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official Organ ol Kaieis" -JSndprsed by North Carolina V State Federation of 1WT antf Waie' County TParmers'unlon . Antral Labor, Union and Allied Unions, , - ;V ' r"C Devoted, to ihe llpbuildiha cf the trade Union Movement - K vol.: iii: NOV 22 - - rJ .- ,; A ---..- - FIIZGIBBOIJ Op nn riimnrn . ru ftnoi? IIU l.lllli 111 ll,. ''If . . , Strike-teeaker iit;Cha Hearing Tuesday Before Charlotte, Sept 3Atter 'a hearing ng not.more .iaan minutes, Magistrate F. B. Alexander- ordered; postponement-or.Wllmington Labor the release,-fromClsustody, of a T, J.l.Day celebration! until Saturday. The' vuzeibbon, one. of Uie strikeareakers. parade;' aT distinct feature of the exer- empJoyed byHhe ' Southern Public Li tilitifcj vW""" i vv t v.yv-v uuoji o j-ivv auxo ;uisay point"' u cable in thisn:Ity,a.nd wno was ar- ment to the arious-erafts that.-ha4 vested Saturdayvight harged; 4wih gone to :ito little: trouble Andeipense the murder or J.'-Cald well' Hoason; in" preparing -their floats 'man of Southern Railwayengineer -whitr lost wMclijappeared " on:--the'-streets "-"in. his life at Ihecar-.baxn during, tbe spito of. the ;weaf her and attracted 1JOi Monday ;night.X 'r.1 i-r- , much -attention and .favorable .com 'i he hearing: was held. at Uoclock mentor- ,-" Sk . J ; x 7( 1 this morning ;ln: the magistraor of- All '"will" be" given theopportunity Ace. Five ,witneses were called,"-all-r however,-,ot vlewfng the ; parade Sat ct thm" State ; witnesses, nd. none urday afternoon. ; . rl'" eie cross-examJned::K TKey'weref E.j '-Major .MQOdyJ" of Raleigh, bo was C. nite,ameVO. Taylor, JCit.'"Mor- to" ha ve been the speaker of the day , nB, James Dorian and, Joe Baker. addressed a -small, gathering -at-Uhe None of them recognizedrFiUglbbdn court house ahoutnodn He told as having' been " amongN - tbose ;who them labor-Vas gaining- strength in were seen:witn"l firearms- aL:the ,car-the! State, :an?l -that ..'the effort that" barn. , : - i ;-" i " - (was being ;made.;in:. Charlotte: rand E. C. f -White:, the first wit ness' High '.Point to drive 'in "a wedge with said he did x not know- ;J. .-Caldwellr the " object" "6f damagingnnionism Houston; and ' stated he was, standing Ythroughout-the. State: was .doomed to between the car barn anCthe. por-jlailurer-natjfc it did: :hot havea v,,, whpn the first shot was fired, chance --r'-"-" 'r T ' Viniiup when the first shot was .fired . It came from somewhere near : the j front of'the'ear -barn and ..the.urqwd - ran away irom uaiu. mvu street. He saia some woman as k.u why some one did nbtbjahdtender aid to the two 'inenwholwere-sbof-and who jwere , in' -her: bouse. He went and found one.- inaniv.shot through thehip and onthrough Jthe shoulder. j -" ; J . James C. Taylor testified-tba.the was standing betweenthe; car barn and the power-house when thefiring began. He "was on. therpolnt of gof ing home when the ; first "shot yrang! out. He thought; it' came; from -the front of thebarn vHe;vwasVof the opinion that the first shots "were fired over the heads'rotthet.peoplerHe fell to the ground to" avoid being hit; and when he got "up .he: saw ne man lying near And another. across the street. He did hot know. Fitzgibbon": J. R. Morris jsald, he was standing in front of the car barn whenJJotin - Wilson drove up -ina, buggy, v as, ne rfifnUftd Wilson shook -i hands - with4 the chief Of police, -Walter -Orr7hd he heard, the. chief say: 'Itlhad hit your brother, T would tellyou.. About this time - he; heard : some one in the car barn, sayr 'Stand back" or I'll shoot," and a gun wentoft just a moment afterwardi'ltwas in; the air, however, he saldt. ' He made a distinction between a nnd'a pis tol. , 1 7 " 1 ' 2' V . ' -V t " Morris-said that he ;,and rHousf On; Caldwell were .standing tbout - five feet apart, and thatthey, both started to run and -that ashot seemed; to hit. Houston in the back of thehead," tor. his hat flew off, but Houston raft o I and fell m a ditch; near :the curbing: Morris said he ran on ; up f the street to the fire station. : The samewitnesff testified that he fay Claude fHin"son, who was also" kilted fall; iivtrojit ef him. Morris "aisotestified that be saw the man:whoqt:Houston,that it was a man standmg;in front of the car barn with his steevesSrolled p and with a rifle : in his hand. ' He said he had never seen, Fitz'gibbon befnt nii rA n nt rApnffiize' h im K'&s"JltwnirlDre3udice-its.Cuse;fln-S-the oeing among thoseat. the barn, Joe Baker a-bf other-of t,T. ""A Baker, of Villa Heights4 wbowas among the list, of injured i sai hre saw Chief Orr lire his ;gun'into; the air. He also testified thathisbrothr er was shot in' the' -arm and- that 'he h- was not armed: ? :He did ;iot-:recog inze Fitzgibbon v as -" among' r'rthosej neent at the bafn - ' - " - V- -r--.. - ? - . :-, H. Robbins; who .swore dut-the warrant for the arrest of TPTtzgib.bonl was not present at the. hearingTKe failure of Robbins to;.appear Monday: afternoon was one' or the reasons for Postponement of - the - hearing' until this morning. . . Vj ? 'v, Charlotte people - are asking- if the reenrille strikers; and - the utilities company could get together when the differences . were , exactly the" same as those in Charlotte, whycould not they get together nertr No con ditions prevailed, in' Greenville" that did not prevail here The same -com-Pan operates both "lines. Thestrike was called in Greenvillefor the ?ame puipose that it wascalled. here.;; The MuirUion coni pany in detail isjhesame; The- said in Greenville, as itsald uere, that its operatives Could .loin ay union that, they: wanted ?toV; but j l"at tne company could not negotiate a cntract with; them as members :6t 80mo outside organizaUokrThat'-is I'redgciy the attitude taken-in Char. 'ptto. The issued of 1-wages and' of crkir.g hours was the same in, both 1 1 'ON MOLDERSGAlkl . ,v- yateitown, N,' Y Striking iron ri? have returned rto. work,- Their 03.20 for a 10-hour day has n ged to $4tor;teht' hours. BIG rBAY SPOILED - F ? ACCCiniT OF RAUi - :i tion and" Parade Postponed uiiiu fcaxuraay iUternpQn - Wilmington a:N,- C.r Sent."f2A' steaay ; downpour; of rain- caused" the cisesT will, take-plrce at 3 o'clock'.- chance rtabor is x organizing rapidly; lnvthe" State, hesaldf7and is .'keeping right on uieneeis -oitne jDrganizers-n f act the men can't ;work- sufficlentlv fast to;keep7aheadr6f;the unionsthat would-f orm. ' ; .y-' Z-;CI" -$r IHe washeardi withv"erylos.e iat-. tentibn, and. ."wag- frequeitiy inter rupte'd with'appiausir by the crotfdV" 1: CHARliOTXE'S ;iNnTJSTRIAl4WAB;iitli--concetttIlaUoTr 'Jt -(Asheville" Citizen.) j'Jr 7 Qharlotte vstreet'cars".yesterday re sumed-lHinted schedule..andJthe cit!y was quiet under.J-martial restraint; The apepal to arms,- initiated- by the strikers has; endedf -biitthe' causes otstrifearenov: removed,- The : in dustrial ; battle betweenemployes and e m plbyers : supported by ther law cost , Charlotte five, lives-; 'and " eleven woundedfand yet Uhereis no. Jeague or "Understanding" which will prevent a - recurrence -jt another figh t in .ithe streets ?with"- rifles--and -machine guns.- - z-: r :c , he strikers"resbrt to violence vras i.wrong- hecompany !s refusal recognizee the --union i was ; wrong; the.compan3r!s, rrfusal to submit" the controversy - to - a f committee . ;;;.was wong. r- l:t-r: "Thq battleorOharlotte wast ret bellion against law and order ;;4t was alsoci'vUwar or revolutionrAs rev olution Itvr sthe 'same' violence which, man- has always tised-int battlingrf or his n rights against autocracy? inrgov ernmeht". ; . '- i -7 And Jn. one ; form; or "another .this sort-of i varf are will continue until the. workers Lnd ; empl oy er s -: reach t a solution . based on .theunderstanding that they;, have- a .common inteVest-iu the "seryice-which each renders- to the public.;1; - tth " '-- As Jong as capital assumes the at titude of arrogant Teudalism Inldeal ing with llaborthere wilkbe .friction and disorder which vwillTreduceprcH ductibn .Jof commodities or service, and entails suffering pn the innocent. As i long- as Jabdrfresorts :toyiolence. yes.-ofanyZ-whordociiptZunderstalia the rights -ion wmcn jtiis struggling. INDUSTRY IS MOREMEADI.Y j ' 'XTriANOASfiS ANB-SHRAPNEI .8- - r Wilni4ngton; Del:x Sept.: Indus try is'more; deadlyvthari moderniwar? wasone jbf theipointsmade byrCL W. Price7general i- manager of" the-N"a' tionaf Safety Cbuncili;, apeechin tbi4"'-clty? He", said' that-.durlng "the Nineteen -months :oVthear,:pf,Kthe 2.0,00,000 -American " soldiers- who . died, from -battle wounds.-wKlle. at homV in Industrial life In the same nineteen, months '2pu,)00 were; in w ell jj ci BCiia, u jk.u v., vr oi ttis- jured and 1 2 6 , 6 5 i -men; ytomen , and children were.'killed : throughacci- dents.?iHe pointed out : that -every day-j aay oi xne nineteen monms a 2 u rnen, women and children .were .killed by accidenMn the United States. -1-?" SUSPENSION OP Alili STRIKES " V urged;to '-Aib.fi.ja if. fight. Jew' York; Sept?-.Suspension : of all 'strikes 1 throughout the; United states. and the d"ecIaration- of a labpr fon -slx: months ori.morer to venable . - , - , 1-- . I President, Wilson-to bring abouta'Ted duction in Jhe'.cost of living is recom-' mended in" a-report, of a committee of theTNew -York estate; federation-ol labor, just 'made public -here.' 5;" - TELEPHONE STRIKE ENDS.' Str. Louis; Mo., Sept. S.-Telephonef operators "have- adjusted: their two months strike "against the -Bell Tele phone "V Company . Wages I of the strike-breakerswere raised whenrthe strike started; and now the company is forced fo pay the same rate to. the 1 union girls- . - " r 1 . ::::J RAILROAD BILL FORBID 3 -STRIKES lIlIQLMOUTS -Ouniniiiis Bill "; Provides f or? Pri vateOwnership and Rid- i ; Washington- Sept. 2.The ieriate today,Teceivedand jdiscussed forrse'v-' eral :,bours2a "biir;outlrning?ar perma nent -railroad .policy as eyolved; by a bi-partisan . Interstate, commerce sub committee;". f'" 'r t 'Paramount among ihe meatures of jthe new measure jvhich will be known as , the Cummins' . bill7;Senat'or . Cum ed as chairs of ttevton&tUe; areprovisiobs 5 f ortermination "o( government control "of thai railrpads,' their return .to ;priyate -ownership! and operation: under rigid federal control 5 andconsolidatlon'Tinto rc gional r,iiyitem'andprbliiblon 61 strikes .and"?lqekbnts ; of-employes.: The fx measure ' contains none - -6t .the, fundamentals of thepiumb plan.. r -Chairman Cummins inpresentingl that)iUt--explainer-its provisions ; at? lengths He, -iith-Senators-RbbinsonH Ar Kansas, .ana Jtomerene,.or Qhiot Democratic- members of the,, drafting subcommittee laid.speciaL'stTess on the proposal to "penalize strikes - and lockoutsdeclaring :th plan; although novel, ras necessary - toprotect "the public The employe! the three-sen atbrs explained, :are"protected undej under: the bill- by ra rprbvisionrthatl their. wages, shall, be -fixed' by government agencies. 4 'ZVt . TThe bill Senator - 3ummins told the,4 senatetrepfesentsmonthsr of consfderationfby theiub-committee Its keynote, he - asserted, - is l he plan to terminate railroads ;int6 .2 0 r to - 35 : regional v sys tems, - provide strict government su :3VrC . 6 , 4 peryision-of virtually, all iraU way af - government controrana,T-0 - - wi ..rTii- - ofthe nation i v,, .. - - . ;""';f;it.':Z-" 4 - ,i'-s -"overtake th: processes . of Cconsump r.ArnW.' Dew- ageneiesthe ili tionr and; wilT proposes, -are- a railway transporta tion boatd'largely to.superVise- raif- j operations;- a cbmmittee .onj- jou upci ttiiuuB. r a .. uuiuxuxtj.et3 -.uu x- T w v..u.,.i- j "'"'-.ilia i i i: -waes .working conditions anA n Jrantpartarlgrati-ate emnloveldvisorv' council The.In-PUppoI? Ctt ?ne government, policy ? Pf aylsorc" ncil - ?n fhas received from-the.tepresenfatijes terstate Commerce Commission r;alsof rt. 4.- ibua;"v.t- " j.;ia - rj. I of organised, labor, and - earnestly r UU1U ur3 J fe "CA t- So1 VO.!.lJf Ulbl CHBCU 4 powers,:- and representation on all rauru a Qirewes . oi c iitheir lea&ersand ' thereby move with and the-government would-r be quiredl iother' atones; predicjts - i" ? ';- j" v - - - r At a meeting; of steel workers, held at'NortltClairtonnearittBbttrgb, Pa'Mother Jones ;war theprinci pal speaker. In herjjlea f oiworkers to-" unite, ; the" " .veteran Jtrade ' nnionist said:;Kaiser Bill had nothings n the multimillionaire i; steel .batonsj w'r His day has come,: and theirJday is com- ine."'-hr Tnemeetlng-':wasn6t"disturbedrby publicqflicials, who , stopped ' a . meet ing "SundaV'AngstJastrarrested the: "organizersand" fined' them for "disorderly conduct XZ&V"? .Memories" of . the Homestead7 strike wereecaljedwh'en "Mbther'Jones attempted to address a mass-meeting of 1 workers at that, placet . Municipal officials "refused .to; issue a ermit' toTiold.a5 '.meeting in a ;ball,and f-Mother' Jones-, began speaking on the streetfrpmani automobile r. Orr ganfzer John -Brownwhiwas In the machine, wasr brderedjby .the - police to : Vdrive r on" .but; Brown refused; aijSLboth. -her- and; - 'Mother Jones 5vere rrestedvKo charge was-placed againstlthemand they were; released Ion' heavy " bail'sWhen . the-. accused were ' arraigned vfortrial'-the'-crowd' outside, the court-room was so large thatthe proceedings were postponed, and.Moher" - Jones Wtarted 'I for Washington -to Inquire - of - United States ttorneyGeneralr Palmerlf free" speech , in western Pennsylvania ' , , ' ' Equity - Association; .which ChaV' tiedJ?1"'0; that thereshaU be J up . the"- theaters -.inthis" city"'to - en-f i fronted , by another organization yOt actbrs.jthatshas-DeenV-approyed:fbyv ther- managers. fMr.-, "George Cohan,: theatrical manager : has been ;'chosen president. ' Mr'Cohari recentlyde clared'that:before::he.';indrecbgnize' the - Actors':Equity - Association -he would' run an eJevator".-7Someun-IfeMin'g 'actox replied that if 'he did he .would haveQ- join the 'union. The riieeting' was- presided s overiby " Mr. TTouis Mann, ho had.his'troubleVin maintainingyorder--and be "beard-in hi evpral SDeechPS : At thflWfn were a' large ntrmberor the. Actors' "Equity Asspciatibnwlfor performed just" like - other. trade unionists do when a dual - organization is being launched tolmash their "movement. One of the dualists ;was charsced with changing; hisriame and evadirigiirmy duty' 4uring ; the recent - war..: Then Mr --Lonis x Manri-;cjn;ade - another speecTrf?tThe dualists- pleaded -that the 'drawmah'tberescuedfrqnx the American Federation of Labor . ?7-TJr: Marin annouriced'that the" new ofganizatlon:would. be a fvno-strike affair."- He founded on said the J'union" ,was 'coroperatiori : and fidef-r PlinEIDEUT ISSUES BR,LIESSAu1i j Ufges Iiaoor r to 1 Have': -Patience ?T ;?eraciehtj Praise for LViVl"" ;bor Leaders 7r:-"" f ?"A; Labor; Day; message :from-Presi-! dent-; Wilsonr:'in wliich heexpresse'd ' gratincation -with " the manner in; whiclujleadelrs of organize laborhad receive "his ."plan: to t meet jthe wage demand - situation, .and saying that1 he hopedr the workers rwould -move -with: fSLJS'iPS!-' ized. labor throughout :the7country;on lasr Monday' 4The message isCas'fpl- lOWS ".f ;X -lt: 'Pamncouraged and" gratified by the progress; which Is being made in' controlling -the cdsti of living.riTlxe support-Jjbf -the ; movement .-is" wide spread and I confidently look-for sub stantial -results-althoughl -'must counsel patience'asweTl .as"vlgilance becaiisuch1 wlll'-no income Instantly or - without- team-work. 'j-SkT" J(,ivme again;mphasizev my' ap peal "t5; every citizen of the -country to contue;togive hspersona) up--' portJn-this: matter and -to make it as" activel as possible.Let-hin Vnoi only ref rajn f rom : doinganything which at the moment will tendto in creas theost.ojUlivIng, but let bim -do ja.ll .fn'. his .power, to f increase -the production; and "Turther.- than; thatn let .him .-at ihe-saine time-.-himseir carefully ecdiiomize - in the. matterof consumptionrt-By, commonTactibnfi'n this direction we hall ; overcome a I othardshlplandisuffering-toiai large Parr of our- population ; , we will -en- otll - - Ji'-,:- (qq - i,am pa tion bt an adequate purchasing power 1 danger greater "than ' thf dancer bf hoDe that the' workers- teenerallv. wilt L '. .Vv--.r,- viii.. . emphatically endorse. the position of tr.X--i .tj -VTithe' government- instead- oi agalnsit in the solution of JAis greatest -do-i aitu caiiing, for .as pearly, a, bate ai practicable a conference bii which authoritative- representatiireso la bor and - of- those , who: direct-, labor will discuss iundamentalj-meana. of bettering thejholerelationsh capital and laborsand: putting - theJ whole question or, wages upon anotji-; er footing. v - " v : " -p. !woodrow wilson ju: : v JeuS'" " : 1 - 1 - - 1 1 - ' -. - s-, , CHINA OPENS PJRE, r- 1 ; ; . - ON CHILD LABOR 'Hong-Kong, cHina; Sept- X.Pof the -first, time inj lts-historyHong Kong" isttempting Horegulate the employment-; of women-and children and-to prevent overcrowding in f ac tories.v ; Regulations adopteoUby rthe sanitaryibbafd of Hong Kong "are far behind - the standards of Western naa-'i tions," butare expected : to curb the worst evils of child' IabQr and iactory overn;owding.',--5r'' : r --. r: f,ThV new "child-labor regulations' provide that no .child und er t 4 shall be" lemployed more than ten . hours. excluding meal times; in any one day,4 except" by special: permission rot "the sanitary - board;--andthat theem pfoy merit, of children- under 13 in any factories, or workshops 4ikely -tbbe injurious to life; limb or health 'shall bejprbhibited.;- Siriceonly ;two "holi days j. a monthare allowed , s arid Srio' half-holidays' 'are - observed in - Hong Konr,: the weekly hours- fixedcbr the regulations are nearer'-tO than 3he 55 which such legislation: wouldF- se cure in .Great Britain Jv-' .' - The regulations' aimed: at over- not less .than 250 cubic. fee "of space in.- eachroom or ' subdivision of: any f actoryjor workshopf oreaehperson employed therein and noteless than 'A 0 0 cubicf eet f oreach. personvem ployed 'after J p.;m.-",Oiher matters as to -factory; sanitation can be.han died - under " presents .powers btithe sanitary" board.;- kI'I-: ;7T;;v: - Practically Jail :- snpps ' employing w.oriienarid : childf eni in -.Hong.Kprig arealready; within vthe"proyisibns of the ;.new: regulations whose ' purpose is "preventive rather than corrective. The sanitary; provisions iri jf orce are' ""V muc" .wn-inpse ex isting- in theuhomes. o t the "einployees. OARilNTEVs.JRAISE wiGESV St Louis Mo.-rganized""carpen- terg arid employers havje agreed Ona newwagecale,;jalth6ugh the pres entcon tractcontinues - untilthe firsti of . the year" The new rates provide tor an' increase of j cents -an -Jhour, r " 87 ; cents - for . carpenters and 38 cents forT foremen. -s The daily bress announces that 50 6 Carpenters are needed in; this city, but officers "of "the Carpenters Unions would be; glad 'to find 'eiapipymerit for members of these unions. : LABOR'S CELEDRATIOIJ B iIJO ORESyiLLE UI0 T Li Iocal'; Un!onof Textile xWorer5 -Has Grand Parade and Picnic- Enjoyed . byAlL 1ri -7Special-to The .Union: Herald.' 7" v v-MoOresville,; NCSi Sept., '2- Mooresville "Local Union, No 1221 gavea. basket picnic Xabor Bay. -" The parades headed "by a large truck load djwih basketsand boxes bf : good! things, to eat, drmed ; pri 'SoutbtlMain m'rched'th6'ioUoTHng:order::7irst came the officers" of 'the union foif "lowed -by .the irooresyille Brass Band dressed in blue I denims - nniforms "urii.oh-madev of ' course), then I the small girls-and the, grown-up ladies; and; thenthe boys -andriien WitjEa large rAmeriean fiag flying froiri:the truck offbodr "and - several - others carried allx alpngthe line, the parade; moved north on Main Street for sev-v eralv squaresthrough; the business section- of the town and on to Slib- pery Reek; ; near Milt" No. 1, where great preparations : had J)een made totM bigr day:"" Soft -drinks were served" -f ree '"f rom 4hree different stands." ;-; ' ;. , - . --The exercises -were" opened by Bro. Jas.T.Robertsonr, acting chairman, who called upon Brother Proctor 'to lead-in prater. :After the beautifnl aridJippropriatelnybcatibn by Broth-4 er-Proctorr Mr.Bpyd, superintendent fofM;obresvUle5Gottori was called- on Jt or, anaddre'ss;;to which he gladrespodedu' making; the " priricl patspeech, of-the-; day ' '; Brother Rdb"ertsorithen spoke foiv a, few miriutea in behalf "of the local, after which the jcrowd "responded to the calltiidinnernpori which Rev. Mr. -Falls ;askedf the -blessing of Gbdv;" Say but thatwas some feed. After everyone1 had; satisfiedL"-'his appetite" andcould'hold rio-more; Mr. Hatry Deatori,' editor of the Hooresville :.En terprisei iwascalled pnf or a speech He, responded by making, a shorttalk' on Education Which was much: en joyed - by -alt. ' -Nextf the ministers o thetown'each made" short but-splen th'eFifst Baptist: Revr'MT;-Falls: of ' J f V c . TtT atK let " "B'Tilcnnno I - ar rl axr- Mr av the :irst, -presbvteriarii The. band rendered some stirring and patriotic 4 seiectioJis-j;between i, the speeches; ' r. r ' . - Mir: JtC'C-, Smithy brBalisbury; was scheduled to'&peak here,' but unf brtu; naieiy-was called "to Indiana on ac- death of brother.; MrrJA Wiggins, of Sal isburyvwas'also on; the programfor an - address, but missed his trainband didlnotlarrive'ontil hear the .cdnciu-5 sion of the exercises: -, ' " '-The invited 'guests included the entire officeforW of the nilisA-the president, secretary-treasuret,Buper-E lntendenti;iooverseers .v and r second hands-of i eachdepartmeritalso; all theministersot Mooresville: together vith the family' 61 each. : Theattemlance -"" was.estimatedat aboutr-ri500vand-Vas said to ,be the most? en joyable 'vplcrilc" eyer gi ven in this eeetion Everybody seemed, to be-rhappy and . there "was nO sign, of disorder-bf, ;by kind. ..This.-was the flrsttime ihat Labor bay has beep celebrated . iri Mooresville, anT the union people put on a celebration that' will; long be remembered ; by those who. attended. Mooresville is ' one place rwhere strife and discord has - not -followed the brgarilzing of the mill peoplearid the-happy-relations.ixistingbitweeri employers arid employee are a source of" much' 'gratification tojalL'We hope it may always be that way.- ---The .thanks-bf the union ;are . due Supt.1; Boyd for. his.generous; donation of .twenty bunches -of fine, bananas and" four crates of lemons for - tlie r'A FIGHT; BOUND TO COffiv vitabry dfecbarged-soldiers, jailors, and TTThe- street. car; strike in'ChariotteJ is a' fer 6-runnejf of -ceaseless 7 agita tiott that isjoifig to" takeplace in North Carolinainntillabbr Iseither 100 per cerit'-Trganized-and' able to. V -enforce its demands, or Ontircapitar shows that itcan effectively .curb the dispositipn'on; the -part, of labor to J organizeiu : matter wniensiue wm there lslnirvto.-be''a':.wurifor,.neir. their capital :X)riIabor can-win" out:in. the impending" struggle-- without. fight. In';tha'5aseof the7street.car strike the public;, suffers, Jthe most: in the manuiacturing industries is thestriker because the average-ila-borer never; has muchof a Preserve f nnSr' accuinulate.being deperidenf entirely npo-nhis. weekly -or monthly wage - for ; the - necessities -bf life. Strikes ares comparatively ' rare in this "'section,1 r'utV'notinVUiflilJorth,1 Edst,.or W est.v Jn those parts of the country,' labor has 'waged a . success ful' fight .for precognition for years, but not until -recently has organized laborgenerally centered its activities in-the 'So'uth.Uonroe Journal. . ; Z2ou,are .not' really, saving if you are trying. to do-So - at some "one else's expense-lings' -Treasuries. LABORCC; JFERENCE K PMIINED BYiRESID&IT - ui issue-mviiaxions Ko 1 JLaoor dersf'Fixianci8fsIlra' : facturers Fanners- :. ..Washington, Sept. 2. Before leav ing."Washinrton -tomorrow nisrht1 on his speech-making - tour of , the obunV try," President Wilson -will Jssue in-' vitations to labor leaders, financiers, : a conference early in October lor con- iuouuiaecurers and tapmers to attend sideration of the. problems of labor and of those v who direct labor ; The Presidentft also "was learned, : plans to complete v all , arrangements for: the .conference"; before his - de parture so thatthe 'meeting riiay .be , hld Immediatelyrupbn his return the' last of this month. The first session T of the. conference'' probably will - be' held -at the White House... " . i TThe en Vre - labor situation and also arrangements for the conference were.understoodto have been dis- cussed at today 's ; cabinet - .meeting ; thebnlyone possible for the Presi dents toattend this month. It was presumed- that .the plan to' invite farmers " representatives, which has beenufged. by several members , of the senate, - was agreed upon at the cabinet meeting: ' - v- - " SIX MONTHS PAY NOT CHARITY BUT. MERELY PART OP JUSTICE -i-UNewIYor 'American.) -One Private -Luke. O'Toole, of No. 316Fifteenth .Street.Brooklyn, has ; written, to SenatorThomas, of Colo- raoaQetter"whlGh; "has found its way .into the "Congressional' Record, and in-whichrhe'saysr - ' "Itis noli the industrious, every- . day : worker, intent' upoii.-earning his; Ifvelihood, who-is advocating the 'six months' bonus;;; norj-is it, on the whole, those who served their coun- -try when theneedarbse who .are , clamoring for this unjust payraent. It ;is;the cheap office-seeke.r, thb pet tybfficeholder 'who cannotwin votes - on-hist merits the agitat'orho plays . uponthe money peed of the shiftless ' ' exH3ervice meni' arid last, but not leastt .the. notorious 'yellow- press.' -7It is--the Government's duty to flake -ainple care" of ' those who were. disabled andL thedependentS: of those .w h ajaa4 e .ih6-:-p r e m e sacrifice In thiswar, but it is not' the dutyof ihv -7 ': Government to maintain a charitablte -; instftiition for those who are able to workarid earn a. livelihood. ' . . ." It thepassage of this sort of bills was left to., a referendum vote 'of the ex service?, men, an overwhelming ma- . Jority -Vould be found in opposition ttoithem." ;;; .1; r: .Canada haspaid "a minimum of $600 for a private-with-dependents, Iriithe army. -thtee years, -'-..besides free : farms and farm' loans up to $7,500-. . tr Australia, ' iijf x addition to paying her, service menagfeat deal higher pay than we paid - ours, has made . equally generous provision to place her returned soldiers oh the land and to-nance their, future.; ..... slri- neither Canada-nor Australia . are these .grants- looked- upon as "charity" in any erise,i butrather as ' "simple acts of ; justice to men who have earned by -heroic service. ;- Mr. Q'TooIeradmits thaiL he found the: $60 handed. J!mbyf our Govern- v.. ment at his discharge fromthe ariny a welcome help. But he was fortu nate in having a job awaiting, him. " 'If, like manyservlck-menhe had " had to hunt-long for-that job, the , $60 would not have ;carried-him rfar. As a matter of: fact, at f the" prevailing prices, $60. isnot enough to clothe a discharged'soldier in ;'tbo clothes he needs, after .he -hasput aside his uniform. . - Jt "l " " j .Becords of the; -.employment bu reaus showthat of Greater New York's "returned veterans 44 , per cent are still unemployed. -1 - The six-months' extra pay-of $180 ' which rmore; than SIX -MILLION Ariiericans through the" Hearst newspapers, have petitioned the Con- gress-t'oivote;toreachoour honor- - marines -would scarcely, suffice to re-clothe them "arid give jthem a mar gin of . 'support : while readjusting themselvestotfull self-support. ? We,-wish it were possible ' to sub mit the question' to a. referendum of the .veterans, themselves. - . Passage -ot the - Six;-Months' Pay billwpuld not compel any run willing veteran to accept$180:frOm a grate- r ful nation.-;-, " r- . " But -it-would- insure that no vet-' eranmeed suffer' dire wan t while re- establishirf -.his ciTicstatus. -And'it.would put the-United States Government-in respect to Its practi- . -cal -gratitttde in a-relationship which, . would' not-give; ich much ""cause to ; CLanadiaW' and Australians to view; it with pity" mingled with' contempt. . ;y.-,-t 'V- .. -v-- ; -- ARAci0U EDITOR. JiJr X'JSTew York; Sep t 3The editor of f the-NewiYork Times graciously,' dez claresr - ;?i;5- --- -V. ' - - - ?'All - men, unionists ana non unionists alike are entitled, to, full payment fortheir 'services according to -their worth on ah- economic - basis, ahd 'something might be added fla ac count'of the disposition' to be gerier-; bus rather than merely Jalr toward ' labortVa, ,JJ;. tuZ' - -'v"' ? 3 'ft I. 8 i 1 L 1 A - U- II .-;; i 4 f. lit. i,t.. 1 h V I j! h - At f. i -.:: , ? v t . C I 4
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Sept. 4, 1919, edition 1
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