Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-10
STRIKE OF'METAL
VORKERSNEAREND
e,.sdv settlement Of Labor
Trouble in italy Forecast
i.. by Press
COMPROMISE TO BE MADE
Nv the Associated Press

Sent 1O..-Belief exists in
.oiit;cal circles that an agreement whicn nc !!
pl,,,i snd the conflict between the itallan
VII, WI. T." workers and their employers:
ms;h ms;ah resulted in the occupation OF
wiz, than 400 plants by the men our :
mor. ,hs last week, Is imminent. IL Is
inf tsJ ont TINT Premier Giolitti must
ns an Saturday for AK les Bains,
he will meet Premier Millerand,
wneTt Tponce and that he could not go
% % tbe situation in Italy was not
cen,es special edition the Tribuna re-
s.cts this understanding.
NEGOTIATIONS recently resumed for
.,,hon Of the metal workers con
s;ot :" the newspaper says, promise TO
,,it u..uit fayorably. An accord seems to
near on the economic question and.
yge.nite complications. there Is reason to
bel;eve the difficulties will be overcome,
W that tomorrow, at the latest, the dis
mute may be considered settled
Milan. Italy. Sept. 1o.,.lBy A. P;)
Members Of the SOCIALIST group in
,hs Italian Parliament. leaders OF the
General Confederation OF Labor andrep, !,
usssentatives of the Federation of Metal
vo,Lers conferred here yesterday with
Sslsgates sent to Milan by the employers
nflabor. These interviews and discus
sions which occupied the entire day,
ss,med to reflect desire on the part
j The contending forcs to bring about
compromise which would solve the
Snomalous industrial situation through
out Italy.
Socialist deputies, as well as leaders
:, tbe Confederation of Labor, favor
/, middle course which may lead to ar
rarly settlement, realizing the grave
consequences for all that will result
rom n continuation of the conflict. A
section Of the metal workers, however
onposSs any such move and wishes
patber.' to enlarge the agitation BY
hringing in other classes of workers.
"The solution proposed corresponds
Italian proletariat as far back as 1S4S.
II has been reported several days that
men who have taken over industrial
nlapts have been arming themselves
and recent events have seemed to con
Arm these rumors. Nothing is known
a, vet. however. where they secured
their military supplies, such as rifles
helmets. searchlights. hand grenades
and machine guns. The men so through
military drill each morning under tht
SUPERVISION OF former ofhcers In the
Italian army.
IN the Ansaldo works here sixty air
plaues have been found ready to fly
and there is an organized body Of pilots
ready to operate the machines in cas-,
n Il necessary to communicate between
Ills city and Turin. A former non
commissioned officer named Filipponi il
IN charge. The military organizator
Of the metal workers In the plant ha,
been intrusted to one Schiavello. a
rubid revolutionist, who is said to have
become sort Of general-in- chief.
An officer was surprised and captured
BY the workmen near the plant anG
taken before the workmen's tribunal
lie was disarmed and freed on condition
that he would sign a declaration thai
be was well treated, it is said, and hi,
pistol was taken from him, a promis,
being made It would be'returned the day
after the end of the present struggle.