Evening star., 1922-08-12

scheduled service virtually had been
abandoned. third trunk line, the
Union Pacific was threatened with
! a similar condition.
| These were developments of the rapid
spread yesterday Of sporadic walk
outs Of engineers, fremen, conductors
and trainmen. which began Thursday
on the Santa Fe in southwestern Cali
fornia and Arizona. The members OF
the big four hrotherhoods said they
| left their posts because of their OBJ
! lection TO armed guards stationed on
railroad property. The union also
| charged that the equipment they
were moving was not in the best
condition, and they considered 1t
| hazardous to take it out. Rail exec
utives declared the guards were
necessary to protect the roads. de-
fering with union workers and con-
tradicted the assertion that equip
ment was unsafe.
/ Conferences Fail.
| Conferences between union officials
and rail executives had borne no re-
suit early today.
! Meanwhile. with many trains with
drawn, several. including some crack
transcontinental limiteds, were STALL
ed In torrid desert spots in Arizona
or California
| The Southern Pacific declared an en-
| barge on the shipment of live stock or
other perishable freight through the
| Ogden gateway" The Western Paci
nc announced similar embargo, effec-
| tive within twenty-four hours. on con-
! slsnment destined for the east.
/ E'rlp ~, 1tIllr nda
| publishes report that All ;rainmen
! and yardmen employed by The Western
Pacific at Oakland and Stockton. Calf,
and Winnemucca, New. had quit work
| at midnight
| New Crew RevOlts.
| The passenger strvicc Oh the West
ern Pacific was interrupted carly today
! when train No. 8. bound from Salt Lake
! to San Francisco. was stopped in the
station at Oroville, Calf. when the
| new crews at the division point refused
to take their places. Another Western
| Pacific train. bound eastward from San
Francisco. was halted at stockton.
| Calf. when the crew deserted.
| On the Union Pacific. what seemed a
| solid block to traffic was set by the
! refusal or tiremen at San Bernardino.
| Calf, to take out trains on that road 8
line from Los Angeles to Salt Lake
! City.
! The chief blocks on the roads were
| as follows:
On the Santa Fe all brotherhood men
, at Needles and Barstow, Calf. had re-
! fused to move trains The tie-up at
| RarstoW. besides blocking east and ~"st
bound traffic, blocked the Santa Fe's
line bttween Los Angeles and San
| Francisco.
| On the Southern Pacific Il walI.our
| of firemen a. Ogden. Utah almost
i paralyzed traffic. Two Of fha; roads
| crack trains. the Overland Limited
| and the Pacific Limited We're reported
proceeding west without the regular
| firemen."
! Claims Engineer Was Attacked.
! An official statement issued by
| brOtherhoodS at Fresno declared the
walkout at Needles which inaugu-
rated the series, was precipitated by
an attack Oh an engineer by a guard.
who later was arrested charged with
assault with intent to commit murder
At Fresno the brotherhood men of
both the Southern Pacific and Santa
! Fe were to meet today to determine
/ whether they would walk out The
! santa Fe men left last n!ght shortly
after guards fired Il fusillade for an
! unstated reason.
| The men said "promiScuouS shoot
| ing was the reason they walked out
! ana asserted TO on. would return To
work before morning"
At Prescott, Ariz.. on the line from
| Phoenix to the Santa FeS main trans
continental line brotherhood men quit
| last night.
Sixty Guards Removed.
| Sixty objectionable guards" were
, removed from the southern Pacific
| shops at Roseville. Calf, which has
been the scene of disorders. and a
| smaller number of guards have been
| dismissed at Tracy. Stockton. Sacra-
| mento and other points, avoiding a
| threatening situation" according to
| announcement of l.. l.. Sanford dis
! trict chairman of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers at San Fran
| cisco.
| Growers of fruit in the Fresno sec
! ton, alarmed by the sudden impedi-
ment to transportation a time
! when shipments of their product were
| approaching their peak. planned a
meeting to consider means of avert
ing the prospective loss due to spoil
| ing of unmoved fruit.
| Banks at Fresno adopted a stricter
policy in regard to financing fruit
| shipments. Fruit men said continued
| lack of transportation would mean a
| S50,000,000 loss to their industry.