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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 A, I .1.. K I i. 1... I ....... ...... , . , , . i-j;"v,v ... demanded had expired and the message did not say whether payment had been , ...L-. rn. rriwrteu Vi , V . . 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 j vncuvi v.n uiiu-BiiiiVf i 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