Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-23
FROM THE HARTMAN LINES.
Sacramento, Cal.

ne went Ilds To- N'tfk the IN 81 I)ctcill-
Der. but II Ma tor a V,ry short time On Dec.
'th the whole bunch Was laid oil nnth Ian 4th.
! Lat sNt> them TX das> tn, month. which Is
Ju-t ~ DAY to- many III them
Iran, are running ate here, breakdown, are
frequent. and engine N pretty bad shape
Eusmrets Whu ftPnft engine, are It'd t. take
III, m out ~pmepnc cl., will The company
l. ads trt1.lns II apprentices, offering them Il
,,ut. IN hour. and trkluS t. yet the work out
thcaply III that Nay ! he scabs are having
~. - TIM upW than II any time since the strike
Nj, called There are not many oi the boy
around. but all standing pat. and will do
forever need he. heeau-e We want none 81
th' conditions esIsttn. now. With bet ~i-he,
h. II tie boy,
Sparks. New
am certainly worked up over thls deal from
Tho prIud Lodge 'tncer-. received the count
- tie ballot, aud don't believe ii In the iirst
place. II /, safe Ia >ay that only about hall the
by, got ballot cut III - men here. only two
ast bal'si> In the neNt place, lot al the
fellows wa influenced l. vote Tor disseminating
the stflke Ny b1lpt PLAINLY ,tat,d ought
- ,aldlne The ,trlk,. and thoy knew II would
d. III, II That alone ], sufficient 10 warrant
them beng oustcd 1t = PLAN that the question
81 finance, could have been taken up with the
by, without putting II into the form oi vote
. all 81 the ,trike. Vow there must be fund,
gong III thu. and Ne should see t. II that they
s,= at t. the b.ys There he, strength and
lie company know, IT Asain. they LAY tins IN
Nc-ueatlen committee Will do u> no good Alter
We went Ia the expense al sending men along the
r,ad> gather the data /" present To- thu, com
ml>-i''n and after arrangements Tor the time
and place were nearly completed. are told by
the grand lodge Officers II will do good.
lirpther John scott tud mt short time ago that
II would do vs. more good than anything else.
! / he companies know II. too. that the reason
they trc#uu the jill 1t rotten deal. all right.
II You can make anything else out oi II, please
tell me How can We place any confidence in
them N the future, and expect them To lead TO
victory. | say they have gone far enough. We
have got t. have lcader,-one, IN whom
have confidence The company ha, closed the
, shops here until the first OF the year. 1t they
can't break up that time. they will
take the seabs back. ~ tins is time 10 be lying
down on the Job What do YOU think
Hampstead, Texas.
We are having some cold weather IN Texas
and the Hartman line, are feeling the pressure
| AT great expense Freight tram, are beng pulled
oil because of the lack OF business, and the scabs
are being scn, back TO the sticks because the
| company has funds
IN injunction ha> been served the II &
! / [. Ia keep II from removing its shops from
| Enni, Ia MeNla This will aggrasate the COM
pany somewhat
! We are now towards because we dared TO
protest against the calling oil OF this strike My
idea Of coward. however Is not one who comes
out the open and expresses himself
have done. The coward works behind the backs
| OF others he doesn't come out into the open.
lie devises ways and means OF handieapping his
opponents he Is not the apostle of fair play
Keep their ears TO the ground. put their hat.
IN the ring and ugh, until victory crowns their
efforts with success. I. Doran
Bakersfield, Cal
! The scabs all leaving enforced
Christmas vacation Harry Reynolds. pipe filter;
Nose Rice. machnst { Wheeler. boilermaker;
; II [ McClain. maohiniN; A. c. Grant and NJ. J.
| thapua, machnist>. are the seabs who have lett
| for Los Angeles II +. Warfcl. machinlst. has
gone To Fresno. w. 7. Hit pipe fitter has
gone to button Willow A X Dueort, boiler
maker; : ID Lester. machinist; J. Mellas, boiler
maker I. e. Dunbar. machinst. and | s. DeFur
| boiermaker. are scabS who have lett for San
Francisco J. I. Bell machnist. has gone to
| Fl Paso. Tex. { b Troutman. boermakcr.
went Ia Tucson. Theodore Myers. maehnist. to
San Bernardino and K. J Willett, boermaker,
L. Ogden Utah
have been down to the S P. shops a, Kern.
| They working i've days week Monday
night all men were laid off till Ian ist The
following engine in the bone yard Nos.
e2l4. e23s. ea4i. 3oes s6i6. a936 i,oa 1850. 1910
mallet compounds, 1898 l033, sO39 tbroken cyn-
der) .oa; IN bad order Two motor cars
cut al commission. Seven engines IN the
back shop all torn L. pieces. nothing lett
the boilers but the cylinders -Four or live arc
III the roundhou>c with fues out Ii looks as
II II would be some tune before the work can be
done Ia get them into shape Engine 3032 Is on
| a spur track with valve torn up behind her to
furnish steam Tor al pump and water pumps.
Two boiler, IN the pump house ono with nues
out and the other IN bad order Ii does not look
a> II the company has made any success with its
| dirty seabs
II the grand lodge officers had succeeded in
pulling oil anything rotten. IT might have been
| as well Tor some person tu do a. Roosevelt did
hunt Tor big game With best wishes To all
brothers, and assuring you that you will hear
IRON Oakland next week yours frateruay.
| John Robertson. Sec Treas
HAIL TO THE GANG