THE STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1922, Page 5

THE STRIKE.

TROUBLE IN AMERICA. MEN FIRM FOR DEMANDS. SERVICES AFFECTED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received July 14, 5.5 p.m. Chicago, July 13. The chiefs of the six striking railway shop* crafts have telegraphed to President Harding warning him’ that interruptions and interference with railroad transportation will continue to increase until an agreement *is obtained to give skilled workmen a reasonable wage, owing to the employment of unskilled men. The strikers’ statement declares the employers, and not they, are responsible for the interruptions and violence, because the former refuse *o listen to the strikers’ demands. The railway service is seriously affected in many distri its. The companies are cancelling numerous trains to-day, pleading they are unable to obtain sufficient protection. The Departments of War and Justice have received requests for 2500 deputy United States marshals and troops for protection of railway property and the movement of trains. The departments have appealed to local authorities to suppress violence arising out of the railway strike, and declare ttyat Federal troops will be used only when the local authorities are helpless. Fifty armed railway strikers surrounded the Western Pacific. Railroad’s workshops at Oroville, California, and overpowered the guards after a battle in which 200 shots were fired. They then rushed the buildings and beat the strike-breakers, many of the latter being knocked senseless while sleeping.