The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-30
RAILROADS ARE
READY FOR FIGHT
They Will Put Men Former
ly Discharged Back on
Their Jobs ii

Chicago. Sept. 3o.-Reports up .
. order to strike by shopmen on
the Illinois Central railroad and
the Hartman lines set for 10 q.
m. had been obeyed generally by .
the men. With many of the =
points at which large numbers Of
men are employed not heard .
from. approximately $4,000 men
IN the chief cities were known =
to have left their work at that =
hour to enforce their demand for .
recognition of the federation Of
:" shopmen.
. Early reports from the Pacific e
coast indicated that the men were .
ready to obey the order. The
number of men reported out in .
. the chief cities was. Chicago. a. =
Louis. 500: New orleans, 1900; .
Kansas City, 100; San Antonio, .
500; Vicksburg. 500; Memphis. .
1900: Houston. 1900; Ogden. =
I. 500; McComb. Miss. 1000. .
At no place was the walkout .
accompanied by any violence or =
demonstration. .
- = .
Chicago. Sept. 3o.-With several
nainder Of 10000 shop employees Of
the Hartman railroads commissioned
to strike at 10 o'clock today, the union
officers went to work early today to
perfect their plans for forcing the
railroads to recognize the recently or
ganized federation Of shop employees.
While the railroad officers declared
that the strike order telegraphed yes
tn txvyor
on the various lines would not be un-
animously obeyed, the leaders said
that the men were under pledge to
strike by the referendum vote taken
some time ago, and that they expected
to see all the union mechanics of the
railroads involved. on the warpath be-
fore night.
The managers of the railroads as
sisted they were ready to strike
if they must. It was said that several
thousand men had been discharged
recently to cut down expenses and
that more of these men would be
glad to return to work.
Two thousand employees Of the Chi
cago shops of the Illinois Central at
a mass meeting last night decided to
obey the strike order. When the A.
Central Railroad company at the
Burnide shops reported for work at
1880 o'clock this morning they did not
bring their dinner pals with them
and declared they would obey the
strike order Of their union and lay
down their tools at 10 o'clock.
In the West.
San Francisco. Sept. so.-While
definite figures are not forthcoming
from either side. the strike order for
the shop employees Of the Hartman
system appears to have been gener.
ally obeyed.
A few of the old employees at va
rious shops remained at work but the
great majority of the men quietly
packed their tools when the whistles
announced 10 o'clock and walked out
of the yards.
There was no disturbance at any
point. The railroad officials reiterate
their prediction that the service will
not be crippled. Union officials have
little to say.
Out at Memphis.
Memphis. Tenn. Sept. 30.-The
strike leaders assert that the remain
ing shopmen and freight handlers Of
the Illinois Central and Yazoo and
Mississippi railroads employed here
went on strike at 10 o'clock The 9TH
er allied workmen struck with the
SiSh nc last AIouutiS. 1hlSS uuIuIcO
men are now on strike.
Others Join.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 30.-The trou-
BILE on the Hartman lines in Texas
loomed up at noon today in the ac-
tion Of the conductors and brakemen.
1t was announced those employees had
decided to give notice demanding a
revision of the contract. This in.
wolves all the Hartman lines except
the Houston and Texas Central and
the Houston and East and West Tex
as.
Strikers EnjOined.
New Orleans. Sept. 30.-The strik-
ing employees of the Illinois Cenral
and Yazoo and Mississippi valley rail-
roads were today permanently enjoin-
ed by an order of the United States
circuit court from interfering in any
manner with the affairs of the rail-
roads. The injunction is sweeping
and applies to any person within the
jurisdiction of the courts.
BEER HOLDING GERMANY BACK.
Hamburg. Sept. 29.-Convinced that
beer retards the progress of Germany
in many ways. Thomas A. Edison, in
ventor. yesterday sailed for home.
Something is wrong with the Ger
man aesthetic lobe" he said. "They
feed their brains too much beer. The