Evening star., 1921-05-21
A. FL. REJECTED
BYBR0THERHOOD
Pennsylvania Line Arranges
Employe Representation.
Strike Violence.
By the Associated Press


CLEVELAND. Ohio. May o1.-The
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
VIII not affiliate with the American
Federation of Labor.
The brotherhood. in triennial con-
Fentlon here. adopted the resolution
OF special committee. which in
Vestlsated the situation. and voted
not 10 renew the application filed
with the federation after the 1918
brotherhood convention had author
| lied afiliation.
Inc Jurisdictional question raised
Dy the AmaIgamated Association of
street and Electric Railway EN-
pioEes Immediately upon the filing of
me arpilcatIon was given by broth
erhood officials as the reason the con-
vention voted against affiliation.
rms action probably means that
the Big Four brotherhoods will
pursue the independent course, which
they have followed for years, while
the federation had made efforts 70
bring about a union
pennsylvania Organizes Workers.
1iLADELPHlA. May PA plan
ior employees representation, to in
ciude all branches of the system, sim
mar 10 the Joint reviewing commit
tees established some time ago for
men IN the engine and train sery-
ICE mas been announced by Gen. w.
W. Atterbury. vice president in charge
of operation of the Pennsylvania
railroad =" I'D
ne immediate purpose of the plan
IS the election of representatives to
meg9,iate 1i,: new rules and working
o4e,iitiohs 80 UNDER the recent decision
Or me Federal Railroad Labor Board
winch terminates the present national
agreements July l.
Gen. Atterbury's statement to
me employees quotes certain princi-
pies pies lald down by the labor board
Ihe railroads are asked to confer
with representatives of the different
clasSeS OF employees. with the view to
;'aoiishIn proper rules and regula-
a1ons' This is precisely what the
road has desired
o,d me employees have the right to
seiect their representatives. from
among their own number.
ne men thus selected will be rec
oSniZcd py the management as en-
powered to speak for the men by
rom they are chosen.
me representatives chosen by the
eHpioyes may or may not be union
men. as the employees themselves de-
eide"
Marine Strike Violence.
NEW YORK. May 21-Police re-
serves and sympathizers of striking
ma}lne workers clashed last night af
the Cunard line piers during a Street
demonsfration while the Aquitania
docked.
Ine sympathiZers paraded in front
OF the piers with banners denouncine
the liners stewards, many of whom
were clerks in the Liverpool Office of
lne company, who had taken the
places of strikers to enable the yes
SCI 10 make the voyage. Stones were
huried at the police, who fired sew
eral shots into the air to disperse
them. Before the reserves arrived
sne paraders beat severely a negro
nreman employed by the White Star
line: The disturbance had been
queIled by the time the Aquitania's
passengers were ready to leave the
pier.
Passengers Skull Broken.
ALBANY. y. Y. May 21-TrolIey
service was resumed today after a
second night of disorders attendant
upon the strike of the employees of
the United Traction Company called
nearly four months ago.
AT least ten persons were injured,
Two OF them seriously, in the dis
orders last night. Troileys were
again partly wrecked. passengers
We're hit by missiles, police charged
the crowds and were themselves tar
gets for flying stones.
The police reported that in Broad
way shots were fired from the roofs
OF buildings. Near the state capitol
one policeman fired shot that
wounded man in the leg.
Howard w. Slade. a passenger on
car stoned as it was approaching
the state capitol suffered fractured
skull.
The authorities attribute the dis
orders to their campaign to drive
the motor buses, which have been
with the street cars, from
the thoroughfares.