The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-04
COUNCIL DECIDES
TO AWAIT ADVICE
OF RAIL TRIBUNAL
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CONTiNuEp From PACE ONE
strong hopes tonight that the confer
cnco would avert walkout. They
declared that tho only question at
issue was ono OF wages reductions
which went into effect on July /
| ISimultano1usly with tho shopmcn's
wHlkOut
At that time Ben W. Hooper
chairman Of the board, announced
that government repurts indicated
an Increase In the cost OF living
since the board rendered It's wage
reduction decisions and that this
could he made tho basis ~ an I'm
mediate appeal 10 the board by
employees for wage increases.
Union leaders were quoted today
ms demanding only that the board
hold up its wage cuts pending tho
appeal The difference. II was de-
clarcd. was slight and the belief was
expressed that the gap would be
bridged without n strike.
Claims nrc Conflicting.
Meanwhile conflicting claims con-
tinued regarding the number OF men
involved In the walk0ut OF the shop
mon. Neither the union leaders nor
tho railway managers would give
any figures, but II. NJ. Jewell.
reiterated previous statements that
tho strike was practically 100 per
cent perfect. The railway executives
on the other hand. declared that
traffic was being continued prac-
tically without interruption and
repeated their assertions that the
efficiency OF thu roads would not bo
for several weeks and perhaps
months.
The third day OF the ahopmen's
strike PASSED In comparative quiet
although n slight disturbance was
reported at Perry, Iowa, whore 20
laborers brought In from Chicago
for shop work we're stoned and run
out OF town. c. u. Johnson. general
manager OF the Kansas City
southern. reported to the labor
board during the day that one OF
by strike sympathizers at Leesville.
La, while repairing an air hose.
Several Minor Clashes.
Reports from various cities told
OF fist fights which caused only min
| or Injuries. At Oklahoma City c. r.
Schaff. receiver for the Missouri
Kansas & Texas railroad. today mott.
fled Governor j. b. a. Robertson
that he anticipated violence against
nonunion employees of the road and
| asked the executive 10 be ready 10
afford protection. The first disturb
ance in Chicago occurred at the Bal
timoro a. Ohio yards when "A crowd
threw stones at men remaining at
work and smashed windows In a
railroad coach.
The American Association OF Rail.
way executives, after a meeting In
| New York, decided, however, to take
the names of all striking shopmeu
| from payrolls OF tho eastern roads
entering New York, thereby dopriv-
| Ing them of their seniority rating
| The executives also decided that
| each road should handle strike prob
| lens for itself. More thun one hun.
! dred thousand cars and $500 loco
| motives are held In reserve, tho as.
sociation chiefs assorted
The situation" they decided
| could not possibly become as aCut,
as one which prevailed during the
"Outlnw" switchmen's strike IN
| 1870"
Many Roads Take Action.
Similar action TO that Of the east,
| eru executives was taken by the
| Nj. X. IL 4. ST. Louis officials OF that
| road announced today In a state,
| mcnt they declared that striker,
who did not return TO work bl
| Wednesday win lose their seniority
rights. Should any of tho striker,
| seek employment later, they vii
| have TO return as new men. At Den
| ison, Texas. tho NJ. X, q II. Officials
sent personal letters to their men de
claring that their places viii bo oper
until July Is, nj which time they vii
be declared vacant. Southern Pact
fic employees falling to report fn
their regular assignments Wednes
day. also will be considered per
mancntlY out Of the service and vii
not again be employed by that road
g. ). WHid. vice president and gen
eral manager, was quoted as saying
Farming out" Of repair work haj
been started by the New York Cen
tral lines, 10 locomotives from
Cleveland and three from the Elk
hart, Indiana, shops sent to Dunkirk
n. " today for repairs.
Wabash officials at St Louis sal,
that the $500 clerks employed b!
the road had reached an agrecmen
and accepted n wage cut averaging
81 a week. This cut is slightly les
than that ordered by the labo
board and makes the average pa!
$l0S a month, Il was explained,
According TO statement by Johl
Purcell, Topeka, Kan. In charge u
all shops ON the Santa Fe system
l,l67 men reported Tor work In IN
Santa Fe's shops at Topeka, tn
largest on the system, this mornins
! The total number on tho shop pa
roll June 80 was given as 2,476,