The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-20
Troop Movements Here
and There Throughout
the Country and Partial
Walk-out of Clerks
New Develop
ments In the Situation

Chicago, July BOB. NJ. Jewell,
president of the six federated shop
crafts, predicted today that the rail-
~sroads would capitulate and settle the
strike within two weeks.
THE strike is becoming more eff
fective daily he said, land the roads
will yield as soon as we bring them
to their knees.
The railroads executives attitude
on the seniority question was charac-
teriZed by Mr.. Jewett as '.camoufiage
designed to cover up the real issue, a
national adjustment board"
An executive board of the strik-
ing unions will meet tonight to con-
slider a reply to the. statement issued
by railroad officials last night.
~. Troops for Rocky Mount
Raleigh, N. c., July Ex-Governor
Morrison at 10 o'clock this morning
ordered state troops to Rocky Mount
and Aberdeen for duty in connection
with the strike of railway shopmen.
The governor action followed the
urgent request made yesterday by J..
X. Kenly, president of the A. G. l..
railway, for troops to enable the COM
pany to man it's shops at Rocky
Mount where. q number of disorders
have occurred since the shopmen at
the Emerson shops went on strike
three weeks ago. President Kenly
told the governor that a hundred or
more men were ready to go to work
and unless sufficient protection was
guaranteed them the consequences
would be serious to passenger and
freight traffic.
The troops were sent to Aberdeen
at the request of Mr.. Henry Page fol-
lowing the alleged kidnapping of an
> electrician there by strike sympathiz-
ers several days ago.
Government Makes Arrests.
Augusta, Ga, July 20.-Six men,
some of them said to be striking shop
men were arrested here today by
government and city officers on a
charge of interfering with the United
States Mails.
1t is understood that attacks by
these men on car repairers yesterday
delayed an Atlantic Coast Line train
carrying mail
The men arrested are all of this
city. This Is the first federal action
taken in the strike here.
More Men Go Out.
Charlotte. N. c., July 20-Men en-
ployed at the railway coal chute quit
work this morning in obendience to
the strike call of the firemen, oilers
and engineers.
Clerks Postpone Strike.
Norfolk, July 20.-Members of the
clerks brotherhood on the, Chesapeake
and Ohio railway postponed their
strike for two hours this morning for
some unaccountable reason.
Union leaders were in conference e
IN Richmond.
Carolina Troops Moved.
Raleigh, N. c., July 20.-Adjutant
Gen. John J. Van Nets today order
ed a company Of the national guard
which had been at Wilson since Mon
day and a battery that has been at
Goldsboro to proceed to Rocky Mount
at once, and twenty men from the
Concord infantry company, now at
Rockingham, to entrain Immediately
for Aberdeen.
General Nets said the companies
average about 70 men each
Hold Troops at Waycross.
Waycross. Ca, July 20.-Following
orders received from st. Simon for
for the return of troops stationed
here, today.
Mayor Dan Cowart together with a
number Of prominent citizens have
wired Gov. Hardwick requesting that
troops be held here until all possible
disorders in connection with the rail
way strike have been adjusted.