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No. 20,021. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1915-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. * ONE CENT.
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SHERIFF IS DEFIED;
ASKS FOR TROOPS;
TWO RIOTERS SHOTi
Six Seriously Injured, One
Probably Fatally, When
Strikers Attack Oil Plants.
HEAVY DOWNPOUR OF RAIN
HELPS TO RESTORE ORDER
Chief law Officer of Hudson County
Jeered When He Commands
Men to Desist.
APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR
Companies From Newark and Red
Bank Are Expected Soon to Be on
Scene of Trouble?Mediators
on the Way.
NEW YORK, July 22.?Two
dead and six seriously injured,
1 one probably mortally, was the
harvest reaped by the rioters at
the Standard Oil and Tidewater
plants in Bayonne today as the
- r a. 1 xL - _
result ui iwo auacKs on me inside
deputies guarding the property.
Two fires also occurred,
one in the Standard Oil plant,
where a watchman's house was
, virtually destroyed; the other in
the yard of the Tidewater Oil
Company, where staves and lumber
were stored. This last fire
was started by means of burning!
oily waste thrown over the walls j
by rioters. It was speedily checked
with trifling loss.
Bain Halts Attack .
Those killed in the fighting were
Stanley Murefke, twenty-nine years
old. and Nleolay Iwaszkiu, nineteen
years old, both of whom were shot
through the heart by Winchester rifle
bullets, apparently fired by the guards.
The men were killed during an attack
on the barrel works of the Tidewater
tilant, which began at 11.40 a.m. and
lasted for half an hour. A sudden
heavy downpour of rain had much to
do with stopping this fight.
A feature of this attack was the defiance
by the strikers of Sheriff Eugene
Xlnkead, who has labored patiently
with the men to keep order and to
bring an end to the strike. He rushed
up to the rioters when the melee was
et its height and Commanded the men
to desist. He was greeted with Jeers
and left the scene.
Troops Are Asked For.
I^ter it was announced that he had
asked for troops, and companies from
Newark and Red Bank were expected
soon to De on me scene, as an preparations
had been made for such a call.
Sheriff Kinkead's call was made direct
to the governor by telephone, and later
li? dispatched a written order. In a
frt.itement regarding his call for troops.
Sheriff Kinkead said:
"I telephoned to the governor that It
was necessary to call out the militia.
The men are not amenable to reason.
They don't seem able to distinguish
b' tween my men and the men paid as
g iards. The situation is beyond my j
control, and I have asked the governor j
to send men at once."
Soldier Leads Fighting.
Jf Of the wounded In today's fighting :
John Surgen, said to be a former Aus- i
trian soldier, who led the fighting in I
th* first attack, which was made early |
today on the Standard Oil plant. Is
probably mortally wounded. He was
shot through the abdomen.
Vntrl the men got out of hand today
Sheriff Kinkead had every hope that he
would bring about a settlement of the
differences of the Standard Oil strikers
who went out late last week and Monda>
following a demand for a 15 per
cent increase in wages.
Ti.Tidewater plant was shut down
hoeause of the disorder. The sheriff,
with a committee, had consulted with
Standard Oil officials and expected to
hav^ another conference with them
late today. He also telephoned to Washington
for conciliators and two were
<>n their way to Bayonne when the
disorder was resumed and the sheriff
defied.
CAILLAUX ATTACKED,
HE DEFENDS HIMSELF
T'ARIS, July 22?Joseph Calllaux, former
premier, who has been the target
? of several attacks since the beginning
of the war, has just made a statement
t.(? /vn-n U? - I
true newspaper articles attributing to
Mm the assertion that France should
have made peace with Germany after
the battle of Charlerol.
"I am as much of a patriot as any]
Citizen of France," M. Caillaux declared,
"and nothing could be more fantastic
than the declaration printed as coming
from me. I declare categorically that
every article representing me in the
role of negotiator of peace between
Germany and France is groundless."
CAPETOWN CELEBRATED
RETURN OF GEN. BOTHA
GAPE TOWN, l'nion of South Africa,
July 22.?Premier Botha arrived here
today from the campaign which ended
July it with the surrender of German
Southwest Africa. The premier received
an ovation wherever he appeared.
Business was suspended. The
f4ty was decorated and the people
fhronged the streets.
i in t ho urrivul 11 f Prom i a r Un t h i at
Ac jfovemment hou?<* 10,000 school
feildren same the national anthem.
Sanker Osborn's Sentence Commuted
I'resident Wilson today commuted to
^xpire November 9 the five-year senfence
imposed on John R. Osborn. An
^llleer of the First National Bank of
Clarksville, Tenn., for misapplication of
funds.
REMINGTON STRIKE
IS TO MONDAY
Vice President Keppler Announces
an Agreement Has
Been Reached.
OTHER LABOR OFFICIALS
AT FIRST DENY REPORT
Pickets Still on Job Today Trying
to Persuade Men to lay
Down Tools.
BRIDGEPORT. Conn., July
22.?John A. Johnston, vice president
of the structural ironwork
ers. today announced that he had
been advised by J. J. Keppler,
vice president of the International
Association of Machinists, that a
"written agreement" which would
settle the strike of the machinists
in the plants of the Remington
Arms and Ammunition Company
and various subcontractors had
been secured.
According to Mr. Johnston, the vice
president of the machinists telephoned
him from New York and requested that
Thomaa J. Savage, member of the general
executive board of the machinists,
be asked not to contradict any more
statements regarding the settlement.
Mr. Savage had said that he knew
nothing of a settlement after Mr. Keppler
had announced that the strike had
been declared off and the men would
go back to work Monday.
Girls Vote to Return.
Mr. Johnston said Mr. Keppler would
return to Bridgeport with the written
agreement this afternoon. Mr. Johnston
said he also understood that the
girls who walked out at the Union
Metallic Cartridge Company plant of
the Remington Company had voted to
return to work, having been promised
an Increase of about 90 cents a day.
Mr. Savage denied emphatically
earlier in the day that the strike in
the plants of the Remington company
and subcontractors was off. He pointed
-out that pickets were still on duty today
before the different plants and
said they had succeeded in keeping
twenty-three more men from going to
work at the new plant of the Remington
company.
Waiting- on Mr. Gompers.
It was said by Mr. Savage and other
heads of the international unions here
that the coming of Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
ot and Jabr* with whom
he conferred in Washington vesterd&v
was awaited with interest.
Many of the labor men thought that
Mr. Gompers and his assistants might
take some action to bring the strike to
a successful close.
A large force of policemen remained
on guard before the new Remington
plant and the shops of the Union
Metallic Cartridge Company today.
Men and women with signs of "Don't
be a scab" pinned across their hats
walked through the streets. Some
asked Mr. Savage whether strike calls
for additional subcontracting shops
would be issued today. They were informed
that such action depended upon
the developments of the day.
Differ as to Numbers.
There was a wide difference between
the figures regarding the number of
men on strike, as they were given out
by the labor leaders and by the Bridgeport
Manufacturers' Association. According
to the estimates of the labor
men, at least 500 machinists and about
200 girls were on strike. The manufacturers'
association, however, declared
that in all Bridgeport there were
just 127 machinists out. Appended to
these figures were others which represented
that, according to the pay rolls,
fifteen girls and twenty-one men were
out at the Union Metallic Cartridge
plant.
A committee of the Bridgeport Manufacturers'
Association last night gave
out the following statement:
"The failure of the plans of the labor
leaders would appear to be due to
the intelligence of the average toolmaker
or machinist who has reasoned
out tb? situation for himself, placing
on one side the promises of the out-oftown
labor agitators and on the other
side their belief in the sincerity of the
statement of the manufacturers made a
few days ago, which was as follows:
'That labor conditions in this city had
been satisfactory to both employer and
employe for many years, and that under
nn rirfiimstflnof-a would thp maim.
facturers operate anything but an
open shop.'
Quarrel Between Unions.
"The Impression has gone out over
the whole country, through the metll1
um of the press, that the Bridgeport in'
dustrial situation was in a very bad
[ state and there was a great deal of
j unrest among the mechanics of the city,
I whereas, as a matter of fact, the
trouble has been mostly confined to a
quarrel between two labor unions
working for an out-of-town contractor
on structural work.
"The wide publicity given to' the
Quarrel between these two unions has
reflected on Bridgeport as an industrial
I center and has done harm to the city,
because it acts to prevent skilled
workmen from coming here to the city,
i They are necessary if we are to ma!
terially lncrj^se these large plants. It
also prevents the placing of further
contracts with the manufacturers
here."
On Strike at Palmer.
PAI^AlEIi, Mass., July 22.?About 200
men remained out at the Wright wire
mills today as the result of the failure
of the attempted arbitration between
the company and members of
the Wire Workers' Union, which is affiliated
with the International Association
of Machinists.
About 300 hands are employed under
normal conditions. The trouble started
over the matter of wages. A police
guard was maintained at the plant.
Would Pay Governor $20,000.
AJ.BANY. N. Y? July 22.-Th? commfttee
on governor and state officers today
recommended to the constitutional
convention now in session h^re that the
constitution be amended to extend the
term of governor from two to four years
and fix the salary at $20,000 a year. The
amendment would also prohibit the governor
from re-election.
AMERICAN NOTE
TO GERMANY ON
WATTOBERUN
Should Reach Its Destination
Early Tomorrow?Will Be
Published Saturday.
IS IN NATURE OF FINAL
OUTLINE OF PRINCIPLES
Announces TT. S. WiU Regard Any
Farther Violation of Submarine
Law as Unfriendly.
PREVIOUS DEMANDS RENEWED
Disavowal of Any Intention to Sink
I the Lusitania Insisted Upon?Bequest
for Beparation Beiteratcd.
Answer Not Expected for
a Fortnight.
The new American note to Germany
is on its way to Berlin. It
cleared from Washington over
the telegraph wires during the
night and today was being flashed
over the cables to London and
thence to Copenhagen, where it
goes over land wires again to the
German foreign office. It should
reach its destination tonight or
early tomorrow.
Secretary Lansing announced
that the text of the note would be
given out here Friday afternoon
for publication in morning papers
of Saturday. Then will follow a
period of waiting until a reply is :
received. i
As to U-Boat Activity. |
Concerning future conduct of German
submarines, the note does not necessarily
call for an answer, as it announces
the intention of the United States to
regard any further violation of international
law, resulting in the loss of
American lives as unfriendly. ]
On the other hand, the American demand's
for disavowal of any intention
to sink the Laisitanla and the request
for reparation are renewed in the new
note, and very likely those, with other
points, such as the willingness of the
United States to act as an interme- i
diary between the belligerents to adJust
the rules of maritime warfare, d
probably will be the basis for further j
discussion by Germany. j
An answer is not expected for at
least two or three weeks on those 1
phases. It is generally agreed among t
officials here, however, that anv loss of
American lives in the meantime would r
in itself raise the question of action irrespective
of any formal reply from a
Germany. d
Final Statement of Principles. *
The American note is in the nature 1
of a .?nal statement on the principles \
involved, in which the United States r.
&kes t]hae unalterable position that the v
a^cep.te^f rules of international law t
must govern the rights of neutrals, irrespective
of retaliatory measures of
the belligerents against one another.
What action would be taken by the t
United States in the event of further ^
violation of American rights is not disclosed
in the new note, nor was it officially
commented on otherwise here e
today, but a general understanding d
prevails that another disaster such as s
befell the Lusitania would mean the
immediate assembling of Congress. ^
Responsibility on Germany. v
President Wilson has given careful ^
consideration to eventualities to which 11
the new American note may commit a
the United States and he believes it ^
places squarely on Germany responsibility
for any act that may cause a \
rupture. i
There H now no indication the Uusl- ^
tania case itself will cause a rupture,
hut the President has determined to
keep that subject in the forefront as 2
, a diplomatic issue of first importance '
! between the two countries. Pressure
j for settlement will be renewed from
time to time and if not adjusted by the
end of the Kuropean war will con- .
tinue to impend in the relations between
the United States and Germany 1
very much as did the Alabama case in c
the relations between Great Britain and i
the United States after the civil war. .
Points In the Communication.
Among the points in the new note '
are: 1
1. The assumption by the United {
States that Germany, by declaring: her
submarine warfare to be a retaliatory t
measure against the alleged unlawful *
acts of her enemies, has admitted that 1
the destruction of unresisting' merchantmen
without warning is illegal. ]
2. German submarine commanders )
already have proved that they can save ]
the passengers and crews of vessels
and can act in conformity with the
laws of humanity in making war on
enemy ships. t
3. The United States cannot allow J
the relations between the belligerents
to operate In any way as an abbrevia- r
tion of the rights of neutrals, and
therefore any violation of the princi- s
pies for which the.American government
contends, resulting in a loss of r
American lives, will be viewed as "unfriendly."
]
4. The representations which the 1
American government has made In previous
notes for disavowal of the in- r
tention to sink the Lusitania with
Americans aboard and the request for j
reparation are reiterated with renewed
insistence. J
Willing to Act as Intermediary. <
5. The American government realizes
the unusual and abnormal conditions
which the present conflict has created
in the conduct of maritime war and is t
willing: to act as an intermediary as i
between the belligerents to arrange a i
modus vivendi or any other temporary r
arrangements which do not involve u r
surrender by the United States of its
rights. ?
6. The proposals made by Germany .
to give immunity to American ships (
not carrying contraband and to four j
t (Cont^iued on Second Page.) 41
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BHeSBT
FOR EXPRESS COMPANIES
interstate Commeroe Commission
Modifies Its Former Orders, J
?- - Benefiting Carriers.
The interstate commerce commission
lecided today that the revenues of the
irincipal express companies of the
Jnited States are inadequate and modfled
its former orders to provide addi- v
ional Income. a
The fabric of the present express 8
ates is composed of three factors: An X
llowance of 2ft cents for collection and r
lelivery of each shipment, which does t
loi vary wun or distance. a |ail
terminal allowance of 25 cents per s
00 pounds, which varies with the
weight, but not the distance, and the 0
ail transportation rate for 100 pounds v
rhich varies with th/? weight, the dis- e
ance and the zone." a
c
No Commodity Bates Effected.
In accordance with the petition of t
he companies, the commission modi- 1
ied its order to permit transposition *
>f the first and second factors. The 1
ffect is to increase the collection and
lelivery allowance 5 cents for each
hipment and to reduce the rail ter- ^
ninal allowance at the rate of oiiewentieth
of 1 cent a pound. As the
/eight increases tlie flve-c?nt increase is 1
gradually reduced, so that on shiprients
of more than 100 pounds the re.djustment
will not make any change.
Substantially no commodity rates will ^
>e affected.
In all events any changed rates will, v
vitH few exceptions, be substantially s
ower than those prevailing when the t
ommission established tlie zone sys- ^
em in February, 1014. r
By that means the express companies e
Lre expected to Increase their gross c
evenues about 3.86 per cent.
Decreases Are Shown. *
The commission's report shows that,?
he net operating revenues of the fourK
>ig companies have decreased to ai e
leflcit of $1,132,811 in the year 1914-jc
.yia, ana in me name jicuuu ui<viauii6
ncome decreased $2,449,8?3. >
"While the financial condition of cerain
of the petitioners* is more favor- S
ible than that of others," says the re- *
>ort, "it clearly appears that as a whole I
hey are operating at a loss." I
Th4 commission declined to change v
;he basis of rates in zone No. ], the
erritory east of the Mississippi aiid;^
lorth of the Ohio rivers. d
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?0 BAR TO WOMAN WARRIORS. J
Physical Culture Advocate Says I {
They Only Need Training. *
BERKELEY, Cal., July 22.?Delegates 1
o the American Physical Educational 1
Vssociation, in convention here, learn- t
?d today that their president, Dr. R. f
Fait McKe.nzie of Philadelphia, was t
terving Great Britain as a soldier. 1
D. A. Sargent of Cambridge, Mass., a ^
neraber of the national council, also t
vas unable to be present, but a letter e
rom him was read, in which he said: 1
"The province of the physical di ector
is to foster fighting instinct. I
lave been made to say that women
night be soldiers. What 1 did say
vas that if they were properly trained c
here would be no physical reason why v
hey should not go to war." c
c
Western Horses on Way to Italy.
PITTSBURGH, July 22.?Twentyhree
cars loaded with Montana horses
Acre stopped here last night for the 1
ninimum time allowed by the law for *
est and water. They were being hur- r
*ied through to Bayonne, N. J., for <shipment
to^ the Italian army. One ^
lundred and four cars loaded with c
torses for export have passed through \
Pittsburgh so far this month, the ma- i
lority coming from points In the north- c
rest t
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MAY LEAVE HOUSE I
10 BECOME JUDGE
c
lohn J. Fitzgerald Is Regarded
as Likely Nominee in
New York.
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Political experts who have been a
matching the New York state situation hi
ire incline'! to believe that Repre- r?
ent&tlve John J. Fitzgerald of Brook- p<
yn, chairman of the House committee M
m appropriations, has a fair chance c<
o leave the House and become a tr
nember of the supreme court of the b;
tate of New York. tl
The very mention of this possibility
reates great interest In Washington,
vhere Mr. Fitzgerald is held in high m
steem, both as a political figure and hi
ondition of Leo M. Frank, whose throat
vas cut last Saturday night by another p
nnvict at the state prison farm, is unhanged,
prison officials stated today.
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Four Cincinnati Athletes Enter.
CINCINNATI. July 22.?Fred Stormer.
tussell Davies, Albert Ficks, Thomas LI
togers, S. Whitcomb and Reuben Kell- P<
ler, the athletes who will represent B<
Cincinnati at the national track and se
leld championship meet of the Ameri- Fi
:an Athletic Union at San Francisco, '
rill leave for the coast July 27. Pres- th
dent T. C. Powell of the chamber Of 1
ommerce today signed their Mitry be
il&nks, ^ - or
> nil iiuiiiiiiinurtuvc ucau ui me K'cai"
st committee of Congress. If he
hould resign from the House before
he coming session, in all probability
tepresentative Swagar Sherley of
Centucky would become chairman of
he committee. u.'
ti
Is a Tentative Candidate.
Mr. Fitzgerald is a tentative candi- ^
late for the democratic nomination for ]e
he supreme court judgeship, which is d<
iow vacant by a death. T'he reports
re that his chances for getting the
lomination are good, and that because
if his personal populartiy the chances
if election are also good.
Air. Fitzgerald can play the game V
rery safely as he does not have to re^
ign from the House now to run for"
he judgeship, which is the same posiion
Senator (/Gorman held. The rioini- P,
lation will occur in September,, the ta
lection in November, and Congress .
rdinarily convenes in December. ls
li ne snouiu resign, mere would ue
nother interesting anti-organization tl
Ight in his district. Political sharps tc
ay that Secretary McAdoo, through .
Collector of the Port Dudley Field
ialone, would endeavor to have electd
a man adverse to the regular ma- ol
hine there.
Led Protesting Democrats. u
It will be remembered that Mr. Fitz- se
jerald led the New York democrats in
o the White House in the recent cam- h<
?aign to ask the President to call off tc
Dudley Field Malone, whose agents B
vere said to be going the rounds and p;
.ttacking the regular organization m
lemocrats. The Dudley Field Malone in
lemocrats were naming men whom ^
hey called "administration candilates"
in an effort to discredit Tami."Hny
and the Brooklyn regular organization.
The organization won JJ
splendidly, but there is rumor that in
:ase Mr. Fitzgerald gets out of the
iouse a bitter tight will be precipitated
ight there in his Brooklyn district.
Mr. Fitzgerald would be missed in Pi
he House. He is one of the strongest ft
ighters, one of the most wonderful tr
acticians, and one of the best parlia- f
nentary lawyers. He has convictions
>n economic and efficient administra- re
ion, and has not the slightest hesi- ej
ancy to hammer his own party whenever
the pork barrel is rolled Into the
iouse or whenever a grab Is in sight. w
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Frank's Condition Unchanged. JJJ
MIDLEDGEVILLE, Ga.. July 22.?The th
Ik
8^ it.
QAAPMN IN ATI ANTA
.unnuuun, in nimmn,
GOES TO PRISON TODAYonvicted
New Yorker Went Unaccompanied
to Serve Term in the
Federal Penitentiary.
ATLANTA, Ga., July 22.?.David
saacson arrived here today alone to
egin serving a sentence of a year and
day in the federal prison. After he
ad been convicted in New York of irigularities
in connection with his
osition as president of the Kalos
[anufacturlng Company federal offi?rs
decided to allow him to make the
'ip unguarded. He went to Savannah
y boat and came to Atlanta from
lere.
Ksaacson, who is sixty years old,
lid today that he did not want to
Lke undue advantage of the governent
because he was allowed to come
ere unguarded, but that he would
ook over" Atlanta during most of the
ly and go to the prison late today.
Prison officials have not concerned
lemselves in the case, and will not
ntil Esaacson goes to the penitenary.
It .was said Esaacson realized a large
im from his operations, but he stated
>day that he was practically pennies.
It was for this reason that he
scided to postpone having an operaon
performed until he reaches the
?nitentiary.
MME. DE WIART NOT FREED.
Fife of Belgian Cabinet Minister
Still a German Prisoner.
GENEVA. Switzerland, July 21, via
aris.?Eugene Baie, general secreiry
of the Belgian parliament, who
stopping near Bellinzona, has writtn
to Swiss papers denying reports
lat Mme. Carton de Wiart is about
> be liberated or obtain amelioration
f the conditions under which she is
Jtained, because of the intervention
the Pope.
Mme. de Wiart, who is the wife of
le Belgian minister of Justice, was
tntenced late in May to three months'
nprisonment for corresponding with
sr husband and later was reported
have been sent from Belgium to
erlin as a prisoner. A Rome newsaper
recently published the statelent
that as a result of the Pope's
itervention her release ha'd been or3
red.
REFUSES S80.000.000 JOB
uffalo Company Declines to Manfacture
Cartridges for Allies.
BUFFALO. N. Y., July 22.?The Relblic
Metal Ware Company has reised
an eighty-million-dollar conact
for the manufacture of cartridges
ir the allies. James Foster, a diictor,
and treasurer of the company,
cplaining why It was refused, said:
"We held a meeting of the directors
id they decided that the company
ould not undertake to manufacture
ly article for this war that would
volve tho loss of human life. There
e higher standards in business than
le accumulation of profits."
IRE RAGES ON P. & 0. LINER.
teamer Benalla, Blaze in Hold, Will
Reach Durban Friday.
ijuxmuuw, juiy i.c?a aispaicn to
loyds from Durban, Natal, says the
sninsular and Oriental line steamer
enalla, previously reported aflre at
a, will arrive at Durban at 2 a.m.
riday.
rhe crew has been unable to reach ;
ie fire, which is in No. 2 compartment,
rhe Benalla, with 800 emigrants on
Mtrd, Is being- escorted by the steamOtakl.
PRESIDENT HAS UP
NAVY WS CASE
Obtains From Secretary Daniels
Data on Complaints
of Workmen.
CONGRESS MUST ACT,
IS IMPRESSION GIVEN
Strikes at Other Arms Plants Out
of Town Complicate Situation
Here.
The Washington navy yard situation,
following the threat of a
strike there," came into consideration
today in connection with the
general strike situation throughout
the country at arms and ammunition
plants, by reason of the
fact that some of the Washington
machinists are reported to be Engaged
to go to work for the Remington
Arms Company at out-oftown
plants. President Wilson
took up the case today.
The situation is complicated in
consequence of the fact that the
men can obtain employment out
of town at higher rates of pay
than the government is paying.
President Wilson took up the
papers regarding the decrease in
wages at the Washington yard
and will give careful consideration
to the petition of the men
that the old scale of wages be restored.
Get Data From Mr. Daniels.
The President sent - to Secretary
Daniels for all the data, already having:
upon his desk the petition addressed
to him by the men. The impression
around the White House today
was that the President would sustain
Secretary Daniels in the matter of
wages, and that the question of an
increase will be laid before Congress,
if the men are to get what they ask
for.
N. P. Alifas, representative of the
machinists' organization, is out of towntoday,
but it is said to be possible that
a strike may come at the Washington
yard unless the grievances of the men
are adjusted. The men, however, are
placing their reliance in President Wilson,
^and they feel sure that they will
get justice at his hands.
There did not seem to be an apprehension
in government circles today
that there will be a strike at the yard
over the question of wages, even if the
petition is not granted. Such a thing
has never happened before, although
it is admitted that the advanced ideas
of labor leaders and the general tendency
to strike throughout the country
would make a strike possible. Government
officials say that the great :
majority of navy yard employes are
men of family, many of them owning
their homes in Washington, and that
they would not wish to take chances of
breaking with the government and finding
employment in private concerns.
Offered Out-of-Town Jobs.
Nevertheless, some of the Washington
yard men, it is said, had agreed to
go to the Eddystone, Pa., plant of the
Remington Arms Company, at an increase
in pay, when the strike at the
Bridgeport plant of the Remington
company complicated the situation, as
it is not believed that any of the Washington
navy yard machinists would
serve as "strike-breakers" or work for
a company with a machinists' strike on.
Tt is said that some of the men at the
Washington navy yard are being: paid
by agents of the Remington Arms Company,
awaiting the settlement of the
strike at the Remington plant at
Bridgeport, this rate of pay, it is said,
being the difference between the Washington
navy yard pay and the pay
promised at the Eddystone Remington
plant.
It is not understood that there is before
the President the allegation that
a "black list" of men quitting the government
service for higher wages is being
kept, owing to the statement of the
commandant of the navy yard that
there is no such list and that cards that
were prepared containing statements
that men had left th? service of the
government when thefrr services were
most needed would not be used.
Explanation of Eberle.
Secretary Daniels said that Capt.
Eberle, commandant of the navy yard,
had explained to him the circumstances
in regard to the so-called "black list."
It appeared that the commandant had
given a card to a workman who had
resigned which contained the words,
"You are leaving the government at a
time when it most needs your services,"
but that subsequently the card
had been withdrawn at the request of
the workman. The Secretary said that
the card showed clearly that the man
had an excellent record, but that he
had complained that the words added
to the card might interfere with his
employment in other establishments.
When that phase of the case was presented
to the commandant he with
urew t lit* iai u auu ucuiutu iiui iu issu>;
any more, "and," said Secretary Daniels.
"I have approved his action in
that respect."
The Secretary added that Commandant
Eberle had reported to him
that there had been no special change
in the labor situation at the yard and
that very few men were going out.
"The government is the best employer
of labor," said the Secretary,
"but if any of the men at the navy
yard want to go out it is not my purpose
to put any obstacle in his way."
He appreciated the high class of men
employed at the navy yard and said he
would regret that any of them should
feel impelled to leave the government
service. At the same time he would
not stand in the way of their bettering
their condition.
Secretary Daniels said that he has
supplied the President with all the data
in his possession relating- to his action
in including the employes at the proving
grounds at Indian Head, Md., in
the benefits of the special appropriation
of $240,000 to increase wages at
the Washington navy yard and at the
Indian Head proving grounds, instead
of applying the total appropriation to
the Washington establishment, as had
been done in 'previous years.
He Had No Option.
To the newspaper men this morning
Secretary Daniels reiterated his statement
that he had no option whatever in
that distribution of the appropriation,
(Continued on Eleventh Pukl i
GERMANIC CIRCLE *
NEARING WARSAW
AS RUSSIA PRAYS
Kaiser's Forces Also Closing in
on Riga, While Enemy
Continues Retreat.
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CZAR'S MEN LAY WASTE
DCft'DMC I CCT DCUIMfl
llUUIVIId 1-1-1 UL.IIIIIU
Ail Conrland Devastated and Flames
From Destroyed "Windau Are
Seen Miles Away.
SLAVS VEXED AT ALLIES
Believe They Are Doing More Than
Their Share in Combating Berlin's
Armies?Anxiety
in Britain.
LONDON, July 22.?While
prayers for victory were being
said today throughout Russia the
Austrians and Germans continued
I their drive at Warsaw from the
north, the west and the south.
! Meanwhile they were reaching
j farther north toward Riga, on the
I Baltic, from which their advance
; t ? -? -1
i is iiui niuic mail iwcuijr
miles distant.
The tone of dispatches from
Petrograd bespeaks plainly tf?t
the country is aware of the graveness
of the military situation, involving
not only the fate of the
Polish capital, but the integrity
of the Russian army in Poland,
the northern and southern sections
of which might be cut in
twain by a decisive defeat along
the Lublin-Chelm railway.
It is along this sector that the
-Russians are now fighting most
desperately, for this railway is the
sole great aetwy "Of ceuniutiniciF* w***
tion of Poland with southern
Russia, sweeping away from Lublin
and Chelm toward Odessa.
Having several times been reported
within five miles of the railroad
and now, according to Austrian
claims, having pierced the Russian
front, this section of the
Teutonic forces should be within
rifle shot of the railway, but no
claim has been made of having
seized it.
Retreat Into Fortress.
x lie vrerinu.il win umve aiiuuuiiceu iu?
day that the Austro-German force?
which are driving; at Warsaw from the
south had compelled the Russians to ^
retreat into the fortress of Ivangorod,
about fifty-six miles southeast of the
Polish capital. The fortiess is now
closely invested.
Around the circle, wihch is tightening
on Warsaw ..iey have made steady
progress, though meeting with serious
opposition along the Narew river,
northwest of the capital.
Elsewhere, generally speaking, the
Russians are falling back, employing
the tactics with which they harassed
Napoleon in 1812. That is, they are not
only burning all bridges and destroying
roads, but are laying waste the
countryside with fire and dynamite, removing
such provisions as they can.
destroying such as they cannot take
away, driving cattle and other live
stock before them, and leaving for the
invader a ruined and desolate waste.
Courland Is Laid Waste.
All Courland has been laid waste, and
Windau, in flames, sent up a glow visible
many miles away.
Before evacuating Windau the Russians
applied the torch to the city and
the harbor works, according to advices
received at Eibau. The greater part o!
the city is said to have been destroyed.
'ine Kussian iroops aiso are reporien
to have fired villages and farmhouses
in other parts of Courland in accordance
with the provisions of a recently
published army order.
British Public Anxious.
The British public Is following with
keen anxiety the campaign in the east,
hoping that Grand Duke Nicholas may
stem the Austro-Ge^man tide or at
Usast extricate his armies and continue
in further retreat the cohesion he has
been able to maintain thus far.
Eliminating the stroke against Riga,
the operations in Poland occupy a front
of roughly ?00 miles, divisible into
three principal areas: The first, along "
the Narew, north and west of Warsaw;
the second, the center on the Vistula
between Warsaw and Ivangorod; the
third, in the vicinity or Dublin, where
the Austrians and Germans are fighting
for the railway. The situation, as the
British press sees it, is critical, and the
papers editorially remind Russia that
as she checked the Germans at the
gates of Warsaw last fall and drove
them back when within eleven miles of
Lublin, so she should now hold them.
Russia Bearing Burden.
Coincident with dispatches from Kuij'o
Mvlncr the snfrit of the armv is UD.
broken and the belief In ultimate victory
is strong, comes the report that
the feeling Is growing that Russia is
doing more than her share in the war,
bearing at present almost the entire
burden. Theae complaints, according
to special correspondents, are not confined
to the rank and file. Russian
newspapers contrast the colossal battle
in which their nation is engaged with
the comparative inaction along the
western front.
Novogeorgievsk a Sentinel.
Telegraphing from Petrograd, the
correspondent of the Times says:
"Novogeorgievsk, one of the greatest
of the Russian fortresses, is eito&ually
standing sentinel for Warsaw^trom