The Washington herald., 1922-07-08
ACTION In ILLINOIS
Missouri Orders Its State
Troops to Armories
AS Precaution.
RIOTS IN CHICAGO
AND DECATUR, ILL.
Strike Leaders Ready to
Ignore Injunction on
Picketing.

! CHICAGO. July with the Her
rim mine massacre fresh In mind
Illinois today acted to prevent anv
like catastrophe in the railroad
strike by ordering under arms prac-
tically the entire State Guard.
Riots led by strikers i'm Chicago
and Decatur and lesser disturbances
at other points caused State officials
to order two full brigades 10 Camp
Grant and Camp Custer. Seven
companies OF infantry and cavalry
were pobilized at Springfield. Dan
willie, Champaign. Urbana, Delavan.
and Decatur.
The I3lst and l32nd Infantry and
124th ARTILLERY &c - camp Grant
and the 122nd and lE4th Artillery
/ regiments will go to Camp Custer.
| Both brigades will proceed TO cam,
with full equipment. Growing seri.
business Of strike disorders. including
the possibility of street car strike
in Chicago. has led TO immediate ar
tion, according to officials.
Close watch for Disorder.
!. Adjutant Gen. Carlos Black said
that no troops had been ordered on
duty as yet although close watch
is being kept on all points where
disorders have occurred or are likely
to occur.
While Illinois was making thee
preparations. Gov Hyde Of Missouri
ordered two companies OF State
troops at Warrensburg and Boone
vile to their armoTies "as a precau-
tion,' and Governors Kendall ~
Iowa. KiIby Of Alabama. and
Stephens Of California received Bp-
peals for troops from local and rail-
road officials fearing seriou out
breaks All three governors held the
requests in allegiance.
With the Labor Board snnounc-
ing no new steps looking toward
settlement Of the strike. reports
from many sections indicated me
situation is rapidly approaching
crisis
stones Non-Strikerx' Homes.
A mob Of 1900 men. woman and
children stoned the homes of nom
strikers here Police protection
around railroad shop districts was
doubled today. What was believed
to have been an incendiary IRE ia
the Burlington yards was con-
trolled with the loss OF one box
car. Oil-soaked rags were said 10
have been found around the cars
in danger.
As the majority Of railroads have
ordered striking shopmen back 20
work either on July 10 or Is with
the penalty OF losing seniority and
pension rights II they refuse, The
greatest danger Of outbreaks will
be faced on those dates. il is re-
ported. According 10 reports.
strikers everywhere. egced on by
women, are becoming more bitter
: against men employed to take
, their places. Reports Of air coup
lings. being cut. workers attacked
, and picketinE becoming more az
; gressive were general.
Unable TO Hire Good Nen.
: The railroads are meeting with
serious trouble in getting skilled
men to take the places Of strikers.
reDorts indicated. At the Rock
Island shops IL was stated plenty
: Of men can he obtained. but most
, Of them are no good"
That the strike leaders will dis
regard injunctions restraining pick
citing was stated emphaticaly at
headquarters
The men may have TO GO to tail.
: but We will keep on picketinE." 70
! was stated by one Influential
| leader
President r. VI. Jewell of the shop
crafts, directing the strike. said
that his reports indicated the men
are holding hrm at every point One
| report was received at st. Paul.
Mimi, that the shop men are enter
ing wage negotiations there with
the Great Northern Railroad. look
ing toward individual settlement of
the troubles.
Appeals TO Shopmen.
In an announcement late today,
! Chairman Hooper Of the Labor
Board again appealed to striking
shopmen 10 reconsider.
mo better advice could be given
to the men who are out than that
they return to service Immediately"
Hooper declared. They have mis-
judged the situation that confronts
them. But IL is not too late to es-
cape many of the evil results.
1T is TO be hoped that the Lead
crship OF these organizations viii
perceive the hopelessness OF any ef-
fort to intimidate the American
public. and will find a way to lead
the men back into the adoption OF
peaceful methods before some re-
grettable catastrophe has occurred.
that will detract from the unques-
toned strength and usefulness OF
the organ ,za.ions involved. II II
does not destroy them outright