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Show EXTENSION OF UGTIONNO TESTJPERIT Granting of Additional Time by Judge Wilkerson Not Understood to Mean Any Legal Points Passed Upon ATTORNEY GENERAL WAWSJTLPERMANENT Daugherty9s Aides Enumerate Enumer-ate Murders, and Other Fatalities in Support of Case; Unions to Resist CHICAGO, Sept. 12 (By A. P.) A basis for settlement of tha strike af railway shopmen waa aenaidered today by the general policy committee of the ahoporafta, B. M. Jewell, head of the railway employes department of the American Federation of Labor, an neuneod at the conclusion af the morn Inp aesaton. Mr. Jewell's brief statement waa the first publie acknowledgement that a strike settlement baaia had been presented pre-sented to the policy eemmittee, not-withstsnding not-withstsnding many rumors and report a concerning eott lament plana. He gave no Indication what the plan embraced. I ! There wore indications, union officials said, that an agreement probably would be reached late today. CHICAGO. Sept. 1J (By A. P.) With the government's temporary in-i in-i Junction against striking railway j j shopmen extended for another ten ; day period, beginning today, hear- ing on Attorney General Daugherty's i application for a permanent restraln- lng order continued before Judge j Wilkerson today, with a vigorous ef-I fort on the part of counsel for the strikers to obtain a modification of the edict In extending the Injunction, Judge Wilkerson did not attempt to pass on any merlta of the contentiona of either government or defense attorneys, attor-neys, beyond temporarily denying the defense motion to dismiss the proceedings. pro-ceedings. A statement by the attorney general's gen-eral's staff enumerated reports of twenty-fire murders and other fatalities fatali-ties attributed to strike causes. It also pointed out the suffering and Inconvenience In-convenience of passengers stranded In tha deserts of California and Arisona when train crews quit and declared that $500 deputy United Statea marshals mar-shals had been assigned to the protection pro-tection of Interstate commerce and the malls. Mall trains discontinued as a result of strike conditions were act down as approximately a 60, and the damage to California fruitgrowers alone, through transportation tleupc, waa estimated es-timated at $75,000,000. Dynamiting, bombing, setting fire to ml I road property and brldgea, are a few of the most dangeroue naeana adopted against the railroad companies, compa-nies, the atatement continued. "Many derailments have occurred. The genersl arheme adopted haa been to remove spikes from the tracks, often on curves, causing them ta spread when subject to the pressure of a train. "It would he almost Impossible to enumerate the various 'asssults that have been perpetrated. Whipping! were resorted to in practically every I Instance where strikers were able to , lay their hands upon those whom the ; railroads have secured to take tnel places. When they could not be ap-I ap-I prehended, stones were thrown at j them. Pepper waa aomefsaiea thrown In the faces of women accompanying ac-companying them. Shots were fired, and other acta equally detestahVa were Indulged In. Tarrlnga and feath-: feath-: erings are included In tha list ana in many cases. Defers Hearing on Motion to Modify CHICAGO. Sept. 12 (By A. P Judge James H. Wilkerson today deferred de-ferred hearing on the motion of attorneys attor-neys for the rail strike leaders for modification mod-ification of the temporary restraining order pending completion of the gov-ment's gov-ment's effort to show that the dominant dom-inant purpose of the alleged conspir- , acy Is the destruction of interstate commerce. Citing supreme court decisions In the ; Coronado coal cse, the retail lumber I dealers case and the Patton Cotton comer prosecution. Judge Wilkerson aaid the question raised by the government's gov-ernment's allegation waa a vital one and should be settled before the request re-quest for modification of the present order can be acted on. Donald R. Rich berg, attorney for B-M. B-M. Jewell and John Scott atrlke lead-era; lead-era; Interrupted the hearing to demand de-mand of the government attorneys whether a statement which he branded "criminally libelous" printed In morning morn-ing papers aa coming from Attorney General Daugherty's office, had been given out by Mr. Daugherty or his associates. as-sociates. The statement waa a resume of the lint of murdera and other crimes growing grow-ing out of the strike read In court yesterday. yes-terday. Judge Wilkerson aaid he had not seen the statement, but would read the i copy produced fmm the Chicago Trib- 1 una by Mr. Rich berg and paae on it later. The strikers' attorney aaid the j statement "llbelously attributed to his clients' acta of which they had no j knowledge. j Blackburn Est or line, assistant to the i solicitor general, resumed the presen- tat ion of the government's evidence In support of the bill for'a temporary In- I Junction with the reading of affidavits and reports covering interference wlthj ' (ConUnutil un pge J.) J a EXTENSIOK OF . . (Continued from Page 1.) fro It shipments from tha atata of Waahlngton and figures on accidents dua to faulty railroad equipment. The report ahowed that of 07. Sit locomotives locomo-tives on railroads reporting 7S0 were out of service during July, while 4I.15 were reported for Inspscllon and repairs. |
