The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-04-07
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVicEl
CHICAGO. April a-Chicago.s rlna-
vsy strike OF railroad workers nov
.areatens TO spread to other cities.
snd possibly to become national
valk-out which would virtually tie up
III railroad traffic in the Z. s.. ii
vas apparent from reports received
hsre to-day.
WITH all freight traffic completely
p@ralyzed in the Chicago railroad dis
trict, and practically all lines OF in
6ustry In the city menaced by the
strike, word reached here that the
troube Is rapfdfy extending 20 -Buf-
-zlo. st. Louis Milwaukee and other
sltlss where Insurgents" are being
e5rrned apparently to break away
rom the control ot the big railroad
frotherhoods and precipitate strikes in
,te fashion that the Chicago walkOut
was started.
At Milwaukee and ~ St Louis the
sritchnen and yardmen are now
reeting 70 organize a runaway union.
threatening to strike If demands for
p wage increase are not granted
All these activities-fraugh with
ne zravest possibilities for the In
EG@Trl%l tif@ oI iNe FUllEG 10IARAiS
re going on in the fac. OF direct op-
position from the unions % which the
strikers belong but which they ap-
narently have repudiated. the Broth
~hood OF Railroad Trainueu. the
Brotherhood Of locomotive Engineers
and Firemen, and the SWitchme n 5
Luion OF North America.
POINT OUT I. w. w. TACTICS.
Railroad officials and other, obssrvers
- the strike here are inclined to the
belief that I y " tactics. Il not that
organization itself is behind the trouble
orc or the cardinal l. w ". policies
to work from within" as much
satnst labor union control as against
no Capitalists and it Is known that
T. ". n. agitstors have been exceed
i1giy active among AL railroad workers
What the strike VIII mean 70 the
raaon II il is allowed to spread ger
rally may Be gauged from the results
Il has produced in Chicago IN less than
three days Chief among these are.
ALL ARE TIED UP.
Every railroad entering the city with
10 exception Of the Illinois Central is
completely tied up so far as freight
traffc is concerned.
Chicaz COS live stock market Is para
Irzed. with All operation at the stock
ards being rapidly shut down and
5000 men already thrown out OF work
With only q weeks supply OF coal on
hand. the city faces q fuel famine and
he complete closing down Of It's chief
Industries.
FOOD SHORTAGE REPORTED.
a serious food shortage is reported
and prices OF many foodstuns are soar
}rg. Complete exhaustion of many
staple articles OF diet is threatened
The strike began on Monday. when
$500 yardmen and switchmen. openly
rebellilg against their union heads as
"a protest against the autocratIc meth
ds Of their leaders and the unfairness
- the government" quit their jobs on
eleven railroads.
On Tuesday night, representatives. Of
he $500 engineers and flremen en-
ployed in the Chfes 20 railroad district
Voted to strike immediately. BY noon
foday more than 1000 OF the latter had
quit and it was expected that the re
naming 5000 would be out BY night
fall
AETAcoNIxE STRIKERS
When the switchnen quit. heads Of
The brotherhood and the local railroad
offioials decided at a conference to bring
IN union men from other cities to fill
their places. More than 900 were thus
imported and il is believed that this
served TO antagonize the strikers still
further against their organizations
Planls for strikes in other cities were
rushod by these tactics il is declared
by the strikers
The American Railway Express co.
today removed its embargo on freight
express shipments but little advantage
is looked for from this Il was reported