Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-05
SPECIAL OFFICER AT HOUSTON
KILLED DURING RIOT WITH
STRIKERS.
QUIET OTHER PLACES
Leaders Of Workers Insist that Enough
Men Are Out to Cripple Service
But This 1t Denied by
kruttschnItt.

train TO the yardS during the earl!
morning hours. It has not been set
tiled who fired the shots. S. B. Crack
EFT, special officer, and one OF the
tparty who was near Pipes, and who
was wounded, says the shots were
+ fired from within the yards where s
number of guards were stationed
Captain H. S. Sisk, also injured, who
was escorting the party to the yards
| says the shots came from the crowd
of strikers following his charges ano
that he believes he fired one shot IT
reply.
In addition to those shot or stoned
Gordon Knight, strikebreaker, was
stabbed in the face. All the injured
are expected to recover.
Strike Breaker Kills Cairo Man.
Cairo, ILL.,, Oct. 3.-Robert Mitchell
an Illinois Central switchman, was
shot and killed this morning in the
railroad yards at Mounds, near here
by a machinist, employed as a strike
breaker, but discharged for incompet
ency yesterday.
/. Chicago Shops Quiet.
Chicago, Oct 3.-Peace and quiet
reigned in the vicinity Of the Burnside
shops of the Illinois Central railroad
early today. The 500 men who are
still employed at the plant were not
annoyed as they passed through the
! big gates to the shops. Groups of
strikers outside stood by, but they
made no attempt to interfere with the
men who remained at work.
A force of 200 policemen was on
duty patroling the plant and prevent
ing the gathering of crowds. No ,strik-
er was allowed to 60 within one hum
dred feet Of the fence surrounding the
| works.
Illinois Central officials declared that
the company could fill the vacancies
caused by the walkout in an hour but
that there was no need of maintain
ing such q large force at present. They
insist that the company's service has
not been interferred with in any way
by the strike.
Reports Of the labor unions denied
the truth Of the company's claims and,
insist that there are not moro than 200
men at work at Burnside and that the
entire repair department will be Grip
pied in few days unless the strike Is
settled and the men return to their
places.
The only act of violence reported
during the early morning was at
Dauphin park, where an attepmt was
mad to set fire to box car standing
on switch track. Policemen ex-
tinguished the flames before damage
had been done. The men who sought
to burn the car escaped.
Dauphin park is about mile from
the Burnside shops and the police
we're in doubt whether the incendiar-
les were strike sympathlzers or
Migrants.
kruttschnit Talks Of Situation.
julius Kruttschnitt, vice president
of the Hartman lines, will not place
a time limit within which the shop
men may return to work. Matters of
hands of the presidents Of the roads |
comprising the Hartman system, he
said, when asked about the ultimatum
posted in the Omaha shops. Mr..
Indicated, however, that
the strike was not proving as serious
to the railroads as they had expected.
Honestly, was surprised at the
of men who stayed at work."
be said. with the men who are at
work now, the roads can get along
and do the work that is actually neces-
sary to keep the equipment in the
right shape. We already have had
numerous applications from former
to return to work"
Pensions May Deter Strikers.
The pension system which was in
gurated several years ago is expected
BY officials of the Hartman lines to
deter large number of shopmen from
Joining the strike. Nearly all the men
who have been in the employ of the
for number of years and
Who soon will be entitled to a pen.
sion have remained at work railroad
officials say. A clash between strik.
,rs and strike breakers on the South
,rn Pacific occurred early today at
Tex, in which one of the
strike breakers was killed and two in.
ured. ,
New Orleans Expects Long Strike.
New Orleans, La, Oct. Both sides 5
# the railway strike situation had APP
'arently settled down for long strug-
lie. The railroad officials of this city
will not discuss the strike, except to !.
'redict from day to day they will soon
'egin accepting all freight offered for .
hipment
The strikers have been orderly since o
wo or three of them were sent to Jail ?
or disobeying the courts Injunction Il
is not known when the railroad in I
ends putting its strike breakers to S
york.
No Change on Coast. T.
San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 3-There p
vas no change apparent today in the c
trike on the Hartman lines on the t
tactic coast. the various shops were S
icketed as usual but the union men e
efrained from violence or harshness II
n Accosting those who passed through Ii
heir lines. No attempt to increase the S
mall force still at work was reported 7
y the night men in the local shops. IL
400 Out at Waterloo. D
Waterloo, Oct. 3.-About 400 shop |,
len employed by the Illinois Central +
ere are or strike today as the re. f,
ult Ct the etrike order issued Sunday. i,