Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1922, Page 3

" KANSAS INDUSTRIAL COURT KEEPING MINES RUNNING Thirty Per Cent of Normal Working Force Producing 50 Per Cent Output, Writes Gov. Allen,.Praising System. BY HENRY J. ALLEN, Governor of Kansas. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. TOPEKA. Kas., July 22.—In Kansas the industrial court act provides for the protection of the public against the cessation of an essential industry. Coal mining is an essential industry. The industrial act provides an im- partial tribunal of three men whose business it is to adjudicate contro- versles between operators and miners when the two parties can no longer agree. The law also provides as 8 last resort that the state may take over the coal mines and operate them in the public interest for the purpose of protecting the people against a famine in fuel. The court has power to fix minimum wage scales, to pro- tect those who are at work against interference in any form. ecither by violence, threats, intimidation or so- called peaceful picketing. Made Temporary Order. In Kansas immediately prior to the cessation of mining on April 1 the court of fndus relations made a temporary order permitting the con- tinuance of the old wage scale and working conditions for a period of thirty days to enable the operators and miners to begin and. if possible, conclude negotiations for a new con- tract. The operators did not object to such order and offered to com- mence negotiations immediately. The mine leaders decli the benefits of guch order. The imdustrial court gherr directed the operators to resume min- ing for the purpose of meeting the Kansas demand as it arose, guaran- teeing protection to the mines and to the workers The operations were resumed at once with the understanding that the mine owners should keep a suf- ficient nu yer of properties operat- mg to produce all the coul needed for Kansas domestic and industrial uses. If the operators themselves failed in this, then the state would take over the mine The operators have been very suc seful for many weeks and are now producing over half of the normal annual output at the mines. The state guarantees that the men who are kink in_the mines shall have full protection from those who are out and that an in- vasion of tie rights of any man who is at work by a striker will be promptly punished. It has been ne essary to make only a few arrests. Troops have not been needed to pro- tect the rights of the men who are at work. Something like 30 per cent of the normal force is now producing over 50 per cent of the normal out- put. As the demand for coal in- creases, more mines are opened and the number of men willing to work grows every day. No Wage Controversy. There has been in these operations no controversy as to wag The operators and the men now at work have agreed to a rate of compens tion which seems to be entirely isfactory to both sides. It has been understood from the bLeginning that complaint were made as to compensation the industrial coumt would take the situation in hand and determine the minimum wage. The mere presence of this protection to both sides has been all that is neces- sary. When the operators realized that the men would be protected against as unfair wage and the men realized that they could depend upon the state for a just adjudicstion, they have settled the question for them- selves without coming to the court just as men in other controversies settle their litigation out of court upon a basis of what they know thelr legal rights to be. In my judgment every coal mining state could solve its problems by the adoption of an industrial law which would guarantee the public against the cessation of the industry, guaran- tee the miners a fair and just wage and the operators protection against unjust demand. We have reached a point where two things are perfectly apparent: First, the strike s not a remedy and its application to the situaffon is always more ruinous ta the public, the laborers and the oper- ators than it is helpful. Second, arbi- tration is s fallure because it at best leads only to an unsatisfactory com- promise. Those who sit on boards of arbitration are not judges, but advo- cates of one side or the other. Judges Are Impartial. An' industrial court Is an effort to secure the composition of the contro- versy by impartial judges who have no interest In the case except the in- terest of justice. Impartial judges have been able in this country to sccure justice in rela- tion to the most sacred rights. They s u life. They BEVERAL REFINED PERSON party leaving nington Aug. 5, sutomobile leasure trip, Chicago. Mackinac Island, etc. eadonable. _Addres Star _office. 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The efforts which the federal gov- ernment thus far has made at legis- lation have stopped just where the usefulness of such legislation might begin. In the United States Labor Board &n elaborate machinery has been created for the survey of living and working conditions. Every power has been given the board to arrive at all the facts and to have in hand the means of reaching a just award. After creating this elaborate machinery the federal government left out the en- gine. They gave it no power of final pensive dabating society which repre- sents only the longings of govern- ment. with none of its dignity and power. The proposal t! government should create an impartial tribunal to pass upon wage controversies re- lates, of course, only to the essential industries which, undcr the Kansas law, are declared to be food, fuel, clothing and transportation. Copyright, WHITE ARRESTED IN PLACARD FIGHT (Continued from First Page.) continued, declaring “the right to a free utterance of honest opinions is a fundamental right.” Governor Sees Violation. But Gov. Allen, his friend, publicly and personally, for many years and the companion of the editor on a Euro, can trip during the world war, | differed in his interpretation of the industrial court act. He held that the display of the sympathy card in the Gazette window was a violation of the picketing clause of the industrial court law, and d ed Mr. White had the wrong “slant” in the matter. The governor said he did not believe forbidding display of such cards was | An attack on free speech, as his au- thor friend contended. He declared no exception could be made, that Mr. White must be arrested for violation | of the la: A conferénce held at Emporia last night between the “seconds” of Mr. White and Mr. Allen resulted in a Geadlock. Mr. White through his rep- resentatives informed the governor's emissary that he would not back down. When informed of this, the sovernor said he would cause Mr. White's arrest if the placard was still up today. It was. Throughout it ail the governor and editor have reiterated that there was no personal feeling between them, declaring that their personal friend- ship has not been affected by their tion of the law. Excuses Governor's Position. “Kansas must realize the situation in which the governor is placed,” said Mr. White. |xlrlka imperils life and property. But it was not without a stress of heart troops. He knows that might mean bioodshed, and to a man of his fine sensibilities the prospect is a heavy burden. In administering the law as he sees it he has been brave and pa- triotic. I do not agree with him in this action, but the difference In opinion about the wisdom of sup- pressing the fundamental right of American citizenship while the courts are trying to get at the truth and the right “should not prevent me or all g00d citizens from upholding his hands and giving him the earnest support which loyalty requires. “The 1dea of adjudicating industrial disputes is right. The laboring man in the end will lose if he resorts to force. The living wage for the un- skilltd worker is the basis upon which wage adjudication must rest. The Kansas court has laid down that principle. ~ 1f the national Labor Board had adhered to the basis of a living wage in the controversy with the shopmen, this strike would never have occurred. “But that water has gone under the bridge. The shopmen are out on a just cause, but In an {il-timed strike. The cause of labor can win only with public sentiment behind it, and to resort to brute force now would be a disastrous mistake.” “Direct Violation of Law.” In part, the governor sald: “I am sorry that my friend Mr. White re- fuses to dlstinguish the difference between free speech and a direct violation of the law. I would be willing for Willlam Allen White to hang in his office any axpression he wished to hang there, touching any subject,_Jut when he enters delib- erately Into a concert with the strike leaders to carry on in Emporia a form of picketing which they have tried to establish in all shop centers for the purpose of discouraging and menacing the men who are now try- ing to keep the transportation of this state moving, it is an altogether differ- ent matter. “Mr. White declares that he is not fighting the industrial court act. I believe this. Mr. White helped to frame this law and his attitude 1toward it in the past has been help- ful. I believe he has taken a slant in this particular situation without giving due consideration to the ae- rious results of his example in the matter. “The arrest of William Allen White, which is the only arrest made thus far for this offense, will provide a friendly test of this feature of the industrial act. After the courts have interpreted it in the light of this case we will then know just what the phrase of the law prohibiting conspiracy against the public wel- fare embraces. ‘In the meanwhile it is the duty of every law-abiding citizen to obey the interpretation which the law officer of the state has given to this provision of the Industrial act. The strikers’ cards will have to come down from every window in Kansa —_— END OF RAIL STRIKE FEASIBLE, SAYS DAVIS nut;nflm of Seniority Vital, Declares Secretary After Con- ference With Jewell By the Assoclated Press. MOOSEHEART, IIL, July 23.—Fol- lowing a conference here tonight with B. M. Jewell, head of the striking rallway shopmen and shop crafts president, James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, announced that he belleved “the strike could be settled if the roads would give the striking shop-, men their seniority rights and there was a rehearing by the United States Rallroad Lahor Board on other dis- puted questions.” Immediately following the confer- ence tonight Becretary Davis'talked to of the Iaformation he bad the chief executive. difference of opinion over interpreta- | “He feels that the| and soul that he has called out the| | | decision. They simply created an ex- | proximately jdrew a gun. | destroy the BRUNGY AN ARMED CAVP 100 "Special Officers and Guards Patrol Yards Since B. & 0. Men Go.on Strike. MANY STRIKERS IN K. K. K. Raids Workmen's Camp, Caus- ing Much Terror. ~ { Special Dispateh to The Star. ! FREDERICK, Md., July 22.—The ex- tensive freight yards system of the ! Baltimore and Ohio Raliroad Com- conditions. the investigation of wages | pany at Brunswick, extending practi- eally from Weverton to Brunswick and Knoxville, a distance of about seven mlles, is an armed camp since the 1,000 or 80 men left their jobs at Brunswick. It Is estimated that ap- 100 special offiicers, rail~ road detectives, including men from the Frederick' county force, are on duty night and day, and that a com- plete patrol system reaching from | Brunswick to Knoxville and to Wev- erton, is maintained. _Brunswick's branch of the Ku Klux Klan, of which promoters say there |are about 400 members, the bulk of ' them railroad men. and a large num- ber of them strikers, has taken a part in the strike situation at Bruns- wick. Recently about thirty men, in 4 the Klan's official uniform, including masks, staged a demaonstration oppo- site the company's workmen's camp in the Brunswick yards. Although there was no firing, the demonstra- ition threw terror into the negro em- ployes, a number of whom left their Jobs. Campalgn of Intimidation. There has been no serious trouble at Brunswick as the result of the strike. But the strikers have begun a systematic campaign of Intimida- ‘tion. Nightly scattered gun and re- volver shots are heard near the work camp, and all along the yard line. One guard insists that he was used as a i target, and says that it is only a mat- ter of time until there is trouble. Approximately 200 “new employe or strikebreakers, are in the Bruns- wick yards. . They are imported by train, "and leave of absence, should they desire it, is taken in some other town than Brunswick. Strikebreak- ers are exceptionally unpopular in Brunswick. George Lewis, a negro, recently attempted to purchase lce cream in a store in Brunswick, and was refused. He was jeered at by strikers, who were outside, and Lewis He left immediately for Baltimore, and a warrant is out now for his arrest for carrying con- cealed weapons. Deputies Fined $20. Five special deputies of the Balti- more and Ohlo railroad at Bruns- wick were fined $20 each and costs for carrying concealed weapons while off duty and within the corporate limits of Brunswick. The fines were paid. Large groups of strikers are to be found daily on the streets of Bruns- wick. There has been no attempt to railroad’s _property, and untll this time the strikers have kept from the yards. Considerable freight congestion is reported at Brunswick. One day this week twenty-two trains of freight were made up and sent out from the yards. All passenger and freight trains passing through Brunswick are care- fully guarded, as they enter the yards and until they reach the western edge. Only employes of the company are allowed to enter the property. STRIKERS MUST RETURN BEFORE CONGRESS ACTS {Contirued from First Page.) In some quarters it is likely that when the question of amending the transportation act comes before Con- gress an attempt will be made to “put teeth” into the labor provisions— to provide penalties gor those who conspire to and seek to-prevent the interstate operation of trains and the mails. At the time the bill was up for consideration, before it became a law, efforts were made along these lines; but were finally defeated Legislation seeking to prevent fu- ture nation-wide coal strikes and to insure an adequate supply of fuei to the people is confidently expected. Two courses, it is said, are open to the legislators. Ome looks to na- tionalization of the mines—govern- ment ownership and operation. The other would provide for stringent government control—a control that not only would insure the operation of thg mines, but would put some kind of limitation upon the operators, just as the interstate commerce acts put limitations upon the owners and operators of the railroads today. It is _probable that the legislation will take the latter course to start with. But if government control does not work out, in the opinion of some of the senators, nationalization of the mines inevitably must follow. Would Provide Commission. Legislation looking to the govern- ment control of the coal industry un- doubtedly would provide for a coal commission somewhat similar to the Interstate Commerce Commission in organization, it was said. A bill pro- viding for such a commission was in- troduced by former Senator (now Judge) Willlam S. Kenyon of Iowa last spring just before he left the Senate. . In sccordance with their willing- ness to let the administration handle the strike situation, none of this leg- islation will be proposed at the pres. ent time by the senators. The feeling™ at the Capitol last evening was more hopeful with re- gard to a settlement of the rallro: strike. The efforts now being made by individual roads to reach agree- ments with their own men were re- garded as a step toward adjustment of the differences. The settlement-of the railroad strike, it was said, un- doubtedly would have an. influence upon an eventual settlement of the coal strike. A Emergency legislation is not now contemplated, it was said. But in the event that it became necessary for the government to take over either the mines or the roads, lgislation would be necessary, it was pointed out. The government no - power, as matters stand today, to :take over either the mines or the roads. Nor has the President any ?ower to draft the miners or the rallroad workers into the military service of £he:coun- try, :as“has been suggested in . un- informed - quarters. ~The _selective draft act died with e. The Army reorganization act gives the. Presi- dent authority to draft into the fed- eral service the Natio: but only. after Congress atmed an“emergency. 53 GIRL CLERKS ‘AS PICKETS. C. & 0. Strikers at Richmond x;l_; *. Men Who Continue Work. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va.. July 22.—Girls in the ranks of the Chesapeake and Ohio. railroad striking clerks are do- ing picket duty, men and ex- pressing and “giving them s plecs of thoir' mind” in anything but ra. Some of the manage to elud UNSWICK MADE " 1 .l’a.rty in Klan’s Official Regalia DISCUSS RAIL { 1 Upper: Ben W. Hooper, chalrman of the Rallroad Labor Board, at ‘White House yesterday, where he wa sive first-hand information rexarding detalls of the rail Lower: Senators Watson of Indiana, Cummins and Kellogg. STRIKE TROUBLES AT WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE | { | i 1 | summoned by President Harding to The, members of the Senate interstate commerce committee, who recently conferred with the railroad executiv Chairman Hooper. and who were SECRECY FOLLOWS PRESIDENT’S LONG PARLEY ON STRIKE (Continued from First Page.) tion with as much pessimism as Senator Pomerene siid after his visit to the White House, “but 1} belleve that the less said the better right now transportation act, under which the Railroad Labor Board is created, the power which it places in the government and limitations was also discussed at the conferences. Complaints that engines and cars, because of the shopmen’s strike, were gotting In_poor order and possibly in a condition dangerous for the trainmen to operate were presented to Senator Cummins yesterday by a. committee of legislative agents rep- resenting_the “big four” brother- hoods. The committees also present- ed & written petition, reinforced by oral arguments in a conference with Senator Cummins lasting nearly three hours, urging repeéal of ail labor provisions in the transporta- tion act and restoration of the volun- tary arbltration plan of the former Erdman and Newlands laws. Many Bad-Order Engines. Senator Cummins was told by his vis- itors that they were recelving icreasing reports of “bad order” engines and roll- ing stock because of alleged lack of ex- perienced shopmen. The senator fur- ther was told that the situation, if the shopmen's strike was prolonged, might become such that engineers would re- fuse to take out locomotives regarded ad |as dangerous and trainmen refuse to take charge of trains deemed. perilous. The brotherhood statements were re- garded in some quarters as the devel- opment of a further and serious com- nfi:flw in the shop strike which might cause additional suspension of trans- portation, Senator Cummins said that other than. from the statements of the local brotherhood agents he was not informed as to the real condition of raflroad rolling stock. He did not view favorably the requests for re- peal of the labor provisions of the transportation sct, on Which he said there was a division of opinion among the railway.employes, the trainmen’s brotherhood favoring the old media- tion and conciliation commission and o _rail unions favoring the pres- t-law’s plan. ‘As to the general strike situation, Senator Cummins said last night that he 'was “hopeful, but not over san- suine.” - PREDICTS STRIKE FAILURE Presidéut of Erle Declares Em- ployment Shows 100 Per Cent Gain By the Auseciated Press. . NEW YORK, July 22—The failure of the shop crafts’ strike in the east ‘was predicted today by F. D. Under- wood, president of the Erle, one of the roads in the met itan district which was admittedly hardest hit in the first few weeks of the strike. D “have beeh increased from it of normal. July 5 to 50 ; pay rolls today, it was _—— called into yesterdny’s conference with HOOSIER GOVERNOR THREATENS FORCE (Continued from First Page.) than any issue growing out of or in- volved in the present coal strike,” and urging that a proclamation of martial law would not only be usurpation of executive authority but also a tragic }Jmlsmke from the standpoint of pol- icy. “As chief executive of Indiana I am rights of all people are safeguarded. 1 believe in the right of labor to com- bine, and I have the highest respect for unions and the membership of unions so long as they conduct them- selves properly. I have absolutely no respect for any union_or any member of a union who_holds that because they do not want to work for any reason whatever no one else may be jpermitted to take their jobs. I feel such a condition should not be tolerated in free America. It s per- fectly proper for any person to quit | work If not satisfied. The same right fo quit work should be accorded to | individuals who want to work. It is in defense of this principle that I would give consideration to the call- ing out of troops. After discussing the state's duty to furnish coal for the use of state in- stitutions, and expressing the beliet that the 'Interests of the public are paramount, the governor said: “I am doing everything I possibly can to avert a crisis. I am hoping and praying that the necessity will not arise for drastic action. I can assure you, however, if the time comes when I feel that the necessities of the case demand ft, and I am supported by the authority of the law, I shall see to it that the rights of the vast majority of the public are served. Calls Joint Conference. The governor made a move today to end the strike in so far as it affects the Indiana coal flelds by inviting the scale committees of both tke miners and the operators to meet with him Tudsday in a joint conference. John Hessler, president of district No. 11 of the miners’ union, sent a reply in which he declined to attend the meet- ing for. the purpose outlined in the governor's invitation and stated that the miners would not meet the opera- tors except “in line with the New York sgreement for a four-state Safeguard of Publie. The governor’s letter said, in part: golng to do my utmost to see that the would meet. t! nna, secretary- - diana Bituminous - Coal * Operators’ Association, declared the operators would “accept the invitation whol, heartedly and without reservation.” Following replies from the opera- tors and miners, Gov. McCray would make no comment on his next move in the strike situation. ——-—-—_ The P. A. Roberts Const. Co., Inc. Successors to Prestem A. Roberts The Munsey Bidg., Main 1776 SRS s B FOURCLERKS ARREE WITH ROAD Threatened Strike of 4,000 Averted—Company Con- cedes Many Points. WILL NEGOTIATE WAGES Failure of Efforts Would Result in Placing Matter Before Rail Labor Board. CINCINNATI, July 22.—A general | strike of four thousand clerks, freight handlers, station and express men on the Big Four railroad was averted | today when the clerks and company officials entered an agreement cover- ing wages, “farming out” of work-and working conditions. Announcement of the agreement was made tonight by Garrett W. Daly, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Rallway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Station and Express Employes, following an all-day con- ference with E. M. Costin, general manager of the Big Four. Some Concesafons Made. The company granted the employes vacations, sick leave dnd Saturday half holidays.. The agreement also in- cluded, Mr. Daly said, a complete understanding on the matter of “farm- ing” -out work, which the company announced several days ago would be abolished as soon as the present con- tracts with firms now doing it expires. It was announced that employes transferred from the service of the company to contractors will be taken back by the railroad with all seniority rights September 1. The question of back pay was referred to the Labor Board, it was announced. The mat- ter of wages was referred to further conferences between reached the matter is to be sub- mitted to the railroad Labor Board, it was sald. Sonthern Seeks Parley. E. H. Fitzgerald, Railway and Stem Handlers, ployes, president of the ip Clerks, Freight Station and Express Em- announced today that the Southern rallway had called a con- ference in Washington with mem- bers of the brotherhood in an effort to avert a walkout of 8,500 employes of the road. Mr. Fitzgerald said that three general chairmen would meet the company at an unannounced date. Chairman T. C. Carroll of the main- tenance of way men on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, who has been in conference the past week at Louis- ville with officials of the company in an effort to reach an agreement on wages and working conditions affect- ing 10,000 employes, announced to- night that no progress had been made toward a settlement. OHIO TROOPS WANTED. Jefferson County Coal Operators Urge Need Upon Governor. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 22.—Coal operators in Jefferson county tional Guard troops now stationed at Cadiz, Harrison county, be sent into their territoj Lieut. Col. vocate with the guardsmen at Cadiz, reported to Adjt. Gen. Florence to day. Gen. Florence advised that local authorities must first provide protec- tion, but if such {s unavailable a iroop movement into Jefferson county will be authorized in the case of trou- ble there. Requesis for military protection came particularly from strip mine operators in the vicinity of Robey- ville, where a fight among miners was reported last night. Reports from Sheriff Lucas of Jefferson county said two miners had engaged in a rough- and-tumble contest, resulting in an aged ‘participant being beaten with a rock. Reports from other districts in the state reaching the executive of- fice today indicated everything quiet. For Her Birthday. Send a bouquet of Gude's flowers. 1214 F.—Advertisement. URGE ILLINOIS SESSION. Amendment of Law to Permit Mine Qpening Requested. CHICAGO, July 22—The Illinois Manufacturers' Association today tel- egraphed Gov. Len Small asking him | to call a special session of the legis- lature to amend the state coal mining code to permit operators of the mines, and also sent letters to every member of the legislature asking their sup- port of the move. Match Your Odd Coat With Our Special TROUSERS $4.65 Save the price of an en- tire new suit. All col- ors, sizes, patterns. EISEMAN’S 605-607 7th St. N.W. Do You Need a Cashier Run a Classified Ad in The Star—stating the details of the position you have open — and make your selection from the many applica- tions you are almost cer- tain to receive. Star Classified Ads get to practically all the people ?h Washington. “Around the corner” is a Star Branch Office. the men and! | the company, and if no agreement is are | making numerous requests that Na- | Sent . Allen, judge ad- | . |ONLY FOUR INDUSTRIAL |APPEAL TO LABOR BOARD AOWS BEFORE FEDERAL CONCILIATORS IN WEEK Notwithstanding the strikes and - rumors of strikes which have filled the public mind during the week, only four industrial dis- putes were brought before the Department of Labor's division of conciliation. These disputes in- volve carpet weavers in Philadel- phia, clothing workers in Philadel- phia, steel workers in De Kalb, 1L, and street car employes in Chicago. Director Kerwin of the division sald yesterday that twenty-nine strikes now were before the de- partment for settlement, and that { ten labor controversies which have not reached the strike stage also were engaging the attention of department concillators. PLAN OF ‘ARBITRATION. New York Public Committee Asks President to Name Agency. NEW YORK, July 22.—An arbitrat- ling agency, chosen by operators and miners rather than by the govern- ment, to which the facts in the coal i strike might be presented, and whose decision would be final, was recom- jmended as the means for ending the jcoal strike, in a letter sent today by the public committee on coal to President Harding and certain mem- bers of Congress. “The tenure of office of this arbi- trator. or arbitrators,” raid the letier, | {should be continuous. At the same !time a continuous government facts- {finding agency should be established { which could collect, by subpoena. if i necessary, all facts about the pro- {duction and distribution of coal, and { upon the data so collected intelligent jdecisions upon wages, hours and liv- ing conditions could be made.” “The presence of troops at the pit mouths is no real help to the con- suming public,” the communication |2dded. hould the government as- sume temporary occupation there is danger that the passions aroused may leave permanent scars. Moreover, the small amount of coal so mined will be produced at an outrageous cost. What the Industry needs to- day is the vision of the engineer more than the bayonet of the soldier.” {__The committee, of which Norman Hapgood is chairman, has been hold- ing hearings on the coal situation since the strike began. DENY MURDER CHARGE. in Ohio Killing June 27. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio, July 22.— [Robert Farmer, vice president of sub- district 5. Ohfo Mine Workers, and seven other persons, charged with first degree murder in connection with the killing of John Majors, a non- union workman, June 27, pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Judge W. W. Cowan today. Five charged with ‘manslaughter in connection with the killing also entered pleas of not guilty. Farmer's counsel made application to the court thut he be released under bond. The applica- tion was not passed upon. One of the defendants, with first degree murder, placed on trial August 14, charged will be Restricted Containing lions of feet i six miles of improved stree and includes what remains o tial section. forty homes from $15,000 to struction. Those who toda; indeed. Booklet mailed on 32d and Cathedral Ave. halls. Heated garages. Cathedral ave. ( Cathedral. three baths, brick garages; porches. Open to 9 p.m. The W Com Car Repai Thirteen Miners Plead Not Guilty | Massachusetts Park Values” between Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cathe- dral avenues. 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DETROIT, Mich., July —The United States Railway Labor Board asked to arbitrate the wage con- ference between the Michigan Central rallway and its 9,000 maintenance of WAy men, it was announced at the headquarfers of the United Brother- hood of Maintenance of Way En ployes and Railway Shop Laborers here today. Both sides in the contro- ! versy are drawing up arguments to i be submitted to the board, it was an- nounced. The maintenance men are demand- INg @ return to the wage scale in jeffect prior to July 1 for certain iclasses and increases above the former rate for all other classes. The labor board has announced that when twenty appeals for a review of its decision affecting railway wages have been filed it will reopen the matter, and six such appeals already have been filed, it was stated at the union headquarters. Confidence was expressed here the number would have been brought to twenty by the first of August, thus insuring the maintenance men of a review of their wage discussion. Announcement this morning that an agreement between the Michigan Cen- tral and the brotherhood had been signed on the wage question later was said at union hadquarters to be pre- mature. 0600000000000 00 'RELIEF IN 10 MINUTES 1000000000600 004( 3 Late Hits For Your Player-Piano Stumbling—Fox Trot. No. 1938 | Rosy-Posy—Fox Trot. No. 1922 lBuu Mirandy—Fox Trot. No. 952 On Sale a; McHUGH & LAWSON Everything Musical 1222 G St. N.W. and Zoned of forest-covered land, with ts ; adjoins Rock Creek Park f “The Triangle of Increasing $100,000 built apd under con- y are securing wooded villa request. 2822 Connecticut Ave. Since 1899. NO PLACE LIKE HOME NO HOME LIKE OURS Central and side Two and three baths. “Exhibit” 32nd and Open to 9 p.m. lot 24x120. Front and rear pany Inspectors