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New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Officials of Union Inform
Minister of Labor They
Lack Authority to Con.
tinue the Negotiations
Transport Trouble Ends
Premier Clemenceau Sue
cessful in Appeal to Patri.
otic Sentiment of Workers

PARIS, June 15.-The officers of the
National Federation Of Miners yester-
day received letter from NJ. Colliard
Minister of Labor, offering to continue
the negotiations for settlement of
the miners claims. The executives of
the federation, however, declined the
offer, declaring they had no mandate
from the men to take such action nor
any right to override the decision OF
the federation itself. The miners
strike, therefore, will be begun to-
morrow, as had been planned.
The strike of transport workers was
formally called off tonight, the work
ers claiming an apprecable union VIC
tory.
The workers having appealed to
Premier Clemenceau, the latter con-
ferred late yesterday with municipal
representatives, the directors of trans
port companies and a workers delega-
ton. Some CLAIMS of the workers we're
recognized and others were rejected.
but the Premier appealed to the strik-
ers' sense of patriotism and justice,
pointing out the necessity for union
and control at the present grave
juncture. 1t was in response to his
appeal that decision was reached w
resume work.
One point on which the transport
companies gave way at the instance of
the Premier was that no employe
should be penalized for participating
in the strike.
The conference of French and Italian
Socialists, which was to have been held
on Thursday, has been postponed,
owing to the fact that British and
Belgian representatives could not be
present
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
KOnenkanp appeals TO
Con1pers to Aid Keymen
Charges Posto6ice Head Has
Denied Telegrophers Right
Granted 'Phone Operators

CHICAGO, June 15-Although the
strike of electrical workers scheduled
for tomorrow throughout the country
was called off, following orders issued
yesterday by Postmaster General Bur-
Lesson granting telephone employees the
right to bargain with their employers
and to organize, and the telegraph
companies believed the nationwide
strike of commercial operators had
failed, S. j. Konenkamp, international
president of the Commercial Telee-
raphers' Union of America, TONIGHT
prepared to appeal to Samuel Gompers.
president of the American Federation
of Labor, for aid.
Nearly twenty-five thousand tele-
graph employees were on strike. Mr..
Konenkamp said, but Mr.. Burleson had
made one policy for the telephone en-
ployes and refused to grant the tele-
graph operators the same benefits.
Mr. Burleson has changed his pol-
icy as to the telephone companies" he
said. "We have been asking for the
same things, but he hasn't granted
them. Such a position as two separate
poiicies lor TWO prancheS OF labor Is
untenable.
"We're glad the electrical workers
were granted recognition, and we feel
their getting it helps our cause. 1t is
big gain for all workers. The gov
ernment cannot maintain two separate
policies for labor"
Mr. Konenkamp insisted that the
Order of Railway Telegraphers was
carrying out the order of its president
E. j. Manion, to refuse to handle
commercial messages over their wires
although the Western Union and
Postal officials say the order has had
little effect on their service. He also
said he suspected few electrical
workers would strike tomorrow, in
spite of the notice calling it off.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Montreal Strike Body
Asked to Meet A. F. of L.
Leaders at the Atlantic City
Convention Decide on
General Conference

ATLANTIC CITY, June 15--At spe-
cial meeting Of the railway department
Of the American Federation of Labor,
held tonight to consider the threat
cned strike of Canadian railway men,
it was decided to call the strike COM
mittee in session in Montreal to this
city for a general conference before
any strike orders are issued Mean
time, the committee is requested to
withhold approval of any strike.
A. 0. Wharton, president of the de-
partment, presided at the session, and
the telegram requesting attendance of
the strike committee here was signed
by Mr.. Wharton. representing the ma
chinists: Martin Ryan, international
president of the United Railway Car
men of America; James Kline, of the
blacksmiths; James P. Noonan. of the
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers;
Louis Weyant, of the Brotherhood of
bollermakers and Iron Shipbuilders,
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
DIR. John Nagle Dies;
Former Health Official
Authority on Contagious Dis
eases and Served in the
Civil War

DR.. John T. Nagle, for several years
an official of the Health Department of
the City of New York, and an authority
on contagious diseases and vital sta
tlstics. died Saturday at his home, 2
East 127th Street.
DR.. Nagle was born in Vermont
seventy-eight years ago and came to
New York when a boy. He was edu-
Gated IN the public schools here and at
the old New York Free Academy, now
the College of the City of New York.
After graduation he was employed by
drug firm. He took night courses
at Cooper Union, from which institu-
ton he received diploma signed by
Peter Cooper. He took up the study
OF medicine and was a graduate of the
old New York Ophthalmic Hospital.
During the Civil War he served as as
sistant surgeon in the Medical Depart
ment of the Federal army and later as
chief medical officer to a cavalry bri-
gade, being commended for bravery in
action.
DR.. Nagle was graduated from the
College of Physicians and Surgeons in
1868 and afterward sudied abroad. In
1869 he worked with the Health De-
partment as assistant sanitary inspec-
tor, then he was promoted to sanitary
inspector and finally became register of
records. He was recognized au-
thority on cholera and yellow fever,
which he helped to combat during the
epldemics of the 70's. He studied the
treatment of tuberculosis.
Dr. Nagle was a member Of the
Sedgwick Post, G. A. R., the New York
Press Club, the American Public Health
Society, the New York Academy Of
Medicine, the New York County Medi-
cal Society, the New York Medico-
Surgical Society, the Pan-American
Medical Congress and many foreign
medical associations. He belonged to
the New York Athletic Club the Demo-
cratic Club, the New York Real Es-
tate Exchange. the st. Johns Guild and
the Navesink Yacht Club.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Labor Report Shows
BRIT. Can Keep Women
System Used in Chicago Is Rec
commended by Federal
investigators
WdshinOton Bu,

L
WASHINGTON, June 15.-Federal
backing for the contention that it is
not necessary for the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company to dismiss it's women
employees in order to comply with the
new state law prohibiting night work
tor women is contained in a state
mcnt filed to-day by Miss Mary Van
klccck, director of the Woman-In-In-
dustry Service Of the United States
Department of Labor, with the state
industrial commission of New York.
The statement is based upon the re-
suits OF Investigations conducted bv
experts of the Federal Woman's Bureau
III cooperation with the state COM
mission, and sets forth conditions in
Chicago, where Women ticket agents
have been successfully employed, on
day shifts only, ever since the present
transit system was established.
The plan as operated in Chicago pro-
vldes for seniority rights for men and
women both, there being ATS women
and 343 men ticket agents on the
Chicago car lines, all on eight hour
shifts and all receiving the same
wage, $3.05 a day. Extras arc paid
IS cents an hour, which is the same
rate as the regulars. This plan exists,
Miss Van kleeck points out, in state
where there is no law prohibiting night
work for women.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Obituary

Avenue, following an illness of sevsr.,
months.
Mr.. Bowen was born in Broo.,rn
the eldest son of Henry c. Rowo.
founder and owner of "The Indsn.
dent" He was lineal descendant o,
Mary Franklin, sister of BENJAMIN
Franklin, John Elliott and Henry W.,
cott. He was educated at the Brooklrn
o0,legiate and Polytechnic Institute
and after his graduation became .
stock broker. In 1880 he purchs..s
a third interest in "The Brooklvu
Daily Union," and he became its sss.
publisher and later its managing ed;s
tor. He was manager of Brooklyn de-
partment of "The Evening Mail and
Express" and afterward he was as
sociated with "The Cosmopol;ta,
Magazine" In 1895 he joined the staff
of "The New York Herald"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16

and John j. Hynes, of the Sheet Metal
Workers.
While no definite assurances have
been received that the Big Four
brotherhoods. made up of the engi-
neers, firemen, trainmen and con-
ductors, will join the conference, it is
expected that representatives of these
unions will endorse any action that
may be taken here
The heads of the several unions here
are very much opposed to their mem
bers joining in the Canadian strike
movement. SO also is Robert Manion,
of the Order Of Railroad Tclegraphers,
who is expected to join in the move
ment to keep Canada s trains moving.
Strong language marked the confer
ence yesterday between the committee
representing the American Federation
of Labor and Postmaster Burleson on
the matter of the electrical workers
grievances, according to members Of
the committee returning here to-day
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
MARRIAGES

ALLEN-CoCHRAN- Harry Hayward Allen
and Rose Long Cochran. at noon, June
u. 1919. Madison Avenue Lutheran
Church, New York City. by the Rev. Dr..
Remensnyder
HERZOG-STEIN-Mr. and Mrs. ]. F..
Stein announce the marriage of their
daughter, Kitty. to Mr.. Frank D. Herzog.
Sunday. June Is.
HAYWARD-WARD-At Calvary Presbvte-
rian Church, West New Brighton, Staten
Island. June u, by the Rev Edward J.
Russell, Walter B. Hayward and Louise
l.. Ward.
AQUITH-SLEATER- June a. at Mer-
chantvil!e, N. j.. Marion Askam, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Cooper Sleater.
TO Wallis Pierson Jaquith, of East Orange.
NJ J.
koLBRENNER-LESHNOwER - Mr.. and
Mrs. a Leshnower wish to announce the
marriage of their daughter Sa1ye. to Mr..
Harry kolbrenner, Sunday, June is.
MANN-COHEN-M and Mrs. Louis Co.
hen of 615 West 150th St, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Dorothy s.. to
Mr. Dan Mann, Sunday June Is. ~
o'clock, noon, at the Temple of Washing
ton Heights, 504 West l6lst ST.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
DEATHS


Cremeux Benevolent Society-Members
are requested to attend funeral of the wife
of cur member, Louis Adler. Monday lime
TO- 10 a. m, from 661 East 175th st
Joseph Marks, President.
BQWEN-on Sunday, June is, 1919. Henry
Eillolt. beloved husband of Elizabeth
Plufnmer Bowen, in his 18th year. Ser
wees Will be held at his residence. TAO
Matchung av., Plainfield N. j.. on
tuesday afternoon. June II. on arrival
OF the 90 ?. m. train from 23d St In,
terment in Greenwood Cemetery. private
Boston papers please copy.
BRANIGAN-Mary Angel, at her daupb.
ters residence 5S7 South Ocean av.
Patohosue, N. Y; on June "A. in her 77th
Seanr,a year wiae of Thsmas sY,, H. Branigan and
Hannibal tMo) and San Francisco (Call
papers please copy.
BROWN Suddenly, on June IA, 1919. at
\! his residence l35 West 5Sth St. DR..
Richard Ewell Brown, beloved husband of
Marion Lee Brown. in the 50th year of his
age. Funeral services will be held at the
chapel of the Fifth Avenue Presbyteriari
Church, 5th av. and 55th St. on Tuesday
afternoon, June II. at 4 80 o'clock In
terment private. Nashville papers please
copy
BROWN
The Society of Alumni of Bellevue Hos
pital announces to its members with sin
cere regret the sudden death on June IA
OF Richard Ewell Brown, Second Medical
Division. 1896.
WILLIAM +. STUDDIFoRD. President.
JAMES 7. GORTON. Secretary.
BRYSON-On June II. Henry Bryson. Ser
vice Monday l p. m.
CORWlN-June Is. Of meningitis. Grace
daughter of Joseph w. and Caroline Stall
knccht Corwn, age ; years 4 months "a
days. Services at parents residence. sol
Vose ay, Orange. N. j.. Tuesday. June
II, at 2:40 p. m.
1919, Emma Jeanette Fouquet, wife of the
late John Douglas FouQust in the 77th
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
OBITUARY NOTES

MRS. SADIE BROUGH. sixty. died IN.
expectedly in front of her home. 50 West
minister Road, Brookyn. Saturday. she
was treasurer of the Missionary Society If
St Marks Methodist Episcopal Church
CORNELIUS DENAI PEII.ETREAT7 =.
clerk in the Rank of Manhattan Comnan~
and member of old Brooklyn family
died IN Presbyterian Hospital Thursday.
WILLIAM S. HARTSHORE. eirhtv-onc
treasurer of the Newark Y. M. c. A.. died
Saturday at his home 59l Ridge Street
Newark. N. J. He was treasurer of ths
Bloomfield Theological Seminary and the
Forest Hill Presbyterian Church. Twentv ,,'v
years ago he was member of the Produce
Exchange.
KASPER SCHNEIDER, fifty-fivc n uol,-
known resident of the Steinway section Of
Long Island City, died unexpectedv ~
apoplexy Friday at his home 492 Eleventh
Avenue
FRANK MARTIN HANS, for many years
IN the trucking business in this CITY d;ed
Saturday at his home in Manuel lie was
born m Aisacc-L Lorraine and came to this
country when he was fourteen years old
ELIZABETH BLANCHARD for usrv
years teacher in the Staten Isl,nJ
Academy, New Brighton, S. L.. died there
Friday.
=, , BERKER HULL, twnty-threc. an en-
ploye Of the Guaranty Trust Company. died
in the Muhlenberg Hospital. Plaintied N. j.,
Saturday night She was formerly a tcacher
IN the 4lainheld public schocl.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Other Unions Plan to Join
New Movement to Com
bine With Employers to
Reduce the Strike Hazard
New Policy of A. F. of l..
Organization Hopes Thus to
Make 1t Easier in Future
to Stem Tide of Radicalis,n
Staff CORRESPONDENCE

J Staff Correspondence
ATLANTIC CITY, June IS. - The
agreement between the building trades
unions and the big employing interests
in the building trades, exclusively an
nounced in The Tribune this morning.
is the first of several similar agree
ments soon to be promulgated as part
of the American Federation of Labor's
programme to promote and preserve
industrial peace
Briefly this programme is to arrange
equitable trade agreements wherever
possible with manufacturers and other
employers who are inclined to do the
fair thing by labor, and together pre-
sent united front to Bolshevism and
kindred perils, including the employer
who by seeking to exploit labor plants
the ground for Bolshevilz agitators.
Chlef of the agreements now in the
making is one between the United
Typotheta and kindred employers or
carnations and the several printing
trades unions. This agreement, which
has just been approved by rcferen-
dunn vote of the printers yet to be
announced by the International Typo
graphical Union, in effect provides for
a printers parliament which will con-
slider all trade questions including the
llXlng' of prices of the finished product.
Approved by Other Unions
The agreement has also been ap-
proved by the pressmen, stereotypers
and bookbinders. Approval is also ex
pected from the photographers, who
already have agreements in New York
by which a minimum price for photo
engraving is fixed
While this agreement does not pro-
hlblt strikes It does provide machinery
by which strikes may be avoided.
with the agreement between the In
ternational Typographical Union and
the American Newspaper Publishers
Association, now in existence, this new
agreement is expected to stabilize the
printing trade as never before and at
the same time provide method by
which the best brains in the industry
may be consolidated in the consider
alton of all trade problems, including
the development of new processes and
the education of young men who may
enter the trade.
The building trades agreement, which
has been widely discussed to-day by
the delegates to the convention, is
hailed by members in those trades as
the one thing needed for years.
"Jurisdictional strikes have been
batting our heads off" said Arthur M.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Race Riots i'm Britain
Raging Over Weekend
Neao York Tribune

Special Gable Se,vtcc
tuopgrlsn 1919. New York Tribune Inc)
LONDON, June 15.-Riots in Liver
pool and Cardiff, resulting in several
deaths among whites and negroes in
conflict, have continued over the week
end, and there is no indication that
bitterness toward the blacks has abat-
ed. The negroes are mostly sailors
who came to England in considerable
numbers during the war The anger
of the people has been aroused by the
fact that they try to consort with white
women.
The rioting in Liverpool assumed
such proportions that it was necessary
for the authorities to collect all
negroes in tnternment camps. Soldiers
participated in pitched battles fought
in the streets of Cardiff.
The negroes were hunted like ami
mails, their boarding houses being de-
molished. The negroes have come from
all parts of the world, except the
United States, but mainly from the
British colonies in the West Indies.
and South Africa.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
London Hears General
Strike Ends iss Italy
More Than 100 Shops in Spesin
Looted and Villas Sacked
Before Order Is Restored

LONDON, June ia wireless dis
patch received from Rome SAYS the
general strike has been ended through
out Italy.
ROME, June 15.-Ordcr has been
restored in Spczia, where serious riot
ing had been taking place since Thurs
day. More than one hundred shops in
the city were sacked and several villas
IN the neighborhood looted by mobs.
The vicinity of Spezia is famous for
Its fashionable summer resorts.
PARIS, June 15-Dispatches from
Rome indicate continued disturbances
in the labor world in various parts of
Italy. The adyices state that a gen
eral strike has been begun in Milan
and that there has been similar
cessation of work in Turin
The postofficc employees are demand
ing amclioratcd conditions, and it is
announced that 10000 postofficcs will
be closed on June 90 in backing up
the demand.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Julia O'Connor, Who Led
Successful Strike Of Ope-
rators in New England, Is
to Lead i'm the Movement
Secretary Is Here Now
Plan Is to Get Action in
Time to Aid Telegraph
Men, Now on Strike

An attempt to organize telephone
operators in New York City and state
will be made shortly by Julia O'Connor.
president of the telephone operators
department of the international
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
who directed the recent successful tele-
phone strike in New England.
This was announced yesterday by
May Matthews, secretary of the Boston
local, who will aid Miss O'Connor. Miss
Matthews is in New York to arrange
preliminaries. Miss O'Connor will
come here from Atlantic City, where
she is attending the American Fedora
tion of Labor convention, late this
week to confer with telephone girls
and make final plans for unionizing
them.
Local officials of the Commercial
Photographers Union have been in touch
with groups of telephone girls here
during the last week, Percy Thomas,
deputy international president Of the
union, said yesterday.
Says Sentiment Is Strong
Mr.. Thomas said strong sentiment
IN favor of organizing exists among the
girls, and he added that it was the
hope of the striking keymen that the
operators might be organized here in
time to make possible "their use in the
local strike situation, should conditions
warrant"
IL am going to the American Fedora
tlon Of Labor convention at Atlantic
City early this week and lay this mat
ter before them in order that they may
determine some method of calling the
case of the telegraphcrs to the attcn-
tion of President Wilson.
"1t seems that powerful interests are
determined that the wire workers shall
not organize. We believe the leading
interests fighting us are the copper
and steel trusts and Wall Street. They
fear that the thorough organization Of
the wire workers would be an inspira-
tlon to all branches of labor, organized
and unorganizcd."
Mr. Thomas assured the strikers that
the number of tclegraphers dcserting
the Western Union and Postal is grow
ing hourly.
Hold Out and Have Faith
"If we hold out and have faith VIC
need have no fear for ultimate sue
cess" he said.
"The Wall Street operators should
take special interest in Mr.. Cartoons
announcement that he is ready to
supply Morse operators to all brokers
and other users of leased wires.
Ordinary commercial operators would
be worthless on financial wires, for it
takes months of experience to equip
man to operate such lines.
Miss Matthews addressed rallv Of
striking telegrahcrs in Peoples House.
7 East Fifteenth Street, yesterday
afternoon. Commenting on Postmaster
General Burleson's action last Satur-
day In giving electrical workers the
right to organize and bargain col
lectively, Miss Matthews told the
telegraphers that if the Postmaster
General did not give similar rccoeni
ton to them, the telephone operators
would "stand shoulder to shoulder and
make fight with you people"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
CHARLES Fl. DIX

SUFFERN, N. Y, June 15.-Rclat;v..
of Charles H. Dix, retired New York
hotelkeeper, received word to-day that
he dropped dead while signing check
in his home in Monroe, N. Y. Mr.. Dir
had been i'll for long time. His wife
told him that he was signing the check
incorrectly He looked up and before
he could speak fell over dead Heart
disease was said to be the cause of his
death. He was born in Howells. N. Y.
slxty-four years ago. He is survived
by his wife and a daughter.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16

Huddell, first vice-president Of tn,
steam and operating engineers. "Any
thing that ends them is blessing tt
every one in the business, including tn,
contractors"
The new policy has the full indorse
ment of Samuel Gompers and his asso
ciate leaders, The vote of the execu
tive council of the Federation approx
ing it was unanimous. Similar ap.
proval, it was stated, would be given te
all such agreements as may be pre-.
sented.
The new programme does not meet
with the approval of the ultra radicals
among the delegates here, nor was ii
expected to. These may be expected
TO fight such agreements where they
have the opportunity, but it is pre-
dicted that in such fights they will find
that solidarity of real labor sentiment
that they have been advocating. To
quote member of the executive coun-
Gil of the Federation, they will find the
opportunities for making trouble
greatly reduced by the elimination of
those things which make for trade dis
content
The Radical Programme
This radical element is very much
in doubt as to what the new week is
going to bring forth. 1t is very much
aware of the fact that it has but a
very small minority of the votes here.
and the question they are trying to
settle in series of caucuses is lust
what measures they will make a
fight on.
AS matters now stand they will not
make an attempt to secure any in
dorsement of the American Labor
party. The will, however, make q
stand on the question of recognizing
the Russian Soviet and one or two
resolutions Of a kindred nature.
Prohibition viii come up for con-
sldcratlon again, this time in a report
on two resolutions, one calling for
prohibition and the other opposing it.
Last weeks vote was on the question
of exempting 275 per cent beer. The
vets hope to have bigger majority
this time, and are working toward that
end.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
JOHN STITCH

John Stitch, 6S. a retired real esta.a
broker and operator, died Friday
evening IN his apartment in the Hote,
Ansonia, Broadway and Seventy fourth
street. Mr.. Stitch was a pawnbroker for
many years and invested the fortune bs
accumulated in that business in New
York real estate. He engaged in tho
real estate brokerage business. M
Stitch belonged to the Progress Club
He is survived by his wife and
daughter. The body was taken TO the
Campbell Funeral Church, where ser.
vices will be held at 1920 O'Clock tb;s
morning.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
ENGAGEMENTS


BERGER-HORWITZ- and Mrs. Harry
L. Horwitz, of S14 West End av an
n"upce the engagement of their daughter,
byTdie M, TO Mr. Irving Berger.
FEtNrTElN-FALKE Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Falkenhem, Of III Taylor St.
Brookiyn, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Julia, to Mr.. Martin Fem
stein.
RQCKMAN-sCHELLER ER-Mr. and Mrs. I.
engagement of their daughter, Nina j.. to
Mr. Laurence Schiller. of Lawrence L. l.
At home Sunday. June %, after 9 p. m.
Pittsburgh. Chicago and San Francisco
papers please copy.
SCHOEN-DORROCZYNsKI-Mr and Mrs
-. Dobroczynski announce the betrotha of
Their daughter. Rose, to Mr.. Arthur
Schoen.
sTRAUSS-sTERN- and Mrs. Anton
Stern announce the engagement of their
daughter, Adele Marion, to Leo Strauss
son OF Mr. and Mrs Isaac Strauss