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Show .VOL. 7. NO. f 1.00 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL 20, 1928. IS. pm We'll Win or Starve Tattered Banner of Strikers Announces in EMPLOYES OF COUNTY SHOPS PROTEST MONTHLY ASSESSMENT TO PAY FOR . 1 ; Families Exist on Pittance and Slosh About in Slop and Slime of Starvation Camp" 40 Miles From Pittsburgh. Direct Demand Made, Men Say, But Al! Under stand That its 'Your Money or Job Proposition. I It is axiomatic that Those who dance must pay the MS Sentence to Jail for Oil Magnate Appears to iddler, but the truth of the axiom is being seriously ques- -' Mean Nothing in His ioned by employes of the Salt Lake County shops. These shop employes are about ready to introduce a bill into the Oily Career. next Legislature, to amend the lime honored axiom so that it will read somewhat like this: The Jacksonville Agreement," ao frequently mentioned in mine atrike newt, la tha contract between coal mining corpora-tlon- a and the union mlnera of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Penn aylvanla. It waa entered Into1 on February II, 1114, and la known aa the Jackaonvllle Agreement because It waa aigned at Jackaon- villa, Fla. The agreement "raafflrma tha wage acala contractu now ex- -. lating between tha United .Mina Workers of America and tha coni operators whose Interests are represented In this conference, and hereby extends the aama for a period Of three years from April 1..1I24, to Hatch II, HIT, ip all their terms, provisions and conThe wage scales which- were reaffirmed and which provide a day were made on March II, Hid. for a basic wage of IT-tIn the case of the Illinois operatora tha agreement waa reaffor another firmed year upon Its expiration. - BY HARRY T. BRUNDIOGE. A Staff Correspondent of The St. Louis Star. Publishing Co. Copyright, 1928, by The Permission.) (Published by Special d side of a high PITTSBURGH, Pa. On the and bleak,, mind-bittpeak in the Allegheny Mountains, forty miles southwest of this prosperous city, stand three rows of long and narrow structures parched upon tall posts. A small American flag, whipped to tatters by the wind, waves above the unpainted buildings and a crudely painted banner announces to the world that this is Studa camp, whose motto is, The Stars, the Stripes, the Union and the Jacksonville agreement forever We'll win or starve. snow-covere- en N. Y. Democrats Launch Campaip For Alfred Suuth Upper. The St tive and Louis Star's representa- photographer were the newspapermen to visit Studa Camp In the Aveils district, and they arrivedd at a time when Starvation Camp" was enduring starvation week." The camp depends solely upon the dole from the United Mine Workers of first America and this week that tance a dollar a week for a man, SS cents for a woman, and 10 cents head for children waa miming-I- t bad been spent ths wssk before. The Iter. Albert William Itinerant preacher of A veil was holding a meeting when the writer and ths photographer arrived. Men, women and children were grouped about him. Dear God, be prayer, "help these Innocent women and children. Give them strength and ecurage. Civ them food, O Father. Give them the power to bear the suffering that comes with the knowledge that tbs babies and little children are cold and hungry. Giro their men ths inspiration to carry on. Keep death and disease from among us O Lord, and show the coal operators that no good can he by forcing Gods accomplished children to suffer ths tortures- - of this damned. Grant us this prayer In the asms of God, tha Father, coal-mlnl- Amen." Amen," whispered tlio women. Amen." said the children, Husky Mina Workers Shed Tears Husky miners who have spent their lives in ths black pits or lira from their coal field wiped and eyes with hugs black paw care-wowomen nnd patted daughters with loving caresses as"It. wont be long now, they ters rn pired their women- As ths religious service wai in progress other men down at the A veils mine walked the picket line, "ankle deep In mud and coal Hunt, beseeching negro laborers Import ed from the south, who hsd re plscsd them in house and mine, to "get organised." the pickets Get organised. passed call, aa the Get organised hoys and help by. coal yourself to help others." Thscoun-snd Iron police. Immobile of shot ear stood within fanance, prepared to arrest the first picket who used a word or phrase which they might construe as inflammatory" The photographer and the writer wars man like gods on the day ws We tailed "Starvation Camp. were newspapermen,- the first to visit tha ramp, and surely someOur very thing must happen now. Even he presence held out hops teachers or tha Cedar Grove school, dismissed hearing of our visit, school for ths afternoon and the ragged little boys and girls most of them residents of "Starvation Camp," forgot their empty stomachs and paraded down tha slate highway to our home. The teachers asked ue to see what he could ICeatlaued oa page tw strike-breake- rs Daniels Favors Senator Walsh LOS ANGELE& Tli support of Josephus Daniels, secretary of tha navy in the Wilson administration, for Senator Thomaa J. Walsh of Montana for the Democratic presidential nomination waa announoed today. In a telegram to John B. Elliott of this city. Daniel editor of the Raleigh (K. C.) New elated: "My own view Is that tha fittest man In America for tha Democratic standard-bearla Senator Walsh of Montana. er ' Secretary Mellon Deniee Political Retirement -- WASHINGTON Secy. Mellon has returned to hla office from a vacation In Bermuda, He promptly denied a report that he planned lo retire from politics and business at tha end of the proaent administration, saying: "That la ths first I have heard of that. I do not know what I will do. hut I suppose providence will takt car af me." Ires Democrat their garters and other articles of feminine apparel. It will also he remembered that shortly thereafter the glrla filed suit for 118.080 gainst each of ths threo gay Lotharios on ths probable theory THAT amount of money would not on'y supply new garters and unmentionable but would teach the three Big, "Vad Boys. to keep tlielr hands In their pockete. Fiddle Paying Aa result of the filing of this the three and treasury departments similar $36.1)08 proceeding, action had been taken, snd add-edwere rompelled to hire I understand that Hubert Work the Orchestra of barristers which . the 1ounty Shop employes are now Is the campaign manager for Mr. being 'compelled to pay Hoover In ths Interior department allegedly, undersecre- for. and that Ogden Mill The fart Ie that there I much tary of the treasury 1 la the cam- grumbling and vigorous protest In Hoover Mr. for manager paign among the shopmen on account of the treasury department. edict Issued tlie sometime ago, "Mr. Hoover haa announced him- that each man must hand over self for president and In order to one day's pay a month and ons per the cent of his wage Into a fund decapture the negro vole In doubtful states they have begun a signed to pay thfl lawyers who deto the fended Commissioner Rulon humiliate systematic plan In the two week's trial bewhit girls In the government employ under the direction o! Mr fore Judge L. B. Wight last October. Hoover." According to several of the employe tho tacit demand for money wherewith to pay the expenses of that trial, cams shortly after Mr. Lsbrum, with ths aid of Mr. Stenarker, ousted Mr. Dahlqulst front the department of roatlo Opt bridges- "No direct demand for money was made, said out shopman, whose name cannot be published for obvious reason ''but wre were 'asked to contribute under circumstance and in a manner, which made It clear that If there no were contributions WASHINGTON Investigation there would ba nq Jobforthcoming, for thoas of all lobby activities about Wash- who refused. resolution ington was asked In Two Fund proposed today by Senator CaraWe are now. and have been for way, Democrat of Arkansas, who some month" continued ths emcharged particular drive by the contributing to two fund lobbylsta against hi MU for regu- ploye. Ons la called the linking'' fund, lation of rottnn future trading. and the other la known among Discussing his resolution. Senamen as the Stinking fund. tor Caraway declared there were the don't know what they do writh In more than 880 associations the money in the fund, but Washington, and many of thsm he the money In ths sinking other and more declared ware fake Is odoriferous fund being used to He mentioned by name the Natha expenses of the Labnint tional Reclamation association, of pay 110.008 damage suit trial. Ths which ha said George H. Maxwell men feel that the commissioners was executive director. A letter got themselves into that Jam, and from tho association relating to pay for their own flood control waa termed by Cara- they should of expecting good time. Instead lie." way somebody else to pay the bill. Some of the shop employes have large families to support, and their salaries ere not princely. They can't afford to contribute. Take the outside men for Instance Calls during the recent had weather they were only able to get In a wrork a month. Their few Summons for 78 witnesses to pay day's checks were small. Why give testimony to the grand jury should they hs railed on to pay now In session In the United States the expense of the aftermath of district court on conditions Investi- the commissioner's boose party? buof tha gated by special agents At first tha dictum was that reau of prohibition, have Veen Is- every man must glvs one day's sued, Charies M. Morris, district pay a month; this worked such United States attorney, announced a hardship on some of them, that In the rases of those whose pay is Tuesday. WASHINGTON a 13 a day. they war Predicting For the most part, these witness- less than clean sweep In Pacific coast states es will be summoned before the allowed to get by with the payfor Herbert Hoover in the contest federal Jurors for Friday of thia ment of one per cent of their pay for Republican convention dele- week when It la expected that rou- rheck Rut those receiving above Regatee William H. Crocker, tine government cases will have IS a day have to cash in for a national ofcommitteeman Mr. Morris said day's pay. Thu a man getting ( publican been dlJJioaed from California, aald her to- - Tuesday that he la summoning the a day. pays (I a month Into the and also Pays day that ha was convinced Gov- witnesses from a list given by the Blinking" fund. ernor Smith of New York would I special prohibition agent but that some money for the "Kinking" I thrro have win In ths California Democratic he haa not yet received any of the fund. I understand evidence which they have gathered. been Instance In which some C primary on May 1. the boys paid both, a day's pay and one per cent. Siam- - Ilrorlpt No nobody he been threatened with the loss of hla Job If be refused to pay. That Is to aay no direct threats were made. In fact, nothing was said about anybody the losing hla Job. Nevertheless. WASHINGTON. Renewing hla attack on Secretary Hoover toiny South Senator Bleaae, Democrat, Carolina, declared an order intermingling white and negro clerks In tha census bureau had been Issued as a move "to capture the negro votes In the doubtful Btates The South Carollnan had read a letter from a government employee asserting that In both the Interior La-hru- m . - Each night before liiUq. Loaise Kosel goes to bed she af ww of the strike which has kept her daddy , .. at "Starvation Camp" in Aveil Fa, where anion miners ace Briny hi house. being evicted from the company-owne- d td AI Smih Says He Will Not Go to Houston X. C.. Governol ASHEVILLE, Alfred E. Smith of New York, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, will net attend the national Democratic convention at Houston In June. on vacation Governor Smith, here, made this formal announcement at a conference with newspaper men today. Asked If hu might net change hla mind, he said: No, I meant that I will not attend. Therea no uao of my going. To Bourbon Party Nellie Tayloe Ross, Dry Is Utah for Governor. Delegates Unpledged. . Kremer to Speaker ar Leads In Iowa Iowa With recounty Democratic conventiona out of 88 In the state of New York today. Gov. Al Smith lead of mure than I to 1 had In Instructed delegate to the atate DEB MOINES. ports from Democrat Asks Investigation of Lobby Literests Grand Jury Seventy in For Hoover Forecast Governor Smith In Investigation hnlf-bnke- d, Waiting To Register Votes for Smith First Woman Governor Avers CHEYENNE, Wyo. Belief that Gov. Al Smith's career has vindicated the principles of democracy and that countless thousands", la the Lnlted Rtatee of all ps riles are Imply waiting to register their applause on election day, wae expressed her today by Nellie Tayloe Roe former governor of Wyoming and firet woman governor In the United Htate "It la aa a dry Democrat that I am favoring tha nomination of Al Smith a the Democratic candlduto for president of the United State Mr Ross said. Jt la my conviction, the former governor added, that prohibition has no place in the campaign, A Republican senate spent a million dullara and two years' time inasmuch as It la the law and a of the Constitution. To a presprobing Into the conduct of the part ident of integrity, personal views war by the last Democratic adminrespecting the merits of sny law istration and was compelled to ad- would have no bearing on hi willmit that not one dollar of graft was ingness to enforce the law. found. Mr Ross declared Governor "No greater tribute to any political rarty waa ever paid by 1U op- Smith la ths strongest candidate of the that and ponents than that rendered the dently party him to winshe confiexpects tha nomDemocrats by the remit of the Inination at the Houston convention vestigation,'' says Frank R, Kent and to lead the party to a glorIn his new book. "The Democratic ious victory In November." Party: A History. Just published Smith in South. Gaining by The Century Company. In reply to a question regarding In his final chapter, Tho 1!2 Governor candidacy in the Outlook," Mr. Kent writes: 'The south. Mr Smith's Roes declared that In Democratic party, after a continuher New the opinion York execuous history of 118 year though it tive waa gaining strength there and has not elected a president since would carry the majority of the 1818 has become definitely the misouthern states at the convention. nority party, Is In 1828 still full of Mrs. Ross said party leaders have energy snd vigor and promise. Informed her that Tennessee, one Whether It wins or loses He next of the doubtful slate will support fight, no one need be concerned as Mr. Smith. to the permanence of the party. It Democratic party will, The is still young. It may be divided feel sure, demonstrate that it nnd It may be defeated, hilt It is stands by the principle of freedom force In of religion, not far too virile and vital only In theory but the Individual atatea of which the In practice Mr Rosa said. nation Is computed to make the Rank and Fils for Hoover. suggestions of Its impending doom In to Republican politic other than Mr regard nnd disappearance Itoss said that, during her ridiculous. Thoughtful men with tour shs found the sentiment of a clnar'view of the politics of tha tho rank and file of the party for country and a real comprehension Hoover, hut that party leader In of Its political history, regard such many sect lone seemed to be for notions as altogether Vice President Dawes. Mr Rosa will leave Chsyenne wholly without foundation. Rich men are as sure that, whether It on Thursday far Grand Junction. he In 1828. or 1112, or 1818, or Col., where aha will address a some other four-yeperiod, soon letnocratlc meeting Friday. She nr late the Democrats will ewnep will go to California from Grand hack into national power, aa they Junction to tour the southern part are that the present period of Re- of. that state. Shs left In doubt the publican accendnnry Is temporary. question whether she will "stump' Boulder Camera. Wyoming. High Compliment EareeMb Countless Thousands broad-minde- U)GA!f Rio Republican central committee of Cache county will meet here thia afternoon to decide the method of selecting the 48 county delegates to the state convention to be held In Salt Lake on May 4. The dll for today's meeting was Issued by George C. Ueinrlch, secretary of the county committee. Clerk Order rs ing Cache County G.O.P. Committee Meeting lie ie under sentence of three months in prison for contempt of to answer the senate by hla refusal question under oath. ' He stand charged by- the supreme court qf the United States with participation in the loate of a great public property "made fraudulently by means of collusion snd conspiracy." But free man now, six years hs is after his lease was signed; and It la the cynical suspicion of the American public that because he Is rich and because ha la wall equipped with counsel snd because a largo part of ths oil Industry plainly prefers to stand by a good fellow rather than aid the government, he will remain a free man to the end of the story. Sinclair has been fighting in and It was not to bs expected that his counsel would fall to take advantage of any loopholes In the law and any opportunities for obstruction and delay. It la not this fact, but the manner of lie accomplishment that Is responsible for the cynical attitude which the public take Sinclair makes a deal with Rlack-mand O'Neil, and then with Albert Fall. Blackmer, presumably tha responsible chairman of Indiana, Is wanted by the government eg a witness to thia deal, but disappear goea to Flranco for his health, dodge the process-serveof the government, remains a fugitive from the law and man with out a country,. and that Is tho end of Blackmer. ONeil, also man of high stand Ing In ths oil Industry, having been of the Prairie Oil and Gaa krithe.', Joe, fee tha president likewise vanishes from the coun '' &hdr wse p'elar back iS. tryr'geea Is eeneaeted barracks at.er one to Canada to make restitution of (888.808 In bonds which he al way felt belonged to the company, disappears again, and that Is the end of O'Nell, Sinclair himself goes on trial with Fall on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the government but Interrupts his trial and causes It to be deferred again by hla amazing effrontery In employing Burns detectives to shadow ths Jury which la trying him. Meantime ths efforts of the government to uncover the whole story of the leas of Teapot Dome are blocked by the with which resinglemindedness sponsible officials in tho oil Industry decide that their chief duty Is Bruce to protect their colleagues and their least duty ie to help the governBe Chief ment. Witness after witness takes tho stand, declines to testify, cheats the of the evidence it NEW YORK. J. Bruce Kremer, desiregovernment or deflea the courts and Montana member and vice chair- the senate to cits him for contempt. man of the Democratic national Teapot Dome Is back where It becommittee, will he the principal long To that extent counsel for Jefferson annual the speaker at the government hee succeeded in Demothe National dinner of day the obstacles placed In cratic club April 21. George J. At- overcoming lta way by Binrlalr A Co. But the well. president, announced today criminal cases leg. And the harm Kremer, who supported William has been done to popular conG. McAdoo in the Democratic con- that In fidence the administration of vention four year' ago. has anIn this country la Incalcunounced his support of Gov. Alfred justice E. Smith this year. In hla address, lable. New York World. Atwell said Kremer will describe the attitude of the west toward Governor Smith's candidacy for Clean Sweep West the presidency. Colored The matter dales back to a certain social function in July 1827, when the county commissioner,. Uulon W. H. Ktenacker and R. T. Dahlqulst threw a Party at tho home of Mrs. ,'arstenscn on Thirteenth South street, it will be recalled that after a time the party got rough, so that Mr fsrstenson and her Mrs. Bclva Burgnei, girt friend und Mr L Parker called for suucor, when, as they alleged, tho trio of soclul Lions disarranged er the heavens through the cracks between the unmatched boards. NBW YORK'Tha Democratic It is called Studa Camp, but to state committee today formally the farmers In the hills there- launched Gov. Alfred E. Smith's candidacy for president by adopts resolution calling upon the tat delegates to present his name to the national convention and loyally ' to support him. Seconding Address The resolution waa offered by George R. Lunn of Schenectady, former lieutenant governor, at.the doss of an address In which hs reviewed the career of Gov. Smith a man whose nomination will inspire the- - loyalties so essential to aattonal progress , After referring to the governors "unsurpassed record as an executive. his unimpeachable Integrity and honor and hla d adherence to progressive principles" the resolution said: Whereas Many of our sister states recognising his fitness for the presidency of the United Rates and his ability to secure tha confidence snd the votes of tha people, have summoned him to assume the leadership of the party in the nation; Now, Be It Resolved, That this committee expresses the will of the Democracy of the state that the delegates and alternates to the Democratic national convention from the state of New York respond to this call and present to the convention and loyally support a a candidate for tha office of president of ths United Btates the name of Alfred . Smith. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt made the seconding speech. Candidacy Proposed. Tha formal launching of tha Smith candidacy followed the return of George WVOIvany, leader of Tammany hall, and Surrogate James J. foley, from a visit with the governor at Asheville, N. C where he disclosed yesterday be would not be at Houston when hla name la Submitted for nomination. White, e, side-walk- about to the coal and Iron policemen. and to the strikers themselves It is known as Starvation Hera the writer found Camp. hunger, squalor and stokness among determined men, nuble women, and little children who are willing- to die fop daddy's fight." Hen,- too. were found men and women doing without food, that other and younger mouths might farefooted he fed. Children waded ' Other through muddy snow. from home children remained school because they have neither The writer shoes nor stocking learned of some children wno walked a half mile to school wearing Uttered garments, and carpet must pay the Orchestra. For, in the case at Bar, as the awyers say, the music, and especially the postiude, was not furnished by a single fiddler, but by a whole orchestra of high priced legal lights. - Star-Chronic- le This camp of striking minors. located near tha town Of Avail In .Washington county, houses IIIfamilies with a total of 111 cnlls, dren. Thors ars no street or lights, but there la deop. sticky mud. The slosh, slosh, slosh of feet moving about In slop and slime Is heard II hours a day. At night when coal oil lamps llgnt tha shacks In which the strikers live, the occupants of these shacks, In their beds, can see the stars In When County Commissioners dance, county employes The man In tha elreet reads that Harry F. Sinclair has. once more been sentenced to Jail, but ao thoroughly have the ell ecandala done their work, and eo widely have they taught their lesson, that there are probably few people who expect Sinclair to pay hla penally. He 1 under sentence of six montlis In prison for criminal contempt In consequence of hie ditions. ! BOOZE PARTY o The Jacksonville Agreement - A YEAR 88 convention over Edwin T. Meredith of Pen Moine Tli 80 counties have 1,128 of the state's 1.12 delegate Smith Instructions were given to 888; Meredith had 82; 488 were II were contested and selection of 48 waa postponed. unln-trurte- d: Tut, Tut, Mr. Hays Bad for a Deacon - Fighting Texan Sees Early G.O.P. Obsequies Wearing a big "Me Too, button, J. K. Grist, prominent business man g Democrat of Beauand mont. Texas visited in Salt Lake Monday, for the double purpose of viewing the scenery and feeling the political pulse of Utah. Mr. Grist describes himself as a Jeffersonian Democrat who, like Andrew Jack-sobelieves In fighting for Jefferson's principle The Me Too"' button worn by the visitor signifies that he contributed hla share to bring tho Demto ocratic national convention Houston, Texa During his stay In Salt Lake Mr. Grist, a typical southern Democrat, waa fairly bubbling over with enthusiasm, predicting that victory I destined to perch on the banners of democracy this fall. He la not a Smith supporter In the sens that the New York governor Ie hie first choice. His first choice la Senator James A. Reed of Missouri. If Smith gets the nomination at Houstoe- - however, Mr. Grist says, the Texan Democracy. Including hlmaelf, will fight to the life-lon- former cabinet member now In Europe'' to whom Mr. Fall referred In hie deposition Is proha bly Will Haya. dictator of the movie According to a leak In the testimony. Fsll said he Is one of tho men who told him to tell the lie that the 1188.818 he got from A Doheny waa loaned him by Ned McLean of the Washington Post. Later, under pressure. Fall had to admit he lied. Aa Mr. Hays la a church deacon he will, probably, he able to deny the statement even though he d'd not tell the truth to the senate Teapot committee. Boulder Cqmera. Sen. Nye's attempt to build a backfire by charging Al Smith with undue inlimary with Sinclair haa proved a complete failure. When It comes to sharp retorts and unequivocal statement the New York man wields a very eplffy stenographer. Greeley New n. last ditch to elect him. "Down with tha G. O- - F." appears to be a religion with the Texan, who sal's Reed. Smith or Walsh, sliher one. can win. Grist, who in his younger days was a newspaper reorter In Houston and New Orlean haa been report Ing political sentiment as he finds It on hla trip, to Jesse Jone the man who secured the convention for the Texas city. After sounding out sentiment in thia section the visitor sent Mr. Jones ths following telegram Just before he hoarded a Denver A Rio Grande 'Western train for Denver: "Jrsae Jones. Houston. Texas: Republicans have lost faith in selves and party. Getting greatest kick Imaginable from wearing Me Too" button Am inviting Utah Republicans to watch Democratic smoke at Houston In June. Republicans generally realise their ad embarrassment, and know they can't possible win the face of all the scandal the party must anwrr for. It's just too had for the Republican "J. K. GRIST." word wsa passed out hy Indlrec the Implication tlon. and with rlear enough, so that all understood from the Jump that It wan a your money or your Job pro. Everybody understands position. It that W'ay. and there il. Is a lot of Other bad feeling over of the ihop9 nav shown rerepresentatives Statesman ceipt given them for alleged payments a above. tf Virgin Island Delegates To Support Al Smith ST. THOMAS. Virgin Island Lucius J. Jlalmin of Chicago, former Judge of Ibe district court of the Virgin Island and Frank former stenographer In the same court, have been selected as delegates to the coming Democratic convention. They have been In- structed to support the candidacy of Governor Smith of New York. A Ivor Berg waa selected as substitute. The Rcpubllrsn delegates have not yet been selected. |