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GASTONIA, N. C MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4. 1922
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OASTOMA
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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
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. 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