The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-09-27
STRIDE BREAKERS ARE
RETURNED TO MOUNDS
Company determined to Fight Or
aainsed Fmploges--T -Trainren Said
70 be flot Uniayefahie III Strike
IraiEio Becomes Congested in
South Strike Benefits Voted.

ihc e&u2 faAload CLERKS sc6sived
hGIr aGartcr as local union from
tho international h9adqnarters res
terday afternoon Thosa members
employed by tla lilia1is caatlaE vent
Oh sStike following che receipt cf an
ord at 7 o'clock laSt night
Eighteen men afa oat cahcrs
s'ho syulrathize with the union men
ard who sre eMployel IN the Illinois
aantral ofisces here afe cxrecsad To
n Ant also
gafe recart ne w af Mounds hes
tgFglttd il 'he sending of riany oaf
oads nj, eeiro far reoansignment
erese Il is said heavy extra work
III iis'ro clerks This Is believed
Z A'T causca dissatisfaction aus
4oald 10 ore reasor for the v-2lkons
f tAs riAsr not helangi To the ar
son
Company Moves Strike Breakers.
fStdieatfRE its determination to re.
sist the strike OF the Clerks ali alone
the system the IIlionls Central yes.
'crliG beEaa the movement of mer
N talce the piaee OF those who
walked olt.
With equal determination to wage
a relentless fight the organized
clerks have met at various places and
voted strike benefits. 1t is stated
uicletlng will begin soon.
Thirty-hve strike breakers were
brought to Mounds yesterday follow
ing the walkout of some sixty men
shere. With the. men. who arrived
IN special sleepers, came dining
ears, where the men will, be fed.
Special trains took strike breakers
from Chicago to Memphis yesterday.
passing through Cairo SIX hundred
clerks are reported out at Memphis.
Trainmen May Go Out.
The affiliated unions of the Illinois
Central system are daily taking votes
on the question of striking and re-
ports indicate that there is possi-
bility Of the tieing up Of the shops ul
the company all along the line.
The president Of the trainmen's
union has been quoted as saying it
is not impossible that the trainmen
will go out This would result in a
complete tie up OF the whole system,
The situation at Mounds is at pres
ent quiet Only slight congestion Of
| freight is reported now. Further
south, II is said, idle cars are becom-
ing numerous Company officials
say that as soon as they can get the
strike breakers distributed the traffic
will become normal
M X r Men Put Out Pickets.
Sedalia, Mo, Sept 26.--Pickets
| were placed on duty by the striking
car men today at all shop points on
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas sys-
TEN.
This action was taken in an eff
fort to prevent the resumption of
work in the shops following yester-
days announcement by company Of
ticials that men would be hired TO
hll the places Of the i,500 strikers
who walked out Saturday as fast as
they could be obtained
At union headquarters IN this city
TODAY Il was announced that the
strikers throughout the system are
starding firm, and that.a settlement
was expected within ten days Rail
way officials would make no state
ment They have hired no strike-
breakers and, She car shops are tdle,
Street Car Men Go Back.
Spartanburg, s, G.. Sept 26 Ac-
cepting the proposition by the street
railway company. the lockout ear
men today are applying for their
former positions. which will be re-
stored to them. The comapny
agreed to employ the men as in
dividuals but consented to their be-
.r~ss