Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-17
CHICAGO STRIKERS
ADD NEW DEMANDS
At SESSION TODAY
Grand Officers Strengthen
Terms at Meeting Called to
End Waikout.
NARDMEN IN NEW YORK
RESUME WORK SLOWLY
Eastern Passenger and Freight
Traffic Nearing Normal.
Look to Rail Board.
Sy the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. April 11.-Hope for i'm
mediate settlement of the rail strike
here today apparently was definitely
lost at noon today when the grand
lodge officers and directors and trus-
tees of the outlaw" union reiterated
their original demands. and added
new ones to the list
1t was reported when the leaders
pf the insurgent organization went
into session that they were planning
10 advise their men to return to work.
At the close of the session. John
Erunau. president of the Chicago
Sardmen's Association. which called
the first strike here, issued the fol-
lowing statement:
AT a meeting of Grand Lodge Off
GERS. board of directors and board of
trustees of the Chicago Yardmen's
Association at 10 am. it was unani-
1nously decided that the original de-
mands of the Chicago Yardmens AS
sociation presented to the General
Managers Association shall stand.
Also that as far as switchmen and
switch tenders are concerned We must
be recognized as the governing body
Also that there shall be no dis
elimination against any men who
have withdrawn from the service of
the various railroad companies and
they must be restored to their for
mer seniority rank.
JOHN GRUNAU."
Demand Involves 10000 Men.
The demand that the rebel" or
Eanization be made the governing
body for switchmen would take ap-
proximately $1,000 members of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and about $4,000 from the Switch
mems Union of North America. in
Guiding the entire membership OF the
latter organization. union leaders say.
Addition of the two demands to the
previous list apparently has widened
the split between the roads and
brofherhoods on the one hand and the
strikers on the other.
The general managers and the
brotherhood here have given the
strikers until midnight to return TO
work. under penalty Of losing their
seniority. Similar action has been
taken elsewhere.
Mr. Grun4u this morning indicated
he was prepared to go ahead with
the strike, despite the arrest of him
self and twenty-four associates on
charges OF conspiracy to violate the
Lever act
He sent the following message to
presidents of ali yardmenS aSsocia-
tion locals throughout the country:
You. are requested to attend
meeting of the executive officers of
be held al Chicago Monday. April l9,
at 10 am JOHN GRUNAU."
Plans for continuing the strike will
be taken up at this meeting. he said.
Among those at the conference were
John Grunau. president; Charles
Riley. vice president: A. W. Casseday.
secretary: William L. Bond. treasurer.
and Fred A. Feltner. sergeant-at-arm
of the yardmen's association, all of
whom were arrested Thursday charg-
ed with conspiracy to violate the
Lever act.
Ordered to Resume i'm Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. April 17.-An i'm
railroad men on all eastern lines from
Washington. u. G.. to Boston was ex-
pected today by members of the
Philadelphia district strikers COM
mittee. who last night ordered all en-
ployes Of the Pennsylvania. the Read
ing and the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
roads in this district oho walked
out to resume work at once.
Tho order was issued by the COM
mittee at the conclusion OF confer
ence with William J. Tracy. chief Of
the state bureau Of mediation, and
Tatlroad officials. at which II was
agreed that II the men returned to
work they would retain all seniority
rights and that there would be no dis
crimination or prejudice against them.
The Reading Railway Company was
not represented at the conference, but
the committee agreed 10 request Its
lief that 1t would permit them to do
90 on the same basis as the other
roads.
Mr.. Tracy in a statement said the
Philadelphia district committee was
empowered to act for the strikers on
All railroads entering Jersey City
New York city. Long Island and the
territory as far east as Boston and as
Tar south as Washington and that
therefore. the settlement was expected
10 bring the walkout in that section
of the east to a quick end
Announcement was made. that 6
committee of Ave representing the
strikers in this section would leave
for Washington today to lay thei,
wage demands before the railroad la.
Dor board.
1t. Louis Men to Consider Return.
ST. LOUIS. Mo. April l7-Strikine
Hardmen In this district met today.
5t was said. to consider calling off the
unauthorized strike. J. s. Eubank.
president Of tho local yardmen's as
return to work as soon as assured the
railroad labor board would recoenize
tho union and consider their demands
Tor increased wages.
strikers Going Back in Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. April Il (spec.aD-
Tne railway men here who have been
out on strike for the past week are
returning to work as fast as the rail.
way companies can replace them ir
their old positions. All the Western
Maryland railway men are now ba ok
at work. The passenger service Of the
Pennsylvania road. which was Gu,
yesterday until there was hardly any
service left. is back to normal condi.
tions today. According to officials o1
The road. local and express service tc
Warrington and Now York Is run.
ming now on the old schedules.
The same conditions are reported Il
prevail at the Baltimore and Ohio
stations. The committee sent by the
strikers to Washington returned with
yeassuring news for the men thai
they believed that the railroad boart
will treat their demands fairly ant
Justly and will take up tho matteri
In dispute for immediate disposition.
GROUPS RETURN IN N. Y.
AS ULTlMATUM ENDS;
TRAFFIC NEARS NORMAL
NEW YORK, April 17--Railroad
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