Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-13
: Conditions Nearly Normal
in Chicago and Ada
cent Territory.
WORSE IN EAST
AND NORTHWEST
chIo.oo Packing Houses Fino'ns
Employment For Some OF 'he''
Idle Msn-Fresh DiH'eu's'es :"
Pacific Northwest, Where faro'
ren Are Joining Striker hanks
situation Epitomizsd.
Nv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press. -,
Chicaso. April 13.-Mafn seFens
., the striking railroad workers ~
day has centered in the section "
pittsburgh and in the Pacific nor'n
west, with conditions, accoruihs
-.,-ooa officials. in the remainder Oh
the country pointing to a return ~
normal.
Arouns New York passenger ser'-
a.. was hard hit. and in the Pennssi
r.n,. .tee, and iron region thousands
:. orkers were threatened with en-
forced idleness unless the situat'oA
quickly changed. rod
Eresh difficulties were encounteIeu
~ railroads in the northwest. aitno
-s,or,s from other sections inolcate"
.raaual improvement. Great Nor'h-
srn and Pacific Northern switchIneil
At Everett, Wash, walked ou. a
rnidnight last night. ana NorlHe.N
Pacific yardmen at Spokane arrane
ed a meeting today to decide upoi
future action. on
yara employes of, the Oregon
|. washington railroad ana tne o
70. Milwaukee & st. Paul IN tnat u,
trtct awaited action by the faotAi1
Northern men.
Situation Epitomized.
4. spitomi,sd by railroad men TO-
day the situation was:
= wAst-Vastly better.
Chicaso--Much Improvement.
East--yastly worse. A..
From the Ohio river west to 'ns
coast the brotherhood leaders saiu
ths strike was burning out.
Brotherhood and railroad ornciais
awaited with much interest the e&-
nec4eA announcement by Attorney
General Palmer Of the government
policy toward the strike.
In Chicago conditions were SO muci,
,mnroyed as to permit lifting OF
crnharsoeA placed week ago. Raii.
road officials estimated % per cent
more freight was moved at Chicago
ye.terday than on ANY day since the
strike started.
The Illinois Central railroad report
ed that freight traffic was MOVING
80 per cent OF normal. -,
The Milwaukee road had ll4
.w,tohinx crews at work and report
ed business nearly normal.
Packing Houses Resume.
AZ the stock yards 24s cars OF stock
wers received and 10000 packing
house ana stock yards employees
returned to work. Approximately 3d.
600 stockyards and packing house
workers still are idle.
Onlv about rs per cent OF Chicago
normal coal supply is being received
but officials announced that II the
fuel situation becomes serious coal
shipments will be given preference.
AZ Gary, Ind, thousands OF steel
workers are idle. and last nlsn!
street lighting was cut on as a result
OF coal shortage.
Men Returning TO Work.
Railroad officials reiterated theli
declaration not to treat with strikers
National brotherhood officials joined
today In predicting an early end OF
the strike, but John Grenau. head OF
the insurgents, maintained that the
strikers would not yield.
A break came in the strike at st
Louis, when 324 switchmen en-
ployed by the Missouri Pacific voted
to return to work today. Switchmen
trainmen and other employees Of two
yards at Syracuse also voted to re-
turn to work today as did strikers al
Pueblo, Colo, Muskogee, Okla, Sag
NAV. Mich, Battle Creek, Mich.
| Dayton, O., and several other points
Many Factories Closing.
Freight traffic continued badly i'm
paired at Kansas City and railroad
Z nfAn.el. s-enorted little Improvement
ofncials at st. Louis declare pas
senTer trains were operating OF
schedule. altho freight remained at
standstill.
IN Detroit conditions were NOR
serious, and approximately o0,o0'
faytory workers were idle.
AZ Cleveland the strike spread t
tho Collingwood shops Of the eNev
York Central, where 200 shopmei
walked out. and q further menac'
e. was presented in reports that shop
h. men were laying plans for a citywid'
walkout on Thursday.
The Columbus yardmen's uniol
voted TO call out all switching crew
/ Ss engaged IN handling passenger traf
! DC.
Toledo reported no improvement
and factories planned to close today
The strike spread to Cincinnati
when switchmen on the B. & 9
went on strike last night.
7-sS -1s:5 !. 3 :. shortage was feared by u
ficials Ct Indianapolis. At Terr
u Haute, IND, 500 switchmen voted t
join the Insurgents
While . gradual Improvement wa
reported frpm Pacific coast states
railway officials were confronte'
with refusal of Southern Pacific en-
gineers and firemen at Los Angelo
! Il "a man trains made up by loyal
switchmen hired to replace strikers
Switchmen at Everett, Wash
wsat eut today. and Northern Pacifi