Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-02
NO SETTLEMENT
FOR Sill Wis men
IN SIGHT TODAY
Inspectors Walk Ont 1oday-Km-
pIeyers Under Maintenance De-
parfmont Vote to Strike
ISSUE STATEMENT TO PUBLIC
Provide Enough Workers 10 Take
Care of Pire SystoE at
Rock Island
Special to The Argus


Speaking for 1000 employees Of
the Rock Island road, 800 Of whom
are from the Silv1s shops and term
inals in this vicinity and 400 from
the Offices OF the line in Rock Is
land, A. l. Zimmerman, president,
and Fl. A. WhittemoFe, secretary Of
the federated crafts committee OF
the SiIvis shops. this morning is
sued a statement TO the newspapers
claiming that no word limiting to-
ward a settlement had been receiv-
ed from their Representatives in
Washington and that the strikers
had made arrangements for fire
protection at the shops.
The men stated that a sufi Gent
number of men is still on duty at
the shops to provide fire protec-
ton. But instead of the usual
number of so men, nine are left on
that division Of the shops. The
strikers also gave the road from 10
O'Clock yesterday morning until II
o'clock noon today TO have all per
ishabIe goods left in cars iced. Men
were left % de this work, but walk
ed out at noon to-day as per the
agreement
About fifteen hundred men Of the
shops and approximately twenty-six
hundred on the entire Rock Island
road, who come under the orders of
the maintenance and~ways depart
ment, have already voted To strike,
but have not set the day.
May Tie Up System.
~, -
tieup on train service which is ex-
pected as the result of the valkout
today Of the train inspectors, lead
ers OF the union said that the gov
eminent had placed a ruling that
no engine can leave the terminal
unless it is properly inspected, but
that it is up to the government
now to recall that order to avert a
tieup in the system.
s w. Mullinix, superintendent
at the Silvis shops, today said that
he had no statement to make. He
is without authority to take any
resentatiTeS of the strikers, rail
road heads and government officials
at Washington. He stated that
there are about one hundred work
ers left at the shops. They are
mostly laborers and are employed
at the roundhouse and not affiliated
with any of the crafts. Mr.. Multi
nix said that be is not in coTnmuni-
cation with any of the ficizls of
the road at Washington.
URi0D Makes Statement
The statement issued this morn
ing by the federated Silyis union is:
AT a special meeting of the fed
Grated committee of Silvis shop
crafts in Moline this morning a tel
egram was received from our rep
resentatives to the district council
OF railroad shop crafts of Chicago
and vicinity to the effect that all
crafts employed on 10 railroads
running into Chicago ceased work
at 10 a. IN. Aug. /, 1919. Also tele-
grams were received from the fol-
lowing points on the Rock Island
systems west of Chicago and on our
route: Pratt. Kansas; Iowa Falls,
Iowa: Eldon, Mo: Shawnee, Okla;
Limon. Colo; Chicago, Ill; Silvis.
H.. and Rock Island, Ill.
The report shows that 10000
shop employees are ont to date and
before night it IS estimated that
$50 900 employees will be out Shop
employees of all railroads have
waited patiently for their greatly
needed increase in wages for the
past 10 months The railroad ad-
has tuggled the in
creased for so long that the shop
employees are thoroughly Disguised,
facing the high cost of living and
the enormous prices of commodi-
ties
''The railroad employees wish It
understood that they are
out for their original demands of
SIS cents an hour for mechanics and
so cents an hour for helpers and
an increase of 10 cents per hour for