New-York tribune., 1922-06-27
Six Rail Union
Heads Marking
Time on Strike
Conference to Make Plans
for Walk.Om Again Post.
poned Because Of Failure
of Delegates to Arrive
Break Certain Some Day
Railroad Official Asserts
Union Politics Sway
Ohceholders' Judgment
By Gilman Parker


their newly inaugurated policy Of e..
lenec, heads OF the six shop craft
unions among the ten American Fedora.
ton Of Labor railroad organizations
threatening to strike next month con-
ferred here to-day. At night the shop
mems general board. composed OF about
ninety members, met IN a hotel.
No ohheisl announcements were made
other than an assertion by John Scott,
secretary Of tho federations railway
employees department, that the pur-
pose Of the gatherings was "to consider
the strike vote thus far .abulsted ard
20 make plans in connection with The
sub-eontrseting Of work By some Of the
roads" which il one Of the great thorns
in the side of the railroad unions 20
far as strike effectiveness Is concerned.
The scheduled meeting % the heads
OF all the ten unions concerned, called
10 draw up policies ard complete plans
for the strike. was again postponed, be.
cause Of the failure Of some 20 arrive.
Il will not be held until tomorrow or
Wednesday.
Board Ruling No Safety Exit"
II was declared BY some union lead %
ers that the railroad boards action In
deciding Ggains, sub-eontraeting would
have no effect by way OF giving them
safety exit" FOR hating the strike.
They pictured the wslkout as newt.
able, saying that developments had gone
so far that IL could not be stopped.
The situation IS something like
this declared one well informed rail-
road man. not unionist. The union
heads kncw that II they were 70 accept
the Labor Boards wage cut decisions
without eShavsting every possible
means 90 combat them, including a
strike. ;hey could not again be elected
70 oficc by the rank and hie. On the
other hand, they believe that Il q
strike will gain them even minor con
cessions their chances for reelection
will be good.
Consequently. they are willing 90
choose The lesser Of what 20 them are
two evils. which is letting the strike
60 into effect
One development to-day. bearing out
the prediction that the strike will be
far from a 100 per cent walk-out OF
the workers concerned, was report OF
canvas OF one thousand shopmcn o.
the Illinois Central Railroad. This
was said 20 show that 800 reported
they had voted against a strike, while
200 asserted they had voted for it
TIE remaining 200 we're ron-eommittaL
Vote Against strike
~ a q
made By the same railroad among Us
/ bollermakers, was asserted 20 nave
brought in returns that these workers
we're against strike b. vote o.
25s 20 ..
Another development was an an
nounccmert by ]. c. Smock, vice-presi
dent Of the maintenance OF way men,
that while these workers and the shop
men would 20 out together, the strike
order would not be issued before July
! and possibly not until the 18th.
The lndepcndent United Association
Of Railway Employees the one Big
union OF the railroads-wil not call
out its members in sympathy with the
others. IL was declared by r. c. Green
ley. chief Of the organization and a
former viee-presidcnt OF the I. W. "
Claiming the organization has $1,000
members. Mr. Greenley said;
Our membership Is composed o.
workers from all the railroad depart
ments and they also belong 20 the
other unions. While, Of course, shvso
whose wages were cut are going out
on the instructions OF the other oTgani-
zations the remainder will stay on the
job"
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2s.-Approx-
imateiy 95 per cent Of the shopmcn on
the Southern Pacific Company system
on the coast and in the Gulf states
have voted fer strike against recent
wage decreases. while % per cent Of
the Union Pacific and sants Fs shop
men have voted 70 20 out. . was an
nouneed to-day by L. & Gordon, sec
retArv Of the Southern Pacific teoorS'
tion % shop Employee. tne ;edera-
.ion includes 10000 shop workers.