East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-11
Yard Employees at PocateIlo
Quit in Protest Against
State Constables at Yards.
TWO u. P. AND ONE
0. S. /. TRAIN TIED UP
Big Four Fail to Report for
Duty at Ogden, Fresno,
and Other R. R. Centers.

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= PORTLAND, Aug, 1t.-lU y
Z P.9--The situation is quiet =
= throughout the northwest Rail- =
= road Brotherhood chiefs said all =
their information regarding the =
= scattered walkouts Of the BROTH 4
: erhood members had come from =
+ the newspapers reports. They y
+ had no direct word frotn Cleyc- =
+ land. they asserted.
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/ SAN FRANCISCO. Aus, iI--QJ,
/ Paralysla of transportation on
the Pacific Coast centered OH the
Santa Ee and southern Pacific sys-
TENS in California. Arizona and Utah
today Many trains were tied up when
the men quit. Groups at many inn
portant division points walked out.
Switchmen and fremen are out at Og-
den. At Needles, Arizona, Fresno and
Bakersfield. California, brotherhood
members failed to report FOR work,
Round house employees struck on the
Denver and Rio Grande at Salt Lake.
Out AT Pocatello
Yard employees Of the oregon short
Line quit work in protest against
state constables as guards here. A
meeting of the brotherhoods WIS CALI
ed to consider the situation.
o. s. H. Train Tieu Up
Los ANGELES, Aug. 1t.-(A. P.l
The Salt Lake railroad will be
quickly affected by the tie up Of two
Union Pacific and one Oregon Short
Line train at Ogden, according to Gen
eral Manager, Comstock.
Members OF the big four brother
hood on the Union Pacific lines will
join the walkout OF the santa Re
brotherhood men, they declared today,
according TO statement issued By the
firemen brotherhood officials. The
Union Pacific brotherhood members
claim the same grievances WHICH caus-
ed the Santa Fe men to walkont even
from trains at Needles in the midst Of
the desert.
Serious Crisis
CEUCAGO. Aug. t1.-(U. P.)--The
most serious crisis OF the rnll strike
I loOmed today as walkonts Of the big
I Four brotherhoods spread. AT Dan
ger points, where the train crews were
I alleged to operating at their lives
: peril. permission was given TO strike.
The situation on the Santa Fc In
! Southern California and In Arizona Is
( particularly serious Trains are being
tied up at several points, particularly
I san Bernardino, where explosions Of
several crudely made bombs terorized
4 the santa Fe yards early this morning,
(, although only one person was slightly
hurt.
+ The big four brotherhood leaders
in Chicago received kilograms from
the Cleveland headquarters giving
4 permission for walkout on the Hin
ois Central. the Rock Island and Chi
caeo and Northwestern ~ employ
ment ON these lines Is unbearable be-
cause Of the shopmen's strike" simi-
r lar kilograms were sent other import
] ant railroad centers, It was under
, stood. On most OF the roads where
{ partial walkouts OF train and engine
I men have occurred, mon expressed
} dissatisfaction With railroad guardi
8 as well as defective equipment
q Bombs Exploded
p SAN BERNARDINO. Cal, Aug. II
G -CU. P.1-TWenty three bombs ver'
s exploded IN the yards OF the santa r
e railway here this morning. None wer'
Injured except Deputy United state
5 Marshal Aiverson. who was removing
Il a supposed dud bomb when It explod
n Cd. Power lines were slightly dam
n aged. The origin Of the bombs Is
N mystery. or where they were hurie'
IN from. officers are investigating toda
10 seek 10 csiablish elues 10 the idcnti
;. of the bombcrs from the fragment
n and their possible origin. They wer
II not powerful bombs over four thou.
III and men we're Ia the yards here.