Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-06-25
PRESIDENT ASKS
RAIL PAY AWARD
Urges Board to Make Prompt
Ruling to Halt Strikes.
noRE WRLKoUTs REPORTED
Brotherhood Chiefs Put Blame for
Trouble on the Board for It's Al
legged Delay in Making
Report.

Washington, June 24.-President
Wilson sent a message to the railroad
labor board at Chicago urging that it
make an Immediate award in the wage
controversy The text Of the message
was not made public at the White
House.
Announcement of the presidents ac-
ton was made after w. W. Doak. vice
president Of the trainmen's brother
hood, had called at the White House
and conferred with Secretary Tu-
muIty.
Mr.. Doalx in statement issued after
the conference with Mr.. TumuIty and
with Secretary Payne, head of the
railroad brotherhoods, hoped there
would be settlement of the wage
question this week and that if not
probably the situation win be much
worse than at present"
Appeals have gone up from all
parts of the country TO the labor
buard," said Mr.. Doak, "and we de-
sire the public to know that this much
heralded and advocated method of adj
justing questions of this character ac-
cording to the present indications is
rank and hopeless failure
@The chiefs of the brotherhoods,"
MIR. Doak's statement continued, "are
considering means to assist in every
manner 10 start the wheels Of trans
pertation, but know full well that
these men must first be given substan-
tial increases in pay before such can
be accomplished.
Railroad Board Responsible"
THE board has no reasonable or
legitimate excuse In not granting sub
stantial increases IN wages TO rail-
road employees and there can he no
ESCAPE from the responsibility and the
ucited States railroad board now sit
ting in Chicago is wholly responsible
for the present bad situation.
THE railroad labor organizations
desire the public to know the truth
and to fix the responsibility where II
rightfully and justly belongs. We
have done everything reasonable to
keep transportation moving. our men
have waited for year without relief
and have worked nj wages on which
they could not maintain their families.
We have appraised everyone. congress.
the public the press and the United
States railroad labor board, that these
men could not be expected to continue
in the employ of the railroads, under
such conditions, vet no relief has Keen
Afforded them, so they are now leav-
ing the service of the railroads"
Reports to labor headquarters here
indicated no Improvement in the situs,
ation and pointed to increased unrest
among the men.
Labor leaders said that since the be
ginning Of the unauthorized strikes
10000 men had been dismissed from
the unions, but chat the feeling was
growing that to continue discIplining
the men was imnractieable,
Boaad Gives Out Statement.
Chicago June 24.--The boards pub
lcity department declared that The de-
lay in reaching decision mad nothing
to do with the present railroad strikes
and that the board believed the strikes
would continue even after the wage
case is settled
The strikes Il was said are prompt
ed by an internal fight for control Of
the railway unions and not primarily
by dissatisfaction with wages. The
wage question has been injected II
was intimatea 70 deceive the public.
Officials Of the Is railroad unions
are 10 meet in Chicago Friday for con
sultatlon Friday night mass meet
ing will he held by the Chicago Yard.
mems association and The United En-
ginemen's association the two striking
unions to lay their case before the pub
lie,
The strike spread TO Hannibal, Mo,
when 65 Burlington switehmen failed
to report for work. Al Savannah, H.,
so men walked ont