The Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1919-current, 1922-06-23
Railway ShOpmen Taking Strike
Vote Because Their Pay Is
Cut 100000.
WALEOUT MAY Be AVOIDED
Supreme cour Deals orsanifso Labor
Severe ais~-Franss's Refusal 10
Rsdues Rspafation nloeks German
Lear Pisns-Radleal Rspsbie.
ana Win vietory IN Iowa
Primary Elsctlen.
o. EDWARD ". PIoKARo

"a HNil NAlitfitsN having been
"a loppsd On thsir ycafly pay By
the fcisrui railway labor board ne
rlilraai shogmen arr taking q vote o..
turuahls 90 June 81. "a ne qnrsilon
- acceptlnE toe reduciiou % golnT 90
sirike The mainisnanrr n way men.
whose annual Wages were cut some
f'oeooo slso arr taking a strike
vote
Ihus arpareuiiy. the country mocs q
strike. pruhihiI effective m tho middle
~ July. that might come nelr o. o..
iug 20 o. rail tFansporiaflon. nui
their 4 hoIe that q vii noi eycuiu.
afe. An affirmative strike vote and
an artuai strike are different things.
and ne tuie Il bui seldom used only
as q welpou IN The hands Il union On
cials IN neEatlatlnT Railroad exccu.
tivos profess o. BELIEVE that ne msn
uiii no even vote % strike A CON.
miiise ~ sis rail prcs'dcnts issued ths
fllluNinr statement
There T. ~ talk n strike among
the men. the statement SAYS TIE
disturbing siatemenfs are prepared by
ieaiefs 20 ne unians. whose viewpoint
has hesn distorted by months ~ srofis
bsfurr fhe bard o. resist ne lnsv.
liable downward trend n Wagrs TIE
emplnyees aru IN The main slnccrsiy In
terestei lu taking carr Of their ''lis
and their homes. AMI fsu employees IN
any industry havc more sod reasons
Or dolnr en-
The recuris show that the proposci
scaie ~ wage Cor the classes ~ ON.
pioyc,s Involved IN me two varc n
duriian orders already issued pruciI.
cauy would r.siorv the scale IN ~.
feri 40 che end % federal control IN
ilal uhlch carried an Increase ~
these employees n ITO pr cent over
che wages Paid IN 1919 Tho cost of
iiting as shown by the ncpartmcnt ~
Labor Or March. in.2. was a. per cent
shove inia"
On ths other hand n n Jewell
head ~ che rallriad employees depart
meut ~ the American Federation 70
labor says .ihs new wagcs a. rni
permit a minimum living varc. ana
they are Wholly q var'nncc With the
saving uare champi0nci by President
il1ri'ur and sccrciary ~ Labor
Davis ~ Jewell ani other unIau
chiefs uh1 ucfe On crnfrrrnoe On ON.
annsfi predicted thar un'ans with q
membership ~ ieoesl would vote o.
Ffite
iusi as on the issi rrusious vnrr a..
c.s.on by thr haard thc thrce labor
uemhtr d's.snici ani ihls time they
ucuo especially tiror1us m their o..
smiling orin.on
while the ruling. of TOE railway ~.
hof board arr profcsseIlly being made
quite without neraui 90 the rllurs of
che Interstate cummcrcc committee On
che matter of rates the two oannoi b.
disconnected IN che public mind ans
we nNNaY ekefutifts also couple
them. naturally
Union labor rnocivsd whrt Il ccu.
y slicrs another body blow lasi
veek On che de,islon ~ the United
States Surrcme couri IN ne Colorado
o'al mine case. Tho vnlicd Mine
Workers q America and CERTAIN IN.
dl,liuals had appealed frum a dccI
slon b. The unltcd States District
crurt % Arkansas approved By the
Clrcuii Ccuri q Appeals. holdinr them
ruilil ~ violating the sherman anti
trust ACT during = strike IN iniA and
imposing damaEes ~ tcooo which
was trchlei under TIE antitrust law
The opinion o. the United States su.