Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14
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miners. at Indianapolis, who earller IN
the day had agreed to comply with the
mandate of United States Dlstrlct
Judge A. B. Anderson and late Iues-
day mailed an order resclndlng the
strike, were discussing the future
nolicv of the organization, kilograms
we-e received from w. B. Wilson, sec
retai,y of the United States department
oe labor, and Thomas T. Brewster
chairman of the operators scale com
Tnittee. by John l.. Lewis, acting presl- :
dent of the miners, inviting; the miners,
REPRESENTATIVES intoga conference MI
Lewis. on behalf of the mine workers.
acSepted the invitation of Secretary
wilson to meet the bituninous opera
tori of the country. in washington this
moFning at IIr0clock and, repllea 10
MR Brewster, VINO requested IieeIine r,
of sihe central competitive scale com
,nittee with theNIoperatprs OF the dls-
triSt in Washington Monday, NoVem-
bet, IL .ta negotiate. q CONTRACT 10 pe
~ force sIft,oh the termination or the
contract now m erect" that the miners
already had accepted the Invitation OF
Mr.. Wilson. ,~. .~
Under permanent railroad legisla-
tion proposed in the house Dill, the
railroad administration estimates tlaI
con ngress will have to appropriate
S389. .355, 500 to square accounts LOT the
neriod of government operation Oh car
riers ending January l, Representative
Denison, Republican, OF ILLINOIS, tolu
the house recently in closing genera
debate on the measure. He presented
fg1Ires received from the railroad ad-
ISfnistration giving "the result or TWO
YEARS of government operation snow
ing that the total financial require
ments for the carriers would aggregate
sf613 ass 900, of which sum congress
already has appropriated S1,25O,OOO,OO0.
Operation loss to the government was
placed at $646, 6,777,0 900. or the remain
der, Mr.. sDenison said that under the
house bill the funded and demanded IN
debtedness,, to he government py the
carriers would be $7Te, $4,000, while
new eouipment trust organized by New
York bankers to pay the government
for equipment bought for the rall-
roads will owe the government Slf2'-
$4,000 on security ...
The house of representatives on
Tuesday by vote Of 3O9 TO declared
tbe seat of the fifth district of Wiscon-
sin vacant. Victor Berger was elected
10 congress from this district at the
last election but his seat was contest
ad. 3 Representative Weight, Republican
from the same state was the lone
member to vote to seat Berger. he
5ras denied his seat on account OF
MS war record. After denying Ber
ger the seat, the house also declared
that Joseph P. Carney, Democrat, VINO
contested Berger's seat, did not re.
ceive a plurality in the election las.
year and was therefore not entltleo
to- the seat. The governor OF Wlscoh
Sin was notified of the house action ana
announced that he would call special
election in a few days to fill the va
cancy. While Berger has made no
announcement as yet, 1t is understood
that he will offer for reelection IN
the, coming special election. IL must
he remembered that Berger did at one
time represent that district in congress
and with the large socialist vote IN
that district it will not be surprise
to see Berger again receive pluraH,
ty OF the vote. Berger was conVlcteu
sometime ago for violating the es-
pionage act and until 1t Is either con-
firrned or reversed he can enter any
-sIaction that is held. From March 4th,
1919 until today Mr.. Berger has been
drawing the regular salary of S625
month, or a total Of $5,145.lS. Mem
hers draw their pay from the fourth
instead of the first Of the month.
On. the largest volume of transac-
&ons this year and the highest money
rates in 12 years, the stock market on
"Wednesday took further heed or the
warming issued from high financial
quarters and continued its process OF
Iiouidation In the course OF inns
operation, the most drastic on the
whole since Wall street entered upon
post war basis, stocks OF the more
speculative, or mercurial variety eH
perienced additional losses or l 10 20
points. General Motors was again In
a class by itself, making a perpendl-
cular descent of 6S points to ESQ, the
latter quotation representing loss OF
126 ! points from its maximum OF the
preceding week A few stocks, notably
limited States Steel, investment ralls
and metals were immune from the gen
eral attrition of values in other ul-
visions of the active list, their losses
being comparatively slight. Call loans
opened at the familiar rate or ii per
cent holding at that quotation until
the third hour of the session., Wheh
twenty per cent. was dennanueu. ~
the last half hour 80 per cent. was PAID
the closing being hVe per cent: uiiuei rsI.
that figure. The market was virtually
hare of time funds, eager bidding at
eight per cent. failing to bring out
more than a nominal amount OF money
ard this was available only FOR the
shorter periods. Foreign exchanges
was again unsettled, but developments
In that quarter were completely over
Swallowed by the democraliZation IN
stocks. a weak tone prevailing at the
close. OF this total over 100000 chang-
ed hands in the last hour, the ticker
being IL minutes late in recordlns, the
davis business. All classes of bonds,
domestic and foreign, were depressed
ON extensive offerings. Total safes
(rar vame), aggregated Sl6,65OoOo;
Old United States bonds unchansec
on cali.
Members of the l. w. w. attacked
an armistice day parade at Centralla'
Washington, last Tuesday, Killing louI
members of the American Legion ana
seriously wounding five others. Ihe
attack came as the head of the column
swung past the l. w. w. headquarters.
There was a volley of rifle shots rignt
into the column of soldiers and mol
viduals among the crowds on the
streets drew revolvers and commenced
firing Centralia has long been
stronghold of the !. w. w. ana re-
t,rned soldiers have been showing
mucb hostility to the radicals. JUST
how the shooting came about has not
been definitely established but repre-
sentatiyes of the American legion nave
secured information on which theE
RELY and which indicates that the AZ