The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-07-07
U. 5. NOT To PERMIT
ANY interference
Strikers Gust Nonunion Men
. At Slater, Mo-; Seize
Shops.

Washington. July 5.--Interference
with the movement OF the united
States mails by striking railway
work rs I'm different parts OF the
country was reported today TO the
office of the superintendent OF Rail
way Mail Service. The reports came
fran Marshall. Texas; St. Louis, Mo-;
Chaffee. Mo-, and Kansas City, Mo.
Officials. sf the Texas & Pacific
lines at Marshall reported that their
trains and trains on other ROADS III
the same territory were being ma
terially delayed as a result OF inter-
ference by strikers and their friends
WIN Il was alleged. were tampering
with air appliances and otherwise
prevpnting proper movement vi
trains.
Officials of the St. Louis San Fran
cisco Railway Company at st. LOUIS
Mo notified washington that protec-
tlon was needed for the preservation
and operation OF trains used In hand
ling mail matter. They requested
that some action be taken by the Gov
eminent at once. Serious trouDie
was reported from Chaffee. Mo.
The Kansas City Southern Railway
Company ported from Kansas CITY,
Mo. that the strike situation was
growing more serious and that at
Quincy strikers had warned officials
in charge of mail trains not to at
.smpt TO transfer mail matter during
the night.
The Postoffice Department, 1t was
said. would dispatch inspectors 10 all
points where trouble might arise IN
the transmission of the mails. Inc
inspectors will be required to make
reports at once to the superintendent
of railway mail service here, who II
he deems It advisable, will place the
Justice.
There is a disposition on the part
of the Administration, 1t was under-
stood. to deal with Strikers or any
other who may interfere with the
Droper dispatch of the mails in the
most vigorous manner. Under no
circumstances, il was SAIL, will the
Government tolerate any hindrance
10 the movement OF the mails.
Shop Workers Driven Away.
Slater. Mo-, July Striking shop
men here have seized the Chicago &
Alton Railroad shops, driven out non
union men brought in to work In the
shops and are holding the shops this
afternoon.
Eighteen men were driven from
the shops today. Yesterday, twenty
five were driven out. Union OFFICIALS
said the nonunion men were placed
on trains and sent from the town.
Other reports reciared that the non
union 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
ahat their property was without pro-
lection of any sort.
No Violence, Road Informed
Chicago, July 5.-Chicago & AL
ton officials today said their reports
from Slater, Mo-, were that all the
nonunion men who had left the shops
there left peacefully and that there
was NO violence. About forty men
were employed to take the places oil
the strikers. These men were per-
shaded to leave the shop, but went
away peacefully, reports to Chicago
said.
Shots Fired In Clash.
New Orleans, La, July 5.-The
first serious disturbance in connec-
tion with the strike of the railway
shopmen was reported from the Al
giers shop of the Southern Pacific
road late today. Several pistol shots
were exchanged by three special Of
Ulcers and five strike sympathizers.
None of the shots took effect. A large
force of policemen was rushed to the
scene.