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Local Ccllcii
22 Cents
VOL. XLIII. NO. .200
GASTON! A, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 22, 1922
SINGLE COPY S CENT3
SOTS '0Effii ..WmUDRAWN
.SOUTHERN
FROM
SHOPS
TIE-UP OF TRAFFIC E THE
SPfm IS
Ul JU11UL.1I 1U UIUULU I U 1 lllllaU
TilF I1AY FRflM ilVFR THE
1 II Li U 11 I 1 11
.Clyde Keever, General Foreman Of Southern
; Shops At Spencerf Piloted Train No. 138 Out
t ' Of Spencer Last Night Traffic Between St.
; Louis and Louisville Tied UpU. S. Marshals
On Duty In Southern Yards In Atlanta.
CHICAGO, Aug5. 22. Walkouts by
trainmen on the Southern Railway, re-
suiting ia tie-ups in North Carolina ;
bombings, beatings and investigations of
alleged wreck plots marked progress of
the rail shopmen's strike while efforts
to settle it hung suspended pending the
New York meeting tororrow of rail
heads und officials of the transportation
brotherhods, mediators for the striking
shopmen.
'.Light companies of state troops were
On duty about the shops of the bouthern
Railway at Spencer, U. C, where 1,700
mei are out, and about the" post office
at Salisbury, three miles f ronsj fcpencer.
Troops at the post office were requested
by Postmaster A. H. Boyden who alleg
ed that open threats had been made to
lynch a postoffice elcrk.
: t Tenseness prevailed in the situation
at Spencer, but was broken by the arrival
of the troops. Trainmen, switchmen and
clerks held a meeting at which they de
cided to defer moving trains until later
today, when another meeting was to be
held to decide whether the walkout was
to be permanent.' All trains arriving
at Spencer after midnight over the Boubh
ern were tied up with the exception of
Number 138, which left with Clyde Kee
ner, general foreman of the bouthorn
hops, at the throttle.
'!-" M Atlanta 35 extra United States
deputy marshals were on duty in the
Southern Hallway's Inraan yards where
yesterday a negro was perhaps fatally
injured and nine others severely beaten.
A party of men was reported to have
attacked J. F. v easier, a rjoucrmaser,
at Birmingham, late last night, near the
Louisville V Nashville shops. Feaster,
according to reports was bound and
beaten.
- Southern Bail way clerks from Wash
ington arrived ut Knoxvillc, to work in
the Coster shops.
Traffic on the Louisville.--St. Louis
morning division of the Southern will be
tied up completely unless B. O. Fallis,
general superintendent of the western
division, and representatives of the Big
Four" brotherhood effected "an agree
ment on the road's use of armed guards.
Mr. Fallis today was in Princeton,
Indiana, where firemen walked out yes
terday, and was expected to confer with
representatives of tha brotherhood. Their
action cut off the four through trains
from Louisville to St. Louis and trains
Wealthy San Francisco Woman
Offers to Buy Another Woman's
Husband From Her For the Sum
Of $100 Monthly For Life
fIRS. WAKEFIELD, WIDOW
OF MILLIONAIRE, WANTS
TO BUY RODNEY KENDRICK
Wife 'Who I HI I Consider
' ' ins the Offer Of Mrs.
Wakefield. '
ALL PARTIES ADMIT IT
Mrs. Kendrick Has Been
Ill
"With Tuberculosis and Now
1 In Wakefield Home.
SAN FBANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 22.-
An offer' by Mrs. Edith Huntington
Spreckels Wakefield, first wife of the
late "Jack" Spreckels, California, mil
lionaire, and herself prominent in San
Francisco society, to "buy another
woman's husband from her for $100 a
month for tha rest of her fife," came
to light here today and is admitted by
all persons involved .
The husband whom- Mrs. Wakefield
is credited with having" offered to
'buy" is Bodney Kendrick, a newspa
per artist." The wife, who is ill and
admits she is "considering" the offer,
said the already had given her wedding
ring to Mrs. Wakefield. Mrs. Wake
field said she too planned a divorce.
- A statement from Mrs. Wskefield
said! J -
4 'It was a long time ago I told Mrs. j
Continual on put .j
RIfifiFST STIHKF
LI 111 1J I Lill 1
in and out of Princeton.
The general walkout set for Thurs
day would fake in all the, "Big Four"
fien and will effect, it is estimated, be
ween 350 and 400 men located at ter
minals in East St. Louis, Ills., Louis
ville, . Princeton, Indiana, and Huutiu
burg, Indiana. .
At Huntington, W. VaH a second at
tempt to dynamite a Chesapeake k Ohio
railroad bridge was frustrated when a
track walker frightened three men from
the trestle. They left a box of dynamite
and forty feet of fuse.
Linemen for the Missouri and North
Arkansas railway discovered an obstruc
tion on the- tracks near Harrison, Ark.,
and removed it ten minutes before a
train passed. Oil had been smeared on
the tracks and a heavy iron bar placed
on them. ,
H. D. Fought, an employe of the
Missouri Pacific shops at Little Bock,
Ark., told the police that he and a com
panion were kidnapped, taken to a grove
on a river bank and beaten by a party
of men. 'Fought escaped after a struggle,
but said he rt kMjVk-Bhoi in. Bocky-Mount, was rend to a
his companion, who was recuvjfig a U-AmUnmtg of strikers and strike sym
nmc beating. " " I ..uH.;-'. Kv m.., w,..i v .,..,..,
Sun Bernardino. Calif., remained in' &
high state of excitement over renewed
outbreaks in the Atchison, Topcka k
Santa Fe yards. A striking electrician
was killed and another striker perhaps
fatally wounded in a running pistol fight
with a pegro waiter employed at tne com
missary inside the Santa Fe enclosure.
According to police the negro said he em
ptied a pistol at five men wno iouowea
him from the shop gates. A strong guard
was thrown around the jail, where. tho
pegro was held. .
A hotel .at Smithfield, Pa., where 23
workers were quartered, was : bombed
early today. A miner's bunkhouse also
whs damaged by the explosion. State
police arrested fifteen men after an at
tack on non-union miners. Ten men were
injured in the fighting..
Numerous prosecutions of persons ar
rested for violating Federal injunctions
restraining interferences with railroad
operations were begun in various parts
of the country. They included the trial
at Peoria, Ills., of Mayor C. P. Skinner,
of Moline, Ills, on charge of contempt
of court. Mayor Skinner was accused pf
tearing down injunction notices posted
in a Moline park.1 ... '
BOX CARS ON SIDING '
v ROBBED LAST NIGHT
Railroad Agent Says, How
ever, That Very Little
Trouble With Car Robbers
Is Being Experienced These
Days.
Two box cars side tracked on the C.
N. k W. yards at the old mill were
entered sometime last night by unknown
parties. ' Seals were broken on both car
doors. A man's hat was the only article
missed when the goods were checked by
local railway officials. The robbery has
been reported to the local police au
thorities; who are now working on the
case.
Agent McKee, of the local freight
office of the Southern, reports that very
few such robberies are being committed
during this time. i "When times were
hard and people were out of work, we
were kept rather busy watching our cars,
remarked Mr. McKee, when asked about
the matter. "With nearly everyone
working now. very few of our ears are
broken into these days."
Quite a few men are seen on the
freighters that pass through GaBtonia
beating rides. Several have been arrested
by Chief Adderholt and his men recently.
THE WEATHER
North Csrolina, party cloudy tonight
and Wednesday.
AT
NEWS OF
COUNTRY
11 Lt
INFANTRY, REINFORCED
BY MACHINE GUN, IS GN
GUARD DUTY AT SHOPS
Salisbury Postof fice Under
Guard As ResulU.Of At
tack On Jimison.
ORDER WILL BE KEPT
Soldiers Have Orders To Main
tain the Law Whatever
It Takes To Do It
SALISBURY, Aug. 21. All . the
eight companies of troops which were
sent here baturday by Governor Morri
son to protect life und property in the
tense situation that had developed in
connection with the srike of 1,700 wrok-
ers in the Spencer shops of the Southern
Railway, were on guard duty at Spencer
and Salisbury tonight.'
A proclumtiou issued by Governor
Morrison, similar to the pronouncement
OA theu occasion of recent thrcaened dis
turbance at the Atlantic Coas Line
pathufers by Mayor Wade V. Bowman
today. ' The military -authorities were
requested to allow peaceful picketing by
the strikers, but they were directed to
"disperse all large assemblies brought
together for the purpose of over-awiug
and intimidating, by a display of num
bers, those who desire to go to work."
Five full companies and a part of the
Durham machine gun company : are
guarding the Spencer shops and the rail
road passenger station at that place,
while two full companies and the Dur
ham machine gun company were on
gua'fd duty in and around the Salisbury
postoffice, having been placed there to
night by request of . Postmaster A. II.
Boydon because of the growing tension
that developed following tho attack
made today upon' Rev. Tom P. Jimison,
Methodist preacher, who hus been very
active in the fight of the strikers. He
was knocked down on the street hero by
John Sloop, a clerk in the Salisbury
Kstofficc, and the two came to grips on
tho ground before they were seiwrated.
k 'Following this Incideut crowds gath
ered about tho postoffice and open
threats of lynching were heard,, tho dec
laration being made, according to Post
master Boyden and others, that Sloop
wouiu oe lynciieu, "troops or no
troops.' Sloop made no statement of
his reason for the attack except that ho
saw Kev-. Mr. Jamison go into n store
and get out nn army mess knife and
that the minister had abused enough
people already. Mr. Jimison has made
a number of speeches in behalf of the
strikers and has denounced Sheriff Kri-
der for his activities. :
Late tonight the crowds had ceased
to approach the Salisbury postoffice,
having been prohibited by the soldiers
rrom assembling there, and quiet pro
failed in Spencer, though groups of citi
zens and hundreds of strikers stood
about in groups observing' the BiwUicIe
of troops on guard for the first time in
the history of the Spencer shops.
A contingent of recruits for the work
ers in the shops arrived tonight and
entered the shops without 'molestation.
There are several hundred workers in
the shops now, while 1,700 are on
strike.
It was reported, from Rev. Mr. Jimi
son 's home in 8cni-er tonight that he
bad some tenqierature aud was not rest
ing well, suffering somewhat from
bruises received in his encounter with
Sloop. The preliminary trial of Sloop
is set ror IV o'cifK-K tomorrow.
' 0uiet Restored.
By 19 tonight the streets hers were
practically clear of traffic and all was
quiet. .
Col. Don Scott tonight at 7 o'clock
established headquarters at the United
States postoffice in Salisbury and threw
out troops around this building that iso
lated the building for the night. In
and about and surrounding the building
are the companies from Charlotte and
Burlington and half of the Durham ma
chine gun commanding the entrance to
the office. ..
This action was taken ynpon request
of Col. A. H. Boyden, postmaster, who
had information that attempts would be
made on the life of John Sloop, a clerk
in the office, who attacked Rev. Tom
P. Jimison, strikers' friend and coun
selor, today. Mr. Sloop is on duty at
the office .tonight.
Also at 7 o'clock Colonel Scott dis
patched the Concord n nd Winston com
panies of infantry aiidtroops of un
mounted cavalry from Hickory and Lin
colnton, and half of tho Durham ma-
chie gun company under Major Bow
man to Spencer. They have instruc
tions to keep order, whatever it takes.
Picketing is to be allowed but it will
be under the ranee of three machine
guns that are being placed on advan
tageous ground.
Scott Addresses Strikers.
Colonel Scott, accompanied by several
(Continued on page six.)
SOUTHERN
Ohio's Healthiest
r -
7 K i
A? '
( Alice Miller, of Toungstown, has
been selected by three doctors and
two nurses from among MOO babies
as the healthiest In Ohio. She Is
ii months old, weighs 27 pounds, it
83 1-2 inches tall and has J8 teeth,
OFFICER HOUSER MAKES i
ANOTHER LIQUOR HAUL
Gaffney Young Men. Arrested
By Federal Agent Total
Of 17 Gallons Taken Pre
liminary Hearing Sept. 1.
Three young men, Charles Kendrick,
Xiles Pryor and Encer Coile", giving their
home address us Gaffney, South Coralina,
were urrcsted ..Tuesday morning about
2:30 o'clock in their Ford touring cur
with 17 gallons of South Mountain liquor
on the state highway between Shelby
and Morgan on. They were headed south.
Federal Prohibition Agent K L. Houser,
mid bis deputies P. A. Hoylu and Frank
Morrison, had blocked the mail) road
with their two cars previous to the ar
rival of the. ruin ruuners. The latter
traveling as fast us a middled aged Ford
could carry them failed to heed tho
warning of the officers to stop. They
sped onward, crashing into the cars
across the road. When they hit, they
were probably making betwen thirty-five
and forty miles per hour. The criminal's
ear got the worst' of the accident, their
motor falling to the ground. The ma
chines blocking the road, suffered little
damage.
Two of the cars were left on tho side
of the road. The other was used to
bring the, defendants to Castonia. . The
party reuched here at nine o'clock this
morning. Warrants were sworn out be
fore United States Commissioner S. S.
Morris. Bonds were fixed at $300 in
each case. Unable to put up bond, Ken
drick, Pryor and Coile were placed in
the Gaston county jail for safe keeping.
A preliminary hearing has been set for
Friday, September 1st, at 4 P. M.
The above arrest is tho seventeenth
made by Mr. Houser-and his assistants
since last Tuesday. Six automobiles
have been captured' and a total of 92
gallons of liquor has been taken from
the defendants. A large majority of
the arrests have been made in the four
corner section up around South Moun
tain. A still, making brandy, and a !
team of mules were taken last Irulay
by Messrs.' Houser, Hoyle and Morrison.
Those were taken to Hickory for trial
before the commissioner there.
The above seventeen gallons, of liquor
was in four jugs, three of wliich were
five gallon mineral water jugs. The
containers were emptied Into tlie water
drain at the square at Main and boutu
streets this morning at 9:30 o'clock.,
TO DRAFT COAL CONTROL
j LEGISLATION- IN FEW DAYS
' WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. Legisla
tion to enable federal control of coal
prices during the emergency will be
drafted within a day or two, Secretary
Hoover said today.
The Department of Justice, he de
clared, was at work uixui a bill which,
when completed, would be submitted to
the coal distribution committee appoint
ed by President Harding before going
to one of the committees in Congress.
Two or three plans for controlling
advancing coal prices are under consid
eration, Mr. Hoover said. It was un
derstood that the creation of an agency
fsr the control .of coal prices along the
lines oi tne united mates urain kot-j
poraiion, wnicn oxen grain prices uuring
the war, was understood to be one of
the alternatives.
COTTON MARKET
Receipts
Price . .
....22 bales
...22 cents
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
NEW YOBK, Aug. 22. Cotton fu
tures closed eay; spots quiet, 40 Hints I
down. October 22. o.J; December 22.52;
January 22.32; March 22.3a; May j
22.25 Spots 22.80. ',. . .
1
Southern
Trains
CreivsMade Up Of Officials, Etc.
RAIL PRESIDENTS ARE IN
NEW YORK FOR THIRD TRY
AT STRIKE SETTLEMENT
Will Vote Their Answers To
Measures Proposed By
Five Brotherhoods.
THIRD TRY AT MEETING
First Two Meetings Have -Re
sulted In Failure To
Get Together.
N.EW YORK, Aug. 22. The shop
crafts strike entered another phase to
day when mil presidents from western
states began to arrive for tomorow's
conference of the Association of Railway
Executives, where they will vote their
answers to measures proposed by the
five big brotherhoods as a practical
means of settling the seniority question
and endinj? the strike.
, This will mark the third nation-wide
assembling of rail chiefs within tho
last month ut which the problem of
strikers' seniority, rights hus risen to
block tho pnth of settlement.
At tho first two meetings plans sub
mitted by President Harding were
partly accepted, but with reservations
uuu vuiMiiiiuM niiu-u ciiuiinnicu lilt' 111
as a basis for calling off the strike.
Tomorrow the rail men will face a
new situation tho entrance of the Big
Five brotherhoods into tho negotiations.
where, us mediators, they have lnado
plain tneir attitude toward seniority
rights as applied to their fellow work
ers, the striking shop craftsmen.
'lhe response of tho carriers to the
call sent out by T. DeWitt Cuylor. head
of tho association, led officials today to
predict that every member road, Includ
ing 201 class one lines, with over 300,
000 miles of track, will bo represented
when tho conference begins.
Heads of tho sixteen mil workers'
unions, including the Big Five "of tho
running ..trades and others of the sta
tionary crafts, were expected to re
assemble hero tonight. Although it has
now lieen determined that the joint con
ference cannot be resumed befor Thurs
day, they agreed to bo in tho city,
within call, tomorrow, while tho asso
ciation of executives is in session.
ST. LOUIS-LOUISVILLE
TRAFFIC TO BE TIED UP
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 22. Traf
fic on the inouisvillC'St. Louis division
of the Southern Railway will be tied up
completely at 12:01 o'clock Thursday
meriting unless B. G. . Falls, general
superintendent of the western division,
and represetatives of the "Dig Founr"
brotherhoods effect un agreement on the
road's use of armed guards.
Mr. Fallis today was in Princeton,
Ind., where firemen walked out yester
day, ami is -expected to confer with
representatives of the brotherhood.
Their action cut. off their four through
traius from Louisville to St. Louis and
trains in and out of Princeton.
The general division walkout Bet for
Thursday inoruing will take in nil the
"Big Four" men and will affect, it
'was estimated, between 350 and 400
men located at terminals at East Stw
Louis, Ills., Louisville, Princeton, Ind.,
and Hloomington, Ind.
Notice of the new walkout followed
a meeting of firemen and engineers
yesterday afternoon. The firemen at
Princeton who quit work yesterday, had
walked out Saturday morning, but re
sumed work Sunday afternoon. Ac
cording to J. F. Sheridan, division su
perintendent, the firemen "repudiated"
their agreement of Sunday,
Regarding the claim that the walk
out was based on unsafe equipment and
refusal to work where the guards are
located, Mr. Sheridan said: -
"The Kentucky and Indiana Terminal
Company docs our work here and the)
fact the Louisville men are called out j
disproves their .'guard' contention. The
equipment undoubtedly will pass exam
ination." The agreement of Sunday,
Mr.. Sheridan said, provided that tho
guards be zoned off and kept from tho
railroad yards.
HOPING FOR RETURN "
TO NORMAL SERVICE
WASHINGTON'. Aug. 22. Passen
ger train of the .Southern Kailway are
being ' kept . in - operation through the
Seiicpr, N. ('., yards and terminals,
H. W. Miller,, vice president of the
road, said today, though the walkout of
trnin service men who belong to . the
"Four Big Brotherhoods"-has freight
service at least temporarily tied up.
Ofticials of the company are iu con
ference with representatives of the
brotherhoods at the pre.cut moment aud
re hopeful of getting a return to nor
mai service. Air. .Miner saw,
Deposits of tale comparing favorabl.7
with the highest grade French mineral
have ,been discovered in Mauchuria a
sociated with maguesite.
'.." " -
Railway
Cleared OfSbencer With
High Officials Take Place Of
Striking Engineers, Firemen;
Freight Traffic Is Still Tied UjJ
Elaborate Search
For Missing Plane
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. One of the
most elaborate searches ever devised
to locate a missing airplane was call
ed off early today when a fishing
smack arrived at Long Beach, 40
miles from here, bringing W. T. Mill
er, pilot, Harold Thompson, mecha
nician and the lone passenger of the
seaplane Ambassador II, that dropp
ed from light Sunday morning. Tne
fishing smack attempted to tow the
battered hulk of the sky cruiser in
which three men had fought s game
fight for 43 hours against the chill
winds and waves, but finally had to
abandon it to the waters of the At
lantic .
Drawn and haggard from exposure,
with nothing to eat and only a little
water, the three men refused to tell
. of their adventures until they had re
covered from the exhaustion caused
by their experience. The identity of
the passenger was not learned, it be
ing said that he did not desire to
cause his family any anxiety as he
was supposed to have gone on a busi
ness trip.
Both Miller and Thompson, who
in their twenties, saw service during
the war and fellow aviators said that
Miller has a high rating as an aviator
and a record singularly free from mis
haps. All that Miller would say before ha
had food and rest was:
"The plane dropped into the sea
and never will be seen again."
SUPERIOR COURT IS
MAKING PROGRESS
Many Cases Have Been Dis
posed Of In Past Two Days
Judge Webb Insists On
Speeding Up the Machinery.
Gaston Superior court for the trial
of criminal cases which convened Mon
day morning with Judge James L. Webb
presiding, has been making rapid pro
gress on the docket both Monday and
luesaay. In opening court. Judge Webb
made it plain to all concerned, both at-;
torneys and witnesses, that the lari
number of cases set for trial during a
one week tprm would mulcp it nkmilut rlv
necessary for all parties who hud bettj
summoned to be right on hand all the j
time, so that the work of the court
would not be delayed. The grand jury
has been diligent in the examination of
witnesses and has kept the court well
supplied with bills on which trial could
proceed, promptly. Jail cases were taken
up first and at noon today practically all
had been disposed of. The court has
allowed no delay of any kind in the trial
of cases and good progress has been
made on tho docket. Following is a list
of cases which have come up for trial up
to noon Tuesday:
Following i the record of cases com
ing up for trial Monday afternoon and
Tuesday morning:
Monroe Hall, keeping liquor for sale,
continued under former order.
W. II. Blunton, e. c. w., defendant
through his rouusel, II. li. (iaston,
waives bill and pleads guilty.. Fine of
$30 and the costs.
Sid Tritt, c. c. w., uol pros with
leave. .
John Hester and Ester Iloss, prosti
tution, defendants called and failed.
Order for capiat to Lincoln county.
J. 1 . Brandon, f. and a., defendant
called and failed. Judgment nisi, sci fa
and instanter capias.
II. U. Kluiford, F. W. Luti, E. P.
Payne aud Bvatty Edwards, gambling ,
Defendants thruogh their counsel, J. O.
('arK?uter, waive bill and plead guilty.
Prayer for judgment continued uikjh
payment of costs. Capias to issue for
defendants' or either of them when or
dered bi the solicitor or when it is
made to appear to an officer of the law
that the defendants or cither of them
have been gambling.
J. M. Weaver, assault, defendant
tenders a plea of nolo contendere. Judg
ment suspended on payment of the
costs k
Jim Moore, assault with a deadly
weapon. Defendant through his counsel.
L. ft. Warren, pleads guilty. Judg
ment of four months on the roads.
B. F. Ayers, oierating car while
drunk. Defendant through his counsel. 1
E. R. Warren, pleads gulity. Judg
ment or 60 Uavs on the roads.
James Johnson, e. c. w. Plea of
guilty and judgment of 60 days ou the
roads. .
bam Short and Phil Price, gambling.
(Continued on page six.)
.... ...
Passenger
All Trains Were Held Up At
Spencer Monday Night
For Hours.
TROOPS WERE ON GUARD
Washington and Atlanta Tie
Up In Traffic Is Broken
Today.
SALISBURY, N. C, Aug. 22.
TroODS have been orrlprprl
removed from the Southern
Railway shops at Spencer, ac
cording to a telephone mes
sage received here from Spen
cer at 11:25 a. m. Transpor
tation men in a meeting this
morning voted to remain out
as Ion? as Knlrh'aiM ramolno
on guard duty at the shopsj'
GREENSBORO, N. C, Aug.
22. With officials substitut
ing for striking engineers and
nremen wno refused to work
in and out of Soencer whil
state troops are on guard duty,
the Southern Railway today
began clearing the virtual tie
up of its passenger transporta- '
tion service between Washing
ton and Atlanta.
Freight trains, however, are
not being moved, northbound
movements beinr held at Spen-t
cer and trainsr I t tfie south
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(SpecW t ) T: ,.- gazette.)
. SALISBt;;-, x 22. Spencer
is quiet , t v f lowing the most
tense n t c .erienced since the
stnks ct r ay shopmen began
juiy i, a i t troops guarding the
hops sij fcqing removed. Troops
ware t ret t the Spencer shops last
night I y Col. Scott after J. M. Ellis
on oi ti six general chairmen told
kfm t'itthe situation was "very
bal." -Trop were also stationed
arv rJ r . Salisbury postoffice where
-vjohn ; , cierk who assailed the
Ttti p. Jimison yesterday af
t : .ooa. X!.;troODS were nlaced
I!0?'1.1'' u fflce fter Col. A,
' iV Tar r told Col. Scotl
Scott
or treats r
"m the life of
V there until
ning. Chief
d around
Sloop. They i
Sloop left drA i
interest here to,
the action of t
portatioa
men, members of i z 'four bro
therhoods and cler(U,who left their
work because of the armed guards
around the shops. Their local uni
ons have been in almost constant
session since last night when mem
bers of train crews claimed they
were refused admission to the shops
by soldiers on guard there. They '
announced at a mass meeting this
morning that they had decided not
to go back to work until the sol
diers and special agents were remov
ed. This announcement was made
at a mass meeting in Spencer ball ,
park where the striking shopmen
were listening to Mr. Jimison and
Jas. F. Barrett they returned
to decide whether they would return
to work if the special agents re
mained on duty. A telephone mes
sage at twelve o'clock stated that
everything . was going back. The
Southern has had some djffkuUy
in moving trains since seven o'clock
when the troops were ordered out
but with officials and scnti -officials
they managed to get all trains out
No freights are moving at all here,
all are tied up.
SPENCER. X. C Aug. 22. All
passenger traius on the Southern Rail
way have been cleared out of the Spen
cer terminal with crews made ur of
officials and other, it was stated at thi
office of Superintendent of Terminals
Rickmond at 10 o'clock this morning.
No freight trains have been moved
since the walkout of trainmen la-t
night.
Members of the switchmen and rail
way clerks unions arc holding a maM
meeting this morning to decide whether
the action taken bv tiicm hist nizht iu
agreeing as individuals not to tka
trains out or go on rairroad property
is to be made permanent. Person
leaving the meeting shortly rftr 11
o'clock said that indications were that
the unions would vote to make ti.t
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