VOL. L.VIII: NO. 18,359
Entered a, t Portland (Oregon)
Postoffice an Second-Clam Matter.
POKTLAXD, OHEGOX, MONDAY, SEPTE3IBEIX 29, 1919.
riJICE FIVE CENTS
OMAHA MOB TRIES
TO LYNCH MAYOR
WILD LYNGH MOB
RULES III OMAHA
NATIONAL GUARD IS
MOBILIZED IN OHIO
STRIKERS' INVASION OF WIST
VIRGINIA FEARED.
SHIPPING BOARD IS
: FIRM ON WAGE SCALE
:
NO INDICATION" OP INTENT TO
GRANT RISE IS SEEN.
BRITISH STRIKERS
111 WAR ON PUBLIC
PREMIER NITTI GETS
SUPPORT OF CHAMBER
Ill STEEL
ROPE, THROWS AROUND XECK,
IS CUT BY POLICEMAN.
TIRBILEXT SESSION ENDS IN
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
WILSON, SMILING,
REACHES CAPITAL
10,000 -Mile Tour for
Peace Treaty Ends.
CRISIS
Man Is Hanged After
9-Hours Battle.
GOURTHDUSEFIRED;! DEM
Riot Starts in Attempt to Se
cure Negro; Attack on
White Girl Charged.
FLAMES MENACE PRISONERS
Fights Numerous; Many Hurt.
Crowd Cuts Firehose;
Women Beat Negroes.
OMAHA, Sept. 28. William
Brown, negro, was dragged from the
county jail at 11 o'clock tonight and
hanged to an electric light pole, fol
lowing a struggle of nine hours to
secure possession of his body by an
immense mob.
Sheriff Michael L. Clark and his
deputies held the fort in the top
story of the courthouse, where is
located the jail, with a hundred pris
oners, until the building became a
seething mass of flames and he was
forced to submit.
At 11 o'clock, after Browii had
been hung to an electric light pole, j
the firemen were, for the first time,
able to get a stream on the flames.
At the same time additional exten
sion ladders were sent to the third
and fourth floors, where many of
the occupants were standing on win
dow ledge on the one side of the
building that had not yet been
touched by the flames.
Rescue Work Begins.
The wo.k o' rescue then began.
It was apparent that the jail story,
on the highest floor of the building,
was becoming intensely hot . Pleas
for air were being made by those
there. The handicapped fire depart
ment already was making heroic ef
forts to reach the panic-stricken and
those well nigh suffocated.
Shortly before midnight the fire
in the courtl.ouse was brought un
der control, the mob was dispersing
fast and it was bt.ieved that the
sheriff's force and prisoners were
safe.
The entire fire department was on
the scene and many of the trucks
were rusnea to tire houses to se
cure re;:rve hose.
The negro was pulled on the
south side of the courthouse, giving
the firemen an opportunity to work
on the north side, where the fire
started.
. Valuable Records Destroyed.
The fire, however, had already
destroyed valuable records which can
never be replaced. As soon as the
mob had accomplished its prime ob
ject it appeared to be ready to sub
side and began to diminish.
The assault with which William
Brown was charged was. committed
on Agnes Lobeck early in the week.
With an escort, crippled beyond the
point of resistance, Miss Lobeck
met her assailant a few blocks from
home in the southeast part of the
city. He held the couple up at the
point of a revolver. After robbing
the young man he assaulted the
young woman in his presence, hold
ing a revolver at the head of her es
cort in the meantime.
Later Brown was arrested by po
lice officers and taken to the city
jail, where both Miss Lobeck and
her escort identified him as the man
who committed the deed. Later it
was stated that Brown had made a
confession. He was taken to the
county jail, which was considered a
safe place for his confinement. To
night's lynching followed.
Troops started from both Fort
Omaha and Fort Crook at 11 P. M.
Before they could reach the city a
patrol wagon was stopped by the
mob, overturned and burned.
The mob appeared to be bent on
still more depredations.
Shortly after 9 o'clock a big fire
started ia the ground floor of the
courthouse and the entire fire de
partment was called out. There are
more than 100 prisoners billeted on
the jail, whic!. is on the top floor of
the courthouse.
Immense crowds continued to
gather, making it difficult for the
fire department to reach the scene,
(Cuuuluucd gu Pase 2, Column l.J
Executive Carried Out ITnconscious
by Squad of Police Officers
and Friends.
OMAHA. Sept. 28. At a late hour
tonlgrht it was discovered that an
attempt had been made to lynch
Mayor Ed. P. Smith when he appeared
to appeal to the mob. Although re
ports are conflicting, it is known that
a rope was thrown' around his neck.
A policeman cut it off before the mob
could accomplish its purpose.
The mayor was carried out un
conscious by a squad of police officers
and friends and hurried to the office
of a local surgeon nearby. Later he
was removed to a hospital. At mid
night he was still unconscious.
HUNTERS SEE WHITE DEER
Freakish Animal in Douglas Coun
ty Evades Shots.
ROSEBURG, Or., Sept. 28 (Special.)
A snow-white deer, a freak of the
animal kingdom seldom seen in this
vicinity, has been observed by a num
ber of hunters In the Yellow Creek
mountain region. The animal has cre
ated such surprise that he has been
able to get away before being killed
although he has been shot at several
times.
Three Southern Pacific employes,
while hunting last week, obtained a
good glimpse of the deer, which they
described as being a big buck', and all
three took shots at him but failed to
score a hit. A white deer was killed
several years ago by V. Bounds in
Cow Creek canyon and the skin was
placed on display.
FALL SALMON RUN IS ON
Eggs Gathered Erom Kalama River
for Hatching.
KELSO, Wash., Sept. 28. (Special.)
The crew at the state fish hatchery
on the Kalama river is busy with the
annual fall salmon run. The salmon
come into the river and cannot get
back down the stream on account of
a set of racks. They are taken by
means of small seine nets, and the
salmon eggs are removed and taken
to the hatchery.
The irun this fall is not as heavy
as mat or tne past lew years, when
enough spawn was taken to supply
several hatcheries in the northwest.
Enough will be taken this year to
operate the Kalama hatchery to full
capacity. Formerly the salmon, after
being killed, were destroyed or used
as fertilizer, but this year they are
beig sold to canneries, which caj
them a? lower grade salmon.'
ALBANY WEDDINGS GAIN
New Record Is Established for the
Month of September.
ALBANY, Or., Sept. 28. (Special.)
More marriage licenses have been
issued at the county clerk's office
here during this month than in any
preceding single month. A total of
43 was recorded yesterday. The
former record was 42. With two days
remaining it is probable that still a
higher record will be established.
Records of the clerk's office dis
close that as a general rule June has
been the' popular marrying month in
Linn county with October a close seo
ond. September generally has third
place, but this year has proved an
exception.
DUST SWEEPS LA GRANDE
Heavy Clouds Obscure Vision ; Par
ticles Settle In Kitchens.
LA GRANDE, Or.. Sept. 28. (Spe
cial.) Only slight relief was afforded
today to the dust cloud storm that
struck the Blue mountain area yester
day. Interior flour bins and other
household articles supposedly secure
from dust were today gray with the
strange particles that enevloped all
of the valley yesterday like a heavy
fog.
Vision was obscured beyond a quar
ter mile yesterday. Today It was but
little better.
ROUMANIANS DRIVEN OFF
British Intercept Attempted Seiz
ure at Budapest.
VIENNA. Sept. 28. The Roumanians
attempted to seize the telephone
equipment at the palace at Budapest,
according to dispatches from that
city. The palace attendants, how
ever, warned in time, removed the
instruments and gave them to the
American mission.
When the Roumanians arrived, the
advices say, a small British detach
ment with fixed bayonets compelled
them to leave the palace grounds.
GERMAN UPRISING IN AIR
Coblenz Hears Bolshevik Outbreak
Is Due Momentarily.
COBLENZ. Sept. 27. (By the As
sociated Press.) Germans arriving
from the interior in the last few days
express the belief that a general up
rising of a bolshevik nature is due to
occur momentarily.
This situation prevails throughout
the unoccupied section of Germany,
they say.
ISLAND CROPS ARE LARGE
Hawaiian Sugar Production Run
ning Over Estimates.
HONOLULU, T. H.. Sept. 18. (Spe
cial.) Plantation crops in Hawaii are
running over the estimates.
The Onomea plantation, which fln-
I ished grinding yesterday, reports art
outrun of 19,688 tons of sugar. The
SIGNS POINT TO RECOVERY
President Walks .Aggressive
ly, But Feels Weakness.
RESTLESS NIGHT IS SPENT
All Engagements Are Canceled and
Physician Will Insist Upon
Real. Vacation.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 28. President
Wilson returned to Washington to
day, to all outward appearances on
the road to recovery from the nerv
ors exhaustion which interrupted his
speaking tour for the peace treaty.
Leaving his bed virtually for the
first time since his special train
started homeward Friday from Wichi
ta, Kans., the pr-ssident walked Un
supported and smiling through the
railway station to a waiting auto
mobile, and later in the day took a
two-hour motor ride through Rock
Creek park.
Dr. Grayson, the president's per
sonal physician said his patient's con
dition was as good as could be ex
pected, though a period of rest from
official cares would be absolutely es
sential to complete recovery. The
afternoon ride was prescribed to give
Mr. Wilson some fresh air after two
and -a half days of continuous con
finement on the train.
President Feels Wnkrm.
Although he walked with an ag
gressive swing as he passed through
the railway station, the president was
feeling some weakness. Dr. Grayson
said, from a bad night's rest, while
his special trdin was racing east
Ward. Tonlgit he retired early after
d?Ding with his family at the White
House and Dr. Grayson was hopeful
of a refreshing sleep.
All of Mr. Wilson's engagements
for the near future have been can
't 1LU "'and -hl3 ' rh v vcii.V' v ili ""iitiiist
upon a real vacation. No definite de
cision has been reached whether he
will remain in seclusion at the White
House or go to some rest resort, but
the indications tonight were that the
president would not leave the capital
soon.
10,000-Mlle Trip Kntls.
After a run of nearly 10,000 miles
the presidential special reached
Washington at 11:05 this morning.
Awaiting Mr. and Mrs. Wilson when
they alighted from their private car
was Miss Margaret Wilson, the presi
dent's daughter. Outside the station
he er.counrerid the last of the many
crcwds that greeted him on his 25
day tour, and he wan cheered as he
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.)
CHEER
Camp Sherman Machine Gunners
to Join Infantrymen in Readi
ness for Any Emergency.
COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 28. The Ohio
national guard of 12 infantry and
three auxiliary companies, was mobi
lized today for possible duty, suppos
edly at Steubenville.
The order is said to have been is
sued to keep good faith with Gov
ernor Cornwell of West Virginia, who
has been fearing an invasion of that
state by Steubenville and ' Ringo
strikers, who, it was reported, were
slated to march tomorrow to Weir
ton, W. Vs, to urge steel wor. -s
there to quit work.
Adjutant-General Layton tonight
held a conference at his office with
Ohio guard officers. Most of them
were in uniform.
It became known that men were
sent today to get three machine guns
from Camp Sherman.
Ohio guard companies tonight were
mobilized at their armories. It is
not known whether they .will be de
mobilized after the Steubenville situ
ation is settled or whether they will
be held for other possible eventual
ities In connection with the nation
wide steel strike.
CHINESE ROB GAME, $700
Pair Flee, Pursued; One Caught,
Other Escapes With Coin.
Two Chinese held up a fan-tan gam
bling house at 67 Second street, close
to police headquarters, at 7:30 o'clock
last night, . obtained 1700 from Chin
Him and Ti Ying, the proprietors, and
fled, pursued by half the population
of Chinatown. Sergeant Van Overn
and a squad of police arrested Kin
Wong. 22 years old, and charged him
with the robbery. The other high
wayman escaped with the money.
The robbery occurred as Chin Him
was getting out cash for the night's
business. Ti Ying was in the front of
the resort. The robbers entered by
the front door, passed Ti Ying, walked
to the rear of the building and forced
Chin Him to hand over the canvass
sack containing the bills.
Chin Him ran out of the resort after
the highwaymen and Bhrieked for
help. His cries were audible for sev
eral blocks. Police deserted headquar
ters and" followed the Chinaman, who
had chased the robbers north on Third
street.
Kin Wong was taken into custody
at Fourth and Anke;.y streets. He
carried a 25-caliber automatic pistol.
roUw found a revolver of smalj cali
ber on the pavement of Third street.
They believe the other highwayman
threw it away. Kin Wong's friends
went to police headquarters to ar
range bail within a few minutes of
the arrest.
GERMANS TO GET TANKERS
Fee of 14 Oil Carriers Allowed by
Supreme Council.
PARIS. Sept. 2S. The supreme
council has decided to allow Germany
the use of 14 oil tankers until the oil
contracted for in America has been
delivered..
The tankers then will be divided
among England. France and Italy.
UP, GENTLEMEN. RELIEF IS IN
Threatened Strike Looms "Larger;
Portland Awaits Word From
I Washington Official.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Sept. 28. There is no
apparent intention of the shipping
board to consent to an increase of
wages In the shipyards of the Pacific
coast. This Is indicated by Chairman
Payne in reply to letters advising
him that unless a wage Increase goes
into effect at once all the workers
will strike Wednesday.
Chairman Payne holds that the
shipbuilders never should have agreed
to the demands of the shipyard work
ers and that the Macy scale should
continue in effect after October 1.
No reply was received yesterday
from the shipping board In response
to the wire of F. B. Pape requesting
that the order prohibiting an in
crease in wages on government work
le rescinded in order to prevent the
impending strike in the shipyards.
Mr. Pape, who is director of steel
ship construction in the northwest
for the emergency fleet corporation,
said that it was possible that he
might hear from tho shipping board
today as a conference is now being
held in Philadelphia to consider the
matter.
Representatives of the metal trades
council and steel shipyard workers
were in session at Tacoma yesterday
to lay plans for general opposition to
the order of the shipping board.
Charles F. Kendrigan. secretary of
the metal trades council of Portland,
was the representative of this city
at the Tacoma conference. The an
nounced plan of the Tacoma gather
ing was to lay plans so that action
by all against the order would be
ge-nerul and simultaneous.
The proposed rise of 8 cents an
hour in the wages of steel shipyard
workers, as decided upon at a con
ference between employers and work
ers about a month ago, was due to
go into effect the first of October.
The order of the shipping board for
b ils the going into effect of this
rise and, unless the order is re
scinded before the first of the month,
it is considered certain that a general
strike will be called, at least on all
government work. It is thought pos
sible that workers will continue on
work other than for the government
aid will receive the new wage scale
for it.
Leaders of the workers declare
that the strike. If called, will be a
protest against the shipping board
iiuerftii'lrrg with an agreement be
tween employers and workers.
TACOMA. Wash., Sept. 28. The Ta
coma metal trades council held a pro
tracted closed session today and to
night to discuss the situation in the
steel shipyards created by the with
drawal of the United States ship
ping board of its sanction to the in
creased wage scale to have become
effective October 1.
The council adjourned until tomor
row, when, it is believed, official
word from the conference between
James O'Connell, international repre
sentative, and the officials of the
emergency fleet corporation at Wash
ington, D. C, will be available.
The conference this afternoon ap-
(Concluded on Pace -4. Column 5. )
SIGHT!
Women Turned Out of
Trains Into Cold.
CARS STOPPED IN COUNTRY
Railway Men Mistreat Old
Persons and Children.
BITTERNESS IS GROWING
Lloyd George In Clash With Walk
out Leader on Justice of
Workers' Demands.
BT JAMES M. TUOHY.
(Copyright by the New Tork World. Pub
lished by Arranffrment.)
LONDON, Sept. 28. (Special Cable.)
The annoyances and inconveniences
of the great railroad strike were less
keenly felt today, but nothing can
exceed the bitterness of public re
sentment at the action of the union
now that the official record of the
negotiations between the railway
men's executive and the cabinet has
been published.
Premier Lloyd George had little dif
ficulty In putting his fellow Welsh
man, J. H. Thomas, completely in the
wrong on the merits and justice of
the men's demands, although some
comment has been aroused by the oily
personal compliments they exchanged
at the conclusion. They seemed to be
keeping a personal bridge open In
view of possible eventualities by
which either or both can escape the
consequences of the calamity that has
now befallen the country.
Striker Mistreat rara(rr.
Although It Is thought the rail
way men's natural cue to declare
their absolute solidarity In action now
taken, large numbers are striking
only to be loyal to the union, not at
their personal desire. That an ex
ceedingly bad spirit prevails among
other clauses of the railway men Is
clearly evidenced by Incidents of the
strike reported in the press. For in
stance, two trains between Dundee
vno; -,!a;tfw were stopped in the
country, the engines were detached
and tho passengers were left to fear
cold ind hunger. Included among
tbem were many old women and chil
dren. At the Victoria station in London
truck drivers left their horses in the
stables without water, food or bed
ding. In other places gangs Jeered
would-be passenrs In their disap
pointment at being unable to travel.
Warfare Avpeet Evident.
The strike, in fact, takes on more
and more openly the aspect of a dec
laration of war by a section of the
workers controlling a vital Industry
egainst the community. The wage
demands, which could not come into
operation till after the new year, and
not even then if the cabinet's offer is
accepted, are mere pretext. Indeed,
tl"ere were complaints at the big
strikers' meeting in Albert Hall last
r.ight that the strike was precipitated
now because the discomfort and dan
ger to be Inflicted on the community
would be far more severe if it were
pistpcred to midwinter.
Strike Peril to Mate.
There are here, obviously, elements
of great peril to the Mate. A strike
has not yet been called in Ireland
because It said that the country
would be instantly put under martial
law by the government ond the
strikera be in peril of being shot out
of hand. The Irish leaders were not
invited to confer with the cabinet
like their more fortunate Knglish.
Welsh and Scottish brothers. Why
the Irish workingmen should run
any risk to help their fellows on
this side of the channel, who never
risked anything for them, is an enig
ma, insofar as they might feel in
clined to assist in provoking the revo
lution which is the aim of the labor
men. now in real command here.
Ilortor Boycotts Strikers.
The community feels strongly its
helplessness to take any effective re
prisals on the workmen who have
cold-bloodedly exhausted every re
source to make the community suf
fer. However, a doctor in South
Port Lancashire has shown how the
railway men can be deprived of a
service equally vital to them by an
nouncing that while the. strike lasts
he will attend no striker or his fam
ily. Efforts are being made to or
ganize the doctors throughout the
country to the same purpose, but doc
tors who attend workingmen almost
invariably did so under annual con
tracts which constitute a substantial
part of their income.
The busmen's and general vehicle
workers' union deferred until to
morrow the decision on a strike, the
question of postponement being due
not to any unwillingness of their
leaders to take part in the upheaval
but because a more representative
meeting was desired. The vehicle
workers assert that if they strike
It will paralyze the scheme for food
distribution on which the government
is planning.
London Feels Pinch.
Already London felt the pinch this
morning. Milk was halved in quan
tity and two hours late in distribu
tion. But there is no doubt the pub
a lie
J I be
lic is prepared to face privations If
it has assurance that the strike can
be broken. And the anarchistic forces
Personal Encounters Are Numerous
During Discussion of Govern
ment's Fiuine Policy.
ROME, Sept. 25. (By the Associat
ed Press.) A vote of confidence was
given Premier Nitti by the chamber
of deputies, which continued in ses
sion last night. The government re
ceived 208 votes to 140.
The assembly was extremely tu
multuous. There were personal en
counters between several of the dep
uties. PARIS, Sept. 2S. Giuseppe (rep
pino) Garibaldi, grandson of the great
Italian patriot for whom he is named,
addressing American and English
journalists at a luncheon here yester
day, said:
"The French, English and American
governments may object to Italy's re
alization of her national aspirations,
but we never expect to see any sol
diers of those countries opposing us.
Cutting off foodstuffs, supplies and
money will not deter the Italians from
achieving the ends to which they be
lieve themselves entitled by their par
ticipation in the war.
"All Italians recall my grand
father's words: 'I give you starvation,
suffering and death, but I give you
victory!'"
LIMITED TRAIN WRECKED
Several Reported Injured In De
railment in California.
SALINAS,, f'al.. Sept. 2S. A special
train carrying doctors ami nurses left
here tonight for Kocky Point, ten
miles north of King City, where it
was rorted there had been a derail
ment of a Southern Pacific train with
a number of persons injured.
SAN FRANCIS 'O. Sept. :S. Repotrs
received here were that the engine
and six cars of the first section of
No 77. the Shore Line Limited, were
derailed, two of the cars being thrown
ahead of the locomotive. They had
no Information as t othe number of
Injuries
Railroad officials said it was re
ported the engineer and fireman had
been killed, but so far thew had been
unable to confirm the report.
FUNERAL !S INTERRUPTED
Disorderly lage Drlier at Bend Is
Fined $23.
BEND. Or.. Sept. 2S. (Special.)
Interrupting of the progress of a fu
neral cortege is to be interpreted as
disorderly conduct, said Police Judge
D. II. Peoples. K. W. Gurney. stage
driver, was fined $-5. He admitted
driving his car across the road sep
arating the hearse containing the body
of David Hodge, of Bend, from the
mourners.
The funeral was held Monday under
the direction of the local Masonic
lodge.
VOLCANO IS QUIESCENT
Mauna lxia, lS.OOff Feet High. No
Longer Erupts Gas, Smoke.
H1LO, Hawaii. Sept. 2S. Mauna Loa
volcano, which became active two
days ago. erupting smoke and gases,
today became quiescent.
There was no overflow of lava from
the crater, which is situated on the
top of Mount Mauna Loa, 13,000 feet
above sea level.
GRAND DUCHESS IN FAVOR
German Plebiscite Wants Also Cus
toms I'nion "With France.
Ll'XKMBOi:i:f!, Sei.t. 28. The ple
biscite held today resulted in a ma
jority in favor of the retention of
Grand Duchess Charlotte as ruler and
for a customs union with France.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YK TK RO A V" S Maximum temperature, 65
dgreee; minimum. 44 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; gentle northerly winds,
r-'oreign.
London prepare. for ilnke .trite. ro 3.
Fiance gloomy as WMeon quit tour. Pace 2.
Italian chamber supports Premier Nitlt on
Flume. Page 1.
National.
pear. treatv and strike will engross con
gress this m-uek. Page 4.
Wilson, smiling, reaches Washington.
Page 1.
PofflPNt ie.
Workers will win In steel strike, Cioropers
auf. Page 4.
Shipping hoard remains firm on wags seals:
strike looms larger. 1'age 1.
Ohio guard moblllxad ready tor strikers'
lnvaelon. Page 1.
Wild Omaha mot lynches negro, burns jail
and runs amuck. Page 1.
Wild lynch mob rules Omaha. Page 1.
Vaelfle Northwest.
Thre robbers of Astoria store, captured In
Missouri. Page 4.
State fair attendants Is 150.000; receipts.
tMl.OoO. Page 9.
r porta.
Pacific Coast league ivtulu: Portland 1-11.
Sacramento 4-U: Seattle 1-7. Los An
geles a-S; Salt Lake o-O. Vernon 4-2;
Oak and S-l, San Francisco 1-5. Page 8.
Frank Troth high gun at Portland club
trapahoot. Page S.
Rabstock w ins municipal golf title. Page 0.
Tigers drop point behind New York. Page 8.
Commercial and Marine.
Alien A. reponed total loss, puts in at
Astoria. Page 11.
Portland and Vicinity.
Harley C. Stevens, theater magnate, weds
chorua girl. Page 14.
Pictures to promote proposed road along
summit ot Cascades. Page 1.
Oregon products tor whole world Is aim of
Associated Industries. Page 10.
Bed Cross chlel are Portland visitors to
day. Pa'go 1.
Oregon retail merchants rains declared
meager. Page lo.
Liquidation of war paper continues. Pg. is.
Holl'"ss 1m more than KiiiKneH. rtev. E.
Ollln Kldrldge "a discussing
ME IS TODAY
Operators Expect Break
By Tonight..
VIGIL FOH VIOLENCE BEBUK
Threat to Bomb Homes if Men
Go to Work Is Charged to
Radical Disturbers.
ODDS IN FIGHT NEAR EVEN
Revolutionary Propaganda Is
Reported to Have Been
Diffused by Organizers.
BT CARL W. ACKERMAN-.
(Copyright, 1!0. by the Puhllc Ledger
company. Published hy arrangement. I
PITTSBURG, Sept. 2S. (Special.)
The tug-of-war in the steel strike
begins at midnight tonight. For one
week both sides hve been marshall
ing their forces with the odds in
favor of the strikers outside of Pitts
burg, but with the steel corporation.
the master in this district.
Tomorrow, in this locality and
other sections of the country, the
steel industries will make a definite
attempt to operate all plants and
break the strike. The first great
crisis in the strike itself will come
on Monday.
Strikers Threats Reported.
Tonight the odds favor the oper
ators, although reports to Sheriff
Haddock and the police authorities
of various Ohio cities indicate that
the strike organizers spent Saturday
and Sunday spreading reports among
the foreign workmen that if they left
their homes for the factories, aero
planes would drop bombs on their
families.
Another report said that the com
panies had machine guns hidden
over the gates to all plants and that
when the workmen appeared before
the factories Monday morning they
would be shot en masse.
This afternoon I spoke with vari
ous authorities in Youngstown and
other Ohio cities over the long dis
tance telephone. They said that
while this campaign of frightfulness
was being pushed with great vigor,
they expected no serious trouble.
Anarchist Meeting Called.
In Pittsburg an anarchist meeting
is scheduled for tonight in the labor
lyceum, but both the department of
justice, the state authorities . and
deputy sheriffs will watch it closely.
If violence of any variety is advo
cated, or if there is any mention of a
revolution or the seizure of property,
there is no question about what the
authorities will do.
Throughout Sunday there was a
general feeling of confidence among
the employers and the federal, state
and county authorities. They expect
Monday to end with a break in the
strike, but this does not mean that
they are at all encouraged by th
general situation.
Revolutionary Aspect Seen.
They are now speaking openly of
the many revolutionary aspects of
the strike and their whole interest is
centered upon the hearings of the
senate committee which are sched
uled for Wednesday. They expect
the government investigation to un
mask thoroughly not on'y the lead
ership of this strike but dangerous
revolutionary propaganda which
preceded it. For one week I have
been investigating this aspect of
the strike in Tittsburg and, while I
have disclosed already some infor
mation relating to it, I am able to
night to give additional evidence to
show that well-known anarchists
had a hand in bringing it about.
I am in a position, also, to dis
close one of the propaganda docu
ments which was circulated among
the employes of the steel company
urging "the American worker" to
"fix a day, not later than the first
of January, 1920, to call a general
strike.
Circular in Many Languages.
This circular, printed in English
and many other languages, is re
markably similar to the appeal of the
Russian bolshevist government to
the American and British troops for
merly stationed in Archangel. It
shows a similarity of ideas and pur-
! poses between those who are now
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