The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-13
THEIR PLAN WILL PUT
+ STRIKE IN EFFECT
GENERALLY IN WEEK
Southern, Chesapeake & Ohio
and Other Southern Lines in
Second Group It Is Proposed
to Call Out-Passenger ano
Food Trains Not to Be Dis.
turbed

Chicago. March f2.-Written
secret orders for strikes on thirty
eight OF the big railroad systems
in the United States, beginning Mt
) ". NJ. saturday. March II, were
shown TO II representative Of the
international News service today.
The strikes will be called un.
less the railroads grant immcdi-
atcly basic cight-hour day with
tcnliours pay at the conference to
be held next Thursday In New
York. This conference will be at
tended by chief officials OF the
big four railroad brotherhoods
and Il group OF railway officials.
VIII Wait No Longer.
Hallway union officials here de-
clared they will wait no longer for
Il decision by the United states
supreme court on the Adamson
cight-hour law.
Nothing win prevent the strike.
II is declared, not even injunc-
tions.
The roads which will he first
affected by the strike order arc:
Illinois Central, { h 1 c ag 0
Switching district eighteen rail-
roads,: Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific: Santa Fe; Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy; Chicago and
Alton: Chicago, Great Western;
New York Central: Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern; Michi-
gan Central: Chicago, Indiana
and southern: Lake Erie aud
Western: Pitt>burg and Lake
Erie; Indiana Harbor and Belt:
Big -Four: Nicklc Plate: Terminal
Of East ST Louis: Virgins
Ferry,
Each tNenty-four hours thereafte
inother group of roads will be stucI
lntil thirty eight of the largest trans
oortation systems in the country ar
led UP.
Consider No Compromise.
No compromise will be CONSIDERS
oy the brotherhood chiefs. When the
meet with the railway officials in Ne,
Y ork. the latter will be given the fes
owing ultimatum
We must have basic eight hou
lay with ten hours pay and pro rat
FOR overtime.
IF we have TO strike for our de
nands. there will he no settlement tina
loes not include time and II half 70
overtime
IF it does not become necessary 70
the hrotherhoods to call out NOR
than the first group of railroads, the
whatever agreement is made wit
them must govern every railroad Il
the country. If any road refuses +
grant the increase, then strike vii
be called among its employees"
w. G.. Lee. Warren s. Stone. W.
Carter and E. l.. Sheppard. chief ex
of the four brotherhoods
ook part today in Washington in tn
called by Samuel Com
,ers to outline the labor policy towari
var.
They will meet the general and 10
al chairmen of the Southewester
ines in that city tomorrow. The
sill then go to New York for tn
with the committee q
abroad officials, of which Elisha Lee
$ chairman.
Every brotherhood official in con
roi of a strike district Will be not!
led by telegraph Thursday Of tn
lction of the joint conference in New
ork. 4 secret code will make leak
m possible. It was said.
viii Strike at Once.
IL the railroad officials refuse &
Tie Nol1CSStottS doilAatdGu tttSt
he brotherhood officials viii carr,
,ut the strike plans without furthe
ielay.
Every detail necessary to the con
iuct of a gigantic strike was takei
Up In Cleveland last week. There
vas unanimously decided that il wa
ime for railroad employees to know
what they are to receive. in wage
Ind the only way to get the informa
ion was to present IN ultimatum ant
strike if the demands We're nj
granted
Representatives OF the four brother
hoods arrived in Chicago today Z
handle the strike IL called.
According 60 the plats OF the broth
srhood, II no settlement of the striki
,f the first group of i.res is effected
hen second group g III re e.sisssa ssu
March Is at p. NJ, This grouo IN
,ludes the Southeastern tinea. arnCni
which will be the Southern CheAa
oeake and Ohio. Norfolk and Western
and yirginian railways.
Twenty-four hours later the 0rea|
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