The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-05
To Call Troops
As Final Move
In Shop Strike
BY DAVID LAwEENCB
Copyright by The IntelnSsncor}

Washington. Sept. 4.-Further efforts
TO settle the shopmen'S strike may be
expected this week. The federal gov
ernmen: Is no; content with the "e-
strajrirg orders 1t has obtained from
the courts 10 prevent violence and ir-
corruption of railway traffic. UnoftIcisl
moves TO mediate are a natural corrol-
larry Of the situation The success "
mediation in the hard coal strike ann
the peaceful ending OF the soft coal con-
'roversy have made even more neccS-
sary the finding Of some common
ground for the settlement, OF the shop
mems strike.
Statements Conflict
Unless cars are available 10 move the
coat that is produced. the ending Of the
co,l strikes will have been futile, Tn"
entire attention Ct the government now
IS concentrated on the rail- dispute. NJ
lcrrey General DaushcrIy's statement
10 ne federal court IN Chicago thar
cnu'pMcnt was defective and that l.0UU
mail trains had 70 be aHauiled do Uuc
square with II" optimistic expressions
from the he2duuerI"rS ut the railway
executives about u""mal"y on th-Ir
roads. The executives nave been iSsu-
ing statements galore IN .,u effort To in
HuCe strikers 70 come back To- work, I
being assumed that the strikers viii
grow paniCky and f,oc, back 10 their
posts a. they see their jobs being pc
rrXnently filled But the morale uf tHe
strikers Is npt as easily broken. and III.
government knows exactly hpN bad are
transportation conditions.
Two Fundamentals however inter-
pose themselves in the situattcH-tH.
railroads cannot De compelled TO take
back their old employees uT;c~S they
wish 10 DO so o' their own free will and
the striking ShoPmcn cannot be forceT
70 go beck tu work under conditions nm
fAVora h'. I" them. Neither the United
States labor board nor 4 million iujuuc-
,i"nS can directly fo=re either ssdc 20
Yield As the endurance. n2ht drdEs on.
however. ,nc condition - railway equip.
menr. coupled with The spread ~ ;,r'S
CE violence. will compel the federal
governmNuf. as tho agency Of tn" pub
nc welfare. % take q hand and hrtu-;
federal force into pay.
Opposing Influences
Here are again 'o,o opposing iurlu-
enc. the railway executives and be-
the American business world Who INSIST
that II protection we're really granted
ther" would bc euou-h men recruited jn
break the strike and H." advocates ~
government op"rGtiuo ~ COal-cSrryir..
roads who insist tha; the former course
would only mean d"lay ana an tSSurs,Irr,.
OF normal trans 3ortatiOa.
Along with the idea Of furnishing
protection. I, IS he.uS urged that the
government use the entire army. tf nee
essary. 20 cNrorc" the laiunctionS which
have been issued ag ,irs, strikers VINO
may pcrpctrate acts ~ violence I; Is :,
short step "a the u.s. " troops on trains
irrespective ~ whether prospective vio.
lators OF the injUuc,'ons are actually
known to be in the pathway of trains
or thought 70 hc.
VIII Use Eedarai Troops
Federal troops are bound t. be- uSe,l
in large numbers before tho strike -
>ertl"d hut there Is d.Sirclir:t,inn 10
u,,, troops unless the government ac;u.
auv Is IN coTtrol Of The roads. Aa,l
under such c'icrms' 'auC"s. the strikers
are not likely g. Iu,crruut traffic. but
are Represented "s more than eager =
..frcr, q settlement The moment gov,
.rrrrSnt Cuu-:o' starts. tn" Shop'ncr
viii rct,rn 70 work. The moment
rroopS ar" used 20 protect trains wh!rr
are run by their present nwnvrS. IN.
,rts Of violence probably will ceasc. bul
labor leaders who are not .:ivcn 10 exaG
xcrated statements. predict that th-
backs OF the strikers will hc stiffenec
and they will refuse even more staun
chilly 70 return 20 thelE jobs. Then il