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THE DAY BOOK P. &398 'TEL. MONROE 353- 500 SO. PEORIA ST. Vol. J, No. 90 Chicago, Wednesday, Jap. 10, 1912 One Cent ILLINOIS CENTRAL FIRfiMEN THREATEN TO JOIN SHOPMEN ON STRIKE Claim Road Is Mistreating MenMcCbmb City., Miss. Center of Shopmen's Strike, Placed Under Martial LawKeport No Union Men Returning to Work. Dissatisfaction among the fire men ' on the Illinois Central rail road threatens to further embar rass- the railway, already said' to be m difficulty because of the al leged demoralized condition of its rolling s'tock and motive power as- "a result of the shopmen's strike. According to information in the hands of W. F. Kramer, gen eral secretary qf the Black smith's union, when engines from the Burnside shops become ''dead," the present custom is to remove the crew and place the engineer on another engine as .firemen; In this way two fire men are eliminated, instead of laying off the crew of the dead engine. Reports of similar conditions are comirigin to strike headquar ters fromkother points on the Illi nois Central. Firemen are becoming angered at being laid off in such summary manner, 'and the matter will probably be brought before the mer said, that a " jurisdictional fight between the firemen and the engineers was improbable as en tire blame was olaced on the-T. C. McComb City, Miss., one of the centers of the shopmen's strike, 'where state troops have been on guard s'incejthe strike be-1 gan; was today, under martial' law on orders from Gov. Noel. It ' is understood the' governor's ac-r tion was- based on' representation ' to him that strikers who desired to return to work vere being in-' timidated. , At strike headquarters it was said that the latter report was groundless. Labor, leaders de-' clared that they were more strongly entrenched at McComb City than at any other point, and"' there were no union men return-' ihg to work. LATE WIRE NEWS The armour Packing company of Fargo, N. D., started today to fight against a suit brought up against the company by Pure. l. U officials, and a cunerent ar- I , . . r .' , f . rangement demanded.. Mr. Kra- l;Food Commissioner Ladd, charg-, if i$ui :?..,hft .Eii.'i- ijt-t tjf MfiaflattflgHHHflHHMa