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Vol. 19, No. 39.
ANOTHER DEAD
III . S. C. FEUD;
3,0118 SHOT
Three
Children . Dead
Others Wounded, One
, t
Fatally, When Paren
Uses His Shotgun.
(By Associated Press)
York, S. C, Sept. 7. With the
death in the Gastonia hospital last
night of Lela Taylor, 16, and New
tnn Tavlor. 12, three members of
the family of J. M. Taylor of Clov.
er, S. C, are dead from gunshot
'wounds alleged to have been in'
fflicted by William C Farris, el
derlv cotton mill operative.
v Three other members are being
treated for wounds ana It is re
ported here that Miss Gertrude
Taylor, 18 years old, Is probably
fatally wounded. V
Farris was rushed to the state
prison at Columbia last night as-a
measure of safe keeping when
feeline ran high in the Clover vi
cinity as reports of the tragedy
spread.
v An inquest was held over the
bodies of Farris' victims today, the
jury returning a verdict that the
three came to their deaths' at the
hands of Farris.
Farris is known throughout this
section as "Fighting Bill," son of
"Ku Klux" John Farris, a name
, riven his father as a result of
battle he is reported to have fought
with the klansmen in the early
70's.
Children Started Row. .
According to Tom Perry,
neighbor and eye -witness, a quaf
vpI between Farris and the Tav-
lor children was renewed this aft
ernoon, and Farris is alleged to
have said "This thing has to be
' settled and I might as well settle
it now." With that he grabbed
two shot guns, a double barrel and
a single barrel, and began firing
v at the Taylors and Johnson, who
were in the Taylor yard .and the
Tavlor porch 40 feet across the
street.
, Claude Johnson was almost in
stantly killed by buckshot. Gertie
Taylor was shot in the aide1 and
neck) Newton in the abdomen and
died -hrrtly after- the-ahootingj
Dolly in the right arm and Lela in
the arm and stomach. Fred Tay
, lor, according to Perry, had run
out of the house to get a doctor.
After shooting the five Farris put
down his gun and proceeded to
draw 'a bucket of water. Seeing
Fibd Taylor returning HO feet
awavha is alleged to haxe exclaim
ed. "If you come any nearer 111
kill you." Fred continued his pace
and Farris shot him in the side
He is expected to die at any mo.
ment in a Gastonia hospital.
The five Taylors were carried
to Gastonia hospital this afternoon
for surgical attention.
- The shotguns said to have been
used by Farris were taken by the
, of flqtn. The Taylor cottage looks
like it had undergone machine gun
attack. All of the victims were
shot with buckshot, it is said.
It issaid that the Taylor chil
dren and t arns cnnaren nave oeen
at outs for a long time.
Farris was arrested and convey.
ed to York county jail at York,
Later he was removed to the state
penitentiary.
' Farris has been living in and
around Clover, for a. number of
years and he too was an employe
of this mill, which is owned by
Charlotte interests.
BELK CHAIN TO OPEN
STORE AT REIDSVILLE
An important deal was closed
vesterday in Reidsville by Mr,
Frank Stevens of the Belk-Stevens
Company, .of Winston-Salem,
whereby the Belk Cham Stores will
get a big store and stock in the
heart of the retail district of
Reidsville, formerly the D. A, Hen.
drix fttock. A long lease was also
closed, for the building, which is
known as the Huffine property,
The contract was also let yester
day for a general remodeling and
various changes on the interior of
the building, which will be opened
to the public just as soon as these
improvements can be completed.
The Reidsville store of the Belk
chain will be store 32. The Belk
chain operates stores in the 'fol
lowing , cities: Winston-Salem,
' Charlotte, Statesville, Greensboro,
Wilmington. Kockingham. Wax-
haw, Gastonia, Concord, Hickory,
Newton, Sanford, Ralcdgih,. Salis
bury, Kannapolis, Albemarle; Dur-i
nam. Monroe, Burlington, Lauren
burg, Rocky Mount, Lincolnton,
Cramertown and Reidsville in
North Carolina. The South Caro
lina cities which have , Belk stores
are as follows: Yorkville, Green
ville, Anderson, Greer, Spartan
burg, Rock HiU and Greenwood,
and Danville, Va. .
"HOTCH" SCARES POLICE
New York, Sept 7. Three cans
full of "hootch" seized in a raid at
the place of Daniel Cristi, Brook
lyn, were 'dumped into the sewer
in front of Brooklyn police head
quarters by reserves.
The 'ihootch," whkh had been
making strange noises, ; seemed
to be developing a "kick"- which
.might blow up the police head
quarters building, Captain Calla
han said.
$2,000,000- toad
- 1
.v JF ' '
it - .
Iff. , y ,vvv .
The Hon. John Jacob Astor, Jr., four-year-oia son ef Viscountess
stor, MJ., receives 11.000,000 as hU share to the trust fund left by his
grandfather. But what's that when a fellow has a pet turtle to rid la
kh garden of his British home? - . ,
FREIGHT LOADINGS
Shopmen's Strike Fails to
Decrease Freight Load
ings, According to Re
port. (By Associated Press)
Washington, Sept.. 7. Despite
the effect of the shopmen's strike,
freight loadings on all of the coun
try's railroads during the week
ending August 26 totaled 890,838
cars, an increase or 84 613 cars as
compared with preceeding weeks,
according to a report issued today
by the association of railroad ex
ecutives. Coal loadings totaled 110,030
cars, or 29,071 more than the week
before, the report, showed.
While Secretary Hoover had ar?
ranged to confer with the anthra
cite operators in Philadelphia to
day on the measure to facilitate
coal distribution, the senate was
still considering the ' administra
tion bill designed to" prevent profit
eering in coal price. '
A vote was prevented yesterday
by the lack of a quorum after the
constitutionality of the provision
of the bill had been debated at
some length.
YOUNG. BURKE FARMER
MYSTERIOUSLY KILLED ;
HAD THROAT SLASHED
Morganton, Sept. 7 Who mur
dered Ouray Smith?
This question has baffled the ef
forts local officers as well as rela
tives .and persons living in the
community.
Smith was found Tuesday
stretched out dead in front of the
door of his uncle Isaiah Smith, who
lives near McElreath's chapel
about eight miles from Morganton.
No one was in the home as his un
cle and aunt had driven over to
Glen Alpine to shop. When they
returned the sight of their mur
dered relative greeted them.
Smith's throat was slashed in
three places and his breast had a
gunshot wound in it about the size
of an egg.
No clue of the . murder was
found. Local officers refuse to be-
ieve the intimation of suicide.
stating tnat sucn was impossible
when taking the circumstances of
the wounds into consideration. No
powder burns were found on the
young man s body. - '
CHARGE EXPERT THIEF
Washington, Sept 7. Claiming
ne nad a Key designed to fit any
automobile' lock and that he could
run any make of car, Charles F.
Washington, colored, 19, 443 Dela-
ware-av se, was -arrested -last
night charged with the attempted
theft of a car belonging to George
. unswold, 1366 Shepherd-st nw.
Detective Alllgood. who arrested
him, said he followed Washington
severak blocks while he tried to
start a number of cars. ,
PRIEST TFLOGGED BY MOB
Fort Worth, Texas. Sent " 8.
Rev. Fahter Joseph Meiser, Catho
lic Driest at Ofln. waa taken fmm
his home by 10 unmasked men and;
flogged. He was accused of being
un-American.
BRITISH DISCUSS
HI WAR
Cabinet Manifests Keen
Anxiety Over Outcome;
Unable to Aid Perse
. .,
cuted Christians.
' ' ' (By Associated Fresa) .
.-JUdon, Setr-7 The British
cabinet at its meeting today , had
up for discussion among other
things the situation in Asia Minor,
which la causing serious anxiety to
tne entente powers.
The position arising out of the
victorious Turkish "offense, has
given rise to an 'active exchange
between the allied capitals both in
regard to a possible armistice and
the question of safeguarding the
Christian population in the district
evacuated by the Greeks.
The problem of removing refu.
gee from Smyrna presents serious
difficulties as the vessels for their
transportation in the event of a
sudden emergency are not available
at tnis time.
t Among the morning reports is
one ta the effeet that King Con
stantine has quit Athens. Further
details are lacking and whether the
king haSTJtme to the front to en
courage his troops or has left the
city lor. political reasons, are mere,
ly conjectural. Rumors of the res
ignation of the Greek cabinet and
the return of Premier Veniielos
have been current for the last two
days.
JIMISON TO EDIT
CHARLOTTE HERALD
Rev. Tom P. Jimison, pastor of
the Central Methodist church of
C J v- 1 1 .. .
oiicuvcr aim woo nus oeen con
spicuous recently as the moral
leader of the striking shopmen at
spencer, nas accepted the editor
ship of The Charlotte Herald, or
gan of the North Carolina Federa
tion, of Labor.
i Announcement that Mr. Jimison
will take over the editorial direc
tion of The Herald is made over
his own name in a recent issue of
the. publication. He states that he
is taking, over the Jom "tempor.
arily, at least." on account of the
prolonged illness of Jim Barrett
and until "a real scribe can be se
cured," the .editorial reads. .
KANSAS CITY j CLOUDY,
UNSETTLED, SHOWERS
Kansas City, . Mo., Sept.' 7
Dowp the spout came 60 gallons
of good home brew.
Below were a crowd of Kansas
City citizens catching it in their
hands, caps, hats, envelopes and
other things available and pour
ing it down, their throats.
Two patrolmen had just raided
a beer parlor. Believing the gut
ter drain-pipes from the roof were
embedded in , the v ground, they
poured the beer into the gutter.
The crowd that - gathered to
watch the raid , suddenly found it
was raining beer. The weaker
were knocked down in the rush.
, WILLS SQUAW TO FRIEND
1 St. Paul, Sept 7-Slat Sena
tor McGarry falls heir to 15 "In
dian squaws, 10" buckets of war
paint, several bales of feathers
and other state regalia by the will
of Chief Schmoc-Omi-Mon of the
Leech Lake reservation, who died
recently.
SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1922.
CHAS. KLUTTZ HELD
WITHOUT BAIL ON A
CHARGE OF MURDER
(By Associated Press,)
Raleigh, Sept 7-Chas. M.
(UooU) Klutts, charged with
killing City Detective Thomas
C Crabtree here about a week
" ago, waa held without bait for
trial at the September term of.
..Wake county court which be
gins next Monday after being;
given a preliminary hearing in
municipal court this morning.
The defendant offered no
evidence at the trial. Klutts
waa represented by two attor
neys, Charles Harris, of Ra
leigh and R. Lee Wright, of
Salisbury.
I
4 TRAINS TODAY
Passenger Train .Facilities
Greatly Curtailed By
Taking Off of Nos. 45,
46, 15 and 16.
Four passenger trains in and out
of Salisbury were discontinued to
day by the Southern Railway in
accordance with announcement
made the first of the week these
trains making their .last runs yes
terday and being No. 15, Salisbury
to 'Asheville; No. 16, Ashevllle to
Salisbury No. 46, Greensbtfro to
Charlotte, and No. 46, Charlotte to
Greensboro.
iIo. 15 to Asheville was the
early morning train, leaving here
at 6:05 a. m and No. 16 was the
last night train from Asheville,
arriving In Salisbury at 10 p. m,
No. 45 was the loeal from Greens
boro to Charlotte and reached Sal
isburv at 2:30 d. m and No. 46
was its sister train from Char
lotte to Greensboro, coming here
at 4:30 p. m. .
The taking off of No. 15 to
Asheville puts the work of this
train on Western No. 11, which
will carry the sleepers , from 81
main line for Asheville. No. 11 is
now the only through passenger
train to Asheville after No. 85 at
19 p. m. until No. 11 runs again
the following day. However, No.
12, the Salisbury , to Barber' to
ChttlOTDrtfatfl leaving ' her at
2:45 connects at Barber frith No,
21 f Jbm Goldsboro to Asheville.
-The discontinuance of No. ' 16
from Asheville puts the work of
this train on No, 1Z, coming to
Salisbury at 8:05 p. m. and is the
only train from the west after that
time until No. 86 at 11:30 a. m.
the next day.
The taking off of No. 45 cuts out
the afternoon local to Concord and
Charlotte and the only train after
No. 11 runs at 8:30 a. m. south,
with the exception of the solid
Pullman, No. 87, at 9 a. m., is No.
35 at 7:30 p. m. However, one
can get to Charlotte by rail in the
afternoon by taking No. 14 by way
of Barber, this train leaving here
at 2:45.
Annullment of No. 46, 4:30 p. m.
train from Charlotte to Greens
boro, does not affect travel north
as bad as the taking off of No. 45
does to the south. No. 44 runs
early in th morning, and No. 36
comes in about noon, with No. 12
following early in the evening.
Then parties from Charlotte can
get to Salisbury at 2 p. m. by tak
ing No. 14, the Charlotte-Barber-
Sahsbury train.
Parties desiring to : get out of
Salisbury to China Grove, Kannap
olis and Concord any time aftei
No. 11 runs. at 8:40 a. m. and be
fore No. 35 runs early in the even
ing will have to travel by way of
the Saljsbury-Concord Jitney.
. It is hoped these arrangements
will not be of any considerable
duration, the Southern having an
nounced tne taking off of these
trains is for the purpose of releas
ing locomotives with which to
handle freight and clean up the
congestion due to the strike and
for the prompt movement of coal,
FORMER GOV. O 'NEILL, '
OF ALA., DIES AFTER.
CONTINUED ILLNESS
Birmingham, .Ala., Septv 7.
Former Governor Emmett O'Neill
died here this morning at 5:45
o'clock after several week's illness.
He suffered a stroke of paralysis
at Battle Creek, : Michigan where
he was undergoing treatment six
weeks ago.
He had partlv recovered 'from
the stroke and. had recently been
removed to his home here.
WIFE HASTENS TO AID
OF ACCUSED HUSBAND
Pasedina, Calif., Sept 7. Mrs.
Walter T. Candler, wife of the At
lanta financier, who . issued for
1100,000 damages by -Mrs. Claude
Byfleld on charges involving an
alleged attack on Mrs. Byfleld-by
Mr. Candler, arrived here yester
day on her way to Atlanta. She
recently returned from, Honolulu.
A wife's place is at her hus
band's side at a time v like . this,"
said n. Candler, "and I am go-
"" fv start for Atlanta as soon as
ii ewi obtain reservation probably
Friday."
SAU Y HOB
SEEKH STOP
ENFORCEMENT OF
V
Claim D. C. Union Heads
Have Not Acted Unlaw
ful and Ask a Counter
Injunction!'
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Sept. 7. A peti
tion for an injunction was filed to
day dn the supreme court of the
District of Columbia against
United States Attorney : Peyton
Gordon and United States Mar'
shal Edgar C. Snyder, marshal for
the District of Columbia, by the
International , Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, James H.
Noonan, president, and Charles P.
Ford, secretary, ' which would re
strain Gordon and Snyder from en
forcing, in the District of Colum
bia, the nrovisdons of the blanket
injunction issued by Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty in Chicago last
week.
The plaintiffs state that neither
before nor Since July 1 of this
year have they committed amy un
lawful acts incident to the strike
of railway shopmen. ,
The brotherhood and President
Noonan are named in Attorney
General Daugherty'e injunction
Would Impeach Daugherty.
New York. Sent. 1. SuDoort of
the American Federation of Labor
in the effort to bring about the
Impeachment of Attorney General
Daugherty and Federal Judge Wil
k eraon of Chicago for their part
in the issuance of the rail injunc
tion was pledged by Samuel Gom
pers, the federation' president, in
a telegram 'received from Atlantic
City today by the Central Trades
and Labor Council. '
SHOPMEN'S BARBECUE
LARGELY ATTENDED
The barbecue given on the Spen
cer park ' plot yesterday by th
striking shopmen of th Southern
at this place and which was for th
purpose of giving financial aid to
anyone who might be in need of it
after an idleness of nearly ten
weeks, was largely attended and
hundreds of V tray ' f - barbecued
meats wer disposed of, as well as
cow cram.
During th afternoon several
talks wer made, th princkoal ad
dress being by Mr. P. J. Oonlon, of
Washington. JJ. (J- rice-nresident
01 tne international Association of
Machinists, on of th strongest
01 tne six shop crafts involved in
tne strike.
BUBCH ADMITS DEFEAT
OF J. K. YARD AM AN
(BVlAssoclated Press)
Jackson. Miss. Sent 7 Ohidore
Luther M.,Burch, secretary 'of the
commrtte wuch directed the cam
paign of former senator James K.
vardaman in his contest with Ha
bert E. Stphenson, for th Demo
cratic ; nomination for United
btates senator from Mississippi,
stated today that "on the face of
returns now in hand it seems prox
bable that Mr. Stephens has been
nominated by a small majority,
possioiy less man o,U(XJ voles."
SUN HATCHES CHICKS
ON BECALMED VESSEL
-.::;?';;. V :
Tacoma. - Wash.. Sent. 1.A
small flock of chickens and ducks
was hatched out of the cook's eight
cases ox Australian eggs while the
ship Matzalan lay helpless in the
doldrums with the thermometer
averaging 102.
The flippers of a giant sea tur
tle were Cooked as food for the
baby chicks. When a few duck
ings appeared, a tub of sea water
was kept on deck for these young
sters to bathe in.
BULL CHASES FLAGMAN
Braintree, Mass., Sept 7. It
would be great to have bulls edu
cafied in flag signals, according, to
New Haven railroad brakemen.
A bull at Braintree Highlands
wandered onto the railroad tracks
nut A train waa nnmatina
the locomotive sideswiped the bull
and pushed him aside. According
to all good tram practice the train
was stopped to see what damage
was done to, the bull and a brake
man sent to the rear to stick up
red nag to warn on coming
trains.
The bull, peeved by the red flag
and forgetting that he had been
hit,"" drove at the red-flagging
brakeman like a thunderbolt The
brakeman beat the bull to the plat
form just about in time, i
HINTON IN HAITI.
(By Associated Prow
Port Au Prince. Haiti. Sent,
7.
Lieut Walter Hinton arrived here
in his 'airplane at nodn on his trip
from the United States to Rio De
Janeiro. .
AUTOS LOOP THE LOOP
Bath, Me., Sept 7Three-per
sons escaped .injury here when
their auto ran off a bridge, turned
over twice in the air, and landed
nose', down on a railroad - track
twenty feet below.
"FLYING PARSON1' KILLED
IN FLIGHT TODAY
Rutland, Vt, Sept' 7.Lieut. Melvin W. May-
nard, known as "the Flying
while flying at the Rutland
Lieut Charles Wood, of
Charles Mironett, of New York, a mechanic, also
were killed.
The plane fell from a height of. 3,000 feet
KIDNAPPED OIRLS FROM
MAOON, GA, LpOATED IN
FLORIDA, SHERIFF SAYS
(By Associated Press)
JadanffivWeTTlirSept TMrsT
Garnett J. Starr, 19, and her sis
ter, Miss Valera Lamar, 16, mem
bers of , a prominent family of
Macon, Ga., who have bean miss
ing several days and whose disap
pearance resulted in the arrested
her Tuesday night of H. C. Gra
ham, of ' Detroit, insurance adjus
ter, on a charge ' of kidnapping,
were in Fernandlna yesterday but
left that city about 4 o'clock p. m.
and returned to Jacksonville, the
sheriff's offive announced today.
, Graham Lodged in Macon Jail
Macon, Ga., Sept 7. jClaimlng
that he knows ' nothing of the
whereabouts of Mrs. J. Garnet
Starr, 19 years old, and her 15 year
old sister,. Miss Vetera ; Lamar,
who disamieared from their home
Thursday of last week, and that
he could not account for all of his.
movements since that time, H. C.
Graham, charged with kidnapping
the two girls, was brought to Ma
con today and lodged in the, Bibb
county jail. ,
SEEK TO STOP HANDLING
OF WALSKA'S BOOKINGS
(By Associated Press)
New York. Sept. 7 Madame
Luella Melius, widely knovm Eu
ropean opera singer, today sought
lederai injunction to restrain
George Daiber, a New York man
ager, from, handling . Madame
Ganna Walska's bookings in al
leged violation of her contract with
Daiber. .wV'v'
Madame Walska and Harold1 F.
McCormkk, the Chicago harvester
king to whom Madame Walska was
recently married in Paris, is also
named as defendants in the pro
ceedings, which carries a claim
for damages, the amount of which
Madame Melius said had not been
decided. ,
GRANDSON OF CONFED.
CHIEFTAIN DIED TODAY
Roanoke, Va., Sept. 7.J- Col. Kob-
ert E. Lee, grandson of General
Robert E. Lee, died here at 6:10
o'clock this morning. The funeral
will be held at Lexington, Va., at
noon Saturday.
Colonel Lee had been ill many
months and came here seven weeks
afo from Hot Springs, Va. His
wife, mother and brother were with
him when the end came.
CoL Robert E. Lee, who died at
Roanoke today is well remembered
in Salisbury, Having , delivered a
masterful Fourth of July address
here several years ago.
CUCKOO, CUCKOO!
New York, Sept. 7. Clothed in
fog and 4'red ribbon, a man was
found dancing on Broadway by po
lice. A photograph in a nearby
shop was playing Gilda Gray's
-'Neath the South Sea Moon."
The man, dazed, was .taken
the police station where his fami
ly was called and a new suit sent
to him.
Parson," ' was killed
fair today. '
Ticonderoga, N. Y.. and
DAUGHERTY' BACKS
' DOWN ON INJUNCTION
CLAUSE ABOUT SPEECH
Washington, Sept T Attor
t ney-'Geheral Da ugherlf " ItAkf
sent for Senator Borah, Repub
lican, of Idaho, chairman of th
senate ' labor committee, : and
after a conference .. regarding
th Chicago injunction issued
against the striking shopmen. It
was indicated that the govern
ment would net insist next Mon
day at the hearing on poma?
ment in unction on th provision
alleged to curb freedom, of
speech.
CAIM1E1924
Announcement Made a
' ". . fv '---.V.'1' "'.- . ; 't-,' ',if
New York That Former
Secretary of Treasury-
is to Run. '
New York. Sept 7-WUliam Q
McAdoo, former secretary of the
treasury, is an avowed candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
resident in 1Z4, William u.
Lyons, of Denver, a former Colo
rado state senator and sergeant-
at-arms in the last three Democra
tic national conventions, declared
here todav.
"I saw Mr. McAdoo in Los An
geles less than a month ago," Mr.
Lyons said, "and he told me plain
ly that he would be in the race
this time. He will enter th Cali
fornia presidential primary unop
posed and will have the undivided
support of such leaders as Gavin
McNab and Frank J. Hennessee,
and the Democratic organization
in San Francisco," said Mr. Lyons.
GERMAN PATENTS BASIS
FOR SUIT IN EQUITY
' (By Associated Press)
Washington, Sept. 7. A suit in
equity against the Chemical Foun
dation receiving German patents
sold by the government during the
war probably will be filed at Wil
mington, Del., Saturday, Attorney
General Daugherty said today. If
the patents are received, he added,
their disposition will be left to
congress.
RING LOST 20 YEARS FOUND
HR-ksville, Ohio. ' Sept 7- A
sparkle in a flower bed in her yard
attracted the attention ol Mrs. W
F. Bassett She pulled out of the
dirt what she. thought was ' a
broken piece of glass. It proved
to be a diamond ring. 5
Inquiry revealed that while the
house on that lot was being con
stracted 20 years ago by Mr. and
Fred Purkear. Mrs. Purkey
lost Sher diamond ring.
Neighbors identified Mrs. Bas-
find as Mrs. Purkev'a lost
ring. ; The ring will be sent to Mrs.
rtirkey. who uvea at Culver City,
Calw where her husband died not
long ago, - -
mm ah
CETWO CENTS
NO UIG OF
RAIL EXECUTIVES
AND SHOPMEN ON
" ' r
Strike Leaders Called to
Chicago to Discuss In- '
junction of K Attprn
General. ' , , f s
(By Associsted Press)
Wsshlngton, Sept 7-There are
no conferences now in progress be
tween leaders of the railroad strike
and railroad, presidents and nons
have been held sines th formal ,
gathering in New York last
month, it was asserted her today
by J. P. Noolan, chief of the broth
erhood of the electrical workers, -which
is on of th seven rail un- .
ions on a national strik.
' Th meeting of th strikers' pol-'
icy committee, called for nsxt
week at Chicago, is to consider the '
general strik policy and also'
what shall be don in view of the
Injunction applications by the at
torney general. ; ,
B. , W, Jewell, chairman of the
executive council's strik organi
sation, is now nrout to Chicago,
Mr. Noolan said, after visiting
several railroad c nters but during
the trip through these sections he
called no meeting of union execu
tives. Mr. Noolan said he was not
informed as to whether the chair
man had taken occasion to meet
any of th rail presidents. - k
Hop for Early Peace
Chicago, Sept 7 With the rail
road shop craft policy committee
of 90 summoned to meet here next
Monday th hops for an early set
tlement of th rail strik was re
newed for the first time sine the
railroad executives - - and union
chiefs broke off peace negotiations
in New York. These hopes are
founded principally on the call for
th union policy committee to meet
and statements by strike leaden
of th possibility of separate agree
ments with 52 of the class 1 roads,
representing approximately 85,000
-"-Railroad-" -erecu tires- -.-generally
deny that any pesce overtures had
been - considered; in a conference
with union leaders. Som insist
ed that the strik was broken and
the peace parleys had' ended with
th breaking up of the New York
conference. , "
Th call for the policy commit
tee meeting was issued at Chicsgo
strike' headquarters by John Scott
secretary ox the railway employes
department of the American Fed
eration .of Labor 'and went out to.
the general chairmen of the shop
crafts organization over th nam
of B. M. Jewell, head of the de
partment whose whereabouts have
remained publicly unknown since
til government's strik injunction
(was granted.
Th meeting or the shop crafts
leaders was called for the same day
on which Judge Wilkerson set for
a hearing of th government's ap
plication to make the Daugherty,
Injunction permanent
OPTnmSTIO WAVE HERE
. ON STDJKE SITUATION
Ther appears to be somewhat
of an optimistic wsv in local
strik circles today, due to t the
summoning of heads of the strik
ing railroad crafts to Chicago for.
a conference of th "policy com
mittee." ' Separate settlements
have been mentioned in connection
with this approaching meet, and
while nothing oflkial is given out
as to turn .of this kind ther
seems to be a sentiment among
oma of tiia local shopmen, that
this is th thing to be discussed.
Whatever th nature of the com
ing Cbieaeo meeting, there is cer
tainly torn sentiment her in fa
vor of separate settlements with -
those roads that are waling to put
th mm back on terms suggested
by President Harding some weeks
ago and which wer accepted oy. ,
the labor headsnd which, includes
allowing the men to retain their
seniority.
Ellis to cnicagaw
JaM. Ellis, one of the tlx gen
eral chairmen on th Southern.
who has been out of tin city for
several day rotting various pom
in his district, wtu . return to
Salisbury tonight and leave within
a few hours for Cfoicawo to at- .
tend th general policy meeting of
the striking shopmen.
.The federal injunction will b
one of th subjects discussed at
the Chicago meeting. '
ONLY FEW JOE3 LEFT :
in o. & n. w. cscra
(Special to The Evening Fo
Hickory, Sept 7. The rr& of
the strikers in the ? Carolina &
Northwestern railroad shorn here.
are fast being filled and to force
is now practically normal, accord
ing to oflkial of : the cwrrr" ""
OnJv a verv few tnech-ar." '
needed to bring the or!.;
un to its full number an
are expected to be sect- I
the end of the week, "i '
been no disorder in eos.no . .
the placing of the new it i.