The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-06-29
RAILROAD HEADS
TO MEET TODAY

| Chicago, June 20 by the Associ
| ated Press).-The strike orders sign.
ed by the six shop craft presidents OF
the railroad shopmen's organization
were sent out today to the general
chairman representing 100000 men
authorizing the strike at 10 O'Clock
a. m. on July 1st con all railroads and
Pullman shops in the United States.
Letters of instruction regarding the
progress and conduct of the strike are
being prepared at the general head
quarters here today ;,nd were to be
mailed out tonight.
"The issue is clearcut with no
strings attached said B. M. Jewell,
president of the railroad unions sec
ton Of the American Federation of
Labor. at is up to the railroad ex-
ecutives at their meeting today"
Chicago, June % (By the Associat-
ed Press) THE United States Rail-
road Labor Board today citel national
officers of six shop craft unions and
railway executive now meeting here
md officers of four other railroad un-
ions to appear before board tomor-
rCw afternoon in inquiry into the
threatened interruption of traffic"
Chicago, June % (By the Associ-
ated Press s).-Two possible means of
averting the threatened rail strike Of
100000 shopmcn suggested them
selves to railroad circles tonight, fol-
owed by what B. M. Jewell, head of
the shop unions, termed the "last
word" to the railroads in the union
ultimatum sent to the Association of
Railway Executives last night.
The executives by coincidents were
scheduled to meet in Chicago tomor-
row afternoon and local executives to-
day said the shopmen's proposal of a
truce pending further negotiations on
wages and working conditions would
undoubtedly receive attention.
President JEWELS telegram last
night to T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman
of the executives, left little lee way
for avoiding the strike, it was felt by
the railroad officials today.
The certain rejection of the union
proposal, therefore, left in the opinion
of railroad men but two possible loop
holes to avoid issuance of the strike
call.
One was that a conference between
the union leaders and the executives
might be called tomorrow and if no
agreement was reached a technical
dispute might be announced, over
which the railroad labor board, act
ing under authority of the transporta-
ton act, could take jurisdiction as it
did in the Big Four brotherhood strike
last year and act to prevent a walkout.
The other was that if the strike is
called, the board could also take juris-
diction under the act on the ground
that the strike would interrupt COM
merce, and order the men back to
work
Ben w. Hooper, chairman of the
board, refused to- comment on these
two possibilities tonight. The action
of the board in the threatened strike
last October was interpreted as rep
rcsenting the boards position on the
first possibility and since the board
has never had occasion to act in any
st,ilo of onncao,,ap,o tba oh ;,,,, n =,
declined to state what the federal
body's Interpretation of the trans
r. rtation on that point would be-
Mr.. Jewell, while refusing also TO
discuss the possibilities of confer
ence tomorrow with the railway ex-
ecutives said "a statement" would be
| given out tomorrow afternoon about
the hour the executives go into ses-
sion"
Among phases of the strike situa.
ton which received considerable at.
| tention tonight was the fact that but
| 10 railroads are involved in the prac.
tice of contracting work to outside
firms, one Of the points which the
shopmen cast their strike vote
Among the POI railroads themselve.
there was said to be a decided spill
on the question of contracting ant
there was said to be some doubt as tc
whether the majority of the roads
which have refrained from contract
ing, would support the minority which
has held contracting to be their lega
| right.
Chairman Cuyler and the heads OF
the larger roads Of the country were
to arrive in Chicago tomorrow morn.
ing for meeting announced as a con.
| ference on contracts with the Ameri
can Railway Express company. Nu
merous other subjects, however, woult
be discussed, it was said.