The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-07-12
Rail Strike
Taken Up
by Cabinet
President and Secretaries
viii Oppose Interference
Of Unions With Mail
Trains or Commerce. 5
Daugherty Ready to Act
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNlNG.
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Washington. July 1.-THE United
States government will not tolerate
Interference with the transit OF the
mails, interruption OF interstate COM
mcrcc or Interference with the right
OF employment.
This was unanimous decision OF
Prcsidcn Harding and his cavinet at
the semi.wcrkly meeting today. The
strike OF railway shopcrafts employees
was the principal subject OF discus
| sion.
1t was determined, moreover, that
all the resources of the government
should be employed, il necessary. 10
carry out this policy.
After the cabinet meeting it was
announced at the White House that
President Harding would issue
statement setting forth in detail the
attitude OF he government toward
| he strike and indicating the meas
ures that may be invoked to deal
with it.
! Harding is Anxious.
Believing that the coal strike is
now in process OF settlement the
president has ceased to worry about
! that matter but did not conceal the
, fact that he is prey to considerable
anxiety over developments in the
railroad strike. He regards it his
duty to adopt firm attitude and to
/ lose no time in checking by aggres-
sive action the spread of violence
which already has begun to interfere
!; with transportation and the transit
OF the mails.
! Attorney General Daugherty said
that the situation up to date, Ill his
opinion, did not warrant the institu-
ton Of legal proceedings against the
strikers by the government, but that
as soon as the president defined the
policy OF the government he would
be ready to proceed to carry out any
measures within his jurisdiction
which the executive may specify.
The Department of Justice con
t;nued during the day to appoint
special deputy marshals to cope with
violence wherever requests tor such
reiniorcements were made by Judges
or district attorneys.
Mail Interfered With.
Postmaster General Work sub
mitted to the cabinet meeting sur
vey OF the instances of interference
with the transportation of the mails.
| Three thousand miles of railway
mail service on the Wabash railway
will be out OF operation today, &C
cording to the telegram received by
the Postoffice department from S.
H. Cisler, superintendent of mails
at St. Louis. Superintendent Cisler
states that President ]. E. Taussig
O fthe Wabash Raiyway company
has made this announcement. but did
not say what trains will be with
drawn. Mr.. Cisler is also advised that
the situation on the Missouri. Kan
sas & Texas railway is assuming Sc
rious proportions and that this road
has been unable to provide train ser
vice since yestedav on the Hannibal
& New Franklin line.
Superintendent Cisler stated that
the fuel situation is very Serious be-
cause of the impossibility of getting
coal moved over foreign lines from
the mines.
| The Frisco system announces that
it has no intention Of Withdrawing
trains Cisler states that no trouble
was reported at Springfield or other
points in Missouri yesterday and tina
the situation in Kansas City Is
GOOD.