The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
SOMEONE PUTS OUT
 STRIKE BULLETINS
President ShOpmen's Union Says Act Was Without
 Authority

| Paducah, Ky, September 3.-That
 some one overstepped the bounds in the
 Illinois Central labor controversy was evident here today when strike notices calling the men out at 10 a. m. Tues day were posted at the shops and re
 moved tonight. Not only were the bull | letins 1fosted here, but an official Of the federation stated they had been
 mailed to all points on the Illinois Cen ltral. Whatever action was taken re
 sulting in the removal of the notices
 here stopped the sending out of those | to other cities. 1t was stated tonight. 1 Placarding of conspicuous parts or 1 the shops and roundhouses with orders
 for the men to lay down their tools fol 1 lowed a meeting of local federation members attended by four members of
 the advisory board of the federation. It was stated that at this meeting strong
 speeches favoring a strike were made. | After the news of the posting of the | notices reached President McCreery of l the federation. now in Chicago. he im-
 media tely wired F. W. Bell, secretary ! of the local branch of the federation, 1 that whoever ordered the notices posted did so without proper authority and | that no action along this line would be ltaken until Tuesday at least. lle~e'hfcagc, september s.7@.Reports that notices had been posted in the lliinois Central shops at Paducah, Ky. calling ] a strike at 10 a. m. Tuesday received here, brought an emphatic denial from erated shop employees that a strike had been orderedf. He at once dispatched q message to F. Bell, secretary of the local union of the federation at
 Paducah, informing him that no strike bulletins had been ordered and that the
 authority to order them restsg entirely xtrff n rbica
 "I can say positively that no strike has been ordered" asserted McCreery. The authority to order the men out rests solely with Secretary w.. E. Bowen and myself and any action taken by any one else must be due to some mistake. . t
 As matters stand there is no possi- bility of strike being called until Tuesday afternoon, and We do not think that such action will be necessary then. It is almost ridiculous to say that strike has already been called on one particular division of the road. If a strike is called at all, the men will go out at the same time on all divisions All crafts, too. will be ordered out at the same time
 some kind of mistake has been
 made in Paducah. The only explana-
 ton l can. suggest is that misinter- pretation has been put upon our letter
 
 asking for another conference between him and the international officers on Tuesday. Should he not grant con- ference, there might be some grounds for reports of strike. But we can not tell what President Markham will do until Tuesday. We hope he will meet the international officers and that this controversy will yet be adjusted. Some of the men are getting restless and we have been urged by many locals to hurry. matters here. We are doing the best we can and believe it will not be necessary to call ou, the men. How ever, all of the messages to the vari- ous unions calling strike are already drawn and are put away in a safe place until we see whether st will become necessary to send them or tear them up." tA. sfr President Markham of the railroad was notified that the strike bulletins had been posted in Paducah, but that none had appeared in any of. the other shops. He declined to issue state ment. -sr ,s t ta' f.