The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-11
Railway Clerks On Some
Roads Are Threaten
ing To Go Out In Sym
Mpsthy With the Striking
Shop Workers Some
Minor Disorders Are
Reported

Reported
Chicago, July 11-(By the Associat
ed Press. D--Increasing disorders, cur
tailment of train service and addition
al troops on duty at several trouble
centers marked the progress of the
rail strike today Ranks of the strik
ers also recruited as clerks on the
Norfolk and Western were authorized
to strike at 10 a. M, today.
Troops were on guard over railroad
property at Bloomington and Clinton
ILL.,; Parsons, Kan. and New Franklin
Mo-, with other units under arms
ready to entrain.
United States marshals were pro
tecting mails on southwestern lines
and guarding the Burlington shops at
Aurora, ILL.,. which had been surround
ed by 1000 pickets.
Many rail centers were blanketed
with injunctions issued by federal
courts restraining strikers from inter
fering with the openation of trains
and the shops. Picketing was general
throughout the country.
New York and the East began to
feel the combined effects of the coal
miners and railway shopmen strike.
Twenty-one trains on the Erie and all
double sections of the West Shore
were discontinued and express trains
on the Norfolk and Western were said
to have been delayed three to six
hours because of the shortage of loco
motives and coal. Labor leaders pre-
dicted that further curtailment of ser
vice was imminent because the roads
have been unable to replace striking
repair experts.
The soldiers were greeted with jeers
as they patrolled the shops and yard,
of the Chicago and Alton in Bloom
ington Machine guns were trained in
the direction from whence came few
shots at the soldiers this morning, but
the fire was not returned.
The tense situation at Bloomington
was aggravated by the clerks who quit
work after they had announced they
would refuse to continue while troops
were on guard in the shops.
Officials of the train service brother
hoods also protested against the pres
ence of soldiers.
Officials of the striking shopcrafts
renewed their protest against the mil
itary occupation but promised Col
Culbertson, in command, that they
would do all that was possible to avert
trouble.
Deputy u. 9. marshals guarding the
International and Great Northern, ar.
rested two strikers at Laredo, Texas
after a strike breaker was badly
!, heat
.'ger trains on, the Fort
~ Denver, and the Santa Fe
lieswy.ed each OTTER at the Fort
Worth junction. Both engineer were
damaged but no one was hurt. Road
officials said the accident was due to a
mixup in signal lights and blame was
not attached to the strike.
The strike and resultant cancella
tion of trains has disrupted the sena
torial campaign in south central
states, the candidates being forced tc
revise their itineraries.
Disorders have been reported in Cal
ifornia. At Roseville an employe Of
the Pacific Fruit Company was shol
while on duty at a fruit icing plant
Strike sympathizers were said to be
occupying positions commanding the
packing plant.
One man was in Jail at Red Bluff
CAL, and another was out on $1,000
bond, charged with kidnapping Pat
rick Killifer, bailermaker employer
in the Southern Pacific shops at Ger
Der.
At New Castle, Cal, attempts were
made to dynamite one of the larges
water tanks on the Southern Pacific
System.
No indications of peace could bt
observed early today either in the at
titude of the company officials or thu
strikers.
The railroads declare they operate
their shops with non-union labor ant
labor headquarters remain determined
not to weaken in the face of the rail
road ultimatum.
Sisnalmen Withhold Action.
Chicago, July 1.-THE Brotherhood
of Railway Signalmen will not strike
for the present at least, according t
statement issued this morning b.
d. W. Holt, president of the organ
ization.
Tho daciston was arrived at afte
conference between the executive
board of the union and the railroad
labor board.
Mr.. Helts statement said the sig
nalmen would take up all question
Of disagreement with the roads ser