Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-19

The nationwide railroad strike appar- sutlv has collapsed.
 Except in few isolated sections, rail road officials reported last night that most Of thc men who followed the lead rrshin ot John Grunau a Chicago train man. had returned to work. Normal passenger service was virtually restored they said while substantial progress had been made in moving the vast amount uf freight that has been accommodating throughout thc country. especially in the cast during abe last three weeks.
 Many of the strikers went out with out pr, ,senting any grievances and later announced that failure to receive in- creasrs iu wages granted to other rail road men rremptrd their action. The strikers who r--.d in defiance of their railroad hr1'h r1ooI chiefs. have gen. orally rcturaed without any definite promises or rtorc pay
 fa many cases however, they have lren assured their demands will hc pre- seuted to President Wilson's labor board which is empowered under thc federal transportation net to settle disputes be- tween the railroads and their men. The board Is sittia- in Washington.
 1n Chicago. the original strike center, railroad officials reported the strike had 
 cilcfs declared action would be taken tcdav towards revolling The charters of iucals whose members refused to return fu -ark by midnight Saturday. Not norr than 2,000 men were reported to ret1rn fo work by midnight Saturday. Nnt more than s,onn men were reported .n hr ouf there hy railroad officials al- thcu=h these figures were disputed by Grunsu. who claimed tie strikers ranks were unhrok-n and that 8 meeting of "ul:i aw" union heads from all sections or thr country would b. held here today Co make ulans for continuing inc strike
 in ihr Sew York district it was ap- parent that most of ;he strikers. whose numbers wcrr variously estimated from f.oeo Co 2n.o0a had returned. Two thou sand employees Of the Hudson Tubes which carry thousands or commuters in- ,o New York daily from northern New Jersey points. were tine only united and important holGoufs. The tubes have been closed to passenger straifc since tt-y walked out. Auril 9.
 in Detroit su attempt uiu hc made to- iar to resume switching operations with -o'untrer crews recruited from the ranks 0f iii. factory workers. Tn Cleveland all local f-~ight terminals. with the excep- t.nu of One New Yorl, Central Coliinwood ya-is and the Erie Railroad. were still t"1 un. hut pass 0-cr s0rvic- through tar Iuinn Station wae normal
 Tho return today of several hundred striking T;a'fiuorr and Ohio trainmer D fthe Coun-iisville-Pf'ieb division is expected to mark general resumption of freight ser. ica in that district. X few Pirslr,r-n terminal men are still out.
 Virtually normal conditions were re ported in The Buffalo. Toledo and PhiIa- dolphin districts. where the majority oi Che strikers had already returned tr wo-l Strenuous efforts were made las night Co break up the strike in Colum- hue Ohio
 Tho principal effect of the strike thus far hes hccn the closing of many indus tries because of their inability Co obtain coal raw materials and freight cars tC move f1oir precincts One hundred thou sand mon were reported idle ia ,he De iroIt district. similar number in the state of Ohio and a5.oHn iu the Councils ttIIl coke region with many score thou Q and others ouf of work In other section, nf tnr country. Novherr has there beer vital Interruption of the food supply.