The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-12
"INSURGENT" FORCES
IRE BREAKING UP
In the Territory West of Pittsburg,
Men Are Resuming Their Places
of Employment.

of Employment.
Chicako. April II. Developments
west of Pittsburg in the switchmen :
unauthorized strike to-day were re-
garded by railroad brotherhood officials
as pointing toward a gradual dissoiu-
tion of the insurgent forces. but IN
the east. where the walkout was joined
in several districts by trainmen, the
situation assumed a more serious
aspect.
In the central and far west numer-
o,ls reports of defections from the
strikers ranks followed the report OF
the first important break at Columbus,
O.. where 900 swtchmen voted to re"
turn to work.
At Chicago. admitted the Keystone
of the walkout, railroad officials We're
presented terms for settlement OF the
strike" which included recognition OF
the new union formed by dissenters
from the Brotherhood OF Railroad
Trainmen and the Switchmen's mon
! of North America. In the settlement
offer proffered by John Grunau, pres
ident of the Chicago Iardmens asso-
citation, who called the strike, at least
one radical concession was made abro
CATION of the claims for back pay de
manded bv the older organizations IN
their contracts with the government.
That possibly would mean saving OF
hundreds of thousands of dollars to the
railroads, it was said.
Other clauses in the proposed settle.
a Ia1 erru nt nt
the original wage increase called Tor IN
the strike announcement, to be efiee'
tive upon the return Of the men to
work: Eight hour basic day, and time
and half for overtime, Sundays and
HOLIDAYS. and double time for overtime
on Sundays and holidays
In addition to the gradual improve
ment claimed by railroad heads in the
Chicago district which the brotherhood
officials said presaged return to nor
NAL throughout the country, the organ
ization leaders pointed to the votes at
Columbus, Fort Wayne. Ind, Akron,
o., and Saginaw. Mich, as marking
definite breaks in the strike.
AT Akron, striking switchmen ON the
Erie. Baltimore & Ohio and Akron,
Canton & youngstown railroads voted
to return to work; $50 of the 300 strik-
ers at Fort Wayne voted TO return to
the wards this morning and the re-
naming workers, employees OF the New
York Central. will meet to-day to de-
eide their course. At Saginaw 100 Pere
Marquette switchmen decided to return
to work to-day and volunteered TO go
TO Detroit. Toledo, Ludington and Flint
TO aid in restoring normal service.
In the far west and various other
cities in the middle west local unions
voted not to Join the strike, Seattle,
Tacoma. Everett and Auburn. Wash,
and Cincinnati, Little Rock, Ark, Mem
phis. Tenn, and ST. Joseph, Mo-,
switchmen registering that intention.
Officials of the Terminal Railroad
association at st. Louis said conditions
were improved The company's engi-
neers voted to remain "!oyal
The first vote on sympathetic
strike in Canada was negative, the
Winnipeg. Man, branch of the Inter
national Switehmen's union deciding
not to sanction any sympathetic walk
out
Despite these reports. however. Cru
nau declared. I'VE are going to win,
"All reports that | have been able to
gather are the entire country is tied
up. | have received kilograms from
st. Louis. Kansas City, Columbus,
Cleveland. Detroit. San Francisco, San
Antonio and other rail centers. Many
of these communications report that
even more men are walking out
In the Chicago district and at neigh
boring steel centers thousands Of men
were idle to-day because Of the strike.
At the Chicago stockyards promises OF
minimum delivery Of ls6 carloads to-
dav brought q more optimistic outlook,
although hundreds OF men still would
remain idle.
Because eastern shipments were cut
of killing necessarily was reduced. said
Everett {. Brown, president OF the
Chicago Livestock exchange.
Steel mills A. Youngstown. O. were
Idle to-day because of coal shortage.
and steel mills and coke ovens at Gary,
Ind. were crippled seriously. Nine
thousand men were Idle AZ the Amer
lean Sheet & Tube Tin Plate plant at
Gary.
The Lake Carriers association at
Toledo announced that the opening to-
dav of lake navigation had been post
poned because of the rail tieup
In requesting negotiations looking
toward ending the strike. President
Grunau Of the local switchmcn's new
association aid contracts the railroads
have with the Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainrneu and the SNitchmen's Union
of North America do not apply 70
members of his union.
They do not affect the membership
of the Chicago Nardmen's association.
Erunsm sid as our members who
were members % the other orgauiza
tions. have. N nearly al osses, their
resiunations - fie Therefore no con
tract signed N the past has any bear
ing on the present ualkout-
should his demands - met GuInan
addrd. it would bs stipulated the grants
apulisd only - q. y A men and not
fhr older urEauizsf ions
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