The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
Fly Associated Press

OhIcaBo, OcCoDer lO.-Ine 1lrSC walkout in the progressive general railroad strike scheduled to begin at a. m., October 30, would find vir- tually every large city and AZ of the 48 states in the nation affected. Only the New England states would be untouched in the strike planned for the roads in the first of the four groups of carriers.
 The strike is planned to extend along every border of the country with the exception of the extreme northeast, and to cover every interior state.
 The IT roads which first would be affected have q total mileage of 7S,471 miles, approximately 36 per cent of the trackage of the country. Includ- Ing all of the railroad organizations, in the neighborhood of 750,00O men would walk out on the first day. union leaders estimated. although 1t has not been decided definitely whether the Il minor unions shall carry out their walk -out in oil details the same as the big four brother
  North America.
 The largest of the roads listed in group l of the railroads Is the Chi eago, Milwaukee and St. Paul which has a trackage of 10,661 miles, and runs through most of the states In the northern part of the country between Chicago and the Pacific coast. The Chicago and Northwestern. covering the central and north central states. Is the second largest, it's mileage toe talling 1O,155.
 The Southern Pacific lipes have a 1 larger mileage than either of the ! run into Mexico and it is not known whether the strike will affect that country.
 The states not reported by the roads on which the strike scheduled to begin are Massachusetts, Maine. lsVermont. New Hampshire, Connccti- cut and Rhode Island. Chicago, October 15.--More than b00,0oo American railroad men were today ordered to initiate a strike Oc- tober 30. while other unions whose membership brings the total to about 2,000,000, announced unofficially that they were tonight preparing to follow suit and make the walkout general on tho same dates. Under this programme the tie-up would be complete, according to union predictions, by November 3. The hour fixed for a. m. October 30. except for one Texas line. whose trainmen were authorized to go out on October 22.
 The railroads listed in the first group on which the strike is to be- affarf{ua nf states with trackage of 73,00o miles out of the total United States track age of approximately 100000.
 The New England states comprise the group that Is virtually untouched in the first walkout.
 Orders Go To Big Five
 The strike orders were issued to the big five brotherhoods, oldest and most powerful of the railway unions, and they specifically include mall trains In the walkout. Their pro- visions instructed strikers to keep away from railroad property with q warning that "violence of any nature will not be tolerated by the organ iEations."
 The strike was announced fol- lowing an overwhelming vote, said to be upward of 90 per cent favoring strike because of a l2 per cent wage reduction authorized by the United States railroad labor board of July 1. and after 1t was declared by the Association of Railway Ex- ecutives In session here yesterday that a further reduction would be sought by the railroads. It was said that the strike decision was made before the announcement of this fur tber Intended cut Printed instruc- lions as to conduct of the strike is- sued in Chicago was dated yester- day, October 14.
 T fear it will be one of the most serious strikes in American uAAs- -portation history said w. C, Loe. president of the trainmen, who dur ing recent weeks has sent circulars to his men warning them of the crit, .ieal nature, of the strike they con templated.
 For the purpose of the strike th. unions today divided the railroads into. four, groups Employes on if roads in group number one Will De ordered to walk out on, October 50. and the strikes will be called on the other groups at intervals of 24 hours, union leaders said.
 An official list of the roads in-
 yoIyed in the order to walk out
 at 6 a. m. October 20, follows;
 (It WAS said that they mugnt
 he n few changes in the list be-
 fore October 3OD.
 Chicago and NOrthwesternJ , Texas Pacific; kansas City
 southerny Pennsylvania3 Missouri
 Pacifict International and Great Northern, Southern Pacific. (At-
 Iantic and Pacific lines)s south
 ern Railway Louisville and Nashville, Virginia Railroad, St.
 Louis and Southwestern3 Chicago.
 Milwaukee and St. Paul. Oines
 east and wesO, Northern Paeificy Chicago. Rock Island and Pacifics
 Senboard Ar Line; Erfes Dela-
 ware and Hudson.
 The unions issuing the strike call today are:
 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. tContinued oni Page Two.)