The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-15
RADICAL|SM
IS FOUND IN
R. R. STRIKE
Agents of Department of JUS
tice Announce That Foster,
of Steel Strike Fame, is Ac-
tive in Railroad Movement.
NOW WAIT FOR EFFECT
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
Agents of the federal government
Thursday in different sections of the
country acted in the nationwide rail
road strike, which by holding up food
supplies and coal, is making itself felt
on industry. In Chicago John Grunau,
president of the Chicago Yard Mems
association, and other alleged leaders
of the strike, we're arrested on a
charge Of violating the Lever act and
several more alleged leaders are being
sought.
In New York where food prices have
been mounting, the first arrest was
made by the governments flying
squadron" seeking food profiteers A
wholesale butter dealer was held on a
charge of making unfair profits during
the crisis.
Investigating Mail Delay.
Federal agents also have announced
they are investigating the delay Of
mail trains. Vigorous action will be
taken, it is said, if this is found the
law was violated.
Announcement by Attorney General
Palmer that a communist influence
was behind the strike, and that w. z.
Foster leader of the late steel strike,
was active in the outlaw railroad
movement, was followed today by de-
nial by Foster that he had left Pitts
burg not more than once in the last
four months. He said he would reply
to "the statements made in Washing
ton."
Send Soldiers to Jersey City.
Army officers notified Pennsylvania
railroad officials that they would send
soldiers to Jersey City to protect the
freight sent to the army and that sol
diers would man cars on which bodies
Of soldiers recently brought from
France to Hoboken will be sent to
their homes.
Meanwhile roads are actively COM
batting the effects of the strike. In
the far and central west conditions
were reported returning to normal,
while in the middle west and east,
| railroad officials professed to see
| marked improvement in the passenger
service, although admitting that the
freight was still badly crippled.
WASHINGTON, April 15-Federal
officials today were watching for the
effect upon the railroad strikers of
the disclosure that the same radical
| forces which melted the unsuccessful
steel strike were behind the present
effort to tie up transportation facili-
| ties.
Reports from agents of the depart
! ment of justice that William Il. Fos-
| ter, leader in the steel strike; Carl
Pierson and other radical agitators
had been positively identified as NOV
ing spirits in the country wide unrest
| among trainmen were expected to go:
far toward enlightening the rank and
| file of strikers as to the true meaning
of the movement.
| Would Wait for Action
After the cabinet meeting yester
| day, at which this phase of the situa
ton was discussed, the attitude of
| the government was understood to be
| that specific action through govern
ment agencies might be made unnec-
esSary when the disclosures were
fully understood.
| Stay Out II Possible.
While the government has not
| adopted hands-off policy, officials
felt it would be better to have it set
tied if possible through the voluntary
action of the men themselves than to
institute legal proceedings at this
time
Nominations of the nine members
of the railway labor board will be con-
flrmed speedily, senate leaders said
! yesterday. unless good basis for op-
| position to the presidents selections
were brought forward. In many cases
where strikers have voted to return to
work, they have predicated this ac-
t1on on the proviso that their griev-
ances be taken up by the board.
DAYTON. Ohio. April IS Three
hundred switchmen employed in the
Dayton railroad yards, who walked out
last Friday, have all returned to work
today. An official declared the situa-
tion again normal here. The break in
the force Of the strikers was made
complete when the night employees of
the Baltimore and Ohio yards reported
for duty.
BOSTON, April 15-A serious short
age Of coal for New England's rail
| roads and Industries threatened today
to |necessitate early curtai1ment of all
passenger schedules and a partial in
dustrlal shutdown. Coal stocks of the
railroads were said to be sufficient for
only four or five days of norma.
operations.
Industries suffered through confisca-
tion by the railroads of commercial
coal in transit, with no replenishment
Of their bins in sight
COLUMBUS, O., April IS Action
looking to settlement Of the railroad
yardmen's strike may be taken today,
officials of the newly organized Colum-
bus yardmen's association predicted,
as strikers met in executive session
this forenoon. The meeting, it was
said, probably will last all day.
! 6oLsHEvlkI OPPOSED.