Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-22
MORE DISORDERS,
!: ANOTHER WALKOUT
MARK RAIL STRIKE
Troops fastened to Spencer,
N. c., and Railroad Men Stop
Moving Trains.
WORKERS HOTEL BOMBED
BY Associated Pr.ss 20 Every Evening.

BY Associated Pr-sh 20 Every Evening.
Chicago, Aug. Walkouts by
treinmen on tho Southern Railway,
resulting In tie-ups In North Carolina;
bombings. beatings md Investigations
Of alleged wreck plots marked prog
ress Of the rail shopmen's strike while
efforts TO settle II hung suspended
pending the New York meeting to-
morrow of rail heads and leaders OF
the transportation brotherhoods, medi-
ators for the striking shopmen.
Eight companies OF state troops
were on duty about the shops OF the
Southern Railway at Spencer, N. c.,
where LOO men are out, and about
the postofrice at Salisbury, three miles
| from Spencer. The troops at the post
Office were requested by Postmaster
A. II. Boyden. who alleged that open
threats had been made 10 lynch post
Office clerk.
Tensenes prevailed in the stu
alton at Spencer. but was broken by
| arrival OF the troops Trainmen.
| switchmen and clerks held meeting
I at which they decided 20 refer moving
trains until later today when another
meeting was to be held 10 decide
whether the walkout was TO be perrna-
nent All trains arriving at Spencer
nfter midnight over the Southern
Number 1913 which left with Clyde
Kecver, general foreman Of tho South
ern shops at the throttle.
At Atlanta thirty-flve extra United
States deputy marshals were on duty
in the Southern Railways Tnman yards
where yesterday n Negro man was
perhaps fatally injured and nine
others severely beaten.
a party OF men was reported to have
attacked J. p. Feaster. boilernaker
at Birmingham, late last night near
tho Louisville and Nashville shops
Feaster. according to the report, was
bound and severely beaten.
Southern Railway clerks from
washington arrived TO work I'm tn,
Coster shops.
Traffic on the Louisville-6t. Loui,
division of tho Southern will be tiet
up completely at 1901 o'clock Thurs
day morning, unless B. G. Fallis, gen
eral superintendent OF the western di
vision. and Representatives of the "Bi,
Four" brotherhoods. effect an agree
ment on, tho roads use OF arme,
, guards.
Mr.. Falls today was In Princeton
. Ind. where flremen walked out yes
, terday, and WAS expected to confe
, with representatives Of the brother
, hood. Their action cut OFF the fou
through trains from Louisville TO 81
= Louis and trains in and out Of Prince
, ton.
At Huntington. w. Va, a second at
tempt 10 dynamite a Chesapeake an
Ohio Railroad bridge was frustrate,
: when a trackwalker frightened rhre
men from the trestle. They left bo
{ of dynamite and forty feet of fuse.
H. ID. Fought. an employe OF III
{. Missouri Pacific Railroad shops n
i Little Rock. Ark, told the police tha
2 he and a companion were kidnapped
taken to a grove on a river ban
and beaten by a party Of men. Tough
escaped after a struggle, but said h
did not know the fate of his com
panion who was receiving a terrififi
e beating.
= san Bernardino. Cal, remained in
high state of excitement over renewe
outbreaks I'm the Atchison. Topeka an
Santa F'e yards.
. A hotel at Smithfield. Pa, wher
= 25 railroad workers were quartere
was bombed early today. A miner
i bunk house also was dana ged by a
: explosion. State police arrested fiftee
men after an attack on non unio
miners. Ten men were injured in I'll
lighting.