The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-14

where settlement is certain to be lin
/ gering affair. Brotherhood chiefs de-
clare that the "Rump" unions are
gradually losing strength.
Railroads centering in Chicago are
making every effort to move their
freight trains and officials claim that
about fifty per cent of the trains are
working. This has been assisted by
! further influx of strike breaking
crews furnished by the brotherhoods-
In Michigan over 10000 industrial
workers are reported as idle today.
The situation in the state is unchanged
except that more men are to be with
out jobs by night because of the
scarcity of fuel to keep the plants
running.
In Ohio over 10000 men are out
of work in Columbus alone. There is
a growing scarcity of both food and
fuel in many of the cities. Coal on
tracks at Toledo is being confiscated
by federal officials who are rationing
it to public utilities companies. A
mail train is reported as stalled at
youngstown. Columbus switchmen
have refused to assist the brother
hoods by acting as strike breakers.
In the far west a dozen trains are
reported as stalled on the tracks.
Five of these are eastbound Santa Fe
passengers Travellers have been
warned by Santa Fe officials who ad-
wise against attempting long trips I'M
til the strike crisis is over. A strike
embargo has been declared on all per-
ishable fruits. At Los Angeles 175
clerks and freight handlers have
walked out, further tangling the
freight tie-up.
A meeting of all strike leaders on
the Pacific coast has been called for
today. Strikers at Spokane are voting
on their turn to work. Strikers at
Sparks, New, have returned to work
and opened the Southern Pacific to
Sacramento.
The worst tieup continued in the
New York district, where only a small
number OF workers had returned, al
tho passenger service on all lines had
been-improved by use of volunteer
train crews and yard workers.
Red Roundup started.
Chicago, April IA Roundup of
radicals charged by railroad labor
leaders with fomenting the OUTLAW
strike in an effort to wreck organized
labor, is expected to be begun by fed
eral agents within the next few days
Eight arrests have already been
made, six at New Orleans and two at
Kansas City.
Wilson's railroad labor board, the
strike in the west was subsiding today
and tho strike leaders were firm
against calling off the walkout, the
rank and file were returning to work
gradually here<and there. 1t is ex-
pected that the strife will be COM
pletely smashed by Saturday.
To Jail PIotters.
The origin of the strike and the
reasons behind it, together with re-
port on the nationwide movement
which followed the walkout here ten
eral Palmer. United States District
Attorney Charles F. Clyne has pre-
scented this evidence and on it Clyne
is expected to issue instructions to all
United States attorneys to Jail al
legged plotters.
Out of the strike today, organized
labor rose stronger than ever because
of it's refusal to sanction the strike.
The burning out" of the strike with
out recourse to the law to quash it is
victory for sane labor and hard blow
to the radicals in the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. Tho the strike has
not yet reached beyond the danger
point, laborites think that by night
the failing off in the number of men
on strike will have pointed the way
to others still out and cause their re-
turn.
That government action of some
sort is inevitable was the belief today
of President Heberling of the Switch
mems Union of North America.
HSoerling indicated that he was
doubtful that the strike could be def
nitely quashed without recourse to the
law.
Numerous agitators have been
working among the men and trying
to start trouble" he said. Il have
been sitting on the lid holding them
down as we had to live up to our con-
tracts
1.-The department OF justice has
been letting things go on as they have
because they wanted to give the con-
seryative union leaders a chance to
get the men back to work
There are two ways by which the
government may go after the strik-
ers.
First, by obtaining strike injunc-