The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-10-28
RAILROAD UNIONS .
VOTE FOR STRIKE
WALkoUT TO BEGIN OCTOBER 81
WILL INVOLVE ONE-HALF
MILLION MEN
PLAN TlEUP OF MANY ROADS
Union Men to Be Effected BY Novem'
Der 2 Estimated at 100000; Rail-
roads Listed Touch AZ States;
Orders Include Mail Trains

Cflicago.-More than half million
men were Saturday ordered to initiate
q strike on October 80, while other
unions whose membership brings the
total to about two millions, announced
unofficiaAy that they were preparing
to follow suit and make the walkouf
general, on the same dates.
Under this program the tieup would
be complete, according to union pre-
dictions, by November 2.
The hour was fixed for a. M, Dc
tober 80, except for one Texas line,
whose trainmen We're authorized to go
out October % The railroads listed
in the first group on which the strike
is to become effective touch 10 of the
4S states, with trackage of $4,000
miles out of the total United States
trackage Of approximately 100000
miles. The New England states com
prise the group that is virtually UNI
touched in the first walkout.
The strike orders were issued to the
big Five" brotherhoods, the oldest
and most powerful of the railway un-
ions, and the specifically included mali
trains in the walkout. Their provis-
ions instructed strikers to keep away
from railroad property with warn
| ing that evidence of any nature will
not be tolerated by the organizations.
| The strike was announced following
| an overwhelming vote. said to be up
wards of 80 per cent favOrng a strike
| because Of - per cent wage reduc-
ton authorized by the United States
labor board of July l, and after 1t was
declared by the Association of Railway
| Executives in session here, a further
reduction would be sought by the rail-
roads 1t was said that the strike de-
csion was made before the announce
ment of this further intended cut.
Printed instructions as to the conduct
of the strike, issued in Chicago, were
| dated October IA.
| Lee Sees Serious Situation.
81 fear it will be one of the most
serious strikes In American transport
tation history" said w. G. Lee, presi-
dent of the Railroad T'rainmen, who
during recent weeks has sent circulars
to his men warning them of the criti-
cal nature OF the steps they contem-
| plated. The country was divided into
four groups, in which the men were
authorized to walk out progressively,
one group every "a hours. The names
of the groups were not made public,
but unofficially the identity of the
roads in the first group to go was
learned, subject to changes, which
union officials said would be few
This first group included some of the
country's greatest rail systems, from
coast to coast and from Canada to
gulf. These were Chicago and North.
western, Texas and Pacific, Kansas
City Southern, Pennsylvania, Missouri
Pacific International and Great North
ern, Southern Pacific, Southern Rail.
way, Louisville and Nashville. st.
Louis Southwestern, Chicago. Milwau.
kee and st. Paul. Northern Pacific,
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, Sea-
board Air Line. Virginia Railway and
Chicago Great Western. The unions
issuing the strike call were Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen; Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen: Order of Railway Conduc.
tors: brotherhood of Locomotive En-.
gineers; Switchmen's Union Of North
America.