The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-04-16
LOCAL SWITCHMEN
NOT AFFECTED BY
OUTLAW" STRIKE
Railroads Serving This City Are OPP
Grating Trains On The Usual
Schedules.
PALMER CLAIMS STRIKE
INSTIGATED BY |. w. WIS.
B. of r. I. Does Not Sanction Move
That Has Paralyzed Country's
Traffic.

The Outlaw switchmen's strike,
which for two weeks now had had
traffic ovsr various roads in the west,
middle west, and the east tied up, and
has thrown hundreds Of thousands Of
men out of work, has net affected the
local roads. Trains through here
are running as smoothly as ever, and
the switchmen have not expressed
themselves as being at all in sympathy
with the strike that Attorney General
Palmer claims he can prove is insti-
gated by the l. w. VS., and which
the Brotherhood Of Railway Train
men has not countenanced. Switch
men here, as in Memphis and Nash
vile are right on the job, and 40
cars of bananas alone passed through
here Wednesday.
The strike which has thrown 10O,-
900 men in Ohio alone out of work,
is said to have had it's beginning in
the middle west around Chicago. But
the unrest has now improved in the
west, many men having gone back to
work and it is spreading through the
east. New York is making no gains
against the strikers. Washington
has issued an embargo on all in COM
ing and out going freight and is said
to have only days food, and 10
days coal supply. On many roads
freight and passenger service Is
cmpletely demoralized.
Union labor leaders have striven
yainly to induce the strikers to re-
turn to their work. The meeting OF
the presidents cabinet, which he cal
led for Thursday and his appointment
of the labor board, that under the
transportation act is provided to deal
with labor disputes are expected to In
some mannel alleviate the distressing
conditions soon. Railroads all over
the country are bravely making an
effort to meet conditions and in
Philadelphia and other cities, citi-
zens have volunteered by the hum
dreds to offer their services as train
men. 1t is possible that a tempo
rary wage adjustment will be agreed
upon by Gen. Palmer ard Secretary
Wilson, that will become effective at
once and that will remain in force
until the railroad labor board can
make a final and decisive adjustment
of the wage question, which is as is
usual, the instigation of this strike.
In Detroit, as in various other cit
les manufacturing plants have been
closed for the lack tf fuel and pow
er. There the entire city is under
ordinance regulating fuel for heat,
light, and power. However the peak
of the strike in the west has been
reached and is now waning.
1t is apparent of course, that out
side the threatened fuel and food
shortage, producers, particularly over
the south and west stand to lose thou
sands Of dollars worth in perishable
foodstuffs that are now ready for
shipment to northern markets, but
which are held up by the strike. In
Texas, for instance, 5000 cars of new
onions are awaiting shipment, and in
South Carolina car load lots of let
tuce and other early vegetables are
ready to be shipped, and no transpor-
tation available.
At Kansas City on Tuesday, zoo
delegates to the convention of the
railway department of the American
Federation of Labor, who represent
more than 100000 railway employees
definitely declared themselves against
this outlaw strike, which has so par.
alyzed Transportation in this country