The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-07-19
NATIONAL GUARDS SENT TO WAYCROSS
TO PREVENT STRIKE DISORDERS

Waycross, Ca, July 19.-The city is
quit today following the arrival of
three companies of state troops late
yesterday. IL was announced the SOL
diers would be classed as a reinforce
ment to the police.
Waycross, Ga, July l8.-Three
companies of Georgia National
Guardsmen, comprising about IT'S
men with machine gun unit, arrived
here late today for patrol duty to pre-
vent further disorders in connection
with the strike of some 1900 union
workers at the Atlantic Coast Line
shops here.
Workers hired since the strike had
been seized on the streets and beaten
up for the last two days and nights,
and the country people around the
town were threatening to come in
and take revenge" Mayor Dan 7.
Cowart said tonight, because many of
the new shop employees are the sons
of farmers from this and adjoining
counties.
In addition to serious injuries to
half dozen men and beatings admin
istered to SO or 100, it became known
late today that J. T. Ross, an Inspector
for the Coast Line, had been kidnapped
about midnight last night by a party
Of men in an automobile. Mayor
Cowart said tonight efforts TO find
him had been futile. Threats also had
been made against higher railroad of
hcials, the mayor added.
Striking shopmen held mass meet
ing today and after addresses by their
leaders and Mayor Cowart, adopted
resolutions pledging themselves to
maintain order and declaring there
was no need for the troops for which
the mayor and Sheriff H. J. Sweat
asked of Governor IIardwick last
night.
The appearance of Waycross as the
special train rolled into the Atlanta,
Birmingham & Atlantic railway sta
ton several blocks from the center
of town was "like Sunday" the mayor
said tonight, and the beatings and
promiscuous shootings had ceased for
the time being anyway, he added.
Mayor Cowart announced after a
conference between himself, Sheriff
Sweat and Lieut.. Col l. {. Pope of
Dublin, Ga, in command Of the troors,
that it was decided to use the guards
men rs aides to the civil authorities
and that he expected they would
| patrol the streets between the shops
and the railroad station, where most
of the trouble had been reported The
troops, consisting of Companies X of
! Dublin, M of Elberton, and headquar-
ters company of the Third Georgia
battalion, One Hundred and Twenty
second infantry, came from ST..
Simon's island, on the Georgia coast
where they had been at their annual
encampment They made camp here
at Mary street park, few block :
from the railroad shops
Threats against numbers of rail
read officials, including o. T. Waring
of the Atlantic Coast Line, had been
made before the call for guardsmer, ,
the mayor said. He explained that
disorders were worse Monday as many
Of the new shop workers, of which
he estimated there are 100 to 15O
went by trucks to their homes Satur-
day and in returning early Monday
morning were attacked by groups OF
men.
Logs would be thrown across tn,
: roads on the outskirts of town, Mayor
Cowart said. and the trucks halted
l Groups Of myN would rush forth
- seize the WORKERS and beat them II
and order them to leave town.
Word came yesterday that the
country was up in arms" the mayor
added, land that tl.a fathers and rela
tives were threatening to come in ano
take revenge for the way Waycros:
lad treated their boys"
Delegates to the state convention o
the American Legion, which closet
late today, had offered their aid t.
q maintain order if necessary, tn
mayor said.
Atlanta, Ga, July l8.-''Yon ma,