The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01
R. R. SWITCH.
MEN ON Bic
STRIKE
MEN OUT AT LEAVENWORTH
THREE MEN HERE WILL RE.
CEIVE NOTICE TO QUIT TODAY.

AS was foretold in the Daily World
last night the Switchmen's Union of
North America called out all the
switchmen on the northwestern lines
at o'clock last night. The six men
employed switching at Leavenworth,
the crew at Hillyard and the other
points along the Great Northern went
out today Though the three men
employed at the yards here had re-
ceived no notification up until noon
today. yet it was expected that they
would be called out during the day.
The demand of the switchmen is for
an advance of cents an hour, dou-
BILE pay for Sunday work and over
time in excess of ten hours. While
it is not likely that the strike will
effect the passenger trains very ma
terially yet it will paralyZe the
freight business, and if continued
long may effect the other railroad
men by being called out in sympathy
Portland, Dec. Northern Pa
cific and Spokane, Portland & Seat
tie railways today are refusing to
receive perishable freight of any kind
and only accepting carload shipments
of other commodities. No open ship
ments will be handled until the strike
situation improves. All freight is
subject to delay. Passenger business
is not yet seriously handicapped, but
trains are being operated on emer-
gency schedule. The fact that the
Northern Pacific will not accept ship
ments of fresh meat for Puget sound
may cause a meat shortage in Sc
attic, Tacoma and other places north.
Large quantities of fresh meat leave
this city daily for the north.
Spokane, Dec Freight traffic
is completely tied up today on the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
lines. Train crews and office men
are doing a little switching to take
care of live stock and perishable
freight but no efforts are made to
move ordinary freight The passen-
ger business is moving about as
usual
Seattle, Dec. Railroad traffic
here is seriously handicapped by the
strike. Freight shipments will be
delayed and passenger service will
probably be operated upon a slow
schedule 1t looks as if there will
be no attempt made to break the
strike for the time being.
St Paul, Dec. $50 far as can be
learned no attempt will be made to
employ strikebreakers The rail-
roads claim enough old men are left.
together with others that can be
pressed itno service, to DO the work.
No freight was handled out of ST.
Paul last night or this morning and
only one train left Minneapolis. Rail-
road officials, train dispatchers and
members of train crews did the ne
cessary switching in the Twin City
yards. The freight handlers did not
report for work this morning.
Business lines are dead Minneap-
oils millers are quoted as saying they
will close all their big flour mills to-
night Switchmen declare that if
the railroads attempt to use non
union switchmen the locomotive fire
men might refuse to handle cars and
it is reported the firemen have been
instructed by their leaders not to
work with non-union men.
Spokane, Dec. 1.-Following the
receipt of telegraphic instructions
from Frank T. Hawley, president of
the Switchmen's Union of North
America, 200 members of the or
ganization employed in the local
yards of the Great Northern and the
Northern Pacific railways, at Hill
yard and switching points on the
east and west Idaho divisions of
both lines walked out last night at
$50, effecting a complete tieup of
freight service. Several thousand
men are on strike on the Hill roads
from st. Paul to the Pacific coast.
Embargo is Announced.
Embargoes were issued by both
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific notifying shippers that no de-
livery of freight in transit will be
guaranteed during the strike period
and that no shipments will be ac-
cepted for delivery. Perishable ship
ments in the yards for which the