The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-02

and was roughly handled and warned
to let union pickets alone in the future.
Cholnas vas rescued by a patrol wagon
full of police who arrived on the scene
as another attack on the man was be-
ing made He escaped with slight in
juries. The union pickets fled when
they saw the police coming and no ar
rests were made.
Two hundred strike breakers were
smuggIed into the big car shops at
Burnside under cover of darkness, ac-
cording to the report of Illinois Central
officials They also declare that 100
strikers have quietly returned to work
since Saturday. The statement was
made by Special Agent Welch Of the
railroad who is assisting the police in
protecting the property of the COM
pany-
duty early today They worked indus
triously in their efforts to persuade
nonunion men to leave their posts but
with varying success. The union labor
leaders today declared that no strike
breakers had been sent to the shops
and that none of their men had re-
turned A mass meeting OF strikers
was scheduled to be held during the
The gathering of former employees
disnersed when the hour for beginning
work had been passed Most OF them
went home and, to all outward appear
within the stockade. The men declared
that fewer than 300 men were at work,
many of these former employees, olu
and infirm and nearing the pension
mark, who had been given PERMISSION
bv the unions to remain at work
AS result of the attack on Chomas'
a deadline was established at the Belt
line tracks which almost enclrcled tne
work at the distance of city ploch
This line was guarded by city ponce
r,.94 r1o1 fcd
pass it. Charges that squad OF near
" 100 citv policemen were on guard
within the stOckade, prepared to re-
main there, were made by strikers
This was denied at police headquarters.
Rev. M. Woulf, at an early meeting Z
the St. Joachim church, warned the
strikers against violence and advised
them to seek mediation.
Chicago, Oct. 2.-The crucial test of
the strike of the shopmen which was
inaugurated on the Hartman INES
Saturday is expected to come today
SATURDAY. was a half holiday IN the
shops at nearly all points on the sys-
TEN and in some cities the men men s~ e-.t e.e
only employed during the first four
days of the week, consequently IL Was
not possible to determine TO Wnat eA-
tent the strike order was obeyed.
Julius Kruttschnitt, vice president
and director of maintenance and
operation of the Union and Southern
Pacific lines, expressed the opinion
that less than 25 per cent of the shop-
men had gone out.
W. L. Park, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Illinois Central.
claimed today that less than one-half
of the 1000 men on his line had obey
ed the order
J. A Franklin, international presi-
dent of the Boilermakers' union, as
serted that 10000 men quit work on
Saturday and that their numbers
would be increased during the day.
In some instances the unions have
given special permission to the older
men, long in the employ of the system,
who would find difficulty in obtaining
elsewhere, to remain at
work.
A strong police guard is held in
readiness in this city to quell any
trouble that may develop at Burnside,
where the main shops of the Illinois
Central are located. The only trouble
so far reported occurred yesterday at
McComb, Miss, where a train of strike
breakers we're stoned
Iowa Shopmen Quit.
Waterloo Ia, Oct 2.-Union shopnen
to the number of $50 employed by the
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