Evening star., 1922-07-07
STRIKE DISORDERS
GROW AS OFFICIALS
PLEAD FOR TROOPS
Reports From Rail Centers
Show Increasing Number
of Outbreaks.
CHICAGO RIOTERS SEEK
TO BURN TWO HOMES.
Held at Bay by Wife Of Loyal
Worker Till Police Arrive.
Several Arrests Made.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, July with B. NJ.
Jewell. head of the striking railway
shop crafts. still maint aiming the con-
ciliatory attitude he assumed after
the strike was under way, but declin-
ing to make the first move toward ne
gotiations for peace, an increasing
number of outbreaks and disorders
marked the closing hours of the first
country walked off their jobs last
Saturday.
Federal injunctions restraining
strikers from interfering with rail-
road operations, molesting workers
and unlawfully picketing shops were
issued at East st. Louis, ILL.,, and
Shreveport. La.
Mobilization of state troops was
ordered by Adjt. Gen. Black of Illi-
nois. following disturbances in the
Wabash yards. at Decatur. The gov
ernors of Alabama. Kansas, Missouri
and Iowa were asked to send troops
to scenes of disorders and where
peace was threatened in their states.
Chicago. in the past twenty-four
hours, experienced it's first outbreaks
of violence in connection with the
strike. A mob of strikers and sympa-
thizers, which included many women,
attacked and attempted to burn the
homes of two Illinois Central en-
ployes at Burnside. who refused to
join the walk-out. Police dispersed
the mob after Mrs. Julia Gabel. fifty
nine, wife of one of the Illinois Cen
trail men, held the attackers at bay
with a revolver when they attempted
to storm her home.
Several Arrests Made,
Picketing of railroad shops contin-
ued in numerous parts of the'country,
and several arrests were made in con-
nection with picketing and disorders.
Despite numerous outbreaks by
strikers there was a general impress
sion in rail circles that the trend of
the strike was toward peace. and hope.
was expressed that Mr.. Jewell would
be brought together with the United
states Labor Boards two diplomats
in conference-Chairm Ben w,
Hooper and w. L. McMenimen, one of
the three labor members. Railroads,
meanwhile. continued to employ new
TS,
and the ultimatums to return to work
next week or forfeit all seniority and
pension rights stood effective in shops
throughout the country.
Although some short-run trains, par
ticularly on the Chicago and North
western and the Salt Lake line of the
Union Pacific. were annulled, the rail-
roads generally reported slight inter-
ruption of transportation as result
of the shopmen's strike
Strikers were reported at various
points to be struggling back to the
old jobs in uncertain numbers, but
these reports reflected no weakness in
statements from union headquarters.
where Mr.. Jewell reiterated his an
nouncment that the strike was yir-
tually 100 per cent effective.
Women Back Strike.
Mr.. Jewell exhibited kilograms from
women's auxiliaries Of shop crafts or
ganizations expressing support of the
strike. He announced also the first
sympathetic walk-out by exhibiting
messages informing him that $500
molders employed on railroads had
Joined the ranks of the strikers.
The temporary injunction order
issued by Federal Judge English at
East st. Louis was directed toward
strikers on the Illinois Central at
Mounds, Centralia, Mattoon, East st.
Louis and other points in the southern
Illinois district.
Judge Jack, at Shreveport. La,
granted a similar injunction to the
New Orleans, Texas and Mexico rail-
way.
Mayor Coad of Parsons, Kan. under
threat of custer by Gov. Allen, dis
charged sixty-one strikers who had
been appointed as special police.
At Wichita, Kan, fifty stationary
firemen and oilers Joined the strike.
Would Aid I'm Disaster.
A small number of shopmen en-
ployed by the Chicago, Peoria and st.
Louis railroad at Alton, ILL.,, returned
to work.
Striking shopmen of the Dakota
division of the Great Northern offered
to volunteer their services without
pay in any case where loss of life by
wrecks or property by fire is threat
ened.
Announcement by the Union Pacific,
Burlington and Northwestern systems
that pensions and seniority rights
would be forfeited unless the men re-
turned to work Immediately were
greeted by jeers> from strikers at
their meetings.
In Illinois, state troops at SPRING
field, Urbana, Decatur, Champaign,
Danville and Delavan were ordered
to hold themselves in readiness for
strike duty.
Additional wage adjustment cases
not included in those covered by re-
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