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VOL. LXXXVH.NO. 20.
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1919. copvrwt, m. v printing ant rvbiumt Association.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
U. 5. S7Z, CORPORA TION TO CLOSE PLANTS IF MEN STRIKE;
WALKOUTS BEGIN IN PITTSBURG, MAKING THOUSANDS IDLE;
HYLAN ORDERS ALL A. F. OF L. AGITATORS OFF CITY PAY ROLL
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MESSENGER BOY
AND $140,000 IN
BONDS MISSING
Youth of 17 Leaves Com
rade in Hallway and Dis
appears With Securities.
EMPLOYED BUT 8 MONTHS
Total of $750,000 in Liberty
Issues Stolon in Liko Man
ner Sinco March.
Liberty bonds worth $140,000 dropped
nut of circulation yesterday while In
process ot transfer from a banking
firm to a broker, and the police added
another boy messenger to the Hat of
irlsrlng persona. The loss brings the
total of Liberty bonds alone that have
disappeared from the financial district
in she months to $750,000, in tho esti
mate of one of tho ofllclals of one of
tlit bonding companies upon which tho
burden largely falls.
Leo Julofsky, 17, disappeared yes
terday afternoon while carrying $140,
000 in bonds, all Liberties of tho fourth
loan and the property of E. D. Levin
con & Co. of 52 Broadway, Tho youth
had been carrying securities around In
the financial district for only three
months, and during this time there has
been a series of disappearances of mes
seccers bearing valuable negotiable
bonds. Ills home is in 1391 Madison
aenue
Julofsky, with another boy employed
by Levlnson & Co., started out at 1:10
o'clock yesterday afternoon with $400,000
In bonds tied up In separate packages,
all ot which were carried In a leather
satchel. The two boys were maklns a
regular "round," .They stopped at sev
ers! brokerage hoUsaS 'and delivered
bonds and then started for the firm of
Maborn & Co., 4C Wall street, for whom
tl-y had a total of $330,000 In Liberty
bond.
Disappear tn Itnlltray.
In passing through the hall of the
United States Steel Corporation build
In;, at 71 Broadway, Julofsky, who bad
teen carrying tho satchel, requested his
companion to hold It while ho walked
doivn the halL The other young man
took tho bag. Julofsky disappeared.
Ills companion waited for some time and
then went on and made the delivery to
Maborn & Co.
When the bonds were turned over to
that Arm It was discovered ..that Instead
of $330,000 In Liberty bonds they had
but $190,000, or $140,000 less than they
ihould have received. They Immediately
notified Levlnson & Co., who questioned
Julofaky's companlan, learned the facts
and at once notifled the National Surety
Compay and the police.
The missing youth Is described as of
Jewish appearance, with dark brown
hair and brown eyes. He wore a brown
suit, a soft felt hat, black shoes and a
ihlrt with a low collar.
The National Surety Company had In
oured Levlnson & Co. against loss by
theft. Ofllclals of that company refused
to discuss the case. Levlnson & Co. and
the police were also reticent. The name
of the messenger who accompanied Ju
lofsky was withheld.
It was said yesterday In the financial
district that tho practice of banks and
brokers In entrusting securities of great
value to messengers whose lack of years
might be regarded as sufficient to cast
doubt upon their responsibility Is due
to the custom In regard to Insurance
policies. The surety companies Issue
blanket policies Insuring the holder
against loss by theft up to a specified
amount, usually $100,000 or $200,000.
Tho holder of this kind of policy Is pro
tected against all his employees and la
not as particular about the reliability
of Individuals as he otherwise might be.
Inquiries Often Casual,
The surety companies undertake to
Investigate the character of the em
ployees of their policy holders, but in tho
os of large firms with many em
ployees and frequent changes In the
personnel these Investigations are fre
quently of a casual kind.
Among the firms that lost bonds
through the disappearance of messengers
recently were Hlchard Whitney A Co..
Wl.000; L. M. Prince 4 Co.. $50,000!
HenfeM & Stem. $39,000! Simmons &
Blade, $4C,O0Oi McClure, Jones & need,
1100.000; Strong & Sturgts. $52,000!
Buecthwayer & Conn. J3J.O0O.
There have been numerous thefts of
bonds in smaller sums. The records of
Tni Son report thirty-three such cases
nee January 1.
Following tho disappearance of the
m.OOO In bonds of Whitney & Co.
Benjamin Benkowlts. the messenger for
whom the police were searching, was
found dead In a woods near New Haven.
H had been murdered.
Harry J. Mlllhand, a $18 a week mea
jnter who disappeared with the bonds
of Simmons ft Slade, was arrested two
weeks later at Saratoga, where he was
Mending the race meeting. He pleaded
Wlty on being arraigned here.
GIRL, 16, ROBS FIFTY
FLATS IN 3 MONTHS
USfiOO Silk Theft Frustrated
by Police.
These are the principal points in the
Cspartment of crime ot to-day's papers :
A Policeman yesterday frustrated the
Qft by four men of sflk thread worth
Churchill Rides in Ford,
Economy Wave Victim
Sptciat Cail DepaicA to Tna Bvrt.
Cowripht, Wi, all rtthtt rttervtd.
JJONDON, Sept. 19. Tho cam
paign for economy in Great
Britain has forced Winston
Churchill, Secretary of War, to
give up his Rolls-Royce automo
bile, which last week sold at auc
tion for $16,000. Visitors in
Downing street this morning were
astonished to see the War Secre
tary lounging in the rear seat of
a Ford, his large frame occupy
ing the greater part of his new
vehicle.
When tho little car stopped he
crowded with some difficulty
through the .side door, and then
turning' glanded ruefully, almost
scornfully, at the machine which
has replaced his costly car.
WILSON QUOTES
COL. ROOSEVELT
Attempts to Show That
Ex-President Approved
League Idea.
CITES A SPEECH OF 1914
Also Tells 40,000 in San Diego
That Senator Lodge Has
Changed View.
Bf a Staff Correspondent of Ths Son.
San Diego, Cal., Sept. 19. In the
extremity of his right to impose his
will upon the Senate President Wilson
now calls to hia support the voice of
a man no longer ablo to speak for
himself. In this city to-day, before
an audience of 40,000, he deftly inter
jected into his pica for an unqualified
league a statement by Theodora Roose
velt In October, 1914, ao deftly and
subtly aa to give the impression that
Col. Roosevelt favored when alive
and would favor to-day such a League
of Nations as ho (Mr. Wilson) would
compel.
Ho insinuated a statement ma do by
Col. Roosevelt, almost five years ago,
a general recommendation for world
peace, to support his private and par
ticular demand. It was left for the
immense gathering in tho San Diego
Stadium to assume that the powerful
Influence of Col. Roosevelt would bo
found to-day in support of the Wilson
League of Nations rather than in sup
port of the Senate fight for a league
with reservations to protect America.
"The one potent move to obtain peace,"
he quoted Colonel Roosevelt as saying in
October, 1914, "is by an agreement
among the great Powers, and to pledgj
themselves to abide by their decision,
to exert their forces for peace and
righteousness." And he added, with
something of an air of triumph :
"A very worthy utterance ; I am glad
to align myself with such utterances."
Ills Audience Amased.
For tho first time since he set out
to stir publlo opinion to club the Senate
Into unqualified acceptance of thj
league, the President ventured to sum
mon to his aid the principles of the
man who consistently spoke for Amer
icanism and against any "form of use
less International entanglement, and the
quotation with what It was designed by
a skilful orator to imply was heard by
many persons In utter amazment.
Just before he recalled the voice ot
Col. Roosevelt, he sought to quote
Senator Lodge (Mass.) against his
(Lodge's) present position, asserting
that in 1916, "this Senator, at a banquet
at which I myself was present, guv
the view that George Washington did
not mean to soy that the United States
should refuse to join with the other
nations of the world In securing peace.
He utilized the distant voices of the
quick and the dead to bolster his par
ticular and special cause, and with sucii
art and Insinuation as could not fall
to make some impression upon his audi
ence. It was an audience largely composeJ
of women and children, a vast assem
blage crowded Into one of the grcntest
open air theatres In tho world, the
stadium of tills sunny city of southern
most California, an audience very evi
dently summoned by the eager Interest
ot the people tn the unparalleled epeo
tacle of the appearance of the President
of the United States.
Mearaphonea Carry Voice.
To visualise for Eastern readers the
President's audience to-day It will be
necessary to' recall the lively and colorful
picture of the Yale Bowl or toe Har
vard Stadium, crowded for a football
game, people rising tier on tier, the
furthest removed so distant. Indeed, that
their features could be discerned only
through field glasses. Had not the
President taken, advantage ot a sound
transmission device which received,
magnified and convoyed his voice to
very part of tho Immense stadium.
It would have' been Impossible for him
to have made himself heard by more
than a few thousand standing In a small
glass enclosed pavilion at the northern
end of the stadium. He lifted his voice
Into a pair of megaphones attached to
electric wires, the sound was traasmlt
ted to another pair of megaphones
placed upon the roof of the pavMlou and
to4eMfMCS4$ MS- JrfSL
JOHNSON'S TOUR
ENDED; TO FIGHT
PACT IN SENATE
Treaty's Foes Gratified hy
Tidal Wave Ho Stirred
Up Against League.
SENATORS AEE SANGUINE
Popper Presents Petition of
6,000 Soldiers Demanding
Rejection of Compacts.
Duttrrii, Sept. 19. Senator Hiram
W. Johnson (Cal.) announced to-night
that ho had abandoned his proposed
trip to tho Pacific coast to answer
President Wilson's speeches on the
League of Nations. Ho will speak at
St, Paul and Minneapolis to-morrow
and leave for Washington, D. C, Bun
day. "I am greatly disappointed because
I am unable to go to the Pacific coast,
but I have decided that my presence
is urgently needed at Washington next
week," said the Senator. "I want to
be in the Senato when my amendment
to the league covenant abolishing the
preponderance of Oreat Britain's vot
ing power in the assembly ot the
league comes up for consideration. I
will answer President Wilson's
speeches on the Pacific coast In an ad
dress which I will issue to the people
of California.-
Special Despatch to Ta 8dn.
Washington, Sept. 19. The decision
ot Senator Johnson (Cal.) to return to
the capital to participate In the Senate
deliberations over the peace treaty was
received here to-night after Senator
Lodge (Mass.) chairman of the Foreign
Relations Committee and leader of the
forces opposed to the treaty, and Senator
Knot (Pa.) had sent to the Callfornlan'
a telegram aflvlslngr him that' tils pres
ence here was not necessary In the treaty
fight. The opinion was held to-night
that the final decision was left to Sen
ator Johnson by Senators Lodge and
Knox and that he followed his personal
wishes.
In fact Senators Lodge and Knox are
willing to have Senator Johnson con
tinue his trip to the Pacific coast, since
his speeches thus far have been producing
a veritable tidal wave of reaction against
the treaty. The leaders of the treaty
opposition believed that Senator John
son was accomplishing more good by
his addresses than he would be able to
do on the Senate floor. '
Senator Johnson Is the author ot the
first amendment to the League of Na
tions covenant, and when he left Wash
ington It was with the distinct under
standing that he wished to come back
and take part In the Senate's considera
tion of It. He was prepared to cut his
trip short at any time and evidently It
was the desire to be heard on his own
amendment that prompted the decision
reached by him in Duluth to-night
Advised to Continue Trip.
Sinco his departure from the capital
Senator Johnson has been In constant
communication with some of his col
leagues and yesterday the report that
he had been recalled gained circulation.
Today It was explained that develop
ments In the situation did not neces-j
snare tne recall oi ine muiornun ana
tbe telegram' to continue the trip was
sent to him.
It la not definitely settled when
the Johnson) amendment, which provides
that the United States shall have as
many votes in the League ot Nations
assembly as are accorded to tbe British
Empire, will be reached. Senator John-)
son, it was explained today, Is paired
with Senator Martin (Va.) on all votes
ot. the treaty except final passage, so
ho will be unable to vote on his own
amendment.
Some of the reports ot Johnson's
"recall" implied that tne opposition was
in a state bordering on panic lest a
vote should be forced In his absence on
his amendment. The contrary la the
fact. It became known to-day that the
entire body of Republicans a majority
ot two in tho Senate was ready to stand
together in opposition to an effort to
force a vote on this amendment In Sen
ator Johnson's absence. Not only this,
but several Democrats have declared
that they would not support an effort to
take snap judgment.
Democrats, assuming that Senator
back to Washington, were disposed to
assume that it Indicated a weakening
of Republican confidence Some, too.
Insinuated strongly that Senator John
son was getting too popular In tho
West and that political opponents In his
own party wanted him called In before
he gained too much popular backing.
Wish There Were More Johnsons.
These stories are aa wide as possible
of the truth, for the sentiment that
Senator Johnson has "been stirring up.
against the treaty Is precisely what the
Republican leadership wants developed.
If there were a dozen men who could be
spared to carry on the same effective
sort of work they would have the bless
ings ot the management ot the job In
Washington.
The extent to which publlo opinion Is
turn Ins against the treaty was outlined ,
to-day by Cleorge Wharton Pepper of
Philadelphia, head of the League for the ,
preservation ot ..vnentun juacpenaence.
He came to town armed with a petition
of 5,000 soldiers of the American Expe
ditionary Force, asking that the trenty
as well as the league be rejected. The
signers are substantially all Pennsylva
nlans, and Mr. Pepper declared that sen
timent is now practically solid against
the league and strongly In avor ot re
jection of the treaty.'
"Senator Borah was right," said Mr.
MAYOR HITS AT
NEWLY FORMED
WAGE COUNCIL
HI. E. A. Hastens to Dis
claim Any Intention to
Join Union.
BUT FRAMES DEMANDS
Increases From 10 to 35 P. C,
It Is Boportcd, Will Bo
Asked in 1920.
Mayor Ilylan directed his depart
mental heads yesterday to drop from
the city's payroll on January 1 em
ployees "who spend more time agitat
ing and making trouble than they do
rendering service for which Uiq city
rays them." He was hitting princi
pally at tho participants in a meeting
Thursday night in 6 Beekman street
whose object was the formation of a
central council representing groups af
filiated with the American Federation
of Labor, which council should stand
ardize demands for increases of salary.
Ho undoubtedly also had in mind
tho beads of the patrolmen's and fire
men's organizations, who deem insuf
ficient the $1,800 maximum virtually
promised by tho Board of Estimate
ana will continue to "agitate," to use
tho Mayor's verb, for $2,000.
Following publication of the Mayor's
tart letter seventy-nlno delegates repre
senting about ten thousand city workers,
with more to come, 'banded In the newly
formed Municipal Employees Associa
tion, met in tho Health Department
Building, Centre and White streets. The
delegates unanimously declared their In
dependence of the American Federation
ot Labor and expressed confidence In
the Mayor, the whole Board 'Of Estimate,
the Aldermen and the department heads.
Whlah'feellnsr did not prevent them .from
selecting a committee to draw up wage
demands to b submitted to the asso
ciation at another meeting in. the Mu
nicipal Building at 8 o'clock on Monday
night.
The promoters of the Municipal Em
ployees Association are trying to make It
Important enough to draw as members
every man and woman In the city's em
ploy, both those In the civil service and
those In the non-competltlve classes, the
latter Including common labor. Its rival,
the Civil Service Forum, has only civil
service employees, but Is numerically
much stronger thus far than Its Infant
challenger. The M. E. A. Is understood
to have been formed with the approval
of Mayor Ilylan, who doesn't like the
Civil Service Forum a little bit and Is
anxious to koep the whole city family
out of the clutches of organized labor.
Wair Demnnda Will Shock.
Nevertheless It Is probable that the
wage requests of the M. 11 A., which
at present Is composed mostly of clerical
and other "non-uniform" groups, will
shock the Board of Estimate when they
are made. One of the proposals re
ceived with some favor yesterday called
for $100 Increase for everybody now
getting 600 a year or less and $350
Increase for those getting more than
$600. This sliding scale would work as
follows: Salaries between $800 and
$1,200 would be raised 35 per cent; be
tween 81,100 and $1,800 20 per cent.;
between $1,800 and $2,400 IE per cent;
between $2,400 and $3,000 12 per cent;
between $1,000 and $4,000 10 per cent.
After Thursday night's unionization
meeting In Beekman street the police
and firemen were otllctally listed among
the groups which had been represented.
Denials were made yesterday by Joseph
P. Moran, president ot the Patrolmen's
Benevolent Association, and Albert n.
Ouinness. president of the Uniformed
Firemen's Association. Both men said
they were at work at the time, that they
had had no Intention of attending the
meeting and that no one was authorized
to represent tliem or their organizations
there.
Moran said that the P. B. A. "stands
where It always stood, separate from all
labor unions and free from all ties."
He added that the sentiments reported
as expressed In the Beekman street meet
ing were not those of the patrolmen.
In fact were contrary to all their prin
ciples. B. L. Schneider, president of the Tech
nical Men's Union, who engineered the
meeting, was not in his office In the Pu
litzer Building. A man who was there
and who said ho waa Mr. Shiner ad
mitted that the pollco and firemen had
no spokesmen nt the meeting. He also
said a mistaken Impression had been
formed that those who 4ld attend the
session decided to demand C5 per cent,
more pay. The fact was. he said, a sug
gestion was made that salaries ought
to be Increased 6 per cent, to put the
men on the wage basis ot several years
ago, before the dollar started shrinking.
Text of Mayor' Letter,
This Is Mayor Hylan's letter to the
heads ot the departments he controls:
"I am informed that there are em
ployees connected with the city service
who spend more time agitating and mak
ing trouble than they do rendering ser
vice for which the city pays them. Some
of them seem to think that the time they
are on duty should be utilized tn read
ing newspapers or scheming for selfish
purposes and give llttlo consideration to
the work they aro employed to, perform.
"I direct you to give Immediate atten
tion to this class of employees and have
their positions abolished In next year's
Duugec Tney should not bo on the city
payrolls to stir up strife and trouble for
their employer, the people of the city.
"The Board ot Estimate and Appor
tionment Is now taking up the question
of Increasing ths salaries of deserving
employees, and the honest, faithful em
ployee who is giving the best that Is in
0ont4aMi Second Paps,
Strikers Won't Help to
Prevent Mill Losses
piTTSBURG, Sopt 19. Will
iam Z. Foster, secretary of
tho National Committee of tho
American Federation of Labor,
which will direct the steel strike
set for Monday, said to-day that
all in non-union mills have been
asked to strike. Nono will be left
to preserve company property,
such as kcoping up furnace fires
to prevent ore from cooling.
"The companies have had
twolve days notice of the strike,"
ho added, "and if they have not
arranged to look after thoir fur
naces it is not our fault"
Patrols of tho Pennsylvania
State Police, it was said here to
night, have been selected and will
bo on duty in tho Allegheny
Valley near Brackenridge, at
Homestead, between McKeesport
and Duqucsnc, at Clairton and
about Rankin and Braddock.
FEAR FOR LIYES
OF 450 ON LINER
Sunken Hulk of Valbanera
Believed Found; Pate of
Those Aboard in Doubt.
PAINT RADIO CALL HEARD
Survivors of Gulf Storm May
Have Set Up Wireless on
Raft or on Shore.
Ket WnsT, Flo,, Sept. 19. Imbedded
In quicksand under forty fect of water
off Rebecca Shoals lighthouse, divers
tp-day found tho hulk of a vessel ho
llered to be the Spanish passenger
liner Valbanera, which has been miss
ing since tho eastern portion of the
Gulf ot Mexico was swept by a hurri
cane ten days ago... - . ..v. ,
The divers, employed by the Cuban
Consul here after the sunken wreck
was discovered by a United States
Coast Guard vessel, reported that the
name "Valbanera" could be mado out
clearly, but no trace was found ot the
3C0 passengers and 160 members of
tho .crew reported aboard tho Spanish
liner when she left Spain for Havana.
That the Valberan was lost appeared
to have been mado certain to-night by
the statement of Ensign L. B. Roberts,
commanding officer of the United States
submarine chaser 203, who said he
plainly saw the name plate of that
steamship on the vessel. '
The steamer found off the Rebecca
shoal lighthouse, which Is 40 miles from
here, the divers said, appeared to be ot
about 6,000 tons. The missing Valbanera
was of 3,291 tons net. Further Investi
gation, however. Is expected to clear
beyond all doubt the Identity ot the
wreck and, if It Is proved to be the Span
ish liner, throw some light on the fate
of the 450 persons aboard her.
The Valbanera appeared off Morro
Castle, Havana, September 9, but was
unable to put Into port on account of the
storm. Within the last few days faint
wireless calls supposed to be from the
Valbanera have been picked up here and
at Havana. The signals aa received here,
however, have been so weak as to pre
vent any attempt to locate their source.
Two Cuban gunboats to-day were en
gaged In searching along the northern
shore of the Island of Cuba and In the
Bahamas for some trace of her. In ma
rine circles hero to-night It was con
sidered probable that some of tho Vnl
banera's survivors might have sent tho
calls, using improvised apparatus taken
from tho vessel and set up on land or
on a raft.
Kew Orlsakb, Sept. 19. The steam
ship Preston, United Fruit liner which
left here September 9 for San Diego,
Cuba, was reported hero to-night as
five days overdue. She carried a crew
of twenty-nine men, but no passengers.
BALFOUR MAY BE
AMBASSADOR HERE
London Also Hears He Will
Be Created an Earl.
Lo.vno.v, Sept. 19. According to the
Daily Mirror Arthur J, Balfour, British
Foreign Secretary, Is soon to be created
an Uarl In recognition o his services to
the empire during the war.
The newspaper adds thnt the raising
of Mr. Balfour to an earldom Is likely
to come simultaneously with his retire
ment from the Foreign Office, which
is expected to take place In the autumn.
The Mirror 'says also that when Vis
count Grey relinquishes his post of
Ambassador to the United States a few
months hence, Mr. Balfour may be in
vited to succeed him.
DEMANDS "DRY" PRESIDENT.
Anti-Saloon I.eusrue to lie Active
In Xiitlnnnl Polities.
OuiPACo. Sept. 19. The Anti-Saloon
League of America will enter national
politics immediately, It was announced
to-day, to enforce the demand that the
political parties next year nominate can
didates for President who arc openly
pledged to unreserved enforcement of the
prohibition amendment to the Federal
Constitution.
This course was decided upon by the
executive body of the league at Its final
session of the eonferenoe with State
presUsaU l the league.
FIGHT BEGINS ON
EXEMPTIONS IN
ANTI-TRUST ACT
Eepublican Leaders Pave
Way for Prosecutions in
War on Radicalism.
FIRM ACTION DEMANDED
Threats of Labor nd Other
Groups Stir Representative
Fcss to Declare "War.
Bptcinl Detpntch to Tns Sex.
Washington, Sept 19. Indications
that Republican Congressional lead
ers have decided to demand firm gov
ernmental action against radical labor
leaders who aro stirring up unrest
throughout the country and seeking
tho socialization of all workers, from
policemen down through private in
dustry, woro seen in events in the
House to-day.
After Representative Fess (Ohio),
chairman of tho Republican Congres
sional Committee, declared tho time
had como for Congress "to make the
Issue, to stand by the fundamentals
of American government and not be
dictated to by any1 group of men what
ever their names," the House in Com
mltteo of the Whole struck from the
deficiency appropriation bill pro
visions prohibiting the Attorney-General
from using appropriations to
prosecuto unions and associations of
farmers and producers under the anti
trust laws.
The vote was 53 to 19, and since It
was In the Committee of the Whqle
It is probable, when the bill Is formally
taken before the House, efforts will be
made to restore the exemptions.
Asatnst All Exemptions.
Efforts were made to ellmlnato com
binations of milk producers from prose
cution under the anti-trust laws, but
this also was voted down after Beveral
members declared these organizations
were conspiring to enhance the prices
of all dairy products.
Mr. Fess denounced the action of
labor leaders in trying to foroe through
Congress legislation by threats. He
criticised the passage of the Adamson
law under such conditions In 1916. Leg
islation, he said, should be made general
and exempt no class from Its provisions.
"1 say to you the time has come," Mr.
Fess Bald, amid applause, "for us to
make the Issue. I am ready for it and
I want It to come and I hope the gentle
men win have the courage to stand by
the American life and whatever it
means and not be dictated to by any
group of men whatever their names.
Now comes the threat that unless we do
so and so the whole transportation busi
ness of the country will be paralyzed,
and even we are given the order that we
are expected to do so and so or else wo
will hear from the men who are now
clvlng us orders such as my mall to-day
brings to mo.
"Following that you will have the
same thing found In the flro department,
It will come in the police department;
then It will come In the army and the
navy and then you have Russian Soviet
Ism right here In America.
"If we begin a legislative programme
that discriminates tn favor of any one
or against any one we put ourselves In
the position to be discriminated against
It Is wrong to first define a crime and
then write In the same law an exemp
tion of certain classes. Time and time
again this exemption has been written
Into various bills. Many of us have re
sisted tho exemption until finally every
body gae up and said, 'What Is the tire
to go further?
Tliup to Mtnnd l'lrni.
"I Insist the time Is here for the Amer
ican people to make an Issue upon mak
ing a law that will apply to everybody
alike and exempt nobody. Opening the
door to this sort of legislation Invites
the people with Immunity or without It
to state to us definitely that If we
do not do so and so you will hear
from us. It will first appear In the
form of legislation and later In a de
mand for new exemptions; then It will
come In making demands, as It was
when the Adamson law was enacted that
Congress Interfere with private contracts
as to whether theso men's wngcs shall
be Increased, and we, In a humiliating
way, surrendered the Government to that
demand."
The section eliminated from the bill
after appropriating t200,000 for anti
trust prosecutions reads;
"Provided, howevor, that no part of'
this money shall be spent In the prose
cution of any organization or Individual
for entering Into any combination or
agreement having In view the Increasing
ot wages, shortening ot hours or better
ing the conditions ot labor, or for any
act done In furtherance thereof not tn
Itself unlawful; provided further, that
no part ot this appropriation shall be
expended for the prosecution of pro
ducers ot farm products and associations
of fanners who cooperate and organize
In an effort to nnd for the purpose ot
obtaining nnd malrtulnlng n fair and
reasonable price for their products."
American fillip Towed to llnllfnx.
Halifax, N, S.. Sept. 19. The dls
nbled American steamship Farnam was
towed Into this port to-night by the
American steamer Lnngamon. The
Farnam, which sailed from Hull on Au
gust J6 tor New York, Cuba and South
America, was picked up on September
10 100 miles northwest ot the Azores,
with her bolUrs dlsablo4.
Independents Said to Be Negotiating
With Unions Two Steel Mills
Shut Down to Canvass
Men's Attitude
POLICE AND SHERIFFS PLAN TO
PREVENT
Employers Do Not Expect as Many Men to
Go Out as the Organized Workers Say
Will Quit Latter Predict Surprise
Each Side Is Confident
Special DupatcK to Ths Stm.
PITTSBURG. Serit. 19. "Everv nlnnt nf thn TTnltarl
States Steel Corporation which
loyalty on the part of its employees when the strike call be
comes enecuve bunrjay at midnight will be closed down and
will remain closed down indefinitely." wan t.hfi nmnnatiV rlor.
laration of a director of the Steel Corporation here this after
noon, ihis official is the directing; head of "ways and means!'
of combating the strike during the present emergency.
"Further," he said, "many plants that we know havci been
partly organized will close down to-morrow mtrht.. T want
this made clear to all. Any
tion tnat snows even a slight indication of being affected by a
walkout will cease operations. And should bloodshed or dis
orders occur at those plants which will continue to operate
tney win tie shut down immediately."
When asked for the names of nlnntt that wnnM lnen ,tni,m tn.n...
now night in the Pittsburg district this reply was forthcoming :
tfr a ...... . '
iou can say irom present indications that the Steel Corporation
plants in Rankin. Braddock. Etna. Homestead nnd nrnnhirnllv nil
mills located in Pittsburg proper will
make a prediction as to what will happen m McKeesport at this moment.
DONORA TIN PLATE PLANT TO OPERATE.
"However. I will nav that the larcest tin lilatn nlnnfc of thn nT,n..,-
' - I -" w V..W
tion, located at DonoTa, will continuo to operate unless trouble should
arise. The emnlovees at this mill have notified fVin nfflxlnis ti,o
. -w vin.iuiD VI,
stand 100 per cent, loyal to the company."
BARUGH FAILS
TO MOVE GARY
Financier as Wilson Represen
tative Tries to Arrange
Steel Parley.
WORKERS PLAN RATTLE
Gompers Reported Ready (o
Assist Strikers to Limit
With A. F. of L.
Special Dtlpatcft to Tus Br.
Washington, Sept. 19. President
AVilson's efforts at compromise of tho
threatened steel strike have failed.
This apparently removes the last hope
ot officials for delay In drawing the
Issue, at least until after the indus
trial conference to bo held hero on
October C,
It became known to-day that Eer-
nard M, Baruch undertook a mission
for the President to Judge E. II. Gary
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion in a last elTort to aecure com
promise to the extent of a parley be
tween officials of the company and
representatives of tho union Involved.
Judgo Gary again flatly refufed to
meet th men on any ground and let
It be known that the Industry is pre
pared to meet tho Issue.
At the same time John Fltzn&trlck.
chairman of the conference committee of
the twenty-four unions engaged In the
steel Industry, conferred with &muel
Oompers, president of the Amtt-.can
Federation of Labor. It was repo.'ed
that Mr. Oompers had given a last as-
Kliranrn nf thA fllllAnt nM anH Knnnra.
tlon of the American Federation of La
bor In the strike to thn limit of its
resources. This was not olllolally con
firmed, howover.
Hoon after giving assuranco to the
union men at thn Whltt TlmiRN ukM
aco mat no would do nil possible to
prevent a strike the Prosidept mado ef
forts to persuade Judge Gary to com
promise by meetlne union representa
tives for conference. Judge Gary, how
ever, stood pat It was then that Mr.
Daruch, former chairman of the War
Industries Board, was called In to under
take a mission and UBe his Influence
with Judge Gary and his advisers. Mr.
Baruch went as the personal representa
tive ot the President, but he could not
budge Judge Gary. In a, final confer
ence In New Tork to-day the steel cor
poration head Anally refused to parley,
and a nationwide strike on Monday
seems Inevitable.
Chairman Fltzpntrlck Plated fitter hli
conference with Mr. Oompers to-day j
tltnt IherA wan n1tnlitt el if m nhaim. tn 1
that there was absolutely no chance In
the situation and that th e walkout
would begin Monday.
It was learned to-day the Interna
tional unions Involved In the strike have
determined not to pay strike beiieii'.s
under rules which provided thnt no man
who has not been employed for at least
a month can be paid. The benefit funds
will be pooled and handled by the cen
tral committee In Pittsburg, Whlcn Is I "It was simply Iraposalbls for the
Instructed to pay every man who leaves committee to postpone the steel strike
his job en strike Irrespective ot his and do Justlos to the cause of the wtafc
tanfth tf Mrrio. I nun," wan the declaration made te-iter
1
i j
tral committee In Pittsburg, whlcn Is
ALL LAWLESSNESS
does not show inn nur mnt
subsidiary of the Steel Corpora
bank their fires. I do not caro to
Five hundred workmen, mostly of
foreign birth, had the distinction today-
of havingInaugurated tho great
steel strike three days ahead of
schedule. These men were employed
In (he plant of the Pittsburg Steel
Company at Monessen. They wolked
out when a iriKgrtintlcd spool winder,
who received the nlternntlvo of wind
ing eight siwols nt onco or quitting,
olirugged his shoulders and started
out the door.
Expectant nnd waiting for a leader,
.100 workmen had Joined tho dis
gruntled ono before ho reached the
mill gale. Two hundred others In tbe
galvanizing department left the big
works soon afterward. As n result
of the walkout several other depart
ments were forced to cloee, throwing
more than 11,000 men out of employ
ment. OIllcinlH of the Pittsburg Steel Com
pnny quietly left Monessen this nfter
noon nnd no stntpinent was forthcom
ing from tliem. From other sources
it was learned that mtlier than court
trouble it hud been decided to cease
operations.
Two thousand men employed at the
McKeesport tin plnte company In Port
Vuo left their work this morning and
failed to return. According to B. R.
Crawford, president of tho company,
the plant was shut down because of
congestion in the finishing department.
This company opemtes the largest tlu
plate mill In tho world.
.More Foreigners (lu Out.
The Wliltaker-aiessner mill, em
ploying 2,000 men at Martin's Ferry,
Ohla, Is Idle, foreign workmen bavins
quit to-day. At tho Laughlln plant ot
the American Sheet and Tin Plat
Company the 1,600 workmen, ozcept ft,
few hundred employed in the hot "irru
have gone out
When told of the Incipient etrOten
that wero breaking- out in different
sections W. Z. Poster, secretary of tho
Xutlonal Committee for Organlzta
Iron nnd Steel Workors, said:
"Just what we fer.red. Our bier diffi
culty during the last few days has been
to hold the men in leash. Until the
strike committee made its final dtcj
H'on yesterday we were fairly sucoM
tul, but It is another story now.
"From every section we are getting
the same reports. Thousands are am
icus to drop their tools and walk out.
Wo are doing everything to discourage
this precipitate move, but I am afraid
wo shall only be partly successful be
cause of the fact that officials of
nearly every plant operated by ths
United States Steel Cormnitfnn
coercing their men Into signing an
RTeement not to strike and metlaar
out other treatment to them that
human nature cannot long stand."
At the headquarters of the strike
committee here It was raid that several
hit- ltnlAn,nfUnt nlanfa n r& i-.i
hie lirdeDendent Dlantn nm nAirnti.ttnn.
with their workmen for a union agree,
ment. This was taken to mean that
theifl concerns firure strongly on getting1
soma of the big contracts that the
United States Steel Corporation will be
compelled to throw overboard when Die
stalks breaks.
Couldn't Postpone Declaims,
"It was simply Iraposalbls for