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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-26
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WE had a strike IN our school to-
w day. skinny DugaR striksd &
four other kids went out with him
Thay ssd thay wuddent sharpen nc
more pencils without pay.
Each OF Us kids had been taking
turns staying after school * sharp
ening pencils & it was skinny's turn
& four other kids that lives neel
him. g. after skool the teecher sed
Skinny DUNCAN. you & the other boys
MANNED must stay & sharpen
pencils.
Nothing stirring. sed skinny.
What do you meant ssd the tseche=
] mean 7 am looking out OF the
window, sed skinny.
Did you hear what sed. sed the
teecher-
Have Declared WaIkout.
can hear you, but I cart see you.
sed skinny. he & my men has de-
clalred a Walkout, he sed
You better begin walking out
now, sed the teecher.
So skinny & the other four kids
walked out q after thay had got
outside the teecher went after them
& brot them back in. one al a time.
she brot them In BY thare ears.
Skinnys ears stretched the furthesr
beekaus he pulled back the most. HIS
ears looked like thay was made OF
rubber
viii tell my father about this.
he sed 10 the teecher.
While you are telling him. sed the
teecheri just menshun that Ealv Won
a good slap besides. d she slapped
skinny on the heezer.
Ouch. sed skinny & he began for
20 holler
You are a poor sampel OF a union
man, sed the teecher- Union men do
not cry. Thay Just walkout Now
tel al the littel boys & girls you
are sorry
Would Die First.
I VIII die first. sed skinny
Then the teecher pulled his GERS
sum moar & skinny sed I am sorry.
am sorrys am sorry. He sed l.
three times
Tell the littel children you were
vary rong, sed the teecher.
I was vary rong, sed Skinny. ouch.
let 90 OF my ear. he sed.
VIII you sharpen the pencils
gladly, sed the teecher.
Gladly. sed skinny. Let go OF nay
ear he sed
Gladly & willingly viii you sharpen
them pencils1 sed the teecher. Gladly
q willingly VIII sharpen them
pencils, sed skinny.
Vary good. sed the teecher- Nov.
children, sed the teecher. we have
aQ-Just-ed our little labor problems,
she sed. The toilers have gene back
10 the mines, she sed, & thare viii
be no strike today.
Our teecher IS the boss IN our
school moar than Pa is In our house
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
Commons Begged
BY Law to Uphold
His Labor Policy
Argues There Is No Danger
OF Widespread Unemploy-
ment if Members keep
Heads and Solid Front

LONDON, Feb. 1S-It had been ex-
pected that Premier Lloyd George
would intervene in the labor debate in
the House Of Commons to-day, but An
drew Bonar Law, government spokes-
man in the House, explained that the
Premier had been detained by impor-
tant work and had asked him to speak
instead
Mr. Bonar Law proceeded to beg the
House not to force division on the
labor amendment. because, he said it
would be bad thing thus to suggest
that the government was doing nothing
to deal with the industrial situation.
1t was not fair, he added, to sug-
gest that the government was neglect
ing one of its chief duties He de
MED that the government had shown
a tenderness fer proftecrs. On the
contrary, prices had been controlled
or fixed in every direction. and one ef-
feet of a heavy excess profits duty
would be an absence of working capi~
tai, which would be dangerous to the
country in trade competition.
After announcing the governments
miners retroactive, Mr.. Bonar Law
argued that distinction had been
drawn between the movement for OBJ
tanning better working conditions bv
limiting employers profits and similar
movements in1icting hardships ON the
community He believed that if the
people kept their heads there would
be no great danger Of serious unem-
pioyment.
The debate on industrial unrest was
opened by William Brace, Labor mem
Der for South Glamorgan, who moved
the official Labor party amendment in
reply to the speech from the throne
The amendment expresses regret at the
absence of any mention in the speech
of a definite proposal for dealing with
the present causes of industrial unrest
and for securing in this connection
working hours and conditions of labor
that would establish a higher standard
OF life and social we'll being Tor the
people
Organized labor, the member said,
stood strongly for the settlement of
disputes by consultation and concilia-
ton. The real cause of the present
unrest, he declared, was an accumula-
tIon of unsettled grievances
j. II. Thomas, general secretary of
the National Union of Railway Men.
said he had no hesitation in saying that
the difficulties with the miners, rail
way men and transport workers were
so serious that the country might at
any moment be plunged into one of the
greatest industrial upheavals ever
known. He asserted that there were
million mon and women unemployed.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
" orkers Expected 10
4ccept Decision and
Resume Jobs Monday

PATERSON, n. j., Feb. ia strike
that was unique in the history of this
mill city virtually came to an end to-
night with telephone message from
Chicago that the National War Labor
Board has fixed temporary schedule
IN accordance with which silk manu-
facturers would reopen their mills and
their employees return to work. The
1chedule is to last until the Federal
Board reaches a final decision in the
matter.
armistce was telephoned from Chicago
and given out here by Albert i. Wyman,
secretary OF the employers association
Mr.. Wyman's announcement Of the
message, which he received from Henry
j. lyman, chairman Of the manufactur-
ers conference committee, follows:
We have been almost all day before
the National War Labor Board and as
result the case has been accepted fer.
consideration by the board. In the
meantime the 'short-time' hours are to
be forty-two and one-half, consisting
OF five days Of eight and one-half
hours each, starting at 1880 a. M
Both Sides Sign Message
This message, Mr. Wyman said, was
subscribed to by Mr.. lyman and Charles
L. Mandevllle and James A Kane, the
two other representatives of the en-
ployers on the joint committee that
waited on the Federal Board; by James
Starr, Thomas +. Morgan and Louis
Magnat, representatives of the silk
workers, and by Thomas +. McMann.
who accompanied the joint committed
as the representative Of the United
Textile Workers of America
On behalf of the employers, their
repres esentatves before the National
War Labor Board accepted the terms;
on behalf OF the employees. their rep
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
{, s 2 2 q 2 ), 900 Gone, Bank
Closes; Cashier Held
Piitsbureher Said to Have At
tempted Suicide When Police
Bring Warrant

PITTSBURGH, Feb. Following
the arrest of j. f. Swartz, cashier,
charged with embezzling $3.50, 900 of its
funds, the Park Bank, one of the lead
ing financial institutions of the Easo
End, was closed this morning. 1t was
announced that D. G. Camerson, state
bank examiner, had been appointed re-
celver. The banks statement on jan
uary ! showed deposits of $2,235, ,S59.
According to the police Swartz at
tempted to commit suicide shortly be-
fore officers arrived at his home The
police were kept waiting several hours
until he regaincd consciousness. He
has been transferred to hospital.
where he is being closely guarded by
the police.
A statement issued by E. c. Chalfant,
president, said the amount missing
comprised between $4,000 and $4,000
IN cash and $4,000 in unauthorize i
notes. He said there would be little
loss to depositors.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
Strikers Win
5-Day Week
In Silk Plants
Continued from page l
workers demand a forty-four hour week
and an increase in wages.

workers demand forty-four hour week
and an increase in wages
This action will make the third strike
declared in the garment trade for the
near future, in addition to the 10000
that have been idle for the last foul
weeks in the waist and dress industry
Six thousand employees in the house
dress and kimona line are scheduled to
leave their jobs on Monday, while 5000
more workers in the childrens dress
trade have decided to quit work Tues
day 1t is expected that by Friday of
next week there will be approximately
10000 toilers idle. In each case the
unions want a shorter week and an in
crease in pay.
1t was pointed out by union leaders
yesterday that this is the first walk
out in the white goods industry since
1913, the agreements between employees
and manufacturers having been re-
rewed from time to time Employees
in this trade now work forty-eight
hours week.
The meeting last night was addressed
by Benjamin Schlesinger, president of
The Inte irrational Ladies' Garment
oIkelS Union; nose oChnelderman
Dres dent of the Women's Trade Union
League, and S. Shore, head of the
white goods workers. union. Miss
Schneiderman asserted that the forty
four-hour week question was almost
history and that forty-hour week
would be demanded in the near future.
She accused the manufacturers Of try
ing 20 break the present strikes by
flling their factories with colored girls,
whom they were employing on the pre-
tence of Americanization.
"The manufacturers want a test of
power she stated. 81 know. girls,
you are going to give them a devil of a
good fight before they are through
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14

the grounds both of justice and sound
economies VIC should give our hearty
support to all legitimate efforts made
by labor 70 resist general wage rcduc-
tions, even when the cost of living re-
cedes from its present high level" the
committee said:
Even if the great majority of work
ers were now in receipt of more than
living wages, there are no good reasons
why yates of pay should be lowered.
After all, living wage is not neces-
sarly the full measure of justice. All
the Catholic authorities or the subject
explicitly declare that this is only the
minimum OF justice. In Il country as
rich as ours, there are very few cases
IN which it is possible to prove that
the worker would be getting more than
that to which he has right, if he
paid something in excess OF this ethical
minimum. Why then should we assume
that thls is the normal share Of almost
the whole laboring population?
"Sinca our industrial resources and
instrumentalities are sufficient to pro-
vide more than a living wage for verv
large proportion of the workers. WHY
should we acqulesce in theory which
denies them this measure of the com
forts of life? Such policy is not only
~ NSty uuIdllCV, out IS
unsound economically. The large de-
mand for goods which is created and
maintained by high rates of wages and
high purchasing power by the masses
is the surost guarantee of continuous
and general operation of industrial es-
adjustments. 1t is the most effective
lnstrument of prosperity for labor and
capital alike"
"The several states should enact
laws the report stated, providing for
the establishment of wages that will
be at least sufficient for the decent
maintenance Of family, in the case
of male adults, and adequate to the
decent individual support of female
workers. In the beginning the legal
minimum for male workers should suf-
flee not only for the present needs of
the family, but it should be gradually
raised until it is adequate to future
npp6c u,o1l
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
Heavy Buying Urged to
Calm Industrial Unrest

Wise but prompt buying will do more
to steady the industrial situation than
any other action that the American
people can take, the United States Coun-
ci. Of National Defence believes. In
1urtherance of campaign to stimulate
shopping of all kinds Grosvenor B
Clarkson, director Of the council. cave
out yesterday at the Hotel Vanderbilt
a statement, which in part follows:
The United States Council of Ma
'loha! Defence, composed Of the Sec
1ctarles OF War, Navy, Interior. Acri-
culture, Commerce and Labor. has be-
gun nation wide campaign ure;nc tha
people OF the country to buy only what
they need, but to buy it now.
he counciFs action is based on the
general Industrial situation. In the
Northern states unemployment is pres
ent because of suspension of outdoor
work. There is business hesitation
normal to postwar readiustment.
Inccs are to some extent declining.
Men hesitate to buy materials and sup
Plies on falling market. This means
stopping work in some places and re-
duclng amount of work done in others.
Without expressing undue alarm.
the Council of National Defence be-, '
lleves that tn csituation invites the
activities of certain restless elements.
The Bolshevist takes advantage of
idlenoss. Empty stomachs and purses
create this opportunity. His fellow,
the l. w. w. agitator. seizes the same
occasion.
"Therc is a great volume Of business
waiting to be done in America. Pri-
vate stocks of all kinds are low The
country's means are ample and when
the full flow Of private buying begins
there viii be business for all. But it
may take several months to bring this
about, and action is needed now
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
Bill Seeks to Cut State
In Two and Annex Jersey

ALBANY, Feb. 13.-Now, while the
make New York state, in the opinion
of Assemblyman J. Fairfax McLaugh-
lin, of Bronx County. Democrat. So
he introduced bill to that end in
the Legislature to-day.
Mr.. McLaughlin's state would include
the five metropolitan counties of New
York and twenty eight others whose
weston broundary would be formed by
Rockland, Orange, Sullivan, Delaware,
Otscgo, Herkimer and st. Lawrence
counties. 1t would include also Con-
necticut and New Jersey, though
neither of those states has ratified the
plan. Mr.. Mclaughlin intends to call
his state New York and let the rest Of
the former state of New York find
another name for itself.
"When tho Assembly was considering
the ratification of the prohibition
amendment" Mr.. Mclaughlin said, 81
told that body that the City Of New
York might be driven 10 form sep
aratc state, where real representative
government would prevail and the cost
and the people of our city be freed
from the enactment of laws opposed to
their wishes and injurious to their in
terests.
"A scheme of Misrepresentation has
been written into the state constitu-
tion which to-day gives the majority
of the states population living in our
city only 42 per cent Of the members
of each house of the Legislature. Tax
alton without representation has been
one Of the inevitable results. And this
scheme of misrepresentation has been
made self-perpetuating because any
proposed amendment to the state CON
stitution must first be approved by two
sessions of the Legislature, in which
New York City has only AZ per cent
of the members"
Mr.. McLaughlin's is the third "sep-
arate state" bill to be introduced since
the ratification of the prohibition
amendment
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
Labor Wins Its Most
Radical Demands at
Peace Conference
Right of Separate Vote at
Forthcoming Convention
Was Looked On as a Seri.
ous Obstacle to Any Term

PARIS, Feb. 13-The agreement hv
the Commission on international Labor
Legislation of the peace conference
yesterday to accept Article " of the
British draft of measures to settle +be
future status of international labor
marks the passing over safely of an
obstacle which the labor leaders ox-
pected would provoke a bitter contest.
Tor the reason that it is the most radi-
cal of the projects organized labor is
seeking to graft upon the constitution
of the society of nations.
This article provides that at the pro
posed international labor conference
the representatives of the governments
the employers and working people shall
be entitled to speak and vote indie
pendently, without regard to the views
expressed by other representatives of
their nation, and to have power to draw
up conventions binding on the nations
represented
Rapid Progress Made
The rapid progress made upon the
remainder of the British draft. into
which will be Incorporated certain fea-
lures of the French labor plan. appears
to warrant the belief that the essen
tlal aims of the delegates of both ma
TONS VIII be accepted in their entirety
by the commission, although final ac
tion by the peace conference ;s nro
dicted. pio7
The British draft covers a wide field
including the following provisions:
Uniformity of the rights of work.
men employed abroad, their protection
against loss when in q foreign country
Vhfough the lapse of state insurance
against sickness. old age. accidents,
unemployment and similar causes.
To Fight Idleness
Prevention of unemployment throngb
the adoption by the different govern
ments of policy of distribution Of
orders for public works so as to keen
the demand for labor at an annroviy
mately uniform level;
The relief of the unemployed throuph
system of registration and co0nera-
ton between employers in different
lines OF industry to meet fuctuating
labor demands;
Opportunities to unemployed young
workers for the continuance of theiT
education at established centres;
A system of inspection of Factories
and workshops to insure the execution
of labor laws;
The protection of children, youths
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14

and women, with educational oppor-
tunities for the children, and the regu-
lating Of night work for the youths;
The limitation of the working shift
for young persons TO half that of
adults, with no overtime or night work ;
The recognition of the rights of
workingmen to combine and the right
to peaceful picketing;
he recognition of the right OF
Worklngmen to combine politically and
the right Of trades unions to partici-
pate in politics;
Working hours to be fixed by laws
IN each state with an international
standard as the minimum;
The regulation of home work in
small workshops or sweat shops to be
attended to by each state, in view of
me difficulty of settling this problem
by international legislation:
AN International code. regulating la
Dor conditions in the mercantile ma
flne under every flag, to be worked
OUT by special maritime commits
SION OF the league of nations, in con-
0iIuous session to take up new points.
1t seems to be agreed that the Who'll
~ different wage and money stand
ards of the East and West would make
the definite fixing of conditions as to
these matters impossible.
AS to the right of workingmen to
combine, the British view is that this
at least should be insisted upon by
the working classes, although it is now
denied by Japan
The measures of hygiene, insurance.
ana the regulation of the work of chill
dren' 1t is also contended, ought to
apply to native Asiatic labor.
The British plan also contemplates
the creation of a permanent interna-
tlonal commission to fix minimum
wages according to the conditions in
the various regions and to make a
special study of native labor problems.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14

resentatives accepted them, and little
doubt was expressed tonight here
that the acceptance of these repre-
sentatives would be approved. Work
ers have called meetings for to-mor-
row at which it is expected that they
will vote to return to work at 1880
a. NJ. Monday.
1t is the inclusion of the "short
time" phrase in the decision that
makes it compromise Otherwise the
workers obtained even more than they
sought. Those two words mean, how
ever, that the mills are not working
at normal capacity. They will not have
to open their doors and start their
engines for the short day on Satur-
day. They need operate only five days
a week.
Manufacturers Feared Competition
When the employees went on strike
February they were working fifty
hours week on the basis of nine
hour day.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14

A New Kind Of
Motor Car Comfort

There Is kind of motor car comfort that goes
beyond bodily ease
1t embraces such essentials as performance. SER
vice from the car, durability and economy.
1t is this kind of comfort t-alnclusive-tbat "a
enjoyed by Hupmobie owners
They have really unusual riding and driving ease.
to begin with. But that is not ALL
their cars habitualy and consistently outpoint
other cars in performance. So consistently indeed,
that mut-cylinder types actually hold small inter-
est for Hupmobile owners
Service to them means only thing-viling.
faithful service from the car itself
Added to these is the economy of exceptional mile
age ON gasoline and tires with practically no repair
expense from one years end to another
The Hupmobile owners loyalty to his car is s;n,n1
the natural result of the distinct ADVANTAGES vb;b
he enjoys
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
Thieves Shoot Inspector
Sailor Wounded by Men Who
Steal Auto in Chelsea. Mass.

CHELSEA, Mass, Feb. Inspector
Charles E. Deininger, of the Boston
Police Department, was shot and killed
and John Donnelly. sailor, was
wounded in the leg tonight when off
GERS attempted to arrest a number of
men alleged to have stolen an auto
mobile. The shooting occurred when
the men dashed out of a garage on
Winthrop Road in an automobile and
escaped.
The Chelsea police estimate there
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14

MARMON AUTOMOBILE co
OF NEW YORK
Distributors for the East
Broa dway at 62nd Street
also
BROOKLYN MARM0N LONG ISLAND COMPANY
1905 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn
NEWARK GORDON B. PHILLIPS SALES COMPANY
II Central Ave, Newark, NJ.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14

were four men in the automobile and
that two or three others escaped ar
foot. Late tonight policemen from
Chelsea and Boston were searching for
the gunner.
Joseph Colonna, who the police be-.
lieve drove the automobile in which
the gunmen made their escape, was ar.
rested late tonight in Revere.
Oxford Democrat., 1919-11-18
About the State.

The body of Louis King of Jackmsn
was found the first of last week in the
woods at Township No. s, by hunters.
A bullet had penetrated the abdomen,
and 1t is supposed that he shot himself
in taking his rifle from the canoe. A
formal finding was returned by the med
ical examiner that death was due to
accident.
The four-year -old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Cliche of Lewiston was drowned
in the cross canal at lower Lincoln street
Wednesday. While playing on the bridge
he crawled under the fence and fell into
the water. The current under the bridge
is very swift and be was swept down to
the gates of the Continental Mill aume,
where the body was recovered.
In the Texas yard in Bath are four
10, 900 ton steamships and three smaller
vessels in various stages of construction.
1t Is estimated that there is now ten
years. work ahead of this Bath plant.
HYDE Windlass Co. of Bath has war
record that is said to equal that of any
plant of its size in the nation. Its work
Ing force of SIS men bought $47, 900
worth of Liberty bonds.
The body of Leon A. Gray was recov-
cred on the 9th from the bed of the
Sheepscot river, near Wiscasset, In which
he was drowned on October ~. Mr..
Gray, whose home was in Dsmariscotta,
and who was the publisher of the Lin.
coin County News, came here nearly two
weeks ago to strip his sailing yacht and
haul her up for the winter. His failure
to return home at night aroused the fears
of Mrs. Gray and grapplers have been
working since that time. The body was
located within 20 feet from the spot
where the yacht was at anchor. Mr..
Gray had been suffering of late from q
weakness in his left knee and 1t is be-
lieved he fell into the water as the result.
BE was 45 years of age, and leaves wife
and two daughters.