Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-07-04
Interest in Strike Is Cen
tered in Cradle, Pres
ident
OFFICIALS GO TO WORK
Take Off Goats to Fill the
Places of Strikers in
Shops

~ tBy Associated Press)
Chicago, uly Railway strike in
terest which centered over the week
end on the walkout Saturday of shop
men whose union holds in it's ranks
100000 men, today turned to develop
ments dependent upon the canvass at
Detroit of the strike vote of 100000
maintenance of way employees and
action by their union officials. Two
days of the strike of shop craftsmen
has failed, according to reports, to in
terfere seriously with transportation
or to produce a definite statement of
the number of men out.
Edward F. Cradle, president of the
maintenance of way employees, who
returned to Detroit after conferences
here with officials Of other unions,
today apparently held the key to the
strike situation and upon him hopes
for averting further walkouts largely
were banked. Claims, on the COM
pleteness and effectiveness of the
shopmeTs strike differed according
to the sources. Union officials as
serted the walkout was virtually 100
per cent and would seriously hamper
railroad operations. Railway execu-
tives tentatively fixed 90 per cent as
the maximum number out.
To Have Open Shop.
In some rail centers plans were in
preparation for replacing strikers
with workers under open shop ar
rangements ard the New York Cen
tral railroad inserted quarter-page
advertisements in Chicago newspa-
pers.
Passenger traffic since the strike
began is reported by the roads to
have been exceptionally heavy owing
to pre-holiday travel, tourists and
vacationists.
The railroad labor board, which
failed to forestall the walkout, mere
ly marked time pending further de-
velopments. The New York Central
advertisements said:
Mechanics and helpers wanted On
account of the action Of number of
our shop and engine house employees,
who left the service in defiance of the
United States labor board, the New
York Central is in need of: Machin-
lists and helpers, boilermakers and
helpers; pipefitters and helpers, cleo
triciaus and helpers, tank repairers
and helpers, boiler washers, qualified
car repairmen and inspectors.
Board and sanitary housing will
be furnished, and ample police pro-
lection provided at all times.
"Fha United States labor board di-
rects that all men taking the place of
strikers are to understand they viii
not be considered strike-breakers, and
will be protected in their positions,
and considered as doing a public
good.
"Wagas: Standard as directed by
the United States labor board"
Officials Go to Work.
Officials of the mechanical depart
meut of the Missouri, Kansas & Tex
as railway at Parsons, Kans., yester-
ay took off their coats and went to
work in the roundhouse. Motive pow
er superinteudents and mechanical de-
partnent heads worked as repairers
under direction Of the shop foremen.
Officials ard clerks also took the
places Of striking shopmen in the st.
Louis district. It was reported there
that striking Pennsylvania shopmen
had asked to be reinstated, fearing
they would lose seniority and pension
rights. but the report could not be
verified.
Advices of the first impairment OF
train service came from Corbin, KY
where 1t was said lack of motive
equipment has forestalled the move
ment of 2,4OO cars of coal. At least
one passenger train was delayed for
more than an hour. it was learned.
Labor Head Charges Unfairness.
Harry L. Nelson, chairman of the
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
railway system shop crafts, issued a
statement at Nashville, Tenn, assert
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