Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-07-17
Will Mark Either End
Spread of Walk Outs
in Country
DISORDERS CONTINUING
Maintenance of Way
Men Still Holding On
to Jobs
(By Associated P-essD

OIlkCdSO, Ouiy 4I-E SdCC llcSOLid-
tions in the railway strike temporari-
ly were at a standstill today. Rail
heads and strike leaders expected to-
days developments to indicate more
clearly the ultimate outcome, howev-
er, with statements and circumstan-
ces variously pointing toward a
spread or settlement.
Much Importance was attached to
the number of shopmen returning to
work today, as this date marked the
time limit for retaining seniority and
other rights.
Hopes for settlement at an early
date appeared to be based chiefly
upon the attitude of E. F. Cradle,
president of the maintenance of way
employees union, who came to Chica-
go today from Washington, where he
held conference with President
Harding. Mr.. Cradle said he would
confer with members Of the United
States railroad labor board here to
get support to prevent carriers from
recurring maintenance of way men
to do strikers work. He also said
he had called a meeting of the bro
therhoods' grand lodge, to be held in
Detroit Thursday.
Another indication of a drift to-
ward peace was seen in the state
mert of R. A. Henning, general
chairman of the Federated Shop
Crafts Of the Northwest, that only
the refusal Of eastern shops to agree
to reirstate striking shop crafts
workers with their full seniority
rights, was preventing a settlement
as far the roads of the northwest are
concerned. Possible extension Of the
strike was forecast in the statement
of William Parker, head of the east
err chairmen of railway workers,
that local officials in eastern centers
were having increasing difficulty IN
holding the maintenance of way men
st their Jobs. He said twenty per
cent of the 10000 men in the metro
politan district already were on strike
A message to e. H. Fitzgerald
head of the clerks, freight handlers
express and station employees union
said a strike vote of 5000 clerks on
the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
road showed SO per cent of the men
favoring a walkout and asking Tor
authority to strike. A canvass OF
the strike vote fthe same organEza-
tiop on the Chicago and Eastern Ill
inois railroad showed 9S 1-2 per cent
of the workers favoring a waikout'
according to representatives OF ths
union.
Strike ballots were being clrcu1at-
ad bv the Brotherhood of Railway
Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers
and Fxpress Employees to its member
shin employed by the Southern Rail
wav and affiliated lines. The en'-
ptoves charge that the company re-
duced wages in defiance OF the rall-
road labor board. NJ.
Tonpka, Kansas, unions of the Big
four brotherhoods and the S"i'c"-
mems union petitioned their officerS
for permission to go on strike 'uIs
on In St Louis fifty stationary
firsmer and oilers employed by the
Torn,inaI Railroad Association, voted
to strike today.
Clerks and station employees OF
more than sixty of the POI class one
noods have taken strike votes, accor-
diro to information received here
At Milwaukee, failure to receive !
s+r;ta order from President Ilmo-
49, usalv of the international sta
t;nrarv So Firemen and Oilers Union
nos taken as a sign of nearby peace
Reports of cancellation OF 'rainS
because of shortage of coal or equip
ment, and of violence continueu , ..,,' -
aon,s N. In Chicago more than sew
80 :" nolicemen. were reported to have
been made i'll by something p,ases G
, i food served to them in the railroad
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