New-York tribune., 1922-07-04
Conference On TODAY

grievances.
Conference On TODAY
Tho maintenance Of way leaders
will meet the Labor Board in Chi
cago tomorrow. hoping by confer
cree 10 retain their present wages.
or, a. least, 10 get smaller reductions
than the board has already ordered.
The action OF the board IN outlaw
ing the striking shopmca and calling
upon shopmen who stayed on the job 10
organize Immediately and choose 4
spokesman. who would be recognized |
ty the board. IS regarded here a. a
step on the part Of this governments
body not only 90 break the prcseut
strike and 70 disrupt the union which
ccuntonanced Il. bu, &c prevent fstars
"houting" Of the wage decisions Of The
tribunal and 10 prevent an extension
Of the present strike.
Strike Disorders Reported
The first disorders Of any corse.
quence since the shcpmcn quit were
reported to-d.- from various parts ~
the country In Chicago one SYM
pathizcr was arrested after q rock
throwing incident. Siml ar occurrences
were reported from Perry, Iowa, KAN
sas City, Mo-; Lecsyillc, La, and Will
Transport, Pa. Picketing ls in progress
IN several cities. although mostly With
out disorder. Police and special guards
have been called on o guard railroad
property here and there.
Other developments IN the strike
situation to-day were:
Timothy Heaiy, presid,nt Of the
Stationary Firemens and oilers
Union, numbering 5000 men, mostly
employed in boiler rooms " car
shops, tolcgrapsed the lccals Of bis
organization: II your membership
wish 10 strike now they have a per.
feet right 10 do So" This resulted ia
few men walking out IN several
cities. but there was 10 concerted
strike movement.
Heads OF the clerks. freight
handlers and station employees or.
ganizatlon, claiming $4,000 members
and one Of the four remaining
American Federation Of Labor rail
unions which has not gone on
strike, but is threatening %, met IN
Cincinnati and began discussion q
the prospects Of a walk-out Of their
organization.
Thousands Given Jobs
The shopmcn insisted that their
strike is 100 per cent effective, and
the railroad managoments, denying
this, assert many men are not our
and more strikebrcasers were being
hired all over the country 10 on
vacant places in the shops Thou
sands wcrc employed to-day and
employment agencies assured the
roads that there were plenty Of sp.
plieants for Jobs.
All sides concerned continued % re-
gard Wednesday as the crucial day 81
the shopmen's strike. Nr, Jewell says
that after their Fourth of July holt
day the sho,men will remain out. Tho
rail managements predict that large
numbers merely went out for a li,,le
vacation" and will return 10 work on
that day.
The decision Of chiefs Of the Mainte.
nance Of Way Workers not 90 order q
strike to-day, but 10 reopen their cs'e
bfIOTt the lsaODf DoaF0f WAS ffdfNf0
as the conclusion Of an all.day meeting
Of that organizations executive board
in Detroit.
May ASK Wage Increase
X was decided that T.. =. Cradle,
president Of the union, will hold
conference here tomorrow with Ben
W. Hooper, chairman of the Labor
Board. relative 20 the Sling Of an i'm
mediate appeal for an Increase in
wages. Under a decision Of the Labor
Board the maintenace men, most of
whom are track walkers and section
hands, received a wage cut Of S50,oo0..
900 year.
when he testified before the Labor
Board at It's Fridays pre.strike in
yestigation Mr. Cradle declared that
authoritative reports showed an in
creCse in the cost Of living In various
sections Of the country. Nr. Hooper
rep.ied that he had also noticed this
and that the board would cordially
entertain" any petitions for increases,
and that the latter would be granted
should they be accompanied By evidence
sufficient 10 show advanced living costa.
Il was on this assurance that the
executive board acted to-day, and "
was regarded here tonight that indi-
cations point TO an smicable adjust-
ment Of the maintenance mems din,
culties and that they viii not be-
ordered 10 strike.
When Mr. Cradle comes 10 Chicago