The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-10-21
TWO MILLION men TO
GO ON A RAIL STRIKE
Greatest Traffic Tieup Ever
Known If Men Stick
To Purpose.

CnicagO, Oct. lb."Tne railroads
will be able to continue operation de-
spite the nation wide strike called by
sixteen railroad labor organizations,
in the opinion of Samuel M. FELTON,,
president of the Chicago Great West
ern, one of the principal roads includ-
ed in the first group on which the
rail employees will walk out October
80.
Chicago, Oct. 1S.-More than 5OO,-
900 American railroad men were or
dered today to initiate a strike Octo-
Der 80, while other unions, whose
membership brings the total to about
1000. 90, announced unofficiaily that
they were preparing tonight to fol-
low suit and make the walkout gen.
eral on the same date.
Under this programme the tie-up
would be complete, according to union
predictions, by November 2.
The hour was fixed for O'Clock
the morning OF October so. except
= for one Texas line. whose trainmen
were authorized to go out October
%.
The railroads listed in the first
group on which the strike is to be-
come effective touch forty-two of the
forty-eight States and have track
age of $4,000 miles outSof the total
United States trackage of approx
mately 100000.
The New England States comprise
the group that virtually is untouched
in the first walkout.
Oldest Unions Back Strike.
The strike orders were issued to
the Big Five Brotherhoods, oldest
and most powerful of the railway
unions, and they specifically included
mail trains in the walkout.
Their provisions instructed strik-
ers to keep away from railrcId prop
erty and warned them that violence
of any nature will not be tolerated
by the ORGANIZATIONS.
The strike was announced fellow
ing an overwhelming vote, said to be
upwards Of ~ per cent favoring a
strike because of IL per cent wage
reduction authorized by the United
States Railroad Labor Board as of
5uly and after it hal been declared
/ hy the Assncia;iun of Railway Exocu-
/ tives in session here ye 'terdAy that
/ further reduction won: DE sought by
I the railroads 1t was said that the
strike dec1 = MAS MADE before the
announcement o. this further int,nd-
ed cut. .'rlnted instru'.i' rs as TO
conduct # the strike. issued in Chi
cago. were dated Friday, October IA.
Seriousness Is Emphasized
81 fear it will be one Of the most
serious strikes in American transport
tation history" said w. G. Lee.
president of the Railroad Trainmen,
who. during recent weeks. has sent
circulars to his men warning them
of the critical nature of the steps they
contemplated.
The country was divided into four
groups, in which the men were au-
thorized to walk out progressively.
one group very twenty-four hours.
The names of the groups were not
made public, but unofficially the
identity of roads in the first group to
go was learned, subject to changes,
which union officials said would be
few.
This first group included some of
the country's greatest rail systems,
from coast to coast and from Canada
to the gulf. These were:
Chicago & Northwestern Texas &
Pacific; Kansas City Southern; Penn
sylvania; Missouri Pacific; Interna-
tional G. Great Northern; Sou FERN
Pacificffi Atlantic & Pacific lines;
Southern ailway; Louisville & Nash
Vile; st. Louis Southwestern (wheth-
er Texas lines included not stated);
chicago, MllWduhcc * %. ""i NAihS'
east and vest; Northern Pacific;
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Sea-
board Air Line; Erie; Chicago Great
Western and Virginian.
Unions Which issued Call.
The unions issuing the strike call
today were:
Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men; Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Einginemen; Order of
Railway Conductors; Brotherhood of
locomotive Engineers; Switehmen's
Union of North America.
The eleven other organizations,
whose chiefs have been in session
here and who said unofficially that
they win join the strike are:
Sheet Metal WorkersL Interna-
tional Alliance; International Assoc
citation of Machinists; Brotherhood Of
Railway and Steamship Clerks,
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