Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-02

SATURDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 2. 1929.
EVENTS OF A WEEK.
The federal department of Justice has moved in
the matter OF the railway strike. 1t has asked for
an injunction restraining all persons involved in the
strike from interfering with the movement of trains
and the operation of railway property. The tenn
porary injunction which has been granted will!
stand until September II, when it will be made per-
inanent unless cause to the contrary is shown.
Without the injunction the blowing up of bridges
and breaking Of windows, and the smuggling Of men
on their way to and from work are felonies or mis-
demeanors, with the Jurisdiction Of the federal gov.
eminent in many cases not very clearly established.
In issuing the injunction the federal court assumes
jurisdiction over the transportation business as a
thing necessary to the whole people, and makes in
reference with it a defiance of the government of
the United States.
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The week has been one Of continued and grow
ing disorder in connection with the railway strike.
Bridges have been destroyed, trains have been
wrecked, and other acts Of violence have been com
united, and these acts have been so frequent that it
is evident that the lawless element that u always in
evidence in every great strike is becoming more \ac-
tive and more daring. In the meantime. while it is
impossible to obtain accurate information as to the
details of railway service throughout the country,
the service has been improved in many sections,
and more men are at work in the. shops than at any
time since the strike began.
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Application has been made to the labor board
by the maintenance OF way men for increased pay,
and the effort is being made to commit the board to
a wage basis involving recognition Of certain acad-
ernic theories as to what constitutes a living wage.
A strike of these employees is held as among the
probabilities if substantial increases are not grant
ed.
In the coal controversy progress has been made
toward the resumption Of work in the soft coal re-
gions, but the anthracite situation remains practi-
cally unchanged. Coal shipments to upper lake
ports have increased, and while there is no prospect
that sufficient coal can now be shipped to water to
meet the needs Of the northwest. the prospects arc
much better than they were a short time ago.
Ignite operators have been in session at Bis
rarck and an organization has been effected for the
purpose Of bringing the possibilities of Ignite more
clearly before the public of the northwest. In the
work of making a supply of Ignite available Gov
ernor Nestos has been very active. He has urged
the mine owners to seek to place their industry on
a permanent basis by delivering their product at a
fair price and thus avoiding the reaction which will
certainly follow attempts to collect exorbitant pric-
es because Of the present emergency.
President Harding has disappointed those who
Il had hoped that the present coal and rail strikes
|. might result in the adoption by the federal govern
ment Of a policy Of permanent operation Of the
transportation and fuel industries. The president
e has made it known that he has no such intention,
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n industries something to be undertaken. if at all, only
as temporary measures in the existence of a press
ing emergency. He is in favor of legislation by
congress empowering the executive. I'm a crisis, to
4 use his discretion as %to,taking over properties the
operation of which is necessary to public safety and
comfort, but he is understood to believe that even
with this power granted he would not be in favor
eof using it unless the situation becomes more critic
al than it is today.
.h- The people Of the states west of the Mississippi
Hare interested in the decision made BY the Interstate
4. Gommcrce commission to extend to these states the
l~Tpriority orders already in force east Of the river.
Thereafter until further orders the railroads will be
lIperrnittcd and expected, when unavoidable condi-
l|fstions prevent the proper handling of all freight
l business offered, to give preference to food, fuel and
perishable shipments and others OF like character.
Priority orders in the routing of coal to the
gNn~orthwest, which seemed for a time likely to be dis
Econtinued, are to remain in force. The fuel needs
of the northwest, and the transportation conditions
iHSeoyerning the supply, are a little difficult for the
sEayerage easter1ier to understand. but the subject
seems at last TO have been Agrasped in a fairly ade-
lF~quzte manner, and shipment to the head Of the lakes
kis IL be facilitated as much as possible.
HE long debate over the bonus bill ended with
III Ire passage Of the pending bill by the senate. The
l,ssbil now Eoesto conference, and the dispute will be
a1nn4ferred to the hearings before that body. II is
3IHkrrcely predictcd that II the bill is passed in any
taiig resembling IS present form # will be vetoed
aaa2rom Inc position that y bonus Bill, tto Sc acceptable
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