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p ^ i -: I ;?.. * * * * * *4 mm4 'niian? mmm* fin Hi 11i i-.i-.g t- i s--i' >?? m I The Union Daily Times I =s: j X v ^ ? r * 1 " ' I.. . with thunder showers. ,. + DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 1850?Convert* d to The Union Daily Times Oc tober 1, 1817 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY t I I I >I r t'B I l' **++++++ | 11 I I 1 l ' " 1?: -' ? J- - - Li . -i. in, maaeawi. i , . i.. .. j . i Vol. LXXII No. 1426 Union, S. C., Monday Afternoon July 10, 1022 3c Per Copy ^ ^ I T ' 1 - - /Irivn A mt?w - ? ? 1 ? UUHIANT WANTS TIME EXTENDED Paris, July 10 (By the Associated Press).?A proposal providing for the payment of all the remaining cash installments due this year provided Germany is granted a moratorium of at least two years, was brought to Paris today by the German representatives, according to unofficial information which reached the reparations coirimlssion. Berlin, July 9 (By The Associated Press).?The German government has ?u*rtt:ii an action wnich incidentally may result in absolving Germany from meeting the payment of 60,000,000 gold marks required-by the allies .on Jyly 16, in sending Dr. Fischer, chairman of the Gorman war debt commission, and Herr Schroedeh. un^ der-secretary of the ministry of finance, to Paris to confer with the reparations commission on the ques. j^tai^n of readjusting the present sched..^ J3e of gold payments. Although this move is considered a temporary expedient with the prime purpose of influencing the deliberations at Paris, official financial circles would welcome this revision as indicating a general solution of the present schedule of eold oavments. which Chancellor Wirth has declared Germany is in no position to carry oAt, particularly since the recent collapse of German exchange. Officially it was stated today that the reichsbank was technically in a position to deliver 50,000,000 gold marks next week, but that their release from bank vaults would "badly expose" the institution whose officials believe that this available gold fund| shall be devoted to steadying the mark at home and abroad. While official financial circles decline to say if the present mission to Paris is a direct outcome of the eonference now going on in Berlin, banking officers believe that the progress which has marked these deliberations in the last few weeks has contributed materially to encouraging the German government in its detftiainn fA 4-1%? -??? ?il %iaiwti IV apf vacu viitr icpaiabiuiri commission at a time when marks arc Belling for less than five for one cent. _"Tba question, 'Can Germany j>ay ?' has now become fundamentally acute," said one prominent official who believes that the situation has come to the question of adopting practical policies which affect Germany and the allies alike. Reports from New York that Germany had confessed herself to be bankrupt were declared in official financial circles to be "irresponhsible andN ridiculous." "It is not for us Germans to say w'e are bankrupt, such a verdict must come from our creditors," one( leading official in the ministry of finance observed. Paris, July 9 (By the Associated Press).?A special meeting of the oii;^ *?? vmiva miiivu |a/ ncio w uistuan tnc situation in Germany was foreseen in official circles today after confirmation of the report that Germany is sending envoys to request a two year moratoriu mon cash indemnity payments. While allied council has ^teen arranged for the foreign offices fr ate in constant communication with r each other on the subject. It is indi'{. cated that the reparations commission will probably refer Germany's latest appeal for relief direct to the <- allied powers. m , Today's Cotton Market * Open Close Joly 22.30 21.83 ctober 22.20 21.83 Deombar 21.95 21.71 January . 21.67 21.37 March 21.56 21.28 N. Y. Spots .22.10 Local 22.00 Govern met to Put on Own Plan of Settlement Washington. Julv 10 fBv the Asso elated Press).?The government is prepared today to put its own plan of (tohfttlement of the bituminous coal _ ^Orike before the representatives of the miners and operators who reconvened in a conference called by President Harding separate from the preliminary meetings by the operators and miners held last night, after which the president, informed of the situation, proceeded to draft the pronouncement for the presentation to them on the convening today. >f*? * m * Master Charley Porter, of Lancaster, is visiting friends in Union this week. V Miss Helen Linder is the guest of Mrs. Herbert Smoak on E. Main St Mr. and Mrs. Byers Greer and children have returned to their home in D.~ A- iL.l rwiuict mtrr m visit iu uiou miner, Judge J. M. Ore?r, on South Church m '1*1 1M Mrs. Norman Gregory and small son, of Lockhart, are spending sometime with Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Gregory on Route 3. COAL OPERATORS I TO OPEN MINES Washington, July 10.?President Harding submitted today to the bi- t luminous and anthracite operators f and minerg a proposal that the miners t return to work at the wage scale that c existed when the men quite work on r April 1st and to continued to work on s that scale until August 10, meanwhile the arbitration board is being appoint- c ed to negotiate the new scale. \ f Pittsburg, Pa., July 9 (By the As- S sociated Press).?Coal was being cut d yesterday in two important pits in ii the Pittsburg bituminous district, the a first serious attempt on the part of the Pittsburg Coal Producers' asso- I ciation to break the strike which for I 14 weeks has kept idle every union t mine in the region. Deputy sheriffs t< were on guard and there was no sem- t blance of disorder. a The work of cleaning up the mines began last Wednesday and had reach- tl ed a point Wednesday where the cut- s ters were put to work. Several days p will be required before enough will r be available to warrant operation of c the hoisting machinery. Railroad a switches have been filled with empty g cars and, it was stated at the mines c shipments are expected to begin tl about the middle of the week. b At the Hendersonville plant of the a Henderson Coal and Coke company in P Washington county, there was no sign of activity on the surface but it 1< was stated that a force was busy ?> underground. Twenty or more depu- h ty sheriffs, each armed with a pistol, t< were quartered in one of the com- d pany's buildings on the main high- * WAV Katwiun /1? *' "? / wvwvtwm a Hvouuig aiiu v>auuiis- x burg. There have been no evictions, 1 and many of the company's houses P are still occupied by strikers, al- a though it was said numbers of fami- A lies have moved away, while many of the strikers were working in harvest f fields in the vicinity. h A more important move, strikers c and company officials agreed, was at b Montour, No. 4 mine of the Pittsburg Coal company. Here coal cutting, it ^ was said, was ni active progress and b preparations were being made to put * the mine at work with an increased a force. About 66 deputy sheriffs ar#LB on guard. 1 ? Our men are being given an op- P portunity to go to work," said one of s' the men connected with the company, "and I don't think we are go- a ing to have any trouble, but tjiese a mines are going to be operated and our preparations are with that end in r view. 4 ^ The strikers had nothing to say _ other than reiterate that the men had no intention whatever of going to 1- 1 * At worn, unci 11 me company expected to operate the mine before an agree- 1 ment was made with the union it * would have to bring in the workers. ^ Arrangements are being made to 11 place a number of other Washing- a ton county mines in operation, it was 1 learned. ^ i . 1 Express Rates Discussed v t s Washington, July 10.?Notice was ? given by the Interstate Commerce s Commission today that an investiga-J * tion be instituted immediately into a the reasonableness of the existing ex- h press rates in all parts of the country, u The hearing will be held later, the or- j a der said, and the plan of procedure h outlined. A a Picnicers Killed by Trolley t Scottsburg, Ind., July 10.?Three 0 persons were killed and another fa- v tally injured near here while return- 0 {?/ I-*. ?i i?ig &i viii a piciHt* mif last uigui wnen | they were struck by an interurban ' car, knocked from the trestle on' * A which they were walking Into a gulley 1 40 feet below. \ Funeral of Editor to Be Held Tuesday Birmingham, July 10.?The funeral f of Edward Ware Barrett, editor and publisher of the Age Herald, who died suddenly last night, will be held at Elmwood cemetery tomorrow afternoon. Death occurred as he entered c the swimming pool at Roeburck coun- [ try club with Mrs. Barrett and a party of friends. Eastern Star Meeting I A regular meeting of Martha chap, ter, No. 79, O. E. S., will be held in the Masonic Temple Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Reports from the Grand * chapter meeting will be given, fol- ' lowed by a social hour. * Mrs. George T. Keller, 1 Mrs. H. V. Prierson, W. M. Secretary. Cablegrams have been received by relatives announcing the safe arrival i of Misses Mary Jones, Vera nfhrrah, < Mary and Marguerite Flynn at i Queens town, Ireland, on Saturday, j These young ladies are touring Eu- < tope, chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. ? Prank Murphy of New York city. 1 I DEADLOCK HOLDS MINERS' STRIKE Washington, July 9.?Indications of i deadlock in the government's ef orts to effect a settlement of the bituminous coal strike were still in evilence tonight on the eve of the retewed presentation of the controvery to President Harding tomorrow. Representatives of the employing perators and of the. miners' union vho will resume tomorrow the conerence adjourned last week, saw Secretary of Labor Davis during the ay, but it was evident after the meeting that no new proposals were being dvanced. The same stumbling block to setlement?the union demand for a na:onal or semi-national wage negotiaion with employers, and the operaors' demand for separate district con. ract discussions?bulked as largely 8 before. It appeared probable tonight that he session, would convene, formally et forth its differences and await the 1 All ?.!-! kvaiuvuv a luivuci WUlUi All pttrUClants were disposed to withhold disussions for event. There was no hint s to whether i further proposal from overnment sources would be forthoming but the majority opinion was fiat final administration action might e delayed at least a matter of days nd that the conference would not be rolonged beyond tomorrow's session. Menwhile latest figures of the geoigical survey on coal production howed that non-union output, which as been running around 5,500,000 ins weekly, dropped last week to une^ 4,000,000, the July 4 holiday and ailroad congestion combining to afect the output. Car loading on "hursday, the last complete day reorted, were 14,112, compared with record of 17,032 attained sines ipril 1, when the strike began. "From recent incomplete report3 rom railroads and public utilities, owever," the survey states, "it is lear the country is not yet bare of ituminous coal." About 25,000 tons of anthracite per reek is also being mined. Anthracite elds, like thf unionized bituminous s, are Ujpl up by labor conflict, nd representatives of both the emlayera and the unions will also be on and Manday with a disagreement aparently a foregone conclusion in that ection of the negotiations. The government agencies directly ssociated have held the opinion all 1 r%Y\ rr flint flin nnnfrAtrorciF in on hracite section would be instantly aised should a bituminous settlement e effected. )gath in Automobile Accident Mrs. Hattie Guyton, a lady more han 70 years of age, was hurt yeserday afternoon about 2 o'clock and lied at 5 o'clock on the same afterioon. Full particulars are not yet vailable, but from what can be learnd, Mrs. Guyton was returning to Jnion from near Gaffney in Mr. W. A. 'urner's car. Mr. Turner and his son fho was driving, were on the front eat. Mrs. Guyton and her sister, drs. Williams of Union, and another on of Mr. Turner's were sitting in the ear seat. The car became unmanageble in some way, ran up a small embankment and creened over to the side ipon which Mrs. Guyton was sitting,ind wedging itself against the embankment. The car did not turn over, drs. Guyton was either thrown out or ittempting to jump, was wedged beween the door and the embankment. Vhen rescued, Mrs. Guyton told the ithers that she was fatally wounded, vhich proved to be a fact, for she lived nly two or three hours afterwards. Mrs. Guyton was the widow of the ate Robert Guyton, and was accom anying Mrs. William to Union when he accident happened. The car was ;oing only about 16 miles an hour yhen it ran wild. ' Mrs. Guyton was an estimable lady >f noble Christian character. She is lurvived by one son. tussia Ready to Grant Concessions for new Lines The Hague, July 10 (By the Assorted Press).?Russia is ready to jrant concessions for the new railroad ines and 9,880,000 acres of land for igriculture,% it was announced by the Russian delegation here today. .ad Killed by Lightning Yesterday - i Hart well, Ga., July 10.?While seat. k1 in his grandmother's lap yesterday r-year-old L. T. Gilbert was killed >y lightning. Her grandmother was lot hurt seriously. Calls for Patents Washington, July 10.?Formal demand was made today in New York in Frances P. Garvan, president of Lhe chemical foundation, incorporated, ror the return of the alien custodian Of all .the patents formerly enemy >wn?d and sold to the foundation Garvan was alien property custodian.1 MURDER CHARGE AGAINST STUDENT Athens, Ga., July Briggs Carson of Tifton, Ga., a studen| ta the University of Georgia summed school, is held in Clarke cuonty j^ll on a charge of murder in connection with the shooting of Benny White, a negro, here early this morning. According to information -furnished a coroner's jury, Carson and five other university students hired the 1 negro to buy whiskey, giving him money. At an early hour this morn- ' ing the negro had failed to< return. Then the students started j our in \ quest of the negro, it is said^ and lo- l cated him. White ran and Chrson is | said to have fired. The negro was wounded in the ' right shoulder. He HieH of in i ?- ? --w ? MV j.w vr vtwn i this morning. I Officers say that Carson stated i that he fired to frighten, the negro. I The coroner's jury ordered , Carson I held on a charge of murder. Preliminary Meeting of i County Campaigner* ' On Saturday afternoon the county candidates held their first meeting. 1 The meeting was in the nature of n preliminary meeting, the regular campaign opening will be on July 18, at Santuc. The candidates spoke at the meeting Saturday, the meeting having adjourned from the city park to the court house on account of the rain. Two candidates for the senate spoke, Hon. Macbeth Young and Mr. E. B. Smith. Hon. T. G. Duncan could not be present owing to the fact that he was called to Kelton to cCbduct a Masonic funeral. The other candidates were present and spoke or merely introduced themselves. The list of those who filed their pledge and paid their assessment is as follows: A. E. Sigmon, magistrate Lockhart Mills, $10.00. J. M. Greer, magistrate Union township, $20.00. Macbeth Young, for senate, $40.00. James M. Bennett, Jr., magistrate Cross Kevs. 15.00 J. H. Bartles, for treasureiL$40.00. ' Jr-A'. Walker, ?i ville, $10.00. John L. Mathis, magistrate, Lockhart, $10.00. L. B. Lee, magistrate, Bogansvill*, $5.00. ^ J Ben W. Gregory, magistrate, S?ntuc, $5.00. H. C. Farr, magistrate, Kelton, $5.00. T. A. Bailey, magistrate Cross Keys, $5.00. J. C. Quinn, magistrate, 'Buffalo, $10.00. T. J. Vinson, sheriff, $50.00. W. Frank - Caldwell, treasurer, $40.00. W. J. Lancaster, magistrate, Bfpgansville, $5.00. Geo. W. Thomas, magistrate, Pish Dam, $5.00. J. Frank Hart, magistrate, Union, $20.00. J. S. Betenbaugh, auditor, $40.00. W. W. Johnson, probate $40.00. Edward B. Smith, senate, $40.00. A. G. Kennedy, house of representatives, $30.00. L. B. Godshall, sheriff, $50.00. :i Claude S. Sartor, auditor, $4u.O0. W. C. Wilburn, sheriff, $50^00* Jno. K. Hamblin, house Of HH sentatives, $30.00. cjugene w. testes, magistrate Cross Kays. $6.00. R. T. Lee, magistrate, Cress Keys, $5.00. fV. J. E. Adams, magistrate^ Santuc, $6.00. W. W. Gault, magistrat 4 Kelton, $5.00. Stead A. Sparks, magistrate. ^Union, $20.00. I J. Byrum Lawson, magistrates'Union, $20.00. L*/ T. L. Estes, sheriff, $80.00. V Vr J. V. Askew, supervisor, $$$-?& J. T. Jeter, senate, $40.00. Geo. C. Perrin, treasurer, Mp.ol). T. C. Duncan, senate, $4ojKf. / Warren G. Sumner, magistrate, Union, $20.00. T. F. Bennett, magistrattjBogansville, $6.00. Norris Leonard, sheriff, $A)^$. Munro Whitiock, magistral Jones lit - 44 A AA vine, fiu.uu, W. R. Jolly, house of raufeentatives, $80,00. g*. M. H. Hall, sheriff, ?80.Q^|, v Street Construction Work Let Southern Paving compen* of Spartanburg was the suocessfullmlder for the construction of the streats in Union under the $160,000' bona issue recently carried in th? electtosL ^ J. Wesley Greer ia spsndfog ten days In the mountains of N|a^ Owo lina, recuperating frhm" a3P^ ' ,Vi IMSM' tepr'- - ] Major W. H. Slnkler, tfjj jgtfc will arrive Thursday tjfcj ITVpB daughter, Mrs. .?fl North Pmclu&?jr.tj^^B^^PH^^^| COUNTRY FACING PROSPEROUS ERA Washington, July 9.?The United States is "striding vigorously toward industrial prosperity," according to the economic summary for the month of June issued today by the United States employment service of the department of labor. Employment is increasing, the survey said, despite unsettled conditions in the coal fields and cotton textile industry and the railroad controversier. Of the 65 leading cities of the country, 52 reported increased employment while 13 reported decreased employment during June. A noteworthy feature of the survey, the department said, was that all industries but the stone, clay and glass products indicated increases in employment. In these three industries, it was said, the decrease was larirelv due to sensorial lavnffo Director General Jones of the employment service declared "the country is steadily but surely forging its way toward a period of industrial prosperity in which it is possible that the labor supply will not equal the demand." A note of optimism, he added, pervades practically every industry in every section of the country. The survey indicated, according to Mr. Jones, that building activities were developing so that a shortage of skilled craftsmen was becoming apparent in many sections of the country. Prizes For Essay Offered by Legion The National American Legion has sent to the county education department the rules and regulations governing essay prizes offered by the; Legion. The contest will be run in every state in the Union. The first \ prize will be $750; second, $500 and ( third, $250. The first prize in each state will be a silver medal, and the second"* prize a bronze medal. The subject of the essay will be, "How the American Legion Can Best Serve the Nation." The county superintendents of edthroughout the states will be ill charge of the contest, and the county superintendents will select the judges for the competitors from their ( respective counties. AH essays must he in hand h\r miilniorht Ano-nat let i Rules of Contest. Following are the rules of the con-' tost: All boys between the ages of 12 and 18, inclusive, are eligible to enter this contest. Only one essay to a person. . Essays will not be over 500 words in length. * Only one side of paper to be used. A margin of one inch must be allowed on either side of the paper. .After essay is completed paper should be neatly folded?not rolled. Spelling, penmanship and neatness will be considered in judging the winner. Age will also be given full consideration. Mrs. Ann Hames Eison Honored The News and Courier carried an excellent article yesterday written by Mrs. Ann Hames Eison of Jonesville for the John Hames chapter, U. I). C., on States Right Gist. This paper was selected by the historical department of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, of which Mrs. J. H. West, of Newberry, is historian, for publication, and was sent by Mrs. J. Frost Walker of this eitv to the Sundav News as a nart of the publicity work of which she is chairman, for the U. D. C. The article is written in a clear concise manner, giving the life of this distinguished leader of Union county as being a most interesting one and one of which we of Union county are proud of. We wish these men could be placed before aour children oftener as heroic characters in books and as our very own. Mrs. Hames closes the article wtth a beautiful tribute to the Confederate soldier and the cause he fought and died for. We wish that more of our people who visit Columbia would remember to place a flower on General Gist's grave in Trinity church yard. We are pleased that this honor has come to Mrs. Hames and to the John Hames chapter, U. D. C., of Jonesville. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Herndon and Molilvnn V a vot M P will fir m W/vVV?v,.aVy rive this week to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. James on Calhoqn street. Mrs. Frank Gaddy, of Ashcville, N. C., is the truest of her parents, Mr and Mrs. R. B.. James, for several jpeeks. V Mrs. J. D. Arthur and Mrs. J. W. LMixson leave today for Winthrop college to take the short course offered for xdub women. |frs. C. G. Estes of Route 1 is shop, ping in the cityt oday. fc ' \ SU.. CONFERENCE FATE |l BANCS IN BALANCE Paris, July 10 (By the Associated Press).?Withdrawal of the French * representatives fi'om The Hague con- s ference today (Monday) owing to the a attitude of the Russians is declared 0 probable by this morning's news- s papers. Instructions sent to France's 11 delegates yesterday by Premier Poin- I1 care aro cni.i 4,-. * --..v. ouwiwri tnis asscr- 1 tion. > I The Hague, July 9 (By the Asso- ? eiated Press).?The exports' confer. a ence on Russian problems has held c on through a great crisis but is not ? yet considered out of danger. All the v delegates as they sit today in their icy 1 hotels at Scheveningen are unanimous in this view but their depression, which is very evident, undoubtedly is r influenced by the persistent absence of ^ sunshine, the equally persistent bit- * ing North sea winds and interminable rains. ^ The danger arises from the attitude 3 of the Russian delegation toward res- ^ titution of confiscated property and a prominent European representatives ' frankly declared today that unless ^ the Soviets made many consessions ^ for the intransigeant policy announced Friday it would be quite useless to continue the conference. I The English delegation remains ii doggedly optimistic; it believes that a ti suitable compromise will be found on t the vital problem of the property of q fi iclgners in Russia. The Italians a I.-*) p ate hopeful. The pessimistic groups t think that the Russians do not care i whether the conference succeeds or p collapses, as they will hope to ma e f advantageous separate agreements with different financial groups and e thereby obtain immediate credits, for c which they constantly clamor and t wmcn me conierenee may long post- ^ pone even if a general accord is t reached. r Such is a brief summary of the situation as the conference is about u to start another week of active nejr >- f tiations. "Russia's plan for restitution is nat restitution at all," said one gloomy ' delegate today. "The Bolsheviki have t no intention to restore property b it ^ plainly indicate they will d s, ^ Tribute concessions; Including 'expro- t priated property, to the concession v hunters who have the most money. If the former owner happens to have ample funds to develop his factories or mines he has a good chance of getting them back; otherwise no." There are some indications that the Russian leaders are talking for communistic home consumption and that while insisting that restitution is im- e possible they will in praetce conse it 11 to arrangements for virtual restora- ' tion, without seeming to do so. Both sides appear to realize th t 1 they have been moving in a hopeles ' circle. In the long run, by taking up ' seized p; perty under classified head ^ ings, it is honed to reconcile the two 1 divergent viewpoints for it seems cor- i tain that Europe will not supply 1 credits without restitution, and the Bolsheviki will not grant any form of restitution without getting credits i in return. \ The immediate problem is to find a i compromise which would "save the t face" of the Communists und satisfy < the demands of the Western countries i which hold property rights to be sacred. 1 The Russians complained nfyiin to- | day of the refusal of the relegates , of the non-communist countries to grant information asked in their fa- ( mous questionnaires of 13 points con cerning foreign holdings of the Russian debt. Union Swamps Woodruff After a defeat at the hands of Whdmire in the afternoon on the Fourth, the Union Mill hall team went back on a winning streak by defeating Woodruff 12 to 2 in a short and one. sided game at Woodruff Saturday. Due to a rain, ^ve innings were agreed to, hut seven were played to please the fans. The score stood 9 to ' 2 at the end of the 5th. The features of the game were a home run by Wofford with the bases empty and a home run by Ward for Union with two on. Three pitchers were used against Union, Rodgers being relieved in the fourth. Sullivan, H., McCall and Sullivan, J., each collected two safeties and Ward three, including a honTe run for Union. Parris was the only Wood n>ff player to get two hits. Union 020 523 0?12 12 2 Woodruff ... 110 000 0? 2 6 0 Fowler and Sullivan .Tr Rndcprs Gunner, Cowan and Parrls. Attorney General Daugherty Returns Wnshii)gton, July 10.?Attorney General Daugherty on his return from Washington this morning after a week's absence in Ohio immediately took up the consideration of the railroad stiike with Alfred P. Thom, general counsel of the Association of Railway Executives. rROOPS READY FOR STRIKE DUTY Chicago, July 10 (By the Associated 3ress).?The crucial stage in the rail trike was reached today, the tenth ince the shopmen's nation wide walktut, shop and round house whistles ihrieked the final notes of the railroad iltimatum cancelling the seniority of tension rights of strikers who refused i) return to the shops today. The National Guardsmen are on duty :n llinois, und under arms in several ther states. United States marshals re in charge of law enforcement niahinery at various points, while at ther centers roads relied on the fed ral injunctions and the local authori* ies for protection. Washington, July 10.?The governuent, through the appointment of leputy marshals will make sure that he law and order be preserver and iroperty and life protected and the ransportation of mails continued depite the strike of shopmen, Attorney leneral Daugherty announced today fter a conference with President larding. It is said, they already mil been authorized to appoint a num>er in the Middle West. Chicago, .July 9 (By the Associated 'ress).?With soldiers on active duty a Illinois and troops mokilized in ive other state, the ninth day of lie strike of railway shopnun passed uietly, while many railroads preaied to resume active operation of heir shops tomorrow, several eariers having warned striking emloyees to return by that date or orfeit seniority rights. B. M. Jewell, head of the railway mployees' department of the Ameriati Federation of Labor, had nothing o say at strike headquarters here nd no news was forthcoming from he can it is or the United Slates raiload labor board. While the Sunday holiday was ineventful, the rest of the week was raught with possibilities. Tomorrow iiembers of the board, who averted strike of 400,000 maintenance of my men and 14,000 signalmen hrough negotiations with union oficials last week, are expected to coner with E. H. Fitzgerald, head of he clerks' union, in an effort to prerent the issuance of strike orders to his organization. Confidence was xpressed here tonight in quarters lose to the labor board that the links would follow the example set >y the maintenance of way employees ind signulmen. With the carriers urging strik'ng mployees to return to work, prepirations were complete on a score of ines to attempt t resume active shp ,vork tomorrow. Vacancies in the anks, according to the railroads, will >e filled by the hiring of new men. Itealizing the possibilities for trouble ,vith such a program, some of the "ailroads have asked for soldiers to protect their shops, while others expected to afford private protection to hose who worked. While the railroads predicted that nany strikers would flock back to ,voi k when assured that protection vould be afforded, union headquareis here have maintained that the strike is daily becoming more effective. With the federal courts already intervening in anumber of places to prevent picketing by the strikers, the week was also expected to reveal to a large extent the attitude of the department of justice towards the ?tiike. From Washington came the announcement that the department irno i i iro imr ittAvt l! t ? 1 et ei Lu disorders were interfering with the mails and Charles Cline, United State:- district attorney, said yesterday he had received instructions front Attorney General Daugherty to use force, if necessary, to keep the mails and interstate commerce moving. At Clinton, 111., where the troops were sent after a boy had been killed and two men, one a striker, had been wounded in a clash between strike sympathizers and Illinois Central guards, all was reported quiet today. State cavalry and infantry were mobilized for duty in eight down state towns, however. The entire state guard of Missouri hus been mobilized, while in Indinnu, California and Kansas state troops have been ordered to be prepared for an emergency, and the Michigan state police at F.ast Ijtnsing, Mich., received orders to be ready to move if the occasion arises. Washington, July 9.?Walter Floyd, mechanic, employed in the Baltimore and Ohio railroad section of the terminal round house at Ivy City, D. C., since the walkout of the railroad shopmen, was badly beaten by six men tonight while returning to the workers' camp from the round house. He was taken to a hospital. Police were summoned but announced later they expected no further di? orders. ^ "