The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-17
SECOND RAIL
WALkOUT WILL
AFFECT EAST
Roads, Left Practically I'm
touched on First Day, Will
Be Hit Hardest on Second
Strike.
BIG THREE THIRD DAY
fRv Associated Pressl

CHICAGO, Oct 17-Eastern rail-
roads are among those affected by the
scheduled walkout of the Big Five
brotherhoods on the second and third
groups of carriers, it became known
today. Railroads in the second group
include the New York, New Haven
and Hartford, and the Delaware and
Hudson.
Like the first group, the walkout on
the second division of roads will affect
every section of the country, but hit
the east Hardest section of the
country left practically untouched on
the first day. The second group walk
ard time, Nov. 1.
Official list of roads in group two
follows: New York, New Haven &
Hartford; Delaware & Hudson; Chica-
go & Eastern Illinois; ST Louis &
San Francisco. entire system; Louis
vile & Nashville; Nickle Plate; Erie
Railway system; Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe, entire system; Atlantic
Coast Line: Buffalo, Rochester &
Pittsburgh; Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western; Lehigh Valley; Nashville,
Chattanooga, and St Louis.
Big Three in Third.
Three of the remaining largest roads
IN the country are included in the third
group for which the strike is set for
a. m, local standard time, Nov g.
The entire Burlington system, the
New York Central lines, east and
west, and the entire system of the
Baltimore & Ohios are among those
which will feel the strike blow Nov.
| 3. The balance of the third and fourth
groups include remaining roads in the
country.
| The national conference of state
manufacturers association. today
wired members in II states to create
! temporary organization to furnish sup
| plies, use their influence to see that
public officials enforced the law, and
sustained the railroads in their pro-
posed reductions of wages. The tele-
grams went to manufacturers associa-
tions in Illinois, Indiana, Connecticut,
Massachusetts,. Michigan, Minnesota,
New Hampshire, New York, West Vir-
ginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
| Some Still Oppose.
| While heads of the Big Four broth
erhoods and of the Switchnlen's union
prepared to meet in Cleveland tomor
row to complete plans for the rail
strike which they have called for Oct
| 80, union chiefs today said that lead
ers of some of the II other railroad
! organizations still were opposing n
walkout and would attempt to keep
their men from joining the five organ
izations which have definitely commit
! ted themselves to a strike. The big
rhny in
of the 2000,0 900 railroad employees
/ Whether the opposition of these
leaders will result in break between
the two groups will not be fully set
tied until the meeting of the general
chairmen of the II unions here some
time this week, when issuance of a
formal strike call will be voted on
formally. Several railroal labor chief
tans said today, however, that they
!, believed the majority would rule and
that it would be case of majority
strike, all strike They professed to
see little chance of break.
) Some Conservative
| Heads of several of the II organi-
. cations have announced that they will
order the walkout, while others were
more conservative in their statements
r E j. Manion, president of the Order
: of Railroad Telegraphers, in st. Louis
last night denied the assertion of
| Thomas M. Pierson, vice-president
that it had been decided to call out
: the telegraphers, saying that the ques.
! ton would not be settled until the
, , meeting here. E. F. Cradle, head OF
! the 250,000 maintenance of way en-
: ployes, Timothy Henly, leader of the
, stationary fremen, E. H. Fitzgerald,
! president of the stenographers. clerks
; and freight handlers union, and others
expressed the opinion that virtually
nothing could avert the strike.
s B. H. Jewell, head of the shop crafts,
V numbering 476,000 members, has Wig.
: orously opposed a strike on the wage
: question alone, but said today that he
feared it was too late to stop walk.
out, and that he doubted if his men
could be held back Mr.. Jewell said
he would prefer to have his men
strike on the rules and working condi-
tions question together with the wage
matter, but refused to say definitely
! that he would try to hold back his
r men.
Duration Not Settled
s The differences over the advisa.
!. bility of strike have arisen primar
Il lily through failure of the brother.
Y hoods and the other II to reach sat
Q isfactory agreement on the duration
J. of the strike, labor leaders said
/ One union president said that while
he was certain the brotherhoods would
have the support of the others in the
actual walkout, the heads of the IL or
: ganizations were not pledged to stay
= out after their differences were set
= tied and might return to work when
: ever they saw fit Another officia
said that it was feared the brother
hoods might return to work and leave
/, the unskilled workers holding the
= bag"
8 The brotherhoods are not member;
Of the American Federation of Labor
. while the shop crafts organization!
n are, and it is because of this fact tina
i they have not always worked in com
n plete harmony. although not actuall,
IL opposing each other, according tt
e union men.
sr While these differences Of opinion
Z are being discussed informally among