The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-09-30
sHOPMEN ON HARTMAN LINES
AND ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL
ARE ORDERED OUT.
OFFICIALS NOT IN FEAR
Railroad Heads Claim They vii, as
Well Able to Stand a Long Sisas,
as There Are Plenty Of Idle Men
Who Viii Be Anxious to Work.
Had Started to Retreneh Anyhow.

Chicago. Sept. 29.-The long threat.
ened strike OF shopmen on the Harri.
man lines. including the Illinois Gem
trai railroad. Will become a reality at
~ o'clock tomorrow morning. unless
the men refuse to obey the order sent
out today by the presidents of the
five unions directly involved.
The presidents say the men have not
weakened In their desire to force the
railroads to recognize their newiy-es-
tabiished federation OF shop employees
and that more than 30 per cent OF
the men viii go out
The railroads. on the other hand.
say the workers do not want TO strike.
that they have. been forced into their
position by the union leaders and
that great majority will refuse to
leave their work
The railroads are In good shane
to stand strike right now, accord
ing to OFFICIALS \ retrenchment order
recently issued reduced the number Of
employees nearly 90 per cent ana there
Is sufficient number OF idle men I'm
all crafts 10 permit the roads 10 keep
their shops running even IL all the
men go out
President Kline of the biacksmIths'
union. however. said the men the rail-
roads are counting on to I'LL the
strikers places are union men who
would refuse to work during n strike,
The strike order came after q con-
sultation over the long distance tele-
phone between Presidents Kline, Ryan
of the carmen. and Franklin of the
boiiermakers at Kansas City. and
oconnel of the maehinists at Daven-
port
Saturday at 10 .. m.
As soon as the day and hour had
been decided upon, the following mes
sage was sent to the officers OF all the
local unions affected.
"All efforts have failed. Mr..
kruttschnitt refuses. All crafts strike
saturday. September 80, at 10 a. m.
Letter of instructions follows. Let
every man do his duty"
The chief shops that win be affect.
ed are In Kansas City. Omaha. North
Platte. Neb.: Cheyenne. wyo.: ogden,
utah; Salt Lake City. Pocatelio. Ida.
no: Portland. Ore; Seattle, San Fran
cisco, Sacramento, Bakersfield. Cal:
Los Angeles. Las Vegas. Tucson.
Ariz.; El Paso. San Antonio, Texas:
Houston. Texas: New Orleans: Beau.
mont. Texas: McCoomb city. Miss:
Water Valley, Miss; vicsxsburg.
Memphis. East st. Louis, Mattoon. nj:
clinton, III; centralia. ILL.,; Chicago.
Denver and San Luis Obispo. Cal.
The strike will not affect train
schedules. according to c. Fl. Mark
ham, president Of the Illinois Central.
who said that there were 10 appli-
cants for every position that viii be
opened with the strike.
Tho clerks strike. which already has
handicapped shipping on the Illinois
central and YaEoo & Mississippi. to-
day spread 20 the freight handlers In
New Orleans. 100 men walking ont
Three strikers and sympathizers were
arrested for alleged violation of the
FEDERAL Injunction and the firemen OF
the Georgia a Florida railroad are out
because OF the refusal OF the road to
srant wage increase.
ON the Missouri. Kansas & Texas
union men say over 1000 men are our