Imperial Valley press., 1921-10-20
STRIKE MAY
Be AvERTEO
BY ACTION
Of MEN
Feeling of Optimism Pre-
walls as Labor Leaders
Prepare For Conference
Southern Pacific Ready
for Any Emergency.
LEAD ALL STRIKE MAY

LEAD ALL STRIKE May
CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-The chiefs of
the Big Four brotherhoods and the
Switchmens Union arrived this morn
ing and went into conference prepar-
atory to the meeting this afternoon,
At union headquarters there was
feeling of optimism and all leaders
present felt strongly that there would
be no strike unless something unex-
pected occurs to disrupt the confer
cnce this afternoon.
Mediation through regular and con
stituted authority as a means of
preventing a general strike was urged
upon the chiefs of the Big Four and
B. NJ. Jewell, head of the Railway
Employees Division of the American
Federation of Labor, in a memorial
presented them as soon as they as
sembled, by the National Grange and
the National Milk Producers Fedora
ton.
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probably meet tonight to discuss the
developments at the meeting of the
railroad labor board and the Brother
hood meeting this afternoon. f. F.
Cradle, president of the Maintenance
of Way and Shop Laborers union said
that he expected the eleven unions to
reach common understanding for
concerted action without any diff
Guilty.
N p Good, chairman of System
Federation No 30, of the Shop Crafts
union on the Pennsylvania Lines, an
nouned that he had ordered new
strike vote to be taken by the shop
employees on the Pennsylvania Lines,
both union and nonunion. and that
the shopmen would not strike until
the result of this ballot was known.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20-Two new
and highly important developments in
the railroad strike situation were dis
closed here with the arrival of j. H.
Dyer, general manager in charge of
operation of the Southern Pacific sys-
TEN,
The first and most important of
these was statement by Mr.. Dyer
that the Southern Pacific will make an
application for further general re-
duction of wages of its employees, de-
spite the threatened strike and re-
gardless of the attitude of the unions.
Second, it was stated by Mr.. Dyer
that those men who withdrew from
the train service by any strike order
will not be taken back again. These
positions will be filled from the appli-
cation list of men seeking employment.
he said.
Mr.. Dyer is returning from the con-
ference of the Railway Executives as
sociation in Chicago. He was met at
Indio bv T. H. Williams of this city
general manager in charge of opera
tion for the S. Pacific system. who
is accompanying him to San Francisco
for conference of company chiefs
relative to the strike situation, and II
is intimated tha the subject of further
reducing wages will be. taken up al
that time.
The official said that the GOMEZ
ence in Chicago met purposely Tor
discussion of the subject of rates ane
one of the final conclusions was tina
in order to make any cut in frelgh
or passenger tariffs, a further reduc
ton in wages must be ordered.
Some eastern lines already h"ve ap
piled to the United States labor boar'
for permission to reduce wage iron
10 to IL per cent lower than the Jul!
cut, and it is believed that the South
ern Pacific's application wili ask TO