The New York herald., 1922-09-04


organizations of the city to aid the
shopmen in the emergency.
yexed with DauGherty.
No official statement has been issued
by the Association of RAILWAY Execu-
with the Attorney General, who said IN
his application to the Illinois court that
the railroads were in bad shape, their
equipment failing and .hetr shops under
manned.
According to the executives, this is not
a fact. One OF their plans was to pub
lish figures on shop personnel, car repair
gains and transportation results. This
information was to reassure the public
and encourage shopmen remaining on
strike to return to work. 1t was ad-
mitted yesterday that the Attorney-Gen
eral had destroyed this move. Officials
think he should have consulted them be-
fore acting.
Other plans, which would have been
carried out this week, were aimed 10
encourage separate settlements by indi-
vidual roads with pension rights and
other privileges restored.
one executive. who withheld his name,
said
"Events over which the carriers have
no control make the problem to-day
more difficult than il was last Friday.
The railroads honestly believe they have
won the strike They have never asked
aid of the Federal Government.
Both Follow Same Course.
"There has been no attempt of union
batting, nor can any one accuse any
executive rightfully of trying to crush
or persecute railroad unions. When the
five train service brotherhood chiefs
acted as mediators the executives
cheerfully met with them.
THE new factor OF an injunction is
now to he faced. The heads OF the car
riers will refrain from critlcizirfg the
acts OF any officer OF the Government.
'At the proper time the exact condi-
tion % the carriers rs TO their shon
forces will be given to the public. These
statements MAJ differ largely from in
formation that has been heralded from
Government sources but the comparison
will not be made in the spirit of criti-
cism.
"The railroads will go ahead on the
same road they were following before
the events OF Friday; that OF winning
the strike by running the roads. hiring
men to man the shops and keeping out
OF court as much as possible"
Chairman Dowd of the strike commit
tee said until orders to the contrary
from Bert M Jewell. national president
Of the union, were received. there would
be no change in the strikers plans. He
said the injunction would not be re-
spected locally until It were settled def
niteiy whether il applied outside OF
Illinois
Comtnittce issues Statement.
The settlement of the anthracite
strike. Mr.. Dowd said. would affect
roads Ike the Lackawanna, Delaware
and Hudson. Lehigh Valley. Central of
New Jersey and Reading, because =
large part OF their business was hauling
coal and much OF their equipment had
been tied up.
David Williams. secretary Of the COM
mittee went to Lehighton. Pa. to ad-
dress n Labor Day meeting Before de-.
parting he said
Every dog has his day, and It looks
like che strikers day right now"
An official statement was issued by
the committee, part of which is as fol-
lows:
"1'he first two months Of the strike
have run up a bin In deferred repair.
work against the railroads of s126.5
600, according to a report on railroad
finances made by the Labor Bureau.
Inc. OF / Union square for the central
strike committee.
The necessity of paying this bill when
the strike Is over will result In turning
the present inadequate ralroad profits
into actual losses for q considerable be-
riod OF time, according to the Labor
Bureau report
The chicago and Alton collapse. the
report states was caused in part bV the
high expense Of merely breaking tho
strilSe---the necessity for paying bonuses
to strike breakers and furnishing them
bed and board"
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