The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-08

state troops now modified will not
be dispatched to that place.
This advice came today from Col
Frank l.. Taylor OF the adiutaut
generals office. Adjutant General
Black left his office early this morn
ing after receiving report that
"alrs well' at Decatur at 2:3O n.
M, but returned to await further de-
vclopments.
The 900 militiamen will be held
at their srmories Nuntil further no
tice.
TOPEKA, Kan, July THE first
move to enforce the criminal section
OF the law against Kansas leaders
OF the railroad shopmen'e strike was
taken by the Kansas industrial court
here today.
Complaints were filed in city court
against r. II. Huntington and Thorn
as Iillery. secretary OF the local
shop craft federation, for having
posted and transmitted the order
calling out the men.
Under the industrial court law un-
ion officials convicted OF calling n
strike in violation OF the law may
be sent TO prison for two years and
fined $4,000.
KANSAS CITY Kan, July T.
The first arrest for violation OF the
Kansas Industrial law prohibiting
picketing by strikers was made here
this afternoon when Thomas l.. Per-
sonee, general chairman of the shop
men OF the Santa Fe railroad was
taken into custody by tho sheriff
a number OF other arrests were
to be made It was stated.
!
sEDALIA. Mo, July THE
state OF Missouri Is not a strike
| breaker" declared GOV. Arthur NJ
/ Hyde, in telegram received to-
| night by striking shopmen OF the
! Missouri Pacific railroad here in re-
| ply TO one tho strikers had sent the
governor appreclating the fair and
/ impartial position you have taken by
/ refraining from calling upon the
state troops" in connection with the
rail etrike.
In their telegram TO the governor
the striking shopmen assured him
that they would do everything with
in their power TO prevent violence or
destruction OF property. and would
stand behind the constituted author
tiles at any time.
The governors reply assured the
strikers that II their stand was made
good there would be no necessity
to call out tho Missouri national
guard in connection with the strike.
CHICAGO, July THE first
week Of the strike OF railway shop
men ended tonight with sporadic
outbreaks OF violence reported in
scattered sections Of the country,
troops held In readiness to quell
trouble in Illinois and soldiers re-
| quested in other states and union
| officials. railroad executives and the
United States labor board standing
| firm In the position each assumed
when the walkout started July /.
The attitude OF the federated
shop crafts was indicated tonight
when h. NJ. Jewell, head of the rail-
road employees department of the
American Federation OF Labor, is
sued n statement disclaiming any
further responsibility for contlnua-
ton of the strike and holding the
railroads and the labor board to
blame for the length OF time the
walkout lasts.
Chairman Ben W. Hooper OF the
labor board issued an individual
statement In which he asserted that
the only feasible way" for the shop
crafts organization to end the strike
was to follow in the footsteps OF the
maintenance of way organization,
who agreed TO postpone their strike
| pending further investigation.
The railroad labor board also
passed a resolution today declaring
1t to be the opinion of the board
that a carrier has no right TO re-
quire an employe to perform work
regularly delivered to a craft that
is on strike unless the employe does
this work voluntarily. A decision in
this matter was one OF the stimula-
tions under which +. +. Cradle,
head OF the maintenance OF way
organization. agreed 10 withhold
strike orders, he having maintained
that some OF the carriers were dis
charging members of his union when
they refused to do shipments work
From the headquarters OF the
shop crafts organization here to-
night was issued strike bulletin No.
l." which asserted that the first
strike of shopmen was 100 per cent
perfect"