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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
EVERY PITTSBURGH
PLANT IS WORKING
Both Sides Expressing
Satisfaction Over the
Result.
.lBn Associated Ptessl


PITTSBURGH, Sept. 22.-The first
day of the strike in the steel indus
try found virtually every plant of the
United States Steel Corporation and
nearly all the independent works in
and about the Pittsburgh district in
operation, according to information
from corporations sources. Some OF
the mills, particularly those within
the city of Pittsburgh, are working
full handed
1t was admitted that the strike was
felt seriously in some places such as
at Clarion and Donora and that in
some places the blast furnaces of the
steel corporation were either banked
or tie working force crippled. Salts
faction was expressed by officials OIL
the Carnegie Steel company, the larg-
est subsidiary Of the steel corporation
in the section, but no formal statement
was made Of the number Of men who
failed to report for work.
At union headquarters William D.
Foster, secretary of the Steel Work.
ers National committee, said the show
ing made by the strikers was beyond
their calculations and expressed the
opinion that the full effects Of the
strike would not be really felt for a
day or two.
Mr.. Foster gave out detailed figures
which he said were compiled from re-
ports he had received indicating that
2S4,OOO steel workers were on strike
throughout the country. In the Pitts
burgh district alone, he said, 71,0OU
have joined the walkout.
The full story of the strike ca1mot
be told until the whistles blow sum-
moning the night shift tonight. Labor
leaders expect confidently that from
now on complete shutdowns can be
looked for.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
COAL PRODUCERS
WATCHING STEEL
STRIKE CLOSELY
It May Have an Effect Up,
on the Market
Price.

Coal production ran heavy on the
NTunongah division last week and. u
was only 5000 tons lower than the
banner week which was that ending
Augustus. Last weeks figures were
325,S00 tons against 3SS,300 tons fol
the week of August %.
Production on the division excellet
that Of the corresponding week ol
September, 1918, which was 265,9O0
Coke production during the cores
ponding week OF 1918 was much heaY-
Ter at 1913 cars than last week when
the total was 45 cars.
:, Regional production last week was
1884 cars or $4,000 tons. OF this
there were 325,30O tons of coal and
45 cars of coke loaded on the b. &
o. and 147S cars of coal loaded on
the Monongahela railway.
Coal loaded east last week totaled
5629 and this was the heaviest cas-
tern loading of any week in Septem'
Der, being but sol carloads shy Of the
big eastern loading during the weel
ending August %. Western loading
last week at 920 cars has been the
heaviest the prestn year, excelling
the previous week, which had beer
the heaviest by 73 cars. More coke
was loaded last week at As cars thar
for some time.
One of the biggest gains in ship
ments last week was Curtis Bay
which totaled 112O cars, the heavies
since the week ending August %
when the total was 1241 cars, just q
cars stronger. st. Georges ship
ments last week showed the strair
of embargoes and the total fell to 14(
cars against 303 cars for the week
ending August % the heaviest. Will
one exception last weeks shipments
to st. Georges was the weakest fol
many weeks, the exception having
been the week ending September 6
when but 67 cars were loaded for thai
pier,
Lake business has picked up some
strength and last week 312 cars were
loaded for such points. The week
ending September 6, leads for recent
high weekly lake shipments at S54
cars, this business switching in al
the settlement of the dock strikes ant
at time when embargoes made
pier busines almost thing of the
past for the time being.
1 Less railroad fuel was loaded last
week at 1865 cars than for some
weeks.
other shipments for the week were
as follows: Michigan points, 24i
cars; Ohio points, 17S cars; miscel-
laneous points 1873 cars.
The Steel Strike.
From press dispatches the stee
strike Is on today affecting SOM
places more seriously than others, bu
men are out at all OF the plants ol
the United States Steel Corporation
Some fear is expressed here as tc
the bearing it will have on the Goa
business. So far prices today have
not been shaded much. There are
probably fourteen mines in the Fair
mon coal region producing coal Of low
sulphur conent and quite lot of thii
goes for steel purposes and produces
gas purposes. The exact proportion
of the Fairmont coal that is being
sent to steel plants is reported to
lie small, and that most OF this low.
sulphur content coal is being sold
to the United Gas improvement Com
pany, Philadelphia.
Just how much Of tonnage Of
Fairmont coal that goes to steel
plants cannot be ascertained, although
the coke production will be affected
(Continued on page four.l
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
chieann Planta noupn.

CHICAGO, Sept, 22.-The steel mills
at South Chicago of the Illinois Steer
company, closed this morning. Only
a few foremen remained to draw fires
in the furnaces. 1t was estimated by
union officials that s5 per cent. Of the
1000 men on the day shift in the plant
failed to report for work. No official
figures were given out by the company.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
YOUNGSTOWN Badly crIppIed.

YOUNGSTOWN, Sept, %. - Early
reports from the various steel mill
centers this morning indicated that
men had obeyed the strike orders gen
orally and that practically all mills in
the Mahoning Valley either were bad
ly crippled or may be forced to sus-
pend operations altogether.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
Az Laval AZ pover.

DOVER, OHIO, Sept. 22.-EOW
thousand employees of steel plants
here and at New Philadelphia, owneo
by the American Sheet and Tin Plate
Company, a subsidiary of the Steel
Corporation, reported for work this
morning.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
Elfteen Thousand out.

CLEVELAND, Sept. 22.-Union lead,
ers claimed that at least $4,000 steel
workers are on strike this morning and
plants Of the independent mills were
closed. Company officials would make
no statement.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
ADMIRAL KOLCHAE
RESIGNS COMMAND
General Denikirle New
Head of Anti BOlshe-
vik Forces.
(Bv Associated Press)

LONDON, Sept. 22.-Admiral Kol-
chak has informed the Allies that he
resigned the title Of chief ruler in ia
vor Of General Denikine, leader Of the
anti .Bolshevik forces in Southern Rus
sia, according to a wireless sent out by
the Soviet government at Moscow. The
message admits the Bolshevlk have
abandoned Kirsk after severe fighting
against General Denikine.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
The Twelue Demands

This the program prepared by presidents of "a
unions steel industries on which the strike is based
Right Of collective bargaining.
2-Reinsaemen of men discharged for union activities
3-An eight hour day
4-One days rest in
5-Aboidon of the 24hour shift
6-ncreasn wage sufficient guarantee American standard Of
standard scales of wages all trades and cla'aeadon' Of
8-Doube rate of pay for all overtime holiday and Sunday work
9Checko system Of collecting union dues and assessments
l0-Prncps of seniority to apply maintenance reduction and
increase of working forces.
l1-Aboliion of company unions
l2Aboon of physical examinations of applicants for employ
ment.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
phlIadeIphla Stands Pat.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. %. = The
nation wide strike of steel workers
had little effect in Philadelphia today
but at Coatsville near here few hun
dred workers joined the walk-out.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
Sailors Join Strike.

CLEVELAND, Sept. 22.-According
to an official Of the Lake Seaman's
union here union sailors at this port
this morning quit several steel cor
poration freighters at the docks, re-
fusing to work on the boats.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22

NEW YoRK,-The Right Rev. ohas.
B. Burch, whose confirmation as bish-
on Of New York must be made by the
House Of Bishops at the conference of
the Episcopal church in Detroit oc-
tober 8, was one time editor Of the
Grand Rapids (Mich,) Press, He was
ordained in his fortieth year.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
WorItlnu "a Masaillon.

MAssELLoN OHIO, Sept, a.
Four independent steel plants here
employing between 5000 and 1000
men were operating as usual today,
none Of the employees going on strike.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
WORKING AZ Lorain.

LoRAIN, 0hio,l Sept. 22l-0fficials
Of steel plants here and in Blyria an
nounced that their mills opened as
usual this morning with practically all
Of their men working,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
CLOSED AT sTEUeENVlLLE.

STEUBENV1LE, Sept. 22.-FollOW-
ing the lead 0f the Labelle Iron works
Saturday evening, the Mingo works Of
the Carnegie Steel company closed at
midnight Sunday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
Say BoIshevik Are
Leaving Petrograd
(Bv Associated Press)

COPENHAGEN, Sept %, = The
Bolshevik have made all preparations
for the evacuation Of Petrograd, ac-
cording to a Helsingfors dispatch to
the Central News Agency.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-22
THE WEATHER

Rain and cooler tonlsbt Tnes
day fair.
The Washington times., 1919-02-03
.LENINE READY TO
SURRENDER,REPORT

LONDON, Feb. 3.-An unconfrmed
dispatch from Petrograd today re-
ported that soldiers had revOlted there
and that there was considerable ma
chine-gun fghtingg ding on in the
streets. Troops from Kronstadt were
said to be bombarding Petrograd. Ru-
mors were current in the latter city
that Premier Lenine is preparing to
surrender to the entente.
The Stockholm correspondent OF
the London Daily Telegraph reported
that BoIshevfll troops are withdraw
ing in the Baltic provinces, particu-
larlv in Esthonia.
The BoIsheviki official communiQue
received by wireless from Petrograd
today said:
In the Archangel region we occu-
pied fortified positions near Tarasevo,
capturing three machine guns, large
quantity Of provisions and consider
able military material
The Washington times., 1919-02-03

others preaching continually an un-
American doctrine. He urged that
these papers be abolished or be re-
Quired to print a translation in Eng
lish OF every thing they publish.
In order to combat the work Of
foreign propagandists. the witness
said he urged a campaign OF publicity
to increase the popularity OF the pos
tai savings banks and raising the
rate o. interest from . to 5 per cent.
History of Transatlantic Co,
The history Of the founding OF the
Transatlantic Trust Compan. in New
York was given to the committee by
Francis X. Kinnicutt. an assistant Of
the War Trade Board. 1t was started
by three Hungarian banks in Buda-
pest. he said, for the purpose. OF
gathering in the savings OF Hunga-
rian immigration and forwarding
them TO Hungary. Branches were es-
tablished in various cities Of the
country and agents were sent out to
encourage Hungarian settlers in this
country to deposit their savings for
transmission abroad.
The witness said that the trust
COMPANY nelpsO 10 IlOat war loans
in the United States for the Austro-
Hungarian government, and on the
advice OF the Austrian embassy sent
all OF the Hungarian savings.
amounting to So. 1000, 900. out Of the
United States in July, 1916. Seventy
per cent of the stock of the trust
company was held in Hungary
The institution is now being liqui-
dated by the Alien Property Custo-
dian.
The Washington times., 1919-02-03
HONOR OUR HEROES,
DR.. GORDON URGES

Blunders are inevitable in war,
said the Rev. James L. Gordon at the
First Congregational Church yester-
day in preaching on "Our Wounded
Heroes in the Walter Reed Hospital
The harvest OF complaint" said the
speaker, should give way to a little
praise for the thousands Of boys who
are now stationed in the many hos
pitals in the country We've won
glorious victory. Let US praise in
stead of hampering the work that
is still to be done"
This is not the time for the capI-
talist and the laborer to see what
they can get out of the country, ac-
cording to the Rev. James Shera
Montgomery. who preached at Cal
vary NJ. E. Church yesterday on Our
Country's PeriIs."
The Rev. DR.. Charles Wood, or the
Church of the Covenant, preached on
The Ethical Rule in the morning
and on Half Truths as Boomer
ang" at the evening service
Approximately 1000 men last night
attended the opening service OF the
retreat being held at St Aloysius'
Church this week. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. John p. Walsh.
who is to be in charge Of the retreat.
The sermon was followed by benedic-
tion of the blessed sacrament.
The Rev. L. G. B. Pierce, OF All
Souls Church, preached the fifth of
his series of sermons on The Life
Worth While"
The nation, as a whole, does not yet
realize the benefits that will be gain
ed from the war. according to the
ReY Herbert +. Randolph, who
preached at Foundry NJ. L. Church on
BY Products of the War
The question of the returning SOL
diers was taken up last night by the
Rev. Henry Allen Tupper at First
Baptist Church. DR.. Tupper spoke of
the benefits gained by the men
through being called into service.
president Wilson represents the
greatest moral force in the world"
said the Rev. DR.. Abram Simon at
Eighth Street Temple yesterday. The
President arrived atN vital time, he
said, and the nations Of Europe look
to the United States to carry them
through the peace conference in the
same manner in which the war was
brought to a successful conclusion.
The Washington times., 1919-02-03
URGE AMERICA TO HELP
ESTABLISH POLISH REPUBLIC

Support of the United States in the
move to establish a republic in Poland
was asked by members OF the Polish
relief mission who met in Carroll
Hall yesterday afternoon.
Poland is capable of ruling her
SELF" declared Count Alfred de Skar-
bek Korzybski. q veteran Of the Pol
ish army in Russia. I'm the days
that followed the exodus OF the. Rus
SLAMS from Poland, the political ad-
minlstration Of the country was left
to natives. They handled the situa-
tion well.
POLAND through three generations
Of bondage has remained one Of the
most democratic nations in the world
The American people must help to
keep this spirit of democracy alive in
our country"
An appeal for immediate aid for
the starving Poles was voiced by Ar
thur Riley, OF Washington. formerly
vice consul to Poland from the United
States.
The Washington times., 1919-02-03
CHURCH TO GUST MEMBERS
WHO REQUEST OPEN SUNDAY

.. RICHMOND. Va. Feb. 3.-ChIrch
members who signed petitions for an
open Sunday" will be asked IN with
draw their names, or get off the
church books.
The Washington times., 1919-02-03
MAI. GEN. MURRAY TO HAVE
HOUSE COMMITTEE JOB

Through q distinct departure from
precedent, q retired major general OF
the army will be the clerk OF the
The Washington times., 1919-02-03
How to Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed Up.

Count fifty! Your cold in head or
catarrh disappears. Your clogged
nostrils will open, the sir passages
of your head will clear and you can
breathe freely. No more snuffling,
hawking, mucous discharge, dryHes5
The Washington times., 1919-02-03
OPEN NOSTRILS! END
A COLD OR INFLUENZA

or headache, no struggling for
breath at night.
Get a small bottle OF Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist and ap-
ply a little Of this fragrant anti
septic cream in your nOstrIls. II
penetrates through every air passage
Of the head, soothing and healing
the swollen or indamed mucous
membrane, giving you instant relief.
Head colds and catarrh yield like
magic. Don't stay stuffed-up and
miserable. Relief Is sure.
The Washington times., 1919-02-03
81, ,5OO,OOO,OOO Hoarded
By Immigrants Here For
Europe, Says u. S. Agent
By JEAN KNOTT

More than s1,5OO.OOO. 600 earned in
the United States by immigrants has
been secretly boarded since America
entered the war. according to evil
dence given to the OvermaI subcom-
mittee on German propaganda yes
terday
The purpose OF keeping this money
out OF American banks and placing
IT in secret hiding places. the same
evidence shows, was that il might be
seut back to the European countries
from which the immigrants came as
soon as peace is assured.
The evidence was laid before the
committee by Lajof Steiner, a native
of Hungary, now a resident OF Chi
cagO. He conducted an investigation
for the War Trade Boards intelli-
gence among the fOreign-born popU-
lation in this country. He found, he
said. that particularly among the i'm
migrants who have settled on farms
in the Middle West the home ties are
so strong that when America en-
tered the war the savings and earn
ings OF OF these people were with
drawn from banks and secreted in
tin cans. bottles. stockings and other
hiding places. At the same time, he
added, agents of the foreign countries
went among the people telling them
that after the war Europe would be
the land Of opportunity, and that
whatever money they had should be
boarded in order that it might be
sent abroad.
These agents even went so far as
to advise the immigrants to sell their
Liberty bonds and send their money
ness said. The whole propaganda
conducted by the foreign agents has
been against the Americanization OF
the immigrant"
BIames Churches and Ship Lines.
Steiner said that before America
went to war the active agencies in
this propaganda were the churches
founded in this country by the for
eign governments with ministers sal
aried by those governments and the
transatlantic steamship companies.
He said the steamship companies OBJ
ject TO having their vessels return to
Europe empty and for this reason
have encouraged the immigrants to
preserve the home ties and to return
TO the countries from which they
came as soon as they have earned
a competence here.
Many OF the foreign-languag
newspapers in this country, he added.
are under subsidy from foreign gov
eTnments and the trans Atlantic
steamship companies. or the 5000
newspapers in the United States
printed in foreign language, he said,
only about twenty-five are loyal. the
- VI
The Washington times., 1919-02-03
13 Dollars l3 Cents

When Swift & Company paid, say,-13
dollars per hundredweight for live beef cat
tie last year, their profit was only Is cents!
In other words, if we had paid $1313, we
would have made no profit
Or, if we had received a quarter of cent
per pound less for dressed beef we would
have made no profit.
1t is doubtful whether any other business is run on
so close a margin of profit.
This is bringing the producer and the consumer
pretty close together-whch should be the object of any
industry turning material into useful form
This remarkable showing is due to enormous volume,
perfected facilities packing plants strategcally located
branch houses refrigerator cars etc., and army of
and women chosen and trained do their special
work.
This and many other points of interest are found in
the Swift Company Year Book for 1919 just published
which is brought out for the public well for the
$4,000 Swift & Company shareholders.
The Year Book also represents the packers side of
the Federal Trade Commission investigation upon which
Congress asked to base action against the industry.
Many who have never heard the packers side are
sending for the Year Book
Would you like one? Merely mail your and
address the Chicago office and the book will come you
Address
Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards Chicago
Washington Local Branch lo-14 Center Market
D. T. Duuow, Manager
~
The Washington times., 1919-02-03

Swift & Companys sales OF beef in Wash
ington, j.. -, for the week ending Satur-
day, February ]. 1919. averaged as follows.
Domestic beef, 1855 cents.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1919-02-03
1.1sa KILLED nv Auros.

NEW YORK. FEB. 3.-Fat&Iitiss
caused BY automobile accidents IN
1918 in New York state show 1,fsO
persons were killed. OF these TAss
were killed IN fIew York city. The
number OF deaths In 1917 was s37.
The Washington times., 1919-02-03

House Military Affairs Committee
after the next House is organized.
Maj Gen. Arthur Murray, former
chief OF coast artillery, a personal
friend OF Congressman Kahn. who IS
to be the new chairman, win be Sc
lected, unless the War Department
objects,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-01-15
WILL VOICE DEMAND
FOR WORLD LEAGUE
Delegates From Six States VIII Gath
or in Chicago at Call Of League to
Enforce Peace-Taft, Lowell,
Walsh and Van Dyke
Among Speakers. s,r

Chicago, January 16-!The State
Branches of the League to Enforce
Peace in Illinois,. Indiana, Michigan
Ohio, Wisconsin and Kentucky will
cooperate In holding the Great
Lakes Congress for League Of Ma
tions" IN Chicago. February 10 and II.
The call for this convention, issued
here today, is signed by a Committee
on Organization, consisting of forty
of the most prominent members Of the
League in these States.
The Governors and Mayors and the
leading organizations and societies in
the six States have been invited to
send delegates. Several Governors
have already made their appointments.
This Congress will be the third of
series of nine to be held during Feb
ruary at important centers of popula-
ton throughout the United States un-
der the auspices oflthe League to En-
force Peace and its States branches.
The other convention cities are New
York, Boston, Minneapolis, Portland
| (Oregon), San Francisco, Salt Lake
City, Kansas City (Mo.) and Atlanta.
william H. Taft, President of the
League, will preside and speak AT all
nine conventions, and will take with
him in his tour Of the country group
of speakers, which will include DR..
A. Lawrence Lowell, President of
Harvard; Dr. Henry Van Dyke, for
merly Minister to the Netherlands;
Frank P. Walsh, formerly joint chair
man of the War Labor Board, and
James w. Gerard, formerly Ambassa-
dor to Germany. Other speakers for
the individual congresses will be an
nounced later
The purpose Of the convention, ac-
cording to the invitations issued to-
\ day, is to marshal public opinion be-
hind Americas real purpose in the
WAR" which is defined as the creation
at the Peace Congerence of a League
of Nations to ENSURE the orderly de-
Aelopment Of the world and preserve
peace" Resolutions along these lines
will be adopted and cabled to Paris
ahd also sent to the Senators and
Representatives of the States repre-
scented The invitation says:
twill you help in this greatest crisis
of history to marshal public opinion
behind Americas real purpose in the
war?
agreements made at the Peace
Conference will, for generations te
come, vitality affect for good or Ill the
economic, political and moral well be-
ing (of mankind The creation there
of a League Of Free Nations can alone
insute the orderly development Of thu
world and preserve peace. To ge