The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-16
Wmkout Will Affect Ten
National Districts,
One by One.
UNION HEADS START
HOME WITH ORDERS
Leave Chicago to Marshal
Workers for Coming
Fight.

100000 railroad workers OF the
country was ordered tonight The
men were Instructed to start walk
ing out October 80.
Strike orders have been formally
issued and will not be recalled. ac-
,cording to the railroad union chiefs.
unless executives yield in their fn-
tention' TO cut wages Railroad
workers on seventeen lines viii
yak out az a. m. October 80.
Others will follow.
One high railroad union oniciaI
stated that the strike on the Inter
national and Great Northern Rail
road OF Texas may start Saturday.
october %, in spite of the fact
the strike officially starts Octo-
Der 20.
Heads OF the railroad brother
hoods reached their decision ye,-
terday but held on formal an
nouncement in the hope that rail-
road executives would back down
in their demand that wages be cut
10 per cent in addition 70 the II
per cent cut last July.
Chiefs Start Home.
The announcement was made AZ
ter most q the 500 general chair
men and five brotherhood chiefs
who participated in a final confer
ence today left for home with
orders in their pockets.
The railroads Of the nation. re-
cording 20 the strike plans. have
oeen divided into ten groups. Men
IN the first group will be called out
october So.t IL railroads do not meet
the demands Of the union after this.
the remainder OF the groups will be
called out one by one.
The chiefs Of the five brother
hoods viii meet in Cleveland Tues
day, II was said tonight. Detafl,
OF the strike will be perfected al
the meeting. Cleveland is the per-
manent headquarters OF the broth.r-
hood Of railway trainmen. Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers ana
the brotherhood Of Locomotive
Flremen and Enginemen.
Have Chicago Headquarter..
The Order OF Railway Conductors
mas headquarters at Cedar Rapids.
Iowa. and the Switchmen's Union Of
North America at Buffalo. Both Of
these- IL Is understood will NOV.
10 cleveland during the strike ana
/ statlon representatives in the strik.
/ once, which the brotherhoods
opened In Chicago tonight with u.
r. Daugherty' assistant grand chief
OF the Engineers, in charge. Joint
committee, in foot-high letters
was printed on the windows.
1t Is understood that Daugherty-s
| hrst Job will be TO invoice the war
chest OF the brotherhoods. which
Is said to run into millions. Funds
for the relief Of strikers win h.
! handled from here, il was said.
All railroad unions, even these
not affiliated in any way with the
big brotherhoods. will fight as a
unit, IL was decided.
shop Crafts to Strike, Too,
The Federated shop crafts, anil
ated with the railroad department
Of the American Federation Of La
Dor, stood ready TO plunge their
fortunes with the brotherhoods ssS
did also twelve other unions. The
shop crafts voted to strike hrst. but
have been holding Of until the
brotherhoods' action.
In order not to ALLEVIATE the syrn-
| pathy OF the 2ublic-needed TO win
any strike-elaborate preparations
have been made TO move food sup
plies during the strike. When the
strike is called enough union men
/ to man food trains throughout the
country will offer to stick by their
posts.
Railroad trafic. according 20 re-
liable information. will not be com
| pletely tied up at the outset. DI-
| vision Of the railroads into ten
| groups will enable those Of the
public who must travel TO reach
their destinations even though they
have to go a roundabout way.
May Hit Penn Early.
The first general section OF the
country hit, according to reports.
Will be the New England states.
Next this report indicates, a par
tial walkout will be declared on the
territory through which the Penn
sylvania operates. The Chicago ter
ritory is said to have been slated
for the third siege" then. in or
der, the Southeast, the Southwest.
the Mississippi Valley, and SO on
through ten sections into which the
country is said to have been d.
vided for the purpose of the strike
Strike will be called on the "un-
friendly" lines first. Il is under
stood the, Pennsylvania, which has
fought the battles OF many other
roads for decreased wages, is one ef
the first on the list. The New York
Central and the Baltimore & Ohio,
labeled by labor as more friendly.
| Will be among the last to be hit
Doubts Roads Sincerity.
One high railroad union ofhciai
branded the railroads as ''insincere-
in promising reduced freight rates
to the public in event wages were
cut
1T, was Just a play'to the public
for sympathy and was done to in
cite feeling against us. II they
were so solicitous Of the public In
terests, why didn't they cut rates
when the railroad board Topped
$500. 100000 from our pay last
July?"
1t is expected that the railroads
will post notices Monday that
wages will be cut 1e per cent. This
will be done to ceglfcrIn to the
transportation act. under which the
Railroad Board functions. ~
After this. the unions have the
right to protest to the D. ri. Then