WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair to-dpy; to-morrow cloudy; con
tinued cold; moderate to fresh west
winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, 39; lowest, 30.
Detailed weather report will bo found on the Editorial
pars.
A HAPPY BLENDING.
The amalgamated SUN AND HERALD
preserves the best traditions of each.
In combinatipn these two newspapers
make a greater newspaper than either
has ever been on its own.
AND THE NEW YORK HERALD
VOL. LXXXVIL NO. 222 DAILY.
YORK" FRIDAY APRTT, Q 1Q90 CopvrteM, im, lv The Run-llerali Corporation.
rNJJW I KJlXiX, 11Y1.UA1, tL IV1XJ Jf XV6V. EnteroU s cond claw nutter, lot Onicu. Ni
PRICE TWO CENTS
IN NKW YORK CITY AND SUBURBS,
Vorlt, N. Y.
THRI5B CKNT8
TRAINS AND HI.SKWW.Rn,
ON
HENRY INDICTED WITH
2 AIDS, 4 RESORT MEN;
POLICE ARE SHAKEN UP
Xcw Tenderloin Inspector
Shifted After Giving 15ail
in General Sessions.
DK. STKATON WITNESS
Grace Iliuniston Tells of
White Way Conditions;
Clash in Jury Room.
EXItrGHT STAYS SILENT
Jim Smith Says High Official
Deposited $52,1(50 in Bunk
During; Five Months.
Nnm men, Including tlireo of the
Police Department, were indicted yea
terday by the Grand Jury, which, with
the assistance of Assistant District
Attorney James Vi. Smith, is investi
gating the conduct of the polico in re
gard to the suppression of vice. The
-even arc:
Dominlck Henry, Inspector of the
l-'ourth district, charged with neglect
nf duty in failing to closo nearly 100
,h.reputab!e houses on the upper West
Side.
Patrolman John J. Gunson and
',.-pli Moloney of Henry's staff,
.barged with perjury in swearing in
,i Magistrate's court that a reputablo
Kuman, a broker's wife, was dls
eputaWe The same Jury Indicted
(iunton several weeks ago on charges
nf bribery nnd extortion.
reter Galliotti, proprietor of Peter's
estaurant, 1C3 West Ninety-seventh
treet. charged with keeping a dis
reputable house.
Three of Galllotti's helpers, Divollo
aiippa. Luigi Tusl and Call Ottavio,
i (urged with aiding their employer in
lolating the law. Galliotti, Tusi and
ittavio were arrested last night by
IMectho McGlynn, and were locked
:p In the West 100th street poller
nation on bench warrants charging
.la'lon of Section 1146 of the 1'enal
The indictments, numbering four, I
a. ip oted by the Grand Jury at 4
-lurk yesterday afternoon following
M-ene in the Grand Jury room, in
v.l.i-h District Attorney Swann and
it ! lssistant. Smith, were said to have
had a controversy as to the admissl
hilry of certain testimony and as to
the wisdom of allowing Inspector
Henry to testify in Ills own behalf.
Henry was not called and did not
esiify. i
nrokernKC Hooks Kxniniiied.
Mr Smith said outside the Jury's
t arters, and is supposed to have told j
e Jurors, that he had subpeenaed the j
oois or a downtown brokerage nrm
j'id discovered that In the five months
ended November 5 $52,166.33 was de
wsited to the account of Dominlck
Henry or Henry ami his wife.
Judge Mnlono Issued bench warrants
'nr all of the accused. Within an hour
Henry appeared In tho Judge's ch.ini
Ijera with his counsel, W. liourke
i ockran, and gave l!!,r,00 ball. He will
'eturn for pleading at 10:30 o'clock tills
'nopiins
T.-.I. ..... . .
trial, but at 7 o'clock last night ent a '
or.fldent.al order over tho telephone
rom Headquarters producing a Bhakeup.
"enry a8 transferred to the hcadquar-
iuu wwwueu ill cum-
;n-w1,l In nnm.
uy Insnector Thnm TS "'" j
Inspector McDonald who has been in I
ehargo of the sneclal servIcA division at I
headaua
miccpedel at headouarters by CaDL
fc'aniuel G. Relton of the West Forty-
M-Vuley of the on.
or, Ilrooklyn. was sent to West Forty-
ven.h street; Capt. Louis Krepscher of
Stapleton goes to Hedford avenue, and
lieutenant will roign temnorarllv In
This order was effective at
m'di ign
Honn has long been a personal friend
or I'o.nmissloner Knright. Knright was
""st man at Henry's wedding. Henry,
president of the Inspectors' and Cap-'aln-i'
Association, liaa occupied a post
r"ti..-.irable in Its power in tho depart
"eni to that of Knright when he was
fad ,t t)le Lieutenants' Benevolent As
'""iiition 'I'l-iglit Silent Alioat CliniiKr.
' "mndsflioner Knriglit liad nothing to
w ab..ut the Indictments. Headquar
"i apparently takes the position that
frin is Innocent, that the Indictment
s t. " work of Jim Smith, settling an old
P rsonol score, and that It will not stand
'"iirt when the Inspector has a
t.j present his side.
M-anhile Jir. Smith is serene and
, lu'ekly present other evidence be-
rm .'!' ,rand Jury- IIe sa'3 he is far
'n ,thr"Sh with the police. He has
already obtained in tho present drive
" Indictment of five members of tho
J'Partrnent They arc. 'in addition to
enry lUnton amj Moloney AueustU3
- i orter. formerly Third Deputy Com
nussloner, and Frederick Franklin, n
w n ciothesman, accused of bribery
snd extortion.
ir,1"nlrt Attrney Swann and his
"wading assistant. Smith, as well as
Ar..d j TaIlcy flrst Assst;lnt Dstnct
(??'; no was wlth ,hem n e
wn t . room- earnestly denied last
o n ,"at tllerc lia'1 becn any friction
uiat there was nny bAsIs for such
ar X fatS' a8 publlcl' known.
Th Hex-.
Rr. John Roach Straton.
ho In
a sermon last Sunday told of
Continued on Fifth Page.
a.
Horse Makes Trip
in Airplane Safely
gANTA BARBARA, Cal April
8. A horse entered in an ex
position hero arrived to-day by
airplane from Los Angeles. Thu
trip was delayed a day until of
ficers of the Humane Society had
been convinced no cruelty was in
volved in the trip, which was made
in an especially equipped air
plane. SAY BURGLARIES
ARE INCREASING
Vugmentation Noted
Steady
Owing to Poor Polico Pro
tection. DETECTIVES EXPECT PAY
Companies Which Do Not
'Come Through' Oct j
Scant Aid. I
The question whether vice has In
creased in New York is still a mat
ter of debate between the police and
tho District Attorney's ofllce, hut bur
glary insurance men said yesterday
there was no question that burglaries
have Increased. Furthermore, they
have the figures to prove It, they said.
The reason why the insurance men
are worried about the increase, it wasiV.
learned after a meeting at the ..McAlpin i
Hotel yesterday. Is that they are fac-'
ing not a "crime wave," a sudden and I
temporary jump in crime, but a steady j
climb which has been noted for a t
year now, and recently has been soar-.
Ing more rapidly than ever. The in-1
surance men say poor police protec
tion Is being afforded to New York at
present and they do not hesitate to
criticise Commissioner Knright and
the whole polico administration. One
company estimated yesterday that the
amount paid on policies aggregating
cent Tn7vMr '
"Tho Increase Is not due chiefly to the
Increased appraised value of stolen ob
Jocts, although that has gone up also,"
said one insurance man yesterday. "The
polico are not on the Job as they should
be. and the number of burglaries has
gone up. Another reason for the In
crease, which Is most startling in Hat
and apartment burglaries, is that land
lords hire elevator boys and other em-1
ployees without regard for references. !
and tenants take almost any one they
can get for servants on account of the i
labor shortage." ;
Insurance men are bitter against the I
police, not only becauso of their failure
to copo with the yeggmen but because
the detectives In tome Instances "lay
down" on rases, thev riiv. unlea Btmrr.
. ., , , ' I iroops 10 " i
to action by rewards. The companies!,. ,,. nrn,iV(. w. that .
h '
e Investigators of their own. and!
thcse sometimes do the work and the city '
detectives make the spectacular "pinch"
and then drop around to the company
offices next day to make sure they will I
not miss anytlilng that may be coming Ilcle,nly -.well
to them. Companies which do not "comojould occupy German points to enforce
imuuu Kei team uui irom cuy tie-;
tectives In setting burglars or locating J
loot. It Is tated.
I There Is. of course, a more or less
I silver lining to tho clogd-burglarles are
"'" utiiui-ui wiiii many more :
, .u.iot ii1B jens- wnic)) was only Intended as a last re
nen and business ia booming as a re- h. ,. ,. , ,,. ,,
BUll,
anco ,ncn ,leclUod a'r some discussion
'"J'??"
.,, " ',
Z '5 .? .A"0 cum!,anlf .ran
'"'I'"" "iriiiuJ .IHU CillCUlilie
fl., ,,.nji..
The rates adopted are '
a 25 per cent, increase over those prior '
l. ccemt)er " "ist. On that date
nues wur0 mcrcilsca -u Pr cent, and
. April 1 it was agreed that this
A short statement
meetlnif was issued hv tho Tlnnrlnrv Tn.
burance Underwriters Association. In!
ST
In Mlde, tortSi i" "
?L additional informa-
3 rtluscu'
IRISH PICKETS AT
EMBASSY ARRESTED
Test Case Will Be Made at
Washington.
Special lo Tin Sun and .New York IIebui,
arrest
charged
406
iest case win oe maue wnicn will estab-
.... . . wlc nuiiien in- ,
vnlved
uivtu. .
The women, who are agitating for 1
Irish freedom, abandoned their cordon
about tho State Department, established
yesterday, and to-day resumed tho
Tileketlnc of the Tlrltlsh Pmk,.. ti....
UASirixr.Tnw nun k. T,iinn.j ireaiv ueuumu Hcriinin hiipii rniu .
to-day of three additional women a 1 w u aou?,,e?fl be Pe- ; X V0 t'V
with violating Federal statute ' ?"!" l..a". ' f. anu?; ann vworowly In .,,,, of"thB resolution.
2 by picketing the British Krnbassv. n . rP" The scene In the House was In
were promptly arrested and held under ronslstently distrustful of Germanv and p0 far as ,he LnIteil hlatcs is con
ball of 41,000 each. They refused to fur- "f""?'' antagonistic to Premier Lloyd ecrned It might as well not have been
nlsh ball. Tho women arrested are- : apW. this morning expresses extreme , written. Tho President is In Irrecon-
Mlss Maura Qulnn, Jamaica Plain
Boston; Miss Mary Galvln nnd Miss
Catherine McKeown, Philadelphia.
Balnbrldge Colby, Secretary of State.
refused to make any comment on the ac
tion of the women who picketed tho
State Department yesterday, carrying
placards wun printed selections from
Mr. Colby's speech In New York on May i
14, 1016,
There will be no Interference with the
cffortH of the women to picket the State
Department. Government officials tak
ing the ro.-itlon that picketing the State
Department and picketing the Embassy
of a foreign Power are two different
matters.
FOB THE BETTER CLASS HEtr
advertise in tho help wanted columai of
The Sun and Nw York Herald. liv.
ACT OF FRENCH HOUSE VOTES BY
IS CONDEMNED ' 214 TO 155 FOR
BY THEBRITISH-ACTION ON PEACE
Say England, United States,', Adopts Special Kiile to Bal
Italy and Belgium Op- j lot on Porter Resolution
posed Move. Tin's Afternoon.
PRESS ATTACKS POLICY
Statement Issued That Six Democrats Refuse to
France Acted Entirely Follow Leader in Opposi
on Own Initiative. tion to a Declaration.
MUST ALONE BEAK BLA3IE
I Say No British Soldier Will
! Participate m Occupation
! of German Cities.
Belgium Backs France;
Ready to Send Troops
RRUSSELS, April 8. King Al
bert presided to-dny at a
Cabinet Council at which it was
decided, as a token of friendship
to France and of solidarity of
the Allies beforo Germany, that
Belgium be prepared to send a
detachment into the Ruhr region.
The council examined into the
recent events in Germany, and
the French Government will be
notified that the' Belgian Govern
ment is ready to associate itself
with France and to send troops
in connection with the measures
for the occupation of the Ruhr
region.
Ill the Anoclateit Pre$$.
. London, April 8. After a long con
ference which the French Ambassa
dor, Paul Cambon, had with Premier .
Lloyd George to-day, and a full dls- j
cusslon of the Franco-German lnci- j
dent by the British Cabinet Council, at j
which the French view was fully ex-1
plained to the Ministers, an ntithorita-'
tlve statement was issued defining the
position of the British Government, to j
tne 0ffect that France acted entirely (
" hep 0W" ,lmlamP T .
'cu" ' Gcrmnn t0WnSi tUTat , Gre I
Britain, the united biuw, "u
flelglum were all opposed to the plan, j row afternoon, after the Domocrats sub
and that France's action has caused a ( mlt an amendment In the form of a mo
delicate situation. , tion to recommit. The amendment can
The matter Is under discussion of."01 bo 'lhted, and It is the only one
tho British and French Omm' 'f
. i .ur., .h e vote on the rule n many resnecti
and the hope Is expressed that the; a
situation may be eased. ! followed a bitter partisan .lel,.it
Alternative SiiRBented-
The statement recites various
ex
pedients suggested for dealing with the i
Ruhr situation, among others the send- i
nitu,i nffif.rw u-lth thrt Herman !
. r:..,y,-,ti with-1
session,
the decision should be left w
Ith
the
German Government,
with the st'pula-L
,lol, that uniCf3 the status quo was suf-
... ,,,, ,, ,,.
tlieir uemanus. i ne. maiuniviu
ceC(ls:
,
"lne '7 Vv "HuddIeston (Ala.) Democrat w o le-
have acted precipitately and trance to Muneeil lls arty for opllos)ng t,,"
nave respinuea oy auupiiiif; .i yum ,
one of them simply."
Great Hrltain, Italy, Helglum and the
United States, it Is declared, all felt
i that the task of restoring order should
Ho with Germany, and all were opposed
to their regular forces being called upon,
except as a last resort, to undertake.
.what aro virtually iwuce ciunes.
.
France Alone IlepnnnllIe
It Is pointed out that France feared
enrna ulterior tnntlve nil tli. nnrt nf
". ..,.. . .....
T.ermanv and doubtless acted In good!
faith, but. adds tho statement, "the lm-.
j mediate result Is that the responsibility ,
for her action cannot be shared by the
Allies as a whole and certainly there is .
I no intention on the part of the British
j Government to allow British soldiers to.
;act as police between hostile German
i factions and Incur all the odium of
; such a position, to say nothing of Its I
' risks." j
Tho statement concludes :
"If. and when, France's suspicions of .
Germany s ulterior motives and deiih.
ierate flouting of the terms of the peace
But fdr the time being It may be taken
inat no uritisii soli ler win
.. ....... ...ii imrueipaie
,,, ,1,. r ....
ut "ane." ' ' "10
"Time" Attn-k British inii.-
""'c''
Tho London Times, which
1 """Knat'on nt the British Government's !
' "Ul,1"e wlth regard to France's occu-'
'Patlonof German neutral territory as
set forth
In the "authoritative" state-
ment.
"Wo seldom have read a more lament
able or moro shameful exposition of
nriiisn policy," says the newspaper. "Is
thiB the return wc nre to make to
trance for all that flic lias done nnd
suffered by our side? We tremble at
the result of this scandalous announce
ment, this explosion of Inconceivable
folly, upon that union of the British and
Continual on Third Papc.
TO SELL YOUIt USEI1 CAB
sdrertlae In the auto exchance coluoina of
Tbe Sun and New York Herald. 0a a
ne. 4tH.
REPUBLICANS UNITED
DAY IS SPENT IN DEBATE
imddleston Warns Wilson Ad-
j hcrcnts Treaty Is Dead and
1 Denounces Party.
Special to Tim Sun and New York IIkka:.d.
f, Washington, April 8. In the Ilrst
test vote on the resolution declaring a
state of peace with Germany taken in
, the House this afternoon It was re
vealed that the Republicans, with one
, exception, are united for sucli action
and npprovo the stand of their party
leaders in the Senate that peace should
be restored despite the unyielding po-
j sltlon of President Wilson on the Vor-
! sallies treaty.
I Seven Democrats lilted the leader-
ship of the President and joined with
j the Republicans and the majority
leaders confidently expect many moro
; will vote with them on the adoption
i of the resolution shortly after 5
j o'clock to-morrow afternoon.
The test vote came on the rule to
maka, tho peace resolution in order.
It was adopted by a vote of 214 to 15.",
making it certain the resolution will
have n majority of nt least BP on the
final roll call to-morrow,
If thirty-two Democrats should bolt
from tho President the resolution on
the basis of to-day's vote would bo
adopted by a two-thirds majority, or
sufllcient to adopt it over a veto of the
President,
inrtinii Del.ui,. Held.
Under lhe r"'(' adPtl to-day
It Is
"atory on the House to Mart voting
on me resolution at 5 o'clock to-mor-
merits of the resolution rather than the
rule, arid a spirited attack and defence
of the President's handling of the treaty
situation. '
The only Republican nho voted
11 L
his party was Representative
t,,,it
ulIer
(.Mass.), who, during the, last
i -i i mi juuupcnuenc.
Hie DfmorrntH u-hn vntei ,..it, v..
, .. JiC-
,. ' , ' ' uuon un-
v '"ii-.-iemanves uaiu-
(X. v.), Goldfogle ,N. Y.). (Janly
y Kvans (Nov.), Olney Mass.),
iru-rualllvan (.Mass.). and Sherwood (Ohloi
i Probably the feature or to-dav s de
I oate was a .-.neenh hv n.u.-....i...
uirion and tne President for thlnklne
inai me treaty could ever be ratified
wltliout reservations. Mr. Huddleston
warned tne Democrats that tho treaty
never could be ratified unamended and
that it would be unwise to make it an
iMsue In the next campaign.
Republicans opened the debate with
attacks on the President In ...1,1,1,
Democrats answered that th niv
pose of the resolution was to dli.-ro.1lt
"the President In the cyVs of the worM.
Representative Tou (N. C), Democrat,
, mougni mat not moro than six members
'of the House really believed tho resolu-
Welromnl an Imuc
" "ll3 "ulent tnrougnout the debato
that ,n,e maiy ot the Democrats did
". , c '5?? a'h? "? a campaign
rrtlrPrtb?'
,lilrly WJ to atnnA by the PresN
dent 'on the question failed mlserablv
The whole tone of the Bepublican
speeches and that of Mr. Huddleston
was that In the present circumstances
the wisest course for the United States
would be to preserve Its historic Indc-
pendencc of action and enter the League
' Nations orJ when this freedom was
guarded properly. Anotner point run
,llnK through all the speeches was that
going
the con-
marked
contrast to the treaty proceedings In
the Senate. All speeches were short and
punctuated with applause and cheers.
The galleries were crowded to over
flowing. In his presentation of the peace situa
tion Mr. HuildlcHlon said In part:
The Treaty of Versailles Is dead.
Continued on Second Page.
CLOSING TIME
IjC 5UTl AND NEW YORK HERALD
DAILY ISSUES
S P. M. at Main Office, 280 Broidwij.
8 P. M. at former Herald Office, Herald
Building, Herald Square.
8 P. M. at all other Branch Offkei.
(Locations listed on Edltorla Page.)
SWITCHMEN'S STRIKE SPREADS HERE;
WALKOUT AFFECTS 12 RAIL CENTRES;
TRAFFIC ON 25 ROADS INTERRUPTED
NEW YORK ZONE
HIT BY STRIKE
Pennsylvania, Erie, Lehigh
Valley, Lackawanna and Jer
sey Central Affected.
SUBURBANITES DELAYED
Switchmen Quit Without No
tice Just as the Homeward
Bush Begins.
The iinauthorizcl striko of railroad
switchmen spread Into the New York
zone last nlpht, despite the opposi
tion of the Hrotherhood of Railway
Trainmen. Riillroml swllchiiien em
ployed in Jersey City and Weehawken
on the lines of the Krle, Pennsylvania,
I-ehlt,'h Viiletv, Laekawiiiina and the
Central 'Railroad nf New Jersey walked
off their posts without not lee yesterday
afternoon and Inst night, leaving the
great terminal yards for a time In
chaotic fondition. It was said that
some trainmen and a few of Hie con
ductors on these ronds had joined the
movement of the yard men.
Thousands ot commuters were in
convenienced during the homogoing,
rush hours, hut though the railroad
ofllciols hoped through the night to be
able to get together enough switch
men to operate the passenger trains
on schedule this morning, the hope
was problematical. The tleup of
freight trains of necessity will he of
longer duration, as It requires men of
special skill and training to direct tho
classification of
tho cars on their
proper tracks.
Krle Men (lull In llodj.
The Erie Railroad men quit In a body
Just us the evening rush hour was to
begin and seriously Interfered with
the movement of trains on that road.
It required almost three hours for the
harasscl operating officials to straUh
ten out the schedules. On the other
roads, howeer, tho walkout was grad
ual. The men quit In twos and threes
during the afternoon nnd nlsht so that
by the time the light night schedule was
In effect the roads were able to provide
substitutes.
In a statement Issued early in the
evening by J. J. Mantel), regional direc
tor for the Erlo system, lie said the men
were striking "In violation of the rules of
...... r.. '
laws of their country as covered by the
transportation act." He added that
loyal members of the Brotherhood ot
Railway Trainmen were expected to
jump into tne nreacn to preserve tne in
tegrlty of their organization
hixty-flvo carloads of milk irom up
Stale points came Into the Krle terminal
la'e last night, destined for th" break
fasts of several thousand New orkers.
The striking men refused to do thu
neefsary switching, v'nercupon Mi
Manicll and several other off'cers if
the road, assisted by a few lojal em
lilojees, personally did the swltcn.nj an 1
haridllng reaulred to mako the lft .!
available to the city consumers
Xot More Thnn 400 Are Out.
The
strike
total number of yard men on
was placed at between 300 and
iuu. .une ui me swiicninen woo was
questioned could explain whence came that the President .vend the names
the order to strike. The word was Just I of the nine numbers of the board to the
passed along from one lo the other and Senate at the earliest possible moment
the men quIL No demands or state- I that this ofllclnl board might begin to
tncnts of grievances had been presunti-d function In the settlement of railroad
to the railroad olllcials up to a late hour I labor disputes without further unneces
Kxtra forces of policemen were rushed ! sary delay. At the White House It was
to the yards of the various railroads i suggested that the President might send
along the entire Jersey waterfront and , the nominations to the Senate to-mor-to
the yards on the Newark meadow), j row or Saturday, but this was merely a
Din no loieticc or any sort was reported,
Most of the strikers went to their
homes and did not loiter around.
The Krle Railroad, which was first to
bo affected by the strike of the railroad
marine workers, also was tho first local
line to he affected by the outlaw strike
of the yard switchmen, pn the change
of crews at four o'clock in the afternoon
Juat at the beginning of the sre.itest
outbound rush of the day few of tho
evening shift appeared, and those who
did declined to work.
For twenty minutes operating olllcials I
hunted high and low for substitutes
at the yard switches, and finally found
enough to start the trains out slowly,
much behind schedule. Meanwhile a
crowd, estimated at 15,000 persons, piled
up in tho station In Jersey City nnd
In the long passageway leading to the
Hudson tube station. Sixty policemen
were added to the ninety already on
duty there because of the marine strike,
and order was maintained. Somo com- i
muters who thought they would be late
for the 5 :15 had to wait more than
ha an hour before It was ready lo i
Added to the actual walkout of the
railroad men last night were reports
that the men on the Hudson. tubes would
also go on strike. This was denied by
officials of the brotherhood, but It -.is
admitted that there was to be a upeclnl j
meeting this morning In Newark, tho
purpose of which they declined to dis
close.
roit iindisplat n.Assirir.u
AUVKIITISKMENTH
SUNDAY ISSUE?
6 P. M. Saturday at Main Office, 233
Broadway.
5 P. M. at former Herald Offic:, Herald
Building, Herald Square.
5 P. M. at all other Branch Officet.
(Locations listed on Editorial Pace.)
Thousands of Trainmen Out.Mqre to Follow;
Embargoes Are Ordered in several Cities
CHICAGO, April 8. The situation resulting from the strike of union
switchmen, locomotive engineers and firemen throughout the coun
try, was summarized to-night as follows:
Chicago 8,000 men out; freight
trafllc 30 to 10 per cent, of normal;
40,000 packing plant workers thrown
out of work, with completo suspen
sion of the plants, employing 60,000
men, In prospect to-morrow.
Buffalo 1,500 to 2,700 idle; em
bargo on all freight In effect.
Jkrsey City Between 300 and -100
switchmen out In yards of Krle,
Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley and
Central Railroad of Now Jersey,
Syracuse On tho New York Cen
tral and the Lackawunna, 225 yard
men walked out.
Niaoaha Falls".") switchmen on
the Krle and Lehigh Valley quit.
BiNUHAMTO.v 75 yardmen and
switchmen Joined strike.
Hodokk.n More than 1,000 Lacka
wanna men quit at midnight, tying
up all freight and passenger service.
Kansas City 200 to 500 out;
freight embargo in effect.
Los Angei.es 1,200 employed by
transcontinental lines on strike.
Toledo 600 out; complete freight
tieup within twenty-four hours pre
dicted. DETitotT 1,500 men out; embar
goes declared on Inbound and out
bound freight except fuel and food
stuffs. Gaiiy, Ind 300 to 100 Idlo; 350
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
members vote to remain loyal to
their union.
East St. Lotus, III. 200 out; 5,000
in St. Louis vote to "resign" at mid
night unless demands are granted.
Dbcatiii, III. 107 on strike; vote
IN RAIL STRIKES
Failure to Name Builroad,
Board Brings National In-
dustrial Crisis.
If AS DELAYED 2 MONTHS
Capital nnd Tnhor Long Since'
Sent Him Their Choice
'of Members.
Kircfiil to Tin: Sex am. Ntw Yon IIfRr.n.
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1 Ington nwoko to a realization to-day
that an Industrial crisis Is being
j precipitated throughout the country.
I partly nt least through the failure of
President Wilson to nominate the
members of the Railroad Labor Board
provided by the Cummlns-Escli trans
portation act, wjilcli became a law in
tho last days of February
in tho Senate the direct charge that
the President was responsible for the
spreading "insurgent" railroad strikes
was coupled with a demand by Senator
McCormlck .(111.1 for nn lnivxtliratinn. ,
IOv,.n Oleml. nf In. t.l,lunl r.n. !
' -
i .h W.r, , . .V. " "Z.lfanl- "Although prices have
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t. s nnrt nn Thev vtrnntrlf ii i -.! m
guess. No direct word came from Mr,
Wilson,
L'nder tho law three members of the
board to represent labor are to be se
lfrcted from six recommendations sub
mitted by the railroad brotherhoods. In
the same way recommendations are to
be made of six names by the railroad
executives from whom the President is
to select three. These recommendations
have been sent to the President. The
selection of the three members to rep
resent the public is up to the President
alone.
Senator McCormlck declared that the
responsible lenders of the organized rail
road men had made every effort to pre
vent the strikes, but that Insurgents
umong the men, disaffected by the fail
ure to create the wage and conciliation
board recently provided for by law. had
preclpltaU'd the trouble by walking out.
No action was taken on the resolution
to-day because It had to bo sent to tho
committee on nudlt and control of the
Senate's contingent fund.
MAIL TRAIN ROBBED
DV A mwr f A RfrWf
LI n JS11& Un.it U I 1
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Five Clerks Bound Before He
Rifles Registered Pouches.
Kansas Citt; April S. Tho mall car
of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail
road train No. 9, Chicago to Kansas .
City, was robbed by a bandit between
Lexington Junction nnd Kansas City to
night. No estimate of the amount of
loot obtained was available.
t The bandit boitrded the train at Lex
ington Junction, which Is thirty miles
J east of here. Knterlng the mail car.
flourishing a revolver, he forceil four cf
the five mill c'erlts to He. face down-
ward, on the floor arid compe'led n fT'h
I to bind 'hem. He fien hound the fifth
man himself, and proceeded leisurely to
rllle the registered m.ill. He left the
train at Shellield, an Industrial suburb
of Kansas City.
DRIVE OCT IMPintTIES.
ITither John'r Medicine the beat spring
tonic. Builds new atrencth. Adv.
to stay out until demands are
granted.
JolIbt, III. 50 on four roads
strike; Chicago outer belt men, re
fuse to Join walkout.
Si'iiiNdFiELti, III -Baltimore and
Ohio switchmen out,
Colton, Cal. 50 on Southern Pa
cific quit; freight tied up.
Cleveland 1,500 to vote beforo
morning on strike Issue.
Siieuiiian, W'yo, Men vote to re
main at work and send delegation to
Chicago to help In breaking strike.
.Viaoaiia Falls. Switchmen on two
roads quit and trafllc dotourcd.
Elm ira, N. Y. Yardmen of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
New York Central and Lehigh Val
ley ordered out.
Pirrsunta 2,000 Pennsylvania em
ployees at Conway yards vote to
strike at midnight If demands are
not granted.
Memphis Yardmen on nil but two
roads entering city voto to striko at
4 P. M. to-morrow if demands are
not granted.
New Orleans Embargo declared
on all freight to Chicago,
Fort Wayne, Ind. Strike of 3,200
Pennsylvania shopmen believed set
tled; strike had no connection with
switchmen's walkout.
San Francisco 20 switchmen quit
work.
Scranton, Pa. 50 switchmen em
ployed on Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western out.
LonsviLLE, Ky. Unionized railroad
workers here voted to-night against
striking.
t
FACED BY CITY
Big Puckers Predict Higher
Prices as Early as Monday
if Strike Continues.
PHOVISIONS AFFECTED
Poultry, Butter, Ejrgs mid Veg -
etnbles Expected to Share
in Shortage and Baise.
New York city will be facing one of
the most serious food shortages, espe
cially in meat. In Its history if tho
strlkij of the railroad brotherhoods
spreads and continues for even two
weeks. That was tho consensus yes
terday of representatives of the big
meat packing concerns and of inde
pendents who slaughter in this terri
tory. A representative of Swift & Co. who
is taniii ar with tho Kim.-ittnn cai.i
I York city might be able to get
,," ', , " ,l"ree f . . . 11,0 strike
"IT L,?'"110 th? b g mcat
" "s was ,
' . b, . ra"l"S lo optimism.
llie .cltllnf
'Tlie clll,nlnn i .... i .
. . - ...".w"" lense.
he
not yet
l(,en ndvanced
I Should sav an ndvnnen
h . . n y lne eml ot ,he wcck,
MEAT FAMINE
... .... u me neup continues, it,,..
is likely that beef will R0 up Jl a hun-!
urea pounds, who'esnle. In a few days, as
the supply from the West Is cut off.
"What that will mean to the retailer
is hard to say. It should mean only an
cdvance of about two cents a pound.
The chances are that It will bo double
that and that folks will be paying 20
cents or 25 cents more for the family
steak than they paid to-day. Swift &
Co. have . enouth meat on hand or In
transit to keep up normal distribution
for ten days or two weeks. Then tho
pinch would be hard and tight.'
An nlllrlal of Wilson & Co. expressed
similar views, except he believed that n
strike of the uncalled for nature of the
railroad freight handlers nt Chicago.
Kansas City, St. Louta, Buffalo and else
where could not last long because of lack
of public support, and that a settlement
may be looked for in a few days.
"Ottverwlse.'1 he continued, "the outlook
would be very bad. This firm had tele
grams this nfternoon stating that cattie'
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don't know when we will receive these !
rhlpments. if x.e jon't add to our cattla
supply wo will be in straits within two
a els or so.
"All provisions are affected when
freight handlers desert their work. I
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" ""-'- ui""" uimer ana
eggs produced In the general neighbor-;
mum 01 .ew uira cuy 10 supply tne.
ie ., , ... . t
peopfc If the arge Western supplies are
denied us.
I he situation Is critical and
,lh( ntWS
Is not reassuring. I cannot
help fee'lng that It Is too bad to last."
The general manager of the United
Dressed Beef Company, which obtains
cattle from tho West und slaughters In
this district, agreed with the foregoing
opinions.-
'If the tleup develops at the present
rate the entire flow of livestock rireuen
meats and provisions will be cut oft from
the Atlantic coast," he said.
Several neighborhood retail meat mar
ket proprietors said that they have not
advanred pr'ces yet, but that they un
derstood an advance was to be ordered
by the wholesalers and 'distributers, pos
sibly $1 per 100 pounds, and that they
won d h ive to meet nhatwir rise was
pu' up to them
T' e out'ook in thr General freight sit
uation was equally disturbing to manu
facturers, merchants and exporters, with
the probability of strangulation of traffl;
looming In the news from many points
and with the report that embargoes upon
freight movements already have been de
clared at some places.
i hipped tous from Kansas are hold u-'r , ., , . k" , ,mmpalalc '
nt nnlnti erlnnln.i hv .1,11... , portatlon of strikebreakers from what-
Union Officers Hope to
Snbdne Outlaws Inside
of M1 Hours.
AltltKSTS TIIKEATEXED
Strike Breakers Will Bo
. Called if Howls' Ultima
turn Js Not Heeded.
CHICAGO BLOCKADE (5 HOWS
Whole Trouble Is Laid to the
Personal Grievunco of
One Man.
Hi a Staff Vorrcipnnrleut of Tan ti" aB
NKW VOIIK Htllil.K
CttiiACo, April 8. In spite of the
fact that the unauthorized strike of
switchmen and eiigliiemen which
started In Chicago has bpread to a
dozen other lurce railroad centres In
the middle West and in the East,
officials of the unions and the rail
ways affected declared that tho
trouble would soon he at an end. A.
V. Whitney, vice-president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, and S. K. Heherllwr, International-
president of the Switchmen's
Union of North America, the organi
zations from which the strikers have
seceded, predicted to-nlRht that tho
strike would he broken within the
next forty-eight hours.
"Famine will end the strike If the
men refuse to listen to reason," said
lleherllnir. "The men will he In the
bread lines hi two weeks If they do
not return to work.
"It would he possible under tho
terms of the transportation act to
arrest those who are responsible for
the sjriko for conspiracy, hut I do
not think that such drastic measures
will he necessary. But If the strike
continues much longer the public
will demand Government action and
prosecution of the 'piirtles- guilty of
having caused all of this RtiiTerinR.
The hest thing the trainmen can do
is tn return In wnrlt tn.ifnv "
' T1,e strlk situation in Chicago
snowed some Improvement to-day, the
last day which, the railroads had given
their men to return to work, but Mr.
Whitney said that the trafllc handled
was still less than 50 per cent, of
normal. More than a thousand mem
bers ot the brotherhood and of tho
switchmen's union from other parts of
the country have reached Chicago at
the request of their International offi
cers and have gone to work as striko
breakers.
More KiiRlnen Isod In Chicago.
The effect of this move was indl-
ll announcement made by
' "'ro rng.neo.
-jwero in operation to-day than at anjr
omer time sinco the strike tied up the
; switching district. Many of the labor
lnntlnrc lirtii'n.n. ..lnlt.i.. ...
-""v' "w'v.-vi, nrnueu viauny ue-
Pressed Over the rpnorts whlnh hrtH
como in from other
cities telling of
o spread of the strike as tho train
men and switchmen defied tho
authority of the international officers.
It Is not unlikely that Federal arbl
tratlon hf tho trouble will be at
tempted. Commissioner Bangor of tho
United States Board of Mediation of
the Department of Labor reached
Chicago to-day. He will make a hur
ried survey of the situation and will
submit a report to his chiefsvIn Wash
ington on tho feasibility of arbitra
tion.
The managers of the twenty-live rail
roads affected by the strike did' not seem
tn take much stock In the probable suc
cess of arbitration, however. They said
that they would give the brotherhoods at
ler.st another day In which to restorn
ncrrral conditions and compel their mem
b"rs to carry out their contracts, and If
tre unions fulled It was believed that tho
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, , u' tuu,"r' ul- coulu
I obtained.
Mnnlfealo AkhIiiM Striken.
W. G. I-e, president of the Brother
"w'
hood of Railway Trainmen, to-day sent
ou. manf,.tr,
BA-llchmep. '
against the strlklnr
. ..1 .1.. r r....t,.. .
...-in-i.il ij, in turn ui me iyi uiiienmoa
of Raln.av Training In all Important
termlna's throughout '.he country to-day
received telegrnmi as follows :
Vice-President Whitney and Kenernl
chairman of lines entering Chicago,
where the Brotherhood holds agree
ments, ore endeavoring to protect
nKiilnst the Illegal strike of rebel or
ganizations bended by Grunau. A
personal grievance of Grunau, leader
of the new organization, was tho
original cause of the strike of a few
switchmen, members of his organlza- '
tion in Chicago, Milwaukee nnd St. '
Paul yards. The question of In- "
creased pnv was later Injected for
the purpose of coining sympathy
with the new organl.ntlon.
Increase In wages cannot be ob- ,
talnr-d by 'illegal strike, nnd no com
promise or settlement can be ex
pected with committees representing
those on strike.
Grand Chief Stone of the engineer!
and President Carter of the firemen
arc cooperating with the Brother i
hood to the fullest extent to protect '
their agreements, nnd all will enforce
tho organization law against mem- J