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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17

disbanded when he appeared with a
rife.
All the local unions ordered their
members 20 stay OF the cars under pen
atty of fine or expulsion, similar pen
altios 20 follow the use Of the cars by
relatives Of organization men. This
gave employment 90 many iitney buses,
which. however, were unable 20 handle
the traffic from the outlying towns.
Threats Of violence also kept many not
affiliated with the unions from riding,
and stores whose employees used the
cars were subject 20 boycotting
To end this situation merchants,
through the Chamber OF Commerce. re-
poatedly sought 90 effect some com
promise. The union would make none.
lts leaders even refused 70 agree 20 al
low Samuel Gompcrs, president OF the
American Federation Of Labor, 90 pass
on the merits Of their case. The eX-
ecutive committee OF the American
federation of Labor was likewise re-
iected, and offers TO submit 90 the
courts the question as 20 whether the
contract agreed upon was binding was
refused. John Mitchell was acceptable
only Il he would agree in advance %
decide in favor Of the men.
I've don't care Tor tho Federation OF
Labor the leaders said. "This valley
is % per cent organized union labor
and we can do as we please. Any boy
colt We put on will be effective. Tho
miners will sce.to that"
They did until the discrimination
against them by the jitney drivers be-
came too acute And they also saw 20
10 that a settlement was obtained.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17

operation OF some such investigation
scheme as the President proposed to
Congress az the last joint session.
The brotherhood presidents and ne
railroad managers committee, HEADED
by Elisha Lee. will have another meet
ing I'm this city during the coming
week. and 10 would be a great surprise
20 ali concerned II something more den
mite than the present understanding dld
rot develop.
The Tribune was informed reliably
Yesterday that at present the chances
are all In favor OF a public settlement
OF the controversy If the Adamson law
is not uphs II IL is upheld, the DIS
putc will end, IL is believed, without
further ado. because both sides Will
immediately work out is application.
Tho same iuformants admitted that the
chances OF private bargain are small.
Railroads Have Two Objects
The railroad managers are looking
for TWO things 10 come about 70 ADJUST
matters. Tho first and most desirable
would be an agreement with the men
20 have the whole question arbltrated.
The next best thing would be the oper-
alton of the Presidents investigation
scheme now being considered By Con-
gross.
Meanwhile. the National Civic Fed
GRAFTON and other outside bodies are
understood 20 be working with both
the railroads and the brotherhoods tow
ard some kind Of legislation that will
prevent future railroad labor disputes
and yet take the sting out Of the com
pulsory investigation proposition.
Tho brotherhoods have decided 20
fight compulsory investigation bitterly
in Congress. and therefore these out
side efforts are concentrating on
something that will bring about the
same results. but will be acceptable 10
the brotherhoods and 10 labor in gen
eral
i was also learned yesterday that
the attitude of labor toward the Adam
son law has changed perceptibly. SAM
uel Gompers was quoted 70 Tribune
reporter as saving emphatically tina,
he believed the law was not good
thing for labor II il established the
precedent that Congress had the power
20 legislate wages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
BrotherhoodS Decide That
Legislating Wages Is
Not Beneficial
BOTH SIDES SURE
OF AVERTING STRIKE
Men and Lines TO Agree
Whether Statute Stands
or Not

The controversy between the rail
roads and the four train service broth
erhoods IS not expected to grow mensc-
ing again. In explanation 81 the an
nouncement OF W. G. Lee. president Of
the Brotherhood Of Railway Trainmen,
that negotiations were in progress
toward an amicable settlement Of the
eight-hour wage dispute. regardless OF
he Adamson law. The Tribune was in
formed yesterday that the situation is
as follows:
The railroad managers and the broth
erhood presidents have reached an un-
Outstanding that the controversy be
settled without recourse 70 strike, II
that is at all possible.
The brotherhood executives, backed
up by Samuel Gompers, Of tho Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor, have reached
the conclusion that the Adamson law
and the precedent Il establishes for
Congress 20 legislate wages is not bene-
fetal 20 the railroad brotherhoods or
to organized labor in general.
Both sides will be satisfied if the law
as it stands is declared unconstitutional
or repealed Repeal, however. is
thought to be improbable
Agreement Is Expected
But II the law is declared constitu-
tional the conferences between the
railroad managers and the brother
hood presidents have progressed so far
that they will Immediately get together
and arrive at some sort Of agreement
as 20 how the law shall be applied 20
the various operating and pay sched-
ules. That, it was said yesterday, is
the most substantial progress that has
been made since the two factions split
month ago both on the constitu-
tionality Of the law and on its appli-
cation 70 the railroad schedules.
On the other hand. If the law Is de-
clsred unconstitutional, three methods
Of settling the then rcopened contro-
versy would be possible: A private
bargain between the roads and the
brotherhoods for "a substantial wage
increase: a voluntary arbitration Of the
demands Of the brotherhood5, or the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
Extension of NeWlandS'S
investigation Is Asked

Washington. Dec. IS. Extension un-
I'll January "a. 1918, Of the investiga-
tion into railway affairs by the New
lands Joint Congressional Committee
is proposed in a joint resolution intro
duced in the House to-day by Chairman
Adamson Of the Interstate Commerce
Committee in accordance with an
agreement with Senator Ncwlands and
other members Of the investigating
committee. A report to Congress by
January 3, 1917. was called for in the
law authorizing the investigation.
The resolution provides that any
committeeman who ceases TO be mem
Der of Congress before the investiga-
tion concludes may remain as mem
Der Of the committee.
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I. W. W. TO QUIT MINNESOTA

Duluth. Dec. 16-After operating
continuously in Duluth and on the
Minnesota ranges for year, the Indus
trial Workers Of the World viii leave
this part Of the country, II wss said at
I. W. W. headquarters to-day.
DESPITE the labor troubles which
were engendered on the Mesaba last
summer. the mines continued 20 shlp
more ore than ever before IN their MS
tory, operators declared -,
Fii7abeth Gurley Flynn. James Gil
d.,, md Joseph Fttor have been in
cb3rge OF the |. ". W. fight.
Three /. ". W. members, charged
Nth granddaughter in connection with
tropbIe AZ the mines, pleaded guilty
yesterday 20 manslsughter and were
sentenced % prison,
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KEEP Up STRIKE,
VOTE OF CAR WEN
Ex-EmplOyes of !. K. I
Refuse to Consider
Ballot Plan

Voting by companies, the car men
yesterday refused TO declare OIL the
strike on subway, elevated and surface
lines. which began on September o.
OF the several groups the INTERIOR
ough ex-empioyes were the most en-
phauc IN deciding to stay on strike.
They refused 20 take a vote, calling of
tbs strike, the majority against the
ballot ordered by the leaders TO test
sentiment being stated as 400. in The
Bronx the vote was 149 TO 8, the Third
Avenue men voted 400 70 to remain
out and the Yonkers men we're 1913 TO
g. The New York Railways men, and
those IN Queens and WestchesteTr'
we're. 10 was declared at Ctrike hcnd-
quarters last night, equally emphatic
No Halt in Sight
"This means" said Mr. Fitzgerald,
chat the strike will be continued. In
New York We will make the headQuar-
tiers for all Of the roads on which the
men are on strike IN Mozart Hall, CIV
ing up the other places, and centraize
the work or the ten national othcers
or organizers here in the early days OF
the strike but four remain. These Will
bo enough 20 handle the situation
According 90 Mr.. Fitzgeralc's figures,
but few OF the men on strike arc
actually out OF work, and Of these tne
majority are IN Queens, The Bronx ana
Wcstchcster OF the 1000 Woo
struck. only LOO have deserted the
rrion % work for their old employer
or one Of the other companies. or me
others. $500 have left New YORK 20
engage in strcetcar work in ooher
cities.
How Men Are Working
Owe had 3.449 men on strike on the
New York Railways he said. VI
this number COZ have gone back 70
work for 10 or other companies, ana
there are but CD men actually die. Inc
other 2.717 are either steadily engaged
on other jobs or nave practically
steady work On the Third Avenue
there ale but 100 really idle out OF
I.75O strikers. and but 43t deserters:
OF the Second Avenue strikers 80 OF
440 arc idle and 40 deserters. on the
Iutcrborough 3.400 struck and 200 went
back OF tho other 5000 there are only
about $50 idle.
"ln Queens, The Bronx and West
chester most Of the men who struck are
idle"
Men familiar with the general situa-
ton said last night that the vote OF
the several divisions meant that the
strike would never be called OF.
"As matters stand unless some set
Element IS made the strike viii simply
evaporate," they said, through the
men going TO work in other lines or IN
other cities. Il Will take the com
panies some years TO build up their
organizations. BY that time the men
viii be ready for another strike
Eventually these lines will be union
tod
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
MRS. DE JAN GETS DIVORCE

Mrs. Agnes De Jan. who lives at the
Great Northern Hotel, obtained an In
terlocutory decree of divorce in the
Supreme Court yesterday from +. W.
De Jan. Mrs. De Jan, who was Miss
Agnes Gardener Eyre when she mar
ried the defendant In 1909 In San Fran
cisco. was well known in the music
world as a pianist. She abandoned her
professional career when she married.
De Jan is chemical engineer.
De Ian did not defend the action Of
his wife. who mentioned an unknown
woman. Justice Guy awarded alimony
of s4.R40 wear TO Mrs. De Jan.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-06-30
From Mondays EaTIy.

From Mondays Eany.
Closing the final gap Of a 1000
mile journey, ]. N Wiedenmann and
G. r. Peck of Mankato left Winona
early yesterday morning for Mime
apolis. They arrived at Winona
Saturday. Wiedenmann, a railroad
side car attached, Peck was his
companion. The latter is a mOtorcy-
clist racer. The young men travelled
from Mankato to Boston and return.
They encountered all kinds of roads
from the finest to the worst of the
unimproved highways.
On May 81 the men left Mankato
for Boston. They went east to Wis
it plant where motorcycles are
manufactured at Springfield Mass,
but continued to Boston. In New
York state, from Syracuse to Pitts
feld-250 miles-the men drove one
day through pouring rain. Each was
equipped with rubber suit. Both
were enthusiastic over the fine paved
roads and splendid scenery in the
east.
On their eastern trip the cyclists
went from Minneapolis to Chicago
by way of Iowa. The roads at that
time were extremely muddy and
travel was difficult Returning they
crossed through Wisconsin and the
sand there, they declared, is equal
ly bad if not worse than the mud.
Hundreds of tourists were passed
on the highways of the eastern
states. On the down trip the men
encountered few machines until they
passed Chicago, but returning there
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Garden City, where very delicious
and bounteous dinner was served at
the village hotel.
From MONDAYS OaiiY-

From Mondays Oaiiy
Leo Jacobson, sixteen years old, Ma
della boy lies at the Emmanuel hospital
in this city, in a critical condition. His
intestines are perforated in ten different
places by a bullet, which was fired, it is
said, during a quarrel with which he
had nothing to do.
The unfortunate affair occurred at
Madelia yesterday afternoon on Main
street. Two men, ditcher by name of
Bill Jones, and a horse trader by the
name of Jess Marsh. are said to have
been quarreling OF sudden \ pistol
shot rang out, and the boy, who was
standing inoffensively near by, fell
moaning.
Jones was at once arrested and taken
to Jail, it being reported that he hred
the shot. Marsh was held under bail as
a witness. Jones was to be brought De-
fore the court this afternoon.
The boy was soon placed in an auto
mobile and hurried to Mankato. With
him came his father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. Ludwig Jacobson and DR.. III.
B. Grimes. After he was brought to the
hospital, Dr. Holbrook of this city was
called. An operation was quickly per-
formed and the many perforations
1t was reported today that the boy was
still in a critical condition and forty
eight hours would have to elapse before
much that was definite could be said
about the probable outcome 1t is feared
that peritonitis will set in.
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From MONDAYS Daily.

Miss Olga Gustafson went to Min
neapolis today to visit friends.
Attorney T. M. Berry and Calvin
Hadley of Mapleton were in Man
kato today.
L. Redding, cashier of the State
bank of LambertOn, was in Mankato
Saturday evening.
Miss Matilda Brown of Sheffield
spent Friday and Saturday with Mrs.
Fred Hotaling.
Miss Anna Kroeger went to Water
town, South Dakota, Saturday to spend
her, vacation with friends.
E. M. Moffat, who recently lectured
in Mankato on his experiences at Y.
M. c. A. work in India, left today for
st. Joseph, Mich. He is a nephew
of DR.. G. D. Snow.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Polchow of Fari-
bault and Miss Margaret Hotaling,
who is employed with Ochs Brothers
of that city, motored to the city yes
terday and were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Hotaling.
Miss Bertha Durham of Billings,
Mont, is in the city, the guest of
relatives. She was formerly en-
ployed in the business office of The
Free Press. Yesterday Mss Dun
ham fell and sustained an injury to
her right arm.
DIR. and Mrs. A. J. Wentworth of
this city and Esther Johnson of
Minneapolis and Mr.. and Mrs. B.
S. Boman, motored to Bernadotte
yesterday, and visited at the home
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-06-30
Joel Call Slipped Some Phony
Paper to the Banks
From Mondays Daily.

Sheriff Anton Osten returned about
noon Sunday from Elmira, bringing
back Joel Call, young man wanted
here on the charge of passing forged
checks on the National Citizens bank
of Mankato. Call admitted not only
this crime, but also that he passed a
bad check on bank at Sleepy Eye.
The game that he worked was a
smooth one. At each of the two banks
he deposited a worthless check and
then drew out portion of the amount
of the deposit.
At the Mankato bank he deposited a
check, drawn in favor of Fred Sheets
and purporting to be signed by N. P.
Nelson, farmer near Springfield.
This check called for $4OO He obtained
credit for a deposit in that sum and
then drew out $500. At the Sleepy Eye
bank he deposited a check, drawn in
favor of Arthur Nelson and purporting
to be signed by George Porter, also a
farmer near Springfield. He obtained
credit for that amount of deposit and
drew out $500.
With $500 in his pocket, he went
from Mankato back to the farm OF
John Wiedenmann, near Springfield
so he related yesterday. He had
worked there before. Then he started
for the east. He went back to New
York state, where his parents live, in
the town of Huntsville, seventy miles
from Elmira. Later he obtained a job
as street car conductor at Elmira. He
said he held that position up to the
time that he was arrested.
Call said he was twenty years old
He declared he did not know what
made him commit those forgeries. He
admitted that he himself wrote out
both of those checks. Both were passed
on the banks one day late in May 1916
He declared that he had never done
anything of the kind before or since
that he had always had good home
and good parents. He said he went
through the grade school but no high
er. His father, David Call, was a sue
cessful farmer Living at Hornell, N
Y, he said he had an aunt, married
to man worth 100000, and owner
of 10000 acres of timber land in
Georgia.
Will Appeal to Aunt.
He said he would appeal TO this
aunt to help him out of his trouble
He intended, if he could, to square VI
for the money of which he had de-
frauded the two banks, and would
plead guilty and ask for the mercy OF
the court. He was asked what was left
Of the $500 he had obtained at the
two banks, and he said only $46 re-
manned. This was in a bank at Ell
mira. He said he spent the rest, mostly
in travelling.
He said that he did not drink OF
smoke cigarets. He was brought III
as member of the Baptist church.
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RAISED THAT $4,000
COUNCIL sure HAPPY
From Mondays Daily.

rom mOnCdS'S DaIiy.
All of the, $4,000 debt on the Man
kato armory is to be paid from funds
that have already been raised by sub
scription. This glad news was an
nounced this morning by Councilman
A. G. Lack at the regular Monday
morning meeting of the city solons.
Councilmen Lack and HumistOn have
taken the lead in soliciting this
money, and they, together with Mayor
Lamm and Councilmen Bekke and
Eichstaedt, have succeeded in rails
ing the money since the movement
was started last Thursday. Mr. Lack
congratulated the council on the fact
that the money had already been
raised before Company H left the city
this morning. Mayor Lamm appointed
the other four councilmen as a COM
mittee to turn the money over to d
bank and provide for the payment of
the notes that stand against the arm
DRY.
Opinion of Mr.. Bekke.
Councilman Bekke remarked that
he did not think it was right to raise
the money by subscription. He thought
it ought to have been paid by the city,
payers. Mayor Lamm thought it was
better to avoid laying an additional
burden on the poor among the tax
payers. Mr.. Bekke thought if the debt
was to be lifted by donation, the Man.
kato Commercial club ought to have
done it. He said he hoped the club
would get busy and get fund started
to help the families of many of the
married men who were in the com.
rany, and whose support was needed
by their families. City Attorney
Phillips remarked that congress had
measure on hand for the relief of
such families.
Mayor Lamm stated that before the
company left he had informed Lieu
tenant Herbert Hauck that the money
had been raised and requested him to
inform the company.
A full list of the donors will be Civ
en- in tomorrow nights paper.
Application Turned Down.
City Clerk Bates reported the ap-
plication of T. Wilkerson for a
license to peddle dry goods and no.
tions. Mr.. Lack inquired what was
the fee and was told that it was 50 a
day. Mr. Lack thought it was a
shame to allow peddling of these
goods for such price in competition
against the local merchants. who paid
taxes. He moved that the application
be turned down, remarking that the
applicant could start fight in court
If he saw fit. The motion was car
ried.
A license was granted to g. w.
Smithson to run a shooting gallery,
the fee being 81 per week.
A motion was passed instructing
the city clerk to advertise for bids
for an extension of water main in
Ogle's addition on Eighth, LIE Sueur
and Tile streets.
On the motion of Councilman Hum
iston, it was decided to purchase from
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of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gustafson.
They were accompanied to Mankato
by Paul Boman of Bernadotte, Miss
Alma Boman of st. Paul, and Levi
Gustafson of Bernadotte, who will
remain in the city for short visit.
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from Mondays DaiIv.
How can | leave thee?
One parting kiss / give thee,
And then whate'er befalls me,
| go where duty calls me.
Farewell, farewell, my own true love,
Farewell, farewell, my own true love"
Soldiers Farewell.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-06-30

Friends in this city have received
the sad and unexpected news of the
death of Miss Eliza Firestone, who
passed away at her home in Long
Beach, California, last Thursday, after
a brief illness. Miss Firestone formerly
taught school in North Mankato, and
Went to Long Beach, California, about
two years ago, with her mother, Mrs.
Lou E. Firestone, and taught school
there. Mrs. Firestone came east to
Canton, Ohio, with the remains of her
daughter, and funeral services will be
held and interment made at that city.
Mrs. Emma Firestone Weeks, a sis
ter of the deceased, is on her way to
Canton to attend the funeral.
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From MONDAYS DaITv.
Boyd May Have Been Aqaressor.

limited Press Dispatch
Washington, June 26-The idea
that Captain Boyd was in part the
aggressor at the fight which took
place near Carrazal seems to be
gaining ground in the attitude that
is assumed by the leading officials of
the administration.
Pageant, July Fourth
Band Gave Serenade.
The ]. A. Waters All Troopers
band, connected with the Patterson
Carnival company, rendered The Free
Press fine serenade this aft
ernoon.