The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-07-12


and station employees of the New York
Central lines between here and Chi
cago, the company officials today en-
tered into a conference with the rep
resentatives of men who are now TAX
ing a strike vote on the question of
wage reductions, loss Of vacations,
sick pay and contract labor.
Chicago, July IL (By the Associat-
ed Press).-With state troops and
United States deputy marshals on
guard in half dozen states to avert
violence and prevent interference
with the movement of the mails or in
terstate commerce, leaders Of the Big
Four railroad brotherhoods and rail-
way executives were hurrying to Chi
cago tonight to confer tomorrow on
issues growing out Of the shopmen's
strike.
At Bloomington, ILL.,, where state
troops have been guarding the Chi
cago & Alton railway shops, engi-
neers, fremen, trainmen and conduc-
tors, members of the four big broth
erhoods, voted today not to enter the
shops or yards as long as troops are
stationed there.
Union officials ordered their men
to keep the mail trains running how
ever. Clerks employed in the yards
and at the depot walked out last
night, refusing to work under pro-
lection of the troops.
The day passed quietly at the
shops. Only two shots were fired
during the day, and both were traced
to accidental discharges of sentinels'
rifles.
The matter of working with guards
and state troops on duty was ex-
pected to be one of the matters taken
up at tomorrow's meeting.
j. Another issue to be discussed will
lb6 the alleged insistence of the car
liriers that members Of the "Big Four
do work rekularly assigned to the
fcrafts now on strike. The United
States railroad labor board last week
rendered an opinion that the mem
bers of one craft of workmen were
not required to do the work of anoth.
er union whose members were on
strike unless they did SO Voluntarily
AfemhsFs OF the Big. Four unions also
protested that rolling stock has not
been kept in condition since the strike
of shopmen, engineers claiming that
engines with defective brakes, head
lights and air equipment had been
! turned over to them.
A rift in the strike clouds appear
ed today with the announcement OF
d. E. Helt, president of the Brother
hood of Railroad Sgnalmen, that his
$4,000 members would not strike al
this time but expected to open new
negotiations with the individual car
riers regarding their grievances. II
unable to reach an agreement, the
entire matter will be referred to the
abroad labor board, he said.
Armed with three federal injunc
tions issued against rail strikers
United States Marshal Moore of tn;
Peoria office went to Clinton, ILL.,, tc
serve the papers. The writs restrain
the strikers from picketing, interfer
ence with the operations of trains
intimidation of employees or any con
spiracy to tie up transportation
The shop craft leaders assumed 6
more hopeful attitude today with re-
ceipt of advices that, all told, Is
railroads had made conciliatory ex
pressions looking toward q settle
ment of the strike and that some al
ready were comforting with the sys
TEN federation committee.
No settlement will be considered
however, except on a national basis
the union heads insisted, adhering t.
their original attitude that the rail
roads deal with the six internationa
shop unions as whole.
Negotiations have progressed S,
far on the Northern Pacific and tn
Great Northern that r. A. Henning
chairman of the strikers committe
at st. Paul, Minn., came to Chicag
today to confer with President B. M
Jewell and other federation officers
No definite conclusion was reached
II pyae said