Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-09-04

withdrawn from Mexico. The
withdrawal is purely military it
is said. Four bandits are repor-
ted to have been killed by the
Americans, and nine others cap
tured by Mexican troops. Jesus
Rentina, the bandit leader, is
said 20 have been shetland killed
by Lieutenant Cooper, one of the
aviators captured by the bandits.
The refusal of the government
of the District of Columbia to al
low its policemen to form a un-
ion affiliated with any general la
Dor organization, calls attention
to little noted action of the Am
erican Federation of Labor that
may have the most far.reaching
results. At it's June meeting
the federation decided to grant
charters to unions of policemen.
The policemen of twenty-onc cit
ies, it is reported, have already
organized and affiliated themsel.
YES with the Federation.
The labor troubles in this state
have grown worse. In Charlotte
where the street cars had been
tied up for two weeks, the recon-
mendation of the mayor and com
mittee of local business organiza
tions for settlementOf thetrouble
by recognition of the Amalgama.
ted Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employs, the
practice of the open shop prin.
ciple, the submission of the wage
question to arbitration, and i'm
mediate resumption of service,
was accepted by the workers but
declined by the Southern Public
Utilities Company, which owns
the street car lines. An attemr'
! to resume operation By the ust
j of strike breakers precipitated ;
riot in which five men were killet
and eleven others wounded. Tht
bloodshed seems due to the IN
competence Of the police force
Some one in the crowd fired
pistol, SO the report runs; th'
policemen, answered with q vol
ley. The union men charge tha
the strike breakers are profess
> ionals thugs and gunmen i'm
, ported from outside the State
The city government called OF
the state for help, and severa
, companies of state troops wer
) sent. They have been patrollin,
the streets while armed strike
+ breakers have run few practi
e cally empty cars short distances
@ AS this is written, the city seem
$ fairly quiet, and the troops ar
being withdrawn. No settIemcn
, of the dispute is in sight.
{ AT WinstOn-Salem the stree
l. cars, owned by the same con
q pany, are still in the barns. n
t attempt has been made to intro
4 ducc strike: breakers.
|. At High Point the furnitur
o factories are still idle. The MAJ
l. ufacturers declare they will ne
@ er recognize the unions. Larp
l. numbers of idle workers ~
picketing the factories to prevel
others from going work. Thel
Ie has been no violence.
n The President has declined
of recommend the general increa.
V in wages demanded by the ra
:. road shOpmen. Such an incrca'
~ he told them, would tend to d
'e feat the effort of the governme,
Gu TO decrease the cost of living. TT
e. executive council of the railro;
lp shop crafts have agreed to ava
$. the result of the government
~ campaign against the high co
Of living for ninety days, befo
= calling "a strike. They are II
yt certain, however, whether tn,
can control the various local I,
ions. # the cost of living do
not come down, it is not improl
IL BILE that the entire 3,W0,0OU ra
road employees of the count
on may strike for higher wages.
The Senate leaders seem mo
l;e than ever determined to ame
90 the peace treaty in several of
provisions. The President
Sta rtinu on an axfandnd 1nnr