Evening journal., 1920-04-15
MANY men BACK
TOWORK TODAY

! ards alleged 10 have been posted fr
| railroad yards by strikers.
The pIncard said:
'Switchmcn: We want your assist
anee.
"What arc you going 10 do?"
Then follows a list OF the demand,
OF the strikers, and the plaeard is
signed by "The committee OF adj ust-
ments, Chicago Yarlmen's Assoct>-
tion.-
All the arrested men wrrc well dress
ed and wore white collars.
"Tbe governments made rcrious
mistake" said X. s Murphy, one OF
The strikers and q confident OF Gr1nas
II certain'y hasn't weakened, the
strikers say. They won't 90 back 10
work for S. day. know I WON'T
WASHINGTON, April Is UNITED
Press. s.)-Chicf Burke, OF the Bureau of
Investigation, Justice Department, let
II be known today, that many arrests
may be expected in Chicago In con-
nection with the railroad strike.
Burke was told II arrests had been
mede In Chicago.
There are many moro radicals than
that in that district"
CHICAGO, April Is. Omitted Press).-
Continued Improvement marked the
strike situation in the West today.
some Indignation was expressed by
strikers today at the charge OF Attorney
General Palmer that the Russian soviet
was behind the strike, but On the whole
the tendency was 10 return TO work.
L. w. w. headquarters here denied
they had anything TO do with the
strike.
'We approve OF the strike, but have
no connection with H." said William
Haywood, executive secretary OF the or
ganization.
John Gruau, head OF the strikers,
also denied knowledge OF any connec-
tion between the strike and the I. w. w.
There was no concerted movement
TO bring about strikes throughout the
he said. -The men did not
strike; they quit"
Elmer Bidwell mentioned by Palmer
as the man who deposed Gruau and al
legged 10 be the prime mover in the zone
big union" organization denied here To-
day that he had any connection with
Grunau.
AKRON, o., April IS. UNITED Press).
The yardmen's strike collapsed here
Today, following a vote last night 10 re-
Turn TO work. Railroad officials said
only few of the 300 men who struck
we're not back az their posts. Freight
was normal.
PITTSBURGH, April IS. UNITED
Press) Railroad officials today were
hopeful OF dig desertlons from the ranks
Of strikers following the break last
night when i25 OF the $50 fremen en-
ployed In the Pitcairn yards OF the
Railroad returned TO
work. Sufficient men were at work 10
passenger service.
WASHINGTON, April IS UNITED
press)-The government today Is wait
ing to learn whether Attorney-General
Palmer's charge that the nationwide
strike was organized by the |.
w. W., Will incline the workers TO re-
pudlate this leadership and return to
their Jobs.
That the strikers will begin 1ocking
back Is the hope OF President Wilson |
and members OF his cabinet before |
whom Palmer yesterday laid his evil
ience before making ii public.
Palmer In a conference with news |
PAPER men charged that William z. |
Foster, who organized the steel strike |
urned his attention to the railroad sit
Iation Immediately after the strike |
,nded. lie charged that Foster is work |
ng for the |. w. w. and the Communist |
which seek the over
hrow OF the United States government |
through force and violence. He made |
public letters and documents 10 sup
loit this charge.
Palmer and his associates believe |
hey have dealt the strike a body blow
and that the men who walked out, |
upon learning of the Justice Depart
ment's expose Of their leaders as revO-
utlonists, will feel they have been be-
trayed, and that speedy collapse OF the
strike will follow.
in working out this program lover
.hrow OF the government) the radicals
have set dates for strikes in other basic
said Palmer. "The whole is
part OF a big program Intended to re-
suit in the overthrow OF the A. +. Of L.,
he formation Of one big union in the
United States, the seizing of power to
control industry and lastly the over
throw OF the government.
1.-The plan is to transplant 10 the
United States the Communist system OF
government now in the ascendancy In
Russia. The great bulk OF American
workers and the railroad workers es-
,ecially are loyal to their government.
There is no doubt Of this But they
have been -unwlttingly led into follow
ng the leadership OF Foster, Carl Pier
son, A. e. Reese and other revolution
ary leaders.
"There is no doubt that when the
-ailroad strikers learn beyond question
Exactly what is behind this strike that
hey will repudiate this leadership
Included In the evidence made public
we're Photographic copies OF letters
which Palmer said passed between
radical leaders. One was letter to
Ludwig C. A. X Martens, Bolshevik
70 the United States, Ze-
,ald J. Rutgers, OF Leyden. Holland,
ielegated by Lenine 10 preside over
he third Communist Internationals held
lt Rotterdam In February. The date
llso included an extract from the
manifesto and program OF the Com
nunist party OF America" calling on all
to organize to overturn the
r. OF L., (which "the Communist
,srty recognizes as rcactionary and the
,ulwark OF capitalism
one letter given out by Palmer, ne
aid was written by C. E. Ruthenberg |
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