The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-10-21
RAIL MEN ORDERED
TO PULL OFF GENERAL
STRIKE OCTOBER 80
ACTION Is EXPECTED TO TIE
UP LINES TOUCHING ~ OF
THE As STATES-5OO, 900 WORK
ERS ARE AFFECTED.

Chicago, Oct. 15.-More than half
a million American railroad men were
today ordered to initiate a strike Oc-
tober 30, while other unions whose
membership brings the total to about
100000 announced unofficially that
they were tonight preparing to fol-
low suit and make the walkout gener-
al on the same dates.
Under this program the tieup would
be complete, according to union pre-
dictions, by November 9.
The hour was fixed for a. m. Oc-
tober 30, except for one Texas line,
whose tranmen We're authorized to 90
out October %.
Railroads listed in the first group
on which the strike is to become eff
fective touch AZ of the 4S states. with
trackage of $4,000 miles out of the
total of approximately 100000 miles.
The New England states comprise
the group that is virtually untouche /
by the walkout.
The strike orders were issued to the
big five brotherhoods, oldest and most
powerful of the railway unions, and
they specifically included mail trains.
Their provisions instructed strikers
to keep away from railroad property,
with warning that "violence of any
nature will not be tolerated by the Or
ganizations."
The strike was announced followinp
an overwhelming vote, said to be up
ward of 90 per cent, favoring strike
because of a II per cent wage reduc-
tion authorized by the railway labor
board of July 1, and after it was de-
clared by the Association of Railway
Executives in session yesterday that
further reduction will be sought bv
the roads. Printed instructions as to
conduct of the strike, issued in Chi
cago, were dated yesterday, October
IA.
81 fear it will be one of the most
serious strikes in American transpor-
tation history" said w. G. Lee, presi-
dent of the railroad trainmen, who.
during recent weeks, has sent circu-
lars to his men warning them of the
critical nature of the step they con-
templated.
The country was divided into four
groups, in which they were authoriz-
ed to walk out progressively, one
group every "a hours. Names of the
groups were not made public, but un-
officially the identity of roads in the
first group to go was learned, subject
to changes, which union officials said
would be few. This first group in
cludes some of the country's greatest
rail systems, from coast to coast and
from Canada to the gulf. These are:
Texas & Pacific, Kansas City
Southern, Pennsylvania, Missouri Pc
cfc, International & Great Northern,
Southern Pacific (Atlantic and Pacific
lines), Southern railway, Louisville
& Nashville, st. Louis SouthWestern,
(whether Texas lines included not
stated, Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul (lnes east and west), Northern
Pacific, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacif
ic, Seaboard Airline, Erie, and Yir-
ginia railway.
Unions issuing the strike call to 'ay
were:
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen.
Order of Railway Conductors.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng
ncers.
Switchmen's Union of North Amec-
lea.
The / other organizations whose
chiefs said unofricially that they will
Join the strike are:
Sheet Metal Workers International
alliance.
International Association Of Ma
chinists.
Brotherhood of Railway and Steam
ship Clerks, Freight Handlers, EX-
press and Station Employees.
Brotherhood of Stationery Firemea
and Oilers.
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen
of America
United Brotherhood of Maintenance
of Way Employees and Railroad Shop
Laborers.
Order of Railroad Telegraphers.
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Of
America.
International Brotherhood of Elec-
triea Workers.
International Brotherhood of Boil
ermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and