Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1915-04-14
ILLINOIS CENTRAL AND
Hartman LINES UNDER
FIRE IN CHICAGO, I'LL.
U. S. Commission on industrial Re-
lations investigating Case Of
Locked-oSt Shopmen.
By George Ksvanaugh.


By George Ksvanaugh.
CHICAGO. April ia, 10 o'elock
Wedne sday morning Anrl : Chairman
Walsh. II the United STATE. Comm. SION
on industrial Relation. ,,n,,n,g.J n,
the commission wa, read, 10 takc up the
l. {. and Hartman lne. ,nv,s,ipat,np
President Markham. al the / [ va, the
iirst witnc>, called S,t,,ny vth Char
man Wal,h wer. .mmi..,nprr, H,llard
Ashton. Garret,nn. Lennon and oton-
nell \ large crowd made nm al nrom-
nent railroad ntfIcial, member, al ar.
panized labor and other, interested was
on hand Precedent Markham bep,p b,s
testimony by reading long S,a,ement
IN. vh,eh he defended ,b. cnu,., ~ IN,
/ 1 ON the vrnpnJ H., The ,,coyn,,,,,n
.i the Fcderatr,n would man ,be urn.
mo o,e, ~ the n,,,,,;n, -, N. ,,an.,-
ne, Ia the cmplo,es ~, ..d h. ie,Tea
the powet thai system E,drra,,nn wonld
give To the men
NJ, Markham ~. .nh;.r,.d IA =,
vr,lliny ,xamin,,,nn Nmns, hundred
aue,,,nn. had been n,rna,ed Inv At,o,.
nev (oue,,n,d IN rb,t,s -, IN. 90. ,,,
the men Under m, a,alanch, NJ ne,.
,,nen, oues,,on. ,h,, VA b,,led n, b;,,
President Markham souirmed and duck
ed and dodged Very i,eoucn,Iy he
.o,,,b, ,cf,ge ;, ., ,nhar,a..,,a con.
fession nj ;uno,,nc. oi IN. vo,L;ra con.
d,,,ous an N. ,oad ~ which he - 80.
den, A, firs, he mad, hold .fior,
IN hid beb,nd technical s,hte,,rye "a.
used the thirty d,v no,,ce clause AZ the
deiensr From hi. nns,,,op
he was soon driven and rnm,eIIed ,u
adm, ,ha, the real reaso, for the am
,,,d. -, III. r,;l,a,5 camn,n,, 49, ~.
lea, ,h,, the new form -, oI,,,;z,,;on
would nlace in the hand III rho mon
.,orob ,ow,, 10 va, VIZ, ,,yss ,nd
decen, hon conditions n ii, no,n,s
~.. -. 49,
P,es,den, A,,hvr n Nb,,to, az the
Railway Emnloyrs' D,aar,r,ea, of the
A r al foIiowed Nr Markham on
The s,,nd NJ, Nb,,,n, n,,,,ned The
history of the o,,,n,,,,,o, -, system,
Eede,.,;o, and The ni,rs and ob;erts nj
the Dcnar,men, lie .bowed the causes
Ie,d,,y M 10 ,b, n,p,,iza,,op of III,
Federation ennhas,,;nu the f,c, ,ha,
ncer.s,tv somneIled the men ia iederate
IN defrnse oi ,h,,r rights A lit ri
thirty roads uoon which system FEEDER
- ,,r,,,.,, u,,. !, ,,,c. and ito,
80 - Sen,e,,be, an ,e,, Wa of,e,ed
/, .,,derce sbowr,, ,b,, =, III. ,;nr
n, N,,lbsn c.mnelIed tho sbonmen
-, ,be 4 :, x,,bd,,w ,be,r services
III. Svs,eu E,d.,a,,n, form q, ba,oa,n.
~, b,d na.seJ n. ,xn.,,mer,aI s,,g,
,nd bad h,rr demn,',,a,ed ,o he a
n,,rSr,I and .rnnom,c,I ue,bod al
,,.,,Ha w,,., emoInyr. Tb;s ey,de,cc
en,,,is,e .,,,rLed ,be ,nod ,,,,b -,
Al, Ma hams nos,,,on IN refu.;ny rec.
oy,,,;nu ~ system Eedera,,or in ,aii
on ,he s,ound ,ba, The comna,v could
~, ..s,uiiy one,a,e m. nrone,,,es !;
,hev lid A ,u,,ber lie, oi 90 ,,,lro,d.
nno, u,h;cb ,be,e ,,. system Feder,,,on
ss,..me,,. ,od,y was suhm;,,ed Tb,.
~. ,bs ,,r,I hlow dI,ectcd n, ,he ,es,,-
mn,y 81 ,be n,es,den, of the e I,
niared ,be ,esnons,b,l,,y where II he.
The ,hov,de,s of N,
Wastb,,, h;,ns.W 10, ,be ,rd,s,,,,I w,,
naasd s;,cs ,he men waILed an, on
Ssp, an ,a,, a, cos, ~ m,I,,nns Of
Jo,,.,s - ,bc comnanv general hrs,.
49, o,r,l,.,S ,b,nrgbo,, Tho ioclnr,
ad veli -, ,,,aId s,,i.,,n.,
,r,',s ~. me, and ,be,, fam,,,es
" w..... r-.,c..
lance 7 Nea.hrr 81 Clint, III was
w,,ne.s aho nl,ced hefn,e ,be com.
r,,ss;a, ,be s,nry ~ the p,nne, IN ,,b;ch