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Show AH Organized Labor, in Face of Life and Death . Fight, May Aid Shoimn Every Element in Unionism Now Declared United on Belief That Present Struggle Is Predicated Predi-cated on Effort to Wipe Out the ' Workers' Organizations WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 ( By U. P.) Believing that the very life of union-Ism union-Ism Is at stake In the fight between the railroad executives and ths strlk-: strlk-: Ing shop craftsmen, organized labor Is I preparing to meet the situation with ills full strength, It was made known to the United Prras today. "The menace of a huge Industrial 'conflict the greatest in the history of the country Is In the air," an American Federation of Labor official : stated. jThU-offlrlsl Is -knaarn sa a rnnssr. ivstive and generally opposed to the I use of 'such weapons sb the sympa-Ithetlo sympa-Ithetlo strike, now being urged on ! President Samuel Gompers by the ! heeds of unions In all parts of ths 1 country. I Roth conservatives end radicals alike make no aecret of their determination to support the chop craftsmen In a fight to the finish. Labor's next movs depends largely on the anion of President Harding. I Harding and his cabinet met todsy to , decide whether the administration shall stand aside and permit the executive ex-ecutive and the strikers to fight It out. or to take further steps for peace. Harding Is not inclined to take decisive de-cisive action, such as taking over railroads rail-roads that fall to function, until every other medium hss been exhausted. But whenever he believes the public Inter-eat Inter-eat Is menaced, he will not hesitate to take that step, he has msds It known. He haa full constitutional power to secure receiverships for all railroads thst fall to function, his advisers assured as-sured him. Harding Expected To Press Demands CHICAOO. Aug. 4 (By V. Pi Rail union chiefs here were confident today to-day thst the president will not drop his efforts to settle the strike because of the refusal of the executives to accept ac-cept his peace proposal. Bert M. Jewell, president of the striking shopmen, and the executive committee waited for a reply to their message of acceptance sent Wednesday Wednes-day night. -Ths union chiefs Indlrsted thst It wss then- firm belief that President Herding would not have proposed the settlement unless be Intended to ex-ert ex-ert every effort to see that both sides accepted. It was also predicted at union headquarters head-quarters that the train service unions will bring pressure to besr on Wash-Incton Wash-Incton to prevent defeat of the shop-crafts. shop-crafts. It wss even susxested tha , v. "Big Pour" may order a "self protection" pro-tection" strike ss a last resort. Leaders pointed out that defeat of the shopmen would cause Increased demands from the railroads for wage reductions snd changes In working rules of other railroad unions. The wsge and working rules questions ques-tions of the train service unions are still to he settled. De.plte the rlelm of the unions that the railroad, are greatly exaggerating the efficiency of their shops, ths western presidents' committee Issued a statement declaring that the M.260 men were at work. This fx an Increase In-crease of more than 1S.000 In eight days. "The strike Is having no effect on the ability of the carriers to give sde-quste sde-quste freight snd passenger service" the report ststed. , . ... ' Erie' Railroad to ''mZZ'. Cancek20 Trains HORNELU N. T, Aug. 4. The Erie railroad will, cancel approximately twenty trains In this region August 5 It wss officially announced today The cancellation is due to the shortage of coal, the officials declared. , Michigan Coal Shortage Acute LAN'SINO, Mich.. Auir. 4 (By A. P With requests for priority In coal distribution pouring Into the office of Htate Fuel Admlnstrator William W Potter, reports to the state public utilities util-ities commission here today emphasised empha-sised the serlosniis of the coal short-are. short-are. Industries In all parts of the state frier shutdowns, while tha coal supply of hospltsls and many public utilities has become short. Illinois Begins To Feel Pinch CHICAGO. Aug. 4 By A. P.) Illinois, Il-linois, restricted to Its own supply of coal, faces the most critical altuatlon thit ft has been compelled to face, according ac-cording to Robert M. Medill, state fuel . director. I Protection Is to be assured to the twenty-six penal reformatory- and charitable Institutions snd possibly to the I niversitv of Illinois and the state normal schools, Mr. Medlll left Chlcsgo lata yesterday yester-day for Springfield, where he went to confer with Acting Governor Sterling. Before he departed he ssid: "Illinois now Is absolutely up sgalnst It. I am going to the capttol to arrange. If possible, pos-sible, with Acting Governor Sterling soma plan of action. Mr. Sterling Informed In-formed me by telephone that there arc no funds a valla h for action that Is inevitable in-evitable and nighly necessary in producing pro-ducing the Illinois coal and delivering It to the cities that ara in the greater distress." The fuel director declared that or- ders received yesterday afternoon from Henry B. Spencer, nstlonal fuel administrator, admin-istrator, meant elimination of any shipments ship-ments of coal from the Kentucky and Tennessee fields that have been relied (Continued on page 7.) ORGANIZE LABOR ' 1 (Continued from page 1.) H on for operation of streetcars, gaa, elee- H trie and water pJanta throughout the E3 state. H Two Jailed in M Nebraska Riot ' LINCOLN, Neb Aug. 4 (By A. P. H One man and on woman ara in the H county Jail here as the reeult of riot- S lng by forty or fifty strikers and strike En sympathisers when. It Is said, they at- H tempted to prevent a squad of work- Ej men from going to work In tha round- IE houae of the Chicago. Burlington Jb Qulncy railroad here thla morning. i Police were called and after a five- H minute clash with the rtotera dispersed m the crowd. Two persona whom the police claim were ringleaders . In the WK riot, were taken to tha county Jail for investigation. Thla is the first serious trouble that sar l has occurred hero between police and strikers. Chicago Parleys Still in Progress CHICAGO. Aug. 4 (By V. P Peace parleys for settlemeift of Chicago's traction tleup. now ln tta fourth dav, were resumed today. ' Union chiefs and company officials of the Chicago surface lines, though apparently deadlocked, met In confer-ence confer-ence following a meeting of the board of control of the car company. , Hundreds of strikebreakers meanwhile mean-while were reported ready to run the cars, awaiting orders from President Blair of the surface lines. Mayor Thompson's plan for a fleet of 1000 Jitney busses was before ths city council. The meyor is asking for $i,000,000 to finance his t-cent busses. Coal Operators Balk on Conference CHICAGO. Aug. 4 (By A. P. A eanvsss of coal operators In the central , competitive field, according to an announcement an-nouncement made today by repreeen-tativee repreeen-tativee of Illlnoia opera tore. Indicates thst only district No. I of Ohio, comprising com-prising about I per cent of the tonnage of the entire field, will be present st the wage conference called for next Monday tn Cleveland by John I Lewis, International president of tha miners.' Local circles see little hope of a wage agreement for the central competitive field, declaring that settlement of the ; striks must come through separate state agreement a. Guardsmen Ready In Indiana Field INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 4 (By 17. P.) National guardsmen were held In readlneee today for instant movement Into southern Indiana, where the state , haa started digging coal under the protection pro-tection of martial law. Twelve hundred soldiers ara on duty) ln Clay, Owen. Greene and Bullfvan countiea. The HOO sent Into the territory terri-tory yeaterdsy were reinforced aa ths military sone was extended. Strike Reports Given to Cabinet WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 Members of President Harding a cabinet took to today's meeting reports on the coal and rail etrtkee aa gathered by their respective departments. The seaalon. it waa indicated, waa given over almost wholly to a discussion of tha situation In the two Industrie. Vecreiary Hoover announced that distribution of coal by the federal emergency control committee had been started under Informal errangementa. These arrangements, he explained, have been made pending completion of the committee's organisation and is auanre of orders to take care of strategic strate-gic points and necessary industries. j Southern Railway Parley Called WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 (By A. P. Repreeentatlvee of the six striking shop crafts unions on the Southern railway will meet in Washington tomorrow to-morrow with H. W. Miller, vice prtst- dent In charge of operations on the system, to consider propoaeJa for e4-tiement e4-tiement of the striks on the basis suggested sug-gested by President Harding to Uie executives of all tha railroads. Attack Made on Worker's Home ' '. LINCOLN, Aug. 4 (Br A. P ) Mrs. . Louis Brill, wife of a nonunion shop worker In the roundhouse, waa male I 111 yesterday by fumes from gasoiina and tar throwVat the house during a demonstration by striking shopmen. Other members of the family were af fected, but in no case was tha lUo. serious. |
