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toric Events.
OF FRIENDSHIP.
hkasres from Presidents
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and Others Read.
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Vernon, Virginia, Sept. 6.
.il anniversary of the birth cf
... .ttc and the first battle of the
was celebrated with impressive
r.-s today at the tomb of Wash-
f (pident Harding:, who was unaole
t '. present, sent a message declar-
-'...it America's indebtedness to the?
- . soldier was eternal and pra.-s-hc
"dauntless courage" of Aravr
o'.diers in the second battle o."
.mi mo. Mmiiar messages were
; : !y Secretary of State Hughes ni
- ::. T. llorrick, American ambasm
to France.
Ml.SSAGE FROM PRESIDENT.
' :.- President's message said:
General Lafayette in no sma'i
: sure the success of the Revolution
. - due. "With no sordid motives, bu:
i::-.ed with ardent sympathy and a
-nate desire to help them, he .vs
.sod the cause of the struggling col
. s and hastened to their support
sought no seltish end and asked
pay. but found his reward in th.
's of Congress and the undying
-:-' tion of generations of American
?ons whose gratitude has be--1!!
: always win be suitably shown n 1
i impropriate occasions. Not only di.l
render brilliant personal military
- ice. but through his instrumental
much needed financial assistance
; reinforcement ot troops were io-
t d fi.r the Americans. Our ' indole-
ss tri him is eternal.
Similarly, nearly 150 years after.
-so Unit-d States, grown to a na
" cf more than one hundred million
,-. rrr, wiinieii and children, dis
.:'.iing any material advantages for
.-iisrlvi s. sent' armies of their youth
gave largely of their wealth, that
;- and that freedom which La
cherished and espoused shou.I
sitred to France. We are pleas.?!
:; vc and we know, that these
took no mean part in secur5.Tr
ultimate victory by which the in
v of France and human rights
v . . preserved. By their prowess.
: dauntless courage, and their res
valor, thev checked the German
: . ;:v e at Chateau Thierry and Bel
.--v. Wood on the second battle of '.he
y -rv.". and started that memorable re-
r.f thp German hordes which a
' months later ended In final i
The friendly and cordial relations
h exist between the United State?
: France do not therefore rest upon
: -- sentimentality or selfish interests;
' '-at her are they built .on the flrii
: .".Lit ion of historic mutual service
h cannot be shaken."
Ill i.IIES SENDS MESSAGE.
rr-tarv Hughes said:
: .'.rin it most fitting that there
--'-"i.:! he associated with this celebra
; - :hf observance of the anniversary
frst battle of the Marne, for
.-:' :sh that battle, turning seeming
. : ' livable retreat into a magnin-
- . v'f-nry, the pesevation of those
; ; - principles of human liberty an.l
: ---J 'which Lafayette cherished was
r;..'v rissured.
', fuhther gratifying that in this
-of friendship and good will
- entertain for France will be
r r..!r emphasized. The rda-
.. - ! .-'.ween the two countries are
i -. a solid foundation of service
-'ita helpfulness in the cause
. -sitiitions."
- . Herrick cabled: "T.afay
: ... Marne are names inscrib
i ,,ri our banner, on the ban-
r r : 1 :i :e and on the hearts of our
.7.r-rs :. : hers.
ttv. r, ,.,jro that we stood beside
for liberty at the second Marne,
: l. 'fullv acknowledged our in
t0 T.afavette and to France.
' ' ;n the war, for our indepen-
::ivi the defender of liberty in
" r '.:,: dnt's of 1914.
k one to whom it was given
" ii '-oind of the firing at the first
'' r .-: .-..-! to witness Americans bat
''; ' th common cause of liberty
same hallowed ground four
T feel the assurance that
- ciptf-rs in freedom whose
-'P-t'-h out. to each other across
' . 'ic will continue in the fu
' the j.ast to find ways to
' the liberties common to them
: : '1 in contemplating the. splendid
I .'.'i i' h France is making in ris-
': .he ruins of invasion I find
' 'inty that her virile and cour--opfe
will continue to be worthy
i '..'.ms of that great cause."
I Mllf-:UAD AND BRIAND
i
' f 'resident Millerand, of France,
i ' ' .-: message:
'"ornmemoratinf the double an
'f the birth of Lafayette and j
l. itMo of the Mr me. the Amen-
;' shows its attachment to
n ipirs which have made its in-
i'-r Br iand sent the following:
he schools of France the pages
our history merges with yours
1 to the children. They learn
'he gratitude which every
'"nr;n owes to the American he
(Continued on Face Two)
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ATTuw-n tmv u a HF.JNXAROLINAS EXPOSITION AT CHAR
O - ' " T JL H 3. v. A,
In Cotton Sf
Price Above
. New York, Sept. 6.
ing movement in cottor
advanoetl prices at tn
practically S5 to S7.K0
iiiy-
enhrg
the close of last Friday. All inonth
over
crossed me 19-cent level. The ad
vance was precipitated bv biillisn
Liverpool cables. The heaviest buv.
ing was for continental and trade
account, reflect ing a scare anion?
mill interests over future supplies.
Private advices from the belts re
ported further crop deterioration
over the holidays.
New Orleans, Sept. 6. Advances
of as much as $9 a bale carried the
price of cotton to approximately 20
cents a pound today on the distant
months in the contract market. Oc
tober was the strongest month and
showed gains by the middle of the
morning of 177 points, compared
with the closing quotations of last
week. May advanced to 1937.
Irish Controversy Virtually
Has Reached a Crisis, it
Now is Indicated.
MAY SET TIME LIMIT.
Acceptance or Rejection of
Government's Offer May
Be Demanded.
Dublin, Sept. 6. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Eamonn de Valera,
the Irish republic leader, declared
in a statement to the press today
that, if England issued an ultima
tum to the Sinn Fein, no pretense
would hide that it was an applica
tion of force, which must mean
war and not peace.
London, Sept. 6. Prime Minister
Lloyd-George today held conversations
with members of his Cabinet and civil
and military authorities in Ireland
relative to the situation yhich has aris
en as a result of the latest note io
the British government from Eamonn
de Valera, the Irish republican leader.
The Prime Minister met his colleagues
at Inverness, near ' Gait :och, Scotland,
where Mr. Lloyd-George has been
spending a brief vacation. It was be
lieved that the Irish situation would
be talked over, preliminary to th
meeting of the Cabinet, which will con
vene at Inverness tomorrow.
Although" London newspapers contin
ued today to counsel patience and
forbearance in dealing with the Irish
question, there were certain indica
tions that the Irish controversy had
virtually, reached a crisis, and that
tomorrow's meeting of the British min
istry might prove historic. There wore
many who believed that Mr. de Vatera
and his colleagues at Dublin would bo
given a certain limited time in which
they could either accept or reject the
British Government's offer of dominion
status for Ireland as a basis for a
settlement of the ancient controversy.
UNIONISTS GIVEN ARMS.
Eelfast, Sept. 6. Unionists employed
by a large concern near the scene of
the recent rioting in this city held a
meeting last night and were given i
arms with which to protect themselves
if attacked. Koutes were indicated to
the men with the advice that thoy
should use them for reaching and leiv
ing their place of employment. It was
declared that the meeting was a sequel
of the speech of Owen O'Duffy at
Armagh on Sunday, in which Mr.
O'Duffy declared the boycott agains
Ulster would be tightened by the Sini
Fein and that, if that was unsuccessful
in bringing Ulster into a united Ire
land, "we will bring lead against
tnem-"' U
Charles Harvey, wounded during tna
rioting of last week, died this morn
ing. He was the nineteenth victim of
the disorders.
SINN FEIN DEFENDED.
Paris, Sept. 6. Sinn Fein Ireland's
demands upon Great Britain are de
fended in an interview with Eamonn
de Valera, printed here by the news
paper L'Oeuvre. That journal's rap
L.totivo simone Terry, quotes Mr.
de VaWa as asserting that the Irish
republicans are basing their fight cn
the "principles of justice."
"Our realism is more practical than
the opportunism we are advised tD
adopt," Mr. de Valera is quoted as de
claring. "The British Government ds
clares it desires to end, once and far
all time, strife between its country i-od
ours We also wish to end strife, bu,
are we lacking in practical sense be
cause we know, as everybody in Ire
land knows, that lasting peace can he
made only on the principles of justice?
.. rZr is refused rights which for
her are primordial and essential, can
i micr1 rf stubbornness ba-
cause she points out that these rights
orp denied her; vvnu, men, -n
agtne. even among these 'realist poli
ticians' that lasting peace can be built
on a refusal of these fundamental
rights."
FALL OF AUGORA REPORTED.
London, Sept. 6.-Tlie fall of Angora
the Turkish Nationalist capital, to the
Greek" was reported in a Renter dis
patch from ismyrna wua, j
Believe They Will Have a
Better Chance Before a
Jury.
SOBERED BY ORDER.
Judge's Decision Brings Re
alization of Seriousness
of Situation.
By JULE B. WARREN.
Staff Correspondent ol" The .New.
Raleigh, Sept. 6. Judge Bond's de
cision continuing the restraining order
against the Raleigh printers, book-bind
ers and pressmen and their sympathiz
ers took a great deal of the joy out of
the life of union labor on Labor Day,
for the order signed by the judge on
Labor day just befre he left for Frank
lin county where he holds court this
week, is even more drastic than the
original restraining order signed by
Judge Cranmer. It goes into more spe-'
cific datails in the number of things
the members of the union are restrained
from . doing. " ;
The decision is , one of the most im
portant, in the history of labor union
activities in North Carolina, in the
minds of the labor union leaders in the
State. They declare that this is gov
ernment by injunction, and that they
will use every effort and exhaust every
judicial means of getting rid of the
restraining order. They do not believe
the decision is in line with the decisions
of other courts on similar cases.
The complaint in this case is very
shrewdly drawn. Governor Bickett and
his associates in preparing , this case,
did not follow the lines of other cases
by getting only the employers to sign
the complaint and -make the allegations,
'out also brought in the workers for the
complaining printing concerns. The case
thus fell without the line of -the usual
decision in labor cases, wThere capital
on the one side was lined up against
labor on the other. In this case it was
non-union workers on one side.againsi
union workers on the other. And it was
on this phase of the case that the plain
tiffs made their plea, assembled their
evidence and mobilized their attacks,
and it was on this phase of the- case
that Judge Bond based his decision to
continue .the injunction to the hearing.
ANNOYED WOMEN
"This is the first time in all my many
years experience on the bench and as ai
attorney, where I have ever known il
to be necessary for a white woman to
have to come to court and ask for its
protection on the streets againct white
men," the judge declared before he sign
ed the order continuing the injunction
lie referred to the affidavits signed by
the Thompson girls, employes of the
Edwards and Broughton printing estab
lishment since the strike, who declared
that when they came up street after
supper the printers and their friends
called them "Kitty-Cats." They jeered
at them in the picture shows, walked
in fron of, behind and on either side
of them on the street and made jeering
remarks about working in a 'rat-hole"
and otherwise annoy anded and disturbed
them when they were in public places.
This seemed to make more impression
nn the judge than all the other evidence
presented. He could not get over the
fact that the men had annoyed the wo
men. In vain di,d'the defense offer counter
affidavits tending to show that the
character and disposition of these young
women were not altogether lovely, that
there was some reason for believing the
evidence contained in their affidavit was
overdrawn, and that the girls them-
selves were not' worthy of belief. The
judge said that made no difference,
that the women had been annoyed by
men on a public street. This happened
in the capital of North Carolina. He did
not like it. he did not think it a good
(Continued on rage Klght.)
It's our private opinion that a good,
stiff, long drawn-out winter '11 do more
t' straighten this country out than all
a description of a gold-plated cork
screw an a garnet bracelet.
"'
th' legislation now under consiaerarion.
"I'd ratnei not have a car if I can't
wear my jewelery." declared Tell liink
he efa.ve Constable Phim
j : : i -
American Prisoners Freed by the Soviet Officials
Here are five of the Americans
who were released from Bolshevik
prisons in order that starving;
Russians might have American
food. In the photo, from left to
right: Xenophon Kalamatiano of
WITHDRAWAL OF
TROOPS ORDERED
Twenty-sixth Infantry is
Ordered Back to Camp;
All Sectors Quiet.
Washington, Sept. 6. Withdraw
al of the twenty-sixth infantry, otia
of the two regiments ordered Iuto
the West Virginia coal fields List
week, as recommended by IJrifa
dier General II. II. Bandhoiiz,
commanding the troops in the iield,
was approved today by President
Harding. Orders for the r tm'n at
the -egiient in Camp , Dii, New
Jersey, its home station, nci't; im
mediately issued by Secretary
Weeks.
Charleston, V. Va., Sept. 6 Quiet
is prevailing along Boone-Lbgan coun
ty border early today.
Advices from Spruce Fork Ridge in
eastern Logan county were that United
States soldiers sent to that district were
in complete control. Further trouble
in that region, where, last week, large
numbers of men had gathered on one
side of the ridge for the announced pur
pose of marching to Mingo through Lo
gan to protest martial law in force
there, and deputies, state police and
volunteers on the other, to prevent the
march, was not looked for, army cln-
cers said,
Erigadier General H. H. Bandholtz,
in command of the Federal forces
which went into the state, after a tour
of inspection yesterday, announced that
he was satisfied with what nad been
accomplished and t stated that he had
made certain recommendations to "he
Washington Government. What these
recommendations were he refused
to ' say, adding that any informa
tion must come from the War Depart
ment. WILL CLEAR THE DOCKET.
Williamson, W. Va., . Sept. 6 The
September term of the Mingo county
circuit court opened tocoy. -During j
this session, many cases growing out ot
the. industrial strike are expected to be
Tied. Prosecuting Attorney S. S.
Stokes declared 1 hat he expected the
court to sit until the docket is ciea.-ed.
This would indicate that, in addition to
the trial of 14 men indicted in connec
tion wtyh the deaths of several private
detectives and residents of . the town
during the Mfifewan battle in 1920.
cases against C. F, Kenney and Fred
Mooney. rresoident and secretar'. re
spectively", of. district No. 17, United
Mine Workers of America, would be
tried.
Keeney end Mooney were indicted
beie by a special grand jury a week
ago in conrection with the. death.? of
two men duiing three days .of shooting
along the Tug River last May. Neither
has been arrested.
Other cases on the docket include that
of David Robb, international organizer
of the miners', union, on an indictment
charging him with being an accessory
before the fact in connection with the
death of William McMullen, a state
trooper, last June. McMullen was shot
while on guard duty.
When the second Matewan battle trial
is called, two familiar faces at the first diplomats here, would be foolish t to with
ioc- engine whirh voquUph in .iTiTdraw from an organization whicn artoras
trial last snrinsr. which resulted in an
acquittal, will be missing. Sid Hat
feld, former Matewan chief-of -police,
and Ed-Chambers, two of the defend
ants in that trial, were shot and killed
at Welch on August 1, when entering
the courthouse tl ere to take part in a
court proceeding.
.NO SINGLE BODY IS FOUND.
Madison, W. Va., Sept. 6. Repoits of
the killing of 40 or more me-i in last
week's firing near the Boon-2-Logan
county line failed to be substantiated
here today when details of Federal
troops reported that a thorough search
of 15 miles along Spruce Fork ridge
failed to discover a single body or newly-made
grave
COTTON. BRINGS 21 1-2 CENTS'. ,
Anderson. S. C. Sept. 6.-The An-
, i i
highest in the South for the past week,
l nne-half rents nnin the side oi petter relations oetween
pound was paid for cotton on the local
JL. V V A I. T V uaau --'
market here today.
the firm of Nankivel & Co., New
York; John M. Flick, of Brooklyn,
N.Y.; Dr. La Marc, of San Fran
cisco, Cal.; "Weston B. Estes, of
San Jose, Cal., and Capt. Emmet
Kilpatric, of the American Red
In League Furnishes Problem
Washington Would Look With Disfavor on Reference
to the League of Nations of Matters Affecting
South American Countries.
By DAVID LAWRENCE
Staff Correspondent ot Th Kvr.i.
Copyright, 1921, bySuvs Publishing Co.
Washington, Sept. 6 Irrespective of
whether the absence of several Latin
American states from the meeting of
the assembly of the League of Nations
at Geneva. Switzerland, this week was
a concerted move, the incident has serv
ed accentuate the fact that the Uni
ted States government must sooner
or later make plain to its neighbors
below the Rio Grande whether Wash
ington looks with active disfavor or
passive favor on the continued parti
cipation in the league of the other re-.
j publics of the Americas
The Central and South American coua
tries joined the league on the expecta
tion that the United States would, of
course, be a member. They now find
the Washington government not only
j absolutely divorced from the league but
, saying through its official spokesman,
i Ambassador George Harvey,, that the
United States will not deal directly
or indirectly with the league. To those
nations of Central and South America
which imagine that they must follow the
United States on European policy this
is a plain hint to abstain.
TAKE MORE THAN HINT
As for other nations like Brazil and
Chile, which have followed a more
less independent foreign policy, it will
1
take something more than a vague
hint to bring about their withdrawal
from the league. Brazil, for example,
is a member of the 'council of the league
and by the unanimous consent rule can
blpck any proceedure inimical to this
hemisphere. Indeed, some observers
have suspected that the, Harding admin
istration might not be averse to the
presence of Brazil in the council because
that country is the closest friend the
United States has on this hemisphere
and the intimacy between Rio de Janeiro
and Washington is such that the Uni
ted States would never suffer by reason
of Brazil's , membership in the league.
There is another and perhaps more
vital aspect- to the . whole business of
Latin-American membership in the
League of Nations which means sooner
or later considerable embarrassment
for the United States. -
The latter has been the apparent
attitude until the news came that Latin
American states were ignoring the meet i anfl aIso to absence 0f Cabinet mern
ing of the assembly of the league. It is ; bers frpm'the city, the regular Tues
denied here that the United States coer- j day cabinet meeting was postponed,
ced any Latin-American members either I .
rtSatTon't aVtBut'Te WORLD'S CONFERENCE
thing . is certain, however, wnne tne
while
diplomacy of Washington will have to
keep busy preventing Latin-American
states from drawing too close to Europe
throuerh tne league these same Latin-
American states, in the judgment of
the only refuge from the effects of an
extreme interpretation of the Monroe' are Americans, will hear the opening
Doctrine, Some Latin states may pull i sermon by the Rev. S. P. Rose, of Mo fl
out of the league but it is doubtful if j treal, Quebec. The latter sessions will
Chile and Brazil or Peru will do like -
wise.
NOT A UNIT
uiiui-auii . ? " ' "T
means a unit as to what is the best
policy for them to pursue toward Europe
The Monroe Doctrine which was ori
ginally announced as a means of pro
tecting small states in this hemisphere
from European aggression has been var
iously interpreted by Democratic and
Republican administrations in Washing
ton all the way from absolute non-interference
in the domestic affairs of
neighboring countries to the wielding
of the big stick and the sending of
armed torces oi im b xui
nolioe nurDOses. lnis uncertainty ul
interpretation has een the single thorn
Latin-America and the United States
and just when it appeared that the Uni-
Cross of Union Town, Alabama.
The photos were taken as the men
arrived across the Russian border
into Narva, Esthonia. In the back
ground can be seen the special car
which was put at their disposal by
the Bolshevik government.
ted States was erasing previous lm
pressions of alleged imperialism, the Re
publican party absolutely refused to al
low the Monroe Doctrine to be includ
ed within the scope of the League of
Nations. To Latin-America this meant
a confirmation of its fear that the Uni
ted States wanted to be free at any
time to wield the big stick. To the
Republicans it meant simply a free
hand in this hemisphere and non-in
terference by Europe in our Central
and South American affairs.
But even with the United States out
side of the League of Nations, the
opportunity still remains for any Latin
American states to appeal to the league
fas against the United States and in
voke for instance, the jurisdiction of
the world court. This would, of course,
be irritating to the United States and
would complicate matters very much.
The Harding administration had not
been in power twenty-four hours when
Pan-America and Costa Rica were talk
ing of submitting this dispute to the
League of Nations and it is a fact that
Secretary Hughes acted promptly so
n the'league it had better keep
hands off.
MUST DEFINE ATTITUDE
Although there is every profession of
respect toward the league as an inter-
u.B diu uue i uw umteu
states must eventually be defined as
, rri fa rr a rT na ri not iHttt rt rn foiro inrti frnv.
one of active hostility or passive indiffer
ence.
PRESIDENT HARDING
RETURNS TO CAPITAL
Washington, Sept. 6. President and
Mrs. Harding and a party of friends,
including a number of high officials, re
turned to Washington today aboard the
Presidential yacht Mayflower.
The Mayflower arrived at her dO'!k
at the navy yard shortly ' before 1 1
o'clock, completing a cruise that start-ed-
Saturday afternoon and extended
down the; Potomac River and Chesi-
) peake Bay and as far up the coast y.H
Atlantic City, where the President had
hoped to spend Labor -Day. A storm
off the coast, however, prevented
landing at the seaside resort.
T)u to the late arrival of' the na rt v
h- VI Kin! IIIIS IS PKNS
London, Sept. 6. (By the Associated
Press) The fifth world's conference of
; Methodists opened formally
opened formally at
. 0-clock this evening in Wesley chapel
:
here. The 500 delegates, 300 of whom
! oe neiu m -enuiai ria.u, iii
nouses Ol pa.i uitmein in v trsLiiiiiisLi
The conference will be continued u.i
til September 17, , and the leaders of
I Methodism in all countries, includinj
a Japanese bishop, are on the program,
- incIudes Al!cuaalona of important
world's problems. The topics wi.l
range from strictly religious subjects
to discussions of political relations,
such as "the moral necessity for in
ternational alliances."
"LILY BLACK" TICKET.
Petersburg, Va., Sept. 6. Negro poli
ticians of Petersburg announced here
Monday night that, following a Stat
convention held Monday at which there
were present representatives from ev
ery Congressional c!isrict in the St?.4 ?,
it was definitely determined to put a
"lilly black" ticket in the field in No
vember. L0TTE, SE
REFUSE TO TAKE
TERMS OF MILLS
Strike Situation Said to be
Aggravated by New
Turns Taken.
4000 WORKERS IDLE.
Expected Resumption of
Operations Failed to Ma
terialize. The expected return to work this
morning of striking textile operatives
failed to materialize. The strike of
more than 4,000 mill people is thereby
continued and new difficulties and dif
ferences are perhapsadded.
Only the Mecklenburs: mill re-nnnfl
of the Charlotte plants which have been
closed, and it did not have a full force.
No attempt was made to reopen the
Lhadwick and Calvine mills, of the
Cbadwiek-Hoskins chain, and E. C.
Dwelle, local head, said no operatives
reported for work at these, plants in-
soiar as he knew.
Operatives in the Concord mills re
ported for work this morning, but they
wanted to return as a body and mill
owners refused to accept them as such.
They walked away from the plants with
tlio annouced intention of continuing
on strike. In reporting as a body, the
workers were acting upon advice of Or
ganizer Harry Eatough, given address
ing them at a Labir Day meeting yester
day. BROWN MILL IDLE
C. W. Johnston, president of the
Johnston chain of seven mills, said all
of his plants were running today with
a full force with the exception of the
Brown mill in Concord. This plant
ca.nnot resume operations now owing to
the inability of . the Southern Power
Company to furnish it with power.
Eatough told the Concord operatives
that worketrsi in the Anchor mill at
Huntersville, one of the Johnston chain,
were ready to strike again upon a call
from union leaders.
Despite the failure of strikers to go
back to their jobs, mill owners in Con
cord which have been operating with a
limited force for something reported a
slight increase in the number of em
ployes The Horkins and Louise mills,
of the Chadwick'Hoskins chain, also
had an increased number of operatives,
though there was no general return of
strikers.
Concord continued quiescent today al
though new difficulties were added to
the strike situation through the failure
of employes to return to their jobs. Ad
jutant General J. Van B. Metts, Who
had been there for several days obsarv
in ggeneral conditions, 'eft for Raleigh
Monday morning. At the time of his
departure he was expecting all mills to
reopen with a frll iorce, thereby ending
possibilities of trouble. No disorder
was reported in the Charlotte mill com
munities. DISAPPOINTING TURN
As the result of the vote of striking
operatives, during meetings here and
in Concord Saturday, afternoon and
night, the strike situation had been
regarded as settled. Robert M. McWade,
United States commissioner of concilia
tion, had thoughtt he strike was ended
and had so reported to the department
of labor.
The understanding was that the
strikers had voted, upon recommenda
tion of their leaders, to return to Work
as individuals, reporting to the super
intendent or overseers and asking for
their jobs back. Union leaders, whom
employers had refused to take back, told
their followers that they weuld not
press their previous demands for re-employment
but that they would dismiss
this issue so that the strike might be
brought to an end.
Commissioner McWade, Governor
Morrison and others who had been inter
ested from an unprejudiced standpoint
in the settlement of the strike had been
informed that" all workers would go
back to their jobs Tuesday morning.
CONCORD STATUS
Only two mills in Concord are not run
ning, and despite the failure of strik
ers to go back to work several of the
j plants reported this morning that they
have all ihs operatives they want. The
Norcott mill ,a Johnston plant, and
the center of the disturbances of last
week, reported every piece of machin
ery running this morning, although
this was not due to a general return to
work of strikers but to the gradual re
turn of individuals during the last two
days.
The greatest crowd of employes to
seek work as a body gathered" at the-'
Gibson mill, which has had only a small
force back at work. The number which
assembled at this mill and asked to be
taken back as a body was given as 200.
Officials informed them that application
would. have to be made Individually to
the overseers. The workers walked
away from the plant, declaring that
they would not make application in the
manner demanded.
Smaller forces were said to have gath
ered at the other Concord mills and ask
ed to be received as a body. They, too,
went away when officials informed them
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Charlotte and vicinity: Generally
fair tonight and Wednesday; not much
change in temperature. Gentle north
west to north winds.
North and South Carolina: General
ly fair tonight and Wednesday; nc
change in temperature.
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