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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-02
LABOR DAY PARADE
AND EXERCISE THE
II BEST N HISTORY


HUNI Decorated fIuHt-fNtNtrffs
acknowledged hntiiFship New Mexico.
riti. carmtn miriafpre @ cHr see
Heat ~asrsnriurr locAl-Carmen, nrstl
cafpcnttra. aecend.
Labor was rcpf@sentea ~ the lars
81 parade ever held IN Albuquerque
yesterday when more Than l,tov
members Of local unions marched W
and owl Central ayenue ~ a I'm
mere than a mile LONG. Great crowd
lined he streets ~ cheerca n
nInfrherA
Nss onil vas he representation %
union ltbor large. but The Heats N
line were some q the best and most
nufcl eser seen In q Labor Day pa
fxae IN this city. Boy Scouts and
the BOYS 3 Girls clubs also had
ssice delegations In n
The uInmbcra 7cnt probably won
a. much applause a. y noat, IL
was The representation Of a monern-
small boy taking a hath In a tub
regular September mcrn IA Il were.
The retail clerks Hoax wae a min
iofure STORE. the painters n a blk
paint can, the Ice drivers cakes Of ico
with iioMers ffoReh IN them. the sheet
metal workers and boilermakers
demonstrations q their art. Then
NN"MN MMW = - -"
through . tnnnel and various other
novel Features.
The Hir -Four Of the Railroad
HrothcrhooCS took part In the parade
for the arss time and me Santa ~
employees made q hiE showing. Many
reall1td the large numbers Of Santa
~ employees that there are In the city.
The parade ~diHbAuded az Robinnon
park where speaking exercises fol-
lowed. w. 8 Patterson introduced
the speakers and told OF the growth
Organised labor had made In this city.
He said there were 1000 organised
lahorcrs here now against 1900 a
John Lehner made the official adj
dress Of welcome. He spoke Of he
problems before the Ahoring men
and urged a sane solution OF them.
Lieutenant Governor Pankey. the
next speaker. spoke briefly Of what
organized labor had done 10 win he
world war. He said that there was
only one uniform he admired a.
much a. that Of the blue denim and
that Nns the khaki The food hoard
er was condemned and put In The
same class A. the !. W. ". snd the
Hulsheviki.
Father Manaalari awarded medals
70 seven hoy scoutA for service rem
dfrcd In building a girls camp In the
Eandia mountains In july. The boys
were; Joe Duran. gold medal; Seiio
Mhtfeueci. gold medal, Edward Rove.
gold medal, Eugene Tomei. Eoii
medal; Peb Deanada. gold medal;
Rudolpho. silver medal. and John
Aeidy. bronze medal
q. y. Harry. commissioner Of con-
citation o. the. department OF labor.
WIS the Inst speaker and urged n
spirit OF closer cooperation by labor
with the government. He praised the
part labor played In the world wat
and lauded Samuel CompeiF for his
leadeFshtp. lie predicted that the
country would soon begin 10 feel the
effect u he Investigation into the
high cost Of living n thai prices
wOuld soon begin 20 recede.
The days Labor Day festivities
closed with a dance last night ai the
armory which was attended by fully
e.eeo persona.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-02
Ernest Succeeds
Rose as the Chief
Deputy u. S. Marshal

Santa Re. y. a.. sept. 2-CSpeciai
Dlspatrh 10 The Evening Heraid)-
Chief Deputy United States Marshai
William Rose resigned today To tak~
the position % deputy clerk of the
federal distriet court. in which posi-
ton h. succeeds a. l. Zlnn who re-
Gently resigned.
Mr.. Rose viii he succeeded as cine
deputy marshal hy Howell Ernest.
whose appointment was announced
today BY Marshal A. n. Hudspeth.
Mr.. Ernest was state travelling audi
tor under the Mcdonald administra-
tlon.
4 wiDman's silence often means
more than her words.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-02
of "Bracer"
to Be Prosecuted
in New Mexico

Although the shipment Of "nracer."
q drink manufactured In ~. Louis. in
10 New Mexico. and the selling 90 the
same In the state IN a direct viola
ton % the Reed amendment. whicn
prohibits TIE ahipmcut or Intoxicating
lquor into dry" territory. local deal
err will not be prosecuted FOR sell
Ing u.
This statement was given out BY
United States Attorney Summers
lurkhart this morning In reference
70 thee dealers who had put tho
drink on the market with the assuf-
ance OF d manufacturer that he
sale % a was entirely lawful
Persons who continue TO sell the
beverage. however. after notification
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-02
Who's Here
T0DAYB ARRIVALS AT
LOCAL HOTELS



r. T. Plate SAN Franclsco.
ranI ii NcNutt. Denver.
Mrs Htnfy James. Abilene. Texas
Mrs - James Abilene. TeSae
Miss H. Daniels. Corslcano. TEXAS.
NJ. y Fehclman. Dallas.
Jack larlln. tsaton.
Charles r. FIahbark. TT Summer.
Joseph Alcheci. los Vegas
"a. WhIinlf and wife. Washington.
Fred Wendell. Chicago.
". r. lrln philadelphia.
GOWNS
Irene Hale Tulsa. okla.
49, y. Hale. Oklahoma city.
Charles rarker. Santa Fc. y. ~.
Grace BARKER. las Vegas. n. NJ.
g Shelihareer. NJ pnso. Tex.
n. q. RAYMOND. flaraiaff. ARK.
j. ~. shoilwniter. Wlnslow. Ariz.
H. T. Kelly chicago. lis.
X. q keiie, Chicago. Ills.
NJ. A. Kelly. Chicago. MS.
-. Sweeney. chiraro. Ills.
n. Cuppare Chicneo. Ills.
y. T.. Hughes. Chicago. his
q. n Offi.id. Topeka. kausss
~ T.. Rule. Denver. colo.
Mr. ena Mrs. n. A. Dcvanport
Cambridge. Mass.
Louis nreulette. Cambridge, Mass.
q. d. Derrick. Macon. Ga
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell. Jcrscyville
Illinois.
". &. Garrett Gallup.
4. Marsh. Gallup
Mr.. nnd Mrs '. u. Mitchell. n. NJ.
John l. Black and ~ife. y. Al.
VIM Davis -. Louis.
Ben sirirktedden, las VEGAS.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-02

president: James J. conoley OF Haton.
secretary. and the following vice
presidents; A. a. Simms. A%lbuducr-
que. pr. Welch. n1vHon; g. Humph-
reys. Ration; ~ ruttinx, Santa Re; y.
Miller. Roswell: DR. Gains. belen; W.
springer las Vegas and Robert
Lanaca. or Clayton.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-02
COMMITTEE Pk4Ns
BErko ON BANQUET

The COMMITTEES eSoscn By tho
Chamber ~ cosnmerct from The Ro-
faff and KiNaniH tiune 20 nsnic arr
ranfem3uta FOR tbs n%unuun, to DE
given IN honor of Admiral Benson
and Major General fiaI-nett on SEN
at the Chamber Of Commefct.
q. T. French " chairman. and with
him are scrvine ~ ~ Hickey. ~
Gcodeli A. l.. Martin. l. H. Fox. o..
y. Marion. Louis Held u Ncssor
Nontoya.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-02

by the district attorney That ID Is u.
legal are'iidbie 20 prosecutior.
AR. Burkhnrt hiso wrote the man
ufactufers SAYING 'nn Of the facts in
my possession concerning the ship
nent OF these goods from 81 Louis or
any other point outside Of New Mex.
ico 10 New Mexico viii he presented
TO the federal grand jury which viii
convene at Santa Fc ON the first
Monday OF october for us action
That Bargagcuan Is Henry. Phone
Ose.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
REWARDS OFFERED
FOR SECTIONS BODY

Macon Aug 15.-Rewards totalling
$3.50 for the recovery of the body of {
H. Anderson, sexton of Riverside
cemetery, who is believed to have
leaped into the Ocumulgee river
early Wednesday morning after walk
ing the Spring street bridge all night
brought our scorce of people yester
day to the river. The body had not
been recovered at late hour last
night, but an all-night watch was
maintained over the stream.
The work of yesterday is seachine
for the body consisted chiefly of dy
namiting the stream from the Spring
street bridge to the Fifth street bridge
Usually a body that has been under
water for twelve hours will rise to the
surface when charge of dynamite
Is touched off in the stream. But the
numerous discharge Of yesterday
yielding nothing.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
LITTLE BEGUN SETS FOOT
ON SOIL OF OLD ENEMY
pBrussels, Aug. 13.-Belgian troops
have occupied the Malmedy district
of Rhenish Prussia.
THAT HIDE DROP.

Hides dropped fourteen cents a
pound in one day of the campaign
against the profiteer That drop will
cause the farmer and stock man who
has hides to sell occasionally to be-
lieve he is in for the worst end of it
Nothing of the kind. That prospect
he had for paying thirty dollars 6
pair for decent shoes this fall has
gone glimmering, all in day Thai
one drop in hides saved him the cost
of a high priced pair of shoes in
every purchase. Who wins in the long
run ?-4Cordele Dispatch.
The sensational rise in the price of
hides resulted from speculation.
nWhether the farmer or the specula-
tor got the big profit makes no DIFF
ference Of leather in the country to
cause such a rise in the price Of hides
The government investigation will not
injure the reasonable demand for
hides, neither will it cause them
sell for less than they are really worth
-Moultrie Observer
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
CITY OF AMERICUS
ACCEPTS ''Y" OFFER

Americas, Ga.,-FolloWing a con
ference of prominent citizens held in
the chamber of commerce rooms and
addressed by George R. Ellis, Mayor
Sheppard, W. w. Dykes and Secretary
Johnson of the Georgia State Y. M. c.
organization, mass meeting of
Americas citizens has been called for
o'clock Thursday afternoon at the
court ouse.
The meeting is to consider the flu
ture of the American Y. M. C. A. build
ing in connection with the offer of L.
G. Council to donate $4,000 with
which to purchase the building which
is to be offered at public sale here on
&the first Tuesday in September.
n No subscriptions will be asked at
~this meeting, but it is expected def
mite plans will be evolved for obtain
ing $4,000 necessary to renovate and
repair the building before it can be
used for "Y" purposes under the terms
OF council offer.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
PLANS TO RAISE
$75,OOO,OOO FUND
DR.. L. r. Scarborough, Director Gen
eraI for Southern Baptist Conven-
ton, Outlines Methods to be
Followed in Campaign. :.

Macon, Aug. 14.-plans for reaching
the $500 white Baptist churches of
Georgia in in the S75,000000 Southern
Baptist drive to raise Georgia's quota
OF $7,500,000, were outlined yesterday
at three sessions of the 260 Baptist
leaders from all parts of the state,
gathered here for a two-day confer
ence on the campaign.
Dr. L. Il. Scarborough. director for
the Southern Baptist convention; DIR.
Arch c. Cree, state director; Mrs.
jamie Cree Bose, state director, Ely
r. Galloway, associate director, and
Louie Newton, director of publicity;
weer speakers at yesterdays session.
The conference will close with sew
eral meetings today, among them a
general meeting for men at 1870 in
Mercer unworthy, a meeting for wo-
men at the same hour, and confer
ence of district workers at 2:30 this
afternoon, closing the session.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
DIR. ]. L. SELMAN FOUND DEAD
IN BED AT DOUGLASVILLE HOME

Douglasville, Ga, Aug. l3.--Dr. ]. l..
Selman, GA years old, was found dealt
in his bed here early this morning by
members of his family who went to
his room to wake him up. DR. Sci
mans death was great shock to his
mauy friendsand relatives here, a.
he had been in the very bets OF
health.
Dr. Selman had been practicing
medicine here ever since he graduated
from college, more than 40 years ago,
and was known as one of the best
physicians in the state, often being
called into consultation. with other
physicians in all parts of Georgia
The funeral will occur here at the
First Baptist church Thursday after.
noon and the body will be inferred in
Douglasville cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, four
sons, DR.. Paul d., of Douglasville;
DR.. Guy H. Selman, of Nashville, Ga. :;
Drs. ]. T. and j. M. Selman, both of
Atlanta. He is also survived by two
daughters, Misses Mamie and Ruth
Selman, both of Dougfasville.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
DO NOT LET MALARIA SAP
YOUR STRENGTH AND
VITALITY

Your physician Will tell you ma
laria is the cause of more disease than
any malady known. Chills and Fever,
Malarial Fever, Bilious Fever, loss of
appetite, drowsiness, loss of energy
are the direct causes of Malaria,
Ameco Chill and Fever Tonic is the
deadly enemy of Malaria. 1t kills the
germs and its action is prompt and
sure III breaking the fever.
Thousands of prominent citizens
have been cured with Ameco Chill ;i.i
Fever Tonic and unhesita .lnRly recon-.
Eend it to their friends.
w. T. Mcdonald, prominent em-
ploye of the Macon Railway & Light
Co, Of Macon, Ga, says:
Il had Malaria and Bilious Fever
and Chills and Fever and Ameco Chill
and Fever Tonic cured me- 1t does
everything you claim for it,"
Ameco Chill and Fever Tonic is
sold and guaranteed nv all dears.
PRICE 25 GENTS
Pridgen Bros, Wholesale Distributors
PRICE 25 CENTS
Pridgen Bros, Wholesale Distributors.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
FIRING AT CONDUCTOR,
SHOOTS PASSENGER

Augusta, Aug. 13.-An unknown ne
gro, who made his escape, provoked a
sensation yesterday when he fired OIL
Street Car Conductor w. D. Grant,
on the Turpin Hill Iine, missing the
conductor, but striking e. B. Young,
a passenger, very slightly on the arm.
The negro is said to have become
angered when the car was not STOP
ped quickly enough when he wished
to get off He rang the bell, where
upon the conductor ordered that he
not do so again. Later the negro
again rang the bell. By this time the
car came to halt, and the negro
jumped from it, pulled his gun, de-
clared, "Tll fix you," and fired and ran.
Grant had his pistol in his hand all
the while, but did not return the mans
fire.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
BAPTIST CAMPAIGN
ORGANIZERS CLOSE
DR.. ARCH C. CREE, STATE HEAD
OF DRIVE, PLEASED WITH UN-
Expected ATTENDANCE AND
ENTHUSIASM.

Macon August 15-Baptist leaders
of Georgia closed twoday session
here yesterday, completing arrange
ments for the $75,000,000 campaign
that isto be conducted meeting
of distdict organizers was held at the
Hotel Lanier last night, plans check
ing of the work out for a systematic
checking of the work that is to deve-
lop in all sections of the state as re-
suit of the meeting here
Following the meeting OF yesterday
DR.. Arch C. Cree, state director, ex-
pressed his belief that Georgia Bap-
fist and their friends will respond to
the appeal for $75,OOO,0O0 and will not
only exceed this amount but come out
of the campaign ahead of every other
Southern State.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
HOUSE AND SENATE
END DIFFERENCES
BILL CREATING PUBLIC WELFARE
BOARD TO INSPECT INSTITIoNS
FOR ORPHANS PASSES

Atlanta, Aug 13.-Jointly the House
and Senate did remarkable legislative
work in this afternoons session and
by six o'clock had so far cleared away
contested points by we'll handled CON
ferences that there remained only two
or three major differences to be ad-
justed in the night session. The con
ference on the night session. The con
ference on the bill to create a new
highway department has held its SEES
sion lasting nearly three hours and
has reached an agreement to be sub
mitted but that had not been read
at $50 p. m.
The conference on the motor vehicle
license bill, on which Was the widest
kind of disagreement brought through
a recommendation that the original
House bill be adopted but in form
that would reduce the license tag fees
% per cent, this in lieu of the l.. c.
Brown schedule which the Senate
adopted and the cent and half gal
Ion tax. The House adopted that
The conference on the railroad COM
mission salary bill reached a compro-
mise that the salary of the chairman
be fixed at $4,000 and each of the four
other members at $4,000. The House
agreed which was an increase of $500
for the latter four or its bill and dro
of 400 by the Senate. On the disagree
ments all of these have been adjusted
by a Civ and take process and the
House has adopted the report except
in one particular which was ruled out
of order
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
AMERICAS TO GET
$4,000 THEATRE

Atlanta Aug 15.-Contracts for the
construction OF Americas first thea
ter devoted entirely to legitimate pro-
auctions which is to be an $4,000
building will be signed Friday morn
ing, according to C. X. Howell, the
architect, who has drawn the plans
for the theater and who left Atlanta
Thursday night for Americas to make
the final agreement with t. on
tractors.
The theater is being put up b. Val
ter Rylander, and will be the FIRST
large theater IN a Georgia town of
Americas size Work on the building
will begun at once, so that Americas
can look forward to participating in
the winter season of plays.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
SWEETHEART'S LIFE
NSOUCHT, SAYS GIRL
"7srERv SURROUNDING SHOOT
ING OF WILLIAM SLOUM IN
COLUMBUS is CLEADER BY
STATEMENT.

Columbus, Aug 14-Claiming that
sweethert, lee Brown, recently dis
charged from the Navy, and now in
Jail on a charge of murder in connec
ti@n with the deata of William Sloum
a 17-year-old boy at Thirty-third
street and Second avenue, was waylaid
after she had heard her brother, Cecil
Hood SlOum, and II. J. Roberts, a
brOther-in-law, plan to meet Brown
and kill him if he made an attempt
to visit her Tuesday night, Miss Leona
Hood, pretty 16-year-old blonde, to
day made a sensational sworn state
ment that will do much to clear up the
mystery Of who really fired the shots
and as to events leading up to the
shooting The girl declares she will
appear at the preliminary hearing to
be heard tomorrow afternoon, and
state under oath substantially the
facts set forth in her statement
oday.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
CHICAGO SHOPMEN
CALL OFF STRIKE:
Decide to eRturn to Work, Following
Address by international Vice
President J. M Patterson.

Chicago, Aug. 14.-Delegates repre-
senting $4,000 car repairers employed
by Chicago railroads, by rising vote
today decided to call off the strike
and return to work The action was
tafen at mass meeting of the dele
gates called to consider 'the strike
question, after an address by Inter
national Vice-President ]. M. Patter-
son, who vigorously denounced those
responsible for the walkout as radi-
Gals. The date when the men will re-
turn to work will be fixed later.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
FIELD OF CAT FISH ONE
OF FREAKS OF HIGH WATER

Dawson. Aug. 12.-lf every flooded
farm in Georgia would produce what
a place near here did after a recent
flood, caused by a nearby creek get
ting beyond its banks. the cost Of liv-
ing would get a decided setback.
When high water went down from
the Lo.kn farm, northwest of Dawson,
a few days ago, quantities of cat qsh
were left in the cotton field. L. P.
McCiung. superintendent, gathered a
wagon lead Of the fish and distributed
them The families in the neighbCr-
hood.
Hundreds of the fish were left high
and ry and died. Others, caught in
shallow pools, were killed by the heat.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Ahheville Markets Resume

Abbeville, Aug. 14.-The tobacco
warehouses We're reopened here today.
The railroad shipments strike closed
them last week, buyers getting orders
to stop making purchases until the
freight situation improved. Farmers
and merchants alike are glad to have
the markets open again as the pro-
ducers want to get rid of their tobac-
co SO they can pick cotton.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
SMALL NEGRO BOY
BROWNS IN DITCH

Albany, Aug. 13.-Monroe Smith, a
negro delivery boy employed at Mr..
S. E. Bush's grocery store, was
drowned in the back water from the
Flint river near the foot of Pine street
yesterday afternoon.
The boy was about Is years old and
the son of John Smith, employed at
Muse & Company's warehouse. He
and a companion went down to the
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15

river, near the A. c. l.. trestle yester-
day afternoon, and decided to go in
wading in the water backed up by the
river during the present freshet. The
Smith boy waded out to a point about
shoulder deep when he either lost hi
balance or stepped into hole deeper
than his height
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
THREE CHI, DREN KILLED
AS PLANE HITS FENCE

Baltimore, Md, August 14.-Three
children were killed in Patterson park
today when an airplane of the Eighty
eigth Aero squadron, stationed at
Langley field. Virginia crashed into a
fence behind which were several
hundred spectators. Seven were in
jured.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
TOBACCO SALES ARE OPENED
Fitzgerald Market Disposes of Large
Quantity Held by Strike.

Fitzgerald Aug. 14.-Over 100000
pounds of tobacco were sold at the to-
bacco warehouse here today. prices
ranging from 80 to IS cents per pound.
The market has been closed until to-
day because of the shopmen's strike,
which caused railroads to put on
freight embargoes.
There are only eleven days left for
the Georgia markets and it is under
stood growers have to sell between
seven and ten million pounds of tobac-
co.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
RUMANIAN DELEGATION is
WELCOMED IN POLAND

Bucharest, Aug. IA Rumanian
delegation, headed by Gen. Zadik, has
arrived at Lemberg. 1t was welcomed
cordially by the Polish authorities and
population.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains. cordeie Union Depot.
The following schedule figures pub
lished as information and not guaran-
teed:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-10

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-10

None of the policemen or special
guards were wounded in the fight.
According to the police, the strik-
ers were led by Lieut.. Thomas Shu-
ba, q years old, a Pole, who re-
Gently was discharged from the Uni
ted States army. He wore his sold
Ter uniform and carried an American
flag, which he waved during the
fight. He was arrested afterwards.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-10
CHARGED WITH MURDER

Ashevilfe.sN C.jssspt. 1o.-Ernest
Hall was held ' for the superior court
without Bail Syester,iay morning by
a coroner's jury on the charge OF
numbering his wife Monday might.
The killing took place on Ralph
street in what is known as the
Death Alley section and is the
fourth killing there in four months.
Halls wife was shot dead at mid
night as she started to the second
floo- of her residence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-10
KILLED IN STRIKE RIOTS
Foreign Born Workers Attack Strike
breakers And Shots Follow Il.

Hammond, Ind, Sept. 10.-Five
striking employees of the Standard
Steel Car, Company were killed and
. fifteen wounded in a fight between
strikers and the police here yester-
day.
The rioting was the second out
break since the 1000 workmen of
the plant walked out two months
ago demanding increased wages and
improved working conditions. A few
weeks ago State troops were sent to
the plant to restore order.
Yesterday when 200 strikebreakers
were on their way to work they were
attacked by mob of 1000 foreign
born strikers. Special policemen and
guards were rushed to the scene and
ordered the rioters to dispense.
The order was greeted with jeers
and the men refused to obey, Capt.
Ben Strong, in charge of the police,
then ordered the leaders Of the mob
arrested. When the police attempt
cd to execute the command, the
crowd attacked the police and special
guards with sticks and stones, and
according to Capt. Strong several of
the strikers drew rcvolves and fired
a numbc CT shots.
The police then retaliated by fir
ing about seventy-fve shots into the
crowd, killing five and wounding fiji
teen strikers The strike leaders
were taken into custody.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-09-10
Rheumatism

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Inc. Phone them.