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Evening star., 1927-11-13

one of the Fairfaxes Of Belvoir and
an early rector of Christ Church, Alex
andria; Mount Pleasant. the home of
the Ballenger family, which owned the
land Fort Lyon was built on, and vii.
ton Hall / suppose Mount Eagle and
Mount Pleasant are standing, but II
Wilton Hall is, 1t has been rebuilt.
remember my exploration OF
those transHunting Creek--trans-Riv
ulus Venaticus---highlan 1t was an
old ia shioned Winter day and even an
ovcrcoat of wool would have been lit
tie defense against the wind that
screamed and Whistled over that
plateau. Two Girls--Alice and Edith
who used TO walk with me for the ad'
ventures that befel US, were along.
| They had 10 thought OF powdering
the nose. The thought Of each of ns
was TO keep from being trostbitten.
OF course, we could have started a
fire under shelter Of some bank--as we
had done OH many other cold Sundays
but / sighted Il white frame house
half mile off and said: wen make
for that. 1t may not be an historic
| house, but there will fire in it." So,
, with aching hands and feet and y
| chill not confined to them, we pounded
the old knocker and were let in. What
follows is from the Rambler's tale Of
l5 years ago:
| The Rambler and his friends stop
| ped in at Mount Pleasant the cold
| afternoon on which this trip was
made TO enjoy the grateful heat of
a big stove in the sitting room. In
| cidentally, and very helpfully. Mrs.
BallenGer brought in a pitcher OF
milk and big helping of fruit cake.
II was one Of those delightful things
that make pleasant recollections in
Winter rambles over wind swept
fields and through naked woods. The
! Rambler testifies that the milk and
the fruit cake were good and that
Evening star., 1927-11-13

Clinton Ballenger was killed in &C.
ton at Williamsburg. Robert Wash
ington Ballenger went out in the
9Th Virginia Cavalry. Col. Fitzhugh
Lee, and returned home when the war
was over. He owns the old Ballenger
house and its earthworks and lives
there
ON July IS, 1868, there was a dis
trib,rion of prizes to pupils of
the third district public schools. and
in The Star of that day l found the
names of many children. They were
given prizes for spelling. penman-
ship, arithmetic. music and all that,
and great many children We're not
given prizes. / wonder if the prize
children got on better than the 9TH
ers. Thinking that perhaps you may
have been one of the children named
or that you played marbles or dolls
with some of them. ! hand you the
following list:
George Feleer, Mary G. Kealey,
Charles Clarke, Sydney Van Ris-
wick. Mary Langley. Elizabeth Craig,
Josephine Rocket. Rufus Ferguson,
Rose Saxton. Ellen Purcell. Harri-
cite Summers, Virginia McGuigan,
William Wood, Josephine Nalley.
Mary Marshall. George Cunningham,
Henry Simpson. David McComb,
Symphronia NJ Lusby. Margaret A.
Warner, Emma A. Austin, Ella A.
Jenkins. Martha A. Armistead, Thorn
as Smith. Thomas Fuse. Lewis Ben.
feet. Mary Hutchinson Elizabeth Fry,
Margaret J. Bean, Mary Hayre, Mary
J. Bean, Annie Young. Laura Mcken.
ney, James L. Pegg. Katie Scott.
Elizabeth Hineline, Thomas Stuart,
Kate Stewart. George Pierce. Jane
keough, Alice Humphries. Josephine
Wilson, Ellen Palmer, Edgar Mead.
George Chambefs. Mary j. Harbin,
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Mr.. Ballenger's cigars helped to
shorten the miles on the homeward
walk.
'The name of the farm has been
Mount Pleasant for several genera
tiosn. 1t was the home of French
count. named Carusi, who moved there
early in the eighteenth century--any-
how, a long time before the American
revolution. In the nineteenth CEN
tury it became the home of man
named Perkins who was member
of the firm of Smith 4 Perkins.
conducting a foundry and machine
shop in Alexandria, and which i'll the
early days of railroading carried on
the work of building locomotives.
Before the Civil War the farm was
bought by Peyton Ballenger, whose
grandfather was a Nirsinian soldier
in the Continental Army. Mount
Pleas SAINT was in possession of pey-
ton Ballenger when the Civil War
came on and Fort Lyon and Fort
Weed, with long lines of infantry
trenches, were built on the farm. The
Ballenger house was taken over by
! Union officers.
"Peyton Ballenger the owner of
this land was married to Jane Rowe
of Charles County, Md. She died in
1876 and Mr. Ballenger died in 1896.
There were three sons. born on this
farm-Frank S. Ballenger, Clinton
peyton Ballenger and Robert Wash
ington Ballenger. Frank S. and
Clinton =. Ballenger went out in the
Old Dominion Rifles of Alexandria,
which was one of the companies OF
the Alexandria Battalion which was
merged in the 18th Virginia 1nfan'
try. commanded by Col. Herbert,
whose house, across Cameron Run,
| may be seen from the Ballenger
house. Frank Ballenger was killed
In action at the second Bull Run and
Evening star., 1927-11-13

" HERE is a vast difference be-
tween going through fast-mov.
ing experiences. that fling
death into ones face at every
turn. and being m>rooned
with death, unable to fight back,
Ever. man goes through the former
at one time or another of his lite, but
il is the second that leaves its stamp
upon those who come out alive.
Condemned prisoners know it;
wounded soldier often faces it. 1t is
like being chained to a rock. with an
incoming tide rising To take ones
life. Such situations men never for
get. for death has stalked them
watching them as a hunter watches
fat quail.
such a moment came to me in the
Fall of 1925 in one of the great col
ored sandstone canyons of northern
Arizona From Gallup, \. Mex,
] had taken the mail blackboard across
the border to Ganado. the old hacien-
da Of Lorenzo Hubhel. a great power
in the Southwest some years ago.
After enjoying his bounteous hospi-
tality for some days. | continued on
.sto Chin Lee. ar Indian trading post
run by Cozy Mes barron. al the mouth
Of the Canyons de Cheley and de los
Nuertos.r
Here learned that the canyons con-
tanned innumerahle ruins of the an
cient cliff dwellers, that prehistoric
race of peregrinating people who, CEN
turies ago, came up from the South.
leaving traces of their civilization
strewn over the desert from New
Mexico to Colorado and Utah. In
these canyons, moreover, vast wealth
Lnl nj, Il
been taken by prospectors. who had
discovered the dwellings and broken
open the tombs.
T. decided at once to go into these
canyons, and. with McSparron's aid,
ereplenished my outfit and started up
with a party of Navajos who were
going in to gather wild peaches.
The Canyons de Chiefly and de los
Muertos are merely gigantic arroyos.
or washouts, worn deep into the earth
by thousands of years of erosion.
They have a common outlet into the
desert, but few miles up branch into
a "Y" shape, twisting deep into the
earth. The walls rise up a thousand
feet above the floor of the canyons
which during the rains are rivers of
muddy water, laundering down the
gorges.
For 10 days L explored the hidden
labyrinth Of gullies that led back from
the main Canyon de Chelley. but /
found very little of value, so l turned
hack and proceeded up the Canyon de
los Muertos, the Canyon of the Dead, :"
where a tribe of Navajos had been
massacred by the Spanish conquista-
dores centuries before. The name
amused me at that time: week later
! could have written that same name
in blood.
zach day climbed the great cliffs,
- following the tiny toe-holds cut
by the cliff-dwellers, to pueblos that
stood like tiny white blocks beneath
the overhanging cliffs. Here the dust
was dry, the air was clear. Rain had
never fallen upon these huts for cen.
turies, snow had blown hundreds Of
feet before them, like veil over the
front of their half-cave. But, so far,
/ had found no untouched ruins. Many
of them had been destroyed by the
Navajos, ard practically all Of the
graves near the surface were broken
in and deprived of their wealth. Only
skulls, bones and lengths Of feather
rope We're to be found.
Evening star., 1927-11-13
nber Mixes War Incidents of 63 With News of the Stage

in a reading notice" In The Star that
1.-The troupe appearing at the Wash
ington Theater is the only rival of
the Gabriel and Francois Rayel
troupe"
Fire July .. 1868, endangered the
Washington Theater, and here is the
story from The Star: Between l and
, o'clock this morning fire was dis
covered in the upper story of the
large three-story building on the south
side of the Avenue next east of Elev.
enth street, occupied by Messrs. j. WI
Thompson & Co. alexander r.
Shepherd was the company, plumbers
and gas filters.
1.-The Washington Theater was for
long time in great danger but the
| f1remen. by almost superhuman ef-
forts, saved it. The roof of the stove
factory of Mr.. John Skirving took
fire. but was speedily extinguished.
"At the time of the fire Mr.. Thomp-
son was out of the city at his farm
and Mr.. Shepherd was also on a visit
to the north" ! infer that Mr.
Thompsons farm was north Of the
city.
L read that the Union authorities
were deporting or exiling citizens uf
Alexandria in July. 1868. The follow.
ing is from the Alexandria Gazette Of
July 3, reprinted in The Star July Z,
1868: The past week has been one
of painful excitement in this place, in
consequence of the order for the de-
portation of persons to the South. as
many of the citizens. mostly old res
1dents, including several ladies. have
/ received notices to that effect" 1t ie
shown that the provost marshal vas
sending them to CITY Point believe
| these persons syAZa Alexandrians who
would rot be RECONSTRUCTED" on lines
approved by Union military officers
occupying Alexandria.
| Crystal Spring must have disap-
peared, and that so long ago that only
| an old man with a keen memory can
tell where it was. 1t was place
! known to many Washington people in
| the SOS and seems to have been near,
! the Piney Branch Race Track. later
1 the Washington Trotting Course, and
| that track, I believe. became the
Brightwood Race Track. / say "be-
| lieve," because 1 do not know. I
think the Brightwood Race Track,
| reached by driving out the Four
! teenth street road or the Seventh
/ street pike. was running in the 70's,
| but / remember Ii no earlier than
when Mr.. Mountcastle was proprietor
! of the BrightwOd Hotel. | believe he
| was the manager of the track. I
hand you this advertisement from
The star. July. 1868: ''StagecoacheS
| for Crystal Spring and the Race
| Course--The undersigned will run q
staCecoach for the above places.
making two trips day except Sun
+, day, when three trips will be madel.
| leaving National Hotel at IL and
| o'clock and on Sunday at 10, 1 and
o'clock, stopping at the Metropolitan,
Turner & Co.'S No. PSI Pennsylvania
avenue Kirkwood and Willard's Ho-
| tel. Fare. round trip, IS cents; chill
dren, half price. E. Ferguson, pro-
| prietor of stages"
Evening star., 1927-11-13

ginia side, of the defenses Of Wash.
ington and Alexandria. The largest
OF these field forts was and in Fort
Lyon. A quarter of Il mile southeast
is Fort farnsWorth half mile to the
south is Fort Weed and three.
quarters of a mile southeast of
Fort Lyon is Fort ORorke. A
mile and n half southeast is Fort
Willard ana a mile west by south Of
Fort Lyon is namcless fort overlook
ing the old F'arfaX. road that ran by
Mount Oliyet Chapel. and which joins
the Telegraph road in Happy Valley
west of Fort Lyon. From this fort.
the name OF which Is not given OH
the engineer map OF the defenses of
Washington, a half mile OF infantry
lntrenchment crosses the Fairfax road.
Between Forts Lyon, Farnsworth and
O'ROrke were lines of red0ubt for in
fantry and light artillery.
1T is a fair, open country today.
At places commanding fine prospects
are the old forts, their parapets and
bitches remarkably preserved and
grown with honeysuckle and trees.
This growth has protected them from
the leveling influence OF rain and
frost. Another reason is that the
| farms have not been cut into small
i holdings or subdivided into building
lots. Still another reason is. that the
| land is largely held by children or
other descendants of the wartime
owners. and these earthworks are heir
| looms to them. They look on these
relics from another angle than the
| newcomer, who usually wants to make
over the place and whose idea of i'm
provement is leveling the relic earth
| works."
| X 4 y
| THREE houses with unusual asso
Citations stood on those highlands
.umbled by redoubts. They were Mount
IL icfa
Evening star., 1927-11-13

After an unsuccessful attempt, at
the age of II. to stow away aboard
a schooner bound for Hawaii. the
author began his wanderings
within a year by going as cabin
boy to Australia.
lie has Travelled through the
desert regions of Nevada and
southern California, lived for
months on the Navajo Indian
reservation in Arizona. and wan
uered with a burro In Wyoming
and New Mexico. He shipped to
the Orient before the mast. and
met adventures in Persia, Arabia,
India. Burma and the Dutch East
Indies.
Evening star., 1927-11-13
Pick 5000 for Jury Duty.

The Japanese government is choos-
ing 5000 persons to be eligible as
jurors for the jury trial system sched-
uled to go into operation in October
next year. About 1900 win be select.
ed from Toxic and the rest from the
Ave largest cities in the nation. Sc.
lection Is by lottery.
Evening star., 1927-11-13

NE magazine Of Fort Lyon
blew up June 3. 1853. What
follows was published in the
Alexandria News:
"Ahol1t . O'clock this after.
Evening star., 1927-11-13

THREE houses with unusual asso.
l. Citations stood on those highlands
.umbled by redoubts. They were Mount
Eagle, the home OF Bryan Fairfax
Evening star., 1927-11-13
RY EIGENE u. +. WRIGHT.

% HERE is a vast difference be-
tween going through fast-moV'
ing experiences. that fling
death into ones face at every
,,r,, up3 heirp srOQDpd
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FOR SALE--HOUSES.
THREE CENTURIES AGO WHEN THE
MISSIONARY FATHERS CAME.

THREE CENTURIES AGO WHEN THE
MISSIONARY FATHERS CAME.
With Ponce and De Soto the gentle mission
fathers to the land introducing wonderful type of
architecture which today regarded typicay American
On the Pacific Coast is Californian Mission else
where it might be Spanish" Mediterranean" Call it
what YOU chooe-he remains that here is the
appealing departure from the commonplace in designing
homes, America has witnessed.
5000 Ouesada Street and it's companion houses
said be among the finest examples of the Spanish Mis-
sion type of home in America Here old world charm
color picturesque beauty and modern convenience joining
hands unique appeal the home who seeks
thing really different and worth while Open daily until g.
Easily reached at Chevy Chase Circle by turning the
right Western Avenue going block Quesada Street.
then two blocks east
AURORA HILLS HOMES INC,
1915 18th Street. Main 7343.
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ADAM A. wEsCHLER & SON. Auctioneers
Trustees S ale Of Valuable
Apartment House Containing
20 Apartments, No. 1440 CO.
lumbia Road NV.

By virtue of a certain deed OF trllst. duly
recorded in Liber No. 5505. folio 457 ct sea-.
of the land records of the. District of Column:
bia. and at the request of the party secured
thereby. the undersigned trustees will offer
for sale by public auction. in front Of the
premises. on THURSDAY. THE SEVENTH
DAY OF JULY. 1927. AT FOUR O'CLOCK
PM. the following-described land and prem
ises. situate in the District of Columbia. to
wit: Lot So in square 2670 in Emile Der.
fingers subdivision of lots in block 80.
North Grounds Columbian University" as
per plat recorded in the Office of the surveyor
for the District of Columbia in Liber 20. at
folio 81. subject to the 20-foot building
striction line as established and shown on
plat recorded in Liber so. at folio 80. Inn
Terms of sale: The above property will
be sold subject to q prior deed of trust for
500. 1000. at 012 60. due January IL. 1928;
balance one-fourth cash. the remainder on or
before three years with interest at SO. pay.
able semi-annually. secured by deed of trust
upon the property Sold or all cash over
trust. at option of purchaser. A deposit Of
81 1000 required Of purchaser at time of sale
All conveyancing recording and notarial fees
at cost of purchaser. Terms of sale to be
complied with within thirty days from day
of sale. otherwise the tI--7ees reserve the
right to resell the property. at the risss sn0
cost of the defaulting purcha ser. after Ave
days advertisement of such resale in some
newspaper published in the city of Wash
ington. ID. c. -
JOSEPH SANDERS.
..oo On 4. c. HoUGHTON.
Je%s'3o-lyl,",b.67 Trustees.
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FOR SALE-.HOUSEg.
FOR SALE-HOUSES.

CLEVELAND PARK-$13O00.
q
9 home has large % porch porch 1n Ssas da ns the
leaving
CHEVY CHASE-S15,o50.
the bath lavatoy
PETWORTR--S725O
north of
six
heat and electric light also covered house good
CAPITOL HILL-So5OO
a the
two
facilities
BOSS & PHELPS, -..,
1n7 x STREET If
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ADAM A. wEsCHLER & SON. Auctioneers
Trustees Sale of Modern Two
Story Brick Dwelling, No. 627
M St. S.W.

BY virtue Of a certain deed of trust. duly
seS Ct the land records Of the District 81
secured thereby. the undersigned trustees
will offer for sale by public auction, in front
SSE EZ GST DAY or July, i5s4. Al FIVE
and snnbPE premises situate n the District Of co:
az IN Chas. Chauncey. trustee. and others
subdivision; az per plat recorded in Liber so.
folio 90. OF the records of the Office OF the
surveyor of the District of Columbia, i'm.
Dr9y ern, oS slxr3 1 ana path brick dwelling.
In two equal installments. represented by
promissory notes of purchaser payable in
one one and two two, years With interest at per
semi anpually. secured by deed OF trust upois-
the PROPERTY sold. or all cash, at option OF
purchaser. A deposit of $500 required Of
n purchaser "a At sale An sonysyanciIs. re-
chaser. Terms to be complied with, within
trustees reserve the right TO resell property
q ris *. and cost Of dsfanlting purchaser.
- spyQa .QeMspspsr pu6lished IA The city q
- - u0xu n nArra
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BIG GROOM PETwoRTH HOME.
WITH BUILT-IN GARAGE.

If you are looking for real bargain IN
the NV; il will pay, you to inspect tnls os
on a high elevation. in Petworth. Tiled
bath with built-in tub. and shower. master
en- with pantry. Built-in garage. deep lot 70
paved alley. Newly decorated and painted
hardwood floors and all modern conveniences
This home is priced for immediate sale al
$3.50. VIII make convenient terms. Call
North 4633
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SALE OR RENT-SUB. PROP'TY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
EOR EXCHANGE.

BROOM HOUSE IN EXCELLENT NV.
: section: will exchange equity for we'll Sc
cured second trust note. Address BOX
ARCADE GROVE AND OTHER FINE So
Fla property: want home or income prop.
erty near Washington. Cleve. 10S1-W. 81
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"A Carefully Selected
List of Particularly
Desirable Homes.
In Each and Every
Instance There is Is a
Specific Reason for
Selling, and These Homes
Are Priced to Sell.
s10.950 CHEVY CHASE ou,.of.
town owner is obliged to sell this at
tractIve two-story home. 1t is well To-
ab snG 4oe o0se tie f. Gam Sstn SIX
osE oors Sreplace: al I modern p0e een
Small cash payment.
SI075O-No. CLEVELAND PARK
A very attractive detached home Of six
rooms. tile bath: slate roof: porches:
bot-water heat. electricity: oak floors:
o12s GaraseS PaSed street snd
alley. Easy terms.
$12.950 - CLEVELAND PARK An
for sale by out.of;town owner. Dutch
rooms tile bath. screened porch: oak
floors; fireplace. Every modern con-
house has Just been redecorated. Beau.
tifully improved lot, 44x112. Garage.
se.5oo-JUsT OFF 18th sT.-An op.
IN the ieth ST. Highlands section at lto. an
has six bright and well proportional
rooms. modern bath: large front and
s5 ee 9oren sS, oak floors heat
SIS, 75o- WESLEY HEIGHTS Am
setting. Within Is minutes of the
heart Of the city; The. spacious lot.
paintings and seasonabie blooms. trees.
etc, large six-room home. attractive
s Sosse IN ps and G0nsabs
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s1e.5oo-NEw DETACHED BRICK
CHEVY. CHASE - Unouestionably the
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1 a',S throughout spacious living room
porch: ali modern improvements and
built.in garage. Beautifully wooded lot.
60x120. Liberal terms.
500. 5Oo-oLD CLEVELAND PARK
Overlooking the Cathedral, at the high
amid beautiful trees and surrounded r i'f By
fghtfui colonial DWELLING. Army officer.
leaving the city; Is Offering same at
SPLENDID awo tile sssh. are ma nrs
o9nd.fioor library with fireplace. spacious
living and dining rooms: hot-water heat
ing plant with automatic oil burner:
every convenience. Private driveway to
garage Entire property in perfect
EVENING PHONE SERVICE. 2 Too
Schwab, Walk & Candy,
1904 Conn. Ave. Pot. $50.
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.
2-FAMfLY HOUSE.

e31 QUINCY ST. NV.
g large rooms tile. bath. built-in tub;
h..wh elec. lights: hardwood floors and
other extras: double rear porch wide con-
crete front rorch deep lot to wide alley:
easy terms. For sale by
THOMAS A. JAMESON CO.,
aos n Y Ave Main $500
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McKEEVER & GOSS INC,
A BRICK BUNGALOW IN CHEVY CHASE D. c.
on
nom
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF
is wandawa
hot heat painted walls and consists
EDGEMOOR MD.
in the
@ 0 anxioSs foT
1904 LEGATION ST.
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~ - - - 1890 ~ " ~
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1415 St. Main 4752
The Nome nugget., 1927-12-31
FOUR MEN DROWN AkUTAN

Seattle, Dec. P, (R-A sub Arctic storm which capsized lit tie sail boat took the lives of four persons enroute from the American Pacific Whaling Company station at Akutan, Alaska to an Xmas par ty on an adjoining island. The dead are all care takers at the Aleutian Island station and are Michael Spearns, and his wife, Ole Anderson and Mrs. E. D. Elliott, the wife of the company radio op- erator Word of the tragedy was received at the company offices in Seattle from Elliot. the radio man. who was the only survivor of the party. Elliott and the four dead persons who were in the sailboat were only short distance from shore when a midnight squall sud- denly arose and overturned the tiny craft.
 The radio advices related how the five persons chung desperately to the capsized boat but became numb ed by the icy water. and one by one all but Elliott dropped to their end in the sea. The radio man, who is a powerful swimmer, left the boat when the last of his companions were drowned. He made des- perate but futile attempt to rescue
The Nome nugget., 1927-12-31
FOWER BOAT PIONEER MISSING

Cwrdova, Dee. 2S, (R,-With two boats baked three times by heavy seas and heavy ice, in d search for the power boat Pioneer. which has been missing for two weeks. Gov ernor Geo. A. Parks was today ask ed to send the United states Coast Guard Cutter Unalga to aid in the search. It is feared that the Pic neer, which runs from CordOva to katalla is sunk, unless she has ar
 rived in sheltered anchorage. A seventy-five mile gale has been blowing. It it unknown how many persons are aboard the Pioneer, un- der the command of William A. Taylor. The game commission boat Seal. and the Forestry boat Chugach are both searching for the Pioneer.
The Nome nugget., 1927-12-31
THURSDAY tTElEGRAphlC,
STATE MILITIA GUARDING
 TENNESSEE TOWN

South Pittsburgh, Tenn. Dec. 2S. IP!-The State Militia is pa1rolling this small town to guard against the possible echoes to the brief but whitening flare of gnnfire last night which resulted in the death of six police officers and the ser ious wounding of three others all members of warning law enforce ment factions. The fatal exchange of shots Is described as the culmin- ation of a feud between county and city officials growing out of a strike at local manufacturing plant. The county officials favored the strike and the city officials op- posed it. The shooting started over a minor conflict last night.