Wake Forest, April
28—Gunfire barked out in answer to a dynamite blast in Wake Forest, North
Carolina, last night, as violence continued to punctuate the 28-day-old southern
textile strike.
Three persons were
slightly injured by the exchange of rifle, shot gun and pistol fire. And the
outbreak was the most serious of several recent disturbances.
Men on the picket
line at the Royal Cotton Mill said the dynamite was thrown from a window of the
mill. Some other said the explosive was thrown from outside the fence toward
the factory building. But all accounts agreed that it was the dynamite
explosion that set off the gunfire.
Workers at about 50
mills in seven southern states are taking part in the strike. Their demand is
for a 13-cent increase in the present hourly wage of $1.14.
North Carolina
Democratic Senator Willis Smith is one of the owners of the Royal Mill, where
today’s violence took place. In Washington, Smith declined comment on the
incident.
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