The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-09-13
EVELOPMENTS WATT
IN RAILROAD STRIKE
Union Leaders and Executives OF Lines
Mark Time While Awaiting Events
iEXpcctcd TliS Week.

Expected This Week.
Chicago, Sept. 9.--Aside from a mo-
| tion asking dismissal of the bill for
an injunction filed by the government
! against the striking railway sh0pmen
Of the country on the ground that it is
alleged and based on "misrepresenta-
! tion and suppression Of facts filed in
| federal court on behalf Of the unions,
strike leaders and railway chiefs
| marked time today, awaiting develop
ments expected next week
At the time the battle against the
| injunction was begun a mass, of evil
dcnce, guarded by 80 agents of the
department Of Justice arrived from
Washington and will be used by the
government when the hearing to have
the temporary injunction made per-
mancnt comes before Federal Judge
Wilkerson Monday morning. Black
burn Eastering, assistant solicitor
general of the United States, A. A.
lALcClaughlin and Oliver Pagan of the
department Of justice arrived here to-
day and James e. Beck, solicitor gen
eral Of the United States, is expected
tomorrow
Following the departure of Daniel
Willard, president of the Baltimore &
Ohio road. there were no formal meet
ings of the railway executives and it
was said that none was in prospect.
After meeting here yesterday after
noon an informal session was said to
have been held last night at an outly-
ing roadhouse, the Pink Poodle, in an
effort to elude newspaper reports.
No announcements were made by the
| executives regarding either meeting,
but today II. f. Byram, president of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul,
authorized the following statements
There will be no more meetings of
the railway executives President
Willard, who returned home last
night may return early in the week
1t only needed some one trusted by
both sides to act as mediator and MIR.
|
and ability to the matter. He not only
deserves the thanks Of the roads and
the men but of the general public as
we'll
This separate agreement plan is al
ready in practice by the railroad
brotherhoods. 1t will be new policy
for these particular unions, however
! "rhe 'recalitrant' roads did not in
any way object to the rest of US set
! Ting the strike separately with the
unions, because their attitude is that
the strike is no longer of any interest
to them"
b. NJ. Jewell, head of the shop
crafts, and other union officials rcfus-
cd to comment in any way on the pro
8ress Of the tsrike.
| a statement was issued by the AssO-
citation OF Railway Executives assert
ing there had been steady increase
, in the number Of men employed in the
shops and that a large volume of bust
, ness was being moved.
In connection with the arrival OF
the evidence to be used at the injunc-
tion hearing Monday, federal agents
! said that an effort would be made tC
prove the existence OF nationwide
railroad sabotage plot and it was in
dicatcd that Wholesale indictments
would be sought against those held re-
sGonsibc by the government
| The evidence brought to Chicago
was said to contain thousands Of telc-
grams, letters, photographs, blue
prints and books, together with tran
scripts CT statements of 1000 persons
who have been intcrrogated by federal
authorities.
The data was said by government
officials to reveal plots for the wreck.
ing of railway equipment, the dis
abling of locomotives, the causing oil
wrecks, the burning of bridges and
| the obstruction Of the mail.
1t also was intimated that the gov
ernment would ask for subpoenas fol
! all defendants in the injunction pro
ccedings. This would require the
| presence Of some $50 individuals in
| court.