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Georgian, instead of screaming about how good an issue if is going to produce for its ATLANTA—THE HALF-MILLION CITY edition—points to its
achievements—the Masonic edition, the Educational edition, the South Georgia edition, and fo % its superb equipment of men and machinery that
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THE WEATHER.
ffclr l'YIday night and Saturday.
Temperature* Friday (taken at A,
K. Hawkes Co.’s store): 8 a. m.,
In degrees; 10 a. m., 85 degrees; 12
Jj ss degrees; 2 p. m., 91 degrees.
The Atlanta Georgian
“Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” AND NEWS "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAAT”
8POT COTTON.
Atlanta, nominal: 1214. Liverpool, easier;
6.73. Xew York, quiet; 12.85. Savannah,
steady; 12tt. Augusta, steady; 12%. Gal-
reaton, quiet; 12%. Norfolk, steady; 12%.
Mobile, firm; 12%.
~~vol. vnx NO. 21.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1909.
PPTrro In Atlanta, TWO CENTS
ITitlO-tll On Trains, FIVE CENTS.
3 STRIKEBREAKERS
DESERTSTEELPLANT
3
T
Rotten Food and Cruel
Treatment Is
Charged. . '
MEN HELD
ON JOBS
One Workman Swoons for
Lack of Nourish
ment.
Pittsburg. Pa., Aug. 27.—Within a
few hours the plant of the Pressed
Steel Car Company will be entirely
tiierted, save for the police officers.
About iso men left the works today,
bud the remaining 300 have announc
ed their intention to leave tonight or
tomorrow.
A number of those men declare thty
*111 make Informations against Sam
Cohen, the boss of the strike-breakers,
tod against deputy sheriffs, cl
peonago and oasauit.
-Vcne ef the men who have quit have
yet been paid and they will take this
matter up with their consuls.
Grievances of Men.
The grievances of the imported men
tre, according to their own declara
tions, "the rotten food,” treated "worse
than dogs," “failures to keep financial
promises,” “peonage," and “threats to
blow heads oft with revolvers."
It was declared by two of the men
that charges of n serious character
would be preferred against the plant
owners or management.
The men after quitting, camped on
the bank of the Ohio river, near the
river gate of the company's property,
to await the money due them.
Workman Paints.
Jsmes Given, of Philadelphia, or
i nutting the plant, fainted. He was
one of the worst sufferers from the
poor food and lost about 30 pounds.
He fainted from weakness.
“We could not stand It,” said one
of the strike-breakers, who deserted:
•they treated us like dogs. Of all
the promises made when we were hired
In New York, not one was kept. We
•ere practically starved and what lit
tle food we did get, was moldy. Every
°ne who ate it got sick.
Beaten and Kicked.
When we dared complain we were
beaten and kicked. Every one swore
*t us and called us vile names. We
I were made to work whether we were
'lek or not, and when we said we
Wanted to quit, the bosses threatened
to blow our heads off with revolvers,
which they nourished.
One man, named Charles Rooney, a
nveter, from Brooklyn, was In the box
tar locked-up, because he wanted to
h»ve the plant last night. They beat
him up. one of the deputies beat him
with his blackjack and then arrested
him. The rest of us were told that If
J* Quit we would not get any money,
we have not been paid yet. They
™ us tp come around Monday.”
tying and treachery of every sort
was resorted to by the car company's
•gents in order to secure men, accord-
■ig to the statements of Frank Clan
g'd Chicago, and J. Morris, of New
Kept Him In Plsnt.
t lancey, a boss bricklayer, was hlr-
” fur a new building being erected In
ffulana, and Mortis was told the same.
•Vlther of them knew anything about
•car plant. Morris said: "When
[ found I was In Pittsburg, I wanted
” 61 away, but they wouldn't let
They beat, kicked and threaten-
™ to kill me. I wilt make Information
•gainst Sam Cohen and some of his
nsrds for assault."
George Coler, a butcher, and men
nearly every trade, except car
pnildlng, told similar stories and said
2* f '"«i was sickening. Several esses
‘ Ptomaine poisoning have developed
t the plant and two eases are yet In
Ule Ohio Valley hospital. Ths men
"fe promised 33 a day and good food
\S n hired.
The government investigation Into
peonage charges was resumed at the
* M,r »l building, but up to X p. m.
T
STATEISKEPT
MAY ACCEPT CALL
TO LONDON, ENG.
Comptroller Breaks
Quorum on Board
of Canvassers.
Columbia, 8. C., Aug. 27.—A strango
and unprecedented condition prevails
in South Carolina regarding the liquor
situation. The attitude of one man,
Comptroller Genera] Jones, In repeat
edly absenting himself from the meet
ing today of the state board of can
vassers. held to declare the results of
the election In the 31 dispensary coun-
the constitutionality of the act provid
ing for the elections, has blocked the
action of the board, and no results can
be declared. The only hope of getting
a quorum vanished when efforts to get
the attendance of Representative K. P.
Smith, of Anderson, failed, he being
out of the state. Things are in sus
pense till Lieutenant Governor Mc
Leod caft be reached. Under the law,
his attendance will break the quorum.
Kills One Man,
Wound# Two;
Body Burned
8operton, Ga„ Aug. 27.—After killing
one man and seriously wounding two
others In the posse whleh was chasing
him, B. Clark, a negro convict serving
a Ilf. sentence in the Bibb county
chalngong for murder, was killed at
sunrise today. His body was burned
on a rubbish heap, and further trouble
with the blacks of the community la
feared as a result of the Intense ex
citement aroused.
Prohibition In 8weden.
Stockholm, Auq. 27.—The results of
the prohibition of the sale of alcohol
during the present general atrlke have
been so markedly successful that a
temperance delegation visited the king
and urged that the restrictions be kept
In force as long as possible.
my ACCEPT
.DR. LEN G. BROUGHTON.
It is reported he will succeed’br.
G. Campbell Morgan at Westmin
ster Chapel, Congregational church.
IITSJMH
Machine Wrecked and
Aviator Has Close
Cali.
Probably Will Be Ten
dered the Pastorate
of Westminster.
Flowers Are Under Arrest
At Peachtree Roof Garden
Rheims, Aug. 27.—M. Paulhan's Vol
sin biplane waa wrecked and the avi
ator himself had a close call from se
rious Injury today when his maohlne
crashed to the ground while he was .at
tempt!^ a flight upon Bethany Plain.
M. de la Grange made an unsuccess
ful effort to fly before noon. It Is to
de la Grange that Paulhan attributes'
his accident. Paulhan said that he
made a quick descent to avoid collision
with de la Grange, and his car hit the
ground.
Paulhan was among the first aviators
to make a start In the sixth day’s ses
sion of the international aviation tour
nament.
The wind was treacherous and gusty
and Paulhan made two false starts be
fore he Anally rose In the air. He was
a dozen feet above the ground and had
not proceeded 100 yards whgn a gust
Continued on List Page,
Danes Floor Fallst 50 Hurt.
8outh Coventry, Conn,, Aug. 27.—
Fifty persons were hurt when tjie floor
of a pavilion upon which a dance was
being held collapsed early today.
Strapped to Back of Camel
In Heavily Barred Iron Cage,
El Roghi Is Led to Sultan
T ,J l * kUsatt Georgian: I *m •ending
Cl «2A0 for renewal or my enbaertp-
We eurely would be lonely with,
able t 4llly Tl5lt 0,1 7° ut mMt T *
best wiibee for yonr conttnned
I remain,
Tonrs very truly.
T J. K. WELBOBN.
‘•■Pie, Oa.. Aug. 31, 1B0B.
Fez, Morocco, Auq. 27^—Strapped to
the back of a camel which waz confined
In a heavily barred Iron cage, El Roghi,
the moot notorious rebel In Morocco,
and the pretender to the Moroccan
throne, was led before the sultan to
day, surrounded by a atrong detach
ment of armed guards. A throng of
Jeering people followed the soldiers.
The sultan questioned the rebel leader
closely, but got little Information. The
pretender glared with silent contempt
upon the populace and was later taken
within the palace walls. His fate Is
unknown.
STUCK WITH PHONY PINKS
AND AFRAID TO GO HOME
BOY IS PUT IN STATION
••Stuck” with an armful of "phony
pink" Journal baseball extras which
he was unable to dispose of up to
11-30 o'clock Thursday night, little 8-
year-old Louis Mltnlck. was taken to
the police station for loitering on the
streets at that hour. . . .
•'I just can't sell em. »;*Hed the
little fellow. "I've tried an tried an
pople won't buy ’em. Now I
to go home, 'cause father will heat
me for not soiling all my papera.
The child, who is delicate and small
for his age, was In a hysterical cona
tion, divided between fear of his father
and of the police. Officer Swlnney
placed him In charge of Matron Bohne-
feld, who looked altej Him during the
n, The Investigation Friday mornlng re
vealed a pitiful story of childish faith
fulness and suffering.
the majority of witnesses examined
were persons sent by the companyto
contradict the evidence “f Friedman
that he waa kept In the plant against
his will.
Night after night, the little fellow
has walked the streets of Atlanta, tired,
foot-sore, pinched with the aching
hunger childhood alone can feel, brave
ly trying to sell all his papers, so that
he might take home to his father
enough money to save himself the
heating he must otherwise receive.
Trarfully, pleading, persistently, he
would offer his papers to the hurry
ing pessersby, finding in their too-
frequent gruff refusals a burden add
ed to the hopeless fear of parental
punishment hanging always over hla
worried little mind.
Thursday night at 11:10 o'clock lit
tle Louis was making his last despair
ing effort to "sell out" when Officer
Swlnney took him In charge.
At the hearing Friday morning. Re
corder Pro Tern. Preston sentenced the
boy's father, A. B. Mltnlck, to three
days' Imprisonment for allowing the
child to remain upon the streets so
late at night.
Probation Officer Gioer. who aided
In the Investigation, will look after
Louis and the other Mltnlck children,
of whom there are seven, during the
Imprisonment of their father.
That Dr. Len G. Broughton, the will-
known pustor of the Baptist Taberna
cle church, and head of the Taber
nacle enterprices, may be tendered a
call to the pastorate of Westminster
chapel, Congregational church, London, I
England, is the Interesting news told !
at a banquet of the deacons of the I
Tabernacle church Thursday night by I
Rev. J. L. Campbell, of Cambridge.
Mass., who Is filling tho Tabernacle
pulpit during Dr. Broughton's ab
sence.
Dr. Broughton is at present In New
York city, where he Is temporarily fill
ing the pulpit of the Flfth-ave. Pres
byterian church, which lie has don*
during tho summer for the last few
years.
Will Tend Him Call.
The story told by Dr. Campbell,
which he stated came from New York
city, Is that Dr. G. Campbell Morgan,
pustor of the London church, will likely
be called to the FIfth-nve. Presbyterian
church, New York, and that in that
event the English church wanted Dr.
Broughton and would likely tender him
a call.
Westminster chapel is one of the
largest and most popular churches in
the Brlttlsh capital. Tho colled a
Congregational church, it is stated that
Its doctrines are in harmony with
Baptist beliefs.
Tho Fifth-ave. Presbyterian church
is likewise one of the wealthiest and
most pow-erful churches in the world.
Dr. GT Ch.mtSbMI'"3rdfJim Is well
known among Baptists of the United
States. Ho has attended several of
tho Baptist Bible conferences in At
lanta, and Is on tho program to deliver
an address at the dedication of the
new Tabernacle building.
May Not Accept.
That Dr. Broughton will accept the
call of the English church, should It
be tendered him, Is not believed by
the deacons of his church. They
think that his heart Is In tho work hero
and that the present time Is Just wit
nessing tho beginning of work on a
great new building for the Tabernacle
church.
Dr. Broughton has been a pastor In
Atlanta for eleven years, coming here
from Raleigh, N. C. His first pastor
ate here was that of the Jonej-ave.
Baptist church.
Dr. Broughton's work In the city has
resulted in the present Tabernacle, the
Tabernacle Infirmary, girls' dormitory,
and twelve mission stations throughout
the city. An employment bureau and
many other enterprises are operated In
connection with these Institutions.
DOBBS HEADS
THE AD MEN
Louisville, Ky. f Aug. 27.—S. C. Dobbs,
of Atlanta, waa elected president of the
Associated Advertielng Clubs of Amer
ica at thp convention here this .after
noon.
Two Tanks Oxygen
and Operating Table
Rushed to Home.
SURGEONS
GO TO ARDEN
Photo by Edwards.
HIS DAILY TASK.
Armed With Hose, Deputy
Sheriff Cautiously Guard
ing Them.
Deputy sheriffs make arrests; put
people In Jail, and sometimes are com
pelled to shoot and sometimes to get
shot, but most infrequent is It that a
deputy sheriff is specially assigned to
the tranquil nnd aesthetic duty of
watering flowers under order of court.
But tho photograph shows Atlanta's
court-florist and roof gardener, engaged
in his pleasant duties. Ho Is Deputy
Sheriff A. F. Pennington, of SherllT
Mangum's force.
The place Is the Peachtree Roof Gar
den at Peachtree and Coln-sts., for
merly operated by the Metropolitan
Amusement Company, but now closed.
A number of suits and levies of various
kinds hnvp . recently been brought
against tho- edmpany In the superior
court and ■ the palms, boxwood, collns,
etc., which are shown in the photograph
and about 15.000 other plants and
shrubs with which tho garden was dec
orated are all under arrest, so to say,
pending the outcome of the suits.
Carl Witt, owner of the building, hns
levied on all tho plants, stage scenery
and furniture, claiming >430 back rent.
J. P. Matthlessen. the florist, has filed a
claim suit, alleging that nineteen potted
palms, some of \<’hlch are seen In the
picture, belong to him and not to the
Metropolitan Amusement Company.
Twice a day Deputy Sheriff Penning
ton, wearing the official badge of his of
fice, goes to tho Roof Garden and
waters the flowers. He. however, ieajsea
his -revolver and elnh In tho office nnd
Is only armed with a rubber water hose.
An hour Is consumed each time In the
work. A
A special deputy has not de
tailed to guard the ferocious flowers,
such as the wild roses, the dandelions
and the rhododendrons.
Many Are Attending
The Southern States
Checker Tournament
Report Among Financial
Men Friday Is Strength
ened.
$ SAYS HARRIMAN OWE8 t
-I- HIM 32,000,000 INTEREST +
4* ■■ - +
Turner, N. Y., Aug. 27.—Bont on d*
d* seeing E. H. Horriman. who d*
d* ho claimed owed him >2.000,000, d*
d* back Interest on his railroad stock, d*
d* a man describing himself as John d*
d* Deyo, aged 55. of Chicago, was d*
d* taken In custody yesterday on the d*
d* Harrlman estate. d*
d* d*
WELCOMEZEPPELIN
Berlin Suburb To Be End
of 450-Mile
Flight.
Berlin, Aug. 27.—The kaiser, the kal-
sertn and a brilliant suit with, perhaps,
Orville Wright, the American avaltnras
their gueet, will welcome the big dirigi
ble. balloon, Zeppelin III, when it arrives
at Tegel ^morrow, upon the comple
tion of the 450-mlle flight which was
commenced early today at Friedrlch-
shafen.
Preparation* were under way and
will be continued tomorrow making the
entry of the big dirigible a triumphal
fete.
Count Zeppelin was on the ground at
Frlederlchenafen when the start waa
made, but did not travel in the balloon.
He planned to ride by train as far as
Bitterfield, at which point he takes
charge of the balloon.
The postponement of the flight from
Thursday midnight until 1 o'clock this
morning gave greater opportunities
for the reception of the dirigible. As
the Zeppelin has never been seen In
Berlin the peo-le are greatly excited
over its coming.
The kaiser, ever mindful of the lit
tle folks of his empire, asked that
plans be made to have the balloon ar
rive on a school holiday.
The checker tournament for the
championship of tho Southern states,
now being played In Atlanta, has
brought together experts from Geor
gia, North and South Carolina, Ala
bama and Florida, and indications point
to one of the most successful tour
neys yet held by ths association.
Play waa begun Thursday In the
reading room of No. 2 fire engine house,
tendered the players thru the courtesy
of Chief Cummings. The first round
was played thru Thursday and Friday
morning and found tho experts match
ing up for the second day’s play, which
la expected to conclude the tournament
eome time Friday night.
At noon Friday It appeared that the
present Southern champion, F, B. Fleh-
burn, of Columbia, 8. C„ would easily
repeat. He had lost only one game, to
T. J. Driscoll, an Atlanta player, and
his score was 825.
A Novsl Sight.
ft Is a novel and Interesting sight to
watch the progress of a well played
checker tourney. Men representing
many and varied professions, college
men, bank men, railway men, from
five states, some of them traveling 500
or 600 miles to play In the* matches,
grapple with each other In an Intel
lectual struggle that no lsss a per
sonage than Edgar Allan Poe has
placed above .chess Itself as a test of
skill and strategy.
There are many spectators. Those
versed In the finer points of the game
stand patiently for the best part of an
hour, watching a supreme struggle be
tween two of the "heavier" contestants,
whtte to others less expsrisneed the dif
ferent styles of play appeal, even the
various physical modes of playing.
Some players move carelessly, flip
ping the pieces from square to square:
others daintily co.x the "man" along
with the tip of a tentative finger: some
shove combatively, with a "Nnw-what-
nre-you-goln*-to-do-about-lt?" expres
sion. Hun oua at the local ucserta.
brandishes his left bund threateningly
In air, waves It like a circling eagle
above the board—and then moves qui
etly and unostentatiously with the oth
er hand.
Many Ars Playing.
They are all very much In earnest
Some of them play deliberately; some
with a snap and dash that Is calculated
to fake an opponent off his guard; oth
ers with a slowness that stretches
the three-minute-to-move rule. But
they will all be done before midnight
Friday.
Playing In the tournament arc S. N.
Chadwick, Newbem. N. C.: Captain L.
D. Psliter, Salisbury, N. C.; J. F. Mc
Cormick, Columbia, S. C.: F. B. Fish
burn.'secretary of the association and
Southern champion, Columbia, SC.; S.
S. Hallman, Spartanburg, S. C.: L. O.
Harper, Honea Path, S. C.; L» D.
Blackwell, Live Oak. Fla.; R. IV. Evans,
Macon, Ga.; C. M. Farrar, Haddock,
Ga,; T. J. Bennett, Jefferson. Ga.; C. A.
Harwell, Covington; Ga.; W. T. New
man. Columbus, Go.; C. D. Duggan, At
lanta: J. S. Hail, president of the as
sociation, Atlanta, and T«-J. Driscoll,
Atlanta. Official Hcorer. Thomas J.
Thurman, of Newnan, Ga.
At noon Friday the six leading play
ers showed the following approximated
■cores:
Fishbum. 825; Chifdwlck. 700;
Blackwell, 660; Hall, 660; Duggan, 575;
McCormick, 575.
All the contestants are enthusiastic
In thelf praise of the hospitality that
ho* been accorded them.
Bill of Except!one Filed.
Macon, Ga„ Aug, 27.—Attorneys en
gaged In the fight to oust Trustee IV.
K. Young, from the bankruptcy case
n£ P. L. W. Meadows A Brother, have
gone with exceptions and a motion to
recommit for hearing before Judge
Emody Speer, at Highlands, N. C., in
an effort to turn results in the case
:inr^ punt her bird fLsbt i« *»q
New York, Aug. 27<—E. H. Harrlman
Is reported to have undergone an oper
ation this afternoon at his country
home at Arden.
This report among financial men was
strengthened when it was learned* that
two tanks of oxygen and a portable
combination hospital truck and operat
ing table were received at the Hard
man homo today by William McCIcl-.
land, assistant superintendent of the
estate.
A number of specialists went to Ar
den on the Erie train, which left Jersey
City at 1 o’clock this afternoon.
Following Dr. Lyle’s trip to New
York last night, two men, said to bo
physicians, reached Turners today and
were token to tho Harrjman home In
automobile. All communication
with "Tower Bill” has been cut off,
save a direct telephono lino to the
Harrlman offices In New York.
Private advices from tho house are
to the effect that Mr. Harrlman has not
been out of doors since Tuesday, when
he appeared for a short time, looking
very feeble.
On the authority of one of the male
nurses in ntt< «• «-11 Mr. Harrlnwin,
It wos stated that he was suffering from
a nervous, cancerous growth in the ab
domen. The operation will consist In
the removal of this growth. Whether It
is malfgnant'or not could not be learned.
It was learned todav that Dr. C. W.
Lyle, Mr. Harriman’s personal physi
cian. who Is In attendance on him here,
made a flying trip to New York yester
day afternoon. He returned late last
night and was met at tho railroad sta
tion by a reporter.
Dr. LyJe was asked if ho went to
New York to consult with specialists as
to Mr. Harrlman’s Illness. He flashed
Milt this Mil.- sentence as la- climbed Into
a waiting automobile:
"It makes no difference what I went
for.”
Then tho physician was off on the
Wad to the Harrlman place.
In Wall-st. It was learned today that
tho foes of Harrlman. both within and
without the Union Pacific directorate,
have been hard hit by the decline In
prices following the exposure of a plot
on their part to distribute >25,000,000 of
Union I’-" idc earnings, either ns a pre
ferred stock bonus or as extra divi
dends. They had counted on the death
of Harrlman abroad.
Mr. Harrlman has had the telephone
service Into hts home discontinued for
the time being and has Issued orders
that nobody be allowed to use his funic
ular railroad Without his express per
mission. By these means he hopes to
make himself a recluse from all the
world except hie family nnd his busi
ness associates with whom he wishes
to confer.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Sonthtm.
NflAhvIlIe at Little Rock; 4 p. m.: clear.
Atlanta at Mobile: 4 p. in.; clear.
lUrmlngbam at New ^Orleans; two games;
2HH am! 4 t». in.; clear.
Memphls Montgomery, not scheduled.
South "Atlantic.
A complete list of all
the houses in Atlanta
that arc for rent by
agents is published in
the classified columns
of The Georgian on
every Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday.