The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-22

alderman Sam Skufak1ss TO have the
strike settled quickly and satisfactorily
70 ali.
TIE EEaan-noud police, who for three
weeks have lad their hands full AID
faced the situation Ike men, are at taet=
regular work.
FRED TErcx, formerly og FORT
Wayne, ROW a labor commissioner, Is
here this afternoon TO confer with the
arbitration committee.
MILITARY passes countersigned by
Adjt. Gen. Il. z. Smith and col. J. E
Harrison were given out this morning
and the military viii tighten up on
prontscuous entry Of the strike zone.
51AJ. BRANDT DowNEY, Of Indian
apoIs, is old football player and
formerly played on the Wabash college
eleven. If there is any rushing he viii
be there.
KIDDIES at the Standard have al
ready got acquainted with the soldiers.
and the ubiquitous souviner postal card
vendor has begun TO get in his deadly
work.
THE street car strike does one good
thing. It keeps the strike zone from be-
ing flooded with curiosity seekers who
don't like to walk that far.
w. H. BLODGETT, the Indianapolis
Eews war correspondent for Indiana, IS
on duty with the co1diers, keeping them
in the straight and narrow so he can
send the right news back home.
THE presence Of the guardsnen on
the downstown streets excites no corn
ment. Hammond Is well used to SOL
diers. Tt sent 1000 away TO war and
soldiers are no more to Hammond than
legs were TO the London busman.
LIEUT.. Z. c. SIMPSON, Of Gary, was
visited by soHcitious relatives from Gary
yesterday and took accession to have
them see that his insurance papers
were in good shape.
SHERIFF LEW BARNES. from
Crown Point, and fifteen deputies ioined
with the detail of police officers at the
plant to protect the property and upon
released.
FOLLOWING the conference last
night Gen. Smith noticed the nodding
heads of Sheriff Barnes and Mayor
Brown. He ordered them home to bed
and they We're glad TO hear it Neither
has had much rest for some time.
SOME of the E1khars aad Goshen
guardsnen found time TO stage an am
ateur baseball game during the late af-
ternoon. The steel company plant COW
ers 4S5 acres and a large recreation field
is a part of the grounds. This field will
be utilized by guardsmen when OF duty.
DURING the early evening the de-
tails from the four northern city units
were relieved by the indianapolis troops
and ntlitiamen from the central part Of
the state. Bloomington guardsmen.
commanded by Capt. Nat U. Kin. reach
ed the plant during the early evening.
COL. HARRISON, Major Linvtlle.
Capt 1Tarkley, Capt. Nolt and Sergt.
CARRIER, all of Columbia City, missed a
big day at home on account of the strike.
Yesterday was Old Settlers Day there
and arrangements had been made for a
big dinner at which every soldier who
came was to be fed.
TROOPS from Attica are equipped
with rifles formerly used by the high
school cadets of that place, the firing
pieces being OF modern design. Am
,nunition was issued the officers and men
as they left the train in the steel COM
/ are available for the troops from the
supply brought on the special
I THIS is the second time the state
( militia has been called out because of
( labor disturbances. A few months ago
disorders broke ou> At linton, following
! the importation of young women from
/ Indianapolis TO take the place of strik-
/ ing young women telephone operators.
Martial law was declared, the situation
/ quieted in day two, and tie troops
, were withdrawn. The telephone plant,
! however, remained closed for several
I weeks and it was only recently that the
! strike was settled.
! ACCORDING to inform alton received
by Governor Goodrich and Adjutant-
( General Smith, the Americans among
/ the strikers soughs TO avoid anything
( like disorder that would require troops
{ to be sent to Hammond However. a
/ radical foreign element has dominated
the situation largely so that the original
demands Of the strikers now figure in
the disorder only a little and the situ-
alton was described by one Informant
OF the state officials "a case Of the
r, tail now wagging the dog.