The Arvada enterprise., 1922-07-06
Strike Of 400, 900 Railway Shop.
men Sanctioned, and Pull.
man Workers Included.
LABOR BOARD TAKES ACTION
Coal Miners Representatives and op-
orators Called Into Conferences BY
President Hardins-osrmany
Upset BY Murder Of Rath.
enau-Fleres Battle 10
Fought In Dublin.
BY EDWARD W. plckARo

~ 8OWAHO W. plCNAHO
EOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND rail-
L way shop workers were called out
on strike. effective Saturday morning.
and the order Included also all Pull.
man shOpmen In the country. An equal
number Of maintenance Of way en-
ployees was expected to join In the
walkout. though rs their strike vote
had not been completely canvassed, II
was said their action might be delayed
q few days.
The strike was set on the day when
the rali workers were to undergo a cut
Of $l34.OOO.OOO In wages, and when the
S4OO,O00.OOO freight rate reduction
went Into effect. B. N. Jewell. head
Of the shop crafts, had told the rall.
way executives the strike would be
sanctioned unless they agreed to ig.
more the federal labor boards wage
reduction order, TO restore certain
working rules which the board had
eliminated and 10 abolish the farming
out" system adopted by some Of the
railroads. The railway managements
would not yield. and the strike deci.
sion was promptly sanctioned by the
following sig international union pres.
idents. constituting the mechanical
section Of the railway employees de.
partment: william II. Johnston, In.
ternaiional Association Of Machinlsts:
J. W. Kline. International Brotherhood
Of Blscksmiths. Drop ForRers and
Helpers Of America; J. A. Franklin.
International Brotherhood Of Boiler
makers, IrOn Shipbullders and Helpers
Of America ]. J. Hynes, Amalgamated
Sheet Metal Workers' International al.
llance: James p. Noonan, Internation.
al Brotherhood OF Electrical Workers.
and Martin +. Ryan. Brotherhood Of
Railway Car Men Of America.
Railway managers were confident
that the strike would not greatly
handicap transportation operations. at
lenst for some time. They had antici.
pated II BY making such prOvisIons a.
were possible. and besides. ~ hax been
noted before. the train service men
and dlspatchers are not involved In
the present controversy. and will con.
tinue at work.
There was some hope that Ben
Hooper. chairman Of the labor board.
could stave of the strike by rersuad.
ing certain rOads to cancel their con.
tracts for shop work, but II was con.
s!dered rather unlikely that this would
satisfy the unions. Furthermore, bit.
ter Internal strife In the labor bOnrd
developed. The majority memberx
comprising the group representing the
public and the railways. Issued state
ment that labor members. In their dis.
senting opinions, were Sowing some
Of the seeds TINT have terminated and
blossOmed into Industrial anarchy In
EussIa," TINT they had "ndvised the
employees "a strike hsninst the deci.
sion Of the board" md had advanced
''Inccndiary arguments TO the railroad
employees In favor Of striking against
Q decision Of the bOard."
The board called the shop crnfts In.
iernstional officers and the rniiwny ex.
rcutives to appear before II for an In.
quiry.
D RESIDENT HARDING finally has
! taken personal action In the mat.
ter Of the coal strike. The admins
trstion. through high government
o6,cisl. stated its position thus: "COnl
10 going to BE- mined In sufficient Quan.
tity to prevent any fuel famine next
winter" snd II wus added that II
peaceful measures TO end the strike
failed. more drastic action would he
taken. Next. Mr. Harding invited the
representatives Of the miners and op.