Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-08
RAIL WORKERS TO
VOTE on WAGE Cut
Brotherhoods General Chairmen
Decline to Accept Response
biIity for Reduction.
IS UNIONS INTERESTED
Members to Decide 81 referendum
Vote by september 1 Whsther Or
Not They Will Aeespt the Il
Per Cent Vase clash.

Chicaso-The membership Of Is rail-
road labor organisations, including the:
Big -Four brotherhoods, will decide
through q referendum vote by Septem-.
Der whether to accept OF reject the
II per cent wage reduction that went
into effect on railroads throughout the:
country July /, it was decided by the
chief executives and 1900 general
chairmen Of the organizations.
The general chairmen decided that
they could not assume responsibility
for the wage reduction that was or
dered by the United States Railroad.
Labor board.
Organizations Interested. ...
The organisations that we're repre-
scented at the conference at which the
decision to have a referendum vote was
made, follow:
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engin-
eers, Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen, Brotherhood OF
Railroad Trainmen, Order Of Railway
Conductors, all known as the Big Four
brotherhoods; Brotherhood Of Railroad
signalmen Of America, Brotherhood ct
Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight
Handlers, Express and Station EN-.
ployes, Brotherhood Railway Car Men:
of America, International Alliance Of,
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers.,
International Association Of Machin--
lists, International Brotherhood of Boz
lermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Help
ers of America, International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers, rnterna-
tional Brotherhood of Firemen and OIL
ers, Order of Railroad Telegraphers,
Switchmen's Union of North America.
and the United Brotherhood of Main
tenance Of Way Employees and Railway
Shop Laborers.
Most Of Them Members.
All but the Big Four brotherhoods Of.
the foregoing organizations are men,
bers of the Railway Employees depart.
ment of the American Federation Of
Labor, Of which B. M. Jewell is presi-
dent
The chief executive and general:
chairmen of the 16 organizations decid-
ed. upon their united course Of action
In the wage reduction matter after the
general chairmen of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood Of:
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen;
and the Switchmen's Union of North:
America had told the other organize
tions that the plan was the one which
they would follow. It was then an
nounced that the other organizations
would decide upon their course within:
.48 hours. The general chairmen and
chief executives Immediately went into.
session and emerged within a few
hours, decided upon their plan.
E. H. Fitzgerald, president of the,
Brotherhood ofRailway and Steamship.
Clerks, freight handlers, express and
station employees, said that nothing
can be expected of the railroad en-
ployes interested in the decision Of the
labor board except to resist to the full
est extent the reduction of rates of
pay and the proposed abrogation of GER
tain favorable working conditions"
The general chairmen also authorized
their chief executives to make ar
rangements, if possible, to meet COM
mittee of railway executives to be Sc
lected to meet subcommittee of the
five organizations Ito consider and, if
possible, adjust all matters in contro-
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