Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-11
TRAIN SCHEDULES
LITTLE AFFECTED
BY SHOP WALKOUT
Isolated Cases Of Violence
Put Down-SeveraI State
Governors Hold Troops in
Readiness

CHICAO, July 9.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press.) 1.-The calling out OF
troops in Illinois, the assembling OF
soldiers in half a dozen other states,
and the intervention Of the federal
courts in the nationwide strike of
p railway shopmen marked the close
Of the eighth day of the walkout'
The Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad tonight secured
federal Injunction here restraining
picketing at the Aurora shops. while
earlier in the day an injunction was
issued at New Orleans restraining
strikers from interfering with trains
on the Southern Pacific, and at
Council Bluffs, Ia, the Burlington
obtained a federal injunction direct
ed against striking shopmen in
southern Iowa. Other railroads
were expected to follow the lead OF
the Burlington here. Department of
Justice officials at Washington were
Investigating reports that strike dis
orders were interfering with the
mails.
Lieutenant Governor Sterling, OF
Illinois, tonight ordered troops to
Clinton, where an outbreak was
threatened following clash between
Illinois Central guards and strike
syn1pathizers, in which a boy was
killed, and two men, one striker,
were injured.
D. w. Helt, president of the Broth
erilood of Railroad Signalmen. to-
nounced that he would withhold
strike orders to $4,000 signalmen
pending the preparation and sub
mission of a program to the United
States railroad labor board.
Board Intervenes
Mr.. Helt's announcement was
made following an all-day conference
with w. l.. McMenimen, labor mem
Der of the board This marked the
second time within a week that
members of the board have inter
vened to stop an addition to the
strikers ranks walkout of 100000
maintenance of way men being held
40 in this manner few days ago.
With B. M, Jewell, head of the,
] shop crafts, and the labor board
eaeli STANDING 8. firm IN the attitude
that peace overtures must come from
the other, the railroads tonight were
determined to maintain uninterrupt-
ed transportation. Many roads We're
preparing to open their. shops the
first of the week when the ultima,
tura> to-, strikers to return or lose
their seniority rights expires. Some
carriers have applied for troops TO
protect employees and property in
this move, others are making ar
arrangements to afford private pro-
stection to all employees. 81
Efforts looking to an immediate
settlement of the strike apparent
ly stood still today. Following the
statement yesterday of Chairman
Hooper, of the labor board, that, the
labor board had no power to medl'
ate the strike so long as the men
. remained away from work. MIR.
Jewell today reiterated his asser-
ton that the first move toward
peace must come from the railroads
OF the labor board.
Except for the disorders at Clln-
ton, Ill.,, most of today's violence
was confined to clashes between
strike sympathizers and workers
due to the efforts of the strike sym
pathizers to persuade the employees
still on the job to quit.
Troops Assemble
Missouri, Kansas and California
were among states that had either
assembled troops or were prepared
to do so in case disorders occurred.
Train schedules were further dis
rupted as a result Of the strike to-
day, the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway company announcing
the annullment of 43 trains in
Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and
Texas, while the Chicago and Alton
abandoned all service in and out Of
Bloomington, Ill.,, due to disorders
there.
Labor board members said to-.
night that they. expected E. H.
FITZGERALD, president of the Brother
hood of Railway and Steamship
!, Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express
and Station Employees, here Mon.
day from Cincinnati, to enter into
negotiations with board members
regarding the clerks strike.
Confidence was expressed that an
agreement would be reached by
which the strike of clerks would be
nostponed or called off. y
Reports that clerks on the New
York Central lines had been author
ised to walk out had not been re-
ceived by the labor board tonight,
and board members said Vice Presi-
dent sylvester Of the clerks had
denied knowing anything of it.
injunction Granted
An Injunction against the pick
citing of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy shops at Aurora, H.,
by striking railway shopmen was
granted early tonight by Federal
Judge George Carpenter. 1t was ex-
r,ected that other roads entering
I. Chicago would file petitions for
similar action Immediately.
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