THE 3IORNING OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1919.
8
TIMBER WORKERS OF
IDAHO VOTE STRIKE
Demand for 20 Per Cent Wage
Increase Denied.
CALGARY LOSES CHARTER
Settlement of Blacksmiths' Trouble
in Tacoma Shipyard Sought San
T'rancisco l"Ireboat Crew Out.
COCUR D'ALEXE, Ida., July IS. The
Timber Workers union of Coeur
day decided, by what was declared to
have been a P8 per cent vote of the
membership, to go on strike Wednes
day at 5 A. M., in support of its de
mands for an Increase of 20 per cent in
wase?. The present minimum wage is
it a day.
SPOKANE. July 28. Action of the
Timber Workers' Union of Coeur
d'Alene today in voting for a strike
next Wednesday follows refusal of In
land Empire lumbermen to consider de
mands of the union for an increase in
wajres. The lumbermen, it was an
nounced at the office here of the Tim
ber Products manufacturer, an associa
tion of lopreers, have determined to con
sider wasre -matte'rs only through the
Loyal L,egion "of Loggers and Lumber
men. Three Mills Involved.
The FtriVe at Coeur d'Alene, it was
Relieved here, would affect only three
mills, the Rutledge, Winton and Hlack
well properties, employing from 600 to
700 men. Other mills in the Coeur
d'Alene district might be affected later,
it was stated.
CALGARY, Alberta, July 28. Revo
cation of the charter of District No. IS
cf the United Sline Workers of Amer
ica, S000 members of which have been
on strike in Alberta and eastern British
Columbia since. June 24, was announced
here today by representatives of the
union who have investigated the con
troversy, in which, it is said, an at
tempt was made to break away from
the international organization.
TACOMA. Wash.. July 28. J. "W.
Kline, president of the International
Urothehood of Blacksmiths, arrived here
from San Francisco today to attempt
settlement of the strike of blacksmiths
in a local shipyard. The strike has con
tinued for 10 days and it has resulted in
numerous other employes being dis
missed. Plant May Be Closed.
The number of men dismissed has not
been given, but today it was said by
officials of the plant that unless the
blacksmiths return "to their places by
Tuesday night, the plant will be closed
down indefinitely and 5o00 men thrown
out of work.
The strike of blacksmiths resulted
when a blacksmith who refused to do
another kind of work at the same pay
was let out. Mr. Kline will meet to
morrow with C. W. Wiley, president of
the company, who will return to Ta
coma tonight.
mission's jurisdiction ia restored on
August 1 with full power to review the
rates now made effective after dm
hearing and order." continued Mr.
Phillips. "The changes in rates apply
particularly to the residence service,
changes having been made in the prin
cipal business rates May 1, 1919. At
that-time the only change in residence
rates was the establishment of a dif
ferential rate of 25 cents for the use
of desk telephones above the rate for
wall telephones.
Apartment Rates Canceled.
"Apartment house rates are can
celed and the regular residence rates
apply for the class of service furnished.
Extension telephones. business, are
changed from 75 cents and 90 cents to
tl per month.
"The increased rates will yield an
annual revenue upwards of $250,000. but
as the increase in wages is upwards
of $225,000, of which amount $152,000
is for Portland, the net return to the
company with he rates now made ef
fective is approximately 2Vi per cent
on the valuation of its property at
$13,464,000. as found by the public
service commission.
"The new schedule of rates is identi
cal with the one approved by the postmaster-general
for the state of Wash
ington, which was made effective March
1. 1919. The rates are the same in
both states for exchanges that are com
parable, and the rates for Portland are
the same as the rates for Seattle.
ALL PHONE RATES JUMP
("ontinupd From First Papf.)
the.e rates were greater than rates
formerly in effect, they were consider
ably lower than the rates which be
come effective today.
Inasatisfied with the rates placed
into effect by the public service com
TniFKion. and spurred by many com
plaints murie by telephone users, the
city council filed suit a few weeks ago
a r:i in st the public service commission
in an effort to have the commissions
schedule put aside.
City Action (Hrd.
Mr. Phillips admitted- yesterday that
this action on the part of the city In
b measure forced -the telephone com
pany to take the step in placing the
poKtmayter-smeral s schedule into el
lert, especially following the increase
of wajre.s trranted to the company's
employes, who conducted a strike set
tled about one week ago.
The telephone 1 ines have been re
turned to the companies throughout
the country by the government, thus
leaving no doubt as to the public serv
ice commission s jurisdiction in rate
(schedule of all telephone companies
operating in this state.
TO
Rioting Breaks Out Anew Over
Five-Mile Area.
FLYING SQUADRON ATTACKS
Five XeffToes and Two "White Per
sons Are Killed; Weapons of
AH Kinds Are Used.
fontinna From Flryf Pay.)
Vaprea Rule touts.
"The increased rates for telephone
service ettoctive today, said Mr. Phil
3 ips last nipht. "which affect the en
tire state of Ore pro n as well as the
city of Portland, are a direct conse
cju-nce or me noavy increase in wapres
effective .Tune 16, amounting to in ex
."ss oi ...-,"uu lor tne statp ot uregon.
These wafips go to the people who
ork for the telephone company and
w no render this service.
"The public has been very familiar
witn the difficulties involved in at
tempting to give telephone service un
dor wages heretofore in effect. These
rates are put in by the federal admin
istration effective, at once, because of
the financial necessities precipitated
ly th is heavy increase in wages. The
rates in each particular instance are
rates approved by the postmaster-gen
eral on or before June 6. 1913. These;
particular rates are made effective for
the reason that in each instance they
are believed to bo just and reasonable,
in and of themselves, for the service to
which they apply.
Charge Held legal.
'"They also constitute the only un
questionable legal rates in each and
every instance. The public has been
piying rates recently fixed in an or
der issued by the public service com
mission of Oregon, which became ef
fective May 1, 191?.
"With regard to the public service
commission and its order, it will be
remembered by the public that the in
vestigation instituted by the commis
sion last November, and one of the
most thorough ever carried out by any
commission, resulted in an increase of
rates effective in May.'
"The relief involved in that order, as
stated by t!ie commission, was designed
to cover only wage i ncrease which
liad boon made effective the year pre
vious, w ith part icular reference to
wane increases on November, 191S. The
commission withheld the application of
increased rates until the first of May,
e nd th en made applicable the rates
which have been paid since May 1.
Irgal tharte bought.
"The validity of the commission's ac
tion and of their order has been at
tacked in the state courts and the tele
phone company and the federal admin
istration are forced to the concHision
that the only rates, the legality of
which is beyond question, are the rates
actually approved by the postmaster
general during the period of federal
control. They are the rates contem
plated by the act of congress and
which will be effective for four months
after-federal -control or until .reviewed
by state authorities."
As stated in the letter filed with
the public service commission today,
the company recognizes that the corn-
Change Effective at Once.
All business taken on and after July
29 will be at the new rates, and bills to
present subscribers for the month of
August will be rendered at the new
rates. I
We believe that no proof as to the
advanced cost of living: and the general
high costs prevailing" for labor and ma
terials is necessary, and that the tele
phone-using public will accept this in
crease in telephone rates in the same
spirit of fairness and consideration as
it has the advance in almost every
other necessity in these unusual times."
The letter filed with the public serv
ice commission yesterday, signed by
G. FJ. McKarland, president of the Pa
cific Telephone & Telegraph company,
is as follows:
commission on July 14. conforming
with your conclusions as expressed in
order 499:
Hevlfw PoHKible In August.
The effort which has been consci
entiously made for three months to
give telephone service in Oregon under
the rates suggested by the commission
is now made impracticable by heavy
wage increases, effective June 16, 1919,
for which no provision, is made in the
rates suggested by the commission.
"By the act of congress referred to.
your jurisdiction is restored August 1.
The rates approved by the postmaster
general now made effective July 29 will
be subject to review by you after Aug
ust 1. They will, of course, be subject
to such change as the commission may
find just and -reasonable after due
hearing and order. The wage increase
made effective June 16, together with
the general necessities of the business
in Oregon, would have required an im
mediate application for higher rates in
all events.
"We will be glad to co-operate with
you to the end that the rates now made
effective be reviewed by you based on
application by us for your approval ox
on your motion or on complaint as you
may prefer."
Mayor Kxpresse Angrer.
"If this company is going to con
tinue on that basis and attempt to in
crease its telephone rates without the
formality of even consulting the proper
constituted authorities in this state. I
am in favor of the city putting a stop
to it by taking over their lines," was
Mayor Baker's answer last nieht when
he was informed of the new rate ached
ule.
"If Postmaster-General Burleson ha
authorized this increase, it seems to me
that he is exceeding his authority. He
is presumptuous, to say the least. It
is just such actions as this which make
people disgusted with public service
corporations.
"So far as the city of Portland Is con
cerned. I shall use every weapon at my
command in resisting what I consider
this unwarranted, unfair and unex
pected increase in rates."
Immediately after they had been in
formed of the new telephone schedule
last night. Public Service Commission
ers Bixchtel,' Corey and "Williams put
in motion the machinery of their office
to combat the new rates
State to Fight.
"Wie will make an immediate requesl
of A-fcgrr.ey-Oeneral Brown to direct
us as to whattiction can be taken," said
Chairman Buchtel of the state commis
sion.. "Offhand, I would say that we
will set a hearing date within the next
few days for the purpose of revising
the rates. We will then put what we
consider to be just rates into effect as
soon as we have full power and author
ity to proceed in the matter."
Although they had not been informed
of the telephone company's action last
night, the commissioners did not ex
press any great surprise.
'X have had a suspicion for several
days that some such action might be
expected." said Commissioner Corey.
"The same company has made the same
move in California within the past few
days, and it was reasonable to suppose
that they would take the same steps
in Oregon."
The three commissioners were unani
mous in the belief that the increased
rate schedule comes as a result of a
recent decision of the Vnited States
supreme court in the North raknta
case. In this litigation the country's
highest tribunal held that Postmaster
General Burleson has a right to fix
rates regardless of the schedules fixed'
by a state public service commission.
Quick Action Planned.
"Under this decision there is nothing
that we can do." admitted Commission
er Williams. "The supreme court has
told us that we cannot reduce rates
which the postmaster-general decrees
shall be charged under federal con
trol. "However, relief may be expected
within the next four months, at least.
The telephone company will revert to
private ownership on August 1, and as
soon thereafter as we may legally do
so. we shall initiate rates which we
believe to be just."
The three public service commis
sioners were attending the rate hear
ing at the courthouse last evening
when they first received information
of the new phone charge. Not having
had an opportunity to study the state
ment issued by the telephone company,
they were unable to comment upon the
reasonableness of the new schedule,
but asserted that their investigations
would start at once.
"I understand that a new federal law
reads that the rates which are in ef
fect at the time a public utility is re
turned to private control must remain
in effect for at least four months from
the time the government relinquishes
its jurisdiction," said Chairman Buch
tel. "If this is true, these new rates
which are made effective starting to
morrow cannot be changed by us until
four months hence. This, however, will
not prevent this commission from con
ducting its investigations and hearings
and promulgating new rates which it
can make effective Just as coon as this
four-month limit has expired."
Governor John O. Oglesby tonight,
upon receipt of Mayor Thompson's ap
peal for state troops, placed Adjutant
General Frank S. Dickson, now in Chi
cago, in complete charge or the riot
situation and ordered the four regi
ments mobilized for fluty and the third
Illinois reserve militia to active duty
Immediately. Adjutant-General Dick
son will order other regiments to active
service if they are found to be necessary.
effort would be made by police re
serves to maintain order.- but he was
not optimistic over the outlook. Nu
merous conferences were held by the
authorities. After one of these. State's
Attorney Maclay Hoyne issued a state
ment charging that politicans teaching
the colored element disrespect for the
law was the basic reason for the riotsc
The police department has been de
moralized to such extent by the poli
ticians, niacic and white, on the South
Side that they are afraid to arrest
and prosecute men with political back
ing or who claim to have political in
fluence, the statement said. "
gro Troops Aid White. '
While the main battles were In
progress, women, blacks and whites.
battled in front yards with ibrooms and
missiles. In one of these fights j
white woman was knocked uncon
scious and taken to a hospital.
In one battle on Thirty-fourth, street
negroes knocked two policemen un
conscious and - were drawing- guns
wnen a group of discharged negro
soldiers came to the rescue of the
whites. In another battle soon after,
three policement were shot. One may i
cie. In an effort to prevent quick
transportation of rifle-bearing -police
men from one section to another, the I
negroes began cutting telephone and j
telegraph wires.
The blacks began firing on street !
car conductors and motormen when
they refused to allow negro passen
gers to board their cars because of
threats made by white - passengers.
One conductor was reported shot in
the leg.
Ambulances and patrol wagons
threaded their way through the "black
belt" throughout v the early hours of
the night.
Hospital Receives procession.
A number of wounded negroes crept
into alleys and other dark places. When
found they were hurried to the Provi
dent hospital for colored, which for
several hours received a virtual proces
sion of injured men and terror-stricken
women.
The more seriously wounded negroes
participated in a battle with whites
near Thirty-fifth and State streets.
Several thousand of the blocks con
gregated at this point withn a period
of 10 minutes. It was an orderly gath
ering for a time. Suddenly four mad
dened negroes raced up the street and
surrounded the home of a white man.
In a twinkling, shots began to fy in
all directions. More than a score of
nagroes fell. Some were carried off
by companions.
For more than two blocks along one
street, negro snipers fired from house
tops and windows. Not a single death
resulted from this method of warfare,
however.
Police Rescue Men.
After threats had been made by
whites to "clean up" the stockyards
district, a small army of negroes
formed ready to meet the challenge.
An automobile full of negroes started
over the district to estimate the num
ber of whites present. They were
stoned. Then they drew revolvers and,
racing at top speed, fired at whites
along the road. A white man was shot
in the shoulder and a bullet grazed the
head of a white woman.
The negroes were overtaken and res
cued from the mob by policemen. In
the meantime squads of mounted po
lice arrived in the district w anticipa
tion of trouble, and what was expected
to be the most serious outbreak of the
night was curbed.
oWmen Call for Police.
Police wires were busy all night with
pleadings from frightened women for
protection. Many of them feared ,to
leave the zone of action and they were
terrified by the dramatic battles and
feared their homes would be wrecked
before morning.
Street lights along some streets were
smashed and the streets darkened.
Then the bright flashes from pistols
would signify a new battle and in
almost no time the immediate vicinity
would be a surging mass of whites and
blacks. When they came together in
large crowds lists, knives and clubs
were used.
'NEW FREEDOM' IS SOUGHT
Sweet Home Man Will Migrate to
Mexico to Dodge Prohibition.
ALBANY, Or, July 28. (Special.)
Seeking a free country where a man
may get a drink when he wants it.
Adrian Comley, 63 years old. was in
Albany Saturday nlprbt en route to
Mexico'. Adrian is greatly provoked by
the dry tendency of the present era,
and has decided he will get out of a
country where he may not have a "hist"
when his palate fo dictates.
Sweet Home has been ComIoy"s home
for the past 22 years, but before that
time he was a well-known character in
Albany. He used to do odd Jobs for
local citizens nad had been Invited be
fore the recorder a time or two for al
leged "after nightfall" odd Jobs of his
own.
HOUSE VOTES FOR RECESS
Ferris
of Oklahoma Fails to Get
Latvmakers to Staj.
. ' WASHINGON, July 28. Without a
record vote the house today adopted a
resolution providing for a recess from
August 2 to September 9. During this
time, the senate is expected to be. con
tinuously at work on the peace treaty.
Representative Ferris, democrat, of
Oklahoma, started a lively debate by
decla-rine that the soldier relief legis
lation and living problems should have
immediate consideration.
"I don't charge it against either
side," he said, "but I want to say that
the high cost of living has got to have
attention from somebody and at once.
You have got to do something."
The senate approved the house recess
without discussion.
P0CATELL0 MAN IS NAMED
Lewis Williams Nominated Collector
of Internal Revenue.
WASHINGTON. July 28. Lewis Will
iams of Pocatello. Idaho, was nom
inated today by President Wilson to be
collector of internal revenue for the
district of Idaho, a new office. William
Elder of Indianapolis, was nom
inated to be third Judge, circuit court,
Indiana.
James J. Banks of Hawaii was nom
inated to be third Judge, circuit court
of the first circuit of Hawaii, and
Hansford Miller of New York, now
chief of the division of far eastern
affairs of the state department, was
nominated to be counsel-general,
assignment was not announced. '
His
SALVATION ARMY TO AID
Intermountain .Division Is Ready to
Help Sufferers From Drouth.
lfKr.ENA. Mont., July 28. Governor
Ram V. Stewart was informed today by
Colonel John W. Cousins, commanding
the Salvation Army forces In the inter
mountain states, that the army is pre
pared to act to relieve suffering caused
by drouth 1n Montana, Colonel Cousins
wrote from Denver:
'The Salvation Army's trained and
experienced home-service workers are
at your command with our buildings to
aid and minister to the less fortunate
In all principal cities of the state."
TRADE MISSION TO COME
FOCR REGIMENTS MOBILIZED
Acting Governor Places Adjutant
General In Charge.
SPTtTNOFIKI.n. 111.. July 2 Acting
Great Britain, France, Italy and
Belgium Accept Invitation.
WASHINGTON. July 28. Invitations
extended by the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States to Great Britain.
France, Italy and Heleium to send a
joint commercial misHon to thir coun
try in September have been accepted,
it was announced at headquarters of
the chamber here.
The missslon will attend the Interna
tional trade conference, which convenes
under the auspices of the chamber at
Atlantic City during the last week of
September.
AVarrenton Mill Starts.
WARRKNTON. Or., July 28. (Spe
cial.) The first log to be sawed this
year at the Siniley-Lampert sawmill
in this city was cut today when the
Warrenton Lumber company, which re
cently incorporated and leased the
plant through the Hammond Lumk r
company, commenced operation. The
mill has a capacity of about 10.000 feet
an hour.
Immigration Body May Visit Border.
WASHINGTON. July 28. Chairman
Johnson, of the house immigration
committee, introduced a resolution to
day proposing a visit of the committee
to the Pacific coast and the Mexican
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