Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-05
CONFERENCE CALLED
BY PRESIDENT OF
UNION ON MONDAY
Has Left Chicago for City,
Strike Apparently Is at an
End Here Cox Succeeds
Vice President Nelson

According to press dispatches from
Chicago, E. H. Fitzgerald, grand
president of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Clerks, left, Chicago Friday for
Atlanta to investigate the various
roads, which he has declared as il
legal in various kilograms this week,
thus contradicting the position of J.
w. Nelson, vice grand president. Of
the organization, who has upheld the
clerks as grand lodge. officer in
charge here.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, who is reported as
having notified all general chairmen
of the brotherhoods in the southeast
to urge striking clerks to return to
work, has called a general meeting
of the union officials for next Mon
day in Atlanta. j. c. Cox, of Ports
mouth. Va, a director of the national
charge of the situation, replacing
Vice President Nelson, according to
dispatches. .. ........
Mr.. Cox, it is stated at union head
quarters, after spending several days
in Atlanta this week attending a
meeting of the advisory board of the
Seaboard Air Line brotherhood, has
returned to Portsmouth, At the
meeting mentioned an embargo plac-
ed some time ago by Seaboard clerks
against shipments from the Central
of Georgia road was lifted.
The case of the clerks brotherhood.
which represents 100000 employees
throughout the country, was repre-
sented to the railway labor board in
Chicago this week. Mr.. Fitzgerald is
quoted as stating.
In Atlanta, clerks of only two
roads Of the seven once involved are
still out. A majority of Southern
railway employees have not returned,
although their jobs are open and
number of the men began to re-
sumo their posts Thursday and Fri
day. The Central of Georgia has
practically rebuilt it's clerical force
since the strike began on that line
nearly three weeks ago. A number
of old clerks have returned and the
management has expressed the inten-
ton of taking care of as many more
as possible. A considerable number
of places have been filled perma-
nently, however.
Every clerk who walked out was
back at work at the Atlanta joint
Terminals Friday, officials stated
The Terminals represent the Geor-
OIL 10
Point railroad and the Louisville and
Nashville railroad. The movement
of freight here and at the Central
is now proceeding normally. Marked
improvement was reported at the
Southern railroad, where carload
consignments only could he handled
several days ago. An increasingly
large volume of all classes Of freight
was being handled, it was said.
Another Of the various kilograms
from the grand president Of the
clerks brotherhood, declaring the
strike illegal, reached the general
managers office Of the Southern rail-
gan to arrive here early in the week,
but Vice Grand President Nelson, in
charge Of the situation for the clerks
has so far refused 10 admit their
authenticity. The message to the
Southern railroad follows:
II am sending the following tele-
gram to w. P. Allen. district chair
| man of the Southern railway broth
erhood: ..
"On account Of extraordinary con-
ditions 1 am appealing to you to in
sist on your membership at Atlanta
of Southern railway to return to
work. The strike in which they are
participating Is unauthorized and IL
| legal and is jeopardizing our case be-
| fore the railroad labor board and is
putting our organization in very
embarrassing position. Kindly do
your utmost to protect the integrity
of our organization and live up to
the terms of the national agree
| ment."
E. H. FITZGERALD,
| Grand President"
eff our men want to come back to
work we will be glad to have them"
| said w. w. Waites, superintendent
( of terminals at the Southern, Friday
morning. I'VE don't intend to hire
anybody else for a few days"
! Press dispatches from Fitzgerald,
Ga, and Tampa, Fla. Friday morn
ing stated that the sympathetic
strike in effect at these cities had
been called off and that the clerks