The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-04-09
SWITCHMEN
RETURNING TO
WORK TODAY
Officials Believe the IL
legal Strike Has Been
Broken

] investigation OF Int Unauthorized
strike Of swiichmcn and other
railroad employees was ordered to-
day by the senete.
After receiving an appeal from
w. G.. Lee, respident Of the Broth
erhood Of Railway Trainmen, Rep
resentative Cooper, republican,
Ohio, today took up with the de.
partment Of justice the question
of whether the provisions Of pres
ent laws could be made operative
in the ease of the unauthorized
strike Of trainmen aud other rail
road employees.
Without record vote the SEN
ate adopted Senator Mccormick =
resolution directing the interstate
commerce committee 10 inquire
respecting any existing strike OF
any interstate railroad employees
not conducted or authorized by
any recognized organizations Of
railroad employees" T" and submit o
report to the senate.
CHICAGO. April a.-rhe striking
switchmen. who have been on strike
here Tor nine days. began returning
to work this morning
brotherhood offiriais. who have
been fighting the "iiloEAr" waskouf o.
the men. do not claim that the strike
IL broken. but were much encouraged
fby reports from several roads that
the men were reporting for work.
The Chicago Junction railway. the
belt line connecting the atoclgnrdn
ana packing plants with the trunk
lines. was one Of the first TO report.
Eleven engine crews were al work
this morning. thu report said. as COM
pared to three yesterday.
While the switching and freight
situation showed Improvement. tho
congestion IN the yards grew 80 great
that seven ~ the eight railroads en-
tcrinE the Dearborn strect station. are
unable to run passenger trains down
town. They are diacharging passcn
gers al suburban stations 10 complete
the trip on elevated % surface cars.
santa 10 ~tiIl Runnlng.
only the S>ata fe was running into
the station this morning
Sotire1 We're sent out by chairmen
OF the brotherhood of Railroad Train
lScmand that the men return to work
and threatening them with expulsion
from the unioh.
Only 1900 brotherhood men from
other cities had answered the call
for strike breakers here. officials
said
Although Il was estimated that be-
tween 90. 00O and $1,000 packing
house and sioc6yards workers had
been thrown out Of employment To-
day as the result Of stoppage OF the
! cattle shipments. packers announced
that no shortage OF meat need be
feared. Many Industrial plants re-
ported thousands Of employees would
be thrown out of WORK II the freight
tie up continued another week.
situation In Bried.
summary OF conditions through
out the country reported early today
follows
Chicago 5000 mon on strike;
freight traffic estimated 80 per
cent Of normal
Toledo i.OOo employees Of %
roads idle.
81 Louis district: 1000 mon
out, freight traffic virtually tied
up.
buffalo. 2.0oo men idle.
Jersey city. 1000 yardmen and
other workers out.
Los Angeles; 400 on strike.
Detroit: .s00 to Loo idle
san Francisco ga men out.
! Kansas city; 400 men on strike.
Gary. Ind: $50 Idle.
syracuse: $50 men out.
} Saginaw. Mich; zoe men Pere
Marquette out.
) salt Lake. gis men on strike.
ogden. $50 switehmen on
Decatur. m. iOI men striking.
NulI.f III 10 uuf four
I scranton, SO men idle,
Springfield. ms Baltimore and
ohio swiichmen on strike.
NiaEara Falls Two roads az
Z fertod and traffic detoured.
e Ask Nlore Time.
a The five great railroad unions. in
= q Joint letter addressed 20 the Western
! Association OF Railways this after
:. noon asked for more time in which to
j break tho unauthorized strike and
9 solicited tho cooperation OF the rail-
/ roads toward that end.
we appreciate" the letter says.
$ "that owing TO present economic con !
= ditions over which We have no con-
e troll and the fact that the situation
- has been grossly misrcprescnted BY
irresponsible persons. who have as
sumed dictatorship ~ an un0fsan-
izod body OF men. that Il will be dini-
cult FOR us 10 entirely relieve the
e situation until we have had further
opportunity 10 meet and talk with our
members. and We believe the railroads
understand this aa niily as ourselves
N and that they win cooperate with us
n to that end"
~ The railroad managers taday de.
a. nied persistent reports that they were
contemplating reofsanixinE the In
"A surgenl unions. or that they would
~ employ professional strike breakers
n While conditions IN the Chicars
swiiChinE district continued te show
Improvement today. leading oaiciail
10 declare that the backbone of ths
y local strike had been broken. Their,
At was no align OF improvement IN othei
a sections