Evening journal., 1921-10-19
THINK PENNSY
MEN WON'TQU
Employers Believe En-
ployes Will Guard Senior
ity and Pensions
PERSONNEL is
OF HIGH TYPE

Inc nrSt Iorty-elgnt nOurS OF the
threatened railway strike will deter
mine whether or not the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad system will be af-
fected by It. Indications are that
the strike will not touch it.
This is the opinion among railroad
men who have given deep thought
to the situation in its manifold as
poets. To reinforce this view comes
the impending issuance of an ulti-
matum by the railroads, which will
warn employees that all leaving their
posts will forfeit their seniority and
pension privileges-in many in
stances the result of years Of toll.
The high type Of employe on the
Pennsylvania lines, in most cases a
man Of long service with the road, is
pointed to by railroad officials as the
deciding factor Their reliance upon
his soundeness of judgment, coupled
with the full knowledge of what will
happen II he decides to quit. makes
them assured in their belief that the
men of the Pennsylvania system will
not go out at A. NJ. November 5,
the hour set by strike orders now
being mailed to members OF the
brotherhoods Of locomotive firemen
ard engineers.
A further development today was
the probability that the conductors
Of the Pennsylvania system east OF
Pittsburg may not join in the
threatened walkout. The manner
in which the outlaw strike" of
April and June, 1920. was suppress
ed has sunk deep into the minds OF
many of the trainmen, and been
communicated to their fellowwork-
ers, the conductors.
The trainmen, unless some unfor-
seen circumstance arises, will not go
out on the Pennsylvania lines east of
Pittsburgh, according to c. z. Mus
ser, general chairman Of their Or
ganization.
Existing conditions on the Penn
sylvania reveal that the riff already
existing between the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor and the Big Four
brotherhoods has been added TO by
the apparent split between the en-
gineers and firemen on he one hand
and the trainnen and conductors OIL
the other.
Among the men themselves, Il was
pointed out, that the victory Of the
railroad in the "outlaw strike
could not have been without some
influence on the engineers and fire-
men, who were not concerned in H.
but we're acute observers OF It's
phases.
mo man likes TO contemplate los
ing his seniority" said one railway
man yesterday. Seniority is a pre-
lcious thing. II often means whether
or not a man has a job. With som'
roads Il may be different, but with
the Pennsylvania system, where the
men have been long in its employ
and efforts are constantly beine
made to arbitrate questions in a sat
lisfactory manner to all sides, a mar
will think twice before he viii
strike"
/ nat NAt oAAfhAG WAAAh
the officials OF the Pennsylvania in
dicates that some sort OF ultimatun
will shortly be forthcoming was ad
mitted by ono official, who remark
er, you wouldn't expect us not Il
caution our men, would you?"
The importanc attached to thu
first forty-eight hours OF the strik'
by union officials is due to the fac
that when strike is called gen
orally the early shift OF men fail L
report for work in accordance will
their strike Instructions. Instead o
leaving. however. they stay aroun'
their roundhouse OF shop to see wha
the later shift Is going 10 do. n tn
!. later shift comes on, and goes 4
! work instead. invariably tho orig
inal strikers are back at work tn
following day. In cases like this
the railroad management usual
, overlooks their "one-day vacation.
THE Pennsylvania Railroad is al
Z ways prepared" said one officia
2 ''The scope OF its preparations is no
altogether known, but among II
e emergency assets are its pensione
employees and its long extra lists o
\ spssmodic workers. who would b
I glad OF permanent employment
T Added to these is the usual shift 0
{ clerical forces TO active duty In tim
- OF strike. and the mobilization O
. college student volunteers. with tn
possibility OF government aid in be
half OF the mails"