Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-30
- q Strike Order
 Promulgated
SHOPMEN ON HARTMAN LINES
 TO QUIT TODAY.
WORK STOPS AT 10 O'CLOCK
Union Officials Expect 90 Per Gent. of Men Will Obey order-RaiIroad Off,
 cials Rely on Number of Idle Men.
Chicago. Sent. %

Chicago, Sept. 29
 The long threatened strike of shop men on the Hartman lines, including the Illinois Central will become 8 raal- ity at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, unless the men, who have twice voted to strike, refuse to obey the order sent out today by the presidents of the five unions directly involved.
 Expect 90 Per Cent to Quit.
 The union presidents say the men have not weakened in their intention to force the railroads to recognize their newly established federation of shop employees by means of a strike and that more than ninety per cent. of the men will quit work. The fight they say is likely to prove long drawn out. want to strike, and that great ajor- ity will refuse to leave their work when the hour is reached.
 Enough Idle Men to Run Shops.
 The railroads are in good shape to stand a strike according to local of hcials. A retrenchment order recently issued reduced the number of em-~ 8 sufficient number of idle men in all crafts to permit the roads to keep their shops running even if all of the men go out.
 Idle Men Will Refuse to Work.
 This was denied today by President Kline of the Blacksmiths' union. He said the men the railroads are count ing on to fill the places of strikers are men who were laid off recently, and, being union men, they would refuse to work during a strike.
 A Telephone Consultation.
 The strike order came after con sultations over the long distance tele- phone between Presidents Kline of the blacksmiths here, Ryan of the carmen n lzfiY7 of inc hnilnY ma EarS Kansas City and O'Connell of the ma chinists at Davenport. President O'Sullivan of the sheet metal workers, who already had agreed to the time, left today for Pittsburg. Pa. He will conduct the fight from there.
 The Strike Order.
 As soon as the day and hour had been decided upon the following mes sage was sent to the officers of all the local unions affected:
 .'All efforts have failed. MT Krutt- schnitt refuses. All crafts strike Sat l urday, Sept. 30, at 10 a. m. Letter of Instructions follows. Let every man do his duty
 The Shops Affected. The chief shops which will be af- fected are in the following cities: Kansas City, Omaha, Neb.; North Platt, Neb.; Cheyenne. Wyo.; Ogden, Utah; Salt Lake City, Pocatello, Idaho; # oTS., oedtIle, gdH ISHC1SCo, l Sacramento, Bakersfield, Cal Los An geles, Las Vegas, Tucson. Ariz., Fl Paso, Tex. San Antonio, Tex Hous- ton, Tex. New Orleans, Beaumont, Macomb City. La, Water Valley, La, Vicksburs, Miss. Memphis, East St. Louis, H., Mattoon, H., Clinton, H., Centralia, Ill., Chicago, Denver, San Luis Obispo. Cal.
 Won't Affect Train Schedules. The strike will not affect train schedules according to c. H. Mark ham, president of the Illinois Central, who said today that there were ten applicants for every position that will be opened with the strike. Clerks Strike Spreading. The clerks strike, which already has handicapped freight shipments on tic Illinois Central and the Yazoo and Mississippi in the south, spread today to the freight handlers in New Orleans-100 of whom walked out. Three strikers and sympathizers were arrested for alleged violation of the federal injunction. The Georgia and Florida roads firemen are out because of refusal by the railroad to grant wage increase. On the Missouri. Kan sas and Texas railroad union men say that more than 2,000 men are out. Preparing to House Strike Breakers. Omaha, Neb., Sept. "29.-The an nouncement is made that the Union Pacific officials have been quietly pre- pairing for a strike of the shopmen. An old building formerly used by the shops of the company has been equip ped with cots and other furniture for the use of large number or men. and it is said forces of strike breakers al. ready gathered at eastern cities will he brought here at once to fill the places of those who obey the strike order.