The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-08-11
BIG B. FOUR TO
WALK OUT IF
STRIKE LASTS
Authorized to Cease Work If
Conditions Become Unbear.
able at Terminals ~
TROOPS MAIN ISSU E
Two NOn-Uni0n Workers Shot
and Killed in Cleveland
Railroad Yards
(By the Associated Press)

q lby tno ASSOCAdkeu ITcoSI
Chicago, Aug. 11.-Serious threats
to traffic by refusal Of trainmen to
move trains at points where troops
are on guard, renewed outbreaks of
violence resulting in several deaths
and the possibility Of walkouts by
maintenance Of way men on various
roads marked the progress Of the
rail strike as railroad heads and
union leaders gathered for confer
ences today to separately consider
President Harding's proposal for
ending the strike.
Presence Unbearable
Membefs of the "Big Four" trans
portation brotherhoods upon whose
train movements depend, were auth
orized by their chiefs to suspend
work if they consider strike condi-
tions and the presence of soldiers at
terminals and junction points "un-
bearable." r. N..
Western divisions Of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe were threat
ened with tie-up of transcontinent-
al trains by refusal of engineers,
firemen, conductors and trainmen to
operate trains while troops were
stationed along the line where out
breaks occurred earlier in the strike.
At other centers throughout the
country similar situations threat
ened.
Join Trainmen
Switchmen Joined the trainmen in
their protests against working under
guard and the situation on the San
ia Fe at Needles, Barstow and other
California points was further aggra-
waited when the entire yard force at
Fresno left its post, the men notify.
ing the company they would refuse
to return until the armed guards
were removed. (
Conferences between Santa Fe Of
ficials and union leaders were held
following joint meetings Of Big Four
brotherhood men and although no
trains had been annulled early to-
day several east bound passenger
trains were held up at Barstow. Re-
ports from Bakersfields California,
indicated the walkout would spread
from California to Arizona and
New Mexico points on the Santa Fe.
Switchmen at Moberly, Missouri,
returned to work after short walk
out, but firemen voted not to aid in
the movement of freight trains until
the demand Of the striking shopmen
was met. ,,... .-
Two Trainmen Shot
Two non.union employees Of the
New York Central lines in the COL
linsville yards at Cleveland, one a
dispatcher and the other call boy
we're shot and killed on street
corner. Their slayer escaped.
At Birmingham, Alabama, an at
tempt was made to blow up din
ing car used for feeding shopmen
and laborers in the Frisco yards. The
shot missed its mark and blew a
hole in a nearby box car. The ex-
plosion occurred just before 100 men
were due to arrive at the car. Police
found a bundle of dynamite sticks
in the yards near the cars.
Dynamite was used in an attempt
to blow up shanty cars and diner
in the Southern railway yards at Ash
Vile, North Carolina. Windows were
shattered in car containing IL
workmen.
Posting IF circulars designating
shop workers as "scabs" and "strike-
breakers" was restrained in an in
junction granted at St. Paul by fed
eral Judge Booth.