Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-14

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worker to draft him into
service in the event the
government saw fit to take over the
operation of the carriers. It was
stated however that the executive
hoped the railroad situation would
not become so serious that any such
steps would be deemed necessary.
5000 More Join Strike.
Chicago, July IA strike call to
the 5000 stationary firemen, engin-
GERS andoilers employed on railroads
throughout the UUnited States has
been issued. Timothy Healey, inter-
national president of the organiza-
ton, announced today.
The strike is effective next Mon
day, July II, at a. m. The call was
made in compliance with the recent
referendum which favored a wakout,
Mr. Healy said
The text of the message to all
locals is as follows:
In compliance with your strike
vote which is SS.6 per cent favoring
a walkout, sanction is hereby grant
ed to each and every member Of our
brotherhood on all railroads, steam
plants, roundhouses and terminals
| throughout the United States to sus-
pend work at a. m. Monday, July
II, 1929.
Timothy Healy, International
President"
Stationary fremen and oilers on
| various roads had already joined in
sympathetic walkout with the rail-
road shopcrafts.
1--WE are into the fight and we in
tend 10 win" Mr.. Healy said.
Missouri Troops Called Out.
Sedalia, Mo. July 14.-Under seal
ed orders, but with their destination
believed to be JOpular Bluffs, more
than two hundred and tweHttgF Y enlist
J ed men and nineteen officers of the
I one hundred and twenty. eighth field
artillery entraned at o'clock this
morning. Major w. f. Logan, an
overseas veteran, is in command.
The Situation in General.
Chicago, July 14.-Fresh outbreaks,
notably in Texas. Oklahoma and Mis-
souri,; president Harding's determined
steps to keep the mails moving, and
| informal negotiations for a settle
ment of the shopmen's dangle on sew
enteen roads in the northwest were
among other important railway
strike developments Of the last twen-
ty-four hours.
Pressure by many of his general
| chairmen on f. f. Cradle, president
! of the United Brotherhood OF main
! tenance of way employees and rail-
way shop laborers, pushed the COM
mon labor problem to the front again.
! Mr.. Cradle arrived in Chicago while
! threats to disregard his refusal to
| Join the walkout came from within
his organization. The general
chairmen, he asserted had no au-
thority to call a strike, for which
the rank and file had voted, and he
/ indicated an intention to remain firm
on his refusal to sanction a strike.
Mr. Cradle admitted that he was
with difficulty holding his men in line.
. Many maintenance employees, who re-
! luctantly remained at work when the
shopmen walked off their jobs on July
/ have since Joined the strike.
The new crisis caused by threats
from the maintenance men arrived as
peace moves to end the shopmen's
strike had apparently slowed up ma
terially, except for conferences at st.
Paul, which lent the only hopeful air
to the situation.
A II years old worker in the Mis-
sOuri, Kansas and Texas railroad shop
Muskogee was assaulted and the
round house crew joined the strike
Two men We're beaten at East st.
Louis and a mob attacked the west
ern Pacific round house at Oroville,
Calf.
At Gary. Ind, crowd of strikers
etormed a street car in search o.
strike-breakers.
John r. Wood United States mar
shall for the North District of Mis-
sissippi, ordered a force of deputies
to Armory. Miss, to take charge of
the situation in the st. Louis and
San Francisco railroad shops.
Deputy Marshals we're also sent
from Springfield, ILL.,, to RoOdhouse di-
vision point on the Chicago & Alton.
Major General John L. Hines, COM
manding the eighth army corps area
at San Antonio, Texas, under orders
from President Harding to hold fed
eral troops in readiness fo' duty at
C\ters of disturbances in Texas, ii
state authorities failed to quell dis
orders.
A federal Injunction was granted to
the Southern Pacific at Sm Francisco
and restraining orders were issued to
I, the Frisco System at Tort Smith.
! Ark, and to the Chicap & Eastern
Illinois and the Toled,, st. Louis
. e. Western at East st. Louis.
Bloomington and Clifton, ILL.,, Her
ington and Parsns, Ka., and New
j. Franklin. Mo-. where toops were on
/ ,,,,l ,-.r, renorted aliet The same