Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-14
Passenger Traffic to Pa
cific Points Hampered
by Walkout.
SANTA FE ALMOST
OUT UF BUSINESS
Dozen or Thirteen Passenger Trans
Tied Up Between Albuquerque
and San Observation-Disclosures O
Thousands of Factory Employ !.
Made Idle by Railroad strike--l :
tie Improvement in Situation. ---

ChicaSO, AprI lf-i''p'N'
traffic conditions were reported touas
I'm the central west with insurseh'
railroad men returning to work a'
.veral points, but the industrial si'-
uation in Ohio and Michigan reacheu
a crisis rs the result of stoppase oil
fuel supplies and in the far west Il
dozen passenger trains were reported
stalled in California.
Both insurgent leaders and ioS"
workers predicted the battle hau
reached a stage where it would be
lingering affair" but the brother-
hood heads reiterated that tho out
laws were losing slrcnSth. ita!i@21s
in the Chicago area concentrated
every effort to move trelShl ana u'
clared that 80 per cent OF the sw''Sh
engines were operating.
The roads announced that turlher
influx of loyal brotherhood men from
other cities had occurred ana that
railroad officials and loyal men were
aiding in moving freight.
Strike Leaders Arrested.
Government agents were taking
close survey of strike Centers and III
New Orleans eight strike leaders
were being held on warrants charging
interference with United states hiails'
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood was has
,ering to Chicago from Boston to re-
M a ~ IF 10
nent of the army because of the
strike situation in the middle west.
The American Federation of Labor,
,hru its railroad department, place.
It's stamp Of dISapproval on the out
Jaw strike. Meetings at Kansas Cll4
asst night, the biennial convention OF
he organization, endorsed President
Wilson appointment to the labor
Joard and declared that. labor could
Confidently expect justice from the
Jaw creating the board.
Many Thousands Idle.
In Detroit 900 factory worker
we're reported idle, and between 4O,-
900 and $4,000 Industrial workers
elsewhere in Michigan had been
thrown out of work. The strike
situation in Michigan was reported
unchanged, with the exception of the
return to work of $50 men at Bay
City and thirty-five at Ludlngton.
The Industrial situation in Ohio
became more ominouS today, with
more than 900 men out Of work
in Columbus and virtually ever
coal mine closed. A growing scarcitS
of food supplies was reported i'll
many cities. A. mail train was re
ported to have been abandoned at
Youngstown and the mail returned
to the postoflice.
Hope of ending the strike al
Columbus failed when railroad men
voted not to act as strikebreakcrs.
Passenger Traffic Impeded.
Slight progress was made in Gin
cinnatt. 1t was announced. Coa.
on tracks at Toledo was being con-
fiscated under court order, which
instructed that forty cars be con-
fscated daily. The situation in
Cleveland apparently remained un-
changed. Warnings to travellers
against attempting long trips west,
| east or south were issued by the
| railroads.
Serious interference with passen-
ger traffic was reported on the Sante
Fe in southern California. Reports
from Northern Pacific cities show
Improvement. Sante Fe officials at
San Bernardino said twelve or thir-
teen trains were stalled between
Barstow and Albuquerque and three
passenger trains were reported aban-
doned at Winslow, following refusal
of trainmen to do switching.
Five eastbound trains on the Sante
Fe, including the California Limited.
were tied up at Needles. and new
strikes were reported at Needles,
San Bernardino and Barstow, Calf.
A meeting Of all strike leaders on
the coast was called for today in
San Francisco. Slight relief from
freight congestion was reported at
Kansas City and st. Louis The sit
uation was pronounced unchanged
thruout Missouri.
Strike Of switchmen on all roads
at Wichita, Kan, was set for today.
Seventy-five conductors and brake-
men went out at FL Paso, Tex.