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.".?- t.'.". . ....V The Patriot 1 PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY? AND THURSDAY. ESTABLISHED GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1919. VOL. 98. NO. 9t Si BIG COAL STRIKE OYER ; - WAGE DISPUTE IU KK-yrBW STRIKE OR- ..xrHlAWAL OP DEK AGREED ON BY THE 31INERS' UNION. Indianapolis, Nor. 11. United ,tive hand in the situation. 6iic tonight a telegram L: Lewis, acting presi dent of the miners' organization, urging "prompt, resumption of nego tiations." The message sent, it was explained, before Secretary Wilson had put his invitation on the wires, made no reference to the labor sec 1 . . -. i reiarjf as a meaiaror. Jtsrewster sug- i.-!f TllflB'A A. B. Ander- I 90etor1 YtOfrrktaf fna rt "a innfant . ,t 10 o'clock this morning ap-,to be in force upon the termination S nved the order of the officials of Df the contract no win effect," with- , fniten Mine uii v uui sttjiug vucu ui uuw mis wouiu -the iuuc . f . . , . . indins tne stride ui,oe determined. Attorneys for the min-l Word came from Lewis tonight 3 i. to Vi qvo if in - til A v. : n v. a j ! j. j x 1 1S6U tu ti j -v . iuoi iuc uimtjiB uau uecmeu iu ac- that ca resci rwnher 15 nrnnv mails by 6 o ciock ima ocixi6. j cept xvir. wnson s oner ' anoi This action was taken following a they had so notified - Brewster. gession of the general committee or The secretary of labor, again step the miners, which decided early to- ping to the front as' mediator, will day to comply with the mandate of . take up his work exactly as it was t issued last aaturaay. iaia asiae two weetcs ago, : except - Anderson characterized the that no strike threat, will hang over s a "good faith effort" " to the conference. Instead of there be ing present in th& conference rep resentatives of miners and operators only from the central competitive fields, embracing the states ol Indi ana, ! Illinois, Ohio and western Pennsylvania the conference ' will the cc Jud order, compl oi th The text with his mandate. order follows: mrtiananolis, "Nov. 11, I9l. "To the Officials and Members of me United Mine "Workers of HDHDREDS OF "REDS" TO - BE; DEPORTED AT OliGE GOVERNMENT NOT WASTING ANY TIME IN CLEANING OUT I RADICALS. America : Dears Sirs and Brothers: include miners from all fields in- "In ODeClience iu m5 uiauuavc a ; 'cu iu iuc Btii&c Bticiuuiug uvcr sued on November 8 by the United more than 20 states. States court, district of Indiana,) Mr. Wilson's action in broaden Judge A. B. Anderson presiding, the ing the scope of the wage negotia tions was a surprise to operators, but j the larger plan of representa tion was adopted because of the de sire1 of men from other fields to have a voice in the deliberations. undersigned hereby advise you that the order of October directing a cessation of operations in the bi tuminous coal fields of-our jurisdic tion is withdrawn and cancelled. "Your fraternally, (Signed) "WILLIAM GREEN, "Secretary-Treasurer. .-JOHN L. LEWIS. President." The order to rescind was present ed to the court by Henry Warrum, j OVERSEAS LIEU KILLED ;)BY I. W. .W. SNIPERS . , - - " - -4. SHOT 5 DOWN , AS THEY MARCHED THROUGH STREETS IN AR MISTICE DAY PARADE. HEARING SATURDAY ON I POSTOFFICE BILL. Washington, Nov. 1 2 .A delegation-from Greensboro will appear .. . 1 lt. 1 !11 Indianapolis, attorney for the mm-jwo uuuse cuumiuee ou puu- Aftr thA rmirh nroceedinss ; "C buildings Saturday morning to Fort : urge the claims of that city in be half of an appropriation of $1,000,- ers. Mr. Warrum, G. L. Grant, Smith. Ark., and F. C. Huebner, Al hia,' Iowa, associate counsel, then j 000 for a new postoffice and federal issued a statement in the presence office building. of the government- attorneys. in ! ..iBHLXHS.!: which the position . of the mine, cafed to-day to the peopleof GreeSs workers was made. The statement . horo by Representative Charles M. of the attorneys follows: I Stedman after he had been informed "The operators have repeatedly &j Chairman Langley, ot the house declared that they were ready to en- J committee. u.u Annftarinff with the OrAPnshoro people will be a delegation from, Mt. Airy, espousing the cause, of an appropriation of $100,000 for a ter into negotiations with the miners if the strike order were withdrawn. Th government has taken the posi tion that in the vindication of its own supremacy the strike order PUDiic Dunamg in meir city, must be withdrawn before they ! The hearing will begin at 10 would take any steps to compel the ! o'clock, and Major Stedman will ap resumption of such negotiations. Pear with the Greensboro commit The issue has been submitted to the ; tee as the faithful representative court and in compliance with the has beeh a persistent advocate for a court's ruling the strike order has I new building for Greensboro, been cancelled and withdrawn. It j (Although no appropriation can be seems that good faith on the part of expected at this special session of the operators requires them. to meet j Congress, the claims of Greensboro the miners' representatives at once ' and Mt. Airy will occupy a strate- for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of this wage "controversy, and that good faith on the part of the government requires it to see that such a resumption of negotia tions is had at once and concluded without delay." Acting President John L. Lewis, of the mine workers, made the foi iowing statement: "Gentlemen, we will comply with the mandate of the court. We do it under protest. We are Americans. We cannot fight our government. That is all." ' gical advantage when the commit- uamw iuc yuii. " Monessen, Pa., 20; Pittsburgh, debated and enacted at tnu to oe regular session. The public build7 ings appropriations were suspended during the war, and with the conse quent multiplying claims ' of cities throughout the country it will be a lucky place which snares in the ' large items to be incorporated in the measure. Washington, Nov. 10 Deportation proceedings have been instituted in a number of cities to rid the country of the violent radicals caught in the nation-wide raids which have been in progress since Friday, Attorney General Palmer announced tonight. Instructions have gone to all de- partment of justice agents, the at torney' general said, to permit no de lay in instituting formal hearings, preliminary to the actual deporta tions. Assurances have been received from other government departments having to do with deportations that action would be taken to expediate the cases. In; the meantime, the clean-up ot the country will continue, Mr. Pal mer .announcing tonight that there must be "no letup." The total num ber actually held on deportation war rants had reached 391 tonight,, while from some cities, in which radical leaders were - picked Up, reports had not reached the department. Efforts of the department repre sentatives, it was said, are being di rected more particularly at the union of - Russian workers. This organiza tion, branded by the attorney gen eral as the most dangerous anarch istic group in the country, was said to have wide ramifications with the department agents still uncovering new evidences of its activities. Opinion at the department of jus tice as expressed to-cay seemed to be that the Russian union perhaps was constituting itself a self appointed leader of all organizations which are preaching overthrow of the govern ment, t Literature seized was said to show that the organization accepts support from almost any source so long as it ?a working toT defeat-au thority . and destroy private property rights. Officials' said they had evi dence showing that leaders of the union had made overtures to other and lesser groups of radicals to join their organization, holding out prom ises of rewards when state and so ciety are overthrown. Because theyare regarded as the most dangerous of all radical types, those arrested in the recent raids' are being held in $10,000 bail, officials said. Peter Bianki and Adolph Schnabel, both former secretaries of the union of Russian workers, have been held in bail of $15,000. The following list given out by the department of justice shows the num ber of persons held on deportation warrants in the various cities: New ark, 32; Baltimore, 9; Akron, 32; 5; Cleveland, 18; Buffalo, 14; Philadel phia, 10; Trenton, 1; Hartford, 145; New York, 39; Chicago, 7; Detroit, 59. democracy called him. He had been welcomed home with all the plau- dits due a warrior and his death at the -hidden hands of those who op posed that for which , he had faced the- enemy in the open, drove men and women to frenzy. - As soon as the first excitement subsided somewhat, word of the at- Centralia, Wash., Nov. 11. War- tack w sent to Governor Hart at ren unmm, Centralia lawyer, and nivmnH m,-o WAR TO DEAf II DECLARED . OH I. W. W; ORGAIIIZATic:; GEN. PERSHING SA-YS TOO DR TIC MEASURES CAN NOT E2 UNDERTAKEN, Seattle, Wash., Nov. -12. "YTs and 1 nitrmH Ha - flAm nnmVa Xstv.ito the death" 4a. now on npainnt fi- Ben Cassagranda, Centralia real es- department of justice officers at Industrial Workers of the World,, tate man, died late to-day from Seattle and then despatched 75 Roert C. Saunders, United Statfi wounds received when Industrial TOembers of tne third infantry, na- aiStrict attorney, declared to-Ur- Workers' of the World fired on "an armisflce day parade here to-day. The death list early tonight stood at threes V Arthur McAlfresh having been kiledlnantly. ' Nale Hubbard one of the six men wounded, was reported dying. The other wounded will recover it -was said. All - the killed and wounded were orerseas veterans. Sixteen Industrial Workers of the World were arrested early tonight 1 XT -I tional guard, to Centralia. The sol- A AU"uer eviaence man tne uea- I A. 1 1 jr , . ... . diersr are expected to arrive by I"" muraers is neeuea, ne assert- mornine. ed' to Prosecute all I. W. W. to the- extent of the law. Mob Gets One From Jail and Hanra . -oeaiue ponce to-oay raided L W. TTf , . . Him. . I w neauquaners here, arrestea . Seattle, Wash., Nov. 11. AboutItuIce men ana seized wnat tney de- i i 3 ai. . ... . - St fiVlook thA mnh snrroiindine- th 1 aci lueu as iU OI literature.' Centralia jail, succeeded in getting one of the I. W. Ws arrested out I Pershing Favors. Drastic Measures. oi tne jan and into an automoDiie, Washington, Nov. 12. General rushing him away berore. guards I Pershing tonight MrruaiI a stotmMK anu mure were Being piacea m jan could prevent it, telephone reports In which he said- as iav .4U lUBjr-BOiuu we. auuuu. rwir nere said It iss n 9A.;mion f,,ffa I - . - , I . ! ww. w HU -UVl VUOt, Vwb mer soiqiers were guarding tne jan At 7.30 tonight the city's lights erans of the world war, parading in to Keep cue prisoners irom a moij sUwidenly cut off and a volley of uniform in celebration of whien crowded around the building, j shots rained down Pearl street. ine industrial WOrKers OI the i woe dnrinsr thiss neriofl that thft.nris-l in Mrtv, rrr- o x- jc I ww-i uiuuu no naa uuuc 111 l tt&X oner was taken from jail and spir- j ington yesterday. SlJ TT.' 1 a x 3 I iucu ctwtjr. ne wa& rusneu lowara Xoo drastic measures cannot be- a nearby road and at last accounts taken to M oxLr country of the class- me crowa nao disappeared witn I .- i him. World, '.it is charged, . fired from roofs ot-hnildings near their hall. After I the shooting a "mob ransacked the I. W. W. hall, tore down the front, of .'the building. and threw fur niture into the streets, where it was burned. The hall itself was not burned. ' ' ; When several alleged Industrial Workers of the World were arrest- According to a report telephoned to the Associated Press here tonight from the Centralia Chronicle the mob took the alleged I. W. W. fron jail, escorted him to point just out- who inspires mits such crimes." or corn- Unite With Centralia on I. W. XT. Centralia, Wash., Nov. 12. Cities of western Washington joined Cen- ed following the shooting, a mob side the' city limits and hanged him tralia to-day in arresting member took one from the police and made Jon a bridge on what is known as preparations to" hang him in a down town street. Before the rope could ber applied officers took him from the mpb-and placed him. in jail. Shots, poured from roofs of build ings as the parade neared Tower avenue, Centralia's main street and Second aVenue, near the I. W. W. headquarters. . Whole City on Parade. the old Chehalis military" road. "The man's body is now hanging on a rope under the bridge about 10 feet from the water," the telephone of the Industrial Workers . of the. World and raiding their headquar ters, following the firing on an ar mistice day parade here yesterday. Four former American soldiers are message said. "The I. W. W. the dead and a fifth is -reported dying as mob lynched was the one who shot uaie tiuDoara during the tight in the river bed." To Discuss Tobacco Growing. Salisbury, Nor. 11. C. L. Neal, j chairman of the agricultural divi ! sion of the local chamber of com merce, has called a mass meeting of To P-open Wage Negotiations. j farmers of the county to be held at Washington, Nov. 11. Having forced- the miners to call off the oa! strike the government set out to-day to help them to negotiate a rw wage agreement. On the heels of the announce ment that Federal Judge Anderson at Indianapolis had approved the onler promulgated by tbe United Mine Workers of America rescind ing the strike notice. Secretary Wil son invited rpnrpfiAntnh'vps nf thft the community building Saturday, the 15th, for the purpose of dis cussing the, growing of tobacco. The chambr of commerce is trying to induce the farmers of Rowan to en gage in the raising of the weed. Webb "Breaks In at Richmond. " f Washington, Nov. 10. Judge E. Y. Webb left here tonight for Rich mond, where he will sit in the Cir cuit Court of Appeals tomorrow and Wednesday. , He is "getting his hand in." He will return here and be the guest of honor at a dinner given by the members of the house judiciary committee. Judge Webb will take up his work in North Car olina; next week. President Up For First Time. Washington, Nov. 1 1. President Wilson was permitted to sit up for an hour to-day, the first time he has gotten out ot bed since he returned from his interrupted western tour six weeks ago. The President was nlaced in a wheel chair and was Cotton Sells For 75 Cents Pound. Gastonia, Nov. 11. D. M. Jones & Co., cotton brokers, bought a bale of long staple cotton Monday j wneeled slowly around the top floor j fallen from R. L. Watts, who lives near of White House. celebrate thKanniversary of the sus pension of hostilities and a large parade was -formed, headed, by the city's ! boys, who had helped bring about the glad day a year ago. Wearing the uniforms that sheltered them in the trenches of France and on the picket lines of the Geiman border, the -service men were the cynosure of the hundreds of women and children who lined the streets. - As the column swung around the corner of Tower avenue and Second avenue, the band struck up a patri otice march. Then bullets came in to the ranks from an unseen enemy. Men fell to the .pavement and tiny rivuiets ot Diood showed the spec tators what had taken place, crack of the rifles of the assassins having been drowned by the blare of the band. Tiny puffs of smoke from the roof of a nearby building indicated whence the bullets iacf come and the nearness of the I. W. W. hall led to the quick decision that the he roes who had weathered the san guinary battlefields of Europe had been slain from, ambush by' radicals who opposed the American system of government. Soldiers Rush Into Building. " The marching soldiers did not linger to await the order to fall out, but, with seeming intuition rushed into the nearby structure and sought their way to the roofs. The snip ers had disappeard, but the service, men sought- highways and byways for all suspicious persons and then sent out pioneers in the timbered country around the city. Wives, daughters and sweethearts qf the paraders, after a momentary pause from the sudden .terror of the situation, rushed to the aid of the IN ' THE 8UPREMK C50URT. Raleigh, Nov. 12. The Supreme court to-day handing down opinions sends Joe Bowles and the two Cain brothers, murderers of Easter, Surry county man, to the electric chair, but Little, of Anson, on murder charge and under sentence of death, gets a new trial. Chief Justice Clark, writing the a result of the shooting, and one alleged I. W. W. has been lynched. Twenty-two inen and one woman, reported to have radical beliefs, were placed in jail here, and later " four- ofj tho prisoners, including .tie J woman, were removed to the Lewis, i county jail at Chehalis by national " guardsmen, who patrolled Centralia. to-day. Raids were conducted' ia Seattle, Tacoma and Aberdeen on , the Industrial Workers of the World headquarters. In Seattle, 1 1 men and tons "off 'literature," according to the police were taken to police headquarters opinion which dooms the tnree w.- white murderers of man supposed eged members of the industrial to have apprised Officers Of the Still workers sea a quanmy run by the convicted men, finds no radical llteraVure- At Aberdeen larg virtue in the exceptions and does Quantities of literature and the re cords of the Aberdeen local of the organization were taken. , One Member Confesses. Prosecuting Attorney Herman Al len announced D. Lamb, 16 years old, who was arrested here as an I. W. W., confessed to belonging to the organization. The boy, Allen that Dr. Carlson and associates had j declared, said he had heard his fath- see conspiracy fully established, though testimony was offered rais- thel ing doubt as to the guilt of two. In C. A. Hamlin s case against the board of chiropractors tried in Greensboro, the court sustains the lower tribunal, which refused to grant him license. . The court holds discretion. Shaw vs. Greensboro, Guilford, no error. V Long vs. Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Guilford, no error. Morrison and Hild vs. Marks, Guilford, reversed. Hamlin vs. Carlson, et al., Guil ford, affirmed. TWO CONVICTIONS IN THE CHARLOTTE CAR STRIKE. who lives near miners and operators from all the Bessemer City, tor wnicn iney pi j fteids involved in the walkout, to 75 cents per pound. The bale meet here Friday "for the purpose Weighed 343 pounds and brought nt . 'nrr oe ' Mnt T1V. besides - souaung a Dasis or settle- ;' v"" " jav vnffl arainst ratifvine the .This cotton was a long - furnished federal prom Olliou ameumc lit ujr . Ohio Fails to Ratify. Columbus, O., Nov. 11.- Ohio last ment. the seed. The miner aorontP WhAn ATr Staple grown Wilson went home tonight h had Mr. Watts by the government. from seed received no formal reply from the operators, but was unofficially advis ed that they would comply with his request. The secretary was assur efJ by operators and miners that Tey would endeavor faithfully to frame a pay scale that would send th 425,000 strikers back to work Willingly and at once. - r.ii 1 nomas T, Ten Cars Sugar Shipped. Winston-Salem, Nov. 10 J. L. Gil mer has cabled to his firm, the Gil mer Specialty Stores, that 10 car loads of sugar were shipped from Havana, Cuba' Friday, and eight majority ot 641, according to com plete official returns received to-day by the secretary of state. The vote was: For ratification 499,879; against 500,520. cars would follow Saturday, which completes the original contract oE this -company, mt, uumvi operators' association of the central j main in Havana for several days to coiiinatn:. . . . a oilntmont nn a new -"uyc nem, wno arrived nere iry to iWvW . miti, incnrrertinn of October. dring the day from St. Louis to! contract which his firm. has, secured. with the msurrection of Owtooer. Brewster, head of the Eleven - Negroes to be Electrocuted. Hejena," Ark., Nov. 11. Judge J. M. Jackson, of the Phillips county circuit court, to-day sentenced to electrocution at Little Rock 1 1 ne groes recently convicted of murder in the first degree in connection That the firing was intended for soldiers was shown by the fact that all the killed and injured were, in the military section of the parade, which was made u partly of resi dents of Chehalis. Arthur McElfresh was found to have been killed instantly, but War- ren Grimm, did not die until later. Grimm's death added to the fury of the crowd of civilians that swarmed later about the jail to demand ven geance. Dead Man Popnlar. He had been an idol of the town even before the - war, as he was a star football player at the Univer sity of Washington. He had "added to the esteem of hiu townsmen by a professional career untiL the war for er, James Lamb, who also was ar rested,' talking of a plot to start trouble here yesterday. The father; according to Allen, confessed last night that the radicals had four former service men marked . for death because of their activities in a. fight waged by Centralia citizens to rid the city of I. W. W. "The I. W. W. expected trouble here yesterday and they were pre pard for it," Allen said. "When the parade was almost over without trouble appearing, they decided to start it themselves." Dr. David Livingston, who served; in the war as a captain, was one oS the four men marked by the I. W. W. for death, according to Lamb's alleged confession. Livingston is the coroner here. He announced the inquest will be held tomorrow over the bodies of the four former ser vice men. The body of "Brick" Smith, re ported to have been an I. W.- X7. secretary, ..was found in the Cheha- lis river. The rope by which he waa lynched last night was cut early to day and the. body fell into the rlver Charlotte, Nov. 12. Two white men, charged with . lawlessness in connection with the street car "strike here last August, were found guilty in Superior court this afternoon. These two men are the first two to be convicted as a result of the dis turbances during the strike, though several are under indictment. J. W. Temples, charged with shooting into a moving street car was fined $60 upon conviction by Judge T. J. Shaw, presiding over court. The warrant against unariie Goodman, of secretly assaulting As sistant Superintendent Drumm. of the street car company was changed to simple assault on which count , - , - J Silver Dollars Worth Premium. and sentenced to u aays ou me county roads. . j New York, Nov. 10. Silver dol- None of the others under indict-j lars are worth more as silver thanc- ment as a result of alleged lawless- they are as money. Silver Jn the lo ness in connection with the strike j cal market was quoted to-day at free will be tried at this term of court, j $4.30 to $1.31 1-2 cents an .ounco The case against John Wilson, for San Francisco delivery. ThisL to " charged with inciting the riot at the j 3-4 of 1 cent' to 2 1-4 cents above the car barns on .the night of August jgold parity price, which .is about 25, when five men were killed and , $1.29 1-4 cents several wo'unded, continued. has also been "business is being transacted heto and - j'tfre quotations are largely nominI an ounce. Littla.