The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-10-18

week by his physicians. He was kept
quiet, in spite of his protests, and was
not permitted to pay any attention to
the mass Of public business awaiting
him. The result of this treatment was
his steady improvement, though ne
may not be able to resume his sfficiai
duties for some time. The inactivity
irked him greatly and Mrs. Wilson and
the doctors had to exercise their IN
genuity to keep him from getting In
communication with public men.
OF course the president could not
attend the opening Of the Industrial
conference which he had summoned,
but 1t began its sessions, In the Pan
American building, with 60 delegates
present, equally divided among the
public, the employers and labor. Sec
rotary Of the Interior Lane was made
permanent chairman and then the del
egates, split into groups. got busy on
the program that should be followed.
Naturally, they were swamped with
suggestions of all sorts and from all
parts of the country. and the job OF
sitting out the reasonable plans was a
big one. The rules adopted were de-
signed to prevent the wasting OF time
by extremists and cranks who might
wish to talk at length on their theories,
whether radical or reactionary.
The somewhat hazy but mighty task
set for his conference Is the discovery
Of some method of accomplishing In
dustrial peace, Of bringing about an
understanding between employers n
workers, of ending or lessening strikes
and lockouts so that production may be
increased and high costs lowered.
Every group, and probably every indi-
vidual delegate, has more or less def
mite ideas as to how all this may be acs
complished, and II is to be hoped the
conference can hit on the right ones
and bring about their adoption.
The first plan presented to the con-
ference was for an immediate indus
trial truce to continue three months.
which would stop all strikes at once.
This was proposed by Chairman Ba-
ruch Of the public group, and follows
the scheme adopted In France. h
second proposition, made by Chairman
Gompers Of the labor group, was for
immediate arbitration of the steel
strike by a board of six. two to be APP
pointed by each group In the confer
ence; this contemplated the immediate
return of the strikers to work pending
the results Of the arbitration. A third
resolution, offered by Gavin McNab
Of San Francisco, of the public group,
was for n permanent arbitration board,
of which all living ex-presidents shall
be members.
II Samuel Gompers and the other
conservatives who have dominated.
and presumably still dominate the
American Federation Of Labor, are
wholly sincere, they must be secretly
pleased with the developments In the
steel strike. 1t is becoming more and
more apparent that the strike was
forced and Is being managed by the
radicals who have been trying to gain
control Of union labor In America, and
there is increasing evidence that those
radicals are going to fail In both their
immediate and their ultimate aims.
Uncle Sam Is taking a hand In the sit
uation and the 'reds," most of whom
are foreigners in sympathy with, II not
In actual communication with the boil
sheviki Of Europe, are finding that he
10 not TO be trifed with. When the
radicals ut Gary deaed the local and
state authorities and staged some riot
q demonstrations the federal troops
were sent there In q hurry and quiet
was at nee restored. cen. Leonard
Wood, commanding the central depart
ment, fastened from Omaha, where he
had been suppressing the race war,
and took personal command In the
steel town. He turned his attention
Immediately to the reds and a raid on
their headquarters was productive OF
quantities of revolutionary matter, to
say nothing Of guns and ammunition.
Martial law was proclaimed and then
General Wood established q censor
ship on all news relating to raids and
arrests by the military. 1t was made
clear that the troops were there to pre-
serve lives and property and not to In
terfere with the strike, but as soon as
the radicals were routed and the SOL
diers were posted throughout the town
the steel workers who wished to work
returned to the mills In greatly in.
creased numbers. In the entire Chi.
cago district many more plants re-
sumed operation. the average force be-
ing perhaps 80 per cent Of normal.
In the East also the authorities were
active against the radicals. the most
spectacular happening being a raid at
Weirton, w. Va. in which 1877 alleged