The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-04-30
THE "REp" FORCES ARE
ACTIVE IN RAIL STRIKE
Attorney General to Lay Plot Evidence
Before The Cabinet
Meeting.

Washington, d. C.-Evidence of the
activity Of Industrial Workers OF the
World melting and maintaining the
unauthorized railway strike continue
to accumulate at the department of
justice, and officials admitted that
they saw signs Of an attempt to ex-
pand the railroad strike into "one
phase of a w~.rld revolution"
Reports from field agents of the de-
partment were not as yet complete
enough 10 permit determination Of the
governments course in dealing with.
the situation. Attorney General Palm
er said nc announcement as to the
at present.
President Wilson issued a call for
his cabinet to meet. 1t will be the
first session Of Mr.. Wilson's official
advisers since his eastern speaking
tour, in the course of which he was
taken i'll, and the strike situation was
understood to have prompted the call
for the meeting. In some quarters it
was thought an announcement as to
the governments course would follow
the cabinet meeting.
The president also sent to the SEN
ate the nominations of the nine men
representing employers, employees and
the public, whom he has selected to
compose the labor board provided un-
der the transportation act to deal with
railway labor disputes. The men Sc
lected were:
Representing the Public-George w.
Hanger, Washington, D.. c.; Henry
Hunt, Cincinnati; r. NJ. Barton, Ten
nessee.
Representing the Observation-Disclosures
Baker, j. II. Eliot and William l..
Park.
Representing the Employee-Albert
Phillips, A. o. Wharton and James j.
Forester.
Mr.. Hunt, one of the public repre-
sentatives, is appointed for one year.
He Is a former mayor OF Cincinnati
and a former member Of the Ohio
house Of representatives. During the
war he was a captain in the national
army. Since 1915 he has been a mem
Der Of the board of trustees Of the Gin
cinnati Southern railway, a city owned
utility.
Mr.. Hanger. another representative
Of the public, is named for two years.
He is assistant commissioner of the
board of mediation and Cancellation
and as a member of that body has had
considerable experience in handling
labor disputes.
Judge Barton, the third member, is
a former judge Of the Tennessee court
of appeals and is appointed for three
years.
Horace Baker, who is appointed to
represent the railroad executives for
a term of three years, Is a former gen.
eral manager Of the Cincinnati, New
Orleans and Texas Pacific railroad.
j. H. Eliot. Of Texas. appointed for
two years, formerly was general man
ager of the Texas and Pacific railroad
and subsequently was a colonel in the
transportation corps Of the American
expeditionary forces.
Mr.. Park is vice president of the
Chicago Great Western railroad and
Is appointed for one year. Mr.. Phil.
lips Is vice president OF the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Firemen and En-.
ginemen. He is appointed for three
years.
Mr.. Wharton, Of Missouri, is an Of
fetal OF the railway employees depart.
ment of the American Federation Of
Labor and a member Of the board Of
railway wages and working conditions
Of the United States railroad admin
istration. His term js for two years.
Mr.. Forester Is president OF the
Brotherhood Of Railway Steamship
Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and
Station Employees. His term Is for
one year.