The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-08
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Both Freight and Passenger
Service Being curtailed
in Many Sections.
CHICAGO, July: s.-tBy The AS, AS,
sociated Press. )----RailWay shopmen
entered the second week OF their
strike today with no apparent in
clfnati to follow the only ave
nue. to peace held open to them by
| the United States Railroad Labor
Board.
The board stood on the position
taken by its chairman, Ben w.
Hooper, that the only way that the
striking shopmen could receive
RECOGNITION in concfliatory confer
ences was to restore themselves to
standing before the board by re-
turning to work and then entering
into negotiations for settlement.
b. M. Jewell, head Of the shop
crafts, who held himself open to
Isapproach by .'any responsible per-
son authorized TO negotiate a set.
item mert,'' declined to make the first
move, preferring rather to place
the blame for continuance of the
strike upon the labor board and the
railroads.
Mr.. Jewell declared that the olive
branch Of peace should first be Of
tered to the striking shopmen- 8
| The railr Dads remained ihmoy-s
able in their attitude Of consider
ing the strike as against: the gov
ernment rather than against the
roads,
The result OF this situation was
that all elements were In receptive
moods but firm in their determine.
ton not to weaken their positions
by making the first move.
Conditions generally, so TAR a 8
transportation%and shop operations
1 were concerned, rem aimed much.
I the same as they had been for sew
eraL. days,:but tn thesbeginningSo of the
isecond week Of the strike brought
increasing rest1essness among
strikers and sporadic situations in
railroad circles.
New disorders broke out in Chi
cago where mobs of striking shop
:scen and sympathizers continued
'e>errorism of workers and suspect,
!, ed strike breakers.
Homes of Workers Attacked.
Several men, suspected Of being
strike breakers, were pulled from
Jstreet cars and beaten, and the
! homes of a few workers were be-
sefged and attacked with a hail OF
sticks and stones. A box car was
burned, and several other cars
were discovered soaked with oil.
| The Chicago & Alton was one OF
! the worst sufferers from the grow
| ing spirit among strikers to en-
force abandonments of shop work.
Suspension Of shop work on the
ALTON was effected by strikers at
Bloomington, Ill, and Slater, Mo.
i Troops Held in Readiness.
Although none of the disturb
ances in Illinois was considered by
state officials serious enough to
warrant call for troops, Adjutant
( iGenera1 Black nevertheless declared
that troops already modified and
theld in readiness for strike duty
would not be demobilized until the
situation changed and threats Of
further d disorders disappeared. N
! At the Alton shops and yards at
bloomington, committees OF strik-
ers persuaded emergency workers
| to abondon their jobs.
! Governor A. NJ. Hyde Of Mis-
souri, exchanged communications
with strikers on the Missouri Pa
cific. The strikers, in a telegram
thanked him for the fair and Inn
partial position he had taken in
refusing to order troops to strike
| centers. and assuring him that they
would do everything In their power
| to prevent violence or the destruc-
tion Of property. In reply the gov
ernor told the strikers that their
right to quit work singly or collec-
lively would be recognized and he
asked them in return to cooperate
Fin the protection Of other men who
also had a right to work.
Discontinue Trains.
| The Santa Fe reported traffic
heavier than usual. The Wichita
Falls & &tNorthwestern applied to
| the Oklahoma State Corporation
I }Commission for authority to dis
lcontinue four passenger trains.
/ At Topeka, Kan, an attorney for
4 the Kansas Court OF Industrial Re-
tlations swore out 4 complaints
lagainst three striking Topeka shop
men and two In Ottawa, charging
l them with picketing In violation OF
the Industrial Court law. Sixty
! seven negroes imported to Spring
field, M o., by the Frisco refused to
go to work and were given trans
j |portation back to their homes The
EFrisco was feeding workers in
lshops throughout the system and
Eprot tecting them by a heavySguard:
llStrikers continue III picketing, but
InoS OF violence WAS reported
continued sdn the south.
Fired Whites ssuperintendentSo OF
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