The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-14

ordered an investigation OF condi-
tons among marooned passengers
at seligman, following reports OF
sufferings.
Southern Pacific Hard Hit.
The walkout of big Four" trans
portation brotherhood men who
based their action on the presence
Of soldiers and armed guards at
former trouble centers, and on al
legged defective railroad equipment,
spread rapidly over the Southern
Pacific system. Crews left their
trains at Sacramento and Roseville,
Calf, and other points and the
Southern Pacific added new en-
bargoes on perishable freight, in
Guiding livestock on the Ogden and
Portland routes.
Suffering among marooned pas
sengers, especially women, chill
dren and the aged and infirm, was
growing intense, according to re-
ports from some of the halted
trains.
Relief for stranded passengers
! on the Union Pacific between Salt
Lake City and Los Angeles, was
/ given by brotherhood men. who
moved six trains marooned at desert
points to places of less discomfort.
Western Pacific crews working
! between Elko, Nevada, and Gerlach,
agreed to return to work, but
brotherhood men at Stockton, Oae
land and Oroville. Calf, remained
out.
Trains Turn Back.
Several trains which started on
their schedules were forced to re-
turn to their starting points when
it was evident they would only add
to the tieup in the deserts.
Deputy United States marshals
and wrecking crews were sent to
Ash Grove, Is miles from Spring.
field, Mo-, where the four hundred
foot Frisco bridge over the Sal
river was dynamited.
| Detectives were endeavoring tC
run down clues to the identity Of
the men who attacked the
Weehawken local on the J.. West
Shore railroad at Granton juno
ton, N. J. Passengers, most o.
them returning excursionists, were
thrown into a panic when thu
bombs were hurled at the train a!
it crossed a culvert in an isolated
cut. Steel cars, which withstoot
the shock, minimized the damage
but many windows were broker
and 10 persons we're injured.
| Shop Fire is Mystery.
| Mystery surrounded the origil
Of the shop fire at Wichita Falls
Il Texas. The flames were discovered
by a Waterman and spread rapid!
through the oil-soaked interior o
the shops.
1 Train men who tied up traffic OF
the st. Louis & San Francisco. GU
of Birmingham, Ala, returned t
their Jobs and road officials an
Inounced immediaee resumption o
train service. Mails, which wer
DELAYED. were rerouted over othe
lines.
big Four" brotherhood men a
Memphis, Tenn, deferred action re
earding q suspension Of work be
cause of alleged crippled rollin
stock.
Members Of the big Four" a
! Parsons. Kan, decided TO continu
/ work until after union official
conferred with rail heads at s.
Louis today.
Bonba Are Thrown.
Bombs were thrown into th
Southern Pacific yards at Rose
: Vile, Calf, early today.
Members Of the big -Four
brotherhoods at Topeka. Kan
! were said to be unable to agree o
, strike action.
OFFICIALS Of the Kansas Cit,
Mexico & Orient railway announce
at Wichita. Kan. that any afteml
to tie up traffic by striking trai
crews would result in immedtai
] suspension Of all operations on u
Orient. :
Troops patrollsd the Santa :
shops at Newton, Kan. where se'
a eraf deputies and shop worker
s were beaten BY y crowd on Satul
day night