The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
WORKMEN AWAIT
ORDER TO STRIKE.
VIII n it Is Given. 35, 900
w ill Law Down
Their o Us.
CLIMAX REACHED:
u ECISIOM MAZE
Union Men Employed on Harr;.
man Lines Will Attempt to
Force Recognition of Fed
Grafton by Walkout, and
Only Hour Remains to
Be Fixed. :,

Chicago ILL.,, September 2s.-More
than $4,000 shopmen in the employment
OF the Hartman lines are awaiting
the word to strike. according to the
hve presidents of the international
unions to which most of the men be-
long These officials have not yet de-
| sided upon the hour at which to begin
struggle. according to these same
officers. which Will. to Il great. extent,
determine the future attitude Of tho
railways in dealings with their em-
ployes.
The shopmen will strike. they say,
not because OF any dissatisfaction with
wages or conditions of labor, but u
establish the newly organized feder-
alton of shop employees as means of
negotiating disputes between employ
ers and employees. The railroads re-
fuse to recognize the federation be-
cause they say 1t would be practically
, placing all operating affairs in the
hands of the federation and would turn
| railroad management into chaos.
Reaches Climax.
| The dispute reached climax to-day.
when Julius Kruttschnit,. vice-presi-
dent of the Hartman lines. reiterated
the determination of the roads not to
meet with the federation. ]. w. Kline,
president of the Internal onal Black
Gated this decision to other union
heads and then authorized statement
that strike would be called as soon
as the day and hour could be agreed
upon. Later 1t was said that of the
five union heads, Including the machin-
lists. hitherto the chief restraining
force, were agreed to call a strike
Saturday not later than noon.
Together with talk of an immediate
"a
of the reorganization of the Hartman
lines moving hr. kruttschnitt, by
whom all the railroads affairs have
been conducted, to New York. making
I. him "a member, Of the board of directors
and apparently extending his pow err.
| MIR. Kruttschnitt, In refusing 20
treat with the mel. denied they have
any grievance and intimated the unions
| had sought to devise measures to end
| harmonious relations.
( The reads, 1t is reported. are In good
shape to withstand a prolonged strike.
Untonists say they have been employ
ing men in all the centres CT popula-
ton for months and have long list
OF men ready to tate- their places. Dis
f; patches from the shops in California
state that most OF the big railroad
shops are Enclosed by fences that will
serve as stockades and insure protec-
ton to laborers.
| Action Is indicated.
! Possible action of the railroads Is
said to be indicated by the Iliinoia
Centrals action at Memphis. Tenn,
yesterday in obtaining a Federal In.
f; Junction restraining striking CLERKS
from interfering with interstate com
/ merce through picketing Or other
means.
Five unions will be affected directly
by strike order-the international
Machintsts, the Blacksmiths and Help
I, ers, the Dailermakers. the Sheet Metal
Workers and Carmen. In addition,
/ four allied trades the steam filters.
painters. copper and brass workers and
clerks. may go out All of these unions
alternative of not getting recognition
of the federation.
The strike vote was taken some
| months ago. but action was delayed.
owing to the refusal of the machinists
to lend their strength to the strike.
This objection was removed In Daven-
port. Iowa. this week. when the ma.
chnists in convention voted to place
all power TO act in the hands of their
, international officers.
! The situation Is made more compii-
Gated by labor struggles already in
existence. Through the South clerks
, and freight handlers, although not di-
rectly concerned in the federation
fight, have been out for a week. The
Missouri Kansas and Texas car men
are engaged with a struggle In the
shops of the Southwest The New
Orleans Brotherhood of Railway
Freight Handlers of the Illinois Cen.
trail and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
Railroads quit work at noon to-day.
| The firemen OF the Georgia and Flor
ida road added further confusion with
an ultimatum that they would strike
in twenty-four hours unless certain
wage and union conditions were
agreed upon.
Union officials Confer.
Union officials spent the day in con.
suitation over the telephone. and 1t
was by this means the strike decision
was reached. Presidents Kline, OF the
blacksmiths, and NJ. O'Sullivnn, of the
sheet metal workers, were here; Presi.
ident O'Connell, of the machinists, was
in davenport; n. f. Ryan. head Of the
carmen. and ]. a. Franklin. president
OF the boilermakers. were In Kansas
City.
Each OF these. according to the
statement of one of them. will notify
I the members of his own trade as soon
as the day and hour for he walkout
are agreed upon. The men then VIII
be notified of the hour and the strike
! will begin at that time automatically.
Changes Are Announced
New York. September 28.--Tha
changes in the operating organization
of the Union Pacific and the Southern
Pacific systems recommended by Judge
r. s. Lovett. chairman OF the executive
committee. details of which he has
been working out with the committee
and the higher officers OF the company
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