The New York herald., 1922-07-03
FEW STRIKE DELAYS
IN HOLIDAY TRAVEL
Continued from First Page.

road men would not concede tne stdVe-
ment to be a fact Labor leaders. how
ever. went ahead with their prepara-
tions for an extended layoff
President William y. Johnston OF the
International Association OF Machinists
yesterday assigned vice-president An
derson, who represented the machinists
before the Railroad Labor Board, TO
take charge of the situation on the
Pennsylvania system with headquarters
In Pittsburgh. w. V. Barnon was sent
to Denver and James Taylor TO st. Paul.
The labor leaders, 1t was said last
night plan to concentrate their ettorts
at Pittsburgh. which they regard as the
key of the traffic situation. They fec.
that If the roads running through Pitts
burgh can be made to suffer heavily
from lack of repairs traffic will be
blocked throughout the middle West.
Before leaving for, Pittsburgh. Presi-
dent Johnston of the International Ma
chinsts said his organization would be
glad to meet the railroad executives in
a genei al conference. but would reruse,
to treat with the roads individually. He
said
I'VE are ready and will be glad 10
meet the management of all the rail-
roads in. a general conference. as the
, miners are now meeting the operators.
But we shall refuse to meet them
singly. They had that opportunity
months ago and rejected It,
1--WE know that the Railroad Labor
Board in destroying our agreement was
CARRYING out Mr.. Hardng's wishes The
President told Mr.. Jewell (Bert VI.
Jewell. head of the national organiza-
tion of the shop crafts). that the ma
tonal agreement must go. and refused
to hear our side of the case although he
heard the railroad managers side. 1t
may be that in reducing our wages the
Railroad Labor Board is carrying out
Mr.. Hardng's Instructions"
Officials of the Brotherhood of Rail
road and Steamship Clerks. comprising
about o50.000 members, said that they
expected to know by the end of this
week the result of the strike vote be-
ing taken by that organization.
Representatives of the United Broth
erhood of Maintenance of Way En-
| ployees met in secret session al Horton
Hall. ITO East 125th street. Guy c.
/ Gregg, organizer of the brotherhood. de-
| clined to discuss the purposes of the
meeting He would not admit that il
was called TO consider a sympathetic
strike. About twenty union representa-
! tives were present in addition TO +. j
! Schnorbus, an organizer for the Ameri-
/
lasted about three hours
! Thomas Wolf acting police chief in
Jersey City, after an inspection of rail-
! road yards. shops and tereminals in Jer-
| sey City, reported everything quiet
! There were no attempts at violence
against the men who did not walk out
| Saturday. and picketing was done qui-
! etly. Several hundred Erie railroad
strikers held meeting for registration
and organization purposes
Both the railroad executives anG the
labor leaders admitted that Afects ot
the strike on train operation would no
be felt until the strike was Of Two week:
or longer duration.
According to a New York Ccutra
official the threat of the strike cripplinl
the power house plant was being me-
by arrangements with the Edison Com
pany, the Interborough Rapid Tiansi
! Company and other utility companies
to furnish power at moments notice
The New York. New Haven md Hart
ford Road, which is electrified to New
/ Haven, on its New York division, ex
oept for the Danbury branch has mad;
similar arrangements.
Some railroad men doubted that tn,
Interborough was not in "A position {,
supply power because of its own Iress
ing power requirements. Officia.. o
the Long Island said that ARA lgenent
lad been concluded with the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company, the New Yorl
Edison Company and New Jersey elec
trio companies to supply ample pawe
TO keep the road electrified.
In addition to the drive being ma ad
\ by the labor leaders in calling ou- tn
electrical workers, the Railway Car
mems international officers are plarnini
TO obtain the aid of the workers in tn
marine divisions of the railroads TO joii
in the strike. II these men should quit
the ferry service and tug towing seivic
of the railways would be seriousl
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