The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-04-11

ma indictments under the Lever act
because OF interference with inter
state food shipments or it could en-
rjoy methods similar to tho miunc
Z ION proceeding. of the bimmuou.
coal strike.
Although there ho, been no stop
page Of United States mails. accord
ing 10 the reports 10 the department
1t is known that officials ere watch
ing strike developments from thai
angle also. All plans will be- hclt
i'm allegiance however until the in
Guiry ordered by Palmer cln be car
ried out.
Chicago, April lO.-Startcd as a
freight tieup, the railroad strike today
invaded the passenger field at New
York where several trains were can.
celled while the freight blockade con.
tinued to spread among yard switch
ing crews from coast
In Chicago, birthplace Of the "out.
law" unions which called the first OF
the illegal" strikes, brotherhood
heads and railroad officials claimed
some slight improvement today one
encouraging sign was the delivery at
the stock yards Of l79 cars Of cattle,
almost twice as many as have been
moved on any one day since the strike
was called April /.
While available figures indicate be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 railroad men
a.,
railroad managers here estimated to-
day that at least half million
workers in other lines have been
forced out of employment by the
freight tic-up In Chicago 10000 pack
ing house workers are idle Three
thousand packers are idle At st. Louis.
At Gary 1000 steel mill employees.
Railroads across the country from
eastern ports to the Pacific coast
announced embargoes on freight ship
ments at various points and in in.
dustrial centers thousands OF work;
ers had been thrown out OF employ
mcnt as plants restricted operations
because Of lack Of fuel and raw ma
terials.
Brotherhood officials declared rc.
ports that $1,000 switchmcn and en-
ginemen were out throughout the
country were exaggerated but admit
ted that the seeding workers had
gained strength outside of ChcagO.
They asserted the strike would be
broken in the Chicago district and
said with that accomplished it was
simply q case of allowing the ."strike
to burn out" in other sections.
A. 7. Whitney. vice president Of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, an.
nounced that a group Of striking
switchmen on the Burlington road
had returned to work in Chicago.
"The strike is going TO pieces right
among the charter members" said
Mr.. Whitney. when it breaks the
men will go back in Il hurry
A statement issued by railroad Of
fcials declared that ali indications
were that the crisis in the Chicago
yard had passed,
Officials of the five big railroad
brotherhoods communicated to the
Western Association of Railways their
Intention to support the integrity
Of our contracts" and asked further
time to break the strikes.
Insurgent leaders, however, claimed
the strike was unbroien in Chicago
and declared that % per cent of the
switchmen of the district were out.
They said 20 charters in the "rump'
union, with 25,OOO actual members, had
been issued throughout the country,
+. c. Estey, who was alleged to
have boastcd of being an I. w. W.
and urged sabotage at a meeting
of the strikers was expelled from
the new organization. lie was arrest
ed by detectives from States Attor.
ney Hoynes office.
The coal supply in Chicago was re-
ported to be dwindling with less than
a weeks supply ON hand
At Gary. Ind, twelve blast furn'
aces had been banked today, throw
Ing 1900 steel workers out OF EN-
ployment.
steel mills in the Mahoning Valley |
were preparing to close down today
as ur result OF a strike at Youngs |
town, and other points, and com |
pany officials said $4,000 workers
would be idle by nightfall.
Toledo reported all but one of y
railroads tied up and food and |
fuel shortage threatened. Freight |
movement west from Cleveland had |
ceased, it was reported and between |
1900 and 1900 employees Of nine roads
,nere voted to organize yardmen's
union today.
Swtchmen and yardmen on the Nor
folk and Western and Pennsylvania
railroads walked out at Columbus last
night and early today, and four
crews of the Baltimore and Ohio,
were reported TO have gone ON
strike at Dayton.
Freight traffic in the st. Louis dis.
trict remained at standstil today
with 5000 stockyards workers werc
thrown out of work at East st. Louis
Railroad officials admitted that 5000
men on 81 roads were out in this