Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-07
Railroad Unions Battling
for Supremacy Over
Labor ''Outlaws.!"
ICHIEFS SUMMONED
TO CONFERENCE
Will Hold Meeting In Chicago to
Make Plans For Campaign Against
llleeai etrikss--More Than 1000
Union Workers ON Duty in Chicago
Yards In Effort to Break Switch
vwon's Walkout.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Chicago. April Faced by rapidly
spreading illegal strikes" in the
Chicago switching district. two OF
the four great railroad brotherhoods
today are battling to retain their
supremacy over the "outlaw orTani-
xations' which are leading the strik-
era for demands for better working
conditions.
The grand lodge officials Of the
Brotherhoods Of Railway Trainmen
and Fremen and Enginemen called
their divisional chairman on the
twenty roads affected by the strike
to Chicago today to plan the cam
pAign.
More than 1000 union switchmen
summoned here by the union OF
y ww:ssohiT1zisn .:ssoshsiT1zisn are at work today as
strikebreakers. Vice president whit
ney announced today. and similar
action is expected to be taken by the
e:s!ce..en and hremen.
Sympathy for Outlaws.
e. Corrigan and NJ. w. Gable, as
sistant grand chief OF the engineers
were in conference with chairmen
this morning after q vain effort last
nirht 70 prevent the unauthorized
strike OF their men. Corrigan mas no
figures today to show to what ex-
tent his men had answered the out
law strike call, as many men nao
been previously locked out by the
swttchmen's strike. There Is q great
deal of sympathy in the brotherhood
ranks for the switchmen, he said.
"The situation had become des-
perate because Of the fact that the
wares paid these men were abso-
lutely not enough to live on" Cor
rigan said. 'The strikers" he added.
received a schedule ranging rom
~ to S6.7s day"
Passenger Trains Moving.
Railroad officers announced This
morning that passenger trains were
moving practically on schedule time
ana that considerable quantities OF
freight were being moved with the
iaeip Of loyal workmen, imported
work and clerks and other employees
Who have been sent into the yards.
The Chicago switching district en-
braces all tho territory within the
outer belt railroad. which draws q
thirty mile circle around the city,
tapping every railroad In this terri
tory.
Only eight earn Of live stock reach
"a the stock yards this morning, al
compared with q normal daily re-
ceipt OF 1000 cars. Twenty thou
sand yard employees are now idle. The
cutting floors, employing an addition
Il $1,000, will shut down under pres
~ent conditions tomorrow and the os@
product plants, employing 5000. VIII
follow in short order. packers say.
Union Ultimatum to Strikers.
Leaders OF regular railroad unions
took urgent steps last night to break
the strike Of the 'fnsurgent" Chi
cago switchmen.
An ultimatum BY the Brotherhood
Of Railroad Trainmsn directed all
striking members to return to work
q regular shift time tomorrow or
suffer expulsion. A large majority
az the strikers have Cards in the big
order.
The notice was signed by twenty
three brotherhood officials, smbrao-
ing twenty chairmen Of general COM
mittees on affected roads and three
/ vice presidents OF the order, A. F.
Whitney. J. A. Farquharson and j.
4 Bannon.
II sets forth that the walkout.
which has tied up ChicaSo's freight
traffic, including food and fuel sup
plies. had it, origin in q personal
gr1svanos OF John Gruneau, head OF
the 'insurgents," against the Chicago
III Milwaukee and st. Paul road. Will
liam q. Lee. president Of the train-
4 mems brotherhood. had previously
4 \ dsclered IN Cleveland that the strike
4 was spite strike"
Threatens Road Chief.
TS53ss - Jns union ciliois sketch = MT
Gruneau was taken on his run q
& week ago. and went before the roads
ofacials demanding his place back
\ ana thrsa atening = walkout. The road
aDlIsd Tor time to investigate. but the
Otx1ke va called. Later, according
I % regular union officials the walkout
VA carried 70 other roads by
3 pfotnisss ofshigher wages.
The brcthsfhoQd says the men
were mialed by false Representations
of the situation at Washington. Il
points out the following.
y1itssu railroad organizations have
Jolnfly agreed TO adjust pendins
N wass controversies thru the labor
4 heard crsated by the Cummins- -Esch
.act.
~ ne act, the roads can not grant
incrsasls until they are passed on BY
tHe hoard.
The strike itself 10 not only "un-
y authofised. hut illegal"
Kmout 1900 union men were re-
pott1d % b IN Chicago ysstorday
n ready 20 take the places OF the strik-
d ~. The rssponse TO the call Of the
u brotherhood was Wide.
me chicago h Northwestern had
EA W union ner come IN from outside
(gmtnal csnters in q body; the St
{Aul had no. All told 900 men ar
" NJ durans the day, 4 LAst = q
n 3asa tll5s