The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-08-18

ship attendance when the house should
reassemble this week, instead of the
taking of the usual three-day recess.
Democratic Leader Garrett wired all
Democratic members to be in their
seats Tuesday, but the Republican
leaders took no such action.
president HARDING'S desire for
4 congressional help applies equally
to the railroad strike, which if any
thing is becoming more serious. His
latest and, in his own words, last sug-
gestion for peaceful settlement of this
controversy was that the shopmen re-
turn to work and that both sides sub
NIT the question of seniority to the
railroad labor board. This was instant
ly rejected, informally, by the Lead
ers of the shop crafts, who called for
a general conference of all the railroad
labor organizations III Washington on
Friday, to consider formal reply and
to adopt measures to make the strike
more effective. Mr.. Jewell said the
answer to the President might not be
ready for several days.
The shopmen are trying in various
ways to obtain the active support of
the brotherhoods, and in measure
are getting it. Engineers, fremen and
trainmen are ordered by their chiefs
to take no chances with defective
equipment Despite the denials Of
railway officials, the union leaders
declare that engines and cars are de-
teriorating rapidly. and more than in
innate that this is the cause of recent
bad wrecks.
Another serious threat by the
brotherhoods developed from a clash
in Joliet, Ill, between strikers and
sheriffs posse, in which striker
and railway detective were killed
and the sheriff dangerously wounded.
State troops from Chicago were hur-
ried to the scene and some of them,
being stoned from ambush, fired. at
their tormentors. Brotherhood men
on the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern rail-
road to the number of 1900 promptly
quit work, saying their lives were
endangered by the bullets of the troop
ers. Their action was approved by
the brotherhood heads and President
Stone of the engineers said: There
will be 100 such cases soon If condi-
lions are not changed. We are not
going to have our men shot up or
beaten up OF threatened by armed
guards at railroad shops and yards.
When the men cannot go to work with
out having irresponsible armed guards
endangering their lives, they may go
home and stay there until the condi-
ton is removed"
If these remarks were aimed at the
private forces of guards maintained
by railways they may be to some ex-
tent justified. If Stone meant to i'm
ply that brotherhood men are abused
by state troops, in Illinois or else
where, the best information obtainable
is that his implication is false
CHICAGO'S street cars and elevated
~ trains we're running again Mont.l.
after the six-day strike which cost
the employees and companies some
$1,2OO,OOO and the business industries
of the city many millions more. The
compromise reached provides for Il
reduction of 1924 per cent in wages.
GENERAL important changes were
y made In the McCumber tariff bill
by the senate last week. After lis
tening to charges by Senator Smoot
that American sugar refiners, who con-
troll the bulk of the Cuban sugar pro-
duction, are trying to destroy Ameri-
can producers, the senate adopted his
amendment by which the duty is raised
to $50 cents a pound on full duty
sugar, and to 1.84 cents ON Cuban
sugars. The McCumber bill rates
were 2 cents and 1.66 cents, respec-
lively. At the demand of the agri-
cultural spokesman, the senators al
most unanimously voted to restore
potash to the free list. Next the SEN
ate, despite the arguments of western
agriculturists, voted to keep hides on
the free list and placed in the duty
free column boots and shoes. leather
of cattle hides, harness and sad
dlery and gloves Of cattle hides. The
duty on satchels. belts and boxes and
cases of leather was made 30 per cent
instead of 40, as in the McCumber
bill.
TN THE Ohio primaries the Repub-
4 licans nominated Carmi A. Thomp-
son. choice of the Harding administra-
tion and the Anti-Saloon league, for
governor The Democratic nominee
is A. V. Donahey of New Phladelphia.