HARRISBXJRG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 167' STRIKE SETTLE STEP NEARER AS MEN MEET PRES. MUSSER Railways Company Head Confers With Committee of Strik ing Employes; Entire City Hopes For Arbitration Soon; Business Suffers All Along the Line; Men In sist on Recognition of the Union FIFTEEN CARS OPERATING TODAY; SEVENTY DEPUTIES AID CITY POLICE One Strike-breaker Declares He Was Blackjacked When He Refused to Go to Work and Says He and Twenty Others Were "Fooled" Into Coming Here; Arrest Member 0/ New Crew For Alleged Insult to Girl At 2 o'clock this afternoon President Frank B. Musser, of the Harrisburg Railways Company, again met with a number of the strikers who were in conference with him yesterday morning, to con tinue the discussion of the strike situation. On the result of this conference, it is believed, will rest the settlement of the strike situation in the city. Both the strikers and President Musser stated that it was to be a continuance of the review of grievances and misunderstandings between the company and the men "as individuals." Union officials at noon said that the men were determined not to go back to work until the union was recognized and the company olficials agreed to arbitrate on the John J. Thorpe, strike organizer and leader, and vice-president of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes, said that no demonstration will be given to-night. He said the striking car men were on regular picket duty dur ing the day. Fifteen Cars Out Fifteen cars, all manned by alleged strike-breakers were sent out on the city lines and to Pine street. Steelton, at 7.30 o'clock this morning and serv ice continued during the day, with few disturbances Superintendent of Transportation Felix M. Davis said that efforts will again be made to keep the cars on the lines during the day. More than 70 deputies sworn in by Sheriff W. W. Caldwell are stationed at various points througnout the city. Only one call was received by the police this morning, when a large road roller got on the track at Four teenth and Derry streets and was ap parently blocking the car on that line. After an investigation the officers re ported that the driver of the road roll er could not move nearer the curb stone and let the car pass because or the trees along the sidewalk. It was reported at trie time that bottles and stones were hurled at the car crew by sympathizers at Four teenth and Derry streets, but sheriff deputies declared that there was no truth in the report after an investiga tion. One motorman on a Steeiton car was arrested on the information of a woman residing in South Thirteenth street, who alleged that the man in sulted her. He was held for a hearing this afternoon at police headquarters. Demand Union's Recognition Strikers said little to-day concern- THE WEATHER For Harrisburg anil vicinity) Gen erally fair to-night and Saturday; not much change In temperature. For Eastern Pennsylvania: Gener ally lair to-uight and Saturday; somewhat cooler to-night in cast portion; gentle to moderate went and norlhuext wind*. River The suaquehanua river and prob ably all Its tributaries! will con tinue to fall slowly. \ stage of About 3.0 feet Ik indicated for HnrrUburx Saturday morning. General Condition* The storm from the South Atlantic ocean ha* continued to move northnard Home distance oft the coa*t, and ix now central near the Southern »« England coast. It ha* caused unaettled weather generally over the Eaxtern pnrt of the country. There ha* been a general fall of - to » degree* in temperature over the Lake Region and a sharp drop in Southern Xew England. Boston reporting a fall of 13 degree* under the influence of easterly wind*. Temperature: S a. m., 74. Sun: Seta, 4:55 a. m.; acts, 7:28 p. m. Moon: Xew moon, July 3ft, 9:15 p. m. River Stage: 3.7 feet above low water mark. Yesterday'* Weather Hlgheat temperature, HI. Lowe*t temperature. 72. Mean temperature, SO. \orroal temperature, 75. Getting used to strange newspapers is like breaking in • pair of new shoes—mighty uncomfortable. Order the Harrisburg Telegraph mailed to yonr vacation address If you would enjoy real comfort. Six cents a week will bring the Telegraph to you no mat ter where jou are. - u ~1 .j] L J J iwi pj President Musser of Railways Company Meets Committee of Men BY CARRIERS « CENTS A WEEK. SINGLE COPIES 2 CENTS. demands of the strikers. ing the conference of yesterday morn ing and the one of this afternoon. As the officials of the company deal with the men in the conference only as In dividuals, a number of the union men expressed opinions that the situation was no nearer being bettered than on Sunday when the strike was declared. Thorpe, the strike leader, said that as no one is riding on the cars being operated by strike-breakers, he be lieves the men have a number of points to their advantage. Jitneys again hauled hundreds of people last night and early this morn ing as car service was suspended shortly after 4 o'clock because of the outbreaks in various parts or the city. Auto dealers and garage owners with gasoline service stations reported a big Increase in the sale of "gas" to the operators of jitneys. The first horse drawn bus appeared last evening at 7 o'clock, placarded with large signs, "Jitney, all aboard." Strikers Hold Meeting A regular meeting of the strikers was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon, with all of the members of the union present except the few who were in session with President Musser. Vice- President Thorpe and omer speakers reviewed the situation, and told the men that they should work hard for their cause, but always maintain order. He said that he was glad to hear that so little trouble occurred this morning, and asked the men to keep the public sympathy with them, but to urge sympathizers not to create any trouble. The crowds in the downtown section were much smaller this morning and the crews on the cars were only hoot- [Continued on Page 15] Arrest Strike-breaker For Insult to Girl Lewis Burkhart, aged 28, a strike breaker from New York, was given a hearing this afternoon at the police station by Alderman James Deshong. He was charged with disorderly prac tice on complaint of Miss Bertha Henry. 1255 South Thirteenth street. Miss Henry told Chief of Police Thomas J. Zeil that Burkhart insulted her. She said: "I was waiting at Cameron and Hanover streets for a Jitney, intend ing to come to Market street. The car on which Burkhart was conductor stopped, and I was invited to get on. Burkhart said. 'Come get on. We will give you a free ride, and buy you a drink.' and then made an insulting remark." Patrolmen Hess and Balthaser took Burkhart from his car when it reach ed Market Square. Later someone from the Railways Com pany office put up $25 for the con ductor's appearance at police court. Business Hurt All Along Line Is Report Businessmen in general in the city are opposed to a continuation of the strike because of the loss in trade and the inconvenience as a result of no organized transportation ror the pub lic. According to a number of store owners and managers, many of the shoppers are afraid to come downtown to buy because of the possibility ol strike trouble and riots A loss in trade has resulted according to the owners. In addition to a falling off in busi ness. many of the employes living in outlying districts and nearby towns, have no assurance of transportation, unless the business houses employing them, nirnish autos so that they can get back and forth from work. This is an additional worry and inconvenience as some of the stores are furnishing their trucks for this purpose. Employes, too. are complaining, as many of them are unable to go home for luncheon and must eat in down town restaurants which have become overcrowded. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 21. 1916. RAILWAYS HEAD AND STRIKERS' CHAIRMAN HBP : - Slfe* ■ 1 ■ ■-: . ■ - . PRESIDENT FRANK B. MUSSER HUGH L. McLAUGHLIN President Frank B. Musser. of the Harrisburg Railways Company, this afternoon met a committee of strikers headed by Hugh L. McLaughlin, presi dent of Division No. 109, Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Rail way employes, and chairman of the executive board, "as individuals." The committee of strikers Included: Chairman McLaughlin. Thomas Clark. Robert Emminger. Albert Allen. Elmer E. Hicks. Albert Yingst, Paul Kunkel and Charles Schutt. The photo of Mr. McLaughlin shows him in his uniform as a veteran of th« Spanish-American war. NEGOTIATIONS PROGRESSING Note of July 11 Proposes Ap pointment of Body to Settle Border Troubles By Associated Press Washington. D. C., July 21. —While it was admitted at the State Depart ment to-day that a note had been re ceived from the de facto government of Mexico under date of July 11 pro posing the appointment of a joint commission to settle border difficul ties. officials refused to comment upon the statement given out at Mexico City last night purporting to present the text of the communication. It was learned from an authorita tive source, however, that the Mexico City text, thought substantially sim ilar, is not identical with that pre sented by Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambassador-designate, on July 12. Mr. Arredondo saw acting Secretary [Continued on Page 15] ASKS RULERS' AID IN SENDING FOOD Wilson Appeals For Co-opera tion in Getting Supplies From United States to Poland By Associated Press Washington, D. C.. July 21.—Per sonal messages were sent by President Wilson to-day to European rulers urg ing their co-operation in getting food supplies from the United States to the starving people of Poland. Efforts in the same direction direct ed through the State Department to the foreign officers of the countries in volved have met with failure. The President desires that France. Great Britain and Russia allow the passage of the foodstuffs and that Germany and Austria-Hungary guarantee that the food will be given to the civilian population and not seized by the armies of occupation. Xo Definite Plan The messages, which are identical, are addressed to the King of England, the President of France, the Emperor of Russia, the Emperor of Germany and the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. It is understood thai no definite plan is suggested, though the President inti mates that the United States would be glad to foster such a relief organ [Continued on Page 4] Ask School Board For Use of Reily Street Plot For Playground Formal request of the school author ities for the temporary use of the va cant plot on Third street between Reily and Harris street as a city playground was made this afternoon by Park Commissioner E. Z. Gross at the meet ing of the building committee of the school board. The request, it is un- ] derstood. will be recommended to the directorate for approval. The plot is desirable according to Commissioner Gross because it is ad- ' visable to do away with the Fourth street grounds. This recreational space is not only too small for the growing crowd of youngsters who use it daily but the noise of the children's play has been more or less annoying j to the railroad men who live in the' vicinity and who are compelled to sleep j during the day. Furthermore the proximity of the Reily school building places the school house conveniences within easy reach 1 of the youngsters. 950 MIXERS OX BUTTON STRIKF About 950 miners of the United Mine Workers of the Short Mountain Col lierv at Lykens went out on a button strike this morning when 57 workers refused to pay their quarterly dues. The workers who had paid their dues refused to work with the miners who would not pay up. FIKST GAME BinghamtonraEmnnranM Harrisburg MMM Batteries: Harrisburg, Parson and Wheat; Blnghanuon, Rapp and Alux^, J CjJ§^ ASSURE TWO OF WEEK'S OUTING M. S. Kelley First to Respond to Appeal With "Stake" For McCormick At least two of Harrisburg's little folks who otherwise couldn't even think of a week's outing at the city's summer camp are assured thus far of seven days of wholesome fun under canvas on McCormtck's Island as a result of the first response to the Park Department's appeal. In the departmental mail this morn ing was this cryptic note wrapped round a check: July 20. 1916. City Park Department: Dear Sirs—Enclosed please find check for $4 »o stake two kids for one week each in camp on McCor mick'B Island. Vary truly, M. S. KELLEY. Any Mope? Mr. Kelley is the district representa [Continued on Page 4] NOMINATE HANLY AND HENDRICKSON Prohibitionists Also Xame.Sul zer; Adopt Platform; Decry Sunday School Politics St. Paul, Minn., July 21. Xoml i nation of presidential and vice-presi ! dential candidates and adoption of a platform constituted the business be fore the National Prohibition at its closing session here to-day. It was apparent before the convention was called to order that the contest for the presidential nomination lay between three candidates. A numebr of delegates left for their homes ißte last night and early to-day [Continued on Page 4] Austria Wants More Petrolite Information; Reply Will Soon Be Sent By Associated Press Washington. D. C., July 21.—The State Department to-day received ' from Austria-Hungary, through Am bassador Penfield at Vienna, a re quest for additional details regarding rhe attack by an Austrian submarine ; upon the American tank steamer Petrolite. Mr. Penfield's dispatch gave no indication as to whether the Vienna government intended to com ply with the American demands for an apology, punishment of the sub marine commander and reparation for the (Jamage done by the submarine s shell fire. Officials of the department declined to divulge the nature of the informa tion sought on the ground that negotiations at this time were confi dential. A reply will go forward shortly. The Austrian claim has been that the submarine commander fired on the Petrolite by mistake and that later the master of the tanker voluntarily furnished the submarine with provi sions. The Petrolite's captain swears however, that he was shelled without provocation and compelled over vigorous protest to surrender a part of supplies which were sufficient only to take him to port. THREE AMERICANS ABOARD Special to the Telegraph Portland. Me., July 21. Three Americans. George Ivey, of Philadel phia; Richard Neligan, of Boston and Davis Rosseneau, of Old Town, Me., were members of the crew of the British steamship Tser, reported from London as having been sunk. The Yser carried a cargo of 257,730 bushels jof oats and was commanded by Cap tain William McL. Hunter. BRITISH FIGHT WAY FORWARD AS FRENCH HANG ON TO THEIR GAINS Sir Haig's Forces Now at Foureaux Wood; Clear It Once of Germans,but Later Lose Small Portion; French Withstand Vigor ous Counter Assaults DRIVE ATTACKERS BACK IN DISORDER Teutons Losses Heavy in Sus tained Fighting Along the Somme Front; Submarines Sink Merchantmen of Sev eral Countries, While Ital ian U-Boat Is Sunk The Anglo-French offensive in j Northern France is being vigorously I pushed to-day's reports show, the French holding tenaciously to ground gained and the British fighting their way further into the German line. Driving north from Bazentln and ; Longueval toward Bapaume, General Sir Douglas Haig's troops have ad vanced as far as the Foureaux wood. 1 The British rush even cleared this wood, but subsequently the Germans were able to win back a part of it. South of the Somme the French have been able to hold trenches cap- j tured in their drive along a five-mile i front on Thursday, withstanding a vigorous counter attack. South of Soyecourt. on the French right, ac cording to the French war office, the Germans were driven back in disorder, sustainins serious losses. Special dispatches from Copenhagen to London report the capture by a German warship of the American sail continued on Page 4] Publishers of Couutry to Meet Trade Body in High Price of Paper Probe By Associated Press Potteville, Pa . July 21. J. H. Zerby. of the Pottsville Republican announced to-day that the Federal Trade Commisson will hold a confer ence at Washington Aueust Ist. with newspaper publishers of the country and the news print manufacturers to ! take up matters with regard to the price and scarcity of white news print. The plan, Mr. Zerby said, was to have newspapermen- file statements and these were to t>e considered by I the commission along with examina -1 tions of the mill workings by agents of the commission, but . a demand for an oral hearing of witnesses instead ' of the filing of documents resulted in the commission deciding to hold a gen- I eral conference. "Boil All Water" Is Water Company Warning The Hummelstown Consolidated Water Company, the Rutherford Heightr Water Supply Company, the | Paxtang Consolidated Water Com ; panv, the Extension Water Company, lof Penbrook, and the Susquehanna | Township Water Company to-day sent i notices to patron.- announcing that be ! ginning at 7 a m. Monday. July 24, j unfiltered water will be pumped Into | the mains. This will continue until i "imperative repairs to the filter plant" i are made. ! The eating of uncooked vegetables j washed in this water is pronounced dangerous and all water, the company says, should be boiled at least twenty , minutes. The State Health Depart ment will give notice when it will be j again safe to use unfiltered water. Central High School For West Shore Seems Assured Wormleysburg. Pa., July 21.—Camp Hill, Wormleysburg and Lemoyne are now pledged to support the new cen ! tral high school planned for the West Shore and it is practically certain that West Fairview will authorize the rais- I ing of a loan for the same purpose. This practically assures the success jof the central high school project. If j no other towns or townships come in, j those named crn carry the project i through, and then if the others want Ito come in they will have to pay tuition for the pupils as the law provides. There is much rejoicing in the towns i named, for the erection of a central ; high school means rapid growth for ! those interested, due to the attraction i to prospective residents of properschool 'facilities. With the money already in ; Mght it will be possible to give those ; towns interested a high school equal in I efficiency to those of Harrisburg. City Treasury Open Noon For Reception of Taxes For the accommodation of citizens I who wish to pay their city taxes be fore August 1. and thus avoid the pen alty. City Treasurer Harry F. Oves an nounced to-day that on and after Men ! day he will keep the doors of the treas ury office open for business during the i noon hour. Monday evening. July 31, the treasury | offices will he open from 7:30 to 9 o'clock for the accommodation of the ; latecomers. Von Tirpitz Man Advanced; May Mean Undersea Raids London. July 21. A Reuter's dis patch from Copenhagen says: 'According to German newspapers Admiral von Holtzendorff, retired, has been appointed to a new administra tive post in the naval service, which is regarded as a preliminary step toward , an active command. Von Holtzendorff' is a close friend of Admiral von Tir pitz, and his appointment is being watched in connection with a possi ble renewal of Germany's submarine J BENT EXPLAINS HOW SCHWAB WILL SPEND 12 MILLIONS HERE Great Extensions to Steelton Mills Will Involve $2,000,- 000 More Outlay Than Previously Announced; Pro gram Includes Blast Furnace Overhauling, New Powei Installations, Electric and Steam Plants TO REPLACE FRAME AND CORRUGATED BUILDINGS WITH CONCRETE AND STEEL New 200-Ton Tilting Open Hearth Will Give This Depart ment 75,000 Tons of Steel Each Month; Blooming and Billet Mill and Two Small Finishing Units; Bai ter y of Byproduct Coke Ovens Announcement that the Bethlehem Steel Company's big im provement program for the Steelton plant will involve the expendi ture of about $12,000,000—52,000,000 more than heretofore an nounced—was made by General Manager Quincy Bent to the Tele graph to-day. Details as to just what the improvements and extensions will include were also made public by Mr. Bent. Complete overhauling of the blast | furnace department; entirely new I power installations, based on blast fur- | nace gas engines; new electric and f.team plants; a new 2 00-ton tilting open hearth furnace and other im provements to the open hearth de partment; a new blooming and billet mil! arrangement and two small fin ishing mills: a. new battery of by product coke ovens—all these im provements are included in the big program. In addition to these plant additions, General Manager Bent told the Tele graph reporter, all the present frame and corrugated iron buildings in the big works will be replaced by modern structures of brick, concrete or steel construction sb that all will be fire proof. Blast Furnace Extension Perhaps the largest item in the big I J PILE BRICKS ON TRACKS; UNDEP SISOO BAIL 1 Sheriff's deputies Cohan and Sneidman this afternoon ' I arrested E. S. Marshall, connected with a carnival company j i •• Cameron street, south of the Mulberry Street 9 T Bridge, en a charge of piling bricks on the car tracks at § I Cameroh and Market streets. Marshal! was held under m I BREAK STIKE BREAKER'S RIB £ & One of the strike breakers, a motorman, named Tenny, J 1 from New York City, running on the Steelton line, was hit « 4 & in the side with a piece of iron. He is believed to have 1 several ribs broken. ' i GOVERNOR ON THE STRIKE * Harrisburg. Governor Brumbaugh to-day issued ! f this comment on the strike here: "I regret exceedingly 4 that the strike of the railway employes in Harrisburg ! I could rot have been averted, and I do hope that both em- 4 i • ployer and employe can get together at an early date and < j I reason this out to a satisfactory conclusion." j i .! iHANLY NOMINATED BY PROHIBITIONISTS \ St. Paul, July 21. J. Frank Hanly, former Governor of Indiana, was nominated for Pres'dent of the United ! States on the first ballot of the National Prohibition Con- < vention this afternoon. Hanly received 440 votes against \ 181 for William Sulzer, his nearest contender. « HUGHES SEES REUNITED PARTY " Bridgehampton, N. Y., July 21.—Charles E. Hughes to day told callers that he considered the breach between Re- ® üblicans and Progressives and between Republican fac- ' tions in various localities to be healing fast and that he i J loc . . forward with gratification to having a virtually re- ! l united party behind him by the time ris campaign opens in g < • Detroit, August 7. , SIR SAM HUGHES EOUND INNOCENT * I Ottawa, July 21.—Sir Sam Hughes, minister of militia, ' is held by the Meredith-Duff Royal Commission innocent of , responsibility for the negotiation of government fuse con- • tracts with American munition manufacturers from which , they were alleged to have unduly profited. I j ( MARRIAGE LICENSES « Cttu* li. Baldwin, Mlddlftown, and Talay M. Bowman* Hershey. « James D. Kline and Anna Catherine Lyne, city. * CITY EDITION 18 PAGES schedule is the improvement to tli 5 blast furnace department. When tho new construction work is completed there will be a compact battery of live 500-ton stacks. Details of the blast furnace improvement:, have alr;ady been announces in these columns. Work on two of the new stacks has already been st-irted and will be pushed rapidly. The bridge and construction department has taken over the steel erection work on No. 3 furnace, but a part of the other work will bo done by contract. In the open hearth department bt.r improvements will be made to increase the output of steel. A new 200-ton tilting furnace will be added to the j present battery of six 100-ton station ary and two tilting furnaces. When 1 completed the new open hearth de [ Continued on Pace 15]
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