The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-10-13
SHOP employees
ARE OUT PENDING
THE ADJUSTMENT
Carmen and Illinois Central
Officials Probably Will
Confer.
Hope Is Held Out That Peace
Will Reign.
TROUBLE is OVER FOREMAN

| Pending a settlement of differ
ences, which 1t is Believed will be
speedily adjusted, all organized la
Dor In every department of the Ill
nois Central railroad shops walked
out this morning at o'clock In SYM
patty with the car repairers, who
walked out yesterday afternoon. Not
wheel is turning IA the entire shop.
while officials of the railroad and
representatives OF The unions are in
conference this afternoon relative to
reaching an agreement
Representatives of the union say
they do not know how long it will be
before the men will return to work,
but on both sides Il Is believed thaa
the trouble viii be adjusted speedily,
and that the men will return to work
n a day or two at most.
Following the meeting OF the car
men at the Central Labor hall yes
terday afternoon, and the failure OF
the shop officials and a shop commit
tee, composed of representatives OF
each trade to confer, the trouble
reached a head. This morning when
the o'clock whistle blew at the reg
ular working time, not oarman re
ported for duty. The machinists
bollermakers. blaeksmiths, pipefitters
and timers helpers. and other en-
ployes reported for work at Z O'Clock
Many stood in groups until s O'Clock
when they notified their foreman
that they desired TO turn In theii
checks and cease work In a few
minutes after 8 O'Clock the shops
we're vacant except for the officials.
clerks and the colored laborers.
The men adjourned Immediately to
the Central Labor hall. where eact
union held a separate session and dis
cursed the situation. The only
statement given out was that all the
unions Joined together in the griev-
ance. and II will not be settled as
solely a grievance OF the car repair
ers.
The walkout affects the second
largest shops on the Illinois Central
railroad. and II II continues will be
a serious handicap for the railroad
with the large amount Of repair work
on hand. Furthermore train crews
and employees of the ya.ds are wait
ing for orders from headquarters be-
fore they go out. Car repairers and
other employees at Princeton, Central
City. Fulton and Louisville are not
affected today.
Officials Arrive.
n. A. ADJUST Is the foreman of the
car department, and when he and
Master Mechanic j. F. Walker failed
TO adjust the trouble yesterday and
the men walked out. A. II. Egan.
superintendent of the Louisville di-
vision. was notified Immediately
and he arrived last night. ]. NJ.
Borrowdale. superintendent of the
car department. arrived this morning
from Chicago, and at noon A. E. Gin
superintendent of the southern lines,
ARRIVED from the south. r. w. Bell,
superintendent OF the machinery, Is
lexpected from the south this after
noon c. p. Houseman and Fred
McCreery are spokesman for the
car Tepalrers. and Harry Kelley is
the spokesman for the machinists.
Cause of Trouble.
The trouble eliminated in the OBJ
lection of the carmen. It Is stated. to
the appointment Of f. A. Milliken
Temporarily as gang foreman. They
wanted another man.
AT the meeting yesterday the situ-
alton was thoroughly discussed. The
carmen refused to tell the action Of
the meeting yesterday.
Numerous small things have
= caused dissatisfaction; but the most
= prominent is said to be the placing
! of f. A. Milllken as the temporary
gang foreman in the car depart
ment Milliken was prominent in
the organization of the Brotherhood
of Railway Carmen of America until
a few months ago. Last January
he was elected OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OF the Joint protective board of the
Illinois Central system, which is one
of the most important offices among
the carmen on the system. II Is
= rumored that the men considered
him not sufficiently insistent upon
the demands of the men in dealings
with the road.
Then several months ago a sue
cessor on the board was elected to
. ,Milliken. who left Paducah for Chi
5 oago, where he accepted a foreman
S ship in the car department of the
4 Burnside shops. However, he did