Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-08
CAPITAL CITY
STRIKERS
ROUGH
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SACRAMENTO, Calf, July s.
"We are getting no protection from
the peace officials here Thomas
Ahern, division superintendent of the
Southern Pacific, charged today.
"Men are being pulled off street
ears on their way to work. Pickets
are preventing men by force from go
ing to work. he stated
Violence was charged today to the
strikers pickets at both the Southern
Pacific and Western Pacific shops.
Strike breakers cannot get into the
Western Pacific yards because OF
pickets, officials said.
Japs Used to Break Strike
Charges that railroads are using
japanese mechanics to break the rail
road strike are made in n telegram sent
to Governor w. d. Stephens today by
the labor council ut Barstow, San
BernardinO county.
The reply sent from the governor S
office reads
'.Your wire to the governor received.
Sincerely trust city council will pre-
vail against any violence. If violence
occurs, expect local police Officers to
handle the situation.'
The governor 8 office also wired Will
liam Shay, sheriff of San Bernardino
county, asking him to take control of
the situation.
Union Men Run Town
Investigation today. of the railroad
appeal from Roseville for troops yes
terday revealed that the town is com
pletely in control of union rail men
Mayor w. M. Turner is chairman of the
carmen s union. City Marshal A. Op
per is member of the trainmen s
union. Eighteen deputy marshals are
strikers who walked out of the South
ern Pacific shops here a week ago.
Hire Women to Fight
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July S.-Women bat
tied against women in the railroad
shopmen s strike war today.
Railroad employment agents sought
to hire strike breakers wives to com
bat picketing by wives of strikers.
Women strike breakers were given
work which they handled during the
war with wartime wages.
A mob of strike sympathizers here,
including women, stormed the home of
Michael Lieupvich, who with his wife,
were alleged to have worked in the
Pullman repair shops.
Windows were broken and the couple
were threatened with further violence
unless they quit work.
Sporadic rioting continued through
out the might and early today in dis
tricts near Chicago shops. Police an
swered frequent calls from widely sep
arated sections of the city for assist
ance in quelling clashes.
Although seven companies of nation
al guard troops were held under arms
throughout Illinois, there was no tend
ency on the part of the state to move
them into the district where clashes
have been reported. y
Bert NJ. Jewell, president of the shop
crafts union, today awaited a move by
the United States railroad labor board
or the railroad managers which would
bring about settlement. At the same
time he reiterated that the strike re-
manned 100 percent effective.
The possibility of peace agreement
was believed greatly reduced by the
announcement of Ben w. Hooper, chair
man of the labor board, that the men
would have to return to work before
the board would consider entering into
any conference.
BY returning to the shops, the men
would be forced to accept the 10000
600 wage cut which went into effect
July /, the main grievance which caus-
ed the walkout.
At the same time announcement of
a decision by the board that other
classes of workers could not be re-
auired by railroad employers to take up
the jobs of strikers was considered u
conciliatory move.