The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-06
VIOLENCE GROWS AS
PRESIDENTS BOARD
TACKLES PROBLEMS
10 Dead, ~ Injured and 81 Ar
rests Is Record for Third
Day Of Walkout
LITTLE HOPE FOR PEACE
WaIkout Figure Increases to
$4,000 With More Ex.
pected to Join Move

Washington, Sept. 6.-(F)-Death
and increasing violence marked the
textile strike Thursday as presiden-
tial board Of inquiry began to delve
into the many ramifications Of the
controversy.
Ten dead, II injured and 64 arrests
was the record Thursday shortly after
the general strike in the textile in
dustry had entered its third effective
day. Union leaders were exerting
pressure through pickets and flying
sQuadrons" to close mills not yet shut
down.
Empowered to acts as arbitrator if
requested, the presidents board gave
some hope Of settlement, although
neither the employers nor the work.
ers gave any indication they were
ready to arbitrate their differences.
Francis j. German, national strike
chief, expressing the hope the boards
inquiry would lead to fair settlement.
nevertheless declared: Were goine
to keep on striking" George Sloan,
president Of the cotton textile insti.
tute, said the board would receive the
utmost respect
Later in the day German said other
international unions might call their
members out In support of the tex
tile strike.
The strike spread swiftly Wednes-
day, attended by growing strife re-
sulting in two deaths, injuries to two
score persons and increased tension in
all textile areas. Many more mills
closed down completely and there
were indications others would follow
suit Thursday.
Strikers Increase 10 33e.00o
Approximately $4,000 workers had
joined the movement Is tho strike
entered its fourth day, an Associated
Press survey showed. This would IN
dictate the walkout was approximate
~ SO per cent effective over tho On
tire cotton, wooden and silk industry
which normally employs in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000 workers. Tho In
dependent figure was challenged by
both union leaders and manu4aetur-
ers. The strike leaders asserted the
number Of workers now on strike had
reached $4,000. Employers, although
making no estimates OF the number
idle, commended the total was less by
far.
The board Of inquiry named by
President Roosevelt at Hyde Park
Wednesday comprises Governor John
O.. Winant Of New Hampshire, Ray
mond v. Ingersoll, Borough president
Of Brooklyn, and Marion Smith. At
lanta attorney and son of the late
Hoke Smith, former United States
senator and governor.
The board is directed to inquire in
to the complaints Of the textile work
ers and into the problems of the en-
ployers, and to consider ways and
means Of meeting said problems and
complaints" It Is directed to re-
port to the secretary Of labor not later
than October l.
The board is also authorized to act,
upon request Of the parties to the tex
tile dispute, as q board Of voluntary
arbitration or to select an arbitrator.
The gigantic walkout increased
steadily as thousands in the south.
New England and Middle Atlantic
states joined the picket lines.
Seven persons were known to be
dead in South Carolina. At least six
we're killed at Honea Path in q battle
between workers and flying squad
ron" seeking to prevent Chiquola mills
from opening.
A striker was shot six times and
killed at Greenville, S. c., in friction
between strikers and police officers
guarding the Duncan mills.
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