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LY QA in Weather Fair Local Gotten 23 Cents VOL; XLIIL Np. 211 GASTONIA, N. C MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4. 1922 SINGLE COPY S CENTS , OASTOMA DA 1LE, TOM JIMISO'l DEFENDS STRIKING SHOPMEN AT A DIG MASS MEETING Spencer Preacher Says He Would Quit If Stewards Cut His Wages. HE CITES MANY FIGURES The Strike Is -Brought About When Final Cut Reaches 35 Per Cent. ROCKY . MOUNT, Sept. 3. With Rev. Tom'P.' - Jimison, pastor of the Speucer Methodist church and' acknowl edged moral leader ii state labor circles, 1 as the drawing card, several thousand' people, including local striking shopmen and vtheir famines', thronged Bras well Park this afternoon to attend the regu lar Sunday mass meeting arranged by officials of the striking shop craft or. ganixations here. The meeting was the most largely attended that has been held since the strike went into ; effect, the . large crowd maintaining strict attention during Rev. Mr. Jimison's lengthy though rapid fire address. As preliminaries to the main .bout, there were brief addresses by several Raleigh representatives who aecompauied the Spencer minister through tho coun try from tho capital city. . The Fighting Parson. With these preliminaries over, Mr. Otterbourg introduced Rev. Mr. Jimison s the "fighting parson" and the prin cipal speaker of tho- afternoon. After expressing pleasure at being able to attend and address tho meeting, the Hjwncer minister declared that he had always becnon the side of the poor and laboring man because he himself . had been born in poverty and because from or among the masses every great movement and every great endeavor' in sprung. With this preface, the minister , in the United States, because it would in proceeded to peel off his coat, roll up Urease ' the nation's consuming power. his Bleeves and pitch into tho present controversy. . ' Citing statistics, tlio speaker declared that the .average monthly .wage of the . railroad workers at tho peak hud beeu (111.43 and that then the department of labor statistics showed that this sum lacked $00 of being sufficient to support a family of fivo. The first slash brought the average down, to approximately $120, he said the next to about $100, and then the last' cut, which precipitated the, strike, lopped off 35 jkt cent more. The speaker then paid his respects to the labor board "and more especially to Chairman Ben W. Hooper, whom he termed "a provincial lawyer from some where out in" cast Tennessee who knew less about more things thun anybody else in the United States." He pointed 'out that the labor board , under the Esch-Cummings'act was to serto merely in an advisory ' or'' mediating capacity and that' in its : decisions, which it had no power to enforce, the stanard of living, the 1 hazards and responsibilities ' upon the workers and their comparison with workers in other fields were to be considered. He denied vigorously that the board had taken these matters into consideration and cited present living costs and the wages of other workers to substantiate his denial. ' Litards, Poodles and Monkeys. "One railroad president," added the . speaker after reiterating that the wage awarded by the labor board would tot permit a living wage, "even vent so far as to say that working men -should stop having children. When they do," the race is doomed, for the rich have already quit raising children and gone to raising lizards, poodles, cr pet mon . keys. And they charge that labor is extravagant. Why haven't the laboring people' a rgiht to spend tiieir money as they please f I'd rather be a pauper and spend my money like a prince thau be a king and hoard it like a miser. It's the rich woman who tries to jew" the washerwoman down a quarter. The working people sjwnd ; their money freely. Wlien they make money business is good yet some. mtn one horse doc tors, pee-wee lawyers, ; tom-tit editors and two-by-four merchants nreTiot with labor and blame these boys out on strike. They don't stop to realize that when labor wins they win and that if labor loses they'll get it in the neck." TRAINS ARE AGAIN .MOVING OUT OF ASHEVILLE ASHEVILLB. N. C., Sept. 4 Freight and passenger trains are mov ing out of Ashevillo on schedule time today following a rearrangement of guards at the Southern depot yesterday, satisfactory to the - railway switchmen and firemen who walked out Saturday night because of the appearance of the guards on the railway proierty and to the shopmen , who quit the workhouses because of the temporary removal of guards to apiease the strikers. The shopmen had refused to work without the protection of the guards. There' was no indication this morning of a possible reeurrPhce of the walkout Saturday, night at 1 1 o 'clock by the entire shift of switchmen and firemen u -1 -: n . . no cioiuicu uifir action was a protest from. each individual against the ap jarance of armed guards where they had to work. The shift going on Sus dav morning made no similar protest. The rearrangement of the position of guards seems to be satisfactory to the switchmen and firemen and at the same time to give protection to the. men in . workshops who are serving the railway during the present strike. The re arrangement of guards came after a conference between K. E. Simpson, gen eral manager of Southern Railway lines east; O. B. Keister, general superin tendent of the middle district of which the Asheville division is a unit; local I railway ofnciaLt and representa tires of! Receipts 4 bales the firemen and switchmen. JPrice ...'23 cents American Labor Has Madje Great Strides Declares Secretary . Of Labor Davis Says Worker Must Be' Protected Against Loss Of Wages, Em ployer Against Loss Of Profits and Public Against Loss Of Service Deplores Industrial Strikes Which Can Only Be Settled By Arbitration. ' MOOSEHEABT, ILLa, Sept. 4: American labor has made great strides in the nast vear. Secretary Davis, of the Labor department declared in a Luoor Day address. In spite of unemployment, it has fought off all attempts to decrease wage levels set up during the war ana has safely passed a war crisis. Working men "crown aecustomed to comiorta in life not tasted before", he added, "will now find them preserved throughout the future. ' "Despite the pressure of a tremendous mass of unemployed, despite the efforts of a few reactionary employers who sel fishly soueht to take advantage of the distress of labor and the nation, we have kent the eeneral level of wages up", he declared. "I am safe in saying the average compensation of the man who toils today is within a few percent, of what it-was a year ago and some have received an increase. ' ' Today we have some men in industry who protest with holy virtue that they favor high wages and they pay high wages. A little inquiry into these decep tive averages, however, soon reveals that the high wages are paid to specialised workers, so-called -experts, who work with plat and map. This appeals to me not at all, because they as a class are able td take care of themselves. I ani for airing wage for the man who works with his hands, the man who in the with the' sweat of his facctltkoldilitqj words of the scripture 'earns his bread with the sweat of his face', the man who swings a hammer or pick." Continuation of high wsge levels, Mr. Davis predicted would bring prosperity There have been industrial canflicts, he said, referring to the mines, rail and tex tilo strikes" -which have meant "incal culable loss" and loss that "will reach every man, woman, and child in Ameri ca", y- ..'- ; , "One geat ore-requisite there " is to continued progress on the path of pros perity" he contiuued. "That is indus trial peace Employer and worker must join forces if the campaign is to be com pletely successful. Surely American NOTRE DAME PROFESSOR BRINGS SERIOUS CHARGE ' ; AGAINST HARRY POUUN John T. Tiernan, Professor Of Law, Claims Poulin Is Father Of Child Born To Mrs. Tiernan Last Year. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 4. Harry Poulin, campus representative of a local clothing store, planned today his defense against the charges of John T. Tiernan, professor of law at the University of Xotro Dame, that Poulin is the father of a child born to the professor's wife last November. Poulin is at liberty pending a hearing tomorrow on a charge obtained Saturday in a justice of the peace court. Poulin 's arrest did npt interfere with the celebration of his fifteenth wedding anniversary yesterday. At his home Mrs. Poulin expressed absolute faith in her husband and declared he is the vic tim of a false charge. The Poulins have two children. Professor Tiernan, in a statement de clared that his action was a blow at agencies which try to destroy the sanc tity of the home. Mrs. Augusta Tier nan, wite. or the proressor, was pros trated and could make no statement. There are also two children in the Tier nan home. Following Poulin 's arrest, Professor Tiernan issued a dramatic statement de nouncing Poulin and deflating that he was makig the fight as an issue of a moral principle . He will press the charges at tomorrow's hearing, he indi cated. .He declared the two families had been" the closest friends, that Poulin had destroyed his home and had im posed upon their friendship in order to accomplish the degradation of his wife. Poulin, in his own behalf, declared that Professor Tiernan attempted to foree a money settlement and intimates that the charges com from a mind twisted by too much thought and study of criminal law. He suggested that his arrest was due to the "disordered state of the legal instructor's mind" and pointed out that Tiernan had continued to live with his wife' after her alleged misconduct. Professor Tiernan is a brilliant stu dent of the law and is the author of a number of text books. He is 32 years old. THE WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; no change in temperature. COTTON MARKET The New York Exchange was closed today on account of the day being La bor Day. At Mooseheart genius can, find a way to put its own house in order, to bring to an end the destructive industrial warfare that saps the very life blood of progress and pros perity. "These strikes give deplorable oppor tunity to the passions of unscrupulous men on both sides of each controversy. They open the way to the cruel and cal culating, the blood thirsty and irrespon sible", - After condemning instances 'of vio lence in the rail and mine strikes he said: "We must and will find a way to cifd this fratricide strife in industry. We must and will find means to settle these industrial disputes without recourse to the futile arbitrament of force. Ameri can industry must find a method that will avert these industrial disasters and that will give to the American workman an adequate- wage, a saving wage. 'We must see to it tuut the worker is guarded against the loss of wage, the employers against loss of profits and the public against the ' loss of sTrvice which comes through these suspensions of work. We must put an end to the suffering and privation, the bitterness and hatredrwhich these conflicts engen der and wibch tend to poison our wholo industrial system. "I venture to say that not one indus trial dispute out of a thousand has ever been permanently settled execept in one way by the- negotiations of - resonablo men, in a reasonable frame of mind, who sat down to discuss the issues in a spirit of fairness and co-operation. . We must ultimately come to the stale of negotia tion for settlement. Why cannot we put the peace conference before the strug gle! Way cannot wre make the appeal to reason and fairness before we make the drastic and misconceived ' appeal to force t" , fl am a firm believer in the ultimate fairness and justice of maukind. I be live that no differences between employ er and employe are so grea that they can not be adjusted, no gulf so wide that it cannot' be bridged, if both sides wil gather around the council table in u spirit of co-operation. Experience backs this belief". GASTON POST SENDS 14 DELEGATES TO MEETING Congressman Bulwinkle Will i Be Among Representatives From Local Post At State Legion Meet In Greensboro. Indications are that thcro will be a number of Gaston county service men at the state convention of the American Legion in Greensboro Friday and Satur day of this week. Gaston Post, No. 2.1, will send 14 delegates, of whom Con gressman Bulwinkle will be one. - Post Commander D. H. Williams, who is in Mississippi on a vacation trip, is ex pected home Wednesday or Thursday. The following letter from the Greens boro post is explanatory: "Reports are coming in that fellows are coming to this Greensboro conven tion September 8 and 9. They will be here in droves." Yank out that old uni form and beat the moths out of it. If you lack any part of it, or if you want td get a. new outfit for this and future occasions, I think you can hnd it here. There are tw-o stores here pretty well stocked with the old familiar khaki and all the trimmings. "This parade Saturday morning is going to stack up big. We've got three bands definitely (Camp Bragg, High Point and a local), and we are nego tiating for two more. We'll furnisln the tune if you '11 pur out squads east and west for a few minutes down tho main drag. Spread this doie among the fellows in your post and bring 'em along every one of them . "In purchasing ticket t Greensboro pay regular one way fare and ask your agent for a certificate (not a receipt) and "when this certificate is countersigned in Greensboro by McDaniel Lewis,, adju tant, and validated by a representative of the railroad, it will be good for one half fare return ticket . "Be sure to let this be known to members of your post." RESCUERS THINK THEY" HEARD MINERS ANSWER JACKSON. Cah, Sept. 4. The night crew of rescuers working in the Ken nedy mine in an attempt to reach 47 entombed men in the Argonaut gold mine, declared on coming to the surface today that when two signal blasts were fired on the 3,700-foot level, they were positive they were answered by five ex plosions coming from the Argonaut. The miners declared that the sounds could. not have been caused by falling rock. It would have been impossible to hear such sounds through the thick walls of stone that separate the two mines, they said. All Jackson is rejoicing over the re port, for a feeling of certainty that the men imprisoned for a week stlil live now exists. Mine officialsr efused to comment on the statements of the miners or to give out anything official on the report. Cox in Berlin "7 if 'A in hi m ?T..V 1 f .-; . James M.' Cox," former governor of Obio and Democratic nominee for president at the last election snapped at the Esplanade Hotel, Berlin, on his tour of the continent' to study European conditions. DR. D. Gi PHILLIPS IS CALLED TO CHARLOTTE Popular Chester Pastor Is Ex pended Call To First A. R. P. Church At Charlotte Is Prominent In His Denomi nation. ' , (Charlotte Observer.) Au invitation toi become pastor of the First A. It. I. church of Charlotte will be extended in a few days to Kev. D. G. Phillips, I). IX, of Chester, S. C The congregation unanimously voted to ask Dr.' Phillips to become tiieir pastor at' a meeting held Sunday morn ing at the church just following the sermon of Rev. A. F. Laird, who was supplying the pulpit for the day. A committee composed of L. M. McAllis ter an Cider; M. W. Woody, a deacon, and W. G. Krwin, representing the lay men, was uppointod to visit the minister and put before him the desires of tho congregation. This will be done in a few days. Dr. Phillips U one of . the most dis tinguished minsiters of the A. R. P. church. He is very popular with the people of Chester, as he was with those of the two other charges he has had duVing his pastorate. He has been pas tor of the Chester A. R.P. chruch for tlLf Mist 13 years, and prior to going there had' churches at Atlanta, Ga., ami Newberry, S. C. Dr. Phillips is considered one of the most briiliitnt ministers of the church and possesses a rare charm of person ality. He is a convincing sicnker, a man of scholarly address, but a hu manitarian above all. The local congre gation had the pleasure of hearing him preach here two weeks ago, and so pro found an impression did he make at that time that the church officers began to take steps to sound out the congre gation ' regarding extending the call to him. Tho pulpit of the First A. R. P. church hero has been vacant about two months. Rev. W. B. Lindsay resigned early in the summer to devote his wholo time to the work at Bon Clarken, the A. R. P. assembly ground near Hendcr sonville. It was through his efforts largely that Bon Clarken was estab lished, v - The committee on the supply pastors, W. G. Erwin, Ira P. Hanson, and M. N. Coleman, had a number of ministers to preach here. Last Monday night the 21 church officers met and took a straw vote oil the minister they wished to be here. Dr. I). O. Phillips was the unani mous choice, no other being considered. The result was that the congregational meeting was held Sunday morning and again the unanimous decision was for Dr. Phillips. . The minister is a graduate of Erskine Theological Seminary and is a man in his prime. WATCHING FOR GEORGIA MAN WITH TWO GIRLS CHICAGO. S-it- 4 Police and de tectives were watching every railroad station and many hotels this morning in search for Harry C Graham, of Macon, Ga., and two girls he is charged with having kidnaped from the southern city. A telegram from Sheriff Hicks at Macon la.-t night set local officers on the trail of Graham, reported to hav been en route for Chicago with the two girls. Confidence was expressed this morning that if the trio comes here, all will he taken itato custody. Mrs. .Garnett Starr, formerly Miss Annie Camille Lamar, nnd her sister, Miss Valeria Lamar, said to he mem bers of a socially prominent family of Macon, are reported by Sheriff Hicks to be with Graham. The girls are 19 and 15 years old, respectively, and, ac centing to word froufsheir borne city, are grand nieces of two former justices of the United States Supreme Court. The circumstances of GrahahVs de parture from Georgia with the two girls are not known, , T A DD T A T7" DUTY TO ENFORCE INJUNCTION AND KEEP TAB ON LABOR DAY TROUBLES MOUNTAIN ISLAND SHAKEN BY EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE Three Negroes Killed In Ter rific Explosion Damage Amounts To $3,000 Or More Cause Unknown. - (Charlote Observer) The property damage and the loss from the explosion of the more than 373 cases af dynamite near the con struction camp of Rhlnehart and Den is at Mountain Island "Saturday after non was variously estimated at from 3,000 to 14,000 by officials vesterdav afternoon. The negroes who were killed bv the explosion were indentified as James U Bethew, formerly of Hamlet, and Hay wood Douglass, formerv of Newberrv. 8. C. The third one was known at the camn by the name of Norman Johnson. He was also known as Norman Bacon. Nor man Bailey and Norman Beatty. Iho mutilated bodies of two of the negroes were buried at a little' country church near the scene of tho explosion yesterday morning. The body of the third negro wa brought to Charlotte by negroes claiming to be his brothers. mey stated that ho was named Bacon. Another negro, claiming to be from Gas tonia and giving his name as Bailey stated that the negro was his brother also and that his namo was Norman Bailey. A yawning cavern, resembling a miu ature volcanic prater, about 60 feet in diameter at the top and with the sides sloping to the center like an inverted cone was all that was left to mark the scene of the house that was used by the company for the storage of their explo sives. ( The minature crater was fully 25 feet deep. tic-ores of Houses at the. construction camp are windowless, the outside of the house looking as if it had been shower ed witn glass and brick. The tops of practically every chimney in the eamp were missing, having been shaken from their places from the force of the ex plosion. . . . ' Dozens of pine trees in a thicket near the scene of the explosion were pros trate and the trail lcadng to tho place where tho storehouse was formerly lo cated was covered with a veritable car pet of leaves that had been shaken from the trees by the terrific blast. Weeds and small bushes that had been near the house were to be found hun dreds of feet from the hole that marked the scene of the blast. Bits of . the house itself were thrown hundreds ot yards and ranged from email particles no larger than a pin to pieces two inches square. .' The soil for more than 100 feet from the scene of the explosion was loosed until tho foot sank ankle deep into the earth. . Particles of clothing that had covered the negroes were found at various places from 50 to 150 feet from the site of the house. They were torn into strips ranginz from one inch square to the size of a small handkerchief and two ot three inches wide by six or eight inches long. . . The shoes of the ncgorcs with the sides ripped and torn were scattered over a dozen yards. One or two of them had been torn into several pieces. Tho weeds and small vegetations with in a radius of 100 yards or more were flattened to the ground with tiieir tops turned from the scene of the blast. Tho exaut cause of the explosion will probably never be learned. The three negroes who were not working Saturday afternoon were found dead about 50 feet from the hole that marked the site of the house. A gun in which one cartridge had been exploded was also found near the scene of the blast. The general theory is that one of the negroes fired the pis tol in the direction of the house or at some mark on the oustide of the build ing, and the bullet struck the dyanmite, seting off the blast. The explosion was felt for more than five miles from the explosion., One man said that he lived seven miles from the camp and the distinctly felt the shock. In Mount Holly the shock was said to have been strong enough to cause the windows to rattle. One lady said she was in her kitchen and that the shock was . so strong that the dishes in her kitchen cabinet were shaken from their places. Several negro employees at the camp compared the shock at the eamp with their conception of the end of the world, one of them stating that he was thrown from his bunk by the force of the The houses in the camp rocked, seem ing to rise several feet in the air, the negroes said, and the floor ofi their shack was covered with glass from the windows and a miscellaneous assortment of articles that were thrown from the walls of the building. The bodies of the three negroes who were killed wer found about 50 feet from the site of the house, every par ticles of clothing had been torn from their bodies, the upper parts of which had been horribly mutilated. ' The head of one of the negroes was practically torn from his body. Dr. J. J. Stewart, camp physiean, who examined the bodies stated that the bodies of all three were horribly mutila ted, the chests and beads having been torn open from the force of the ex plosion. ' The value of the dynamite stored in thebuilding was estimated at around $3,000. and the damage to the buildings of the eamp is variously estimated at from $100 -to $700 ox $1,000. T?TTT0 TT 1 COLD AND HUNGER ARE THREATENING GERMANY Diminished Food and Fuel Supply In Germany Causes Apprehension Winter Of Suffering: and Hardship Is Ahead.' 7RLIN. Sept 4.- (By the Associated Press) Tim twin ghosts, cold and hun ger are stalking through the German masses on the eve of what promises to bo a winter of unprecedented suffering and discontent for the youmr republic The Government and municipal au thorities throughout the eountry are al ready marshaling their forces for the herculean task of monimizing the hard ships threatened on account of the ex horbitant prices demanded for the di minishing food and fuel supply. Chan cellor Wirtb, himself, states that the number of needy at present are from four to five million, mosct of whom are in the metropolitan centers. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE CLARKE HAS RESIGNED WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. The resig nation of Associate Justice Clarke has been received by President Harding, it was announced today at tho White House.. The president, it was stated, will ac cept the resignation and intends to nom inate former United States Senator George H. Sutherland, of Utah, to tako Mr. Clarke's place -on the Supreme Court bench. Justice Clarke mailed his resignation to the White Houso from his home in Youngstown, Ohio. It will become ef feteive September 18, when the asso ciate justice will reach the ago of 65 years. Mr. Clarke gave as his reason for wishing to bo relieved of his Supreme ourt duties that retirement at 65 years would conform with his "philosophy of life." He was nominated to the Su preme Court bench in 1916 by former President Wilson and, in point of serv ice, is the junior associate justice. In announcing J ustieo Clarke's ap proaching retirement President Hardnig said it had been his privilege as a sena tor to recommend confirmation by the senate of Mr.' Clarke's nomination. HARD COAL MINERS SOON BACK AT WORK PHILADELPHIA. Sent. 4. The scale conimitee of the Anthracite Mine Workers early today approved tho agree ment entered into by its subcommittee with the mine operators and set next Wednesday at 2 p. m. for a. tridistrict convention of the miners to ratify the propsal and thereby bring the suspension 10 an ena formally. The convention will be held at Wilkcsburre. The men will return to work as soon as the Pepper Reed plan has been ratified declared John L. Lewis, International President of the United Mine Workers. Members of the committee expressed confidence that the agreemnt would be ratified. They said that it was likely that many of the men would go into tho mines with in a week, and that mining operation would be in full swing throughout the hard coal region by the end of the next week. The first men to return will do the work necessary to prepare the mines for operation after the five months of idleness. ' HOOVER TO TAKE OVER DISTRIBUTION OF COAL WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. emergency control of distrubtution ad prices of an thracite coal' will be taken soon by Sec retary Hover at a conference in Phil adelphia with operators and miners en gaged in the ondustry, it was said today at the Commmerce eDpartment. An emergency organization along the same lines as were used for handing bitu mious is expected, with housholders being given as much priority as possible to insure them a supply, of winter fuel. The Philadelphia conference will be con vened as soon as arrangements already started can be completed, officials here holding that long cessations of hard coal production necessitates immediate steps to accelerate distrbution ifthe citizeu consuiner's suppy is to be assured. SMALL HOPE OF REACHING 47 ENTOMBED MINERS JACKSON, Calif., Sept. 4. Just one week after 47 miners were entombed in the main shaft of the famous Argonaut mine by fire which broke out in the midway levels, rescue workers contiued their unabated efforts to reach the spot were the men are thought to be trapied. The question of the likhhood of. res cuing the miners alive asked and ans wered on every hand today seemed to leave only .a spark of hope in the minds of the bereaved wives and children of the men held in the Mother Lode. By all previous mine- disasters the men are thought to be dead. There was a growing belieft here to day that the entombed men climber from the lower levels of the mine during the first hours of their incarcerations through the drifts leading to the Mul doon air shaft and were caught in the poisonous fumes which are ever present there. SERIOUS RIOTING ' BERLIN. Sept. 4. (Bit the Asso ciated Press) Serious rioting occur red in Charloteburg near Berlin, after the arrest of a communist lender, when bands of young eommnnists'nttacked the guards of the police station in an endea vorto liberat bun. T A 71 OTT AT o f A T BITTER RESENTMENT IN LABOR CIRCLES AGAINST FEDERAL INJUNCTION No Organized Program In Chicago For Observance Of Holiday. NEW ACTS OF VIOLENCE Central Labor Unions In Many Cities Pledge Support To Striking Shopmen. CHICAGO, 8ept. 4. The dawn of Labor Day and tho sixty-sixth day of ' 4 t. n .. l . 1 i i I . , hid runway biiuiiim-ii B HiriKe, iounu . United IStutp ni;irslinln mnbilizpit to en force the government's strike injunction and prepared to keep a close watch on labor demonstrations throughout the country. In Chicago union leaders said no or ganized program had been made for observance of tho holiday. Arrival of the annual holiday brought with it new acts of violence and further expressions of bitter resentment on the part of labor leaders against the fed eral injunction. Many union chiefs against whom the injunction was issued, declared they had not been served with writs. The whereabouts of B. M. Jew- . ell, leader of tho shopmen's strike, re mained unknown early today. - Central labor union bodies in various cities adopted resolutions dealing with the railroad strike. The Boston Central Union pledged full moral and financial support to the striking shopmen and m lop ted a resolution calling upon Presi dent Ilardinz to seize the roads and to restore the strikers to their old jobs. Theresolution also denounced Attorney General Dougherty for his action in ob taining the injunction. In Chicago, where one of the first ar rests for violation of the injunction was made, the Chicago Federation of Labor authorized a campaign for funds to aid the striking shopmen. The resolution u-aa nl.Tvt.rl fnilnwttltr anofW'hpa YkV Wil Ham Z. Foster, one 'of the nation 's foremost radicals and former United States Senator R. F. Pettigrew, of South Dakota. Foster, advocate of one big union for railroad workers, criticised leaders of the rail unions for lack of unity in fail ing to irrakc the rail strike general.. He attended the meeting as a delcgat from tho carmen's union. Former Senator Pettigrew said noth ing could be expected from a Congress ' composed largely of lawyers. "A lawyer," he said, "is the only man who can take a bribe and legally call it a. fee. Their training makes them unfit to represent the people." t Investigation of yesterday's disas trous lire at Pittsburgh, Pa., where seven car repairmen were burued to death and a number injured when a Pennsylvania ituunfiy uuii-uuuihj nao uvonvj.u, .in sulted in the arrest of one man. At Louisville, Ky., the failure of , alleged train wreckers to remove a derail device prevented the head-on crash of a Louisville & Nashville train into a string of cars loaded with stones, Tho locomotive, baggage and mail cars were derailed, out tne coacnes reniaiueu on he tracks and there were no injuries. Seven men were under arrest at Gretna. La., a suburb of New Orleans, charged with having leaten and slashed , a round-house employe. At Carbondale, 111., an Illinois Central employe was attacked and beaten. Two trains were stoned at Greycourt, N. and state police went to the aid of rail road detectives in dispersing crowds in tho F.rio Railroad yards at Tort Jervis, N. Y., where a workman was in j urea by stones. , ' Other incidents included attempts to wreck trains at Triuidad Colo., and Montgomery. Ala., and the burning of freight cars and buildings at Denison, Texas. ' Several strikers were arrested at Mem phis, Tenn in connection with the kill ing of a.. 'Frisco hop-worker who was shot from ambush Saturday. Folica said the men confessed. SCABS NOT SERVED IN THIS BARBER SHOP LYNCHBURG, Va., Sept. 4. Attach ment has issued from tho United States District Court here for the arrest of L. A. Taliaferro, under charge of eon spiring with strikers at Clifton Forge, by posting a notice in defendant's bar ber shop in that eity, which read: "Scabs not served here." The acting deputy marshal had orders to take the accused to the nearest com missioner to arrange bail, the attach ment being returnable for trial Septem ber 18. Similar process has issued from the same court against Lige Momn, of Roanoke, ou charges of annoying a Norfolk & Western employe in that city, this being set for trial September 9. LABOR DAY QUIETEST IN YEARS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. With Con gress in reeess aul nioxt government of ficials and national labor kdrrs out nf town to fill s-aking engng'-iniTits, t!..j capital sjtent the quietft Lal",r I; ' today it has known in years, l.v n 1 customary parade' under tli a ;- ' the Central Labor Union . r 'with and the local lab"r ! were closed