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Only profitable advertising grows nl 7111 kIII i r f I I III j1 I I i + The Worlds supremacy in New York
The Worlds March hewing 261 r r ftt City circulation daily It is tens of thou r
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PoolRooms Says Murphy If 1
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t STEEL WORKERS
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Advisory Board in Ses
J sion at Pittsburg Fav
f ors Calling All Men
Out Unless Corpora
tion Backs Down at
Once
Orde Calling Men Out
Likely to Be Promul
gated ToNight
200000 Workmen
Are Affected
IStKlil to > Dr nhur TVofM
PITTSBUno April 17
A strike against the American
Shoot Steel Company one of the J
Plernont Morgan billiondollar trust
units will in all probability be dc
clurcd his afternoon by tho National
Advisory Board of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron Steel and Tin
Workers
At t oclock tills afternoon the fol
lowing Htrlko resolution was lali
before tho National Advisory Bonn
by President Shaffer who earnestly
advocated tie passage
THAT TIlE PRESIDENT IS
E DMTOWBRnD CVUL OUT ALL
TIlE hilEET MILLS OP THE
AMERICAN SHEET STEEL COM
PANY IN ACCORDANCE WLTH
CONSTITUTION OF THE AS
8OOIATION AND IN CASE HE
DEEMS IT NECESSARY TO EX
TEND THE CALL TO ALL MEM
BERS EMPLOYED IN THE
PLANTS CONTROLLED AND OPE
RATED BY THE UNITED STATES
STEEL CORPORATION
It will require a majority of seven
votes to carry tills resolution and
this will bo followed by anorder to
close all tho union sheet mills la the
country In which thu combination la
interested A majority of the mem
bers of the Hoard declared positively
this afternoon that they would ote I
for nn Immmllate strike at all the
sheet mills of the American Steel
Company unless the demands of tho
men tire conceded by the sheet com
bination The strike order In all
probability Will bo Bont out tonight
Thu Association has 50000 mem
ber and If tho sheet steel Btriku
docs not prove effective general
strike against the United States steel
corporation will bo ordirfd which
will effect 200000 workmen and nil
the plants of the Morgan combine
7uicril 1 inns a rr HirSh nnil Secretary
John Jjrrutt or the AiniTlcnii Sheet
Steel Company xvcru Invited to be pres 1
ent Inn Mr nmllii did tint attend See
rtA rehtry Jurrett true on hand and plucull
lutpru the members the Amalgamated
Crulon llucii Ulitir lluu
cokroithwrau min > rt ulmlnal br
Elrirni Kitctrlc ran J Unifdiu nil
aroeuc
THEODORE F SHAFFER fl
He is President the Amnljnmntod AssoHntlon of 8
t Iron nnd Steel Workers lend may munnye n fjient 0
strike 8
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ANoclaUon the position hIA company
had tAken 7n the light now 6n
Trot 31u81 luck Uonn
The combine will be nuked to vacate
the position It has taken or else the
mrlko mill be declared Around the
Amalgamated hendrIu artcre a gcncril
air of expectancy prevails Men of all
crafts are clrniiplns In at all times and
eagerly Inaulre u to what the pro
pClalor a strike are They rent to
realize that once the struggle 1 A pre
cipitated lUi meets must of necessity
be far reaching
frii ldent Shnffer of the ar jrlntlnn
ntated that he would KO to MoKi < iirt
niter the meeting tn niHIse the men
nuw on a strike anti counsel them to bo
mild In thilr acts
Plan of fig SlrlUr I
te I1ral1t tho man3 > eri < of the Wood
nliiil where W men are out rifiifr to
accede to the demands of ttu milKt I
mated ANixvlallon mid refill a 10 rcoR
nlzc that organization the tsvrkmmo of
the Amerlcnn Shirt Hleel Cominny will
be lallcil out Thin UdilM shut 11An
twills at Ilttuhure Mirtlnn IVrj 0
Newport I < > YotiiiKntoun 0 and
Ncwciirllc Ii
If Ihe corporation xtublom tlitn n
Kineril order valllnx out Iron nfl tin
anti tube worker will bs prjnmlnPtl
AH thin1 lirvinohiM arc orKiinlz d b > the
Amalgamated Amuvlatlon and it li t > I
ev < d hero that such on order would bo
IIbeoI
I couldnt yIclI the point dc minded
of me at MfKiHi > ort and t would
rather die flehllm than tie down Thu
muc hai been drawn there can bo nay
bicklrj down silJ Trenldent Thcodoro
F Shaffer before the rnevtlns today
We have ncelvn tel grans from
aloe member In dlrferint nectlomt of the
country Indorxlni tho Htand We have
taken and saying they nlll ntnnd by
u S lIlt coiici to a enicral trlkc
lien Miiiltlnu the XVnril
The W lbwres Wood Plant of Ihe
Atnerlfin Hluot Steel ComiMii it Mo
K < iport wan cal > It < 1 tndu The
HtrlK rx had retired to their homo to
uwall the dcclilm of the Natlonnl Ad
vunry ltoar rhey had hid an exciting
night
It was rejKirtcd that the company
would mak an 1110111111 to bring outade
men to ttclCerprnt mid tint i scare or
mare men were oi barges icro ii the
river nnaltln an opportunity to be
nmu Red Into tho Mirks
Patrol were thrown out and every
ivintii of approach RII irded but the
nport HUM exldmtU Alllrilll foundn
lion is the expected mini did not dr
elop
The hammer hnunc was tin only de
partment In operation and unless Hit
sin et mlllK r < + lime work iiion the men
In this depirtmcni ulI hate no material
to work on ifter Irldi of this neck
D atria ti lIn iiludl lliiiMi r tltnitrr
IHKlid mi order 1UIICIII nil rna
ploy IIN In Ihr riiiiuiif fttrir liar
i
CorUlmud 01 Second Pace
Hit Iteuiil lloiiil Vfnlrrnnl
li tin lan + rhaaI Ililltutil TrAin 101 rt 1s
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Ito
SiX iviuRE PUcILF8jS
HA 9E 0 Y Cr Lil
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tPPt1Ialddmbrc altegad poolrooms thts afternoon as f u
The rlfen feev 80 Sixth nvrenuor Allcnapo t
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fsu 4 tyr M Ctt1uga t street 61111 J
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Three Nations with United States in Object
ing to Castros Foreign Commission
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POUT OF SPAIN Aprl I7ermin
Ihe Inlled Htntt i Grout llrlliln mil
Spain haw rcfiiinil in retonnlte the
Venezuelan court a lit trlbunalu to
adjudicate claims Inxohjii the Mchl of
forelenim
A fen weeks ago Gen Caxtro the Pin
Urlonal Prenldent of 1 e lonuel
theca dicreex whlchrrat 1 an unpl s
un Imprrxlon In diplomatic circli
rhrsw were In refiretu to the udjut
niunt and pay nent of fonlsn clitn
arising tram the Injurii Inlllctid upon
forelcmrx and thilr pioperU durliiK the
Iiuil icvolutiui In Venezuela
The tint decree created i coinml > alou
lo which all claim were ordered to ua
nferrel The cumtnlHiilnii to ea
amlii mil pass upon them unit If any
one unit not HitOiid he i Jiilil appeil to
tIll Supreme Court
In short the proposed lomml un with
a court of llrt Initame
Another deirte llmltrd the lime for
ROCKHILL STIRS GERMANS
Kairiiiiiin Tnken lo Mnlrnieiil nil
ClnllilN Hnlll < Cllflin
M > LoN April 17 The Timexs her
lln correspondent tunlny represents the
Gernuii tioxernment im beliu In a state
of conxdi ruble Indignation II Ihe state i
men li the Amiriem pass of Mr I
llockhllli lluutrf of I MI Indtmnltlis
which play Ik ilemmdiil Rum China
111 Times says I i
The statement la ceeillnnly Incor I
rect an < l calculated lnitivt in entlnh
glen InnirrnMlmi The excess of this I
German over the KiiKllxi elalmi l < l
easily iinileriito The Uermami sent al
I lllltiK olilm to nlnt days That will
minlfrMtl unacceplnb Ineime from
I mote parts of Venezuela where tor
elitriern nre mostly complalnlns It takes
rlx or earn weeks to get a letter
Ihe thlni denr e provided for the pay
mint of all chime In a new obligation
to be called the Itcvolutlonarj Debt
Till paper In without Ruarintee of ant
f kind The heal bond Venezuela has
I with Cuntorn lluui > rtxelpt nx KUtran
tie is worth otdy lri centx on Ili dnlar
I Tne Dlplomatle Corpt at Curmn hld
a ineetliiK and tin dvcritx were dt
fimimrd to IIio r resp tiv Ko eriiment
ax IrntHMillbie
It van h > lrilfd out that the prupoicd
CommlHloii and the HupriniH four
norklnir In liirmnnv could delay or pat
unit tilt t > a > > ment lit any cilm
1t n Kumvral mectlnc of the North
CoolRanlle Company llmltitl held in
London April ll It WMX announml that
the lloird of Olrecvor hail made toot
hier n + iiiiremntiilloiiK lo the llrltlmi For
iUn 0 lIe clnlmlrK damii < x for tin
lllKtnl action of ills Vrneziilnn JudKie
rmiMctliiK Me compiti prJlHrllix In
thit country
much larKer force from Europe while
i the llntlni sent one from Indli tvm
i piratUelj mar at hand In ttirne elr
i cumntiincc II li r inled here ai a
mutter of deep regret that the mlxlead
Ini account lIbUh1 IN Anierltn xhould
to isinmintel tun In the HiiKitrti papers
In a spirit ealculited In Kite ofTenxe to
Germany
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HOBSON BACK ON DUTY
t lltueil lo iiirlnl WoiU In llu
rrnn uf Con rust lour
WVMHINtJTOV April 17 Naal Con
structor Itlchmood I lli > m hoe re
ported lo Admiral howler for special
duty In the Bureau of CoiisnicUon and
Itepar
BROOKLYNS LOST
TO TORONTO TEAM
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ern League Team
n ° i AI to IT > Erutntnnri 11
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ItrcioklMi N 1 prll IT rfhn kard
do you think you em slop IV hot
i down by third t0 dn yT u kcd Nrd
Ilanlon he AHuti
1ml > the miitlrr with 11I1 pt
mirkid Juxephiiii Kelk he of the
curl lurk and idonln form
You mod two errors yesterday rr
pled Ilnnlon
flow about you hheckiird lx you
think you can taki the Wttrlll uniumirri
j IB your mitt instead of on your < hlna7
I Ill dn lh beat I cm replliil Jam a
thu spry Hut dont rat me If l fall
down
v cJI you wet the Jol todi You
can ally the ntsr If you Hunt to so If
nix are your top pee < l
1 MannR llanlun U hnlng itIs own
troubles ntullnir oi fair third base
mm In the rank uf the ihimplon
Mlll > Uahlrti lan play the potltlon lke
1 t claps star but the speedy German U
nredil In the hurt field
Trcmlilt In the InArlil
It Is KhlHixrnl around among the tan
that Ilanlon han last man a nights
prep bnallfe lie lt little Uemont a01
He never figured that lave Cross the
man with the warped legs would jump
to the American league
111I liilIns rt luiiKh lImn 11110
romelxKl to pit tlllrl Ilanlon ad
mitted before the clime Mnrtd
Oallnn mil do but hn itlll hat a
lime arm and cant play its rmir <
able how plnyrrs hal to tjiKl that
third baur Jolt Thy stern to bv afrmd
of the Kiltliin I knon n Iw ntvn on
m > team who could play third If they
wantf1 to but they wunt try I Klvi
K ie > cr < llt for inn thinK He atit
ifrnld to lnkl II and hi ran 1Jy It
at that with a bit of practice
lntoltu Intern limit n idetnut
MunnKer harrows of the Toronto
Club ivhitriil Union up a bit before
the E > un < > began
To Cure a Cold lu One naT
TAke Until UromrUilDlit TaSU 3c
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Mr Vnnlrd Work
I hare gat a Ihlnl Kicker on my team
who would be i cr irk i jack If he had a
lltI more lunCdeiu In hHi lf Nid
harrows Uln name IM riluub lie
never plied In u league where ho did
not Ir01 ill the third IWHtnen In Ililillni
and ho can hit betas thin K3 AIl he
ntHtli t a little nerve and ho il Im u
pjoil 1 > Collltn Cruzt or any of them I
° Well If youve got i KOi l third bas
man and want lo ell hm you iul do
tiuMnri nlm me oild Hmilon Ill
look > our mm or nlullytllIII If
lie suits 1 hint bit him
Siiiiolilne for the Game
Ilrlkhl auniilnt made ball paIn a
morn ceaion ioli posttar to day that it
was jinterdi Jwiauri were dla
cinlid mil thr tivitiiH put more e iiirftr
In thcr prutlco work Tho Toroitcu
am a I1kly looking ireu Man mer
Ilarn two a a > < In think he his a tf > d
chani to host th the Kixiern leikiir > rn
natal tills Mion Jlmm > llinnon the
nil Ir1 > Iltli cHIlIhr ho i > la > ed Mlili
Ilo tot when crlrer men AT ohan
101011 l > with till team
U1t three liiimlrcil ipitatorx n > re
Continued > li 1UUth Pase
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10 trr l lo at Inns rU the Imntrbiaia
Mnlxt Onlr Ii buta In N Tort 0
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Bon Ton II on Wet
Twentythird Streets > t
Swooped Upon rand r
Four Men Arrested
Justice Holds Couittl i
in Police Station jl
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Lessee of Place W
John Reilly Former r J
ly Clerk of the Crimi t
nal Court MorVJr
Raids Are Promised
When an Brenlnc World pet te
showed Justice Jerome at430 oclock Jf
thl afternoon Police om ei A j
urpb18tntem t thai ° tttera I j tL 1
no poolroom runntnr the8DaD diiiI 1
did t
didMy t
My answer lies fn the fs taMut
we have just raided a pool sti t + e
tho Tenderloin I am Kofaf 1 i
now Then the Jnctlco put of lttt 1
and coat and with AMlstoatDli t
Attor sy Cans and his clerical tli L
seeded at once to the Tenderloin
The poolroom raided waijrt om
Ven Twentjthird Street whlchIl the
lion Ton ilu lc Hall formerly Hotter A
llltle
The rwm wan upstairs ftVtmii 3
were arrested and taken to the West
Thirtieth street police station to which
place Justice Jerome hurried to holds
court and accept ball If It were offered d
At 3 M clock n metFvnffcr arrlvediat
the police nation bearing four wars
rmtx signed li > Justice Jerome the
handel Hit warrants to Serst Canon
nnil asked for a detail of police to eerie
them
Twelve policemen nrre assigned and
hurries l in Wet Twentythlrdl Street + tu j
a in tnil wagon A great crowd gath
ered OH the wagon rolled up to the
music hull tonal of those composing It s j
Im i t1n Int that trouble In the resort had
ternlomtl the priHncc of the police
ls I by Jioilco Jcromo rn < i cnstr
the twelve jMllcrmen rurhcil u y alts t
and Into the poolroom The place inn Y
well mini and a panic ensue most oil
the occupants ru < ilujc to doara and WP
flows only tolrtJ the p < illce howfJ at
quickly dUtrlbutol guarding vfifrT s
mean of exit y
f
The four men for whom the wurnu
were issued were plact under ufS xv
all the others beingrhsmla + ed fromtf o
plicr The prlmmvn nTf
GiORGK L WIUUAiW of Xo 43
t Vcrl Thirtieth sir set
JOHN II Clirk of No 112 Eitt On
Hunilrnl mil Sixteenth street
THOMAS IEDWITH of No Tit l
Kiinth avenue a
JAJIliS UAItltr of onr Vtsll
ave nur Hr okl > n
Th ion Ton Munis Hall HulldlneU
least by J ihn Uellly n farmer clerk of f
the Criminal Court and a strong man
f
Tammuny He clalmn that tha apari
mcnti abu o tin mule hall were u M
aa lodge rooms n llly was nutarrettted
Tilo raid nnn iuetly m ebut the
clttterlliiC of 11 and the iiolso nmdn
during the attempt at escape rcach J
the audItorium in I many < la 1ha audl r
mv ntirtrJ for the iloir with a rush e
Oace outside their excitement added
to the ftrltemcnt and before tho pri f
liners Mere ilrHon off In the pIUOt
lon the place woks noirly empty 1 l
NO POOLROOMS 4
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An KxenlnR World reporter put thin
iituiUlon rollcu Commbaloner Mkrtubl W f
C Jluriihy at hH nome No V71Jroome Ji rr
street this afternoon f li v
Col Murphy > ou an quotod claoat 4 te
Continued on EUhth Patt I
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