The evening world. Newspaper, October 22, 1919, Page 1

| | ” Conference TO-NIGHT'S WEATHER—Cloudy; Cooler. __ PRICE ‘TWO CENTS. Copreighty A010, by 1 . The The [“ Circulatio: |“ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ he Press ishing York World), NEW Wilson Demands That Labor Council Agree YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, LOST EVERYTHING ; David Lawrence fence Anidyass the Situation, but Still Finds Hopeful Outlook, No One Group Responsible | for Delay, but Labor Gets in Bad Position. By David I Lawrence. (Special Correspondent of The wouldn't yield an inch ite right to ' hire or fire, * with anybody it pleased. to deal or not to deal And the public group offered a fair and basic proposal establishing broad principle that workmen have a right to organize into associations of their own choosing, but both capl- tal and labor vetoed it and the net result of more than two weeks of bickering at Industrial is determina- the Peace simply a * tion to bicker further Tho trouble that resolu- tion, wouldn't satisfy is any lly the employ- however car phrased, either ~ AT UABOR COUNCIL sess: sui CONFERENCE TO GO ON. |trom nis sick bed. was mad | ‘LABOR ASKED ALL, WILSON TELLS LABOR COUNCIL IT set REACH AGREEMENT ; AILURE IS INTOLERABLE on and Force Rule as in Civil Life?” He Asks—‘Is Nothing to Be Done Except What WASHINGTON, Wilson's letter to the Oct. —Presi dent Industrial Peace Conference dictated yesterday public to-day by Chairman Lane “To the Ladies entiemen of the Industrial Con “Tam advised your Chairman that you have come to a situation which appears to threaten the life of your conference, and isecause of that I am presuming to address a word of | very solemn appeal to you as Ameri- Evening World.) jeans, Jt is not for me to assess the WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (Copy-| blame for tho preseat cundition, I . do not speak in a spirtt of criticism right, 1919.)—Union labor wanted) o¢ any individual ue af any group. ,all—and got nothing. Capital “But having called this confer- once, | feel that my temporary indisposition should not bar the way to a frank expression of the seriousness of the position in which this country will be placed should you adjourn without hav- ing convinced the American peo- ple that you had exhausted your resourcefulness and your patience in an effort to come to some com- mon agreement. ASKS IF SUSPICION AND FORCE SHOULD RULE. “At a time when the nations of the world are endeavoring to find a way of avoiding industrial war, are we to confess that there is no method to be found for carrying on industry except in the nd with the very method of war? Must suspicion and hatred and force rule us in civil life? spirit Is Compelled?” And this is the of democracy. HEARS OF DIVISION ON ONLY | ONE PRINCIPLE, “It is my understanding that you have divided upon one portion only of a possible large programme which has not fully been developed, Before \* severance !s effected based upon present differences, I believe you |should stand together for the de- | velopment of that full programme |touching the many questions within the broad scope of your investiga- tions. “It was in my mind when this con- ference was ca.led that you would concern yourselves with the discov- very heart and soul ery of those methods by which a measurable co-operation within in- dustry may have been secured, and if new machinery needs’ to be de- signed by which a minimum of con- flict between employers and em- ployecs may reasonably be hoped for, that we should make an effort to se- cure its adoption. “It cannot he expected that at every step all parties will agree upon each proposition or method suggested. Li is to be expected, however, that as a whole, « plan of programme can be agreed upon which will advance fur- ther the productive capacity of America through the stablishment of a surer and heartier co-operation between all the clements engaged in ndustry, PUBLIC EXPECTS AGREEMENT TO BE REACHED. PERMITS OPERAIN DUMMY SAFE; REAL GERMAN TONIGHT — ONE 1S LOOTED te Artistic Burglars — Provide Papier Mache Strong Box for Police to Watch All Night. jJustice Giegerich yew: Takes to | Vacate Temporary Injunction Granted by Bijur. POLIC. ACTION BARRED. SHOE CO, L@SES $2,000. Whole Matter to Be Argued To-Morrow — ‘Buck — Pass- ing” Charged by Lawyer. Hole Sawed Through Floor of Brooklyn Store — Knew Robbers Were Coming. There will be German opera to- night at the Lexington Theatre. tice While four detectives armed to the Jus-| hip pocket were watching a safe in erich in the Supreme Court) Brooklyn within a stone's throw of to-day refused to vacate a temporary | Mayor Hylan's burglars injunction granted by Justice BUur}whomethe sleuths were waiting do- to prevent interference by the Mayor home, for liberately carried that safe away and and police with the production of the blew it to pieces, Then they took Star Opera Company, which caused $2,000 from the wreckage and went a riot at its opening Mond t. Away. The watching detectives found Jout anothe about it on the following day. This example of the fine art of burglary was displayed Sunday at no right to vacate ure " ruled Justice ‘ ch, and. (berstere will not inter-|ehe giyn shon store, No, 1267 Broad Ait Pole eh neeg lbh a Aaah ball we way, Brooklyn. ‘The police, deeply ho sagan rah i) lay role offended by the impudence of the eae ial a toemorrow after j job, naturally refrained from men- 20) | nea Jtioning it. Why advertise the burg- The temporary injunction was|). 5 igned at o'clock “ hg ” " 2 ple 4 s ain age fe Jast night bY) mrough the quiet of Sunday after- py for the Star Opera Company, sale ts 3 biked aur the show store heard drilling. in court to y that the Justice had, " told him he would have signed th ey could not jocate 4 exuctly, but ‘ vous aia they told the Detectives, four | injunet in time for a performance Ailes | F of them, came from the Ralph Avenue jast night if application d been station, They the manager of the made to him early My Cireulation Books Open to All’ itd 21 8 I _P. AGES” RADICALS KEEP DOCKS TIED UP Court Prevents Mayor Stopping Germa ORDER OF COURT DETECTIVES GUARD (MAYOR ORDERS —FICHT FOR UNION’ CONTROL 1919, | COURT ATTACK ON BROOKLYN FARES ICity to Gamat B. R. T. Lines | Keep Contracts or For- | feit Franchises. BASED ON NEW RULING, |Court of Appeals Decision | Which (Halts Nixon’s Ac- | tion Encourages Hylan. Pncouraged by the decision of the Court of Appeala which denies Public Service Commissionor Nixon the right to jack up carfares, Mayor Hy- lan tomar WW Teter Thetracted Cor- poration Cqunsel Burr to begin im- mediately a logal fight against fare increases in Brooklyn following Fed- eral Judge Mayer's order permitting the B. R. T. surface lines to operate separately, Unless the Brooklyn lines agree to live up to thelr contracts with the} city for a five-cent fare the Law De-| partment will demand, under the provision of the Quinby decision in the Rochester case which has just jbeen upheld by the Court of Ap |peals, thet the B. R. T. lines forfeit thelr franchises. This legal battle | promises to be one of the most in | teresting and far-reaching in im- portance the history of traction, ‘The Mayor writes: “I hope you will look into the ad- in ers or employees’ groups recauso Are our industrial eit and our! The public expects not less than “The City Admin. Tenn was tolo- 2% store, J. Wasserstrom, to pon | Cin Onel ONeteS oF Caren on He coh eee trial workers to live together : ‘ e y AG istration was tele ; Speyer es {lyn trolley tines ch were - each has in mind certain inferences agp eat ene Ry eantitotier oonetante picid Ai ae ube that one end In| Shoning to me all yesterday morning, |{"® Place for them and they I+} 100 ao, tne order of Judge Julius and interpretations based uu past Pe ing for advantage over each || found levtoe ee the WaY| hogging me to get an injunction,” [SPected- , 7 h ang|M: Mayer of the Federal Court and experience and policy which would other, doing naught but what ls com-| Bi ieee ae hd a boy end, or until Sisuer told the court “In other hey found a hole six feet high al “|render every possible service to the rise up to block the passage of pelled? lana ene _ or the men who work) words, the City Administration in| {Ur wide had Been cut in & becadirail people in protecting their interests | principle, however perfectly phrased |" «sy ¢riends, this would be an In-|industry are eo ect amon America| simply trying to pass the buck to the | Wa! aA ee ie avent | aeainst an increased fare in itself. tolerable outlook, prospect un-| paths that all efforts ut co-operation |COUnt® In this matter.’ renee at ots ar, at the bare |, Jf mantpulations in transit pecuri- NEED OF COMPLETE PRO-|wortny of the large things done by|are doomed to failure. Steuer declared that at a confer: eee ae ae ere than to| wee were stopped and the watered GRAMME 1S RECOGNIZED. | this people on the mastering of this, “L renew my appeal that with a |*2ce yesterday Justice Bijur told him ’ i stock of the many different com- rhe need of a coluplete prograt: continent; indeed, it will be an invita- | full comprehension of Tenidat ine] SP) COM VPRRY: “Waa, Dertootly ientited planning a burglary penien: aiiuilaated and-# yey eon at princi) safeguarding rights| Hon t National disaster, From such | comparable important your task |to Present German opera, he id one detective. “We'll wait SP natytthige Tee oot Nace Te . » abuxes there, do-| 2 Possibility my mind turny away,/to this and to other peoples and with |'t was the duty of the poll snatch them." trouble rating at @ profit on a here, denuunciag abu 2 for my confidence is abiding that in| full faith in the high patriotism and protection for “all. who at aap saa tes al fining privileges and stating limits nig jand we have learned ihow to! good faith of each other i wee re ashy ‘The manager was sent home. Two In Philadelphia a passenger. can is now recognized, Until & comPre accept the general judiment upon | your task to a happy conclusion | “Justice Bijur told n 16, rare | Serta yee EG tere ee aoa, [Loe gevemeen smuioe fore plkel, Tn hensive declaration of principles 18 matters that affect the public weal.’ “WooDROW WILSON.” | up to him he would cut the| watehing position: in the beck yard. | Gan Franciago ang otter cullen & Rive: before the conference so that each | — ee eats a militia to protect German opera| TW° more watched the front door of} cent, fare i Helng. charmed Sate group can point to the exact de- | here: (d:.Ne-cruaihed . goers," Steuer told Justic Giegerich,|'"® Store. Their position was such} in “Other cities can t fects without taking refuge as now Mey tt dees ugited from day to) Justice Bijur iustrated his point| that they could see plainly the large | York.” - 7 day demanded Frank Morrison, by saying: ‘If a resident is singing safe in the back part of the store. —<———— in the fear of a misinierprata (lon Secretary of the American Federa-|°% "0¥)D8! “Spies 8 SINGING | rney had chosen this position be- of a single resolution on collec ion of Labor. in German in hly residence and a SUGAR PRICE MUST DOUBLE . | e loafer throws @ stone through the | 2us¢ they figured that If the burglars | OW" bargaining there oa be no ne | PLEDGE 10 GIVE I, Mores announced after the con-| window 1 will act against tho loafer |4!4 come, they probably would attack gent lineup on any. side, rence that all the members of the w Twill sta he loafer | id com IS PLEA OF PRODUCERS Instead of a feeling of despals| | bor group would return to the after-|Gnemane nn SRN eee NE ey watched night. Nothing hopefulness prevali and there jnoon session, Other members sald|~ aysistant Corporation Counsel | happened—that is nothing hi 4! Cron Reduced 50 Per Cent. by in the labor he puolic or it \ |the group had decided as @ whole to Nickerson asked the court for delay, |® far as they had seen. They went I Ba pines, Banais moms ital groups are those who think te ee in the conterenge 1s he had not had time to collect am- | 4ck to the station disgusted Monday Rains, y Tell Senate conference can accomplish nothing tenth ane and others in the con-|anvits he wanted. On hie motion the|™orning. Hardly had they got there Committee. futile, but the optimists predominate tlon was ‘based upon the desire. uf Broke the safe All) ne Senate Agricultural Committee to and the conference is to go on. Who Is to blame for the procras- tination and disagreement? No one group, but all of them combined Union labor, however, put itself in such an awkward and ambiguous position at the Tuesday session that pnquestionably many members in the public group who are among the best of the workingmen’s friends have felt their sympathies torn for the moment from the uncompromis- Samuel ing follower Gompers. REASONS FOR THE DISAGREE- MENT ARE EXPLAINED. Here is casts such a clear light on the troubles of the reason and it the conference that an exact repro- duction of the stenographic record tells the “Mr, Chadbourne: Mr. Chairmat (Continued on Twenty-first Page) a NS BEFOLE MEALS Seed Minsetien make Labor Group Withdraws fora Conference and Then Agrees to Return. some individual members of the labor delete to be at liberty to with- draw trom the vonterence ly they de- sired. it was said that should any Back went the detectives. At front door of the store they peered in the $12,000 IN CITY BONDS n its accustor ed position of them withdraw, new di " A | ly f “ ane probably would be appointed and the Yee SPAT SRE IBORe URE WASHINGTON, Oct There] -#ber group remain in the confer peti harmed. ; rere} once “Come this way," said the mana- was applause on all sid when ———— — S hin © enor f a an Sg Chairman Lane of the Labor Confer Gans Steamship Co, Reports Dis: | ger, Serenata | ; going down cell: n the cellar lay WANN ahr she pubile ‘A RAIDED A WOMEN’S CAMP Vault, the real safe, blown wide open, Most ma UR ecm pa The Dow-Jonex r service to-day}of the store's stuck rubbers had President pledge bind notified ert t $12,000 worth of | been used to muffle the sound so the every group und tndividual ¢ Mrs. Violet Douglas Pennant Says a aut Ma int ind te ee et Ce era eas a Cee Kory ArOM qr ate aie mn YS] due July 7 (serial number Bin jon the detectives went upstair nothlag would be left undone Drunken American Climbed — |inclusivey were inissing, and ieee : ge a solve the problems before the body A i that any information regardin the nuel Gompers said adoption of the Through Wind WW, securiti be vimnunicated i Johu {Rabtiates wa Seosnd Fewh) motion would be “most unfortunate,"| LONDON, Oct. 22.—Mre, Violet | Gans Jr. at No. 12 Broadway . The motion, which had been, sec-|Pouglas Penna ifying before the| ‘This afternoon the police reported View the City from. the mded by Harry A, Wheeler, Chair. [inquiry she obta her dismissal |that the Gans Steamship Compan WORLD RESTAURANT, ; Tan BRAKE ORoKG ip eibe witha ® andant of the Women's Royall had ween bed of the bond . : fi c a Y a drawn © Bienes a that Am Jburglars. ‘The door of the office had 3 Members of the labor group then} oom Snce Talded @ women's ca Jbeen opensd with a jimmy and the elived “- ey r eiheidaed ib Pe ‘ ; As t On» drunken oMicer climbed through | PMPer ae THR WORLD TRAVEL, BUREAU, c conference hail, the i ow ound the dikes tered Arcade. 4 Zn : sturbance,”” she testified. “OMcors| morning wt § o'clock when the offi over Mr, Spargo’s motion often took the girls Joy riding and ree!was opened. Detectives from "ne G3 | ae pogge Ear Seeaer nat carers pen, Sas 08 “pe you | won We aye Bolog to stay turned Sunned drunk of dawn, abe decarcd SS eee ve ” vega pork Mosby. srdere snd. tenveam” shocks Yet + ‘or iocue any parking ae the cane, * effect a fair price agreement between the sugar producers and the Sugar Equalization Board have thus far failed, Senator Ransdell, a member of the ttee, admitted to-day Plantation owners in Louisiana told commi the committee that because of ex- ssive rains lese than a 60 per cent crop would raised thin y and that owing to the increased cost of »roductio pric ugar would iave to be doubled if the producers were to break even posed the MeNary bill which wo! renew the Hcense of the Sugar Equal: ization Board, and regulate the price f suga CoA eckels predicted that if he McNary bill was passed t . ple would have to pay n $50,000, | 009 to $100,000,000 t ugar this yea | _ | Ba-K Som Visit» \merongen, THE E, Oct. 22,-A Wil vel, 60n of the former Kaler, arpived was In Amerongon ou Alouda) leariied ‘to-day, TO-MORROW'S WEATHER—Partly Cloudy. n Opera PREVENTS PIER STRIKE END; 3,000 OUT OF 60,000 RETURN Hylan Blamed for Continuation of Longshoremen’s Tie-Up as Rival Leaders Keep Up War for Control —Some Dockmen Quit in Fear. Along the waterfront to-day there was more uncertainty about ending the longshoremen’s strike than at any time since the beginning of the tie-up, which for more than two yes) has paralyzed transatlantic and coastwisé shipping. — At some of the piers a considerable number of longshoremen returned towork and at others the men returned, only to quit after several hours. Jn other sections of the city the longshoremen were undecided as to what to do. in many cases the longshoremen frankly confessed that they were jafraid to go back to work, WILSON “IN FINE SHAPE” FOLLOWING ONE OF BEST NIGHTS OF HIS ILLNESS Tumulty Says President Could Sign Bills if He Had Them—Diges- Meanwhile rival leaders continue to fight for the control of the union, both sides professing anxiety to get the men back to work, Dut each wanting to get “credit” for ending the strike. T. V. O'Connor, President of the International Longshoremen, and the longshoremen who acknowledge his leadership, Mayor Iylan's Tammany meeting yesterday for the failure of the men to return blame Hall | tion More Satisfactory. to work: WASHINGTON, Oct, 22.—President| Mayor Hylan blames O'Connor's ef- Wilson was sald by Socretary|fort to forestall the Tammany Hall meeting by getting the delegates to vote to return to work, ‘The Mayor, supported by Paul Vac- carelll and Richard Butler, radical leaders among the longshoremen, were continuing thelr efforts “to end the strike,” and Mayor Hylan, tn a formal statement, expressed the belief that his efforts would be successful, ‘uynal Industrial Conference. “EL have unbounded faith in the | The Vresident's physicians tssued) men," said the Mayor, “They have this bullesin at 11.10 A. M. been led tn a confused sort of way by The President had one of the best false prophets and many of them nights his illness began. His! dont know which way to turn. Give temperature, pulse and respiration! inom the right sort of a leader and rates continue normal, His digestion] | . counsellor and they will prove them- lg more satlafactory, selves loyal Americans, Personally, I don't believe there is any I. W. W. sentiment among the longshoremen. Thero may be a few radicals of that persuasion, but thelr percentage ts negligible." O'Connor, surrounded by his faith- ful lientenants, was busy with the members who yesterday voted unani- mously to return to work and then repudiated thelr promise, It was estimated that probably be- tween 2,000 and 3,000 longshoremen, out of the 60,000 who struck, were at work on all the water fronts to-day, including 325 on Staten Island and 20 in the army piers in Brooklyn. One hundred, who went to work in the Ward line piers, were pursuaded to walk out again soon after going to work, Announcement was made this morn- Tumulty to be “in fine shape” this | erating after the most active day terday he has had since ho be- Karly this morning Mra, {Wilson telephoned Mr. Tumulty that for formation as to the situation in the Jeame 1 the President was anxious ins “GRAYSON, RUFFIN, “STITT.” Secretary Tumulty said that if any bills had been ready to-day for the President's signature they would have been jaid before him, The secretary explained billa recently passed jby Congress, including the Prohibi- ltion inforcement measure, were before the respective department heads who that dent has until midnight of Prohibition Bill Should he not act by that time the measure automatically would become ‘a law. on the ——————— |SUGAR FOR STARVING BEES. | | Tom a Half Ordered ¢ 150 Massachusetts Swarm. Save SPRINGFIBLD, Mam. 0c ing that there would be a conference order for a ton and @ half of sugar to] 4Uring the day at the City Hall be- feed starving bees of Hamp nunty | tween Mayor Hylan and representa- was placed with the Sugar Bqualisa-| tives of the Italian longshoremen who tion Bourd to-day, this amount repre-]met yesterday at Tammany Hall and senting the needs of owners of from] refused, after a vote, to go back to 120 to 150 swarm, work, The p evarme in Another conference will be held be- yen or suwar Ate) tween ‘T, V. O'Connor, President of Ls the International Longshoremen's Association, and the delegates from "QUAKE AGAIN SHAKES ROME. |cach of tho fitty-three locale who aes voted unanimously yesterday to re« Barly Mor turn to work. Few Seconds Wakes City us ; ROME OSe LEE shan by If it hadn't been for the meeting ynather sarthanake o'clock this|*t Tammany Hall yesterday, called by Mayor Ilylan, all the men would have been back to work this morn tremo morning, th 5 up the pop- ulation still in bed and lasting » fow |seconds. ing,” said James MoGuire, Preai- No reports as to the damage dono dent of the Lighter Captains’ havo as yet boom received, teed aie na ib toe Valo. "T! Gonmttiaien Commmlnatant . P foes ihe | | |