The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-10-09

lSOn. O-OceHe turing the great OH
and that the employees of the corpo
ration are now compelled to resort to
a strike in order to prove to Judge
Gary the authority of their selected
representatives to present their griev-
ances. In the Chicago district, at
least, strike-breakers will not be en-
plOyed, according to the company Of
fcials. The strikers will be paid off
and discharged permanently, and If
the walkout is general, the mills will
shut down.
Disorders in Boston, due to the
strike of policemen, were largely sup
pressed by the military, but the situa.
ton otherwise was little improved.
The firemen, however, decided not to
quit, and the threatened general strike
was at least postponed. The attitude
of the American Federation Of Labor
toward the Boston case is peculiar.
President Gompers, while defending
the strike, admitted the police were
given a charter on the express IN
~derstanding that they would not strike.
Then Mr.. Gomper's secretary visited
Boston to study the situation, and on
/ leaving announced that the federation
stood solidly behind the striking po-
licemen. He intimated that he did
not favor a general strike at this time.
Chiefly because the police force of
Washington also was ~unionized in the
face of orders to the contrary. Presi-
dent Wilson toOk a hand in the mat
ter of police unions. He sent a tele-
gram to Commissioners BrownlOw of
the District Of Columbia in which he
said: II think that any association
of the police force of the capital city.
or Of any great city, whose
object is to bring pressure upon
the public or the community. such al
will e%ndanger the public peace or en-
barrass the maintenance of order,
should in no case be ~countenanced
or permitted"
Announcement that the carpenters
strike and consequent building indus
try tie-up in the Chicago district had
ended was not only premature. but
seemingly false. The carpenters were
ostensibly given a chance to vote on
the question. but instead of a secret
ballot. the voting was open. and the
contractors assert that thus the labor
bosses were able to intimidate the men
and obtain a majority for rejection of
the compromise offered.
Two big meetings of general inter
est were held in Chicago last week.
The first was the annual convention of
the Zionists of America. at which
plans were laid for the industrial in
vasion of Palestine by the Jews. The
first Of the invaders will be members
of the Jewish legion that fought in the
Holy Land under General Allenby.
Steps were taken to raise the immense
sums needed to develop Palestine. The
executive committee expects to get as
much as $4,000 900 in America during
the coming year.
The other meeting was of some 800
leaders of the Anti-Saloon League of
America. who were completing their
program for a campaign designed to
make the whole world dry.s They de-
cided they must raise at least $5,OO0,-
600 for the work and that prohibition
must be enforced in American cities
as proof to the world that the sale of
liquor can be stopped.
The gulf coast of Texas suffered Sc
verely from the tropical hurricane that
swept up from the Caribbean sea.
Scores of persons were drowned and
Immense property damage was done.
especially in Corpus Christi and the
roundabout.
Prosecution Of the packers by the
government proceeded. apace with the
presentation Of evidence TO the grand
jury In Chicago. Notwithstanding the
of Chicago organizations In de-
Tense of the "big ive." this evidence
and what is yet to come is declared
by Attorney General Palmer to be
to sustain the indictment of the
of packers. and he added
when the collected data us laid
before a jury the wrath Of the Amer
lean people will compel a verdict Of
The story will amaze
America"
Patriotic Americans were gratified
by the sentence imposed by Judge
Dean at Jackson. Mimi. on President
e. G. TOwnIey of the Nonpartisan
and Joseph Guilbert. former /;
manager, who had been convicted Of
conspiring to teach sedition. They
given 80 days in jaii-the limit I
under the statute.