Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-20
Current Events
For the Schools
nv NORRI. W. QUINN

Tn the world today two great Sc
ries of events re taking place. One,
in America, is leading oward peace
and prosperity; the other. in Eu-
rope. toward discord and possibly
war.
In our country two strikes which
threatened to cripple u industries
and leave us without 1000 OF iuei'
are nearing an end.
One. the strike of the coal miners,
already has been settled. The other,
the strike of the railway shopmen,
is partly settled and a general set
Element seems near.
But in Europe a war between the
Greeks and Turks in Asia Minor IS
threatening to cause fighting be-
tween the greater European nations.
All union miners in both hard ana
soft coal fields struck April l. NO
union mines operated thereafter eX-
cept here and there in scattered dis
tricts where strikebreakers or men
who did not belong to the union
were employed. 49,,
Though no coal was mined, we did
not for a time feel the C OF 1t.
This was because we needed none
to neat our houses during the sum
mer, while factories, railways,
y. steamship ines and other large coal
users had big reserve supplies on
/ .and.
But with the approach of fall, the
: ffneK situation began to o serious.
Householders wished to lay in win
fer supplies. Reserve stocks of fac
tories were getting low Some FAC
tories had to close down and men
were thrown out of work.
Then, at a meeting in Cleveland,
the union miners n a large num-
Der of the soft-coal min owners
reached an agreement and the min
ers went back to work.
shortly afterward a similar agree
ment was reached at Philadelphla
between the union miners ana oper-
ators Of hard or anthracite coal
mines.
Now coal is being mined in both
fields. but a shortage of freight cars
NAV bring about a coal famine IN
some parts of the country, 1t is
feared.
Railroad Strike
The strike of the railway shop
craftsmen has been partly settleu'
Shop workers ara railway en-
ployes who make repairs on en-
aines and other railway equipment
and see to it hat engines ana cars
are in proper and safe condltion u
carry passengers and frelght.
Most of the union shopmen in the
United States went on strike when
their nay was lowered by order oil
the United States Railroad Labor
Board.
When these men no longer were
at work, the railways had no one to
repair their equipment except non
union strikebreakers and a re"
union men who had not needed the
strike order. Ill.,.
This meant in many cases thai
equipment, lacking repairs, da'l!
grew to be in worse condition.
Now the shopmen, at a meeting
In Chicago, have reached an agree
ment with fifty-two railways to re
turn to work. The other railways
have not accepted the agreement
and their shopmen will remain or
strike.
But the shipments leaders believe
the other railways. sooner or late2
will accept the agreement
i, Threat of Wa
Look at your map of Europe ant
learn where the Balkan Penlnsult
is. You'll see it is broken up into
many small countries. TROUBLE
among them has caused many o
the great European wars.
There's trouble among them nov
and ii is threatening h peace o
the great nations of Europe.
King Constantine of Greece sen
an army to Asia Minor to TAX
Smyrna, a city there, and a larg'
part of the coast away from TURKEY
Now the Greek army has beer
iven out by Mustapha Ke1na
Pasha, Turkish general and leader
Renal Pasha now is near enough
20 Constantinople to seize it. If h
{ries. it will cause trouble amoni
the European powers. because al
OF them want Constantinople.
Other results of Renal Pasha'
victory are:
King Constantine may be force
to abdicate or resign, and Eleuthe
rios Venizelos, former Greek priin
minister, may come back to head tn
government.
Renal Pasha may place himself a
l the head of those who believe in tn
N Mchammedan religion and VIII
would like to drive the Christian
from Egypt, India, Persia. Mort
Africa and other Mohammeda
\ countries.
u There already is discord betwee
Nrance and England because Franc
n supporting the Turks, while EMS
And is friendly to the Greeks.
Sheriff Serves Papers
NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept. 90
Papers were served by the sheriff i
a supreme court action of the Ma
rine Lighterage Company who is 81
ing the Nixon Vibration Works {
Raritan township for $S51.1S, du
for towing work lone by the plain
til in 1922