Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-09-23
RAILROAD sRorHERaoons TO
RESERVE FLOATING sTREacYA
UNTIL RIGHT TlME ARRIVES
nv CARROLL HINDER

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Chicago counseis of patience In
The face Of intringemen,s Of their
rights and warnings to have their
house In order should tho unions de.
eide strike necessary characterized
The addresses OF railway leaders TO
seoe memhers Of the shop crafts fed.
Grafton II tho A. y, of L. Meeting Ia
the Second Regiment Armory here
Similar meetings are being held all
over the country.
Il. NJ Jewell, president nf the Rail.
way Employees Department OF the A.
y of l., delivered the nrlnelpal ad.
dress. lie reviewed the tactics at
railroad management In It's antilabot
campaign, charging the executives
With using the Railway Labor Board
as screen Tor their operations
against labor organizations.
The hartlen OF his message was that
railroad labor should not 40 ont ON
unauthorized strikes which. he said,
were desired by the executives. but
should conserve It's strength and re.
sources, give the labor hoard an op.
portnnlty Ia deal cut Justice and, that
strike. Such n course, he said, Was In.
hniiel, mere difficult, than the direct
action pursued by the managers but
u wouiad place full responsibility for
the strike upon the roads where II he.
lnnged
We can and will defend our posi,
ton" declared Jewell. but We viii
choose our own time for hEhtinE. We
viii not allow the bosses 20 force ne
into series of minor enGagcments
over given ruies or particular sriev.
ances We will make the labor board
give ita decisions on all disputcd
points and then make tho flEht on all
the unjust rulings. The action We
take will hr the will OF SOC, 900 mem.
hers of the shop crafts expressed In
ballots
Railroad labor will fight io the Last
for rules governing working condi.
tions when II win not fight for wages.
Those men who seven or eight years
ago raised a sum said To be nine bil.
lions TO crush labor once and for all
and whose program was only delayed
by the war. forget that organised
labor cannot be wiped out until you
kin The last meMber."
Jewell said railroad labor did not
want or ask FOR government control
during tho war and that the battle
for uniform working rulea had been
begun years before the war OF gov.
ernmeni control. General order NUN,
her eight of the director general OF
railroads waa, however. the deciar.
alton nf Independence Of the railroad
workers permitting them fos tbS drst
time To join tho labor orasnissttss OF
their own choice.
The Esch onmmins net. Jewell said.
is more vicious than frank antl-strike
legislation because II intevferes with
honeat collective bargaining. III do.
MES the workers the right To stop
work before the railway labor board
renders a decision and that decision
IL too long delayed In many instances.
Al NIL times II permits the executives
to pass the buck for injustices 10 the
board Before we resort 10 extreme
measures we make final appeal 10 tho
board To function for once nm prac.
teal body"
Edward J. Evsns. international rep-
roscntniiye OF the Internal ,nai
brotherhood of Hlectrioal Workers.
denounced the ruling ofsthe board ON
overtime pay but declared that other
important working conditions such as
piece work, seniority rules and the
physical examination were yet 20 be
decided and II the men go out they re.
move themselves from the provisions
OF the transportation act and its bene-
hts Bnt 20 per cent OF the shop
craft employees are affected by the
overtime decision and II is not fair
to jeopardixe all workers for the
rights of 90 per cent, said Evans.
N. y. Good, president OF the Penn.
sylyanla System Federation. reviewed
the anti-union policy OF the executives
of that road and declared Pennsylyan-
la employees are nghting for the right
to retain labor organizations on the
line. This policy will be ipauEnratea
on other roads II the Pennsylvania
succeeds, he declared Every damn.
able device known TO man has been
used by the bosses 10 drive us out ON
strike" said Good. Many of our
men have been laid off for nins
months and some OF them have from
1--WE 10 eight children, but they Will
not submit TO the Pennsylvania plan.
When we go on strike We will pick
our own time and place and not let
the road choose a."
ed Tegtmeyer. general vice-presi'
dent of the Brotherhood OF Black
smiths. described the effects OF piece
work on the health and character OF
It's victims. "Piecework forces man
10 become a thief and liar. No
fair rate can be set upon II and II is
unfair to your family and your fell
low workers 10 engage In IT,"
James NJ. Burns. International rep
resentative Of the Amalgamated Sheet
and Metal Workers, said: Fifty per
cent OF our members know the mean
ing OF the campaign slogan, back TO
normalcy' They are walking the
streets Labor must elect It's own
men to office. We've been fooled by
q ha old narfIaab