Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-20
PLOT TO RUIN RI.
UNIONS IS ALLEGED
Jewell Springs Counter Charge
to Rebut Railroad
Executives ,@.
MENTIONS E.T. s1orEssuRY

Chicago, Sept. 2O.--with counter
charges Of Q union wrecking. conspiracy
Of railway executives injected In the
proceedings by the defense, hearing on
the Governments rail strike injunction
continued before Judge Wilkerson to.
day. with only two days remaining to
finish testimony and complete arguments
before the temporary order expires to-
morrow night.
The charge Of conspiracy to destro,
tho railroad unions, made In an affidavit
Iby b. NJ. Jewell, head Of the shop Or.
|ganizations, was offered to counter.
charges by Attorney General Dausherty
that the rail strike was conspiracy
against Interstate Commerce.
Mr.. Jeweil's' affidavit was read by
defense Attorney Donald r.. 'Richbers.
who today continued HIS attack on the
injunction bill. Mr.. Richberg indicated
counter charges and argument.
! Mr.. Jewell laid the blame for. the
strike at the door Of the Association of
Railway Executives. Twenty-Five rail
heads linked together In the operation
of ninety nine class one roads with
trackage Of 211 ,2SO miles or S2 per
cent Of the country's entire mileage,
were specifically mentioned as respon-
sible for conditions leading to the strike.
| Of these twenty five there were eight
named as a group forming "the inner
circle Of the financial combine" They
were named as follows: '-
Robert 8. Lovett. chairman Of the
Board Of the Union Pacific and director
(now dead, director in eleven roads
H. W. De Forest, New York; lawyer
and capitalist, and director in eleven
roads; A. H. Smith, president Of tho
New York Central, director in eleven
roads g. f.. Baker, president Of the
First National Bank of New York, di =.
rector In ten roads; H., 8. Vanderbilt,
ldirector in ten roads,; Samuel = Rea
president Of the Pennsylvania system,
and l.. F.. Loree, president Of the Della :
ware and Hudson Railroad. ,...
These eight are bracketed BY Mr..
Jewell with q group of seventeen others,
as follows: -
A. j. County, A. W. ,Krech, F. N.
Davis, Fairfax Harrison, w. w. At.
terbury, ]. F. Reynolds, Charles Steele,
Howard Elliott. N. II. Smith, Charles
Hayden, a. H. Harris, Julius Krutsch
nitt. Charles e. Ingersoli, q. r. Stotes.
bury. Il. ". r. Thayer, r. De Wit,
Cuyler and II. Walters. ;,
'"The frst four of these twenty five
men, It is asserted, ''sit on the board
Of directors Of thirty lone roads the
first eight, on fifty-one roads; the first
twelve, on seventy -four roads, and the
first twenty hold approximately 100 di.
rectorships on 1873 class roads. Lovett
Is a director on twelve, roads, Rookie
feller on eleven, De Forrest and Smith
on eleven each, Baker and Vanderbilt
on ten each. In other words, the first
six men control sixty-fiv railroads.
Virtually the entire group is from the
inner circle of the financial combine. It
should be noted that both Cuyler, pres.
ident of tho Association Of Railroad
Executives. and Atterbury. chairman Of
the associations Labor Committee, be
! long to this inner group, which might
easily be viewed as constituting the
Railroad Committee Of the New York
banking combine. They are obviously
the men who would have , very large
part In determining the policy to be
followed throughout the railroad indus.
try Of tho United States" *