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Assasination
Part Of Program Of Ambushes
And .Raids Against Free States
Was Shot Down Only Few
Hours After He Had -Been
Given Ovation.
HAS HAD STORMY CAREER
Eamonn de Valera Has Be
come Cavalryman And '
Hard To Catch.
. ; LONDON, Aug. 23. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The assassination of
Michael Collins at Bandon, Cork, yes-
.' terday, comes directly on the heels of
the announcement by the Irish irregu
lar! of policy of ambushes and raids
in their fight against the free state gov
ernment. Collins was shot down from ambush
only a few hours after he had been
given ' an ovation by the residents of
Cork city, which was freed less than
two weeks ago by the military under
Collins' command. The place where he
. . fell . is part of the constituency which
h represented in the Dail Eireann.
News of the . outrage, only meager
details of which have been received
here, came too late for publication in
. . the morning newspapers, the majority
of which comment on the breaking up
4 . ' of 'the . organized warfare in southern
Ireland. . ,
The assassination was preceded in
; Dublin by a kind of battle of propa
ganda, both the provisional government
v and representatives of the irregular
army posting placards which set - forth
their respective aims and claims.
;- American reaching London after at
tending the4 funeral of Arthur Griffith
say they found eurious crowds assem
bled about -these posters. One mani
festo charged that the provisional gov
, eminent had secretly despatched an
emissary to the south to assassinate
Kamonu de j Valera. Side by side with
tb was another placard in big letters,
ail - ironical t interpretation Of a mani
a t esto which the enemies of the free
atate imagined waa being sent out by
' Collins and; the members of his staff.
It was worded something like this: """
"Men of Ireland, your kins; and your
' country call you. You who have fought
so bravely for the cause of the empire
in-Egypt, India, and elsewhere, now are
needed again for the defense of the
. empire. " i 1
Another and longer poster apparently
placed "by governmental 'officers, ' dealt
in detail with the destruction caused by
the irregulars throughout .Ireland.
It argued that the irregular move
ment ' was destroying every reasonable
' hope for Ireland's prosierity and hap
piness and appealed to the citizen gen
erally to stand solidly behind the pro
visional government.
. t The grief over the death of Arthur
Griffith was accompanied by- a public
expression of admiration and affection
for Collins, . w hose three hour march
through the streets of Dublin behind the
body of his colleague was one of the
most impressive incidents in Irish his
.'. ; tory, because everybody believed that
- Collins himself had been marked for
death. '-'.'
At the funeral everybody was talking
about Collins, how that' he was left
alone as the great, outstanding figure
in the free state movement.
, "AH the girls of Ireland are in love
with Michael Collins,' w hispered an
Irish woman, ''but they are all too late,
I fear, because I have heard he has a
. (Continued on page 8.) , , i
"Crescent City" To Entertain
150,000 American Legion Men!
President Harding, Generals Pershing And Lejeune, Samuel
Gompers And Famous French Marshal Are' Among Num.
ber Of Notables Expected To Be Present French Carnival
Night To Be One Of Features Of Meet. '
NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 23. (By
The Associated Press) "The crescent
City,' is now preparing to entertain the
largest : gathering in its history when
150,000 members of the American Le
gion and other visitors come to the Le
gion's convention here October 16-20.
With the tenativc acceptance of the
convention invitation by President Hard
ing and Oeneral Pershing, and the defi
nite acceptance of Major General John
A. Lejeune, commandant of the United
tJtates Marine Corps, Samuel Gompers
president of the American Federation of
Labor, and Kenesaw Mountain Landis,
commissioner of baseball, the Legion
meeting will amiune national importance.
Convention officials auto expect to en
tertain a famous marshal of France and
other World War notables. -Prominent
among the distinguished guests will be
twenty live wearers of the Congressional
medal of honor the highest award for
bravery made by the United States. '
President Harding has written conven
tion headquarters that he will come to
New Orleans if the pressor? si public
affairs does not interfere and a similar
message has been received from General
.Pershing, who led the Legion men in
Of Collins Is
SOUTHERN'S JROUBLES
V ARE CLEARED AVAY
Has Been Principal Sufferer
For Past Few Days Troops
Are Removed From South
era Property At Spencer.
CHICAGO, Aug. 23. As railroad
executives gathered in New York today
to consider peace proposals by the
beads of the transportation brother
hoods, acting as mediators in the shop
men's strike, trouble on tne Southern
Railway, principal sufferer from tram
men's walkouts during the past few
days, began to clear away.
Exploding bombs kept thi mil strike
fever at a high stage in some of, the
nation 'a rail eenters, however .
A tremendous explosion early talay
in the Chicago and Alton roundhouse at
Venice, Ills., shook buildings within a
radius of three miles and police squads
were rushed to the shops when further
violence was threatened. Several sticks
of dynamite were thrown on the roof
of the roundhouse in which a number
of men were working .
Bombs were hurled at ' the homes of
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe employes
at San Bernardino, Cal., where daily
outbreaks have marked the shopmen a
strike . ; Windows were broken by the
explosion out no injuries were reportd.
Switchmen in the Nashville, Chatta-
nAAffl Mr fi T nilia vn.il. DnJiiAok
Ky., refused to go to work because of
an alleged attack on one of their nuin
ber by a railroad guard.. . . .
Train service was restored on the
Southern Railway following the removal
of most ' f the troops which had been
on guard in the Sjcncer and Salisbury,
X. V., and Princeton, lud., yards.
The guard was reduced in a com pro
mise 'with trainmen who walked out
when soldiers were sent to quell dis
turbances,
Striking ." ' shopmen " of " the Southern
Railway at Salisbury were on guard
n round the home of the ' Reverend
Thomas P. Jintison, who received threat
ening letters following an alleged ' as
tault upon him by a postal employe.
The minister:; had been a champion of
the shopmen's strike arid strikers went
to, his defense, maintaining guards in
tight . hour shifts at the preacher's
home. "- '" ; v .-. - . ,
PENN. MINERS OFFERED
HIGHEST WAGES PAID
PITTSBURGH. Pa.. Aug. 23.
Forty thousand bituminous miners in
Westmoreland and Fayette counties to-
creased wages equal to the highest the
day had before them an offer of in
mining industry has ever paid.
lu these two eounties, generally known
as the non union field before the call of
the miers' strike, many of tho men are
now organized and the eyes of the na
tion today awaitd developments from
the heart of the bituminous region.
Union leaders representing 75 loeals
(ontrolling more than 10,000 miners
voted almost unanimously in Fayette
county, to pass up the average increase
of nearly $2. SO a day until recognition
of the union was accorded by the inde
pendent companies making the' offer.
Aline operators today were prepared
for a rush of returning miners and extra
deputies were on hand to prevent dis
rrdcr. '
France, and who was a guest at their
national gathering in Kansas City last
year. Tfce visit of General Lejeune will
be of especial interest to the Lelionaires
since the Marine Corps leader is a native
of Louisiana and was one of the most
populer commanding generals in th3
American Expeditionary Forces. The
presence of Mr. Gompers at the conven
tion is expected to develop eloser rela
tions between the Legion and organized
labor. , Judge Landis is the father of a
former service man and has spoken at
Legion gatherings in all parts of tlw
country. . , '
In preparation for the visit of the
thousands of former service men, the
convention committee has prepared an
elaborate program of entertainment. Con
vention sessions will be held only in tho
mornings, enabling delegates and visitors
to participate, in tht festivities the re
mainder of the day.
The first American Legion national
Olympic meet will be helld at the con
vention. Legion athletes from every state
will compete for national championships
in track and field (vents, aquatic pports,
(Continued on page 3.) 1
Toy Casualties Are
Bringing Unique Protest
""WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Amer
ican toy exporters must send .enough
doll's noses and cats' tails with
their shipments or suffer deductions
for the missing members, according
to an original letter of complaint
from an -' importer of Lucknow, In
dia, made public today by the Com
merce Department.
"Honored Lits and Clients,"
the letter said, "Hoping all' well,
we apologize for undue procrastina
tion in furnishing necessary reply
to your last esteemed of bygone date.
Peraduventure we are at fault be
ours the blame and burden also con
trition Honored Lita.
' The elephants is gone off ' in
itanter and ditto the tigers. The
leopards is too much deficient in
spots for our climate so pray be
watchful and we will watch over
you. The sample wax dolls is all
running away owing to equatorial
heat of Indian summer. . So pray
stay your hands. Eight china dolls
la to hand with six broken noses
per doll and nine cats is come with
only seven tails. For which our
valued will make some necessary de
ductions on fundamental basis of
one nose per biped and one tail per
animal. -Admonishments of your
honors packing department is our
good advice to you that the same
may not come to pass again."
KIWANIS CLUB SNOWS
THE PARK PROPOSITION
UNDER BY VOTE OF 55-6
McArver and Hanna Property
Deemed Unfit For Park
. For Gastonia. ,
LAWYERS IN CHARGE
Lengthy Session Featured By
Interesting Talks From ;,,
. Lawyers. . . ..
By a vote of 55 to 6, the Kiwanis
Club at its meeting Tuesday evening
killed tho proposition to buy 33 acres
of the McArver and Hanna properties
on Chester street and the York road for
tlio purpose" of establishing a park.
Whether or not the decisive vote against
tho measure was occasioned by the un
favorable rcHrts made us to the un
sanitary condition of the stream which
runs through the prouerty, or by the
$15,000 necessary o buy tlio land, is
problematical. Buince it to say, tins
particular proposition was killed us dead
as Hector at lust night's meeting. It
was something of a disappointment to
President D. M. Jones, who had set
his heart on building a park for Gas
tonia.- The tract of land in quest ion
fronted 700 feet or more on Chester
street and York road on tlio town side
of the branch, and a considerable dis
tance on the , road beyond the creek.
It also extended up Jackson road for
some distance. As far as general loca
tion and topography were concerned it
was admirable for a park, having room
for a Baseball diamond, Like, shaded
areas, etc., etc. However, Boinoph'8i
ciaus present said - the - drainage was
from some negro honses back of the
Lorpy, and that the branch frequently
overflowed. Consequently, after sonic
arguing pro and con, after a two-hour
session, the Vote was called and found
to register 55 to 6 against the park.
Suggestions for another proposition to
sponsor brought out the scholarship idea
for high school graduates. This was
Secretary George Gray's idea. Danieron
Williams'put up a club room proposi
tion. These' sutrestions are to lie
taken -up later.
Tuesday -evening's meeting was iu
charge of the lawyers. "Addle" Man
gum presided, -anddid well, considering
the fact . that he knew as few first
names of his fellow Kiwaniang as lie
did. The lawyers had prepared-a spe
cial edition of "Siwanik," the club's
publication. It was the chief .feature
of interest. One of the paragraphs,
describing a Kiwanis camp, read :
"For the entertainment-of the inner
man it seems that we will "lie strongest
on meats, as we have A(Y)OOCK and
ham in numerous and choice varieties
such as delicious CUNNINGHAM, DUR
HAM and that other rare kind called
HAM-NEB, but we have our GARD
NERS to produce choice vegetables and
see that nothing WITHERS from the
hot (W)RAYH of the sun. "The flour
of the WEBSTER variety for, our daily
bread will be provided by our excellent
MILLER, and our milk will be secured
from the fine bovine herd fed on our
natives HAY(E)S. All eggs used will
be McLEAN". "
"There will be something new for
pleasure riding and transportation by
tto, not the (in)famous "Tin Lizzie"
but the popular (with : the . ladies)
STAN-FORD. Our Beau Brummels will
be cared for by our TAYLOR and those
literarily inclined may find pleasure in
SPENCER'S es-ays."
Preliminary to the voting on the
park idea, four of the club 'a lawyer
members contributed to the evening's
program. Gregg Cherry leading off with
a few short, well chosen and appropriate
remarks on 'Civil Law." Timberlake
discussed "Real Estate." A. C.
Jones was billed to discuss "Contracts,"
but he sensed the crtwl's tagging iuter-
(Continued cn page8.) . '
Fascisti Leadej
& - Vw
Bonlto Mussolini, leader of th
, fascisti. has ordered tho demobil
ization of that organization, claim
. In? that it has won its baXtle
nsain.st crinn-iiinists and other ex-
trc;.-,.st3 tr; t'.. civil ar thtt ho3
T-bn iftaiiiK la cvreit i?T-tnr.es 6t
Barrett Charged
With Being Drunk
SALISBURY, N. C, Aug. 23.
A warrant, charging J. F. Barrett,
editor of the Charlotte Labor Herald,
with drunk and disorderly conduct,
was issued this morning by Prose
cuting Attorney B. D. McCubbins.
Mr. Barrett, it was said at a local
hotel, has just left town, presumably
for Charlotte. The warrant will be
rent to the chief officials. Seventy
five workers went into shops this
morning.
APPLE SHOW MAY BE - ,
FEATURE GASTON FAIR'
Display, If Put On, Will Be
Under Auspices Of North
Carolina Horticultural So
ciety H. P. Corwilh Is
President. ,
: An apple show illustrating the ops
silile development of this industry in
North Carolina and in this section in
particular may be an instructive exhibit
at theHlig Gaston County Fair in 'Oc
tober. If put on this will not conflict
in any way with the apple classes and
competition for- local growers.
The display, if put on, will bo under
the auspices of the North Carolina Hor
ticultural Society. II. P. Corwith, of
Saluda, ono of tho largest apple grow
ers of the mountain section, and presi
dent of the society, has taken an inter
est In the matter and will place it
before a meeting of applo - growers at
Saluda Friday. The proposed display
would consist of several barrels and
boxes of the finest apples grown in the
mountain sections and equal in quality
to any produced anywhere in America.
The fair management is making every
effort to secure all displays that will
encourage diversification and thus prove
educational to the thousands of farmers
attending tho big fair from many coun
ties of the Piedmont Cnrulinas.
ALL IS QUIET
AT SPENCER TODAY
SALISBURY, N. C, Aug 23.
. Quiet reigned here and at Spencer
today, a condition which has prevail
ed since the return to work yester
day of trainmen, switchmen and
clerks following .he removal of
troopc from the Southern Railway
shops. Volunteer guards from the
ranks of the striking shopmen last
night kept watch about the home of
Rev. Tom P. Jimison, but went off
duty this morning.
It was understood they would
guard the minister's home again to
night. A squad of soldiers with two
machine guns at the postoffice and
another contingent at the home of
John Sloop, the postal clerk who At-
tacked Rev. Jimison Monday, are
the only guardsmen new on duty.
ColDon. E. Scott, commanding of--'
fleer, is still maintaining headquar
ters in the postoffice.
No date or the trial of Sloop,
wbo rs out under $50 bond, has been
set, it was stated by local authori
ties.. The postal clerk continues to
work under guard.
Using automatic machinery, . English
meteorologists are obtaining hourly re
cordc of "the -rcltaive fogginess of Lon
don's atmosphere.
COTTON MARKET
Receipts
12 bales
22 cents
Price ..
CLOSING BIDS ON THE"
NEW YORK MARKET
- NEW YORK. Aug. 23. Cotton futu
res closed very steady ; Spots steady, 10 j
points up. " "ISa'i
October 22.6-1; December 22.6,1; Jann-j
ary .22.43: March 22.47: May 2
Spots 22.90. ,
Vote
Of Big
Will
Five
Declare
Copy Of Magna Char ta
To President Harding
ST. PAUL. Minn., Aug. 22. (By
The Associated Press.) President
Harding is to receive a beautifully
framed copy of Magna Charta from
the Magna Charta Day association,
it was announced ' today by J. W.
Hamilton of St. Paul, founder and
secretary of the association. '
The copy, which will be 22 by 30
inches, will show the seals of the
barons who partipipated in the sign
ing of the document, and it will be
in colors.
A small brass plate, outlining the
presentation to the president as the
honorary president of the Magna
Charta Day association, it attached
to the frame. .
A copy of the Magna Charta also
will bo presented to Governor , E. Lee
Trinkle of Virginia, in recognition
of his act as the first governor to
issue a proclamation calling for ob
servance of Magna Charta day '
COW GIVES ENOUGH
MILK TO FEED 30
CHILDREN A DAY
Department Of Agriculture
- Has Super-Cow On Experi
ment .Farm In Maryland
22,000 Pounds a Year. ,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2U. (By The
Associated Press.) Breeding a dairy
cow that will give enough milk to feed
:i0 children a day, more. than six times
tho capacity of the ordinary cow, is one
of the feats of the industry which has
been accomplished by the U. H. Depart
ment of ' Agriculture, and which can be
done by proper feeding and selective
breeding. Ou iu experimental farm
near Heltsvillc, Md., the department
has u herd of six cows, tho result of
breeding work, that havo produced au
average of more than 2-.UU0 pounds of
milk in IKi.l days. This little herd
yields enough milk to provide a quart a
day to 170 children.
An ordinary row .or scrub produces
only enough milk to feed 5 children a
iuart a day, while a good cow yields
enough to give i!0 children a quart a
day. The super cow, as the depart
men call her, and there arc more and
more of them iu this class every year,
gives enough milk so that a small herd
might easily supply this quantity to all
the small children in a small town.
The improvement of dairy cows means
more than im-rca'acd profits to the
dairyman, the department declares. It
means cheaper and more mlik, the best
bone ami muscle maker for children,
tiood breeding and good feeding have
made the .difterenee. What this means
is brought out-forcibly, in a poster pre
pared by thel department which is avail
able to all those interested in the sub
ject: In the same connection, the depart
ment shows that, culling the poultry flock
to get rid of all birds except the vigir
ous, prolific layers, results in noticeable
improvement in the progeny, as well as
in an increase of egj;s.
Recent experiments with tho ..poultry
at the Belt sville farm showed that the
late moulters selected from a flock of
100 Rhode. Island Keds in the gall of
1920 laid seven moro eggs per bird
during their second year' than the origi
nal flock of pullets. They were used
as breeders the following spring and tho
first red pullets to commence laying in
the fall of li2l were found to be the
offspring of these late moulting hens.
Their pullets in a period of seven
months have already averaged two dozen
eggs per bird moro than the original
fWk.
It is not alone in number of rggs that
the late moulters' progeny excel, the de
partment continues, but also in the value
of the .product, as the distribution was
more even, a much larger proportion of
the eggs being laid during the winter
months. In the last seven months the
daughters of the latc-moulters not only
. . ... i
averaged two dozen egg ier pint more
than the Original fbx-k, but the value of
their product was, figuring at the same
prices, atK)Ut?l.U4 per turd more dur
ing the same period. It is expected
that this margin will increase.
DUBLIN, Aug. 2.!. (By the Asso
ciated Pres.) The provisional govern
ment publicity - department announced
this afternoon that the body of Michael
Collins, head of the provisional govern
ment, who was shot from ambush last
night at Bandon, county Cork, would
arrive in iMildin tonight.
THE 17 E At HER
L Generally fair tonight and Thursday;
j no change in temperature.
To
Accept
Brotherhoods Or
Fight To A Finish"
BONUS BILL IS BEFORE
THE SENATE BUT ITS FATE
HANGS' IN BALANCE
Passage of Bill Is Certain
Eventually But How Soon
No One Knows.
HARDING MAY OPPOSE?
Interest From British Debt
Would Take Care Of Pay.
ments First Year.
WAfcSIIINGTdX, Aug. 23. The long
deferred soldier' bonue legislation was
on the Senate calender today for a second
time, but its immediate future as well
as its ultimate fate was in doubt.
While pussage of the bill by the Sen
ate eventually was regarded as a cer
tainty, there was no assurance of action
in the immediate future. Negotiations
for a n agreement fixing a definite date
for a vote with an intervening recess of
tho Senate were continued, but without
success. Some progress had been made,
however, opponents of any recess agree
ing to'tt short vacation provided the bill
were taken up later with an agreement
thai it should not be supplanted.
Aside from the uncertainty as to the
time for action in the .Senate, friends
and foes of tho bill alike were in tho
dark regarding President Harding's at
titude. The last official word from the
Executive expressed just before tha
House acted last March was that Con
gress either find the means of financing
the legislation or postpone its enactment.
Tho bill does not carry this means and
some of those very close to the President
said ho was still disposed to veto it.
tiome proponents of tho legislation
were optimistic, however, contending that
since the bill would entail no heavy draft
on the treasury until after the refunding
of tho short-time public debt hud been
completed, the busis of the President '
objection to a tax less bill had been re
moved. They ajgued that the interest
from the British debt would take care
of the payments for tho first three years,
at least, and looked for the President to
approve such uso of this fund. 1
Another move was reported on foot
to get a more definite expression from
the executive but there was doubt whe
ther it would succeed as Mr. Harding was
said not to be disposed to discuss tho
measure further with the Sonata lenders.
Opponents of the legislation claimed
strength of 33 votes, not sufficient to pre
vent its pussage, but more than enough
to sustain an executive veto.
DECLARES" PASSING OF
BONUS LEGISLATION IS
DEMANDED BY EVERY ONE
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. Enactment
of the soldier's bonus legislation at this
session of Congress is demanded by every
precept of financial justice and every
principle of political honor. Chairman
McCumber of the finance Committee,
declared today in opening Senate debate
on the amended House bill, with its bank
loan certificate provision in lieu of the
orginal proposal for a cash bonus.
Asserting that the term "bonus'' was
misnomer. Senator McCumber said the
purpose was to equalize in a measure the
pay of the men ealled to the colors with
that received by those who stayed 'at
home and profited by what he characteri
ze.! as a "wild." drunken orgy of ex
travagance" that accompanied the war.
The finance committee chairman told
the Senate the time had come for Con
cress to show that it was 4 4 not attempt
ing to play polotics with the American
soldier:" that ft was acting in "good;
faith" when it
passes the first Donus
i.iit naf nfnrn tlm elections in 1920.
"The President, in his campaign of
1920, declared in favor of same kind or i
soldier's compensation bill," he continu
ed. "Republicans both in the campaign
and on the floor of the Senate have re-1
iterated their determination to make
t?ood these promises. They were made ,
in trooil faith and that good faith will
be manifested by tne vote on ims mea
sure." . . ' , .
Referring to the position taken by
President Harding aad Secretary Mellon
List 5-ear, when the Executive asked the
. . . V Vn.ll. Va.
senate to aeier acnun n m
jcause of the then financial condition of
the Treasury, Senator McCumber reques-
ted that they now view the legislation
"in the llgni 01 prcoeufc u.ij tvuui,....,.
"These changed conditions certainly
must appeal to the judgment for a re
vision of the views of a year ago," he
said, adding that the government could
"meet every dollar this bill will call
for without an additional tax levy and
without in the slightest degree of af
fecting the refunding of any unpaid
short-time obligations."
Senator McCumber argued that the
nuds necessary for the financing of the
bonus legislation could bci obtained from
the refunded foreign debt and that if
the refunding were not completed when
it becomes effective the interest from
the British debt, whieh, he said, the
British government had already planned
to pay, would be sufficient.
Proposals
WFQTFDM PHICrQ milC
MLUILllll UUILIU UUl.JL
TO RAIL CONFERENCE
FULL OF OPTIMISM
They Frankly Admit They
Want the Strike Settled
and That Right Soon.
EASTERN ROADS OPPOSE
Say They Are Not Willing To
Accede To .Demands Of
Striking Men. $
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. (By the
Associated Press. ) Railway executives,
convened today at the Yale Club to
consider proposals for settlement bt
the shopmen's strike, submitted . last
week by the running trades, acting as
mediators, adjourned at 12:50 o'clock
until 2:30 after a discussion lasting
moro than two hours.
Although no . official nfflfprnnnf n'ua
forthcoming, it was reported that eer
tain counter proposals had been under
discussion. This was taken to indicate
that, should tho executives not accept
the suggestions made by the brother
hood chiefs, the nnnf in ruin ita atill
would be left open.
"The situation looks mighty serious,"
Howard Elliott, of the Northern Pacific,
said to a colleaguo on leaving the meet
ing... ; ,, . ',. . ,.U -
--: ',' -' .
NEW YORK, Aug. 23By The As
sociated Press) Efforts of the Big Five
Brotherhoods acting as mediators in tha
shop crafts strike, to succeed where others
failed will be put to the test today when
heads of 148 roads, meeting at the Yalo
club, will vote whether to accept the
brotherhoods' proposals, or decline theirJ
good offices in favor of a "fight to tho
finish."
Heads of the Western lines entered the
conference full of optimism as they
entered each of the two previous con
ferences with President Harding, thnjuga
his peace proposals, adopting the role ot
mediator. ,
Erankly and unreservedly these west
ern chiefs wanted the strike settled, and
express a willingness to make any prae
tical concession. which will relieve their
roads of a growing shortage of usable,
rolling stock, with a bumper crop nearly
mi in, aim cum mining already Do
ing resumed ou a large scale.
"As we have already indicated," said'
the President of a large road which'
serves the uprer Mississippi valley states
terminating ut Chicago, "we believe w
vvuiu Vao iu k vvery . Hinxer wiinoue
having to release one of the new men
now Jn our shops."
"The seniorlfy question. Well we are
not in a position to dictate. We need
our men, and are willing to take them
back with their old rights, if it can be
arranged to the satisfaction of these no
in our employ."
Opposing tho attitude, and with forces
more compactly mustered, were the heads
of the powerful eastern roads, led by
L. F. Loree, of the Delaware and Hudson
W. W. Atterbury, of the Pennsylvania,
A. H. Smith, of the New York Central,
Frederick Underwood of the Erie and K.
J. Pearson, of the New Haven. Their
roads are in excellent condition; their
shops are well manned, they are near to
M.A I.. .Aai i . a. ' , . 1
luuur maneis; ana, iney
maintain they are ready to back their
pledges to "stand by the loyal men who
refused to strike and the new men whom ,
we hired on promise to put them ahead
of strikers on the seniority roles."
The only eastern president about whom
this group expresses any uneasiness was
Daniel Willard, who it was said might
join me "peace at any price" uelega-
tion from the west.
Several developments of late yesterday
injected a spirit of uncertainty into th
ranks of the executives and brought pre-
mictions in some sources that a re-align
ment would set in as soon as these new
factors were recognized at the conference.
The granting of a 20 per cent increase"
to about 300,000 steel corporation em
ployes was generally looked upon as is
sinister omen for the "die-hard" element
It came 24 hours before this session, it
was declared, as the ultimate argument
of the powerful banking interests who in
vest iu both steel and railroads, and wbn
for weeks are known to buve argued rail
executives to capitulate.
Another factor, the significance ot
whk hi there was much speeulation, was
the expected arrival from Europe today,
on the same ehip, of three eastern rail
presidents, who, it was believed had plan
ned to remain abroad all summer.
In the meantime, sixteen heads of rail
labor organizations both the Big i'ivn
Brotherhoods, and the shop Crafts, wrer
gathering at their New York headquar
ters to await the outcome of the execu
tives' deliberations. It was even pre
dicted that tho ISrotherhonil men won! I
be cal'ed bce the conferenre t. ula'
in detail" the basis opm whirh tin ,, ; .
mediators, will volunteer to aid
ing the stnxe. , ,