The Washington herald., 1922-07-17
ROADS SEEK LABOR
Will Double Efforts to
Fin Shops With Non
Union Workers.
MAINTENANCE MEN
PREPARE TO GO OUT
Thousands Ready to Quit
In New York Today as
e Vanguard Strikes.

CHICAGO, July 16. - Ninety
thousand railway workers, includ-
ing 5000 clerks and freight hand
lers on the Chicago & North West
ern line. may swell the ranks of
the 100000 striking shopmen to-
morrow.
A strike order calling 5000 sta
tionary iremen and oilers from jobs
throughout the country becomes
effective at s o'clock tomorrow
morning. Reports from New York
tonight were that, despite the peace
policy of their international broth
erhood officers. $4,000 maintenance
of way employees in the Eastern dis
trict probably would join the walk
out tomorrow. Ten thousand al
ready have gone out on strike.
Thirty-four general chairmen of
the clerks organization. meeting in
Chicago today. wired e. NJ Fitz-
gerald, Of Cincinnati, president OF
the brotherhood. to sanction q
strike on the Chicago & North
Western.
George A. worrell. one Of the gen.
eral chairman. said tsbulation of a
strike vote polled on the North
Western showed 80 per cent OF the
clerks and freight handlers in favor
of a walkout.
Keep Eyes ON washinxton.
Both railroad executives and leaders
Of striking shopmen will have one
eye on Washington this week in an
ticipation of government action to
end the railroad walkout
Representatives Of both sides de-
clared today that no further steps
will be taken by them to settle the
strike, with its growing menace,
and there was great activity
throughout the day to tighten lines.
Executives declared that efforts to
fill their shops with nonunion en-
ployes will be doubled. starting to-
morrow, and railroad labor agents
were combing the labor market here
for men.
The union leaders. on the other
hand were busy sending out new
instructions to the men to stand
shops with full forces.
Situation Outlined.
The situation today was as fol-
lows:
/. Officials of the maintenance of
way union declared that unless ac-
tion is taken by President Harding
they will have trouble holding their
800. 900 men in check.
2. Despite optimistic reports OF
railroads the majority of railroad
shops are functioning feebly. and
the number of bad. order cars and
locomotives is piling up.
3. President B. NJ. Jewell. OF the
shop crafts, declared there is no
break in the strikers ranks, and
that orders to the men to avoid vi
olence were being obeyed.
T. The Railroad Labor Board can
make no further attempt to settle
the strike, officials said. so long as
brought together.
NEW YORK, July 16.-with 900
maintenance of way men in the
Metropolitan district added today to
the roll of striking trainmen, New
York City tomorrow morning will
face the possibility of a general tie
up of it's railroad connections with
the outside world.
More than half of the 1000 sta
tionary fremen and oilers ordered
on strike tomorrow walked out to-
day, in advance of the time set in
the formal order. The remainder
were ordered to. leave roundhouses
and repair shops at s o'clock to-
morrow morning.
The 10000 striking maintenance
of way men quit their posts late
yesterday and today, according to
an announcement tonight by WILL
lam Parker, their leader. Twenty
five thousand morr, employed by the
New York Central lines in the Met
ropolitan district, may walk out at
any minute, Parker declared, in re-
bellion against the failure Of their
international officers to order a
strike that has been overwhelm-
ingly voted"
, Many More May Follow.
Should they walk out, two-thirds
of the 100000 maintenance men in
the country will lay down their
tools and follow the lead of the
local workers, their leaders say.
One-third of the maintenance men,
according to Parker. are not in ia
vor of striking at this time.
indicating the mems rebellious
mood, Parker declared he received
today eleven wires from local chair
men of his district requesting him
to visit them or send someone In
an endeavor to keep the men in
line. One telegram read:
Come to Buffalo at once to han
die situation. Men are uneasy.
Trouble close at hand. Meeting
Tuesday"