Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1909 — STRIKE OF FIREMEN THREATENS TO SPREAD [ARTICLE]

STRIKE OF FIREMEN THREATENS TO SPREAD

Leader Says Georgia Road Is ‘Forcing Negro Supremacy. 1 Atlanta, Ga„ May 21.—A threat to extend the strike of railway firemen to every road in the south, and the formal appeal by officials of the Georgia railroad to the federal authorities to take a hand in order to safeguard the mails are features of the situation today. The following telegram was sent to the general chairmen of the firemen of every road in the south by E. A. Ball of Toronto, Canada, vice president of the Order of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen: “Situation assuming serious aspect. Company forcing negro supremacy. May have to make the white man’s cause a national one.”