Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-08
Several OF The Large Cities
Are Expected To Be AZ.
fected' Shortly; A Strike.
Vote Will Be Taken Saturl.
day By The Clerk. And
Freight Handlers; =! Trucks. ! ]
Being Used.

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Chicago, April 8.-Whetfier the rail-
road brotherhoods can control their
men. or whether the illegal strikes
sweeping railroad yards from Buffalo,
n. T., to Los Angeles, Cal. haveaso
disrupted the> established unions that
the leaders have lost control, is exc
pected to be decided today.
Railroad officials and union leaders
here alike agreed that today would
bring the real test Of strength be-
tween the strongly entrenched group
Of brotherhoods and the 'outlaw'.s
union, which has sprung UP UNDER
leaders who voice their dissatisfactionf
at what they declare is the failure Of
the brotherhood officials to get more
money for their men.
In the Chicago district. where the
strikes started eight days ago, the.
railroad general managers association
has set today as the last for the
switchmen, engineers and
firemen to return. II they fail to-heed
the ultimatum strikebreakers will be-
brought in and the vacant places filled.
it Is said.
Cities Affected.
Il, A review Of the situation shows:
'Chicagp. eight to ten thousand rail-
road men out; freight service reduced
to about 80 to SO per cent Of normal:
So, 900 packing house employees forced
out of work by the shutdown.
Kansas City, $500 men on strike:
nine of the thirteen roads entering the
city affected. So
Buffalo. 1900 men idle; seven rail-
road yards tied up, and an EMBARGO
in effect against all freight.
Los Angeles. 500 to 1000 men on
strike: three trans-continental lines
affected.
Toledo. 600 switchmen striking; ali
traffic expected to be at q standstilI
within twenty-four hours.
Gary. 300 men out: strike spreading.
kankakee. ILL.,, 40 men out; three
roads affected. .s.
Detroit, Michigan. 40 men on strike;
police guarding yards.
Cleveland, 1900 men to meet to.
night to consider strike. -
st. Louis, East St Louis and Mil
waukee. men are holding meetingS to
consider organization of branches Of
the new outlaw" unions.
4. Face Fond Shoktagc. =
Chicago faced a. serious. food short
age today. Potatoes. which. made. q
new high necerd Of. 81 per hundred
Pounds wholesale, yesterday, jumped
another dollar when the market
opened this morning.
EGGS receipts Tell to 1000 cases
today, as compared with more than
$1,000 cases yesterday. Efforts sot
the railroads to keep milk trains
moving have been only partially suc-
cessful, and shortage is already ap.
parent. Meat prices have. advanced
several cents during the. past sweek
as result of suspension OF work at
the packing plants.
! Assistant Bangor Z. 55oi
the United States b6kFd s6f mediation
arrived this morningi.to to investigate
conditions here 'andss'report to- Com
missioner Chambers at Washington
Chicago, April S.-The .'insurgents
railroad strike which began a. week
ago in Chicago. has spread to other
parts Of the United States today.
East and westbound freight move.
ment across the continent, already
restricted by the Chicago strike, wa.
hampered further. Switchmen strik-
ing at such strategic gateways as
Buffalo and Kansas City and at such
industrial centers as Joliet and De.
catur, ILL.,, and Gary, Ind.
Strikes were threatened today al
Milwaukee. st. Louis and East St
Louis.
e Strikers predicted also. that 2s.oos
men i'll northern New York would
from Buffalo to New York and 'Bos-
ton.
The yardmen's association, insur.
gent Organization which called ihs
strikes. was forming branches in nu.
merous terminal centers, reports in
'dicate. ~
To Vote saturday.
H. e. Reding. general organizer oi
the yardmen's association, announced
that the clerks and freight handlers
brotherhood would take strike votes
Saturday. At Cincinnati 1 200 freight
handlers served notice that they de-
manded an answer by Saturday mid
night on their demands for an in
crease in pay from ? to ~ cents an
hour. II II,
Railroad brotherhood officers. who
came to Chicago to assist RAILROAD
managers In an endeavor to break
today would reveal traffic in Chicago
yards to be at least go per cent nor.
NAL. .5g NJ.
The strikers, however, claim that
by tonight no switch engines would
be operating intthe Chicago district
} Omcers Of the yardmen's association
claimed that approximately 1900 new
members had. been enrolled and ten
new locals formed in the district.
They held to their estimate of 1850
Fswitchmep outtip the district In ad-
dition to engineers. firemen and en-
gine hostlers.
The insurEent enxinemsn,s associa-
ton had enrolled 10, 200. engineers.
fireMten and hostlers 1t Chicago. ac-
cOrding to its, odacers. t .,.e,4sa g.
s Not ~ sirike. .