The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-07
STATE TROOPS.
ARE READY FOR
DUTY IN STRIKE
CONTINUED from First Paee.)
mined woman stood with her men
acing revolver until police arrived.
Women Throw Stones.

women Throw Ot0neos
The attack on the two homes &C.
Cured during demonstration near
the Burnside shops. Women among
the marchefs screeched impreca-
tons at the workers and soon
Stones and sticks began to crash
through windows.
John Kassol, an employe Of the
Baltimore & Ohio shops. was in Q
critical condition in q hospital fol-
lowing an attack by strike sympa-
thixers.
At Aurora, ILL.,, . crowd Of strik-
ers escorted q number Of negroes
to the city limits. The negroes had
been sent from Chicago to work In
the Burlington shops.
Picketing Of railroad shops con-
tinued in numerous parts of the
country and several arrests were
made in connection with picketing
and disorders.
Violence In New Orleans.
United States Marshal Loisel At
New Orleans asked Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty for authority to
swear in at least SO extra deputies
as . precautionary measure. The
New Orleans district has been the
scene Of several otfhe first disturb
ances and the railroads contempla-
ted applications in federal courts
for injunctions restraining strikers
from interfering with the opera
ton of trains and shops,
James Williamson, negro EN-
ployed as a bcilermaker by the IL
linois Central at New Orleans, was
knocked from train by several
white men and shot in the hip when
he attempted to escape.
Despite numerous outbreaks by
strikers there was q general i'm
preston in rail circles that the
trend of the strike was toward
peace, and hope was expressed that
Mr.. Jewell would be brought into
harmony with the United States la
Dor boards two diplomats in me-
diation-Chairman Ben w. Hooper
and w. l.. McMenimen. one OF the
three LABOR UemDCTs.
New Men Employed.
Railroads, meanwhile, continued
to employ new men to take the jobs
left BY strikers, 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.
particularly on the Chicago d
Northwestern and the Salt Lake
line Of the Union Pacific were an
nulled, the railroads generally re-
ported slight interruption Of trans
portation as q result of the shop
mems strike.
Rock island officials at Topeka,
Kan, donfled overalls and inspect
ed cars, iced water coolers and I'LL
ed grease cups.
Strikers were reported at vari-
GUS points to be struggling back to
the old Jobs in uncertain numbers
and at St. Paul first negotiations
looking toward settlement of the
strike on the Northern Pacific were
begun between representatives Of
the shopmen and officials OF the
system.
Shopmen Claim Strength
These reports reflected no weak
ness in statements from union
headquarters, where MIR. Jewell re-
iterated his announcement that the
strike was virtually 100 per cent
effective.
He exhibited kilograms from
women,s auxiliaries Of shop crafts
organizations expressing support
He also announced the first sym
, pathetic walkout BY exhibiting mes.
saxes informing him that s.50t
moulders employed on railroads had
Joined the ranks Of the strikers.
The temporary Injunction ordel
issued BY Federal Judge Englisl
at East st. Louis WAS directed to
wards strikers on the Illinois Can
trsl at 1rounda CentfAliA nAttoon
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