The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-15
LIMOS LEADS
zIiluBERS on
STRIKE OR idle


Washington, u. C.s July lo.-lIli-
,ois has more men on strike than
~ other state In the union, With
~ possible exception Of Pennsyl-
yania, according to figures COM
siled here this week by the census
Sureau and the bureau Of labor
dstistics, Of which Ethelbert Stew
a. formerly Of Decatur. Il direc-
tor. !.
endowment are not available for
nv of the states, but the computa-
ions this week were made on the
hasis Of the large number Of men
an strike in the coal mining and
transportation industries.
Illinois leads in the number Of
shopmen employed on the rail-
roads. The large number Of men
Employed in the shops at Peoria,
Tast St. Louis, Rockford, Decatur.
Springfield, and other large rail-
mad centers down-state. as we'll as
IA Chicago, gives the state the lead
over Pennsylvania, New York and
other heavily populated eastern
states.
The figures on file in Washington
show that there are roughly $780,
900 men out in the shopmen's
strike, including between 100000
and 100000 clerks, maintenance-of-
way workers, signalmen and others
who are out on an unauthorized
strike. OF the total number, 1t Is
estimated conservatively that about
q fifth, or 100000, men are out on
strike in Illinois on the railroads,
and a substantial portion Of these
are down-state employees.
Illinois ranks second to Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia in the
number Of men employed in the
b!tuminous coal mining industry,
according to- the census bureau.
Pennsylvania has 1000 bitum-
inous coal wage earners, West Viz
gina $1,000, and Illinois $4,000.
Practically all of the anthracite
coal miners, Numbering $4,000
who are also on strike, are con-
fined to Pennsylvania.
Assuming that two-thirds Of the
Illinois coal miners are now idle
there are approximately $4,000 men
in the Illinois coal fields on strike
at this time. Adding this total tc
the 100000 shopmen and allied
workers who are involved in thu
rail walk-out, Illinois has 10000
men on strike in these two lines O
industry. Census bureau and labol
department officials here agree tina
this is a conservative estimate.
Director Stewart Of the bureau
of labor statistics computes tina
there is an average four persons
dependent upon every wage-earnel
In the coal mining and Transports
ton industries. Applying this com
putation to Illinois, there are nov
100000 men, women and children
in the state who are subsistine
without steady means Of income
The fact that Illinois is hit hard
or by the present coal and raj
strikes than any other state Of it
size in the country. has stimulated
the interest of Illinois members o
the house and senate in the nego
tattons for the settlement of thu
strikes, now under way in Wash
ington.
Senator's Mccormick and Mckin
ley have conferred with Presiden
Harding following his return thi
week from Marion and the handful
of Illinois congressman who did no
return to the state for the hous
recess are following every move o
the negotiations closely.
II the strikes are still in pro
gress when the house reassemble
Aug. Is, it appears likely that tn
Illinois members will Join in
move for congressional action t
force settlement between tn
disputants and to bring the strike
to an end.
Illinois club women have com
out in opposition to the Voigt anti
filled milk bill, upon which a sub
committee headed by Senator Nc
Kinley of Illinois is now holdin
hearings. and which has the sup
port of dairy farmers al lover tn
state.
Minnie Starr Goodwin, past pres
ident of the Illinois Federation Q
Women's clubs, Mrs. Blanche F
Taves, Chicago, and other clu
women this week filed with Senate
Mccormick a protest against tn
passage of the bill. Senator Nc
Cormick himself Is understood t
favor the measure.
The Voigt bill Is directed towar
prohibiting the shipment in inter
state commerce Of milk manufa(
tured from cocoanut oil and othe
compounds. 1t is argued by sur
porters of the bill that filled milk
Is lacking in vitamines necessar
to the bone growth and nutrimer
OF children and that its manufat
ture and sale is injurious to the II
terests of the dairy farmers Of Ill
nois and other states.
Inc opposition to the Dill 10 e1
pressed in telegram filed here b
Illinois women with Senator Nj
Cormick:
AT a meeting in Chicago attend
Cd by housewives, We all agree
mat it would be unfortunate I
nave taken from US such q valuabl
cooking medium as the milk CON
pounds which the Voigt bill seek
10 legislate out of existence. Pass
age Of the Voigt bill would fore
Us to purchase a less economic,
product for cooking and bakin
purposes"
The protest filed by Past Pres
cent Goodwin of the Illinois Fet
Grafton of Women's clubs argue
mat passage of the bill would hui
me poor and the oppressed" WI
ouy filled milk" in preference