The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-10-18
RA|LROADERs Of
CH|CKASHA HAVE
ORDERS TO QUIT
Rock Island Employees 10 De Affect.
Cd IN Case waIkevt 10 Carried
Out on October 20 Say
Union Men.
LOCAL MEMBERS OF
UNIONS ARE READY
Heavy Payroll Would ee Affected
Here; Tralnmen and Gnplnemen
Would Ne First to Quit;
Duff to Meeting.

Official strike orders have beea
received by local officials OF tho
railroai transportation brotherhoods
and unless new orders TO continue
work are Issued by union hcadquar.
tiers. engineers. flrcmcn. conductors.
irainmcn and switchmen here will
quit work at 6 o'clock a. m on DC.
tober 10 Il was learned today.
Shopmen hero have not been or.
dcrcd TO strike although instructions
to 70 out with the big Five" trans.
portation organizations arc expected
before October 30 according to rum
'ors current at the Rock Island shops
here.
IS Engineers Here.
The local branch Of tae Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers has
20 members here according to II. A.
Decker secretary. Although only %
men are now employed IN the Rock
Island yards here tho ChIckasha
local OF the Swltchmen's Union OF
America has membership Of 10 all
Of whom will be affected by the
strike orders.
Conductors trainmen fIremcn and
englnemen who live in this city are
members Of the El Reno local Of the
three organizations.
The strike orders already re-
ceived here affects approximately
$4,000 of Chickashas Rock Island
monthly payroll
PAS shopmen Would Strike.
Two hundred and forty.fIve men.
representing a monthly payroll OF
approximately $4,000 are now en-
ployed In the Rock Island shops
here. With few exceptions, these
mon are members OF the II other
organizations whose chiefs havs
been In session in Chicago and who
have said unoffIcially that they will
ion the strike.
The strength OF tho shopmen's
locals here is given as follows:
Sheet Metal Workers International
Alliance Is mcmbers; Brotherhood
# Railway and Steamship Clerks.
freight Handlers, Express and sta.
tion Employees. 220 members. In
,luding those employed in Duncan.
Waurika. Lawton and all points on
he western Oklahoma branches OF
he Rock Island. m
United Brotherhood OF Maintain
snce of Way Employees and Railroad
Shop Laborers. 45 members; Order
Of Railroad Telegraphers, nine mem.
bers, brotherhood OF Railway Car.
men Of America. Is members; Inter-
national Brotherhood OF Electrical
Workers, two members; Information.
al Brotherhood OF Doilermakers, 55
members International Brotherhood
of Blacksmith. Drop Forgers and
Helpers, 13 members. In few in
stances. these figures do not include
the members who recently have
been laid off, and are now idle.
Men Here Favor Strike.
DO local railroad men favor the
strike? A majority Of those inter-
viewed yesterday afternoon express.
ed desire to quit work rather than
accept the wage cut involved In the
controversy, although everyone ex.
pressed tho hope that the strike
will be avoided.
1t is unofficially reported that tho
strike vote of a majority of local
shopmen and employees OF the trans.
portation branch was in the affirm.
ative.
Many local industries will be af-
fected If freight service is hampered,
it is said
The Rock Island lines are in
group two of the strike arrange.
ments, according to John Duff, chair
man of the federated committee Of
local shopmen, who expects to leave
this afternoon for Kansas City to
attend a labor conference. Mr..
Duff refused to disclose any infor-
nation concerning the Conference.