The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-04
BIG STRIKE EXPECTED.
SHOPMEN OF HARTMAN LINES
WILL WALK OUT AT 10
O'CLOCK TO-DAY.
Union Ohiiais Say Men are Dctermin.
cd to Force Railroads to Recognize
Newly Organized FederatiOn-Cor.
poratiOns Will Fight, They Say.

porations Will Fight, They Say.
Chicago. Sept. 29.-The long threat
ened strike of shOpmen on the Har-
riman lines. including the Illinois
Central, will become a reality at 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning, unless the
men, who have twice voted to tsrik.
refuse TO obey the order sent ont to-
day by the presidents of the five
unions directly involved.
! The union presidents saw the man
! have not weakened in their intention
to force the railroads to recognize
their newly established federation of
shop employees by means Of strike,
and more than 80 per cent of the
men Will quit work. The fight, thev
say is likely to prove long drawn out.
The railroads, on the other hand, say
the workers do not want to strike and
that great majority will refuse to
leave their work when the hour is
reached.
The railroads are in good shape to
stand strike right now, according
to local officials. A retrenchment or
der recently issued reduced the num-
Der Of employees nearly 25 per cent
and there is a sufficient number of
Idle men In all crafts to permit the
roads to Keep their shops running
even II all the men go out.
This was denied today by President
Kline of the blacksmiths' union who
said the men the railroads are count
ing on to fill the places of strikers
are men who were laid off recently
! and who are union men. and would
refuse to work during a strike.
The strike order came after consul
tation over the long distance tele-
phone President Kline of the black
smith here. Ryan Of the carmen and
FRANKLIN of the boilermakers at Kan
sas City and O'Connell Of the machin-
lists OF Davenport. President O'Sul.
ilVan or the sheet metal workers, who
already had agreed to the time. left
today for Pittsburg. Pa, from where
he will conduct the fight. AS soon
as the day ana hour had been decided
upon the following message was sent
10 the officers cf all the local Unions
affected
All efforts have failed. Mr. krutt-
schnitt refuses. All craftsmen strike
Saturday, September 80 10 a. m.
Letter of instructions follows. Let
every man do his duty"
The chief shops that will be affect
cd are located in the following cities:
Kansas City, Omaha. North Platte,
Neb. Cheyenne, Wyo., Ogden, Utah,
Salt Lake City, Pocatello, Idaho, Port
land, Ore, Seattle. San Francisco.
Sacramento. Bakersfield. CAL, Los
Angeles, Las Vegas, Cal, Tucson
Ariz.. Ell Paso. San Antonio, Houston.
Beaumont, Tex, New Orleans. La.
McComb City. Water Valley, Vicks-
burg, Miss, Memphis Tenn, East ST.
Louis Nation, Clinton. Centralia
Chicago. H.. Denver. COL, San Luis
Obispo, Cal.
The strike will not affect train
schedule. according to c. p. Mark
ham. president Of the Illinois Central
who said that there were ten appli-
cants for every position that will be
opened by the strike.
The clerks strike which already
has handicapped shipping on the H.
linois Central and Yazoo and Missis-
sippi Valley in the South today spread
TO the freight handlers in New Or
leans, 100 men walking out. Three
strikers and sympathizers were ar
rested for alleged violation of the fed
eral injunction; and the Georgia ard
Florida railroad firemen are out be-
cause of refusal Of the road to grant
wage Increase. On the Missouri
Kansas and Texas more than 1000