Evening star., 1919-09-18
GbIpHOPHONE CO.
STR|K;E IS ENDED
WEmpIoyes Return to Work
Sat the Old Wage Scale
4 and Hours.

announcement is made that the
strike Of the $500 employees Of the
Columbia Graphophone Company is
ended: that the employees have re-
turned almost to a man, and that the
same working conditions and wages
prevail as before the walkout.
II will be recalled that the company
. closed Its factory doors and announced
Z its intention to remove its plants from
Bridgeport because of the unsatisfac-
tory labor conditions, being the victims
OF . sympathetic strike. but the probable
loss Of one Of its largest industrial
one Of the best pay rolls, distributed the
city and brought scores Of big business
men as interceders against removal
Of the plant
The doors of the shops were re-
opened on agreement of the workers
4oereturn in q body.
The Steel Strike.
q now looks as If the strike Of the
cteca workers called for the 22d will
take place.
Wall street has considered all along
that the strike would not be called
that the fact that organization Of the
industry is far from being unanimous,
and this fact. with the conservative
pending the conference next month.
was against any disturbance.
However. Wall street believes that
the steel corporation will be able to
cope with any disturbance within Its
workers ranks.
The stock market reflected a GER
tain amount Of uneasiness, but all
things considered. presented a stiff
front to the threat Of disturbance to
steel and iron industries.
New Low on Exchange.
New low prices were made again on
foreign exchange. The pound sterling
dropped to 4.12h: francs declined to
s.34 for the dollar; lire to 10.17 and
around s.95 for the dollar.
dividends Declared.
Directors of the Security Storage
Company have declared the regular
quarterly dividend Of per cent. pay
able October 10 to shareholders of
record September 80.
Directors Of the Norfolk and WASH
ington Steamboat Company have de-
clared the regular dividend Of az per
cent fer the quarter. payable October
! to shareholders Of record Septem-
Chicago elevated railways are now
collecting 8 cents fare and are not
paying dividends to shareholders. ST.
Louis. Z cents. no dividends; United
Raflways Of Baltimore, cents and
= per cent dividends; Chicago Rail-
ways. cents ana no dividends; De-
troit United. cents and per cent
dfvidend; Massachusetts, Electric, 10
cent& service at cost, no dividends;
Boston Elevated. 10 cents, service at
cost. nq,dividends; Interboro and New
YorkSConsolidated. and ., no divi-
dends; Philadelphia Rapid Transit, s
and per cent dividends
Important Bond Notice.
After November Is. 1918. and De-
cent bonds Of the second liberty loan
and of the first: liberty loan convert
ed. with all subseqiient coupons at
tached. will be issued in exchange
for the per cent bonds for which
able. II specifically requested, but it
10 not expected that they will be
available for delivery before March
Is. 1890 In view of the extension
Of The conversion privilege. of which
liberty honds will desire to avail
then1oafVes,4. the work OF preparing
the Amer cent bonds with all subse-
duenkrs1ooapons attached has been
eubordinated to the work Of prepar.
ing the. ~ per cent bonds with all
subsequent coupons attached.
1Gsfgenthaler Dividend.
Asstgul1fs quarterly dividend Of IN
per E61t an the capital stock OF Mer-
genthAer linotype Company will be
paid on September 50, 1919. to the
stockAot6ers Of record as they ap-
pear at uthe1 close of business on Sep
tember7&oEt91s. The transfer books
will sAot be closed.
RON the Local Exchange.
Business on today's session of the
locai ssk exchange vas confined on to
inetA Qs at 4sH and Potomac con-
0oiid&41d IS At S3
Orders we're light: quotations on In
active securities were nominally un-
changed