The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-29

hotel on foot to the executive mansion
and arrived shortly after Z o'clock.
while the President was at dinner.
Their conference with the President
was brief. He handed one copy of the
railroads counter proposal to A. g.
Garretson, spokesman for the en-
ployes, and said that he would not
discuss it in any way 1t is known,
however that the brotherhood men
gathered that he did not strongly APP
prove of 1t. Conversation about the
strike order followed and then the
brotherhood heads departed.
ALL EFFORTS FOR SECRECY
Every effort was made to keep the
call at the White House secret The
union heads returned to their hotel
singly and by separate routes. After
passing out the word that they would
meet the committee of "a tomorrow
morning to discuss the proposal they
went to their rooms, declining abso-
lutely to discuss their conference.
News that copies of the strike order
sent out yesterday was in the hands
of the railway presidents occasioned
no surprise among the brotherhoods.
After it became known yesterday that
they suspected three of their number
of acting as spies for the railroad
heads they said frankly that they ex-
pected the strike order soon would be
in their employers hands. More than
5000 copies of the order, it was learned
today, were mailed out of Washington
last night and each of the committee
of $40 also received a copy. Copies in
the hands of the executives are sup
posed to have been mailed back here
from nearby points.
There was one traitor among the II
disciples, one of the brotherhood heads
said, land our average appears to re
| higher than that"
LABOR DAY AGREED ON
Labor Day was agreed upon as the
time for the tentative strike order to be-
come operative, it developed today after
careful consideration of several dates.
1t finally was chosen because of the be-
lief that a demonstration by the 20o0,oO0
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. BY Labor Day, also, the strike
order will have been scattered to all
points on all divisions in the country.
The last of the delegates who left here
yesterday will have reached their homes
by next Friday night.
Although the strike order is for clock
Monday morning, all lines affected prob
ably would be tied UP before sometime
| that night if the order were released.
| Every member of the brotherhood.
whether an employe on passenger,
| freight or mail train, is subject to the
! strike order Brotherhood heads intl-
mated last week that supply trains run
| ming to the Mexican border, some pas
senger trains and possibly some milk
trains would be exempted Tonight they
declared that all trains would be tied
up.
LEADERS STATEMENT
| I'VE hope to tie up all freight and
passenger lines" one of the leaders said.
! The strike order is brief. 1t is addressed
to all members of the four brotherhoods.
| is signed by the various general chair
men and reads as follows:
| "Sirs and Brothers: This is to advise
that the vote of the employees in train
| and engine service on the eight-hour day
and time and one-half overtime PROPOSE
tion was overwhelmingly in favor of
| strike.
! notwithstanding this, your representa-
| tives have been unable to effect salts
| factory settlement and strike under tho
laws of the respective organizations be-
comes effective on September 4, 1916, at
Z a. m.
"Impart this information so those in
| ter ested will understand that they are to
| promptly obey"
On separate sheet the duties OF
members and officers in the conduct
| of a strike are set forth. Particular
emphasis is placed on conducting the
proposed strike as peacefully as pos
sible. Among the duties of members
set forth are these:
mo man in road service involved in
the strike will perform any service
after the hour set to strike. unless he
has already begun trip and has actu-
ally 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
| if tied up under the law, after which
he will perform no further service UNI
til the close of the strike. Men in
other than road service will leave the
service at the appointed time.
| 80 far as your legal right to strike
| is concerned. there is no difference be-
tween a 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 per-
form service on a freight train.
| "All men on strike will keep away
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