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The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
WORKERS REFUSE
TO HANDLE
RIFLES
Arms Intended to Be Used
Against Russian Workers
Are Lying in Dock and
Freight Cars.

Seattle, Sept. 22.-Telegrams have
been sent from local longshoremen' S
union headquarters to all longshore-
mems unions on the Pacific coast,
notifying them of the refusal of the
workers here TO handle the $4,000
rifles intended for the use OF Ad-
miral kolchak in his war upon the
Russian republic.
Evidently no decision up 10 noon
Friday had been reached by local of
ficials OF the Russian commission OF
ways and communication, TO whom
the shipment was consigned at Vladl-
yostok, as to what disposition should
be made of the munitions, and the
rifles were still lying on the dock
and in freight cars in Seattle yards
All attempts to see NJ. M. Jurin
in charge OF the local office Of the
mission here, were futile, as inuuir-
ers were notified that he was out
So far as known, the United States
government has nothing TO do with
the shipment. except to give it's con
sent.
Six months ago, the stevedores
and dockworkers notified President
Wilson that the longshoremen here
would not load arms TO be usei
against the soviet republic of Russia
spending s1S3 for the dispatch il
order to make their position clear
The president replied that due con
sideration" would be given to tn,
communication.
AT the same time that the tele
gram was sent to the president. Sc
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22

JOE KELLY
PLACED ON
TRIAL
Charged With Stealing 135
Cases of Whisky. Kelly
May Plead Insanity as
Defense.

Joe d. Kelly went Oh trial this
morning in Judge I4ynch's court on
charge OF burglary.
It is alleged thar on the evening
Of April Il, he and two others, who
have never yet been apprehended,
or even Identified. held up Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Chappell Of 219 North
Emmett street in their home, threat
ened them with guns, bound them
and held them captive in their bed
room while two trucks loaded up
with 135 cases Of whisky from the
basement and whisked it away.
The whisky was located early the
next morning in a basement room
No. 45, of the Almira apartments,
and Joe Kelly, who held the adjoin-
ing apartment, was arrested. He
was later identified positively by the
Chappelles as the big man with the
heavy voice. who had taken the
leading part in the holdup. At q
hearing in Judge Dryers court, the
ownership of the whisky was decreed
to rest in Lucille Howard. The Chap
pelles had simply stored it for hel
in their basement. Mrs. Chappelle
who is colored, had often done iaun
dry work for Lucille, and out OF tha
connection, it had come about tha
Lucille rented storage room for hel
| liquor in the Chappelle bungalow.
John F. Enrigh is attorney fol
Kelly It became apparent thi:
morning that an attempt will b'
made to show up Kelly as insane.
| Considerable curiosity has beel
manifested III the possible develop
ments at this trial. Ii has been cur
rently rumored that some well-knowl
Butte men We're kelly's partners il
that little expedition out to ,h'
Chappelle cottage.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
MEETINGS
BROKEN
UP
State Police and Company
Gunmen Refuse to Allow
Steel Workers to Hold
Meeting.

Pittsburgh, Sept. 81 Many
clashes occurred Sunday when the
state (cossack) police attempted to
break up mass meetings being held
by labor unions in the Pittsburgh
district
The most serious disturbance oc-
CURED at North Charlton, 20 miles
from Pittsburgh. last Sunday when
gunmen and state troops charged a
crowd of union men holding mass
meeting and broke it up. Resistance
was offered and it is charged by
union leaders that the mounted po-
ljcemen used their clubs vigorously
and injured number i'll the crowd.
Nineteen persons were arrested, some
OF whom were brought TO the county
Jail The meeting was broken up at
the request Of local authorities.
According to eye-witnesses the
meeting was proceeding quietly when
the state police broke it up. The
crowd scattered and some ran up a
railroad embankment and threw
stones and other missiles at the
troopers. During the melee several
in the crowd were struck on the
head, it was said. AS far as can be
learned no one was seriously injured
1t is alleged that several shots We're
fired by some of the troops.
William Z. Foster, secretary Of the
national committee for organizing
iron and steel workers, said that a
vigorous protest would be lodged
with the state government against
what he termed ''lnurderous attack
upon law-abiding people. =
Some of the blast furnaces OF the
Carnegie Steel company are located
at Clarion.
There was slight disturbance at
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22

the dull steel for two or three days.
I'll Anaconda, but two sections OF
the smnlter are working. the smell
termen's union is paying a man to
patrol the mill and see that none OF
their members do any OF the metal
trades work, and they have also do
mated $4,000 to the relief fund OF
the strikers.
A largely attended meeting Of the
metal crafts was held in Anaconda
Saturday night, addressed by speak
ers representing the Butte Metal
Trades, including President O'Brien;
The president and secretary of the
Anaconda Trades and Labor assem-
bly, also attended the meeting, and
in sneeches--they were liberal1ys apr
plauaed, assured the Metal Trades Of
the support Of organized labor i'll
Anaconda.
The difficulties now encountered
by the companies in their operation
due TO the lack OF mechanics creates
the impression among the metal
tradesmen that their efforts to bring
pressure to bear upon the operators
are meeting with success and that
the only problem to be met is that OF
1lId1lEES, 1OI inns lEdoCh, tliS Hi0'st
trades in Anaconda have recommend
ed to the Butte council that repre-,
sentative. be sent to the coast imme-
diately TO raise additional funds Will
which to finance the strike
International Organizer Easett Of
The Boilerlnakers' union arrived il
town yesterday and spoke briefly al
the meeting of the general strike
committee this morning.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
THEODORE. COMES
TALKS ROUGH.
DEPARTS
Poor Imitation Of His Faith
er Advocates Violence
Against Citizens Who Fail
to Agree With Him.

Theodore Roosevelt, in lis talk
yesterday in the city auditorium.
which has been appropriated by tho
American Legion. asserted that it is
useless to argue with the / w. w.
and bolsheyists- Don't try to argue
with 'em." said he. Treat EN-
rough, Go TO the bat with EN- and
bat hard"
The "tactful' and near-emphatic
little gentleman who thus expressed
his devotion to law and order" and
the principles Of true Americanism
has served his government credit
ably throughout the late war in the
same army with million or 50 Of
the "bolsheviks' and /. w. ". OF
whom he spoke so pleasantly yester-
day. Edward Bassett, commander
OF the Butte post. of. the American
Legion. who also served his govern
menl at the fighting front in France
and who was one of the reception
committee to meet Roosevelt III
Helena, WAS an active leader and
speaker among the I. w. ". and the
strikers in Butte two years ago
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IN announcing the reasons for his
action in dismissing the case, Judge
Grimes alleged that it was because
the testimony showed that, although
about 20 per cent of the spuds in
question were rotten, 7. Kelly, 27Ol
Grand avenue, the complaining wit
ness, had accepted the refund Of the
purchase price,
According to the testimony. Mr.
Kelly purchased 50-pound sack OF
potatoes from Lootey's East Park
store, paying $1.4O, or at the rate of
$50 per hundred weight. At his
home, when the potatoes were exam
found to be rotten.
Friday afternoon Mr.. Kelly
brought back to the store a sack full
of the rotten spuds and demanded
his money back During the argu-
ment with the store manager, Kelly
turned the spuds out on the floor and
demanded that they be shown to the
women customers in the store to
show them the kind of stuff Lutey's
stores were selling, the testimony
showed. The manager offered to
refund the $l.40, Whereupon Kelly
said he should pick them up and
take the case higher up meaning. it
developed, complain to the health de-
partment The manager admitted le
had dared Kelly to do so, and Kelly
did.
Saturday morning, after the war
rant of arrest had been served at
Lootey's store, the testimony showed
the honorable Lootey, himself, visit
ed the Kelly home and refunded the
money. It was because of this re-
fund, made after the complaint had
been filed in police court, that the
judge said he dismissed the cast.
On the stand today Lootey tried to
place the blame for the rotten spuds
on the man whom he says he employs
to sack potatoes into 100. so and
smaller pound lots, He stated that
| less attention to sorting potatoes is
| paid, where the spuds are placed in
| 1OU-pound and 50-pound lots than
| where the lots are smaller, thus de-
|, ciarirlg, in effect, that the larger the
quantity of potatoes bought by Gus
toner at his stores, the larger the
percentage of rotten ones.
Mr.. Lootey declared 1T was diff
! cult for merchants to get good po-
| tatoes during the last few weeks. He
said he had paid $3.50 per hundred
| for the spuds sold Kelly.
| 1xEArHETS
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L00TEY FREED, ALTHOUGH HE ADMITS
HIS STORE SOLD ROTTEN POTATOES

on i q il dncea a III ar
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the louey Of aud
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON.

Minneapolis, Sept. 20. - Senator
Hiram W. Johnson of California left
for Washington. D. c., Saturday aft
ernoon and win arrive in the national
capital Tuesday morning
i deeply regret that l am Obliged
TO abandon the speaking trip to Cal
ifornia which | had planned to an
swer President Wilson's arguments
on the league of nations said Sen
ator Johnson. But | feel that
should be in Washington when action
is taken on my amendment to the
ueace pact which is designed to cor
rect Great Britain's preponderance of
voting strength in the assembly OF
the league of nations.
Il believe this amendment will be
finally acted upon by the senate this
week, and then [ may decide to go to
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NO Time TO HALT
HESITATE OR
PUSSYF00T
America Must Yield to Eu-
pean Diplomacy or Stand
Out for 100 Per Cent
Americanism.
Especial United Press Wire J

St. Paul, Sept. Ex-senator John
son told crowd of over 1000 peo-
pie at q local theater here that this
is time when men cannot halt, hes.
itate or pussyfoot. We are now fac.
ing situation where we must eth.
er yield to a sinister Asiatic or Eu.
ropean diplomacy, or where we will
stand out for 100 per cent American
ism. The path OF 100 per cen1
Americanism is that which some Of
us at Washington have taken and WE
are going forward on that path, unit
the American people are fully pro
tected.''
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
ASK PERMANENT
RANK FOR MARCH

(Snecial United Press Wire)
Washington Sept. 22.--Secretary
Baker made personal visit to the
capitol to urge the passage Of bill
comforting the rank OF permanent
general on Peyton c. March for serv-
ices as chief of staff. Baker asked
Chairman Campbell of the rules COM
mittee to report out the rule tor the
bills consideration. The committee
will meet to consider the secretary's S
request next week.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22

Cleveland, Sept. 22-The conven-
ton of the United Mine Workers of
America has developed its plan for
the naturalization of coal 'mines,
which includes purchase by the fed
eral government Of all private mines
at their actual value, as determined
by federal appraisers, and operation
by the federal government. with
equal miner representation upon the
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
TO
BACK
UP
Report Published in Com
pany Papers Branded as
False by Great Falls Met
al Trades Council.
Especial to The Bulletin. J

Great Falls, Sept 22.-The report
published in company-ownel papers
throughout the state d few days ago,
that the Metal Trades council in
Great Falls had taken vote to re-
turn TO work, is officially denied in
a resolution which was passed at a
special meeting last night, il copy Of
which has been sent 70 The press for
publication.
The council declares that ii is
standing firm for S7 90 a day, the
closed shop and seniority. Follow
ing is the resolution:
"Wiseteass !. IL has brel rumnred
about the city ana through the press
that the metal crafts of Great Falls
have taken q vote to return to work
and have requested Butte and Ana
conda to take the same action;
therefore, be it
''Resolved That the council i'll
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22

Federal MEDIATOR IS.
ON HIS Way TO BUTTE.

Acting The announcement made This morning that a fed
c mediator his way to this city the general strike
committee Of the Metal Trades council went record being
willing to arbtrae their differences with the mining
pancs.
indicating that The strike Of The MECHANICS being more
severely felt the days pass il is reported that il but five Of
IIc mine, the electric signals workings III OF the
properties the miners receiving but one piece Of sharp steel
shift Of hem the miners forced to
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
CAPITAL MUST MEET ONE
OR the OTHER 49,.

Especial United Press Wire.)
New York, Sept. 22.---'OrgaM-
lied capital must meet organized
labor, or organized riot. 1t must
face one or the other" This was
the declaration of W. Il. Rubin,
general counsel for the steel
unions.
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WE SECOND THE
MOTION
{ Special United Press Wire.

Milwaukee, Sept. 22.--''To hell
with royalty. Don't ask me to in
yite king, kaiser or czar,' was
the, reply given by Mayor Hoan,
socialist. to the chamber of com
merce, whose officers requested him
to extend an invitation to the king
and queen of Belgium, to visit Mil
waukee during their tour of the
United States.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
FEW MEN WORKING.

Chicago. Sept. 22e---rhe steel. uec-
duction in South Chicago is pracfl-
caliy at standstill. OF the Ii fur
naces at the Illinois Steel company's
plant, only two are burning. They
are being fired by pensioned work
ers. who feared they would lose their
priority rights and pensions if they
went out.
The Iriquois plant is completely
tied up with 1.20D men and five man
ayers out. Two OF the three furnaces
at the Wisconsin steel plant are
burning Managers of this plant
claim SO per cent of the men are
working, but union officials declare
that only q few men returned TO
work
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
WoI,Ln INVESTIGATE.

Washington. Sept. 22.--Inyestiga-
ton Of the steel strike is proposed in
a resolution introduced by Senator
Kenyon. The resolution directs the
senate committee on education and
labor to ascertain the reasons of the
strike and whether any federal ac-
tion can or should be taken to meet
the situation.
Leaders claim refusal to recognize
the unions caused the strike. Unions
demand the right to bargain for the
workers regarding hours, wages and
working conditions. Unskilled work
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The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
PEACEFUL PICkETINC:
NO TROUBLE REPORTED
Especial United Press Wire.

Pttsburgh Sept 22Fhe nation wide Strike Of union steel
workers began this morning. Early reports fail to show
whether The wakout will develop into Anercas greatest in
nsrial In districts the mills closed but in 9TH
few mills operation. 10 disorders have been
ported BY the strikers Secretary Foster Of the steel workers
national committee, claims the strike is 30 per cent efec
tive:
Reports coming from other districts which affected by
The strike that only showed up and
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in the majority Of cases, the plants
are completely down.
While the steel corporation Of
ficials claim the strike so far had
failed to tie UP industry. union heads
say the strike is effective and thar
ever 100000 workers are out. Re-
PORTS this afternoon indicate that
the strike is generally effective in
Chicago, Ohio, Indiana and Colo
RADIO districts, but only partially ef-
fective in the Pittsburgh district.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
WHOLE STORY may
never Be
KNOWN
{ (SpeciaI limited Press Wire. J

Especial United Press Wire.}
Corpus Christi. Sept. 2a--Of-
ficials report that the whole story Of
the deaths resulting from the gulf
storm will never be known. Avia-
tors report seeing many swollen
bodies being carried ont into the
gulf. Many others are buried by
shifting sands. Observers who
worked through the stricken area.
place the number of dead at from
500 to TOO.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
Strike of 7onopah Miners
Now In Its Sixth Week

companies refuse to settle.
The mining companies offered to
start stores and sell the goods at cost
to the workers. the strikers refused
as they had this system in Goldfield
and found that it was pure bunk as
far as reducing the high cost of liv-
ing. AS whole the workers are un-
organized. although some are carry
ing cards in various labor unions.
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Special to The Bulletin. J

Especial to The Eulletin.)
Tonopah. New, Sept. 22.-The
miners here are on the sixth week
of their strike for raise in wages
of one dollar per day, eight hours
from collar to collar and for the two
men system of working. Federal
Mediator Lard. working in conjunc-
lion with state officials, have been
trying to effect a settlement, but the
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
SINN FEIN NEWSPAPERS
BEING SUPPRESSED

Special United Press Wire.)
Dublin, Sept. q. British
troops Saturday raided several
Sim Fcin newspapers throughout
ireland, supprcssing the phblica-
tions and seizing the type and ma
chinery. Many persons were in-
jured during the raids.
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Naturalization of Mines
Proposed by Mine Workers

bodies administering the industry
and fixing wages and conditions OF
employment.
The miners offer right of way to
naturalization of railroads, provided
the railroad brotherhoods pledge
themselves to continue the fight with
equal vigor for the naturalization
of mines.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-22
DELEGATES NAMED.

Washington, Sept. 22.--The Amer
lean Federation of Labor has an
nounced the names Of the delegates
to the round table, conference Oc-
tober 6. President Gompers and
Frank Morrison, secretary of the fed
Grafton head the list.
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MAY EFFECT BUILDING.

ST. Paul. Sept. 22.--The steel
strike, il continued, may tie up the
structural and building trades, ac-
cording to union leaders. who say
they will not handle "scab' ma
terial.
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WORK SUSPENDED.

Gary, Ind. Sept 22.--Work is
practically suspended in all plants in
this district.
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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-04-12
TRIBUTES FROM
SECRETARY BAkEf

Following tour of South England,
Secretary of War Baker made this
comment on the work done by the
American Red Cross for our boys:
These are the things which count.
The American Red Cross is TO be CON
graduated ON the way in which 1t is
looking after our boys. II is doing
fine work"
Following his return from France,
Secretary Baker wrote this note to
the American Red Cross in London:
II left London so shortly after my
drive to Winchester that | had no
early opportunity to thank you for
the courtesy of the touring car which
you placed ut my disposal for the trip.
on this trip to Europe have received
fresh and noteworthy evidence of the
astonishing efficiency of the American
Red Cross operations in France and
England. | have been delighted to see
how much the American Red Cross
has done TO weld hearts of the allied
people together"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-04-12
The Florence Divide

The Florence Divide Mining Co.
has been organized, with J. H.
Miller president t, NJ. Manson
vice president, ]. Il. Adams secre-
tarv and treasurer, with Zeb. Ken
dali and B +, Baker in the direc-
torate. Hugh IL. Brown is resi-
dent agent.
A complete plant has been er.
dered and it is believed that dirt
will be flying not later than the end
of the week.
The group adjoins the Suther-
land OH the south and the Smugg-
Ter Divide OH the north. The es
tate Is traversed by well defined
cross assures and the surface show
ing is regarded as exceptionally
good.