Add to ORKGPhotograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hundreds of boxcars and tankers stand idle at Purcell. Thousands of tons of shipping, including a large quanity of perishable goods, were tied up in Oklahoma Saturday as a sudden strike by trainmen halted or delayed Santa Fe trains in eight states. There was optimism Saturday night, however, that a break in the strike could come momentarily, providing a 90-day "cooling off" period. Santa Fe President Ernest S. Marsh in Chicago expressed confidence that a federal emergency board will be appointed to investigate the dispute, putting strikers back to work to start trains rolling again.