The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-02
JEWELL SAYS STRIKE
is 100 PER CENT PERFECT.

reports from 1913 OF tho 20l class !
railroads In the country showed n
Iwalkout Of railroad shop men today
which B. NJ. Jewell. head OF the
railroad employees department of the
American Federation OF Labor.
termed practically 100 per cent"
| Although reports on the effective
! ness Of tho strike are supposed TO
| so to tho International headquarters
of the six shop crafts unions. MFR.
jewell said no hoped TO collect the
results and bc In n position TO give
/ Information concerning most or the
/ ronds IN the country by tomorrow
/ might.
| Comforting with Newspaper men
| thia afternoon, Mr. Jewell predicted
| tho strike would interfere with trnf-
/ nc on the railroads of tho country
I'm a wcck and on HOme roads In
/ two or three days.
Asked as 20 tho basis for settle
mont for tho strike. Mr.. jewell said
his letter TO Thomas Dewitt Cuylor,
head OF tho railway eKecutlvos or
ganizatiou spoko FOR itself. This let
/ ter demanded that the wage de-
crease for shop men authorized by
/ tho United statcs railroad labor
board he not put In effect. that
seven working rules fixed by tho Ia
/ bor board and TO which the shop
crafts object, these relating princl-
pAlly 10 overtime pay, DO continued
as they were before tho board acted,
and that tho railroads stop the prac-
tico OF contracting shop labor TO out
side agencies.
Would you welcome Interference
from tha White House I'm the shop
mems striker a. II. Porter asked.
MIR. jewell laughted, 'Why in
vito trouble ?" no replied.
what about the contention ot
tho railroads that shop men working
on railroads. even with the decrease
IN pay effective today. are getting
more money than similar classos OF
labor engaged In other work." he
was asked.
THE railroads fail TO prove that"
Mr.. Jewell replied. Ho asserted
that mechanics In Chicago, working
under the lands building trades
award received from 90 cents to
1915 an hour whilo railroad me-
chanics were being paid 70 cents.
Tho result OF the three strike bal
lots sent out by the railroad shop
men will probably be announced
Monday, Mr.. Jewell said John
organization said yesterday thnt the
votes averaged 0G per cent for n
strike.
Representatives Of tho carriers
here tonight took exception 10 MFR.
JEWELS statement that roads would
soon be crippled by tho wnlkout.
They asserted that the average per
cent OF bad order cars was from "a
TO and that the rolling stock was
H.. 4, II. -. ~. l1
were released from federal schedule.
The PERCENTAGE of repaired equip
mont also IL high. the railroad exec
utlves said.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-Reports
current In Washington at noon to-
day that representatives of the
striking railroad workers hnd come
here to seek an audience with Pres
idont Harding were denied by VIII
liam H. Johnston, president OF the
, International Association of Machin-
, lists. THE white House is the last
, place we would go for help" John,
! ston declared TO the international
News Service.
n when the president stated tina
v the government was behind the rail
/. road labor board, we understood
!. him perfectly" Johnston continued
n I'VE understood from the first tina
!. tho administration Ia back OF IN,
o board IN It's action on wage reduc
o tions."
y The strikers are prepared 10 sta,
out three or four months, Johnston
declared.
n 1.-THE other railroad trades will joir
q the shopcrafts from week to week,
he predicted. ut will be genera
n strike before long.
: However, the shop crafts do no
: need tho other trades to win in thci
walkout.
= Tho men are going to stand pat
= They are not going TO permit tn
= labor board or any other tribunal 4
.- drive them TO slavery"
|" WASHINGTON. July I.@'Train
i will be kept running and the publ
70 Will be protected"
This laconic statement today by
y high official OF the government ex
N pressed tho attitude OF Washingto
officialdom generally in the face @
the strike by 100000 railway shop
craftsmen, Further than that off
clals were. for the most part, silen'
Until the strike OF railroad work or
assumes such proportions as TO In
r terfere with train operations,
r short until the situation is such a
to warrant Il being termed "a pub
lie emergency" Washington will II
back and watch the railway labo
o. board wrestle with the problem, nc
IN cording TO ell indications.
M