The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Efforts to Fill Shops
Fruitless, Says Jewel

CHICAGO. July 6.-Finding the
leaders OF the striking shopmei
amenable to peace. the Railroas
Labor Board today turned its at
tention to the railroad executives
In an effort to end the waIkout.
While executives have consist
emily claimed they are not a party
to the controversy and that ~ 10
between the board and the unions
IL was stated that a declaration OF
Intentions on the open shop oues-
tion from the American Associs-
tion OF Railroad Executives woule
do much to clear the atmosphere
Such a statement may be forth
coming within eleven days. Il wac
reported. but not before, because
all hands are casting up accounts
on the strike 20 see just where th=y
stand.
Forenes Are Lacking.
While some carriers are report.
ing that men are returning to wori
and that they are having no t-Ou.
bic in hiring strikebreakers. offi"ia
figures. not from executive oflces
but from the shops themselves I'e-
veal that conditions are not *
rosy.
Reports Indicate this condition II
true in most great shop centeIs
Practically none have shop fore,
men. Personal reports to r. n
Jewell enumerste the foremen b.
name out on every railroad
The break one way or the 5the
will come within week. il is gen
orally believed. for the following
reasons:
!. Every available freight ca:
viii be needed to move the graiI
crop.
2. Refrigerator companies ar
having trouble icing fruit ant
vegetable trains with the canning
season" at its height.
Coal strike End VIII Excite.
3. II the coal strike is settled
there will be frantic efforts to NOV,
coal to all parts Of the country.
The carriers have not eNpe-s
enced serious troubles yet, but up
less they can get shops going ful
blast the surplus OF locomotives ant
cars will be rapidly exhausted.
Daniel W Holt. president OF tn
signslmen, after another conferen-,
with the Labor Board today, an
nounced he would defer any strikl
action until Saturday.
f. L. Manion. president Of IN.
tele egraphers. was before the boar,
during the day on the wage ques.
ton. The telegraphers are in 10.
a regional agreement and will &c
cuts in some districts and Increase
in others
f. II. Fitzgerald. head Of IN.
clerks. also asked the board foi
readjustments for men in his union
Trouble IL Sporadic.
Missouri seems to be a focal pofn
for what disorders are appearIn,
and these are chiefly confined to IN.
Chicago and Alton shops.
Troops have been asked for n
that State to restore order and pro
tect the new employees. Troubl
also appeared at Bloomington. IN
where the strikers rsided ana de
stroyed a lot OF lumber.
At Hoxte, Ark, efforts TO reope,
the Missouri Pacific shops wer
halted when all the shopkeeper
refused to sell food TO new men
There were sporadic outbreaks a
Algiers, across the river from Nes
Orleans, at Memphis. Tenn, an.
Nashville and Atlanta
The nrst Injunction restrainin,
striking shopmen from picketInI
was granted here today by Judg,
English, on petition Of the Illinol
Central Railroad
Attorneys for the roads declare
that acts Of violence had been com
mitted at Mounds. Ill. and wer
threatened at other points.
Shopmen are restrained BY tn
order from picketing Illinois Cen
trail shops at East ST. Louis Mounds
Mattoon and Centralia.