Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-15
BA[K PREVENTS
FALLS SSHOPME
FROM WORKING
Cannot Return to G. N.
as Union Men; Con-
ference Fails.

Four hundred striking shopmen of
Great Falls who anticipated an early
return to their jobs with the Great
Northern Railway company as a result
of the strike agreement reached in
Chicago Wednesday will not be allowed
to go back under the status of union
employees as result of a meeting
which took place between officials of
the railroad and representatives of the
shopmen in St Paul Thursday night.
The Great Northern, one of the four
roads which met the union representa-
tives in a conference designed to end
the strike on the railroads taking part
in the st. Paul conference, announced
through an official that it now has ap
proximately 70 per cent of full force
of shop employees and it cannot make
room for all the union shopmen. Con-
sequently, it was said, the Great
Northern will not be able to accept
the provision of the Chicago plan
which provides that all union shop
men not convicted of acts of violence
during the period of the strike be
taken back.
Information was received Thursday
by Mike Holland, chairman of the local
strike committee of the railroad shop
crafts. from b. NJ Jewell, advising him
TO instruct all men on strike to ignore
the proposed strike settlement and re-
IL 10
cations for their old jobs until ordered
to do so from national strike head
quarters.
Wire From Jewell
The wire follows:
NO men are to return to work on
any railroad until properly authorized
TO do so. Notify all outlying points
A meeting of the strike committee
was held Thursday afternoon and IN
structions issued by Holland that the
order be carried out to the letter.
That wave of resentment is prev
aIent among striking railroad workers
in the west because of the proposed
settlement is indicated in a bulletin is
sued by G.. o. jerks, vice president of
the Great Northern in charge of oper-
alton, out of the St Paul office Thurs
day. in which he quotes the Pioneer
Press of St. Paul as saying that the
separate agreement plan of settlement
is unpopular in the west.
Says Workers DispIeased
Mr.. jerks says in the bulletin: 1t is
understood that there is some dissat-
isfaction in the ranks of the strikers
of the northwest, who recall that the
rail workers on the majority of the
roads in the northwest could have re
turned to work with their rights un-
impaired prior TO July 10, and that
they asked Jewell for permission to do
this, but Jewell refused on the basis
that no settlement could be made ex-
cept for the United States. .
.On this basis, the shop crafts OF
tbe northwest region remained on
strike and now men in other portions
of tbe United States are going to work,
leaving the men of the northwest hold
ing the sack. as they had no grievances
and could have settled their troubles
two months ago.
I'm other words. the workers resent
the fact that they were denied the
right to return to work under advan-
taqeous conditions and two months
later separate agreements were al
lowed without reference to the men
who we're forced to stay out to aid
the rest of the strikers
Milwaukee is Listed
Anotber bulletin was received by
local Great Northern officials from
MIR Jenks, in which he listed the rail
roads that have signed up for the sep
arate agreement, saying that the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad is
counted eight times in the list. 49,,
Local officials of the Chicago. Mil
,yankee & st. Paul railroad said Thurs
day that approximately so men from
the shops we're on strike from the
Northern Montana division, II of
whom had been employed here. De
cision of the Milwaukee to enter the
separate agreement pact will probably
mean that all of the old employees will
return to work officials said.