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^ 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.
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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.
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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.
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