Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-17
Pennsylvania and Erie Lines
Dropped From First Group
b Of Roads on Which Strike
Is Scheduled to Begin.
TELEGRAPHERS ALSO
PLEDGED TO QUIT
Union Leaders Announce
Plans Call for Complete
Tieup of Transportation
System of Nation.

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Chicago, Oct. l6.-Final arrange
ments for a general railroad STRIKE
intended to tie up the nations trans
portation system through walk
out Of the 100000 employees, rapid.
ly were nearing completion tonight
with the days developments bring
ing two important changes in origi
nal plans.
Foremost was a decision not &c
include the Pennsylvania lines ant
the Erie railroad in the carriers or
which the first walkout is sched
uled to begin at a. m, October 80
The San Diego & Arizona railroad
was added to the first of the -four
groups into which the unions have
divided the roads for strike purpose.
and it was decided to order the three
succeeding groups out at 48-hour in.
tervals instead of "a. Under this
plan, with the men on the roads ii
group No. / walking out October
80, the strike would be in full ct.
feet November ).
L. and N. Road Dropped.
The Louisville & Nashville rail
road also was dropped from the first
group, according to the list given
out by union leaders.
These changes were said by
union leaders to complete reassign.
ment of roads to the first group on
which walkouts would take place and
the following was made known as
the official list of carriers in tha;
group: ~
Kansas City Southern, Missouri
Pacific, St. Louis Southwestern
Cotton Belt), International & Great
Northern, Texas & Pacific, Southern
Pacific atlantic System including
Houston, east and west), Texas &
Houston (Texas CentraD, Southern
Pacific Pacific System), San Diego
& Arizona, Chicago & Northwest.
ern, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
(eScept Chicago, Terre Haute 4
Southeastern), Northern Pacific, Chi
cago Great Western, Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific, Southern Railway
Zines east and wesD, Seaboard Air
line, Virginian railroad.
Start at s A. M.
While no official information was
forthcoming as to what group the
Pennsylvania lines would be assign
ed, it was understood that they
would be placed in group three on
which the waukouts are to start Mo-
vember 3. All walkouts are to be-
gin at E a. m. standard time.
Transfer of the Pennsylvania from
group one was unexplained by un-
ion leaders, but caused considerable
surprise as that raod has been con-
sidered BY the unions as the most
antagonistic to them and it was be-
lieved that the first strike would be
ordered on it.
By midnight tonight, Chicago had
been deserted by virtually all leaders
of the Big Four brotherhoods and
the switchmen's union of North
America, the organizations in which
an official strike call actually has
been issued and the hub of the sit
uation was being transferred to
Cleveland, where the presidents of
these five unions will meet Tuesday
to complete grouping of the railroads
and settle the final details of the
walkout.
Telegraphers May Strike.
The union forces gained strength
today when T. M. Pierson, vice
president of the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers, announced that the
81 900 members of his organization
were pledged to strike and that they
would make every effort to tie up
completely the transportation sys-
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