Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01
Warrants Taken for 148
Workers Following Beating
of Sheriff's Aides.
WHOLESALE ROUNDUP
UNDER WAY AT MARION
Members of Union Attempt to Pre-
vent Newcomers Nov.
ing Into Village.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MARION, N. c., August 31.-Sheriff's
officers. beaten and bruised yesterday
in clash with Clinchfield mill strike
sympathizers, today swore out warrants
for 148 members of the United Textile
Workers of America from the Clinch-
field and Marion manufacturing COM
panies mills and at nightfall "A had
been arrested.
While the officers carried out their
wholesale arrests, four companies Of
North Carolina National Guardsmen
patroled the Clinchfield village and the
village owned by the Marion Manu-
featuring Co., which has closed its plant
because Of a strike. All persons ap-
preaching the mills were being searched.
Guards Rescue Sheriff.
Two companies of Guardsmen had
been stationed in Marion, mile from
the mill villages, for two weeks. These
troopers late yesterday rescued Sheriff
oscar Adkins and several deputies
when they were set upon by a crowd
of throwing, club-wielding strike
sympathizers in the Clinchfield village.
The crowd was dispersed without seri-
Gus injury to any one.
Efforts of union members and SYM
pathizerS to prevent cotton mill OPP
erative from Caroleen moving into a
Clinchfield village brought on the
clash. Sheriff Adkins attempted to
arrest men and women throwing the
furniture of newcomers into the street,
and the trouble followed.
dition to those already on the scene
were called.
The strike which precipitated the
trouble started five weeks ago. For
three weeks the Clinchf1eld mill was
closed Then an effort was made to
open it on August 10. Strike sympa-
thizers refused to permit non-union
workers to enter the mill. Troops were
called out and after two days were
withdrawn from the mill.
Several Explosions.
A number Of explosions occurred In
and around the mill village during the
next 10 days and an effort was made
to dynamite the home of Rev. j. N.
Wise. a Methodist minister. and a
switch to the plant. Thursday night
there was an explosion that wrecked
the cotton opening room in the mill.
Then came the trouble OF yesterday
evening.
A medical unit of 80 men from Lin
co!nton tonight joined the force of Ma
tional Guardsmen on duty here.
Sixteen of those arrested here today
had been released on bond up to z
o'clock tonight.
3S Are in Jail.
Deputy Sheriff Broad Robbins. who
received the only major injury In the
clash between officers and strikers. was
rioters today Robbins was struck on
the head with club as mob. esti-
mated by the sheriff at 600 men and
women, forced the officers to leave the
mill village.
Sheriff Adkins and his officers went
to the Clinchfield village late yester-
day upon word that strikers were at
tempting to prevent Charles Gibson,
who had moved to the village from an
other county, from placing furniture in
one Of the mill houses.
Officers Are Attacked.
The mob took the furniture to the
State highway, several yards away, and
the officers were attacked with stones
and clubs as they sought to disperse
the crowd.
Precautionary measures were taken
today by Mai. E. P. Costen of Asheville,
commander of the 109th Cavalry Regi-
ment, who ordered all workers searched
before they entered the mill. All per-
sons except those displaying his pass
were forbidden to enter.
There was no demonstration today,
as the non-striking employees went to
their accustomed places. although union
picketers kept just off the mill property.