Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-15
LABOR LEADER Will.
| TRY TO END STRIKE
OF POLICE FORCE
Action Taken After Cool.
idge Slams Door to Hope
of Cancellation.
STATE EXECUTIVE BACKS
UP CITY COMMISSIONER
Refuses to Reinstate Patrolmen
Who Deserted City Because
of Union.
MUST TEAR UP. CHARTER
Generally Believed That Will Be
Demand Made OF Men at Today's
Conference.
STATE EXECUTIVE BACKS
UP CITY COMMISSIONER
MUST TEAR UP. CHARTER
Generally Believed That VIII Be
Demand Made OF Men at Today's
Conference.
TBy Universal Servlce.)


BOSTON. Sept. 14-Samuel Compers
president Of the American Federation
or Labor will attempt to meet Gov
ernor Coolidge in the State House to-
morrow in an effort to settle the poIic,
strike without sacrificing tho Police.
mems Union. ~
The announcement OF pr.sidcrrit
Gompcrs' coming followed a telegram
sent to him by Governor Coolidge. in
which the latter virtually slammed tho
ooor on all hope OF conciliation.
Whether the telegram was received by
Mr. Gompers and prompted him to has
ten here, or whether he took the train
before It was delivered, could not ba
ascertained tonight.
Governor Sends TeIerrnm. t
The Governors telegram read in
part: .,1, i y, {, -
have already refused to remove
tho police commissioner OF Boston +
did not appoint him. He can assum,
no position which the courts would IN.
mold except what the people have by
the authority of the law vested in him
lie speaks only with their voice. The
right or the police OF Boston to aftil-
iate has always been questioned, never
sranted, and Is now prohibited Tho
suggestion of the President to WASH
ington does not apply to Boston. There
the police have remained on dmty
here the Policemen's Union left their
uut!, an action which President VIII.
son characterized as crime against
right to strike against the : pnbiiS ~ lie
safety by anybody. anywhere at any
sime: ., You ask that the public safety
again be placed in the hands of these
same policemen while they continue In
oiSooediehce TO TIE laws OF Massachu-
sets and in their refusal to obey tho
orders Of the police department. Nine:
teen men have been tried and removed
Others having abandoned their duty
their places under the law have been
declared vacant"
To Meet Governor.
Mr.. Gompers is considered certain-t
before Police Comm ss Toner Curtis con-
fers with the committee representing
the striking policemen tomorrow.
Mr. Gompers is looked on as the only
man in the country, except perhaps
President Wilson. who has chance Of
bringing about a settlement of the
lockout without the loss OF 1000 po-
lcemen's jobs. The Governors teIe-
gram is regarded as forecasting that
an inch to the appeal OF the special
committee ,at tomorrows conference. He
is meeting them, he says. as individ-
l mals and not as labor representatives.
return to work as the situation staRds'
tonight is for them to resign from tho
union tear up their federation charter
and apply for appointments as new
recruits.
Order Has Been Restored.
What President Gompers can do TO
relieve their plight is not easy to ag-
ure. Governor Coolidge is in abso-
by the military against mob violence.
AS conditions stand tonight the po.
lice strike is beaten. the general strike
is unlikely to materialize, and Boston
II President Gompers is unable TO
change the situation. the American.
federation will have sustained the
tion!zed labor's status. e6a
The pulpit rallied to the standard. Of
law and order. especially in South Bos-
The Catholic rectors did not spare their
own congregations In denouncing tho
lawlessness which had swept the dis
son. OF ST. Vincent's. asserted: s7,
What took place was a disgrace not
only TO South Boston. but to Catholi-
cy itself. -.
Pastor Preaches Special Sermon.
The Rev. Thomas j. O'Neil. Of St.
Monica's, expressed shame for the
women who had followed the men and
boys in the looting of shops and de.
81 uSSioh u pEoPSEty. amer WalIef
Burns, OF the Gate Of Heaven Church,
blamed South Boston directly for per-
mittins the spirit of violence to sway
the populace. ,Iu..
The. Rev. Or. Alexander Mann. at
tackled the lawyers who defended the
policemen. For the latter he expressed
pity rather than anger, saying their
desertion OF duty was due to muddy
thinking more than to disloyalty to the
city.
Governor Calvin Coolidge addressed
the State guard at concert In Fa-
neuil Hall. praising them for thsis
patriotism: The Governor made no
forecast Of his policy and uttered No
condemnation OF the men who had cx.
posed the city to riot and rapine. -,ss
This Is a time for action, not for
words" said Governor Coolidge.
Your actions speak eloquently for the
dignity and strength OF government
of Massachusetts. 4 great responsi-
bility has rested upon you. but you
have fulfilled II to the last detail Tho
people. the State and thank VOC.
Lrusting: rvs that you will continue to up.
hold m law and order as long as It may
Military to Remsin week. ~
Governor Coolidge's address was zc.
,epted as indicating that tho military
authorities Will police the city for9af !,