El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-13

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By The Seniors

+ The senior class won the junior
{ senior rush at the high school Tues
B day morning. A 45-minute period
4 was given over for the contest To
/ Louis Springer. general or the junior
Z rush and Robert Husreluer. presl-
dent OF the Junior class were kid
& mapped on their way 10 school, hand
! cuffed. chained and taken TO a down
] town basement. where they were hid
I den The juniors, fearing some mis-
I fortune had come 20 tner leaders,
3 started In search Of them and found
/ them just i'm time TO get them 70 the
( school 10 see the finish OF the rush
Thomas CheVins. Of the senior
Z class, wore a belt which the Juniors
3 tried 10 take from him and the
] seniors defended. The girls Of the
I two classes grouped themselves on
/ the campus and cheered the teams
( The rest OF the school watched the
Z contest from the steps OF the stadium
This is an annual affair 81 the
I school
out interfering with his duties at
Central Department headquarters
Army officers here have been
watching the strike developments
closely for several days. Col
Humphreys chief OF staff. left yester-
day for O tour of eastern states
Battling on in East.
Main strength OF the striking rail-
road workers today was eXerted in
the section east OF Pittsburg. Pa. and
I'm the Pacific northwest. with con-
ditions- according to railroad brother
hood leaders and railway officials, In
the remainder Of country pointing
toward q return to normal
Around New York. passenger ser
vice was hard hit and in the Pennsyl-
vania steel and iron regions thou
sands of workers were threatened
with enforced idleness unless the
situation quickly changed
army Trucks Handle Mail.
At Jersey City armed soldiers with
army motor trucks were called in 70
handle mail halted by the strike.
Fresh difficulties we're encountered
by the railroads in the Pacific north
west Great Northern and Northern
Pacific switchmen at Everett. Wash
walked out at midnight last night
As epitomized by the brotherhood
leaders today, the entire situation
was.
West: Vastly better.
Chicago Much improved
East Vastly worse, particularly
New York
coast The brotherhood leaders said
the strike was burning out"
EmharEoes are Lifting.
In Chicago, where the strike started
two weeks ago with a Walkout OF the
sWitchmeu on the Chicago. Milwaukee
sufficiently improved today to per
NIT lifting of several embargoes I
placed a week ago Railroad officials I
estimated % per cent more freight Z
was moved at Chicago yesterday than 4
on any other day since the strike 4
started
The Illinois Central railroad re-
ported freight traffic at Chicago was F.
moving SO percent OF normal The T.
Chicago, Milwaukee q St Paul had 2
III switching crews and reported 4
nearly normal
At the Chicago stock yards 246 cars I
Of livestock were received yesterday, I
the largest volume since the incep-
ton OF the strike, and 10000 stock
yards and packing house employees ]
returned 10 work. approximately /
1000 Of these workers stfl are idle
Only about 25 percent Of Chicago's (
normal coal supply is being received
Steel Workers Idle.
At Gary Ind. thousands OF steel
were idle and last night
street lighting was cut of as the re-
suit Of a fuel shortage
At St Louis. 324 switchmen en-
lloyed by the Missouri Pacific voted
% return 60 work todaq- SWitchmen-
rainmen ana other employees OF two
Dads AZ Syracuse also voted 10 20
iack 10 work today and strikers at
'ueblo, Colo. Auskogee- Okla, Sagi-