Evening journal., 1922-07-05
MAINTENANCE
OF Way men
STAY ON JOB
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over the difficulties between the
employees and carriers.
Action of the maintenance OF way
B .nen is expected to definitely prevent
other Allied unions joining the shop
workers. The clerks have negotiated
: wage agreements with more than a
7core of roads and It is considered
unlikely that they will strike. Al
] though President Timothy Healy Of
the stationary firemen and oilers.
I told the 5000 members Of his organi-
zation they had a perfect right TO
strike" few locals responded by a
salkout.
The 10000 signal men, lead by d.
W. Helt, have followed the lead OF
= the maintenance Of way men up TO
this time and it is believed they will
continue TO abide by the decisions OF
/. the more powerful union.
In the meantime railroads con-
tinued their campaign to fill the
places of the striking shopmen.
Labor agencies in all large cities
were enlisted in the campaign.
J Passenger traffic has not suffered
Z from the strike. Some delay has
resulted in the freight service. Al
though the strike so far has been
2 generally peaceful some clashes be-
tween strikers and the men en-
ployed by the railroads TO take their
places have been reported.
CHICAGO, July 5.-(United Press)
Railroad shopmen now on strike
are able TO stand on their own feet
Bert NJ. Jewell. union chief declared
today.
Refual OF the maintenance OF way
workers 10 strike has strengthened
the position of the shopmen who
now are out rather than weakened
IT. Jewell said.
we would rather settle this affair
with the railroads ourselves than
draw other unions into the contro-
.versy' he said. 1--WE never urged |
the other union chiefs to call a
strike.
:, "If the maintenance OF way men
found the best way out OF a difficult
situation through their compromise
with the United States Railroad /
Tabor board. we have no complaint.
The shopmen's strike will never
be settled on terms which the main
ienance of way men accepted"
Jewell referred TO the refusal OF
Edward F. Cradle. president of the
maintenance of way workers to call
a strike, pending negotiations with
the railroads.
According to Jewell whose desk
was laden with telegraphic reports
from all over the country. the rail-
roads are beginning to feel the pinch
OF the strike. Service on one line.
running out of Roanoke. Va. has
been completely tied up he said
The men are sticking, Jewell said.
and are more determined than ever
to win. He attributed this to the
sfefqfnent issued by the United
States Railroad Labor Board out
lawing the strikers.
I wonder what the owners would
say IL the labor board announced
the dissolution Of a railroad because
the railroad refused to obey the
boards decisions" asked Jewell.
Jewell said that according to re-
ports reaching him railroads are
having difficulty in hiring strike
breakers to fill the places of union
members.
They are finding 1t difficult to \
hire men to 'scab' and 1t is costing y
them many times more in wages and
upkeep and inefficient work to hire
than II would have
cost had they paid the wages which
we asked" he said
Jewell said he looks for a long, [
drawnout strike holding to his pre- {
diction that II would be settled on {
the unions terms just before the I
elections.
Reports from all over the country
10 the United Press today showed e
that the strike was progressing i
,eaceably. 7
Hundreds of strikebreakers are Z
being poured into the :
arge shop centers to take the place b
of the men who have walked out. c
sAYRE, Pa, July 5 Omitted c
the Lehigh Valley
system shops reopened this morning
ifter a three-day Fourth of July hol- T
day less than dozen shopmen re- 4
urned to work. Union pickets and 4
abroad policemen were stationed at Il
III entrances but there was no dis
rider. 81
The Federated shop craft union /!
,as opened an office in a downtown C