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Show ISONORA TROOPS TAKE SIN ALOA CAPITAL I TRAFFIC OVER I i NATION'S LIES ' I ISJIPm i r j Machinery of Railroad Labor Board Set in Motion -at iH I Washington R. M. BARTON IS MADE H . PERMANENT CHAIRMAN H Grunau Denies Reports That IH Outlaw Strike Would Be fl Declared Off H Traffic on the country's main ar- teries of transportation affected by tho "outlaw" strike was far nearer ' normal last night than at any time ! since Us disruption. ' With the machinery of the railroad jH labor board in Washington set in, mo-tion mo-tion to adjust various wage controv-ersiesv controv-ersiesv there came reports from the principal railroad centers or vastly Jm,-proved Jm,-proved conditions, witVfreVe and there 'M (a show of lingering stubbornness by (the strikers to continue an apparently vi hopeless -"struggles -- -4--t-t. . , . Jn,..the.New Yxn'lc metropolitan ,dls- trict, "insurgent" firemen and engine-men engine-men voted to remain out, but their absence from the terminals, according (to reports, is not retarding-progress in the gains' made in both freight and IH passenger movements. i Takes New Aspect. Il The strike in the Chicago terminal ;IH district took a now aspect with an additional demand for rccogniuon of the Chicago Yardmen's association as the governing bjuy of railway switch-men switch-men and yardmen. John Grunau, its president, denied it was planned to call off the strike. I A. 0. Wharton, international presi-i presi-i dent of the Railroad Employes' do-partment do-partment of the American Federation of Labor. left Kansas City last night VM for Washington to intend meetings of the railroad labor board this week, tl i Board Gets Busy. ! WASHINGTON, April 17. The rail- VM I road labor board got down to business 'today with the election of R. M. Bar ' ton of Tennessee, a member of the public group, as permanent chairman, land the appointment of C. P. Carrith- " ers of Texas, as permanent secretary. VM J Mr. Carrithers was formerly secre-, secre-, tary of adjustment board No. 1 of the 1 railroad administration. with its machiner-y in working or jder to adjust the wage demands of ; nearly two million employes, the board .'received the controversy as it stood I when the bi partisan adjustment board failed lo reach a settlement on April j W. N, Doak, vice president of the Brotherhood o. Railroad Trainmen, presented the workers' case, and E. T Whiter, chairman of the Association of j Railway executives, appeared for the roads. I Action is Asked. Action by the board to force the New England Steamship association ' to reinstate men Avho had left Ihelr jobs during tho "outlaw" strike was asked by E. T. . itzgerald, president 1 of tlie Brotherhood of Railway and i Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes, and J. ' H. Pruett, of. New York, representing .ihe Masters, Mates and Pilots associa 'tion. Steamship clerks and foremen In the New York who went out, it was 'claimed, were now subject to a vii Jlual lockout. I Takes No Action. 1 The board look no action, ruling ! that it ouly has jurisdiction over dis IH !putes that come before it through the transportation act which requires all I controversies to bo first laid before !a bi-partisan board for adjustment. The board will resume work on Mon jH ,day. So far the sessions of the board jhaVe been behind closed doors. Situation In West. ! SAN FRANCISCO, April 17. Hopea of lifting Monday the embargo on per Ishable freight, ' which has been in effect in Pacific coast states, for more than a week because of the strike or switchmen, was expressed tonight by railwav officials. At the same time IB strike "leaders maintained an attitude IH of confidence and were reported as VM declaring that passenger traffic out of 9U Los Angeles soon would be tied up. IH More Demands Made. H CHICAGO, April 17. Recognition ot the Chicago yardmen's association as jH the governing' body of railway switch - IH men and yardmen was added to the Vm demands of striking railroad employes IH In the Chicago terminal district today IH (Continued on Page 2) yj u Traffic Over Nation s Lines Is Improved (Continued From Page 1) at a meeting of the new "outlaw" union. John Grunau. president of the association, asso-ciation, announced aftor tho meeting that it had been unanimously decided that the original demands presented to the General Manager's association, should stand, -ic denied reports that it was planned to call off the strike and asserted that there had been no desertions from the ranks of the strikers. While the rebel union leaders maintained main-tained that the walkout was meeting with success, Chicago railroads announced an-nounced a further improvement in switching operations and from the stockyards, it was reported that receipts re-ceipts were about normal for Saturday. Satur-day. Meeting Called. John Grunau. one of 25 men arrested by federal agents, and charged with violation of the Lever act. sent telegrams tele-grams to presidents of Yardmen's association as-sociation locals throughout the country coun-try requesting them to attend a meeting meet-ing in Chicago no:ct Monday to consider con-sider plans for continuing the strike. aaoafara ilj.ih , . n iiaifjiuijnwjmytwvwi!giMBgc Strike leaders arrested b government govern-ment agents and subsequently released re-leased on bond or their own recognizance recogniz-ance must not participate In furtlrer-ilng furtlrer-ilng the strike movement. District At-Itornoy At-Itornoy Clyne said tonight. Secret service ser-vice agents who attended meetings of 'the strikers today reported thai strike i heads had taken part in the gather-j jings. j Manlssue Warrant. j I The district attorney was In confer-, !once today with Assistant Attorney-j General Harry Mitchell, who was sent to Chicago from Washington to assist! in ending the strike. Mr. Aiitcholl do-' clnred thai more warrants probably, would be issued if it was learned that, other men had been appointed to carry ion the work of strike leauers who were arrested. oo |
