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The New York herald., 1922-08-06
". & s. OFFERS TO GIVE
STRIKERS OLD SENIORITY
Southern Road Warns IL May
Start Hiring NcW Men.

NEwBERS. ". c.. Aug. s.--The Norfolk
and Southern Railway is willing TO
accept the proposals OF President Har-
ding. guaranteeing senorty rights to
striking employees. as a basis for the
settlement OF the shopmen's strike, says
n letter addressed TO its striking en-
ployees by i. r. Pelter, general man
ager OF the road.
There arc no matters in controversy
between this railroad and its employees
which cannot be settled in absolute
accord with the basis outlined by Presl-
dent Harding" said Mr. Peiter.
lie said the company. which operates
$50 miles OF track In Virginia and the
Carolinas. had purposely refrained from
employing new men because 1t desired
to take back its old employees.
Your places are still open with your
seniority rights unaffected the letter
told the men. II extend to you the
privilege OF returning TO our service
under the above conditions (the condi-
tions proposed by President Hardng).
before duty 70 the pubic, whom we
both serve, forces us to employ new
\men, disturbing the seniority status
now existing on this railroad
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
STEEL MILLS LAY OFF 2,700.
Three CurtafI Operations Becnus,
of Coal shortage.

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. Aug. 5.-An.
nouncoment Of curtaiIed operations mt
three steel mills on account OF coal
shortage was made here to-day. About
200 men are thrown out OF work
All departments OF the Farrell. Pa,
works OF the Carnegie steel Company
except one blast furnace. suspended to-
night for an indefinite period. Twelve
hundred men will be out of work.
The Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Company will bank ono blast furnace
ciose its bessemcr department. ono
blooming mill and two open hearth fur.
naces The Republic Iron and Stee
Company will close three open hearth
furnaces and two bar mills Fifteer
hundred employees OF the two com.
panies will be made idle.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
SOUTH OHIO OPERATORS
TO JOIN IN CONFERENCE
Participation Will Be At
tended With Conditions.

WELLsToN, Ohio, Aug. 5.--Coal opera
tors OF the Jackson district, comprising
a part OF the southern Ohio coal field.
at meeting here to-day decided to send
two delegates TO the conference OF miners
and operators OF the central competitive
field at Cleveland Monday.
Participation in the conference, how
ever, is to be only on the understanding
that IL Is not 10 be on the basis Of the
central competitive field. but as TO dis
trlcfs and that there will be a wage
reduction sufficient to permit operation
of the mines IN the district In competi-
tlon with other districts. Tho associa-
ton Of operators OF the Jackson district
ao.nprices thirty-fve members.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
SIX DIE IN CHICAGO STRIKE.
scores Also Hurt In TraHic jams
Peace Due Tomorrow.

CHICAGO. Aug. 5.--The ffth day OF the
street car strike was marked by siN
deaths and scores OF injuries In traffic
accidents attributed TO the congestion
caused BY the paralysis OF electric trans.
portatlon.
with tho company's compromise 7f
cent wage offer accepted by the unior
leaders and recommended TO the strikers
for acceptance at a meeting to be held
tomorrow and a resumption of service
expected Monday, automobiles continuec
to meet tho emergency.
Downtown merchants have estimated
their losses during the strike at severa
million dollars.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
FORD COAL PLAN REJECTED.

LOUISVILLE. Aug. (Assocated Press).
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company to-day rejected Henry Ford's
offer OF aid in operating its coal carry
ing lines I'm Eastern Kentucky. This
announcement was made, following a
conference between representatives Of
the Detroit. Toledo and Ironton Rail-
road. owned by Mr.. Ford. and repre-.
sentatives of the Louisville and NASH
Vile
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
Shopman at Work Sues
Striker for Defamation
. TITO BRENDAL Of 42o Frank

N TITO BRENDAL of 42o Frank
I lin street, Elizabeth. N. j..
at present employed in the
shops of the Central Railroad OF
New Jersey. filed suit In the Su-
preme Court in Elizabeth yester-
day for $4,000 alleged damages
against Joseph IL. Bachert OF tho
same address. one OF the shopmen
now OH strike. Brendal alleges that
Bachert wrote on the sidewalk in
front Of the house IA defamatory
statement: First fioor--O. Brendal.
d scab lives here" William A. Ba-
calow. associated with the Central
Railroad Of New Jersey filed the
papers In behalf of Brendal.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
REWARDS ron MOB MEMBERS

ABERpnEN. N. c.. Aug. 5.--Rowsrds OF
$500 each have beon offered by Gov.
Morrison for the arrest and conviction
OF members OF a mob Of twenty-five
masked men who late yesterday kid
naped and fioggod Ave employees and
guards OF the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way who were at work on disabled
engine near Southern Pines.
Sheriff Blue said to-day tho men were
whipped with large blackjack oak"
their bodies badly bruised and the
guards robbed OF their pistols. money
and other valuables. All of them will
recover
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
Kenning Predicts Mines
viii Reopen in a Week

w TELLESLEY. Mass. Aug. s.
Nv The anthracite coal mines
~ OF the country will be rum
ming again within a week and the,
bituminous fields will be reopened
shortly afterward. II. j. kenning,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
prophesied to-day in an address
the closing session OF the Welles-
ley industrial conference.
"This is not an announcement"
he added, land is not 10 be taken
as such. 1t is my own personal
prophecy based upon very promis-
ing information.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
RAIL STRIKE PICKET SHOT.
Atlanta Police Arrest Five Negroes
After Row.

ATLANTA. Ga. Aug. 5.---F. a. smith.
a union shop picket was shot and seri-
ously wounded In an encounter at the
Georgia railroad shops here late to-day
with number OF negro employees. ac-
cording to police, who arrested five me-
groes.
One negro was said 10 have been shot
in the leg by "A stray bullet and another
badly beaten. Police said Smith and
another union picket engaged in 4 fight
with the negroes but did no shooting.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06

strikers from returning TO work. but
otherwise the effect would be negligible
I'VE had seven men return TO work at
cne of our shops this morning" said II.
NJ Rine, general manager of the Lacka-
wanna. If It had not been for this un-
expected action of the brotherhoods and
the visit of President Jewell OF the shop
mems union to Washington we would
have had twice as many. Word was
circulated at the strikers meetings last
night that MIR. Jewell was to meet Presi-
dent Harding and the strike was to be
settled
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
CARNEGIE PLANT CRIPPLED.

SHARoN, Pa. Aug. 5.--All departments
of the Farrell Works Of the Carnegie
steel Company, with the exception OF
one blast furnace. were closed tonight
because OF scarcity Of coal. Twelve
hundred men are thrown out OF em-
ployment. Independent mills In this
section have from two TO three weeks
supply OF coal on hand.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06

WHAT did Mayor Hylan tell Cornelius Van.
derbilt. Jr.. when he gave him special
Interview yesterday Read the first INSTALL
ment in the New York American tomorrow
Monday morning. g.-Adr.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06

by Shipping Board or private vessels
engaged in the coal trade.
Broadsides and yolleys from the
miners committees and from tho repre-.
sentatives or the operators we're fired
heavily yesterday. One statement how.
ever. from John Mates, of the executive
board OF the United Mine Workers, was
OF some interest Mates is here. from
Williamstown. Pa, with a committee OF
strikers who are about, this and adjacent
States enisting sympathy for the cause
and soliciting aid. In his statemchr ne
said that the United Mine Workers in
the anthracite field were not response
BILE for the high cost OF coal 10 the con
sumner and that the miner is justified
In his fight against any reduction IN
wages and his opposition to the sort Of
arbitration offered.
says Wages Arc Too Low.
According to Matess statement, the
wages are too low In the anthracite
field and he pointed out that sthe work
was sufficiently dangerous last year to
result in 54l casualties and 1899 COM
pensation cases. "The claim Of the OPP
orators that reduction In wages from
s4.20 to $500 day, coupled with an
eighteen per cent. reduction In contract
mining. would give the consumer
cheaper coal is ridiculous" the state
ment said. "The present cost Of an
thracite coal prepared for the market
is s3s2, according TO the operators. but
the mine workers know that the actual
cost is only sa.50. II the mine workers
worked for nothing, the coal would still
cost the consumer about Ill a ton. ana
the increase In cost since 1918 has been
$S to $10." Mates concludes his state
mcnt by saying that II the bituminous
miners and operators will only sit down
at the conference table together their
end of the strike can be solved almost
Immediately. The prospects for a
settlement of the difficulties between
the anthracite miners and the operators
are far less favorable, he said.
From the offices OF the Bituminous
Coal Opera tors information bureau a..
$50 Nassau street. several statements
were issued yesterday. each OF them
virtually the same in substance and
declaring that the entire blame for the
whole coal strike rested upon the, shoul-
dors Of the miners and their leaders.
One OF these statements. entitled "A
History OF tho Coz, Strike" took the
operators side of the situation. begin
ming In 1917 and concluding with the
statement that the conference called by
John L. Lewis fer next week would be
of little Importance and that no one of
any standing In the labor field or among
the miners or operators would bother
attending IL. Meanwhile, the strike goes
on with both sides holding out on the
point that the other sido is wrong and
refusing to give way on any one OF the
vital factors which are the cause OF the
strike. and the cities. states and Fed
eral Government are ail busy about the
conservation and preparing for a long
hard fight themselves against coal star
walton.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06

CORNELIus Vanderbilt Jr., from impress
sions secured IN special Interview, dis
c,,ssed Mayor John r. Hylnn's political
creed, Read the first installment In the
New York American tomorrow tMondsy)
morning .-Adr.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06

WHAT did Mayor Hylan say 10 Cornelius
Vanderbilt. Jr.? Read the first INSTALL
nent OF the iatter's Hpeciai Interview in
the New York American tomorrow (Mon.
day) morning.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
Calls 1t Labor Politics.

tHlfs LsaDOr POIftIca.
eff the equipment were in such dan
berous condition as is indicated in the
brotherhood chiefs kilograms to their
legislative agents in Washington, every
railroad official in the country knows
that the brotherhood committees would
be knocking at the general managers
doors. demanding that they be heard
and the evil remedied!
"If this be the case. and there is no
evidence TO contradict this statement,
why do the brotherhood chiefs now go
TO Washington and endeavor to meet
President Harding and lay before him
the tale of the train service men being
in danger to the extent that he must
exert herculean efforts to end the
strike?
",rhere is more behind this than the
alleged bad order OF equipment. 1t is
attributable TO labor politics and moth
ing else"
Robert S. Binkerd, assistant to the
chairman of the Association of Rail-
way Executives. said he did not see
any need for meeting between Presi-
dent Harding and the brotherhoods.
Early in July, he added. the brother
hoods complained to the association
do work of strikers. Tho cases we're
Immediately Investigated. Mr.. Binkerd
said and the roads complained of prom
ised there would be no repetition of the
offensc
The movement of skilled shop me-
chanics Suoth to aid Southern coal car
riers Is progressing in a manner pleas
ing to those roads, according to John
G. Walber of the bureau of informa-
ton of Eastern railways.
An interesting feature of this move
rrent he said. Is the fact that the East
ern railroads are In such good shape
now that every man coming back to
work has first preference on a job In
the South. II he wants II. Many OF them
do.
Coal strike Cancels Trains.
The Erie reported III men back in "a
hours with an even greater humber
expected tomorrow. Regarding the
cancellation o. twenty trains. an official
said the coal ~ ike. not the shop strike.
was the reason therefor.
Tho New York Central replied to as
sertions .hat Its equipment is break
Ing down with figures purporting to
show Il has an adequate number Of
engines and cars and has ordered more
new rolling stock than any other rail-
road in the country.
Local strike leaders were eIated yes
terday at the news that the Brother
nOOuS nave asked 10 'talk Win lHc
President John J. Dowd. chairman OF
the district committee. said:
Those men have the right 10 refuse
TO operate unsafe equipment. This fact
has been made very clear to them by
their various local and national officers.
and cases are occurring every day at
each and every terminal where en-
gineers and firemen are refusing to take
out cnginecs in dangerous condition. II
IS on account % the seriousness OF this
very situation .hat the grand chiefs OF
the big brotherhood organizations are
injecting themselves into the conflict"
Mr.. Dowd said X was because OF these
reasons that the Senate Interstate Com
mcrce committee u'ae calling most erii-
phaticallv by resolution upon the Inter-
state Commerce Commission for actual
statistics. In short. no one, he said.
had any faith In tho lying propaganda
OF the hard boiled executives"
The New York herald., 1922-08-06

we must follow in our intercourse. and
that you viii use the forms which
inclose. These are all based upon what
Secretary Hoover has said in his con-
munication 10 you
II am inclosing herewith, first the
Federal rule distribution for No. so, to
be used by your State distribution COM
mittee in making applications for alloca-
tion Of emergency coal. This form should
be prepared In quadruplicate for distri-
button as follows:
"a. The original and duplicate copy
when countersianed by the Federal Fuel
Distributor will be transmitted TO the
district committees representing the Fed
eral Fuel Distributor for ALLEGATION to
the mines, the original becoming the
district committees order on the shipper
and the duplicate being retained for its
office record.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
other Rules Arc Told.

The original and duplicate copy wher
countersigned by the Federal Fuel Dis
tributor for ALLEGATION to the mines. the
original becoming tho district commit
tees order ON the shipper and the dupli-
cate being retained for IT'S office record
'B. The triplicae copy will be re.
tained by the Federal Fuel Distributor
for his files
This form may be used for applica-
tions for an ultimate consisnee and also
for shipmens to your committee agent
for consignment, but it is essential that
yoii lie explicit in the column headed
Required for
"2. The alternate forms for guarantee
ing payment for the requisitioned coal
either Of which may be used.
"3. Form No. 81. on which the dis
trict committee representing tho Fed
eral Fuel Distributor will report to him
the disposition made Of your application.
A copy of this when filled out will be
mailed 20 the chairman of your state
distribution committee.
a. Copy of the Federal Fuel Distrib-
utof's general instructions for fuel dis
tribution.
1T will be seen that the Federal Fuel
Distributor will not taxccpt for the com
mon carriers and the departments of the
United States Covernrlent) act upon ap-
plications made by consumers or dealers
directly 10 him. but will refer the appli-
cant to his State fuel committee, to tho
end that IL his need Is essential and the
applicant must have emergency coal,
which he cannot obtain from sources
within his State. your committee may
then make application to the Federal
Fuel Distributor on form No. 90.
No Anthracite on Hand.
Governors committees are requested
to apply for coal produced In other
States only through the Federal Fuel
Distributor at Washington and not to
order any coal from Federal Fuel Dis
tributors' committees nor producers out
side OF their own state.
There is no anthracite coal available
for distribution BY the Federal Fuel
Distributor.
Application for emergency. coal to
the Federal Fuel Distributor should be
made only for current use and not for
storage.
Application for emergency coal should
be made only for the most essential
purposes following the priority clauses
esta blished by the /. c. &. in service
order No. 28. copy attached.
Emergency coal supplied on these
applications made to the Federal Fuel
Distributor will be placed f. o. b. rail-
way cars at the mines at the fair prices
approved for the producing district by
Secretary Hoover.
1T will be the endeavor of the Fed
eral Fuel Distributor TO place orders
for emergency coal in those districts
from which the supply Is most avail
n bile to the applicants."
The New York herald., 1922-08-06

FOUND iaNyTBrNGY
q so. SEQ " Il Il advertised r. the Lost ana
found columns Of to-dsys New York Herald.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
working Hours shorter.

"In July, 1914. SOL hours constituted
the average nominal week. Following
the general reduction In working hours
during the war period. they declined t.
b0.7 in June. 1920 and the latter level
remained practically unchanged up TO
July. 1921. At this time large decline
In the hours OF the nominal week oc-
Cured in the foundry group. so that N
July, 1921. the average hours were 4'.y.
They remained Mt practically the same
Isvel until the close of the year, being
4e.S IN December.
s0rhe trend Of plant activity is some
rbat similar to that OF. the nominal
week. showing a reduction from 53.S TO
ae.s hours In June, 1920. Severe de-
prcssion occurred in the closing months
~ 1920 and the opening months OF 1921.
Toward the end OF 1921 there was con-
s,derabIe recovery TO 47.2 hours, which
was stiiI 2.6 hours or s per cent. below
the level of plant activity IN 1920 The
average actual week per wage Garner
showed a decline from 81 hours In July,
1914, TO 4S.5 in June. 1920. By April
1921. the working hours had been re-
duced 10 43.6. Tho last 1ve months or
1921 showed a revival. so that In De-
cembcr they stood at 1872. This, how
ever. ls % hours below tho levels
reached at tho 1920 peak.
"The declines In the cost OF living.
subsequent 10 July. 1920, continued to
increase tho real hourly earnings. so
that in March. 1921, real hourly earn
ings stood at 135. During the next
three months real hourly earnings re-
mained 1872. but beginning IN July, 1921,
and continuing through the remaining
months of tho year, there was con.
tinual decline so that IN December
1921. real hourly earnings OF all wage
carners stood at 1872. In other words
at the close OF 1921 real hourly earnings
were 20 per cont. higher than in July
1914.
'The peak OF real weekly earnings
occurred in October. 1890. when IN
index stood at 12i. The followint
months showed considerable decline
caused chiefly by shortening OF workinl
hours. but the last six months OF ls2'
showed a more or less permanent leve
OF real earnings. The latter is duo to al
| increase In working hours and deciin'
In the cost OF living"
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
Salesman
ATTENTION!

SALESMAN WANTED.
WANTED - Experienced automobile
tire saleemsn having established
trade IN eastern half of New York
20 handle high grade and competl-
tive brand Of tires manufactured IN
Ohio by well established company.
state experience. volume ~ sales
first half OF this year, territory
travelled, references. pr. sent cTn-
ploycr, salary expected. etc.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
Questions Mems Interest.

''This uganda was given While cir
culation and.influenoed some men ready
10 come back TO work. The news only
served to prolong the strike and played
into the hands Of the agitators in the
union ranks.
AS TO the request OF the brotherhoods
TO meet the President and become a
factor in the strike, We have heard
nothing of any such desire from the
men on our line, This request ap-
rarently originatediwit the office lead
ers in the brotherhoods and not the men
on the roads"
Other officials agreed with Mr.. Rine.
one executive said:
II am positive from information have
obtained from every railroad operating
out OF New York that the train service
men have no grievance that relates In
any way 10 the strike wnich has as yet
been presented to- the executives. III
there were such grievance, the griev-
ance committees would take up their
problems direct with the managements
They have never failed to be prompt in
such matters before. and there is no
reason to believe they would be back
ward at this date.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-10
GRAIN DEALERS
URCECREDIT
FOR EUROPEANS
Resolutions are Adopted To
day by Convention in Ses-
sion in Omaha.

Omaha. Neb.. May 1o.-(By the
Associated ess.)-Aid to European
rehabilitation by providing Europe
with further credit for the exclusive
purpose of consuming America 9 SUI
.plus products, was among recommen.
dations made in resolutions aAopteo
tn.iay at the annual convention OF
tho Farmers; National Grain DeaAsrs
aasociation. which u SAID TO repre-
sent 4e0, 900 farmers and about =
0oo co-operative grain elevators IN
nriddle, western stafes..f> r..
Ths rehabiNtation i resolution VA
presented by the convention c m;nn
man. A. F.. Nelson Of Benson, 49,. ...HI
The st. Lawrence deep
project was endorsed. ="
Omaha, Neb., May 10.-Considera-
ton of the sales plan Of the. United
States Grain Growers, Inc, for mar
keting of grain was before officers
Of the Farmers Cooperative Grain
Dealers association for consideration
at a2conference between them and Of
ficials of the Grain Growers organ
ization today.
Decision to have officers of the
grain growers confer with heads of
the dealers. association was reached
at the opening session of the annual
convention Of the latter organization
yesterday. @
The dealers association, it was ex-
planned, has already endorsed the
principle. but has not accepted the
grain growers sales plan.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-10
RETREATS
+. .1''0DAREN;;.MEN I
!. DIG TRENCHES R I }
WI Soldiers Still in Pursuit /;
Chang Troops Cut Rail !
road Behind Them.
(By The Associated Press. )

:Tentsin. May 1o.-Chang Tso-Lin,
the defeated Manchurian general. Is
reported to have fled to Dairen. OBJ
servers say his troops. have establish
ed three lines OF trenches this side Of
7 Luanchow on the MukaeIi railway,
south Of the, great, wall, bat viii only
tight 1t General WI Pei-Fu's forces
press them too hard.
~, General .Wu's soldiers are still in
pursuit. Twenty eight troop trains,
each carrying 500 men. have passed
through this city. to the east, of which
three are reported to have already. ar
rived at PettanE. on the coast thirty
miles east Of here, and four at Tang
hu. at the mouth of the Pei river.
Z ChanEs men have cut the railway
from Taku to Mukden, 2es miles north
OF Tientstn. to hinder the pursuit:
] Three crtAsers are reported OF
Wanghuangtun, near: Shanhsikuan,
bombard5ng rains Rasaings .on 5sthe
railway. (. @ sS u (,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-10
MAY HAVEU.
DELECATES0N
COMMISSIONS
Senate and House Conferees
Approve Plan to Have U.
S. Represented.

Washington. May l0-P.ovision for
American representation upon two in
ternational commissions created at the
arms conference, is made under an
agreement reported today between the
senate and house conferees on the
annual appropriation bill for the state
and justice departments. st
House conferees accepted senate
amendments appropriating funds for
American delegates to the commits
sions to consider revision of the Chi
nese tariff and to study the Chinese
judicial system, including gradual
abolishment Of extra territorial rights.
Another senate amendment accept
ed by the house conferees appropri-
ates $50, 900 for the allied debt fund
ing commission 4
The house managers also accepted
a senate amendment increasing the
state departments confidential emer-
gency fund from 100000 to $500, ,o0O.
This had been requested urgently by
Secretary Hughes.