The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1919-10-23

state authorities and staged some riot
GUS demonstrations the federal troops
were sent there In hurry and quiet
was ut once restored. Gen. 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 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 a censor
ship on an 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 Mt
Weirton, w. Va, In which 1877 alleged
members Of the I. w. w. were seized.
marched to the public square and
LII hn ri 90 N,
Gag. Seven Of them were held by fed
eral agents and the rest were run out
Of the town. These were all Films
and the strike leader there said II It
was true that they were reds organ
lied labor would not defend them.
Though the people Of the United
States seaeraliy have no great love
| for the United States Steel corpora
tlon. and though Chairman Gary did
not arouse any increased sympathy for
1t by his talk to the senate committee
on labor. there Is widespread feeling
that . victory fer It in this strike will
be beneficial to the country as whole.
The big railway strike In Great Bril-
tain was settled by a compromise
agreement. the main points Of which
are:
Work to be resumed forthwith.
On full resumption Of work, negOti
ations shall be continued with the un
Outstanding they will be completed be-
fore December 81, 1910.
Wages will be stabilized In the Uni
ted Kingdom Mt their present level VI
to September 80. 1920. Any time afteI
August 1. 1920. they may be reviewed
In the light Of circumstances then ex
listing.
No adult railway man shall receive
less than 50 shillings week SO lon,
as the cost of living Is not less thai
10 per cent above prewar prices.
Also. the principle Of the "opei
shop was maintained.
Senator Cummins says his commit
tee on interstate commerce Is going Z
force Y vote In congress on two grea
labor uestlons-cOmpuisory arbitru
ton and the right of organized labo
. to strike regardless Of the public we
fare. This Is to be done by favorabl
: report on the Cummlns railroad bill
2 The measure has provisions prohibit
, ing strikes and lockouts on the trans
r portation systems and creating boar
4 before which disputes between tn
= workers and the corporations must b
= taken for settlement. This boar
@ would have four members from enc
q side, and In case of a deadlock til
d question at issue would be referred
b II board OF Ave named by the presiden
}, Mr.. Cummins predicted the senal
would approve Of the antistrike fe
II lures Of the bill, despite the opposite
Of the American Federation Of Lab'
and the railway brotherhoOds.
q, The predicted deadlock In the Sc
lie ate seemed last week In fair way
e become a reality. Little progress (
" ward q vote was made and Senate
he Hitchcock told Secretary Tumulty
ID let the president know there would
rs nothing concerning the treaty requi
ne ing his attention for some time. III
In probable date Of final action on Il
I'd pact has been advanced to Novemb
Sc 10 and there Is chance that the dea
,lr lock will not be broken until much Il
IS. er. The Democratic senators who
It. vor the treaty as It stands, being n
an merous enough to defeat ratificatio
OF seem determined to compel at least 4
Di- adoption OF the very mildest Of res,
he vatiOns instead Of the Lodge progra
he Mr.. Hitchcock has admitted the nect