Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-08-04
AWAIT NEXT
PEACE MOVE
As Disorder Grows in Rail
Centers in Different parts
of Country
AWAIT HARDING'S WORD
Question of Seniority to fore
Two Deaths Result From
the Violence

CHICAGO, Aug. (By The Asso
ciated Press) ):-Developments in the
railroad strike were confined to
speculation as to what the next
peace move would be and reports OF
violence from various points during
the last twenty -four hours
Union officials here today were
awaiting word from President Hard
Ing with regard to their message ac-
certing his proposals for ending the
walkout. Railroad executives and
strike leaders still maintained their
attitude on the question of senioritx.
the executives insisting that righta.
of men who stayed at work and new
men be respected and union chief6
holding out for restoration of riGhkX
to strikers. szz
Two deaths resulted from violoMf
| one in Edgemont, South Do3k
where a switchman of the Ch14
Burlington &s Quincy was sl16@
the other in Chicago where -
/ penter employed in the
| Central shops was beaten to 6aS3Y373
A repair man in the Illlnoia n 75Z3
| trail shops in Chicago was - ~
into insensibility because he refilS
to join the strikers. a
At Waco, Texas, a guard In Inn
Missouri. Kansas and Texas shonS
was shot through the groin durinH
an argument with a fireman.
A Union Pacific trainmaster was
seized on the main street Of Las
Vegas Nevada. taken several miles
into the desert and given coat Of
tar and excelsior. At the same time
four women attacked the wife OF a
Union Pacific round house foreman
as she was carrying dinner to her
husband. She was secereiy beaten.
Two men were injured and half
dozen windows in a passenger coach
were broken when a crowd of men
stoned an Illinois Central train at
New Orleans, La.
At Birmingham. Ala. two white
men and two negro women were
wounded in clash between non-
union workers and striking shop-
men of the st. Louis-San Fran-
cisco, police reports said. The
white men and one of the negro
women was shot. One Of the men
was seriously wounded.
Mayor Cowart, of Waycross. Ca,
revoked the licenses of two barber
shops when BARRIERS refused to
shave non-union men. The shops
continued to operate but the pro-
prietors and BARRIERS were summons
ed to appear in court to answer
charges of doing business without
licenses.
At Richmond, Va, striking shop
men of the Southern Railway were
to meet late today to discuss the
company's proposition to reinstate
strikers without prejudice to their
seniority rights. No action would
be taken, however, it was said. un-
til word was received from Chicago
headquarters.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railway
yesterday obtained a temporary Or
der at Pensacola. Fla. restraining
strikers of the federated shopcrafts
from interfering with that compaEy's
employees or property other than
picketing by peaceful means. The
order was directed particularly at
shopmen on strike at River Junction
and High Springs, Fla.
The Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis Seaboard Airline and the Wes-
tern & Atlantic Railroads were
charged with maintaining a stand
ing army" to suppress the strike Of
shopmen in lengthy ars-
wer filed at Atlanta, Ga, by union
DIitldlS u LII| DtlillOu VI tut IQaQS ~
for continuar.o of temporary re-
strainine order against the strikers.
In the ver to the petition the
strikers rogue led the court to pro- 4
hibit the rallroads from ''maintain-
ing more than two members Of their
stand 1g army to any one garrison Z
The conference is the result of an u
invitation extended the general
chairman by Mr.. Miller.
The Southern railway acting se2a-
rately from the other large lines OF n
tie country had made no attempt
to break the strike nor has 1t re-
fused returning strikers seniority
"
Il. I. II. II. Takes Stand
NEW YORK, Aug. 4:-The Long
Island Railroad through President {
Peters announced tod8 that under