New Britain herald., 1922-08-22
Big Five" Brotherhoods and Executives to Get Together Tomorrow in Third Attempt to Reach Settlement
Southern Railway Trainmen Quit-Troops called out in North Carolina-Attempt Made to Dynamite w. Va. Bridge.

Made to Dynamite w. Va
 Bridge.
 New York, Aug. 22.-The shor crafts strike entered another phase today when rail presidents from west ern states began to arrive for to. morrow's conference of the associa ton of railway executives where they will vote their answer to measures proposed by the "big five" brother hoods as a practical means of settling Che seniority question and ending the strike.
 Third Great Meeting.
 This will mark the third nation wide assembling of rail-chiefs within the last month at each of which the problem of strikers seniority rights has risen to block the path of settle ment.
 At the first two meetings plans sub nitted by President Harding were partly accepted, but with reservations and conditions which eliminated them as basis for calling off the strike
 Tomorrow the rail men will face a new situation-the entrance of the big five" brotherhoods into the ne- gotiations where, as mediators they have made plain their attitude toward seniority rights as applied to their fellow workers, the striking shop craftsmen.
 300,000, Miles Represented.
 The response Of the carriers to the call sent out by T. Dewitt Cuyler, head of the association led officials today to predict that every member road, including 20f class 1 lines with over 30o,o00 miles Of track would be r1presentsd when the conference be-
 Early arffsls To4,aa no. conment nn the Ttuatipn tss&rting that the pledge of setrres exacted of both sides when the executive associations cornmittAe of nine concluded sessions with the big i've brotherhood leaders Friday night had been so we'll main tained as to leave them uniformed of latest developments.
 More Walkouts
 Chicago, Aug p Walkouts by trainmen on the Southern railway, re- bombings beatings and investigations of alleged wreck plots marked pro- gress of the rail shopmen's strike, while efforts to settle 1t hung sus- pended pending the New York meet ing tomorrow of rail heads and lead CTS of the transportation brotherhoods mediators for the striking shopmen.
 Soldiers On Guard
 Eight companies of state troops were on duty today about the shops of the Southern Railway at Spencer N. C., where 1,70o men are out, and about the postoffce at Salisbury three miles from Spencer. The troops at the postofflce were requested by Post master A. H Boyden, who alleged that open threats had been made to lynch a postoffice clerk.
 Tenseness prevailed in the situation at Spencer but was broken by arrival of the troops. Trainmen, switchmen and clerks held a meeting at which they decided to defer moving trains until late today, when another meet. ing was to be held to decide whether the walkout was to be permanent. All trains arriving at Spencer after mid night over the Southern were tied up with one exception.
 Negroes Are Beaten At Atlanta, 35 extra United States | deputy marshals were on duty in the l Southern Railways Inman yards | where yesterday a negro was perhaps fatally injured and nine others severe ly beaten. A party of men was re- ported to have attacked J. P. Feaster, a boilermaker, at Birmingham late last night near the Louisville and Nashville shops.
 Tie-up Threatened
 Traffic on the Louisville-St Louis division of the Southern Railway will be tied up completely at 12:01 o'clock Thursday morning unless B. C. Fallis, general superintendent of the western division and representatives of the "big four brotherhoods effect an agreement on the roads use of armed guards.
 At Princeton, Ind. firemen walked out yesterday Their action cut off four through trains from Louisville to St. Louis.
 The general division walkout set for Thursday would take in all the "big four" men and would effect. it was estimated. between $50 and 400 men located at terminals at East St. Louis. Ill. Louisville. Princeton. Ind. and Huntington, Ind.
 .. Dynamiting Attempt
 At Huntington, w. Va. second at tempt to dynamite Chesapeake and Ohio railroad bridge was frustrated when track walker frightened three men from the trestle. Linemen for the Missouri and North Arkansas railway discovered an on the tracks near Harri- , son. Ark, and removed it ten min- utes before a train passed Kidnapped and Beaten
 H. G. Fought. an employe of the f Pacific railroad shops at Lit z tie Rock. Ark, told the police that he !