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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1919
Page
9
El Paso dated report says 800 high school students struck after Principal R W Fowler ordered an obedience pledge. Students paraded wearing red emblems, the strikers color as the school board backs Fowler and warns actions will be taken if refusal continues.
London reports Governor General JF Ronald Munro Ferguson warns of a world timber shortage. He urges immediate government action to create a conservation fund and promote reforestation to make the future secure.
London report states 252 miles of ribbon is to be used for 8,000,000 British fighters who are to receive two inches each in a wartime effort. The note describes the material and its intended distribution during the ongoing conflict.
President Wilson will visit Colorado tomorrow and address steel workers in Pueblo Thursday afternoon. Strikers from Rockefeller steel works plan to attend en masse, with banners projecting workers' demands. The presidential party arrives in Denver from Cheyenne at 11 o'clock tonight as a large crowd is anticipated.
London Sept 4 The death rate of British sailors in submarine service exceeded 19 percent according to figures by Dr Mac Namara This rate uses those killed and dying and compares juries sustained in service with the total employed in that branch of service
Private John Cashmore of the Oxford and Bucks regiment attempted to steal a pair of shoes from a shop window damaged in the Coventry riots. Glass from the broken window cut his face seriously. he was removed to a hospital for treatment.
Labor leaders from 24 unions planned action to remove state constabulary from the strike zone as charges of police brutality and free speech violations were to be presented. John Fitzpatrick, arriving from Chicago, would hear reports on arrests and fines used to compel workers back to plants.
Sharon Pa Sept 24 With deputy sheriffs sworn in and the strike zone under Martial law state constabulary and local police brace for emergencies in the Shenango valley steel strike Disorderson record at Farrell include three killed and 10 wounded by gunfire plus many injured by clubs The second fatal riot occurred last night when a mob member fired on troopers who fired back killing John Bandzak 33 and wounding six others
Violence broke out at Marks Manufacturing in Indiana Harbor when 409 strikers surrounded a shift and attacked workers. Dozens were beaten and taken to hospital as bricks were thrown and shots exchanged. Police reported 800 workers returning to Illinois Steel Company in South Chicago with signs of renewed activity behind barricades.
Governor Smith ordered a company of state constabulary to Lackawanna to quell disorders tied to the steel strike. The force departed at midnight and was reinforced by detachments from another western New York unit early today.
Senator Kenyon urged labor committee members to join the Senate steel strike investigation set to begin tomorrow with John Fitzpatrick representing workers as the first witness. Judge E. H. Gary of United States Steel could not attend Washington for a week, so Kenyon proceeds with Fitzpatrick, hoping publicity may render further legislation unnecessary.
In Cleveland on September 24 a street car confrontation erupted when strikers found Black workers still employed at an American Steel and Wire plant. Negroes were dragged from the car. two were badly beaten and hospitalised, one stabbed, and six strikers were arrested as police intervened.
Cardinal Mercier, the Belgian prelate famed for his defiance of German military governors, will not visit Seattle next month as proposed. In a telegram to Samuel Hill he regretfully cited lack of time.
Rioting erupted as Lackawanna Steel plant guards opened fire on a crowd of 3,000 outside a gate. Stones and bricks rained down, guards fired shotguns, and a man was killed with many injured amid a chaotic clash at the industrial site.
President Wilson on the train to Cheyenne says ratifying the peace treaty with labor provisions could end labor strife and foster industrial democracy. He favors a cooling off period via the League covenant and would intervene if both sides request it, noting regret over his first offer being rejected.
Chicago September 4. Gary strikers in the Calumet district face a tougher phase as the city sheds its festival mood and stores tighten spending. A partial resume by 49 rollers at American Sheet Tin Plate hints at a split, while officials hail the move. Mike Yelovich is jailed on Bolshevik literature charges under a recent Indiana law.
In Chehalis Eksel Cox attempted a hold up after drinking two gulps of squirrel akee and wielding a family horse pistol. Four hours later he woke in county jail with a booted wrist and the pistol against the ceiling as several men subdued him. There was no holdup.
In Sacramento California on September 24 two men Fred Strader age twenty six and Henry Swetinich age nineteen drowned while attempting to rescue Misa Edna Longton from the river's swift current. George Spillman afterward saved the woman. All were employees of the California National Bank and were picnicking.
Divers off Pier 42 search for 10 silver bars that slipped into the bay during a $10,000, 600 shipment of gold and silver bullion being loaded onto the Pacific Mall liner Colombia. The bars are valued at $10,000 and the bullion is consigned to lOrient by San Francisco banks.
United Mine Workers convention delegates dispersed across the country vowing a nationwide coal strike on November 1 unless a factory wage and working agreement is reached with coal operators by that date. They endorsed a wage and hour scale, demanding a 60 percent wage increase, time and a half for overtime, a six hour day and five day week, and called for removal of automatic penalty clauses.
A Senate briefing on U S citizens detained in Korea details charges against Mowry for harboring propagandists and Rev Eugene Bell in an involuntary homicide case. The report notes trial fairness issues with English language access and police influence over railway case actions.
The stained glass window presented to Dovecourt parish church by former Kaiser William of Germany twenty years ago will remain. The Rev. T. Grey and church wardens decide not to remove it unless another as good or better is presented to the church. Captain Fryatt is buried in the churchyard there.
Monrovia Cal Sept 24 A patrol led by James Quiggle and 60 men moved toward Mount Wilson after reports that the Mt Wilson solar observatory home to a large telescope was endangered by a forest fire in the Angeles national forest. Night winds pushed flames to the west side of the San Gabriel canyon and danger spread to the Monrovia watershed from east and west. About 40 families evacuated the fire zone early today.
B H dall a 54 year old caterer died of a cerebral hemorrhage after attempting to push through the crowd awaiting the president at the temple grounds in Salt Lake City Margaret Beattie 28 was knocked down and suffered a broken collar bone during the gate crush on the same day authorities reported.
Police were told a thief entered a room early Wednesday at the Shasta hotel on Fourth Avenue and took $80 from the cook’s trouser pockets. F J Stone of the Ideal Pharmacy Madison reported his drug store was entered early Wednesday with no specific items listed as taken.
Kansas City beggars wear signs reading Smile, You'll feel better. The notes parody local advertising while noting the usual appeal by the disabled.
In Drumright Oklahoma on September 24 United Press reports troops were reduced after a night of radical agitation and rioting. About 60 troopers stay under Adjutant General Harrett with Col. Markham in command to secure oil fields and suppress further unrest.
Wilhelm von Brincken once the Imperial German consulate attache in San Francisco now serves a two year sentence at McNeil Island for involvement in a conspiracy to outfit a munitions ship to arm Hindus against Britain. He awaits the secretary of labor's decision on deportation as legal briefs move forward.
Police hunt two highwaymen in sailors uniforms who robbed two Seattle men Tuesday night. A rent car driver was beaten and robbed after giving the suspects a ride to Renton Junction. He lost his money and his vehicle. Adolph Ludwig reported a Sixth Avenue and Cherry Street holdup with $18 taken.
The King County Minute Women were organized in Frederick and Nelson’s auditorium on Tuesday afternoon to promote Americanism. Mrs. Edgar Ames was named councilor with officers including Mrs. R. C. Jones and Mrs. John W. Blake as vice councilors, and others serving as registrar secretary treasurer and historian.
The Palace Hip opens Thursday featuring The Five Violin Misses in A Symphony of Tone and Color with Hattie Kuchner plus Ward and Edward Nonsensities offering cross comedy piano music and singing. Jack Hawkins company performs His Sister a college puppy love sketch. McCarver and Robinson present Just Two Fools with singing dancing talking and comedy. Grace de Wintres offers A Ventriloquist Surprise and Charles Ledegar The Flying Boob performs an acrobatic act.
London today faced a possible national rail strike after a National Union of Railway Men meeting. General secretary James Henry Thomas said an ultimatum was sent to the government rejecting its wage and working conditions offer. Berlin reported Chancellor Bauer weakened by heart trouble and unable to perform duties.
The piece argues health is priceless and warns that neglecting bad teeth threatens overall health. It cites medical belief that abscessed teeth can cause serious conditions from heart disease to spine trouble, urging readers to consult a physician.
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