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ttmtsutmtt
WCIATEO m NEW. FRO“ ALL ”'1'.” ml
Entered
Office as Second-Choc Mull Matter.
Elgttsaan 1870
Ne Great Change in i
Steel Strike Situation
Claimed by Either Side
;... Wm, l‘oster Gets N 0 Further Reports of Shutdowns,
at the South Not-walk Pou-
tui t‘laims Gains Are Being Made by the Strikers in
iii . iris-burgh Field ' ,
HEAHS HE STEEL CHM PANIES APPEAR '
Si llSTl’EH THE WAY THlNfiS AHE lilllNfi
Thu} Nate the Outlook Is Better
l': i i ~|iurgh Districts,
.: hanged
in the Chicago andi
l
struggle which is threatening the cco-i
nomic interests of the nation.
committee also is expected to probe
charges made on the floor oi the Sen-
ate and elsewhere that knot-c sinister
tittitives are involved than the osten-
sihlc one of the right of the workers to
organize.
Itltl'tl change l‘ef).:l".f"d in
. lte centers. interest in
in the steel indus-
to \\'ashington.
:.~m t‘IIlllllllllPe of the Sen-
:nuntigation with the
of discovering “if
it. tn any way can be re-
' Alt‘ldl It
i’l (Ultll. for the. first wit-
Jolm l"2:zpatriok,
‘ the National Stet-l ‘.\'or'-;-
The employers' ltlin
l->'\l \\'etlnesday. when El-
t-ltairman of the boatd
. .. ‘1‘ ot the United Stall-:4 SW“!
I--rt. will present the cut.- for
t‘—th'
t
ltntlii)’
‘lll ‘lln
action." .Vlr. Fitzpatrick declared e:t.'t_\ in his
testimony ttnht the cons'v-nl f
the Steel Corporation's officia‘e
met-tithe union tel resentatives- would
not now end the strike. lie assented
that the strikers intend to demand
“(lectnt justice" from the "United
States Government."
As far as actual conditions on the
battle line were concerned. the, me st
important definite news came. front
m
0V9“
Yi \\.|.\ z"
itty
‘ ~ expressed hope of the com-
’ the investigation wdi‘ lay
.ll
l inlet-lyingu causes of the (Continued on ‘i’age Eight)
I
m - i
illliilllllSlllltIT
lllllSEllENfilNES
"Von-r. net-mm. Get the3 fllSTBLEl—l—REPHRT
lit-st l’rice ()htainable for
H‘ilt‘ctt'lt‘al Machinery l A til“.I:~il(‘ change in the financial
statement of the Second district was‘
brought about at the annual meeting.
t.- tlti.t..tl met-tint: of the Third ,
tinltttl ot' the (‘ity of Norwalk last night. when assets of 3280.000. rep
. in IL;
“taxman-'3 Hall. The was ty of the (‘ity of Norwalk. were
'II .\ largely altpudpd as it “'ag stricted from the conunisslouer‘s
Hunk-m it would have been. but there nual report as assets and charged to
meeting
"WM: a fairly large number present. profit and TONS- ‘
ill > business of the year was taken up':
and discussed. (‘ity Clerk Il‘\‘ing. nyshwt ot’ the report. John F. McMahon
Robertson was elected chairman. and tasked why the commissioners had list-
Stewart (‘. Marshall acted as. clerk-fed pavements, on V\'asliington street.
T9,,. [ppm-t of ”H, commissioners was \Vest avenue and South Main street.as
i u. and “as voted in bp apcpnhid' as . district assets. when they were owned
uh . ”.05.. of [hp “unsurpr and .4”er . by the city. Everything that the St‘t'r
1"” depat'itttent. it “as also votmi.l "
his: lllLtlll. that the district
comm is-
borrow
illt‘
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' .. l.- Ll iii a o‘clock. last night. in the resenting pavements. now the proper-i
I...
an-'
Following the reading of the balance'
NICHOLAS vista,
Silltll or MRS.
SHED f0ll DIVHlHiE BY.
A new sensation in the notorious In. * '
oped today, when it. be... mm ' '-
iiormercay SheriHnuth mot : " ' " "
lisuit of divorce against Nick-kn J. Dunn, of
held in ball of $10,000 by tho United States a
charge of white slavery in taking Mrs. Shots, of
,
HES
ElHEL
l: lllilSllGAllON
lJohn Fitzpatrick, Chairman
5 ‘of the Union Committee,
i theFirst Witness Before
5 the Education and Labor
6 Committee
cities in variousostotea and living on her immoral - ‘ ' I'l'hc ;
case was dismissed without trial when In. Mild?“ the HA“ "AR" wall“
white slavery allegations to
HALTEH,SATSPALMEIT
Attorney General Declares
Committees’ Work W'ill
Succeed With Law to Pen?
alize Profiteers
“'ASHINGTON. I).t(.‘.. $0,”. '23
.Conlidence that the fair price com nit- ""9 0“!
uten‘being established .by the iN-f‘urt-
intent of Justice will be able l') «fr r't
material reduction ill the cast Ii 'iv‘
ing. once Congress gives the depart-
expressetl yesterday by Attorney-(len-
Tbe Alto!‘.".3;'-‘
3285;000 ASSETS 2mm i. n... to penalize mm...“ was
eral Mitchell Palmer.
after a week's absence. is optimum-
Q ftlcneral. who is back in “'ashinnton
“TRIEKEN FRflM regarding the situation. despite the’
tendency of consumers to be impatient
over the failure of the Government's
campaign of the last thirty days to
bring about general price decreases.
l
satin—tittitmt‘its l
llllElY Til satini
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BUFFALO, N. v.. St'pl. 23. -\\'i:h .i'
general strike of soft toal minor“ in
.im‘ I'niteti States set tentatively for
I.\‘ov. l. operators anti representatiu's
'of the men met here today in an eHont t
lto avert it by reaching an agreemv‘nt‘
{on questions of wages. ‘\\ orkinz bouts
:and working conditions.
l The report of the scale committee.
Iprt-scntetl at the meeting or the lTnit«
.t-vi MlLe Workers of America. at Cleve-
:land. this week. includes demands for
[a ti tt inciense in wages of 60 per cent.
in six-hour day. five days a week. with
I
l
_ _ Detective
But the Cleveland Field Is Un- i "“11““ her “firm?“ 31‘“ chimed
[making false charges against Discs...
Sergeant Thom hut, con-
nhe had boon W into i
t
Shel Mills Were Looking
(Continued on Page Six). ' l ‘
in!“ How the Men In the
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For
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 23. Even
should-the United Staten Steel (‘or-
tives of the. men. the nationwide
etrfk of steel workers could not now
be called off. in the opinion of John
Fitzpatrick. chairman of the strikers'
committee. as expressed today at the
opening of the Senate Labor commit-
tee's investigation of the strike.
"The 350,000 men on strike," Fitz-
patrick declared. "are going to demand
from the United States Government
justice. decent justice."
“'ASHINGTON. Sept. Senate
Desertion L. the (mun.- for a di- investigation: of ‘thednnlt‘lloniv‘ldgltslt‘llki:
vorce‘action bmudnh H II of 0 steel not era 0 t erm at t lP
- ‘30“ m notion can be taken by the
Federal Government was Openrd to-
day With John l-‘itzpalrick. chairman of
the union committee. conducting the
strike. as the first witness before the
Education and Labor committee.
Fitzpatrick was late in arriving from
Pittsburgh.
William H. Rubin. codnsel for the
‘ steel strikers. who. at the outset of the
‘hearing. asked what assurance had
"been given by Judge Elbert H. Gary.
iChairman of the Board of the i'nitrti
'States Steel Corporation. that
FIND DIFFICULTY IN '
BONDING JITNEY MEN ‘ would appear before the committee
-— - next “’ednecday.
Th? fil‘tl‘ 01‘ more .iiim’v men in Nor! Senator Kenyon replied that Judge
walk who must turnish bonds of $5.000 Gary had telephoned him that in-
by the first of next year. are said to would be present. Wednesday. and add-
he (‘xpt'ranClnz considerable difficulty ed that. "until that time. we will not
in finding companies to carry their’question his being here."
business. Several firms already ap- Rubin requested that the committee
proached have declined flatly to nego. place in the record correspondence be-
tiate. This disinclinution is remnrka- tween Joseph P. Tumulty, Secretary to
ble from a profitable standpoint. inas~ the President; Samuel Gompers. pres-
much as the premiums for the bonds idem of the American Federation of
are claimed to be about 5:50 for each Labor. and Chairman Fitzpatrick. rt»
jitney owner. gnrding efforts to postpone the strike.
Senator Kenyon asked Rubin to read
airlift—Atlanta
(‘iententine (:iovnnilll, of this city,
secretary to Porter Enema Browne.
the writer. charges intoletlblc cruelty
in a divorce suit she had instituted
against Jnscph A. Giovanni. to whom
she was married in New Yorkcity. on
April 13. 1913. Mrs. Glovlnlll. who Is
represented by Attorney John J. (‘u-
neo. alleges she was assaulted 0n sev-
eral occasions'by her husband.
I)
be).
any: Keogh d: 0.11an ”pro-out Mrs.
Hull
Norwalk lawyers say there have
never been as many divorce cases in
this city. for a long time. no there have
been within the Inst few months‘
Twenty local cases are scheduled for
trial in the October term of the Supe-
rior court.
' the telegrams and letters, which al-
Itahan Detachment 'rcady have been published.
In Dalmatia Crosses : Fitzpatrick opened his statement
n 81' with what he said was a brief history
BO“ d y of labor conditions in the steel indus—
J ugoslav
.3 -
ry.
rams. Sept. -.. An Malian detach- “With the creation of the Steel rm.
ment, with several armored motor poraticn. a campaign was begun with
cars. has crossed the line. of dcmarka- the object of pushing Organizpd work-
tion near Togulrt'. liilllllaiifl- and W‘n' era out of the mills." he said. “A great
Pirated the town after having 0\'e1‘- sum or money. I don't know witnther
come the resistance of a (1019!! Jill“ it was 32.000000 or 520.000.000. was
snu- soldiers. according to a despau‘h appropriated. in rrcent years labor
" lN HHHANIZATIHN I
, President Wilson Has Not Yet Answered the Proposals
porntlal consent to meet represent».
He was accompanied by .
he A
\
'2. . .
litmus ililME .
NEWSPAPER “l
l Italian Soldiers Reported to
, Jugo-Slav Force at Tog
E Terror in Ragusa
l
lHHMHHS THAT liINfi N
l HESTHHEH ill THE M
l
l Made by Italy Regardin
llll until?
"autumn
Meeting to be Held in Red
Men’s Hall This Evening,
Under Auspices of United
Hatters
Representatives of the I'niH-d Hat-
;tets of North America have been in
this city. the past few days. looking
into the matter of unionizing all the
hat factories in this district, As a re
sult of their efforts and. investigations.
a call has been issued for human meet-
'lng in Red Men‘s Hall. “'anhington
street. this evening. at 8 o‘clock. and
an invitation has been extended ‘to all
|the batters in Norwalk to attend the
gathering. I
The objett is to increase the mem-
;l)cr.'ship in the organizatton and endea»
vor to secure increased wages anti bhz.
tt‘r wotklng hours in several of the
tactotits. The tuaJorit) cf the lhtt
intonation:
ilN Wil_t_l_l_l_li_Allll AVE.
Flames. which brOKe out
o'cfock this afternoon.
stmyed the interior of Mrs. W'illiam
H. Hull‘s house. at «H “‘oooward .t\e»
DUI‘. The fire slatted from an oil
stoxe. ‘Mrs Hull \\ as severely burned
about the lace and hands. necessitat-
ing immediate medical attention. Fire-
men werc fighting the fire at pros.»
llan.
I John Sculley. a hoseman. was over-
come by smoke. llr. (‘harles G. Bo»
hannon rendered medical treazmtnt.
((‘ontinued on Pan.x the).
at one
entirely de-
LEADERS 0N SEVERAL TOWNS
SHRS PEACE CONFERENCE
Have Overpo ‘zred a Small
uire. and There Is a Reign of _
t
I
J
llIHLlLAS WlLL HE
HNTENEHHIN THHHNE
g Flume
l PARTS. Sept. 35. mnppzirently'
li" emulation of ('aptitin Gabriele
ttl‘.\nnun7.in, whose (immatu- stil—
lttt'e of Fontne centered til" alter»
lit-n ol' the world on the custom
tlittot‘al of the Adriatic. other ltli-
iiatt leaders are report "(T to he ud-
\'Hll(:lll:_' on Spalafo. sommo and
Trait. important towns alolt‘: the
(‘(i:t\l which have been under the.
control of .lttuo-Slav forces. i‘cacc
(‘ottt't-I'encc circles are plainly eon-
it‘t'l'llt'd over the situation. which
bt't'lll‘v to have lueeotne quite. :zmve.
l‘ulgrade advices declare ltal~
inn soldiers have U\'t‘l'p‘l\\'t"ft‘il a
small uluglrfilav fort" at Toguire
thl have'euterell the town. The
place mentianetl 'li!‘
t‘roatian set-tron of the (M, of
Tran. about fifteen miles nll’lh-
West of Spalttto. l‘htrtllef mill,
there appears also to he (“Karachi
reports from Rome indicating
there is a virtual reign of terror
at liagnsa. a Dalmatian to“ close
to the frontier of Montenegro,
lll atltlitifn. there rumors
,that the ltalians plan to restore
Kins: Nicholas to the Montcmgrin
throne. t'rt-m “'lllt‘li .he was mated
luv :tetlo't ot' the National Amm-
lily last April. This action of the
National Assembly has never been
recognized by the royal Montene-
grin government. which has main-
tained its headquarters near Paris
for several months. King Nicho-
las is the father of Queen Helena
ot' ltaly.
So far as known defittite‘v no
:itisvvt-r to proposals made by italy
rtlative to Fittme‘oltas hoax re-
ceived from President Wilma. al»
though it is intimated in truofi'v-ial
lt:tlian circles that i? has arrived.
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0
OYSTER BEDS
,time and a half for overtime and dou-
work on Sundays and
:from Belgrade recehfd hPre- The de- has begun to realize the ll‘cnlendous
’RDatch adds that two American ves-
ASK $10,000 DAMAGES OF two ‘
\ [ELDING GOOD CROPSl
score of sloops which have come.
ridgeport from Stratford. Nor-
. Stamford and other Connecticut
, enjoyed a- smart breeze. yester-
.'\\'lticlt proved a. big convenientu
)‘e the fleet worked the natural
' er beds off Steeplechase Island.
he boats came into the harbor last
- IT in a long procession, a majority
lit) oystermen repatting good catclr
it was stateflat the natural
.is are yielding up a far better crop
an the cultivated beds of the pri-
ate‘ owners. ' .
Reports from 1\ot'wallc: indicate that
the oyster cmnpaniesl‘five not yet
been able to determine whether the,
.season [will be a ruoce st‘ui one. ai-
thoigl: the outlook is noéencottrazing.
SEEilNli msittttt PL
NEW Hunt in MEET lulu llEMANllSH
Inasmuch as the South Norwalk fit out that the commissioners had failed
ter is inadequate to meet the treméndr
”“7 demands being made upon it. the
a a-er commissioners at last night'5 air
mini meeting of the Second district
Mere instructed to obtain complete
data covering the probable cost of a
new filter and additional mains. and
o prepare a survey and specifications
to bring before a special district M‘
mg to he called inter. lt‘ of V
n
PERSONSINBATAVIA
iblc time for all
importvnce of the steel industry and
A bicycle. owned by Albert Marucafl
Lincoln avenue. stolen on North.‘
BATAVIA. N. \'.. Sept. 25,—A bomb! ‘(Sn—“Tm mipagn' Six" 9
;wrecked the two~story dwelling ofl .
Carlo Trimarchi. here. early today.l
.Trimarchi. a restaurant keeper. had:
recently
wire and twoyear-old son. 'I‘riniat-ciii.;
his wife and two small sons were in-l
jured. The Battagli family lived up-I
stairs and the Trimarchi family uown- - 01'
The house was literally blown to,ed by the DOITCE yesterday. Maruca‘
ipieces. The rear end of the l:..use;3““' the bicycle on “'ater street re-i
next door was wrecked. and windows cently. and “unwind it as his. ai-E
.in the vicinity were shatteredu m‘ough 1‘ had been repainted a (int-kl
two revolve;- shots. . A man was seeni‘vmlam R- Pennington and. it devei-l
running away from the scene shortly oped later. that "died been in the pas-i
after the shots were heard. ‘ session 'of Franms Marcotti. of 10'
,Sound new place.
killed three persons. injured four. and‘
received three threatening; . ‘
letters. ‘ ST
‘ The dead are Joseph Battagli. _l;:sl - .
stairs. Main street on August 30, was recover-3
The neighbors claim that they heard . °°'°"- H9 “’0“ it '0 Chief 0f Police
Marcotti bought it ‘
from' a fifteen-year-old boy for £9. Thel
lad confessed to the theft. The mat-l
ter was referred to Prosecuting Attor—l
ney Cramer C. Hegeman. I
l
JEWISH NEW YEAR 3
IS OBSERVED HEREl
The celebration of the Jew rear.
Rosh Hashnnah, began at sundown.
last night. in Beth Israel synagogue!
on South Main street. with impressive
ceremonies. The celebration of fuel
feast of Rash Hashannh’ 5680 m ugh-l
ered in by the blowing of the chofnnor
to agree upon the advisability of in-
stalling a. water meter system, to pre-
vent waste and provide more Water to
meet the demands. or build a new
filter. and they were unprepared to
sets have left Spalam for Toguire.
its influence on other lndustvies.
“\Nhile we were getting the eight-
hour day and better working condi-
tions elsewhere. the steel mills still
operated with very long hours and
Indifference Causes Indig-
nation with wages below the proper line. La-
bor understood then the necessity of
. . . . organizing the steel industry for the
Emphatic indlgnatmn was purpose of controlling its effects on
expressed last night because of
the slim attendance at the an-
nual meeting of the Second
Distri' 'ct. By actual coun {New . - -
_ . . y-four international unions. affil-
fllero were Juli? my men liated with the American Federation of
present This despite the fact ;Lubor. met in Chicago. about a year
that the important matter of .130. and eflected a campaign commit-
- r tee to organize the steel workers.
whether or no‘ to build ‘ 313:0 lSamuel Gompers was elected chair
or Install 8 mePer mm tman and William Z. Foster secretary.
solve the prawns mm "1}" 'Men and money, the witness said,
ply problem was scheduled for lware assembled. but funds wore so
(1mm md action. ' llllmted that the inititfl organization ef-
lforts were confined to the Calumet
idistrict, including Chicago and Gary.
11nd.
“The men in the steel mills.” Fitz-
patrick continued, “Were looking for
the others. and. at the last two con<
ventions of the Federation of Labor,
the step was authorized."
concerning district mines!
was deplored by specimen, who .
declared that the people Ibould ; _
do the "airing. 3336:: l “bummed on Pm Three).
pointed out in. t
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Many Wounded as Germans
Attack French Soldiers
BERLIN. Sept. 25.—In an encounter
on‘er a unanimously endorsed plan of
action. , . _
Commissioner Horace 1-1. am sold
my.
rams born. which is a signal for on
nocountlngwith the Lord/the ob-
‘ ."l
.W :
, . , t Suarbrncken between Bourgeois
but. Wm W 2nd French soldiers many person 0
, WI 0‘ mm M both side. were wounded. according:
mamm‘humm eunuchtothebocumr. 2
AW} "
‘1' 7"" *t ”in? =~-
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“Fitzpatrick said representatives of
lMEN WHHSE‘ CAR IS CLAIMED
NH HAVE HlLlD l0HN COLLINS
t
it is an old and oft proven saying
,that "Murder “’ill Out." and one more
{case of its truthfulness comes to light
Fin 3 civil action. brought by Sadie Cor
llins. the widow of the late John '1‘. Col-
flins. a taxi driver. of this city. who
iwas run down while repairing a punct-
lun-d lirt‘. on the bridge. at Buikley'a
igarage. Southport.. on the evening of
September 25th, 1818. just a year ago
ltoday.
l Collins. who was. a ca’reful and popu-
lar driver. was going towards m
port. and. at about 10:30. stop
the east approach to the bridge to re-
pair a tire, and was standing on the
.right ude of his car, between the trol-
jley tracks, when a car, which the
|driver of a car which it passed. said
.was going at a terrific speed, coming
lin the opposite direction. came in
night, just as another easterly-bound
automobile attempt to pass the stal-
’led our to the left. Seeing that he
'could not pass on that hide. and una-
ble to stop. the driver of'the speedater
attempted to go to his loft and pass
the Collins car by running over the
CI! 3
an. comma tn: directly limit: Nth
45:,
negro MM @135 kill .
its way. while those in the following
car. which momma a physician, host—
ened to pick up the body of the m.
The action of the driver of tho our
that hit him caused much advent
comment. at the time. but no tangible
clue was obtained until Sergeant Bry-
an H. Silk began a careful Mindy or
the case and. with much patience and
detective}; skill. finally succeeded Sr
unveiling the myatery. and the attach—
ment of two of “’empe'a cam, that an
now stored in the Bcern’ garage, on
River street.
“'empc. who owned the car (but
caused the accident is a reside-I of
W'ettt Norwnnt and is paid to MVP
been in the car, at the time. which
was driven by Frank Barry. more gon-
eraily known by the name of "Rod.”
Collins leaves a wife and two ml!
children—~John T.. Jr.. aged thirteen,
and Grace Margaret, aged nine yuan.
The Writ readn at; follow-z
To the Sheriff of the County of Mn
field. his Deputy. or Either Continuo-
of the Town of Norwalk. within ml
County, Greeting:
By authority of ti. State of flu-
nccntcut. you are hereby common-Inf
tank of T .1. Thou-
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