Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04
Straps aud faets.

when Saturday morning came, the men |
Aid not show I'D and there has beeh |
no exclamation as to why. The CITY
Is suffering considerably because
the tieup of the shipping and there is
more or less paralysis OF various kliluS
of traffic all over the country lton.
thA same cause. 1t is claimed that
tbsre are hundreds of thousands OF
foSs of raw sugar in the ships in New
Yrfrk harbor which cannot be maze
avA liable to the manufacturers simply
.Excause there is no way to get II un-
tfaded.
"a Trial of Chief of Police Orr and
saA,ty policemen of Charlotte, was
ffdmmenced in Charlotte last Thurs
DIV and after proceeding until Satnr-
Ey afternoon, was adjourned over
hnntfl next Thursday. or the iarse
<sktnber of witnesses so far eXamlneo;
s. ma have testified that e large crowo
MS gathered at the car barn Tor the
purpose of getting the STRIKE
breakers inside and that they were eH-
pecting a crowd from Spencer n: -
to come down and help them. Some
of the witnesses have been showing
bias on one side and some on the
other. some swearing that the croWd
was quiet and orderly until Chlet OF
Police Orr fired the first shot ana
others saying that they could not un-
derstand how the police was able to
hold his patience for so long. There
was testimony that the chief hred the
first shot in the air and the Volley
from the policemen which followed re-
suited in the casualties.
General Pershing, at a hearing
last Friday, told the military COM
mittees of congress that SOO,OOO men
raised by voluntary enlistment, should
be the outside figure for the standing
army. The war department and gen.
eral staff had settled upon 5OO,OOO
men as about the right size OF the
army and it recommended also that
there should be a system OF unlversal
service, with six months training.
General Pershing recommended
training period of six months coupled
with educational opportunities Also
he recommended that rank up to ana
including second lieutenant, be given
army nurses; that students at west
Point be required to serve year in
the army or go to training camp; that
the pay of officers and enlisted men he
increased that reserve officers be
classified and assigned on paper to
definite units: that the scope of army
service schools be broadened; and that
the duties of bureau chiefs be pre-
scribed by law and the president en-
powered to remove them.
The United States sugar equaliza-
ton board has teiegraphed Senator
McNary, Republican, Oregon, in charge
of the senate sugar investigation, that
:. il was preparing to wind up its acti-
vities," in view of inability to obtain
sufficient sugar from Cuba to warrant
further. government control. In spite
of the boards advices, Senator NcNary
said the senate would proceed to enact
legislation designed to aid the public
in the sugar shortage and also pro-
vide for continuation of the board,
even should the present members re-
sign. A meeting of the senate agrl-
culture committee was called for Sat
urday to act on pending legislation.
Senator McNary said the sugar boards
plans evidently were due to the COM
mittee refusal to enact legislation to
provide for licensing Of sugar refiners
and dealers. The committee now plans,
he said, to present a bill continuing
the board and authorizing it TO pur-
chase Cuban sugar. ...-.
- Although Saturday night found
nearly all of the nations vast btu
minous coal fields idle, as result of
the miners strike effective Friday
midnight, thousands Of nonunion
miners were at work, and in scattered
districts where contracts still were in
force, union miners reported as usual.
Figures compiled Saturday night and
based chiefly upon union leaders
claims, although in many cases con-
ceded by the operators, showed that
435,S20 men were on strike. In its
physical aspects, the strike apparently
had largely stopped production of soft
coal, but with large non union fields
in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West
Virginia still operating at somewhere
near normal, and with a number OF
smaller fields also working with union
contract miners, the acutal effect on
production could not he definitely
stated. The first day of the strike
was All Saints day and also Satur-
day. a virtual holiday in many mining
regions, and the full power of the
United Mine Workers of America,
which ordered the strike could not
yet be fully gagged, operators said.
Coal operators said thousands OF non
union miners were producing coal ir
unusual quantities although Conccdino
that in union fields the strike was ef-
fective. Union leaders reported in
most instances that the strike was
virtually 100 per cent. effective
nights figures on the number Of men
out were as follows: Alabama. $4,000:
Arkansas. 1000; Colorado. 5000: Illi-
nois, 10000; Indiana, 2S,000: Iowa, H.
900; Kansas. 10000; Kentucky. 10000:
Maryland and Michigan $4,000; Mon
tana, 1000; Missouri. 5000; New
Mexico, 500; North Dakota, 120; Ohio,
100000; Oklahoma, 10.5OO: Pennsyl-
vania, $1,000: Tennessee, 10000;
Texas, 1000; Utah, 1000; Washington.
5000; West Virginia, $4,000; Wyom-
ing, 5000.
Astounded by the mass of evil
dence tending the show that the gov
ernment had been defrauded Of thOuS-
ands If not several millions of dollars,
in the construction of Camp Sherman,
Congressman Lewis G.. Mckenzie, of
Illinois, chairman of the congressional
subcommittee which is investigating
the camp construction. declared last
Saturday night, that he will introduce
a bill in congress making ii treason to
defraud the government in time OF
war. Chairman Mckenzie said ne was
certain, before entering upon the in
quiry, that the government had been
defrauded in the construction of can
tonments, but that he never expected
it to reach such gigantic proportions
as are indicated by testimony given
before the committee here. Congress
man Mccullough said he is certain the
committee will furnish the DCu1rtrOpnt