Show WITCH MEN PLEDGE END r r. r t OF STRIKE t. t Ica r rf b o Yards Wards Tie u up Tie Will r Be IBe Broken cn by Union Union- Is Ultimatum f Delivered tc I Insurgents b by Chief t CHICAGO April 5 A A break in inA J. J i. i A the bc strike of several thousand insurgent switchmen in the Chica- Chica o. o r switching a district was wag predicted o might j nl by A. A F. F Whitney vice rico ent ent nt of the thc Brotherhood of Railway who said several hundred neon nion on switchmen from many points in ine inie ie e arrived t today day to take tako ie ic ie places of the thc strikers rs and that there them would arrive tomorrow Switchmen aro coming coming- to Chicago o i i. i such numbers that tho backbone i ithe ie t. t the strike will bo brol broken cn soon s o said Every carload of stock that tho the stockyards will bo be promptly I by a reserve crew of oC union and md we expect to have hare the the- z x hundred Idle locomotives going g In lort sort order S Strike e I Declared cd 1 The Brotherhood of or Railway Hallway Train Train- M en en with which the railroads affected we lye working agreements has declared ie to strike o ille illegal al and is operating co ith railroad officers in hi efforts to about a a. resumption of or work ork Officers of ot tho ChIca Chicago o Yardmen's sedation who engineered tho the walk walk- it It claimed that switchmen and employed on cl eighteen rail rail- 1113 were on strike mike today but railed rail rall- ed officers cers placed the number out at ty y 1500 and while admitting tat trel t service was operating Un on a aper aper aper per cent basis attributed tho ro- ro largely to yesterdays yesterday's s snow- snow orm The strike of ot 50 switchmen on tho Junction railroad which serves ie to stock stockyards ds partly crippled ea es s at tho the 1 packing houses today and trew men out of employment irking icking house officers said that CO workers would be forced d to lit work tomorrow If it the strike con- con i aued cued Cattle Shipments Satan SmAIl Only cattle bo bogs hoga and sheep heep ached the yards the yards today as compared receipts of ot hogs bogs alone a year 0 o. o The American 1 Railway Express com com- iny tny to today issued an embargo on oni eight i ht shipments At Cleveland Ceveland the thew ew w York Central and Nickel Plate 11 roads posted notices of or embargo i t all shipments westward of ot Ohio Ints pints that would be handled at Chi- Chi gO go and tho Chicago o Milwaukee St St. lul railroad announced from Mil Mil- aukee an embargo o on freight ht billed t or routed through h Chicago Kansas Miners l as Protest Pittsburgh Kan Kan- April 5 5 ider lder M. M Howat president of or district 0 a. a 14 U. U United Mine Workers of or Amera Amer- Amer a a. announced tonight that between goo 00 and 2000 miners in Crawford and counties Kansas struck to- to 17 as a direct protest against the cent scent wage Wae award of ot President Wll- Wll rda ma coal commission Mr Howat characterized the award awards j s an outrage H He asserted tho the strike as ss 3 purely voluntary on the part of or orLO LO to miners ers They came out of or their own vollon voU- voU on on on Mr Howat said sald and were not ered out by the tho union officials hero here o Is much ranch discontent throughout hout 10 to district regarding the tho award and consider It an outrage c. c I do not now how bow long the thc men will trill be out r 1 r they havo acted entirely on their ITO wn Initiative Twenty four tour witnesses were sub sub- tonight to appear before the i ansas court of or Industrial relations to- to orrow orrow ow morning and explain the strike I was waa announced by the attorney geneal gen gen- ral eal that pros prosecutions will win follow If It Ife ItIe id Ie e strike Is Js not at once called off ort Mr Howat will be the first witness testify hero tomorrow in an i- i r of ot the coal Industry of or Kansas Kansan y T r the court of industrial relations ho he Investigation is expected to last it week and will constitute a n. thorough into the living and working of tho the miners Between flee five and fifty witnesses ig fg- fg iso o operators and uld miners have hae been to appear longshoremen's s 7 strike Is Probed New York April C. C Union G.-Union Union leaders In Inae inne ae tie strike of ot New York harbor em- em loyes which since Thursday has bas In- In operations of ot railroad owned rigs lighters and ferries tonight an- an that longshoremen freight and checkers have black black- Bled railroad boat work Within two days das railroad cars will wille e tacked backed up clear to tho mines said Villiam A. A Maher acting acting- chairman of lie he marine workers Railroad als ils are arc piled d high with congested cone freight Only eleven of or railroad tug boats beats in the harbor are working and five the of or these arc are ana boats a company which is not bot unionized B B. B F. F Squires executive secretary of ot the national wa wage o adjustment commission commis commis- commission I sion began an Investigation of ot tho 1 strike toda today I E Eastern astern Q Ohio hio II Miners l Stay Out 1 Wheeling W W. Va April E. E Th Three 5 Th ee e thousand eastern Ohio coal minors miners I I Iwho who went on strike c last Friday re refused refused reused re- re fused used to ent enter r tho mines toda today in in j spite pIto of or tho the efforts of ot union loaders I to have hae tho men call off orf the walkout I The Tho miners expressed dissatisfaction with the manner in which the 27 7 per percent percent percent cent wage a o increase was applied Street Car Men Ten Demand Lost Pay Pay- Toledo 0 O. April C. C 5 Striking street streetcar car men tod today demanded a da day for tor tho the time they were out of ot Work as tho result of suspension of car service duo due to tho refusal of city council to I permit a a. faro Caro Increase to take care of ot ofa a a. wage boost Tho The men expect exp the city I to compensate them It was said Settlement of tho the strike took a backward turn today when whon the thc six councilmen councilman who balked the agreement between tho the men inen the tho operating comI company company com com- pany and Mayor Maor Cornell Schreiber I I stood pat on their former action |