Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Star, August 9, 1919, p. 1. BLOOMINGTON HIT BY STRIKE OF RAIL MEN Shop Workers at Monon Yards Walk Out With Serious Menace to Traffic. The nation-wide strike of railway men spread to Bloomington yesterday, when the shop and car workers at the Monon yards went on a strike. About 200 men walked out. This action was taken following a meeting of union heads at Lafayette, it was said. This strike is a serious menace to traffic, as all rolling stock, especially engines, need constant repair to keep going. In the face of the walkouts all over the country, officials state that they will keep the engines going as long as they will go. Late dispatches from Washington say that President Wilson has ordered Director-General Hines and the various railway heads to confer on a settlement of the wage demands of the rail men, and thus endeavor to avert a complete standstill of the nation's railroads. The primary demand of President Wilson is that all strikers go back to work if they wish their wage demands considered. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.