Evening star., 1922-09-02
U. S. ACTS SWIFTLY
AFTER OBTAINING
INJUNCTION

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decision of the Supreme Court are nc
longer to be relied upon as the law OF
the land" the statement continued, 1.-THE
officials of the organizations OF railway
employees will continue TO perform their
legitimate duties to their members, 70
aid them In the lawful pursuit of their
lawful purposes. and to do all in their
power. in conjunction with officers OF
the government, to restrain and to pun
ish every unlawful act OF those who are
rightfully involved or who. without
right. involved themselves in the op-
Grafton Of the roads"
The statement declared that it could
not be assumed that the Attorney Cen
eral would have waited two months to
proceed against the strikers II a peace
full conduct Of the strike was unlawful
or that President Harding would have
held conferences with law-breakers
and proposed that the law-breakers
whom they represented should return to
work under terms which they after
ward accepted and which the railway
executives rejected.
While rigid restrictions were placed
by the federal injunction on all par
tcipants in the nation wide rail strike
reports of violence in connection with
the walkout continued to be received
The last twenty four hours. how
ever. developed fewer outrages than
days Immediately preceding.
High lights included the deraii-
ment of Big Four passenger train
at Brownsville. Ind. where woman
passenger was injured: bombing OF
the home of a railroad shop foreman
at Little Rock. Ark: plot to dyna-
mite property of the Louisiana and
Arkansas railway at Bentley, La: an
attempt to derail a Big Four train al
Marion, Ohio: derailment of the Pal
metto Limited on the Atlantic Coast
Line near Tampa, Fla. and an at
tempt to blow up a bridge over the
Cuyahoga river in Ohio.
Trnin Goes Through Trestle.
The most disastrous occurrence was
the wreck of a ST. Louis-San Fran
cisco passenger train at Cape
Gira rdeau, Mo-. with the loss of two
lives and injuries to number OF
passengers The train crashed
Investigation had established nc
act of vandalism as contributing to
1.-THE cause of the collapse OF the trestle
Although Frisco officials vigorously
de MED the trestle was unsafe, Pros
iecuting Attorney Fenwick of Parry
county began Investigations of re.
ports that section hands reported the
| structure to be unsafe several months
ago.
WalkOut Is Averted.
! A threatened walkout by trair
crews at Parson, Kan. was averted
:: when guards were removed from
inside the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
yards. Foremen. however. refused to
move two trains on the Southern rail-
way at Asheville, N. c., because OF
an alteration between hoSt1er anG
a guard, and Louisville and Nashville
trainmen were taking a strike vote
at Corbin, KY. following alleged in
suits by guards.
The Baltimore and Ohio announced
annulment of twenty-three passen.
ger trains September 4.
Car Shortage Hits Mines,
Some coal mines in the southern
Illinois fields were closed because
of car shortage. 1t was reported
that half the mines in Williamson
county were shut down.
c. H. Markham, president of thu
Illinois Central. announced that con.
| dilions on that road had improved
TO such an extent that the Paducah
! KY, shops were employing more meI
| than before the strike began ant
| that there would soon be no NOR,
| joSs for returning strikers.
Department of Justice operative.
| denied that a nationwide raid OF
radicals was contemplated as re-
suit of disclosures and arrests il
| Chicago in connection with alleged
l wreck plots.