The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-14
fRr Associated Pres.l

WAShlNGlON, July 14--f16S1Qenl
Harding and his advisers again today
devoted a cabinet session to the rail
and coal strikers.
Several of the cabinet officials ar
rived at the White House for the ses-
sion bearing reports on the two indus
trial disturbances.
Secretary Weeks said he had re-
ceived no advices from C. E. Schass.
receiver for the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas railroad, who was advised late
yesterday afternoon by the govern
ment to make another request of Gov
ernor Neff, of Texas, for protection by
state troops on the carriers property
now in the hands of a receiver ap-
pointed by federal court.
J. P. Noonan, president of the Inte~
national Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, the members of which rep
resent one of the six crafts of railway
| workers on strike, declared upon his
arrival in Washington today from Chi
cago, that calling federal troops out
to cope with the railroad strike situa
ton could hurt rather than aid the
government in its efforts to deal with
| the situation.
| Mr.. Noonan charged that some OF
| the railroads were annulling mail
| trains purposely in an effort to force
| the issue into the governments hands
| and were refusing to meet the strilI
| ing workers in an effort TO force the
| men into conference with govern
ment officials. This is being done, he
| said, to keep up the appearance that
| the striking shopmen are in revolt
| against the government and not the
railroads.
! CHICAGO, July IA deputy sher-
if today shot and seriously wounded
a man in a crowd of men attempting
to prevent men entering the Burnside
shops of the Illinois Central
Police reserves answered a riot cal,
but the leaders left before they ar
rived.
1t is reported that the homes of
the strikers are being picketed rather
than the shops.
Strike threats by maintenance of
way employees which have been over
shadowed the last 10 days by the
shopmen's strike, broke out again to-
day, bringing the rail strike to a new
crisis as It neared the end of its sec
ond week.
| Fresh Outbreaks.
Fresh outbreaks of violence, notably
in Texas, Oklamoma and Missouri.
President Harding's determined steps
to keep the mails moving, and in
formal negotiations for a settlement
of the shopman's strike on II roads
in the northwest were among other
important developments of the last
"a hours.
! Pressure by many of his general
chairmen upon E. F. Cradle, president
of the United Brotherhood of Main
tenance of Way employees and Rail-
way shop laborers, pushed the COM
mon labor problem to the front again
Mr.. Cradles action in withholding
strike orders after maintenance of
way employees voted to join the walk
out, did not please many of the or
ganization's general chairmen, who
passed on to their chief the persistent
demands of the rank and file for con.
certed action.
Mr. Cradle arrived in Chicago while
threats to disregard his refusal to
Join the walkout came from within his
; organization. The general chairmen
he asserted had no authority to call a
strike, and he indicated an intention
to remain firm in his refusal to sane
ton a strike.
The maintenance mems chief de-
clared that no especial significance
was attached to his midnight confer
, ence last night with B, NJ. Jewell. the
/, shopmen's strike leader. Mr.. Cradle
stopped in Chicago on his return from
, Kansas City after conferences with
his chairmen there and asserted that
he had no further grievances at pres
ent to take before the United States
, Railroad Labor board, mediations by
) whose chairmen Ben w Hooper and
W. L. McMenimen, one Of the three
labor members, prevented the threat
ened July walkout by maintenance
q men.
; Mr.. Cradle admitted that he was
: with difficulty holding his men in line.
!. Many maintenance employees who re
! luctantly remained at work when the
! shopmen walked out July /, since
have Joined the strike.
The new crisis caused by threats
from maintenance of way men arrived
as peace moves to end the shopmen' S
strike apparently had slowed up ma
:. terially, except for conferences at St
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