The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-29
BIG STRIKE:
 IN PROSPECT
THlRTY-FivE THOUSAND RAIL. WAY MECHANICS WILL LIKE.
 " BE CALLED OUT
Hartman Lina5 Reorganize Officiary and ls In Readiness to With
 stand Prolonged Strike If 1t Comes.

Chicago. Sept. 29--A strike on all the Hartman lines, involving more than 35s000 shopmcn is inevitable. according to the five presidents Of the international unions to which most of the men belong. The call ing Of the strike lacks only the word of tho officials, who have not yet agreed upon the hour. According to these same offqials, the coIem- 5 ated struggle, 10 a great extent determines the future attitude of all railroads in their dealings with en- pioyes.
 The shopmen will strike, they say, not because of any dissatisfaction with wages nor conditions of labor, but 10 establish the newly organizf ed federation of shop employees as a means of nego9atlng disputes be tween employers and emp poyes.
 The railroads refuse to recognize the Federation, because they say il would mean practically placing all operating affairs in the hands of the federation and would turn railroad management into chaos.
 The dispute reached climax to- day when Julius Kruttsohnitt, vice president of the Hartman lines, re- iterated fine determination of ihe roads not to meet with the fedora dion.
 J. W. Kline president of the h. ternational Blacksmiihs' and Help CTS union, communicated this deci- sion to other union heads and thea authorized a statement that a strike would be called as soon as the day and hofr could be agreed upon. Later, it wss said, ahree of the five union heads. including the machin- ists. hitherto the chief restraining force. were agreed to call strike Saturday not later than noon.
 With talk of an immediate strike comes news from New York of tho re-organization Of the narTimah lines. moving Mr. Kruttschnitt. by whom all the railroads affected have been conducted to New York mak- ing him member of the board oi directors. and apparently extending his power
 Mr. Knttschnitt in refusing to treat with the men. denied taat they have any grievance. and ntimatea tnat the unions had sought to de wise measures to end harmonious relations.
 The railroads. 1t is said. are in good shape to withstand prolonged strike. It is said they have been employing men in all the centers ot population for months and have a long list of men ready to take places Of strikers. Dispatches from the shops in California state that mos of the big railroad shops are en- closed by fences that will serve as stcckades and insure protection to laborers.
 Possible action of the railroads Is said to be indicated by the Illinois Cei4tral railroad at Memphis and New orleans in obtaining a federal injunction restraining striking clerks from interfering with interstate com merce through picketing or other means.
 Hive unions will be affected di- rec.Iy by q strike order the inter national maehinists the blacksmiths and helpers. the boiler makers, the sheet metal workers and fine cal men
 Tn addition four allied trades, the sseamiitters. the painters, copper and brass workers and clerks may ae out.
 All of these unions have voted la favor of strike as an alternative of not getting recognition of the fet eratiGn.
 T he strike vote was taken some months ago. bit action was delayed, owing to the refusal of the ma oa,a'sts to support the strike This onjecfion was removed in Davenpor3 iowa. this week when the machinists in conventions voted to place all power to act in the hands Of their international officers
 The situation is made more com piicated by labor struggles aready