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Ji t ' . uettm$ ffiubltc IKeftgejt THE WEATHER Washington, Nov. 1. Cloudy and colder tonight and Sunday. TIlMfntlATUBM AT J5AC1I HOUK J 8To Ho lit lis I i I 2 auTcl us ion i7o -i i ; i i i - i i VOL. VI. NO. 42 Entered at aoooCIaa Matter at th PoaloOlca. at .Philadelphia. V. Under tho Aot of March 8. lSTD. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1919 rulalahed Dally ICxcept Hundiy. Subucrlptlon Price 10 a Tear bf Hall. Copyright, 1D1P, by Tubllo Laager company. I if , PRIGE TWO CBI f? 000 COAL MINERS STRIKE, DEFYING U. C0UR1 "Prolonged Strike of Miners Will Knock H. C. of L. Fight Into Cocked Hat," Says Govern POSTSCRIP M'5 IPtH B H Ui SPROUL PREDICTS CLOSED FACTORIES IFTIE-UPLASTS Commonwealth Will Protect Men Who Wish to Remain at Work STATE FORCES ARE READY TO MEET ANY EMERGENCY Executive Unfavorable to Con ference of Governors as Em- uai i assing uu i cuci ui i iuiw "A prolonged strike oC tlic miners will knodc (lie high cost of living light into cocked lint." Governor Sprout today thus summnr J7.C1I his views nt Hip widespread effect n tfip public the miners' walkout will produce. "IC the strike is prolonged." lie 'aid, "it will lie up railroads, shut down factories, throw liiatiy "persons out of employment, nml nullify much of the work done townrd lowering living fa'osts." . : 1 1 . i. 11!. ... ! ilin i...n.-A (..CMtO 1'HISfMl llV W- LirtCHSSIIIfc III'- h'(" nonv.3 ....... .... 1 ,v Hie ftlriko, the Covvrnor, who was nt his home near Chester, spoke or tne living co1-! conference which is to he held in Hurrisbiirg next Thursday. The nlrcnd) couipliciitcd questions t lint the conference is lo considers he said, hecouid sun minded with fresh complexities because of the coal strike. Forces of Stale Arc Ready Tlie Ouveriior said 11 large cfeinent of the soft coal miners of Pennsylvania wishes to coiil lime nt wotk. These men, he declared, will he ghen the full protect inn of the coinmniiwenlth, as dis orders will not he countenanced. The forces of the state me ready, the Incentive' continued. All pence officer, especially in the counties affected, have neeti warned 10 ne vigiium, mm in m- 1 operation has been olfered federal nu-1 thorlties. . ' 'I believe the law-abiding miners: will 1 Use their inlluence lo prevcni m-orucr, .Air. Sprblll inserted. "Iiut it Is the part of duly 111 ml good sense to make all necessary preparations against dis ou'.or." -The Governor was asked what plan Iinu been made for 11 possible lic. o t tlie National flinird. "We are not bleeping," he replied. "All necessary steps have been taken to meet nnv enieigency that maj prevent itself." Opposes ."Mediation by State The stnto government, Mr. Sproul said, would make no individual effort to mediate In the strike. ""The federal government is in a position to mediate more effectively than any other agency," the (iovcruor declared. lie said he was tiot favorable to n plan for calling n conference of gov ernors to take up the strike problem, us such a conference might embarrass the efforts of the federal authorities. Jn pointing out that no union leaders had consulted with him before the coal strike was ordered, Mr. Sproul said the. striking miners of this state were obeying orders issued fronrln'dinunpojis. The Governor spoke brielly of his recent trip through Massachusetts on behalf of the candidacy of Governor t'oolidgc of that state. 'lie said.hc be lieved tho Hay State executive would bo victorious. PIRATES STEAL $6,000,000 Overpower Crew of Vessel and Rob Passengers Constantinople. Nov. 1. -(By A. P.) - I'iratcs concealed in tho steerage of the ship Maria overpowered the crew while the vessel recently wok hound from Novoross.vsk for liatum, and lobbed tho passengers, obtaining T0, (10(1,001) rubles (about $0,000,000). On arriving at flntuin officers of the vessel reported the robbery to the Brit ish police, who captured several of tho (pirates. Buccaneers frequently land along the bliores of the Black sea and rob vil lages. At Treblzond recently they boarded n Greek schooner and stabbed or threw overboard its crew of fifteen men. They also captured the Itussinu steamer Constaiitin while the vessel was bound from Batum to Constantino pie. wall st. Answers strike Stock Market Strong, With Rising Prices, as Miners Walk Out New York, Nor. 1. Wnll street's uiBvvcr to the attitudo of the bitumin ous coal labor chieftains was a strong stock market and rising prices. , , i Within fifteen minutes after the'onca- SSit)K gains of two to seven points wero ''"kevorded in all tho activo issues. The. SWW 'utoeKs wero ine, strongest teaiure ?if, ttio 'lift, but the widest advances occurred iu the closcly-hold specialties. 1 . The trading was on an extremely heavy fronlo. ARREST MISSING BROKER Retainer for William C. Broker la Lodged In New York City William P. Ilrovver, member of the lirokcrngo firm of Brower and Chllds, Ileal Estate Trust Tluilding, was nr- n'ouTuil In New York vesterdav. Dis f"v trlct Attorney Itotan's detectives Iinve been searching for Brower, and a do- tnlner has been placed with the New York authorities for blip. S .District Attorney Hvvnnn, of. New ' Ytirk, says that ?'J00,(0Q was embezzled ,,. friiui rllenta vvio patronized tho main (Uiieo oi uio iirm u y "(, uvorKo Ji Clillilm, JJrower-s runner, I still ft tir' BOY ADOPTED BY 4 KiKmmBmSs 'M. .- 3l,l.l -'''' ;'dl ajljgjijjlllliijiiiiteai Jos.0 Almcda was a waiter in a. cafo when Captain A. Svvendson, of tho Portuguese and A L T Gem Fell From Ring Near Ritz- Carlton Hotel in New York ROLLED INTO THE GUTTER At about the same time nnd place that another soeietv woman of this city lost a $'15,000 pearl necklace. Mrs.i Charles A. Munn, of AVoodcrest. Ilnd nor. lost a rare black pearl, an heirloom. valued nt ij!10,000. i up jewel was lost near ine jiiiz Carlton Hotel, New York' city, about three weeks ngo. It was about tho same time that Mrs. Percy M. Chandler, wife of the banker, clubman nnd society man, lost her necklace after - dinner party nt the Ilitz-Carlton in New York. Mrs. Munn, formerly Miss Mary Astor Paul, was a daughter of the lato James AV. Paul, and n niece of the late Mrs. AA'illimn AVnldorf Astor. Tier hus band is an intlmnte friend of Lieuten ant Colonel Theodore Itoosevelt, Jr. Captnin Keihnit Itoosevelt was at the dinner party attended by Mr. and Mrs. Chandler prior to the lime the neck lace of 'ninety-five pearls was missed. The black pearl owned by Mrs. Munn was set in a ring and was in the setting when "she left the hotel for a theatre. On the street she discovered that the jewel had dropped from its setting. It was nboiit the size and shnpe of n marble, and was believed to have rolled into the gutter. Private detectives have been search ing in numerous cities for the Chandler necklace and Mrs. Munn's pearl. In both cases liberal rowards have been offered. Mrs. Munn Is a sister of Mrs. Paul Dcnckla Mills and of A. ,T. Drexel Paul, and is a niece of 'Mrs, Alexander A'on Itcnssclaer. The ball nt which she made her debut was ono of the most elaborate functions in Philadelphia so ciety and became known as the "pink butterfly ball" because of the profuse decoration with the lCdgely rose, a new pink blossom, POLICEMAN FIRED ON Captured Negro Suspect Fined, AlthoughWeapohless AVhilo Patrolman Smith, of the Twentieth and Federal streets station was ordering a crowd to move nt Thirty-first street nnd Gray's Ferry road last night, he was fired on by some person in .the crowd. Smith chased James Colbert, a negro, of Darby, who he alleges did the shoot ing, AVIicn he arrested Colbert the in nn had no weapon, and is believed to have thrown it away. Magistrate llakcr this morning fined him $10 nnd costs. TAKE 7 BODIES FROM MINE Small Hope Felt That 13 Others En tombed In Ohio Are Alive Amsterdam, 0 Nov. 1. (By A. P.) With tho recovery of seven bodies from the burning No. " mine of the Youghloglieny nnd Ohio Coa Co. late last night, officials of tho concern today held out smnll hope of the remaining thirteen miners beiug alivo nfter haviug been imprisoned soventy-two hours. Of tho seven bodies discovered last night, one was Identified as' that of James Gray. The other six were said to be foreign born miners. On account of the women and children at the mouth of the mine last night, no effort to move the bodies was made. ' DININO tfJAIt ON SCBANTON n.YEJt BednnlnB' Nuvrtnbor Zd. throuch rilnino- . wilt ba run on Hcrunton Flyer, leavlns JUail- lnc Terminal Utf MRS 11 $1010 EA lWIIWj,l'l BEREA'S CAPTAIN 5 Tjodeer Photo Rorvlci. in llortu, Knyal, in Iho Azores, steamship Herca, saw tho -111110 adopted him PENN TO BATTLE WITHSTATETODAY Bezdek to Aid "Bolsheviks" Against' Quakers in Foot ball Struggle BUD HOPPER TO PLAY ENDi",nFl'nllt breach of mnrino law, nnd i the lawlessness continued throughout ! the trip. BY KDWIN J. rOI,T.OCK TT AVU.L he a bit of a "Rolshcvik" , eleven that Pennsjlvnnia will face in the battle with Penn State on Franklin Field this nftcrnoon. The lied nnd Blue will line up against these .so-called "Bolsheviks" for the opening kickoff at 2.S0. Not that there has been any Reds on the Bezdek team. The fact is the only thing red about the State boys is their blood. But nevertheless it is( a partly "Bolshevik" combination that will form the opposition to the Quakers. Up at Stntc this season Hugh Bezdek developed two teams of almost cfiual strength. One he called the varsity and for that reason the other team got peeved, termed themselves the "Bolshe viks" and started to do everything ex cept throw bombs at the so-called var sity, "Bolsheviks" Win The "Bolsheviks" were matched ngainst the varsity and the first eleven was lucky to get away with theirjer seys. They lost the decision in a "reg ulation football game last Tuesday and then Bezdek decided to select men from each team to form the eleven that will battle Penn this afternoon. Tho new team practiced together for the first time since last Wednesday, and it will he this new combination that will endeavor to contest the supremacy of the Folwell machine. But Stnto is by no menns inexpeii enced. All the men are veterans, nnd they know the game. Their fighting spirit has been aroused and the fever for victory against tho Bed and Blue is running in triple figures. It will be the twenty-third mceling Continued ou rate Fifteen Column Two BLASTS HIS WAY TO DEATH Soldier In Killing Himself and Fiancee Destroys Much Property CliaUau Thierry, Nov. 1. (By A. P). Thirty-fivofpounds of melinite, set off by a detonntor, wbb the method cm ployed by Adricff-Thumcrel nnd his (fiancee to end their lives here yester- uay. ' Thumcrel, an employe of the explo sives depot at -Mczy, near here, was charged with the theft of hams from stores destined for war, prisoners, and wns to nppcar in court tomorrow to answer the charee. Tho melinite wns 'made ready in a shack whero Thumcrel nnd his llnucec met. The explosion which followed was nenrn lor miles and destroyed property within a radius of 100 yards. NO FUN FOR HIM Meets Halloween Clowns Laughs, But I 'iyns, alw"y amused Virgil Mecks, 042 North Forty-fifth street, but from shortly after midnight ho hasn't thought that they are funny. Mceks met five Halloween celebrators at Fifteenth and Filbert streets and paused to enjoy their antics. They toek tho joy out of life for him. when, point AI'SXPy'" "J Illm' thcy relieved him 2L107. ',n l und. ? scttrf P'n rth $0. Uefofo hte could find a policeman they were out lof sight. " ANARCHY SHIP HERE AFTER TRIP FULL OF THRILLS Sailors Charge Guns and Knives Were Wielded on Voyage of Berea i OFFICERS AND CREW ' ENGAGED IN BATTLE Coal Passers to Ask Captain's Removal, Saying Engineer Shot at Them George Zanakis. representative of the international Seninen's i'nloti, ss charges of incoiiipetencj nml violation I of the seamen's laws will be entered before the shipping commissioner 'against t'antain A, Swendsen. of the ' steamship Herca, now at 1'ier ."S, booth liarves. Shipping Commissioner Smith, how -ever, said today that the only griev ance of the crew of the l'.erea to come to his attention is tliut they have not been paid for overtime due them, and that this complaint will be made to the shipping board, The ISerea has brought to port a story full of the lawlessness and dangers of the old dn.vs on the sen. It is a story oi lire, gun piny aim iiicmpieu 11111111,1 IIUHI, ill um- M'"1 " I'lueiiiiif, . IHU nuilil Hi liir iiuun, wii lyiiunniv, n, t v DUO. A rcprcsontntlvp of tho Philadel phia branch of (he Seamen's Union, "n.n n i 1 Ij linn tirnnuPrtil jili i frrnJ intended to show that Captain Snendsen is not n fit person to command u liiplP"Tfl for bituminous coal, formulated at sea, that he did not stop the officers! i" meet war h necessity, were again in of the ship from shooting at members efTect. Priority of distribution, based nf tn neoic n ml (tint f ti ft Mini W'll V IIP iWl 111 l" 1 I I 1 l I ill I1IHI. IH V'l"V ' violated the laws of the ocean. The union I says those charges are borne out by statements from members of the crew . How Trouble Began The men sav the bad feeling began between the engineer officers and the men under them, nnd that these oili- cers, who are alleged to be Incompetent, ill-treated the foremen and coal-passers. Kventnnlly both tile chief eiori. neer nnd the first assistant shot nt two of tho firemen who in turn uttempted to stab the officers, the men say. The aptaiu. they assert, did not make prop er efforts to keep the officers frojli iisinnr violence nn tlin men. wliicli i llic crew cnlled the Jierea tlie An archy .hip." They say there was no discipline' and that for long stretches it wns n rase of threatened warfare and actual warfare between the engineers and the firemen, Captain Swendsen was inclined to treat the case lightly, nnd said : "There is no truth in all this talk about the engineer officers Hhootjug at the men. They were an unruly crowd, and the officers did not have the proper control over them, and some arguments resulted , that is nil there wiis to it." Took Gun Away. When he wns asked whether the chief engineer did carry jr gun with him, he opened a drawer in his desk and pulled out a revolver. "Yes, I took this from him, because T IKnntrlif if wns hpst " In, cnlil "hiit it isn't any good. The engineer was only practicing and one of the bullets happened to go near the fireman. This whole trouble between the officers and men was mere child's play." E. AA Hastings, second assistant en gineer, said : "Child's plaj ! Continued on race Two,, Column 1'lve ' HOW PENN STATE LINES UP A GAINST PENN ELEVEN TO DA Y The lineup and statistics of tho Field this afternoon follow: r-KNN IP P. II, IB7 Prune r K, II. II. IBS l.lrht llelt 1 r. r. . SOI I.lttla U.K. II. Mlllrr n. o. . 18.1 Thnmaa CD 'J llrown I BO I.. B. Cubbitice ISA I.. T. 5 tooeli IIS 1 1. ;. ConoTer . IM V. M Kohh IOI II. II. i 0 ,18 l..'HriC Average weights Penn line, 177V&5 backfield, 10! ; team, .172, line, 171: backfield, 1D0; team 100. Officials Ilefercc, Itobcrt W, Maxwell, Swarthinorr, J, McCarty, Ocrmnntovvii Academy. Field Judge Tod more. Head Iinesinau H. J, O'Brien, Swarthmore, Time of periods 10 minutes. Kick-off at 2:30 o'clock. ' U. S. AUTHORITIES HOLD NEXT MOVE IS UP TO STRIKERS Government's Arrangements to Protect Public in Labor Struggle. Complete REGIONAL COMMITTEES WILL ALLOT C0AL f Workers' Chiefs Issue State - ment Bitterly Assailing Re straining Order must Washington. Nor. 1 -Miner. innKe the nctt move in the soft coal strike. This vas the opinion lndn of fovernment oltieials. Tlie strike was a reality toda. even though directing head1! of the 1'nited line Workers of America were re strained from activity by federal court injunction. Government officials await ed reports as to the extent of the walk nut, for upon this information icsled' the future course of tlie government. Should" reporls say any considerable number of miners desire to continue work tlie government was nrenmed lo' imiisl, t10nl ,,rotP(.tI. Should disor- i 1 occur the government was read with all the police powers ut its dis- i posal to put them down. i Hut the government's activities were, nof "'one in the ml fields. Maximum u part on the war schedule, was in ' operation, i Enforcement of tlie con! diversion or der issued jesterdny by Fuel Adniiuis- ' trator Garfield will be In the hands or! regional coal committees to he set up, in eight cities by regional directors . of the railroad adminiKtratieii. These! 1 committees will work under a central committee in Washington. Director General Hinc announced lo day that in nlloting coal for coniinercinl purposes the committees would give, preference to consumers without a re serve supply whose needs are urgent. F.ach regional committee will iiulude ff representative of Doctor GarlleM. The cities in which these committees will be set up ale New York, Boston, Phila delphia. Cleveland, Pittsburgh. St i Louis, Chicago and Athiiiln. . Await .Miners' .Move All steps to protect miners who ic- , fused to heed the call of union heads, to preserve peace in the bituminous fields nnd tq lessen insofar as po'Tsible the suffering of the public nod the dlitrup tion of industrj incident lo such n strike hnd been taken. Nothing more can he done by the government, officials intimated, until n way was shown by the trikcrs themselves. For that reason -III. .!..! ......... ... --...I .,!,.... imiciiws wnu mil ii t-'jiun-u in insrus the government's course other than has been outlined. The government's plan to utilize in-' junction has provoked an open decima tion of war from tlie lenders of the, organized labor movement in the l'nitcd Sidles. I The American Federation of Labor, acting with the unquestionable but un announced support of the foil'' gleatj railroad brotherhoods, will tight what labor leaders term "government by in-1 junction" to the last ditch. News of the action of tho Department of Justice in obtaining froni a federal judge iu Indianapolis an order restroin AVcll, jf that was ing John L, Lewis nnd other officers Continued on Pace Four. Column 'lliree Penn-Stale football ;nme at Franklin Ii. II. II, , 1-0 lrrr I l. II. Ills (Caul.) a V. ns I.. i. I8A Delter i.. i:. 104 lleiuirr I. IX Mnnjnl 3 llNlKirn 1011 u, ;. II llenrr 1111 II. T, lllciriiiv HI IS llalnee m.v i(. ii. ii, 10 Snell 170 P.' II, STAT. ' State Umpire Charles Kbcrly, Swartli- "BUNK," SAYS GOMPERS'S AID AS TO LABOR PARTY Scornful and Emphatic in Repudiating Suggestion That National Political Organization May Be Formed u ruvrtiN w. niMiKici' lnir (iirirMinnilrnl of Ilic l.trnlnc I'ubllr Lrdirr Washiiiiilnii, going tn lie part V" I MiAml llilw ov. I is mere an American labor the hendnuiut niif'Minii mi s"'uf; nuij 'MS r. IMP aMlMMMCilll I'ciii'rallou nl l.tilim1 in this cilj. and i was illirrteil to a person wlinp 1 J,,,,,l!.1 ,1!;,:rTcou'rse!''in "lis i was illirrteil to i"1"1.1 i"-- miriLf imiu llln I dying time, hasn't n moment lo spare for such liiuiilrles. "Hunk! Hunk:: I'.rN'K:!!" replied Ihe man whose liusiness it Is to an- ' svier questions, growing more scorn- ! fill and iniphatic with each repetition of the wind. I The voice was hard, practical and insn it scruieil lo shutter a bogie. Theic w,is one phiic where the 1 rit i-li labor p.irallel did mil hold, nml that wa.s.in the liendipiailei's of unionism. So far as .Mr. Gonipers's immediate associates were concerned, at least Aniciicn was going In remain America. The split -up of the industrial confer ence did not mean thai the Itritish ex ample was going to prevail, and that TODAY'S FOOTBALL SCORE 3 0 ST. JOSEPH'S 0 LA SALLE. PENN HARRIERS DEFEAT PENN STATE Term defeated Perm State in a dual cross-country run over the five and one-half miles course nt Cobb's Creek this morning by the score of 22 to 32. Cummings, of Peuu, finished fhst. N- Y- LONGSHOREMEN FAIL TO RETURN TO WORK NEW YORK, Nov. 1. Hopes that the end of the longshore men's strike was at last In sight weie 'dashed today for the second time when the piomisod rettuii to work of nn impoitant section of the men failed to materialize. With the exception of men woiklng on two ships, the Chelsea piers distiict of the New York waterfront was idle. I MACHINE BURSTS; I ' Exploding Oil Extractor Instant- I ' J I , , , ' ly miis worKinan at Barren Manufacturing: Plant ANOTHER MAN LOSES LEG Sti'iirk hj huge piei es of Mccl when! a liidio cvtrncliir exploded InM night iu the plant of the linrrett Mnniifiie tilling ('otupanv . Tucker and Bermuda streets. Fiankfonl. one man w.i killed and two otheis 'eriously iniured. Andrew Sinisky, ITSIl Stiles stieel, was killed. John Szjoluski's left leg was torn nnd bruised and he sustained a number of minor iujiuies. Oenrgc 1'nic's left leg was so badly crushed that il was amputated 'atcr at the Frankfoid Hospital, vvuerc both men weie taken Fiile lives nt I7'!0 Stiles .street and S.jolukl nl I7-".U' Mercer street The li.vdio extractor is a machine used In extrnil oil from raw iiiipthn. When il burst pieces of i:ctal were hurled in all directions. Cuming uaplha was scntteieil nboiit. setting lire to several workmen's clothing. I) tiligiiishing the Ihinies themselves, (hcsc men gnlheiiil up the dead and injuied comrades, curled them out of the build ing ami summoned aid. A lire, started bv tle explosion, was extinguished before much damage ic siilted. "NO BEER, NO WORK" Prohibition Closes Camden "Paper, Pickery," Hoboes' Aversion Camden's "pnpci picker." known In hoboes nil out the count!'), who be cause of it steer ileal' of that fit), goes out of existence, lodtl). Prohibit ion. with its resulting lack of "drunks" lo sort paper, is responsible. Started In WIS! on llie suggestion of Highway Commissioner Albert Sa.vers, lms liirned into the Caiudeii treasury about SilKHI n )cnr. AH vvaste paper collected by the oil) wns taken to tlie pickery, which was located at Twelfth and Federal streets, and there sorted by drunks and hoboes who were serving sentences, und sold. For more than a week thcie have been no prisoners to work in the pickery and no pnper is now on band. This week, nnd from now on. an waste paper will be label, to the Camden diiinp. POOL CUE USED AS WEAPON . i. in, .. .w,t .. fn.i,,,i ti.n skiill of ltiehard AVillinms, a negro. ?. V . . i c, . .,. I., i Fedcrnl street near Seventeenth. Inst night, according to the police, Znssou rimlire. ii liecai. Federal street near Seventeenth, is charged with striking Williams, whose condition is critical, Hodge was arrested. IE DEAD cm-,, ,r orp nin(. ,n ,,, trip, alliances mid all that sort of thing we eie not going to Inn e a labor parly. It I "", iuriii. , FVritiiiv vinnn nf M, MI.a- :.K..Um, of Great llrltniii in the labor world were " on" i mi nnimii not going iti come off. either. I'erhnn ' .. . t ti t . we hnd been scaring ourelves unneces- sanly. At nnj rate, in the opinion of a VCI'V ll llllt ISt J1 trr,1ll I lntinr Innlnr I.nn of peion who sits in one of the outer , offices that separate Mr. Compere from the world of capitalistic journalists, the idea of a Itritish imitation labor part , in the L'nitcd States was "bunk." Kritish Tactics Not Adaptable Merc We are seeiug Inborn little red for the moment, taking n little too seriously, pet Imps, the Itritish parallel which the l'lmnb planners and the mine workers' convention have held up before the na tion. The couJ leaders are busy dis covering that the Itritish tactics cannot be bodily transported from across the Contlniieil on Vaen Tour, 'oliiinu l'le 'BORROWS' OFFICE; Suave I Stranger Flim-Flams BariK messenger i nrougn Clever Ruse USED PHONE IN SWINDLE Cassatt x. Co., bankers, have asked the police to find a )oung man of suave voice and engaging manners who yes tedjv afternoon "borrowed" an office in Vr Perrj Iliiilding. and flim-flammed n luiiuer Irum the banking firm out of a ,IOtl0 A'ictoiy Bond. The stor.v of the banking firm's loss came out toda.v through the detective bureau. According to .lames l.enlhan. acting detective at Citj Hall, Cassatt .S. Co., hnd a telephone cull yesterday afternoon from n client who described himself as William V. K. Sheppard, with nn office on the fourth floor of the perry Building, nt Sixteenth and Cliest nul streets. "This is iMitor Sheppard " said the voice. "1 want two $."00 Victory bonds. Can vou send them tight over to in) office?" A bnuki tinner wns given a 5100O bond the bankers had no If, "00 bonds on baud at the time nnd intiucicd to bring gack the cash. He found the office, which belongs i in a Christian Science practitioner, according to Detective l.enlhan, and was greeted by a suave young man who seemed ver.v much nt home. "I'll have to have the cash for the bond," said the runner. "That's all right." answeied the l.voung man, "I'll just take the bond and get j on the money cut of Ihe of- fK.o safi ranlon me a moment. The vouug man closed the door nro- lossl) behind him as lie entered the inside office. The runner waited: then waited some more. There was an omi nous silence iu the inner office. When the runner opened the door to see what wus the matter he found the room ompt). Another door, lending to the cordidor, showed how the polite joiing man had "got awfty with it." The detectives learned vvhcn Cassntt Co. complained of the theft that tho tenant of tho office wns out of town .veslerday. The thief had "borrowed" ofllce, telephone und bond, This num ber of the musing .filOOO bond has been sent broadcast. MARCH ON CHARLESTON . 40Q strlkng Mnerg Begn i)nva i "ion" Despite Leaders' Orders Cliai'Icsluii. V. Yn.. Nov. 1. fllr , A. . P.)- A party of M0 or 400 striking ' ititnni-a left till ffllun PrrfioL- uniii.li.,. miners left the Cabin Creek country eariy inuuy 10 marcii 10 i. narieston, tic miiHo the raiu and the orders of their district officers forbidding the march, according to official information re f e'vc.1, here. . STEALS 1000 BOND LEADERS DEFUHP fij District Presidents Enforce Wi Shutdown Despite Fednrat injunction , UNION HEADQUARTERS 3 anxiiii-rir-r. nana.-rrTl moiiviico rnnnuicc m Men Working ill Pits With An' , ' 1 oiriKe wontracxs rer-, mitted to Continue I5y the Associated Press f'ltnn sr.. 1 Tr...-,1 l ifnC ' "K"i .-Ml, i. L'l'imi'i "s.iV .t 000 bituminous coal miners througnortfi the nation of a totnl of 01fi,000;me employed in that industry today vrj on strike in response to the geper; strike call, effective nt midnight' li night, according to reports, in som;i- stances (Slimnteil. received bv vin leaders. f$ , " ucspiie tne leiierai mmvfcon iw at Indianapolis agaiust thJr strike leaders, who generally stated tiles' WO! rlicri,ri,.,l ll n.e..l.,l Unit lltu ultttlrn' i da) would be extended to moreyO 000,000 miners. Kiact strength of tho walkout ably will not be known until day, however, since in many oj country's mines Saturday has becui AS STRIKE ORD GOES INTO EFF ... . . .... w;..rw' sl ognizrii as at lease a uau noiuiayaaii ,yl wnrK suspenneu auogeincr in oincraMl Hl Minn onerators earlv Jortav had in'3e "SI nouneed no plans for carryiiu-0jjiin-t Ing. desnite tho precautionary J taken and promised by the 'federals uinerent. state governments. JNew hud they given out uu. eBtiwa"tpVp"S3 numuer oi men on striKC. TJwl r rum ocuuiiiiurvcra jierc oi ivafr'j trnl department or the United army, xvincn emuracea most Of lb tion H srrent: llltiimlnonH. 'ennt .'.iield reports of nddltlouril movements, of I ernl troons into the lnlnini? zoKwih been announced. Federal troops 'frd I'niun Xnelinrr Tnvlor. I.niiixvllle. Kvv7 today were on duty in the AVcst vrrVs jpvl ginia coal fields nnd others were .lleldff sJ ..-, ,, , . ... . --j.,,." . In rnnilliiii.a t,i nu,ri.in In hn uitlf eK,.V.."J ... . , .....uv -. .u x.vw . ..-' " n. , the east Tennessee mining district- if Colorado and Oklahoma state trooOw had been ordered into the coal fitld8,-s,U No Disorder Reported "$i Throiisrhout tlie country tho nnttintQ into effect of the walkout was orde'rlyjf No reports of violeifr' or destru"c,tj of property were rec( d and in iiaa"cu instances a sufficient qaotr. of union" me was left at the various nronerlies'lll I prevent accidents or the damage tbji vvouiu rtsuiL jiuui aivyiH-iii iuu urn. chinery i'" Minus reports from ie ot thH states on the number vi miners, qu fected by the strike order, following table by states of tlie numper ot p reported out today by the union ll cm . Alnlnma Arkanaan CnlorRilo llllnnln ludUim . lywK Kttntia Kenluck) MarKind MMlkan )llfifiourl 15,000 Montana . . ouu New Mexico . 5.0U0 Ohio .,. 4.X i . j.'i.nyu Penniyliivca.jAjj ljfjlio TenneBaia ,, Its .0.000 Tejaif' . , Z&. s5rio,IM)l UtaM ....... JiSl su.oimi UKiahoma. jii.iiiiii tusninawil ,v.i, i.luo W. Vtrefjii-, , iS.M J.O0O Wyomio . S,ti strict l-cadera IUnaiu uts ot the mining illttrA m Coinmeit' liresidentK iinon heimr informeit of iui mice of the injuuctiou at ludlanapoij ranged from mere acknowledgments the information to statements th"at? judge In the country was "blganojii! to call off the strike," and that tbe.xi stiaining order "ouly makes us 'tl3 nuicii more determined to tiglit to',Mt bitter end. let the consequences . bj what they may." j Somn of the operators said they 'i not believe a large perccn;aie of tj miners rmnoved in their mines wou join the movement, especially KentuclA ow tiers. jji Should the government order prAwt, tion ot tlie mines the nttempt to f lilril InnTnnplniinArl mlnnr In FTIInJKT nuil Oklahoma, and posslbl) other Stat?; would encounter state laws rcauUfitl cxamiuntion of the workers, GdrtsrJ Bo)le. chief mine Inspector of Okaj honin, said he would not 'permit operai tion with gteen men, such as. soldier In Utah miners wero quitting woi? )esterday in spite of a notice callini'ol the strike as issued uy John 11. .MeKmi Contlnueil on I'ace 1'our, Column' 6 PRAY FOR AID IN CRfSIS All Dcivtitarl-in. M rtt e.iKHi1 r-n i iv,auiviidiifl v VMVi f'H'llfsVTf -i "il tion for Nation's Welfare,' wj A prayer for dlvino aid in tlip.prHif i labor crisis win be sent up from P ii.vterinn ctiurciies in mm atiout;KnfJ ilelphin tomorrow following the of a proclamation received by a' pastors irom ine I'rcsujienan Assenibly committee of the N Movement, 1BU Fiftfi avenue, N' city. , The proclamation, which was mousiy adopted at tun meeiioi Nevv lork body, will be rcauj puipit, ir. win can on an mi the faith to devote the day to sion for Uio l nlted wtates ment nnu ine American peof"i today that copies of the Jirojjv navo ueen rvcrivcu uy a( cure tho vicinity, but that the . them was n matter entirely crctlou of the iudividunl Camden Man Held Lip'f, Held up by thteo nerf", and Morton streets, Cj on ins way home, tn .iiunoen. jna niorton ot J4S in eash. a cm ystcb. and chain wl M vTl I, j y IK 1 ? VmTQv 1 ' il j it- tt? V Kg T-fa & mam '- - -m , il MM m m vr-v. :waa (I w m -7.. 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