New-York tribune., 1919-08-28
Stone W arms
Strikers L. s.
May Man Lines
Orders Western Engineers to
ESeturn 10 Jobs Or Face
Expulsion: Irainnlen Are
Told TO Fulfill Contracts

Los ANGELES, Cal. Aug. 27.-"Un-
less there is a decided Improvement,
the government Will take steps to
operate tho lines said statement
concerning the railroad strkc received
from Warren :. Stcne. chief of the
locomotive engineers, and made public
here tonight
Mr.. Stonc's statement. addressed to
the engineers, follows:
Effective AZ once. Inform all mcm-
bers of division that strike is illegal
from start to finish. AL members Of
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi.
rseFa viii be required to abide by the
laws of the organization and carry out
The contracts made III good faith both
by the individual roads and the Fed
eral government. Failing to do so
they will be expelled inside Of twenty
four hours. Unless there is decided
III. 9rovement the government will take
steps to operate the roads. You all
know what this will mean. Impress on
every one the necessity of using sober
thought and exercising common sense
and not be carried away by q wave Of
mob law"
Erainmen Ordered Back
In addition to M. Stones statement
the following statement, signed by W.
G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood
of Railway Irainmen, was posted by
local officers Of thc brotherhood to-
night.
"Advise al men of the brotherhood
that we will not engage III sympathetic
strike and tell our men that less than
two months ago 25S members of the
Brotherhood were expelled from the
organization at Winnipeg for s5mpa
thetic action, while many of them los
their positions. Our members must re.
turn to work and uphold their con.
tracts if they expect to retain mem.
hership and support OF this organiza-
ton
Brotherhood leaders went into ex-
ecutive session to consider the new
orders from Mr.. Stone and Mr.. Lee
They refused TO comment on the de
yelopments.
Engineers Plead Inability
NJ. f. Montgomery. vice president Of
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
glneers, who is in Los Angeles, said
late this afternoon that no order from
Stone would have any bearing on the
strike, as Stone had no authority over
any but the engineers. and they were
merely idle because without switchmen
and brakemen trains could not be made
! up. The striking members of the lat
ter organizations declare emphatically
that they will not return TO work until
the strike is settled in accordance with
their demands
indications tonight are that the
strike will spread to all Western ter
ritory. The Santa re Railroad is
stopped west of Albuquerque. the
Southern Pacific, " estern Pacific ane
Salt Lake at Ogden, nothing but loca
trains being run IN all this territory
u. S. Prepares to Act
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Directo1
Geperal Hines announced to-day tha
/ the chiefs OF the four railroad brother
hoods had sent "final' Instructions t.
the men cf their organizations partic
pating i'll railroad strikes on the Pacifi
coast TO return to work imm mediately.
"The chief executives of the foul
train and engine mems organizations
the Director General announced, "havc
sent final and unqualified instruction!
to-day to their men on strike on tn,
| Southern Pacific, Santa te Coast line:
and Salt Lake lines to return immedi
/ ately to work, and are confident tina
! the Instructions viii be complied with
"The railroad administration ha
/ thought it highly desirable to Civ
the organizations an adequate oppor
tunity to obtain control OF the situa
ton, but the government is takin;
/ the necessary steps to deal with tn
matter without the lapse of furthe
time unless this last effort of the chic
executives of the organizations speed
| lily proves successful"