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WILKE&.BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1920
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UNION PRESIDENT URGES RETURN TO WORK; WANTS EVERY MINE TO OPERATE MONDAY
DISORDERS IN ITALY CONTINUED
More Plants Are Seized by Workers and Clashes With Soldiers Are Reported
CONCESSIONS OFFERED
Rome, Sept. 11.—Occupation of In¬ dustrial plants by workers was ex¬ tended today to textile and shoe fac¬ tories.
Reports received here stated that em¬ ployes seized several textile factories in Turin and .a number-of shoe manu- facturles In Milan. In the latter city additional chemical plants also were taken over.
A dispatch from Bologna said that the railway workers' union had Issued orders to atop all trains transporting soldiers in northern Italy. While these events were occurring, representatives of the workers and employers were continuing their negotiations in Milan In an effort to effect a settlement of the present Industrial situation, which grew out of aeizure of factoriea by metal workera to prevent a lockout and gradually spread to the chemical, min¬ ing and agricultural districts.
These negotiations continued all day. The manufacturers offered a wage In¬ crease of 60 to 80 cents a day, but re¬ fused to grant pay for the period the men have been on strike, contending the men had taken the inltlayve. The workera' representatives rejected this conditional proposal.
Deputy Dragona, one of the employes' representatives, said that if the nego¬ tiations should fall, tbe occupation of factories would be extended to all me¬ chanical plants, adding that the strug¬ gle would remain purely economic.
Dispatches from Turin stated that the French consul there had filed an official protest against the science of the seizure of the Michelin Rubber Works owned by French interesta.
Meisaages from Milan said executives of the confederation of labor wer© hopelessly deadlocked over a resolu¬ tion to strike, but final decision waa expected hourly. Official circles were optimistic over the report by Premier (Jioletti to manufacturers that they make substantial concessions for the .sake of peace, promising to compen¬ sate them  with  tariff protection.
Reports reached the capital that ex- tumists in Turin and Genoa are op- po.^lng a peaceful .solution and are at¬ tempting to drag railroad workers into the conflicl. I
r.ilice  al  Turin  arrested the occu- j 1)1. nts     of     an     automobile     carrying machine guns. '
President Wilson Hopeful For End
Of Coal Strike; Fuel Famine Feared
Washington, Sept. 1 I.—^TTie first three days of the "vaca¬ tion strike" of anthracite coal miners reduced production more than 40 per cent., according to a report for the week ended September 4, made public by the United States Geological Survey.
Total anthracite production that week dropped to 1,048,- 000 tons, as compared vnth 1,818.000 tons of the preceding week. At that rate, anthracite production this week ¦will have totaled less than 500,000 tons, officials estimated today. A continuance of the "vacation strike" for another week or two may create a shortage of domestic fuel this winter, it is believed.
President Wilson and Secretary of Labor Wilson today were hopeful that the miners would end their "vacation" Mon¬ day and return to work, living up to their agreement to abide by the award of the Anthracite Coal Commission, as explained in the letter which President Wilson sent to the strike field late yesterday.
TTie President and the secretary took the position that the strikers could not expect a re-opening of the award unless they showed their willingness to abide by their agreement. No effort will be made to mediate, at least not for the present, it was said today at the office of Secretary Wilson. Attorney GenereJ Palmer haa ruled that the minersr in taking their "vaca¬ tion" have produced no evidence indicating a violation of the Lever act '
Bituminous production also declined sharply during the week ended September 4. Production was 11,051,000 tons, a reduction of 339,000 tons, or 3 per cent, compared •with the preceding week. The daily average production was 1,842,000 tons. The cause of the week's decline in bituminous production is not clear, according to the Geological Survey. The report points out that all striking miners had returned to work in In¬ diana, while the strike order issued to Alabama miners had not then become effective. The decrease was mainly in the northern Appalachian region and was reported as "most marked during the last half of the week."
DYNAMITE RESIDENCE OF MINER
Apartment Home on Main Street in Heart of Pittston is Scene of Outrage
NO ONE INJURED
WILL BE MUTILATED
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DRESSED AS A BOY
Parisian Judges Are Not Satis- Little Heiress Who Tired of Re- fied That Her Death Was     straint Cut Off Her Hair and
Altogether Accidental VICE CRUSADE RESULTS
Alx les Bains, France, Sept 11.—Pre-1 mier Gioletti will arrive here this even¬ ing   for   his   conference   with   Premier Millerand.    The latter will reach hero tomorrow.
Trieste. Sept. 11.—Government troops employed artillery today to quell riot¬ ing by workmen and Socialists. Two shots were fired, killing three and wounding fifteen.
Disorders, which started several days ago with a minor clash between so¬ cialists and n;Mlonallsts, continued throughout the d,iy. Striking work¬ men, defying the order of the chamber cf labor to return to work barricaded themselves in the San Giacom district and opened fire on the royal guards. They  were  dispersed  by  the  artillery.
The Slav element in the city ap¬ parently was playing the '.le.-iding role ill moat of the rlols.
Augusta,   aie.   Sept   11.—The   final toudea to the political flower bed were j being completed by hundreds of poli¬ ticians throughout the Pine Tree state tonight.
Tomorrow, as becomes the Sabbath. 1 a  little quiet missionary work will  be j done and on  Monday the citizens will i be   turned   loose   in   the   flowerbed   to pick whHlever they choose.
While Republicans were claiming to¬ night that they will carry the State by 25,000, the Democrats were saying little but working  hard.
The Republicans apparently are as¬ sured satisfactory results In the first, third and four congressional districts. Carroll L. Beody la ninnlng in the first district to succeed liouls B. Qoodall. Tho Democratic candidate is Frank L.. Haskell, whose chances of election are alight, it is generaUy con¬ ceded.
Wallace White, Jr., incombent of the Second district, la the Republican hope. He ia opposed by Wallace M. Price, a Democrat, much in favor with labor.
In the gubernatorial contest Colonel! Frederick H. Parkhurst. Republican candidate, -^'as confident of election over Bertrand Mclntyre, Democrat, who came dangerously near defeating Oovernor  Mllliken in  the last election.
The Maine vote usuallv runs between 140.000 and IRO.OOO. This year the 'o- tal will ^ swelled by the vote of be¬ tween 40 000 and .SO.001 women casting their twljots for the flrst ttim.
Paris, Sept. 11.—^The body of beauti¬ ful Olive Thomas must be mutilated by surgeons knives to satisfy the law that her death from poisoning was acci¬ dental.
This waa decreed tonight by the judges after the police, at the inquest in the mysteroiua death of the Ameri¬ can motion picture star had accepted the physicians report that the girl had drunk from a bottle of bichloride of mercury by mistake. Tbey ordered an autopsy to be performed Monday to determine the amount of poison swallowed. The Judges'e action was taken after the case apparently had been closed and created a sensation particularly among the members of the American colony iu French cinema circles.
Mias Thomas' husband. Jack Pick- ford, testified that after spending the night dancing in the notorious ilont- marte district, they returned to tjie Hotel Ritz. He said after he went to bed his wife went into the bathroom to get a bottle ot medicine which a French physician had prescribed for a nervous ailment. Hy mistake, he said, she drank from the bottle of poison. Her frightened scruuni brought him to her side. He summoned medical help and she was taken to tbe American Hospital ill Neuilly, where she died yesterday.
Somewhat Intoxicated.
Although Pickford maintained that both he and his wife were sober when fhey returned from dancing, the testi¬ mony of hotel attendants was to the effect that they were both "somewhat
intoxicated." <
The entire investigation had been in the hands of Police Commissioner Catrou, who announced this afternoon that it ¦was completed. After the In¬ quest he made his report to the judi¬ cial authorities -who refused to close the case until an autopsy had deter¬ mined the exact nature of Miss Thomas' death.
To Send Body Home
Arrangemenia have been made to send Mias Thomas' body home on the Mauretanla, which is scheduled to leave Cherbourg for the L'nited States a week from today. It waa believed by Plckford'8 friends that the autopsy would not disarrang«» these plans.
The traglc'death of Miss Thomaa has excited the American colony here. It was rei|illed wh.it a sensation her striking beauty created amon^ the beauty-loving Parisians when ahe and her husband made their flrst appoar- ance in public here.
Tho publicity given the tragedy has provided .ammunition for French vice cruaaders,—few in number,—and plana were being agitated tonight for a drive to abollah the reaorta of the Montntarte while tho memory of Miss Thomaa' death ia atill fresh In the minds of the people.
Monlmarte has grown in gaiety since the war until its revels have shocked the most hardened habitues. Cafes and dance halls have been mere masks for rescrts that have been main- (Continued On Pago 2.)
Ran Away
POLICE ARREST HER
Gloucester, Mass.. Sept. 11.—An un¬ usually attractive boy dressed In over¬ alls and with hair closely cropped waa raking bay at Upland farm near Ip- switch today when Bernard Richard¬ son, a storekeeper, passing by, identi¬ fied "him" as Miss Loul-sa A. Fletcher, 17-year-oId Indiana heiresa, who dis¬ appeared from her parents' cottage Thursday.
The "yoke of parently discipline" drove Miss Fletcher to run away, she told the twllce, who are holding the girl until her parents. Mr. and Mrs, Stoughton Fletcher, arrive from Indi¬ anapolis.
"I am sick of the yoke of discipline I have been under since childhood," Miss Fletcher told the police, explain¬ ing her sudden flight
Thursday afternoon Miss Fletcher procured a pair of overalls and, after donning the overalls, cut oft her hair and started on her adventure in a bor¬ rowed dory.
She rowed twelve miles across Gloucester harbor and up the Ipswich river. Abandoning the dory. Miss Fletcher took to the country. Thurs¬ day night, after "dining" on green ap¬ ples, the girl slept in a barn. Yester¬ day morning she began a search for work. Tbe first place she tried was the estate of Isaac Thomas. She wxs un¬ successful in her first attempt She was directed to Upland farm and ap¬ plied to William Shipburn for work as a hired man. The latter did not pene¬ trate the girl's disguise and hired her to rake hay.
Miss Fletcher's lo' >. of outdoor life and adventure and her dislike of the "j'oke of discipline," as she described it, le* her to seek a life In which she believed she would be happy. When Miss Fritz, her governess. Marshal Casey, and two detectives went to the Upland farm for the girl, she was ap¬ parently perfecUy contented and happy in her new work. She appeared much chagrined at being found, but made no objection to returning to the police station here.
The girl's parents were expected to arrive here tonight They left Indian¬ apolis as soon as they heard of Miss Fletcher's disappearance.
D>anamite was exploded last night at 10 o'clock in rear of the Russell Wil¬ liam's apartment building at 106 South Main street, Pittston where a suite of rooms is occupied by Steve Latoro, one of the mining contractors employed by the Pennsylvania Coal Compan. It was the fifth time that a dynamiting out¬ rage had occured in the strike result¬ ing from the presence of contractors in Pittston mines.
Latere is a brother-in-law of the late Detective Samuel Luchinno whose sensational murder occured soon after the strike was started. He is a son of Samuel lAtore of 175 East Railroad street whose home was dynamited one week ago. Police authorities an¬ nounced early today that no arrests have yet been made.
The explosion resulted from several sticks of dynamite placed against a building used as a garage by Latere.
The garage is situated in the rear of the apartment house and is near the tracks of the Laurel Line system. Damage amounting to about $100 was done to the biuldlng. An automobile there escaped harm. Windows were broken In the various apartments and In nearby buildings. It was estimated that the damage to windows will cost $200 to repair. Scores of panes were broken by the shock. No one was injured.
Following the explosion, the police authorities were told by strikers and some of their leaders that they were not responsible for the oturage. They intimated that It had been done to cast reflection upon them. They had also claimed Innocence of participation in previous explosions.
The first house to be damaged was that of Michael Condosco on Pine street. He is one of the contractors and his family was awal.ened late one night several weeks ago by dynamite set off near a porch. The next incident of similar nature occurred at the home of Samuel Latere on Fast Railroad street. The third attempt to destroy property took place early on the morn¬ ing of August 31, when the double ^welling occupied by the families of George Memory and John Booth at 186 and 166Vi Tompkins street suffered some damage.
Both of these men have been work¬ ing as mule tenders in the mines of the Pennsylvania company and refused to quit work at the command of the strik¬ ers. The most recent dynamiting un¬ til last night's affair occurred last Monday night when the front porch of Fra:nk Agostla's home at 9 West Ooak street was partly torn away by the force of an explosion.
POLliH  ARMY~ATTAckED
Warsaw, Sept 11.—The Bolsheviki have succeeded In forcing the Polish defenses along the River Bug, but their attack on Busk f^led, the offi¬ cial communique annoimced today.
CRUISER PITTSBURGH FREE
Washington. Sept. 11.—The United States armored cruiser Pittsburgh, which ran on the rocks recently in the Baltic Sea, off Libau, was floated to¬ day and Is now entering the harbor of Libau. the navy department was ad¬ vised by Vice Admiral Huse, command¬ ing the ship,
FATHER LIFTS AUTO
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cox MUST STOP SPEECHES Seattle, Sept 11.—The condiUon of Governor Cox's throat which was made hoarse as a result of speaking at Ta- coma while a heav>- rain was falling, today became eo much worse that on his arrival here tonight he went a.% once to a specialist The physician sprayed his throat and warned him against undergoing further risks by attempting to speak outdoors.
LIGHT SYSTEM SHOWN
TO GRANGE MEMBERS
Pomona Grange held an interesting meeting yesterday at Muhlenburg that waa largely attended. In tho even¬ ing ."upper was .served. A M. Cornell of Bradford county, one of the State Grange officers, delivered an address. S. L. Smith of thie city gave a demon¬ stration of tho Willys lllrhtlDg O'stem.
By a display of unusual strength de¬ spite hlB injured condition. Simon Car¬ penter, of Raven Greek. Columbia County, last night lifted the automo¬ bile under which both he and his 14- year-old son were pinned at Muhlen- burgh on a country road detour, until the boy was able to crawl out and sum¬ mon help. The two victims were given medical treatment and were taken to their home by friends called from Plymouth.
Tbe accident to the automobile con¬ taining Carpenter and his son occurred at 9 o'clock in the descent of a steep hill at Muhlenburg. The slippery con¬ dition of tbe highway caused the car to skid. When it turned turtle both occupants were caught beneath the damaged machine.
Their calls for help ¦wero not heard. After being prisoners for fifteen minutes the father summoned all his Btrengtb and overcoming the pain of his Injuries, managed to lift one end of the car so that hla son could crawl out Tbe boy want to the neareat house, trom where information was sent to Dr. Long. Other mon were called to, lift tbe car from the senior Carpenter.
Two other automobiles wero dam¬ aged In accidents new thla city last night A rocently purchased machine loat a wheel on Oarrlnger's Hill In Hanover Township and was ditched. Another mac^ne skidded from the road. N'o one was injured in these mishaps.
Pittston Miners Ask Expressions Of Peaceful Aim
Determined to secure a true ex¬ pression from the miners who have been on strike at the collieries of the Pennsylvania Coal Company foi more than two months, leaders among the English-speaking men have arranged for a meeting to be held tomorrow night in the Pitts¬ ton State Armorj-. Sentiment among some of the miners since plans for the meeting were made in¬ dicates that they are ready to re¬ turn to work. Action of this kind would permit their grievance against the Individual contractor system and other conditions to be handled by the Conciliation Board.
William H. McAndrew, of Pitts¬ ton, will be the chairman. He said last night that arrangements have already been made to give police protection to the miners attending. He also promised that mob rule would be eliminated and that all speakers from the floor with a reas¬ onable thought to express will be recognized. President John Collins Koledzlejczak, head of District No. 1. members of the executive board and other union officials will be speakers.
The Pittston men held a meeting Friday night when many of the English-speaking miners suggested that their case be handed to the Conciliation Board. They claimed that after two months of strike their position is not Improved. Some of them also claimed that in the past they have not been given tbe privilege of speaking. Others who attempted to speak against a pro¬ longed tie-up claimed they were not given the attention deserved by them. At a big mass meeting at Pittston on Friday morning the speakers who urged mediation as a possible manner of settlement, were hooted at when they attempted to advice the men.
The English-speaking men back of the movement declared last night that they are supported in their meeting plans by miners of Pittston, Avoca, Laflin, Wyoming, Plains and Sebnstopol.
SHELDON AXLE PLANT
But Several Hundred Men Laid Off Before Closing Will Not Be Accommodated
NO OFFICIAL CHANGES
Work will be resumed tomorrow at the Sheldon Axle Works after ten days idleness in that plant George Wall, general manager for the company, an¬ nounced last night following his return from out of town that all departments will start work. The several hundred men laid off prior to the date of clos¬ ing the plant will not be taken back until conditions improve.
Notices have been posted announc¬ ing the reopening of the shops and the Information has been conveyed to practically all of the men. They have been told that all men who can possi¬ bly be used will  be given  work.    This
statement from the company is inter¬ preted as meaning that the machin¬ ists .office employes and other classes of employes who were on tho payroll at the time of closing will be put back In  their original  positions.
Mr. Wall declared that there will be no changes made among the officials here. A recent ¦visit to this city of Charles Dana, president of the controll¬ ing company, is said to have resulted In several transfers of shop foremen.
GLEN  LYON  MINER   HURT
Peter Swambo of Glen Lyon received a fractured leg yesterday afternoon when struck by a fall of rock in the mines of the Susquehanna Collieries Company. He is in Nanticoke State Hospital.
SATURDAY NIGHT FIRES
Two slight fires were extinguished last night by firemen from No. 4 hose company. A chimney fire started by an overheated stove did damage to the amount of $25 at the home of Jacob Horwitz at 44 North Sherman street. An automobile truck owned -by the Planters' Nut and Chocolate Compani developed a flre on North Hancock Btieet. Both fires were extinguished witb chemicals.
WORKERS WILL GAIN MOST BV RESPECTING DEMANDS OF WILSON
Washington Advices Indicate That Normal Production of Coal Will Incite Attention of Nation's Chief Executive To Concessions Demanded and To Means of Effecting Them
MORE LOCALS END VACATION
STRIKE BREAKER'S CAR KILLS ONE; HURTS MANY
New York. Sept 11.—One man was killed and seventy-three Injur'd in a rear end colUson between two Platbush avenue cara on the Brooklyn Rapid Tranait hero today. The motorman, a strike breaker, who was said by tbe police to have been responsible for the accident, escaped In the confusion and had not been located late tonight
The conductor, F/;ank Edwards, was arrested. Cran Hoo, a Chinaman, was Injured. Forty three persons taken to a hospital. Both cars •were crowded, mostly with men enroute to Ebbetts field te vltnesB a ball gama.
President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of Labor W. B. Wil¬ son were hopeful yesterday that the anthracite miners will bring their "vacation" to an end tomorrow by returning to work, j"'.cording to information received last night from the White House. Both officials have taken the stand that the miners cannot expect further discussion of their case while they remain idle.
Believing that the President and the secretary would "be in a more receptive mood for suggestions after production of coal is re¬ sumed on a normal basis. John Collins Kolodziejczak of Nanticoke, president of the United Mine Workers in District No. 1, issued a state¬ ment last night telling the miners that if they return to the mines imme¬ diately their recognized officers will make further efforts to gain con¬ cessions in the wage award.
Other developments of the day that indicated the return of more miners to work tomorrow were meetings held by the miners employed at the Henry colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company at Plains and the miners in Brodericks local union. Both bodies of men voted to start back tomorrow morning.
The Lehigh Valley men engaged in the Henry colliery met last night at Midvale. Their session was well attended. By a unanimous vote they decided to live up to the promise entered into by them several months ago that they would abide by the commissign's award. This action by the Lehigh Valley men wiped out the strike "vacation" in the Susquehanna di^vision of that company. With the Henry colliery operating, all mines in the Susquehanna branch will be engaged in production. All collierieB are working in the Wyo¬ ming division, but there is only a limited production in the Luzerne and Lackawanna divisions.
The Brodericks union miners by their action in voting to resimfie work at once, were among the first branch of the "vacation" men on the West Side to accept the cut from President Wilson and go back. TTiey are men employed in mines in the Malt/by, Brodericks, Luzerne and Swoyerville district, where the strike has been particularly effec¬ tive. Their action is expected to have a deep influence on other miners.
President Issues Appeal
Elncouraged by the number of men who have proclaimed their intention to end their period of idleness and impressed by the belief that President Wilson will look with greater favor upon their cause if the miners show a willingness to keep their word, Prearident John Collins of this district extended a call to the men loyal to the union to report for work. He intimated hat he and his fellow officers have not yet given up all hope of securing better terms, but that their posi¬ tion in the eyes of both officials and operators will be improved by the existence of normal conditions.
"In view of the refusal of President Wilson to reconvene the joint scale committee of the anthracite operators and miners for the purpose of adjusting certain inequalities which exist in the award of the Anthracite Coal Commission," the district president said, "it be¬ comes my duty as president of the United Mine Workers of District No. 1 to respectfully urge all members of our organization who are idle to immediately return to their employment in order that normal mining conditions may prevail.
"It is needless for me to say that the United Mine Workers have in the past built up an en^viable reputation for abiding by contracts, which has been one of our valuable assets in making wage eigree- ments. This reputation we ahould specially guard. It is an obligation we owe, not only as American citizens, but as' an organization that has always considered sacred the terms of its contracts.
"Failure on our part to return to work at this time would im¬ peril what I conceive to be the underlying principles of our orgeiniza- tion, a result from which every union man should strongly recoil.
"I, therefore, earnestly hope that our members will £igain demon¬ strate the integrity of the principles for which organized labor has fought during the past twenty-two years, by returning to work imme¬ diately, and I assure you that every effort will be made to gain fur¬ ther concessions for our membership."
Ejq>ect FuU Operations
The eyes of officialdom at Washington are known to be turned on the local situation. In addition to the stand taken by the two lead¬ ing figures, the President and the Secretary of Labor, Hugh Kerwin, of the Department of Conciliation, stated yesterday that reports re¬ ceived from various points in the region indicated the men are going back to work. He expects the break in the vacation ranks to start tomorrow and to reach its ptak by the end of the week, when an effort ¦will be made to have all the mines in operation.
There will be a meeting of the policy committee of the anthra¬ cite union minors tomorrow at Hazleton, at which time it is expected that the recognized leaders of the men will formally announce their stand. The three district presidents will be in attendance. All three have their signatures on the new scale, which was signed also by the I operators' representatives. Because of this fact, they will likely take some action in support of other union proclamations calling for an end to the controversy.
Miners who hope for better terms are pinning their faith on Secretary of Labor Wilson for an improvement in working terms zmd conditions. The secretary is a former miner himself, these miners argue, and he knows that a pr 'mise made by the United Mine Workers is not a promise usually broken. Many of the miners give him credit for this stand emd appear willing to follow his lead.
Back In a Body
After several days of partial productions, normal work will be resumed tomorrow at the South Wilkes-Barre colliery of the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company. Officers of the local union at that mine announced last night following their return from Hazleton that the miners in the latter city are gradually voting to resume tomorrow. Accordingly, notices were posted that the South Wilkes-Barre men will return in a body. Several hundred of them started back at work on Thursday and permitted the colliery to resume jproduction after being idle for a week, n __^