Show d AT S F GO OUT I 11 rI rr I mA CAL II f FON N I IIA A DALAYS p jo o More Tickets Being Sold Sold Fruit Crops Are Rotting Commuters at Mercy of Autos AN N FRANCISCO Aug 27 io TO traffic other than an electric trains is moving put Jc IC Oakland 1 Jh t tc r 1111 s of the ff Southern tl rit and Western 31 rn Pacific and Santa Fc Fe rail rail- ads officials of ot the thc Southern lc today It w was s sted pe ted that suburban traffic would onU lue uninterrupted Trainmen on onI I steam railroads quit work yes yes- r y in sympathy with the Los Ios trainmen The men went out ks individuals and apparently without hee sanction of either ith r their local or officers mt ARDS ARCS ARE IDLE Th Th vast freight yards here Jre rei ere devoid of ot their usual bustle I rh fh strike had not spread to toe the I Pacific steam lines Jines be- be veen 0 and und Eureka accord- accord be n the best information of ot coman com com- an an officials h here re The line i is' is 1 fp rated JOInt jointly I by bv the Southern and Santa Fe companies I plain I Pain ln line trams trains at Oakland ole olf I but officials saId paid the they will be bet t ft J standing until such stich time as I Iwi wi bitching chin operations become avail I avail 1 Eight tra trans trains ns from the north f nd lad t. t east are scheduled to enter the bak ak akland and yards ards today following the I l of ot which no transportation on h 1 ln lines will be e moved to or from I ts 81 Traffic rattle on the Southern Pacific I cirl suburban trains is normal h Ines are manned 11 by members rs of I Ir r e railroad brothel hoods i RAINS CANNOT MOVE I Railroad administration officials l ls here heren I JUmil n mit t themselves unable to move trains dhave declared th they y must remain Until I l some change takes place In the Virtually similar conditions reV revall tI at Los Angeles Angles Mall Mail Is ac- ac at both cities as well as in I any smaller places some of ot which u In southern California ve ve e had no rail communication for I vii vii-al days Embargo orders are in effect here on Ip ll transport ticket clerks vigg instructions to sell no more eta etl to any point for tor the iho present vices vl es reaching hero last night said paid derv dors d r h had d been issued against sale of or ork k ts to any point thin w a large Chen n of ot the so southern J thern part of the theat at A At Los os Angeles tho Pacific Electric pony n h is Makin making strenuous strenuous efforts i move trains from nearby points and tali tamed ed some success but hut here trains ua wally 11 for commuters operated were t de up last lut night and that porn por- por I n of f the the public public was as left Jett eft at atthe the es or of automobile C drivers some of the suburbs remained here unable to take their cus- cus m y late la IP evening trains h home me Some division points between here diLos s Angeles were unaffected b by early today but as sections on th sides les of ot them Were Idle their ac sic ties did little mUe to relieve the general ton OBIS OBI'S SUFFER Damage mage to the fruit crops comen com com- com com- I en ng several da days s 's ago when lack I transportation first prevented ship ship-I I of fi fruit uit to and from packing packing's s 's se s today had assumed serious pro- pro l Factories at San Jose which I tally Anally supply cans for the states state's it I ig industry have little tin tin- ate tte on band and will have ha to close closen en n unless the situation is alleviated a Tulare a clearing house for motor n was open today in a 6 operate effort to save part lart of ot the Trains nod for California are be- be Id at al points as far cast as is Albu- Albu e M. M fhe j at army ny transport Dix is at San l go g awaiting a cargo of pt mules des des- d for the Philippines which dt's 1 the 1 Continued on page 2 2 CALIFORNIANS HARD HIT WITH STRIKE SPREADING Continued from page 1 strike prevents from being shipped to the port I ALL TRAFFIC STOPS r i Railroad administration officials I an flounced that as a result of the strike strike of yardmen in Oakland and San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco no trains would be moved from San Francisco today unless conditions changed Th The strike which Includes men employed employed employed em em- In caring for tor engines In the yards at Oakland and here as well as switchmen went into effect as the day shift went off oft duty and railroad of officials officials of- of said unexpectedly to them No statement of the mens men's reasons for quitting work was made when they walked out Some of the strikers said I they had no knowledge of ot the reason for the strike order themselves NOT AUTHORIZED Striking yard attending a meeting last night at the Labor temple declared the strike was a spontaneous ous affair arranged by the men themselves and that the local union officers had not called it No officers of the local yardmen's unions attended the meeting which was executive so sotar I far tar as could be learned The men named a committee to take steps toward extending the strike to neighboring railroad divisions easland east easl and south of here individual strikers said No statement was issued from the meeting nor according to men who attended it was any formal or organization organization or- or effected The strikers were unanimous In declaring declaring de de- de- de claring daring their walkout was without the sanction of union International officers A few said the men had ignored the local officers The strikers declared they would not return to work worl until the Los Angeles men had attained their objects and Until until until un un- til assurance had been given that no local men would be discriminated against for striking Railroad adminIstration administration administration admin admin- officers admitting virtually every yard here and in Oakland Oakland Oak Oal- land had quit work estimated the total tota number out at The men estimated the number at 1000 to 1300 |