South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-04


ing. telegraphed 20 GOV. Hyde. ask
ing him TO call out the national
guard az Missouri and 20 station
enough troops ia Kansas city TO
prevent loss OF life and destruction
OF property which the chamber said
50 believed 20 De an imminent pos
slbinty IN the railway strike
Laborers OF the maintenance Of
way and storehouse department OF
the Onion Pacific railway at Las
Vegas. New. vrlked out Monday
when notice OF the United states
railway labor board wage cut was
poste6 ou bulletin boards in tho
shops there. This action was taken
although no official strike orders
have been received
Public Fccls Action.
The travelling public had its frSt
experience Monday OF the effects of
the strike in the Pacihc coast region
when passengers on the Overland
limited Uf the Southern Pacific lines
coming through the Sacramento
valley when the thermometer regis
tered 104 degrees were told the
electric fans in me cars could not be
operated 70 was said the electricity
must he conserved for lighting the
cars and that no electricians were
available 70 make certain repairs
which would have permitted the
fans 20 be operated.
From Milwaukee came the asser-
tlon 10y Fred ID. Underwood. presi-
dent Of the Erie road that the rail-
way strike shortly will be won by
roads Mr.. Underwood said.
"The Erie road win have all the
men 10 wants by tho end OF the week,
and they viii mostly be the Old men
who had worked for the road for
years"
Reports from other cities told OF
fist fights which caused only minor
injuries. The first disturbance in
chicago occurred at the Baltimore
and Ohio yards when a crowd threw
stones at men remaining at work
and smashed windows in A railway
coach
The absence OF any specific figures
regarding the exact number OF the
strikers was explained by union
leaders and railway executives as
due 90 the holiday over the fourth.
Union leaders said they believed
many OF their men who had quit
work on Saturday had done $50 with
the idea OF taking a vacation" be-
Ueving they could return 20 work
on the firth or July out said they
were sure OF their ability 20 hold
these men IN line. The railway ex-
ecutives expressed the same belief
nut asserted that the men would
return TO work in droves after the
fourth
Strike Names From Rolls.
The American Association OF Rail-
way Executives after a meeting in
New York City decided. however. 20
take the names OF all striking shop
men from the payrolls OF the east
ern roads entering New York. there
BY depriving them or their seniority
rating. The executives also decided
that each road should handle strike
problems for itself.
Similar action 10 that or the east
EN- executives was taken by the
Missouri Kansas and Texas 81.
Louis officials OF that road an
nounced Monday In a statement
they declared that strikers who
do not return 20 work ny Wednes-
day viii lose their seniority rights.
Southern Pacific employees failing 70
report for their regular assignments
would also be considered perma-
nently out OF service and will not
again be employed by that road G.
H. Waid, vice president and general
manager. was quoted az saying.
Farming out" or repair work
has been started by the New York
Central lines. 10 locomotives from
Cleveland and three from the Elk
hart Ind shops being sent 20 Dun
Kirk. n. Z. today for repairs.
Wabash officials at St Louis said
that the $500 clerks employed by
the road had reached an agreement
and accepted a wage cut averaging
50 a week. This cut is slightly less
than that ordered by the labor
board and makes the average pay
sos a month = was explained
Notices 20 striking shopmen that
they must return 20 work or have
their places declared vacant were
issued Monday by three railways Of
the southeast and by the Atlanta
joint terminals which conduct
switching operations IN Atlanta