The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-10-27
SHOP CRAFT STRIKE ON GREAT
NORTHERN IS NOT YET OVER

The shop craft strike on the Great
Northern Railroad, the Northern Paci-
fic Railroad and the Burlington Rail-
road is not yet over and the men are
still out fighting desperate fight for
right to work for a compensation
sufficient to maintain themselves and
families on at least starvation wages
and refused to be reduced to the stat
us Of Chinaman.
The Great Northern railroad and
other labor-hating and labor-c1ushing
transportation corporations, have had
agents out peddling the propaganda
and giving the impression that the
strike is over and that the men. have
accepted the new conditions and have
gone back TO work This impression
is being propagated, says the Shop
Craft Federation at Wolf Point for
the purpose of deeeiving the carpen-
ters and mechanics among the farm
ers into accepting employment in the
shops as scabs, in order that the rail-
roads may get their rundown equip
ment into condition before the cold
weather 8ets in and complete break
down takes place.
1t is reported on the main line that
trains continue to run late and
wrecks have become more frequent
from day to day On the branch from
Bainville to Scobey the service is
abominable and people are commence
ing to quit patronizing the railroads
but depend on cars more and more
The elevators are all blocked and the
Great Northern because of it's labor
hating, crushing policy, is unable to
get cars to move the grain and is thus
bringing about general calamity in
the country. The shipment of live
stock is practically abolished, and all
Of this is the result of the stubborn
and persistent policy of reducing the
railroad workers to slavery
The farmers are asked by the feder-
ated crafts to keep out of the shops
and are begged to in every way pos
sible assist them in maintaining their
scale of wages and working conditions,
calling attention of the farmers to the
fact that cheap labor means cheap
wheat and other products on the farm.
LETTER
The following is the letter from
Amy E. Johnson, Secretary. Shop
Federation at Wolf Point to the Pro-
ducers News:
FEDERATED SHOP CRAFTS
Wolf Point, Montana
Oct. 21st, '22
Producers News,
Gentlemen:
strike situation. The railroads: are
very busy spreading the propaganda
that the strike is over and such is not
I bo I1,4 4l,o fzI
ing for it, and will be coming into the L"
shops and scabbing on the strikers
thus helping to lower the wages, and
then wonder why the faborers don't
have the money to buy their produce.
When the farmers and workers Join
hands tlen. they will get better re-
suits.
The report that came in this morn
iag was, that the Superintendent had
given Instructions not to deliver any
more grain cars to the local elevators
and they are full.
The railroad hasn't got the expert
enced men to do this work. The rail
roads will tell that they are on a 90
per cent operating basis, yet they
haven't a machimst in the shop but
the scabby foreman.
There are now about eightv-six
roads signed up and more are follow
ing all the time. Everybody at. the
different points is determined to stav
with this strike as we have wires and .
letters regularly from the different
points, promising victory in the near
future.
| am therefore writing you, to esk
you to give snace in the Producers
News to the following:
The railroad strike on Great
Northern, Northern Pacific and
Soc Lines are still on. Every
body keep away from shops until
the strikers h&:v2 wcn living
wage: Farmers, take ro notice
OF the false statements that the.
strike is oFer. Every day they
are Offering rewards to those that
can get the strikers to break and
go back TO work. This reward
offered runs from one hundred
to one thousand dollars.
The Federation hopes that YOU will
put this In headlines in your paper
and demonstrate that you have the in
rerest OF the workers at heart.
Yours fraternally,
AMY E. JOHNSON
Sect. Shop Craft Federation,
Wolf Point, Mont.
Z. S. We understand that there
are agents at that point who are tell
ing the farmers that the strike is all
over.
Observation-Disclosures Gas Co. asks
to increase gas rates.
Belt-Lower Belt road to be ex-
:ended three quarters of mile.