Arizona republican., 1911-10-03

the uNSOn SHOPS Is DlOhtll- Il ANt
strikers have returned to work. IN
ion men deny this and say all the
strikers attended a mass meeting to-
day and agreed to stand pat Dyer
issued a statement tonight inviting
all strikers to apply for re-appoint-
ment for former positions before shift
time Wednesday
SAN FRANCISCO, oct. with
both sides expressing confidence in the
outcome, the strike situation here re-
mains unchanged tonight, and similar
conditions prevail in the Oakland
shops of the Southern Pacific. Ernest
L. Reguin, local president of the fed
Grafton of shop employees, said tonight
he is well satisfied with conditions
and is convinced the railroad officials
will soon realize their inability to OBJ
tain competent men to take the places
of those who walked out
Aside from a few union men who
We're given permission TO remain in
he said, no men who are now work.
ing will be kept under normal condi-
tions l attended a meeting of the
Oakland strikers today and found the
men firm in their determination to
remain out as long as is necessary to
win
Railroad officials did not issue de-
tailed statement confining themselves
to a reiteration of their former declar-
ations that only about forty per cent
of the men obeyed the strike order.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-Statements is
sued tonight by railroad officials and
union heads still show wide variance
in estimates of the number Of men
involved According to julius Krutt-
schnitt, but 1000 men left work on the
Union Pacific lines. j. A. Franklin,
international president of the boiler
makers. is equally positive in his as
sertion that 10000 or more are out Il
linois Central strikers are estimated
more closely. w. l. Parks. the gen
eral manager, estimated that sixty
three per cent struck. Unionists claim
ninety-one per cent Only one report
of violence was received during the
day. The police qUelled a disturbance
at the Burnside shops Other points
are quiet There was no outbreak
when the strike breakers quit work
at the Burnside shops tonight. The
police established a line of 200 feet
from the plant and nOn-uniOn men are
not allowed to go beyond it, 1t is
reported 200 strike breakers are enlisted
at the Burnside shops. and others will
be brought in tomorrow Railroad Of
ficials say they are receiving applica-
tions every day for places vacated by
the strikers and that many strikers
want to return.
TUCSON. Oct 2-Five men who |
struck on the Southern Pacific. return |
ed to work today, according to Super
i1tendent Dyer
OGDEN. oct 2.-Officials of the
Southern Pacific claim two hundred /
men are working in the shops but the |
strikers say only fifty and most Of |
them are pensioners or near pension |
ers. An official warning was issued |
today stating that those who do not |
return to work before Wednesday, Oc- |
tcber (, VIII not again be considered |
eligible for employment.
KANSAS CITY. oct 2-Conflicting |
reports of the number of strikers here |
were given out today. Union leaders |
say all are out at the shops at Arm |
strong. Railroad men say only half |
are out One thing is confirmed, that |
all blacksmiths are out. At the shops |
preparations have been made to care |
for many men. A kitchen and dining |
room have been installed and provis-
ions and bedding taken in. No trouble |
is so far reported.
SALT LAKE, oct. 2.-The Oregon |
Short Line today posted notices that |
strikers who return before Wednesday |
viii be reinstated and those who do |
not, need never apply as they will not |
be employed. strikers say the shops |
are in bad condition. They declare that |
they are to stay out a long time.
General Manager. Bancroft tonight |
said several old employees had asked
to go back, and that many new men |
have been employed. He said at Salt |
Lake 96 are working out of a normal |
force of ESQ.,. at ogden Isl are work
ing normal $50: POcatello. 90, normal |
761. At Glenns Ferry and Montpe-
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