Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-22 | Page 1 | Repudiated Strike Leaders Return to Jobs

gs ty r tt tt v NEXT MOVE OF BEING AWAlTtO Small Bands of Men Go Back With Repudiated Leaders i JOHN GRUNAU IS I HOLDING CONFERENCE J ! Nearly 5000 Strikers in Newj ; York Refuse to End Walkout I i CHCAGO. April 22. Strike leaders who yeslerda were repudiated by their followers when they advocated' i an end to the walkout of switchmen, today returned to work, followed by small bands of men. Meanwhile, federal and railroad officials of-ficials awaited the next move of the outlaw strikers who revolted against the leaders, who declared "they could not fight the government." I John Grunau, president of the Chica-; ; go Yardmen'sassociatioh hurried to-.Chtcago to-.Chtcago yesterday from the county jail in Joliet, 111., after obtaining his i release on bond, and was in conference 'today with the strikers. His recom-. ! mendatlons to the men are looked to las the next step toward a settlement of the strike. j ' Doubt Expressed. ; I He announced several days ago that, jhc would urge calling off the strike,' hut since the split of the strikers at( yesterday's meeting, some doubt is cx-1 J pressed as to whether such an appeal ' 'would be headed. I A steady improvement in traffic con-, ditions throughout the middle west and on the Pacific coast was reported ; by railroads. Movement of livestock ; in the Chicago district was reported greater than shipments a year ago. The roads announced that 1,143 cais. of coal were moved in Chicago yester- day. Refuce to Go Back. NEW YORK, April 22. Approximately Approxi-mately 5,000 railroad strikers, meeting in Jersey City today, were reported un-j officially to have voted not to return ic work, but to appeal to men on all, lines who have not walked out to do so in their support. Strikers unable to gain admittance Ic the meeting twitted newspaper men. "The strike Is all over." they called 'All tho men are back to work. Look j'em over." Improvement Shown. 1 Some improvement' in the movement of freight was reported by all the lines in the district today, but it was admitted admit-ted that absence of switchmen and yardmen was hampering complete resumption re-sumption of traffic. Passenger sen-ice sen-ice was declared to be almost normal. Proposal of striking enginemen and firemen In Ihe Hobokcn yards of the Erie railroad thai they return to work in a body and be guaranteed their seniority sen-iority rights, was received by the railroad rail-road ofiicials today.