The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-07-20
STRIKERS DELAY
MAILS IN IOWA
Crew of DeraiIed Passenger
Train Is Chased Away.
WRECK BLOCKS THE TRACKS
Repairmen and Wrecking Crews Ara
Kept From Wrecked cars--La-
borers Quit in Defiance Of Or.
ders From Their Leaders.

ders From Their Leaders.
Chicago, July .-Superiutendene
Of the Railway Mail Service Brauer
at Chicago notified Postmaster Cen
eral Work that Chicago, Burlington &c
Quincy train No. 81 left the track at
Loyilia, Monroe county, Iowa, and that
striking coal miners and shopmens
sympathzers had persistently refused
to permit wrecking crews to clear the
tracks
Passengers, train and wrecking
crews have been driven away from the
train, he added and the track has
been blocEaded, thus delaying the
movement of mail.
superintendent Brauer said he had
notified the post office inspectors at
st. Louis and was attempting to COM
municate with the departments repre-
sentative in Des Moines with a view
| 10 relieving the situation Burlington
rail officials, he said, reported to him
that the attitude of the local authori-
ties was "luEewarm." lie suggested
that the United States marshal at De5
Moincs be instructed from Washing.
ton as to what action me should take.
Work Informs Daugherty.
Postmaster General Work, immedl-
ately upon receipt of the telegram
from Mr.. Braucr, communicated the
details to Attorney General Daugher-
ty for such action as the Department
Of Justice might feel justified in TAX
ing. Loviia is about sixty miles SOUTH
east Of Des Mones.
Approximately $4,000 maintenance
Of way men have struck without per-
mission from President Cradle, J. c.
Smock, vice president Of the union,
estimates.
Mr., Smock said the strikers proba-
bly, will be outlawed by their national
officers Mr. Cradle, who conferred
with President Harding Saturday is
I'm Detroit
Peace negotiations in the railway
strike temporarily were mt stand
still. Rail heads and strike leaders
expected developments to indicate
more clearly the ultimate outcomes
| however.
Hopes for settlement at an early
date appeared to be based chiefly upon
the attitude Of MIR. Cradle. Mr. Gra-
Bile said he would confer with menu
bers of the United States railroad la!
boar board here to get support to pre-
vent carriers from requiring mainte-
nance of way men 10 do StrikersT
work. He also said he had called a
meeting of the brotherhood's grand
lodge in Detroit Thursday.
Seniority Rule Trips Peace.
Another Indication Of a drift toward
peace was seen in the statement Of
X. A. Hcnnng, general chairman Of
the Federated shop Crafts Of the
| Northwest, that only the refusal Of
certain roads to agree to reinstate
striking shop crafts workers with
their full seniority rights was pre-
venting a settlement as far as the
roads of the Northwest are concerned.
Possible extension of the strike was
forecast in the statement Of William
Parker, head of the Eastern chairmen
of railway workers, that local officials
In Eastern centers were having in
creasing difficulty In holding the
maintenance of way men at their Jobs.
He said 20 per cent Of the 10000 men
In the metropolitan district already
were ON strike.
Eight thousand members of the In.
tenatlonal Stationary Firemen and
Oilers union were ordered to strike by
President Healy, who is here waiting
report Of the effectiveness Of the
strike.
Promises Of an addition to the strike
within - hours came from G.. A Wor-
rell, general chairman of the Brother
hood of Railroad and Steamship
Clerks following the receipt Of tele-
gram from f. H. Ftzg raid, national
chairman of the brotherhood, sane
tionlng a wulkout of the clerks
The message said that If the rail-
roads refused to grant concessions
and the men felt that they were lm-
posed upon Mr. Worrell could call tie
men out Chairman Worrell predict
ed that rhe men would bolt before
Wednesday,.
WorreIl made this statement in
spite of the fact that q conference has
been arranged between the union oHi-
Gals and road heads for Wednesday.
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