Evening star., 1922-07-14

luctance to call out state troops to
protect government property at the
Denison, Tex, terminal of the Katy
lines. use Of federal troops was In
dicated should force become neces-
Sary.
Declares Troops Unnecessary.
Minor officials at Denison were in
touch with the governor. the state
executive announced. adding he was
given to understand from those on
the ground no violence was imminent.
United States District Attorney Bryan
reviewed the situation. stating there
was no need Of state or federal
troops.
Troops of the I'd Division at Camp
Travis, San Antonio, meanwhile were
being held in readiness for any
emergency. following orders to Maj.
Gen. John l. Hines. Eighth Corps
Area. from the War Department.
The orders came from the War De-
partment as a consequence OF the
Katy appeal. Gen. Hines said.
At Muskogee. Okla. deputy
United States marshal was beaten
and kidnapped by a band OF twenty
men in automobiles.
A Aseyenteen-year-old worker in the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas railroad
shops at Muskogee was assaulted ana
the roundhouse crew Joined the
strike.
More Deputies Sent Ont.
Two men were beaten at East st.
Louis. and a mob attacked the West
ern Pacific roundhouse at Oroville::
Calf. At Gary, Ind. crowd OF
strikers stormed street car In search
of strikebreakers. John H. Wood,
United States marshal for the north
ern district of Mississippi. ordered
force of deputies to Amory. Miss 70
take charge of the situation in the
St. Louis and San Francisco railroad
shops. Deputy marshals also We're
sent from Springfield. ILL.,. to Rood
house. division point on the Chicago
and Alton.
to the Southern Pacific at San Fran
cisco and restraining orders were
issued to the Frisco system AT Fort
Smith, Ark. and to the Chicago ana
Eastern Illinois and the Toledo ST.
Louis and Western at East st. Louis.
Federal Judge Holmes at Hatties-
burg. Miss, denied a petition for in
junction filed by the Mississippi Cen
trail on the ground that the petition
should be taken to the state courts
because the matters complained OF
were local.
Strike Orders Sent to Clerks.
Strike orders went out to clerks on
the Chesapeake and Ohio, according
to reports from Richmond. Va, while
clerks, station employees and freight
handlers on the Big Four began
strike vote.
Word from Portsmouth. Ohio. an
nounced that maintenance of way
employees on the Norfolk and Western
and $50 employees Of the New York
Central shops at Cleveland were
persuaded to quit. :.
Minor clashes between pickets and
railroad employees occurred at Mem
phis. and T. J. Evans. Illinois Central
yardmaster. was attacked and beaten
badly on his way to work.
One hundred and three striking
shopmen, including many craft lead
ers, were summoned to appear in
federal court July II in connection
with injunctions granted the Louis
willie and Nashville and the Southern
Pacific railroads.
At Hamlet, N. c., Mayor Austin
asked officials Of the Seaboard Air
Line to withdraw strikebreakers "in
order to protect lives and property"
Santa Fe Shops Working.
Ten departments of the Santa Fe
shops at Topeka. Kan, operated with
full forces, according to company
officials, and Supt. w. D. Deveny de-
clared that at the rate applications
for jobs were coming in all depart
ments would be full in a few days.
Gov. Allen OF Kansas. in letter
to F. W. Rausch, chairman of the
shopmen at Toreka, declared that the
difference between picketing by rail-
road strikers and the offering of jobs
to men by the railroads is mainly the
difference between breaking the law
and keeping the law.
$50 SOLDIERS READY.