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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01

VIXEN the roads, by advertisements and
written staten nts, gave their word of
honor that the new men will retain q
ranking second only to the loyal shop
men when the strike is settled Percy
Todd, of the Bangor & Aroostook, said
that he personally had promised that
standing to employees taken on since
July l and did not feel that he had
the right to go back on them. These
remarks were given out as typical of
the views voiced by the executives,
about thirty-five or forty of whom took
part in the discussions.
The report on yesterdays gathering
was less militant than the utterances
Of executives who were questioned in
the morning One declared that bal
lots are again being distributed among
the loyal shopmen and foremen on the
Western division Of one line to deter
mine their course in case the COM
panies restore seniority to the strikers,
and cited this IS proof that the roads
have little choice but to stand firm on
this dominant issue.
May Ask Months Time
Another declared that to-day's meet
ing probably will result in a request
that the government allow the carriers
another month in which to prove that
they can deal with the situation with
out injury to the public. And there
was noindication that the Eastern lines
have shifted their interest from getting
new force with which they may not
have such troubles as with the strik-
ers, to getting back the men who left
their jobs.
The contentious Of the carriers as to
the attitude of the men now employed
in the shops were countered by the
strike leaders yesterday with a tele-
gram to Senators Calder and Wads-
worth declaring that messages being
sent to Washington being signed by
these men are composed in the COM
panies' Offices as part of eystematic
publicity campaign.
1.-THE hard-boiled executives who
an attempt to smash the unions can
not fool the public with crocodile tears
over professional strike breakers" the
dispatch declared. "They should not
be permitted to make their promises
of permanent employment an issue in
the strike. If they made such prom
ises it was with the knowledge that
they might not be fulfilled"
Tell of Poll on N. Y. Central
The unions backed their charge that
SiAS NPPSo'o 1AOIll VIC lOy al employees
emanate from company offices by MAX
ing public telegram, declared to have
been sent by the New York Central
management over the signature of a
master mechanic, urging all division
and local officers, including foremen, to
telegraph the president of the road
their views on restoring full seniority
and to get the messages to his Office
before yesterday morning.
Whlle the carriers were announcing
their confidence in their ability to get
the situation we'll in hand in the next
month, the unions reported that all of
the New York CentraPs trains due
here between 6:45 and 9:4O a. m. were
late, with an average delay of an hour
and thirtyseven minutes; that the
company was compelled to annul a
train for the first time yesterday, a
day express, which should have left
Albany at 2:4o p. M, and that five
early trains on the New Haven arrived
on an average of an hour and twenty
four minutes behind schedule.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01

always kept strcng hold on the osicea
Issuing the licenses, which in the event
OF strike has a particularly gripping
erect on The operators, who are de-
barred by law from teaching new men
TO mise coal
The Federal Reserve Board state
ment te-day with regard to the strike
Situation saids
AS the current month progressed
the effects of the coal and railread
strikes began TO make them selves felt.
This influence has served recently to
restrain productive activities In various
lines, noticeably iron and steel. The
plans recently announced by che Ad-
mtnistration are expected to relieve the
situation.
Soft Coal Output Increases
1.-THE amount OF bisuminous coal
mined In June showed q considerable
increase, but since the opening Of the
present month has fallen off greatly.
Coal stocks have consequently been
further drawn upon. Anthracite pro-
duction has been negligible and stocks,
with the exception Of pea sizes, are
practically exhausted. Petroleum out
put continues large; stocks are, in fact,
accomplishing.
"A further reduction IN the number
Of persons out Of work was reported
during June, and scarcity Of labor con-
tinued TO be noted, especially in the
building trades. Certain districts also
reported a scarcity of agricultural la
Dor. Unemployment remained factor
only in those lines, such as textiles,
coal and transportation, in which labor
difficulties exist"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
Separate Coal
Farley to End
Strike Forecast
Operators and Employees of
Four OR Five States Elk
pected to Seek Solution
of T heir Differences
Meet i'm Cleveland Monday
Other Mine Owners Doubt
Whether Regional Com
promise is Practicable


CLEVELAND, July 31.-An inter
state peace conference Of coal operators
and mine union officers will be held
here Monday morning, it was reported
here tonight.
The purpose Of a conference would
be to draw up a new basic wage scale
for the operators represented II ac-
copied by both sides the coal strike
would be ended so far as these oper-
ators and their employees are con-
cerned. The union would then be. free
to fight it out with the operators re-
fusing to sign
whether the conference Monday will
be four or five state meeting las not
been learned. The call for tie meeting
is expected to be issued tomorrow by
John l.. Lewis, president Of the United
Mine Workers of America.
WASHINGTON, July 81 (By The As
ISOLATED Press) .-With the Federal
emergency coal control machine. pioted
by Fuel Distributor Spencer, finally
under way, the possibility that nego-
tiation for separate wage settlement
between the miners union and some
operators in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Hi
nois and Indiana bituminous fields
might be instituted this week was
strongly indicated in Washington to-
night.
Representatives Of the various gov
eminent departments and producing
operators cooperating under the Ad-
ministration's distribution plan set to
work on the initial problems facing OPP
Grafton of the scheme, such as organi-
cation Of regional committees in the
producing fields and formation of coal
pools. The personnel of some of the
regional committees is to be announced
tomorrow.
Members Of the Federal distribution
committee also conferred to-day with
Cleveland operators on the question of
supplies for the Great Lakes region,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01

CINCINNATI, July 81 (By The Assoc
riated Press) Five specific proposals
for the settlement Of the railroad strike
are contained in President Harding's
plan which will be submitted to rail-
road executives in New York and rail
union heads in Chicago tomorrow, it
was asserted here tonight by an off,
cial of the railroad shopcrafts union.
The official, who refused to permit use
of his name, said that he had obtained
the information from rail union officials
in Washington Saturday.
The five specific proposals, according
to the official, include
That the employees will abide by
the decisions of the United States
Railroad Labor Board in the future.
In the matter of seniority the en-
ployees who remained on the job
during the strike will receive prefer
entail treatment Men who have
been on strike will return with their
seniority rights subject to those
rights acquired during the strike by
men who remained on the Job and
the seniority OF the new employees will
date from the time they entered the
service.
The men will accept the recent
wage reductions of the Railroad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
British in NesU Stand
On Debts to- II. s.

LONDON, July 81 (By The
Associated Press Great Britain
has decided to send a circular
note to the Allies and the United
States in reference to the war
debts, according to "The Times"
which says that this decision was
taken on July 25.
"The Times" understands that
the note was drawn up by the
Earl Of Balfour "a fortnight ago,
and sets forth, at some length,
the official view that the debts
owed to Great Britain by the Eu-
ropean countries are practically
and morally inseparable from the
British war debt to the United
States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
Illinois Sheriff Blamed
For Herrin Mine Riot
i, Guard Colonel Names Melvin
Thaxton in His Report to
Adiutant General

I, 81. LOUIS, July 81 (By The Asse-
'eiated Press).-Responsibility for fall
!ure to prevent demonstration which
sresulted in the killing Of nineteen en-
Ployees of the Southern Illinois Coal
company by union miners and sympa-
-thizers near Herrin. Ill.,, June 90, Is
placed upon Sheriff Melvin Thaxton. Of
Williamson County, by Colonel Samuel
N. Hunter. of the Illinois National
Guard, in his official report to Adjutant
General Charles E. Black, Colonel
Hunter announced here to-day.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, July 81 fBy The
Associated Press).-The Illinois branch
OF the United Mine Workers Will
finance and erect the defense Of every
Gnlon member brought to trial for the
Herrin massacre, Frank Harrington,
Illinois president, declared TODAY,
CHICAGO, July 81 (By The Associ-
ated Press).--A check-up on the casu-
alties in the Herrin, H., mine massa-
ere, made by various labor agencies
and coal associations interested. shows
that of the seventy-two men in the
mine at the time it was attacked bv
the union forces sixty-four are either
dead, wounded or missing, while the
total casusities on both sides numbered
more tn2n seventy.
The tabulation foYiows: Mcmahon
miners and guards in mine, 72; bodies
OF non-union men buried, 10; non-union
men wounded, 81; non-nnion men miss
ing. believed dead, II; union men
killed, 2; union men who died from
wounds, J.; union men wounded (esti-
msted) 4 to 8.
PITTSBURGH. July 31.-The Ma
tional Coal Association, in a state
ment issued here tonight announcing
investigation" Of the Herrin massacre.
declared that the leaders of the mob
were known and that ct least 500
members Of che mob can be arrested
any time that Attornsv General Drun-
Aaess Of Illinois, gives the word|
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
Special D<spatcn to The Tribune

SpecSoI Ofspdfch TO The Tribune
CHICAGO, July 31-Forty persons,
many Of them children, were burned
Or otherwise injured when the 1870 foot
gas tank containing more than 4,oo0,-
900 cubic feet of gas, at Throop and
Eleanor streets exploded to-day. The
cause Of the blast has not been de-
termined. The police say that the de-
struction Of the plant may make it
diMcult ever to fix the cause. It is re-
ported that there was a minor explo-
sion earlier in the day, but it was so
slight that no attention was paid to it.
The tank stood in the midst of
neighborhood of frame houses, over
run with children. When it exploded
sheets Of flames spread for a block.
burning every ons it touched, setting
fire to the houses and carrying with Il
an explosive force that smashed win
dows and bewled over pedestrians.
Boys playing ball in q vacant lot not
far away were thrown down and
burned by the wave of flaming gas
Several children sitting at windows
facing the tank caught the full force
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01

such gathering assembled, IL r;u.4
drag out long time, while EFFORT 81.
being made by those in IL to get enouas
outsiders to make its wage as,,s,asa
effective in the industry. There siSnomns
nave been operators and groups Of s ons
orators, 1t was pointed out, willinu W
make any wage settlement which 20
union would accept, but the union n u,is
ley has been to force an adiustrdp" ~
that would give all of its mem hers
satisfactory scale.
There were indications to-niobt 81.
the Cleveland meeting might have in !.
some operators from northern Wess
Virginia, as we'll as the four statss
mentioned. This territory has neves
been included in the wage contracts 81
tho central competitive field in na.+
years, but there has been some demand
for its inclusion since the coal produeed
there figures largely in the markets 70
which the Ohio-Pennsylvania product
goes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
Indiana Union to- Pass
On State Control To-day
Leaders Meet After Time Limit
Set BY Governor for Agree-
n,ent on Plan Has Expired
Special Dispatch to The Tr;bu,,

SpecsdI dispatch TO The Tribune
INDIANAPOLIS, July 31.-The next
step in Governor McCrays plans for
state operation of coal mines awaits
action of the mine union officials meet
ing tomorrow at Terre Haute to decide
whether the men should work under
state control. The Fuel Commission.
headed by John w. McCardle, has com
pleted arrangements for priority ship
ments when production Is resumed.
Midnight tonight terminates the
time limit set by the Governor for an
agreement to be reached between fac
tions. Adjutant General Harry B.
Smith met with members Of his staff
at the State House.
David E. Matthews, chief railroad in
spector for the Public Service Com
mission, head Of the emergency com
mittee. to-day was flooded with re-
quests for priority orders. Mr.. Mat
thews autographed Secretary of Com
merce Hoover as follows:
"Some of our state institutions have
one weeks coal supply. Others prac-
ticslly out. Need sixty cars at once.
Local dealers have practically no coal
supply. Householders will receive no
consideration at this time"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
". p. and Mo. p. Railroad
Workers Vote M, SfriEs

CINCINNATI. July 81 (By The AS
seciated Press),-Strike ballots are
being taken on the Northern Pacific
and Missouri Pacific railroads, it was
announced officially here to-day at the
headquarters of the Brotherhood Of
Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight
Handlers, Station and Express EN-
ployees. Six thousand men are af-
fected on the Northern Pacific and
1900 on the Missouri Pacific, IL was
asserted. Employees have been unsuc-
cessful in negotiations with the man
agements on wages and working condi-
tiOns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
Moonbean,s Only w orr.
BY Bathing Beauties

Nude girls bathing at midnight
in the moonlight at Lake Hopat-
cong, N. j., apparently are OBJ
iectionable to some ill-natured
persons, who, it is said, have COM
planned to the police. A few
nights ago residents near Nolan's
Point said they heard the shouts
Of joyous bathers, and on investi-
CATION found several pretty girls
in bathing who apparently had
forgotten their bathing suits.
Since then the state police have
been trying to arrest them, but so
far without success.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
Ohio Governor Asks Farley
Of Both Sides ir, Coal Chaos

COLUMBUS, July 81 (By The Asso-
ciated Press) Ex-Governor Davis late to-
day made formal appeal to President
Lee Hall. OF the Ohio Miners Union,
to meet in conference with operators,
members of the Southern Ohio Coal
Exchange, in an effort to reach an
agreement that would open the mines
of the southern Ohio district.
In transmitting his own appeal as
Governor Of the state, Governor Davis
also transmitted request Of the oper-
ators for such conference. His own
good offices we're extended to aid
in any manner possible in making the
PROPOSED conference success
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
Italy Faces General Strike

ROME, July sl.--At a meeting Of
workmen held here to-day it was de-
cided to proclaim general strike as a
protest against the recent reprisals of
the Fascist against the Socialists in
Ravenna: The proclamation calls for
the strike to begin at midnight to-
night.
As counter the Fascist have is
against the strike and calling upon
the worknen to remain at their posts.
1t adds that unless the government
puts an end to the strike within forty
eight hours the Fascist themselves
will stop it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
Fire Raging in Hongkong
European Business Quarter IL
Swept by Flames

HoNGKONG. July 81 (By The AS
ISOLATED Press The most disastrous
fire that has swept the European bust
ness quarters in Hongkong in many
years broke out tonight and Is still
burning fiercely. Among the buildings
badly damaged Is the Carleton Hotel
on Ice House Road. the only American
hotel in the city.
The Grand Hotel on Queens Road
also suffered considerably, while sew
eral other buildings have been DESTROY.
ed. The fire is threatening Masonic
Han: only few blocks from Governs
ment House, In the heart Of the citv.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01

hopeful that the long suspension of
mining will soon be at an end. He
said to-day he had no reason to change
his opinion, expressed last week. that a
conference of operators and miners in
the central competitive coal field
would soon be held.
1t is understood that an interstate
wage conference has been practically
assured and that certain influences are
being brought to bear to have large
tonnage represented at the meeting
when called. 1t has been repeatedly
stated that a joint wage conference
would be held as soon as sufficient
tonnage consented to such a meeting to
make a basic wage scale possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
Coal Production Gains

MORGANTOWN, W. Va, July 81
An increase of $4,000 tons in coal pro-
duction in northern West Virginia was
shown to-day in the car loading re-
ports Of the eight railroad divisions
serving that district for the week end
ing july 70. The Cumberland division
was the only one to show a loss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
Governor Reluctant to
Direct Coal Allotment

RALEIGH, N. c., July 31.--Declaring
that he was acting without any pos
sible warrant of law" in doing so,
Governor Morrison to-day notified
Secretary Hoover Of the designation
of the State Corporation Commission
to direct the allotment Of coal in North
Carolina. The Governor explained that
the delay in acting had been caused
by his absence from Office and mis-
great reluctance to assume any re-
spons ibility in the matter Of coal dis
tribution"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
Japanese Naval Officer
Badly Hurt i'm Spill
Motorcycle in Which Com.
mander Enya Was Riding
Turns Over: Skull Fractured

EGG HARBOR, N. j., July 81
Commander N. Enya, of the Imperial
Japanese Navy, an inspector of engi-
neering on the fuel ship Kamoi, which is
being built for Japan at the New York
shipbuilding yards, suffered fractured
skull to-day while on his way to At
lantio City with his sister.
They were on a motorcycle with q
side car. The machine turned over. He
was taken to hospital here in criti-
cal condition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
LesUis Still Hopeful
Strike viii End Soon

PHILADELPHIA, July S1.-The
eighteenth week of the coal strike
found international President John L.
Lewis Of the United Mine Workers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-01
Eastern Roads
OpposeHarding
Peace Proposals

CONTINUED from page ono)
The public ledger., 1922-03-03
p. S--Don't Forget the Monkey Comedy a
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The public ledger., 1922-03-03
LABOR MUST HAVE Saving
WAGE SAYS SECRETARY DAVIS
"Let Us Stop Warfare In Industry"
Cabinet Officer Urger in Addressing
Milwaukee Business Men.

Urging a disarmament Of industrial
strife, better work and more of it,"
and Saving wage" rather than a
living wage for workers, James J.
Davis, Secretary of Labor, asked EN-
ployer and employee in an address at
Milwaukee to drop their grouches
and go to it," in an address before the
Milwaukee Association Of Commerce.
I'VE can have, we must have, more
peace in idustry," the Secretary de-
clared. Let US stop the battles and
warfare in industry. Let us say to
employed and employee 'Disarm! In
the past the strike has been the only
means to gain right wages and work
ing conditions. Now the strike is be-
coming a back number. l hate both
the strike and the lockout. Roth are
always the separator, never the CO.
operator"
Cancellation, the Secretary said, was
INC STedlebI ueeu VI nhioA AS~i ''ue'
try today. He urged every worker to
help his employer increase his busi-
ness in competition with the world,
"by improving the quality and in
creasing the quantity of our output"
Instead of finding fault with out
employer, let us find a means of help
ing him to put the products Of our own
country into the markets OF the world
Secretary Davis said. "The more
goods we turn out the more wealth we
create. The truth Of this will come
homo to every worker and hit him
| squarely in the pocketbook"
But for generous production, Secre-
ttary Davis said the worker is entitled
to a generous wage-"not merely a
living wage but saving wage" Most
progressive employers, he added, have
been paying such wage and the
workmcn have been saving II.
when the workman saves, the
country also saves" Mr.. Davis con-
cluded.
The public ledger., 1922-03-03

Some fthe new order OF Russian
are a problem to these
The public ledger., 1922-03-03
NewY6j1:k:
Letter
by LucyJea1mePnce

Rosso" OF the Lloyd Sadaudo Line,
which is now on its maiden voyage
across the Atlantic to New York.
Spoken of in Scotland, where she was
built as the most luxurious liner
afloat" these veteran ocean travellers
are looking forward to visiting the
ship when she is opened to the public
at her Hudson pier. Decorated by the
foremost Italian artists at most of
more than 100000. Colonel DR.. NJ.
Serrati promises that for beauti the
Conte Rosso will be unsurpassed by
any ship visiting this port. In addi-
ton to the luxurious accommodations
which includes an open-air dining
room seating more than five hundred.
the safety appliances Of the ship are
the most modern OF any installed on
a transatlantic vessel. More than the
usual number OF life boats are provid-
ed which may be launched in pairs
with absolute safety and there is II
motor flagship for the life boat fleet
which Is equipped with wireless cap
able OF sending more than fifty miles.
Ny
Some fthe new order OF Russian
Al.
The public ledger., 1922-03-03

New York. - We are getting back
to the picturesque in crime. Before
long, | have little doubt, our bandits
will wear plumcd hats and refuse to
steal from the poor. At least that's
what II sounds like when we hear the
story of the lone robbcr, masked in
white who held up dinner party In
one OF our suburbs the other night.
The raider. who appeared just as the
roast was comfortable being started
upon, so completely terrified the men
and women guests that he despoiled
them without being compelled to fire
a shot so that his dramatic perform
ance was unmarried by any unpleasant
bloodshed He got $4,000 worth Of
Jewels and $3.50 in money from the
hostess, Mrs Sarah II. Robertson, and
n few additional pearls and diamonds
from the guests. and got safely away
in high powered automobile. with
his mask still in place
The public ledger., 1922-03-03

A youthful chicken fancier has a
couple of bantam hens that laid very
small eggs. Finally he hit upon a
Ian to redey this defect A day later
tie boys father on visiting the chick
The public ledger., 1922-03-03

Tho Pennsylvania Railroad paid out
n 1854 ,692.03 In pensions to retired
employees during the first six months
~ 1921.