The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-27
Rail Union Heads and Employ
ers at Washington Today.
Seniority Rights Remain Only
Real Obstacle to Peace.
MINOR DISORDERS CONTINUED
Interference With Mails Ap-
pears Again Near Augusta, Ga.
Block Signal System on Santa
Fe in Cal. Tampered With.
(By the Associated Press.1

Washington, July 37.-The White
House again today became the center
of developments in rail strike and the
focus of efforts toward peace, Presi-
dent Harding meeting in conference
first with T Dewitt Cuyler, chairman
of the Association of Railway Ex-
ecutives, and then with the strike
leaders headed by B. M. Jewell. who
reached Washington early in the day
from Chicago.
Mr.. Jewell and his colleagues went
into conference with the presiden at
IL O'Clock shortly after Mr.. CuyIsr
had concluded an hour and a halfs
discussion of the strike situation with
Mr.. Harding.
On leaving the White House after
an hour and half's conference. Mr..
Jewell and his associates said that
they would again meet with Mr..
Harding at 2:S0 p. m. They added
they did not know whether any others
besides themselves would participate
in the afternoon conference.
Mr.. Jewell, acting as spokesman for
the group, said the morning confer
ence was confined to a general DISCUS
sion of the strike situation.
The labor leaders endeavored to
give the president their views as to
the controversy, Mr.. jewels said, de-
clining to be drawn out by questions
as to details of the conference dis
cussion.
Having presented the views of the
striking railroad shopmen to President
Harding at a morning conference
Jewell and other strike leaders re-
turned to the White House this after
noon for another conference at which
it was believed President Harding
might present some sort of a PROPOSE
tion designed to settle the strike.
(By the Associated Pressl
Chicago, July 27.-Just as the rail-
way strike seemed to have settled 20
a long drawn out and determined
battle, hopes for peace which have
waxed and waned as succeeding indi-
cations pointed to continued strife or
a settlement were revived by the
gathering in Washington of strike
leaders and railway executives.
Altho no official announcement was
made 1t was believed that the presence
in Washington of b. M. Jewell. head
of the striking shopmen and his execu-
tive council could mean only that they
had gone there from Chicago from a
conference with Harding.
w. w. Atterbury. vice president OF
the Pennsylvania lines, and T. Dewitt
Cuyler, chairman of the Association of
Railway Executives were in the cap
ital today and other rail chiefs were
expected to arrive during the day.
Seniority Is Chief obstacle.
Restoration of seniority rights to
men on strike remained the chief OBJ
stacle to peace. The stand of the
railway neaQS on In1S question was
stated by H. z. Byram. president of
the c. M. & st. p, as being that the
railroad were not seeking to destroy
seniority rights of men on strike, but
to make their seniority subordinate to
that of men now at work.
In view of President Harding's
statement that the rights of men at
work and the rights of strikers must
alike be protected made yesterday in
a message to the chairman of the rail-
lrn1f
was believed any agreement must In
clude respect for the rights of men
now working as well as the rights ~
strikers.
Minor Disorders Appear.
Minor developments included disor-
ders at widely scattered points. walk
out Of 800 shopmen on the PhiIadel-
phia & Reading road not hitherto af-
fected by the strike, several arrests on
varying charges, issuance of an injunc-
ton or two. and service of eviction mo-
tees on former employees occupying
railway company dwellings. At Cas-
per. Wyo., former employees occupying
houses on the property of the Chi
cago, Burlington &c Quincy were said
TO be preparing to move from the
dwellings following notices of eviction.
Interference with mails was
against seven men bound over
to the federal district court at Au-
gusta, Ga. Six of the men were al
legged to be striking shopmen. An i'm
junction was issued at Dallas restrain
ing strikers from interfering with
operation of the Houston e Taxas
Central trains in the northern ds-
trict OF Texas
Modified state troops were no4
moved from their armories at Bfr.
Ala, officials find the situ.
alton quiet.
Santa Fe Finds Sabotage.
In Chicago a non-union worker was
beaten severely and another attacked.
IN the latter case police were forced
% use their clubs freely to disperse
he mob.
At Texarkana two strikers were ar
'ested on charges of violating an in
junction against interference with rail-
-oad operations.
Investigation of Tuesday nights at
ack on a train at San Bernardino.
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