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The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-16

putes between employers and emp1oye: and for the prompt ending of strikes but Kansas may observe that the court faces difficult problem in certain miners now on strike at Franklin. At least we judge 1t Is a problem as dispatches print ed yesterday morning said that 2OOC wives and daughters of the strikers armed themselves with red pepper and etfectually stopped the work of strike breakers. The dispatch adds these par ticulars
 Screaming in foreign tongues. the, overran the Sheriff's deputies who tried to stop them, entered an engine house and drove out the men employed there. An 1nterurban car bringing other miners to work became their next objective. and they forced it to go on without unload ing the workers. Motor cars bringing other miners were stopped and the men Tn them made prisoners.
 There may be a comeback" to this display of force but at present 1t seems clear that the women were fairly indif- terent as to the authority of the indus trial court
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-16
UNTERMYER BRANDS PLASTERERS' UNION
 AS LABOR DESPOT
Declares Building Industry Has Been Strung Up" Through tIs
 Actions on Workers.

New York, Dec. 16.-Alleged despot
 ism by the Plasterers' Union and abuse
 of power enabling it to string up the
 entire building industry of New York 1 by the neck" was attacked before the Lockwood legislative committee by Sam.
 uel Unternyer, its counsel Reading from the minutes of the
 unions executive committee and ex-
 arnining the recording secretary, MT
 Untermeyer brought out the following practices:
 Contractors were compelled to pay the
 union, fines from $1OO up for working the men overtime without permission of the executive committee Jewish, German and Italian members of the union were fined $1o each for
 working on St. Patrick's Day. A plasterer was debarred from his place of employment for one year be- cause he worked with tools' during the lunch hour.
 Another charged with the same of- fence, was let off with reprimand as he made amends by quitting at 4 30 o'clock
 If contractors did not distribute all wages on pay day by o'clock, they had to pay two hours overtime to each man who waited longer. Whether the de- lay was one minute or two hours the full overtime penalty had to be paid
 When bad piece of work by plas- terer is ordered torn down ''either the owner or the contractor" of the building is penalized, it was testified by Michel B. Gallagher, recording secretary. of the union. It is against the rules of the union, he said, for an employer to lay off during dull periods his shop steward, who Hooks after the interests of the union," and one contractor who did so was fined,
 The minutes recorded demotion of foreman because he "stood over the work CTS and rushed them"
 MT. Gallagher characterized this as "slave-driving," and said rushing was 40 per cent worse crime than pickpock- eting.
 The unions rules do not permit con- tractors to sub-let clustering work, nor allow the owners of buildings to hire second contractor if the first defaults MT. Gallagher explained that on all un- finished contracts, the union requires that the work be completed under the super vision of its own foreman, on day work basis.
 Mir. Untermyer charged the plasterers were 'blackjacking" the public in doing this, and also the contractors.
 "If you tell contractor he has to pay $1OO or $1 ,O0O, or he does not get union men, that puts him out of business, un- less he pays what you tell him to pay, doesn't it," asked MT. Unter1nyer
 Automatically yes," the witness re- piled.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-16
HARD COAL MINERS
 TO ASK MORE PAY
Demands to Be Formulated at Con vention to Begin on
 January r.

The public will get its first official intination of the wage demands to be made upon the coal operators in 1922 when the special tri-district convention of anthracite mineWorkers convenes ir1 Shamokin, Pa, on Tuesday, Jan 17, tc formulate wage demands and working conditions covering the hard coal fields of Pennsylvania.
 Delegates representing the more than 125,0OO anthracite mine workers have been summoned by the Tri-District Ex- ecutive Board, which, according to union leaders, will probably demand wage in- creases, a shorter WOrkday, the closed shop and many other important working conditions.
 The wage scale demands adopted by the anthracite convention will be re- ferred to the international convention of the United Mine Workers, to be held in Indianapolis in February for approval At this time the bituminous mine work CTS will also submit their demands, and as the contracts of both classes expire on March 31, 1922, program of joint action will be decided upon. This is the first time there has been a uniform date of expiration affecting all agreements in both the anthracite and bituninous in- dustries.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-16
INDUSTRIAL COURT
 UNDER "ACID TEST''
Hartford Courant Indulges in Com
 ment on Its Recent Ignoring.

Under the title of An Acid Test" the Hartford Currant has the following to say about Kansas Industrial Court
 Kansas has registered pride in its in- dustrial court for the settlement of dis
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-16

Acting on the advice of Samuel Un- termeyer, council for the workers, the injunction against the Protective Asso- citation was made the first act in a series of incidents that have for their purpose the recovering of wages lost by every person who was in the employ of the members of the association by reason of their violating a contract and forcing a strike.
 We are simply going to see if the Danbury hatters' case works both ways, " said Benjamin Schlessinger, president of the Garment Workers union. Tn that case the manufacturers sued the United Hatters of North America and recovered In this case the union will sue the manu- facturers"
 The executive committee of the
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-16
LABOR BOARD IN
 FEDERAL COURT
Becomes Defendant in Injunction Suit Brought by Pennsylvania
 Road in Shopmen's Dispute.

Chicago, Dec. I6.-Buffeted about by the criticism of both railroads and railway workers for more than a year and a half, the United States Railroad Labor Board finally was haled into Federal court this week when it was made defendant in an injunction suit brought by the Pennsylvania railroad, which procured a temporary order from Judge K. M Landis, restrain ing the board from handing down a decision against the road in shop mems controversy.
 Members of the board said they welcomed the suit" as means of settling perplexing questions, which have been the subject of many three cornered tilts between the transpor- tation lines, the employees and the board. Charged by the transporta- tion act with settling railroad diff
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-16

faculties, the board has no legal power, and several roads have dis puted the extent of the boards juris- diction.
 Hearing on a permanent order will be held before Judge Landis The railroads petition is based on two allegations: That the board has jur- isdiction only over cases over which a disagreement has arisen, and that the board has exceeded it's powers in pre- scribing rules for the selection of em- ploye representative in negotiations with the carriers.
 The injunction has the effect of holding up a decision on the Uenn- sylvania's citation before the Labor Board, Oct 20, when the road was summoned to show cause why it should not be declared in violation of the boards orders.
 The controversy arose over the roads disregard of an order from the board to hold an election to name em- prove representatives, TOT neSOt1at1On of shop rules with the carrier. A previous election was declared void and the new election was to give op- portunity for the election of system federation No. 90, as a unit to repre- sent the employees. The road had re- fused to recognize the federation as representative of the employees, all though no objecting to members of the union serving as negotiators, if elected as individuals.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-16

American Federation of Labor has in dorsed the stand of the Garment Work CTS and pledges it's support in carrying through the program outlined as the proper way of dealing with pledge breaking employers.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-16
RUSSIA

Tanners Wages.-By the soviet the minimum wage for tanners is 2,4oo,- GOO roubles per month Before the depreciation of the rouble it's worth was about 50 cents in U. s. money.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-16
GARMENT WORKERS
 SEEK RECOVERY OF
 MILLIONS IN WAGES
Institute Proceedings Which May Be Reverse of Famous Danbury
 Hatters' Case.

Litigation that may be the reverse of the famous "Danbury Hatters" case and cost the Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufac- turers' Protective Association $o,OO0,00O in damages has been started by the Inter national Ladies Garment Workers Union
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-16
SCOTLAND

Big Wage Reduction.-The No vember cut of So cents per day in miners wages is the heaviest ever made at one sweep in the history Of the industry.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11
AGENCY FINDS
j0BSFOR MANY
Rock Island Office Ranks Next to
Chicago in Record of June
Placements.

Placements made by the state
free employment agency in Rock Is
land numbering $50 causes the
agency to rank next after Chicago
for the month of June. The records
of the Rock Island office show that
SIS men and go women secured en-
ployment.
An analysis of the report issued
by the general advisory board of the
Illinois free employment service on
the operation of the - offices which
the state conducts in II cities in Hi
nois shows that the surplus of labor
for June diminished somewhat in
Bloomington, Rock Island and
Springfield. while in Aurora, Chi
cago, Danville, Decatur, East St
Louis, Joliet, Peoria and Rockford,
the number of persons registered
for each 100 Jobs available has in
creased. For the state as a whole
there were 240.5 persons registered
for each 100 jobs From the fact
that during June, 1920, only $50 per
soLs were placed in agricultural
pursuits, while in June, 1921, there
were 1,575 thus placed, the board
sees a drift back to the farm"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11

ecutiyes to get together on the ma
ture OF the claims to be incorporated
in their bills to the government.
Bills already presented have varied
widely in the nature of the items
charged. II an agreed formula
could be followed, the auditing and
settlement of the claims could be
expedited.
Backs Railroads Claims.
Golf will champion the railroad
position that large sums are due for
undermaintenauce of the lines dur
ing the period of federal control.
The policy followed was to spend
on maintenance on each road the
average of the sums spent, under
private control. during the three
years preceding government opera
ton.
The proper basis for mainten-
ance," Golf says, would be the lay
ing of an equal number of ties, or an
equal amount of new track. During
the war period maintenance costs,
as everything else, doubled and trip
led An equal expenditure would
give less than half the actual main
tenance the government agreed TO
perform"
In attempting to bring the gov
erhment and the railroads together
in quick settlement OF their differ
ences Golf is following a line OF
public work in which he already has
achieved distinction. 1t was he who,
after years of wrangling and fight
ing, brought about an agreement in
the Cleveland street railway dispute,
fixing a value of $50 share for the
stock of the old Cleveland Electric
Railway and making possible the
Reorganization which gave Cleve-
land car fare at cost, which, for
many years, was 3 cents.
As president of the Cleveland
Trust company, he is intimately ia
mllIar with the financing difficult
ties the roads now face, and of the
long train of industrial and bus
mess hardships which are more or
less the result of the railway
plight.
This knowledge, coupled with his
ability as a mediator and his clear
of the public interest at
all times, should bring to his sup
port, in any settlement he may Ill
timately recommend. President
believes, forces that would
make an agreement certain.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11
CLINTON TRIP
ON WASHINGTON
MID-WEEK RUNS

Telephone operators of Rock Is
land will doff their headgear Tues
day night for their annual river
trip on the steamer Washington.
According to Mrs. E. E, Schlueter,
1917 Eleventh street, the trip Will
be the largest the hello girls"
have ever held. Moline and Daven-
port operators have been invited
to aid in the success of the excur-
sion. The Washington will leave
Rock Island at $50. returning at
1870.
Tuesday the Washington will
carry the members of the Scott
county soldiers relief committee
and their friends on daylight trip
to Clinton. The boat will leave
Davenport at o'clock in the morn
ing and Rock Island at $50, re-
turning at 7:30 in the evening.
The trip to Clinton is one of the
most popular from the tri-cities.
At the up-river city the steamer
will dock for a short time, permit
ting the passengers to visit there.
Wednesday night will mark the
annual moonlight cruise of the En-
ployes' Benefit association of the
Harmed & Won Maur store, Daven-
port. Clerks and others of the tri-
cities have been invited by J. L.
Murray, chairman of the trip, to
participate in the event Dancing
will form the main feature of di-
version, the Jayland Jaz-ze band.
veteran orchestra of the Missis-
sippi, will furnish the music.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11
DEFYINC JUDGE
COSTS CREEKS
JAIL SENTENCE
Five Who Staged Fight Raise Up
roar When Small Fine Is I'm
pOsed-Bigger Penalty.

Contemptous for Magistrate D. ].
Cleland's court this morning, and a
tendency to show the police how
rough they were, resulted in five
Greeks being sentenced to 10 days
in the county Jail, when they could
have escaped by paying fines Of So
each.
The men were arrested at 1:45
o'clock this morning by PatrOlman
John Sullivan while they were
staging a fight on Fifth avenue be-
tween Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth
streets. They did little damage to
each other, but kept people nearby
awake with their noise.
Only one of the five men could
speak English, but the others kept
jabbering their defiance of the
court. They were charged with dis
orderly conduct and after the evil
dence was presented the magistrate
imposed a fine of So each.
The men had money, but de-
clared through an Interpreter that
they would not pay a fine.
One had welded a knife in the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11
LODGE
TO Give talk
Rabbi E. NJ. Paper to Address
B'nai Birth At Installation
of Officers.

Rabbi E. NJ. Paper of North Da-
keta, one of the prominent figures
in the Independent Order of B'naR
Birth circles of this country. will
address the tri-city chapter at the
regular meeting tomorrow evening
in the lodge rooms, above the Spen-
Ger Square theatre.
Officers will be installed at this
time. New officers who will be in
stalled are:
President-Moe F1nkeIstein. Rock
Island.
Vice presidert-Harry B. Zirren,
Moline.
Financial secretary = Samuel
Baker, Rock Island.
Recording seer etary-Maurice B.
keiinson, Rock Island.
Treasurer-H. II. WaxenberC.
Davenport
Trustee-Max J. sosna. Rock Is
land.
Monitor William Frank, Moline.
Warden-Samuel Ruben, Rock Is
land.
Guardian-Albert Filler, Rock Is
land.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11
TSAR OF BULGARIA., WORLDS YOUNGEST MONARCH,
WHO REIGNS BUT DOES NOT RULE, COMING TO U. S.
BY MILTON BRONNER-

London-If Boris Third, tsar of
Bulgaria, comes % America this
fall as announced, Americans viii
see not only the youngest monarch
in Europe, but one who is at the
head of the most democratic people
in Europe.
Boris reigns, but does not rule.
AS a matter of fact, the rulers of
i Bulgaria today are the peasants
acting through the Agrarian party.
Peasant farmers constitute S5 per
cent OF the population. Their
wheat and pigs are the country S
/ chief source of wealth.
Boris came to the throne when
| his country was all shot to pieces.
/ 1t had been in two wars in recent
years and lost both. The first was
when Bulgaria battled with Serbia
and Greece and was thoroughly
trounced- Then in the recent war,
Boris father, Tsar Ferdinand, was
so pro-German that he took his
country in on the side of the cen
trail powers and once more Bulgaria
was licked.
! Son Makes Good.
! Ferdinand fed. His oldest son,
| born Jan. 80, 1894, was called to
the troubled country's throne Oct.
4, 1918. He has made good.
| His father had been a little auto
crat who changed his titled from
prince to king and from king to
tsar. Boris found a parliament in
which the peasants dominated, and
was content to have it so.
Ferdinand sent NJ. Stambouliski.
the leader of the peasants, to pris-
on for warning him against taking
Bulgaria into the war on the side
Of Germany.
Under Boris this same Stambou-
liski is premier and he has the
farmers back of him
Ferdinand was always dreaming
of territorial ggrandizement which
meant war with Balkan neighbors.
Boris dreams of peace with his
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11
FGBF
Especial Correspondence.


Erie, Ill, July 11-Mrs. Ine2
Burnett and daughters of Albany
Ill, are guests of the former 5
brother, Tom Foskett and other
relatives in Erie and vicinity this
week.
Mrs. R J. Thompson and her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. E. NJ. Seely enter
tanned the following relatives at
dinner Sunday: Charles Farley and
daughter, Mrs Florence Angel and
children Of Prophetstown, H.: Mr..
and Mrs. Dave Guthrie and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk Thompson
Of Erie.
Mrs. John Hahn of Erie attended
the funeral services of her mother.
Mrs. Anna Mahlstead, who died at
her home at Hillsdale Thursday
night Others from Erie who at
tended the funeral were two grand
daughters, Mrs. Ernest Bacon and
Mrs. Ernest Seger and their
families
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11
ORION
Especial Correspondence.

ISpeCII NOTrespOndenCe
Orion, Ill, July 11.-Miss Lau-
renee Asplund is in Rock Island
visiting her friend, Miss Barbara
Kempe.
Mrs. E. F. Buch and daughter
Edwina and Joe Thornburg of Peo-
ria were callers of Miss May Gull
ton Saturday while enroute by auto
to Davenport They returned Sun
day and Miss CultOn accompanied
them to Peoria for a two weeks
visit
Miss Winnifred Fox left for her
nome in Chicago Sunday. She had
been the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Sidney Guthrie, the first two weeks.
Mrs. Phil Brodine is quite i'll with
bronchial pneumonia.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11
TOURING PARTY
ITO INVITE ALL
EXHIBITION
Chicago Delegation Win Be Re
ceIyed BY Mayor Schriver At
the City Hall.

Mayor Harry NJ. Schriver has
wired Mayor William Hale Thomp-
son of Chicago that he will receive
the official couriers carrying invi-
tations TO attend the Pageant OF
Progress exhibition. at the city hall
Thursday afternoon.
Mayor Schriver received letter
from the Chicago mayor this morn
ing in which it. was stated that a
touring delegation from Chicago
viii call upon the Rock Island city
executive at AIS o'clock Thursday
afternoon.
The delegation is touring Illinois
Iowa, Michigan. Wisconsin and In
diana. Coming to Rock Island
Thursday will tender an invita-
ton to Mayor Schriver and the cit
izens of Rock Island to attend the
big exhibition in Chicago, which
opens July 80 to continue until
Aug. IA.
The Pageant of Progress is to be
held on Chicago's new $5,000,000
pier. There are to be % shows and
exhibits.
There will be the greatest num-
Der of automobiles, trucks, tractors,
anu ali pldHCo GNGI
sembled under one roof There will
be a health show in which the gov
ernment and the state of Illinois
win join in exhibiting the latest de-
vices TO safeguard the public health.
Exhibits will include everything. in
tie building line from the houses of
the cliff jewellers to the model
homes of today; fur exhibit de
picting that industry from the wild
animal to the finished garment; ex-
hibits of the means used to guard
the milk supply from germs; a
bower of blossoms arranged by the
Chicago florists and many other
wonderful demonstrations.
ManeuVers On Lake.
On Lake Michigan motorboats
will race at Is miles an hour and
airplanes will be put to their great
est speed.
ms naval militia from the 10
Great Lakes states will be in a
camp. There will be sham battles
and naval evolutions depicting
maneuvers of fleet at war. There
Will be three and half miles of ex-
hibits, all educational, on the big
pier which extends 5000 feet out in
the lake. Mayor Schriver and the
city commissioners will receive the
delegation which is coming to give
Chicago's official invitation to the
exhibition.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11
NO BAN PUT UPON
CANAL BATHERS
BY GOVERNMENT

Rumor to the effect that a ban
had been placed on bathing at Lock
80 on the HenneDin canal by the
U. S. Engineers office. Rock island,
was dissipated today when Assist
ant Engineer A. l.. Richards stated
that no such prohibition had been
authorized.
Hundreds avail themselves of the
swimming facilities offered at the
lock and many autos are parked
there nightly by Rock Islanders
who motor to the spot for a dip
IL the canal. Complaints of be
Lavior of few of the bathers were
responsible for the rumors.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11
Police News

Floyd Hanschild was fined SIS by
Magistrate ID. j Cleland in police
court this morning on charge of
speeding.
G. Lamp was fined So on a charge
OF driving his automobile by a
street car that had been stopped to
take on and discharge passengers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11
PHYSICIANS WILL
HEAR UNIVERSITY
OF IOWA DOCTOR

DR.. Charles J. Rowan, professor
of surgery at the University of
Iowa, will address the Rock Island
County Medical society at its reg
ular meeting tomorrow evening at
the Rock Island club. DIR. Rowan
will speak on appendicitis" There
will be no special business to be
discussed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11
CLOSE WEDNESDAY.

Grocery stores and meat mar
kets. which agreed to the Wed
nesday afternoon closing in July
and August, begin that schedule
next Wednesday. Shopping to-
morrow afternoon or Wednesday
morning, the Business Mems as
sociation reminds, should be
done with that closing in mind.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11

neighbors and development of the
resources of his country.
Ferdinand was a physical coward
who shrank from mingling with his
subjects for fear of assassination.
Boris doesn't know the word fear
and mingles freely with his people.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11

Miss Laura Volstead daughter OF
Representative Andrew ]. Volstead
Of Minnesota, chairman of the
house Judiciary committee, recently
returned to Washington after an
extended trip to Panama. Besides
being a popular member of the
younger congressional set in Wash
ington she holds the position of con-
fidential assistant TO her father.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-11

fight and the timely arrival of Pa
trolman Sullivan probably saved
the others from receiving serious
injuries.
Considering the attitude of the
men the magistrate ordered them
taken back to their cells. They i'm
mediately started an uproar.
Get Judges "GOat-"
The noise could be heard out on
the street and Magistrate Cleland,
becoming exasperated, ordered the
men again into court. The prison
ers persisted in their attitude of de-
fiance and the judge promptly i'm
TAsed a sentence of 10 days in the
county Jail.
The prisoners gave their names
as Jim Papas, George Papas, John
Hgisimos, George Simeon and
Chris Adkead. George Papas is the
man who was armed with a knife in
the fight