The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-06
WON'T STRIKE
IN SYMPATHY
ofaeers Of Railroad Trainmen and
Conductors Make Statement on
System Federation walkout

DhNNER. Colo. Oct b.-lhere Will
be no sympathetic strike on the part
OF railroad trainme. to aid the Hal-
riman shopmen In the solution OF their
olmoulues. This was announced by
w. q. Lee. president OF the brother
hood OF Railroad Trainmen. and L. e.
sheppard. acting president OF the or
der OF Railway Conductors, today.
IF the shopmen are TO win this
strike" said Lee. they must do so
without our aid. Their difficulties are
not such tnat we may take cognixance
or them. AtNpresent our position IL
neutral and 50 far as either myself
or Mr.. Sheppard can determine. there
II no possibility that change win
occur.
"Of course II will be appreciated
that we would naturally like to see
the shopmen win but we are not In q
position to take any active hand In
the matter.
The shop employees must fight their
own battles. They are afiliated with
the American Federation Of Labor
and we are not We consider that
they are amply able to care for them
selves"
JACKSON, Miss. Oct. 5.-Eleven
companies OF state troops with rifles
loa6ed and bayonets fixed. patrol the
streets of McComb City today and
six other companies are on the way.
The commanders have been ordered
to shoot to kill" II there Is any fur
Their outbreak In the strike OF the I'LL
nois Central system federation at that
point.
Strike sympathizers have threat
ened to blow up the Illinois CentraIs
$4,000, 900 shops there. Fearful that
some irresponsible person may at
tempt to carry out such threat, Gov.
Noel 10 preparing to Ill the town with
state troops.
There are 1900 men on strike at
McComb City and they are incensed
over the sending OF the soldiers here.
The strikers declare the first riot was
started and carried on by strike
breakers, who were being carried
through here on special trains. and
point TO the fact that the men killed
and wounded were all strikers, indi-
eating that the only firing that has
been done was done by strikebreak-
ers.
The railroad oficials declare that II
dynamite Is used On any Of their shops
at McComb City they will remoye
every one OF their shops from that
city. which would mean commercial
destruction, as McComb 10 dependent
on the shops for existence.
Strike riots broke out In this city
early today. Strikers and strike sym
pathizers FLASHED on o number OF oc-
casions and many shots were hred.
John Tardy, striker. is In Q hos
initial. under guard, seriously wounded.
n n charged deputies caught him re-
moving coupling pins from cars ana
that when he attempted to resist, Dep
uty Sheriff Alfred shot him. NO
weapon was found on Tardy, though
the deputies declare he was armed.
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct 5.-The frst
passenger train operated on the
Georgia q Florida railroad In hve
DAYS. was stalled at vida1ia. this
morning. A white man working as
n strikebreaker fireman, was quietly
taken from the cab by strikers ana
warning was served that anyone VINO
took his place would do SO at his own
peril. .
and the enginemen forcibly taken
from their places. SO far no SHOOT
ing has been reported, and no one was
seriously hurt. The railroad today
sought federal injunction to prevent
the strikers from interfering with
their trains.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct b.-That
six men have been killed and over 100
wounded in the present clash between
the Hartman lines and its employees
A. the assertion OF the Southern Elk
change peace committee, In its tender
of services in an effort at arbitration'
made TO the railroads and strikers to-
day. The conflict is characterized az
one of the bloodiest on record In this
section.
II Is also shown that the loss IN
money to all interests Is a million
dollars a day, Mhlch amount VIII in
crease as the period\ of the strike
lengthens. The exact text OF the com
munication has not been given out
MAccABEEs DRILL AT FAIR
Great Commander Lovelace Leads