New-York tribune., 1922-07-04
Roads Annul
All Right g of
Shop Strikers
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say, may be substantially swelled
shortly by some action by the main
tenance of way men, groups Of
whom are leaving their jobs here and
there before the decision of the
Western conference. Railroad officials.
however say that adverse action of
the maintenance Of way workers would
have little effect on the situation and
the strike could drag on to October
without any appreciable Inconvenience
to the public or the roads.
The strikers pointed to the action Of
the clerks on the Lehigh Valley, New
York, New Haven & Hartford and the
New York Central yesterday as an
other move favorable to their side of
the battle. 1t was learned that II, 900
of these employees of the New York
Central are taking a strike vote on the
proposals Of wage reduction, contract
labor and elimination of vacation and
sick leave pay. This announcement
was made by j. A. Robertson, chairman
of the New York Central SYSTEMS board
of adjustment Of the Brotherhood Of
Clerks. The vote is returnablc on
July IS, and there VIII be no strike, if
any. until that date
About 4,500 men on the New Haven
road also are taking similar votes, as
are about 5000 clerks on the Lehigh
Valley. who are considering wage
reduction proposal only.
Strikers Begin Picketing
The unions inaugurated their system
of picketing yesterday without any
outward signs Of disturbance. groups
of the workers gathering at the prin-
clpal freight and passenger storage
yards, roundhouses, carshops and
freight and passenger terminals. At
tho passenger stations, notably the
Pennsylvania and Grand Central ter
mlnals, there was little indication of a
strike. trains arriving on schedule
time, with the few marked late on the
( bulletin boards representing the usual
number of delayed arrivals
The railroad managers meeting was
presided over by +. NJ. Rinc, vice-presi-
dent and general manager Of the Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western. After
4 short discussion subcommittee,
consisting Of four OF the managers
representing the twelve roads that run
INTO New York. was appointed to han
consists, IN addition to Mr.. Rine, of
II. b. Voorhees,. OF the Baltimore &
ONO; W. }. Fripp. of the New York
/ Central, and j. H. Nuelle, Of the New
York. Ontario {; Western.
Hiring No Strikebreakers
THE railroads will act entirely in
accordance with the orders of the Rail-
road Labor Board" said Mr.. Rine.
I'VE are not hiring strikebreakers and
we do not question a man as to his
union or non-union qualifications The
open shop question does not enter into
the situation"
Mr.. Rine said that the roads had
hired about 1000 men since Saturday
to replace men who quit "We are
optimistic" he added. eve viii! have
| more men available Wednesday. You
can quote us as saying that we have no
uneasiness as to the outcome of this
disturbance, and this also applies to
the public. There has been and will be
no interruption of traffic. The public
| can be assured of that"
There were no maintenance of way
men out yet in any numbers, added the
| railroad head intimating that the lines
were prepared for the move. but were
not willing at this time to show their
hand.
The union leaders. headed by John J.
Dowd, president cf the Brother
hood of Boilermakers, and Daniel j.
| Collins, vice president of the Brother
hood of Railroad Carmen, met for a
short session ct the Continental Hotel,
e4.u 100 "eu tiir i0'4o"iHB SLd teIneitL'
"The resolution passed this morning
by the United States Railroad Labor
Board will have no effect upon the
moral e OF the men on strike.
"The shopmen have realized for the
past year that they were up against a
game that gave them no chance for a
square deal from the Railroad Labor
Board. This governmental body that
for one year allowed railroad COM
panies to break rules handed down for
the. protection of employees without
outlawing these companies has some