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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
LAUNDRY SITUATION IMPROVES
strikers, However, Threaten to
Call Out BARRIERS and Butchers.

Laundry employers said yesterday
that the labor situation as far as they
were concerned had improved greatly
In the last week and that they would
not be surprised to see the end of the
strike this week
Four wet wash plants are running.
The fiat work plants so it was said at
The headquarters OF the employers or
ganization, are practically normal. with
the exception of few shops where the
drivers are out on strike. Several finish
work plants have opened.
Mr. Smith, president OF the joint
board OF the International Laundry
Workers Union. said yesterday that the
strike would last indefinitely. He said
that the laundry drivers were all out
and that there was also a possibility
that the coal drivers might join in a
sympathetic strike
Engineers employed in laundries, ac-
cording to Mr.. Smith, we're expected to
join the strike before the end OF the
week He added that the strikers would
have the support also OF the BARRIERS
bakers and butchers unions. No effort
will be made to call out the hotel
laundry help. I'VE are not ready for
them yet" said Mr.. Smith.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
CHICAGO PLANTS
ARE NEAR NORMAL
Men Are Warned to Return to
Work by Wednesday or
Lose Places.
Special Despotoh TO The Sun.

CHICAGO, Oct 2oA-steel plant oper-
ntors expressed tonight conviction they
would be able to operate practically all
the plants In the Chicago district at
normal capacity Wednesday, the day
set for all strikers to return or lose their
Positions Hundreds of workers were
gaid to have returned to their posts to-
day.
Personal letters were delivered TO
every man formerly on the steel COM
pany's payrolls to-day advising them
that unless they reported for work by
Icon Wednesday they would be dropped
from the roll and would lose priority
and pension rights. They were told that
II they later secured work they would
be considered as new employees.
Action Of the steel companies in issu-
ing the ultimatum followed close upon a
conference OF strikers held Saturday. At
this meeting the Milwaukee delegation
demanded the strikes end. and there was
sentiment among most of the delegates
for a truce of some sort that would per
nit the mer 10 return to work while
their union officials continued TO nego-
tate with the companies.
Strike leaders said while some of the
meE showed a disposition to return to
standing firm and would not return I'M
Ill authorized to do so by the union.
John II. De Young. assistant secretary
OF the steel organization committee Of
the union, charged soldiers were intimi-
dating strikers, forcing them TO return
10 work. He said soldiers had told the
men unless they returned they would be
deported.
Paul Chaser. attorney for the strikers
at Gary. said to-day ne would start
court proceedings to secure the release
OF seven strikers held by military and
Government authorities for deportation
The seven prisoners are all Russians
Mr.. Chaser said one OF them had served
in the United States Army and was
therefore an American citizen.
Claims of the steel Companies that
more men were returning to the mills
were borne out by tr, tic on street car
lines running to the plants. Traffic was
from so to 80 per cent of normal at the
hours when men were reporting for work
to-day and n steady stream of workmer
! ssed through the gates.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21

IN carrying out this work Is costing the
Government a great deal of money. A
number of ships taken over by the
Government from private owners for
Government work are In course Of being
put In shape to be returned to the
owners under the contract with the
Government These vessels have got to
be put into the same shape as when
we received them and this work. too,
is being held up by this strike and the
Government is suffering heavily on ac-
count of demurrage."
Officials of the International Mer-
chantlle Marine. which operates most OF
the arge passenger ana cargo steamers
plying between New York and European
ports and which has been one of the
chief sufferers from the walkout, de-
clared that they would begin work this
morning. One of the executive officers
of the big steamship combine said:
THE longshoremen are at the end of
their rope. Tomorrow morning we will
begin the work of moving our cargoee
and we will do II under FIRE or not under
fire. The longshoremen have had ample
time to make up their minds what they
intend to do. Our old employees are
welcome IL ,they intend to come back
to work"
piers OF most of the, European steamship
lines are located. the day passed without
incident. In Brooklyn also the water
front continued quiet. There were a few
men at work. including about seventy
five at the army base in South Brook
Ign, but the great majority OF the long
shoremen evinced no desire to tako VI
their duties. William Jacobs, business
agent of Local 965. declared that SOC
out OF a membership of 500 were at work
while JameS Wilson of Local sos said
he expected TO have 500 men at work
during the day. Joseph Buono, secre-
tary Of Local e36. admitted. however
that the local officers had completely
lost control of their men. who are de-
termined, he said. TO hold out for a dol
lar an hour and double pay for over
time. There was some activity at the
! Bush Terminal. where most Of the de-
serters from the ranks Of the strikers
are employed.
Meanwhile freight of all kinds con
tinued to pile UP on every steamship
peir along the Hudson and East rivers
and much perishable material, particle
larry foodstuffs. is rapidly becoming un.
fit for use.
A vast quantity of mail. none OF
which has left the New York Post Office
since October IS, when one shipment
was sent via Montreal. Is piled up &c
the ceiling in the Foreign Mail Division
at West, and Morton streets and al
Washington and Morton streets.
Shipping Board officials expressed tn,
view that to-day would see the begin
ming of a serious break in the number
of men on strike. They seemed to have
/ Information that large number Of
the conservative element among the
strikers are thoroughly tired OF the
struggle and are anxious 20 return &c
work II assured OF police protection. anc
this the Shipping Board hopes to b.
able to arrange. 1t was intimated thai
II the city is not able to afford pEotec.
ton to the men who are willing to work
the War Department will take charge o,
| the situation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
PRESSMEN'S CHIEF
REBUFFS OUTLAWS
McHugh Says Members Must
Quit Suspended Unions and
Join New One.
BOLsHEvIsM THE ISSUE
Rouse of "Big Six" Refuses
Again Employers Offer Of
Arbitration.

Declaring the main issue in the pres
emit printing trades strike to be one OF
straight out and out Americanism
against Bolshevlsm," william McHugh,
vice-president OF the International AS
ISOLATION of Printing Freshmen and AS
sistants of North America, fatty refused
yesterday to receive tho persons re-
sponsible for the present trouble back
into his organization.
Mr.. McHugh was asked TO attend q
meeting called by pressroom foremen in
the hopes of effecting n settlement OF
the strike. the foremen being anxious
that he should permit the two striking
locals which are under suspension BY
their international organization to re-
gain their former standing.
Mr.. McHugh. in the presence of James
J. Bagley and Bernard Nolan, leaders
of these two locals. declared himself
firmly on the proposal. He referred &c
the new international pressmen's unior
which the international has chartered In
this city. and said that the only course
for the men TO follow II they wish to
return to the fold is to leave their rad
ical leaders and as individuals Join this
newly chartered union
Neither Mr.. Bagley nor Mr.. Nolan
made any reply TO his utterances.
In their determination not to deal with
the striking pressnen and assistants un'
til they have regained their good STANDING
with their international, the employer.
are standing firm. They feel that t1
enter into any agreements with either
Bagley or Nolan would be futile be-
cause OF their failure in the past to KEEP
contracts and their persistent refusal &c
deal fairly. For this reason the EN-.
ployers were not represented at the
meeting, maintaining the attitude thai
they will deal with representatives oil
responsible international organization:
affiliated and In good standing with the
American Fedetation OF Labor and moi
with irresponsible radicals.
y Leon II. Rouse ana other officers OF
big Six" typographical union conferred
at length during the afternoon with
Col. William Green and other repre-
sentatives OF the Printers League at the
Pennsylvania Hotel. but without reach
ing any definite conclusion.
As before, the employers refused e
recognize Mr.. Rouse as a representative
of the striking pressmen and feeder.
and talked with him solely on the ques
tons of the demands made by his owl
union. They reiterated their willing
ness to arbitrate all points, including tn,
question: of hours, but Mr.. Rouse agar
refused to agree to the latter proposal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
BAGGAGE STAYS ON LINER.
Crew of Rotterdam Is Unable to
Take Longshoremen's Places.

To help handle the biggest lot of bag
gage she has brought to this port in sew
oral years the Holland America liner
Rotterdam, in yesterday from Rotter-
dam and Plymouth. sent twelve husky
men of her crew from Quarantine to Ho-
boken TO take the places of as many
striking longsho-cmen. With volunteers
from the office force OF tho line these
men did good work. but made little i'm
preston on the trunks. suit cases and
heavy Hollandese luggage of $50 first,
S35 second and l75 third class pas
sengers Unless the longshoremen decide
to come back to work pretty soon it
may take three days 10 unload all the
baggage.
One Holland delegation OF twenty
foug members. headed by w. II. Nolens,
end a Belgian delegation Of twenty-five
members. headed by Prof. p. II. Mahain
Of the University of Lisge. are going
10 attend the International Labor Con-
gress at Washington on Oct, 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
SODA CLERKS CALL
FOR $40 A WEEK
Demands Include Eight Hour
Day Schedule.

The lad in the white coat who draws
your ice cream soda now wants a min
imum of $40 a week and an eight hour
day. His demand Is included in the
general schedule drawn up by the United
Drug Clerks. affiliated with the Retail
Clerks Protective Association. covering
salaries. hours, days OF and duties.
The main demands are for eight hours
as a days work for all employees of
retail pharmacies. with full day on
out of seven. All employees are TO be of
duty with pay on alternate legal holidays.
Licensed pharmacists are to receive a
minimum of $50 a week: junior pharma-
cists, $35; licensed druggists, $35 Junior
drug clerks, $685. cashiers. $50; soda dis
pensers first grade. $40; second grade.
$50; third grade, $50; porters. first
grade, s25, and porters. second grade.
$50.
BY means OF this agreement, drawn
up yesterday, the drug clerks hope to
settle the difficulties existing between
the union and the employers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
STEEL STRIKERS SEE
CHANCES BETTERING
But Manufacturers Give On,
Statements That Contra.
dict Claims.

PrrrsBuRo. Oct. 2o.-The steel ,t-,,.
was reviewed by the national commi.,,.
COR organizing iron and steel work.,,
at an extraordinary session. which ~.
gan here late to-day. Chairman Jon,
Fitzpatrick Of Chicago declared that III.
beginning OF the NTH week OF In.
struggle found the strikers in better
position than ever before. The critical
reriod had been the third week. n,
added, but since that time the CAUSE =,
the strikers had shown steady improve.
ment.
Mr.. Fitzpstricks statement did na
agree with statements made by steel
companies. The Carnegie Steel Com.
pany announced that its plants In N,
Pittsburg district were operating fully
SIS per cent of capacity, EXCEPT u,
Duouesne mill. and it was on full tim,
with a full force. Independent mills also
reported Improvement In the number q,
men employed and the tonnage pro
duced.
The committee received reports from
all parts of the country, and upon thsss
reports, II was announced, Mr.. Ftg.
were given out. Another session OF the
committee will likely be held tomorrow
Robert McKltchen of Chicago, president
of an Illinois cooperative association for
the distribution of food. presented A
tentative plan for provisioning the
strikers and their families
Twenty-Five of the forty-four hot mil,
In the plant of the McKeesport Tin Plat,
Company were started this morning
with a force of approximately 900 men
The mills had been closed since the
strike started.
Carnegie Steel Company officers said
that another blast furnace had bee
blown In at Youngstown and that com
mon laborers were returning In increas
Ing numbers to the Braddock and Ran
kin furnaces.
In Ellwood City. Pa, 900 laborers o
the Standard Engineering works and tn
Steel Car Forge Company went or str!k
to-day. a trolley car containing sixt,
men going to the plants was deraiie,
through the removal OF fish plate, BIZ
no one was hurt One arrest was mad.
but the man was released later.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
PHONE STRIKE LASTS HOUR.
ola Chicago Operators Wanted rs
Big Raise as New Ones Got.

CHICAGO, Oct 20. Dissatisfaction
with an Increase in wages granted last
week by the Chicago Telephone Company
resulted in brief strike by seventy-fiye
operators on one downtown exchange
board this morning. For time service
was disorganized OH tn $ exchange. but
conference between the strikers and
officials OF the company resulted in all
of the strikers returning to work after
an hours absence.
The company recently granted IN
creased wages to its 1900 employees.
including 1000 operators. II endeavored
to give the largest Increases to en-
ployees receiving the smallest pay, ana
newly employed operators are said to
rave received an Increase of 50 a week
while old operators got only 81 a week
more. The old operators are sad to
have demanded the same increase as the
others
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
Ohio Plants Fail to Reopen.

CLEVELAND, Oct. 20.-Attempts of
four OF the largest steel plants in the
city. idle because of the steel strike, to
resume work at comparatively full
strength to-day failed. according to re-
ports from police and labor leaders
early this morning. While company
officials said there was no change in
their announced plans to reopen the
plants. they refused to give out any 1g-
ures on the number of men who had
returned to work.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
ASK VOICE IN MANAGEMENT.
Rail Employees should Get It
Says British Leader.

LONDON, Oct. 2o.-"Railway employees
ask share in the management OF COM
ranies, and It is hoped the companies
will consider this proposal" said J. H
Thomas. secretary OF the National
Union Of Railwaymen, in a speech In
Derby last night
He expressed the belief that railway
employees could contr butte to the man
agement by reason Of their experience
and ability, and that in this capacity
their services would be valuable to the
railroads ana the country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
Strike in Movie Houses Averted,

The owners OF twenty-eight motion
picture theatres on the East Side and
in Brooklyn granted the demands yes
terday of the attendants union. A pro-
posal advanced by enthusiastic unionists
TO call a strike anyawy, was outvoted.
According to Samuel Tullman OF 1863
Broadway, counsel for the union, efforts
will BID made to force the Broadway mo-
ton picture houses to grant similar de-
mands
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
STEEL STRIKER SHOT.
Lackawanna workman Refuses to
Move Mt Troopers Order.

BUFFALO, Oct. 30.-AuSust L. Letwonik
was shot through the right foot by a
State trooper at Lackawanna to-day.
Letwonik was one of about 500 men
who were preparing TO march to the
plant of the Lackawanna Steel Company
The man refused to heed an order from
the police TO dlsperse and, 1t is alleged,
attempted to draw a revolver.
The parade was broken UP without
further trouble.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21

Kravitz, sorber and Kemper. all asso.
ciated with the commission. marcneo
until intercepted by the authorities
They all carried red fass and wore
red neckties," said the Senator. Ihese
four men were taken into custody ana
heir flags taken from them On the next
lay Irwin st. John Tucker teiephoneo
rom Chases Office at the Federal Trade
commission to the Department OF Justice
IN Chicago insisting on the return OF me
Tags. The numerous Socialist employees
NJ the commission were loud in denun-
.Iation of the act of the authorities In
.,reakiny up the parade and seising the
'lngs.
Says He Knows Facts.
CT am by nature n conservative said
Senator Watson land this makes me
cautious in making charges based on
umor or idle gossip. / have not zone
50 in this instance and L believe that II
the Senate will order the investigation
every assertion have made will be sub
stantiated.
I'VE introduce many resolutions here
On Bolshevik activities but nothing re-
| suits. We talk much but do little and
vet all believe something must be done
TO overcome the socialistic tendency OF
the times and especially to prevent
Socialists from seizins the reins of gov
eminent II Socialists and anarchists
are recognized in official life they VIII
| not be condemned in private life. ii
| they are fostered and protected by the
,;oyernmnt they win flourish In business
ind Industrial Institutions. We will not
,ucceed I'm overcoming :he Bolshevik
endency of the day unless w. "Hst from
office every Red radical hold.ns place
under the Government"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
Government Is Losing Money.

Gen. Shanks said TT Is an absur-
dity to suggest that these men are here
with machine guns for the purpose of
overawing the strlkera They are here
u Government servants on purely Gov
Hrninont work We have 500 tons Of
mail on the pier. We have several
vessels waiting for coal and the delay
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-08-25

Polux occupy prominent place in the
heavens and Just now may be seer.
low In the southwest four and a hah
degrees apart They are both of tn.
first magnitude and in the third con.
stellation of the zodias. Altho to tho
unaided eye they seem to be near to
each other, such is not the case Po-
lux, the brighter OF the two is fifty.
four light years away while his twin
brother is more than double the dis
tance.
According to mythology the twins
We're sons of Jupiter and We're edu-
Gated atlPalena. They afterward em-
barked with Jason in his search for
the Golden Fleece" in which the,
distinguished themselves. on account
of the veneration held by the sailors
for them it was common thing to
represent the twins in figure heads on
sailing vessels. St. Paul according TO
the Acts of the Apostles. sailed from
Malta to Syracuse in a ship whose sign
was Polux and Caster. They were
made immortal by Jupiter and were
worshipped by both Greeks and Ro-
mans. Temples were erected in their
honor by the latter. The twins have
also been called. David and Jona- 4
than" Jacob and Esau." the Twin
sons of Rebecca" and In Austraiia
were known as ''The Young Men"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-08-25
Phonetic Spelling is
AT Its Best in This
Classical Epistle

In the hundreds of letters whicl
come to the office of the secretary o.
the Pendleton Commercial Associa
ton are usually some which might. fol
one reason or other, be classed a
gems. c. X. Cranston, secretary, con.
siders the following letter as supre.
me in its class. 1t is from a man ir
Creighton. Nebraska, who wants &c
come to Umatilla County to farm. The
letter reads as follows:
Dear Sir Mr.. Postmaster.
hande this letter to real estate
man / don't no aney one up there
put wood like to no somthing
about the country lam looking
for a locasan you wood do me a
create faver.
Mr.. realastate man wood like
to aske you few quaisons about
the country dos it rain there are
do you irrigate there how is the
cops there how dos whet turn out
is barin good there isthere meney
cows there do they rase froot
there is there aney corn raised
there we'll send me some litature
about that valley and prises on
small tract 40 are so akers i'm
proved land done delay ancer by
return mail lam coming out to
Bend will stop at your town.
Creaighton Neb.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-08-25

| Foreman Francis E. Mccall was a
sub-staion at the Manhattan end o.
the Brooklyn bridge, where he ha.
been answering questions for more
than ten years, when a big gray tour.
ing car rolled up to the curb ant
stopped.
A man, who sat with two hand.
somely dressed women and a boy ant
IL girl in the tonneau, beckoned tc
Caddell, and he went over quickly.
"Officer." the man said, ''will this
route we're taking get us to Coney
Island?"
''It WILL was the answer, with 9TH
er directions added.
You look as if you had come a
long way" Caddell added, as the
chauffeur prepared to start the auto
Yes, we have come from Califor-
mia, and now we are on the return trip
1 didn't want the children to miss
seeing Coney Island"
That's fine" exclaimed Caddell
heartily. 'I hope you enjoy yourself.
and 1 wish you luck
The auto alread was moving away
when the big policeman uttered those
words which really are the key to
this unusual story.
stop, Back up!" the man called
to the chauffeur, jumping from his
seat at the same time. Turning to
Caddell. he said, in tone of excitement:
you weren't always on this job
were you, officer ?'
"Oh, no." was the reply. i've been
a detective in the Tenderloin and in
chinatown the man amended.
I'm Chinatown about seventeen years
ago?"
That's right"
do you remember one day when
you were standing with Chuck Con-
nors in front of Barney Flynn's sa-
Ioon"--
II couldn't very well forget Chuck
old Pearl Buttons'-thats now
dead and gone,'' Caddel1 interjected,
head. "In fny thirty-three
years on the force I've known them,
great and small, in this town.
do you remember" the man per-
sisted, his voice rising and his eyes
shining with emotion. that you left
Chuck and walked over to a tramp,
a ragged young fellow, standing in
The doorway of Barney's and said to
him:
What are you doing holding down
a saloon doorway like that? Come on,
low. you're too decent a young fell
ow to be hanging around here?"
"Sure. 1 remember now" Caddeli
ldmitted. "The young fellow told me
hat he was college graduate and
hat his father was wealthy
"And you told him to dry up with
hat stuff, that you were tired of
rearing Chinatown pipe Dreams" the
nan exclaimed. throwing his arm
round Caddells big shoulder, and
queezing him and pounding him on
he back and trying to drag him -snto
he auto.
Il was the young fellow, officer.
feet my wife and my sister-in-law and
ny boy and girl. I'll never forget how
"a took me over to the old clothes
Iarket and bought me a suit and hat
nd shoes and underwear and"--
"Surei A whole outfit for $2.75."
addelI grinned. you'd hardly be-
eve it today. would you? / stood |
ou behind q truck and made you
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-08-25
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
GIN ADVANCED
AN EDUCATION PAYS.

| a REPORT from o. A. C.
! ~ says that all records for
~v attendance at that
school will be broken this fall.
Entrance credentials from Ore
gon high schools are 1OS per
cent higher than ever before at
this time. There will be many
state aided soldiers in the new
student body.
1t may be taken for granted
that the conditions at other in
stitutions throughout the state
and northwest are similar to
those at the agricultural col
lege. If so, the young people
involved are entitled to COM
pliment for the good judgment
they manifest in seeking the
best educational advantages
obtainable.
Despite any views to the con-
trary, an education pays and
pays well. frequently an edu-
Gated man will accomplish but
little in a worldly way. He
would accomplish even less
had he not been schooled.
When he succeeds he succeeds
all the better for his collegiate
training. Get the best educa-
ton you can. You will need it
and the republic needs an ed
ucated citizenship.