The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-11
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RAILROAD |. | |: STRIKE S R | \
INCREASING DAILY
Strikers Ranks Augmented by
. Walkout on Norfolk
& Western.

CHICAGO, July II w. BY ~ AS IS
ISOLATED Press:) 5---z Increasing dis
ord ers, curtailment of train service
ana additional troops on duty at
several trouble centers marked the
progress Of the rail strike today
Ranks OF the strikers also were re-
cruited, as clerks on the Norfolk. &
western were authorized to strike
at 10 a. N. today.
Troops were on guard over rail
road property at Bloomington ana
Clinton, ILL.,, Parsons, Kan, and New
Franklin, Mo, with other units I'M
der arms ready. to entrain
United States narshals were pro
tecting the mails on southwestern
lines and guarding the Burlington,
shops at Aurora, ILL.,, which mad
been surrounded by 1900 pickets,
Many rail centers were blanket
ed with injunctions issued by. ted
eral courts restraining strikers
from interfering with operation OF
trains and shops Picket1ng vas
general throughout the country.
New York and the East began
to feel the combined effects Of the
strike of coal miners and railway
workers. Twenty-one passenger
trains on the Erie and all double
sections of the West Shore we're
discontinued. and all express trains
on the Norfolk & Western were
said to have been delayed three to
six hours because of shortage OF
locomotive and coal. Labor lead
ers predicted that further curta1l-
ment of service was imminent be.
cause the roads have been unable
to replace striking repair experts.
Following mass meetings of Strlk-
ers in the New York area, union
leaders declared that their follow
aers were 100 per cent staunch az and
would refuse to be inundated by
threats of lost pensions and senior
ity rights.
Some eastern roads, including
the Pennsylvania and New York
Central announced that they had
enough mechanics, surplus locomo-
tives and rolling stock to continue
present service indefinitely. The
Missouri Pacific, following its as
surance to Governor Allen OF Kan
sas that no trains would be taken
off The lines in that state, rescind-
ed its earlier order disseminating
124 local passenger and mixed
trains. Several hundred deputies
under United States marshals We're
protecting the operations of trains
on the Texas e Pacific, the Mis-
souri, Kansas & Texas, and the In
ternational & Great Northern Rail
roads, which are in federal receiver
ship
The Santa Fe announced that it
was ION top of the strike and that
the situation was improving stead
lily,
Troops Sent to Scene.
National guard troops from Boon
vile and Columbia. Mo, were or
dered to New Franklin following al
legged threats by strikers warning
officials Of the Missouri. Kansas
& Texas to leave town within TWEEN
ty-four hours. H G. Odell, train
master; r. E. Patterson, roadmas
ter. and o. o. Horton. supervisor
of building, left New Franklin, fol-
lowing the threats.
Bloomington. Ill, was one OF the
outstanding trouble centers but ap-
prehension was somewhat sabated
by the presence of troops there.
The soldiers were greeted with
jeers as they patroled the shops
and yards Of the Chicago & Alton.
Machine guns were trained in the
direction from which a few shots
were fired at the soldiers early, to-
day but the fire was not returned.
The tense situation at Blooming
ton was aggravated by the clerks,
who quit work after they had. an
nounced that they would refuse to
continue work while troops guard
ed the shops and yards. Officials
Of the unions protested against the
presence Of the soldiers. and re-