mi'ipipiw i'ii "jifMif111 ' ' ii'i'iwpiiiff""1"11! '"JBBW" WBH g-fjtfyatifc1;;'.--i" "."' 5 Firfr fMta Wednesday, ColUcr NIG J...1.1. lili frot' Ki'rnns ltnrlliurit l.lUTIit... J."" - - J1 w. I I...1 ltuiu. 'mi TFJirKKATDItK AT HACK HOCK "8 I 0 HO HI 112 111 4 1 0 rr, rr,(i mo in m ins in !) 41 ,.v! VOL. VI. NO. 181 Knt.rei a Seeond-CU. iill t th, Po.tomc.. at Philadelphia. Pa. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920 Published Dally Except Sunday. Subscription Pries $0 Tear by Mall. CopyrUht, 120. by Publlo Ledrer Company, PRICE TWO CENTS v. ', 11 ' '". ) - J fc """" w w fliarcii o, oiy. WILSON PICKS RAIL LABOR BOARD AS STRIKE GROWS y. A ic i r ' i 'i s. 'V p. R. R. Admits 6725 Out Here; Men Claim 26f000; Half of JM. Y. Trains Run, Roads Say a yi t- v , "'W7yjT'ipy"WT-iT7! BgWr r'" ''" ,lPnK'Tfy " "'Wf' 'W H r b mwMmf WWwmw JHrM BB w -r W" H I ws bt 4HV mW mf m.uum iuuui j&kwukk extba II fa 1 ' . . - . II IILOOK HOPEFU t OFFICIALS S A Y AS I RVICE IMPROVES Return of Washington Workers Today Is Predicted as Be ginning of End 1200 OFFER TO RETURN IF GIVEN PROTECTION Richmond Yard of Reading Is Tied Up by Walkout of 300 Employes "FOOD FLYERS" PHlLA. BOUND WITH FRESH MEAT In ill HI iiiiiiBmfl'' 4i T?(lHBHHPHPiPtlHy EARLY SETTLEMENT OF WALKOUT IS BE V NEAR New Labor Board Furnishes Hope for Arranging Peace in Railway World A continuous lino of Jrurlcr formed a food train which ruslial fresh meats from refrieeratlng cars Mdetrnckcd on the I . K. I. at UjiuichooiI and Xarberth, duo to the tlo-tip of l'lilladcipliia freight yards by the "outlaw" Strike Situation Here at a Glance Icnnjhania Ilailroad announces that 0725 of its men am out in this city and its vicinity, and that 13,08 M?r the entire I'cnnuylvanla system. This is a large increase over yes- tcrday. Worker? nunounee that tlie total out on all loads in this district is M.0K), 'Twelve hundred cngincmen njiu firfmen on Pennsylvania are not uorking; they arc wlllinR to go to iork. they say, but arc afraid. Tort Richmond freight ynids ot Reading completely tied up. Pennsylvania announces that 00 per cent of the. Philadclphia-Xcw Tork trains arc ruuuiug, and that all mburban trains arc in operation, though not always on regular schedule. switchmen's strike F PRICES SOAR STRIKE IS BLAMED Meats Jump 5 -and 6 Conts Pound, Wholesale and Retail. Vegetables More Expensive WOOD CANCELS HIS LEAVE FROMARMY STRIKERS SAY 31 E MR IN RANK General Will Return to Chicago Today as Result of Strike Crisis AMPLE FLOUR ON HAND Pennsylvania Railroad officials con: reded at noon today that n total'of 0725 nil workers had gone out 1n Phila Jtlphla and its vicinity. For the entire Pennsylvania sjstem, ist and West, the totnf on strike, according to tho official figures, is JJ.39S. This thows a large"1ncTcnsc over the- ullroad's estimates of yesterday, when it was Raid unofficially tit Broad Street Station that 1000 men were, out locally ' tnd C000 throughout the entire system; The railroad .said, in spite of this Increase in the number of strikers, that 50 per cent of trains between Phila delphia and New York arc being oper ated today, and that all suburban trains wfre run, although the regular time schedule was not maintained. lue sinners tuemselvcs, utter a meeting at Grand fraternity Hall, 1023 Arch street, claimed that 15500 more uoikcrs had gone out today, and . that in nil there were 2(3,000 men" on lfike in and about Philadelphia, from the Pennsylvania, Reading and Hal- " tlmorc nnd Ohio railroads. 300 Yard Workers Quit Important accessions to the ranks of He strikers were reported from tho ' I'ort Richmond yards, where 300 went ut. The yard was tied up completely 'or the first time since the great Read 'Bit strike of l&SS. Twelve hundred cnglnemcn nud fire , of the Terminal Division of tho u7,v?nw Ua"rnd, asserted through Z YMierii llmt tIlt ver" staying out, Jtriu 7U8C, tl,cy sympathized with the "rikc, but for fear of tho strikers. pri n.'. Krvico remained near tli. .w i "umlrc men employed in heM ,,ps.a,?'1 ynrds ut I'avouln. N. J., iiv .8,'rlk2 mcctiu nnd decided to maineH V Spval hundred men re- rrt h, T ""I'l.-tcu in uie ravonia affected.1 ,ms&cr traf"c was not tkaUt'iiiii6" .Vroad strcct for thf W V1!1 action unt 1 7:20. ,ctockrailau1tef.Unr W,en Chester at 8 :1C '' IIII1 rn nly h,ec?W0 a Chert fcw mlDiifP, i nboum,5 bal on-ived a "taial m?u b.c(or5 nni' wa seat out , ?,m "nHately for West Chester. Trains Come In Slowly UiB"um1S V,,,ltcmal' "nd Chest into L -iicU br,nC hundreds of work- C "betar L t?'n W" r tho t throufi, 7t.bo 5lrlke- Rustlcton fCelVfoi;,lho "t time The 0:SuvBi.SfU,f ,,e5t commuter. t0 rIvcaCn0tck1tTrfn from Rustle lrhor. u at Holmesburg junction ft ca?s CSnn,5nfUtcrs, nhvnys bav "o Tit nustleton d.nVcd " traln waiting. make tin ?iral,n crcw luntocred t changing r08d -cct Sta,io wllb- dJu U K' 0tttcl Hopeful ple conditions. H, ',,. jfc..-.i . VV "uojituu U Hall tto- 'wl road iss imI i' ."? L onusyn Iar. if "s", n hopeful Htatcracn VYokT'A" P.' cpnt better "HKb' wrvlceV ' possiWo' atemer0yt "XSil? ,"po,:ts'" tho ttlr PbllsXinM1 from ". 'llvlslons Vt0M of cr. Sn0' Rllow that 0''t of Wrt to run In 'n,ra,ln normally ched- tUrotJ Street nll o iV,,,ad'PW " oireet Htatlon, West Phila- EERMAEMPRESS ILL Pm ' " Victoria Near, lwu D.ec,are Newapaper rfS'AH fe P.Tho J learned from a rM.R. ,Iny "" ll T Mndltlon ". rp bIn BOUrco that AU!U Vktnrla L.,?rmw impress ttt the i. "P I'woine so crave h,'bPtednnCtCB,e"t of " ""' , ( ivnru at any moment, l-'ood ptices nie souring nk a djrect reiult of the walkout of railroad en. Tho shortage o some productH in the Philadelphia market is accentuated by the presence of New York merchants ready to bid up the price to obtain sup plies. Meats in general have jumped five and six cents n pound wholesale, with cor responding increases in the retail prices. Some retail dealers have in creased prices seven nud one-half to eight cents. " Fresh vegetables and fiults have gone to almost prohibitive prices asparagus, for example, now sidling nt $12 aidozen bunches wholesale. Potatoes" Advance $1 'PotatoaJ, selling nt $-1.25 and $1 a bushel wholesale Inst week, hnvc jumped to $1.75 nnd $5 n bushel. As in the case of all other products, potatoes will go up further if the strike con tinues, it was said, II. D. Irwin, second vice president" of tho United States (Jniin Corporation, M-nt a communication to Joseph Hagc doru, chnirmnn of the Philadelphia fair price committee, assuring him tho walk out of railroad men furnished no legiti mate pretext for an advance in the price ot Hour here. lie also told Mr. Hngedoin the grain corporation has in stoic in this city, in dependent of the stocks of merchants, 1,000,000 barrels of flour, or enough to .supply the city for four months. New Yorkers Ithl for Food , The Xew York mcichniits have been i busy in the local food auction houses for three Uajs, inlying up every con ceivable variety of edibles. Virtually no, food trains are reaching Xcw York, tuey say. A commission merchant on Callowhill street said the New York men am keen ing a fleet of sixty motortrucks busy Mauling their purchases from Phila delphia. The auction sales at which thev are snld to bo particularly active aro at the Baltimore nud Ohio terminal sale. No. 12, North Wharves, and nt the Thirtieth and Market streets sale. At the store of R. Daetwyler & Co.. Newmarket and Callowhill btrcets, it was said the firm is operating on de liveries mndo prior to tho strike. "Wo have been offered prices ap proximating $1 more n rase thou we are charging our regular customers," it was said, "but wc prefer to deal with our regular trade." Fruits in IJIg Increase A Oermantown denier who bought 150 crates of oranges nt $7.75 a crate at the auction, was offered $9.75 for them n short time later. The samo man reported tomatoes had jumped fiom $.'! a crato to $4.50. Lettuce sold for $2.75 n case Saturday. It brought $0 today. At tho latter price, retailers cannot af ford to sell it for less than tueuty-lie cents a head. Straw-Lorries retailed for seventy-five cents a box Saturday. They brought that pneo at wholesale today. ui!.V U Coujhourn. 1,'I2 Callowhill street, reifortcd noulirv nin 1....1 i creased in price. John Rider, in the Terminal market, reported Increases of uvn reiivs 11 noilllll III Ulltlcr, At tho stall of Mrs. M. Greer & Son In tho samo market, it was said lamb which cost thirty-four and thirty. live rents n nound nholcMiln lnut u-v now 15 wnoiesaiitig at forty and forty 0110 rents, with tho supply limited. Tho StocMiurccr Co. stall ronnrtml general increases of the nud six cents n pouud iu tho wholesale meat prices. PUTS CALL 0E DUTY FIRST My the Associated Press Moston. April l.'l. Major Goneinl Wood today canceled the leave of ab sence which he had obtained to make n campaign, for tho Republican nomina tion for President, and said he would start at 4 :4.i p. ni. for Chicago to re sume his duties as commanding geucrnl of the ccntrnl department. General Wood made the announce ment at n breakfast given in his honor at the Boston City Club, saying his de cision was due to railroad strike con ditions. "The situation of growing seriousness in the country is Mich that I feel it my duty to give upmy leave and to return to my post of rommaniLin Chicago," ho stated. "The situation is not one which allows personul consideration' to enter Into the matter in the least." It was the intention of General Wood to speak ill scveinl plnces in Massachu setts, Xe.w Jersey. Rhode Island. Dela ware and Pennsylvania within tho next week. He canceled ull of these en gagements. A Washington dispatch sajs-General Wood's decision was mado on his own initiative. His leave began about u month ago and was to hove continued for threo months. Major General Hell Is now acting commander of the Central Department NO WONDER HE LIKED JOB Committee Declares 26,000 Railroad Employes in This Vicinity Aro Idle MANY AFRAID TO WORK DEADLOCK MAINTAINED WEST OF OHIO RIVER Important Industries ' Threat ened With Paralysis Unless Change Occurs U. S. ASKS FOR NAMES OF STRIKERS Washington, April 13. tlly A. P.) Tho Pennsylvania and New York Ccntrnl railroads have been nsked by the Department of Justice to send the names of all their striking employes and to indicate which of them were lenders in the vtalkout, Department officials of both roads flatly refused to discuss the meaning of the messages or to Indicate whether similar requests would go forward to executives of other Hues. The text of the telegram follows: "Please scud us nt once the names of all of yolir employes who arc on strike, indicating the names of any of them who appear to be directing the movement in whole or in part." CABINET MEETING A claim of .'1500 mote men on strike today was made nt noon today by the strikers, when their meeting niliourued at lira mi 1'raternity J lull, itili Arch strcct. According to the figures prepared by the strikers' committee, there nre now 20.000 men on strike iu and about Phil adelphia, including employes of the Pennsylvania. Reading and Multimorc nnd Ohio Railroads. The strikers stated that the actes sions to their ranks today were from all branches of the servlc. including offices, shop und yards. A mass-meeting wil be held this after noon by tho strikers in Eagles' Hall, Thirteenth und Spring Garden streets. Members of the local organization of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive -i'lrcmcn nnd Enginemen, meeting today iu a hall at Thirty-ninth street nnd Lancaster avenue, declared that 1200 of their num ber are staving nwny from work for fear of the strikers, with whom they do not sympathize. The cuginemeu und firemen passed resolutions of loyalty to their leaders nntr organization. Speakers at the meeting condemned Mnvor Moore for failing to provide "adequate protection" for the loyal men. The Mayor and three Philadel phia congressmen, Messrs. Darrow, Cos tello and Graham, were strongly oen Mired for opposition to labor bills in Cougi ess. The meeting made it plain that the My the Associated Press ' Chicago, April 13. Appointment by President Wilson of the railroad labor board is viewed by botli railroad and . brotherhood officials .today ns being a ' ong step toward settlement of the rail J J trlke. Officiqls.of both sides reiterated that the loads were powerless to raise wages or consider other demands uii- til the board has reviewed requests now pending. ' I he officials aie now awaiting an- , iiounccmcnt by Attorney General' Pal mer of the government s attitude toward the "illegal" strike and of any action which miglrt be taken to bring the strikers back to work. It is believed that when this announcement is mndc and with prompt action by the newly appointed board uu early set tlement can be hoped for. This, the thirteenth day of the un authorized walkout, showed the (lean lock continuing throughout nil tho (lis E X T R A ALL PHILA.-N. Y. TRAINS ON PENNSY SUSPENDED Train service between New York nnd Philadelphia both ways was suspended at 1 o'clock this afternoon on the Pcn;ib"l vania Raihoad until further notice. This information was con veyed in a notice signed by the station master and posted in Broad Street Station. The last train for New Ybrk left at one ,. inhiute of 1 o'clock this afternoon. Dt.rHer the railroad claimed that 50 per cent of tho New York service was being maintained. TOMORROW WILL DISCUSS WALKOUT President Summons dfficiaf Family for First Time Since His Illness ADVISERS TO ASSEMBLE REGULARLY IN THE FUTURE Executives, Workers and Public Equally Represented on Industrial Board 3 ROBBERS BIND 'PALMER INVOKES TAILOR; GET $2000i GRAND JURY ACTION My the Associated Press Washington, April 13. President Wilson took n hand in the nation-wide 1 strike crisis today by appointing the railroad labor board nnd calling a cabi I net meeting for tomorrow to discuss "the general situation." Thf following are members of the board : Representing the public: George W. Hanger. Washington, D. C. : Henry Hunt, Cincinnati: R. M. Barton, Ten nessee. Representing the railroads Horace Baker, J. II. Elliot and William L. Park. Representing the employes Albert Phillips. A. O. Wharton and James 3.r Forrester. ' The cabinet meeting tomorrow is the lust called by the President since lie returned from his western trip last September "u very sick man." Since his illness he has seen only a few mem- lock continuing tiirougnout an tno uis-. ' ; ":i r," , . i ,, trict west of Ohio, with the exception $1300 in Currency and $700 Attorney General Starts Court J " ,. ,,l of the far northwest, where, in the re- " i J , wwm . WUson Watching C Morning j Inquiry Into Strike gion of i;vcrett nnu poKnno, inc strikers have made some fresh gains. In the Chicago district the strikers have made no gnins for four days, and. , while they deny any desertions from : their rank, the railroads have each day increased the amount of traffic handled. I The railroad managers announced to- t day that the office workers nnd union . .....ll... l.H.l.nM t.Aln.l 1... ,1.1 r)ll IKU-UIVUUVIQ illlJIUl lull u lliu brotherhood are able to handle all tin flic offe.rcdj llusiness is much below normal' becuuso oT life "strikesiH" 'Other Ring Taken Conditions Hold-Up in Camden Responsibility THONGS CAUSE GREAT PAIN, ITS EFFECT IS QUESTIONED cities. Tlnee lobbeis In Id up lli.1lnnl Hi- ft 1V-1W1K- y. ...n.n ii i i.i.. j. I, ;. . ., . .. : "' w.s m. uiL.ur.,ui viSir;t::.i:ri0a,s.H'" CmnMHiAj """ '""" uwoy wmi .y,.,im in casii and cJijcJisl .Washington. mill n iliiifttrinil .!... ..t 1 .. Om I " Furnace Man Sang and Whistled as Liquor Disappeared John Bacon, a negro, of Thirtieth and Diamond streets, attended the fur nace in the cellar of Arthur Kaufman. at oJiu uiamonu street, ami ho liked Uoluntecrs to man mnil nnd milk trains '" , """ it,., i"ml handle engines for flic emergency Macon never growled about too innnj , purposes. There was a ready response, ashes to shovel, ami had never a word The icsolutlou passed at the meeting of complaint about his wages. Ho sang I follows ' k and whistled all the time, so well did he "We'resolv. to lomnln w.i . .... organization and its leaders; to suppoit them in nil past, present and future New York. Anrll 13. The strength of the striking railroad woikcrs today was exerted in the section cast at Pittsburgh nnd iu the Pacific North west, with conditions, nccording to rall rood brotherhood leaders and railroad offirinls, in the remainder of the country pointing toward a return to normal. Around New York passenger scrvico was hard hit and in the Pennsylvania steel and irou regions thousands ot workers were tlneatcned with enforced idleness unless the situation quick) chauges. At Jersey City armed soldicis with enuiiiemen nnd firemen nre not in svm. '"":. 'noior rucKs were called in to natlu- with the strikers, nud will cla.llv "nntl ? Ina" "nltid by the strike. iffi l.ni.1.- in wnrlf iw onnn no tlm.- ,' 7."allroo"S and .iuiin,i .-.,f0i;.. clinch for UJIOII III! M1fll A llllll) J. B. Casey, the chairman, called for and a diumond i-iurr vnlncil nt STftO , The three men entered the store while main ( l r.vonc was alone. One "tovered" him with a revolver nnd mud ho wnuM nlmnt nt inc nrst outcry. The other two car- nfl Plvntii Intn . ..! Hnnn. I - - ". ...... .i irui IUUIII. ' ,.,- ... . ,, , There he was tied to a cnair with i ub'uosi uiose who weie icspon- neavy twine. The monev and checks aimo l0v tlic strike .pril 1.".. Attorney General Palmer has bceiin mml !n - rw -.... ,,i.. investigations uf the railway strike in New prk, These inquiries White House officials would not say that the "unauthorized" railroad strike has prompted the call, but it was under stood thnt this would be the principal subject discussed. With freight traffic in the East seri -' ously crippled, administration officials regard the situation as very serioop. Tho President hns been kept advised, as to general conditions. , ' , h-, Attorney General Palmer is ttudyJi-"- additional reports today from . Depart- mentvof Justice field agents nnd i; tgifn nppff.fl tn tnnL'A n fvimnlftf. ntruirt .iSI.I'V. recommendations. Tlie department '38 v5 were taken from his pockets, and the I The attorney general has asnured ui uir runway ru-ikc jn '-""", '"""',""". -" i"; '""" ",rWBB lilinf.ii nn.i w.d. ! I asked Pennsylvania nnd New ork CeHSV-iiHral h iiago and A ashington. tral -secutVM for tl)C names of nHJM i look to criminal indict- striking employes. tH W? "m like his work. Mr. Kaufman never hnd such a competent fircman,of furnaces. Last ulght District Detectives Frank liu and Thumb, of the Twentieth nnd Berks streets btation, arrested Bacon, charged with stealing $3000 worth of whisky, giu and wine. The negro, who, police hay, confessed to the larceny, nnd said he had drunk most of the liquor and sold the wine, wuh held today under $300 bail for court by Magistrate Oswald. CORNICE FALLS INTO STREET A portion of tho stone cornice, weigh ing 150 pounds, fell from the southeast corner of the Land Title Building this looming. It dropped twenty-two stor ies into Broad nnd Sa.nsom streets, at 7:30 o'clock. No person wos injured und the debris vns lemoved quickly by 'employes. uegotintions, und to support our local .-iiiuriuuii, .i. n. iasey, in all his woik. "We further l'csolve und demand that any man who acts on a committee to negotiate on business for which his brotherhood hus contracted, unless lie withdraws from such committee by mid night of April 30, shall be dismissed from tho company's service." At the height of the meeting of the strikers nt Sixteenth and Arch streets, when Louis Segal, a Pennsylvania Rail road brakeman, was speaking, a dozen men in overalls and enps enmo In, all of thrm shopmen from Broad Street Sta tion. "Here are some 'blaekhandeia' come to Join us," said Segal, referring to the rontlnutsl on Pae Two, Column Two suikcih went luto a control of trnfTift ii.a.1au leading into New York. PENN "SOPH" GETS CLOTHES AFTER NIGHT IN N.J. J AIL , i Kidnapped Class Leader Is Given Freedom and Returns for . Revenge in Pants Fight This Afternoon ENOUGH TRUCKS TO HANDLE FOODSTUFFS There mo enough jnotortrucks avail able to bring 41110 the city food on all trains consigned" hero nnd stalled by striking switchmen within a nidi us, of thirty, miles. This announcement was mndo follow ing a meeting of tho transportation com mltteo of tho Chamber of Commcrro held this morning iu the Wldencr Build ing. Representatives uppciiicd before tho committee, from tho Motortruck Hauling Association, tho Pennsylvania Motor truck Owners' Protective Association and thirTriim-OwuerH' Associntipn, 'I Vully clothed once more, Larue K. Chilli, ti sophnmoic returned to this city this afternoon to lend his classmen in their annual limits light with the freshmen at the University of Pennsl viuiln. The fight will toke place at -1 o'clock. Clark was "kidnnnricd" cstcrdav by live first- ear men. hustled to Olou ccstcr, depilvcd of his clothing nnd later, with one of his captors, confined iu tho niouccstcr jail. . Other sophomores rushed u suit of clothes to him this morning and Clark was escorted back in triumph not to mention tho clothes. Seliwl by I'Vrshmcii When Clark faced Mayor Anderson in tho tflourester police court this morning his only attire were the iutl- mum garments pictured on stalwart oung men Iu some of tho magaslnes. With him was Frederick M. Frrneli. 310 South Fortieth street, a freshman. Who was ono of Clark's captors and guards Iu a (llouccstcr hotel heforo the proprietor called in tho police French was better equipped than Clark to fino forth in the wide world after tho Mayor told both men tiiv could go. The freshman worn troiuonj n ml, it waistcoat, hut, like Clark, his feet wcic bare, Cloife, who Is twenty ,, , .., . ... , . mi a ii jives nt iii4 spruce street, was In jears old. nud V . 5. V "i"" fiinvi, was in n fraternit house curly last evening talk- ni. .iii-i inuiiN ior inc pants llgiit todav. He hnd been chosen to lend the "sophs'" Iu the war on limb draperies. Five freshmen, fired hyr.enl for their sido .Inveigle,! Clnfk to the rear of tho frat house. The second-enr leader was seized jilid hustled to n Mnrket street "L" station. I'p the stairway the protesting loader was pushed nnd dragged, then hustled aboard n train nnd taken to tho Market street ferry. On the New Jersey side Clark's captors engaged an automobile, and ordered the chauffeur to drive to the iflouccstcr police station. They tied their prisoner with ropes on the rnu to Gloucester. Clnrk was pushed-into the station house nnd hnlteil ot tlm .Wi, r it' i Sergeant Albert Taylor. "Lock him up for us, yvill you, scr geantt1" one of the freshmen asked. "What's the charge?" asked the matter-Af. fact officer. "Make some chargo agalnRt yourself, (.lark, the freshmen ordered. The sophomore refused. Then his captors explained p tho house sergennt, but thnt official's dictum vyns final, Tontlnunl onTnce To, Column Two Able to .Move Moie Trains While the strikers, who -yesterday crippled suburban trallic In Now Jcisey, succeeded this morning in inconveni encing 10,000 more commuters by shut ting down the three divisions of tho Staten Island Rapid Transit Co. and drawing out more firemen on tlie Long muuu juuiroiid, me oiner roads re ported greater success in operating freight and passenger service. Accenting the aid nf eliifum n.,,1 working hand in hand with representa tives of tho "Big Four," the roads were able to move un increasing nmoiiut of food into the city, while specials oper ated by volunteer crews began arriving from suburban points in New Jersey. Almost complete paralysis of the Kansas coal industry is reported toduy. Tho announcement nt the headquarters of the coal operators as to operations said that only four steam shovels were working. No deep mines were working. Ohio Coal .Mines Hard Hit Soft coal mines in Ohio were uenrly all closed down and thousands of miners were thrown out ot work. A few mines in some scattered sections were reported still working, but all of tho big mines were ced because of the inability of operators to get earn m T1'.p. ColumbN Delaware and Marion traction to., operating traction cars between Columbus und Marion, an-""'-,Pjl that it had taken off all "i ' i"i cars aim reduced its serv ice ono-half because of the coal shortage. 'I he predicted effect im.m mi..i.i...... industry of the strike became a reality today, when power and fuel curtailment forced into idleness close n 100,000 workers in vnrious industrial centers. I'resh difficulties were encountered by the railroads at the Pacific North west, although reports from various other sections of tho West indicated gradual Improvement. Croat Northern and Northern Pne fin -ifni...,o!. "1 'VET'.' .W".R'-' WU,k0'1 0llt nlil night kist night nnd Northern Pacific jnrdmen nt Spokane arranged a meet g today to dec do on future action. n"f emplojes of the Oregon-WnshiuRUm Railroad and Navigation Co.. and the Chieagp. Milwaukee and ft P I in Northern Pacific men. In Chicago, where the strike started two weeks ago with a walkout f switchmen on tho Chicago MiuJmi- und St Paul RallroadrconditionT e?e Mjfl clently Improved today to permit iftlng by several railroads of embargoes placed a week mm iiii.1M.r.0vl estimated 25 per cent mor freight wa. moved nt Ch cago yesterdav !. any other day slneo th e? 'i'l"" .." " fiurica, i-iuengo Illstrirt Heeoierlng It was announced at the White Hous I that the cabinet officers would ussemble In the President's study instead of mcet- nnir nulleil from hi nn !?,.,... i .. ... " . ""'"" "- lng in the executive offices. ing that tbey would return and kill him ' , , "ns M,,1",it authority to j This will be the first gathering of the if he made an outcry, the men left the t0000'1 "Ra'nst the outlaw strike lead- i cabinet siuce the resignation of former, store. lers under the Lever not and under the ' Sccretari' f State Lansing, on Febru- Prjonc was a secure prisoner for some pi'mnins railroad act. No additional I nrj" V5' nft..r the President had rebuked time. Then he managed to free oue ' "Wdntiuu is required. him for calling unofficial meetings dur- hnml. He (Oiild not untie the cords, so lt is ,not certain that the giaud jurv i 'u..V,r' V,,80n'8 illuMI' he fell tow aid the telephone. Thing his Proceedings will lend to anything. It "hit" House officials (-aid the Presl free hand he removed the ret elver and is not t(,rtain that criminal prosecutions ''cut ft,t that he had recovered suffl culled thf polhe. . are port of the administration's policy . oi(utly to meet with the cabinet, and it Detect i c Tioncoue responded. Pnone owurd the strike. The ndmiuistrution I "as indicated that hereafter his official was still bound to the cnair, the rones . "" definitp policy except tlie ap- I famll would be called together at more iiu.iuk u) mui nine uuieu ucen into """"" " "' "" moor uouni proritletl " "' "'""u jiiiurvuia. etor was almost ,or lm",'t' the ( unimins act. whose n.lr, uuini's were announced this morning. ere about . memoersnip o the board illus 1 "" ? i i his flesh. The nronrietor unconscious from the pain, Prone said the tobbers w twenty-eight jears old nnd apparentli trates one of the difficulties of the situ worked with the knowledge that 110 ",t,on. II low'1 "0 great expectations, other peison was iu the shop at the I '."'"''lent Wilson has had tumble get time they entered. ting the kind of men to serve on th" Board is Court of Last Resort I'uder the transportation act, the railroad labor board is the court of last icort in deputes between the roads uud their employes. Its first work after1 considering the present strike will h -i in proprietor is a former saloon- ' Donr" l,lat m' would liUe to hnve. The ' ly laKP ,") uie wuoie railroad wage quea keepcr. and is known to currv lur"c ' Jsl,(,riences of his two industrial ism- I t,on which hus been pending for nearly sums of money. ' " ferences huvr.;ivou men 11 sense of the," J'"ar. - -- magnitude of the industrial problem The boaid is to establish permanent' WPAI TUY MCM DIIM tjiiiiio ,tl,,,L mi,lU' ",n" ''har pf accepting the headquarters at Chicago, nud its mem- WfcALIHY IVIhrJ RUN TflAINS tn ll,"t lonfrouts the labor board. ' hers will devote all of their time to the - -- ljn; Ul of harmonizing the interests "rk- They will receive salaries of Enalewood Broker -nri I ww.- u 1 ". ,nbm' "ul ,nPitul and thus checking $10,000 a earcach. cnaiewooa Broker and Lawyer Help the spread of radicalism ii labor is oue The board will he authorized to meet nanroaa Operation culling tor the finest abilities in the in Wnxhincton at onoe to mi. .,n i.. New York, April 13. (By A P 1 i countrj . but since the war stopped big- grievance of the railroad employes now ui.- iiuiiuuuiionii went to tlie 0011 today and prompt action is cxpccicu Mayor McKenna, of Englewood ' v' I ! mcn liaw' ""' heeju.vailabic for gov- on strike. Th which is completely Isolated 'by ' the ,'r!'f "t scru, 0. Senate at 1100; strike, said fifteen volunteers- liroml. J.,le !,",i, of the oveiumeut seems ' by that bod "lu.1. l" orK uiiHuiuHH jiumi u lio lire IV Vi "" "" uuuru. in 3 1 .ur, iiuni. ono ni rim nnh .1 .. . 1 . , 1 A ., "' ' 'i Itl'lU9 villeins 01 r.iigiewooil. this mornine ' ",B 71"" " i "-i nu irusi 10 icuiuuvcH. is appointed for one year, had manned two trains of niiie cars ,v,lVts' ",','" "f w,hll'h hopcfullj .regarded He is a former major of Cincinnati each ion the Erie Railroad from Nyock I ,Kf,i'P '"1I,1."s,;.of " st.r' which has so and u former member of the Ohio N. Y. The same voluutecr crews wil t1 ttI'' ''""zatU" " this one. nud which House of Representatives. Durloir thn man the trains back to Nyack at 5:lT)'(lo0S n0' ,'0,,tn'1 """ u"io" H"1 "ar ho was u captain in the National p. In. and 5:10 n. in. ntrr. - (.. -.. a...i.... Army. Since IDl.i lm luwl !...,. n ,. ir 1IU 111 Afolvfilllln tiiitirl. .. Ill ...it ... Fl?clewoo!rU,,;'8 "' U muss-'nting .Palmer's grand j l.U,ltHIUIl, fn... rtt .il..ir... her of the board of trustees of Cincinnati ' ence ol opinion me mem i3nlwhr,C.,?.,J,0in.ir ,V.cr, Cameron listrat.on l.: -........,, ,v i.iunvi , , . f, ,m luwjer, und Councilman tieorge. laulkncr, all of Englewood. exists iu administration cindnnat I arte. l&d fwJ'" ,? "f" .' ''?. ,.m": ' "Iloss"aCoxa.fte,Dui he ?Z h. Mason, J PENR0SEH0ME AGAIN Senator "Feeling Fine" as He Ends Long Vacation Id that a resort to fli- m.,n L ' u" l ox- . """"S the ubnormally iu i .i. ... ':..Vi ",:, noi suininer or ltiiM !ii hoir-fifi nit..f..iw .. left to VLeiabor boa "V "Zn h Ink ISaS? 'T " W1, ' tho -that the strike situation hus got too far ni i. '! J "'"' l'cruU'd them to re forward for a newly created board to I HuniTins. deal with it. The iisefulueMs of such n , Other Members of Board Iio i.rnv.ntinf. triL. ,.,i.. f. ..... "u ! . . "'" "?"". another reprcsenUtlve of ,...........n ...in iiu ttin I1I1L1IIII ,i.i. ...i . u I,. , m . - iz.od h the unions. n'l.!., M!..i. i.... f 1 the public, is named for two yearn. He Seuutor Penrose, ThU. IviM' nof opinion is tipical , iftZ't".1 """fr f f ",tcJ th.. ii.,..il..i. ni.o'...iL ..I : 'i1'1 ,' states board of mediation and eonoillni. ) ---.- ..... ... "I'iiiiuii J-l t,)'!! ,, of the situation The administration IH.H... .... .1 -- I llllll. llllll II Ik II IIIIIITlllOH r l. w .The senator a.oe sho.tl after S l'r-,w'J- ,1,,lp J'""',,m tolled, and now Vw ,1 ami L'SfJi'??? Utt o'olnoi i., .. i.. i '.i.A'f. u'lpr , ti,e admluistrnt on mn 1 it . I....... .... . i or "I'Peais unit is appointed for three naiirrii - -- yen Tho Illinois Central Railroad reported W'll "fflc.at Chicago nV2 M!K&" and X,l .SifW .l .. .: v ." ' ""i, t wiroiign ,i,r iM'wspnperH and then turned His attention to n sheaf of papers lie received from his secretary early last ere,, nif when his private car reached i ashington n'r?ir i Vi:noVl "I".", to be nt his pITJco iu the Commercial Trust Build- , lng this afternoon. I Continued on l'utr Two SPRING GOES. ON STRIKE rs. Column Tour Horace Maker, who iu apnointed to. AitHiA.l 11.. ft. 1 w. . r -! i-bviii, uiu rauroau executives for n three- ear term, is h former general innnnger of the Cincinnati, New Orlean and Texas Pacific Railroad. i J I. l.lliot, of Texas, is appointed for two sears. Ho fnrml.- .,-nu - era I manager of the TexaH and Paclfit HUNT BOY. 14, MISSING Walks Out In Teeth of Stiff North west Breeze Frost Predicted SCn ! tni inlnnil fm-niu i !. l... i '!'( jP"i mui-n uu i' IIUIII ll - 1 t -.-., , m Villi- men nnd switchmen this morning, and .""''"'ad and subsequently was a colonel at 11:30 o'clock started a walkout , . traP,rtatioii corps of the At 0 o'clock the festive season .. A,"?rlcan exped tlonary forces. .-... . uin in fii-i! Illl'BlUf'IlE or Illf. i:M1. (treat Western nnd is appointed railroad th rem en for T"'Vl?r '1,i5I! ?'hol. "U it Is believed Laid nnrenlntfi n So it Mill bo fair and colder t. threo scars. Mr, Wharton, wliose home l hi Mis- sniirl. Iu mi ,.n'.l.. I fi. i. " Hlirimr Ll,.-,--.,"" """" . "; railway ein department of the American' fMsTSnifsl'taSa : S J - & "liS'S'----w to ii nearby store. arby van ii r.iiiii. ...A i ... Con nurd f.i. p..'.r. -: j ..."- :"..""'" """ f" a grceu snow "" i-'iumn On. ' "' mncumaw and tan shoes I r,.i,.h uen sue returned The weather strike fc HM.n , 'advices from Plttfcburch rw.,i?i2 mbus,C0. 'ttWI1Cr,ltu,'' of -'2 at I .Mr. lorrester is nresldenr ,.t n.- HrotherlioiHl of Ruilwuy HleawWi', Clerks, freight1 handler.,, ex pre", TZ yeaar.0Vn ,,i, t'rm '" 1 ij a A'WAwsBiS,! hfsr s r 4TUN ', ittefUfeiyw ffii -. ft f,ftfAi'rtJ..V! ''ten. ... ,-' vP I ft -r ' vi A y , . uW. U' " if 'At .n. :,$. u5 m&LK . 1 -!vi.J '. ... , ! 'rh fr .t -. .u: ' Av .. '. , 'I B.t.,r-K,- .;a ,m j;i Vj
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