The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-15
PREDICTION MADE TODAY THAT
MAINTENANCE OF WAY WORKERS
WILL co OUT AT ANY HOUR"
This Order Would Affect
Not Less Than Four
| u n d r e d Thousand
Hen - Railroads Will
Try To Keep Shops In
Operation


New York, July 15.-Predicton
that E. F. Cradle, president of the
Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employees and Railway Shop
Workers, would issue a strike or
der to the 400, 900 men of his union
Eat any hour" was made today by
William Parker, leader of the New
York Central Maintenance of Way
Men and president of the Associa-
ton of Eastern Chairmen.
Strikers Open Meeting With Prayer
Newport News. July 15.-Striking
Chesapeake & Ohio railway shopmen
here this morning opened their meet
ing with prayer, following which
religious service was conducted by
Rev w. II. Green, pastor of Il Meth
odist church.
This is the second meeting of this
kind held by strikers and members
of the union says that al meetings
of this kind held by strikers will be
conducted along similar lines.
Congress- May Acl.
Washington. July 15-Hearngs will
be held soon by the senate Interstate
commerce commission to initiate re-
vision of the transportation act and
deal with problems developed by the
present strike, chairman Cummins
stated today.
The first effort of congress. Senator
Cummins said, probably would be to
mend the law so as to guarantee a
fair living wage to railroad workers.
Later, but probably not during the
present strike, he said, an effort will
be made to provide penalties for viola
ton of orders of the railroad labor
board.
Car Repairer Attacked
Augusta, July 15.-Wm. Quinn, car
reparer at Campania. 2 miles from
here on the Georgia railroad, was
here today in an effort to locate 4
band of men who he said had attack
ed him yesterday.
Quinn told Sheriff ]. T. Plunkett,
that two automobile loads of men
whom he believed to be striking shop
men from Augusta, visited kim at
Campania, while he was at work and
that after he had held off four of them
with a pistol the men returned to
their cars and began firing at him
with pistols ana rifles
The Georgia railroad according to
Quinn has guards out to protect him.
Trouble at Carbonate.
Scanton Pa, July 15.-One man
was shot and slightly wounded in con-
nection with tho shipments strike
at Carbondale, 1G miles north of here
last night.
He is Joseph Walker, citizen, who
was on his way home when he was
fired upon. it is alleged, by new work
quartered in the foundry plant
he Delaware and Hudson. The
e claim IA shots were fired upon
Hudson and eight other young men.
An hour later a crowd gathered
and attempted to break into the state
armory to get guns. One door had
been forced open when police arriv-
ed and dispersed the crowd.
Later the situation was such that
deputies were rounded up and sent
10 the scene of the trouble.
Railroads Next Move
Chicago, July 15.-Virtually aban-
doning hope of an early settlement of
the rail strike following the failure
of last nights conferences, railroad
executives today prepared to make a
determined effort to reopen shops with
non-union employees, according to
high official of the United States Rail-
road Labor Board. This official, who
declined to be quoted directly, said
peace moves would be suspended for
the present as the carriers and strik
ers were unable to find any common
q, ct. Mi ,r IN 4,
Chairman Ben w. Hooper sought to
get them together yesterday.
Use Motor Trucks
Washington, July 15-Inauguration
of the use of the motor trucks to
transport the mails. due to the inabil-
ity of the railroads to move mail mat
ter owing to the shopmens strike,
was announced today by Postmaster
General Work, who said it had been
decided to use motor transportation
between Bedford and Swift City, Ind,
between which two points all mail
trains had been annulled.
Postal Inspector Harris, at Atlanta,
notified the department today that
trains Is and 16, operating between
Savannah and Montgomery, and trains
II and 1S running between Columbus
and Helena, Ca, would be discontin-
ued today to conserve power but that
trains generally throughout the di-
vision in that section of the country
we're operating without interference.
Reports to the department said that
at Toledo, Ohio, all depot employees
had struck and the department was
asked to furnish additional postal
clerks to handle the mails.