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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

cially bitter feeling manifested against
the Department of Justice officials.
After agreeing to stand by the coal
commissions award and with the threat
Of the Lever act held over the heads
of United Mine Workers in case Of a
strike, the Department of Justice, they
say, has permitted the insurgent miners
around pittston to conduct n strike for
nearly eight weeks without once inter-
fering to prevent It or take legal action
under the Lever act against its pro
moters. As for the strikers of the
Pennsylvania Coal Co., they apparently
have no fear of arrest under the fed
! eral law. They propose. as l have
stated above, to defy the President and
the Department Of Justice by endeavor-
ing to call a general strike.
One thing appears certain as a re-
suit Of interviews and talks with In
surgent miners and United Mine Work
ers: II the "cutlaw" or insurgent
miners now on strike can succeed In
calling out any considerable number OF
miners in the region, there is a good
prospect Of a general strike. Otherwise
their efforts will fail.
The reason for this is that every
coal miner breads being regarded as
"scab." SO called: a man who refuses
to 60 out on strike with his fellows.
II has always been the most powerful
weapon in the hands of agitators.
The plans Of the United Mine Work =
ers' officials Is, first, to try to obtain,
a reopening of the case, or review oi
the award. and, second, In the mean :
time, to hold their men in line by point
ing to the fact that the union has been
pledged to stand by the award OF the
coal commission, no matter what 1t
might be.
Even Neal Ferry, the miners rep:
rpsentative on the Anthracite Coal
Commission. who submitted minority
report recommending p per cent ad l..
vance in wages. has pledged President
Wilson in his report that the United
Mine Workers will stand by. the award
no matter how distastcful it may be to
them.
The operators are sitting tight and
saying nothing. They have passed the
matter up to the President and he has
accepted the award Of the majority of
the commission. They now expect him
to back up his decision. This, they take
it. means invoking the penalties pre-
scribed in the Lever law: .
Captain William \. May, president
Of the Pennsylvania Coal Co., had de-
nied himself to all newspaper men.
W ora, nOWeNer' cuih' ,''"' UT o'n
today that there was nothing to be said
oil the strike of his company's men ot
the prospect of q general walkout in
the region.
Says Wilson'S Letter Settles 1t
"Thcrc is nothing to it, was the
word from his secretary this afternoon.
Read President Wilson's letter That
settles it." -.
w. Jett Lauck was the consulting
economist for the United Mine Workers
when they presented their demand for
an increase to the coal commission. He
was prepared to prove that the. anthra-
cite coal operators we're making huge
profits in their business. The commits
sion. however. declined to consider his
evidence.
Mr.. Lauck's figures on labor contracts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
SCALE COMMITTEE
OF MINERS MEETS

committee OF the miners, including Phil
Murray, international vice president,
today went into session here behind
closed doors to map out policy In con-
nection with the acceptance of the
award. The session probably will last
all day, and is In preparation for to-
morrow's joint meeting with the opcr.
ators' scale committee at Scranton
called by Secretary Of Labor Wilson Ia
write the terms of the award into two :
year contract. Labor leaders said they
we're opposed to any suspension and are
urging the men to continue work.
Thomas Kennedy, president of Dis
trict Z, expressed the opinion that the
award would be adopted under protest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
Anthracite Miners
to Disregard AUard

csntirued from PAGE One
te set the whole anthracite region
aname
s'You propose to disregard President
Wilson's acceptance Of the coal com :
missions award and call on the miners
of the anthracite region to walk outP'
I asked the men in body.
I'VE do was the emphatic re-
,sponse. Then one miner delegate de-
tclared heatedly, I'd rather 60 to
prison for five years than lay down on
This fight"
4 was invited to attend the secret
injecting of the strikers. 1t was held
In a log room in Pittston. About
nifty men were present from all parts of
the First district. There are three
fdistricts in the anthracite region-No.
IA, John T. Dempsey, president, with
headquarters in Scranton; No. Z.
Thomas Kennedy, president. headquar-
tiers at Hazleton, and No. y. Chris
3Golden. president, headquarters at
iShamokin.
The fifty delegates meant business
and INDUCED in no threats. They were
iof all the nationalities usually found in
IA mining region-American, Welsh,
Poles, Slavs and Italians.
4 1t was a regular meeting and had not
been staged for my benefit for my visit
10 Pittston was not known In advance.
The presiding officer ruled the meet
jng and was on the job every instant.
FHe Indignantly protested that the men
ewere neither Bolsheviks nor of the l.
wv. w. There was some denunciation
of John T. Dempsey, the United Mine
Workers president, as incompetent,
and repeated declarations that they did
not recognize him as their leader.
Fight Contract System
As for the Pennsylvania Coal Co.. its
shortcomings from the miners stand
point were picturesquely set forth.
tThese men did not minCe words. They
istruck from the shoulder and spoke from
Through an interpreter. He gave re-
port that at his mine two men were
working where usually seventy five were
,employed.
To me, as a stranger and newspaper
correspondent, the chairman appointed
sone of tho delegates, former vice presi
sdent of the district union, to state their
case. Concretely, this is the grievance
lof 5000 men who are going today to
try to throw the anthracite coal region
into the throcs of general strike.
Primarily we are on strike agnins,
discrimination and the individual CON
tract system. a miner is compelled to
mine coal for the outside markets at
the rate of from 81 .07 to $1.10 per
ton. and the coal SELLS to the ultimate
consumer for from 1915 to $l4.50 a
ton.
"The individual contractor and the |
System he represents is the one thing
we are fighting. He is not necessarily |
a miner One of them runs q fruit
stand. Usually he is an Italian sort |.
of psdInle. He cannot become Il mem.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

but that new demands probably would
be made. The Wilkes Barre tridistrict
convention, held some time ago, he said, /,
pledged itself to accept the award and
the organization could not afford to
go back on its word.
Mr.. Kennedy said source of dissat
isfaction with the award was the up.
setting Of the differeptials existing
among the several classes Of mine work
ers. He seid the operators and miners
joined In an agreement with the com
mission that whatever increases were
granted should be uniform and that tn,
difference in pay among the various
classes Of workers should not be dis
turbed. The award Of the coal commits
sion, Mr.. Kennedy said, gave he out
side company men, largely made up ot
unskilled labor, an increase of 25M pei
cent, while skilled men were awarded
advances of only IL to 20 per cent. The
miners asked uniform increase for al
classes Of labor of about ~ per cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

| of these individual contractors. Tive
/ men, Petro Enrico and Tony Conteraro
! Of Trenton, on the confession of a man
| named Rombolo, are in Jail under in
| dictment in Wilkes Barre awaiting tria
for this murder.
Opportunity Denied to Americans
"We are fighting this system. which
! gives TO these padrones opportunities
| denied to Americans and other men who
have worked for from five to forty years
| in the mines. We demand that the en- =
tire system be wiped out.
Under the working conditions of the
Pennsylvania Coal Co. and other cor
porations, we, sas miners, get no pay
whatever for all coal we mine below
pea coal size. 1t is in all thousands of
tons yearly sold by the corporations.
but we never get penny for 1t. This
includes buckwheat No. 1 and No. 9,
rice and birdseye sizes. It Is mined
but not paid for.
1--WE are compelled to mine 2TO0
pounds of coal for each 1000 pounds
that we get paid for. This excess. the
operators say, Is for the debris among
the coal. We demand change in the
existing system that will give us liv-
ing wage"
was unanimously indorsed by the men
who heard it. The case doubtless
may be exaggerated in certain state
ments and figures, but it is striking
presentation. even allowing for that ele-
ment of weakness.
There Is one statement, however,
in the above that will challenge the at
tention of every ultimate consumer of
coal. IL is the allegation of these
miners that they protest against being
compelled to mine coal for SILK a ton
which sells to the consumer for from
500 to $14.5O ton. In Scranton,
PittstOn and elsewhere CONSUMERS have
informed me that they pay S0.Tj ton
for coal mined within mile of their
homes. For this the man who performs
the manual labor necessary to get it out
says he receives only 81. 10.
Miners Pay Much Reduced
I am giving the figures as they were
given me by the miners. In Philadel-
phia nearly 50 ton is added to the
Scranton price. | had the opportunity
to examine several of the due bills of
these miners-the printed slips showing
their time, pay and the deductions.
One miner working for one of these
individual contractors received for ten
days work Slb.HS. or this amount
he turned back $23 as the contractors
share or levy. His supplies. furnished
by the contractor. amounted to 81 30,
and his net earnings for the ten days
amounted to S4S.3S.
The men claim that the individual
contractor purchases powder for 81 80
n kcg from the coal company and re-
sells it to the miner for 81. 10. making
a profit of sixty cents on every keg.
And the mining corporation not only
winks at this Pxtortion, but, the men
say, encourages it.
find that there is subdued
pessimism among the United Mine
Workers officials over the outcome of
the perplexing questions that have
arisen as result of this outlaw strike
in the first district. There is an espe-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
STRIKE ORDER NOT
ISSUED, BUT MEN QUIT

Wilkes Barre. Pa. Sept. 1.-Early
reports show that at least $4,000 mine
workers in the anthracite field failed to
report for work today and this in face
of the fact that the insurgent element
has not rs yet called for a walkout.
Ten thousand men are out in an un-
authorized strike In the Pittston dis
trict. No. Z colliery Of the Lehigh and
Wilkes Barre was unable to work. A
large percentage Of the Red Ash Coal Co.
employees failed to report. Fifty three
per cent Of the men employed by the
Lehigh Valley Coal Co. in the Wyoming
district are not at their labor. Seven
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
STRIKES EFFECT UNCERTAIN
Coal Men Unable to- Predict How
Philadelphia VIII Fare

Charles scull, secretary Of the Phi,..
delphia Coal Exchange, said this after.
noon that II is impossible to predict A.
present what effect the walkout OF az.
900 miners in the anthracite field viii
have on coal shipments to Philadelphia.
''That remains to be seen," he said
when asked If the failure Of the miners
present supply Of household coal in this
city.
At the same time, he took an opt
mistic view of the situation, and denisd
reports that a coal famine Threatens
Philadelphia. He claimed that manv
householders have more coal In their
cellars now than ever before at this tims
of the year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

wage commission whose award they re :
jected. IL was indicated today that he
had said his last word In answer to the
miners, and that II they refuse to accept
the commissions report the government
would have no alternative but to con :
slider the strike an OUTLAW" affair and
treat Il accordingly. D..
This is also the attitude Of officials OF
the American Federation Of Labor, who
maintain that the men are obligated by
their agreement to abide by the com
missions award
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

collieries of the Susquehanns Coal Co.,
most Of them in District No. Q, are in
idleness.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-02-27
Cultivate Mental Control.

Specialists tell us that most abnor-
are purely mental. If that be
true, character Is question Of mind
balance. Permit yourself to go grow
cling in the cellars of mental vice and
you are sure to develop the traits of
your mental actors. Search out the
victorious heroes who have mastered
self and risen to distinction and you
are destined to rise with them. Men
tai control will Danish weakness more
surely than will nostrums. You have
many chances to rise but you have only
one character to build. Every impulse
you put into it will contribute to prog
ress If the motive is right. There will
be many to advise you, but you must
be the realizer and actor of your am
billions. You must strive for goals
and in the striving you will forge char
acter in such fashion that 1t will stant
any strain. The process build.
strength for you.-Grit.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-02-27
Thinking and Character.

Few people are fully rounded char
acters. Some rise to dizzy heights
in some lines while they grovel in the
dust in others. The world needs right
balance If it's to have the best charac-
tiers in 1t. And how different men are
Some become afflicted with the swelled
head and make no efforts at self-im-
provement. This is mania common
to freshmen, but only in few aggra-
waited cases does it persist beyond q
few years. The mental trend ever
then is at least hopeful. A greater
menace to progress is the malady OF
magnifying your own weaknesses. Con-
tact with others emphasizes The weak
spots and folks get to brooding about
them. That's all wrong. Commons
sense suggests attention to them. The
wise man substitutes the ideal oppose
ton for the weakness and strives to-
compel himself to realize the possible
ity of attaining it.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-02-27

Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, vice
president of the Navy league, directed
the leagues pageant and ball, given
in Washington on the night of Lin
coins birthday. The pageant por-
trayed every phase of American his
tory and 600 people participated. Mrs.
Frazer took the part of Mrs. Van
Rensselaer, in depicting scenes from
the settling of New York by the Dutch.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-02-27
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

In Sweden the doctors seldom send
bills to their patients. Each patient
pays what he deems just or is able to
give.
To make sure that 1t will be seen q
Frenchman has invented celluloid
memorandum tag to be snapped over
The face Of a watch.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-02-27
Good Local Talent.

Uncle Ezra Cat theater)--George,
where do all them actors live?
George (the native)-Why, they live
here.
Uncle Ezra-Rlght here in New
York. Ell? Wal. by Heck! They do
purity good for local talent Cartoons
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-02-27

Peggy Marsh. former London chorus
girl, is suing for share in the estate
Of the late Marshall Field of Chicago,
because the late Henry Field, grand
son of the multimillionaire merchant,
is the father of her three-year-old
child, Henry Anthony Marsh. The
photograph shows little Tony" dis
porting himself in the barnyard of his
home in Norfolk, England.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-02-27

The royal crown Of Persia, which
dates back to remote ages, is in the
form of a pot of flowers, surmounted
by an uncut ruby the size Of hens
egg.
A horse, harness. and wagon
were sold separately at auction in
Pittsburgh. The wagon brought $13,
the harness $3.50 and the horse So
Nat.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-02-27

Proud Moment
what became OF that promoter from
the East who was going to put CHG
gersville on the map?'
He kept his promise, all right"
said Uncle Hiram Witherbee.
"How?"
"Half dozen detectives trailed him
here and when he was arrested the
Chiggersville date line appeared IN
every newspaper In the countrya-
birmingham Age Herald.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20
permission"

permission"
This statement was fully corrected
in The Literary Digest for December
4th in an EDITORIAL entitled Fruit Juic-
es in Fruit Drinks" The retraction
appears on page 81 in the following
language:
"A reference was made in our ar
ticle of October 80 to orange crush
as made in a synthetic laboratory,
and we further said that it was NO
longer to be served under this name
with the Governments permission
This statement we wish to correct
Wards Orange Crush, which is the
only orange drink marketed under
the trade name crush. is, as pei
their label, composed of orange-oil
citric acid, orange-juice, pure granu-
lated cane-sugar and water, and col.
ored with United States certified food
color, AS the government report was
quoted in these columns, it is only
right to give our readers this add.
tional word of explanation and reas.
| surance."
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20
RESURRECTION ATTEMPT
RENEWED; BODY DUG UP
Widow of Ashburn Preacher Claims
He Will Return

ASHBURN, Ga, Dec. 19.-Some
days ago people of this section were
startled by report that Mrs. Robert
Rouse, the widow of Rev. Robert
Rouse had attempted to ressurect her
dead husband by means of prayer and
only prevented from digging up the
body when the sheriff threatened
force. Last week she preached in the
courthouse at this place and stated to
her frienls that she still expected her
husband to rise from the grave.
Last night the grave was opened
and the body taken from the grave
where it had lain for three years. This
morning the dead body was found ly-
ing beside the grave.
Rev. Robert Rouse was a native Of
this section, and for a number Of
years resided in Ashburn, where he
was engaged in the livery business
Later he joined the Methodist con.
terence and was rising rapidly in the
church when stricken with influenza
For some time Mrs. Rouse has
claimed that her husband would re.
turn to life in answer to her prayer.
and she even went so far as to buy
clothing for his resurrection.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20
Mr.. c. G. Davis Loses
In Race With Death
Popular Shopman Dies on Train En-
Route to Atlanta Hospital

Mr.. Charles G. Davis, for many
years an employee at the A. B. iSz A.
railroad shops here, died at $50 o.
clock Saturday morning on the train
in which he was being rushel to At
lanta for medical attention at an At
lanta Hospital He was forty years
of age and had been in poor health
for some time.
Mr.. Davis was a charter member
of the Benefit Association of Rail.
way Employees here and his was the
first death in the ranks of the associ
alton since it was organized He was
also member of the Sheet Meta
Workers Union
surviving the deceased are his wild
ow, his mother, Mrs R. B. Davis
four sisters, Mrs. E. L. Davis, anc
Mr.. c. H. Davis of Wilmington, N
c., Mrs. L. G. Davis of St. Peters
burg, Fla, Mrs. E. E. Sharye and Mrs
H. A. lowers of Fitzgerald, Mrs. w
W. Waters of Ocilla.
Funeral services will be at the Cen
trail Christian church at 4 o'clocl
! Tuesday afternoon. Rev. c. A. Straw
will conduct the services. Intermen
will follow in Evergreen cemetery
The pail bearers will be Ralph Gar
rick, Ed Bailey. Walter Lankert, Har
ry Porter, Harvey Booker and Ches
ter Ray.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20
EDITOR IS ELECTED
MAYOR OF DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS. Dec. 20.-In the mum
icipal election held in Douglas Sat
urday, with a three-cornered race
for mayor, Editor w. R. Frier defeat
ed his opponents, A. Brooks by %
votes, and c. R. Tanner by 90 votes.
For councillnen, F. F. Preston de-
feated H. L. Garbut in the first ward;
0. F. Deem defeated F. C. Wilson in
the second ward; R. c. Relihan de-
feated E. S. Tailey in the third ward;
w. H. Bone, Jr., defeated J. B. Pharis
in the fourth ward and R. N. McEach-
ern was elected as councilman of the
city at large over his opponent, L. M
Breen. There were two running in
each ward and from the city at large
and three for mayor
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20
LITERARY DIGEST RETRACTS
MEASUREMENT REGARDING
"ORANGE-CRUSH"

An editorial injustice othe well
known drink, Orange Crush, inadvert-
entity made by The Literary Digest in
its October 80 number, has been fully
rctracted by the publishers an arti-
Gle appearing December 4.
The error was made in a short edi-
torial preface to the reprint of an atic1e
fom the U. S. Public Health Repots on
the subject of Fake Orange Drinks,
Although this article was not directed
against Orange-Crush, which derives
all its flavor from the oil, juice and
acid of actual oranges, yet the editor
ial preface mistakenly included the
drink by name in the following Ian
guage:
"Orangeade' and orange crush that
never came nearer to an orange than
the tanks of synthetic chemical lab
oatory are no longer to be served
under those names with Uncle Sans
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-12-20
ASKS 100000 FOR
DEATH OF HUSBAND
Mrs. M. E. Pearson Sues Sea-
board in Ben Hill Court
NEGLIGENCE IS CHARGED,
Petition Asserts Death of w. J
Pearson Was Avoidable

Alleging that the death of Mr.. VIM.
]. Pearson was due to negligence,
Mrs. M. E. Pearson, his widow, has
filed suit in Ben Hill Superior Court
for $4,000 against the Seaboard Air
Line Railway. Mr.. Pearson was killed
September 5th by Seaboard train
which struck him as he was crossing
the tracks at the corner of Lemon
and Sheridan streets.
Mrs. Pearsons petition, which was
filed through Judge D. E. Griffin, her
attorney, alleges negligence against
the railroad in that the train failed to
slow down on approaching the grade
crossing, and that no warning signal
was given, and that the grade cross
ing where the accident occurred is not
guarded by sign post, gates, or watch
man.
In STIMULATING the sum of $4,000 as
just damages for the loss of her hus-
band, Mrs. Pearson sets forth that he;
was 68 years of age and that because
of heredity and good habits he had a
normal of expectancy of thirty years
longer. He provided her with ST.
900 year in money, $1,000 year in
various services, and $1,000 year in
business advice, the petition states.
Mr.. Pearson was well known in
Fitzgerald having been in business.
here for many years. Several years
before his tragic death he had suf-
fered stroke of paralysis which rem
dered him partially deaf and affected
the use of his right arm and leg.