The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1921-10-21
General Chairman Mccall
Is Sure Employees Will
Not Give In.
Railroads Make Plans For
Operating Trains In d
Event Crisis.
Paris Line Ordered Out On
Morning November 1st
Six O'Clock.

| "A strike on the railroads is in
evitable unless the railroads agree
to the ultimatum of the employees"
said General Chairman Jas. w. Me-
! Call, when interviewed in his offices
in the Henry County Auto building
Monday by a reporter from rhe
Partisan office.
According to Mr.. Mccall, who is
general chairman of the entire l.. &,
N. system, for the conductors organi
zation, and who recently returned
from the Chicago conference, the
Paris line of the l. e. N. will go
out on the strike at 6 o'clock Tues
day morning, November 1st the L..
N. lines being in the second group
called out-the first group going out
on the last day of October. The
strike embraces every first-class rail.
road in the United States.
Mr. Mccall is leaving Sunday for
Cleveland, where he will sit as
member of the committee represent
ing the four big brotherhoods, and
where negotiations will be concluded
with the railway executives, if they
have any propositions further to
make.
The head officials of the L. & N.
and N, c. e. st. L. railroads which
route through Paris have assured the
public that if the strike materializes
the railroads will do their best to
maintain service as far as possible.
From the best information obtain
able the local railroad employees
voted over SO per cent to strike
unless the railroads countermanded
the IL 1-2 per cent wage reduction
that was applied as of July 1st
In an effort to maintain what re-
duction has been made and as a
factor in combating the strike reso-
luton, the railroads are proposing
another immediate reduction of 10
per cent in wages and are proposing
TO pass 1t to the public" in the way
OF reduced freight rates. Application
accordingly goes to the federal rail
road labor board, which government
agency authorized the July 1st IL l-2
per cent reduction.
Supt. A. b. Scates of the L. &. ".
was in the city Tuesday night going
over the situation with local officials.
and President Cole of the N. & 4.
passed through the city the same
day en- route to Paducah and return
in his private car accompanied By
other officials
The strike call indicates that. under
pressure, the railway union leaders
Will seek to cut off mail train service
as well as passenger and freight
trains.
Any strike probably will involve
something less than two million men.
according to an estimate made by
Samuel M. FELTON,, president of the
Chicago Great Western.
While the brotherhoods and the
switchman's union are seemingly the
moving factors in directing the walk.
out, IL other railway unions embody.
ing virtually all classes of rail labor.
nave given at least some support
1t is said most of them have secretly
voted in favor of strike.
The largest group is that of rhe
federated shop crafts whose member.
ship totals 475,0OO.
"The public had best get its walk.
ing shoes on" said b. M. Jewell
president of the Railway Emploves'
department of the American Federa,
ton of Labor. II don't understand
that the train instructions contem.
plate the operation of a single
train"