Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-19
APPEALS TO NONUNION
men NOT TO TAKE
STRIKERS JOBS
FIGHT TO FINISH
GOMPERS AND FEDERATION
EXECUTIVES JOIN IN ISSUING
REQUEST FOR 100 PER CENT.
BACKING FOR WALK OUT.

Chicago, July 19.-The support o
"all workers everywhere" was sough
In the railway shopmen's strike toda,
thru an official appeal to the Ameri
can working man by the American
Federation Of labor.
The nations workmen, whether un
Ion or non-union were besought not
10 do any work formerly done by the
railmen, now on strike. The cause
Tor which the workers are contendina
is worthy of every just and proper ef
tort that can be put forth i'm its be
half, said the appeal, which was
signed by President Samuel Gompers
and the executive counsel of the fed
Grafton. President Jewell of the rail
way department OF the federation and
head of the shopmen, expressed graft.
foation OF the backing given by the
federation
SO far as the shopmen were con.
cerned, peace negotiations still were
at standstill and there was no fur
ther development in the threatened
maintenance of way walkout which
seemed to be pretty well throttled to.
day.
Aurora, July 19.-Four striking
shopmen We're arrested here by two
United States deputy marshals last
night and lodged In jail on charge of
violating an injunction issued by fed
eral Judge Carpenter forbidding al
legged picketing or intimidation of the
o. shop employees. Today the four,
who We're arrested, were taken to Chi.
cago to be arraigned.
According to the police the men
who were arrested were walking in a
group about two blocks from the Bur
-fington shops. They hailed two men
who proved to be the deputy marshals
asking "who are your The deputy's
reply was. "who are you?"
"Pickets," the shopment replied, and
their arrest followed
Railroad officials said that the four
men had participated in Kidnapping
of five employees of the railroad, three
OF them railroad guards. Three of
the kidnapped men We're taken into
the country in an auto and told to
beat it. The other two were taken
to strike headquarters and roughly
handled
New Turn Toward Peace.
Chicago, July 19.-Railway strike
peace parleys assumed new and more
important proportions today with a
possibility of the walkout of 400 900
maintenance of way men virtually
removed by the action of the rail-
:oad labor board in indicating that it
would grant new hearings on the
wage question.
II was pointed out that the boards
action in promising rehearings com
mils the board to nothing it had not
already indicated might reasonably
be expected under the transportation
act and that although definite assur-
ance of rehearings was generally re-
ceiyed as a concession to the union
men this was not to be interpreted
as weakening the stand the board has
taken from the outset.
Senator Cummins' announcement
that he would hold hearings on the
transportation act to ascertain how
the law may be amended so that the
living wage principle would be made
clear, was received as decidedly fa-
vorable 10 peace both by rail heads
and strike leaders. Regarding this
as one Of the most important conces-
sions yet offered the. unions, strike
leaders pointed out that a clear defn-
ition of what constitutes living
wage seemed In prospect. This has
been the outstanding question in
wage disputes brought before the
railroad labor board. The unions
fought passage of the transportation
act and have since frequently disput-
eu many of its provisions.
With the wage question thus elm
mated from the dispute only certain
rules affecting over time pay of the
shnpmen, and the question of restor-
alton of seniority rights to men now
on strike were left as about the
only issues. II is not believed that
the latter question would prove a
stumbling block in the way of set
tlament
The railroad labor board was ex-
peeled 70 give immediate attention
to the petition of maintenance of way
men on the Chicago, Milwaukee e
ST. Paul for O revision of wage scales,
the company having waived its right
to thirty day notice.
E. F. Cradle, president of the main
tenance OF way brotherhood. was
back in Detroit. preparing for the
meeting of the grand lodge of the
brotherhood on Friday He will re-