- I THE BEE: OMAHA. FKIDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1919. STRIKE LEADERS CONTINUE FIGHT FOR FREESPEEGII Papers in Contemplated Court Action Prepared; Pittsburgh Mayor Issues Statement In Reply to Warning. ' Pittsburgh, Oct. 16. Labor lead en conducting the ' steel workers' strike in the Pittsburgh district con tinue their preparations to make a legal attack against local and coun ty authorities in Allegheny county on the question of free speech and free assemblage which the strikers allege have been denied them. Pa per in the contemplated court pro ceedings have been prepared and it is expected injunctions will be ap plied for against officials in Pitts burgh and Allegheny county and in some of the cities of the county to restrain them from interfering with the meetings of local unions and labor mass meetings. Applications for injnnctions,' it was said, might be applied for both in the county and federal courts. Mayor E. V. Babcock has issued a statement in reply to a warning sent him by counsel for the strikers that legal action would be taken if there was any further unlawful in terference with union meetings. Mayor's Statement The mayor said: v "That 11 may clearly understand my position in the controversy raised by Attorney W. B. Rubin, representing among others, John FitEpatrick, Chicago, chairman, and William Z. Foster, secretary-treasurer of the national committee for organizing steel workers, over hold ing meetings in the city of Pitts burgh, I desire to say that I deem it for the best interest of the city that no meetings be held in the strike sone. I have given orders to that effect. "Peace and order in the city must be maintained. The fact that Mr. Foster is continually in the city and had the reputation of starting trouble in other places causes me to plan to be ultra safe and con servative in the interest of the city of Pittsburgh and all the people in side of its confines. There is no objection whatever to public meet ing outside of the strike tones in the city limits. The mayor said the police depart-(iitiiltifiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiriiipiiHiiiiiil!iiiiiinniiiiiiliiiimi!i ! Cash I : g Discount Sale of I 3 Suits and Coats I i a S If you have cash to spend Now is the tjme and this is the place to make it pay you a "snug profit." Our smartest new models this week at a saving of I $10 to $20 I from regular price. "The 1 Specialty IShop" 'A I i Further Indication of Steady Improvement In Wilson's Condition Washington, Oct 16. Further in dication of the steady improvement in the condition of President Wil son, who has entered the fourth week of his illness, was given in the statement by White House officials that the vote on the Shantung amendment to the peace treaty was imparted to him within a few min utes after the senate roll call. The president earlier in the day, it was learned, was advised that an important vote in the senate peace treaty controversy was near. As the news did not seem to worry him, Rear Admiral Grayson, his personal physician, gave permission for the sending of the vote to the sick room when recorded. Secretary Tumulty received 'the news of the vote at the White House immediately after an nouncment bythe senate tellers and sent it the president's room, where it was given to him by his nurse, Mrs. Wilson having left his bedside for a few minutes. Affairs demanding President Wil son's attention are still being shoved into other channels, as was the prohibition enforcement act, which was sent to the attor ney general for consideration before executive action is taken. In a bulletin issued at the White House at 10:15 o'clock Thursday night Dr. Grayson said: "The president had a fairlv satis factory day." Smart Wear for Women Zmi Floor, Securities Bldgi fiifnitditiniittniiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiiitinirti'iiiiinitrirttiniiS 5 a a . mw n n mi tr r mm ment is maintaining order, "but not with a rough or inhuman hand." "The situation is excellent," said Secretary Foster, "with prospects r f gains in small communities to which we have been unable to give more attention heretofore. Only the suc cessful outcome of the legal pro ceedings under way to secure free speech is necessary to close up the places in the immediate vicinity cf Pittsburgh, which are now crippled to a less degree than mills else where." The national committee received a long report j giving conditions in the Chicago district The situation there, from strikers', viewpoint, were reported as very favorable. Corporations Quiet , Corporations had little to give out regarding conditions in their mills. The Carnegie company announced that 300 to 500 men are daily seek ing work in its Monongahela Valley plants and "that about half of them are old employes." Strike headquarters gave out what was said to be a report of ac tual conditions as found by a union man in the Homestead works of the Carnegie company on October 14. It purported to give the number of men found in the various depart ments. In the blacksmith shop, it said, men were playing cards; open hearth furnace No. 1 was lit up, but no one working; in the 84 and 72 inch mill men were "wrestling and monkeying around." Various de partments were declared to be "down tight." Maynard Halted in i Race by Accident (Continued From Fact One.) pilots to reach Omaha and who un officially clipped 55 minutes off the actual flying time made by Lieu tenant Maynard in his flight across the country, was authorized last night to continue the race today in a new plane. His plane caught afire from a lantern blaze shortly after he effected a landing and was so badly damaged that it is impos sible to make repairs. Give "Fair Play." The unusual opportunities given Captain Smith and Lieutenant May nard were accorded by virtue of their leadership of the two rival groups of flyers and amounted only to the carrying out of the principle of "fair play," Major General Meno her, director of the air service, said. Other contestants continued to wing their way acrpss the continent. Three landed yesterday at San Francisco, making a total of 13 to complete the westward flight. Seventeen others are still struggling toward the Golden Gate, most of them being in the Rocky mountain region. There were no new arrivals at Mineola. Six have completed the eastward flight. Behind Maynard, Pearson and Donaldson, in the eastward flight was Lieut. Earl Manzelman, who, with Maj. Harry Smith, took off from. San Francisco yesterday. Major Smith's machine was wrecked at Fernley, Nev.,' and he retired from the race. The flyers making the return trip from Mineola to the west made no progress. Maj. Carl Spatz was held at Buffalo, N. Y., on account of bad flying weather, and Lieuts. E. C. Kiel and M. E. Queens at Bing hainpton. , J li..J..kH anil tatn. VWH Feverish Hedehe and body pains caused from a eofl are soon toic uj LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablet.. mv . i- nna "Brnmn Quinine. . w r.novr.'S ientTiM on the box. SOe. r S.WA BARKER ELK Mil OMAHA.NEB. I POPULAR PRICED f JP GUARANTY D DFNT&rRlf toy LITTLE WAGONS for the CUUrea at HARPER'S Ftatirost Bldf., 17th and Howard. Buy NAILS at HARPER'S Flatiroa Bid., ITth and Howard. HOUSE PASSES POLICE BILL IN AMENDED FORM Chief Given Authority to Discharge Men Found In efficient Salaries Are Regulated. (Cratlnaed From Fare One.) ernor has specified laws dealing with the control of the police depart menf of Omaha and therefore any amendment covering the matter of control of the police department was in order. Must Give Remedy. In speaking on the amendment, Representative Tenison said that the legislature would not be doing its duty to the cityv of Omaha and to the people of the state of Nebraska if it gave the people of Douglas county the right to rebuild their court house and then took no action which would remedy the conditions surrounding the city of Omaha. "We are facing a condition and not a theory," said the Clay county man. "I have always been .n favor of home rule, but we are facing a condition which demands immediate action. Everybody in the state knows of the conditions which exist in Omaha. That city has a large class of good people, but it also has a class which are the most corrupt of any city in the country. The present force of police contains a large number who were in the em ploy of the police department back in the days when things were a long way from being what they should have. been. At the last election the good people of that city secured control of the city, and when they can elect as good a man as Ed P. Smith for mayor it is showing a condition for the best, and this leg islature ought to send Mayor Smith word that we are with him. But ever since that election certain ele ments have been trying to discredit the police department and the city commission, and this legislature, by adopting this amendment, can give the commission authority to regu late the police force." ' Fear Court Action. Druesedow was opposed to the amendment He feared that its pas sage would invalidate the whole bill because there was nothing specified in the call of the governor regard ing the matter. Byrum of Franklin moved to take a recess of half an hour and that the matter be laid before the attorney Keneral and he be asked to render an opinion. Hardin of Harlan did not want to take any action that would put the matter up to the courts. "You know how Slow the supreme court would go under influence from Omaha," said he. Foscer of Douglas did not want to take any chance. Good of Ne maha thought it foolish for the leg islature to put the matter up to the attorney general. "There are sev eral miphty good lawyers right here in the legislature and I think their opinion is worth taking," he said. .Barton Green of Lancaster said that the legislature should give Omaha the legislation it needed to bring about the conditions it wanted and the amendment would do that thing. Opinions Differ. Berka of Douglas saiej that the proposition was a good one, but that the legislature should go slow and not spoil everything by taking any action which would make the bill unconstitutional. , There appeared to be a strong feeling among a great number of the members that it would be fool ish to give Omaha the right to go outside to secure a chief of police -and then allow him to be tied up by tne law in its present torm so he could not fire incompetent and dis honest officers under him if they de served it. They contend that if the bill goes through as it is all the advantage it creates would be to raise he salaries of the present po lice force, which would include those Who failed to do their duty as well as those who had endeavored to do the right thing, According to an Omaha man the new law will give Omaha the right to hire about 100 new policemen, but no authority to fire the incompetents, and so there woutd be little gained with such a condition existing, for with a part of the force incompetent and perhaps dishonest, the efficiency of the entire department would be endangered. Amendment is Passed. When the house reconvened in the afternoon action on the amendment of Jenison was asked for without waiting for the opinion of the attor ney general. The discussion cov ered about the same points as that of the morning discussion and 30 minutes before the attorney general was supposed to make his report a roll call was taken and by a vote of 83 to 0 the resolution was unani mously adopted. Opposes League Plan. , A resolution was sent up to the desk signed by Mathewson, Briggs, McGrath, Foster, Reynolds, Bur gess, Allan, Harte, Lundgren, Druse dow, Mille, Frantz, Axtell, O. F. Johnson and Dyball, asking that Senators Hitchcock and Norris be asked to vote against the league of nations in its present form and that the secretary send a message to the senators. The state senate when it net this morning passed S. F. I, the Doug las county bond bill, giving the county commissioners the authority to issue bonds to rebuild the court house and restore the records. The bill also applies to all counties, but requires that an estimate of the amount required be made before the bonds can be issued. Asks Special Session. Taylor of Custer sent up the fol lowing resolution: Whereas, In July, whan asked by the house of representatives to empower the legislature with the right to deal with the question of the high coat of living and Industrial unrest, the governor replied: "The code law la sufficient" Mors then two months have passed. All commodities have increased In cost except farm prod ucts. Everywhere conditions are alarm ing. The federal government wrangles over European matters. Our boast of free speech and press la a fiction. Kepresslon, Intimidation and subsidised propaganda make distrust and resentment. The public believes that millions of government money have been and are being wasted and stolen in the Interest of and by an Increasing army of mlllMnalrea who, in trenched In government, are extorting bil lions from labor's productions. Labor on the farm Is restless, and in dozens of cities hundreds of thousands are on strikes. He's blind who refuses to see the danger. He Is blinder still who neglects a remedy. And he Invites vengeance and anarchy who believes It can be cured with clubs and gurs. Nebraska contributes ber share to these troubles. The high cost of living, the packers and sugar profiteers, denial of free speech winked at by the authorities, complaint from the farms and strikes and riots In the cities. Her code bill is Impotent, her administration worse than Indifferent The governor, so far, has refused to let an anxious legislature even try to find an ameliorating remedy for this political repression and Industrial extortion; and Whereas, The matter for which we are convened is lntlniteslmally Insignificant with this above which I am moving; ana Whereas further. Being now here and In session, the additional expense would be light; . t . Therefore, Mr. rresiaem, i move mat the rovernor Is hereby requested by con stitutional message, to empower this legis lature with sufficient authority for the enactment of needed legislation relating to the high cost of living and prevalent In dustrial nnrest. Fix New Salaries. The followng salaries are pro vided for policemen and firemen un der the proposed H. R. No. 1: Chief of the fire department. 14.000: as sistant chiefs, $3,000; battalion chiefs. (2,500; senior captains, not less tnan $1,800; junior captains, not ' less than $1,620. , Each fireman shall be paid compensa tion as follows: For the first year $100 a month; for the third six months' serv ice, $110 a month; for the fourth six months' service and tor service thereafter, not less than $1,600 a year. Commencing January 1. 191. the offi cers and men of the police department of cities of the metropolitan class may re ceive as salary, compensation and wages amounts not In excess of the following, to be fixed by ordinance: Inspector of police, not more than $300 a month; chief of detectives, not more than $200 a month; captains of police, not more than $185 a month: lieutenants of police, not more than $170 a month; de tectives, not more than $175 a month; ser geants of police, not more than $160 a month; patrolmen, not mors than $160 a month. i Any patrolman appointed to the mem bership of the police force shall serve a probationary period of six months, dur ing which time he shall draw the sum of not exceeding $125 a month, and at the end of such period, if confirmed by the city council, he shall receive The sum of not exceeding $125 a month for the sec ond six months, and not to exceed $130 a month for the third six months, and not to exceed $140 a month for the fourth six months, and thereafter he shall receive such amount as the city council shall de termine, not exceeding $150 a month. Army Orders. Washington. ' Oct. 16. (Special Tele gram.) Maj. James Hunter, adjutant gen- eral s department, is relieved Irom duty in the office of the adjutant general and will proceed to Camp Dodge, Fourth division. Mai. Percival Guardian Lasche, medical corps, Is relieved from duty at Camp Dodge and win proceed to Alcatraz, cal. Capt. Ross Holland Gregory, medical corps, la relieved from duty at camp Dodge and will proceed to Chicago. III. Chaplain Ed ward Lewis Trott, United States army. now at Fort Bherman, III., is relieved from duty and will proceed to Fort Crook, Neb. First Lieut. Herman Walter Covey. medical corps. Is relieved from duty at Fort Des Molnea ana will proceed to Denver, Colo. Piles Cured in to 14 Day. Druggists refund money if PAZO OINT MENT fails to cure Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding riles, stops irritation; Soothes and Heals. You can get restful sleep after the first application. Price 0e. Buy Carpenter Tools at HARPER'S r Flatiron Bldg., 17th and Howard. Some Took Our Advice and prepared for a "cold snap" by having us clean and press their winter clothes. they are HAPPY now; the others are besieg ing us with a great lot of "rush',' work. DRESHER BROS. Dyers, Cleaners, Hatters, Furriers, Tailors, Rue Cleaners, She Repairers. Main Office and Plant, 3311-13-17 Farnam St. Branch Offices! Dresner, The Taller, 181 8- Farnam St.; Pompeian Room of Brandeia Stores, West End of Main Floor of Burgess-Nash Co. PHONE TYLER 348. Our Great Semi-Annual Sale of Mina Taylor House Dresses and Aprons Continued on Friday On the Fourth Floor SuRGESS-fto Company everybody stork" "NEW SPIRIT' IN ' INDUSTRY ASKED BY ROCKEFELLER Pleads for Universal Recogni tion of "Right of Repre sentation by Workers. Washington, Oct. 16. Recogni tion of the right of collective bar gaining came to the floor of the na tional industrial conference Thurs day and was debated for three honrs, but a vote was impossible, as the conference had to adjourn at 5:30 o'clock under its rules. Virtual notice was given by members of the labor group that should the repre sentatives of capital succeed in their attempt to send the resolution back to the committee of IS the labor delegation would withdraw. The collective bargaining resolu tion providing for an endorsement of the right of wage-earners to ne gotiate with employers through "representatives of their own choosing" was reported to the con ference, when it met at 2:30 o'clock, with the approval of 31 of the pub lic and labor delegates in the com mittee, but opposed by the repre sentatives of capital. Faces Dissolution. Realizing that the conference faced the likelihood of dissolution unless an agreement could be reached on the issue of collective bargaining, members of the public group directed eloquent appeals to the employers in an effort to win them over to the resolution. Lead ing in this effort was "John D. Rockefeller, jr., representative of one of the nation's greatest indus trial organizations, who pleaded for a "new spirit" in industry with uni versal recognition of the "right of representation" by workers, who, he added, really sought "not higher wages, but recognition as men.' "What joy can there be in life, what interest can a man take in his work, what enthusiasm can he be ex pected to develop on behalf of his employers when he is regarded as a number on a payroll, a cog in a wheel, mere 'hand,'" he asked. "Who would not earnestly seek to gain recognition of his manhood and the right to be heard and treated as a human being and not as a ma chine?" , Endicott with Rockefeller. Mr. Rockefeller was joined by H. B. Endicott, a shoe manufacturer, and member of the public group, who spoke, he said, as "one of the largest employers in the country and the largest employer of labor in his line in the world. Adding to support given the reso lution were: Gavin McNab of San Francisco, Paul L. Feiss ot Cleve land, John Spargo- of New York and Charles Edward Russell of New York, all members of the pubjic group. Judge Elbert H. Gary, chair man of the United States Steel cor poration, another member of the group, was absent Frank Morrison, taking up the is sue for the labor delegation, defied the employers with the challenge that they could not deny noi inter fere with "the right of bargaining through chosen representatives" which, he said, had been a:knowl edged by such governmental agencies as the war labor board and the railroad administration, and was accepted generally in Greal Britain, Germany and other coun tries. ' Arguments Countered. The arguments of the public and labor delegates were countered by Frederick P. Fish of Boston, chair man of the national industrial board with a defense of the open shop and an insistence that the correct place to work out relations between em ployer and workers was in the in dividual establishment. He con cluded his argument by presenting a motion that the resolution be re ferred back to the central committee, but adjournment time came before a vote could be taken. , Mr. Fish's motion to recommit the resolution a motion which, per haps, involves the future of the con ference will be the order of busi ness when the delegates meet Fri day. Ask Assistance of Congress , for Better Cable Facilities Chicago, Oct. 16. 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