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OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1922.
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Settlement
in Miners'
Strike Near
Operator From All Parti of
Nation to DUcum Wage
Agreement at Cleve
land Monday.
Lewis Approves of Plans
Cleveland, Aug. 7 (By A. F.)
Settlement of the nationwide toft
rol strike under a definite plan that
may result in the making of wage
agreement! on substantially a na-
tional basis, will be prerented to a
conference here Wednesday of coal
operators, who are expected to come
front all parti of the country, with
of ficwls of the union miner.
Jn the main, the plan provides for
resumption of coal production by
union minen under the wage tcalei
that existed when the strike began
April 1, and for the appointment of
an advisory commission of inquiry
within the coal mdurtry, the person
tie) of this commission to be ap
proved by President Harding.
Outlook Hopeful
Existence of the plan, which has
been approved by some operators
scattered over the country, became
known here when onion officials and
operators, controlling about one
third of the output of the central
competitive field, met both separate
ly and jointly with a view of taking
action toward breaking the coal
strike.
The joint conference adjourned
until 3 Wednesday, by which time
it was announced officially that it
was expected that "other substantial
interests'' would join in the meet
ing. Lewis Approves Plan.
The plan, which was understood to
have the approval of John L. Lewis,
president of the miners, and Alfred
M. Ogle, president of the National
Coal association, may be presented
to Indiana and INinois operators
Tuesday, their meetings to be held
in Indianapolis and Chicago for the
purpose of deciding who will join the
conference here.
Confidence was expressed here by
operators .and miners that the Indi
, ana and "Illinois operators would
join the conference Wednesday, and
it was added that operators were ex
pected from several districts outside
the central field, including West Vir
ginia, Missouri, Iowa and Wyoming
arrt ome southwestern slates.
When the first session of the joint
conference of miners and operators
ended, a statement was issued by
Mr. Lewis and Michael Gallagher,
president of the Pittsburgh Vein Op
erators' association of Ohio, as fol
lows: "It was agreed that the conference,
after being organized, should recess
to 3 p. m. Wednesday, August 9.
This action was taken in the belief
that other substantial interests would
announce their participation in the
conference by that time."
' Expect Many Operators.
Iji issuing the statement, Mr.
Lewis "and Mr. Gallagher refused to
define whether the "substantial in
terests" were entirely within the cen
tral field. Indic'atioas, however, were
that they expected a majority of the
operators of the central field and also
those from several other states. Some
operators at the conference said prac
tically all operators, excepting those
in western Pennsylvania and south
ern Ohio, would arrive here Wednes
day. They also said some operators
would come from Pennsylvania and
southern Ohio. i
Mr. Lewis, who refuseo to affirm
or deny the plan for settlement to
be placed before the conference on
Wednesday declared that he w-as ' 01
the opinion that this week will see
the end of the bituminous coal con
troversy." " ,...!.
As soon as this is accomplished tne
union officials are expected to ask
the anthracite operators to renew
negotiation on a wage scale that were
broken off in June after continuing
several weeks.
Would Renew Wage Scale.
Under the plan of settlement to be
submitted Wednesday the wages of
the miners paid under the scale that
expired March 31, would be renewed
'until March 31, 1924, and meanwhile
the advisory commission would de
cide what recommendation as Ito
wages would be made for the fu-
The commission also would be
authorized to investigate all ques
tions affecting the coal industry, and
though its powers wonlld be pure
ly advisory, both operators and union
officials here regardedxthis as an
important factor in settling local
Strikes. . r , .
The plan does not specify that any
agreement signed under it should ap
ply only to the central competitive
field, a district comprising Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio and western Pennsyl
vania, which has long been the basis
of establishing wages in the soft
coal industry. . ,
Woman Granted Divorce
Prefers Separation Decree
Mrs. Luisa Siragasana became so
disgusted while acting as interpreter
in domestic relations court yesterday
that she walked out. Her sister,
Mrs. Rosa Giuffrida. 1227 South
Thirteenth street, who got a di
vorce decree last week, was back in
court demanding merely a separa
tion. Christoferro. the husband,
said a divorce satisfied his
Am No Thief," Says
Accused Postmistr
Weaver Boomed
for Chairman of
G.OP.Convention
Former Congressman Reavis
Invited to Deliver Keynote
Speech at Meeting
on August 15.
Lincoln, Aug. 7. (Special.)-
While democrats are shooting at
mythical troubles in the republican
ranks, the G. 0. P. leaders are
quietly preparing for the big state
convention to be held in Lincoln
August 15.
Charles A. McCloud. chairman of
the republican sfate central commit
tee, wired today to former Congress
man C Frank Reavis at Washing
ton, D. C, requesting him to de
liver the keynote speech at the con
vention. Information came from authentic
quarters that a forceful boom would
be started to select Arthur J.
Weaver of Falls City temporary
chairman of the convention. The
custom has been to make temporary
convention officers permanent, in
which event Weaver would be chair
man of the republican state central
committee.
Republicans smile at reports that
the code system will be thrown into
the discard when the national and
state platform is adopted. They
point to the small vote given by
republicans to A. H. Byrum, the
avowed anti-code candidate for gu
bernatorial nomination, as proof that
the republicans are strongly en
trenched behind the code system of
government
Leaders here say that no system
is perfect and believe the code, like
any other business principle, can be
improved with, experience.
jtepUDiicans expect io invue con
structive legislation in making the
code still more effective in their
platform.
In fact, it isn't expected that demo
crats will come out and demand ab
solute abolishment of the code system.-
It is felt they will attack it
from many angles as part of a pro
gram to give republicans creait ior
nothing.
However, it is pointed out that for
years democrats promised code gov
ernment in platforms but always
failed to put it into effect through
pressure brought upon them by the
"boys" who wanted the numerous fat
jobs, afforded by appointments on
the numerous boards and commis
sions in vogue before the code sys
tem was initiated.
Strikers Chop Wood
to Get Winter Fuel
..Beatrice, Neb, Aug. 7. (Special.)
T-Striking shopmen at Wymore ob
served today as tag day and one
business man paid $50 for a tag. The
strikers expect to raise money m
OT9r :t1i vhirh to nav expenses.
Some have gone to chopping wood
near Wymore m oraer to prepare ior
winter. '
Sun Yat Sen Suffering
From Mental Disorders
London, Aug. 7. Dr. Sun Yat Sen,
former head of the southern Chinese
government, is suffering from a .men
tal trouble which has already re
quired the attendance of two foreign
brain specialists, says a Hongkong
dispatch to the Daily Telegraph.
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Dearly to Be a Thief,H Says
Accused Nebraska
Postmistress.
Money Drawer Robbed
"Embezzlement of postal funds" is
the charge lodged against Mrs. Maud
Ballard, ex-postmistress at Bartlett
Xeb.
But it takes a wide stretch of
imagination to couple the word "em
bezzler" with the motherly looking
woman of 40, now in the county jail
here awaiting disposition of her case,
"I am no thief I love my four
children too dearly not to consider
them if I ever .felt like taking money
that didn't belong to me," she told
an Omaha Bee reporter. "But I was
careless that was the trouble. I
didn't always lock the drawer where
the postal money was kept Any
body could have come into the office
and helped himself to it
The postofhee is in the front part
of the store and she lives in the rear,
she explained.
Missed Small Sums.
"When I was busy with my house
work and the babies I didn't always
hear people come in the front door.
tvery once in a while I missed small
sums but I didn't know who took
it or what I should do about it So
I let things run on until the postal
inspectors came.
Mrs. Ballard said she took the dos-
tal job several years ago to help the
family finances.
My husband is a blacksmith and
doesn't earn enough for such a large
family as ours. 1 used to earn $250
each three months and that helped a
iot As it was, we five very simply,
have no carpets or fine furniture I
never go to the movies or spend
money on mysdf so I think the
people in Bartlett believe me when
I say I did not take the money.
Bondsmen Pay.
Mrs. Ballard's bondsmen came
nobly to her rescue, she said. "They
told me they would make up the
deficit, close to $1,000. and would
let me pay them back, as I was able,"
she said.
With this understanding. Mrs. Bal
lard waived arraignment before the
United States commissioner at
Grand Island Friday. Date of her
appearance before . Federal Judge
Woodrough will be determined on
his return from Lincoln.
Concerned Over Children.
Mrs. Ballard's chief concern was
not about herself, but her young chil
dren, whom she left in the care of
the eldest, a girl of 16.
I never left them alone before.
she said.
Before coming to Bartlett five
years ago, the Ballard family lived
in Albion.
So far as known Mrs. Ballard is
the first woman ever held in Ne
braska on a similar postal charge.
Mrs. Jones Succumbs
to Revolver Wounds
Mrs. Bess Jones, 27, died yester
day afternoon at St. Joseph hos
pital after having lingered uncon
scious for seven days from bullet
wounds received in her apartment at
Sixteenth and Jackson streets.
The only clue police have to the
shooting is one which they connect
with the name of Fred P. Swan, a
retired farmer, formerly of Missouri
valley, la.
Shortly before the shots were
heard, women in another apartment
called to mrs. Jones and asked her
to come to their rooms. Her an
swer was that she was entertaining
Swanme. Search for Swan has
so far been unsuccessful.
Soft Spot in Sand Ends
Cross-U. S. One-Stop Flight
Jacksonville. Fla., Aug. 7. A soft
spot in the sand of Pablo beach
here brought Lieut J. S. Iloolittle s
attempt to hop to San Diego, Cal-
with a sigle stop for fuel at San An
tonio to an abrupt end last night
within 500 yards of the start of
his 2,000-mile trip. The specially
equipped plane did not get into air
at all. It swerved from its course
along the beach at the getaway, nose
dived into a roller and stopped with
a wing and the propeller wrecked
The army flier was unhurt Just
how badly damaged the plane was
had not been determined early to
day. Morgan Continues to Cain
Lead in Kansas Primaries
Topeka, Kan Aug. 7. Returns
from 2,250 of the state's 2,536 pre
cincts put the plurality of W. Y.
Morgan, Hutchinson editor, past the
12.000 mark in the quest for the re
publican nomination for governor.
Tabulation of Tuesday's ballots gave
his closest rivaL former Governor
W. R. Stubbs of Lawrence 43,458 and
Morgan 55,552, a plurality of 12,
094. V !
i On the democratic ticket, Jona
I than M. Davis of Bronzon continnes
to lead for governor over Henderson
I S. Martin of Lawrence, with CoL
Leigh Hunt of Kansas City run-
j nina a ooor third J
Japanese Activities in
South America Increase
Buenos Aires. Aug. 7. Japanese
activities and propaganda in South
America have been steadily increased
in the last six months, deipite a tem
porary set back administered by the
state of Sao 1'aulo, Brazil, when it
withdrew its subsidies and other aids
from Japanese immigration the first
of the year. Efforts of Japanese of
ficials to persuade other Brazilian
state governments for subsidies on
Japanese immigration have so far
failed, but the efforts have not yet
been abandoned.
Meanwhile, the Japanese are taking
advantage of the Brazilian centennial
celebration to make a strong bid for
a more important position in South
American affairs.
Iowan Succeeds
NebraskanasHead
of Grain Growers
Complete Reorganization of
Association Announced by
American Farm Bureau
Federation.
Chicago, Aug. 7. The United
States Grain Growers, Inc., has been
completely reorganized, according to
an announcement form the American
Farm Bureau Federation. The
Farmers' National Co-operative
Oram Marketing- association is now
under the direction of a new board
of 19 directors, 1 1 of whom are exec
utive officers of midwest state farm
bureau federations.
The new president of the United
States Grain Growers. Inc.. is E. C
Cunningham of Iowa, who-succeeds
U H. Oustafson of Nebraska. H.
L. Keefe of Nebraska succeeds James
Ji. Mason of Xndrana, as vice presi
dent. . J. M. Mehl, formerly as
sistant to President Gustafson, is the
new secretary, succeeding Frank M.
Myers of Iowa. 'Charles E. Gunnels,
treasurer of the American Farm Bu
reau federation, is now treasurer of
the United States Grain Growers also.
Committee in Charge.
An executive committee of three,
E. H. Cunningham. J..F. Reed of
Minnesota and R. A. Cowles of Illi
noisis in direct charge of the affairs
of the United States Grain Growers,
Inc.. and the subsidiary. United
States Grain Growers Sales company,
created to sell 109.000,000 bushels
of grain of the 50,000 members who
have signed five-vear contracts.
Berbard M. Baruch. New York
financier; Alexander Leree. presi
dent of the International Harvester
company, Chicago, and Frank O.
Wetmore, president of the First Na
tional bank, Chicago, have accepted
appointments to a committee of three
to advise the reorganized corpora
tion in matters of finance and mar
keting. Henry C. Wallace, secre
tary ot agriculture, and Herbert
Hoover, secretary of commerce, have
been incited to represent the public
as ex-otticio members of the new
board.
New Board of Directors.
Members of the new board of di
rectors are: Howard Leonard, nresi-
dent of the Illinois Agricultural as
sociation; John F. Boland, Webster
Uroves, Mo., president of the Mis
souri Farm Bureau federation; Ralph
Snyder, Oskaloosa. Kan., resident
of the Kansas Farm Bureau federa
tion; John G. Brown. Mpnon, Ind.,
president of the Indiana Federation
of Farmers' association; Charles W.
xiunt, ljts Moines, la., president of
the Iowa Farm bureau: O. E. Brad-
fute, Xenia, O., president of the
Uhio farm Bureau federation; J. F.
Reed, St Paul. Minn., president of
the Minnesota Farm Bureau federa
tion; George McKecrow, Pewaukee,
Wis., president of the Wisconsin
farm Bureau federation; E. H. Cun
ningham, Cresco. la secretary of
the Iowa Farm Bureau federation;
R. A. Cowles, Bloomington, 111.; W.
K. Crowther. Golden City. Mo.t T.
I. Ferris, Pleasant Lake, Ind.; H. L.
Keefe, Walthill, Neb.; A. J. Mclnnis,
Dazey, N. D.; Charles B. Steward,
Red Cloud, Neb.; Eugene Funk,
Funks Grove, 111.; Herman Danforth,
Washington, I1L; B. F. Parmenter,
Lincoln, Neb., and A. G. Burgeson,
Douglas N. D.
Of these, Cowles, Crowther, Fer
ris, Keefe, Mclnnis, Steward and
Burgeson were members of the old
board.
Hibernian Society
Deplores Strife in Erin
Atlantic City, N. J. Aug. 7. Reso
lutions deploring the situation in Ire
land and opposing the Ku Klux Klau
were adopted by the national board
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
in conference here.
The Irish resolution spoke of the
"unhappy division of the Irish peo
ple" and suggested that members of
the .order "refrain from obtruding
cur opinions or criticisms lest the
harsh discord be transmitted to our
side of the ocean."
The other resolution declared that
The Ku Klux Klan challenge to our
Catholic citizenship should be op
posed by aggressive, intellectual pow
er" and urged organization of all
Irish-American Catholics.
Father and Baby Daughter '
Killed by Bomb Explosion
25, and an infant daughter, Francis,
ing in his home exploded. His wife
and a 14-months daughter were burn
ed but not seriously. The bomb was
to have been used at an Italian cele
bration, it was saidj j
Uncle Sam, as Europe
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Strikers' Trials
Are Halted-for
Lack of Evidence
Assault Case Against Bridge
port (Neb.) Workers
Continued by Federal
Judge Woodrough.
Lincoln, Aug. 7. (Special Tele
gram.) The first day of hearings in
prosecutions brought in federal
court against 26 railroad strikers and
sympathizers of Lincoln, Havelock,
Bridgeport, Ravenna, McCook and
Grand Island, charged with breaking
the federal injunction against unlaw
ful picketing, resulted in oostDoned
decisions by Judge J. W. Wood-
rougn.
The case of Mrs. Charles Munson.
Havelock, charged with writine
"scab" on the home of John H. Bil
son, Burlington shoo employe who
continued working, was postponed
until iu tomorrow mrrning.
Decision in the case of Tom Baker
and Mrs. Margaret Blum. Lincoln.
charged with resisting officers and
intimidating workers, was postponed
indefinitely. It was during the ar
rest of these two that Deputy United
Mates Marshal J. C. McClung was
gassed.
rive Bridgeport strikers, charged
with beating James Lee, Burlington
employe, were released on bond and
federal authorities were given more
time to collect "evidence.
G. A. Knight Bridgeport striker,
charged with participating in the at
tack on Lee, was dismissed for lack
of evidence.
The other cases will be heard to
morrow, numerous attidavits were
presented 'signed by strikers that
none of the six facing trial were near
the scene of the alleged attack on
Lee.
Steamer Which Hit Rocks
Expected in Port Today
Seattle, Aug. 7. The steamer H.
F. Alexander of the Pacific Steam
ship company which struck Cake
Rock, near the Washington coast in
the Pacific ocean shortly after mid
night, is expected to arrive here
Tuesday morning. The Admiral
Schley, sent from this port soon after
the accident, was to meet the Alex
ander in the Strait of San Juan de
Fuca and take off the nearly 300 pas
sengers, none of whom were report
ed injured.
The Alexander, after discharging
cargo here, is expected to shift to a
drydock for a survey.
The Alexander was off its course
in a dense fog when it hit the rock.
The Admiral Schley reported by
wireless from the strait that it had
encountered thick fog all the way.
olice to Watch Meetings
of Soviet Advocate Here
William Z. Foster, labor leader.
president of the Friends of Soviet
Russia, who has been ejected from
Colorado by military authorities.
will not be molested when he arrives
in Omaha to address a meeting. "But
we will have a man at his meeting,"
H. W. Dunn, police commissioner,
aid, !
Engineer Blamed
for Train Wreck
Coroner's Jury Holds Negli
gence Caused Death of 35
at Sulphur Springs.
De Soto, Mo., Aug. 7. Negligence
on the part of Matt (Ginger) Glenn,
engineer, was responsible for the
Sulphur Springs wreck which caused
35 deaths thus far and injuries to
more than 100 persons, according to
the verdict of a coroner's jury late
this afternoon..
' Glenn was engineer on Missouri
Pacific fast train No. 4, which
crashed into local No. 32 Saturday.
The coroner's jury held that his
failure to observe a block signal
warning him that the track ahead was
not clear, caused the rearend col
lision. Glenn was killed when he jumped
from his cab just as the collision oc
curred.
The verdict was returned after the
jury had decided to render an. open
verdict, blaming no one and had
then immediately reconvened and
reconsidered its decision.
German Moratorium
Considered at London
London, Aug. 7. (By A. P.)
Representatives of the allies today
gathered around, the conference ta
ble once more to discuss war ap
propriations, Germany's financial
condition and related issues.
The meeting, the 13th within
less than three years, was greeted by
newspapers with enthusiasm, and in
some cases with' almost despairing
skepticism.
Prior to the .meeting of prime
ministers, M. Poincare and his
finance minister. M. De Lasteyrie,
conferred with Premier Theunis of
Belgium, and they were reported to
have reached a common understand
ing as to the necessary measures re
specting Germany.
All the allied delegates, including
Baron Hayashi, representing Japan,
arrived in Downing street shortly
before 11 o'clock and went imme
diately . to the conference chamber.
The United States was not repre
sented. Paris, Aug. 7. (By A. P.) The
reparations committee by a vote of
3 to 1, rejected a resolution which
would have accorded a moratorium
to Germany for the remainder of the
calendar year on reparations.
It also rejected Germany's offer of
payments of 500,000 pounds monthly
on balances of its prewar debt.
Typhoid Fever Raging
in Miners' Tent Colonies
Uniontown, Pa, Aug. 7. With
50 cases of typhoid fever reported
from tent colonies of striking miners
in Fayette county, rtate and county
heatlh officials were working at top
speed to prevent a further spread of
the disease, which, it is believed, de
veloped from spring water.
At the Palmer tent colony, near
Brownsville, 25 persons were
stricken and it is estimated that
?bout 25 additional cases are located
in other tent colonies in that region. 4
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Japan Ready to Send
Ratification of Pacts to U. S.
Tokio, Aug. 7. (By A. P.) For
eign Minister Uchida today, ndtifyingn
Uharles Beecher Warren, the Ameri
can ambassador, that the treaties
drawn at the Washington arms con
ference had been officially ratified
and sanctioned by the prince regent
said Japan was ready to deposit the
ratification at Washington on being
advised by President Harding that
the other signatory" governments
were prepared to do likewise.
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Proposal
of Harding
Suggestion That Men Resume
Work and Submit Seniority
Issue to Labor Board
Promptly Refused.
Ask Brotherhoods'. Aid
Oawlia Bf luiii Wlr.
Washingtbn, Aug. 7. President
Harding's latest proposal to settle,
the' railroad shopmen's strike failed .
within a few hours after it was pre
sented and the country now faces
the prospect of a general railroad
tieup.
The president's proposal that the
shopmen return to work, that the
railroad operators assign them to
work and that both bides submit the
issue of seniority to the railroad
labor board met with instant and de
termined opposition on the part of
the shopmen's leaders.
It was answered promptly by the
issuance of a call for a general con
ference of all the railroad labor or
ganizations to be held in Washington
on Friday for the purpose of adopt
ing measures to make the shopmen's
strike more effective.
The big four brotherhoods he or
ganizations of operating workmen,
will be asked by the strikers to de
cline to operate equipment believed
to be defective. ;
Hope (or Complete Tienp.
By this plan the strike leaders hope
to bring about complete stagnation
of the entire railroad transportation
system of the country.
That the president's plan would be
reiected and that the other railroad
unions would respond promptly to
the shopmen's call for effective sup
port was believed to be a foregone .
conclusion, following a long confer
ence between the shopmen's chiefs
and the Washington representatives
of three of the "big four" brother
hoods. When the president saw the shop
men's representatives at the White
House this morning, he told them
that this was his last effort to bring
about a settlement of the strike. If it
it the shopmen's leaders indicated
clearly that there can be no settle
ment and the cinflict between rail
workers and owners, which has been
threatening since before the war,
seems destined to be a fight to the
finish. .
Men Will Stand Pat
"The employes now on strike are
firm in their position and will con
tinue on strike so long as the Asso
ciation of Railway Executives de
cline to accept reasonable terms of
agreement," said . Bert M. Jewell,
head of the shopcrafts organizations,
after the conference.
Those who participated in the con
ference besides Jewel were William
H. Johnston, president of. the Inter
national Association of Machinists: J.
P. Noonan, president of the Elec
trical Workers; Arthur J. Lovell,
representing the firemen and engine
men; Paul Stevens of the rtainmen
and H. E. Wilis of the engineers.
Johnston, Jewell and Noonan dis
patched the following telegram to
Warren S. Stone, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers, at Cleveland:
Text of Telegram.
"Shopcrafts did everything con
ceivable to avoid necessity for a
strike, an dsinpe- the strike have at
all times been willing to confer with
any party authorized to submit a
proposal as a basis of honorable set-,
tlement We accepted the president's
terms of agreement submitted to em
ployes and managers July 31. Asso
ciation of Railway Executives, in re
(Tnra to Pat Twt, Cotwu Two.)
Lad, 17, Drowns Near
Falls Gty in River
Falls City, Neb, Aug. 7. (Special
Telegram.) Walter Tillman, 17, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Tillman, was
drowned late yesterday afternoon
while swimming in the Missouri
river near his home. 14 miles north
east of this city. Two small boys :
who were with him made a desperate
attempt at rescue, but wered riven
back by the rwift undertow. Farm
ers spent the greater paxt( of last
night in dragging the rivdr and this
morning resorted to dynamite in an
effort to force the Missouri in giving
up its dead, but efforts have thus far
been futile. N
Two Die in Rail Strike
Clash at Joliet, RL
Toliet. Ill- Aiiff. 7 Cnriat A
Philip Reitz of the Elgin, Joliet &
eastern railroad and an unknown
Itrikrr are (trad and 5hrifiF Tirrwa
Newkirk is seriously wounded as a
result of riots which broke out
here this mornlntr at the railroad
yards. Authorities are planning io
call state troops. r-'
The sheriff nffir OnVInrtr
called for state troops to control the
situation after it was decided that
local authorities were nnable to cope
with the outbreak.
A mob of several hnnrirei! mfhmA
at the railroad yards this morning.
The trouble is believed to have
started over the shooting of a srtik-
er last Saturday.
What started the thnAtinv
mominr could not be leirnei! im
mediately. Sheriff Newkirk has
heen searching the strike pickets
daily for arms.
