Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-09-10
|C, B. EMPLOYEES VOTE FOR STRIKE Unless J. K Tillman Is Re instated Operatives Will
 Quit
WILL MEET EVERMAN
Committees Representing Meh s.ca'e Tonight for St. Louis to Make Final EHort to Settle
 Controversy,

According tD lntorma dUn ItctlNtd in Pine Bluff last night frpm polnjS on the Cotton Belt s>a5oi5 ii Afk&n- sas. Missouri and Texas, the strike voting which has been in pfogf' $ l T the past week by the Broth afho@ "l Railroad Trainmen, Order of hall- road Conductors, iaotherhood cl R,il,oad t'iremen and RrotherhOod of Locomotive Firemen and f.n@lAe- men, is almost solid in fa'"r of . etrike unless the Cotton Bet fe-Ei- states J. R. Tiliman, as conductor and pays him for time lost,
 The vote will be compiled today and members of the federated com mittee will leave tonigh' for &5. Lea where they will on Saturday .norni 7 at to o'clock give the ies1't nt the vote to Vice President John W. Ever man of the Cotton Belt, VII ! Aas oe0n appointed by President r. II. l'rlt- to 10 act for the road.
 Every step will be taken by the con- mittee to avoid a strike and the matter will be placed hasore t2e 9f- fieials, urging them to do at Ii! thelr power to avert a strike. They Will remain in conference with the of1lc- ials as long as there will be any hope for an amicable sttlement. II this cannot be accomplished the men will be ordered off and the srikt course pursued.
 The federated committee will be as sisted by officers of the grand lodge 1 The grand lodge officers who will ai tend the meeting are. V. C. TnrEe" vice president o. R. C.; E. CarriGa l assistant grand chief B. l.. E.: E. \ Ball, vice president, B. of l.. F. an' E.; John Ramon. vice president P of R. T. The federated committee i | composed of F. P. Bridges, B. l.. E Pine Bluff; C. J. Can't, B. R. T., Pin Bluff; C. c. Wilkes, general chair"lal C. R. C., Tyler, Texas; w. B. Sharr general chairman, B. l.. E., Com merce, Texas; J. T. Barker, B. R. T ! TeXarkana.
 Men Would Avoid Strike.
 meeting of the four LGi"3s wa held here last night anl final in structions were given 9 members ( the committee. Accorlirg jo tn 1 pest lllOl Ildellollf lCCCNIi " 'i local committee about go per cent o the members of the B. R. T. in tn Arkansas and Missouri division vote for the strike. while only siX vote were cast against a strike by tn engineers ir the Texas division. Re ports from all over the road irGl cate that the strike carried amos solid. ssi
 "We regret. sincerely that wo ar forced; to take this. action" said c. :, Grant,, local member of tn } federal ? board, last night. "We have given thi case nineteen, straight days considera tion and know that we are right. A the hearing in St. Louis two, week ago every witness brought before th officials was their own witness. sTh evidence was so much in our favo that we did not put a witness on ia stand, however, we had a numbe there who. were ready to testify.
 should the strike course have j. be, pursued it Nwould not only 9pl to employees on the. Cotton Belt, bu would effect every road that woul i attempt to handle the Cotton Bel business" continued Mr. Can't. 'w have the right to take them off an' if nothing else remains to be don this will follow"
 "We proved our case to the official | beyond question: of doubt. We .wl | do it again if necessary and giv the company every chance to pro duce any new evidence they ma, have gathered. We have at least 10 affidavits from. employees and 'passen gers who were on the train which Mir Tillman, in an alleged intoxicated con | dition, brought into oJnesboro. Al of these who made affidavits were thrown directly in connection witt Mir. Tillman; and should know hi. true condition" Mir. Can't said that before the mer were ordered of Or before strike would be called, every; method tC amicably settle the dispute would bt employed. Should they be unable tt come to satisfactory agreement the strike will follow, he said.