The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
THREE ARE HURT
New Trouble Breaks Out in
Horton Shop Strike.
Extra Guards Placed About
Shops by Railroads.

Orders were issued to city ana
county authorities in Horton, Brown
county. late Tuesday afternoon from
the office of the attorney general in
Topeka, to deputize enough men as
special officers to prevent any clash
between railroad shopmen employed
in the Rock Island shops there, and
strikers, such as was anticipated at
the Rock Island shop town.
The sheriff of Brown county arrived
from H!awatha. the county seat. with
a posse of five deputies Tuesday.
Recommendation were issued to him
to increase that number. The county
attorney was instructed to place the
ring leaders of the disturbance under
bonds to keep the peace, and the
mayor was ordered to deputize as
many men as necessary to deal with
the situation. by Judge Dennis Mad
den, assistant attorney general.
No request has reached the state
house, either the adjutant generals
office or the governors office, for the
city Saturday, by Sheriff Miller.
No Request for Troops.
Mayor Housey, of Horton, was in
communication with the office of the
adjutant general in Topeka Tuesday
but it is stated that he did not ask for
troops to be sent back to Horton.
Anticipations of clash between
shopmen and strikers at noon today
when the workers left the shops were
not realized. At O'Clock tn 5 after
noon the city was quiet, tho the situ-
alton remains tense
Sheriff Sam Miller had returned to
Hiawatha and was not in Horton this
morning. He was expected to return
this afternoon and with the cooper
alton of the city Officials, to make an
attempt to keep the streets of the
town cleared tonight, as a measure of
prevention of further outbreaks.
Abou half the employees in the Rock
Island shops at Horton are quartered
in the shops themselves, and the re-
mainder live in various parts of the
town.
Extra guards were placed about the
shops today by the raliroad.
Horton. Kan, Dec. 2O.-The situA-
ton here today was tense following a
clash late yesterday between striking
shopmen of the Rock Island railroad
and workers in the shops.
ElaboEate preparations were being
made to prevent further clashes today
between the opposing factions. Sher-
iff Sam Miller, however. stated this
morning that his forces VIII be able to
cope with the situation and that he
does not contemplate asking for
troops.
The trouble between the strikers
and workers eliminated late yester-
day in an attack by strikers on shop
workers in which three workmen were
sIugged and a battle between several
hundred men of the opposing forces
narrowly averted by prompt action on
the sheriff's part.
The trouble began with a demonstra-'
tion Monday night when strikers
thronged the downtown streets. They
were dispersed by city authorities after
one man had been slugged. The mayor
Immediately sent call for the sheriff.
At noon Tuesday the strikers gath
cred again and menaced the workers
leaving the shops One shopman, who
drew a revolver, was arrested.
Third Clash the Worst.
At o'clock Tuesday afternoon. as
the shopmen streamed out. a clash
which approached a rot in proper
tons took pace. Two shopmen were
slugged. Only bold action by the
sheriffs forces kept the two factions
several hundred men on each side
from a battle. Eight arrests were
made.
There are about $50 men employed
in the shops. or six hundred who
went out on strike last July. it is be-
lieved scarcely three hundred remain
in town.
A lone officer, the last of the state
troops, eft here Saturday. Until that
time. his presence preserved peace.