The Raymer enterprise., 1922-09-14
Shop Crafts Policy Committee
Called to Chicago; Strike
May Be. Settled.
! RAIL EXECUTIVES SAY NO
Government viii Not Enforce lnJune.
tion Too DrastleaIIy-Endino Of the
h Anthracite Strike-landslide for
La Toilette In Wisconsin,
Greeks Whipped by Turks.
BY EDWARD W. PIckARo


HTTLEMENT Of the railway shop.
- mems strike may be ut hand. Last
week B. NJ. Jewell, head of the shop
crafts, called their policy committee
to meet In Chicago September II, the
day set for hearings on the motion to
make permanent the sweeping injunc-
ton obtained by Attorney General
Daugherty. There are 90 members Of
the Committee, and some Of them said
freely that 1t was obvious that Set
tlem.nt was In sight.
President Willard of the Baltimore
& Ohio was said to be working on q
pltn for separate agreements.
On the other hand, various railway
executives fatty denied that any move
ment was on foot looking to an agree
ment with the shopmen. Their chair
mtn, T. Dewitt Cuyler. asserted the
railways already had won the strike,
that on September they had 305,000
shopmen at work, and are adding thou
sands daily to their shop forces.
Criticism Of the unparalleled In
clusiveness Of the Injunction issued by
Judge Wilkerson was not confined to
labor circles by any means, being
shared by members Of congress, many
editors and other presumably unbi-
ased persons. Probably taking note
Of this fact, the administration let 1t
be known that the government had
no intention Of enforcing the injunc-
ton to the point Of abridgment Of
free speech or otherwise invading the
constitutional liberties Of citizens. At.
torney General Daugherty indicated
that there would be no interference
with labor meetings "held for lawful
purposes" but that the government
/, would step in II the strike meetings
were for the purpose Of "inciting
riots" or other violation Of the law.
So far organized labor has practically
ignored the restraining order, but the
government agents, while keeping
close watch on the proceedings. have
done little in the way Of attempting
enforcement. Naturally, on Labor day,
the union leaders, from President
Gompsss down, took the opportunity
to attack bitterly the action Of the
attorney general. Later the labor
chiefs mapped out plan Of attack on
the injunction, seeking counter-lnjunc
lions.
Talk Of a general strike largely SUBJ
sided during the week. for all but the
piore radical laborltes recognized that
4Ssuch thing, hitherto unknown In the
United States, could not succeed.
They probably realize, also, that the
workers, no less than the rest of the
population, would be derived Of most
Of the necessities and comforts of life
by general strike.
n PERATORS and miners In the an.
~ thracite fields accepted the terms
proposed by Senators Pepper and
Reed, and the strike was settled by an
agreement which, like that in the bi.
luminous case, is alomst complete
victory for the men. The old wage
scale has been extended until August
81, 1928. both sides Joined In recon-
mending national legislation creating
a separate anthracite coal commits
sion, and the continuance of produc-
ton after the extension date is to be
upon such terms as the parties may
agree upon In the light Of the report
of the commission.
The senate by vote of 40 to Z
passed the administration coal dlstri-
button and price control bill
The grand jury at Marion, Ill.,, which
us investigating the Herrin massacre.
has Indicted 30 persons SO far. and
more true bills are expected. President
Harrington Of the Illinois miners has