The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
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 Charles Philbeurne, president of the Connecticut Council UTWA, de- clared the battle nearly won" He urged withdrawal of all troops and offered services of union members as volunteer police to patrol the strike centers to keep order.
 Another Victim Dies
 Atlanta, Sept 13-(UP)-Eforts to reopen textile mills under pro- lection of national guardsmen re- suited today in one additional southern fatality, the 18th since the nationwide strike was called.
 Ernest H. Riley, 40, of Mt Holly, N. C., bayonetted during a dsturb- ance at the Knt Products company mill at Belmont, N C., last night, succumbed to his wounds early to- day.
 J. P. Brown. also bayonetted by guardsmen as they drove strikers from the Belmont mill. was in Charlotte hospital.
 Riley was the first striker to die at the hands of guardsmen, who are ugarding mills in the Carolinas and Georgia in campaign to re- open mills without interference from textile union pickets.
 Riley's death was the first in North Carolina.
 Strikers Fired First
 Major Paul Tounts, Charlotte, who ordered troops to charge and disperse the strikers, said the strik- CTS s'fired on my men"
 siMy soldiers have stood taunts, abuse and curses of pickets with out a word in return while all the time the people in the picket lines were cooking up trouble" Tounts said.
 The Belmont shooting occurred a. few hours after the kni, Products company mill reopened, It had been closed more than two weeks ,,.,,, areas were under martlal law py proclamation of Gov Eugene Ial, rnadge, the states 4,000 national g,,ardsnen appeared to have the Situation under complete control, II was estimated approximately 3u mills had reopened and workers had returned to their looms.
 strikers Are Prisoners
 barbed wire enclosed inter ment camp at Fort McPherson, near Atlanta, held approximately 15O strike pickets, including lo women, captured by guardsmen as Newman. Porterdale. Bibb City and Griffin. They will be given military trials, Adjutant General Lindiey w. Camp said. confiscation of 15,0O0 circulars, all iegedly of a communistic nature, Addressed to strikers in Georgia and Alabama. A negro woman was arrested in connection with tne seizure. - r;rs Eahrir piant at Rockmart, Ga, demonstrated their anti-strike sen fiment by turning out, 800 strong' in parade to greet Samuei Steers. Goodyear official from Ak ron. The workers carried piacaEas asking that the mill, closed 10 aVo!a yioler,ce, be reopened. steers saiu the mill would resume opera.io' Monday. ..,... ,saa
 Norman Thomas, socialist lead CT, was in the southern strike zons' urging strikers to hold tneir nhs He spoke yesterday Tn Durhah' VI " RhOde island Stntus
 Providence, R. l., Sept 19-tUFl
 seventy-fipe per cent of Rhode Is,snd's textile mills are closed and aa5on of tile states 47.000 opera; lives are idle, the Rhode isianu Textile association estimated Tn T statement today. .. os
 The association, representing ss nar cent of the states mills, saiu i1ayroll losses totaled $750,Ooo trvaak and production losses SEOUL 900 a week. - fila industry in Rhode Island. the sssocintion said, the strike mas caused the idleness of about 4O per cent of Rhode Islands industriai Reports also show that retail trade is beginning to reflect ae- creasing purchasing power IT the miiI cefiters," the report said.
 Saylesyille Mill Opens
 Saylesylle, R. l., Sept 1s-(UFl Under the watchful eyes of more than 100 national guardsmep,, the Sayle Finishing plant, scene or re- cent sanguinary strike warfare, re- opened peacefully today.
 1t had closed last week at the behest of Governor Theodore Fran els Green to prevent further plooo- shed. -
 entered the gates this morning and anticipated disorders failed to ma terialize as strikers contented them selves with peaceful picketing. A total of 140 pickets were allowed inside the militia lines.
 Several other plants in Rhode Island reopened today under sim- ilarly quiet conditions.
 Ten Arrests Made
 Lewiston, Me, Sept 19-(UPl- rxs. -s ea4.s. ssrexn m nda hara fndaY