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Conflicting Statements Regarding Success of Strike Made by Plant Officials and Labor Leaders
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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* MARRIAGE LICENSES |
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|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
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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.