Evening star., 1922-07-13
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Crewe. Va. auieted down following
the killing OF a yard office clerk.
Former trouble centers calmed per.
ceptibfy during the last twenty -four
hours. At Bloomington. H.. state
troops withdrew from the Chicago
solves to the shops. while Sheriff
Morrison. with a force of deputies.
took over guarding the yards.
AS a result of this move Alton train
men. who refused to handle trains
within the military controlled yards.
yielded in their attitude. and service
on the Alton. through Bloomington.
Bloomington still remained one of
the tense spots of the country. how
ever. Today was pay day on the AL
ton. ard the road sent word to strlk =
ing shopmen that the checks today
would be their final pay; that they
passes and other company property.
and would no longer be consit cred az
employees OF the road. The troops re-
mained vigilant as shopmen gathered
for their checks.
strike spread Haitel.
Prsviouse threats of the strike
spreading to the train service en-
ployes apparently was averted by the
conference of big four" brotherhood
additional injunctions restraining
strikers from interfering with raii-
road operations were granted to
roads In Los Angeles, Hannibal, Mo. :
Springfield and East st. Louis. H..
and In Iowa. The Northwestern Pa
cihc applied for an injunction In San
Francisco.
: A worker was beaten at AtlAnti,
Ga, and the home Of . railway EN-.
ploys At Buffalo. N. Y. was attack ed.
Wives of strikers were active on tho
picket lines in the ccllinwood yards
land, Women also were in a crowd
which beat two strikebreakers at San
Bernardino, Calf
United States marshals' forces were
enlarged at Cleveland to assure pro-
toction to the mails. and a force Of
deputies was sent to Sedalia. Mo-.
where an effort was made 70 reopen
tho Missouri Pacific shops.
Parsons, Kan. remained quiet and
900 men were reported at work In the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas shops
there: Parsons was one OF the points
to which troops were sent to keep
order.
Striking shopmen at slater. MO-,
protested to President Harding
against the presence Of United states
marshals and their deputies who were
in control Of the Chicago and Alton
shops.
Ten trains on the Baltimore and
and Western were among the stead
lily increasing number to be annulled.
st. Paul reported one Of the larg-
est movements OF strikers back to
their old jobs In the shops. while At
Atlanta. Ga. Operations In the shops
noosa and 81. Louis and the Atlanta
and West Point were reported BY
company offlcfals as 90 per cent nor
NAL.
Several roads. notably in the east,
reported impairment OF rolling stock
with locomotives and cars laid up In
need Of repairo.
Abductort OF c. l. Mason, division
superintendent Of the Santa Fe. who
was kidnapped at Danville, Iowa. were
arrested and released on bonds signed
BY the president of the shop crafts
federation.
Adjt. Gen. Martin Of kansas warned
their places OF business would be
closed BY troops II the storekeepers
refused to sell supplies to workmen
employed during the strike. The ad.
jutant generals order was dispatched
to troop commanders At Parsons and
Hefington.
CLERKS sTAIxE AvrRTED.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 13.-Detaiis of the
arrangement by which . strike Of the
Clerks Union on the New York Gen.
tral system apparently has been
averted were being worked oat 1t an.
other conference OF the union and
railroad ofl1ctals today. A tentative
agreement has been reached by which
It II understood the wake cut ordered
BY the Railroad Labor Board wlM
stand, but with the railroad makln&
and sick leave pay.