The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-26
DeniSOn Shows Little Trouble
as Troops Come in Today.
WOMEN MAKE RAID IN TOLEDO
Forty Strikers Wives Attack
Shopmen on Way to Work.
Police Reserves Called Out to
Check Attack ON Cops, Too.
TODAY'S RAIL STRIKE NEWS

Developments today in the railroad
strike included:
Movement of coal trains taken over
by the government under emergency
priority orders.
President Harding conferred with
Secretary Hoover and w. w. After
bury. vice president of the Pennsyl-
vania system.
California fruit growers represent
to president that western crops in
danger unless $4,000 to $4,000 refrig-
orator cars are provided during the
next three months.
Santa Fe and Southern Pacific noti-
fy labor board they have 5000 shop
men at work.
Chicago, July 26.-Two big western
trunk lines, the Santa Fe and the
Southern Pacific representing today
to the U. S. railroad labor board in
support of the roads contention that
the seniority question is the big issue
at stake, in the shop crafts strike.
declared they had 5000 men at work
who would be affected by it.
These men, the road said, have been
promised that they will be protected
in their seniority rights over all men
who may be employed later or who
may return to their jobs.
The Santa Fe presented figures to
the board showing 6.513 skilled me-
chanics and 2,s59 shop Iahorers were
at work in its shops last night.
Conditions Are Better.
Both roads told the labor board the
men now employed were all skilled
mechanics or laborers qualified to per-
form their duties and not strike break
ers picked UP at random.
Despite the deadlock in the strike
situation, conditions on the railroads
are Improving, the western committee
on public relations of the American
Association of Railway Executives an
nounced today.
Issue a Statement.
The following statement was issued:
"All western lines with headquar-
ters in Chicago report today all freight
is being moved as offered and with
out congestion and all roads except
those that are specifically affected by
the coal strike, report car loadings ex-
ceeding those of a year ago. Passen-
ger trains are being operated nor
mally.
''All of these roads report increases
the shops"
(By the Associated Press)
Detroit, July ga threat that the
100000 maintenance men employed
on the nations railroads will go on
strike because of alleged action of
certain eastern roads in attempting to
form company organizations to take
the place of international railroad
brotherhoods and the action of guards
employed by the railroads was made
here today at headquarters of the In
ternational brotherhood of mainte-
nance of way employees and railway
shop laborers.
Chicago, July ZEE r. Cradle.
president of the international BROTH
erhood of maintenance of way em-
ployes and railway shop laborers. de-
MED today reports emanating from
his headquarters at Detroit that the
100000 members of the union were
again to strike.
Washington, July 26.-ResuminR
the conferences thru which he pur-
poses to keep in close contact with the
railroad strike situation President
Harding conferred today with After
operations of the Pennsylvania road.
Secretary Hoover also participated In
the conference.
(By The Associated PressD
Toledo. Ohio, July 26.-Forty wo-
men. wives and relatives of striking
railway employees. attacked a party OF
ronunion railroad shopmen on their
shops of the New York Central rail-
road here early today. Police re-
spending to a call for help were met
with a shower of bricks and stones
which resulted in call for police re-
serves.
Three patrol wagons filled with Of
Ulcers were rushed to the scene with
orders to arrest every woman found
in the vicinity.
Denison, Tex. July 2e.-Five conn
panies of the 142nd infantry. Texas
National Guard. detrained here early
today and Immediately took charge of
the railroad shop district. placed un-
der martial law by proclamation Of
Governor Pat NJ. Neff as a protection
to rail w orlters and property
Col. e. W. Nfmon of Gainesville as
sumed Co@-mand of the 275 men upon
their errhal after a nights rua by
special ifsin from austin.
Little Trouble Foreseen.
There had been no trouble nor pros
pect of any early today. The citizens
Of Den!son appear reconciled to the
bringing of the troops here and strike
leaders have expressed a desire to CO.
operate with the troops rather than
oppose them.
Colonel Nimon. in charge of the
troops, is one of the Oldest officers IN
point of service in the state military
He served as a lieuton-
ant with the old Denison rifles during
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