The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-12
some BIG 4 men
RETURN--OTHERS
NOT DESPITELEE
Orders of President of Union
Not Obeyed on Many Lines.
WalkOuts Must Not Be Piece
Meal, Says Lee.
GUARDS IN ATTACK is CLAIM
Are Objecting to Patrols on
Railroad Property.
Rail Officials Say Equipment
Safe to Handle.
GUARDS IN ATTACK is CLAIM
fBr the Associated Pressl

Chicaso, Aug. 12.-Nation-wide e
paralysis of railroad transportation
threatened today as Big Four"
brotherhood men in various parts OF
the country called meetings to con-
slider joining the trainmen's walkout
which started when crews tied up
transcontinentaI Santa Fe trains in
the California and Arizona deserts
and freight traffic on the Elgin, Joliet
& Eastern. out belt line for the Chi
cago district. Clerks on the Santa Fe
coast line were authorized to walk off
their Jobs if they consider condi-
tions unsatisfactory
Others Join in
Southern Pacific firemen Joined the
walkout. tying up limited passenger
trains at ogden, Utah Altho several
Santa Fe, pass 4nger trains held up by
the strike at California points. were
backed into Los Angeles, other trans
continental trains were stranded in
the desert Passengers marooned at
Sel.gman. Ariz.. appealed to Santa Fe
officials to relieve them from their
pl ght. declaring that women and
children were suffering. The plea was
passed on TO Brotherhood officials at
Needles. They were urged by the
company 10 consider the situation
from a humanitarian" standpoint.
Three of the bombs tore a great
hole in the ground in the east side
of the yards near the plant of the
Pac.f fic Fruit Express company. I'm
mediately following the explosions
company guards poured shots in the
direction from which the bombs were
reported TO have been hurled. An
swering vo!leys of shot met their fir
ing More than one hundred shots
were exchanged
Three Systems May Be Tied Up.
tBy The Associated PressJ
san Francisco, Aug. 12.-Transcon-
tinental train traffic, passenger and
freight in the far western divisions of
two main rail systems, the Santa Fe
and the Southern Pacific, was disor-
ganized today so badly that scheduled
service had been practically aban-
doned.
A third trunk line. the Union Pa
cific. was threatened with a similar
condition
These were developments of the
rapid spread yesterday of sporadic
walkouts OF engineers, firemen, con-
ductors and trainmen which began
Thursday on the Santa Fe in south
western California and Arizona. The
members OF the Big Four" brother
hoods said they left their posts be-
cause of their objection to armed
guards stationed on railroad property.
The union men also charged that
the Equipment they were moving was
sidered il hazardous to take it out.
Executives Say Guards Not Abusive
Rail executives declared the guards
were necessary to protect the roads,
denied that the guards were interfer-
ing with union workers and contra
dicted this assertion that equipment
was unsafe.
Say Engineer Was Attacked.
An official statement issued by
brotherhood heads at Fresno declared
hA Il a.
urated the series. was precipitated by
an attack on an engineer by a guard
who was arrested later charged with
assault with intend to commit murder
At Fresno, the brotherhood men of
both the Southern Pacific and Santa
Fe were 10 meet today to determine
whether they would walk out.
The Santa Fe men left last night
shortly after guards fired a fusillade
for an unstated reason.
Roseville. Cal, Aug. i2.-Five
bombs were exploded in the yards of
the Southern Pacific and the Pacific
Fruit Express company here early this
morning. One of the bombs exploded
at a. m. in the rear of roundhouse
No. /. Windows in the building were
shattered and a portion of the wall:
nearest the explosion wrecked.
San Bernardino. Aug. 12-Four ad-
ditional bomb explosions occurred in
the Santa Fe railroad yards here fol-
lowing the explosion yesterday morn
ing of twenty-three bombs in the same
yards Officers are investigating
four fra agments of large bombs, con-
structed out of pipe elbows. plugged
with steel slugs and apparently loaded
with chemicals No one was injured
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