Evening star., 1922-07-12
NEW RAIL PEACE PLAN
LAUNCHED BY HOOPER;
U. S. MAY USE TROOPS
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y. D. VIA USE tnUUfS
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to the governors of Mississippi. Ten
nessee and Texas. while Gov. Boyle of
Nevada was asked by the Union Pa
ciflc for state Intervention in the
strike at Las Vegas.
Disorders occurred at Chicago, Mil
waukee, Sayre. Pa; Orrville. Ohio;
Tex, and at Roodhouse. ILL.,.
Bert Dickson, a roundhouse foreman
for the Chicago and Alton. said to be
a nephew of w. G. Bierd, president of
the road, was tarred and feathered
by a masked band.
Two car repairers were reported to
have been abducted at Marion. Ohio,
and at Pana. ILL.,. car man left town
under threats of strikers.
At Algiers. La, four negroes work.
ing in the shops of the Southern Pa
cif1c were flred upon by q crowd of
ed for violating the federal injunc-
tion. The prisoners denied they were
strikers.
Clinton. ILL.,, New Franklin and
Slater, Mo-, and Parsons. Kan. where
troops were on duty, remained COM
paratively quiet following several
hectic days.
determination Situation Tense.
The situation at Bloomington. Ill.
remained tense with troops holding
the yards and shops. Frequent
shootings and the general hostile at
titude of strikers and large crowds
of sympathizers kept national
guardsmen on constant vigilance.
Meanwhile city and county author
itios urare affpmntinU TO re-eStaDltSl
civil government.
Engineers, firemen. train men and
announced that they Woulo
refuse to enter the Alton yards at
Bloomington to take out trains as
long as machine guns bristled in the
shops. They voted to operate only
mail trains unless the trains were de-
livered to them outside the shop as
trict during the encampment OF the
troops in the yards; L. ..,a ro,,..
The meeting OF: the big Four
brotherhood chiefs was called for
the purpose of discussing issues
growing out of the shopmsn's strike.
Among other developments OF the
last twenty-four hours was the an
by D. W. Helt, president
of the Railway signalmen. that no
strike would be called, and the fair
ure OF clerks, station employees and
freight handlers on the Norfolk and
Western to respond to an omcial au-
of a strike.
Shop crafts at Sayre. Pa. formed
a peace committee" with the an
intention of preventing dis
orders as far as possible.
More Deputies Sworn In.
Additional deputies were sworn In
by United States Marshal Levy in
Chicago to increase protection of the
cr,.,-a ,od Mouth uaoforp shons
Shop crafts leaders expressed salts
faction over the success Of the strike.
while most roads were non-commit-
tai. The Santa Fe, Burlington and
Missouri, Kansas and Texas an
improving on their lines. Santa Fe
shopmen were reported by the road
to be returning to work in consider
able numbers.
Forty-one molders who Joined the
walkout at Parsons, Kan, were re-
ported back on their jobs.
Police at Boston drove pickets away
from employment agencies where
men were being accepted for railroad
work.
Roseville, Calf. officials were IN
vestigaing the dynamiting Of one of
ern Pacific system by a party of un-
known men and an attack by strikers
upon an employe of the Pacific fruit
express.
The Baltimore and Ohio at Youngs-
town, Ohio, and East st. Louis and
Flora, ILL.,, and the Missouri Racific
and Frisco at Kansas City. were
among the roads to which federal
injunctions were granted.
wabash Drops 81 Trains.
Two hundred maintenance of way
employees ON the Central Railroad of
New Jersey at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
joined the walkout and 100 section
men at Dennison. Ohio. went out on
strike. -
The Baltimore and Ohio and the
Erie sent some Of their. rolling stock
to outside shops for repairs FIFTY
four trains were annulled by the
Wabash. - -,
Investigations of the strike situa-
ton were made by Gov Kilby Of Ala
bama and Gov. Morrow of Kentucky
Striking shopmen at Topeka. Kan,
adopted resolutions declaring that
they would not return to the Santa
Fe shops until all employees who re-
manned at their posts during the
strike were removed and their places
filled with men who Joined the walk
out.
Cities Liable for Damages.
Notices to Kansas mayors inform
Ing them that their cities are liable
for damages under the state mob
law were forwarded by Attorney
General Hopkins.
A crowd of men. women and chill
dren stoned the homo Of Samuel
Thompson, q Santa Fe employe, In
Chicago. Thompson was working at
Corwitch, Ill. and his wife was home
alone when the attack was made. Po-
lice dispersed the mob.
Mr.. Jewell, commenting on Presi-
dent Hardings proclamation, said the
way to end the strike was to call q
Of railroad executives and
shop crafts leaders.
Neither Mr.. Jewell nor Chairman
Hooper of the Labor Board indicated
q tendency to yield much from the
positions they took at the outset OF
the strike. Chairman Hooper made
It plain that striking shopmen would
come before the Labor Board only in
accordance with the transportation
act. and that they must go back to
their jobs before they could expect
consideration by tho board.
Peaee Proposals. saggestea.
Tentative proposals considered in the
peace conferences included the follow
ing:
That the railroads abolish the contract
system Of farming out work to con-
tractork
That certain working rules goyernins
overtime pay be modified
That the shoprnen be given another
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