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The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

my housework. Ny baby when seven
months old weighed 10 pounds and / feel
better than I have for long time. I
never had any medicine do mo SO
much good. Mrs. PEARL MoNYRGN,
Mitchell, Ind.
Good health during maternity Is o
most important factor to both mother
and child, and many letters have been
received by the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, telling Of
health restored during this trying period
by the use Of Lydia E, Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09
Exchange In FURRY.

Chicago.-Efforts to anticipate the
results of any quick switch in the gov.
ernment policy for disposal Of the 1913
domestic crop Of wheat, knocked the
bottom out Of values on the board Of
trade.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

rs Drive Out Malaria
And Build ~ The gyntegA
Take the Ola Standard GP0vEe TASTE.
LESS chill TONIC You now what you
are taking aa the forrnI q printed on
IRON In taateIesa form. The Quinine driven
cut the malaria. the Iron buiida up the
ayatem. Price e0e.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09
Poltava-Is Captured.

London.-News was received here
that the volunteer army of Gen. Dem
kline, one of the most important Of
the Russian anti-Bolshevik forces, had
scored another important success, cap
turing the city Of Poltaya.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

Washington. Another story OF the
,ruelty to Americans in Mexico. IN
roIving the death from starvation of
IN aged American woman, reached
Washington through unofficial chan
nala.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09
Returning % Native country.

New Orleans, La.--Italians of New
Orleans are besieging the office of
-hevalier Bruno Zuculin, Italian con-
sui in New Orleans. for passports to
return to their native country
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

Memphis, Tenn. - An embargo
against all freight, with the exception
Of carload perishaSle and live stock,
was declared by the Frisco railroad as
result OF the strike Of shopmen
CARTS. Live stock and perishable ar
ticles win be accepted only subject to
delay in transportation and delivery.
A telegram telling OF the embargo
was received by r. E. Buchanan, d.
vision freight agent, from ]. H. Dog
rell, superintendent OF transportation,
at Springfield, Mo. The embargo was
effective from o'clock.
The embargo Is the first one to be
issued by any railroad as result OF
the strike, but similar embargoes are
expected by the Illinois Central and
all other roads, unless a settlement
Of the strike Is made.
The first embargo of the Frisco
which would not allow for the accert-
ance Of any freight except from in
dustries located on their lines, and
would accept nothing from connecting
lines. This seriously affected the Mem
phis shippers btu protected those few
who were on the switches of the rail
road. But the exceptions were wiped
out by the receipt of the embargo.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

San Salvador DIR. Secundino Turcio
1as been summoned by the govern
nent of Honduras with view to his
appointment as envoy extraordinary
o Washington
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

Paris.--The Journal Officiel pub
fishes decree abrogating one of Nov.
&C., 1918. whereby German bank notes
and money were prohibited from en-.
tering France.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

Washington. Labor troubles IN
European and South American ports
and the breakdown OF inland transpor
tation in those countries are handi
Gaping the American merchant ma.
r4ne.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09
Hone for EarIv settIem.nt

Washington. = Officials of the rail-
road administration look to the inter
national officers of the six shop crafts
to settle the strike of shopmen which
occurred in the middle west and south
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09
Foch Decorated.

London. = King George received
Marshal Foch at Buckingham Palace
and conferred upon him the rank Of
field marshal Of the British army.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09
ARRANGE Enamel Cover.

II you use an enamel cover for your
tires, be sure you put 1t on right side
up. Sometimes we find one put on up
side down, which viii cause II to hold
the rain instead of shedding 1t.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09
MOTHERS
TO BE
Should Read Mrs. Monyhan's
Letter Published by
Her Permission.
Mitchell, Ind.-"Lydia E. Pinkhan's
Vegetable Compound helped me SO much

curing the time i
was lookingforward
to the coming Of my
little one that / am
recommending it to
other expec e c tant
mothers. Be fore
taking It, some days
/ suffered with neu.
ralgia SO badly that
/ thought I could
not live, but after
taking three bottles
of Lydia E. Pink
hams v e ge table
Compound | was en-.
tirely relieved Of
neuralgia, ! had
gained in strength
and was able to go
around and do all
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

washington. Naval orders show
the assignment OF Capt. George r..
Cooper Is commandant Of the New or.
leans naval station. He Is nov com.
mnnding the Kaiserln Apgusts VIC
tofia.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

San Francisco. Wholesalers an
nouncod a reduction Of 40 cents bar
rel in the price OF flour This followed
3 similar reduction a week ago.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09
Labor DecIaiona Made.

Chicago. = Decisions Of the national
war labor board were completed here
affecting labor controversies in Buf
falo, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, East st.
Louis and Portland. Ore.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09
No Food Exoss. In NAVY.

Washington.-The navy has practi
cally no excess foodstuffs or other war
supplies on hand. Acting Secretary
Roosevelt announced.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09
"a 4oz SIN Overseas.

washington. Gen. Pershing cabled
the war department that on July 81 a
total OF 9S.4s7 troops till were over
seas.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

When we look at some children we
begin wondering how they ever toler-
ate their parents.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

A married man says the easiest way
to manage a wife is 10 let her have
her own way.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

And we know a lot of birds who
have capital ideas. with other peoples
capital.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

No young man ever considers his
best girl too good to be true.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

DR.. Peery's Dead Shot" is not Q '1o1sngeS
or "Byrup," but q real old-fashioned dose OF
medicine which cleans out Worms or Tape
worm with single dose. Adv.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

granulated Eyelids. stiles. Tnnamed nyes
One trial proves its merit. Adv.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

In after years a courtship may be
converted into battleship.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09
ParadoxicaI,

'Tm afraid young Dibbs is a bad
egg"
Eyes, and he's a fresh one, too."-
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

'rKnow thyself," and also ascertain
how you are rated by others.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-09

A Good Thing to Know.
Know much about an auto2"
''No. Just enough to leave 1t alone?'
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20

more to live. It's an outrage and the
WAT can't be blamed for it altogether
NO corporation or millionaire should
De allowed to make more than from 10
TO ~ per cent on his investments. Anv
iurther profit he makes should he
turned over to the government to helm
WIPE out the war debt and relieye the
working people from some of the bur.
den of taxation.
The public must cooperate mora
with the elected public authorities IA
ne'p orlng down the cost of living
and II they do not pull harder TO-
gether | would not venture to say
where striking may end. More strik es
un,doubtedly are coming and the men
Will win all along the line. The time
mas come when laboring people arc
gong to be more noticed by the can.
ltallsts than they have been for the
past twenty-five years. 1t is time
some one threw a scare into the ultra.
rich. Wv 1''ia
81 am we'll satisfied with the results
Of the lnterborough strike. Person
ally, | have no ambition to 90 out and
be a power among the men. haze
no desire to speak in public, and the
last thing | want to be is an agitator
My only ambition is to get living
wage for my fellow workers. and. II
possible. show other groups OF labor
the possibilities of collective bargain
ing"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
Strike
Boosts Green
Car Men's S Paw
Confined from page |

strike in Sunday mornings walkout
will be called upon to answer for their
action. When the case was called for
a hearing yesterday William S. Jack
son, former Attorney General. appeared
for the company and asked for an ad :
lounrment until next Tuesday,
Because Of the peculiar features of
the case, 1t was agreed that there was
considerable doubt as to the guilt Of
the men named in the restraining or
der. The order was not served until
after the strike was called.
Put Out of Business
With the resumption of normal busi-
ness by the subways and ~" lines
yesterday thousands of jitney drivers
and operators OF other vehicles were
thrown out of employment once more.
In the Bronx and Harlem many OF the
drivers evidently had not heard OF
the settlement. At any rate, they
appeared az their stands Of the pre-
vious days and solicited fares until they
discovered that passengers preferred
the old fashioned manner Of locomo-
ton.
Although tine strike covered but one
business day II was q costly ore TO the
city. It was estimated that the Inter-
poTouSh, on DOtn systems, mad l0St
10000 fares. or $3.50, 600 bv the <ie
up Of their lines for forty-four hours.
The city spent approximately $4,000
for meals and other expenses incidental
to keeping 1000 poIicement on duty for
the period OF the strike. Just what
the cost OF operating the mun'ic pal
ferries ard other river craft during
the busy hours Of Monday will amour;
to nobody was able to say. The Iron
Steamboat Company and the private
lines that operated auxiliary system:
Of transportation more than paid ex-
penscs.
The real losers because Of the strike
were downtown business men. Inabil-
y TO reach the big stores, and the
smaller ones as we'll, prevented any
thing approaching he normal rush OF
Monday shoppers to The bargains ad-
vertised on Sunday. Nobody could es-
innate what this lost business had cost
the city, but II vas agreed that it wo Id
run into rcspccta Die fortune
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
Nh ROOF TREE INN :. " ".

demands INTO the situation of the p.
+. I. system he sad 'N = shall 'ren
notify rho committee o. zen hog mat
tcrs stand Jrtl er Vrte 20 mem
there Viii be TO further eoa ererces."
Mr. Snea expire sed satisfaction Nlth
yesterdays meeting
Everything vas agreeable 'e said.
Mr. Royce WAS far throughout. He
promised 20 keep IT, N0rs untI every
thing rs firmly settled. feel certain
th-' an ana cable agreement VII be
reached shortly and fna' mere will De
better cooperation between ne en-
p 0yes aid emp eyers. ney are meet
aE rs h4if Nay. and tns- IS al va
ask
The conferences lasted three hours,
ending - .50 The committee C ten
IS composed Of Edward smith. chair
man; Thomas T fa.ion. Edward Nc
Govern, Raymond ]. Dizzy, Thomas
Martin. George Rlb. Elmer r. Finn,
Max Hrodie, Edward Meyers ard Nor
rs DrubIn George p Yeomans. coun-
SCI for the = T. T.. attended the con-
ference.
D4mag 'he meeting four women
guAils rom The Sea Beach me. head
g ny Narsare' H.nchy. Hho WORKED
ln tne 1916 Manhattan car strike With
Mot ~ lotes. arrived. They protested
.Esilst -h. I-n.oe4 ef women rom he
tlars ~ cAo- boot p. reduced pay
Ne are aete 10 a-s Sir. Shea . taAs
up our sft SAID fis- Eincas ~ =
We're eooc enough d4rsag Va -in'cs
wae7 ne worked .zteea std eighteen
.D4rs ua1. \or fNeE 'cf -.
Hors tt.o ~ three aolfs. Most O. t~A
worea i-ls nilens win fsuIIfes DC
pendent -pon 'hcfn. and they N4ve -
fesne mote t4An s. weeA We suck
20 the men during -he STRIKE and We
eNpect ,acin TO stcs to u po~.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
Connolly Willing to Talk
Of Anything but Strike
Newest Labor Leader Interesting Personality,
With No Revolutionary Ideas, Who Calls Day
He Came to America the Luckiest in His Life

Not that life has dealt too kindly
with Connolly. Rather the reverse.
But he does not harbor any grudges.
lie believes in evolutionary reform and
thinks sudden and revolutionary meas
ures disastrous. Back Of his intense
practicality an unexpected vein of
ideaism is discerniblc.
Strangely enough, this little man
with the CRAVING hair, who has been
driving an "L'' train for S. day, longs
for something else. His days slip by
to the unending roar of city life
Crime, noise, skyscrapers, crowded
streets-and all the time his heart
beats to the slow, sweet echoes of
pastoral life, and he longs to be back
in the country. For there he was born
and bred-in the little village of
Meenagrene, County Leitrim, and there
his seventy year-old mother lives to-
day.
Cottage in the Country
When New York became more than
he could bear he bought six-room
cottage out near Yonkers and when he
gets home at night he feels that he is
little nearer TO Mother Nature. His
chief Joy in life is sowing, reaping
and watching things grow, so that his
cottage is a thing of beauty with vines
creeping over it, a flower garden lying
around it. fruit trees shading it and
hens cacklng in the back yard
Much as he likes the country he is
going to stick with transportation
however, and do his best to help his
tellow-workers, and give his two chill
dren what he missed IN life-a good
education.
Connolly has had fourteen days
schooling in his life. He stated this
BILE. Two things drove him out of Ire
land, according to his own admission.
He came to America because he could
not make # living on account of the
oppression in Ireland and because
there were no educational facilities
there within reach of the poor He
started to work on farm when he was
twelve years old and made 25 cents a
week. When he left ireland in 1904
he was making ST a week
Luckiest Day of His Life
"The day crossed the Atlantic was
the luckiest day OF my life" he de-
clared yesterday. There is more free
dom in the United States in twenty
four hours than in Europe in twenty
four years. have never regretted
coming here.
81 Joined UP with the Interborough
in 1906. but did not become keenly IN
tcrested in labor problems until 1916.
when began to realize the necessity
Of collective bargaining. This came
home to me when | observed the un-
caIled-for strikes in and around New
York.
81 came to the conclusion that diff
ferences could be amicaby adjusted +
proper methods We're adopted. The fu-
tility Of individual bargaining I'M
pressed me. and decided that CO
operation among al the workers and
collective bargaining We're essential.
ITO my mind food prices lie at the
bottom Of ali the strikes in this coun-
try to-day, and until steps are taken
10 adjust the present cost Of necessi-
ties there Will be more strikes | be
lieve in ruthless prosecution of the
protiteers. The soil is producing as
much to-day as it vas ton wears ago.
but ii costs from 100 - soy cent
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
By Ishbel M. Ross

Patrick j. Connolly slipped as
silently Is a shadow yesterday after
noon into the offices of the I. r. r.,
where he has been causing so much
commotion, pulled his chair up to a
desk, sat down with great deliberation,
looked seriously at his interviewer and
remarked:
Fire away. Anything but the
strike!"
Here was the man who had turned
things topsyturvy in New York for a
couple of days; whose eyes were heav-
| lily underlined with sleeplessness; who
was tense with the strain OF hard
tight and victory won. Less than a
week ago few outside his intimate cir
Gle knew that such man existed.
To-day every one wants to know lust
who Connolly is.
1t would be hard to imagine the
leader of the striking transit forces
dong anything casually. He was des-
perately serious about being inter
viewed. and he furnished series of
surprises. There is not d hint Of the
poseur about him; nothing truculent
from the top of his stubbly, close
cropped, gray head to the soles OF his
heavily shod feet
Not His Personal Magnetism
1t could not have been his personal
magnetism that led the strikers out,
held them in leash and finally got them
back to work again, for he is not the
typical strike leader Of fire and bfm-
stone, enthusiasm and famboyant ora
tory. 1t must rather have been his
common sense that commended him to
the men.
Right at the start he admitted that
he was not a socialist and that the last
thing in the world he wanted 10 be was
an agtator. But if he is not social
ist he is an ardent Sim Feiner. That
is understood as soon "a he voices the
rich tones Of Connaught where, as
every lrshman knows, the brogue is
thicker than anywhere else in the
Emerald Isle. He speaks with infinite
dellberatlon with the hesitancy Of the
NUiSt man dlIu tllc SLOW IN iIheC.
Connolly has none of the mental or
physical characteristics of the fighter
His strength lies in certain solidity
Of character and quiet doggedness of
purpose that make d gradual impress
sion on his auditors. He is small
stocky, square. with large bones and
strong sinews-thc type of man who
has weathercd the out-of doors and
been too familiar with hardships in
his boyhood days to grow tall or lis
some.
What He Looks Like
His head is bullet shaped. with
prominent cheek bones. long upper lip.
taut lean jaw and limpid eyes that look
out with exaggerated frznkncss from
under heavily fringed lashes. He is
transp sparently honest. frank and direct
believes in laying all his cards on
the table and trusting his fellow men.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
$l.a-Day Raise
Or Strike, Rail
Labor's Threat
General Chairmen Approve
Wage Scale as Laid Before
Railroad Administration
Calling for Overtime Paw
6OO,O Are Involved
Union Hints Half Are Mem.
bers; Referendum Under
Way, Returnablc Monday

DETROIT. Aug. l9.-Geueral chair
men OF the United Brotherhood OF
Maintenance OF Way Employees and
Railway Shop Labor to-day approved a
new wage and working agreement al
ready submitted TO the railroad admin
istratlon. calling for an increase in pay
OF approximately 81 day per man,
time and half for overtime and pro
motion by seniority. The proposed in
crease would mean an addition Of
sloo 600 TO the railway payroll.
he demands, i was said, affect all
railroads in the United States, Canada
and Central America and involve about
100000 workers. Half of that mum Der
are members Of the union.
A referendum now being taken is re
turnable August pa Union officials de-
clare 90 per cent Of the men favor the
proposed schedule and a general strike
of all Maintenance Of Wa, employees
Il their demands are not net.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
pouc to Gain Living Wage
Without Causing Discom-
fort to Public, Secretary
Declares After Meeting
Window Cleaners i'll Fight.
Their Organization Refuses
Longer to Recognize As
sociation of Employers

r,eht hundred employees Of the
c-,ok]vn Union Gas Company, who are
~. on strike. al q meeting held in
-,mmany Hall, Grand Avenue and Pa
sse Street, Brooklyn. yesterday organ
;,,d the Gas Workers Protective Asso-
,;x.ion. which IS 10 be affiliated wthithe
,-.ricsn Federation Of Labor. The new
v,;on proposes 70 embrace all the 1000
employees CT the gas company.
y. Silke. secretary. said it is not
.se intention Of the strikers to cut off
Brooklyns gas supply through the
withdrawal Of all the men.
AT present We are asking for the
s.,.rs an advance in their pay from
$40 to s6 day: for the -obbers and
l.no men from $500 to s5. and for the
bslpers from $3.50 TO S4," said Mr..
silke. I'VE understand that coal pass
.r and the gas makers recently re-
eered an increase that satisfies them.
~ wish 10 deny the statement at
.ributed TO NE that the gas company
IS seeking to impose 81 gas on Brook
I'm consumers. What | said was that
the company officials said they. could
not afford to grant our demands on
the present S0-cent rate. We are seek
ing 70 obtain q living wage without
causing any discomfort TO the public "
Window Cleaners Attacked
Window cleaners at work at the
As.or and Biltmore hotels were at
,scked when they left their work yes
,erdsy, according to reports received
by the Window Cleaner Employers
Protective Association. The union
window cleaners are out on strike de-
nanding fat rate OF S3S and forty
four hour week
At the headquarters o. the Window
Cleaners Protective Union. So East
Fourth Street Peter s. Darck, business
manager denied the statement that
the union had broken its contract with
tie employers He said the employers
organization ignored the complaints OF
the union Oh several occasions. As
result the union leaders decided TO
warn the employers that they would
no longer recognize their organization.
Retail c gar store clerks Yesterday
made public their demands for more
pay. They recently organized a union,
with headeuarters a. 32l East Seventy
;hird Street The demands, to be dis
cg:sed b. the full mem bership next
Sunday and then presented 10 the en-
rlcyers. arc for an ight hour six-day
week, with mnimu pay of 10 cents
an hour. Recognition of the union
slso is demanded.
Cigarmakers' Strike Spreads
It was announced at the headquarters
Of the Cigarnlakers General Strike
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20

Committee yesterday afternoon that
the national strike is snreadinr
Workers in Allentown, Penn. are said
70 be out 100 per cent strong, and a
general cigar trike is expected in
Detroit. 40
The job printing industry will soon
be served with new set of demands
OF employees, to take effect on October
l. The demands of the printers are
Tor SOD wage and forty -four-hour
week. Night workers, according to the
new scale are to work forty hours for
a minimum of S53, and those who work
on the third shift are to get S56 for
thirty hours. This averages an
increase of sl4 over the present scale
and a decrease of four hours work a
week. Newspapers will not be affected
by the new rates.
Concrete workers have joined the
ranks of the striking building trades
employees. Three thousand members of
the United Cement and Concrete Work
ers Union are out, demanding an in
crease OF 81 day Their present
wage is 4. The workers are not fully
organized, but Louis Valero of the
strike committee said yesterday that
new members were enrolling at the
headquarters at aS Forsythe Street.
5000 Bricklayers Still Out
Approximately 5000 bricklayers, out
for Sl.25 hourly wage. are stil firm
in their demands. At the union head
quarters at 100 West 1l6th Street il
was said that many of the men are
leaving the city and getting out-of-
town jobs. This report was denied at
the Office Of the Building Trades EN-
ployers' Association. so West Thirty
third Street.
Independent boss painters are grant
ing demands of the striking painters,
paperhangers and decorators at the
rate Of a hundred a day. according to
an announcement made last night at
the amalgamated union quarters. 216
East Fifty sixth Street. About 65 per
cent OF the men are reported back at
work. The master painters are firm
in their refusal to deal with the union.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
Olean Car Strikers Pelt
Mayor With Eggs
.Specinl Corresponfen

SPECIAL COTres espof fence
OLEAN. y. Y. Aug. 19-After a
day of rioting, during which police
headquarters was attacked four times
by mobs Of striking street car men and
sympathizers, and Mayor Foster Stud
holme was pelted with eggs and cans
on the main street, the Mayor and
Sheriff r. T. Mallery wired Governor
Smith late this afternoon for state
guardsmen to help maintain order
One unit OF twenty-four state troop
ers WAS Immediately dispatched 10 the
city. and IS ouartered tonight at Port
vile, five miles from mere. Forty strike
breakers who last nigh. attacked u
mob 81 five thousand strike sympathiz-
ers at the car barns with shot guns.
revoivers and other weapons are
housed IN police headquarters while
returned soldiers are helping the po-
hce and deputy shcriffs maintain or
der.
Six OF the nineteen men who we're
injured in tho rioting are still in the
hospital, and one is expected 10 die
New-York tribune., 1919-08-20
Rate Inquiry Ordered

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ntet.- 'olas
Certain teop ere lstes were ~edvc-i
aT -1e co-aa.. %. 1915 -n-cr an
ofa-r cof,rls- .hree-essr Period.
1Hef oNn'rel IaIs f4l~ so sc-io7
na '=sen nt IRE .t.nmi sston - -
tre tae rates expired because e ar
eoAdl tlons. -ir,rs which - ra-oe
nefe .tCreas by TIE Postmaster Gen
era