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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
NEWARK. OHIO, FRIDAY. MAY 20, 1922
After Steel Trust
(By Federated Press)

Washington = Senator La Toilette
has forced through the senate his
resolution calling for immediate and
searching inquiry into the nearly
completed merger of the seven big
Independent steel companies, arranged
by Thos. L.. Chadbourne, formerly
conspicuous liberal" industrial ad-
wiser of President Wilson. Chad
bourne is just now under fire in the
war graft cases, in which he appears
as counsel for the grafters. La Fol-
lette proposes to stop his career as
a high financier, long enough at least
to prevent the creation of complete
monopoly of the steel business in two
corporations.
Analysing the plans for the new
trust, published in New York finan-
cial organs, Senator LaFollette show
ed the senate that Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
who appear as financial agents in the
deal, have always cooperated in mat
ters of this kind with j. p Morgan
& Co., the National City bank, Lee,
Higginson & Co., Kidder, Peabody &
Co., and the First National Bank in
New York. Gary dinners, arranged
so that score of steel magnates may
fix the prices on steel, will no longer
be necessary when the new merger
takes in the 40 per cent of the in
dustry that the United States steel
corporation does not represent. The
two combines, both run by the same
banking groups, will settle prices by
conference between two men.
La Folletee quoted the antitrust
law, which provides that the federal
district attorneys and the attorney
general may take steps to prevent the
completion of any such merger. His
resolution, directing the department.
of justice and the federal trade COM
mission to inform the senate on what
action they have taken, or propose to
take, was drafted with the purpose
of preventing the creation of a steel
monopoly, which would be so power
full as to defy law-enforcement in the
nation.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Conspiracy to Kill
Musicians Union
(By Federated Press)

st. Louis-Conspiracy to destroy
Musicians Union No. in ST. Louis
is indicated in the present lockout of
musicians employed in the local NOV
ing picture theaters who refused to
accept a 80 per cent reduction of
wages and other obnoxious changes
in working conditions. Ninety thea
ters and 400 musicians are involved.
Stephen Butler, business agent Of
the union, declares he has inforraa-
ticn of an agreement among the film
exchanges and the theatcr owners
that any theater employing union mu-
siefans in St. Louis will be charged
prohibitive price for picture films. At
least one amusement house is said
to he anxious to make peace with the
union but fears the penalty for so
doing.
During a period of seven years the
wages of St. Louis musicians were
increased 65 per cent, and in the same
period admission prices We're increased
an average of 800 per cent. Former
Scent admissions are now % cents;
theaters formerly charging 10 cents
now charge Al cents to 80 cents and
in some case as high as so cents for
choice seats. The theater owners
based their demand for a reduction
on wagts on the contention that they
were operating at a loss.
Every moving picture house in the
city is operating without music, but
none have reduced the admission
price, Notwithstanding that, they no
longer are under the expense of main
tanning orchestras.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Strike of Street Car
Men is Averted
(By Federated Press)

Sioux City, Iowa-A strik of street
car men was averted here when two
arbitrators representing the Sioux
City Service Co. and the Street Car
Mems union agreed upon compro-
mise, after three days parley, which
is hailed by the workers as victory.
About a month ago the company
served notice on the men of a pro-
posed cut Of Is cents az. hour from
the prevailing wage of As cents an
hour, for the first year men; 471a
cents for the second ysar; so cents
fo rthe third year; So cents for the
fourth year, and 52 cents for the
fifth year and thereafter.
The agreement reached Friday cuts
the Years which the men must work
before reaching the high mark from
four to two years, and fAed the fol-
lowing wage scale operative for one
year: AZ cents for the first year:
Al cents for the second year, and 48
cents for the third and following
years. The agreement is retroactive
to May l.
All working conditions secured in
former agreements, including $75 a
month guarantee to extra men, and
overtime pay remain the. same.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
State Repair Gang
Patching Highways

Columbus. Ohio-Ten maintenance
and repair gangs started to work last
week under the direct supervision of
the state highway department, and
farm organizations have been asked
to report progress of these workers
in various parts of the state. An
nouncement is officially made that the
state will have but $3,500,000 this
year for maintenance, which is ST.
100000 less than in 1921. Work for
the present will be limited to resur-
facing and patching of roads and no
macadam roads will be rebuilt be-
cause of the lack of funds. The en-
tire building program for the present
year has beer decided upon, and maps
showing the proposed Improvements
have been printed by the state high
way department.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Citizens Committee
After Labor Gunmen"
(By Federated Press)

Chicago-Hangers on of the So
called Citizens Committee to Enforce
the Landis Award prepared for easy
money when big business men of
Chicago called for 100000 additional
to be spent by the states attorneys
office in prosecuting what the citizens
committee calls "labor gunrien and
dent, Marshall Field & Co., and John
T. Pirie of Carson Pirie Scott & Co.,
were among the local magnates MAX
-ing the demands, which included ap-
preparations for 1000 additional uni
formed policemen.
Police are still looking for the un-
known men who killed two policemen
and wounded a third. Several men
have been named in confessions.
Emmett T. Flood, organizer, A. F.
of L., and Samuel Gompers' right
hand man in Chicago, who was ar
rested with his son and daughter
when the police threw their dragnet
around labor men after the two muir
ders, has written Mayor William Hale
Thompson a letter protesting against
the raid and demanding an investiga-
tion.
All attempts to fasten the ac-
cidental burning of an uncompleted
north side apartment building on
unions have been abandoned. "It now
appears" remarks the Chicago Even
ing Post in an editorial, "that the
great Landis award incendiary fire
in Rogers Park was probably the
work of small boys who don't care
tinker's dam what wages the plum
bers get. At least, so thinks Captain
Pat Gallery, and Pat is pretty level
headed officer"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
TOO LITTLE NOW
RAILWAY MEMS WAGES SHOULD
NOT BE CUT
Investigation Brings to Light Star
Ting Facts About Engi-
neers' Pay

The U. S. Railway Labor Board,
now sitting in Chicago, is hearing
the spokesmen for the railroads and
the various railway labor organiza-
tions to determine whether or not
working rules should be changed and
the wages of these employees further
reduced below the 1920 cut which
chopped over $378,OOO,O00 from the
railway pay rolls last July.
The railroads contend that they will
gladly reduce rates if they can take
the difference out of the wages of
their employees. The lawyers for the
railroads are not stressing the de-
f1ation of the section men and un-
skilled maintenance-of-way employees,
whose wages are only about SO day;
but they assert that the higher paid
railway. employees, esnecially the en-
gineers and train service men, should
Immediately suffer substantial re-
duction in pay.
According to the carefully compiled
figures of the Railroad Labor Board,
the average daily earnings of en-
gineers are as follows:
Passenger engineers s.--.-...-..$6.OO
Yard engineers ....-.-......-.--.- DBL
Through freight engineers 7.O5
Local freight engineers ..-...-- 7.44
They represent the total daily COM
pensation received by the average en-
gineer since July 1, 1921, when Deci-
sion No. lat of the Labor Board i'm
posed a 9.49o scut, totaling $33, ,882,-
645 per annum on engine service en-
ployes. In the same report there is
also given the average monthly wage
received by engineers, which indicates
that many of them do not work full
time. In fact, the highest average
stated is but $185.93 per month, which
tapers down to $119.56 for yard and
local engineers.
Obviously, there is no similar work
in other industries with which the
labor of locomotive engineer can be
compared, nor do the public realize
the risks daily assumed by every en-
gineman in active service. According
to the mortality tables, based upon
years VI dCCudl CApCIICiISC Wy CiiC
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Insurance Department, the average
duration of life of railroad engineer
is but II years and days. No en-
gineer knows when he steps into the
engine cab whether, through no fault
of his, his life will be snuffed out be-
fore the end of the run.
The training, skill and physical per-
fection required of an engineer is
such that the great majority of en-
gine wipers, hostlers and firemen who
spend years of labor preparing for
the opportunity to grasp the throttle
fall by the wayside in the thorough
elimination of the less fit.
An engineer is not only responsible
for the lives placed in his care, but
also for the millions of dollars worth
of railroad property which he handles
every month of his service. President
M. c.. Byers of the Western Maryland
Railroad recently stated: "An engi-
neer running train of 100 coal cars
virtually has $500,000.00-, worth Of
property in his care, and for this rea-
son, if no other, the members of the
Brotherhoods should have compare
lively high wages"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Brick Famine Threatened

New York-This city is facing a
brick famine which is openly charged
to be the result of conspiracy among
brick manufacturers to curtail output
and force up prices. Building opera
TONS. particularly the construction of
dwellings, much needed, are being
paralyzed because of the brick short
age and the soaring prices.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Workmen EnjOined

Pawtucket, R. I.-Officials and
members of the United Textile Work
ers of America have been enjoined
from picketing the Jenckes Spinning
mills here, the largest of the mills
struck against, by order of the SUI
perior court.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Wage-Cut Defeated

Charleston, w. Va. Building
craftsmen in this city defeated an at
tempt to cut wages by the lockout
process. The workers solidarity
proved effective against preachments
by half dozen self-constituted "best
citizens"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
No Shelter For Car Repairers

Minneapolis-The request of the
Northwestern railroad and other lines
for a permanent injunction restrain
ing the state from enforcing the law
requiring sheds or other protection
for car repairers was granted by
Judge Wilbur F. Booth in United
States district court here.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Taxi Drivers Gaining

San Francisco-Three more taxicab
companies have made peace with the
unions, leaving only three out of nine
still out on strike. These three, how
ever, include the two largest COM
panies, which have combined fleets
duringthe strike.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Employees Agree to Reduction

Boston-A reduction of a cents an
hour in the wages of 5000 Boston
Elevated employees was agreed to by
representatives of the workers and
the corporation. Half the cut is eff
fective immediately and the other 2
cents will be slashed next January.
The new rate is 81 cents for motor
men and conductors.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Lockout Continues

Milwaukee-The lockout of the
members of the Pile Drivers local
union No. 1908 by the Great Lakes
Dredge & Dock Co., and the Edward
E. Gillen Co., continues. The fight
has been on since April 1.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Working Five Days Again

Winona-After being on a four-day
week schedule since last December
600 employees of the Chicago & North
western railroad shops here are now
back on the fve-day week schedule.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Officials Work Without Paw

Springfield, Ill.-rollowing the ex-
ample of the international officials,
United Mine Workers, the officers of
District No. IL (Iflinois) began May
IL to serve voluntarily without pay
for the remainder of the strike.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Upholsterers Win

Los Angeles-An attempt to cut
wages 20 per cent has been defeated
bu Upholsterers' union No. Is. One
of the firms demanded to dictate what
non-union employees should join the
union, but the organization refused
to waive this right.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Stove Mounters Win Out

Oakland, Cal.-After a 10weeks'
strike stove mounters employed at
the Hammer-Bray company's shop
won their contention for former rates.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Let Profits Pay Bonus

Scranton, Pa. Let war profits
rather than sales tax, pay the bonus
for soldiers, declared Pennsylvania
trade unionists at the annual convent
tion of the state federation of labor.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Win Strike and Get Increase

Newark, N. J.-Brickmakers en-
ployed at Sayreville, near here, have
raised wages 10 per cent after
short strike. Several hundred work.
ers were involved.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Local Dealers Not to Blame

Boston-The grand jury of this
county reports that local coal dealers
are not in a conspiracy to fix prices,
and that all the trouble can be traced
to coal mine owners and railroads.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Win Year-Old Lockout

Lockport, Ill.-Carpenters' union
No. 1853 signed an agreement with
the contractors association, which
locked out these workers over a year
ago. Rates are 81 an hour and the
union shop is recognized.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
extreme wage cuts originally pro-

extreme wage cuts originally pro-
posed"
The article admits that "the output
from central Pennsylvania is so short
of filling the demand of those con-
supply that heavy premiums are be-
ing exacted in this trade" This is
the field upon which the New York
public utilities depends.
Washington-Non-un union coal oper-
ators of West Virginia, Kentucky
Alabama, Tennessee, Maryland, Penn
sylvania, Colorado, Utah, and Wash
ington, summoned here by Secretary
of Commerce Hoover, answered roll
call to the number of 40 and proceeded
to indorse his scheme for distributing
their non-union product as widely as
possible during the strike.
With many protestations of SYM
pathy for the public, the non-union
operators agreed to elect committee
to act as a clearing house for their
product until the strike is over.
Hoover assured them that Attorney
General Daughertv thought that their
non-union coal combine, if used to
hold down prices, would be legal and
proper. He would have representa-
tives of the government and of the
consuming public act with the opera
tors committees in each district whRre
coal is being mined.
Minneapolis Employees of the
South Minneapolis repair shop of the
G. M. & s. p. railroad claim wood is
being used almost exclusively for fuel
in the stationary boilers there. Black
smiths in the shop have also been or
dered to conserve fuel.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
General Labor Notes
Short Items Gathered For Benefit Of
Hasty Readers
Foundry Men On Strike

Westfield, Mass Eight hundred
employees of the H. B. Smith Co.
foundries are on strike against wage
cuts ranging from 16 to 20 per cent.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Renew Contract

Hannibal, Mo.-Bakers' union has
renewed its union-shop contract with
employers for one year.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
What Labor Is Doing
Wage Increases and Progress Made
Throughout the Country
Want Early ClOsin. /.

Oakland, Cal.-The Retail Clerks
union has started an early closing
campaign.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
EVERY DOLLAR

Spent with Newark Leader advertisers does
double service--you not only get your moneys
WORTH but you serve the paper that serves you
Read Newark Leader advertisements and spend
your money with those merchants who ask for
your trade through the columns of your paper.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
Coal Strike News

Charles Town, w. Va.-The treason
trial of William Blizzard, the first of
over 100 West Virginia miners ar
rested because of alleged participa-
tion in the miners march into Logan
county in August, 1921, must pro-
ceed, according to the ruling of Judge
J. M. Woods. Woods decided that
enough evidence to warrant continu-
ance of the trial had been presented.
Gunmen, ostensibly employed by
the state, but naid, by their own adj
mission, by the coal owners, testifefd
that they had used poison gas bombs
and black powder bombs against the
union miners. An aviator who had
circled above the camps of the miners
said on the witness stand that he had
drcrned several bombs. He was paid,
he said, by the operators.
Capt. Brockus, swho achieved a
reputation for unusual brutality
against the miners during the 1921
clash, was called as witness by the
state. On cross-examination he ad-
mitted that all but six or seven of his
35 or 36 deputies, were paid by the
operators but he did not remember
how much.
The town continues it's amicable re-
lations with the accused miners, ball
games between team selected from
the defendants and the local players
being the order of the day every Sat-
urday.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26


being the order of the day every Sat-
urday.
Somerset, Pa.-"No Judge under fhe
constitution has the right to stop
peaceful meetings." said Judge John
A. Berkey, Somerset county, in a
verbal ruling which guarantees that
there shall be no interference with
such activities by the miners union
at the present time.
This decision was made at the close
of the hearings of the Quemahoning
Coal Co. VS.. the miners union, in
which violations of the preliminary
injunction recently granted by Judge
Berkey.
Scranton, Pa.-"The coal industry
has been so disorganized and mis-
managed that the whole industry is
on the verge of collapse, and the only
reply the operators seem able to make
in answer to the chaotic condition of
things is wages must come down.
said President James III. Maurer in
his report to the 21st annual conven-
ton, Pennsylvania State Federation
Of Labor. "They seem to be blind to
their own shortcomings, or to real
causes. Like the ostrich they stick
their heads in the silent sands and
feel safe.
"The real cause of the high cost of
coal and the present controversy be-
tw..n the mine owners and the mine
workers is stupid ineffciency and
blind greed on the part of the mine
owners"
The report showed the labor cost
Of a gross ton of anthracite coal on
the cars, ready to ship, to be, on an
average, about $3.50 ton. "This
same COAL" it continues, "sells at
from $3.50 to $18 ton and some
times net tons at that. Yet the oper-
ators tell us that the only way to
bring down the high price of coal is
to reduce wages of the men who dig
it. Not a word about cutting down
their own profits or reducing the hold
up on freight rates."
Maurer produced figures showing
large increases in revenue of several
large anthracite coal companies, in
cluding the Temple Coal Co., the Le-
high Valley Coal Co., and the Lehigh
and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.
Cresson, Pa.-Two hundred tents
now on their wax to central Pennsyi-
vania will help in stemming the tide
of distress arising out of the dis
possession of miners families from
company owned houses. This is the
first batch of tents the district has
found necessary to order since Secre-
tary of War Weeks refused John
Brophy's request for thousand army
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26
MR.. WORKINGMAN:

The Leader is your paper. It
publishes matter pertaining to your
life and welfare. 1t wants your
support. Your cause would be weak
without labor paper to champion
it. Support The Leader.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26

Cresson, Pa.-Two hundred tents
now on their wax to central Pennsyi-
vania will help in stemming the tide
of distress arising out of the dis
possession of miners families from
company owned houses. This is the
first batch of tents the district has
found necessary to order since Secre-
tary of War Weeks refused John
Brophy's request for thousand army
tents.
The tents are ordered as counter
to the eviction weapon which is re-
garded as the most dangerous weapon
Immediately at the disposal of the
operators This policy of throwing
people out of their homes is not so
dangerous as in the West Virginia
communities, however, because the
proportion of company-owned houses
is not so great in Pennsylvania.
Of the $4,000 miners unionized be-
fore the strike hardly more than one
third are supposed to live in COM
pany houses. In the late non-union
fields of this district, where some TO-
900 men have been organized and
called on strike, the ratio is higher,
ranging up to so and 70 per cent.
Sydney, N. S. W.-Coal operators
are trying to stampede the miners in
to a strike, as a pretext to starving
them into acce pting lower wages. The
miners union is warning the miners
of the irte. tions If the operators, ard
asking them to hang on TO their jobs
at all costs, instead of playing into
the hands of the operators by striking.
New York-The current issue of
Coal Age, organ of the coal interests,
admits for the first time that the
miners strike is so effective that it is
affecting industry throughout the
country. Eastern centers are now
feeling the pinch most strongly" it
says. "A reversal of sentiment is
growing among operators, especially
in the eastern inland district, from the
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-05-26

Has it ever occurred to you that
The Leader goes into the homes
of the best paid workmen of New
ark and Licking county? 1t is
carefully read by every adult mem
Der of the household.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-16
TREASON IS CHARGED At 'Y';;
4 TRIAL HELD TONIGHT

Treason is the charge Chester A.
Geske, one of the Y. NJ. c. A. boys,
must face in court tonight whez he
appears before the judge and jury in
the first mock trial of the season.
Prosecuting Attorney Herman Cob
by" A. Nielsen has a list of charges
against the defendant hat will rival
the famous "57 varieties" Owing
to matters of importance calling
him to New Brunswick tonight
Judge Bryan, who presided so ably
ove the last trial, will not be on
hand. 1t could not be learned today
who will sit in his place.
Owing to the severity of the
charges against the defendant, Boys
Work Secretary Fenby w. Scott has
consented to represent Geske to-
night as the counsel for the defense.
A large number of witnesses have
been subpoened by both the state
and the defense and 1t is rumored
hat a mysterious girl-from South
Amboy-is connected with the case
and will be produced by the state
In order to convince the jury that
the defendant is guilty.
The trial will start at s o'clock,
all members, their friends, fathers
and mothers being invited to attend.