Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-07-02
WILSON CALLS
FOR RAIL AWARD
Asks Board at Chicago to Settle
Wage Question Forth
with.
STRIKE SPREADS FURTHER
Presidents Message Is Said to Urge
Prompt Ruling to Halt WaIkouts
Labor Chief Puts Blame
on the Board.

Chicago, June 26.-Railroad work
ers of the country were called upon by
their chiefs to remain at work pending
announcement of the wage award by
the United States railway labor board,
July 20. The statement was signed by
FL. P. Daugherty of the Brotherhood
of Engineers, Timothy Shea of the
Brotherhood Of Firemen and Engine
men, L. B. Shepard of the Order of
Conductors, w. G. Lee of the Brother
hood of Trainmen, and E. N. Heberling
of the Switchmen's union.
Washington, June 24.-President
Wilson sent message to the railroad
Tabor 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-
multy.
Mr.. Doak in a statement issued after
the conference with Mr.. Tumulty and
with Secretary Payne, head of the
railroad brotherhoods, hoped there
would be a settlement of the wage
question this week and that if not
probably the situation will be much
worse than at present"
Appeals have gone up from all
parts of the country to the labor
board" said Mr.. Doak, land we de-
sire the public to know that this much
feralded 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,"
Mr.. Doaks statement continued, ARE
considering means to assist in every
manner to start the wheels of trans
pOrtation, but know full well that
these men must first be given substan-
tial increases in pay before such can
he accomplished.
1.-THE board has no reasonable or
legitimate excuse in not granting sub
stantial increases in wages to rail-
road employees and there can be no
escape from the responsibility and the
United States railroad board now sit
ting in Chicago is wholly responsible
for the present bad situation.
1.-THE railroad labor organizations
desire the public to know the truth
and to fix the responsibility where it
hr1n
have done everything reasonable Ito
keep transportation moving; our men
have waited for a year without relief
and have worked at 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, yet no relief has been
afforded them, so they are now leav-
ing the service of the railroads"
Chicago, June 24.-The boards pub
LEFTY department declared that the de-
lay in reaching q decision had 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, 1t 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, it
was intimated, to deceive the public.