t I A shland D aily T idings VOL. XLIII ASHLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, SSPTEMBER 22, 1919 1 » ■ IL NUMBER 19 SENATE OPENS FIGHT ON s Strikers Attack Troops and Are Fired Upon; Leader Hurt (By th e U nited P ress) PITTSBURGH, Sept. 22.— The first diso rd er in th e steel s trik e w as re­ ported here when a s tre e t fight oc­ cu rre d in C lairton w here a crowd of s trik e rs or sym pathizers attack ed th e m ounted police p atro llin g the streets. Mike Hodqk, alleged lead er of the crow d, was severely b eaten when he a tte m p te d to pull a tro o p e r from his horse. Several shots were fired but none w ere h u rt. N ineteen a rre s ts were m ade, and o rd e r restored. CLEVELAND. Sept. 22.— Many union sw itchm en em ployed on ra il­ way lines serving th e steel plants stru c k today in sym pathy w ith th e steel w orkers. O ther union sw itch­ m en pledged them selves not to han­ dle m aterials to o r from stru ck plants. The seam en’s union is only aw ait­ in g word from Chicago to call a strik e on th e lake ore freig h ters. I s tru c tu ra l building trad es, according to union leaders, who say they w on’t handle “scab” m aterial. j GARY, Ind., Sept. 22.— W ives of : th e steel s trik e rs have joined th e I re g u la r pickets in th e ir e ffo rts to i keep steel w orkers off th e job. Un- i ion leaders here claim ed a big victory ■ as a resu lt of th e s ta tio n a ry engin- ■ eers jo ining th e strik ers. They de­ clared th a t 85 per cent of th e engin­ eers em ployed in th e G ary w orks walked out, th a t th is w ould tie up the plant. M embers of th e citizens’ com m it­ tee a re assisting th e police in keeping th e crow ds moving. T here has been no disorder, and not a single arrest. The com m ittee w hich claim s to have a m em bership of two tho u san d , an ­ nounced th a t it w ould to le ra te no ' disorder. The league’s m em bership is secret. T rouble is freely forecast to n ig h t when those w orking in th e plant will leave for th e ir hom es. (By th e Utiited P re ss) PITTSBURGH, Sept. 22. — S trike lead ers and steel com pany heads alik e claim ed th e advantage when one of the biggest in d u stria l s tru g ­ gles A m erica has ever know n was only a few h o u rs old today. Union lead ers claim th e p la n ts a re “ dow n” everyw here, w hile com pany officials assert th a t not m ore th an fifteen to tw enty-five per cent of the men have stru ck . R efusal to recognize th e unions caused the strik e. The unions de­ m and th e rig h t to barg ain for th e w o rk ers regarding hours, wages and w orking conditions. U nskilled w orkers now receive from $3.50 to $6 per day, and skilled em ployes from $7 to $70 and $80 per day. Steel corporation officials claim th e s trik e so far has failed to tie up th e industry. Union leaders de­ clared, however, th a t the s trik e is “ effective,’* and th a t two h undred th o u sa n d m en are out. R eports this afternoon indicate t h a t the strik e is effective general­ ly in th e Chicago, Ohio, In diana, and C olorado d istricts, only p artially ef­ fective in th e P ittsb u rg h d istric t, and g en erally not effective in A labam a. (By th e U nited P ress) PITTSBURG, Sept. 22.— The na­ tionw ide steel s trik e is on. All over the U nited S tates m en employed in steel production and steel w orking plants failed to rep o rt for duty th is m orning, and p lan ts a re e ith e r closed dow'n or w orking w ith reduced forces. E arly rep o rts fail to show, how ­ ever, w hether or not th e w alkout will develop into A m erica’s greatest in d u stria l w ar. In some d istric ts all the p lan ts are closed, w hile in o th ­ ers th e m ills a re still in full opera­ tion it is reported. S ecretary F o ster of th e steel w orkers’ n atio n al com m ittee claim s today th a t th e s trik e is “ ninety per cent effective.” The police here declare th a t only a few w orkers In local m ills and plants stru ck , w hile union officials claim th a t m ost of th e men have quit. d** a s s e s s s s » » » 1 ❖ INFORMATION REGARDING <$> STEEL STRIKE > <«> S trik e centers, Pennsylvania 4> <♦> and th e m iddle w est states. •-♦> A pproxim ate num ber of m^n affected by s trik e in U nited <$■ |<8> States, 600,000. j<$> Em ployes U nited S tates Steel •$> ¡<3> co rporation affected, 268,710. j All independent steel p lan ts <$> ! in U. S. also affected. ❖ by U. S. Steel co rporation in 3> 1918, $452,663,524. » 4» R eason given by labor lea d - <¥> ■$> ers for calling strik e : refusal of Ju d g e G ary and o th e r steel p lan t heads to confer w ith com m ittees rep re sen tin g or- 4> <3> ganized labor reg ard in g wages <§> ❖ and w orking conditions. <§><§> <§>«£> <8* <§> <®> <$><§><$• <^> <$> ifc * . a ❖ «> ❖ la c k of “ Gobs” Ties up Fleet, (By The U nited P re ss) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.— W ith th e in itia l m an e u v e rs of th< Pacific fleet com pleted, th e acute sh o rta g e of m an pow er is em phasized by th e announcem ent th a t th e super- d re a d n a u g h ts New Mexico, Missis­ sippi and Idaho will be an chored in San P edro h a rb o r u n til th e ir ’crewi can be rec ru ite d to ful seagoing stre n g th . It will probably be six m onths, b is said, before th ese ships hav< enough men to ta k e them out of tin tra in in g ship class. ♦ ♦ <$> STRIKE ON; WANTS HIS ♦ ALIMONY CUT DOWN ♦ ---------- ❖ GARY, Ind., Sept. 22.— One ♦ of th e steel w orkers here today ♦ appealed to th e circu it c o u rt ♦ to have th e alim ony of $100 ❖ per m onth which he has been paying his divorced wife cut ❖ down, as owing to the steel strik e, he will be unable to pay <•> th a t sum . h $> <$> <8> 4> G> <•> >» -«> STEEL STRIKE (By th e U nited P ress) WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.— Inves­ tig atio n of th e steel strik e is pro­ posed in a resolution which Senator Kenyon introduced today. The res­ olution directs th e senate com m it­ tee on education and labc. to a sc e r­ tain th e reasons for th e strik e and w h eth er any federal action can or shbuhT hh ta k e n to m ee t th e situ a ­ tion. GARY, Ind., Set. 22.— W ork is ap­ p a r e n tly s u s p e n d e d , in p r a c tic a lly a ll plants in th is d istrict. STRIKE WITHIN A STRIKE BUFFALO, Sept. 22.— T here was a s trik e w ithin a s trik e a t th e L ack­ aw anna Steel com pany’s p lan t here. The colored cooks and helpers, hired to feed th e w orkers while th e strik e was on, dem anded increased pay. This was refused, and they struck. > « « > ♦ <« (By th e U nited P re ss) MELBOURNE, Sept. 22.— By a viva voce vote the A u stralian nar tional assem bly today ratified th e G erm an peace tre a ty and defensive alliance betw een F rance, G reat B rit­ ain and th e U nited States. ( By th e U nited P ress) OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 22.— The 1 city council today authorized the ap- I pointm ent of ten ra t catchers a t a , salary of $10 per m onth. The rats taken will be exam ined in San F ra n cisco for traces of bubonic plague RUMANIANS FIG H T SERBS (By th e U nited P ress) LONDON, Sept. 22.— R um anian and Serbian forces m et in b a ttle neai Hersecz today, according to B u d a ­ pest reports. A rtillery was em ­ ployed. (By the U nited P ress) REDDING, Calif., Sept. 22.— The railroad blockade in tu n n el No. 2, on the S outhern Pacific, probably will not be broken until W ednesday night, as th e tunnel, which is 535 feet long, m ust be retim bered. Sixty feet a t th e n o rth e rn end keeps cav­ ing in. BOUND TO MAKE PORTLANDERS WA LK (By th e U nited P ress) PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 22.— E 'g h t cent fare on P ortland railw ay lines was asked of the public ser­ vice com m ission by P resident G rif­ fith a t th e opening of th e hearing on increased fares today. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.— B ltter- ly a tta ck in g P resident W ilson, Sena­ to r Reed opened th e senate fight over th e Johnson peace tre a ty am end­ m ent, which would equalize th e vote of the U nited S tates and G reat B rit­ ain in th e League of N ations «»mm - bly. He declared th e p resid en t’s s ta te ­ m ent a t San Francisco th a t America with her one vote to G reat B rita in 's six cannot be outvoted, as “erro n e ­ ous to th e last d egree,” and said, “ The president disregards th e fact th a t when the United States is the p arty in in te rest it 1 b denied th e rig h t to vote a t a ll.” In a dispute betw een the United States and G reat B ritain w here nei­ th e r was perm itted to sit in ju d g ­ m ent, th e five B ritish colonies and dom inions are, as independent self governm ent bodies, perm itted to cast th e ir votes. d e fe rrin g to the president, he said, “ A m an who is willing to give to any nation or assem blage of n a­ tions the rig h t to m ind the business of th e Am erican people ought to dis­ claim A m erican citizenship and em i­ g rate to the country he is w illing to have m ind A m erica’s business.** (By th e U nited P ress) ROSEBURG, Sept. 22.— Daniel P erk in s and W illiam Gordon broke jail here early today. They took (By the United P ress) iron slats from a bed and broke ABOARD THE PRESIDENT'S down th e door. They were alleged TRAIN, Sept. 22.— P resident W ilson to have robbed a store and garage :s leaving the Pacific coast, headed at Glendale. east on his cam paign for ratification of the peace treaty . He speaks a t W HEAT IN DANGER OF ROT Reno tonight. LINCOLN, Neb., Seut. 22.— H un­ Most of todty was spent In the dreds of tho u san d s of bushels of m ountains of California. T elegram s w heat are on the ground in danger were delivered aboard the presi­ of ro ttin g in w estern N ebraska be­ d en t’s tra in a t several stops. It le cause elevators a re already filled and understood W ilson is keeping In close because th e re is a sh ortage of ra il­ touch w ith the labor situ atio n . road cars, to g eth e r w ith an em bargo on w heat shipm ents to Om aha and K ansas City, according to inform ation reaching G overnor Sam uel R. Mc­ Kelvey. The governor announces he will appegl to th e railro ad adm in istratio n to tak e steps to relieve th e situation. (By the U nited P ress) CINCINNATI, Sept. 22.— The first two gam es of th e w orld series will be played in C incinnati, th e next th re e in Chicago, if th e W hite Sox win th e A m erican p e n n a n t; th e next two in C incinnati, and the eig h th in Chicago, if necessary to determ ine the cham pionship, th e n atio n al com ­ m ission announced today. • The flip of a coin will decide the scene of th e n in th gam e if it is nec­ essary. The first gam e is scheduled for O ctober 1. C incinnati won th e rig h t to stage th e first gam es on the toss of a coin. “PAY AS YOU LEAVE” IS O. K. Louis Com inskey, son of th e ow ner SEATTLE, W sh., Sept. 22.— “ Pay of th e W hite Sox, tossed a h alf dol­ as you leave,” a plan now being tried la r and P resid en t H erm ann of the out on one of th e S eattle street-car Reds, called the toss. lines to elim inate congestion and save tim e in the dow ntow n districts, is “ w orking like a c h a rm ,” accord­ ing to sn u p erin ten d en t of utilities, Thom as M urphin.e It is too early to tell ju st how m uch tim e it will save, he said, as the system was established a few days ago for th e first tim e. He Does Net Like Kings (By the United P ress) M ILWAUKEE, Sept. 22. — “To hell with royalty; don’t ask me to invite king, k aiser o r czar.” was the reply given by M ayor Hoan, social­ ist, to the A ssociation of Commerce, whose officers requested him to ex­ tend an in vitation to th e king and queen of Belgium to visit M ilwaukee d u ring th e ir visit to th e United States. E lectric power to be used on con­ stru c tio n Teel irrig a tio n plant. «♦♦♦♦♦< Ten Thousand Acres Burning OROVILLE, Calif., Sept. 22.-— C inders a re falling in th e stre e ts of Oroville, while ten thousand acres of tim b er a re b u rn in g in th e foot­ hills. F o u r d isastro u s forest fires n e a r here a re sp reading rapidly un­ d e r a stro n g wind. Ship Blows Up; Crew Missing MOBILE, Ala., Sept. 22.— The Ita l­ ian aux iliary b a rk e n tin e City of Bo- loxi, w ith a cargo of explosives, blew up tw enty m iles off Mobile h a rb o r T hursday, burned to the w a te r’s edge and sank, according to rep o rt rea c h ­ 4 ing shipping circles h ere today. The fate of h er crew is unknow n. 4 THE WEATHER 4 -------------------------------- 4 For Oregon— Fair and warm- > er; east winds. 4> n tied up w ith 1200 m en and five m an­ agers out.- Two of th e th re e furnaces a t the W isconsin steel p lan t a re burning. The m anagers claim ed today th a t « 50 per cent of th e ir w orkers a re on th e job, while union officials declared j th a t only a few retu rn ed . (By th e U nited r r e s s ) PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 22.- j “ Food prices th ro u g h o u t th e w orld are declining, but it is a m a tte r of co n jectu re wh®n th e high cost of living will cease to be a m enace,” CHICAGO, Sept. 22.— Steel pro­ said H erbert Hoover, who arrived duction in th e South Chicago d istric t home here yesterday. He said the is practically a t a stan d still. z speculative boom in food stu ffs had Of eleven furnaces a t the Illinois collapsed. Steel com pany’s p lant, b u t tw o are On hearin g before m ediation burning, w ith pensioned w orkers who feared they would lose th e ir board on p rin tin g tra d e s wage scale p riority rig h ts to pensions, firin g it was show n th a t living expenses a t Salem w ere low er th a n 50 cities. them . ST. PAUL, Sept. 22. — The steel The Iroquois plant is com pletely s trik e , if continued, may tie up l-»V» (By the U nited P ress) W ASHINGTON, Sept. 22.— Puget Sound and San F rancisco h a rb o r w ill be th e p erm anent bases for the b attle sh ip s of th e Pacific fleet. Secre­ ta ry of W ar Daniels stated today upon his re tu rn home. The sm aller ships will be d istrib u ted all along the coast. The secretary sta te d th a t th e re was no plan a t present for extending the trip of th e fleet or for any big m a­ neuvers. He declared th a t it will ta k e several m onths for th e fleet to be overhauled and th a t it is h ardly possible th a t any big fleet m ovem ent c a n be m ade before Ja n u ary . Senator Reed Opens With Fierce Denunciation of the President ON VERGE OF RUPTURE Labor Names It’s Delegates WASHINGTON, SepL 22. — The A m erican F ederation of Labor a n ­ nounced th e nam es of its delegates to th e “ R ound-T able” conference to . be held October 6. P resid en t Sam j Gom pers and F ra n k M orrison, secre­ ta ry of th e F ederation, head the list. (By the United Press) LONDON, Sept. 22,— It Is stated a t th e Dutch legation today th a t no news has been received of the reported break betw een Belgium and H olland. A Berlin dispatch received by wlre- less to the press, dated Saturday, said th e Belgium am bassador to The H ague and the Dutch am bassador to B russels had been w ithdraw n. T he disagreem ent betw een H ol­ land and Belgium, reported recen t­ HE’S AGAINST IT ly, is a result of B elgium ’s dem and (By th e U nited P ress) th a t th e tre a ty of 1SS9 be revived. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.— Senator Under the laws of this treaty Hol­ T hom as, dem ocrat, today cam e out land obtained a part of Limburg and as definitely against ratificatio n of the southern bank *4 th e Scheldt the. treaty in its present form. riv*r.