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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1919
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SOME STEEL IN
AKE ORDERED BACK
Strike Committee Declares In-
$ viojate Amalgamated Contracts
Made Before Walkout
RIOTS AT HAMMOND, IND.
YotiiigMowii, Ohio, Oct. "0. The
national strike committee nt Pitts
burgh has indorsed the qtnnd taken by
the .Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Worker that contracts
with steel plants made before the
Rtriko shall ho held inviolate, and all
Amnlgnmntod men under such con
tract have been ordered to return to
work.
This announcement was made today
by IJ. J, Davis, vice president of the
Amalgamated, who is here to see that
the orders nrc carried out.
The order nffects nine departments of
; four plants in the Youngstown dis
trict, cniploiiiK nbout fiOOO men. The
plants which have contracts with the
Amalgamated members are the Republic
Iron and Steel Co., A. M. Uyers Co..
Urier Hill Rtcol Co. and Sharon Steel
Hoop Co. Amalgamated men returned
to work nt the Trumbull Steel Co., nt
AVnrren, three weeks ago under a local
agreement.
Pittsburgh, Oct. TO. fBv A. P.)
A statement made by John Fitzpntrirk,
chairman of the national steel strike
committee, as to the effect of the threat
ened bituminous ronl strike upon the
steel wnlkout and labor in general, was
issued at steel union headquarters hero
today following Mr, Kitzphtrick's de
parture for Chicago last night. The
statement follows :
"If the coal strike comes it will add
strength to the steel strike and to the
position of labor throughout the coun
try. It will mean labor has accepted
the challenge of the big group ot em
ployers who profiteered during the war,
and who still are profiteering.
"They have a grip on the throat of
the public and the government. They
have defied labor, the public and the
government. They have refused to deal
with labor in the steel industry be
cause they have hopes there that they
can defeat organized labor. Hut in the
coal industry they are hopeless of de
feating the older, better-tried organi
zation. So they get the government
to try to force the oal miners to arbi
trate. "Arbitration is no good in the steel
industry, but it's fine for the coal in
dustry. "If the miners htrike n tremendous
power is added to the labor forces
struggling to loosen the grin of ruth
less profiteers on labor antr the public."
According to latest nwts from
union headquarters, the strikers of the
Pittsburgh district were standing firm
and bteel production was far below
normal. Company representatives de
nied that such conditions prevailed and
fc said the mills were operating and gain
ing in manpower daily.
Mr. Kitzpatrick, who spent two days
help, said he was pleased with the situ
ation, and things wcro going as "well
us could bo expected."
Steel production in tne strike dis
tricts," be said "is little, if any more
limn lfi per cent of normal. The 100
Iter cent claims of mills around Pitts
lurgh is untrue. Cars of finished steel
htmdlcd by railroad men run only from
Ci to HO per cent of normal, and much
of that sent out is unfit for use. One lot
of foity-nine cars was returned ns re
jected to an independent mill.
"The steel strike is solid, and it is
' going to stay solid."
Washington, Oct. 30. Decision to
ask the House to order a congressional
investigation of the complaints of the
steel strikers was reached at the con
ference between the labor delegation and
Pennsylvania lcpresentatlves. Repre
sentative Garland, Republican, wbo
was chosen to introduce tho resolution
for the inquiry, announced that his
measure would be offered todav,
calling for the investigation by the
House labor committee, and an effort
would be made to get favorable action
on the resolution nt a meeting of the
labor committee tomorrow.
Public meetings of tho steel strikers
are not permitted in a single town in
Allegheny county, the representatives
were told bv the Jabor delegation, which
was headed by William J. Kelly, of
Pittsburgh.
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Charles Kutner. a baker, South Fifth
street below Lomhurd, seeks to recover
$25,000 damages from the one ho allege I
alienated the affections of his bride of
two months, A suit to recover that sum
was brought today by Kutner against
Abraham Stern.
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Strike Will Test
Radical Labor Theory
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Continued from rat One
fording perfect protection to those who
wish to work.
Resides the government control of
railroads insures their use to cause the
prompt and full movement of coal from
nonunion mines. There arc many small
opnnlngs in various purls of the coun
try which are not unionized and which
never can be operated constantly for
lack of transportation. The utmost
will be done to keep coal moving from
such sources.
In a word, if the unions nrc using a
power they never had befoie they arc
fighting a force much greater than they
ever fought before. The contest cannot
last long. A return to work nnd the
appointment of a commission to adjust
wages and hours of labor will be the
probable outcome.
Sfrllio First, Then Compromlso
The real issue is wages. As the
miners say in their statement, their
;agcs have not been ndvanced in two
ears, in spite of the advance in the
cost of living. The lenders ot tne min
ers seem to hnve been forced by the
radical sentiment among the workers
to raise a lot of false issues,
The thirty -hour week, it is said, was
never seriously intended. It is de
scribed as "good propaganda," which
means probably for the iceruiting of
the unions. Rut it, like the national
ization demand, signified the forcing of
the hand of the conservative leaders by
their radical followers.
The radical sentiment in the ranks
forced large demunds nnd an uncom
promising attitude. It is this which is
forcing the strike. Rut pnee the strike
has come a compromise is likely. The
masses ot the laborers will work off
their feelings in their wnlkout nnd then
tlie real issues will come to the front.
It is idle to predict, because all labor
strikes now are dictated b the senti
ment of the mass of workers rather
than inspired by the leaders, and Wash
ington is the center of the more con
servative lenders. Rut the indications
here are that the coal strike will not he
complicated by railroad strikes. The
geneial expectation that the strike will
be brief and end in a compromise pre
cludes the idea of the going out of the
railroad men.
Union's Leaders
Assail President
Continued From Vase One
concerned. In fact, the statement
plnced the blame for the strike flatly
upon the mine owners' shoulders nnd
asserted that they alone were respon
sible for the unprecedented situation
which confronts industry.
Had the operators followed the tra
ditions of the coal-mining industry and
agreed to "talk across the table" an
agreement probably could have been
reached in the weeks intervening be
tween thp Cleveland convention and the
strike date, the union men said.
The statement, in language so terse
at times as to be almost cryptic, de
nied that the strike was illegal in any
sense, stated that the executive board
had no power to override tho decisions
of the international onvention nnd re
futed chnrges of ulterior motives in the
union's policy.
Subject to Negotiation
Throughout the document also was
the constant reiteration of a willing
ness to negotiate and it set forth that
all of the demands, including those for
00 per cent increases in wages and
the thirty-hour week were subject to
negotiation.
More thnn flfiO.OOO bituminous miners
will be affected by the strike order and
an immediate and complete tie-up of
the soft coal industry is predicted by
the union lenders. They expressed con
fidence that several thousand nonunion
miners would follow the organized men
in their walkout.
Only a new wage agreement, to re
place the one that they contend expired
with the war emergency, is desired by
flip union.
These and other points, in the union's
position weie set forth in the statement
prepared oy a committee ot tne comer'
ence and adopted by a unanimous vote
MERCIER RETURNS TO N. Y.
Belgian Primate Concludes Visit to
Cities in the West
New York, Oct. 30. Cardinal Mer
rier, primate of Relgium, relumed here
nfter a visit to cities in the West.
After his arrival the cardinal visited
the statue of Joan d'Arc, Grant's tomb
and the grave of the late Hishon Pot
ter, of the Protestant Kpiscopal diocese
ff X"W York. lie laid a wreath at
the foot of each memorial. He was
accompanied by Rishop Chnrles H.
Rurcli, the present head of the New
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Washington, Oct. 30. Contiminncc
of the payment of the government stand
ard return to railroads for six months
after the end of federal control is pro
vided by the House interstate commerce
subcommittee's draft of legislation for
solving tho railroad problem after
private operation is resumed.
Provision also Is macro for govern
ment loans, such advances to be ap
proved bv the Interstate Commerce ( pin
mission witli the carriers being lenuired
to give security. Likewise provision is
made for the lefundiug or debts, owed
bv the companies to the government,
which were contracted during the period
of government operation.
Work on the legislation was com
pleted last night by the sub-committee,
but the proposed measure was not made
public pending decision of the full com
mittee, which will meet late today to
begin the final framing of the bill.
There are said to be wide differences
between the House draft nnd the Sen
ate bill, committeemen admitting their
plan does not rontnin a provision pro
hibiting strikes or one creating a trans
portation board to determine the rail
road needs from the point of the public
service.
Chairman Hsch, who headed the sub
committee, sold he expected to hae the
finul bill beforp the House for consider
ation the latter part of next week, and
that he would be well pleased if it were
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finally passed by November 15. He
indicated that plans for adjournment
of the House, November 10, would be
upset to complete the rnll bill.
No new rule of rate-making is laid
down by the House subcommittee draft,
which leaves virtually unchanged au
thority ot tho Interstate Commerce
Commission to fix "just nnd lensou
ablc" rates. .
Among other important changes pro
posed is the placing of coastwise nnd
inland water carriers, independent of
their joint use with steam lines, under
control ot tiie commission, which also
would have jurisdiction over port-to-port
rates. '
The bill provides for continuance of
the arbitration plans set up during gov
ernment control, with an added provi
sion that court action could bo insti
tuted for twice the amount of damages
suffered by a plaintiff ns the result
of n strike or lockout.
Before the hill finally is reported to
the House the committee will consider
a labor section substantially the same
ns that in the Senate bill, providing fine
and imprisonment for an agreement
among any pcrous to stop Interstate
traffic.
Industries to Get
Coal by Priorities
Continued From Fnice One
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Order of Priority
In holding such coal exemptions
will be made ns far as possible of coal
destined to certain classes of consign
ees in the following order of priority
which is the basis of priority ndopted
during the war by the fuel admin
istration: First. Steam railroads ; inland
nnd coastwise vessels,
Second. Domestic, including ho
tels, hospitals and asylums.
Third. Navy and nrmj.
Fourth. Public utilities, including
plants nnd such portions of plants as
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j,i,ii u, I in- iin'i iiilUIIUISlIiUKIU to
deal with conditions growing out of
cue coai siiikc is not necessary. Dr.
Ilnny A. (Inrfleld advised the Presi
dent's cabinet todaj, holding that the
wartime powers of that body now are
ested in the inllroad administration
which will have full authority to dis
tribute coal to essential industries,
While revival of the fuel administra
tion had been urged by government
officials to prevent hoarding nnd pro
fiteering the Department of .Justice an
nouncement that It had power to handle
thill btttintint, iin.lnt Clin T nwat fi.A.1
control net shows that nil the relief
necessary can now be afforded.
Secietaiy I.ntie announced ns the cab
inet met that the government would
not hesitate to cm tail the consumption
of coal In industries fit) per cent in
order that the coal on hand and that
available from unaffected non-union
mines might be equitably distributed to
essential industiies.
The current supply of conl from
nonunion mines is sufficient lo meet
domestic demands and supply the needs
nf inllrnnds nnd public utilities, Mr.
I.ane said. New I'ngland lins stored
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tnke euro of all requirements for that
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supply stored nt Duliith, Minn., and
other nearby storage points. Mr. Lane
said.
Must Itcclure Consumption
There Is from li'O.OOO.OOO to 200.
000,000 tons of non-union mined coal
j early, and this would be divided ns
follows! Idlllrnni! uimi.lv inn llfM) OCMI
tons; domestic, fiO.000.0'00 tons, audi
public utilities. ',i,(KKI,(HMI tons. This
would leave no coal for industries from
the source, and Mr. I.ane snld they
would have to be taken care of through
curtailment of their consumption.
Doctor Oarfleld was nt the White
House before the cabinet met In special
session to put finnl npprovnl of plans to
protect the public when the strike of
miners goes into effei t Saturday.
Ciovernment offlclnls today endeavored
to obtain further reports fiomcoal oper
ators regarding announcement last night
by Thomas T. Hrewster. head of the
conl operators' scale committee, that no
attempt would be made to open the
niines Saturday In fnce of the stiikc
order.
Confidential advices from government
ngCnts in the coal territory had indi
cated that a large number of miners
would not strike, nnd it had been
thought here that the mines would be
open to receive nil of the old hands who
wanted to stay on the job.
It was explained by officials familiar
with the situation tliHt Hrewster prob
ably spoke only for the central competi
tive fields embracing Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and western Pennsjlvnnia, all
union strongholds. The annual output
in that territory is approximately ISO,
000,000 tons.
An equal amount is turned out by
nonunion mines nnd the total soft-coal
output is nbout tiOO.000,000 tons, which
gives some iden of decreased production
In event of closing of all mines in the
central field.
SAYS FEW KENTUCKY
MEN WILL STRIKE
Lexington, K.V., Oct. SO. (Hy A. P.)
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bituminous coal miners in Kentucky
will obey the general strike order called
for November 1, declared C ,1. Nor
wood, chief of the State Department
of Mines, in a statement made pub
lic here Inst night.
Mr. Norwood declares that the great
majority of Kentucky miners nrc well
satisfied with present working condi
tions and are anxious to show thclt
loyalty to the best Interests of the coun
try at large by remaining nt worn, lie
predicted that Kentucky miners would
pay little attention to the order of their
national union leaders, and that the
state's coal output for November will
coinpure favorably with its average for
that month, no mntter what mny be
the outcome of the strike.
Reports from the mining districts,
however, predict a general walkout.
Kentucky, fields furnished more than
31,000,00(1 tons of the nation's output
of soft coal in 101S.
ALABAMA MINERS TO
TAKE STRIKE VOTE
Illrmlngham, Ala., Oct .'10. (Hy A
P.) I'niou miners in .Inspcr county
met todn to take a ote on the ques
tion of obejing the call for n strike
of bituminous mine workers Saturday.
The meeting wns forced by a number
of miners, who Insisted they would not
walk out until n referendum had been
tnken.
Officials of the I'lilted Mine Woikers
of America in the Alabama district
announced thnt viitually all of the union
men in the district would respond to the
strike call. The operators believed
mnn.v emnlojes would continue nt work.
nnd they were making nrrnngements to J
that oiid. j
Meantime, state officials were keeping
n close watch on the situation, with
a view to preventing disorder Ad
jutant (icnernl Moon, who has been I
under treatment nt a New Jersey hos
pital for wounds received in the Ar- I
gonne. was summoned here to confer
with National (Snard officers concerning
plans for the use of the guard should
that necoine necessnrv
Pennsgrove to Welcome Soldiers
Pennsgnne, N. Ji, Oct. .10. This
borough will give n welcome-home to
its soldiers Saturday afternoon and
evening. There will be a parade,
supper, speaking and a dance st the
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