Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-06-30

chicago, June 40
4OO, 900 railroad shopmen will go
on strike next Saturday unless the
carriers meanwhile meet every de-
mand of the unions, 3. B. Jewell,
head of the shopcrafts, announced
last night through a telegram to
r. Dewitt Cuyler of New York,
chairman of the Association of
Railway Executives.
To forestall a general walkout,
management must agree to ignore
the recent United States Railroad
Labor Board order authorizing a
$50, 900 900 cut in the annual pay
roll of shopmen, must restore GER
tain working rules which the Labor
Board has eliminated, and must
abolish the system under which
some roads have let III work to
contractors not within the jurisdic-
ton of the labor board.
Jowell's 'last word" it seems in
railway circles, has made a strike
of his men inevitable, as there
seemed little likelihood that the
carriers viii seriously consider his
demands.
The telegram, signed by Mr..
Jewell, in the name of Section 2,
(the m%achinists' section) Railway
Employees Department of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, made the
general statement that the count
ing of strike ballots polled by
the organization has shown the rank
and file overwhelmingly in favor
of a walkout. No figures were cited.
The count has not been completed.
Maintenance Men May Quit
While Indications are that more
than 500, 600 maintenance Of way
employees may also go on strike as
protest against the $50, 000, 600
wage reduction ordered by the La
Dor Board-effective next Saturday,
as that of the shopmen-Jewell's
telegram was not construed as
speaking for them.
However, f. F. Cradle, head of
the maintenance mems organiza-
tiCn, which has headquarters in De-
troit, has been in Chicago two
days and is reported to have sat in
at conferences that resulted in last
nights ultimatum.
The strike decision, following two
days of conference, was sanctioned,
it was said, by six international
union presidents constituting the
mechanical section Of the railway
employees department. These are:
William II. Johnston, international
Association of Machinists; J. w.
Kline, International Brotherhood of
Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and
Helpers of America; j. A. Franklin,
International brotherhood of Boiler
makers, Iron Shipbuilders and Help
crs of America; j. j.. Hynes,
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
International Alliance: James p.
Noonan, International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers, and Martin
f. Ryan, Brotherhood of Railway
Carmen of America.
Reports from the Detroit head
quarters of the maintenance of way
men, where counting Of strike bal
lots is we'll under way, are that
these workers strongly favor a
w%alkout.
Union officials seem confident
that any strike call VIII bring near
ly 100000 men from their jobs.
1t has been announced that while
the clerks and signal men are poll
ing no general strike vote, they
may strike on certain roads.
Jewell Sends Ultimatum.
Saying the railroads have acted
on a common program to reduce
wages and obtain other advantages
to the carriers, President JEWELS
message points out zone benefit
which may come TO the carriers
and their employees and to the
general public, from the fact that
there are national spokesman of
the conflicting interests who might
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