Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1920 — STRIKE CRIPPLES FREIGHT SERVICE ON NORTH MONON [ARTICLE]

STRIKE CRIPPLES FREIGHT SERVICE ON NORTH MONON

Switchmen employed in the Monon railroad yards at Hammond and South Hammond went out on strike late Monday afternoon, acting in sympathy with the switchmen in the rest of the Chicago district, and as a result no freight trains are running in or out of Chicago on the Monon. Announcement was made Tuesday m oring by the Monon freight officials here that o freight for Chicago or points beyond was being accepted and there will be no freight 'brought here from Chicago until the strike is settled or broken. The embargo covers all classes of freight. The Monon- is not running any freight trains from Lafayette to South Hammond but freight is moving 'between here and Michigan City. There are several trains stalled at South Hammond. Union officials are at Hammond and South Hammond endeavoring to persuade the strikers to return to work as the strike action is a violation of the brotherhoods’ national agreement. The switchmen’s strike is unauthorized and union officials are working with the railroads to break it. The situation is the result of the switchmen in the Chicago district breaking away from the brotherhood and forming an independent organization.