Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21
BY Associated Press.

road men in the Chicago district re-
fused today to vote on the question
Of returning to work.
All efforts Of q committee Of strike
leaders TO obtain action failed.
N. J. Kenney. r. S. Murphy. and
Shannon Jones, three of the strike
leaders arrested last week, made the
{ appeal for a return to work at a
sass meeting of striking yardmen
4shey were greeted with cries OF
Sold" "Outside" and Where's
Grunau?" Jones explained that ef-
forts to obtain the release of John
Grunau, president OF the Chicago
Yardmen IS Association, from Joliet
Jail on bond had not succeeded.
Hiss American Flag.
Murphy. waving an American flag,
took the floor to declare he would
not fight the American government =
He was greeted with catcalls and
Misses.
Union leaders declared after the
melting they were helpless to order
the men back to work.
A police lieutenant declared the
meeting adjourned after, the strike
leaders had been denied a meeting.
Bedlam Loosed.
Bedlam followed the attempt OF
the union leaders to address the men.
Shouts and satcalls were interspers-
ed with cries of adjourn"
Is A lieutenant in charge of police
! reserves at the hall took charge as
{ the meeting apparently had no lead
Ger. He announced that the motion
to adjourn was carried.
The strikers filed out and after
some discussion started to march
across town to their headquarters.
Later they resumed the session there.
Many Of the men declared Kenney,
Murphy and Jones had no authority
to advise them to return to work.
Only President Grunau could do that,
they declared. Grunau, at whose re-
quest the mass meeting had been
called, expected to arrange for his
release from jail to attend. Failure
Of his plans to furnish the $4,000
honO prevented his appearance.
Broke Faith, Charge.
The nine new warrants issued yes
terday were for the men who took the
places Of President Grunau and
twenty-six others when they were
arrested second time.
these men have betrayed the gov
ernment and its officers" said Mr..
Clyne. "We were lenient with them
because we wanted to treat them
/ white and work no hardship on any
one. We arrested them on warrants,
but we released them on their own
recognizance when they could not
give bond. They promised us to take
no further part In causing mon to
stay away from work and tie up the
movement Of food and fuel.
''They broke faith with U.S. Those
\ leaders, whom we had treated with
courtesy and consideration, broke
their promises. They went back to
/ the meetings they had promised not
TO hold and they sat back and
y :s,: :.-.t: a:1 s IT'S :-aa not Doing
4 anything-we have nothing to do with
the meetings.
Government Is Dsfled.
Then, when we re-arrested them,
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right on with the things they had
promised us should not be done. This
shows q willful and malicious spirit.
They defied the government. Instead
OF going back and telling their men
TO return to work, they did the oppo-
site. They are selfish, headstrong
ana willful.
snow IL they want to fight the
goyernment, we'll give them all the
Z fiEht they want. II they want to
pose as martyrs and be sent to Jail.
We Will accommodate them We will
/ entertain them at cost Of CLIO q
81 day each ip Jail.
But they are not in Cook County's
essj jail, where they can talk about their
mAFtyrdom to newspaper reporters.
Z wi ~ ;ze sending, t.A::e:: .c outlying
L jails-to Joliet, Wheaton, Woodstock
md other places. They'll get all the
4 fighting they want,
0runau Accepts Bond.
John Grunau, president OF the Chi
1 cago yardmen's association, has tele-
j phoned governmental authorities that
{ he Will accept his liberty on bond
furnished by John Hershon. A de-
4 putty marshal has been dispatched to
\ Joliet, where Grunau is imprisoned,
4 And Win bring him TO Chicago this
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