Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
Union and on-Union Workers
Clash When Picket Line Is
Formed by Employees.
SHERIFF AMONG THOSE
INJURED IN FIGHTING
Governor Asked for Troops to Quell
Disturbance and Restore
Order in Town.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MARION, N. c., october 1.-Two
men were killed and 20 men and one
woman wounded, IL of them seriously,
In a battle between union and nom
union workers at the Marion Manu-
featuring Co.'S cotton mill here today.
The trouble started at o'clock this
morning, when 80 members OF the
United Textile Workers Of America,
which recently settled a strike at the
mill, walked out and formed picket
line outside the mill gate.
At $50 o'clock this morning. when
shifts changed, several fights started.
Sheriff o. F. Adkins and number OF
deputies intervened. Some one fired q
shot. and in few minutes there was a
general fusillade.
Dead and Wounded.
The dead are:
Sam VickerS, union member.
Randolph Hall, union member.
Those shot we're: T. L. Carver A. M.
Coon, w. M. Sparks, Miss Lucy Sparks.
Rome Minish, L. S. Long. w. s. Black,
Kermit Fender, Elsie Ballard, Luther
Bryson, James Roberts, John Wykle;
George McComb. George Jonas anq
Deputy Sheriff Taylor Green. Sheriff
O. F. Adkins and Deputies William
Biaeerstaff, Ed Cannon and Allie Stepp
were painfully but not seriously injured
with clubs.
Fifteen of the injured are in the
Marion General Hospital.
The source of the first shot was not
definitely learned. Sheriff Adkins said
that he did not know where the nrst
shot came from. but that he thought
it came from the picket line. He sald
that q number of those wounded had
been shot down by their own people,
asserting that one man standing beside
him fell as a number of shots were sent
in his direction.
Sheriff Adkins announced that he had
telegraphed Gov. o. Max Gardner ask
ing for troops.
Run as Open Shop.
The Marion Manufacturing Co. re-
sumed operations on an open.shop basis
three weeks ago after having been
closed for two months, due to q walk
out of many of their employees VINO
were members of the United Textile
Workers Union.
This strike was followed by closing
down of the Clinchfeld Manufacturing
Co.'S mill, two miles distant.
There were a number of clashes at
the Marion Manufacturing Co. mill
during the early days of the strike, but
nobody was seriously hurt. When the
Clinchfield mill prepared to resume
work two companies OF National Guaros-
men were sent to the village, but as
no trouble occurred, they were orougnt
to Marion and billeted.
Later a non-union worker moved INTO
a company house at the Clinchneld mill
and alleged strikers and sympatnlzers
threw the furniture out Of the house
and beat deputy sheriffs who interfereo.
The troops were sent back to the VII
lage and two additional companies call
ed out. Nearly 100 persons were arrest,
ed and 81 we're indicted by the grano
jury on charges Of melting to rlot ana
rebellion.
Say Terms Violated.
Two weeks ago, through the good Of
fices of N. A. Townsend, executive coun-
sci to Gov. O. Max Gardner, the strikes
were settled. Union workers have claim
ed that mill executives have failed to
live up to the terms OF the settlement.
Just what caused the trouble today
had not been ascertained several hours
after it occurred. There still was
crowd around the mill at 10 am
All of those shot except Kermit Fen
der and Elzie Ballard were members OF
the union, it was stated.
Oficials of the United Textile WORK.
ers of America, who called the strike
early today, gave as their reasons for
ordering the walkout, that mill ofnciais
had failed to carry out terms Of the
agreement by which the recent nine
weeks strike at the mill, which Is To-
Gated in East Marion, was settled; that
more than ITO former striking em-
rloves had not been given employment,
ee soreed and that mill foremen would
not hear the grievance committee.
Mill officials asserted that number
Of the strikers refused to accept their
old iobS