The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-09
Men REJECT
PEACE Plan
OF HARDING
Eastern Shop
Workers Go on Rec
ord in Refusal


thousand rail shop crafts workers,
through David williams, secretary
of the eastern strike committee, to-
day sent a telegram to B. M. Jewell
at Washington, putting themselves
on record as refusing to accept
President Harding's proposal for
submitting the seniority question
to the labor board.
Washington, Aug. 9.-The rail
strike situation appeared destined
to mark time until next Friday, al
though executives of the striking
shop craft unions are here to con-
slider President Harding's second
proposal for a voluntary term1na-
ton of the walkout.
Rejection of the administration
plan by the workers is generally
accepted as certain. Forecasts as
to the course of the arrangements
are not SO definite, but it was ap-
parently in anticipation of a second
failure to bring the two sides to an
agreement that would restore full
Transportation facilities that Mr..
Harding moved yesterday to bring
the authority of congress to bear
on what is admittedly serious ma
tional crisis.
Situation Hangs Fire.
Chicago, Aug. 9.-Developments
in the railroad strike were appar-
entity hanging fire today pending
the coming conferences OF railway
executives at New York and OF
rail union leaders at Washington,
next Friday.
Neither side in the strike was to
reply to President Harding's new
suggestions for ending the strike
until after their. separate meetings
Executive officials of the shop
crafts were summoned by their
strike leader, Bert M. Jewell, head
of the railway executives depart,
ment of the American Federation
of Labor, to a meeting at Washing
ton today, preliminary to the Fri.
day conference.
Events Of "a Hours.
President Harding's request fol
full attendance when the house ol
representatives convenes mex
Tuesday after a six weeks vaca.
ton; the presidents desire e1
pressed to Republican Leader Mon
dell that the house remain in con.
! tinuous session along with the sen
ate during the industrial crisis, Z
statement by Ben w. Hooper, chair
man of the United States railroad
labor board, characterizing th'
presidents proposal as "safe ant
sane" proposition for solution O
the strike situation, and threats b!
trainmen to quit work on the Ell
gin, Joliet & Eastern railroad un
less troops are withdrawn from tn
yards at Joliet Ill, marked tn
situation during the last "a hours
The threatened walkout Of "Bil
Four" Brotherhood men-engineers
firemen, conductors and trainmel
on the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern be
| gan early today. Men gathered a
the terminals, but refused to turl
a wheel unless the soldiers, calle,
as the result of the Monday out
break, in which two men wer,
killed and Sheriff Newkirk danger
ously wounded, were immediatel,
withdrawn.
The railroad does q heavy short
haul freight business as an QUITE
belt line Of the Chicago switching
district, and handles the bulk O
yard traffic touching the stee
mills.
Quiet in Alabama.
Quiet prevailed at Albany, Ala
where state troops called out b
Governor Kilby, we're in control Q
the situation following early dis
turbances.
Goldie McGlosler of Housto1
Texas, was beaten into uncon
sciousness by three men who al
tackled him at New Haven, Conn
on his way to Boston. Two rail
road shopmen were held charge
with the assault. McGlosler sal
he believed his assailants mistoo
him for some other person.
i Four striking railroad shopme
were indicted at Columbus, Georgil
for assault with intent to murde
in connection with an attack on
party Of negro employees Of th
Central and Georgia railroad.
| New federal injunctions restrain
ing striking shopmen from intel
fering with railroad operation
were obtained, the Chicago & Alto
being granted q writ at Kansas Cit,