July, 1922 Railroad Strike Was Violent, Says Attorney General Daughterty, March 8, 1924

Attorney General Daughterty? About Strike of Shopmen. . . Report Shows Strike of July, 1922, Cost the Lives of 19 Persons Through Violence. . . Many Assaults Also Occurred. . . 250 Cases of burning or Dynamiting Occurred—Number of Persons Were Tarred and Feathered

By the Associated Press

Washington, March 8—The railroad shopmen’s strike of July 1, 1922, cost the lives of 19 persons by violence and assaults by strikers, Attorney General Daughterty reported today in response to a resolution of Congress asking for the Department of Justice records in connection with the strike.

The records he said established also that damage was done to persons and property as follows:

--Approximately 1,500 instances of assaults by strikers on employees or those seeking employment.

--Approximately 65 cases of kidnapping with accompanying brutal assaults.

--Eight cases of tarring and feathering of new employees by strikers.

--Approximately 50 cases of burning and dynamiting, or attempts to burn and dynamite railroad bridges.

--Approximately 250 cases of burning, dynamiting, or attempts to burn, dynamite property of the railroads or homes and property of employees.

--About 50 cases of derailment or attempts to derail.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, March 8, 1924