Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-23
.QU|CKLYFOLLOWED
IN THEIR ACTION BY
MA|NTENANCEMEN
Is Declared to Be Serious
Blow to Brotherhood
Walkout.
TRANSPORTATION MEN
WILL DECIDE TO-DAY
Indications Are Organization
Will Decide to Keep Mem
bers at Work.
TEIEGRArHERs JOIN F1GnT
NeSmrn. 10000 strong. Only One OF
TEnEcnArnEns JOIN FIGHT
Ne'mrn. 10000 Strong. Only One OF
''Stnndnrh" bodies to CO.
operate In Movement.
tBy Associated press.1


CHICAGO. Oct 22.-Onlci,,s re
unions win more than half of tho
ran employees of tho nation in their
membership tonight announced that
their men would not be authorized
70 1oin the big five" organizations
IN the strike called for October 80
In protest OF wage cuts
Announcements that they wo,sr5,
not join In wRlkout come from
eight OF the eleven STANDARD" rail
unions which for week had been
Withholding their final strike decis-
IONS although in most of them tho
members voted overwhelmingly to
quit work rather than accept n re-
cent l2 1-2 per cent. wage reduction
authorized by the United States Rail-
road Labor Board Only one of these
eleven groups now is determined to
stand BY the "blg live" 1t was an
nounccd, but two others have not yet
taken final action.
Maintenance Men Follow Shop Crafts
Following announcement by heads
Of the six Shop Crafts organ
izations. controlling 100000 men,
that they would not sanction
II wnlkout. the leaders of tho
$4,000 maintenance of way employees
and OF the $4,000 stationary firemen
Mt an executive meeting voted to
withdraw their authorization of L
walkout. leaving only the $4,000 rail-
road telcgraphers positively with the
big five" Chieftans Of tho $4,000
clerks will make their decision to-
morrow and the siGnalmen, $4,000
strong. also are yet to act.
Clerks Probably 10 Remain mt Work.
Officials or the clerks said tonight
that they proba bly, would not author
| iZe 4 strike ut their meeting, sched-
uled tomorrow, thus indicating, union
leaders said. that strike. IL 1t ma
terialized. would affect less than one
fourth of tho country railroad ems
ployes. being confined to tho
switchmen, the conductors, the fire.
men. the engineers. the trainmen and
the photographers. The organizations
which decided not to join an immedi-
ate walkout will take new strike
votes after an expected Labor Board
decision in regard TO rules and work.
ing conditions. it was said.
y series of rapid-flre developments
today in the railroad crisis tonight
found walkout actually beginning
on one road, despite the fact that Tho
inilroad situation, brought to u head
through recent orders OF the big five
unions for walkout beginning Oc->
tober 80. was declared by both union
ana carrier heads TO be in statu quo
in compliance with United States
Labor Board order.
First Strike Higgins.
The first strike began at noon on
the International and Great North
ern, a Texas line. where coo trainnlen
started walkout. which union Lead
crs declared would be 100 per cent
effective among members of their orr
ganization. although officials of tina
road insisted only freight service
would be impaired.
Leaders of the Federated shop Crafts
announced here with bomb-like ef-
feet that their men, numbering one.
| fourth OF the country's rail workers
would not be authorized to takc pare
in the proposed walkout October 80.
This action was said By union men to
preclude the likelihood OF the Ameri.
can Federation OF Labor taking any
great part in rail strike. for the
shop crafts are members OF this or
Sanization and the big four broth.
erhoods. which first announced
strike movement, arc not.
Tclcgrnphers Take Action.
Almost simultaneously. however,
INC SeHerdi cnairnen OIL the order OF
Railroad Telegraphers, numbering
$4,000 men, whose work was said by
the union chiefs to be essential to
the continuance of transportation,
announced that these workers would
DO called out with tho big fve"--the
traimcn, the switchmen. the con.
ductors. the nremen and the engi.
neers.
The action OF tho Shop Crafts waa
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