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The New York herald., 1922-09-03
GUESTS BODY FOUND
LYING BESIDE FLASK
Hotel Patron Blanses Georgia
Girl for Suicide.

Harry c. Hammitt. 40 years old, of
Rome, Ga, a claim agent for the South
ern Railroad Company. was found dead
in his room in the Hotel Pennsylvania
yesterday. Rt
A chambermaid observed that the
previous days, newspaper had been
left untouched before the door. She
entered and found the body, dressed I'm
pajamas. lying on bedclothes which had
been spread on the floor Of an adjoin-
ing bathroom. A bottle containing
strychnine tablets and a partly emptied
flask were found on the washst and.
Hammitt. 1t was said, had been a
frequent guest during, the last two
years.
The suicide left an open letter giving
in lengthy detail the reason for his
act. the blame for which he attributed
to "a prominent society girl OF Rome"
special request was made that the
facts should be published in the Atlanta
newspapers.
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
DAUGHERTY is GATHERING
RAIL STRIKE EVIDENCE

hold up the entire transportation sys-
tenn of the country.
I'VE yielded 10 that in passing the
Adamson law, and what has been the
result? These railroad men have been
possessed since that time, many Of
them. with the idea that they controlled
the country and that the Government
OF the United States was absolutely
impotent.
Now we are confronted with an
emergency. The shopment have Quit.
They have struck. bid defiance TO an
order of the railway labor board, and
what Is their attitude? No one denies
the right of these unions to organize. to
enter into collective bargaining, or 10
quit their work, but the trouble Is with
these unions that when they strike. as
they call it, when they quit work they
stand with club In their hands to
and doing the work which they left.
That is the trouble. IA the Senator
from Tennessee says, the prime police
power belongs to the States in the first
instance, but have the States exercised
It? Look at Illinois in the case OF Her
rim. If the Governor of that State ana
the executive department had done their
duty that massacre would not have
occurred.
Il nedrQ BoOu ucdi SdAo - shAr
chamber about free speech. Any amount
of eloquence has been poured out in this
chamber about the liberty of speech, but
/ have heard very little eloquence about
the liberty of labor. liberty to work for
a living. That Is the great question
which confronts the American people
to-day: Shall an American citizen have
right TO work? Shall he have free
dom of labor? II we had as much elo-
quence on that subject as we have had
on the freedom OF speech we might ac-
complish something.
THE great menace that confronts the
country is not so much interference with
the freedom of speech as 1t Is with abil-
ity to work and earn an<honest living
without having men stand over you and
threaten you"
Senator Nelson cited cases OF violence
and said:
mo one can deny that nobody else
but strikers would resort TO that. The
aim Of the strikers Is not only to quit.
but to prevent other people from work
ing, and the aim OF our Government,
State and Federal, ought to be to pro-
tect all men who desire to work and
are willing and Mt to work. and IL our
Government fails I'm that. our Govern
ment is wanting in its duty to the public
of America"
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
SAYS PUBLIC CAN'T
DESTROY THE UNIONS
Easley Declares U. s. Won't
Let People in Wrath Wipe
Out Labor Movement.

America will never permit the pub
lie In its wrath to destroy the trade
uLion movement. and 1t will not per-
nit the trade union movement so to
dominate the Industrial life OF the ma
tion as to imperil our national welfare
Ralph M. Easley. chairman of the ex-
ecptive council of the National Civic
Federation. in a discourse indicated
otherwise problems of capital and
labor floundered somewhere between
these two extremes In a surfeit of fus-
tiau and sentiment.
Strikes cannot be prevented this side
the millennium. only reduced. Mr.. Eas-
ley declared, for in many instances
disputes are OF such a nature that
they can only be fought out.
Mr.. Easley said that in his opinion
there had been nothing to suggest "be-
ginnings OF industrial revolution"
Compulsory arbitration. Mr.. Easley
said, has been tried out In all its
phases in other countries and found
absolutely wanting" 1t could not be
enforced even with penalties, for ir
Australia, it's home, 1900 abbatoii
workers flouted an award with i'm
punity because there were not faciiitie.
vast enough to jail them, and in Can.
ada 5000 mutinous mine workers went
equally scot free. What could this
country do in similar case with 400.0ot
shopmen and $4,000 miners? Mr.. Easiey
asked. Moscow machine guns alone
had provided any solution. he declared
He preferred the dual arbitration oi
employer and employee to the three
cornered conference with public repre-,
sentativcs sitting in.
If they cspnot agree" he said, "they
select an umpire OF go fight 1t out
and in seyenty-five cases out OF a hun.
dred a decision is reached"
Taking over of mines and railroads
resulted only in making a private prob
lem. according to Mr.. Easley, who held
the same surrender to the workers
would be dictated by public demand
TO have the supply of necessities re-
stored.
Fact finding commissions were weak.
ened by the difficulty in assembling an
impartial personnel. he said.
Mr.. Easley concluded with a fling a,
large church organizations which
advocated arbitration OF all disputes bu,
could not arbitrate sectarlan disagree.
mentg
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
HEAD OF RAILWAY MEN
HAS NERVOUS COLLAPSE
Cradle Critically Ill and Full
Rest Ordered.

CHICAGO. Sept. ASSOCIATED Press).
--E. F. Cradle. president OF the Inter
national Brotherhood OF Maintenance of
Way Men, is critically I'll in a hotel here,
his wife told a representative OF tho
Associated Press to-day. He IN suffer-
Ing from a nervous collapse.
Mrs. Cradle was called from her homo
In Detroit Wednesday night. and arriv-
ing Thursday found her husband in a
critical condition. He has been in a
semi-stupor practically ever since. she
said, and suffering with high fever.
Chairman Hooper OF the Railroad La
Dor Board called on Mr.. Cradle to-day,
but no visitors were permitted to see
him.
Two nurses are In constant attendance.
and his physicians forbid any attempt
BY any one TO talk about the hearing
OF the maintenance or way union before
the labor board which has just closed
Absolute rest In bed for at least two
weeks was ordered.
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
MAN KILLED IN FIGHT
OVER BOOTLEG PROFITS
Staten Island Man Said to
Haze Confessed Shooting.

Yeima Radio. aged 90. who lived in
Washington avenue, Mariners Harbor.
Staten Island, was shot through the
head and killed last night in the woods
at Purdy avenue and Martin lane, New
Dorp. The police arrested Charles Matt
Of Purdy avenue. charged with homi-
eide They said he confessed he killed
Radio In q quarrel over bootleggging
profits.
The murder probably would not have
become known until to-day II a man
who the police said was Matt had not
called tho st. George police station at
10 80 o'clock and said that mans
body was in the woods near Purdy ave.
nue.. Policeman John Drury found the
body and another policeman went to
MATHS home and arrested him.
Matt Is said to have told the police
that he and Radio had been in the
bootleggfng business together for some
time. He said they sold consignment
OF liquor Friday and met yesterday In
New Dorp TO divide the profits. In the
quarrel that followed. he said. he shot
Radio.
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

sentiment blow or. 1t would be unwise
to sit on the safety valve now"
Figures compiled by the car service
division of the American Railway Asso-
citation were issued yesterday by the AS
ISOLATION Of Railway Executives. The
report follows in part:
Reports just received from the rail-
roads Of the United States show that
335,575, or 14.8 per cent. or the freight
cars on lines were In need OF repairs on
August 10.
''This was a reduction of 1886 COM
pared with the number OF bad order cars
on the same date last year. and was a
reduction Of 5,247 compared with the
number in need OF repair on June /,
1922.
This was an increase of 10,992 cars
over the total number OF freight cars
in bad order on July 1 when the shop
mems strike began, at which time there
were s24.5s3 cars. or 14.3 per cent.
Compared with August / this was a
decrease of 9,43S cars, On that date
345,0l3 cars were In bad order, or i5S
per cent. OF the cars on line.
These tabuiations are based on re.
ports received directly by the car SER
vice division from roads representing
9S.6 per cent. Of the total mileage OF
the Glass railroads and owning 99.a
per cent of the cars on line.
s.The carriers, In four eastern AL
leEheny. Southern and Central Western)
out OF the seven districts. under which
they are grouped by the Interstate Com
ulerce Commission. reported reductions
In the number of cars in need OF re-
pairs on August Is, compared with
August l. while there were slight in
cresses reported In the other three dis
tricts.
Despite the shopmen's strike, there
was a decrease of 2.394 bad order cars in
the Eastern district on August Is. com.
pared with July !. The total for that
district on August Is was 106.1si. or f7.s
per cent. OF the cars on line In that
district. while on July / 1t was 10e, ,57;
cars. or 1873 per cent.
The Southern and Central Western
districts had only slight increases or
August Is. compared with July l. Small
increases were reported In the other
districts"
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

ABSENCE Or TROOPS
NEW HERRININQUIRY
Massacre Grand Jury May Fix
Blame for Withholding
Of Militia.
COL. HUNTER UNDER FIRE
Attitude of Governors Envoy
Before Slaughter Investigated
Recess to Tuesday.
COL. HUNTER UNDER FIRE

Special Dispatch to THE NEw York HmALp
MARION, ILL.,, Sept. 2.---rhe special
Grand Jury investigating the Herrin
massacre to-day recessed until Tuesday.
In its weeks sitting 1t brought In one
indictment. the accused man, Otis Clark,
charged with numbering Mine Superin-
tendent c. *. Mcdowell, being in tho
condemned" cell of the county Jail here.
That the fury will undertake to fix
responsibility for the failure to call
troops the first day OF the riots. before
the massacre took place, became evident
with the calling of witnesses as to the
attitude Of Col. Samuel Hunter, sent
here by Gov. Len Small to decide
whether troops were needed.
Col Hunter has said Sheriff Melvin
Thaxton was responsible for the failure
to ask for troops, but the Jury has found
that the Sheriff was outside the county
seeking the men who fired on a South
ern Illinois coal mine automobile from
ambush on the morning Of the riot and
did not return until after the firing had
been In progress four hours.
Assistant United States Attorney Con
eral c. w. Middlekauf. assisting in the H.
Quiry, already has the names OF 400 men
believed to have been implicated in the
riot. All these names have been before
the Grapd Jury, indicating the rapidity
with which evidence is developing.
Mr.. Middlekauf is receiving many
anonymous letters daily. One to-day pur-
ported to give the attitude Of labor in
this controversy, saying. IF man was
fund stealing your property you could
shoot him, and these Lester miners We're
stealing other mems jobs and labor and
therefore the killing was Justified"
The letter closed with the assertion
that Mr.. Middlekauf was no better than
the strike breakers. as he was defending
an admitted thief.
The attitude Of the entire county has
changed in one week. The jury has
been interviewing from thirty to forty
witnesses day. and the special deputies
who are summoning these witnesses say
that In every case they have met with
no opposition 10 appearing before the
Grand Jury
Only three have refused TO testify, and
ne Of those reconsidered.
The mine workers do not expect 10
push their petition foribaiI for Otis Clark
and other members of the union who
may be indicted until the Grand Jury
has ended its investigation. They con-
tend that the case involves no pre-
meditated murders. but murders under
excitement during riot. and that the
accused shoulc therefore. In the face of
extenuating circumstances, be granted
bail.
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
CONEY-SEA GATE BUS
LINE FORMALLY OPENS
Year Round Residents Ceie.
br0ke EUent.. ,f

Formal opening of the new bus line
operated by tho Manhattan Transit
Company between the p. R. r. West
End terminal. at Stiliwell avenue and
Surf avenue. Coney Island. and Sea
Gate. took place yesterday afternoon. A
celebration by year round residents ac-
companied the opening. Crowds gath
cred as the fifteen buses that are to fur
nish the service on a three minute
headway paraded slowly over the route
In Mermaid avenue. The first bus car
ried officials OF the company and of the
city. as well as band. ta.
A aous line was formerly run over this
route by the city. 1t was restrained BY
an injunction from Supreme Court Jus
tice Cropsey. E
Kenneth F. Sutherland Assistant
President OF the Board OF Aldermen.
told the crowd the line was a necessity
as the shuttle system of the b. r. r. =
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
Continued from First Page.

the injunction il they intend to obey th'
law"
Senator Watson (Dem., Ga.) made
this comment: About all I can see /.
that the injunction leaves the men thu
right to eat IL they can find somethins
to eat and the right 10 breathe IL they
can find enough air to fill their lungs
The injunction Is revolutionary. 1t is q
human liberty embodied in the Magma
Charta and the Constitution"
The comment OF Senator Reed OF
Pennsylvania was: IF Samuel Gompers
wants TO set the cause or union labor
back quarter OF 4 century a general
strike is the way to do H. A. general
strike would mean q declaration Of war
on the part OF Mr.. Gompers and organ
lied labor on the rest OF the country.
As to the outcome OF that war we need
only to consider that union labor con-
trolls only 100000 workers out OF a
popula tion Of iio,Ooo. 900 Americans.
Senator Nelson CMinn.) broke into the
Senate debate on the Cummyns bill with
the declaration that organized railroad
men were possessed with the idea that
tnoy con uolled Ihe country ana the
Government was iunpotent. :
Senator cummins ua.). author OF the
bill, was on the floor at the time, ex-
planning the features Of the measure and
just how 1t would increase the powers
OF the Interstate Commerce Commission
to meet the situation. He explained the
differences between the bill and the
transportation act provisions. and said
that under the pending measure coal
could be withheld from prcfiteers.
Everybody comedies that a great
emergency exists in the matter of sup
plying the people Of this country with
fuel" said Senator Nelson. "A most
serious situation confronts us. and when
we have such an emergency as this
think it is the duty OF ali Of us to find
soms legislative or executive method of
relief.
1.-The Senator from Tennessee referred
to the police powers of the States. That
is the trouble. The police power of the
State has not been exercised in most
of the States in this emergency. What
Is the situation? Under the Adamson
law under the administration Of Presi-
dent Wilson railroad labor was utterly
demoralized in this country. At the
time the Adamson law was passed the
attitude of the railroad unions was to
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
ONE KILLED, ANOTHER
HURT AS WALL CAVES
Third Buried in Elks' Club
Crash Escapes Injury.

One of the side walls OF twenty-four
foot trench at the foundation OF the
addition to the Elks Club house ut Eliz-
abeth, N. j.. cawed In early yesterday
and buried three workmen who were
digging at the bottom One man was
killed, another seriously injured and tho
third. who was buried under only few
feet of dirt, was dug out unhurt.
Tho dead man Il Gene Cata1ano OF $50
White street. Orange. Rescue squads
working In relays dug for five hours
before they reached his body. Frank
Nemit, 80, OF Az Magnolia avenue. Eliza
beth, was taken TO Alextan Brothers
Hospital suffering from internal in
juries. Tho third. Michael Bocorto. 20.
OF s2s South Fifth street. Elizabeth. saw
the wall just as It began TO fall and
was able to run out from under the
heaviest part.
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
EIGHT HURT AS PENNSY
CAR JUMPS THE TRACK
Broken Flonge Cause Of Acct
dent at Lenol0.

Special Dispatch TO THE Nrw ycnK HrnALn.
MAPLE SHADE, N. T., Sept. 2.--Eight
persons were injured, one man seriously.
when the trucks dropped from the rear
Of the Last car on the pennsylvanie-
Railroad philadelphia along Branch ex-
press at Lenola. two miles east OF here.
at 4:30 this afternoon.
The accident was caused by broken
wheel flange. The coach srolled over
and over for nearly one hundred yards
and finally broke loose from the train
and came to a stop with one end resting
on top Of a seven foot boiler of hoist
ing engine ln the rear of the station.
A Mr. Ludwig. who is thought 10
have sustained broken back. was
taken 10 the hospital, while thc less
seriously injured we're treated BY Dr.
w. @. stroud at Moorestovn.
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
SOFT COAL OUTPUT
UP 100000 TONS
Reopening Of Mines Increases
Production Nearly Half
in Week.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-Bltuminous
coal production for the week increased
by 100000 tons over last week. accord
ing to an estimats to-day by the Geo
logical Survey.
Late returns were said to indicate an
output Of 100000 tons Of bituminous
last week and to forecast n total of
s.2oo.o00 tons to 100000 tons this
week.
''Soft coal production" said state
ment by the survey. "shot upward al
most as suddenly as five months ago 1t
had plunged downward.
The increase In bituminous produce
tion. officials said, had come almost ex-
clusively from mines opening under the
Cleveland agreement, as the non-union
districts Of the middle and southern
Appaiachians still are limited by railroad
disability and. despite a slight increase
in car supply are producing only 65
per cent. Of the rate attained before the
shopmen's strike.
"A week ago Il was the supply of
mine labor, to-day 1t is transportation"
said the surveys statement. Tho first
response Of the railroads to the demand
for more service has been favorable,
partly because they had a surplus Of
112,000 empty coal cars when the union
mines resumed work.
Whether the roads can maintain the
present rate of coal movement when the
surplus of cars Is exhausted remains 70
be seen."
An increase in soft coal loaded into
vessels at Lake Erie ports during the
week ended August 27 was attributed
by the survey to the orders OF Federal
Fuel Distributor Spencer. The total
dumped at Lake Erie ports for the week
was 25s.5s8 tons, of which 229,770 tons
were cargo and coal and 26,S2S were
vessel fuel. as compared with total OF
i76,640 dumped in the week preceding.
The present rate OF lake dumpings,
the survey stated, is 80 per cent. OF
that In the corresponding week year
ago. The total quantity of cargo coal
forwarded during the present lake sea-
son now stands at 4,904,s94 tons. but
of this Ss3,659 tons has gone to desu-
nations not ordinarily taking lake coal.
so that the quantity sent to the regular
lake markets Is only 4,021,335 tons, as
against 16.160.1i0 in 1921 and 10.927.-
994 tons in 1920.
Coal loadings throughout the country
on Thursday amounted to 29,037 cars,
according to figures made public to-day
by the Association OF Railway Execu-
tives. Tho total was SIC cars above
the loadings for Wednesday. and was
only 1,027 cars less than the high rec
ord for ti,e strike period established on
August 2s.
A shortage Of 3o.ooo,ooo tons has been
caused in the country's normal supply
of anthracite by the tleup In that In
dustry. according to estimates by the
coal bureau OF the Chamber OF Com
merce OF the United States. Except for
a few thousand tons which have been
recovered each month by dredging. the
bureau asserted. there has been i'prac-
tically no production since April j."
whereas a normal supply would repre-
sent q production Of at least 100000
tons O month.
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
GOMPERS PLEDGES
HELP TO JEWELL
Will Extend sympathy and
Support to Fullest Extent
Of Our Power
ACTS AFTER CONFERENCE
Telegram to Shopmen's Leader
Was Only Comment Fedora
tion Head Would Make.

WAsHrNGroH, Sept. . CAssociated
Press) s).-A renewed pledge OF sym.
pathy and support to the fullest extent
within our power was given to the
striking railway shopmen tonight by
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor.
Without making direct mention of the
Chicago Injunction proceeding or dis
cussing In detail its possible conse-
quences. the labor leader telesraphsd
to B. NJ. Jewell. head Of the fedsration's
railway employees department, as fol-
lows:
AT the meeting OF the labor legisla-
tive representatives July 21 a resolution
was adopted conveying TO you. and
through You to the striking railway
shopmen, the pledge of our sympathy
and support to the fullest extent within
our power.
AT the meeting, OF the same confer
ence this evening It was decided to rat
tfy and emphasize the declaration made
July IL and pledge anew our sympathy
and support and the best wishes for the
success of the striking railway shop
men In the attainment OF their Just
cause"
The telegram. sent after a conference
OF the legislative representatives at fed
Grafton headquarters, constituted vir-
tually tho only comment on the strike
situation to come from labor union on
cials here during the day. 1t was signed
by Mr.. Gompers in his capacity as chair
man OF to-day's conference, at which 1t
was indicated the restraining order is
sued at Chicago was studied minutely.
1t was said at labor federation head
quarters that Mr.. Gompers's telegram
to Mr.. Jewell was all the federation
president cared to add to his statement
of yesterday, In which he pronounced
the Chicago restraining order IAN out
rageous" invasion OF the rights of orr
ganized labor and declared the unions
would stand upon the guarantees OF in
dustriai freedom given to them under
the Constitution.
In view OF talk of possible general
strike, 1t again was pointed out to-day
that the American federation had no
authority to call for such action, al
though it was said number OF resolu-
tions and petitions from local unions and
others advocating q nationwide walk
out would be laid before the meeting
OF the federation's executive council TO
be held here next Saturday.
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
ILLINOIS CENTRAL HEAD
SAYS STRIKE IS ENDING
Markham Declares IL Is Ovey
on His Road.

EAST ST. LOUIS. sept. tAssociated
Press).-The railroad shopmen's strike
is in It's last stages on most railroads,
declared c. II. Markham. president Of
the Illinois Central Railroad, who, with
other officials Of the road. was inspecting
the railroads property here to-day.
Mr.. Markham, accompanied by c. M.
Kittle. senior vice-presio~nt ana O. Il.
Patterson, general superintendent, and
J. II. Nash. superintendent Of motive
power, arrived here last night from
Padncah. Ky. where they completed
an inspection OF the southern division OF
the road.
so far as the Illinois Central In con-
ccrned," said Mr. Markham, "the strike
Is over. Our mechanical forces on the
whole are practically normal. AZ some
OF our shops we have more employees
than we had before the strike. Al Pa
ducah we have at present 1.os1 shop
employees. before the strike we had s02.
The condition at Paducah is character
istic OF most shops Of our system"
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
$4,000 FOR RAIL DYNAMITERs.
Big -Four Also Offers $4,000 for
Arrest OF shopman's Assaflsnts.

CINCINNATI, Sept. "A reward OF
$1,000 for tho arrest and conviction OF
the person or persons who dynamited
che tracks OF the Big -Four Railroad a.
Ciermont Ind, Wednesday night, was
offered to-day by the company.
Another reward OF $4,000 for the
arrest and conviction OF those who
attacked Raymond r. Donnelly. round
house foreman at the company's shops
at Sharonviile, was also posted. Dom
nelly was severely beaten while return
ing home from work several nights axo
and his condition Ia reported to be
serious BY attending physicianM