Imperial Valley press., 1922-07-01
Shopn1en Walk0ut
AUOuer Nation In
Final Wage Battle

However, it was believed, that many
of the larger roads would claim the
unions had violated the boards orders
first, and then proceeded to put the
contract system into effect generally
on shop work at least.
b. and o. Men Quit
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July Twenty
five hundred employees Of the Glen
wood shops of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad walked out in the shopmen's
strike this morning.
Strike Calls Out 95 Percent
HARRISBURG, Pa, July Ninety
five percent Of the union shopmen in
the Harrisburg district quit work to-
day in response to the strike call, ac-
cording to the count Of union leaders
here.
There are over 1900 men enrolled in
this district.
Shopmen Ask Deputies
SAN BERNARDINO, Calf, July l.
Nearly 1000 employees of the Santa
Fe shops here, the largest west OF
Topeka, walked out at 10 O'Clock this
morning in what they declare will be
peaceful strike.
Sheriff w. A. Shay last night, in re-
sponse to a request of the shopmen,
deputized 25 Of their leaders as special
officers to prevent possible disorders.
They took oaths to enforce the law,
prevent heckling men who remains at
work and halt picketing by union men.
Take Tools and Quit
ELIZABETH, N. j., July 1.-Two
thousand shopmen of the Central rail-
road of New Jersey are on strike to-
day. They took their tools and equip
ment with them when they left the
shop last night.
New York Central Men Leave
ALBANY, N. Y, July 1.-Strike OF
the railroad shop crafts got under way
here at 10 a. m. A number of mechanics
in the roundhouses of the New York
Central dropped their tools and walk
ed out.
Hire Recruits to Fill Places
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July Labor
agencies here today recruited men to
fill the places Of striking railroad
shopmen.
Roads understood to be hiring re-
serve men were the Wabash, Missouri
Pacific and Illinois Central.
Three Thousand March From Shops
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July Three
thousand shop workers Of the Pennsyl-
vania and Hooking Valley railroads
laid down their tools at 10 a. m. today
and marched through the business
district of Columbus to strike mead
quarters.
Called Out at Detroit
DETROIT, July 1.-Shop workers
walked out in the railroad shops here
at 10 a. m. today.
Strike ON Chicago Line
CLINTON, Iowa, July 1.--About
! 900 shopmen Of the Chicago and
Northwestern went on strike here to-
day.
pennsylvania Strike Unauthorized
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July l.-Sn
hundred maintainence OF way employees
of the Pennsylvania system today
walked out in sympathy with the shop
workers. The strike was unauthorized.
Thousand Quit in Colorado
DENVER, Colo, July lone thous-
and shop employees Of the Colorado and
Southern railroad quit work today,
union leaders announced.
At the Burlington and Denver and
Rio Grande Western shops, 1000 work
ers quit.
Santo Te Men Out
ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, July l.
One thousand shopmen employed by the
Santa Fe railway here struck this
morning. The strike is 95 percent ef-
feetive here, union leaders said.
Omaha Has 5000 Out
OMAHA, Nebr., July l.--Five thous-
and workmen at the Union Pacific
shops at Council Bluffs and Omaha quit
work at 10 a. m. today Railroad OFF,
cials, anticipating trouble, rushed 20
special agents to Council Bluffs. They
patrolled the strike zone and guarded
workmen who remained on their jobs.