t HE OMAHA 1IEK: MONDAY. Al'dl'ST 2. 192:. Fisherman Laugh at Threat of SO l)ay; "Lifer" in State Pen San Quciitiii, Cl , Aug. 27 Ctfli Bsileaten wa (-khintf on iht beach hers today, A man ram up and watched him w hi Ir. Said the man ! "I'm a deputy lih warden. I . cliiftlc l it put u in jaI lor JO day (ir fishing with Art, whi.h it Kinst Iht Ijw," 'Hit IU!" 141 Carlo, or word to tM elfret. Thirty dyi in jail ii nothirg to lauith sad the nun. "Ain'l ! the Uifl thai know IV inquirrd Carlo, Tnt doing a life ttrcirh at San Qurntin prison and am fuhwg by ;rrml prrmiss'on, "Oh!" iid the Harden and con tented h itn If with coiil!fctinj the iirt. Hiiil Shop Forces SfilVr Cent Normal, Executives Say If.-a.ln Hfjiort Cain of 30,819 Since Auguct 1 Union I.radVr Says Strike 90 IVr Cent Fffi. irnl. liao. Aug. 27. (Hjr A P.) V'otan railroad Friday had M.JI1 employe in their shops, this ieire. Mi:ing i gain i,( .VI.H.IS men inre Aiiiful 1. aaordmif ti a MaMnrnt inued by I'm ne.le't prrsidcntt' rvtiitnttrr oil ill. lie relation of the j Awx-iiliMfl iif J'jiUay Incentives '. f.irtn road employed aliont 15V,. I'Ni mm before the strike and the present f ree i about So nrr cent of normal, the itatrinrnt laid. 'Here i a steady wet tut in the number of men at work, the state mrnt said, and on nearly all western l'iir far loading were reported Itrratrr than they writ a year agr. Ovrr luo.ooii.otio hour ol work must he inad up before the railroad equipment r,f the country it back whrr It wa Julv I. when llit trike lined, J V, MeCrath, vice president hi t tie lioprrafl' organization, de clared. Much Work Needed. lie M:d t lit to le the measure of r.pair work drfrrrrd at a result ni the two month' strike. To krep I He number of bad order rnginr t'tin gaining, be .aid. the railroad mint give repair rniuiring over 24 li.'iira to about 25,CK locomotive each rnniith. These have been Be en inula Mir, he aid, despite the fact that riuinu l are being krpt in lervire. A'nertini; the utrike ha main tained an average efficiency of 90 pi r rent, be aid that a a result, the freight ear situation wa ju-.t a i.ri t,in. Work equivalent under normal condition to the repair of over 1,000,000 freight car in .lacking tip each month Ihc strike but, he aid. To Confer Monday, Cleveland, Auk. 26. A conference i the leader of the I'.ig Four rail road traniortation brotherhood! piobrbly will be held here Monday, ut which tome plan for handling trouble am. ng the membership re sulting from the shopmen' .trike will be worked out, it i believed in brothrrhood circle here. V. d. Lee, president of the Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen, the only one of the bin chief in Lleve land, wid however, he had heard ol no inh conference. 1 "I don't know what the attitude r,f other brotherhood leader will be, Mr. l.re Mid, in regard to handling rporadic refual of the brotherhood member! to refuse to remain at work, 'i.ni I will continue, as I have in .i.. ;! ili.it (lie constitu-1 colossal ' . . . ...i .. . ..i .:.i .l,,t l lion Ol my Order DC liven i ' rvrry mim m ; v... t',n nn men no out on illegal dered toward a solution in the l- Wife Relic Ilibhands Love Worth smooo Banker Predicts German Collate .Within Short Time Frank Vamlerlip Sayi Pt-ojile of Kurojie Do Not Hfr utilize Fufition of Nation. cprri(bt. i:r. London, Aug. 27 -"Mv view i that the aiiuing poMlion of ljirope today not reconnied oy the com munitir of it countrle. (aid Frank V'aiide'hp, former jireident of the Firt National bank of New orW, in an interview at the Jtcrkeley hotel here. It i remembered t'tat Mr. Van dirlip wa present mi.iffiC'ally at the proieediiiK ot the denoa ronlrrence, lie trrse the fart that peoiile gen erally do nut umlrrstand what the coming collapse , of (iermany will mean, and predict that rollapie at comnarativclv early date "The eollape of (iermany," lie aid. "which undoubtedly will come in the urar future mean disruption of her indiiMrialini, grave increasing unemployment . throughout the re public, ininery and serious- disorder amounting to a revolution, i lie com munitie of Furoii carcely thought about the result. "I believe that America i pro foundly and deeply iinpresed and concerned about the preient stale of Furope. It it not ready. I doubt if it ever will be, to entangle itself in I'.uropean affair, while the psychol ogy of the people of Furope remain like it i today. ' , "Eventually, maybe, the United State will co-operate, particularly. in conjunction with England, in some proces of reconstruction. I do not see hnw the United State could alto gether be left out in that vital. busmen which win ncca All lad previously declared there would be lis sympathetic strike Fight to Finih. New York, Aug. 26. The trike t.f the 2.l,0'''i s!iopmeii in the metro ,,i;i in il!..tr 't will now be fought to ,,.... a finish ami no scuicmciii " hieh doe not include all ordinal demands, John ). Dowd, chairman of the central strike com mittee, declared in a statement. He predicted that the strike would be won by the shopmen within a month. "The railroads," the statement added, "have interpreted the conces sions we have offered in the public interest as a sign of weakness, we ill now bruin to fieht all over again on the basis of July 1. We have done with conceding. We will Iignt now. I' h. rrsnnn sihilitv belong to the executive. Time fights, too, and on cur side." Wages Increased. "Our wage! were cut below a liv ing wage level." Dowd's statement continued, "and at the moment when returning business prosperity began to make wage increases pos sible. Since we struck, the United States Steel corporation and other steel plant have temporarily raised wage 20 per cent; the Lawrence Textile mills have taken their strik ers back at an increased scale and the bituminous operators have agreed to lake their miners back with wages and all right unimpaired. "This object lesson has not been lost, either on the strikers or the public as a whole. The truth of the . quipinent situation will be evident to everyone in the United States be lore the month is over, both through government reports and the concrete . Heel of car shortage. We will win within a month." Omaha Sleuth Wins Fight for Roy,Rohrer Detective Valentine Buglewic won hi fight with Sioux City iriends of Koy Rohrer. wauled here for the alleged theft of an automo bile, and Rohrer slept in the Omaha city jail. ItugUwif! wa forced to meet every Ivgal ittp and delay friends ol the alleged anui thief could tmttrr. ftuiilfwu'i had victory in his grau 1(1 days ago only to have the pri-oncr rtuhcd lion, htm hv a writ ot batiea eorjuis Furadition was rnted yesterday, howevrr, and k'vilirrr was brought ber imi:rd'tely. ; Tariff Couferrr KxjirHt to j Finish Hqn.rt !y Sept. 1 j Aihuitfion, Aug. . tent' ree 4n the lit it bill exepcl t Ui tH ir rei'i1!! rradv for te . nt and imi.f hv S.-j t-.- vb-r 15, t li.ni'iu'1 Xilumt'er of iSe ai niaiuitt-it .ut jvrdiiry ' houe maiugrr. .41I hy bn-ik lor o,nn ac tio! hv Ane 'er lr t labors i enU-d. Sst nt aI fifjf'm in imsiu ml te in i tiH .i' ,l d f tSt unit btlt esret-l now t hf t-n i4l bif the biSUv roiil'oni- l ..i. mi, 't at Nn, in ' i t'w it'it-. hi ih, ha he 4f.l vtt. most immediate future.' All Ireland Mourns Death of Commander Dublin, Aug. 27.-(By A. P.)-The grief over the death of Arthur Grif fith was appealing, but the sorrow for the passing of Michael Collins appear overwhelming. Probably there has been nothing like it in re cent history. The windows in practi cally every business establishment throughout Ireland have been shut tered and the blinds arc drawn in all homes. Messages of condolence arrive ceaselessly from the provinces and from almost all foreign lands, A seemingly unending line of people waited to enter the city hall this morninir to view the body. "One result of the tragic death of Michael Collin has been to shock the whole nation into a stronger con sciousness of the madness of civil strife," writes the editor of the Her ald, "Ireland needs the service of all her sons." Rolling Mill Company Announces Wage Boost Middlctown. ().. Aug. 27. The American Rolling Mill company an nounced an increase of 6 cents an hour to general labor, with propor tionate increases to all other em ployes, and a 10 per cent increase in salaries. There will he no increase in the selling price of the company's prod ucts until October 1, although the wage advance is effective next Mon day, it was announced. Mrs. Fitulley J. Shepard III in New ork Ilofpilal New York. Aug. 27. Mrs. Finley J. Shepard, formerly Helen Could, is a patient in the women Hospital. It wa said that ber illnes was not serious and that she would probably be out in a few day. Mr. Shepard was operated on for appendicitis in June, 1918, but since then her trien.l ay ne lias nan inc nest of health. She I a .laughter of the late Jav Could and was married to Mr. Shepard January 22, 19U Women Camliilutea Fare llaitly in Delaware Vrimary itmii'iKion, Del., Aug, 27. A a result of the state ulc demotratir primaries held Ml Delaware to elect drlrgate to the state convention in Dover, Tuesday, indication point to. aid the uoiiiV.atioH t( Thomas lUsjril a I tuied Mate senator. Womtn faitd badly, but lo being etii'ed at (lelm iles, I .Nole.l I'll sic i it It Uio! ri.oi. a. V V , Auif. 27 -IH 1 Vi..i,K.,t S'iii i,1! i,,il,..l i.tiv.Liti I died MoMotir Falls. II tomi.trr il I'm Atner'iau 1'ubbc llet'lH l.H ..lliou SlIMtl Mr HAVE YOU i SWEETHEART, Altoriieyf l'romiaea 5riidtion Wlir-n Suit Again! Mr. Wakt firJ.I of San Fran t iii'ii Come tu Trial. Oi.ik Wine. San I rani ufo, Aug. 27 Mr, NVI be krndtiik bibevr the loir of Rodney Kendrii k. rtit. is worth .U),il to hr. She made tin drclart- t on when he filed Uit I'l th I en.jf i'ourt asking Hut amount sir. Fdiili Huntington Sprrklej Wakefield, Stte heiutor Frank Carr, attorney for Mr. Kriidriik, tlrtlarrd that he ha all the necessary evidence needed to rouvince any jury that Mrt. Wake (rl l stole the love of Rodney Ken drirk. "When the ra romei to trial," said Senator Carr, "there will be revelation rivaling thoie of any similar ease on record." Mr. Krndrirk alio filed suit for divorce on statutory grounds. According to Carr, till of the evi dence point rlrarly to a thrre month effort on the art of Mr. Waefield to sa in KendrickV love. He f.ualty left Oakland, the bill state, and took up hi residence in lh W'akeficid home. "Mr. Wakefield became infatuated vith Kendrick lat March," the com plaint alleges, "and since then ha been trying hv various device to neparate the Kendrick. Her effort were turressful when Rodney left everything he had at the bidding of Mr. Wakefield, including hi young, invalid wife and baby. ind moved to ber borne. From then on the e stranuement progressed." The Wakebrld-Kendri. k triangle. first came to public notice when Mr. Kendrick charged that Mrs. Wake field had offered her $100 a month for life if she would give up her hus band. - PlatUmouth Men Robbed by Women four i li e "loirn' iiuiui" bud !,rmcUe tJ Omaha front I'Uils ntouth li oufshinf the brightest light ff the fity. They iml ihey tame here prcpaud. to "paint Dmaha red " The ha4 ''plenty of money," thry anl I lot) aniongst them. Hut it' the sa.ne old siory. Iliry tail that two wimien bad fobbed Ihrm, The victim, none tf them oyer 21, K Ave their name it Jik Hart. I homat M.tiightrr. Flank ltr.n and Thomas Nu hol. I hey aid thry rr side in I'laltsiiioufli, How to Keep Well y PK, W A tVAN QMIMMI (.MaNI ll, MSlU, Imm 4 mmimi ! aMM, ,ii.a m Or it ke . fh Sss, ill b as.4 pmtnniUf bki iwafxr Iwimim, a pmi, aa.n4 la4. iH. p.U Ml 4iaMi M Mlfc M4)ll44 aMM. A44m Uum Sa ( lka be. rurll ltl from !Japan Attempting to Divert Trade From Vladivostok Plan on Foot to KeJure Hui ian Port to Srroiul Hale of Commercial Itn porlance. Victim of Bandit Is Shot in Flight IToldiip Man rire Twire at South Omahan Another !. SI tigged. One man was shot and another sluuKed, resistinir a holdup man. W. C. Black, Sixty-first ind N streets, ail employe of the C. V Hull company, wa confronted by a holdup man at 10 a he walked to the Twentieth street car line from the Hull barns, Nineteenth and Jzard streets. Instead of throwing up bis hands, as commanded by the holdup man Black ran west on Izard street. 1 he bandit chased him and fired twice. The second shot struck Black in the left leg. The highwayman then made his escape without getting anything. Police believe it was the same man who earlier in the evening robbed Harry Horbrund, grocer, 1 1 38 North Eighteenth street, after slug ging him across the head with the butt of a revolver. Jlorbrund said the man dragged him from the rear of the store to the safe and ordered him to open it. Horbund's loss was f 175. ' Rum Runners Use Airplanes to Bring Good From Canada New York, Aug. 27. Discovery that an organised ring of rum run ners is using a fleet of at least 11 powerful airplanes in smuggling liquor into the United States from Canada has led the prohibition au thoritics to plan for the use of air craft in trailing international hoot' leggers, it was announced by Zone Chief Appleby of New York and New Jersey. Parents' Problems How can a girl of 10 be taught to be systematic in practicing her music lessons? By drawing upon the good meth ods and habits acquired in other fields. The child who has been taught to keep playthings, bureau drawers and shelves in order has learned something about the value o system. The life of the home in general 'manifests system in so far as each one has its duties in it, and en gagement to keep, Then it is ob servable that there arc free times in the evenings, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. In school there is a corresponding adjustment between work and play, and system must pre vail in every detail of the arrange mrnt. With alt this to refer to, one ran show l he importance of orderly arrangement and the wise division of tune. Skin Eruptions Ar I sualiy Due to Constipation When jou are eutmtipated, no: enough of Nature' lubricating liquid U pro tluced In lh biuret tn keep the food ! tft and rrovlntf, tHietura prraierib Nujo! because it acta liko thi natuul lubricant n4 thuat replace it. . u i t u lubricant not Ntesttftft or latitt') M r"l Rt tripe. iif a llMib Hm Iaw4 Mir. Washington, Ai!g. 27, Japan at the present moment I putting into execution a plan to reduce the Rus sian ort of Vladivostok to second rate commercial importance by di virtmg t r a the of the Chinese ICalern railroad from Harbin southward to t'hang Chun and thence to thr Japa nese port of Dairrn,' according to olfiiial report to the American gov ernment. The Japanese government, accord ing to administration ollicial, ex pect to achieve this rrsutt through two measure: I. The abolishment of preferential rale from Harbin to Vladivostok, and the substitution of preferential rates from Harbin to Dairrn. 2. Flic changing of the Chinese Fasten) railway from Harbin to ('hang Chun from the wide Russian gauge tu the standard gauge to con form to the standard gauge track of thr otith Manchurian railway from Chang Chun to Dairrn. The first of these step ha been taken, according to the report. J he routing of shipment to Dai rrn ha been made yet more attrac tive to the Chinese Fastern railway by a further arrangement whereby a bonus will be paid to that road for every ton of freight billed through to Dairen by way of the South Man churian via Chang Chun. Still an other arrangement ha been made for combined river and railway billing. During the civil war ,30,156 union and JO, 152 confederate soldier died prisoner of war. FOODS CONTAINING VITA. MINES. Mr. C F. ssritrs; "I ssant to know what food contain viuminr. I'an you Ir It me, or third me where to tend for a pamphlet that Hill give me the eh ord information J" i Reply: 'there are at least thire ) viUmiiirs, and the foods mil in one lrr sometime deficient in olhert. j I have given smh list a you mrii. j ijon levtlal limes There are many book on sua , mine now available, Among them ie those by Sherman, Harrow and Fddv. However, there i probably no iirgrut reason for you to buy mrh a book. It i agreed that the ordinary Anirriian mixed dirt contain about all the viumiiiei we need. The child need the growth principle, Tin is contained in nulls in better i.iiiihination than in any other food, Hut if the child dor not g. t a much a he nerd from milk, lie ran up plrnieut by egg and vegetables food rich in tin principle and still oilier fund containing some of it. Thr antiscorbutic principle is need ed to protect u from scurvy. Orange juice and bmoii juice con. tain the maximum amounts of this Common Sense Are You Over Cofidential Don't take your family troubles to an outsider lor advice. Don't tell your family 'serrels to the person who i your best friend today, but who in a lew short weeks in.iv be your enemy. Nearly rvi-rv nersoit desires a eon Tulnnl lint llirr.. ic tt limit tn tti i change of confidences. A recent divorce case resulted from the husband telling an impor lant family secret to hi closest friend, who, in turn told another friend. v urn inc oiMor.ca story iinaiiy i reached the wile, the exaggerated form wa so damaging that it made an open and irreparable breach. Matters of importance to a family should be kept in the family. Often tigly sounding stories arc not so bad when all the truth is known to soften the circumstances, When you arc tempted to become over confidential to a near and dear incnd, cluck yourself. Voii might say thing which you would give all you possess to have unsaid, or to know that none but your family possessed the tecrct. Do not tell all you know. niuiple, But if e mis those, tie i te loin!.) iuu and lie.h icgeu hie grneially thiih supply it in (air Uoe-and ethrr louj, which ronton some ft t I Cold stuiage and rrfrigrrator car have made it possible tor the Amrri i4.il table la base fruit and vegeta ble a antiiior unto at all season id ihe year, j. The aiinnemitie piiutiple i need el lo protect aamsl neurit! and other pain. We get th in fullest do.r by rating uiihullrd tier, wbulr j wheat bread and wheat bran, liut it we tcrl that we mutt rat white bread, there i no Use getting ended; the ihdcirncy can be made up by rating a Urgrr portion of cereal or moic wheat bran or rice bun 1 lodge from your letter that you are an intelligent, educated woman, tour table i bounteous and taned. Vou it. ed not put your money m a book. Having aid thi much on the one ulr, it i wise to add a lew woid on the other side, to balaiite it. 1 base not seen a rase of old-fa-shinned srurvy for 25 yrsri. Ihe lait rate I itw wa in a newly ar rived I'otish worker in a stone quarry. This man had no family, lived alone in a (hack, worked hard, saved money to bring hi family ovrr, rooked fur hunself, lived on bread and nirat. Occasionally we find some one who live like that, even now. Such people develop eurvv. Some who live somewhat like that develop mild scurvy. Dr. C. S. Williamson trll me that he ice about 20 ease of mild scurvy a year, principally hi hospital ward. , I feel certain that some of the aches and pain, constipation and mild disorder of the spiing are due to rating too little whole wheat and whole nee during the winter. Thi is not beriberi, but is a sort of COUsill. Knife for Crossed Eyes. C. R. writes: "I have i slight turn tin my rye. I am going on 17. My paiemi are both dead. I would like tu know it my rye ran be straight encd by an operation, I am wearing glassn, but thry ate straght only when I wear iSrni. REI'I.V. Tet raih of your rye. Close one eve and try the vishjii of the uther. Ihe probability i that you will find that their is Ha vision in the ciossrd rye, I ion eye ran be straightened by operation. A a rule, wearing fl.'ssf i ineffective, when the con dit on hi persisted so long, Sha'a Buttermilk Fiend. F. I). C. writei : "I. Flrne analyse buiteiinilk for me and tell me if it contain too many calorie for a per son, who i trying to trdu.e, to dunk a quart a day. "It il my favorite food ind I alien take it instead of rating solid be cause I really enjoy it, and wheimer I mention trying Is lose about 25 pound of ovrrwright loinr crepe hanger tiiel lo blame my lark of a girlnh figmr to my beloved butter milk. "I golf, twim, row, walk a great deal and dame, d ettnigup rxrr cite 15 minutes rvrry morning, and still I am more than pleasingly p!umpui ipite of trying to dirt ac cording lo rule, "2, Will half an hour's rowing every morning do a much a 15 minute eimgii exercise toward helping me find a wairlline or which of my china 1 want to keep? ''If you can conscientiously tell me that buttermilk i not the reason why ! am not thin please lay so in print, so I ran flash it on the kill joy, who persist in trying to save me from bring a buttermilk fiend." REPLY. I. A quart of buttermilk contain .i52 calories. It contain ar much sugar a two pound of inch vrg- j .tallies a asparagu. cabbage, cauli flower, grrem, etinr. cucumber, spinach and tomatoes It it all right U drink a quart of it provided vot cut down corretpondmgly on other food. llultermilk contain 9 per renf water i per rrnt protein. 5 per ten', fat, 4 per crnt eatbohydratee, I pe cent ih. 2. Vn Tobacco Nri.ltii. B. V. writes: "Will yvu please state in your column the symptom ot tobacco neuritis?' REPLY. Depend! In the nerve affrrted. If the heart nerve, it causes irregu. Ir. rapid pulse. If the eye nrrve, artial bbndnr!. If Ihe at in netve, pain, Prayer Each Day Iii.m.4 trm the ttnr in spirit re Ihel- is lli kii,,lum of li--sn II ! ' ih tha - for ih h I ihi rK frt4 lllst arm thm piTk' re 1hf .hall nhil Ihs sarin tll"w1 lira Ih.l hi. h ilo h'iir alia ssi i afisr r'm aualta? far Ih.y ltll Im fill-rai III... .a mlm III n,r,',il lr hv SKslI iihlsm r,.r IO-..--1 ar ihs nr l K-.ll (ur m.r aliall a. a ia III.... I ar th pMrsnrakara' lor Ih'r shall Is arM Ilia rh.l-lr.a ut IMaaaaA ( a-e hnh s,a t,ra"Ui4 r.,r rifhiaou. I aaa aak. fr Ihalra la IK lllni'lnin ft liusaa lllraaa r y. liaa man aH trvil Av. an barsattl vnu. aa1 shall hi all mannar ni avll Int. yini r ! ir, lur n.r aaka Mall I l-ll. Our Father, wr dore Thee as the center of all pure pirit. and we prav Thee i make ut like unto Thyself, May our mind think pure thought. May our heart love pure thing, May or very live be pure because Thou art pure. Cleanse u and tanctify u. and constantly ave u. our Father. e we should break down under .' wear and tear of the wotld and fall beneath trmptation that without. Thv purity and strengili we could never resist. In Jeu' name. Amen. K K Vioia'l, P i, Kansaa f'lly, Mn MSML I z.i mm 'hm. x MmM 7 rj." , ftllertt Cmmt's m0t Jimmy Smith'$ mot tor mmya mvary boy cmn havt aomm KtUoga't Corn FUhaat Shm'm traotin thm ufhola ninm 'cmuam iv aUetaJ htr Jimmy cp taint Oyyoit yoi, ywit09 Easv to dieest- perfect summer days faod- (JX COl CORN FLAKES Heavy meals during 'warm 'weather encourage drowsi ness, sluggishness and headache I Eat Kellogg's Corn Flakes liberally because they are the ideal summer food for youngsters and older folks. Kellogg's digest easily and let you walk or play or sleep in peace. And, they're satisfying to the keenest appetite. De licious with fresh fruits! Insist upon Kellogg 'a Corn Flake In the RED and GREEN package which beara the signature of W. K. Kellogg, originator of Corn Flakes. None arc genuine without itl 4m CORN FLAKES Aba smW f KEU.0GC3 MUMBLES ltd KELLOGG'S BRAN. tokd krw.U.4 i ; , t'aaakiar. ).ik .o If la, i is s la.y 14 1 srii, iKa ' AH' t .a. kaaa W:ktf VH, l. ptv. a .1 ls. lui lei sin i t a a a. ,a V! r -,. am aa at s It-oik.. a las', W-rimv. mm a- a .f k-a-J aa-'S.r aefl'lr " ts Aa' !.. Wakaa l1-'. a4'.,. tl t J ttaa 'Sa , Haal I 'a e,-a . m,i a. 114 Tumulty ! dsil for urope N a .W ." I'Hih I" T 'i'lv t.i.nuf j., u i t ti.nUiv u t ns I I. . ' at W He's Mrs. I' timuhi, ssi'sa) e- M kl, . 1 ft WI'H H I JiHthlir l,i,i is rt k st.'.sl --mb' aCiniiMllaaBakHilla CASTOR I A Ftf I&faata aaj CaUJrea Is use FOR CVtR 30 ttARS There Are Salesmen and Salesmen nut the kind of lulniiiaii who You never their namea n 1 Omaha Dee "Want" Ada are carry grip and lample ease. hotel rctrnten. f Nvrthrl, thty're buy every minute- morning, noon and night- Instead of your bihg obi ged U farnl.h then ada." thy locate their ewn prvMpctiv byri tH ur try rx aetljr aa you want, u I,. and cuntinue telling it at king at yoia keep them en the job. f N'i)ttthtandmf this, Omaha Pe "Want' A I work rkeap.'y. Think at tndi,g t Umr tu rail en mor than fu (Vi9 ra. ps-etivt ewitowtt every day wi'h an aspanse aeee-unt ef a ftJ sfimeej That all Omaha li-'e "want" Ad test. j lte a Srtwrth '-tig Ij el)-a a.ms. fet rstaln or pruntl jrpf)? Impiay a 'Wait'" A 4 ; a il ! it. The Omaha Morning Bee THE EVENING BEE ILLINOIS CENTRAL SYSTEM Chicago, Auffunt 25. 192. To the Shopmen of tho Illinois Central System I Since the leaders of the railway nhopcraftn ordered the members of their or Kanizationn to strike July 1 against decisions of the United States Railroad Labor Hoard, constant efforts have been made to find a basis for a just settlement. I believe you arc familiar with those negotiations and the unsuccessful efforts to bring about a settlement which have been made by the Labor Board and indi vidual members of the board, by members of the President's cabinet, by repre sentatives of various organizations and by the President himself. The final conference in New York August 23 further demonstrated that the differences which exist are of such a fundamental nature that they cannot be composed. We of the Illinois Central System believe there is nothing to be gained by further negotiations on a question which admits of no compromise. Moreover, we believe the situation has been unfavorably affected by reports frequently sent out by leaders of the shopcrafts that a nation-wide settlement was about to be effected, and that it can serve no good purpose to continue to hold out these false hopes. While we are deeply interested in the general situation, we believe that we can accomplish a great deal more for that part of the public served by us, for , our employes and for ourselves if we concentrate our future efforts largely upon the conditions on our own railway system. No one rcgrcti more than we the unfortunate situation of our former employes who gave, up their positions upon orders from the leaders of their crafts. On June 14, when the strike vote was being taken, we addressed a letter to ell Illinois Central System shopmen in which wc appealed to their better judgment and counseled them not to vote In favor of placing- In the hands of their leaders the power to rail a strike. We were of the opinion then that if thry placed such a power in the hands of their leaders it would be unrvely exercised and a strike would be railed, resulting in untold suffering and hardships to the strikers. We had the tntereats of our shopmen at heart and did not want to face the situation of having to fill their places. We appreciated that in any emergency which might arise the public welfare demanded that our trains be kept running. On July 10, ten days after the strike had been called and some of our shopmen had com-' plied with the orders of their leaders to desert their posts, we again addressed them. The public had to be served with transportation and, if our shopmen who left our service were not going to return to their positions, new men had to be employed to fill the vacancies. We did not want to employ new men until we were absolutely sure that those who went out would not return. It therefore became necessary for us to fix a time within which those who left their positions could return without loss of pension, seniority and other rights. We waited ten days for our former employes to make up their minds, hoping- all the time that they would return, and after having waited that long we trnve them another whole week within which they could return with out loss of any of their rights. Holding, as we do, that service to the public is our first and highest duty, we could no long-. er continue a waiting policy and thus run the risk of not being able adequately to take care of those depending upon this railway system for transportation service. After having taken every precaution we could consistently take in behalf of the men who went out, we began employing new men. The men who took the places of those who left our service hove courageously and efficiently assisted us in rendering to the public an unimpaired transportation service. We believe they are entitled to very great consideration, not only from us, but also from our patrons. We submit that no fair-minded person with a correct understanding of the situation would have us deal unfairly by these men. j There is no dispute about the right of workmen to leave their positions. Neither can there be any question about tho right of others to take the places thus made vacant, nor the right of any man to work when and where he may wish. Those rights are essential to civilization. The President of the United States has asserted that he will, if necessary, use the full power of the United States Government to sustain these rights. Neither can there be any question as to the attitude of the Illinois Central System toward labor organizations. We believe in the principles of organizations, and we stand ready to work hand in hand with those organizations which will work with us in serving the public. From the beginning of this controversy we have felt that the members of the shopcraft or ganizations were being misled, and it is a matter of deepest regret to us that we were not able to induce more of our shopmen to guard against iil advised action. We believe that the vast ma- . jority of our employes in all department, as well as the vast majority of our patrons, feel in their hearts that the Illinois Central System has dealt fairly by the striking shopmen. In addition to the letters which we addressed to them, reasoning with them and exhorting them to let their better judgment prevail, our officers appealed to them personally, worked with them and did everything they honorably could do to induce them to vote acainst the Drooosed strike: to refuse to give up their positions after the strike had been called, and. finally, to return to-the service in time to preserve their pension and seniority rights unimpaired. We hold no feeling of resentment toward those of our former shopmen who, as a result of being misled, gave up their positions and the benefits and privileges which they formerly held. So long as vacancies exist, we shall giva preference to those of our former shopmen who have not resorted to violence or damaged eompuny property. However, frankness compels us to make clear that the vacancies are being rapidly filled. Our mechanical forces are largely depleted at only one of the main shop plants on the Illinois Central .System. At all of our other shopi our mechanical iorces range all the way from substantial forces to more than 200 per cent of normal. This disparity has made it necessary for us to transfer some of our work from the shops having the smallest forces to those having the largest. The total number of men employed in tho mechanical department of the Illinois Central System on June SO. the day before the strike, was 13,607. On August 24, after almoat two months of the strike, there were 12,653 employes in the mechanical department, of whom a very large percentage were old employes who remained faithful by refusing to strike. Therefore, on August 24 we had only 8o4 fewer employe! in the mechanical department than on the day before the strike. On July .1, the Labor Board, by resolution, called for the formation of new organizations to take the plarea of thoae which had refused to abide by the decision! of the board. The fol lowing is quoted from that resolution: Wherea. in the future submission of disputes involving rules, wages and grievances of said classes of employes of the carrier it will be deairable, it not practical necessity for the em nloyea of each class on each carrier to form some sort of an asiociation or organisation to function in the renre.entation of laid employe before the Railroad Ubor Roard in order that the effectiveness of the Tranportation Act may be maintained. Now, therefore, be it reaolved that it be communicated to rarrivra and the employe! re maining In the service and Ihe new employe succeeding thoae who have left the service, to take nepa as soon a practicable to perfect on each carrier such organisations a may be deemed nee eary for the purpose above mntiund, and He it further rewlved. that if it b assumed that Ihe employes who leave the service of th carrier because of their dissatisfaction with any deeiaion ef the labor Hoard are within their right In . doing it must hkewis be conceded that the men wh.i remain in th service and tho who enter il anew are withm their riuhl in accepting tuh employment-that they are mt sink, breakers, seeking lo impose th arbitrary will of ait employer on mplye-that they have the moral a ws-lt as th legal rtght engage in ueh service of the American pubiie U avoid intrrrup. tum tt Indispensable railroad tranporttion and that they are rntnled to the protection of every department and branch nf the Uuvernment, state and national. lit re,po..t (a th rolutiin ef the tabor Hoard, th ro,tuya ef lb ras'hari:at depart nt ef th l!l.nns I intra! .atnt hay perfected th' urgannatiun. a fallow: Auociatiesi ef Machinist, lUlinre and App.iurt. 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