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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26

"Yes, at NcKeesport," Gompers re-
 Eponded. Since this strike the offices
 of the Iron and Steel Workers there
 have been closed against them"
 ''I suppose that has been done on the theory that collection of crowds
 would create disorder" Senator Ster-
 Hng remarked.
 'I don't know the theory" Mr.Gon-
 pers said. But do know the pur-
 pose. It was to prevent the leaders
 from cOunseling with the men and
 making the strike effective
 Only in the event of war; the labor leader declared, should the rights of free speech and assembly be EAstrict-
 ed. They should not be, he said, tor
 a ''privateering cOrpOration.'' ''I know that many of the public authorities in districts of Pennsylva- mia are under the direct domination of the United States Steel Corpora uon," the witness declared, pounding the table.
 '-The whNe conduct of the strike in Pennsylvania shows" MT. Gompers asserted, that whatever helps the cor porations against the workers will have the support of Pennsylvania au- thOritieS. The corporation declares that it proceeds to run under the mis- nomer---the so-caIled open shop---but with all their power they have tried to keep a closed shop---closed against the union, closed against union men, i Tn response to the many requests 1 for organization from the men we sent a few agents into the field some years ago. They were arrested, driv- | en out of the towns, one of them so ! bludgeoned that he died. That was four or five years ago. He was Jef- | fersOn Davis Pierce, of Worcester, | Mass"
 GOmpers told of the final decision I of the American Federation of Labor ! in 1918 to organize the men and de- l scribed the methods used to finance ! the work.
 You have dealt with the policy of | the steel companies trying to exclude
 union men" Senator Phillips, Repub- lican, Colorado, said. ''Is the policy
 of the unions to try to exclude non ! union mem"
 "It is the policy of the unions to l try to organize all workers" Gompers said, adding that in all his experience i he had never known a workman vol untarily refusing to join a union of l! his craft"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26
THEY HAVE HARVEST
 ID REAP NOW" SAYS
 GOMPERS OF CAPITAL
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Continued from Page One.) of the steel OrpOration-denied by brutal and unwarrantable means.
 "It las been said that most e the men taking part in this strike are of foreign birth and not naturalized citizens. That may be and no doubt it is true The largest proportion of steel corporation employes are of for eign birth, but these men were brought here by the companies.
 There was for years a systematic effort to bring in these gangs from Europe. There was @ systematic ef- fort to eliminate Americans. They have a harvest to reap now. The steel companies brought about the state of which they now complain" '"
 Under the efforts of the steel cor poration the hours of labor were al ways abnormaIly long. They never seemed satisfied until they had their men toiling seven days a week, 365 days a year. When the shifts chang ed, from day to night, they got them working 24 hours a day.
 The right of association, the at tempt to organize, met with the stcrnest opposition by the steel cor poration.
 ''The appeals coming to us from their employees were for help in or ganizing. But most of the efforts were slaughtered by the detectives and the agencies in the company pay. More than sixty per cent. of all. the private detective agency effort in this country has been devoted to spying on employees, in mines. and mills. They have been used as agent provOcateurs to induce men to some overt act, 10 get them to strike too sOon."
 As he described the "dogging" of employees by detectives, Gompers em- phasized his words by pounding ire quently on the table.
 'In the steel industry" he contin- ued. linen were discharged for mere ly talking of organization, or for grumbling.
 There have been numbers of men watched so closely that when they rented a hall the proprietor was told to lock the doors against them. Their meetings on rented ground have been broken up. The men were run down, dispersed and some assaulted"
 Can you give instances of that last practice 2" asked Senator Sterling, Re- publican, South Dakota.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26
SENATOR CUElAAINS MAKES
 ATTACK ON PRESIDENT AND
 LEAGUE COVENANT TODAY

with Germany, "but it does mean that it was not our duty to associate our selves with foreign powers in re- forming the map of the world and in agreeing to maintain it as the victors had made it-''
 Conforming disposition of Shan tung, Senator Cummins said he want ed to relieve the American republic, from the eternal odium of the Shantung crime" and from "the dis grace of passing over Thrace to Bull garia." There would be many Shan lungs, he said. and if the principal as sociated powers worked fin harmony it would mean nothing less than com plete and arbitrary power of the world. Much as he deplored the wrong done China he would adhere, [ he said, to the principles he had pre- viously announced and vote against the committee amendment award ing the province to China.
 If America,'' he said, 'fs shackled to the proposed League of Nations just as it is written, she will go blindly and blunderingly into the fu- ture incapable of guiding her own people safely through these dark and difficult days
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26
CIVIL SUIT MAY
 SOLVE MYSTERY
 OF MAN'S DEATH
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(Coninued from Page One) "dastardIy act" as he termed it to- day.
 There is not at present. 10 my knowledge. u coraplrte Chatn of evi- dence." the Coroner said today. but if such iJ established this case will cer- tslnly be reopeueG Sergeant Frank Virelli, of the Stato Tolicc. las been working on the case Tisht along and ] have not known what information he has obtained in the last two weeks. 1s possible, the ease will be complet- cd"
 Tne civil oc ion alleges that Wempe was owner of the Car and that Jack "Itsd" Be erry, a well known SouFh Norwaik young man, was operating the machine at the time it figured in the catastrophe.
 The story is told tha Wsmpe's son and Barry were in the machine at the time of the fatSIi'y and were driving on ehe turnpike in an aastsrIy direc- ton. After hitting Collins. it is claim ed the machine was turned about and went back to Norvalk were Barry and Werape stopped at a lunch cart. Here, according to the version given of the accident, Barry displayed such ner- vousness as to lead to suspicious which now result in the civil action.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26
BETElLEElE32g WORKERS DECETolgVG3 TO-DAY ON
 JOEEJIHIC5 BIG STRIKE
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CContinued from Page OreD veloped these meetings, as both the strike leaders and inc rfl managers professed to know nothing of yheE origin.
 The third development was promis- ed at Cleveland, where the executive committees of the Erca- lakes ship ping unions. claiming to represent 1S,OOO seamcn. engineers and men of allied trades. mel tu decide whether their organizations would declare a sympathetic sfriEo. Such a strike already had been authorized by the international unions.
 With conditions in Inc steel cen ters remaining practically unchanged. the Senate investigation at Washing ton was the focus of attention both sides
 The usual conflicting claims were made by the opposing generals in the pivotal batuCgrouuds of Pitts burgh and Chicago, but all definite news indicated no important change in conditions At Pittsburgh two additional small plants closed and an attempt to reopen a third was re ported by the police to have failed. The corporation DluClalS made tue customary claim that strikers con tinued to return to work at various points
 The management of the Illinois Steel Company at ChlCaEo announced that they had 5000 men at work, most of whom, they asserted. were re turned strikers. On the other hand the strike leaders offered figures as proof that the strike was 100 per cent effective at several points. 90 per cent. at Hammond. 95 at Gary and 9S at Indiana Harbor-
 Allentown. Pa. Sept. 26-Notwith- standing The refusal of T. G. Grace, president of the Bethlehem Steel Company. to negotiate with the steel workers national committee, a feel ing of optimism preya.lsH here today and it was hoped that a strike of the compauy's employees may yet be averted or at least postponed. A strike had been ordered for next Monday unless officials of the com pany granted the unions request for a conference by 4 ?. m. yesterday. This request was refused by MT. Grace, who notified the national com Tnittee that the Bethlehem Company would not depart from is present system of collective bargaining Un-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26
PILGRIM FUND
 DRIVE STARTS
 WELL IN STATE

Connecticut has started well in the campaign to raise its $66o, 900 of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund of $5,OOO. 900. to be used as the basis of an annuity fund for Congregational ministers In i Windham county, where the drive was started Sept. 9, and is only part i ly completed, initial results are en- couraSinE.
 The parish of Abingdon in the town of Pomfret has set a healthy pace by raising twice its apportionment. One 1 of the best examples so far of a town | exceeding its quota is Mansfield Cen 1 ter, whose church has 8 bership of 132. At last accounts 1t had raised considerably more than twice its quota and further returns of substan- tial sums were expected.
 An even more striking case, re- sources considered, is Hampton, with a church of only 64 members in a town of less than 700 people. Its quota was s2OO, and it had raised $455 with a day and a half of the canvass T maining. In Windham, where the figure was set at S2,O5O. S1 800 was raised at the start, including a gift of S1, 800 from Guilford Smith, and the campaign had still some time to run. The Dayvi'Ie church raised three and One-half times it's quota. Goodyear doubled it, and so did Voluntown.
 CAMPAIGN STARTS.
 The campaign in Holland county is now well started, the preliminary con- ference having been held at Union Congregational church in Rockville, Sept. Is. The dinner, at which Rev. Dr. H. E. Swartz of New York and Dean Beard spoke on the fund before about 50 of the ministers and leading laymen of the county, was held last night at the same church in Rockville It was a most successful affair, and there is good prospect that Holland county will follow the example of Windham.
 One pastor has declared the quota
 of his church too low, in his opinion and said that his people will not be satisfied to raise less than twice that amount.
 These men will have charge of in vesting the s5,O00,0OO which will con- stitute the Fund, and their standing is such as to insure investment that will be not only safe but so profitable as to malee the Fund yield at least
 as much as is estimated for it
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26

Washington, Sept. 26-when Presi- dent Wilson ended his work at the peace conference, "the United States had not a friend in Europe, Asia or Africa, and our brilliant service in the war was almost forgotten in the storm of protests which followed him as he sailed for home" Senator Cum nins, Republican, Iowa, declared to- day in an address in the Senate at tacking the League of Nations coven- ant.
 ''The only thing the President brought with him which was joyfully received in America by multitudes of good people" Senator Cummins said, was Covenant for a League of Ma tions and this only because these peo- pie believed, many of the n without inquiry. that the League Y ould bring peace to war-weary world and would maintain 1t in all the years to come Gradually they are beginning to see the tremendous burdens we have as- sumed and gradually they are under standing that there are some provi- sions fin the covenant which must in evitab1y provoke war"
 Senator Cummins deplored the at- tempt of some senators to charge other senators with opposing the treaty simply to discredit the Presi- dent and to accomplish their political designs, as well as efforts of the lat ter group to make it appear that thoss supporting the President were indifferent, if not hostile, toward the vital concerns of their own country.
 Senator Cummins contended that when the war was ended "our exit should have been as speedy and com plete as possible" This did not mean, however, he added, that the United States should have abandoned l It's Allies or made a separate peace
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26
CLAIM THEY DID NOT DESERT PUBLIC Boston Strikers Say Curtis Announced He Had Tax
 en Precautions. ASK RETURN
 AND INCREASES Insist Governor Has Not Deserved Praise For
 Acts.

Boston. Sept. 26-The striking po- Ncemen through their counsel today indicated that they were still look ing forward to reinstatement under improved conditions notwithseandiug the proclamation by Governor Coo Hdge that they have "disposses5sd themselves of their places" Coun- seI, in closing a lengthy statement to the public of the conditions and negotiations which preceded the po-, licemen's walkout on September g. said. i've are thinking of their re- turn to the work in which they were engaged so lcng with better wages, better hours and liveable conditions"
 These Improvements already are under way as a result of the strike the statement says, adding that the policemen hold that instead of being deserters from their posts of duty they are strikers who ''did not aban- don the city to riot and robbery any more than the governor and mayor did"
 Like the governor and mayor the statement continues, "-They had been told by the commissioner CPolice Com missioner Curtls) in public announce ments that he had taken adequate precautions"
 The statement, which is signed by James H. Vahey ana John P. Feeney, counsel for the policemen's union, taking notice of the fact that Cover nor Coolidge for his "courageous at utude" in handling the strike situa- ton, ''has had his praises sung all over the country" asserts that the governor Knows deep down in his heart and conscience that he deserves no praise" The governor is quoted in the statement as saying on Sept. 3, when the police question was brought to his attention that he "did not want to get mixed up in it." Later" the statement continues, ''he was forced to mix into it, when members of the mayors committee conferred with him on a compromise plan by which the police would abRn- don utilization with an outside union.
 It is added that +'both fhe governor and the committee said his excellency had not approved the compromise plan. What possible objections he could have had to it remains a mys- tery."
 Continuing, counsel for the police men say that if the governor mad followed Mayor Peters suggestion and had called out the home guards, Bos- ton would not be the city of shame 1t is today. To the mayor and his l advisers is due the credit for bring ing Boston back to normaI
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26
WORN AND ILL, WILSON IS ORDERED BACK 10
 CAPITAL BY DOCTOR

train. Five addresses remained on his uncomplcted schedule, After the two today, he was to have spoken fin
 Little Rock and Memphis and in Louisville Monday morning. returning .o Washington on Tuesday,
 Members of the Presidents party declared that one of the oricals which seemed to be most trying on his nerves has been the automobile uaradcs through the cities he has vis- tied, He has travelled many miles standing in his car and waving his hat in response to the cheers of well come.
 This feature of the trip also appar- entity has vecu very urinE to Mrs. Wilson, who has accompanied him wherever he went, and. who during the last flow days has shown evid- euCes of being anxious for the strain to end,
 In order to avoid the crowds, the President has made several minor shifts in his schedule, He has tried to cur,au his program and has selz- Led every opportunity to get mo meut's relaxation. His train was stopped for more than an hour yes terday after leaving Pueblo, Colorado, while Mir. and Mrs, Wilson took a long walk down a dusty country road by the Arkansas River. The details of the Presidents indisposition were not revealed. but it was indicated that he had a slight touch of indigestion. Dr, Gravson thought it would pass away quickly if Mir. Wilson remained quietly in bed, but said he would insist on absolute rest.
 President Wilson's train left WiChi- ta at 11.27 o'clock this morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26
GERMAN SOCIALISTS ACCUSE
 MAJORITY OF SERVING
 COUNTER REVOL UTIONARIES

ing made to win over the soldiers of the defence army so that the vic- tory may be gained quickly. What the Spartaclsts would do with their victory is well enough known. No op- pOrtunity of fOmenting discomfort es- caDes the Independents, and they have even used the strike of bank clerks at Hamburg to further their purpose. The fight has been fierce, but the clerks have lost the day. They have returned to work, however, ex- tremeIy discontcnted with their em- plOyers, and this Is what the Sparta ctsts want One of the demands Of the Hamburg bank clerks was that every mans salary should increase with his age, irrespective of his capa- bilities.
 Berlin in Darkness.
 The authorities announce that in consequence of the coal shortage gas will be cut off entirely from to 11:9O a. m, and from p. m. till 2 p. m, while from ' D. m. until 10:sO D. m. the pressure will be reduced to as low point as is essential for having some light in the main streets.
 As wood and briquettes are almost unObtainable, and where obtainable are extremely expensive, this means that all cooking must be done be- tween 11:30 and o'clock. Further more, all gas stoves for heating bath water are to be sealed up, and in houses with a warm-water supply the water may be warmed only on the first and third Friday of every month at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and kept warm until 3 o'clock on the follow ing afternoon, which means that Der liners can have a warm bath only once a fortnight
 If and how houses are to be warm ed in the coming winter no one knows, but authority is being applied for to cut down far more trees at once than allowed by the forest laws. This will not help much, however, so far as large towns are concerned, for there are no means of transporting the wood to town and distributing it there.
 Sheep-Lize Masses.
 That works and factories are being closed down in all directions owing to lack of coal or of raw material which they cannot obtain because of transport difficulties. and that the army of unemployed Is being aug mented by a thousand daffv goes without saying. The situation is also influenced by the fact that tbe German working classes are exhaust ed. They are still under the influence of emancipation from a HfeIoDp drastic discipline, and seem to have no power to think for themselves and are as easily led as sheen. which Is all 10 the advantage of the fer vent and persuasive spartacists (From the International News Bu- reau, Inc, Boston.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26

tCoutiuusl from Page One.N Co greet the rcopl, here, Dr. Graysou would not permit him to leave his private Car
 Secretary Tumulty tssucd tho fcl- lowing statement;
 "The President has evcrte9 h'u1- self so constantly and has hoen under such a strain during the ias- year and has so spent idmSCIt without reserve on this trlN that i- has brought on a nervous reaction fin his digestivv organs,
 "Dr, Grayson, therefore, insists upon the cancellation of lis re- mairinG appointments and his im- mediate return to Washington, notwithstanding the Presidents earnest desire to complete his en- agreements
 Leaving Wichita at II o'clock today after a stop of about two hours, the presidential special win reach Wash inCton Sunday morning. II win go Iy way of Kansas City and St, Louis.
 Although outwardly tho President had appeared to be standing well the hard ordeal of more than three weeks of travel and speech making il be- came known today that for some days he had suffered from headache, He also has been much fat!gued by the confinement of his special train, in- terrupted by only brief stops which have been spent mostly in riding through crowds and speaking to audicrc-s so IarSn as to require all his eXCrtion to make his voice heard.
 NIT. Wilson has made nearly 40 speeches since he -ot, Washington on September 3. and h"s spent all but about half dozc~ nights on the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26
LAST OF 1OOP. C.
 PARTLY HONE
 FROM WAR WORK

Providence. R. l., Sept. 26-The arrival of James H. Peters, better knc ~n to New England fans as Pee" from France yesterday marked the return nome of the last member Of the HOO Per Cent. Amer icau" Peters family
 Peters hIs been overseas for many months serving as a Knights of Co., Iumbus secretary and setting up m cnviable record for his worK among the members Of the American expe- ditiOnary forces. He was commend- ed by Brig.-Gen. ". J. Jackson. and baseball grounds. which were built under his direction. were inspected by General PershinE on his visit to he Ls Mans camp.
 Peters has two sons. both students at Yale college. They enlisted for service at the outbreak of the war and when tho father went into Knights of Columbus work 1t brough. the standard of the family up to TOO per cent "in s8ryice,"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26
STATE OF CONNBCTTCUT, DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT. es. PROBATE COURT.

September 85. 1878
 Estate of John L. Grant, late of the town of Bridgeport, in said dis trict, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts properly attested, within said time, will be debarred @ recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are re- QueSted to make immediate payment to JAMES J. GRANT Adminfst-aAor 35S Gregory Street. asp
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26
Italian Forces Upon
 Arrival Of JJ. S. Ship
 Beat A HaSty Retreat

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 Indicate the nature of the reply, but in Italian circles here 1t rs said that the proposals were rejected by Mir. Wilson, who also threatened an eco homie boycott if Italy persisted in holding Plume Tn defiance of the Al He'd powers, American delegates here would not discuss the report.
 The DAununzio forccs at Plume are said to have extended their lines back by the city SO as to include high ground strateEfvaIly necessary for the dofence of the city. The city of Sus- sak, which Is really a part of Plume. is to be taken over fy Captain D'An- nunziO. At present SussalI ig occupied by the queens brigade of the Italian army, which has not joined the insur- gents. Comparatively good order pre- vails in the city, it is said.
 The political situation in Italy Is apparently near crisis. according to report, the advocates of annexation of Plume including some of the more powerful clements,
 Washington, Sept. 26.-Secretary Daniels was asked in a resolution by Senator Knox, Republican, PennsyI- vania, adopted today by the Senate, 10 report whether American marines were landed at Trau, ,Dalmatia, to com ipel its evacuation by Italian forces, as reported in press despatches.
 A resolution by Senator Lodge, also
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26
TWO PRISONERS CAUGHT
 IN WHIRLPOOLS

Boston, Sept 26-Belief that two Deer Island prisoners perished in the whirlpools of Shirley Gut in an at tempt to escape from the institution on Tuesday evening was strengthen ed yesterday upon the completion of a two-day search of the island for traces of the prisoners.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-26

Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 24-In q proclamation issued by Gabrielle D'Annuazio to the people of Dalmatia the poet-commander of Plume de- ClaTes;
 The fate of the Adriatic must be decided only by Italians. Any other races would be intruoers. We refuse to allow them to prevail"
 A message from Plume states that an American author, Henry Fox, has arrived there and offered his services to D'Annunzio. It is also declared that an American naval officer had volunteered to help D'Annunzio de- fend the city.