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PENNSY CHIEFS
CONFER ON STRIKE
Directors Meet as SbOpm6n
Threaten VfGIk-Qut
Railroad Officials Fail to Call Confer
ence and Declare They Will Deal
With Employees as They See Fit.

Philadelphia, Aug. l0.-Nith only
few hours lett until the expiration Oh
the time within which the railroad III
Dor board ordered them to arrange Il
conference with their employees, the oi-
rpctors of the Pennsylvania railroad
went into special session.
It was said at the p. Il. X. Offices
before the meeting that it is extremely
unlikely the directors will recant n"N
from their position that they VIII d,''i
with their own employees as they So
it, and pay no attention to the ord'r
The point at issue is the Selecii"l
of representatives of the employees Il
confer with the railroad executives G.
drawing up new agreements t" SUI"
olant the "National Agreements mAd*
in war time. which L. :. railr"ad IT,
Dor board recently "hr"&ated. /.
board on July 81 declined To rec" "niH
the validity OF an tIrcti"n of emIi"!
REPRESENTATIVES conducted by thr read.
and ordered the railroad t. arrange for
q new election under different rules
by August 10.
1t seemed Improbable tl.at earlier
threats of Il strike by Shumm"n To force
a compliance with lhe order by lie
railroads would he put INTO erect.
Practically the only maker OF such 4
threat wa< H. $. Jeffrey. this city, rep
"esentative OF the federated shop craft
unions of the lfiha dis
trict.
In Pittsburgh, y. p. Coed, ch"irll#a
If the Pennsylvania SySt'i" Federati"n
said: "We have decided on II" c"u''~'
# action if the railroad reSiSl> IL"
ortl,,G.
we have taken tI.a position V" Will
r!rcy the laws of th" government. We
did not Nan1 the transportation at.
and we fought ;"a.n" it, New 1l"i
We have it, We are trying t" ri Vt.
AID if the !.tilro;;GS 90 not. we VII
look III the guvernlen: to enforce il.
1--WE are not talking strike. In fast.
,, strike is the very hast thing we are
thinking about.
The =. Il. Il. shop crafts affected 10y
the decision 1t present number aMut
10000 men. but befpfe forces were -
luced owing to the Industrial Strin@en-
~ they numbered $4,000. Mr.. Coco
stated.
Officers of craft unions 4. Altoona
said there will he no strike of shop
men,
Men have been :; mt over the system
- advise the $hnpinen Ia remain al
work. said one of them. We pr"p"s-
10 exhaust every Ot her effort to imduc"
the officials of the railroad 10 mryr
with the representatives Of the men ="
arrange for an election Of represent
tiveS to negotiate Il new agreement be-
fore considering other measures.
He also stated the union laws would
be obeyed, which is taken to mean that
strike vote will be necessary before
a strike is called.
The board in Chicago handed down
q formal decree confirming its an
nouncelnent OF several days ago that
employees representatives should be
elected by secret ballot This is IL
resembling of Il previous order by the
board, neceSSitatin the employees 81 @n-
ing tfrtar1 M TslezztlIl- F44<A-s~--A+~-~----
officials of the =. r. r. declare they
are prepared for. any eventuality that
may arise.
Jeffrey'S statement was extended by
Wade ShurtIeIf. in Washington, repre-
senting the brotherhood of Railway
Clerks, who declared the unions have a
financial backing amounting to $1,000
00O and are prepared for long siege.