The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-07-06
MISSOURI RAILROAD
WATTS ON GOVERNOR
FOLLOWING OUTBREAK
CBy Associated Press)

SLATER, Mo-, July 6.-Railroad of
ficials today awaited word from Gov,
ernor A. NJ. Hyde. before making fur
ther plans for reopening the Chicago
and Alton shops here, from which a
crowd of more than 500 strikers drove
Is strike breakers yesterday.
After the strikers had cleared the
town of strike breakers. drawn dead
line around the shops beyond which
strangers We're not allowed to pass,
and had established guard posts at
various points they settled down to
a policy of watchful waiting.
Union chiefs and town officials are
one in declaring they expect no trou-
BILE if the railroad does not attempt
TO bring in strikebreakers.
Eighteen strike-breakers were taken
from the shops late yesterday in auto
mobiles to the edge of town. and told
to beat it and keep going, Ten more
who escaped the first deportation by
hiding in in foremans car in the yards
were placed on Chicago train last
night. Trains going through Slater
were watched carefully by crowd or
$50 strikers, who took command OF
the railroad station and searched the
trains, to be sure they carried no
strike-breakers.
Threaten Hanging
A negro porter on sleeping car
where strikebreakers were quartered
was threatened with hanging by the
crowd, a railroad official said, and on
his knees pleaded for his life. Three
men we're forced to leave Slater after
they had expressed sentiments antag-
onistic to the strikers. An airbrake
inspector, George McClone, of Bloom
ington, H.. was one of them. others
T were the engineer, named Shockley
4 and S. E. Green, an oil inspector, OF
Bloomington. Three frightened youths
beating their way on the tender OF a
passenger were hauled from their hid
ing places and forced to give an &C
count of themselves. when strikers
searching the train found them.
The strikers say they want no v1o
lence and do not expect any. TheE
are frank to add, however, that they
do not intend to permit the operation
of the railroad shops with outside la
Dor.
Labor men control the local govern
ment and furnish most of the SUB
sistence of the town, of which the
chief industry is the railroad shops
The mayor. a clerk in the shops, says
he has not heard of any violence. Iht
only arrest has Leen that of a strike
breaker who was later released to un
ion men and told to leave town attel
being held in Jail four hours.
Few Foreigners
Slater is town of nearly 1000 resi-
dents. 700 of whom are employed b!
the railroad. Most of them are Amer
leans by birth, many of them havln;
lived here all their lives. There Is NJ
so-called radical element here, al
though all are union supporters. Iher'
are few foreigners here.
The sheriff, John Logedon agree
with local officials in discountlns tn
probability of any trouble. He spen
only a half hour here last night thel
went to his home in Marshall. Hi
forces consists of two deputies AM
one office assistant. Acting on tele
phone advice of A NJ. Hyde last nigh
he endeavored to enlist a small fore
of deputies but declared he was unabl
to find persons willing to serve.
Governor Hyde appealed to yestel
q day by rail officials for 109 soldiers I
D lbe used as guards indicated last nigh
ne did not consider the situation wal
ranted the use of troops.