The Cairo bulletin., 1911-10-22
Head Of Railway Clerk, is
Principal Taiker at Meeting
Saturday Night, Logely Atten
ded at K.M.K.C. Hall
ESPOSES SECRET OF
STRIKE ON CENTRAL
Figures out Millions Have Been
| Lost Since Former Employe !
| Quit Work on Hartman Systan.'

lcrNatlOfihl BTOlHeTiOOu ol AAllWay
Clerks, spoke. to a large audience at
X. M. X. C hall on the subject up
permost in the minds OF those who
att Aded the strike on the Illinois
Central Railway now ending IT.
fourth week of duration The meet
ing was called to order by W. T.
Jackson Of Mound City, who was
made chairman. Talks were mad
by Mr.. jackson, r. l.. Finney and N
j, Kelly, ex-chalrman OF the board o.
trustees or the Boilermakers' Uniau
of Kansas City. Mr.. Kelly was one
of the speakers at the meeting held a
week ago at the same hall.
The meeting was opened and clos
ed by prayers pronounced by Rev.
FIR. A neRosset, rector OF the Church
or the Redeemer
President Corrigan does not lay
claim to, ofatory; he Is matter-of-
fact business man and thoroughly
Inapable to be ut the head of large
Organization such as he represents.
In his speech last night he gave 4
detailed account Of the causes that
| led up Nto the strike and explained
just whatAthe strikers are contend
ing for. He came down quite heavy
on Parks {and Foley Of the Illinois
Central ~ ,hetr refcsal to listen to
a committee representing the sys-
TEN federation, having treated the
members with no consideration what.
ever and said Parks even denied
that there was ever committee Of
the sort called upon HIM unless It was
a ''one-legged clerk and a boiler
maker"
President Corrigan said the rail-
road officials had only been asked to
recognize the systems federation;
had this been done there would not
have been any strike rs other mat
ters that had been brought up for con
sideration could have teen easily ad
justed. He said that since the strike
began the road had probably lost
$2,000,000, more thaen enough to
have paid every demand that could
have been made by the men either in
shorter hours or more pay That the
Mobile & Ohio, Zig Four and Louis
Vile & Nashville roads, which were
handling large amount of the Hi
nois business since the strike, were
doing more business than ever be-
fore in the history of these roads
He said the newspapers-no all OF
them-only the capitallstlc ones.
were not in the favor of the strikers
and this the strikers had to contend
with In the dissemination of the
rews concerfing the strike and It's
effect upon the road.
Held Big Meeting at Mounds.
The largest meeting yet held at
Mounds by the strikers took place
yesterday afternoon in the Baptist
church. This meeting was also pre-
sided over by w. Il, Jackson. Presi
dent Corrigan made an interesting
talk there as did Charles Adams of
Cairo, chairman of the Garments Tn
ion Other speakers were four
clergymen-Re Runalls, pastor
OF the Congregational church at
Mounds; Rev NJ B. Baker, pastor
OF the NJ. E. church at Mounds; Rev
Hoar. pastor of the Mounds M. E.
church and Rev. Ferrell, pastor OF
the Baptist church at Mound City
Meeting at Mounds Today.
Another big meeting OF the feder-
ated unions will be held this after
noon at 3 o'clock at Mounds. Presl-
dent Corrigan will address the meet
ing and then go to Centralia to at
tend meeting OF strikers. He re-
mained in Cairo last night and was
the guest of the Webster hotel at
Thirty fourth street and Washington
avenue
Charles Adams OF Cairo, chairman
of the Garments Union, leaves today
for Danville, H., to appear before
the United States court Monday in
regard to the hearing of the injunc-
tion proceedings. The question is to
be settled by the court whether the
temporary restraining order granted
by the court against the strikers
shall be made permanent or not.