Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-17
STRIKE ORDER GIVES
Dates FOR WALk0uT::
o. TO QUIT NOV. Z
Chicago, Oct. l7.-Assgned position in Group
One, in the general strike order efecting member
ship of the Order of Railroad Brotherhoods, Rock

ioioiiIi IL ioiIiillCll, VIII quit
their posts on the morn
ing Of October 30, at 6
a, m, according to information given
out here today by the union officials.
c, b. & Q. employees, as members OF
the third group, will join the walk-out
on November 3, where the strike be-
comes nationwide and will then have
tied UP every line in the United States.
The Santa Fe, as a member of Group
two, will go on strike at 6 a. m. No
vember
Virtually all the central lines are
involved in the Group One order,
while the second group attacks the
east
MiIIionaires to Run Train.
MorristOwn, N. j., Oct 1.-THE vol
unteer crew of wealthy business mon
who operated the "millionaire's spe!
Cial' on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad, bringing com
muters to New York during the 1920
railroad strike, are ready again for
service Their spokesman, Murray
Coggshall, banker. said today that If
the threatened strike developed every
man would be found at his post.
Mobilize Motor Trucks.
New York, Oct. IA feet of 81.
Geo motor trucks as as many of them
as are found necessary, will be mobi-
lied in the event of a protracted gen.
eral railroad strike to bring New York
&c Iai ~ aE
food stuffs, Health Commissioner Cope
land announced today.
The coal situation, he said, was
somewhat unfavorablC, owing to the
fact that coal companies have scant
storage space in which to build up 4
reserve
Illinois Federation Not Interested.
Aurora ILL.,. Oct t7.-Thc Illinois
State Federation of Labor, which
opened its thirty-ninth annual con-
vention here today, will take no Off
cial action on the railroad strike
which has been called for Oct 30. as
the railroad brothcrhoods arc not al
iliated with the state federation, John
II. Walker president OF the fedora
ton
FFeI9ht Gut NO AID.
Cleveland. Ohio, Oct f7.-The pro-
posal of the public group Of the rail
road labor board to reduce freight
rates to prevent a railroad strike
would not prove feasible, Warren S.
Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Engineers, declared today
The suggestion cannot be worked
out" Mr. Stone said BY the time
the reduction get to the consumer it
would not amount to one-half of | PEI
cont Tho middleman would absorb
all the difference
w, 6. Lee president Of the Brother.
hood of Railway Trainmen, would
make no statement today On the feast,
bility of the plan.
Our understanding, and | believe
that of the public also, was that the
IL per cent wage reduction of last
July was be passed on tho public" Mr.
Leo said.
Eyes On Outlaws.
Chicago, Oct 1.-THE railroad
brotherhoods have strike fund TT
$2,000,000 which is sufficient for q
general strike of any length, John
u.
Association of Railway Employees Of
North America and leader of the So
called outlaw" strike of last year de-
clared today
Railway Board Acts.
Washington, Oct. II. -- Offic1at
WashingtOns interest in the impend'
ing national railroad strike Centered
t"d"v in the reaction of railway eX
ccutives and labor leaders to the ~
posal of the public group of the rail.
road labor board of one feasible
plan to prevent the tie up of the
country's transportation system.
In brief the board proposed:
l. That the railroads Immediately
put into effect freight reductions
equivalent to the wage reductions au-
thorized last July.
,. That requests for further wagG
decreases be withdrawn
3. That the employe withdraw their
strike order pending action of the
board on any request for further wage
reductions which the carriers subse-
QuCntly might file,
Federal action in connection with
the strike had been conned up to to-
day to the conference arranged b"
President Harding between the public
group of the labor board and the inter
state commerce commission, the inn
preston being that the President in.
tended to leave the matter tempCrar
lily in the hands OF the two agencies
created by law to supervise railroad
transportation.