New-York tribune., 1922-07-12
Four Meets
To-day to Avert
Strikes Spread

will take up the grievances Of tho
signalmen with the. various roads sepa-
rately, and then, II settlements cannot
be reached. ne will bring their entire
case before .he Labor Board for new
decision, a proceeding which would be
given the right Of way" Meanwhile,
the signalmen will work under pro-
test"
Beyond constituting somewhat OF a
disbursement 70 the shopmen, the
temporary settlement with the signal
men is not regarded as having any
vital bearing on the strike. as many
non-union signalmen are employed by
the various roads. These workers
chiefly care for the signal lights along
the rights Of way.
Violence Is Unchecked
The meeting between the "Big Four"
heads and the Association Of Railway
Executives tomorrow probably will be
held in the afternoon. Representing
the brotherhoods will be Warren s.
Stone. Of the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers; l.. Z. Sheppard, Of the
Order OF Railroad Conductors; W. G..
Lee. Of the Brotherhood Of Railroad
Trainmen, and d. B. Robertson, Of the
brotherhood Of Firemen and Engine
men. II is probable that 7. f. Cashea,
president of the Switchmen's Union Of
North America, also will be present.
7. De Witt Cuyler, Of New York. chair
man Of the executives association, will
be the chief spokesman for the rail
road managements, and has summoned
the heads Of many Of the large roads
10 the gathering.
Shooting. clubbing, dynamiting and
other forms Of violence marked the
progress Of the strike during the day.
The most serious trouble reported
was at the Alton shops at Bloomington
last night and early to-day, but there
we're conflicting versions as TO what
actually happened. Five companies OF
guardsmen are stationed there, and
one report was that they fred more
than 900 shots throughout the night
after being fred upon by two snipers
In a gully. This was denied by Colonel
A. L. Culberson, in charge Of the state
soldiers, who declared In an official re-
port that only four shots had been
fred, one Of them accidentally.
Strikers Crowd About Shops
Nevertheless, small boys picked up
numerous handfuls Of empty cartridge
shells near the shops this morning.
The strikers in a protest meeting de-
manded that the troops be recalled.
Only two shots were fred to-day, and
these likewise were recorded by Col
onel Culbertson as accidental"
Feeling among the Bloomington
townspeople ran high, and crowds Of
strikers hovered about the shops oil
day. This led the soldiers TO place
machine gun nests at strategic points
about the shops, and automatic rifles
protruded from many Of the windows.
Dynsmlting was reported from three
points, Paduesh, KY, where there was
on explosion in the Illinois Central
yards, and Mshonington and New
Castle, Pa, where several homes Of
strikebreakers were bombarded. An
official Of the Baltimore & Ohio re-
ported that special policeman Of the
road had been shot and killed on It's
property by a town policeman Of Will
lard, Ohio. Fist fights and clubbings
were reported from more than score
Of places throughout the country.
Several additional appeals for troop:
were made, but only one was acted
upon. This was the sending Of l5C
Kansas guardsmen 20 the Rock Island
shops az Herington. The Governor
Of Mississippi and Tennessee were
asked 10 send soldiers TO Hattiesbure
and Memphis, respectively, but took nS
action.
Mail Interference Grows
Increased interference with mai
trains was reported to the Postoihce
Department, leading Postmaster Gen.
eral Work TO send instructions to al
postmasters that they notify him
promptly Of any delays in transporta-
tion of tho mails resulting from the
strike. This action was taken after
tho Missouri, Kansas h Texas sent q
telegram 10 the Postmaster General
that three thousand miles Of railway
mail service on that road had been
thrown out Of operation by the strike
The Baltimore g. Ohio complained that
strikers at an Illinois town had pre-.
vented officials from making up mail
train, causing It's cancellation, and
similar report was given as the reason
for discontinuance Of q train at Fort
Worth, Tex.
whatever discouragement was felt
by the strikers over the signal mems
settlement was largely Offset By the
action Of E. II. Fitzgerald, president
Of the Brotherhood Of Railway and
Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers
and Express and Station Employees, in
calling strike OF the clerks on the
Norfolk & Western. They went out
during the morning.
In addition, the strike gained by the
walkout Of 10 molders, employed