Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-11 | Page 6 | Nampa Hit by Walkout Fever

NIP A HIT Bf ! WALKOUT FEVERi Oregon Short Line Trains Tied Up When Idaho Yardmen Yard-men Leave Jobs BOISE, Idaho, April 10 Twenty-two Twenty-two railroad switchmen and yard employes em-ployes went on strike today at Nampa the Oregon Short Line Junction point,; 20 miles from here, where the branch) line to Boise Joins the main line. Dur-J ing the afternoon a domand was sent! to tho yardniaster for more pay, butj not other grievances were stated by the strikers. By nightfall more than 400 cars of freight were tied up nt . I Xampa und points west, and an em-J I bargo had boon announced on freight! j 3hipmenta on the N'ampu-Bolsc I branch. None pf the men working in I I Boise have stopped work. I oo