FTTH E Weather Fair Local Coltcn 22V2 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 210 GASTONIA, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 2, 1922 SINGXE COPY 5 CENTS 300,000 STRIKING RAIL 10PB FACE MOST DRASTIC INJUNCTION EVER ISSL (MS ' ""' A DAILY TZ A fjjn ll J. A. Bush Gets Death Sentence For The Murder of Will Gline Sentenced To Die In Electric Chair October 13 Attorneys Take Appeal To Supreme Court- Put Up . Plea Of Self Defense Account Of the Trial From a Lenoir Paper.' , LKXOIIJv Sept. 1. " Guilty of mur der in the first degree" was the verdict tlie jury turned iu litre at 5:43 o'clock tliis afternoon in the case of John A. Bush, charged with the killing of Will Clint, after being out since 2; 10 o'clock 1. in., and tho death sentence was pro nounced almost immediately. Seven of the. eight lawyers to speak fiiiibhed their pleas . yesterday, leaving '' A ft..,,,.... W 4 Vr.-.,. nnA fii.liiii,t It. L. Huffman to complete the '. speeches today. Solicitor Huffman, for the st;itn. hoirnn hist Rneech nt 11 o'clock ' this uioruing, speaking one hour and u nair. iia'u tiiB judge cnargeu me jury ' for one hour aud twenty minutes. In the clearest and most minute details, the judge explained the different degrees of .murder to the jury. ' However, he told them to weigh the evidence, and bring in their Verdict frum what had been presented in the case. - '', It was one of tho hottest legal bat tles fought hare iu many years, and ' the best array of legal talent was evi denced in the case. Attorneys -Mark (Squires, Win. F. Scholl, W. C. Newland, W. A. Salf, of Hickory; Aiken, of Hick ory and J. II. Burke, of Taylorsvi lie, spoke for tho defense, and Mr. Bugby . and Solicitor Huffman, or the state. So licitor Huffman put up a strong case for tho state. Judge Bis Kay pronounced the sen tence on the prisoner who received same without a word and with very, little emotion. Hanging .of the head and twitching of the jaws was the only Visi- ble evidence produced by, the judgment. Denth in the electric chair on Friday, 41. ....1...- ' ...... n..AUnn V... tlii. -Su.lfvn A niotiou for an appeal was imme diately taken ly tho counsel for tho defense. The following is from the Lenoir News-Topic, of Thursday: - ' r Examination of witnesses in the case of John A: Bush, being tried on the killing of Will Clino waseompleted yes terday, shortly after the noon recess, and tho lawyers immediately went be fore the jury with their arguments. It is believed that the jury will get tho case by noon today. Tl. . .... ........ r .. -.. ....L. ago, and Cline died the following after noon, in n hospital in Hickory. Yester day morning Hush went on the stand in his own behalf, and following the direct examination he was put through a gril ling croK!:-examiimtioii. Bush entered a plea of self -denfense, claiming that Cline was advancing tm him with aroekXwhcn he tired his pistol. Wine's dying state ment was to the effect that ho did not have anything in his hand, and had said BO word unkindly to" Bush.-. The jury for the ease were drawn af ter a half, days' work Tuesday. Follow ing are the tnelve men accepted: W. A. ii....i win r n !. urn Oxford, J. II. Kirby, Charlie White, Jr., 1ai Munday, lioltert Teeters, T. J. Phil lips, J. J. Robert, J. K. Broyhill and C. McLean . . Tho first witness on the stand was Mrs. Will Cline, wife of the deceased. Mrs. Cline testified that her husband had gone to Hudson to see a doctor or get irttiwk liinilifiinn flip ti C11.-.V KHfl 'Flirt lirst she knew about the trouble J was when she heard John A. Bush call to her husband and ask him what about that line up there, She. then heard Bush cursing and got up to call the children back, who had started to meet their father. Mrs. Cline said she, beard her husbniid tell Bush, "I have not got time to fool with you. i nave got a tick kid up at the house." At that moment she heard the shot and her bus- band .exclaimed, "Lord, yon have killed ! .. , i (Contwiuedonrage4.) " MR. W. T. RAJiKIN RETURNS . FROM THE COKER FARMS ' i constructions. "Sateens have sold hb- i erally. Fine goods ;. sales were more ' , ' v i general, although not as active as those For Past rive Years Gaston j in other divisions. Colored cottons, County Man Has Visited ! such as chambrays, denims, cheviots, low Farms Of D. R. Colter at!"d gi'-Rlm tickings have sold Hartsville . Finds Very Good. Crops . Mr. W. T. Eankin returned Friday from a motor trin to the Coker farms at Hartsville, S. C, whero he went three days ago on his annual trip' of inspecr tion of the cotton crop of that section of South Carolina.. Despite the fact that this has been a bard year for cot ton, Mr. Ilaiikin finds that the' crop in I Partington and Chesterfield canities is' almost up to ui average. iney nave tttarteu puking and ginning down there and the crop is. turning out fairly well, j .ur. naiiKin nas visited tne COKer (;4x,;4J,i Pi4 eents; brown wheelings, farms the last week of August for the sollthern standards. 13 cents and lHV-i past five years, He estimates that the : .,,. , denims, 2.20s, 13". 4 cents; tick crop will turn out just as the govern- j ings 8 0UIU.P, 22Mr; prints, 10't eents; ment estimate indicated. He reports taplt, giaghauw, 1414 cents; staple that Mr. Coker kept using the molasses,-, gil)KlujlI!)( ls wati and cents. , days ago. COTTON MARKET si . x - .... 1. i . I 1. ' . I . 1 lie .cw ivi fiurii r.,AV!i'iiiKt4 was t elosed today.. It will also be closed Mon-; day, September 4, same being Labor Day. ' : . ' Receipts'. ................. . 5 Bales Price 22 1-2 Cents J CLEVELAND WOMAN 105 V YEARS OLD IMMERSED Mrs. Susan Pruett, Widow Of David Pruett, Baptized- , Had To Build a Vat and Brjnglt To Her House. I The following is from Friday's Cleveland Star: : i, ' ' ' Mrs. Susan Profit, widow of tho late David Pruett, who will be 105 year, of ago in a-few days, was,1 baptized nt Vasar Sunday afternoon under most unusual circumstances. Mrs." Pruett had never been a mem- ber of the; church in all these years, but she became converted a short time ago during her sickness and joined Ilsgah Baptist church Sun day afternoon. The ordinance of baptism was administered by Rev. J. F. Weathers. Many of her friends declared that she was too old to undergo immersion as her breath was short and hey thought the shock would- be too much for her. Her physician advised against it but Mrs. Pruett insisted and her friends asked that her wishes bo carried out even if she died under the strain, because she fell about ' four months ago and sustained a fractured hip, which rendered her helpless alii bedridden. .'. Being unable to go to a pool or pond for the ordinance of baptism, Rev, J. F. Weathers put his mind to work and ingeniously built a laVge water-tight vat which was mounted : on a truck, carried to . Peeler's Mill 'where it. was filled with water and hauled to her front door. .'Two wash-pots of water were heated to temper the water. SixV - men carried her in" a sheet from her tick bed and carefully lowered her in the water with her head ubove the surface. : 1 ho minister then took charge and after saying the ceremony, lowered her face " under, tho water. ' Then she was quickly moved back into the . hoesc with a Binile on her face and dc- ; clared she Buffered n ill effects from being moved from her sick. ' bed. . Fully 1,000 people were present to witness the unusual ceremony, Mrs. Pruett 's age of 105 years ij accurately established and .without a doubt she is the oldest woman in Cleveland county. She married at the age of IS, lived with her hus band 43 years and he has been dead 4S years. Her granddaughter was baptized on the same day atZion liurch. v- SOnON GOODS SHOW ; STRONGER THIS WEEK Deterioration of Cotton Crop . .and Risking Demand On Part Of Trade Partly Re sponsible For Better Prices. NEW YORK,' Sept. 2. Cotton goods markets became stronger this week fol- !"inK t!,e .,lews or KWte oncnoTauon I in 1110 growing couoii ciuii auu a nams jdemand on the part of the trade to (cover reouircments of cloths for the next two months. Sales of convertibles were more general and comprehensive than for some time on Thursday and Wedaes jd:iy. Trint cloths and sheetings arc firmer and quotably highec on many more rreciv Tor later neuvery. imt is a more active demand lor some or the napped goods and blankets. The higher brands of sheets and i'illow cases have soM mwlerately for the next two months' delivery. Wash goods lines j of a fancy character are leing bought j in moderate, quantities -. for spring. Bleached cottons are quiet.' The firm ness of the market was much enhanced by the purchases made for the account of several converters who have not been believers in high cotton until very re cently. Prices current, sre irregular and some w - hnt llomina, but thpy how a firimr tronl. ,,rinr eiotls, 28 inch, 64x64s, 7 cents; 64x00s, 6 cents; 38 inch, C. & O. To Issue Bonds. Washington, Sept. 2. An application for authority to issue $12,558,000 in 6 j per cent preferred stock was filed today asjvith the Interstate Commerce Commis siou by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad j The railroad proposes to sell the new ! istnw at par. the application said, and 'to use the' funds so procured for the purpose of making general additions j and betterments to its lines. s tlnV LEAN T. M'LEAN IS KURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Suffers Painful Though Not Serious Injuries To His Leg When Car Is Hit By Another Car Near Lincolnton Friday. Mr. L. T. McLean, well known Gas toniuh, was injured iu an automobile ac cident Friday afternoon which occurred on the Gastonia-Lincolnton road. At the time of the accident it was thought that Mr. McLean was seriously injured but this morning reports from Liucolu ton state that no bones were broken and that the patient will be able to return home today. 5 ' Mr. and Mrs. McLean, and daughter, Miss -Mary McLean, and Miss .Roberta Love, were making the trip to Lincolnton for the purpose of taking Miss Love home, she having spent several days here as the guest of Miss Mary McLean. About four miles out of Lincolnton .the Ford sedan in which the Gastonians were traveling was run into by a car conning from Lincolnton. The other car was be ing driven by a young lady at the time of the accident. The local machine was up set and Mr. McLean was injured. Other members of the party were not hurt. It is hoped that'Mr. McLean will be able to rut urn home today. It jwill be necessary for him to get . about . on crutches for a few weeks. WOULD BAN WEBSTER " FROM PUBLIC LIBRARY BOSTON, Sept. 2. Alleging tliat it contains matter "as British as London Bridge," Councilman James A. (Jerry) Watson, of Boston, lias called upon tho trustees of the Bos ton public library to remove from the shelves o'f t tint institution the latest edition of Webster's dic tionary. The attnok on the dictionary is " bnBcd on its definition f tho word "constitution," which i as follows: ''Tho principal . or fundamental laws which govern a state or other organized - bodies .of wen, and -are... embodied in written documents, or are implied in the institutions and customs of the country or society." In previous editions, specific refer ence has been made to the coiisti tut ion of the United States, ACTOR IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN. NEW YORK CAMP PLATTSnUBUGH, X. Y., Sept.- 2. A. M. "Buddie" Johnson, husband of feggy Marsh, actress and professional dancer, who accidentally shot liimself through the body Thursday night, is in a c ritual condition in tho Champlain Valley hospital here today, after having been conveyed by boat and automobile from an isolated camp iii the Adiron dack mountains, more than fifty miles away; An operation was performed successfully last night, but Johnson is not yet out of danger. . Tho shooting occurred at the camp of Jack Clifford, former husband of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, on Chateaugay lake, late Thursday night as Mr. Johnson was about to put away a revolver he had been Using in target practice, according to the story obtained by tho hospital authorities. ' . , Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, aud her son, on whose-account she brought action for 100,000 against the Marshall Field estate, had gone to tho Clifford camp for a vacation after completing a danc ing engagement in New York. MINERS STILL BURIED ,000 FEET BELOW GROUND JACKSON, Cal., Sept. 2. Another at tempt to construct a platform at the 2,500 foot level will be made today in an effort to establish an air relay from the adjacent 'Kennedy workings to the Argonaut gold mine to aid in rescue work and to force fresh air into lower levels of the Argonaut, where 47 men fiave been entombed since tSunday mid night. While there was no let-up in rescue efforts the belief grew that the imprisoned miners have ieris!i'.'d. NON-UNION SHOPMAN KILLED AT MEMPHIS MEMPHIS, TEXN., Sept. 2. Charles Lanier, a non-union railroad shop work er, was shot and killed today when the automobile in which he was enroute from his home in a suburb to the shops in which he was employed, was fired on. Another man who w.as in the automo bile with Lanier was not injured. TEMPORARY STRIKE AT ASHEVILLE ENDS ASHEY1LLE, N. C, Sept. 2. The walkout of local railroad firemen, which resulted last night in a temporary tie-up of freisrh traffic but did not stop the movement of passenger trains, ended this morning when a temporary agreement was reached, by which the firemen re turned to work on the" condition that armed guarda be stationed around the local xailroad yard instead of inside the yard. , ATLANTA MAN SUICIDES AT HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA NEW YORK, Sept. 2. IL C. Ham- mitt, a railway claim agent wb regis tered as from Atlanta, Ga., was found dead of poisoning in his room at the hotel Pennsylvania today. He left a note in which he indicated that despondency over a love affair had led him to end bis life. He'apparently had been dead for J about 24 Wurs. . Seattle's Entry ' -'' ' ' . - - ' I - s ' ' Evelyn Atkinson will represent Seattlo in the Atlantic City pageant, having won the Seattle beauty contest. ' JAS.H.P0U OFFERS $500' TO OFFICER'S FAMILY Starts Fund For Family Of , Detective Crabtree, Killed By Young Kluftz In Raleigh Last Wednesday. ' RALEIGH, Kept. 2. James 11 Pou, attorney, went before? the city commis sioners today and suggesting that a fund of $."(,000 be raised for the family of Detective Tom Crabtree, who died in Ilex, Hospital as the result of wounds inflicted early Thursday morning by a man identified as Charles M. Kluttz, asked the commission to prcjiare the way for group insurance; for all tho city's firemen and policemen'. ilr. Pou'g action was inconditionnI. Whether the city by -popular subscrip tion will raise a fund, the $500 stands. But the attorney thought the city should make tho hazards of official life less a burden to the dependent families. Mr. Crabtree had a wife and five children, but ,his estate will be chiefly $500 which he earned as Junior Order insurance, Commissioner Moonevhan said Hint he had investigated this insurance and was impressed with it. He thinks the city should .insure its offleer. To do that, however, would mean a legislative act, but the legislature- can do it easily. Meanwhile the campaign for funds will go on, Mr. Pou's offer to give $500 had a fine effect. The city commission ers are calling on tho public for gen erous donations. Before. Mr. Crabtree 's condition be came so much worse today it was thought that assurance to hi in of these generosities and the protection to his family would have a good effect, but he had sunk into unconsciousness and visitors were excluded from his ward. Until that time he had been cheerful and wonderfully lucid. His statement to City Prosecutor Beckwith says Kluttz, after shooting" him down, left the auto mobile and pointing the pistol over the officer's prostrate body shot twice more. The bullets have been taken from the body. They are 43 steel jackets, so hard that their impact with the pave ment barely dented thein. It is entirely possible that the balls came back into his body after striking the stone pave ment. Young Kluttz denies all knowledge of it. He says he cannot run an automo bile, but Commissioner MrioueyUan says the city has prosecuted him for Bleed ing. Mr. Crabtree says he asked Kluttz how .much li'pior be had in toe car when the Iwy fired at him . $500 For Prosecution. ' Mr. Pou offered the city commission ers $50(1 for the prosecution of Kluttz. "We are now where the. community must any whether thore is civic virtue enouzh to save itwlf," he said. ."There arc 000 pimps in Wake, just like Kluttz, who are making their living selling liquor ami niinitering to prostitute. ' A lid Crabtree knew more 'about them and kept more of them from committing crimes than any man in the city, COST OF SCHOOL BOOKS IS MOUNTING THIS YEAR By Th Associate frees.) G R K ENRBOIIO. Sept. 1 Rural school Iwioks will be much bigher in price this year than last, according to leople in book stores here, perhaps 50 per cent higher. A sixth grade young ster who last year iaid tt for his books will pay $6 this year, it is stated, for example. The eity srhooN rent the books t their pupils, but the pupils in the rural schools buy theirs. I FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE OTHER STEPS IF NECESSARY TO KEEP TRAFFIC OF THE NATION MOVING ROGERS HORNSBY IS AWAY OUT IN FRONT Cardinal Star Is 25 Points Ahead Of Nearest Rival - Sisler Is Batting .413 and Cobb .400. CHICAGO, Sept. 2. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Kogers Hornsby, leading the National League in individual but fing and home runs, today is so far in ndvauce of his challengers that any bid they may make to overtake him prob ably will not seriously threaten his drive for-the. 1922 championship. The St. Louis marvel, with the close of the season just five weeks away,' to day has a 25 point margin over his ri vals aud is batting stronger as tho race draws to a closo instead of going into a slump. In his last seven games, Hornsby whaled out thirteen hits, which shot his average up to .389. His string of .12 home runs is the best performance in tho history of the National League. Grimes, of Chicago, crowded Bigbcc, of Pittsburgh, out of second plueo hon ors, going into tho runner-up position with an, average of .'.'Mj as a result of bagging eight hits in his last six games. Bigbee is batting MH, with Hollocher, of Chicago, fourth, with .356, The averages include games of Wednesday. Max Carey, of Pittsburgh, continues to be with the class of the league in base stealing, having run his string up to 38. The race between Cobb and Sisler, in the American League, is dragging along with very little change, as each is trav eling at about the same pare. Sisler is out in front with an average of .413, while Cobb is trailing with .400. The St. Louis star smashed out 13 hits in his last seven games, and Cobb, playing in only six games, polled eleveu. The pair is Bticking with tho .400 mark and give promise of finishing tho season above this' figure. Kisler, who has beeu leading the base stealers almost all season, increased his total to 42 bases, his closest rival being his team mate, Ken Williams, who is second with 33. Tillie Walker and Ken Williams are tied for the homo run honors, each hav iittf cracked out 32. Walker smashed out a brace during the week, while Wil liams failed to increase his mark of a week ago. . Babe Iiuth also connected with a brace of four baggers, und is only four runs Iwdiind tho pair. With his 2H round trips, Hutu's admirers are confident that he will overtake tho pair before the wind up. LABOR TO CONSIDER A GENERAL STRIKE WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. (By Tho Associated Press..) Though tho Ameri can Federation of Labor has no power to call strikes, according to its president, i Samuel Gompcrs. its executive council next Saturday will be asked to review appeals und demands from "hundreds of local 'unions' 'for the institution of a general strike to support the fight - of ruilroad unions now on strike, "The appeals have coma to me from all over the country, from those ' who imagine that I have power, or that the federation bus power, to call a general strike," Mr. Gompers said. "They have been in the form of resolutions pass ed by trades councils, or by local unions, or editorials in labor periodicals, Tho executive council will be asked to consid er them, though it cannot take action to call a strike. " The resolutions and demands, Mr. Oomiiers declared, indicated a state of mind in labor circles more inflammed than ever before, and he considered them important to that extent. It was said that most of them canio to lederation headquarters before the Federal court restraining ordei was issued yesterday in Chicago. DR. POE MAKES FIRST DELIVERY OF COTTON Wasc Also First To Sign Membership Contract In Co-Operative Associa tion. RALEIGH,." Sent. 1. Br. Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive Farmer, the first man to sign the membership contract of the North Carolina Cotton Growers' Co-oierative Association, made the first delivery of cotton at a co-qerative warehouse here today. "He also made the first deposit of a cotton association draft in the bank, Vice President E. B. Crow, of the Commercial National Bank, who is chair man of the agricultural committee of the State Bankers' Assoc ia tion, accept ing it. The draft was for f550 or 150 for each of 11 bales turned over to the warehouse At thiriv-five warehouses over the to. lav the North Carolina Asso- ciation received its first deliveries of, cotton, thereby formally inaugurating the first movement on the part of Tar Heel farmers to market this product co-operatively. THE WEATHER Partly cloudy in south and local thun- dershowtrs tonight or Sunday tn north; j no change in temperature, YOUNG DUPRE WENT SMILING TO GALLOWS Youthful Atlanta Bandit Main tains His Composure To The , Lnd Jokingly Remarks On the Size Of the Crowd. ATLANTA, Sept. 1. (By The As sociated Press.) Maintaining his stoicism to the last and with a smile on his 'lips as the black tap was adjusted preparatory to springing the trap under him, Frank B. Bupre, 19-year-old "Peachtree bandit," paid tho penalty nt the Fulton county jail here today for the murder of Irby C. Walker, private detective, December 15, last. The trap was sprung at 2:04 o'clock and 16 min utes later the youth, was pronounced dead. The scenes attending the execution of Dupre were described by old jail officials as the most dramatic ever witnessed, by them. Outside the jail, the streets on three sides were blocked with persons eager to get a glimpse of the proceed ings. Even the tops of buildings nearby were occupied by men, women and chil dren, police reserves were called out to keep order. Inside the prison walls, Dupre probably was more composed than any of the officials, witnesses or fellow- prisoners. The youthful bandit was en gaged in religious services when the fall of the death trap for Luke McDonald, negro, convicted of the murder of a ne gro woman, could be heard throughout the juiL He paid no attention to tho sound which within the hour was to mean his own end. He continued in prayer un til 15 minutes of the hour set for his ex ecution, when unfalteringly ho started for the gallows five stones above. Looks On Crowd. Upon reaching the death chamber, Dupre stopped and looked out a window. 'That's some crowd, isn't it," bo said to his brother, Joe I)upre." He then pointed out acquaintances lie low and waved to them, shouting "good bye." A deputy sheriff called his attention to Betty Andrews, the sweetheart for whom ho robbed tho Nat Kaiser jewelry store and killed Walker. She was in a cell two floors lielow, her faced pressed closely against tho bars of the window. She became hysterical at the sight of the condemned youth, who shouted to her: 'Goody-bye, Betty, I want you to be a good girl. Won't you!" His words were drowned in the cries of the crowds below. ' "Be good, Betty; be good," Dupre repeated again and again. Then as the crowd became quiet 1 "You are going to meet me in heaven, ain't you, Betty t" the bandit shouted ut his sweetheart. "Yes," was tho reply. Dupre turned to a deputy sheriff and asked : "Well, you all alreadyt" ( The deputy, too full of emotion to reply, led the boy away to the gallows. "God bless yon all," Dupre shouted as he waved a last farewell. Remembers Mother. The condemned youth led the proces sion to the gallows, surveyed his sur roundings and then asked his spiritual advisers to sing: "A Mother's 'Prayer Has Followed Me." Dupre 's last audible words, uttered as the black cap was being adjusted over his head, were: "Please brush back my hair." . ' The suit in which Dupre was hanged was the same one worn by him on tho day of his crimes. ' The execution of Dupre brought to an end one of the most determined legal bat tles ever waged in the Georgia criminal courts. All other efforts having failed to stay execution a final appeal was made to President Harding yesterday, but he replied that lie was without authority to intervene in the ease. VANDALISM AND VIOLENCE ARE STILL RAMPANT CHICAGO, Sept. 2. While rigid restrictions were placed by the Federal injunction granted yesterday on all participants in the nation-wide rail strike, vandalism and violence continued to make their black marks in the cur rent history of the shopmen's walkout. The last 24 hours, however, developed fewer outrages thau days immediately preceding. , High lights included the derailment of a Big Four passenger train at Browns ville, lnd., where a woman passenger was injured; bombing of the home of a railroad shop foreman at Little Rock, Ark.; a plot to dynamite property of the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway at Bentlev, La.; an attempt to derail a Big Four train at Marion, O.; derailment of the Palmetto Limited on the Atlantic Coast Line, near Tampa, Flu., and an at tempt to blow ua a bridge over the Cuya- "ORa river in Ulno. A threatened walkout by train crews at Parson, Kas., was averted when guards were removed from inside the fis4n.1rt Tvanra. X- Ttfli vnrH Vina. men. however, refused to move two trains on the Sout hern Railway at Asheville, N. i C, because of an altercation between a j hostler and a guard, and Louisville t ! Nashville trainmen were taking a strike vote at Corbin, Ky., following alleged insults by guards. The Baltimore k Ohio announced an- nuiment of J passenger trains beptem- iber 4 Restraining Order Prohibits Interference In Any Man ner With Operations. SAMEUL GOMPERS SPEAKS Head Of Labor Body Charac terizes the Injunction As Outrageous.' CHICAGO, Sept. 2. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The government acted swiftly today upon the heels of its in-, junction action yesterday, in which At torney General Haugherty obtained a " temporary injunction to prevent unlaw ful acts in connection with the railroad strike. . Notice of the temporary enjoining of dcr and the pending hearing September 11, on a permanent order, were served last night on John Scott, secretary treasurer of the railway employes' de partment of tho American Federation of Labor. B. M. Jewell, , head of the railway employes' department and acknowledged leader of the srtike, could not be found by deputy United States marshals and the belief prevailed today in the federal . building that Mr. Jewell was seeking to evade service. Five hundred notices of the temporary order and impending hearing, were printed last night. These are to bo served on more than 250 in dividuals officers and aids of leaders of the six shopmen's unions, whose 300, 000 members went on strike July 1. the railway employes' department, and 120 system federations throughout the country. , CHICAGO, "Sept. 2.' Under restric tions "placed upon them by the United States Government by means of the most drastic and far-reaching temporary in junction ever issued, in ,an industrial crisis, tho 300,000 railway shopmen, who walked out July 1 in protest against wages and working conditions prescribed by the Railroad Labor Board, today had entered a new era of the nation-wido rail strike. The restraining order obtained 'from Federal Judge James H. Wilkcrson . ; by Attorney General Daughcrty, prohibit interference In any manner with any and all phases of railroad operations. Print ed and oral propaganda were placed un der the ban aud the injunction is directed against all persons connected in an ot. fieial capacity with the railway em ployes department of the American Fed eration of Labor, the Federated shop crafts and system federations. The life of the temporary injunction extends to September 11, when Judge Wilkerson will bear a niotioa for a per manent order. Meanwhile the executive council of the American Federation pf Labor prepared to meet September 9. Samuel Gompers, president of the federation, who con demned the injunction as "Outrage ous," oai.l in Washington that communi cations from labor organizations re-quiring the Federation to sponsor a general strike in sympathy with the shopmen would be placed before the council then ''purely as a matter of routine bust-, ness." Officials of the federation explained it was not within the autority of tho council to order, or even authorize a gen eral strike. - Such action, they said. would require a "national convention." At the same time officials of the shop crafts asserted the order would have nu effect on continuance of the strike. In a statement issued by the executive coun cil of the Railway Employes' Depart ment of the American Federation of Labor, strike lenders pledged to aid by their "every power," enforcement of the injunction against "lawlessness and violence" in connection with the strike. From the White House came the de claration that the Federal government will not stop with the restraining order if it finds 'that other steps are neces sary. " , In their statement the council as sumed "that the right of railway em ployes s v acknowledged to continue a lawful strike in a lawful manner until a satisfactory settlement is made," "Until at least advised that the con stitution of the United States and the decision of the Supreme Court are no longer to be relied upon as the law of tho land," the statement continued, "the officials of the organizations of rail way employes will continue to perform their legitimate duties to their members, to aid them in the lawful pursuit of their lawful purposes, and to do all ia their power, in conjunction with officer of the government, to restrain and to punish everv unlawful act of those wh are rightfully involved or who without neht involved themselves in the opera tion of the roads. " . The statement declared it could t be assumed that the attorney general would have waited to months to rro ceed against the strikers If a peaceful conduct of the strike wiu unlaoful. or that "President Har.iin? would Lam (held conference with law breaker, " anl "proposed that the Liw breakers ulim tliev represented should retnrn to under terms which ther aftcrnri . cepted mid which the railway i rejected."

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