The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
HOOPER MEETS
WITH HARDING
IN CONFERENCE


(COutluue0 from FIFTH tdSe.J
ment that any railroad that refused
to meet with committees Of mainte-
nance OF way men to adjust wage
differences would face strike OF
these workers.
A new note in the demand Of the
strikers was made evident by the
statement of Samuel Gompers,
pssident of the American Fedora
tion Of Labor, inviting the govern
ment to urge striking coal miners
and shopmen and their respective
J employers to begin direct nego-
ilations, coupled with the action Of
representatives Of the big Four"
/. railroad brotherhoods in urging
congress to facilitate a return to the
direct parley system Of settling
disputes. From New Orleans came
reports of verbal attacks on the
+. railroad labor board by union lead
ers.
800 Trains Annulled.
Meanwhile eight railroads issued
cancellation orders for branch line
trains. swelling the number of an
!. nulments to we'll over 300. State
troops continue on guard in eight
states, while additional guards
we're placed on duty in various
cities. The most notable instance
was in Fremont, Neb., where more
than a hundred of the city's bust
ness and professional men were
deputized as peace officers, and as
their first official act escorted back
into town II non-union employees
Of the Chicago & Northwestern
railway, who were said to have
been driven out of town by strike
ssmpathizers.
Court action was limited to is
suance Of injunctiOns to the Mis-
souri, Pacific and st. Louis & San
francisco railroads at Kansas City.
filing Of petitions for injunctions
At Atlanta, by the Seaboard Air
line and Western and Atlantic
railroads, and filing of a suit by
six labor leaders at Kansas City.
Kansas, questioning the right Of
the Kansas court of industrial rela-
IONS to assume Jurisdiction over
ne shopmen's strike. The plain
uus in the suit claim that the
3fite is Interstate in character and
aee subject to state law.
y A. Oklahoma City, one hundred
1 M1dhouse workers walked out
! !W&sday.
81 Clerks Arc Voting.
S6ike ballots were sent to $50
elsfks, freight handlers, express
ana station employees Of the Chica-
g. Milwaukee & st. Paul on the
Tacoma. Washington, division. The
eount Of ballots at Chattanooga
aaa not been finished by represen-
uuves Of the clerks.
A close vote of 1900 clerks and
csner employees of the Baltimore
onio was indicated at Baltimore
approximately 750 employees Of
me Chicago, North Shore 4 NIL.
sAokee at Chicago, are awaiting
ne settlement Of the threatened
s1ite Of surface and elevated
vrkers before arbitrating wage
differences.
Two thousand employees of thu
l.tsburgh & Lake Erie favored
~xlng a strike vote.
while officials of the Mainten.
NC OF Way Mems union at De
aOlt Mich, discussed the ques
0o OF punishing members Of theil
ZION who had struck without sane
n' maintenance men OF the Penn
vania. between Portage and Al
A walked out in protest to /
6reat Northern Cats Service.
further curtailment of train ser
nss ~ vas announced By the Grea
seera failrpad at Sioux Falls
wAsrs Ill short run train,
cancelled At Grand Forks
=; where four local trains @er,
E solled, and at Spokane, Wash
. number Of branch I'm