Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-12
Fresh Disorders Reported.

McMenimen.
Fresh Disorders Reported.
Fresh disorders at scattered points,
while troops patrolled former trouble
centers, arrangements for n conference
today by the big -Four" train service
brotherhoods. and an announcement
by r. NJ. Jewell. head Of the striking
shop crafts, that conferences were
planned with Representatives of 81
northwestern railroads. were among
other important Developments in the
rail strike today.
Additional inJunctions restraining
strikers from interfering with railway
operations were granted TO several
roads
New Appeals For Troops.
New appeals for troops were made
10 tho governors Of Mississippi. Ten
nessee and Texas while Governor
Boyle. OF Nevada. was asked by the
Union Pacific for state Intervention
In the etrike at Las Vegas.
Disorders occurred NJ Chicago, Mil
waukec. Sayre. Pa, Orrville. Ohio.
Dennison. Texas. and at Roodhouse,
Illinois. Bert Dickson. n roundhouse
foreman for the Chicago and Alton said
TO he a nephew OF w. G.. Bierd preei-
dent Of he road, was tarred and
feathercd by a masked band.
Shop cvafts men at Sayre. Pa. form
ed a peace committee" with the an
nounced intention Of preventing dis
orders as far as possible
Tho Baltimore & Ohio az Youngs-
town, Ohio and East ST. Louis and
Flora, Ills, and the Missouri. Pacific
and Frisco 1T Kansas City were among
the roads TO which Federal injunctions
were granted
Section Men Join Strike.
Two hundred maintenance OF way
employees on the Central Railroad Of
New Jersey at Wilkes-Barre. Pa
joined the walkout and one hundred
section men at Dennison. Ohio. went
out on strike
The Baltimore & Ohio and the Erie
sent some of their rolling stock e
outside shops for repairs
| Fifty-four trains were annulled by
| the Wabash.
! The situation at bloomington. Ills
remained tense with troops holdlnl
! the yards and shops Engineers. fire
men, trainmen and conductors an
! rounced they would refuse 20 enter
the Alton yards at Bloomington 70 TAX,
out trains as long as machine gum
bristled in the shops. They voteC
only 20 operate mail trains unles
trains were delivered to them OUTSIDE
the shop district duriPg the encamp
ment Of the troops IN the yards.
Rig Four to Discuss Issues.
The meeting OF Big -Four" brother
hood chiefs was called for the pur
/ pose Of discussing issues growing on
Of the ehopmen's strike.
Mr.. Jewell. commenting on Presi
dent Harding's proclamation, said n.
way 70 end the strike was 70 call ;
conference OF railroad executives ant
shop crafts leaders
Neither Mr.. Jewell nor Chairman
Hooper Of the labor board indicated
tendency to yield much from the posi-
tons they took at the outset OF tn
strike. Chairman Hooper made
plain that striking shopmen woal
come before the Labor Board only +
| accordance with the transportation
act. and that they must go back I
. their jobs before they could expec
consideration by the board.
Peace Conference Proposals
Tentative proposals considered j
the peace conferences included tn
following:
Thar the railroads abolish the cor
tract system Of farming out work
contractors.
That certain working rules govern
ing overtime pay be modified.
That the shopmen be given anotht
hearing on the wage issue.
That the railroads agree to establis
boards of adjustment to hear all dis
putes except those involving wages
Chiefs Invited TO Conference.
Invitations TO attend todays "Bi
Four" conference were sent TO III
following: T. De Witt Cuyler, Chat
man Of the Railway Executives ASS
Citations and other rail executive;
. Warren S. Stone. president of II
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
, w. G. Lee. president of the Brother
! hood Of Railroad Tra!nmen: D.
Robertson. president OF the Brothe
, hood Of FGreman and Enginemer
L. E. Sheppard, president Of the Brotl
; erhood of Railway Conductors az
T. E. Cashen. president OF the Switch
/ mems Union Of North America.