Evening journal., 1922-09-13

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strikers ''or by persons acting, asso
clating and confederating Will
them"
Property Barricaded.
f. G. Pettibone, vice-president anS
general manager of the Gulf, Colo
rado and santa Fe Railroad. Texa.
corporation, told of the necessity &C
: maintain barricades around the com
panys property that men might work
in safety. The strikers had insti-
tuted such reign of terror that
4 landlords refused to lease houses tc
strikebreakers and merchants de-
4 clined to sell them foodstuffs. Mr..
Pettlbone asserted he had positive
evidence of numerous cases of men
who had been fogged and "other-
wise iuhumanly treated" for attempt
ing to I'LL strikers places. Men de-
string TO work had TO be boarded
and lodged by the company because
they feared for their lives IL tney
/ left the railroads premises.
w. X. Etter, acting general man
ager of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa. Fe's eastern lines, testified mu-
nicipal and county officials in strike
areas in the majority of cases failed
TO afford protection to strikebreaK-
ing workmen.
Isaac L. Hibbard, general manager
OF the coast lines on the Atchison
system west of Albuquerque, told
how shop forces at points ike
Needles and San Bernardo, Calf.
were VIRTUALLY prisoners" because
of their fear to venture upon the
public highways. Many who took
/ thai risk were assaulted, beaten and
otherwise maltreated, he said. on
August 29 when the California prl-
mary elections were held, workmen
were unable to go TO the polls IN
thousands of cases. "They did not
dare 10 exercise their privilege as
American citizens" said Mr.. Hib-
hard "because they would have
been created as outlaws and been at
the mercy OF armed bands OF hostile
men"
Shop Bulletins Submitted.
What the Government regarded as
some of its most valuable testimony
in support OF tho conspiracy charge
consisted OF long series Of bulletins
sent by local shopmen's officials 10
union headquarters at San Francisco
and elsewhere. The bulletins were
contained in the affidavit OF j. B.
Kelley, a special agent OF the South
ern Pacific Railway.
Bulletins 10 the strikers, ad-
dressed System officers and Mem
bers, Brothers, Greetings" were as
follows:
Sweetwater, Brownwood and
San Angelo-sitting pretty. All
of the community with us, In
Guiding churches. Scabs hard TO
find in these parts Sweetwater
imposed upon a carpenter a fine
of 500 and suspended him for
ninety-nine years for working
as a guard for the company.
Several of the stores have told
members to get whatever they
need. as their credit Is good.
Picture shows also have opened
their doors to us.
Fort Madison - Everything
here is O. k Seven wipers
came off their jobs today. Power
going 10 the bad here. Engine
blew out arch-tube and died.
Engine 921 bent piston and blew
off cylinder head. Engine on
train No. a died yesterday.
San Francisco-Men standing
nat with about 500 bad-order
cars and between thirty and,
forty engines out OF repair.
There are Just two things to do
to whist steady and do no
violence.
Richmond. Calif.---The ladies ,
are helping us out by picket {
duty and are getting good re-
suits by visiting the homes OF Ii
the few scabs who stayed on the {
job. Q
Arkansas City, Kan.-Com- {
pany has hired a barber, a dem I
tist and a photographer as me- +
cnanIcs. We presume they're e
going 70 cut the hair Off some {
engine, pull its teeth and then I
take its picture. We think the Z
company should have pictures
taken OF all engines to remem- q
ber them by. as they won't look Z
the same long unless the strike I
Is settled. $
Slayton, Tex,-All men stand v
ing pat and also standing at the S
ratholes.
Albuquerque The second i
week of the strike is showing e
the public what we have known Il
all the time-that Il takes ex- c
perienced mechanics TO keep v
rolling stock going. Trains by d
the hundred being cut off. AT a
this early date 40 per cent. OF
freight traflc is being held up &
throughout the country. Broth q
ers, she sure looks good from o
here. Let's all get on the picket 4
line and hold out until II is time a
TO shout. Keep the men on the n
picket lines and don't stop Or /,
neglect your duties. c
'enies Violcnce Encouraged. n
During the reading OF these bull "
tins, Mr.. Richberg. of counsel for a
le rail workers, bade the court TO I,
Ike note there was nothing in them Il
stigating violence. Attacking the I,
affldavits, Mr.. Rich II
rig declared that mot one OF them a
Ipplied real evidence" He said W
,aiysis of each Individual affidavit c
ould reveal 1t was based on hear a
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