I?? j r-n"??1"' T-efp n ' .to1,,.. V Cuentna Bubltc Mtbixzx THE WEATHER NIGHT EXTRA 5vwr i 'Washington, Oct. JO. Showers prob ably tonight and Saturday. TKMrCltATtmB AT BACH 1IOUK 8 D io ii im 1 1 2 ;i 4 r I I 07 1(18 07 170 17-t 177 I I I I 1 m M VOL. VI. NO. 23 Entered as Second-Class Matter at the roitoftlce, at Philadelphia, Fa. Under the Act at March 8. 1879. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 19l9 Published Dally Except Sunday, Subscription Price 10 a Tear by Mall. Copyright, lfllO. by Public ledger Company. price! two cents ( 4 HURT GROUP IN TANK OPPOSES SHIP EXPLOSION HERE; COLLECTIVE BARGAINING KILLED, 13 d Ar 1 1 AL it if'" s rT'y'3Ti' f COMER BEGINS 4N INQUIRY INTO .MUSE OF BUST hi Men Blown From Messroom V .....um ia, Of trio vlluaiuuL pin noii Repairing Ship ;45 SAILORS IN FORECASTLE, ASLEEP AT TIME OF TRAGEDY Ironworkers Become Living Torches as they Flee From Flamed 'BODIES ARE DISMEMBERED - Jrwo Die in Hahnemann Hos pital Two Others' Dead in Morgue Four mn were killed, five were prob ably fatally injured and eight others were badly burned in an explosion uc 2:20 o'clock this morning on the oil tank 'ship Chestnut Hill at the. Green street wharf. Sixteen of the men caught in the f' disaster were ironworkers and helpers 'employed by Councilman John H. Balz- ley in .repairing the vessel. Two in jured men were members of the crew. ' A spark from a drill used by the" ironworkers is supposed, by the police, to) hays' vset fire to gas in one o the easoiino tanks. I'iW fur. Captain T. .7. Wathey, of the , Chestnut Hill, thinks the disaster may fcihaTO been due to tho lighting of n tj-!ls?rcte. or pipe by some careless man &?aWr4 the ship. gs- E Knight Investigates ,4 Coroner Knight, with Ms special m .Testirator -Frank Paul, is on .the Rcene, a 'making an investigation, Before the A&lnaiury began tnc coroner ram m: innm Turn-" .; . .., 5 1. . .1... niuil.lAH. ..a. .1.1 rinav unacrsianu w mi- u ........ I j cave 'occurred as proper irvstuijuua w had been taken. It was his informa 6 tion. he" said,. that.a workman had taken A HgUtCO lOrCU mill Hie fcun-iuurii luuiu. t "The sixteen ironwdrkcrs nud helpers JSvere at work in the incssroom of the Chestnut -Hill and forty-five sailors were asleep inthe forei'astle when the , explosion occurred. " , , .There was a sudden blinding flash of light. . Then there was a momentary, awful alienee. , , This was followed by lie agonized Vies of" burned men and the heavy tramp of feft as those who were able to flee rushed tq the Green street wharf. rieces of Bodies In Debris If -In a short time the wuart was. imercn 'shoes, taken from the mcu who still IIV1- ... But there were other and more tcrrl l ble"things here and t,herc among the ,. debris of the disaster. Death came in f horrible form. The body or one man was iounu : Al- .J,, fc .U. Ui nt (ha oltltt W . It' had Aeen tossed out of the fore- tl Wv thp fnrre of the exnloslon and hWJn-nnrn fnrwnrH. Kn far in fact that it 1 felt had dropped a few feet further in n-tbt direction it would have fallen frU'tyt.ths JJeiaware river. . , 'riremen irom uugiut: .ii" "( M21 were quickly at the wharf. 'J hey s'soon,extIngulshed what fire there was. , and turned their attention to rescue .worK. jnre vcnicies were uai-u m i. - tying burned men to me iiospuiua. iU All Bodies Identified irBhortly before 'noon one of the bodies iBt the 'morgue was identified ns John jHmokulski, thirty-six years old. 507 South Front street. Ills wife, Stella, made the identification. He was the 'father of three Rtnall children. The other body at the morgue was later identified air-tnt of Benjamin Goldberg, thirty-five jears old. of J.i FJtzvvater street. The. Identlhcntion was made by Mrs. Goldberg and John Jus- '!,. nl R2f) North Thlrtv-ninth street. I a. tlmeKeeper at tne numey irmi iiuim. After lingering tor Hours in lerriuu agony, Robert Taylor, of 100S South Ninth street, and Joseph Gossick, of M-4CK r1n,MA etrafit HlfH In the TTnhnp- mann Hospital. The young wife of Tlnr. who has been married about ,two years, and his aged mother, arc n,r,l(-tlv nrosirated by the iihock. After the accident there wrfs a scene tnrlrrtbablc confusion urueu .men ran about crying in 'agony, while, I w.l.Mitoer rescuers beat out the flames ft Ambulances from tho Roosevelt and . Hahnemann Hospitals, patrol wagons , ana nro eoRiucn urn,, ....... .... "t-- l ia within a few minutes what heln that waa possible, was jivcp to the tuf 'jenng meu. When tho dead and the wounded were taken away, Bearchers still found por- tlons of bodies or limbs torn from iu lured men. The wharf was Uttered with seqrehed clothing which had beed taken from the men who rushed from jf the" Bblp. n Robinson at Scene Superintendent of PolI"e Robinson nrlvl with the nolice. In searching the deck for bodies he picked up a. mtch. It was lying 100 leet Irom the pot at which the explosion occurred. Jhit it was still running. It appar ently had been In the pocket of a man wh,oaa clothing had been stripped. , Captain T-, J. Wathey. of the Chest nut Hill, waa not aboard at the time tit the accident. He was nt his home, HJiiB South Fifty-second street, When the police .notified him of the' explo ali h burriwl k. tb wlmrf, to make "-j muh ifp.yqn tw t? ipwmif Dtad and injured in Ship Explosion The dead: John Smokulsld, thirty-six years old, 507 South Front street. Kobcrt Taylor, 100S South Ninth street. Hahnemann Hospital. "" Joseph Gosslrli, 1185 CIcmncr street. Hahnemann Hospital. Benjamin Goldberg, thirty-fivo years old, 4220 Fitzwatcr street. Critically Injured: William Van Itlunk, 130 Mifflin street, Hahnemann Hospital. Benjamin Wojechowslil, forty -four years old, 817 North Third stlect. Hahncmnnn Hospital. Jacob Keldman, forty years old, 1524 North Sixth street. Kooscvclt Hospital. Albert Falter, twenty years old, 250 Kerns street. Roosevelt Hos pitaj. Jack Felmond, forty years old, 1541 North Sixth street. Roosevelt Hospital. Injured: . Andrew Poplaskl, thirty-two years old. 844 South Front street. Roose velt Hospital. Frank Denlcliao, thirty-six years old, 3848 North Reese street. Rooso vclt Hospital. ' Rolf Jarstanson, twenty-two years old, 200 Moravian street. Hahne mann Hospital. William N. Coon, twenty-five years old. 12 North Thirty-seventh street. Hahnemann Hospital. Joseph Wojcescliowski, 817 North Third street, Hahnemann Hospital. Alex Clirlstlanson, bhip's cook. Treated af Wharf. William Clapper, twenty-four years old, messman. Peolsio Bonllla, twenty -three 3 cars old, pantryman. MIL HISSING BOY NTHISSTATENOW Gipsy Band Sighted With Lad Answering Description of "Billy" Dansey REWARD RAISED TO $500 Two fresh clues pointing to the pres ence in this state of two-year-old "Billy" Dansey, who disappeared from his Hammonton, N. J., home on Wed nesday, have been uncovered by Ham monton authorities. The reward for the boys recovery has been raised to ?500. A Hand of gipsies which camped near Buckingham, Pa,, last, night had In their custody a boy answering the description of the missing child. The horses of the gipsy band were tired and gave every indication of hav ing been pushed n long distance nt a speedy pace. In addition, the mem bers of the band and the equipment answered tho description of the'band of nomads seen near Hammonton last Tuesday night. The members have been under suspicion of kidnapping the child, but the investigators were uuablc to trace them. The1 other clue Reading to this state indicates that the missing "Billy" might be at Charleroi, a small town near Pittsburgh, with a man formeily associated with, the Dansey family in that town. Joseph Prosper, chief of police of Haiumonton, has. notified the police of IloMstown nnd l.nmbcrtvi e. in the direction the gipsies were headed when last seen, to keep a slinrp lookout for them and to search their caravan for tho boy. Notify Charleroi Authorities . Charleroi authorities have been re quested to look up the whereabouts of the man in mar, town wno it is thought might be connected with the' disappear ance, v - .' The pack of bloodhounds used In the search' for the child was augmented this morning by the arrival of another hound from Sheriff Perkins, of May's Landing luuriiiuuDu. Dogs Unable to Trace Boy But the dogs nre unable to trace the boy.' The rain of last night virtunlly ellmtnntcd whatever traces were left of his passage from the dahlia bed near his home, wlierp he wns last seen, through the nearby marshes. Previously the dogs were able to trace him some little distance, but then apparently lost tlie.trnll without reason, as if the child was picked up and car ride away. Mrs. Hercules Dansey, the mother, is ill ns a result of the disappearance, but she continually makes her appearnncc among the man searching for her boy, urging them to' continue until tjiey find him. Mayor M. K. Rover, of TTnmmnn- ton, believes the missing boy mnv be in the home of some Italian resident near Hammonton, having been picked up and glyen a home by tlin compassionate resident after being found crying on tho road. A house-to'-house canvass among the Italian residents waq a feature of the search this afternoon. In addition, the mayor has ealled a special meeting of the town council for tonight and the reward for the recovery of 'iBilly" will be jumped to ?1000, it is expected. RENT GOUGING UP TODAY 1 Tenants and Landlords to Appear Before McClaln Tenants and landlords accused of rent gouging nnd profiteering in homes will meet iu the office of Frank II. McClaln. former lieutenant governor, investigat ing the housing conditions. here. The tenants! will prefer their charges agqlnst their respective landlords, and the latter will have an opportunity to answer. .... .. -? l JUrywcUlajn. , are.JillfPfs)Kf tiveWh at ue IRE mm 1313 BY OFFICIAL : COM VOTE Court Figures Give Lamberton; Majority of 1456 Over j Wade for Sheriff I STEVENSON NOSES OUT CARSON FOR MAGISTRATE I Vare Candidate Has Advantage of 201 Ballots Knight's Lead Over Campbell 8389 Congressman Moore's official plural ity In the primary fight for the Repub lican mayoralty nomination was 1313. This was announced by Judges Auilenriod nnd Fercuson. who today completed the official vote count. I ongrcssman .Moore s vote ivus 150,012. Judge Patterson's vote was 140.21)5). In the mayoralty fight, .John Clinton Parker polled 1343 votes and Pier&on Stackhousc. 348. In the fight for recorder of deeds, James M. Hazlett, tho Vare candidate for renomination, wou with n plurality over Lieutenant Colonel Thomas F. Meehan, theMiidependent candidate, of I lL'.lil). The vote for Hazlett was 13G.73S and for Meehan, 124,550. I-amberton's Plurality 1150 In the contest for the office of Sheriffj Robert K. Lamberton. the Moore candi date, won by a plurality of 1450 over Daniel Wade, the Vare candidate. The total Lamberton vote was 12ff,277. The vote for Wade was 127,710. In the magisterial fight Robert Car son was beaten by Maxwell Stevenson, Jr. The plurality given Stevenson was narrowed down to n bare 201 votes. Carson got 104,227 votes nud Stevenson, 104.4H. In the race for. coronet, William R. Knight, Jr., the incumbent, won over Magistrate William F. Campbell by a plurality of 8389 votes. The total vote for Knight wns 130.150S. Camp bell polled 127,270. - , Cunningham's Lead 14, HIS Thomas W. Cunningham, Independ ent candidate for clerk of the Quarter Sessions Court, won over David K. Watson, the Organization candidate, by a plurality of 14.81(1. The vote for Cun ningham was 130,024; Watson, 110, 10K. John Walton, who was unopposed for renomination ns city controller, polled a total of 204,844. George F. Holmes. Vare candidate for county commissioner, easily wou n renomination with a total ote of 13'J, 810. Harry Kucnzel also won out with u total of 130.700 vote. Frank ,i. Schtieidet. the Independent candidate, polled a total of 110,551 votes. Blakely McCaughn was close behind him with 110,052. There were two commission ers to be nominated. While the status ol councilmanic nominees remains the same, hj fcr ns each side will be represented in the new body, there wns an upset in the Fourth Senatorial district, comprising the West Philadelphia wards, which was disclosed bv the official count. IMunl figures showed Jnmes A. Oeve - lin had won the Independent uomina - tion over Common Couiicilmcn Sum- new body will be eleven for the lude pendents, who'baeked the Moors '.iudi dacy, ana ten ior me v nre urgumzu tion. 12.000 P. R.R. SHOPMENi ' I nDnCDCn TC QTQK UKUtKtU IU OIKIIMI Union Leaders at Altoona De- mand Enforcement of Seniority Rule v.. ... JL.. . ;,.... nia Railroad, shopmen were ordered to Airnnii.i. i-ii.. irr. . iti nsviv strike-at this afternoon by the union leauers to eniorce tne , seniority iiiic in the engine houses. Approximately lli.OOO men nre involved. Including the nlants at Altoona. Juniata. Fast Al toona, South Altoona nnd Hnllidn.vs burz. ' ine men iook a yoic mis morning mm voted solidly for strike. After an all-niglit conference' here between representatives nf the strik- lug Pennsylvania Railroad engine house men and General Manager R. L O'Donnel, Gcudral Manager N. W. Smith, General Sunerlntciulent of m . I- i ii.f . I . I Motive Tower .1. 1,. Wallls nnrt Middle nel W. liarrisoil. WHO wascreuueu wun m, ,. nlnteil the sovcrciirntv nf Pi.oin . nnd Sliowu nun i" iinvr ui-m iicn-uu-u. the victory Iu the police count by fewer. U,r, u,o powers had promised to re- Samuel W. llnriison had assumed than 200 votes. J sped. The demand, it wns indicated, ' since the primarj election that he was Thw completed councilmanic ticket, ,.', i-ezaided as offensive to tlie.dfcnitv one of the four nominees from tne West .!. the rntlo of renreseutation ill the ' IV?,. .5... J.i " ' ", " tii.i " "i'.B. ""'. Phllndplnlila district He was waiting Division SupeHntendent J, C, Johnson, Dutch to Name uabor Envoys the reform nun puvincauon oi tne He it was announced today that no settle- The Hague, Oct. 10, It was offi- piiblicau party from within, Congress ment had Deen rfacned. Officials still maintain the men vio lated their agreement In not permitting the grievance to take its regular course. Trains, passenger nnd freight, are running as usual. More thnn H00 minor offirinls have been brought here to work In the engine houses, replacing tho 1400 rtjien who ure out. All three engine houses are picketed. Union leaders say the company brought; in some strike breakers, but the latter went hack home when they were acquainted with the situation. Mrs. Herrlck, Writer, Dead Greenwich. Conn., Oct. 10.Mrs. Sophia Mcllvalne Bledsoe Herrirk. widow of James Burton Herrlck, died vesterday nt the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hugh y Cox, Riverside, Conn., at the age of eighty-two years. visr XT HVNDAY so :ro4. irii i-jeBvy lfrf.n a..... Official Primary Vote for City and County ".MAYOR J. HAMPTON; MOOKK, Independent 1 150,01- JOIIN M. PATTERSON, Organization ,. .i. . . 140,20!) Moore's plurality, 1313. RECORDER OF DEEDS THOMAS F. .MEEHAN, Independent 12 1, 550 JA.MES M. HAZLETT, Organization '. 130,738 Iliulett's plurality, 12,170. COl'NTY COMMISSIONERS (Two nominated) IlLAKELY II. M'CAUGHN, Independent 110,052 FRANK .1. SCHNEIDER, Independent 110,551 UKOKGK F. HOLMES, Organization 130,810 I1AKKY Kl'ENZEL, Organization 1X0,700 SHERIFF ROUT. 15. LAMBERTON, Independent 120,277 DANIEL WADE, Organization 127,710 Lamherton's plurality, 1450. j, CITY CONTROLLER JOHN M. WALTON, Ind. and Organization 201,811 CORONER WILLIAM F. CAMPBELL, Independent .' 127,270 W.M. R. KNIGHT, JR., Organization 130,008 Knlght'.s plurality, 8380. QLAKTKR SESSIONS CLERK TIIOS. W. CUNNINGHAM, Independent ......-..... 130,021 DAVID E. WATSON, Oi'gani7,itiun 110,108 Cunningham's plurality, I4,8lti. U.S.SOLDIERKILLED KolchaK Successfully Protests Against Withdrawal of Russian Troops AT VLADIVOSTOK ...... .. , r-r-r-i , num.,., i e have no eiieiuies to putilsli. o ANTI-ALLYtEELJN.GSHOWN, ivilUJiave,uo4iiWJSito. SrWmtil,thc . . campaign is over. W ewlll judge our I enemies and friends by "the returns ns Omsk, SeptjtfO (delnved.l By A. ' they nie cast mi November 4." P.' An Amcrithii soldier in Vladi- I Few Vare Men Present ostnk was shotsnnd killed recently by Those who were candidates on the n Russian officer, it has been learned ' nf ti(,"ot i'1 ""' piinmrles. although here. This and other incidents led to a i Invited to attend the opening, weie con demand from the allied commanders nt I spicuous bj their absence notably Vladivostok for the removal of the ronor Knight. Recorder of Deeds Russian troops from that citv. A vigor- ' Hnzlett anil ( nuntj t omiuissiouers ous protest bv the Omsk Government, ' Holme? and Kuenzel. however, led to the withdrawal of the, There wns one slgnllicant exception to demand thUi however. Among thine who came Admiinl Kolclink's piotest wns nd- i nml lir,(u'(' ""' congressman was Council dressed to the allied governments, vole- I mn" Edward Biichholx. of the Nme ing his objection to what he considered ' teenth ward, nn nlly of Senator David n violation ot missinn .sovereignty.' The version 6f the killine of the American contained in the reports com ing here had it that, while engaged in nongovernment propaganda he wns or dered bv the Russian ofiiccc-to desist. The American Mi uric the officer, who. drew a pistol and shot his assailant, I the account added. ti,o n,.i- fnrnfen nfT,,. i,no.i i.J i nrotest to the Allies on the erouml thnt the Allied commanders had exceeded the , ,, !,,, nccnnleil them bv tin. inllinn.l 1 agreement which limits their sphere of I m.tion : also that their nction it? this the lordlal relations existing between Itussla and the Allies and the nssm-. nnces of the latter's sjmpathj' ami sup- nnrt rrepntlv clven t poit, rccentlj given - Ieniai that 'the Vapnu'ese threatened to back the Cossacks against the Amer- Tokio. Oct. It. delayed. (By A. P.) . . . .. . ., w .. . " rpmit incident nt Imnn, north of Vladivostok, or that any1 Bill llllilll itiis " ii'uniinimii, aii i ii- n apology was demanded by the Amer-' i" rou leaus, is made in n statement issued. iai,nc rimrre nf reremimles ny ine .inpauesc cuerui nihil nere W)- dav rue statement iohows: 'According to facts which have been ascertained oy me .lapanese army two reSofTa I '' "iscmirgi- oi ins .1 .if uy n L,ossacK !'.''''' lmau- !,ibt'litt- ou September, :; 11. i t.i.. .i-.i... i... i . i " ..Tll(1 rSsacks, military .policemen. 0,0 nirested by the Amencnns. who . suhsequeniiy leu. ine neauquarters ot the Japanese garrison volunteered its ,vns rpfon.ns tn t,e Vate leaders Ha? good .iffices. and through Us iptermedi-1 1(,tt. Ki,ght and the others, ation the Cossacks willingly returned, ..Th; Rnj,i the congiessin," nre the nrrestrd Americans to. the head- ,i, ift.-.f,, nominees of the Renuhlie.-in J -"' . ., .-, . ',. -. Uiunrters oi ine r ourieenui -inpanrse . 1!..l.:r..i Uiiniilrn nnmi titr Mm n. nt! iiivimuu, ..............v....... ...., ...l,vh- cans returned the Cossacks thqy had I arrested. "It Is absolutely untnnf that any apology wns demanded or that the , Japanese threatened to back the I os- sacks if the Americans did not return ' the captured military policemen." . . ' Continued Improvement Announced by' Grayson ... .. ., -. Washington. Oct. 10. President Wilson's physicin,us today issued the following bulletin : - "White House, October 10, 1011), 11 :S0 n, m. "The President lind another rest ful night. His appetite his con tinued to improve arid he Is, now tak ing as much food and of gcea' varletv as wo desire. (HlcnPih i 'uiu vsnv IV ' ' syif. YXiintlnn would lm Rent tn i, lntmi ' "We shall now proceed to the prnc- Dini,LVr,rnatt.?n'deECC'St' ttha rt a foiifl I Dutch Labor j-edcrauon. . , , ,,. ., in , Hen,bIicail 1-11.. nnnnlinr.f TBCtfll'llllw tlt, n n..l.k Jllllll ...VWI. (-I..1. REORGANIZEPARTY IS AIM OF PUT CITY IN LEAD Mayor Should Bo Titular Head of Republicans Here, Hd Says 'STIRS HIS BIG AUDIENCE AT HEADQUARTERS OPENING No Enemies to Punish and No 1 Friends to Servo, Congress man Declares ! "The Republican party in Philadel phia will be recognized so that it will stand well In the eyes of Phlladelphians and of tlm country nt latge." This flashing declaration was made by Congressman .Moore, Republican nomi nee for Major, in opening today the new liendqunrters of the Moore 1'nlted Republican Campaign Committee iu the Limoln Building, Broad and South Penn Square. The congressman" addicted a throng of city leaders and party workers who were packed into one of the looms in the headquarters. The points In his speech iu which he blazed the trail to the new order of things stirred his hearers to the heights of enthusiasm. Speaks Briefly but liicislirly Congressman Moore spoke hrietlj hut incisively in forniallj opening the cam paign for election on November 4. Brief as it wns, the address was a direct challenge to those lesponsiblc for existing political conditions. One of the striking sentences in the address which evoked tlieVnrnicst ap plause was the straightforward declara tion that the next Mayor of Philadel phia would be the "titular head of the Republican party In this city." ' Again the congressman aroused the fighting spirit of th" workers with this fiank facing of present conditions: i JinriiD. fit IIUltM ..IUI1III Mils II -Mliwi H "I 1,1 the Vare tieket in the primaries. Burh bnli! is a nominee for the new Council. Ills presence was indicative of Senator Mnrtin's nlans to support the Moore administration perilous, it was liintcd In high circles, of a desire to break off the Vare alliance, - .. ,.,",,,.. Dramatic Incident v An unusual piece of political drama. i meeting full of dramatic pnssibih- ties for the fiituie. was the bringing of the news to one of the candidates for the new Council that the ofticial count in me neaiiqiu.ri.rs , ,... ..... ...u,u n j-spopcli. ,,,.,.,, itonnhiinnn . . Rlakriy J- f I o Tonti- K.irh Aha nee leader of the iwcntv -rourtn lunr,i. i,rrled In lust before the.cen- giessmnn spoke ami told Harrison the - 1. .., .1n..l.l Inn, no A Iln.'oll,. co an COlllll I3I11 iiriiiil.'i ..... ... .-...,..., nnther Iiidenenileiit, the winner over Harrjsou. The congressman anil .r, Harrison talked over the resulting sit - Cnnirressmnn Moore took charge of i the. ceremonies ot onening me ncna quarters himself. Murdoch Kendrick, tv .:,, ,,inEer. it nnneared. was .Jtt'neJ '". W. ! l!" nillirpss. Willi IU" un im i hiiimu ii MmKrf Congressman Moore uuiiouni i,Vnt l... -.i mlidate would sneak for t ed l tl,a I i .. .. --.--.-- .... . . . . "" j if.P'l Sn 'rvl,K.fi,l Zt fieht ,, ith ti,r Moore forces in the pri- ,nr i,nri ig ,. nominations. He MIC K1UII1I lllll , ,.,. v !t,i in uinnnrt tlm HnV.f . ... . '. . rom t0., t0 nnttom. in order to comply wth tlu, wm 0f t1(, Republican voters as cxpiessed at the primaries." , Invites all 1' actions The congressman said the questlou of sreking harmonious relations for the , campaign had been raised. On this i ruojeci nun leuiiiiig up i" ms pmns tor parties to send their representatives here. To the Republican Alliance wo sav. Send your representatives here." Then coming to the crucial point iu this connectiou, the congressman said : "We say to the Republican city committee: Send your representatives here nnd confer with us. We say the same to the Town Meeting'party, The congressman. In short, stressed the fact that the campaign will be run from the hentlquarters of the Moore united Renubllcan raninaign committee anil not from the headquarters of tho Varccontrolled city committee or from the headquarters, of the Republican Alliance, j ... "We must concentrate herp," said the ronSiT9"""'' ''"nd Wfl ,vi11 concentwt here.iriskt here. ,at this point. r Udr MOORE GARY AND TIGHE CLASP HANDS; HAPPY AUGURY FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE Corporation Chief and Strike Leader in Amiable Conversation Capital and Labor Show Signs of Mutual Confidence PROPOSAL FOR ARBITRATION OF STEEL WALKOUT LIKELY TO BE SIDESTEPPED BY CONFERENCE By GEORGE Washington, Oct. 10. The most outcome, of tho industrial conference Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the Michael F. Tighe, president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and j Steel Workers, the directing power of the steel strike, walking out of the , "hall of peace," where the conference meets, with hands clasped and Judge Gnrv p-rnsnlniT Tiirhn's arm na thev conversed nnrnest.lv tornther. When the conference adjourned today to meet again on Tuesday next1 """"ive uargainmg and the closed shop tho greatest issue pressing for action the submission of the steel strike ' "."'' nm"nB ,cIvo fundamental prin issuo to arbitration and the return to work in the interim of the steel Z !"!'., ''' ,',y ,ll, F1? "P"8".1- strikers had not been settled. r.-.i .... i huj lesceruay ana louay me general commuire rnui uie suojuti. unuti Mympatlietlc strikes, blacklists nnd advisement, and I understand that labor and capital laid cards on the bojeotts were declared to be "Indefcn tablc in mutual confidence. I'm still of the impression that the steel strike sible, nnti -social ana immoral." question will be sidestepped by the conference, and the conference will For the settlement of disputes in prU not, at this stage of the strike, play into the hands of the radicals who nre , V!'te industry, it was proposed thnt each among those running the strike by agreeing to arbitration. I establishment be regarded as an indus- May Ask Strikers to Return It is possible that the position taken by the conference will be to advise the strikers out to return to work and trust to the ((inference to biiug about an equitable adjustment of the dif ficulty. The gi initial fusing n the various groups is progressing slowly. Once the steel stiike question is out ot the way the path of deliberations will be smoother. When Thomas Ii. Cha.lboiirne, chair man of the genetal committee, proposed adjournment till Tuesday, so the com mittee could have opportunity to pic pnre work for the main body, it wns foudirjjy Mr, Goiiipera. He finally fotccd the" committee to meet for half nn hour. In the end the Tuesday ad journment wis agreed to when it was found that no settlement of the vexed strike question could be reached. Mr. Gompcrs later said that the ad journment as proposed was satisfactory to the labor group. Three Other Vital Questions ' .Like sentinels with glittering bnj -onets, three vital questions besides thnt of the steel strike await answer nt the conference They cannot be evaded. They aie queries, the most insistent of which will have to be answered in some fashion. Here they are: Will the ((inference demand an in dustrial truce to continue for three mouths? ... AVill'it accept untioual arbitration as n fundamental proposition in labor dif ficulties"? , , Will it accept the Rockefeller plan for adjustment of industrial difficulties on a basis of mutual i ('presentation of emplojers and rinplojes on loinmissious of conciliation '! Like the thythmic blows of an anvil chorus, these issues, nud that of the steel strike fell mi the curs of the startled delegates. The weie wholly unexpected. Criticisms thnt the ((invention was moving nt u snail's pace have vanished like nn express train in a fog. It is moving too swiftly now if anything. The astonishing transformation from inertia to mmuing activity is nn index of what may he expected iu the future from this remarkable body. One never can tell, after yesterday's cxpeiience. what may lumpen ten minutes ahead of the event. I asked Mr. Tighe if it were cou- FLIERS COME AND GO IN DES MOINES DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 10. Captain J. 0. Donaldson, fly ing west, arrived here from Rock Island at 1.08 p. m. Lieu tenant, It. S. Worthington, enstbound, left here for Rock Island, 111., at 1.14 p. m. AMERICAN FREIGHT SHIP DISABLED AT SEA BOSTON, Oct. 10. A fragmentary message saying that the American freighter Ammonooslc was drifting with her englneo disabled, was received here today. The position of the steamer was not given. The Ammonoosic, n wooden vessel of 1528 tons, waa last reported leaving Baltimore for Rotterdam September 30. FRENCH DEPUTIES AGREE TO BUY U- S- SUPPLIES PARIS, Oct. 10. The Chamber of Deputies today apopted tht bill ratifying the agreement between tho United States and Franco for the salo of American army supplies left in France. PEASANTS RISE IN SICILY Seize Town ofRlesI and Clash With " Troops Rome, Oct. 10. (By A. P.) Re ports from Sicily today state thnt the towu'of Rlesi, in the sulphur mining district, has been seized by rebellious pensnnts. Four thousand of the peus auts. engaged in an attempt to take possession of laud, dashed with troops t $1200, his watch and chaln uii2l sent against them, seveu persons belug'.. v Thp tioops and the town authorities. It is, added, Were compelled to retire, leaving. Rlesl iu tho possession of the rebels , ' NOX McCAIN hopeful augury for some favorable was the picture today of Judge United States Steel Corporation, and ' lrli" unit with adequate machinery for templuted that a committee, appointed j adjustment of misunderstandings be for the purpose, should visit the vail- tneen employes and the management ous st. ike centers and personally inves- I Adjourn Until Tuesday gate He replied that ,t was a ques- , Af(pr t)c representing capital on which must be Determined by any i,,, ,.,,,., ... . , , , "-a""" ,.,.,.,,., , i i lml 1'resented its principles, the con- comm ttee that might be appointed, I f. ,,, .. , ... ' ' " . , , , ... ' 'erence adjourned until next Tuesday Rockefeller Plan Indefinite j to give the committee of fifteen time to iiie iinchcieiicr lesoiuiioii is .duc- liitc and capable of varied interprctn tion. It proposes n spirit of "justice brotherhood and of willingness to put oneself in the other man's place, the substitution of confidence tor distrust, goodwill for enmity, of co-operation for iintngonism," It docs not prescribe any form of mutual 1'eprescntutinn by era nlovor or employed to discuss vtork. wages or living conditions. It dodges trade unionism and lnfcrcntially facors the oneu shop. The great work to be accomplished I is the breaking down of the old barriers that have been built up between cm-j plojer and employe, particularly iu these lattdr days of great basic in dustries. In previous dispntcjies I have spoken of the leen, watchful, unbending and more or less cynical uttitude of the labor gioup. The other side capital whether represented by members of the employers' group or individuals In the people's group, is bj no menus free from a similar accusation. The ouly difference is that it is more cleverly I masked than the attitude of the labor Production There should be uo in--delegates. . tentional restriction of productive ef- A barrier against a strike settlement ( fort or output bv either the employer at this time, or even a truce, is the or the employe to create an artificial claim that the steel strike is dying out. I scarcity of the product or of labor in It is held that, to enter a truce now, ! order to increase prices or wages, would be regarded by the sti ikers as a (,. establishment of a product unit confession of weakness on the side of . The establishment rather than the In tho steel corporation. I ,Iustl.v aR a wlo(. or nny branch ol it Doesn't Blame Gary Alone j-sjiould. ns far as practicable, be con- J In discussing -'this, bituntiou Presi- I 'lered ns the unit of production and of llent Tighe said : ' mutual interest on the part of employer "I do not know what action the com- ' am' employe .,,,., miltce of fifteen will take on our prop- 1'ael' establishment should develop ositiou. Nor do I know how Judge , ontait and full opportunity for inter Gary feels on the matter. So far as ' change of view between management his attitude on the stiike is concerned ilII(l men, through individual or col he is' simply enrryiug out the orders lective dealing or a combination of both, of the executive board of the 1'nited Conditions of work It is the duty States Steel Corporation. It is nn er- of management to make certain that the ror, I think, to charge him with be- conditions uudcr.whicli work is carried ing solely responsible for the present i mi are ns safe 'and as satisfactory to situation, or for the attitude thnt he the workers as the nature of the busi origliuilly assumed. I am president of ness reasonably permits. Every effort the Amalgamated Sterl Workers' As- , should be made to maintain steady era sociation. and, like Judge Clary, I obey i ployineut of tho workers, both on their the orders of our.boaid. account nud to increase efficiency. "It is not nn individual m-itter of, . .,,.,,. opinion with inc. We often differ In I Wages Should Be Sufficient Continued an Taca 23, Column i'o-jr MANUFACTURER HELD UP Cigar Man Robbed by Bandits at Downtown Garage Two roughly dressed young men held up Joseph Drucker, -JS.f ReVd street when he drove his car Into u garage on Dickinson street near Sixth early today, and took a diamond .ring valued Drucker. who Is a cigar manufac turer, lu describing the robbery, said the men, after relieving him of his valuable si the ijomt of, a pltl, gagged E MPLOYERS SMND AGAINST CLOSED SHOWARLEY Declare Sympathetic Strikes, Blacklists and Boycotts "In- defensible and Immoral" 3 I FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES ' GIVEN TO CONFERENCE Capital Wants Each Establish ment to Bo Industrial Unit in Labor Disputes y . I"V By the Associated Press Washington, Oct. 10. Opposition to ,...,,. uu prcsemea toaay to tne national industrial conference here. consider the various proposals advanced and formulate a report. Suggestion from the public group that, the chairman of the three jrroups b ' nf constituted a committee to consider pro-i posals received frnm cIHtpiki ., v. COUlltrV Were Mirntll1v rllgnnnint. k- 't. . - 9 .!. 1-1 .":-. ,;--v. ,. ,sAF'i,;a the labor representatives who insisted Wrt'i uppn rigid enforcement of the rules r-A'sfr (litiriiig that .nil matters considered' be $ annrnveH hr thp n-rmm nmeondn fi.M -.-'- -- r," ,' ..-......u iitviu. . in .svuniiiK .IKUIUSI mc Suggestion, 'j-sf -mimihi uinnirre, iiiairmnn oi ine laoor j k : group, nttneked ''some, nortions" of th I group, nttneked some, portions" of the press for what he characterized flit jtrf $$ "extremely unfair'' attitude to labor &&& in nn- (lIue(,uL('., "Labor has, from the very start," said Mr.-Gompers. "contended for open sessions so that the whole world may know what this conference is doing. The world must recognize that men of labor hold ns responsible positions ns men in any other walk of life today." List of Principles The principles ns enunciated by the capital group follow: Wares The worker should receive n wage sufficient to mniutaiu him and his family at n standard of living that should be satisfactory to a right-minded man iu view of the prevailing cost ot living. Women doing work equal with that of men under the same conditions should receive the same rates of pay and be accorded the sumc opportunities for training and advancement. Hours of work Ihe standard of tne work schedule should bo the week, vary ing as to the peculiar requirements of individual industries may demand. Overtime should, us far as possible, be avoided, ami one day of rest in seven should be provided. Settlement of disputes Kach estab lishment should provide adequate means for the discussion of all questions arid the just and prompt settlement of all disputes, but there should be no im, proper limitation or impairment of tlm exercise by management of its essential fuuctiou ot judgmeut and direction. No Right of Compulsion Right to Associate The association, of men. whether of employers, employes or others, for collective action or deal ing, confers nn authority and involves no right of compulsion over those who , do not desire to act, or deal with theia as nn association. v Arbitrary use of such collective power tn coerce .or control others without their consent is an Infringement of personnl liberty and a menace to the ' institutions of it free peopk". Responsibility ot Associations Every association, whether of employers or employes, must be equally subject to public authority and legally onswerabh for its own conduct or .that of it agents. -Freedom of Contract With the tight, to associate recoguized, the fundamental prluclple of individual freeilonudemand h that every pcrjou must be free to en.- gage in any lawful occupation or entr into nuy lawful contract an an er . ployer or an employe, and be secure is the continuity and reward ot bit) ef I ru.ii t Upon Opa WBjk, The. 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