Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-14

Chicago, Aug. 14.--(By the Associ.
rated Press. New knots in railroad
transportation Of the far west; bomb
ing Of a passenger train loaded with
excursionists at Granton Junction, N:
j.; dynamiting Of the Frisco railroad
bridge at Ash Grove, Mo-. and de-
and the Northwestern railway shops
at Wichita Falls, Texas, marked the.
early hours Of the rail strikes
seventh week while rail heads and
strike leaders were deadlocked over.
President FIarding's proposals for
peace. .s5& !.
Wal)out Spreads.
The walkout OF santa SFe train
crews, who left their trains stranded
in the deserts Of California, Arizona
and New Mexico, spread to other
paralysis crept onto now centsrs,
maintenance OF way mon in the New
York district pettHoned their national
leaders for q strike order.
Move Passengers. ,s@
Santa Fe officials, manning the
stranded trains at Needles, Cal.
moved marooned passengers out OF
the desert, but 10 trains on tho sys-
TEN were still tied up whom. more
crews quit. E
One thousand passengers stranded
at Albuquerque, New Mexico, OF IN, tne
Harding for relief and federal inquiry
into the tie-up was ordered by Joseph
Burke. U. 8. district attorney at Los
Angeles, following communications
with Attorney General DauEherty.
At the same time Governor Thomas
E, Campbell Of Arizona ordered an
invest cation Of conditions among ma ne
rooned passengers at seliEnan lo!'
lowing reports Of suffering. @s
The walkout Of big Four" trans
portation brotherhood mon. VINO
based their action on the presence OF
Isoldiers and armed guards at former
/! trouble centers, and upon ALLEGED de-
fective railroad equipment, spread
. system. Crews left their trains at
sacramento and Roseville, Cal. and
other points on the Southern Paciho,
added new embargoes oh perishanle
freight including live stock, on tho
ogden and Portland routes.
Suffering is Intense.
Suffering among n,aroonsd pas
sengers. especially women children
and the aged and infirm, was; growing
intense, according to reports from
sonne Of the halted trains.
relief for stranded passeneere on
the Union Pacific between Salt IAke
Citv and Los Angeles was given by
hroth erhood men, who moved si1
rams marooned at desert points to
n,aces of less discomfort. 5e
western Pacific crews working be-
tween Elko, New. and Gerlach, aereeo
to return to work but .brothernooo
men at stockton, Oakland and Oro-
VILE, Cal, remained out.
Inc MI AfAYtAd
+heir schedules were formed to return
- their starting points when It waa
evident they would only add to the
t!e-up. '
Denuty U. s. .rmarshals and wreck
,nr crews were sent to- Ash Grove, ID
h ..at,es from Springfield, Mo-. where
+ha 200 foot Frisco bridge over the
Sac river was 6ynamited. ',45s n!
detectives were endeavorine to run
down clues to the Identity OF oomper.
~ tha west Shore railroad at Gran:
tnr ~ Junction, N. y. . Passengers, mos
~ them returning excursionlsts were
thrown into q panic when the bomb!
rara hurled at the train as It crossed
" c,Ilvert in an isolated cut: stee
cars. which withstood the shock mini.
mixed the damage 9pus many sMinooW' at.'s
we're broken and ten persons were n IN Y;
tured. y. ~. -, =,
4ns shop fire at Wichita Falls. Tex
Tha danes were u discovered BY !.
,vatrhman and spread rapid,
through tho oil soaked 9intsrhior h Of tn
snTr, Trs,n mon who tied up trafnc Of
.ha at. Louis and san FFAncisco oul
Of Of Birningham. returned TO theihl y
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