Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-10
1ANY Of STRIKERS
ARE BACK TO Jobs
|-otherhood Heads Denounce
Action as Attempt to
Disrupt Union.
STILL DEFIANT
lmor Says Vote May Be
Taken Today to End
Walkout.
STILL DEFIANT
IRy Associated prc.s1

rs Associated Prcss1
-HIHA"o. April "a break IN the
authorized strike OF switchrnen and
sincmcn at Chicago. where 1t
,rieh nine days ago with sub
aucnt spread 70 number OF rail
ad ccnicrs, WIS announced tcday
y. y. Whitney. y;cc-prcsldent OF
brotherhood OF hallway Train
N. who conferred with "a commit
OF strikers from the Chicago and
'rthwestcrn Railroad.
The delegation was said 10 have
I'd Mr.. whitney a vote wouln pc
ken within twca;y-four hours with
vlew TO ending the strike on thai
ilroah by Saturday night. Bro
crhood officers said thai a numDe :
strikers returned to work today
predicted that the movement of
'ight in the Chicago area would b-
ar norma! by next week.
leaders OF the insurgents said the
Ike was not only not broken. but
'uld bc carried on until new union
A. completed.
Report 10000 our.
Reports from rail centers through
the country Indicated nca.ly So
railroad men wcrc on strike.
'eiEh; embnrgocs We're declared in
number Of cities by railroads ar
cted b! the walkout. breaks In
c strike were reported IN rev
aces. Switchmen and brakemcn on
[e Missouri Pacific Railroad "A,
daiia, Mo. who walked out this
!orn:nS, returned to work this aft-
noon. Railroad officers in the New
3,rk area reported that strikers
re returning 10 New Jersey yarcs.
here about half the workers quit
cir posts.
Heads OF the railroad Drotherhoocs
night denounced the strike as
|iTc!y an attempt to disrupt the old
I,ion.
Important developments q. the
Iy wcr. fae ordering Of an invcs-
cation OF the strike hy the Scnatc
I'd an announcement hy ~. q. Lee.
csidcnt OF the brotherhood of Rail-
ay Trainmen, that the brotherhood
|ouid oppose any att.mpt TO settle
e walkout by mediation.
WIii Not Accept Mediation.
we viii resist every cnor; 10 set
T. this Illegal strike by mediation" :"
r. Lac said. There is nothing 10
cdiatc with IN" insurgents and the
sht now is 10 preserve the rccos-
zrd labor organizations"
The strike had become u clear-cut
,h; between the recognized railroad
PLANTATIONS and the radical element
nonC the rail workers. brotherhood
Ulcers said.
Tho question Of wages and hours
|,i become OF secondary Importance,
|'cordine u John G.unau, president
/ the Chicago Ya7dmen's Assoc:a-
ION, which called the original Ga;t
at.
The hght has become ono of SUI
rcmacy between the new and the
d unions" Grunau said I'VE rail
bad men are tired of receiving
othing but promises from our lead
rs. We demand results"
In the New York area railroad Of
GERS and union leaders were bend
,E efforts TO break the strike. and,
ithouGh conditions were reported to
g Improving, the situation was still
)nsidereh serious.
Richard j. Hopkins, Attorney-Gen-
-al OF Kansas. announced that
lankct information against persons
for the strike in Kansas
ity, Kans.. were being prepared
EmbnrEors Arc Placed.
Points throughout the Southwest
>portcd empargocs had been placed
u freight and cattle shipments to
nd frciGh; traffic between New Or
sang and Chicago was suspended.
Rail ccntcrs in California felt the
eight restrictions. and eastward
long the transcontincntal lines sew
raj terminals reported strikes.
An u!tlmatum ordering striking
witchmen to return to work by 4
clock tomorrow or lose their posi-
ions was issuca at Los Angeles by
mcials OF the Southern Pacific. Salt
axe and Santa Fo Railways.
III lne w ASH
,gton Railroad and Navigation Com
any's yards at Albina. Greg. near
'ortland, struck late today. About
nc-half the night shift failed to
eport for work.
Men also Qui; at the Southern Pa-
ific yards at the Union Station in
ortland, and they were reported out
t the Union Pacific yards. No esti-
,ate of how many were out could
e made at this time. railroad Of
cials said.
One thousand sw.tchmen at Omaha
nd Council Bluffs voted to support
ne striking switchmen. Railroad en-
loyees of the Valley Junction yard
the Rock Island. near Des Moines,
oted not to strike. Three thousand
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