New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-30
STRIKE ORDERED ON
HARTMAN R. R. SYSTEM
Union Heads Tell Shopmen to
Quit Work at 10 O'Clock
This Morning.
MAY BE A LONG STRUGGLE
Railroad officials Say They Are
Well Prepared for It
May Affect $4,000
Men.

Chicago, Sept 29-The long threatened
strike Of shopmen the Hartman lines.
including the Illinois Central. will become
reality al 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
unless the men. who have twice voted 10
strike. refuse to obey the following order
sent out to-day by the presidents Of the
five unions dir ectly involved
All efforts have failed Mr.. Kruttschnitt
refuses. All crafts strike saturday, Sep
TENDER 30 at 10 a. m. Letter Of instructions
follows. Let every man do his duty.
The union presidents say the men have
rot weakened in their intention to force the
railroads 10 recognize their newly estab-
rshed federation Of shop employees by
means Of n strike. and that more than 90
per cent Of them will quit work. The fight.
they say. will probably prove long. The
railroads. IN the other hand, say the men
dc not want 10 strike and that a great
majority will refuse 70 leave their work
when the hour is reached.
The railroads are in good condition N
stand a strike. according 10 local officials.
4 retrenchment order. recently issued. re-
duced the number Of employees nearly p
per cent and there is sufficient number or
IDLE men in all crafts 70 permit the roads
TO keep their shops running. even if all the
men 20 out
This was denied to-day by President
Kline, Of the blscksmiths union, who said
the men the railroads are counting on 70 I'LL
the places Of strikers are those who we're
laid off recently, ana who being union men,
would refuse 10 work in a strike.
The strike order came after consultations
over the long distance telephone between
Presidents Kline. Of the blacksmiths here;
Ryan. Of the car men, and Franklin. OF
the boilermakers. AT Kansas City, and
O'ConneH. Of the machinists. Of Davenport
President OSullivan. Of the sheet metal
workers who already had agreed 10 the
time. left here to-day for Pittsburgh, where
h. will conduct the fight.
The chief shops which will be affected
are In the following cities
Kansas city, Omaha and North Platte,
Neb Cheyenne. Wyo; ogden and Salt
Lake City. Utah. Pocatello, Idaho; Port
land. Ore Seattle. Wash; San Francisco
Sacramento Bakersfield and Los Angeles
Cal. Las Vegas. y. NJ; Tucson, Ariz.. FL
Taso. san Antonio and Houston. Tex; New
Orleans. Beaumont. Macomb city and
Water Valley. La. Clinton, Centralia Chi
cago Denver and San Luis Obispo, Cal
The strike will not affect train schedules,
according to c. II Markham, president Of
the Illinois Central, who said that there
were ten applicants for every place that
will be opened with the strike.
The clerks strike which already has
handicapped shipping on the Illinois Cen
trial and Yazoo & Mississippi in the South,
Tsssr 10 fTn1En
New Orleans, one hundred men waking
out Three strikers and sympatnlZers
were arrested for alleged violation or the
federal Injunction and the Georgia q
Florida Railroads iremen are out because
OF the refusal OF the railroad 20 grant a
wage increase. Union men say more IMAM
two thousand men are out on the MISSOURI
Kansas r. Texas
Kansas City. Mo, Sept 29-Following a
conference between Presidents j. \. Frank
lin and NJ F. Ryan. Of the hoilermakers
and car mems unions, the two men sent out
strike orders this afternoon About 1900
car men and 5000 boilermakers are affected
We shall not return TO the shops until
out tight is won" said President Ryan
I'VE are prepared to pay a strike benefit Of
s. week TO each Of our men for a period
of seven months We feel assured OF ulr-
I
cause a large majority OF the competent
workers are members Of our organization
Union Pacific Railroad oitclaIs TO-DAY
asked the Police Department TO grant spe-
cial commissions 10 twenty-five guards
who will protect the companys property
The request was granted.
San Francisco. Sept 29-E. L. Calvin,
vice-president and general manager OF the
Southern Pacific Railroad, in a forma.
. no action NJ the
men, and says
The demands made by the federation are
Of such a character that TO grant them
would entail an enormous financial loss.
and at the same time practically relinquisn
/ 10 a committee OF employees managerial au-
/ thoritv and control over the mechanical
department-a concession the company
could not make without seriously impair
/ iug its ability 70 discharge properly its
cbligations 70 the public as a common car
rier
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