Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-09-02
SCAbS At MEMPHIS BULL
PEN FIGHTING AMONG
THEMSELVES
c. p. SMITH SUES |. c. FOR $4,000
FOR KILLING OF J. l. FLETCHER
FREIGHT 4 CLAIM AGENTS MEET

MEMPHIS, Tenn. sept I.-tspeciaI to The
Strike Bulletin b-Deciaring that
whom he had formerly had trouble was chasing
him with a big stick. j. Il. Murphree. aged 20. of
ga CASTOR avenue ran into the police station ye.-
terday afternoon and loudly demanded protection
few moments later, Sanitary officer Boden-
heimsr reached the police station having under
arrest J. NJ. solomon, aged a.. machinisi, of 6st
Robeson avenue who he said. was chasing an
other man when he stopped him.
The chase started near Main street and Madi-
son avenue. and ended at jefferson and
Main street. when officer Bodenheimer stopped
eitement prevailed. The old man said that last
November. Murphree. who was working with him
hammer and he WAS going to give him . licking
for II. this being the first time he had seen him
since.
Murphree was tried on the charge of as.auitinK
the old man and was released. This seemed TO
arouse . deeper feeling against Murphree in the
old mans breast He was locked UP for . short
time on charge of assault
Such are the great fiGhts and foot that
the people Of Memphis are enjoying at the expense
Of the Illinois Central. for the officials the
ones who import the fighters and fine runners.
Al times. however. they escape from the bull pen
and then you can see what the papers of the city
have to say about them.
ssss osesshs Agstsss Z. e.
c. r. Smith administrator of the estate of J. l.
Fletcher. has filed suit In the United states Dis
trici court against the Yazoo i Mississippi Valley
Railroad Co. to recover $4,000 alleged as dam
ages In the death Of Fletcher. who was employed
as fiagman by the company at the time he
killed The declaration alleges that Fietchsrs
death on Aug :. 1914 at Lake Cormorant. Miss.
was caused by the negligence and careiessness of
the engineer OF the train which Fletcher WAS
employed. Fletcher fell from the top OF the
booze and died few days later at q hospital In
Memphis.
Csan Asssss Meet.
At . meeting of the Frisco freight and claim
agents recently official high up the Frisco
gave . talk methods of preventing damage to
shi pments In transit He said that the Frisco vas
paying out eis In claims for every 81 600 taken
the l. 4 ~ was paying out only eio and that for
the year 1911 the Illinois Central paid out Gil
on every tlo0o. but that for 1914 the Illinois Gen.
tral rate had greatly Increased and about
s5i for every $1,000. The who made this
statement knew what had caused this big advance
In Illinois Central claims. II officials other
roads notice that there 10 still . strike on the
J. G after three years IL certainly must be noticed
by the roads own managers
rte yellow BELLIES.
Orleans. who sent out that letter with the seal
OF the lodge attached. crying about their
mistake. and we understand are trying
som. space on the front page of The Bulletin for
the purpose of denying that they sent out this
letter However. We know the truth. and have
the goods these yellow bellies. II they do get
any space In the future II Will doubt be o
the front page OF that rebel sheet Of ours. and IL
will carry damaging blows for these men. John
A. Ricketts, and John II. Aiken. Such union
as they should he ashamed of themselves. In
opinion they are genuine yellow bellies
Trains are running late. and the company is
having the same troubles IL has had ever since
the beginning Of thia strike. The strikers are
jus, full OF fight today .. they the
start