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STRIKE ISSUE UP
IN fIIS US BOTH
SIDES BLUFF
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Union Chiefs Hurry to Atlanta
for Conference on the Joint
Terminals Situation.
Continued From Page One.
president of the Louisville and X.ish
ville railway, is pulling the wires di
recting the Georgia railroad -trik. sit
uation: that he and his interests are
preparing to crush the organization of
trainmen and conductors, even at the
cost of a general strike which will tie
up the whole South, is the opinion of
some Atlanta railroad men and impor
tant shippers who hate given close
study to the situation They believe
that a general strike Is imminent and
that it will not end until the roadshave
broken the power of the unions or
have fought to their last ditch and lost.
From ('hairman Charles A. Wieker
sham’a office this afternoon It was
said a concession had been made to
the striking trainmen, in that the ter
minal company had offered to take
hack a part of the striking terminal
employees It also was said a number
of the strikebreakers brought here to
take the places of the strikers are ex
perienced railroad men and w ere prom- j
ised regular employment. Then are
others who were not promised perms- |
nent positions. The terminal company
insists it will retain the former, let the
latter go and give places to such of the
•trikets aa It can use. There are 46
striking terminal employees and more
than half would be given their old
places under this agreement. This has!
not beeig satisfactory to the strikers,
who demand the reinstatement of all or
none.
City Could Stand
Sixty Day Siege
The attitude at the terminal offices
was that exerr reasonable concession
had been made and nothing further
could be done.
In case a strike is ordered which will
•top operations on all the roads rn- ■
taring Atlanta, the city would Itave ■
enough foodstuffs on hand to last about I
fiO days. according to a prominent flour I
and grain dealer who has studied the t
sltuntlon.
"Atlanta has only a normal supply ■
on hand, but a great share of this is
destined for shipment to the out-of
town retail trade," he said. "Os course,
any strike which prevents trains com
ing in will prevent them going out.
and this supply of food could be used
for local custom. There would be a
scarcity of fresh meats and a marked
shortage of feed for live stock, but At
lanta would have plenty to eat for
about two months."
Atlanta shippets are beginning to
protest against the strike and most of
their wrath is directed at the Georgia
road. It is they who blame Milton H.
Smith and the high financial powers
in the railroad world for the present
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Mrs. Rosenthal To Be Main Witness Against Policeman
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situation. They believe the roads are
ready to fight out a strike at any cost
to themselves and the cities which
would suffer from lack of transporta
tion. anil the government ownership of’
railways Idea has taken a big bound in
public favor in the past wick.
The tangled financial condition ol
the railroads in the South has led to
th • belief in tlte directing hand of
Milton 11. Smith. It is pointed out that
his road controls the Georgia and it
was he who directed every move in
the noted firemen's strike on the Geor
gia four years ago.
The 1.. and X. and the Coast Line are
tin same interest. The L. and X. prac
tically owns the Georgia. Tlte I. and
X. owns the X , C. atffi St. 1., and lite
X. C and St. I. leases the Western
and .Atlantic The ownership of the
West Point, a short but important con
necting link, is problematical, but it is
understood that the Southern has a
big finger in the West Point pie. All
the roads are so interlocked by finan
cial control that they have a commun
ity of interests which soon draws all
of them into making common cause
when one is attacked.
That the Louisville and Xashville is
preparing for a strike is indicated by
the fai t th it it has begun routing its
shipments from the West into Atlanta
| byway of Xashville and the Western
and Atlantic, instead of through Knox,
jiille and tlte Louisville and Xashville,
as usual
One of the roads threatened with a
general strike because of switching in
I the Atlanta yards for the Georgia rail
road already has agreed not to con
tinue, and it is said the otheis will
probably igrei this afternoon
Southern Thought to
Have Made Pact.
Vai Fitzpatrick vice pi.sident of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, saiil
he knew one of the roads had come
to terms, but would not give tin name
of the road It Is supposed that it is the
Southern which has agreed to do no
more switching for the Georgia road,
as Fitzpatrick and General Manager
Copelan, of the Southern lailway. who
arrived in Atlanta today in his pri
vate car. had a long conference, and
the rumor became prevalent immediate
ly afterward
The conference which w|| be held be
t w een Cum tn is si one i X'cilJ and the thi e<
union leaders in Augusta today is ex
pected to end about U o'clock this after
noon. I'pon Its result hinges the strike
Situation on the Georgia road, though
It is thought no action will be taken
by them in reg.nd to the switching in
I the Atlanta turns, as it now
that tlie other three road- will agio.
Ito discontinue ail swltining foi the
' Georgia road
The Southern th. X.is ivt e. Ciiat
•anooga ami St Louis and the Atlanta.
Birmingham and Atlantic are the roads'
(which ha • given greatest offense by
aiding the svst,m s w horn t« ■ n itial <• : . |
id.yees ar« on sttike. but other •■ys
terns also may b. involved. Tltositua-i
•ion Is tin outgrow tli of the strike of
. 16 ■ up-oy. ,a of flu Atlanta joint termi '
i:..s whh a V. emed a small matter at I
I fir*st. but which has no v be. om< th,
only l-em tn the general strike on the,
ii> orgia to.td I’he Geo g. raiToau '
‘ nipjovt.-e are re u v to tecurn to Work!
|'' I 1 " r<>»' 1 gi.ni’. d their de- i
n. t. met. t ol thi ,i it i. imma i . ui-
| tgiident Brand ’ n tin grout ■ tb it tin v '
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M . KTA GEORGIAN AND N’EWS THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1912.
Lieutenant Charles j&r
liei’ki r. on trial for
planning the assassi J&Sd
nation of I lennan
Rosenthal
Prosecutor Whitman Outlines ■
Case Against Police Lieuten
ant on Trial as Slayer.
XKW YoltK Oct 10. Death in the
electric chai for Lieutenant Becker
was the demand made today in«the
opening address of District Attorney
Whitman in the trial of that official ac
cused of the murder of Herman Rosen
thal. After outlining his ase, the dis
trict attorney said:
"1 know that we can show that a
powerful motive for the murder existed
in the hin t of the prisoner at the bar,
su h a motive as no one else living
could have hud. W e are going to claim
that in spite of the fact that Becker
may not have used the fatal weapons,
notwithstanding the fait that he may
not have been present at the scene of
the crime, conceding, of course, that
otheis ate guilty of the awful crime of
feloniously taking human life: that tile
real murderer, the most desperate crim
inal of them all, was the cool, calculat
ing. scheming, grafting police officer,
who med the very offices with which
the people had entrusted him. the very
power which was his tor the enforce
ment of law and order, to tempt and
force others Into the commission of
.•rime to extort graft and blackmail
from the gamble s. and finally to sacri
fice human life for the protection of
which the very offices which lie held
was created
Wanted Rosenthal "Croaked."
Heckel sent for .lack Rose and told
him that R. etithal was becoming dan
geious and his exposures must be
stopped and tiiat his voice must be si
>need forevet He said, ‘Now, you
have just done a favor foi Zelig (Big
•lack Zelig, tlte gang leader who was
shot to death Inst Saturday nightt. I
want you to go to him and tel; him he
must do a favor for me 1 want him to
have his gang croak Rosenthal.'”
Mr Whitman went along with
charges that Becker was in constant
> ommuniv.it lon with R>,e. utging him
! to hasten the death of It sentlial. Beck
er became angry at the delay which
\\ hitman . ha ged mid finally a meeting
was arranged between Hei ket and
I Lewis \v ebbe . the gambling house pro
| into’ who has b. . ome a witness
aga.nst Becker
1 Here." said Mi Whitman, "he
.(i'.e. kei i | ut the proposition squarely
|up to \\ i bl-, to the effect that Rusen
tb i' nr:, be put out of the way that
his < Roi.-ntha:'.<■ i ex; outes would ruin
,i ii w holi gi aft inatitution."
Getiing'down to the morning of the
imii:.:i' . M Whitman disclosed a line
I if ev an. . idtlwito kept so et He
tv . s-.a - ... > h..w insist, nt
IL. ke W..S lha: R.,,w alu.uld 1,..
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Mrs. Jack Zelig. widow of the
gang leader who was slain last
Saturday night, just before the
Becker trial was to begin. Zelig
was depended upon to be a
strong corroborative witness for
the prosecution. His death is
laid to the “system" which
killed Rosenthal.
cured the presence of the gunmen at
Webber s place.
"Wt shall show you Becker's pres
ence near by and his communication
with Webber's place after 1 o'clock on
the morning of the sli. oting (Rosen
thal was killed at 1:50 a. ml. The
men were taken to the scene of the
murder at lack Rose's direction. Rosen
thal having been located by Webber,
who repm t“d back to the murderets.
AV e shell s low you how Rosenthal
was killed and how after the escape of
the murdt rers Rose notified Becker at
bis home To use his own expression.
The job had been done and that he
(Ros i was much worried.’ or words to
that effect.
AVe Will show you that Becket :e
--sponded that ev< rything would be all
right: nd to worry. Becker went to
the station house, where the body of
Rosenthal was lying, and later he weni
to Forty-second street, where he met
Webber and Rose, both on the verge of
co, aps. from fright and fca of discov
ery. . shall show vou v here Beckei
mad. a rang. im-ntx foi Ro-e and Web
ber io pay the g.mni n Jl.oiio the next
day to get out of town for a little
Wile''
This was the first tim< that it be
came known tha. Be. k r was in . om
munl Ii W. bbei . nd R. s.- Im-
rne .iat !y a fte; the mu: e. ,
Only Married Men Jurors.
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HEARST LETTERS
GENUINE, SAYS
ARCHBOLD
Admits Authenticity by Failing
to Deny He Either Wrote or
Received Them.
Continued From Page One.
purports to be a letter dated March 6,
1900, from you to Foraker.
A. I have no doubt I wrote the letter.
Q. It reads: “According to our un
derstanding, J now inclose to you a
certificate of deposit for $15,000.’’
| “Mr. Foraker is not at present in the
| senate, but we are empowered to go
into matters between you and members
of the house and senate."
A. The payments were for Senator
I Foraker s service as our counsel in
! <thio.
I Senator Clapp then called the wit
|ness’ attention to another letter by
j Archbold, sending $14,500 to Foraker.
fThe witness explained this check with
j the same words as before.
All Explained
As Legal Fees.
I A third note, “enclosing $10,000,” was
| next read. The witness acknowledged
i having sent such a letter and check,
.saying that this also was for Senator
j Foraker’s legal fees.
Five thousand dollars was the amount
I mentioned in the fourth note and the
I former Ohio senator, Archbold said, got
: this money also for his services as
I counsel.
The chairman then showed the wit
jness the remainder of the photographic
copies in the magazine and Mr. Arch
bold stated that while he had no spe
cific recollection of them, he did not
■ doubt that he wrote them.
< hairman t lapp read to the witness
i from another number of Hearst’s Mag.
; azine a letter dated January 19. 1900.
j to the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna.
This tetter asked Senator Hanna to op
pose two measures before the Ohio leg
i islature. One of the measures was a
j bill to amend the anti-trust law and
' the other was a resolution for the ap
pointment of an investigating commit
tee which the letter characterized as a
most malicious measure. The letter
, continued:
We wish to enlist you promptly in
the defeat of these measures. Will you
do everything possible to accomplish
their defeat?”
“What have you to say to this?"
asked Senator Clapp?
Doesn’t Deny He
Wrote the Letter.
Archbold replied:
"That was an era of so-called strike
legislation and if I wrote that letter
this is my excuse."
To another inquiry from Senator
Clapp as to what he knew of this let
ter Archbold replied:
“I really have no recollection of shat
communication."
“Have you searched among your
files for such a letter?”
"I have and I find none. 1 may
have written a letter such as you have
read, but I have no recollection of it."
Senator Clapp read another maga
zine letter to C. H. Grosvenor “in
closing $1,000." This was in 1900.
Archbold said that it must have been
a contribution to one of his campaigns.
A printed copy of a letter from
Archbold to Senator Hanna followed.
Archbold said he had no recollection
of ft.
Q. You made a search for it?
A. I did, but I could not find it. Os
course, if I did receive it. it was stolen
from my files. 1 am not a handwriting
expert, but it* looks like his signature.
The letter stated that Hanna did not
believe with Archbold that he (Hanna)
would have a walkover and added: “J
am the target. The demands on me are
simply awful.”
Other photographed letters followed
The witness denied any recollection of
these communications, hut said:
"They look like Hanna's handwrit-
I ing”
I “It Looks Like
Hanna's Signature.’’
The witness was shown a letter
dated September 16. 1903, signed by-
Senator Hanna, to John D. Archbold,
in which the writer said he could not
go Eaet at that time and could not
“leave the situation for a day.” Han
na added: “I have no doubt you will do
the fair thing, and I want the Republi
can party to have a subscription from
you.”
Q. Do you recall receiving this let
ter?
A. 1 have no recollection of having
received it.
Q. In your opinion, is it in the hand
writing of Marcus A. Hanna?
A. It looks like it.
A communication from Archbold to
Hanna, antagonistic to the candidacy of
S. W. Bennett for the attorney gen
eralship of Ohio, tb»« followed.
“We are surprised beyond measure
to find that S. W. Bennett, associated
with F. S Monett in the fight against
us. is in tile race for attorney general
ship of Ohio,” wrote Archbold to Sen
ator Foraker on the same day that he
sent his other communication to Sen
ator Hanna. The witness hud no rec
ollection of the document and he ad
mitted he might have written It.
A letter dated October 3. 1901. from
Archbold to (’. II Grosvenor was in
troduced and identified by the witness
as having been written by him. The
note concerned the employment of a
"Mr. Bond." a nephew of General
Grosvenor, by the Standee .. Hi! t’otn
pany
At tbo’d was shown a photographic
copy of a letter and sanl h» had a
1 V.igui r> o ectioii of having tecclvej
THESE TWO COUNTIES
< SIMPLY DIDN’T VOTE
ON THE AMENDMENTS
1
Secretary of State Philip Cook to
day received the election returns from
Towns and Union counties.
Although approximately 1,000 votes
were cast in these counties, not a state
house officer, judge or solicitor gen
eral received any votes in either. Not
one of the constitutional amendments
proposed was voted for by anybody.
John A. Corn was elected a member
•of the house of representatives from
' Towns and J. W. Handricks from Un
| ian.
Towns and Union are two remote
mountainous counties near the Ten
nessee line in north Georgia, where
sometimes they hold elections and
sometimes they do not.
BEAT WOMAN AND LOOT
HOUSE AS CHILDREN SLEEP
SCRANTON. PA., Oct. 10.—Two bur
glars entered the home of Henry Har
loss, at Taylor, last night, and while
eight small children slept soundly they
beat Mrs. Harloss into insensibility and
ransacked the house.
They took $35 from a bureau drawer
and escaped.
such a communication from General
Grosvenor. The letter was on paper,
headed “Committee on Merchant Ma
rine and Fisheries.” It was dated 1904
and was sent from Athens, Ohio. The
letter referred to correspondence with
"our mutual friend Sibley, who sug
gests that I come to see you." The
letter continues: "If you think neces
sary. I will come to New York. Could I
see you on Sunday. October 4?”
"Os course, this letter is not in my
files, said Archbold. “I do not recol
lect replying to the letter and I am
very sure General Grosvenor did not
come to see me.”
From the July number of Hearst’s
Magazine Archbold was shown a letter
dated September 6. 1900, to President
A. J. Cassall, of the Pennsylvania rail
road. concerning the candidacy of L.
Emery, of Pennsylvania, in which Em
ery was referred to as “the old-time
agitator." whose election "would be a
great misfortune."
"I have no doubt I wrote it,” said
Archbold.
Senator Clapp then read from a pho
tographic copy of another letter from
'John D. Archbold to W. A. Patten, of
the Pennsylvania railroad, dated Oc- J
tobcr 5, 1900, which also related to the
defeat of Emery and asked him to call |
off a railroad detective working for |
Emery against Sibley. A letter to John
A. Archbold from Congressman Sibley,
appearing on pages 37 to 40 of the July
Hearst’s Magazine, dated February 26,
1905, was next exhibited. It was the
long Sibley letter in the Hearst col
lection dealing with a conversation
with "Mr. 8., a Democrat, who is in
tolerably opposed to the president,” as
of the courage and ability to make a
legal argument on the floor of the sen
ate. One great man at the proper time
will be a power of strength and safe
ty.”
Sibley Letter, Too,
Probably Genuine.
"I have no recollection of it." re
plied Archbold, “but it looks like Sib
ley’s handwriting."
There were many letters dated prior
to 1900 and, theferoe, not within the
jurisdiction of the committee.
A letter dated February 18. 1900,
however, was shown to Archbold,
which was signed by him and sent to
former Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania.
The letter informed Quay that Arch
bold had a talk with Penrose about
the new California senator and had or
dered four people to do all they could
through the Santa Fe.”
“I have no doubt I wrote it." said
Archbold.
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POLICE SLAYER OF
BOY IS INDICTED
FOR MURDER
Uncle of Victim Tells the Grand
Jury Negro Witnesses Have
Been Spirited Away.
After being freed by a coroner’s jur
and the case against him apparency
dropped, Policeman E. H. Parham, w .
shot and killed John Wright, a whr
youth in Johnson street three weeks
ago, as the boy fled from arrest w ■-
indicted for murder by the Fulton coun
ty grand jury this afternoon. Inform.,,
tion upon which the true bill was
turned was furnished the jury by J y
Austin, uncle of the slain youth.
Parham lives at 1250 Marietta street
and Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor w H «
sent to arrest him. He will be taken t ,
the Tower.
The most startling feature of the in
dictment developed in tne testimon?
given the jury by Austin. He main,
tained that all the negro witnesse
connected with the case, who had test
fled before the coroner’s jury, had been
spirited away.
Negro Disappears.
Austin asserted that he made a thor
oug.h search for Sanders, the negro
whose place the shooting occur.ed and
could find no trace of him
Three police officers sent to the m >
from headquarters, and who. it «.,=
said, had made an investigation favor
able to Parham after the shooting v e .„
not allowed to testify. Patrolman Be,
der, who was on the same beat «i,,
Pa: ham the night of the shooting br
gan his story before the jury but v
stopped by Solicitor General Dorse
The grand jury hears only prlma f H .
evidence to support the state’s ca<r
According to Austin, the dead bov <
uncle, the case will be prosecuted an'
he 'vih use every effort to unearth ah
the facts connected with it. He st,'
today that he got information fron
several of the negro witnesses, but the,
disappeared and he has not been abb
to locate them since.
PnTu ree Weeks ago Sunday morning
Parham was. appealed to bv a nezi ■
named Sanders living In Johnson sire
with the story that a man was prow ■
ing around his barn attempting to qr ■>
his cow. Parham went to the placeman-'
as he approached the barn Wright ran
out. He failed to stop at Parham’s ha :
ana the latter fired two shots The b-i'
ns S tan n tu red b ° y * back ’ killing h ' m
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