Evening star., 1922-07-06
STRIKERS CONTROL
TOWN AFTER RAID
Reopening Of Slater, No.,
Shops Depends Upon
Governors Action.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
SLATER. Mo-. July 6.-Railroad Of
ficials today awaited word from Gov.
A. M. Hyde before making further
plans for reopening the Chicago and
Alton shops here, from which crowd
of more than 500 strikers drove eight
cen strikebreakers yesterday.
After the strikers had cleared the
town of strikebreakers, drawn a
dead line around the shops beyond
which strangers were not allowed to
pass. and had established guard posts
at various points. they settled down
to policy of watchful waiting.
Union officials and town officials are
one in declaring they expect no
trouble If the railroad does not at
tempt to import strikebreakers.
Eighteen strikebreakers were taken
from the shops late yesterday in au-
tomobiles to the edge of the town and
told to beat II" and keep going. Ten
more, who escaped the first deporta-
ton by hiding in a foreman's car in
the yards, were placed on a Chicago
train last night. Trains going through
Slater were watched carefully by a
crowd of $50 strikers, who took COM
mand of the railroad station, and
searched the trains to be sure they
Carried no strikebreakers.
Porter Pleads on Knees.
A negro porter on a sleeping car
where strikebreakers were Quartered
was threatened with hanging by the
his knees pleaded for his life. Three
men were forced to leave Slater after
they had expressed sentiments antag-
onistic to the strikers. A car brake
inspector. George McClone, was one
OF these. Others were an engineer
n u A6 nlyy a,,l -
oil inspector of Bloomington. Three
frightened youths beating their way
on the tender of passenger train
were hauled from their hiding places
and forced to give an account Of
themselves when strikers searching
the train found them.
The strikers say they want no Vio-
lence and do not expect any. They
are frank to add. however. that they
do not intend to permit the opening
Of the railroad shops with outside
labor
eminent and furnish most of the sub
sistence of the town, of which the
chief industry is the railroad shops.
The mayor. a clerk in the shops. says
he has not heard Of any violence. The
only arrest has been that of a strike
breaker, who was later released to
union men and told to leave town.
after being held in Jail four hours.
Sheriff Sees No Trouble.
Slater is a town of nearly 1000 -cs-
idents, 700 of whom are employed by
the railroad. Most of the men are
Americans by birth. many of them
having lived here all their lives.
There is no so-called radical element
here, although all are union sup
porters.
There are no foreigners here. The
sheriff of Saline county, John Logs
den. agrees with local officials in dis
counting the probability of any trou-
BILE. He spent only half an hour here
last night, then went to his home In
Marshall His force consists Of two
deputies and one Office assistant. Act
ing on telephone advice of Gov. A. M
Hyde last night. he endeavored to en-
list a small force of deputies. but de-
clared he was unable to flnd persons
willing to serve.
Gov. Hyde; appealed to yesterday
by railroad officials for 100 soldiers to
be used as guards, indicated last
night he did not consider the situa'
ton warranted the use of troops.