The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-07-01

their regular duties. All t.
were running on schedule.
Statements from rail executives
all over the country, although ad-
mitting large desertions from the
shop ranks, reiterated their stand
that transportation was unaffected
and would continue so, perhaps for
months.
No further effort would be made
to settle the strike by the railroad
labor board, 1t was said at the
boards Offices today.
Dispatches from the four corners
of the country reported the walk
out as general, although no accur-
ate estimates of the percentage Of
the 100000 union shop workers
who quit work could be compiled.
Chicago, July 1.--(By the Asso-
ciated Press. .)-Thousands Of rail-
way shopmen dropped their tools
today to join the nationwide
strike call issued by the interna-
tional presidents Of the six shop
crafts unions. Early reports in
dicated that shop machinists and
their helpers from the New Eng
land roads to the western trans
continental lines were generally
joining the walkout. with shout 5e.-
900 already reported actually to-
have quit work at midday.
Decatur, Ill. July 1.--Sixteen
hundred men walked out Of the
Wabash division shops here on
strike this morning. No effort was
made to continue work.
Joliet, ILL.,, July 1.-Sixteen hun
dred and fifty men walked out Of
the E. J. & E. railway shops and
yards here this morning despite
the fact that the road had announc-
ed no cut in wages and had
planned no reduction. They were
striking in sympathy with workers
on other roads they said.
Danville, ILL.,, July Thirteen
hundred shopmen employed In the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois shops
here walked out on strike at 10
o'clock this morning.
Few Out ut Chicago.
Chicago, July Police detailed
to check up the extent of the rail-
way shopmen's walkout in Chica-
go, reported up to noon that LOG
employees quit at the Chicago &
Alton shops, IS at the Rock Island
shops in Blue Island and that the
superintendent Of the Illinois Cen
tral shops said few Of the 25l
men working there had joined tn,
strike.
Quincy, ILL.,, July 1.-Eighteel
men employed in the shop crafts o
the Chicago. Burlington & Quinc.
railway here obeyed the strike or
der at 10 o'clock this morning
There are about As men employe,
here.
Springfield, ILL.,, July Fifty
eight men, the entire force in tn
Wabash shops here, stopped worl
at 10 a. m.
GO at Hannibal
Hannibal. Mo-, July 1.-Order
posted at $3.50 p. m. yesterday stat
ing that the Hannibal divisio
shops OF the Chicago, Burlington
Quincy had been put on a FIVE day
a week schedule until further nc
tice, thus closing all department
for today, averted an actual walk
out this morning Of the shop craft
which have about 800 member
here. Labor leaders claim that ns
one of these will return to w0r
Monday.
About 60 men carrying out
Sunday schedule" in the c., B.
Q. shops walked out at 10 o'clocl
Oficials of the Missouri. Kanss
& Texas railroad reported that q
employees, about 25 men, at the
shops here had walked out.
Galesburg, ILL.,, July i'll
strike of the shop men here
about 80 per cent effective, abo
460 out of 500 men employed by Il
C. B. & @. railroad quitting VOL
at 10 o'clock.
| Aurora, ILL.,, July 1.-Over 1,6
employees Of the Burlington ron
railroad shops left their work th
| morning when two short blasts
. whistle at 10.a. m. notified the
that the strike hour had arIiH1
Less than 100 journeymen re
j, ed on the job. Several hid
who do not belong to labor od
\ cations went ont 6ith the
0en. Those 4 Atnedl
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