Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-07-11
OVER 300 SHOTS Fired
BY TROOPS AND R. R.
STRIKERS IN ILLINOIS
Shippers Fire at GuardSmen
From Gully in Chicago &
Alton Railroad Shops
FIRE IS THEN RETURNED
Signal Men Will Not Strike
Now Central R. R. of N. J.
Outlook Uncertain

| BLOOMINGTON, Ill, July II (By
ssThe Associated Press) More than
500 shots We're exchanged by state
guardsmen and snipers marked the
first nights control of the Chicago
& Alton shops by troops.
Two men hidden In a gully north
of the shop fired twice at sentries
shortly before A. NJ. Three hun
dred rounds were poured into the
gully.
At daylight the place was searched
was no trace of the snipers was
found. Shooting was resumed at 7:13
this morning when snipers again
fired.
No one was wounded on the SOL
diers side during the night.
It was unofficially reported that
tw more companies of troops would
arrive today.
1t is also understood that nom
union workers will arrive from Chica-
go today and two companies of
troops will escore them to work.
-Four companies including the
Delawan and Danville machine gun
ners were stationed in the shops
last night while the Springfield
comrany patrolled the union depot
Lieutenant Colonel Charles w.
Nunan. who is in charge of the
guards in the shop. predicted this
morning that today will be the deci-
sive day.
With non union men expected the
trooos are expected to resist an at
:ack.
Nine ty-four union men ar
rived. They were searched and one
gun was found sticking out of a
mans socks.
An order has been issued that all
J men will be searched for liquor and
weapons. 1t was said the soldiers
) would do the fighting if any oc-
Cured.
Machine guns were set up at 10
o'clock covering every entrance.
CHICAGO. July 1I.-(By The AS
sociated Press)-Increaslng dlsor-
ders, curtailment of train service
and additional troops on duty at seV-
eral trouble centers marked lhe
progress of the rail strike today.
Ranks of the strikers were also re-
cruited as clerks on the Norfolk q
West6 n were authorized at 10 a. M
today to strike. Troops We're on
guard at Clinton, ILL.,, and Ne"
der arms ready to entrain.
United States marshals were pro
tecting the mails on southW -s'efn
lines and guarding the Burlington
shops at Aurora, ILL.,, which were
surrounded by 1000 pickets.
Picxeting was general throughout
the country. New York and the east
began to feel the combined effect or
the strike Of coal miners and rail-
road shops men twenty-one passen-
ger trains on the Erie and all doupie
sections of the West Shore were dis
continued and all express trains on
the Norfolk & Western were said TO
have been delayed three 20 six hours
because of shortage of locomotives
and coal. Labor leaders predicted
that further curtailment of service
was imminent as the railroad had
failed to replace strikers.
Some eastern roads including the
Pennsylvania and the New YORK
Central and Delaware and HUDSON
announced they had enough me-
chanics, surplus locomotives and
rolling stock to continue service IN
defi2.tely.
Wilmington, ILL.,, was one of the
outstanding trouble centers, but TINS
was somewhat abated by troops. The
soldiers were greeted with cheers
as they patrolled the shops ana
Yards of the Chicago and Alton.
Machine guns were trained in the
direction from which a few shots
were fired at the soldiers early To-
day by the fire was not returheo'
The intense situation at Whining
ton was aggravated by the walkout
~ clerks who refuse to continue
work while the troops were on
guard.