New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-22

tioning strikes or the Chesapeake G,
Ohio, Norfolk & Western and else
where. The G. & O. strike, started
yesterday, has been distinguished
chiefly for it's lacls of success.
This information was borne out bv
advicos that Mr.. Fitzgerald was until
to-day kept in ignorance Of the plans
of his general chairmcn, and that he
first learned Of the Forthcoming meet
ing through newspaper reports. The
clerks are now threatening strikes on
the Chicago & North Western and the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and
started strike ballot on the Southern
Railway this morning. A like vote is
being taken on the Baltimore G. Ohio.
There is another reason for the
clerks officials assembling here Mon
day, it. was said. This is that If the
Labor Boards peace band wagon makes
clerks will be right here to climb on it..
move by the maintenance men for
a wage adjustment in accordance with
the agreement entered into between E.
F. Cradle and the Labor Board was an
nounccd from st. Louis, where those
employed on one road petitioned the
latter for a 80 per cent increase,
which, they asserted, would restore
their scale of July, 1921.
Rumblings of a strike of the shop
men on the Canadian railroads gath
cred force when it was reported from
Montreal that 81 per cent of them had
voted for a strike in the event the
roads do not discontinue wage cuts and
place the controversy over the latter
before Cancellation board
No formal statements on behalf of
any Of the tshee angles in the contro-
versy were issued to-day, but William
II. Finley, president of the Chicago &
Northwestern, undertook to answer
Mr.. JEWELS charge that the railroads
are camoufaging as to seniority and
are really opposing the setting up of
a national adjustment board. Mr.. Fin
ley said the latter was not an issue of
the strike, although declaring that the
roads now have regional adjustment
boards, and accused Mr.. Jewell of sat
tempting without just cause to intro
duce purely irrelevant matter into the
dispute"
More Trains Cancelled
The days cancellation of trains
reached formidable proportions, sched-
ules being s1ashed right and left in
some sections of the country. The
tally for the twelve hours in This con-
nection was as follows:
Great Northern, eight in the Spokane
region, four in South Dakota and sew
eral short run locals from Sioux Falls.
Wabash, all trains into Hannibal,
local authorities to protect the roads
property.
Chicago & Northwestern, four from
Madison, Wis.
st. Louis & San Francisco, four from
St. Louis to Paris, Ky.
Grand Trunk, sixteen from Detroit
with the runs Of ten more curtailed
The Great Northern placed an ON
barge on perishable freight on some
divisions, the Lexington, KY, office of
the Chesapeake & Ohio refused to
accept freight of any description, and
the Spokane Offices of four roads all
nounccd heavy curtailment of freight
service. In Denver army officers mad 2
inquiries of the state authorities as
to how many automobile trucks could
be turned over to carry the mails, if
necessary, and similar inquiries were
reported as being made in other states
The only optimistic statements as
to train operation came from officials
of the Grand Central Terminal, in New
York City, who declared that in twenty
four hours 555 trains, carrying 3,777
cars, were only TIA minutes late, and
from the Offices of the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas, hardest hit of all the
roads, which reported an improvement
in it's service.
Violence Decreases
Business men, bankers, farmers, as
sociations of commerce and other in
dividuals and organizations through
out the country continued to lombard
state and federal officials with letters
and kilograms appealing to them TO
use their influence to bring about an
immediate ending of the strike. Ore
typical message of the day Of this
racter came from the fruit grow
ers of the San Joaquin Valley, in Cali
fornia, who declared their crop would
be ruined in the event normal trans
portation is not soon restored.
The day passed with less violence
than almost any previous day of the
strike. Though there were number
of minor disorders, including assaults
and foggings and several instances Of
petty sabotage, such as the cutting of
air hose on string of freight cars at
Boston, no mob attacks or similar In
cidents were reported.
Several more lnJunctions were ob-
tanned, the most important by the Mis-
souri, Pacific and Frisco lines at Kan
sas City, Mo. There, also, court action
was started on behalf of the strikers,
which challenged the right of the
Kansas Industrial Court to attempt to
hold jurisdiction over the strikers in
Kansas because of the national juris-
diction held by the government through
the Labor Board.