East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Strike Committee for Unions
Are in Session Mapping Out
Plans for Their WalkOut.
OCTOBER 30 REPORTED TO
BE DAY SET FOR WALk0UT
Ten Roads Selected on Which
Strike Will be Effected First
Day; Other Units Follow. .

CHICAGO, Oct. 15.-(U. Pl--
Railroad union chiefs left Chicago
carrying secret orders to all union Of
ficals throughout the country, to be
sent tomorrow, it is understood, to
call for start of u general strike of
a million and half railroad workers
on October 80. The union heads de.
parted following a four hour confer
ence at the Masonic Temple of 500
general union chairmen. All heads
refused to make comment.
other significant moves came to-
day when Frank Warne, statisticiaii
of the railroad bortherhoods. charged
Daniel Willard, president of the Ball
timore 4 Ohio, with presenting sta
tstical fallacies" to the senate inter-
state commerce commission concern
ing the railroad earnings and operat-
ing expenses. President Harding
conferred with the public group of
the railroad labor board, The meet
ing is understood to have dealt with
the critical railroad situation.
President Harding called the public
ton and personally took them to the
office of the interstate commerce
commission for a conference. "Thc
purpose Of the meeting waa a broad
consideration OF the possibilities OF an
early railroad rate adjustment and of
wages, in the expectation that 1t
would contribute to Industrial re-
al hn In ,tsx,.x DE-.
issued at the white house 1t was an
nounced.
At the Chicago meeting, the coun-
try was divided into ten groups. The
strike will be first called in one Sec
tion, reported to be the New Enc.
land States, and then gradually pro-
gres1 across the country. Railroad
union chiefs believed the New Eng
land roads were In worse shape to
mecL the strike than the lines In any
other section, "The greatest strike
Of organized labor the world has ever
Iseen,' was the way one union leader
characterized the walkout The
union heads said their plans were all
laid for general action.
CHICAGO Oct. 15.--U. P.)--The
powerful railroad un. ons we're turned
down cold in their efforts to negotiate
with the employers, and must strike
or beck down. A strike seemed cer-
tain What else is there left 10 do?'
W. g. Lee, president of the Brother
hood OF Railroad Trainmen said in
reply to the question.
Confronted with the most serious
rebuff In the experience of ralroaA
unlonism, ths workers representa-
tives were in an angry mood. Lee
said. 81 cannot see how the railroads
can talk of another wage cut when we
have threatened to strike because of
the last one. Time for talking has
passed. The strike committee for tho
unions are already in session mapping
out their plans for walkout.
October 30 Is Day Set.
CHICAGO, Oct 15,-(A, P.)-Six-
teen railroad unions have voted for a
strike If the officers deem a walkout
advisable, c. j. Manlon, president OF
the Order of Railroad Telegraphers
announced. AT a melting at 9 o'clock
today the big four brotherhoods will
! submit plans to the ~ other unions.
October 80 10 reported to be the day
set for the strike.
The brotherhoods selected ten roads
on which the strike will be effective
the first day and strikes are to be or
dered on additional units of the ten
roads every As hours until the roads