The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-05
TRAFFIC Is EXPECTED TO
SUFFER SERIOUSLY WITHIN
FIVE DAYS TO A WEEK

Chicago, Aug. 4.-The strike of
federated railway shopmen, which en-.
tered on its fourth day today and al
ready has involved approximately 25O..
200 men, will spread soon to every sec.
'loi OF the country, local officials of the
union dclared today unless their de-
dands speedy are met
The ranks of the strikers were aug.
mented by several thousand Yesterday.
When many voted to strike. Locals
in many important railway centers in
Guiding Kansas City. were to ballot
during the day on the question of go.
ing out.
Fifteen hundred shopmen at Super.
lor WIS, were to quit work today. ac.
cordng to the president of the Superior
local. Should the men quit at Super.
ior and other railway terminals at
the head of Lake Superior. the move.
ment of iron ore would be seriously
hampercd within a few days. railroad
officials said
At Cumberland, Nd the shopmen of
the baltimore x Ohio railroad who
went out Friday called off the strike
Sunday, on the ground that it did not
have official sanction.
In other cities the locals at mass
meetings decided not to strike until
orders came from their executive Off.
cials who are now in Washington in
conference with officials of the railroad
administration
The most serious tie-up of industry
caused by the shopmens strike was
reported from Gary, Ind, when eight
Of the II blast furnaces there of the
United states Steel Corporation were
banked. 1t was said 10000 men were
thrown out of employment as a result.
Railroad officials said that traffic
would begin to suffer seriously within
fIVe days to week, unless some set
tlement of the strike is arranged.
Every roundhouse worker in the
United States may be asked to join
the general strike of the federated
railway shopmen's union, according to
information given out today at the
Chicago headquarters Of the organiza-
tlon. Plans for asking the assistance
of the roundhousc employees were said
TO be under consideration at a meeting
Of the union leaders
l.. III. Hawver, president of the Chi.
cago council of the Federated Railway
Shopmen's Union declares that within
a week the strike will tie UP both
freight and passenger traffic i'm many
sections, for the reason that every To-
comotive has to be overhauled and re-
paired, after every trip to be kept in
good condition.
Shopmen, boiler makers and electri-
clans in the Washington yards went on
strike today. Officials at Union Station
estimated that about 600 men were
out. They said that while all Wash
ington repair work would have to
cease, railway service in and out of
the capital would not be affected, for
the present at least.
Kansas City Carmen Voting
Kansas City. Mo. Aug. Local
members of the Brotherhood of Rail.
way Carmen. the shop crafts organi-
zation. are voting today to determine
they shall respond to the call
for a national strike. The result Of
the vote will be announced at a mass
meeting tonight. In the event of
strike. about 5000 men will be affected
locally. About 400 shopmen of the
Rock Island * Pacific rail
road who struck Saturday still were
out today.
At Springfield. Mo-, according to re-
ports received here, 5000 employees OF
the St. Louis & San Francisco road
quit work this morning to meet and
discuss their attitude toward the strike.
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