Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-05

Great Falls, Mont. Sept 5.-Nine-
teen freight cars were burned in a
lire Of mysterious origin that swept
over five tracks in the Emerson yards
OF the Great Northern system in West
Great Falls last night. The yards
contained 500 cars which were en-
dangered by the blaze
The fire was reported to have
broken out simultaneously on five diff
Iefent tracks, in most cases in cars
whose doors had been pushed shut
Court Action Pending.
Chicago, Sept. 5.-Impending fed
eral court action in cases growing out
OF arrests for alleged violations of
the picture of the nations industrial
situation today, rr
! The customary Labor Day celebra-
lsfiQns and gatherings were featured
fgenerally by speeches assailing the
injunction. In some cities, notably
Chicago, the usual Labor day pro-
grams were dispensed with entirely.
Attack Injunction.
While some Labor. day orators
were cautious in their references to
the Injunction, other union leaders
appearing as speakers, follows Sam
uel Gompers, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, in attack
Ing the restraining order Speaking
at Philadelphia, Mr. Gompers re-
iterated his charge that the injunc-
ton was a violation of the constitu-
ton and the laws of the land.
| Members Of the executive council
OF the American Federation of Labor
turned their steps towards Atlantic
City today. Although their confer
! ence was originally set to begin next
Saturday, the American Federation
OF Labor leaders planned to take pos
session of a private suite in hotel
IN Atlantic City tomorrow. At this
| gathering Mr., Gompers said he would
place before the committee requests
from various labor organizations for
| a general strike call. Federation Of
hclals had previously asserted that
the council is without authority to
! call a general strike without sanction
by national convention Of the fed
GRAFTON. While union leaders were
| berat1ng the Daugherty injunction in
labor gatherings the industrial situa-
ton was dealt with by speakers of a
| different calling elsewhere. Notable
examples of these were the speeches
Of Secretary Of Labor Davis at Moose
heart. ILL.,. and Edward j. Brundage,
attorney general of Illinois at a gath-
ering of Republicans identified with
the Brundage wing of the party in
! Illinois.
| Secretary Davis declared mo Glib
bett can be built too high for those
who execute such dastardly deeds as
the deliberate wrecking of a train a,
Gary"
| More Outrages.
The holiday period was not with.
out its contributions to the CROWNS
list or outrages incident to the rail.
road strike.
i A bomb was thrown on the porch
Of the home Of H. M. Domke. Sants
4 Fe shop worker at San Bernar6ino
Cal.
/ At Ardmore. Okla inspectors wer,
Investigating what Santa Fe railroad
omcials said was an attempt to wrecl
passenger train bound from Kansa.
City to Galveston. The engineer re
ported that he found an open switcl
wth the signal lights broken off.
| A. fire which damaged a St. Loui
Z San francisco railway bridge a
Bengal Okla. was extinguished b,
farmers and saw mill hands:
Two men we're arrested at Gym
thiana. KY. charged with attempting
to wreck a Louisville and Nashville
passenger train on Saturday
Other arrests included that of Johl
A. Stecklein, acting chairman of tn
Shop Crafts Federation at Needles
CAL. and of Jacob Cohen, editor ant
eublisher Of The Labor Review, a
Memphis. Tenn, charged with VIC
lating federal injunctions.
Memphis police made public an al
fleged confession by Seath W, Pos
ton, one of four men held in connec
tion with the killing, of shop fore
man. in which Poston is said to hav
admitted he was one Of several VIII,
pulled spikes and loosened rails in al
attempt to wreck a Frisco train nea
Caperville, Tenn, August 26 tn,
shopman for whose death the mel
are held was shot from ambush.
Miss Jeanette Rankin OF Montana
the first woman to sit in congress
4 declared in speech at Peoria. III
that the wives of union men shoul,
participate with their husbands in tn
conduct OF union affairs.
Miss Rankin asserted that women
4 who are vitality concerned In strikes
had no voice In deciding whethe
strikes should be called.
!ExPECT TEST CASE q NJ n Z
ON INJUNCTION.
Chicagos septA The arrest Non
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