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i ACTORS' STRIKE
Every Amusement House in City
May Be Affected by Walk
out of Musicians
AWAIT WORD FROM N. Y.
By Uie Aswlatrd Tress
Chlcaso, Auk. 21. Word from Non
Tori; will iler-iilc whether or not tli"
njrmpatlirtir strike of miiririnns and
stSRO hands, wliioh clnsrd fivr tlioatrrs
here jntenlaj. will bo extended to
Vaudeville nnd burlrvqtie houses, ac
cording to Joseph P Winkler, prenl
ilent of the ChiraRo Federation of Mu
slelans Mr. Winkler said there was
n possibility that rver theatre m Chi
cago. inoluding moving picture places,
would bo affected b.v a walkout
"No legitimate theatre will open in
Chicago unless it does so without the
aid of musicians and stage hands." Mr
Winkler declared. This will affect the
Powers Theatre, where "Three Wio
Fools" was ndvertised to open tonigl t
Piske O'Hara and the entire van of
"Down Limerick Wa" joined the Ac
tors' .Duity Association last night The
performance of this play at the Oljm-
plc theatic was the only one given in
Chicago. It was said the management
TRAIN BANDITS TAKE MAIL j
L. . N Filer Halted in Tennessee
Mountains Robbers Get Away
Naslullle. Tenn.. Aug 21. (Hy A.
P I Masked bandits held up Louis
ville und Nnshville paxxenger train No. I
7, from Cincinnati to Montgomery, I
Ala, between Columbia and Pulaski,1
early today anil carried off the mail,
pouches.
None of the passengers was molested.
The robbers, four in number, forced
the englueer to cut off the mail car and
run some distance with It Covering
the crew, the robbers sent the engine WOULD
running wild and rltled the mall car. i
The amount of lout could not be do-'
tcrmined.
The locomotive finnlly ran down at
Wales Tenn Meantime the bandits
made off without molesting the express
car. I'os-ex are hunting the robU'i.
STEEL STRIKE HANGS
98 Per Cent of Workers Vote
Walk-Out Unless Conference
Is Allowed
BE NATION-WIDE
within the ten-day period, but uo ' Rejected Man Kill Nurse
agreement on the demands of the unions i Denver, Col., Aug. 21. Mis Dessie
is reached. W. 'A. Poster, member nf Marold. of Callicoon. N. Y.. twenty'
committee nnd its .ilr- ...,.. ., ,,. , ,i.. ,, nrn!V
nurse in Camp Mills, was shot and
what I
the conference
spokesman, said he did not know-
would be done The course to be pur
sued, he said, would liuve to be de
elded after siieh a sltuatlou nroe.
Members, of the committee Mild they
bad no nssuranee that the steel cor
poratlon officials would ngree to a con
ference
killdl late yesterday by Uadoro Vic
tor, twentj live, whose offers of mar
riage the girl had rejected. The hhoot
inj: ofeiirred in the courtyard of n hos
pital where Victor was u patient Mlos
Marold wats employed lis n nurse.
1 Present Rate of Salaries Un
i changed Since 1908 Hun
dreds File Resignations
ROOSEVELT DRAFTS LAWS
It) the Avsoclated Press
Washington, Aug. 21. With
.i. ..V, !-.i.... . . ...ni:...j ! resicnnti.ius of more than "S0
OI II1C liiympn iiit'uire a-. u'n jiuimi.-u
with the Producing Managers' Asocla
tlon, which accounted for the perform-!
anee being permitted. '
A mass meeting has been railed b,
the actors association for tomorrow I
night.
William Courtcnay. co-star with
Thomas A. Wise in ' Cappy Ricks"
whose performances at the C'ort Theatre
were halted by the actors' strike, was
the principal witness today at the hear
ing of the injunction petitiou before
Master In Chancery Zeisler.
New York. Aug. 21. lily A P
Broadway prophets who jesterday pre
dicted that a conference called by play
wrights soon would have striking actors
and their managers once more talking
art instead of unionism. toda forecast
a long and bitter war. A score of play
houses are still closed.
Two councils of war have been or
dered for tomorrow. At one will be dis
cussed an offer of George M. Cohan to
retire from the managerial field, devote
bid life to the cause of the actor and
contribute $100,000 toward formation
of an organization unaffiliated with the
American Federation of Labor.
The other session is called by the
Actors' Kijuity Association to arouse its
members to the meaning of unionism.
DREAM FORETELLS DEATH
Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 21. .Toseph
It. Lander,, a lineman employed by the
'T'nitfd Telephone Company, fulfilled
hid wife's dream today when he plunged
to Ills death from a little car attached
to a cable Into King street. Mrs. Lan
der, mother of a week-old baby, cried
bftterly this morning when her husband
left home, warning him against a death
which had appeared to her jn a dream
last night.
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manent officers nf the regular nnvv al-
renili submitted to the department and
more arriving daily. Acting Secretarv
rtoosevelt todnj began work on pro
posed legislation to be submitted to
Congress, ggeting substantial pay
increases for officers and enlisted men
of the navy nnd marine corps.
Present pay tables became effective
in 100S and hnve- not been icvised up
ward since, although civilian pay has
increased substantially m almost everv
branch of woik.
High ranking officers who hate given
careful study to the situation believe
the efficiency of the navy is seriously
threatened. Most of the resignations
have come from the younger officers In
the lower grades, the men to whom the
countrj looks for the leadership of Its
sea forces m the years to come.
These officers, receiving from $17Q0
to $3000 a j ear, most of ''era Annap
olis graduates, capable earning
much higher salaries in ci'i. fln life,
sny they find it impossible to ipport
their families on their nay.
For the present. Acting Seeretar
Roosevelt said today, no action will be
taken on the resignations now on file
pending attempts to readjust the pay
tables. Already short nearly 2000 of
ficers on the basis of the navy's peace
time strength, Mr. Roosevelt said that
unless the salary revision is obtained
the navy faces the awkward choice of
retaining a large number of officers
against their will, with subsequent dis
content, or accepting the resignations.
By the Associated Press
Youngstown. 0., Aug. 21. On the,
success of leaders of twenty-four labor I
union affiliated In the steel industry,
in obtaining a conference with reprc
sentatles of the I'nlted States Steel I
Corporation during the next ten days I
depends whether there is to be n nation
wide strike of steelworkers.
I'nlon lenders, who canvassed the
strike vote here jesteidaj, say that
!IS per cent of the men voting on the
question, voted to walk out.
Instead of culling a general strike
forthwith, n conference committee of
sn, headed bv Samuel fionipers, pre.s
ident of the American Federation of j
Labor, was instructed to try to ar
range the meeting with representatives
nf the steel corporation in a final at
tempt to ndjust demands mnde b the
unions. In case of failure to obtain
the conference, the committee is under
instructions to set a strike date forth
with. A meeting of the conference commit
tee is to be held within n few diys to
map out a plan for approaching the rep
r"entntives of the steel corporation.
This meeting, it is said, may not be
hold until Mr. Gompers, who is en
route from Europe, arrhes. The date
and place for the meetlug was not
set.
After canvassing the strike vote nnd
deciding to seek a conference with rep
resentatives of the steel corporation,
members of the committee left Imme
diately for their homes.
In cae a conference is arranged
Grey Sails for U. S. September 16
London, Aug. 21. Viscount Orey,
the New British ambassador to the
United States, will sail for New York
September 16.
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