Evening star., 1918-06-02
LABOR BOARD ACTS
IN W|REMEN'S CASE
Decision Reached Regarding
, 'TeIegraphers' Dispute;
Announce It Later.
HIT AT SCRANTON STRIKE
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RD the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 1.-After q dis
eussion lasting more than f1ve hours
The national war labor board reached
Q decision here tonight in the dispute
between the Western Union and Pos
tai Telegraph Companies and some of
their teiegraphers over tho right
claimed by the operators to Join the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union. but
withheld announcement Of the de-
cislon until tomorrow.
The board today sent q telegram
10 the leader of the street railway
employees on strike at Scranton. Pa,
demanding that the employees return
to work at once. and offering to arbi-
Srate their differences with their en-
. ployers and make an award. The
! board plans to go to Scranton tomor-
row.
The fact that the street railway
company of Scranton carries a great
many government employees to and
from work provides the reason for
the effort of the national war labor
board to put an end to the strike.
The national war labor board de-
cided today to send an examiner to
ths controversy involving the 5000
employees in the electrical and ma
chine shop departments Of the Bethle-
hem Steel Corporation who went on
strike about a month ago and later
returned to work on assurance from
ths board that their claims would be
Investigated.
Arbitration in Paper Industries.
1aIr
paper manufacturer. and T. NJ. Guer-
in. . member of the general execu-
tive board OF the United Brotherhood
Of Carpenters and Joiners of Ameri-
ca, were detailed by the board to offer
their services as a board of arbitra-
tion in the labor controversy between
the paper manufacturing Industries
and their employees.
Members Of the board have been
negotiating for several weeks in an
attempt to avert q nationwide strike
Of paper industry workers. but their
csssful. Today the entire war labor
board was asked to take the matter
up By representatives OF both sides
to the controversy, but Chairmen
Wnlism ii. Taft and Frank p. Walsh
did not see ft to do so. and instead
named Messrs. Crocker and Guerin
to make further efforts toward peace
8uJ adjustment.
May Tie Up Big Section.
ALBANY, N. 2, June street
railway service in all the cities and
towns adjoining Albany and Schenec-
tady will be tied up by . strike to-
morrow unless the United Traction
Co. and the Schenectady Railway Co.
grant the demand Of their employees
for increased wages.
The trolley mon struck In Schenec-
tady today. completely tying up the
operation Of local and interurban
lines.
Representative Of the employees of
the. United Traction Company formal
" notified company officials that q
strike would begin tomorrow follow
ing the refusal Of the company to
grant an increase Of 10 cents an hour.
A. general suspension of street rail-
way and interurbap traffic will inter-
fere materially with the progress Of
war contracts. Thousands of work.
men7t In Schenectady are employed in
the production Of munitions and
machinery needed by the government;
ene OF the big United States arsenals
10 toAted in Watervliet, and a ma
1ortfy Of the manufacturing plants in
Albany Cohoes and Troy are busy
Allfn4 government orders in connec-
tton; with the war.