New-York tribune., 1922-08-10
No Surrender,
Say Both Sides
I'm Rail Strike
Executives and Union Men
Here Hoist Fight to End
Standard; jewell Urged
Not to Yield an Inch
Roads ON Top, They Say
Present Statistics Showing
3 Carriers Have Largest
Coal Loading i'm History

With President Earding's newest
settlement proposals awaiting what ap-
pears to be certain rejection, probably
by the railroad executives as we'll as
the union leaders, both sides in the
shipments strike situation assumed q
more belligerent attitude yesterday
than at any previous time since the
controversy began, and there were in
dications that the strike had entered
what was described as "a knock down
and-drag-out affair"
On behalf of the railroads, the
group headed by L.. +. Loree, chairman
of the Eastern presidents conference,
waved the "no-surrender-o on -any-point"
standard more vigorously than ever,
and, so far as surface signs were con-
cerned, there appeared to be corre-
spending subsiding Of opposition to
this stand by the executives who on
Tuesday expressed themselves as IA
the seniority issue go to the Railroad
Labor Board.
For the $4,000 striking shopmen of
the New York district their local
leaders grew more militant than ever
before, urging B. M. Jewell, the chief
strike leader, "that the fight be fought
to finish right now on it's merits"
This was in a telegram sent Mr.. Jewell,
indorsing what was assumed to be his
stand 'in refusing to accept the COM
promise proposition Of President Hard
ing"
Of even more belligerance, and con-
veying greater meaning for the New
York public generally, was comment
from j: j.. Dowd, chairman Of the New
York district committee, which was
declared to have no other significance
than threat to tie up railroad trans
portation in the metropolitan area
through cooperation of the train serv-
ice men.
THE railroad executives" said Mr.
Dowd, "are sitting on volcano. The
walk-out of the train crews, such as oc-
Cured on the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern.
might happen any day on several roads
entering New York"
Mr.. Dowd's statement charges that
the employment Of "thugs" to guard
railroad property has caused the train
service men to become restive, and
concludes:
"Talk of legislation at Washington
which will limit the right to strike or
turn the Labor Board into a compul-
ooAJ eip!eA@eioil Doaru is causing
great deal of comment among strikers
in this district. The men are abso-
lutely opposed to any such un-Ameri-
can denial of freedom The only ac-
tion by Congress looked upon with
favor by railroad workers would be a
bill empowering the President to take
over the railroads and settle the dis
pute along the lines of his original
proposal"
The telegram sent to Mr.. Jewell,
which was signed by David Williams,
secretary of the committee, among
other things accused the "so-called
American railway executives Of hir-
ing cheap Chinese, Hindu and negro
labor to try and break the strike" and
ended as follows:
Let us assure you again we want
no compromise and urge that the fight
be fought to finish right now on it's
merits and the present Administration
in control Of our government be forced
to show whether it stands for real
Anne ericanism or the brand of Ameri-
cansm represented by a few hard
boiled railroad officials who would
twreck our entire country in their lust
for power"
AS backing the contention that the
railroads are getting on top of the
strike, the Association of Railway Ex-
ecutlves issued statements declaring
that bad order freight cars increased
less than l per cent during the period
from July i to July Is. From an an
other source it was learned that the
increase in locomotives requiring re-
pairs over twenty-four hours was
about Tx per cent above normal
On the subject of loadings, associa-
tion statements were:
Loading Of revenue freight on
American railroads totaled S59,733 cars
during the week which ended july 20.
compared with 861,l24 cars during the
previous week, or a reduction of 1891
cars, according to reports just filed by
the carriers with the Car Service Di-
vision Of the American Railway Asso-
clatlon. This was an increase of 4,3O1
cars over the corresponding week last
year, but decrease of 1858 cars be-
low the corresponding week in 1920.
Goal loadings totaled 1854 cars,
an increase over the previous week of
3l4 cars, but decrease of 73,065 COM
pared with the corresponding week last
year, and decreasr of 1O9,418 cars
compared with the corresponding week
two years ago.
AN increase in the number of cars
being loaded daily with coal on the
raliroads OF the country is shown by
reports just received from the carriers.
On Monday, August 7, these reports
showed total Of 16,021 cars loaded
with coal. This total has only been
exceeded on seven days since the
miners strike started, on April /, and
then only by an average of few hun
dred cars.
Reports show that on the Chesa-
peake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western and
the Louisville & Nashville railroads.
the three largest coal carrying roads in
the West Virginia ana kentucky non
union coal fields, 1854 cars were loaded
last Monday. These three roads aver
aged in June 1878 cars daily, which
was the heaviest months coal loading
in their history"