The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-30
THEY ALL GO OUT.
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strike order of their union and lay
down their tools at 10 o'clock
The shops at Burnside are surround
ed by ten foot board fence sur
mounted by a wire screen Policemen
were stationed at every entrance and
none but railroad officials and work
men were admitted.
/ Although no violence is expected to-
day, reserve forces of policemen are
being held at the Woodlawn, Ken
sington and Grand Crossing stations
ready for immediate use in the event
| of trouble. The reserve force num-
bers 500 patrolmen and it is said that
this number will be increased.
Railroad officials worked all night
preparing for the strike of shopmen
! by removing hundreds of locomotives
, and cars from the shops.
BoiIernlakers Wait.
Cairo H., Sept. 3O.-Thirty- seven
Illinois Central shop men went out on
strike at 10 O'Clock the boilermakers
are still awaiting official orders.
Chinese Stay at Work.
Tucson, Sept. 30.-One hundred and
| fifty of the IT'S men employed in the
| Southern Pacific shops here struck to-
! few carpenters remained at work.
Both Sides Make Their Bluffs.
San Francisco, Sept 30-oBth the Of
| ficials of the Hartman system in this
state and employees waited with strain
ed nerves today for the coming of 10
] o CLOCK, In6 nOuT IA0u lOI buS SlA4nO-
The Hartman system employs about
/ 5000 shopmen in this state alone Rail
road officials expected that less than
| so per cent of these would walk out,
| but Reguin and other union leaders
maintained that virtually all would
| obey the summons.
I'VE are in good shape financially
for the strike" said Reguin, land have
money in the treasury sufficient to last
more than two months. We will be
! joined by all unskilled labor.
| "Our train service will continue un-
interrupted" said F. G. Athearn, head
bureaus of economies. There is no
reason to believe that it will be i'm
| paired in the least"
Over 1000 Obey Order.
McComb, Miss, Sept. 30.-Over 1000
Illinois Central shopmen obeyed the
strike order and walked out at 10
O'Clock today. No disorder attended
the walkout. The road men are said
to be considering a strike.
Quit With a Cheer.
ogden, Sept. 30.-Between 400 and
500 men employed in the Hartman
shops here quit work at 10 o'clock
this morning. A few minutes before that
hour the men started cheer and i'm
mediately commenced preparations for
| the walkOut.
Their exit from the shops was or
derly.
A few old pensioners, on the ad-
| vice OF the strike leaders ulQ not JOIN
| in the Walkout.
Two Hundred Out at Council Bluffs.
Council Bluffs, Sept. 3O.-A1l the
Union Pacific shopmen, $50 in num-
ber, struck at 10 o'clock and fifty of
the 100 Illinois Central men, The bal
ance are expected to go out today.
Five Hundred Quit at Oakland.
Oakland, Sept. 30.-About 500
Southern Pacific shopmen here walk
ed out at 10 O'Clock today in obedience
to the strike order. The company has
a large force of state police and spec
ial officers at the yards The Walkout
was quietly conducted.
AS soon as the walkout occurred
all the switch engines were turned III
to the round house
Lay Down Their Tools.
Los Angeles, Sept. so.-Promptly at
10 o'clock the 1,40O men employed in
the Southern Pacific shops in Los An
geles laid down their tools and began
walking out. At first there were a
few cheers but the majority came out
silently Labor leaders say all the
men have struck.
]. J. Jones, president of the Sixth
district federation of Hartman shop
employees, declared that 1,4OO men.
all the organized men in the shop
crafts obeyed the strike order.
March to the City.
New Orleans, Sept. 30.-Two hun
dred and fifty employees of Illinois Cen
trail shops at Harahan just above New
Orleans quit work at 10 a. m. and
marched to the city. This increases
the number of strikers of the Illinois
Central and Yazoo and Mississippi
valley to 1000. No disorders of any
kind have been reported.
Company Is Checking Up.
San Francisco, Sept. 3O.-The en-
ployees at the local shops of the
Southern Pacific company mum mbering
about 400 walked out at 10 O'Clock.
The company is checking up to find
out just how many men remain at
work. There was no disorder.
New Trouble Looms Up.
Houston, Tex. Sept. 30.-New trouble |
on the Hartman lines in Texas lOomed |
up at noon here today in the action |
of conductors and brakemen. 1t was |
announced these employees had decided |
to give notice demanding the revision |
of contracts. This involves all the |
Hartman lines except the Houston
and Texas Central and Houston East
and West Texas.
A 100 Per Cent Affair
San Francisco, Sept. 30.-Ernest L.
Reguin, president of the shopmens |
federation, said that all members OF
the federation had gone out. It's a
cry machinist in the San Francisco |
shops quit l have no information as
to other points in the state as yet"
But One Man Quit.
Stockton, Sept. 30.-But one en- |
ployee of the 90 in the S. P. yards |
here walked out this morning, all 9TH !
er refusing to recognize the general |
order.
Whole Force Obeys Order.
Reno, Sept 30.-The entire force of |
union shopmen employed at Sparks, !
approximating 500 men, obeyed the |
strike order at 10 o'clock this morning. |
Mostly Greeks and Austrians.
Grand Island, Sept 30.-Practically |
every employee in the Union Pacific