The Mena weekly star., 1921-10-20
VIII. 10 OUT IN FOUR GROUPS rfrI5P TO BE COMPLETE BY
 NOVEMBER 2.
H, EXEMPTION FOR PASSEN CHR OR MAIL TRAINS, THE
 ()FFICIALS DECLARE.
k S.IIN FIRST GROUP
Tof1I Uuion Membership Affected l' EeSr 2 Milli0n-Strict Orders 1Qainst Violence of Any
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 ChicaRo, Oct. 15.--More than half a million American railroad men today Ucrc ordered to initiate strike Oct 6Ijef S0. while other unions, whose n1zl1bsrship brings the total to about 2 6iILEon, announced unofficially that in64 Were preparing to follow suit nxd 6ake the walkout general on the .5aIIIe dste
 1I6x this program the tie-up >l1II be complete, according to union 1red[ctions, by November 2.
 off on q Texas Line October 22. ao hour was fixed for a. m., Octo- leE So, except for one Texas line, the Int&xnutional & Great Northern, N71oAc trainmen were authorized to go out October 22.
 The Railroads listed in the first group pa which the strike is to become cIftt{i4t toucb forty-two of the forty 6ixft dates, with a trackage of sew 4ntX- three thousand miles out of the fof6I United States trackage of ap- pFoximateiy two hundred thousand Ihe New England states comprise the group that virtually is untouched jII fhe drst walkout.
 The Stfike orders were issued to the H[H Five brotherhoods, oldest and N|6at powerful of the railway unions, x4d 616Y specifically included mail ! tI&lnS in the walkout. Their provi- 1n1 Instructed strikers to keep x41 {rom railroad property with a 5f0lnH that violence of any nature mt be tolerated by the organiza- * Kofe 90 Per Cent for Strike. |'e 3frike was announced following 41 oy &<Whelming vote, said to be up- 6x 90 per cent, favoring a strike &<1e of an approximate 12 per cent z6 feduction authorized by the LI||< States railroad labor board of I4|Y and after it was declared by <6& Association of Railway Execu- fix&6s sln Session here yesterday, that a fkAz<H4< reduction would be sought by (E6 <1i|xoads.
 W@t said that the strike decision XII 4de before the announcement of ' |1 7FEher intended cut. Printed in-
 kls as to conduct of the strike,
 Chicago, were dated October .| & Nation Into Four Groups.
 cpuntry was divided into four 1&1n which the men were author l5<4 t8 walk out progressively, one xfoHp Every twenty -four hours. The tha T po1I[e. but unofficially the identity of To&dE ln the first group to go was lHaxn16. subject to changes, which HEiIrn Hfficials said would be few This 1lrst Xrpup included some of the coun- frF's greatest rail systems, from coast a f3a4t. and from Canada to the gulf. 3H11& &efe:
 4Eo Northwestern, Texas x Kansas City Southern, Penn L1. Missouri Pacific, Internation-
 <teat Northern, Southern Paci- /|4ntic and Pacific lines). ~~-sth-
 IIway, Louisville & Nashville, 1IIIs Southwestern (whether Tex
 Included not stated), Chicago, @fkee & St. Paul Zines east and Northern Pacific, Chicago, 1e< Hand 6 Pacific, Seaboard Air Er1e, Chicago, Great Western
 z Firginian railway.
 live Unions Issue Call.
 nions issuing the strike call < tere:
 8 erhood of Railroad Trainmen.
 1rhood of Locomotive Firemen
 inemen.
 of Railway Conductors.
 1erhood of Locomotive Engin-
 Hnen's Unions of North Amer # Eleven other organizations,
 41efs have been in session here
 said unoffieially that they will
 6trike, are.
 Metal Workers International
 national Association of Ma
 trhood of Railway and Steam
 Erks, Freight Handlers, Ex- ! Gd Station Employees. trhood of Stationary Bremen
 rs.
 [Fhood of Railway Signalmen
 Eica.
 Brotherhood of Maintenance
 Employees and Railroad Shop
 of Railroad Telegraphers.
 rhood of Railway Car Men of
 Ntional Brotherhood of Flee
 orkers.
 1tional Brotherhood of Boiler
 Fon Shipbuilders and Helpers
 [ca.
 t1onal Brotherhood of Black
 zrop Forgers and Helpers.
 "a Instructions Ready. F 4 |I.rdrcd general chairmen of
 Four Brotherhoods and the
 tn's Union of North America
 <heir way home tonight from
 conference in Chicago, with ! d authorizations fer a strike
 1ekets.
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