Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-13
RAILWAY CRISIS IS NOW CENTERED IN
 EASTERN SECTION
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(Continued From Page Onc.) walkout in the Chicago territory would be followed by a general re- sumption of work in other areas.
 No Negotiations.
 The General Manage'rs.' associa- tion today denied that any negotia> tions were being carried on with the outlaw yardmen's association and stated that no barley would be en- tered into in any circumstances.
 In requesting negotiations looking toward the end of the strike, Pres ident Grunau of the yardmen's as- sociation, said contracts the railroads have with the Brotherhood of Rail- road Trainmen and the Switchmens' Union of North America did not ap- ply to membership in his union. Cru nau denied that the switchmens' strike was illegal.
 "The brotherhood chiefs who ac- cuse us should come with clean hands, he said. "The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen took strike vote in secret two weeks ago. Bal lots were cast at 40 points and au- thorized brotherhood offices to call strike if their demands for in- creased pay and better working con- ditions were not granted. If our strike, cleanly called in the open, is illegal, what do they call tactics like that?"
 J. A. Farquharson ,an officer of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men. said Granau's charges was "a fabrication out of the whole cloth" /"
 A. F. Whitney, vice president of the Brotherhood Trainmen, who has been leading the unions campaign in Chicago against the insurgents, said today that the crux of the strike had come and that the rebel movement was steadily weakening.
 "The men realize that they have no leadership and that nothing is to be gained by remaining out ment is distinegratin
 R. D. Murphy, a strike leader, is- sued statement in which he de- clared the original demands "stand as first presented" and that wage increases must go into effect upon the return of the men to work"
 "Thc Chicago Managers associa- ticn must come to us," he said, "and all negotiations must be in the open. We do not expect any intervention on the part of the government. There will always be some one to take Grunau's place if they arrest him as means of ending the strike.
 Following the first big break in the strike at Columbus, where 500 switchmen on Sunday voted to re- turn to work, strikers in a number of other cities today returned to duty or decided to go back tomorrow.
 Many Returning.
 At Dayton, O., 300 switchmen vot- ed to end the strike tomorrow, while at Syracuse switchmen on the New York Central and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroads decided to return tomorrow.
 At Saginaw, 100 railroad workers were back on duty today and 50 em- pioyes of the Grand Trunk returned at Battle Creek.
 The striking ranks were aug mented by walkouts at Bay City, Mich, Cheyenne, Wyo., and several places in the east.
 Passenger service was reported vlr- tually normal at St. Louis and the strike of yardmen was said to be on the wane. While freight traffic was still at standstill, the city had enough food supplies on hand to last three weeks.
 At Pittsburgh an embargo was placed on all freight shipments ori- ginating on the Pennsylvania lines and on all roads connecting with the Pennsylvania system.
 One thousand railroad employees at Pittsburgh today joined the 4,000 strikers already out, and 800 shop men struck at New Castle. Strike conditions in Philadelphia were re- ported worse and at Indianapolis the strikers ranks were unbroken.