Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1922, Page 1

Showers and thundersto! Temperature for 22 hou noon today: vesterday: Full report on page WEATHER. and probably tomorrow; not quite so warm tonight; cooler tomorrow. Highest, 89, at 2:30 p. lowest, 75, at 5 a.m. today. rms tonight rs ended at Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 11 Entered as secon d-class matter post oftice Washington, D. C. PUBLIC COMES FIRST, PRESIDENT’ TO COAL Agree f:)r Own Good, He Admonishes as Parley Opens. NO TIME FOR.SPIRIT OF WAR, HIS VIEW Unions And Operators Get Down to Work to End Tie-up. President Hardinz, opening the con- of bituminous and anthracite 11 eperators and officials of the United at the White House to- ise means of megotiating a ment of the nation-wide coal strike, both to arrive with promptness at an under- - your mutual good and the 's common good.” Coupled with his appeal and admoni- on the President uttered what was re- arning when he said that the operators and miners could not ~ettle this matter in a frank recogni- in of the mutuality of vour interests. then the larger public interest must be d in the name of the people where 1mon good is the first and highest parties irded as a Hoover and Davis There. < Hoover and Davis attend- ning meeting at the White He and after the President had ead his add; s to the conference it | as transferred to the Interior Depart- nent. where larger quarters were avail- We for the conferees. Secretary Fall ‘cined the meeting at the Interior De- Attorney General Daugherty end either meeting. ing note from the President. ~ had described the piight facing n of the suspension of work in the mines, tuated by a statement by At- cretars the ope General Daugherty, who said tment of Justice would not itself in the matter “for the President declared the present ime for the “militant note of :al” and reminded the confer- : that “toleration, fairness, the spirit - and take and finally a sense of obligations to the public are to successful conference.” Government Aid at Cal Yo are admonished to arrive at nding with measurable mong yvourselves,” he de- L “If the adjustment cannot be hed by you alone government aid Il be available at your joint call.” ' unde 1ptness nother pointed statement in the | ident’s addre as: “Labor has ight, capital has the right, and, ibove all else, the American public has right to be freed from the recur- g anxieties, not matter what the causes are. That freedom must be es- tablished Secretary Davis opened the meeting at the Interior Department with a short . and then turned the gavel over . Ogle, president of the National ation, the presiding officer. No Sign of Weakening. they gathered at the White as iouse there was no sign of weaken- ng in the opposing contentions of oal miners and coal mine operators. In informal discussion just before entering the executive offices the operators appeared a unit in declar- ing that no continuation of the cen- tral competitive field wage agree nient. which constitutes the semi-na. t 1 contract, would be allowed while John L. Lewis, president of the ted Mine Workers, and_his dis- sidents indicated they were insist on this. Lewis said the mine union rep- sentatives entered the comfere a spirit of ndor and good will adding that he hoped the present nference would bring about' a pre- ninary meeting to negotiate for a national contract, on which the miners insist Fifty in the Gathering. The total gathering at the White e numbered about fifty. with the ernment represented by Secre- Hoover and Davis. Secretary who also attended the confer- al the Interior Department, 1 the conferees when they went Interior Department bullding. ey General Daugherty, al- <h he W closeted with the resident for some time before the meeting opened at the White House, said the Department of Justice would not be concerned in the matter for the present. he bituminous operators withheld il the 1 minute the names of representatives who had formal ¥ from district and national TS to treat with the miners’ d the government. List of Operntors. Alfred M . Ogle. president of the ional Coal Association, was named kesman for the operators, with William Green, elected secretary of the conference. Mr. Lewis spoke for the miners. The list of operators’ representatives, made public as the convened at the White House, 1ssocia union an Mr. Ogle, president National Coal As- tion; James Needam. represent- na Coa] Operators’ Associ- oming Coal Operators’ Asso- H. N. Taylor, president South. Interstate Coal Operators’ ssociation; Daniel C. McAlpine, sresident Oklahoma Coal Operators’ \seociation: Ira Clemens, president | Kansas Coal Operators’ Association; Fdward C. Smith, president Towa Coal § ors’ Association: F. S. Pfahler, presenting lowa Coal Operators’ As- :iation: Rice Miller, president Illi- rois Coal Operators’ Association; W. (. Kavanaugh, president Fifth and Ninth Districts Coal Operators’ As- sation; H. C. Adams, president ¢ontral Illinois Coal Operators’ As- ciation: E. D. Logsden, vice presi- :nt Indlana Bituminous Coal Ope- .aters’ Association; J. B. Pauley, rep- resenting Indiana’ Bituminous Coal Cperators' Association; Hugh Shirkle, representing ‘Indiana Bituminous Coal iperators’ Association; Robt. M. Ran- i sident Michigan Coal Opera- ociation; E. M. Posten, repre- Southern Ohio Coal Ex; George M. Jones, represent- thern Ohio Coal Exchange; ell Gallagher, president Pitts- Vein Operators’ Association of . W. Guthrie, representing gh Coal Producers’ Associ- n Rose, representing Pitts- Coal Producers' Association i beginning of solution. Meanwhile, S WARNING CONFEREES TEXT OF SPEECH BY PRESIDENT AT COAL PARLEY The President, in his address to representatives of the coal operators and miners, said: “Gentlemen of the Coal Industry “I asked you to meet me here this morning with the’ thought that in bringing vou together 1 might be serving both the mine workers and the mine operators of the United States, and at the same time serve the great American public, to which both {vou and T are obligated. 1 Qold no | specific authority under which to ad- monish you, but I do have the right to invite your immediate attention to a situation which deeply concerns the | country, the solution of which vou collectively owe to the Amherican | people. “You who are here today represent a ‘large sponsorship for Amefica’s supply of fuel. _In that sponsorship you have an indissoluble relationship to the common weal of America. Coal is indispensable to our life as a peo- ple. and since this country has af- forded you the opportunity of devel- opment on your part. both as workers\ and operators, you have created, in turn, an obligation to serve. Con- flicting views as to your policies and your obligations to one another in no wise modify your obligations to that public which made possible your }industrial existence. Suspended Three Months. “Because of expiring agreements re- lating to wage scales and working conditions, a large percentage of the mining activities of the country have been suspended threer months to a day. It is not for me to touch upon the merits of your opposing posi- tions. T have not called you as a par- tisan of the mine-worker or the em- plover. I do not mean even to discuss a single phase of controverted ques- tions. The main point is to bring you together, and in that contact of men to men, mindful of the necessity of righteousness in any useful and abid- ing relationship, to have you frankly and fairly consider your problems in their relation to the welfare of our common country. ¥ “It is pretty generally recognized that there are fundamental difficul- ties in present-day coal production the solution of which is not to be found in an hour or a day of most friendly and earnest conference. The excess developement of a producing capacity, in both tomnage available, and miners to work it, has presented one situation demanding solution, or there will be inevitable loss of prop- erty interests and a train of unprofit- able employment. ‘The war upheaval and all attending inflations and ex- cess productions have left an inevita- ble and unavoidable liquidation. The intermittence in employment has| made it impossible for mine workers, who are only employed partial time, to pursue their trade at wage rates adjusted to other employments. No industry is soundly based, no Ame can activity can be held secure, where employment is compensated on a base of half-time or two-thirds of the normal, natural, work period of an American wage earner. Instability of Production. “There has been instabllity of pro- duction, attended by a failure of de- livery capacity, which had reflex in speculative prices and panicky con- ditions, which encouraged profiteer- ing. and menaced our industries and | hampered our varied public services. “Labor has the right, capital has the right, and, above all else, the| American public has the right to k* freed from these recurring anxieties, | no matter what the causes are. That freedom must be established. “The government has no desire to intrude iiself into the field of your activities. Tt does feel an obligation to see that the common American in- | terest shall not be menaced by a pro- tracted lack of fuel. It prefers that the two great and associated interests —mine workers and employers— should settle this matter in a frank recognition of the mutuality of your| interests. 1f you cannot do that, | then the larger public interest must be asserted in the name of the people, where the common good is the first and highest concern. “I have said that the fundamental problems probably cannot be solved in a hurried conference. But this con- ference might well devise the agency for effecting a solution. This is the! purnose of calling you together. th operations ought to ve resuimed. With diminishing _fuel suppliesi with menacing shortages as we turn to winter's approach, with unemploy- ment visiting its hardship upon idle mine workers and with vast owner- ship without return on investment, it would seem to be the simplest com- mon sense to find acceptable ground on ‘which to resume activities, with commitment to accept the righteous adjustments which may well be ex- pedited in common consent. No Time for Militant Note. “This 1s no time for the militant note of the radical who would prefer | to destroy our social system, no time| for the extremist who thinks the period opportune to break down or- ganized labor. The government has no ear for elther of them, but would| gladly lend its co-operation in curb- ing the extremes of both. More, tie government gladly tenders you its| g00d offices, in striving for righteous solution. It has no desire to partic| pate in a merely temporary make- shift. For the good of all the people the government craves a way to per- manent stability, _tranquility, and ample periods of ‘employment at just wages, righteous freedom for work- ers and righteous freedom for man- agement, and a secure frgedom for recurring menaces of suspended activ- itles. It Is not a question to what in- fluences dominate, who wins, who yields most in settlement. There is an indisputable justice in all rela- @he Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1922—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. IRISH REBELS LOSE MORALE AS MORE STRONGHOLDS FALL Free State Victories Provinces Follow Dub- lin Success. in SACKVILLE INSURGENTS DIRECTED BY VALERA London Confidence in Provisional Government Grows—Battle at Cork Predicted. By the Associated Press. | DUBLIN, July 1.—The provisional Free State government turned today to the task of clearing out the re- maining nests of insurgents, following the fall of the Four Courts, their chief stronghold. The surrender this morn- ing of more than fifty rebels, who had been holding out in the Chapel street area, was hailed as evidence that the morale of the republicans had been weakened by the yielding of Rory O'Connor and Liam Mellowes. two of their strongest fighting lead- ers. The menace still confronting not only Dublin, but the nation, was rec- ognized, however, and the dail min- ister of defense. in a proclamation to the troops of the national army, de- clared: “We put our hand to this fight in defense of the people’s will, and with your aid we will see it to a successful issue.” The proclamation praises the cour- age. forbearance and devotion to duty displayed by the troops in the course of battle ending with the reduction of the Four Courts. Other Victories Reported. More encouraging news was received from the provinces early today. includ- ing accounts of victories for the national troops in Buncrana and Letterkenny. The government is declared to be in control of the entire Tipperary area. As far Dublin is concerned plan of action against who have established themselves in he tels and other premises, will probab the assume the'form of an encircling move- in ment with intense fields of action certain areas. The total casualties in the three da fighting have not yet been ascertained. but it is estimated they will not greatly exceed 100, the fatalities being place at about forty. The next area to receive attention will probably be the Sackville street district, where the republicans last night took over & block of buildings, including the post office, and the Gresham, Granville and Hamman's hotels. The guests of leave, and were turned out into the de | serted. street carrying their belongings. Three other buildings on the same biock were occupied. De Valera in Charge. It is reported on good authority that monn De Valera is in personal charge of the Sackville area for the republicans, who are reported to be making elaborate preparations to re- pulse any attack, even breaking through the side walls in_order to connect all the buildings. This morn- ing the windows bristled with rifles. The ruins of the Four Courts were still blazing furiously thts morning. Nothing remains of the magnificent ture of the building. About fifty national troops wer buried in the debris when the e plosion rocked the Four Courts today says an official communication issued late tonight. All of them were wounded, thirty of them severely. No- body was killed by the explosion, which the communication charges, off a mine central hall. A leader of the irregulars, after he was taken prisoner, admitted, accord- explosion had the deliberate intention of killing the national troops, and expressed disappointment that the casualtjes were not greater. Flames Rout Troops. Fire started in the Four Courts at about 11:30 am. and at 3 p.m. the national troops were obliged to evacuate the front portion of the building. Later the spreading flames compelled them to withdraw into the street. The national troops ceased firing, owing to the flames, and the irregu- lar leader sent a message to the commandant of the attacking forces asking for terms. The reply was that the only terms were uncondi- tional surrender. This surrender oc- curred at 3:30. Before leaving the irregulars destroyed all their arms. The communique says that the prisoners total 170, including many of the well known leaders, among them Sean McBride, son of thd late Maj. McBride and Maud Gonne Me- Bride, and Austen Traynor. The casualties among the national troops were three killed and five of- ficers and fifty men wounded. Sniping persisted last night, but it had noticeably decreased,’ with the exception of outbursts when lorries or armored cars were traversing the streets. No Rebel Fatalities. Throughout the evening fierce flames were issuing from the Four Courts, which had been entirely de- stroyed. 1t was officially announced that there had been no fatalities among the irregular troops in the courts. An official statement issued last night from headquarters says: “There were no sixty pounders used at any time in the bombardment of the Four Courts. When the situation became hopeless, the irregulars ex- ploded some ground mines, causing a detonation which resulted in casua ties to over. thirty national troop: This explosion caused the conflagra tion which consumed the building and ultimately caused the irregutars to surrender. In no instance were artillery pleces beyond eighteen pounders used. “On Thursday twenty-five pound- fers were taken and 110 surrendered today at the courts.” tionships about which public opinion never fails to be right, and I invite, you to prescribe that relationship for} your mutual good and the country's common good. “You are admonished -to arrive at such understanding with measurable promptness, among yourselves. If the adjustment cannot be reached by you alone, government ald will_be avallable at your joint call We wish you who ‘best khow the way to solution to -reach it among your- selves, .in a manner to me the sanctioh of American public opinion. Failing in that the servants of the American people will be called to-the task in the name of American safety, An official proclamation issued last night prorogues the meeting. of the provisional parliament until July 15. Looters to Be Shot. Looters in Dublin will-be shot on sight by order of the government au- thorities. The commander of the na- tional army today issued the foliow: ing warning:- 3 “Owing to the looting of private and public pro) which has taken place in the city in the past few days, the troops have definite orders to shoot looters at sight.”” Drastic action, it is stated, will be taken againat persons who, under the pretense of being Red Cross workers Joutinued on Page 2, Column 3.) "~ (Continued on Page %) (Continued on Page 2, Colump 2) ! the irregulars, | several blocks east of the Four Courts, | the hotels were summarily ordered to | dome, which was a distingulshing fea- | was caused by the irregulars seiting | in the basement of the | ing to to the communication, that the | MENCANS SEIZ NEW L. AP Property Near Tuxtan Held for 10,000 Pesos Ransom by Bandits. The Palo Blanco camp of Penn- Mexican Fuel Company near Tuxtan, Mexico, has been raided by Mexican bandits under a Gen. Larraga and the property is hela for 10,000 pesos ransom, a message from Consul Shaw at Tampico to the State Department, sent late vester: d. The pay- ment was demanded by July 1, but no details of the raid were available, the message said. The Penn-Mexican Fuel Company is an American concern and the camp Teferred to v about.thirty miles west of the Tuxtan. The message did not say whether any Americans had been held by the bandits as security-for | the pavment demanded. v 400 Troops in District. An earlier mes | shaw said_he had j | veliably that 400 ~Mexican federal {troops” reachcd the Aguada district Iin the Tampico oil region on June 29, jand the consul believed that they |would be able to handle the situation [there. It was the Aguada camp of | the Cortez Oil Company which was { seized about week ago by the { bandit leader Gorozave. forty Ameri- cans employed at the plant being | held for twenty-four hours. It is not | { known whether Gorozave received the 15,000 pesos he demanded for the | release of this camp. % Charge Summerlin at Mexico City lalso advised the State Department | today of the steps taken by the Mex- ican government to suppress banditry |in the oil flelds. He said Minister Pani had handed him yesterday an nformal note comtaining the text of instructions sent by the government Shanchez, commanding in the Tampico region, directing urgently that the activities of Gorozave be suppressed. Third in Series. The raid against the Palc Blanco camp in the Tuxpam district is the first incident in the new series of bandit operations to come outside of the Tam- i pico ofl fleld. It also adds the name of another new bandit leader to the roll of “generals” who appear to be levying tribute on foreign-owned oil properties {in Mexico. The new raid is the third lof the same character to be reported | during the week and the State Depart- ment has no information as yet to show whether payments demanded by the bandits have been made in any case. | There is also no indication as yet that leither the property seized and held a few | hours in each case was damaged in any way or that any injury was done to the foreign employes held captive by the | bandits. The quick repetition of the raids ap- parently has aroused the government at | Mexico City to the serious consequences which might flow from these operations and injure the chances of the Obregon | government of obtaining diplomatic rec- | ognition by the United States. The in- structions sent to the Mexican com- | mander_in the Tampico region were viewed here as indicating a determina- |tion to reassemble in the oil regions | sufficient troops to make further ban- ditry improbable on any large scale. 'FIVE SH|PS RUSH T0 DOCK WITH 7,000 IMMIGRANTS | | | Race to Land Before July Quota Is | Filled Starts at One Minute " Past 12 AM. i NEW YORK, July 1.—More than 7.000 emfgrants from south Europe { packed the bows and forecastle decks iof five steamships that, started their |dash through Ambrose channel for { Quarantine promptly at one minute ! past 12 o'clock this morning to land ;men- passengers before the new July | quotas were filled. The Conte Rosso, i from Naples, ! reached her goal first, the President ‘Wilson arrived next, followed by the Vestris, King Alexander ‘and Argen- tina. Officials at Ellis Island predicted | that it would be 6 o'clock tonight be- fore the last of the newcomers would be landed. | A special board has been appointed { by Secretary of Labor Davis to sit at Ellis Island to pass on the admissi- bility of aliens during the coming pe- riod, when an un unexpected rush of immigration to the Unifed States is expected, beginning last night at mid- night. Secretary Davis expects to cut down materially the number of appeals to his personal decision on immigration cases, with which he has been flooded for the past year, by means of this board. g VOTERS BAN SUNDAY GOLF. WELLINGTON, Kans, July 1— Voters in a special election here yes- terday declared agalnst Sunday golf. Sunday base byl and Sunday lawn tennin Q BY THE TIME YOU'RE READY = Don Street Down Tools, Clothes and Go Strikers at Ivy City Repair Shop Quit in Unusually Good Humor—Coax Others to Join, Unmolested by Rail Police. Peacefully, and withoyt any sem- blance of disorder, 250 shopmen from the Ivy City repair shop of the Wash- ington Terminal Company, and the coach yards, north of the union sta- tion, laid down their tools a few minutes after 10 o'clock this morning. They quietly rolled up their work- ing clothes, put on their street clothes and walked down the tracks toward the coach yards, where they were joined by men in the coach yards of the company. Had any one not heen looking .for a_strike, would have appeared that the men were ‘quftting their regular shifts. The strikers were in an unusually good humor, derhaps boosted some- what by the several millions of dol- lars* which they say they have in their treasury ready to be paid out to the mren to support them while they are pushing their cause. At various points along the line of march they stopped to talk to an emplove or two, and went through the cars in the coach yards looking for men who might not have heard the call. Where ever a new striker ‘was added to the group a great cheer went up. Unmolested by Police. They were unmolested by railroad police. In fact, none was observed during the period from the time the strike started up until noon, when the men were still in the yards, in- creasing their strike force. Leaders of the strikers sald that they had not observed any police since those who appeared at the Ivy City shops last night were a bit shaken up. One of the strike leaders said that he had observed one or two “cake-eater” po- lice, but they haven't said a word to the ‘striking men. Apparently no plans were made to bring in strikebreakers, as the shops closed down immediately the strike was called, and the strikers did not see any one on hand to take their places. They expressed confidence that no strikebreakers would be brought in, and pointed out that the material of the railroad company is in a par- ticularly bad shape, and will not stand running for any length of time with- out danger of serious accidents. The men further say that they have not had sufficient help to keep the mate- rial in good condition, and this is one of their grievances. because when something happens they have to an- 1| according to the union claim, will not swer, and they are never given time to do the necessary work. Cars are in such demand that the road officials. permit them to stay in the shops long enough to be safely and completely repaired. No Pickets Established. No attempt was made to establish pickets around the railroad property. but one union leader said that this matter would be taken up this after- noon at the meeting which is being held at 3d street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. The men are particularly proud of the fact that there was no disturb- ance or disorder following the walk- out, -and if the union leaders here have their way there will be no dis- order: during® the period which the strike may last. The leaders and muny of the mei who talked with a reporter for The Scar today said they realized that they would retain pub- lic sympathy to a greater extent if they maintained order, and they pro- posed to do it as far as it is within' their power. The day shift in the Ivy City shops and the coach yards walked out nea 1y 100 per cent strong. The blac smiths did walk out 100 per cent strong. When 10 o'clock came today and the men laid down their tools, there remained on duty eight machin- ists, one helper, four electricians, two tinners and one pipe fitter. The ma- jority of these men, according to the strikers, were old men, and they did not'urge them too strongly, although they said that one or two of this group was “yellow,” meaning they refused tc join with them. The men. while complaining some- what of the hardships under which they have to work, would return to work if they could obtain 87 cents an hour and time and a half for over time. The Washington Terminal sought to reduce them to 60 cents an hour some months ago, but the rail board raised this to 70 cents and only straight time for overtime. The work is hazardous, the men point out, and they cannot work for less and main- tain an American standard of living. Long before 10 o'clock, railroad men on the night shifts gathered on the T street bridge and watched for the signal. All expressed confidence that by nightfall, there would be 100 per cent walkout here. These groups on the bridge, most of whom came in automobiles and parked them on the bridge. were orderly and many of them said that they did not look for any disturbanc CALLS RESERVISTS HERE T0 ORGANIZE A formal call was issued today for a convention here in September of reserve officers of the Army to organize the Re- serve Officers’ Association of the United States. It is signed by a group of re- serve officers, headed by Acting Secre- tary Roosevelt of the Navy Department, who is a colonel of infantry in the Re- serve Corps. While the arrangement of the pro- gram of the convention under the call is left wholly to the organization com- mittee at the time of the meeting. the general purpose Is to create a nation- wide association of reserve officers which is expected to play a definite part in future military legislation, particu- larly legislation and appropriations dealing with the amount of training to be provided annually for such officers. All present organizations of reservists or organizations in which reserve offi- cers are prominent were invited to se- Ject delegates, whose names, the call advises, should be sent to the chief of Staff of the Reserve Infantry Division within the area of which the re- ists are assigned. ®G¢ is contemplated that each di- visional area of the organized reserve shall be represented at the Washing- ton convention:by five delegates, and in order to make sure that full rep- resentation is present at the conven-. tion from all parts of the oountry provision is made for the naming of ten alternates for each area. Where not a sufMicient number of nomina- tions - for delegates are recelv y any divisional chief of staff that official is authorized to use his own dlscretion in designating reserve offi- cers who are.willing to attend. All_reserve officers, regardiess of the branch of the service to which they are assigned, Will be eligible {:r pointment a8 egates, and . 1l asserts that the major pur- national organization of those “whose of the meeting is to form a nnrrou is the advancement of the Hita: 1 of the United States o expretssd in the mptiomal defense act of 1920, which oreated the ‘one Army’ plan to include the regulars. Natlonal Guard and organized re- serva” Lty s gl MAYGET CONGRESS T0 SETTLE STRIE President Feels Labor Board’s Problem Is Legis- lative Responsibility. BY DAVID LAWRENCE., President Harding feels that since the United Stages Railroad Labor Board is the ire of Congress, any defects in its structure must be corrected by the legislative body. This is another way of saying that if the railway shopmen flout the authority of the board and con- tinue their strike, the responsibility for making the decisions of the labor board respected lies with Congress. And the House of Representatives has just adjourned until August 15. The country is faced with industrial war- fare and the ill effects of a coal strike, already prolonged beyond expectation. The government's effort to settle the coal controversy is likely to be success- ful, though the exact formula is as yet by no means certain and the govern- ment is for ‘the moment feeling its WaY. 5 Absorbed in the settlement of the coal strike, the government is none the less aware that the strike on the railroads involves a greater principle. In the case of the coal disputants the gov- ernment really has no legal power or authority and is purely a voluntary mediator. - In the railroad controversy the gov- Smen e “President Bimeelt, when fluence. o Lenf a3 en member of the Senate, voted to i:m a provision in the law which would strikes unlawful. This was not adopted. There is, therefore, no for violating the decislons of the States Railroad Labor Board. « Velce of Government. Much significance, however, may be al 10 2 White House declaration e tnally aited Member of the use for repul Paper and also t Al rights dispatches | The Associated Press s exclusively entitled to credited to it or not otherwise credited in this the Associated Press iblication of all news dispatches he local news published hereln. of publication of speeial herein are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 85,868. TWO CENTS. 2,000 Local Workers Lay Down Tools and Join Strike. VACANCIES FILLED AS UNION MEN LEAVE Terminal Company Hires Strikebreakers—N. Disorders Occur. Without any apparent disorder ap- proximately 2,000 of the 2500 rail- road shopmen emploved in the Wash- ington terminal and other railroad yards in and near the District walk- ed out promptly at 10 o'clock today simultaneously with the 400.000 rail- road shop craftsmep. who went on strike throughout the United States. Officlals of the local unions claim that the strike here is per cent effective, and predict that by tonight, when the night shifts are scheduled to report for work, virtually all of the union workmen will augment the ranks of the strikers. Washington | terminal officials, however, have not | yet compiled any figures as to how | many empl es went on strike, but believe the union's figures are about correc > Immediately after the workmen in the Washington terminal and other local yards laid down their tools strikebreakers were employed to fill the vacancies by the railroad officials, while at the same time approxim ly 200 men were hired to act as cial officers to protect the railroad property. J. F. Tonge, superint.nd. of the Washington terminal, indica that the position be filled as soon of the strikers will nossible, either by emploving addi I men or th transferring of men already in th service who desire the positions Transportation Unaffected. So far as could be ascertained the strike as yet has had no effect on the arteries of transportation leading into | and out of Washington. If the rail- | road officials are successful in filling | the positions of the men who walked | out they are confident that there will | be no interruption in either the pas- | | senger or freight ser Approximately 1.000 of the men who walked out were employed in the | Ivy City yards. According to union officials, only three men are working | in these yards. Seven hundred of the workmen at these yards laid down their tools at 10 o’clock this morming, while the remaining 300 quite last| night at midnight. All but about fifteen of the 250'shop craftsmen on the day shift in the Eckington vards walked out precisel at 10 o'clock this morning. Union | ficials are confident that the night shift of 250 men at these vards will| rot report for work this afternoon. Quit Without Disorder. One of the most unusual incidents in connection with the strike 4s that| there was no disorder of any kind.| When the clock hands pointed to 10§ o'clock, the men laid down their tools | | and quietly walked away in small groups. William H. Johnson. president of the International Association of Ma- chinists, expressed -the opinion that the nation-wide strike would be 98 per cent effective on all the railroads with 100 per cent on a majority of the roads. “We are prepared for a siege,” de- clared Mr. Johnson The big chief of the machinists’ union expressed the belief that the strike would last at least three months and probably nine. “The | men,” he sald, “are fully prepared for the continuation of the strike for three months.” Trains Leave as Usual. P. J. Conlon, first vice president of the International Association of Ma- chinists, who has been assigned by | President Johnson to direct the ac- tivities of the strikers in the eastern sections of the United States. includ- ing Washington, said that reports to him at noon today showed that 97 per cent of shop craftsmen in the Washington terminals and other local | vards and the Potomac vards and the | Southern railway shops had walked | out. Except for several small crowds of striking employes who congregated | in the waiting room of the trainshed | of the Union station and on a vacant | 1ot east of the station, there was no | evidence that a strike was in prog- | ress at the great railway terminal. | Trains arrived and departed on time and the passengers apparently took no cognizance of the fact that the workmen had left their posts. 650 Quit in Alexandrin. Precisely at 10 o'clock all the shop- workers in the Southern and Potomac railroad yards at Alexandria, num- bering about 650 men, dropped their tools and_stopped work today. There was no disorder at either place, the men going to the Carpenters and Joiners' home, where a closed meet- ing was held. H. S. Tichester, president of the Shop Federation, presided. and after committees had been appointed the meeting adjourned until a later date for further discussion. ‘Workers at the Southern yards af- fected by the strike included boiler- makers, pipe fitters, mechanics, black- smiths, iron and metal workers, car repairers and electricians with their helpers, which takes in roundhouse, shops and coal chute men. The same occurred at the Potomac yards, about two miles north of Alex- andria, where approximately 300 men, white and colored, were affected. ‘Will Keep Trains Moving. R. M. Colvin, vardmaster at the Potomac yards, said to a representa- tive of The Star today that opera- tions would be pontinued as usual at the yards and that everything pos- sible’ will be done to keep freight movihg as was done in 1919, when a similar walkout occurred. The freight, he said, would be handled and things will be kept moving. When asked whether or not the railroad companies had made any provisions to replace the strikers Mr. Colvin declared no action had been taken and probably railroad otficials await developments before taking any steps. Seorge. Buddin, superintendent . of the Washington division of the South- ern railway, with offices in Alexan- dria, said this morning' that the few yard people who remain on duty will continue to keep the trains moving and operations will be continued as usual. Mr. Buddin said further that thus far no provision had been made to A1l the places of the men who walked out. “Until something definite is done,” he said, “the men remaining will 'do_their level best to see that trains are kept moving.” i [ | | jance under subpoena ! the board lone by {announced that they [RAIL STRIKE STARTS AS SHOP CRAFT MEN OBEY ORDER TO QUIT Nation-wide Reports Indicate General Response to Call. MAINTENANCE MEN DELAY UNTIL JULY 3 Halt Walkout Pending Efforts to Obtain Settlement. he Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 1.—Thousands of way shopmen dropped their tooly today to join the nation-wide call is. sued by the international presidents of the six shoperafts unions. Early reports indicated that shop mechanicy nd their helpers from the New Eng- land roads to the western transcon- tinental lines were generally joining the walk-out, with about 50,000 al. ready reported to have actually quif work at midday While there was no way of com- piling accurate figures which mighi be all-inclusive, dfspatches from points scattered from Boston Kansas City showed that the stri had taken effect in shops on nearly all the important roads of the east and middle west. ra Shopmen in the western states were expected to join the secession- movement as the zero hour. 10 o'clock, arri in their territories The strike call sanctioning black. &miths, boilermakers, sheet metal workers, electrical workers, ma 1anists and carmen to stop work at 10 am., local time, toda was issued Thursday night aft a ballot by the 400000 shop workerg had shown, according to union offis 96 per cent in favor of striking Not more than 350.000 mechunics and helpers were actually at work however, according to latest govern- ment figures, although the unions total membership was allowed 13 vote, man shopmen being temporar. ily laid off. One-Fourth at Chicago. Approximately 100,000 shopmen— one-fourth of the entire number—arq employes of railroad shops in Chicage and environs. 3 B. M: Jewell. head of the railway employes’ department of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, who, with lofiicials of the various shop crafts defied summons to appear before the United States Labor Board yesterda: a last effort to avoid the strike, suc- cessfully avoided subpoenea servers during the night after the board is- sued a writ calling upon him to ap- pear at the close of vesterday's con- ference. Efforts to locate him were fruitless until after midnight, when he was found at a hotel. where he had met with his chairmen and cos sidered hundreds of telegrams re. garding the strike. He declined tg comment on the situatio In his uitimatum Jewell told rail executives that the only avenue peace was for the railroads to ignore the decision of the Labor Board slashing $60,000,000 from the wagej of shopmen today and to restore ruleg governing overtime pay and workin, conditions, along with an agreemen to discontinue the system by whick several roads farmed out work ts | contractors. “Blood on Jewell's He Declaring that the “blood was on Jewell's own head,” Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the Labor Board, who led the way to a peaceful settlement of the threatened strike of trainmen las| October, said Jewell's belated appear- could not at such a late hour result in any re- versal of the strike order in time tq prevent a suspension of work. Railway executives who answered summons and appeared a) vesterday's conference virtually re- roved one of the strike issues when one, many of them whost roads had been following the practice, would abolisk the contract system in their shops The board in several cases brough) by employes against the roads rul that the carriers were violating pro- ions of the transportation act in farming out work to contrac.ors. Railroad officials declared that thy public would scarcely be aware of the walkout except through reading about it. Transportation would con- tinue uninterrupted. they asserted and in some centers it was indicated is. Shoperafts Act Alone. Definite word from headquarters of the maintenance of way employes al Detroit early today that the track workers would remain at work untiy July 3, at least, pending conferences left the shops crafts alone in the walkout today. In pledging itself to abolish the contract system, the New York Cen tral made its agreement only as means of .avoiding a strike. Counse| for the road asserted that the New York Central Lines consider the prac- tice legal. __The following table, prepared frow information supplied by the feder ated shopcrafts, indicates the num ber of men in each craft schedulef to_go on strike at 10 o'clock today: International Association of Ma chinists, 60,000; International Broth. erhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Sh builders and Helpers of America 15.000: Amalgamated Sheet Metaf Workers' International Alliance. 11.. 000: International Brotherhood o Blacksmith, Drop Forgers and Help ers of America, 10,000: Internationa Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 12,000; Brotherhood of Railway Car men of America, 160.000; repairmen not included in above, 110,000, ap prentices, 20,000. Some Hope Left. Although eleventh-hour efforts by the Railroad Labor Board to prevent a shopmen’s strike apparently ha failed. some hope of accomplishmeni toward forestAlling strikes of othe classes of railway workers was seet as a result of yesterday's conferencq Three of the ten union chiefs whi were summoned before the board pi in their appearances when the meet. ing convened. They were: E. F. Grable, president of th maintenance-of-way employes; E. Fitzgerald of the railway clerks ant freight handlers, and D. W. Helt of the signal men. ) Timothy Healy, head of the oiler: and stalonary engineers, who refuse( to attend the meeting until servec with 2 subpoena, issued at thé sams time the Jewell writ was ordered said that 8,000 of the 25,000 member: of his organization were voting striky ballots returnable July 10. ~Mn Grable, it was pointed out, might l:‘ sume the same role in the prese: situation that was played by W. a rainmen, when a genera; Lee, president of the Brotherhood ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 2, Rallroad