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VOL. XUH. NO. 178
GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 27, 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
INSPECTS FOB EARLY El OF
STRIKE SEEM BRIGHTER TODAY
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TARHEEL EDITORS MEET
AT CLEVELAND SPRINGS
IN FIFTIETH SESSION
More Newspaper Men and
.Women Attending Annual
Press Convention Than For
.Years Past
.Pome 200 ' or more North Carolina
editors are attending 11m J ubilec meeting
' of the N. C. Pros Association in session
this ''week at Cleveland Springs Park
Htel. The gathering is 'o largest
that has been neid iii several years.
t From .ilorehead City to Waynesvillo
the f newspaper men'' came to attend
the 'meting. One of the most interesting
lag utteuuanis is W. O. launders, 01
Liizaoem City, .editor o T lie Indepen
dent. It win j be remembered mat u
late issue of the American Magazine
carried as a feature article an intrust
ing story of Mr. toupndcrs and his uews
papex career in fclizabeta City and Nor-
lorn. From' Vv aynesvUiu " and ' other
mountain towns and cities, tno editors
have conio making tnis meeting the most
representative gathering ever heid.
The toilomg message was received
from President Harding:
Tho White ''House, '
' Washington, V, C,
July 2S, l'J-2.
Hon. John B. SherriU,
President North Carolina Tress
Association, , .
Cleveland Springs Hotel, ' . .
Shelby, N. C. ,
I'lease extend my best wishes to tho
members of the Association at tlit'ir
semi-centennial gathering and . assure
them that the fine euport that press antl
pub.ic are giving to the Government i
a trying time is proving both inspiring"
and helpful. '
WAKREN O. HARDING.
Today's sessions were featured by ad-
dresses of interest on North Carolina's
progress in tho past fifty years, ad fol
lows: '
Fifty Years' Progress in Manufactur
ing" in North Carolina David Clark,
Textile Bulletin, Charlotte.
Fifty Years progress in Hoad Making
in tho 3tate-r-II. B. Varuer, Lexing
ton Dispatch. -;.
Prominent Figures Anions North Caro
lina Newspaper Men During Past Half
Century Wade H. .. Harris .... Charilotto
Observer. -
Progress in Electrical Development in
North Carolina John Paul Lucas.
Wednesday, evening's program was
short and interesting. John A. Park,
of ..the Raleigh Times, had the crowd
. singing and doing a'l kinds of stunts
at the; opening of the evening's exercise
and then Josephus Daniels of tho News
and Observer, delivered tho annual ora
tion. In the course of his speech, Mr.
Danils traced the growth of tho news
papers in North Carolina for the past
50 years, showing tho wonderful develop
ment that- has taken place in every de
- partment of the newspaper' business. He
paid high tribute to the pioneer editors.
The program for Thursday eveniujrjs
as follows: '
lu the Looking Glnss of the Past .and
Present of tho North Carolina Iless
Association.
- Kchocs of Other Days
Tt. R. Clark J. J. Farriss. W. B. Hard
er, Ruf us Shore, John D. tiold, J. .
Noell, i. M. Beasloy.-K. T. Rollins, A.
J. Connor W. J. Jacobson, 11. P. Deatoir,
Archibald Johnson, Andrew Joyner, C.
H. Mebane, K. C. Rivers, O. F. Crowsou.
Friday an all day : trip to Chimney
Hock will tio taken as the guests of Dr.
L. B. Morse. , '
GASTON MEK HEAD NEW
COTTON HILL IN IREDELL
Messrs. J. B. and W. T. Hall,
of Belmont, and Kale, of
Lincolnton and Mt. Molly,
Principal Stockholders.
' 8TATF.SV1LLE, July 20. Applica
tion has lieen niado for a charter for
the Hall Kalo Manufacturing Company,
to manufacture fine combed yarns. The
plant will be located just south of
"Troutman, in Iredell county, and 'work
will commence on the building at once
Authorized stock will be $500,000,
the company to begin business vith -
100,000 eommon stock and $7500
preferred stock. The plant will 'have
6,000 spindles and will be modernly
equipped in every respect.
The stockholders are: J. B. Hall, !
Statesvile; J. K. Ha e, Lincolnton;
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R. H. Kale, Mount Holly: rrankhn;
D'Olier, Philadelphia, Pa., and W. T.
Hall, Belmont.
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county.
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
NEW YORK, July 27. Cotton
tures closed barely steady; spots quiet,
15 points up.
October 21.26; December 21 .20 ;
January 21.07; March 21.05; MaVjie
20.85; Spots 21.55.
Receipts 3 Bales Robbie ."Wilson EaJuli- fraiy, and w. H.
Price 2?'i OnUiPimley. " ' '
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Anniversary orator, whoss address fea
tured Wednesday night's program of
the N. C. Press Association in ses
sion at Cleveland Springs.
WASHINGTON HOPEFUL
OF EARLY SETTLEMENT
WASHINGTON, July 27. Hopes for
a move toward settlement of tho railroad
strike were revived today as leaders on
both sides in the dispute gathered here
prsumably for conferences on the situa
tion .with aihuinistation official al
tho'ugh definite indicaton was lackng as
to'whether ther presence here at the same
time had the added significance of any
pr-arreugement. - "
Arriving here earlv in the day after
an un-anonunced departure from Chicago
B. M. Jewell, head of the striking rail
way shopmen, and tho six international
presidents "of the shop crafts organiza
tion, planned to go to the white house
.for a conference with President Hard
ing. Although it was tated in official
circles today that the union representa
tives had not ben "invited' 'to tho
wltite house for a conference, they f
course, it was added, would be received
shouJd they call to discuss the strike
situation and such a conference was fully
exposed in the course of the day.
At the same time, umong the railroad
executives, W. W, AtterburJ- of the I'enn'
sylvaniii; and TJ DeWit Cuyler, chair-
niaa of tuo association or railway exe
cutives, were both in Washington today
and othrs, including L. F. Loree, of the
Delaware and Hudson, were expected
to reach toh capitol before tonight.
President Harding, who conferred with
Mr. Atterbiiry yesterday in what was
understood to bo the first of a .series
of conferences, with rail executives, was
said at th white house at an early hour
to have made ho further apointments to
meet them today.
Indications were that the president
pnrposed to confer individually with the
rail executives on tthe strike situation
and particularly on the seniority issue
now rcaarded as the stumbling- block in
the way of an adjustment that would
send the men bark to work.
IMMENSE CROWD '
ATTENDED FUNERAL
Church Was Able To ,Hold Only Small
Number Of Those Who Came To
Pay Their Tribute To Memory Of
Rev. Georee A. Sivarrow.
One of the largest crowds that ever
attended a funeral in Gastoil county
assembled at Union church, seven miles
south of Gastonia, Thursday morning
for the funeral of Rev George A
JSparrow, who died suddenly Tuesday
Twhilo on a visit to Montreat. Only a
s;rall part of the immense throng was
atdc'to get in tho church. From all
ov -r Gaston county, and parts of York
and Mecklenburg, people came to pay
their last respects to this man who hail
pr. melted in this county for nearly 29
yeaxs. It is a t-afe prediction that not
u home in all that section was unrepre
sented at the funeral. There were
many from Gastonia, Lowell and Bel
mont.. Dra J. H. Henderlite was ni charge
of the services. Ilcvs. J. K. Herryhill,
of Clo-ver, and S. L. Cathey, of Loray,
rcal Scripture selections. Kev. A. 8.
Anderson, of Cramerton, offered prayer,
ficv. H. G. Tate, pastor of Olney, suc
ceeding; Mr. Sparrow, paid a brief trib
ute to he man who had preceded him.
Dr. Henderlite spoke eloquently and
feelingly of Mr. Hparrow's life and
works iie this community. "A veritable
landmark? has been removed," he said.
There .as no man in Gaston .county
who was held in higher esteem
tvery
body lovel him. He was a power for
righteousness." Dr. Henderlite's talk
was extremely touching, and beautiful.
Mrs. 11. 15. Moore, of Gastonia, iang
a solo, "Ijead, Kindly Light
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the following nnnisters ociuned seats
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IDicnnan, T. i. Tate, of Olney; Rer. A.
f- An. erson,. of Cramerton ; Kev. J. L.
Itoryhill, of Clover; lev. F. B. Kaiikin,
of Stanley; Ktv. G. V. Xickell, of Bethel
iU'v.-H. D. lorbett, of 'Bowing Green;
Rev. X.' A. McLaughlin, of New Hope;
Kev. W. C. Barrett, of Gastonia; Hex.
S. L. Cathey, of Loray, Iredell county.
Hvv. J. M. McLain and Key. J K Hall,
of Belmont .
The" active pall-hearcrs were the fol
lowing from the boaril of deacons of
fu-ithe rhnrch, L. L. Henderson, Carl Ken-
d rick, W. C. WListon,. O. Reese Patrick,
Jj. B. Bigger, Campbell Rat ch ford. The
j honorary pall-bearers w ere the follow-
from the session of the church, J.
M. Xoh n, J. V . Riddle, J. R. Henderson,
C. E. Hnfifstetler, K. B. Riddle. Jr.,
GOVERNMENT ASKS STATES'
AID IN DISTRIBUTING COAL
Secretary Hoover, At President's Request Calls On Gov
ernors To Set Up Necessary Organization To Insure Equita
ble Distribution Of. Fuel. !
WASHINGTON, July 27. With
the federal machinery for emer
gency control of coal distribution
-completed by President Hardiag's
appointment of a central committee
of departmental heads, tho t;oveni
inent today looked to tho states for
the necessary co-operation to put
the scheme into effective operation.
Immediately after being named
chairman of the governmental com
mittee yesterday, Secretary Hoover
at the request of ' tha president,
asked state governors to set up the
necessary organization in each j-tate
for insuring equitable distribution
and the maiuttnanco of fair prices
for coal under the administration's
plan. This organization, ho said,
was to assume responsibility for all
distribution within the boundary of
"See And Know
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Tour Planned
The Leading Industrial Journals
North Carolina Commercial Secretaries Plan To Bring Agri
cultural, Financial and Industrial Editors To State To Show
Them What North Carolina Has Plan Outlined By Ritter,
of Winston-Salem.
WR1GHTSVILLE BEACH. July 27.
The editors of the couutry's loading ag
ricultural, industrial, financial and tour
ist publications will be invited to make
a tour of Xorth Carolina this fall, if tho
eo-opertion of a suflicient number of
cities is secured, according to a plan sub
mitted at the afternoon session of the
Xorth Carolina Commercial Secretaries
Association, which convened her this
morning, V , ' ".
The plan, in brief, is to conduct a
"See and Know North Carolina Tour"
for the benefit of the country's leading
editors of these special publications, that
they may have first Jiand information as
to the state's womlcrfull possibilities
and those factors that have contributed;
to its advanccmctn along agricultural
and industrial lines, .They, will be the
guesta of the Chamber of Commerce that
participate. Thcro will be no obligation
on the part of the editpn to give the
tetuto publicity ' us a result of tho tou;
and this fact will be stressed in the iavi
tution that will be scut, to them .
This plan aws outlined-by William T."
Ritter, who is (Secretary-Treasurer of the
State Association and who is also Secre
tary of tho Vinston-8aIom Chamber of
Commerce. In presenting the plan to the
State iieeretaries, tho tollowing state
ment was made by the Twin City Secre
tary, , . ' ', .
"The progress that Xorth 'Carolina
has made - aiojig industrial, agricultural
and as a place that has attractions for
the tourist, has been very marked to say
the least. Even a superficial study of
the advancement of the State cannot but
httlp exxcite the adimiration of most any
one, but in order for the State to "cash
in" on its possibilities it must let the
rest of tho country know what it has. It
hag a real story to tell the rest of the
country.
"But with all the State's advantages
and jiossibi.itics, and .its rapid growth.
nothing has been done in a concerted way
to drive - home tlie facts. Individual;
agencies, and transportation companies
have been doing sonic work along tneso
lines but their efforts have been necessa- j
rily limited. Tho time has come for
Xorth Carolina to do away with her self-
satisfied air and sit serenely i;' and hope
that she will attract new peop.es and new
caapital without any effort on her pari.
Other States, with half tho possibilities
are consistently and persistently exploit
ing their ' resources and are taking ad
vantage of every possibc opportunity to
"tell the World." California, and the
result she has achieved, is an example,
and need we go any further for a better
object lesson.
"Xorth Carolina is basicaly a well
rounded out State. Some States J re
sources are purely agricultural but Xorth
Carolina, in addition to being an agricul
tural State of no mean standing, is a
great industrial State and has many
things to attract the tourist, as well.
To make a sart, nothing better eould be
done than to bring those editors whose
publications are devoted to agricultural,
industry and tourists, into intimate touch
with what we have. '
"The tour is not designed as a public
ity seeking tour for Xorth Carolina. Its
object is one of education, and it would
be worth thousands of dollars to the State
if each one of the leading opinion-moulding
publications had on their staff a man
who was thoroughly familiar with our re
sources and possibilities. Their sense of
news value would undoubtedly prompt
them ttr use some stories of the trip, but
this is merely incidental. Wc want them
to know Xorth Carolina, anil there is not
a more fmitfull field to begin to get our
metotage across than through pubications
that reach the very people e want to
interest in this State."
President C. V. Roberts, of the Asso
ciation," gave his hearty endorsement of
the plan, and the convention authorised
the appointment of a committer to work
each state except to railways.
At the, same time the eo-otx-ratioii
of tho several transportation regula
tory bodies was ''requested by In
terstate Commerce Commissioner
Aichison, another mebmer of the
committee in facilitating operation'
of the priority orders for shiplueuts
of coal and necessities.
While the government ihus pre-"
pared to distribute to the best ad'
vantage he coal supply which con
tinues to fall .under tho"" combined
effect of tho coal and rail strikes,
l'resident Harding, in restating yes
terday the government's policy to
ward tre industrial return to work
under conditions already proposed
by him while the reasonableness of
their demands was being threshed
out by agencies set up for that
purpose.
North Carolina"
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For Editors Of
SAILOR'S STRANGE WILL
ADMITTED TO PROBATE.
LONDON, July 10. Strange as
the story of any document told in
fiction is that of a will which has
just been admitted to probate and
ia now filed in Somerset House .
It is the "last will and testa
ment" of a sailor, William Skinner,
who lost his life when his ship, the
Indefatigable, was sunk in the battle
of Jutland It is in the form of
the ordinary identification disc. On
one' side, in the usual deeply-punched
letters, , appears the name, number,
rating and religion of the man to
whom it had been issued.
; On the other side the disc appears
at first sight to be just a circular
piece of smooth, polished brass.
rJut when viewed at a certain angle,
there can be seen about 75 minutely
enggraved words. With a miscro
acope they can be plainly read. They
constitute Skinner' a will by which he
bequeaths everything to his wife.
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ine case naa Deen recoveieu nura inea
sea Wlin omunei a uuujr win vu k
ing cleaned revealed its secret.
VARDAMAN RESENTS
WILSON'S OPPOSITION
Former Mississippi Senator,
Again a Candidate, Replies
To Letter Of Former Presi
dent. (By The Associates Frew.)
'JACKSON, Miss., July 27. Stung
by the oposition to las candidacy for
the United States Sonata as .'contained
in a letter of Former l'resident 'Wood
row Wilsin to Dr. -McCales of Carlisle,
Miss., made public Tuesday night, for
mer Senator James K. Vardaman issued
a statement csterday' in which he said hc
did not believe Mississippans' need to be
told by Mr; Wilson for whom they shall
vote.
Mr. Yardman said ' that -Mr. ' Wilson's
letter states his conclusions without giv
ing reason therefor.
Mr. Wilson's letter contained the as
sertion that he thought that it "would
lie a great detriment to Mississippi if
he (Yardaman) were returned to the
senate. '
The former senator said:
"I can only assume that his opposi
tion if for the same reason that Ire op
posed me in 191S. He then said in
discussing the question that he would
be obliged to accept my election 'as a
condemnation of my (his) administra
tion.' "
Mr. Yardaman said Mr. Wilson's op
potditon is founded upon the fact that
"I performed my duties as senator with
the intention of pleasing ami serving
the white people of Mississippi and not
tbplease or flatter the occupant of the
white house. " '
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday,
out the details o present to he various
communities. . After these communities
have assured their support' and interest
the matt.-i- will be presented to the edi
tors of the publications, and if a suffi
cient ii mm Mr fM'ft,! In. tour will bv ar
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of Concord, president of the N. C.
Presi Association, presiding at the
sessions at Cleveland Springs this
week. '.
MANIAC KEPT OFFICERS
AT BAY THIRTEEN DAYS;
IS FINALLY CONQUERED
Deranged Man Killed One
Man and Injured Four
More.,
HE RESISTED EVEN BOMBS
Wounded,. He Gave Up and
Asked. Officer For
a Drink.
(P-y The Associated Tress.)
' III X TON, W. Va., July 27. John
Fredeking, the iiiwino man who barri
caded himself in bis huuse and for thir-
i teen days resisted the efforts of deputy
sheriffs and Mate police to arrest him
after he had killed one man and wound
ed four others, this morning appeared
l 41... fvmit t.w. v lit. lila liuilila
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I and asked .for a drink of water. ,
Two troopers, who wi thothor officers
j have resorted to every known means
I short of firing the house to dislodge
I Fredeking, stepped up to tho door, got
j him fhc water he craved, and then led
i him to the county jail. He refused to
j answer their ((uf'stious and appeared to
j be dazed. Physicians were summoned
I from the Hinton hospital where they
i had been treating the men wounded in
j the firing of the past days, and dresser
a bullet wound iti Fredeking 's riglit
nrm and another injury to his right
shoulder.
Dawn of the 1.1th day of successful
resistance found John Fredeking, luna
i tic and slayer of one man, sfill tiring at
! state troopers from his bullet-riddled
home hern. Authorities to day planned
a determined rush on the house and
they expected it to end the crazed vigil
of the maniac.
Amazed at the tireless energy of
Fredeking, who in addition to killing
one, nhot four others, the men who have
laid siege to the home abandoned imme
diate hope of starving the man into
submission. His supply of ammunition
also seemed endless.
Long periods of quiet led police to
believe that they quarry was eilmustcd,
but each attempt to batter down a door
or climb through a window was met by
a volley from within.
Fredeking, according to his father,
has been mentally deranged for 15
years. His condition suddenly, became
worse .'! days ago wneu he forced his
family from the house. When Lou
Matty, a prohibition .officer, attempted
to enter lie was shot ami died, soon
after. Several days later, with the
bouse surrounded, Karl Hope gained en
trance, anil he too, was shot. His con
dition is critical.
Two others sustained bullet wounds.
Last night a tear gas bomb was hurl
ed into the house but Fredeking ap
peared in another room and escaped any
ill-effects.
LIQUOR SMUGGLERS
ARE GETTING ACTIVE
(By The Associated Press.)
NKW YORK, July 27., Seizure of
three alleged rum running boats over
night was declared by federal prohi
bition agents today to iudicate the re
sumption of activity by liquor smugglers
who have been uncommonly quiet for
several weeks.
The three boats' were seized in the
vicinity of the harbor aud orhcias believe
they came from some larger ship-anchored
several miles off the coast.
The first seizure was reported by the j
harbor police that of the auxiliary !
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slop K-10I'M, " which was taken in
narrows with -00 cases of liquor
aboard.
The second ship was taken by tho J
coast guards who had gone to her aid, j
'when she grounded on a sandbar off :
Point O "Woods. Long Ikland. They said J
they found the vessel to be the sloop " J. j
H. P.", carrying 1,-00 cases of liquor
worth Sl.nH). j
The radio reported the third seizur.
The "Dry Xavy" chaser Hanson, which
went out. last Tuesday reported she had ',
picked up the sloop "Marion Mosher"!
three miles from Fire -'.Island and that '
the boat was headed for New York with j
a ejrgo of '.iouor so heavy flat tue water 1
was wa'noy hr r-un WMlle?, .
JEWELL, HEAD
SHOPMEN
TO CONFER WITH PRESIDENT
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Left Chicago Yesterday Morning Accompanied
By His Executive Council To Confer With
Mr. Harding Today Number Of Railroad
Heads Also At Washington Seniority Rule
Now Bone Of Contention Strike News In
-'Brief. ' .-.
WASHINGTON, July 27. (By The Associated Press. )The White house
again today became the center of development in railstrike and the focus of ef
forts toward peace, President Hardrhj meeting in conference first with T. DeWitt
Cuyler, chairman of the association of railway executives, and then with the
strike leaders headed by B. M. Jewell, who reached Washington early in the
day from Chicago. .
Mr. Jewell and his colleagues went into conference with the President at
11 o'clock shortly after Mr Cuyler had concluded an hour and a half's discus
sion of the strike situation with Mr. Harding.
Mr. Cuyler on leaving the White house said he had presented the viewpoint
of the railroad managements and that he would remain in Washington "to
await the pleasure of the President" by that there had been no new develop
men in the situation.
, Mr. Cuyler indicated that he would return to the White house for another
conference after the President had discussed the situation with the strike lead
ers. Pressed for an opinion as to whether seniority was the sole stumbling block
in the way of settlement he said he had seen no statement from Mr. Jewel
on the point and could not therefore ssy whether that was the position taken by
the unions.
CHICAGO, July 27. (By The
Associated Press) Just as the rail
way strike seemed to have settled
to a long drawn out and determined
battle, hopes for peace, which have
waxed and waned as succeeding in
dications pointed to continued strife
or a settlement, were revived by the
gathering in Washington of strike
leaders and railraw executives.
B. M. Jewell, head of the striking
shopmen, and his executive council
left Chicago secretly yesterday
morning for the capital, where they
are expected to confer with Presi-
dent Harding today, W. W. Atter
bury, vice president of the Pennsyl
vaina Lines and T. DeWitt Cuyler,
chairman of the association of rail-
way executives, were in the capitol
today and other rai chiefs, including
L. F. Loree, president of the Dela
ware and Hudson, were exptrted
htre - .. .
Itestoration of seniority rights to men
on strike remained the chief obstaclo
to peace. The stand of the railway heads
on this question was stated by IL K.
Byram, president of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul, as being that the
railroads were not seeking to dstroy
seniority rights of men on strike, bat
to' moke their seniority subordinate to
that of tho men now at work.
Government and local officials in vari
ous cities were preparing today to -mobilize
resources at their command in res
ponse to the interstate commission's or
ders concerning., transportation of fuel
and fooduffs. j
Minor developments included disorders
at. widely scattered points, a walkout of
.'00 shopmen on the Philadelphia and
Heading Railroad, not hitherto affected
by the-strike, several arrests on varying
charges, issuance of an injunction or
EXTRACTS FROM PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE TO STRIKERS
"Since you speak as chairman of the
railway employes publicity association,
anil wince it i? exceedingly important
that the American people know prcisely
the questions at issue in the present rail
way and coal strike, I am more than
glad to answer your telegram, though
I can only treat your politically partisan
references with that contempt which is
felt by every good American citizen in
the hour of deep' public' concern.
1 "Happily for tho American publie
everything done and everything said by
government authority relating to the two
strikes is a matter of record, and cannot
in any way be- distorted.
"There is no dispute about the loyal
American citizenship" of the inen on
strike, nor will anyone question that
many of them gave everything that men
can give for the service of his country
in the world war. Nor is it disputed
that the i men on strike are exercising
their constitutional and lawful rights,
under existing statutes, in declining to
work under the terms decided by the
railroad labor board or tendered to the
workmen bv the mine operators of tho
country. No one has attemped or pro
posed to draft free men into either the
railway or mining service, or suggested
coercion under military force.
"The military forces of free America
are never used for such a purjtose. Their
service in only that of preventing lawless
ness and vioenee. That same unchallen
ged freedom which permits you and your
associates to decline to work is no less
the heritage of the free American who
chooses to accept employment under the
terms proposed. The difference between
the two Kisitions is that the striking
railroad workers exercise their rigts of
freedom in seeking to hinder the necess
ary transportation of the country, not
withstanding the provision made by the
law for the consideration of any just
grievance; and the striking miners seek
to prevent the production of coal necess
ary to common welfare, notwithstandi tt
the offer of an agency to make impartial
settlement; while the men who choose to
work jn response to the call of the eoua
trv ar ewn-isinir t'"ir 'ike Tir!i Pud
OF STRIKING
GOES SECRETLY
two, and service af eviction notices on
former employes occupying railway corn
pany dwellings, at Casper, Wyo.
Interference wibh mails was charged
against seven men bound over to : the
federal court of Augusta, Ga., Six were
alleged to be striking shopmen.
An injunction was isseud at Dallas,
restraining strikers from interfering
with operation of Houston and Tex-iS
Central trains iu the northern district
of Texas. s
, The federal marshal for the northen
district of California was authorized by
the United States district attorney to
deputize one hundred special officers fur
duty during the strike.
Mobilized Ktate troops were not moved
from their armories at; Birmingham'
officials finding tho situation quiet. :
In Chicago a non-union worker was
beaten severely and another attached.;
In the later case police were forced to
In tl;e latter case freely to disprsc the
mob. .
At Texarkana, Tex., two strikers were
arrested on charges of violating an in-,
junction uainijt interference with rail
road operations. .'
- A railway guard at Crfffo", la., under
arrest for tho' shooting of two striking
shopmen, was removed to tho county jail
at Keel Oak. Ja., for safe-keeping. Fif
teen deputy federal marshals were being
sent to Crest on to maintain order.
Investigation of Tuesday night's at
tack on a train at San Bernardino, Calif.,
revealed that the block signal systems
on tho Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fa
had been tampered with, said the report
of a deputy I'nited States murshull.
Five oilicials of tho Chicago and North
western railway wero attacked by five
nien said to be strikers at Milwaukee.
A-ear inspector for tho Mobile and
Ohio at Meridian, Miss., was kidnapped
and beaten by unidentified men. -
at the same time are making their con
tribution to our common American wel
fare.
Duty of Government '
"The decisions' of the railroad labor t
board are in compliance with a mandate
of the law making body of the United
States. Without discussing iho decisions -at
issue, it is fair tt assume that a
(Wcfrilmitht agency is ever re;dy to
correct an error which is made, else
government itself would become uuju,st,
Moreover, it is indisputable that there
cau bo no government unless its man
dates are accepted by the citizens of the
republic. . .
"This observation relates more par
ticularly to the railroad situation. When
tho mining situation became menacing
I invited representatives of the mine
workers and tho operators to a confer
ence. They came together, they were
advised as to the call of common wel
fare, yet in eight days of opportunity
no progress was made. In the absence
of any tribunal authorized to settle dis
putes between mine workers and theif
employers the federal government then
voluntarily proposed the creation of a
national commission before which the
disputes might be settled justly, in tho
light of full information and in accor
dance with the best expressions of out.
civilization.
THE COAL SITUATION.
Frank Farington, Illinois miners
president rescinded call tor state
convention at Peoria next week to
consider a separate agreemnt. Illi
nois sub-president lxyal to John L.
Lewis predicted Lewis would oust
Farrington if plan was carried out.
Federal authorities expect state
governors to set up machinery to
co-cperate in priority plan aad
maintain equitably, distribution
and fair trices.
British "miners, consider attitude
toward shipments to America.
New York longshoremen may re-'
fuse to handle inported coaL
Inaisna , governor workii'i "n
plans tit lr w .