its
LocdCCotton
21 1-2 Gents
VOL. XLin.' NO. 154
GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 29, 1922;
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS j
Weather:
Unsettled
STRIKE
ORDERS
SIGNED
CALL
III!!
ALL RAILROADS IN U. S. JULY I
FIRST STEP IN PROTEST AGAINST '
DECISIONS OF U. S. LABOR BOARD
President Obregon Declares
News of Americans Held Captive
Is Part Of A Malicious Scheme
Mexican President Say Report Is Absolutely Baseless 'and
Is Part of Plot to Create Unfavorable Opinion Between the
Two Nations San Francisco Paper Makes Expose of Facts.
Obregon Charges Reports Are Malicious.
SAN FBANCISCO, June 29. Presi
dent Obregon, of (Mexico, in a telegram
to the Ban Francisco Chronicle, asserted
that, news from Tampico of Americans
held captive "by 4andits wag "absolutely
baseless." Ho characterized tho dis
patch Os "only one of the many malici
ous deed to create unfavorable opinion
between tho two nations."
The Chronicle telegraphed to Presi
dent Obregon, asking for a statement as
to conditions at Tampico and the trutji
of reports of Americans held for ransom,
Hig answer read: .
"As Chief Executive when I receive
your dispatch I knew that the news to
which yob allutlo is absolutely (baseless
and is only one of tho many tualicjouk
deeds of persons whose intentions an
inimical to tho interests of Mexico. How
ever, to satisfy public opinion I tele
graphed to the chief of operations
Huasteea, for complete information,
at
I
herewith sununt tho telegraphic
com-
inundations :
"Geuerul Guadalupe ISanchcs, Chincon
eillo. '
" 'I see that newspapers in tho United
States publish in scandalous form a re
port" from Tauipieo announcing that
forty Americuns have been taken cap
tives and held for ransom from the
camps at Aguada de 'LaCortee Oil Com
pany by tho bandit Gorozave. and al
though I feel positive that this report
is one of the many painful means uncd
by the enemies of Mexico to- brinig :i.
bout difficulties between the two govern
ments and create animosity .between the
two nations, I want your oflicial advic
IRISH INSURGEATS HOLDING
OWN A GAINS
Firing Has Been In Progress Practically All Forenoon Cas
ualties Number More Than 50 Garrison Has An Unlimited
Supply of Ammunition and
gents Are Extending Their
DUBLIN, June 20. (By The Asso
feinted Press.) - Rory OVounor's burnt
of insurgent Irish republican army men
was still holding out in its Fourt Courts
stronghold at noon today against the eon-
..:..!.. .. ii. t..... iy.i,.4 i.m. i
f j ix
III (liaiuiijco lb.
Firing was In progress nil the fore
noon ana mere wm an especuuiy neav, .
V . 'nir,1"f i
ilmost incessant, with
timated this forenoon,
operations wcro almost
the casualties, estimate
at more wan au, nour-y increasing iwas in various parts tue cify Tlie
Tho insurgents havo extended their i .OIIlnulliqu0 waa UCCompanied by an cdi
operations in other parts of the ty. ,oria, Biateme saying:
Shortly. -before noon an ampusu or ree j Jn Rmy Q wmot anil
his eomrailos
Mate troops was reported from Colllrgo Uveg th(J uul)0lIght an(1 indoiuitablc soul
Green and the irregulars were fortif vmif j of ircan(i.
various outposts. A party of Free State j J
forces on the watch for insurgent activi- TTNIVFD;ITV nv rFnpniA
tics poured a volley into a public house DN1VERSIIY OF GEORGIA
in the vicinity of yesterday's ambush. ! , GETS LARGE INCOME
- One of tho outlying places seized tty ' fy The Associated t'ress.;
the irregulars was the Sackville street,, ATLA'XTA, OA., June 29. One
flub, an old fashioned aristocratic coun- ; tenth of all of the State's income would
try gentleman's club near the Nelson j get aside annually and awropriated
l'illar. In addition to the various or- J for the suppport and maintenance of the
ganized operations of the Insurgents thi ii j University of Georgia and. its branches,
sympathizers in several parts of the city, under provisions of a report by a joint
acting as snipers, made many attacks on j legislative committee appointed by the
iFree fetate soldiers. 'General Asenlly last yeai
(Meanwhile the replies from Ot'ori-j Jt is estimated that this would pro
nor's men to the firing on the Four (vide approximately one million dollars for
Courts were fcdblo. Tho garrison, which these institutions.
is believed to number alout 15n, is Raid, ; Creation of a board of control of fivo
however, to have unlimited supplies of members with authority over the trustees
ammunition and plenty of provisions. ;0f tho . University and its "branches also
The prospect -was that tho operations , wa recommended in the report,
at the Four Courts would increasingly :i '
eume the character of an investment. The
building lends itself .peculiarly to defen
sive purposes, and it is considered un
likely that the Eree fctate troops will, at
least for the present, attempt "to take
it "by assault.
Tho most menacing feature of the sit
uation from the provisional government
standpoint is the fact that the. insur
gents are developing activities alm
..ril11a niirf.1I!.rl in H. ti
ambushes. Many of the insurgents w
no uniforms, and the Free State soldier
like the British before the truce, are ex
posed to attack while traversing narrow
streets to and from their arracks.
Tho prevalence of these tactics makes
it seem improbable to the government
eide that the situation throughout the
citv will speedily become much lietter.
Direct telejrraphie communication Ite-
tween Dublin and the north an wesf of ; -AS Y, Jane 21. (By 'ine Associatea
Ireland is practically at a standstill. A : Press.) Ernest Werner Techow, of
nundier of wires 3etween Dublin and Berlin, a student .twenty "one years old,
Tendon were C"ut last night near Hew-; who the police declare, was the driver of
thus. ' 'the murder car in the assassination of
In other parts of the country tho p- Foreign Minister Rathenau last Matur
vlsional government has also military !Jay, was arcested in "the vicinity of this
affairs on its hands. In Drogheda the in
nigents who are occupying-the Bound
Tower fort on the hill commanding th
town have een invested by the Free state
troops in the sam way as at the, Four
Courts in Dublin. Tho Drogheda post
Jioa of tto irwjr'Js'f is t'crdf.J tm.t
for submission to tho press.'
"AXiVAliO OBREGON.'
' Ilia reply: .
" 'Cliinconcillo, June 28, 1922.
" 'The President of tho Jioptfblic:r
" ' Up to the present time, no agency
of the oil company has presented com
plaint in regard to the taking of prison
ers of 40 Americans. I made inquiries
of General Juan Casiano, superintendent
of tho Cortex Oil Company, who was Ai
tho (barracks yesterday afternoon. He
informed me that rebels, had been near
the Aguada La Pluma and El Hosillo
camps. I immediately ordered General
Portes to proceed to tho vicinity of those
camps with orders to pursue and run
down the enemy. I am sorry that owin
to the long distance from the camps I
haven't the knowledge that other indivi
duals who are in tho neighborhood maj
have.'
"A later communication follows:
" 'President of the Itepulblic:
" '1 have the honor to inform you that
there has just arrived here from Osulua
ma an automobile containing General
Panuncio. two officers and three troopers,
linvinir missed through La Aguada, la
Pluma and El Kosillo. They report
everything is normal.'
" 'GUADLUPE SANCHEZ.' "
"The above replies from the chief of
operations tend to tho certainty, once
more, that there aro powerful operations
at work to create unfavorable opinion
and animadversion ibetween the two na
tions, with no other object than to satis
fy their own interests.'
(Signed )
" 'A. Obregon.' "
T FREE STATERS
Plenty of Provision;
Operations: ,,y
-Insur-
: usually strong.
I From other pailrof Ireland there are
many rumors of insurgent action, but tho
reports are difficult of continuation a
Dirblin is completely isolated.
Both sides have ibeen active in the is-
suance of manifestos, three statements
having 'been given out 'by the government
(within 24 hours, while Iboth Kory OXJon
I nor and Eamonn de Valera have mado ap
icnls to the people for support. Mr. de
( th(j peop,e fof support
Valera 's paper, The Republic of Irclano,
wuicn issusd O'Connor's communiquo as
g gUppI1)Ilu,nt wa8 ,)0Btcd on
MELON CROP YIELD
GREATER BY 10,000 CARS
(By The Associates Press.)
WASHINGTON'. June 29. An a
lmndant crop of watermelons in the ear-
1 ly producing States was forecast today
. 5iy the Department of Agriculture, which
.placed the total at 60,102 carloads, eoui
i pared with 51.4S1 cars last year.
mere was an increase in acreage
"l'"1"11.
j000 to 1M.100 acres. Crop fomst. fo.
f t he. 1 h.rgest reducing fetates were
! G.K 22.207 cars, Florida 12,744 ears;
j"111 Carlo.na 0,044 and Alabama 4,890.
; STUDENT ARRESTED
IN RATHENAU CASE
f t. Th Associated Press.)
I vvivnT - ov - oriKR nv.n.
iclty today
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, local thnnfleTshower
tonight r ftitoj.
NEW ENGLAND'S COTTON
MILLS ME FIGIITINKFOR
EXISTENCE, SAYS REPORT
Struggle Between North and
South for Possession of Na
tion's Manufacturing.
THE SOUTH IS COMING
Capital In New England Milli
Will Gradually Transfer
Itself to the South.
f KEW YORK, Juno 27. Tho strike
in New England's cotton mills, which
has dragged on since Jauuary 24, caus
ing a production loss of more than
215,000,000 yards of cloth, is a symp
tom of a struggle between tho Bouth
and the North for the possession of
America s cotton mauufacturingg in
dustry, according to The Industrial
Digest. The result of the conflict, in
the long run, may bo the virtual dis
appearance of the cotton iudustry in
New England, the magazino says.
North vs. South
"Fifty thousand cotton-mill opera
tives have ' been idle, and the industry
in New England has boon disorganized
for nearly five months as tho result of
a strike that is more than a mere
struggle between capital and labor,"
says The Industrial Digest. "This
conflict, which has stopped 10 per cent
of tho cotton spindles in New England
is a symptom of a profound change in
the conditions governing textile man
ufacturing. It is not only a local dis
pute over wages; it is and indication
that one of America's greatest indus
tries is changing its location. j
' ' The strike is a result of the com-
petition between the cotton mills 'of the
North and of the South. Manufactur
ers in certain parts of New England
declare that they cannot meet Southern
competition without cuttiug wages, and
they therefore announced the 20 pel
cent reduction that caused the strike.
"Since the 1880 's the eotton indus
try of tho South has been growing
steadily. The invention of apparatus
to humidify the air artificially in the
mills so that cotton could be kept in
tho proper condition during the pro
cesses of manufacture, caused tho in
dustry in this section to advance with
tremendous rapidity. Under the stim
ulus of war conditions it reached the
point where it was consuming 55 per
cent of the cotton used in the .United
Ktates. . ' .'. , !
"While
the demand 'for cotton - was i
kept Up by the war and by tue post
tV... f ,! r h,. .mrf -
war boom tho competition between .New
England and the Bouth was not dead-
i hit . i . l m . 1 1 it
goods that loth sections could produce.'?.; n:. them w"Buildii.ir Foi
"When the slump came in 1920 thej ,rm..y' . ., . ,, ,
textile industry began to reauzo il.i. J" nn ' "''.''c ' "L "1
,.!tlnn Ppi,.,. ,lri,,,l .mr,,,.,.,!;,.,,.!
r:, . u.
luciy,' auu liiu jiuiis ucguii iu enut uunu,
Then wago cuts were made. The New
England mills successfully put into ef
fect a 22 1-2 per cent general reduction
in December! 1920. Labor disturb
ances ana. wage reductions occurred in
tho Mouth also.
"At the tlose of 1912 wages in both
North and (South, according to the best j
available estimates, remained about 100
ler cent above those which had been j
paid before tiio war. Tho Southern ;
industry leit tnat tno reaujusimeiit was
fairly complete and that development
coulu coutinuo without IurtliiT cuts. '
The New England manufacturers, how-
ever, wcro not satisfied. Hence, the
attempts ut wago reduction in the Paw
tucket, district of lihodc Island, later
in New Hampshire and still later in
Massachusetts, resulting in the present
striko.
What of the Future?
"What
the New
erst
does the future hold
Knelaud textile niaaufactur-
"Tliere can le no iuestion that they
aro in an extremely difficult position.
Even if they ore able, in the present
instance, to enforce their waeo reduc
tions, their situation will be none too
comfortable. The wages they
pay do not compare favorably
can;
with '
those paid bv other industries in the
North. - The union in this striko is '
showing fully as great strength as it
has ever shown before, anil some think
it is Btronger than ever. Kurely the! word of God. Look ti Jesus Christ,
labor troubles of tho mill men will not (His Wood will cover all sins. We some
be over after this strike. As Mr. I times look liaek ami see the war The
TTnrria nnlnUl nut the Advuntaffn of :
tho , South in this respect is great
Added, to the advantage of proximity
to raw materials, it is likely to bo over
whelming. "A man who has followed the textile
industry for many years expressed this
"'""pital inveTed in eotton - null. !
'Capital invested in cotton
will probably transfer itself by degrees!
to the South
a tremendous investment in
structure s
and equipment, add therefore the
change in location cannot-, be sudden.
Mill owners will put up ; a strcnuons
fight before they will abandon thcir
property in the North. They will
.--. ..-,1 -1.1 m;ir. f v,i. I
ed out move thcir capital below the
Mason-Dixon line. This is being done
to some extent already. There is un
doubtedly much Northern capital in the
Southern textile mills today.
The bonus advocates reason that w;
should pay fof ralor advalorem.
tCLicsii'ft Jo".rB?l f Cw-Wio,
V Kidnaped
. Jtg-g .-..x:-: jjf Ml .:
My
A. Bruos BleUwkl, former chief
of the bureau of Investigation, De
partment of Justice, Is being bold ,
for 110,000 ransom near Cuerna-:
vaca, Mexico.
HAGGARD MEETINGS ARE
GROWING IN INTEREST
Evangelist Is Preaching to
Crowded Tent Every Night.
The Choir Is Fine Feature
of Meeting.
(Reported for The Gazette.)
Another large crowd attended the Hag
gard meeting lust night. There was u
considerable increase over tho previous
evening. Many out of town foljm were
there, some as far away as Oaffney.
evening. Many out of town folks were
represented. The preachers were not out
in great numbers as it was their prayei
meeting evening. Jdany of them are at
tending when they are off at home. One
of the outstanding features of the ser
vice lust night was a duet iby Haggard
Hnd Summer. They sang "iMy Record
Will (Be There." The song mado a very
profound impression. Especially did the.
last stanza impress tho congregation.
Haggard called upon the people of
Gattonia to make the choir all that it :s
possible for it to be. Wfe have many in
tha choir, ibut some do not go in as they
should. Of course this will all work out
in tho near future. The song are new,
and mimy 'do no6 go' into tho choir bv
cause of this. As tile songs are learned
tne nolr wm wease. if you go this
vmiini anu can sing, o sure to go in
thtt choir. We want fivo hundred
h'liig-
ers. Wont you ibe one of thorn T
Tho evangelist took his text in 1 Cor.
"" ,,,u"1 ""vu "
foundation. ne
especially emphasized
the fact that Christ must be the founda- :
tion for eternity, or the building would1
not stand the tempest to come, lie said ;
nun jurist was mo sure icumiation. jio
has made salvation ibig enough for every -
'body to 'bo saved. Everybody's work
will be tried by fire. Every building will
be tested, can your building stand the
test? Mome people arc going to get to
heaven by the skin of their teeth. When
thev were saved, they sit down on the
stool of do nothing. I have come to von
jw j,rPaci Jesus Christ
0 i tic nuro. founda
l1Pre to helo the
em the ureaclierii. 1 lie crrent 1
, r(,u,, h(.r: ,g lh't , ,,,, uil" ...
. , . . . " , k - , . . .
stoo l Hy the preaclc rs. Jiout tie their
T"" V'1 1 : " rii" .
,pci. rrienus, you are ill Hanger. 1
wish every body wmi l be saved. Its
.
wl1'
nut your isms or your schisms that
save you, J,nt JemK Chris'. Build 011 j
I him the sure found.it i hi . You are build-1
j ing some kind of building. Every d:iy !
or'you are putting gome kind of material j
lnio Hie uuriiiuig. , r'1 you ouiiiillig lor
eternity.' What kind of a building aro
you erecting? When we build our borne j
we want a good ' foundation so that the
structure will stand the stors. If theyi
rt nnt f onodefl an IKre shrtiiljl thev
soon tumble.
Tf vm, , r,. I,rniiirl, .nf,.r.. 1
unu.v,
the judgment seat of hnst, how wtmit
your building stand? Let us photograph
Is there a bad place in your building)
1 There- is no monkey business about God 's j
j'Lusiness. Your life must be tried by the!
'"OOOd or i nnst will cover them. . He
member, your building must stand the
. - . :n : i. .1,1
iinu luur Bum tiii live aner iius uiu i
body of yours has gone buk to clay. J
I will live on in eternity. III live
through eternity. I have declared my
i hope In Jesus Christ. It pays to place
your hopes in him. Do uot anchor youi
L 7 I
Z, j7.il "U,
o..t.l. tu .!.:.. ..'i.
jmost is a wicked mother. Cod help our
mpthers to wake up and give their lives
to God. v ;
Cervices will continue through this
week at seven forty-live. Prof. Kumne
w very anxious to have
the choir eet
ready for the work, and fo give all - th'
practice TKissilde, he is goinsr to thamre
the hour from eight to seven forty-five."
There will not be any servicpg ia the
tent next 8unday morning. The evange
list will preach to the colored people e:
four o'eloca 'Sunday afternoon. All of
the colored people of the eity are in
vited to this service. The evar.gclist
rvant m tiwe e'nft'.tg.
21,000 SPINDLES ORDERED
FOR MILLS AT BELMONT
Linford, Perfection and Acme
Mills Order New Machinery
to Complete Equipment To
Be Running January 1.
At n directors meeting of liclmont.'s
recently completed cotton" mills, the
Linford, Perfection and Acnie addition,
held Tuesday, it wits decided to pur
chase muchiiiery for these mills and
install it at once. Half the capacity
of these mills was ordered out for im
mediate delivery, tho other half to be
sent later. The Acme mill lias been
running for over a year and this is
for tho addition for that mill. Tho
amounts of tho spinclleago for tho vari
ous mills ordered yesterday is as fol
lows: Acme, 5,000; Linford, 8,000;
and Perfection, 8,0(10; and as stated is
half the capacity. They expect to have
this machinery running by the first of
January'- A'l'e officers for theso mills
arc: Acme, A. C Liueberger, presi
dent; It. .. Suggs, secretary-treasurer;
Perfection, A. V. Linebergcr, presi
dent; 1). P. Htowe, secretary -treasurer;
Lineford, A. ('. Liueberger, president ;
J. E, Ford, secretary -treasurer. Ma
chinery was also bought last week fur
K.0U0 spindles in the Ohllia drove Cot
ton Mill ut China (liovo at fi meeting
held hero and of which Mr. Linebc'ger
is also president.
The total amount of machinery thus
purchased in the hist few days in Bel
mont makes the splendid sum of fl,
500,000, and would seem a good indi
cation that times are again on the up
ward trend.
Belmont Masons Install Officers.
At a regular communication of Bel
mont Masonic Lodge held Monday the
officers for thi ensuing year were in
stalled. Mr. C. C. Craig, of (lustoiua,
past assistant deputy, whs present and
installed the following officers: O. O.
Dixon, worshipful master; (. P. Cald
well, senior warden; Dr. II. W. Jor
dan, junior warden; W, H. Horseley,
secretary; W, D; Crawford, treasurer.
Tho appointed officers wcro as follows
F. W . McKee, senior deacon
Hall, junior deacon; 0. W.
J. Earl Armstrong, stewards; It. 8. i
Dixon, tyler.
Mr. H. N. Boyce, of Uastouiu, mem
ber of the hoard of custodians of the
Grand Lodge of North Carolina, was
also present and made an excellent ad
dress to the fraternity.
YOUNG LADIES LEAVE
FOR SUMMER CAMP.
Castonia will ibe 'well represented i.t
Camp llluhee, for girls, at Brevard, N.
C, this summer. A party of illno young
ladies left here early today for the camp.
They were: 'Misses Louisa lieid, Mabel
Potts, Prances Itohinson, iMsry Mhcpnrd
Cray, Katherine Harper, JLillian, Edi'h
and Elizabeth Parker. Accompanying
the above was Mis Bettio Hicks, of lnn-
vij- Va. who has
1 i'iuu
been visiting Miss
jray. Misses Held and Potts are mem
bers of tho council of Camp Illuher
Somo of the young ladies from here will
stay fr a month, while others will re
main for the entire two month's session.
TWO NEW CLUBS JOIN
INTER-CHURCH TVPAr.TTF.
and him crucified. Two m.w vMm l(VB b(,en rc(.cnty aJll.
ion. I havo eombPll t 1h(. jnter- linrch Bawdiall Leairue.
wi . n.. , . .. , . ...
' " 7 .. " .J" "-J!"" ,.,'U.,M;
. i 1 n .iniCT. jm.'i- mu 11,1111s niil VtilJ
.,,.:, ;:.:, , ,(liM u.,
game
Central school grounds at 5 o'clock
il school grounds at 5 o'clock. It
is to he recalled that the Bantists ob-
fjeeted to certain rules laid down by tho
association 's Board of Control and re
fused to enter the league. This difficulty
has ibeon smoothed over and the Bap
tists hive j lined in with their brothers
in tiic interest of church 1aseball.
SPECIAL GRAND JURY TO
PROBE
HERRIN MINE AFFAIRS
MARION
Associated
ins., juno zv. (liy tne
I'r.-H.) A
pecial gr;i
J"ry '"1 Jul
I" will begin investigating
tne llerrui -r
mine massacre of
Judge Hartwell
last
i week, Circiit
J noiiiiccd to'l.A
j Excavatien
j Coal (Iiiiiiiiibv
an
'' the Southern Illinois
'i Mrip mine, where the
i men were, employed,
morning, following m
number of bodies wer
mine. The digging is
of (.'oroner McCown.
slam non un,'..
was been ii
mors that a
buried a1 bl
under dir. :'M
GRKK
W i top, S. C, June L'K.
f the People's Bank of!
. 'he affairs of which were!
r by the Bank of G rerun o d
i t- agent January, 1921. villi
n'y per cent of the balance,
deposits tomorrow. A pay- .
.iiy cr cent of the total t
made December 27. 19L'1.;
jyt
n "s "'
taken "
as liipiid.
be paid '
f mi p.i
ttnent i.f
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET ; white robes aud hoods, five men vis
NKW YORK, Juno 29. Cotton fu- j ited the place of business of N. G.
tures clos'd steady, spots steady, 10 j Komey early yesterday, according to a
points up .
J
S1.6o; Demnltcr j
Jiilv 21 ti': Oi-foler
!214: .loumiry 21.21
.March 21.06;
May 2i'.v; Spots 22.20.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Receipts 16 Bales
Price ..... Ziyi Cents
(Stnr to reed mid J )
BRUCE B1RASKI ESCAPES
FROM MEXICAN BANDITS
Returns After Four Days of
Captivity to Mexico City.
Dispatches Say 40 Emplrgs
Are Held.
MEXICO CITY, June 29. (By The
Associated Press.) Escaping from his
bandit kidnappers, after four days ot
captivity, A. 'Bruce Bielaski, former hcao
of the American Department of Justice's
investigation bureau, has returned to
Mexico City.
Covered with dust, unshaven ami show,
ing plainly the marks of his imprison
ment in tho mountains of Morelos, liie
lnski was taken to his apartment where
liis wife and a half dozen friends greeted
him.
His friends declared the former Amer-
lean oflicial had escaped from his cap-
tors at ictecai, walking tuo JO miles to
CuernavMca, near which he was captured
last Sunday while motoring
Jules acaud, head of the Mexico City
banking firm which is understood to havo
furnished 10,0()() for tho ransom on the
order of Mr. Bielaski's New York com-
I .any, said he had leen authorised to
state that Uielaskt eluded his captors be-
fore the money was paid. Iliolaski suf-
fered no more ill effects than might be
expected from four days of roughing it
in the mountains.
Dozen of automobile parrying Amerl
cans who since Monday have tried to get
in contact with tho l.andits returned to
the capitnl last night, each person telling
a different version of the affair and as-
cribing oredit for Bielaski's safe return
to several sources. '
Press dispntchen from Tampico quote!
AV. P. Taylor, manager of tho Tampico
branch of tho Cortex Oil Company, ns ,
ontirniing tho capture of 40 employes
nt the company's Aguada camp by the
bandit (iorzave, Init do not state whether
the ransom has been paid.
MEXICAN SEBELS WITHDRAW,
I BUT THREATEN TO RETURN
I WAHHIIINGTOX, Juno 29. Mexi
J can rebels who seized the Aguada camp
(II. I). or t" ;,,rtex mi company in tne rain
Fito and I I1'"'0 r(,K'(m Sunday, holding tho prop
erty and rorty American employes ror
j 1 o,000 pesos ransom, withdrew on Mon
day without dumago or injury to the
I employes, but with threats to return,
j Consul Hhaw at Tampico today advised
the state department. A later message
saiil the same rebels yesterday seized
a camp of the La Oornaa Oil Company,
, a Dutch HritiHli concern, in .tne same
1 vicinity, snd were holding 8.7 employes,
including about six Americans.
Consul Hhaw, telegraphing yesterday
from Tampico, said that v the rebel
leader, Gorozave, and his men left the
Aguada camp of the Cortez company at
10 o'clock Monday morning. This was
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demanded had expired and the message
did not say whether payment had been
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. in. r.ca,. rump v cu... u.. . Members of tho Association of Kail-
the property of Ia Coroiu, wh.ch isjw Executives under the chairmanship
among the Dutch Khell oil interests, and of T I)cWln (, , to whora tho
a so pro,.erty of the Mexican Oulf Oi ,1I0I1.8 ultimatum was addressed, were
Company in the vicin. y. The rebe ,(( mwt ngi to
Inider said he would demand payment fa hmed Kwnl we(,kg bufc
of ransom on these properties by July-. ,iroKraill o thcir conference was not
Consul Hhaw also reported that two anno,,m.eti
detachments of Mexican f edera I . t roops i Whio unfon had, refused todiseusa
had been dispatche.I to the Tampico; Htrike (.a1 u wu8 8 Btatement
region by Mat from era trux. w(ulM ,)0 isslW ,atet in tho ()a No
The second message from Consul. .8ioll(( ,mve Wn male fof callinff
Shaw was sent last night, reaching the; )ff 10 gtrikft m cven, of aa uewpUi,
state department early today. It said ; H(.ttrllict it wag UU(crstoo.l, but ia
that Coroziive had taken tho I'ccero ; st rilction being prepared for district
camp 'of La Corona Coinjny during ; ,,a,i,.rs wi,i im.iu,0 gU(.h arrangement
tho day and whs holding the 8j men . laU,r u legraphio instructions,
employed there, among whom the consul j
estimtaed there were about six Amcri-1 lKTIt)IT, June 29. (By The As
ians. (Joroxavc had demanded, th, iut.-d l'ress.) Decision whether t
message said tho payment of 9,000 ( oall a 8trike of tho approx5m.lfcl 400i,
1K,!H,S
before July. I
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REPORTED ASSASSINATED j
MAHILA. P. I., June 29. (By The
AswM-iuted I'ress.) Cheng Chiung
Ming, whose recent coup d'etat drove
from Canton, Kun Yat ten, president ot
the Southern China republic, lias heen as
sassinated, according to a cable dispatch
received here today from Shanghai by
Konglipao. local Chinese daily identi
fied with the adherents of Sun Yat Sen,
Heutcrs' news agency fails to confirm the
report .
PAX FRANCISCO, June 29. Young
China, a Chinese language newspaper
published here, announced today it had
received from Hong Kong a report that
C.eneral (lien Chiung-Ming, the captor of
Canton, had been shot and wounded seri
ously at a meeting with leaders of his own
troops ten miles from Canton.
KU KL0X TAKE GEORGIA j
MAN AND BEAT HIM!
VALD09TA, Ga., June 29. Wear-;
story Homey told late in the day, and
rarried him away in an automobile to
a strip of woods, where they cave him
a severe oeating.
Romey said he was told by the band
to stop selling and drinking whiskey
and never again address a awhite woman.
Romey was almost in a fainting condi
tion when he arrived back in the city,
he i'f, and was unable to appear at
RAIL OFFICIALS DECLARE
THAT TRANSPORTATION
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
Impending Walkout Saturday
Marks a Momentous Day
In Railroad World. -J
400,000 MEN AFFECTED
Millions of Dollars Will
Slashed From Workers'
Wages.
Bo
c'HK'AGO, Jane 2ff. (By The
sociatcd Pr.-os.) Ia addition to
A
tho
Nhwniin. utrikn
mn jssu((Ji the four other unjong citc(i
now tukinx a gtriko vot(Jf are the clerlf.
maintenance of way men, stationary fire-
moil anj 0ilers an,i sjKn8i n,en,
M. Jewell, leader of the shop wen,
today served formal notice on the flail-
roatl Lai,jnr Board tliat a gtrike ,,all htLl
bcori issuPfl on all raiiroad and puilman
operating department local lodges of the
8jx H10p Prar't8."
Kailroad maintenance of way men wer
reported to have quit in West Chicago,
to,luyt without awaiting receipt of
tttrik or,iors. It was said tho men "do-
gert,i n droves," leaving many erossi
illKH UIiKUar,i,.d. (Mayor Edward J. Mc-
vuhWi ()f Wcst aiicajf0i hag BWOrn i ft
nutliuer of upecial policemen to guard
railroad property.
The United states Eailroad Lalbor
Board today cited the national officers
f tllel gix si10 craft anions, the rail-
w;lv (.xePntives now nieotimr here and th
officers of four other railroad unions to
appear before the hoard tomorrow after
noon in an inquiry into "the threatened
interruption of traffic." . ; -.;..
Tho meeting of the railway executives
and heads of tho ten unions was set fot
two . o'clock tomorrow by. the -Labor
Board, when the formal notice of thff
striko call was received from the shop
men, announcing the time for tho'walk
out as next Saturday at 10 a. nu
Letters of instruction regarding,' the
lirogresM and conduct of tho srtiko ' were
being prepared at general headquarters
here today. aud wcro.to.be mailed: out
tonight. , . ,. 7 t . ;'v,., 1
"The issue is . clean '. eutr' with iio
strings attached," said ;B M. t Jewell,
president of the Kail road Unions sec
tion of the American Federation of La
bor. "It is up to the railway execu
tives at their meeting today, f ifhex eatt
stop this strike today or tomorrow, but
after Saturday at 10 O'eleck it is all
off. Tho telegrams. of jtho; union heads
to Cuyler i the Onion's tast word." '
T, K,,eral comulittee of 90 general
chairmen today were on tiio way to
th , h districts to take aitive
ch ()f iU A Bub.c),mniittefl
remained at headquarters to direct op-
crations.
mil) railroad maintenance of way men in
-the country probably will be mado hit
looay, r,. z . uraoie, international previ
dent of tho United Brotherhood of Main-
tenance of Way Employes and Railway
fcihop Laborers, announced.
CLEVELAND. O., June 29. (By The
Associated ProMS.) Engineers ' anil
trainmen, members of the 'Railroad
Brotlu rlioods nitli headquarters in . this
city, will continue to perform their regu
lar duties and will not take the places or
do the work of any railroad employes
on strike in connection with the strike
of the shoi) crafts called for Saturday
morning, chiefs of these tirotherhood adj
vised the iuciuIkts of, their organizations
today. . ..
WarrenS. Stone, ; president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive - Engineers,!
and William O. Lee, president of ; the
Brotherhood of Trainmen, issued instrue-v
tions to this effect to all memliers of their
organizations today. W. 8. Cartel
nrrsiilent of tho Rrotlicrhood of
motive Firemen and Eneinemen, was ab
gent from the city today but it wasar.
nouneed officials st local headquarters
would issue similar instructions to fire
men .
CHICAGO, June 29. (By the Asso
ciated Press. ) gtrike orders signed by
the six craft presidents of the railroad!
shopmen's organization were hint out
today to general chairmen representing
400,000 men, authorixing a stuko at 1
a. m. July 1 "on all rairronds nl
Pullman shops in the United Stot."
The first actual step toward a swik
Of rai!rl worker)! in pr-nH aco.L'.i
If