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THK Ht'MTCK WATCHMAN, EniAblMxtl April, 1850. -Be Jut tui Few mot?Let all the ?mde Tbam A?na't M be tbj Country'*, TU/ Ged'e end Treib'*," THE TRCK SOUTHRON, Established Jene, UM Cousoidated Ahr. 3,1881. SJMTEK, s. C, WEDNE8DAY, OCTOBER 2, 1912. Vol. XXXV. No. 11. nm im htm rut. >#TRIK1N<; MHJi WOKKKKs M All?'II Hl Kol sTHKKTS. <lB*h vrlth tlx? ?HBorrw Two Officer** Hiabbcd and NuiuNt of Revnonslra tnes ? lahfesl In Knsalng fright. Uwrencf, Mim., Sept. tt.?Police snd parade merobera of the Industrial Workers of the World fought with knives and clubs today. Two officers were stabbed, a number of demon? strators were clubbed and an I. W. W leader wa? captured after a hard fight and then freed. One shot was fired from the rank? of the paraders. Carl.i Treeca of Plttsburg, an ed? itor, who 1? an organiser of the in I dustrial Workers, was in custody but gained his freedom a minute or two later. Persona who saw Treeca's ar? rest said he wae rescued by com? rades. Treeca. with a smile, said the po? lice let him go. All the police pro fesued to be ignorant of tt. > occur? rence. The clash was quite unexpected, ?tore than 20,000 operatives met at Has railroad station to welcome 700 aiembers of the I. W. W. who had come from Be*, on to participate in a parade to the craves of Anna Lopiz f so and John Rainy, who were killed during t!?e strike riots last January. After the visitors hsd detrained an impromptu parade was started, turn? ing Anally Into Essex street, the main VusNMsn thoroughfare of th> city. The parade was Informal and no application had been made for a pa? re***. The polios, notified that the Inarching, attempted atlon. A squad of sent to files ex and where they threw ix street and awaited procession, era were carried by >ne was inscribed ?Freedom for Et Iti." The other bore Ice and Militia." and id Anna and John?" the parade reached n it halted and argu I? polios notified the there that ttvry must disperse be an ass they had so permit. Those in the front rank ivere endeavoring to fajl back when tuddenly the march? ers in ths rear pressed forward and the rnlll workers tried to pass the police. They struck right and left at the officers, who responded by swinging their clubs Many paraders were knocked bleeding to the ground. In some instances the marchers robbed the officers of their clubs and began to beat the police. The latter were forced to retreat Into Lawrence street. It was here that Trescs was seised by officers who started with him towsrds the police station nesrby. Angered by the arrest of their lead? er the crowd made a rush for the officers. The police appeared to be fighting to hold the prisoner, but a moment or two later Treeca. was st liberty. Later the crowd was driven through Lawrence street and on to the Com? mon where the paraders dispersed. The widely heralded demonstration of the afternoon, the parade in honor of Anna Loplsxo and John lt.ua. >. brought out about 8,000 marchers. This prnrade was orderly throughout. A drixsllng rain drenched the parad? ers but did not dampen their ardor. Many wornv*n were among the marchers. Home led children by the hand snd other* carried Infants in their arma Many nationalities were represented. Mislc was furnished by several bands, "The Marseillaise" and "L'lnternatlonsl" nein? the most nUfe ulsr solectlona. fifteen hundred marchers came from other cities. ficorea of red Haas with the h-tters I W. W." were carried. ?>ne of the banners read "Twentieth OOUtury civilisation I or the progress of the human* race we have Jails, fJUJIOWl guillotines snd electric chairs for the people who pjty to beep soldiers to kill them wh?-n th. ?? n volt against Wood1 snd other OfinTfl of CSpltallsm. Arise slave* of th-- wrld No (?od. n?? master. <>w t<>r ill. nil for ' If had been planned to march to the cemetery, where the two riot vic? tim* were ? urh 0i snd pines Bowers on their graves. The parade nt one time SJSJg within . nhorl distance ?-f the cemetery, hut ( arlo Tn s.' i, aIl. acted a* cbhf mtr.Oi><!. lew them in another dlreetlon. Th" ??.,,.,. entered bd f??r more than f??ur SSlleS sJong utr-etM ?klrtlna- the mill di.s*n?t-. j. i SJM I tin oiah huilm-m a re I t. ie tin tit houses ind parts "f tho residential x. Men*. According !? Trcsca, flowers which w?t?' to have been placed on the grave today will he taken to the cemetery tomorrow. Tomorrow general strike orders are expected by the Industrial Workers' leaders to have a widespread effect. In many other New England manu? facturing centres, leaders of the or? ganisation nay. they are waiting for Uwrence workers to go out. William D. Haywood. one of the national or? ganizers, issued an appeal on Boston common two weeks ago for workers all over the world to stop work as a mark of protest. Telegrams are said to have been received from various parts of the country promtntng to heed the call. TO STRIKE FOR A DAY. Lynn Shoe Workers to Quit Work for 21 ll?>ur*. Horton Sept. 2*.?A 24-hour strike tomorrow in sympathy with the Law? rence "protest" strike was voted unanimously tonight at a meeting of 1,000 shoe workers In Lynn. The Lynn workers plan to march to Sa? lem, where the trial of Ettor, Olovan nlttl and Caruso is to take place. TRIAL BEGINS AT SALEM. Trial of Ettor and GiovannltU Will Be Started?Interest It as High Pitch. Salem. Mass., Sept. 2H.?Joseph J. Ettor, a former Pennsylvania iron worker .and Arturo Qiovannittl. edi? tor of a New York Italian newspaper, who for eight months have been held without ball on ?Karges of being ac? cessories to the murder of Anna Lo ptEBo. a Lawrence mill striker, will I face their accusers In the Essex coun? ty superior court here tomorrow. At the same time Joseph Caruso, alleged to be one of the leaders of the In? dustrial Workers of the World, in? fluenced to do the actual killing, will be placed on trial. Ettor and Qio? vannittl were prominent figures In the great Lawrence textile strike last winter. Caruso was a striker. Reports that a body of Lawrence mill operative* who will refuse to work tomorrow as an expression of loyalty to their Imprisoned leaders were preparing to march to Salem are current tonlg?t. j A notable array of legal talent has ; ween assembled to defend the labor I leaders, and behind them is a de I fense fund of $50,000 contributed by members of the Industrial Workers District Attorney Atwlll will conduct the government's case. The Indict? ments against Ettor and Glovannltti allege that they, by words and ac? tions, "did solicit, move, procure, aid. counsel and command" Caruso and another who is a fugitive from jus? tice to commit murder. On the day after their arrest the two .strike lead? ers were arraigned and on that day was started a legal fight for their re? lease which has continued through all the eight months they have bees ia Jail. The sheriff's office has been turned Into a telegraph office for newspaper men with more than a doaen special wir?? running direct to the newspa? pers Tomorrow .150 talesmen will report for dut> and the work of electing a Jury will begin. News Note* of Wisuiy. Wis.icky. Sept. 19. --Farmers are rushing w'th the cotton crop, which seems to be very short. The present rain Interfere* greatly with tho work. Some are preparing to plant large? ly of oats. There is some sickness in the com? munity at this time. Mr. J. H. Williams has two chil? dren quite sick with malarial fever. Mrs. K. J. Williams continue quite feable. she ins recently been ill with malarial fever. Her blindness dosfl not Improve. Mr. m. l. Williams Continus to suf f< i with his eyes. The trouble Is not better. The glrlt and boyi have returned to lbs different col leget nnd the neigh? borhood Is lonely. Miss Pack, of Union, is teaching at Win* ky If In Ontsj of Cheater ?iii leach Dm i \ anbos w boot, i Mis i?r. Bhlrer and daughter of st iitepheni have geen visiting rola* Iiv M here the DSSl B. eek. Miss Maltis Ledtngham of Conwsy, If in our midst for i few weeks. Mrs, W. H Milrer and little da ugh < ler, of Blshopvllle, havi been visit lt)g heli' this Week. Ml U W TolsMin Wal <"it on th< Irseti Baturdaj for tin Ural time Iti ssvsral weeks, during which time hn bis been laid up with Ihflammator) I 04 /em.i SHOOTING AT WAGENER. lJIX Al si; of POLITICAL QUAR? REL HUGH LONG shoots bickens GUNTER, Details of the Affair Are Not Clear. Probably Caused by Folltloul Dif? ferences. Wagener, sept. 28.?Tonight tho little town of Wagener, Alken county, lies within the throes of a disorderly and turbulent condition never before experienced in Its entire history. The condition arises from the fact that in a personal encounter this after? noon about 6 o'clock on the business square of the town, Hugh Long, rep? resentative-elect from Aikf?n county, shot and probably mortally wounded Plckens Gunter, president of the Bank of Wagener and one of the county's oldest and most prominent citizens. The wounded man is a first cousin to R. L Uunter, who is prosecuting attorney for this, the Second, Judicial dlbtrict. Eye-witnesses to the tragedy are silent and suspicious and refuse to discuss the matter. But this much is clear. About 6 o'clock this afternoon the two combatants who were bitter political enemies, met in front of the local branch of the Bank of Western Carolina and bitter invectives were hurriedly exchanged and before any one could realize what was transpir? ing the two men had clashed. A relative of the wounded man, Ray Gunter, a political friend Of Long, rushed in and apparently en? deavored to separate the combatants. And it was at this time that Pickens Gunter was shot. Some claim that Long shot while Plckens Gunter was on top of him while others state that it was not Long who fell to the ground in the clinch but the two Gunters and that Long stood off and tired twice at the woundod man. How? ever, all witnesses agree that two shots were fired. The first missed; the second found Its mark, penetrat? ing at the left and lower portion of the abdomen and making its exit through the back, having passed clearly through the body. The instru? ment used was a 38 calibre revolver. Long then hastened from the scene, not going to his own house, but to that of a neighbor, where he re? mains barricaded at this time. Of the 12 or more persons Interviewed on tho matter all agree In venturing the opinion that the difference between the two man arose from a peculiar and strained political situation which has been existing in this county and particularly In this section for some tuna. Briefly two men from Wagener Hugh Long and J. C. Lester Busbee, were in the race for house of repre? sentatives. The lines were closely drawn in the immediate vicinity. The factionalism was bitter and per? sonalities were Indulged In indiscrimi? nately. The election of Long in the second primary fanned the hatred to an unbelievable degree and Long was sent numerous messages wherein his life was threatened in the event that he should return to Wagener, his home. But upon the election In the third primary of last Tuesday of Mr. Busbee, Long feeling himself safe ventured to return. All this afternoon the trouble was precipitated. Sheriff T. P. Unborn was wired at Alk eg of the trouble and urged to come to Wagener at once. He, accom? panied by two rural policemen, Mus coe Samuels and S. E. Hollejf and a newspaper man who was sworn In as a special deputy hastily left Alken In an automobile arriving her?' about 9.10 o'elock. And when the posse arrived here* they encountered a condition with which they were absolutely unable to cope. Numerous groups of dissatisfied people stood murmuring. At intervals flrearmi would be discharged and the more timid onlokori ikurrled for i places of shelter. T ie local police I are unable to abolish this nuisance 1 and the offloen from \lken are ap j parenti.N resigned to th s leaser of the two evils. Long can'l bt moved, The I threat has been openly made thai if he is taken from the house in which he hai concealed himself he will he taken from tin- offleer? and shot Into mince meat, it has been sworn that I.?11 g will be lyric I a d. ? The oihcer* are eqnlly determined I that such shall ret be the case if it la -; within their, power- to ward off lie threatened trouble. However, the riot is momentarily looked for. it Is stated to sheriff Raborn In tho form of :i warning that every road lending out of Wagener has been blocked with logs K bile it |i further Bt lb d pi ket - line the ???ad to apprehend and frua tr?te nny effort to remove the beleag lired man. If report be true a cor don of men surrounds the man whom the officers want. No show of resist? ance has been offered to any one en? tering the house and all of the posse were permitted to do so but they made no effort to bring Long out. He sits near a door, with a loaded re? volver in his hand and a Winchester rifle at his side, swearing to protect himself. He expressed a willingness, even a desire to go with the officers If he was assured protection from the violence of the displeased crowd. Hut this assurance has not been given him. Sheriff Kaborn has been told that all are friendly toward him j nd his posse but that any movement to escort Long from the town will bo met with armed resistance. The sheriff has made more than one speech to groups of men but they are noncom? mittal and continuo their spirit of de? termination. Sheriff Haborn has just wired Gov. Blease for a company of militia. Long makes no statement other I than he had it to do. The wounded man lies at his home In a 3erlous con? dition. At midnight a train from Co? lumbia will bring a party of physi? cians and nurses. Mr. Gunter may not live through the night. Long is mayof of Wagener. Mr. Gunter is one of its most prominent citizens and business men. At 1 o'clock tonight Sheriff Raborn re? versed his decision and cancelled his order for troops. His later Inten? tions seem to be toward an effort to carry out a ruse and get his man off. Indications are that he will be suc? cessful. AT WORK ON S. C. W. Work Commenced Saturday Morning ?Track Extended to Terminal by Nicht, Work on the South Carolina Wee tern track which wan stepped several weeks ago when the track had reach? ed the Turkey Creek Canal was com? menced again Saturday morning and by night the road bed had been graded down several feet and tho track laid up to Calhoun Street. Mon? day morning the work wss resumed at Car?*oun street and by night It will extend up to the site of the freight terminal to which the spur track now being laid will run to. A full force of hands was put to work on the road Saturday morn Ins* grading down the bed which was too high at the Calhoun street cross? ing. The bed was cut down about two feet and the grading completed to a point several hundred feet from the corner of Calhoun and Green streets in the old field facing Mr. E. T. Windham's store. In the after? noon the force commenced on tho laying of the track, taking up the work where they had stopped at the Turkey Creek canal, and extending the line on up to Calhoun street. At Calhoun street precautions were tak? en to prevent injuries to the water nnd sewerage mains which had to be crossed and Monday morning the line was advanced on across that street to the point where the bed had been graded and later on the line was still further advanced to the site of the terminal. The laying of the track is an Inspir mg si*rht and one that attracted a great deal of atontion Saturday ami Monday mornings. It is also one well worth the time and attention given It by the spectators. The work on tho foundations of the site was com? menced Monday morning and is pro? ceeding rapidly. Culiing-Card Rules. (By Paul West.) Gentleman readers have requested the very latest Information concerning the leaving of calling-cards. Tho fol? lowing rules have been obtained from high authority: A gentleman calling 0n a single lad) should hand four cards to tho maid or butler. Then, as In- enters the drawing n?<>m, in- should deposit two more on the nearest table. If the holy is sometime in making her appearance, ho may decorate the i>i? tures <?ii th.- Wallfl with his cards, also slipping as many as possible into books on Hie center table. On going ? a... he sure t<> leave twelve more on the card-stand. in calling "ti a married lad;., twice the number of cars should be left, bo sides which on returninK home, h< should mail fort) or fifty more as a token of his pleasure ;<t having seen her. \t receptions nnd other formal af fairs, a gentleman Bhould leave as many of hi- cards as he can carry to the place . Also ill <p :( f< w Into the BOU|l the punch boWl, ami. t>n h\>\ Ing, int.. umbrella stands.- - Exchange, COMPANIES LEAVE AUGUSTA. MILITARY FORCE ON DUTY RE? DUCED TO 10 MEN. Governor Orders Rigid Investigation of Shooting of Cliristle, Baker and Dorn. Augusta, Qa., Sept. 29.?The con? ference between the mayor, council men, the city attorney and representa? tives of the street car company in an effort to bring about a settlement of the strike held this afternoon, re? sulting In nothing. The company will prepare a reply to this committee to be submitted to a meeting of coun? cil at 10.45 tomorrow. Following the withdrawal of a com? pany of cavalry and a company of infantry, efforts to operate cars this morning were frustrated by obstruc? tions which had been put across the telt lino tracks, including one of the city's steam road rollers. Tonight the military force on duty was reduced to 40 men and three of? ficers, who were engaged in patroi duty and guarding the street railway company's property. Gov. Brown has ordered a rigid in? vestigation of the shooting of Chris? tie, Baker and Dorne, all of whom are dead. MaJ. Levy, in command of the local battalion, has instructed the officers to have their reports com? pleted and filed with him by 9 o'clock tomorrow. Capts. Jewett and Henderson and every man on the firing line will be presented to the military court for trial, probably luring this week. WARRANTS ISfe'UED FOR OFFI? CER* Hcnious Crime Charged to Rural Po? liceman C. M, Young and Constable Mark Morris. A most unusual and ugly story of crime perpetrated In the Shlloh sec? tion of the county reached this city Sunday and there was considerable talk of it on the streets Monday. From information obtainable it seems that warrants have been is? sued by Magistrate F. L, Player of Shlloh for the arrest of Rural Police? man Cf Mi Young and Player's Con? stable, Mat k Morris, who in the war? rant are charged with a most hein? ous offense The two men are charg? ed with raping two negro girls on Friday afternoon while, as officers of the law. they had charge of them for the ostensible purpose of taking them before the magistrate to have them put up bond in cases against two ne? gro men who were charged with hav? ing committed criminal assault upon them. The two white men left the house of the parents ot the negro girls with them in a buggy. The four of them were seen by a number of persons and were tracked to where they had left the road and again where they had come out of the woods several miles from where they had turned out into it. The two men did not ar? rive at the magistrate's nor did they turn up at all that night. The two girls arrived at home at night and told their father that they had been criminally assaulted by the two of? ficers. Their father at once had a warrant sworn out before Magistrate Flayer for their arrest charging them with the crime The two men. how? ever, were not to be found anil, so far as is known here, have not been arrested yet. Both of the men have families and are well known in their community. Young Is B rural policeman and has made a good officer. Morris has been constable for Magistrate Flayer for some time It Is understood that both sides have secured counsel and the two men will be prosecuted to the extent of the law. if they are arrest" ed. A ne-st unusual feature of the cas< is the fact that at the time the ??rime is alleged to base been commit* ted the two officers were looking for two negro men against for whom Warrants had been sworn out by the father of the two girls charging them with the same offense with which the two white men are i harged. The advance agent of Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill's Wild West slows which wll be here or. October 23 stat? ed while in the < itv Monday morning that he had been here twelve years ago and again four years ago and In thai time Pumter had grown more than any other t. u n which he had visited Bnywhere in the West or South. Cotton sold for 11 B-16 cents on the local mnrki I Monda y, REQUESTS COMPLIED WITH. i a\ Itorics und Toilet Rooms for Both Sexes of Two Race*, to be Placed in S. C W. Stutlon. Officials of the commission govern? ment and the health department piloted the South Carolina Western Railray into the terminal grounds of that company early Monday by meet? ing with the constructing engineer and arriving at agreements as to the railroad properly protecting the sew? er and storm drainage pipes <>n Cal houn, Green, and other Streets and intersections, and the railway assum? ing responsibility for uny damages to pipes, etc. Mayor L. D. Je* <*s, Councilman , J. P. Booth, Dr. Alood of the I Board of Hea' ^ a Health Officer i E. I. Beard* Constructing En Sr gineer H. T mj n of the South Caro? lina We -o' Railway Monday, and these V , went over the grounds full' ^ *rd to the contentions of the V alth officer that the depot be /cted with the sanitary sewer a that retiring rooms for white and colored females be added to the gen? eral waiting rooms in order to insure privacy for women and children, that there be added separate toilet accom? modations for females of both races, that proper lavatories be provided, etc., all of these accommodations have been promised by the railway officials. Dr. H. Ashley Mood and Health Of? ficer Beardon were shown the revised plans of the depot embracing the improvements and charges requested from the original plans and express? ed approval of the arrangements. The South Carolina Western Rail? way is therefore now clear of any ob? structions whatsoever and in a couple of days the tracks will be well Into the terminal site. The city officials and the railway officials were delighted that Sumter will soon have the new railway. Sum? ter people are in full sympathy with the new road and the relations be? tween the people of Sumter and the new railway will be pleasant and pro stable to both. RICHMOND BOOSTERS APPRE? CIATIVE. ? Ia-ttor to Mr. J. H. Levy Tells of tVelingh of Visitors for Sumter. The following letter, which s self explanatory, has something of the true "ring" to it and makes Sumter citizens feel proud of the reception given at this place to the Booster citizens of Richmond: ? Rivhmond. Va.. Sept. 27, 1915. Mr. J. H. Levy, President, Retail Merchants' Association, .Sumter, 8. C. Dear Sir: You cannot i nagine how much we appreciate the hearty reception tendered us while in your city last week. The "Richmond B 'osters" knew that you would be glad to see them, other? wise, we would not have visited you, but we did n>>t expect such a hearty reception as you gave us. Our representative will he n your city in the near future and th nk you personally, and at the same time try to secure some information that nuy be mutually beneficial. We hope we ma> havs the pleasure of seeing you in Richmond, and at any time that you visit our City, we will be glad to hnve you m tke our office your headquarters, and tender you the use of de-k stationery and stenographers. With kindest regards to yourself, and all your * Alzens, we are. Tours very trul\ Freeman Advertising Agency In SAVANNAH TROOPS AT HOME. Col. O'Lenry Says Battalion in \u gut*ta Should !>e Aide to MsdSttaJu Order Tlu*re. Savannah. Qa., Sept. 21*. <'<?! M. J. O. Leary. who has been tti com? mand 0 fthe troops at Augu>la. re? turned to Savannah today, together with the Georgia Hussars, under com? mand of Cept. R. P Mein tyre, ar? riving here at . . 1 this after? noon. <'ol Ola 'i> said today that the Waynesboro company had line been relieved and sent home, and that the four Augusta companies, und- r command of Mai, Levy, have perfect Control of the situation. The bat* talion n<>w on duty at AugUUta," In said, "should be aide to maintain per re. t r,h r there.' Mr. Robert If, Keels left Monday morning for Charltwton, where he has accepted a position In the News and Courier printing department.