The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-20
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Negotiations Now Rest Be.
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Railroad Officials
Claim Effect Of Walk ak:
out About Over.
Officials

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CHICAGO. July 2o.-(By The AS
sociated Press. )-With Immediate
prospects for peace in the railway
strike gone, strikers and railroad
ers today d settled to a test or
strength The statement Of Chair
man Hooper Of the Railroad Labor
Board that the board no longer was
engaged in peace negotiations left
the situation open to direct nego-
!; tiation between strike leaders and
railw ay chiefs, or attempts from
other quarters.
their demand that full seniority
rights be restored to the 100000
shopmen now on strike, that being
the rock on which peace efforts
were broken. Rail heads We're
equally firm in Ntheir insistence
that seniority rights of men now
at work be recognized. There was
no indication from either side Of
weakening Of the determination to
carry the point at issue.
Reports today Indicated a grad
ua1 extension Of the curtailment OF
transportation, some portion, how
ever. being due to the coal Situati on,
but the major part because Of lack
OF repairs to equipment. In all PAT
trains have been cancelled or are
about to be Cancelled, said reports
from railroad centers in the west.
The southwestern lines apparently
have been hardest hit. Reports
were that the strike is being felt
by the iron and steel industries,
that coal mines in parts of West
Virginia are without coal cars. and
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the Pacific Coast is endangered by
lack Of transportation.
Strikers Augmented.
Representatives Of the Bother
hood Of Railway Clerks declared
that 995 per cent Of the 5000 clerks
employed by the Chesapeake &
Of the strikers today. n
Y Ranks Of the strikers were aug
#mented by walkouts in other unions
yesterday. and indications today
were that there would be furthe-
accessions.
Reports of violence fell off some
what but troops were called out in
two more states, and isolated shoot
ings and whippings continued.
At Kansas City a general chair
man of the maintenance OF way
mems union, is a telegram to Pres
ident E.. F. Cradle, said that mem
bers of that union in the South
west could strike of their own ac-
cord unless a speedy settlement
was reached.
A conference between union
heads and road officials IN Chicago
was expected to avert a walkout of
1900 clerks on the Chicago &
Northwestern
Railroad repair shops In the east
are manned at nearly 60 per cent
of normal, Secretary Walbur Of the
bureau Of information Of eastern
railways said I in statement is
suedF at New York. AS far as the
eastern district is concerned "the
strike is just about over" the state
ment added.
The Missouri Pacific shops at
Jefferson City, Mo-, were reCpened
with force of twenty-five men.
Deputy United States marshals pa
troll the railroad property.
More Injunctions issued.
Restraining orders and in1unc-
tons looking TO the protection OF
railroad property were granted in
a dozen or more cities.
Continued distur Dances at Pitts
burgh and Hoisington, Kans,caused
Governor Allen to issue an order for
mo bilization of the national guard.
In North Carolina Governor Nor
rison authorized sending state
troops to Aberdeen, where it was
reported car inspector Of the Sea
board Air Line was taken from his
work by strike sympathizers and
told to leave town.
Troops also were requested at
Rocky Mount. to protect the shops
Of the Atlantic Coast Line.
An emp1oye of the Atlantic
Coast Line at Wakeland. Fla, was
given a coat Of tar and feather
by twelve men and warned not to
return to his work at the railroad
shops. 43 Z
AT Fort Worth, Tex, car in
spector of the Texas and Pacific
was lured from his home by
false report Of a wreck, taken sew
eral miles into the country and
flogged by; unidentified men.
An attempt to assassinate a
general yard master OF the Chicago
& Northwestern Railway and at
tacks on five non-union men were
reported from Sioux City. Iowa.
Two cases of vio1ence fwere re-
ported at Waycross. Ca. where
state troops are doing guard duty.
Governor Neff was In Denni-
son, Tex. for conference with
Mayor Weaver concerning sending
a company of State Rangers to
Dennison.
The appeal OF Presiden Comp
ers of the American Federation of
Labor to workers everywhere to
support the shipments stHke was
received quietly.
AT East ST. Louis coun sci for
the shopmen of the Chicago G.
Eastern R ailway announced that
an appeal won!a pc made to the
United States Court Of Appeals
against an appeal issued yester-
day. This was said to be the first
instance OF such an appeal.
Striking shopmen at Chaffee,
Mo-. asked Governor Hyde TO re-
move at ate Ffr0ops@ sent there to