The New York herald., 1922-08-11
.GUARDSUNDER BAN
Brotherhoods Serve No
tice Th ey Must Be
Withdrawn From
California Shop.
BLOCK FIVE TRAINS
Big Four Threatens Strike
Order if Employment
Is Unbearable.' I
PLOT is SEEN AT JOLIET
Shopmen Believe Roads Are
Trying to Force a Gen
eral Walkout.
PLOT is SEEN AT JOLIET

NEEDLES, Cal Aug. 1o.-A committee
from the Big Four brotherhoods-th
engineers. firemen, conductors and
brakemen-gave notice to the Santa
Fe Railroad officials here late to-day
that until the railroad withdrew all
guards from its shop and other prop
erty no more trains would be moved
from this point. The notice was made
effective forthwith.
Word was received here tonight
that because of the refusal OF big
Four brotherhood members to move
trains guarding shop towns five trains
were tied up in Arizona and California
They are: At Seligman, Ariz, No. 9,
the westbound express from Chicago
to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
called the Navajo; at Barstow Cal,
No. 4. the California Limited, bound
from Los Angeles to Chicago at
expressed called THE Scout; No 2.
the eastbound Navajo" and No. s. a
through eastbound express called The
Santa Fe Eight"
a threat was also made to tie up
trains at Rooseviile. Cal, but IL was
not carried out
From Bakersfield, Cal. it was re-
ported that no trains We're moving
east over the roads lines and brother
hood men there were quoted as saying
~.
four hours within which to remove
armed guards.
Railroad officials and officers OF tho
four broth~ hoods conferred here to-
night on means OF settling the differ
ences between them.
MoBERLY. Mo, August 10 ASSOCIATED
Press) about twenty-five union rail-
road switchmen and stationary fire.
men employed by the Wabash Rail-
road walked out to-day when the Ma
tional Guardsmen extended their lines.
but returned later pending advice from
! their grand officers.
IPtNi't dtHPuttH ~ hE NEW IOhh ftrHAlD*
CLEVELAND, Aug. io-Big -Four BROTH
erhood headquarters here marked time
tonight. awaitiry the meeting in Wash
| ington tomorrow OF the sixteen railway
workers organizations not on strike with
the shop craft men.
All day long telegrams poured into
the offices Of the presid ents of the En-
gineers. Firemen and Trainmen telling
OF scores Of complaints By railroad en-
ployecs about treatment received at the
hands OF guards or strike breakers or
of defective materials and rolling stock.
All inquiries met with the same re-
sponsc--that when brotherhood man
feels he is being unJustly or brutality
| treated or that his life is endangered
by defective materials or rolling stock
he IS at liberty to leave his post
Advice 70 this effsct has been sent
out by Warren S. Stone. chief OF the
brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
w. G. Lee chief of the Brotherhood OF
Railroad Trainmen. and D. B. Robert
son. chief OF the Brotherhood OF Rail
road Firemcn and Enginemen. All were
emphatic R their statements X was ~
TO the individual. that no strike was
to be called or had been called. that
they had instructed their men to take
individual action. because they wished
TO safeguard lifo. not only Of the union
men but OF passengers as well.
Despite this assertion il developed
that Mr.. Lee sent telegrams 70 general
chairmen OF the trainmcn IN the illi-
nols Central Railroad. Chicago and
North western and Rock Island rail
roads telling them that authority TO call
strike would be given N employment
on your line Is unbearable on account
OF conditions due 70 shopmen's strike
and a majority OF "your general COM
mittee votes in favor OF strike"
In brotherhood circles here Y was the
belief that the request for more troops
in Joliet. where the first walkout ot
400 brotherhood men occurred, was
a direct attempt by railroad executives
to egg tho brotherhoods on into
declaration OF general walkout."
Reports Of III treatment have been
received here from employees on the
! Rock Island, who object 20 taking trains
into the Joliet trouble zone on the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis on
the Tennessee Central the Chicago and
| Northwestern. and the Missouri Pacific.
In addition reports have been received
| that ran employees on the Illinois Cen
! trail have beer stoned In Kentucky when
they attempted 70 man coal trains. NJ.
/ stone declared thu. we are not going
| tc have our mon bulied or shot by any
/ organization"
I No comments were forthcoming on ris
/ reported plan OF the President TO ask
l for Congressional aid In theSnext step
the Government will take In regard TO