Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-04-10

Railroad clerks. telegraphers, signal
men. maintenance of way employees and
stationery firemen and oilers. the groups
involved will present demands to every
railroad in the United States within 4
week. Worrell said.
Wage increases of 20 cents an hour
and restitution of the pre-war differ
Is days of grace granted for compliance
of the companies. he said.
THE men are at the end Of the rope
said Worrell president Wilson promis-
ed to increase the wages it in six months
the cost Of living was not materially re-
duced. The living costs are Just as high.
If not higher. We cannot live on our
present wages
Union Family Fight Now.
John Grunau, president of the in
surgent union, the Chicago 1ardmen
association. declared today that the
question Of wages and hours had be-
come Of secondary importance and that
the real fight was for supremacy over
the older brotherhood:
1.-The fight has become one f".
supremacy between the new and the old
unions he said. I'VE railroad men are
tired Of receiving nothing but promises
from our leaders. We demand results.
brotherhood officials spend their time
with politicians in Washington. and
drawing good salaries. The men wont
stand for any more Of that stuff. The
way they are joining the new union
shows they are determined TO get some
officials in Washington who see the
workers get their demands
Roads Report Strikers Returning.
Striking swtchmen. who have been on
strike here for nine days, began return
ine to work this morning
brotherhood officials. who have been
fighting the illegal walkout Of their
men. do not claim that the strike is
broken. but were much encouraged by
reports from several roads that the men.
in small groups. were reporting for
work.
The Chicago Junction railway. the
Belt line connecting the stockyards and
packing plants with the trunk lines, was
one Of the first to report. Eleven en-
ginc crews were at work this morning.
the report said, as compared to three
Thursday.
While the switching and freight situa
ton showed improvement the congestion
in the yards grew so great that seven
of the eight railroads entering the Dear
born street station are unable to run
passenger trains down town. They are
discharging passengers at suburban sta
tions. to complete the trip on elevated
or surface cars.
Only the Santa Fc was running into
the station this morning.
On the other hand leaders Of the
yardmcns union declared the strike was
growing and that the men would con
time to remain out of the parent unions.
Notices were sent out by chairmcn of
the Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen
to all strikers. reiterating their demand
that the men return to work and threat
ening them with expulsion from the
union.
One thousand brotherhood men from
other cities had answered the call for
strike breakers here, officials said.
Although it WAS estimated that be-
tween 10000 and 10000 packing house
and stock yard workers had been thrown
out Of employment as the result Of stop
page Of cattle shipments, packers an
nounced that no shortage Of meat need
he feared. Many industrial plants re-
proted thousands Of employees would be
thrown out of work If the freight tic-up
continued another week.
Strike at Others Points.
Nearly 1000 employees Of q railroads
entering Toledo. including switchmen,
enginemen and firemen, are reported
idle.
In the st. Louis district. including
Fast St. Louis and Madison. Illinois,
freight traffic was reported virtually at
a standstill. with yardmen Of p roads
on strike. All railroads in Kansas City
working under contracts with the
brotherhood Of Railway Trainmen were
affected and the strike had spread today
to Kansas City. Kansas. and Rosedale,
an industrial suburb.
Points throughout the southwest re-
ported embarRoes had been placed on
freight and cattle shipments to St
Louis. Kansas City ard Chicago and
freight traffic between New Orleans
and Chicago on all lines was suspended
Rail centers throughout California
ward along the trans continental lines
several terminals reported strikes.