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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-20
BRIDGEPORT MACHINISTs
WILL WALK OUT TODAY

BRIDGEPORT. CONN. July Ie.-Ne-
gotiations TO bring about n settlement
OF the difficulties between the machin-
lists OF Bridgeport and the Remington
Arms and Ammunition Company. en-
gagged on 4 gigantic scale in the manu-
facturo Of war munitions for the
allied armies. have failed
Labor leaders announced tonight
that the first OF the inachinists would
throw down their tools and walk out
AT noon tomorrow, and that within AN
hours time all work within the Rem
'nrton shops and in the shops Of the
subcontractors would he AT stand
still
lust how far the strike might spread
in other manufacturing communities of
Hew England the labor leaders were
unable 10 estimate
The announcement WAS made nv John
y. Johnston vice president of the
structural Iron Workers. after a meet
ing in the machnists' hall which was
attended by members OF the Machinists.
Hion and by more than dozen heads
of international labor organizations
Man IN NEW YORK
ADMITS HIS FAILURE
Mr.. Johnston said that at O'Clock
this afternoon, "the last moment Of the
time agreed TO allow the man I
conferred with in New York in which
10 arrange a settlement. If he possibly
could. ] was called on the teleph one
The man said this to me- I cannot do
anything. I have tried my best You
can suit yourself as 10 any action YOU
will take"
Mr.. Johnston refused to divulge the
ia;n" OF the man, saying that had he
brought about a peaceful settlement nc
was prepared 10 give him the credit.
but that as he has failed il was hes;
that his name remain unknown.
The strike will start at noon to-
morrow, Mr. Johnston said. we
will call all Of the men out of tho new
Remington plant. That includes all
machnis;s. die sinkers, die makers.
drop forgers and tool makers"
II was said that it was planned to
have in the ncighborhood OF 500 men
walk out at first Then one after
another Of the various shops would he
cmpticd OF machinists The hod car
riers working on the new buildings be-
ing erected by the Stewart Construc-
tion Company for the Remington Com
pany have already taken n strike vote
to follow the machinists out.
In addition, there is one subcontrac,
.ng shop. which the leaders declined to
name. where the machinists will walk
out tomorrow. In this shop. they said,
ono or two men had been discharged
and the rest of the workers were dis
satisfied.
1T LEAST 1,5O0 MEN
on STRIKE BY TONIGHT
Unless the plans of the labor organ
ization miscarry Tomorrow or there
: some unexpected developments which
speedily lead to a settlement of tho
demands OF the machinists. 1900 men
At least are likely to he on strike by
tomorrow night.
]. j. Kcppler, international vice
president of the Machinists' Union,
when advised of the call for a confer
ence issued tonight in Washington by
samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, said
that he and other labor leaders here
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GONZALES GOES TO MEET
INVADING VILLA COLUMN
Evacuntcs Mexico City, Which Again
Is Threatened With
Attack.
FURTHER SUFFERING FEARED
Washington Officials Make No Effort
to Conceal Their Belief That Stu
alton Surrounding Mexican Capt.
tai Is Grave One.

WASHINGTON. July 1o.-Mexico City
is again threatened with attack, and
the Carranza forces under General
Gonzales. who drove the Zapata army
from the capital ten days ago, have
marched hurricdly northward to engage
an advancing Villa column, believed
TO be planning n Junction with the
Zapota troops. now mcnacing communi-
cation with Vera Cruz.
state Department dispatches to-day
announced that General Gonzales with
most OF his army. had evacuated Mex
leo City yesterday, turning tho govern
mcnt over To the civil authorities This
was just preceded by adviccs that Cen
cral Villas flying column, which circlcd
OhreSons forces after the battle Of
ASuasca!ientcs and captured Qucretaro,
had taken possession OF Pachuca, with
in forty miles OF Mexico City, md was
marching on the capital. Simultanc-
ously with the latter report camc tho
news that General Carranza had taken
possession OF the reconstructed rail-
road east of ApiZaca, a junction point
south of Pachuca, and had ordered that
1t be held exclusively for transportation
Of troops and ammunition. thus pre-
venting further shipment of provisions
from Vera Cruz to needy thousands at
Mexico City.
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PRIVATE LONSDALE WRITES
Snys lie Is Undergoing Sentence oi
Fifteen Years In Prison

LEEDS. ENG, July 20-A letter from
Private William Lonsdalo prisoner of
war IN Germany. says that he is in
bad health and that he is UNDERGOING
sentence OF fifteen years in prison
The last previous news concerning
l.onsdalc was that sentence of twenty
years imprisonment had hcen revised
and the death penalty substituted
The case OF Lonsdalc early in the
year attracted considerable attention.
He was condemned by court-mart!al for
attacking guard at the Doberitz
prison camp and sentenced to death.
In February il was announced that the
sentence had been changed TO twenty
years Imprisonment. but in April it
was stated that the supreme military
court had confirmed the death sentence
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y. s w. MOUNTAIN EXCURSION.
Leaves Byrd Street Station promptly at
1880 tais morning. 800 Lynchburg and re-
turn; $500 Roanoke. Phone Madison iS7 for
full particulars.
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IoPE FOR AGREEMENT IN
TIME TO HALT SrRIk r,

Despite reports from Bridgeport that
negotiations had failed 10 bring about
:. settlement Of the controversy be-
tween the Remington Company and the
labor leaders. officials OF the Depart
inent of Labor declared tonight they
beiieN"d an agreement would be
reached in time TO avert general
strike. Secretary Wilson said, how
ever. that IN the event the workers did
walk cut in force he Immediately would
appoint cOncilators In an attempt to
bring about peaceful settlement of
the trouble
Mr.. Gompers reiterated the charge
that foreign interests had sought to
bring abou; labor troubles Ia the
United States to check the expectation
Of war supplies TO Europe. lie declined
TO give details. remarking:
II do not want TO shu, OFF IN; line
OF information by making ii public at
this time"
i hope for "A quick and fair settle
mcnt OF the strike at Bridgeport" he
added. but It must be borne II mind
that for some time the men and women
the women particulariy--havc been
working long hours and for small pay
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GOMPERS WORKING
TO PREVENT STRIKE
Calls Conference of Union Off
cials to Consider Bridge
port Situation.
BLAMES FOREIGN INTERESTS
Negotiations to Settle Difficulty
at Remington Plant Ap-
parently Fail.

WASHINGTON, July ls.-Samuel
Gompcrs. president Of the American
Federation OF Labor. announced TO-
night that he had called "A conference
OF officers Of the International Associa =
tion OF Machinists to meet with him IN
Washington to consider the strike
ordered at the Remington Arms and
Ammunition Company's plant at Bridge
port. Conn.
In calling the conference Mr.
iompcrs said II was his purpose TO
use every resource AT his command 10
prevent n general strike.
Il have called the officers OF the Ma
ch!nists' International Union for a
conference here" ne said. we will
do everything possible to prevent tho
strike from spreading to the various
unions of ;hc workers at the Reming-
ton factory"
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GRAND DUKE FACES
ENORMOUS TASK IN
HOLDING WARSAW
German Field MarshaIs Are
Rushing Forward Toward
Polish Capital.
COORDINATE MOVEMENT
Is ON COLOSSAL SCALE
No Serious Russian Resistance
So Far Encountered by
Kaiser's Forces.
ALL HOPE NOT YET GIVEN UP
Ends OF Great Arc Around City
Gradually Being Tight
ened.
ALL HOPE NOT YET GIVEN UP
Ends OF Great Arc Around City
Gradually Being Tight
ened.
Mightiest Struggle
Of War in Progress

TIE miEhticst struggle of the
war, In which Austrtnns and
Germans nrc mniSiuE their supreme
effort. 4. heing wnEed along the
grcnt Russian front. which extends
nearly 1000 miles from the Baltic
to Dcssnrnbin.
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While comparative quiet prevails,
along the western front the French
report that considerable Iosse. were
Inflicted on the Germans when the
French rcpulscd strong attacks on
the heights of the Mouse. A violent
cnnnonnde near Souchez. the bonn
bnrdment OF Arrns md lighting with
n"mhs and petnrds I'm the Argonne
constituted virtually alI Of tho
lighting thnt took place.
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In Poland alone 1t lis estimated
that several million men nrc en-
gagged in the hattie, and the opinion
II expressed by military critics that
should the Russinns fail to with
stnnd the pressure which IN dniIy
being eSerted against Warsaw with
greater weight they nrc In posi-
tfon to withdraw, even to the extent
OF completely evucunting Polnnd.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-20
SITUATION SURROUNDING
CAPITAL tS GR&NI

| officials here made no effort 10 con
c"al their belief that the situation sur
| rounding the Mexican capital was n
grave one. With another battle for
| possession Of the city imminent. and
with much needed food shipments from
| the cast coast cut off, further suffering
among tho civil population was feared
General Gonzalcs's uddcu evacuation
/ OF tho city in an effort go head off the
/ invading Villa forces. together with
/ carranza's $ action is closing the railroad
! to freight ana passenger traffic. it is
! feared here will make further relief
work at the capital practically i'm
| possible until some other climatic de-
/ velopment in the situation has oc-
Cured
y sum mary Of dispatches from McS-
leo issued tonight By tho state De-
partmcnt contained the announcement
by Gonzales that sufficient garrison had
been left in the city and SURROUNDINGS
IN order to afford proper protection
to the people" hut notwithstanding
were inclined to doubt that the force
was sufficient to prevent trouble or to
maintain order in the capital
! Pachuca is on the direct line OF rail
road between Queretnro and Mexico
city, though east of tho former city
and northeast of the capital. Villas
column is reported to number 10000
men. Private ndvices reaching Wash
ington declare that this army left
Querctaro for the purpose of attacking
carranza's forces in the capital. plan
ming to seize Pachuca first as n base OF
operations and to effect n junction with
Iapata.
NEWS is AWAITED
WITH KEEN INTEREST
News of n con.lct between Gon2ales's
| troops and the army from the north
is awaited here with keen interest.
President Wilson and members OF tho
- 161e .I..., "a - ~
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RUEGER's ROOF GARDEN TO-NIGIIT.
Music. Dancing; Cool and Delightful: S-12.
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In Russian Poland the center OF
the mnciStrom Is the territory
around Warsaw. and from the
north md the south the Austro-
Germans, under the most success-
full of the German commander, ycn
IItndcnburg and Won MncI-nsen, nrc
advancing with the determination of
pressing bnck OF breaking through
the Russian lines of defense.
Grand Duke Nicholas, the Rus
sinn commnnder-in-chfe hns, II
unofficial reports are to he relied
unon. brought up vast numbers of
troops to meet the sweep of the
acknowledgements, who, however. hnve
forced the Russian from: mt xevcraI
points. No Intc ndvicc< of the
progress OF the operations have
been received which would seem to
he nm Indication that no decisive
Enin hns been made. on either side.
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Ut LEAST 1,5OO MEN
on STRIKE ny TONIGHT

CONTINUED on Third Page )
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18
Cherry Time

for cherries, why don't you stay and eat
| them up? l should think eating would
be more to your liking than singing"
"Oh, eat them enough" replied Billy
Robin, good-naturedly; but half the fun
comes from singing about them. Won't
you come and taste few"
No, l won't" answered the owl Grossly.
"and, Furthermore, won't you please
leave my tree? Your singing bothers
me-"
Anything to oblge," chlrped Billy
pleasantly, and away he flew to the null
berry tree out front.
There he found Friend Redbird What
is all this noise I hear?' asked the red
bird. Way off in the meadow 1 heard
the calling of birds, and l have come to
see what they are talking about"
I'VE are calling that the cherries are
ripe" said Billy, glad to have an inter.
ested listener. ''I've been wishing some-
body would hear me and come, for there
Is plenty for all!' So he and Friend
Cardinal flew over to the cherry tree and
had feast and OH Man Owl siumbered
Erumpily alone. Which one would you
rather be?
Copyright-CIarG Ingram Judson
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18
FORTITUDE OF THE WOUNDED
FRENCH SOLDIER UNFAILING
Scenes at the Care du Nord Indicate the Spirit With
Which the Men Have Entered the Notwithstanding
Battle of the Nations
By ELLEN ADAIR
stat Correspondent Eucnim0 Ledger

| the lengths of steel, in turn, to make
| them all hollow. This bore did not pene-
trate the whole length, but left a solid
| norton at one end, which, of course,
bulged considerably.
| In n third machine shell cases were
elongated, and as each came out their
thickness was tested to the .iniest frsc-
tlon of an inch.
From there we drifted into another
great room to watch the making of those
death dealing little instruments, the hand
grenades. They were formed of cast steel
with little shape of sand in the middle
to preserve the hollowness, and looked
exactly like small cocoanuts.
The hand grenade explodes because
there Is a little fuse inserted. and aftpr
certain time. measured on the side of
the hand grenade, the fuse sets fire to
the powder and the little shell explodes.
Hundreds of deaths have been caused
through the soldiers holding the gren-
ades beyond the appointed time and ig-
noring the time limit set. They should
be thrown at the enemy within n few
seconds of explosion-a dangerous per-
formance
Further on there is an arsenal, where
the shells which are roughly made in this
depot are sent to be finished.
1 chatted with the man who worked the
great engine IN the shell department. He
was soldier, and had been wounded at
the beginning of the war. One of his
eyes was of glass, which gave him a
peculiar air, but once one got accustomed
to the fixity of his look he had quite a
pleasant face
II have not seen my wife nor children
for whole year" he said. "for ] have
been hard at work since the outbreak of
the war They live 80 miles from here,
and 1t is impossible for me to get away
at such time of pressure"
CONCERT FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
| Part of the building was devoted to
| wounded soldiers, and was a regular hos
! pital. In the evening we attended a con-
cert given, for their benefit, at which
many of the star artistes of Paris gave
their services.
The enthusiasm ran very high, particu-
| larry over one song called "Vive l'Italie" Z"
where the chorus was handed round
| among the audience. This ditty recounted
how the Kaiser had fondly imagined he
! was going to have Italy under his heel.
but that Italy had shown now that she
| had mind of her own on the subject,
and would submit to no such tyranny,
At night we were entertained at a
| charming dii.ner by some English peo-
/ Pile and the whole visit proved most in
| teresting.
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SEVERAL WOMEN FIT
FOR SUPERINTENDENT
Suffrage Orator Gives Names OF
Educators Able to Head
Schools

There are several capable women ~
| Philadelphia who would be more then
able TO I'LL the position Of superintendent
of Schools, according to Miss BeIths !,
| Sapovits suffrage speaker, who addressed
| n crowd of several hundred persons az the
1 Postofiice at noon today.
Mounted on an improvised platform and
standing beside suffrage banner, Miss
| sapovits decried the discrimination which
/ she said was made against women on
| many occasions.
I'VE philadelphans have a serious
problem before us today" she said. Il
am referring to the filling Of the position
OF Superintendent of Schools, posi-
! ton made vacant by the death Of Doctor
Jacobs. 1t is an important and RESPONSE
BILE position. and there is no reason why
IL should not be filled by capable
| woman.
"women are unjustly Disseminated
against on account of their sex, but II
the cry of justice is heard, any one OF
such women as Miss Katharine Puncheon,
DR.. Lucy Wilson and Miss Mary 1ngham
would make an ideal superintendent ot
Schools.
"Take Miss Ingham, for instance; look
at the part she played at Harrisburg
in regards to the recent child labor law
She is every inch a capable woman
Speaking Of sex discrimination, II re-
member correctly, Miss Puncheon, when
she became head of the high school, was
given smaller salary than her prede-
cessor for the simple reason that she
was a woman"
Miss Caroline Katzenstein, executive
secretary of the Equal Franchise Society
OF Philadelphia, and Miss A. Florence
Yerger, an attorney, replied today to the
charge" of motherhood made against
Mrs. Lucy l.. w. wilson
Mrs. Wilson, head of the Department of
Biology at the Philadelphia Normal
School and principal of the William Penn
Evening High School, is a candidate for
higher office. She has been proposed for
the principalship of the South Philadel-
phia High School for Girls and also for
the superintendency of Schools, vacated
by the death of DIR. William c. Jacobs
objection has been made to Mrs Will
opposition Miss Kateznstein Indignantly
replied:
Should Doctor Wilson be punished be-
cause she exercised the duty upon which
the universe itself depends? The fact
that she educated her son, once a mute,
into healthy normal manhood, indicates
in itself that she is capable of under
standing the problems of the young.
Miss Yerger, an attorney of this city,
severely criticises the 'nameless individ-
ual' who makes the charge of mother
that credit be given where credit is due.
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CHILD, IL, MAKES TRIP
TO ALASKA ALL ALONE
Goes From Home in Washing
ton, D. c., to New York and
Then Canada Unaccompanied

How safely child can travel was n
lustrated in the case Of girl 70 years
old, the daughter Of Bertha Knatvo.ia
Mellett, well-known writer, who. start.
ing from Washington, d. c., reached
Nome, Alaska, on a visit to her father IN
perfect safety.
The little girl, with $40 in her pock.,
left washington for New York city; from
New York city she reached Montreal
Then she placed herself in charge OF the
officials of the Canadian Pacific train 40.
ing to Vancouver. These officials saw to Il
that she was comfortable; that she cot
her meals on the car. and that her ~
of money went as far as possible
Everything she spent on the trim wss
put down in figures, and when her grand-
mother met her at Vancouver, there vss
n solemn audit of the account. which
showed that the child, out of her $40. had
about S35 left.
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THE Care du Nord always presents a
L scene of great activity, and when the
| Red Cross trains come in from the front
| all is hustle and eXcitment. No one but
the doctors and their orderies are all
| lowed on the particular platform at
which the trains arrive, and n long pro-
| cession of wounded on stretchers are hur-
red out to the waiting ambulances.
The other day, when returning from a
village in the outskirts of Paris, my train
drew up slowly alongside a Red Cross
| train. and as we passed each carriage the
sights we saw were terrible.
On rough mattresses or generally heaps
of straw, the poor fellows were lying.
and many of them appeared to be dead.
Some lay writhng in agony, face down
ward, with their arms stretched above
their heads. while others were rolling
| about and moaning terribly. 1t was per-
| fectly heartrending to see them in that
condition.
OPTIMISM OF THE FRENCH
Our train stopped opposite a window
at which stood a soldier with blood
stained bandage round his head and his
arms bound up. II am afraid you are
badly hurt" 1 said.
1--WE have just come from the front"
he answered, land the journey is n little
trying. My hand was blown off this
morning, and there is only rough dress
ing on the arm. l fear there will be an
other hemorrhage soon unless l am taken
quickly to the hospital, I was wounded
in the head too, only few hours ago,
and l fear that the eye is destroyed. But
let us hope for the best!
And this is the optimism of the French.
His three companions lay on the floor.
and one of them had no signs of life
about him. "I fear that he Is dead"
said the man at the window, "he has
been unconscious all the journey"
The orderlies and doctors arrived at
| that moment, and cut our conversation
short. The occupants of the carriage
were all carried out on stretchers. includ-
ing the walt" lt-hearted soldier at the
window, whA had suddenly grown very
weak and diA ~ from loss of blood.
IN A SHELL FACTORY.
l obtained permission and safe conducts
to visit shell factory situated about 30
miles out of Paris, on condition that l
would not dlvulge the location of the
place nor the name of the town near
which IL stands, and this because the
Germans are particularly anxious to dis
cover the location of the shell factory
and drop one destroying bomb thereon
1t took us one and one-half hours by
train, and then we proceeded by motor
car, There, amidst green fields. rose the
buildings, and they covered lS acres of
ground.
No women are employed there for the
work is much too arduous In the first
great room we entered a hundred men
We're lahoring at the big machines. They
were black with dirt
The steel was first OF all poured through
a great cylinder and thus made to a GER
tain circular thickness. When il solidi-
fed it was cut into lengths and taken
on TO another machine. great bore
was attached to this and was driven into
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Man Owl Grossly. Just because cherries
happen to be ripe. am / to lose the sleep
l need? Never did | know such a noisy
set of birds as we have in this garden.
think / will tell them to eat their cher
ries II they want to, but to keep still
about it." SO he opened his eyes a crack,
looked around to see who was nearest
and called out sternly. "Fool-fool-fool-
keep stillr'
Billy Robin up in the pine tree right
over Old Man Owls head heard him and
replied; "Oh, are you awake, Friend
Owl? I was just wishing you would
wake up so could tell you about the
lovely cherries in yonder tree!
"Am awake?" asked Old Man Owl in
disgust. ASK me, rather, IL 1 can sleep
with all this noise! II you care so much
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-18

is good and beautifully and thought for
others and made the basis of all educa-
tIon, religious or secular.
Second. Universal suffrage is the ideal
Of political freedom, but neither white
or colored man or woman should be
allowed the privilege of suffrage unless
each has clean moral record of not less
than seven years.
Third. nation will only be truly
blrthed when children are taught to grow
physically, mentally and morally great,
through kind and useful lives, the result
OF obedience to the divine law of the
ages.
Surely the results of Afro-American
training, illustrated in the Birth of a
Nation" by views of students at Hamp-
ton and other institutions, and the thor
ough exposure of INSCRIPTIONS white
politicians and false reformers should be
enough to do away with any feeling of
resentment by the Afro-American race
against the play.