Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-13
Positions of Strikers De-
clared Vacant by Com
missioner Curtis
INTERCESSION BY
GOMpERS TOO LATE
Head Of American Federation of Labor
Advises Policemen to Return t.
Work and Await Conference at
White House on Labor Problems
State Guard Shoots Woman and Man
During Altercation.

Boston, SEPT. lat is fight to the
finish. The offices formerly held by
striking policemen are vacant. The
request of Samuel that the strikers oe
reinstated is refused. 1t appears to
mean the complete failure of attempts
at compromise. Attention now is
turned TO the position to be taken by
the iiremen, electrical workers. car
men anu otner. organizations offiliated
: Win tue UNION. a ge.fera. strlAe has
been threatened, a..u, II II comes, the
Lost Ulues yrl stu laDUr trouSle ever eX-
/ perienca III .>ew Et.s.ana IS evident.
| lnere is strong ui.tsrence OF opinion
WITHIN tie uuIons. some OF them VIII
! take acIlol tonight. Meantime the
authorLItes have taken steps to meet
, the worst. Federal troops are availapIe
| to assist the state guard which now
! patrols the city. Under the direction
/ of Brigadier- General Sweetzer, the OIL
state militia is being revived hru
recruiting. Governor Coolidge was in
conference with labor leaders this
! iAS "a ottPNAS
1 action Of Commissioner Curtis.
|, New York, Sept. 13.-When Informed
| of the action of police Commissioner
Curtis in declaring the posts OF the
striking policemen vacant, : Samuel
Gompers said:
II suppose he is willing to assume
| the responsibility for the consequences
/ of his action"
| Boston, Sept 13.-Police Comms-
sioner Curtis today announced that the
/ posts deserted by the striking police
linen were vacant and that he would
| proceed to fill them.
A woman and a man were shot at a
street corner this morning during an
attempt of the state guards to make
| iloiterers move on The man was KILL
ed and the woman wounded In the
knee. >The man had engaged in an ar
| gument with one of the, state guards.
who was trying to leave the street en-
| trance to the subway. The state guards,
| with fixed bayonetS. dispersed the
quickly gathering crowd.
From the moment the governor
! lifted control of the situation from the
hands Of Mayor Peters and Police
| Commissioner Curtis ,the outlook for
the reestablishment of law and or
der has hen brighter. Concentrating
all executive power in himself, he has
made it plain to the public, the strik-
ers and the mobs that the crisis has
produced that he is in control. He is
| looked upon as another Ole Hanson.
| Army Threat Effective.
The governors threatNto bring the
United States army into the city and
! the United States navy to Boston har-
Dor checked ali disorder as though by
magic Iodav. Announcements that
1.-The secretary of war and the secre-
tary Of the navy stood ready to sup
| port the local authorities. coupled
! with President Wilson's words of de-
nunciation for the lawless outbreak,
paralyzed the spirit of revolt.
| The Gnmpers telegrams were made
public Immediately after this deci-
sion. They were addressed to Mayor
Peters and Frank Mccarthy, the
American Federation Of Labor pres
ident here. Mr.. Gompers" pleaded for
restoration Of conditions existing
| before the strike. Mr.. Gompers scnt
duplicates to Governor Coolidge, Sp-
parently unaware that the latter has
displaced all executive authority deal
| ing with the strike
Gompers' Telegram.
Mr.. Gompers telegram to Mayor
| Peters follows:
mo man or group Of men more
| genuinely regrets the present Boston
situation than do The American Fed
| GRAFTON of Labo-. and r.
"You have undoubtedly been ap-
prsed of President Wilson'S sug-
District Of Columbia who adopted
! a similar reguia:i, n to that adopted
| by the Boston authorities ordering
policement not to become members
or to retain membership in union
affiliated with the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor.
1.-THE president requested that such
order be held in allegiance and the en-
| tire matter remain in status QUO until
after the conference which he has
called for Oct. 6 for the consideration
Iof all matters affecting hesrelations
between workers and employers The
commissioners OF the District OF Co
lumbia complied with the presidents
request.
II. therefore. appeal to you and
to the authorities who issued the order
that its enforcement be defrred until
after the presidential conference.
| II am telegraphing Sthe rcprcsen-
tative OF the American Federation OF
Labor in Boston, Frank MCCARTHY,
80 Whetland avenue, to appeal to the
policemen's union to cooperate alia
| return to their posts Just as IL the
order had not been issued at all, upon
information that the enforcement of
the order has been postponed to await
the outcome of the presidential con-
| ference 8 !,
President Gompers sent q copy Of