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Show RIM MACHINE GUNS AT STRIKERS I DLOOMINGTON I SITUATIONS I MOREJERIOUS I Strikers and Strike Sym- H pathizers Begin Crowd- H ing Around Shops Hj STRIKE DEADLOCKED H Roads Optimistic But Unions Claim They Are Holding Advantage H BLO OMTNGTON, 111., July 11. H (By the Associated Press.) Crowds of strikers and strike sympathizers began crowding around railroad shops here this E! morning and at 10 o'clock orders were issued to set up machine guns covering every entrance. Hn CHICAGO. July 11. By the Asso- HS elated Press) Injunctions. troops, 'LLra deputy marshals and armed guards in HerI increasing numbers marked develop- ments today in the nation-wide strike Bfr of railway shopmen. HbP Peace, Judged by even the most Hi promising Indications, was no nearer Bfj than a week ago. when the striking assvl workmen were outlawed bv the federal LVB i railroad labor board, and all channels BfE to settlement by negotiation thereby closed. Claims of the roads today were gen- HB erally that theywere surmounting the 'mu difficulties of the strike and would HK be able to man their shops fully in tho Bl future. The strike leaders asserted that HB their suspension was practically 10J LK per cent effective in all sections aK PICKETING i..riTcnoxs H Hundreds of injunctions against picketing of tho shops issued Monday Hg throughout the country today, were Ln ' being enforced by augmented forces of UBk deputy marshals at various points Rj whore tho railroads have determined to continue operations with non-union H labor. At still other points, state HkE troops guard the shops. HR A tense situation prevailed at Bloom- IBl lngton. XIL, where five companies of H state troops were guarding the Chics,- Wtta go and Alton shops, which had been 1HQ practically closed since tho beginning Fr " of the strike. Additional troops were expected by noon today. Railroad of- m flcials announced that imported work- R' era would arrive in Bloomington this Eg- afternoon K I ( If ION IEADERS PLEASED Sr Leaders of the shop strike expressed JJK- themselves as well pleased with the gr". strlke thus far. aa detailed reports mi on the actual number of men out be- wL.'- igan to come in to union headquarters Rs here today. Hr Typical of the messages received IE-leaders IE-leaders said, were those from East St. Louis, 111 , and Denver. Colo.. Chair- Or: man W E. Walters of the Joint crafts at the former city reported 2300 men Bl out on 19 roads there. The strikers Ir ' are doing "lawful picketing," he said Ea: under an injunction, adding that "all the railroads have gunmen at their If, I shops.' Sh FEW DESERTIONS Attempts by roads In Denver to & stampede tho strikers back to work m, Monday resulted In 22 desertions from mi: the striking ranks, William Hannoti. Bl. of the executive committee of th ma- ft-, chlnists reported. Ho said 3000 men k wore out. Kf. The reports Indicate that nearly 60.- J&.' 000 maintenance of way men and shop laborers went on sympathetic strike R?' with the ' shopmen, aecording to 2' . Charles J. MacGowan, assistant to B. ft., M Jewell, head of the shop crafts. K NOBODY STRIKES. EV ROANOKE. Ya . July 11. Not a slnglo clerk struck at the general of- H-v I flees of the Norfolk and Western rail- Br way hero this morning at 10 o'clock, Hs the time set by Chairman C. B Lan Ev I for a general walkout authorSied by i iGrami President Fitzgerald of thu Bf; clerks' union, according to a state- V rnent made at the offices of the rail- way president at 10 30 o'clock. In- formation regarding effect of the K strike call at other points along the fcg I system was not available. B1 The membership of the union on aT. (Continued on Page Two.) W SHOP STRIKE ! M DEADLOCK Troops, Injunctions and I Some Violence Features of Day's Walkout News (Continued from Pnjfo One) the Norfolk and "Western system la plnced hy union officials at 1,800. I The- clerl-s were to have struck lagainet reduction of wages ellminn-tlon ellminn-tlon of sick leave, vacation and othr conditions. Mr Line warned the membership, against "any disorderly conduct or ln-' terferences with the railway company's com-pany's property" MEN RKMAIN OUT GALESBURG Ills. July 11 The itrik'- committee of the C P. and Q ."hop federation Issued a statement Monday night to the effect that the men at Ptattamouth, 'ei.. St Joaeph, Mo Qulncy Ills., Aurora. Ills. Mr-Cook, Mr-Cook, Neh. and Hannibal. Mo remained re-mained out Monday one hundred per Cent, Telegrama received from Platts-niouth Platts-niouth and Hannibal stated that stationary sta-tionary firemen, brass moulders and laborers Walked out Sunday, the local organizations reported It was predicted today that there i would not be a fdnxle break in tho I rank of the strikers of tho C. B and & Q system. SIGNAT.MIlN WON'T STRIKE. CHICAGO. July U. The Brotherhood Brother-hood of Itallroad Signalmen will not I strike for the presenf at least, according ac-cording to a statement issued this morning bv D. V Hlt, president of tho orxanlzatlon. The decision was i cached after a conference between the executive bonr of the union and the rallroud board. Mr. Helt'e statement said that tho To reacharge one s own radio bat-of bat-of dls-iKreement with the roads separately sep-arately and In case an understanding . could not bo arrived at the matter ! would b taken up at'.'iln with the labor board WATER SUPPLY GUARDED, TOPEKA, Kane,, July H Two hundred hun-dred national guardsmen arrived at rlerlngton today to puurd the Roi k Island ."hops nm th a!er main leaO Ing from the City pumping station to the shop. accordinR to nn mnouncc-ment mnouncc-ment issued at the governor 'a office. BOISE SITUATION. BOISE Ida.. Jul 11 Although they rr fused to discuss tho strike situation sit-uation or gave out any information concerning tho railroad shopmen's walkout here. Boise union men declared de-clared Monday that none of the 12 men who walked out a week ago Saturday Sat-urday had returned, and characterized tho strike here as still "100 per cent porfeot" Despite these statements. W. T En-a'j, En-a'j, trulnmastor -t Nampa, repeatod his assertion made Saturday to the effect that seven of the Boise workmen work-men had returned E. C Manson and R. E. Titus. Oregon Ore-gon Short Lln officials m Nampa said Monday that all trains were runnlm; and that there were prospocta of others oth-ers returning within a fow days. |