Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1929, Page 4

STRIKE IS BLAMED ON 00 MUCH WORK South Carolina Legislative } Committee Hits Mill i Officials. By the Assoclated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C., April 5.—<With a South Carolina Legislative committee placing blame for strikes in that State on the mill officials for “putting more | work on the employes than they can | do,” the situation in the two Carolinas,’ where over 5,000 textile workers are on strike, was unchanged this morning. The South Carolina committee, ap- printed to investigate textile conditions and headed by Dowell E. Patterson, member of the State House of Repre- sontatives and president of the Siate Federation of Labor, had nct made its formal report carly today but issued & statement last night setting forth its position. Blame Is Fixed. “We find that the whole trouble in the textile areas.where strikes have occurred has been brought about by putting more work on the than they can do. The “stretch ou system is not brought into play by the introduction of any improved type of machinery—the strike, we find, 1S in no sense a rebellion against improved tex- tile machinery,” the statement said. The statement, referring to the “stretch out” system which has been given by the workers in the South Caro- lina mills as the reason of their walk- | out, says in the stretch out system it is the employe who “does the siretch- ing” It cites several instances where a force doing a certain amount of work | was reduced by a third or more with no increase in pay in some instance decreases in several or siight raises not proportionate with the increased work. One instance given was a weaver who operated 24 looms at $18.91 a week and was given 114 to care for at & salary of $23 a week. The statement said that the commit- tee found labor unions non-existent among the workers, Gastonia Reported Quiet. In North Carolina, where the strike | assumed serious proportions Wednesday when five National Guard units wel called out to protect life and property as trouble was threatened at the Loray Mills of the Manville-Jenckes Co. at| Gastonia, all was reported quiet today Several hundred workers of the Lor: plant are still on strike. In South Carolina the strikes were still spreading yesterday, when the Ai derson mills closed down and fore were reported idle at Woodruff, Green- ville, Union and Anderson. Gov. John G. Richerds sent his pri- vate secretary, J. A. Latimer, into the strike region to make a personal in- igation for him and also appointed & committee of three to act as a State conciliatory group. Conferences Are Set. The Commissioners of the Depart- ment of Labor Conciliation Service were expected to be in separated sectors by | tonight to help arrange peace confer- encs and to treat with employes and officials of the affected mills in the two States, Charles G. Wood, who has been ac- tive in both States this week, said last night he was to be joined today by two other conciliation commissioners from Washington. They were to hold a con- ference here before leaving for towns in which strikes are in progress. Between 150 and 200 employes of the Anderson mills at Andersen, S. C., struck yesterday, following the lead of textile workers in Greenville, Union and Spartanburg, in that State, in_protest against the introduction of efficiency systems. Conferences were held at the other points, and Gov. John G. Rich- ards began a gubernatorial investiga- tion. This was followed last night by the report of a legislative committee which condemned working conditions in South Carolina textile mills. IR KIDNAPED LABOR LEADER TO RETURN T0 TENNESSEE TOWN (Continued From First Page) ported that an effort also was made to kidnap him, which was frustrated ‘when his sister handed him a pistol and he fired on a group of alleged ab- ductors. Arrested Men Named, ‘The men arrested were J. L. Trol- linger, said to be a rayon piant fore- man; Charles D. Meadows, A. A. Hale, Roy Wilcox, Nat Perry and Paul Me- dearis. All declined to comment on the incident. They walved preliminary hearing and were held under bond of $1,000 each. A mass meeting of 3,000 persons, in- cluding a large number of textile mill employes at a local tabernacle last night, was expected to result in a dem- onstration in sympathy with the de- ported labor leaders, but turned out to be a “good will” meeting. A program stressing law and order was carried out without reference to the occurrences of the morning. 5 GREEN ISSUES STATEMENT. Asks Punishment for Perpetrators of Kidnaping “Outrage.” After receiving information that two representatives of the American Federa- tion of Labor had been kidnaped and deported from Elizabethton, Tenn., by a ANNOUNCING OUR SPRING REDUCTION COAL @rder your winter supply now and take EDWARD L. MeGRADY, Organizer of the American Federation 1of Labor, who was reported kidnaped fror an Elizabethton, Tenn., hotel yes- terday. i mob of allcged leading citizens, William | Green, president of the American Feder- tssued ihe followiug employes | st | information reached Amer- lcan Federation of Labor headquarters today that a committee of alleged ‘Southern business men’ of Elizabethton, | Tenn., perpetrated an outrage upon rep- | resentatives of the Am: Federation of Labor on the night of April 3. This committee of alleged leading citizens of Elizabethton entered the Lynnwood Hotel, ,szized two representatives of labor, escorted them to the edge of the city, terrorized and outraged them and then threatened them with death if they ever returned. Serious Threats Charged. “Shortly after ‘midnight 25 members of this so-called reputable ‘business men’s committee’ entered the room of | Eaward I'. McGrady, who is the legis- |lative representative of the American Federation of Labor at Washington, and told him that he had to ‘take # ride. Against his protest they packed his v ise, escorted him to the entrance of the hotel, placed him in a taxicab and drove | to the edge of the town. There addi- tional members of the ‘business men's committee’ awaited, and they proceeded to make serious threals against the life of McGrady if he ever returned (o Eliz- abethton. Then they ordered the taxi dri to take him o Bristol, Tenn. Another ‘busii men’ |composed of at least 20 men, approached A. Hoffman, a rep ntative of the | United Textile Workers of America, in the main lobby of the hotel, shoved a {gun in his back, took him to a back | room and then out of the hoiel, blind- | folded. He was placed in a car with | four men, carried below the North Caro- | lina line, escorted by six cars, taken out | and the blindfold removed. “The mob then ordered HGffman out of the State under pain of death. All his papers and personal records were | stolen and he was threatened with tar |and feathers. This ‘business men’s committee’ was composed of realty men, | business men, police officers and others. “The ‘business men's committee’ then returned to Elizabethton and 300 of | Penix was told that they wanted to | talk to him about the union. When he | opened the door he was seized around | the neck and dragged to the ground. At | rescue_with a rifie. There were many | shots fired and the mob in its haste left one auto, which was taken by the | sheriff. State warrants are being issued, it is said, for several members of the {alleged ‘business men’s commiltee,’ | whose names are known. Threats wer | also made that the same medicine would |and F. S. Stubbs. Claimed Anxious to Ofganize. “All the mren attacked were told thal | no one would be permitted to organize the workers in the rayon mills, which are said to be owned by a German cor- porition. The underpaid employes of the mills are anxious to organize and at their request several representatives of labor were sent to Elizabethton. “I have appealed to the Governor of | Tennessee and other public officials. I have told them that I intend to send Mr. McGrady back to Elizabethton, and if any harm comes to him ‘the author- ities will be held responsible. If neces- sary I will visit Elizabethton as a chal- lenge to this gunman lawlessness. “After explaining what had occurred, my telegram to the Governor of Ten- nessee concluded as follows: *“‘In the name of the American Fed- eration of Labor T protest this outrage the State of Tennessee to bring these criminals to justice and to extend pro- tection to the lives and persons of Mr. McGrady and Mr. Hoffman. I cannot believe that you will permit such an outrage as this to which I am referring to go unnoticed and the perpetrators of it to go unpunished. “‘I am planning to instruct Mr. Mec- Grady to return to Elizabethton for the purpose of completing the peaceful mis- sion upon which I seni him and 1 ask you to advise me if you will guarantee him protection to his life and person. “‘For the information of the millions of working men and women identified with the American Federation of Labor and for millions of otners who are loyal friends, I ask will you exercise all power vested in you by the State of Tennessee in bringing the guilty who perpetrated this outrage upon Mr. McGrady and Mr, Hoffman to account, and will you guar- antee tection to the nves and per- sons of Mr. McGrady and Mr. Hoffman it they return to Elizabethton?’ " ¥ probal k{ | Interior Wilbur and Mrs. Wilbur. committee,” them went to the home of J. B. Penix. | | his call for help his sister came to his | "be given L. S. Gurganious, J. D. White | and I call upon you as the Governor of THE EVENING' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. HOOVERS HOLIDAY HANESONWEATHER President and First Lady:and the Wilburs Hope for Vir- ginia Outing Tomorrow. ‘Whether President Hoover will. de- clare a holiday for himself tomorrow end motor to that seétion of the | Shenandoah National Park in the Blue | Ridge Mountains of Virginia which has | | been selected as one of the nearby | presidential fishing grounds depends | upon the weather reports he will re- | ceive in the meautime. If he goes on this outing he will be accompanied by | Mrs. Hoover and bly Secretary of | Although the trout season is' now open, it was not Mr. Hoover's purpose | | to make this trip just because of that. His primary object was te look the { ground over and to determine upon a site for a tent camp to serve as head- | quarters for his fishing parties in that section this Spring and Summer. The park fll;tlxluril‘il!a oifered to build a log n of the iarge type for the purpose | of housing ihe pmfl:mm parties, but Mr. Hoover requested that this not be done, at least not this Summer, He | prefers for the present to use ordinary | Army tents for his. fishing outings. It is the President’s intention to pick & site located on the banks of one of the several picturesque mountain streams | that make up the headwaters of the famous Rapidan River. His camp must be large enough to accommodate not only the President and Mrs. Hoover and a number of guests, but also the | half & dozen or so Secret Service men {“iw will mpany Mr, Hoover on these outings. 1f temorrow ' does turn out to the| 1iking of the President, he will leave | the White House at 8 oclock, The | | dan 1s about 90 miles, a portion of the | | 1ast lap being over bad reads. His plan | | is to return to the White House tomor- | | row night in time for the evening meal. | He wiil taje his fishing outfit with him, | and it is thought not unlikely that he | | may be tempted to do some little cast- | ing in the streams during his short stay. | ‘I'ne President. made very few engage- | | ments today. He was occupied the | major part of the forencon with the | members of his cabinet, it being the | regular bi-weekly cabinet day. The | President yesterday afternoon had his | first real long serious conference with ! | Secretary of State Stimson since the | latter assumed the duties of State De- | partment head. They went very thor-| | oughly into tlie Mexican situation, as | well as a variety of subjects relating to ;the foreign relations of this’ country. SENTENCED TO DIE | IN HOLD-UP MURDER Slayer of Rich Auto Dealer During | Dinner Party Denied New Trial.” By the Associated Press, | WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 5— | Harry McConarty, alias Southworth of Quincy, Mass., convicted of the mur- | | der of Horace M. Wells, wealthy South- | | hampton, Leng Island, automobile deal- | er, during & dinner party holdup here | iast February, today was sentenced to | | death in the electric chair. | _ Sentence was passed after Circuit ! | Judge C. E. Chillingworth had denied | | & motion for arrest of judgment and a new trial. McConarty was ordered held 1 | in the county jail here until Cov. Doyle | E. Carlton sets the date for his execu- flul;}:l;(d l;llts transfer to the State prison t It is not necessary to have had an Account at this Bank to Borrow Edsy to Pay $540 $45.00 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. §. Treasury 1408 H STREET, N. W. journey to the headwaters of the Rapi- | E. W. CAMP, Commissioner of customs, who has re- signed, cffective April 16, to become assoclated with the American Sugar & Refining Co. of New York., He will have charge of customs matier of the company. CLAYTON INDORSED FOR UTILITIES POST 20 Out of 22 Votes Cast for For- mer Citizens’' Federation President. William McK. Clayton received 20 out 22 votes east under auspices of the woll committee for sclecting candidates bership on the Public Utilities 3 L a meeting of the Wash- ington Consumers’ Guild in the board- room of the District Building last night. Lynn Gale reccived the other 2 votes. The votes cast in the general city poll were to be opened and counted by the poll committee at 16 Jacloon place this afternoon. After they are counted they will be transmitted to the White House with the request that they be consid- ered in the President’s selection of a member of the commission to suceeed Lieut. Cel. Harrison Brand, jr, who went out of office March 4, Mr. Clayton, who is chairman of the publie utilities committee of the Federa- tion of Citizens® Associatio nd a for- mer president of the federation, is b lieved to be in the lead in the balioting A committee from the Brightwood Citi- zens' Association, which Mr. Clayton ents in the federation, has been ely campaigning for him. E. C. Riegel, president of the guild, presided at the meeting last night, and in the course of an address criticlzed the attitude of the local press toward the poil, AN A T German Tinker Real Ponzi. QGermany Is still discussing the di closyres of the Hst of wealthy victims of Franz Tauscnd, the tinker arrested at Bolzano, South Tyrol, for obtaining large sums from persons who believed he could make synthetic gold. Amoi them was Herr Alfred Mannssman, o of the Rhineland's greatest industris ists, who was a founde! ember of the company for exploting Tausend’s “proc- ss,” and contributed at first $25,000, and later $125,000. Another viclim was Berlin _manufacturer who added $25,000. A Cologne engineer invested $12,500, and the son of a successful manufacturer is said to have put in his | || cntire fortune of $75,000, whichy his father had left him. The finker and his wife invested the money in real estate. It is believed they collected $1,750,000. Sports Come Back Strong and you don’t need a Compass to steer you to the greatest values! HAHN SPECIALS “A.mtle" ,?fl:' &K' |Schacht Spars for Time as | By Cable to The Star. | velopment at the .end of yesterday's | whieh are actually two sets of facts and . tne demands of the creditor nations and | | the other the | state their case as to what they main- GERMANY DELAYS (Creditors Press for Defi- _ nite Reply. BY LELAND 'STOWE. PARIS; April 5.—The outstanding de- plenary session of the comrittee of now have before them two memoranda figures, one representing the “floor” of “eelling.”, The “ground floor” exposition of the lowest possible basis upon which the Qermans can discuss the amounts of the annuitles is set forth in the memo- | randum presented to the delegates last Week by Owen D, Young, chairman of | the committee, on his own responsibil- ity, to serve as o basis for thought dur- ing the seven-day recess since the last | | meeting of the committee, The “cell- ing” expesition is a memorandum in which the “four ergditor delegations, French, British, Iislian and Belgium, jain their governments ought to receive, Thus the experis’ conference presents the curious spectacle of discussing what is described as two sets of principles, | yet which are really two sets of esti- mates on figures, neither of which have been presented by the Germans. One might be called the creditor demand ! tand the other the American rock-bot- | tom statement of fact. Schacht Delays Answer. | If the French delegation or asny of | the others had hoped that Dr. Hjaimar Schacht, head of the German delega- | | tion, would lay Beriln's offer on the | | table at the resumption of the com- | mittee’s labors yesterday, disappoint- ment was the only result. It is true | that Mr. Young called on Dr. Schacht | to take the floor, but the astute German | | banker contented himself with making | pertinent inquiries about certain phases {of the two memoranda. He named no | figures and attempted to name none. | He merely sparred for time in the guise of seeking information. As & result it was decided that the representatives of the creditor powers should meet with Dr., Schacht infor- mally this morning to elucidate certain | points brought forward by him. 1 It 1s evident that Dr. Schacht's ques- tions are so adroit as to necessitate the massing of ammunition well in advance, } for a number of the chief creditor na- tion delegates met immediately after | the plenary session had adjourned, sub- ject to the call of the chair. ‘The situation shakes down to the fact that the Germans have not refused |te consider Mr. Young's minimum | alignment of facts and figures, even ! though they have not accepted them | {all at their face value. Nevertheless, Mr. Young’s ground-floor basis of dis- | cussion is by no means what the creditor | 4 | Concrete Delivered | —in our TRANSIT MIXER TRUCKS—speeds up your work and saves you all your mixer troubles. A Better Concrete for Less Money Maloney Paving Co., Inc. Phone West 1330 3117 K St. N.W. 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At the same time that the Germans are.confronted the united demands of the four big creditor nations, Mr. Young' has laid down to the Germans a supplementary statemént of the situation which risks beinz interpreted, as'a lower and as almost an opposing position, In some European quarters there are already murmurs as to whether the American chairman has not to some de- greé undermined their cause. Why, these French, British and Belgian ob- servers ask, has Mr, Young held out a | lower set of facts and figures to the Germans? 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Pur’t:-:r conljegx:reyu aroused as to apart ‘Mr. Young's thinimum basic figures arg from’the creditor na- tion figures, which have now been given the complegionl of ‘tHe maximum de- mands to. be made. There is little doubt that the agsortment of principles and arithmetical estimates put forth by the creditor powers, if totaled up and averaged, would come close to ap~ proximating an agnuity of 2,200,000,000 marks ($550,000,000). How much be- low this would Mr. Young's ground- floor esfimates come? - The information comes from a reli- able source that, if Mr. Young's assort- ironed out, the result would be the aj pearance of an annuity of about 1,800, 000,000 marks , ($450,000,000). This is a rough estimate, but is as accurate a one as can now be obtained, ment of figures were. tabulated and | ried-ont in informal group meetings and private conversations for the rest of the week, and 1 next week, with plenary sessions and, for the nonce secondary in importance. J. P. Morgan is suffering from a se- vere cold, which 'made it prudent for him today to send an alternate to act @as palibearer the Juneral of Ambas- sador Myron /T. k, “although he | was able to &ftend pl session {of the experts this afterncor. (Copyright, 1920.) B 2 WOMEN CLAIM BOBY OF POISON - VICTIM :Both Say They Are Wives of Man Found Unconscious in Chi- cago Hotel. | and_it would indicate that the distan: ibctwev:n the “floor” and the “ceilin jdemands s approximately 400,000,000 By the Associafed Press. | marks ($100,000,006) annually. In any | CHICAGO, April 5—William R. King. case it must be remembered that the known also as William R. Fish, employe Germans so far have by no means ac- |of the New York Central Railroad, died cepted the idea that Berlin can ‘pay today after having taken poison. even 1,800,000,000 marks ($450,000,000) | IKing was found unconscious in a & year, | downtown hotel. Two women appeared Aualyze Young's Strategy. © |04, claimed him, both declared they Mr. Young's move was intended| Mrs, Mildred Fish said she had mar- probably to force Dr.-Schacht to come |ried the railroad man 11eyears ago in as high as that figure and then leave | Pittsburgh. Last month, police said, it to the united creditor pressure to|King went to Oklahoma City and mar- bring him as far sbove it as-possible. |ried the second woman, Mrs. Ida Nell However, should the creditor delegates | White King, without first obtaining fail ‘to do this, their governments may ' divorce. . | put the major blame for being cul| Leaving the seeond wife in & hote! | down to such reduced annuity squarely | yesterday, King went to another hotel, upon the shoulders of Mr. Young. took poison and called the first wife. 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