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ia ii 11 mi 11 *! mhiiiuhihhm _=. the Union Daily Times 1,5~=[ t PRESS | ___ 4? :: niffht. :: W-* + i DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Established in 18S0?Converted to The Union Daily Times October 1. Itl7 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY 1? ? i?| T i ^ Vol. LXXII No. 1434 Union, S. C. Wednesday>Afta!n^oon, July 19, 1922 * 3c Per Copy CONFERENCES HELD ( PENNSYLVANIA R.R Chicago, July 19 (By the Associate< Press).?The railway strike peac< parleys assumed a new and more im portaat proportions today with a pos sibility of a walkout of the mainten ance men virtually removed by actior of the Labor Board in indicating thai it Wmilrt ArAnf ww ? .? . a-??v (IV1T uvoi iiij|S Vli Wilt wage question. Only isolated instance* of disorder narked the past 24 hour* of the strtk* Chicago, July 19.?The support ol "all workers everywhere" Wafi soughl in the railway shopmen's strike today through an official appeal to th< American workmen by the America* Federation of Labor. The nnfjon'i working men were besought not Ho dc any work formerly done bf raffTmer now on strike. The appeal wa^ forwarded by the Federation to every labor organisation, labor publicatior t and all organizers of Federation. B M. Jewell, the strike leader, expressec his great satisgaction at the back ing given by the Federation. Ufcicago, July 18 (By the Associat ed Presss).?With E. F. Grable, president of the maintenance of way unior asserting1 that he did not expect his men to leave their work, conference! looking toward a peaceful settlement of the shopinena' strike continued today. Announcement by the Pennsylvania railroad that a mutually satisfactory wage agreement had beer -reached with its shopmen was considered by some of the railroad anc union leaders to have had a clarifying effect upon the entire situation inasmuch as the Pennsylvania has insisted on dealing direct with it! own men. Mr. Grable issued a statement to night asserting that "the path to at early adjustment is open,' so far ai the 400,000 maintenance men are con cerned. Referring to his conferenc< with President Harding last week Mr. Grable said he had received as surances that Chairman Cummins o the senate interstate commerce com mission expected to hold early hear ings on disputed points of the laboi provisions of the transportation act particularly with reference to the liv ing wage principle. "The basis for the guidance of th< board in the present act is set to > just and reasonable wage, Mr Grable's statement said. 'The pres ent issue, which should be settled by such a hearing by the interstate com merce commission of the senate an< amendments to the law, is an inter pretation of this phrase, 'just ar.< reasonable,' and its application to i living wage." Mr. Gruble said he advised the iboard of orders sent to his genera chairmen to open negotiations witl their respective roads immediately regarding disputed rules, working conditions and wage, and submit th< case to the board if an agreenien mr n a nnt rotw>Vid/l nuo nut i caviatu* The first of these disputes cami before the board today, the disputi being that of the Chicago, Milwaukei Sl St. Paul railroad. The carrier se aside the 30 day clause in existin, 0- agreements for the filing of a dis pute and Mr. Grable secured th< board's promise for early hearings oi this and similar cases, many of whicl will be consolidated. He requested that future decision: on wage disputes, favorable to th' men, be made retroactive to July when the wage cut become effective Mr. Grable said a peaceful settlemen of hte shopmen's strike was beim held up by a few roads who were un willing to allow returning employee their seniority rights. The railroad in ultimatums to the strikers said un less they returned to work by certaii dates, all of which have now expiree they would start again as new em ployees. They are supported in their stand by proclamations issued by the labo board. On the other hand, President B. M Jewell and his striking shopmen hav asserted that any settlement must b predicated by a full restoration o seniority rights to the retumini strikers. Georgia National Guard companie were sent to Waycross to day becaus <of strike disorders and North Caro tina troops were held in readiness fo an emergency. Fresh troops wer mobilized in Illinois to replace thos on duty at Bloomington and Clintor The Chicago, Burlington & Quin cy railroad and the Chicago & North western today were granted perman ent injunctions here prohibiting p'ck on/1 intimi/loi inn Ktf fkn imiAVl now on strike. Temporary injunc tions were issued to the Pere Mai quette at Detroit, the Baltimore i Ohio and the Louisville & N&nhvill at East St. Louis and the Wabas road at St Louis. - f Mrs. J. Frost Walker and Miss Coi nslia Greer Walker are spending som tima with relatives in Columbia. )N RAILROAD STRIKE; 1 . REACHES AGREEMENT 1 INQUEST INTO : DEATH OF SHERIFF ; t 1 Wellsburg, W. Va., July 18 (By the j ^ Associated Press).?The inquest into , f the death of Sheriff H. H. Duval and j 5 three other men, who were killed in 1 the attack on the Clifton mine near t Cliftonville yesterday was adjourned j late today until Friday, when it be- j came evident there was some confu- , b * sion in the mind of a foreign witness ^ who was testifying through an inter- g ' prefer. - j 1 The witness, Paul Hussor, a Hungarian non-union miner, while recit- c ing his story of the fight, said he saw two meh standing near the tent col- , ony and firing at the deputy sheriffs, j He later withdrew this statement and j | i f ttTn b ovr?1 o inn/1 tUn t fUo mf nvrvtwvf a%? j waa unable to determine just what the witness meant. Deputy sheriffs who took part in the fight were the other witnesses. George Caldwell, a prominent Wells burg business man, testified that the ( 'invaders" rushed down the hill firing ( and yelling as they ran, and drove the ( deputies to cover behind a freight t car. Here they were subjected, he said, to a heavy fire from the tent colony. He detailed the fight around the tipple, saying that the mob 'charged the deputies three times be( fore they were finally driven off. Hugh J. Radcliff, another deputy, j startled the jury by declaring that he had seen six dead mean during the fight. The official account of the dor.d so far is Sheriff Duval and three , of the attacking party. Another witness, J. C. Edwards, mine superintendent, said that the wounded had j been taken from the mine and given , first aid at a nearby farm. The owner of the farm, who was said to have ? been a former union miner, was arrested and taken to Wheeling. ' W. S. Wilkens, prosecuting attorf ney of Brooke county, said tonight that as soon as the inquest is completed the evidence would be laid ber fore a special grand jurj^ and if jn dictments were found the accused . would be brought to trial within a month. , Twelve more prisoners were ' % brought in late today by the state police. Some of them had been . rested in the vicinity of Avaella'/THrir ^ Y where the Pennsylvania state police . were reported as active. One prisonj er had a bullet wound in the shoulder . and said he had been wandering in -j the woods without medical attention a since the fight. ' Ministerial Crisis > Seems Inevitable ? Rome, July 19 (By the Associated , e Press).?Minister Ial Crisis is consid- | t ered in parliamentary circles as inevi- ( table. It is learned that Former Pres mier Giolitti, who has been spending a - short vacation in France and Belgium 5 is returning to Rome owing to the t| acute parliamentary situation. 0 Hitchcock Wins 1 Democratic Nomination Omaha, July 19.?An apparent vic3 tory of R. B. Howell for nomination ' as Republican United States senator ' indicates a sweep yesterday of the Re!* publican primaries by Progressives. t Senator Hitchcock won the Demo3 cratic nomination. 8 Mass Meeting for Women 3 ^) Don't forget the meeting for the I | women at the court house this after' noon at 5:30 o'clock All the clerks [ and others who do not get away from their places of business before six are r: urged to come right on up to the meet- 1 | ing and get enrolled anyway. r I The subject of taxation, which is ' being freely discussed by all the can. e didates, will be handled by an expert * at this meeting. - If there is any question that you do not understand write ^ it out and an effort will be made to thoroughly explain the system of tax9 ation in South Carolina. e Mayor Smith has been asked to attend and tell the women of Union r how they can assist in making our e city a happier, cleaner and better e place to live in. There is a part you ' can take to help in this job, and if there are any suggestions you wish to make in helping to do this, come and * tell us about them and don't just. " knock. s ? m . NEW CANDIDATE ~ I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election to Congress from the Fourth Congressional District of h South Carolina, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. J. J. McSwain. H. H. Jeter of Carlisle was a business visitor in Union today. II- ' V. r v a l'\ ' x-fa -. fLjZtr- > 'Jt FIREMEN FIGHT STUBBON BLAZE New York, July 18 (By the Associated Press).?A stubborn, puzzling varehouse fire in the Greenwich Vilage section of the city broke out ibout 8 o'clock this morning, burned hrough the day and was still blazing .onight a?l6r nearly 4,000,000 gallons >f water had been played on the lames by 40 lines of hose. "The toughest fire I've ever encountered," was the way "Smoky* Martin, acting fire chief, put it to Mayor Hylan when he returned to lirect his men after having been down out of a doorway by one of a ieries of explosions which rocked th-e ower West Side. With the flames checked, but not conquered, investigation showed that ,wo firemen had been killed, thrje nore were missing, about 15 persons Tad been taken to hospitals seriously njured and more than 175 had received first aid treatment at thiee emergency stations opened by the [led Cross. In addition, about 500 families were driven from their homes in the Sohemian quarter and tonight were Tarred from returning by the police est the warehouse walls should colapse. The outstanding' feature of the fire ,vas the pungent, black smoke that rolled out of the building, soon after ;he first of the blast3. Fire Commissioner Drennan, who leclared that no permit had been issued to store explosives or chemicals n the warehouse, worked feverishly ;o ascertain what indeed was housed within the four blazing walls. Finally policemen were sent through the milling thousands who had gathered to watch the blaze, paging officials of :he Manufacturers' Transit company, operating the six story warehouse. Later District Attorney Banton, following a conference with fire department officials, said an explosion of a case of magnesium powder caus3d the fire. He said that 38 cases of magnesium had been taken into the building since March 5 and that some of them were being taken out by way of the elevator when one was dropped-and exploded. r. * The heat, he declared, ignited the other cases, and then followed a great explosion as itames began to ?eep through into the powder. Although the property damage could pot be accurately estimated without a check of the content, said to include newsprint, rubber, rice and epsom salts, it was evident that it would run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The names of firemen and policemen appeared most frequently on the list 01 injured. About a score were struck by the building material blasted from the warehouse by the explosion, or by falling bricks or timbers, but most of those treated at the emergency station had been overcome by the thick smoke. Many retui ed to their duties after having been nearly suffocated, only to report again for further treatment. The whole quarter was thrown into a panic with the first blast, which broke windows in St. Vincent's hospital at Seventh avenue and Thirteenth street. After the first terror of the explosion had subsided, the 'villagers" began cooperating with the authorities in relief work, the artists throwing open their studios to exhausted firemen. It is a saying of New York's Latin quarter that every one runs a tearoom to feed some other villager and today the tea rooms did valiant work. Painters and poets, with their smocks and eternal cigarettes, pressed close to the firemen. The lemonade they offered on the sweltering day was eagerly drained by the weary firemen, who thankfully accepted cig\aret}tes from the men and women of the quar4-sv*. in. many i ttisu suuii wcic established. Death for Engineer Wilmington, N. C., July 19.?H. C. Southwell, an Atlantic Coast Line engineer, who was shot last night by II. E. Adams, assistant yard master of the Coast Line here, died in a local hospital this morning. Dallas is being held on a murder charge. I^roy Fonville, yardmaster, is hold as accessory. The shooting grew out of a conversation regarding the strike. Wilmington, N. C., July 18.?H. J. Southwell, Atlantic Coast Line engi neer, was fatally snot eariy tonignt by H. E. Dallas, yardmaster, and special guard, at the Atlantic Coast Line yards. The trouble was precipitated when Southwell, it is alleged, referred to Dallas as a "scab." Dallas is held in jail without bond. There is no indication of trouble now as a result of the shooting. Miss Agnes Freeman of Sundale, Florida, arrived today to spend several days with friends in Union. THREE HELD FOR ATTACK ORi WOMAN ?itL. L, Williams, . McQurt and Miss "Bobbie" Nee^e were arrested early yesterday movttj tg pending an investigation^ the attack Monday afternoon on Mrs. Alown Norman of 2121 College street, g Chief Strickland and Detectives welly and J. 1*. Broom spent a busy fday yesterday working on the case ad some developments are expected*. The three un- i tier arrest stoutly deny. ?hy knowledge , ofthe crime. < i Mrs. Norman was si Tering yestei day from the effects c ! "brutal treatment at the hands of two unknown men. She was attackai in her home late Monday afternoon and yesterday her body was covered 1 rith black and blue spots. Chitf Strickland has&everal letters in his office that Mrs. Jlorman turned over to the police afterahe attack had been reported Mon^BV afternoon. Each letter is written An lead pencil and contains the vileuB sort of language and threats, fce words kill and beat to death are <m almost every line and Mrs. Normaflnis ordered to "keep her mouth sfc&t" In several: parts of the letters. Each letter is headed "Woman" and ^11 are unsign-l ed. Officers said yestdfcday that the j contents of some of. we communications led to the arrelE-Of Williams,! McGurt and Miss Neecji and they are being held until a thordbgh investigation has been made. OAcers say they believe those under arrest can give some valuable information if they will talk. Mrs. Norman was tljr victim of a brutal attack at her -Mime while her husband and three children were away. The home i? ffcated at 2121 College street and anower dwelling is located within 12 feetSl Yesterdav it was said a male occawit of the ad-1 joining house was in hiring distance of the blows, but the assailants used precaution to muffle tge sounds and thereby made a getaw^'unnoticed by neighbors. ...3 Two white men enttfrld the Norman home and a rap on door brought Mrs. Norman to the tew o^her house where she was grablm, gagged and Jtbat her head and mouth were covered with cloth and that one man beat her with a stick and switch while the other stood guard at the door. The woman said her assailant landed hard blows on her limbs. She said her clothing was lifted and the stick was applied to all parts of her body. Mrs. Norman said the assailant applied hot pepper to her bruised body and that she fell in a faint. The beating took place in the bath room. City detectives made a quick response to the alarm that was given some time after the assailants had left the Norman home. The officers located a small stick on a bed and a switch was picked up on the floor. The size of the bruised spots on Mrs. Norman pointed to the free use of the stick. Officers made a careful examination of the premises and concluded that the two men approached the house from a vacant lot unobserved by occupants of the dwelling at 2123 College street and that they left in the same direction. Yesterday afternoon Chief Strickland and Detectives Kelly and Brooni took McGurt and Williams to the Nor man home, where they were put through a drill. The two men were brought back to the city prison to be held until the investigation is completed. McGurt and Williams' names do not appear in the last city directory, but they are said to be electricians. Vengeance seemed to be the motive behind the brutal attack on Mrs. Norman, according to officers. The beating followed a series of letters that appeared to mark the woman as the victim of an assault. The writer of the letters expressed no fear of the police or law, and the daytime attack is without a parallel in the history of the police department. The attack has stirred the Columbia police force and every effort will be made to bring the guilty parties to justice.?The State. Mr. W. B. Weat Goes to Coker Mr. W. B. West, of Columbia, secretary of the Cotton Seed Crushers association, has been elected business manager of Coker college. He has accepted the position, and will bring to the service of the college not only a first class business ability, and wide ft/?nuointonr*/? in fko H11+ nlea u fine Christian character and a true denominational loyalty. ( Left Lying in Road Augusta, Ga., July 18.?C. H. Churchill, a strikebreaker employed by one of the railroads here, was today taken from a street car by four unknown white men and carried to Hamburg, S. C., where he was thrown from an automobile, badly beaten about the head by the men and left lying in the road. Hia assailants are unknown. WOULD PROTECT WORKING MINERS West Frankfort, 111.. July 19.?Coa operators in this county, the largesl producing in the state, today state*, that there is "absolutely no possibil ity resuming production under President Harding's plan." Washington, July 18 (By the Asso eiated Press).?In the name of thi common welfare and paramount neec of the American people for the pro duction and transportation of a fuel supply, President Harding tonight through telegrams called upon the governors of 28 coal states to furnish protection and safeguard to men and employers willing to resume work in the industry notwithstanding the mine workers' strike. To the efforts of the states in this direction, he said "the federal government pledges tc give every assistance at its command." Behind the telegrams there loomec the definite indication of a government decision to obtain the resump tion of transportation and mining both hampered today by labor walk outs, which high government official: consider interconnected and associat ed. Replying to a question late today Attorney General Daugherty said: "Naturally there is a relationshii between the railroad and coal situa tion whether inspired or conspired am not saying." John L. Lewis, president of tie United Mine Workers of America, do clared the president's message to th< governors 'merely a gesture whicl will not produce coal," and asserte* that the mine workers' strike woul< be continued. Earlier in the day be fore the telegrams had been dis patched, Samuel Gompers, presiden of the American Federation of La bor, predicted in a statement tha President Harding's invitation to th< operators to resume operations wouh result in no appreciable increase ii production. He added that "whei half a million men are aggrieved is i poor time indeed for the roll o drums, the rattling of sabers and ih pounding of the mailed fist." President Harding, in _ his tele grams and conferences with ujiioi officers and mine owners and the of fer of existing wage scales to th striking miners, all of which ha< ended, he said, in failure to ronrh i voluntary adjustment, and left no re course but to invite the mine opera tors to return to their mines and re sume operations. For this last en deavor, he asked the assistance o the states. > Two Youths Killed by Trail Montgomery, Ala., July 19.?Tw youths, identified as John West an A. C. Haigler, aged about 17, wer killed last night on the Western o Alabama railroad, near here, appai ently by a train. Athens Man Not Guilt] Athens, Ala., July 19.?A verdict o not guilty was rendered today in th case of Oakley Kennemer, charge with an attack on a Florence, Ala girl during a religious convention her several weeks ago. Today's Cotton Market Open Clos July 21.96 22.2 October 22.35 22.3 December 22.16 22.2 January 21.92 22.0 March 21.85 21.9 Local market 22.5 Clemson Meeting A meeting of the Clemson club c Union county will be held in til "Young Men's Business League roon Thursday evening, July 20th, at 8:2 o'clock. All Clemson men of the eoui y are cordially invited to atten Plenty of Union county watermelor are on ice and a good time is expectd C. C. Thornton, J. W. Welborn, President. Secy, and Treas. Consolidated Home Demonstration Clu! The Consolilated Home Demonstr tion club will meet at the old Chan ber of Commerce rooms next Satu day, July 22, at 3 p. m. Every men ber is urged to be present. Mrs. J. ] Minter will give an account of t! state short course and Miss Smith w talk about tho importance of well-bn anced nietjls. Tailings recovered from lead ai zinc mines are being used in Wisco sin for fertilizer. Four to five to to the acre benefit clover and alfal crops. _ a NATIONAL GUARDS SI 1 TO PREVE ! C. & 0. CLERKS QUIT TOMORROW Cincinnati, July 19.?A strike of . clerks and station employes on the Chesapeake & Ohio has been saneI tioned, E. H. Fitzgerald, grand president of the clerks' brotherhood, anI nounced today. , Richmond, Va., July 18.?An order [ was issued tongiht by General ChairI man H. J. Osborn of the Brotherhood j of Railway Clerks, calling the mem, hers of the Chesapeake & Ohio system out on a strike. The order is effective Thursday morning at 10 ( o'clock, Eastern time, and 9 o'clock . Central time. The strike order will affect approxj imately 3,000 clerks on the entire . system of the Chesapeake & Ohio. _ tiuu HUllll/VI CUMHIL i/VVf u It; I'l ( Richmond. It is said by union of. ficials that 96 per cent of the em ployees affected will obey the man . date. The decision to order a walkout was reached tonight after a conference between officials of the company j and representatives of the clerks. . The order as sent out from the ofI tiee of Mr. Osborn charged that the rail officials not only refused to conL* ede a single point to the clerks, but . that they completely rebuffed them. e For that reason, Mr. Osborn said, ! there was nothing for him to do but 1 carry out the overwhelming vote of -1 the clerks. The order, he said, had . the sanction of the grand president . of the brotherhood, E. H. Fitzgerald, t Following the failure at settlement, . President W. J. Harahan of the railt way company issued a statement ade dressed to the clerks and affiliated employees of the road. In the state a ment he reviewed the causes leading up to the strike, declared the wage a reduction was ordered by the federal f railroad labor board and warned the e clerks that if the strike becomes effective the company will under the . law carry out its duty to the public r, and"*jontirtift? the " operation of iti _ property by employing the necessary e complement of clerks. In the same j statement the company assures every a clerk who remains in the service thai he or she will be protected in the performance of their duties ar.d that they will be retained in their positions when the strike ends. Two Cent Drop \ In Gasoline 1 Chicago, .luly 19.?A two cent induction in the price of gasoline, ono cent in the price of refined oil was a 1 d nouiv ed by the Standard Oil compn:.; t> in Ind'ana effective today in 11 Ceii f fral Western states. A similar cm - of gasoline was announced by tli Kansas City Refining company, effective in five states. Da'es Given for Postal Conference f T v Washington, duly 19.?Dates fa d I postal conference conventions to h held in every state during the yea e was announced today. It include ' Richmond, December f>; Raleigh, da. . uary 1(1; Charleston, danuary 19; A1 lantn, danuary 2,1. ^Secretary Denby 2 Has Narrow I i Escape From Deatl >0 7 Peking, .Tvily 19 (By the Associate American navy Nmflcmfwypcmf i Press). ? Secretary Penby of tl ,f r American navy narrowly escape lt, death this afternoon in an airplane a ls cedent. He was flying at a height i ;t) *1,006 feet over a great wall when tl j engine of the plane broke down ai (| the machine was demolished in jan ls ing, but Mr. Denby was uninjured, d. 1 1 I Personal Mention i 1 Hon. John J. McSwain, congres man from the fourth district of Soul Carolina, is in Union today on nuf b ness. Mrs. J. B. Porter continues quite 11. at her home on S^>inckney street, n-, Mrs. H. C. Wilburn, of Cross Kej r-, is shopping in Union today. n_, Clement McHachern and Miss M K. McKachern, who have been visit 11 1<( Iheir prandmother, Mrs. Bara CI i|f.( ment, have returned to their home il_ !>pi iington. Mrs. J. T>. Arthur and Mrs. Lu Barron are at home for a few da rid on their vacation from Winthrop c< n- lege. ns Mr. Sam Lawson of West Knd, U fa ion, has been sick for several da: i but is now slowly improving. NT TO WAYCROSS NT STRIKE DISORDERS Waycross, Ga., July 19.?The city is | quit today following the arrival of three companies of state troops late yesterday, tl was announced ihe sol! diers would be classed as a reinforcei inent to the police. Waycross, Ga.f July 18.?Three I companies of Georgia National Guardsmen, comprising about 17a men with a machine gun unit, arrived here late today for patrol duty to prevent further disorders in connection with the strike of some 1,809 union workers at the Atlantic Coast Lintshops here. Workers hired since the strike had been seized on the streets and beaten , up for the last two days and nights, ! nnrl nnontrv nnnnln oroim.l town were "threatening to come in and take revenge," Mayor Dan T. Cowart said tonight, because many of the new shop employees are the sons ' of farmers from this and adjoining j counties. In addition to serious injuries to ! half a dozen men and beatings adminj istered to r>0 or 100, it became known | late today that J. T. Koss, an inspector for the Coast Line, had been kidnaped about midnight last night by a party of men in an automobile. Mayor Cowart said tonight efforts to find him had been futile. Threats also had been made against higher railroad officials, the mayor added. Striking shopmen held a mass meeting today and after addresses by their leaders and Mayor Cowart, adopted resolutions pledging themselves to maintain order and declaring there was no need for the troops for which the mayor and Sheriff II. J. Sweat asked of Governor llardwi. k last night. The appearance of Waycross as the special truin rolled into the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic railway station several blocks from the center of town was "like Sunday," the mayor said tonight, and the beatings and promiscuous shootings had ceased for the time being anyway, he added. Mayor Cowart announced after a conference hetween Viimself SVioriff t Sweat and.Liput._CuL L. Q. .Pufte of m,- y_. Dublin, Ga., in commandof the troons, that it was decided to use the guardsmen ns aides to the civil authorities and that he expected they would patrol the streets between the shop* 1 and the railroad station, where most of the trouble had been reported. The l troops, consisting of Companies K of ! Dublin, M of Elberton, and headquar, ters company of the Third Georgia : battalion, One Hundred and Twentysecond infantry, came from St. Simon's island, on the Georgia coast. I where they had been at their annual J encampment. They made camp here | at Mary street park, a few blocks J from the railroad shops, i Threats against numbers of rai!n ad officials, including O. T. Waring t of the Atlantic Coast Line, had been made before the call for guardsmen, the mayor said. He explained that disorders were worse Monday as many j of the new shop workers, of which he estimated there are 100 to lf?0 went by trucks to their homes Saturday and in returning early Monday " morning were attacked by groups i f men. r Ix>gs would he thrown acros ih ll* roads on the outskirts of town. Mayor r Cowart sa'd, ami the trucks halted, d Groups of men would rush forth. seize the worker and beat them t o ' rnd order them to leave town. "Word came yesterday that the country was up in arms," the mayoi added, "and that tl.e fathers and relatives were threatening to come in and take revenge for the way Wayeross l ad treated th ir boys." I Delegates to th? state convention of the American Legion, which closed late today, had offered their aid to maintain order if necessary, the w mayor said, ir! >(' Atlanta, Ga., July IS.?"Yo.u may count on full, prompt and wn >k^ hearted cooperation from me," Gov* v> j ernor Hardwick announced tonight he M' had replied to President Harding's rei quest for protection of coal miners and operators desiring to resume work despite the national coal strike. There is very little coal mined in I _ Georgia and the governor informed s I the president that "while we have no I mine trouble in this state and conseit_ quently no direct trouble on that question, we are having considerable iU trouble from the railroad question." He then advised President Harding of fH his sending of guardsmen today to Waycross in connection with disorders (l . following the shopmen's strike and added, "1 have issued the strongest |e- proclamation I could write, calling op jlt all law-abiding citizens to obey the laws and preserve peace and order." cy ys Judge Harvey Dead j1 Atlanta, Ga., July 19.?Judge ilenn jam in Harvey Hill, of the state court ys, of appeals, died at his home here today. . ? ) *