The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-08-29
CALIFORNIA
STRIKE IS
CRUMBL|NG
Railroad Men Suddenly Find Them
selves Face to Face With the
Power of the Government
(Associated Press)


San Francisco, Aug. 29.-The
strike of railroad men is crumbling to-
day, following the warning of Direc-
tor General Hines that if they did not
return to work by z o'clock Saturday
morning, the railroad administration
would operate trains.
STRIKERS INITIATE THE HUNS
Desert towns dependent upon rail
transportation for water and food are
reported hard hit by the strike and
suffering is acute. The mails are also
delayed and motor trucks are being
used by the postal authorities.
HINES PROCLAMATION
The proclamation of Director Gen
eral Hines is as follows:
"To public officers, railroad officers
and employees, and citizens generally
in California, Arizona and Nevada: A
strike is in progress on the part of the
train and enginemen and yardmen on
the steam railroads being operated by
the United States government in parts
of California, Arizona and Nevada.
This strike began at Los Angeles
purely as a sympathetic strike on ac-
count of a controversy between the
Pacific Railway Company and certain
employees of that company. The prop
erty of that company is not in posses
sion Or control of the government Of
the United States. The strike of the
employees on the steam railroads was
entered upon without any grievance
be ing presented or alleged. The strike
was and is a violation and reputation
of the agreements between the striking
employees and the steam railroads upon
which they worked and also of the ma
tional agreement between the United
States railroad administration and the
chief executives of the organizations
20 which the strikers belong, such ma
tional agreement providing for the
adjustment of all causes of complaint
in an orderly manner without suspen-
sion of work. The strike is also an il
legal strike under the laws of the or
ganizations to which the strikers be-
long and has been so characterized by
the chief executives of those organiza-
tions.
"The chief executives of these or
ganizations stated that they believed
they could induce their men to go back
to work and urged that they be given
time to enable them to do this. The
railroad administration has given the
time for this purpose. The director
general has also by publication in the
newspapers of San Francisco and Los
Angeles urged upon the strikers the
absence of justification for their ac-
ton and the Importance of returning
to work. Nevertheless many of the
strikers have not yet returned to work
and to a large extent the public ser
vice which the government must rem
der to the public is at a standstill. 1t
follows that the only course which the
government can adopt is to exercise
it's entire power for the purpose of
rendering the public service and the
president has SO instructed.
GAIL striking employees who do not
report on and after o'clock on Satur-
day morning, August 3Oth, when as
called for duty, will be regarded as
having terminated their employment
and their places will be filled.
anyone who interferes with or i'm
redes the possession, use, operation OF
control of any railroad property, OF
railroad under federal control, COM
nlits an offense against the United
States, punishable by fine and impris-
onment, and will be arrested and
prosecuted accordingly. Anyone who