Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1917 — Lafayette Trainmen Had Their Own Strike Saturday. [ARTICLE]

Lafayette Trainmen Had Their Own Strike Saturday.

Lafayette experienced its first walk-out in connection with the threatened nation-wide railroad strike Saturday night, The members of tho four brotherhoods employed on the Big Four railroad had orders to strike at 6 .o’clock Saturday night unless ouierwise ordered, and the nlghi switching crew proceeded 'to carry out the order. The night switching crew reported for work but When the chairman had not received notice that tne strike was postponed, they .refused to take charge of their engine. The men were idle for about a half hour, when the chairman received the official notice. v -