The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-04-12
Strike Situation Remains Grave
Despite Assertions of Rail Heads
That Back Bone of Trouble has Been
Broken New York Battles Situation
With Back to the Wall: Trainmen Our

] ''''i '"'N 9tilNo lOuitN, were Ic-
/ sarded by railroad brotherhood offl-
cials as pointing toward gradual
dissolution Of the insurgent forces,
but IN the east. whore the wnlkout
was Joined in several districts BY
u,unmen, the situation assurued q
more serious aspect
In the central ana far west re
ports OF deicctIons from the striit-
cr's ranks followed the report Of tho
first important break at Columbus,
Ohio. whore coo switchmen voted to
return to work
At Chicago, admitted keystone &C
the wakout. railroad officials We're
presented terms for settlement or
the strike which included recogni-
uon Of the new union formed by dis
scuters from the brotherhood of Rail.
road Tranmcr and the switchmcn's
union of North America
In ;he settlement offer, proitcred
10y John Grunau, president Of the
Chicago Yardmcns Association. who
called the strike, at least one radical
concession was madc-abrogation OF
the request for back pay demanded
by the older organizations in their
contracts with .he government. That
possibly would mean saving Of
hundreds OF thousands of dollars 20
the railroads, 1t was said.
Other clauses in the proposed set
tlcmcnt agreement demanded grant
Ing Of the original wage increase
called for in the strike announce
mcnt to be effective upon tie return
of the men TO work. clght.hour basic
3ay, ana time and q half for over.
time. Sundays and holidays. and dou-
bic time for overtime on ell Sun.
DAYS and holidays. Tn addition To
the gradual Improvement claimed By
railroad heads in the Chicago district
which the brotherhood officials said
rfe-aged return u normal through
cut the country. the organizations
leaders pointed to the votes at Col
umbus, Fort Wayne. Ind, Akron,
Ohio, and Saginaw. Mich. as mark.
, ing definite breaks in the strike.
At Akron, striking switchmen on
the Erie, Baltimore and Ohio, and
Akron, Canton and Youngstown rail-
roads voted at a mass meeting TO re-.
turn to work, $50 Of the 300 strik.
crs nj Fort WAYNE voted TO return
to the yards this morning and the
remaining workers, employees of the
New York Central, viii rneet today
to decide their course.
At Saginaw, 100 Perre Marquette
gwitchmen decided to return 10 work
today and volunteered 10 20 TO De.
trot. Toledo, Ludiugton, and Flint.
to aid in restoring normal service.
In the far west and various other
cities in the middle west, local unions
voted TO Join the strike, Seattle, Ta,
coma, Everett and Auburn, Wash,
and Cincinnati. Little Rock. Ark,
Memphis, Tenn, and st. Joheph. Mo.
swi;chmcu registering that inten-
ton.
Nardmen at Duluth, Mimi, and
Superior, Wis, decided to continue
at work and await developments.
Officials Of the Terminal Railroad
Association at st. Louis. said condi.
tons were improved The company's
engineers voted to remain loyal"
Tho first vote on a sympathetic
strike in Canada was negative. tho
, Winnipeg, Manitoba branch of tho
, international Switchnens Union de.
cdug not to sanction any sympa.
$ thotic wakout.
sNl,f,.t,r .uit,lfnrr cr,,,., 49,. U.i,.
wards at Kent, Ohio, voted to resume
work today
Despite these reports, however.
Grunau declared I'VE are going to
win. Al reports that | have been
! able TO gather are the entire country
I is tied up. | have received kilograms
l from ST. Louis, Kansas City, Colum.
l. bus, Cleveland, Detroit, San Francis
co, san Antonio and other rail cen-
$ ters, Many Of these commun' cations
i report that even more men are walk,
e ing out"
: In the Chicago district and at
Il ncighboling steel centcrs thousands
g Cf men We're idlo today, because OF
o tire strike At the Chicago stock.
i yards promises of minimum deiv-
n cry OF 1856 carloads today brought u
more optimistic outlook. although
o hundreds OF men still would remain
i idle
j. Because eastern shipments We're ou-
* off, killing necessarily was reduced.
5 said Everett G. Brown. president OF
n the Chicago livestock exchange.
s. Steel mills Il. Youngstown, Ohio.
y were idle today because Of coal short
. age, and steel mills and coke ovens
Il at Gary, Ind, We're crippled seriously.
Nine thousand men were idle at the
= american sheet and tin plate plant
Il at Gary.
Q At the Lake Carriers Toledo OF.
!. flee It was announced that service
II had been postponed because OF the
rail tieup,
In requesting negotiations looking
toward ending the strike, President
Q Grunau Of the local switchmen's new
k association said contracts the rail
: railway tralnmen and the switch.
h mems union of North America do not
!. apply to members OF his union
n They do not affect the member.
v ship OF the Chicago Yardmen's Asso
v clation,' Grunau said, "as our mem
n bers who were members OF the other
$ examinations have, in nearly all
s eases, their designations on file.
0 Therefore no contract signed In the
d past has any bearing on the present
d walkout."