The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-08

50 years and soon to retire. vas intro-
uuced and made an interesting talk 10
me eN-service Wen. many OF whom had
seen service overseas with the regulars
now IN Gary The major asked that each
one present tell his friends who might
not know what the presence Of the reg
ulars stood for and why they were in
Gary was 10 preserve law and order
ana they would do 1t regardless Of who
got IN the way. Sixty per cent Of tho
legion present not a. an organization
but as one hundred per cent American
citizenship signined and enrolled them
selves individuals in a volunteer force
IN the performance of maintaining and
auelling any disturbance in co-operst-
ing with the regular army should the
occasion require.
LEAGUE PRESIDENT sPEAKs.
J Beck, president Of the LOYAL Amer
lean League. was present and when a
motion vas made 70 appoint a commit
ice TO confer with the league in regard
70 changing the name got up and in
an able talk explained the cause 0f rh2
Loyal American Lea que. He said 4, Was
at all times its purpose TO preserve law
and order and M III any way Is take
part either with the steel corporation or
with the strikers: that their part as ali
association was TO seek out plotters 10
overthrow the government and the num-
Der Of Reds. J. ". w and Bolsheviks
in Cary and the Calumet region was
appalling These we're the fellows. not
the loyal American foreigner. that Tie
Loyal American League were after and
II was appalling how many az this class
/ they were unearthing The motion To
ff.N aac Hja ~.
League was Withdrawn after Mr. Reck 5
explanation Of his association.
Lieut.. Co. Young and Major Umrleby
and many others gave excellent talks
Before the meeting adjourned, Il was
decided to continue the work taken up
last night at the next regular meetin 4
on Thursday night.
Veterans of the battle fields or France
and later members OF the Army of oc-
cupetion in Germany tin hated and
armed with rife and bayonet walk their
/ posts on the streets and are treated
with the utmost respect BY the strikers.
! Where heretofore strikers have fought
/ the police, held parades in defiance or
the authorities. beaten workers and made
threats to their families. there are nov
no demonstrations whatsoever.
Machine guns have been mounted on
fast-speeding automobiles and there are
one-pound cannon hand granades. auto
matte rifles and trench mortors ready
] for q minutes call. The troops are
ready for any possible emergency. There
/ is not the slightest possibility OF there
being any more rioting or public demon
STATIONS among the strikers as long as
4 they remain in the city The Yan1s
have put fear into their ranks
Even the ranks of the pickets have
thinned although it was announced that
they would not be moiested as long as
they caused no trouble ! want you 70
go among your friends" said Major Bye.
TO members OF the Cary Post of tn.
American Leagion last night and tell
them that we are not here TO cause
trouble, but to prevent it, We are
simply hero to protect life and property
and We mean TO dc IL We do not want
to use force and arms but We Will if il
becomes necessary"
II was shortly after this that Benja-
+ min Josephs. an ex1veteran Of the army.
an overseas man. stabbed Abram Gailina
three times, and was arrsstcd BY the
military. He said he had been arguing
/ about the troops. Gailina had declared
the soldiers came to protect strikebrcak-