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THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 1920.
the rlirlit of collective bargaining
fully iimured to ihem.
".". Tlmt the employees sliall !
sureil of trM OppOTl nliy to srlwt
ri'pri-Ni ntatlvcH of their own choice
to ileal directly with Ihu nuinagi'
Blunt. "Of course, seniority and other such
rrlvllcgra cannot be hedl open tor any
length of tlmo and, therefore. It In Im
perative If the men di'sire to return to
work on the above terms that they
should do no promptly."
When newd of Judgn Mayer's ntand
reached the meeting of tho strikers in
Brooklyn last night, petitions for his
Impeachment were circulated. Louis C,
1'rldlgsr, attorney for the, union, how-t-wr,
demanded that tlwse petitions be.
Tnkim to the platform, where, he tore
them up. Mr. FrtdifeT MM later at
hi" headquarter!) In the Continental
Hotel, In speaklnn of Judge Mayer's
stand: "To me It looks like the subter
fit;e usually employed by those bent
Open the destruction of an organiza
tion." Kridlger snld that the union had done
eveft lhlng that It could to effect a set
tlement of the strike nnd that the "other
side" was apparently more desirous of
breaking the union than of .nnm; for
the welfare of the public.
The first Intimation that Judge Mayer
Would Insist upon the elimination of the
Amalgamated Association was given late
In the day when the Mayor telephoned
I lilm on behalf of a group of officials
who were assembled In the City Hall in
an attempt to nettle the strike.
These nun had gathered early in ths
afternoon In conference with I'atrlck J.
Bhaa, vice president of the Amalga
mated; Louis Krldiger, Its attorney, and
John J. Keardon, of Worcester, Macs.,
the national organiser, find other offi
cials representing the three Brooklyn
locals of the union. They had threshed
cut the main points In controversy be
hind closed doors. It was the first time
that the ttovernor had participated In
any of tile discussions relating to the
B. It T. strike, and he was present on
Invitation of the Mayor.
Tho union heads laid before the city
officers a proposal to call the- strike ot'f
In event of the car and trainmen receiv
ing a promise of a 10 cent an hour In
crease, and the employes In the tne
. hanlcal and miscellaneous departments
receiving a promise of a 13 cent an
hour Increase. If granted, this would
hi; far In excess of the highest offer
made by Receiver Lindley M. Garrison
to the men before the strike, which was
for an approximate Increase of eight
per cent, on their present wages, or
ten per cent, over their wages of one
year ago. The demands made by the
union heads would amount to an in
crease of between fifteen and twenty per
cent., and wind go rar over wnm in
coneidered high water mark as (ar as
the company's finances are concerned.
Won't Ueal with I'nlon Lenders.
When Mayor Hylan called Judge
Mayer on the telephone to put this pro
posal to him It was with the full knowl
edge that Judge Mayer bad refused on
Tuesday to have any dealings with
either Kridlger or Rhea, and had said
that the men should return to work be
fore making proposals.
Ho had merely said : "I have a prop
osition to submit to you on behalf of
the Hrooltlyn liapid Transit Company
employees" when Judge Mayer stopped
him.
"Before you proceed any further," said
the Federal Judge, "I havo "Just two
question, that I would like to ask. One
It, does your proposal come from the
Aninlga-nnted Association of Street and
Electric Hallway Employees?"
"It does," said the Mayor.
"Ioes the Amalgamated Association
sanction this strike?" asked Judge
Mayer.
'I i done.' saM tlte Mavor.
Judge Mayer than Informed the Mayogj
th.u lie hnd been endeavoring ier-lrarn
from some authoritative source during
tile last few days whether the Amal- j
p.-urwted Association sanctioned the
' :rik", and that having learned It he I
Could only itate that he would enter Into
Ifcio negotiation! with It whaler. Thjeik
HI order lhat the Board of Ratlmate and
Apportionment might have formal not.fe
of Ills stand on these latest proposals he
mad" the following statement:
"If the Amalgamated sanctioned this
strike, as I am Informed by the Mayor,
I will not deal with them either directly
or Indirectly. That means that I cannc'
rive consideration to any proposal orig
inating with the Amalgamated even
tbouah transmitted to me by the Board
of Kstlmate nnd Apportionment. If.
however, the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment dtslree to know upon
what terms the strike may bo ended so
far as the court Is concerned. I will be
only too glad upon the written request
Of the Board of Estimate and Appor
tionment to stnte such terms in writing
Jf the so desire.
"I am of course always glad to see
the Governor, the Mayor and the Board,
but a personal visit will not chance the
determination which 1 have Just stated
over the telephone."
A ma lunina ted Offer Sent to Court.
After further discussion behind closed
doors the following letter was despatched
to Judge Mayer:
'Ah ubar JrooF:: On Thursday. Sep
tember 2. the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment, with the Governor pres-
ent by Invitation, met with the repre
sentatives of the Amalgamated Asso
ciation of Street Electrical Railway Em
ployees of America in an effort to stop
the strike on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
lines and allay the sufferings and dis
tress resulting therefrom. The Joint
board made an offer of settlement that
hi their opinion, would be entirely satis
factory to the men. and It is set forth
In the following, which is a copy of their
letter: '
"Nrw York, Sept. 2. 1920.
"Hon. John P. Hylan and Members of
the Hoard of Estimate and Apportion
ment :
"(IrNTi.Kmx As a result of the con
ference held with you this morning, the
Jolpt executive board which is made, up
of representatives of the three branches
of the railway service In the Borough
of Brooklyn, met and after a conference
nached the conclusion that If the men
were granted increases In pay o.er that
which they were receiving on the 2Sth
day of August, 1920, In the amounts in
dicated below, that this committee would
submit th" ssmc to the men and unan
imously re. i.. mend that such Increases
be accepted.
"Employees in the transportation de
partment of the subway and elevated and
urface lines, an Increase of 10 cents per
hour. ,
"Employees in the mechanical depaft
metn and the miscellaneous departments
connected therewith, an increase of 15
cents per hour.
"Your Instructions this morning wer-
that we should submit our minimum fig
ures, and those submitted above are in
accord with asid Instructions. Most re
spectfully yours,
"Lotrta Fridigct, Attorney,
"P. J. Shia, , .
"J. H. RgABOON."
"In view, however, of your statement
over the telephone that you would not
deal directly or Indirectly with the Amal
gamated Aaaortation, the rursuanco of
your own suggestion, the board desires
to ask upon what terms the strike may
be ended so far as yiur ourt is con
cerned. Very truly y.mrs.
"John F. Hvlas, Mayor.
For Board of Estimate and Apportion
ment" Slipping One Over On Jodae.
The Incorporation In this note of the
proposal signed by Kridlger. Shea nnd
others associated with the Amalgamated
was a palpable effort to slip before the
Judge's notice tho verv hjng that lie had
refused to hear over the telephone.
After It had been sent upon its way
repj tjrs who had been waiting for tho
end of the secret conference were called VITA TJfTOTIPll'C PI1DB
into the room, and O-Hmith acting J 1 0 1 lUlVlJ VUilD
an sposemimo. ui " - . 7
transpired. When he had finished UN
Mayor breathed heavily und sighed
"Amen."
The Governor was asked If he was
hopeful of a settlement of the strike,
nt ...,.. T it m borjeful." he replied.
but that Is all. We are all hopeful of fM)y Small BOWl Al"P Snuffptl
a settlement, but hope ann roomy are
RIOTOUS STRIKERS
2,000 JOIN STRIKE
ON BRITISH SHIPS
Out by Polien Who Club
Freely nnd Forcefully
Brooklyn Longshoremen Hoot
Enjrlnnd and Cheer for
MaeSwJney.
two separate things,
Some one asked the Mnyor. If he was
satisfied with tho way things were going,
and he entered Into on explanation re
gnrdliig the dlfferoneo between aatlifac-
. L . , ..i i ., .. ,, hinmir.
mi story ,o imtstriu. the point. I STA HBKD Y0CT1I MAY DIE BPBBAD8 T0 OT1IKB CITfES
It was apparent mm inn n-iirrrrmn-
lives of he Amalgamated were exceed
log wroth over the placing of the Judi
cial bun upon their organisation. These
men rjmJd It perfectly plain that the pro
posall which they had submitted hnd
not been ratified hy the membership of
their union, hut merely hy the executive
council. They said, however, Hint they
hsd no doubt that the members would
strove them If they could get official
sanction for tho Increases asked for.
Earlier In the day Receiver Garrison
Foliee Blagistratee Give Some
Workhouse Terms to Men
Who Act as Outlaws.
Striking employees of tho Brooklyn!
Ripld Transit t'ompany hurled stones
Coal Commission, signed by W. O.
Thompson nnd W. u t'onnell and ac.
espied by the 1'resldent of the Unltod
States, la far frnaji being satisfactory
to the anthracite nilno workers, and
des not measure up to an Intelligent,
fnlr or constructive basis for a Joint
agreement.
"The award Is economically unsound
In that It disturbs tho differentials and
provides for baslo agreement clauses
that straddle the real lasuos snd sets up
In lieu of clear cut decisions, decisions
that are Inconsistent, and not calculated
to do anything but cause confusion and
react against harmony and cooperation.
'The award on wages Is a sweeping
denial of the principle of the living
wage, and by no stretch of the imaglna
'in can It he wiled fair.
"he mine workers' representatives
contend and reiterate that they have
I rove.! their claims for much higher
wages I 'in hsNe been awarded liy the
majority nurt of the commission, and
submit tin. the record made by the
mine workers representatives before tho
commission nt -ranton will stand for
ever as evidence that tho commission did
Two thousand longshoremen employed not lll(,r finding on the ovldence,
on Brooklyt piers where British ships but rather was it based on the proposals
COX-GOMPERS PLOT
IS SEEN BY LABOR
Boston, Philadelphia and New
Orleans Take Strike Votes,
Leaders Announce.
JZ " stntVentVom the oTflce. of -ndrlck. and a., sorts of ml. at
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company , trolley cars and strike breakers yester-
that was of much tho same nature as
that given out by Judge Mayer, except
ing that he omitted reference to the
AmalgaimTted Association.
"Until the men come buck to work,"
he said, "tnere will be no Increase In
pac and no further discussion of the
subject. There will be time after the
return for negotiations on that point.
They are now outlaws and wo will not
d al with them."
Mr. Harrison charged the nun with
havtlfg broken every agreement they had
made, nnd hp Id that the company could
not ileal with Shea or l-'ldlger, both of
Whom, he atserted, "had violated their
trusts."
Engineers' Brotherhood I.ojnl.
The receiver also said he had been
sssured by members of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers and the Signal
and Towernien that they do not Intend
to Join In the strike. Members of this
brotherhood are now running elevated
and subway trains. Their union prides
Ifgelf nt on living up to the terms of lu
Contracts with employers, and they could
not cnii a sympathetic walkofh without pteM showed signs of conflicts with tin
day, hut the police, by dint of vigorous
rnpplgg upon breakable skulls, nulckly
broke up thn riots that tho strikers and
thilr sympathisers tried to tturt at every
point where the company endeavored to
restore service upon the Idle lines,
There were fully as many violent actlvl
tle.i during the day as there have been
00 any other day of the strike, but In
only one Instance did the trouble lake a
serious form. That was when a crowd
nt strikers attacked John Kline. 17 year
old. One of them stabbed tho boy in tho
throat with his knife and the lad is in
Kings County Hospital. Hi probably
will die.
A large delegation of ; "a rs called
yesterday upon Harry E Leu is, District
Attorney of Kings county, nnd com
plained that the police have been en
tirely too rough In their methods of
breaking up riots. Ty declared that a
man was almost sure to gel his skull
rapped If he tried to lilt a strike breaker
with a brick or shove a trolley car ort
the rail", ami they lold the District At
torney that nearly 4,000 men who ap
peared at their meellng Wednesday
breaking these contracts.
The night service on elevated lines
operating through cuts In South Brook
lyn nnd on the Coney Islnnd routes ha
been discontinued at the request of the
brotherhood because of the danger to
Hie lives of the motormen In driving
their trains through these places where
strikers may rain missiles on them from
above.
When Fridiger heard of Receiver Gar
rison's statement, lie said he had no
comment to make. "It would be ob
viously Improper for mo to discuss the,
matter," he said, "while the Mayor is
conducting negotiations."
James Sheridan, head of the surface
car men's IncaL, was less reserved. The
language he used about it Is unprint
able. Other representatives of the union
reserted the term "outlaws."
The company was far more successful
In Its operation of surface cars yester
day than on the preceding day, when It
first attempted to start them with strike
breakers In charge. It opened the day
at 7 o'i lock In the morning by starting
eighty trolleys, or flvo more than had
been put In operation at nny time
Wednesday. At the evering rush hour
there were 170 running on eight lines
and Itl elevated and subway trains run
ning on thirteen lines. They were much
better patronized than on the preceding
iiay, as the public had been inclined to
hang bad: at first in anticipation of
serious disturbances, but bad largely
OVCTCOtrsi Its fears.
The rush hour table of surface ser
vice showed te following number of cars
In operation upon the following lines:
Klatbush-Seventh, 20; Park slope. 20;
Platbuah avenue. 30; Oreene and Gates.
,2H ; Richmond Hill, 13: Putnam and
Hails' v, 30 ; Kulton street, 25. and on
tho Williamsburg Bridge line, 4.
The trains in onemtioh over the fol
lowing elevated and subway routes wera two more strikers, Salvatore At
Ml follows: Fulton street. 15; Ridge- an 1 Henry bchutts, inN1500 bail
wood, 10"; Lexington avenue. 10; Broad
way, 11 ; Oanarsle shuttle, 1 ; West End
police.
The strikers said that sometimes the
officers even attacked them without
provocation. The Police Department
mnde no reply to these charges, but sev
eral policemen who were questioned said
they didn't Intend to ask questions of a
man who was throwing bricks at them
or who was trying to destroy private
property.
Poller Courts llnve Ilusy Day.
In nearly every Brooklyn police court
yesterday the calendars wero crowded
with complaints growing out of ihe
strike, and embodying all manner of
charges fropi simple disorderly conduct
to felony. Magistrate Folwell in the
Fifth Avenue court, sentenced James
Travin of 4J Second street and James
Nolan of 809 I'nlon street to serve ten
days earh In the workhouse for refus
ing to obey policemen who ordered them
away from the vicinity of the car barns
Magistrate Folwell held in J30O bail
each the threo men who were arrested
on Wednesday night by Patrolman John
Kitzslmmons of the Fourth avenue sta
tion in a rlJt near the Fifty-eighth
street burns. They gave their names as
Lawrence Raley, Edward Nowack und
Edward Lewis, and all said that they
were striking conductors.
For attacking a butcher who had been
delivering food to strike breakers at Ihe
RtdftWOOd car barns Charles Slock and
Charles Satin, two mere trolley men.
were sentenced to pay fines of 10 each
or go to Jail for ten days. A striker
named Harry Oarl'ck was fined 125 for
calling a strike breaker strong names.
Charged with having hurled a brick
at a car. Nathan Wishkoff, a Striking
m it.irman, was held by City Magistrate
McCloskt y if. thy liates AjVgnue Court
In JL'.Ofj bail for examination on Sep
tember 7. Tho same Magistrate held
Abruizo
each
on a complain' charging tln-m with hav
ing thruwn milk bottles and stones at
arc docked, after hesitating since ttirly
afternoon, Joined the waterfront strike
last night, wllh hoots for England and
applause for Ireland and MarSwlney
The strikers met lust night at Veronica'
Hull, Barrow nnd Washington streets,
Manhattan. It was announced that the
dookmtn'l strike was sweeping the At
lantic and (lull ports and that British
shipping was boycotted. Francis Ryan,
chuirmun of the meeting, read telegrams
from lloston, Philadelphia, New Orleans,
.Newport News, (ialveston, St. Louis and
other cities announcing results of strike
votes.
"Iahor throughout the world will re
fu'e to load British ships," shouted
j Ryan, amid tremendous yelling.
The longshoremen were addressed by
PatfloV Mcdovern, Helen O'Reilly, one
of Ihe pickets at the British Consulate,
and Dr. Gertrude B. Kelly. ICoOorem
raid he wanted ijngland't head "bowed
on the altar of labor." and aroused np
ilnu e. Miss O'Hollly concluded her
pooch by offering a prayer for Mac
Swlnoy, 1 There wu no communication of the
j ItTOoklyn strikers with thoc of Man
! l-aUnn, but It was said the strike will
,, prosecuted Independently. About
; noo Brooklyn dockmen refused to quit,
it was said.
The Executive Hoard of the Atlantic
division, Internutiunal Longshoremen'a
Association, after a conference at tho
Marlborough Hotel, issued an appeal to
the men to return to work, staling that
the union would be disgraced by the
breaking of the working agreement,
which doea not expire until October 1.
The bend criticised severely Individual's
"acknowledged to lie Intellectual" who
used longshoremen as their tools In the
SOOOmplifhnMQt of political ends.
TWO YEAR CONTRACT
SIGNED BY MINERS
Continued from First I'agt.
days
IS; Brighton, 22 ; Fourth avenue, 13; -':tes acnuo car.
Culver l?- Rev Ridire Hrlehton- A workhouse sentence of ten
Franklin, 13; Jamaica-Chambers street, was Imposed upon Albert Nnthannon of
17: Ridxewood-Chambers street. 9. 157 Dumont avenue for using abusive
Tho schedule of operation for to-day I language
(alls for Ihe opening of twelve lines that I cars
to men operating surface
hav" been tied up since the declaration
i f the strike. The lines to be operated
and the number of cars which the com
pany plans to run over them are as fol
lows : Flatbush-Scventh, 20 ; Park Slope
10 : Fulton street, 25
Hates. 80; Richmond H
nnd Halsey, 30; Williamsburg Bridge,
! ; De Kalb avenue, 30 ; Bergen street,
20 ; Rroadway. 20 ; Nostrand avenue,
20; Sumner avenue, 15; Jamaica ave
i.ue. 16 ; Brooklyn Bridge locals, 4 : Van
t'erbilt uvenue. 20 ; Myrtle avenue, 20 ;
Held avenue, 20 ; Sixty-fifth street and
Hamilton avenue, S ; Sixty-fifth street
;.nd Bay Ridge. 14.
Itreiills Tunnel Car Wreck.
ENRICHT GIVES JURY
VIEWS ON TRAFFIC
Says
He Needs 1,000 More
Policemen.
For shouting "Remember the Mal
hone street wreck!" Richard W. Butler
of 108 L'tlca avenue was arraigned be-
Crecne and j foro Magistrate Dodd and paroled for
20; Putnam 1 examination this morning.
A man numea josepn i.ampior.e, Hav
ing nothing whatever to do with the
operation of street cars and knowing
nothing about the causes of tho strike,
Just had to get himself Into trouble
with the police, so he entered Into an
argument with a patrolman who was
guarding the rear platform of a Flat
bush avenue car. The officer asserts
that in the course of the row, Camplone
tried to attack the conductor who was
standing on the platform with him, nnd
that he kicked the policeman in the
shins. When arraigned In tho Flathmi
Court Camplone said he was a theatro
tickot speculator of 385 Warren street,
Brooklyn. He was held In S500 bull.
It was reported that the first cars
leaving the East New York barns yes
terday morning were stoned, but no
damage done, and that it was found
necessary to draw the police lines
about these barns for quite a distance.
There were Innumerable arrests In cases
whero persons cussed out the strike
breakers or shouted "senbs !" at them.
In general the company officials and
Commissioner Richard E. Er.right was
I witness ticfore the additional Grand
Jury yesterday to tell what the Police
I. cpartment was doing to check the
number of street accidents, which is now
i n .' ,i ... . , tJ. h gin.
. a ,v , . , u. EV..I-W. I th police feel that the fighting spirit
ai. . .i Iim..VL- .i,r. Vf i I I" dying nut of the more belligerent
,is. ussed the s HUM ion with Moses I . Mril(r(,R Tn Mtavt that the majority
mid Said the first remedy was to pro
vide additional traffic patro'men.
He said ho had made application
an Increase of 1,000 men to the Police j 0f the police,
neparimem, ann. mar ir me request wai,
granted lie would asclgn 4)0 of ti e men
to the traffic squad.
Seventy-eight per rent, of the traffic
accidents arc due to carelessness of the
edestrlans, said the Commissioner. It
as suggested that he mtght favor an
ordinance forbidding crossing at any
other points than street corners, but the
Commissioner ahook his head and said
It would be of no use and that people
simply would not obey It
of tho men do not countenance vlo
1 lence, and that these acts are committed
1 by a small group, the spirit of which
'or 1 has largely been broken by the work
BREWERY FIRE CALLS
POLICE RESERVES
Strikebreakers at Ridgewood
Barns in Peril.
Two hundred police reserves ordered
to a fire that destroyed a three storv
He ohjected to the width of many of h nf ... . A zpr-.irw. t Mvrtlo
tno sightseeing bus nnd said the regu- arKl wnioughby avenues, Brooklyn, last
lations fixing the size of cars allowed nRi,t, entertained grave fears for a
in the streets ought to rest with the timc for the faMy 0 500 B. R. T.
lollcc Department. Scotland Yard : tfrlkebreakers who were housed under
supervises motor vehicle licenses in Lon-1 RU;lrrt )n tj, pidcewood car barns, di
don, said the Commissioner. I r(.,-tiy adjoining.
Mr. Enrkeht said traffic seemed to bt Word of the fire spread rapidly among
growing hopelessly great and that no tne striking B. R. T. employees, and
one could be blamed for existing con- tn(.y carne hurrying from the Labor
ditlons. but more subways, viaducts, Lyceum and other centres. There was
arcades and new traffic streets were no suspicion by either the police or fire
much needed. Commissioner Enrlght officials that the fire was started be-
was before the Grand Jury for an hour, cause of the transit strike, but Its prox
after which adjournment was
until later In the month.
taken
51 FRAME BUILDINGS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Old Columbia Base Hospital
No. 1 Now in Ruins.
Imlty to the car barns brought every
reserve in that part of the city.
The police have been giving full pro
tection to the strikebreakers. A con-
1 slant patrol has been maintained out
side the barns for a considerable dis
tance, and a number of hot fights with
strikers have taken place. The Rtdge-e-ood
barns are the terminus for six
surface car littes. nnd since the con
version of tho second floor of the build
ing into a ward for strikebreakers pre-
Flfty one-story frame buildings nt ""222 T.J1!? JSS
. if the flames Ignited the car barns the
Balnbridge avenue and Gun Hill road, strikebreakers would be forced out on
Tho Bronx, which formerly made up tne trfet. an,j u pitched battle would
Columbia Base Hospital No. 1 and take p,ce.
housed wounded soldiers during the war Nothing happened, however. The fire
and afterward, were destroyed last destroyed the brewery, and malt grains,
night by fire. washed nut bv the hose, raised a reml-
TWO alarms were sent out. hut there nljcent odor. But ihe car. barns escaped.
was little chance to save any of Ihe The strikers were kept in order, and
little wooden structures, which were so aft(.r a while even the raseiva went
dry that they bucd almost In a flash, jhome.
test by the repreientatives of the miners,
whose scaje committee will meet here to
morrow for tho purpose of asking that
the wage agreement be reopened and the
mine workers given such further in
reases as was done In the case of tho
bituminous coal diggers.
The seals committee went' on record
I III a statement to the operators that ths
! award of the commission was "far from
being satisfactory, that it was eco
nomically unsound, disturbed the dif
ferentials, straddled the real Issues,
would cause confusion and react agalnrt
harmony and cooperation.
The miners were prepared to present
now demands at once, but.lt Is under
stood the operutors let It be known
they were there for one purposo and
that was to accept tho award as ap
proved by President Wilson, and that If
the workers had anything further to
eommunlento It would have to go
through regulnr channels, as tho mine
owners' committee felt t'.iey hnd no au
thority to receive, new demands.
It was said the miners' scale com
mute might decide to-morrow to com
municate directly with President Wilson,
requesting him to have the wage agree
ment rtopened.
One thing agreed to which was not a
part of the award and which caused a
long discussion was the matter of grace
to be given the operators to pay the
back wages due the men under the retro
active terms of the award. The miners
Insisted upon a thirty days' limit and
the operators aked that they be, given
sixty days because of the tremendous
task of figuring out the Increases on
hundreds of thousands of Individual pay
statements covering ten pay days since
April 1.
Back Pay In Forty-Itve Days.
A compromise finally was reached
providing that the back pay Is to be
turned over to the workers on or be
fore October 1G, or forty-five days.
Coal operators to-night said they were
Inclined to believe certain union leaden
were aot averse to the men falling to
report for work, and In support of this
belief pointed out that in places where
the men are 100 per cent, organized and
the union has a complete control no ef
fort has been mnde to keep the men at
work.
Whether the situation with regard to
IticreaScd ccal production will rapidly
improve now that the award has been
Signed. after six months of negotiation
nnd arbitration no one would predict,
bvt It was felt In some quarters that
men, eager to receive the back pay will
return to work and that after LaVxtr Dny
tlure will be a general resumption of
mining.
It was said the operators generally
wero not unanimous to have their scale
committee sign the awnrd In the face
of fhc suspension of mining, feeling that
sonio assurance should be in evidence
that the men would retunl to work and
abide by the agreement, hi the Schuyl
kill region. It was said, pump runners
quit their places, endangering the mines
from flooding.
A, complication in the present situa
tion is the action of so-called insurgent
I mine workers in adopting resolutions to
: strike. -This action, it is Said, Is an out
growth of the last ejection for district
! president of the miners' union In the
1 Scranton-WIIkesbarre region. The lac
. Hon that lost has taken the election Into
j court and has been opposing the policies
I of the miners' regular organization. Phil
Murrayjiintornational vice-president of
the United Mine Workers, Is on tjie
ground nnd participated to-day In the
signing of the new wage agreement.
He Is in touch with the situation and
may make a report to the national tody
I with a view of clearing up the differ
ences within the organization in the dis
trict Terms of IVage Award,
I'nder the award accepted to-day con
tract miners will receive an Increase in
pay of 17 per cent., men employed by
the day. known an company men, 20
tr cent., nnd certain other unskilled
labor 2oT per cent.
I It was said to-night the miners dnsjre
an additional Increase of 15 per cent,
for the contract miners, nnd that the
ccmpany men should receive a further
advance of 12 a day. Other demands
' will nlso be made, it was said, so as
to bring conditions and wages In the
anthracite field on a par with ihoso
In the bituminous regions.
J, The statement drawn up by th scale
committee in llazelton ami read to the
operators as their protest against the
award Is as follows:
"The majority award of the Anthracite
of a mediator, which proposals wero not
part nf the submission, and never wero
Intended tu be purl of the record.
Will Not Brlna; Feaee;
"The resentment on the part of the
anthracite mine workers ngalnsl tho
majority award Is proof In Itself that
the award cannot bring lljat peace and
harmony which Is desirable
'The minority report submitted by
Mr. Nenl ,T. Ferry, the mine workers'
representative, echoes sincerity nnd sets
fi rth In the language of real Industrial
statesmanship and common sense logic
I true exposition of what tho majority
award should havo been, were It based
on thn evidence and upon Justice.
"Tho Joint convention of Districts
Nos. 1. 7 and 9 of the United Mine
Workers of America, held In the- city
of WllkCsbnrre May 24 to 37. Inclusive,
decided by unanimous vote to reject the
offer of the operators as made through
the Secretary of Labor.
"The present award of the majority
of the commission practically reaffirms
the offer that was rejected, except that
lr Ihe matter of wage awards certain of
the low paid men have secured somo
Improvement,
"However, this convention after re
jecting the wage offer as made through
'ho Secrlary of Labor, gave considera
tion to the proposition offered by the
President of the United States for the
appointment of a commission to hear
and ijei lda on thn points at Issue be
tween the anthracite mine workers und
the operators, and nfter discussion the
conventon had no other alternative but
to accept tho proposition offered by the
President, and the matters at Issue ac
cordingly were referred to said com
mission. Ihe majority report of such
commission being accepted by the Pres
ident. Tlie convention clearly under
stood that the award of the commission
was to he tho busts for the new agree
ment, and In honor t1- United Mine
Workers of America oh a labor, organ
isation, fully conscious of their obliga
tions, is In duty bound to carry out the
actions and understanding of the con
volition In having the majority award
become the basis of the working agree
ment. .
The scale committee of the United
Mine Workers of America has no other
alternutlve but to honorably carry out
tho mandutes of tho conventon and
subscribe to th award notwithstanding
that the award Is protosted as being
unfair, a denial of Justice and a denial
of the principle of the living wage."
BRITISH MINERS
VOTE TO STRIKE
No Sign of Compromise on
Either Side.
FIST FIGHTS MARK
BOSTON PIER STRIKE
Pickets Active Among Irish
Sympathizers at Docks.
Boston, Sept. 2. About 300 longshore
men and 100 railroad freight handlers
were on strike late to-day as an out
growth of tho efforts of pickets to pre
vent work on British steamers at Bos
ton piers. In sympathy with Ireland.
The men ho struck on Tuesday at
the Hoosac tunnel docks in the Charles
ton district, whero the Nltonlun wus
loading for London, were Joined during
at he day by men who had been working
on the Caledonian at tne ,i-yianu lane
pier and the Anglo-Mexican at the Cu
nard pier, both in East Boston.
Four gangs of men were recruited to
take the placea of strikers on the Cunard
pier, but their progress to the pfers was
interrupted by fist fights with strike
sympathizers and only half of them
reached their destination.
It was announced that the Nltonlan
was practically loaded and would sail
to-morrow
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London, Sept. 2. With only a half
hour discussion, tho miners' delegates
tp-day unanimously derided to Issue
strike notices. To-night there Is no
sign of either side in the dispute mak
ing an npproach to the other. The
Government appears confident that It
has the nation at Its back.
The miners, on the other hand, are
pushing to the forcf ont their demand
that the Givernment rescind Its recent
Increase of 14 shillings a ton In the
price of domestic coal, hoping thereby
to enlist public favor.
So far as mediation Is concerned, it
Is believed nothing will be done until
Premier Lloyd George returns to Lon
don. Much strong feeling has been provoked
by the proposal made by the National
Union of Manufacturers for a national
lockout In the event of the miners
striking. The proposal Is generally op
posed, as calculated not only to inflict
hardship on innocent workers, but to
bring about a bitter fight between cap
ital nnd labor.
William c Adamson, cbalrmsn of the
Iibor party In the House of Commons,
gives his opinion in the Evening HWI
to-day that there are no prospects of
mediation. The country, he declared.
faced a big strike and should get ahead ,
a supply of coal.
Attempt to Rwlnjf Oririuilza
tion to DcmocriitB De
nounced by Loader.
POTTS HEADS A REVOLT
Vice-President of Carpcnlrrs
Broherhood Says Stand Is
'Absurdly Unfair.1
Asserting that labor could not be
swung Into ths Cox camp by "camou
flaged Democrats," John Potts, vlco
president of the International. Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners, revolted
yesterday against tho effort of Samuel
Gomitem, president of the American
Fi di l ution of Uibor, to swing organised
labor to the support of tho Democratic
Presidential tlcke
Mr. Potts branded the Oompers state
ment as "absurdly unfair" and then
said ;
"In lauding the Democratic platform
and the Democratic nominee he Is prov
ing what many of us have long sus
pected that his so-called 'non-partisan'
campaign committee is merely a tall to
the kite of the Democratic party. His
analysts of the Republican pMltforin
bristles with his misstatements. lie Al
leges (hat the Democratic party platform
Is far more favorable to labor. But
where? Let us rite the clauses.
"He Indicts tho Republican platform
for 'denying the right to strike against
the Government.' But what does the;
Democratic platform state on the same
subjoat'.' Iwlth regard to Government ser
vlct wo hold distinctly that the rights of
Hie people are paramount to the right
to strike.' There Is here only a dlffer
mce In wording: he substance Is Identi
cal with the Republican platform, but
Mr. Compere Invelglui against the one
and accents Ihe other.
There was received at Republican
headuuartera yesterday n Minneapolis
paper carrying un udvellsement paid
for by Thomas Willing Hicks, president
of the Scientific Farming Machine Com
pany, In which ho lampoons the mythical
IHn 000, 000 fund "discovered" hy Gov
Cox, and protests against "being further
Ignored bv the commltlsu which air
Cox says Is collecting lltfO.OVO of this
sum In Minneapolis.
"If it take that much money (lit.-
to ovcronme the entrefiched-
offcslioldar-hureaucratlo - Wllsnnian- Ha.
krr-llurlnaon-porsonnl domination of the
affairs of the great American Govern
ment," Mr. Nloks adds, "then so let II
be; lets all get together and raise tho
necessary amount."
it. publican leaders here see In the
attempt of tho Democratic leaders to
make people believe that the book on
Republicanism published hy the Albany
1:1 Mini Journal waa Intended as a
means of gathering money for the cam
paign a plain Indication that a des
perate effort Is being made to cover up
the retreat from tho exploded IH.OOn..
000 fund charges of Gov. Cox. Former
Senator John W. Weeks said Bt head-
quartirs yeotsrday that It was silly' tn
think that any one would believe such
a wild story.
CANADA GETS COAL
AS OHIO SUFFERS
Protests tin Shipments Heard
by Commerce Board.
CLswaLANn, Sept. 2 Thousands of
tons of coal are going Into Canada while
Northern Ohio faces a shortsge, it wns
charged to-day at the conference of rep
resentatives of several Ohio cities, the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
coal and railroad officials, who WON
considering 0 plan tq modify prder No.
VtiBiu Interstate Commerce Commission,
wTIirh gives priority to iu-ko shipments
of conl.
Representatives of Ohio cities sought
to have the order modlflud so they couM
obtslr m of" the coal shipped to the
heads .f the lakes. They also charged
that coal Is bolng shipped into Detroit
and other nearby cities by wnter, n con
dition Which was not contemplated m
the Commerce Commission's order.
HELP RUSHED TO S-5
AT BOTTOM OF SEA
' .01(11111. ,1 from First foss.
set It Is presumod that the Rlgchlntn
for changing thn air In Ihe vessel
damaged In the accident that . , ... (j
hr to submerge, as under ordlnar . h .
cumstances, If the machinery is work.
Ing proporly, a vessel nf the type of ti1(1
S-i can slay under water for several
days without Injury to her crew, ethsi
than tneotivenlenoa.
The naval authorities announced earh
this morning that the repair ship Bridge.
port, ths destroyer Mc;Dougall and th
Algerna, a seagoing tug, had boon --nt
to the aid of the destroyer from , ,
York harbor shortly before 11 o'clock
last night. Similar vessels havo been
sent from other points along the At
lantlc coast. . Tho Bridgeport carried
apparatus- for raising ths uhtn.uln,
and for cutting through her hull an th
Imprisoned crew could bo release, 1
According lo the August naval d.
rectory the commander of the s ;, 1.
Lieutenant-Commander 0, M. Cooke, Jr
Tho directory also glvos the other
officers as Lieutenant (Junior grade) fj
F. Orlsham, and ISnsIgn J. B. Ingstsff
Information received . from the ngW
yards, however, ststtd that she hud but
two officers aboard. The 8-li was built
at ths Fore Mlver yards of the Bethl.
hem Shipbuilding Corporation at
Qulnoyi Mass., and Is of tho latest typo
' The accident to the S-6 recalls the db
aster in Honolulu harbor on MarOi IS
1915, when tho F-4 submerged two mlh.
out of Honolulu harbor and did not rise
ngaln. For five months tugs and Wreck
ing crtWI worked In the vicinity in vale
efforts to raise the sunken submarlm
Hhe was finally towod ashore In two
pieces August 29. In tho course of tin
first -efforts to raise ner Diver Agra
went down 244 feet, establishing a re.
nrd In deep sea diving. Lieut. Alfred 1.
Edc, commanding, and twenty-five men
were lost on the F-4.
Canal Traffic Hoeord Hrobca.
Panama, Sept 2. All traffic recon!
since Ihe opening of the Panama Canal
were broken during the month of Am
gust. Threo hundred ships passed
through the waterway, tho tolls aggre
gating 1936, 20.
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