The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-10-21
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Island and Pacific, Seaboard Air Line,
Virginia Railway and Chicago Great
Western.
The unions issuing the strike call
Saturday were: Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen; Brotherhood Of Lo-
connective Firemen and Engineers; Or
der of Railway Conductors; Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers; Switch
mems Union of North America.
The eleven other organizations
whose chiefs have been in session and
who said unofficially that they will
join the strike are: Sheet Metal
Workers International Alliance; In
ternational Association of Machinists;
Brotherhood of Railway and Steam
ship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Ex-
press and Station Employees; Broth
erhood of Stationery Firemen and
Oilers; Brotherhood of Railway Sig
nalmen of America; United Brother
hood of Maintenance of Way Employees
and Railway Shop Laborers; Order Of
Railroad Telegraphers; Brotherhood
of Railway Carmen of America; In
ternational Brotherhood Of Boiler
Makers, Iron Shipbuilders and Help
ers of America; International Brother
hood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers
and Helpers.
Five hundred general chairmen of
the big four bro%therhoods and the
Switchmen's Union Of North America
were on their way home tonight from
a weeks conference in Chicago, with
the signed authorizations for a strike
in their pockets.
No further orders will be necessary,
the brotherhood chiefs said, to call
out rail workers on every big line in
the country. Grand officers of the
brothers left for Cleveland tonight.
Printed instruction were handed
every general chairman to govern the
mems conduct. These authorized a
progressive walkout, the first at six
a. M, October 80, to be followed by
the other three secret groups, each
"a hours, October 81 and November
l and g.
Every chairman carried in a sealed
packet for a code word for use if the
strike is called off. In the event of
receiving the code word from head
I quarters, each chairman is to open his
packet to identify the word.
Mo rncoruofIno or,a rooIo ~ oH~s1ro
authorization. Skeleton service, out
lined in the bylaws of the unions, is
to be maintained, but otherwise every
man is expected to walk out. The in
structions declare the men have eden
tically the same right to refuse to
perform service on a mail train as you
have to perform service on a freight
train"
Arriving at their respective head
quarters, general chairmen of the
brotherhoods and switchmen will i'm
mediately issue system orders ovel
the general c%hairmen's signatures
carrying the hour and date of strike
These orders will go to local chair.
men who will pass them to the rank
and file.
Although complete plans for the
walkout of the other eleven of the II
standard railroad organizations were
incomplete Saturday night, it was sait
the general procedure would be mucl
like that of the ~brotherhoods.
The members of the Brotherhood O.
Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight
handlers, Express and Station EN-
ployes have voted overwhelmingly ii
favor of a strike according to a state.
ment issued from headquarters. The
statement in concluding a resume
of the situation, says:
eff the railroads of the United
States have reached a point wher.
they cannot pay dividends on theil
exorbitantly fictitious valuation ant
pay their employees a living wage i
is time for the government to step in
assume control of the roads, squeeze
out the water and operate them in thu
interest of the public.
"The situation is grave. A strike il
inevitable if the plans of the railroad
managers to reduce wages and work
ing conditions to a pre-war level ar
carried out"
According to unofficial report 8
per cent of the 100000 member
voted to strike.