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STRIKE THREAT
MENACES ALL
NEW ENGLAND
Continued from First Page.

under r.. F.. Ball be sent here at once
to meet that contingency. While a
large percentage of the skilled workmen
at the Remington plant are unionized.
II a general walkout Is ordered, the
leaders plan to have the whole works
organized before the employees go back.
Several of the machinists who have
been more active In talking strike about
the Remington works since the present
agitation started were discharged at
noon to-day.
The trouble between the Lake Tor
pedo Boat Company and their pattern
makers was on the wage question. sew
eral days ago the pattern makers. VINO
are especially busy now. asked for an
increase from a. to Az cents an hour
for an eight hour day. The company
employs about 500 skilled workmen.
Jennings's assertion hat If necessary
all New England would be tied UP in A
general strike was made in a matter
OF fact way. He said he had been
studying the labor situation In New
Haven. Waterbury. Hartford. Spring
field and Boston. and that organization
for an eight hour day seemed to be ripe.
The leaders. he said. do not know how
II will terminate. but the workmen are
anxious for an eight hour strike. The
willingness Of the men TO strike. accord
ing TO kepp'er. in spite of the prosperity
conditions in nearly all the plants. Is
surprising TO the leaders, who do not
want "A white elephant on their hands
before they are ready to manage 1t.
Tweuty-three international labor heads
have been in the city. however. to help
take charge OF whatever happens.
Oliver &. Smith, secretary-treasurer
Of the Smith and Egge Company. one
Of the twenty-five factories holding Rem
ington ub-contracts declared to-day
that the workers demands We're most
unjust and that he did not think the
manufacturers would grant them.
Norman Leeds, treasurer and genera
manager OF the Automatic Machine
Company, predicted that If Bridgeport
gets a general eight hour day, IL will be
wiped or the map as a manufacturing
centre because II would be competing
with cities where nine and ten hour
are the standard working day.
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GERMANS THREATEN
GREAT BALTIC PORT
Land Forces, Backed by Cruis-
or Fleet. Are Now Within
80 Miles Of Riga.
FOUR CORPS IN DRIVE
Special cable Despatch 10 THn srS.

Special cable Despatch 10 THn srS.
LONDON. July 17.-Althoush the Ger
mans are attacking the Russian line at
many points 1t is becoming apparent
that the next great military operation in
the eastern war zone will be in the
Baltic provinces of kovno. Courland and
Livonia. far removed from any 80 far
conducted.
The Germans are now eighty miles
from Riga. the second Baltic seaport in
Importance after Petrograd, and their
ultimate objective may he the capital
Itself. Strong land forces backed by n
German cruiser fleet are creeping UP
through kovno and courlen.. They
hold Libau and are driving the Russians
pack along the Windau River. They are
sweeping up to the east coast OF the
the sea.
Riga has Il population OF about 30c,-
600, Of whom about one-half are Ger
mans. l. Is situated on two sides OF the
Dueaa. the ancient city founded in the
thirteenth century being on the right
bank.
ON the left bank are great -four mills,
machine SHOPS IN Wn!Cn Il vast amount
of war material Is manufactured and
other factories.
The city is OF Importance from a mili-
tary standpoint, principally because a
railway centre. and It's seizure would
give the Germans control of the rail-
way system which taps North Poland.
However. the city win not be taken
without desperate fighting. 1t 10 re-
ported that the army OF invasion in
Courland consists OF at least four army
corps. about 10000 men. unSer the
personal direction Of Field Marshal Won
H~indenburs.
In addition to his drive. dispatches
from Berlin say, the advance south Of
Przasnysz is continuing. The main
Russian body has not yet come in CON
tact with the invaders. The immediate
objective OF an advance in this direc-
ton would be the very strong fortress
OF Move Georgievsk.
The operations AT the intersection OF
t~alicia. the Bukowiua and the Russian
province OF Bessarabia are not exvlained
in the despatchee.
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FRENCH BEAT BACK
DESPERATE ATTACK
Inflict Heavy Losses on Ger
mans on Edge Of st.
Mihicl Salient.
LOSE AT ONE POINT
Special Gable Despatch 10 THE SrS.

Special cable Despatch 10 THE srS.
PARIS. July 1.-THE Germans made
a determined attempt this afternoon to
regain the ground they lost on July s On
the heights OF the Meuse between the
Colonne trench and the village OF Les
Eparges. They were driven back with
considerable losses except on a crest
south of the Sonvaux ravine. where they
succeeded in obtaining and holding "A
footing.
In the Vosges last night a German at
tack on the positions at Ban de Sapt
was repulsed.
The night communicate was as fol-
lows.
In Artois the bombardment has
diminished In intensity. A few
shells We're fired at Arras. on the
right bank OF the Aisne, In the region
of Troyon, there vas n yer" violent
bombardment as well as mine opera
lions.
About twenty shells. which fell in
Rheims. killed one civilian and graveIy
wounded another.
In the Areonne the day was rela-
lively calm. without infantry action.
On the Heights of the Meuse the
Germans. after their bombardment OF
last night launched n violent attack
against our positions from the Calonne
trench to the village OF Les Eparges.
On the crest. south of the Sonvaux ra-
vine, they succeeded in gaining a foot
hold at one point of the trenches
which we took from them on July 6.
Several groups of Germans who had
made their way into the ravine we're
killed or captured. Between the crest
or Sonvaux and The Calonne trench
the attacks OF the enemy were re-
pulsed with heavy losses to him. The
bombardment continues in the Apre-
mont forest. '
The afternoon communicate was as
follows:
In the region north Of Arras a can
nonade continued all night. being par
ticu.arly violent north of Souchez
and also between Melville. 81. Vast
and Rollincourt.
In the Argonne. In tho vicinity OF
Marie Therese. there has been bomb
and petard fighting.
There was n severe ~cannonade at
the MeurlssonS Ravine.
Two German attacks against our
positions on Hin No. 263. west Of
Boureuilles. were repulred.
on the heig Is OF the Meuse the
bombardment in the region OF Eparges
and Sonvaux continued during the
night.
In Lorraine the Germans delivered
an attack against our trenches In the
southeastern portion OF the Forest uf
Parroy at ! O'Clock yesterday morn
ing, hui, it was repul'ed ana the As
saillnts Wrr4 dispersed.
In the Nosges last evening the
enemy attacked tHe positions which
they had lost AT Ban de Sapt. but
the advance was checked by our cur
tain OF artillery fire and by our ma
chine gun fire.
The attempted a corp de
main at II o'clock 1t night against
our works on Tournlcs Farm. l.51O
me,e-s northwest Of ths village CT
Bonhomme, bu. 1t was L complete
failure.
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MONEY FOR ARMS STRIKES
Admits American Labor Leaders Are Approached by
Persons Interested in Preventing Manufacture
of Munitions for the Allies.

WASHINGTON, July 17.--That organ
by persons interested in hampering the
work Of manufacturing munitions of
war In this country for sale to the Allies
was admitted here to-day by Samuel
Gompers. president of the American Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor. Mr.. Gompers has Just
returned from Bridgeport, waere officials
Of the Remington company rave charged
that the labor troubles there were pro-
NOTED by persons associated with the
German attempts to stop the shipment
OF arms from this country.
He admitted that the leaders Of or
ganiIed labor had been approached in
connection with the troubles at the
Remington plant. and at the same time
served notice that organized labor must
take steps to guard against insldious
attempts to make 1t the tool OF partisans
In the European war.
Mr.. Gompers. by strong inference.
served notice In his statement on Rep
%resentative Buchanan OF Illinois and his
so-called labor peace council that or
ganized labor as a body not only Is
not In favor OF his propaganda but
that he regards Mr. B%uchanan's activi-
ties with suspicion and the purpose Of
the organization with distrust.
At Bridgeport. where in the neighbor-
hood OF 10000 workers are threatened
with a tieup over differences of a mys-
terlous nature. Mr.. Gompers believes
foreign money vas used to start the
trouble, and this substantiates the
charges made by officials OF the Remins-
ton Union Metallic Arms Company that
German money was paid to at least two
OF the leaders. This trouble threatens to
spread throughout the New England dis
tr.ct and result in tieups In many lines
dependent on the New England factories
for parts to complete their products.
Il have reason TO believe that the
Bridgeport trouble will he settled peace
ably in a fow days" declared Mr.. Com
pe!s. While / was in New YORK
conferred with II number Of the LABOR
leaders involved.
Labor organizations and disputes Will
not be permitted 20 be manipulated 20
serve the purposes of a European bell
u So N
have been approached In this trouble by
parties interested in preventing the ship
ment OF munitions Of war from TINS
country. such efforts In the future will
he watcnfully guarded against. ferreted
out and repudiated.
Labor is interested in working within
the law. What was legal last year is
legal this year. Labor has no interest
In the destination Of material apo the
manufacture of which II is employed.
Labor knows only that IL is employed
upon the manufacture of material which
some one has ordered and paid for. Al
long as these materials are nanufac-
tured under conditions fair to labor
labor does not propose 10 serve as the
catspaw for either the one belligerent or
the other
Mr.. Gompers admitted Tonight that
the Federation OF Labor had sent organ
izers to Bridgeport TO handle the strike
at the Remington plant.
W are following the usual procedure
In such cases" he said. at is our prac-
tice TO send organizers whenever they
are called for. The organizers that go
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ITALIANS CAPTURE
GLACIER PASSES
Drive Austrians From leo.
bound Region on Western
Tyrol Frontier.

ROME, July l7.-Severe '.a.r, .
the edge OF the great Mamie. .,,..
on the western frontier of Two.
ported In the official ~despdt.l '...r c,-
Cadorna made public TO-DAY T.a ,.
TRANS crossed the frontier 'N.. g. o.
venerocco.o and Brizio tN r...
passes, and attacked the Itt'g. &
at Rifusio Garibaldi, situated A, =,
height OF 1895 feet. Both 't,-. s,.
open a a through the BARR, - .- ..
known as the Vedretta del NtrI-,-.
several square miles In extent
The Italian forces operaf,'s .q IN ,
very difficult region are those "
occupied the Tonalc Pass a. o.. ..
break of the war and are MOVING 49,, "a.
the Strino fo%rtiicat.ons, wh. sll-,
the roads TO Giles and thD'.c -oItf q.
Trent.
The official report is as follows
In the upper Val Camot. ., g..
Enemy. having advanced thrpIpf N.
Veneroccoio and Brizio passes, mad.
an attack in force aldiust OIL. rus.
ions near Rifugio Gdribuldt. tl. y,.
repulsed with loss. leaving a few pr..
oners in u hands.
Our troops. after driving BAR me
adversary. occupied the two b4sS.s
which are. as IL known. al a height,
of more than 10000 feet.
In Carnia the enemy prHa'.s Nv
fog and darkness. made dung H..
afternoon and evening OF jug u tv5
determined attacks on Mount Cr-.a1,
and Mount Pizzo Avostano. Both AZ.
tacks were repulsed. The enemy. As.
certained loss Included thi-t,.ttr.
dead. including M Office.
In the Isonzo region the t;aa:..e
Is unchanged. The eneny b, small
attacks. especially at night. and h.,
heavy artillery fire. has cont.uua'.
sought to cause US losses. t, hanrs
our slow advance. and above ali 10
force our batteries to reply asl thus
reveal our positions.
According TO an official a~nnoun.eme-
made to-day by the Minister Of Mar,
an Austrian aviator dropped bJuus o.,
Barr. on the Adriatic YESTERDAY. kU.
six civilians. This is the third ar,
on Bari since the war began
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JULY SOLDIERS FROST BITTEN.
Wounded Fighters From SNOW
Covered Alps Reach TOrrid Rome.

Special Cdbie Despatch 10 TUE SrS.
ROME. July l7.-An official bulletin
issued to-day calls attention to the
great geographical and climatic condi-
tons under which much OF the Italian
fighting is progressing, Nowhere else,
the statement says. is the fighting nearer
the clouds than in the Trentino. Even
the winter campaigns in the Carpathians
were not at such great heights.
Here in Rome. on the other hand, the
weather has been exceptionally hot,
while the same has been true at Milan
and on the northern plains. II Is conse-
quently a strange sight to see wounded
troops arriving from the battle grounds
amid eternal snow suffering from frost
bite.
At some points the conditions are so
severe that sentinels have to he changed
frequently lest their limbs should he
frozen. =.
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TAKE CREST WITH BONES
French Infantry Display rea
Dash IL the NOsHes.

SUcf'ff ' ~ f"l'''
PARIS, July i7.-An official commu-
niaue issued tonight narratse the strug-
gle which took place on July : and ?
in the Vosges in which the French made
sSl prisoners and captured positions
around Hill 627 and La F~ontenelle
which Gen. Won Knoerzer, commander
OF the T~hir.y-frst Division, who had
SUPERVISED the fortitcations Thought
impregnable.
The Germans hrst tried TO CAPTURE
our position on the crest of Hill 621.
saws the communicate. situated be-
tween Laurois and La Fontenelle. which
dominates all the region around Ban
de Sapt. BY sacrificing A great num-
Der of men they succe ded in estab-
fishing themselves on the crest OF the
hill on June %. BY a vigorous coun-
ter attack. however, we prevented them
from advancing from La Fontentlle and
captured 1i2 prisoners.
LAS soon as Hill 627 was in the hands
OF the Germans Gen. Won knoerzcr es-
tablIshed a network OF fortified
trenches. communicating renches and
redoubts which he believed II would be
IMPOSSIBLE to capture.
W. attacked AT I o'clock on the morn
ing OF July 5 with three olumrs of
~fantry which by n magnificent rush
"a the top OF the crest. made with the
support of our artillery, threw the enc
INV back in no tine. Pushing forward,
our infantry charg d to assault La Fon-
tenelle the next day and succeeded In
%dlslodging the Germans.
1T was most impressive 10 see our
infantrymen run through the smoke
with their arms in one hand while with
the other they were constantly taking
and throwing hand %grenades from their
special ammunition pockets
The honor Of this important success,
saws the communicate. belongs TO the
admirable work performed by the
French artillery. which smothered the
German trenches with projectiles. II
was because of the excellent work OF
the artillery that the French losses
were comparatively small.
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ENGLAND MAY TAKE
OYER COAL MINES
Welsh strikers Refuse to Join
i'm Discussion Looking to
settlement.
Special Ca,ie Despatch TO Tnr suS.

LONDON. July 1.-THE Welsh coal
situation tonight Is as serious as II
ever has been. The 100000 miners are
still in the attitude of defying the
British Government and this was more
marked than ever this morning when
the executive council of the striking
miners, after a meeting here. deliber-
ately broke an engagement TO meet
Walter Runc!man. President OF the BOARD
Of Trade. TO talk matters over Instead
they went back to Cardiff without even
sending "A message to explain their
failure to keep the appointment.
Two rays of light on the situation
have come through the clouds to-day.
one is the miners suggestion that Mr..
Lloyd George go to Wales and settle
the affair without reference to the
munitions act. The other is the grow
ing belief that the best thing for the
Government to do vii. be to take over
the mines and operate them for the
benefit of the State as il now operates
the railways.
a special meeting Of the Cabinet was
held to-day 10 consider the matter. but
no conclusion was ftdCneu. IL WAS
impossible to make any special order be
cause the miners themselves meet on
Monday at Cardiff, where they Will
commit themselves one way or the other.
and on the following Wednesday at the
sane place the Munitions Commission
will hold a meeting, when the men may
bring forward their grievances. II Is
therefore apparent that no settlement Is
possible until the middle of the coming
week at the earliest.
Save for the isolated outbreak at
Pembry the strikers are holding them
selves well in hand. The feeling between
the miners and the operators Is interS,
and the differences between them mos;
complex and difficult for a lay mind 10
understand. The most dangerous deve!-
opment. however, is the general insist
cuce by the miners that the royal proc
lamatIOn putting coal under the mum e
tons act must be withdrawn. The min
ers say there is no strike.
The miners themselves resent the i'm,
putation that they are unpatriotic. but
assert hat their patriotism Is exploited
for the benefit of the operators. 1t IL
suggested that such feeling or excuse
would disappear II the Government Were
to take over the control of the mines
for the benefit of the state. In this
manner the sting of the munitions act
could be drawn and on the basis OF ma,
tional work the whole mental attitude OF
the miners would be changed.
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AMERICAN WARNING
IS SENT TO BRITAIN
L. s. Won't Recognize Prize
Court Proceedings Affect
ing Our Rights.

WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE state De-
OF a note in caveat delivered to the
British Foreign Office yesterday. giving
notice that the United States Will not
recognize the validity OF prize court
proceedings based on British municipal
law. which this Government regards as
In d%erogation OF the rights OF Ameri-
can citizens under the accepted prin-
ciples OF international law,
This notice is In effect merely a
reservation OF rights. II win make II
impossible. for the British to claim at
any time that the United States Is re-
CURED to accept rulings OF the prize
courts bayed on orders in council which
this Government considers in violation
Of American neutral rights. II was
sent at this particular time only be-
cause the State Department has been
advised that the British prize courts are
now considering cases in which Ameri-
can are interested parties.
The State Departments summary OF
the notice follows:
in view OF the differences which are
understood to exist between the two
Governments as to the principles Of law
applicable in prize court proceedings in
cases involving American interests, and
in order to avoid n misunderstanding
as to the attitude OF the United States
in regard TO such proceedings. the Gov
eminent OF the United States informs
the British Government that in so far a.
the interests OF American citizens are
concerned II will insist upon their rights
under the principles and rules of inter-
national law as heretofore established
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SHIP SEIZURES EXPLAINED.
Contra ba nj Trade. Not BiocLnd,
Order, often Responsible.

specidf tdOte Dtspotch 10 TN -.
LONDON. July lin order TIA, ~.
exact situation with regard TO he case.
OF such vessels as the KIN. A''.s
Nobel. Biornstjerne Bjurnsou an! p
Friedland, now before the prize ,7u-
may be understood the corresponds
OF THE SCS is authorized To- Sty t.
the order I'm council o: Marc. u q.
nothing to do with the seizure. On
order is the famous blockade order 4,
it has been assumed in various qua-'e
that the seizures were made n pl,s
ance OF that measure.
such is not the case, THE So
authorized to say. The four >h.f.
question were detained in -wa,
months before the blockade p'p.tut.
and procs ed!ngs against them as'
cargo-s are being undertake on
ground that they all carried .I.t
band Of war destined 10Y G.rairf
though through neutral u'r'- r.
proceedings are undertaken on '~e
principle that any ships Of aN'
SO offending are liable 20 cuud. u &C.
AS well as their cargues.
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SWEDEN LACKS ENGLISH COAL.
May Have to wait for commercial
agreement.
Special Cabie Despaich to THE SrN.

LONDON, July lS.-The Weekly Dis
patch says this morning that "A German
commission of six members has arrived
at Stockholm to take VI the question
of obtaining cotton for Germany.
The same newspaper quotes the CO.
penhagen POiiken AS saying that Sweden
has not received amy coal from Eng
land for "A week and consumers cannot
ascertain the cause Of the oppag
II says that in commercial circles of
Sweden 1t is believed that the order il
connected with the Auglo-Swedish com
mercial negotiations which are under
way, and these take in the coal ques-
tlOn.
Al "A result of official negotiations
Sweden during the last few days has
bought $1,000, 600 worth of coal from
Germany ana siO0, 600 worth Of drugs
and chemicals used in the cotton indus
try.
1t Is stated that Sweden is at liberty
to buy German anilinc dyes to the
value of $500. 600.
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LONDON, July 1.-THE findings II the
court OF inquiry which investigated the
circumstance of the sinking OF the
Lusitania exonerate Capt. Turner. COM
mander Of the vessel. the Cunard Line
and the Admiralty and place the entire
blame for the great loss of life upon
Germany.
Perhaps the most sensational item in
the findings. delivered to-day by Lord
Mersey. is the accusation that the Lust
tania was attacked not only with the
design Of sinking the ship, but as well
with the intention Of killing the pas
sengers.
Lord Mersey found that the life
boat facilities OF the Lusitania were
adequate; that the demeanor OF the
crew was above all blame and that the
conduct of the passengers. excepting n
slight panic when the Storage pas
sengers came on deck. was praise
worthy. He concluded that the LUST
tanla was unarmed. hat the cargo was
a general one and that there were only
5000 cases OF cartridges, from which
there was no explosion.
The fact hat there were mishaps In
handling the lifeboats. he did not be-
ileVe couIu De charged 10 ncOnpetenC
on the part OF the crew.
As for the speed at which the ship was
travelling when struck. he said that 1t
probably would have made no difference
II she had been proceeding under full
steam.
Intended tn XIII Passengers.
''In some respects" says Lord Mersey.
Capt. Turner did not follow the advice
Of the Admiralty. although he had been
fully advised as to the precautions to
he taken to avoid submarines. Had
Capt. Turner needed this advice care
fully his ship might rave been safe, al
though blame for the disaster ought not
to he imputed to the master of the liner.
THE evidence shows that the Lusi-
tsnia was an unarmed ship. The attack
was made without warning and no OPP
portunity was given the passengers to
leave the ship.
The Lusitania was not an armed ship.
She carried no ammunition for use on
the voyage, no masked guns and nc
trained gunners. Nor did the liner carry
troops. In no wise were the laws of the
United States violated.
LAS the manifest showed. the Lusi-
tania carried a number of cases OF car
tridges. There was no secret about this.
I'm the opinion of the board of in
quiry the Lusitania was torpedoed not
alone with the Intention of sinking her,