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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
ENGINE EMEN MAY
WALK OUT WITHIN
FEW HOURS-HART.
Head of Big Four Strikers
Says He Looks for Drastic
Action.
UNSAFE EQUIPMENT CAUSE
Railroad Officials Deny Posi-
bility of Strike by Their
Train Crews.

Reports that local railroad brother
hood men are thinking of walking
out in protest against condition of
equipment and actions of railroad
guards reached the point today where
L. V. Hart, general chairman Of ma
chinists on the Big Four system,
said.
I'VE have been led to believe that
Big Four brotherhood men will take
some kind OF drastic action in the
next few hours"
The office ofSthe superintendent Of
motive power of the Big Four dis
counted the report on the ground men
operating trains do not have TO accept
equipment unless they believe it is
safe and are required by company
rules to report needed repairs. An
official said so far as he knew en-
gineers and flremen We're being eatis-
fed before engines were assigned to
them.
Some tr4inmen have complained
about guards stopping them when
they go on company property, but the
official said he thought they were be-
ing satisfactorily answered with the
explanation the machinery they work
with was being guarded from dam
age which might endanger lives of
men who operate them.
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Sear11en Uphold Proud Tradition of DeU0ti0n
to Duty i'm Face of Explosion on Ocean Liner

there had been an exploion, the ex-
tent of which he did not yet know,
but asking assistance as a precaution.
The Reliance Of the United American
Lines, outbound for Cherbourg. 1 900
miles at sea- answered she was sixty
miles off and was making eighteen
knots toward the Adriatic. Tho French
liner Lafayette also altered her course
in a race for the wounded vessel.
For an hour all wireless traffic was
withheld from the air to permit the
Adriatic to communicate with the res
cue vessels. After investigating. Cap
tain David thanked the Reliance, the
Lafayette and sixteen other vessels
which were making for her and dis
missed them, saying his vessel was
but slightly damaged and could pro
ceed alone. The Lafayette then was
but few hours away.
So impressed were the passengers.
many of them wealthy, with the un-
swerving fidelity of the crew in every
rank, that there was an immediate
move to raise a fund for the relief
of the families of the dead men. The
fund reached $1,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
HEARD
ON CITATIONS IN
FEDERAL COURT
Striking Shopmen on Trial for
Contempt Before Judge
Francis Baker.
FOREMAN GIVES TESTIMONY
Declares Men Threatened Life
of Himself and Family Unless
He Quit Work.

Hearing of the cases against more
than 800 striking shopmen charging
them with violation of injunctions for
bidding Interference il with the opera
ton of railroads, began today before
Judge Francis T. Baker of the United
States Circuit Court Of Appeals. The
men were named in motions filed by
railroads affected by the strike ask
should not be cited for contempt.
When court adjourned at noon the
cases brought by the Pennsylvania
Railroad against John NJ. Dayhoof
and James Pettijohn, both Of Terre
Haute, were under way. Lee Hlxon,
roundhouse at Terre Haute testified
he had been forced into an automobile
July 20 by Pettijohn, Dayhoff and
four other men.
They threatened to beat me to
death. hang me and kill my seven
children one by one" he testified.
Finally l asked them If l went to a
telephone and resigned my Job If that
would satisfy them. and they said yes.
l was willing to do that to get back
to civilization
Pettijohn took the stand in his own
defense and entered a sweeping denial
of the charges.
Hearing of the cases may continue
for several days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
TO CONFER WEDNESDAY
Anthracite Peace Session Called by
Warriner In Philadelphia
By United Press

By UHited Press
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 14.-E. D.
Warriner, representing anthracite OPP
orators. today invited the striking
miners to enter a peace conference
on Wednesday at Philadelphia. War
riner's telegram was sent to John L.
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers. at Cleveland.
Replying to Warmer, Lewis said:
THE broad premise upon which you
have based your invitation is COM
mendable and speaks well for the sue
cess of the conference. I can assure
you the representatives Of the United
Mine Workers will approach the con-
ference i'll the same broad spirit with
the keen determination to effectuate
an adjustment mutually satisfactory
to the public, the operators and the
miners"
In the invitation, Warmer said
that the. operators wished to express
in advance "our confident expectation
that we can devise in conference
method Of wage adjustment such that
upon our agreeing to it, we shall be
able then to take the men back at
the old wage scale until such an ad-
justment actually takes place"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
BIZ United Necs

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE big
White Star liner Adriatic. damaged by
a terrific explosion in her starboard
bunkers in the dead of night, brought
another story of iron discipline and
absolute devotion to duty which are
the proudest traditions Of the sea-
faring man, when she was warped
into her pier in New York Sunday
night. Four members of the Adriatic's s
crew killed or mortally hurt and a
fifth is believed to have been blown
over the side with a hatch cover on
which he was snatching forty winks.
Three other men We're ipjured or Sc
riously gassed.
l. But the ships company, from Capt.
II. V. David down to the most humble
coal trimmer, seemed proud of the
fact that not a single passenger was
injured-that many of the passengers
on the port side of the vessel did not
even know there had been an ex.
plosion until it was deemed wise to
arouse them, lest it be necessary to
put them over the side in boats.
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This it was not necessary to do,
however. The boats crews took their
stations with military alacrity at the
command from their division officers
and the coverings were removed from
the boats, but they were not swung
outboard or even manned. The pas
sengers were quietl yand quickly re-
assured and panic was averted by the
courage and the presence OF mind OF
men long trained to act In emergen-
cies just such as this one.
The outstanding hero of the Adriatio
explosion, by consent of passengers
and ships company, was James z.
Corrigan, of Liverpool, senior second
assistant engineer. Corrigan hurled
himself through an open bulkhead
door from the engine room where he
was stationed, into the bunker where
the explosion had taken place. Crop
ing about in the thick smoke and gas
emanating from burning Welsh coal,
he found the limp form of John Don
nelly, coal passer. and brought him
out. Corrigan collapsed and had to be
revived.
HE wis one of my man; couldn I
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leave him there, could II" said Corrf-
gan.
Donnelly was taken to a hospital in
New York.
The fire is attributed to spontaneous
combustion in the soft, gaseous Welsh
coal with which the Adriatic was COM
PEELED to fill the bunkers in Liverpool
because of the shortage in New York,
due to the strike Trimmers told Cap
tain Davis afterward they discovered
a core Of burning coal in the midst of
the bunker. Almost at that instant
the explosion occurred.
One man, literally cooked in parts
OF his body, somehow made his way
to the upper deck and limped, scream
ing to the sick bay, appearing to the
surgeon, DR.. George Fleming, to do
something for him. He was beyond
any sort of assistance and died soon
afterward. The surgeon could not ac-
count for the superhuman strength
which enabled the man to reach the
| sick bay.
Captain David's first thought was
for the wireless. Assured it was all
] right. he gent out an alarm saying
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
CONFE FERENCE OFF
IN DISAGREEMENT
REPARATIONS
England and France Fail in At
tempt to Agree on Ger
man Debts.
By United Press

By United Press
LONDON. Aug. 1.-THE allied
financial conference called to settle
the German reparations problem.
ended in a disagreement this morning.
The conference was called off when
England and France became hopeless
iy deadlocked.
Cause of the Breakup
The breakup OF the conference was
caused by the opposition OF Lloyd
George to the productive guarantees"
demanded by Premier Poincare,
France.
Poincare demanded the allies take
over control of forests and mines of
Germany until the former enemy ma
ton made good her war obligations.
Lloyd George insisted such policy
would mean ruination to Germany.
The British cabinet met this aft
ernoon to consider the position.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
SOLDIERS LOAD
COAL WHILE GEN.
TYNDALL BOSSES
Eleven Cars Filled at Mine
No. 9-Guardsmen Run
Trains.
By Times Special

oH frHcb CpcCtNt
STAUNTON. Ind, Aug. f4.-Major
General Tyndall, commanding State
troops sent to strip coal mines near
here when Governor McCray estab-
lished martial law in an effort to pro-
duce coal for State institutions, is
acting as sort of a boss" at mine
No. 9--as he puts it-supervising the
operations of imported workmen.
Capt. Sanford Starks of Company
c, whose home is at Greensburg, is
working as a locomotive engineer on
one of the dinky engines, and Top
Sergeant Turner of the same com
pany is fireman. pending arrival of
experienced civilians to take these
jobs.
General Tyndall. commenting on a
report that some visitors had seen
soldiers helping load coal, declared
that this work on the part of the
troops was purely voluntary" if it
has been done.
About eleven cars have been loaded
at No. 9 mine with coal dug before
the strike. Loading continued over
Sunday, first actual digging of coal
by imported workmen was scheduled
for today.
Within two days it is expected that
No. mine will be ready for opera
tions. Then, Tydanll and the mine
management believe, the daily output
will be near 5000 tons.
Almost 100 men were reported avail
able for work in the mines Others
were expected
About 500 empty cars have been
brought into the martial law area.
The coal is taken to Seelyville. and
then transported by direction of the
public service compassion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
CREWS BLAMED
FOR INHUMANITY
TO PASSENGERS
Abandoned Trains Expose Help
less to Intense Heat of
Desert.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO. Aug. 14.-walkout Of
the big four" brotherhoods at
Needles. Cal. and other points on the
Santa Fe Railroad was branded as a
deliberate conspiracy" by Vice Presi-
dent A. @. Wells OF the Santa Fe to-
day.
THE action Of the trainmen was
inhuman and a violation Of their sol
emn agreements with the railroad,
Wells declared.
Wells stated that the scores of men,
women and children marooned at the
desert division point with the temper
ature 120 "in the shade" were started
toward Los Angeles yesterday on a
train manned by railroad officials.
Trains were still held up today at
Seligman, Ash Fork and williams,
Ariz.. and Albuququere. n. NJ.
Big four" members were still out
at Joliet, Ill. on the Elgin. Joliet &
Eastern. TrafTice was at a standstiil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
Operators and Union Leaders Are Approach
ing Terms Mutually Satisfactory Covering
Issues Long in Dispute Between Them.
President Lewis Invited to Attend Conference
Wednesday With Pennsylvania Producers
Presaging Resumption Of Coal Digging.


CLEVELAND, Ohio Aug. determination of the nation
wide coal today btumnous operators and
union mine and John L. Lewis miner chief
ceped invitation conference Of anthracite operators
in Philadelphia Wednesday.
Indications point to an of the strike in
fields This being accomplished speedy ending
the dispute in the will follow, is believed
Anthracite Operators Anxious.
It that the operators the hard coal fields
miners minority of the buminous field
The nation dwindd until the fuel situation will
exceedingly during the entire winter if the miners
return to work this week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
Forecast

Fair tonight and probably
Tuesday. Continued warm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
THE WEATHER

Forecast for next twenty-four hours
is fair and continued warm.
Since Saturday morning showers
have been general from the middle
Rocky Mountain States Northward, in
the Gulf region and on the Atlantic
Coast Elsewhere throughout the
country the weather has been gen
orally fair.
High temperatures continue in all
sections from the plain States East
ward. but readings are lower over
most of the West, where the weather
is unsettled.
Norfolk. Va. lead the field yester-
day as the Nations hottest city with
a temperature of so degrees San
Francisco was coolest at 50 degrees.
HOURLY TEMPERATURES.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
WHAT DID YOU SEE?

r. B. H. saw a man on a street car
offer his knife to girl who was Bit
ing her finger nails.
C. L. H: saw the captain Of an In.
dianapolis engine house taking exer-
else on a pogo stick.
G. B. saw a man tie his horse to
the door of an automobile service
station.
M. J. w. saw woman pay a city
market man 4 cents for tomato just
after another woman had bought a
seventeen-pound basket of them for
Is cents.
r. J. r. saw an advertisement in
the paper which read: Wanted, chairs
for babies without hackss@
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
STARTS PRIVATE SEARCH

Stepdaughter of Murdered Oil Man
After His Slayers.
By United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-Miss Ellen
Deer, stepdaughter of B. H. Mcbride,
Oklahoma oil man, has starterd a pri-
vate search for her stepfathers
slayer.
Mcbride was found murdered near
Washington, d. G.
Miss Deer, a Creek Indian at
tended q fashionable girls school
- the National Capital
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
Ho0RAY! FIRST COAL
Get Bill of Lading for First State
Mined Fuel.

The bill of lading for a car Of mine
run coal dug by the State at Staun-
ton. Ind, was received today by the
county commissioners. The coal will
be delivered at Sunnyside, the county
hospital.
Julietta Insane Hospital. another
county institution, is very short of
coal, it was reported to the board to-
day. Four cars OF West Virginia fuel
from the c. & o. Railroad billed here
have reached Cincinnati, Ohio, the
board was advised.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
ST. LOUIS NEEDS COAL.

Government Agency ReQuestcL -
Send $50 to 200 Cars at Once.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14-The
Federal fuel distribution committee.
is considering a request from the city
of st. Louis for an immediate supply
of $50 to 200 cars of coal, it was an
nounced here today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
INVESTIGATE RULING
Intrastate Milk and Cream Rates
Branded Perpetual.

The Interstate commerce commits
sion has been investigating a ruling
made by the Indiana public service
commission in 1920 holding that the
20 per cent increase in intrastate ex-
press rates on milk and cream au-
thorized by the Federal body should
not become effective in Indiana. The
express companies hold that the or
der was preferential and discrimina-
tory
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
GIVEN
INSPECTION RIGHT
Terms of L. & N. Agreement
Also Provide Guards Be Kept
Out Trainmen's Way.
BIZ United Press

EVANSVILLE. Ind, Aug. IA. &
N. trains were reported moving today
as the result of an agreement reached
early yesterday between l.. & N. and
brothrhood officials. There had been
ALMOST a complete tie-up since Friday
morning.
BY terms of the agreement, en-
gineers will pass on condition of the
engines after an inspection.
II the engineer should consider an
engine unsafe, the roundhouse fore
man will be called into conference
with Federal inspectors as last re-
sort.
Guards will be kept in zones where
they will not come in contact with
trainmen, it was said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
Too Old At II
TO Run around
With Win1nen?

Murmurs of dissent, led by Prose
cutOr J. Burdette Little, arose in city
court today when Peter Marsh. Al of
1873 Hayt Ave, told Judge Wilmeth
that he( Marsh was too old to be run
ming around with any woman" as
he was said to have been doing. He
was arrested on a vagrancy charge.
I'm nearly that old myself" began
Little, but
Case dismissed. Judge Wilmeth
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
STRIKE Is CAUSE

Hotel Men Report Business Decreas-
ing Because of Rail Trouble.
Local hotel mon reported today a
slight decrease in guests because of
the railroad strike.
The number of travelling statesmen
stopping has fallen off approximately
10 per cent, they said, due to some
business houses hesitating to send out
their mon for fear they would be
stranded. somewhere.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
One Point of Difference

The miner-Operator wage conferences
met today to iron out differences on
the one point holding up an immediate
agreement to end the coal strike
That point is the issue of strike
prevention measures.
The opera tors desire TO include dis
tinct clauses IN the proposed agree
ment here providing that wage par
leys start some time in advance of the
expiration of the old wage agreement
next year in order to avoid another
strike.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
AIRPLANE AbLAZE
CRASHES To DEATH
Two FIiers Burn to Crisp
When Plane AIights on
Wright Field.

By United Press
DAYTON. Ohio. Aug. 14.-Lieut. l..
P. Moriarity, New York, and w. P.
Stonebraker. civilian flyer Of Day
ton, were killed when a flaming air
plane crashed at Wilbur Wright field
here today.
Hundreds of people witnessed the
tragedy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
KNOWS HIS STUFF
Driver Arrested After Pursuit In
Flivvers.

"He told me he knew his stuff" Pa
trolman Forrest Swank told City
Judge Wilmeth today in describing
his difficulty in arresting Charles N
Morgan, 1549 n. Meridian ST., on
charges OF speeding and obstructing
traffic
Swank, no tin uniform. had f1iv-
yer load ,of prisoners. when he spiel
Morgan doing 80 miles on Thirtieth
St, according to testimony. He was
fined IS and costs on the speeding
charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
MELLON SEEKS REST

Secretary OF Treasury Goes to Sum-
mer Estate for Seclusion.
By United Netos
BEVERLY, Mass. Aug. 14.-Seek
ing a complete rest, Secretary of the
Treasury Andrew w. Mellon has ar
rived at Avalon" his summer estate
here.
The secretary will remain in &C.
clusion for three or four days. 1t was
announced. He spent quiet Sunday
with members Of his family.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
JURY DISMISSED
IN LABOR TRIALS
Agreement Held impossible in
Murder Cases of Nader, Nc
Carthy and Miller.

hb CHte1 fFe@S
CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-After more
than eighty hours deliberation. the
jury in the building trades murder
trial was discharged today without
reaching an agreement.
Fred Nader, Dan ]. Mccarthy and
John Miller. the three defendants. will
probably be tried again this fall.
The trial grew out. Of the Staying
OF two policemen during the building
trades reign of terror" here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
INVESTIGATING FIRE

Authorities Seek Source of $125,O0
Blaze in Railroad Shops.
BIZ United Press
WICHITA FALLS, Texas, Aug. 4.
today were investigat-
ing to determine the origin of fire
which last night destroyed the shops
of the Wichita Falls and Northern
railway with an estimated loss in ex-
cess of s125,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
Bridge Dynamited

SPRINGFIELD, Mo, Aug. IA
Train service on the Frisco over the
Sac River bridge. fifteen miles north
west of here, was temporarily sus-
pended today following dynamiting of
the bridge last night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
DYNAMITE BLASTS
|NJURE TWENTY
Three Charges Hurled Against
Crowded Excursion on
West Shore.

By United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-Twenty
women and children were in hospitals
today, victims of bombers who last
night hurled three charges Of dyna-
mite against a crowded excursion train
on the West Shore Railroad near
Little Ferry, N. J.
Two men in an automobile were OBJ
served near the scene a short time
before.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
MORE BOMBS FIGURE
Violence Breaks Out Again at South
ern Pacific Point.

By United Press
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1.-TWO
lence in the raili Dad strike broke out
again early TODAY when five bombs
were exploded>Nin the Southern Pa
cific yards at Rosevil1e. Cal None
was injured.
Engineers, firemen and switchmen
on local lines converging at Rose
vile. an important icing point for the
Pacific Fruit Express. went on strike.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
JUNE TOPS RECORD
Accident Toll Heaviest Than Any
Month Since October, 1920.

szrrA accldeats in Indiana indus
yses occurred during June than any
Taonth since October, 1920, Edward j.
coleman. secretary Of the state indus
trial board, said today.
4 total of S,72S accidents occurred
in June despite the fact that coal
mines are not operating. The mines
ordinarily claim an average Of 400 a
month, Bolenan said.
MANY Of these mishaps were prob
ably due to the immense amount Of
building now going on" he said.
The report for July listed 1868.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
MOTHER LOVE BAIT

Police Await Return Of Notorious
Crook to See Parent.
By United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE love of
bandit for his mother will eventually
lead to his capture, police believed to-
day as surveillance Of Tommy O'Con.
nor's home was redoubled.
Police declared that the notorious
criminal. who escaped from Jail here
a few days before he was to have
been hanged, had come out of his hid
ing place in Mexico.
O'Connor is heading a band of BAN
dts operating in Missouri and Kan
sas, according to advices to police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
TWELVE MEN ENT0MBED

Kentucky Coal Mine Caves in, I'm
periling Lives of Workers.
By United Press
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. IA
Twelve men are entombed in a
cave-in in a coal mine at Evarts,
KY, eleven miles from Harlan,
KY, according to reports reach
ing here today. Mine officials
at MiddIesboro. KY. said they had
been unable to get definite details of
the accident early today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT
End of Miners Strike Expected Within
Next Forty-Eight Hours.
By United Press

BV United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Adminis-
tration leaders confidently expect a
settlement of the bituminous coal
strike within the next forty-eight
hours, it was made known here today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
AUTO is JUNKED

Pinched Between Street Cars, Child Is
Hurt.
Pinched between two stret cars at
Randolph and Prospect Sts., the auto
mobile Of Andrew Habich, 81, 1910 z.
Ohio St, was reduced to Junk. MZz.
Habicia and two children. Betty Iszns,
s. and Jean Louise, I. were in the
machine The eldest child was light
ly hurt
Habich attempted to beat the on
coming cars to the crossing, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-14
LEVY MAYER DIES

Heart Disease Given as Cause Of
Lawyers Death in Hotel Room.
BIZ United Prcss
CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-Levy Mayer,
millionaire and one of the best
known lawyers in the country, was
found dead In his room at the Black
stone Hotel early today.
Physicians declared death was
caused by heart disease