The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-17

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mate outcome.
Her o STRIKE:
ority 81 Clerks and
sfatio nEEnPi sin Favor
off n y'aslkout.
CHICAGO; July 81 z - BY the As
ressD -=-T5IPeace negotla-
I tionssi railway strike temper
Ranheads aid strike leaders ex-
psctsd% yssdeyelopments to In
dicate more clearly the ultimate
outeome. .noweyer, with statements
and cfrcInstance variously point
toWaTda as spread or settlem ent
Much inpo rtance was attached
the mum ersof shopmen return
8 tosW work today as this date
time limit for retain
ACKNOWLEDGING other rights.
Hopes for a settlement at an
earIy date appeared to be based
the attitude Of F.. ~.
SGTable, pgeside nt OF the mainten-
sssa hcs way employees union, who
Chicago today from ash
Sington. where he held conference
president Harding. Mr. !.
ssErable said he would confer with
the United States
abroad Labor oBard here to get
to- Keep tn railroads from
aheirg efforts get other employees
odostheswork of the strikers.
Anot IN di cation OF a drift to-
sMardS peace WAS seen in the
tat ementgof5#R Henning, gem
raIehairmanSof the Fed
Shops Gratis ofSthe northwest that
sonlysth esrefusals of eastern road 5
ITO agree to reinstate striking
shops Graf workers tn their.
@senionty rights was prevent
4 II ing q ettlement& as far as the
rods e. northwest are con
RossfbIe extern sion OF the strike
was forecast he statement of
Parker, head Of the east
chairmenso fSrailway workers,
4 thatl local officials in eastern cen
ters We're having increasing diff
Guilty ho1 ding the maintenance
sqfsWayS men atEtheir jobs. He sale
2GNper# cent Of &the 20, 900 men in
sthemetTopoiftan district are al
Eeady onsst rtke.
Possible extension OF the strike
yYi1IiamSsParker, head of the east
sEngchajrmenHof :s$rai 1Way workers,
sthatsloca1o officials In eastern cen
tiers sSWsra5 having incrasirS diff
tns5 hol ding the maintenance
ofsWay sInen8 heir jobs He said
08pars cent the 20 900 men in
Titan district are az
on rike 81 Ia
foteffor Strike ;s''5
ssssASmessage$toS r H Fitzgerald,
bead of the clerks freight hand
lgrs;S express and station employees
union aid "a strike vote Of 5000
clerks ongthe Chicago and North
western Railroad showed 9S per
cent Of the men favoring a walk
out and asking for authority to
canvass Of the strike
sthe Chicago Eastern Illinois
RailToadsshowe s9S 1-2 per cent Of
ssstMa Workers favoring walkout,
to Representative Of
II kIIs uni on: Strike ballots were be-
ingscireulatedb by the Brotherhood
Railway Steamship Clerks.
FTefght Handlers and Express
Employes to its members employ
led shy the Southern Railway and
affiHated lines. The employees
charge that the company reduced
efiance Of tic Railroad
ssIsaborssB Board Il
TopekasK Kan, unions Of the big
four brotherhoods and the switch
ssmenss union petitioned their Off
sscerssf orspermission to go on strike
st Louis fifty stationary and
oilers voted to- strike today.
Clerks and station employees on
more than sixty of the POL class
onasroad5ha taken. strike votes,
Information received
aSstrike@ordersfro from Presid ents TIM.
City 1ealey Of 81 he InternationA
StationaIyF iremen and SO Tiers
Jnions Twas taken as a sign o.
.'ts5fs.s,a.
capcellation OF, trains
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS shortageEofr rails or
equdpmgnt1and Sof violence contin-
sSued o|comes in.s InS Chicago more
seyent1y persons 4. incs ,tdfnG
seven polic emenss were reported to
have been made l1@by ething
paced ood sserted IN the rail:
Warming Issued N sSs
ssoNernorssISe nda Ill Of Iowa4issued
aSWarningSto% mine 8 and abroad
rIksrssand s{symp thizers in9 that
not toAinterfere with the,
ilroads,4f llowinge
nolestatfo on OF strike