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EVENING PUBLIC" LEDGER-PfifrLADELPHlA, FRIDAY, -JANUARY 28, 1921
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SHIPBUILDERS PLAN
VOTE
ON WAGE CUT
Men's Representatives Boliovo
Men Will Accopt 10 Per
Cent Reduction
WORK NEAR STANDSTILL
V referendum of employes of vir-
hinlly all shipbuilding plnnts on tho At
i.l seabonrd will be taken within tho
xt few days to determine whether they
HI agree to a IV pur kui nvucumi
la wages, to become effective Mnrch 1.
This nctlon follows a recommenda
tioa by the Industrial bonrd of the At
iintlc Const SlilpbulhlcrH' Association,
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Ithlch met jesiurimj in me iai.v ""-
In? Tlie Donrii coiiHisicii ui n-n muu
fli representing the 7fi,000 union
iMnWOrKcrH Oil mu luiuniw muni m
flTC the olflclnM of the slilpynrds.
In an nnnoiinccmcnt this morning by
Clarence S. King, mnnngcr of the asso
fiatlon. it wns stated that the move was
Bfeef'ltnted by the Impossibility of com
oetlns with foreign shipbuilders so long
is wages remained nt their present level
la this country.
In jestcrday's conicrenco tno rcpre-
itntntlves ol tnc local snip runnis prcs-
nt were Ji, a. .uhkuuii, l iiiu ew
York Shipbuilding Co.: J. Howard
p.w. of tlie Sun Hlilpbullding Corpora
tion; W. T. Smith, of the Merchants'
Fleet Corporation; .iiiiuuh u. ichitsou,
of the Chester Shipbuilding Corpora
tion, riisey Jones wcie aiso repres
ented .
The workers were represented by
Jumes O'Conncll, president of the metal
trades department of tlie American
Federation of Labor; Charles Scott, of
the boilermakers ; John Tobln, of the
blacksmiths, Alfied Iiattlrc, of the
machinists, and James Cooley, of the
Itatinnary engineers.
The opinion of the labor group was
that the move to cut wages would ineet
Kith tlie worKcrs approval, as tncy
Irnve no alternative between that and
loring their positions. It was said that
orders for tlie building or vessels nave
fallen oft to so great an extent since the
completion or cancellation of wnr-time
contracts tnat tnc snipuiiiKiing industry
li at present almost at a standstill.
Ily tho Associated Press
Elizabeth, N. J., Jnn. 28. A pro
poal to reduce production costs i!T per
cent by lowering wages has been sub
mitted to the employes of the four ship
yards of llcthlchcm Shipbuilding Cor
poration. This was learned today when Krlc
Evertz. general superintendent of tho
local plant, began holding conferences
with representatives of the union em
ployes. The ship plants of the corporation to
be affected by the wage reductions are
located here and nt Fore Itiver, Mih.,
Sparrows Point, Md., and Wilmington,
Del.
The wage reduction proposal, it was
learned, wns submitted to tlie hends of
the international unions in the ship
building trades by the Ilcthlchum of
ficials lit n conference In New York
lat Mondav. Labor leaders were told
that the cost of production must be
lowered if tlie industry is to be kept in
operation and rcvitnlizcd.
The international union officials, it
is stated, informed the Ilethlehein com
mittee that they would have to sub
mit the matter to tlie employes for
their consideration.
The agreement between, the corpora
tion and the unions affiliated with the
American Federation of Lnbor expired
early thin month nnd the conference
now In progress, it Is understood, will
tttle the fate of a new cocntrnct.
While reluctant to discuss tlie mat
ter, union officials have indlatced Hint
they will co-operate with tlie shin
builders in an effort to reduce the
eont of production and bring about
norranl conditions in tlie industry.
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TEXTILE WORKERS
HEAR STRIKE TALKS
Strengthening of Picketing Plan
Urged at Big Meeting at
Labor Lyceum
DISORDER OUTSIDE MILL
GIMJKKT K. CHKSTKIITON
English essayist, plnywrlglit nnd
novelist, wlio will be In Philadel
phia today
CHESTERTON HERE TODAY
Noted English Writer to Be Lunch
eon Quest'of Georgo Qlbbs
Gilbert K. Chesterton, English essay
ist, playwright and novelist, will arrive
nt Broad Street Stntlon at 1 o'clock
today. He will be accompanied by Mrs.
Chesterton nnd will go to the Ucllcvue
Stratford Hotel to remain overnight.
He will be met at the stntlon by George
Olbbs, novelist nnd illustrator, nnd will
be Air. Olbbs' guest uj. luncheon nt tho
Franklin Inn Club.
Mr. Chesterton will deliver n lenttiro
in the ballroom of the Kcllcvuc-Strat-ford
tonight on "The Ignorance of tho
Kducatcd.'
Mr. Chesterton is to return here next
week to speak on "Shnll Wo Abolish
the Inevitable?" Tuesday evening, nnd
"The Perils of Health," Thursday eve
nlng. Mr. Olbbs will Introduce Mr,
Chesterton tonight.
TRUCK KILLS CAMDEN BOY
Run Down While Crossing Street
Near Cooper School
Walter Ollert. twelve years old, ofj
-jo nancy street, unmiicn, was run
down by a. motortruck while crossing
tlie street near tlie Cooper School, on
Third street near Klin, Camden, nt
10 o'clock today, and died as he was
being enrrisd Into tlie Cooper ilospltnl.
The truck wns driven by Edward Mc
Kim, 307 Washington street. Camden.
He told Coroner Ucntley, Ollert was
one of three boys who started to run
across the street, nnd in tlie effort to
avoid the truck Ollert was jostled by
one of Ills companions nnd fell between
tlie wheels of the vehicle.
Coroner Ucntley Issued a certificate
of death from injuries received in nn
automobile accident, permitting the re
moval of the body for burial. McKlm
wns held under $1000 bail for n hear
ing on Friday, February 4.
With every seat nnd wlndowsill oc
cupied, and every Inch of standing room
utilized, a throng of labor men and
women filled tho Labor Lyceum, nt Sec
ond nnd Cambrin (streets, for moro than
three hours yesterday afternoon.
Thero wns no ngc limit Bet upon the
crowd that had gathered. Youth and
old ngc were equally represented.
Ilrlght-cyed girls and careworn women
out of employment, rubbed elbows with
a diversity of masculine types.
This was the sixth meeting to be
held In tho last three weeks to stimulate
picketing nt fnctories and mills where
strikes are being waged.
Women, prominent socially and poll-'
tlcally, who have long been Identified
with the Women's Trado Union League,
occupied the stage with the representa
tives of the different unions, nnd the
speakers.
Miss Pauline Newman, organizer of
the Women's Trade Union League In
Philadelphia, wns tho principal speaker.
She talked of the "unjustlficatlon, felt
by the union workers, of a reduction In
wages nt this time."
"Much comment has been made," she
snld. "and undue stress laid on the fact
that the. mill worker has acquired the
silk shirt and silk stocking habit. If
he has, it Is by the sweat of his brow,
and he deserves theso luxuries.
Silk Their Own Affair
"Xo woman works harder to buy a
pair of silk stnekinea than one who is
employed in n milt, nnd if she chooses
to wear them like her more fortunate
Bister, it is entirely her own affair."
"Let's make our fight now get on
the picket line, so that we won't be
come tramps."
John Preen, representing n union of
tapestry workers, spoke of tho "Duty
on the Picket Line," urging his listen
ers to carry on their battle of picketing.
Another speaker was A. Plotkin, who
is ciiatrman or the knit goods union.
His subject wns "The Gentle Art of
Making Tramps."
Tension wns stretched to tho break
ing point n half dozen times in the
course of his talk. He was the silver
tongued orator of tho day.
"The fellow who hasn't n job nnd Is
cold, nnd whose htomnch hurts nil the
time from hunger is dangerous," said
Plotkin. "Out of the unemployed
come the trnmns. out of the tramns
come the criminals, nnd out of the
criminal, the jails. We've nil learned
this from hard knocks."
As the meeting drew to its close
men nnd women gathered their coats
and hiits nnd formed n line which pro
ceeded north on Second street, follow
Ipg two men lenders. At none of theso
massed picketing has the destination
been revealed beforchnnd, Some ono
mill is chosen, where n strike Is In
progress, (nnd these sympathizers en
deavor to show the manufacturer that
they nre back of his unemployed.
Yesterday the mill chosen wns tho
piece dyeing establishment of Joseph
It. Foster & Sons, nt Second and
Clenrfie'd streets.
Penciling there, the crowd found the
usual number ol ponce patrolling tnc
two streets, which has been made nec
essary for many weeks, A sergeant nnd
two or three patrolmen were on hand,
but as the crowd nppronched nnd the
significance of It wns realized, a call was
sent to the Front nnd Westmoreland
street stntlon for patrols nnd more
police.
The first nrrest wns made when n
brick was thrown through a window.
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ARRAIGNED TODAY
Mildred M. Boniface, Accused of
Many Swindles, to Get Hear
ing in Central Station
admitted the woman's charge, but said
I he had started divorce proceedings
against the first Mrs. Mountford. Later,
he said that he wnH certain a .woman
I ,elii liltnnn.l frnm n ( ntnrlln Pllllnflcl
plila ferryboat was Ills first wife.
He wns asked today what led him
to believe the suicide had been his first
wife.
"The description of the woman fitted
my first wife,'' ho said. "Several times
recently she told me she Intended ending
It nil by jumping from a fcrrybont."
New Jprspv dntcctlvi-s will be rtrcscnt
when the llonlfacc woman Is brought
to Central Station from Moyumenslng.
It Is prohnblo that she will be turned
over to them.
MOUNTFORD AT CITY, HALL
were taken. Ten or twelve neckpieces
and muffs were among the furs stolen.
Guods valued nt nearly $1000 had
been pulled from shelves nnd piled on
tlie floors, preliminary to packing ami
removal, hut It is evident the thieves
were scared away nnd were compelled
to leave some of the plunder. Police
Loih'vi the loot wns taken away In an
automobile.
This Is the second robbery at the Unas
pawnshop within two weeks. On Janu
ary 13, thieves forced nn entrance nnd
stole several hundred dollars' worth of
jewelry nnd silverware.
New York University Club Elects
Dean Henry Uouton, of the Nt
York University, last night told mem
bers of tlie tfew York University Club
of Philadelphia that their almn mntel
has grown to be the largest university
in the country. The alumni held theli
annual dinner In the University Club,
lfilO Walnut street. John 8. Arndj
wns elected president of the club; Carl
O. Kirsch, vice president, nnd W,
Franklin Stroud, secretary nnd treas
urer. Ilishop Ilohcrt L. Hudolph wai
nmong the speakers.
SAILORS ARE SET FREE
Had
In
Been Held as Witnesses
Auto Smash
Robert Henon and Itichard F. Kelc
her, both sailors from tho Philadelphia
Nuvy Yard, were discharged from cus
tody by Magistrate Orelis, nt the
Eleventh and Winter streets station,
following their detention ns material
witnesses when nn automobile in which
they were riding crashed into a trolley
car at Eleventh and Vine streets.
Edward J. Flood, a chauffeur nt the
United States Navy Hospital, who was
driving the innchine, wns held in $000
bail for court on the charge of reckless
driving. Henon nnd Kelehcr, who; with
Flood, were slightly injured in the
crash, were not arrested on the charge
of being drunk and disorderly ns ut first
reported by tlie police.
League Officers Among Pickets
Miss Mary Ingham, second vice presi
dent of the Women's Trade Union
League, nccompnnied by Miss Kllznbcth
McUhnnc nnd Miss Mary Uurk, Its
president, walked up nnd down for nn
hour or more with the strikers wnitlng
for the open-shop workers to leave the
mill. Miss IScwman also was active.
When they did finally get nwny It wns
through the efforth of Mr. Foster, who
called in two trucks to provide a con
veyance for his employes.
The following nrrests were mndo:i
Tliomns E. Hllcy, Cornl street ; William
Swopc, A street, and Richard Harthol
omew, East Westmoreland street. They
were taken to City Hall, charged with
inciting to riot.
OWNER FOILS AUTO THEFT
Pursues Car Down Street, Over
powers Driver and Summons Police
George W. Wnrncr, Fiftieth nnd
Chestnut streets, drove to the home of
friends in South Fifty-fifth street Inst
night, and locked the electric switch
of his car before he entered their house.
Walter Klopser, of Eleventh street
near Dauphin, rnmc nlong nn hour
later and, the police say, wanted to get
home in a hurry. A little thing like a
locked switch didn t bother Klopser.
He used n "trouble finder to connect
electric wires of the Warner car, the
police declare, and drove away,
Warner nnd his brother saw the car
moving nwny. They chased it down
the street, jumped on tlie running board
and overpowered Klopser. Detectives
Sommcrs nnd Thomas later placed him
under arrest nnd he wns taken to the
Fifty-fifth nnd Pine streets stntlon, '
At n henring today before Magistrate
Harris, Klopser was held under $000
ball for a further hearing next week.
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Arrangements are being made to bring
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(llhboncy, who was drowned last month
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a small boat, in which he and other
officers of the Tropical Products Co.
were going to visit the company's plan
tation, was swamped in a squall.
Their bodies were washed nshore a
few days later and burled on the planta
tion. The disinterment of the body nnd
its shipment to his home here will take
several months, it is believed.
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ing n bar and two bolts.
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