The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-07-06
Rail Shops
Seized by
Nonunion Employees Driven
From Jobs on Chicago and
Alton-Officials Say
Guards Arrested.
Men Returning to Work

Slater. Mo-. July Spy A. P0-
Striking shopmen here have seized
the Chicago & Alton railroad shops.
driven out nonunion men brought in
to work and are holding the shops
this afternoon.
Eighteen men were driven from
the shops today. Yesterday IS were
driven out. Union officials said the
nonunion men were placed on trains
and sent from the town. Other re-
ports declared that the nonunion men
were merely taken from the shops
and that they left town voluntarily.
Sheriff John Logsdon is on his
way here from Marshall, Mo-, the
county seat.
Alton officials said that three
guards employed by the railroad at
the shops had been arrested by local
authorities and placed in Jail and that
their property was without protection
Of any sort.
Chicago, July s.-(By A. P)-
Striking railway shopmen, who
walked out in answer to the nation.
wide call from the headquarters OF
the six shopcraits unions here last
Saturday, were reported drifting
back to work today in groups OF un-
certain size.
Today was considered the turning
point in the strike of the $4,000 to
100000 workers. Although respond
ing generally to the call last Satur-
day, railroad officials insisted today
that many of the defectons were due
to the desire of the men to take
holiday over the Fourth of July.
Local union reports to the office OF
B. NJ. Jewell, head OF the shopmen,
reiterated the union assertion that the
strike was 100 per cent effective at
all points reporting.
Join Deserving Ranks.
Freight handlers, clerks and sta
tionary firemen and oilers joined the
deserting ranks of shopmen at vari-
Gus points, although fully as many
shops reported that men were return
ing to work today.
The maintenance Of way union.
whose officers yesterday decided to
delay their threatened strike were
given the sympathy and congratula-
tons of the striking railway shopmen
by B. M. Jewell, the shipments head
today. He declared that the MAIN
tenance Of way unions action was not
a surprise and added that "if they can
find a way out of their difficulties
thew are TO be congratulated"
Sign Up Men.
The Chicago & Alton hired a va
cant store room downtown here to-
day, installed two tables and some
clerks, and within an hour signed up
Is men to fill the strikers positions.
Fifty men were in line at the same
time, waiting to sign up. Shop me-
chanics of all crafts were sought.
The first wide rift in railroad strike
clouds showed when the maintenance
of way employees definitely abandoned
the idea of walkout at this time.
Credit for averting rail strike
which threatened to become general
among all classes of railway labor
except the "big four" brotherhoods
and telegraphers, was generally con-
ceded to Ben w. Hooper, chairman
of the United States railroad labor
board; w. L. McMenimen, labor
member of board, and E. F. Cradle,
president of the maintenance men-
the "big three" in yesterdays confer
ence.
Ultimatum Issued.
Striking shopmen of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway and
the Burlington system, have been
giren until July 10 to return to
work. After that date, according to
the railroads notices, the strikers
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