Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-12

|. shops at Dennison,
were kidnapped and taken to the
woods and beaten by mob Of 1000
early today, according to reports re-
ceived at the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railways general offices here.
Tho report said the mob composed
of strikers and strike sympathizers
att2c.ed railway guards and em-
ployes in an isolated section near the
Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf railway
shops at Dennison.
Railway guards were kidnapped,
whisked away in automobiles to the
river bottoms where they were beat
en-" said General Manager McGee, OF
the NJ, X. & r. here.
"All can say is that a mob of about
1000 wild men broke lose and attack
ed railway employees" Mr. McGee
said.
UNLESS there are troops in Denni-
son before night there will be more
blOodshed"
No definite reply to the shopmen's
strike settlement proposals was given
Chairman Hooper of the railroad labor
board by representatives of the rail-
WAY executives at a noon conference
today. The executives said they would
notify Mr. Hooper of their answer
later.
Peace Terms Exchanged.
Chicago, July ia program for
solution of the railway shopmens
strike was drawn up today by Chair
man Hooper of the labor board, after
conferences with leaders of the shop
men, and was submitted to represen-
tatives of the railway executives
from four sections of the country at
noon today.
Chairman HoOper's program which
Is said 10 represent the minimum ac.
ceptable to the striking shopmen is
to be carried again to the shopmens
leaders late today with the COM
ments and counter proposals of the
executives
B. NJ, Jewell and others Of tho
shOpmen's leaders were in confer
enCe with Chairman Hooper for sew
eral hours last night 10 sum up the
strikers demands which have been
talked over since Sunday
President Hardings Intervention
in the strike through his proclama-
ting calling for protection Of trans
portatOn and the mails was accepted
as bearing much significance and ex-
pectant eyes We're turned toward
and the labor board in
of further Developments
a telephone call from Washington
,c Io
three labor members of the board,
was said by the Chicago Tribune to
have come from the president. The
telephone operator the Tribune said,
called the newspaper in an effort to
locate Mr. McMenimen.
Invitations to attend today's Big
Four" peace conference were sent to
he following: T. Dewitt Cuyler,
chairman OF the Railway Executive
association ana other rail executives;
Warren S. Stone. president of the
Brotherhood of l. o m o We
engineers; w g. Lee, president of
he Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men; D. B Robertson, president of
he Brotherhood of Firemcn and
lnginemen; L. f. Shepard, president
,f the brotherhood of Railway Con
luctors, and T. u. Cashen, president
VI the Switchmen Union Of North
imerica
injunctlons Are Issued.
Additional injuncti0ns restraining
trikcrs from interfering with railway
,peratOrs were granted to several
Dads
New appeals for troops were made
o the Governors of Mississippi Ten,
iessess ard Texas. while Governor
Boyle. of Nevada, was asked by the
fnion Pacific for state Intervention
n the strike at Las Vegas
Duty to Protect Law.
Rockford. July 12-Replying to an
inquiry from New York newspaper
or a statement as to his program
or keeping trains in operation in
illinois and sec0nding the efforts Of
he United States government in this
Erection, acting governor Sterling
aid:
MY plain duty under my oath of
,ttice and the laws of Illinois as [
onceiye it is to employ such force
IS may be at my command to pre-
erve peace and order and to prevent
iolence and protect life and proper
v wherever the same may be en-
angered. State troops for this pur-
ose have been ordered to Clinton
nd Bloomington
u. S. Plans Drastic Move.
Washington, July 12.-ThO Presi-
ent Harding'S proclamation directing
II persons to refrain from all inter-
erence with lawful efforts to main
ain Interstate transportation and