New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-10

yards of five railroad companies fore
Swallowed the throwing out of work of
$4,000 steel workers tomorrow night,
when the steel mills in that region will
be forced to close on account OF the
coal shortage brought about by the
paralysis of freight. The water works
in Youngstown has a four day supply
The roads affected in Young
are the Baltimore & Ohio. Erie. New
York Central, Pennsylvania and Pitts
burgh g. Lake Eric.
Toledo reported serious shortage
of food supplies and coal as result
Of the strike, which has tied up all
but one of the twenty-three railroads
entering the city. 1t was stated that
the Wabash was the only road in oper
alton. Several hundred swtchmen arc
out.
Toledo Workers May Quit
Railroad officials in Toledo reported
shopmen and threats of strike in
sympathy with the switchmen The
shopmen say that an increase in wages
was promised them last year, but the
government failed to make good its
pledge.
Complete paralysis of freight in
Toledo and Cleveland was brought
about when ten roads declared en-
bargoes. They we're the New York
Central, Baltimore & Ohio, Michigan
Central, Big Four. Toledo and Ohio
Central, Wabash, Hooking Valley. Pere
Marquette, Wheeling and Pennsylvania.
IN Columbus the local officials OF the
brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. OBJ
Jectlng to demands made on members
OF the union to discourage the strike
movement among the switchmen. called
meeting for tomorrow night to con-
slider requesting the national officers
of the trainmen's union to retract their
demands and ITO consider questions
pertaining to calling strike legally"
In Pittsburgh less than dozen men
were working in the Conway yards of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, and little
freight was being moved. At strike
headquarters it was stated that 1000
switchmen and trainmen had struck.
In St. Louis, East ST. Louis and Madi-
son County, ILL.,, more than 1000 men
are out, railroad officials admitted. Off
GERS of the yardmen's association as
serted the number out was "closer to
10000" and that they expected the
clerks to join their ranks by tomorrow.
In indianapolis nearly 400 swltchmen
walked out to force an increase IN
wages. Their leaders said they were
lIOt SiIlklnS III Syl1DdlIly WIN dIly OIS.
In Detroit the number of idle switch
men had reached 1000, and 1900 en-
gnemen have been thrown out of work
by the tie-up.
Richard J. Hopkins, Attorney Gen
eral of Kansas, announced that blanket
information against persons response
fle for the strike in Kansas City, Kan,
were being prepared for prosecution
under the new state industrial act.
Points throughout the Southwest re-
ported cmbargoes had been placed on
freight. Cattle shipments to St. Louis.
Kansas City and Chicago were sus-
pended.
Rail centcrs in California felt the
freight restrictions, and eastward along
the transcontinental lines several
terminals reported strikes.
An ultimatum ordering striking
switchmen to return to work by 4
o'clock tomorrow or lose their posi-
tions was issued at Los Angeles by
officials Of The Southern Pacific, Salt
Lake and Santa Fe railways.
Switchmcn in the Oregon, Washing
ton Railroad & Navigation Company's
yards at Albina. Ore, near Portland.
struck. Men also quit at the Southern
Pacific yards, at the Union Station in
Portland, and were reported out at
the Union Pacific yards.