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Show . 1- i . YIK)IEN : 1 Ranks of Insurgent I Yardmen Grow By I Thousands Each Day I CHICAGO, April 10. Soveral more railroad centers today, were affected by the insurgent strike of switchmen and passenger service was affected in some places, notably New York City, while strikers returned in small groups-at several places.. Large areas of the country had not yet been in- , vaded by the strike, which, union officers declared was an effort to over throw the unions and make way for a new organization. IH The switchmen In New England, in all the southeastern state3 and in the upper Mississippi and the Missouri valleys remained at work, those it I JM Denver and St. Paul and Minneapolis formally voting to remain at work. Or, the other hand, hundreds of men in Cleveland, the headquarters 6t the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, today broke away from official resL-aim i and quit work. FORTY THOUSAND MEN ON STRIKE.. ! Reports' of the number of strikers were confused by the variance- be j tween the figures of union officers and strikers. Unofficial figures from ;tht i various railroad centers affected showed -10,000 men on strike. ajL fl In addition thousands of persons were indirectly affected by theike through the closing of steel mills, packing plants and other industries ''de- pendent on the roads for coal and raw material, . The insurgent forces were strengthened by nearly 8000 . today when j switchmen in 22 additional ciites and towns struck and further walkouts occurred in large railroad centers. Against this gain about 1000 strikers re- I JH . turned, to, wor.lcJn jihalf dozen .places. More than '46ouJdIuedrthstfikers already out in Toledo, Detroit, Columbus, Indianapolis, Fort Worth and oiher cities. CLAIMS BRING DENIALS. In the Chicago area, claims of railroad heads and officers, of the Broth-crhoods Broth-crhoods who united to break the unauthorized walkout, that strikers were"re"-turning were"re"-turning to work and that freight traffic was gradually approaching normal, were met with denials by officers of the Chicago yardmen's association, who jH asserted that the tieup was complete. Federal intervention in the strike with the possible utilization of the Illinois national guard to protect properly was forecasted today by the actiov of District Attorney Charles F. Clyne who after an all night- conference witn his staff and members of the department of justice suiumorfed John Grunau, IH leader of the strikers, to his office. It was said that definite instructions were received by Mr. Clyne frorc Attorney General Palmer in regard to the government's action in the stiike situation. Il DRASTIC ACTION LIKELY. Mr. Clyne would not discuss possible government action. "I will say JH however," he slated, "that the United is not entirely powerless in a situation that affects the food and fuel supply of the country and that drastic action will be inevitable unless conditions are altered materially within the next fl 18 hours." It was learned that Mr. Clyne was in conference by telephone with chiefs llH of the department of justice in Washington as late as 3 o'clock this morning. f Members of the Eleventh regiment. Illinois national guard, were report 1 .ed to have been ordered to keep in close touch with their homes, so they IH could be reached by telephone at short notice. They said they were instruct- 1 ed to be ready "to go out on strike- duty" at any time. The General Managers' association, representing the roads, today an-nounced an-nounced that it would refuse to treat with representatives of the strikers. J MAY PRESENT DEMANDS. I The announcement followed that of II. E. Reading, chairman of the new-ly new-ly organized engiuemen's association, that committees of three on each o( jH the roads would confer with the general managers of their respective lines IH and present their demands. IH "Our contracts with the brotherhoods cover all the men now on strike, IH Secretary Snyder, of the general managers, said. "If the strikers want eon- I tracts they have only to return to their unions.' We will recognize no out law organization." Plans for the senate investigation of the strike were completed toda by Chairman Cummins of the senate interstate commerce committee. Tli inquiry will begin in Chicago on Tuesday and will be conducted by the ful , committee with John Grunau. A. F. Whitney, vice president of (ho Brother hood of Railway Trainmen, and officers of the Chicago, Milwaukee &. St j Paul railroad, on which tho strike originated, as the first witnesses. ALL RESTRICTIONS LIFTED. Two railroads entering Chicago lifted all freight restrictions and prom jH ised 100 per cent operation in the next -18 hours. B. B. Greer, vice president of the Chicago, Milwaukee &St. Paul, saic that the road would havo full crews working before Sunday night and that IH switchmen now at work would have the congestion fairly relieved withiD 12 "All our firemen arc back and we have raised the embargo against freight," Mr. Greer said. "There will be a complete resumption of work Monday morning." The first general movement back to work was announced after avcon-ference avcon-ference between A. E. Lloyd, superintendent of the New York Central lines; W. W. Kirchy, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and W. Bannister, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- EMBARGO LIFTED. The freight embargo was lifted at all depots of tho New York Ccntrai lines. Il F. W, Whclnn, president the International Order of Railway . Yard-masters, Yard-masters, today denied reports that the yardmasters would strike. Five locals in the Chicago switching district, Racine, Waukegan, Elgin, Joliet and Chicago, voted to remain at work. Insurgent leaders declared tonight that 95 per cent of the switchmen were out in Chicago and that twenty charters in the new union had been issued, enrolling a membership of 25,000. Requests for charters and organ-izers organ-izers were pouring in from all parts of the country, they affirmed. "BIG FOUR THROUGH" H. E. Reading, president of the United Enginemcn's. association, another of the outlaw unions, said tlrL "Xroni all indications the 'big four; brother-hoods brother-hoods aro through." . , "I ordered 15,000 membership enrds for the new organization, Reaciiug declared, "and we are now starting on our twelfth thousand." There were 12-1 cars of livestock deceived at tho stockyards today ovei . I he direct trunk lines of four railroads. The cars contained 700 cattle, 500C hogs and 4000 sheep. Normal Saturday receipts aro 1200 cars. A. F. Whitnev, vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway TraJnmon, said that a large "number of strikers had returned in tho Chicago area. He . said that representatives from three groups of strikers, two 1'rom tho Chi r cago and Northwestern and one from rite . Chicago, Milwaukee &'St. Paul, . had conferred with him today concerning returning to ijvor.i. j |