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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXVIII— NO. 222 16 PAGES B t u h n . d K'.t HARRISBURG, PA. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1919. OH &£S2E£ Sl^o K cent? 8 HOME EDITION
MORE STEEL MILLS CRIPPLED BY STRIKE
ALTHOUGH EMPLOYERS CLAIM IMPROVEMENT;
MANY ARE HURT IN RENEWAL OF RIOTING
Industry in Great Centers
Hard Hit by Walk Out of
Thousands of Workmen
CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND
RIOTERS RESULT IN BLOODSHED
Disorders in Western Pennsylvania
District Result in Death and
Injury; Switchmen Go Out
The second day of the great struggle between the labor unions
and the United States Steel Corporation opened with the ques
tion as to the extent to which the industry has been affected by
the strike still uncertain, confused as it is by the conflicting claims
of the leaders on either side. That the industry has been gravely j
crippled in the great centers of Pittsburgh. Chicago and Youngs
town was certain and early reports to-day recorded several gains
for the strikers.
More Plants Shut Down
In the Pittsburgh district several of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany's plants were closed and the Braddock and Rankin plants
of the American Steel and Wire Company, both of which at
tempted to continue operations yesterday, shut down to-day. j
These two concerns employ approximately 10.000 men.
Claim 75 Per Cent. Out
In the Chicago district similar conditions prevailed. Nearly all
the plants in that region, including Gary and Hammond, cither
were closed to-day or operating at greatly reduced capacity. The ;
strike leaders claimed that 75 per cent, of the *30.000 workers were
out and that in (iary the percentage was 95. Steel company offi
cials refused to concede a higher percentage than 20.
Most Markd Success in Ohio
In the Mahoning Valley district of which Youngstown is the
heart, all reports agreed that the strikers had achieved their most
marked success. The strike leaders claimed that 55.000 men had
quit work and their claims were supported by the fact that many
large plants were closed, three in particular which employ alone
16.500 men. Plants which were still operating had admittedly j
greatly reduced forces.
Spread of Strike
The possibility of the spread of the strike to as yet unaffected
plants was more threatening to-day. At the Bethlehem works of
the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, where 35.000 men are em
ployed. the union leaders announced that no reply had been
received to their request for a conference with the company offi- j
cials and that preparations were being completed for calling out
the workers.
Molders Making Decision
At Cincinnati the executive board of the International Iron j
Moulders Union is in ses>ioti and will decide what action will be
taken by that body.
Switchmen Out
At Buffalo switchmen on the South Buffalo Railway quit work i
when ordered to move cars into the Lackawanna Steel plant.
Rioting Is Renewed
Rioting, which broke out at the close of the first day of the ,
strike, was resumed at different points this morning. The known I
casualties so far are one man dead, three others so badly wounded
that they may die and scores more or less severely wounded.
The fatality occurred in the Pittsburgh district. Every mill in
Farrell, Pa., was closed this morning, but this did not prevent a
renewal of violence in which 11 persons were wounded.
Engage in Pitched Battle
Simultaneously with the outbreak of rioting at Farrell, a
pitched battle between null guards and strikers took place at New
Castle, Pa., in which 11 persons are known to have been wounded,
two of them women. Three of the injured men may die.
Rush Reinforcements
The situation throughout the Pittsburgh district today was re
garded as so menacing that reinforcements of State troopers were
sent there from other parts of the State.
At Buffalo, where the great independent plant of the Lacka
wanna Steel Company has been forced to suspend operations, ac
carding to police reports, rioting occurred last night and was re
sumed this morning. The disorder here, however, was apparently
not so serious as in Pennsylvania. The Donner Steel Company,
a sister plant of the Lackawanna, announced that operations
would cease to-morrow. Incipient rioting was also reported from !
Youngstown.
Outlying Districts
Fail to Secure Adequate
Protection From Police
P\ Asiceialed Press.
Pitt s burgh, Sept. 23.—Steel strike
conditions in the Pittsburgh district
were not very greatly changed to
day.' according to reports from both
labor and company sources. Secre
tary William Z. Foster, of the steel
workers' national committee, said
the strike was spreading and that
more men were out to-day, not only
in the Pittsburgh district but also
in outlying sections and in other
parts of the country.
. The Homestead works of the Car
negie Steel Company, subsidiary of
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I THE WEATHER!
Harriabnrg and Vicinity ■ Gener
ally fair to-night and Wednes
day. slightly cooler to-night.
Eastern Pennsylvania i Generally
fair to-night and Wednesday.
Slightly cooler to-night. Gentle
north and northwest winds be
coming variable.
Riven A slight to moderate rise
will occur In the Kusqurhatinu
river and Its tributaries as a
result of the general showers
over the watershed in the last
24 hours. A stage of about 3.4
feet Is Indicated for Harriabnrg
Wcdneaday morning.
Gary and Fitzpatrick
to Be Summoned to Probe
of Strike by Congress
3y Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 2 3.—lnvestiga
tion of the steel strike by the Sen
ate labor committee was ordered to
day by the Senate. A resolution by
Speaker Kenyon, Republican, lowa,
providing for the inquiry and au
thorizing a report as to whether any
remedial Federal action could be
taken, was adopted without a roll
call.
Senator Kenyon said it was pro
posed to call leaders representing
both employers and employes to
Washington in an effort to deter
mine the cause of the strike. Visits
by the committee to the steel centers
are not planned, he said.
Before the Kenyon resolution was
adopted, Senator Thomas, Democrat,
Colorado, introduced one opposing
strikes and declaring that the Sen
ate "views with concern" the labor
situation. Senator Thomas an
nounced that he planned to make
an address to-morrow on the reso
lution, which declares that a man
has a constitutional right to follow
any calling and that the so-called
"closed shop" is "un-American and
detrimental to American freedom."
The Kenyon resolution was dis
cussed briefly. Several senators cx
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Why Will People Insist on Jumping Off While the Train
Is in Motion?
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COUNTIES OF STATE
AID IN ROAD WORK
Big Sums Authorized by Vot
ers and Taxpayers For Con
structing New Highways
and Improving Old One;
Mercer County Waged Big
Educational Campaign
FIGHT WAS CARRIED TO
EVERY BAD RURAL ROAD
Sharon, Sept. 23. "Pull the load
over the road not through it!"
was the slogan which inspired the
farmers and other citizens of Mercer
county a few weeks ago to authorize
a loan of one million five hundred
thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to
build a wonderful system of high
ways in this cpunty. The amount of
the loan will be doubled by the Com
monwealth working with the county
in the construction of the proposed
permanent highways. It will cover
a program of four years and will
provide for ninety-six miles of
macadam road and one hundred and
twenty-five miles more of cinder and
slag lateral highways. Contracts
have already been let for at least
ten miles of the permanent roads
this year and next year the Green
ville road, a distance of twenty-five
miles, will be constructed.
Citizens of Mercer county, with
rare inceptions, are good-roads
boosters. The whole campaign of
last spring was organized and con
ducted to a successful conclusion
by the local Chamber of Commerce
whose active committee was headed
by ex-representative Fred T. Fruit,
There was lively and energetic co
operation among 'the rural communi
ties in conjunction with Sharon and
all the larger towns. It was a great
popular movement and the organ
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BETHLEHEM GIVES
NO ANSWER
By Associated Press.
Allentown, Pa., Sept. 23.—The
request of the national commit
tee of ironworkers' and steelwork
ers" unions to the Bethlehem Steel
Company for a conference re
mained unanswered at noon to
day, and plans are being made
for the walkout, set for Monday
morning, according to union lead
ers here to-day.
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Other Counties Are
Boosting Roads
Bond issues passed by voters;
Erie $1,300,000
Warren 750,000
McKean 750,000
Mercer 1,500,000
Washington 1,000,000
Armstrong, 1,000,000
Jefferson 500,000
Clarion 500,000
Y °rk 2,500,000
Loans authorized by County
Commissioners:
Lawrence 750,000
Beaver 650,000
Crawford 200,000
Green 450,000
Fayette 1,000,000
Westmoreland 1,500,000
Allegheny 2.000,000
Butler 1,500,000
Schuylkill 300,000
Bedford 350,000
\ enango 100,000
Jefferson county townships
have authorized loans of $400,000
additional to the county quota.
Dauphin Is Spending About
$40,000 Toward Permanent
Construction in Addition to
Amount For Subways
Dauphin county commissioners
are spending about $40,000 this year
to pay toward the permanent road
construction now under way between
Paxtonia and Beaver creek. They
have also provided about $15,000
toward the construction of the sub
ways at Swatara Station eliminating
dangerous grade crossings.
While there are six other stretches
of highway in the county which the
State will eventually aid in improv
ing the commissioners said they do
not expect further State aid for at
least a year. Win*; the 1920 budget
is prepared the officials said they
would consider providing funds for
improving short connecting links
between Important roads thus fur
nishing better travel to the main
arteries of traffic in the county.
At present petitions are on file
with the State for aid in improving
Important highways in Susquehanna,
Lower Paxton, East, West and South
Hanover townships.
STEAM HEAT RATE
INCREASED BY TEN
CENTS THOUSAND
Cost of Furnishing Steam
Means Deficit at Old Price,
Says the Company
The Harrisburg Light and Power
Company to-day filed with the Pub
jlic Service Commission notice of an
j increase of ten cents per thousand
pounds in each class or "block" of its
heat rate schedule. The advance is
to be effective on ten days' notice
which would put it about October 1.
■ The company's rates were attack
ed by a committee of Harrisburg
merchants following an advance over
a year and a half ago and the Com-
I mission sustained them without
i prejudice to renew the complaint.
| Accompanying the notice of the
advance in rates is a statement show
ing that the cost of supplying steam
between May 31. 1918 and the same
date this year was 64.09 cents per
thousand pounds. It is shown that
the cost of manufacturing the steam
was $186,530 and the net revenue
for steam service $159,549. leavinir
a deficit of $26,985.
CITY BUYS KIRK
HOSK AT NEW PRICE
Contracts for 2,250 feet of fire hose
for city companies were awarded to
day by Counc'l upon motion of Com
missioner of E. Z. Gross. The prices
to be paid are $1.30 and $1.06 a
foot as compared with $1 a foot
under contracts of the last few I
years.
, oubert an<l Son will furnish
1,000 feet of Congo brand bilateral
hose at $1.30 a foot; and the Fabric
Fire Hose Company 1,250 feet of
department brand hose at $1.06 a
foot.
Commissioner Lynch, upon peti
tion, introduced an ordinance au
thorizing the paving of I.rcnsinger
street from Woodbine to Forrest,
hcusellne to houselir.e.
POLICE ARE MOVING
The Police Department is to-day
in the midst, of moving preparations.
Already a considerable portion of the
material located in the old head
quarters in the old Board of Trade
building have been removed to the
Fager building, which has been thor
oughly remodeled. Hearings are be
ing held in the old police station for
the last time this afternoon, and to
morrow afternoon the entire police
department will again be united and
holding forth in the new head
quarters. The police report and fire
alarm systems were removed to the
new location several weeks ago.
THEATERS WILL
OPEN MONDAY
TO VETERANS
Not a Dull Moment Will Mar
Program of the Welcome
Home Celebration
PARADE A BIG FEATURE
Dancing in the Evening to Be
Held in Market Square,
at Honor Court
The committee of 125 appointed
by the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce to arrange a welcome-home
demonstration in honor of the sol
diers, sailors, marines, nurses and
welfare workers of the Harrisburg
district, has arranged that every
theater in Harrisburg will be open
to these veterans all day Monday
arid all evening, as. a part of the
welcome-liome demonstration. The
committee felt that this would do
away with any dull moments which
might occur between the many
events of the welcome home and
ca're for those service men in the
evening who do not care to dance.
Every service man, nurse or wel
fare worker will find next Monday
that his uniform is his- card of ad.
mission to any. Harrisburg theater,
and each veteran may be accom
panied by his wife, mother or sweet
heart.
From 2 o'clock Monday after
noon when the parade of uniformed
service men. led by veterans *of the
Civil and other wars, parade over
the principal streets of the city,
during the afternoon, when the'
baseball game and athletic stunts
enliven things on the Island, at ti
o'clock when a steaming hot sup
per is served the men, and all
through the evening until the final
dance in the Armory, Winterdale,
Chestnut Street Auditorium and in
the Court of Honor, and until the
theaters show their last perform
ance, there will not be one dull mo
ment, it is promised.
All of the service men will be
awarded medals of honor at the
service Sunday afternoon in honor
of the sacrifices and services during
the Great War. These medals will
be emblematic of the gratitude of
the city for its veterans.
Prior to the services, the veterans
will meet in the Court of Honor at
3.30 o'clock and, escorted by the
committee of 125 appointed by the
Chamber of Commerce to arrange
for the welcome home, they will
march across the bridge t the
Island.
In order that there would be no
confusion in the minds of the vet
erans, nurses and welfare workers as
to who is eligible for the welcome
home, the committee has issued the
following statement to show the
boundaries of the territory in which
the service men are eligible:
On the south, the city line and
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad;
on the east. Rutherford Heights,
through Paxtonia, including Hain
lyn, to Kresier's Corner, to a point
two hundred feet north of the
Linglestown road, north, to and in
cluding Rockville.
At a meeting of the National War
Aid last evening, arrangements for
the supper to be given the soldiers
Monday evening at 6 o'clock were
made. At least five hundred cakes
will be served, and hundreds of
women will serve. This work is in
charge of Mrs. William Jennings,
and the cake arrangements are un
der the charge of Mrs. George E.
Etter. Both of these women are
urging that all the members of the
National War Aid lend their assist
ance to assure the success of the
big supper.
Fast Express Derailed
on Curve Along Banks
of Susquehanna River
| Rcnovo. Sept. 23. International
! Express, known as train No. 576, due
j here at 4 o'clock this morning, had
| a narrow escape from turning over
I into the river.
I When the fast express reached
j the curve north of here a rail on
; the west side of the track snapped.
Everyone of the 12 cars on the train
left the tracks and bounced over
the ties for some distance. No one
was injured, nor was there any dam
'■ age done to the curs. Passengers
lin their berths received a shaking
up. The train runs slow at this
point. The engine and cars re
mained upright.
On the eastern side of the train
is the river bank. Had the rail on
that side broken the entire train
would have toppled over into the
river, trainmen say. The crew is
made up of Harrisburg men and
included engine No. 3338; Engineer
Webster Sterner; fireman, R. I.
Wolfe; conductor. Grant Lawrence;
i brakemen, W. L. Straub and Percy
Hanna.
Remove Danger at
New Aviation Field
Agreements have been reached
between Mayor Keister and proprie
tors of a local airplane training
school, whereby It is hoped that the
lives of citizens will, in the future
ture, not be endanged by any of
the aviators in their training. This
announcement was issued to-day by
Mayor Keister following a complaint
of a Revere street resident, claiming
that lives of residents of South Sev
enteenth and adjoining streets, In
the vicinity of the 1000 block, had
been endanged by the men flying at
low altitude.
Mayor Keister, in connection
with the matter, took occasion to
emphasize the need for legislation
to regulate the height which aviators
should be compelled to maintain in
flying over cities.
THE PREACHER AND
HIS WAGE
"There is no greater problem
before the church to-day. Self
respecting men of caliber and
character cannot give themselves
to the work of the church with
out a living wage. It is simply
impossible for vast numbers of
ministers to work effectively on
the wage they are now receiving.
The ministry is absolutely neces
sary to the welfare and safety of
the world and must be main
tained. It is high time for all
people to wake up to this fact.
Starve or skimp the preacher and
you destroy the church of God."
So writes Dr. C. A. Smucker on
the problem of underpaid minis
ters." It was pointed out yester
day by Harrlstotfrg ministers that
they are paid less than nearly
any laboring man in their con
gregations. Ministers nre asked
to give their views ->*> the situa
tion in letters to the City Editor.
Falls on Head From
Balcony When Railing
Gives Way, Woman Unhurt
• Falling from a second story bal
cony when a banister gave way, Miss
Mary Morton. 25 years old, 925 Capi
tal street, was treated at the Harris
burg Hospital to-day. Landing on
her head, she escaped with a severe
laceration of the scalp and a slight
back injury.
Miss Morton was cleaning rugs
on the balcony at the time of the
accident. She wa's discharged from
the hospital after being treated by
physiclans there.
CONTINUE COUNT ■
Comparison of the unused ballots
and number of ballots issued in the
county districts began this after
noon when the official count of the
primary vote was resumed in the
City Council chamber. It is believed
that every effort will be made to
complete the computation of the
primary returns by the end of the
week. Yesterday afternoon the re
turn board with Judges George K\in
kel and S. J. M. McCarrell, presid
ing, checked the ballots issued and
returned in all but two of the 53
city precincts.
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PHYSICIANS OF
! STATE OPEN 69TH
ANNUAL MEETING
! More Than Five Hundred Vis
itors at Opening Session
of Big Event
PRESIDENT IS INSTALLED
Governor Sproul Greets Dele
gates at Penn-Harris; Many
Social Events Planned
Tlio sixty-ninth annual session of
J the Medical Society ot the Stato of
Pennsylvania f?ot under way this
I morning: with the opening meeting
| which took place at 10 o'clock in
! the ballroom of the Penn-Harris.
The meeting was called to order
! h >' the retiring president, Frederick
j 1/. -VanSickle, of Olyphant, who in
[ troduced Dr. Lewis Seymour Mudge,
pastor of Pine Street Presbyterian
| Church. Dr. Mudge delivered the
! invocalon. Dr. Van Sickle then in
troduced Governor William C.
■Sproul who welcomed the medical
| men in the name of the Common
| wealth. More than 500 phyhicians
i and surgeons were present when
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Summer Will Retire in
Favor of Autumn a! 9.36
I Harrisburg to-day is receiving its
: last taste of the summer of 1919
land will get slightly less than twj
i and one-half hours of autumn. Au
tumn will not make its official up
i pearance until 9.38 o'clock this even
j ing.
I The autumnal equinox will appear
jat exactly' thirty-six minutes after
! nine, at which time summer will
I make its bow and autumn its debut.
I . The summer of 1919 has been
' quite , idiosyncratic. Extended
| periods of intense heat were fol
lowed in turn, frequently, with de
icidedly cool.,weather. Very often
during the hottest days of this
| summer, the evenings became quite
j cool, often so cool that persons were
| unable to stt on their porches with
comfort. So heat records were
i broken during the summer.