The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-10-19
aA|l UNIONS OROfR
STRIKE ON OCTOBER 80
1000, 900 To Be Out By NOvem.
berz II Roads Affected; Hard.
ing Tries to Avert WaIk.Out

Chicago, Oct. I3.- More than
100000 American railroad men
were ordered today to initiate a
strike October 80. while other uni.
.ons whose membership brings the
total to about 100000. announced
sunoficially that they we're preparing
tonight to follow suit and make the
walkout general on the same date.
Under this programme the tie-uT
would be complete, according (tc
union predictions, by November 2.
The hour was fixed for 6 o'clock
the morning of October 80, except
for one Texas line, whose trainmen
were authorized to go out October
~.
The railroads listed in the first
group on which the strike is to be-
come effective touch forty-two OF
the forty-eigh Estates and have a
trackage Of $4,000 miles out of the
total United States trackage of ap-
'proximately zoe. 900.
The New England States COM
prise the group that virtually is un-
touched in the first walkout.
Oldest Unions Rack Strike
:, The strike orders we're issued to
the Big Five Brotherhoods. oldest
and most powerful of the railway
unions. and they specifically includ-
ed mail trains in the walkout.
Their provisions instructed
strikers to keep away from railroad
property and warned them that
violence of any nature will not be
tolerated. by the organizations"
The strike was announced fol-
lowing an overwhelming vote. said
to be yards OF 30 per cent. favor
ing a sh ke because Of a IL per cent
wage reduction authorized by the
United States Railroad Labor Board
as of July | and after il had been
declared BY the Assocfatl06 OF Rail-
way Executives in session here yes
terday that further reduction
would be sought by the railroads.
1t was said that the strike decision
was made before the announcement
of this further intended cut. Print
ed instructions as to conduct Of the
strike. issued in Chicago, were dat
ed Friday. October a..
Seriousness Is Emphasized
81 fear it will be one Of the most
serious strikes in American trans
history" said w. G. Lee.
president of the Railroad Trainmen.
who, during recent weeks, has sent
of the critical nature of the steps
circulars to his men warning them
they contemplated.
The country was divided into
four groups. in which the men were
authorized to walk out progressive
ly. one group every twenty-four
hours. The names of the groups
were not made public. but unofficial
ly the identity of roads in the first
group to 60 was learned, subject to
changes, which union officials said
would be few.
This first group included some of
the country's greatest rail systems.
lrom coast to coast and from Cana
Ia TO the gulf. These were:
Chicago & Northwestern; Texas &
Pacific: Kansas City Southern;
Pennsylvania; Missouri Pacific; In
& Great Northern;
Pacific; Atlantic & Pacific
ines; Southern Railway; Louisville !
Nashville; st. Louis Southwest
'rn (whether Texas lines included
lot stately; Chicago. Milwaukee. e
Il. Paul (lines east and west) /
Northern Pacific; Chicago. Rock Is
and & Pacific; seaboard Air Line:
crie; Chicago Great Western. and
Virginia. |
Unions Which Issued Call
The unions issuing the strike call
oday were: i
Brotherhood Of Railroad Train
mem; Brotherhood of Locomotive
'irenen and Enginemen; Order OF
hallway Conductors; Brotherhood
{ Locomotive Engineers; Switch
nen's Union Of North America. 4
Washington, Oct. l5.-The pub