Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-27
Hope for Rail Peace
Seen in Washington
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ity rights to strikers, 1t was reported to
be the view Of some of the Presidents
advisers that IL necessary pressure
should be brought to bear to secure the
agreement of the rail heads to this
condition.
Mr.. Atterbury, however, with whom
the seniority issue was taken up BY the
President yesterday, was understood to
be still insistent on the question fol.
lowing later conferences with a num-
Der of Senators. His statement after
the White House conference was that
the Pennsylvania management felt the
issue must be left to the determination
of the present employees Of the system.
President Harding has received from
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad q copy
of its proposals to its striking shop
men for a settlement of the controversy
on that system. These proposals deal
specifically with the question Of SEMI
ority and the application Of other rules.
Word comes from Baltimore that the
conference between the Baltimore and
Ohio and the strikers was not resumed
today and no information was available
as to whether further meetings would
be held. 1t is understood that the sys-
TEN general chairmen representing the
strikers have determined to lay the pro.
rosal before their official union superiors
assembled here today.
Chicago. July 27.--(By A. P.)-Just
as the railway strike seemed to have
settled to long drawn out and deter
mined battle, hopes for peace were re-
vived by the gathering in Washington
of strike leaders and railway exccu.
tives.
In view of President Harding's state
ment that the rights of men at work
and the rights Of strikers must alike be
protected. made yesterday in n message
to the chairman Of the Railway En-
ployes' Publicity Association, 1t is now
believed here that any agreement must
include respect for the rights of men
now working as we'll as the rights of
strikers.
Government and local officials in
various cities were preparing today to
mobilize resources at their command
Commissions order concerning trans
portation of fuel and foodstuffs.
Minor developments included dis
orders at widely scattered points. q
walkout of 300 shopmen on the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railway not hith-
erto affected by the strike, several ar.
rests on varying charges, issuance OF
an injunction or two. and service OF
eviction notices on former employees
occupying railway company dwellings
at Casper, Wyo.
Thirty -four men, formerly employed
in the shops of the Bangor and Aroo'
stock Railroad at Derby, Me-, were al.
lowed two weeks in which to vacate
houses owned by subsidiary company.
The Federaf marshal for the north
ern district of California was author
ized by the United States District At
torney to dcputize 100 special officers
for duty during the strike.
In Chicago non union worker wa:
beaten severely and another attacked
In the latter case police were forced
10 use their clubs freely to disperse the
mob.
A railway guard at Creston. Ia.
under arrest for the alleged shooting oI
two striking shopmen. was removed tt
the county Jail at Red Oak, Ia, for
| safe keeping. Fifteen deputy Fedora
marshals were sent to Creston to main.
| tain order.
Investigation of Tuesday nights at.
| tack on n train at San Bernardino
! Calf, revealed that the block sigma
system on the Atchison. Topeka ant
Sante Fe had been tampered with. sait
the report Of Deputy United State.
Marshal Greenwood.
Five officials of the Chicago ant
Northwestern Railway were attacked
by men said to be strikers at Mil
waukee.