The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-08-25

ship attendance when the house sbouId
reassemble this week, instead of the
taxing OF the usual three-day recess
democratic Leader Garrett wired all
Democratic members to be in their
seats Tuesday, but the Republican
leaders took no such action
DRESlDENT HARDING'S desire for
congressional help applies equally
10 the railroad strike, which if any
thlng Is becoming more serious. His
latest and, in his own words, last sug
Sestlon for peaceful settlement of this
controversy was that the shopmen re-
turn to work and that both sides sub
NIT the question of seniority to the
railroad labor board. This was instant
ly rejected, informally, by the lead
ers of the shop crafts, who called for
a general conference of all the railroad
labor organizations in Washington on
Friday, to consider formal reply and
to adopt measures to make the strike
more effective. Mr.. Jewell said the
answer to the President might not be
ready for several days.
The shopmen are trying in various
ways to obtain the active support of
the brotherhoods, and in a measure
are getting it. Engineers, firemen and
trainmen are ordered by their chiefs
to take no chances with defective
equipment. Despite the denials of
railway officials, the union leaders
declare that engines and cars are de-
teriorating rapidly, and more than in
innate that this Is the cause of recent
bad wrecks.
Another serious threat by the
brotherhoOds developed from a clash
in Joliet, ILL.,, between strikers and
sheriff's posse, in which a striker
and a railway detective were killed
and the sheriff dangerously wounded
State troops from Chicago were hur-
ried to the scene and some of them,
being stoned from ambush, fired at
their tOrmentors. Brotherhood men
on the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern rail-
road to the number of 1900 promptly
quit work, saying their lives were
endangered by the bullets of the troop
ers. Their action was approved by
the brotherhood heads and President
Stone of the engineers said: There
will be 100 such cases soon If condi-
tions are not changed. We are not
going to have our men shot up or
beaten up or threatened by armed
guards at railroad shops and yards.
When the men cannot go to work with
out having irresponsible armed guards
endangering their lives, they may go
home and stay there until the condi-
ton is removed"
If these remarks were aimed at the
private forces of guards maintained
by railways they may be to some ex-
| tent justified. If Stone meant to i'm
| DIV that brotherhood men are abused
| by state troops, in Illinois or else
where, the best information obtainable
is that his implication is false.
| CHICAGO'S street cars and elevated
~ trains were running again Monday
| after the siX-day strike which cost
the employees and companies some
S1.2OO,OOO and the business industries
of the city many millions more The
compromise reached provides for
reduction of 12ha per cent in wages.
EVERAL important changes were
- made in the McCumber tariff Dill
by the senate last week. After lis
tening TO charges by Senator Smoot
that American sugar retiners, who con
troll the bulk of the Cuban sugar pro
duction. are trying 10 destroy Ameri-
can producers, the senate adopted ms
amendment by which the duty is raised
to go cents IA pound on full duty
sugar. and to 1874 cents on Cuban
sugars The McCumber bill rates
were . cents and 1.66 cents, respec
lively. At the demand of the agri
cultural Spokesman, the senators al
most unanimously voted TO restore
potash to the free list Next the sen
ate. despite the arguments of western
agriculturists, voted TO keep hides OF
the free list and placed in the duty
free column boots and shoes leather
of cattle hides, harness and sad
dlery and gloves of cattle hides. Ih'
duty on satchels. belts and boxes an
cases of leather was made 80 per cen
Instead of 30. as in the McCumoe
bill.
I'm THE Ohio primaries the Reput
L licans nominated Carmi A. ThomE
son, choice of the Harding administra
ton and the Anti-Saloon league 10
governor. The Democratic nomine
is A. V. Donahey of New philadelphia