Show TORN STRIKE TOLEDO SEES PEACE AHEAD C Governor o Hints Hints' Early Removal of Troops From Scene 1 i of Riot Rioting l g fiGHTS fiGHTS' FIGHTS FIGHTS' FLARE IN SOUTH I Ultimatum Handed Ship Owners Owners Owners Own Own- ers on on Pacific Coast By 7 Press TOLEDO Ohio May 28 Strike 28 Strike Strike- torn Toledo Toedo glimpsed peace on its industrial industrial industrial in in- front today as federal mediators media media- tors tars and Governor Go George White announced an an- flounced an Imminent rapprochement between en of ot the Electric Auto Lite plant and the management At Columbus the governor toward a settlement by saying that one of ot the stumbling blocks to agreement the agreement the presence o of national guardsmen guardsmen ma mabe be removed at an early date With a casualty list of ot two dead and nc nearly injured during six ix days of or rioting fresh in mind mina federal fed federaL federal fed fed- eral mediators led by Charles P Taft of Cincinnati labored to evolve a n plan of arbitration which might be approved ed by the strikers some time lime tonight Hints Troop Removal Re Regarding arding the presence of oC the guardsmen Governor White observed observed ob ob- ob served I belie e that conditions in Toledo are rapidly reaching a point where it will be possible to withdraw the national guard at at atan an early dale ate and I shall take such action action ac ac- ac- ac tion as Voon oo n as as asi I 1 am assured by bv local authorities that they can m maintain law and order There was no jio comment com corn ment by strike leaders on on ori Governor Whites White's statement E. 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H Dunnigan another federal l mediator sought to hold up a threatened threatened threat threat- ened general strike which would bring more guardsmen and martial law here Workers have Set ct Thursday as a tentative date for lor their walkout at the Toledo Edison company There has been much talk of ot a astrike astrike strike of or all uni union n labor in sympathy with the strike in automotive pl plants A meeting to further this proposal has been set for fOl tomorrow night Federal mediators are now attempting attempt attempt- ing to settle differences at all three automotive plants here where strikes are in progress The Bingham Stamp ing and Tool company and the Log Logan m Gear company are involved in the negotiations negotiation along with the Lite Auto-Lite con com company pan pany Closed Shop Is Problem The Lite Auto-Lite strike involves demands de de- de mands for a closed shop 10 per cent wage increases recognition of oC the workers worker union and seniority rights i The chief stumbling block has b been n Continued on Pace Pase Two I j PEACE IS SEEN IN TOLEDO AREA Governor Hints Early Removal of Troops From Scene of Rioting Continued train from rue Page One the closed shop demand which the company has ha steadfastly refused to consider Communists and outsiders were lacking Jacking at the res restricted area as many of or their leaders were held incommunicado incommunicado following arrests by soldiers soldiers sol sol sol- diers on Information obtained by in corps officers ers working in plain clothes and mingling with the rioters A report that 20 department of justice justice jus jus- jus tice agents had been sent In to investigate activities of radicals could no nobe not be confirmed at the federal district attorneys attorney's office oHice Crowd Attends Funerals A crowd a. a assembled early at al St st. Stephens Stephen's church in East Toledo where funeral services for or Frank Hubay 22 and Steven Cyigon 20 killed in Thursdays Thursday's Thursdays rioting rioting were held An inquest conducted this afternoon afternoon after after- noon by Coroner Frank G. G Kreft is expected to determine whether they were killed by guardsmen's bullets o oby or orby orby by shotgun slugs fired tired by a rioter Strikers Are Sought For Galveston Slaying GALVESTON Texas May 28 UP UPA UPA UPA A A band o ot striking negro longshoremen longshore longshore- men was sought today for or questioning question question- ing in the slaying of Ralph Hardy 42 a dredge boat worker Hardy was wa shot yesterday y by negroes ne nee groes who accused him of being a astrike astrike astrike strike breaker He died a few ew hours later Mill Is Shut Down After Bloody Rioting LAURINBURG N. N C C. May 28 A P AThe AThe The The last of the four units of Waverly Waverly Wa Wa- verly Mills Inc to be affected l by strikes was temporarily closed today today today to to- day following a riot last night in i which eight men were wounded on one I of ot them possibly fatall fatally Longshoremen Attempt To Storm Orleans Dock NEW ORLEANS May 28 UP UP UP- One man was shot a policeman was injured and 13 persons were under unde arrest today as result of ot an attempt by striking longshoremen to storm the Harmony street wharf Ultimatum Is Handed Pacific Ship Owners SAN FRANCISCO May 28 UP UP- UP An ultimatum which brought negotiations negotiations in in th the Pacific coast longshoremen's longshoremen's longshore longshore- mens men's strike to a final showdown stage and its most critical point was issued to ship operators here toda today by the district ex exec ive committee Ommittee i of ot the International Longshoremen's association Submit a a definite peace proposal today oday or well we'll go home and let the strike take its course W was the com corn ultimatum Troops Are Requested I In Distillery Trouble SPRINGFIELD Ill May 28 JP- JP P PAn An appeal for the use of 01 national guardsmen in qu quelling labor trouble at a Tazewell county distillery was received at the governors governor's office oUke today today today to to- day and forwarded to Governor Horner Hor Hor- ner ncr who was in Chicago The Tazewell county sheriff and states state's attorney sent word that the troops should be called out to maintain main maInS tain lain order It was reported that a strike was developing at Pekin across the Illinois Illi 1111 nois river from Peoria The two cities clUes constitute one of the nations nation's largest distillery centers |