U.S.A. STRIKERS.

Grey River Argus, 7 August 1922, Page 5

U.S.A. STRIKERS.

GREAT DEARTH OF SCABS. more men coming out. NEW YORK, August 3. A few miners responded to the call to work the Indian mines, but the I Pittsburg coal region reports slightly i increased production under President Harding’s suggestion that the State • Governors should protect the strikebreakers. Scveial Michigan industries I were compelled to close down the plants j lor lack of coal. The Great Lakes steamship lines are reducing the pasj sen ger schedules for the same reason. | \\ hat is considered an important step j toward peace is announced by Mr Waringer, President of the anthracite : operators of Pennsylvania, to accept . Mr J.-ewis’s invitation to a conference. | The indication of the cost of the rail- | way to the railways is seen in I an announcement that one eastern line i is losing a million dollars monthly. The eastern railway executives announced , that quotas of skilled shopmen will be sent immediately to the southern railroads in order to help the resumpI tion of normal freight and coal traffic ■ from the great non-union coalfields, I which are the hardest hit by the railroad strike. Equipment will also be sent, and it is hoped thereby to eliminate possible action by tht Government. M r Alainion, President of the Railway Telegraphists’ Union, sent letters to Ihe heads of twelve railway unions l who are not striking suggesting a ineetj ing to discuss the growing tendency to I involve their men in the shopmen ’s | strike, and to consider possible strike action. It is announced that the Ford automobile plants will be compelled to shut in a fortnight unless large coal shipments are obtained immediately. Various other automobile manufacturers are dependent upon him. The gas supply is also tied up. i The railroads entering Chicago announced that last week they added 15,259 shopworkers, and men were join- | ing the forces at the rate of fifteen ! hundred daily. I Eleven States are now using more than four thousand troopers on str’ke duty, protecting the employees who remain at work in the mines. ENGINEMEN MAY JOIN. NEW YORK, August 4. The Long Island railway announced that it will not under any circumstances take back strikers in a body. The 1 ‘Cleveland Telegraph” says that Air Timothy Shea, vice-President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen sent a lengthy message to contain a plan for a settleP ment of the shopmen’s strike; also an ’ intimation that the Brotherhood would not be able to operate trains much longer in face of the defective equip , meat and irresponsible guards. STRIKERS FIRE ON TROOPS. According to a Staunton (Indiana) message, hostilities started when the ) State troops took control of the mines - for State operation. The strikers fir- - ed from an ambush, troops returning i the shots, which were exchanged over a wide area for over an nour. Lack of miners who are willing to work may result in the State importing labour.