The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-08-23

or q procure evidence proving thar
a systematfxed plundering OF all tne
railroads has been conducted under
the direction Of the Morgan and Rock
efeIler banking INTEREST,"
More interesting than important was
the strike Of the members or the
Actors Equity association. which,
starting In New York. spread to Chi
cago. A number Of theaters In both
cities were forced to close their doors
The actors demanded recognition OF
their association and various reforms
in the conditions Of working. The dis
pute was carried into court by inJunc
ton proceedings.
A situation arose ut the Chicago
stockyards which may teach union Ia
borers q lesson IN the matter OF OBJ
serving their contracts. Federal Judge
Alschuler, mediator, ruled that the
employees who quit work during the
recent race riots had violated their
pledge not to strike for n year and
thus had lost their seniority rights.
Union officials objected violently to
this. but II seemed likely most OF the
packing house workers would abide
By Judge Alschuler's rulings. for the
present at least.
In New York 100 interior decorat-
ors quit work: and representatives Of
II International building trades unions
began planning for a national strike
because Of a dispute there between two
unions Of plasterers
Considerable uneasiness, not to say
anxiety, was caused In the capitals
of the allied nations by the news that
the Kolchak government Of western
Siberia was ION the run" II not quite
collapsed. The bolshevik armies
gained repeated victories over koi
chak's forces, and at last reports the
latter were hastily moving eastward
The admirars plight was laid to short
age Of guns and ammunition. and large
supplies Of both were dispatched to
him from the United States by way Of
the Pacific ocean. Whether they would
reach him In time to save his troops
from disaster wa uncertain.
Better news came from both north
and south Russia. On the Dvina q
force Of British and Russians de
stroyed six battalions Of b~olsheviki.
taking 1000 prisoners and many guns
and advancing its front IL miles. In
volhynia the Ukrainians have taken
the railway center Of Lutsk and the
fortress Of Dubno. and the bolshevih
also abandoned the important city Of
Vinnitza In the Ukraine. General Den
ikine's armies were making steady
progress toward Odessa and at the
northwest corner Of the Black sea
they were only so miles from a juno
ton with the Roumanian forces.
The Roumanians who occupied
Budapest were q stubborn lot and
fatty refused to take orders from the
allied commission there and get out
again. declaring they would remain
until a stable government was estab-
lished. The peace council at Paris
was a bit labbergasted and feared
that II Roumania were permitted to
defy Its orders, Germany and other
enemy countries might be encouraged
to do likewise. The Roumanians
threatened that II they were forced to
withdraw they would strip Hungary of
everything portable, and indeed they
are said to be doing that now. Their
representatives in Budapest said the
only policy for Hungary was union
with Roumania under a Roumanian
king. Antonesco, the Roumanian min.
lister to Paris, says Roumania does not
favor the installation Of Archduks Jo-
seph In power. considering him reao
tionary. The situation was strained
but the peace council was hopeful Of
ar araicable settlement.
According to an edict Of the peace
conference. Austria IL to be known
as the Republic Of Austria, the word
German" being eliminated. There
Is q movement In Vienna to re-estab-