NEWS OF STEELTON SPECIAL SESSION MAY NOT BE HELD Council May Decide Important Legislation at Regular Meeting August 7 Steelton's council may not hold a special meeting this montn to act on the canal measure. Front street pav several bond issue ordinances and other important items scheduled for the near future. The next regular meeting of the borough fathers will be held Monday evening, August 7, just two weeks from next Monday and it is possible that all matters will be taken up at that time. Nelson P. Lewis, the consulting en gineer who has been retained to give council advice on Front street paving has completed his work and made a report. This report will be presented to council at its next meeting. Upon the findings of Mr. Lewis will depend council's action In deciding whether or not to file suit against the United States Wood Preserving Com pany, New York, to compel it to re pair the wood block paving in Front street. The surface of this thorough fare has been in a bad condition for a long time and under the terms of the the company was sup posed to keep the thoroughfare in re pair for a term of ton years. This time had not expired when tne paving con cern was notified to place the street in good condition. It failed to do so and the suit will likely follow. To Confer Decree. Steelton Lodge, IS4, I. O. O. F.. will confer the third degree upon a cla.-s of candidates this evening. To Overhaul Machinery. To under go repairs and a general overhauling, machinery at No, 2 forge shop will be Idle next week. Ha* Toe Cru.sheil. —Struck by a heavy piece of iron at the force shop Tues day, Harry Singleton had a toe crush ed. Third Aeeldcnt. A man who de clined medical attention and to reveal his name was thrown against a pole and injured in Steelton's third automo bile accident since the suspension of trolley service last evening. The ac cident occurred near Strawberry alley, in Front street. FOR RENT Three up-to-date fur nished rooms, with large bay windows and use of bath and telephone. 34S North Front street, Steelton. TELLS HOW SCHWAB WILL SPEND MILLIONS [Continued From First Page] partment will nave an output of 75,000 tons of steel each month. When General Manager Bent took charge of the Steelton plant the monthly record capacity of the open hearth department was about 50,000 tons of steel. The output has already been pushed up to 60,000 tons monthly without any additional furnaces by more efficient methods. Since the open-hearth department is often termed "the barometer of a steel plant" this large increase in produc tion would indicate some bright days ahead for Steelton. The superintend ent of this department is Thomas T. McEntee and there is to be no changes in the personnel of the operating staff, said Mr. Bent. Electrical Improvement The electrical department improve ments will include a large addition to ■the present gas-blowing engine house, a large new brick structure a little below Swatara street. The equipment will include gas driven electric generators; sufficient to develop 10,000 horse-power for trans mission to various parts of the plant. Whenever feasible electric power will be used in driving mills and all the new mills will be electrically driven. Additions will be made to the pres ent gas-blowing engine equipment in the furnace power department and all the power facilities of this na ture will be concentrated in the new briclt powerhouse, to which an addi tion large enough to house the new equipment will be added. All of the steam boilers will be concentrated at the present steam power house which will aiso be en larged. This will necessitate the mov ing of many boilers trom various parts of the plant. The power building is opposite Swatara street. Coke Development In the by-product coke making de partment an additional battery of 60 ovens will be added and later on the three present batteries of 40 ovens each will be rebuilt. Just wnat type ovens will be installed or how they will be operated, has not oeen de cided. The present blooming and billet mill layout will be changed. The details have not yet been decided upon but it is understood that a new blooming mill will be built. Two new finishing mills will be added but just what kind has not as yet been decided. To l)o Work With Company Men In making all of these improve ments as much of the work as pos sible will be done by the company's own forces. All the new buildings, so far as is feasible, will be built by the bridge and construction depart ment and all the fabricating work will be done by the company itself. The new gas-blowing engines will be built at South Bethlehem and as much of the equipment as possible will be installed by the Bethlenem com pany. In addition to the additions and plant extensions, Mr. Bent explained that the program calls for a thorough overhauling of all the machinery at the big plant and many minor im provements at the various depart ments. Modern machines will be in stalled to replace antequated stuff and every mill and shop will be made as modern as possible. Transportation Facilities In connection with these plant im provements the transportation depart ment will be greatly changed. Many trackage changes will be made neces sary and it is planned to relay tracks at many places in the yards. The en tire system will be standardized and 100-pound rails will be used through out the yards, replacing the various sizes now In use. New crossings will be made, new sidings added and greater facilities wil be brought about for rapid handling of shipments in conjunction with the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia and Reading railroads. These plant changes will not neces sitate the purchase of anv new prop erty, said General Manager Bent. All the room will he provided by rear rangement of the present milis. In connection with the taking over of the bridge department at Steelton, there will be organized bv Bethlehem officials, the Bethlehem Steel Bridge Company of Delaware. G. H. Blakely, who is in oharge of the structural de partment of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany, will become president of the new company and Thomas O. Earl, former ly superintendent of the bridge and construction department, will be made vice-president. This company will operate hereafter on bridge work and there will be no competition in steel structural work between the bridge company and the t various fabricating interests to which FRIDAY EVENING, U the Bethlehem company has long sup plied material. The new company will handle all estimating work, secure con tracts and direct erection work. The headquarters will be at South Bethle hem. Organization Practically Complete There will be no further changes in the personnel of the Steelton plant, said Mr. Bent this morning, the or ganization being practically complete. j Announcement was made at New | York yesterday that President E. C. Felton, of the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany, will retire as he has long planned to do. One of Mr. Felton's most con | spicuous performance was the devel- I opment of the Mayari ore deposits in Cuba, and previously the taking over 'of the Spanish-American Iron Com pany, insuring an adequate supply of fine ore for years to come. The withdrawal of Frank Tenney, secretary of the old company, is also .announced at New York. At Sparrow's Point Details of the improvements at Sparrow's Point also have been made public. At the Maryland plant there are at present four large blast fur naces. all having been rebuilt in the past few years. Four additional blast furnaces will be built, and a new coke oven plant to take care of them. A material incerase will be made in the facilities for handling and treating the company's Cuban ores. This has not been fully worked out, but there may be a partial removal of moisture at the Felton plant in Cuba, and the finding of nodullzlng operations at Sparrow's Point. Entirely new steel works will be built, consisting of three or four 200-ton tilting furnoces. The finishing capacity to be provided will consist of merchant bar mills, a tin plate and sheet plant,, a plate mill, and a rod mill. The Bessemer plant at Sparrow's Point will supply steel for the lines of lighter products which will be dded, and it will also be operated in part in duplexing, in connection with the open-hearth furnaces. On the shipyards, about $3,000,000 will be expended. In the program fo'r South Bethle hem, the important item is four new blast furnaces at the Saucon plant. Additional open-hearth steel capacity will be provided, also additional struc tural mills. A large capacity will be provided for the manufacture of ingot molds, and the sale of such molds to Eastern steel works will be entered upon actively. Car building is also a possibility at South Bethlehem. NEGOTIATIONS ARE PROGRESSING [Continued From First Page.] Polk before the latter went to to-day's cabinet meeting. It was intimated some formal statement in regard to the progress of the preliminary nego tiations might be given out later in the day or to-morrow. The general impression prevailed that a tentative agreement has been reached along the general lines of the Mexican proposal, although the scope of the discussion may differ somewhat from the suggestions of the Carranza note. Three Questions Involved According to the Mexico City dis patch it was proposed that the com missioners take up three questions: Withdrawal of American troops from Mexico, negotiation of a reciprocal agreement for the passage of the troops of either government across the border in pursuit of bandits and an investigation of the interests behind the bandit raids, the Intimation being that they were inspired by those on both sides of the boundary who de sire intervention in Mexico. It was indicated after the cabinet meeting that no statement could be expected to-day. Mr. Polk's only com ment was to reiterate that the nego tiations were progressing "favorably." He is understood to have told Mr. Ar redondo that he was not prepared to give a reply to the Mexican note. War Department officials to-day interpreted the action of General Calles, the Car ranza commander in Sonora, in re turning the Xacozari railroad to Amer ican management as indicating a fa vorable change of sentiment on the part of Mexican military officials on the western part of the border. Representative Madden, Republican, introduced a resolution to-day calling on President Wilson to inform the House why the National Guard is being kept on the border and if there is an emergency situation in Mexico. It asks specifically whether the guardsmen under orders issued so far can be sent into Mexico and for full information of their distribution and situation. Villa's Cause Greatly Weakened by Failure to Capture Parral By Associated Press El Paso, July 21. Passengers ar riving here to-day from Parral say that Villa's ineffectual attempt to take that town a week ago Sunday was a far greater moral than military defeat so far as the bandit's cause is con cerned. Before the,attack Villa was re garded with awe by the populace of the Parral district, the arrivals said, but now the natives pride themselves on their loyalty to the de facto govern ment. They also are proud of their part in humiliating the bandit leader. The shipment of 250,000 rounds of small arms ammunition from Colum bus to the punitive force, which gave rise to sensational rumors here, is ex plained to-day .by the military author ities as merely the usual supply for target practice. Rumors to the effect that General Pershing intends to move south and 'reoccupy Namiquipa and other aban doned points have been current here, but they find no support among the army men or government officials. Will Not Be Responsible For Safety of Americans San Francisco, July 21. Twelve mining men who came out of Mexico on June 21 are to-day preparing to re turn. The men applied by telegraph to the State Department for passports to Mexico and last night received the following reply: "Passports will be issued if you do not hold the United States responsible for your safety." The men came out of Mexico on or ders from the State Department and will accept the passports on the stipu lated conditions. Their ultimate des tination is the district of San Domas in the State of Durango. STRIKE SETTLEMENT IS STEP NEARER [Continued From First Page] i ed occasionally. Officers had no diffi culty in preserving order. Shortly before noon two trolley cars crashed together in North Third street, near Market, when the brakes on one of the cars slipped. The car was sent to the barns and another sub stituted. No one was injured and little damage resulted. District Attorney Stroup yesterday issued the following statement anent the trolley strike situation: "Th® City of Harrisburg u iy the ® Why Buy Clothes Now? - ' WM . \ W£T\\ V. You can come into this store now and save 83, $4 or $5 on a 1 r fliJ Hart Schaffner & Marx Suit j[ l| 1 Sr 1 / It's a chance to make an extra saving on the best clothes made. \| J V JfL l The styles are the latest; the merchandise new and bright. re —j> \\ \!| \ P4 Here are the prices now: „&L \\ M jLn „ sl3£° sls ~ $16:22.-. 51&22 In \ Come ail( i pick yours out. 11 cj H. marks & son 11 VWV 4th and Market Streets midst of an industrial trouble, as a result of a strike by the employes of the City Railways. "There have been several instances of violent disorder by interference with the operation of cars by a large number of so-called 'strike sym pathizers' who have no regard for the personal safety of their fellow citi zens; no respect for law and order; and an absolute contempt for the wel fare and interest of the community. "Citizens have the right to use the streets and ride upon the streets in either public or private conveyances, unmolested and unharmed. The law guarantees them this right; and the law will be enforced. "Violence, under guise of'sympathy for the employes, will not aid but rather injure them- in their cause and cannot be tolerated. "All persons, under existing condi tions, insisting upon and participating in acts of violence, must be deemed to have done so deliberately and when prosecuted for their unlawful acts, will not be in a position to ask for leniency. This applies to all per sons—to those now remaining in the employ of the Railways Company, as well as those on strike and the gen eral public. "The attention of the public is di rected particularly to the Act of 1575, prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons under a penalty of SSOO fine and one year's imprisonment and the Act of l!fl3, defining malicious injury to railroads and providing a maximum penalty of SIO,OOO fine and ten years' imprisonment for its violation. "All persons arrested tor offending against these laws will be consistently prosecuted and must be prepared, when convicted to suffer such punish ment for their unlawful acts as the court may see fit to impose. "It is the duty of all citizens, at all times, and particularly at this time to assist in the preservation of good or der and the due observance of the law. Stroup's Statement Approved There was universal commendation among all classes of citizens of the announced purpose of District At torney Stroup to enforce the law against all persons guilty of riotous conduct or breaking of the peace. There is no sympathy whatever among the strikers or their friends with that element of the community who are taking advantage of the situation to stir up trouble. Leaders of the strike are foremost In their declarations that enemies of their cause are responsible ror many of the assaults upon nonstrikers and others along the street railway lines. These men declare bitterly that every outbreak in the way of disorder is an obstacle in the way of any satisfac tory adjustment of the dispute. It is said to be probaoie that there will be a real attempt to break up the assembling of crowds behind which the unruly element accomplish their work. It is believed that most of those who have been guilty of dis turbances during the week are not in any way identified with the striking employes, but are simply giving vent to their own natural resentment against all law and order. "Harrisburg has always been known as an orderly city," said a citizen to day who admitted his sympathy with any reasonable grievances of the strikers, "but unless the police depart ment shows some activity in quelling these outbreaks wc shall soon be the laughing stock of the State. It seems to me that the strike leaders and the strikers themselves should organize to prevent roughs doing as they please and bringing down the public censure upon those men who are opposed to disorder of any kind." Businessmen and large Industrial interests are complaining with bitter ness of the long dispute. They declare that they are the innocent victims of a controversy for which they are in no wise responsible and a strong under current of public opinion is urging a proper adjustment of tne differences. There is also an insistent public de mand that the reckless driving of the automobiles be stopped. "If we should have a serious accident, as a result of the use of unlicensed Jitneys," said one of the city officials to-day, "the city would have to pay the bill." This is the sort of comment one hears upon every side and snows how seriously the people who are not directly concerned in the controversy between the Harrisburg Railways Company and its employes regard the conditions now prevailing in the city. Strike-breaker Hit With Blackjack Says He Was Fooled Into Coming Here When Arthur Lockhart, aged 34, a strike-breaker from Philadelphia, re fused to take out his car this morning, four other strike-breakers "beat him up" and Lockhart went to the Harris burg Hospital with a deep gash in his head, made with a blackjack. Lockhart was found by Chief of Police Thomas J. Zeil who was at the carbarn early. The blood was run ning from the wound on the head and the young man was weak from his wounds. After hospital surgeons fixed him up, Lockhart told the following story: "I came here last Monday from New York with twenty other men. The agent I signed up with did not tell us what work we would get until the train was near Harrisburg. I needed the money and decided to work a week. I had the car out yesterday that was hit with eggs at Thirteenth and Derry street. It was enough for me and I decided to quit to-day. "I was waiting for the boss 'to come this morning, so I could give my notice and quit. When I refused to answer a call from one of the men to get on my car, four others, one they call 'Whitey,' pounced upon mej Mi HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH clothes were torn and one of the men hit me with a blackjack. As soon as I am able I will apply for my money and go home. Other strike-breakers quit yesterday. They were fooled by an employment agency and never knew what work they were going to do until they reached Harrisburg.'' Lockhart resides at 1123 Peil street, Philadelphia. He had been employed by the Pennsylvania railroad at Cape May, N. J. Superintendent of Transportation of the Harrisburg Railways Company, Felix Davis, when told about the as sault on Lockhart said, "I have not heard any report on this case. What goes on at the carbarn is seldom re ported to me. A man by the name of McVay has charge of the men who are working, and he is instructed as to how many cars to get out. Any trouble at the carbarn is up to him." McVay was not in when a call was made for him, and it was stated he had gone home and would not return until this evening. Musser Sharply Criticises Police; Damage Bill to Be Placed Upon County In a lengthy statement last night. I Horse 'Power Tvfan j H ask, "What has this to do with me as a buyer of tires?" B I 1 Just this—by such savings at the Firestone factory we cut II down the cost of tire mileage for you. if Instead of paying 30 cents or more per ton for feeding coal, j we install equipment that feeds for 4 cents a ton. One man If p feeds hundreds of tons a day that develop 12,000 horsepower. H II H # It is equipment and efficiency of this kind through out I " if U t^ie F lres tone factory and branches that give you ex iM JUL JL JL C2P elusive quality at ordinary price in Firestone Tires. One 12,000 horsepower turbine instead of'a battery of small H ones; buying from plantation and shipping direct; equipment b for calendering and cutting 84-inch fabric instead of the nar- H H rower widths; scientific distribution through branches by car H load or trainload. These are some of the ways Firestone takes , i ' the cost out of overhead and puts the quality in the Tire. You profit through more quality—more mileage for less money. g FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY "America's Largest Exclusive Tire and Rim Makers" H Q > 23i North Second Street, Harrisburg. Pa. E3 E5 Home Office and Factory: Akron, Oliio—Brandies and Dealers Everywhere Makers of First Truck X ireß_ Leaders Then and Leaders Now —ln Quality and Volume £ &iiuiuiiHiiuiiiiiuij»ii»jiuijjii(iiij]i»iiuiiiiiiuuii»iiiiiiiiNiiii/iiuiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii»iiMiimiiitiiiiiiiimiii!iirmmLiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiuiiiinTnniimiTnM President Musser severely criticised the police and reiterated the statement that the company will refuse to deal with the strikers as members of the union. • President Musser declared that his greatest complaint was the methods used by the police in handling the situation. He cited instances reported to him of sympathizers hurling stones i and bricks through car windows in the j presence of police, who failed to stop j the disorder at first or to make arrests. He went on to state that he in tended to operate cars last night, but did no do so at the request of the chief of police and the sheriff. He denied the statement made by police that car crews deliberately broke win dows, but explained that they had . been told to remove pieces of broken I slass from windows smashed by sym i pathizers. He closed the statement with a declaration that the law holds the county responsible for the damage j done to cars and claims will be pre sented to the proper officials. Riot Call to Hill When Bricks Fly at Street Cars The Police Department sent a squad i of officers on a riot call to Thirteenth 'and Market streets this afternoon. JULY 21, 1916. Word was received that a crowd of men had taken crews from two cars. Several sheriff's deputies also went to the scene. Several bricks were thrown at the cars. Complaints reached the police sta tion that boys, urged on by men, were throwing bottles at a car at Fourteenth and Derry streets. A road roller, pulled by hand, was run across the tracks. It was removed, the crowd dispersed and two cars blocked by the crowd and road roller moved out Derry street, the crowd yelling at the crews. Wives and Daughters of Strikers in Parade Line More than 200 of the strikers with several hundred sympathizers and members of other labor organizations formed last night at Front and State streets, and paraded over the city streets. The demonstration was orderly and the men received much applause along the route. Sheriff deputies and police along the route were not needed and not one arrest was made. More than 100 wives and daughters of the strik ers were in line and were applauded loudly as they passed between the crowds lining the sidewalks. Vice-President Thorpe headed the parade. Music was furnished by the Trainmen's Band, and the men in line represented trainmen, brewers, stage hands, barbers, printers and other or ganizations. At the car barns in North Cameron street last night an argument was started by several foreign .women and some of the alleged strike-breakers. The women stood in front of the barns and jeered the men, but no trouble resulted. Nothing of importance occurred at the regular meeting of the union men yesterday afternoon. Addresses were made and Thorpe, the strike leader, again made declarations that strike breakers which he claims the company brought here, asked union men for money to return to their homes. ARREST CARNIVAL EMPLOYE E. S. Marshall, who said he is em ployed by the carnival company ex hibiting in South Cameron street, was arrested this afternoon on a charge of disorderly practice. Marshall was teasing several colored men about not working and also told a colored woman at Market and Cameron streets that she must not ride in jitneys. Mar shall told Chief of Police Thomas J. Zeil that what he said was all in fun and he probably talked too much. He was released with a warning that he keep silent In the future. 15
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