Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-05
Brotherhood Leaders Fear Their Organizations Will BE
Drawn Into The Railroad ShOpmen's Strike
REQUEST CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT
Declare Condition of Equipment is Becoming Dangerous
and That Men Are Required to Handle 1t In
Violation of Safety Statutes and Rules
YOU can wire your legislative represen-

YOU can wire your legislative represen-
tative direct" the telegram said.
The telegram addressed to the three
legislative representatives, H E.
Wills, of the engineers; Arthur j. Low
ell, of the firemen. and w. n. Doak, OF
the trainmen, follows:
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug.
Referring to your joint telegram
this date authorizing you to arrange
conference with the President, we have
wired the President as follows.
The undersigned have this day
wired our national legislative rep
resentatives at Washington, in
structing them to request con-
ference with you for the purpose
Of presenting TO you our views in
connection with the present strike
of railroad shop crafts, which is
ally developing into more Sc
rious situation.
Signed)
STONE, LEE and ROBERTSON.
Another message to the three legls-
lative representatives signed by the
three chief executives. gives details
for the urgency of the conference,
made ne\ssary by the food of COM
plants received at headquarters re-
garding working conditions on rail-
roads since the beginning of the shop
mems strike through brotherhood
members being asked to take out loco
motives and equipment in dangerous
and unsafe condition and of assaults
and insults to brotherhood members
by armed guards.
The message follows:
II h. Wills, Arthur j. LoUeH, w.
N. DOak, Washington: Complaints in
increasing numbers are pouring into
our respective offices against demands
that our men take out locomotives and
equipment which are in a dangerous
and unsafe. condition, in violation OF
safety statutes and rules which have
been enacted for the protection of the
lives and property of the public, and
of assaults on and insults to our men,
bers by armed guards that are placed
on the various railroad properties.
up to this time, by constant urging
of a neutral attitude, fidelity to their
contracts and in the interest of public
peace and safety, we have prevailed on
our members to continue at their posts.
Constant aggravatioh of the above
conditions and the refusal of the rail
road, executives TO accept the proposals
of the President for compromise
settlement Of pending questions are
making the situation infinitely more
difficult TO handle. The plain intention
of the railroad executives to smash
the shop craft unions is resulting in
more and more of the locomotives and
equipment getting into disrepair, and
the dangers of a most hazardous Occu-
patton are being daily increased
"We fear that continuation of
these conditions will inevitably result
in our members. as matter of self
protection, being drawn into the con-
troversy, and we greatly deplore such
contingency.
I'VE feel that the American public
is fully in sympathy with the Presi-
dents efforts to settle this strike, and
in the light of the above facts, and in
the interest of public welfare, peace
and safety. we suggest you call upon
the President and urge him to again
bring this matter to the attention Of
the railroad executives, with the hope
that he may yet succeed in convincing
them of the necessit yfor their prompt
acceptance of the Presidents proposal
which has been accepted by the shop
crafts.
Continued refusal to accept the
Presidents proposals for a compro-
mise settlement of pending questions
will place upon the railroad executives
full responsibility for the increasing
seriousness of the situation