Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-08-31
Federation Will Back Strikers

Washington, Aug 2O.-Samuel Com
"rrs president OF :hc Az. i can Fed.
Grafton Of :l?o!. IN ~ S2rrch tonight at
the Typo :ra a:.hiral trr:rle, said the fed
Grafton wDu'i stand IpnInd the
brotherhoods in every instance" He
said he wished To "eXpres5 cTr adhe-
sion. sympathy and cahesiOn" with the
four orders. His cohesion" with the
four orders. His alluSion was made in
passing while speaking Of the neces-
sary solidarity of labor. He said he
would not speak further on the sub
ject as he intended to appear at the
hearing before the senate committee to-
morrow and did not wish to he "pre-
mature"
His speech was in answer to the re-
cent attacks made upon him by Sen
atOr Sherman, of Illinois.
Senator Sherman says l was lucky
was not indicted with the McNa-
maras. Senator Sherman is lucky, too,
he was not indicted with the crooks,
gamblers, freebooters and buccaneers
of the whole commercial field" said
yompers. He said some of Senator
Sherman's criticisms Of him we're mot
the language of Il gentleman or Of n
statesman. but of tishwife."
Conditions In Mexico Grow Worse
Daily
Ell Paso, Texas, Aug 30-Conditions
are worse in Mexico than than at any
time during the last six years Of re-
volution. Americans arriving here from
Mexico City and other interior places
bring this information to the border.
Refusal to accept Carranza paper
money in payment for their worlk--4s
causing the execution Of hundreds of
thorities. WOrkmen receive ten pesos
in currency for days toll. That
means about % cents in gold. When
they refuse to accept the paper their
military headquarters and the laborer
Is shot. This has happened scores Of
times recently in the districts around
Mexico City. American arrivals say.
Typhus fever is raging throughout
the country and hundreds are dying in
the states of Iacatecas, JaliscO and
Guadnl iara. Only the very wealthy
can affffnnl to pay $50 bottle for the
necessary medicine. The beautiful city
of Zacatecas has been almost deserted
by its G'0.0OO people. They have gone
into country districts for food and to
escape the typhuS.
Famine is spreading and the meat
supply has been Communicated by gov
"rnment officials They are holding
most Of it for their friends and them
selves. The states most seriously effect
ed are chihuahua, Jalisco. Michocaca
Guadalajara. Guanato and Zacate-
raS.
The Catholic confessional has been
forbidden by government DEGREES and
nuIlS are being expelled from In cOun-
try wherever CarranZa officials find
them. CnthedralS are being used rs
barracks in many Of the northern
states and church property has been
desecrated by soldiers.
Prediction was made today by Amer
lean refugees in close touch with con-
,litionS that the United States would
soon be compelled to send food to the
districts wrere starvation is Imminent.
The de factO government has been un-
able to relive the suffering from fam
ine or check the typfus epidemic.
Villa bandits, 200 strong, are repor-
ted to have circled north Of Chihuahua
City from Statevo. They are attempt
ing to cut the railroad to JuareZ.
CarranZa military authorities in Juar-
eZ are plainly alarmed at the latest
movement Of villas men. The 10000
troops in Chihuahua City depend
mainly on the threatened railroad for
supplies from the border.