New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 22, 1921, Page 9

UNION MAN TELLS “CAUSE OF STRIKE Lee Says Public Is Rather Con- Tused on Reasons Cleveland, Oct. 22.—(By Associated Press)—Causes for the strike of rail- way workers set to begin in general at 6 A. m., Octobqr 30, are enumerated by W. G. Lee, president of the rail- road trainmen in a statement to the ‘fsoci&ted Press today. The state- ~ent was isued, Mr. Lee explained, because ‘“the public is rather con- fused” as to its causes, some believing it is for higher wages. Three Causes of Strike. The causes as ascribed by Lee: 1. The wage reduction of July 1. 2. Proposed further reductions. 3. Proposed elimination of rules which would mean still further reduc- tlons. Prepare For Walkout. ‘The local brotherhood chiefs are: Mr. Lee of the trainmen; Warren S. Stone of the brotherhood of locomo- tive engineers, and W. S. Carter, of the brotherhood of firemen and en- ginemen, while preparing to obey the citation to appear before the railroad labor board in Chicago next Wednes- day were also going ahead with plans to earry out the strike. ‘W. E. Shephard, president of the order of railway conductors, arrived last night. Lee’s Statement. r. Lee’s statement as to the causes of the strike follows: “The public is rather confused as to the causes for the railway strike. There is a belief on the part of some that the strike is for ,higher wages, and is not understood to be a demon- stration against a wage reduction to which has been added propositions further to reduce wages and eliminate rules which would mean still further reductions. “Railroad transportation empldyes even when peak wages were paid did not receive advanced wages in keeping with the increased living costs. ‘The daily rate paid transportation men was fixed for all classes in the United States in 1913 and regardless of the increaded cost of living, there were no increased wages for these employes until January 1, 1918 and only then after a most searching jinvestigation had been made by the Lane commis- sion to determine what should be the reasonableness of wages paig trans- portation employes. This corffmission reported that wages were inadequate and contrary to public opinion did not measure up with wages paid in other classes of service. “The Princely Wage.”” “The rate of a freight brakeman between Chicago and New York was $2.67 a day, which jvas referred to by the railways in their publicity 'cam- paigns as a princely wage, and the public naturally supposing that a busi- ness representing so much as the rail- way business would tell the truth, ac- cepted the railway statement without question. It does not take long to determine how much could be earned in a month of 30 days at a rate of $2.67 per day. Until January 1, 1918, $80.10 was the princely wage some fifty odd thousand railroad men re- ceived in what is known as the eastern territory. Other wages were in pro- portion to the wages of the freight brakemen. Rate With Reduction. “With the reduction in wages of July,1, 1921, the present wage of this employe§s $134.40 for 30 days in the month, and he is fortunate indeed if he-is able to make every day in the month. The many hazards of the service, exposure to the weather, and very many other reasons all contribute their share toward making him an in- termittent, as well as a piece worker. Transportation employes are not paid by the month, but by the day or trip. If business requires, they.work. If not, they lose the time. Theére are complratively few men now making full time. There are thousands of these men who are out of work, many of whom have as high as 15 yéars service, -because there js no need for them, while thousands of others have * to try to live on the pay of a few days a month, which is all the time the rail- way service requires from them. Let it be understood that no transporta- tion wages are paid unless the time is made. It is true that the railway companies show wages earned in much higher amounts than those quoted, but they do not tell that the higher month- ly amounts represent full time and overtime. Tt is fair to assume that everyone who is forced to work extra time expects to be paid for it. “The railroad companies have not been fair in their propaganda against the employes, and it is to be hoped that before the trouble is over that prejudiced opinion based on railway publicity misstatements will under- stand the exact wage that may be earned through the normal day's work.” . BABE RUTH REPENTS HIS BARNSTORMING (Continued from Preceeding Page.) NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD,SATURDAY, OCIUBER 22, — ING NEW DIRIGIBLE The Roma, bought from Italy for the U. S. Aviation Service, is being assembled for its first flight in this country at Langley Field, Va. CITY ITEMS Victrolas and Records, Henry Morans. —advt. Mr. and Mrs. Ossian Bennett of Harrison street, atténded thé Yale- Army football game at the Bowl to- day. Representative Arthur TRutherford attended the Yale-Army game in New Haven today. A masquerade party will be given to members of the Y. W. H. A, on Mon- day, Oct. 24, to start the soclal sea- son of the yvear, On Monday evening in O. U, A, M. hzll, Phoenix Temple of Honor will have as its ghests Supreme Templar Rev. J. B, Ackley of Portsmouth R. I.; Past Supreme Templar Hon. Da¥ld 1. Robinson of Gloucester, Mass., and members of the order from Ansonia, Seymour and Portland. Supper will be served at 7 p. m. The degree of “iidelity”. will be worked on several [pandidates fro mthe various Temples bresent. All fhembers are asked to be present. There will be a meeting of the New Britain Gaelic club tomorrow morning. at 10 o'tlock in Painters’ Hall on Church _ street. All members are earnestly requested to attend as mat- ters of great impprtance are to be diséussed, There will be a meeting of the joint commlittees of the ex-servicemen’s oT- ganizations appointed to arrange for a proper celebration of Armistice Day, Monday evening at 7:30 in the State Armory All members are requested to be present. Nov. 15-19. HOPE FOR THE “HEAVIES” Dr. Royal S. Copeland, New York health commissioner, exam- ining-candidates for his ‘reducing squad.” and womerr will follow his instructions and then serve as “exhib- its” at the health exposition to be held at Grand Central Palace, A group of 50 men e From 5 to 25 miles per hour in nine seconds flat is marvelously fast acceleration. Try it in a Paige 6-44 and see for yourself. Then figure out —if you can — ELEPHANT YARN AS TOLD BY HUNTSMAN J. W. Dowsett Has One Which Trims All Others London, Oct. 22.—A| good elephant yarn‘is told by J. Morewood Dowsett, a well-known big game hunter, who has just returned from a hunting trip in South Africa. He was hunting elephants in Uganda when information was Erought him of tho whereabouts of a large herd. With a native chief and a house boy, he started to find them. The party came upon the herd in the forest. Mr. Dowsett got several photographs within 20 yards of the beasts when the chief warned him that they had .been “scented” and that the animals were coming for them. Snatching up his rifle Mr. Dowsett shot and killed the leader, a big buli. While some surrounded their dead leader, many of the beasts stampeded and running the wrong way, Mr. Dow- sett wd cut-off from the party. Re- loading his gun, the hunter dashed off for safety and ran intc a big bull elephant which crashed through the bush six yards in front of him. Trunk aloft, ears extended and trumpeting wildly, the bLeast rushed at Mr. Dowsett and swept him to the ground with his trunk and turned rapidly in its own length ready to trampla him. The hunter took a flying dive under themonster’s belly, realizing he would then-be on the right side of the wind but the beast rapidly turned around and again tried to trample him. In- over with its legs and the hunter saw above him. the two great tusks as the beast tried to manoeuver his body in- to a positioand pick him up. Mr. Dowsett managed to roll behind the animal and get to his feet and make a rush for cover. To the hunter’s relief and surprise the furious beast set off in the oppo- site direction and disappeared. MORE THAN 75,000 - SEE YALE VS. ARMY (Continued From Fir=. Page). man, Edward Thorpe, La Salle; ficld judge, V. A. Schwartz, Brown, » All Tickets Sold. The oyt of town crowd for the game began to arrive by mid-forenoon ana looking to a sharp nip in the air most of the women carried furs. The Army banner of black, yellow and gray was often seen. Automobiles stredmed in for hours and were diverted to the vi- cinity of the Bowl. The occupants later made their way downtown for lunch or to see the cadets margh from the rail- road station to Yale commons. The Yale ticket management put on sale at 9 o’clock a large block of tickets which' had® been held in .reserve and these were quickly taken up so that be- | fore noon it was believed that every ticket issued had been captured. Many Watch Cadets. As so many thousands of the spec- tators were city residents the inflow by train jd not make so noticeable stream of traffic through the streets #s when Harvard or Princeton plays here, On the other hand everyone who could, was on _Church and Chapel streets to see the cadet regiment. Prob- ably there are very few persons here who have ever seen the cadets on par- ade at West Point and the sight of them al g 1921. Sixty years is the span between the youngest and oldest stud- too. cal ‘course. stead the animal rolled him over and | €nts of the University of Kentucky at Lexington. They’.re chums, Roscoe C. Kash, freshmah, is 1%. He is taking a pre-medi- Mrs. Stoughton A. Fletcher, 74, is a special student for advanced courses in French and Spanish. HUNTER TURNS IN 71, Pottstown,q Pa., Oct. 22.—Willie MHunter, amateur champion of Great Dritain, broke the amateur course vecord of the Mill Schoo! links here yesterday in an exhibition golf matchk with three meémbers of the Pennsyle vania Lesley cup team. Hunter alse tied the best mark ever made on the course, his/37 out and 34 back equals, ling the score made on the same course iast year by Walter Hagen. It was 3 better than the amateur mark. STERLING TIRE SALE At this unprecedented Sale we are offering the popular Sterling Tire at practically cost. Can you afford not to take advantage of these | ridiculously* low prices? Don’t Delay !—ACT. in line of march was regarded as a novelty well wor# witnessing. The cadets detrained at the station shortly after 10:30 and were formed in column on Union avenue, The gar- rison band was followed by the cadets own band. Each buglar in the band had a triangular banner of yellow edg- ed with gray~and an “A” in the center of his bugle. The regiment marched through State and Chapel streets to the college section, the sidewalks being dense with spectators. The cadets were dismissed at Wood- bride hall and most bf them went to mess in commons. They were reas- sembled and marched to the Bowl shortly after noon. By that hour the football crowd had started out Chapel and other streets, and an hour before the game the tiers of seats were filling up. The cadets came upon the ball field and were formed for drill and maneuvering which added the spec- tacular to the colorful scene. WOODS IS BEATEN. Dennie Allen Beats Minneapolis Pool Player 125 to 55. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. Allen, Kansas City veteran, 22.—Bennie handed For every day Ji the week. For every room. For general housecleaning. Solid Cake No Waste NEW BRITAIN CO-OPERATIVE ROOM 210 NATIONAL BANKBUILDING SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION NEW BRIT! il ORGANIZERS The New Britain i A\ Co-operative Sav- ings and Loan As- sociation was founded by work- ing men for their mutual benefit. ( iy PURPOSE Fop over thirty years it has been successfully pur- suing its purpose —to help the peo- ple of New Brit- ain save and build homes. the HH AIN, - CO! . i Y [ Ml and watch pile GROW Arthur Woods of Minneapolis his first Aefeat’ in the national pocket billiard championship tournament here last night by winning 125 to 55. Allen played remarkable billiards, complet- ing his string in nine innings. He had a high run of 33. James Maturo of New- York, in an- vlher sensational rally in the after- nron, defeated W. F. Delangh of Phil- adelphia, 125 to 108. Maturo went out in the fortieth inning with an unfinished run of 37. Walter Franklin the lanky player from Kansas City won from M. Ko- vach of Trenton in the other after- noon /match by the score of 125 to 96. It ‘took the Westerner fifty-two in- nings to gain the decision, his best run tieing 15, as against 17 for the New Jersey champion. Sterling Tires made of- the very best material and are oversize. The most - liberal guarantee goes with each sale. The sale lasts until Sept 15, after, that the prices must go up. Buy now— you won'’t get this chance again. Sale now going on at A. 6. HAWKER ELM STREET See price list and the guarantee on this page. Open Monday, Friday & Saturday evenings. A chair factory at Wycombe," Eng., burns its waste-wood and refuse for power and light. 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