The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
LOCAL SHOPMEN OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL HAVE QUIT WORK Obey Orders of Their Union Officials in
 Chicago
SERIOUS TROUBLE
 IS NOT EXPECTED
Men Have No III Feelings Toward Company and Strict Order Pre- vails-Company States Op-
 erations Are Proceeding

Ii was estimated last night by officials
 of the Illinois Central railroad that Sd men had quit their work at the East Thomas shops In sympathy with the army
 of worl1men who have quit work on the
 Hartman railroad system.
 Their orders came yesterday morning from the officials of allied mechanlca
 crafts at Chicago, the men that have been
 negotiating with officials of the Illinois Central and other Hartman lines to pre- vent the strike.
 1t was given out that yesterday morn ing at 8 o'clock six clerks of the mechan- ical shop department quit work Of the total number employed, nine remained at their posts and announced that they would not strike. At 10 o'clock 24 men, boiler makers, pipemen, blacksmiths and their helpers. left their posts. At noon between 45 and 50 men, called carmen quit their out any demonstration.
 The local officers of the Illinois Cen tral railroad are in close touch with the
 situation. They do not fear any trouble,
 but in order to insure the most perfect order at East Thomas there will be some patrolmen stationed there in uniform un- til the trouble has been adjusted.
 This statement was given out yesterday from the offoces of E. F. Stovall, general agent of the Illinois Central railroad:
 "The walkout of some of our work
 men at East Thomas yesterday has not
 resulted in any interference with our
 operations. We have handled our bus mess with the same dispatch as for
 merly and we hope to continue so
 to do. I will say that of our workmen
 at East Thomas, about S5 men have
 walked out. The company regrets the action deeply, but we cannot go into
 the details of the situation at this | time''
 | The statement was made yesterday by one of the men who quit work that not one man so far as he knew was displeased over the Illinois Central op- erations He said: Our contract with | the Illinois Central railroad is per- fectly satisfactory to the men here and
 there is not one among us who is dis posed to criticise the company. The statement may also be made for the
 men who have quit that the property
 of the Illinois Central railroad is just
 as sacred to them now as before this | trouble arose and is perfectly safe al East Thomas. I do not believe the | slightest trouble will come up- We | quit simply because we wanted to be loyal to our union officials in Chi cago."
 It was said that when the work men quit at East Thomas they went quietly to their homes and some of l them came up town yesterday and last
 night Reports from East Thomas yes- terday afternoon and last night were to the effect that no trouble of any sort had occurred
 George H. Bodeker. chief of police went out to the yards yesterday aft ernoon and reported to Commissioner | A. O. Lane of the department of Jus | tice that everything was orderly. The police authorities do not fear any | trouble.
 | ure of the Illinois Central railroad and other Hartman lines to recognize the allied mechanical crafts as unit while they do recognize them as sep arate bodies. Other claims were put | forth by the workmen in addition to | the alliance.