Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-21
WILL MOI Walk OUT
Men in the B., c. r. IN. Shops
1t Estherville OUT Of Strike
Situation.
Not In Federation and Are Not
Under the Piece Work
System.
Practically No Hope Of Settle
ment Of Difficulty at Cedar
Rapids.
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times RepuOl1can.
Estherville, March 21.-The men In
the b., c. r. & N shops here will not
join the strikers at Cedar Rapids. They
Say they have no grievances, are not
working by the piece, do not belong to
the federation and would not go out II
ordered to do so from Cedar Rapids. The
Estherville shops are practically out of
the strike situation. Considerable in
terest. however, is taken in the strike,
and the men here are watching the de-
velopments keenly.
Special to Times Republic
Cedar Rapids. March 2l.-There ap-a
pears to be little prospect for settle
ment of the B.. C. r. & n strike. The
conference between the committee rep
resenting the Federation of Labor and.
General Manager Williams yesterday
afternoon ended with both sides abso-
lutely refusing to make any concessions
relative to the piece work system. The
men are determined not to accept the
piece work proposition under any FORM :
and the road 3 officers are equally deter
mined to give it trial.
Mr.. Williams offered the men many
things they had never asked for. but
stated that the piece work system
would be inaugurated in every depart
ment, and that IL the men were willing
to accept the conditions all could re-
turn to work and no prejudice would be
ehown. Thesmachinists stated their po-s
eition to be: That they could not accept
the piece work under any conditions:
that they had taken the obligation not
to work under the system where 1t was
not already in force and that they could.
not violate that obligation. Mr.. Will
iams suggested that they construe that
section of the constitution in such a
manner as would permit them to return
to work. Their reply was that they
could not construe the section. 1t was
stated there would be no objection to
the car men and painters accepting the
piece work system, and that no objec-l
ton would be made to the placing of
non-union machinists, blacksmiths and
boiler makers in the shops under the
piece work system. MIR. Williams stated
that it must be piece work or nothing.
And here is where the matter stands at
the present time.
Meetings and conferences were held
last night and it was unanimously
agreed that all the organizations would
REMAIN CuI dIu fliIdL fNCutu return
to work unless all We're returned to
work on satisfactory terms. Members
state there will be no break in the
ranks any where, and that they will
fight 1t out on this line If it takes all
summer.
"A member OF the machinists' union
stated last night that they hoped that
Mr.. Williams would lose no time in TAX
ing up the work of filling the places of
the men who are out, as they felt con-
fident that he could not POSSIBLE. do so,
and that an effort in that direction
would convince him Of the uselessness
of such an effort. They say there will
be no opposition whatever to the man
agement of the road filling the places of
the men. believing that that is their
perfect right and they will not complain
V II he - successful in doing so. Another
member stated that he had no idea
there would be any further conference
with Mr.. Williams for at least a month.
1t is stated the company is confident
of it's ability to find men to fill the
places of the men who have walked out
and that 1t will Immediately take steps
to do this In the meantime they state
that the company is not suffering in any
way as a result of the walk-out, and
will NOT