The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-08-10
RIOTS AT JOLIET
Two Killed in Early Morning
Riot and Illinois Troops Or
dered to Trouble Zone.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire.)
Chicago.--250 Chicago guards
men, enrOute home from Clinton,
ILL.,, where they have been on strike
duty for two weeks, have been or
dered to proceed to Joliet.
cBy Assoeiated Press Leased wire.1

Observation-Disclosures Harding to-
day calledd upon striking railroad
shopnen to return to work, requested
railroads to assign them to work, and
asked both the workmen and carriers
to submit the disputed question Of
seniority to the railroad labor board.
The president sent telegram to B. M.
Jewell, haed of the railroad shipments
union, and T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman
of the association of railway execu-
tives, outlining the plan which he
hoped would result in speedy termina-
tion of the strike.
The presidents kilograms were made
public at the White House at l o'clock
after the executive had held another
conference with Mr.. Jewell and other
strike leaders and with Chairman Cum
Minis of the senate interstate commerce
committee, who has been in contact
with the railroad executives.
The statement was authoritatively
made at the White House in connection
with the call issued by the president
that Mr.. Harding regarded his propo-
sails as final proposal from the gov
eminent for voluntary action by the
railroads and employees to end the
menace to the country's interests which
the administration sees in the paraly-
sis of transportation. particularly in
coal fields.
Proposals Without Consultation.
The proposals TODAY were made with
out consultation with railroad execu-
tives and the president does not know
what will be the attitude of the labor
unions, it was added.
Settlement through the railroad la
Dor board, the president was to believe,
is the only practical course for the
government to seek. The president, it
was added, considers the suggestions
just made as representing the judy
ment of one who has been standing in
between the parties to the controversy
The president, it was stated, trusts
the new proposal will draw the support
of public opinion and will bring about
a speedy ending of the strike, now in
its sixth week.
L
the president that he was "m indful of
the pledge of both the executives and
the striking workmen to recognize the
validity of all decisions by the railroad
labor board" He also pointed out that
the question of seniority (which the
executives rejected as outlined recent
ly i'll settlement plan proposed by
him, "remains in dispute and bars a
settlement"
Two Die in Joliet Riot.
Joliet, Illinois-S Special Agent Philip
Reitz of the Elgin-J Joliet & Eastern
Railroad and an unknown striker are
dead and Sheriff James Newkirl is
seriously wounded as result of riot
ing which broke out here this morning
at the railroad yards. The sheriff's
office called for state troops after il
was decided that local authorities were
liable to cope with the situation, ac-
cording to an announcement by Chief
Deputy Sheriff Lindgren.
According to available information
the sheriff and deputies on their regu.
lar morning rounds, found five hundred
men congregated near the home OF
Fred Nelson, carpenter, who has been
working during the strike, and it is
believed attempted to arrest several Of
the men in the front rows who were
reluctant to leave A shot rang out
which pierced Reitz's heart killing him
instantly. Several more shots were
fred, which seriously wounded the
sheriff. Reitz's and Newkirk's revolv-
ers were not discharged.
Following an investigation by the
sheriffs office, it was announced thai
the unidentified dead man, an Italian
started the shooting by killing Reitz
and wounding the sheriff. Walter
Stockard, another special agent of the
| railroad, then killed the Italian.
A mob Of several hundred gathered
at the railroad yards this morning. The
trouble is believed to have started over
the shooting of striker last Saturday
What startedd- the shooting this morn,
ing, could not be learned Immediately
Sheriff Newl1irk, who has been search
ing the strike pickets daily for arms