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Show LITTLE ACTIVITY IN R.R. STRIKE Administration to Let Situation Situa-tion Djt for Present, Is Report CHICAGO. July 24 (By Tho Associated Asso-ciated Press.) The railroad strike en-tr'd en-tr'd the new week today drifting. The last announcement of the governmental gov-ernmental agencies seeking to bring about a resumption of work by the ptrlklng shopmen, clerks, oilers and proupn of malntonanco of way workers, work-ers, having been that of the federal railroad labor board to the effect that tho board contemplated no further move ot present, left the country waiting wait-ing for something to happen LET blTTATION DRIFT. The .silence of federal officials fol- lowing lasr week's conferences in VnhiriKt'--n nnd Chicago was Inter- preted to reveal an Inclination on th.". part of iho ail ministration to let tlx-' situation drift a few days pending the I oUtCome of efforts to relieve the coal plncn In the realm of transportation Should ihe new effort to secure coal for essential Industries accomplish its purpos-. it in considered not Improbable Improb-able by Tho.-"- in dose touch with the railroaq situation that the transportation transpor-tation difficulties may bo left to run thdr course. Freight embargoes on perishable consignments continued in effect and pass i)i;ci train annullnuents were added to ihe list of more than 350 trains withdrawn up to tho end of last week, as the new ijei k began In several cases, motor trucks had been pressed into emergency freight service and at Boone, la., motor equipment had been ordered to carry ni -i 1 1 l EfoRCES INC REA6E Rail managers reported increasing j forces of shopmen at work In various plants, and forecast a gradual lm-provement lm-provement Of the whole problem I Strlk loaders on the other hand, declared de-clared toduy that their ranks were si nding fast and that the resumption resump-tion of normal perlce can result only from an adjustment of th.- strike-lssue. strike-lssue. The 10.000 unionized railroad station sta-tion agents will not be called out on strike W. J Noone president of the organization announced today after a confi fi noe wltn W. I,. McMenlmen, la-boi la-boi member of the labor board "I -vi 1 11 Instruct my men to remain at work and order that committees confer with the road managements over ail points at tosuo,'' ho said. km post TRANSFERRED. WASHINGTON, July 24. The St. 'Louis rogoi.n including Jefferson har-ra.-kf, tho largest regular army post In the vicinity has in en transferred from 'he seventh corps area to the llxth corps area and will hereafter be under the direction of Major General Bell at Chicago, it wa.s learned today a) the war department. The dbangc jgivcs General Hell a considerable additional ad-ditional force stationed In a t. niton where there are manv important arii-way arii-way centers and while the reason for th' transfer of command was not disclosed dis-closed at the war department. It was generally understood to be In con nection Wltn pOBSlOlO use ui i.-uc-iii troops in the event of possible use In case of trouble with the strikes. TWO HURT. BL'FALO, N. Y duly 24 One man with n broken arm and another with fractured skull were In the hospital today after clashes with sta.e troopers troop-ers guarding the trollcj Hues of the International Hallway company, whose employes have been striking since July 2. The men w ere Injur. , ,n clasl with the troopers. Reports that the contstabularv has been unduly harsh i caused Mayor Scwab to call on Majoi George F. Chandler. conimafnier, Major Chandler declared his men were teaching respect for the law The railway operated a limited Dumber Of cars on all lines todav. TRY FOR AGREEMENT. CINCINNATI, July 24 W, J ;McGree. president of the Baltlraoro and Ohio shop crafts un.on. left here today for Baltimore, where he will meet officials of th road in an effort I to reach a separate agreement to settle set-tle th strike of shopmen on the Baltimore Bal-timore and Ohio. GFARD INJURED. CEDAR RAPIDS la, July 24 I Leonard Talt. Cedar Rapids high school track captain, workinp ai Iguard. and Frank Sullivan, alb f 1 t,. te a nun union worker was In- Ijurd in a disturbance hen Sunday. (Presence of police prevented more 'serious trouble when the ''hicago, Rock Island snd Pacific railway Import Im-port "d eleven more workers. Neil he. of the men were seriously injured. (Coutlnucd on Pae Tvro.) LITTLE ACTIVITY IN R. R. STRIKE (Continued from Pimc One) although It was stated at the Mercy hosplt.il that several stitches will havo to be taken In Talt's head Scores of strikers wre at the sr tlon when the train on which the workers were reported to have been coming on, pulled into Cedar Rapids. Many of them were armed with atones and clubs. Only thrco of the men were at work later in the afternoon, others having been frightened away. |