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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-25
STRIKE THREATENS
TO RAISE RAIL RATE

Washington. Sept. 25.-Dccrease In
production by the steel and associated
industries. due to strike conditions. is
making it more difficult for the rail
roads TO earn money and may neccssi =
tate rate increases of from IL to -
ippr cent before tho end Of federal con
troll. Chairman Esch. of the interstate
and foreign commerce committee, de-
clarcs. He added that the increase of
- per cent last June put an add :
tional burden OF nearly 81 O,OOO, 200
on shippers.
The House. urged by Mr.. Esch to
speedy action, passed bill restoring to
the Interstate Commerce Commission
the right to review rates initiated by
the President.
Mr.. Esrh explained that. except in
July. earnings of the carriers We're less
than the standard return guaranteed
under the federal control act.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-25
WON'T CALL MILITIA
CAVALRY TROOPS

There is little likelihood that the two
cavalry troops. A and Il. Of the Penn
sylvania Reserve Militia. in this city,
will be called into service because of the
steel strike disorders in western Penn
sylvania.
This became known today from n
source close to Governor Sproul. The
state authorities had calls for help from
the sheriffs of Allegheny, Westmorc
land, Mercer, Lawrence and Butler
counties, and state police were sent.
The state police now have the situa .
tion well in hand the Governor has been
advised. There is said to be no in
tCntion of calling out the militia unless
the police troopers are overwhelmed
Tho mounted forces of the reserve
militia now consist of two troops here.
one at Pittsburgh and ono at Tyrone.
Both troops in this city arc in rcadi
ross for service within twenty four
hours notice. But state officials say
there is nothing unusual in that. They
say no preparations have been made
from the viewpoint of active service in
the immediate future.
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turing Company a fnbricating company
of Niles, and its bridge, structural iron
workers, machipists and blacksmiths,
was made publie. The agreement recog
nizes the union. provides for an eight
hour day, with four hours on Saturday,
time and half for overtime, double time
for Sundays and holidays and nine
hours pay for eight hours work. This
was declared to bc model" agree
ment. The same form Of agreement will
be submitted to other fabricating com
panies in the Youngstown district.
With the closing Of the steel mills
in the MahoninE valley, merchants of
Youngstown are beginning to feel the
effects already of the curtailment Of
ready money heretofore so freely spent
by the mill workers, they say Very
little buying. outside the necessities, is
being done and cvbn this is more re
trictcd. they assert, As inactivity OF
tho mills continues they expect Condi
tions TO grow even worse.
Union organizers are working with
might and main to sign up the workers
in the various unions before they have
chance to scatter and while the new
ness Of the situation exists. Scores OF
meetings are held daily throughout the
district at which speeches in various
languages are made.
Local authorities are being highly
praised by the organizers for the man
npr in which they have handled tho
situation. The latter declare this Is
the most peaceful district in the country
and that much Of the credit for il
being SO is due to the county and city
officials. Not more than half dozet
arrests have been made since the strik'
started. None of these was for serious
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-25
SHERIFF SHUTS
FIREARMS STORES

New Castle, Pa. Sept. 25.-(By a.
P.)-Ths city. scene of disorders car
lier in the week. remained quiet today
with hundreds Of policemen patrolling
the strike areas.
United States deputy marshals from
Pittsburgh this morning raided four al
legged speak enSies in the strike area
arrpsting men. All pool rooms. coffee
houses and firearms stores were closed
today by order of the sheriff,
Rioters last night wrecked store
owned by steel worker who had re-
fused to join the strike. Threats are
said to have been made that homes OF
non strikers will be burned and thciI
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into the plant for the purpose q paying
the men. No one was struck.

into che rlant Tor the purpose q rayins
the mem No one was struck
spruuI Answers Protest
The protest OF W. Y. Foster, secre-
tary of the national steel organizing
committee to Governor Sproul, of Penn
sylvania, against what he termed ''un.
warranted assaults. by state police on
innocent strikers, brought the reply
that the troopers had not charged into
crowds until their commands to disband
had been defied, aud only after shots
were fired and missiles thrown at the
officers. The labor leader has sent II
telegram to the Governor declaring that
the Inter had been misinformcd re =
garding the clashes between the troopers
and crowds, and adding that the state
police "are manufacturing reign OF
terror. in order that the steel workers
strike may be discrediteG and broken
up"
William u. Foster, secretary Of the
strikers national committee, said ht
expected the great Homestead plant
of the Carnegie Steel Company, prin
Cipal subsidiary of the United States
Steel Corporation. would be shut dowI
by the end Of the week.
Secretary Foster. of the union. an
nounced today that 342 900 men in the
industry are on strike and that the
situation was well in hand. This is
gain of $1,000 compared with his
figures of Tuesday.
The Pittsburgh district, rs a whole,
was comparatively quiet. Late in thu
afternoon strikers attempted to hole
meeting on tho borough line oI
Mckcesport. The borough authorities
have forbidden mass meetings and have
broken up several attempts of the union
m>n to gather in open places.
! Frank NOuitch. of Sharon, was ar
rested today. charged with firing l
pistol into the North Carnegie plant II
| Sharon. About fifty shots were free
into the plant last night and two mel
were arrested Information Furnished
by them, the police said, led to the thir'
arrest today.
Mrs. Frank Ward, .of Sharon, re
ported to the police that men appeare'
at her home last night and threatenc'
to burn the house unless her HUSBAND
quit work at the National Malleabl
Company.
The home of a policeman employee
in the North Carnegie works was stone'
last night for the second time an
threats were made of u third visitation
the police reported.
The South Carnegie plant in Farrel
was in operation today. Officials sal
more men arc returning every day
More than 100 pistols. rifles aud shot
guns were coniscatcd by Farrell polio
and. state police here Yesterday. whe
every house in that town was searched
Seventy five persons were arrested q
the streets for carrying guns. The
'wcrr bound over for the October teri
of Mercer County Court on charges q
carrying concealed weapons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-25

families killed, and police arc watching
the situation carefully. &
Mills Of the Carnegie Steel Company
here today were operating close to 100
per cent capacity, according to plant
officials. The two plants of the Amcri-
can Sheet and Tin Plate Company arc
operating GO per cent capacity, II gain
of 10 per cent since yesterday, according
to Superintendent n. s. Pyle.
"Tho Americans are loyal" declared
Mr.. Pyle. "Thohgh some of the men
are afraid to come to work, they are
not striking. Only foreigners are strik
ing.
Alleged riot meters from Youngstown
and Ellwood City have been arrested
by scores here and shipped back to those
towns by local police. The county Jail
is packed to capacity with arrested
! rioters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-25
OHIO UNION HEAD
BL4NES TROOPERS

Youngstown, o.. Sept. 25.-tBy \.
TD--Charges that the Pennsylvania
state Constabuary was responsible for
the riots at New Castle and Farrell We're
made in telegram sent today to John
Fitzpatrick. chairman Of the steel strike
committee, who is to appear before the
Senate committee investigating the
strike. by $. T. Hammersmark, score =
tary in charge of strike headquarters
in the Youngstown district.
The Youngstown central labor coun
ell at n meeting this morning voted To
stand solidly behind the steel strike.
At strike headquarters this morning n
copy of an agreement signed last night
between the Niles Forge and Mnnufac
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-25

h, .a,,t - ,...-d o.ltn, - hn excnsad
ts,,,, :, ,,ar.o,oi ,,,ta,,,;a,,, b,,t snyino
u.c ,.on,d s,h,,;t o,r ,,ro,osaIs in writ
;nv W. did on aud yet letter from
him saving tbot bn aid not consider MS
Ia bc ronrcsontativas of the men"
MI Hinged on "arN
"lf Judge Gary had consented to this
| conference would this strike have been
| callcdt' asked senator Kenyon,
"No. Fitzpatrick responded.
II Judge Gary consents nov, will
tho strike GO on?'
"lcS, they are going on now, in my
opinion, until they get Justice.
at that time had the President $
! industrial ronfcrcuc" been callcdf
No. il had not. ~
we'd b" interested in having Non
/ tell us why You couldn't p"Stpon" tho
strik" until after that. continued sen -
Ht"r h'nN0n.
"Thr date had bccn SGT. FitHratrirt
Snid. IT W" had waited we Woulh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-25

Pittsburgh and hurried 70 the compittcf
room, which was crowded with seua-
tors, representatives and othcra inter-
ested. lie was accompanied ny William
II. Rubin, counsel for the steel strikers
who. at the outset Of the hearing, asked
what assurance had been given by Judge
Elbert II. Gary, chairman Of the board
Of the United States Steel Corporation.
that he would appear before the com
mittcc next Wednesday.
Sure Gary VIII Appear
Senator Kenyon replied that Judgf
Gary had tclcphoned him that he wouli
be present Wednesday and added thas
''untI that time we will not question
his being here.
Rubin requested that the committee
place in the record correspondence be-
tween Joseph y. Tumulty, secretary
to the President: Samuel Gompers.
president Of the American Federation Of
Labor. and Chairman Fitzpatrick, rer
garding efforts to postpone the strike.
Senator Kenyon asked Rubin to read
the kilograms and letters, which already
have been published.
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said. The stkel Corporation finolly gave
Assurances that II would establish the
eight hour day, but the steel workers
said no
Demands kept coming from Youngs-
town and Pittsburgh that organizers he
sent TO help them" he said. The first
opposition wns met in McKecsport We
We're told there we rould have no meet
! ings in rented halls or lots.
, "Wc went to McKccsport and put
the matter before city authorities. The
mayor said We couldn't meet there and
the City Council said the mayor had
! full authority.
Complained to state Governor
This was in October, 1915" Fit2-
/ patrick said. and the issue was brought
to Washington.
President Gompcrs Of the American
! Federation of Labor wrote tho mayor,
! hc continued, and the Governor Ot
Pennsylvania. There was no answer.
Everywhere the organizers went they
met opposition, Fitzpatrick said.
but VIC went on as best We could.
he added. holding meetings in the
outskirts of cities and elsewhere. Hnd
the men came and signed up BY May
We had something over 10000 mon IL
the various districts. These mpr
wanted to take immediate action. hut
we prevailed upon them to wait unit
other points were organized.
Tho first effort to obtain confer
la.
May. the witness said. This was by
the tin workers.
Corporation Refuses Parlcy
"Thcy received an answer stating
that the corporation would not mot"
the representatives If labor. but woul,
do business rs they had in the past
said Fitzpntrick.
After the steel situation had hrcr
discussed III the convention Inst Jun,
of the American Federation of Labor
President Gompcrs wrote Chairmrr
Gary. Fitzpatrick said, adding
That letter was ignored, absolutely
There was no reply
In continuing the steel workers Or
ganization, Fitzpatrick said the uniol
organizers were "iailcd and opposed il
every possible way Finally, on Jul
; 20. he said, the twenty four stoC
unions representatives decided to TAX
strike vote of the men.
Men Voted TO Strike
"Thc organizations responded unGni
mouslyI' the witness continued. IAN
4 Al.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-25
How do you Sleep ?

Forty years ago we started
out to make the best and sleep
lest Box Springs and Hair Mat
tresses that possibly could be
made. From this purpose we
have never deviated. Thousands
Of discriminating householders
know and use these specialties
of ours. Why do you longer
deprive yourselves of their m-
oqualled luxury, and the re-
vivifying sleep they ensure?
Luxurious Box Springs. Reliable
Hair Mattresses, Mahogany Bed
steAds, Day Beds. English Down
Furniture, Lamps, Dainty blankets
and Comforts. white Enamel Nurs-
cry Accessories, etc, etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-25
Al JoIson Couldn't Sing . !

vOwING NEVER TO set eyes on it
AGAIN. AMT It an awful reclin'?
WOULDN'T YOU LOVE to sink your.
FANGS INTO 4 succuIent picked
TONGUE SANDWICH COVERED with
SALADS 'n'everythinG?
OH! Roy" ANT IT grand and
GLORIOUS FEELIN' when you've discover,
AT, or THIS at
POMERANrz's, 1924. Chestnut St.
PURNEYORS OF GOOD EATS?
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-05-24
TERRIBLY SWOLLEN
Suffering Described AS Torture
Relieved by Blaek-Draugbt.

Fsalt. Ga Mn KATE Zee Ab's &
.h place. writes: $50 husband 20
engineer and once 8hie i.nng he IT,
mr,d hmsei geia rcee q heavy ~s-
.h.nery across TIE shdcnen BE R1s
Sd sore De coald aci bear 30 press en-
hirise.tai lH. Oh chest cs solomcu BE
weighed ti ss sa1 iel ci until he
weighed il0 lbs iatac weeks.
tie became coasapsied and Is locssd
IKE Ne acl3d.t. We rad three difiereut
d0eios set Nih ail their msa.cint lis
bowels failed % ac,. Re wcl.d t1r1 ~
atsa-ceni ba1i. Ct castor OIL -al tsnE
Il two or three days q succession. lie
did this Sc. wlncg, result We became
desperate. be saiiere5 So. hs was s,gc.-
len terribly he toid RE bis suffering
ccMa culy be describes as torture.
sent ana bought Thsi.oris Black
p,a4ghi ] made fir. lake BIZ dose,
aaa when i began - aci he tainted, be
was 20 ssch misery. bu be soi relief and
began 10 mead al cncs hs goi well,
and we both feel he owes his Tie 70
Thediord's Biaek-Dauehl
Thcdiora's lask-Draaglli viii help you
10 keep IL. ready for the days wofS.
IN M nc-iA
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-05-24

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Evening journal., 1919-01-13
PROPOSE CESSATION
OF RUSSIAN FIGHTING
BY CARL D. GRoAT.

UNITED Press stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. i3.-The State
Department has forwarded to the
American peace delegation the British
proposal regarding cessation Of Rus
sian hostilities with subsequent Rus
Sian factional representation.
It will be up 10 President Wilson and
the American delegates TO decide
whether th3y wish to have Bolsheviki
and other Slav agents present their
peace views at Paris.
NJ. PichOn, French foreign minister. is
reported TO have rejected the British
proposal, viewing IL as a plan to have
Bolsheviki delegates in the peace con-
ference.
This government has taken no POSI-
tlon yet. Whether England meant that
Russian should actually sit In their
session or merely present their wishes
formally is not clear. On Saturday the
State Department claimed It had no
knowledge OF proposal to include
Red" delegates in the conferences. Sub
sequently Acting Secretary Polk off,
cially stated he had received a British
dated January fl. Questions
put TO him Sunday bore only on Bolshe-
Wiki representation and Polk saying that
he was not aware OF the Pichon rejeo-
tion statement and did not consider that
the question had any relation TO the
British note.
Evening journal., 1919-01-13
M0RGUE MUST STAY \
In PUBLIC BUILDING

Having been abandoned as the county
morgue on January 6. by Cornor-elect
Isaac S. Bullock, who had all bodies Of
coroner's cases removed to the private
mortuary Of Deputy Coroner Nichols
last week. the morgue in the county
building was placed in use again today.
According to the laws concerning the
establishment Of the morgue. amended
at the time the bill providing for the
new City and County building was pass
ed by the Legislature, the morgue is 10
be maintained at its present site. The
only way it can be removed from there.
according to members Of the Levy
Court, is by legislative enactment.
As a result all bodies Of accident vic
tins and others whose deaths are
brought to the attention OF the coroner's
office will be taken to the morgue in
the county building.
Evening journal., 1919-01-13
SEE SEE LEAGUE OF Oh
NATIONS SURE:
PREMIERS BACK IT
CONTINUED from page ons.j

continued from page one.)
that he agrees with Clemenceau on this
point. He favors excluding the central
powers until they ful1n the provisions
they must sign at the peace conference.
Clemenceau is understood 10 favor a
league composed Of the victorious ma
tions. Opposition to this plan centers
on the fact that such a league would
force an alliance OF the vanquished
powers and would certainly result In
another war. French delegates are
known to be opposed 10 any plan that
would not completely guarantee
Frances frontiers together with her
northern and eastern industrial cen
ters against sudden attack or invasion.
Bourgeois favors letting In neutral
nations Immediately after peace Is
signed, the formal application for sd-
mission being passed upon by the
charter members" He would also per-
NIT Germany 10 become q member. once
she carries out the obligations imposed
by the congress. These are some Of
the details that will confront the as
soclated representatives when they flrst
begin formal discussion OF the league
of nations. None OF them Is regarded
as providing a very dinlcult obstacle
10 complete agreement.
Evening journal., 1919-01-13
NOT MANY FROZEN
WATER PIpES---YET

The water department has not re-
ceived many reports of frozen pipes.
during the present cold snap, il was re-
ported to the Water Commission to-
day. Evidently householders have taken
more precautions than they did last
year, when the department was over
whelmed with frozen pipe repairs.
The city pumpage and consumption
were nearly equal last week, the pump
age which amounted to i04,S3s.9l0 gal
Ions, being about $1,000 gallons less
than the consumption. Both show a
decrease over the corresponding week
of last year; the consumption a de-
crease Of 7,59S0O0 gallons; the pump
age, t,i44,0O0 gallons.
The current financial statement Of
the Water Department shows bank
current fund. Si5.346O2; spe-
cial fund, S22, 1896 %; current payroll.
81, ,s33.63; special payroll, s553i.
Evening journal., 1919-01-13
No SOLUTION OF
LACEY CASE near:
new CLUES FAIL
Continued from page onel

Where Tie murder was committed
The theory that the murderer OF
Lacey was one or the automobile ban
dts Of Philadelphia and had come to
steal car, is almost accepted by those
at work on the case. AS the man who
stole the machine owned by the Bye
Taxi Cab Company on the night Of De-
cember q from Samuel Julian, a taxi
cab driver, had the driver take him to
Wlnterthur, Del, before he stole the
machine, il is thought by some per-
sons, that the same man returned TO
steal another machine and in the tight
for the possession Of the car Lacey was
killed.
Evening journal., 1919-01-13
CITY SSI|N||-CRAzED SIN CE|AzED,
SAYS DIR. HUBBARD
Christ Cure Only Remedy
Tor Present Day Conditions.
He Declares
"CRAZY FOLKS" HIS
SUBJECT AT ST. PAUL'S

Declaring that Wilmington tsiay Is
a modern example Of a city terrorized
by sin-crazed. demon-possessed men,
Or. Carlisle L. Hubbard. in 81. Paul's
NJ z. Church, last night, delivered a
forceful arraignment OF present day
events in this city. Taking as his topic.
Crazy Folks" Or. Hubbard said in
part:
THE text, which is found In Matthew
3: :2S, brings us face to face with the
horrible results OF sin. Jesus I'm His
trips 10 the country OF the Gergesenes
meets two men, devil-possessed and sim
crazed men. who, because OF their ex-
ceeding flerceness, could not live with
in the city, but lived beyond tho city
gates, where naked, bowling, gashing
their bodies with sharp stones they
lived 10 terrorlze the whole community.
To-day sin produces the same results.
Modern civilization provides jails and
insane asylums where men and wo-
men are placed when they become too
great a menace 20 the peace OF the COM
but sin does It's same deadly
work In the 20th as In the ist century.
today Is a modern example
Of a city terrorlzed by sin crazed,
demon possessed men. On our streets
women are insulted. men robbed and
while drunken men reel to
and fro until decent folks fear to so
outside their door at night.
'The municipal clerk reports that FOR
The past six months the police fines
lave trebled. We are In the midst Of
veritable carnival Of crlme-untll
he h6rassed chief Of police cries for
, larger police force, and all good cti-
,ens are oudgellng their brains for the
remedy. The difflculty Is the same that
Iesus faced--the age old problem OF sin.
"Sin that crazes and makes men VI
'ious and fierce and bloodthlrsty.
"The remedy for the 20th centugy Is
he same as the remedy for the first
I Is the Christ cure. Jesus cured these |
men. whom chains could not restrain, |
when all human efforts failed. So todsy |
or Wilmington and for all this poor |
bleeding sin cursed, war stricken /
world the Christ cure Is the only cure. /
education, social service, expressed in .
igher wages, better living conditions
nd all other human expedlents, are
cod but not saving. Jesus hae the 4
ealing words OF life. His blood Is the
ure Of sin and the only cure"
Evening journal., 1919-01-13
SIMMONS MUST
serve life Term
Continued from page one.l

CONTINUED from page one.l
murdered Hayes Benton, also Negro,
on New Years day.
Simmons, who was in the employ OF
the Wilmington Leather Company, shot
Benton in Front street saloon, after a
trivial argument Simmons, after bis
arrest on the evening following the
shooting, told the detectives that Ben
ton had been 'pestering" him for long
Time He said he had obtained the re-
volver from a desk in the Office Of the
watchman Of the leather company, TO
protect himself from another Negro,
who had chased him that morning.
According TO the police. Simmons
was a steady worker and was made the
butt OF horse play and "joshing" by
many of his race. He has been consid-
cred weak mentally, the police say. He
told them he was full OF bust head"
and when Benton called him a
bad name in the saloon he shot him.
William r. Smalley was counsel for
Simmons.
Edward Cephas, a i4 year old Negro,
charged with the murder Of Isaac Bord-
10y, another Negro youth, was remand
ID by the court 10 the Juvenile Court. |
He Is alleged 10 have stot the Bordley
boy With a shotgun during a wrangle !
over the weapon in South Wilmington |
some time ago.
Edward Miles, Negro, pleaded not
guilty 10 a aloharge Of murder OF Alex |
lnder Cubbage, another Negro, at New
Castle, on December "a. The case was
continued until the next term Of court |
Thomas Hicks, a Negro. pleaded not
guilty 10 a charge Of murder Of Rob
srt B. Harris by shooting him. He is
by Caleb E. Burchenal