Show Men and Affairs Bv By ROBERT T SMALL o ot of IbO 1110 Stand Copyright 1811 1 WASHINGTON July John U H JohnL L Lewis nt itt City Is Ii tight tight- tl ht lag lu lutor for tor or more than th the tha eleven elven de demand mand presented to the th anthracite coal eoal operators by the three 0 of the United Mine Workers Workers- ot of America who toll ton In the anthracite field It I Is It very generally accept pt-cd pt ed Cd lre hOre that Mr Lewis I Is destined to d Samuel Ssmuel as ashead head helut of o the American ot of La Labor tor Naturally be bo wants to enter tot tor fe the new bono honors with victory to his credit In to pending negotiation Whether the president ot or the tho mInors luer desires ex- ex netly to oust Is Js a ft quell ques question ques- ques tion question Lewis Is A IL young man and CAn afford to await the Ume Urns when the venerable head of ot the federa tion Is na ready to lay down lown the tha gavel by his hili own will The Tho minor are by far ar the tb strongest organization actually within the federation of labor lher are lire some halt half a million ot of them The miners are strong enough to togo go It alone It If s in fleece fleece- Str but they have cho chosen on tofO to go fO along llong Instead and there thero Is every evory on rea on to believe that when the thebo comps come for tor shoes John Lewis will be found tar far In Inthe inthe Inthe the load Ind of o any possible pO tore tOri Lewis Leis and Comport Gompers differ In many 1 Gompers be- be believe be believer lieve liever il in 11 union urton organization by crafts He lie believes that the men who do de carpenter work In the tho thomine carpenters mine minet should belong to the carpen carpen- carpenters union Not so with Lewis He insists ts that thai everyone who works 11 ii the mince carpenters carpenter engineers or whit what not shall belong to the miners union and so th they y do Like Lilse Gompers Compers Lewis Is assailed i i some Borne quarters a as a coOn con con But he has only the which come with treat great responsibility He Is ie SL a ami- ami stal stalwart stal- stal stalwart wart among stalwarts for tor the rights ot of the working w man and ho i Is more 0 by tar than In his support of the right to strike Lewis ha i ha-i the confidence ot of the men he 1 heI I leads an anc the respect ot of employers with whom bo ho deals He lie Is a thoughtful earnest pleader posses posses- posses set in the analytical power o of the great laW lawyer er and has a ready wit When someone at Atlantic City suggested that he could not under under- understand understand understand stand the demands of the miners at atI this time Lewis calmly almly replied Well Vell you see this coal coat Industry I Is a 0 viry ry r dark business Them Thero W Wera e re many mony amusing joel Inci IncI- IncI IncIdents Incidents dents at the conference ot of o the and the operators at the shore The conferences were held iii tI tl e Venetian gardens of ot one of Ill I'll the most exclusive and expensive I f hotel botCh at Atlantic City To reach the gardens garden II It was necessary for tor both and miners to tile file through the he main dining room Of tan n luring during tho the proceedIngs the tl opera operators to would ask for tor the th right caucus to caUcus among themselves Then rl the and the newspapermen woul fib out Often Otten aIn a aln the miners Would would would-de lr to caucus CAllOUS and then the and the th report- report see firs ir would tile file out together One On day In particular the ibe were numerous and there th wag much filing back bacic and forth Ip In the tho midst of Interchange there thero cams riling f the Into Into the main lobby of the hotel a long IonA line line- of ot bell ball boys boya boya a new shift going on duty And what wh union do they belong I a II onlooker ly d Inquired The Bold gold frs digger quickly re ye- ye plied J President Lewis Lewi 1 A A- familiar n figure re at the confer confer- conference ence flee noe was Wu Jack Lear Leary veteran labor writer for the th New York World Word Jack knew every labor leader and operator ot of o noto note at the I gath-I gath- gath gathering gath gathering ering and his appearance was hailed with delight for tor he be had bad but i covered from fr-am a rather severe Illness Jack has ball an 1 unfailing ing good od humor tumor that meets every I adversity with a 0 smile and out ot of his hospital experience he ho natural natural- naturally naturally I ly evolved a 0 good story stor on himself It sC med the doctors told Jack he would have to wear a rather cumbersome belt lie He didn't like the Idea Idell for how long lone he s asked ked Oh just until It wear wears out re- re replied replied re replied plied the doctor casually Not so BO bad commented Jack Jak U as he went w nt to get tiLted fitted This core core- ceremony cere ceremony mony over he turned to o the sales sales- salesman salesman man How How long Ion will this belt last last he queried Oh dont don't worry about that that laId bald the salesman It will last you youa youa a life A Washington traveler just cc- cc re returned turned from Canada Canad tells an n amus amos amusing log ing story of an Incident on a 0 sight eight sightseeing seeing bus In Toronto The Ir Cr r or ballyhoo l maD man on the bu bus bua had hada hada a 0 distinct line Ho rarely failed ailed in pointing pointing- out a a place or object of Interest ren to o add a 0 remark calculated to catch a a laugh lauch Much of the tho humor was l at the tho American passengers For roe when the tho bus boa was WILS passing parlia parlia- parliament parliament ment park There ladles ladies and gentlemen said salol the ballyhoo are arc the tb historic cannon They were captured at the battle hattle ot of Bunker Hill Hili We got the cannon you know who got the hut 00 J Il I |