Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-21
STRIKE
ORDERED OCT 80
Under Progressive Walkout Pro-
gram Transportation Embargo
viii Be Complete By Nov. z. .
TWO MILLION AFFECTED
President n Chicago, Great Mhustern
Scouts Report Of TIeup-eays
IL: Many OF Trains Could Be
49, Kept Moving. :

Ch1cago-A railway wage strike, in
tended to tie up the transportation Of
the country by Nov. 2, has been called.
The first general walkout will be Oct.
80 on: 16 roads operating in ~ states
and having trackage Of 73,471 miles.
Workers on other lines will be ordered
out in three groups, one group each
succeeding day. 80. ~
There will be one walkout next Sat
urday morning, according to present
plans. This will be of the trainmen
on the international & Great Northern,
q Texas railroad.
4 Northwest Rosds Are First. -.>
The Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul,
with trackage of 1861 miles will
be In the first group. The other. is to
be hit the first day Of the progressive
strike are: Chicago & North Western,
Pennsylvania, Missouri Pacific. South
ern Pacific atlantic & Pacific lines),
Southern railway Louisville & Nash
Vile, Chicago, Great Western, St.
Louis, Southwestern whether Texas
lines included not stated), Northern
Pacific, Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
ciflc: Seaboard Air Line and the Wiz
ginia railway.
~TIeup In Four Days Forecast.
The tieup will be absolute within
four days, union leaders predicted.
The strike call indicates that not even
mail trains will be moved. q:
"The public had best get its walking
shoes on" said B. M. Jewell, president
of the railway employees department
of the American Federation of Labor.
II don't understand that the strike in
structions contemplate the operation
Of single train"
The strike will not cripple railroads,
Samuel M. Felton,. president of the
Chicago, Great Western, one Of the
first roads to be affected, said. He
said many trains could be kept NOV
ing.
Sectional Tieups Planned. >''
The strike, at the outset, will not be
a general tieup of the country's trans
portation facilities. Other roads prob.
ably will be affected each day until
settlement has been reached. -.
The strike call indicates that, under
pressure, the railway union leaders
will seek to cut of mail train service,
as we'll as passenger and freight
trains.
"You have identically the same right
to refuse to perform service on a mail
train as you have to refuse to perform
service on a freight train,". reads an
excerpt from the instructions sent to
prospective strikers. =
May Involve 100000 Men.
Any strike probably, will involve
something less than 100000, accord
ing to an estimate made by President
Samuel NJ. FELTON,, president of the
Chicago & Great Western. More than
100000 have already been ordered out
Oct. 30 and it is expected the others
will join them.
While the brotherhoods and the
Switchmen's union are seemingly the
moving factors in directing the walk
out, IL other railway unions, Iembody-
ing virtually all classes of rail labor,
have given at least some support: It
is said most OF. them have secretly
voted in favor Of a strike. 49,
The largest group is that of the fed
Grated shop crafts, whose membership
totals 475,000..