Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-20
AWARD WILL BE MADE
PUBLIC THIS MORNING
Railroad Labor Boards Deci-
sion Will Be Submitted
Referendums of Unions. !,
COPY OF DOCUMENT STOLEN
Thieves Enter Office and Secure
Duplicate Prepared for
Printers. 81
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CHICAGO. july l9-The Railway
Labor Board. created under the !ssch-
cummins transportation act, will
hand down tomorrow morning its
first award. increasing the pay of
virtually all the 100000 railroad
employees Of the country.
Tonight. on the eve OF the decision,
reports from reliable quarters indi-
Gated the award would average from
30 to 90 per cent OF the amour, asked
by the men, or between $500, 900
| and 5000, 100000 of the billion dollar
total they sought.
Judge Il, NJ. Barton. chairman of
the board. admitted that is not far
on" when shown the report The
board decided today. at the reGuest'
of newspapers, to announce its do-
cision at $40 o'clock instead of 10 a.
NJ, as at first planned.
brotherhood Chnirm.n Meet.
Whether an award on the basis re.
ported would be acceptable tc the
men. no union officer tonight was
prepared to say. Nearly 1000 broth
crhood chairmcn and executives held
an all-day session to discuss union
|
morning. when they will receive tho
boards report.
| Feeling OF ressimism was evident
when the union leaders met and pri-
vate!y they did not hesitate 20 de-
clare that general strike was
possibility. Tonight, however, it
was virtually certain that the union
chiefs themselves would not call
= hi,t
ton OF accepting or rejecting tho
boards award TO n referendum
The Labor Board began an investi-
cation today of the lootinE of its Of
fee last night, when some one broko
in and stole. among other things, a
copy of the award. Two copies had
been prepared, ono for the boards
| files and the other for the printer. 1t
was the former which was stolen.
Decision Covers Twenty Pages.
The printed decision covers twenty
pages. making about 5000 words in
all.
While an air of doubt hung over
the railroad situation here, it was
announced from philadelphia that ,he
Pennsylvania Railroad planned 10
Hcr cent reduction In the working
1
roads announcement said that in the
eastern region alone between 1i.COO
and 1900 workers would be laid off.
j. q. Rodgers. vice president of
the northwestern region OF the rail-
| way at Chicago said the reduction
| applied only 10 the eastern region,
but that reduction in this territory
was under consideration. He said.
4 GnI ~
laid off and the date when the order
would be effective had not been dc.
cided.
Southwest Not Afflicted.
From the office OF the Southwestern
region OF the railroads in ST Louis
1t was learned that no reduction in
WORKING force was contemplated
| thare.
The most closely watched confer-
ence of rail leaders today was that
! OF the big Five" group comprising
me brotherhoods OF railway en-
gneers. iiremen. conductors, trainmen
and switchmen. Representatives of
the six federated shop crafts including
the blacksmiths, boilcrmakers. car
penterS and electricians. also were in
session. while leaders of the main
tenancc mployees-clcrks. freight
fandlers and laborcrs met in several
conferences in downtown hotels.
There is nothing to be said vet,
! said Warren S. Stone. grand chief OF
the Brotherhood OF Locomotive En-
| Gineers. I'VE are here to receive rho
awards of the railroad wage board
tomorrow. None OF us knows what
the award will be. We arc talking
things over today"
| GRIND Council TO &c Called.
Immediately upon the announces.
ment or tho award tomorrow tho
grand council of the hrotherhoods viii
be called in the first session in moro
than year. Sixteen groups OF rail-
way workers will be represented and
they will act upon the award. section
by section.
How long the session will last Is
| rrohlcmatical, leaders said. At tho
general meeting OF union heads today.
at which Peter ki!dur. chairman OF
the engineers union on the Rock
Island system was elected chairman.
credentials OF all union rcprcsenta-
tivcs were carefully examined before
they were allowed to pass through a
closely guarded door. Secrecy
shroudcd the meeting and newspaper
men were not permitted TO attend.
iicbcrlinE In Outsp0kcn.
The only union leader here who was
outspoken concerning the situation
was $, T.. Heborling. president OF tho
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