Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-09-07
UNIONS DEBATING
STRIKE QUESTION
. ON CENTRAL ROAD
Railway Heads Firm Against
Demands and Labor Lead
ers Are Said to Be
Divided.
HOLD SECRET CONFERENCE
President of shopmen Says Men
Feel Restive and Will
Strike in Any Event
Before Long.

Chicago. Sept. Z. The arrival here
today of Julius kruttschnitt vice presi
dent and director of maintenance and
way of the Hartman lines was en-
pectetl to develop a bearing on the llli-
nois Central labor differences.
The Hartman executive, who re-
jected the demands of the railroad shop
men made at San Francisco last week,
President Markham. of the Illinois Cen
trail on his program for today Mr..
| Markham on Monday. declined to meet
| agents of the new federation of Illinois
| Central shopworkers just as kruttsch-
| nitt did at sam Francisco. The letter
made public by the shoprnen last night
in which Mr.. Markham is informed that
he will be responsible should a strike
develop. was received by the Illinois
| Central head today.
MIR. kruttschnitt went direct to his
offices. where he w.s in conference
with his assistants for several hours.
4 Representatives of tho nine crafts OF
Illinois Central shopmen and officers of
| the federated body resumed their CON
ference behind closed doors shortly be
fore n O'Clock to discuss the advisable
ity of calling a strike.
Union Leaders Divided.
There is said to be a difference oi
opinion among the labor chiefs regard
/ ing what action shall be taken. The
leaders, is is said are divided into three
factions regarding a plan of action. Il
is said that representatives OF the fed
Grated body favor calling an immediate
strike regardless of action by the shop
mon on the Hartman lines A few o
the international union officers are sale
to favor delaying action until the out
come of the dispute ON the Hartman
&c. vft,i Ii, hn, .iat N
is in favor OF submitting pian OF arbi
tration TO the railroad.
Chairman w. r kramer, who i
presiding at the conference of labo
chiefs. said today:
we are just where we were at tbi
: time yesterday. We have reached NJ
decision and ] do NOT know when w
. will. ! do not expect Il reply To on
I last letter to President Markham. o
: the Illinois Central.
/. When seen shortly before moo
Julius kiuttschnitt said.
I II ann not interested in amy Officia
+ way in the Illinois Central railroa
4 labor trouble and know nothing abou
] it except what have read in tn
newspapers. The Hartman lines an
e the Illinois Central are entirely inde
j pendent and do not see how | coul
be called in conference with Presider
!. Markham. In regard to the sitiauo
# on the Hartman lines there have bee
IL no new developments since | left Sa
;. Francisco last Saturday. We wei
$ compelled To deny the demands Of III
men because of their unreasonable
ness.
Says Men Want to Strike.
President McC're.ty OF he FEEDER:
tion of Illinois Central Shop Einploye
said
The men want 10 strike and al
growing very RESTLESS al the delay,
1 received word todas that a few shol
men employed al the Burnside shoI
Just south OF Chicago. took their too
6 with them when thcs Went, home fro
. work last night and will not retp
unti some definite action is taken.
do not know how many men follow,
this course. mink ii is due to u
men that some decision be reached t,
day"
,e President Markham said he bad =
le ceived the letter Senl by the lab
ID unions. but had NOT decided wheth
el he would answer IL.
lie Situation in the West.
= san Francisco. sept. g. Refusal
~ officials of the Illinois Central railro;
Z To recognize the federation of sho
men Of that SYSTEM VIII not affect 4
=, situation on the hartman system, n
'u cording to a statement made by J.
Kline president OF the blacksmith
uIlDu, WHO lS tlldl'IIisii VI NV 'lio
w mems committee noA in this Oh
81 Kline said he had been IN telegraph
- communication WITH Secretary w.
ie Kramer, of the blacksni,!s' union
v Chicago and that the Illinois Cent?
10 situation remained unchanged
rs "If there is amy likelihood vi a stri
y being called back there ii does not neee
III sarily mean that such action VIII
taken here" said Kline There IS y
necessarily any connection betwe
that affair and the one in san Francis
The only bond Is u sy1npa thetfc one,
The situation mere RENAL
unchanged We shall 60 ahead wi
N oLr arrangements. and there will be
VI conference With the general commit
|V just as soon AS the members OF III
committee arrive llera
Menbels of the general commit
id will reach here today but il is +
certain thai a sufficient number y
be here by niglff for q conference /
morrow.