Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-08-26
LABORERS GO BEFORE
u. S. BOARD WITH
DEMANDS
NEW STRIKE CRISIS
APPEAL FOR MORE PAY MAY
I COMPLICATE PEACE MOVES TO
END NATIONAL TIE-UP-SHoP-
MEN TO FIGHT TO A FINISH.

Chicago. Aug. 2G.-An increase il
the minimum wage OF 100000 main
tenance of way men from 23c al
hour to iSc an hour will be asked
Monday before the United States rail
road board, President Cradle of the
organization announced today. The
present scale of wages ranges from
23c to Csc an hour. More than lOt
railroads in the United States vii
he included in the case.
Promise Fight to Finish.
New York Aug. pa. P)-With
tho peace effort launched by the big
five brotherhoods abandoned rail exc
cutives and shop craft leaders today
re-alignod their forces for finish fight
in which both sides predicted an early
victory.
We are going home to start the real
fight, whether it lasts for three weeks
or three months" w. +. Ryan. presi-
dent of the carmens national brother.
hood declared as he prepared to leave
for Kansas City to direct activities
OF his branch of the shop crafts.
b, M. Jewell, head of the strike Or
sanization of crafts was equally posi-
tive of the outcome of the battle which
he asserted the railroads left as the
only course for the unions to pursue.
The attitude of the brotherhood
chiefs, whose tireless efforts to pro
mote settlement proved fruitless
when final efforts collapsed yester-
day as expressed by r. G. Cassion.
president of the Switchmen's Union
of North America
We ere not 50 sorry for the strik
ers," he said, "as we are for tn
American pubic. They are going to
be the sufferers more and more as
the strike is prolonged"
Others of the big five leaders ex-
pressed great disappointment over
their failure to end hostilities but
renewed assurances that the running
trades would refrain from anv SYM
pathetic strike, illegal walkout or
conspiracy" as long as the rights of
the brotherhoods are not threatened.
Comment of officials of roads which
were not party to the negotiations
were frankly 81 told you So"
The minority ty-representing II roads
with $4,000 miles of track and including
such powerful systems as the Chicago
and Northwestern. Chicago. Milwau,
kee and st. Paul Erie, New York
Central and Seaboard air lines, TODAY
expressed regret at the sudden ter
mination Of efforts to compromise. but
expressed no doubt as to the outcome.
We will break the strike within a
week. was their general prediction"
Strike Spreads at Roodhouse.
Roodhouse, ILL.,, Aug. 26.-Thirty
passengers mostly from west of St.
Louis, Mo, brought here late yester-
day, were taken to stations of other
railroads early today in automobiles
operated by some of the fremen. who
had refused to operate trains. Other
passengers who arrived last night. ,
were this morning still stranded in
hoodhouse. Eighty fremen refused |
to work. Not train moved out of
the ronndhouse this morning. it was
reported and only two trains moved
out of Roodhotlse, one to Springfield,
and the other to Bloomington, run by
trainmen whose homes are in those
cities. AS many passengers as desir-
ed were given privilege of getting
away on those two trains.
Refusal of the firemen to work fol
lowed the greasing of rails early yes
terday and the day before, and two ex.
plosions, said to have been bombs in
the railroad yards yesterday. Decis- |
ion to take this step was reached at
meeting last night it was said this
morning. Directly afterward the TWEEN.
ty Chicago and Alton clerks at Rood .
house declared sympathy strike" !