Evening star., 1922-07-21
SEE FINISH FIGHT
AS RAIL PLAN FAILS
Failure of Conference at
Washington Wrecks Hopes
of Agreement.
300 TRAINS CANCELLED
Disorders Continue, More Troops
Being Called Out-Roads Re-
port Work Picking Up.
300 TRAINS CANCELLED
l'y the Associated Press.

l'y the Associated Press
CHICAGO, July 21.-The strike OF
railway shopmen today bore increas-
ing external appearances of a finish
hight between the union and the rail
heads, and speculation turned to what
might be the next step by the fed
eral government to keep I'D trans
portation-
An abortive conference at Wash
ington last night between several
railroad presidents and members of
the Senate interstate commerce COM
mittee only revealed strengthened
determination on the part Of the
railroads not to weaken in their
declination 10 grant demands of the
union men for reconsideration of the
instructions which abolish seniority
rights of the strikers and refuse
creation of boards of adjustment.
The conference also revealed that
IL was regarded as impracticable to
pass legislation to deal with the pres
ent strike.
Hooper Declines Comment.
Ben w. Hooper, chairman or the
Railroad Labor Board, and B. NJ, lew
ell, mead of the railway employees de-
partment of the American Federation
OF Labor and leader of the striking
shopmen, would not comment early
To-Day when informed by the Assocfat-
ed Press of failure of the Washing
ton conference to produce a hopeful
sign.
As the strike of the 800. 600 shopmen
rounded out its third week, it's effect
on transportation was becoming in
creasingiy evident. as reports from
ment Of nearly 300 trains and combfn-
ing OF numerous others. On the one
hand, however. were reports of addi-
tional replacements of strikers with
increasing efforts to safeguard them
Whiie, on the other. ranks of the
strikers were said by union chiefs to
have remained at full strenRr, e~6
the number actually out has b.sp III.
creased by walkouts in other dsnaft
| nlehts OF some railroads, tns lrtrs.
OF consequence being that By a.oeS
railroad.
More Violence Reported.
numerous reports of violence con-
tlnued to spread from Fresno, Calf
to Worcester. Mass, and additionai
troops were ordered out. making sew
en- states in which the national
guardsmen now are on duty. They
are ONO New Hampshire. Georgia,
fennSyIvania, Illinois and Kansas
strike ballots were ordered distrib-
uted TO clerks and freight handlers, on
the Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul
ral!foad, and clerks on the Chicago
and Northwestern today were await
ing the outcome of a conference be-
tween their chief. George A. Worrell.
ana Frank Walters, general manager
of the road
+. F. Brable, president of the main
tenance of way mems union. was in
Detroit today for conference of the
grand lodge of the organization The
conference fzl tn
whether the maintenance of way men
would follow President CRADLES peace
program.
In the additions yesterday to the list
OF trains annulled were these:
More Trains Cut.
Six locals of the Chicago and North
western operated in Iowa two of the
St. Louis and San Francisco between
birmingham and Memphis. six Wa
bash trains on the Cincinnati di-
vision, twenty local and suburban of
! the Northern Pacific at ST. Paul. two
Paul and Devils Lake. n. D.. and two
between Grand Forks and Fargo, y
d. Fifty per cent of the Northern
Pacific's service out of Duluth also
was added to the list.
Troops were asked of Gov. Kendall
to protect Chicago Great Western
! property at Oelweine, Iowa, and out
breaks at Concord, n. H.. caused the
governor to send state troops there.
| In Kansas state troops were placed
| on guard at Hoisington. North Caro-
! lima guardsmen are on duty at Rocky
| Mount and Aberdeen. Plans to re-
move troops from Waycross. Ga,
We're abandoned.
Guard Found Killed.
One death was included in the re-
ports of violence. 1t was that of
| railroad guard at Burlington. Kas. He
was found dead with one shell of his
shotgun exploded.
Three employees of the Texas and
! Pacific at Fort Worth were flogged.
| A non-union employe of the Erie at
| Rankin. ILL.,, was escorted out of town
/ and told not to return.
! Six men were in jail today at Au-
! gusta. Ga. charged with interfering
with the mails. II was alleged they
DELAYED an Atlantic Coast Line mail
| train by attacking car repairers.
Missouri Kansas and Texas rail-
road officials denied charges by f. NJ.
! Wilson. chairman of that roads strik-
| ing shopmen, that railroads purposely
were delaying mail trains 10 force
| calling out of federal troops.
Restraining orders and injunctions
were issued to the New York. New
| Haven and Hartford at New Haven,
| Conn: the Norfolk and Western at
| Cincinnati the Pennsylvania AT East
81. Louis. the Kansas City Southern
| at Fort Smith. Ark; the southern Pa
cific at sacramento. Calf, and the
! Union Pacific and Burlington roads al