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VOL. I. NO. 17.
STAGE IS SET FOR GREATEST
INDUSTRIAL STRUGGLE IN
AMERICA'S HISTORY G O V
ERNMENT TAKING STEPS TO
SEE THAT COAL PRODUCTION
IS CONTINUED WILL USE
TROOPS IF NECESSARY.
' (By United Press)
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 30 The
stage was set today for what may
prove the most far reaching industHal
battle , in 'America's history. The
curtain win rise miumgnt Tomorrow.
At that time orders calling three hun
zdred fifty thousand bituminous coal
miners to strike will become ' effective.
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ULTIMATUM
IS ISSUED
TO WILSON
y The preliminaries were finished to
day. All hope that the strike order
might be recalled by last minute ac
tion faded today as the Union chiefs
departed for their homes after draft
ing the reply to President Wilson's
appeal. They returned to their lo
cal posts to direct their forces.
v"Y;eir verdict., ,
Government Is Prepared.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 The in
itiative in saving the country from the
Industrial, Commercial and Econom
ic crisis expected to follow the threat
ened coal mine strike today passed
from the miners to the operators and
tne government.
Anextraordinary session of the cab
inetinet met today to complete plans
for government action in connection
with the strike. Meeting with the
cabinet were fuel director Garfield
and railroad director Hines.
Federal troops will be used to pro
tect miners ignoring the strike order,
it has been decided central states coal
operators are expected to call con
ference in Chicago or Cleveland to
make final plans for meeting the
strike.
Director Hines of the railroads, to
day issued orders which, in ell'eet,
give the railroads administration con
trol over all soft coal now in trans
it. Mr. Hines at the same time,
made public a priority list which will
determine the order in which railroads
and home industries will be given
available coal. The list is similar
to the prefcrentia allotments in ef
fect during the war. ' .
Following the cabinet meeting, at
torney General Palmer in a statement
said that President Wilson will be
asked to issue an order cancelling re
strictions on the price of fuel. This
action will establish a maximum price.
The fuel administrator will be em
powered to take action if necessary
to protect consumers both as to price
and distribution.
(By United Press.)
Colorado Mobilize Guard.
DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 30 The
National Guard, on orders from gov
ernor Shoup, mobilized today for du
ty during the coal strike. The troops
number about one thousand. They
will be used to protect miners contin
uing at work.
Armed Force In Arkansas.
O MEMPHIS, Oct. 30 Armed force
v ill be used to prevent mine strike in
Arkansas, Governor Brough of Ar
kansas declared in a speech here to
day "Armed force must be used U
. necessary to bring about peace be
tween capital and labor," Governor
Brough said. "There must be no coal
trike in Arkansas."
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MINERS MAKE ANSWER TO
; . PRESIDENT'S STATEMcNT
V-"1(By United tress)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 30
The vtext of the Miners' ' answer to
President . Wilsort's recent statement
was issued here after an all day con
ference' yesterday. The statement
follows: "
"The conference of United Mine
Workers, composed of members of the
International executive board, the
3cale committee of the- central competitive-'
district, and the district pres
idents, United Mine Woirkers of Am
erica,' gave most jro.found considera
tion to the statement of the president
of the United States, which appeared
in the public press recently, relative
to the impending strike of bituminous
miners set for Nqvember 1. No com-.
munication was received by the inter
national officers of, the United Mine
Workers of America from either the
"president or any representative of the
federal government.
"A canvass of the "entire situation
shows that a strike of bituminous
minors cannot be avoided, A regularly
constituted convention of representa
tives of United Mine Workers held at
Cleveland, O., on September 25, order
ed a strike of bituminous mine work
ers to become effective November 1
in the event a wage scale was not ne
gotiated before that time. The high
est authority of the organization has
acted in this manner, and no repre
sentatives of the organization have
authority td etauch action aside. The.,
facts are that the same supreme au
thority which ordered the pending
strike is the same as that which ap
proved the contract which has now
expired.
"The responsibility for the strike
rests with the coal operators. They
have refused to negotiate a wage
.agreement, -notwithstanding the fact
the mine workers' representatives
have urged and beseeched them to do
so. J. he tunuamental causes wmcti
prompted the mine workers to take
this drastic action are deep-seated.
1 or two years their wages have re
mained stationary. They appealed
one yar ago to the federal fuel ad
m.nistrator, Dr. Garfield, and from
him to the president of the United
MUZZLE THE DOGS.
Many Cases of Rabies Prevented in
the State Now.
A great many cases of rabies have
been reported during the past month
; m! the disease seems to be spreading
c much that Dr. A. L. Sliealy, vet
ciinarian, state college of agricul
ture, wishes to impress upon the peo
ple of the state the necessity of tak
ing means to stop this trouble. Eng
land has been free from rabies since
1903, due entirely to the fact that
strict laws were made and enforced
compelling the muzzling of dogs.
This shows that rabies can be con
trolled if properly dealt with. To
f ,-ee the state of this disease it is nec
essary to muzzle all dogs, young and
old, large and small, pets and out
casts. OCALA STOCK YARD OPENS.
OCALA, Oct. 30 With the opening
here yesterday of the Ocala stock
yards on the outskirts of the city,
another big step forward in the live
stock industry of Marion county, and
of the state, was made. The yards
have been es( fblished by Z. C. Cham
bliss Company, of Ocala, for the pur
pose of" providing a market for the
hogs of this section of the state. Pur
chases will be made of hogs in any
number, the idea being to provide a
market for the farmer who has only a
few hogs, and is unable to ship in
carlots to the packing houses.
PALATKA, FLORIDA,
States, rfor an increase in wages
sufficient to meet the increase in the
cost of the necessaries of life. Their
appeal was rejected and their request
refused. Notwithstanding this they
continued mining coal 'until now their
contract expires, when they are deter
mined that their grievances must be
adjusted in a reasonably satisfactory
manner. - .
"The courts have held that the
workmen have a right to strike and
may quit work either singly or collec
tively .for the purpose of redressing
grievances and righting wrongs. The
constitution and guarantees of this
fiee government give men the right
to work or quit work individually or
collectively,
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"Are But Exercising Right."
"The ltjine workers therefore are
but exercising the right guaranteed
by the constitution and which canntfc
be taken away by the representatives
if government when they quit work
or when they refuse to work until
their grievances are adjusted. The
mine workers' representatives are
ready, willing and anxious to meet
the coal operators for the purpose of
negotiating an agreement ind bring
ing about a settlement of the present
unhappy situation. They will hes
pond at any time? to call for such a
meeting and will honestly endeavor to
work out a wage agreement Upon a
fair and equitable basis, which agree
riient .alojie..wiiLput th mines in op
eration and guarantee the nation an
adequate supply of coal. We assert
that the mine workers have no other
purpose in view other than to se
cure a working wage agreement. Ail
of their demands are incorporated in
the wage proposals sumitted to the
coal operators, and each and all are
subject to negotiation.
"Conscious of the grave responsi
bility resting upon the representa
tives of the coal miners we have no
other alternative than to carry out
the instructions of the United Mine
Workers convention. The issue has
been made, and if it must be settled
upon the field of industrial battle, the
responsibility rests fairly and square
iy upon the coal barons alone."
STRIKE IN KEY WEST.
Sends Couches to Miami With Their
Dirty Linen.
KEY WEST, Oct. 30 "Biled sirts"
would be rare in Key West these days,
except for close proximity to the Mag
ic City, where the greater part of
this c:ty'i laundry work is row being
done, on account of labor trouble in
ho local steam laundries.
The Columbia Steam Lanxlry, the
principal plant in this citv, is closed
down indefinitely, though not perma
nently, because, the management
states, it is impossible to operate pro
fitably and meet the demands of the
striking employes.
The hotels, the ships at this port,
and the (.tuple in general are very
much annoyed and greatly inconve
nienced by the conditions as they ex
ist, and lepeated and urgent requests
,iave been made for relief.
In response to these appeals, Sec
retary Charles W. Chase, of the cham
ber of commerce, arranged for a con
ference of the laundry operators and
employes Saturday afternoon. The
employers are willing to negotiate,
but the representatives of the employ
es stated that they had rather confer
v;ith the mediators and employers at
the headquarters of the laundry work
ers' union. A meeting' will be ar
ranged according to their wishes, it
is understood, and it is hoped that in
some way or under some conditions
the situation may be relieved.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1919.
EARMAN USES NO
FRILL!
E
TALK RIGHT OUT AND MIXES
POLITICS, (JUT MAKES INTER
ESlNG: STORY OF FLORIDA
DELEGATION'S . VISIT TO
y WASHINGTON
,:. .
, In yesterday's, issue of the Palm
Beach Post,' President Joe Earman of
the State. Board of Health, who is al
so President of the Post Publishing
Company; wrote his impressions of
the recent hearing in Washington be
fore Surgeon General Blue in protest
oyer the: location of a proposed lep
rosarium in the State.
Mr. Earman wrote the report in a
personal .'.vein, injecting his own
views and Opinions, but it was to the
point, if not altogther, logical. After
naming ,the personnel of the confer
ence he gave, the details of the con
ference,;, in, part, as follows:
'"Honl' T.4 R.' Hodges, former Shell
Fish Commissioner of Florida came
very near SPILLING THE BEANS.
He exhibited anger and the fact was
THEN brought out that his brother,
W. R. Hodges,, fish and oyster dealer
at Cedar Key, and ONE OTHER in
dividual, owned ,' TWO-THIRDS of
Cedar Kcv.,' His talk also develoned
that has financially jnter.este4 jn
Cedar Key and that he had recently
built a home there, which he stated
would not be of value if the lepro
sarium were established on the three
keys.
"He also stated that these keys
were,, within three miles of Cedar
Key, and from his persona1 know
ledge, notwithstanding the Govern
ment topographical survey, that at
low tide the depth of water between
Cedar Key and these three keys or
small islands would not exceed five
feet, and the average man could
wade ashore.
"He further stated that he was
born and raised at Cedar Key and
knew more about the waters in that
section than any other living man.
He referred to Doctor J. W. Turner,
United States Public Health Quar
antine Officer at Cedar Key, and who
is at this time State Senator in the
Florida Senate from Levy county, as
a liar of colossal magnitude.
"This charge was resented by Surgeon-General
Blue, also by others in
the conference. Dr. Turner was fif
teen hundred miles away and had no
opportunity to resent or defend him
self. "Further than this Senator Tram
mell and Representative Frank Clark
told Mr. Hodges in a private conver
sation preceding the conference to
keep his temper sweet, which he did
not do.
"Several members of the Florida
delegation, including myself, were
favorable to excluding him from fur
ther participation in this confer
ence. "As information for the Surgeon
General there 'AIN'T' going to be
any blood SPILT.
Hon. J. Azakiah Williams, Shea
Fish Commissioner of Florida, READ
his speech.
Azakiah is SMART all right, but
no one wants to hear a prepared
speech read.
ALL PREACHERS WILL PLEASE
TAKE A TIP.
I saw that Surgeon General Blue
had his thoughts FAR OFF while
Azakiah was reading, and therefore
suggested that he read the last p.'ge,
which was HIS PERORATION, and
file his speech with the Surgeon-General,
who would PROBABLY read it
at his leisure.
"Senators Fletcher and Trammell
endorsed the, protest of their delega
tion and departed for the Senate,
which convened at twelve o'clock
"Congressman Frank CIirk re
mained at this conference while in
(Continued on page 6.)
REPORTING
LEPER CONFERENC
RESCUERS FIGHT
TO SAVE MINERS
BURNING
IN
NINETEEN MEN IMPRISONED
NEAR AMSTERDAM, OHIO,
WITH SMALL CHANCE OF BE
ING RESCUED EXPLOSION IS
FEARED.
(By United Press.)
AMSTERDAM, Ohio., Oct 30.
Hope of rescuing 19 miners impris
oned in the burning mine were prac
tically abandoned at noon when a cave
in occurred at the spot where the
men are believed be.
(By United Press)
AMSTERDAM, Ohio. Oct. 30
Hundreds of miners and mine rescue
experts were fighting against time
here early today in efforts to rescue
nineteen men imprisoned in a burn
ing mine near here.
Mine experts discovered that a huge
pocket of gas had formed in the
mine near the borning shaft. If fire
reaches this pocket an explosion will
follow. Tast reports indicated the
rescuers were about fifty feet from
the imprisoned men. ! , "... , ; , ' ' , ' .
ELLA WHEELER
WILCOX DEAD.
(By United Press.)
SHORTBEACH,, Conn. Oct.
30 Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the au-
thor-poet, died today at her home
here. She has been ill several
weeks, following a nervous break
down suffered in England.
RED CROSS SEAL SEVENTEEN.
Insignia On Stamps Was Originated
Seventeen Yeyrs Ago This Month.
It will be of great interest to the
readers and Floridians generally to
know, that the double barred Red
Ooss is seventeen years old this
month. In October, 1S02, the Inter
national Anti-Tuberculosis Associa
tion, then meeting in Berlin, adopted
the cross as the emblem of the world
wide fight against tuberculosis. It
was proposed by Dr. G. Sersiron, of
Paris. It is a combination of the
C-'.eek tie Lun'aine and the cross oL
me Greek Latnolic church. Botn
cresses are symbolic of charity and
,.v-ip to humanity. Their combined
features were selected and adopted as
the symbol of the hope of civilization,
.'our years later, in lDUti, the double
barred Red Cross was carried into
this country It was in lLHKi, the
National Tuberculosis Association
was formed, and for the three inter
vening years the cross has been car
ried over the United States by the
National Tuberculosis Association and
its affiliated bodies, which n6w num
ber one thousand
The work of these organizations is
financed chiefly by the Red Cross
Christmas Seal sale.
STRIKE AT MERRILL STEVENS.
JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 30 The
question, shal an operating engineer
of an electrical worker man the lone
electrical crane in the big ship-build-ii:g
yards of the Merrill-Stevens Com
pany, South Jacksonville? is the
bone of contention that has resulted
in the laying off of 1,500 men, and
the stoppage of a weekly payroll of
$50,000. In a word, 1,500 working
men in this city, and South Jackson
ville are idle, and have been since
Friday night when the engineers
struck simply because of a dispute in
the ranks of two locals employed at
these giant yards, over the position
of a single man.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GERMANY TO
GUARANTEE TO
KEEP TREATY
SUPREME COUNCIL ALSO DE-
CIDES THAT SHE MUST PAY
FOR INTERNED VESSELS SUNK
IN SCAPA-FLOW PROCTOCOL
WILL BE ATTACHED TO TREA
TY. (By United Press.)
PARIS, Oct. 30 The Supremo
Council decided today to force Ger
many to sign a protocol guaranteeing
she will carry out the terms of the
armistice. This will be attached to
the original treaty. The Council al
so asked the inter-allied naval ex
perts to prepare a plan by which
Germany shall reimburse the allies
for sinking the interned German fleet
at Scapflow.
PLACE SOON BE READY
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COMMITTEE HAVING ' SITE
CLEANED UP FOR VISITORS
Water and Shade Already Adequate
Cutting of Weeds Begins
Monday
Palatka's free automobile camp
will be ready for all visitors next
week, according to Chairman Walter
Tilghman, o" the committee from the
Business Mens' Association having
:he preparation of the site in carge.
The camp is located in Mulholland
park in one of the most beautiful
sections, has running water and plen
ty of shade. It has been pronounced
by those who have seen it, as an ideal
spot.
The committee plans to have large
canvas signs made to stretch across
Lemon street advising automobile
tourists that there is a free camp site
with all conveniences here, and di
recting them how to get to it. Signs
will also be placed on the Hastings
road.
it has been noticeable in the last
few days that a large number of cars
c: r;i Liie north are coming into Pal
itha by way of Green Cove Springs.
nii" of these, would no doubt, like
T' s-'!o:: over in Palatka for the night.
What this would mean is obvous.
They would go around the town and
iiv certain to be impressed.
With the State soon to be crowded
to overflowing, so far housing condi
tions are concerned, auto camp sites
will be much in demand, and the cit
ies that provide them will reap the
rewards. .
MIAMI ELECTS DEMOCRATS
Eighty-Nine Women Voted In the Mu
nicipal Election.
MIAMI, Oct. 30. (Special) The
entire Democratic ticket was elected
at the regular municipal election here
tr.-day, the following officials boing
chosen: mayor, William P. Smith; mu
nicipal judge, T. E. Price; city clerk,
W. B. Moore; members city council,
H. B. Chase and R. W. McLendon for
four years and E. L. Brady, J. F.
Chaille and B. R. Hunter for two
years; chief of police, R. M. Dillon and
city tax assessor, C. K. Cring. By a
vote of 229 to 126 the voters ratified
the franchise granted to the Miami
Beach Electric Company to use the
city streets in operating. Electric
cars between Miami and Miami Beach
Of the 429 votes cast uuring the day
eighty-nine were cast uy women.