The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-08
BOTH FACTIONS.
PREPARED FOR
LONG STRUGGLE
Governors of Half a Dozen
States Ready to Send Sol
diers Wherever Violence
Occurs-Jewell Firm.
ROADS ARE IMMOVABLE
(Bv Associated Pressl

'eAAhC NOAdg DOtl S1uS5 LII lu0
rersy prepared for an enduring strug-
gle and governors of half a dozen
states were ready to rush troops 10
my spot where violence called them.
out there were few outbreaks as the
.irst week of the strike endd
Chairman Ben ". Hooper of the
United States Labor board stood firm
y in his position that the strikers had
outlawed themselves and B. NJ Jewell
head of the shopcraft unions, showed
10 signs of changing his position. 81
feel the board has shut the door on
the strikers, responsibility belongs 70
the board" said Mr. Jewell. when
shown press reports of Mr.. Hooper's
statement. "All we want is a square
deal and we are going W get it,
A few railroads reported slowins
up of their service due to the strike.
Officials of the Santa Fe reported that
only 35 percent of their normal shop
force of $4,000 is on the job but there
has been no interruption of service
due, they say, to the fact that some OF
the strikers are returning and men
are being hired to take the places OF
those who have left
Roads Innmovable
The railroads remained immovable
IN their attitude of considering the
strike as against the government
rather than against the roads.
The result of this situation was that
all elements were in receptive moods.
but firm in their determination not to
weaken their positions by making the
first move
Conditions generally so far as trans
portation and shop operations were
concerned remained much the same as
they had been for several days but
the beginning OF the second week OF
the strike brought increasing restless
ness among strikers and sporadic out
breaks IN scattered rail centers.
Storm clouds of the strike in their
irregular movement over the country
apparently centered for the moment
over Illinois and Missouri. New dis
orders broke out in Chicago. where
moos of striking shopmen and SYM
pathizers continued terrorism of work
ers and suspected strike-breakers.
Men Are Beaten.
Several men suspected of being
strike-breakers were pulled from
street cars and beaten and the homes
OF few workers were beseiged and
attacked with a hail of sticks and
stones.
A box car was burned and several
other cars were discovered soaked
with OIL
The Chicago and Alton was one of
the worst sufferers from the grow
ing spirit among strikers to force
| abandonment of shop work. Suspen-
sion of shop work on the Alton was
| effected by strikers at Bloomington.
! H., and Slater, Mo.
Although none of the disturbances
| in Illinois was considered serious
| enough to warrant call for troops,
Adjutant Black nevertheless declared
! that troops already mobilized and held
in readiness for strike duty, would no:
/ be demobilized until the situation
ichanges and threats of further dis
orders disappeared
No Violence.
No violence was reported in the
Alton shops and yards at Blooming
| ton, but committees of strikers per
suaded emergency workers to aban
don their jobs, leaving the railroads
center of operations with but limited
| resources TO handle trains
Governor Arthur NJ Hyde. of Mis-
souri,, to whom frequent appeals were
made for troops. exchanged communi
cations with strikers on the Missouri
Pacific. The strikers in a Telegram
to Governor Hyde, thanked him fol
the fair and impartial position" he
had taken in refusing to order troops
TO strike centers, and assuring hin
that they would do everything in thei,
power to prevent violence or the de
struction of property
In reply Governor Hyde told TIL
strikers that their right to quit worI
singly or collectively would be recoe
niZed, and he asked them in return Z
cooperate in the protection of othe
men who had a right TO work. Tn
governor assured the strikers that
they made good on their promise
there would be no necessity for cal
ing state troops Meanwhile, how
ever several companies are held Il
J readiness.
Traffic as Usual
Most railroads reported traffic a
usual The Santa Fe reported it hea1
ier than usual and a few railroad
curtailed service. The Wichita Fall
and Northwestern applied to the Oh
lahoma State corporation commlsslo
for authority to discontinue four pa
senger trains.
. At Topeka. Kas. Randall Harvey
attorney for the Kansas court of il
dustrial relations, swore out con
plants against three striking Topek
: shopmen and two in Ottawa. chars
. ing them with picketing in vfolatio
q of the industrial court law.
+ Sixty-seven negroes imported
Springfield, Mo-, by the Frisco, r
fused to go to work in the shops ther
and were given transportation back
E their homes. The Frisco was feedin
r workers in shops throughout the sy
tenn and protecting them by heay
: guard Strikers continued intensiv
picketing, but no cases of violenC
: were reported.
a. Disorders continued in the sout
l. where the first outbreaks of the strif
a occurred Fred ]. White, superinten
ent OF the car department of the II
a nois Central at Harahan, a few mil'
= above New Orleans, was assaulted az
= = one other white man and three p
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