Evening star., 1922-08-17
8 KILLED IN RAIL
STRIKE DISORDERS
Continued from First Paze.)

Only trains which were made up and
delivered to crews outside the rail-
voad yards were moved.
Settlement Of the trouble with the
trainmen resulted in an immediate
movement eastward of fruit ship
ments and other perishable freight
marooned in California.
Bombs were thrown at a Santa Fe
train which left San Bernardino for
the first time in six days. The first
bomb exploded in the railroad yards
and two more were hurled at the pass
ing train as the engine wheels spun over
oiled rails in pulling out Of Kansas City.
George Stamburgh, brakeman on
the Great Northern, was shot and
killed at HaNTe, Mont, by a railroad
guard.
William Kraft. a bIacksmith's help
er. employed by the Denver and Rio
Grande since the shipments strike,
suffered broken leg and other in
juries when he was attacked on the
streets of Pueblo. Col.
Foreman's Wife Slain.
Mrs. Mel S. Hansen, wife Of Santa
Fe shop foreman, was shot and killed
in her home. Police took up the trail
of two men who are said to have at
tackled her.
James Lewis. striking Pennsyl-
vania railroad machinist, was shot to
death by Charles Parsons. a wealthy
real estate man, at Cape Charles. Va,
ioilowing dispute over the strike.
Lewis accused Parsons of listening
over the shoulders of strikers when
they gathered to discuss the strike.
Three alleged strikers were ar
rested in Milwaukee following an
outbreak in which the strikers were
said to have stoned a passing train.
Troops remained on guard in vir-
tually all places where soldiers were
sent to Guell riots earlier in the
strike. These included Ave towns in
kansas-Parsons. Newton. Herington,
Hoisihgton and Horton-and three in
llincis-Bloomingto Clinton and
Joliet.
Local authorities asked for troops
at Spencer. n. C.. where shop workers
were routed by strike sympathizers.
Martial Law Urged.
Maj. Stiles. in command of troops
at Clinton. Ill, recommended martial
law following renewed disturbances
In which several men were injured.
Outbreaks were reported from Ce-
dar Rapids, Iowa; Superior and James
willie, Wis: Birmingham, Mobile and
Albany. Ala, and Scranton. Pa. An
attempt was made to blow up the
tracks OF the Louisville and Nashville
at Birmingham and a plot to wreck
train on the same road at Mobile
was discovered. while the home of
an l.. & n. employe was attacked
with bombs and bullets.
Tramc was blocked on the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific at Ell Reno.
Okla, where a railroad bridge was
burned. Farmers reported that two
men were seen to fire the bridge.
Striking miners forced the crew of
a Mobile and Ohio train to side
track fve carloads of coal at WHY'S
Vile, Mo. The cars had been in
storage and were assigned to East
ST Louis.
Refuse to Move Coal.
Crews on Chicago and Eastern Illi-
nois trains at Cypress Junction, Ill.
refused to move coal through the
coal belt of southern Illinois, when
they learned the coal was dug by
non-union men in the Kentucky and
Alabama fields
jury in federal court, at Kansa.
City. Mo. returned a verdict of not
guilty in the case of four men
charged with violation of an anti
injunction obtained by the
st. Louis-San Francisco railroad. at
Springfield. Mo
New injunctions included one
granted to the New Orleans and
Northeastern, restraining strikers
from interfering with the operation
of trains in Louisiana.
Striking trainmen who returned tn
work included those of the Chicago.
Milwaukee and st. Paul, at Green
Bay, Wis. and the cotton belt, at
limo, Mo.