Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-07-07

House Saturday for the purpose of de-
vising methods upon which negOtia-
lions for the settlement Of the coal
strike can be initiated" 1t was I'M
derstood that attendance at the meet
ing did not bind either the operators
or the miners to accept any conditions
that might be laid down. The belief
in Washington was that if the Presi-
dent failed to persuade the employers
and workers to get together volun-
tarily, he might determine on the ap-
sion and call on both sides to abide by
its decision.
Officials of the miners union have
realized that public sympathy is lost
to them by such occurrences as the
shocking massacre of non-union men
in Williamson county, Illinois, and not
only disown all responsibility for acts
of violence, but call on the strikers
to maintain the peace for their own
sakes. Many of the residents and
some of the public officials of the
southern Illinois region where the out
RACES took place seem to be in SYM
pathy with the murderous miners, and
there is little prospect that the men
who slaughtered the strike-breakers
will be arrested and prosecuted.
Wounded survivors of the massacre in
the hospital at Herrin were carefully
guarded, for threats had been made
that they would not be permitted to
leave the town alive, lest they testify
against the murderers. The mayor,
however, guaranteed their safety.
RESIDENT HARDING'S statement
to congress last December sug-
costing regulating of labor unions was
severely criticized by the special pol
icy committee of the American Fedora
ton of Labor in its report to the Gin.
cinnati convention. 1T would SEEM"
the report says, that the propaganda
for Industrial feudalism supported by
political bureaucracy has found its
way into the White House. 1t is most
regrettable to note the utterances of
the President of the United States
wherein he disapproves of labor's re-
luctant but necessary resort to the
right to strike against industrial OPP
preston"
a CQUITTAL of Governor Small of
"A Illinois on the charge of conspir
ing to defraud the state was no sur
prise to those who had watched the
progress of the trial and observed the
attitude of the jury. The latter held
that the prosecution failed to trace to
the governor any of the misappropri-
ated funds. A sad sequel was the
sudden death of the governors wife,
who suffered stroke of apoplexy dur
ing the impromptu celebration at their
home in Karlkakee. Sympathy for Mr..
Small in his bereavement was general
and genuine, but unfortunately lot
Of ghouls tried to make political cap
ital out of his great loss.
NJ EXICO got on the front page
4V1 again because bunch of bandits
in that benighted country captured A.
Bruce Bielaski, former chief Of the
bureau of Investigation for the De
partment Of Justice, and held him for
$1,000 ransom. Finally he made his
escape, i'll, badly beaten up and half
starved. Then came the story that
forty Americans connected with oil
companies in the Tampico region were
held captive by bandits. This report
was denied by President Obregon him
self after investigation. Our State
department, however, was informed
that the bandits had released the forty
and then had seized IS employees of
a Dutch-British oil company, including
six Americans.
G OVIET RUSSIA'S representatives.
~ headed by the willy Litvinoff, en-
tered the conference at The Hague
last week and at first assumed a
defiant and uncompromising attitude.
They insisted that the first thing to be
discussed and established must be the
credits to be accorded Russia by the
other nations, and to every other
proposition Litvinoff merely replied:
eve want credits or goods; have you
got any?" Outside the conference hall.
he said cash was not necessary but
Russia was anxious to buy abroad and
must have credits from either foreign
governments or foreign companies.
After this was settled said he, the
conference could take up the question
of private property and debts and the
status of Russian bonds. The experts
of Britain, France and Italy were
equally firm in opposition and finally
Litvinoff consented to submit to the