■ ; '-' l 1 ""J .i ii . lIJ iiji in, lIIIM i .. Idors' Strike , "ffodl ~ £*?? Playko . I HARRISBURG lfSl§B|. TELEGRAPH' . I ®bt Sfor-ftidcpcn&f/it. LXXXVIII— NO. 208 20 PAGES Bu h n . d K;t HARRISBURG. PA. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1919. ONL H v n?* S"n£,gSu% E " "^CEnt^ 3 HOME EDITION URGES TREATY AS CHARTER FOR NEW ORDER O FAFF A IRS President Wilson in Kansas City Speech Covers Many Points Previously Dis cussed; Declares Pact Shot Through With American Principles EFFECTIVE DISARMAMENT WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED By Associated Press. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 4. —Pres- ident Wilson appealed to a Kansas City crowd to-day to support the peace treaty as a charter for a new order of wo '.d "airs. It was his third Speech f o- the ♦••<■ ••• in Missouri, and was delivered before a capacity audience in Contention Hall. When the President, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson appeared on the platform of the vast auditorium the crowd each of whom had a small American air. arose and cheered for more than two minutes. President Wilson had beerr cheered as the presidential party paraded throuirh four miles of the city's streets to Convention Hall. The specml train bearing Presi dent Wilson and his party arrived here frbm St. Louis at 9.05 o'clock this morninc. I,ed by the Seventh Regiment band, three companies of troops and the machine gun battalion, the party left I'nion station in automobiles shortly after the arrival of the spe cial train. Hall is Packed President and Mrs. Wilson with Governor Fred G. Gardner and Major James Cowghill. of Kansas City were in the first car. The route of parade was lined with people, and as the President approached there were frequent out hrustr. of cheering. The parade passed through the business section to Convention Hall, Mhc-e arrancements had been made for seating I'O.OCo persons The rVors of th hall wr opened at a o'clock. Half nn hour later every scat was lil'ed and the crowd was still pouring in. seeking standing room. implicates Points In his address the Pre-sident cov ered many of the same points of the treaty he had discussed in prc\ - ions addresses. He said he had come to report to the people direct about one of the greatest documents in human histor. The treaty, he declared, was "st t through" with American prineii/ s. put there by the common consent of the world. One of the things America had hsd in heart throughout her whole existence said the Presider-t. was that arbitration and consultation should be substituted for force. This wis accomplished, be declared, by the League of Nations covenant. Nine months of discussion of any international controversy would be assured under the covenant, he as serted. adding that this principle previously had been written i n * < ' thirty arbitration treaties, ail of which were confirmed by the Uni ted States Senate. The principle of the league, he declared, already bad been adopted by the United States. Effective Disarmament The boycotts imposed on cov enant breakers were emphasized by the President as constituting a meas ure more effective than military force. "The most conclusive" thing that could happen to a nation, he continued, was "to be read out Of decent society." Effective Disarmament would be accomplished under the covenant, Mr Wilson predicted, dec'aring it was ridiculous to talk of the league as tending to war when "its whole osser.ve" is arbitration and peace. The league, he declared, would mean the end of the "military clan" throughout the world forever. "There is no other way to dis pense with great armaments without an agreement by the great nations of the world," said Mr. Wilson, and here is the agreement." Autocracy would perish with mil itarism. added the President and the intrigue which had terrorized Europe for generations would be irrded. Must Be Destroyed He declared that "democracies will sooner or later have to destroy that kind of government, and if we don't do it now the job will Jtill be before us." This task, he con tinued, must be carried to the ex tent that no minority anywhere could control the majority. "The men who now control the affairs of Russia," said Mr. Wilson, Find the Body of Prehistoric Giant By Associated Press. Jackson, Mich., Sept. 6.—What is thought to be dhe body of a prehistoric man, 12 feet in length, was found buried in the yard of a Jackson policeman while excavating work was being done there Friday. The body, it is said by physi cians who examined it, is in a perfect state of preservation, even to the hair and teeth. The physi cians expressed the opinion that the body was genuine. I : THE WEATHER IfnrriHhurg and Vletnltyi Fair nnd somewhat warmer to-night with lowrat temperature about 65 degrees. Sunday fair. Showers Forecasted Washington, Sept. ll Weather prediction* for the week beginning Mondnv aret North and Middle Atlantic States —Occasional showers after Tues tlnyt interior tempernturrs above normal flmt half of the week, nearly normal thereafter. ■ "represent nobody but themselves. They have no kind of a mandate. There are only thirty-four of them, ; 1 am told. There is a closer mono,i- I oly of power in Moscow than there ; ever was in Wilhelmstrasse. And a j ; man more cruel than the Czar is . controlling the destinies of tht ; people. "And if we don't want little | groups of selfish men to plot the future of Europe, than we must i . see to it that little groups of Selfish ; men do not plot the future of the I United States." Refers to Arnieiiin Citing conditions in Armenia. Mr. Wilson sa d he "wondered that men ! do not wake up to the moral re sponsibility of what they are doing," : when they were "debating and dc- j bating." while tragic situations ; | waited to be dealt with as soon is ! | the debating was over. [ Hope for "every people in the j j world that haven't got what they ! i think they ought to have" was seen ; i by the President in the League pio- j . vision which empowers one nation i | to call friendly attention to what ' it thinks is an injustice inside an- j j other nation. Every such people. ' , said he. would have a "world forum" j j in which to present its ease. The people, the President said, j j.bad been misled about the Treaty; by men who look nt it "with the ; I jaundiced eyes of those who have i ' some private interests of their own." When these men were "gibbeted" by public opinion, be sn'd. "they Will regret that the gibbet is so high." Put Up or Shut Up Again "If anybody dare 1 to defeat this great instrument." he continued, "then they will have to gather to -1 gether their counselers for the world and do something better. I say it is a ease of put up or shut up. A negation will not save the world." The President said some men op posed the Treaty conscientiously, and he would take ofT his bat in the presence of any man's conscience. But these men, be added, based their opposition on "ignorance" of what was in the Treaty. Germany. the President said, would be the only great nation left I out of the League, "unless we de : cide to stay out and come in later i with Germany." Philfcipincs Perplexing Alluding to the American promise to set the Philippine islands free, Mr. Wilson said, the League would solve the "very perplexing" problem of how they were to be kept free : after their independence had been grantd. Mr. Wilson said he could i imagine the shades of the fathers' I looking on with astonishment "that the American spirit has made a con ! quest of the world." ! "I tell you," he added, "the war ; was won by the American spirit. I And America in this Treaty has real i ized what those gallant boys fought I for The men who make this impos sible or difficult will have a lifelong reckoning with the men who won the war" I The President asked the audience I not to think he lind come dut to I "fight or antagonize" anybody. "I have the greatest respect," ; said he, "for the Senate of the i United States. But I have come out i ! to fight a cause that is greater than ! the Senate, and I intend to fight tha| cause, In office or out, as long as I live." Because of his late departure i last night from St. Louis Mr. Wil- I [Continued on Page IS.] Kills Self With Bullet Through His Forehead j Warren S. Harper, aged 27, com- | | mitted suicide this morning by | shooting himself in the forehead I with a 3 8-caltber revolver. He was rushed to the Harrisburg Hospital i where he died at 5.50 a. m. Harper, who lived with his • widowed mother, Mrs. Alfred Har | per. at her home, 419 Harris street, | was married but did not live with i his wife. His brother, who also ! lived at 419 Harris street, could give | no reason for the suicide save that jof despondency. He was an inspec ! tor. y ' GERMANY RETURNS REPLY By Associated Press. Paris, Sept. 6. The German reply to the Supreme Council's note informing Germany that she must alter Article 61 of her constitution, giving Austria representation In the German parliament because such a proviso was contrary to the stipu lations of the Versailles Treaty, was I handed to Paul Dutasta, general sec retary of the Peace Conference, this morning. The German note was signed by Ernest Schmidt, of the German mi-rdon at Versailles, in the absence of iTaron Kurt Von I<ersner, head of the German delegation, who 18 In Berlin. , AUSTRIA WILL APPROVE PACT ON WEDNESDAY Dr. Rcnncr Is Returning to St. Germain With Authority to Affix Name TERMS ARE DENOUNCED Vienna Characterizes Them as "Bitter, Spiteful and Unjust," and Based on Might By Associated Press. Vienna, via London, Sept. 6. Dr. 1 Karl Uenner, the head of the Aus- I trian peace delegation, has informed the newspaper correspondents here that he would return to St. Ger main on Sunday and sign the Peace Treaty handed Austria this week. Paris, Sept. 6. Dispatches which reached the Peace Confer ence to-day from Vienna indicated that the Austrians probably would formally decide to-morrow to accept the Peace Treaty. Chancellor Uen ner is expected to return to Paris immediately in which „ case the Treaty will be signed Wednesday morning, September 10, at St. Ger- j main. Vienna, Wednesday, Sept. 3. —I The peace terms handed Austria by i the Allies at St. Germain were ! printed in this morning's newspa-; pers accompanied by editorial ex- j pressions of proteg. and despair. The i Arbeiter Zeitung characterized the j terms as "bitter, spiteful and un-; just." It added "the Entente is J using its power in the most shame- | ful manner to illtreat and outrage defenseless people with a peace based on might." The Tagblatt says: "In vain do we search for a sign ] of justice, regard for our utter in capacity to fulfill or consideration for the principle of self determina tion for peoples." It adds that the reparation commission must begin its work by constituting itself a revis ion commission. Charges Wilson With Holding Truth on Claims of China to Shantung By Associated Prcts. Washington, Sept. 6.—Senator : Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, speaking in the Senate to-day on the claims of China to Shantung, said the President would not tell the facts regarding the disposition of that province "because it would cast some reflection upon the Peace Conference " Supporters of the ;ui ministration, he said, "dare not be cause it would incur the displeas ure of their great leader," so the Senator announced he himself would relate the story of the "troubled community." In the narrative form that usually begins "once upon a time," Senator Norris told the story of Shantung. Throughout his speech which never was changed from its allegorical style, nations were referred to as individuals. Germany being styied Bill Kaiser: Japan, Mr. Jap; Great Britain, France and Italy as John Bull, Mr. French and Mr. Italiano, respectively, while the United States was named Miss Columbia. Bill Kaiser, pictured as a husky fellow who trained himself in the use of firearms with the idea of do spoiling his neighbors, the Senator said, "forcibly took the Shantung farm" from John Chinaman, and later when the other members of the community were engaged in punishing Bill Kaiser, Mr. Jap, tak ing advantage of Bill Kaiser's pre occupation in other fields, seized the property. The Senator's story of the sittings of the Peace Conference, included a satirical account of the journeys and methods of Miss Columbia, one who "possessed a beautiful voice and had a wonderful .command of language," adding that "she sur passed by. far the greatest of her sex in her ability to talk." Senator Norris declared that China had greater cause for com plaint against the United States than against any of the other judges, for the seizure of Shantung makes it Impossible for China to bring prod ucts from other parts of the coun try without submitting to the rule and regulations that may be im posed by Japan. Flyers to Thrill City With Daring Feats and Battle Stunts Late Today Late this afternoon the army flyers from Middletown are scheduled to thrill the city with daring loops and other sensational stunts. This is the first of the three days during which the four Curtlss type JN 4 H planes from the Middletown I eld will take pictures of Harris burg. These planes are enroute to other Pennsylvania cities for the same purpose, and will take the air this afternoon to make the first pho tographs. > It is the intention to take pictures of the proposed field at Maclay and Cameron streets together with all the approaches, etc., in order that planes coming in as strangers to this vicin ity may be enabled to find the field and land without mixing Into wires and other obstacles. With reference to the long stay of these planes in Harrisburg— August SO to September S—it is interesting to note that boosters say there reason for staying Is that already brought to the attention of Harrisburg citi zens. namely, that this city is the logical stopping place for all planes going West. Before venturing across the mountains, they all wish to stop here for repairs and overhauling, and when Harrisburg Is equipped with a good landing field, hangars and all other necessities j proposed, all planes will stop hers. LAFAYETTE ANI) MARNE EXERCISES ARE BEING HELI^ France and United States Arc Both Holding Celebrations in Honor of Events MONUMENT FOR TROOPS Spot Near Bordeaux Where Soldiers First Landed Is Permanently Marked I>l' Associated l*rcss. Xcw York, Sept. 6. Ambassa ' dor Jusserand, of France, was the | principal speaker at France-Ameri j can exercises held here to-day in | New York's historic City Hall in ! commemoration of the 162 nd an ■ niversary of tjie birth of. Lafayette ' and the fifth anniversary of the first : battle of the Marne. Messages of felicitation and congratulation upon the victory of Allied arms were read from President Poincare, of France; General Pershing, Major General Wood and Secretin y of State Lan sing. Besides France and the United States Government represented at the ceremonies were Great Britain, Canada, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Itus sia. Poland and Greece. Similar exercises were held at the same time in San Francisco, Mil waukee, Philadelphia, Fayetteville, N. C., and Lou'sville, Ky., the same messages being read to the assem .es in those cities. In Philadel phia, in uuUiLion, a cable message was also read from the President of the Paris Municipal Council. Peace of Safety Ambassador Jusserand, in his ad dress said that "the war has now ended as it should," and that the peace which was signed was not a peace of "vengeance" but a peace of reparation and safety. He paid a touching tribute to the memory of Theodore Roosevelt, saying both nations mourned the absence of one man "ami hearing no more a voice which, on momentous occasions reached from one end of the world to the other, teaching men how to attain better days through courage, sense of duty and good citizenship, a voice now hushed forever." Busy Reconstructing Referring to the horrors of Ger man warfare and the. devastation wrought throughout Northern France. Mr. Jusserand said: "Do not think that those sturdy men who. in company with you, stopped the onrush of the Gernians, now static rvjhast and disheartened at the sight of the ruins and the [Continued 011 Page 10.] France Pays Tribute by Erecting Monument Where U. S. Troops First Landed lly Assotia'.ttl Press. Point l)c Grave, France, Sept. 6. France paid lasting tribute to-day to America's active entry into the Great War by laying the cornerstone of a monument here commemorat ing the landing on the spot of the first contingent of American troops in 1917. Appropriate speeches by President Poincare and Hugh C. Wallace, the American ambassador, were the chief features of the exer cises, appropriately held on the birthday of Lafayette, who sailed for America from this same spot in 1777. The weather was none too propi tious for the ceremony.'the addresses of President Poincare and Ambassa dor Wallace being delivered during a slight drizzle. None the less the scene was a brilliant one, numerous detachments of French and Ameri can soldiers, sailors and marines as sembled among the sandy dunes of the Point giving color to the picture. The guard of honor for instance, was composed of United States Marines, many of whom were veterans of the lighting on the Marne In 1918. In addition to Premier Clemen ceau. Marshal Foch and other dis tinguished Frenchmen, numbers of prominent Americans assisted in the ceremony, among them Frank L. Polk, under secretary of State, Gen eral Tasker H. Bliss and Brigadier General W. D. Connor, now com mander of the American forces in France. The French representation included also the Marqutf de Cham brun, a descendant of Lafayette and a member of the Joflre mission to the United States in 1917. Andre Tardieu, and Deputy Maurice Da mon, chairman of the committee on exercises. Strike Order Calls 19,000 Miners From Collieries in Penna. Scranton, Pa., Sept. 6. Follow ing a lengthy session of the Delaware and Hudson Company miners' Grievance Committee here late yes terday orders were issued last night for a general suspension of wo>k in all of the collieries operated by the company in the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valleys. Twenty-six col lieries will be closed and 19,000 men affected by the strike, which will be the largest in the anthracite rcgio 0. since the six-months' strike in 1902. These mines produce in the neighborhood of 26,000 tons of coal daily. The trouble which resulted in the general strike order had its inception at the Powderly colliery, in Carbon dale, when the company installed mechanical loaders. The men at the colliery istruck, demanding that the machines be eliminated. They were supported in this demand by the men of the No. 1 Colebrook and Jermyn collieries, and a meeting of the General Grievance Committee was called. In addition to the de mand that the. loaders be abolished the men now allege excessive dock m:*, ) New Heads of Salvation Army in Harrisburg i jj . ENSIGN LIBBT MRS. A. C. LIBBT With the arrival of Ensign and Mrs. A. C. Libby the Salvation Army will take on marry new activities. The two officers served many months with the allied armies in France and Germany. Before taking up war work Ensign Libby served appointments at Meadeville and other Pennsylvania cities. Ensign- Libby will conduct services in the army hall, 45 6 Verbeke street Thursdays and Sundays. FACILITIES FOR NEW MARKETS URGED IN CITY State Director Points to Ad vantages When Producer and Consumer Meet At a meeting this morning of the farmers who bring their produce to the city markets, held in Chestnut Street Hall, Guy Smith, director of tho State Bureau of Markets, of fered some suggestions on the ad visability of establishing a whole sale market in Harrisburg. Mr. Smith, who was secured by H. G. Niesley, county tarni agent, told the crowd of farmers who came from the market houses of the city to lis ten to him, some of the experiences of other cities which have adopted the wholesale market. In speaking of the high cost of living, he said that in many cases the general pub lic blamed the farmers unfairly for the rise of prices. It is sometimes the case, said Mr. Smith, that a farmer will not harvest a crop which he has sown, because market prices would not begin to pay him for the expense pf harvesting, sort ing and bringing it to the city. Most people, however, would see the plowed up crop and not consider the overhead expenses. The proposition put forward is to institute a market place somewhere in Harrisburg where farmers could : dispose of large quantities of food | products to wholesalers and con [Continurd on Page 19.] Necklace Stolen From Red Cross Girl in Paris Is Sold For Two Cones Paris, Sept- 6.—Two ice cream ] cones was the price which two Pa risian bellboys received the other day for a $l,OOO pearl necklace one of them had stolen from an Amer ican Red Cross worker here. The Ited Cross girl, whose name is not made public, was a guest at the hotel where the two boys, Albert Marant and Jean Arnal, were em ployed. Fearing that detectives were watching him, Marant gave the loot to Arnal to sell. Jean took the r.-ecklace to the ice cream vendor who has a portable stand in the Tuilleires Garden and demanded ten francs, but the vendor induced him to accept instead, two ice cream cones, as it was a hot day. Both bellboys and the ice cream man are in La Sante prison. Treat Tuberculosis by Psychology Now Mrs. Francis Hinton, of Philadel phia, was to-day appointed supervisor of occupational therapy by Commis sioner of Health Edward Martin and will enter upon her duties at once. It is stated by the department .officials that the place is a new one created for the purpose of treating tubercu losis by psychology, t.he idea being to keep patient's minds and hands busy. In the treatment the authorities will give opportunity to patients at State sanitoria and dispensaries to learn vocations suited to their condition. The course Is entirely new onf in this country, it is stated. Mrs. Hin ton lives at 4214 Walnut street. Philadelphia. KEEP FLAGSHIP AS RELIC By Press. Washington. Sept. 6 gut's old flagship, the Hartford, in which he defied the mined waters of the lower Mk-lssippi and which recently has been threatened with demolition, will be kept In her original state, as a relic of the American Navy, the Navy Department announced to day. w GET FORMER REl> COMMANDER Basle, Sept. 6. Two former members of the Hungarian Govern ment. Dr. Lokals and Ernest-Seidler, have been arrested in Austria, ac cording to advices from Vienna. Seidler formerly was commander of the Hungarian Red Army. Both men have been Interned by the Aus trian authorities. j MILK AND CREAM j SAMPLES MAKE POOR SHOWING! i Dangerous Colon Bacilli Arc Found in Numbers; Cream ! Below the Standards I . I Milk, cream and ice cream sam- | \ pies taken by city food inspectors ' j in August and tested in city tabo- j i ratorics did not compare favorably j j with the good record maintained |by dealers during the other sum . mer months. I Thirteen of the twenty-nine iv.'-Ik 'samples contained colon bacilli? or ,dangeious germs, four were below 1 the butter fat standard of 3.25 per cent., and eighteen showed the pres -1 ence of gas, which is not allowed according to the city requirements. I Of the thirty-eight cream tests, i seven were below the butter fat standard of 1$ per cent. Four cf i these were taken from restaurants, ■ two front dealers and one from a j grocer. lee Orcnin Is Poor , I -Six of the twenty Ice cream sam | pies contained the dangerous bacilli and six also contained more than [Continued on Page 9.] Shopmen Call Convention to Oust Their Grand Lodge Officials For Wage Action fly Associated Press j Chicago. Sept. 6.—The executive j council of the Federated Railway i Shopmen of the Chicago district, has I called a national convention to be i I held here on September 25, it was I announced to-day, to act on the | new wage scale granted by Presi [ dent Wilson. Steps will be taken at . the convention to oust grand lodge officials now in Washington in con ference over wages with Director of Railroads Hines and other officials of the government, according to John D. Sanders and M. L. Hawver, who issued the call? Sanders said the grand lodge officials who have counselled delay on the part of the shopmen while wage negotiations were in progress, are unpopular with the rank and file of the craftsmen and that nothing- short of a sub stantial increase in wages will avert a general strike. I More than 2,000 delegates from local unions throughout the coun try are expected to attend the con vention and these represent 200,- 000 workers who. it was stated, will tie up the transportation of the country should they decide to strike. Gen. Pershing Is Due to Dock Monday Morning By Associated Press. New York, Sept. 6. A radio message #eecived here to-day by the naval communication service I from the transport Levithian which | is bringing home General Pershing, I stated that the ship was due to reach | Ambrose lightship at 4 a. m. Mon ! day, and would dock at 8 o'clock | Other officers on the Leviathan, the message said, were Major Gen erals A. W. Brewster, J. L. Hines and C. E. Summerall; Brigadier Generals R. E. Davis, Walter Bethel and F. Connor; Colonel G. C. Mar shall, J. G. Quakemeyer, L. C. Gris comb, R. c. Burnett. E. C. McNeil, A. Morne and C. S. Babcock. FIRE DAMAGES NEW BOAT Quliicy, Mass., Sept. 6.—The new torpedo boat destroyer Sharkey was damaged by fire at its slip | n the yards of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at Fore River to-day' The cause of the fire and extent of the damage were not known, but it was said that delivery of the craft to ]the Government would be delayed sev | eral weeks. CLEARING* DECREASE New lark, Sept. 6. The actual condition of Charing Mouse banks and trust companies for the week I (five days) shows that llicy hold $O2,- ' 026,200 reserve In excess of legal re- I qulrements. This Is a decrease Of i i |I,010,2?0 from last week, ; ACTORS'STRIKE - IS SETTLED BY OPEN SHOP PACT Theaters to Reopen at Once; Adjustment Satisfactory to | Roth Sides Is Reached STAGE HANDS RBEAK IT Centering of Attack Against Shubert Productions De cisive Factor By Associated Pres. N>*r York. Sept. 6. The actors' > strike, which began about a month ago and after closing the majority of the theaters of this city spread to many other cities, was settled early to-day. Alt theaters affected by the strike will be reopened at once. The settlement followed a four hour conference between a group of producing managers and representa tives of the Actors' Equity Associa tion. and of the labor organizations of the theaters. August Thomas, the playwright, of the mediation committee of the Authors' League of America, who made the announcement that the | strike had been settled, states that an open shop had been agreed upon and that the theaters would reopen iat once. Francis Wilson, president ; r.f the Actor's Equity Association, snid , that all differences had been Bettled ; to the satisfaction of both sides. Stage Hands Itrrnk Strike I It was the action of the stage hands late last night in ordering its mem [Continued on Page 15.] Candy Auctioned Off at Low Prices Causes Purchasers Illness [ Candy auctioned off at a low price lby an auctioneer at t.he Verbeke I street market this morning caused a ; number of persons to become verv ill I for a short time, the police to-day re ! ported. They are making an invest!- i gation. I The candy consisted principally of i peanut bars in box lots and a "con- I siderable amount had been purchas- I ed before it was discovered that It 1 was stale, the police said. The auc- I tioneer immediately stopped the sale I when he found It was not good. 1" ' * *■ •M. V > • • X 4 JT" * • X T. , $ I I i • i * | f ? * „ j. T S * * 2 •s -1 * ®i* . * <r 8 ' ... . >- - X < X ,<; , ' 1 *r It* *' it :: |t . • •;. . J T ► '■'■■<■ V" >i V • ► X * * X ij \ 4* i ► * S * f < * • • !! !' ,k I !| 5 ' ; ■ !j; * I * -• 1 ; X 1 > ? ;: :: r MARRIAGE UCENSES \ \ * • eL l>nvld C. Dialer, t'lahr rtlllr. and Martha M. I.aadrrmllrh, Hat- • ► rlaburai Robert Hor'on and Ethrl I*, Walla, Hnnttnardoai Aaron Lta> a , "f* her, Dunn,anon, ai Kophla A. Tkompaoa. Bloomflrldi Wrbater 9. ft Kohlhaaa and Mary P. Maaley, Ktreltoai William 1/. Blrltley and I J Hat her V. Wllaon. Akron, O.i William H. Dlatmlck and Clara B. - a j ' Miuub, liarrlmburK. STRIKERS START MARCH TO FORCE UNIONIZATION Armed Miners Hiking Across West Virginia Hills to Attack Operators GOVERNOR TAKES A HAND Appeals to Men to Delay Ac tion, but Is Disregarded; Machine Guns Mounted J By Associated Press Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 6.—Five hundred miners who left Oak Grove this morning to march across the mountains to Coal river where they said they intended to enforce unioni zation in mines, were Joined at Ra cine on the Little Coal river by 3,000 | more men, according to word re ceived by Governor Cornwell shortly | before noon. All the men are said Ito be. armed. 1 According to information received • from a local coal operator, the cool operators of the Guyan field yester ] day unloaded a carload of machine ; guns at different places in Logan j county as a means of preparation to meet the miners from the Kanawha und Coal river fields. Predicts Trouble W. M. Petry, vice-president of District 17, United Mine Workers of America, said four thousand armed miners were on the march. Mr. Petry said the men had refused to listen to the Governor's appeal last night that they return to their homes and he predicted trouble at Cor.l river "unless the miners demands are granted." He estimated the marchers would be joined by a force of 25.000 men when they reach Lo gan county. The Governor last night, without escort, went to the miners' camp and pleaded with them to desist in their | intention and to await results from ! what he could do. Moonlight Glints on Rifles | On top of a truck used to hail j provisions, surrounded by hundrens | of miners, the moon'ight glinting on the rifle barrels of the men, Gover jnor Cornwell asked the miners as American citizens to be American citizens and preserve order. He did j not ask them to disband and return [Continued on Page 5.]
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