The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-10
BIG RAILROAD STRIKE
THREATENS TO TIE UP
PASSENGER BUSINESS

ments at various points and in indus
trial centers thousands of workers haC
been thrown out of employment al
| plants restricted operations because oI
| lack of fuel and raw materials.
Brotherhood officials declared that
reports that $4,000 switchmen and en-
ginemen were out were exaggerated
but admitted that the seeding work,
ers had gained strength outside Chi,
cago They asserted that the strike
soon would be broken in the Chicago
district and said with that accom-
plished il was simply case of allow
ing the ''strike fever to burn out" in
other sections.
A. +. Whitney, vice president of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, an
nounced that a group of striking
switchmen on the Burlington road had
returned to work in Chicago last night.
"The strike is going to pieces right
among the charter members" said Mr..
Whitney. "When it breaks, the men
will 90 back in hurry"
A statement issued by railroad Off
cials declared that all indications were
that the crisis in the Chicago yards
had passed.
Officials of the FIVE big railroad
brotherhoods communicated to the
Western Association of Railways their
intention to support the integrity of
our contracts" and asked further time
to break the strikes.
Insurgent leaders, however, claimed
that the strike was unbroken in Chi
cago and declared that 95 per cent of
the switchmen in the district were
out. They said 20 charters in the
trump" union, with $4,000 actual mem
bers, had been issued throughout the
country.
+. G. Estey, who was alleged to have
boasted that he was an l. w. w, and
urged sabotage at meeting of the
strikers, was expelled from the new
organization. He was arrested by de-
tectives from States Attorney Hoyne's
office.
Livestock receipts at the stockyards
were reported increased yesterday,
with the delivery of l72 carloads Ap-
$4,000 stockyard and pack
ing house workers have been thrown
out of work by stoppage of cattle ship
ments,
The coal supply in Chicago was re-
ported to be dwindling, with less than
a weeks supply on hand.
AT Gary. Ind, l2 blast furnaces had
been banked to-day, throwing 10000
steel workers out of employment.
Steel mills in the Mahoning valley
were preparing TO close as the result of
i strike at Youngstown and other
points and company officials said 35,-
700 workers would be idle by night
Iall.
Toledo reported all but one of %
.ailroads tied up and food and fuel
shortage threatened Freight move
nent west from Cleveland had ceased,
/ was reported, and between 500 and
800 employees of nine roads there vot.
ID to organize a yardmen's union to-
lay.
Freight traffic in the st. Louis dis
.rict remained at standstill to-day |
ind 1900 stockyard workers were |
brown out of work at East st. Louis |
officials admitted that 5000 |
nen on q roads were out in that dis
.rict.
Both freight and express shipments
we're reported under an embargo at
Strikers declared that 100 per cent
yalkout had occurred at Kansas City. |
Witnesses were called to appear to-
lay before Richard j. Hopkins. attor-
ley general of Kansas, who is investi-
-ating the switchmen's strike at Kan
as City, Kan, under instructions Of
Governor Allen, to use all powers of
he state TO enforce the court Of in
ustrial relations law.
Railroad officials on the Pacific coast
truggled to keep coast and trans con
mental passenger trains moving while
waiting the result of an ultimatum
hat striking employees would lose their
ositions unless they returned to work
" 4 p. m. Switchmen and yardmen
Fere reported on strike at l3 divisional
nd terminal points in California and
Dreoon