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THE STKTEK WATCHMAN, tsts
CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,3
RAILROADS
PRESENT
SOUHRONT
They Will Help Each
Other to Overcome
Strike Conditions
New York. Aug.* 3.?As proof to
President Harding that the rail
roads are united in a determina
tion to keep trains moving regard
less o"f the shop craft strike, sever- !
s? reads today pledged themselves I
to send crews of mechanics to thej
rescue of four Southern roads!
jwh'o*fe shops have been hard hit by j
the' strike, it was announced by L. j
F. Loree, chairman of the Eastern j
presidents' conference.
. . Crews of '-"picked", men. recruit
ed, in shops or road9 in the Metro
politan district of New York, are al- ?
ready on the way south. Mr. Loree j
afcerted. The first detail was said j
to be en route to Richmond. Va.,
where it was expected to arrive i
tomorrow morning.
-Although they subscribed to the j
rejection of President Harding'sj
peace plan when it^came before \
the American Association of Rail-[
way Executives last Tuesday the j
_our roads to whom other lines are:
now contributing mechanics
"fankly disclosed their condition,"
said Mr. Loree. They were the
Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk &
"Western, Virginian and the Louis
ville & Nashville, it was disclosed.
Shipments of men were "as
.^sumed" by the Eastern leaders, to j
be, en rcute also from. Chicago and;
other "Western labor centers to lo
comotive and car shops at division
.points of the four Southern rail
roads. The present plan,.it was
said, was to send men to Rich
mond .and Roanoke and Russell
ville, Ravena. Covington and Cor
bIn,Ky., and Portsmouth, Ohio.
" Union leaders%t.t the Eastern
strike committee headquarters, to
night characterized this latest move
of the roads as "another bluff to
keep the president from interfering
with their policy."
Chicago. Aug. *-.(By the ;UVSso
ciatsd Press).)?Western raulfoads
with headquarters in Chicago add
ed 25,2-59 shopmen to their .forces }
^between July-_a-u^^Ofgzst^,' a j
.statement .issued^, today "By the'
"W^tern presidents* committee on
public relations, of * the ^ssociatioa
of Railway Executives said. On
July 25, ? according to the state
ment, Western roads had 44,501
men in their shop*? and on August
2 : the number was 59,760.: The
daily increase of men returning to
work or being riired, the statement"
indicated, ranged between 1,600
and 2,000 men.
"Despite widespread rumors of
a settlement of the railway shop
men's strike prior to the action ?,f
the executives at New York and on
basis which would ignore the rights
of loyal employees and involve the
discharge of the new men who
have been hired to take the place
of strikers," the statement said,
"all of the roads whose headquar
ters are in Chicago today reported
a steady increase in the number of
men at work in their shops during
the first two days of August when
these rumors were feeing, circulat
ed.
f "The fact that practically all of
?the western roads haveT>een able
to meet their traffic demands has
resulted in the careful selection of
new employees, the roads accept
ing only those men who give sat
isfactory indications of becoming
permanent and useful employees.**
Railroad executives of Western j
roads returning from - the execu- i
tive3' meeting in New York, which
on Tuesday rejected President
Harding's proposal -to restore se
niority to striking shopmen, said
that the president's suggestions
were impossible of acceptance.
Cincinnati. Ohio, Aug. 3.?The
Brotherhood of Clerks will go
along with any plan for a confer-}
ence of the leaders of 12 railroad
unions not on strike, E. H. Fitz
gerald, president of#the Brother
hood of Railway and Steamship
Clerksf, Freight Handlers, Station
and Express Employees, announc
ed today.
Mr. Fitzgfierald stated in all prob
ability the conference, if sufficient
acceptances were received to attend j
it, would be held in Chicago.
R. R. Commission
To Regulate Coal j
Columbia. Aug. 4.?Governor
Harvey and Chairman, Frank f
Shealy. of the railroad commis-j
sion, held a conference Friday
afternoon, and they talked on the j
telephone with B. E. Geer, ot
Greenville, chariman Of the gov
ernor's fuel emergency committee,
and following the conference the
governor issued a statement in
which he announced that the fuel
situation, regarded as serious, is
to be handled entirely by the1
railroad commission. Mr. (Jeer's!
committee will handle the question !
of profitable profiteering but all!
matters pertaining to the sup- \
ply of fuel and the public's demand, j
will be handled by Mr. Sheaiy's!
board. The statement whs repeat-!
ed Friday that there Is not more'
than two weeks" supply of coal in j
the state, according to reports j
gathered by the railroad commis
sion.
Chautauqu? Summer School be
gan in 1ST 4.
tbttshed April, 1850.
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SOUTHERN
SHOPMEN I
SILENT
N ------ t ~ ' - I
Decision of Locals, If I
Any Has Been!
Reached, Not Re-|
ported td Company i
Washington, Aug:. 3.?Headquar- !
tes of the Southern railway here
had received no reply up to a late
hour tonight to the invitation of
that system that its shopmen re
turn to work on .the basis of Presi
dent Harding's plan for settlement
of the strike. It was reported that j
officials of the locals, representing j
the Southern's employees, had call
ed a meeting to consider the of
fer but the decision of this con
ference, if any was reached, was not
announced.
The Association of Railway
Executives, in a statement issued '
today, formally announced that the {
action of the Southern "does not j
in any way indicate a change in
the position taken by the railroads
in the meeting^ of August 1." The
Southern, the statement said, was
not a member of the association,
had not voted on the president's
plan at the New York meeting and !
"unlike the great majority of rail- j
roads of ^the country, had employ- j
ed no hew men."
Richmond, Va.. Aug. 3.?Strik- j
ing shopmen of the Southern Rail- I
wc-:y shops in this city will meet!
tomorrow at 3 o'clock to discuss!
the company's proposition to take j
back the strikers without prejudice j
to their seniority rights. No ac-;
tion will-be taken, however, until!
word is received from headquarters
in Chicago.
"We came out in a body and;
none will return until we ail re-1
turn," said W. C. Burke, vice pres- j
ident of the City Federation of;
Shopcrafts, this afternoon.
There is no change in the sit- j
nation as to the Chesapeake & Ohio
and the Richmond, Fredericksburg j
& Potomac railways.
Washington, Aug. 4.?Represen- j
tatives- 6f six striking shopcrafts of j
the union - on the Southern RaiN
way. meet in^Washington tomorrow
with H. W. Miller, vice-presi- j
dent in charge of operations of the
system to consider proposals forj
settlement of the strike on the basis I
suggested by President Harding to i
the executives of all roads. The j
Southern is. acting separately from ;
other large lines, and has made no j
attempt to break the strike nor ha3
it refused . returning strikers se- I
niority privileges.
New Union Formed
By Textile Workers !
Delegates Meeting in New;
York Represent Thousands;
of Men and Women
New York, Aug. 3.?Delegates!
representing 150.000 organized tex-j
tile workers in Eastern and South- j
ern states today signed the consti- j
tution of the newly formed Feder- j
ated Textile Unions of America
and announced they would direct ?
all effort toward helping New Eng
land workers win their strike,
which has been in progess since
last winter.
Sixty-six officials of nine crafts,
several of them women, attended
the opening conference of organiz- j
ers. They gWill continue 'in ses- j
sion for ?tr?:ee days, it was an-;
nounced. electing officers and plan-1
ning a campaign to completely or- j
ganize the 900.000 employees inj
the textile industry in America.
The new federation was describ
ed by delegates as the progressive
labor element of the industry- It
will have no affialiation with 'the
United Textile Workers, which
claims a membership of nearly
100,000, and it is the reorganized
branch of the American Federation ]
of Labor but will cooperate with j
both organizations in financially :
supporting.the locals now on strike, j
it was stated.
Delegates came from practical
ly all Atlantic states, from Maine to:
Georgia.
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Hit by Automobile !
_
Aged Man Run Down by Un-i
known Driver
Spartanburg. Aug. S.?An aged I
white man whose home is said to be j
Brevard. N. C. was run over by a '
speeding automobile at Duncan!
yesterday afternoon, the driver j
keeping on. the man said, not even
investigating to see what damage
was done to the man. His name is
[McGaphney, and he has a daugh-:
! ter living at Tucapau. He was on j
[his way from Duncan to Tucapau
and had got in front of the home]
of Dr. J. C. Moore at Duncan when
he was run down. His body was,
dragged for some distance by the
car. He was rushed to the Spar
tanburg general hospital, where-1
surgical aid was given him. He is!
dointr as well as could be expect-1
ed. according to the report today
fron? the hospital.
The rural police force has been
at work in an effort t<> get a clue
to the nvane of the driver; but so
far have failed.
We can forgive Xoah for getting j
drunk, but we can never forgive his
failure to take a swatter aboard. I
?Be Jnst and Fear 1
RAIL STRIKE
IS
REAL CRI
Other Unions, Includ
ing B i g Brother
hoods, Now Evinc-|
ing Interest in Shop
men's Walkout
Chicago, Aug. 5.?The compara- i
tive claim that was prevalent in j
the rail strike situation today gave
way to renewed activities on both!
sides for ending the walkout and !
making it more effective. New j
peace conferences are pending in I
Washington and pew 'strike threats j
came from maintenance of way ?
men and other union workers .for;
the purpose of presenting their j
views of the strike. Eastern roads j
have sent detachments of shopmen !
to relieve the roads in the mining
district of Virginia, West Virginia, j
and Kentucky. New outbreaks and
violence have been reported.
Permanent In
junction Against
& Strikers
Judge H. A. M. Smith Will!
Not Tolerate Unlawful In
terference With Workers
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Charleston, Aug. 4.?Judge H. A.
M. Smith of the federal court to
day issued an order, following the |
return of federated shopmen, de
fendants. to show cause, contin
uing the -temporary injunction he
issued July 24, on petition of the i
Atlantic Coast Line, and concerning: i
the petitioner's premises and em- j
ployees at Charleston and Flor
ence. This afternoon he issued an
order of temporary injunction ]
along similar lines, on petition of j
the Serboard Air Line company.'
and set August 11 as the date fori
the return by the defendants. The '
Seaboard alleged tue same general:
grounds in their petition for a re- j
straining order against striking!
shopmen as those in the petition
of the Atlantic Coast Line and
named -Andrews, Charleston, j
Hartsville and' Caj^re as points in !
this state, where they asked that I
the order apply. The main effect of
both orders is to restrain striking j
shopmen from "picketing" or!
otherwise interfering with em- !
ployees of the complainants. In j
his order on the Atlantic Coast Line j
petition and the defendants' re- j
turn. Judge Smith stressed the j
fact that in refraining from work. I
the former railroad employees i
were acting within their right.-,
but that in attempting to force ar- !
guments upon others who were un-j
willing: to hear them they were in- j
yading the rights of the others, j
He stated that in issuing an injunc- j
tion he was not determining thai i
any man was guilty of an infraction j
of the law, but that he was acting j
upon the general circumstances, j
and upon representations from the I
attorneys for the defense he insert- j
ed in his restaining order th:*
words, "in any manner forbidden
by law," in that portion where tho j
defendants were restrained from j
"wilfully and knowingly^ persuad- j
ing others to quit work, etc.
RAIL WORKERS
BADLY BEATEN
Seaboard Employes Kidnap
ped by Masked Men
-
Raleigh, Aug. 4.?Twenty-five
masked men kidnapped five Sea
board Air Line shop employes and
one guard at Manly, near Southern !
Pines at dusk dark today, carried
them two miles from that point
and severely beat them, one. it was
believed, fatally, according to re
ports to the Seaboard office here.
The Seaboard workmen had been
sent from Raleigh to take down the i
rods of a disabled locomotive pre- j
paratOry to brining the engine to [
Raleigh. The party consisted of
five workmen and two guards. Part |
of the work had been completed
when the attacking force arrived in
eight automobiles, kidnapped the
entire party with the exception of I
on<* of the guards who was not j
present at the time. All of them
were sever* !y beaten. They receiv- j
ed medical attention at the hospital;
in Southern Pines and lat*> tonight j
will be brought to Raleigh.
Sheriff Blue, who had just re- j
turned to Southern Pines after a
wild ride to the Raleigh prison
with three negroes to escape a1
crowd bent on lynching them, im
mediately started an investigation;
and hit" tonight stated the iden-1
tity of some of the masked men!
were known. According to Sheriff ]
Blue, they are striking shopmen of
*ii*> Seaboard shops at Hamlet.
GOOD CROPS ~ j
IN RUSSIA j
Moscow. Ans:. 5. -The soviet
government announced today that'
owing to excellent crop prospects]
the foreign trade department is|
instructing its bureau abroad to.
cease buying hour and sugar.]
Americans who recently arrived]
from Constantinople contend that j
Moscow is now iIip most expen- j
sive of the larger European cities
in which to live.
Sot?Let all the ends Thon Ainis't i
Sumter, S. C, Wedr
NEW ELEMENTS 1
IN RAIL STRIKE
SITUATION
i
Mil I ?
Brotherhoods Send
Representatives to
Washington to Con
fer With President
Harding j
Washington, Aug. 5 (By the As- j
seriated Press).?Negotiations to j
end the strike of railroad shop i
craftsmen were resumed today by j
President Harding and B. M. Jew- j
ell. president of the railroad em-!
ployees' department of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor; W. H.
johnston, president of the machin
ists, and J. P. Xoonan. head of the !
electrical brotherhood, left the;
White House after an hour's con
ference with the chief executive. !
expecting to be recalled Monday, j
It was not disclosed whether the 1
president had communicated again j
with railroad heads, where refusal ,
this week to grant his proposal to |
give returning strikers back senior- i
ity status terminated the first set- ,
tlement attempt, but the strike 1
leaders in cheerful mood, said af
ter the conference that the propos
als, as originally outlined by the
president constituted their, "irre
ducible minimum in seeking honor- !
able settlement."
Likewise, H. E. Willis, J. Paul
Stephens and Arthur J. Lovel. rep
resenting respectively the engi
neers, trainmen and enginemeri and
fireiien. three of the four brother
hood organizations, saw the pres
ident at the instance of the nation
al chief of these orders and of the
switchmen's union and presented
the possibility that grave prospects
of further rail unsettlement were in
sight unless the shop situation was
straightened out.
May Refuse to Work.
It was understood that while they
did not set up a possibility of sym
pathetic strikes by their member
ship, they declared that the con
dition of railroad equipment, loco
motives particularly on many
roads, was growing to be such that
train crews might refuse service.
Xo public statement of their re
port was made, other than that
contained in the message from the
brotherhood heads under which
they acted in going to the White
House and nothing was given out
officially. They made it plain,
however, that they made no re
quest of the president for a confer
ence with the brotherhood chiefs.
DR. CLARENCE
POE TO SPEAK
Four Speeches to Be Made F or
Cooperative Marketing As
sociation
Columbia. Aug. 7.?Dr. Clarence
Foe. editor of the Progressive
Farmer, will make four speeches
in South Carolina this week on the
cooperative marketing of cotton,
Harold C. Booker, secretary of the
South Carolina Cotton Growers'
Cooperative Association announced
today.
P'riday morning at 11 o'clock he
will speak at Bishopville. Friday
afternoon at 4 o'clock he will
speak at Camden: Saturday morn
ing at 11 o'clock at Bennettsville
and Saturday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock at Chesterfield. Large
crowds are expected to hear him at
all of these points.
Plans for a state-wide speaking
campaign extending into every
county in the state will be mapped
out Tuesday at a conference be
tween association officials and of
ficials of the extension forces of
Clemson College. It is planned to
hold at least one big county-wide
meeting in every county in the
state during the month of August.
Douglas McKay, state counsel
for the association, returned to
Columbia Saturday from Dillon
where he spoke at a big meeting
Friday. Other speakers at the
meeting were Harold Jeter of the
field service department of the as
sociation and A. Victor Bethea of
Dillon, member of the board of
directors. Senator P. L. Bethea.
county chairman, presided. Mr.
McKay said that the attendance on
the meeting was good and genuine
interest was manifested in the do
ings of ih<-- association. Dillon is
expected to furnish a heavy sign
up in the new drive.
Xew contracts were received dur
ing the past week from Orange
burg." Edgefield and Darlington
counties. While the campaign does
not actively begin until August
the canvass has begun in some of
the counties already. Confidence
that 160.000 additioal bales will
!)?' signed up. giving the association
:t t?s:;j 1 of ?O?.OG? bales was ex
pressed today by association offi
cia Is.
The association is now establish
ed in the new headquarters in the
"Cotton Cooperative Building."
l Main street, having moved
last week from its temporary head
quarters in the Liberty Bank build
ing.
Washington. Aug. 7.? President
Harding today called upon the
striking railroad shopmen ?<> re
turn to work as requested and the
railroads t<> assign them to work.
Fie asked railroads and workmen to
submit the disputed question of se
niority to the railroad labor board.
it be thy Country's. Thy God's and
tesday, August 9, 1922
TERRIBLE j
WRECK ON !
RAILROAD
Thirty-Eight Killed in
Rear-End Collision
on Missouri-Pacific
i Sulphur Springs. . Mo.. Aug. 6
(By the Associated Press).?Fail
ure of an engineer to heed a block
j signal caused the rear end col
lision on the Missouri-Pacific here
last night, in which 38 persons
'were killed and 137 injured. 25
j seriously, according to John Can
! non, assistant general manager of
the road.
I ? Train Xo. 4. a fast passenger ye<
; tibule steel train, running at full
j speed, crashed into Xo. 32, a local,
I composed of five wooden day
coaches, a. baggage and an express
[car, as the engine was taking on
j water with the coaches stretching
j back on a trestle over Glaze creek.
The impact hurled two of the lo
i cal coaches down a 50 foot era
I bankment edging the Mississippi
(and telescoped four.other coaches,
j crushing a number of passengers
ito death in their seats. Both trains
I were behind time, the fast passeng
I er, running from Fort Worth.
[Texas, to St. Louis, carrying 180
? passengers, and the local 100 per
i sons.
\ According to Mr. Cannon. Matt
j ("Ginger") Glenn of St. Louis, en
. gineer of the fast passenger, fail
j ed to heed a block signal warning
I him the track was not clear ahead,
i Glenn. 57 years old. an engineer
?for 35 years, without a black mark
?against his record, was killed when
j he jumped from his cab just be
I fore the crash. Edward Lindley,
[also of St. Louis, fireman of Xo. 4
j remained at his post and was in
Ijured seriously.
j ? Engineer Glenn, shortly before
I arriving in Sulphur Springs, re
| ceived orders 'on the run" to pull
j over on a siding at Cliff Cave, ten
I miles north of here, to allow "Sun
i shine Special Xo. 1," en route from
\ St. Louis to Texas points, to pa&?,
land Mr. Cannon explained, the en
i gineer failed to heed the signal be
cause he apparently was reading
these orders when he passed the
block. The orders were found near
! his body.
! Ghouls appeared on the scene
? shortly after the crash and robbed
;the dead and dying. Only one was
?arrested and he said he was Wil
! liam Hall of St. Louis. Several
? pieces of wearing apparel taken
! from the unfortunates were found
1 on his person and a Bible was in
! his waist. The Bible, it was said,
j had been the property of the Rev.
V. 0. Pensley of De Soto, one of
; those killed.
The dead and injured were
? spread over an area of several city
j blocks. This little village of 150
I inhabitants was unable to care for
i the injured and they along with the
i dead were taken to St. Louis and
;De Soto. Dr. YV. TV. Hull was the
; only physician administering to the
! injured for several hours until re
: lief trains arrived.
"Had I had some assistance we
! might have saved some of the
! dying," Dr. Hull told a represen
tative of the Associated Press.
"At one time I was trying to treat
j 25 persons simultaneously."
INVESTIGATION
OF MISSOURI
TRAIN WRECK
i
1
I Sulphur Springs. Mo., Aug. 7.?
j Eye-witnesses were summoned to
' day before the coroner's jury at
l De Soto to recount the details of
\ the rear-end collision of two Mis
j souri-Pacific trains here Saturday
' night, when thirty-seven persons
lare known to have been killed and
a hundred and thirty-eight injured.
I Coroner Eiders promised to make
a thorough investigation of the
circumstances causing the disaster.
! PRIMARY IN OHIO
_
j Administration on Trial Be
fore Ohio Republicans
Columbus. Ohio. Aug. 7.?"VVheth
]er the national administration is to
I receive th? indorsement of Ohio
j voters will be determined largely
; in the success of Thompson of
, Cleveland, in tomorrow's primary.
[.Thompson, ? former United States
I treasurer, who has been closely
identified with the Harding admin
; istmtion is one of nine Republicans
j running for the gubernatorial nom
ination. All the present congress
men, except Charles L. Knight, of
the Fourteenth district, and S. D.
? Fess of the Eighth, candidates re
spectively, for Republican guberna
; tonal and senatorial nominations,
j are seeking re-nomination.
Klansmen on Trial
; Los Angeles, Aug. 7.?Thirty
iseven Ku Klux Klansmen charged
[with assault with a deadly weap
on, with intent to commit murder,
kidnapping and fals** imprison
ment, growing out of 'hp raid, on
April L'l'. on the home and bonded
winery. <<i" Fidel & Mathias Elduay
an, :it Inglewood, were docketed
for trial today. The defendants
who were set free under forty-rive
thousand bonds, include William
s. Coburn. of Georgia, formerly
grand goblin of the Klans of the
Pacific domain.
Truth's."
CONFERENCE 1
OF ALLIES
IN LONDON!
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Representatives o f |
Powers Assemble to |
Discuss War Debts J
and Reparations
London, Aug. 6 (By the Asso
ciated Press).-r?Allied statesmen j
are gathering in London tonight
for the opening tomorrow of what j
seems universally regarded as the j
most momentous conference since.
peace was concluded.
The immediate concern of the
conference is> the question of rep
arations and Germany's request j
for a moratorium; hut since the;
delivery last week of the note of,'
Earl Balfour it is assumed that the !
question of interallied indebt- {
edness can not be excluded from I
the discussions, especially as Ray-;
mond Poincare,. the French pre-1
mier. is credited with bringing to j
London a plan for the extinction;
of the German reparations bonds,
in exchange for a cancellation of:
the French debt to Great Britain, j
This plan meets with little;
sympathy in England, because it i
is contended these German bonds, j
being admittedly worthless. Great1
Britain would gain nothing, but by.
forgiving the French debt, would j
lo'se the last weapon she possesses;
for bringing pressure to bear upon
France on the question of arma-:
ments. or on any policy in which j
France might ^run counter to Brit- |
ish ideas.
The situation is further compli- j
cated by the ultimatum France de- j.
livered to Germany concerning j
Germany's payments on account of!
clearing her debts and the' meas-'
ures which France already has or- j
dered taken in this connection. . 1
Little hope seems to be enter-1
tained here that the conference I
will be a successful one, although j
it is fully recognized that in view j
of the swift fall in the value of the!
mark, which threatens to bring j
Germany in the wake of Austria!
and Russia financially, a situation
has been reached in which half- j
way measures no longer will be of j
avail.
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Paris. au$. 6": (By the Associat
ed Press).?The reparations com-j
mission tfyjj a vote of 3 to 1 last \
Thursday rejected a resolution j
which would have accorded a mor- j
atorium to Germany for the re- ?
mainder of the calendar Tear on |
reparations.. It also rejected Ger- ?
many's offer of payments of 500,-j
000 pounds monthly on balance j
of her pre-war debt.
A communication to this effect j
I was issued tonight by the repara- j
tions commission. The resolution.]
which would have accorded a mor
atorium to Germany and accept
ance of Germany's offer of the
payment of 50(1,000 pounds month
ly on her pre-war debt, was offered
by Sir John Bradbury, the Britten
delegate.
The announcement says the
commission has decided to post
pone further action until after the j
London conference.
MAY MAKE TEST
CASE IN STRIKEj
_
100 Men Would Return and I
Ask Seniority Rights
Chicago. Aug. 4.?(By the Asso- j
ciated Press.) ? Despite reports j
from Washington that the govern- j
ment' would take no further action j
in the strike of railway shopmen i
at the present time, union leaders |
and rail executives tonight reiterat- j
ed former assertions that the next;
move so far as peace is concerned
will be up to the government au- ;
thorities.
B. M. Jewell, head of the strik- j
ing shopmep, said tonight he had J
no reply to the message to Presi
dent Harding in which the union's j
accepted the President's proposals
for ending the strike after placing ;
their own interpretation on the ?
propositions. In' union circles most I
interest seemed to center in the J
President's reply to the acceptance '
of the shop crafts leaders.
The railroads with headquarters |
centering in Chicago maintained j
that transportation conditions were :
nearly normal and that new men 1
were being hired and former em- j
ploy es were returning t^ work. J
The fifth week, of the strike ended
tonight with each side apparently
prepared to stand firm on the is- j
issues involved for an indefinite I
period. i
There were^/reports today that
the shop crafts leaders might or
der 100 shopmen back to work and:
then have them appeal to the
Railroad Labor Board to retain
their former seniority rights in or
der to make a test case, it being \
pointed out that these shopmen j
could not make such an appeal so j
long as they were on strike and
therefore not employes of the road.
Mr. Jewell would not comment
on this report. ?
Jacksonville. Aug. 7. ? A soft spot '<
in the sand of Pablo Beach brought]
Lieut. J. H. Dolittle's attempt to
hop off to San Diego with single:
stop for fuel at San Antonie.?. t ? an !
abrupt end last night. A wing!
and the propeller of the plu"e we:*;
wrecked. Lieut Dolittle was un- \
injured. It has not been detenu in-,
?>d when another attempt to get
away will be uiade.
THE TRUE SOTT!
NO AGREEMENT
IN SENATE
ONTARIFF
Effort to Bring the
Bill to a Final Vote
Defeated by Sena
tor Lenroot
Washington. Aug. 3.?Upset
ting plans of Republican and Dem
ocratic leaders for a final vote on
the administration tariff bill on
August 17. Senator Lenroot (Re
publican) of Wisconsin gave notice
today in the senate there v.-ould be
no unanimous agreement for a final
vote at least until all important
committee amendments to the
measure had been discussed and
acted upon. The Wisconsin sena
tor said he was anxious to limit de
bate and proposed an arrangement
under which beginning today dis
cussion would have been confined
exclusively to the tariff with each
senator limited to ten minutes' talk
on amendments to the bill after
August 11.. Senator Lodge of Mas
sachusetts, Republican leader, ob
jected to this, however, and the
effort to come to an understand
ing in the open senate ended.
Subsequently, however, private
negotiations looking to at least a
curtailment of discussion were re
opened and some, Republicans
were of the opinion that these
might lead to results. Certain
Democratic senators, however,
were represented as objecting to
limitation of debate until after
votes on the sections dealing with
duties on sugar and hides.
Tl\e Democratic proposal for a
final vote on August 19 and the Re
publican counter proposition for a
vote August 17 led to a long dis
cussion during the first "morning
hour" the senate has had sine*; tlit
tariff bill was taken up. In tho
midst of the debate Senator Good
ing of Idaho, chairman of the Re
publican agricultural tariff bloc in
troduced his resolution directing a
special committee of five senators
to inquire into and report to the
senate on:
"The financial interests cf sena
tors in the wool and shesp in
dustries.
"The financial interest of Frank
A. Munsey in European industries
which compete with American in
dustries: the amount and percen
tage of his income derived from
advertisements placed in his news
papers by the importing depart-'
ment stores which have financed*
a campaign of defamation against
the pending tariff bill and which
will profit by the defeat of the bill.
"The number of senators owning
or controlling or financially inter
ested in newspapers, the amount of
revenue obtained by the newspa*
pers from importing department
stores which will benefit financial
ly by the defeat of the pending
tariff bill.
"The financial interests of all
members of the senate or their im- j
mediate relatives in any American
industry or in any property in any
community in the United States
which may be affected directly or
indirectly either by the passage or
defeat of any proposed schedule
in. the pending tariff bill."
Senator Gooding's resolution was
referred to the committee on con
tingent expenses. Members of the
committee said a report would be
made tomorrow but indicated the
resolution would be modified.
Senators Harrison of Mississippi
and Simmons of North Carolina
(Democrats) contended that the
Gooding resolution seemed to pro
pose an investigation of no publi
cation other than the Munsey news
papers and suggested that the in
quiry be extended to all Republican
dailies attacking the tariff. Mr.
Gooding replied it was intended to
apply to all newspapers.
Senator Harrison , introduced a
resolution declaring that senators
interested personally in tariff and
other legislation should not par
ticipate in senate proceedings on
such legislation. He asked for its
immediate consideration, but at
the recuest of Senator McCumber
(Republican) of North Dakota, in
charge of the tariff bill, it went
over and the senate returned to
discussion of the unanimous con
sent agree arrangement.
Objection by Senator Lenroot to
the fixing of a date for a final vote
was made after Senator Simmons,
for the minority, had agreed to ac
cept the Republican substitute date
of August 17. Mr. Lenroot explain
ed that while he was anxious to j
see an end to the consideration of j
the tariff bill he could not consent.
to any arrangement under which!
important amendments might be!
acted upon without any discussion
at all. He referred particularly
t othe proposed flexible tariff pro
vision giving the president broad
authority over customs duties and
to the proposition to giant a sub
sidy to potash producers for five
years in lieu of tarilt protection.
Coal Distribution
Plans Perfected
Washington. Aug. ?.-The gov
ernors of various states were ask
ed today by Federal Fuel Dis
tributor Spencer to concur in the
steps outlined by the federal gov
ernment for emergency distribution
Of coal. The letters sent to the
governors today carried the central
committee's plans and forms to be
used by state committees in apply
ing for emergency coal.
FHROX, Established Jene 1, 1S66.
VOL. LH. NO. 51
CMP. TOBACCO
MARKETS OPEN
MONDAY NEXT,
Arrangements. Perf:
fected to Finance
Crop ?Cash Ad
vances to Be Made
on All Tobacco De
livered by Members
Raleigh, Aug. 3.?The tobacco
growers* cooperative association
will open its warehouses to re
ceive the tobacco of its members
next Monday, August 7th, at ever?
South Carolina market, according:
to today's announcement from as
sociation headquaters at Raleigh./;
Cash advances for all tobacco de
livered will be paid the gro:s*e?
members at the 65 warehouses of
the co-operative association.
The sales committee of the tobac
co growers co-operative association*
has arranged with a committee of
Suoth Carolina bankers, represent
ing the banks which have offered
loans to the association, for cash
advances on each grade of tobacco /
at figures satisfactory to the j.-i-v
sociation ofijpials.
These advances which the. asso
ciation will pay its members for
each grade, will be posted at every
association warehouse next Mon
day, when deliveries begin.
That it is freely predict?.-! that
the association will secure better
prices for its members than- "th">se .
indicated-by the loan values placed'
upvn the product by the bankers,
for the. big co-operative has the ad-,
vantage of almost unlimited stor
age and redrying plants to pre
pare a well graded product in quan
tities to meet the demands of the. -
trade.
A full force of warehousemen;
graders ; and book-keepers will be
at each'association warehouse in
the South Carolina belt to com
mence receiving the first deliveries
of new tobacco Monday. Receiving
points of the association will open
only oh Mondays, "Wednesdays and
Fridays of each week, in order that
proper.attention may .he given Jro
each, pile of tobacco, and all mam- .
bers be assured of uniform, grad
. ing: < ~ ^-.i^- ? L*~JL ; *j.
Over 200 applications to join lire
marketing association, and - re
quests to open the membership,^
books to tobacco growers from all*;
parts of South Carohna foHbwedV ?
the first day of auction sales which ,
proved unsatisfactory to many,
growers throughout the belt-;- -
Although no active campaign of
mass meetings like that which
recently brought in 3.0ft0 members'
.to the association will be "he**,
the eo-operativo warehous^rr.-sa set
every market ip the belt will con
tinue to receive new signers -dur*
ing this week.
No contracts for this year's
j crop will be accepted by the 'asso
Iciatiou after the, opening of .its
[warehouses next*Monday. Fai*m
j ers are strongly urged not to rash,
' their deliveries tor the co-operative
markets and not "to bring tobacco ?
in soft order.
Dissatisfaction .with the - opeuirigt
sales oh the auction floors and tire
application of hundreds of growers
to join the marketing association
indicates anothert landslide to the
co-operatives during the next vm> ?
days like that which took place
July 31st when the active cam
paign f or signers closed.
President George A. Norwood\f&t :$.
the association.:.who came direct^
from South Carolina to Raleigh
headquarters today, predicted that
close to a thousand more^tobitcco
growers would join the association
during the two days which remain
for them to sign. *
COLUMBIA
NOW INTERESTED
IN STATE F?IB
(Columbia State. Aug. 5.) ?
! Decision to call a general naassv;
j meeting for next Tuesday nlgSj:
I the Columbia theater in an. effort%
to raise sufecient funds to guar
! antee the state fair association sup
I port in it's plan, for a greater fair*
\ was reached at a meeting of rep
resentatives of all the civic bodies
of Columbia last nignt at the
chamber of commerce.
The meeting will be held at
8:30 o'clock and the-50 odd mer.
j present last night pledged them
I selves each to have five additional
j men present, Tuesday, which alone
i will guarantee a crowd of nearly*
300. but many more are expectec,
for the call is urgent. It means
either the state fa'r will remain in **
Columbia or will go to some other
town. This was brought out forci
bly last night. The fair association ?
is not .pulling a joker, but-on the
other hand has a royal flush and
. will go to Sumter. Greenville or
some other city that has made an
; attractive offer for the fair. 3?R. M.
i Cooper. Jr., president of the as
sociation, frankly told the meeting'*
last night that Columbia wasw not.
behind the fair as the city should
be and several other speakers
handled the matter with gloves pfC.^*
pointing to the fact that Columbia^
had never done anything for the
fair, and nonx* when only $25,0'>0
is asked the city falls flat.
Hong Kottg, Aug. 7.?The casual
ties in the typhoon, and tidal "Save
which last Wednesday swept Sol
tow, 250 miles north of here, kre
now estimated at ten thousand.
