. Conflicting Statements Regarding Success of Strike Made by Plant Officials and Labor Leaders HARRISBURG wSmkl> TELEGRAPH LXXXVIII-NO. 228 18 PAGES OA:R:,", S S : , U a r r'" HARRISBURG, PA. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30,1919. •"■KMSKKK igT&ES&JSf" fSSf HOME EDITION LEADERS OF BOTH SIDES ARE MAKING OPPOSING CLAIMS Bethlehem Plant Officials Assert They Are Operating at Virtually Full Capacity While Union Chiefs Insist Eighty Per Cent of the Force Is Out SITUATION AT STEELTON IS REMAINING UNCHANGED The inclusion of the Bethlehem Steel Company's plants into the strike area has so far only served to broaden the scope of the conflicting claims of the opposing sides. The ninth day of the great struggle opened with the situation virtually unchanged, mill officials issuing their customary statement that more men were returning to work and union leaders countering with the equally customary assertion that the strike was spreading and victory certain. The situation this morning remained unchanged at Steelton. Plant officials reiterated that every department is in operation while labor leaders said that they are holding their own. Conflicting Claims At the Bcthlhem plant conflicting claims were made by the two sides in the controversy, union representatives claiming that 80 per cent, of the men were out and officials of the company de claring that all their plants were operating virtually at full ca pacity. A statement by E. G. Grace, president of the corporation, last night, said that workers reported in such numbers at the various plants of the company as to permit virtually full operation. There are few deflections in the ranks of the loyal workers at any of the subsidiary plants. Reports from Reading, Steelton, Lebanon and Tittisvillc, Pa., and Sparrows Point, Mil., were that few and in some cases no workers are heeding the strike call. No definite developments were reported from the Pittsburgh district, while the only positive item from the held was the official statement from the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company that its plant, employing 4.000 men, would be closed down within the week "for repairs."' Several minor disturbances in the Chicago section during the night led to a fear that serious disorder was possible and a threat that state or Federal troops might be summoned. < Picketing Resumed In Cleveland picketing was resumed by the strikers following a report that the mills were about to attempt resumption of opera tions. and in Buffalo a few hundred men returned to work in the Lackawanna plant. Otherwise no change was reported in the outlying points. UNION CHIEF DECLARES 65 PER CENT. IS OUT Strike leaders held conference this morning to ascertain approxi mately the number of men on strike. One of the leaders after the confer ence announced that at least sixty five per cent, of the employes of the plant were not working. New members are joining the union and there is a decided increase in mem bership. they report. At the office of the steel plant the following report came from the manager's office "We are in much better shape to-day then we were yesterday, and yesterday we had suf ficient men to run the entire plant. In fact one of the mills which had been closed down for several weeks was reopened without difficulty yes terday. All the department man agers report running without an >" inconvenience." Picket- Arc Posted Pickets were again posted by the strikers to ascertain the number of men reporting for work. These pickets report that while a number of strikers had returned to work this morning, a number equally as large remained away although they had worked yesterday. From men who refused to join the ranks of the strikers and who are now working in the plant comes the following report: Between 250 and 300 men reported for work in the bridge shop, the best unionized de partment of the plant. This number is sufficient to run the department without great inconvenience. Out of the approximately 225 men em ployed in the machine shop close to 200 reported for work this morning. Less than forty men of the machine shop went on strike. Town Is Quiet The town is quiet, although pa trolled by special policemen sworn in by the burgess. Fewer men are seen on the streets to-day than yes terday. At the time of changing of shifts this morning, little difference, if any, was noticed in the number of men coming to and from work. Union Men Hold Meetings Two big meetings were held last night at Steelton. At the first which was open to all workingmen, John Brown, who will be in charge at Steelton, made an address. He is a representative of the Mine Workers' Union and took charge of the strike headquarters at Steelton yesterday. Members of the Steelton branch of the American Federation of La bor held a meeting following the general sessions at which several phases of the strike were discussed. Following the meeting a policy com mittee was appointed and author- THE WEATHER Hnrrlkbarg nnd Vicinity: Partly cloudy nnd slightly cooler to night. Wednesday cloudy, prob ably rain. Kastern Pennsylvania: Partly cloudy to-night, cooler In north portion. Wednesday cloudy, probably rain. Winds becoming north and northeast and mod- P crate. ized to issue a statement. The fol lowing was later made public: Policy Out lined "The present strike in the steel industry is but one of the after maths of the great war. The war has aroused in the American people their latent democratic forces, the possession of which they were but vaguely conscious of before. "During the war, the spirit of 1776 was revived. The Declaration of American Independence was resur rected from the tomb of Jefferson and for eighteen months we were fed on the ethics, the ideals and the principles of democracy. Realizing that democracy had no other signifi cance for the great mass of the American people other than a mere theory of political government, we were advised by those in the high places, through the press and from [Continued on Page 2.] Grace Reminds Foster of Bethlehem's System in Reply to Demands By Associated Press• New York, Sept. 30.—'Employes of the Bethlehem Steel Company report ed to work in such numbers as to permit virtually full operation of all plants, declared E. G. Grace, president of the company, last night. M.;- Grace made public his letter to William Z. I-oster. secretary of the national committee for organizing iron and steel workers, in which he had tefused to confer with strike leaders as requested by Mr. Foster. In this letter. Mr. Grace emphasizes th. attitude of the Bethlehem com pany in having arranged, some time ago, for a system of employes' repre sentation, under which, he asserted the men are recognized and given every opportunity to confer with the management. "The plan provides for the election by employes of representatives from among their number to deal with the [Continued on Page 2.] Main Mills Running, Says Bethlehem Company New York, Sept. 30. a state ment was issued yesterday at the of fices of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany here that reports from Its plants at Sparrows Point, Md., Steel ton, Reading, Lebanon and Bethle hem, Pa., showed they were "sub stantially" in full operation. "Exceptions to this," the report continued, "were only In unimport ant, isolated units, in no way affect ing the larger and important opera tions, and there is nothing to in dicate there will be any curtailment of production." At the offices of the United States Steel Corporation it was stated that Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors, would leave New York to-night for Washington, where he will appear on Wednesday at the resumed inquiry of the Sen ate committee on labor Into the steel strike. • Harrisburg's Court of Honor Herewith is reproduced a picture of the city's Court of Honor in Market Square, through which hundred of paraders marched yesterday during the festivities Incident to the welcome accorded soldiers back from wa fields in France. CITY BACK TO NORMAL STRIDE AFTER WELCOME Celebration in Honor of Sol diers Concludes With the Evening's Festivities MANY AT PARK BANQUET Notes and Incidents of Happy Day in History of State's Capital Conscious of having performed its task of formally welcoming its sol dier boys back from war, the city turned its attention to getting back into workaway stride to-day. Until late last night the celebration con tinued and it was long after mid night when the last jubilant citizen turned in for a brief period of well earned rest. Throughout all of yes terday and last evening there was little else in the minds of the capi tal's populace than joining with the happy hosts bent on felicitating in some way or another with the men in khaki, Harrisburg's very own fighters who had gone across the Atlantic and returned with good ac counts of themselves. Hand of Welcome Out The hand of welcome was stretched out everywhere and the soldiers were Harrisburg's royal guests. Nothing that could be done to show them the city was proud of them and anxious to do them honor was left undone. If there were any slips in the well-arranged [Continued on Page 9.] Inquire Into Graft of "Soft Berths" in Navy By Associated Press. Sew York. Sept. 30. The Navy's inquit"y into grafting in connection with assignments of recruits in the naval reserve forces to "soft berths" during the war, to-day resulted in bringing Lieut. Commander Chris topher Marsden, district enrolling of ficer of the Third naval in the summer of 1918. before a court martial at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, charged with "unlawfully accepting money from persons" desiring easy positions and with having violated orders of the Secretary of the Navy. Fourteen specifications figured in the charges against Lieut. Com mander Maraden, seven of them al leging that he conspired with Lieut. Benoit J. Ellert, who recently pleaded guilty when brought up on similar charges, and with "several other persons." Suit Ends When Fund Is Turned Over to Charity Counsel in the civil suit brought by Joseph Husek against William C. Fickes, announced to the court to day that the action had been set tled upon the payment of a sum of money by the defendant to a charit,- able institution. Fickhs, it was al leged, ran down Husek's young son at Jednota a few years ago, killing the child when his automobile struck it. He was tried on charges of murder and manslaughter and was acquitted both times. BOLD NEW YORK HOIftD VP By Associated Press. Yew York. Sept. 30.—The police admitted to-day another bold day light holdup had taken place yester day when two unmasked gunmen beat up the cashier of the Strand Roof, a hroadwav cabaret, and loot ed his "cage" of $3,000, mostly in cash. The robbers chose noon as the hour of attack. *They entered byway of the fire escape. Louis Blach. tha cashier, was beaten into unconscious ness, gagged and bound. ©K Sbr-Snfttpcnkfll. SAVE THE LIST AND ADD TO IT SAVE the list of service men I from Harrisburg which ap- j peared in the Harrisburg Telegraph last evening. It will not be repeated. Scan it closely | in order to see that no name has been omitted. If you find a name misspelled or that the name of i a soldier, sailor or marine you j know has not been published, no- \ tify the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce. Either call the Cham- j her on the phone or drop a post card. It is the desire of the Chamber , to have every one of these names : listed correctly by next Monday in order that the committee ] which has charge of raising money for the Soldiers' and Sail- j ors' Memorial may know just j whom is to be honored. Send in the missing names at once. i . STAGE IS SET | FOR OPENING OF WORLD'S SERIES Fans Jamming Cincinnati For First Game Tomorrow; All Scats Are Sold By Associated Press• Cincinnati, Sept. 30.—With the stage set for the opening of the world's series here to-morrow, Cin cinnati assumed a gala appearance today as the throngs of visitors be gan to arrive to witness the initial I struggles of the baseball classic. Hotel corridors wers jammed to] the limit and the congregation grew; greater as the day advanced and | the special trains began to arrive. While supporters of the Cincinnati] club were naturally concerned overj the prospects of their favorites for [ victory in the first game, the all-1 important question on almose every-] bodys's lips: "Who's got an extra! ticket?" With every one of the 35,000 seats sold, the unlucky applicants for! tickets were willing to pay almost j [Continued on Page 12.] Prohibition Cannot Be Lifted Although Army Demobilization Is Ended Washington, Sept. 30.—Although the War Department declared in aj statement to-day that "the accidents] of war and the'progress of demobil-: ization are at an end" war time pro-j hibition cannot be lifted until after! the ratification of the Peace Treaty, i in the opinion of Attorney General Palmer. The prohibition law provides that it shall remain in force until after] the termination of the war and the j demobilization of the army. Mr. | Palmer has held that the state of] war does not end until the Peace' Treaty has been ratified. President Wilson took a similar position in: asking Congress early in the year to' repeal the wartime prohibition law] insofar as It affected light wines nod] beer. American Legion Delegates to Be Guests of Red Cross Delegates to the first annual con- 1 vention of the American Legion held ' here will be guests of the Harrisburg ! Chamber of Commerce Thursday eve- I ning. October 2 in Chestnut Street] Hall, under the patronage of the' American Red Cross. The guest lisr.! and patronesses has been arranged ] by the Misses Westbrook and Mrs. ] Herbert E. Lucas. Elaborate deco rations and fine music will be fea I tures of the event. HONOR CARDINAL Providence. R. I. Sept. 30.— Brown ' Cniversity to-day conferred the hon-1 orarv degree of Doctor of Laws upon ' Cardinal Mercler in the presence of the faculty, corporation and student j body. STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS FOR OPEN SHOP | Stands by Governor's Plea For Law and Order; Wants No Politics in Steel Strike HOUSING NEEDS ARE UP • Definite Program Recom mended and Steps to Put It Into Force Outlined j The Pennsylvania State Chamber | of Commerce at its closing session in the renn-Hu. ils hotel this mora ii.g adopted re solutions strongly favoring the "open shop" in indus try and expressing the hope that the j present steel strike will be adjusted | without political interference. The Chamber goes on record as express j ing the belief that the present dis i turbance is "the pivotal point in j the constant increase in the cost of i living and industrial unrest," and upholds Governor Sproul in his de termination to maintain law and or der in Pennsylvania. The resolution in full follows: The Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce in an nual meeting assembled recog nizes that the present strike of workers in the steel trade and threatened demands in other lines of industry probably marks the pivotal point in the constant increases in the cost of living and in the industrial unrest which pervades the country. We commend the splendid ut terance of His Excellency. Hon. I William C. Sproul, Governor pf j this .Commonwealth enjoining [Continued on Page 12.] Will Show Scenes of Parade and Ball Game at Magaro Picture House Peter Magaro, of the Regent The j ater, was busy with his moving pic j ture force yesterday making movies | of the parade, the scenes at Island ! Park during the game between the | KJein Chocolate team and the Wash ! 'ng Americans and the picturesque 1 dinner scenes in the River Park be-* ' tween Walnut street and the Civic ■ Club. These Alms are being specially j developed and will be shown for the ) first time at the Regent Theater on • Thursday. i Mr. Magaro said this, mbrning the | pictures were of a character to illum ! inate the unusual scenes and inci ; dents of the great home-coming I celebration. He estimates the reel i will require from twenty to thirty J minutes in the showing. All of the j pictures will be captioned in such a way as to make them perfectly un ' derstandable to the thousands who ! will doubtless want to see in the j movies a reproduction of a remark | able community 'spectacle. lLater > these films will be used by the local and State historical commissions for I authoritative story of the war so! I far as it relates to Harrisburg. John P. Gibson Chosen Tenor Soloist of Pine Street Presbyterians John P. Gibson, for two years | tenor soloist at Bethlehem Lutheran I Church, has been chosen a member ! of the quartet choir of Pine Street i Presbyterian Church, succeeding D. W. Hollenbaugh, who has sung with 1 success at Pine Street Church for a ! number of years and who retires to I sing in the choir of his own denom | ination. Prior to singing at Bethlehem I Lutheran Church, Mr. Gibson sang j ! with the vested choir pf St. Stephen's ' : Episcopal Church. He studied un- I der Alfred C. Kuschwa, organist and j choirmaster of St. Stephen's. Mr. | Gibson also is soloist for the Penn sylvania Railroadt Men's Glee Club. He has been heard with much pleas -1 ure by hundreds of Harrisburg mu ; sic lovers. ' w 4 COSSACKS FLOG U. S. SOLDIER OF SIBERIAN FORCE Apology Demanded For Ar ! rest of Captain and Cor poral; Serious Incident PROBE CONDUCT OF JAP Gen. Kalinikoff Regarded as "Siberian Villa" Because of His Atrocities By Associated Press• Vladivostok. Sept. 30.—Major Gen- I eral William S. Graves, commander jof American forces in Siberia, lias I demanded an apology from General I Roseanoff, in command of Russian | troops in Priamur province, for the arrest of Captain 1,. P. Johns, of the |2Tth regiment and Corporal Benja j min Sperling, of the 2tst and the I flogging of the latter by Cossacks I commanded by General Kalminoff. ] Investigation of the conduct of a Japanese officer at Iman, tjie place where the arrests took place, has also been begun by the Japanese high command. The incident, which | occurred September 5 is considered \ one of the most serious since the Al ' lies landed in Siberia. ; The two Americans, in uniform. ! and on official business, went to i Iman, a town 170 miles north of this city on the section of the railroad guarded by Chinese troops, passports being unnecessary by agreement be tween the Allies. While they were at a hotel there, a detachment of Cos sacks entered and arrested the Amer- [Continued on Page 5.] President Appears Much Refreshed After a Night of Rest By .Associated Press. Washington. Sept. 30.—President Wilson, after two days of quiet and rest at the White House showed fur ther improvement to-day. Rear Ad miral Grayson, his personal physi cian. issued the lollowing bulletin at 11 a. m.: "The President had a good night's rest and is improving." President Wilson arose early this morning and appeared refreshed by a night of rest. Secretary Tumulty announced. Although the President's condition precludes his taking any active part in directing the Peace Treaty fight in the Senate, he has shown much interest and received a report on the situation from Secretary Tu multy late last night. Senators directing the adminis tration fight for ratification of the Treaty without amendment or reser vation advised the President through Mr. Tumulty that the Treaty would i not be amended and that no reser -1 vations which would require its re ! submission would be adopted. Third Negro to Be Lynched in 12 Hours Killed in Hospital Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 30. John Temple, negro, who last night shot and fatally wounded Policeman John Barbare. and who was wound ed by the officer, was shot to death in a hospital shortly after 2 o'clock this morning by a small band of white men. He was the third negro to die by lynch law within a period of twelve hours. Miles Phifer and Robert Crosky, the latter a dis charged soldier, having been shot to death by a mob five miles from the city yesterday afternoon. Still an other negro. Bird Astor, who was with Temple when Barbare was shot, was being sought by a posse and it was believed his capture would result in more violence. There was no connection between ! the lynching of Phifer and Crosky and the killing of Temple. The first named two, charged with crimes against white women, were taken from three deputy sheriffs by a mob of about twenty-five men five miles from the citv. The negroes were told to run for their lives, and as they started were shot down. The mob then quietly dispersed. Bast night Policeman Barbare ar rested Temple, Astor and a negress on a charge of disorderly conduct as a result of a row following a dance. Temple resented his arrest and shot the officer, but not until he himself had been wounded. In the meantime Astor fled. Return of 100 Men Allow Rolling Mill to Resume Its Operations W. P. Starkey, of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company, said this afternoon that conditions at the plant were very much better. According to Mr. Starkey about one hundred men have come back of the number who walked out last week. The return of these men made it possible to renew operations at the rolling mill and this department was opened up this morning on double time. Only four men did not. re turn with the crews and the posi tions of these four have been filled. There were 201 men out at the beginning of the strike at the Pipe Bending plant it was said to-day. Court of Honor to Stand For American Legion Postmaster Frank C. Sites, chair man of the committee on decora tions for the home coming celebra tion, announced this afternoon that the committee had decided to allow the decorations at Chestnut street hall and the Court of Honor to re main in place in honor of the con vention of the American Region which will he in session here the latter part of the week. PREPARING TO FIRE LAST SHOT OF WORLD WAR $2O For Each Soldier in Ser vice Will Erect Permanent Memorial to Men CAMPAIGN NEXT WEEK "The Last Shot!" Harrisburg yesterday welcomed home its 3.500 soldiers. Months ago, with flags waving and bands playing, it saw them away to the wars. Now it has welcomed them home. There re mains one duty. It is the "last shot" Harrisburg can fire. What of the permanent me morial ? it is planned to erect such a memorial at the hill end of the State street bridge. Harrisburg had 3,500 soldiers. If the city subscribes $2O for each of these men a memorial can he erected which will per petuate in stone and bronze the sentiment evidenced yesterday. A campaign for $2O for each soldier begins next Monday. j With the Welcome-Home celebra , tion over, the Chamber of Com merce committee named some time ■ ago to arrange for the erection of a j memorial to the soldiers and sailors of Harrisburg has begun work in earnest. It is the idea of this com mittee to erect a memorial which will endure for ail time. Briefly, the plan is this: Harrisburg had 3,500 soldiers and sailors in the late war. If the people of this city sub scribe $2O for each of these 3.500 men, a beautiful memorial can be erected at the hill-end of the State ! street bridge. From the sum thus : jaised also, expenses of the celehra- I tion of yesterday will he met. Campaign Begins With that idea in mind a eam | naigfi begins next Monday morning for the raising of the necessary funds. At the Chamber of Commerce rooms are 3,500 cards, each bearing [Continued on Page 4.] •f* ■3* * # * * 9 * * s i 9 ** $ I I ♦ K * 9 f* 9 9 i : :: V 9 9 9 9 * 9- 9 * s * * 9 * 9 * •- „,; -. ; I * 9 * 9 * 9 * A 9 * # , 9 ,♦ 9 * 9 * * ' 9 t * * -• T • :n.' 9 4* * iff 9 t| * 'X * ; I 9 4 J 4 X 9 X 9 X 9 * 9 f * T * MARRIAGE LICENSES | L * w, "'" m "• Pfnbrook, and Flora M. Krrlarr, Llnglea-1 |9 town; Harry fa. I.loyd and Myrtle E. fanlnter. \% llllamaport. + LOCAL SURETY CO. TO BE ENLARGED; NEW CONTROL Boston and New York Inter ests Take Over Harris burg Bonding Concern E. H. MANNING TO COME Plans Outlined For the Ex pansion of an Important Institution An important change Is about to take place in one of the surety con cerns of Pennsylvania which has its headquarters in Harrisburg. All the hanking and insurance interests are familiar with the Pennsylvania Surety Company and its prospective expansion as one of the big concerns of the country is a matter of gen eral interest in financial and insur ance circles. As a Pennsylvania institution it has a fine record of conservative management and the transfer of the company to new ownership will mean an enlargement of its business along definite lines. Negotiations for the sale of the surety company ha\e been under way for some time anil •were only consummated a few days ago. The New York "Journal of Com merce," the leading financial and commercial newspaper of the United States, prints to-day the following [Continued on Page 5.] Mother Wants Child and Petitions Judges Judges George Kunkel and S. J. M. McCarrell reserved their decision to-day after hearing witnesses in the habeas corpus action brought by Jennie A. Wolf to recover her nine-month-old baby from William B. and Maude White, The Whites contended she gave them the child, snying she did not want it, but she told the court she wanted it and would provide a home for it in Cleveland.
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