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Washington. August 26.—Kastern' Penna.: Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday; moderate temperature.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 27,1922
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PRESIDENT ALLOWS TWO DAYS TO END STRIKE; OPERATORS AND MINERS MAY AVOID SEIZUR
DEMAND
BOOSTS IN WAGE
Maintenance Men Report That War Limits Must Be Restored To Assure Peace
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MINIMUM IS SET
Brotherhoods Expected To Take Action Tomorrow On Duty Toward Shop Strikers
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Chlrnco. AuKUst ••!.—Maintenance ofWay mm of .\mer1ra will ko be¬ for** tho fnited St.atos Hallro.ad Labor Board .Monday a.n.l drninnd that their TvaBea be Increased to the war time ¦calc.
K. F. Grable. presiilent of th«« main¬ tenance men, announced tonicht that a maximum Incroar^e of 2r. cents an hour would l>« n^Vf>\. The present aciilo raneis from 23 to 3.'> cent.s.
The mon nre demandinp 48 cent*
••Our minimum rentirst now la the maximum Kranted dnrlnB tho war," OmMe said. "Our maximum Is the •ky.
••nurlnir the war our waires were betweon :S nnd 4R cent.<«. This was reduced to 25 and 3.t cents."
IU Joint Btrroonient thecase.iof oach Imlivtdual railroad have heen combin¬ ed Into one caso. The request was a proat Furpriso to railroad executive.s. One m;ina>;»'r declared he had no idea th.it the men would ask for more than tho :;S-10 cent .«;chI*.
Tho hcarinp Monday wns a.sked by the niainfenance men to set aside the boar r.T derision on la.st .Tune which carrii d rrduction.s avoraBlnp ^ cents. It w.\s tho refusal of the shop men tn uccept a similar reduction that cjiused their striks.
The way men withdrew tholr strike order reitntly when the bfv\r>l prom¬ ised to grant thrm another hearing.
T>iir men will not stand for a re¬ duction while tho costs of llvlntr nre Jncre.a.sln? Instead of t\'"edinfr. Wagt;9 of other workers throughout the coun¬ try are Increrisinf;.
"We aro askin); the labor hoard to give us a fair and proper considera¬ tion for a Just and rea.sonable wage ba.sed on the reasons we have laid be¬ fore It.
"Tho Pteol indiistry has recently granted a 20 per crtit increase In the waives of their mm."
All r.iil unisn heads will probnhly be on haml to watch the ntrht of tho ^wiy men beforo the board.
Hert M. Jewell retumed to Chicago from tho e;ust today.
"Wo will redouble our efforts in the fight," one leader declared. "Tho strike Is eftoctive now and It will grow rapidly moro effective from now on."
Stand of Itrotherhoods
Cleveland, O., Aug. 26.—The future attitude of tho big railroad Ilrother- hoo<ls tow.'irfl the shopmen.s" strike proU'ihly will be determined here Mon¬ day hy rtrotherho<>d chiefs upon their return from Washincton.
L. K. Shei>pard, president, of the Or¬ der of riallway Conductors, will ac¬ company V>. Ii. Itolwrtson and War¬ ren S. Pfone. presidints of tho Fire¬ men and Knfrineer.s rc-ipecfively, to Cleveland, wlii-re a general conference ts said to be pl-nined with W. G. Lee. president of the Trainmen. The llrotherliood heads will arrive hero to¬ morrow.
L.-e st.ated tonight that he had been advised that Shei^iapl would come to Cleveland with the other two brother- hoivl chiefs. He said he had not been notified that a conferenco was plan¬ ned.
The firemen on the Northent 1111- aois n;>ilroad \\;\lked out at Itood- house. 111., and Springfield, lll.s.. and at Slater. Mo. The walkout at Rood- hoti.se foliowe<l alleged attempts to dynamite the roondhouse and a. hotel housing strike lireaker.s. The walkout Bt Sprinafleld and Slater were caused by defective equipment and guards, ftccori^ing to reports received here.
The walkouts nt the three jioints oompri.--.- a TiO per cent tie-up of the terminals of the railroad. OVier term¬ inals aro located nt Kansas City, Chi¬ cago and niimington. Ills.
Numerous complaints also are belng^ received by I>rotherhoo<l otHcials from points al. ns- the Missouri. Kan.s;is & Taxas railnxnl operating between Kansaa City, St, Louis an<l Ttfxas.
FRANKLIN B. SPRY
HOST TO EMPLOYEES
Fninklin H. Spry, of riymouth. pn>sident and general m-inager of Howell Mine Prill Comp^iny, ye.ster¬ day entertained his employees and a numlxr iif friends nt an annual out¬ ing and picnic nt hi.s stmimer home at 1-ike Silkworth. Kxcellent meals were served and athletic sports were enjoyed. Following a series of elim¬ ination contests Willia'ii Thomas ;iiid William Lewis emerged .is the cham¬ pion qnoit pitchers; Frank Miller proved to l>e the best .nil around foot racer; and the ring throwing conte.st was won bv John Shellhammer and Tony /.ilin.skl.
The following attended: F. B. Spry, T>T. H. L. Whitney, William Morris, Frank (Jroblewski, Con Gallagher. James Ward, Mi< hael Sr>efTora. John Sliellliammer, Tony Zelinskl, Benja¬ min Evans, John Milosky. Mark l.ewi.s, Frank Mikolny. Joseph Bogdan. John Hogrebe. Frank .Miller. Fre<l I_iBar, John Rich.-ird.s, Is.aac Carroll, Morgan Hudson. W.ilter Lloyd, John Robert.s, William Thom;is. Dr. Wil¬ liam Henderson. Austin Reilly, Wil¬ liam Lewis, Michael Oluzc.sky. James J. Shanley. .Arthur Wanl. John Hef¬ fernan. Ben Goldstein and Edward -Pop" OWCM.     . ^
Shop Guard Shot At Ashley Yards
Phot durlfig n display of firearms In the Ashley yards of the Central Railroad of .N'ew Jersey last night, George Roberts, 26 yeara old, of nethlohem, employed .is a guard In the loc.-il yard.s, received a bOllet wound in the left chest. State po¬ lice are holding John Plennentjer, 45 yoars old. of New York City, employed as a chef by the Jersey Central at Ashley. Koberts is In City Hospital.
The shooting was occidental and was partly «hie to Robert.s' own negligence, the State police declar¬ ed, but they took I'lennengcr to the Wyoming barracks where he was detained for the night. He will be given a hearintj today or tomor¬ row.
The accident occurred at 7; 30 o'clock In a mess car stationed In the Ashley yards. During the af¬ temoon I'lennenger purchased a revolver, although only guards are supposed to carry guns under regulations recently Imposed. He loaded the revolver with newly purcha.sed bullet.s, but emptied the chamber again when he met Rob¬ erts in the car.
Both men began to show the kind of firearms carried by them. Seveml minutes were spent In test¬ ing thea trigger action of each ¦»-eapon. Finally I'lennenger, ac¬ conling to the police, banded his revolver to Iloberts.
Without letting the chef know, Roberts is alleged to have filled the chamber of the revolver beforo handing It back to the owner. Up¬ on receiving the weapon again, I'lennenger pointed the revolver at the guard and pulled the trigger.
Rotierts received the bullet in the left chest.
At the City Hospital It waa said that tho wound is not .serious. The bullet wilfc not bo extracted ' until today, but the recovery of the vic¬ tim is expA"te<l to be rapid. Plen- nenger ,w-as taken into cu.stody im¬ mediately by CorponU Hcintz, and Troopers Buluni.s, Kslary and Ma- zonkoy of the State police who were on the company property at the time.
The shooting caused a crowd of sympathizers to congregate In re- •ponse to rumors of trouble be¬ tween strikebreakers and pickets. .\shloy police investigated but per¬ mitted the cuse to pass Into the handa of the troopers.
Visits In Eastern Cities Result In Generous Support Of Anthracite Suspension
ONE WEEK^S TOTALS
A total of |8,S15 was raised in the past week by ex-Concressman John J. Casey, who is making a tour of the eastern anthracite coal con.suming states explaining the miners' side of the sus(>ension to the public and so¬ liciting contributions for the relief of miners and their families who desire a.ssistance. Since leaving this section two w-ecks ago Mr. Casey has ad- dre.ssed meetjings as often as three times a day-and hii^ co lected about J12.000.
.\lt hough he plans to make a tour of the New England States, Mr. Casey is still operating in the vicinity of New Vork City. Of the $8,000 raised In tho past week, Mr. Casey collected $»,;i.=> of this amount in one day. One afternoon last w-eok Mr. Casey ad¬ dressed the moulders of Newark. N. J., and received a contribution of $215. That night he addressed members of l.<>cal 81i» Trolleymen's Union, of New- York City, when the union voted to contribute $2,000 and as.sessed each member which netted another $2,00ii. or a totiU of $4,000. In addition to the assessment and the contribution of the local officers voted to contribute their vacation salaries which will amount to an additional $200.
Among the week's collections made by Mr. Casey was $1,500 from the printer's union of Newark, N. J.; teamsters union of Newark $.">00; hoisting engineers of Newark, $200, with a $2 a.ssessment, making a total of $7fin, and carpenters' union of Newark,  $500.
FOUR HURT IN CRASH
OF AUTO AND TRUCK
Four young men residing in Kd- wanlsville were injured la.st night when a Fonl triuk in whieh^ey were riding hit a heavie;- machine at Kays Comers, near I>:;llas. The driver of the larger car failed to stop after the four victims had been dumped in the roiid.
The Injured at;e: Peter Wanko, Leo Miles. Michael Wenisko and Michael Sasulka. ranging from IS to 22 years of age. all residents of Edwardsville. Miles IS the most seriously hurt, re¬ ceiving a .severe gash o\ er one eye nnd numerous lacerations on the head. The remaining three are bruised and cut.
Hepresentatlve Jamea G.tibon waa a witne.ss to the accident and pive as¬ sistance to the young men. Mr. Gib¬ bon was traveling: in another car with his wife and son. fie saw- the Ford ti-uck sideswiped by the larger ma¬ chine, a touring ear. The fone of the bump turned the truck completely around, spilling Us occupants • into a' diteh. The driv<»r of the car put on mon- s(>ee(l and di.sappeared.
.Mr. Gibbon and other automobilists took the injured to the ofhce of Dr. H. M. I.-tng at Daluls for treatment. They later went tu their homes.
HINT OF MARRIAGE INDEA THMYSTER Y
Criminal Operation Is Believed Further Evidence Is Found
To Have Been Performed Upon Mrs. Smith Mowery
HOLLEY STILL SOUGHT
Marriage license records of the county will likely be searched to de¬ termine whether Mrs. Abbio Smith Mowery* was the wife of John .\. Hol¬ ley, druggist, who has beeir missing since the woman's body was found Thursday in the basement of the Shaw-nee Drug Company's .store at Plymouth. Mrs. Mowery's parents be¬ lieved she wa-s married to Holley, ac¬ cording to a statement Last night by Dr. S. S. Krajew-skl, of Nanticoke. They know that their daughter re¬ ceived an urgent letter signed by Holley the daj'beforo her death, sum¬ moning her to Plymouth, and that she obeyed.
Holley Is still ml.ssing. Philadelphia authorities have been unable to find any trace of him since his automobile was di.soovered there. Meanwhile, Burge.ss George Gwilllam of Plymouth declared that additional incriminating evidence has beon di.scovered ag-.iin.st Stephen Fabian of Larksville, a sus¬ pect at present at liberty under $5,000 bail.
Dr. Krajcw-skl's statement concern¬ ing the supposed marriage of Mrs. Mowery nnd Holley furnished a new- angle In .the mystery. The police de¬ clined to cotiftnent on It.
"On examination of the body of Abbie Smith, Mrs. Ira Mowery, I flnd no evidence of external violence," said the Nanticoke physician. ".\11 the or¬ gans have been removed from the body and so far there is no evidence of a criminal abortion operation. Of course, the organs will be further ex¬ amined. .\s yet there has been given no definite cause of death.
"The family of Abbie Smith have In¬ formed me that there is supposed to have been n marriage between Holley and the Aoman. But on the day be¬ fore she left home, on that morning, she received a letter and the contents she refused to divulge to the family. .A. younger sister, 23 years old, was able to read the flrst few llne.s of the letter which stated: 'Be sure to come up tomorrow-.' It was signed by Hol¬ ley.
Letter Was Destroyed
"Tho letter was destroyed by the woman and- she informed the family she would leave the following day for South BethleUem. She went to Wilkos-Barre, l>ought clothing for her two sniidl children, shipped it to Wap- wal' .:'"n and it was received by the fami.y. She did not check her bag¬ gage for any place. It was found in the comfort station In Wilkes-Barre.
"When next heard of the woman was dead and her body In the cellar of the Shawnee Drug Company store."
Dr. F. D. Thomas, county coroner, stated last night that the inquest into the death of Mrs. Mowery will be held Thursday night starting nt 8 o'clock at    Plymouth    town    hall.      Coroner
Against Man At Present Held As Material Witness
DOCTOR'S STATEMENT
Thomas hlm.self and Deputy Harry G. Davis of Plymouth will have charge of the proceedings.
Several new chapters were written Into the story of the woman's death yesterday although the authorities are not yet certain as to the actual cause of the woman's death. It has been learned that Holley was seen in tears Wednesday afternoon near the hour when the woinan Is supposed fo have died.
Several witnesses are .said to have been found who claim Holley after taking the woman to the cellar, re¬ appeared In the drug store. He at¬ tempted to control his emotions, but it was seen that he w-as crying.
The weeping man    walked    to    the front door, it Is said, and stood for a| few rriinutes just outside the door. He | was jolne<l  there  p.  moment  later  by i another man in the store.    Brfore the second   man   appeared,   Holley   Is  re¬ ported to have .said that the woman was "awful sick."
The conversation of tho two men coulil not be heard, but it is believed by the authorities that Holley was in¬ formed of the woman's death. A short timo later he disappeared. Before leaving Plymouth In his automobile he drew hia savings amounting to $1,400 from a bank.
OperaHon a Cause
The police are still puzzled by the real cause of Mrs. Mowery's death. Burgess Gwilllam believes it was a criminal operation. Others who side with him in this theory have sug- gesto<l that an operation may have been started but was never completed.
Dr. R. R. Janjigian, pathologist at the City Hospital, made a report to the burgess yestenlay afternoon, but Its full text was not maile public. Gwilllam asked tho pathologist to sub¬ mit a supplementary roi>ort in writ¬ ing. Dr. Janjigian .said last night that an operation was not the sole cau.-o of death. He added that no traces of chloroform or any other anaesthetic w-ere discovered in the autopsy.
Mrs.' Mowery's funeral was held ye.steniay afternoon from the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Honry Smith, at Wapwallopen. It was large¬ ly attended, but the crowd of curious sightseers was smaller than the no¬ toriety of the case had forecasted.
Simple services w-eie held in the First Reformed Church at Wapwall¬ open by Rev. Latsha. Tho pall bear¬ ers were all nephews of the mystery victim; Freas Smith, Ira Smith, ,Tohn Smith. Millard Smith. Arthur Smith and Morris Smith. Interment was in the Weiss cemetery, ^'ap- w-allopen. Mrs. Mowery camo from good parents and was highly esteemed in her home tow-n. Her correct age was 32 years, S months. Two chil¬ dren, a boy and a girl, survive.
HARDING TAKES STRIKE ON WEEK-END JAUNT
Washington, Aug. 26.—Tn some se¬ cluded cove along the historic Poto¬ mac, President Harding and his ".strike cabinet" aboaixl the Presiden¬ tial yacht may draw up the legisla¬ tion empow-oring the executive to take over the anthnicite coal mines, which will bo submitteil to Congress next week  unless  the  strike  is  seHled.
The Mayflower with the Presiden¬ tial party aboard-^left hero about 6 o'clock for a cruise that will last un¬ til Monday morning. The entire an¬ thracite coal and railroad strike situ¬ ations will be discussed during the trip which mnrks the flrst time the executive has left Washington in two months.
In the party were Secretaries Hoover and Fall, Attorney General Daugherty, Senators Cunlmins and Kellogg of the Senate Interstate Com¬ merce Committee which will handle the seizure legislation and Chairman Liisker of the Shipping Board who has been playing a prominent part in the strike conference.
Besides Mrs. Harding the party also included the President's sister. Miss .\bigall Harding, of Marion, O.; Mrs. W. M. Boyd, of Kansas City, a cou¬ sin of Mi-s. Harding; General and Mrs. Sawyer, Secretary and Mrs. Christiiin.
TENNIS MATCH WON
BY BERWICK'S TEAM
TOTS GO ROAMING;
POLICE RESTORE THEM
H.nnd In hand, a four year old girt and her six year old brother left the home of their grandmother, .Mrs. J. K. Davis at 45 South Meade street, this city, yesterday to da some traveling. They were back home last night-after a hectic day for relatives and State troopers. •
Before they had gone very far in their tr.'vel. the youn;;sters Iwciimo .separated. The littlo girl was found last evening in Pai-sons l>y John Grif- (Tith of lo^South Main street, this city, while her brother had b< cn picked up an hour earlier by firemen at No. 8 engine house on^Scott .street. Mean¬ while their grandmother had frantic¬ ally telephoned the State troopers^to look for them. .\ squad .-if officers was combing suburljan towns for rhem when ihey were found.
FORD TOLD TO REMOVE HIGHLAND PARK FENCE
Detroit. Mich., Aug. 2S.—.A. 24-foot barrier erected around Henry Ford's Highland I^rk plant and surrounding the wayside rtl -station was toilay ord¬ ered removed within 21 hours by Fed¬ eral Judge .Arthur Turtle.     '
"That fence reminds me of the kind an old w-oman builds where she gets mad at her neighbor," said the judge. "It is the duty of this court to prevent people t.iking the law  into their own
The fourth and deciding match of and Wilkes-Barre tennis teams ended a series between Berwick Y. M. C. A. In victory for the Berwick team yes¬ terday afternoon on court house courts by the .score of 4 to 3. The playing of the locals although brilliant and fast wa:; characterized by failure to play the net to advantage. Keen In¬ terest was displayed and many spec¬ tacular shots were applauded.
The singles resulted as follows;
Salsburg of Wilkes-Barre vvs. Shult —won by Shult 9-7, 5-7 and 6-3.
For\'e of Wilkes-Barre, vs. Dixon— won by Dixon, 6-4, and 7-5.
Brohammer of Wilkcs-Barre vs. Sherman—won by Sherman 6-4, 3-6, and 6-3.
Tope of Wilkes-Barre vs. Raffens- berger—won by Tope, 8-6 and 6-3.
Stein of Wilkes-Barre, vs. Berman —won by Stein 6-1 and 6-3.
In the doubles Sal.sburg and For\-e of Wllkes-Barre were defeated by Shult and Dixon 6-3 and 7-5; while Goodwin and Brohammer of Wilkes- Barre downed Sherman and Berman 6-1 and 6-4.
The matches were refereed by Messrs. • Lewers, Helfrick and Schwartz.
Miner's Chief Ready To Negotiate For Wage Scale With Government
Philadelphia, August 26.—Mine workers' officials are ready to negotiate a satisfactory wage agreement with governmental representatives if President Harding car¬ ries out his threat to seize the mines, John L. Lewis' ftiiners' chief, announced in a formal statement issued tonight. Lewis charges that the operators had no inten¬ tion to effect a settlement at the joint conference which broke up last Tuesday. He said they seized upon the. opportunity of a meeting to insist upon arbitration which the union chief says the miners will never accept.
"No consideration was given by them to any other matter and no other intention was manifest from the first da'y of the conference until its conclusion," the state¬ ment read. Lewis took opportunity to review the sitiia-' tion In the hard coal region and pointed out that the miners have indicated a willingness to forego their de¬ mand for material wage increases. He said they have suggested with some few modifications, which would not substantially increase the cost of productidon, a renewal of the old wage contract until 1924. The miners' chief predicted that, unless hard coal mining is resumed, epi-' demies of disease will occur during the winter months because of a lack of fuel.
"With this accurate knowledge of the impending dan¬ ger for the immediate future, the American people will surely a'pprove the action of the federal government in threatening to seize and operate the anthracite mines in the interests of the people. It is inconceivable that any other course could be followed at the height of such a grave emergency and In the light of the relentless and unyielding attitude of the small group of financiers who dictate the policies of the operating heads in the anthra¬ cite industry.
"The 155,000 anthracite mine workers who, for the past five months, have uncomplainingly endured every personal sacrifice, have made every honorable effort to terminate this unhappy situation. They cannot and will not agree, however, to any arrangement designed to beat them backward and degrade their status as citizens.
"If, in order to save an imperiled citizenship gov¬ ernmental seizure of the anthracite coal deposits and operation of the mines becoihe necessary the mine workers will hold themsflves in readiness to negotiate a satisfactory wage agreement with such governmental representatives as may be charged with that respon¬ sibility."
SAFETY OF PEOPLE MUST BE ASSURED IS HARDING'S EDICT
Nation's Chief Executive Ready To Order Government Operation Of Mines And Railroads'So That Winter Fuel May, Be Moved. Con¬ gress Will Pass Necessary Laws
SOFT COAL GAINS RAPIDLY
BySlREETCAR FATi
Michael Munley Of Plains Is StrLici< At Wilson's Corners In Midnight Walk
WEDGED UNDER TRUCK
ONE KLAN CANDIDATE AHEAD OF OPPONENTS
T'nconscloiis from prob;ibly fat.al injuries, a man believed to bo Jlichael Munley, of SS Hancock street. Plains, w-aa in the City Hospital early today after bein;,' run down by a car of the Wilke.s-Barre Railway Company at Wilson's Comers, Plains. He was suffering from a fracture of tho skull and internal injuries, besides numer¬ ous lacerations aud abrasions, it was believed.
Munley -was run down at midnight while v.alking in the road at Wilson's Corners. An Avoca car returning to Wilkes-B;irre, struck him. Members of the crew declared he stepped be¬ tween the tracks just before the car reached him.
After the accident, it was neces.sary to push the heavy trolley car back be¬ fore t4ie man could be released. He was wedged under one of the trucks. The crew-, with the assistance of Leo Wei.ss, of Trucksville. and C. S. Moss of SO North I'ennsylvania avenue who were   pa.ssing  in   an  automobile    —
Final Effort To Bring Coal Factions Together Report¬ ed After Seeing Warriner
EXPECTS EARLY CALL
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ricated  him.     Weiss  and   Mo.ss  too tho injured man to the hospital.    '
His name remained unknown until hospital attaches found a card in oAe of his pockets with the name and ad¬ dress, Michael Munley, 88 Hancock .street, l'lain.s. Police authorities of the township were investigating the accident.
Dallas. Tex., August 2C.—With a majority of more than 50,000, Earl Mayfleld. Senatorial candidate, was the only favorite of the Ku Klux Klan" leading his opponents tonight in the Democratic run-off primary.
Returns from IGO counties, twenty complete, gave Mayfleld 189,319 and i his ot>onent, former Governor James j E. Ferguson, 1^6.83!>. Colonel Billy Mayfleld, publislfbr of tho offlcial state paper of the Klan, was behind T. W. David.son in the race for lieutenant governor and other Klan candidates were similarly trailing.
Thomas L. Blanton appears fo havo been nominated for Congress frem the 17th district by a two to one ma¬ jority. The Ivlan was not an ISsue in this contest.
CAVE AT LARKSVILLE
CAUSES A DISPUTE
H.4Y WLNS LN WVOMING
Cheyenne, Wyo., .August 2G.—Re¬ turns from all but 58 precincts in Tuesdays Wyoming primary tonight gave John W. Hay a lead of 367 votes over Governor Robert D. Carey in the Republican gubernatorial con¬ test. -
Unless the_se unofficial figures are changed by the official canvas Hay is the naminee. political ob.servpi-s saV.
W. B. Ross had a lead of approxi¬ mately 760 over George Kindler in the Democratic race for governor.
THREE DE.AU^N RIOTS
Paris,  Aug. 26.—Three dead and 37 wounded   wa.s  the   toll   in   the  Havre
hands.    That   is  not the way we' do! street  rioting which broke toi-th late thimrs in Detroit," * today with renewed violence.
A new conference of anthracite coal operators and r»presentatlves of the United Mine Workers to take place tomorrow in Philadelphia was inti¬ mated last night in reports of a meet¬ ing held yesterday afternoon between Samuel D. Warriner, chief spokesman of the operators a,nd Mayor John Durkan of Scranton.
President Harding's threat to seize the hard coal mines Is responsible for the hurried plans. It was .said, al¬ though neither operators or miners had publicly issued another call for a discussion.
The reports of an lmi)endlng re¬ sumption of negotiations wei-e heard last night after Mayor Durkan re¬ turned from Montrose wiiere he spent the afternoon in consultation with Mr. Warriner. Durkan, who had been dis¬ appointed at the breakdown of nego¬ tiations several days ago, appeared extremely optimistic. He said be ex¬ pects "big developments in the next forty-eight hours." He refrained from any explanation of his conversation with Mr. Warriner.
I'nder present conditions, another conference could be held tomorrow or Tuesday without much preliminary ef¬ fort. John L. Lewis, president of tho miners. Is still in Philadelphia w-hile Mr. Warriner will return to his office tomorrow. James Gorman of Hazle¬ ton, secretary of the conference. Is empowered to Issue a call for another meeting whenever one side or the oth¬ er haa something to propo.se.
Men familiar with the slttiatton prophesied that Gorman will Issue a call before noon tomorrow for an Im¬ mediate meeting. They are convinced it will come even though it may be delayed until Tuesday.
DRIVER SURRENDERS
AFTER HITTING CHILD
Thoueh officials ot Hud.son Coal Co. obtained permission from l-"s'';ict President William J. Brennan of the Unito.l Mine Workers of America to proceed with work nocos.sary in filling in the mine Ciive which cau.-ed tre¬ mendous damage to the Larksville high school building on Thursday night u^ until the prosent nothing has actu.ally been accomplished be¬ cau.se of a misunderstanding on the part of the idle miners and their sym¬ pathizers in tlfSit .section who were un¬ der the impression that the laljorers | Jose Boback, aged 18 who were to enter the mir? were to [ .y^-.^jjj.jj^on street, city do so for the purpose of mining coal. .\s a result they refused to allow the force of men to enter tho mine.
In the meantime the building set¬ tled no less than six inches je.sterday and there is every indicition that It will continue to settle unless Immedi¬ ate action is taken. There is .-ilso the pc-sibillty that the work will be de¬ layed to the point where repairs will be tiuitc out of the question.
Becau.se of the wrecking of the high .school building the directors of the schiK)! dlstritt have decided to ©pen the grade schools tomorrow afternoon at 12:45*o'clock instead of at 9 o'clock in the moming as had been planned. The high .«chool .students will start their cla.sses on Wednesday. At a rtieeting of the teachers of tho district, ye.ster.iay, it w.is decided to hold the high sc^oel se.s-sions in the State street j school buildiE^ in the «tii ward.
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employed 'by the Henderson Motor Company of West Market street, gave him.seif up at local police headquarters last night a s^ort time after running down a child on North Main street. The In¬ jured child Is Jo.seph HassaJ, aged 7, of 650 North Main street, city.
The accident occurred on North Main street. In the vicinity of the child's ho-ne, about 7:05 o'clock. The child Ls .sail to have stepped from the curb directly in the path of the ap¬ proaching car, being struclj by one of the rear fenders and knocked to the pavement. His Injuries are said to be not serious, although he Is un¬ derstood to have received a broken arm and bruises about the head. He was taken to his home after which Boback reported to poHce headquar¬ ters where he was onlered held In the sum of fsno bail for his appear- aoce when wotted.
Washington, Aug. 26.—Deteronlned to prevent suffering and industrial paralysis during the winter. President Harding late today Issued a virtu.al ultimatum to anthracite operators and miners that the strike in the hard coal flelds must be settled promptly or InltiiU .steps toward seizure and ofx r- ation of the mints will bo taken. Word to thi.<» effect came from Senator Wat¬ .son. Indiana, after a long conference at the White House wilh tho I'resi¬ dent.
With adequate transportation im¬ perative to prevent an acute coal famine this winter, seizure of any rail¬ roads that break down under the heavy trafHc that will be Imposed up¬ on thom during tho next few months also seems probable later. If the two ^actlons do not settle their drfferences by Monday or Tuesday, the President will openly urge emergency legislation empowering him to take over the hard coal mines. Already he has given ap¬ proval to this legi.slation in confer¬ ences with Republican leaders but is delaying the word that will push it through Congress in the hope that an clevnlh-hour settlement of the dispute will be brought about.
Mr. Harding made it known that he will not exercise this power In the im¬ mediate future. He will, however, bring it into play whenever he feels such action is imperative to the -.vel- farrf of the nation. Mr. Hai-ding is anxious fpr Congress to enact the bill ne>rt week if no settlement is in sight, so that he will be in p>- >n to act aftor Congress adjourns. .uljourn-
ment  is by the end  of  .. - eek or
shortly thereafter.
The virtual ultimatum to the dis¬ putants to settle their difference ami resume production came after a day of White House conferences devoted to a discussion of plans to prevent Suffering or Interference with indus¬ try. Anlhrjicite constitutes about 90 per cent, of the fuel used for heating purposes in private home in the east. It is also the main.stay of the bulk of Industries In the east.
i:fTects of Strike While bituminous coal is being pro- duce<l in progressively increasing quantities due to settlement of the soft coal strike, the hard coal short¬ age in the real threat to domestic con¬ sumers and the plants dependent on hard coal for motive power, the i'resi¬ dent feels. Anthracite coal production Is 37,000,000 tons behind tho amount produced up to this time last year, ac¬ cording to figures of the geological survey made public to<Iay.
WUh the.se points and the deadlock in the railroad strike l>efore them, .Mj-. HartUng and his advi.sers tmJay dis¬ cussed extreme stops rather than further efforts to restore peace. Mr. Harding and his advisers were under- stoo<l to have agree<l that seizure of the railro.ads probably would be the next step after taking over rhe mines.
While the principal question is pro-s| duction, it is bound to evolve.info a matter of transportation. Fear was voiced that the railroa'ls could not stand up under the strain of hauling the vast quantities of fuel neces.sary to carry th'e country through the win¬ ter, due to tho bad order    of    equip
ment and Increasing deterioration of tons.
rolling stock.
With intensified hard coal prodtia- tion assured, either under private or federal contr^ir-the government must finil a way to insure distribution, Watson said.
Wat.son .said that If the coal carry¬ ing roads fail to function it wiil b« neces.sary for the'govern ment to take the mover anil invite the shopmen back. The strikers. Watson stated, undoubtedly would respond rather than incur tho onus of refusing as¬ sistance ia an emergency.
If the hard co;il mines are seized th« government will invite flie miners biick under the \fage scales and other workin.:,' conditions prA-ailing before the strike began and continue them until April  1,   r.t23.
Soft Coal Gains
With soft coal production higher than ;it any time since the walkout of bituminous miners .\pril 1. t'on- gre.ss today made new moves to In¬ sure protection to the consumer against profiteering In the Impending winter fuel shortage. More than 6,000.000 tons of soft ooal were pro¬ duced last week, according to figures compiled by the ^eneoloeital survey.
Car movements likewise were bet¬ ter, the survey stateil, there being ¦early 20.000 cars loaded each daj during the early part of the week. A temporary delay was fonred on the Winslow bill by the Senate Interstate tlommerce Commission when objec¬ tions were Interposed by Senator Pomercne, Ohio, who V)el|eved the measure of such , Importance that hearings should be held. The bill wilt enable officials to ban shipment of coal for exorbitant profits. Other meas¬ ures guaranteeing car movements and guaranteeing a fair price to the con¬ sumer.     It   consisted  of:
1.—Intro<luction of a resolution by Repre.sentative Brennan, Republican, of Michigan, ordering the immediate i.ssu^ce of regulations to con.serve the preset supplies by lightless nights and fuel-less days.
Proposal by Representative Dickin¬ son in a lilll to forco coal operators to accept the wage scale demanded by the miners until an impartial commis¬ sion of four members could find a sat¬ isfactory new .scale guaranteeing tht« mine owners ten per cent of their in¬ vest ment.-*.
Di.scus.sion on tho Borah bill for ap¬ pointment of a Presidential commi:i- sion to investigate every phase of ths coal Indu.stry aftfr which-lt waa de¬ cided to take up the bill again next week.
Represeiltativc Brennan In present¬ ing his roHolution denounced practices of city governrffents in allowing bril¬ liant unnecessary street lights and electrical .^'gn.s with a coal shortags Lnpendtng.
On Monday mines in Ea.stern Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania were ship¬ ping coal ami the loailings for that day were 19.013 cars, an Incr'ease of 3,310 cars over the preceding Monday. Other day.*, held a similar ratio.
A further sharp decline In .stocks on the coal docks at the head of l>ike Superior was reported. From August 1 to 15 the reserves of bituminous droppo'l from 1 GO,000 to 103,000 tons and anthracite from 35.000 to 22,000
Theft Of Whole Party Is Charge Made By Local Labor Unions
Charging betrayal of confidence for the furthering of their own political aspirations, members of Non-Purtisiin Political Campaign Committee at a meeting In Union Hall last night de¬ cided to have a committee wait on a number of Luzerne County court house clerks, who recently pre-empted a new political faction called the Farm-Labor Party and to request the clerks to waive all rights to their name. It Is alleged the Non-Parti.san League filed papers in Luzerne County court house for the pre-emption of a party liearlng this name and that while the laboring men awaiteil drvel- opments on their petition the clerks pre-empted tho party at Harrisburg.
The committee from the Non-Parti¬ .san I>;ague will hold a conference on Tue.sday with the men who pre-cmpte<l th«i Farm-L;ilM)f pdrty. If the pre- emptors refuse to waive all rights to the party their nacnes will be broad- ca-sted and the story of what the lab- |
mation, went to the court house to learn the proccilure in pre-empting s new political party. They said they were hauled from pillar to past and visited all of the offices several times before they finally flled a petition In the prothonotary's offlce until addi¬ tional information could be obtained. This called for a Farm-Labor party. It la charged that while the T'etttfon was lying- in the prothonotary's of¬ fice in the court house a number of clerks in the buiMlnifSigned a peti¬ tion, sent it to Harrisburg and had the Far:n-I.«ibor party pre-empted. This was on April 2. It was several days later when members of the Non- PartLsan League were notified that the proper place to file a petition for the pre-emption of a party wa-t at Harrisburg and tho petition was taken from the court hou.so.
Charge Betrayal
Members of the campaign com^lt-
orlng men call a double cros.5lng will i tee contend that thtir confidence was be spread at large. If the wish of [betrayed and ^he name of the p&d* i the laboring men is not complied with I stolen by the Court house clerks aal It is al.so the intention to carry the: that they be punished if the law word into everv ioail uniou of every covers such a violation, craft in Luzerne County In an effort 't was deckled to organize a wo- to put the party out of commission, man's auxiliary of the Non-Partisan The Nan-Partisan League has en-' League for the November general gaged an attorney w ho is invcstigat- . election in an  effort to place men in
ing the case and It Is the intention to prosecute the court houae clerks if it Is at all  possible.
Move For Uiseharge Members    of     the     Non     Partisan
Congressional and I.,egi.slat!ve offices who are friendly to laiior. Prominent women in every city, borough and township in the county have been in¬ terviewed  by  members of the  lea gus
League charge that the court house i and it is expecte<l that a meeting of clerks took adv.antage of their ignor-| these wonen will be held within ths ance but that if they refu.se to waive | next two weeks.
all rights to the name they will also I At the proposed meeting the plan hold their employers in the court j for conducting the fall campaign will house guilty unless the pre-emptors be outIine<l and the women wdl go are discharged. bark to their respective cotnrauntti«>s
According to members of the Non- and organize the women voters to I'artisan League, late Ia.st March a work for the candi late.s who wifl ba conuoiltee, as citizens desiring lofor- i endorsed by the labor caudi'MteSb
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