Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-10
Faint Rift in Railroad
Tieup in Possibility of
Break-Away on One
Chicago Road.
Brotherhood Chiefs
Plead for Time; More
Embargoes on Freight
Placed Meanwhile.

Chicago. April "a break in the un-
authorized strike Of switchmen and
enginemen at Chicago where it started
nine days ago with a subsequent spread
to many railroad centers was announced
Of the Brotherhood Of Railway Train.
men, who conferred with committee Of
strikers from the Chicago and North
western railroad.
The delegation was said to have told
Mr.. Whitney that vote would be taken
within "a hours with view to ending
the strike ON that railroad by Saturday
night. brotherhood officers said that u
number Of strikers returned to work
Friday, and predicted that the movement
Of freight in the Chicago area would
be near normal by next week.
urvs Mayor to intercede.
Another group Of strikers requested
the mayor Of Chicago take steps to
settle the strike by addressing mass
meeting Of yard employees.
N Reports from rail centers throughout
the country indicated that nearly 10000
railroad men we're on strike. Freight
embargoes were declared in number OF
cities by railroads affected by the walk
out. Breaks in tie strike were reported
in a few places. Switchmen and brake
men on the Missouri Pacific railroad at
Sedalia, Mo-. who walked out Friday
morning, returned to work in the after
noon. Railroad officers in the New York
area reported that strikers were re-
turned to New jersey yards, where about
half the workers quit their posts.
Rebellion Within Unions Now.
Heads of the railroad brotherhoods
denounce the strike as purely an attempt
to disrupt the union.
S,,N srE To hrn0E
was asked in letter addressed to the
Western Association of Railways by the
railroad brothcrhoods.
I'VE wish to assure the railroads with
whom we have contracts that It IS our
purpose to support the integrity of these
contracts by endeavoring to protect them
to the fullest extent. in order that the
public may not be seriously inconvenlenc-
ed the letter said.
I'VE appreciate. however. that owing
to present economic conditions over
which we have no control, and the fact
that the situation has been grossly mis-
represented by irresponsible persons, we
have assumed dictatorship OF an un-
organized body Of men. that it will be
difficult for us to entirely relieve the
situation until We have further OPP
members. We believe the railroads will
CO. operate with US to that end
Managers whistle.
An optimistic statement was issued
by the Western General Managers as
sociati0n. composed of managers OF all
roads entering Chicago.
"The strike in Chicago showed further
Improvement today the statement said.
"All the railroads are handling all their
passenger and suburban trains as usual
On several railroads there was further
increase in the number OF switching
crews working. and on none of the roads
was there a decrease
Nearly 1000 employees Of IL railroads
enginemen, and firemen are reported
some Go Out; Others Vote Loyal.
In the st. Louis district. including
East St. Louis and Madison, Ill.,, an
embargo on all incoming and outgoing
freight traffic was ordered. 1ardmen on
27 roads are on strike.
All railroads in Kansas City, operat-
ing under contracts with the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen, were at
fected. An embargo was declared on in
coming freight, and packing plants cur
tailed in their output from 80 to IS per
cent. Richard J. Hopkins, attorney gen
eral of Kansas. announced that blanket
information against persons responsible
for the strike in Kansas City, Kansas,
were being prepared
Points throughout the southwest re-
nOrted embargOes had been placed on
freight and cattle shipments to st. Louis,
Kansas City and Chicago. and freight
traffic between New Orleans and Chica-
70 was suspended.
Rail centers in California felt the
freight restrictions, and eastward along
the trans continental lines several ter
minals reported strikes. -
One thousand switchmen at Omaha
and Council Bluffs voted to support the
striking switchmen. Railroad employees
Of the Valley Junction yards of the Rock
Island near Des Moines were reported
to have voted not to strike.
TWIN CITY MEN LOYAL.
Minneapolis. April 9.-Five hundred
members Of the Twin Cities Switch
mems Union and the Brotherhood Of
Railway Trainmen at joint meeting
held here tonight, voted to remain at
work. A proposition to join the strike