The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-14
CALIFORNIA NOW
FEELING EFFECT
FREIGHT TIE-UP
Railroad Lines In the
West Are Experiencing
Great Difficulty In Op-
Grating Train Service
Both Passenger and
Freight

San Francisco, Aug. 14.-Northern
and central California today were
without fast freight service east and
seemed in fair way to lose the one
remaining route for passenger service
as a result of the spread of brother
hood walkouts to Roseville and Sac
ramento, Cal. The principal line
north also was lost to fast freight
service. The Southern Pacific'3 yard
employees at Roseville quit work yes
terday and at midnight the railroad
officials declared an embargo on all
perishable freight. including livestock,
for ports north of Gerber and east to
Roseville"
1t was expected this meant that
freight traffic was impossible at pres
ent over the Ogden east and the Shas-
ia route to Portland, Ore, and created
an admittedly bad situation for fruit
growers OF eastern and northern Cali
fornia
Crews of passenger trains aban-
doned them at Sacramento and the
trains were there early today Should
other crews follow their example the
only route remaining over which pas
senger traffic could flow east and west
would be the Southern Pacific's line
from Los Angeles.
The Santa Fe's service was virtually
paralyZed by walkout of brotherhood
men at Needles, Cal. Seligman, Ariz.;
Ashfork, Williams and Winslow, Ariz,
and there was one in prospect at AL
buquerque, N. NJ.
The Union Pacific's line from Salt
Lake City to Los Angeles was blocked
solidly by refusal of brotherhood men
at several points. chiefly Las Vegas,
N. NJ, to move trains.
The Western Pacific operating be-
tween San Francisco and Salt Lake
City was blocked completely by walk
outs at Oroville, Oakland and Stock
ton. Cal, and announced traffic was
suspended Indefinitely"
On the Santa Fe II west bound
trains were marooned and one was
feeling its way westward from Needles
where it had been held three days
with officials doubtful as to how far it
would get. Approximately LOO pas
sengers were aboard these trains.
At Los Angeles preliminary steps
were taken yesterday to start an in
vestigatiOn into the initiation of the
walkouts on the Santa Fe to deter
mine whether they were the result of
conspiracy.
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cussing the walkouts, said evidence
would be taken before a grand jury
in event developments warranted it.
The Southern Pacific's embargo was
a hard blow to the fruit interests al
ready hard hit by the freight teup. 1t
meant that it would be impossible be-
cause of the freight traffic tieup at
Roseville, to give cars loaded with
fruit even the necessary first icing
before they were started on the round
about journey each from Northern
California by way of Los Angeles and
El Pasco.
Eastern mail communication to
Southern California, cut off Thursday
afternoon with the walkout of the Big
Four workers at Needles, has rot been
re-established.
According to a statement issued by
]. A. Harder, attorney for the strikers
at Roseville, the walkout was ordered
as protest against the condition Of
the rolling stock and the equipment
and against working surrounded by
armed guards whose promiscuous
shooting is endangering their lives.
They will not return to work until
conditions complained Of are RENE
died, Mr. Harder added.
The enginemen place their engines
In the roundhouse and walked out one
by one.