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u n 11 in ^l 111 1 u hv v'wwi'orage industry, many actually suffered the pangs of hunger, and the citizens had to maintain a soup kitchen where a lgrge number of children and others were fed all winter.During the last fall, that winter, and , early spring, the receiver, creditors j and citizens waged a hard fight for 1 funds with which to start the road | rolling again. The road was finally sold under mortgage, and the government came to its assistance and loaned it .$3,000,000. The Labor Board j granted a reduction of twenty-five! per cent in yagos, and the Interstate'Commerce Commission gave a more; liberal division of rates. The Labor; Board in handing down its decision advised that the old myn ho taken, back. The management offered the old men their jobs hack at the twenty-five per cent reduction, and supplemented tin's with an offer to pay; them in addition, all the road made, above operating expenses up to the j standard scale. They also agreed to; let them elect a representative toj serve in the auditing department. I This offer was rejected, and operations were started again with nonunion labor. iFor several months everything moved along smoothly, mnd the roa- l;showed a nice monthly profit. Then | /nidges begyn to burn again inyster-j iously, tracks were greased, emery dust found its way into the engine syMnders, and acid placed in the wa-1 ter tanks a to up the boiler flues. Ini all 17 bridges were burned. With)
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Harrison Daily Times
Harrison, Arkansas, US
Mon, Jul 02, 1923
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