Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-07-12
New Negotiations to Be Entered
Upon With Roads.
ANNOUNCED BY UNION LEADER
Decision Given Out BY President
Cradle. Following Conferences
With Members Of v. S. Rail-
way Labor Board.


railroads has been definitely postponed
until further negotiations can be en-
tered upon with the individual car
riers. This was announced by Presi-
dent r. =. CRADLE ~ the maintenance
cniOn. following conferences Tuesday
wlth United States railway labor board
members Orders will he sent out 70
local chalruen that a strike NJ this
time Is unwIsc aud that such action
viii not be taken until every resource
has Teen exhausted.
Chairman Ben W. Hooper and Wal
ter L. McAlenlmeu. labor member, Of
tie fedora. board, spent their Fourth
On trying o. block the threatened strike
and bring the union men Into tempo
rary agreement with the wage SEIZED
ule ~ the board.
The union men az the conference
uere President T. r. Cradle, who came
down from Detroit with a special
committee II the executive committee
Of the order; J. c. Smock, vice presi-
dent. who came W from indianapolis
". u. Roberts u Wilkcsbarre. Pa; 6.
-
wukesburre. +. Woods Of Winnipeg
and J. J. O'Grady Of Ottawa.
Both Sides Remain Firm.
Neither side in the shopmen'S strike
showed any signs Of weakening.
Union men admitted that 10 serious
effect had followed the walk0ut. but
declared that In a few days freight
transportation. az least. would be tied
In a snarl. The railroads continued
hiring new men and to issue ultima
tums setting tie time az which the old
men must return or lose their rights.
Preparations Tor trouble were made at
several points. but the union men gen
orally conducted themselves peace
ably.
H. + Byram. president Of the CHI
caso. Milwaukee * 81. Paul railroad,
sent out orders 20 Tacoma. Wash. IL
was reported. warning the shopmea 10
return 70 work by July 10 or lose all
their rights with the company.
More Men Co Out.
The strike spread 20 other unions In
q few places. Oilers and iremen at
tie Illinois Central shops NJ Council
Bluffs failed 70 appear for work.
Trackmen on the Mahoning division Of
the Erie threatened q strike unless the
road reinstates a man who was dis
charged. Union men say this man lost
bis iOb because be refused TO do work
EutslJe his regular duties. Big -Four
officials denied a union report Of
waIkcut u maintenance men on the
Cleveland Cation division.
Reports FROM various centers showed
strikers returning 10 work. In Seattle.
Il Is reported. 20 shopmen were re-
fused their old Jobs. Boston & Maine
railway officials stated that 90 strik-
ers had returned. Fifty men were
added 10 the Albuquerque ~. Nj San
a Re shup. This was denied by the
union men. AZ Two Hnrbors. MINI. IL
was announced that striking shopmen
90 the Duluth < Iron Range road Will
return % work this week.
Unl0n officials insist that thousands
81 other workers would Join the strike
On q few days
Keeper Warns Jewell.
And IN a reply that obviously was
Intended IS an official prophecy.
Chairman Hooper said:
The position Mr.. Jewell Is now
taking 10 the effect that the employees
whom he represents are no longer I'M
der the Jurisdiction Of tie United
States railroad labor board or the
transportation act and. consequently.
that they are not in a position TO
avail themselves 81 the manifold pro-
lection that tile board has given his
organization and its members during
the last two years. Is a position that
may rise 70 haunt him later"
The man who takes the work that
has been abandoned BY a striker al
ways has been called n scab or a
strlkcbreaker. terms 10 which much
Hpprubrium attaches in some quarters.
IN the present case the men who
assume tie work abandoned by the
striking railway employees cannot be
Justly approached with the epiihets
mentioned
mot Customary Case"
This Is not the customary case
In which the employer and employees
have n controversy about rules or
wages and each tries 20 impose his
views on the other.
In this case the controversy Is
not. as in the former sense. between
the carriers and their employers The
people. BY act ~ congress approved
b. President Wilson. established a
government tribunal charged with the
auty o. and vested with the power TO
tx rules and wages for railway en-
rioyecs.
Disputes as - rules and wages
rere submitted and the evidence and
arguments fully presented on both
sides. Decisions 81 these disputes