Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1922, Page 4

v (OAL SHORTAGE One Year Full Operation Necessary to Restore Normal Fuel Surplus. HOPE FOR END OF STRIKE Government's Distribution System Under Full Speed Ahead—Ex- pect to Avoid “Drastic Action.” While high hopes for early settle- ment of the coal strike are by the adi jon, av necessity action” by hinted at. <toppage in to keen the wovernment tion machinery busy for a long period. 1w ed ofilcinlly for administration yesterday that the an racite strike would reach its climax in less than a week. At the same { however, it was pointed out that nment information ind an ex- of 20.000.000 tons. of resorting the goverr results of production the pra e e b1l distribu- isting shortage which could not be made up within a year's time. The most recent re- it was ports on bituminous production, Sdded, show that with full operation estored the normal surpius could not be in storage until next April Adjusting Price Question. With these conditions in mind coal vcommittee, ¢ overnment agency in ullotme al priorities n the strike e ccording to Fuel Distributor S \s mapping out its course 5o : t the price question to meet any n of events in the producing fields. The committee will promptly close the priority door, he said. on any producer Wwho fails to conform to the Hoover fair-price schedules The central committ that pledges of with the federal en from Sney ope sriained | | i ! | i [ the ! | years, | been a minister of the Christia den | bride, n wixter of Gen. Francis | prominent member of the church. Fugitive Canton the stat r 4 ¥ - ;1::;.|‘\‘1"\.' anization we ming 1 IJ‘J(I(Ier Expe(‘t()’l Railway Gets A"‘le Tons. i’ o T T commietion ot New! @t Shanghai. Tael mee ClitiSupporters Deny the ne: to handle emergency A priority 1 for the Ce Jersey has already from the committee, son it wits stated Contact with the state of Mississippi formed today when Gov. Billo ation thit ailroad com- STRIKING TRAINMEN ORDERED TO WORK First Page.) nued fro by officers of that union ion is not affiliated with an Federation of Labor. was made The orzar he Ameri QUIT MISSOURI PACIFIC. 300 of Big Four Strike, Protesting Use of Guards. Iy the Associated Pre 1ML, August 12— members of the big four brotherhoods at Dupo. 111, near here, strike today, following a mass meeting last night when the men decided to refuse to continue work until guards employed by the Missouri Pacific railroad have been removed. Three unidentified men exchanged shots with citizens and v marshals at Dupo late yes- ¥. At the same time, it was sald, about fifty shots were fired from the Missouri Pacific roundhouse. were on John Kusmal and his wife being struck by stray bullets and injured slightly John Wade, a roundhouse guard, was arrested in connection with the shooting. DENIES 1,100 VOTE STRIKE. C., M. & St. Paul Official Declares «Big Four” Men Are Working. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, 1L, August 12-—Reports that 1,100 brotherhood men of the Ch cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul raiiroad had voted to false today by B. P. Greer, vice pres! dent of the road. “Reports of a contemplated strike among our trainmen and enginemen | are absolutely false,” Mr. Greer sald “There is no such action contemplated as far as I know. and I am positive that I would know something about it if a strike had been voted. “Every train of ours entering Chi- cago arrived this mornine practically on time. All our switch engines are operating in the vards at Milwaukee,” Mr. Greer sald. 1t was reported from Milwaukee that the brotherhood men on the Mi waukee division of the road had first ordered their members to quit work at 1 o'clock this morning, but later | set the time at 11 o'clock. REPLY IS GUARDED. Rail Heads Said to Have Accept- ed Conditionally. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, 2.—Eight | rail executives, headed by T. De Witt Cuyler, today were en route for the | White House to deliver to President Harding the reply of the A of Railway Executives to plan for settiement of the rail strike. The language ,of their message, framed at yesterday's conference o 150 transportation chiefs in New York. was zealously guarded. From authoritative sources, it was learned, however, that the message was neither unqualified acceptance no rejection of the plan put forth at the White House, but a conditional ac- ceptance which, Mr. Cuyler declared the committee “hopes will be well received by both the President and the country.” Will Onfy Take Needed Men. The reply expresses accord with the | view of the administration that the Railroad Labor Board's jurisdiction must be the foundation for any set- tlement of the strike. Then, to eliminate any misunder- standing as to the meaning of Pres- ident Harding's suggestion that the striking shop crafts men be returned to their old positions, the reply stipu- late: “That the roads will give jobs to only as many of the strikers as may be re- aquired to bring shop forces up to nor- mal, thus insuring the jobs of loval em- ployes and new men acquired since the strike began. “That strikers who are rehired must return as new men, with the under- standing that their claims to unimpaired seniority rights shall later be submitted to the Railroad Labor Board for de- cision. Eight on Committee. The membership of the committee which will deliver to President Hard ing the rail executives’ reply follows: Thomas DeWitt Cuyler, chairman, Association of Railway Executives; Howard Elliott, chairman, Northern Pa- cific Rallway Company; Hale president, Ch et strike were branded as | ciation | his latest ; i Army Has Been En-| tirely Crushed by Chen. § B the Asstated Press i LANGHAL Aug 12 —sun Yat- i Geposed president of the South iChing who fled from Canton two i his way to Shang- the presidency i the Peking ad- according to Sun’e rep- here Chen. Op- ha ed t rive en ! here tomorrow on the liner Empres ! from Hongkong He fled two days ago. lis personal repre- sentative hed here ten days g Canton, declared that he from conferring with representa- t factions at Peking = to disclose their identity, or to make any flat state- ment as to Sun’'s purposes, he ad- i mitted that the presidency of China might be offered to his ¢ i May to Peking S He added that Sun Yat-Sen might soon leave for Peking, a step which dent Li Yuan Hung has been € the southern leader to take some time. | Chen pointed out that Gen. Wu ! Pei-fu, whose military campaign cleared the way for the reconvening of the old republican parliament at tives of domina and, while refus i i | Wu Pei-fu_had been comuni- cating with Sun Yat-Sen, but he re- fused to admit or deny that any ne- gotiations had been carried on with Gen. Wu's representatives. Supporters of Sun scout the truth £ reports of the defeat of his armies round Shiuchow. the decisive engagement | been fousght. Declare Armies Crushed. Sun's opponents y assert that he is ted, and say that he ning here as fugitive from Canton, {ana dismiss linking of his name witk i the presidency. CANTON, August 1 | of Gen. Chiung Ming issued a bulletin { foday, saying that Sun Yat-Sen's forces | bave been driven out of Kwantstung | | that has not in —Headquarters province, and that Sun’s northern army surrendering or fleeing across < borde: either i nes: W. L. Mapother, president, Louis- and Nashville Railroad Company; “"Atterbury, vice president, Penn: | syivania 1 'C. H. Markham, presi- ! dont, Tlinois Central Raflroad Company, nd ‘A. H. Smith, president, New York lines. { Central % RAIL TIE-UP THREATENS. é!‘ar West Particularly Affected by | Activities of “Big Four.” v the Associated Press. CHICAGO, .August 12.—The strike lof rall shop crafts employes had | fadopted a still more threatening as- pect Lnda. the walkout entered 1 venth week. Paralysis of rai road transportation in various sec- tions, particularly the far west, northwest and southwest, threatened ¢ “Big Four” brotherhood men aban- doned work or called meetings to Sider quitting in protest against -e of armed guards on ralil- oad properties, or against handling legedly defective equipment. The| rainmen’'s walkout started ~ when crews tied up transcontinental Santa | Fe trains in the California and Ari- ona_deserts and freight traffic on pres the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern. outer belt line for the Chicago. steel and shipping districts, and ually had i taken on importance during the last twenty-four hours. Clerks Get Sanction. Switchmen joined enginemen, fire- men, condactors and brakemen in pro- test’ against working where troops, deputy United States marshals and other guards were on strike duty at former trouble centers. Clerks on the Santa Fe coast lines were authorized to walk off their jobs if they consid- ered conditions unsatisfactory. | Southern Pacific firemen joined the walkout, tying up limited passenger trains at Ogden, Utah. Members of the big four brother- hoods in Texas were called to meet at Waco tomorrow to determine what to do. They previously voted to strike, but were held on their jobs. The added menace came as railroad heads who met in New York prepa: ed their reply to President Hardin, proposals for ending the shopmen's strike, which began July 1, and shop- men's leaders at Washington were ex- pected to render their reply to Pre dent Harding’'s “final” peace proposal Trainmen's Strike Spreads. Early today the trainmen's strike had spread until it affected, among other roads, the Illinois Central at Memphis,” the Louisville and Nash- ville <t Evnnlv"le.blnd- and. Modi- 3, T taz e CUPID DEFIES AGE. eighty years, and Mrs. ied in Los Angelen, ¢ Drake, fori Peking, could reunite the country at one stroke, by tendering the presi- dency to Sun. Mr. Chen admitted | They declare that | " THE E fet J. Kirham, eighty-three . Tecently Rev. Hay has (L years. T r Governor of lowa, ix a ominati \Presidency of United China May Be Offered Sun Yat Sen | | | KEYSTONE.. SUN YAT-SEN. A number of members of the provin- | cial assembly have dispatched a request to Tang Shao Yi at Shanghai asking him to accept the governorship of Kwangtung. Tang already has been offered the premiership in the administration. It has been learned that Sun - | Sen desired to Leave Canton aboard n American warship, but the in- { formation was conveyed to him un- flicially t he could not do s¢ junless his life was in danger. It was said unofficially that the ers at Canton offered to take Sun to Hongkong but he declined and went aboard the British gunboat Moorhen. Only Five In Part. Sun had planned to take of eight other supporters with him to Hongkong, and thence to Shang. hai, but the Moorhen had accommo- dations only for five. The other meen if the irregular wages were not forthcoming. but Admiral Wen, com- manding the Chinese neutral squad- ron near here, is sald to have molli- fied them. Robert S. Norman, an American. who is Sun's legal adviser, also was held by the Wing Fung's crew for a short time It is belleved here that the defeat of his army in the north and the be- lief that his life was in danger if he remained longer at Canton were the incentives that prompted the de- posed southern leader to flee. An_immediate revival of business :‘n Canton followed Sun Yat-Sen's igh Grande, the Wabash at Moberly, Mo.; the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line at Pocatello, Idaho, and Salt Lake City and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas. Strike threats are increasing from brotherhood men who actually oper- ate trains. Lull in Outbreaks. Sporadic outbreaks Thursday in connection with the rail strike were followed by a lull, but Bloomington, 311, where troops are still on guard, returned to the trouble map when C. ! J. Krauss, a foreman in the Chicago {and_ Alton shops, was seized by masked men, taken to the outskirts of the city, heaten to unconsciousness and left by the roadside. Reports of a heavy explosion near the Mississippl Central railroad shops at Hattiesburg, Miss, came from Jackson. An eastbound Alabama and Vicks- burg passenger train was halted at Jackson and passengers transferred to Illinois Central trains. Reports of a clash between guards and switchmen at Meridian, Miss., were said to have been responsible for the transfer. ROADS DROP SCHEDULES. Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Hard Hit by Tie-Up. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, August 12— Transcontinental traffic, passenger and freight, in the far western divi- sions of two main rail systems, the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific, was disorganized today so badly that 2-Hour Auto Ride —in_ful} 7-passenger car around Rock Oreek Park and Speedway, only $6. Phone Columbia 10000 Ten Thousand ‘Wardman Park Hotel Taxi_Service | commander of the Japanese destroy- | party | L o ENING STAR, VVASH[NGTOA\;, D. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1922, |scheduled service virtually had been abandoned. A third trunk line, the Union Pacific, was threatened with a similar condition. These wers developments of the rapid spread yesterday of sporadic walk- | outs of engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen, which began Thursday on the Santa Fe in southwestern Cali- fornia and Arizona. The members of the “big four” brotherhoods sald they jleft thelr posts because of their ob- ijection to armed guards stationed on rallroad property., The union also charged that the equipment they ‘were moving was not in the best condition, and they considered it hazardoud to take it out. 1 exec- | lutives declared the guards were| |necessary to protect the roads, de- inied that the guards were (inter- fering with union workers and con- llr;dhn d the assertion that equip- lmm’lt unsafe. | Conferences Fail. Conferences betwcen union officials and rail executives had horne no re- sult early toda { Meanwhile, with muny trains with- drawn, several, including some crack | tranecontinental limiteds, were stall- | ed In torrid desert spots in Arizona or California. The Southern Paci bargo on the shipme: other perishable freigt “Ogden gateway.” The We fic announced a similar er tive within twenty-four h wd for the « 1 an em- | stock or | the | 1l on con- i today publishes a report men and yardmen empl Pacific ut Oaklund s and Winnemucca, at midnight. New Crew Revolts, The passen oa the West- | ern Pacific was interrupted carly when train No. 3, bound from Salt L to San Francisc stopped in the station at Oroville, « when the new crews at the Givi fused to take r places. | Pacitic train, bound Francisco, was halted Calif., when the crew On the Union Pacific from San Stockton, rted., seemed a | solid block to traffic set by the | refusal of firemen Bernardino, | Calif., to take out trains on that road's | line from Los Ange to Sait Lake City. The chief blocks on the rouds were | as follow to move trains Harstow, besides hlockis bound traffl line bttw Francisco. On the of firemen iparalyzed t ack wre reported | the rezular procec firemen.” “without | Claims Engincer Wax Attacked. | An official brothérhoods at walkout at Need! which rated the series, was precipi an attack on an eng who later was At Fre. both the Southern Pacific |Fe were to mect today 1o whether they would wall on 1 Fe Zua ted left Is tived reason ht fusilla ; nien said “promiscuous shoot- ing” was the re walked out and a ro one A return to work “hefore maorning At Trescott, Ariz. on the line fram Phoenix to the Santa Fe's main trans- | continental lin brotherhood men quit last night i) rds Removed. nable s were removed from the ern Pacific shops at Roseville, Cu Which has been the scene of disorde and a smaller number of guards | dismissed at Tracy. s mento and other point threatening situation announcement of L. trict chairman of the Locomotive Engincers cisco. Growers of fruit in the tion, alarmed by the | ment “to transporiau L Brott at I'resno sec sudden impedi n time { approaching t* { meeting to con ing the prospec ing of unmoved frui Banks at Fresno ir planned a der meins of avert- | loss due to spoil- | stricter | | four were left aboard Sun's cruiser jPolicy in regard to nei fruit | Wing Fung. and later were seized | Shipments. Fruit men said continued | as hostages by the Wing Fung's |1ack of transportation would mean a | crew, when the latter learned th + 1 $50,000,000 loss to their industry. | Sun had fled, leaving their wages | in_arrears. QUIT “FIRELESS COOKERS."” The men aboard the Wing Fung S even threatened to bombard Canton | gy e Assclated I ore e Sha. | P2 the Asoclated Press. 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August 12— Expressing his conviction that the n of the United States Railroad Labor Roard in “trying to force com- pulsory arbitration down the throats of labor” had compelled the railroad workers of the United States to defy | James Mur- the laws of that country. k, ministe E told a meet- ing of Vancouver < last night he thought the strik; ation in the United States wa revolution in| the guise of a strike | The men, he were being coerced to work under conditions which made them reluctant to work, d_this was som Kept shatteris | from erect BLAMED FOR SLAYINGS {Michigan Farm Tragedies Laid To Mrs.-Meda Hodell, Mother, Two Brothers, Worker. WHITE CLOUD, Mich., August 12, ~—Five persons were in jail last nizht, | | Romie D. Hodell, thirty-one, a %o county farmer. Hodell's Mrs. Meda Hodell, one of the five held, s charged .in additfon. with the sl ing of her father-in-law, David Hodell, sixty-seven. Mrs. Hodell, her mother, Mrs. Alice Dudgeon, and her two brothers, Lee and Herman Dudgeon. made sw ions, county authorities an- nounced. Later, when arraigned in justice court, they waived examina- tion and were held for trial. Rtobert Bennett, a farmhand, and the fifth charged with the murder, main- tained his innocence, and was not ar- ried. — wie Hodell was killed on May 6, quarrel with his wife and Mrs. _—— 1 OH, SEE WHAT THE STORK BROUGHT TO BUSTER | WIDOW AMONG FIVE KEATON—AND NATALIE TALMADGE. | east ot b formully charged with the murder of | J | lives | center of the CHICAGO, August 12—The reward of 31000 for evidence leading to 1k arrest and conviction of persons cutt |air 1 ng sand in journa dauma gines or malicion MELON PATCH LIGHTED. Kansan Sleeps in Handy Place to Prevent Thefts. | . 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