Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-10-17
Plan Progressive
WalkOut on Roads

Chicago, Oct. 16.-(By the Associat-
ed Press).-An alteration today In de-
tails Of the p!sn announced for a pro-
gressive national strike OF railroad
! employees, ordered to begin on October
so, gave the eastern states at least
two days of grace before the proposed
Walkout would become effective in
/ that region. The Pennsylvania and
the Erie roads. included originally in
'he hrst group on which the strike
was ordered, were removed from thar
list, thus excluding at the start all
! states east of Chicago and north of
the Ohio river.
The San Diego & Arizona railroad
was added to the first Of the four
groups into which the unions have di
Nlded the roads for strike purposes and
il was decided to order the three sue
ceeding groups out at 4S-hour inter-
walls instead of "a hours apart. Under
this plan, with the men on the roads
IN group number one walking out Octo-
her 80. the strike would be in full ef-
feet November 5.
The Louisville & Nashville railroad
also was dropped from the first eroup.
according to the list given out by
union leaders.
Ihese changes We're said by union
leaders to complete assignment OF
roads to the first group on which
walkouts would take place. and the
following was made known as the
official list Of carriers in that sroup:
Kansas City Southern; Missouri Pa
cihc; st. Louis Southwestern (cotton
belD; Illinois and Great Northern
Texas; Southern Pacific (Atlanttc .ys.
TEN including Houston, East and
West); Texas & Houston (Texas Cen
trap; southern Pacific (Pacifc sy.-,
tenn; San Diego & Arizona; Chicago
Northwestern; Chicago, Milwaukee
d St Paul Except Chicago. Terre
Haute & Southeastern Northern Pa
cihc; Southern Railway dimes east and
wesO; Seaboard Air Line; Virginia
Railway; Chicago Great Western.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.
While no official information was
forthcoming sas to what group the
Pennsylvania lines would be placed in.
1t was understood that they would be
assigned to group three. on which the
Walkouts are scheduled to start No
venber 3. All walkouts are scheduled
TO begin at A. M. standard time.
The transfer of the Pennsylvania
lines from group one was unexplained
by union leaders, but caused consid.
cradle surprise as that road has been
considered by the unions as the most
antagonistic of any to them and n
was believed that the first strika
would be ordered on 1t.
By midnight tonight Chicago had
been deserted by virtually all of tbe
leaders of the Big Four Brotherhoods
and the Switchmens Union Of North
America. the organizations in which
an official strike actually has been
issued. and the hub of the situation
| was being transferred to Cleveland
where the presidents of these hvc
unions will meet Tuesday to complete
the grouping Of the railroads and set
tie the final details df the proposed
walkout
The union forces gained siren 9Th
today when Thomas NJ. Pierson, vice
president ofthe Order Of Railroad Toll
egraphers. announced that 81, on0 MEM
bers of his organization were pledged
to strike
1T is our al INTO tie up transpor.
tation so completely that IT will he
impossible for train to move" said
Mr.. Pierson. IF every telegrapher
quits work that will mean that no
| train orders can be sent and train
service necessarily will be at a stand
STILL"
The shop crafts union. comprising
| about 476,000 employees, today de-
ferred the formal issuance Of a strike
call pending meeting to be held here
Wednesday. but their leaders have an.