East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-07-13
Union Leaders Wire Harding
That Interruptions in Rail
Service Would Increase.
EXECUTIVE POLICY !.
IS NOT JUSTIFIED
Federal Troops Ready for
Action if Local and State
Forces Fail at Task.
(Ry United Press. )

Railroad executives "A W III i .4& yet
agree to enter a conference to settle
the rail strike, despite their announce
.!nent yesterday they would not con-
Il fer until the men returned to work.
according to Ben Hooper. chairman
of the railroad labor board. Hooper
lis now working out further plans for
4 such settlement. Union leaders as
sert their willingness to negotiate
with reasonable and Just wages as
a basis, meanwhile trains In the east
are being curtailed due to the strike
and-in the west due to the coal short
age. None are affected on the coast
iyet. Violence broke out again. in
Drnison, Tex. and Saginaw. Mich,
whore strike breakers were beaten.
/ Harding is reported watching the sit
uatioh carefully ana swlils use federal
troops only when local authoritles and
state troops have failed. The post.
office department is mobllizfng trucks
and airplanes to- move the mails
should train service become hopeless
! ly demoralized.
| Un.on leaders informed Harding in.r
a long telegram today that interrupt
tions and interferenccfwith railroad
transportation twill continue and in
crease" until an agreement to end the
wtllkout is reached. Many industrial
leaders believed a serious economic
situation would develop unless both
coal and rail strikes are settled within
two weeks Chairman Hooper con-
demned the rail executives policy
committee for refusing to meet with
union leaders until the men returned
to work. He declared such stand
could find no justification in the pub
lie mind and believed eventually that
they would recede from such q stand.
1t was understood today that Hooper
was bringing pressure to bear upon
the road heads to make them do So
Track Workers Make Demand.
CLEVELAND, July 1s.-CU. P)-.
Maintenance of way workers here to-
day notified union officials that unless
they took some action to have armed
guards removed from railroad proper
ty they would refuse to work.
Motor Fleet Ready.
WASHINGTON, July 1s.--(A. P.)
Postmaster General Work today no.
titled the president that survey
showed that thoroughly organized
fleet Of fifty thousand motor vehicles
could be mobilzed within "a hours
should he shopmen's strike further
,ltefftre with the mails.
Riot at Saginaw.
SAGINAW. Mich. July 13.-CU. P.)
-Four thousand striking shopmen
and sympathizers stoimed the Pere
Marquette round house today and the
strikebreakers were severely beaten.
Others were driven away. Frank 7.
Newton. United States marshal frcn
Detroit. assumed charge of the situa-,
lion and quieted the mob,
Strikebreakers In HOsliiiai
DENlSON, Tex. July 1s.-(U.P.a'
Two additional strikebrealSers were
kidnapped by mob and hesten here
today Tho twelve str,Scbreakers
be -tan b. the mob yesterday arc stillt
missing Five other mob Victims hiNe
Bssu tfc.neG az hospitals. n
Mail Trains stopped.
BALTIMORE. July 1s.-(A. PD--
The Baltimore and Ohio today an
nounced the discontinuance of eight
passenger trains usually carrying
mails