The Little River news., 1919-12-03
ASK FOR TROOPS Iea KAN- SAS CITY TO END STRIKE Yardmen's Waikout Makes Movement of Available Coal Impossible
 Without Help.

Kansas City, Nov 30.-Eight hun dred citizens of the two Kansas Cities at mass meeting today adopted a res olution requesting that federal troops be sent to both communities as a re- suit of the precarious situation caus- ed by the nationwide coal strike and made worse by the strike of railroad t.ainmen.
 TClegraams were sent in compliance with the resolution to Governor Gard nCr of Missouri and Governor Allen of Kansas by the mayors of both cities and the president of the Chamber of Commerce. At the mass meeting it was asserted that the two cities were virtually without coal. It was said that if additional coal was obtainable it was practically impossible to move it because of the strike of tranmen.
 Need for the troops, it was brought out at the meeting was fer the pro- lection of men who would volunteer to take the place of the striking yardmen approximately 1,500 of whom left their work Saturday night.
 Want General Wood. Several speakers urged that Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood come here to take charge of the situation. An cx-serv- ice man received thunderous ap- plause when he said that former sol ders would protect the city until troops reached here No action on this point, however, was taken.
 Although Kansas City has a fully equipped regiment of National Guard, speakers, including Mayor James Cow gill, suggested that inasmuch as it's personnel consisted principally of bus mess men, it would work 3 hardship to call them out at this time. It was also suggested thst they must be needed later to supplement federal trorops, and that as the railroads are troops, and that as the railroads are should be used to protect them.
 May Close Stores.
 The mass meeting was called pri- marily to get an expression of opin- ion from business men as to the ad- visibility of closing everything in the two cities for d period of three days. It was decided, however, to hold this plan in abeyance for the present, and the meeting devoted it. self principally to the question of get ting troops here to protect volunteer switchmen, so that coal could be moved
 It was decided, however, that all business houses of the two cities should not open until o'clock Mon day morning and close at o'clock in the afternoCm In addition all amuse- ment places, schools and other public gatherings will be closed. Strikers to Remain Gut. All prospects of an immediate settle ment of the strike of railroad switch men is out of the question, it was said today at mass meeting of strik- CTS.
 Although newspaper men were bar red from the meeting it was said that speeches were made for an against continuous strike, which has been called unauthorized by national oific ials.
 Dissatisfied over tthe present wage scale and because the grand of ficers have failed to get action on their demands, is said to be the basis of the sWitchmen's walkout When ask ed whether Governor Aliens eXperi- ment of working volunteers in the Kansas coal fields had in any way in fluenced the strikes, one of the local leaders declared the coal situation act ed as an undercurrent in the local strike. He expressed the opinion that not a pound of the volunteer coal would be moved
 The striking trainmen, it was said, expect the firemen to cooperate with them should the railroad attempt to use strikebreakers for the switching