The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-09-30
STRIKE MAY BE LOOKED FOR
EVEN THOUGH RAILROAD MEN HAVE DEFERRED ACTION c
THE GENERAL WAGE CUT WHICH WENT INTO
EFFECT JULY
All Depends Upon Action United States Railroad Work
ing Rules For Employees

be made if a strike is called, with pre-
servation Of the shipments working
rules as one of the goals, led to the
decision to withhold a strike call for
the present, Mr. Jewell said He and
other union speakers counselled the
men to wait until the entire wage and
rules situation was before them,
rather than rush into a strike which
Mr. Jewell declared the railroad man
agement desired
"We can make real fight on the
rules proposition when we might not
have the full support of other branches
of railway employees on a wage fight
alone" Mr.. Jewell SAID. IF we want
to protect our best interests we must
wait until the time is opportune. But
if the labor board releases all the re-
naming rules to be acted upon at one
time, then we will have the whole
matter before us We will need only
one vote to accept or reject the rules
to determine what will be done"
The announcement was greeted with
applause, and questioners jumped up
in all parts of the hall to press for
further details. Answering one ques,
tion, Mr. jewell asserted that the shop
crafts would have the cooperation of
other organizations, including the Big
Four Brotherhoods, if a strike were
called, and urged his audience to pre-
pare for action.
The strike vote, completed August
/, was announced as showing con-
stitutional majority against the wage
reduction which went into effect July
/. This was the first official confirm
alton of the result which has been ru-
mored for some time.
Condemnation of the operations OF
the labor board and of its decisions
was voiced by all the speakers at the
meeting Mr. Jewell charged that the
railroads were attempting to use the
board to take an unfair advantage OF
the industrial situation. The boards
method of drafting rules to supplant
the national agreement, wartime
measure, under which the employees
work at present, was asserted to be
impractical because only seven of the
1856 rules have been substituted
Mr.. Jewell said he would demand OF
the board that for once "it meet q
situation in a practical way" and an
nounce the remaining rules simultan
eously instead of piecemeal.
"When the board announces the sub
stitute rules, our committee will take
ballot" Mr. Jewell said "If the
rules are satisfactory and the ballot
says so, we will take the result to the
railroads. If they refuse to grant oul
reasonable demands, they will have t.
stand responsible and answer to tht
American people"
N. P. Good, chairman of the Penn
sylvania System Federation of Shol
Crafts, said he thought that the Penn
sylvania had been selected to make !
fight for the open shop as the frs
step in such an agreement on all rail
roads
Condemnation of the piece work sys
TEN was made by Edward Tegtmeyer
vice president of the Blacksmiths
Union, who said the attempt of tn
roads to reinstate piece work was
provocation to strike.
'The railroads have been expecting
us to STRIKE" he said. "They want u
to strike so they can put us out 0
business. We want your suggestion