Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-26
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[been looked upon as the CHIEF ot the
|anti- Bolshsyili forces in Russia, with
at Omak. In recent
Recommendation to the allies, however
|kdniral Kolchak advised them that ne
|considered General Denesine, com
|mander of the south as his superior
|officcr. General Denekine is said TO
have eriumphed over the Bolshevists
I'm several battles in South Russia.
Senator Pcnrose. Republican, OIL
|Pa,nsylvania, declared in the senate
|nondsy that President Wilson and MS
|party brought back from the Paris
|peace conference jewels and other GIFTS
|Srom crowned heads" which he had
Keen told were worth more than one
|nillion dellars. Intsrrupting speech
|by Senator Ashurst, Democrat, Ari-
|zons, who said that in 1910 1t had been
|propcsed to prohibit acceptance OF
|rifts from foreign rulers by the presi-
tdent Senator Penrose asked II the
|Arfzona senator had in mind gifts
|madea to President Wilson while IN
|Burops. "I know nothing of that,
|senator Ashurst replied, but If any
|nemscrat accepted skch gifts he. would
receive my condemnation as quickly
| a. II he were Republican, II have
bean told that the president and his
|narty came back overburdened with
presents from crowned heads and for
|eign governments, Senator Pen
rose seid. There was jewelry valued
|at hundreds Of thousands. and / was
hold that customs authorities valued
1.-The riffs at more than million dol
bars"
- Demands for so per cent. increase
|ln all mine wages a limit of SIX hours
|spon the days labor underground, a
lave day week with time and half
.for overtime and double time for work
lon sunday and holidays and important
|improvsnents in conditions Of labor
5were adopted by the convention Of the
limited States Workers Of America at
cleveland, O.. last Tuesday afternoon.
IThe convention then adjourned to
await the result of the point wage scale
conference with the operators OF the
|ceatral competitive district, which
|opens in Bufafo Thursday. Should
satisfactory new agreement be reached
|by the representatives of the miners
land operators at this conference the
.convention will be reconvened at IN
dianapolis to accept or reject 1t.
3Should no agreement be reached
|in time to be ratified and come into
2efrect by November 1, general strike
|of all situminous coal miners in the
limited States will automatically ensue
ION that date which fields If the inter-
national executive board and the rep
.reeentatiyes of the Canadian districts
DO determine.
- Washington, September %: Con-
3xress intervened in the steel strike
To-day by directing the senate labor
(committee to institute an immediate in
vcstigation to ascertain "if the situ-
alton can in any way be relieved by
Federal aston" The inquiry will be-
gin Thursday when representatives OF
1.-The strikers will be heard. Later
chairman Gary of the United States
steel corporation, President Gompers
Df the American Federation of Labor,
Ind other spokesmep for both capital
and labor will appear. Action by the
senate was taken on resolution propos-
ling the inquiry offered by Senator Ken
|yon, Republican, Iowa, chairman of the
Education and labor committees. The
Resolution was adopted without OBJ
bsction after brief discussion Of the
eeriss industrial situation involving the
public interest. While the senate was
Raunching the committee inquiry the
house loudly applauded an address
by Representative Cooper, Republican,
Youngstown, Ohio, member of one Of
the railroad brotherhoods, assailing
William 2. Foster, secretary and treas
krer Of the committee organizing the
steel workers, and other labor union
headers who, he charged, were foment-
Ing revolution. The representative
from the heart of the steel Industry
districts appealed to the rank and file
BIZ labor organizations to disregard
.radical" leadership. Immediately af-
or adoption of his resolution, Chair
han Kenyon sent kilograms to Judge
Gary and John ]. Fitzpatrick, chair
nan Of the steel strikers organization,
Requesting them to appear Thursday
md at his request, his testimony was
dsferred until week from tomorrow.
5enator Kenyon said tonight he was
assured Fitzpatrick and probably other
Representatives of the strikers would
be on hand to start the hearings
Thursday.
- Republicans took actual control of
beacs treaty procedure in the senate
Monday by three vote margin. The
brst test in the fight now being waged
lbout the pact with it's league of
nations covenant, came on a mo-
len by Chairman Lodge Of the foreign
telations committee to postpone for
bns week consideration of some 40 odd
amendments which would relieve the
IJnitsd States from service on commits
Hons created under the treaty. The for
nal motion, with a fixed date, was put
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