The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-12
DISAPPOINTED
BY ATTIT UDE
OF RAIL HEADS
Chairman Hooper. of Railroad
Labor Board, Draws Up
Settlement Plan, But Meets
Indifference.
DELAY THEIR ANSWER
BULLETIN

CHICAGO, July 12.-No definite re-
ply to the shopmen's strike settlement
proposal was given Chairman Hooper
OF the railroad labor board by repre-
sentative of the railway executives at
a noon conference today.
The executives said they would noti.
fy him of their answer later"
Chairman Hooper said his chief pur-
pose IN meeting with the executives
was to arrange conference between
the men and B. NJ. Jewll, leader of the
striking shopmen, and he. indicated
that the attitude of the executives was
disappointing
CHICAGO, H.. July PA program
lot solution of the railroad shopmen's
strike was drawn up today by Chair.
man Ben Hooper, of the United States
Railroad Labor board, after confer
ence with leaders of the shopmen, and
was submitted to representatives rail.
way executives from four sections OF
the country.
Chairmen Hooper's program. which
is said to represent the minimums AZ.
ceptable to the striking shopmen. Ia
to be carried to the heads today with
the comments and counter.proposals
of the executives.
When Chairman Hooper left the Ia
Dor board office for the meeting with
four executives he said he was conf
Gent some plan of settlement could be
reached quickly. He said he expected
TO call President Harding on the telc.
phone with report of the success OF
his conference with the railroad presi-
dents.
Fresh Disorders.
Fresh disorders at scattered points
while troops patrolled former trouble
centers; arrangements for a confer
ence today by the "big four" train
service brotherhoods, and an an
nouncement by B. NJ Jewell, head o?
the striking shop crafts, that confer
ences were planned with representa-
tives of 21 Northwestern roads. were
among other important developments
In the rail strike today.
Additional injunctions restraining
strikers from interfering with railroad
operations were granted to several
roads
New appeals for troops were made
to the governors of Mississippi, Texas
and Tennessee. while Governor Boyle
of Nevada, was asked by the Union
Pacific for state Intervention in the
SlTlho at Las vegas.
Disorders at Chicago, Milwaukee
Sayre, Pa, Orville, Ohio, Dennison,
Texas, and at Roodhouse. Ill
Bert Dickson, a roundhouse fore
man for the Chicago and Alton, said
to be nephew of W. G. Bierd, presi-
dent of the road, was tarred and feath-
cred by masked band.
Two car repairers were reported TO
oh
and at Pana, Ill, car man left town
under threats of strikers.
Negroes Fired Upon.
| At Algiers. La, four negroes work
Ing in the shops of the Southern Pc
| cific were fired upon by a group of
| whites, 13 of whom were arrested for
violating the federal injunctions The
! prisoners denied that they were
| strikers.
| Clinton, H.. New Franklin and Sla-
| ter, Mo-, and Parsons, Kas., where
| troops were on duty remained COM
paratively quiet following several hec-
| tic days.
The situation at Bloomington, H.,
remained tense, with troops holding
the yards and shops. Frequent shoot
| ings and the general hostile attitude
| of strikers and large crowds of sym
pathizers kept national guardsmen on
| constant vigil Meanwhile, city and
county authorities were attempting to
re-establish civil government.
/ Engineers, firemen, trainmen and
conductors announced they would re-
| fuse to enter the Alton yards at
/ Bloomington to take out trains as
/ long as machine guns bristled in the
| shops They voted to operate only
mail trains unless the trains were de-
| livered to them outside the shop dis
trict during the encampment of the
| troops in the yards.
| To Discuss Issues
! The meeting of the big four broth
erhood chiefs was called for the pur-
| pose of discussing issues of the shop
! mems strike.
Among other developments of the
I last "a hours was the announcement
by D. w. Helt. president of the Rail-
way Signalmen, that no strike would
be called, and the failure of clerks,
station employees and freight handlers
| on the Norfolk and Western to re-
/ spond to an official authorization of
strike
| Shopcrafts at Sayre, Pa, formed
/ peace committee, with the announced
intention of preventing disorders as
far as possible.
Additional deputies were sworn in
by United States Marshal Levy in Chi
cago to increase protection of the Chi
cago and Northwestern shops.
i Shop crafts leaders expressed salts.
faction over the success of the strike
while most of the roads were non-com-
initial The Santa Fe, Burlington and
!. Missouri. Kansas & Texas announced
that conditions were steadily improv-
ing on their lines. Santa Fe shopmen
, were reported by the road to be re-
turning to work At Galesburg, H.,
: 800 men we're reported to have re-
turned.
Moulders Return
: Forty-one moulders who Joined the
walkout at Parsons, Kas., reported
back on their jobs.
Police at Boston drove pickets away
from employment agencies, where men
were being accepted for railroads
! Roseville, Calf, officials were in
: vestigating the dynamiting Of one of
!. the largest water tanks on the South
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