New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-14

of commerce or interference of mails
was caused by direct or unlawful acts
Of the organized employees. Such in
terruptions and interference result in
evitably from attempts Of railroads to
operate with insufficient, incompetent
and unskilled workmen.
Such, Interruptions and interference
| will continue and increase until agree
ment is obtained upon just and reason
able wages between the representatives
Of the skilled employees and railroad
executives, who UP to date have re-
fused even to meet with employees
representatives. We stand ready to
cooperate Fundamentally with any
effort. to bring about such an agree
ment"
Mr.. JEWELS reply to Mr.. FELTON,
said:
"The letter attributed to the four
railway executives, addressed to MIR.
Hooper must be amusing to those who
understand the situation. Again we
see the feeble attempt of the big in
stitutions of our country to wrap
around themselves the stars and
stripes and to attempt to lead some
one to believe that they are not re-
snonsible for the situation--thnt the
law-abiding, God fearing American
Justice and against the oppression Of
the financial arrangements and direc-
tors Of railroads, are fighting their
government.
sNot Fighting Government
"The American public knows that
the railway shop crafts are not fight
ing their government.
"Let it be said now and for all time,
that the strike will not be called off,
and the men will not be ordered back
to work until justice has been secured:
The railroad arrangements can, If
they wish, settle this strike.
at must be apparent to the thinking
American public that there Is some
force directing the policy Of the rail-
roads, which for their own selfish in
are demanding a continuance of the
strike.
at that force is 50 blind to the in
terests Of the American public, which
1t Is obligated to serve, and IL it is so
dull Of comprehension as to even have
faint hope Of crushing the employees
organizations, then that force or group
of people are due to receive sudden
awakening, and the American public
should charge them with the RESPONSE
bility.
"The railroad employees have not
desired strike. They have done
everything that honorable men could
do to avoid a strike. Now that they
have been forced into the strike, it
shall be babe effective in legal and
proper manner, and it will be contin
ued to successful conclusion"
Among other developments to-day
Clerks Get Strike Order
Strike orders were given the clerks
employed by the Chesapeake & Ohio,
but it was declared these would not
be effective for several days"
After q meeting Of twenty-five sys-
tenn chairmen, representing 10000
maintenance Of way workers on twenty
eight roads in mid-.atlantie states, held
| that Concerted action" would be taken
later this month to adjust the mainte-
nance mems wages" 1t was pointed
out that they would not strike this
month, however.
Local heads Of the "Big Four" train
service men at Denison, Tex.s and Pine
Bluff, Ark, voted that their members
must not take out dad order" rolling
stock from those points, saying this en-
| dangered their lives.
! More disorders were reported, chief
of which was a raid on the Western
Pacific roundhouse at Oroville, Calf,
by seventy.five armed and masked men
In automobiles. Sixty strike breakers
and guards were driven from the round
house amid a hail Of bullets, four
guards were kidnapped and railroad
foreman was 50 badly beaten that he
may die.
Strikers armed with pistols, rifles
and shotguns picketed the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas shops at Denison,
Tex, all day. They captured two
strikebreakers, and after leading them
to point several miles away read
them lecture and ordered them to
leave the vicinity, which the victims
lost no time in doing.
This disturbance followed the more
serious disorders Of yesterday. which
were the chief reasons for the action
Of c. E. Schaf, receiver Of the road,
in asking Secretary Weeks to call out
Federal troops to guard the roads
property.
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