The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-11
COAL STRIKE AS

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massacre the police chief said. Ten
detectives in garb of railroad shopmen
were working among the men today
in order to apprehend the 1. w. w.
workers, If any could be found.
I'VE know. % radicals have been
sent here from Chicago" said Chief
Edwards.
Suspension of transportation un-
doubtedly is due to the coal strike.
aided slightly by the strike OF railroad
shopuaen, said Robert S. Binkerd.
vice president of the Association of
Railway Executives at New York to-
day. He stated the coal shortage
would have caused discontinuance of
non-esSential trains, regardless OF the
shopmen's strike.
I'VE cCncede, of course, that there
has been a small decrease in railway
service because of the shop strike"
Pittsburgh, Pa, July l1.-Mine
operators from every coal producing
state in the country and directors of
the National Coal association will
meet here at 10 o'clock tomorrow in a
conference designed to frame a state
ment of the operators position in a
reply to President Harding's proposals
for ending the nationwide coal strike.
A. NJ. Ogle, of Terre Haute, Ind, Is
said to have hHrriedly summoned this
meeting of directors of the national
association.
Strikes of railway clerks freight
handlers, express and station en-
ployes on several railroads has been
authorized by district heads, accord
ing to reports reaching here today.
Grand President E. H. Fitzgerald has
authorized such a strike on the Nor
folk & Western road, according to /.
d. Mumby. his assistant The an
lnouncement was made in Cincinnati
h Signalmen Stay on Job.
Railway signaImen, however, have
hacr nrd fn afr a yvnrlr
til every means of obtaining peace
has been exhausted They had voted
to strike The order keeping them at
work was issued today at Chicago by
D. w. Helt. president of the Brother
hood.
The eleventh day of the strike of
the railway shopmen found the stu
alton deadlocked with few indications
of an early termination of the walk
out in evidence.
Attic violence has marked the
strike in some localities, no serious
outbreaks have occurred. Union lead
ers here predicted there would be no
serious disturbances and dubbed the
walk out ''gentlemans strike"
Parsons, Kan, passed quiet night,
following the first day of military
control, when national guardsmen
arrived to protect workers at NJ. X. &;
T. shops there. United States deputy
marshals also aided in preserving or
der.
A Watchful Waiting Policy.
One hundred and fifty Missouri ma
tional guardsmen arrived at New
Franklin, Mo, this morning to guard
the NJ. K. & T. properties there. aided
by United States deputy marshal. Sew
eral passenger trains running into
New Franklin have been discontinued.
The United States railway board
was apparently making no move tow
ard ending the strike. Little activity
! other than the customary routine was
| in evidence at labor board headquar-
| tiers.
Headquarters of the railway en-
| ployes department of the American
Federation of Labor manifested a
similar inactivity.
Developments Except for their at.
in many parts of the country asking
injunctions against picketing or other
Interference with the operation of the
roads, the railroads seemed uncon-
cerned over the strike.
Applications for injunctions In every
instance were granted. Railroads
gave every indication of their inten-
ton to operate their shops with nom
union employees in an effort to keep
trains running.
Restraining Order I'm Kansas City.
Kansas City. July 11.-&A temporary
federal restraining order was directed
against seven striking railroad shop
mems unions, their officers, agents
and me,pbers here today. The appli-
cation was filed by the Missouri Pa
cific and Frisco railroads. Hearings
were set for July 20.