The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-07
Several Rail Lines Join
In Cali To Men To Re-
turn To Their Duties
Next Monday On Pain
of Final Dismissal

Boston, July 7-Members of the
Uni1ed Brotherhood of the Mainten-
ance\ of Way Employees employed on
the Me- York, New Haven, and Hart
ford, Boston and Albany and the
Boston and Maine railroads have
voted to send an ultimatum to the
general officers of the union in De
troit demanding an increase IN
wages by August l with the alterna-
tive of a strike. The vote was taken
at a mass meeting of the maintenance
of way men following the reading
of a report that similar action was
being taken by employees of all roads
in the country affected by wage cut
ordered by the Railway Labor Board.
Only Minor Disorders
Chicago, July 7.-(By the Associ-
ated Pdess)-With B. M. Jewell, head
of the striking railway shop crafts,
still maintaining the conciliatory at
titude he assumed after the strike
was under way, but declining to make
first move toward negotiations
for peace, considerable number of
outbreaks and disorders marked the
closing hours of the first week since
shopmen throughout the country
walked of their jobs last Saturday.
Federal injunctions restraining strik'
ers from interfering with railway
operations, molesting workers and un-
lawfully picketting shops. were issued
at East ST. Louis, Ill., and Shreveport,
La.
Mobilization of state troops was
ordered by Adjutan General Black of
Illinois, following disturbances in the
Wabash yards in Decatur.
The governor of Alabama, Kansas,
Missouri and Kentucky we're asked
to send troops to scenes of disorders
and where peace was threatened in
their states.
Chicago, in the past "a hours, ex-
perienced it's first outbreaks of vio-
lence in connection with the strike.
A mob of strikers and sympathizers
which included many women, at
tackled and ATTEMPTED to burn the
es ofA two Illinois Central en-.
ployes at Burnsides who refused to
join the walkout.
The police dispersed the mob after
Mrs. Julia Gable, SO, the wife of one
of the Illinois Central men, held the
they attempted to storm her homS
Pitcketting of railway shops con-
tinued in many parts of the country
and disorders were reported in sew
eral places.
Despite these outbreaks there was
a general impression in railway cir
cles that the trend of Ine strike was
toward peace and hope was expressed
NJ hrnfIUht
together with the railroad labor
boards two representatives in con-
ference-Chairman Ben w. Hooper
and j. W. McMenifhen, two of the
three labor members.
l/e 2 railroads, meanwhile, con-
tfH&ed to employ men to take the
places Of strikers and the ultimatum
10 return to work before next week
or forfeit all seniority and other
rights had been posted on numerous
railroads. Several short trains had
been annulled on the Chicago and
Northwest and the Utah Short Line,
officials said. Railroads generally re-
ported a slight interruption of traf1c
as a result of the shopmen's strike.
Strikers were reported at various
points to be struggling back to the
old Jobs in uncertain numbers, but
these reports reflected no weakness
in statements from union headquar-
ters where Mr.. Jewell reiterated his
announcement that the strike was
virtually 100 per cent effective.
Mr.. Jewell exhibited kilograms
from Womens auxiliaries of shopcrart
unions expressing support of the
strike. He announced also that first
sympathetic walkout by exhibiting
messages informing him that $500
moulders working for railroads had
Joined the strike of shopmen.
A temporary injunction order is
sued by Judge English at East st.
Louis was directed toward strikers on
the Illinois Central at Mounds, Cen
tralia, Mattoon. East st. Louis and
other points in the Southern Illinois
district
Judge Jack, at Shreveport, late
yesterday, granted a similar order to
the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico
railway.
Mayor Coad, OF Parsons, Kas., under
threat Of being ousted by Gov Allen
discharged 81 strigers who had been
appoined as specil police.
At Wichita, Kas., so stationary fire
men and oilers joined the strike.
A small number of shopmen EN-
ployed by the Chicago, Peria and st
Louis railroad at Alton, ILL.,, retprned
to work.
Striking shopmen of the Dakota di
vision of the Great Northern offered
to volunteer their services without
nay In any case where loss Of life
by wrecks or by fire is threatened.
Announcement Of the Union Pacific
Eaf|Infl16 and Northwestern eys