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failed to explode
Capt Clark said Layton assertet
he had been approa ched by two mer
who asked him to do them "a favor,
instructing him where to find tn,
dynamite to throw at th~ train.
Area Held "Unsafe."
c. w Jones, vice president Of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
recently asked railroad officials to de-
clare unsafe" the area Travelled by
trains in the strike zone.
Jones declared both men held with
Layton were non-strikers and added
the attempted bombing was prob
ably a company-inspired plot"
Sidney D. Evans, management rep
resentative for the company, asked
for statement, said
These two employees have worked
for the company for 20 and 35 years.
Their service records make it difficult
to believe that they would have any
part in any such undertaking"
Strike Leader James Marks only
comment was: 1--WE always said and
will always believe such dynamite plots
are inside jobs"
G. I. O. strike leaders, faced by
back-to-work movements throughout
the seven-State strike area, tonight
called four show Of strength" mass
meetings for tomorrow afternoon.
The rallies were announced for
Johnstown, Youngstown, Warren and
Canton, Ohio. where National Guards
men have enforced peace during the
last week.
Mark, S. w. O. c. lieutenant, con-
tinued to assert 10000 miners from
the coal fields of Western Pennsylvania
would come to Johnstown to hear an
address by Philip Murray, 8. w. O. c.
chairman, at Faiths Grove Amphi-
theater on the outskirts Of the city.
Although exact figures on the total
number OF men still on strike in the
38-day-old labor controversy remained
topic OF debate, a survey tonight
showed that 23,200 men are idle at
steel mills and mines not yet reopened.
Several thousand others have stayed
away from mills reopened under troop
protection.
Clinton 8. Golden, 8. w. o. c. re-
gional director, said he had authentic
information indicating the recruiting
and shipment Of professional strike
breakers to Johnstown by the Burns
Detective Agency Of Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh"
He said the information was being
turned over to appropriate govern
mental agencies for investigation. {"
Bethlehem of1cials declined comment
on Golden's statement.
Inland Asks Poll.
Attorneys for Inland Steel, whose
$4,000 employees returned to work on
Thursday under the terms of q "strike
armHtice" arranged by Gov. M. Cliff
ford Townsend Of Indiana, sought ia
determine the number of Inland en-
ployes enrolled in the Steel Workers
Independent Union, a rival of the
G. I. o.
Attorney Ernest s. Ballard asked
the National Labor Relations Board
to subpoena the books Of the indie
pendent Union.
He said he wished to compare the
Independent Union membership with
list Of 6,4o0 names Of the C. I. o.
affiliated Steel Workers' Organizing
COMMITTEES membership scrolls.
At Canton. city police and Ns.
tional Guardsmen raided c. I. @
headquarters In Bandie's Hall on a
search warrant signed by City De-
tective George Beresford.
The warrant stipulated that ma
chine guns. dynamite and ammuni-
ton we're being sought.
Nothing was found. the police said.
Hall Bond Reduced.
Judge Lynn B. Grifnth at Warren
granted bond reductions 70 ou Hall,
~, deposed c. I. o. organiser, and