charged Felley with insubordi
nation, striking a noncommissioned
officer and using indecent language
toward a superior officer His home
is in Toledo.
There has been practically no riot
ing for two days, and the authorities
think they have the situation well in
hand,