The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-06-28
STRIKE OF SH0PNEN
CALLED FOR JULY |
Men Will Stick to Work if Officials
Agree to Stay $6O,OO0,OOO
Wage Cut
SENDS OUT IELEGRAMs
Railway Executives Asked to Restore
Working Conditions For
merly in Effect

Cnicago, June 27.-A strike of
ne 4OO,00 ,0railway shopmen of the
country. will be called for July |
unless the railroads agree to stay
the %oO,0OO,O0O wage cut due the shop
workers on that date and to restore
certain working conditions formerly
IN effect. 1t was made known tonight
through a elegram from j. B. Jewell,
head of the shop crafts, to the Asso-
citation of Railway Executives.
decision to call strike came
late today. after a lengthy discus
sion by the executive committee
OF the six shop crafts unions. based
on the strike vote of the men thus
far tabulated.
Should the rail heads arrange an
immediate conference, agreeing mean
Whlie to continue, present wages, re-
store working rules modified by the
Railroad Labor Board and discontinue
farming out railroad work, however,
a walkout can be halted, the tele-
: gram said. Otherwise a "sanction of
withdrawal from employment on july
1, 1922, as voted by the EMPLOYEES.
will be unavoidable"
Telegram to Cuyler
The 2,500-word telegram address,
ed to Dewitt Cuyler, chairman Of the
7 Association of Railway Executives.
Ehrew. no light on the actual strike
vote beyond saying it was an "over-
wht,e7lming majority" Ballots were
still coming in, it was said, as they
: were not returnable until June 80. A
two-thirds majority is required by
the union bylaws to call strike.
Although the actual call for the
Walkoutt was made dependent on
the railway executives reply to
President Jewell's ultimatum, little
expectations was expressed in rail
road circles tonight, that the execu-
tlves would agree to such sweep.
ing demands as those made by the
unions.
Six international union presi-
Gil of the mechanical section, rail
way employees department of the
American Federation of Labor, were
responsible for the strike decision
Closeted for& two days in sccrat
, session, they remained silent on their
actions until tonight.
Declaring that the railroads have
acted on common program to re-
duce wages and obtain other ad-
yantages to the carriers, President
Jeweifs message pointed out one
/ benefit which may come to the
that there are national spokesmcn
of the conflicting parties who might
pc able to halt nationwide with
travail of men from employment
in the railway service, if the railway
executives really desired to avoid this
consequence Of their previous course
of action.
"Then for this reason" the tclc-
: gram said, "in behalf of and by the
authority of the executive council
: of the railway employees depart
ment, | am ~.,nforming you and
through you I inform the response
bic heads of the various systems
in the United States and also the
Pullman Company most of which
are represented in the Association
of Railway Executives, that unless
an immediate arrangement can be
made.
"G). To continue the payment of
the wages at present in force.
"(2). TO restore operation under
rules 6, 10, ~. ID, Is, 46 and 1T, as
, they existed prior to the amendment
4 thereof proposed in decision 222; and
%. TO discontinue the contract
ing work and shops pending ,icgotia-
tions between the Association of
Railway Executives and the railway
employees department looking toward
, adjustment of the existing disputes
\ upon these questions, a sanction of
withdrawal from employment Oh July
l., 1922, as voted by the employees,
will be unavoidable"
. The three reports on which the
executives are asked to meet the
demands are identical with three
questions on which the unions are
now completing their strike ballot.
W The first ballot covers the $780,
100000 wage cut ordered by the
board, effective July /. The second
ballot involves seven rules regard
,ing overtime and property; ply
. sical examinations, fought princi-
pally by the union because they
wiped out time and one-half pay
for overtime and Sunday work. The
third strike question involved the
practice Of numerous roads in
farming our certain work, declared
to be in order to avoid the rulings
on wages and working conditions
by the federal labor board.