Governor's Troop Quartered at lAfestiaghouse Plant in Strike Zone
HARRISBURG fj§l§B|> TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 100
GOVERNOR'S TROOP IS FIRST OF MILITIA
TO REACH PITTSBURGH TROUBLE ZONE;
STRIKERS MAKE MOVE TOWARD PEACE
Crack Harrisburg Organization Reaches City in Van
of National Guard Commands Ordered by Brum
baugh to District Where Rioting Strikers Damage
Property and Cause Deaths of Two Persons and In
jury of Two Score; Will Be Quartered at Westing
house Plant
RIDE THROUGH BRADDOCK
BUT ARE NOT MOLESTED BY CROWD
Troops From Near Pittsburgh Experience Trouble in Mo
bilizing; Eighteenth Infantry Gathered in Its Armory
and Tenth Infantry Is Assembling at Greensburg;
Coal and Iron Police Apparently Have Situation in
Hand; No Disorders Today; 1,000 Pressed Steel Car
Workmen Close Plant
Pittsburgh, Pa., May 3.—The Governor's troop arrived on a spe
cial train in East Pittsburgh soon after 10 o'clock this morning and
quickly detrained for duty in the Turtle Creek and Monogahela
valleys where strike riots occurred yesterday. The troop, com
manded by Captain George C. Jack, of Harrisburg, was the first of
the National Guard commands ordered last night by Governor
Brumbaugh to the disturbed district. The men were taken to a new
building of the Westinghouse plant where it is said they will be
quartered during their stay in the strike zone.
The first move toward a settlement of the Westinghouse strike
was made to-day when 800 strikers, in secret meeting, appointed a
committee to confer with Patrick Gilday, chief of the Pennsylvania
Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration, with a view to having him
intervene with the company as mediator. Clifton Reeves, of the
Federal Department of Labor, addressed the meeting, which was so
quietly called it was over before East Pittsburgh knew it had been
called.
The Governor's troop, on guard in East Pittsburgh rode down
into Braddock this afternoon but met with no opposition from the
crowds which filled the streets near the Edgar Thomson mills.
R. B. Rahrn and Joseph Xysecic were arrested by deputies to
day after a search which included houses in Braddock.
Rahrn had been shot in the head and Xysecic in the thigh during
yesterday's riot, and hidden by their friends. All the other wounded
rioters were arrested at noon, and guards placed at their bedsides.
Troop Establishes Quarters
It was almost 1J o'clock this morn-
Ing before there was any display of
life on the streets of East Pittsburgh.
Then the residents began appearing
In the streets expecting to see the ar
rival of the troops but the Governor's
troop had arrived and was in its quar
ters before the strikers were aware
of its presence.
A crowd of boys numbering:
about 100 manned a brick pile near
the machine company's otflce but no
missies were thrown. At the strikers'
headquarters there was no activity,
the strikers being without 3 leader
since the arrests of last night.
Cannot Got Mounts
Troop H. Captain Charles C. Mc-
Govern, was held in its armory here,
and will march to Braddock later in
the day. The Sheridan troop of
Tyyrone. experienced much difficulty
In securing mounts, and was not ex
pected to reach East Pittsburgh be
fore night fall. Meantime the Eigh
teenth infantry had been mobilized
at its armory here, and the Tenth
infantry was assembling at Greens
lurg, fifty miles from the strike sec
tion.
l.arge forces of coal and iron police
were still on guard in the plants of the
I'nited States Steel Corporation in the
Monongahela Valley but experienced
no trouble.
Another Plant Closes
Interest in the strike situation
shifted during the morning to Mc-
Kees Rocks where large forces of the
THE WEATHER
H arrlsbn rg nnil vicinity! Prob
ably NhouerN this afternoon or to
night. Thursday partly cloudy.
Somewhat cooler, lowest tempera
ture to-nlcbt about 30 ilenree*.
lOantern Pennsylvania: Hain to
night followed by partly A-loudy
weather Thumday. Somewhat cool
er. Moderate Month to weal winds.
Hlver
The SuNqnehanna river and Its
principal trlbutarleM will probably
fall slowly or remain nearly sta
tlonary. A stage of about fi.H feet
IM Indicated for llarrlshurg Thurs
day mornlnK.
facneral Condition*
A weak disturbance from the
Southwest cover* the greater part
of the eastern liulf of the country.
A new storm lias appeared In the
\orthwenl, central over Western
Canada, moving; southeastward.
The pressure Is highest over the
southern Rocky .Mountain region.
Showers have occurred generally
from the plains States eastward
except In the Atlautlc and Kast
f*tilf States.
It Is warmer In Montana, Wash
ington and the Western Canadian
provinces: elsewhere terapertnre
changes have been somewhat Irreg
ular. Frosts occurred this morning
In Colorado. Kansas, \ehaakn, I'tali.
Wyoming. South Ilakota and Min
nesota with temperatures at or be
low freealng at several station*.
Temperature S a. m.. 55.
Sun: Rises, ft.o3 a. m.: sets,
7.01 p. m.
Moon i Flrat quarter. May 10,
3.47 a. m.
River at aire t 0.1 feet above low
water mark.
Venterday*s Weather
Highest temperature. 72.
Coyest temperature. 01,
Mean tempernture. Oft.
formal temperature, ST«
nv CARRIER « CENTS A. WEEK.
SINMI.H: COPIES 2 CENTS.
Pressed Steel Cat- Company's men
struck yesterday. Three hundred
riveters returned to work at 7 o'clock,
but by 10 o'clock mey had induced
the workmen in six departments of the
plant 1o walk out. The shops were
immediately closed and it was said
tlie entile plant with its 1,000 work
men would be closed this afternoon.
First Time in Fourteen Years
This is the first time in fourteen
years that the Pennsylvania National
Guard has been called out for strike
duty. In 1902 troops were sent into
the anthracite coal regions, but since
that time the State constabulary has
been able to preserve order. The en
tire force has been on duty at
Barre owing to a strike of street car
men for several months and could not
bo called away from that city.
Quiet prevailed throughout the night
in Braddock. Fearing another out
break. citizens sworn in as deputy
sheriffs patrolled the streets, while
...<>re than 300 guards and deputies
armed with riot guns guarded the
Edgar Thomson works of the Carnegie
Steel Company where yesterday's riot
ing occurred.
Other arrests were expected to-day
in connection with the commitments
I issued by Coroner Samuel C. Jamison
jas a result of the riot. Seven labor
I leaders, among whom were Fred Mer-
I rick, a former Socialist newspaper
I man, and J. 11. Hall, were arrested
, last night and are being held on a
charge of being an accessory before
| and after the fact to murder. Three
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"Keep on Kissing, Girls"
Boston Doctor Advises
Special to the Telegraph
Boston, May 3.—"Keep on kissing,
j girls; don't be afraid of the germs."
I This is the advice given by Dr.
i Charles E. Page, head of the Health
School in Tremont street, after criti
; cizing the remarks of Dr. Chapin, the
; Providence health official, who, in his
talk before the Harvard Medical
S School, put the ban on all kissing.
! "We're getting germ crazy," said
j Dr. Page. "Now we have put the bug
Into kissing. Do you suppose all this
tommyrot about kissing will be heed
|ed? Why should we frighten court
i Ing couples? I've been a physician a
number of years, and I've spent much
i time in rebutting testimony from
physicians which is mere speculation
and does more harm than good, and
I can prove it."
AT'TOISTS HIT POLE
! Unfamiliar with the road over
which they were - traveling at a high
rate of speed, according to witnesses,
; it. Tt. Barber, of Rutherford, and
.lack Smith, Smlthville street, Balti
more, were hurled from their auto
j mobile when it skidded and crashed
j into a telegraph pole. Barber's scalp
| was split and 12 stitches were neces
sary to close the* jash when he was
brought to the Itlrrlsburg hospital
for treatment. Smith sustained
bruises of the facA and body. The
i front wheel of tlje machine was rlp
jped off in the smashup
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1916.
WHERE TWO MEN WERE KILLED IN STRIKE RIOT
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TROOP ENTRAINS |
IN RECORD TIME
FOR PITTSBURGH
Nearly Every Man Responds to
Call and Several Left Behind
Leave Today
HOW THEY "GOT WORD" i
Strike District Not Without Its
Memories For Some of
the Guardsmen
In the "strike" district of Pitts
burgh's smoky environs the Governor's
Troop, Harrisburg's crack cavalry
command, is on guard.
The story of the sudden, unexpected
call in the night, the answer by fifty
! odd eager troopers in person, the
i quiet, grim activity about the old
J State street armory during the waning
; hours of the night and the earlier
! hours of the morning, the clatter of
! horses' hoofs over the hushed streets,
i more bustle at the Maclay street sid
ing of the Pennsylvania railroad, then
the speeding troop and camp trains,
westward bound—these are little de
! tails that are not without their sig
nificance in these days of the ever
i rolling war clouds on distant horizons.
The Yellow Sheaf
And a dispatch from Pittsburgh this
morning announced that the train
J bearing the Governor's Troop steamed
j into East Pittsburgh at 9:50 o'clock.
A little sheaf of yellow typewritten
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Wilson Is Critisized For
Serving Wine to Guests at
White House Banquets
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., May 3.
Criticism of President Wilson for pro
i viding wine for guests at banquets at
I the White House was expressed in
\ resolutions submitted to the Methodist
General Conference to-day by the Rev.
James W. Anderson, of Oregon, Mo.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on temperance. Although
the resolution was offered by Dr. An
! derson as an individual, the entire
Missouri delegation supported the ac
| tion.
1 li<>\ MANTKR RKTIRES
.Special to the Telegraph
Lebanon, Pa.. May S.—B. Dawson
1 Coleman, leading iron manufacturer
in this part of the State yesterday re
tired from active business. For many
years he has served as the Pennsyl
vania Steel Company's resident direc
tor in charge of the Lebanon furnaces
and the company's Cornwall ore bank
interests, which are about to pass into
the control of the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation. Prior to the time that
the Pennsylvania Steel Company pur
chased the G. Dawson Coleman estate
holdings in the Lebanon furnaces and
|Cornwall ore banks, Mr. Coleman was
associated with his brother, Kdward
R. Coleman. In the management of
i these interests.
SPANISH BOAT SUNK
By .isscciated I'ress
London, May 3.—The sinking by a
submarine of another neutral steam
ship, the Spanish vessel Vinifreda, is
reported in a Lloyd's dispatch from
Corunna, Spain. One member of the
| crew was lost.
The Vlnifreda was 1,441 tons gross
i and 250 feet long.
BIG GUNS POUND
ENEMY POSITIONS
BEFORE VERDUN
Artillery of Both Sides Activ;
Germans Shell Trenches With
Gas Projectiles
| The activity of the opposing armies
in the Verdun region has been con-
I
'fined to their artillery, but the big
gun fire has assumed considerable in
tensity in the vicinity of Dead Man's
i Hill, west of the Meuse, and of Doua
| mount, northeast of the fortress, in
dicating a probable resumption of in
fantry operations in th«se sectors In
| the near future.
i Paris reports a sharp conflict in the
[Argonne region, just west of Verdun,
the. Germans gaining, a foothold in
I advanced French positions after lib
| erally shelling them with gas carry
ing projectiles. The French subse
quently drove out the German troops
j inflicting heavy losses upon them.
I Semi-official advices from Sofia
deny reports that Bulgaria is at
tempting to arrange a separate peace.
TWO MORE BLOCKS
BEING ORGANIZED
IN BOX CAMPAIGN
Second Street Pi-operty Owners
Will Be Asked to Join Move
ment For City Beautiful
Announcement oaipe to-day that
efforts will be made to organize two I
more blocks on Second street for the !
display of window and porch boxes, i
Second street just north of Market j
Square will be generously decorated, ;
and Second street in the vicinity of
Maclay and above will also receive the
attention of flower enthusiasts. Now |
comes the news that the same tlior-;
ouKhfare in the vicinity of Herr street 1
is not to be neglected.
Miss Ada Wills, of 1121 North Sec-!
ond street, will launch a movement for j
concerted action among the residents j
of the street between Herr and Ver
beke streets, and Miss Cora Lee Sny
der, of 1008 North Second street, will
devote her attention to that section of
the thoroughfare between Boas and
Herr.
Ofhers who have loined the Tele
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SHOOT SIGNERS
OF REPUBLICAN
I PROCLAMATION
; "Provisional President of Ire
land" With Two Others Die
After Court Martial
s j By Associated rress
London, May 3. Three signatories
to the republican proclamation in
? Ireland have been tried by court
. j martial and shot this morning. Patrick
H. Pearse, "provisional president of
s Ireland" was among those shot.
! Three other signer,? ..f the pro
" I clamatlon were sente\ ; id to three
. years imprisonment.
Premier Asquith reported this in
. the House this afternoon.
Another of the rebels found guilty
1 and shot this morning was James
i Connolly, styled "commandant general
j of the Irish Republican army."
A London dispatch on April 30
e jgave the text of the proclamation is
. | sued by the insurgents at Dublin at
1 ; the outbreak of the revolt, with the
- signatures of Thomas J. Clark, S. Mac
- Dlarmad, Thomas MacDonagh, P. 11.
- Pearse, E. Ceannt, James Connolly
« and Joseph Plunkett.
Of the other signatories of the re
i publican proclamation found guilty
- and shot were Thomas J. Clark and
1.1 Thomas MacDonagh.
HARDSCRABBLE'
ANXIOUSLY WAIT
SOME DECISION
Owners Have Arranged to Pur
' chase Properties Elsewhere;
Must Have Their Money
"Our situation is much more ser
ious than officials or even the court
can probably said one of the
residents of "Hardscrabble" this
morning who is willing to accept the
award of viewers for his property.
"Quite a number of us have not made
any appeal from the award and hav
ing assumed from assurances given
us months ago that the properties
would be taken over this Spring, we
entered into negotiations for other
dwellings. In my own cane, a house
was offered which came within my
means and I had looked forward con
fidently to purchasing this property
with the money to be paid to me by
the city. Now 1 am likely to lose this
opportunity and cannot look forward
with any certainty to protecting mv
self Hgainst removal later In the
year."
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AGREEMENT IS
UNDERSTOOD TO
HAVE BEEN MADE
AT CONFERENCE
Generals Scott and Obregon
Awaiting Seal of Approval
From Their Respective
Governments Upon Provi
sional Pact Reached Early
This Morning in El Paso
FINAL SETTLEMENT MAY
BE LEFT TO DIPLOMATS
i
~T
Another Meeting Unneces
sary ; Reported Agreement
Said to Be Based on Gen
eral Proposition That
Troops Will Retire Further
to Operate in Fixed Area
Py .Associated Press
El I'aso, May 3.—Advices from
I Mexico City and Washington are
| awaited to-day to set the seal of ap-
I proval upon a provisional agreement
that is understood to have been
reached at the informal conference
between Gen. Alvaro Obregon, min
ister of war of the de facto govern
j ment, and Major General Hugh I*.
Scott, chief of stpff of the United
I States army.
I The conference ended after mid-
I night and the two conferees emerged
in good humor.
Neither Gen. Scott nor Obre
gon would talk of the deliberations;
j in fact, they agreed to maintain strict
j silence pending the next step.
It has been suggested that another
j formal conference here may now be
j regarded as unnecessary and that
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SWIFT'S FACE HEAVY FINE 1
Chicago, May 3.—The packing firm of Swift and Com- A
pany to-day was found guilty by a jury in the Federal Court I
of violation of the inter-State commerce laws. The maxi- I
mum penalty is $525,000. <
JITNEURS TO FIGHT 4
Harrisburg.—All of the jitney drivers who were fined f
', $5 and costs, Friday, by Alderman Hoverter for violating
* ' the city jitney regulations this afternoon appealed the cases I
$
I to the Dauphin county court. J ;
Jl
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j AMBLER FILES SUITS AGAINST PORTER
4 t Philadelphia, May 3.—Two criminal suits were insti
, tuted to-day by Charles A. Ambler, the administration can
j i didate for Auditor General against George D. Porter,
former Director of Public Safety. One of these suits alleges
* criminal libel and the other that Mr. Porter furnished false ®
' statements to the newspapers. The hearing will take place '
1 I N
to-morrow afternoon before a magistrate.
! 1
i>
EXCHANGE HAITI RATIFICATIONS ,
, Washington, May 3.—Ratifications of the new treaty
between the United States and Haiti today were exchanged
Iby Secretary Lansing Minister Menos. It is expected
the treaty immediately will be proclaimed by President Wil
son.
ORGANIZING U. S. STEEL WORKMEN 1
Cleveland, 0., May 3.—Six organizers of the American gS
Federation of Labor have arrived here to open a whirlwind
campaign to organize 8,000 employes of the United States
Steel Corporation here. The object of the movement is to '
demand an eight-hour day.
i
AUGUSTINE BIRRELL RESIGNS
, London, May 3. —Augustine Birrell, chief secretary for *
* Ireland has resigned.
MARRIAGE
< 1 ♦
Robert C. Bronmhrad. Jr., and Kilna June l.rnU. CHr.
John \V. Swurli, l.owrr Paston, and Kmma Irfiu chnpman, Tampa, Fla. 5
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CITY EDITIOfi
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GERMANY WILL
GIVE ATTITUDE
IN CLEAR AND
PRECISE TERMS
Draft of Reply to Note Is Fin
ished; Will Leave No
Room For Doubt Concern
ing Exact Position Assum
ed by Kaiser in U-Boat
Warfare
TO ALLOW WASHINGTON
TO JUDGE SITUATION
Definite Nature of Instruc
tions That Will Be Given to
Submarine Commanders
and Other Important Data
Will Be Embodied in Forth
coming Communication
Rv Associated Press
Berlin, May 3. (By wireless to the
j. ssociated Press, via Sayville).—The
; draft of the German reply to the
American note has been finished.
The reply is subject to minor alter
nations which may result from inter
changes of views between Berlin and
! general headquarters.
! The attitude of Germany will be
istated in clear and precise terms. The
note will leave no room for doubt,
concerning the exact position assumed
by Germany, which will communi
cate the definite nature of instruc
tions that will be given to subma
jrine commanders and other data on
which Washington itself can judge
the situation.
I The Associated Press is permitted
Ito make these statements, although
the censorship on dispatches tend
jing to reveal the tenor of the Ger
-1 man reply is still effective. Tho
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