Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-25
Sixty Mechanics and Laborers
Brought Here to Take Place
OF the Strikers
BEING HOUSED IN CAR SHOPS
Strike Breakers Are UnIoaded From
the Trains and Marched Direct to
tho shops-Entire Crew Put to
Work This Mornins-strikers Make
No Resistance.

Strike breakers to the number or
about sixty, were imported into the
city by the Iowa Central Friday after
noon, and evening, to take the places
of maehinists, machinists' helpers and
apprentices who struck Wednesday be-
cause of cut in wages. The strike-
breakers, who are machinists and ma
chinists' helpers and laborers, were
put to work in the machine shops this
morning.
1t is not expected that any trouble
WILL break out between the strike
breakers and strikers so long as the
company is able to keep the strike
breakers within the limits of the COM
pany's property. Should they get out-
side of the companys property, there
is a chance that they and the strikers
might clash.
Company Houses Strike Breakers.
Food, shelter and place to sleep is
being provided for the strike breakers
in bunk and boarding cars, which have
been run into the new car shop build
ing. These cars were switched IN
Friday afternoon, soon after the strike
breakers arrived.
Close to fifty Of the imported labor
ers came from Chicago. They We're
unloaded at the union station and
marched, under the charge of the Min
1;e hoan natrOllnR
the company property, directly to the
car shops. Six were put to work DUR
ing the afternoon, but the rest did not
don their overalls, which tlss company
provided, until this morning..
More Arrive in Evening.
Another squad of strike breakers,
all machinists, ten in number, who
were recruited in Minneapolis and ST
Paul, arrived late in the evening. They
! were also taken to the car shops. Many
o. ne strike breakers are foreigners,
.ere being Poles, Hungarians and
I Austrians, as we'll as many Americans.
among the number. Some of them
were comparatively well dressed, but
others had every appearance of being
transient laborers. They are being
closely confined on the company prop
erty, and an effort Is being made to
Keep them, when not at work, in the
car shop building Other Central en-
ployes were sent to the union station
this morning for q number of pieces of
baggage that some Of the strike break
ers had checked
Strikers Still PeaceabIe.
| The importation of outside labor has
in no wise affected the demeanor Of
the strikers, who have been orderly,
and who have not offered violence to
the companys property or employees.
picket the shops.
Rumors Of sympathetic strikes of
other departments Of the shops were
common today. but they all lack con-
firmation. 1t was said on good au-
thority this morning that none Of the
unions had as yet taken any action.
Company Asks for Protection.
| General Solicitor George w. Sew
ers of the Iowa Central and Mime
apolis & st. Louis, and F. L. Colwell,
! the coanpany's detective, called Sheriff
C. S. Hutson in conference Friday
night and asked that The deputize the
five patrolmen Colwell brought with
him from Minneapolis Thursday. Sher-
! if Hutson was also asked to deputize
twelve men to patrol the company's
property. Both of these requests were
not granted. Sheriff Hutson declined
to deputize the Minneapolis men be-
cause they were neither residents OF
the state or county, and he refused
the second request because there was
no apparent reason for it.
Sheriff Hutson assured Mr.. Sewers
that the company's property would be
protected by force should any occasion
arise to do so, but he did not think
the situation as it now is warranted
the swearing in Of any men as deputies
to watch the company premises.
Sheriff Hutson says he has been
assured by officers of the strikers I'M
ion that no violence Is contemplated,
and all the strikers have instructions
to keep off the company's property. AS
long as this is done, and as long as
the strike breakers remain within the
company's premises Sheriff Hutson Is
convinced there will be no clashes or
show of violence.
General Superintendent Noonan's car.
in which Mr.. Sewers came, remained
in the city, Mr.. Noonan is expected
to arrive here from Chicago some
time today.