The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-03-14
l.500 ATLANTA
CLERKS STRIKE
Entire Force of Every Rail.
road Entering City Walks
Out-SeCret Decision.
FREIGHT AT STANDSTILL
Passenger Traffic Crippled.
Move in Sympathy With
N. G. & St. L. Clerks.

Atlanta, Ga, March 14.-sFifteen
hundred railroad clerks, comprising
the entire clerical force of every rail-
road entering Atlanta walked out az
10 O'Clock this morning in sympathy
with the striking railway clerks OF
the Nashville. Chattanooga & St.
Louis, Tennessee Centrak and Bir-
mingham Northwestern railroads.
The decision TO strike was reached
at secret meeting of the executive
boards of the men early this morn
ing.
The tie-up is general. All freight
traffic is at standstill and passen-
ger traffic greatly crippled.
The striking men include all gen.
eral office clerks, local freight and
passenger offices. yard offices, train
clerks, yard clarlJs seat clerks, bag
gage clerks and ticket sellers.
The walkout, which was timed for
1c O'Clock, came after an all night
session of the local clerks, at which
it had been decided finally to await
orders from officials of the Brother
hood Of Railway Clerks, engaged in
the conference at Nashville.
H. Railroad. .ofieiask ,dseliness to- state
tearly in the day @Mbh II steps would
fte taken to keep business moving
without the clerical forces.
Conference Arranged.
Nashville, March 14.-Harry c. dc
Grey, regional deputy Of the Brother
90 p;1 Al
Murray. member of the grand exc
cutive board, have arranged a joint
conference between themselves and
representatives of the division of la
Dor of the United States railway ad-
ministration, and c. L. Jackson, gen.
eral chairman of the striking clerk )
on the Nashville Chattanooga & st.
Louis railway, and indications point
to an early adjustment of differences.
Mr.. De Grey considers that the mes
sage of Director General w. d. Hines
opens the way for such adjustment
and that whatever limitations may
have been thrown about methods for
bringing grievances before adjust
ment board No. heretofore, that
Mr.. Hines message is clearly an in
vitation to the clerks to present their
case 20 board No. 8.
Answers Hines.
Nashville, March 14:-Q. n. So
c. F. Jackson, chairman of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, gave
out the following interview in ans
wer TO Director General Walker D.
Hines, today:
Il am representing the clerks in
~
intimation from Mr.. Hines or from
any member of his board as to his
or his boards attitude in the present
controversy
THE only course we could follow,
and the only avenue open to us in
the present case" said Mr.. Jack
son. I'VE have taken. We appealed to
the man who appointed the federal
auditor and the man to whom he was
responsible.
"Mr. Mapother. federal manager, is
lending himself to an effort to break
Gown organized labor by upholdinG
a man who has openly avowed his
purpose to break down the organl-
cation of clerks.
MIR. Mapother told us when we
went to him that it didn't make any
difference what evidence we are able
to present as showing Mr.. Ottar-
sons attitude and purpose. that he
wouldn't dismiss him, and empha-
sized that purpose by saying My
hat is in the ring with him.
"That was an absolute estopment
to any further negotiations with him
regarding the clerks"
h9iru fnntInl1pH
here with on developments as yet.