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O'HARA SAYS PUBLICITY HAS HELPED WAGE FIGHT Rock, Island, III., Oct. 17. Lieut Gov. Barratt O'Hara, who expects to resume low-wage agitation this fall, stated in an interview here that in nearly every city he has visited he has found that the publicity given to low wages has caused betterment in conditions. "While I look for national legisla tion eventually to correct the wage discriminations that are wrecking the lives of so many girls," said Mr. O'Hara, "publicity has accomplished much, and the fight has only just begun." o o CLAIM THAT MACHINE GUNS ARE BEING USED ON MINERS Trinidad, Col., Oct. 17. Leaders of the Colorado coal strike have pro tested to Gov. Ammons against the use by operators of two machine guns. The miners declare the guns are being trained on the strikers' tent colonies in an effort to frighten the men into submisison. When 48 men were arrested yesterday for picketing the McLaughlin mine one machine gun was trained on them and its operators threatened to fire. 71 strik ers are in jail charged with picketing. o o "Darling, do you love me for my self alone?" "Why, certainly, Charles. But you really have that twenty-five hundred dollars "a year, haven't you?" o o "GETTING IT . DOWN PAT' 1 CHICAGO A CLEARING HOUSE FOR STRIKEBREAKERS The miner owners, operating strike-bound mines in Colorado and Calumet, are seeking to make a "scab hatchery" of Chicago. Repre sentatives of the miners have discov ered that men are being gathered here and being shipped to the mine districts to act as strikebreakers. A scab collector calling himself "Mrv White" has arrived in Chicago and is stopping at the Irvin Hotel, 12 W. Van Buren street. He has placed 100 agents on the street to solicit men out of work. An office has also been engaged. Advertisements were spread around offering the men nice work at $3.25. When the me narrived at White's office they were "jewed" down to $2.75, made to sign iron clad contracts and shipped away to act as strikebreakers. Forty-five men were sent to the Calumet regions yesterday. M. J. Riley of the Western Federation of Miners and P. E. Quinn of the United Mine Workers have also discovered the details of the inter-state traffic in strikebreakers. Men are being imported from Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and even from as far as New York and Boston. When they reach the Chicago clear ing house they are either sent to Col orado or Calumet, wherever the need is most pressing. "These men are lured here by misrepresentation," says Riley. "This is direct violation of the interstate conrinerce law." A dog, bearing on each side a banner warning men against being shipped to mine dis tricts, was placed in the street today by the miners. . weatherIforecast Rain this afternoon and possibly tonight; colder tonight; Saturday and Sunday fair and cool; brisk northerly winds diminishing. Temperature Thursday. Highest, 56; lowest, 54. t