New-York tribune., 1922-08-26

people that their splendid efforts failed
because of the arbitrary position taken
by the carriers, to produce some clear
concrete proposition that we can con-
scientiously present to the men we rep
resent for acceptance.
"The leaders of the so-called stand
patters among the executives have
boasted that their stand would be the
big gun that would finish this fight
They have boasted that as soon as the
men saw how competent the roads are
they would come running and crawling
back, begging for their Jobs under any
conditions that the executives chose tC
make. Are they good judges of men
The answer is for the men to make
Your officers, in your name, accepted
the challenge they made.
"Shall'a small coterie Of men change
free men into slaves by making mer
suffer loss of their rights earned by
years of service for exercising theil
rights as men to lawfully strike against
intolerable conditions
eve believe the railway executives
are mistaken, and this mistake is ir
some measure due to the fact that the
news of the conference and Of possible
peace have deferred our membership
from actively prosecuting the strike
and the executives mistake this vel
intended inactivity for apathy and in.
difference. Despite the boast of the
executives (Which sounds like the little
boy whistling to keep up his courage)
we know, and government reports
show, that the number of bad-ordel
cars and engines is increasing daily
and at an alarming rate. With honest
and adequate inspection enforced the
number would be doubled overnight.
Strike Not Yet Mature
"The best trains on all roads are
arriving later each day-accidents due
to defective equipment are increasing
and causing public alarm and attract
ing government notice. The strike is
just now becoming really effective.
The coal miners have just won their
fight lasting twenty weeks. The coal
dug will be an added burden to be
carried by the roads. The textile work.
ers Of Lawrence, Mass, have just wor
their three months strike against re.
duction in their wages. The labo,
union crushers are having poor luck
in their countrywide campaign. All
industry is on the up grade. Materia
of all kinds is in demand and the
harvest must be moved.
II Chefe was ever strike that haC
every favorable condition surrounding
1t, this is it. If this can be lost now
no strike could ever be won. We have
gone the full limit in the interest Of
peace. If we must fight, we'll show We
know how. Now that the issue is agar
clearly defined and false hopes Of
early peace dissipated, the fight mus
be renewed with increased vigor AMI
every man must do his full part tc
bring it to an early and successful
conclusion.
what will be your answer to the
challenger"
There were no intimations from the
brotherhood leaders of any sympa
Ethetic action by their organizations
Zone of these leaders asserted at i,
foolish to talk of sympathetic walk
outs by the railroad brotherhoods Al
this time"
What effect the severance of negoti.
ations will have upon the train service
Of the country is problematical. The
executives express confidence, how
ever, that they will have their roads
working normally, so far as the shops
are concerned, within a few weeks.