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YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-06-04
REZOLUCIE
vynesene ma kongrese slovenskej
Ligy Amerike, vydrziavanom
v dnoch 1921. maja 1926, slov.
Dome v Detroit, Mich.

16. Kongres SLOW. Ligy silhlasl
so vsetktmi podnikmi Spravy,
schval 'uje jej smer prace ma
rodnych veciach a zela 81, ably "
tomto smere "a nplne oslobodenie
naroda slovenskeho al d 'alej po-
krac0vala.
Slovenska Liga vyslovuje vd'a-
ku uznanie SLOW. roduvernemu
katolickemu a evanJellckemu
'1lazstvu "a nezistnu pracu vyko-.
manu- "a Slovensku Ligu.
III.
Vsetkym slovenskym organiza-
ciam a ich clenstvu, ktorl sil Glen
mi Slov. Ligy, Slov. Ligu podpo-
rovali jej snahach poduja-
tiach narodnych a kultIrnych,
16. Kongres SLOW. Ligy vyslovuje
srdecnn vd 'aku a ziada d 'alsiu
podporu a spolucinnost'.
~.
16. kongres SLOW. Ligy jedno-.
hlasne uzavrel, re Slov. Liga tr-.
va skalopevne na svojom narod-'
nom programe a osvedcuje sa, re
bude mad 'alej pracovat' a bo-.
jovat' "a vtelenie Pittsburghskejl
Dohody do tistavy c. S. r., ktorti
lohodu ora uzavrela s PREF. G. S.,
r. Kongres tymto poveruje a.
nariad 'uje Sprave, aby jako po-,
,ledny prostriedok, ked' sa totH
presvedci, re cs. vlada svoju.
,mluvnu zaviazanost zvrsit' yo-,
bee nebude ehcet', obratila S do,
rozumenim a so stfhlasom tych
oolitickych cinitel'ov IA Sloven-
sku, ktori "a ten isty ciel' bojuju,
ma patricne medzinarodne forum
Toto ilzavretie ma Sprava kabelo-
graficky oznamit cs. Wade.
V.
16. Kongres s vel 'kou radost OH
prijal zvest ze martyr a 81 ache 4
thy yodca slovenskeho naredas
Msgr. Hlinka, predseda L'udovej5
Strany navstivi americkych Slo-s
yakov. Kongres mu vyslovujes
:svoju doveru 70 vsetkych sill bu-.
de jeho sl'achetne snahy napo-s
mahat a pocas jeho tunajsieho
pobytu bude host 'om Slov. Ligy.a
VI.
Pretoze v A1nerike vydavane sl
Y slovanskej reci ,casopisy, ktore
81 Y slnAbach Is. .propagandy, 16..
Kongres Slov. Ldgy povaEuje icb
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-06-04

ho l'udu, ktore zabezpecujd kaz-
demu robotnikovi lit po l'ud-.
sky.
VIII.
16. Kongres SLOW. Ligy vyme-I
nuva "a cestnych clenov nasich
vzacnych host 'ov Msgr. Hlinku a
dr.. Budaya a osvedceneho pria-
tel'a, nasho spolubojovnika "a
prava SLOW. naroda, vel'avazene-
tho brata Hyneka Dostala, redakS
tora ceskeho "Hlasu". Vsetkym
horejsim clenom Sprava je pove-
rena dat cestne elenovske dipls-
my.
Vyslovujeme srdecn1 vd 'aku
Spolocnosti SLOW. Domu "a pre-
pustenie miestnosti pre- Kongres
zdarma a d'alej Detroitskemn O.
kresnemu Sboru, SLOW. osade Sv.
,Cyrilla a Methoda, jej duchovne-
mu Rev. Zaliberovi ysetkym
tdetroitskym Slovakom, ktori
Kongres tento snazili sa urobit
tym slavnejsi.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS the Slovak League
of America representing every
principal Slovak Fraternal 'Orga
nization in the United States and
a membership of over 250,0OO
American Slovaks represented by
delegates from various States
now in Session in this City in its
10th Convention protesting IA
.gainst the failure of the Czecho-
Slovak Government in carrying
the Pittsburgh Pact of May 30th
1918 which was ratified in Gen
eva Oct. 30th 1918 giving the
Slovaks of Slovakia full auto
nomy, hereby resolved that our
greeting be extended to the Pres
ident Of the United States Calvin
Coolidge.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-06-04

WHEREAS, as a result of un-
favorable economic conditions in
c. S. r. a large number Of the
Slovak population Of that coun-
try has emigrated to the Domi-
uliOn Of Canada, and
WHEREAS, these emigrants
have had to undergo certain
hardships, arising from their dis
advantage of being aliens in the
dominion of Canada,
WHEREAS, RI "a further, upon in
tervention On the part OF the Slo-
wax League of America with the
competent authorities of the Do
minion, many of these hardships
have been amcliorated, and the
lot of these emigrants has been
made more bearable, therefore be
it
RESOLVED, that the 10Th Con-
gress of the Slovak League OF A.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-06-04
o PRoBLEMocH NAsIcH cAsoP1sov.

"Oblane' d1a % maja citali SINE obsrneisie
pojednane jej Iedaktora K. Stasneho kvate sover-
sko-americkych casopsov. Vysvedcene nebolo najep-
Sic Pisatel udlVa al pricny: nedostatok ledakGnych
s.
Dvajat traja redaktom pri dennku je malo, cd
mich zadat prvotriedne citane All len ruho
tredne Dennik ma mat aspon patich redaktorov ably
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SEN. WATSON DENIES KHAN ACHIEVEMENTS
 QU|ZZED BY REED
COMES TO HEARING FROM HOSPI. TAI AND BRANDS TESTIMONY
 AS FALSE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. R-The Indianapolis Senator Watson of In diana came from his bed in the Meth odist hospital before Senator Reed and denied that he had ever made agreements of any sort with Ku Klux Klan and branded as lies the testi- mony of the former Klan leaders that he had made a deal for Klan support for the presidency in 1928.
 Senator Reed did not cross-exa- mine Watson because of the latter's condition due to recent auto acci- dent. Reed adjourned the hearings to his own office in Kansas City after most of the charges and counter charges in the election row fizzled in the investigation.
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POLITICS BOILING THROUGHOUT STATES
 COMING ELECTION
SENATOR AND GOVERNOR CON- TESTS HAVE BEARING PREsls
 DENTAL NOMINEE

NEW YORK, Oct. 25. P-Politics are boiling in most of the states thru out the nation where State and Sena- torial elevations will be held Novem- Der third. In eight states fierce bat ties are in progress over United States senatorships. Great interest centers in New York where Senator Wadsworth is being opposed by Jus tice Robert Wagner who has the back ing of Governor Al Smith and Tam many Hall In Massachusetts, Sena- tor Butler, one of the closest friends of President Coolidge, is being bitter ly opposed by David Walsh, former Democratic senator. Another contest of importance rages in Indiana where two Republicans, Watson and Robin son are being accused of an alliance with the Ku Klux Klan. In Ohio, Senator and Governor contests may have a strong bearing on the next Democratic Presidential nominee. If Governor Doheny is reelected he will be groomed for the Presidency. If |former Senator Pomerene comes back he will also be presidential figure.
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THREAT 0F ANOTHER
 WORLD WAR HALTED
 IN EASTERN POLAND
HIGH PRESSURE INTERVENTION OF POWERS STAYS MASSED
 TROOPS

KOVNO, Lithuania, Oct. 25. R- High pressure intervention at War saw by both England and France has apparently stayed for the moment what threatened to be new war on Eastern Poland. The Lithuanian bor- der was massed with troops as the Polish government mobilized all avail able regiments. In the case of war Lithuania would be backed by the Russian army and probably by Ger many. It was pointed out that France and Roumania would back Poland The tense situation is regarded as a crisis in European diplomacy and spark would send Europe into another world war.
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DIVER TAXES H|KE:
 0N OCEAN BOTTOM
TRAMPs FIVE MILES UNDER SEA FROM OLD POINT COMFORT
 
 TO NAVAL BASE

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. 25. (P)-Just to show that swimming the English channel was not the only aquatic sport, Klass Everts, Norfolk diver, walked across the bottom of Hamp- ton Roads yesterday from Old Point Comfort to the Norfolk Naval base, a distance of five miles. He com pleted the unprecedented jaunt in two hours and thirty-one minutes. He wore a heavy diving suit with leaden soles and eighty pounds of lead strap ped about him. He had to overcome many obstacles, including entangling himself with the anchor of a ship and negotiating channel cut and when he finished he was very weak in the legs
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PIONEER CANPA|CNER. FUR WOMEN SUFFRAGE.
 DIES; REV. ]. W|L[|S|
NATIONALLY KNOWN WOMAN PASSES AWAY AT BALTIMORE HOME FOLLOWING VERY BRIEF ILLNESS
BORN IN A LOG CABIN
Despite Advanced Age Continued Ac- tivities Until 1920, When Equal Suf-
 fraue was Made Nationwide.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 25. P)-Rev. Olympia Brown Willis, National cam paigner for woman suffrage died to- day following a short illness.
 The Rev. Willis, in 1867, stumped frontier Kansas in the first state cam, paign for "equal rights for women, and lived to see that state adopt equal suffrage nearly 50 years later.
 Born in log cabin at Prairie Ron- de, Michigan, on January 5, 1885, of a family of New England patriots, she went east for her education in a Massachusetts seminary, and an Ohio college and the theological school of St. Lawrence University church at Malone, N. Y, was ordained minis ter of the Universalist church at Ma. lone N. Y., in 1863, which was said to be the first instance of the ordination of woman by a regularly constitut- ed ecclesiastical body. Her e1oquence and vigor in a number of pastorates in Vermont, Massachusetts and Con-
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AIMEE PREDICTS \
 COMPLETE VICTORY
JUDGE HARDY ADMITS HIS PART IN HOAX; FALSEHOOD DISSI-
 RATED BY TRUTH

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25. (R- Aimee McPherson predicted com plete defense victory and vindication for herself and said it is marvellous how most insinuations and false hoods are dissipated by light and truth"
 Judge Played Part
 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25. P)-Judge Hardy admitted on the stand yester- day that he advised mother Kennedy, during the disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, noted evangelist, while the clerk was believed to have been drowned off the ocean beach. He revealed numerous visits with McKin- ley, the blind attorney, now dead, con- cerning the kidnapping which were lat CT alleged to be myths. One of the supposed kidnappers admitting his part in the hoax.
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WARRANT ISSUED FUR ARREST IF BLAIR:
 0N BRIBERY CHARGE
FORD COMPANY ASKS CANCELLA- TON OF $10,000,000
 CONTRACTS

DETROIT, Oct. 25. (P)-A warrant has been issued charging John M. Blair, president of the Blair construc- ton company of Memphis, Tennessee, with bribery in the $1O,OOO,OOO Ford Motor company construction projects. The Ford company stated the suit was instituted against the Blair com pany asking cancellation of all con- tracts in Memphis, Detroit and Som- erville, Massachusetts and alleged the defendant company bribed four em- ployes to accept inferior materials at exhorbitant prices.
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NM, ABBOTT TRANSFERRED
 ID LOCAL RAIL OFFICE

William (BilD Abbott, one of the best known of the efficient employees of the Anchorage railroad freight of flee, has been assigned to the local office, Alaska railroad and is now on the job. "Bill" will make fine ac- quisition to Stewards winter popula- tion for he will remain here for at least that long, 1t is said. "Bill" is an ardent sportsman and athlete.
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Supplies Rushed Forward

HAVANA, Oct. 25. (P)-The steam CT Cuba arrived at Batabano with P injured from the Isle of Pines. The Captain said some IT Americans were reported killed in the hurricane and maybe more. The British death list remained at 32 Many wealthy Amer jeans had homes on the isle where citrus crops were ruined. Boats toCk food and medicines to the isle.
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MANY ARE KILLED
 IN ARMENIA QUAKE
WHOLE POPULATION IS PANIC sTRIcKEN; HOUSES COLLAPSE;
 NO AMERICANS LOST LIVES

LENIMAKEN, Armenia, Oct. 25. (P) were killed and injured and the whole population were rendered panic stricken when an earthquake shook all Armenia last night. Houses collapsed, communication wrecked, trees uprooted and cattle killed. It was reported there was no loss of life among the Americans. The near East relief headquarters are at Leni- makan, formerly Alexandropol, one of the chief towns of Armenia with a population of 23,000.
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AWAITING INSTRUCTIONS

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 25. R-Be- fore taking further steps against the government, Catholics will await Papal instructions which are expected shortly it was announced.
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MUNICIPAL EXPENDITURES
 DOUBLED EIGHT YEARS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. (P)-Muni- cipal expenditure have doubled during the past eight years and the debts of several cities have increased 50 per cent, according to statistics compiled by the Treasury department.
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DUNDEE DID NOT ENTER
 RING WITH BROKEN ARM

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25. (R- Johnny Dundee, claimant of the fea- therweight title of the world was ex- honerated from charges of having en- tered the ring with broken arm in the fight with Tod Morgan, light weight champion here last Tuesday. Dundee's arm was broken in tie third round of the fight.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-10-25

SEATTLE, Oct. 25. (P)-Bullitt tes- tified during the Senatorial investiga- tion that the campaign costs of all agencies spent came to- total os S2?,- 926.94 in his behalf and said the total included expenditures of s17,S56.94 by himself or by direct agents S9,030 of the State Central committee of which he contributed S150 and SS,000 by the Anti-Federal Sunday closing law league.
 Keith Bullitt, brother to the can d:date, testified he contributed most of the money or s9,O3O. Bullitt de- handed he be confronted Monday with Senator Jones and requested he be given an opportunity to question
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Cuban Crops Suffer

NEW YORK, Oct. 25. (P-Private cable. reports announced Cuban sugar and tobacco crops suffered severely in the hurricane on the island.
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CRUISER MILWAUKEE
 DISPATCHED TO ISLE
 0F PINES; RELIEF
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR WIRES WASHINGTON "WE ARE WIPED OUT"; REPORTS ARE TOBACCO AND SUGAR CROPS SUFFER
AMERICANS REPORTED KILLED
British Death List Placed at Thirty two; many Wealthy American have Homes on Isle

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25., P)-The Navy department has announced the cruiser Milwaukee and a destroyer are en route to the Isle of Pines with relief Ambassador CrOwder mes saged i've are wiped out!"
Seward daily gateway., 1926-10-25

The San Juan Fishing & Packing company vessel Lady Jane arrived in port last evening.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-10-25

Mis- Elizabeath Romig, daughter of
 Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Romig, came over
 Saturday from Anchorage on a brief visit to her sister, Mrs. J. P. Hannon.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-10-25

and numb in the head and shoulders. A tug equipped with telephone and air pumps accompanied him.
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INVESTIGATION OF BULL|TT CAMPAIGN
 EXPENSES BEGUN
 SATURDAY, SEATTLE
BULLITT TESTlFIES ALL AGEN- GEES SPENT BUT $27,92694 IN HIS BEHALF OF WHICH HE SPENT $17,856.94 HIMSELF
BROTHER CONTRIBUTED se,ost
Asks for Opportunity to Question Several; Charges Jones Stood in with Underworld

SEATTLE, Oct. 25. (P)-The Bull lit investigation opened Saturday. McNary said it would be non-partisan.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-06-18
SAVE THE TREES
State Highway Director Says They
Do Much to Preserve Roadway

Columbus, ON the preparation
of plans for highway construction and
maintenance projects all division en-
gineers of the State Highway Depart
ment have been notified by George F.
Schlesinger, director, to spare no eff
forts in an attempt to preserve all
trees located along or adjacent to the
improvement. In letter to division
engineers, Director Schlesinger says
that most of the engineers realize
trees along a public highway are not
only ornamental, but are beneficial in
that they serve to decrease the main
tenance cost by prolonging the life of
the pavement due to their extraction
of moisture from the ground. "Any
destruction of trees that could be
avoided by the use of a little en-
gineering ingenuity in changing, dur
ing construction, the alinement or
other details of the road plans, is not
only shining example of poor en-
gineering, but also of vandalism"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-06-18
Not VOuched For

The "Hired Man" does not
guarantee that the following in
cident said to have happened at
the B. & O. station the other day
actually occurred.
A freight train had just pull
ed in and sidetracked for a pass
enger. The passenger train ar
rived and pulled out. Then the
freight started to do it's switch
ing. A well-dressed young wom-
an had alighted from the pass
enger train and was passing
close to one of the freight brake
men when he yelled to his
buddy:
"Jump on her when she comes
by, Bill, run her down by the
water tank, cut her in two and
bring the head end up by the
depot!'
The lady grabbed up as much
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-06-18
DON'T MISSlT
Important NOn-Partisan POGti-
cal Meeting at Labor Hall
Friday, June 18th

Tonight, Friday, June 18th, a
non-partisan political meeting
addressed by Frank J. Bender
of GAINESVILLE, Secretary-Treas-
urer of the United Mine Work
ers of America, will be held at
the Newark Federation of Lab
or Hall on West Main street, at
seven o'clock. 1t is open to all,
and the general public, especially
the ladies, is invited.
Mr.. Bender, who is an elo-
quent orator and a forceful and
convincing speaker, will talk on
the State Legislature as it af-
fects the working people, anc
those who fail to hear him will
miss something worth while.
Don't fail to be on hanC
promptly, and bring your friends
and neighbors with you.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-06-18
Watchful as Usual

Through the efforts of our
Congressman William M. Nor
gan the allowance of twenty
eight retired members Of the
celebrated Marine Band at
Washington has been increased
to an equal basis as those who
have been retired since June 30,
1922, when the allowance was
materially increased, but no
steps were taken to equalize the
amount paid those placed on the
list prior to that time.
Mr.. Morgan, believing that
!. these old timers were entitled to
a Square DEAL" framed, intro
duced and had passed in con-
gress a bill to equalize the pay
of these retired former mem
bers, and they will hereafter be
paid the present prevailing rates.
For his successful endeavors
in their behalf he has earned
the heartfelt thanks of those
benefited thereby, as an official
communication from the Marine
Band committee testifies. This,
together with many expressions
of gratitude and appreciation
from retired members, convinces
Mr.. Morgan that his efforts
have been worth while, and he
considers the success of the leg
islation very gratifying to all
concerned.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-06-18
UNIONS RAISE WAGES AND
SHORTEN WORKING HOURS

the union scale of wages and
hours of labor. The average
hourly rate advanced from
$1.04 in 1924 to $1,091 in 1925,
an increase of 4.3 per cent.
The Bureaus figures cover bakers,
building trades, chauffeurs and team
sters and drivers, freight handlers,
granite and stone cutters, laundry
workers, linemen, book and job print
ing and publishing, newspaper print,
ing and publishing, and street railway
motormen and conductors.
The per cent of increase in hourly|
wages in 1925 over 1924 follows:
Bakers, 3.5 per cent; building
trades, 3.9 per cent; chauffeurs and
teamsters and drivers, 5.5 per cent I
freight handlers, 0.6 per cent; gran1
ite and stone cutters, 81 per cent
laundry workers, 7.2 per cent; line
men, 0.3 per cent; book and job print4
ing and publishing, 1 per cent; newsl
paper printing and publishing, IL per
cent; street railways (motormen and
conductors), IL per cent.
The rates and hours of street rail-
way motormen and conductors do not
enter into the grand averages for all
trades combined as men in these oc-
cupatlons do not have uniform hours.
The average union hours per week
IN each trade group are: Bakers, 47.4;
building trades, a.; chauffers and
teamsters and drivers, 56.4; freight
handlers, 45.4; granite and stone cut
ters, al; laundry workers, 48.1;
linemen, 1866; book and job printing
and publishing, 44.4; newspaper print
ing and publishing, 45.3.
Since 1913 union bakers have re-
duced their working hours per week
1913 per cent; chauffeurs, 1873 per
cent; teamsters, 11.8 per cent. and
freight handlers, 23.1.
I'm the earlier years of the Bu-
reau's reports on union wages" the
report states, weekly hours in the
bakery trades frequently ran from Sd
TO 6O and IN some cases as high as 71
and 78 hours. The steady demand or
the part of the bakers for shorter
hours, together with the introduction
of machinery in almost all bakeries
may be given as the causes of such
reduction.
Freight handling has also par.ici.
pated in the advance of machinery as
an agent in ameliorating the toll in
volved, while hours have been reduc-
ed.
"The automobile has gradually sup
planted the horse-drawn dray O,
truck, and a reduction of the time
consumed in transporting goods from
one point to another has been accom-
panied by reduction of hours of lab
or in this group"
The bureaus report is for the yea,
ending May Is, 1925. Most agree
ments are settled before that date.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-06-18
Meat Cutters Secure
Union Wage and Hours

Rome, N. Y.-The Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
have signed up the master butchers
and meat cutters with an agreement
providing a wage scale of $40 and $45
per week, the 9-hour day except Sat
urday, time and one-half for overtime,
six holidays with full pay, and half
holidays on Wednesdays during June,
July, August and September.
Remember your obligation, and de-
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-06-18
R. R. Managers
Refuse to Grant
Wage Increase
Over Three Hundred Thousand
Workers Affected by
the Issue

New York-The refusal of
the conference committee of
managers of the eastern rail
roads to grant the wage increase
demanded by the Order of Rail
way Conductors and the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen
shifts the matter to President
Coolidge, whose function under
the new Watson-Parker law is
to appoint a board of mediation.
The railroad managers refuse to
concede the right of the railroad work
ers concerned to share in the abound
ing prosperity of the railroads, the
responsibility for which they attrib-
ute not to the efficient brain and
Drawn of the railroad workers but
rather to the wisdom of the manage
ment representing the stockholders.
Approximately $4,000 railroad
workers are affected by the issue.
According to some transportation
experts the increased wage rates will
run from S80,000,000 to 100000, 900
annually.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-06-18
Cuban Railway Strikers Charge
Government With Acts of Violence

zation. President Green re-
quested the Cuban workers to
cable specific facts of govern
ment violence.
"The strike was caused by the vio-
lation Of an agreement made between
the railroad workers and the consoli-
dated railroads of Cuba, which was
underwritten bv a representative of
the Cuban government" said Presi-
dent Green. "It is not a strike foy
higher wages.
"The contract violated was the re-
suit of negotiations that lasted for a
year. Representatives of the railroad
workers, officials of the railroad COM
panies and representatives of the
government took part. Fifty-two con-
ferences were held and an agreement
was reached which was signed by the
three parties represented.
"In March the officials of the con-
solidated railroads of Cuba informed
the employees that the agreement al
ready signed was null and void. They
gave as a reason that freight and pas
senger rates had been reduced.
Representative of the employees
notified the company that under the
circumstances they were ready to
agree TO a proportional reduction in
their wages.
"The strike was to have been called
April 13 but was postponed at the re-
quest of the president of Cuba who
thought he could bring about conces-
sions by the railroad companies. The
president failed in his mediation eff
forts and a month later the strike
was called"