Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-05
Railroad Officials Say Large
Number Struck Because
They Wanted Holiday j
Jewell Congratulllates \ The
Maintenance Men For
Having Settled Differ
ences; Says Shopmen Are
Prepared To Remain Out;
Believes No Contracts
Have Been Cancelled By
Railroads.
(By The Associated Press)

(By The ASSoc1Ated PfesS)
Slater, Mo-, July 5.-StriAng
shopmen here L:..c, seized the
Chicago and Alton railroad shops,
driven out non union men
brought In to work i'm the shops,
and are holding the shops this
afternoon. 2.4-
Eighteen men were driven from
the shops today. Yesterday Is
were driven out. Union officials
said tho non-union men were
placed on trains and sent from J
the town. Other reports de-
clared that the non.union men
shops and that they left town
voluntarily.
Alton officials said that three
guards employed by the railroad
at the shops had been arrested by
local authorities and placed In
Jail and that their property was
without protection OF any SORT.
Duluth, Mimi, July, s. - The
predicted return Of. 50 per cent
4 Of the strikers 0i the six feti-:
Grated shop crafts unions. who
have been out on strike since
last Saturday at Two Harbors,
MIMI, failed to materialize to-
day, according to officers of the
local unions and the OFFICIALS of,
the Duluth and Iron Range rail-
road. = rs, .s.rs.
Washington, July -Interfer-
emce with the movement Of the
United States malta by striking
railway workers in different PARTS
OF the country was ropozted to-
az e t1s 9sffs st Sc & s;1e s2s
Text Lonis, Nor he;
Quincy, Mo. 4; i u i: :.5s ssA $. =.
Chicago. July A-tBy the Assoc1
ated Press .-Striking railway shor
men, who walked out In answer to th
nation wide call from the. headqua1
ters Of the six shop crafts union her
last Saturday, were reported by tn
railroads as. drifting back to work tc
day in groups Of uncertain size. d
Today is Turning Point. 6
Today was considered the turnin
point in the strike Of the $4,000 t
100000 workers. Although respond
ins generally to the call last Satul
day, railroad officials insisted tha
many of the defections were due t
the desire Of the men to take a hol
day over the Fourth of July.
/. Local union reports to the office
B. NJ. Jewell, head Of the shopme'
reiterated the union asseruon~tnaI til
strike was 100 per cent effective at 2
points reporting. Maintenance OF Wa
men. despite the decision of thu
unions executive council here la'
night tn postpone strike action for tn
present, were also reported TO- be JOLT
ing the walkout. Such reports reacr
ed President Jewell's headquartel
and we're confirmed by news di'
:, Freight handlers. cleSks and s;s
tionary firemen and oilers Joined ~
deserting ranks of shopmen at var
Gus points. Although fully as man
shops reported that men were Iesui.
inr to work today, the railroads ger
era,,v were advertising for new me
~ take the strikers places and sewers
roads were completing arrangement,
to handle their repairs at outMo
Minor = Oub1e. -
: Small disorders appeared at sever'
points. mostly in the south, whel
numerous roads placed guards ove
their bridges and other vulneraD
The Union pacific, Chicago, Miiwa,
kee and st. Paul, N. Y. c.. and s
louis, Georgia railroad: Burnngte
ana dozen other roads announcs :
rats setting a final date on which u !.
strikers must return to work or 10
fsit their seniority rights.
,s: Jewell Oongrntulates Them.
II Chicago, July {. The maintenan'
Il wav union. whose toficers yestefds
decided to delay their. threatens