AMERICA’S LABOR WARS

Evening Star, Issue 18020, 14 July 1922, Page 4

AMERICA’S LABOR WARS

ARBITRATION PROSPECTS,

Press i sedation—By Telegraph—Copyright,

WASHINGTON, July 13. Some lightening of the clouds caused by the coal and railway strikes has begun. White House, has announced _ that the operators have accepted in principle the arbitration proposal. At the same time the railway strikers have declared that they will carry'' out President Harding’s proclamation to the letter. They are also submitting the proposed settlement to the railway executives. While tlio miners have accepted President Harding’s arbitration proposal in principle, the miners’ leaders have submitted a detailed plan under which arbitration shall bo conducted. President Harding is considering this.—A. and N!Z. Cable.

THE RAILWAY WORKERS.

NEW YORK, July 15.

The latest Chicago telegrams state that the railway executives have flatly rejected the strikers’ proposals, stating that they will stand unwaveringly by the Railway Labor Board’s decisions. —A. and N.Z. Cable. DISORDER IN CHICAGO AND BALTIMORE. NEW YORK, July 13. There has been a further outbreak of violence in connection with the railway strike, principally in Baltimore and Chicago. One man, was killed and two others were shot. Sixty guards and deputy-marshals were beaten and stoned. Strikers attempted to interfere with the train services, and the result has been some curtailment of the schedules and rioting.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

THE HERRIN MURDERS,

NEW YORK, July 12.

Mr Brundago, Attorney-General of the State of Illinois, has offered 1,000 dollars reward for information _ which will lead to the arrest and conviction of the persons who committed murder and assault at Herrin. The informant is assured of adequate protection.—A. and N.Z. Cable.