Montana news., 1911-12-07

With two months having passed
since the strike was called the strikers
on the Hartman lines are standing
with ranks unbroken. With all the
scabs at their command the Southern
Pacific railroad have not been able to
get a single engine overhauled in all
its shops rom New Orleans to Port
land, Oregon, where as under normal
could have passed through the shops
each month.
are reaching a state when the COM
pany will be unable to handle them.
Boiler explosions and wrecks are a
common occurrence. Within the past
few days word has come of a passen-
ger locomotive blowing up near Raw
lins, wyo. the boiler was blown so
feet from the track. the engine crew
killed. four passenger coaches derail-
ed. and the track tore up for 800 feet.
Another boiler blew up on the branch
line between Salt Lake and Tintic,
Utah, in which the engineer was kill
ed and the Herman badly scalded.
Owing to defective breaks a train
ran away near Gum, Wyo., and a
scab belonging to the wrecking crew
was Killed while clearing UP the
wreckage
At Salt Lake the government boiler
inspectors ordered three passenger
locomotives out OF service. as the
engines were in too dangerous con-
dition to allow them to be longer used
The extremes that the corporation
Is in for want of men can be seen.
from the conduct OF the management
OF the Union Pacific railroad at Raw
dns, wyo,. in demanding that a pen
sioncr return to work.
Mr. Owens an old time boilermaker
at Rawlins. wyo.. who worked for
the Union Pacific railroad for 40
years and was discharged a number
of years ago by that road for being
too old, but given a pension for life.
was recently notified to report for
work at once or suffer the loss of
his pension. Mr. owens is a justice
of the peace at Rawlins, and refused
to become a scab.
From Cleveland comes the report
that the Hartman lines have turned |
over 1900 bad order cars to the |
Pennsylvania railroad to be repaired !
at the Pennsylvania shops at Altoona.
Penn. The carmen employed by the ,
Pennsylvania refused to handle the |
cars from the Hartman lines and a .
strike is now threatened on the Penn
sylvania.
The Illinois Central and Hartman
lines and New York Central have .
given large orders to the locomotive /
factories for new engines. but the |
boilermakers at the locomotive fac
tories have refused to build loco
motives boilers for the roads where
Stflkes are IN existence.
Small pox has broken out among
the scabs In the bun pen at Los
Angeles and a bad state of affairs ex-
lists there. but the labor hating author
lies Of Los Angeles are trying to sup
press the facts of he epidemic,
The local lodge of the Brotherhood
OF Railroad Trainmen at Los Angeles
have expelled one II. Dell for scab-
ing on the striking carmen.
The following letters written by
strike leaders. will show the condition
OF affairs from the union standpoint.
yiyc-PrcsIdcnt lannon's Report.
II am much pleased to be able to
state to our brothers who are out on
strike on the Hartman ralload lines
that | found conditions at the points
that | have visited in California, Ore
gon and Washington in a very good
shape, the men for the most part
seemed possessed of spirit Of de-
termination TO stick together in this
great struggle until vlcory has crown
cd their efforts.
"Thc situation in the city OF Port
land whore about 1000 men came
out on strike Is very good, the strikers
have much to contend with in a city
administration that opposes them at