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One Strike Ends as Chicago and Alton Railroad Fight
Report of a major railroad labor conflict at Chicago and Alton with General Manager Chappell at Brighton Park and police protection. Refusal to reemploy striking switchmen unless they join the Switchmen's Union. planned private talks, firm stance by the company, and broader union action warned to potentially idle rail traffic citywide.
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Chicago & Alton Railroad
Chappell
Brighton Park
Switchmen's Union
Sweeney
Tate
Wood
Switelsnin's Union
Lake Shore Road
Chicago
Ameen
Amalon
Twelfth Street
Forty-third Street
Englewood
Sixty-third Street
Indiana Avenue
Amsden
Arsen
Lake Shore
Numeber
Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association
John Hall
Hang Road
Prion
Wiendean