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New-York tribune., 1919-09-25
Youngstown Strike
S,Ceiled by Walk-Out
OF 500 Fabricutors
Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence
YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio, Sept. "a
Five hundred steel fabricators walked
out at the plant of the Youngstown
Pressed Steel Company to-day. forcing
the plant to shut down
The walkout was in sympathy with
the steel workers on strike here Say
ing that the men had no grievances,
company officials refused further to
discuss the matter, other than to state
that they would not attempt to operate
the plant until the men decided to come
back
Rumors that officials of the Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube Company were
dickerng with the steel union officials
regarding an agreement were prevalent
day. but neither officials Of the COM
pany nor union officials would discuss
it
Will Use an Aeroplane
Mayor Craver has accepted the offer
of an aeroplane from the Youngstown
Aero Club and will press the machine
into service as an adjunct to the
Police Department. 1t will hover over
the steel plants nightly, keeping close
touch on any Unusual gatherings about
the mills.
J. f. McCadden, Youngstown district
organizer for the iron and steel work
ers. and who is in active charge of the
strike in this district, left tonight for
Pittsburgh to attend q meeting of the
executive committee Of the American
Federation of Labor. He took with him
what he declares will be the best re-
port Of conditions that will be turned
in at the meeting.
"Of all the striking districts in the
country, the Youngstown district is the
only one which is completely tied up"
declared McCadden.
"bsolutely Nothing Doing"
In all of the rest some of the mills
are struggling along, but here there is
absolutely nothing doing. We are 60
ing to keep it So
The claim was made day at union
headquarters that the companies were
sending out some of their own men
under the guise of organizers and ad-
dressing the strikers in foreign
tongues.
"The manufacturers had at least one
man that know Of who addressed the
workers in a foreign tongue, said S.
I. Hammersmark, of the A. +. of l..
"We dc not propose to stand for this.
have instructed our men TO send
any one to the hospital if they find him
playing the manufacturers game this
way
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25

the purpose of bringing in the State
Constabulary and breaking the ranks
of the strikers" Streifier gave out a
copy OF letter which he sent to city
them that "hired agents Of the .teei
company would incite rioting."
Lackawanna was calm TODAY. with
seventy state troopers patroling the
streets and breaking up all assemblares =
OF strikers. One striker was dubbed
and arrested by state trooper after,
1T is alleged, he had thrown a beer
case at the mounted policeman, but
otherwise there was no disorder. Not
a man entered or left the steel plant
today, and the company's private po-
ilcemen remained inside the fence
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25
Only 10000 of 100000
Soldiers Now Without Jobs

WASHINGTON. Sept 24.-Of the
100000 men in the military service
at the close Of hostilities for whom it
was necessary 10 find civil employ
ment. there remain now only from
10000 TO 10000. according to best fig
ures obtainable by the government
This number represents no more than
the normal labor turnover. it is stated
and it was this situation which
prompted Colonel Arthur Woods. spe-
cial assistant to Secretary Baker. to
resign. as his work in getting employ
ment for former soldiers was practi-
cally completed.
Available figures indicate approx
mately so per cent of the discharged
men were taken back by former en-
ployers
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25

declared to-day in an address before
the annual convention Of the Associa-
ton Of American Secretaries of State.
These folks said Mr. Lane, won't
take the word Of experienced men all
down the road Of history that there is
no magical way to happiness. Work
alone finds the way Work is the sal
vatlon. materially and spiritually.
"Our war morale has not been main
tanned. We have not the unity of pur-
pose 'hat prevailed then. We lack a
common purpose, we Americans. though
we are Just as loyal, just as idealstc.
we can adopt an aggressive, CON
Structlve programme for America Let
Us all work to make this country a
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25

prehension and punishment under our
laws.
Will Deal With Invasion
Conformation has come to us that
efforts are being made by dangerous
ana evil disposed persons at points in
other states near our boundaries to
collect armed mobs to come across the
state line to overpower our municipal
authorities and to attack our citizens
and destroy their property. If any
such attempts are made we shall be
compelled TO regard these mobs as
armed invaders of PENNSYLVANIA and
we shall deal with them as such.
Il count upon your counsel and inlu-
ence to discourage such attempts and
to aid us in every way that you can
against those who would by intemper-
ate speech infiamc people to criminal
actions.
Our interest in the struggle in
tenance Of law and order, the protec-
ton Of Your rights and those of all
our people, citizens and sojourners
alike, who live within our laws Dur
ing YOUR Own stay here you must
have been impressed with the fact that
our people are Aw-abiding, and while
they have absolute consideration for
the rights Of others they are earnest.
indeed, In the protection of their own
rights and the good name of the com
monwealth of which they are part.
This is the spirit of the people of
Pennsylvania, and as Governor of the
state shall see to it that their laws
are faithfully executed their rights
protected and their institutions upheld.
"WILLIAM c. SPROUL.
"GOVernOr of Pennsylvania
At the Capitol it was explained to-
night that by earned mobs' the Gov
ernor likely had in mind reports that
steel workers from Youngstown. Ohio.
were preparing to march over the state
line into Farrell, Penn. a town in the
pittsburgh steel industrial region, for
the declared purpose of holding mass
meeting IN the Pennsylvania town
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25
Compers Holds
Gary to Blame
For Big Strike
Tells Senators Men Had No
Other Recourse. and Com
panies Are Using ''Crook
Detectives'' as MurtAerers
NsU Yorh J<tbxne
Warrington Bureau


Warrington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-sSamuel
Gompers. president Of the American
Federation Of Labor, testifying to day
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mittee Of the Senate at hearing on
the Cummins bill for the return Of
the railroads, blamed Judge +. H.
Gary, head Of the United States Steel
Corporation, for the steel strike.
Mr.. Gompers declared that the steel
workers had no alternative but to
strike when Judge Gary refused to con-
fer with their representatives.
He asserted that conditions in the
districts where the United States Steel
mills are located were "horrible," and
that murders, assaults and arrests
had been committed against the work
ers by "detective crooks" employed by
the Steel Corporation.
Mr.. Gompers, in reply to questions
asked by Senator Smith. of South
Carolina, said that the right to say
what wages workers shall give their
services for and under what conditions
they shall work belongs to organized
labor. He continued:
Calls Strike Only Recourse
"lf employers take the arbitrary at
titudc that there is nothing to arb
tfate or talk over. then the workers
have no recourse but to strike
AN instance of that is in the strike
Ir<r IL.
steel workers asked for a conference
with the head of the United States
Steel Corporation in order to lay their
grievances before the company. Mr.
Gary up to this time has given no an
swer to the request Of the men for a
conference
II was in hopes that the strike
might be deferred until after the
labor conference which President Will
son has called for October But if
you knew the conditions that prevailed
United States Steel Corporation you
would be horrifed.
There were murder. assaults. arrests
and the prohibition of men holding
meetings in lots that were not owned
BY the company. The meetings were
dispersed by thugs and detective
crooks employed by the company. A
woman was murdered couple of weeks
ago in McKecsport in cold blood. Men
we're arrested at these meetings and
imprisoned without bail, although some
OF them offered hail as high as $4,000,
and none was permitted to communicate
with friends or lawyers. The man
who was charged with the murder Of
the innocent woman was freed on
$4,000 bail. He was detective en-
ploycd by the company"
Plans Laid for Inquiry
While Mr.. Gompers was tcstifyjnc
before the Senate committee, Senator
Kenyon. chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Education and Labor, pro
cecded with plans for Investigating the
strike, and Senator Thomas Demo
cratl, Of Colorado, in the Senate
charged that the steel workers had
planned the strike for long time. and
chat they walked out son the fimsiest
kind Of an excuse" in order to "strike
for power"
John Fitzpatrick, national chairman
Of the steel workers. organization.
wired Senator Kenyon to-day that he
will appear before the Senate commit
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25
troopers Horse Holds
Striker by Her Teeth

Stat Correspondence
PITTSBURGH. Sept. 24.--In an
,ounter between the constabulary
nd smal, mob in Homestead yes
;erday Ii7zie. the mount Of State
Trooper John 4 Thorpe, played an
important par, Thorpe had arrested
$50 members Of the moo. but while
re was putting handouts on one of
hem tie olher started TO run
thorpe completed the Handwriting
cperation. but.ored UP the prisoners
coat. and, gathering a fold Of it in
lis hand, inserted II II Lizzie's
mouth with instructions TO Hole this
guy. while get the other oac.'
1t took Thorpe ten minutes to get
ne escaped prisoner but when he
came back Lizzie was still holding
her man.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25
Defends Right to Strike

Mr.. Gompers spent the entire dav
defending organized labors right to
strike before Senate committees. His
principal testimony was given before
the Interstate Commerce Committne al
the hearing on the Cummins railroad
bill.
Senator Underwood. Of Alabama. tod
Mr.. Gompers that Congress has a great
fear of a universal strike of railroad
employees that would tie un the trans
portation systems of the country and
starve the American people within
ninety days
"ls there any way" he asked. that
TINS debacle can be prevented other
tran by Congress acting?"
THAT is pot the wav" Mr.. Gompers
replied. let the great railroad broth
erhoods handle the problem Don't re
move their sphere Of influence. They
viii tide you over. They will see to it
that the great danger tha. YOU sec will
not happen"
NJ Gompers SAID that organized labor
would not accept any compromise or
the compulsory arbitration and prohi-
bltion OF strike provisions Of TIE Cum
Minis bill
"To have them in any form would
encourage the forces Non seek to hin
der" said Mr.. Gompers. This war
has changed the world There has
grown up in the world such feeling
of unrest and discomfort that even de-
rorcracy is sneered at az pretencc os
the possessing Classes oF the world. and
that only by force and direct action
IAN the rights of labor be SECURED.
This is expressed by the Bolshevil.i in
Russia and the propaganda Of Bolshcv-
ism for soviet government in many
parts of the world, including our own
country"
There were many converts 20 Boz
shevlsm IN The ie11s Of organized la
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25
Japan Has Strike Panacea

TOXIC. Sept. ~ { By The Associated
Press The alertness Of the Japanese
in attacking new world problems is
shown in the quick formation here of
The Capital and Labor Cooperative
Society," which is designed to forestall
and compromise labor troubles.
The leaders of the movement have
decided that when laborers strike and
employers fight. the ones who suffer
most and pay the bill are the CON
sumers. Hence the new society formed
by such men as Premier Hara, Prince
Tokugawa. presden of the House or
Peers; Niscount Kiyoura, Baron Sh-
busawa and others.
Capitalists Will raise an organiza-
ton fund the equivalent Of $4,000
600 and the work will be carried on
with the YEARLY income
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25
Strikers at Buffalo
appeal to Governor
against Hired 4 AgentS

BUFFALO. Sept. "a. Leaders Of the
striking steel workers in the Buffalo
district said after conference to day
nat Governor Smith would be asked to
''der an investigation of yesterdays
striker was shot dead and four per
sous were wounded by shots fired by
plant guards.
henry Streif'er general chairman Of
me strike committee. charged that the
steel company through hired detec-
ives melted the Lackawanna riots for
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25
.oOntz TO Succeed Renson
In Highest Office IN Nay

"ASHlNGToN. Sep. - secre-arv
Daniel late to-day announced the ap-
pointment Of Rear Adm ra. Robert f.
Coontz 70 be CHIEF naval operations.
the highest Office n the na>y. Rear
Admlral Coontz, VINO NH succeed Ad
mira William 5. Benson upon the lat
ter's retirement tomorrow. now is IN
command Of dreadnoueh, division Of
tho Pa0''r aoct
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25
California City Threatened
As Wind Brings Forest Fire

LAGER RVILLE. Cal, Sept. ga
Placerville was threatened again with
destruction by forest fires this after
noon when the wind shifted. All bust
ness establishments closed and every
ablebodied man was called out 10 fight
the fires, mile away. Ashes fell in the
city.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25
Rainbow Seekers Blamed
For Unrest bv Lane
Secretary of the Interior Saws
Unity of Wartime Morale
Has Been Broken

WASHINGTON, Sept "a People
who continue to believe that there is
bag of gold at the end of the rain
bow are largely responsible for in
dustria and social unrest in America
and other countries, Secretary Lane
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25

better place in which to live. not by
selfish enterprise but by cooperation
That is our ideal. Let US live up TO it,"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25

tee to morrow morning and present la
bor's side OF the strike.
Judge Gary Will not testify until
Wednesday of next week The com
mlttee tomorrow viii decide whethc,'
additional witnesses will be summoned.
as several Senator's want TO question
William z. Foster, secretary and treas
urer and spokesman for the steel work
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25
Governor of
Pennsylvania
Backs Troops

Continued from page 1
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25
Steel Mills
Cain, Chicago
Plant Reopens

fContInsted from preceding page
New-York tribune., 1919-09-25

prehension and punishment under our
laws
Will Deal With Invasion
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09
Pal Moore Tells HOW
He Fought Butisher
Memphis Bantam Says He Thought He Surely Had Jimmy
Wilde in Sixteenth Round-Wilde's Version.

Pal Moore, the Memphis bantam, who put up a wonderful bat
ainst Jimmy Wilde, British fyweght, only to lose the decision
with the open glove-a violation of the English boxing rules
lis how he fought the Briisher, in a recent edition of the lond
lilly Mail, which has Just reached TINS side OF the big wet Her
II missed the chance of my life in the sixteenth round.
had him in a real fix then; he knew it and l knew it. AT
no period of the fight did he have me in such a plight. Every
moment thought I was certain to get in a blow that would
finish him, but somehow it didn't come off and he recovered
in the subsequent rounds. l
There is some misapprehension about the blow in that
round with which / drew blood. 1t has been said that l butted
him or that the lace of an open glove tore his nose What
happened was that he swung his right across at me ms and missed;
swung my right across at him and hit him with the closed
glove. Then we got to close quarters, and | hit him again
on the same spot with the closed glove. That was why the
From the thirteenth round onward thought that !
was winning, but, mind you, l was calculating that blows 2.
with the open glove counted, They do in America, and pre-
sumed that they did when beat Wilde in Albert hall.
Mr.. CORR cautioned me on the subject, / had been trying
for those blows and getting in so many that l reckoned l had
Interpretation OF the National Sporting club rule, put to the
end had 1t in my head that the blows with the open glove
quite content to defend in the last round, when Wilde forced
the pace desperately, although | consider that that round was
There was little power in Wnlde's left, but he hit hard
with the right, although he did not mark me except for this
another match, and ready for it at any time here. We have
w TGn one ss sse ,nte ad sGp By T ts Ds %i. s Msfl, n had 4 tnisd t. say:
II confess that anything might have happened in the
this blow over the no ss' he ea said \ "G THs a NO az definite 't idea In
which round it occurred, but l know it virtually stunned me.
head coming into contast with the bridge of my nose-acci-
denta,ly, Of course-and a very forcible collision it was. II
der of the round l hardly knew what | was doing, and in
the next round was not much better.
AT every other stage of the fight felt absolutely con-
hdent, and as was boxing, after recovering from my dazed
condition, he would never have beaten me If he had kept at
1t for a month, OF that ! am certain
his way of hitting with the open glove and the inside Of the
I am quite ready to box him again il he will find his
own backing, but not il he is going TO- find the backing and
him again"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09
Geers and Cherrier Out of
Harness for Rest of Year
Veteran Driver Thrown From
SuIky in Fifth Race Of
Grand Circuit Card at SYRIA
CuSe,

SYRACUSE, n, Y, Sept. POS"
GERS, or Memphis, veteran driver Of the
Grand circuit, and Pat Cherrier, Ca
madam driver. viii be out OF the harness
racing game for the season as the result
OF accidents yesterday.
Geers was thrown when Hegler fell
IN the NTH race and the driver suffered
a fractured. shoulder bone. Cherrier
sustained a fractured leg while driving
Amardale in ahe third race, the horse
throwing him at the half mile turn.
Four races are on today's program
with the $4,000 Empire state trot as
the feature event. Other races are the
2:l3 pace, the 2;1S trot and the 2:l6
trot.
During the third heat yesterday the
veteran. driving Meglar. was caught in
a pocket. All the horses were close to-
| gcther~ and Geers was forced against
the rail fence. He tried in vain to keep
to the track but Heglar smashed
through the railing and out of the In
closure, dragging Geers with him. Geers
was unconscious when picked up.
The days program was marred by an
other accident in which Patrick Cher
rier. plotting Armadale, had his leg
broken. II was in the 2:06 pace, and
one of the horses which broke" reared
and plunged into Cherrier's sulky,
Driverless, Armadale raced to the wire
and finished first,
The feature event Of the day, the
Matron stake for three-year-old rot
ters, was won by Periscope in straight
heats, the best time, 2:o4h, being the
fastest time of the season for a three
yGar-old.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09
BARNES AND Jones
PICKED TO WININ
J SOUTHERN "OPEH'
Barnes Leads FieId'in PreIimi-
nary 10 Holes and Jones
Shoots It in Par In First
Day of Tourney.

ATLANTA, Ga. Sept. 9.-Jim Barnes,
sunset Hills professional and winner of
me western open championship. and
Robert T. Jones, Jr.. Atlanta, runner
up In the national amateur champion
shlp, were the favorites at the beginning
of the second day of the Southern open
golf championship tournament.
Barnes led the field for the prelimf-
nary Is holes yesterday with a n, two
under par for the course. Jones made
1t in exactly par. Others who made low
scores yesterday and who had many fol-
lowers to-day included Leo Diegel, De-
troit professional, "A, and j. Douglass
Edgar, Canadian open champion and
local professional, who made Is.
Play in the tournament is on a basis
of Is holes and SO tomorrow, the final
day of the meet. The ga best players
will enter the finals tomorrow. Prizes
totalling 1900 for the professionals,
with $500 to the winner, have been of
fered. Amateurs will be awarded gold
medals ,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09
CRESCENT CITY
DERBY ON DECK
Plans Being Made to Re-
Establish New Orleans
Classic.

New Orleans racing circles are inter-
ested in the movement which has been
inaugurated to add Importance to next
winters racing season there by re-
establishing the famous Crescent City
derby. 1t has been suggested that, in
order to draw the best class of horses
and horsemen. the business Mems
Racing association offerNa $40, 900 stake
to be run the last day Of the season
or Carnival day. A 10000 derby for
three year-olds at a mile and a fur
long would be sure to attract many
highly rated candidates, as it has been
proved winter racing does not take the
edge off horses.
Omar Khayyam was wintered in New
Orleans the year he won the derby He
wasn't raced, but was worked into
racing condition three or four times and
entered, only to have weather condi-
tions prompt his withdrawal. Omar
Khayyam's winter in New Orleans
seemed to do him a lot of good, as he
was the three -year-old sensation Of the
wear.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09
AT SEASONS END.

Most of the usual excitement at
tached to the closing of the season was
missing when the 1919 curtain went
in the Southern league. And the
gossip built around the prospects for
the next season was at an extraordinary
low ebb.
Old time phrases were missing and
forlorn faces were absent. The main de-
sire 0 frthe Memphis fan is to look out
through the netting in 1920 and lamp a
new and unknown array.
The clamor for 1919 ~dependables TO
return is not heard because there are
very few dependables on the roster.
Less than six men should win berths
on the next club II the Chicks intend to
be in the fight. One Of these is a
catcher, two are pitchers and the rest
are regulars.
The catcher is Bischoff, who has ev-
cry promise of being a far better mar
in another year.. When he first reached
Memphis he was lacking in everything
but a fundamental idea Of the game,
He was young, green and inexperienced,
but at the same time a hustling lad
eager to pick up as much dope on the
job as he could gather.
The result has been satisfactory and
astounding: From a poor starter he has
emerged a hot favorite and has~earned
a call for another trial. Bischoff has
the eye, the arm and the heart. He
can nourish the rest. Neither the eye
nor the arm is properly tuned but time
will be the doctor.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-09
BABE RUTH HURT
GOING AFTER FOUL
Not Knocked Out and Comes
Back and Breaks Home
Run Record.

NEW YORK. Sept. 9.-Boston de-
feated New York in both sections of a
double header here Wednesday. In the
eighth inning of the first game. Ruth
hit a home run into right field for
his 26th home run of the year, break
ing the established major league record.
Freeman, Of the Washington National
league club, had held the record since
1899, when he hit 25 home runs.
In the third inning Ruth crashed
into the left field fence after a difficult
foul from Fewster. The impact
knocked him down and injured his
right elbow. He was out of the game
for five minutes. Ruth's hitting also
decided the second game.