Evening star. [volume], September 14, 1919, Page 9, Image 9

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VETERANS OF WAR
MAY GET STRIKERS'
State Backs Commissiflner's
View That Policemen
~ Cannot Return.
LOCAL UNIONS CONSIDER
, GREAT GENERAL STRIKE
New Force Is Expected to Receive
. Higher Fay Than Old One.
Normal Conditions.
tta? Associated PreM.
BOSTON, September 13.?Police
Commissioner Curtis shut the doors of
the police department in the face of
the striking: policemen today. He an
nounced that he would not reinstate
the men who had abandoned their
posts.
At the evening roll call he made it
known that the nineteen officers and
members of the union whom he had
suspended had been finally discharged
and that he would proceed at once
to build up a new force.
ThO commissioner's action followed
the strikers' acceptance of the sug
gestion of President Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor, that
they return to work without demand
Ins Immediate union -recognition, but
?without relinquishing any of their
claims. It found' support In an opinion
by Attorney General Bruce Wyman
and a statement by Gov. Coolidge.
Attorney General's Baling.
The attorney general hold that the
police officers, havlitr deserted their
posts, had made their places vacant
' and that the commissioner could fill
them.
Gov. Coolidge. at a conference with
President John F. Mclnnis of the
policemen's union, and other labor
leaders, said he would be guided by
the opinion of the attorney gemeral.
To President Gompers he sent a tel
egram saying that he stood behind the
commissioner's declaration that the
men had vacated their places.
The police commissioner refused to
meet the labor leaders in a joint con:
ference requested by them, but sub
sequently sent word through Henry
F. Long, secretary to the governor,
that he would talk with them "in my
own behalf" on Monday. This phrase
was Interpreted to me(n that he
wished to remove any official status
from the interview.
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Will Becruit New Force.
By permission of the civil service I
commissioners, backed by an opinion
of the attorney general, the commfe
sloner will recruit his lev force,
without civil service requirements,
from veterans of the Army or Navy
who are residents of this state. The
commissioner puhlithad the promotion
to lieutenancies of four sergeants who
hare been active in training the vol
unteer policemen.
The new force probably will be bet
ter, paid than the old. The commis
sioner said he had submitted to the
mayor recommendations for advances
in the salaries of patrolmen and would
' i?oon request a revision of tile salaries
of officers of the force. The mayor
previously had said that he favored
Increases for the police.
threat of General Strike.
The city, restored to virtually nor
mal conditions of order under the pres
ence of the state's military forces, was
concerned tonight over the immediate
future. The threat of a general strike
waa In the air. The statement of
President Gompers In New York that
he supposed Commissioner Curtis was
l '?willing to assume the responsibility
for the consequences of his action,'*
directed attention to the next move
likely to be made by the Central Labor
Union. That body will hold-a regular
meeting tomorrow night. .
If Its order of Thursdafc "night has
been carried out, it wilMhave before
it expressions of the attitude toward
a general strike taken brmoaX of its
constituent unions. Ne^ly all these
bodies have meetings Scheduled for
tomorrow. Some already have de
favor of a*-, sympathetic
strike. With others there has been
a disposition to- move slowly in a
situation Involving such serious con
sequents. ?
The incident which rfeafllted in the
death 6f Raymond Gal* and the
wounding of Mrs. Mary Jpques by
? state guardsmen today bore no re
semblance to the riots, earlier In the
week. The man had resisted an order
to .move and the woman was an ln
nooent victim of a stray shot
Governor's Telegram.
_ Th? governor's telegram in reply
to the proposal of Mr. Gompers that
the striking officers he allowed to re
turn to their posts pending the con
ference called by the President Octo
ber ?, follows: *
"Coder the law the suggestions in
your telegram are not within the au
thority of the Governor of Massachu
setts, but only of the commissioner of
police of the city 6f Boston. With the
maintenance ef discipline in his de
partment I have no authority to in
terfere. He has decided that the men
have abandoned their tfwom duties
and has accordingly declared their
places vacant. I shall support the com
missioner in the exeeutioa of law and
the maintenance of order."
The commissi oner's statement fol
lows;
"It is manifest that Che places In
the police fWrce of Boston formerly
held by the men who deserted their
posts of duty have by this action
been render** vacant.
*1 am advised by'th* attorney gen
eral that upon ttfe existing facts the
ofDeu formerly held by the members
of the police foroe to whom I have
referred are In factand in law vacant
I shall aocprdlngly proceed In accord
ance with, law and in strict compli
ance with the requirements of the
dvtt service laws to fill these vacan
cies wittr new men.
"I have submitted to the mayor
ef Boston recommendations for im
mediate adoption relating to a re
vision of salaries for the lowest paid
members of the police force, and I
shall later submit recommendations
for a revision of the entire salary
list.
"I have further requested the civil
service commissioner to grant me au
thority to appoint to the police force
any veteran as deflned by chapter ISO
of the general acts of 1S19, whether
such veteran be a resident of Boston
or not.
"The attorney general has ruled
that such veteran mu?t be a resident
of the commonwealth, but need not
be a resident of the city of Boston."
Mr. Gompers Briefly Comments.
NEJW YORK, September 13.?When
informed of the action of Police Com
missioner Curtis of Boston in declar
ing- vacant the posts of the striking
policemen there, Samuel Goinpers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, said: "1 suppose he is will
ing to assume the responsibility for
the consequences of his action " He
would make no further comment.
Car Conductor Robbed.
H. W. Pyles. conductor of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Compa
ny, reported to the police about 12:30
this morning that when he stopped
hiacar at Wisconsin avenue and Ches
apeake street a negro held him up at
the point of a revolver and took about
>5 from him. He gave the police a
description of the man.
Says Boston Police Commis
sioner Might Have Honor
ably Settled Dispute.
By the A??oci?t?>il
NEW TORK, September 13,-Sam
uel Gompers, president of the
can Federation of Labor. Pac .jce
entire blame for the Bos Edwln
strike on Police C?mm,ss,0"CF
Curtis, in a statement issued
night.
Stakes Formal Statement.
Mr. Gompers' formal statement fol
lows:
-The unionizing of Fed
of the seeking of the American reu
eration of Labor. _o????tion and I
"Their voluntary organization a
Insistent demand for chapters!
natural reflex of futil? condi
tempts to improve working_conoi
tions. Therefore, the A?e.rllr?n *lled
eration of Labor wasi andI ifi called
upon to meet a situation created t>y
incapable, negligent or autocratic
municipal authorities. made
"When men are underpaid or made
to work under bad conditions t h y
seek redress. Unable to right. their
urievancea or obtain better working
conditions from their Immediate su
periors, they look for redress else
where. This was the case in
?When policemen accept ch?Jt"s
from the American Federation of U
bor it is with the distinct understand
ing that strike action will not be re
sorted to. and no obligation ^ as
sumed which in any way conflicts
with their oaths or duty. In the
American Federation of Labor they
are sriven sfitne advice, and counsel
out of it? or affiliated with some un
American or irresponsible organisa
U<?n a Situation might develop which
would cause real concern, and for
which the American Federation of
Labor does not care to accept even
remote responsibility by .JefU8'??.^P
take them in and guide them aright
TTnfortunate and regrettable as toe
strlkeofthe Boston policemen wa*.
surely sound public opinion will make
the authorities in Boston admit and
share their own full responsibility
for it.
"Hight Have Settled Dispute."
?The situation in which the P?l'ee
men And themselves toxlay was Prp"
Xe and Practically forced upon
them by the autocr^ il, iho at
Police Commissioner Curtis, who at
any time might have honorably set
tled tlws dispute by such action as is
naturally expected of a public offl
C^v1ennhnUr8^dblwFth'dividual
au?ocrat"c authority with which
even the governor ?
as: ;? isreiis:
men vfcanL Surely there is some
weight of Justice in Boston that will
prevent this Individual, whose vision
and interests probably do not eaten
S?8S I
^at American labor m^ement^nC
which I had the honor to
!?Lke then whatever betide is upon
St, head of the authorities respons
ible therefor."
Telegram to Governor.
Mr. Gompers' telegram to Gov. Cool
tlon by the commissioner of policy
who is not responsible to "\"t^Pby
_f "Rnstcm but who is appointed y
you Whatever disorder has occurred
?_ f0 his order in which the rignt
surssrt
wa8 not to sustain lawless
ne88 buT?o honorably adjust a mu
tualiy unnaUsfactory^ltvaUon^ ?
Prudent ^f the United States in a
^uSfla? case Nothing but good can
shall have subsided?
BORAH ASSERTS LEAGUE
EUROPEANIZES AMERICA
FORT DODGE. Iowa, September 13.
?Senator William E. Borah, speak
ing before more than 2.000 persons
who Jammed the armory here tonight,
denounced the league of nations afid
declared that it will not Americanise
Europe, but rather would Europein
ize America. It was the most spirited
meeting held in Fort Dodge, the home
town of Senator Kenyon, in years
The speaker was constantly inter
rupted with cheering.
Guilbeau Named Cessna Supervisor
Dudley L. Guilbeau of Opelousae has
been appointed supervisor of census
for the seventh district of Louisiana,
in place of Joseph A. Hardey, who
declined appointment.
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