Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-07-14
STRIKE RS PLAN To
LYNCH WORKERS?
honunion Men Driven From
Shops at Springfield, Mo.
FIRE CHICAGO FREIGHT CARS
Responsibility for Further ContInu-
ance of Strike Placed on Ran
Board by JeweIl-Ask Troops
in Nebraska.


st. Louis, July 9.-Rail strikers
Threats of lynching drove off 90 men
at the st. Louis & San Francisco rail-
roads shops at Springfield, Mo-, &C
cording to a statement from the rail-
roads offices here. 1t was also charged
the Springfield chief of police took
away % men after they had been I'M
loaded at the company's barracks. In
the statement the railroad denied the
chiefs charge that the men were held
against their will.
Plot to Burn Cars.
Chicago, July S.-A plot to burn
hundreds of freight cars in the yards
Of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in
the Chicago manufacturing district
was charged by J. G. MOlter, chief
special agent of the road, after
flames had partly wrecked one of
string of cars standing on a siding.
Prompt arrival of the firemen prevent
ed a spread of the fire. Al
tits the work of strikers or sympa-
MIXERS" Molter said. IF the fire had
mot been promptly checked it would
have spread to hundreds of cars and
the loss would have been appalling"
Fire Captain Hubert Classen told
the police he found evidence of oil
having been poured over rubbish in
the car.
Blames Labor Board.
Responsibility for the further con-
tinuatiOn of the strike of the 100000
railroad men and the resultant conse-
quences, was placed directly up to the
United States railway labor board and
railway executives by B. M. Jewell,
head of the strikers.
The strikers, through their leaders,
Jewell pointed out, have signified their
Willingness to meet in conference with
authorized representatives with the
view of settling the strike. These
peace Overtures, the strike leader as
serted, have been ignored, both by the
railway executives and the labor
board.
Strikers Must Return.
Any doubt that the United States
rail labor board is determined to stick
by the wage and other decisions,
against which 100000 railway shop
men are striking, was dispelled by a
statement issued by Ben w. Hooper,
chairman of the board.
The strikers were notified that they
Fan hope for further consideration
bnly after they have returned to their
Jobs throughout the country.
"The shop crafts" reads the state
hent shave been fairly heard before
the labor board. They have appealed
from the sober, conservative judgment
pf this board to the strike, with all in
evitable, un-American SubverSiOn of
law and order.
"For the labor board to Yield to
measures Of this kind would be an
outrage upon public decency and
would hasten enforcement of anarchy
In this country"
Ask Militia in Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., July S-Mobilization
Df state troops for strike duty was re-
suested of Gov. S. r. McKelvie by
county and city officers from several
Nebraska towns where railroad shops
are reported to be preparing to at
\lempt operation with strikebreakers
Guard Modified.
Slater, Mo-, July S.-Although the
railroad strike situation remained
luiet here it was reported that Ma
lional Guard troops at Loonville and
Warrensburg, near here, had been mo-
bilized and were in readiness to be
BENT to this city on short notice.
Militia Being Held.
Springfield, ILL.,, July 8.-The strike
Mutation at Decatur apparently has
huieted down and, unless there are re-
borts of renewed violence in connec-
lion with the strike of Wabash railr DAD
khopmen there, the state troops now
modified will not be dispatched to
that place. This advice came from
Dol. Frank L. Taylor of the adjutant
GENERALS office.
The three hundred militiamen will
be held at their armories until further
notice.
Maintenance Strike Off.
Chicago, July 5.-Strike of mainte-
nance of way employees against the
railroads has been definitely postponed
Until further negotiations can be en-
tered upon witt the individual car
fiers. This was announced by Presi-
bent e. f. Cradle of the maintenance
hnion, following conferences Tuesday
with United States railway labor board
members Orders will be sent out to
local chairmen that a strike at this
lime is unwise and that such action
Sill not be taken until every resource
Eas been exhausted.