Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1922-06-30
Strike ORDER
HELD PENDING
BOARD INQUIRY
Railroad Executives Are Also
Ordered to Appear Before
Federal Investigation
RAPID DEVELOPMENTS
Union Proposal Is Rejected
by Railway Heads; Strike
Vote Favors Walk-Out

CHICAGO, June 29-(By the Asso-
ciated ess)-InterventiOn by the fed
eral government under the authority
of the transportation act, created to
maintain the orderly course of the
nations transportation arteries loom
ed tonight as the final hope of avert
ing the threatened rail strike of 400,
600 shopmen and possibly half mil
lion more railroad workers.
Their ultimatum to the railway ex-
ecutives rejected, chief executives of
the six shop crafts unoins, which have
called a strike for 10 a. m. Saturday
and the leaders of four other unions
now polling a strike vote, prepared
tonight answers of the summons of the
United States railroad labor board to
appear in a federal investigation at
2 p. m. tomorrow.
With the union heads, were sum-
moned the executives of % railroads,
charged by the employees with Illegal
ly contracting shop work in violation
of the boards orders, one of the three
questions on which the shopmen have
been casting strike ballots for the last
two weeks Other railway executives
) of the 201 class two roads in the coun-
try also were asked to be present.
Developments of the strike situation
came in rapid sequence today Inter
national presidents Of the six shop
unions announced kilograms authoriZ-
ing their membership to walk out Sat
urday morning.
The labor board Immediately rec
ognized a threatened interruption OF
traffic and acting under authority of
n oil
tiOn to the strike leaders to come be-
fore it for official inquiry.
The executives declared that strike
against the orders of the labor board
and against the United States govern
ment and thus absolved themselves
from further responsibility to the pres
ent situation. There is little likeli-
hood, rail heads said that any confer
ence could be arranged to mend the
differences of the employees and the
roads, and most of tn executives de-
parted tonight for their homes. EXecu-
tives of only sixteen of the twenty
hree roads cited were present at to-
days meeting but they expected to ap-
pear before the board tomorrow.
DETROIT, June 29.-(By the Asso-
cldl6Q f8eSS )-OTueIS lildl WOuiu
have sent 400, 900 men. comprising the
maintenance of way forces Of 98 per
cent of the railroads of the country
out on strike at 10 a. m. July 1. in
protest against a wage cut ordered
effective that dat by the United States
railroad labor board were held up here
lac today by Z. f. Cradle, grand pres
ident of the United Brotherhood of
Maintenance OF Way Employees and
Railway Shop I,aborers, following a
summons from the labor board to at
tend a conference OF union leaders and
railroad executives in Chicago tomor-
row. All but a few short line would
have been affected.
The summons was received while
kilograms were being prepared for
maintenance union leaders all over the
United States, instructing them TO
call out their men in conformity with
the strike vote taken by the brother
hood, which showed sentiment over
whelmingly in favor of such action.
Tabulation of all strike ballots re-
ceived here in the national referendum
was completed this afternoon, and
showed the union had voted 22S $40 70
24,756 in favor of suspension of work.
A total of 255,014 votes was cast, but
1.2SS were void and thrown out.
1t was estimated that approximately
$4,000 are yet to come in, but was
pointed out, these could not change
, the result.