The Washington times., 1920-04-19
RAIL OUTLAWS
DENIED APPEAL
Men Who Quit Jobs Have No
Right to Argue Demands,
Labor Board Rules.

| All terms of the railroad law. un-
der which the Railroad Labor Board
Is created, must be complied with by
\ organizations of railroad employees
before grievances can be brought be-
fore the board, 1t was announced to-
day by the board in formal state
ment ...s- q. sl.ss-
The ruling Of the board was nisde
when So McDougall. of1f,e ST Louis
w. Union, snd Edward Nc
~ York. appeared as rep
Of the, ''outlaw" strikers
Mediate wage increases.
fhe law provides that every re-
Isource of negotiation between the
railroads and their employees must be
exhausted before grievances and diff
ferences can be filed before the board.
The statement of the board, which
was read to the representatives of
the OUTLAW strikers. was interpreted
| by w. N. Doak, representing the
Brotherhood of Railway Traiamen, as
| refusal to recognize or to parley
with the strikers who have recently
tied up freight terminals in the
large cities of the country.
strikers Have No Standing.
| Doak, in an informal statement in
connection with the statement of the
board, said that the strikers, repre-
sented by McDougall and McHugh, are
no longer employees of the railroads.
and have no standing before the
board. or any grievances that they
| can present.
"All men who have failed to return
| to work are no longer employed by
the carriers" he said. Consequently.
they cannot have any complaint to
present here as employees"
CONGRESSMAN Eagan of New Jersey
requested the board to hear McHugh.
Chairman Barton refused to recog-
nized McHugh and also James Eu-
banks, of st. Louis.
"This means the men will stay out
and the port of New York will be
tied up" said McHugh. ave have
been steam rollered, and we will let
the men know the brotherhoods did
it"
Says situation Is Easier.
| Warren S. Stone. of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, and
L. L. Sheppard, Of the Brotherhood
Of Railroad Conductors, also appear
ed at the offices of the board. They
stated they had been summoned to
give testimony concerning the wage
demands the brotherhoods have pre-
sented.
"The situation arising from the
strikes is greatly improved" Stone
declared. Things look much bright
| er."
Predicts General Strike.
"The men are still out, and 100
per cent of them are out" declared
McHugh. 1--WE are going to ask for
granting of substantial increase
Immediately, and IL we are not given
the increase, there will be a general
strike on the railroads. We are not
going back until we get an increase.
1--WE are not on strike. We simply Quit
our Jobs" said Mr.. Lee. land no one
else can expel us from the brother
| hoods. We don't want recognition: I:
we are still members of the brother
hoods and intend to remain so. We
have formed an organization known
as the Railroad Workers. to look
| after our interests; but we Will still
hold our membership In the brother
hoods. / wish Mr.. Palmer would come
before a meeting of the railroad
workers and make his charges that
the Reds are back of the present
strike"
McHuR said his committee repre-
sented strikers in New York, Phils-
delphia, Boston. Baltimore and other
Eastern points.
| Timothy Shea OF the Brotherhood
Of Firemen, and w. N. Doak, OF the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
also appeared at the offices of the
board. The brotherhood leaders and
the strikers committee waited in one
room, but gathered themselves in
| separate corners
Everything is going along hne,"
| Timothy Shea said.
"Aw, don't let him hand you that
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