South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-09
GOVERNMENT TO
PROTECT MAILS
AND COMMERCE
Assembling of Troops in Sew
eral States Marks Eighth
Day of Rail Strike.
INJUNCTION IS ISSUED
Burlington Secures Order For
bidding Picketing of Shops
Boy Is Killed.

CHICAGO. July S.-CBy a P)-
Authorization 10 use force in pre-
venting any interruption of inter
state commerce and tho movement
Of the mails. was received here to-
night by Charles +. Clyne. district
attorney. and Robert Levy. United
States ma -shaL in kilograms from
Atty. Gen. Daugherty.
The calling out ot troops In MI
nOis, assembling of soldiers in half
a dozen other states and the inter-
vention OF the federal courts In the
nationwide strike OF railway shop
men marked the close OF the eighth
day OF the walkout tonight
The Chicago. Burlington e Quin-
cy railroad tonight secured a fe3er-
al injunction here restraining pick
citing at the Aurora shops while
earlier In the day an injunction was
issued at New Orleans restraining
strikers from interfering with trains
Of the Southern Pacific and al C)un-
ell Bluffs, Ia the Burlington OBJ
tanned temporary restraining orders
against striking shormen in south
ern Iowa A half dozen other rail-
ways were expected TO follow the
lead OF the Burlington here. Depart
ment Of Justice officials at Washing
ton were investigating reports that
strike disorders were interfering
with the mails.
The plea for the injunction here
was presented by 3. ]. Scott. legal
adviser for the road. and asked that
the strikers be restrained from
picketing, intimidating workers and
destroying property. Lieut. Gov
Sterling OF Illinois tonight ordered
troops 20 Clinton where an out
break was threatened following a
clash between Illinois Central
guards and strike sympathizers in
which a boy was killed. and two
men. one a striker. were injured.
Strike Orders Withheld
One bright ray appeared through
the threatening strike clouds to-
night when y. W. Helt. president
Of the Brotherhood OF Railway Sig
nalmen. announced he would with
hold strike orders 20 1900 signal
men PENDING the preparation and
submission OF a program 90 the
United States railroad labor board.
made following an all-day confer
ence with W i. McMenimen. labor
member Of the board This marked
the second time within a week that
members OF the board have inter
vened 20 stop an addition 20 the
strikers ranks. a walkOut Of 400
600 maintenance Of way men hav-
ing been postponed IN this manner
few days ago.
While neither the board nor Mr.
Helt indicated the proposed pro-
gram on which the siEnalme1 would
call of their strike, % was general
ly believed 40 would be modelled af-
ter the agreement reached with
maintenance OF way officials.
With .. NJ Jewell head of the
shop crafts and the labor board
each standing firm in the attitude
that peace overtures must come
from the other. the railroads toniEh.
were gird.ng for the second week
OF the struggle determined to main
tain uninterrupted rranspOrtatiDL
and thus break the strike.
To Open shops
Many roads We're preparing 20 open
. their shops the first or week when.
the ultimatum 70 strikers 20 return
or lose their seniority right expires.
some carriers have applied for
troops 20 protect employees and pro-
perty in this move. others are MAJ
ing arrangements 70 afford private
protection % employees who remain
AZ work and others that are befns
employed.
Efforts looking 20 an immediate
settlement of the strike apparently
stood s-II today Following the
statement Yesterday Of Chairma1
Ben ". Hooper Of the labor board
that the board had no power %
mediate The strike 50 long as the
men remained away from work SIR
Jewell today reiterated his assertions
hat the first move toward peace
must come from the roads or the
board
Except for the dlsorder az C~in-