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Vol. 2—No. 54
Oklahoma Leader
"FEARLESS AND TRUE"
Full f cased Wire United I'less Report—Member Federated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1921
PRICE, THREE CEN1
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Young Girl Dying in Hospital;
After Blaze in City Room-
ing House.
DALAS. Texas, Oct. 17—The waste
of fires. which has caused heavy |
damage to Texas cities, continued,
over the week-end.
Three fires of major importance
were reported.
At Athens, four buildings were de-
stroyed by a fire which raged yes-
terday, causing f7B,000 damage.
In Dallas, three persons were
burned to death early Monday and
several others seriously injured
when fire destroyed a rooming house
in the central part of the city.
Reports from Decatur indicate
that the I988 from the fire which
swept one side of the square Sunday
night will reach $60,000. Four build-
ings were destroyed.
DALLAS. Texas, Oct. 17.—(By U.
P.)—Two bodies have been recov-
ered and a third person died later
in the hospital; seven are In hospi-
tals injured, two of whom are be-
lieved fatally hurt, and a property
loss estimated at $10,000 was suf-
fered as a result of a rooming house
lire on Brejan street early today.
Fire broke out at 3 o'clock on the
first floor. It burned away the
stairs before the alarm was given,
and the thirty roomers were trapped
by the flames. A number of those
injured were hurt In leaping from
the second-story windows, several of
them having been seriously burned
before they leaped.
The dead are:
T. S. CARTER.
.MRS. IX) LA MONTGOMERY, 45,
Dallas.
1\ W. FELSH, 55, mining engineer,
Dallas.
The injured are:
Miss Opal Wilson and Mrs. Faye
Hum, dnughter of the woman who
was burned to death.
Voting Ciirl lhing.
Miss Wilson, 15 years old, is dying
as the result of the burns about her
lace and chest. Her sister was
burned and suffered a fractured
ankle In leaping from a window.
H. J. Ryan, badly burned and
ankle fractured In Jumping from
window.
Paul Kosse, fractured ankle and'
burns.
M. B. Murray, burns.
Luther Touchstone, burns.
About thirty people w ere in the j
house at the time of the fire. The
building was an exceptionally large f
two-story structure. It was run by j
Mrs. Mary J. Harper and her son, I".
U. Harper.
Halls Maine Masses.
Harper declared he was awakened
by the flames and that the halls were
masses of flame when he reached
them.
Wildest confusion was manifested
by the roomers as they were awak-
ened by the roar of the fire. Many
screamed and ran back and forth
through the house attempting to
awaken others. A number jumped
from upper story windows.
A number of other roomers were
reported to be painfully or slightly
hurt but they did not report their
injuries to the police, or hospitals.
While the flames were at their
height, three firemen put a ladder
against the building and rescued an
aged man who had been trapped at a
window on the upper floor while
other firemen kept the flames from
the window with water.
Jess Willard, Gibbons
And O'Dowd Arrested
WICHITA, Oct. 17. — The boxers.? All surrendered themselves to the
officials and all promoters connected , sheriff after notification that war-
with the Olbbons-O'Dowd middle-1 rants for their arrests had been 1s-
welght boxing match scheduled to sued. Arrangements are being made
be held here Tuesday night, were for a speedy arraignment and the
placed under arrest this morning by I giving of bond.
the sheriff's office, on Instructions Attorney General Hopkins con-
front Attorney General Hopkins. I ferred with the sheriff's office and
ST
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Harding May Force Parley
To Halt Impending Strike
They are charged with violating
the state boxing law.
Mike Gibbons aud Mike O'Dowd
are technically charged with train-
ing and preparing for a match at
which compensation was to be re-
ceived and admission charged.
Jess Willard, heavyweight boxing
the court before the arrests. It is
likely the hearings will be held be-
fore District Judge Jesse D. Wall.
Little Suffering For Neces-
sities Predicted—Some
Supplies Low.
A railroad strike might mean sus-
pension of some Oklahoma City in-
O'Dowd and Gibbons Bout jdiiitrta*. and a gradual tliup of
Will Be Staged in Tulsa. ",her8'bul mtle "ctu ' auff<,r|ns
TULSA. Oct. 17. Chased from from lability to obtalu the necesst
Walkout Complete
By November 5th
ex-champlon and referee for the Kansas by state laws. Mike O'Dowd !les of ,lfc' a BUrve^ showed Mon-
inatch, with other officials, was ar- and Mike Gibbons, who were to have
rested, as were several promoters, fought fifteen rounds at Wichita, i
charged with aiding and abetting the Kan.. October 18. will stage their |
preparations for the match. mill here on the night of October 25.
Besides the fighters and Willard. Local promoters have joined hands
those under arrest are: with the Kansas promoters.
M. L. Well, Allen Russell, M. L The fighters will mix under the
Howe and R. E. Booth Jr. # i original guarantee of $35,000.
BRTISH-
SESSION ENDS
[EKING
HIGHER Bl
ES
Conference Adjourns Sine Die Corporation Commission Con-
—Rumors of Disputes Are siders Upward Revision
* Officially Denied. of Charges.
day.
Packing plants would probably be
the first to feel a transportation
tieup. should the railroad executives
adhero to their intention of cutting
wages and force the men to walk out.
In the stockyards there are cattle
enough to supply the city's needs for
a couple of weeks. It was stated.
Various parking house products are
on hand in sufficient quantities to
last sixty days. With all outgoing
and Incoming shipments stopped,
however, it Is feared the operation
of the plants would be virtually
stopped.
Street car service and electric
light service is practically assured,
even In the event of a strike, since
sufficient fuel supplies are already
on hand at the power houses, accord-
ing to both companies.
That the poorer people of the city
who never buy coal until It is abso-
lutely necessary would be the first
to suffer in the event the strike was
called was declared by' H. C. Dunn
of the Dunn Fuel and Wood company.
"Office and other downtown build-
ings are pretty well supplied with
coal, as it is customary for them to
buy early," Dunn said. Generally
CHICAGO, Oct. 17. According to
present plans of the brotherhoods, an
absolute tleup id transportation will
not coihc until November 5. Chang-
' ing their original plan, leaders will
call out the first group of railroads
at 6:30 a. in., October 30. The other
three groups will be called out In
i intervals of forty-eight hours each.
The fact that the Pennsylvania,
which was in the first strike group,
has been removed and put in the
j last group, was explained today by
one union official.
He pointed out that the switch of
the brotherhoods was done at the re-
quest of the railway department of
i the American Federation of l^ibor
which does not plan to issue Its call
until after Thursday, the date the
Pennsylvania is expected to appear
before the United States railroad la-
bor board to prove that It has not
violated rulings of the board.
The shop crafts prefer to wait un-
til after the hearing before striking
aud believe it will be a greater blow
at the system If the dlffernt crafts
, walk out simultaneously.
The revised list showed that the
• lines In group one are:
Kansas City Southern: Missouri
Pacific: St. Louis and Southwestern;
International and Great Northern:
i Texas and Pacific: Southern Pacific:
' hicago and Northwestern; Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul, (except Chi-
cago, Terre Haute and Southeast-
ern); Northern Pacific; Southern
Railway; Seaboard Airline; Virginia
railroad.
SEAMEN TAKING STRIKE BALLOT
NKW YORK, Oct. 17.— (By U. P.)—Marine engineers
are voting on a strike to come coincident with the walkout
of railroad unions. Thomas Healy, union chief, said today.
A strike among the marine engineers would further
cripple New York's communication with the outside world;
water transportation having been depended upon to get
food to the city in case of a rail tie-up.
Moves to prevent a nation-wide strike and preparation
to meet it if it materializes were made today.
With assurances from high Washington officials that 1
roads would be kept running, President Harding had under <
sideration the calling of a conference of railroad men
executives to avert the strike.
"" when union leailcr* In t levefifi|
"OIITI A W" UNION were Informed of the conference pli
1 LH " ^'*1'hey said they would answer the
TO AID REGULARS to attend II President Harding
LONDON. Oct. 17.—The Irish peace Meeting of the state corporation
conference adjourned "sine die" late 'commission for the purpose of revis-
this afternoon. ing the railroad freight rates upward
Rumors of further disputes having was held at the corporation commis-
lnterfered with the smooth course sion Monday morning.
of negotiations were answered by It is proposed to allow the rail-
official denials, and it was an- roads higher rates on certain com-
nounced the failure of the confer- inodlties, in accordance with an ap-
ence to set a date for another con- peal of the railroads.
ference was due to Lloyd George | On June 10, an order was issued j said, most of the coal yards in the
not having to appear before parlia- which eliminated entirely the 35 per j city are low on supplies, most of
ment. cent Increase in rates which were ! them waiting for lower prices, how-
There has been no break, it was put into effect In August, 1920. The ever no serious shortage is expected
said, but reasons as to why 1t was railroads have appealed from this de- unless the strike continues more
necessary for the conference to re- rlslon which was upheld by the state than thirty days.
main suspended because of Lloyd supreme court and is now pending j There is no danger of tho people
Georges parliamentary obligations before the United States supreme sutfering for food for at least ninety
remained unanswered. court. days, according to the Williamson-
Introductory talk? were made Mon- Halsel-Frazier Wholesale Grocery
LONDON, Oct. 17.—The Ulster is- ,iay morning by the counsel for the
sue. chief difficulty in the path of railroads, and by Paul Walker. rep-
Irish peace, came before the confer- j resenting the corporation commis-
ence today. [sion. The cases of both were merely
Sub-committees and delegates met outlined and the hearing adjourned
this morning in discussions prelim- until Monday afternoon.
inary to resumption of the confer- It is claimed by the attorneys for
ence proper at 10 Downing street at the railroads that the reinstatement
3:30 o'clock this afternoon, and it of the old rate was not Justified on
was learned that the problem of certain commodities.
Ulster's participation in proposed
settlements was to be brought up as
a main issue when Sinn Fein's plen-
ipotentiaries met the British cabinet
committee.
The Sinn Fein delegates appeared
at Downing street shortly after 3
o'clock this afternoon, and the for-
mal conference was resumed at 3:30.
Cabinet Ofiicers Considering
Steps in Case the Strike
Is Begun.
company. "Right now and within
the next two weeks, w holesalers will
receive their heavy w'nter supplies,"
the manager of tile company de-
clared. Sixty days, he declared,
would see the wholesalers out of
very few items, was his opinion.
JAP REPRESENTATIVES
TO DISARMING PARLEY
SAIL FROM YOKOHAMA
YOKOHAMA. Oct. 15.— (Delayed.)
— (By U. P.)—Prince Tokugawa and
the final contingent of Japanese rep-
j resentatives to the Washington con-
ference on limitation of armaments.
iftefi
|P% 9 I fl P S""TI EkE j sailed from Yokohama today en rout
w in Km Em I E B^i <S& Ito Washington.
Police Say Many Immoral
Women Have Left Since
Campaign Began.
Large crowds gathered
DES MOINES, Iowa. Oct. 17.- (By j J*1"!*
U. P.)—Two youthful bandits beld
eli.
Prince Tokugawa told the United
Simon Ktoan7 jeweler, In "hla j Pre8s thnt lle '«* hopeful for the
success of the conference.
The idea of war between the
United States and Japan, he said, is
absurd and impossible.
store today, and escaped with $30,00"
worth of loot.
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—L. N. Kolland.
cashier of the Hanover Union State
bank at Hanover. III., was arrested
at Davis Junction today, and char,
with embezzling
bank's funds.
He is alleged
checks.
KI'HN .11 RV t MIKCIIIKD.
OKMULGEE, Okla.. Oct. 17. —XI
this afternoon, the jury In the
Police court was again jammed
give j Monday with victims caught in Sat-
urday and Sunday night raids. Ap-
proximately sixty arrests were mad"
for the two nights and more than
forty were fined in the Monday
morning session of court.
Ten drilnks were fined $10 and
costs In each case, instead of the cus-
tomary $5 and costs.
Raids on a number of rooming
houses resulted in the arrest of foul
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.- "The j
mails will be moved." Postmaster
General Hays declared today In tin-
first official statement on tlie rail '
! strike from a government official'
( here.
"I am sure the parties to the con-;
troversy will not permit develop-
ments which w ill interfere with tbi i
government service," said Hays. I
Members of the public group of the
railway labor board, who last night i
rut forward a suggested solution for
the trouble, with President Hani
lag's approval, were to meet with
the interstate commerce commission j
for a general discussion of the mat - j
! ter.
The railroads cannot agree to the;
i labor board's suggestion that the;
j lines translate the 1l' per cent wage'
j cut of July 1 Into immediate rate re-!
1 ductions, it was stated by sources j
close to the executives.
Members of the labor board con- j
j ferred at the capitol with Senator
Cummins, chairman of the interstate!
commerce committee.
The government's policy may be!
determined on at tomorrow's cab- j
inet meeting.
; The public group of the railroad
labor board conferred with Attorney
the general
STRIKE ORDERED AFTER
SECOND PAY CUT URGED
Following is the sequence of
events which ended in the sum-
mons to railroad men to strike:
Pay of railroad workers cut ap-
proximately 11' per cent on July
1 by the Pnlted States railroad la-
bor board after the roads peti-
tioned for a 20 per cent cut.
Railroad unions voted to strike
in protest.
Striko ballots were being
counted when the American As-
soication of Railway executives
announced it would ask the rail-
road board for a further reduc-
tion of 10 per cent.
Big four brotherhoods then is-
sued a strike call for October 30.
CHICAGO, Oct 17. (By l\ P.)
— The "outlaw" railroad union
will support other rail unions in
their strike called for Octo-
ber 30.
The switchmen's union which
participated the strike in 1919
under the leadership of John
Grunuu, sent word today to Its
60,000 members, of whom nearly
20,000 are unemployed, instruct-
ing them not to take jobs of the
regular union men who strike.
Members of the outlaw union
also were told they could strike
In sympathy with the other
unions without meeting disap-
proval of the yardmen's associa-
tion. Most members of the out-
law union will strike, It Is said.
peas
but
Average Worth Is Less Than
Nothing. Is the Report
of I. C. C.
r.y Fedei
i!'I Pi
Highest American Award Is
Placed on Grave of Un-
known British Soldier.
General Daugherty
strike situation.
After the conference Daugherty
said: "We just went over matters
in a general way and will resume
our discussion at another confer-
ence this afternoon.' ,
Daugherty then wont to the white
house to confer with the president.
7.—The
ep the
$75,000 of the I case of Sheriff Kuhn. charged with : cirls "n Immoral charites. According
; misconduct and malfeasance in office.
to police many of the girls that have
| LONDON. Oct. 17. (By U. P.)
: Amidst the splendor of a military
I pageant, followed by a solemn re-
ligious ceremony. Anurica paid trib-
ute to Britain's unknown warrior to-
: day.
j The Congressional Medal of Honor,
j highest award within the power of
the United States congress, was laid
I upon the grave of the unknown
Tommy who lies buried in Westmins-
ter Abbey, while British royalty,
peerage and military and naval dig-
nitaries and American admiral; and
generals looked on.
General John J. Pershing, com-
mander in chief of the American
, army, was accorded almost royal
honor before the ceremony. King
fed-1 George sent the royal carriage to
rail- the American embassy and Pershing
drove to Parliament Squat- in state,
ance ,,elwcen long lines of troops which
hnve "kited ' had not reached a verdict after!been orcul'J'tns disorderly houses
WRIGHT CASE
UP TUESDAY
Argument in the case of Judge
Lucien B. Wright, was to be heard
before the state supreme court, Tues-
day. It was announced at the offices
of the court Monday.
Judge Robert E. Rainey. who was
appointed referee in the case sub-
mitted his report on the case some
lime ago, after he had conducted
hearings on the- case at Wewoka,
Sapulpa and other places.
The case was-with regard to allow-
ing Judge Wright to occupy the
bench In the Leta Kolvin oil suit, in-
volving several millions of dollars
worth of oil lands.
Judge Rainey in his report found
that bribes had been offered, and
tbat he had been offred liquor while
on the bench.
STATE TAX LEVY IS
AWAITED BY COUNTY
The coun4y assessors office had
completed figuring the tax rate for
Oklahoma county property Monday
with the exception of the state levy
"Delay in getting the books to the
county treasurer will rest upon the
state equalization board from now
on." declared F. G. Mattlngly, county
asses^pr.
deliberating since Friday night.
KIDNAPED INDIAN HEIRESS
have gone from the city.
Several negroes were being held on
soliciting and pandering charges.
SAPULPA. Okla., Oct. 17.—County-
Judge H. S. Williams left last night
for Kansas City, where Geraldine
Hammett, recently kidnaped Indian
heiress, has been located.
i The girl was located there by
i Deputy Sheriff Nelson after the trail
of her abductors has been followed
. through Omaha and Chicago.
' Those in charge of the girl have
made a fight for her possession.
They have started habeas corpus
proceedings in the federal court.
IS FOUND IN KANSAS CITY CHARGE FILED
AFTER DEATHS
Judge Williams went to Kansas
City to be present at the hearing
this morning in federal court.
"I am going to see that this girl
gets justice and that no one gets
possession of one cent of her money
in an illegal manner," Judge Wil-
liams said last night.
The Hammett girl, a Creek freed-
man, will be of age next Friday.
She is heiress to property valued at
more than $100,000. It consists oT
residences in Sapulpa and land,
some of which has oil on it.
i Page
Minister Starts
Battle For Life
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Oct. 17. (By ;
j U. P.) Rev. Edwin R. Stephenson.
Methodist minister, charged with the
murder of Father James E. Coyle,
, Catholic priest, started his fight for
| liberty here today.
The picturesque minister, around
whom has been fought the strangest
legal battle in the history of Ala-,
bama, faced the court under indict
ment for second degree murder.
As the court opened and tha tedi- ;
ous task of selecting a jury began.
| interest in the case centered upon
whether the minister's daughter. Mrs.
I Ruth Stephenson-Gussman, would)
appear as a witness against her
father.
Mrs. Gussman, whose marriage to
Pedro Gussman. a Porto Rlcan
Catholic, precipitated the tragedy,
could not be located today.
Although reported to have re-
turned from I,oretto. Tenn.. the lit-
tle village where she has secluded
herself for the past few months.
Mrs. Gussman did not appear in
court.
Since the slaying of Coyle, who
performed the marriajre ceremony,
the girl has sep^ated from Guss-
man.
Ardmore Officer Is Accused of
Negligent Homicide After
Girls Die.
I ARDMORE, Oct. 17.—Charges of
j negligent homicide w ill be filed
' against Oscar Van Noy, corporation
j commission conservation officer, and
| Wesley Johnson, held in connection
1 with the death of Josephine and
Lola Wilson, who were killed by a
reckless automobile driver here Fri-
day night, according to Sheriff Buck
j Garrett.
Van Noy and Johnson have both
denied responsibility for the tragedy.
| Garrett said, both claiming the other
' was driving the car at the time.
Officers said both had been drink-
; inc.
S. C. Wilson, father, and Ruby, 13,
another daughter, who were also
struck by the machine, are recover-
ing in a local hospital.
SAYS SHE FEARS HUSBAND
Alleging that her husband had
j threatened to kill her and that she
feared that if she went back to live
with him he would carry out his
threat, Anna Grlner filed suit for
divorce in the district court Mon*
against John Griner
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1
Ural government will k
j roads In operation.
I This was the definit
j that came today from a high admin- stretched the length of the institution
j istration official as President Hard ,and Whitehall.
ing and other government leaders Pershing mid llar>ey (.reeled,
j renewed their attempts to avert ;i J General Pershing and Ambassador
nation-wide rail strike. : Harvey were met and greeted by the
A feeling pervades official Wash dean of Westminster. With the dean
l ington that the called strike will not i stood the Duke of Connaught, repre
materialize on an extensive scale, but sentlng King George.
at the same time the government Britain's ministers of war. air and
i realizes the transportation lines must
| be kept in operation, whatever hap-
pens, because the very existence of
millions of people depends upon
j them.
The federal government has as yet
framed 'no program of action.
Whether the government would seize
the roads in case the strike caii Simmons' Charge and Camp
. not rescinded and the w alkout be-
gins no prominent official would say.
j Cabinet officers considering the
situation with a view of helping stave
off trouble, were taking these steps:
Postmaster General Hays: Pre-
paring to provide armed guards if
necessary to keep mail trains tnov-
|ing. Hays conferred with Attorney
General Daugherty regarding the
legal aspects of the matter. Hays
also is considering calling for vol-
unteer aviators to carry mails if the
I strike occurs.
! Attorney General Daugherty:
Studying the legal angles of the
whole situation in order that he may
jbe prepared to do anything necessary-
through the federal courts or other-
wise to protect the government's in-
terests.
The experts put to work by Hard Contract for the construction of a
ing were members of the labor board bridge on the ten-mile federal aid
and of the Interstate commerce com project east of the city was let Mon-
inission. Tne labor board members day by the state highway depart-
were studying figures on living cost' ment to the St. Louis Structural
and railroad workers wages, with a j Steel company. B. K. Clark, state
to determining whether wage:; j highway commissioner said The
lould safely be further reduced. I contract was lit for I1D.525.U8.
KLAN HEARING
ALMOST ENDED
bell Countercharge Almost
Cut Short Session.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.- (By U
P.) 'Hie house rules committee:
hearing on the Ku Klux Klan cam<
near an abrupt and turbulent term
ination today when "Imperial Wiz
ard" Wm. Joseph Simmons, chargec
on the stand that Representative
Campbell, chairman of the commit
tee. had ridiculed Simmons' coIlaps
before the committee last Thursday
as a "cheap theatrical performance
Campbell leaped to his
branded the statement as "grossly
(Continued on l ag* 4. Column 7 )
nd
BRIDGE CONTRACT LET
WASHINGTON, Oct 17. -Senator
Cummins and his senate committee
on interstate commerce, anxious to
find a new means of assisting the
railroad companies to stay out of for-
mal bankruptcy, are embarrassed by
the disclosures Inade 'jy U.e valuation
section of the interstate commerce
commission us to the w orthlessness
of railroad stocks.
The commission has just published
it: final valuation of the first 15o of
the more than 2,000 railroads in the
United States. Seventy-one of these
150 scattered all over the country
and representing every type of rail
transportation have capital liabili-
ties of $1,000,000 or more. The re-
port shows that these seventy-one
corporations have issued stock and
bonds and have floating indebted-
ness. to a total of $1,520,000,000, The
final value placed by the interstate
commerce commission upon this
LABOR BOARD'S
PLAN OUTLINED
Public Group Urges an Imme-
diate Rate Reduction
Based on Wage Cut.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. Both
sides in the railroad strike are con-
sidering the proposals put forth last
night by the "public group" of the
railway labor board In which the
railroads were urged to make a rate
1 reduction at once, on the ground
that wages have already been once ,
reduced by the board and before they
are cut again rates should come
down.
| The board said the rate reduction
should be measured by the wage re-
duction order in July.
"Let the carriers give immediately
a general rate reduction measured by ;
the July wage reduction and the ben-
efits derived from the new rules an«i
devised under the supervision of the
interstate commerce commission to
Continued on Page 4. Column 6
ASSAULT CASE
DUEJtOR TRIAL
Trial of Lewis Woods, charged i
'with attempt io kill Sam Clark.'
i state witness in the murder trial of
l.eo Shanahan. was to be begun in1
; the district court Monday.
Woods was a defense witness. He j
'claims that he shot Clark in self-;
j defense. As a result of the injury
to the main state witness, the tria
i of Shanahan for the murder of A. E. j
| Payne, Harrah farmer, was post
; poned. It Is reset for the present j
terra of court.
sent I
At the same time from the
quarters in Chicago and Clevela
the railroad union men went ahe
with strike preparation* such
• 1 o ti mal call fl
tin valkout beginning progressive!
on October
In 1 in ol untajL
oth< i than the big four brothel hooj|
was planned.
1 1 rntrj todf
mayors and governor! prepared I
measures to prevent any shortage i
an fu< 1 use of the strlll
Despite advices to the contraf
from < hicago coal men. a poll I
indicated there wJ
to run f«|
several weeks at least.
. nt rallj ire not b>|
although many of the smaller citiJ
without large storage facilitjl
might be inconvenienced.
Mobilisation of motor trucks i
haul food m case this is needed wl
planned in practically every eitl
Kansas City was preparing to ul
alrplinti,
It is not believed, however,- thJ
He haul int.- of milk and other pe]
ishables will be Interfered with.
Industries in evej*j portion of t|J
country will be affected by strlk]
CHICAGO, Oct. 17. (By U. P.)-]
Big labor leaders today strove
mass workers Into a solid front fq
the October 30 railroad strike.
Mot' Independent unions, not al
filiated with the tlvc big brothe]
hoods, hut having double thefr met.
b«rihip, planned to back the hi
leaders in the walkout in protej
linst wage flashes announced
the railroad executives.
General chairmen <•! tome twenl
odd unions, having an aggregal
membei ship <>i 1,000,000, met todd
Othei an chiduled t< meet thj
week.
Canvas* of thcs< unions shows
that theli m« mbc: ship did the sam
' i miik.'i ui' i] n\. rwheln
ingly in fi vor <>i a strike. Thrown
"i thi ,i strength with tho hrothei
hoods would i" .i mere formality, ;
was Indicated.
Jewell Makes Plans.
Beti J« • "i th
railway department of the America
1 hi< h con
prises th< thlrn en di tri< t
belongin to the Federated Sho
nd in-trut t ins with his ,binet ft
day, it became known.
Page rwo, ('olumn 4.)
CHIEFS DELAY
FINAL PLAN*
Possible Invitation from Hare
ing Believed Motive For
Postponement.
I LBVELAND. Ohio. Oct. 17.-
I
to make final plans for the Octobe
trikc w;i • postponed today untf
Wednesday. It had been schedule
for Tuesday.
fl
was forthcoming from union chiefs
I
in view of the probable proposal
I
Imu leadei to Washington for a ccoj
ference with the employers.
I
ing Warren S. Stone and W. G. Le«f
declared that if President HardidJ
asked them t" Washington for a conf
ference they would go willingly. L<
said:
I he dtuation entirely out of
hands >t the brotherhood chiefs. Wi
have it" choice but '< bow to the wll
of tho men who voted overwhelming
for a strike, if the governmen
should step in. however, and rule ii
our favoi that would be n differed
matter.
"As 1 see it. the promise of
freight rate reduction if the employe
would consent to another cut wout
be about a- noticeable that whicl|
followed tke July 1 cut."
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MacLaren, William. Oklahoma Leader (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 54, Ed. 1 Monday, October 17, 1921, newspaper, October 17, 1921; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109570/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.