STRIKE IN AMERICA.
READY FOR THE WORST. AUTHORITIES WILL ACT. TROOPS HELD READY. By Tei^npb.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received July 16, 5J p.m. Washington, July 14. A White House announcement states that while President Harding does not believe it will be necessary to resort to extreme measures the President will not hesitate to take over the railways and coal mines and draft citizens, including railway and mine workers themselves, to operate them if the well-being of the J nation is menaced. Troops are being , held at various strategic points and are i under orders to be ready to move at a moment’s notice. EIGHT THOUSAND ORDERED TO JOIN. Chicago, July 14. Eight thousand stationary firemen, engineers and oilers have been ordered to join the railway strike on July 17. USE OF TROOPS OPPOSED. Washington, July 14. American Federation of Labor leaders have announced that they will bitterly oppose the use of Federal troops in the railway strike. They denounced the action of the Secretary of War in making the army available for strike duty.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1922, Page 5
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172STRIKE IN AMERICA. Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1922, Page 5
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