The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-23
STRIKERS LOSING,
SAY bROTHERHOODS
PEAK OF THE WAlKouT is PAST.
CLAIM HEADS OF THE OLD
ORGANIZATIONS
GOVERNMENT MAYTAKE HAND
First Important Break In Unauthorized
Strike Of Railroad Employees oc.
ours at Columbus, Ohio, When
600 Vote to Return to Work

Chicago. April 12.-The first impor
taht break IN the unauthorized strike
"f railroad employees. which started In
the :'hi":@o terminal district nearly
NV" weeks ago. occurred last night al
columbus. Ohio. when GOO SWitchinpn
"n the Pennsylvania railroad voted IL
return to work today. In addition :hN
engineers aud fire,men. forced out Of
work hy the strike. will return.
Although there was no general move.
m"nt back to work among the 10000
men repurted IN strike throughout
tn" country. hefecti"ns from the ranks
ut the insurgents were reported yes.
tcr!ay In Chicago and Kansas City. In
tali:nrnin and several other places,
ami hrotherl,m,d Officers were conf
dent that the peak If the strike move.
'Mcnt was passed.
Leaders Of the rebel walkOut, how.
ever. maintained that the strike was
gaining momentum.
In Chi,a,g" freight en,baryoes have
been lifted by the New York Central
and the Chicago. Milwaukee 4 st. Paul
railroads. In u number If important
rail ccnter> rnilrOal employees have
voted not tU strike. Large sections Of
tn" country still were virtually mnai-
fcc'ed by the wnlkomt. notably New
England. the southeastern states. the
northwestern and mountain states.
Passenger traffic was affected little
except in the New York area. where
service was reported below ~ per
cen, If normal. Fears If Il food fam
in" in New York were alayed hy the
arrival Of supplies over the New York
Central and the New Haven roads.
Several thousand men We're reported
IN strike in eastern New Jersey. and
freight traffic was considerably ham
lrW.l.
The crew Of the Chicago express
on the Erie railroad abandoned the
train ut Port Jarvis. y. V. N miles
from New York. last night. Tw" hum
bred and fifty passengers were on the
train.
I, WAS announced from Washington
that the question If governmental ac-
,iun in the strike would be- taken up
10y Attorney General Palmer on his re-
turn t" Washington to-day. Reports
from the strike district were being as.
S.lnhlel Ivy the department If Justice.
Five thousand men were affected by Il
walkUt Of Pennsylvania ~witchlnen.
Il
,,irn terminal last night.
Seven hundred >witchn,en on strike
III Milwaukee voted yesterday not to
return to work. The Chicago \ st.
Paul ROAD declared an enhary" "n per-
i>hahe freight. At Well<villt Ohio.
$50 yar,lmen AMI r"dmen Went IN
strike. Yesterday. More men are out
in the PittShurg region and 800 quit
III Peoria. III.
In the Cleveland district. where o.,NN'
Mere repaired "n strike. bias, mills
and steel mills began laying off men.
Samuel G"nl"r>. president "f the
American Federation III Labor. who
arrived in cleveland Yesterday. derlnr-
I'll The walk"ut Il mistake and said the
federation would support the hr",her-
hoods in their struggle With the in
Surgrnt strikers.
W. q. Lee. president If the Rrother-
hood Of Railway Tminmen. said he
had received many reports from broth
erlo."l chairmen throughout the .."un-
Try announcing improved conditions.
Loyalty t" the union wa> pledged 10y
cincinnati Switcl,nrn in II telegram tn
:. T.. Heberling. president Of the
Swi.cllmen'> Union uf North America.
cincinnati was til" only large ohio
city unaffected by the strike.
While officers 0f the railroad broth
rrhoOtls announced that the situation
WAS steadily improving and that the
crisis Of the walkout was past. John
,;runau. president "f the Chhmg"
iartlmen's dissertation. VIII" called the
strike. declared:
''rhe SltuutiOn Is unchanged"
'''rhp situation in the t'hicag" dis
,ric, is distinctly improved :. Il.
Hrberling. president of the Switch
mems Union Vt North America. sail.
More men are returning tn work and
We look for IN early return I" normal
conditions.
Mr.. Heherling said the brotherhood
leaders were meeting with delegations
III strikers in an effort to end the
walkuut aud that satisfactory progress
WAS being made.