Show o J 0 0 o 0 J 0 o 0 I II II I I I STRIKE SPEAS I r- r r 1 r rt t TRAffiC 1 T TI TO I sou CAlif I HALTS HAll r Men Go Out at San Sail Bernardino and anc Indio in Sympathy With Strikers at Metropolis ls ANGELES 25 25 LOS Aug Traffic on the thc four railroads d entering Los Angeles virtually I was paralyzed today by the thc I strike of trai trainmen who quit their posts post's last ast we week k In sympathy with tho the platform men of the Pacific Electric company which operates pcr Lives tes interurban systems jn In southern southern Ca California The strike situation on vats wa s. s further complicated early today b bv by thI ti th I I switchmen and brakemen of the t Southern Jac Pacific fl railroad at Indio Cal Cat walking out in s sympathy with j the members oC of the brotherhoods in r other southern California cities This This action blocks all traffic I L I II to Texas and Arizona points point I GO OUT I A large larse number of ot the m men menI n nL I L i 1 employed In the Southern Pacific I shops here Joined the strike of t tI I trainmen today and started a parade g t yo through the business district of ot th the tho city A decision of strikers on the Santa SantaFe Fe lines at San Der Bernardino to ex extend extend extend ex- ex tend the strike zone east and north to Barstow and Needles which form fonn the gateway from this section byI by I that system caused Santa anta Fe officials officials oW- oW to say that the existing dearth of movement on their lines s here herec I c would probably extend toda today wellI well I toward San Francisco and also east SALT LAKE ROUTE The Salt Lake lines were tied up as far east as San Bernardino Postal authorities are arc awaiting word from Washington that they might call on other government agencies to aid alt in handling mail mall The Arcade station where much outgoing outgoing out out- going mail mall is handled was piled high even registered d mall mail being on hand band by the hundredweight ana and second class matter was wa literally filling all a available space A. 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Foster Foste assistant postmaster said he was trying to arrange an airplane airplane airplane air air- plane and destroyer service to points beyond the strike zone LITTLE DISORDER There was no disorder last night with the exception of ot some some- Isolated instances of ot attempted damage to streetcars No o one wa was hurt In nn any such occurrence so far tar as WOo was re re- re ported Officials of tho the railroads s were at ala ata a loss to account for tor tho the lack of w word rd from the federal railroad administration I tion at Washington They heard indirectly in indirectly int in- in directly that the administration was t 1 in communication with the chiefs of ot the railroad brotherhoods at Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land 0 O. but this even lacked con con- WIRE WASHINGTON 2 Strong pressure was brought to bear yesterday by large business In here Scores of telegrams bearing hundreds or of names of ot p pe persons per per- r r- sons prominent in the business world here were dispatched to authorities in Washington and elsewhere The Southern Pacific's Sunset Limited Limited Limited Lim Lim- I which left here yesterday after after- nono none Is reported to have reached the tho I Yuma Ariz division which puts it outside the zone of the strike e. e The J train carried only United States mall mail Railroad officials declared that th the situation is extremely critical The strike of the trainmen Is under stood stood to have been called b by th t tl I j various arious local brotherhoods without the express sanction of the national I brotherhood but sympathy for tor the I strike was said by local leaders to have been voiced by the Eastern j officers officer I I Striking Striking- platform of ot th the J Los os Angeles Railway corporation who went out with the tho Pacific Electric I trainmen rejected the company's offer oCler to reemploy them They declared they would return to work only asif asif as as' asif t if they had not quit and on the runs Continued on page 3 J. TO SO CAL I Continued from page 1 I they held before the strike without having to apply for employment STOP STRIKEBREAKERS Fifty strikebreakers on their way way to Los Angeles to work In the railroad I j yards and man streetcars were taken last ast night from an overland train atLas at ati Las Vegas Nev Ne Nea a Salt Lake Route I divisional terminal marched through the town and then told to walk If I they hey ever expected to reach this city according to reports received here Railway brotherhood members employed employed employed em em- by the Santa Fe system in San Bernardino a division point an announced announced announced an- an according to advises advices received I here lere the strike would be extended today to Needles Cal Cat San Diego Cal Is among th the tho cities I Isolated by the strike No train has arrived there since 10 1015 15 o'clock Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- n night ht and but one train de departed de I parted today MAY USE AUTOS I It was estimated mall mail accumulated at the various stations exceeded twenty-five twenty carloads Postal authorities authorities ties Ies were making plans for handling mail by automobile and boat to points outside the strike zone Perishable freight principally foodstuffs foodstuffs food tood- stuffs valued at was said to tobe tobe tose be se spoiling in the railway yards but I commission men declared fears tears of shortages of ot food tood and other essentials j I were groundless |