The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-30
ORDERLY PROGRAM FOLLOWED
IN CARRYING OUT THE ORDERS
OF THE UNION HEADQUARTERS

IN 1lLHUUOHN1LNU
served with a subpoena, said that
5000 of the $4,000 members of his
organization were voting strike bal
lots returnable July 10. Delay in
strike orders for maintenance of way
men brought hopes to the railroad
authorities of averting a strike of the
track walkers Mr.. Cradle is playing
the same role in this situation as that
played by w. G.. Lee, of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen when a
strike of the rail brOtherhoods threat
ened to tie up transportation last
year.
Chairman Hooper as a guiding gen.
ius and w. l.. nehemiah, one of
three labor members of the board as
the chairman's right hand man, hope
was expressed in railroad circles to-
day that Mr. Cradle could be per-
suaded against calling the trackmen
out
In his communication to the labor
board intimating his intention to ig-
more its summons and questioning
the authority of the board to inter
vene and impose conditions ON the
shopmen, Mr.. Jewell declared that
union leaders were doing everything
in their power for a peaceful, orderly
suspension of work
General Summary
Miami, July 1.-Two hundred EN-
ployes of the Buena Vista shops of
the Florida East Coast railroad went
on strike at 10 O'clock this morning
A committee has been appointed rep
resenting the six shopcrafts and indi
cations are that there will be no
picketing or patroling of the shops
and no efforts made to interfere with
passenger train schedules or rolling
stock.
If occasion demands, the local
wrecking crew, which also is on
strike, is ready to report at a mo-
ment's notice. The engine house
foreman and four assistants are on
duty. Local officials insisted today
that the locomotives now in service
are good at least for a month with
out further repairs
Jacksonville, July 1.-Approximate-
ly 1900 railroad shop craftsmen
walked out here today at 10 a. m,
union officials declaring the strike 100
per cent effective According to their
figures the Seaboard Air Line lost S75
men, the Atlantic Coast Line 400 and
the Florida East Coast, at South Jack
sonville, and the St Johns terminal
Company more than 100 each In the
Florida East Coast shops at st. Au-
gustine, laborers net affected hy the
strike order walked out in sympathy
with the union men.
The strikers here were advised that
a workers mass meeting would be
held in the Labor Temple this after
noon.
The Atlantic Coast Line shops at
High Springs were reported to have
lost $50 men and virtually all OF the
ITS men employed in the Florida East
Coast shop at New Smyrna were said
in a message from that city to have
walked out.
At Lakeland every shopman of the
Atlantic Coast Line was reported out.
The number of men employed was not
known exactly but it was said to be
between $50 and 200
New York, July with the strike
of railway shopmen officially under
way for nearly an hour, officials of
railroads entering New York City to-
day were unable to report the extent
of the walkout, but began a rollcall.
A strike is believed to have taken
1000 men from the shops of the Cen
trail Railroad of New Jersey.
Buffalo, July between l 900 and
5000 men employed in car shops and
round houses in and around Buffalo
quit work today in response to the
shopmen's strike order, it was claimed
by union leaders. At the Erie rail
road shops between 700 and 800 men
marched out.
Boston, July 1.-(By the Associated
Press. )-Officials of the Boston and
Albany Railroad said that between rs
and so maintenance of way men were
included in the walkout at the ALL
Ston yard.
Pittsburgh, July 1.-The Pennsyl-
vania System, Central Region, was af-
fected at IL a. m, daylight saving
time, when several hundred men left
the Allegheny shops.
New Haven, Conn, July 1.-The
shopmen at the several shops of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
in Connecticut left their work at 10
a. m. Union officers estimated the
number out at 1900
Raleigh, N c., July between $50
and 400 shopmen employed in the
shops of the Seaboard Air Line Rail.
way and the Norfolk Southern Rail-
road here responded to the strike call
promptly at 10 o'clock this morning.
Richmond, Va, July 1.-While off,
cials of the Chesapeake and Ohio and
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
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