The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-30
TIL is M forming at 10
O'Clock Workmen
Will Walk Out.
HARTMAN LINES
r A FFECTED
Officials Say That Railroads Are
in Good Condition to Face
Long Struggle With Labor,
and That Their Shops
Will Be Kept
Going.

Chicago. ILL.,, September 29.-The
long threatened strike of shopmen on
the Hartman lines. including the I'LL
nois Central. will became a reality at
10 o'clock o-morrow morning unless
the men, who hav twice voted to
strike. refuse to obey the order sent
out to-day by the presidents of the
five unions directly involved.
The union presidents say the men
have not weakened in their intention
to force the railroads to recognize their
newly established federation of shop
employees by means OF a strike. and
that more than 80 per cent. OF the men
will quit work. The fight, they say.
is likely to prove long drawn out. Tho
railroads. OH the other hand. say the
workers do not want to strike and that
a great majority will refuse to leave
their work when the hour is reached.
Roads I'm Good shape.
The railroads are in good shape to
stand a strike right now. according to
local officials. A ~retrenchment order
recently issued reduced the numbe
of employees nearly 20 per cent. and
there is a sufficient number of idle
men in all crafts to permit the roads
TO keep their shops running wen If
all OF the men go out. This was de-
mid to-day by President Kline. of the
Blacksmiths' Union. who said the men
the railroads are counting on to fill
the places OF strikers are men who
We're laid off recently, are union men
and would refuse to work during a
strike.
The strike order came after consul
tations over the long distance telephone
between President Kline. of the black
smiths: President Ryan. of the carmen,
and President Franklin. of the boiler
makers. at Kansas City, and President
O'Connell. OF the machinists, Of Daven-
port. President o'Sulivan. OF the
sheet metal workers. who already had
agreed to tho time. left to-day for
P%ittsburg. Pa. from where he VIII
conduct the fight.
AS soon as the day and hour had
been decided upon. the following mes
sag was sent to the officers OF all tne
local unions affected:
"All efforts for settlement failed.
Mr.. Kruttschnitt refuses. All crafts
strike Saturday. September 80. at 10 ~.
NJ. Letter of instructions low Let
every man do his duty
The chief shops which will be affect
ed are located in the following cities:
Kansas City. Mo-: Omaha, Neb.; North
Salt Lake City. Pocatello. Idaho; Port
land. Ore; Seattle, San Francisco, Sac
ramento. Bakersfield. CAL; Los An
geles, Las Vegas, Tucson, Ariz.; FL
Paso. Texas; San Antonio. Houston.
New Orleans, Beaumont. Texas; Water
Valley. La; Vicksburg, Miss: Memphis.
Tenn; East st. Louis, Matoon. Ill.
Clinton. H.: Central. Iowa; Denver,
San Luis Obispo, Cal. :
The strike will not affect train sched-
ules. according TO c. II. Markham,
president of the Illinois Central, who
said to-day that there were ten appli-
cants for every position that will be
opened with the strike.
Freight Handlers Out.
h clerks strike, which already has
handicapped shipping on the Illinois
Central and YaZoo and Mississippi, to-
day spread to the freight handlers in
New Orleans, 100 men walking out
Three strikers and sympathIzers were
arrested for alleged violation of the
Federal injunction.
The Georgia and Florida Railroad 8
fremen are out because OF the refusal
of the railroad 10 grant a wage in
i crease. On the Missouri, Kansas and
/ Texas. union men say more than 1000
man are ont.