The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-02
BOARD MAY SLICE
MORE RAIL WAGES
New Reduction Will Hit
100000 Members of
Shop Craft Union
MEANS STRIKE VOTE
Jewell Has Announced Any
Reduction in Shops Calls
for Immediate Test

CHICAGO, June 1.--Despite the
growing menace of a nationwide
,allway strike In protest against
wage reductions, the United States
Railway labor board, 1t was authori-
tatlyely learned today, will announce
wage cuts for 100000 members Of
The shop crafts unions before the
end Of the present week.
4 Fifty Million Reduction.
ThS'wage reductions to be fixed
Iby tA latest order of the board
will II Is known, range from to 0
cents per hour for the blacksmiths,
machirsts, boilermakers, sheet
metal workers, carmen and helpers
mat form the shop crafts unions. 1t
IS estimated these reductions will
amount to an annual payroll saving
TO the railroads OF approximately
| $50, 100000.
B. NJ. Jewell. president of the rail-
way employment department OF the
American Federation of Labor, al
ready has announced that any wage
| cuts affecting the shop crafts will
he followed Immediately by a strike
! vote. Strike ballots already are be-
Ing prepared for members of the
| Maintenance of Way Brotherhood.
| whose wages were cut in a decision
announced by the labor board on
. sunday.
Ruling Merely Delayed.
II is understood that the boards
decisi9n reducing the wages of shop
CraitSS Suniohs has been completed
and approved by the majority MEM
bership but its issuance Is being
| held up TO permit the labor members
Of the board to prepare a dissenting
opinion. 1t is reliably reported the
decision cuts the wages OF appren-
tees cents an hour; helpers seven
cents; mechanics seven cents; pas
anger carmen seven cents, and
freight carmen nine cents.
Jewell was to present to the labor
board formal demand that the
board take jurisdiction in all cases
where violations or evasions of the
PROVISIONS of the transportation act
are charged against the railroads
and order these practices stopped
pending an adjustment. Should the
board refuse to accede to the unions
demands, Jewell has declared strike
ballots will be sent out regardless
Of the wage decisions.
Conference Called.
Grand chiefs of the 16 railway
Unions have been summoned for a
conference at Cincinnati next Satur-
day and 1t Is considered likely a
pan for concerted action will result
from the conference.
That cha la 20 Ciua ot 4
tween the rail unions and the coal
miners may take a more positive
form as result of this conference
also is considered probable.
CINCINNATI. June 1.-Represen
atives of 100000 railroad worker:
nave accepted the invitation to meet
IN Cincinnati next Tuesday to discus;
matters of common welfare of the
employees. Edward II. Fitzgerald
grand president of the Brotherhood
Oh Railway Clerks, Freight Handler.
Taha station and Express Employees
announced here today.
Grand chiefs of l6 railroad broth,
eFhoods aid officials OF other union!
VIII be among these to attend, Mr.
fitzgerald said. One of the chic
topics of discussion will be the atti
,ude OF the unions toward the re
auctions in the wages of railroad
employees recently made and contem
p!ated py the United States railwa,
Aoor board. he announced.
All OF the leaders to attend tn,
conference here will remain in Gin
annatl for the American Federation
IunAlO.