Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-19
NATIONAL GUARD
AT A. c. |. SHOPS
Three Companies of Georgia
Soldiers on Duty al
Waycross.
TO HALT DIS ORD Z r 5
Threats Made Against Higher
Railroad Officials. Manor
Asserts.
LRy Assoclaied rre.sl

wAYCRoSs CA July lS.-Th-ee
companies Of Georgia national
euardsmc1 comprising ahou. ,7h
men win machine gun unit. ar
rived here late today for patroi duty
TO prevent further disorders in con.
nectton with the STRIFE 81 some 500
union workers at tho Atlantic ,'o.s,
Line shops here
workers hired since the strihc had
heen seized on the streets and bca,
en- IN for the last two DAYS and
nights. and the country raoplc
around the town we're Threatening
10 come in and take revenge" Mayor
Dan =. CowErt said tonight. because
many Of the new shop employees are
the sons of farmers from this and ad :
Joining counties
Threats Against Officials
In addition 20 serious Injuries 10
hhli q dozen men aud beatinEs adj
m!nistcred 70 from Afty 10 100 IL
hecam' AnoNn iai- today that / 4
Ross an Inspector for the CoaS, Line.
had son kidnapped about ,nldnTchi
iast night by q party oC men in an
3 automobile" MAJOR Cowart said to-
night Efforts 20 ind him had been
eu5'ir Threats also had hc.r made
against higher railroad oncia.s Ia"
Mayor added
Surikins shormcn held mass.
meeting today and after addr.ssc.
hy their leaders aud MAYER Covar;
adopted resolutions pledcing them
selves 10 maintain order ana do
olarinG there was no need for the
- Ith 81.
H.J. Sweat asked o." Governor Hard.
Wick las, night;
The appearance of Wa,cross as the
speciai train rolled into the Atlanta,
'iir1'Inrham and Atlantic hallway
STATION sev"ral blocks from the cen
ter %: town. was "l.k. Sunda,." the
Mayor said tonight and tho heat
ms and the promlscuous rhootincs
hdd ceased for the time being any
MAY he added
Legion Offers Aid.
Mayor towart announced that at
conference between himself sheriff
sweat. and Lieutenant Colonel /. q
fope, 81 Dublin. Ga. in command NJ
the troops. that u was decided 10
use the Euardsmen as aids to the
civil authorities. and thai h. ex-
pected they would patrol the streets
between the shops and tho railroad
station where most Of Ia. trouble
sad- been reported The troops. con
Sf~ttng Of Companies *. % Duliir NJ
df Flbcrton, and headquarters cam
pany OF the Third Georgia Battalion.
infantry. came from ST. Stmons
Island. on the Georgia coast. where
they had been a. their annual cn-
campment They made camp here
at Mary street Park. a few blocks
from tho railroad shops
Threats against numbers or rail
road officials. including O = War
ing. OF the Atlantic Coas, Line. had
been made betor. the call for guards.
men. the Mayor said He explained
that disorders were worse Monday,
as many 90 the new shon workers, OF
which ne estimated there are 100 10
l5o. went by trucks 70 their homes
Saturday, and. on returning carly
Monday morning, were attacked by
groups ~ men
Logs would h"'.,hrown. acro,s the.
roads on tho or~ek,f,s Of town. MAYOR
Cowar' said and thu trucks halted
GROUPS o. men would rush forth
--<t-z-- The workers and beat them No
and order them 20 leave town
Word came Yesterday tha. the
country was NJ in arms" me Mayor
added and tina, rhe fathers and
relatives w"rc thr+atcnins ~ como
in srd take rey.uce for the wsy
Wavcrcss had ,rcatci thr!r hovs"
delegates "a rhe STATE convention
Of the American Legion. which CLOS.
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