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bushers’ Bullet Causes Great
Meeting Supposedly Secret is; Stir in Ireland. — Guerilla
Discovered and Arrests Are. Warfare Planned by Irregu-
Made in Connection There- , lars.
with by Agents Who Are:
Keeping Watch on Them. ! Lo " d °". *us. 23,-Tbe
of Michael CollinB at Bandon,
Chica s !, B,, ra*“T2l-s'l” addition, i I;”* restarday. come, directly on the
.1 arrests hare been made by federal j,
agents In the wake of the raid "" ** **"
terday on a mass meeting in the
woods near Brldgeman, iMIch., It
learned today.
Fifteen men taken in the raids
held In jail at St. Joseph. Mich. #|> „ |m ,„ , , „
l constituency here presented In tbe’ Arthur Gr,fflth was buried
irregulars of a policy of ambushes
■ and raids In their fight against the!
I Free State government. * j
j Collins was shot down from am-
J bush only a tew hours after he was ]
i by residents of Cork.
COLLINS WOULD FORGIVE
MEN WHO SLEW HIM
Cork, Ireland, Aug. 23—“Forgive
them,” were the last words of
.Michael Collins, commander of
the Free State army, as be was
dying from an assassin's bullet
last night.
The Collins party were ambush
ed while visiting various military
positions in South Ireland- Just
as the attack was beaten off, a
bullet struck Collins in the skull,
and he expired a few minutes lat-
Federal operatives are attempting
to round up Communists and other |p)|j|p*|gueann
The assassination
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
GETS INJUNCTION
preceded In | COLLINS SHOT DEAD FROM
battle of propaganda, | AMBUSH IN CORK COUNTY
London, — The Press Associa
tion says that Michael Collins
shot dead last night from ambush
Bandon, County Cork.
J Dublin by
both the provisional governmem
J representatives of the irregular army
posting placards which set out their
j respective aims and claims.
| Americans reaching London
attending the funeral of Arthur Grif-
AGAINST STRIKERS
<Pv Associated Press! j The grief over Griffith's death was
Richmond. Va., Aug. 23—Federal accompanied by a public expression
Judge WabbUI today granted the of admiration and afTection for Col-
-Southern railway an order restraining llns, whose three-hour march through
striking shopmen in seven states from the streets of Dub’in roehind the body
Interfering with the movement of of his colleague was an impressive in-
trains. icident because everybody believed
— ■ ■ ■ jthat Collins himself had been marked
for death.
BRAZILIAN FLIGHT
* Dublin. Ireland, Aug. 23.—It was
Hinton and Companions Res- announced today that in view of the
CUed Near Key West After ®»»assinatlon of IMIchael Collins, the
Plane Had Fallen to Water SJUSTUS.
(By Associated Press)
New York, Aug. 23.—The United
States cruiser Denver which rescued
Lieut. Walter Hinton and his compan
ions from the wrecked seaplane Sam-
paio Correia, Is on its way to Key
West, naval officials said today. The
seaplane fell while flying from Nas
sau to Haiti.
PERUVIAN REVOLUTION
COLLINS’ BODY WILL REACH
DUBLIN SOMETIME TONIGHT
Dublin, Ireland, Aug- 23.—By the
provisional government's publicity de
partment, it was announced* this aft
ernoon that the body of Michael Col
lins, head of the provisional govern
ment, who wag assassinated at Dai
don. would arrive in Dublin tonight.
REPORTED IN. CHILE officers with coluns
, WOUNDED DURING ATTACK
(By Associated lYess) - London, Aug. 23.—An Evening
Santiago, Chile, Aug. 23.—Accord- News dispatch from Dublin says it Is
ing to dispatches from a reliable iidieved that Collins was accompanied
source, a revolutionary movement has e( j by seven Free State staff officers,
broken out in the city of Cuzco, Peru. 1 including Major General Dalton, when
Commander Cacercs of the 15th regl- be was killed from ambush last night,
ment stationed at Cuzco is said to Several soldiers, the dispatch says, 1
have sent a message to President Le- ure believed to have been killed
gula. reporting 27 men and one offi- ■ wounded during the attack on
cer killed and several wounded in an ■ Collins' party,
attack on the Cuzco prefecture. | A Central N ews dispatch says
* {Dalton himself was wounded In
ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBERS wing.
MEET IN ATLANTA TOMORROW, national fu^eTal for
QOLLIN8 WILL BE HELD
COLLINS WAS COMMANDER
OF FREE STATE TROOPS
Lwdon,—Michael Collins, head
of the the Irish provisional go\
t and the Irish national army,
shot and killed from ambush
Bandon, county Cone last night,
few hours after he had been given
vation by the people of Cork
city, who for the first time sai
Free State hero in the uniform of
commander in chief. Thus within
ays two of the most prominent
figures in the new Irish government
have been removed by death. Just
ten days ago. President Griffith of
the Dail Eireann, considered the
brains of the new administration,
died in Dublin; last night, Michael
Collins, the Free State military gen-
ious, was killed at the moment when
the dissipation of the irregular for
ces in the south was considered
(By Associated Press)
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 23.—There
i monopolistic .tendency nor
dence of violation of the federal law
In the acquisition by Swift and Com
pany of the Moultrie Packing Com
pany at Moultrie, Ga.. and the Anda
lusia Packing Company at Andalusia,
Ala., Louis F. Swift. President of the
Company asserted today in a state
ment commenting on the Federal
Trade CommisslonV order of yeser-
day, direcltng the company to divest
itself of stock holdings In the south
ern corporations.
isoFTcuiy
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Commenting on Decision by
Federal Trade Commission
Of Yesterday to Sell Hold
ings, He Said There is No
Monopolistic Tendency.
No Announcement Made of * l *“ nU! ' ,oulibt * 8 * ln,t «* ce
Meeting Today to Settle the p,an *’ wh,dl , " c,u ‘ ,cd rel ”“*“ n “ t
Railway Strike. — Counter
Proposals Said to Be Under
Way in the Discussions.
(By Associated Press)
v York, Aug. 23.—The railway
executives meeting here to consider
oposals for settlement of the shop-
en’s strike adjourned at 12:52 to
30 oclock after a discussion lasting
er two hours.
Although no official statement was
forthcoming, it was reported that cer-
ounter proposals were under
discussion-
'The situation looks mighty seri-
i” Howard Elliott, of the Northern
Pacific, said to a colleague In leaving (
meeting.
MORE BOMB EXPLOSIONS AS
RAIL HEADS GATHER TODAY I hard
Washington, D. C-, Aug. 23.—The
Federal Trade Commission yesterday
directed Swift and Company of Chica
go to divest Itself of all the capital j Chicago, Ill., Aug. 23.—As the rail-
stock of the Moultrie Packing Com-1 road executives gathered In New York
pany of Moultrie, 04 , and the Andalu-J today to consider tho peace propos-
da Packing Company of Andalusia.'als submitted by the heads of the
strikers with seniority rights unlm-
The decision of the steel corpora
tions to raise the wages of laborers
announced Just twenty-four hours
prior to the scheduled meeting of the
executives, was hailed by the strikers
point in their favor. It not only
Justified their refusal to accept wage
fixed by the railroad labor board,
they said, but was ample proof of an
impending industrial boom which
put the railroads, with their
thousands of bad order cars, mons
in need of their old repair
forces.
'This wage increase will put con
siderable fire into the veins of rail-,
oad labor," declared David Williams,
iecretary of the Eastern strike com-
“The railroad man will find it
*2.75 t
.the ground that the acquisi
tion of the stock wps in violation of
the Clayton act.
The commission found, it was
nounced, that Swift and Company,
1917 ucqulred by purchase practically
the entire outstanding capital stock
of the IMoultrie and Andalusia
cerns, which, it is alleged, resultei
substantial lessoning of competition
between these two companies
their competitors. The deal also
suited, the commission averred, in
the complete elimination of competi-
lon between the two companies them-
Swift and Company, under the 01
der of the commission is also it
quired to cease from further suppress
impetition in trade heretofor
existing between the Moultrie and Ar
dalusia companies and from further
holding, owning, controlling or opera
ting in any manner ‘the ptanti
businesses of these two conceri
(By Associated Press)
Atlanta, Ga-, Aug. 23.—Members
of tho Associated Press will hold
a meeting in the Anslcy hotel at
Atlanta at eleven oclock Thurs
day morning.
Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 23.—A nation
al funeral with full military honors
will be accorded Michael Collins. Thi
body will lie In state prior to intei
ment in Glasnevln cemetery where
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'al attacks have
against the life of Michael Collins,
head of the provisional government
and commander in chief of the Irish
national army. The latest attempt
bombing oturage. when his
i ambushed last Friday after-
n the Dublin side of Stillor-
issued in connection with this attack
indicate whether Mr. Collins
the machine at the time.
The driver was wounded and the car
is wrecked, a bomb and more than
score of shots being fired.
Tn Dublin on April 17, while Mr.
; Collins was on his way home after
i having addressed a meeting at Naas
:ounty Kildare, he was attacked by
i group of men. some with rifles,
vho rushed his car and 'opened fire.
The Collins party returned the
'ire and one of the assailants was
aptured. Collins was not injured.
Mr. Collins, in addition to being
commander in chief of the national
finance minister in the
inn cabinet. He was on*
of those who succeeded in obtaining
temporary injunction in New York
i Monday restraining Eamon de
Valera or his agents from withdraw-
funds collected for the Irish .re
publican cause deposited In hanks
in New York city.
Collins, always an ardent Sinn
Feiner, was nmong those leaders who
While holding to the fundamentals of
tradition for the freedom for Ireland
'll ’#!re willing to effect a p
with Great Britiun. It became .
w of the recent operations ( fc< |
of the government for thr military. {
Americans recently Hrrlvin^ in ;
London from Dublin declared ths
the assassination of Collins was for
cast in Ireland. It was planned <
DUE STEEL PUNTS
Bethlehem Corporation To
day Announced it Would
Give 20 Per Cent Increase to
Common Labor September 1
—Ohio Plants Likewise.
Steubenville. O.. Aug. 23— All of
ie Independent concerns in the Steu-
;nvllle district announced today that
they would follow the lead of the
United States Steel Corporation In
advancing the wages of day laborers
20 per cent. It Is estimated that ten
thousand workers will benefit.
BETHLEHEM STEEL CO.,
ALSO INCREASES WAGES
Bethlehem. Pa.. Aug 23.—President
Grace, of the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration today announced an Increase
transportation brotherhoods, acting as
mediators In the shopmen’s strike, the
trouble on the Southern railway, tho
principal sufTerer. from the trainmen's
walkouts of the past fow days, began
to clear away.
Exploding bombs kept the rail
itrike fever at a high stage in some
»f the nation’s rail centers, however.
A tremendous explosion early today
in the Chlcago-Alton roundhouse at
Venice, Ills., shook buildings for three
miles around.
TROOPS DECLARED NEEDED
AT SHAWNEE, OKLA., SHOPS
Shawnee. Okla., Aug. 23.—Declara
tion that troops are necessary to cope;
with the shopmen's strike here, was
made by United States marshal Mac
Donald today, who is directing, protec-
of the properties of the Rock
Island and Santa Fe roads. Approxi
mately 100 federal deputies were on
understand why he should
day when he could get $4
the same work in the steel mills.
“If the railroads don't settle with
the shopmen, it will be doubly diffi
cult for them to bold the unskilled
crafts in line."
Kail heads refrained from discussion
of the possible effect of the steel
panies’ move on rail strike negotia
tions. They were, nevertheless, quick
to offer numerous reasons why the
steel interests should grant their men
a raise at this critical stage.
One was that some of the steel cor
poration bankers, who are also large
irs in the railroads, took such
of making untenable to position
steadfastly maintained by the Eastern
hards” headed by L. F. Loree,
the strike be allowed to continue
finish fight” rather than it be set
tled by returning seniority rights to
the strikers.
in other quarters the raise to stoel
men was interpreted as an attempt to
forestall a shortage of labor when coal
| miners get into full action again,
ami roads are called upon to take up
the additional burden of record crop
movements.
Although Mr. Loree yesterday
Forty Thousand Bituminous
Miners Will Receive About
$2.50 Per Day Raise in Dally
Wage. — Pittsburgh Opera
tors Ready to Sign Up.
(By Associated Tress)
Pittsburgh, Pa-, Aug. 23.—Forty thou-
mnd bituminous miners in West
Moreland and Fayette counties today
»d before them the ofTer of increased
ages equal to the highest the min-
g Industry has ever paid.
In these two counties, generally
iown as a non-union field before the
II of the miners’ strike, many of the
en are now organized and the eyes
of the nation are watching develop
ments from the heart of the bitumin
ous region.
Union leaders representing 75 lo
cals, controlling ten thousand men.
stated that they would almost unani
mously pass up the nearly *2.60 per
day increase, until recognition of the
union Is afTorded.
WE3T VIRGINIA NON-UNION
MINE8 MAY OPEN 8HORTLY
Washington. D. C-, Aug. 23.—The
West Virginia non-union coal opera
tors are preparing to sign up with the
miners an agreement raising the basic
scale from *4.68 per day to *7.18, it
was reported today to Federal Fuel
Distributor Spencer. The New River
district, it was said, has already sign
ed up.
PITTSBURGH OPERATORS
ANNOUNCE WAGE SCALES
Pittsburgh, Pa-, Aug. 23.—The scale
committee of the Pittsburgh Coal Pro
ducers' Association today ordered the
1922 scales posted at all ft
the mlnos owned and operated by its
mhers, but declined to yield to the
demands of the United Mine Workers
the check-off provision of the
be enforced. About 45,000 min-
re affected.
, — —v— aisciaimcu at
factors entered into the rail Atrlkc] t }, e braJiM on
situation yesterday, any one of which,' ter cleclairim
New York, Aug. 23. Four surprise j disclaimed any intention of putting
rikt* negotiations, a!-
. that "this talk of.
according to representative, ot road,; pcocc , 5 at] bunk,"other member, of
l "d brotherhoods, may vitally Influ- , ho Eastern president,’ conference,!
— - the action of the Association ofjvolclng similar views, Indicated clear.
ly that they will enter today’s confer-
oppose any plan
ILLINOIS MINES ARE
BEGINNING TO HOIST
COAL AT FULL SPEED
of 20
wage i
for
•ommon lab or, together
equitable adjustment of rates for oth-
• classes, effective September 1st.
DEVALERA A CALVARYA1AN
iug. 23.—Devalera has
ie a cavalryman and consequent
noro elusive than ever, rays the
pondent of the Daily Mail, who
is with the national army in the field.
Devalera
•ontlngent ;
,nd all members
of fall
AUTHORESS DEAD
• nr Associated Presi.)
_ j Cleveland.
Aug. 23.—Mrs. Jat
(Continued on Page S)
! dmt and biographer,
'of her daughter here
Railway Executives when it
consider peace propc
mediation with the big five brother- [ restoration of seniority,
hoods. They were:
First. The announcement that pres
ents of three powerful Eastern roads,
Samuel IUe of the Pennsylvania; E.
E. Loomis, of the LcHigh Valley, and
William Dealer ot the Jersey Central,
re expected to arrive from Europe
the Majestic, in time to participate
<ny .
all i
>rlngficld.
., Aug. 23.—Mines in
of central Illinois were buzz-
activity this morning after
-s since April first. Some
which had prepared for re-
Despite continued assertions i
rail chiefs that they will enter the co
ference today without having befoi
them any definite proposal as a re-!°P rnln B had already hoisted coal by
suit of the executive committee’s noon -
five last week, reports present j
in labor circle, that several such WINSLOW BILL REPORTED
In the conference of th<
Railway Executives.
Second. The
porations of a
by t
iciation of
proposals were laid before thi
ricr representatives.
In each case, full restoration of
seniority was said to have been
OUT BY HOUSE TODAY
Washington, D. C.. Aug. 23.—After
0 „ first voting to give preference to the
to their several hundred thou- b V Sectary of Commerce B , and coa , lnveitlgallon bill, the
sand day laborers. d °' ,lc ‘ ul “>• broth- House commltl „, reversed it-
Third. Assortion by L. F, Loree,, hood « f engineers, and containing M , f todaJr aBd report e d ou , the wla .
president ot the Delaware and Hudson 1 Provisions similar to President alow b , n (or a comm t 3s |on composed
and chairman of the Eastern presl-1 Harding’s Inst proposal, cloaked in en tirely of impartial representatives
nt’s conference, that predictions of j (ContlnueToiT Pag* l.) of the public.
strike settlement and peace in tho j ___________
industry, were "all bunk." | ^
Fourth. The announcement that
iveral of the brotherhood chiefs are
i route from the West with practical
proposals for settlement of the shop-
crafts’ strike, which they will submit
o rail executives if all other peace ad-
ances fail.
Heads of the Association of execu
tes refused to comment on the unex
pected arrival of the three Eastern
presidents. Their return on the same
boat, and in the midst of the present
crisis, was admitedly significant, how-
•, especially since their respective
presidents have been the nucleus
of the group which, in the conference 1
of tho national association, has con-
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