The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-23
PARLEY FOR
RAIL PEACE
IS ON AGAIN
Executives in New York
Consider Big Four
Proposals.

New York, Aug. 2S.-(By the AS |
sociated Press. - Railway execu-
tives, convened today to consider |
proposals for q settlement. of the |
shopmen's strike submitted last
week by the running trades acting |
as mediators, adjourned at 1850 p.
M, after a discussion lasting more
than two hours.
Although no official statement
was forthcoming, it vas reported
that certain contemporaries had
been under consideration.
This was taken to indicate that,
should the executives not accept
the suggestions made by the broth
erhood chiefs, the door to peace
still would be left open.
/ "The situation looks mighty ser
ious," Howard Elliott of the North
ern Pacific said to a colleague on
leaving the meeting.
1t was announced that meeting
of the mediation committee and the
committee of executives would be
held at 3 o'clock at which time the
lanswer Of the carriers would be
transmitted.
Chicago, Aug. 23.-As railroad
executives gathered in New York
today to consider peace proposals
by the heads of the transportation
brotherhoods acting as mediatOrs,
in the shopmen's strike, trouble
on the Southern Railway, principal
sufferer from trainmen's walkouts
tduring the last few days, began to
clear away.
I The voice Of the peace dove was
drowned, however, in the noise OF
exploding bombs which kept the
daily strike fever at high stage
in some of the nations rail centers
i; Bomb Venice ,Reundhouse.
A tremendous explosion in the
Chicago & Alton roundhouse al
Venice, ILL.,, shook buildings within
a radius of three miles and police
|, squads were rushed to the shops
',when further violence was threat
ened. Several sticks of dynamite
were thrown on the roof of the
T roundhouse where number Of
men were working.
Bombs we're hurled at the homes
of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fl
employees at San Bernardino
Calf, where daily outbreaks have
r marked the shopmen's strike. Win
dows were broken by the explos
ions, but no injuries were reported
M. C. Increase Wreck Reward.
Michigan Central officials in
Il creased their reward for the arres
/ of plotters accused of causing tn,
n Gary, Ind, wreck last Sunda.
morning, to $4,000. The origina
reward was $1,000.
: Little Rock, Ark, police failed Il
10 locate a Missouri Pacific shop em
ploye who was reported to hav'
70 been kidnapped and severely beatel
= on Monday. night. A companion
4 who escaped after a fight with tn
captors, carried the story of tn
= kidnapping back to Little Rock.
Switchmen in the Nashville
70 Chattanooga & st. Louis yards a
:; Paducah, KY, refused to go t
p work because of an alleged attacl
~ on one of their number by rail
:, road guard.
n = Southern Restores Service.
,e Train service was restored o.
the Southern railway following tn
removal of most Of the troops whic
"a had been on guard in the Spence
te and Salisbury, N. c., and Prince
8 ton, Ind, yards. -.--
= The guard was reduced in com
promise with trainmen who wake
when soldiers were sent t
X quelI disturbances.
"a Striking, shopmen of the South
ern railway at Salisbury were o
a. guard around the home of Re,
NJ Thomas P. Jimison. who receive
Threatening letters following an a
10 legged assault on him by a costa
q employe. The minister had been
10 champion of the shopmen's strik
of and strikers went to his defens
maintaining guards in 8-hour shift
=, at the preachers hOma