. THE SUMTER "WATCHMAN, Est?
CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, 1
ORDERS
ISSUED TO
Pres, Harding Takes
I Action to Back Up
His Proclamation to
Striking Shopmen
Washington, July 13 (By the As
sociated Press).?President Hard-:
ing took the first step.today toward
backing up with the military arms'
of the government--his proclama-;
tion warning striking railway
* shopmen against interference with
the transportaiton of interstate
commerce and the mails.
Instructions were sent- at the di
. rection of the president to Maj.
Gen. John L. Hines, command
ing the Eighth army corps area at
San Antonio? Texas, to prepare a
sufficient force of troops to give
adequate protection to. the lines of
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail
road'whioh have been attacked by
striking shopmen, particularly at
- Denison, Texas.
Coincident with these instruc
tions there went forth from the
war department to C. E. Schaff of
St. Louis, the receiver appointed by
a-United States court for the Mis
souri, Kansas & Texas, the advice
v Jth?t heNsnould again call on the
governor of Texas for protection
lor the railroad properties, the
receiver having reported that pre
vious appeals to the state executive
had been unheeded. The receiver
further was promised that should
his appeal bring no protection
from the state authorities "the
federal government is ready to af
ford protection and will take ac
* ti?n if necessary as soon as j*ou
have the reply from the governor."
Officials in announcing the gov
ernment's action emphasized it was
taken because the Jjfpissouri, Kan
sas & Texas was. in the hands of
a receiver appointed by a federal
court and consequently was under
the supervision of the federal gov
ernment. No official statement was
~ available to indicate that the ac
tion was to be taken as precedent
* determining the policy to be fol
lowed by the government in other
cases where violence and lawless
ness arising rfrpaa- the- strike:- inter
fere with the two essentials as
^numfcrated by President Harding
in. his pr^oclamation^-movement of
the mails and maintenance of in
terstate commerce. It is under
stood, however, that the president
personally will pass upon other
emergencies that may arise call
ing for the use of troops.
Other developments in the capital
in?connection with the strike dur
ing the day included the receipt by
Presldent Harding of a telegram
from B. M. Jewell, head of the
railway employees'^ department of
the American Federation of Labor,
and heads of the six striking shop
crafts, replying to his proclamation
and setting forth the viewpoint of
the striking workers. So far as
could be learned at the White
House tonight the .president had
not determined whether the tele
gram called for a reply.
The proclamation of the presi
dent, to which the employees' tele
gram took exception as based on
"incomplete information" was
commended by the board of di
rectors of the chamber of com
merce of the United States in a
resolution which called' upon busi
ness organizations of the country
to' assume leadership in crystalliz
ing public sentiment in upholding
the president.
"The attempt of the striking
railroad employees to enforce their
own views through methods of in
dustrial war." the resolution added,
"should meet the condemnation of
all who believe in orderly process
of settlement."
The president also received dur
ing the day a letter from Postmas
ter General Work, stating that a
survey just completed showed that
50.000 motor vehicles could be
made ready on 24 hours* notice
to carry the., mails in event the
railroads found it impossible to do
so. Supplementing this the Aero
nautic Chamber of Commerce of j
America, with headquarters in New j
York, notified Dr. Work that it was
prepared to mobilize! into an aerial i
mail fleet all commercial airplanes
in use in the United States and j
that such planes would be capable
Of transporting S.000.000 first class
letters daily.
The bureau of aeronautics of the j
navy likewise came forward, stat-1
ing it had at its disposal hundreds!
of lard and seaplanes scattered in ?
squadron unit?' from Newport to j
San Diego which at a word from 1
the proper authority could be put!
into the air carrying mail or other j
commodities.
Dallas. Texas. July 13 (By the
Associated Press").?State troops
will not be ordered out to protect
property of the Missouri. Kansas
& Texas railroad in Texas "at this
time." Governor Pat M. Xeff said
here tonight, after reading: the tele
gram of Secretary War Weeks rel
ative to the railroad strike situa
tion at Dennison.
Chicago. July 14.?A strike call j
'to eight thousand Stationary fire- j
men. engineers and oilers employ- !
ed on railroads ha| been issued, j
Timothy Healy. international pres
ident, announced today. The strike j
becomes effective at <s o'clock ?>n1
morning of July 17th. The call
was made in compliance with tbe
recent referendum which favored
tbe walkout, He?ly said. Mem
bers of the organization on sever-!
bhshed Apr*, 1850.
881. _
RAILROADS
MUST SUBMIT
TO STRIKERS
Leaders of Shopmen
Declares That Rail
roads Cannot Win
Fight on Account of
Demands of Busi
ness
Chicago. July 14 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?A strike bulletin
sent out today by B. M. Jewell,
head, of the striking railway shop
men, declares ^ the strikers "have
the railroads in a hole." Here are
the facts summarized, comprising.
President Jewell said, "our strate
gic position:"
"Industrial and business condi
tions throughout the country are
picking up strongly.
"Steel and iron production is
steadily increasing and prepara
tions for further activity in all oth
er lines are increasing.
"Dun's and Bradstreet's report
steady betterment of conditions all j
along the* line.
"This means the railroads have
to carry a tremendous amount of
freight in the next few montns.
Since the beginning of the year
earnings and business have in
creased tremendously over a cor- j
responding" period last year.
"Railroad managements antici- j
pated this increased business and j
ordered 100,000 new freight cars in i
the first six months of this year as j
compared with only 30,000 new cars
for all of last year.
"The present demand for rolling!
stock is about 300 per cent, more j
than the last five years' average
and the demand for locomotives is
also increasing.
"The prolonged coal strike means
there has got to be a tremendous
movement of coal between now and
December in order to supply both
domestic users, industrial concerns
and public utilities.
"Over a Ireek ago the United
States geological survey reported
the existing coal reserves are the
lowest "they can possibly go with
out endangering the future regular
supply..
"The threatened strike of sea
men on the Great Lakes, if it hap
pens, will probably throw still more
burden of moving coal on the rail
ways. ,
"The latest report of condition
of equipment show the percentage]
of bad order locomotives ranging i
from 12 per cent, on the Louisville j
& Nashville to 39 per cent, on the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas and bad
order cars from 5 per cnet. on the;
Norfolk & Western to 38.2 perj
cent, on the Pittsburgh & Lake J
Erie. '
"Outside contractors can not t
handle all this repair work and
most of the roads are far enough
from the contractors' shops so that
the problem of hauling bad order
equipment to the contractors is a
big one.
"Demand for labor is increas
ing in outside industries and that
means that che railways can not
get enough men to replace those
now on strike.
"All this means that time is
with us. Every day we hold on
weakens the railroads and strength
ens our hand. Hold on, brothers."
Chicago, July 15. ? Virtually
abandoning hope of an early settle
ment of the strike following the
failure of last night's conferences*
railroad executives today prepared
to make a determined effort to re
open shops with non-union em
ployes, according to high official of
the railroad labor board. This of
ficial: said peace moves will be sus
pended for the present. A stumbl
ing block in the path of a settle
ment, it is said, at the labor board
office, will be the union's demand
for a restoration of seniority, and
other privileges to the strikers.
The executive council of six shop
crafts unions went into executive
session today to determine where
they stood on the propositions dis
cussed in yesterday's conference- ;
When Wiener, the young tennis
flash, appears on the scene his
opponents say "The Wurst has
come.'
al roads have already joined in
sympathetic walkout with the shop
men. Healy said.
Chicago. July 14. ? Railway]
union leaders today said they ex
pected to hold maintenance of way
laborers in check and prevent a
general walkout in which four:
hundred thousand shop track la
borers threaten to to join the strik- >
ing shopmen. Disturbances con- :
tinue Tu be reported. Attorney
General Daugherty has been asked
to furnish fourteen hundred depu-!
ty marshals fur strike duty in j
northern Ohio.
_
Washington. July 13.?Pre-*!- \
dents of international unions andi
of th" various' American Federa- :
tion of Labor departments met ,
here today with President Samuel j
Gompers to discuss the railroad j
strike, and. according to a later
announcement ?h> determine in.
what manner the most effective ?
assistance could be rendered." i
*"It was mad** clear t?> the con-]
ferenc? by Mr. Gompers." thej
Statement said, "that the full
strength of the American Federa- j
tion of Labor wai< behind the strike I
and that every possible effort will j
be made to bring about its success. " I
"Be Just and Fear
NO PROSPECT
OF STRIKE
SETTLEMENT
Labor Leaders De
termined to Con
tinue the Fight
Against Labor
Board Order to the
End
Chicago, July 14 (by the Asso
ciated Press).?The second week of
the railway shopmen's strike ended
tonight while the railroad labor
board, the shop crafts' represen
tatives and the railroads maintain
ed silence regarding negotiations
looking toward a settlement of the
walkout.
A four hour conference between
Chairman Ben W. Hooper of the la
bor board. B. M. Jewell, head of
the shopmen's organization and
Timothy Healey, who has author
ized a strike of stationary fire
men and oilers' ended tonight with
out a statement from any of the
conferee's but it was reported to
have failed to reach a settlement.
Chairman Hooper hurried to the
conference after a meeting with L,.
F. Loree, president of the Dela- i
ware and Hudson railroad., and T.
E. Crowley, vice president of 'the;
New York Central lines. The na
ture of this meeting was not re- j
vealed.
While the .parley was underway j
between Chairman Hooper and Mr. '?
Jewell there were indications else
where that the general trend of the
strike situation was toward peace.
E. F. ,Grable. head of the United j
Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employees and Railway Shop
Laborers, who held a midnight con
ference here last night with ' Mr. \
Jewell, left for Washington today, I
where it was Said he expected to |
see the president. He reiterated his j
statements before the labor board j
members last week , that the .400.-?
000 maintenance of way employees;
would not strike despite the fact |
that some of his men had joined j
in a sympathetic strike with the j
shopmen. Mr. Grable indicated J
that the only contingency that j
might result in a strike was a de-;
termination oh'thVp?rt'Of the car.-:
riers to force, the maintenance of j
way men to do the work regularly!
done by the striking crafts, a prac-;
tice against which the labor board i
ruled in an opinion last (week. I
While an apparent effort was be- ?
ing made to end the walkout. Sen- ?
ator Cummins of Iowa, one of the]
coauthors of the transportation act, j
declared that the rulings of the
labor board were binding on both
carriers and employees and could
be enforced.
Mr. Jewell today expressed the I
opinion that the maintenance of j
way men wouid not join in the ?
walkout. From St. Paul, where i
shop craft representatives have j
been meeting with the Northwes- j
tern roads in an effort to reach an
agreement, came an announcement j
from R. A. Henning, chairman of j
the shop crafts organization, that a j
settlement within 48 hours was
possible.
Following a cabinet meeting at
which the strike was discussed," of- J
ficials at Washington close to Pres- j
ident Harding said the chief execu- j
tive was optimistic regarding the!
ability of Chairman Hooper to ef- j
feet a settlement. I
One organization, the stationary:
firemen, engineers and oilers, how- i
ever, announced its intention to!
join the walkout of shppmen July!
17. when Timothy Healey, inter- j
national president, sent out at
strike call affecting about 8,000
men.
More troops were ordered out to
day to protect railroad property and
employees. Soldiers were sent to
Poplar Bluff, Mo., to relieve troops |
already there and Governor Davis j
of Ohio, ordered troops mobilized ?
for possible ,use in* connection with
the coal and rail strikes.
Secretary Week** and Governor
Neff of Texas sent representatives
to Denison. Texas, to report on
conditions which are said by Mis
souri, Kansas & Texas railroad)
officials to be interfering with the!
operation of trains. Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty ?was requested to
send 1.400 deputy marshals to the
strike district in Northern Ohio.
Numerous court orders restrain
ing picketing and interference with
railroad property and employees
marked the progress of the 14th day
of the strike.
Postmaster General Work ac-1
cepted an offer of 1.000 commer-j
cial aircraft by the Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce of Ameri-;
ca to be used in maintaining mail;
service if the trains fuil to operate, j
Clashes between strikers and;
sympathizers and railroad em- ?
ployees were reported from various;
points, but there were no serious!
outbreaks.
-??-? ???
Rocky Mount Asks
For State Troops I
Raleigh. July 17.?"L. V. Bassett.
representing the city of Rocky1
Mount here today prepared, he
said, to urge Governor Morrison to
send troops to Rocky Mount t?
maintain order, that the situatin in
connection with the shopmen's!
strike at the Atlantic Const Line
?hops continues threatening. j
"Only way to live long is oy
keeping busy" says a centenarian. \
We know a boy who will never sec
fttt iM
Not?Let all the ends Thou Ainis't at be thy Conntry's, Thy God's and \
Sumter, S. C, Wednesday, July 19, 1922
COKER TAKES ISSUE
WITH CLEMSON
COLLEGE
Hartsville Planter Says Calcium-Ar senate
and Molasses Mixture, Applied Before
Squares Form on Cotton, Destroys
1 Many of First Boll Weevils
To the Editor of The State. j
I am going to force myself to j
write temperately about an article
which I have just read in Tuesday's
State under Clemson College date i
line with respect to methods of boll j
weevil control.
That article is so much at va
riance with the experiences of a
great, many of the best and most!
reliable farmers in South Carolina j
that I marvel that the Clemson au
thorities still allow such statements ?
to be issued by those in charge of j
the boll weevil work there. 'The
advice that the government and ex
?periment station experts give, to .do !
nothing to control the boll weevil J
until squares have formed on Itne
plant, would be laughable if it-were
not so tragic, and few farmers even ]
in South Carolina still follow them, j
I can prove to these gentlemen. I
if they care to have the proof, that I
by the use of a mixture of calcium j
ansenate, molasses and water ap- J
plied before squares begin to form j
and repeated at weekly intervals,
for four or five weeks thereafter, j
practically all of the early wef yils j
can be killed and the cotton^ pro-1
tected from early damage, tlie '^ye i
applications of poison costing about
$1 for material, applied with a mop
or bottle in the day time, and th9
whole process being so simple and
cheap that any tenant farmer can
use it. Its effectiveness has been
absolutely proved in this section
and. its universal adoption can be
secured if we can get the state
and government authorities to stop
advocating the expensive, dangerous
and impracticable dusting method
and bend their efforts towards the
promotion of this simple and in
expensive recipe. When univer
sally adopted it will undoubtedly
prevent the early migration of the
weevil and allow everyone to pro
duce cotton for a longer period.
, I dislike very much to come out
squarely against anything promoted
directly or indirectly by Clemson
college, for I have the highest re
gard for the personnel and work
of that institution with the excep
tion of their boll weevil propagan
ga- I can not remain silent, how
ever, in the face of their state
ment "that early poisoning is not
a material factor in boll weevil
control."'
David R. Coker.
Hartsville.
FORD'S BID
REJECTED BY
CHARLESTON
IS MAKING
STIFF FIGHT
Big
Vote of Nine to | Ask President Hard
Seven Senate Agri-; ing to Intervene to
cultural Committee
Rejects Offer For
Muscle Shoals
Prevent Closing of
Navy Yard
Washington, July 13.?-President
Harding was called upon otday by
Senator E. D. Smith, accompanied
by Representative W. T. Logan.
Washington. July 15?Henry
Ford's offer for the Muscle Shoals
project was rejected by the senate I and asked to intervene to prevent
agriculture committee today by a tne ci0Sing of the Charleston naw
vote of nine to seven. The bill, vard as contemplated bv the order
introduced by Chairman Xorris. I recently issued by Acting Secretary
calling for the operation of the Theodore Roosevelt.
projects by a government owned
and controlled corporation was also
The matter was most earnestly
, presente d to the president's atten
rejected by a vote of nine to five. ^ and he ljstened with iRterest>
The other offers including the Aia- ; Mr Hardjn{? did not commit him.
bama Power Co.. Engstrum & Par- seJf ^ t0 what he mi ht do bat
sons were also rejected without a ?
record vote. Despite the adverse j
votes the Ford offer will be present- !
ed to the senate for final" decision I
promised to take the subject under
very serious consideration. He
seemed to be appreciative of the
, points advanced against the policy
through minority reports, it is ex- * - ,M . .? ? -_,.. _*u\
. ~, ? ?f leaving an entire section of the
p ame '_ ^ 0_ ! country without a navy yard.
^ ? ^ tf\?S When Senator Smith got back to
J&ngine KlUlS Utt j the Capitol from the White House
TV* TKfvanh- TVain he was disaP'P?inted t0 receive the
AO W 1 eCK XFain ; following radiogram reply
cable of Tuesday.
to the
in which he
Six Persons Hurt in Collision!asked Secretary of the Xavy Denby.
at Saluda n0Vv in ^al)an- t0 suspend the
Ashevrlle, X.
Roosevelt order until the matter
C. Julv 14._Five! could be investigated after Mr.
passengers and the baggage mas- j Denby s return:
ter were slightly injured, other | "Very sorry: do not feel justified
passengers bruised and two engines !in ^mg as you suggest. Edwin
damaged when a "helper" loco- i[Denby.
motive standing on a siding near! This is a disappointment, but it
Saluda. X. C. ran away and crash-! *111 not check the fight to have
ed head on into Train Xo. 4 which I^ order ll,>ld UP ?r modified. On
was south bound. The "helper" jthe contrary this fight will be
was on the siding, under steam, to ! ^*a~ed all the harder with all legi
be used on the Saluda mountain j timate means at command. There
climb and there was no one on it is n0 question that Acting Secre
at the time it started forward, i tar'v' Roosevelt, who is away from
crashing into the locomotive of the ! Washington today, has heard many
coming train. impre protests against his order
"Reason unknown" was the jthan he expected and from sources
statement of officials shortly be- surpn>ed\him ?nd the in
fore leaving for the scene of the teryention of the president has"
wreck to investigate and render!been sougnt by cei a- i influential
anv possible assistance. Republicans to present the c ?n
Those hurt as a result of being-K;ummation of v.-hat they regard as
thrown from their seats were: S.!a Prions blunder. The matter may
be discussed in the cabinet aCVr
Col. Roosevelt's return.
Protest to President
Gutman. Fairfield, Ga.. cut on
nose: Anna Eldridge. White Pine,
cut on head: Mrs. Baco. wife of the
mayor of Tryon. X. C. cut on
nose; O. E. Minims, St. George. S. j Washington. July 13.?A protest
C. sprained shoulder: Mrs. W. J. ! against the navy department's pro-'
Adams. Laurens. S. C. back hurt, j posed abandonment of 'he Charles.
and W. W. Sutton. Asheville, i ton. S. C.. navy yard was made
bruises and cut3 on shoulder. j to President Harding today by
Sleeping cars from Train Xo. 4 ; Senator Smitli and Representative
were attached to the Carolina Spe-! Logan ' of South Carolina and
cial. operating about ten hours late. I Mayor John P. Grace of Chaiies
and which left Asheville after train ton. As the three left the White
Xo. 4. The Passengers were all able : House after a half-hour audience
with the President they repoited
that their interview bad been "very
satisfactory" and declared thej
were hopeful that the navy yard
would l?e kept in operation.
It whs pointed out to the presi
dent that the closing ('own of the i
Charleston yard would leave the
to continue the journey.
Train Fired Upon
Bullet Passes Within Few |
Inches of Man's Head
Baltimore. July 14.?A Haiti-;
more & Ohio passenger train. ! m*lf's ot coast line between I
bound from Washington to Balti- Cape Hatteras and the Mexican
more, was fired upon as it neared |border without a single yard j
Camden station, this city, early to- equipped for navy .raft and larger)
night. One bullet passed through a | merchant ships,
window of a coach within a few
inches of the head of W. E. Evans
of Baltimore. There was much ex
citement, ??specially among the
women passengers.
The ii"?in was fir??d upon while
nmning at about 3U miles an hour.
Examination of t'n^ tar did not
reveal where the bullet lodged, and
New Tariff on
Fancy Cotton Cloths!
Washington. July 17.?Senator
Lenroot charged today in the sen
ate and Senator Smoot conceded,
that the section of the new tariff
it is thought it passed our an open [bill imposing additional duty of 12
window on the opposite side of the : per cent ad valoreum on fancy
car. j cotton cloths was "word for word"
? ? ? j us proposed by Former Senator
Lippitt, cotton goods manufacturer
of Providence., R. 1.
A woman is as young as he
thinks.
truth's."
MAY TAKE
OVER THE
RAILROADS
Government Will Use
All the Force Neces
sary to Insiire Ser
vice on Railroads
Washington, July 14.?While op
timism to the outcome of the rail
road strike was reflected at the
White House today, there was fur
ther evidence that the administra
tion intends to keep a firm grasp
on the situation and that every
force at the command of the gov
ernment will he utilized to insure
maintenance of necessary inter
state transportation.
Members of the cabinet who met
with President Harding in the reg
ular Friday session placed their
main reliance on the ability of
Chairman Hooper of the United
States railroad labor board to find
a solution to , the problem.
The meeting was understood to
have been devoted largely to dis
cussion of the rail and coal strikes.
The president was said to hold
the view that, should government
operation of the carriers become
necessary, it would not abridge the
liberty of railroad workers to be
drafted for service in the positions
in which they have had experience
Whatever discussion occurred
along this line, however, was said
to be on a strictly hypthetical basis,
there being no evidence that fed
eral control would be forced by
developments of the. strike.
Cabinet members brought to the
meeting voluminous reports on the
various phases in which their port
folios were directly interested. At
torney General Daugherty had with
him numerous telegrams bearing
on the situation at points where
disorders have developed, and re
ports on the organization of special
forces of deputy marshals. Post
master General Work was said to
have reported the bulk of the mail
movement as yet unaffected by the
strike, although a number of trains
have been discontinued. Messages
reaching the postoffice department
during the day. however, indicated
the anxiety_of railroad officials and
in some cases of postal inspectors
over the situation at certain rail
centers, including Dennison, Tex
arkana, Marshall and Fort Worth,
Texas, and Hattiesburg, Miss.
Further request for federal pro
tection reached the war depart
ment from Dennison, where the
federal receiver ,o,f the Missouri.
Kansas & Texas railway was un
derstood to hold the view that all
trains would have to stop within
three days unless protection was
given the shopmen working on
vital repairs to rolling stock.
Possible use of federal troops to
protect railrcad employees remain
ing on their job? were viewed in
union circles as tending to ag
gravate the situation. This view
was expressed by J. P. Nooman,
president of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers, who charged that mail trains
were being withdrawn deliberate
ly by the railroads to force govern
ment action. President Gompers
of the American Federation of
Labor, ??ff o declared there was no
justification for use of troops, par
ticularly, unless and until request
ed by the state authorities.
Decision, on whether federal
troops would be serit to preserve
order at Dennison apparently was
being withheld at the war depart
ment until the inspector general of
the Eighth corps area, ordered to
the scene today, had reported on
the situation at t^pt railroad cen
ter. -
Early in the day a.report from
the receiver to Secretary Weeks is
understood to have indicated that
Governor Neff of Texas intended to
take no action. The message from
the receiver was not made public
but was sfeid^by Secretary Weeks
to have confirmed his previous re
port on interruptions to traffic due
to acts of violence by strikers or
strike sympathizers.
Life Sentence
For Zimmerman
York. July 14?A new trial was
refused Albert Zimmerman, con
victed last night of the murder of
Pink Huggins and Zimmerman at
3:30 this afternoon was sentenced
to spend the rest of his natural
life at hard labor in the state pen
itentiary. Zimmerman was unmoV
ed by the sentence, stfcting when
asked by Judge McGowan it" he.
hda anything to say why sentence
should not be pronounced, "nothing
fur:her than what my counsel has
already said." He was carried back
to jail after the sentence to pre
pare to go fo the penitentiary.
SEABOARD
TRAIN WRECKED
Savanrf&h. July 17.?Several pas
sengers were Injured, and a ne
gro dining car cook was killed
when five coaches of the Seaboard:
Air Line passe??ger train No. ?> j
turned turtle this morning near)
Cow <b?. The grain is s.iid to ha ve ?
struck n broken rail
lju careful where you put your
confidence and you won't lose it.
When the boss gets back from ,
his vacation he finds everyone rest
THE TRUE SOU!
PRESIDENT
PLAN REFUSED
BY THE MINERS
Harding Mentions the
Responsibility They
Have Assumed in
Strike Problem
Washington, July 15.?Coal mine
workers whose walkout in the an
thracite region and strike in the
unionized bituminous fields has
crippled the nation's coal produc
tion since April 1. flatly refused
today, through the officers and
committeemen of their -union, to
submit their grievances to arbi
tration under terms suggested by
President Harding. They notified
the president of their determina
tion, received a response mention
ing the responsibility they had as
sumed, and adjourned the session
of their central controlling com
mittee, holding its members in the
city, however, until Monday.
Only a White House statement
to the effect that nothing would
be done until Monday when the bi
tuminous employers are expected to
respond to the same arbitration
proposal, was available to indicate
the government's future policy. An
thracite operators have formally
accepted the president's plan, but
bituminous employers are known
: to be divided. It was intimated
tonight that at least one section
t of them would, in addition to ac
cepting conditionally- the arbitra
I tion proposals,- tender their mines
j to the government for operation,
! control or other disposition.
Today's proceedings of the pol
j icy committee of the United Mine
j Workers of America with 150 odd
I union spokesmen attending, went
j forward like clockwork on the plan
j laid down by John Lewis, president j
j of the union, and other national j
, officers, recounting the history of
j his negotiations with the govern-'
j ment and the employers, express- j
; ing his dissatisfaction with the \
[terms of the arbitration offer, Mr. j
j Lewis in executive session offered j
; a lengthy letter of refusal of the j
j arbitration and moved its adoption, j
j Delegate after delegate behind!
I the closed doors of the executive
I session gave his views, and James
f il Lord, vice president of' the'"
j American Federation of Labor in j
! charge of the central union body, j
sat with them. The vote in the end i
j for the adoption of the letter was
I unanimous.
I A committee then took the let
! tor to the White House and saw the
j president briefly.
The scale committee of the union
: for the anthracite meeting at an
i earlier meeting refused for them
; selves to accept the arbitration of
! fer. but joined with the main pol
j icy committee deliberations.
"For substantial reasons the
' representatives of the L'nited Mine
Workers are compelled to withhold
their acceptance of the arbitra
tion proposals submitted by you,**
the letter to the president said.
_ . . The mine workers desire
to point out that the coal opera
tors who have been in attendance
at the recent conferences assem
bled by you. and to whom you
have submitted, the plan for arbi
tration of the coal strike, are only
partially representative of the pro
ducing interests affected by the
present suspension of mining. Op
erators representing nearly 50 per
cent of the tonnage in strike fields
whose production is stopped have
not been in attendance, and we
have no information that the
proposed plan of arbitration has
been submitted to them by any
governmental agency.
"And we are further advised
that these interests have no inten
tion of coming within the purview
of the provisions of your plan of}
adjustment. Under such circum
stances it is futile to believe any
general settlement can be made
_ . Even the acceptance of the
plan by the mine workers would
bring about only a partial settle
ment."
This was the crux of the unions
to the arbitration.
SCHEDULE
OF CAMPAIGN
Columbia. July 13.?The revised
schedule of meetings for the candi
dates for Congress for the Seventh
district is as follows: July 15.
Saturday. 10 a. m.. Orangeburg:
July 19. Wednesday. S p. m..
Branchville; July 20. Thursday, 10
a. m? Elloree: July 20, Thursday, ?
S p. m.. St. Matthews: July 21. j
Friday $ p. m.. Eastover: July 22. ;
Saturday. 8 p. m.. Blythewood:
July 24. Monday. S p. m., Spring
field: July 25. Tuesday. S p. m..
North-; July 27. Thursday. S p. m.,
Bishopville; July 2S. Friday. S p.
m.. Sumter: July 31. Monday, S p.
m., Lexington.
The only two meetings for
Riehland county fixed * yet are
Eastover. the 21st. and Blythe
wood, the 2-d. at night.
Taken From Their I
Home and Whipped i
Atlanta, July 17.?E. L. Ramsey j
and son. R. H., boilermaker at j
tlit? Nashville. Chattanooga and St. j
L??t.is shops here were taken home j
and whipped early today.
Wouldn't it be great if the con
sumers could work at it only eight
hours a day?
rHRON", Established June 1, 1868.
_VOL.LIL NO. 45.
NOT AGREE TO
ARBITRATION
Leaders Decide to Re
ject Proposal of "Set
tlement Made b y
President Harding
Washington. July 14.?A practir
cal certainty existed tonight that
the United Mine Workers of Amerf.
ica will refuse President Harding's
offer of arbitraiton to settle^ the.
coal strike, both bituminous "and
anthracite. John L. Lewis, presir
dent of the union, William Green*,
secretary-treasurer, and Philip
Murray, vice president, left a final
conference at the White House with
President Harding and Secretary
Davis late today detei mined; it
was understood, to recommend a
refusal of the government's offer
to the union policy committee,
which will meet here tomorrow.
The expected refusal, it was said?
will apply to the anthracite mines
as well as the bituminous, aithougH
employers in the anthracite region,
have accepted the president's offer
practically without condition. The
union viewpoint is that the an
thracite fields, with their potential
production of 2,000,000 tons of coaJvi
a week, should not resume work:.
because this coal supply, along
with non-union production ? -of
bituminous, would lessen * public
pressure* for a strike settlement:
"The only light cast upon -tSie
government's possible I u r t h e r
course was a White House decla
ration today that President Hard
ing felt no doubt he had power to
operate the mines in an emergency.
The president mght run the risk;
of impeachmet in taking such *:, a.
course, it was indicated, but he was
said not to fear such_a possibility;
under existing conditions.
The union officials who have re
mained in Washington since the
break up t>f the general coal coji
ference have *made their position
plain to officials, in demanding'
first of all that arbitration .as j.of
fered be made to apply to the semi
unionized fields of West Virginia
and Pennsylvania, where produc
tion has been only partly crippled
since the strike. _ .They haV.e fur^
ther'.?skedi for its'Spphcation of theT
Washington state7 and in Mingo
county, West Virginia.
Indianapolis, July 14.?Bitumin
ous coal operators have not yet
formed their reply to President
Harding's proposal, but, according
to A. M. Ogle, president of the*
National Coal association, and
chairman of. the bituminous coal
operators' committee, it should be
accepted if it leads to a *'reduca
tion in wp*res in the coal industry
and a correspondingly lower price
for coal."
Columbus, Ohio, July 14.?Gcx.
I Davis late today ordered a bat
! talion of infantry, one machine
gun company and two motor truck
companies of the Ohio National
Guard mobilized immediately for
possible use; in connection with,
disorders arising from coal and
railroad strikes.
Daugherty Tells
M?rshals "Go as
Far as Necessary"
-
New York. July 15.?First re
ports of sabotage on railroads in
the New York district today caused
federal authorities to deputize 20t>
guards for the mails and prepare
to arm a thousand others.
United States marshals in New
Tork and Northern New Jersey
were authorized by Attorney Geur
eral Daugherty to "go as far'as
necessary'* in keeping interstate
traffic moving. Reports of at
tempts to damage locomotives on
the Lackawanna. and instances
where freight trains were held up
by slashed brake connections,
spurred government officials to re
cruit deputies for strategic points
on all of the eleven main carrying
lines entering the city.
Fifty deputies were sent to Jer
sey City, where Brie road execu
tives demandded protection on the
plea that Mayor Hague was "in
terfering" with attempts to guard
railroad property with private po
lice.
Fifteen men were placed in the
yards of the Lackawanna, twenty
five were distributed in the imme
diate vicinity of the city and over
100 at outlying "key" points.
Tonight the situation was report^'
ed well in hand, but executives ofj
the roads most seriously threat
ened by the strike urged United
States marshals to have deputies on
hand for any emergency.
A steady stream of deputies
passed through the examination
rooms at the federal building here.
Each man accepted was put in uni- -
form and armed. Instructions, be
fore they entrained to go on duty,
were: Remember you are not sup
posed to protect railroad property
all along the lines. Your job is to
see that United States mail and
interstate trains are not interfered
with.
Sometimes it looks as if beer and
light wines were near: but distance
?>n water is deceiving.
Back in 1830, nearly all boys
wished to be pirates; but they
seem reasonably content fes mere
hold-up men,