New-York tribune., 1922-07-02

work. Mr.. Cradle has been reported
previously as being at outs with Mr..
Jewell over the strike question.
Observers saw in the announce
nent of the railroad heads and the
statement of Chairman Hooper de-
termination of the roads TO estab-
lish the open shop in the classes Of
work left by the strikes. and the in
tention of the government to aid the
management aims in this connection.
Statement of Chairman Hooper
The statement of Chairman Hooper
was as follows:
There is one rev thought In con-
nection with this strike that should be
impressed upon everybody concerned
The man who takes up the work
that has been abandoned by striker
has always been called 'scab' or a
strike breaker, terms to which much
opprobrium attaches in some quarters
"ln the present case the men who
assume the work abandoned by the
striking railway employees cannot be
Justly reproached with the epithets
mentioned.
This is not the customary case in
which the employer and the employees
have controversy about rules or
wages, and each tries TO impose his
views upon the other.
I'm this case the controversy is not
IS in the former sense between the car
r:ers and their employees. The people,
by act OF Congress, approved by Presi-
dent Wilson, established a government
tribunal charged with the duty and
vested with the power to fix rules and
wages for railway employees when a
dispute about these matters is properly
submitted. Such dispute as to rules
and wages was submitted and the evil
dence and arguments fully presented
on both sides.
Decisions on these disputes were
handed down by the United States
Railroad Labor Board. 1t is these de-
cisions against which certain of the
question as 10 their right to strike.
The new men who take their places are
merely accepting what is equivalent to
"a public service, the wages and work
ing conditions of which have been duly
established by government tribunal.
They are not accepting wages and con-
ditions which an employer is attempt
ing arbitrarily to impose upon the
striking employees.
"Under these circumstances, it is q
foregone conclusion that both public
sentiment and governmental power
will protect the men who remain in the
service OF the carriers and the new
men who take UP this service"
Western Roads Not Alarmed
None Of the leading Western rail
road heads appeared to be in the least
worried over the situation.
Il do not expect the strike to inter
fere with the movement of trains
said S. NJ. FELTON,, president of the
Chicago Great Western and the chief
spokesman for the Western carriers.
The experience of the Union Pacific.
Southern Pacific and other roads that
have had extensive shop strikes shows
10 interruption of traffic is to be ex-
pected"
It was learned that the Western
extent on getting their repair work
performed in the plant Of the Pullman
Company, at Pullman, H., and the
shops of the Haskell g. Barker Com
pany, at Michigan City. Ind. The re-
palrmen of the Pullman shops. how
ever, are among the strikers. In this
connection Mr. jewell said:
"Wcl, let them try it It's nv opin-
ION they won't get much work done in
either Of those places"
Maintenance Men Ordered Back
One feature of the day was a walk
out of a number of the maintenance
men, estimated at 10000 at several
railroad centers. in sympathy with the
strikers. The maintenance men have
taken strike vote, but no order for a
walk-out has been issued to them. and
E. +. Cradle, president of their union,
Immediately dispatched orders in
structng them to return to work, noti-
flying them that unless they obeyed
THEN, union status would be jeopar-
dized.
we did not promise the Labor
Board definitely that we would not
strike" explained Mr.. CRADLE, "but
that no strike order will be sent out
unit! we finish counting our vote,
which probably will not be before
Tuesday or Wednesday,"
1t is the belief of students of the
situation that Mr.. CRADLES organiza-
Federated railroad unions outside the
shop crafts-the clerks, signal mel,
and stationary fremcn-will stay on
the fence" until they can get a better
estimate of the shopmen's chances of
success. In other words, they are
waiting TO see which way the cat is
going to jump.
No Interruption in Traffic
Tonight Charles Dillon, Chicago
representative of the Association of
Railway Executives, issued the follow
ing statement as to the general situa-
tion at the close of the strikes first
day:
The carriers have made adequate
plans to maintain their regular train
schedules. We can safely say that
there will be no interruption in traf-
fc, so far as rolling stock is concerned.
1t will be interesting to know that the
eo-called nationwide walk-ou of the
shopmen is far from being 100 per
cent, as printed reports would have
one believe.
There are hundreds of shopmen who
are employed in the Santa Fe shops
who have ignored the order. The date
is too early to give out any figures. 1t
probably will be several days before
we are able to present the exact num-
Der of shopmen who have answered the
call for waik-out. To-day was the
biggest Saturday in years for the Chi
cago railroads. If there was a strike
we didn't know it, and I am sure the
| public didn't, because many of the
roads were compelled to put on spe-