The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1921-10-27
Strenuous Efforts Being Made to
Prevent the Threatened Rail-
way Strike.
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D. EDWARD W. PickARo.


at their threat 70 20 On strike on
October 30. H. walk-eut Will not b
ssossal. Mose. u not oil. q the eleven
uajeas aA1liatsA With The Dig i've"
brotheshoods viii refuse to 20 out
with the latter. TIE railway mana
gssa, With Tie aid a loyal employees,
psasioosrs and volunteers. will be
able to Owe The country at least linn
TIED service. Ths sympathy Of the
American public will not b with the
sts1kefA For all thess reasons, the
striks will b virtually failure.
Ssch was The prediction Of eomps-
tset and unbiased observers q the
critical situation Of last week.
spsrrsd By the administration to
quick and decisive action. the railway
labor board went to Chicago and
called the heads Of the brotherhoods
into eonfsrencs With II there. The
procssdinss were secret. and the
uaioa chisfs were given The sppoe.
tunity to talk frankly and freely. H.
fsrs leaving Warrington the "public
group" u the board Consulted at
lsogth with President Harding and
With ths members OF the interstate
commerce comma, n. and II Was siv.
- out that the pulley sanctioned BY
tAs administrator included thess main
points:
!. Immsdiats suspension Of the
strike order pending further negotia.
tons looking TO . settlement.
2. Use Of the brotherhoods' infu.
soce to foeeotsll strike orders BY any
Of the other labor orEanisations now
eoosidesins q walkout.
4 Proposal Of platform O. which
1aal settlement might be reached. to
includs these points. with the peoviso
that there will b NO strike:
(a) Withdrawal for . definite peri.
ID Of the proposed request BY the
roads for the further 10 per cent wage
decreases.
(b) Immediate reduction Of freight
rates BY the roads.
A program based on these was
placed before the union chiefs. but Il
WOs uVseu VIM ~ sVAs OoS VI SONSsV'
Grafton the two points which are actu.
ally at the bottom Of the strike threat.
These are the question Of time, and
the cancellation Of the existing rules
and working conditions. Ostensibly
the strike, II Il comes. will be on the
matter Of wage reductions, but the
two points mentioned are the real bone
Of contention. On this fact Ia based
the prediction that the allied unions
will NOT support the brotherhoods In
. walk.out. for the big I'VE" leaders
have refused to give the other unions
any pledge that they would not call
Oh the strike Of the brotherhood men
n they obtained working concessions
The other unions realize that they
might very likely be left to hold the
bag.
The anal attitude Of these so.called
standard unions" was to he deter
mined at q series Of conferences which
began In Chicago Wednesday and con.
tinusd during the rest Of the week.
Railway executives were not talking
much beyond saying that they would
DO their utmost to move necessities"
But, q course, they have been prepsr.
Ing foe some time to combat the strike.
and, Il u said. have agreed upon
the general policy Of operating mail.
passenger and milk trains nrst. and
Increasing the freight tra6ic % rap
IDLY - mea can Be obtained. They
ceunt O. setting thousands Of train
oorvics men Who have besn laid Of
~ sfs seill ct e woek, and airsady