Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-08-29 | Page 2 | Break in Ranks Quickly Follows Order by Hines

i " i ficials said they had advised the men I they could do so. 1 A. F. Whitney, a vice president of the trainmen's brotherhood, and Nelson Sav- age, chairman of the brotherhood here, 1 were making determined efforts here and ! in the southern part of the state to end the strike. They expressed confidence they would succeed. Among the developments of the day was the dispatching of telegrams by striking trainmen here to President Wilson Wil-son and Mr. Hines urging them to take over and operate the lines of the Pacific Flectria Railway system radiating from Los Angeles. The strike of employees of that company was said to have contributed con-tributed to the disturbances on the steam lines. The railroads in Los Angeles began calling their men back to work early to-1 to-1 day, but none reported, railroad officials I said. Strikers there held a meeting to j discuss the announced determination of brotherhood chiefs to back the government govern-ment in efforts to break the strike, but no announcement had been made early tonight as to what action the men had determined on, if any. . ! Edw-ard D. Nolan, secretary of the in- j ternational workers' defense league, de- j nied truth of reports the strike , was planned as part of a proposed nationwide nation-wide Labor day demonstration planned in behalf of Thomas J. Mooney, convicted of complicity in a bomb plot here. BREAK IN RANKS QUICKLY FOLLOWS ORDER BY HINES SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28. Announced An-nounced determination of the government to restore full railroad service in California. Cali-fornia. Arizona and Nevada by 7 o'clock Saturday morning, expressed in "Washington "Wash-ington tonight by Walker D. Hines, director di-rector general of railroads, was generally accepted here as meaning the strike situation sit-uation would be cleared in the west before be-fore the time limit set In the ultimatum. Even before the announcement of Mr. Hines, strikers at practically all points except in Los Angeles territory were obeying the orders of chiefs of the international inter-national railroad brotherhoods and were returning to work. Union leaders here urged the men to-consider to-consider the consequences of remaining on strike in view of the statement of Mr, Hines that all men who did not return re-turn to their posts by the time set would find their positions filled. . The first break in the ranks of the strikers came when the Oakland switoh and yard men reported for work at midnight mid-night last night, enabling the thno transcontinental lines to re-establish full schedules. Keports throughout the day to the t'niit d States railroad administral Inn here wore that the men wore reporting for work or promising to do so". The freight embargo on the San Francisco bay district was lifted, so far as Oak-hind Oak-hind was concerned, but remained in effect ef-fect here. What brotherhood chiefs considered one of the most hopeful signs from the south was an announcement from JjOs Angeles that Southern Pacific officials there had received a telegram purporting to have het-'ri authorized by 200 strikers at Hakers-ficld Hakers-ficld saying they would return to work if assured they could do so without loc-s of seniurit y rights and privileges. The of-