Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-28
LEAKEsvIlLE, GREENE COUNTY, FRIDAY MAY 49, eos
STRIKE ON GEORGIA
rlE-uP CoMpLETE-MAILs DI-
VERIFIED FROM GEORGIA ROAD
TO SEABOARD AIR LINE


Atlanta-The tie-up broua5 out
when Assistant Grand Chiel ieer
F. A. Burgess wired Geney.S Z Mana
ger Scott of the Georgia IL AGgustc
that he had advised the locomotive
engineers that he could not stand re-
Sponsible for their personal safety on
q Georgia railroad engine, was made
complete when members of the Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Engineers fail
ed to report TO the yardmasters for
duty.
The action of Superintendent Ter
ren, of the railway mail service of
this district, removed an doubt as to
the success of the tieup, II thcre had
been any deabt, whe~ he Nd an
order diEerttng the mails for Augusta
and points beyond from the Georgia
road to the Seaboard Air Line, over
watch Il was given a start for Angus
ia.
WashinStea.-A telegram was re-
ceived at the post once department
from Thomas K. Scott, general mana
gsr Of the Georgia rEifroad, ID Au-
gusta, Ca, expressin ~pprehsnsion
over tae possibility 4 the i1terfer-
ence with the movemeat of the mails
as the result of the s.r'A OF irAGen
on that road. The teles,. was turn
ed over to Attorney Genv: al Wicker
sham, who has instructed the United
States district attorney fer that sec
ton to take such steps as may be war
ranted by the situation. The post
Office department has instructed fits
officers to cooperate VITA the Unked
States district attorney 60 see that
there is no improper interference with
the movement OF the mails.
Atlanta.-Th1ough General Manager
Thomas X. Scott, the Georgia rail
gead appealed to Governor Smith for
profession, and received an answer
advising tke road to apbitrate the diff
fcufty with IT'S employees.
Governor Smith declared, IN his re-
ply to this request, that he would fur
ntsh protection at any point in Qeer-
g1a upon specific information" but
the governor was not willing to adopt
any unusual methods, which might
be construed as a partisan action, or
at least one recognizing the necessi-
ty of state action.
United States deputy marShals III
both the northern and southern ds-
tricts Of Georgia have been directed
by the district attorneys in Atlanta
and in Macon to make a careful In
vestigation into alleged delays Of mail
trains between Macon and Augusta
on the Athens branch of the Georgia
railroad. the delays being charged to
striking firemen and their symPathiz-
ers at points on the Macon Augusta
line.
District Attorney Carter Tate, of
the northern division of Georgia, stat
ed that he would bring the matter TO
the attention OF the federal grand jury
when that body is next convened end
that he would prosecute vigorously
any one indicted for the effense.
The officials OF the Georgia road as
well as those of the Joint terminals
assert that they have ready for work
more men than have left frenen's
positions since the waik-out order was
issued, and that there will be no in
convenience whatever experienced by
the employing companies so far as a
sufficient force of active, energetic
men is concerned.
Vice President Ball of the Brother
hood of Ffremen, denies most emphat-
ically any participancy of any of the
out-of-work firemen with the assaults
said to have been made, saying that
every man who quit his Job had been
obeying orders to remain away from
the Georgia railroad yards and from
the, joint terminal properties.
While on strike the members of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Ffrenaeh and
other men working in that position
will draw their regular pay from the
protection fund of the brotherhood of
Locomotive Fremen and Enginemen.
That fund now amounts to nearly 3
half million dollars, and can be sup
plemented at any time by an assess
ment upon the members Of the or
ganization.