The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-01
RAIL CHIEFS
TO MEET IN
CINCINNATI
Washington Officials See
Little Hope of Cutting Tax
Burden for Years -Ex-
penses Are Cut.
.GOMPERS WILL ATTEND

CINCINNATI, June 1.-Edward H.
Fitzgerald. president of the Brother
hood of Railway Clerks. Freight Han
dlers, Express and Station Employees.
announced todav that 16 chiefs of IT,
railway brotherhood and other officers
OF the railway union will meet in til.-
cinnati Tuesday 10 take up matters
of interest TO the railway workers
Forty executives are expected to al
tend the meeting. The meeting was
calld under the instructions OF B. NJ.
Jewell, head of the employees de
partment of the American Federation
of Labor
1ntimation was given by Mr.. Fitz-
gerald that the proposed transfer OF
the meeting 10 this city was 10 assure
the attendance of Samuel Gompers
president of the American Federation
0f Labor, and several other prominent
union officials who will be in CinCin
ma ii for the annual convention OF
the federation. which begins June 10
To Present Actions
II was said to be likely that am
actions decided upon by the Brother-
hood chiefs at their conference would
be presented 10 the convention.
only the heads of the Brotherhoods
will be here" Mr.. Fitzgerald said.
"but they will represent 100000 en-
ployes in the conference which will
take up the union sides of the issues
now confronting us" He declined TO
discuss the proposed strike ballot OF
maintenance of way employees. sayinc
he would know nothing officially
! about it until the meeting opens.
Final decision upon a date for hold
ing the conference was expected TO be
announced today.
DETROIT, June 1.-The United
brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
workers and Railway shop laborers un-
dOubtedly will be represented at the
conference of railroad union heads at
Cincinnati Tuesday it was indicated at
| the broth erhood's international head
quarters here today. Officers of the
! brotherhood have previously announ-
ced their desire to cooperate with
other railroad mems unions and the
Importance of joint action to oppose
wage reductions was pointed out Tues
day. when the executive council decid-
ed to submit to a referendum. the
/ question OF accepting the S4S,000 0Gh
wage cut announced for maintenance
of way workers Sunday by the labor
| board
Headquarters of the union today
! were engaged in preparing the strike
| ballots, which are to go to the AIS 900
! members and 5000 non-union mel
who would be affected by walkout
Should a strike be decided upon by
! the maintenance workers, they would
! act independently of other brother
! hoods, according to Z. F. Cradle.
grand president MI Cradle declared
however. that he believed the other
unions would shortly submit the same
question to their members.
! CHICAGO, June delay in com
pilatiOn of the minority report by the
labor members of the board is all
that withholds announcement of an
other slash of $4,000. 600 from the
wages of railway employees by the rail
road labor board it was said, unoffi-
cially today
Details of the reduction affecting
100000 shop crafts employees have
been completed, il was said. This cut
which is to follow the 10000 600 re
duction In the wages of 400,0 main
tenance of way employees, who are
threatening a strike as a result will
affect all blacksmiths, machinists,
boilermakers, sheet metal workers,
electrical workers, carmen and help
ers in the service of the nations rail
roads.
The scale of reductions is said 10
range from five to nine cents an hour
Among the slashes in the impending
decision by the board are said TO be
the following; Apprentices. five cents
helpers. five cents: mechanics. seven
cents; passenger carmen, &c; freight
carmen 9 cents