The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-28

ana o traction engine ana car WaS
working under lease at the rate of t2S
per day. BY carriage and by automo.
bile, the round trip to Augusta was
from $3.50 to 81 per head, depending
upon which class the passenger wished
to travel. A carload of provisions
opened at Camak nearly became ex~
hausted today, with the result that
hens of the countryside and the sprins
sunshine brought out enough eggs and
vegetables to keep the poor from suf-
fering or even from paying more for
their frugal meals.
In the neighborhood of Iithonia,
hungry sazes were evidently being
fastened on the cars of peeishable pro-
visions side-tracked there. for In to-
days telegraphic dispatches, the num-
Der of cars increased from elevn to
twenty-six and the presence of two
carloads of beer was bulletined. Thirty
nine wagon loads of ice were applied
to this train load for refrigeration
Lithonia is twenty-five miles from At
lanta and the price by motor for the
distance ID % one way; not a high rate,
judging by the corporation" losses
evident in q number of stalled and
broken automobiles lying in the rain
Crawfordville, farmers have rented
their wagons TO merchants for almost
nominal sums. Travelling men from
the North and East are going through
this section doing about their usual
business with the aid of automobiles
and buggies. Carloads OF provisions
side-tracked a few miles from their
destination. have been in some cases
released by the original consignees to
merchants near the siding, who had
greater than the consignees.
II Is customary for the stores in
North Georgia to stock up with sup
plies at or near the first Tuesday in
the month, SO that some of them are
running short with the approach OF
June.
Camak reported no wagon trains In
use, Notwithstanding that big barbe-
cue was held there today. Covington,
which Is on the line of another rail-
road as well as the Georgia, and hence
had plenty OF provisions and an oppor-
tunity to sell to advantage to less for
tunate neighbors, had not raised
prices up to tonight. Automobile fares
from there to Atlanta were SIS to $40
for forty miles. This fare, though In
competition with railroad service, was
about the highest rate in the strike
district.
Leader Ball Talks.
Mr.. Ball gave out statement to-
day that would permit regular fire.
men to go out on mail trains at any
time, He said he Ia still willing to
accept arbitration, and discussing the
| race question as applied to the strike
| said:
'The situation on the Georgia Rail.
/ road was rapidly working itself into q
| condition where the best, and most re.
sponsibIe runs were filled with negro
| nremen. Say what they please, the
/ position of the road in preferring to
maintain negro seniority is simply a
| question OF dollars and cents for they
| pay negro nremen about one dollar per
| day less than the white firemen. AL
the talk about Justice to negroes
faithful in service boils right down
into that fact"
Governor Smith again today de-
| clared himself upon the PRESENT. status
| of the strike saying:
There has been no disorder that
| has not been adequately handled BY
| the customary authorities and there is
no necessity for law and order pro-
| clamation."
Conference In Washington.
washington, May 27.-A conference
was held today between Attorney Gen.
| eral Wickersham and Second Assistant
| Postmaster General Stewart in regard
| To the situation. No decision as to
possible action in the case was reached
Mr.. Stewart will have a conference
tomorrow morning with Postmaster
| General Hitchcock and 1t is possible
! that the latter may decide to send Mr.
! Stewart to Atlanta to look over the
situation. Mr. Stewart already had
| planned to leave for Atlanta the begin
ming of the next week to attend the
railway mail service convention which
| begins Tuesday.
It was stated tonight that the Post
| office Department would not send a
| representative to confer with Vice
President Ball of the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Firemen as to getting mail
trains through, as the railroad is the
authority with which the Department
| should deal in this matter.
Train Out of Augusta.
| Augusta, Ga. May 27.-A mail train
will be started out of Augusta on the
| Georgia Railroad tomorrow morning al
| 7:45 for Atlanta. A mail train starts
| from Atlanta for Augusta and reache
here at 1928 p. m. Mail trains will
meet these through trains at Camak
| for the Macon branch; at Barnett for
the Washington branch; at Union
| Point for Athens; at Union Point for
White Plains. The crews are to be
made up at the general Offices OF the