The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-04-25
ENGINEERS TO
GO OUT MONDAY
Leaders Declare They Were
Double Crossed by Brother
hood Chiefs i'm Recent Deal
AMES MAKES STATEMENT
Threats of Arrest of Cleveland
Strikers Criticised by De-
paTtment Justice Heads

New York, April 24.-All engineers
erAployed on the Lackawana railroad
viii go on strike Monday morning,
Edward A. McHugh, chairman of the
Executive Committee of striking rail-
road employees of the New York dis
krict announced tonight. He said the
walkout would be in sympathy with
strikers whom railroads refused to al
low to return except on forfeiting their
seniority rights. He said engineers
on some other railroads are balloting
on the question of a similar strike.
Declaring the strikers committee had
been double crossed" by brotherhood
chiefs in order to get them out of
Washington, McHugh declared the men
had withdrawn their offer to return
to work IL protected in seniority and
would settle the strike only on terms
satisfactory to them. He asserted they
would refuse to deal through brother
hood chiefs.
Washington, April 24.-Threats that
striking railroad employees of Cleveland
win be arrested unless they returned
to work, made by John Sawken, the
Department of Justice representative,
there were declared to be entirely i'm
proper and without authorization in
a telegram by Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Ames sent to District Attorney
Werz, of Cleveland, today.
ANY threat by a representative of
this department is at all times en-
tirely i'm proper and particularly so at
this time" the telegram said. 1t ad-
ded that those who conspire to OBJ
struct transportation of necessities or
mail are subject to prosecution but
the law does not compel an individual
to return to work.
Cleveland. o., April 24.-Government
officials here today faced the dilema
of either backing down from the ulti-
matum issued yesterday or arresting
approximately $500 railroad strikers
and thus continue the strike in Jail.
Threat of arrest made by John Saw
ken, of the Department of Justice, il
the men did not return to work was
met with defiance at meetings yes
terday and last night. The men agreed
unanimously to go to Jail rather than
return to work before their demands
are met.
District Attorney wertz who author
ized the presentation of the ultima
tum would not say early today what
the governments next move would be.
Chicago. April 24.-While the Rail-
road General Managers Association
reported decided breaks in the ranks
of striking switchmen" today the Illi
nois Manufacturers Association in a
telegram to Senator Mccormick de-
cIared manufacturing plants will be
compelled to close and untold distress
will follow" unless the railways can
switch cars"
Chicago. April 24.-The strike of in
surgent railroad employees in the Chi
cago district today had developed into
a finish fight with the strikers de-
termined 10 stand firm until their de-
mands are granted and the railroad
managers continuing TO ignore the men
who walked out and bending their ef-
forts toward complete restoration of
freight service. Eighty-thr per cent.
OF the normal number of switching
crews in the district were reported at
work.
throughout the central and far west
c6nd nditions gradually were returning to
normal reports indicated.