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Show 2TRIKE LEGISLATION IN MAKING DAUGHERTY ORGANIZES BUREAU I TO PROSECUTE PERSONS WHO I CAUSE STOPPAGE Of TRAFFIC I Administration Policy Calls for Strict Enforcement Enforce-ment of Laws Guaranteeing Safety and Main-tenance Main-tenance of Transportation on American Railroads SALT LAKE, Aug 30. A working ngrcemcnt embracing: wage scales ranging from 2 to Lo cents per boui higher for certain classes of shop crafts workers and several cents lower for other classes than the scale recoinnunended l the railroad labor board was signed here today by the 30 general chairmen of the newly or-ganized or-ganized shop employes iation of the Union Pacific system and four managers of the annus units of the .system. H WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 The Anderson amendment to the administration coal distribution bill which would permit the president presi-dent to create an agency for buying and selling coal, and to seize , mines, if, in his opinion, such a step was necessary, was thrown out in the house today or. a point of order. WASHINGTON, A us 80. Warnd I of attempts to amend the admlnlstra- II tion's coal distribution bill by adding proposals already rejected. Republican Republi-can leaders declared today the bill would be passed before adjournment lonlirht substantially as framed. Following the announcement by slS I Representative Johnson. Republican, South Dakota, and others that they PS would endeavor to get through in 11 amendment :hing tho president au- thority to take over railroads and mines which failed In public service. Representative Anderson. Republican, FiH J Minnesota, upset party plans by maK- 1 In? public the text of an amendment ; for tlie i 1-ea.tion of a federal buying ttrtd ncy. H The latter plan was first suggested i by the president In his address to congress but In drafting the dlstri-butlon dlstri-butlon lull the Interstate commerce committee abandoned iL Rej'rese- ntath Mondell, Wvomlng. th? R'-publican leader, told the house he wou'd not ote for tho bill '."with great enthusiasm," but with tho hope that It woold curb profiteers. "I do not share the expectation ot i oo'.e who believe birislatlon of this character will wholly perform Its ex-peCted ex-peCted purpose." said Mr. Mondell, who c riticized price fixing during the war and asserted its effect had been H to Increase rather than to decrease Notice was served "upon the pen-men pen-men ir,,m Mew '.nlland and ti. H east by 'Representative Bland, it.-- H publican. Indiana, that if the bill wir enacted to x!e them coal. It won 1 ' v. I .1 .. similar Icgls'a- tlon to regulate Hie price or shoes and other manufactured articles pro- I duced by their utiles. Mr. Bland In-listed In-listed that if such measures were taken to regulate the price of co cl i ley should also be followed to regu- iH late the price of hogs for the far-no far-no II i:i)l.(. s R Ml, POLICY. The senate administration policy j In dealing With It,' lallroad situation .H was saiU lei in; ii Mini riliuic:eilli.-ui, i H I existing lav.a guaranteeing safety of life and propi rty and maintenance of necessary public service. M Reflecting that policy. Attorney General Dausherty .was completing plans today tor a special department of Justice organization to investigate ifH alleged Ulejal stoppages o f transpor-tation transpor-tation service Incident to the rail Strike in the west. The organization will be i i ntered at I.os Angeles. In liar;:i o: Hlr; '. Todd, who Is rc!- i signing the office of United Stat. is j attorney for northern New York to j accept the special appointment In addition, the attorney general has in-J in-J strueted all federal district attorney-I attorney-I to v igorously prosecute" all violators of federal court Injunctions granted ' to protect railroad operations and ifH properties " SHOPMEN sl.NTI NO-M. I'oIMT.AND. Ore.. Aug. Sit.--!''-!- eral Judge c E Wolvert in Tiesd.iv I found guilty and sentenced ;ir.). of iH the 14 alle ged union s'.idpnn n aci use u iJH ; of violating Ihe court order limiting j nickels at the shops of the Oiegon-I Oiegon-I Washington Ball road a. Navigation I company (Union Pacific syi'omi und released the other u defendants j Robe : t Qrsen and Qsorge Shar- mann w ire sentenced io SO 1j .s in ! i ia.ll and fines of 100 each; Martin mWM "hutuck was fined $10. The court allowed 10 days stay of execution in which to prepare an ap-peal ap-peal or a motion for a new trial tgllH FOI M NOT CaillTY. Ej PASO, Texas. Aug :0. Four FA Paso strikers were freed in fed-eral fed-eral court here today oo charges of U contenipt in connection with the al-leged al-leged violation of a federal court In-junction In-junction Issued In behalf f th Gal- H vest on, Harrlsburg t San Antonio B Judge W, r. Smith fff m vn md H Judge Duval West of San Antonio, iH heard the ases jointlv. ij The four men were ncruscl of ston- ( I Intr h crowd of railroad ahop workers. They are F. D Gambell. H. :t Bell. WU J Amador and A. T Hammond. |