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4ff vcrslty Ho said the men were tired of their enforced Isolation. The flnl ways ami means conference and t ie of the railroad brotherhood inllrn.ids citino to pass last night. John (!, Wntbcr. secretary of the Information Hiii can of tho F.ustern railroads, met Thnothv Shea, of tno Brothci'hnu.i of Hnllroad Trainmen: L. 0. Grlfflng of llio Brotherhood ot Loco-motlv- o Knglnccrs and H. C. Cowan, tho Order of Hallway Conduc- tors, In tho Griinil Central Terminal Building, They decided to send croups of loyal men out to do missionary work unions the strikers nnd characterized tho strike h tho outcome of ultra-radic- agitation, U was decided to warn all HlrlUerfl that unless thoy returned to woik within a Mated period that they would he cxpollcd rrom their several brotherhood and ho refused reinstate- ment .Mien's Version of I'rUUi After 'the meeting Mr. Shea snldi \I want to titko this opportunity to challengo statenionts that tho railroad employees slnco the federal control have iccclvcd less than CO per cent, advance in pay \d the cost of living has nilvanccd 100 per cent., or 05 per rent, to bo exact. There- fore, It can be readily seen by this that present wages of railroad employees Is nhout 50 per cent, ot the Increase of the cost of living. Itallroad men have waited patiently and they feel now that something should bo done to relieve tho situation because they have unitedly and patriotically carried the burden them- selves during the period of the war and slnco tho armistice was signed. That Is tho cause of the present crisis hero In Now Vorh.\ A survey ot the coal resources of trie groat power plants, the lnterborough Rapid Transit Company, tho Hrookljn Rapid Transit and the big coal dealers ond public service corporations, Indicates thai the Mrike will have to continue for more than two weeks If the rebellious railroad men desire to Inllict a fuel famine upon New York. IniU'd Slates Secret Service men have rciwted that they have been unable to rind nn win. nun ur group of men whose arrest trial or even conviction would have nnv ..mpr. lienslve elli-c- t upon the strikers, who, the operatives im-ist- , are not a hiiiiwct neons body but a mob of disorganized bolters fiom the brother- hoods. In shetr desperation the railroad man- agements decldeil to put their troubles (ind the of th strike problem square.y up to the railroad brotherhoods. The railioad executives held their dally meet inn in the Delaware and Hudson Itallroad olllces. 112 Liberty street, and Infcr conferreil with several of the brotherhood otllclals. It was said the railroad executives told the representatives of the train- men, firemen, englnenien. conductors and engineers' brotherhoods that they expected tho brotnerhoods to live up to their agreement with the railroad?, and that that agieement called for the run- ning of tiains. It was stated further that the btothrrliood otllclals virtually admitted that the strike had left them crippled anil that they arc on the verge of collapse and that they not only cannot supply men to tako the places of the secessionists but would be afraid to try to If the men were to be had. Tho suggestion that strike, breakers be brought In and that such strike breakers automatically becomo members of the brotherhoods was derided. The brother- hood officials Insist that such an at- tempt to meet the. situation would spread the strike to all classes of rail- road workers, ami maybe beyond. ill Xot Trent With Striker. Representatives of the railroads said tho railroads had decided that, come what may, they will not treat with the United Itallroad Workers of America, as the newly formed union is called, because tho rallrouds have contracts with tho brotherhoods and cannot deal with another union. One or tho other must go, and the railroads will support tho brotherhoods to tho finish If a showdown comes. Both the railroads nnd tho brotherhoods profess utter ig- norance of the source of the funds that the strikers confessedly have. Jtr. Shea and other tepresentatives of \the railroad brotherhoods held a con- ference last night seeking some way of meeting the situation, it was decided to end out among the strikers men loyal to tho brotherhoods, who will try to reason with tho bolters and show them tho error of their way. Tho secession- ists will be Informed that after a cer- tain date not announced all those members of the brotherhoods who are not back at work will cease to be mem- bers and forever will be Ineligible, to reinstatement. This Is the tlrst Unit, that Mich measures have been adopted by the brotherhoods. It also was asserted that if further Inroads arc made upon the big railroad unions there will be no further parley about the consolidation of the brother- hoods and the American Federation of Labor, but that such amalgamation will come to pass within a short time that the brotherhoods may be saved from disintegration. Brotherhood Deny Collutoii. W, W. Atterbury. ot tho Pennsylvania Railroad, telegraphed tho heads of the four main brother- hoods saying much trouble among the loyal men was growing out of persistent propaganda that the brotherhoods were backing tho strike and that the strike took this form because the heads of the brotherhoods sought thus to avoid In- junction proceedings and possiblo prison terms. Mr. Atterbury asked the brother- hood chiefs to set themselves on record on this sort of talk. Warren S. Stone, chief of the Brother- hood of lyocomotlve Knglnecrs; W. S. Carter, president of the Itrotherhood of locomotive Firemen and Enginemeti : L. 11. Kheppard, president of the Order of Itallroad Conductors, and C. E. Mas- ter, general chairman of the Brother-hoo- d of Railroad Trainmen, replied, making emphatic denial, calling upon all brotherhood men to return to tlulr Jobs and remain loyal, and adding that there must bo no quarter shown those bolters who refuse to return Tralllo conditions might have been worse had all the commuters attempted to get into tho city. Thousands of men nd women failed to report at work at their usual hour In the morning. Manv had decided not to ionic to New York at all principally the New Jersey com- muters The thousand and one wild rumors Included stories for every local- ity, and it was the general impression that paralysis had overtaken all surface transportation. As a result the ferries tho only means of ' getting over from the Jersey shore, except the few Penn- sylvania railroad trains that came through were crowded all morning, for when tlie word went out that the Hud-ro- n county. N J., trolleys were running, and the Staten Island railroad was In operation, the commuter started toward their otllco. and the stream kept up all day The ferries were working almost nor- mally In many ofhees the employees who had fnr to go we-- ? dismissed early, and from 4 o'clock In tlie afternoon until after 'i last evening the ferry boats were loided to their capacities with Jersey bound fo'ks. Trnliilnu Men In Tabes. Trams wer- - running through the Hudson and Manhattan tubes most of tUe day. hut they earned no passengers. Wew men were at the posts of the strikers and were being drilled In tic Intricacies of conducting the trains Iron. Manhattan to Hoboken and Jersey City without mlsliar. They rode bark and forth, stopping at all stations and open- ing all doors lust as If there was a throng aboard. And special policemen nnd detectives were at all entrance ard on all platforms on guard lest the strik- ers seek to embarrass lie work of re- habilitating the tube servic- - It Is not to be predicted when tho Fish Coming From Maine to N. Y. by Motor Trucks PORTLAND, Mc, April 12. Motor trucks left hero to-da- y loaded with 22,500 pounds of (lsli, consigned to New York hy local wholesale dealers. This wns mado necessary by tho freight striko nnd the expresj embargo. Hudson nnd Manhattan tubes will service. The strikers jubilantly asserted that clerks nnd supervisors who had been asked by Oren Hoot, president of tho Hudson and Manhattan Itallroad, to man tho trains had re- fused, Tho Idle trnlnmen added that they had tho word of tho towermen nnd powcrmen that tho moment a atrlkc breaker sought to operate a car door they would quit work. Frank Hague, Mayor of Jersey City, failed to make, any Impression on either the strikers or tho railroads. As a mat- ter of fact, he did not approach tho latter. Ho received yesterday morning a committee of the strlkora In his olllces nnd besought them to return to work that a conference might bo effected nnd some agreement reached. Thn men to return to work prior to nn agreement, saying they would slay out for a year rulher than mako any con- cessions. Mayor Hnguo then eald ho believed tho attitude of tho railroads a mistaken one, In that thoy refused to recelvo or confer with tho strikers, Long Island .Strike boon Over. The Long Island survlven a scaro that came to pass in the morning, and there- after during the day and evening ran tralnR with great regularity and close to tchedule. Ono hundred of Its train- men quit early In tho day, but returned to their posts In less thnii an hour. Tho service was good during tho rush hours and passengers suffered little delay. Over in the Simnysldo yards of the? Pennsylvania Rallrond in Long Islnnd City nil or nearly all tho trainmen and operators walked out, hut work was car- ried on after n fashion by the ofllco forces and such of the supervisory forces as long ago had graduated from tho yards Inlo the offices. Seven of the New Hnvcn's trains wero taken off early In the day. The Krlo itallroad, the tarkawanna and tho West Shore continued dead, with the exception of ono or two long distance trains on the Krle and tho taekawanna. The Hudson River and Putnam divisions of the New York Central wero operating on slightly altered nnd slightly abbrevi- ated schedule, hut save for a little crowding on some of the favorite trains the Westchester county commuters wero not seriously Inconvenienced. Pciuisj 1 vii n In Annul More Trains. Tho Pennsylvania Railroad announced the suspension of twenty-si- x outbound local and through trains during the day. Among them were tho Metropolitan which goes to Chicago and St. Louis, and the Atlantic Coast Lino Ex- press, which runs to Southern points. Seldom has any such sceno been enacted In the Pennsylvania Station at Thirty-secon- d street and Seventh avenue as that which Immediately preceded the dc. parti re of the Philadelphia local at S :10 yesterday morning. About 3,600 persons were thronged at tho gate when tho guard announced that tho train was composed of but five Instead of ten cars and that the seats belonged to those who got to them first The gate opened and ;he guard was swept aside. The stairway because a feariiil mixture of baggage and humanity. Both the lug-Ci'g- a and tho humanity were well tram- pled by the time extra guards rushed to the scene and pulled, pushed and hauled the mob into something resembling order. Fifteen hundred persons managed to Jnm themselves Inlo thn live car train and fifteen hundred more would have followed' somehow had tho guards per- mitted It. A If. Smith, president of tho New York Central, received a telegram from If. M Briscoe. of the Bos-tc- n and Albany Railroad, an allied line. In which Mr. Briscoe stated that the Boston and Albany men had voted all along the line to remain loyal. Mr. Brlscoo described the vote as being unanimous. The tnmo sort of a tele- gram was received from 11. A. Worces- ter, of the Big Four Rail- road, Mr. Smith said. The strikers are making persistent at- tempts to close tho Important Port Mor- ris yards. The.se yards provide the transfer points for foods and materials passing to and from the New England Slates to Long Islnnd an-- to tho South by way of Hei: Sate nnd the Pninsyl-un.- a luune's In a hall at Third ave- nue and 13Mh street the Port Mor' 13 workers were in session most of the day They insist that this ii not an \outlaw\ ! strike and on the door of the hall one of them posted a motion picture lithograph of a Wild West hero In the act of holding up a train. \This Is an outlaw,\ read the legend beneath tho lithograph. Radicals Conic From Chicago. Tnc men wero haranged by mission- aries of various degrees of radicalism. None urged anything moro violent than refusing to return to work. Two of the missionaries asserted that they had como from Chicago. Each wore a button sig- nifying service In the world war. The Jersey City and Hoboken termi- nals contained no waiting crowds jester day, although a few optimists reposed on the seats waiting for tho railroads to make up a train for them. Loyal employees. Including many por- ters, gathered about to discuss the situ- ation and compare notes on what was happening, or, rather, what was not hap- pening. \There's four trains gone and two conic In all day.\ one man said at the Pennsylvania station In Exchange place, Jersey City, late yesterday afternoon. \One of them went to Perth Arnboy, and ono to Philadelphia, and I don't know where the others went, and I don't think they knew, either.\ The trains that did come In came in with an air of pomp and glory usually missing, and their arrival was an event. At the Lackawanna station in Hoboken a train announcer with twice the vol- ume of sound and pep usual In train an- nouncers was announcing yesterday af- ternoon the Impending departure of tho 3 :20 for Wllkesbarro about ten minutes to C. \Are you running trains out?\ he was asked. \Huh!\ he answered, and waved a thumb In the direction ot the 5:70. That's it.\ At tho same time a train from Buffalo straggled In an hour or two behind time on the track next to the Wllkesbarre en- try, and for a few minutes that part of the train shed resembled a railroad ter- minal. A porter proudly boasted that bis railroad had had \ten In nnd four out\ during the day. A mi)- - Truck Carry Mull. Soldiers from Camp Merrltt went Into the postal business yesterdav. .Seven- teen army tn.cks, \\h ma-me- by Ave men. Including two guar.ls with auto- matic pistols, rumbled Into Jersey City under command of Mn'or Vernon Old. smith. They unloaded mall from mo- tionless cars to u!:ibute it to towns i along the the line of the Northern Rall-- ! road of New Jersey, a subsidiary of tho i;rie. With a supervisor and three train masters coaling the engines four milk trains, each containing seventeen cars, puffed Into Jersey City yetcrday. Fifty commuters from Elizabeth, N. J., waited patiently at tho Pennsylvania station there for two hour. During that time several express trains passed through, but nothing on wheels even hesitated at Elizabeth or gave any Indi- cation that the town was vislhle tn the J naked eye. Other would-b- e travellers l THE SUN came, lend Hint local service had been' discontinued, and left, but the fulthful llftj stayed, Then a liemy train of fourteen ran, slowed down nnd nctiuilly Mopped. Tin j commuieis were greatly graieiui. .Mine (if the doors opened, however. Finally, fiom the baggage car, train men care fully lined out onto mo piauorm a col- li n. Before they could get the door shut ngaln tho commuters had charged, and the whole fifty, giving each other a leg up, got nboard. Onco Inside, the train men decided not to nrguo thn point, so collected tickets und' tho train went along. William Wetner, State president of the Trolleymcn'H I'nlon, relieved many anx- ious Jerseyltes when ho announced that the troTleymcii arc not going out. \All reports ot strlko meetings or strikes on the part of tho trolley em- ployees In Jersey City aro absolutely false and without foundation,\ he said. \The trolleymen In New Jersey aro working faithfully anil will continue to do so, remaining loyal to tholr organi- zation and to tho interests of tin; public whom they serve.\ nrotlierhond Head I Hlued. During the day officers of tho railroad brotherhoods made several efforts, uni- formly unsuccessful, to got the railroad men to go hack to their Jobs. Timothy Shea, first of tho Brother- hood of Locomotive Firemen, was booed when he mado nn attempt to get 1,500 tialnmcn gathered In Odd Fellows' Hall, Jersey City, to return to woik. Ho could not mako himself heard above tho catcalls and hisses. \Shut up, sit down or get out,\ Minuted ono striker, nntt after another effort to reason with tho men Shea sat down. COPELAND ASKS TO MEDIATE IN STRIKE continued from First Page. offue that bread nas the last commodity that would have to be raised. It was said the strikers In Mott Haven yards took particular pleasuro In tho fact Hint the dally train from New England known as tho \spud special.\ containing twenty-flv- e carloads of pota- toes, failed to arrive. In Washington and other markets commission mer- chants said tbero Is very little food left. Edwin J. O'Mnlley, Commissioner ot the Department of Markets, stuck to his statement that there Is n plentiful sup- ply ot food In storage hore and stories to the contrary are circulated for the pur- pose of boosting prices. Referring to the report that the New York Central was going to divert food from New York on the strength of his statement, Mr. O'Mnlley said : \If the 'Now York Central officials do that the city of Now York will havo, to take some action.\ Just what he meant by \tiome action\ Mr. O'Mnlley said he was not at t!:c time prepared to state Later he supplemented this statement as follows : \11 would be equal ta a criminal of- fence tor the New York Central Rail-ma- d to divert supplies of food from thla city to other points simply because if my statement that the city had six months ot such supplies other than the jierishable varieties. If e New York Central does tint we will do very thing In our jiviwer to s, e that they set Ju.at what is coming to them. \Apparently the railroads want to (.re- nte a condition whereby the people will rise up in arms against the ttrikrs, with whom the railroads arc Laving con- siderable trouble. Wo are not going to help the railroads break their htrlke. We are Interested In helping tho people get food and not In strlko breaking.\ Tho Newark Board of Trade reported yesterday that there Is now only Hires days' supply ot meat in Newark, with nono coming In. Alfred V. Way, secre- tary of tho Motor Truck Club of New Jersey, announced that fte had 1 .00\ trucks available to transport food. Meat has gviio up from one to fifteen coins a pound and bread ono cent a loaf. Milk for tho \next two days at least\ was promised in a statement Issued last night hy Patrick D. Ryan, presi- dent of- - tho Borden Farms Products Company. Tho New York Central ser- vice has been normal, Mr. Ryan said, although other railroads have not been able u get milk through. Only one of tho- ljl creameries of the Borden company has been closed and that was because no containers were returned from dty. jie POINDEXTER OFFERS ANTI-STRIK- E BILL Senators Discuss Means for Dealing With Situation. Sptcial a Tor Ski vn Nsw Yosk IUiuin. Washington-- , April 12. Senator Poln-dcxt- (Wash.) Introduced this after- noon a bill to make It a felony to In- terfere with commerce by- - organizing btrikes. Senator Cummins (Iowa) called at the White House and learned that President Wilson Is expected to ap- point the Railroad Labor Beard provided by the Cummins-Esc- h railroad act and later announced thnt the investisatlon of tho strike by the Interstate Com- merce Commission would await tho board's organization and initiation of efforts to cope wrth the strike. Tho Senate y discussed tlie strike at some length. Senator Kellogg (Minn.) lecturing tlie Senators for the lack of interest shown now and when the Cum- mins bill wns under consideration. \Starvation is threatening some of the large cities.\ he said, \but it Is noth- ing to tho calamity that may happen should there be a nationwide strike.\ The Polndexter bill prohibits speaking, propaganda, publication, solicitation, &c.. with Intent to causo strikes or other- wise interfere with movements of Inter- state commerce. It relies on the com-mei- clause of the Constitution for Its authority and provides ten years In prison or $10,000 fine or both as penal- ties. For trying to interfere with em- ployees to prevent them from working, fifteen years and SI 5,000 fine Is pro- vided. For destruction of ships, cars, tracks, or Inducing others to destroy them, ten years or S10.000 fine, or both. PASSENGER TIEUP ORDERED. \White Collar\ .Hen Called to He. cue by Columlm Itond. Columbus. Ohio, April 12. The Co- lumbus Yardmen's Association, composed If nearly 3,000 striking switchmen, voted to call out all switching crews i employed in passenger tratlic. Strike j leai'ers said this would prevent move-- ! meiit of passenger trains. All of the six I railroads here will be affected. Yard- - masters and \whlto collar\ employees will 1111 the strikers places, the railroad otllclals announced. Cincinnati. April 12. Five varil trews employed in the Ivorydale yards of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Tint out r. An embargo has been placed on Incoming livestock by the Cincinnati slock yards. New (Irlcan Switchmen '1'hrcn ten. Nrw Orleans, April 12. rule de- mands for wage increases are met bv .1 I'. M. 1.000 switchmen here will go on stilke. olllci.-il- s of tlie New Orleans local of the Yardmen's Asso- ciation announced The Illinois Central ond the Public Belt railroads would be affected the most seriously. AND NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1020 STRIKE SITUATION IN WEST UNCERTAIN Uolli Sides Itefuso to Negotiate When Outlook for Improve- - j incut Is Good. ' -- JAIL TERMS THREATENED .In Numerous Cities Switchmen Remain Loyal to Unions j and Roads. ; Spcial to Tiik Scn and New York Heiuld. Chicago, April 12. Acting under or- ders from Attorney-Ocner- Palmer, Federal ofllclsls took vigorous measures to.doy to prevent Interference by strik- ers cither with mall or Interstate com-mcr- -e shipments. Heads of the strikers were called Into conference and the following ultimatum was delivered: Go back to work; withdraw demands; adopt other mcnsure3 for securing an adjustment of grievances, or resign and permit others who are willing to work to do so. Tho tlovernnicnt tells the \rebels\ that railroads must bo allowed to employ men to tako the places of the strikers. The latter must refrain from nil coercive measures. No moro strlko meetings must be held. Trains must run. Unless tbese orders are obeyed by the strikers a Federal injunction may follow At tho conference held In the Union League Club were United States Attorney Charles F. Clyne. A. F. Whit-ne- of tho brotherhood of railway trainmen, and Edward F. Corrlgan, assistant chief engineer of the Brotherhood ot Locomotive Knglnecrs. Tho triangular conference was secret. None of those present would discuss the matter afterwnrds. From other Vources, however, It be- came known that tho tiovernment al- ready had served notice on the strikers, and that prosecution, with possible Jail sentcircs Involved, for Interference with Interstate commcrco will follow, If tho strikers do not behave. A markod Improvement In condition was shown In tho stockyards y when 220 cars of live stock, containing 4.000 cattle, 3.&00 hogs and 4,000 sheep, worn rcoclwd. This is a larger cnjantl'y thnn received any day last week. Kill- ing w:s r'fiumed at all the big packing plants, and .between T.fiOO and 10,000 men who had been Idle for nearly a week relumed to work. Almost 30,000 men are still unemployed. Prospects for a speedy settlement of the strike began to fade when close upon thn heels of a refusal of the \insurgent\ strikers to submit specific demands to tlie genoral managers of tlie railroads a declaration was mailt by the latter that they would not treat with tho rebels under no consideration. Even as the managers' ultimatum was being snt on', twenty-tw- o firemen on :be I,a!: Shore Rnilroad walked out. From the Fortieth avenue shops of the Hilcago and Northwestern a report was rece.ved that S.UYi shopmen would quit wor.t within twenty-fou- r hours If strike breakers employed by the road nro not withdrawn from the neighboring yards. Yardmen's Lender Obstinate. The rsfustl of tho strikers to submit terms until overtures shall have been made to them by the road managers wn9 voiced by John Grunau. president of the Chicago Yardmen's Association \If the managers wish to tall; terms.\ he said. \1 t them to us. They know where 'o find us.\ \The powers that weri and the pow- ers that be r.ie lesponslhlo for the strike fever permeating the rail yards.\ said Edwaul Corrlgan, .uststant Brand chief of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers. \The failure of the Rail Ad- ministration officials, when the roads wro In their control, to grant wages adomiato for living expenses, and tho failure of tho administration to bring about n lowering In the cost of living arc responsible. \When men can't caro for their fam- ilies on the wages they earn; when they find they have to draw on the bank and eat up the funds put aside for a rainy dnv. they become desperate and are willing to listen to any leader who as- serts he can get them more money. Thnt Is the situation In a nutshell as far as the workers are concerned. Add to such conditions men who desire to wrest con- trol from tho chosen leadciB of the men and who take advantage of existing con- ditions and capitalize them and you have tho sltuntlon confronting us These workers must have something moro than promises to live on and they must havo It soon.\ C, D. A l. nonil Mfts Eraburso. Chicago, April 12. The first break In tho switchmen's strike In the Chicago district was recorded this morning when the Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy Railroad lifted all embargo orders after announcing that sufllclent men had re- turned to work to keep all traffic mov- ing. Conditions on other roads were Im- proved railroad and biotherhood oftlclals said. Tho Illinois Central handled thirty freight trains during the last twenty-fou- r hours, \5 per cent, of the normal movement. John frrunau, president of the Chicago Yardmen's Association, who. called thn strike, Is understood to havo made at least one radical concession abrogation of the claims for back pay demanded by the older organizations in their contracts with the Government. That possibly would mean a saving of hundreds of thousands of dollars to the railroads, It was said. Other clauses In the demands are granting of the original wage Increase I called for In the strike announcement, to I be effective upon the return ot the men to work : ejght hour basic day and tlmo and a half for overtime, nnd double time , for overtime on Sundays and Holidays. At Akron striking switchmen on the Erie. Baltimore and Ohio, and Akron. Canton and Youngstown railroads voted at a mass meeting to return to work; 2.\0 of the .100 strikers at Fort Wayne, ind., voted to relprn to the yards this morning. Sw I tollmen Return to \Work. At Saginaw 100 Pcre Marquette switchmen decided to return to work-to-da- and volunteered to go to Detroit, Toledo. I.udlngton and Flint to aid in restoring normal service. In tho far west and various other cities in the middle west local unions voted not to Join the strike, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett and Auburn, AVnsh-ingto- and Cincinnati, Little Rock, Ark.; Memphis, Tenn., nnd St. Joseph, Mo., switchmen registering that Inten- tion. Yardmen at Duluth, Minn., and Su- perior. Wis., decided to continue at work and await developments. Officials of the Terminal Railroad Association at St. Louis said conditions were Improved. Tho conipany\s cngl-nce- rs voted to remain \loyal.\ The first vote on a sympathetic strike In Canada was negative, tho Winnipeg. llriiiliu hn From Slight I'nlila lAN.XTlVK 1IIIOMO Ql'IXI.N'i: Tablets thn Headache hy curing tlie Cold A lonle laxative and jerni clestruyer. Ixinli (or slntur Ji. W. OHOVU oo ox. lie. Ait. Brotherhood Officials Deny Secrel Sympathy With Strike of the \Outlaws.' PHILADELPHIA, April 11!. Itailwny brotherhood officials deny vigorously Hint secretly they sympnthizo with the \outlaw\ strike. W. W. Atterbury, of the Pennsylvania, Rave out this message sent to the brotherhood chiefs: \I find thnt the strongest propaganda that is influencing our men, particularly the youngor men, is the word being passed around that this movement has the support of you gentlemen and the organization you represent, but that, in view of the fear of injunctions being served on you nnd your organizations, the strike is being engineered by word of mouth, that no regular orders hnve been issued or arc to be ex- pected.\ W. S. Stone, chief of the Brotherhood of Engineers, made a reply typical of all: ' \There is no truth in the report that present strike movement has our support. Everything possible is being done to havo our mem- bers rcmnin at work and carry out their contracts. There aro no secret instructions to the contrary being issued. Any such statement being circulated among the men is absolutely untrue.\ Manitoba, branch of the International Switchmen's Union deciding not to sanc- tion any sympathetic walkout. Tlilrtv swltchlnc crows in the Krle yards at Kent, Ohio, voted to resume work Despite these reports, however. Gru- nau declared, \Wo are solns to win.\ GOMPERS IN FIGHT FOR BROTHERHOODS Cleveland 'Outlaws' Claim Gain of 1,800 Unionists. Cleveland. April 12. Frank J. O'Rourkc, president of tho new Cleve- land Yardmen's Association, said this afternoon that 00 per cent., or 1,800 men, of tho .Swltclinicn'3 Union ot North America have deserted to the new body. He said that, while nn early settlement was desired, he would not treat with VT. G. Lee, president or the Brotherhood of Itallroad Trainmen. A committee of the new orsanization, he said, was in Washington seeking Government mediation, und a commit- tee ot Cleveland strlkcis called on A. U Kaulkner, local Federal conciliator, for the samo purpose. The switchmen'. strike spread to tho car repairers, one ot tho six shop crafts aillllated with tho American Fed- eration of Labor, 200 of whom walked out In the t'ollinwood shops of the New York Central lines. Cleveland ralltoad terminals for the llr.it time since tile sliihe started were completely tied mi. jut a switchman or yaidman being at work The car repairers quit to enforce their demands for 67 and 72 cents an hour and also In sympathy with tiie striking su Itchmjn. Fearing that the railroad strike would result in a shortage In the food supplies of Cleveland, butchers, mnrkelmen nnd groccra outbid each other for available slocks In the local packing house and commission markets prices In many instances reaching nw high levels. Opposing forces In the struggle growing out of tho \In- surgent\ strike met this afternoon In the preliminaries of a tlnish tight. ' While Samuel Gompcrs, presldeflt of the American Fedeiatlon of La'ior, ai.d W. G. Iee, president of Hie llrotlierhood of Itallroad Trainmen, wisre addiv.'sing a k\ rallv ot local lodges of the trainmen's brotherhood, \Insur- gent\ leaders at nnotlier meeting were urging strikers to stay out until their wage victory was won. lieforo going Into tho meeting ot the trainmen dompers had a brief talk with Sir. I.ee. Gompers said he would IihcIc tne brothOkhoods to tho last in their fight to keep their ranks solid. ' I em going to do all In my power to bring about a settlement of tho sit- uation,\ he said. \While there Is no denying tho Justice of the men's for more 'iionev to llvo on, nothing can be gained by their reces sion from thoir old organizations. An unauthorized strike cannot be a .\ Neither Mr. Clomper nor Mr. I.ee would make a statement when they ictt tho meeting, which continued after they departed. When tho meeting did ad- journ member who attended said no vot-- on letiirrliig to work wns taken and the sentiment among the nvMi was that they vvould icnaln out. 1' w.ts learned that the nie.'i attending the meeting were for the greuter part mem- bers of tlie Hiothcrliood of Itallroad Trainmen hIio had struck, but ivfu.-ec- i to Join the Cleveland Yardmen's Asso- ciation. Freight moe;r.en' in nil Cleveland terminals, with the exception of the New-Yor- Centrnl Colllnwood yards, where a half dozen switchmen were working, was at a standstill Members of two switchmen's locals In Colllnwood were on record as deploring tlie un- authorized strike ot switchmen and yardmen. I'asscnger nnd mall trains were run- ning about normal on all Cleveland loads. Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson was appealed to y to .isslst In end- ing the strike of switchmen here in a telegram sent to him by tlie newly formed Cleveland Yardmen'H Associa- tion. The message requested Secretary Wil- son to send Federal conciliators to Cleveland at once to effect an equitable settlement between the striking rail- roaders and the railroad otllclals. STRIKE SPREADS ON PENNSYLVANIA LINES 3,500 Men Now Out in Pitts- burg Terminal Region. I'lTTSBfRo. April 12. Approximately 1,000 railroad men, Including shopmen, machinists, power plant men, electricians nnd yard nnd road engine crews, joined the ranks of strikers at the l onway Yards, nn lmpoitant Pennsylvania line teimlnalit llochcster, P.i., at 1 o'clock this afternoon. It Is estimated that be. tween 4.000 and 3,000 men aro out'at tlie yards now. Passenger engine crews at work, but It Is ald the strike of the shopmen will Interfere seriously with passenger service In the Pittsburg district. Demands to be presented by the Con- way Yard Railroaders, according to the reports, are $1.23 an lioiW- for engineers, J6.G0 for eight hours Work for firemen. The engineers assert they nre receiving 72 cents an hour now und the llremen receive $4.28 for eight hours work. Pennsylvania line ofllccrs beie that passenger trains wero run- ning with little delay. An absolute was declared on all freight ship- ments on Pennsylvania lines and lines connecting with tlie system. Five hundred shopmen of the Penn- sylvania lines walked out nt New Castle, Pa., and railroad officials said the strike would mean the cancellation of pas- senger trains there within 21 houis. Sixty switchmen and trainmen qf the Punnsylvanla Itallroad nt Ilellalre, Ohio, are reported to have Joined the strikers. The general oftlces of the central region of the Pennsylvania llallroad to- day Issued a statement which follows In part: \In the central region n total of over 20.000 freight cars were handled yestcr- - I'riiej realised on Slft .1- - I'uiiipmiv rales of earen l..er 111 New nrk I'lly fer xveel; endlili; Saturdaj Apr. I 10. Iii. uu ship- ments snlil nt. runted fru.n H ml irnu i, :;.01 t\ per pound nd axrafed U.M uni; ,er pound- .- Irfr day. A close embargo Is In effect, cer- tain perishable freight nnd foodstuffs aro being nteepted. but only on permits. \In tho I'lttfiburg terminal territory u total of approximately S.500 men were out at 7 o'clock this morning, the yard crews working nt that tlmo being com- posed almost entirely of volunteers. Production of coke In tho Conneus-vlll- o region hnil sunk to less than one-ha- lf of normal nnd many companies ordered mines nnd ovens closed. Thero was llttlo change In the Shen-nng- o Valley; mills nnd blast furnnces wero compelled to cloo on Saturday. Over fi.llOO men, It was stated. nlread were Idle In Sharon, while othor.i wero out at Farrell nnd New Castle. Through freight service on tho Krlo Railroad was practically at n standstill. A canvass of the steel mills showed that operations will bo continued In nil tho mills along the Monongahela, Alle- gheny nnd Ohio rivers In tho district for scvernl days. If. however, tho sir lio continues, yards will become congested with finished products and mills will be compelled to close. DETROIT POWER CUT OFF; 80,000 IDLE Factories Closed as Result of Rail Strike. Spaiiil to Tar. Sun ano Ni:w York Hiiuuj. 15r.Tr.oiT, Mich., April 12. Approxi- mately 80.000 workers here became Idle this evening when at .1 o'clock tho De- troit IJdison Company shut ofT the power In tho many factories dependent upon It. This Is the direct result of the railroad strike. A partial list of the factoiles required to clo all or many department\ witli the number of workers made idle In eadi. follows: Fisher Body Corporation, Ki.OuO; Hiidxon Motor Car Company, S,30n : Cadillac Motor Car Company. 6,000: Ptudebiiker Corporation of America, 5, 300 ; Tlmkcn Detroit Axle Company, 5,300 ; Wadswirtli Manufac- turing Company. 2.000. Among several of the less Important Is General .Motors Company enterprise., 1.S00. olllclals of manv automobile plants employing thousands of men said that, wlille a partial shutdown was Inevitable, they could not at that time estimate the' number of men that would be thrown out of work. Among there plants were the Ford Motor Company, employing about 60,000 workers, nnd the Dodge Bros, plant, with approximately 20.000. Inability to get In raw material or to store tho accumulating flnUdied pro- duct makes It likely the Ford plant nt Highland Paik will shut down within ,i few dins, reports Indicated. Fp-Sta- Industries felt the pinrh of the tleup when plants employing ap- proximately IS. 000 workmen were forced to suspend. Most of these were In cities .... near Detroit mat uepi-n- uu m.- - I Company for power, but In scores of rmaller communities tne curiuunii-m- . m operations wan proportionately large. Tontlac's Idle men number 10,000, Battlo Creek's 2,000 and those in Kalamazoo, Bay City. Jackson, Saginaw. Flint, Ann Arbor and Mount Clemens place tbe total at 13,000 NEW LAW INVOKED IN STRIKE ARRESTS Kansas Uses Industrial Court in 'Outlaw' War. Spend to Tnr. Sun anp New V..nu llmi.n. Kansas City. April 12. The first real challenge to the Kansas Industrial Court 'aw probably will result from the swltclimen'n \outlaw\ strike and the ar-ic- st and arraignment of four alleged strike leaders In Kansas City for whom warrants were Issued Saturday, at the Instance of Itlchard J. Hopkins, Attorney General of Kansas. Tho four men. tho first to bo arrested under the new law. surrendered y to the Wyandotte County Sheriff. The are : A. Ithodes. said to bo chairman of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in Kansas City. Kan.; Gus K. Milan, said to bo secretary of the trainmen's organization in Kansas City : T. .1. .M- cDonald and W. A. Buck, both of Roee-dal- e. Kan. All were arraigned, wahed prelim- inary hearing and were released on bond. Their eases aro set for .Tunc' 7. Harry Sulllvnn. attorney, said that In conducting the defence of hie clients he would attack tho constitutionality of the Industrial Court Law, setting up the contention that It is a violation of the bill of rights of tlie State ot Kansas. 6,906 MEN STRIKE pN PENNSYLVANIA ROAD Perishable Freight Tied Up in West Philadelphia. Piiii,df.lpiiia. April II The Penn- sylvania Railroad Company announced that C.906 employees ot all classes are on strike on Its system be- tween New Y'nrlc and St. Louis. In the eastern region (New York to Altoonn. Pn.) 1.070 were out: central (Altoona to Columbus). 2,7 IS; north- western (Columbus to Chicago), 1.463 ; southwestern (Columbus to St. Louis), 733. The West Philadelphia freight ynrds of the Pennsylvania Railroad are con- gested with freight, much of which Is perlohsbls. Strike leaders chlm that 3,000 men of that line Joined the strike completely tying up shops nnd bring- ing movement of freight to nn end tem- porarily. To Confer on \OutlniT\ Strike. The \outlaw\ strike Is so rerlouslv nffectlng Brooklyn manufacturing estab- lishment that the Industrial Council of the Brooklyn Chamber ot Commerce has called a conference to discuss the prob- lem. James Sherlock Davis, president of tr.e chamber, sent notices yesterday to a group of manufacturers urging them to bo nt the chamber's' rooms this evening for the conference. Dayton Strikers (ilsr I'p. Datton. Ohio, prll 12 -- Three bun-dre- il striking Deyton switchmen voted late y to lvturn to work 4,000 MEET, BUT SAY THERE IS NO STRIKE fliniriniui of Jersey City erlngr Dcclnrcs \It's a LHADEHS' NAMES SKt'll HT Spokesman for Itailrond Work- ers Hopes to Admit Report- ers in Pew Days. On the authority ot a man who said ho was tho chairman ot proceedings at Grandvlcw Hall, Jersey City, whero 4.000 Jubilant railroad men held mccl-liu- s yesterday, there Is no strike. What Is imralyzlng activities In New York and many other big cities throughout tho country Is a \spontaneous walkout,\ leaderlcss and unorganized. During tho afternoon meeting report- ers lingered outsldo tho hall waiting to speak to the lenders of tho movement nnd lcluu their Identity. Proceedings within were Fccret, nnd to preserve that secrecy thrco or lour exceedingly husky rallrond men mounted guard nt tno iloor and ovary man passing by had to show credentials, One little man who appeared to be more ot an office typo than a rnllroad man attempted to sneak by Just ns the first men left tho meeting. Instantly lio was surrounded, questioned, and bucked Into a corner. Abovo tho up- roar ho pleaded that ho wns a striker. For a time it lookrd as it tho good record of the strikers In the matter of vlolenco and a few bones of tho persist- ent llttlo man worn about to bo frac- tured simultaneously. Tliey gave him a chanco to make his excuses, however, und tho word was passod around for a mm from' \72.\ tho organization to which ho said lie belonged. At last he was Identified, nnd the others patted hlm on the back, pulled his necktie Into plnco from behind his car and helped him get out into the air agnln. Wore Military Button. At tlie end of the meeting the leaders came out. Tho man who said ho was chairman and who worn a button service nnswered ques- tions after careful thinking. He gave his name, one of Welsh origin, In con- fidence, but stipulated that It should not be published. He was nsked the latest developments of tho strlko situation. \There is no strike,\ he replied. \There is a spontaneous walkout cer- tainly, but no strlko. This Is not nn or- ganized strike. It might have begun with tho talk of ono disaffected man to his fellow workers, and from him have ypread over tho country. Questioned ns to the latest develop- ments of tho \spontaneous walkout,\ ho eald, pulling out IiIr watch: \As to that. 1 will simply say that conditions were never more favorable for the men than at this time, five thirty.\ \Who were the leaders In the walk- out\ ' \There were no leaders.\ lie cxplatned that although secrecy was essential during tlie tliv: thiee days, the men hoped to throw open the meetings to the press y or to- morrow. Asked who tho reporters should talk to as tho big leader of the move, ho said \McCue\ was the man. \McCue\. could not bo found. Deny Bolshevist Report. \It has been Fad! that Bolshevists and radicals are runlng this strike. Ih that so?\ Before the chairman could answer Indignant roars and angry comments broke forth from those around him. The charge was denied In chorus. \Wo have beard that before.\ said the chairman. \As soon ns tho ne- cessity for secrecy Is gone wo want the men who have called us Bolshevists and Beds to como hero and look us over. I think wo can dlsprovo that charge. This Is a plain matter of dollars nnd cents with us. Radicalism has nothing to do with It.\ Concerning the railroad brotherhoods the chairman declined to express an cplr.lon. \I inn not prepaved to say we nre fighting tlie brotherhoods,\ he. said. \As to what efforts we have made to put our grievances before the public or be- fore the railroads I can say nothing nt the present time. McCue will probably make some statement In the morning.\ ' So until tho mysterious McCue emerges from his unknown hnbltat the mTltter of getting the United State back to normal ngaln must rest. DAYLIGHT SAVING DEFEATED IN JERSEY Senate Votes Down Mackay Bill by 11 to 9. Trenton. April 12. Tho Senate defeated the daylight saving bill of Senator Mackay of Bergen county, designed to bring New Jersey time into, conformity with that of New York. Tlie vote was 11 against to !) for. This marks the end of an nttcmpt to pass a daylight measure at this session. Tho House adopted tho Kldrldgo bill legal- izing the new time system, but It was smothered in a Senate committee. Sena- tor Mackay's bill had been slumbering In commltteo until hi: called It up to- night. Senator Mnckny made a strong last minute appeal for tho measure, stating that commuters of northern New Jersey were greatly Inconvenienced by the change of time In js'ew York. The op- position wns led hy the majority leader, Mr. Allen. Republican, of Salem, who declared daylight saving meant a great financial loss to the farmers. He rte. clared that farm production under day-- light saving in Pennsylvania already has suffered heavily. GABY'S GEMS VALUED AT S, 300,000 FRANCS Expert Appraisal Made, of Late Dancer's Jewels. MARsniU.ES, April 12. An expert valuation ot the Jewles of the late Gaby Deslys, the dancer, has Just been com- pleted, according to thn Petit ParlMcn. The valuation was placed nt 5,300.000 francs. Among the ptlzed possessions of the dancer was a remarkable string of pearls which were reputed to have been the gift of g Manuel of Portugal. OFFICIALS ARE YARD CREWS. They Load ConI and Food In the Springfield, Ohio, Ynrds. SratNOFlELD. Ohio. April 12. Yard crews made up of oftlclals of tho Big Four. Detroit. Toledo nnd Irontou nnd Pennsylvania lines operated tn the yurds here placing cars of coal and food supplies and keeping the yards open. Several freight trains were handled on tlie.-- e lines. So far no Imlustiies have hud to sus- pend since the switchmen, their and switch tender struck Saturd.i I f PLAN TO OUST REDS' : LABOR DEPT. ALLIES i jJloprcscntntivcs of Jlotli ln p. ' lies Stirred by Favoritism Shown Notion's Pops. J DKPOHTATIONS BLOCKED House Immigration Commit ten Urged to Start Drastic Inquiry at Once. Special to Tnr. Sex akd Nsit Yor.K Hepa n Washington', April 12. The inu, Democrats will cooperato with i e it. publicans In removing any orriuai f ii Labor Department who Is responsible ior not enforcing the laws for the depou.i. tlon of aliens who sock tho overthrow of llio Government by force nnd vlolen. , Reprcsentatlvn Garner iTcx.l. In, cratlc whip. Informed the House tn-- , Mr. Garner urged that the Ilouf im. migration Committee start an invest u of tho Lnbor Department at on. . Dlbcusslon of tho Department's . . tude s'arted In tho House '' a Representative Johnson (Wash i iim. man of tho Immigration Commit'?, charged that Congressmen could not oh. tain coiles of records of the Reds, wlule their attorneys and friends r. .ei.ij every asslsttncc In obtaining them. Th.. attack centred around Louis F Pm-.- , Assistant Secretary of tabor, who held responsible for the policy b Mr. Johnson told the House th.v r ' Bosco, who, he said, wan a dangenun radical, arrive! y In New Yoil. to bo released on a bond of J 1.000. at New Orleans refu-c- d to :.. Icaso Bosco on n Jl 0.000 bond, it friends In the Department of l.aliui ni the amount fixed at only $1,000, Mj J..'ip. son said. \In my opinion the Departmeir iif talior Is being bored from within\ Mr. Johnson. \The Department ef Justice arrested about 2.700 foi deporta- tion. Now the Department of Justice make a charge against miotliei partment of the Government. But Vi Department of Labor, iVoiiKh Secretary Post, resolving in favor of tho alien wherever It an Th net result Is that the great amount o' money authorized hy Congress to he placed in the Department of Justlcs mil the Department of Labor for deportation purposes has accomplished little \ FIND HUGE FRAUDS IN ALL WAR CAMPS House Committee Chnrsw 'Waste of $150,000,000 Out of 91,200,000,000 Total. Sprcia! to The Srv vn New Yok llirt Washington', April 12. Fraud wns' and extravagance were practised osuc a degree In the building of campi or cantonments on the cost plus plan dui-In- the wat that the Department of Ju- - Iticc should stait criminal prosecutions and civil suits against the contractors tho on camps nnd canton- ments of tho War Department expend tures commltteo reported y to tho House, Tho House Is expected to adopt & rise, lutlon calling on the to start Grand Jury Inve- stigations ot tho evidence collected. The sub.commlttcc Representative McKenzle and McCulloch (Ohio), Re- publicans, and Representative Dot emus (Mich,), Democrat has been working nearly a year over the contracts for the slxtoen National Army camps. The ma- jority report shows thnt out of a tnul cost of $206,000,000 for the camps the loss to tlie Government through fraud, waste nnd extravngance was $78,000 000. It Is estimated that out of the total of $1,200,000,000 spent on all camp and hospitals constructed during the war from 30 to 30 per cent., or approx matcly $430,000,000, was wasted a result of tho cost plus system. One of tho recommendations of ti In addition to urging that nil authorizations for cost-plu- s cor tracts be repealed. Is for an amend- ment to the Constitution that will mai, war profiteering treason. Representative Doremus filed a mine Ity report to the effect that there ws.i little evidence found of a deliberate, at- tempt to defraud tho government on the contracts. \If the conclusions of the majortl' members of tho committee nre correct says tho majority report, \the Depart- ment ot Justice should be able to by civil suits In excess of $50,000 000 on the sixteen national army can- tonments. Tho committee has set out In detail, In tho report specific Instamfs and casip where It recommends that the Department of Justice institute proceed- ings for the recovery of money illegal!1' paid. The committee has developed facts that not only Justify the Depart- ment of Justice proceeding with Invest gatlons nt the various camps for tbr purpose of Instituting civil suits for of money Illegally expended, bn' the committee believes the facts con- tained In the record of tho testimony aie such as to make It tho clear duty of the Attorney-Gener- al ot the t'nited States to Institute such suits at onto Gnu UrclsUn \Withheld. Justice Callaghan, in tho S ipre n Court. Brooklyn, said yesterday tv . plication of tlie New York and Richmoi l Ga Company restraining Lewis N'ii\ Public Service Commissioner, and Di trlct Attorney Joseph Myloy of R mond from enforcing laws limiting the price of gasi In Richmond county ' per 1.000 cubic feet could be derided R' the trial of the action next Monda \ therefore withheld a decision on company's application for an Injinct pending tho trial. PENNSYLVANIA R. R. On account of liilmr trouble modification in parlor nnd sleeping car lines is necessary. Other changes in train ervicc may be ncccssarv. Passengers holding tick els for Pullman space ur d c siring information should consult lickH agent.
