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The New York herald., 1922-11-05

Weber and Fields as well known as
Henry Ford. William Collier, now on
tour with the first Music Box Re
vue," and Sam Bernard, who was with
it until he felt the need of a change
are reported TO have been engaged
as the first layer OF talent.
The New York herald., 1922-11-05

Harris is reported 10 have bought
a play by DR.. Daniel Carson Goodman
and Alan Brooks called "A Man
Among Women" in which the fact
that a man owns a paint shop on the
East Side doesn't prevent him from
becoming a very Lothario, just for
the excitement.
The New York herald., 1922-11-05

A. l.. Erlanger has been proceeding
unobtrusively with the erection Of his
new musical hall on Forty fourth
street. near Eighth avenue. in which
l.. Ziegfeld, Jr. is said 10 have more
than a fraternal interest. IT Is ex-
pectcd that II will be completed ir
four or five months. and that IL viii
be ready for opening next season as
a regular music hall run along the
lines of the music hall which made
The New York herald., 1922-11-05

From Boston the Music Box Re-
vue" is scheduled to go to Chicago
three weeks ahead of time. landing
there on November II and hoping for
the best.
The New York herald., 1922-11-05

Evanston, H., recently, but so far
Bacon has been proof against the
usual flial Establishments.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
No Delay So Far.

New HAVEN. July 1.-The first official
statement issued by the operating man.
agement of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad this afternoon
covered only the walkout of the first
shift of the mechanical force in the fore
noon. The text was as follows:
1.-THE New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad reports no delay to
trains on their line due to the with
drawal of mechanical department forces
ut 10 A. NJ. to-day. There has been
some slight delay to New Haven trains
In starting from the Grand Central ter
minal.
"Out of a total authorized force OF
e.1S9 men, which covers the full COM
plemcnt for the entire twenty-four hours
period (these forces working on an eight
hour day basis). all OF the men on the
first shift. which consists of about 2.50C
mon. withdrew from the service at 1c
| o'clock to-day, except 276 mechanics oi
various crafts at the several locations.
"All points are now being covered by
competent men.
''while no strike has been ordered ir
the maintenance of way department, re-
ports so far received would indicate tha
from 100 to 200 laborers. widely scat
tered, failed 20 report for duty at th'
accustomed hour this morning, presum
ably as the result of the reduction II
rates ordered by the Labor Board efrec
tive to-day"
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
SUN. YAT-SEN DEMANDS
GEN. CHEN'S SURRENDER
EXPELLED South China Leader
Defies Victor.

CANTON, July / (Associated Press).-
Unconditional surrender OF Chen Chi
ung-ming and his troops, whom he
branded rebels" Is the only arrange
ment Sun Yat-sen will make with the
man who overthrow the south China
Government. Sun made this defiant
declaration to the Associated Press cor
respondent to-day aboard the sunooat
Yuang Fung. on which he has estao-
lished headquarters near whampoa.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
LOCKWOOD IS URGED
TO STAY IN POLITICS
Gets Message From Miller.
but Remains Firm.

state Senator Lockwood received many
messages at his home In Brookiyn last
night from United States Senator WILL
lam N. Calder, Governor Nathan l.. NIL
Ter and other Republican party leaders
urging him TO reconsider his announced
determination to retire from politics.
Lockwood. who has been In politics
mora than nine years and has been
leading figure in the State Legislature
declared he was firm In his decision tc
ouit public life. II am in bad physica
condition and need a rest" he said -
want to regain my health and / want tf
give some attention to my legal prac
tice"
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
GERMAN CIVILIANS AND
FRENCH TROOPS CLASH
Fifteen Reported Dead in
Upper Silesian Topn.

BERLIN, July 1 (Associated Press) -
Advices from Gleiwitz. Silesia. report
fifteen killed and twenty-five wounded
in a collision between German civilians
and a detachment of French troops this
morning.
A state OF Siege has been proclaimed.
French armored cars are patrollirg the
streets and rifle firing is In progress In
some OF the streets tonight.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
COLOMBIAN COMPANY
SUES PANAMA CANAL
Wants Lighthouse Property
Taken by u. S. in 1917.

PANAMA, July / (Aseociated Press).
The Companla de Faros de Colon y
Panama, a Colombian corporation. has
f,led suit for ejectment against the
Panama Canal, claiming ownership OF
the tract upon which the Toro Point
lighthouse is situated, and demanding
Immediate possession OF the land and
the improvements thereon.
A concession held by the company
prior to the creation of the Canal Zone
continued 70 be recognized by the Pana-
ma Government until 1917, when the
American authorities took over the
property. The concessionnaries received
$50, 900 annually up to that time.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

parent at the Colonie shops of the Della
ware and Hudson Company, as ehese
were closed this week on a part time OPP
Grating plan. Approximately 1900
workmen were to report to work Mon
day morning when these shops are to
reopen for q week. They have been op-
Grating only on alternate weeks.
Meetings of the shop crafts unions
operating in both Colonie and Green ISL
and shops are scheduled for this after
noon and tonight.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
TO ARRAIGN MRS. HIRSH
IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Judge Furman to Hear Case
injured Husband at Home.

Mrs. Hazel Hirsh, who was indicted
Friday by the Nassau County Grand
Jury on a charge OF first degree assault
in connection with the shooting OF her
husband, Oscar w. Hirsh. at lawn
party given by Miss Refine Davies In
Freeport. l.. l.. on the night or June ~,
will be arraigned In Mlneola Wednesday
TO plead TO the indictment.
Judge Furman OF Suffolk county will
hear the pleading In place of Judge
Smith, who is on vacation. Mr. Hirsh
Is with his wife at their home ia Free
port recovering from the wound re-
ceived at tho merrymaklng week ago
last night.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Some stay mt Work.

PORT JERvIs, July 1.-Eight hundred
shop men employed by contracting
firms operating the shops of the Erie
Railroad at Port Jervis went OH strike
this morning. Master mechanic 4. T..
Wallace said but 100 men remained at
work. The walkout was orderly. Car
inspectors. who examine main line
trains, remained at work. Tho New York
division wrecklng crew Joined the walk
out
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Pennsylvania Reaches
More Wage Agreements

DHILADELPHIA, July l.
The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company announced tonight
that agreements covering the re-
adjustment of wages have been
reached between the management
and the elected representatives OF
the clerks and miscellaneous forces
in the Eastern region OF the sys-
tenn. affecting 10000 clerks and
1000 members OF the miscellaneous
forces.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
RAIL WAGE CUTS HIT
MILLION EMPLOYEES
slashes Aggregate S1s5, ,oOo,-
900 Annually Added to Re-
ductions Last Year.
425,oOo NOT AFFECTED
slicings Range From / to 8
Cents an Hour in Wide Vari-
ETY. of Classifications.

CHICAGO. July (Assoeiated Press).--
Wage slashes totalling $ls5,oooooo an
nually went into effect on the railroads
of the country to-day. There are ap-
proximately 1.425. 900 railway workers, but
probably not more than one million VIII
fesl the cut in their pay envelopes.
Three decisions of the United States
Railroad Labor Board during the last
month and half form the basis for
the wage reductions. Several classes
OF employees. notably the engineers.
firemen, conductors and trainmen. were
not included In the reductions and no
decision has yet been issued for one
other group. the telegraphers. The train
dispatchers suffered no reduction.
The railway employees were not hic
as hard this year as when the board
cut the wages of all workers last year
total OF $3.50. 100000 The cuts ranged
from one to nine cents an hour for var.-
Gus classes Of workers. while certain
groups of semi-official and supervisory
EMPLOYEES escaped the pruning knife
entirely.
Classification of Employees.
The following table gives the approx
mate number of railway employees in
the group classifications present figures
being compared with those under the
Federal Railroad Administration. when
the number OF workers reached the
highest point In history.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
In Shops Upstate.

oLEAN, July Promptly at 10 o'clock
this morning approximately 1.1oo em-
p,oyees of the Pennsylvania Railroad
shops left their work here. The shops
are practically deserted. only few gang
leaders and sweepers remaining on duty.
Laborers joined In the walkout. which
was orderly.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
WAGE FIGURES SHOW
STRIKE UNJUSTIFIED
Industrial Conference Board
Issues Analysis Of Workers
Economic Status.

Under the head mo Justification for
Railroad Strike Because OF Wages tho
National Industrial Conference Board
yesterday issued an analysis of rail-
road wages showing the economic
status of the employers to be 1877 per
cent. above what It was In 1914. or
the four classes effected the car men
head the list with increased purchasing
power of SO per cent. over the 1914
level Unskilled labor comes next at
10 Der cent The study also demon
strates that even with the proposed
cuts in effect the railroad employees
will still constitute a preferred class OF
Industrial labor. The statement says:
Tho average increase In purchasing
power based on weekly earnings OF the
four classes is 1875 per cent. over the
1914 standard. The car men stand al
the top of the list with an increase
of 80 per cant. followed by unskilled
labor. whose increase is 10 per cent. the
clerks and unskilled shop men comine
next with increases OF 10 per cent. and
10 per cent. respectively.
Wages Outstrip Costs.
Although comparisons of wages o.
railroad employees with employees II
other industries cannot be made for al
classes, and the latest reports OF th'
National Industrial Conference Boart
on wages OF employees In manufac
turing Industries do not give data 70
later than January !, 1922. II Is inter
estinr TO compare the wages OF rail
road skilled shop labor with those
tho skilled employees OF foundries an
machine shops, who perform practicall.
Identical services. Thus we find tina
while the average hourly earnings o
railroad skilled shop employees unde
the new wage cut will be SOL, thos
OF employees in the foundry and ma
chine shop industry stood at $.56l o
january /, and the compartive averag
weekly wages stood at 1857 and s5.t
for railroad and foundry and machin
ehop mechanics. respectively The IN
crease In real weekly earnings Of four
dry and machine shop employees owe
the i9l4 level was only per cent
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

Now York Central and the Buffalo.
Rochester and Pittsburgh railr Dads,
numbering about 1000 men, threw down
their tools in the roundhouses here at
10 o-ct ok in response TO the strike order
isFs< from union headquarters. The
men went out quietly, no disorders being
in evidence. Virtually every man in
the shops quit, contrary to tho opinion
of railroad officials that few would an
swer the walkout call.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

SYRACUSE, July LIN full accord with
the nationwide strike about $500 rail-
road shopmen In Syracuse, Dewitt and
Mlnoa walked out 100 per cent this
morning. fmpromptu meetings OF the
strikers we're held In the streets and
yards in the city and at Dewitt. There
Is no talk of violence, officials of the
New York Central Railroad announce.
that the intermittent service rules under
which baggage men have been working
have been abolished. The men will re-
ceive back pay for that period.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

compared with 10 per cent increase
for the railroad employees.
Tho same Is truo with regard TO un-
skilled labor outside tho railroad indus
try. The National Industrial Confer
ence Boards studies show that the
average hourly earnings of unskiliod
laborers In other than the railroad in
dustry were $.4l4. as compared with Is
for railroad labor on January l. and
the average weekly earnings of un-
skilled manufacturing labor were Sle OIL.
as compared with $17.<5 for railroad
common labor. While real earnings for
unskilled railroad labor increased 10 per
cent. In the eight year period, those OF
unskilled labor outside OF tho railroad
industry increased only Q per cent.
These increases are figured both for
tho railroad industry and for outside
Industries on tho basis of tho Confer.
ence Boards cost OF living index for
June l. 1922. which shows that the cost
OF living at that tlmo was 6.6 points
lower than on January :.
Preferred Glass of Workers.
The figures given above must b,
considered as very conservative esti
mates Of earnings OF railroad employee!
under tho new wage cuts, as the aver
ago number OF hours OF employment
week will probably so above tho figure.
| given with an increase OF railroad traf
! fic. such as may very reasonably b,
expected In the course OF the next few
months. This is particularly true in tn,
case of unskilled labor. whose earning
are always greatly increased during tn,
months from May to October inclusive
when the great bulk Of repairs and nev
construction Is performed on tho rail
roads.
'It Is evident that neither from tn
point Of view OF the purchasing powe
OF their present earnings as compare,
with those of 1914, nor from a compari
son with the wages paid to simila
classes OF employees In other indus
tries, have the classes OF railroad em
ployees whose wages have been GU
any real Justification from wag
point of view for tying up the transpor
tation Of the country by n strike. Fo
railroad employees can still bo fairl
considered as a preferred class anon
the industrial employees Of the countr,
both from the point OF view Of actui
.. wages paid and in the continuity
their employment. which is very litt
subject to seasonal fluctuation. In tai
ing into consideration the real earning
of the various groups OF employees
would also be well to bear In mend thu
: due TO the action of tho workers then
! selves their hours OF employment
week have decreased on an average Z
hours during this period In spite
r this fact their average purchasir
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
A Peaceful walkout.

The strikers walked out peacefully.
Disturbances reported were mild NJ
Beardstown, Ill. four workers who re-
fused TO quit were carried out OF the
shop by strikers. In the Chicago area
there are about 100000 strikers. The
railroads reported trains from the West
as late for normal reasons and that all
trains were leaving Chicago on time.
IS. M. FELTON,, president OF the Chi
cago Great Western and spokesman for
gthe Western roads. said
= III do not expect the strike to inter-
ferc with the movement of trains. Thn
experience OF the Union Pacific. South
ern Pacific and other roads that have
had shop strikes indicates that no In
terruption of traffic Is TO be expected
The Western roads apparently were
expecting TO turn part of their repair
work over to the Pullman shops at Pull
man, IN, and the Haskell & Barker
rhope at Michigan City. Ind, but the
pullman repair men are out, according
40 B. M. Jewell, strike leader. Th'
main Pullman shops are not touched b,
xho secession. The majority OF work
- IN the New York Central and Penn
srrrania roundhouses went out thi
morning.
Jewell believes the roads will hav'
difficulty In getting their work done a
private shops. He Is counting on th'
labor union bond TO prevent union labo
everywhere from doing work which tn,
strikers would not do.
The union bond is so strong that al
though no strike OF the maintenance
or way men has been called abou
10.mo OF them left their jcbs to-day II
eympathy with the strikers. Thcii
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

oswEoo, N. Y. July although ap-
proximately 500 men quit work at the
New York Central repair shops here to-
Cay, shop officials stated that number
Of men remained at their Jobs. The
number of men who did not strike was
not given. Most of those who quit were
machinists and car repairers.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

MIppLDrowN, July t.--General Man
agen ]. N. Nuelle of the New York. On
tario and Western Railroad issued a
statement this morning declaring that the
forty roundhouse employees who quit
their jobs this morning at 10 o'clock had
forfeited their seniority rights and that
he would guarantee police protection to
men who replaced them. The men went
out In orderly manner.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
out mt Albany.

ALBANY, July between 5000 and
1000 railroad shopmep and round house
employees In this city and Immediate Vi
cinity answered the strike call to-day.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the employees
Mt the New York Central shops and
round houses at West Albany left their
benches and, forming parade with two
American flags at tho head, marched 10
their headquarters. There they were
Joined later by shopmen from Rensse-
iaer. where the New York Central and
Boston and Albany round houses are
located, and by employees OF the Ravena
shops of the West Shore Railroad There
were no demonstrations, tho men parad-
ing 10 strike headquarters in an orderly
and quiet manner.
IL was said by strike leaders that
e,500 men left the New York Central
shops and that less than two per cent
remained at work. They also announced
that tho round house tieup at Ravena
and West Albany was ono hundred per
cent. complete.
HonNELL, July approximately ten
| hundred employees OF the Erie shops
here went on strike promptly at ten
o'clock this morning Union officials
said that tho walkout was complete, but
Erie officials said that enough men were
stiil at work to keep the round house
open.
There will be no Interference witt
the operation of trains" Manager X. ~
Woodruff declared. The strikerl
marched out quietly and dispersed Y
4 their homes They have been INSTRUCTED
TO keep away from tho railroad prop
erty, until the strike is over.
ROCHESTER, July 1.--shopnen OF tn
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

BurTALo, July .1.---Between 1000 and
5000 men employed In car shops and
roundhouses In and around Buffalo quit
work to-day In response TO the shop
mems strike order, 1t was claimed by
union leaders. AT the Erie Railroad
shops between TOO and 500 men marched
out. The New York Central shops opcr
ated under lease TO william J. Conners
were closed to-day and will not reopen
until Wednesday. II was announced. a
strike was declared there on June 10.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

NIAGARA FALLS, July lone hundred
men employed as car inspectors and
repalrers In the New York Central car
repair shops here answered the strike
call at 10 o'clock this morning. The men
made no demonstration.
IIrrcA. July 1.--Railroad shopmen.
about 400, employed In this city. stopped
work this morning. There was no dis
order. Trains are running without in
reference or delay
MECHANICALLY, July 1.-Approxi-
mately three hundred employees In the
Delaware and Hudson and Boston and
Maine shops here left their work at 10
o'clock this morning. The shops are
under the protection of railroad de.
tectivcs.
CLEVELAND. July 1.--New York Cen.
trail Line officials announced this after.
noon that out Of 1000 locomotive anc
shop men employed between Buffalo
and Chicago, $50 quit work.
Three hundred at the company's Col
linwood shops quit work. When they
attempted to stage a parade without .
permit they were dispersed by the police
Announcement was made that th'
shops will be opened Monday and nj
men reporting for duty VIII be givei
employment and protection.
Other Cleveland roads announced tina
lass than 30 per cent OF their shcl
employees quit work.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

FOUND ANyJIUSGg
n 80, zoe II II is advertised In the Lost aud
Found columns Of to-days New York Herald.
-Aav.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
10000 MEN OUT ON
new ENGLAND Lines
Strike Order Is Generally
Obeyed in Shops of the
Big Systems.
SERVICE is NORMAL
Officials and Unions Dis
agree on Effect Of Labor
Disturbance.
WESTERN LINES UNHURT
Traffic as Usual Is the Report
of Executives Despite
the Shopmen.
WESTERN LINES UNHURT

BosToN, July 1.-More than 10000
railway shopmen left their jobs on
New England railroads to-day accord
ing TO statistics compiled at the offices
OF the roads here late to-day. Subse-
quent reports, it was said, probably
would swell this total.
Officials OF all the roads asserted
that they expected no interruption of
train service, although they admitted
that the detection Of the car inspectors
might prove an inconvenience. Trains
were leaving terminals In this city on
tirne this evening and specials put on
to care for the heavy holiday traffic
We're not Cancelled.
Five thousand men walked out on the
Boston and Maine and boarded trolley
cars for home, ignoring the special train
which the railroad afforded for their
transportation.
Boston and Albany officials said that
only about one-third Of the men en-
pic yees in the shops. engine houses, coal
pockets and ash pits and as car inspec-
tors at terminals left their work A
majority of the car ana locomotive shop
men at the West Springfield yards were
out but the force at the Allston yard in
this city. employing 800 men. remained
intact
A checkup at 2 o'clock this afternoon. a
statement by the road said. showed that
Of the 1888 employees in the classes af-
fected by the walkout order. 4oS men
had gone out. The statement added that
the addition to the strikers ranks from
the second and third shifts was not ex-
pected to bring the total to more than
one-third.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

Troy, July Thirty employees OF the
Delaware and Hudson Railroads shops
Mt Green Island. quit work at 10 o'clock
this morning In accordance with the
strike call OF tho National Shop Crafts
Unions. These thirty men wore the only
survivors OF a recent layoff Nominally
the shop employs $50 men.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Highest Type of Labor.

"Our men represent the highest type
OF skilled labor And we are the poorest
paid of any line OF industrial endeavor
in the country Just one year ago to-
day the shop crafts were cut cents
an hour: to-day another and cents
was slashed off. making total of 10
and IL cents that has been Topped off
within a year Before this cut the high
est wage a skilled mechanic on any
railroad was receiving was n cents an
hour. The new cut brings u down to 50
and 20 cents an hour. to say nothing or
the present overtime conditions. IL tho
shopmen had not struck they would have
been queer animals. indeed
The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Trains Run ms Usual.

The road reported that number OF
maintenance of way employees. includ-
Ing rail laying gangs. struck, although
their grand officers had not authorized
them to do So"
Train service was maintained IN full,
the statement SAID. "and the pre-holiday
service was extremely neavy, many
trains running in two sections and some
In three. Local service was maintained
without break. There was no disorder
at any point"
Estimates of the number or strikers
on the Eastern lines of the New Haven
system ram as Nigh as 1900 The largest
shop in the district is at Readville'
| where only one man OF 1000 was re-
ported to have remained at work,
Three hundred Central Vermont en-
ployees left their Jobs at St Aloans.
| VT. Fifteen employees OF this road and
of tho Rutland Railroad walked out al
| Burlington. VT
| The Bangor and Aroostook railroads
| lost the services of about $50 men al
Bangor and $50 at Derby, Me. Five
hundred and fifty shopmen employed
by the Main Central walked out al
Waterville and 800 at Thompson's Point.
! Despite the threatened walkoul
record crowds of vacationlsts thronged
the terminals here beginning early to-
| day.
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

No evidence OF the strike was ap-
The New York herald., 1922-07-02

ROCHESTER, July i.---shcpmen Of the