Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 1, 1919, Page 1

_ WEATHER FORECAST me Portions. warmer to- EFFECT OF WALK OU Next Move Is Up to, Miners, ~ Officials| Think; Policy Not; Yet Announced | t } CASPER, WYO,, SATURDAY, NOV. 1, 1919: t WASHINGTON, "Nov. 1.— Confiscation by Railrcads of Remaining Coal.in Tran- nore ia arpa : wa, sit Cu ee Are 10 BLAME FOR Workers of “America were restrained little coal is on hand. The majotity of shipments enroute have beet | Be activity by, federal court Boa fiscated by the railroads in dance with instruciious of the rail- | . — vernment ofciais. today awaited ape nna seize such ca Sag feaaal asks needed to a BERLIN, Nov." T-Chanceltor | ee of! oO Netto o1 ye be a reserve supply. Dealers’ supp! on ry. amount to I 1 vous Be ritaphata debe pcre WAuthee Comtea ICE te eae tle or nothing in comparison with the unfilled orders and empty bins| Defers the Relchine war peobe, tle the future course of the government. Member of the Associated Press, and served by the United Press. OVER 400,000 IDLE, NUMBER ISGROWING, REAL TEST MONDAY ‘One Hundred Per Cent Strike in Leading Districts Claimed by Union Heads but THE DAILY TRIBUNE - NUMBER 18 hi GUT OFF WITH S RIKE ] il \ VPRESBYTERIANS Many Observe Saturday and Sunday as Holiday, Is Claim; Operators Shut Down CHICAGO, Nov. 1.—The nation-wide strike of miners entered its A T A; first day with more than 400,000 miners idle, according to claims of ‘union officials. There is little disposition on the part of operators, or their representatives, to challenge the claim of usion men. When al- TW CENTRAL WYOMING ES 100-PenGeniT CALL UPON ALL a N PEOPLE PR AY FOR HEL lowance was made for aggregate reports from operators, the estimated toal of miners on strike at noon was just-a shade less than 400,000. The union claims co spondent to they number of paid-up, union memberships | on file at headquarters in Indianapolis r Will Ask Guidance “i's: "" * Manet ‘GAREY AE AY Tf to Solve Problems: more men out than'the total August | |paid-up mémbership on fite at national | . headquarters, | . of Social Unrest, “Nori: dave reportea its 1500 tig-| HELP PL ANS FAR nite miners working ia response to ord-} § Thruaout Country Sorn"taxoin exposed to ee this cea f FLIFF IN KI AI = itself. No where were disorders re- NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—An sii. reports trot i Should Tenney bacites that any consid-! in scores of local homes. i | was maintained grag fn: pe | erable number of miners desired to con:! guch is the situation which: Casnor f \ - | man people wanted it, Breple, | some -states on} linue work. the government was-pre-! taced today as the result of a 100 per} | the press and the reichstag demand- | official proclamation calling che number of miners affected by the pared to furnish the protection, Should) cent strike in the mines of Central Wyo: | ed unrestricted = submarining be- | upon Presbyterians and all ‘trike grder, following is a table by disorders occur the gvoernment is ready; ming with the following number of cause they believed it meant vic- _ h Christi . a states of the number of men_ reported 10 put them down. ‘ |men out at mines from whieh the local : tory.” other Christians in the United (10). union leaders: Alabama, *0,000: ! ore 5 supply is derived: 5 a Hollweg blamed the poeiaanl States to unite in prayers for Arkansas, 4,000: Colorado, 5,000: IIli| RORATL WOULD Ee Hudson, 300; Poposia mines, Lander, | Hindenburg for prolonging the war. ty ‘ o «“. nois, $0,000: Indiana a, Te z e. R ROTH SIDES TO SETTLE 400; Gebo, 325: Crosby, 250. —_ lec ack attra bn altel Ge eg ae 16.000: Governor Explains Atti- (Ry United Pres.) From Gebo and Crosby comes the | A MANDER OF the’ nationwide. problent of ‘social ‘un-| Maryland, Michigan, : Ten- Pp WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—Senator| report that all work has stopped ana! COM rest,” will be.read in every pulpit of | y) ; Texas, 2,500; 1.000; t id t Cc ti f Horah today declared in favor of an-at-| that no attempt will he made to open! Over Three’and a: Half Inches of ' 0 ae the Presbyterian denomination thruout V 6,000; West Virginia, 42, ude to Convention 0! tempt by. the government to force-both | the mines. The same situation exists : : th, Ob. G. ‘A. R. DIES AL lithe Ono 500; Wyoming, 8,006. j M Reger shies in the coal abrice to reach a sete. | Vander and Hudson, for while sir Moisture in Month, Ob- + Ae Ie pS ey ae Cy ae ‘ Road Men and Receives ment. He believes the tbe | FS at the fatter point were not in fa- $ 4 - ittee a Nate: Eis ve. STRIKE 100 PERCENT seeds aves: - - polis sme Pr ater see ceine. reise ie: aie | server Report | BROOKLYN HOM E hiy’s committee on the New Erm move-/ STRIKE 100 PRECHNT | Hearty Badorenient Th strike’s ~ progress is closely | Percent, and only two cars of coal were | a Fains were: prey i ; rok «ae (By Associated Press.) on hand there this morning for local! Snow storms and rain r Dr oo The summons to prayer “to release CHEYEN Ni rape z enteral watched at the White House, A de- chnaiitaghtonl . j lent during the month of October,~ ac (By Annociated Preus.) spiritual forces which the church be- SHEYENNE, Nov 1.—The strike of s 1 P hi t tailed report will be given President | “OY =~ | cording to the regular. government! NEW YORK, Noy. 1,—Gélonel {jioves alone can save the nation ana “Mion coal miners of Wyoming is prac- | upplementing his statement to Wilson this evening. | “Because there will be no immediate at | tempt to atriket kers and such | We®ther report issued today by George | M. McKenzie. During the month there i tun | t OPERATION. OF j ftens will not be taken unless actual’! vay 4 tal snowfall of, 20% Inches PROPOSED | Suffering develops, no disorder or dis-| Sine ine recipitation. for the eame 0° | turbance is expected and no effort has! | riod was 3.78 Inches, There was 1.20 (By United Prenat been made to guard the mines, Watch- 1 on October 3. cr i YASHINGTON, Novy. 1.—Represen- | jen ame -on duty. but.aaid’, these inches of rainfall ative Baer of North 4 gues, a 0 fered a resolationseuthor: a te Wilson to take o the coal’ thines nd operate them under an agreement arranges mass! Spiehibiy son with the miners regarding wages and/ meeting for ‘tonight dt Which’ -resolu-| * be rc “thy hours until the present dispute is ad-! tions will be passéd in support of good Rain or snow fell on eight days; the Justed, government and if necessary steps will| "eport shows. | “t ee be taken to enlist.a volunteer unit to} The coldest temperature for the | ‘S MADE FOR {protect life and property. The move- pont! ee eebin only oe a week 5 COAL DISTRIBUTION iment is being undertaken as a macter| “pg e ner if eg et peeps to] (By United Press.) of precaution to deal with emecn ence es abd tak al ae Sos : ep # ; WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. | “Because of the large amount of oft! ‘The mercury’ n er, none hud th 0: more RES seo roac eneral. Hines today appointed commit- | used as fuel, per is more fortunate-| © = entire month, vi 47 outside the foreign office here today. : ly situated Wilh respect to ‘Che strike| October 1 being the warmest day. The | % side. the ihe tpi eid oa me than the majority of industrial centers; Teading was degrees above zero on| There Were i is By a yel-| that date. S a. sonnel was unannounced but is|°f its class. Even if a shortage devel-| ‘ Raiiroaders in e fficials | OP* the business district will not suf-: —— pith AdAMLEEERET clertalae: seeresen: \ter for lack of heat and sufficient ee SHERIF. FS CAR HE See tie ' Miners’ Strike 0 | u ¥ le By Apnociated Press.) tatives will Have. charge of the distri.) Sines are equipped with oil purners to “5 Pe a. les moving on the bution of coal during the strike. Electric light will al-! TAKES WING IN keep necessary suf railroad divisions. ight coal committees will direct the} {0 yc availible tically 100 percent, ports received here. pcording to re the world,” was inspired; it was. said, the public on the strike situation by discussion as, to what the church could. do in view of the failure of the ‘in Wyoming, Robert'D. Carey, ad- recent national industriat conference MINE STRIKE, NOT dressing the Wyoming Good Roads at Washington. 2 f OFF basi Phan dead Wied association organized in Cheyenne Shon 4 SPRINGPIBLD, UTIL, Noy. ahr bon Friday, made - further: ¢xpres- U7 PIN pUS- coal Miner. of Tlindts, 0 | su ofr RTC YMte a tig Crise Hy) say or 3 ri ure 1097 percent, tdi if? ihe, oitional’ administ sponse to the strike call effective dit} tion has any plan by witich it & an m4 Basa rsa CLASS IN BO. . manish, Seo dibe to Prealdent ¥ | duce coal and keep the railrouds ino; WEPHCLANINING "tick attested able re (ca Seger pence 1 ns to have ove proval and suppor looked the fact that the men instead of) 4. of 1 the officials dig the coal. videntlY | and like to the federal government underestimated | Orriee, trona county, proved himself to be @ the intellizence, courage and determi-| ot! real fighter in a pinch when he de+! nation of the mine workers. Any hop | Imire a bold statement men in courageous stand,” in commenting on his previous s ent, which came in for criticism on part of ¢ ain news- } Papers because of position that “abso. W: H. Patten, county attorney of Na- fended himself this morning on the sta-| (he government had that it was a strike tion platform at the Burlington railroad of offic: instead of the membership depot. W, L. Lanning, an architect | has heen disillusioned.” who left town for the west, was his op- Heh ei betral Aes wan Eons. pesitian ponent. TRINIDAD SITUATION fernces between the miners and th Attorney Patten had done some law 4s sTILL UNCERTAIN concerned. |“ Haweve work for Mr, Lanning but the under- 4 (By Associated Press.) atement of this kind is mi: standing is tha® it had never heen pai | TRINIDAD, Colo., Nov. 1.—The yea) jcontinued 1 svernor, “one must al A sult noe Attachment, was’ “secured | +a.1' of the effectiveness of the mine| Ways, have 1m disposal fc gsainst Lanning. strike-in the southern Colorado field ying out his pol it is rationing of factories. Application for| 1, the homes the situation. is. decided- WYOMING GA LE mhia, morning ,Jagnning called Patten [ri ssou come until Mondar,. @odae te 4|bosatile forme tolsnke & € athte commercial coal must be made to the!jy aifrerent and the strike holds grave - phone stating that he was leaving yoigay in several mines and only ;|Ment—to declare. the strike wrong. il- committees through the railroads wher-! ro-ehoding of distress and suffering if it pai | (By Associated Press.) the city for the west coast. He would part of the properties op on Sun-|lezal, etc.—such a statement would not ever fuel is to be carried from the|lis prolonged. For the past two weeks! “Hey, your car is bi ying’ av } CL ANTS, Noy. 1. like to settle. Attorney Patten thot Mr. qa, No troops } A been sent to the | Prevent the strike, neither would ft pro- mines, Coal will be delivered only to} many residents have been carrying) just passed my house.” lof th Motherhood of in Lanning meant to settle it with blows | waisenburg fields and reports from that | duce coal,” those plants without a reserve supply|}ome the da: upply in a sack, lead: |" ius spoke a warning voice over the| men s in reference to position! when his client started to rain blows mp say the shifts are operating vir-| “As to the differ nce between the in accordance with the priority list. ing the utomobiles at the dealers’ | telephone today at noon to the sheriff's | Ff isportation employes on the coal! oy him at the: station. Lanning was quatly full foree with no i lest lon of |operatora and Fate it is ibe pny te bins in Meu of deliveries which, were! ofice, Deputy Sheriff W. B. Kilgore | strike: knocked down at least.once. He made trouble -. lenter into disciission} sueh: dideuseion UNION OFFIGIALS me isnpossible Vir te! ROO: oF order’ jlooked out of the window. He rubbed, Out ormeaieeeort a, ee Pla mone ettlement before the train! Colonel MeCunniff, commanding ths) on my part would in no way tend to MVE FE that marked anr gceme! { a sheriff's a ate | thy with the miners atter o Seay iste yestward. * oH ontt ~ pen prcepetan aemera Préas,) strike. Many bins arg absolutely emp: iad dls tas Hat ade ety ae ure @ living wage und better, work-| Pulled out bearing him westward (Continue on page Bight) (Continued on page Eight) -ople are “bofrowing.” and pe ple BS ee waredit discre-|ttaveling down Kast Fourth street’| bod tion in selling’ coal as the most urgent | Propelled hy = Wyoming gale which was firikeractivitien the Dxecutive posrd Or lorders receive the firat attention, and sweeping everything, ‘before. it this| z 1) 4 7 morning. the ‘miners’ union wound up its last) oom this time on It will be doled out J ee 7 <5 a batch of routine business this morning | i smail amounts with practically all puty Kilgore caught up, with nditions and helieves the postion aken by the-government in conpection with the ‘injunction issued will prob- ably « b: industrial conditions to x} far y exténit™thdn recognized b: | those in charge of goverpmeatal affairs. INDIANAPOLIS, Noy. 1—On ac- © count ,of the injunetion _ preventing | Dealers PROJECT TO HARNESS | and its membets started for their| i). “{inpiy on hand reserved for those after It had gone more than ‘a block. | ‘rye yuilvoud brotherhowle will assis | homes. President Lewis said he exX-) 114 rin out of coal entirely . When he finally got it back to its post! the min in every honorable and con pected to leave for his home in Spring- ae Benver visit tion in front of the county court house! tent wi aiid the officers of the min- |+ ‘art is in er its ainization fully understand ypc § position. field tonight and hoped to remain there! Mrs. J. M. Stew d ‘he carefully anchored it, to prevent fur- ers’ or several dade. ‘ing with her brother for a few days. ther journeys unescorted by a driver. | brother POWER IS LAUNCHED — the federal government advances the FEDERAL TROOPS GO “winivin: ¥ James Smith, charged with stealing j jabout $65 worth of personal clothing : ‘and jewelry, was arrested last night;in | eo ‘Casper by the city police department. | 4 : All of the stolen goods was recovered | : p after questioning by Officer Simpson. | ; re a es EE SN Smith is said to have stolen the goods | r lace about five miles from Cas- Two tHousand; two hundred eighty. TOM & Place i Seta 53.2 sed First Movement of Armed Forces Author- avo. inen ana one voy are out in the i wit pe eharced with grand i | northern district, comprising the mines! oony, His preliminary hearing probab- | ized; American Legion Men Organize ip Sherian, ‘Bis “Horn, Weston and yen come in. uatice of peace court | about 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. tame Guards, Cavalry Notified Tigaitnealiheaeatenie Chee a IRM AND NAYY GLB Unita counties, and 1,219 in the Lincoln | { county district. All is quiet in the min-| 1 INI “Wyo., Nov. 1.—The first ‘troop movement in ing towns, according to information re. wee with the miners’ strike was the dispatch eve st the headquarters here of Dis-| SHOWS BIE RECEIPTS of 25 men of the Fifteenth cavalry from Fort Russell. to Sheri< re rior Robert D. Carey has sent dan this morning. The men’s horses will follow at once. This American Legion representatives + to small detachment of regular army men, it is believed here, will various towns in the coal fields to or-| The strength of the Army and Navy Pye r * enc’ lganize “home guards” of ex-seryice , Club here is clearly indicated in“the last be stationed at Fort McKenzie for use in an emergency. The Fatve | “home any emergency that ‘monthly. report.of.the payroll: of. the Sie aa auenideroacnytign cestinmtion | nouspaives Ji. cpadlbeke Seaaiatied club which showed that it totalled $1,000 “abirevace At Fort Russell about 500! » Six thousand, eight hundred and four | James Morgan, sccretary-treagurer of te ter een Baa oe aki: ore cavalrymen ‘available for duty in the union miners employed in Wyoming | District No. 22, will arrive from Indian- upd te ot Ratigven tac st reetie ag coal fields if required. |yesponded to the strike call by failing | apolis tonight. In the meanwhile George bei tortie sole nds asa ly _responsi- Governor Carey has also sent Ameri-|to report for work this morning. Every |B. Bateman, district auditor, is in ier’ 34 can Legion representatives to various |large mine in the state is closed, leav-|command of thq sitdation for the mine COMMITTER OKEHS BILL towns in the codl~flelds to organize |ing only a few of the so-called “wagon” |workers. So far, developments (at A SHENGTON. Nov. 1.-The senate “home «guards of ex-service men for | mincs, supplying @ limited local demand |headquarters of District No. 22 indi- agriculture eommitice today ordered a lige in any emergency that may arise in scattered localities, in operation.|cate that the international officers’ at! favorable report on the M ‘Nary bill to and it ig ‘understood that récently. or-, Sufficient union men were left onthe) Indianapolis are obeying the court or- !eontiritie the United States Sugar Bana- ganized cavalry platoons of thé’ Wyo-|job to man the pumps, fans and power |der not’ to communicate “with subor-| ization board during 1920 and to au- ming guard have been notified to hold | houses of the larger mines, dinate unions. i thorize if to buy augar crops next year | | |may arise. Barren Lands of Central Wyoming Will\secrsy money \o swstan the piant ahd those plrsons receiving the benefit Bloom if Government Aid Is Secured Re AUS Hit Sail lb nyo area ; senerated by those who would make for Great Movement Now Pending entries on land by reason of the fact * At the present time large tracts lie Definite steps toward the conyersion of the waste water {1ren because there is no water for bs a jcultivation, We feel that as property power at the Pathfinder dam into cheap and dependable elec~! owners of Wyomflig:- we" ard: entitled ta trical power which will enable the owners of land along the|the practical benefits provided by the Platte river to irrigate large tracts of land now lying barren, eo enidae dam and the power which were taken today by J. H. Miles and J. A. Crawford. A peti-|“0U'! be Senerated by such a project. ré 5 = F Reports of government engineers tion to Wyoming’s representatives in congress, asking govern- snow that there is large amount of ment help in initiating the project has water unappropriated which can be wn up and this will be cireu- used for the purpose indicated. All a: among ‘the residents along the : efforts to make use of the water by Platje from the dam to Wendover, and {Plant with an uncompleted. power plant Re ClontOck, hich. aaeted power Plant) means of water wheels have proven seHso amet. #4 b. ) hte Giearocie: |failures, and the only way in which it probably to, Glenroc years ago, and that this would open up Sh Wain ynicly i Should the project go thru it will can be us oy” ei such elec- @ large additional territory which would fan, Used Js by means of such ele mean a tremendous gdvantage, net only be interested. j trical power, to the farmers, but also to’ Casper In California private companies find nil settlements ‘in this vicinity. such projects immensely profitable, {and electric power generated in the mountains is for hundreds of miles to furnish light, heat.and power [in communities where it is needed. The government. could only be the gainer should it take up the: project. {since the rates paid for the current. by ithe users would soon cover the orig ‘inal cost of installing the plant. It was stated’ this morning, that it would be possible to connect such a nd} ‘The petition being circulated reads us follows; it. is. proposed that. hydro-electric} “Hon. nees Warren, United plant be installed at the dam where it/senator; Hon. J..W. Kendricks United is declared that 5,000 eubie feet of water! States senator; Hon. Frank W. Mon- with a fall of 65 fect goes to waste datly.| dell, United States representative: The current thus generated could be} “We, the undersigned owners of real carried on high tension lines for miles.}estate and entry men residing on the Farmers living,along the river ecould}land ddjacent to or near the Platte avail themselves of water for their|/river from the Pathfinder dam to lands by the use of motors and centri-| Wendover, do hereby. respectfully peti- z a cat fugal pumps, which would be dependa-}tion and urge upon you the importance County Commis B. Griffith ble, and which would not require the/and necessity’ of the installation of «| Aya Robt. Veitch returned this morning supervigng which gasoline engines re:|hydro-elegtric power plant at the Path-| from Cheyenne where they attended 1 quire. The power could also be used] finder dam. F good roads meeting. They report to light the homes and to run farm The plan we propose is the same as); cessful meeting and the discussion machinery. that which has been in use by which! nt matters mo ater ales citer ore ee