The Pensacola journal., 1920-04-16
BrotherhOOds Told Jobs Will Be
Filled Unless Men Return by
Saturday at Noon.
IMPROVEMENT Is MARKED
Groups of Strikers Are Return
ing to Work on Several Lines
Late Reports Show.


New York, April 15-The Railroad
General Managers Association of New
York, tonight in an ultimatum to the
railroad brotherhoods gave them until
noon Saturday to get the men back
to work If they don't the railroads
will hire whom they please
Marked Improvement was shown to-
day in traffic routes into New York
while in Jersey City and Hoboken the
strikers voted against forming a new
union but took no vote on returning
to work.
| Chauffeurs, teamsters, helpers and
porters handling produce who struck
today voted to return to work tomor-
jrow. Porters, who caused the strike
will get $50 week instead of $50.
This strike was marked by frequent
attacks on trucks.
/ Return of groups of strikers on sew
eral lines at nearby towns and the
Isteady improvement in passenger SER
vice, due chiefly to the success of vol
unteer crews in operating commuters
| trains gave the road officials much
encouragement. The trains carried
$4,000 persons yesterday. Convinced
that the crisis had been passed. so
] far as the passenger service was con-
| cerned, the railway executives planned
to begin operation of freight as well
as passenger trains with volunteers
| Strike leaders in making peace over
lures to the new railroad labor board
iemphatically denied that the strikers
were weakening. claiming they We're
stronger than ever"
Fort Worth, Texas. April 15.-Strik-
ing switchmen here today voted to re-
turn to work and it was announced
that nearly all afternoon shifts are at
work. All freight embargoes have been
lifted.
j Washington, April 15.-EmpIoyes in
the Potomac yards again struck to-
night threatening freight traffic here
especially from the south.
| Columbus, o.. April f5.-All hope of
| Immediate ending of the railroad strike
here banished this afternoon when of
ficials of six roads entering Columbus
refused to deal with representatives of
| strikers who drafted settlement pro-
posal
Chicago. April 15.-Twenty-f Of
ficials of the outlaw" railway unions
were arrested today by United States
ma rshals on warrants issued by United
States Commissioner Mason charging
them with violating the Lever act.
Among those arrested are John Gra-
nau, Joseph Scott, trustee of the Chi
cago Yardmen's Association; A. w.
Casseday, secretary: Martin J. Hen
ney. vice president of Lodge No. 2,
c. Y. A; w. Larrabell, trustee of the
association; Fred L. Schultz. vice pres
nf he
sociation and Michael Ellgas, treas
urer of the Enginemen's Association.
Department of Justice agents ar
raigned the men before Commissioner
Mason and they were released on $10,-
900 bonds.
Deputies sent to Carpenters Hall,
found James II. Dodgion addressing
meeting of $50 strikers. They ar
rested Dodgion, Fred c. Lockwood, III.
E. Creighton and Michael Platke.
Reports at the federal building in
dicate the list for whom warrants
have already been issued is only a
starter, and that more than 200 MEM
bers of the OUTLAW unions will be
arrested.
Federal agents who culled the crowd
at Conway Hall. where Grunau was
arrested took William l.. Bond. II. ID.
Murphy and H. w. Radke, to the fed
eral building. As the men left Lhe
hall there were cries of traitor,
traitor" from the strikers. They ac-
cused newspapermen of pointing out
the leaders to the federal men.
Pittsburgh, April 15.-W. z. Foster,
former head of the steel strike, men,
toned in Washington yesterday as a
prime mover in the outlaw railroad
strike, declared today he had no con-
nection whatever with 1t, and charged
that Attorney General Palmer was
making a bid for the support of big
business in his campaign for presi-
dent"
Il have only been out of Pittsburgh
once in four months" said Foster. My
time is taken up these days writing
a book on the steel strike. l may have
something TO say about the statements
made in Washington later, but not
now"
IONGSHOREMEN TO