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Show Boilermakers at Omaha, Who Failed to Go OuJ Owing to Con fusing Strike Orders, Are. to Walkout Today8ailroad Officials Claim Only 40 Per Cent of the Shopmen Are Out -Strike Leaders Maintain That All Men Ordered Out Have ObeyedRiot Call in Chicago. San Francisco, Oct 2. The first full working day of tho shopmen's strike on tho Harrlman lines began without disorder or Impairment of train service. At Oakland, a number of strlkc-brenkers wero reported to have been srnugglpd into the stockaded stock-aded fuclosiiro a'bout the shops during the night, and to have begun work today to-day The stockade was picketed by union men, but thore was no demon- ( stratlon on their part and tho yard work went on peacefully as usual. At Santa Barbara the railroad began be-gan preparations for a. siego. A commissary com-missary department capable of caring for 200 or more men 'was established and a report wns current that tho repair work of somo or tho smaller shops at other points would be attempted at-tempted there. Tho first show of union strength came today at Portland, Ore., the shops having been' closed on Saturday, Satur-day, when the strike was called Very fow of the shop employes appeared for work and tbero was no sign of strlke-breakors. In this city complete quiet prevailed prevail-ed about the shops and practically all of the actual shop employes remained out Meetings of the strikers were scheduled sched-uled for. today at several points, and, prior to those 'gatherings, union of ficials had 'nothing to say At the general officeof the company, com-pany, officials again wero btiBy qheck-Ing qheck-Ing up, but until the work is finished, it Is said, tho statement made last night that forty per cent of Wo men went out, would not be withdrawn. Strike-Breakero Being Hired. Los Angeles, Oct. 2. Soft 7cdal tactics tac-tics still mark tho progress of tho shopmen's strike In Los Angeles. Tho critical tost is not expected to como until Thursday, the dato set for the expiration of (he Salt Lake railroad's offer to take its old men back. The railroad, expects nearly all Its former employes to return then, but the strikers declare there will be no dc-bertlons. dc-bertlons. Officials of the Southern Pacific still adhere to tholr announced Intention Inten-tion not to Import strlkfi-brcakors, but, the union chiefs assert that they aro working a schemo calculated to produce pro-duce tho samo result the manning of the shops In spite of tho strike Under this plan, the union men assert, as-sert, the Soutporn Pacific Is cam ass-ins ass-ins strikers with offers to send them to" work at shops in Bakersflold, Tucson Tuc-son or elsewhere, so thqLjthoIr defection defec-tion neetl, not como to the knowledge of their union brethren. Tho strikers at other points, it Is asserted, aro offered of-fered Jobs in the Los Angeles shops Tho Salt Lako railroad began em-plojing em-plojing men today who were assembled assem-bled in response to newspaper advertisements. adver-tisements. They were given 43 cents an hour and told to report for work at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Men Quit at Portland. Portland, Ore., Oct 2 Union officials' offi-cials' declarations tljat the 600 South-' em Pacific shopmen who finished their fivo-day work on Friday would not return to work wero ve'rlficd thiB morning. At S o'clock onlj a handful hand-ful of men reported at tho Brooklyn and Alblna shops, and most of them were old employes whom the strikers had authorized to return to work so they would not lose tbolr chanco of participating lu the Harrlman pension systom. Pickets kept a watch all night of tho two shops and other railroad properties, but nothing occurred to Indicate that the company was preparing prepar-ing to rush atrike-broakers within the stockades All Harrlman trains are moving on approximately schedulo time today. Hoports from railroad centers outsido Portland, company officials say, aro reassuring. Omaha Boilermakers to Go Out. Kansas City, Oct 2 "It is a clean sweep," said M F. Ryan, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, when asked today to what extent tho members of his union had responded to tho strike order. "All tho mon aro out," he added. Ho said he had received no reports of disorder anywhere and that he did not oxpect any. "This is going to be a peaceabie contest," ho said. "Many of our men aro property owners and uono will resort to lolcnce." President J. A. Franklin of the bollermakers union said all tho boiler-makers boiler-makers had struck except rtt Omaha, whore there had been some confusion In the issuance of the strike oidor. The men at Omaha would nil go out todny, ho said. Meeting of Strikers. San Frnclsco, Oct 2. There were very fow meu visible today about tho shops of the Southern Pacific company com-pany In this city, nearly all the striking strik-ing shopmen remaining awav from , tho yards. There vas no delay in train service, however, and no hint of disorder. A meeting of federation men was scheduled for today, at which, according accord-ing to E. L. Reguln, president a bulletin bul-letin would bo prepared showing Just what the men claim to have accomplished, accom-plished, In the way of crippling the ohopa of the company. Similar bulletins, bul-letins, Reguln said, would be Issued daily hereafter during the strike At tho railroad company's office no additional facts or figures were forthcoming forth-coming to tho statomout issued yesterday yes-terday by Oenoral Manager Calvin saying that CO per cent of the shop mon of tho company in the far west had refused to obey the striko call. Mr. Calvin also stated that a number of men had applied for work but none bL those wore In evidence today about tho San Francisco shops. Kruttschitt's Statement. Chicago, Oct. 2 Tho crucial tost of tho strike of tho shopmen which was Inaugurated on tho Harrlman Hnc3 Saturday 1b expected to come today. Saturday was a half-holiday In tho shops at nearly all points on the sys-i sys-i torn and in some cities the men wore only omployed during tho first four days of tho week, consequently It wis not possible to determine to what extent ex-tent tho striko order was oboyed Julius Kruttschnltt, vice president and director of malntonanco and operation oper-ation of the Union and Southern Pacific Pa-cific lines, expressed tho opinion that less than 25 per cent of the shopmen had gone out W. L Park, vico president and general gen-eral mnnngor. of the Illinois Central, claimed today that less than' one-half of the 7,000 men ou his line had obey-od obey-od the ordor. J. A. Frnnklln, International president presi-dent of tho bollermakers' union, as-bcrtcd as-bcrtcd that 20,000 men quit wdrk on Saturday, and that their number would be Increased during tho day. In some instances tho unions have given special permission to the older men, long in the employ of tho nys-tern, nys-tern, to remain at work, i A strong pollco guard Is hold in roadlness in this city to quell any trouble that may develop at Burnslde, whero the main shops of tho Illinois Con.tral arc. located, The troublo so far roported occurred oc-curred yesterday at McCooinb, Miss., whoro strike-breakers were stoned (Continued on Pago Seven.) ju STRIKE-BREAKERS REPORTED AT OAKLAND AND OTHER PLACES (Continued from Pago One) Four Dnye' Grace. Los Angeles, Oct. 2. four days of grace has been grantod to the men of tho Salt Lake shops who went on strike Saturday. Notlcos giving them until Thursday next to report back to work "were postod In all the shops yes-tcrday yes-tcrday i The one posted In tho San Pedro shops hero was signed by R. 15. Wells, general manasQr of tho Salt Lake route and the other notices were signed sign-ed at his direction. Tho notlcos state that any striker returning to work on or bofore Thursday will bo restored to good standing; those who do not will be locked out. Attack Strlko-Breakers. Memphis. Tenn.. Oct. 2. A carload of striko-breakers, being taken from Chicago to New Orleans by tho 111-nolB 111-nolB Central was attacked bv a mob at McCoomb, Miss. The car was stopped, most of tho windows wore broken and several occupants were Injured, but none seriously. They barricaded tho -windows with seat cushions to keep out the rocks. Efforts were made to detach tho car, but special agents signalled tho engineer to pull out quickly. It la bollovod this is all that prevented se-rloUB se-rloUB trouble. MycterlouG Movement. Las Vegas. N. M., Oct. 2. -Twenty mon who walked out Saturday from tho Salt Lake railroad shops here, were reported to have left for tho coast yesterday, riding on transportation transpor-tation furnlBhod by jtho railroad. Tho object of their trfii not known. Tho day here was uneventful. Between 30 and 40 strike-breakers and 20 guardi, It Is estimated, havo been employed In the shops hero since tho striko was called. Less Than 10 Per Cent Working. Portland. Ore. Oct 2 Of tho S50 men employed In the two local Harriman Har-riman repair shops, less than 10 per cent arcat work today, according to figures given out by the strike leaders. lead-ers. The company claims that a largor percentage than that wont to work, but is not prepared to give tho number at this time. Bridge 16 Burned. Augusta. Ga., OcL 2. The burning of a wooden trestle 350 feet long near Douglas, Ga.. and tho roported flagging flag-ging of a white fireman at Vidalla, Ga., were tho only developments today In the strike situation on the Georgia & Florida rnllroad, the firemen of which went out seeral days ago. Not a -wheel moved today. Men Working at Laramie Laramie. Wyo , ot 2 Of tho fifty employes of the ITnlon - Pacific who went on strike here Saturday, two carmen and another man returned to work this morning. Tho shops today began working nino hours a dav and six days a week, with 115 employes Carmen to Strike. Now Orleans. Oct. 2 The onlv development de-velopment locally in the strike feltua- I tlon was tho organization of carmen employed at tho Algiers shops of tho Southern Pacific. Forty-two slgnoi tho charter and they aro oxpectod to Join In tho strike Waterloo to Strike. Waterloo, la., OcL 2. According to local officials of Federation of Illinois Illi-nois Central Shopmen and Machinists a complete tioup of tho local shops will be the result of a strike order affocting five hundred men to take effect tomonow. an |