The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-29
NEW YORK CITY TURNS OUT TO WELCOME MARSHAL FOCH
RAILROAD HEADS CONTINUE
EFFORTS AT WAGE REDUCTIONS
No Change in Plans Despite Ac
tiOn of Unions in Calling
Off Proposed Strike.
(Ry The AssoeIated Pressl

/ CHICAGO, Oct. 28.-Railroad head:
| tonight declared the nations carriers
would go right ahead with their plans
to seek new wage cuts through rail
road labor board hearings despite the
announcement from the unions thai
| their action in calling off the strike
| scheduled for Oct. 80 had been inf1u-
enced by the boards announcement
that pay reduction petitions for any
class would not be considered until
working conditions for that class had
been settled.
The calling off Of the strike will
have no effect on the plans announced
| by the carriers Oct. IA to seek immedi-
ate wage reductions so that rates
could be reduced" said Samuel FELTON,
president of the Chicago Great West
ern and chairman of the Association
of Western Railroad Executives.
Il don't know how long under the
boards ruling. it will take to reach a
decision on any pay cut petition, but
these petitions undoubtedly will be
Presented within a very short time It
will be up to the board then to decide
when action should be taken.
Il want it made plain, however, that
we will seek these reductions in ac-
cordance with the law, posting notices
OF cuts. then discussing them with the
employees, and, IL no agreement is
reached, appealing to the board to set
tie the dispute"
Mr.. Feltons statements were echoed
by Samuel Dunn, editor of Railway
Age. who in an address at luncheon
of the local railroad executives de-
clared that "the unions action settles
only one thing-that there will be no
strike"
1T does not settle the question Of
futher wage reductions or Of rate re-
ductions, he continued.
'rThe roads are going right ahead
with the plans to get further pay cuts
and thus reduce rates. But, If the In
terstate commerce commission reduces
rates and the labor board refuses to
reduce wages. the roads will be in a
disastrous condition"
With the code messages officially
calling or the strike sent out today,
only one echo remained Of the rail-
road crisis which for two weeks threat
ened to develop into a general rail
strike.
The situation was unchanged on the
International & Great Northern. the
Texas line, where 500 trainmen started
walkout last Saturday. No order trs
call Off the strike was sent to these
men, wv G. Lee. president Of the train-
men, saying that the matter is in the
hands Of the union officials down
there.s
Mr.. Lee, however, conferred with the
labor board today and it was known
that he IS making every effort to bring
a settlement of that strike which will
be satisfactory to the employees.
The chiefs OF the big Five" left
for their homes today and tonight and
by midnight scarcely an out-of-townI
union man was in the city.
The labor board continued work on
It's decision on Wednesdays hearing
and probably will render It tomorrow.
The board tonight received a tele-
gram from Alton B. Parker of New
York, president of the National Civic
association, congratulating its mem
bers on procuring an annuiment Of the
strike order and declaring that the Ia
Dor leaders announcement that they
"could not fight the government. "
showed the difference between Ameri-
can and European labor.