Evening star., 1922-08-03
'LULL IN EFFORTS
TO SECURE PEACE
IN RAIL WALKOUT
Strike Leaders, Accepting
Presidents Terms, Look
to Washington.
TRACKMEN WON'T JOIN
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE
Cradle Denies Threat-Many Dis
orders Break Out After Com
parative Quiet.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO. August S.-There was
lull today in peace maneuvers in the
strike. Rail men were reticent. and
there was no forecast OF where the
next peace effort would originate.
Strike leaders turned their attention
toward Washington, where President
Harding had a telegram sent by the
shopmen last night. after their meet
ing here, accepting his peace pro-
posals upon the condition that the
unions Interpretation of the settle
ment suggestions be recognized. Rail
road executives also were awaiting
news from the capital. after their ac-
ceptance of all the Presidents pro-
posals excepting that regarding res
torstion of seniority rights to strikers.
The maintenance of way men will
not indulge in "sympa thetic strikes"
E. +. Cradle. head of the organiza-
ton, said last night when informed
of predictions of W. NJ Parker, chair
man of the New York Central system
federation, that maintenance of way
men Of the railroad would strike
within a week in protest against re-
lection of the Presidents proposal
to settle the shopmen's strike By the
railroad.
Much Violence Reported.
Railmen noted the invitation of the
Southern railway TO striking shop
men to negotiate for d settlement
based on President Harding's plan,
but made no comment
At Dallas. Tex, the Texas division
headquarters of the Missouri. Kan
sas and Texas announced that union
men now on strike would be employ
ed only as new men.
Violence was reported from six cit
les in many states during the
night. Four of the disturbances as
sumed the proportions of riots, one
resulting in the death of one man.
Carl Spradley was killed during
exchange of shots at Van Buren,, Ark.
between guards in the Missouri Pa
cific shops and men said to be strik
ers. The dead mans brother. Will
Spradley. was wounded, but will re-
cover physicians say.
1000 Join Attack.
At Jackson. Mich. several police
officers and striking shopmen were
slightly injured when more than
thousand strike sympa athizers, in
CluulnS many Ntllltn anu CllliuTtI-
attacked non-union workers with
sticks. stones. eEGs and other mis-
sles as the non-uEion men were leav-
ing the shops of the Michigan Cen
trail railroad
Three special guards of the Southern
Pa cific at East Bakersfield. Calf. were
fired on. Police investigated. but
made no arrests.
In Lincoln. Ncb.. more than a hun
dred men. women ana boys attacked
the home of Burlington route car
foreman with bricks and stones. Police
dispersed the crowd. A demonstration
In front of the home of another work
man also was broken up by police
Man Beaten 10 Death.
Four non union employees of the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas were
beaten with sticks and ropes and put
off a train al Upton, Tex, by fifteen
men.
A strike sympathiZer at Springfield,
H.. was sentenced to thirty days in
Jail for violating a federal injunction
by tearing one of the printed injunc-
tion notices from a telegraph pole.
The Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul
was granted temporary federal re-
straining order forbidding interfer-
ence with operations in Helena, Mont,
Robert johnson, forty-two. an en-
ploye of the Illinois Central shops at
Burnside, was beaten to death this
morning by four unidentified men, the
police reported. The assailants es-
capped Witnesses told policemen that
the four men accosted Johnson, asked
him not to go to work and then at
, tackled him.
Hearing Set for August ~
The United States Railroad Labor
Board yesterday adopted a resolu
! tion to begin the hearing of wage
and rule disputes involving the
maintenance of way union on Au-
gust 2S.
The boards action is in line with
promises made TO f. f. Cradle. head
of the maintenance of way organiza
ton, when the unions strike plans
were abandoned on July 4. AT this
time an agreement was reached by
which Mr.. Cradle instructed his gem
eral chairmen to take up, with the in
dividual roads. the matter of wages.
1t was provided that If an agreement
could not be reached the matter
would be submitted TO the Labor
Board for an early hearing.
Cases involving forty-three roads
have now been submitted to the
board. these railroads waiving their
right to a thirty-day notice before
submission of the cases. Other roads
are said to have pursued a similar
his vice presidents appeared before
the board today and agreed to the
date fixed. Most of the cases are on
Joint submissions. the questions in
volved being identical.
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