Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-16
.5!..aa1v'Pags .a1' -Four.
Scraps ana faets.,

on between employers ana employees Ut
High Point, for nearly two months.
The trouble began with strike of
employees for more pay, and then de-
veIoped into a. lockout against union
men. The. furniture people employed
non union men; but discharged union
men as soon as their. identity could be
established. An the employers TOOK
the position that they would never
again employ. union men. In all AZ
plants were closed down and 1000 in
dustrial workers were idle. Upon the
arrival of the governor, the employers
said that they would talk to him as
governor of North Carolina, but not as
a mediator, and under no circum-
stances would they recognize the
union. The governor has all along
stood for the right of labor to or
ganize for its protection. The repre-
I. sentativcs Of the labor unions confer
red with the governor freely. After "a
hours Of going between the governor
induced both sides to sign an agree
mentl based upon the open shop prin-
ciple under which union and nom
union men may work without dis
elimination. Both sides agree to the
principle Of compulsory arbitration
ana !conciliation in the case Of further
disputes. The >furniture factories are
to- resume operations tomorrow.
- = Ssventy-two officials of the rail-
road administration described as "men
al, the STAN of the director general
are receiving annual salaries aggre-
eating s1,3sS,o0O, according to an ex-
tension Of remarks in the congressional
record by Representative Thompson,
Republican, Ohio, who charged that
r other government agencies, "seem to
have an utter disregard for economical
expenditure of public funds" Railroad
administration officials receiving the
big salaries were given by Mr.. Thomp-
con as follows: Five at $4,000 each;
two at $4,000; three at $4,000: two
!. at $S0,0e0:, eight at $4,000; eleven at
$4,000, one at $1S,500; one at $1S.-
600; one at s17,500; six at $4,000; one
5000; one at $4,000; zone at $12,
600; four at $4,000; one at $1O,SOO;
one at $1O.S0O; and twenty-three at
$4,000. Railroad administration Of
ficials were described by Representa-
tine Thompson as princes who sit in
upholstered office. furniture and swivel
sGhairs amidst luxurious surroundings,
living as tax eaters" Meanwhile post
once employees, he disclosed, have not
,heen paid a living wage though "the
eptiSe government reeks with extra
Sagance." MI. Thompson enumerated
salaries from $4,000 to $1,000 year
paid by the housing bureau, organized
atgith, fhe understanding that 1t would
be discontinued, automatically at the
END OF the war. Salary increases, how
ever, have been made to several en-
$'ployes, he said, since the signing o.
rfhesarmistice. One eHadvance from &c.
:80B ito $4,000 resulted in "such q dust
"being kicked up about it that l think
the criploye has been let out"
- Miss Maude Moore, stenographer
OF Knoxville, Tenn, and pretty Of form
and features; has been remanded for
trial on the charge of murder follow
i, ing her confession to the killing Of
Leroy Harth, prominent young real
estate dealer of Knoxville, the killing
having occurred last week. Miss Moore
had no trouble in giving bond in the
sum Of $4,000 following her prelimi-
nary hearing in Knoxville. last Fri
day and it was quite evident that the
sympathy of the 800 men and women
tion was with her, since deputies were
unable to control the demonstrations
of THE, crowd in the court room.
Martin Hunter, young man.. the
friend Of Miss Moore, has been bound
over to the court of general sessions
under $1,000 bond to answer the
charge. of accessory after the murder,
1t being alleged that Miss Moore came
Harth and that Hunter helped her to
escape. The young woman claims that
she killed Harth after he had attacked
her in the country when she went au-
tomobile riding with him. There was
a scuff1e over a pistol. the property
OF Harth, and Miss Moore after pick
ing up the weapon from the ground
shot the man. defending her action on
the ground that it was "his life or her
honor" Trial of the case promises to
be! hard fought. Harth I'D only re-
Gently been discharged from the mill
tary, services, He served for several
months in the army at Camp Jackson
in Columbia. The case will likely lie
tried in November.
The Boston police strike has de-
Veloped an awkward and ugly stu
ation; notwithstanding a general
quieting down throughout the city
after the killing of about five people. II
appears that, the policemen, who have
a, union of their own, are affiliated
with the American Federation of
Labor The strike was inaugurated
on the initiative of the local union,
without consultation with the Ameri-
Eadorof;op Of