Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1920 — ST. LOUIS CARMEN ON STRIKE [ARTICLE]

ST. LOUIS CARMEN ON STRIKE

Pullman Shopmen Quit and Tieup May Spread. St. Louis, June 11. —The 700 striking car men and electrical workers of the Pullman shops here failed to return to work and 300 yardmen, It was said, joined them in their demands for recognition of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America. Harry Smith of Chicago, national -chairman of the Carmen’s union, asserted the strike would affect approximately 50,-‘ 000 shop employees of the Pullman company throughout the United States.