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THE BEE; OMAHA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1919.
GOMPERS TELLS
SENATE ISSUE
IN BIG STRIKE
Committee Adjourns ' Until
Next Week, When Judge
v Gary Will Tell Em-
. ployers'.View.
i.
Washington, Sept. 26. The issue
in the nation-wide steel strike was
defined tday by Samuel Gompers,
presidt-nt of the American Federa
tion of Labor, as recognition of the
rights of employes "to be heard, to
organue and to have some voice in
deterniiiunjr. conditions under which
they labor."
Appearing as labor's second wit
ness i i the senate labor committee's
investigation of the steel strike,
president Gompers drew, from his
experiences as chairman of the first
committee to organize the steel in
dustry and traced the history of or
ganized labor's efforts to unionize
the workers. When he finished, the
committee adjourned until next
AVednesday, at which time Judge
Gary, ,-hairman of the United btates
Steel corporation has promised to
appear.
President Gompers condemned un
sparingly civic authorities in the
western Pennsylvania steel centers
and rioeated many of tie charges
made before the committee yester
day by John Fitzpatrick, chairman
of tho strikers' committee
Gary Gets Blame.
"Whatever helps the corporation
against the workers, that the au
thorities of Pennsylvania will be
found doing," Gompers said at one
point. Full responsibility for the
strike, he laid at the. door of Judge
Gary, who could have stopped it,
he y said, by granting a conference
to the strjae committee.
r- Counter charges against the steel
workers, involving the revolution
ary radicalism of William Z. Foster,
strike committee secretary, in par
ticular, was met by Gompers with
the assertion that Foster no longer
was a syndicalist or a believer in
violence. .
Big Increases Made.
Senator Sterling, republican from
South Dakota, read some steel com
pany . statistics, (in reference to
greatly increased pay of workmen
during recent years, and efforts made
by the company to place its stock
among employes. In reply the
labor chief said that the company
had increased its earnings 400 per
cent while increasing workmen's pay
100 per cent and that its stock sell
ing enterprises were "attempts to tie
the men to the jobs."
"What we want is -the right to
have workers represented before
their employers," he went "on "rep
resented by counsel of ability, of
courage, and of intelligence .that can
cope with the power of the corpora
tion chiefs and can fitly set forth the
evils and injustice of plant and mill
life. This war was tought against
autocracy and won against autoc
racy, whether autocracy of militar
fsm or autocracy of industry. The
!ay ia past when an employer, no
matter how great, can declare him
self master of all he surveys."
Officers Keep Mob
y Aff IJ !f: J m
v vii luenunea negro
(Continued From Pare One.)
negro, a mob of 250 men and
women gathered about the car.
With long clubs they thrust at
Brown in spite of the officers' at
tempts to dissuade them. .
"We'll take care of this one!"
screamed one woman in the crowd.
"Don't take that man to jail 1" yelled
a . man. "Let us have him. , The
courts won't punish him. We willt"
Brown was unable to talk.
, . ; Keep Mob Back.
. He sat stupified by the fury of
the crowd. When the mob surged
back and forth against the car
Brown cringed beside the officers
who were protecting him.
"We'll have to identify him first,"
said Officer Sinclair: "Let us bring
him before the girl. You don't want
to hang an innocent man."
Although Brown had already faced
the girJ, the officers brought him to
the Lobcck home again to escape
ihe crowd
On the front porch they backed
him into a corner. Sinclair stood at
one side and Lighthall at the other
with drawn guns. Bosen canvassed
the crowd for the kev to the
emergency car.
; For more than an hour .Sinclair
and Lighthall stood off the mob.
Throw Rope Over His Neck.
One man in the crowd threw a
lariat about Brown's neck, but be
fore it could be -drawn Officer
Lighthall had torn it away.
In the meantime Officer Bosen
had located the key of the police
car. Bosen hurried to a telephone
to call the police station. , '
Three cars of detectives and pa
trolmen hurried to the help of
Brown's defenders.
Brown was taken to the police
station, booked for investigation and
later to the county jail in the court
house.
He was not questioned regarding
this alleged attack on the Lobeck
girl. According to the police, his de
scription tallies exactly with the one
given Thursday night by Hoffman
and Miss Lobeck.
Vtrgnia Jones, white, 2418 South
Fifth street, and Henry Johnson,
negro, of the same address, were ar
. .tested last night by police and are
being held for investigation in con
nection v.-ith the assault. Brown was
arrested in their home and it is be
lieved by police that they knew of
his whereabouts Thursday night.
Virginia Jones told police that
Brown did not return home until
after midnight, but that she did not
know where he had been.
The officers were handled rough
ly by the mob and were beaten by
the fists of the enraged men. Ser
geant Samuelson was hit over the
: head with a club. His injuries are
not serious.
Negro Holdup Escapes
B. Stock, 3017 South Sixteenth
street, foiled a negro who attempt
ed to hold him up in front of his
home fcst night. The negro or
dered him to throw up his hands
and at the command Stock drew a
revolver. from his pocket and com
menced shooting. The negro fled.
i
Should "Strafe" Burleson
Says Sec'y to Hitchcock
(Continued From Pat One.)
ing chosen to supplant a democrat
in one of our good, Nebraska towns.
We held the appointment up for a
long time.
("You notice he said 'We,'" said
Norn's.)
"'All of this is a burning
shame, but Burleson, the tyrant, has
the upper hand and proposes to
keep it.
" 'There is one ray of light, how
ever, and it may penetrate the dark
recesses to democratic advantage
before the Norfolk postmaster is
chosen. . .
Should "Strafe" Burleson.
" 'If Burleson is removed before
the appointment comes it may be
that his successor will see to it that j
justice is done. I will watch devel
opments closely and will keep you
advised.
'"Again I say Burleson should be
"strafed," then democracy would
stand at least an even chance of sur
vival. Otherwise I fear the sins of
this tyrant will be visited upon our
party for years to come. Cordially
and sincerely yours.
" '( Signed) EARL B. GADDIS,
"'Secretary to Senator Hitch
cock.' ;
Who is Gaddls?
"Mr. President, who is Earl B.
I Gaddis?" Senator Norn's asked. .
"Earl Gaddis is theWashington cor
respondent pf the leading democra
tic newspaper in my state, owned, ed
ited, published and controlled by my
colleague,. Senator Hitchcock, and I
nTight add that Mr. Gaddis draws
a salary from the treasury of thfc
United States. He is not permitted
to go into the senate press gallery,
because, under the rules of the sen
ate and the press gallery, he can
not be admitted because of his of
ficial position, but by virtue of the
favor of my colleague in his ap
pointment of Mr. Gaddis as his
secretary, he is admitted ; where
other newspaper men cannot be ad
mitted, on the floor of the senate.
"He sat over on the democratic
side part of the time yesterday
while I was speaking, and he just
left the chamber a few minutes ago.
"Mr. President, later on, on July
31, Mr. GJddis wrote another let
ter. Mr. Hitchcock "Mr. President,' I
did not hear what the senator read
from Mr. Gaddis' first. What was
the communication?"
Mr. Norris "I read a letter. I
am just going to read another one.
This is written on United States
senate stationery."
Hitchcock Again Failed.
'"United States Senate, Washing
ton, D. C.. July 31, 1919.
"'My Dear JJr. Weekes: Have
your letter of the 19th, and hasten
to reply to it.'
"He received the letter of the 19th,
and he answered on July 31. He
has been hastening pretty rapidly
you will observe," the senator interjected-
" 'Have your letter of the 19th and
hasten to reply to it.
'"Reference to the Ainsworth
matter, which you mention as hav
ing been cited to you in the sena
tor's letter of May 31, the senator
could not obtain the appointment of
a man there friendly to the demo
cratic cause.
"When a republican was named he j
managed to hold up the appoint
ment. That was all he could do.
But new, under a republican senate,
he will be forced to give up that, and
must see a shameless republican
named for the place. At no time, un
der this new system of Burleson's,
did the senator have the remotest
chance ot naming a democratic i
friend. A'iso, with reference to the
Scottsbluft matter, mentioned in
Arthur ' Mullen's office. Arthur Mul
len is the democratic national com-)
mitteaman ot trie state ot iNebrasica,
'In Mrs. W's presence. We did not
wire for the name of a man to name
there. We merely suggested to Ar
thur that he get some democrats in
the exam, there who might stand
strong chances of pissing the ex
amination. We made it perfectly
plain to Arthur that our only hope
lay in getting some democrat in the
race there who could stand the ex
amination. . .N
No More Chance Than Snowball.
'"I might add that the outlook
now is that a republican topped the
list and must be named for the place.
Hitchcock has no more chance of
getting a democrat in there than a
snowball has in August weather in
Nebraska.
" 'So you see, with these facts in
your possession, there is anything
but politics being indulged in by the
administration in naming of post
masters. "'Senator Hitchcock has agreed
with few things which this man Bur
leson has done since taking office,
particularly since the war came on,
and he has voiced that disagreement,
as many other democrats have done.
But not a democrat here in Washing
ton has the least thing to do with
naming of postmasters. All they
can do is get their friends to take
examinations. aijl Way that civil
service marks will lead later to their
elevation tothe places. That is ay
the good Lord could do if he were
a democrat now and here trying to
get justice for ' his party in the
naming of his postmasters. If Gen
eral at Norfolk, is not a loyal Amer
ican ,
"That was the man who was a
republican, and who won out on the
examination. Here is the suggestion
as to how to get him out," Senator
Norris explained. '
"If General at Norfolk is not a
loyal American, or is an immoral
citizen, the appointment can be held
up. But those are the only grounds
upon, which there is the slightest
show of keeping him out of the
place. s
May Open Way Later.
" 'I agree with what you say about
the. damaging inconsistencies in run
ning the Postoffice department this
way. It is a shame that we must
endure it, the Lord-knows. But the
game cannot be beaten the way it's
played just now. Thank heaven,
there may be a way opened up later
whereby it can be beaten. But when
that time comes it may be too close
to the time the republicans will take
the administration away from us,
simply because thev play politics to
the limit all the time.
"'Arthur Mullen understands the
difficulties precisely. Talk the mat
ter over with him some time, or if
you are in Omaha on July 24, when
the national chairman and his party
are there, join that and hear what
they have got to say on the subject.
With kind regards and best wishes.
" '(Signed EARL B. GADDIS,
" 'Secretary to Senator Hitch-
cock."'
Pie-Counter Statesmen.
Concluding, Senator Norris said:
"Mr. President, when the president
and Mr. Burleson started out on this
plan, which I believe was right, to
take, the postoffices out of politics
they must have expected condemna
tion from politicians of that kind
They must expect to be condemned,
and when they refuse to go as far
t. the pie-counter statesmen would
like to have them go, then they are
condemned, of course; but Mr. Bur
leson is unworthy of his office un
less he has the courage and the
nerve to stand up against such poli
ticians and pie-counter statesmen."
Store Sues Athletic Club
For Damages From Water
The first time the big swimming
pool in the Omaha Athletic club
building was emptied, February 21,
1919, the flood of water was so
great that it flooded the basement
of Hayden Brothers' 'store, two
blocks away. This was due to the
smallness of the drainage pipe,
which permitted the water to "back
up."
Hayden Brothers, today filed suit
in district court for $1,595.58 dam
ages from the water. The city, fol
lowing this accident, installed a
large drainage pipe from the Ath
letic club to the Dodge street sewer
to carry off the water from the
swimming pool.
Another Captured Cannon
' Has Arrived in Omaha
Another captured cannon has ar
rived in Omaha and is temporary in
a storage warehouse. It was sent as
an appreciation for what Omaha did
in the Liberty loan drives, and is in
custody of the Omaha branch of the
federal reserve bank. Manager East
man of the bank will ask the county
commissioners to allow the gun to
be placed on the court house square.
The gun is nine feet long and the
carriage more than nine feet. It was
captured in the Argonne wood, in
which fighting Nebraska and Omaha
men were engaged. For this reason
it was sent to Omaha.
Congressman Evans Goes
On a Visit to Pittsburgh
Washington, Sept. 26. (Special.)
Congressman Evans will leave for
Pittsburgh tomorrow to meet Mrs.
Evans and ' daughter. Mrs. Evans
will visit relatives in and about
Pittsburgh for a' short time before
joining the congressman in Wash
ington. " He will return to the capi
tal with his daughter on Monday.
The latter will enter the district
schools.
President Cancels
His Speaking Tour
(Continued From Pat Om.) .
the .trip, had been up most of the
night attending to his wants. When
the physician) left Mr. W'ilsori
seemed to be resting more quietly.
Grayson Stops Speech.
At 5 o'clock this morning, how
ever, Mrs. Wilson summoned a se
cret service man on guard at the en
trance of the presidential car and
asked that Dr. Grayson again be
called. Virtually without sleep dur
ing the night the president was in a
nervous condition. Toward morning,
however, he seemed to be better and
again, was able to go to sleep.
Rising early, Mr. Wilson was
dresssd before his train reached
Wichita at 9 o'clock and was pre
paring some notes for his address at
the Wichita forum. It was then that
Dr. Grayson after an examination
took a resolute stand against con
tinuance of the speaking trip. Sec
retary Tumulty was called into con
sultati )n and the two prevailed upon
the president to abandon his plans
and rtiurn to the capital.
Meantime the train officials, act
ing on orders from Dr. Grayson and
Secretary Tumulty, had sidetracked
the presidential special on the out
skirts of Wichita, a mile away -from
the 1 station, where a , crowd was
awaiting impatiently for the chief
executive to appear.
Will Meet King.
Not since 1915 ,when he spent two
weeks at Cornish, N. H, has Mr.
Wilson really laid aside the work
of .the presidency. Last year he
tcok a short cruise on the yacht
Mayflower, but he was occupied
most of the time, as he was during
his trips across the Atlantic, with
important domestic and internation
al problems.
Continued application of his mind
to these problems during the war
and at the peace conference rather
than the immediate effects of his
speaking trip, are credited by his
friends with responsibility for his
present illness.
Should a Vacation be decided upon
it is understood Mr. Wilson' will
insist that it be postponed until af
ter he has welcomed King Albert
to this country. Plans already had
been made, it became known today,
for the president 1 to go to New
York late next week to greet the
king. These plans now are held in
abeyance and should they be can
celed it is declared to be certain
that Mr. Wilson at least will ar
range to extend the welcome in
Washington.
, Will Hold Conference.
Plansfor the labor and industrial
conference, which the president
has called to meet in Washington,
October 6, will not be changed.
White House officials said today,
regardless of Mr. Wilson's inability
to take part in the sessions. Should
he be unable to attend, it is likely
he may name some high official of
the government to represent him. '
The presidential special left
Wichita shortly before noon and the
run to Washington will be vir
tually without stops. It is due at
the capital at 8 a. m.,' Sunday.
After the decision to abandon the
remainder of the speaking tour had
been reached Dr. Grayson persuaded
the president to go to bed again and
he remained there most of the after
noon. He issued a short statement
of regret to the people of Kansas,
however, and sent similar messages
to the local communities at the
points remaining on his schedule.
Not New Affliction.
V.
The digestive derangement from
which the president is suffering is
not a new affliction. For several
years he tias had occasional attacks
of stomach trouble and shortly after
his return from France in July was
in bed for two days. On the, advice
of his Dhyeician he has been particu
larly careful in diet and during the
present trip has abstained from eat
ing anything except the food pre
scribed by Dr. Grayson.
More than once since he left
Washington it became known today
Mr. Wilson has been unable to eat
more than a few mouthfuls at dinner
and has made his evening address
under a trying physical strain. He
kept that a secret, however, and
even the officials nearest him did not
know of his indisposition. , Every
where he has met the crowds smil
ingly and has put vigorous gestures
into all of hjs speeches. '"
;'Auto Rides Trying.
During the last address of his
speaking trip, however, delivered
yesterday at Pueblo, many of his
hearers remarked that he seemed to
be very tired and to speak with ef
fort. Mrs. Wilson, who sat on the
stage, as she has at all of his other
meetings, watched him clojely dur
ing the speech and was said by those
near her to have portrayed consid
erable nervousness.
Aside from the speaking itself,
one of the hardest trials for both
the president and Mrs. Wilson dur
ing the trip has been the necessity
of riding through many blocks of
crowded streets at the slow pace of
the military esaort which has been
in evidence almost everywhere. In
some, cities these rides have been 10
miles in length and nearly all the
way the president has been on his
feet in his car with only the small,
white-gloved hand of the first lady
of the land to support him, waving
his hat in response to the cheers of
the crowds. -
Lack of Violence on
Fifth Day of Big Strike
(Continued From Pae One.)
miles from Pittsburgh, in which no
one was hurt. Arrests continue to
be made in different places of men
who are usually charged with loit
ering and disorderly conduct.
Sheriff Promises Aid
Continuing the fight for free
speech and free assemblage, the
union committee having this mat
ter in charge today was busy mak
ing arrangements to hold meetings
of the workers in many mill towns.
There will be meetings in Home
stead and Natrona with the consent
of Sheriff Haddock of Allegheny
county, it was stated, and deputy
sheriffs will be sent to prevent in
terference by state police.
" Sheriff Haddock announced to
day that he had given the strikers
permission to hold meetings in
halls in any city or town where "lo
cal authorities had not banned such
gatherings." He said that the union
committee had misinterpreted his
instructions when they announced
that he had promised them permis
sion to hold meetings in "any city
or town wherever they ' could ob
tain a hall." The sheriff said that
he could not overrule local author
ities in regard to meetings.
Strike Meetings Barred.
Mayor George Lysle '.of McKees
port declared that no 'strike meet
ings would be permitted in that city,
where they have been banned for
many weeks. He said he had as
much authority as the sheriff in this
regard and would oppose any 'move
to permit such gatherings.
The union steel men are also
barred from holding meetings in
Duquesne and Clairton, according to
reports at strike headquarters.
Mr. Foster said the union wished
to avoid any trouble with the au
thorities, but would demand that
"the constitutional rights of the
workers be upheld." He said that
the mass meetings conducted by the
organizers were always orderly and
peaceful.
Judge Landis Restrains
Steel Pickets in Chicago
Chicago. "Sept. 26. Federal Judge
Landis today issued a temporary in
junction restraining union steel men
from picketing the plant of the Pol
lak Steel company, an independent
concern in South Chicago. The
company filed a petition for an in
junction a few days ago in the state
court?, but dismissed it.
The temporary restraining order
was granted when union organizers
failed to appear in court. They may
obtain a hearing by filing 24-hour
notice of their appearance and argu
ments on making the order perma
nent will be heard next Tuesday.
The company represented that 80 per
cent of their men were anxious to
return to work.
Except for the decision of Gov
ernor Lovvden and Adjutant General
Dickson of Illinois not to send state
troop to Waukegan where several
minor disturbances near the plant of
the American Steel and Wire com
pany culminated last night in the
stoning of automobiles as they left
and passed the plant and the injunc
tion proceedings, there were almost
no developments in the strike in this
district and only a few minor inci
dents n.f violence.
About 4,000 men were reported at
work in the Illinois Steel plant at
South Chicago, the same number
claimed yesterday by sources close
to the officials, and some sheets were
rolled, the first actual steel making
since the strike began.
At the huge Gary works, infor
mation from within the mills was to
the effect that 2,500 men were at
work, with a few of the mills, fur
naces and coke ovens in operation.
Sustain Strike Move.
Youngstown, O., Sept. 26. Senti
ment of striking steel mill employes
as shown in a vote on the proposi
tion of returning to work is against
any such move until the strike is
settled, according to union officials
here. At a meeting called for the
purpose of voting on the proposition,
125 men voted against returning
while 57 indicated that they were
ready to go back.
First Arrests of Strikers ,
Since Walkout at Gary Made
Gary, Ind., Sept., 26. Two men
were arrested here today charged
with throwing stones at an auto
mobile believed to be loaded with
strikers returning to work at the
plant of the United State Steel
corporation. None of the occu
pants of the car were injured.
Major W. F. Hodges denied a re
port that a committee representing
800 strikers, anxious to return to
work, had called on him last night
to demand protection. He said that
a committee of strikers visited him
last Tuesday and inquired about
protection, but he did not think they
represented 800 men.
"The two men "who talked to me
were employed as rollers at the
mills," said the mayor. "They did
not say how many men desired to
return. I told them that the city
would provide protection to all
who wanted to go back. I have not
heard from them since and we do
'rot know whether they returned to
work.
Labor union leaders said that after
today they would be able to give an
accurate estimate of the number of
strikers who have returned to work.
"There appeared to be little change
in the strike situation. It was said
that the strikers were returning to
work in small groups, although this
was denied by union officials. An
unofficial estimate placed the num
ber of men at work today at be
tween 3.000 and 4.000.
GLEMENCEAU IS
FIRM IN BELIEF
U.S. WILL RATIFY
On Seventy-eighth Birthday,
Premier Eulogizes Help of
Americans In Winning
' World War.
Paris, Sept.' 26. Premier Clem
enceau's remarkable address in tht
Chamber of Deputies yesterday, if
which he asked for the ratification
of the treaty of peace with Germany
was made on his 78th birthday. If
there was an impression that his
words on the previous day during
his colloquy with M. Barthou were
a slight on America, the way he
spoke of the "admirable impetu
osity" with which America flung
men into the battlefields, showed
that no slight was intended.
Applause rang through the cham
ber when the premier said:
"Would you know my complete
thoughts? Should there be no writ
ten treaty, I would count on Ameri
ca all the time. I can say we are
firmly counting on the adoption of
the treaty over there."
"I have seen young Americans at
the front," he continued, "and not
one of them whether his origin was
German, Italian or Pole, wavered in
the fight. When asked why they
were there they replied: 'For lib
erty.' "
The premier recalled how at one
crisis the allies had to decide wheth
er to defend Calais or Paris.
"A few days later," he continued,
"Premier Lloyd George of Great
Britain asked me what I had decided.
I replied: 'France made Paris. Paris
made France. I would burn Paris
to save France.' "
British interests are planning a
world embracing airplane passen
ger project in which no important
city 'is expected to be more than 10
days distant from London.
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ELDREDGE -REYNOLDS CO.
The Store of Specialty Shops
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