The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-09-01
Leaders Issue Order Effective
I a. m. Labor Day.
Law OBSERVANCE DEMANDED
Brotherhood Leaders Hold Secret
Conference With President - In.
structions Allow No Exemptions
for Troop or Milk Trains.

Washington, Aug. 29-The follow
ing strike order effective at a. IN.
Sept. 4, became known here following
secret conference between President
Wilson and leaders of the employees:
Sirs and Brothers: This is to ad-
wise that the vote of the employees in
train and engine service on the eight
hour day and time and one-half propo-
sition was overwhelmingly in favor OF
q strike.
Notwithstanding this, your repre-
sentatives have been unable to effect
a satisfactory settlement, and a strike
under the laws of the respective or
ganizations becomes effective on Sept.
4, 1916, at Z a. m.
lmpart this information so those in
terested will understand that they are
to promptly obey.
No man in road service involved in
the strike win perform any service
after the hour set to strike, unless he
has already begun trip and has
actually left the terminal If the train
has left the terminal he will complete
the trip and deliver the engine and
train at the end of the run, or tie-up
point IL tied up under the law, after
which he will perform no further serv-
ice until the close of the strike. Men
in other than road service will leave
the service at the appointed time.
No Exemptions for Mail Trains.
So far as your legal right to strike
is concerned, there is no difference be-
tween mail train and freight train.
You have identically the same right to
refuse to perform service on a mail
train as you have to refuse to perform
service on a freight train.
All men ON strike will keep away
from the company's property. exsept
such men as are designated certain
duties to be performed by the author.
ity of the organization.
Every man should understand that
the laws of the land must be obeyed
Acts of violence OF any nature will not
be tolerated by the organizations
A/VSAy ShA'N "Ao nI0NO W hCOP LAo
call at the White House secret. The
union heads returned to their hotels
singly and by separate routes After
passing out the word that they would
meet the committee of twenty-four
again to discuss the proposal, they
went to their rooms.
News that copies of the strike order
s,1< <1,~ !, %l,o
dents occasioned no surprise among
the brotherhoods. More than five
thousand copies of the order, it was
learned, We're mailed out of Washing
ton.
Labor day was agreed upon as the
time for the tentative strike order to
become operative, 1t developed, after
careful consideration of several dates.
1t finally was chosen because of the
belief that demonstration by the
100000 or more union men who will
march in Labor day parades in behalf
of the brotherhoods would have the
effect of winning much public support
for the strikers.
Although the strike order is for Z
a. m. next Monday, all lines affected
probably will not be tied up before
some time tina, night if the order is re-
leased.
Every member of the brotherhood,
an employe on a passenger,
freight or mail train is subject to the
strike order. Brotherhood heads in
timated last week that supply trains
running to the Mexican border, soma
passenger trains and possibly some
milk trains would be exempted. Now
they declare that all trains will be
tied up.
1--WE hope to tie up all freight and
passenger trains." one Of the leaders
said.