Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-03
10000 STRIKE
. ACCORDING TO
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Hartman Magnate, How
ever, Declares That Less
Than Is Per Cent Of Shop
men Have Quit Work.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. -Approxi.
mately 20 900 mechanics walked ous
Saturday at noon on the Hartman
lines, according to reports received up
to this morning by j. A. Franklin,
international president of the boiler.
markers union. At noon today the
flve international presidents expect to
have complete reports showing the ex'
act number Of men on strike.
The five unions have given special
permission to the older men, long In
the employe Of the system who would
flnd great difficulty In obtaining en-
ployment elsewhere to remain at thell
work.
julius Kruttschnitt, vice president
and director of maintenance and op'
Grafton of the Union & Southern
Pacific expressed the opinion that less
than twenty-five per cent OF the shop
men han gone out.
w. L. Park. vice president and gen.
eral manager OF the Illinois Central,
claimed today that less than one-halt
of the 1000 men on his line had obey.
ed the order.
Violence Breaks Out at Chicago.
Chicago, ILL.,, October 2.-(SpeciaD
Violence broke out today among the
striking employees OF the Illinois Cen
trail railroad shops at Burnside which
resulted In a riot call being sent to
the Kensington police station. John
Thomas, carpenter, who declined to
quit with the other men, was assaulted
by four union pickets as he was going
to work today He was struck on the
head with brick and Immediately
was Surrounded by crowd OF nearly a
hundred strikers. A private watch.
man employed by the Illinois Central
attempted to interfere and was rough.
" handled and warned to let union
pickets alone in the future.
Thomas was rescued by q patrol
wagon full Of police who arrived on
the scene as another attack on the
man was being made. He escaped
with slight injuries. The union pickets
fed when they saw the police coming
and no arrests we're made. ri
Two hundred strike breakers were
smuggled into the big car shops at
Burnside under cover of darkness, ac
cording to the report OF Illinois Cen
trail oficials. They also declare that
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work since Saturday. The statement
was made that 800 OF the 5000 shop
men employed at Burnside were al
work today and that this number Is
being augmented hourly. This state
ment was announced by Special Agent
Welch Of the railroad, who is assist
ing the police in protecting the prop
erty of the company.
A score or more of pickets were OF
duty early today. They worked In
dustr1ously in their efforts to persuade
non-union men to leave their posts, bu
with varying success
The union labor leaders today de
clare that no strike breakers hat
been sent to the shops and that none
OF their men had returned. A mass
meeting of strikers was scheduled tc
be held during the morning.
Walk Out at Waterloo.
Waterloo, Oct. 2.-Union shopmer
to the number Of ESQ employed by the
Illinois Central here laid down theil
tools and walked out promptly at
O'Clock this morning About twenty
five men, mostly those who were ad
vanced in years and vitally affected BY
the pension system, declined to obey
the strike order.
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