The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-05
VIII Not Take Strike Vote Or
dered by Its Officers.
won't Return to Work Until
Wages Observation-Disclosures.
SEES TIE-UP IN FEW DAYS
Three Hundred Thousand Men
Were Out at Noon.
Entire Frisco System Affected;
h. c. Terminal Strike.

Chicago. Aug 5.-John d. Saunders.
secretary of the Chicago district. coun-
Gil Of the federated railway shipments
union, said this morning that his or
ganization had refused 10 take the
strike vote ordered by the grand lodge
officers.
I'VE will pay no attention to orders
ISSUED by the grand lodge" said Sec
retary Saunders NO strike vote will
be taken and we viii not return to
work until our demand for increased
wages has been granted. Further
more. we will refuse to negotiate for
a settlement thru the grand lodge. II
the government wants to talk business
with us. Il will have to come 20 us
direct as we will rot be bound Ly any
agreement made by the grand lodge
officials
Predict Tic-Up i'm Few Days.
Officials declared that the effect of
the shipments strike is sbeing felt by
every railway in the west and south.
They predict that in a few more days
traffic on many of the roads will be
tied up Secretary Saunders received
word today that the 10000 shopmen
ON the Norfolk q Western railroad in
Virginia will walk out tomorrow.
Secretary Saunders said that the
strike is spreading daily. At noon he
estimated that nearly 100000 shop
men were out.
President Hawver Of the grand
lodge asserted the Union Central coun-
ell is acting without orders and in dis
obedience to the will of the whole
union
Traffic Not in Peril"
Regional Director r. II. Ashton
declared traffic so far has not been
in peril He said he expected a speedy
return of the striking shopmen.
The strike from the first has
lacked grand lodge sanction" said
Ashton Il understand the men have
been ordered back to work by officials
in Washington"
Ten thousand men quit work at
Minneapolis yesterday, according to
union claims Three thousand were
reported idle at indianapolis, while
thousands Of others were said to be
out at many railway shops thruout the
central west
500 More out at Kansas City.
Kansas city, Mo, Aug Slight
hundred shopmen at the Terminal
railway here went on strike at
o'clock today. They voted yesterday
to join other shopmen in wage
protest.
Men employed at the Santa Fe and
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul shops
are undecided. while those of the
Missouri Pacific. Burlington and Kan
sas City Southern roads voted not to
strike
Workers of seven roads here are
now on a strike, affecting about three
thousand men.
The fear has been expressed that
the action of the terminal employees
may cripple passenger service, the
terminal shops having been engaged
In the repair Of passenger engines
passing thru the Union station. other
roads with shops still in operation, 1t
is said, would refuse to do this work
in fairness to their own employees.
Entire Frisco System Out?
Oklahoma City. Aug. 5.-Three
hundred and fifty shopmen in the
Frisco shops here struck today for
higher wages, District Union Repre-
sentative McGlasson announced.
Action here completed the walkout
on the entire Frisco system, McGlas-
son said, men in the big ships at
Springfield, No, having stopped work
at a. m. today.
Sapulpa, Okla. Aug. 5.-When the
800 shopmen of the Frisco here voted
this morning to join the nationwide
strike for back pay. more pay and
better working conditions. they tied
up the mechanical shops Of that sys-
tenn. They were the last to walk out.
$50 NJ. p. Workers Go out.
Sedalia, Mo. Aug. 5.-One hundred
and fifty boilermakers helpers and an
prentices at the Missouri Pacific shops
here went on strike today. Other
members Of federated railroad crafts
are still working, awaiting more ex-
plicit orders from general headuuar-
ters. The shop force OF the federated
crafts here number 1900
Southeast Freight Embargo?
Atlanta. Ga, Aug. 5.-With railroad
officials admitting freight trains were
being handled with difficulty as a re-
suit Of the shopmen's strike, a freight
embargo extending thruout the south
east was forecast today in some quar-
tiers.
Passenger and perishable freight
trains were being run on, or close TO.
schedule time, but II was Indicated
this class of service would necessarily
be curtailed within a few days unless
the shopmen are induced to return to
work.
Railroads entering Atlanta. Macon
and Jacksonville, where the strilxe
first started. were said TO be in ba d
shape.
Strike leaders early today claimed