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5000 CLERKS JOIN
RAILROAD STRIKE
Fight to Finish on as All Peace
ParIeys Fail
SERVICE BADLY CRIPPLED
4early 500 Trains AnnuIied and More
State Troops Are Ordered Out-Fuei
Shortage is Acute.

Chicago. July 2l--M hi!e 5000 rail-
;y9y clerks staged Walkuur on NE
'h4~apeake and Ohio. adding their
.trength to that Of the rail workers
sfreudy out on practically every f"aa
n tie country, both The strikers anu
he ,:t...rr> settled down to an ohStln-
4Te fight from which grew many uis-
riders annulment of nearly 3o' trans
nd The ordering out of more state
-,oops To protect railroad property.
Threatened curtaimen1 Of service
ne TO shortage of coal supplies liiaue
the situation increasingly serious. me
GhpSapeake and Ohio, hit by the tie
fectionS. is an important coal f"ad,
AN outlet from the West Virginia
.tinee. Another road, the Norfolk ara
Western. also a coal outlet from the
same fields. felt the effects OF clerks
strike added to the shopmen : Walkouf
hast week. The Wabash vas reported
from ST. Louis to have but three
weeks supply of fuel on hand and sew
eral Chicago roads were said TO nave
less than TWO weeks supply.
While two passenger boats have
been withdrawn from service between
cleveland and Detroit. due 10 the coal
situation, regular night service be
tween these TWO cities continues.
The contemplated withdrawal OF
troops al WaEcroSS. Ca. was helu up
by order of Governor Hardwick, who
said they would be retained for several
Ia, nil sir
had cooled on Meanwhile two com
nunies Of infantry were dispatched 10
Hoisin gtun. Kan, TO guard the MIS-
souri,. Kan-a> ana Texas shops, ana
Governor Morrison. Of North Carolina,
ordered Sia1e troops rn Rocky Mount
and Aberdeen.
other disturbances came from
dozen points. y boiler foreman was
Threatened with lynching if he c"ntin-
ued work on the Santa Fe al Fresno
Cal. Il car Inspector ut For1 Worth
Texas. was lured from home and fi"g
:5,'. Al Augusta. Ia. >lA men were
arrested for Interfering with the mails
following alleged attacks on car re-
pairer> repairing an Atlantic Coast
Line mail Ilain. \ small riot at Nor
ceSttr. Mass. where men were stoned
ana air hose -ctir, c;luSed extra Roilct.
:r@arIlS ~ be called oGt.
,.t4ou@b nOl openly admitting III.
effectiveness OF the strike. railroads
a.. u>c. Gn:. country CON ,inued theii
announcement If trains annulled. Com,
D!nrtl with the coal strike. the >itua
atiun wa> becoming 50 effective. thai
President Jewell. of the shnpmen, de
tared il was his opinion that thu
roads would he forced to Il settlement.
Wirli;n tWn weeks.
lie characterized the announcements
uf He roads that seniority was the b.:
obstacle ii the path OF peace rs merely
II cloak 70 hide the real stumhiinE
block. which the strike leader deciai
ed WAS the question of II natlohn
board of adjustment. Such b0aro
had been f,l. ght for by the union,
since the passage of the tranSporta-
ton act. The roads have thus far de
clined To agree 10 establish the board
Both sides apparently Sertled dowl
to long fight following The announce
ment of the labor board chairman thai
peace ne@otiatiGnS were at an end Hi
long explanation of the situation, how
ever was looked upon as clarifying
lac. strike ISSUES. and arUunl the lahol
..oard offices there were still signs al
i,npe Ghai peace would yel come be
fore The :, omtryS transportation SyS
TEN is seriously impaired.
Strike ballots We're sent Out 10 tht
500 clerks and freight handlers o.
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Pau.
railroud The ballots. which axe re
tllrnable July %, were on the question
Of wage cuts which went into effecl
July l6 under an amended order OF
tile railroad labor board.
Railroads entering Chicago Cancelled
number of trains To save fuel. The
Chicago and Northwestern took off 10
suhurh2n trains, discontinued one Mil
waukee train and reduced another t.
Saturday only basis. Curtaiiment
G service =. branch lines in Illinois,
Iowa. w cnnsin, Minnesota and the
lyd.n1l~ Va also ordered.
The F.,lluore and Ohio Cancelled
iva train: each way between New
train 10 e. rr~:t.
The Ch;,y,.:I and Northwestern re
ItrFlrd it ai - days supply of coal
or hand / :. Illinois Central 30 days
Frnn$yNitl.iH chica%n regiom. 80
days. ami AZ Chica=n. Rock Island
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