OASTONIA DAILY
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Weather
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Local Cotton
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VOL. XLIII. NO. 169
GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 17, 1922
SINGLE COPY S CENTS
SHERIFF AND TEN MEN KILLED IN FIGHT
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WEST
VUGMU
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RAIL HEADS AND STRIKE LEADERS
EXPECT TODA Y'S DEVELOPMENTS .
TO INDICATE OUTCOME OF STIKE
Hope For Settlement At Early
Date Based On Attitude
' Of Grable.
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TROUBLE AT ROCKY MT.
Governor Morrison Asked To
Send Troops To A. C. L.
Shops.
CHICAGO, July 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Peace lugotiationh in the
railway strike temporarily were ut a
fnmlutill tuluir .,.1
leaders expected today 's developments
to indicate more clearly the ultimate out
come, however, with statements and cir
cumgtances veriously pointing toward a
spread or settlement.
Much importance was attached to the
number of shopmen returning to worJc
today, as thisdute marked the time limit
for retaining 'seniority and other rights.
Hopes for a, setlement ut .an early date
appeared to be bused chiefly upon tho
attitude -of E. i Grabie, president of
tho niaintenanceof way employes ' uniou,
who camo to Chicago today from Wash
ington, where ho held a conference with
President Harding. Air. Grublo said he
would confer with members of tho Unit
ed States Railroad Labor Itoard hero to
get support to prevent carriers from re
quiring maintenance of way men to do
striker's work, lie also said he had
called a meeting of .the brotherhood's
grand lodge, to be held in Detroit, Thurs
day. Another indication of a drift toward
peace was seen in the statement of It.
A. Henning, general chairman of . tho
Federated Shop Crafts of the Northwest,
'that only refusal of eastern roads to
agree to reinstate striking shop crafts
workers with their full seniority rights,
was preventing a "settlement as far as tho
roads of tho northwest aro concerned,
Posible extension of the strike was fore
cast in the statement of William l'arker,
head of the eastern chairmen of railway
workers, that , local officials in eastern j
centers wero having increasing diiiiculty
in holding tho maintenance of way men
at their jobs. He said twety'por cent of
the, 70,01)0 men in the metropolitan dis
trict were elready on strike.
A messago to K. H. Fitzgerald, head
of the. clerks, f reicht handlers, express
and station employe 's union, sad a strike
vote of 8,000 clerks on tho Chicago und
Northwestern Railroad showed 83 pet
cent of tho men favoring a walkout and
asking for authority to strike. A can
vass of the strike vote of the same or
ganization on tho, Chicago and Kastern
Illinons railroad showed i$ 1-2 per cent
of tho workers favoring ft walkout, ac
cording to representatives of tho union.
Strike ballots were circulated by tho
brotherbod of railway, steamship clerks,
freight handlers and express employes to
its membership employed by tho South,
ern Railway and affiliated lines. The
employes charge that the company re
duced wages in defiance of the Railroad
Labor Board.
Topeka, Kans;, unions of tho big four
brotherhoods and the 'switchmen's .union
petitioned their officers for permission to
go on strike July 20.
In St. Louis fifty ' stationary firemen
and oilers employe, by the terminal rail
roads nsociatian voted to strike today.
Clerks and station employes on more
than sixty of the 201 class roads hav j
taken strike votes, according to informa- j Congressman Upshaw is a magnetio
tion received here. I speaker. Interest is added to his appear-
At Milwaukee failure to receive a ance by reason of the fact that, on ac
striko order from president Timothy j eUiit of an accident in youth that injur
Healy of the International Stationary j e,i h;B gpine, he speaks from a sitting
riremen and Oilers Union, was taken as ; portion part of the time. Occasional
a sign of nearby peace. Keports of can- i flakes of wit and humor and laugh pro
cellation of trains U-causo of shortage j yoking stories enlivened the lecture. He
of eoal or equipment, and of violence j ui..,i POod one on Pastor Barrett, of
continued to come in. In Cliicago morn
than seventy persons, including sovi'Tj
policemen, were reported to have leen
made ill by something placed n food serv
ed them n the railroad "yards.
Governor Kendall, of Iowa, issued a
warning to mine and railroad strikers
and sympathizers in that state not to
interfere with the activites of ralroads,
loiiowing a reported mosiaiion or new
womers. a similar rcxpori irum iij-ir.
ington, Kan., to Governor Allen caiiHcd
him to send Captain Wint Smith there!
to investigate and report whether troops
were necessary (- i'....vv..w.. ......
Six of thirteen "specal agents- .aw!h, """"tration of the point that a whole
guards of thc'Atlantc Coast Line, kid ll(uor ho,i;1? W- Lou,s adrt.scd
napped by a mob of alle-ed strikers ) f.or a man,,; 'ul no,t1uae nw.rtt"8
..V ;.i.:. ;n .i '"I"""- "Wmt would you think nf
.u. ' i
l I - T 1. t k. X- 1 ,.fi 1, . !
kidnapping. .
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An attempt to dynamite the Baltimore
and Ohio Iiailroud bridge at likott T
ITWt near H'nirmniit w- n itrhT V
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damaged the traik.
At Isevada, Missouri, is was reported
that 'a switch on the main line of the
Missouri, Kansas and TojM'ka Railroad
had ben thrown three times but that it
was discovered eae htime by employes
before an accident resulted.
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tempts to wreck other trains, were re -
corded on New England lines over the
1 a tf at i.i.v . 1
week-nd. At St. Joluisriurv, V t., several
passengers' were injured when three cars
of a Maine Central Railroad train, over-
turned. Accidents were narrowly avert -
A,1 of ftnniprsworth. X. H nnJ Win.
thester, Mass
1.
A guard at urostey, Aio.. SllOt ami
slightly wounded a non-strike sy, .pa-j fhiring his stay in Gastonia, Con
thizer during an argument about . che reslnian Tjp(,haw is in the hands of
(Co tiiiuod en j? SO
Congressman Upshaw Warmly
Defends The 18th Amendment
In Speech Here Sunday Night
Crippled Orator From Geor
gia Captivates Large Au
dience At Church.
WILL SPEAK TONIGHT
Declares
Fight For Prohibi'
Is Not Yet Com
. pleted.
tion
Declaring that the prohibrtion fight is
an unfinished tight and that he had the
names of 38 different "wet" organiza
tions that have sprung into being since
tho enactment of national prohibition
for tho purpose of nullifying and over
throwing the 18th amendment, Congress
man V. .1). Upshaw, tho Georgia cyclone,
delivered a powerful address on tho
"ChristianCitizen on His. Job," at the
Firnt Presbyterian church Sunday night.
Tho ocasion wart tho regular Sunday
eveing Union services. Mr. Upshaw
had previously addressed tho Convention
Bible class of tho First Baptist church.
Ho speaks" tonight on ''John and His
Hat," at. the Central high school audi
torium, musical program will be a
feature of the program.
" Congressman Upshaw, you have cer
tainly made a killing in Gastonin," one
brilliant young woman said after hear
ing his remarkable address last night.
One. man in the crowd said: "I thought
I was tffo sick to eome tonight, but I
would eomo again if my log was brok-
en.": These wero samples of tho com
ments heard after the versalitc Georgia
orator had held the audience for nearly
an hour in a spell of enthusiastic ex
pomney with nn address or wit, logic
and clean-cut patriotism.
The speaker declared that the church
membership ought always to be synony
mous with Christian citizenship. Ho said,
- "I believo I occupy a seat in Congress
toda as tho result of tho mpact of two
twin truths that my Christian father
taught his boys around a family altar:
first, it is the duty of every man 21 years
old to ptake an intelligent interest in
polotics, and second; if good men don't
control this government, bad men will.
"Every citizen," he declared must pro
ject his citizenship lieyond the church
house dpor. lie stressed the fact that
women are now citizens and that the
will help to purify the stream of com
munity SAtatc and National politico.
"One thing is certain," he declared,
whilo tho women showed a disposition to
break into applause, "if you men don't
enforce the prohibition laws, when we
women really swing into action, we will
elect officers who will, for there is one
thing a brave, true woman cannot en
dure and that is a coward in private ot.
public life." Ife declared that North
Carolina is enforcing this law as well as
any other state in the Union perhaps
better, but as eternal vigilence is tho
price of liberty, even so the eternal
vigilence must now be the price of per-
prtual and everlasting prohibition.
the First Baptist church. The folks
enjoyed it hugely. It was the joke about
the traveling man and the preacher miss
ing the train. ; The traveling man stood
with grips in' hand hurling epitaphs,
dark, dire and dreadful, in tho direction
of tho speeding train. When he hn
finished an outburst of regular "cuss-
i I i 1 . 1 A , 1. ' jt
ing, ' me prearner turncu 10 iuiii aii'i
ft dutiful smile, said,
1 manic
'you.
,
He also pulled two good ones on Web-
i ster, the wholesale grocer nnd Will War-
I Tlfr tlin linltnrfl.iylim. i n Ami nnii i nn U'ltl,
nvchst
ir a man 10 sen uour. out sneeiivin?
thni ho n,"s' not.eat biscuits, or of Mar-
ver there wanting a man to sell
iplothps , ,lt that he mugt ot wear
! britohcsT "
I . The speaker was vigorous in his de
muication of the bootlegger and blind
tiger, and of the agencies which counte
nanced and aided them. Toward the
close of his speech, h descended from the
pulpit to the level of the church audi
torium and dramatically denounced the.
men who buy bootleg whiskey and coun
tenance the manufacture and sale of the
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8amr ' ,,j ,t, w
He declared that there were numerous
.,. , ,. . . .
.B' ,n f '"' f , '" ,0
;a ott h """''ment. Cover
1 no" " m "'T M"U U.:
run for the U. R Senate, and threaten-
" "vv i
ing to use
all
their influence to repeal
tJl national nmhihitinn an
iCoDgressoian B'Jwinkle. C. Gowaa,
GOLF TORNAMENT SET
FOR VEDNESDOY, JULY 19
Hope For At Least ' Forty
Players To Turn In Names
To Harer, The Coach Din
ner To Be Served.
On Wednesday July' 19 tho Gastonia
Golf ' club will stage a handicap golf
tournament for men. It is hoped that
at least forty players will turn their
names into Mr. Harer so that the field
can be divided into two classes of twen
ty each. Each player will bo given a
handicap based on his past scores and
this handicap will be deducted from his
score o feightccn holes and tho one with
the lowest score in each class will lie
given a handsome prize. There will els
bo a prize to tho player making tho low
est gross score without the handicap.
A tournament of this kind gives every
player a chance to win and a large field
is expected. Play will start any timo
Wednesday and may 'be played in cother
two or four ball matches. After the
tournament a dinner will be served to all
players who wish to stay und itis re
quested thatthey givo their names in to
Mr. Burch by noon Wednesday.
Two new records were established on
tho links last week. Mr. C. D. Gray
who ' is now playing at- tho top of his
game turned in a 30 for nine holes whicn
is tho ameteur record tho lowest previous
score being 40. Mr. Harer, the local
professional, turned in' a iscore of 71 fo
the eighteen holes which is believed will
be a record that will stand for some time,
The first nine holes wero played in' tho
remarkable low score of 34. His card
for the nine holes follows. 3-4-3-2-5-S-4-3-5,
totai 34.
Mountain Moonshiners Are Not
Always The Gun-Toting Kind
News Correspondents Who Visit Their Homes Find Them To
eB Hospitable And Friendly Sample Of Mountain Dew
Is Given Strangers Are Suspected.
CATLETTSBURG. Ky.. July 17.
Typical 'mountain moonshiners of Ken
tucky are not always of tho gun toting
and trouble making kind, it is proven to
news correspondents by visits into the
mountain region in this area of the state.
Tho mountaineer type of moonshiner,
however, is continually on the alert , for
deputy sheriffs, prohibition officers and
revenue agents.
Afte ra trip of thirty or forty miles
into the mountains the , correspondent
was escorted to a moonshiners log shack,
made from tho rough timber of the hill
hides anil carefully arranged on a foun
dation of stone.
"Bill" greeted his visitors with a
keen eye, a bit of suspicion, but with a
friendly note in his shout of "welcome
stranger." Proper inquiries whether
any squirrels inhabited an adjacent
mountain side where a newly beaten path
had been noticed brought ,the answer that
squirrels were scarce, ami none wero
found in the woods. Further inquiries
regarding the path finally forced "Bill"
to admit that he visited the hillside every
day but never learned if any stills were
there. Within a short time, nnd when a
friendly spirit developed (the visitors
having impressed the moonshiner they
could be trusted) some "mountain dew"
or in the language of the cities "white
mule" wa produced from a small hand
made cupboard within the single room of
the cabin,' over which hung a religious
picture and other articles of a religious
nutiirii On Mm i tf iti t( itAt rt In
room over the bed of the mountaineer !
was a rifle of hca-y calibre, an auto
matic pistol and a small calibre revolver.
The contrast was unique.
A pot of home grown string bean
cooked in mountain style in a large iron
kettle hung over a fire near the hut.
Fingers were used as forks for tho
mountaineers' luncheon, and moonshine
furnished the refreshment.
" A small drink of the "mountain dew"
by tho correspondent almost brought
slumlierland a la Dvmpscy. Inquiries
to the age of the liquor brought the
answer "Thets today's stuff."
Hospitality of typical southern quali
ty will be found among the mountaineer
residents if you are a "friend"; if aa
enemy beware, or as "Bill" explained
-f- :
County ageut who knew the Georgia in
his native state, and others. He spent
this morning on a visit to Charlotte.
iThis afternnon he went to Shelby. Jo-
nignt ne win be mtroauced oy vongress-
tnan Bulwinkle. Indications h re that he 1
will find a frowded house tonight whea J
tha curtain rises at 8 p 'clock. .
Germany Deposits
32,000,000 Gold
Marks In Payment
PARIS, July 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press ) The reparations com
mission was notified today that Ger
many had deposited 32,000,000 sold
marks in, designated banks to meet
her July IS reparations payment. ,
NAVEL 800 MILES
FOR SUM OF $1.35
Five American College Boys
Accomplished This Feat
While Seeking Adventure
In Foreign Lands.
WASHINGTON, July 15. Eight
hundred miles of hard overland travel for
$1.3 5 is a record that smacks of tho
fishy, but in the actuul feat accomplish
ed by five enterprising American college
boys seeking adventure in foreign lands.
They aro W. J. Ash, Russell Kagnn, F,
J. Selvage and It. 1'. Cushwa, of Indian
apolis, and G. W. Stasand, of Harvey,
Illinois, all students of Wabash College,
Crawfordavile, Indiana, who aro intent
on showing how far Tesourcefull Young
American can travel without moiiey.
Their urrival in Washington recently,
after about eight hundred miles in what
they called "an antiquated model of
popular automobile," wus at the expens
of just 1.35 apiece. Of that, they
boasted, 12 cents was expended in a tip
to a, garage hand who allowed them to
sleep over night in the back seats of cars
stored there. They were on their way
to Newport News, there to snip as
"chambermaids to the cows," on a cat
tle boat bound for Liverpool.
Tho trip to Washington took five days,
during which they slept only ono night
in beds, springing what is pelieved to uo
a brand new wrinkle in hobodom.-.
Following out their pluu of economy,
two of them went to a hotel, engaged a
room with two beds. Later tho other
three! dropped in casually for a visit,"
stayed the "lest of the night, ami so all
five enjoyed tho' room and hotel inns tor
three had been saved.
They are gomg to stay in Europe as
long as their slim funds hold out, they
say, and are going to tour us mucti oi
the world as they can. If they spring
more plans like the hotel one, they arc
sure to be successful.
The Gastonian Theater presents to
day and Thursday Tom Moore and Betty
Compson in "Over Tho Border," adapt-
rd from the story, "She Of mo inpio
Chevron. "
it "snakes i nthe mountains are killed."
"Bill" makes his farm a payable propo
sition for his wife and children, who were
attending church at the timo of the cor
respondent 'a visit, and by occasionally
cutting some timber. His interest ru
world affairs is not' limited, and weekly
trips to the nearest postollieo furuwhes
him with newspapers fam the "out
side." These are read by one member
of the family, by lamp and candle light
t othe others, and often last throughout
the week.
The moonshiner's home from the out
side has an uninviting appearance, but
once within the home, while some incon
veniences aro found, tho impression of
cleanliness is produced. The lowcciling
forces a man of ordinary height to stoop.
The board floor may creak, but it is solid
and high and dry. In winter cold win. Is
are shut out by the mud plastered be
tween the cracks of logs, ami by the
board and paper lining of the inner walls, j
Heat is furnished by an oil burner and
cooking is done on a coal range. Oxen
teams haul coal to the homo during the
fall months. A yoke of oxen pulling 4
load of timber along tho narrow moun
tain road explains the manner which en
ables the mountaineer to obtain all the
sizeable logs used in constructing In 3
home.
.Resources anil resourcefulness gained
only from the "close to nature" life of
the mountaineers enable them to succeed
where the ordinary citizen would barely
get along, but the resourcefulness is
coupled with tho fear of the law and tho
utllt 1 in "ur'u!'r
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
NEW YOSK, July 17. Cotton fu
tures closed steady; spots quiet. 43
jKiints down. July 21.94; 0-tober
21J8;-Peccmbor '21 ; January 21.H0;
March 21.50; May 21.40; spots 22.20.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Receipts
Price ..
. . 7 bales
.22 cents
(Strict to good middling.)
MATTHEWS BELK CO. will be closed
, all day Wednesday in order to rear
range and mark down their entire
stock for July -clea rence sale wheh be
gins Thursday July 20th at 9 A. M.
lhci t
FOB SALE: Ford coupe practically neiv.
Ware Hardware Co., phone 59. 17cl
CONGRESSMAN W D. UPSHAW
V ;
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ft
Who Speaks This Evening at the Cen
tral School Auitorium on the Subject
"John and His Hat." The Lecture
Will Begin Promptly at 8 0' Clock.
LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE
.HEROES TO FIND FINAL
. RESTING PLAGE AT VERDUN
American Flyers Who. Fell
Fighting In Famous French
. Flying Squadron To Be
Buried With Honors.
VEKDUX, July C Verdun will bo
tho linal resting place of the, American
heroes who full while figghtiiig with the
Lafayette) Kscadrillu.-
Hcattered along the line of death from
tho sand dunes of Micuport to th
swamps of Salonika, their bodiei4 with
the approval of their relatives will bo
gathered und lieneath a mauHcleum
worthy of their valor on a shell-torn hill
of this shrine of heroism, tTify will await
the final call; a symbol of the purest sac
rifice ever made by man,'
tixty-four names will adorn the mon
ument .but only 6iJ bodies will bu ther
that future generations may revere their
memory, indelibly engraved in the hearts
of tho living. Nothing was found of the
mortal remains of Sergeant Victor Chap
man and Lieutenant Carter Ovington.
They met their fate while soaring high
above the clouds and like Cuynemer they
vani.liod into space, leaving no trace..
A, smaLum will suffice to contain all
that is left of Major Kaoull Lufbery, cre
mated alive in his burning plane. Their
bodies may have gono to dust but for
each one of these U men a pluce will bo
set apart as un individual memorial
which either now or at any time can tip
used -as a place of internment. In any
case, tlio name, of each will appear among
the names of his comrades.'
This is the program of the Lafayette
Kscndrillo Memorial Association. Born
of the initiative of Lieutenant L G.
Hamilton' it has undertaken to create
and maintain in France a burial garden
for the heroes of the Lafayette Flying
Corps who enlisted' under the flag of
trance and gave their lives for the cause
she defended.
President MilleTand, Premier Poiucare
and .Minister of War JUaginot have ac
cepted the patronage of the association,
whose President is Marshal Foch and its
Viee-l'resident Ambassador Herrick.
The plan for the Memorial Carden, de
signed by Alexander Marcel, Chief Ar
chitect of the Frem-li government, has
been mailed to every relative of the dead
aviators. The garden will occupy ii site
about two miles from Verdun, the ground
having Ix-cn donated by French- govern
ment for thisjuirpose.
In the letter which accompanies the
DISORDERS MARK STRIKE
ROCKY MOUNT SHOPMEN
ROCKY MOUNT, X. C, July 17.
A number of 'ilisonh-rs marked the strike
of kIkiiiii('ii hero last night, following
the kidnapping yesterday by . a numb?r
of guards by strike sympthizers at the
Atlantic, 0:1st Line shops.
A non-union machinist at work in tho
Km merson shops was seized by a. crowd
of alleged strike sympathizers thrown
into an automobile and spirited out ot I
town,
Several hundred men called 011 the
mayor and demanded that two men em
ployed in the shops who did not res
pond to the strike be removed from tho
simps. Railroad ofliffieials spirited these
I. two men out of town late last night, it
c said in railway circles this morning.
-Stationary firemen anr oilers went on
strike today after working one hour,
virtually tying up the shops here.
RALE1G?!, X. C, July 17, L. V.
Bassett, representing the city of Rocky
Mount, arrived here early today, pre
pared, he said, to urge Governor Morri
son to. send troops to' Rocky Mount, to
maintain order. Ho said the, gituatou
11 connect with the shopmen's strike
at the Atlantic fcoast Line shops there
continues threatening, although 110 serl
ons disorders had ben rportd to him
since early yesterday morning when a
number of men guarding the shops wero
kidnapped and carried 'out of town by a
crowd of strke sympathizzers. Two of
the cuards were ?id to hav been severe
ly betc",
Striking Miners Marched Froni
Across Pennsylvania Line; All
Ohio Deputies Are En Route
GASTON'S HOWITZER CO.
MAKING FINE RECORD
Capt. Dolley's Boy Coming
To Be Known As One Of
The Crack Companies At
Camp Glenn Fine Trip.
(Special to tho Gazette)
CAMP GLENN. July 17. The Howit.
zer Vyompany has been makini? a finn to.
cord here during the past week and is
coming to be known as one of the crack
companies of the camn. Vestenlnv :n
a preliminary drill of the Howitzer Com
pany and the machine gun companies of
tho camp, in preparation for regimental
parade, Major Paison Kave tho Howitzer
Company a very high rating. He said
that it was by far the best eompany of
tho bunch and but for ono or two slight
details the drill was absolutely nerfei t.
The company is also known by the mili
tary courtesy and disciplino it disnlavs.
Several officers have commented on this
and admitted that thero is no better
ompany in camp in this respect.
Another honor that came to the Howit
zer Company yesterday was tho firinir of
the governor's salute of seventeen guns
wncn tlio governor visited tho camp yes.
eruay arternon. Aa the governor stepp.
1 from the boat to the dock the two
.17 millimetre euns under command of
Lt. Atkinson boomed forth, firing seven
teen shots at five second intervals. The
regimental parade that was to bo givqn
in honor of tho governor had to bo called
off on nccount of a hard rain that lasted
all afternoon. However, the parado will
take place this morning. In tho parade
Capt. Dolley will be in command of one
battalion, leaving Lieut. Atkinson in
in comand of tho Howitzer Company.
While tho boys uro working hard and
making a fine record they are also en
joying themselvos during their time off.
From seven to eleven in tho morning
everyone is busy on the drill field. The
drilling don0 here this year is not tho
kind usuelly seen In the National Guard
but is real army drilling ami the com
panies are rapidly coming into shape.
After dinner the men aro off duty for
the rest of tho day whilo the non-com-mihfcioned
otlicers have a three hour
school' In tho afternoon the boys have
for amusements, baseball, volley ball,
boxing, and wrestling. At night there
are movies and stunts at the Y. M. C. A.
and dances at Morehead City and the
Beach. As a whole the encampment this
year is the most successful in many years
both in respect to work dono and to tho
enjoyment of the men.
plan the committee says:
"Wo feel that these men who wero ac
tuated by the same noble motive,, who
together underwent the arduous life of
training and faced tho dangers of the
front: who, in nianv instances had been
close comrades in life, should in.tbatk
ie together, in this Memorial Garden,
which for all time shall be a testimonial
to their devotion to an ideal which was
stronger than their love of life. , It is for
their relatives themselves to decido
whether or no the body shall be moved
tb the place reserved for it. The com
mittee pldges itself that the removals
will be done with the utmost care and
reverence."
SMALL GROCER1K STORE FOR
SALE: For six or seven hundred doll
urs cash, you can buy small groccrl
store that will pay well if you givo
proper attention. Address "Grocery
Store" care Gazette. 193
Mr. Bassett fryl ho Saw several men,
alleged to have been strike pickets, lead
ing an old man named Gray, employe
of the Einmerson shops, away from tho
yards early this morning. He said rail
road officials told him that two other
men had been prevented by pickets from
working in tho shops during the night.
"I consider tho situation at Rocky
Mount exceedingly grave," said Mr. Bas-
set. "I bcleive a very serious tragedy
will ovvur if troops aro not sent thero
to maintain order," he added.
Mr. Bassett said railroad of&cia-'s told
him early today that the number of
guards kidnapped yesterday was 13 in
stall of thirteen. On of tho guards, who
is said to have boon severely flogged, is
in a Wilson hospital suffering from a
broken jaw bone according to Mr. Basset.-
Nine of the guards have been ac
countd for, Mr. Bassett said railroad
officials tld him.
Adjutant General J. B. Van Metts
arrived in Raleigh from Morehead City
early this morning to confer with Gover
nor Morrson regarding the dispatch of
troops to Rocky Mount. The mayor ot
Rocky Mount and the sheriffs of Nash
;i'nd
Edgecomlie counties npiealed to i
uovernor .Morrison last night to sena
troojie there to maintain order.
Governor Morrison instructed these
officials to submit their request in writ
ing and immediately) ordeml General
Van Metts to report at Raleigh. The
Governor had not arrived at his office at
in o'clock th'" wonun.
Fight Occurred At Richland;
Mines, Near Wellsburg,
West Virginia. ? 4
MINERS FIRED TIPPLE
Governor Morgan Orders the
State Police and Depu
ties To Scene.
WELLSBURG, W, Va . July 17.-
(By Telephone to Pittsburgh.) Sheriff
H. II. Buvall an doight men aro known
to have been killed and a large num
ber wounded in a fight at the Cliftoa
miuo of the Richland Coal Company,
ten miles from Wellsburg, near the
Pennsylvania gtato line today. Th
dead were brought to Wellsburg and
the wounded taken to Wheeling hos
pitals. T. II. Puvall. who wsa with hi
father at the mine when tho fight took
place, accompanied the . body of hi
father to their homo here.
"There had been rumors for snm
time thut tho mine was to bo attacked
because it had been operating non
union," said Mr. Duval, "and last
night we heard tho attack was to bo
mado soon. The sheriff had a detail
of men at. the mine, but he gathered
up a number of others here in W'ells
night. The report was that a biir
ourg and we wcut out to tlio mine last
crow d of men were on their way from
over he state lino in Pennsylvania, and
after wo reached tho mine the sheriff
placed guards around tho property.
"Nothing happened until about day
break when firing began from the top
of the hil( above the mine opening. We
replied to the firo and the sheriff or
dered tho men to move op the hill.:
They responded, firing as they went.;
The sheriff reached the top before he- ?
was killed. I saw him a few minutes
before and ho was hurrying after a
small party of the mob. I suppose
ho was killed shortly after that ibecausa
I found his body there when. I came up.
"The mob seemed to be armed with
all kinds of guns, and had abundant
ammunition, becauso they kept shooting, .
even after we had broken their lino
and they wero miming over the' hill.
"Somo of them evident ly got in be
hind us becauso they exploded a charge
of dynamite under the tipple and it was
blown up. I think it caught fire'-and
was burned to tlio ground; 'alhough. I
do not know. None of us paid f much
attention to it. Wo wero busy-trying;
to breuk up that mob. , V,
"I don't know how many of the"
men who attacked ns were killed. There
were at least eight for I am sure I saw
that many bodies. There may be oth-,
crs out in the woods through "which
they ran when we went after them up
tho hill. I know a lot of tern wero:
wounded, but of course it will take
some time to get tho exact number as
the less seriously wounded- wero helped
away by their friends. .
"There must have been 300 or 400 :
in tho mob, whilo Sheriff Duvall had
not more than about 20 men with him,
Tho tipple and the village of Clifton
dale are in a hollow and the mine open
ing is on tho hillside not far from the
top. The mob gathered in the brusk -at
the top, and opened fire on tho tip
ple. As soon as the shooting began
we started right up tho hill after them,
and from then until they had all disap
peared everybody was shooting his best)
"So far as I know only one of our
men was killed. Irwin Moseingo. a spe
cial deputy who joined father last night,
when we were on the way to the mine,'
was wounded. He was shot ia the
face nnd pretty badly hurt.
" We succeeded in capturing some ot
the men iu the party, nine, and I be
lieve, we brought them under guard. I
don't know who they are yet. None
of the dead strangers has been identi
fied." The news was late in reaching Wells-
luirs'. but aa si inn ns the extent: nf tha ..
fight leeamn known a call was sent to
uovernor .urogan ana colonel jacxsoti
Arnold, commanding the state police,
for help. Captain White, commanding
company A of the state police, was
of a . Baltimore & Ohioj.etaoinESCTHl
ordered to move his men from Hay
wood, W'. Va., to Wellsburg without
delay, but reported that discontinuance
of a Baltimore & Ohio train between,
Fairmont and Wheeling was delaying
prompt movement of the incu. Ser
geant Ruth, in command of a detach
ment of state police at Moudville, also
was ordered to get to Wellsburg as
quickly as possible, and within aa hour
was on the way. with his force.
WELLSBURG, W. Va., July 17.
(By Telephone to Pittsburg.) Police
headquarters here today reported
that its" information from tho Rich
land mines was that ten men, includ
ing the sheriff, met death in tho
fight this morning. The chief clerk
in the police department said that tha
trouble started about 5 a. m., when
striking miners, said to have marched
from across the Pennsylvania fctattj
line, fired the tipple.
THE WEATHER
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probably
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