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Vol. LXXII No. 1303 Union, S. C., Wednesday Afternoon, February 15, 1922 3C per Copy
COLUMBIA STREET
CAR MEN STRIKE
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 16.?No street
cars are running here today and there
is nothing that indicates the resumption
of service any time soon. The
men voted to strike early today following
the discharge of 21 employes
bv the company yesterday. There was
for work beginning today, saying in a
statement issued this morning by A.
A. Gerald, president of the union,
that notices given 21 employees, members
of the union, yesterday "can only
be construed as a virtual lockout of
ine employees ana a desire on the
part of the company to cease operation
of its street cars." P. H. Knox,
president of the Columbia Railway,
Gas and Electric company, when called
on the telephone at 2 o'clock this
morning, said that he had nothing
whatever to say. Approximately 140
men are affected by the union's decision.
The union men, following the discharge
of 21 employees yesterday, met
at their hall early this morning and
there discussed action to be taken, deciding
unanimously in favor of the
strike. The discharge of the men.
they claim, is "clearly in violation of
the rules heretofore existing by and
between the company and its employees."
The employees say in their
statement that they are "ready and
willing to submit the differences to
an unbiased board of arbitration."
The meeting lasted only about half an
hour, no opposition being raised to the
proposal to consider the discharge of
the 21 employees a "virtual lockout,"
and at 2 o'clock this morning the decision
not to report for work was
reached and announced. The meeting
was attended by approximately 120
of the 144 members of the union, all
members absent being excused be
/
tnuac ui iiinctsa ui uubciicv lrum nic
city. There was not a dissenting vote
on the proposal.
All cars were carried to the barns
will, under the decision of the union
men, remain there unless otherwise
operated by the company. The first
car would have left the barn at 5
o'clock this morning.?The State.
Young Men's Business
League Organizes
An enthuiastic meeting of the young
business mon of the town was held
last night in the rooms of the Chamber
of Commerce. The organization
was perfected, 85 of the 70 present entering
the organization and the officers
id directors were chosen as below
shown.
The new organization took over the
proposition made by the old Chamber
of Commerce, agreeing to assume $408
liabilities of the old concern and taking
over the furniture, fixtures and
everything that belonged to the old
organization.
The following is the list of officers
and directors chosen:
W. H. Perrin, president.
C. W. Cain, 1st vice-president.
D. N. Wilburn, 2nd vice-president.
L. B. Woodward, secretary.
W. W. Alman, treasurer.
Board of Directors
W. H. Perrin, two years.
D. N. Wilburn, two years.
I. K. Brennecke, two years.
W. W. Alman, two years.
E. M. Garner, two years.
J. W. Wilbanks, two years.
Stuart H. Smith, one year.
C. C. Cooper, one year.
R. H. Harris, one year.
S. D. Leake, one year.
C. W. Cain, one year.
T. J. Glenn, one year.
Membership Committee.
I. K. Brennecke, T. D. Truluck,
Frank Hart, Emmon3 Isreal and V. L.
Fowler.
Finnnce Committee.
E. M. Garner, H. D. Cranford, C.
Kemper Morgan, P. E. Wilburn and
B. T. Gibson.
Entertainment Committee.
C. C. Cooper, Phil Flynn, F. W.
Goudelock, E. R. Ashford, J. Fred Jeffries.
Publicity Committee.
L. B. Woodward, M. F. Storm, W. C.
Lake, O. E. Smith, T. Claude Jolly,
Jr.
Sunday School
Claaa Entertained
Mrs. Edw. S. Reaves entertained
her Sunday school class of 'teen-age
girls at a Valentine party yesterday
afternoon. Though the weather was
gloomy outside, inside the house was
bright with electric lights and the
rooms were decorated with numbers
of hearts. Cupids with drawn bows
were in evidence in hall and dining
room. After playing a number of
lively games a salad course with hot
chocolate cake and candy was served.
Bald-headed men are partial to mohair.
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HUNDREDS HIT
SAWDUST TRAII
Spartanburg, Fob. 14.?More tha
1,000 went forward tonight at the ir
vitation of the Rev. Bily Sunda
after he had preached on the unpai
donable fin, taking his text froi
Matthew 12:31, "Wherefore I say unt
you, all manner of Bin and blasphem
be forgiven ointp men but th
blasphemy agaiflst the
shall m*t be foTgivcn onto pEBfcfrgP
stro^wt spiritual sermons,
sponse was prompt when the invits
tion was given.
Converse college, the Shriners' clu
and the garage and filling station me
and other organizations attended th
service in a body and aftm: the servi<
Mr. Sunday and his party were entev
tained at dinner by the Shriners.
Mr. Sunday, refreshed by a day -.rnight
of complete rest, this afternoo:
began the sixth and last-week of hi
campaign here with a powerful an
appealing sermon on * "Christ i
Agony." The sermon was based o
the hours spent by Christ in the gar
den at Gethsemane, and the evangel
ist drew a vivid picture of th
Savior's agony over the sins of me:
in His last hours.
It was the kind of a semon mos
appropriate to the closing days o
such a campaign as has been conduct
ed here. Christ loved the world an
the people in it, the evangelist said, t
such an extent that he gave His lif
to wash away the sins of men.
Christ suffered agonies at the lasi
he said, but not because of the man
ner of death that He was to endur<
but because of the knowledge tha
some men would reject Him and flaun
the sacrifice He was to make.
Turning a moment at this poim
Mr. Sunday went on to say that th
only ieal suffering Christians endur
comes from the knowledge that som
of their own loved ones will rejec
Christ. The suffering caused by re
jection of Christ, he said, is the nios
poignant in the world, and if me
would just realize the suffering the
are causting their loved ones by th
coldness toward religion they woul
be moved to better lives if by no otjie
1 reason.
The text was the 44th verse of th
22nd chapter of Luke, "And being i'
agony he prayed earnestly, and hi
sweat was as it were great drops o
blood falling down to the ground."
Some of the skeptics, he said, hav
ridiculed this text and have said
man could not sweat blood, but h
proved by his medical books that me
within recent years have been know
to sweat blood when in great mentr
agony. The fact as recorded by Luk
is literally true, he said. Christ's sul
fering was so great that He literall
sweat blood.
George Arnold, a business man c
Faterson, N. J., who was converted i
Mr. Sunday's campaign there, ac
dressed the Christian men tonigl
after the service and urged preparj
tion for the time when Mr. Sunday i
gone.
Negro Is Accused
Of Stealing Horsi
Officer F. II. Johnson this mornin
arrested Will Brannon, a negro fror
Union, with a horse which is allege
to have been stolen from anothe
negro in Union County.
The negro went to Dillingham'
c+nkla anrl nfforntl tn kpII tho horse t
F. L. Robertson, and Mr. Robertso
got in touch with Mr. Johnson. The
spotted the negro, following him n
n distance until he got near wher
he said the horse was. Mr. Roberl
son and Officer Johnson caught u
with him and the former said, 'T
take a look at that horse now." Th
man became suspicious and said tha
the horse was in another pnrt of th
town. Officer Johnson arrested th
negro, who then said he was the on
wanted for stealing the horse. H
then took them to the horse.
The Union authorities were com
municated with, and an officer is ex
pected here this afternoon to tak
Brannon back?Spartanburg Journa
TODAY'S COTTON MARKE1
Open Clos
March 17.90 17.9
May 17.70 17.C
July ; 17.02 17.1
October 16.57 16.7
December 16.40 16.6
N. Y. Spots 18.2
Local market 17.0
Mr. Chanter Greer is critically i
at his home a few miles below Unioi
He has been sick for ten days and hi
friends are alarmed over his conditioi
Mr. Greer has hundreds of friend
throughout the county who will t
grieved to hear of his illness.
There will be no prayer meeting n
the First Baptist church tonight o
account of the all-day meeting of a
the churches at the First Presbyteria
church today.
Miss Nan Fowler and Mrs. Luc
Gallman spent the week-end with ?
A. Farr in Spartanburg.
MEASURE CARRIES
L FIVE MILL LEVY
n The general state appropriation
i- bill, carrying a five mill levy and an
y aggregate of $5,671,684.47 for the operation
and maintenance of state den
purtments, institutions and agencies,
o was introduced in the house of repy
resentativeu by the ways and means
? conlwiiU^p Inst nfgfyv * The totftLhfc^
less "than t^e
"ft ftm6u1921 app'ropvia
- tion mc.'isjjOt, carried a 12 mill
i- lovV/'VLi Ijjne bill also carries a reduction
^^^794,555.48 under the $6,466,th
240.? recommended by the governor
n 'in the 1922 budget*
e The measure, which was given its
0 first reading last night, will be placed
on the desks of the members in printed
form this morning and will prob'1
ably be made, a special order for
n Thursday night, according to E. T.
- Hughes of Marion, chairman of the
d ways and means committee. The apn
propriation bill last year was intron
dueed in the house, given three read'*
ings and sent to the senate in three
" dpys.
e The five mills provided for in the
n bill levied on the $425,490,600 taxable
property in the state, according to
Chairman Hughes, will rease $2,262,X
453 of the $5,671,864.67 appropriated,
while departmental and institutional
^ fees and collections will bring in
? $031,000. This will leave a deficit of
0 $2,478,231.67 to be raised for the remaining
portion of the fiscal year by
' the new revenue measures, now up
^ for consideration in the senate or in
^ the hands of the conference commit
| tees. "The amount so estimated as
derivable from the new tax sources,"
t Mr. Hughes says, "is extremely cone*
servative and if all the revenue bills
sent to the senate by the house are
agreed to by that body and become
. law it is probable that the conference
, committee may be able to reduce the
t levy by one-half or one mill. If,
n however the revenue bills agreed to
y by the house are killed by the senate
e just in such proportion will the levy
have to be raised by the senate." The
r appropriation bill, were none of these
naw-xeveaue sonrcea-made available,
e Mr. Hughes said, would require a
n state tax levy of 10 1-2 mills as coms
pared with the 12 mill levy of last
f year.
The ways and means committee in
e the bill have seen fit to reduce the
a clerical help of the state receiving
e over $1,200 annually, 10 per cent of
n their salary, except in a few inn
stances. The salaries of state offiil
cers are not reduced, nor do the menie
bcrs of the general assembly prune
f- their own salaries. In at least one
y case, that of corporation clerk in the
office of the secretary of state, the
>f position is entirely abolished. No
n appropriation is made for extra auI
ditors under the comptroller general
it to review county books. The wages
i- of all porters in the State House were
is reduced, some of them by amounts as
large as 50 per cent.
Among the larger cuts, compared
with the appropriations of 1921, were
e the comptroller general's office, $18,000;
the Citadel, $290,000; State
j* Medical College, $12,000; John de la
n Howe school, $19,0000; school for
d deaf, dumb and blind, $55,000; supcrr
intendent of education, $350,000; state
hospital, $85,000; state penitentiary,
's $10,000; industrial school for boys,
- Kf? AAA* o f nv nonr rA Knue
0 fyyjvuu p * civ/i niuvvi j *V4 ??vb ? v "i
n $18,000; law enforcement fund, $14,
y 000; state board of health, $71,000;
it state warehouse commission, $16,e
000; state electrician, $33,000; state
t- highway commission, $44,000, and
p Confederate infirmary, $31,000.
11 Of the colleges, the university gets
c an increase of $7,000 over the approit
priation for 1921, Clemson college an
e increase of $16,000 and the state nee
gro college an increase of $4,000.
e Winthrop college was cut, approxie
mately $2,000. Among the items allowed
the university was an approi
priation of $2,000 for plans and estimates
on a women's dormitory to be
e erected there in the future. The en1.
tire building program of the Citadel
was disallowed.?The State.
rc QUIET REIGNS ON
1 ULSTER FRONTIER
5
2 London, Feb. 15. ? Twenty-four
'2 hours of calm on the Ulster frontier,
J where forces north and south are
'0 gathered, brought some relief today in
^ the tension of the Irish situation.
HEAVYRAINS
; IN AUGUSTA
Augusta, Oa., Feb. 16.?Three inches
of rain during the past 48 hours in
it the shed above Augusta will send
n Savannah river here to stage 80 feet
U by tomorrow morning, according to
n the Weather Bureau forecast. Farm
lands on the Carolina side below Augusta
will be inundated, it is stated,
y .
J- The girl who weds furnishes a real
case of miss-taken identity.
catholic pftest i
held for Murder
Montreal, Feb. 14.?T^c Rev. Adelard
Delormc, a Roman Catholic v
priest, was arrested tcMight on a b
charge of having murdered his half ii
brother, Raoul Delorme, an Ottawa v
university student, whose body was h
found in a suburb of th* tity January s
J3? with ^10 ^0U('
custody after a coroner's jury. v
concluding its invcMjlation, had ,\
found him criminally IjKroonsible for u
his brother's death. V i w
The long missing wi?|of the stu- b
dent, who took out $25^|0 insurance 11?
at the alleged direction in the clergy- it
man just four days befdfirc his death. J
was found today in the jbffiee of No- y
tary Belanger, and discl&ed that the C
Rev. Adelard Delorme v&s chief heir tl
and administrator of th? estate. p
The hearing today, at which Father a
Delorme took the witness stand and jt
calmly related what he knew of his o
brother's movemen^^on> the day preceding
his death dfclled with j
tense moments. Tp^pwlic was ex- h
eluded, officials pcrmittljtf only a few ]j
newspaper men to be present. The w
priest went over the previous account ir
he had given of how thjM young man
had left home for an jMYening's en- ,|
joyment after which h*did not sec r,
him again. jf t.(
The excitement was intensified v
when J. C. Walsh, M. P.adjpsignated
by the attorney general?^office to 0
conduct the inquiry, began to ques- (]
tion the priest about his brother's a
will which had been missing until to- ?
day althought police had searched for s
the document.
Father Delorme stated that the Si
will had been left at the office of a lo- a,
cal notary and when it was produced a
he suggested that it should not be n
read, contending that should it be
found that he would benefit by its s
terms, his position would be "pe- fi
euliar."
The contents of the Will were then f
divulged and by its Iwtgrisions Father j,
Delorme was found to^eithe princi- t
pal beneficiary of theSeA student's t
ortato, yielding annuttse, ^
than $10,000 a yeast If* T
Police officials testified that when
they asked Father Delorme about the
will at first he said it was in Ottawa.
then at the office of a local notary. 0
and finally that he did not know ^
where it was. I
Their testimony also showed that
bullets in the young man's head bore
the same barrel marks as those fired |
from a revolver found in the priest's '
car, and that soap had been used in
an apparent effort to remove blood
stains on the seats and1 cushions of
the machine. Feathers found in the
car also were described by witnesses '
as similar to those on the automobile v
wrap covering the victim.
Coroner Mahon cautio^i the ju- '
rors that although Roman Catholics '
they were not to be influenced by the
fact that a priest and a servant of 1
the church might be affected by their f
decision. They stood seven to one
on their verdict finding him crim- |
inally responsible for hijjrdialf brother's
death.
Father Delorme was unmoved by
the verdict and walked briskly to the
automobile in which he was drvien to I
police headquarters. - s
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ANOTHER FLOOD
VICTIM FOUND
1
Pueblo, Colo., Feb. 15.?A woman's
skeleton, believed to be a victim of
the flood of June 3rd, wai found yesterday
on the banks of the Aakansns
river. Eighty-six bodies have been recovered.
HALF MILLION
DOLLAR FIRE
Iowa City, la., Feb. 15.?Fire early 1
today destroyed half of a city block. ;
The damage is estimated at half a
million dollars.
WORLD COURT
IS IN SESSION
Hague, Feb. 15.?The peace palace,
which cynics during the war labelled
"close*! owing to bankruptcy," was the
scene today of an inaugural of perA/\nwf
/?# iiiaf Soa nnvnAwaf AttA a/
iimiirut vi/ui i* u& juouvc, nvi avuuc w?
the league of nations. The members
of the court represent twelve nations
of Eastern and Western world. Representatives
of the United States is
John Eassett Moore.
NEWYORicls
SNOWED UNDER
New York, Feb. 15.?Greater New
York today experiencede its heaviest
snowfall of the winter. Six inches had
fallen after the storm had been in
progress a few hours.
MINE HELD IN
THEATRE DISASTE!
Washington, Feb. 14.?Nine me
/ere ordered held for (he grand jur
y the coroner's jury which brougl
n a verdict tonight in conncctio
/ith the collapse of the roof of th
Lnickebocker theatre January 28, rulting
in the death of i>8 persons.
The nine men, all of Washingtoi
,*ore: It. G. Geare, the architect r
he building; J. II. Ford, the engince
.ho designed the roof structure
lorris Hackler, building inspectc
nder whose authority the theatr
as constructed; Frank Wagne
uilder; Donald Wallace, superir
undent of the Ilammett Fire Prool
ig company, which built the walk
ohn L. McDonald, the contracto
.'ho erected the steel; Thomas 1
'ostigan, engineer and computer fo
he District of Columbia building di
artment who passed on the plain
nd B. It. Bower, the assistant builii
ig inspector when the building wa
(instructed.
The inquest was begun last Tues
ay and scores of witnesses wer
card before the jury began its di
berations behind closed doors. 1
'as hours before it returned its fine
lgs.
The coroner's jury in its verdic
eclared that "the collapse of th
oof was due to faulty designing on
onstruction and inadequate supei
ision and inspection."
It also submitted a number of ret
mmendations, one being that
heatres and places where the p.. i
ssembled be closed and kept close
ntil such time as their safety is as
ured.
District Attorney Peyton Gordo
aid tonight that the case would b
ubmitted to the grand jury as soo
s possible. That body is in scssio
ow and the opinion was expresse
iformall^that it would be in a pc
ition to take up the Knickerbockc
ndings by the last of this wee!
'hose who were recommended hel
or the grand jury were not take
nto custody tonight but it was sai
hey would be given an apporlunit
o appear at the district attorney
?ko thing in the. morning
rheir bond, Mr. Gordon said, woul
?e $5,000 each.
The coroner's jury in its finding
ecommended that there be a thoi
ugh revision of the building code i
he District of Columbia with heav
lenalties provided for violation o
iny of its clauses.
SRYAN WOULD
RUN AGAR
Miami, Fla., Feb. 16.?William
3ryan in response to inquiries tods
vhether he would be a candidate f<
icnator from Florida issued a stat
nent saying if Democrats called c
lim he would consider the matti
Tom a standpoint of duty, but hr
10 thought of entering the contest f<
iffice.
MINISTER TO CUBA
HAS RESIGNEI
Washington, Feb. 15.?Boaz Y
Long, American minister of Cul
Lnce 1010, has resigned to take oflfe
itonce.
Wedding Announcement
Friends in Union have received tl
following invitation:
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Osborne
request the honor of your presenc
at the marriage of their daughter
Annie Mae
to
Mr. George Alexander Bonner
on Sunday morning. Febrnury tl
twenty-sixth
at nine o'clock
Calvary Baptist Church
Washington, District of Columbia
Friends in Union will read with i
terest the above anriounoeme
as Miss Osborne was reared
Union, where she lived many yea
and has a large circle of friends.
Guild Meeting
The regular monthly meeting w
held with Mrs. C. R. Robertson, wh
after the business was over, serv<
delicious tea and cakes, assisted 1
her daughters, Misses Carol ai
Agnes.
There was a large attendance wi
several visitors present.
The report of the. treasurer show
the organization to be in fair con<
tion nnd several voluntary oflferin
were made toward furnishing t
Guild Room nnd the Parish House.
The committee selling sandwich
at the schools reported a reasonal
degree of profit and decided to cc
tinue the sales, as the school autho
ties and the parents had express
their approval.
It was decided to celebrate Shrc
Tuesday as usual.
Coulda nightmare he called
trance-formation ?
MORE KILLED
! IN BELFAST RIOT
" Belfast, Feb. 1"?.? Sleeting was i
y sumed early today w st "f B< lfast afd
tor a temporary lull. One man w
n found dead on tlie sid"\vn1k. An anno
gang tied the hamls>of .Tames Rice be
hind his hack, put his coat over his
head, tied his scarf over I,is eye; .
b kicked and heat him an 1 ended his
>t sufferings with bullets. Total deaths
!l' in the present series of outbreaks
S number 2"?.
?r
'v* T.ondi n, Feb. 11. Shout no contintied
throughout Tuesday in Ih'Ifas..
I- Four persons wen- killed and lnanv
i- were wounded. Trm I -i.d casualties
b since last Saturday up tonight were
22 persons ki'led and m than <*> '
wounded. The wounded li t does net
i' embrace the eases of many ; t
sutTei inir from minor injuri> s.
>, British troops were brought into
I- Belfast today t^ rcrl re oi d r. They
s hardly had assumed their duties hefore
one of the soldiers wfis shot and
i- wounded.
a In the political sphere the principal
>- news of the day was an announcement
II by Michael Collins, head of the pr<I
visional government in Ire land, to
Winston Spencer Churchill, the Britd
isli secretary for the colonies, that
e Mr. Collins was in a position irnnvdld
ately to secure the release of a num>
her of th? kidnapped Ulsterites. Mr.
Collins started from Dublin for I.on -
don tonight in order to consult with
11 the British government in the situaic
tion.
d The general convent ion of the Finn
t- t'Vin has been set for February 21.
and it is considered in political cha^c
n here that a mnority vote in favor of
e the treaty between Trelandand Croat
a Britain will result.
n I.or.l Birkenhead, the hh'h i Vance'
(1 'or. in a speech d< livcred in th" h ?*v
>. of lords today, said that al'hou< h the
government had authorised sasp ai.
^ sion of the military evacuation in
tj Ireland it would continue the noli
,n of holding the scales even betvo a the
, c.a> . i
'.t/wances for the difficulties of the
?s provisional government. Tie maintain?
ad that it was his belief there would
Ij Tie an u 1 fima!e~fie a eofuTseHMfchcht of
the controversy.
r- ANOTHER OFFER
y FOR MUSCLE SHOALS
Washington, Feb. 15.?Another offer
for the purchase and len<-e of the
Muscle Shoals properties was couplet
. 'd today a???l arrangements made f<
l| its sponsors, Alabama Power coin pony,
for immediate Piling wi Seen
j tary Weeks. The offer w: s tmidere.
IV by Thomas Martin, act in for Ala
j'j. bama company, of which lie is ]>v _
dent, and with 'ts submission the totn1
m number of proposal for the plants wa
pr brought to four. The Alabama com
uj pany proposes completion of the AViI
3r son Dam without further advances o
expenditures by the United Stales an
the outright purchase of the Warriru
Power plant on florgos river, whir!
is situation on the ground already
owned by the power company. Tin
properties to hp leased for a perio
of 50 years under the plan and h
^ subject to "recapture by government'
,;l at the termination of that time. Tb<-\
<*t will also be operated subpeel to tin
provisions of the federal watcrp. win
et under operating license.
Resolutions Adopted
10 We, the women of the Auvi' : y <
the Church of the Nativity. I nion
wish to place ourselves on ? <1 a
0 favoring the passage of the Sinx n'.:
hill.
Wo feel that wo art* performing a:
act of Christian soeial scr\ice whoi
wo urge upon our legislators the 1'av
10 orable consideration of a matter t
such vital import to society.
Wo are also in favor of the wor'
do?ie hy the State Board of Health am
' the State Board of Public Welfare am
n" we urge that those boards bo kept in
tact, functioning as they have bee?
1,1 doing since their establishment, fo
the good of the community and tlx
commonwealth.
Grace Circles Lyceum Course
as CJrnee Circles will give their fourtl
io, lyceum number at the High schon
od auditorium Tuesday evening. Febru
by ary 21st, 1922. This concert is ii
nd (barge of the Bell Ringing Male Quar
tet. They are making hits everywhere
th and crowded houses are meeting an<
greeting these musical lads. There i
ed a lot of fun in their program, too
li- and lots of c]ever character skete
gs work.
he This class of program never fail
as a veal novelty attraction, and i
ies 'ounds a diversified entertainmeri
de that always pleases. The b^autif'
?n- harmonies and wonderful tone comb'
ri- nations of the Swiss bells are a dc
ied l'Kbt to their audiences.
This concert is in line with th
,ve other attractions given in our lyceui
course, and the continued support o
the music lovers of Union will he nr
a predated. The admission price is 7.r
for adults and 50c for school childrei
THREAT OF STRIKE
BY COAL MINERS
Indianapolis, l-\ b. 14.?Throat of a
| nation-wide coal strike on April 1 of
oi. ii i..luminous and anthracite union
iiiiin - was proposed today to the
special convention of the United Mine
Workers of America by the unions'
i ale committee as the weapon to
preset v<* present basic wages for soft
i .1! miners ami win increases for the
. nthracite workers.
As soon as the report was presented
the convention adjourned by an
' unininuuis vote until tomorrow
without any action or debate on
he eulo proposal. Likewise the
threatened tight in behalf of Alexundct
Howat. the Kansas leader who
was expelled from the union, failed
to conic before the 2,000 delegates
i.ut it was said it might develop later.
While no debate developed in the
onvrn'ion over the scale committee
( port which included a small set of
lcrands ami a policy for action by
lie convention the delegates held in
>:mal conference throughout the
lay debating the various proposals.
Xppnrontly the majority view coinided
with that of the union officials
who were said authoritatively to have
ought by the report to win public
pinion to the miners and also force
!; coal < perators into a joint wage
i iifc.ence with the union.
l.i brief the committee demands ini'ulp
the following:
l.'e usul to accept any wage rei
ti n in soft coal fields, the fight
c'ng to preserve present basic scales
vi h ut any general increase; adjuston
of "inequalities;" differentials
i liii and botwoeen districts, entailm,
v. age advances for some miners;
increase of 20 per cent in wages for
i ite tonnage workers, and $1 a
lay I r day laborers; abolition of the
ulniatic penalty clause for fining
lino s or operators violating workng
agreements; limitation of the
via hour uay to the time ot entry
.ml exit from the mine; pay and onei;;
1T for overtime; double pay for
Sunday and h liday work; and week
y, instead of bi week y r monthlly
pay.
. As a preface to the demands thi
report declared any wage cuts would
"edut e miners' pay t;o as to bring
'pov< rty, suff ; ring and degradation
n n my mining localities," and add d
"\ o do not believe tin public asks
hrt ts fuel nerds be supplied at th=?
xper.-'c of a degraded citizenship."
As an addition to the demands the
. open t declared as a statement of
k lie;.' that the coal operators must
i .u" joint wage conferences with
! > > n'a n "or >tand publicly charged
vi'h b:o;uh of contract," a provision
existing agreement being cited
\ t . ... oitting both miners and operit.
i to joint negotiations this year.
M' i> direiting that further efforts
. n ide to get conferences, the report
referred to all agreements endng
? i March ."1. and then made this
"cv la ration:
"In the event no agreement is
va< >d bv A mil 1. we declare in fa
i.; ( f a general suspension of mining
>}xu .\tions, such action being sub
t a referendum vote of the
a. mU r.-hip <>f the United Mir.'
Wovl. r> of America, such reft rendu
vi tto be held prior to March
il."
REAU ISSUES
STORM WARNINGS
shine o 01, 1Tb. la.?The Weather
Bin i :iu issued warning of a storm
o Ira] o er Southwest Georgia movNnrl
beast and ordered storm
) \v.ii i'i.r on tbe coast from Miami to
i Washington.
FFREE KILLED IN
MEXICO CITY
I
Mexico City, Feb. tr?.?Three men
vert- killed and one wounded in serious
shootings at Pueblo as a result of
1 bitterness between the state government
and independent political factions.
; BIG REWARD
FOR MURDERER
a 1
I,os Angeles, Feb. 15.?William
Davis, Mabel Normand's chauffeur,
(j was requestioned today in search of
? clues to William Desmond Taylor
murder. Rewards totalling $4,.r)00 has
h been offered for information leading
o a. rest and convictionof murderer.
, Arrangements Made for
lt Evacuation of Troops
^ Belfast, Feb. 15.?Arrangements
for the evacuation of Betiros troops
from Southern Ireland was resumed
today after suspension lasting for two
0 days.
n
>f Mrs. E. Marvin Farr spent the
>- week-end in Spartanburg visiting her
>c 1 rother, J. A. Farr, and attended Billy
n. Sunday's meetings.