The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-26
Strike Of Farmers
 Is Fully Described
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, of beard as they set out to resume their picketing along the highway outside town.
 Sheriff Lainson, beaming the best he could under the circumstances, posed for a picture with two trike leaders who were selected to re- present the farmers at the peace conference later. He ordered all bats and, axe-handles piled up in- side the jail, in case of another em- ergency.
 Mine Strikers
 |. Springfield, Ill, Aug 26.-(UP)-
 The scattered army of 18,500 J miners that was repulsed in an at- tempt to invade Franklin county prepared for mass meetings to-day in central and northern Illinois to plan the next move in their cam paign to prevent fellow miners
 from working under a. $5 8 day scale.
 Meanwhile mines in Franklin and other southern Illinois coun- ties worked with full crews, hoist- ing coal. Sheriff Browning Robin- son of Franklin county and sher- ifs of adjoining counties ordered thousands of citizen deputies to be
 ready for call should another in- vasino be attempted.
 Mass, meetings of strikers were called at Springfield, Gillespie and Peoria by Chairman Arthur
 Hughes of Gillespie. Hughes de- clared a small number of perman- ent pickets would be sent to each Franklin county mine. The pickets will attempt to achieve what the
 army of invasion failed to do. Scattered mines in other parts of the state succumbed to picket ing while the invading strikers were dispersing to their homes after the clash with deputies at Mulkeytown, just within Franklin county. Mines at Peru. Mark and Gran vile were closed by picketers. Strikers Home Bombed Taylorville. Ill, Aug 26.-UP)- Bombing of striking mine lead- CTS home to-day was the omin- ous prelude of another announced invasion of the southern Illinois coal field. Leaders declared endorsements
 had been promised from mine re- gions in Oklahoma, Indiana and Kentucky for the next drive into Little Egypt" where an army of 18,600 invaders was routed We'd nesday night by bullets.
 The front porch was blown off the home of Raymond Tombozzi, strike leader here. Occupants were shaken from their beds but none in the house was injured. The bombing was the third in this. area in recent weeks. A filling station at Pawnee was blown up and two unoccupied miners homes , at Kincaid were dynamited. Camden, N. J., Aug 26-(UP)-- Potato growers of southern New Jersey lined up today in the rap.
 idly spreading activities of farm.
 CTS to force up prices on their pro. duets.
 The action of the New Jerse, ! potato growers was not to be con strued at a ''strike," 1t was pointed ] out by the leaders, but as meas
 ure to halt a decline which 50 fal has brought the farm price of DO
 tatoes down to 50, cents for 10t l pounds.
 A plan adopted at a netting ii Cranbdry, N. J., presided over b. Charles B. Probasco, of Flights
 town. N. J., a member of the stat
 board of agriculture, provided tha
 farmers should allow their pota toes to remain in the ground un
 til the price had risen to 75 cent
 per 100 pounds.
 Shipments will be held up unti | September 19, according to tenta tive plans in which Long Islan,
 growers will be asked to join. | Des Moines. Aug 26-(UP)-
 John Chalmers, president Of tn
 Iowa Farmers Holiday association said today he had received report
 that all roads into Des Moine
 will be picketed by striking farm
 CTS, effective tomorrow morning. I. All kinds of farm produce vii
 be blocaded from the city, Chal
 mers said his information andi
 cated. He reiterated that the holi
 day association has urged the pick
 cts to use peaceful methods.