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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
ILLINOIS OPERATORS
ASK CONFERENCE

Chicago, Aug. 15.-(By Associ-
ated Press)-Illinois coal opera
tors today received messages from
Frank harrington, president OF
the Illinois Miners union, stating
that Mr.. Harrington was author
ized to negotiate a district agree
ment and asked for joint con-
ference between Illinois operators
and miners here next Friday.
while presidents of the three
operators associations in the state
must pass on acceptance, DR.. f.
@. Honnold, secretary Of the Hli-
nois Coal Operators association
said "as the operators have been
trying to get such a conference
for four months. there is little
question but that they will ae-
eept"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
ARIZONA TRAINS
BROUGHT BACK
TO Los ANGELES

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. Is
Passengers arriving here today on
Santa Fe consolidated train
from Ashford, Ariz,, where they
were held up two days, reported
that fireman named Henderson
was shot last night In the cab OF
the locomotive while the train
was five miles from Needles.
Santa Fe officials denied there
was any shooting, but said that
Fireman II. A. Hickey was render
ed unconscious by rock thrown
from the station platform In
Needles and that he was taken to
Barstow for treatment.
The Union Pacific today dis
patched several engines with
brotherhood crews from San Ber-
nardlno to Las Vegas, Nev. 1t was
announced at UnIon Pacific head
quarters that the strike situation
has been cleared on its system at
San Bernardino and operation OF
passenger trains will depend upon
conditions at Las Vegas, division
point where trouble has occurred
during tho atrfke
Determination OF conditions at
Las Vegas will be made shortly
after arrival OF the engines there
tonight, when q freight train will
be made up and a call issued for
crews. If crews respond there and
freight trains move, passenger
service will be restored. It was
announced by Union Pacific gem
eral offices here that no attempt
would be made to take passengers
across the desert until normal
service conditions we're deter
mined by operation of freight
trains.
No service will be operated from
the Salt Lake end Of the Los An
geles route until the freight train
call tonight at Las Vegas.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
SPOKANE TRAINMEN
TO DISCUSS STRIKE

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 15-
Members of the four railroad bro
therhoods of Spokane and vicinity
will meet with members Of the
switchmen's union at Hillyard TO-
night to discuss the strike situa-
tion as affecting them. Between
400 and 400 are expected to at
tend.
The brotherhood here already
have forwarded to the governor,
local railroad officials, the sheriff
and district attorney, protest
against the use of armed guards
It is expected that both the guarua
and the condition Of rolling STOCK
will be discussed at tonlght
meeting.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
OPENING PRICE.
ON CALIFORNIA
PRUNES HELD UP

The threatening aspect of the
railroad strike situation, which
yesterday caused the Southern Pa
cific lines to declare an embargo
on fresh fruits over its coast lines
but which was lifted on the north
and south main line this morning,
has caused a delay in the an
nouncement of opening prices of
the California Prune Growers as
sociation.
Reports from the south indicate
that the association had originally
set August 10 as the date for an
nouncing their prices, but the
strike situation at that time was
such as to block any buying. Later
intimations given out by the as
sociation are to the effect that
the prices will be made public on
VI about August 20 if the strike
situation reacts more favorably on
the market.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
Insneets Reclamation Proiect.

Yakima, Wash, Aug. 15.-A. p.
Davis, director OF the United
States reclamation service. arrived
here today for three days inspee-
tion Of the Yakima projects. Davis
says that he anticipates funds for
the high line project Will be avail
able when the Rim Rock dam is
completed and that he Is planning
his work with that In view.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
COAST FEELS
BITTER PINCH
OF BLOCKADE
From Canada to Mexico
Coast States Suffer Tie
ups-Fruit Growers
Face Ruin in West.

San Francisco, Cal, Aug. 15.-
Railroads in California reported
today they were in better condi-
tion to handle traffic than at any
other time since last Thursday,
when big four brotherhood men
quit work. Men at Roseville, Cal,
the neck of the bottle of the
Southern Pacific company and at
Tracy returned to work and other
roads reported additional move
ment of trains.
Fruit growers and shippers
were more optimistic than they
have been IN, two weeks and en-
bargoes on the movement Of per-
ishable freight are expected to be
lifted on some of the roads.
Strikers Returning.
The Union Pacific sent locomo-
tives manned by pig four crews to
Las Vegas, New, to attempt to
move freight. If freight can be
moved it was announced that pas
senger traffic will be resumed.
The Santa Fe lines are moving
passenger trains slowly with
crews made up in the main by
travelling engineers. The Santa
Fe is making no effort to move
freight.
The men at Roseville, most OF
whom are residents of fruit dis
tricts, are said to have agreed to
return to work after listening to
pleas of growers and shippers OF
fruit Concessions also were
granted by the company, but the
nature of the agreement was not
disclosed
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
|. ". ". ACTION IN
!. CONNECTION WITH
RAIL WALK OUT

Washington, Aug. Is. - (By
Associated Press) Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty declared today
that reports had come to the de-
partment of Justice indicating
"the l. w. w. are quite active in
connection with the railway
strike"
The attorney general added that
there was no detailed information
in the hands of the department,
but he was satisfied from the gen
eral information received that a
relation existed between the strik-
ers and activities of the l. w. w.
"'There are indications, said
Mr.. Daugherty in statement to
newspaper men at the department
of Justice. that the l. w. w. s are
very willing to take over some of
the responsibility of railway trans
portation and even the govern
ment itself in the west"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
ESPEE LIFTS
FRUIT EMBARGO

San Francisco, Aug. 15.--Ship-
snent of perishables and livestock
from Northwest points through
1Uerber, Cal, which are under an
Iembargo Of the Southern Pacific
company, are being accepted by
ne company in the expectation
mat the embargo will be lifted
Petore the shipments reach Gerber.
kOinpany officials said today. when
ola that the company g Port
fsnd agents were forwarding such
lpments. There has been no
loargo between Portland and
6erber.
me company officials here were
opeiui of ordering a suspension
the embargo late today or
Early tomorrow.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
HARDING PASSES RAIL STRIKE Up TO CONGRESS
Agreement Is Signed Ending Coal Strike
Brotherhoods Request
Peace Conference With
Railroad Executives


glated Press. IT. Dewitt Guy
s chairman of the Association
1.Railway Executives, was today
&ked by leaders Of the five trans
9rtation brotherhoods-the engi-
Gers, firemen, conductors, brake
Gen and switchmen-to form a
: ommittee of that association and
leet them in conference on the
hopmen's strike.
1--WE asked Mr. Cuyler to come
Unto conference to try to avert this
crisis which is approaching on the
railroads." said Mr.. Stone.
Warren s. Stone, chief of the
engineers and chairman Of the
conference of railroad labor or
ganization officials, announced
that Mr.. Cuyler had been reached
over the long distance telephone,
but that he had not given a re-
sponse. Mr.. Stone said he expect
ed Mr.. Cuyler, however, would
agree, because the executives as
sociation chairman never had pre-
viously failed to respond favoraDly
to a joint request Of the train
service organizations for a confer
ence. He added that he did not
believe they could arrange the
meeting prior to Thursday.
The statement accompanying
the shipments letter of rejection,
in addition to charging that the
railroad executives also had de-
clined to accept the presidents
proposition in their response, said
that 1.-The railroad arrangements
apparently intended to be the
court, Judge and jury for the trial
and conviction Of those employees
whom they had not intended shall
not return to work"
The letter, which was signed by
the heads of the seven organiza-
tions on strike, informed the pres
,ident that his proposal had been
unanimously declined for four rea-
sons.
The first was that in previous
proposal the president suggested
that all employees on strike be re
turned to former positions with
| seniority and other rights unim-
paired"
Your proposal of August Z Is
that the seniority question be
agreed to, or rather disposed OF
only after they have returned to
work." the letter said. This
strike cannot be and no other rail
road strike has been settled until
II was agreed that all employees on
strike are to be returned to work
and to their former positions with
seniority and other rights unim-
paired"
The second reason declared that
there is no penalty in the trans
portation act against employees
who strike when an injustice is
done through a decision of the
railroad labor board" Forfeiture
of seniority, it was added, would
read into the transportation act
a penalty which is not contained
therein"
The third reason, after reciting
that the unions had agreed to
former settlement proposal of the
president, said that they were
"unable to understand why, az
ter we had accepted your own
terms of settlement you should
now request US to accept pro-
posal which is directly in CON
flict with your former proposed
agreement"
AS a fourth reason the leaders
declared the presidents latest
proposal impracticable" and
tending to "create chaotic con-
dition because of the undetermin-
ed seniority status of the en-
ployes."
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
PRESIDENT CONVINCED
NOTHING CAN Be DONE
THROUGH NEGOTIATION
Executive Has 'His Back-Up" Although Efforts at
Mediation Continue by Leaders of Brotherhoods
Announcement to be Made to Congress Within 48
Hours-Action Awaits Developments

Washington, Aug. 15.--(By Associated Press )-Pres-
dent Harding will place the rail strike before congress and
before the country within 48 hours it Officially
nounced today at the White House.
The announcement after the president had
fered the strike situation with his cabinet and with lead
congress and after railroad labor organizations
had made public their rejection Of the presidents last settle
proposal together with the statement that chiefs of
the nonstrkng unions planned continue their efforts at
mediation of the rail controversy
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
STRIKERS RETURN ON
MISSOURI PACIFIC

Pueblo, Colo, Aug. 15.-As the
result of a conference here with
Superintendent Shaver Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad, all the fire
men and hostlers on the division
between here and Horace, Kan,
returned to work.
The Missouri Pacific announced
that the demands of the men for
withdrawal of armed guards had
been granted and that the men
returned to work pending negotia-
tions for settlement of other
points in dispute.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
Engineers Notified
By Stone to Return
to Work Immediately

Chicago, Aug. 15.-(By AS
sociated Press. Warren
Stone, president of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineer
has notified branches of HI
union in the far west that un-
less the men who walked out on
the Santa Fe without author
ization return to work imme-
diately, their places will be
filled, according to statement
made public today by A. G.
Wells, vice-president of the
Santa Fe.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15

The administration spokesman
who made known the president s
purpose declared there was mo
ground for the executive to stand
upon in advancing any further
proposition for settlement of the
railroad strike, other than those
which have already laid before the
managements and representatives
of the workmen now striking.
The impression prevailed among
the president s advisers that he
would in his statement to congress
and through congress to the coun-
try make no suggestions as to leg
| islation, but the administration
spokesman said much depended
upon the events that occur within
the brief time before he speaks.
Hopes For Mediation
Leaders of the railroad labor
organizations today made public
the rejection of President Hard
ing s final offer for settlement Of
the national strike of shop crafts
men, but declared that attempts
to mediate the difficulty by direct
dealings between railroad execu-
tives and heads of the four broth
erhoods were still In progress.
The union leaders after con-
ference also made public a state
ment declaring that the railroad
executives by their responses to
the president S final offer had
also declined to accept the presi-
dents proposition and had not
even agreed to permit all en-
ployes now on strike to return to
work.
This statement, II made, 1t was
said would include no suggestions
as to legislation, but would be de-
signed to place before congress
and the country the facts in the
situation as viewed by the govern
ment.
Presidents Back-Up
The president was described by
one of his advisors as "having his
back up" and fully convinced that
nothing further could be done
through negotiation.
Endeavors at mediation how
ever, were continued today by the
leaders OF the brotherhoods of
railroad operating employees and
of the other railroad labor organ
izations whose members have not
been called out on strike.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
killarney CAPTURED
BY IRISH NATIONALS

uuolin, Aug. 15.-CBy Associ-
.7u Press. Killarney, the last
eieion Of importance in County
eiIy held BY the Irish irregulars.
been occupied by national
ny troops. The occupation was
eoeaed by brief engagement on
outskirts OF the town after
A'eh the irregulars fled.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
CANADIAN WAGE CUT

Montreal, Aug. 15.-Canadian
rai1wavs today cut the semi
monthly wages of their shopmen
about 100000, although 81 'ooO
u-orkers had threatened to strike
n the action was taken before the
hoard of conciliation had deeldeu
the dispute
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15

New York, Aug. 15.-Agree-
ment between operators and min
ers at Cleveland will result in e
general acceptance Of their terms
throughout the coal mining in
dustry and a nation wide end Of
the strike, Notwithstanding the
relatively small representation Of
operators at the Cleveland con-
ference, officials OF the national
association declared here today.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
WAGE SCALE
AGREED TOBY
COAL MINERS
Soft Coal Operators Pre-
pare to Resume Mining
Tomorrow-Only For
malities Remain.

] SlS OASNAA~t
y (By Associated Press. Both
operators and miners today
ratified an agreement to bring
about the settlement of the
soft coal strike. Formal sign
ing of the agreement went
over until joint conference
this afternoon.
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 15.-(By
Associated Press. "A wage scale
was ready today for the sigma
lures of soft coal operators and
miners, and prospects were that
some mines would be opened on
Wednesday. Formal ratification
was set for this afternoon.
All details of the scale were
approved in principle by both
sides before the drafting of ten
tative understanding, which was
described today by both sides as
the entering wedge in settlement
Of the soft coal strike that began
twenty weeks ago.
1T is all a matter Of proceed
ure," said President John l.. Lew
Is in referring to the delaying of
4 actual ratification.
n The strike is now over" said
Joseph Pursglove, an operator who
served on the subcommittee.
IN The settlement provides that
m the miners shall be returned to
work at the same scale of wages
N that were in effect when they
IN went on strike; the new contract
Is to be continued in force until
next April /; the agreement also
provides for appointment of an
advisory fact-finding commission,
part of it's duties to consider fu-
N ture settlements on disputes in
the coal industry.
The CHECK off system" of col
Letting union dues to be preserved
by the new agreement.
The settlement came after a
week spent in marking time here
by operators and miners. Opera
tors controlling production OF
100000 tons annually are com
mitted to adoption of the agree
ment in principle.
The operators in the meeting
have mines in Ohio, West V1r-
ginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illi-
nois and Michigan. Orders went
forth from these operators to get
ready to speed UP coal production.
Miners, too, were confident that
an early resumption of work at
Scattered mines would result In
other operators hurrying their &C
eeptance of the agreement.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15

The first forest fire in the Mol
ala section is running through
standing timber, threatening two
sswmilIs and at least one farm with
its grain and buildings.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15

BLOWS:UP, IS
ABANDONED
Inability to Prove AlIega-
tions Of Fraudulent and
Illegal Voting Ends Ku
KIux Action.

For want of truth in the charg
es upon which it was founded the
election contest proceeding insti
tuted by R. R. Coster in behalf of
Chas. Hall, defeated Ku Klux
Klandidate for the republican
gubernatorial nomination, col
lapsed completely yesterday at
ternoon and was withdrawn by
attorneys for the contestant.
The contest fell under the
weight of its own false allega
tions and without any attempt on
the part of Governor Olcott's at
torneys to refute the charges voic-
ed by the Hall forces. At no time
during the hearing of the case
by Judges Geo. G. Bingham and
Percy r. Kelly did the defense
enter into its side of the argu-
ment, contenting itself with al
lowing the contestant to attempt
to prove the wholesale allegations
of fraud and illegal voting made
in the contest petition.
Charges Fade Away
For three weeks the Hall at
torneys sought to substan tiate
the charges contained in the in
formation secured by Ku Klux
investigators and other agents OF
the khan and its allied organiZa-
tions, upon which the contest was
based, without avail. Charge after
charge fizzled out into thin air
when exposed to the scrutiny of
the court. Actual recount of one
seventh of the ballots cast in the
primary election showed that OIL
colt instead Of Hall had been
short changed 81 votes by the
election boards. The only indica-
tion of fraud revealed by the
count, in precinct 201, Portland,
showed that Olcott had been de-
liberateIy robbed of "a votes,
With heart sickening regularity
the Hall attorneys turned their
cards face up on the table only to
find them to be dueces and treys
instead of aces and kings.
The information they purport-
ed to have proved in every in
stance to be misinformation of
the wild rumor type voiced by dis
fContinued ON mage two)
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Coast Feels Pinch.

San Francisco, CAL, Aug, Is
(By Associated Press. )-From the
Canadian boundary line south al
most to the Mexican border, the
Pacific coast states today felt a
bitter pinch from the railroad tie
ups which have been developing,
lifting and clamping down again
ever since Thursday night.
Passengers who had been ma
rooned at the desert towns which
serve as terminals for the Santa
Fe lines southwestern divisions
had been brought to places of
greater convenience but little or
nothing had been done, or appar-
emily, could be done, to fruit
growers OF northern Washington,
southern Oregon and northern
California, while but little more
was being done for those in the
San Joaquin of California, farther
south.
Fruit Growers Suffer.
FRUIT STOWeTS anu OtACAS VI
rectly affected by the tieups took
up the cudgels in their own de-
Tense last night and meetings at
Wenatchee, Wash, and Fresno,
Cal, made vigorous appeals to
President Harding for relief. The
Wenatchee gathering, asserting
that that districts $25, 100000
fruit crop-the product of whole
years work-was endangered, Of
fered to supply and protect men to
man trains to move the fruit. The
Fresno meeting appealed to the
president and the heads OF the
four great transportation brother
hoods-the engineers, firemen,
conductors and trainmen-to end
the strike and avert what appear
ed to be an imminent disaster to
the fruit growers or, falling that.
to declare an armistice long
enough to permit the fruit crop to
be moved.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
CIRCULATION

Dai1y average for July, 1924.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation
Member Associated Press-Full leased
wire service.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-15
THE WEATHER

OREGON: Tonight and Wednesday
showers; moderate southerly winds.
Local: Rainfall, trace: total FOR storm
1.37 inches; max. n, min. 63; southerly
winds; cloudy; river, minus IL feet.
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tContinued on page two)
Evening journal., 1922-12-09
NEED CLOTHING FOR
GREEK REFUGEES

A cable despatch from DR.. A. Ross
Hill. in charge Of the American Red
Cross unit in Greece. announcing the
arrival OF the relief steamships
Stuyvesant Coeur a Alene and HOG
Island az Piraeus. the port OF Athens.
today. was received at the National
Red Cross headquarters at Washing
ton, according TO information re-
celved by Henry p. Scott this morn
ing. The huge shipments of Red
Gross food supplies In the three car
goes. DIR. Hill reports, will afford
temporary relief among the refugees
quartered throughout Greece and on
the islands OF the Aagean Sea The
combined value OF the cargoes Is
S45O.OOO.
The most pressing need now, DR..
Hill states, !s for clothing. and Red
Cross chapters throughout the Unit
ed States have been urged by the
National headquarters 10 work at
top speed TO supply garments for
Vmen. women and children and
layettes for the newly born among
the refugee camps.
The next shipment OF Red Cross
food supplies is due TO leave New
York on December 10. consisting OF
1900 tons Of -four and 1000 tons OF
meats, taking half OF the cargo ton
mage Of the steamship Manitowa.
by the American Relief
The other half Of
the cargo Is consigned to odessa for
famine sufferers in the Ukraine.
Evening journal., 1922-12-09
'HARBOR BOARD
ON THE MOVE
Will Be Located at New
Terminal on Christiana,
Monday
TO ENTER TRADE
ABOUT FEB.

The Board OF Harbor Commits
sioners oday began moving its Of
flee headquarters from the third
floor OF the Public Building TO the
new Marine Terminal on the south
bank OF the Christ:ana just above
the junction with the Delaware. II
Is anticipated the entire office will be
transferred by Monday afternoon.
Rooms in the new cafeteria and
barracks building. near the entrance
TO the Terminal tract just off Chris
t!ana avenue, will be utilized for the
office staff and as headquarters for
the Marine Terminal Bureau. which
is seeking trade for the Terminal
when IL Is opened about February /.
Up to the present the HarbOr Com
mission has maintained two rooms
at the Public Building; a large one
for the working stan and a small one
for meetings of the board and for its
Charles II. Cant. The
small room will be retained as a
place Of meeting. but that is all.
Telephone connection will be in
stalled with the new Terminal
offices. so that information relative
10 its affairs may be readily had.
The terminal Is only about twenty
minutes run by motor car from the
Public Building.