Evening star., 1920-04-08
|NSURGENT STRIKES
IN CHICAGO SPREAD
T00THER SECTIONS
Rebellion Against Railway
Br0therhoods Evidently Has
Not Reached Crest.

send to the Senate the nOmina-
tiOnx Of the nine members Of the
railroad labor board.
The President hns been having
dfmculty finding three men to give
up their business and represent
the public on the board.
By the Associated Press
CHICAGO. April S.-The strike of
'insurgent" members of railroad
brotherhoods, which began week ago
in Chicago, today had spread to other
parts of the United States, and there
were indications that the series of re-
bellfons against organization direction
had not reached it's crest.
Review OF the Situation.
A review Of the situation shows:
,Chicago-Eight to ten thousand rail
road men out: freight service reduced
to about 80 to so per cent Of normal;
$4,000 packing house employees forced
out of work by the shut down.
Kansas City-2,5O0 men on strike
nine OF the thirteen roads entering
the city affected
Buffalo-2.700 men idle; seven rail-
road yards tied up; an embargo in ef-
feet against all freight
Los Angeles-500 to 1000 men on
strike; three transcontinental lines
affected.
Toledo-Six hundred switchmen out;
all traffic expected to be at a standstiil
within twenty-four hours.
Gary-Three hundred men out
strike spreading.
st. Louis. East st. Louis and Mil
waukee-Men are holding meetings
to consider organization Of branches
of the new outlaw" unions.
Food Shortage Faced.
Chicago faced serious food short
age today. Potatoes. which made a
new high record of 81 per hundred
pounds. wholesale, yesterday. Jumped
another dollar when the mark ct
opened this morning.
Egg receipts fell to 1000 cases to-
day. as compared to more than 81 ,OOC
cases yesterday. Efforts of the rail-
poads to keep milk trains moving have
been only partially successful, and a
shortage is already apparent. Meat
prices haye-advanoed 50 -al cents dur.
Ing the past week as result of sus-
pension Of Work at the packing plants
Assistant Commissioner Bangor oil
the United States board of mediation
arrived TO investigate conditions here
and report to Commissioner Chambers
/, =. Es Reading general organiser OF
the yardmen's association, announced
that the railway clerks and freight
handlers brotherhood would take
strike votes Saturday At Cincinnati
1.2o0 freight handlers demanded an
0xfyA - hVy Cat vv.3~
demands for An increase in pay from
AZ to A cents an hour.
The tnsurgent Enginemen's Associa
tton had enrolled 10000 engineers
f1remen and hostlers at Chicago, ac-
cording to it's officers.
United Enginemen's Association, de
hied, however. that enginemen were
on strike.
They are not working because. with
the switchmen idle. there is no work
for enginemen." he said. Our men
refused to Join the switchmen. We
simply Joined this organization be-
cause we were tired of the old one
dominated by its officers"
The striking switchmen claimed
that engineers and firemen had aban-
doned engines on the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy: Chicago. Mil
and Northwestern and the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroads at
Chicago.
Say Strike L. Illegal
A bulletin that the strike was il
legal, sent out by W. G. Lee, presi-
dent OF the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen. was on bulletin boards OF
the New York Central lines today.
William S. Carter. head of the fire
men. and Warren 8. Stone. grand
chief of the engineers. Joined Lee in
announcing that the railroad broth
erhood officers demanded that broth
erhood members carry out their con-
tracts.
Arrangements were made for a con-
ference today at Cleveland of the
chiefs of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, Locomotive Engineers and
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
Lee declared that reports that more
than 5000 switchmen were out in
the Chicago district were incorrect.
He said the district membership did
not exceed 5000. Railroad managers
strikers did not number more than
200 in the Chicago district. ex-
elusive of engineers and firemen.
Taking strfkers' Places.
Officers of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen continued with their plan
Of bringing loyal members to Chicago
to take the places Of strikers. A dis
patch from Sheridan. Wyo.. said that
members had started from there to join
those from points nearer Chicago.
Motor Trucks Carrying Meat.
Fifty motor truck trains left Chicago
at dawn, each loaded with 80. 900 pounds
OF fresh meat, billed to nearby towns.
.,<.t,
rated the service expects to serve its
regular routes in northern Illinois and
southern Wisconsin in this way. Each
train consists OF a tractor and three
cork lined refrigerator cars.
Freight Embargo in Buffalo.
BUFFALO. N. Y, April 8.-An en-
barge on all freight movement in and
out Of Buffalo railroad yards went
into effect today. and the position of
the striking insurgent switchmen was
by refusal of f1remen and
enpinemen to work with switch tenders
and yardmen outside the ranks of the
strikers who have organized under the
name Of the Yardmen's Association.
A practical suspension OF business in
livestock at East Buffalo and prepara-
tions to suspend operations in the blast
furnaces at steel and iron plants be-
cause OF tne eIhUdi 81 va @'Ao Aio"ciicHl
Of coke were among the first serious ef-
fects Of the tie-up
Railroad officials said that no de-
nands had been submitted by the strik-
ers but 1t was believed representatives
Of the men would seek conference
today.
Toledo Swifchmen Join strike.
TOLEDO, Ohio. April Silk hun
dred switchmen employed in the local
railroad switching district walked out
in sympathy with switchmen in other
cities today 1t is predicted that all
traffic will be tied up within twenty