Arizona republican., 1920-04-09
STRIKE OF YARD
 MEN SPREADS TO
 SCORE IF CITIES
Towns Throughout Country Now Affected by Insur- gent Walkout-Declare It
 Is Strike Against Own Unions-15,OOO Men Idle
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 CHICAGO. April S.-while leaders Of the insurgent strike of switehmeD and enginemen tonight contended that their strike had spread from coast to coast and involved some 25,00O men, officers of the unions who have con demned the walkout after taking stock or the situation said that the peak of the trouble had passed
 Reports from nearly score of cities where the insurgents struck. union of ficials said, indicated that about 15,000 men had been affected directly or in directly, including 5000 in Chicago. Where the trouble started several days ago.
 Union leaders today failed in their efforts to win over any considerable number of the strikers, hut tonight said various groups had returned to work and that they saw signs Of weakening among the men. who, they said, would be brought back to work in a few days for lack of funds.
 Against this optimistic outlook, how ever, late tonight reports indicated a steady spread of the strike. At St. Louis, San Francisco and Toledo the number of men reported on strike was increased appreciabIy, while Conway, Pa, added 500 men, Saginaw, Mich. POO. Salt Lake City, Utah, 215, and re- ports from Omaha, Council Bluffs, Ia,
 
 ther walkouts tomorrow.
 Claims Men Will Return
 Vice President A. F. Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. and International President S. E. Heberling of the Switchmen's Union Of North America, in predicting that the strike would be broken within the next two days, said that the spread Of the insurgent uprising in other cities was only natural sequence of the movement.
 John Grunau. leader of the rebel yardmen's association, avoWed that the walkout was growing hourly and that the men would not return to the fold of the parent union. Chicago packers said tonight that no serious shortage of meat was in sight and while re- ports were made of small supplies Of coal at various places, it was said to night that means would be found to take care of the more urgent demands. Railroad managers tonight said that more men were at work in the Chicago yards than at any time since the strike started and that methods of handling cars and detouring commodities would be arranged in a day or two.
 Where Men Are Striking
 Reports late tonight showed the fol- lowing conditions in the cities af- fected:
 Chicago: 5000 men out; freight
 traffic 50 per cent of normal.
 Buffalo: 20oo men idle.
 Los Angeles: 1200 men out; en1-
 bargo freight.
 St. Louis, East St. Louis and
 Madison: 20o0 men out
 Detroit: 500 to 800 switchmen
 on strike, throwing 700 enginemen
 out; embargo on time freight.
 Toledo: 600 men out.
 Kansas City: 200 to 500 men out;
 embargo.
 Gary: $50 idle; $50 men voted to remain loyal.
 Syracuse: 25o men oat on two roads
 Jersey City: 2ooo reported out on five roads; 175 men out on three roads.
 Decatur. Ill.,: 1o7 on strike.
 Joliet, Ill.,: 50 out on four roads; Chicago Outer Belt men refuse to strike.
 Scranton: 50 switchnnen idle
 Springfield, Ill.,: Baltimore & Ohio switchmen out.
 Niagara Falls: Switchnnen on two roads quit and traffic detoured.
 Conway, Pa.: 500 men out in Pennsylvania yards.
 Ogden, Utah: 15o men on strike.
 Salt Lake City: 215 men out.
 Louisville, Ky: Men voted almost unanimously not to strike.
 Sdn TTdUSISCO. FSU tIiCft OAlT cIuding all firemen, switchmen and engineers in the San Francisco and Oakland yards.
 Saginaw, Mich: 200 men walked out.
 Strike Fails Elsewhere
 At Fort Wayne the strike of 32OO shopmen, which had no with the switchmen's walk out. was believed settled. while at Cleveland the men failed to vote on a strike at a meeting, and at Sheridan. Wyo., the men decided to remain at work and send delegation to Chicago to aid in breaking the strike.
 Yardmen on all but two roads at Memphis are to vote on strike Fri day if their demands are not granted. A free for all oratorica1 contest de- veloped today when s. E. Heberhng. president of the Switch mems union. attempted at a meeting today to persuade 300 strikers to re- turn to work. The meeting at first broke up, reformed and then melted away when Heberling departed Many times the union head was forced to quit while the crowd booted
 Wall Street" and "are you with us or against us?" the men shouted as Heberling told them a strike was now unwise 'syvait and you will get the in crease you need in a lawful fashion. he urged You are under contract with the railroads and strike would be unlawful Do you think switcll1nen are bigger than the government
 They Talk of Masses
 Patrick Henry and George Wash ington were rebels too, one time, E. E. Kerr. Chicago yardmen's association organizer. answered You say we can't strike lawfully. But what the ma sses say is law
 In statement issued tonight in be- half of railroads in the Chicago district it was declared that reports that 16s GOO to 25,000 men in train service in Chicago are out are grossly axaggerat- ed. These figures greatly exceed the number ordinarily employed in train service in Chicago. There has been an in conditions. as is shown by the increase in the number of switching crews working
 The statement declared that the "only workmen who have been brought in are members of either the Brother. hood of Railroad Trainmen or the Switchmens Union of North America and they come in response to appeals of the executive officers of their or ganizations to help them carry out