The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-07-13
THE RAILROAD STRIKE
Local Trains Not Affected by the
Walk Out of the Mechanics and
Maintenance Men. Ma
tional Guard and U. S.
Marshals in Charge
of Several Shops.


of Several Shops.
Chicago, July 1I.-With state
troops and United States deputy mar
shals on guard in half dozen states
to avert violence and prevent inter-
ference with the movement OF the
mails or interstate commerce, leaders
of the "Big Four" railroad brother
hoods and railway executives are
hurrying to Chicago to night to con-
fer tomorrow on issues growing out
of the shopmen's strike.
At Bloomington, ILL.,, engineers,
firemen, trainmen and conductors,
members of the four big brother
hoods voted today not to- enter the
shops or yards as long as troops are
stationed there. The matter of
working with guards and state troops
on duty is expected to be one OF the
angles taken up at tomorrow's meet
ing.
Another issue to be discussed will
be the alleged insistence of the car
riers that members of the big Four"
do work regularly assigned to the
crafts now on strike.
A rift in the strike clouds appeared
today with the announcement of D.
w. Helt, resident OF the brotherhood
of railroad signalmen, that his $4,000
members will not strike at this time
but expect to open new negotiations
with individual carriers regarding
grievances. If unable to reach all
agreement, the entire matter will be
referred to the railroad labor board,
he said.
Washington, July II-President
Harding, in proclamation issued at
the White House late tonight di-
rected "all persons to refrain from
all interference with the lawful eff
forts to maintain interstate transpor-
tation and The carrying of the United
States mail
Saturday squad OF deputy Unit
ed States marshals took charge OF
the c. & A. shops at Slater where
strikebreakers had been induced to
leave town by the strikers. More
workmen were brought in and tn.
shops reopened under about so per
cent of normal conditions. Tuesday
when the power plant OF the shops
was started it was discovered that
emery dust had been mixed with the
lubricating oil and it was necessary
to shut down again until the engines
could be diumantled and all wearing
parts thoroughly washed.
The Nj. K & T, shops at New
Franklin is beng guarded by two
companies OF National guardsmen
but very little work is being done.
All train service between New Frank
lin and Hannibal has been discon-
tinued, mail for Fayette being hauled
from New Franklin on motor trucks.
The men are out at the NJ. X. u 1.
shops at Sedalia and Nevada but no
disorders were reported from either
point. In Kansas national guard
troops are in charge at the Parsons
shops where a small number of men
are still at work. This is the most |
important shop of the entire road
and special endeavors are being made |
20 keep it in operation.
State troops are also guarding rail-
road work at Harrington and other
points in Kansas.
In Kansas City a regiment of state
troops have been held at their armory
since Saturday night but SO far there
has been no disorder and they have
not been needed. Batteries of the
Missouri National guard that were
to leave Sunday for Camp Knox,
KY, for the annual training camp
were held in the state with orders :;
be kept in readiness for a call to
duty.
Reports of disorders in Illinois and
some eastern states are reported. AT
Bloomington, Ills- more than three
hundred shots exchanged by state
guardsmen and snipers marked the
first nights control of the Chicago
& Alton shops by troops. Two men |
hidden in a gulley north OF the shops,
fired twice at sentries shortly before
4 o'clock Tuesday morning. Three
hundred rounds from automatic rifles
were poured into the gulley.
A plot to burn hundreds of freight |
.s th> p.If;more r. Ohio rail-