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PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1919.
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INTEREST I STEEL STRUGGLE HAS
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Senate Labor Committee Hear
ing to Investigate Steel Work
ers Complaints Develops Bit
ter Undercurrent.
UNION LEADERS HOLD
OUT OLIVE BRANCH
Both Sides Claim Advantage in
Fourth Day of Strife Chica
go Mills Appear to Show In
creased Activity.
Interest in the great struggle in the
steel industry shifted yesterday to
Washington where tho labor commit- ,
iee or ine senate openea an .invwm;
"tlon with the avowed intention of dis
covering if tho situation in any way
can be relieved by federal action."
Meanwhile no change was reported in j
the Actual strike centers. It was la
bor's day in court, for the first wit
ness called was John Fitzpatrick,
chairman of the national s'.eel workers
corsmlttee. The employer turn wiU
come next Wednesday when Elbert
II. Gary, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the United Stat03 Steel
Corporation, presents the case for cap
ital. It is the expressed hope of the com
mittee that the investigation will iay
hre the underly nig causes of .the
struggle which Is threatening the
economic Interests of the nation. The
committee also is expected to investi
gate charges made on the floor of the
senate and eUowhere that more sln
is.'i r motives ar-i Inolved than the os
tensible one of the rigb-t o: the work-tr-
to organize.
Mr. Fitzpatri3' declared early in h:s
testimony that evan the consent of the
i'ici curporatio-i officials to meet the
fun.'on repret enativo would not now
n the strike, t:n.r:;i they agreed to
siib.trate. lie ns.ortod the strikers
!-.tfr.ded to 'deman 1, "decent Justice
f rem the United Ft.Uis government.
i- j .f&r as actual eondit.ona of the
ba'ile lino were e-:is'rred, the most
important defimto ntws came from the
Chicago district whnrj both fides
claimed speclflo and significant art-
r tages. S.eel corporation or(Jc.'ai3
I ncuncod the fteel ami Flab mills of
"".rYi tm rt nw if inn tnfi.ir. thm. most
t'enslve retunr.ption claimed in ' the
district since the strike was declared.
Offetlng thin. 193 steam engineers em
ployed In the Illinois Hteel companys
plant in the tame town were called
out by their local, raising again 'the
possibility of a general walk out by
this most important branch of the
woi-kers.
In tho Mahoning Valley district of
Ohio, the complete paralysis of , the
industry achieved by the strikers con
tinued and the success on the Ohio sec
tor was emphasized by the closing of
the plant or t'10 bar mill Empire Roll
ing company, with the exception of
the sheet mill department which em
ploys only COO men. This department
is the only mill now operating in
Cleveland.
But the issue in the great Fittburg
area where both sides concede the
struggle must be won or lost, remains
uncertain. Corporation officials again
asserted today that strikers were re
turning to woik, admitting the number
was not largo but terming It "steady".
These claims were as usual disputed by
the strike leaders. W. Z. Foster, rec
retary of the strike committee called
the situation "better than ever" and
predicted interesting developments
within a few days, lie declined to
be more specific. ,
Farrell, Ia.. where the first blood
shed occurred in the sporadic rioting
which marked the beginning of -the
struggle, was again the scene of a
fatality today. A Serbian was shot
and Jhlled by a state trooper during
the search of a house suspected of be
ing a sniping post from which shots
had been fired at a steel plant. . ,
Pittl urg",'Sept
disonffr througl
25. There was little
hrough the various steel
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Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Railway Engineers,
who demanded that all private capi
tal be retired from railroad operation,
and that all essentia lindustries be
nationalized.
STEEL STRIKER!
PROPOSE MEANS
BATTLE
Chairman Fitzpatrick Asks
Gary to Arbitrate Differences
Between Organized. Labor and
Steel Corporation.
Washington. Sept. 25. Agreement by
the steel corporation to arbitrate
questions raised.by twenty-four unions
involved" in strike would end the
walkout Immediately, John Fitzpat
rick, chairman of the union committee,
tbld the senate investigation commit-
tee he would authorize it. The senate
committee decided to call Secretary
Foster,' of the strikers' committee, to
testify Saturday.
' Murder and assault of steel workers
was an everyday occurrence," Fitz
patrick said, and he dramatically
sketched the killing of a woman which,
he said, was to put fear into steel
workers. ;
"Do you feel that the steel com
pany officials directly ordered the
killing of this .womati?" asked Sena
tor Sterling, Republican, of South
Dakota.
''Yes, I do." Fitzpatrick responded.
Fitzpatrick , painted a lrid picture
of conditions in Western Pensylvania,
saying there was a reien of bloou and
iron there, with deputy sheriffs, paid
gunmen and state constabulary as the
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th mmf7 rV neara oy
5enTnv h TTZ. "
Senate investigation of the strike of
steel workers was- opened with Fitz-lthe
Patrick, chairman of the union com-
mittee conducting the strike, as the
first witness before the education and
labor board.
Fitzpatrick painted a- lurid picture
William II. Rubin, counsel for the steel
strikers, who, at the outset of tne
hearing, asked what assurance' had
been given by Judge Elbert II. Garv.
chairman of the board of- the United
folates steel corporation, that he
would appear before the committee
men W ednesday.
Senator Kenyon replied that Judge
vijf uau leiepnonea him that he
would be present Wednesday, and
added that "until that time we wijl
not question his being here."
Rubin requested that . the commit
tee place in the record
between Joseph P. Tumultv.
to the Prident; Samuel Com per s
presmeni or tne American Federation
of Labor, and Chairman Fitzpatrick
regarding efforts to postpone the
dnivt.-. Kriuxivr ivenyun asKed Rubin
to read the telegrams and letters which
already had been published.-. t
itzpatrick opened his statement with
what he said was a brief history of
labor conditions in the steel industry.
"With the creation ot the steel cor-
linri Mni n r . ...
a. vainpaiu was oegun Wltn
the object of nushimr oriranfzpa
ers out of the mills," he said.
know whether It - was $2,000,000 or
f20.000.000, was appropriated. In re
cent years labor has begun to realize
the tremendous importance of tha steel
industry and its influence on other
industries. While we are getting the
eight-hour day and better working
conditions elsewhere the steel mills still
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NEW DECLARES
WILSON WOULD
HIDE DEFECTS
Senator From Indiana, in Attack
on League of Nations, Asserts
President's Speeches Have
Been Misleading." -
SAYS TREATY IS A
ONE-SIDED BARGAIN
United States Would Be Obliged
to Protect Territory of Other
Nations Without Needing
Reciprocal Serv ices.
"Washington. Sept. 25. In asserting
tho British empire could not outvote
the United States in the League of Xa
tlons under the covenant as now drawn
I President Wilson, either through mis
t understanding or misrepresentation,"
Sis "misleading" the American people.
''Senator New, republican, of Indiana)
: declared in an address today in the
J senate.
I Launching a general attack on the
leagues as a "one-sided," arrangement
under which this country would be re
quired to protect the territory of other
nations without needing reciprocal
service from them, Senator New at
the same time criticised many de
tails of the covenant and dwelt at
length on the question of the relative
vote of Great Britain and the country
in the league assembly.
Taking issue with the president's as
sertion that Great Britain's six votes
in the assembly would be no more
powerful than the one vote of this
country because action of the assembly
must be by unanimous vote, the In
diana senator declared Mr. Wilson,
overlooks the fact that in thoso dis
putes in which . America is directly
concerned we have no vote s.t all."
As to the right of withdrawal fnom
the league. Senator New declared the
United States wouli not be the sole
judge of whether it had discharged
its International obligations at any
time it might wish to withdraw, but
must submit-the 'question to arbitra
tion. In support of this assertion be
contended that under article 13 it is
"expressly stated the interpretation of
the covenant, as well as any pact
which might continue a breach of
International obligation is generally
suitable for arbitration." Declination
of any nation to arbitrage would mean
submission of the question to the
conuicil, he added. .
AVorning against interferons in Eu
ropean affairs, the Indium senator de
clared entrance of tho United States
Int the League of Nations would mean
i pursuance of the course which ha3
brought the co.mtry to the point today
where it has not a "single friend
among the nations..
"One of the simplest elements of
common sense," said ths p enator in
conclusion, "is the minding, of one's
town business and the keeping out of
other people'. business. Thl3 treaty
with its league, attachment provides
with its league attachment provides
for the systematic interference of the
United Stats in the affairs of every
other nation."
LEAGUE OPPONENT
WILL SPEAK SOON
IN BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 23. Sena
tors Hiram W. Johnson, of -California,
and WillIam K' Borah o Idah.
speak in Birmingham in opposition to
League of Nations within thnext
ten days, it was announced -at Ite-
publican state headquarters today.
Representative W. B. Oliver has ar
rived at Gadsden to speak in the In
terests of the candidacy of Captain L.
B. Rainey, for congressman from the
Seventh Alabama district. X.
FIGHTERS FLEE
FURIOUS FLAMES
IN FOREST FIRE
Los Angeles, Sept. 25. The disas
trous fires in the Los Angeles national
forest service here, jumping a hastily
constructed fire break in the region
of Thousand Pines, twenty miles north
east of San Bernardino, Calif., was
sweeping toward Pine Crest and Squir
re Inn. two large resorts in the San
Bernardino mountains.
One hundred men fighting fires In
the big Tejunga canyon, about" ten
miles north of Pasadena, were forced
to flee for their lives, when the fire,
accelerated by a wind, destroyed their
camp. - .
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COPYRIGHT CUMXOINST. WAAM.
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, of
Nebraska, ranking democratic mem
ber of the foreign relations commit
tee, leading spokesman for the ad
ministration in the senate cn behalf
of the League of Nations and peace
treaty.
Executive Committee Had Been
Given Authority Urge Con
gress to Develop the Inland
Waterways.
SOUTH AMERICAN
LEADJERS .iC'fiYE
Tell Advertising Experts That
United States Has Wonderful
Opportunity Waiting Improve
ment. New Orleans, Sept. 23. E. T.
Meredith, of IJesMoines, Iowa, was
unanimously elected president of the
Associated Advertising Clubs of the
World and a resolution was adopted
urging congress to develop inland wa
terways, at the closing session today.
Resolutions incorporating plans for
improving ' the present industrial un
rest were not adopted at the executive
session of the special committee here
tonight, although the committee was
empowered to do so by vote of the
delegates before adjournment.
How to secure and hold Latin-American,
trade was explained to delegates
by speakers from Mexico, Argentina
and Cuba.
Manuel Carpio of EI Heraldo de
Mexico, of Mexico City, who was the
spokesman for the party who present
ed the case of Mexico to President
Wilson declared e -y agency of pub
licity available in Mexico would be
used to spread advertising and legiti
mate matter throughout the republic
"We in Mexico City" he said, "want
to be the clearing house for the Unit-
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ROTARY CtU
URGE HELP F
CORPUS CHRI
International Body Through
Local Organization Asks Jour
nal to Start Subscription For
Storm-Stricken Texas City.
Pensacola Rotarians backed by the
International Association of Rotary
clubs urge that a campaign be start
ed to raise fund3 for Corpus Christi.
the Texas city so badly stricken by
the tropical storm of two weeks ago.
The local club has made a donation to
Corpus Christi and has asked The
Journal to start a public subscrip
tion.' In line with this request. The Jour
nal suggests that donations for the
Texas city be made payable to The
Journal Corpus Christi fund. Checks
so made can then be cashed through
local banks and the aggregate sum
made payable to Robert E. Vinson.
president of the University of - Texas,
Austin, treasurer of the relief fund
committee.
Rotary club correspondence relative
to the fund, follows:
Pensacola Journal, City.
Dear sir: I think your editorial in
this morning's paper making a strong
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ADMEN FAIL TO
SUGGEST PLANS
STILL UNREST
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lllLflll SsJJUli
PUT SQUARELY
UP TO S
President in Colorado Speeches
Invites Opponents to Take
Definite Stand for or Against
Ratification.
NO OBJECTION TO
INTERPRETATIONS
Insists "Qualified Rejection" Is
Not Adoption in Fact and Re
peats Opposition Comes From
Hyphenated Americans.
Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 25. Reducing
fight for the peace treaty to a direct
issue of acceptance or rejection, Pres
ident Wilson today Invited the senate
to take a definite and unmistakable
stand one way or another. After de
claring it to be his duty as chief execu
tive to judge whether the senator's
action constituted acceptance or re
jection should reservations bo Incor
porated in its ratification, the president
said he did not consider a "ouaiified
rejection" as adoption in fact He
said, however, he saw no objection to
mere interim etations.
In hi saddress the president repeat
ed his charge that unorganized propa
ganda w:s opposing the treaty end
that it proceeds from hyphens.
Denver, Colo., Sept. 25. Declaring
the issue in the peace treaty discus
sion at last had been "clearly drawn"
President Wilson said in an an ad
dress squarely facing the nation was
whether the United States would keep
Its pledges to. help guarantee the peace
of the world."
Of all the subject matter in the
treaty aside from the league covenant,
Mr. Wilson said, the Shantung provi
sion was the only one criticized. That
objection tiow had been Cleared away,
he continued, as had been the lesser
objections against the covenant itself.
He asserted the whole discussion
now had settled down upon the heart
of the League of Nations covenant
the guarantees of Article X. Adop
tion of a reservatio nlike that proposed
in" the senate, he declared, would be
equivalent to rejection of the treaty.
The president's declarations were re
peatedly cheered by a crowd which
packed the Denver auditorium said to
hold more than 11,000. Previously he
had been greeted with uproarous
cheers along the line of an automobile
route through the principal streets.
The president touched briefly upon
the voting power of the British em
pire in the league assembly, saying
objections on that score had been "ex
ploded" when it became known the
British dominions, "have six votes in
the assembly but the assembly don't
vote."
On the final issue, as it had settled
down about the question of reserva
tions, said the president, there was
no organized opposition to the treaty,
"except among the peopl ewho tried
to defeat the purpose of the govern
ment in the war."
"Hyphens," he added, while the
crowd cheered, "are the knives being
stuck Into the document." ' .
The line had been definitely, drawn,
said the president and the only Ques
tion to be decided was whether the
United States would go into the league
or stay out.
It had been one of the purposes of
the war, Mr. Wilson said, to set up
a permanent peace guarantee. He de
clared he was "under bond" especial
ly to the children of the country, to
make good the promise of such a guar
antee. He added the next world war
would be much more terrible than the
last, saying "I'm for any kind of in
surance against a barbaric reversal of
civilization."
Should the United States stay out of
the league, continued the president, it
would have to have "the biggest navy
in the world," and there would have
to be conscription and heavy taxation.
'A wholesome moral clearing house"
wa3 the way the president character
ized the covenant position under which
disturbing questions could be brought
up for discussion by the league. That
provision, he said, would have such
questions "everybody's business," while
hitherto international law had meant
minding j-our own business particu
larly when something outrageous is
up.".
Eulogizing the labor section of - the
treaty, Mr. Wilson said, it would give
America an opportunity to raise la
bor standards all over the world. Un
til that was done, he asserted the full
energies of the world could not be re
leased.
In his reference to reservations
the president declared:
When the senate has acted, it wi!l
be for me to determine wether its ac
tion constitutes an adoption or rejec
tion.
He added he hoped the senate would
not leave the matter a doubt, but
would make its . position unmistakable1,
and would put its action into such
form that it would clearly constitute a
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PENSACOLA HOST TO THOUSANDS
AT GREAT CENTENNIAL BARBECUE
President Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen
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Brotherhood and the man who is rep
resenting them in the present fight be
tween labor and capital.
FIFTH V
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Rockport Slides Off Ways With
out a Hitch Plant Officials
Give Much Praise to Efficien
cy of Workmen.
Launching of the Rockport, fifth all
steel ship of the Pensacola Shipbuild
ing company, yesterday afternoon
marked another epoch in the maritime
and commercial life of the city.
When the great 9,000 ton ship slid
gracefully down the ways and set
8.000 spectators to cheering, the local
yards had given to the sea one of a
number of the biggest vessels con
structed on the gulf coast. Steel ship's
built in JPensacola are larger by sev
eral hundred tons than any others
built in the south.
Promptly at 4 o'clock, when the
sponsor, Mrs. Alloy, wife of J. R. Al
ley, district comptroller of the Emer
gency Fleet corporation, broke a bot
tle of champagne over the bow of the
vessel, she 'slipped' easily into the wa
ters of Bayou Chico.- Mrs. Alloy was
attended by Mrs. Helen Moore, secre
tary to Superintendent of " Works
Crenshaw, of the plant, who acted asj
maid-of-honor. Mrs. Alloy was pre
sented with a great" arm boquet of
coral vine by the company.
The remarkable ease with which the
giant boat took to the water is at
tributed by plant officials to the. care
ful and untiring work of the men em
ployed there. The men ave not only
established a riveting record, but they
have made another record in launch
ing five great ships without a single
hitch. Just before the hour of the
launching came the whistle was blown
and all employes were allowed to wit
ness it.
On the ways where the Rockoprt
was launched yesterday the keel of an
other mammoth ship will be laid today.
This Is the tenth keel and will com
plete the present contract. Afterwards
General Manager Stewart stated yes
terday, the comnany will take care of
greater contracts.
Machinery will be installed in the
Rockport at once. It will be three
months;, however, before she will be
ready for her first voyage. The Ship
ping Board has not allocated the Rock
port, but it is known that she will
carry a cargo of cotton to Liverpool.
The vessel has a perpendicular
measurement of 401 feet, is 408 feet
overall. 6,027 tons gross and 3,745 tons
net. Her speed is ten and one-half
knots an hour. Her beam measures
54 feet and she has a moulded depth
of 32 feet, 10 inches.
Visitors for the launching were J.
R. Alloy, Mrs. Alloy, Mrs. D. Dend
ling, Capt. Dulout, all of New Or
leans. After the launching a bay trip to
the gulf beach on the yacht Merca-
thades was given by Mr. Stewart in
honor of the sponsor.
MEMPHIS FIRE
DOES DAMAGE
RETAIL CENTER
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 25 The build
ing occupied by the Buckingham-Ens-ley-Carrigan
Co., dealers In sporting
goods, and several other buildlrgs
near the center of the retail business
district here, were damaged by. fire
early today. The loss Is estimated at
5125,000.
vm:n EDflFJI
SHIPYARD HERE
Celebratio nto Disseminate In
formation and Enthusiasm
for Oldest City as Site of Pur
chase Show Successful.
ALL WEST FLORIDA
SENT DELEGATES
Perfect. September Weather
With Just a Tingle of Autumn
Added Much to Pleasure of
the Gala Occasion.
The great Centennial Day celebra
tion made good when Pensacola gave
her bigest welcome to the people ot
the hinterland yesterday. It was a.
tremendous outpouring of hospitality
and good will toward tho citzenry of
West Florida wJio came my hotor,
train aond boat into the city to give
their support to the centennial move
ment. Dazzling September sunshine
was an aid to the festivities and tho
crowds were in a holiday mood.
From the time when the first vls
isitors began arriving by train and the
parade got under way, until midnight
when the last dancers at tho Pal
metto Bfach pavlllion waltzed, to the
final "Home Sweet Home," the day
was a success.
A crowd estimated at seven thous
and was on tho grounds for the bar
becue during the day. The army and
navy contributed to the making of
the big event. Flying boats gave de
monstrations of aviation and one of
the observation . balloons from the
station came out for the benefit of
the visitors. The artillery band from
Fort Barrancas was on tho job for
the parade and ployed later in the
day at tho pavlllion. The shipbuilding
plant, another big force in the activi
ties of tho city did its part in the
general scheme of entertainment.
Postponed one day in order yiat
crowds from out-of-town might view
the sight?, the launching of the Rock
port from the ways of tho yard
thrilled scores of men and women
from the interior country.
The. crowds were larger when the
big feeds were served, and platters
of barbecued meats, bread and pickles
were handed out. Many times they
were replenished by members of the
barbecue committee before the ap
petites of the hundreds had been tsat
isfied. Led by Crand Marshal Felo Mc
Allister and his deputy marshals and
the Pensacola firo department, tho
parade which opened tho day's fes
tivities got under way (at tho hour
set. The Barrancas band was next
in line and Jut behind them the place
of honor was given to John B. Jones,
''father" of the centennial movement.
John S. Beard, a member of the com
mittee who ppoke before the Florida
Purchase Commission; Dr. F. O. Ren
shaw, chairman of the committee of
one hundred, and Mayor Frank D.
Sanders. Behind them came city and
county officials, members . of the
women's tag day committee, and the
West Florid a delegation, Mrs. II. A.
Brosnaham, general chairman, and
party, led the women's division. A
distinctive bit of color In tho line of
march was the decorated car in whieJi
rode Mrs. James Macgibbon and her
assistants. Streamers of red and
white were used on the tonneau and
driver's seat.
Centennial backers gave an added
impetus to the movement when
speeches were delivered in the beach
pavillion.
Calling upon the women who had
come out so strongly to win tho day
for Pensacola. John S. Beard said that
he hoped that the ''efforts of thi
ladies who had assisted would gal
vanize tho male cCTrpscs into anima
tion."
Peter L. Rollo asked that Pensa
cola and West Florida ''bury tht
hammer and get out the horn."
John 11. Collins, of Milton, pledged,
the undivided support of Santa Rosa
county for Pensacola as the only site
for the centennial. Judge T. R. James,
of Okaloosa , county, bore him out In
the statement that all tho outlying
counties were ready to push tho
movement with all the energy and vim
possible. Rivers H. Buford, of Mari
anna, paid a glowing tribute to Pen
sacola, as the exposition city of tho
future. Ii. w. Wagers, a Detroit busi
ness man, brought a message of north-
ern interest in the south and the great
importance which would come as the
result of holding the centennial here.
John B. Jones made another plea,
for the centennial. "The clock on th
stairway eff Florida's progress Is about
to strike the hour of twelve," he told
the crowds. "A new day in her life
is about to begin, patriotism and
civic pride demand that I.er people as
beneficiaries of American constitu
tional government during the first
one hundred years after Florida's pur
chase from Spain should commemorate
and celebrate that great event by
the holding of an exposition.
"And so the Florida Purchase Cen
tennial Exposition was proposed, and
it has since been ordained by resolu
tions by the legislature of the State
of Florida that this shall be an In
ternational exposition so that the
world may know Florida, the patrio
ism and national pride may mak
rejection or an acceptance.
(Continued on Tag TWO.)