THE BEE; OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1919.
STEEL MILLS ARE
FORCED TO SHUT
DOWN BY STRIKE
44,000 Men in One District
Join Walkout and in
Every Plant Work Is
Suspended.
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labor that hundreds of men were set
to sweeping floors for lack of other
tasks. . .
In the Chicago district where
vnion leaders claim an additional
10,000 men had gone out, more steel
steel plants were closed in South
Chicago and Indiana Harbor, al
though a: the latter place officials
of an "independent" explained their
shutdown had been ordered merely
to avoid responsibility for industrial
warfare. Yesterday only the Gary
mills of the United States Steel cor
poration, some plants in East Chi
cago and five independent mills in
Hammond, attempted operation. ,
Most Marked Success.
In the Youngstown district pro
per, strikers achieved .their most
marked success, causing complete
suspension of work in every plant
in the Mahoning Valley by calling
44,000 men away from their posts.
Union leaders boldly heralded a
spread of the strike, declaring that
whereas only 284,000 of the 500,
000 workers affected had marched
out of the mills on the opening day,
their ranks nov numbered 387,100.
They predicted that today or to
morrow would see the closing of
many mere plants and announced
they hoped to extend the strike to
"Great Lake seamen and union
trainmen.
Industrial leaders, while with
holdling their own figures, chal
lenged the claims of labor's lead
ers. Representatives of the Car
negie company, the largest subsidy
of the United States Steel corpora
tion, declared that the situation
was "much improved." An esti
mate was made that, in the Pitts
burgh district alone, 21,000 men had
returned to vat and furnace.
Rioting Is Frequent -The
second day of the struggle
was marked by rioting. Monday's
disorders in Newcastle and Farrell,
Pa., wire renewed, with increasing
casualties, so that additional num
bers of state troopers were sent
there to reinforce, the militia al
ready on duty, while in Pitts
burgh, ivhich had its first serious
disturbance last night, several per
sons were injured in street fight
ing. In Buffalo, , N. Y Monday
night's disturbances assumed more
menacing proportions, for last night
one man was killed and four per
sons wounded when guards at the
Lackawanna Steel company are al
leged to have opened fire with shot
guns on 3,000 strike sympathizers
massed near one of the gates, af
ter the crowd had hurled bricks
and stones.
With the increase of disorder in
the Pennsylvania steel towns Wil
liam Z. Foster, secretary of the na
tional committee of steel workers,
who previously had stated no pick
eting had been ordered and the men
had been told to stay away from the
plants, charged that much of the dis
order was due to presence of the
state troopers, who, he alleged, had
made "unprovoked assaults upon in
nocent strikers."
, Congress to Investigate.
' Another factor was introduced
yesterday into the strike situation
when congress ordered the senate
labor committee to investigate the
industrial struggle to ascertain "if
the situation can in any way be re
lieved by federal action." The in
quiry will begin tomorrow and be
fore it ends it is expected Elbert H.
Garyi" directing head of the United
State Steel corporation; Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, and John J.
Fitzpatrick, organizer of the steel
workers, will appear before the com
mittee. .
By order of Governor Smith of
New York 25 state troopers left Al-
KISSES AND KIDS
( FORM PLATFORM
OF GIRL'S SUIT
"Dan Wished for Latter and
. Transmitted. Former and
Now the Piper's to Pay.
-By I'nlTarsal Service.
New York, Sept. 23. Millions of
"burning kisses"sent by mail, ref
erence to the time when the preach
er will say "put the ring on," and an
admonition to have two babies "as
quickly as possible," all contained in
a letter on stationery of "The Her
mitage," Times Square, were con
sidered ample proof "by Miss Flor
ence Callahan that Daniel M. Locey
promised to marry her.
Several letters said to have been
written by Mr. Locey were sub
mitted by Miss Callahan in the bill
of particulars she filed today in the
supreme court in response to Mr.
Locey's demand that she show just
where and how he promised mar
riage. She is suing him for breach
of promise.
One of the Letters.
One of the letters reads in part:
"My Dear Darling: Just a few lines
before I go to bed. I hope I will
always cover you up with kindness,
courtesy, love, and hope to be able
to give you everything money can
get. After referring to "the ring,"
the letter continues:
"I am going to lead a clean Chris
tian life from now on and give you
most of my time. We must be pals,
sweethearts, lovers, always.
"I wanted you to enjoy life, but
you are set on two babies, and 111
bany shortly before midnight to pre
serve order at Lackawanna.
The first agreement between mill
owners and striking employes was
reached yesterday when the Wheel
ing Steel and Iron company at Mar
tins Ferry, O., posted notices in
forming its employes that operation
would be resumed within a few days
under a union agreement.
love them, too. Have them as quick
ly as possible, and you still will have
lots of time to enjoy life.
Enter tht Kisses.
"I will close, trusting this finds
you in the best of spirits, and with
abundance of real love and millions
of burning kisses.
. "Yours alone till death, DAN."
Between July 4, when the above
tetter was written, and July 31, the
writer's "burning kisses' appear to
have cooled, for in the latter epistle
he informed Miss Callahan that he
was g'oing west and asked to be re
leased from all obligations.
Douglas County Gives
Salary Raises to Many ,
Of . Its Employes
Salaries of a number of county
employes in the court house were
raised Tuesday by the county com
missioners. The total increase in
the salary list amounts to about
$1,000 a motth.
Eight men in the county clerk's
office were raised from $120 to $140
a month, and the index clerk from
$102 to $115 a month.
Four men in the county judge' of
fice were raised from $140 to $150
a month.
'In the treasurer's office several
men clerks had their salaries in
creased from $135 to $140 a month.
The two chief clerks in the county
assessor's office were raised from
$165 to $185 a month and the other
clerks from $120 to $135 a month.
The salary of the election com
missioner's assistant was increased
from $115 to $130 a month.
Stenographers in all these offices
were given an increase from $90 to
$100 a month.
Elevator operators' salaries were
i. reased from $90 to $100 a month,
Charwomen were given an in
crease from $3.00 to $3.20 a day.
Salaries in the other county offices
are fixed by law.
Summons Is Served v
On Dr. McDermott
In His Divorce Suit
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served yesterday with a summons
to appear in district court to answer
the divorce suit filed by his wife,
Mrs. Sophia Helena McDermott,
nearly three weeks ago. Mrs. Mc
Dermott named Mrs. Minnie Storr
Higgins corespondent.
Dr. McDermott left the city right
after hia wife's suit was filed and
the deputy sheriffs, though they
waited at his office in the First Na
tional Bank building for two days,
were unable to serve him with the
summons.
Says Amendment to
Cut Heart of Treaty
(Continued From Fax One.)
this nation would get in any way
league or no leaeue.
lo adoDt such a reservation, con
tinued Mr. Wilson, was not to in
terpret the covenant, but would
constitute an "absolute withdrawal
from the responsibilities of article
10, and consequently a rejection of
the treaty.
Duty to Accept Headship.
Instead of wanting to get what
Ti '.I .
it couia witnout assuming any
responsibility, it was the nation:
duty, he said, to accent the leader
ship which the world now offered
That could be done, he continued
without in any way impairing: na
tional sovereignty, because no great
decision could be taken without the
vote of the United States.
The president was cheered again
when he said that the "only serious
forces" back of the movement to
reject or change the treaty "pro
cced from exactly the same sources
as the pro-Oerman propaganda pro
ceeded from. He. added that he
had no notion of reflecting upon
the public men who were aiding the
opposition, but he declared they
were pleasing Germany by their at
titude, .through certain channels
open to the government, he said
he knew Germany was "praying'
that the United States would stay
out of the league.
Division of Spoils.
Every previous treaty, said . the
president, had been a division of
spoils, while the present document
was an absolute retrunciation of
spoils. Everywhere throughout the
world, he asserted, settlements had
been made on the theory that the
people themselves should determine
what form of government they
should have.
Through the people, the president
said, he was appealine to senators
to take a second thought if they in
tended to write into the treaty any
such reservation as that he had
quoted.
The president also discussed the
Shantung provision, repeating: his
previous statements that the league
covenant offered the best hope for
China's interests. He asked his
hearers to make felt their moral
judgment that the thing for Amer
ica to do was to redeem the pledsre
by accepting the treaty.
Woman Says Her Husband
Liked Liquor Too Well
Louis Heeelsteln boasted that he
loved liquor more than he loved his
wife, according to her petition for
divorce, filed Tuesday in district
court.
ne also loved Oermany even
wnue this country .was at war,
she alleges, and boasted that he
was "a Hun" to such an extent that
"it became embarrassing to her.
He remarked that he would like to
get into the army so he could get
to Germany where he could get
plenty of drinks, she charges.
His devotion to liquor, she says,
finally lost him his job at Benning
ton, Neb., and is now employed at
Spencer in Boyd county.' When he
left Bennington, he1 took along their
household turn .ure, she says, and
also $150 worth of Liberty bonds be
longing to her.
They were married in 1910. She
asks the return of her Liberty bonds
and half the furniture with a divorce
decree.
Woman Trusted Man With
Her Ring; Both Missing
Ethel Winner told police late Mon
day night that she was sorry she has
such a trusting disposition. She
trusted a man named Fred Allman
with a diamond ring worth $250 and
Allman proved unworthy of the
trust.
Miss Winner lives at 2530 Capitol
avenue, she says she met Allman
yesterday afternoon and he took her
to dine at a restaurant on Dodge
street He admired her diamond
ring and insisted upon wearing it,
she says. He'd take care of it, he
said. After dinner he proposed that
they eo to the show at a theater.
They walked up there, she says, and
he went in to buy tickets. He came
out and suggested that they walk
until show time. They walked. At
the Paxton hotel he asked her to
wait while he "washed his hands."
She waited. She waited for two
hours, she relates.' Then she told
the police.
Thieves Hide Stolen
Autos In Village Pond
Pittsburtr. Kan.. Sent. 23. Sinking
stolen cars in the middle of a pond
as a means of hiding them from the
police or owners is the latest wrin
kle in certain circles here. Recently
an automobile was stolen. Several
boys later swimming in a pond dis
covered part of a car. They reported
it to the police and it was taken
from the pond and proved to oe the
stolen car.
Licensed to Wed
Chicago. III.. Sent. 23. (Special
Telegram.) Frode C. Anderson of
Council Bluffs, la., licensed to wea
Miss Agnes Ammentorf of Chicago
here today.
Wants 18 Oil Tankers
Assigned to Germany
- Paris, Sept. 23. Frank L. Polk,
under secretary of state, and head
of the American delegation to the
peace conference, is endeavoring
through the supreme council to have
18 tank ships assigned to Germany
for use in shipping oil from the
United States for German indus
tries. The representatives of the
five great powers had agreed to let
Germany have these tankers and
contracts were entered into by the
Germans with American firms for
oil. The supreme economic coun
cil at Brussels last week, however,
ordered Germany fo turn the ves
sels over to the allies.
As the United States is not yet
represented on the commissions
created under the treaty with Ger
many, the American delegation had
no voice in the council meeting at
Brussels. Mr. Polk, therefore, must
handle the question ' through the
supreme council, thus handicapping
American business interests, in the
opinion of the delegation.
A European record for the most
heavily laden freight train was
established by a Russian railroad
when an American locomotive haul
ed a train 2,800 feet long with a load
of 4424 tons.
King to Visit Frisco
Washington, Sept 23. The king
and queen of Belgium will visit Sail
Francisco October 15, going from
there to the Yosemite valley and
thence to Los Angeles, Senator Phe
lan of California announced today,
after a conference with Assistant
Secretary of State Long. Senator
Phelan said it was thought that only
one day would be spent at San-Frin-cisco.
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Sandals patented by a Michigan
inventor consist of single pieces of
wood shaped to fit the sole of th
foot and grooved on top for ventil
ation and prevent the foot from
slipping.
The Weather.
For 24 hour andfnr at 8 D. m. Septem
ber 13:
Temperature.
Dry Bulb. Wet Butb.
t . re 60 4o
Noon (6 68
8 p. m 70 56
Hlaheat. 78: lowest. t: mean. 64; nor
ma.!, 63..
Total excels since January . '
Relative Humidity, Percentage.
8 a. m., 67; noon, 89: 8 p. " .
Precipitation, Inches and Hundredth.
Total., none. Total aince January 1,
21.11; eictea, 8.(4.
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