U.S.A. STRIKES
MENACE TO PEACE SENIORITY QUESTION PROVES STU.MBLING-BLOCK. INCREASING DISORDERS. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association(Received August 21, 7.50 p.m.) NEW YORK, August 20. The unions’ demand for the re-em-ployment of strikers and the refusal to submit the seniority question to the Railway Labour. Board threaten to block the settlement of the railway strike. Increasing disorders in the Middle West and the South also menace the peace movement. One important railway, the New Haven and Hartford, signed an agreement with the employees 'decreasing wage reductions, which the Railway Labour Board ordered. TRAIN-WRECKERS A FATAL DISASTER. (Received August 21, 7.50 p.m.) NEW YORK, August 20. A wreck on the Michigan Central Railroad, which the officials declare was due to the withdrawal of spikes, permitting the rails to spread, resulted in the death of two men and serious injury to two others and the demolition of the baggage train. A reward of 1000 dollars has been offered for the capture of the wreckers.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11295, 22 August 1922, Page 6
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