New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-01


fences for violation Of a federal injunction
restraining them from interfering with the
company's property The injunction was
made permanent
In the far West. it was said by the rail-
road officials. a small percentage Of work
srs responded 10 the strike call.
Says Few Have Quit.
Mr. Kruttschuitt issued the following
statement:
At many Of the intermediate points on
tue Union and Southern Pacific lines. shop
forces were laid of 10 reduce working time
and effect reduction Of expenses AT the
other points no men at all went out and
at some points only one or two AT me
general shops, as far as heard from. the
situation was as follows. omaha gcncrat
shops, 20 per cent quit. Sacramento % per
cent are out ana Oakland, u per cent
stopped work.
Train schedules on all lines are normal
snd the maintenance Of regular schedules
will in no manner be interrupted.
The men involved are divided into the
following groups. according 20 the union
men: Machinlsts 10000; boiIermakcrs.
1000 blaclsmiths. 5000; carmen 1900;
clerks. 1000; miscellaneous workers. 1000.
". L. Park. vice-prcsidcnt and general
manager Of the Illinois Central. issued a
circular 20 employees Of the road tonight,
Characterizing the demands of the men as
radical. relating The history of the negotia-
tons and charging that the contracts be-
tween the men and the road had not been
sbrogated by the necessary thirty days
notice lie said also:
It is well known that the international
officers OF at least some Of the crafts sup
ported our positions and bitterly opposed
violating their contracts by conserving 10
.#-FNr "n.. tool
conservatives seemed 10 De iu the minority
however. and the result IS one Of the most
unCalled for Walhout~ of labor 'n the hls-
tory Of this country. The shopmen ~
Memphis and New Orleans Quit their work
in defiance OF the instructions of the same
grand officers responsible for calling the
strike.
No Quarrel with Unions.
Tho Illinois Central has not sought this
controversy and has no quarrel with or
caniZed labor as such. but viii use all the
resources az its command to retain such
control Of the management as viii enable
10 10 continue the control Of public fuuC-
lions for which IL was created and which
subsequent events have shown II could not
have continued % exercise had the man
agemert consented 20 enter negotiations
with the organization which IS primarily
responsible for this trouble.
The number Of men reported out in the
chief cities was:
Chicago. 400. Omaha. 1000; Denver, 49,:
Ccntraia ID. 300: East St. Louis, ILL.,. so;
Paducah Ky. 7O0; New Orleans. 1.75O;
Kansas City. 100: san Antonio. 591. Weeks
burg. co. Memphis. 1900; Houston. 800;
ogden 800: McC0mb. Miss, 100; Sparks,
New. 5O; San Francisco. 40; Sacramento,
41o Oakland, 90. and Los Angeles, leo
At no place was the walkout accompanied
by violence. There was no signal given
when the hour 10 strike arrived As soon
as the clock showed 10 o'clock the EN-
ployes walked out in groups OF twenty and
thirty as they finished their tasks
Most Of the men who went on strike here
went right 10 their homes rather than
linger about the gates. No strike breakers
were at hand, and. although the company
IS reported TO have a force Of recruits in
Chicago. II is thought they will not be
taken 10 the works until tomorrow.
One hundred and fifty locomotives are in
the repair shops, and more than five hun
dred cars are reported to be in the yards,
not avi>abie for use until repaired The
first handicap % traffic is expected when
the engines are brought 20 the ashpits
The men say there will be no one to han
die them. and the engines will not be ready
for use tomorrow.
The shops at Burnside are surrounded
by a ten-foot board fence, surmounted by a
wire screen Policemen were stationed at
every entrance, and none but railroad Off
Gals and workmen were admitted. Al
though no violence was expected, reserve
forces Of policemen are being held az the
Woodlawn. Kensingtoa and Grand Cross
ing stations ready for immediate action.
The reserve force numbers five hundred
patromen Railroad officials worked all
night preparing for the strike OF shopmen
by removing hundreds Of locomotives and
cars from the shops.
Houston. Tex. Sept. 2O.-New trouble on
the Hartman lines in Texas was promised
here to-day by the action Of conductors and
brakemen in deciding 10 give notice de-
manding a revision Of contracts. This in
wolves all the Hartman lines except the
Houston & Texas Central and the Houston
East & West Texas.
Washington. Sept 30.-Except in a tenta-
tive way. Judge Knapp and DR.. Charles P.
Nein mediators under the Erdman act,
have not been approached with a view 10
existing their good offices in the adjust
ment Of the trouble between the Hartman
lines and the Illinois Central and their
striking shopmen and clerks.
The mediators say they could scarcely
act in the present controversy under the
law, because the Erdman act applies only
10 adjustment OF difficulties between the
railroads and train operatives and not TO
hose involving shopmen and clerks The
inediators. however, might act unoiticially
as arbitrators, II the question should be re-
ferred 10 them by both sides.
Nation. Ill, Sept. So.-Chairmen of local
unions Of the Federation Of Shop Employees
in the Illinois Central plant here counsened
employees not 10 strike to-day. saying no
orders had come 70 them authorizing a
strike. Their advice was followed and all
the men stayed al work.
Portland. Ore, Sept 3o-The strike order
had no marked effect in Portland, as the
shops here are being operated on short
time Ninety Of a hundred men who re-
ported for emergency work, however,
struck. In all there are employed In the
Hartman shops here about nine hundred
men.
Seattle Sept. 3O-The sixty men in the
Oregon Washington Railroad and Saviga-
ton Company's shops. near here, did not
strike to-day and the railroad officials say
they believe all will stay at work.