The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-10
KANSANS INVOKE
INDUSTRIAL LAW
Attorney General Begins
Action Against Strik-
ing Rail Men.
TO FILE INFORMATION
Formal Steps Will BE Taken
Today-Rail Chiefs Appeal
for Strike End.

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leaders IN Chicago connected with
i,. strike. with view Of summouus
tn,m before tho committee.
In calling NJ his resolution Mr.,
Mccormick said President Wilson's
failure 10 appoint the members OF
flr railroad labor board, whcih was
tn handle wage and other disputes
uudcr the provisions Of the trans
uortauun act. made the senate in
',stiratiou necessary, for in no othor
way could the public he given the
facts.
) CHICAGO, April "A break in
the unauthorized strike of switch
mon and cngincmcu at Chicago,
where il started nine days ago with
"a subsequent spread to "A number
s railroad coutcrs was announced
&d.y by \. +. whitney. vice prcsi-
aerl of the Brotherhood Of Railroad
Fminmen. who conferred with a
committee OF strikers from the Chi
,agp & Northwestern railroad.
The delegation was said To have
told MIR. Whitney that "a vote would
nr taken within - hours with a
view of ending the strike by Satur-
dav ON that road.
~
uv'r0or of strikers returned To work
foday and predicted that the move
mon, OF freight In the Chicago area
would be near normal 10y next week.
Another group OF strikers today re-
uupstcd the mayor of Chicago to
talk steps to settle the strike by
addressing mass meeting of yard
employees.
Leaders Of insurgents said the
Inn
would be carried on until u new
union was completed.
Reports from rail Ccnters through
\ out the country indicated that near
- 10000 railroad mne were on
strike. Freight embargocs were de-
,arod in "A number OF cities by rail-
roads affected by the walkout.
Breaks tn the strike ranks We're re-
ported in "a few places. Switchmen
and brakemen on the Missouri Pa
rific railroad at Sedalia, Mo, who
walked out this morning returned to
work tonight. Railroad officials in
the New York area reported strik-
ors were returning to New Jersey
wards. where about half the workers
quit their places.
Heads Of the railroad brotherhood
tonight denounced the strike as
purely an attempt to disrupt the old
union.
More time in which to break the
strike was asked in a letter ad-
dressed To the Western Association
4 ut Railways by the railroad brother
hoods,
Important developments of the
day were the ordering of an in
ycstigation of the strike by the sem
ate and an announcement by ". G..
Lee, president OF the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, that the
brotherhood would oppose any at
tempt TO settle the walkout by medi-
alton.
I'VE shall resist every effort to
settle the Illegal strike by media
tlou,' Mr.. Lee said. There is moth
ing to mediate with the insurgents
ana the fight now Is to preserve
the recognized labor organizations"
Tho strike had become clear
cut fight between the recognized
railroad organizations ana the radi-
cal element among the railway
workers brOtherhoods, officers said.
The brothorhoOds claim that freight
traffic in Chicago was 90 per cent
of normal today and was countercd
by tho "rcbels" assertion that tie
up was moro complete.
4 The questions Of hours and wages
4 had become OF secondary import
anc",' according to John Grunau.
president of the Chicago Yard Mems
association, which called the ori-
glnai Walkout
The fight has become one OF
supremacy between the new aud tho
old unions" Grunau said I'VE rail
road men are tired Of receiving
nothing hut promises from our
leaders. We demand results"
An optimistic statement was is
sued today by the western general
managers association, composed OF
managers of all railways entering
Chicago.
Tho strike in Chicago showed
lurlhcr Improvements today" the
statement said, In the New York
area railroad officers and union
leaders were bending efforts to
hrcah the strike and although con-