The evening world. Newspaper, September 27, 1919, Page 1

) a P | “ Circulation Books Open to All,” | y The Pree Publishing _York | Workt » a TEST IN STEEL STRIKE TOBE REACHED ON MONDAY: COMPANIES EXPECT BREAK Union Leaders Rally Worker: | g Gf Mew Morice pen * Rialto Has Z ‘Handbook Men’s Strike Express Confidence. MORE MEN RETURNING.| | Outside Workers of of Racetrack Betting Commissioners Foster Says Walkout Was Called too Soon, but Could Want Bigger Share. { Not Be Postponed, By Martin Green. Bpecial Staff Correspondent of The Evening World. Septet 1010. by THe Pree Privticing Co (The New York Krening World » PITTSBURGH, Sopt. 27. showdown of strength on both sides fm the steel striko is looked fur Monday. At that time steel company @Mfictals dectare they ‘eal break in the ranks of the ers and the number of the wor! out. The steel men cli the crippling of th The handbook men of the Rialto |have gone on a atrike, What are handbook men? They are the agents of the “Betting Commissioners,” who | will put down a bet on any of the |horse races. “The agents go out and get the customers and bring them to the ¢ issioners. They are known parlance as the “outside The real on are confident of a |!" atrik- | whle on All of this, of course, is unknown to police. But with three race- tracks going, it's “fine pickings” for the commissioners, Broadway is dl- Vided into “zones,” and the outside men have their picked zones, When return of an appre the ers who have that ns in some Vprtocalities they are even now i 1 outside man gets in wrong up the average of producti zone thero is a fight and ai. + in the The union ledders insist that pro-| Police court, but the court is u.ver in- duetion is badly shattered and that ‘ormed of the cause of the fight, they will not only hold out the men, The strike {efor more wages, OF - im./ rather a bigger percentage of the er oe rere ee steadily i | roney brought to the commissioner. Ser TBSIE) BUCH OrgAnIEETS | ieo the settlement of the zone ques- } Dave been sent Into every part of thi8 110) More is no question as to hours By sigh Pa signee jie le yr days. The outside men are willing mass meetings are sche y to work night and day, “We ought to get more money,” said one of the strikers this morn- Incalities for to-night Sheriff Haddock of Alle haa assured the strike orrow, heny County hat ders ing. “We bring in the money and such meetings will be protected | 99 por cent, of it goes to the Commis- where they are held indoors. sioner, That's the per cent. of the Reports to the Carnegie Steel C losers that are picked, Where do we Pany to-day said its plants were still | get off?" gaining men. All those in the Mo “What do you know about the Rongahela Valley declared there | strike of the handbook men?” a dig | policeman on Broadway was asked. “What d’ye mean handbook men?" manded (he cop and his indignant look was like @ blast of hot air out of the blue more men at work than Of the fifteen mills of the Allegheny | Steel Company, thirteen are in opera- | tion, The Pennsylvania Iron and Stec Company reported every man at work MILLS SLOSED BEFORE aeere| |GOMPERS COMES HERE FOR LABOR CONFERENCE TO REOPEN. Spends Four Hours With Secretary Many mills closed before the strike | was called are planning to resuine | | | of Chicago Unions but Has | Nothing to Say. | operations Monday. They include the McKeesport Tin Plate Company, 8,000 men, and the Pittsburgh Steel Com- “pany at Monessen, The Edgar Thomson and Carrie| ‘pho chief activities In the steel strike Plants of the Carnegie Company re-|haye been transferred to this city sport ten out of eighteen furnaces |Samuel Gom| prea'dent of the operating with preparations being | American ation of Labor is here eee and has b i rence with Ed- (Continued on Second Page.) —— CLOSING TIME ary of the Central on of Chicago, of Cha'rman of |ward Nockles, se: 7 a Labor t John Fitzpatrick, | whieh |the Org Jis prestc Sunday Worls must be The World's “lain Mficeono | belore 7.30 Saturday evening = | | Magna Low Bursts Into : hy fae " ption, Positively no Advertisements vil HONOLULU, T. HL, Sept Mauna be accepted alter Us Une . cane on Hilo Island burst into work Want Send your dund Advertisement wn loouay v4 1 as th rt ' a columns of Lava or 4p 11s publication, 8 SE ARAL { |cont gases are visible from the ob- - ervatory, aki nizing Committee of the Strike | | After a four-hour conference, Feekie . | drove to the Woolworth Building to SUNDAY WORLD Merlo aie ana thire aa ta tice oa Want Advertis maentatoe The pany 8 ae intary, Mey baa BETHLEHEM STRIKE ORDERED MONDAY: 40,000 INVOLVED Steel Workers’ Committee Acts After Foster Announces Refusal of Conference. Shipbuilding Plants of Schwab -Company Not Affected by Walkout Instructions. PTTTSBURGH, Sept. 27.—A strike of the union employees of the Beth- lehem Stee] Company was called to- Qay by the Steel Workers’ National Committee. ‘The strike at © o'clock is to become effective next Mondny morning. The action was taken after Secre- tary Wm. Z. Foster had laid before the full committee hia letter request- ing, and President Grace's letter re- fusing, a conference with the union. Foster declared that the Bethlehem employes were highly organized and that his reports indicated they had voted 100 per cent. in favor cf the strike. ‘The decision to call the strike was) reached after @ three-hour conference of the committee. The Bethlehem 40,000 men. ‘The shipbuilding plants of the Leth- lehem interests will not be affected, Foster said, as they are working un- der a union agreement. | The plants affected by the strike order are at Steelton, Reading, Leban- ‘on, Titusville and South Bethlehem, in Pennsylvania, and Sparrows Point Maryland. The strike order was iim mediately telegraphed to the eth: eel workers’ representative company employs After calling the Bethlehem strike the committee adjourned to meet again late to-day, when the matter of a conference with the heads of the railroad brotherhoods will be taken up. Other important matters pertaining to the strike will aso receive the commit- tee’s attention, Mr. Foster said, seeds Sie DOUBT CAST ON LANDING OF AMERICAN MARINES Serbian Account of Italian Evacua- tion of Trau Makes No Mention of U. S. Force, LONDON, Sept. 27.--A despatch sent out by the Serbian Press Bureau at | Belgrade on Thursday refers to the evacuation of Trau by Italians, but does not mention American participation in |tho disorders there. It says inhabitants of Tra an armored car, three m and @ quan- M | TO WORK AT YOUNGSTOWN |Efforts Will Be Made to Reopen Big Carnegie Plant on Mond Youn¢ STOWN, O pt. 27.—Fo! lowing % canvass of employees as Uiey re their pay to-day, oMcials works of the Carnegie Stee} , anounced that an attempt will be made on Monday to reopen the mii, first effort marks the announcement at resum) the Mu strike ting last ni to work returr zoe, of of the Brier Hill Steel Co, nave ited to Go back, CALLS MEN UNANIMOUS. } 1919, ” Circulation Books Open to All. rAd 12 PAGES —— Turned Over to Shipping Board Soon. NEW SERVICE PLANNED Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Graf Waldersee, and Zeppelin Among Vessels Won. WASHINGTON, Gept. 27.—The eight former German liners allocated to the United States after the armis- tice, Including the former Hamburg- American Imperator, second largest ship affoat, are to be turned over to the Shipping Board by the War Department as soon as necessary surveys can be made. Tho British Ministry of Shipping here had expected that the Imperator would be turned over to its agents at nine A. M. to-day at Hoboken, and the vessel already had been promised to the Cunard Lino for service be- tween New York and England. De- cision that the ship should be de- livered to the Shipping Board qvas reached late last night at a confer- ence between board officials and representatives of the War Depert- ment. steamer the States, the ships were used as trans- ports and Great Britain has contend- ed that their allocation was only tem- porary and that when the troop movement had been completed they wore to revert to the Allied shipping pool for permanent allocation. J. H. Rosseter, Director of Operations for the Shipping Board, said to-day, how- ever, that the board held that the original assignment of the ships was permanent Besides the Imperator, the ships are the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Cap Finietre, Graf Waldersee, Prinz Frederick Wilhelm, Pretoria, Mobile and Zeppelin. All are huge passen- ger liners which had been laid up in German ports during the war, After the armstice they were de- livered to American naval officers in | England. All of the vessels are now in port in this country, most of them jat New York It was suid that, with the German liners eeized in Am an ~ortes when |this country entered the war, thev | would be used in establishing new American freight, mail and passen- | ger lines, presumbably to Great Bri- tain and Europe, ag well as to South ‘america. \FOCH NOTIFIES ¢ GERMANS | TO GET OUT OF LITHUANIA Forwards Note, Under Direction of Supreme Council, Threatening to Cut Off Food § PAR The Supre Government through Marshal note demanding the ev Lithuania by © penalties ou. troops under dras request | ocAKE i After their allocation to the United | Former Enemy Ships to Be|GQING UP! ELEVATOR BOY IN A, F, OF L. BUILDING DEMANDS MORE WAGES “I Want 75 Cents an Hour Instead of 60,” He Says—No Increase in Four Months. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 NE elevator operator em- ployed at the American Federation of Labor Bulld- ing wants a wage increase. “I want 7% cents an hour instead of the 60 I now get," he sald to- day. “I'm going to get it too when it gets cold. Then the firemen's union will demand that rate, I Delong, My last raise was four months ago from 50 nts an hour.” \U, . AGTS TO PROTECT GALICIAN JEWS IN AUSTRIA Gets Assurance From Chancellor That Precautions Have Been Taken, VIENNA, Friday, Sept. 26 (By Aa- sociated Press).—Albert Halstead, American consul at Vienna, has asked Chancellor Renner regarding the or- der of expulsion issued against the Galician Jews in Austria, in connec- tion with which there had been rumors of impending persecutions. Mr. Halstead told the Chancellor that in the event of any such dem- onstrations or possible outrages against the Jews, American public opinion would be against Austria. The Chancellor gave assurances to the American representatl hat all precautions had been taken to prevent violence. AMBASSADOR GREY GOES TO WASHINGTON Expresses Sympathy for Wilson in His Illness and Compares Roy- alty With Common People. acount Grey, speclal Ambassador from Great Britain, who arrived yes from London, spent the night the steamship Mauretania and Jeft for Washington at 10.30 o'clock to-day from the Pennsylvania terminal Reporters, soon after his arrival, the new special Ambassador expressed deer regret at the filness of President Wil kon and keen solicitude as to his con dition, > 2 BALLOON RACERS LAND. Pilot Craft and « Navy Boy ta Ale B Forced Down, 8T. LOUIS, se 7.—The Navy t loon, piloted by Lieut, W, Ree nalgn J. aide, has 1 two! of ording But u ken, alde, tnt iat ) landed mt bar in Misi e to re Ler. Col, Jacob p renenting Fort Omi v.00 tothe Louie Cou " alles fr ” ‘a 2,000 Shipba' Vote to Strike, CHICAGO, Sept. 27.—Ty wad ipbuilders « yed in soul yards have voted to strike tr sympathy STRIKE TIES UP ALL BRITISH RAILWAYS; 650,000 MEN OUT | England to Use Her Military, and Naval Forces to fic. WAR RATIONS ORDERED. Soldiers to Be Used to Run Trains and Buses Carry Food for People. LONDON, Sept. 27.—The Ministry of Transport shortly before 8 o'clock this afternoon announeed that the stoppage of traMc on the through the atrike was virtually o@itt plete, except in Ireland, where the lines are not affected. The announee- ment said that no disturbances bad | been reported. Elsewhere not a rallroad train was funning and the olectric tramway and subway service was reduced to a| minimum, More than 650,000 mem- | bers of the National Union of Rall- waymen walked out in a body. “The precipitancy of this aotion! gives the impreasion of a deliberate) | and matured intention on the part of some individuals to seek a quarre! at any cost,” sald Premier Lloyd George {in a statement to-day on the strike. | “It has convinced me it is not | strike for wages or better conditions, |continued the Premier, “The Govern- ment have reason to belleve it has been engineered for some time by a small, but active, body of men who have wrought tirelessly and insldi-, ously to exploit the labor organtaa-| Uons of this country for subversive | ends.” |READY TO USE MILITARY AND NAVAL FORCES. The Government means to use the military and naval forces to keep the main services in operation and to ang- |ment this with @ thousand motor lor- |ries to distribute foodstuffs in dis- |tricts where they are most needed. To add to the terrors of the rail- road strike the announcement at noon to-day of the impending | itrike of the miners and transport workers, who, with the railway men, make up the Triple Alliance with a membership of 8,000,000, Great Brit- ain's most powerful labor organiza- tion. me The Food Ministry sprang a big surprise when it revealed the exist- ence of sccret food reserves in Lon- don, which, it was estimated, are suf- ficient to mupply the city for six weeks. Stocks in other parts of the! kingdom, it was declared, will en- able Britain to subsist for at least eight weeks. Motor lorries, stationed jted before U. 8 |road brid, Mrs. Wilson and dent May Be afternoon, Dr. Grayson remained weeks ago, the President made his f HORN ADMITS WRECKING \Insists It Was an Act of War Since He Was Officer in the German Army. Werner Horn, an enemy allen, admit Commissioner James G, Carpenter in Jersey City to-day that he blew up the Canadian Pacific Rail- over the St, Croix River In Adam Pariah, N. B., on Feb, 2 orn, who was to have been Germany, was held upon the Canadian Government's request for his extradi- ton. “I blew up the bridge in behalf of my country as an officer in the German Army in war time,” Horn told Com- missioner Carpenter, ‘Te faces life im- — ee THRIFT DAY SET OCT. 3 All New York Children Asked to Pledge Themselves to Save to Cut Living Costs, ALBANY, Sept. 27.—A proctamation designating Friday, Oct, 3 as Thrift Registration Day, was issued to-day by Gov, Smith In the proclamation the Governor urges that all children in the State shall appear at the near- est public xchool to register their in- tention to save and sconomize means of combating the high living and to agres to Invest in ernment Thrift Stamps, ROSALIND AGAIN IN TROUBLE. er Forced to Anchor of City Inland, a of d Cross at all parts of the country, early to- DON STALLED. Pribably lows th day bowan operating between the sea ports and fool depots im the inland cities, | | HALF THE WORKERS OF LON-|, \h un half the working The Red Cross liner Rosalind, which went aground off Shippen Point, Stamford, Conn, Thursday morning and was floated last night, |was pi w York te when more te 7 to anchor Divers went b ore than ten Was pumped the onl from the part of the population « © contre of London t tosday. ‘The suburban a wer et aecommodate a [it n of je desirin’ prs Tens of thousands of bieycles mad a WHI Continue Eftorts to Effect Arbi- | tration. VASHINGTON. Sept the recomn the Sonate Co n labs rings on the steel strike efforts to get employers to agree to that PACKANT, Fthgunke CANADIAN BORDER BRIDGE Prisonment if he is returned to Canada, , FOR STATE BY GOV, SMITH Pree condition, however, justified Ad~ Ss. GETS IMPERATOR AND 7 BIG LINERS FIGHT BIG GERMAN LINERS INCLUDING GIANT [MPERATOR ARE AWARDED 10 ThE U.S WILSON PHYSICIAN REPORTS A FAIRLY RESTFUL NIGHT; CROWDS WATCH FOR TRAIN Dr. Grayson Are Constantly Within Call—Presi- Unable to Meet Royal Belgian Family When They Land in America. ON BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON'S TRAIN, Richmond, Ind, Sept. 27.—President Wilson was able to sit up for a wiiile early this with him. A crowd met the train at Richmond, This is the place where, three first rear platform’ speech of the tour, , Earlier in the day Dr. Cary T. Grays |von, the President's physician, tasued |the following bulletin: “The President's condition is abput the same. - He has had a fairly restful night, GRAYSON,” It was learned that the President had slept during much of the night jand until late in the morning, PRESIDENT RESTLESS DURING THE EARLY EVENING. He had been more or less restlegs in the evening and Dr. Grayson, who as & precautionary measure spent the night in an adjoining room on the pri- vate car Mayflower, did not get to bed until a late hour, That he was able to get some sleep was Interpreted as a,food omen, the evident concern of those nearest him being to get his mind entirely away from the subjects which have occu- pied his energies during recent months. Lesides Dr. Grayson Mrs, Wilsop was in constant attendance upon the President during the night and again te-day. She also was able to get some rest, and seemed refreshed from the apparent strain of the last fe days. The train arrived at Indianapolis at 10.83 and left at 10.51 A. M Wilson's diet is under the direct | supervision of Dr. Grayson and is being propared by the negro cnet who has bean cook on the Mayflower dur- ing the entire journey. Kis diet ts very light as his digestion is much ime | paired. MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MEET BELGIAN KING IN NEW YORK, Although Secretary Tumulty ame Nounced that all of the President's appointments in the near future had been cancelled, it became known that Mr. Wilson still belleved he might be able to go to New York next Friday to welcome King Albert of Belgiam Other members of the party ‘hought it Likely that the plan would be aban- doned and that the greeting would lake place instead at Washington, Whether the President will leave Washington for the rest Dr, Grayson ‘has prescribed will not be determined immediately. He will at least remain Jat the White House for a few days, ond it may be decided that the isola- don desired can be secured there bet- ter than at Some place away ‘rom the capital The President was described as in 1 spirits, and in a telegram to the {members of his family he assured them there was “nothing to be alarmed at" in his illness, Tho President fought to continue his mission, nst the orders of his physiolan and of Mra Wilson, The extreme nervousness manifested in balsas ie one sine, Bie 4 oo le LE LL LS ee ee