Evening star., 1922-07-15
Hope of Peace
Gone; Roads to
Open Shops.
NON-UNION MEN
TO BE SOUGHT
Disorders Continue.
Volunteers Offer
10 Move Mails.
BY the Associa ted Press.

10 NlONC. NldlISs
By the Associa ted Press.
CHICAGO, July 15.-Virtually aban-
doning hope of an early settlement
of the railroad strike. following the
failure of last nights conferences.
railroad executives today prepared to
make determined effort to reopen
shops with non-union employees. &C
cordng to a'high official of the United
States Railroad Labor Board.
This official. who declined to be
quoted directly, said peace moves
would be suspended for the present,
as the carriers and strikers were
unable to find any common ground for
starting negotiations when Chairman
Ben Hooper sought to get them TO-
gether yesterday.
The stumbling block in the path OF
settlement. it was said at the railroad
board. will be the unions demand for
restoration of seniority and other
privileges to the strikers. The roads
Indicated to Chairman Hooper that
the men who have stuck by their en-
ployers and the new employees enlist
ed will be protected in the seniority
they have thereby attained.
Cradle Firm Against Strike.
z. F. Cradle. president of the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance Of Way
Employees and Railway Shop Labor
ers who faced rebellion in the ranks
of his organization. left Chicago for
Washington with the avowed inten-
tion of fighting every move of the
"red flag" element in the ranks. He
declared that no strike action by
maintenance men would be sanctioned
by him unless the men are "coerced"
into 1T by railroads attempting to
force maintenance men to perform
duties usually done by shop men now
on strike.
The encouragement in Mr.. CRADLES
attitude was partly offset, however.
by the strike call for stationary fire.
men, engineers and, oilers, who were
authorized by their international
president. Timothy Healy, to walk
off their jobs next Monday.
Disorders in Southwest.
Disorders in connection with the
strike were largely confined to the
south and southwest. Col. c. s. Lin
coin, assistant chief of staff of the
Sth Corps Area, received orders
from Washington to investigate the
situation at Denison, Tex, where
conditions were unsettled at the
same time Gov Neff ordered Adj.
Gen. Barton of the Texas National
Guard TO go to Denison, and Tom
Hickman, captain of the Texas
Rangers, was dispatched to the
scene. officials of the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas railroad said no strike
breakers would be taken into Den
ison and that no attempt would be
made to operate the shops there until
adequate protectioen was afforded.
Troops at Poplar Bluff. Mo, were
souri, National Guard and the town
remained quiet.
Gov. Davis Of Ohio ordered mobi-
lization of state troops in preparation
for any trouble which might arise in
connection with the strike.
Illinois Now Quiet.
Bloomington and Clinton, ILL.,. scenes
Of early disturbances. remained quiet,
peace forces by extra deputies in prepa-
ration for taking over the situation fol-
lowing the departure Of state troops.
Postal authorities at New York
were flooded with offers of emergency
transportation for the first-class
mails in event of tie-up. Airplanes.
motor boats and motor trucks were
placed at the disposal of the govern
ment by private individuals and ma
tional organizations All offers were
tentatively accepted. and surveys of
equipment and travel lanes for land,
water and air were undertaken i'm
mediately.
Sees Conversational Action.
Congressman Riddick, at Living
ston, Mont, declared to newspaper
men that Congress ultimately will in
tervene in the rail strike.
when the strike starts to tie up
traffic Congress will be forced to in
tervene,' he asserted.
Members of the American Fedora
tion of Railroad Workers at Cleve-
land voted to Join the shopmen's
strike next Monday. according to off,
cials of the union. The organization.
II was said, has no connection with
the American Federation Of Labor,
but has a membership of 10000. APP
proximately 1900 pipe filters, coach
spectors will be affected. it was said.
At Tulsa, OKLA, ]. c. Whitfield. a
guard of the Midland Valley, was
wounded in a sharp clash between
guards and strike sympathizers at
Lefeber.
-
Mallon, jr., attache of the office OF
the general manager Of the South
ern railroad, was held up by masked
men, beaten and stabbed.
Taken From Train and Beaten.
Two strikebreakers were taker
from a train at Memphis and beaten
and a deputy sheriff was wounded
IN a riot at the Burnside shops of
the Illinois Central in Chicago.
Four mysterious fires broke outS in
Che Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul
shops at Tacoma, Wash, but little
damage resulted.
Kansas rail centers generally were
reported quiet.
Gov. Allen announced that should
any more strikes develop or addi-
tionaI strike notices be posted arrests
would follow.
United States mails in New jersey
were transported under protection of
federal marshals.
Form New Union.
strikebreakers employed in the
Missouri Pacific shops at Wichita,
Kan. notified President Harding and
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