The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 13, 1922, Page 1

Ce ee oral che k= | eep ck, cat nd aket m’s m- had ’ ‘irl eg it 1e] ook 018 sed nk- THE WEATHER FAIR ESTABLISHED 1873 ISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1022 (Leased Wire of Associated Press) LAST EDITION on PRICE FIVE CENTS STRI LIGNITE MINES EXPECT STEADY COAL DEMANDS Nation-wide Strike to Cause} Boom in Lignite Mining Industry in N. Dakota LITTLE EASTERN COAL Lack of Supply at Duluth Docks to Cause More Ex- tensive Use of Lignite WANTS REDUCED RATE North Dakota can do much to supply needed ‘coal in Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Montana this fall and winter if the ‘Interstate Commerce Com- mission grants a rate on lignite coal low enough to permit the coal to be profitably shipped from North Dakota mines to all ‘points in those states, Governor R.A. ‘Nestos said today in @ communication addressed to the commission. Letters also were addressed to all lignite coal operators in the state asking for production fig- ures and to Dean Babcock of the University of North Dakota for information to be used in press- ing the case for a reduced rate. Operators were asked for infor- | mation as to the extent they could increase production. Lignite mines in North Dakota face the prospect of a steady busi- ness during the late summer, fall! and winter, John Hanwell, state mine inspector, said today. Dealers say that virtually no eastern coal is being received in North Dakota at the present time and because of the coal strike there is little hope af large shipments. | Many non-union coal mines now, are operating in the state, though] union coal miners are still idle un- der ‘the nation-wide strike order, according to the state mine inspec- tor, A comparatively small volume! of coal is being mined at this time, he said, because of the usual sum- mer slump, but lignite operators have informed him of the expecta- tion of an increase in orders later in the summer. se : The outcome of the conferences being held in Washington with a yiew of settling the coal strike are being watched with deep interest by Wilton miners who are on strike at the plant of the Washburn Lignite Coal Company. Although conferen- ces have been held between manag- ers of the mine and laborers no ac- tion has been taken and both sides are awaiting the results at Wash- ington, ‘ Lignite mines in the state will em- ploy probably between 1,300 and 1,- 400 men when operated at full capac-| ity, Mr. Hanwell said. With the coal reserves of the nation already! low it is likely that the mines will} employ fully this number of men this fall. Most of the lignite mines are in the Slope territory. Dealers in coal at Dultuh claim that all of the surplus coal at the docks has been contracted for by railroads, Mr. Hanwell said, and this means that North’ Dakota will burn chiefly lignite coal during the fall and winter. “ Mr. Hanwell’s tip to the coal con- sumer is to lay in‘an early supply! and avoid the'fish later which like- ly will bring an increase in price. ACTRESS TO TAKE STAND Gloria Swanson and Mother! Charged with “Undue Influence” Los “Angeles, July 18.—Gloria Swanson, film actress, will appear in court tomorrow to answer charges made against her and her mother of undue influence in connection} with the will of the late Matthew| P. Burns, step-father of the actress, it was announced here today by Jo- seph Scott, her attorney. The case! revolves around application by Mrs.! Burns, Gloria’s mother, to probate} the will of her late husband, who! was a shoe merchant here and the contest against this by his rela- KE P John D’s B EACE ‘Birthday, Photo Here's John D. Rockefeller, world’s richest man, as he looked on his: rd birthday anniversary. He spent the day by going to church at’ wa, N. ¥., and taking an auto ride through the Pocantico Hills, CONFERENCE AT HAGUE NEARING: FINAL BREAKUP Dissolution Expected Tomor- row as Result of Russian Differences DIPLOMACY FAILS, Endeavor to Bring Russians _ and Non-Russians to Dis- cussion Basis Fails (By the Associated Press) | The Hague, July 13.—The Russian sub-commission on private! property of the conference on Rus-! sian affairs today unanimously, adopted a resolution declaring that) in the light of the views expressed’ ‘yesterday by the Russians concern-) non-| CAN MOBILIZE 50,000: TRUCKS: (By the Assuciated Press) Washington, July 13.—Post- \master General Work today pre- pared a letter to President Hard- ing notifying that a survey pre- pared by all departments of the government. showed that a thor- | oughly organized flect of 50,000 motor vehicles could he mobil- ized within 24 hours should the railway shopmen strike further interfere with the movement of the United States mail. SIX DIE. IN. RAIL WRECK Two White Men, 4 Unidenti- fied Negroes Among Them Kansas City, Mo. July 13—Two white men and four unidentified ne- groes are dead, 48 persons injured, ; some of them perhaps fatally, was ing the restitution of foreigners pro-| the toll this morning of a wreck on perty in Russia it would “serve no, the outskirts of Kansas City last URGE W’CUMBER T0 AGAIN SEEK SENATE PLACE Newspaper Friendly to Him and Many Individuals Urge His Candidacy AGAIN TALK’ POLITICS| Mid-Summer _ Sessions See| | Legislature and Senate Race as Two of Big Fights The political pot is beginning to, bubble slightly again after a lull, following the primary election, with likelihood that it will be boiling: tor as an independent candidate in the fall. signatures to a petition. {the primary election people have jfact that North Dakota will lose a senator wielding great power and in a position to do great good for th state. polittcians acknowledge as a fact that J. F. T. O'Connor cannot be clested senator on a Democratic tic- et. Some others in the state have sug- gested a Republican convention to name an independent candidate, and they do not include Senator McCum-| ber in their list of prospects. It 1s accepted as a fact by Senator Mc- Cumber’s close friends that he would not consider entering the race again, There also is real disagreemefy among leaders of the Independents in the state as to what action should bé taken by the joint campaign com mittee and the candidates on Mr. | O’Connor’s candidacy. On the one \hand there is a group which holds that although the Jamestown agree- jment did not include O’Connor’s name the I. V. A. organization is | morally pledged to support him. Op jthe other hand, there is a revival of a demand for a straighi Republican ; line-up, excepting ‘the offices inelud- ped in the trade made at Jamestown The victory of league candidates for offices which were to be traded is pointed out by those of this view as conclusive evidence of the failure of any fusion arrangement. The Nonpartisan league confer- ence, to be held in Bismarck Satur- gay, will discuss a number of press- ing problems affecting the league, but outstanding among those of state-wide interest is whether or not there will be a third ticket in the field in the fall, backed by the Non- partisan league. Senator W. J. eee The Pembina Pioneer-Express, in| President Harding relative to the an editorial referring to the result | President's of the primary, voices a demand that4 Strike situation and opening a new Senator Porter J. McCumber be af Phase of the grievances of striking’ candidate for United States sena-| railway shopmen. His name could be put onfed by the six international presi- the ballot with a small number offdents of the railway shop crafts The newspaper declares that since ped out because wages fixed by the been struck more forcibly with the {provisions of the transportation act He also declares that shrewd |, ¢ LAW VIOLATED IN WAGE SCALE AYERS JEWELL Leader of Striking Shopmen Says that This Was One of Causes of Strike ASSAILS THE RAILROADS Declares They Have Violated Decisions of Railroad Board in 104 Cases Chicago, July 13,—B, M. Jewell, head of the railway employes depart- ent of the American Federation of Labor, today sent a telegram to proclamation on th The telegram, which was also sign- ‘declared that the strikers had walk- labor board were in violation of thy jand because of the violation of the Habor board’s decision by the rait- yoads, Text of Message. The. text follows: “It appears from your proclama- tion of July 11 that incomplete in- formation has been furnished you} concerning the present dispute be- tween the railroad operators and em- ployes. “Ninety-two railroads ‘have violat ed transportation acts or decisions of the railroad labor board in 104 cases. These involved not only con- tracting out work in shops but also! wage decreases, interpretations of/| rules and right of employes to clect| their own representatives. When the| Pennsylvania railroad refused to comply with the board’s rulings, Federal Judge Page held that the bourd’s position on wages or rules was only advisory. The’ railroads j have refused ever since passage of the transportation act to establish | national boards of adjustment de- scribed as the labor board,’as the central part of the machinery to de- cide disputes betwen the carriers ‘sad°. their. employes’: ana Ee Holds Basic Wage Unjust. “The railrogds have made all ne- gotiations merery informal, thus throwing on the board an impossible |burden of arbitration. The board has abolished overtime pay for Su) days and holidays, enjoyed for thir- ty years even on unorganized roaas. The board has established a rate of pay of $800 .a year through the de- partment of labor fixed the bare cost of living at over $1,400 and a mini- mum comfort budget at over $2,300. “When the basic wage is unjust it follows that all wages graded up i i 8 CHILDREN DIE, BODIES MANGLED, WHEN SHELL, THOUGHT ‘DUD’, EXPLODES the children playing croquet, (By the Associated Presa) : struck the shell with a mallet or Watertown, N. Y., July 13.— Police are searching this city for belt speak A a + iE; ‘arpenters working nearby artillery shells retained as sou- said they heard the children _venirs of the World War after the explosion of a three inch shell, resulting in the death of eight children, The big shell be- lieved tobe a “dud” picked up during the war on an artillery range, near here, was used as a screen door check on the rear porch of the Edward G. Work- man house. In the intense heat, the T N T charge expanded, ac- cording to Madison Barracks mil- itary officials, making the shell Hable to explosion at reduced concussion. It ‘is belieyed one of laughing at their game and then a terrific explosion. Rushing to the Workman Yard they found the bodies mangled, croquet balls and mallets blown to bits, the concrete wall of the Workman home crumbled to powder and a grey pall of concrete dust set- tling over all. Fragments of clothing and flesh were suspend- ed from trees and housetops for yards around and two automobile tires placed near the shell on the rear porch, were found on a roof 200 feet away. “STRIKE NEWS | SUMMARIZED o—- (By the Associated Press) President Jewell of the shopmen! teiégraphed appeal to President! Harding stating that the executive's | proclamation of duty 11 was based, on “incomplete information.” Postmaster General Work inform- ed President Harding that 50,000 motor vehicles could be mobilized | within 24 hours to move the mails. Weeks today instructed Major Gen-| Railway and union officials and; eral John L. Hines, commanding the| rail labor board members, apparent Eighth Army Corps area at Sap An- ly suspended peace activities tem- : fp An” porarily. tonio, Texas, to prepare a sufficient — jt was announced that strike or- force of troops to protect the pro-| ders are being sent out to the clerks’ perties of the Missouri, Kansas and; of the Chesapeake and Ohio. Texas lines which are in the hands! Two alleged strike-breakers seized of receivers appointed by the United | by @ band at Denison, Texas, were States court. lectured and told to leave the state. The secretary acted after receiy-| Baltimore and Ohio annulled eight ing an appeal from C. E. Schaff, the passenger trains between Chicago! receiver of the line, for protection. | 87d the east. Mr. Schaff declared that the state| Several strike-breakers and guards protection was only partial and that| Were injured and four missing after) many of the employes of the road|# raid on a roundhouse at Oroville,' had been beaten. up and commerce | California. was being interfered with by the|- strikers. United States Marshals were | unable to cope with the situat,oni the receiver said. t In reply to Mr. Schaff, Secretary Weeks suggested that he should de- mand protection from the governor of | Texas and promised if that was not| forthcoming the federal government would take such action as was neces-: sary to afford protection. MASSACRE AT HERRIN HELD | “through the territory affected by these conditions.” U. S. SOLDIERS MAY ANSWER STRIKE CALL 7 | Secretary Weeks Orders Suf-' ficient Force Held Ready (By the Associated Press) Washington, July 13—Secretary | PEACE CONFAB PLANNED. St. Paul, Minn. July 13—A conference of leaders of the stfiking railroad shopmen with executives of northwest railwaya centered in Minneapolis and St. Paul is planned for late today, it was learned authoritatively this afternoon. - Means of termi- ' nating the strike will be dis- - cussed. Maen the . SERVICE CURTAILED | By the Associated Press Baltimore, Md., July 13.—Declar- of protection to the lives of em- ployes and property of the company at Garret, Indiana, and Willard, Assistant Secretary of Navy Roosevelt Demands Justice ing it was unable to get assurances} Stiio’ the ‘Baltimore and Ohio rail-| he shops, white |war council in supreme charge of useful purpose to continue the meet-! ings with the Russian commission.” | This resolution was forwarded to! the Russian representatives here and also to the full commission ‘of Thej Hague conference. It was regarded as the first of the formal steps for the conclusion of the conference. | Actual dissolution of the confer-, ence on Russian affairs probably; cannot take place before tomorrow.| Many of thé delegates have made; train reservations for tomorrow or Saturday. i Both Russian and non-Russians| are so firm in their respective stands | it seems unlikely any formula can be evolved to save the conference. | The non-Russians seem inclined to break up the meeting in a parlimen-i tary way. ~ Litvinoff, the chief Rus-! sian delegate, has been so precipitate in his methods the entente group has’ been unable to soften the abrupt-; ness of the clashes and pave the way for a peaceful meeting. OLLINS HEADS NATIONAL ARMY (By the Associated Press) Dublin, July 13,—Michael Collins has been appointed commander in chief of the Irish National army it was officially announced _ today. Collins, Richard Mulcahy and Gen- eral Owen O'Duffy will comprise a military operations throughout the country. a5 night, in which the Missouri Pacific railroad flier number 11, westbound crashed head-on into a local freight train, as a result of confused or- ders. The engines were demolished, half the freight vrain, of 15 cars was wrecked and four coaches of the flier were smashed. A wooden smoking car was telescoped by a steel baggage car. Most of the in- jured were jin the smoking ear, many of them being negroes. The identified dead are : w. A. Rider, engineer freight train, Independence, killed at his post. J. F, Lasseter, a passenger, Ord- way, ‘Colorado, died at a hospital. The wrecked passenger train was the “Scenic Flier,” which left St. Louis yesterday morning, and No. 85 was running half an hour or more late. CANADIAN FORD PAYS DIVIDEND Detroit, Mich, July 13—A cash dividend of 15 per cent on its capi- zation of $7,000,000 payable July 20 to stockholders of record July lu was announced today by tn. #ord Motor company of Canaaa. of the Me. a BOUND OVER Fargo, July 1%—Cornclius Wil- liams has been bound over to the district court charged with passing a worthless check for $100, He is in the county jail in default of $300 bail. IH. C. Aamodt of the Security National Bank of Fargo is the com- Church, one of the league execu-; wards for skill and responsibility Be Meted Out — COAL PEACE SEEMS FURTHER AWAY ? HEADS REFUSE T0 TALK PEAGE WITH MEN OUT Railroad Executives Hold Re- turn to Work Necessary Premise for Discussions JEWELL IS HOPEFUL Strikers’ Leader Believes Ex- ecutives Finally Will Con- sent to Conference (By the Assoclated Press) Chicago, July 13.—Railway peace activities, which loomed large on the strike horizon, yesterday, slumped perceptibly today while rail execu- tives, union leaders -and railroad la- bor board members waited the next angle of development. . Chairman Hooper of the board was in private conference with railroad presidents again today, however, following the flat refusal of a com- mittee from the carriers yesterday to talk to the strikers so long as they remain away from the shops. Mr. Hooper declined to discuss his future plans, but B. M. Jewell, pres- ident of the shopmen, still maintain- ed a hopeful attitude. The strike leader declared he be- lieved the roads would soon relent and get down to business with the strikers representatives. A telegram to President Harding, signed by President Jewell and the six international shop unions now on strike sought to summarize the shop workers’ grievances and was sent in reply to the White Hon. proclamation issued Tuesday. The telegram said the strike waz based on the “unjust” low wager fixed by the board “in violation of the transportation. act,” and against the alleged refusal of 94 roads to obey the labor board orders in 104 cases. . 13th Day of Strike The thirteenth, day of the shop- men’s strike thus held considerable | promise of important developments. Meanwhile the short lull in which acts of violence diminished some- what, was followed by renewed out- breaks in widely scattered areas. California, Texas and Michigan were among the scenes of fresh disorders, while Crewe, Virginia, quieted down following the killing of a-yard office clerk. Former trouble centers calmed per- ceptibly during the last 24 hours. At Bloomington, Illinois, state troops withdrew from the Chicago and Al- ton yards and confined themselves. to Sheriff Morrison with a force of deputies took over the guardianship of the yards. ‘As a result of this move, Alton trainmen who refused to handle cer- tain trains within the military con- trolled yards, yielded in their atti- tude. Electrician Beaten At Denison, Texas, where we strike was marked by disorders dur- tive committee, when in Bismarck|are likewise unjust. Organized em- |ployes support your declaration of | May 28, 1921, that the lowest must !be enough for, comfort and to in-! sure that the struggle for existence shall not crowd out things purely worth living for and should provide for amusement, recreation and sav- ing. Employes have never violated decisions and employes have refused | to work under wages fixed by the la- bor board which violated provisions | | of the transportation act. | | last week declined to express himself on this point but it is known there will be a demand for a third ticket. The league conference also will discuss finances, the Courier-News and organization problems. That one of the hardest battles of the fall campaign will be on leg- islature candidates is a foregone conclusion. As the score sheet now stands the league has the advantage in the battle for control of the house while the Independents have the advantage for the senate. Two or tifrce counties, including Benson, Nelson apd the Golden Valley trict, are expected to be battle- grounds. WOULD RESTORE AUSTRIAN TRADE (By the Associated Press) Paris, July 13—Henry Morgen- thau, former American ambassador to Turkey announced today that he was arranging to form an interna- tional corporation to be capitalized at from $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 for the purpose of reorganiaing Austria's industry and to show the world that it is possible to prevent the bank- ruptcy of European states. Mr. Morgenthau, who has just re- turned to Paris from Vienna, where he was assured the cooperation of the Austrian government, is now discussing his project with various financiers. A temple costing $3,000,000 is to be erected in Ste. Anne de Beaupre to replace the one destroyed, accord- “that Burns was of unsound mind) in a Central News dispatch from VICTORIES CONTINUE tive | ‘ ; ,{. London, July 13—Continued vie- He ring of fesimany _by Burns’| tories for the national forces in the relatives to support their charges} west of Ireland were reported today and unduly influenced by Gloria! Dublin. i ‘i : Sednson’ andeher mother: into: the entionlordnean ee ee eee marriage and to framing of the will,Galway. They tried ‘to encircle the which left the bulk of his estate to| Free State troops, but were surround- Mrs. Burns, will be completed today,|ed themselves and defeated with the it was indicated. Following presen-!loss of one killed and twelve taken tation of motions, it was expected! prisoners. The national forces lost that .the case would be continued | two killed and several wounded. tomorrow when Mrs. Burns and the; Before fleeing from Galway the ir- actress would take the stand to de- Tegulars set fire to the public market fend their claims and refute charges! house, the postoffice and other busi- against them. ness houses. fire oe MAY TRY CASE JULY 18, . A tentative agreement has been reached between attorneys for the state and for Gdorge E. Wallace to try PAYS STATE BILLS The state auditor has completed payment of state instltutional bills for April and May and the June pay- : rolls, payment being made through|the suit of the state to enforce full the board of administration borrow-| Payment on the house which th: ing?$173.685.08 from the Bank of|Home Building association built for North Dakota. Mr. Wallace on July 18. ing to an announcement of the Re- plain#g witness. Williams was ar- demptorist Fathers. rested at Werner, N. D. EXCURSION RATE FOR FARM WORKERS DURING HARVEST SEASON IS SOUGHT A conference with heads of the. cannot pay railroad fare from a far four main railroad system operating] distant point to‘North Dakota. in North Dakota is to be sought by] The Labor Board of Cavalier Governor R. A. Nestos with a view] county, in a telegram to the rail- cf discussing request for allowance| road commission, asked for a con- of excursion rates to laborers com-; ference between the railroad com- ing into North Dakota for thel mission, railroad heads, Governer threshing season, the Governor said! Nestos and their representative, the today. telegram adding that a serious situ- With the prospect of a need for, ation is confronting the state. In an unusually large number of work-, a telepHone conversation with their ers during the threshing season the) representative Governot Nestos in- possibility of a labor shortage is de-! formed them of his action in seeking clared by many farm organizations’ the conference with railroad execu-/ to be threatened because laborers tives. Strike Last Resort. j “The board has attempted to un- load financial burdens of railroad management upon employes through; |inadequate’ wages and will under. | mine the health and prosperity of| {the next generation. After exhaust- ing all other methods, the employes| sought again to oftain a conference and agreement with the railroad ex- ecutives. Only as a last resort did they strike. We respectfully insist that no interruption of commerce or interference of mails was caused by direct or, unlawful acts of the organized. employes. Such interrup- tion and’ interference results inevi- tably from attempts of railroads to operate with insufficient, incompe- tent and unskilled workmen, Such interruptions and interference will continue and increase until agree- ment is obtained upon just and rea- sonable wages between the repre- sentatives of the skilled employes and railroad executives who, up to date, have refused even to meet witu employes representatives. We stand ready to co-operate whole-heartedly with any effort to bring about such an agreement.” MINNEAPOLIS JURIST DIES the Associated Press) Minneapolis, July 13.—Judge Wil- liam E. Hale of the Hennepin county district bench died early today in St. Barnabas Hospital here, subse- quent to an operation. Jude Hale was born at Wheeling, West Virginia, May 11, 1846, and in 1860 settled at Plainview. He came to Minneapolis in 1872. He was elected Hennepin county at- torney in 1878 and served four years. He has been a member of the district court since 1914. In New Holland the women cut, themselves with shells and, keeping, the wounds open a long time, form| scars in the flesh which they deem very ornamental, (By the Associated Press) Atlantic City, N. J. July 13,—Jus- tice must be done in the cases of those responsible for the recent mas- sacre of coal miners at Herrin, Illi- nois, “regardless of affiliations” if the United States is to continue as a nation, Assistant Secretary Roose- velt of the navy department declared today in an address to the Elks na- tional convention. A “blot” such as that at Herrin, he asserted, “can be wiped out in only one way—by pro- cess of law.” “There are doctrines abroad in the land, which, if not controverted and overcome, may lead to the fall of this great country as countries of the past have fallen,” he said. IS UNCERTAIN Administration Sees Disposi- tion to Reject Settlement the Associated Press) Wechington, July 13.—Repre- sentatives of bituminous coal op- erators associations went into conference today with Secretary of Labor Davis after conferring with Hugh Kerwin, chief of the bureau of conciliation of the de- pattment of labor. The conference was under- stood to involve possible inter- “But a few short weeks ago, in . D Southern Illinois, as atrocious a{ pretation of President Hard- massacre occurred as is contained in| ing’s proposal to bring the our annals,” he continued. “Men were| nation-wide coal strike to an killed, not cleanly killed, but brut-] end. 7) ally killed and up to the time in ee which I speak, there is no shadow] wa(h?,he, Aeuog tet eT ough of a conviction of the murderers in} the anthracite operators have sub- oon hows ne who waste blame,| mitted what President Harding is Tee eh Mute ie od employe—per-| said to regard a8 a complete accept- aps both—but, if our country is tO! anoe of the government's offer of stand, we must mete out justice in} arbitration in the coal strike, the this case regardless of the affilia-| situation with regard to the bitum- tions. inous operators and the FIRE WASTE See eee acing: the i CHECK URGED tentien is to delay or evade an im, mediate response, high administra- (By the Associated Press) Washington, July 13.—A_ nation- tion officials see in the course pur- sued by both sides ; A are reject the government's settlement Wide am Da een ir eet” Whe} Plan if public opinion would approve the) such a course. Sree ree of the United! ““he anthracite operators attached Julius Barnes, president of the na- tional chamber, pledged the support two conditions to the acceptance, or arbitration yesterday, one that a miners’ | a disposition to} of 1,400 business organizations in helping to check the damage caused annually by fire. The loss by fire last year was estimated at $500,000,- 000. YAP TREATY IS RATIFIED (By the Associated Press) Washington, July 13.—Secretary Hughes for the United States and Sa- dao Saburi, counsellor and charge of the PJaapanese embassy, today ex- changed final ratifications of the Yap treaty and the convention will be put into effect immediately. This treaty, signed during the armistice conference, recognized on the part ‘of the United States Japan’s mandate over the island of Yap and confirms to the United States full privileges of equality in the maintenance of wireless and cable stations on the island. separate commission consider wage) scales and the other that the com-} mission be required to submit a de- cision by August 10, agreeing in the meantime to pay the wage rate of March 31. They asked the proposed separate commission should be re- quired to set up a permanent method by which wages and work- ing conditions would be “adjusted automatically” in the future, and proposed a commission of three rep- resentatives of the public and only, one miner and ‘one operator. JOHN BURKE IN VISIT IN CITY Former Governor John Burke of North Dakota was in Bismarck to- ‘day, coming here following a talk at Devils Lake. During the day Mr.} Burke met many of his former friends. Hé visited with Judge Miller for sometime. ing the last two days, E. L, Cox of Wichita Falls, an electrician was tak- en from a Missouri, Kansas and Texas train by a band of men and beaten badly. Cox was employed as a strike breaker in the Katy shops at Denison, and had been warned by union men to leave town. Two men were beaten at San Ber- nardino, California, by a crowd of strike sympathizers, including wo- ;men. Previous threats of the strike spreading to the train service em- ployes was apparently averted by | the conference of “Big Four” bro- therhood chiefs here, and the New York Central apparently had prevent- ed a strike of clerks on its lines. Saginaw, Michigan was the scene of disturbances on thé Pere Marquette and Governor Groesbeck was asked ifor troops to prevent further trou- | ble. Worker Beaten in Atlanta A worker was beaten at Atlanta, Georgia and the home of a railway employe at Buffalo, New York, was | attacked, Two trains carrying strike- breakers were stoned and at Balti- ; more, wives of strikers were active jon the picket lines, Parsons, Kansas, remained quiet and 300 men were reported at work in 'the M. K. & T. shops there. Parsons was one of the centers where troops ‘were sent to preserve order. Saint Paul reported one of the largest movements of strikers back to their jobs in the shops. Union headquarters of the strik- | ing railway shopmen issued a state- | ment deploring the reported violence ‘in connection with the walkout and declaring the organized union strik- ers were conducting “an orderly, well disciplined strike.” The statement threw the blame for any lawlessness on irresponsible persons, aggravated by the presence of troops, railroad “gunmen” and United States marshals. The strik- ers sought the support of public of- ficials and the press in preserving law and order, the statement said. ORDERED OUT OF TOWN Denison, Tex. July 13—Two al- leged strikebreakers were scized early today by a band of men and taken to the Red river five miles north of here, lectured and told to leave Texas. They were seized when they alighted from a train. Two oth- er alleged strike-breakers escaped and are being sought by union men. Cigars of the best quality are made entirely by hand, the tedious work of rolling them being relieved by an entertainer who reads aloud to the workers,