Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-29
STRIKE VOTE FAvORs ACTION
Unless Road Grants Concessions Board
Will Call II.
PARK CoNFERRING WITH MEN
Recognition Of Federation Will Be
Insisted Upon.
HEADS OF UNIONS START WEST
FIVE International Presidents of Rail-
way Employer Bodies Leave Kan-
sas city 60 Confer with
Kruttschnitt.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2s.-whether thousands
of shopmen employed by the Illinois Gem
eral railroad will strike remain at work
will be forecasted, II is said, by the out
come of a conference scheduled TO be held
late today between the railroad officials
and a committee representing the feder-
ated shop employees.
President McCleary and a committee rep
resenting the employees organization ar
rived in the city and prepared to hold
series OF conferences with Vice President
Park and General Manager Foley OF the
Illinois Central.
The labor leaders say they viii insist
that the railr Dads recognize the recently or
Ranized federated body of shopmen. which
includes every craft in the mechanical de-
partment.
The railroad officials have been dealing
with the individual unions and do not
desire to change this method OF confer
ence.
Men Are United.
At the recent vote of the shopmen on
the question it is said that 80 per cent of
the workmen went on record as being in
favor Of demanding that the railroad rec
ognize the federated body. The result of
this vote will be presented to the railroad
Officials at the conferences to be held.
President McCleary was accompanied by
representatives OF the different crafts in
volved in the labor controversy. The labor
men opened headquarters In a south side
hotel and conferred at length relative to
the demands of the shopmen. Arrange
Inents we're completed to submit their side
of the dispute to the railroad officials.
President McCleAry later conferred with
several Chicago labor leaders.
General Manager Foley OF the Illinois
Central railroad today said:
Il have not heard from the representa-
tives of our shopmen, but l am informed
they were in the city and will call on the
officials Of the railroad later.
There are no new developments in tho
situation thus far and l do not expect
any until after we have conferred with the
representatives Of the union"
Empowered to Call strike.
President McCleary Of the Federation OF
Railroad Employees of the Illinois Central
railroad said:
I'VE have just come from Paducah, KY,
where a strike vote was taken. While
will not give out the figures as the vote
is a secret ballot, l will say that 1t was
satisfactory to all concerned and our visit
to Chicago to demand conference with
the railroad officials is the result. We
have as members of our executive commit
tee three grand lodge officers, and by vir-
tue of this we are empowered to call a
strike should no agreement be reached in
our conference with the Illinois Central
officials"
w. j. Kramer, general secretary and
treasurer of the International brotherhood
of Blacksmiths and Helpers, disagreed
with President McC1ear% on the right OF
the executive board to order strike with
out the sanction of all the international
presidents.
"If Vice President Park and other Off
cials of the railroad refuse to recognize
the federal body the International presi-
dents Of the different trades involved will
make a final appeal for a settlement be-
fore a strike is called" said Mr.. Kramer.
Heads of Unions start West.
KANSAS CITY. Mo, Aug. @.-rho nve
international presidents Of the railway
unions involved In the difficulties with the
Hartman lines will meet Julius kruttseh-
nitt In San Francisco Friday and en- ,
deavor to reach an agreement There VIII
be no conference in Kansas City.
J. A. Franklin, president OF the Boiler
makers, and NJ r. Ryan, president Of the
Carmen. will leave for the west tonight.
They will be Joined by the other pres-
dents tonight Mr. Kruttschnitt will be re-
quested 10 instruct the officers of the vsr-
ous roads TO treat with a federated COM
mittee from each line. The demands will
be the same as those already granted by
many OF the eastern roads.
Local Lenders Avoid KruttHchnttt.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2s-President e.
L. Reugn OF the Federation OF Shop EN-
ployes OF the Hartman lines, said today
that all negotiations with julius krutt-
schnitt, the genera manager Of these
lines now in the city have been passtd
up TO the officers Of the international
unions, who are expected 10 arrive here
tomorrow.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Kruttschnitt has said
that ne would treat with the individual
unions ReuE said that he would not
complcate tNs situation by calling Of
f.c.a4ly on Mr.. Kruttschnitt at this time.
The international Union officers Of the five